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Adultery as crime

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On 8/12/2017 Supreme Court dealt with Section 497 of Indian Penal Code which makes adultery punishable for man but not for married woman. The bench was headed by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud and Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar were other members of the bench.
IPC 497 says, “Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of adultery, and shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. In such case the wife shall not be punishable as an abettor.”

Section 198(2) in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 says “(2) For the purposes of sub- section (1), no person other than the husband of the woman shall be deemed to be aggrieved by any offence punishable under section 497 or section 498 of the said Code: Provided that in the absence of the husband, some person who had care of the woman on his behalf at the time when such offence was committed may, with the leave of the Court, make a complaint on his behalf.”

The court was hearing a public interest litigation petition, challenging the constitutionality of Section 497 IPC read with Section 198(2) of the CrPC. Appearing for the petitioner, advocate for the petitioner said that Section 497 IPC was unconstitutional as it discriminates against men and violates Article 14, 15 and 21. “When the sexual intercourse takes place with the consent of both the parties, there is no good reason for excluding one party from the liability,” he said.

Justice Chandrachud said the provision which said that it would be an offence only if done without the consent of the husband “put the woman in a position of a commodity”. He added, “As if with his permission, there would not have been any problem.”

The bench, headed by the Chief Justice of India, said, “Ordinarily, the criminal law proceeds on gender neutrality but in this provision, as we perceive, the said concept is absent. That apart, it is to be seen when there is conferment of any affirmative right on women, can it go to the extent of treating them as the victim, in all circumstances, to the peril of the husband… A time has come when the society must realise that a woman is equal to a man in every field. This provision, prima facie, appears to be quite archaic. When the society progresses and the rights are conferred, the new generation of thoughts spring, and that is why, we are inclined to issue notice.”

The court issued a notice to the Centre on the constitutionality of the IPC provision dealing with adultery, saying it appeared to be “archaic” and did not appear to be gender-neutral.

Punishing a man for a crime and not punishing the woman for the same crime is sexual discrimination. Feminists have not argued against IPC 497. They have not demanded equality with men in punishment for adultery. They have not said this is commodification of woman, it reduced woman to husband’s property. There is no punishment for adultery when a married man has sex with an unmarried woman.

Adultery is a ground for divorce. Many married women when caught in adultery say they were raped. Law Commission of India in its 42nd report had recommended the retention of Section 497 with the modification that the wife, who commits adultery, should be made punishable for adultery. Parliament rejected the recommendation.

Either adultery should be a crime for both man and woman or it should not be a crime for any of them.

Mamata Banerjee as PM candidate

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Ram Jethmalani on Sunday 18/3/2018 called for formation of a third front led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to “oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi” in the next Lok Sabha elections.

Both Congress and BJP governments have been deliberately apathetic to recovery of black money stashed in “Germany and other countries”, Jethmalani said, speaking to reporters at Indore.

“They have committed a joint crime of cheating people. Therefore, a third front of honest leaders is needed.”

“I want Mamata Banerjee to lead the third front to oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the next general elections. Mamata has the ability to be the prime minister.”

Ram Jethmalani was once a Modi supporter. He expected Modi to recover black money from foreign countries. That did not happen. He turned against Modi.

Ram Jethmalani criticised Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and the NDA government over their policy on black money. The NDA government has no right to stay in power, he said.

Ram Jethmalani wants Modi to run out of India and Jaitley in jail.

Jethmalani had written a letter to Arun Shourie, Shatrughan Sinha and Yashwant Sinha, who had reached out to Jethmalani in their fight against Narendra Modi that he has now thrown his weight behind Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, whom he described as his “selected heroine as the ruler of Indian democracy”.

BJP had expelled Jethmalani. Jethmalani was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar on an RJD ticket for the sixth time in 2016.

“I am sorry I have thrown my lot and talent at the total disposal of Mamata Banerjee and she has responded beautifully to my gesture and spoken out bravely that she would destroy the present BJP regime…I write this to make the lady of Bengal who is my selected heroine as the ruler of Indian democracy,” Jethmalani, who was expelled from the BJP in 2013, said.

Mamata Banerjee has prime ministerial ambitions like many other politicians. TMC does not have much presence outside West Bengal. Becoming PM is possible if she leads a coalition successfully or emerges leader of a coalition after elections. KCR wants a non-BJP, non-Congress Front. His TRS is a state party. It does not have presence outside Telangana. Mamata Banerjee has to decide whether she wants to be part of a coalition with Congress. Many parties like AIADMK and BJD are likely to go alone during Lok Sabha elections.

Interestingly it was Mamata Banerjee’s agitation against Tata Nano Plant in Singur that led to rise of Narendra Modi. He welcomed Ratan Tata to Gujarat and Tata Nano Plant came up in Sanand. Soon businessmen supported Modi as PM candidate. Mamata’s TMC won West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections and dislodged Left Front after 34 years. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections BJP won 282 seats and its allies won around 50 seats. TMC’s 34 seats did not make a difference.

Harjit Masih is right

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Right is right even though nobody is right. Wrong is wrong even though everybody is wrong.

Truth is not a matter of numbers. Lunar eclipse takes place during full moon. Everybody saying lunar eclipse takes place during new moon does not make it true.

Sushma Swaraj was wrong about 39 Indians in Mosul and is wrong about Harjit Masih. So amount of subterfuge and convoluted and twisted reasoning can make her right.

Harjit Masih had told the government officials about ISIS killing 39 Indians. They wanted to suppress the truth. The government did not want the country to know the truth. Modi government had taken over on 26/5/2014 and it did not want bad news of the death of Indians in Mosul to be known. For long it suppressed the truth.

Harjet Masih was part of the group that was abducted in 2014 while trying to escape an ISIS attack on Mosul on 11/6/2014. After he returned to India, the government had kept him in “protective custody” as Foreign Minister had told parliament in November 2014. Harjit Masih was told family members of other Indians were angry with him. He wondered why they were angry with him.

The officers who dealt with him in protective custody lured him with the promise of a job and told him to say that the others were not dead. They told him to say I don’t know about the others and that he escaped. He was treated well while in protective custody during which he was kept in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore and Greater Noida.

Out of protective custody Harjit Masih went public with death of 39 Indians. Modi government hit by having cases of trafficking registered against him by the families of 39 deceased. His father died because of this tension. He had to spend six months in jail.

Sushma Swaraj had personally met the families of the abducted persons several times and assured them that the government was “fully and continuously engaged” and “every possible effort” was being made to ensure their release.

On 14/5/2015 Sushma Swaraj contradicted Harjit Masih. She said the Indians were alive. “We had six sources before. Now we have eight sources. All say Indians are alive. There is no question of not believing the eighth source.” Who was her eighth source? Narendra Modi?

All was well for Sushma Swaraj till Mosul and surrounding areas were under ISIS control. In June 2017 Iraq defeated ISIS and captured Mosul and surrounding areas. Soon it was obvious Indians were not there. There were reports that they were in Badush prison. It was found Badush prison was in ruins, destroyed after ISIS victory in 2014. No traces of Indians. Now some family members started to doubt Sushma Swaraj? They asked “Why will Harjit Masih lie?”

Sushma Swaraj started avoiding meeting family members of the dead and taking their phone calls. One MP who questioned her on this on Twitter was blocked.

On 20/3/2018 Sushma Swaraj in Rajya Sabha announced the death of 39 Indians. Till then she had denied they were dead. Harjit Masih said the statement on Tuesday about the death of 39 Indians in Mosul confirms what he has been telling the government all along.

The family members of 39 Indians were devastated. They had trusted Sushma Swaraj even though they had heard Harjit Masih say those Indians were dead. The government knew they were dead but claimed otherwise.

BJP apologists have excuses for what Sushma Swaraj did. They can fool themselves, not others. Some do not want opposition parties to politicise the issue. Politicians are there to politicise. If politicians do not politicise who else will politicise? BJP would have done the same if it was in opposition.

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ಅಶಿರ್ ದಾರ್ವಟೊ

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“ಅಶಿರ್ ದಾರ್ವಟಾಂತ್ಲ್ಯಾನ್ ಭಿತರ್ ಸರಾ ಕಿತ್ಯಾಕ್ ನಾಸಾಕ್ ವರ್ತಾ ತೊ ದಾರ್ವಟೊ ರೂಂದ್ ಆನಿ ತೊ ಮಾರೊಗ್ ಇಸ್ಕಳ್ ಅನಿ ತಾಂತ್ಲ್ಯಾನ್ ಪಯ್ಣ್ ಕರ್ಚೆ ಧಾರಾಳ್. ಪೂಣ್ ಜಿವಿತಾಕ್ ಪಾವಂವ್ಚೊ ದಾರ್ವಟೊ ಅಶಿರ್ ಆನಿ ತಿ ವಾಟ್ ಅಡ್ಚಣೆಚಿ ಆನಿ ತಿ ಮೆಳ್ಚಿಯೀ ಥೊಡ್ಯಾಂಕ್‍ಚ್.” (ಮಾತೆವ್ ೭/೧೩-೧೪).

ಕಥೊಲಿಕ್ ಧರ್ಮ್‌ಸಭೆಚೊ ದಾರ್ವಟೊ ಅಶಿರ್ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೊ. ಕುಮ್ಗಾರ್ ಘೆಂವ್ಕ್ ಮಧ್ಯಾನ್ ರಾತಿ ಥಾವ್ನ್ ಜಿಂಜ್ವಾರ್ ಕರಿಜೆ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೊ. ಕರೆಜ್ಮಾಂತ್ ಚಾಳಿಸ್ ದಿಸಾಂಚೊ ಜಿಂಜ್ವಾರ್ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೊ. ಥೊಡ್ಯಾ ಫೆಸ್ತಾಂಕ್ ಸೊಡ್ನ್ ಸುಕ್ರಾರಾ ಮಾಸ್ ಖಾಂವ್ಕ್ ಆಡ್ವಾರ್‌ಲ್ಲೆಂ. ಆಯ್ತಾರಾ ಮಿಸಾಚೊ ಕಾಯ್ದೊ ಆಯ್ತಾರಾ ಪಾಳುಂಕ್ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೊ. ನಿಮಾಣ್ಯಾ ಬ್ರೇಸ್ತಾರಾ ಬಾರಾ ಚೆಡ್ಯಾಂಚೆ ವ ದಾದ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಚೆ ಪಾಯ್ ಧುಂವ್ಚೆ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೆ. ಅಟ್ರಾ ಆಟಾಳ್ ಆನಿ ಅಟ್ರಾ ಜಾಗರಣ್ ಸಗ್ಳ್ಯಾ ಧರ್ಮ್‌ಸಭೆಕ್ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೆ. ಥೊಡ್ಯಾ ದಿಯೆಸೆಜಿಂಕ್ ಆನಿ ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕಾಂಕ್ ವಿಂಗಡ್ ಆಟಾಳ್ ಆನಿ ಆಟಾಳ್ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೆ. ಇಗರ್ಜಾಂನಿ ಕುಮ್ಗಾರಾಚೊ ಗ್ರಾದಿ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲ್ಯೊ. ದಿಂಬಿ ಘಾಲ್ನ್ ಕುಮ್ಗಾರ್ ಕಾಣ್ಘೆಂವ್ಚೆಂ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೆಂ.

ಪಾವ್ಲ್ ಸವ್ಯಾನ್ ೧೯೬೯ ಇಸ್ವೆಂತ್ ಭಿಸ್ಪಾಂಚಿ ಆನಿ ಕಾರ್ಡಿನಾಲಾಂಚಿ ಮುಸ್ತಾಯ್ಕಿ ಬದ್ಲಿಲಿ. ತಾಕಾ ಕುರ್ವಾರ್ ಕೆಲ್ಲೊ ತಿದೊಡೊ ಕುರೊವ್ ದಾನ್ ದಿಲೊ ವ ವಿಕ್ಲೊ. ಅಮೆರಿಕಾಂತ್, ವಾಷಿಂಗ್ಟನಾಂತ್ ಖತಾವಿಣ್ ಗರ್ಭಿಸಂಭವ್ ಬಾಸಿಲಿಕಾಂತ್ ಆಸಾ. ಹೆರ್ ತಿದೊಡೆ ಕುರೊವ್ ಆಸಾತ್. ಉಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಪಾಪ್‍ಸಾಯ್ಬಾಂನಿ ತಿದೊಡೊ ಕುರೊವ್ ದವರುನಾ.

ಪಾಟ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಥೊಡ್ಯಾ ದಶಕಾಂನಿ ದಾರ್ವಟೊ ರೂಂದ್ ಕೆಲಾ. ಪಿಯುಸ್ ಬಾರಾವ್ಯಾನ್ ಆಟಾಳ್ ಆನಿ ಜಾಗರಣ್ ಉಣೆ ಕೆಲೆ. ಕುಮ್ಗಾರ್ ಘೆಂವ್ಕ್ ಜಿಂಜ್ವಾರ್ ತೀನ್ ವೊರಾಂಚೊ ಕೆಲೊ. ಪಾವ್ಲ್ ಸವ್ಯಾನ್ ತೊ ಎಕಾ ವೊರಾಚೊ ಕೆಲೊ. ಜುವಾಂವ್ ಪಾವ್ಲ್ ದುಸ್ರ್ಯಾನ್ ಆಯ್ತಾರಾ ಮಿಸಾಚೊ ಕಾಯ್ದೊ ಸನ್ವಾರಾ ಸಾಂಜೆರ್ ಪಾಳ್ಯೆತ್ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಕೆಲೆಂ. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಸಾನ್ ನಿಮಾಣ್ಯಾ ಬ್ರೇಸ್ತಾರಾ ಬಾಯ್ಲ್ ಮನ್ಶಾಂಚೆ ವ ಚೆಡ್ವಾಂಚೆ ಪಾಯ್ ಧುವ್ಯೆತ್ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಕೆಲೆಂ.

ದುಸ್ರ್ಯಾ ವಾತಿಕಾನ್ ವಿಶ್ವಸಭೆ ಉಪ್ರಾಂತ್ ನವೀಕರಣ್, ದೇಶೀಕರಣ್, ಭಾರತೀಕರಣ್ ಆನಿ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತೀಕರಣ್ ನಾಂವಾನ್ ಜಾಯ್ತೆಂ ವಾಯ್ಟ್ ಜಾಲೆಂ. ಭುರ್ಗ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ದಿಂವ್ಚ್ಯಾ ನಾಂವಾಂ ವರ್ವಿಂ ಹಿಂದು ವ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವ್ ಕಳಾನಾ ಜಾಲೆಂ.  ಎಕಾ ಕಾಜಾರಾಕ್ ಧೆಡೊ ಅಜಿತ್. ತಾಣೆ ಕುಮ್ಗಾರ್ ಕಾಣ್ಘೆಲೊ. ಮಿಸಾ ಉಪ್ರಾಂತ್ ಕಳ್ಳೆಂ ತೊ ಹಿಂದು. ನೊವ್ರ್ಯಾಕ್ ಧೆಡೊ ಜಾವ್ನ್ ಕೊಣೀ ಕಥೊಲಿಕ್ ಮೆಳೊನಾ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಎಕ್ಲ್ಯಾನ್ ಮ್ಹಳೆಂ. ಸಬಾರ್ ಪಾವ್ಟಿಂ ಅಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವ್ ಮಿಸಾಕ್ ಯೇವ್ನ್ ಕುಮ್ಗಾರ್ ಕಾಣ್ಘೆತಾತ್.

ಕನ್ನಡಾಂತ್ ಏಕ್ ಗಾದ್ ಆಸಾ. “ಬರಬರುತ್ತಾ ರಾಯನ ಕುದುರೆ ಕತ್ತೆಯಾಯಿತು.” ಕಥೊಲಿಕಾಂಚಿ ಗಜಾಲ್ ತಶಿ ಜಾಲಿ.  ಪಾದ್ರಿಂನಿ ಲೋಬ್ ಘಾಲ್ಚೆಂ ಉಣೆ ಜಾಲೆಂ. ಮಾದ್ರಿಂನಿ ಕಾಪ್ಡಾಂ ನೆಸೊಂಕ್ ಸುರು ಕೆಲೆಂ. ಚೆಡ್ವಾಂನಿ ಆನಿ ಬಾಯ್ಲ್ ಮನ್ಶಾಂನಿ ಬೊಟ್ಟು ಘಾಲುಂಕ್ ಸುರು ಕೆಲೆಂ. ಕಾಜಾರಿ ಬಾಯ್ಲ್ ಮನ್ಶಾಂನಿ ಕರಿಯಮಣಿ/ಮಂಗಲಸೂತ್ರ/ತಾಳಿ ಬಾಂದುಂಕ್ ಸುರು ಕೆಲೆಂ. ತಮಿಳುನಾಡುಚ್ಯಾ ಎಕಾ ಆಶ್ರಮಾಂತ್ ಮಾದ್ರಿಂನಿ ರಾತಿಕ್ ಸಾಡೆ-ಚಾರಾಂಕ್ ಉಟೊನ್ ಗಾಯತ್ರಿ ಮಂತ್ರ ಮ್ಹಣೊಂಕ್ ಸುರು ಕೆಲೆಂ.  ಜನ್ಮಾ ದೀಸ್ ಆನಿ ಹೆರ್ ಸಂದರ್ಭಾಂನಿ ಉಸ್ಟ್ಯಾಚಿ ಕೇಕ್ ಖಾಂವ್ಕ್ ಸುರು ಕೆಲೆಂ.

ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ವ ದಿವಾಲಿ ಹಿಂದು ಫೆಸ್ತ್. ರಾಮ ಅಯೋಧ್ಯಾಕ್ ಪಾಟಿಂ ಆಯಿಲ್ಲ್ಯಾಚೆಂ ಆಚರಣ್. ತ್ಯಾ ವೆಳಾರ್ ಲೊಕಾನ್ ವಾಟೆರ್ ದಿವೊ ಪೆಟವ್ನ್ ರಾಮಾಚೊ ಸ್ವಾಗತ್ ಕೆಲ್ಲೊ. ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವಾಂನಿ ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ವ ದಿವಾಲಿ ಆಚರ್ಸುಂಚೆಂ ಸಾರ್ಕೆಂ ನಹಿಂ.  ದಿವಾಲಿ ಸಾಂಗಾತಾ ಹೆರ್ ಹಿಂದು ಫೆಸ್ತಾಂಚೆಂ ಆಚರಣ್ ಸುರು ಜಾಲೆಂ. ಏಕ್ ಪಾವ್ಟಿಂ ಚುಲ್ನಾ ಫಾತಿಮಾ ಸಾಯ್ಬಿಣ್ ಇಗರ್ಜೆಂತ್ ಆಜ್ ಆಮಿ ವಿಜಯದಶಮಿ ಆಚರ್ಸಿತಾಂವ್ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಆಯ್ಕಾಲೆಂ. ಹೋಲಿ ವೆಳಾರ್ ರಂಗ್ ಉಡಯ್ತಾತ್ ಆನಿ ಸಾರಯ್ತಾತ್.

ಇಗರ್ಜ್ ಪವಿತ್ರ್ ಜಾಗೊ. ಇಗರ್ಜೆಂತ್ ತಾಳಿಯೊ ಪೆಟ್ಚೆಂ ನಹಿಂ. ಹೆಪ್ಪಿ ಬರ್ಥ್‌ಡೇ ಗಾಂವ್ಚೆಂ ನಹಿಂ. ಕೇಕ್ ಕಾತರ್ಚಿ ನಹಿಂ.

ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವ್ ಸಮಡ್ತಿಂತ್ ಜಾತ್ ನಾ. ದಲಿತ್ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೆ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಇಸ್ಕಾಲಾಂನಿ, ಕೊಲೆಜಿಂನಿ, ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಕಾಮಾಂನಿ ಅಮಾನತ್ ವಿಚಾರ್ಚೆಂ ಚೂಕ್. ಹಿಂದು, ಬೌದ್ಧ್, ಸಿಖ್ ದಲಿತಾಂಕ್ ಅಮಾನತ್ ಆಸಾ. ಪಾಟ್ಲ್ಯಾ ವರ್ಗಾಚ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಅಮಾನತ್ ಆಸಾ. ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವಾಂತ್ ಸಕ್ಕಡ್ ಸಮಾನ್. ಅಮಾನತಾಚೊ ವಿರೋಧ್ ಕರಿಜೆ.

ಪಾಸ್ಖ್ ಜಾಗರಣ್ ವಾಚ್ಪಾಂ ಬಾರಾ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲಿಂ. ಪಿಯುಸ್ ಬಾರಾವ್ಯಾನ್ ತಿಂ ಚಾರ್ ಕೆಲಿಂ. ಪಾವ್ಲ್ ಸವ್ಯಾನ್ ತಿಂ ಸಾತ್ ಕೆಲಿಂ ಪೂಣ್ ತೀನ್ ವಾಚ್ಲ್ಯಾರ್ ಪುರೊ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಕೆಲೆಂ – ಪಯ್ಲೆಂ, ತಿಸ್ರೆಂ, ಪಾಂಚ್ವೆಂ. ತಾಂತುಂಯೀ ಪಯ್ಲ್ಯಾ ವಾಚ್ಪಾಂತ್ ಮಟ್ವೆಂ ವಾಚಾಪ್ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೆಂ.

ಪಯ್ಲೆಂ ನಾತಾಲ್, ನವೆಂ ವರ್ಸ್, ಪಾಸ್ಖ್ ಮಧ್ಯಾನ್ ರಾತ್ ಮಿಸಾಂ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲಿಂ. ನವರಾತ್ರಿ ವೆಳಾರ್ ಲೊಕಾನ್ ಸಗ್ಳಿ ರಾತ್ ಮೈಕ್ ಘಾಲ್ನ್ ದಾಂಡಿಯಾ ಆನಿ ಗರ್ಬಾ ನಾಚ್ತಾತ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾನ್ ನೀದ್ ಪಡಾನಾ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಥೊಡ್ಯಾಂನಿ ಸುಪ್ರೀಮ್ ಕೋರ್ಟಾಂತ್ ವ್ಯಾಜ್ ಕೆಲೊ. ರಾತಿಕ್ ಧಾ ಥಾವ್ನ್ ಸ ಮಧೆಂ ಮೈಕ್ ಘಾಲ್ನ್ ಉಗ್ತೆಂ ವಾರೆಂ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ್ ಜಾಯ್ನಾಯೆ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಸುಪ್ರೀಮ್ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ ತೀರ್ಪ್ ಆಯ್ಲೆಂ. ತ್ಯಾ ವರ್ವಿಂ ಕ್ರಿಸಾಂವಾಂಕೀ ಕಷ್ಟ್ ಜಾಲೆ. ಉಪ್ರಾಂತ್ ಕೇಂದ್ರ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರಾನ್ ಕಾನೂನ್ ಕರ್ನ್ ರಾಜ್ಯ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರಾಂಕ್ ವರ್ಸಾಂತ್ ಪಂದ್ರಾ ದೀಸ್ ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ್ ಸಂದರ್ಭಾರ್ ರಾತಿಕ್ ಧಾ ಥಾವ್ನ್ ಬಾರಾ ಮಧೆಂ ಸುಟ್ಕಾ ದೀಂವ್ಕ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರ್ ದಿಲೊ. ಆತಾಂ ಸಬಾರ್ ಫಿರ್ಗಜಾಂನಿ ನಾತಾಲ್, ನವೆಂ ವರ್ಸ್, ಪಾಸ್ಖ್ ರಾತ್ ಮಿಸಾಂ ಧಾ ವೊರಾರ್. ಎಕಾ ಫಿರ್ಗಜೆಂತ್ ಆಟ್ ವೊರಾರ್. ಇಗರ್ಜೆ ಭಿತರ್ ಮೀಸ್ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೆ ಕಡೆಯೀ ಧಾ ವೊರಾರ್. ಮಧ್ಯಾನ್ ರಾತ್ ಮೀಸ್ ಸಾಧ್ಯ್ ನಾ ಜಾಲ್ಯಾರ್ ಸಕಾಳಿಂ ಸ ವೊರಾರ್ ದವರಿಜೆ. ಪಾಸ್ಖ್ ಜಾಗರಣ್ ಸನ್ವಾರಾ ದವರಿಜೆ ಆನಿ ಪಾಸ್ಖ್ ಮೀಸ್ ಆಯ್ತಾರಾ ಸಕಾಳಿಂ ಸ ವೊರಾರ್ ದವರಿಜೆ.

ಕರೆಜ್ಮಾಂತ್ ಸಮುದಾಯಾಂನಿ ಖುರ್ಸಾಚಿ ವಾಟ್ ಆಸ್ತಾ. ಎಕಾ ಸ್ತೆಸಾಂವಾ ಥಾವ್ನ್ ಅನ್ಯೆಕಾ ಸ್ತೆಸಾಂವಾಕ್ ವೆಚೆಂ ಆಸ್‍ಲ್ಲೆಂ. ಎಕಾಚ್ಚ್ ಜಾಗ್ಯಾರ್ ಕರುಂಕ್ ಸುರು ಕೆಲೆಂ. ಅತಾಂ ಸಬಾರ್ ಜಣಾಂ ಕದೆಲಾರ್ ಬಸ್ತಾತ್.

ಮಾಗ್ಣೆ

ದೆವಾ, ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವಾಂಕ್ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವ್ ಉರಯ್, ಅಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವಾಂಕ್ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವ್ ಕರ್. ಅಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವಾಂಕ್ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವ್ ಕರ್. ಜೂಲಿಅ ರೊಬರ್ಟ್ಸಾಕ್, ಶಾರೊನ್ ಸ್ಟೋನಾಕ್, ರಿಚರ್ಡ್ ಗೀಯರಾಕ್, ಕ್ಯಾಥರಿನ್ ರಸ್ಸೆಲಾಕ್, ಗೌತಮ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಗ್ರೆಗ್ ಚಾಪ್ಮೇನಾಕ್, ಕಿರಣ್ ಭಟ್ಟ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಲೊರೈನ್ ಬ್ರೈಟಾಕ್, ಮರ್ಯಮ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಮಾರ್ಕೆಟಾ ಕೊರಿನ್ಕೊವಾಕ್, ಪಮೆಲಾ ಟೇಲರಾಕ್, ಯಿವೊನ್ನೆ ರಿಡ್ಲೀಕ್, ರೆಜ಼ಾ ಅಸ್ಲನಾಕ್, ಶನಿಎರಾ ಥೊಂಪ್ಸನಾಕ್, ಲುವಿಸ್ ಫರ್ರಾಖಾನ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಲುವಿಸ್ ಯೂಜಿನ್ ವೊಲ್ಕೊಟಾಕ್, ಇವಾಂಕಾ ಟ್ರಂಪಾಕ್, ಎಲಿಜ಼ಬೆತ್ ಗಿಲ್ಬರ್ಟಾಕ್, ಅಂಬರೀಶ್ ದಾಸ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಆಲ್ಫ಼್ರೆಡ್ ಬ್ರಶ್ ಫ಼ೊರ್ಡಾಕ್, ರಸ್ಸೆಲ್ ಬ್ರಾಂಡಾಕ್, ಜೇನ್ ಲಿಂಚಾಕ್, ಮೈಲೀ ಸೈರಸಾಕ್, ಲಿಂಡ್ಸೇ ಲೊಹಾನಾಕ್, ಸದಪುತ ದಾಸ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ರಿಚರ್ಡ್ ಥೊಂಪ್ಸನಾಕ್, ದ್ರುತಕರ್ಮ ದಾಸ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಮೈಕಲ್ ಕ್ರೆಮೊಕ್, ಹೆದರ್ ಗ್ರಹಾಮಾಕ್, ತಿಮೊಥಿ ಲಿಅರಿಕ್, ಕೆಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಲ್ಲಿಅಮ್ಸಾಕ್, ಪಂಡಿತ್ ವಾಮದೇವ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಡೇವಿಡ್ ಫ಼್ರೊಲೀಕ್, ಕೆರೊಲಿನ್ ಕೊಏಟಾಕ್, ಜೊನ್ ಕೊಲ್ಟ್ರೇನಾಕ್, ಒರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡೊ ಬ್ಲೂಮಾಕ್, ಆರ್ಥರ್ ವ್ಯಾಗ್ನರಾಕ್ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವ್ ಕರ್.

ಆಕಥೊಲಿಕ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಕಥೊಲಿಕಾಂಕ್ ಕಥೊಲಿಕ್ ಕರ್. ಸೋನಿಯಾ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಅಂತೊನಿಅ ಎಡ್ವಿಗೆ ಅಲ್ಬಿನಾ ಮೈನೊಕ್, ಜೊನ್ ಕಿಂಗಾಕ್, ಜೊನ್ ಕೇಸಿಚಾಕ್, ಜೊನ್ ಟ್ರಾವೊಲ್ಟಾಕ್, ಟೊಮ್ ಕ್ರೂಸಾಕ್, ಮಡೊನ್ನಾಕ್, ತುಲ್ಸಿ ಗಾಬ್ಬರ್ಡಾಕ್, ಏಂಬರ್ ಹರ್ಡಾಕ್, ಎಮಿಲಿ ಡೆಸ್ಚಾನೆಲಾಕ್, ಸಲ್ಮಾ ಹಾಯೆಕಾಕ್, ಏನ್ನ್ ರೈಸಾಕ್, ಮಹಮ್ಮದ್ ಯೂಸುಫ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಯೂಸುಫ್ ಯೌಹಾನಾಕ್, ಕರೀಮ್ ಅಬ್ದುಲ್ ಜಬ್ಬಾರ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಫರ್ಡಿನಾಂಡ್ ಲುವಿಸ್ ಅಲ್ಸಿಂಡೊರಾಕ್, ರೊಬರ್ಟೊ ಬಾಜ್ಜಿಒಕ್, ಯುಲಿಸಸಾಕ್, ಶಾರ್ಲೆಟ್ ಚರ್ಚಾಕ್, ಸುಸಾನ್ ಸರಂಡೊನಾಕ್, ಟಿಮ್ ರೊಬ್ಬಿನ್ಸಾಕ್, ಗ್ಲೆನ್ ಬೆಕಾಕ್, ಕೀತ್ ಎಲ್ಲಿಸನಾಕ್, ಆಂದ್ರೆ ಕಾರ್ಸನಾಕ್, ದಿಯಾ ಮಿರ್ಜ಼ಾಕ್, ನಿಕೊಲಸ್ ಕೇಜಾಕ್, ಜೊರ್ಜ್ ಕ್ಲೂನಿಕ್, ಮಡೆಲಿನ್ ಅಲ್ಬ್ರ್ರೈಟಾಕ್, ಅರಿಅನಾ ಗ್ರಾಂದೆಕ್ ಕಥೊಲಿಕ್ ಕರ್.

ಮಾಯ್ ಭಾಸ್ ದೀಸ್

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ಎರಾಶೈವೈಸಾಂಸಂನ್ (ಯುನೆಸ್ಕೊನ್) ೧೭ ನವೆಂಬ್ರ್ ೧೯೯೯ ತಾರಿಕೆರ್ ೨೧ ಫೆಬ್ರೆರ್ ಅಂತರ್ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ್ ಮಾಯ್ ಭಾಸ್ ದೀಸ್ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಪಾಸಾರ್ಲೆಂ. ತ್ಯಾ ಉಪ್ರಾಂತ್ ಹರ್ಯೆಕಾ ವರ್ಸಾ ೨೧ ಫೆಬ್ರೆರ್ ತಾರಿಕೆರ್ ಅಂತರ್ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ್ ಮಾಯ್ ಭಾಸ್ ದೀಸ್ ಆಚರಣ್ ಕರ್ತಾತ್. ಹ್ಯಾ ವರ್ಸಾಚೊ ವಿಷಯ್ “ಭಾಷೀಯ್ ವಿವಿಧತಾ ಆನಿ ಬಹುಭಾಷೀಯ್ಪಣ್ ಬಾಳ್ಚಾ ವಾಡಾವಳಿಕ್ ಲೆಕಾಕ್ ಯೆತಾತ್”.

ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೆಕ್ ೨೧ ಫೆಬ್ರೆರ್ ೧೯೭೫ ತಾರಿಕೆರ್ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ್ ಭಾಸ್ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಎಕಾಡೆಮಿ ಥಾವ್ನ್ ಮಾನ್ಯತಾ ಮೆಳ್ಳಿ. ೧೯೮೭ ಇಸ್ವೆಂತ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಗೊಂಯ್ಚಿ ರಾಜ್ ಭಾಸ್ ಜಾಲಿ. ೧೯೯೨ ಇಸ್ವೆಂತ್ ಸಂವಿಧಾನಾಚ್ಯಾ ಆಟ್ವ್ಯಾ ವೊಳೆರಿಂತ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೆಕ್ ಮೆಳಯ್ಲೆಂ.

ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಜಿವಿ ಉರೊಂಕ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಕುಟ್ಮಾಂನಿ ಜನ್ಮೊಂಚ್ಯಾ ಭುರ್ಗ್ಯಾಂನಿ ತಾಂಚ್ಯಾ ಆವಯ್ ಬಾಪಯ್ ಥಾವ್ನ್ ತಿ ಶಿಕ್ಚಿ ಗರ್ಜ್ ಆಸಾ. ಸಬಾರ್ ಆವಯ್ ಬಾಪಯ್ ಭುರ್ಗ್ಯಾಂ ಕಡೆ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಉಲಯ್ತಾತ್. ತ್ಯಾ ವರ್ವಿಂ ಮುಕ್ಲ್ಯಾ ಪಿಳ್ಗೆಕ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಯೇನಾ. ಇಸ್ಕಾಲಾಂತ್ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ್ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ್ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್. ಸಬಾರ್ ಜಾಗ್ಯಾಂನಿ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಾಂವಾಂಚಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಾಂ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷಾಂತ್ ಆಸ್ತಾತ್. ಬೊಂಬೈ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಮಿಸಾಂ ಚಡ್. ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಮಿಸಾಂ ಉಣೆ. ಘರಾ ಮಾಗ್ಣಿ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷಾಂತ್.

ಹ್ಯಾ ವರ್ಸಾಂನಿ ಥೊಡಿಂ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಪಿಂತುರಾಂ ಆಯ್ಲ್ಯಾಂತ್. ತ್ಯಾ ವರ್ವಿಂ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಉರಾತ್ ಮ್ಹಣ್ ಭರ್ವಾಸ್ತಾಂ.

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Saints

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Grounds for divorce

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In India different laws govern marriage and divorce.  There is Special Marriage Act.  There is Hindu Marriage Act.  There is Indian Divorce Act which deals with Christian divorce.  There is Anand Marriage Act 1909 which deals with Sikhs.  There is The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.  There is The Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act.  There is The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969.  I do not know how Jews are covered.  Buddhists and Jains come under Hindu Marriage Act.

India should have a uniform law regarding marriage and divorce.  Grounds for divorce shall be following:

  • Adultery or any extra-marital sex or demand for sex against the order of nature.
  • Alcoholism or drunkenness
  • Beating, kicking, punching, slapping. Husbands who are victims also can use this ground.
  • Change of religion
  • Corruption
  • Cruelty
  • Desertion
  • Drug addiction
  • Drug peddling or trafficking
  • Fraud
  • Human trafficking
  • Gambling
  • Smoking
  • Illegal activity
  • Impersonation
  • Incompatibility
  • Incurable communicable disease
  • Irreconcilable differences
  • Irretrievable breakdown
  • Match-fixing, session-fixing, spot-fixing, toss-fixing.
  • Murder, abetment to murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, false claim to have committed murder in order to mislead police and judiciary and/or to debunk and discredit death penalty, threat to murder, abduction, acid throwing, threat to throw acid, banditry, character assassination, highway robbery, hijacking, kidnapping, rape, double rape, repeat rape, gang rape, revenge porn, hoax call or message about bomb in building, plane, train, ship, bus or any other vehicle, transmission and/or uploading of nude pictures to cause damage to someone or any such high crime.
  • Smuggling of arms and ammunitions
  • Swindling
  • Terrorism
  • Tobacco consumption
  • Violence

Some grounds are part of the law.  I have not included mutual consent.  Couples can use incompatibility.

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Flat buying

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Amrapali is in news.  Not the Amrapali of Vaishali of the time of Ajathashatru.  It is Amprali Builders.  Many buyers had booked flats with them in 2011 and they have not got possession.  Mahendra Singh Dhoni was brand ambassador.  Many said they trusted Dhoni and went for Amrapali flats.  India had won the World Cup.  Dhoni was the captain.  They had faith in him and booked flats.  Dhoni quit as brand ambassador.  Harbhajan Singh said Dhoni did the right thing.  Amrapali had promised flats to cricketers after 2011 World Cup victory but did not give.  Amrapali official said villas are not given because players did not do paper work.  If they do paper work they will get villas after one year.  It means villas are not ready.

Similarly many other flat buyers are stuck.  Some had booked flats with Jaypee Builders.  One person said Jaypee spent the money on expressway and Formula One race course.  Flat construction has not even begun.

Flat buyers must do three things.

First, buy ready flats.  Don’t go for under construction flats.  You do not know when the construction will be over or whether it will be over at all.

Second, buy a flat with your own money.  Don’t borrow to buy a flat.  The money you borrow you have to pay back.  If you take a loan from a bank you have to pay interest which may be more than loan.  Many people are in grief because they took loans from banks and continue to pay equal monthly instalments while they have not got the possession of flats years after the proposed date.

Third, make full cheque payment.  If a builder demands part payment in cash don’t buy from him/her.

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Animal Rights

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Love for animals is inversely proportional to love for humans.

There are people who talk of animal rights.  Some of them oppose cruelty to animals but are not opposed to slaughter of animals for food.  Some are in favour of scientific experiments on animals.  Some are vegetarians and oppose killing of animals in all cases.

Some say animals have as many rights as men.  All living creatures have equal rights.  This goes beyond cruelty or killing.  It means no man should own any animal or plant.  Man includes woman and child.  Animal includes bird, fish, reptile etc.  Plants and trees are living creatures.  If this is carried to logical conclusion all animals will be free.  They will multiply and there will be no space to move around.  All eggs will be hatched and chicken will be all over roads and other places.  There will not be pruning of any plant.   Goats will multiply and not much vegetation will be left.

Sniffer dogs cannot be used by police to solve crimes or to find living persons in debris due to earthquake or other reasons.

Once Australia banned killing of kangaroos.  Kangaroos multiplied and played havoc.  Australia lifted the ban.

Use of animals in circus was banned.  If it is wrong to use animals in circus, it is wrong to keep animals in zoo.

Big fish eats small fish.  Lions and tigers eat deer.  Snakes eat frogs.

Ban on killing endangered species is justified.

There is controversy about Jallikattu.  It is popular in parts of Tamil Nadu.  Supreme Court had upheld the ban in May 2014.  Its judgment said “Bulls are beaten, poked, prodded, harassed and jumped on by numerous people.  They have their tails bitten and twisted and their eyes and noses filled with irritating chemicals.”  On 7/1/2016 Government of India permitted Jallikattu under certain conditions.  On 12/1/2016 Supreme Court stayed the Executive Order permitting Jallikattu.  Jayalalitha wanted central government to issue an ordinance permitting Jallikattu.  That did not happen.  Many Tamilians were sad.  Some shaved their heads.  Some did not celebrate Pongal.

Bull fight is prevalent in Spain and some other countries.  There are proponents and opponents of bull fight.

Cock fight is banned.  Some in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh want ban to be lifted.

Bulbul fight was practised in Assam.  It is banned.

Bullock cart race is banned but there is no ban on horse race where betting is involved.  People have gone to court for ban on horse-drawn carriages known as victorias but not for ban on horse race.

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) was founded in England in 1824.  It has branches in India and other countries.

Animal Welfare Board of India was set up on 19 March 1962 as per Section 4 of Prevention of Cruelty Animals Act 1960.  It wanted ban on Jallikattu.  Occasionally it create problems for films using animals.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was founded in 1980.  It has used violent and illegal methods.  It has killed around 85% of animals in its shelters and has called the killings euthanasia.

Ivory trade is banned in most countries.  Elephant poaching and illegal trade continues.

Some people oppose killing of animals for religious reasons.  Many Hindus, Buddhists and Jains are vegetarians.  For Jews and Muslims some animals are unclean.  For Christians no animal is unclean.  Man has dominion over living.  “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” (KJV Gen 1/27-28).

People who say all living creatures have equal rights should not own or hire animals and plants.  They should not have dogs or cats.  They should not ride horses.

Once there was a film to show how a man exploited a monkey.  The film was made by exploiting the monkey.

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Brexit

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On 23/6/2016 UK will have referendum on Brexit i.e., whether the British should exit EU.

Margaret Thatcher was opposed to EU.  She said all empires put together either by force or by benevolence come to an end.  The Greek Empire came to an end.   The Roman Empire came to an end. The Spanish Empire came to an end.  The Portuguese Empire came to an end.  The Dutch Empire came to an end.  The French Empire came to an end.  Even the benevolent British Empire came to an end.  For Margaret Thatcher the British Empire was benevolent.  For many in British colonies it was malevolent.

Opinion is divided in UK over Brexit.  Parties are divided.  In Conservative Party some favour Brexit, some oppose it.  Similar is the case with other parties.

David Cameron opposes Brexit.  He says it is good for UK to remain in EU.  Leaving EU will damage UK’s economic recovery.

Boris Johnson favours Brexit.  He said on 15/5/2016 “Napoleon, Hitler, various people tried this out, and it ends tragically.  The EU is an attempt to do this by different methods.  But fundamentally what is lacking is the eternal problem, which is that there is no underlying loyalty to the idea of Europe.  There is no single authority that anybody respects or understands.  That is causing this massive democratic void.”

European Council President Donald Tusk reacted to Boris Johnson’s comments on 17/5/2016.  He said “Such absurd arguments should be completely ignored if they hadn’t been formulated by one of the most influential politicians of the ruling party.  Boris Johnson crossed the boundaries of rational discussion, demonstrating political amnesia.”

Barack Obama wants UK remain in EU.  He said Britain will have to go the end of the queue for trade deal if it leaves EU.

Donald Trump in his interview to Piers Morgan said if he becomes President UK does not have to go the end of the queue for trade deal if it leaves EU.

Fujitsu official said the company leave UK if UK leaves EU.

UK did not join Schengen Area.  So it retains control over its borders.  Refugees and migrants do not have free entry to UK from Schengen Area.  France had to stop them at Calais.

UK did not join Eurozone.  That was a good thing.

On 23/5/2016 UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, said if UK leaves EU it will result in job losses of at least half a million in two years, fall in the value of pound, rise in inflation, and 3% lower workers’ earnings.

There are three types of lies; lies, damned lies, and statistics.  UK need not suffer job losses, higher inflation, devaluation of pound, and decrease in worker’s earnings.

Europe without borders is an idea whose time has gone.  Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, and Sweden have introduced border controls.

UK is better off outside EU.  It will have sovereignty.   Sovereignty is more valuable than imaginary economic benefits.  Greece would have been better off if it had not joined EU.

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