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India Man Quits Bathin 37years Ago by adexmuhyi(m): 5:34am On Jul 22, 2013
India Man Quit Bathing 37
Years Ago
It is not an achievement that can readily be
savoured by his nearest and dearest.
But Kailash Singh has as good a claim as
any to the accolade of world's smelliest man
- after refusing to wash for more than 37
years.
Mr Singh, 65, has not bathed or cut his 6ft-
long dreadlocks since 1974, shortly after he
married.
Explaining his unconventional decision, Mr
Singh claimed a priest guaranteed him a
much-prized son and heir if he followed the
advice.
Despite neighbours joking the sweaty
farmer would be lucky persuade his wife to
have any children at all, his religious
guidance clearly failed - he has seven
daughters.
Mr Singh spends his days tending cows in
47C heat, yet the only 'cleansing' he does
allow himself is a 'fire bath' each evening,
which involves smoking marijuana, praying
to the Hindu Lord Shiva and dancing
around a bonfire.
His long-suffering family admit they did
once tried to force him into a stream.
'He fought us off and ran away,' said wife
Kalavati Devi, 60. 'We've tried several times
since to force him to have a shower but he
puts up such a fuss.
'He says he'd rather die than take a bath
and only a son could change his mind. It
has been so many years now I've got used
to it.'
His wife even threatened to stop sleeping
with him if he didn't bath, but she gave in
first, insisting she should be loyal and put
up with the stench.
The father-of-seven spends all day working
up a sweat tending cows and working in
his fields near the Indian holy city of
Varanasi, on the banks of the River Ganges,
where temperatures regularly top 47C.
He admits neighbours in the rural village of
Chatav make fun of him but said he is
following god's will.
'Children tease and shout that I don't wash
when I ride my bicycle through the village,'
he said. 'There are many people who have a
poor character that mock me for not
washing. They do not understand my
decision but I will not change my mind as it
is god's choice, not mine.
'My wife doesn't like it either but she must
bear all the hardships I have to bear.
Besides, I take a fire bath in the evenings
and that gets rid of all the sweat.'
Mr Singh's wife claims she has tried
everything to make her smelly husband
clean up his act without success.
'I abused him and started crying when he
told me about his senseless decision,' she
said. 'I even threatened to stop sleeping
with him but he is my husband so there
was little I could do about it.'
Youngest daughter Pooja, 16, even says her
father's strange decision has made her
more popular.
'My schoolmates are curious to see and
meet my papa,' she said. 'They keep asking
me how he can live for so many years
without washing and want to see for
themselves.
'Earlier I would be angry but there's
nothing we can do as he doesn't listen to
anyone.
'In this hot summer I want to shower at
least twice a day but he doesn't want to
take even one. I don't know how he
manages to live.'
The only contact with water Kailash has is
to wash his mouth and hands.
'I have no son, so I will never wash again,'
he said. 'Maybe when I am born again I will
wash.'

Re: India Man Quits Bathin 37years Ago by adextetoo(m): 7:19am On Jul 22, 2013
how on earth is he washing his yansh
Re: India Man Quits Bathin 37years Ago by sanandreas(m): 7:27am On Jul 22, 2013
Human pig
Re: India Man Quits Bathin 37years Ago by tjskii(f): 12:20pm On Jul 22, 2013
adextetoo: how on earth is he washing his yansh
cheesy cheesy a very good question

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