Saharanpur violence: Bhim Army demands justice for Dalits

New Delhi, (IANS): Newly formed Dalits' rights group Bhim Army on Thursday issued ultimatum to the Uttar Pradesh government to bring the perpetrators of...

सहारनपुर जातीय संघर्ष : मोदी-योगी सरकार ने जल्द ही कोई कार्रवाई नहीं किया तो...

TwoCircles.net News Desk फ़रीदाबाद (हरियाणा) : सहारनपुर शब्बीरपुर गांव में हुए दलितों के साथ जातीय संघर्ष और फिर पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा का विरोध अब उत्तर...

पश्चिम में दलितो का उबाल निकाल न दे भाजपा के अभियान की हवा

आस मोहाम्द कैफ | TwoCircles.net मेरठ: पिछले सप्ताह मेरठ में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की प्रदेश कार्यसमिति की बैठक में दलितों पर विशेषतौर पर विचार विमर्श किया...

Bihar liquor ban should be ‘participatory’, not agenda: Experts

By Bhavana Akella and Sushil Kumar New Delhi : Bihar on Thursday joined the states that have banned liquor, with newly elected Chief Minister...

CGNet Swara: Voice of the unheard

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Between Arundhati Roy’s walk with the comrades and corporations-backed government war machine mowing down the jungles in Chattisgarh, there are millions of tribals whose voices remain unheard. Not that they cannot speak but there is a barrier to access because of language and remote areas. Knight International Journalism fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary intends to change that by using technology as a platform to make news & information easily accessible to all.

Rectify 1.4 crore errors in caste particulars, states told

New Delhi: Amid demands by some opposition parties for releasing the data of the caste census, the government on Tuesday said there were over...

NCDHR expresses alarm at NITI Aayog’s claims of not being able to monitor Schedule...

By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights has expressed disappointment at a recent news item which...

बहन मायावती की वापसी के साथ ही शब्बीरपुर में फिर बवाल, एक की हत्या,...

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCorcles.net सहारनपुर : बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती के शब्बीरपुर पीड़ितों से मुलाक़ात कर लौटने के तुरंत बाद बड़गांव चन्दपुर मार्ग पर शब्बीरपुर से...

मेरठ में आरएसएस समागम को लेकर फिर विवाद, तिरंगे को लेकर उठा सवाल

Aas Muhammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Meerut: A controversy over the insult of Maharishi Valmiki and Sant Ravidas in the hoarding of RSS in Meerut was not...

Eastern UP chosing mechanical over manual farming

Amit Dwivedi Special Correspondent, CNS Farmers in Eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) are increasingly chosing costlier mechanical ways of farming over less-expensive manual ways. Why? "Mechanical harvesting is easy and less time taking. At main harvesting time its become very tough to get the labourers at right time. And if the harvesting process will get late it can harm our crops due to hail storm and heavy rains. Due to these factors big and even small and marginal farmers are also moving towards mechanical harvesting" said a farmer living in eastern part of UP, Gyan Chand.

Congress bags 31 of the 59 reserved seats in Rajasthan; BJP falls from 53...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter With the Congress all set to return to power in Rajasthan after five years, the reign of Vasundhara Raje will come...

Kanhaiya Kumar, other leaders call for ‘non-cooperation movement’ against CAB and NRC in Kolkata...

By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net The streets of Kolkata witnessed a massive protest march against the Centre’s move on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019,...

‘प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी से इस्तीफ़ा लिया जाए, मुख्यमंत्री योगी को बरख़ास्त किया जाए’

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter  नई दिल्ली : देश में दलित-मुस्लिम-ओबीसी समाज पर बढ़ रहे अत्याचार, ‘भगवा आतंकवाद’ और भीम आर्मी के संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ और भीम...

JNU and Quest for a Just World

What JNU and Kanhaiya have done is hold a mirror to the great democracy that seems to have lost its way Aijaz...

Minus Pakistanis, the Kashmiris without leadership

Ref: - Indifference to Dutch offer, the sign of Kashmiri atrophy. Dear Sir The present position of Kashmir problem is given below as it evolved through its history after 1947: - (1)- The Kashmiris, speaking same language and practicing same religion (predominantly Islam) cannot be expected to remain divided across LOC.

No pride in caste prejudice

By Fatima Zehra for TwoCircles.net The recent suicide of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student of the University of Hyderabad sparked outrage across India and resurrected...

‘Very few in media understand Dalit or Muslim issues’

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Naveen Joshi has been associated with journalism for the last 30 years. He has seen the growth of Hindi newspapers from being a poor cousin of English print media to a position of power and influence. Read by crores of Indians every day, content and look of a Hindi newspaper today reflects the aspirations of the reader but still they have yet to become a complete newspaper, feels Naveen Joshi, who is the Editor of Hindi daily Hindustan. Some exercpts from his interview last year with Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net:

Politics of Religion

By Sadiq Zafar for TwoCircles.net, When elections are around, politics in Uttar Pradesh starts revolving around communal issues and Ram Mandir Babri Mosque debate erupts...

Rajya Sabha disrupted repeatedly over Dalit atrocities

New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was disrupted repeatedly on Monday over atrocities against Dalits in Punjab, as Congress leaders protested the gruesome chopping...

Beating of 3 Paraya boys in Kozhikode unpack existing caste-violence in Kerala

By Ashfaque EJ, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: “It’s been a week after we got beaten and casteist slurs were used against us. The police have failed to...

Kedarnath to Kanhaiya: Sedition law a tool to muffle the voice of dissent

By Azim Hussain Mazumder, The arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charges following the so called ‘Anti-national’ incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University sparked the debate...

Bharat Bandh protests on the issues of 13-point roster and Forest Rights

Text and video by Atul Anand for TwoCircles.net The first week of March 2019 has seen two major protests against the NDA government and the...

VCK gets one more constituency

Chennai: Mollifying its dissatisfied ally VCK, the DMK Saturday offered one more Lok Sabha seat to the Dalit party. With this, the VCK will...

भीम आर्मी की चेतावनी —‘सरकार बदलने में वक़्त नहीं लगेगा’

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net पिछले साल 9 मई को गांधी पार्क में जब भीम आर्मी शब्बीरपुर में दलितों पर हुए हमले के आरोपियों की गिरफ्तारी...

We are done with Godfather-like politics…the oppressed can speak for themselves: Rahul Sonpimple, BAPSA...

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Rahul Sonpimple, in one-on-one conversations, maintains eye contact at all times: although I interviewed him in near darkness at the...

RSS-ABVP disrupts BAMCEF’s Haryana convention

Yogesh Maitreya, for TwoCircles.net Mumbai: A group of RSS and ABVP cadres disrupted the Haryana State Convetion of The All India Backward (SC, ST, OBC)...

BJP showing fake love for Dalits, says BSP chief

Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the BJP of showing "fake love" for the Dalits. The BJP hit back,...

Don’t politicise Dalit issue: Rajnath

New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday urged against politicise the issue of atrocities on the Dalits and said society...

I dream of a casteless society – Jeyarani

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Dalit History Month began in 2015 inspired by the ‘Black History month’ in the US. April is observed as the Dalit...

शर्मनाक : हॉकी की खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया को जाति सूचक गाली देने का आरोप

जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net टोक्यो ओलंपिक में भारत का अर्जेंटीना से महिला हॉकी का सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला हारने के पश्चात, भारतीय खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया के परिवार को जातिवादी गालियों...

Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “The continuing programme of communal provocation that the groups and organizations of Hindutva ideology have been engaged in, should be ended forthwith through strict administrative action,” said Justice AP Shah, former CJ, Delhi High Court and head of the Jury, National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal.

DHRM: Beginning of a new political culture, says BRP Bhasker

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram: The Dalit Human Rights Movement is the beginning of a new political culture in Kerala, said famous journalist BRP Bhasker. He was inaugurating the meeting organized in front of the state Secretariat welcoming the party’s chairman Selvaraj who was released from prison.

In pictures: Dalits, Adivasis protest across the nation against change in SC/ST Act

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The ruling of the Supreme Court of India pertaining to the Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe Act resulted in a “Bharat Bandh”...

Yeddyurappa loses cool at Dalit protesters in BJP rally

By IANS, Davangere (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa lost his cool on seeing a group of Dalit Sangarsh Samiti protesters at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally here Monday and lashed out at senior police officers in public for failing to prevent the protest. As the protesters tried to shout slogans when he was about to address the rally, an incensed Yeddyurappa summoned Superintendent of Police Sandeep Patil to the stage and shouted at him.

Four shot dead in Bihar for refusing to share fish

Patna : Four people were shot dead in Bihar allegedly by a group of people belonging to upper caste for refusing to share the...

Congress will fight injustice to Dalits, tribals, says Rahul

Mhow (Madhya Pradesh): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the NDA government over "centralisation" of power and de-recognition of a student group...

PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event

ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...

The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part Two

By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...

75% of all children out of school are Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims

By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net New Delhi: A reply to a questioned asked in the Rajya Sabha has brought forth alarming statistics in...

Nearly 500 Hindus convert to Buddhism in Bihar

Patna : Nearly 500 Hindus, including women and children, converted to Buddhism Saturday in half a dozen villages in Bihar's Gaya district, officials said. All...

Panther Sena protests against move to install Shivaji statue in BAMU using students’ fund

By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net It would be normal to assume that providing adequate facilities to students would be a priority for the administration of any...

Former VC Hamid Ansari, Shashi Tharoor to speak at Reclaiming India conference on democratic...

TCN News Mohammad Hamid Ansari (Former Vice President of India), Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi (Historian and a Grandson of Mohandas Gandhi) and Rev Dr William Barber (Co-Chair...

Collapsing credibility Of Western media: An opportunity for India

By Saeed Naqvi, Even the skeptics now agree that India shall be a power in the Asian century. To insure this rise to the top, India must maximize all its assets. One asset for which it has a reputation is a lively media, a function of a relatively stable democratic order since independence.

Obama supports Raj Thackeray

Ref: - MNS should resort to legal / international approach Dear Sir

नंदन को पैदल घर पहुंचने में लगे आठ दिन, टीसीएन को कहा शुक्रिया, अभी...

टीसीएन ने एक हफ्ते पहले हरिद्वार से उत्तर प्रदेश के  मऊ 1400 किमी दूर पैदल जा रहे जिस मज़दूर नंदन का वीडियो इंटरव्यू किया...

मजदूरों की आवाज बन चुकी नवदीप कौर का आज जन्मदिन है … वो अभी...

तन्वी सुमन।Twocircles net दलित श्रम अधिकार एक्टिविस्ट और मजदूर अधिकार संगठन (MAS) की सदस्य, 24 वर्षीय नवदीप कौर लगभग 29  दिनों से जेल में है।...

भारी हंगामे के बीच दलित युवक का अन्तिम संस्कार, आरएसएस पर दंगा भड़काने का...

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मोरना : सोमवार को मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर में हुए उपद्रव के दौरान मारे गए दलित युवक का अन्तिम संस्कार आज भारी हंगामे...

For Dalit liberation, Dalit-Muslim unity must: Dalit leader

By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: “Dalits are victims of both Hindu atrocities and Hindutva, and for the liberation of Dalits, Dalit-Muslim unity is must,” said Dalit leader and President of Ambeker Samaj Party, Bhai Tej Singh. He was speaking at a function for release of the book “End Of Casteism”here in on Sunday. The book is written by T M Mani, a well-known Dalit leader from Tamilnadu who waged a long war against casteism and caste atrocities. The book is documentation of his own struggle, sufferings and achievements.

MIM appeals supporters to join Mumbai’s Dalit mass protest on July 22

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: In yet another attempt to portray it to be the party of Muslims and Dalits, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen...

Fact-finding team demands SIT investigation to ensure justice for Telangana honour killing victim

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net A fact-finding team from Civil liberties monitoring committee (CLMC) visited Miryalguda and the house of Permulla Balaswamy,  father of the late...

Speakers indict Narendra Modi for orchestrating gender violence and serious violations of...

By TCN News, A packed meeting at the London School of Economics organised by the LSE Gender Institute in collaboration with the Freedom Without Fear Platform and South Asia Solidarity Group on 3rd March, discussed the rise of Hindu fascism and its impact on gender and called for Narendra Modi to be brought to justice.

Will the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 provide succor to Dalits and...

Govt urged to pass SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session By TCN News, New Delhi: Urging the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep his pre-poll promise to the SC/ST communities, the National Coalition for Strengthening SCs & STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (NCSPA) has demanded the government to pass the pending Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session of the Parliament.

Faridabad arson: Fight between two thriving families?

Faridabad: In a horrendous incident, two children were burnt alive when a Dalit family's house was set afire in a Faridabad village on...

डेल्टा को न्याय न मिलने पर खुद को ख़त्म कर लूंगा – महेन्द्रराम मेघवाल

TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter दिल्ली:दो दिन पूर्व त्रिमोही, बाड़मेर के गडरा रोड में अम्बेडकरवादी विचारक और वरिष्ठ पत्रकार दिलीप मंडल ने इतिहासकार ताराराम गौतम के साथ...

Fear grips Dalits in Gujarat village after youth’s killing

Bhadraniya (Gujarat), (IANS): An atmosphere of fear hung over a colony of Dalits in this Gujarat village after the killing of a young man from...

Kerala forests suspected to shelter Maoists: Police

By IANS, Alappuzha: Police suspect the presence of Maoists in the forests across Kerala but is unsure of their activities, a top police officer said here Wednesday.

Bahujan Kranti Morcha organises rally in Mumbai, asks for separate courts for Dalit atrocity...

Text and Video by Shiva Thorat The Bahujan Kranti Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various representatives of marginalised groups, organised a rally in Mumbai to...

Doctoring History for Political Goals: Origin of Caste System in India

By Ram Puniyani, Caste hierarchy is a major obstacle to the goal of social justice and it continues to be a major obstacle to social progress even today. There are many a theories, which have tried to understand its origin. The latest in the series is the attempt of RSS to show its genesis due to invasion of Muslim kings. Three books written by RSS ideologues argue that Islamic atrocities during medieval period resulted in emergence of untouchables and low castes. The books are ‘Hindu Charmakar Jati’, ‘Hindu Khatik Jati’ and ‘Hindu Valmiki Jati’.

‘शिक्षा ही बहुजन समाज को एक नई दिशा दे सकती है’

TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : दलित मुद्दों पर काम करने वाली भारतीय समन्वय संगठन ‘लक्ष्य’ की काकोरी टीम ने बाबा साहेब डॉ. भीमराव अम्बेडकर...

Through the people’s lens: Modi’s development model so far

Dr Rahul Pandey, Bobby Ramakant and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service - CNS Story of Modi’s development model so far: Cutting health and education...

Untouchable in life, untouchable in death: Story of two dalit workers

By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net, Rs. 200,000 each for the lives of two- a Madiga and a Mangali. Kaleikuri Prasad's Poem 'Karma Bhuumilo' For whom do you search, for what saviours do you wait? If they poison you or burn you, or even if they strangle you with a rope No doctor shall testify for you, no court shall protect you All the laws and the courts promise illusory hope They’re only mirages for the common man (Translated by Kuffir Nalgundwar)

SDPI appeals to Governor of Gujarat to compensate the family of youth killed by...

By TCN News, Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Unit of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Sunday submitted a memorandum with the District Magistrate, Ahmedabad addressed...

Mayawati says Dalit’s daughter targeted, BJP hits back

Lucknow/New Delhi : A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sniffed out more than Rs 104 crore deposited in her party's account after demonetisation,...

Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers

The recent searches carried out by police in several slums in Hyderabad has drawn the ire of the slum-dwellers, who are predominantly Muslim, Dalits...

बनारस में कौमी एकता का महासम्मलेन, गूढ़ प्रश्नों पर खामोश रहे वक्ता

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: कल बनारस में कौमी-एकता को लेकर एक बड़ा कार्यक्रम आयोजित किया गया, जिसमें नगर और देश के बड़े मौलवियों, धर्मगुरुओं और महंतों ने शिरकत की. इस ‘कौमी यकजहती सर्वधर्म एकता महासम्मेलन’ का आयोजन बनारस स्थित अस्थायी हज हाउस में किया गया था.

Dalits ignored, corruption on rise under Yeddyurappa: BJP MP

By IANS, Bangalore : A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, Ramesh Jigajinagi, Tuesday alleged that Dalits were being neglected and corruption was on the rise under the party's first Chief Minister in Karnataka B.S. Yeddyurappa. Jigajinagi's attack on Yeddyurappa comes three days ahead of a 'Sadhana Samavesha' (convention on achievements) here to celebrate the party's two years in office. A fourth-term member of the Lok Sabha, Jigajinagi said Dalits hadn't got proper representation in the Yeddyurappa ministry.

‘रासुका से तो अच्छा है मुझे मार दे सरकार’ : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेख़र...

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी के सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद पर राज्य सरकार राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा क़ानून (रासुका) की कार्यवाही कर रही है. यह...

Backward classes panel for quota in private sector

New Delhi : The National Commission of Backward Classes has written to the social justice ministry to bring a bill for providing 27 percent...

Rashtriya Ekta Manch organizes protest and peace rally against killings of Muslim techie and...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: With the intention of spreading environment of peace and harmony in the state and to express solidarity with the...

An open letter to President-elect Ramnath Kovind: Hope you follow the Indian Constitution, not...

By Shamsul Islam for TwoCircles.net Respected Ramnath Kovind, Namaskar, I must congratulate you for being chosen as presidential candidate of the Indian Republic by BJP. It...

कोरोनाकाल मे दलित महिलाओं की हालत चिंताजनक,सह रही है अधिक उत्पीड़न

सुमन देवठिया समय कोरोना महामारी पूरे देश मे फ़ैल रही है जिसकी चपेट मे भारत भी है, इस कोरोना ने ना केवल इंसान के स्वास्थ्य...

National Dastak barred from sharing content on its Facebook page

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In what seems like a case of an attack on Dalit-Bahujan spaces in social media, Facebook has barred National Dastak from...

Varanasi: UP minister hints at ending coalition with BJP; reiterates demand for Purvanchal state

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Omprakash Rajbhar, a cabinet minister in the Yogi-Adityanath led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, hinted towards ending the coalition with BJP...

Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’

The police denied the allegations claiming the protesting women threw stones at them prompting them to use 'minimal force'. Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net  NEW DELHI — In...

S Chandra Mohan: The poet of an enlightened Ambedkarite era

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat for Twocircles.net S. Chandra Mohan’s poetry reflects the brilliance of his thought process and the rebel inside him. The sheer diversity...

Day after Dalit student’s suicide, students’ group points fingers at IIT Bombay

Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle Bombay called the incident an institutional issue, saying students from oppressed castes (SC/ST) and low-income families face immense...

Nearly 2 weeks after killing of Dalit girl in Bihar, only 2 accused arrested...

The family of the slain 20-year-old Dalit girl from Bihar is demanding the arrest of all the accused, a speedy trial and compensation...

RSS-BJP want to end reservation in the country: Nitish Kumar

Patna: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) want to end reservation in the country, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar...

Knowledge is power and the government controls it

By Saundarya Verma India is a country so vast that even after inhabiting the worlds’ largest population, we have space for more people. We make...

Students allege discrimination against Dalits, Tribals and Muslims after being denied entry into EFLU...

Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad has come under attack from students for allegedly discriminating against Dalit-Muslim students of the campus,...

Lawless laws leading to exclusion of marginalized: Professor Upendra Baxi

By Lalita, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Ambedkar University, Delhi organized the 5th Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on 5 March in India Islamic Cultural Centre. The lecture was delivered by Professor Upendra Baxi, eminent legal expert and scholar, on “Restoring ‘Title Deeds to Humanity’: Lawless Law, Living Death and the Insurgent Reason of Babasaheb Ambedkar”.

There is No Substitute for Love and No Substitute for Taj Mahal

By Dr. B. R. Natarajan

To quote Emperor Shah Jahan who made the Taj Mahal "The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs and makes sun and moon shed tears from their eyes. In this world this edifice has been made to display, thereby, the Creator's glory."

"Let the splendor of the diamond, pearl and ruby vanish like the magic shimmer of the rainbow. Only let this one teardrop, the Taj Mahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time" is what Nobel Prize winner Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore said about the Taj Mahal.

USA ought to mobilize UN for transforming global monetary system

Ref: To avoid man made financial Tsunamis, Federal interest cut not enough.

Dear Sir

Last week's interest rate cut by Federal Reserve of USA which again injected life in share market of India which got decimated after fall of SENSEX from 22,000 to 16,000 has proved (if at all any proof was needed) that sovereignty in contemporary world has no meaning in traditional sense of the term and USA is economically all powerful to influence economies of various countries including of India, especially in this age of globalization.

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