{This article was released when Prashant Tamang first arrived at Darjeeling during the Indian Idol competition}
BY NAMO DIXIT for Explore Sikkim
The Journey of Thousand Miles begins with One Step’- this saying has turned into reality with the victory of Prashant Tamang as the third Indian Idol. This simple young lad hailing from Queen of Hills- Darjeeling, would not have even thought in his wildest dream that he would one day bestow so much of respect, pride of belongingness and above all a totally different identity to the people he belonged to. Fate fortunately had a secret blessing for Prashant which even his near and dear ones were unaware of a blessing in disguise followed him which eventually took him to the platform of Indian Idol on Sony Entertainment Television thus making him the winner of the title. Every ill fated blotch on his life and every bad remark he received in his life till now has proved to be a blessing in disguise which he accepted with silenc...
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