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Old Jul 16, 2019 | 11:52 pm
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
I mostly skip wearing shorts in India. Loose, light trousers — even local stuff — is far more suitable than shorts for me because of the pollution and dirt/dust, the potential strength of the sun (if smog isn’t that bad on a day), and the looks gotten for wearing “underwear” (which is even the same word as for “shorts” in a few of the Indian languages).
Originally Posted by oliver2002
Indian kids under 12 wear shorts. If jeans are too hot for you buy some thinner cloth trousers.
as a big kid in his 40's, i often wear shorts on weekends in the summer....

i wouldn't wear them while going to tourist sites but i find them perfectly acceptable while going to the play ground with my kids, or the mall or local marketplace....
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