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    "editor1": "<p>New Delhi, Aug 11 - India skipper Virat Kohli, all-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardik Pandya and many other players on Thursday supported opener Abhinav Mukund&#39;s emotional Twitter post, recalling the abusive racist posts he received due to his skin colour.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nMukund, on Wednesday tweeted a post about fair not being the &quot;only lovely or handsome.&quot; Kohli, Pandya, Bengal batsman Manoj Tiwary, off-spinner Ashwin supported the youngster and appreciated him. Kohli tweeted: &quot;Very well said Abhinav&quot; while Ashwin said: &quot;Read and learn, don&#39;t make it a headline cos its someone&#39;s emotion.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWomen&#39;s doubles badminton star Jwala Gutta also supported him and said: &quot;Corrrrrectttt&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nRecalling his past, Mukund, who scored 81 in the second innings in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle, wrote: &quot;I have been playing cricket since the age of 10 and I have gradually climbed up the ladder to where I am right now.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<img alt=\"mukund\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/article\/abhinav-mukund.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; width: 700px; height: 400px;\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It is an honour to get the chance to represent the country at the highest level. I am writing today not to garner sympathy or attention but...with the hope to change the mindset of people on an issue I feel strongly about.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I have been travelling a lot within and outside our country since I was 15. Ever since I was young, people&#39;s obsession with my skin colour has always been a mystery to me. Anyone who follows cricket would understand the obvious.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I have played and trained day in and day out in the sun and not once have I regretted the fact that I have tanned or lost a couple of shades,&quot; he wrote.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe Tamil Nadu southpaw further wrote: &quot;It is simply because I love what I do and I have been able to achieve certain things only because I have spent hours outdoor. I come from Chennai, probably one of the hottest places in our country and I have gladly spent most of my adult life in the cricket ground.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe 27-year-old concluded the note by saying that one has to be comfortable in his own skin.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I have laughed and shrugged it off because I had bigger goals! Affected young, I toughened up because this was never something that would pull me down. There were many times when I chose not to dignify these insults with responses,&quot; Mukund said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;With the rise of social media, it has gone to a magnitude that I see people hurling abuses left, right and centre at something I have absolutely no control over. Fair isn&#39;t the only lovely or handsome guys.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;Stay true, stay focussed, be comfortable in your own skin&quot;, he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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