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Recently, I looked like Einstein in seperate instances: an accidental encounter with a plug point, and after reading a magazine article.
The article was featured alongside serious issues like global warming and the arms race. It brought to light the success of CEOs and linked that success to how they part their hair.
It somehow made me uncomfortable with my own grooming regime. I part my hair to the right, a neat linear path dividing my skull into two unequal halves. But after reading the article, I messed it up completely. I combed it straight out in front, and after much deliberation, combed it all to the left. .The theory is that a left-parting signals leadership potential, while parting on the right suggests something a little productive.
Now I know that I am no CEO, but if a hair parting can make you appear to be one, then why not. After all it's supposed to be the secret behind Warren Buffett's billions or the success of fellow Indian Indra Noovi, the CEO of Pepsico.
On the topic of parted hair, Aadhyayan Suman, the new kid on the block, who is high on the release of his movie Haal-e-dil credits his luck in making his Bollywood debut to his hair. As the story goes, he was at a popular salon having his hair straightened, when Ajay Devgan walked in. The boy was sent for a screen test and the rest, as they say, is history. I would have imagined him to be someone with a left hair-parting, what with this impressive story, but he has an indistinct hair-parting, with a mop of curly hair in real life. Meanwhile, all these hair tales have made me afraid of ending up like Popeye, so I have decided to stick to my 'non-kiltered' hair, because who likes a rational radio jockey.
Trivia:
- A look at the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies reveals only three among the top CEOs of 50 firms, part their hair on their right side. They include the General Motors' chairman, CEOs of AT&T and Sears Interim.
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