UP minister trying his hands to hairdress children amid lockdown

With India under a total lockdown and salons out of bounds, a Uttar Pradesh minister is trying his hands on a pair of scissors to hairdress his children. But is that an easy skill to develop?

Satish Dwivedi, the minister of state for basic education, said the hair of his son and daughter had grown long and messy.

"And I decided to do hairdress them. It did not go well for my four-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Sukriti."

"However, by the time I was gearing up for my eight-year-old son, Kartikeya, my hands were fairly set," Dwivedi said.

A video of him doing the hair cut of the children has gone viral on the social media, drawing a number of reactions.

"The video was made by my wife to show this act to my family members and relatives when I was busy cutting the hair. Later, when I saw the video, I shared it," the minister said.

Asked how the children reacted to the new skill he has developed but not yet perfected, the minister said they were happy.

"I was apprehensive but the children ...