"What's going on?" he asked me in Hindi.
Here he was: the star hair stylist who, I was duly informed, has been cutting movie stars' hair his whole life (a huge deal in this city), has endless years of experience under his belt and is quite the charmer.
"Well not much really ... I'd like a quick trim ... some style perhaps, without cutting too much off," I responded.
"Hmm"
I could tell he wasn't listening. Regardless of songs of his praise, I should have been suspicious the minute I walked into this salon located in Basement 2, 27 feet below ground level desperately lacking oxygen and, as I was soon to find out, a hair stylist that listened.
I've been told never to tell a hair stylist (and few others for that matter) to "surprise me!" And so I didn't. I told him I didn't want my hair any shorter (Oh, but we'll have to cut something, he grumbled) and hated that it curled (Oh, but that's what God has given you, he snarled). I protested a little, he shot down all arguments and proceeded to hum a little tune as he began to snip-snip-snip-your hair looks good short-snip-it should always be short-snip-snip-remember to oil it-snip.
Fifteen minutes later the damage had been done. I stared in horror at the ground, then the mirror, then his face. It's short, it's awfully curly ..."It looks great, doesn't it?" He smiled broadly.
Too bad my country doesn't encourage me to sue. I would have made millions off of his smiling face. For now, millions are smiling (laughing really) at this wonderful haircut from the stylist who has cut hair for many a movie star who, it turns out, were all men.
1 comment:
another haircut? and even shorter than the last? baby lavanya might think she's looking in the mirror when she sees her bhua. (by the way, have the french visa-stampers finally figured out you're not a national security risk?)
looking forward to checking out those curls!
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