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Is it possible to learn this power?
(I’m, uh, asking for a friend)
The power to find Indian women attractive?
Yes
First, one must move out of Somalia or Inner Mongolia, or at least unstick one's self from the nearest toilet. There are 1.4 billion of us in India, and even sex-selective abortion hasn't prevented half of them being female. You might find a sample near to home, we seem to get everywhere.
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There were lots of hot Indian girls in my New Jersey high school. But Indians aren't very popular on 4chan's /gif/ and /s/ boards, so I haven't seen many hot ones since leaving high school.
Checking Pornhub, I am somewhat astonished to see that, if I search for "bikini" and filter by the Indian category, there are only 89 matching videos on the entire site (versus 1712 in the Asian category), and most of them are not particularly appealing.
Searching for "india pageant" on YouTube reveals Miss Universe India 2025 Grand Finale, which is five hours long. You could use that as a guide for what the subcontinent's exemplars of beauty look like.
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Idk just Google "beautiful Indian women" and you'll see plenty of examples.
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