well in India to Resembling like a European, would be surely afterall
such a big thing to feel proud of, where we give importent to beeing
fare looking skin.
may be its one way to overcome many challenges ?
At 05:48 AM 6/14/2016 +0000, you wrote:
Dear Rajesh,
Prashant himself knows well that he is not European. He will have to
take it lightly. Else he would have to look down towards comments
made by childish people.
Kailas
On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 14:37:51 +0530 "Asudani, Rajesh" wrote
>Sounds childish.
Resembling a European is not afterall such a thing to feel proud of.
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Being Albino - A first person account by Prashant Naik
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