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Considering how handsome our Iranian ancestors were, and how exquisitely featured the Indian women who surely intermarried in large numbers, the resulting product is rather disappointing. The Persian features were vulgarized perhaps by the practice of marrying our first cousins, mostly paternal. You can yet spot a Parsi from a mile. Although the pink glow of Iranian cheeks is rare, the complexion survives almost unscathed despite the harsh Indian sun. Its shades are becoming darker however. From the near Caucasian (some aristocratic Parsis may be very fair due to marrying Anglo-Saxon and European ladies!) to the somewhat derisively referred to as......