Everyone has become so sensitive nowadays, I don't find the writer as a wind up merchant. He's just asking a genuine question. Personally, I didn't know that coconut oil or other oils can cause a smell...but now I do. So maybe he's wondering why some of Indian people he met smelt bad...I don't find anything wrong with it. He isn't implying that the entire race smells bad (atleast I hope not). Just relax people.