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The original was posted on /r/nostupidquestions by /u/MxMaster9907 on 2023-09-20 13:10:50.
Living in Dubai, there’s a lot of people from India (South Asia in general) and i notice that a fairly large number of them smell bad, like they don’t use deodorant.
I have heard many theories but they don’t add up. With the two most common being.
- The weather: sure, it’s hot af here, we sweat a lot and a lot of Indians do very labor intensive work. But then again, this happens with Indians regardless of their job and sometimes even socioeconomic status.
- The food: I’ve heard some people say it’s their diet that makes them smell like that, but that just sounds ridiculous. Here in Dubai many people eat Indian food on a regular basis and they don’t smell like that.
So, what’s going on here? I want to think there is some reasonable answer, something other than “they just don’t like using deodorant”.