Bakshi, Jag

In 1962 toward the end of my last semester in the school of Mechanical Engineering I decided to grow a beard and it became an instant hit with the girls, but had to pay a heavy price for it. Finding a job in any field let alone my own field became impossible. Because of my beard I stood out and perhaps looked a bit unconventional. A guy with a beard during the early sixties was considered not to have an appearance of the traditional clean look. It was a question of wrong perception and nothing else. People on the street would equate my looks to Castro and companies would simply slam their door...