Bhopal's young take to inking love
22.05.12
He claimed 5-10 students turn up at his shop on an average day requesting to be tattooed with pictures of family members.
And it is not just boys. City girls have also picked up the practice. BCA final year student Adisha tattooed a picture of her younger brother on herself. "My brother is 12 years younger to me. I wanted to present him a unique gift and got his face tattooed on my hand," Adisha said.
But it is only a temporary tattoo, she says, adding she would go for permanent one later.
Class XII student Krutika got an image of her sister tattooed on her hand. "She liked it very much," she said.
Swapnil says most youngsters want to have only a temporary tattoo. "They want to keep changing the images," he said.
"I lost my grandpa a few months back and wanted to pay him a tribute. So I got his picture tattooed," said Rajesh Sharma, an engineering student. He now plans to have tattoos of his entire family on himself.
Swapnil, however, has a piece of advice for enthusiasts: diabetics should not go for tattooing.
Source: Times of India