Desi Spotting on the NYC Subway

I was standing in the subway, during my morning commute and looked up from my paper to be faced by a red nosed Desi.

The folks at "Halls" are going multicultural with their funny advertisement campaign. Nothing like a little humor during the Flu season. The campaign utilizes various mug shots of sniffling folks, conquering their colds. Who better than a Desi guy with a "beak" nose? 

I actually have a cousin with a similar nose, who was forced to adopt the nick name, "Poput", which means parrot in Hindi.

Here is a close up without the advertising. Very dignified. The detail of every chest hair and 5 'o clock shadow was captured. The rendition reminded me of the close up illustrations from the famous, Wren and Stimpy cartoons (below).

Now if the folks at Halls can just create a lozenge for the H1N1 virus.