14 DAY TRIAL // It is said that the mustache is a symbol of male vanity. A vanity that was lost in the western world. But not in other parts of the world. In India, mustached men impose more respect. And this man must impose a lot of respect: Badamsinh Juwansinh Gurjar, 60, an Indian villager from Ahmedabad (western India).
On February 29, 2004, his mustache was measured to be 12.5 ft long (4.2 m) long, a world's absolute record. The man had not cut his mustache for 22 years, in order to be admitted into the Guinness Book of World Records. We have to admit the mustache of Badamsinh is relatively unstylish, unsmeared, with mustache goops.
In fact, an Indian is also the proud possessor of another Guinness Book record of hair: the longest ear tufts: Radhakant Bajpai, a grocer from the city of Kanpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, northern India.
Bajpai's ear tufts were already 13.2 cm (5.2 in) when he broke the record in 2003 and now the man is really unbeatable: his ear hair has grown to almost 25 cm (10 in). Bajapai had defeated BD Tyagi of the city of Bhopal (central India), whose ear adornments measured 10.2 cm (4.1 in) (could it be because of the Bhopal accident?), and the amazing length was confirmed for the Guinness Book of Records by medical examiner Dr. R P Gupta.
The man washes his ear hair with a special shampoo (for a brighter hair and rapid growth) and has ceased wearing rings and necklaces, in order not to damage it. The ear tufts are long enough for wearing two small ponytails. But Bajpai does not fully enjoy his record, as he feels that the authorities do not really appreciate his efforts. Moreover, his own son regards his father's fascination with his ear tufts as, let's say, at least weird.