NEW DELHI (AFP) - An Indian man who fathered seven daughters has not washed for 35 years in an apparent attempt to ensure his next child is a boy, according to newspaper reports.Kailash "Kalau" Singh replaces bathing and brushing his teeth with a "fire bath" every evening when he stands on one leg beside a bonfire, smokes marijuana and says prayers to Lord Shiva, according to the Hindustan Times. "It's just like using water to take a bath," Kalau was reported as saying.
The 63-year old Kalau's hygiene regime has taken its toll on his professional life, too. The grocery store that he used to own closed when customers stopped shopping there due to his "unhealthy personality" and he now tills fields near the Varanasi airport.
Kalau, who wears two pullovers all through the Indian summer, said his pledge not to wash was a commitment to the "national interest." But neoighbors say a seer once told the man that if he does not take a bath, he'd be blessed with a male child.
Well, good luck to him.
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