“It (North America) has drawn heavily from the strength of each community of its people to build the richest and the most powerful nations on earth. You are privileged and fortunate to be in a land that recognises and rewards individual talent and enterprise.”

— Mahendra Chaudhry

Message to the California Fiji Festival 2005

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