On Wednesday 02 July 2008, ss wrote: [snip] > By "cultural habits" I am referring to the statement about the afternoon > sun in India - "Only mad dogs and Englishmen" would venture out into the > hot summer sun in the afternoon in India.
Speaking of sun-related cultural habits, I'd like to share a pet peeve of mine - as a cultural-habitual wearer of headgear, I am surprised that urban Indians have lost the rural good sense to wear turbans, topis etc when they go out in the sun. Is it some sort of fashion thing? I found it funny that Australians were busy indoctrinating their youth to "slip, slop, slap" while people in Indian cities were quickly forgetting that keeping the sun off your head is just a damn good idea. -Taj.
