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"Cemcho bhai, harisani, ano chokra kabar?"
That is Gujarati for: "Hello brother, how are you? Any news about your son?"
Not too unusual as the start of a conversation in the heart of the Asian community in Blackburn, apart from the fact that the words are being spoken by a 69-year-old white, English-born milkman.
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