- Title: INDIA: INDIAN MAN DASHRATH CLAIMS TO HAVE EATEN GLASS FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS
- Date: 1st February 2004
- Summary: (L!2) KANPUR, INDIA (FEBRUARY 1, 2004) (REUTERS) DASHRATH DRINKING WATER FROM A GLASS MORE OF DASHRATH DRINKING WATER DASHRATH EATING THE GLASS VARIOUS OF DASHRATH EATING THE GLASS PIECES THE GLASS MORE OF DASHRATH EATING GLASS PIECES IN HIS HANDS MORE OF HIM EATING GLASS DASHRATH CHEWING (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) DASHRATH, THE MAN WHO EATS GLASS, SAYING: "I have been eating glass for past fifteen years and I have never had any trouble" (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) DASHRATH'S MOTHER SAYING: "My son eats glass regularly especially when he is drunk. He has never had any problems after eating glass and we have never had to take him to see doctor." MORE OF DASHRATH CHEWING GLASS
- Embargoed: 16th February 2004 12:00
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- Location: KANPUR, INDIA
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- Country: India
- Topics: Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
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- Story Text: An Indian man claims to eat glass regularly.
An Indian man in the northern city of Kanpur says glass and and empty liquor bottles are a regular part of his diet.
Dashrath, 40, claims he first consumed crushed glass with alcohol in a suicide bid during a fit of depression.
A fisherman by profession, Dashrath says not only survived the the suicide attempt, but realised he had a taste for glass.
In the last 15 years he claims to have eaten glass in all shapes and sizes, swallowing sharp-edged blades and even gobbling lead bullets.
"I have been eating glass for the past fifteen years and I have not had any problems," he said.
But he says he has some trouble eating soda bottles which are thick.
Dashrath's mother, who sometimes serves her son glass bulbs and bottles with his dinner platter, says her son is appears healthy.
"My son eats glass regularly especially when he is drunk. He has never had any problems after eating glass and we have never had to take him to see doctor", she said.
For nearby residents, "glass man", as he is popularly known, is nothing less than a tourist spectacle.
Visitors to the city regularly stop by Dashrath's fish stall, where he makes a show of bargaining fish prices and chewing glass.
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