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Hello June is the month of our second relationship meet, so the month's film is the absolute classic 'Maurice', always a favorite of most gays in love. We will view the digitally remastered original DVD widescreen version with the English subtitles, so that we can catch most ofthe brilliant

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Hello All, Time again for our meet on 3rd Sunday of each month. On demand from many of you, we are going to have our second relationship meet. Prayatna Pune's first relationship meet was part of our 1st anniversary celebration in Oct 2011. The focus of our first relationship meet was on

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People still think that being gay or lesbian is all about sex' Says Sridhar Rangayan of the Mumbai international queer film festival, Kashish 2012, who talks about the role that he hopes that the films will play in helping people go beyond the stereotype May 23, 2012 Mumbai Aviva Dharmaraj

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Hello Gentle reminder!! Please be gathered by 5.20 seated by 5.25pm. Park your vehicles in the lane at P2 side. look forward to see you there. Regards, Team Prayatna From: Moderator Prayatna moderator_praya...@yahoo.com To: GB gaybom...@yahoogroups.com; G_B

g_b G[R]AYING GRACEFULLY - Prayatna Pune Meet (20th May 5.30pm)

Hi Folks, Time again for our meet on 3rd Sunday of each month…. After the relationship, parents GSA meets and based on our observations at social gatherings, some of us felt the need for an introductory meet looking at preparing us gays in India for growing older. Hence this G[r]aying

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India's most mainstream queer film fest is back in Mumbai Gay Star News interviews Pallav Patankar, co-director of Kashish Mumbai International Film Festival 04 May 2012 | By Anna Leach http://www.gaystarnews.com/author/anna-leach Dunno Y...Na Jaane Kyun - the film with the first gay kiss

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