Tattooing is not latest in Delhi University, tattooing originated in India centuries ago and was a mark of social and professional status in the society but it has been modernized according to fashion trends. Tattooing has become a passion mostly among Delhi university students, whether we try to copy actors like Saif Ali Khan or item girl Rakhi Sawant, today also, as was in the past, tattoos signify style statements of Delhi university students.

With the passage of time tattooing has become a flourishing business in Delhi and major customers includes Delhi University students who want to show off their style with tattoos and piercings even on their chin. Whether you go in malls or any market, you will surely find a piercing and tattoo making shop flooded with students. The culture and fashion of tattoos among students have opened up many professional courses in the same in different institutes. Now students can also learn how to design their own tattoo by a professional tattoo artist.

Whether you see the fests or competitive events in Delhi University, tattoo making stalls and competitions are common nowadays with many students showing more interest in this field. Generally, tattooed girls are seen as hot and appeal more to the eyes of boys whereas a boy with tattoo is seen as cool and stylish. The design and permanency of tattoos also depends on taste.
 
Permanent tattoos are quite risky and involve a lot of pain and in addition one has to bear that tattoo throughout one's life. Still, a lot of Delhi university students and people use them as their identity. Whereas, some students love the temporary tattoos that do not stick to their skin throughout their life and can be removed after sometime to experiment some more designs.

With more Indian youth becoming conscious regarding fashion, tattoos are not limited to a small population. Till a few years back, a tattooed body was considered more of a choice of a particular section of the society but today every youth wants to join the fashionista wagon by having a stylish tattoo on his body. Therefore, anybody can lead the trend but the selection of design and style of tattoo should not be against the society one live in as every tattoo has a different meaning.

However, fashion styles have come and gone but tattooing has every time emerged in new forms and has shown its prevalence over the period in upholding the experimental culture of students of Delhi University.