ભલે નામ કે બુરે નામ.

bhalē nāma kē burē nāma.

Literally: Whether good name or bad name.
What it means: Used to suggest that being talked about is better than being ignored.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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