Is it common among Indian students to go barefoot for fun, ‘cause it’s cool or healthy?

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." (Kahlil Gibran)


I’m a German but I’ve left Europe for good, living in India for the past seven years. I’m quite an average guy – except for my trademark: I'm always barefoot, all-year-round, wherever I go, whatever I do! Most of my friends have never seen me wearing shoes… For me, being barefoot isn’t just a fashion statement: It’s a lifestyle, a way to express myself. And of course an amazing sensual experience: I can FEEL the ground! Would you wear gloves all-year-round? Nopes! So: Why shoes? Walking barefoot, I’m far more “in touch”, in touch with nature, with Mother Earth… Energy can flow freely, I’m never disconnected. It’s very refreshing and stimulating, and the ecological impact is far less dramatic (erosion!) if I’m hiking without shoes. Somehow I’m more defensive, less aggressive if barefoot. Walking barefoot isn’t only special but also communicative: Travelling a lot I’ve made friends in many countries, explaining why I’m roaming around barefoot!


Coming to India I realized: Many people are barefoot, all the time and everywhere, not only in rural areas and villages but also in town! Even if you’re staying in a big city – one of those hot-spots of modernization and westernisation: You’ll be unable to spend ten minutes in the streets without spotting a pair of dusty bare feet! And it seems quite obvious to me that living barefoot isn’t a privileged of the poor, especially in the South, especially in cities like Chennai. But I wonder: What about the educated youth – students, university graduates? Has anyone of you chosen to go barefoot for fun, ‘cause it’s cool or healthy?

Is it common among Indian students to go barefoot for fun, ‘cause it’s cool or healthy?
Why are you so ******* obsessed with being barefoot?
Reply:As a yoga therapist I tell my students to walk barefooted


but so far nobody has dared. When I visit stadium to walk


I always remove my chappals(sandal) and walk


barefooted and to add to that I always walk clockwise


round the stadium and rest whole of the crowd walk


anticlockwise. It is embarassing and awkward but I push


on because nobody dare to get into an argument but I do


get strange looks for being barefooted as well as walking


clockwise direction and this is in India and that to south


india. I guess they think of me as a square plug in a round


hole. Educated indian youths - students, university graduates


walking barefooted for fun, 'cause it's cool or healthy' you


must be kidding I haven't met a single one of them.
Reply:What the ****?
Reply:It maybe,im not certain
Reply:nope.. no educated person in north india walks barefoot...


personally... people say my hands and feet are really beautiful..


n no im not bragging.. i didnt notice them until people pounted them out! anyways.. they're probably the only beautiful feature i have in me... so i cover them up all the time! to save them from dust and sunlight! hehe.. sounds stupid.. but is true... i wear shoes all the time! i guess im obssessed with keeping my feet clean and spotless!
Reply:No, because of their choice



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