Ananova Saya A librarian in India has vowed not to appear fully clothed at work until his job is made permanent
For the last two weeks, Achal Singh has attended to his duties while wearing only underpants and one slipper.
The 43-year old, who works at a government library in Morena, Madhya Pradesh, is still a temporary employee, despite having worked there for 12 years.
In the States…
they would just think he was a member of Radical Reference or another counter-culture librarian expressing their individuality.
They would probably cut his pay because his clothing budget was so low.
Strange that people are shocked
Given that in India plenty of men wear dhotis (which are nothing more than cloth wrapped around the waist) and go topless. Although I’m guessing those men are generally not working in libraries. But still, you’d see men dressed like that everyday as you walked the streets – it isn’t a big jump from that to just wearing your underwear.
I did like the gesture of wearing one slipper. Not quite sure what his point was in doing that, but good on him.