Re: personal hygiene among desis
I have to say at the outset here...that I've not read all of the replies to this thread. I just have some observations....
When I went over, the shower situation was sometimes iffy. Hot and even warm water was not always available, even in the palatial type places I was lucky enough to spend a nite or 2 in. It was spring, chilly but not too bad so we endured. BUT if it were winter, I'd personally rather smell a bit than take an ice-cold dunking.
Worse - FAR worse - than body odor was the vast over-abundance of colognes, perfumes, talcs, breath typhoon shtuff. Layer a huge dose of a strong perfume or cologne on top of some light body odor...omg...I turn absolutely green just thinking about it. Light body odor is much preferable to layering it with tons of spray.