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The Average Indian Male is a book written by the comedian and India’s popular VJ, Cyrus Broacha. Summary of the Book The Average Indian Male is a brilliant satire on Indian men seen from the perspective of the comedian, Cyrus Broacha. According to him, he is also one of those men who picks their nose in public and love their mismatched clothing. He explains why Indian men spit in public, why they don’t wear belts that match their shoe colour, why they are generally short, and so on. He groups Indian men on the basis of four different regions. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is like an agony aunt column - generalized questions are asked by made-up men and women, and Broacha answers them all! The second part tries to understand the psychology of Indian men, answering questions like why they are never on time and why they don’t walk on the pavements as they are supposed to. The Average Indian Male also talks about the Indian society with its inherent hierarchies wittily, and explains the concept of ‘family friends’ and so on. This book is not much about acquiring deeper insights into the psychology of Indian men. It rather wishes to make the reader laugh, with Broacha’s clever and hysterical takes on the stereotypical views of and about the average Indian male. About Cyrus Broacha Cyrus Broacha was born in 1971 in Mumbai. He graduated from Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s College. He used to host the most famous MTV show, Bakra. He currently presents a weekly show on CNN-IBN, titled, The Week That Wasn’t. He has hosted several TV shows and is also a regular columnist in some of the foremost Indian publications. Broacha has also acted in Hindi movies, TV shows and commercials.