Why dont people in india where deordrant?

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Its not that its not part of the culture.
People do wear it, if not everybody , at least some people I know do wear.
-You need to remember that a major part of the population is still under poverty line, who live(or survive) on daily wages(struggle to get a meal a day)leave alone the fact that they can afford to go to school.
-And for the people who do wear them, its because of the tropical-hot climate here that you tend to perspire so much that the effect of the deodorant doesn't last long.(Sometimes even in an air-conditioned room)
In cold(er) countries the metabolism is slower and you do not perspire so much as we Indians do.
-In US for instance you have stores like 99 cents or dollar stores where you get so many things at an affordable price.
Here in India things are different.The priorities are different.
-Many people(middle-class) prefer Talc(talcum powder) a less expensive alternative to the more popular deodorant/perfume.But then again, its effect doesn't last long.
I lived in US for 3 years and now I am back to India.So, this is my personal experience.

great_guns2003

Don't you think that's a pretty ignorant question? Its like asking how people in the West can do the potty and then not clean themselves thoroughly with water. It does sound disgusting to the average rural Indian here.

I wish people stopped asking stupid questions like these because it all reeks of ignorance and illiteracy. I wouldn't be too surprised if the person asking this question hasn't made it past grade school.

Attempting to answer a stupid question as logically as I can anyway, the other person on here is correct about the climate. India is a lot hotter and a lot more humid than other countries North of the tropic. The usual deodorants that you would tend to use in the USA wouldn't be as effective in India as you would sweat a lot more.

Quoting Wikipedia - "Sweat is not pure water; it always contains a small amount (0.2 - 1%) of solute. When a person moves from a cold climate to a hot climate, adaptive changes occur in their sweating mechanisms. This process is referred to as acclimatisation: the maximum rate of sweating increases and its solute composition decreases. The volume of water lost in sweat daily is highly variable, ranging from 100 to 8,000 mL/day. The solute loss can be as much as 350 mmol/day (or 90 mmol/day acclimatised) of sodium under the most extreme conditions. In a cool climate & in the absence of exercise, sodium loss can be very low (less than 5 mmols/day). Sodium concentration in sweat is 30-65 mmol/l, depending on the degree of acclimatisation.".

Since the question poster is probably near illiterate, I would point out that this means that when you go to a hotter climate, not only do you secrete more water in your sweat but also more sodium. Sodium is the element that is mostly responsible for the smell in the urine as well. Obviously hence, this is a biological process and there is only so much you can do to disguise the smell with deodorants which are essentially nothing but chemically manufactured artificial aromas which are harmful for the skin.

I hope next time you ask a question, you use better language and learn to be more polite. Asking a question about something which you feel unnatural is perfectly alright as long as you are polite and show some tact over the language you us. Saying Indians stink is like saying Americans have potty on their *** 24x7 because they use toilet paper to wipe themselves.

I would be accused of using strong language myself and I apologise in advance for that. I also do not mean any malice when I give that American example - I have done a lot more than pass grade school to know that its a perfectly acceptable hygene practice all over the world. I was merely pissed off at the language used in the question. I wish we had some way of classifying the questions into intelligent questions and pre-grade school bullshit.

Charlie

I presume you mean "wear" deodorant. I suppose it could be cultural...or could be economical.

Vedvrat

Well I live in India and i use deo before leavin my home almost ritually. Whoso ever you are I want to tell you not to judge my country just by meeting 2-3 people and going to 2-3 places. There's nothing to do with my people. We have nothing against using deos. In fact let me remind you we Indians were the First to use perfumes made for fragrant flowers. The West came in contact with perfumes through the Arabs who traded them for here.

kamche

what kind of question is this? atleast they dont stink, they take showers. ANd dont say INDIANS, tahts saying all of them. A majority of indians DO wear deodrant. In fact, they buy cologne and everything.

anil j

atta boy greatguns2003. thats the best answer!

I Love To Be Hated

There are people in India that are so poor that they can't even afford 2 meals a day....and u r talking about deoderant????

RTH

1.It is not part of their culture.
2.You should not use deodorant in a hot and sultry place like India because the smell of deodorant when gets mixed with sweat, it stincks horrible. One can use deodourant only when he/she is sure of not exposing to outside weather and spend all the time in an air-conditioned environment.
3.Most of the common men on streets can not afford it.
4.Most of the deodorants cause irritation to the Indian skin.

God Bless George W. Bush

no offense to any indians out there - i asked an indian friend of mine once and she said she didnt know - it may be true or she may be too embarrased to say why

Je t'aime.

Its not part of their culture and we have to respect that.

Amazing<3

In some cultures the must defines how much of a man you are so the mustier you are the more man you are or its just strictly against their beliefs. my mom has a coworker that is indian and unfortunately doesnt wear it because of his beliefs. Im not sure about the women.

Navi

a lot of people there aren't lucky enough to have the money to buy deodarant

maybe no one cares over there, lucky them

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