Why Did We All Lose It Over the Hot #Chaiwala? Relax, It’s Biology
For the first 13 milliseconds, everyone who thought the Chaiwala was hot thought so for the same reason.
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It takes 13 milliseconds for the brain to identify ‘beauty’. It takes the eye 400 milliseconds, to blink. (Photo: The Quint)
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Arshad Khan, Instagram’s most recent sensation, has made a slight shift in profession, from Chaiwala to model, all because of a photo that he didn’t even realise was being taken.
There’s a reason the internet thinks he’s beautiful, and it has nothing to do with class, or colonial baggage or the colour of his skin.
At least, not for the first thirteen milliseconds.
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