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How Jawed Habib made hair cutting trendy and being a barber an acceptable profession He is a graduate in French literature, but now he hardly finds any time for prose or poetry – because he is busy travelling across different cities in India training people on how to cut hair, telling them about hair styling, looking good and feeling good. Jawed Habib is today a well-known figure in the beauty business, but when he started out in the industry, hair cutting or being a barber was anything but glamorous. While a large part of this perception is now over, Jawed has in his own unique way made a difference in changing the way people look at this profession. Being a hair stylist is today more acceptable than 40 years back and given the time people spend in looking good, Jawed should take a bow for playing an important role in this change. A large part of the grooming and wellness frenzy that we witness today was absent when Jawed decided he wants to change the way Indians look. “When...