Speech of respected\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nMy dear countrymen,\nNamaskar. On the one hand, these days, our country is enjoying the feast of\nrains; on the other, every corner of the country is celebrating festivals and\nfairs. And this will go on till Diwali. Perhaps our ancestors intricately wove\nthe annual seasonal cycle, the economy cycle and social & life systems in a\nway that ensured, that under no circumstances, dullness crept into society. We\ncelebrated quite a few festivals in the days gone by. Yesterday, Krishna- Janma\nMahotsav, the festival of the birth of Lord Krishna was celebrated throughout\nIndia. Can anyone even imagine the greatness of his personality, that, even\nafter thousands of years, the festival comes along with renewed novelty, a new\ninspiration with fresh energy. And the noble being that he was; although\nmillennia ago, yet it is relevant in providing solutions to problems as well as\ninspiration even today. Everyone can find solutions to present day problems\nfrom Shri Krishna\u2019s life. Despite the tremendous might that he possessed, there\nwere times when he would immerse himself in performing the RAAS; at other times\nhe would be in the midst of cows and cowherds; sometimes indulging in sports\n& games; often playing the flute. A personality brimming with diverse talents\nand immense capability, yet devoted to empowering society and people, a persona\nthat embodied pioneering accomplishments, a repository, a savior of people.\nWhat qualities should the virtue of friendship possess? Who can forget the\nincident of Sudama? And on the battlefield? Despite his myriad facets of\ngreatness, assuming the role of a charioteer! Or running errands such as\nlifting a hillock, or at other times picking up leftover leaf plates! One feels\na sense of newness in whatever he does. And that\u2019s why today, as I converse\nwith you, my attention is drawn towards two Mohans. One is the Sudarshan Chakra\nbearing Mohan and the other is the Charkha bearing Mohan. The Sudarshan Chakra\nbearing Mohan left the banks of the Yamuna for the sea beach of Gujarat, establishing\nhimself in the city of Dwarika, while the Mohan born on the sea beach reached\nthe banks of the Yamuna, breathing his last in Delhi. Sudarshan Chakra bearing\nMohan, thousands of years ago, had amply used his wisdom, his sense of duty,\nhis might, his worldview to avert war, to prevent conflict, a sign of the times\nthen. And spinning-wheel bearing Mohan too chose a similar path, for the sake\nof Freedom, for preserving human values, for strengthening the basic elements\nof personality & character- for this he lent a certain hue to the Freedom\nstruggle, a turn, that left the whole world awe struck, which it still remains\ntoday. The importance of selfless service, the importance of knowledge, or be\nit marching ahead smilingly, amidst the trials and tribulations of life, we can\nlearn all these from Lord Krishna\u2019s life\u2019s message. And that is why Shri\nKrishna is known as Jagatguru \u2013 teacher to the world\u2026 \u2018Krishnam Vande\nJagadgurum\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, as we\ndiscuss festivities, preparations are under way for a mega festival in India.\nNot just in India, it is a part of the discourse in the whole world. My dear\ncountrymen, I\u2019m referring to the 150th<\/sup> birth anniversary of Mahatma\nGandhi. On the 2nd<\/sup> of October, 1869, at the beach of Porbandar, in\nKirti Mandir as it is known today,\u2026 in that tiny abode, not just a person; an\nera was born, that charted the course of human history on an altogether new\npath, with trail blazing accomplishments on the way. One attribute has always\nbeen part & parcel of Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s being \u2013 and that was his sense of\nservice and the sense of duty towards it. If you view his life in entirety, you\nwill note that he served communities in South Africa that were bearing the\nbrunt of apartheid \u2013 in those times, it was, by no means a small feat. He\nserved farmers in Champaran who were being discriminated against. He served\nmillworkers who were being underpaid. He served the poor, the destitute, the\nweak and the hungry\u2026 he took it as life\u2019s prime duty. There were many myths\nassociated with leprosy then. In order to dispel them, he closely served people\nsuffering from leprosy. He presented shining examples through the medium of\nservice in his own life. He set examples of the sense of service for others to\nlearn- not through words, but through deeds. Gandhiji shared an unbreakable\nbond with truth; he shared a similar unique bond with the spirit of service.\nWhoever, needed him, and wherever, Gandhiji was present to serve. He emphasized\nnot only on the spirit of service, but also on the inner happiness it led to.\nService as a virtue is meaningful when it is performed with a sense of\njoy-\u2018Seva Parmo Dharmah\u2019. But simultaneously, deep inner joy, the essence of\n\u2018Swantah Sukhaayah\u2019 is inbuilt in the spirit of service. We can understand this\nfrom Bapu\u2019s life. Mahatma Gandhi, of course, became the voice of innumerable\nIndians, in the larger backdrop of upholding human values & human dignity;\nin a way, he had become the voice of the world. For Mahatma Gandhi, the\nindividual and society, human beings & humanity was everything. Whether it\nwas the Phoenix Farm or the Tolstoy Farm in Africa, the Sabarmati Ashram or\nWardha, he laid special emphasis on community mobilization in his own distinct\nway. I have been extremely fortunate to have been blessed with the opportunity\nto visit a number of significant places associated with revered Mahatma Gandhi\nand pay my homage. I can say that Gandhi emphasized on the spirit of\ncollectiveness through a sense of service. Community service and community\nmobilization are virtues which we have to imbibe into our real lives. This\nwould be the real way of paying true tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, the\nKaryanjali, the offering of deeds. Opportunities like these come often & we\nget associated with them. But should Gandhi 150 just come & go; will it be\nacceptable to us? No dear countrymen. All of us should introspect, dwell upon\nit, discuss it, bring it into collective discourse. Joining hands with more\npeople of the society, from all strata, from all age groups; people from\nvillages, cities, men, women, we should ask ourselves. As an individual, what\ncan I add to the effort? What value addition could be there from my side? And\nbeing collective acquires its own strength. In all the programmes of Gandhi\n150, let there be a sense of collectiveness, let there be a spirit of service.\nWhy don\u2019t we join hands and let the entire neighbourhood move together? If\nthere is a football team, then the entire team. Of course we\u2019ll play football,\nbut along with it, we\u2019ll pick up a deed to perform in conformity with one of Gandhi\u2019s\nideals of service. There could be a Ladies\u2019 club! Routine tasks of a modern day\nLadies\u2019 club shall be taken up, but besides that, let all members of the\nLadies\u2019 club come together & perform an activity of service! We can do a\nlot. Collect old books, distribute them amongst the poor, spread the glow of\nknowledge. And I do believe that perhaps 130 crore countrymen are endowed with\n130 crore ideas & there could be 130 crore endeavours. There is no limit-\nwhatever that comes to your mind- but only with a genuine wish, a noble\nintention, within the realms of harmony, and with complete dedication\u2026 that too\nfor the sake of enjoying that rare inner bliss, the core of \u2018Swaantah\nSukhaayah\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy dear countrymen,\na few months ago, I was in Dandi. In our Freedom struggle, the salt satyagrah\nat Dandi was an important turning point. There I\u2019d inaugurated a state of the\nart museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi. I sincerely urge you to visit at least\none place associated with Mahatma Gandhi in the days to come. It could be any\nsite\u2026 such as Porbandar, Sabarmati Ashram, Champaran, the Ashram at Wardha or\nspots in Delhi related to Mahatma Gandhi. When you visit them, do share your\nphotographs on social media so that others may be inspired. And do pen a couple\nof sentences or couplets to express your feelings. Emotions that emanate from\nthe core of your heart will be more compelling than any great literary\ncomposition. And it is possible that in present times, from your viewpoint, the\npen-picture of Gandhi sketched by you, may perhaps appear more relevant. In the\ntimes to come, many programmes, competitions & exhibitions have been\nplanned. In this context I feel like sharing with you something very\ninteresting. There is a famous art show called the Venice Biennale\u2019, where\npeople from the world over congregate. This time, in the India Pavilion at the\nVenice Biennale\u2019, a very interesting exhibition based on memories of Gandhiji\nwas organized. Of special interest were the Haripura Panels. You may remember\nthat in the Haripura Congress Session in Gujarat, Subhash Chandra Bose being\nelected as President is recorded in history. These Art Panels have a beautiful\npast. Before the Haripura Session, in 1937-38, Mahatma Gandhi had invited the\nthen Principal of Shantiniketan Kala Bhavan, Nandlal Bose. It was Gandhiji\u2019s\nwish that the lifestyle of the people of India be depicted through the medium\nof art and this artwork may be exhibited during the session. This is the same\nNandlal Bose whose artwork adorns our Constitution; lends to the Constitution a\nnew, unique identity. The very commitment & reverence of Nandlal Bose have\nmade him, along with the Constitution, immortal. Nandlal Bose toured villages\naround Haripura, concluding with a few works of art canvas, depicting glimpses\nof life in rural India. This invaluable artwork was a high point of discourse\nat Venice. Once again, along with greetings on Gandhiji\u2019s 150th<\/sup>\nbirth anniversary, I express my expectations from every Indian, of one resolve\nor the other. One should do something for the sake of the country, society or\njust for someone else. This will be a good, true & genuine Karyanjali to\nBapu, a tribute through a good deed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nO glorious children\nof Mother India, you may remember that for the last few years, we have been running\na countrywide campaign \u2018Swachchata Hi Sewa\u2019, \u2018the quest for cleanliness is\nservice\u2019, around a couple of weeks before the 2nd<\/sup> of October. This\ntime around it will commence on the 11th<\/sup> of September. During this\nperiod, all of us will move out of home, donating toil & sweat through\n\u2018Shramdaan\u2019, as a \u2018Karyanjali\u2019 to Mahatma Gandhi. Home or the neighbourhood\nlane, street circles, crossings, or drains, schools and colleges \u2026 we have to\ninvolve ourselves in a Mega campaign of ensuring cleanliness at public places.\nThis time our emphasis must be on plastic. On 15th<\/sup> August, I had\nurged you from the Red Fort\u2026the way one hundred & twenty five crore\ncountrymen ran a campaign for cleanliness with utmost enthusiasm and energy,\nand toiled tirelessly towards freedom from open defecation; in a similar\nmanner, we have to join hands in curbing \u2018single use plastic\u2019. This campaign\nhas enthused people from all strata of society. Many of my merchant brothers\n& sisters have put up a placard at their establishments, boldly mentioning\nthat customers ought to carry shopping bags with them. This will result in\nmonetary savings, as well as one would be able to contribute towards protection\nof the environment. This year, on the 2nd<\/sup> of October, when we\ncelebrate Bapu\u2019s 150th<\/sup> birth anniversary, we shall not only dedicate\nto him an India that is Open Defecation Free, but also shall lay the foundation\nof a new revolution against plastic, by people themselves, throughout the\ncountry. I appeal to all strata of society, residents of every village, town\n& city, take it as a prayer with folded hands; let us celebrate Gandhi\nJayanti this year as a mark of our plastic free Mother India. Let us celebrate\n2nd<\/sup> October as a special day. Let us celebrate Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s\nbirth anniversary as a special \u2018Shramdaan\u2019 Festival, where everyone will donate\none\u2019s own labour. I urge all municipalities, municipal corporations, District\nAdministration, Gram Panchayats, Government & non Governmental bodies,\norganizations; in fact each & every citizen to work towards ensuring\nadequate arrangement for collection & storage of plastic waste. I also\nappeal to the corporate sector to come out with ways & means proactively\nfor appropriate disposal of all accumulated plastic. It can be recycled; it can\nbe transformed into fuel. This way we can accomplish our task of ensuring safe\ndisposal of plastic waste before this Diwali. All that is needed is a resolve.\nAnd for inspiration, there\u2019s no need to look hither- tither; what can be a\ngreater inspiration than Gandhi?<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy dear countrymen,\nour Sanskrit Subhashit, epigrammatic verses are, in a way, gems of wisdom. We\ncan derive from them whatever we need in life. These days I\u2019m not in regular\ntouch with the form\u2026 earlier it was frequent. Today I want to touch upon a very\nimportant point from a Sanskrit Subhashit. These lines were written centuries\nago, but even today, carry great relevance. There is an excellent Subhashit\nthat mentions \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c \u092a\u0943\u0925\u093f\u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902 \u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0923\u093f \u0930\u0924\u094d\u0928\u093e\u0928\u093f \u091c\u0932\u092e\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0902 \u0938\u0941\u092d\u093e\u0937\u093f\u0924\u092e\u094d |<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u092e\u0942\u0922\u0948\u0903\u092a\u093e\u0937\u093e\u0923\u0916\u0923\u094d\u0921\u0947\u0937\u0941 \u0930\u0924\u094d\u0928\u0938\u0902\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0940\u092f\u0924\u0947\u201d ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is, water,\ngrain and subhashit are the three gems found on earth. Imprudent people call\nstones as gems. In our culture much glory has been ascribed to food. We have\neven converted the knowledge about food into a science. Balanced and nutritious\nfood is essential for all of us, more so for women and the new-born, since\nthese two categories are the foundation of the future of our society. Under the\n\u2018Poshan Abhiyaan\u2019 campaign, nutrition made available with the help of modern\nscientific methods is being converted into a mass movement all over the\ncountry. People are fighting a battle against malnutrition in innovative and\ninteresting ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once, an\ninteresting fact was brought to my notice. The \u2018Mutthi Bhar Dhaanya\u2019 initiative\nhas turned into a big movement in Nashik. In this novel scheme, during the\nharvest period, Anganwadi workers collect a handful of rice grain from the\npeople. This grain is used to make piping hot food for children and women. In\nthis way, the person contributing the handful of grain transmutes into a\nconscientious civil social worker. In the process, he gets himself dedicated to\nthis cause and becomes a soldier of that movement. All of us have heard about\nthe \u2018Ann Praashan Sanskar\u2019, the first solid morsel ritual for toddlers in\nfamilies all across India. This ritual is performed when the toddler starts\nfeeding on solid food for the first time; solid and not liquid food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2010, Gujarat\nembarked upon planning to provide kids complimentary food on the occasion of\n‘Ann Praashan Sanskar’ so that this initiative spreads awareness among the\nmasses. This is a great initiative that can be adopted anywhere. In many\nstates, people run meal campaigns on certain dates. If the family celebrates a\nbirthday, certain auspicious day or observe an in- memoriam day, then the\nfamily members with self-prepared nutritious and delicious food, go to the\nAnganwadis and also to the schools and these family members themselves serve\nthe children and feed them. They not only share their happiness but in the\nprocess receive happiness magnified manifold! There is a wonderful confluence\nof a sense of service and satisfaction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Friends, there\nare many little things that can be employed in our country\u2019s effective fight\nagainst malnutrition. Today, due to lack of awareness, both poor and affluent\nfamilies are affected by malnutrition. The month of September will be\ncelebrated as \u2018Poshan Abhiyaan\u2019 across the country. You must get connected with\nit, get information about this initiative, add some new facet to \u2018Poshan Abhiyaan\u2019\nby contributing to it. If you manage to save a few people from malnutrition, it\nwould mean that we can bring the country out of the circle of malnutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Srishti Ji thank\nyou for your phone call and just like you KK Pandey ji from Sohna, Haryana, and\nAishwarya Sharma from Surat and many other people have expressed a desire to\nknow more about the ‘Man vs. Wild\u2019 television episode aired on Discovery\nChannel. This time when I was thinking about ‘Mann ki Baat’, I was sure that a\nlot of questions would crop up about this subject and that\u2019s what exactly\nhappened. In the last few weeks wherever I went and met people, ‘Man vs. Wild’\ngets a mention! With this one episode, I have not only formed a connect with\nthe youth around the world but I had never thought that I would find a certain\nplace in young hearts in this way. I had never thought that the youth of our\ncountry and the world pay attention to diverse things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had never thought\nthat there would be an opportunity in my life to touch the hearts of young people\naround the world. And look what happens? Just last week I went to Bhutan. I\nhave seen that whenever I have had the opportunity to go as Prime Minister, and\nof course credit also goes to International Yoga Day, the situation now is that\nwherever I go in the world or interact with someone, people invariably spend\nclose to 5-7 minutes asking questions on yoga. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There must hardly\nbe a major world leader who has not discussed yoga with me and this has been my\nexperience all over the world. But these days I\u2019m experiencing something new.\nWhoever I meet or wherever there is a chance to talk, the focus is on Wildlife,\ndiscussions about the environment, the Tiger, the Asiatic Lion, evolution etc.\nand I am amazed how interested people are in nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Discovery\nChannel plans to broadcast this programme in 165 countries in their respective\nlanguages. Today, when there is a global churning of thought on environment,\nGlobal Warming, and Climate Change, I do hope that in such circumstances, this\nepisode of Discovery Channel will help greatly in familiarizing the world with\nthe message from India, the traditions of India and the empathy for nature in\nIndia’s trail of glorious traditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is my firm\nbelief that people want to know the steps taken in the direction of climate\njustice and clean environment in India. But there is another interesting thing,\nsome people ask me one thing albeit with some hesitation -Modi ji, you were\nspeaking in Hindi and Bear Grylls does not know Hindi, so how did you carry on\nsuch a fast conversation between the two of you? Was this episode edited later?\nHow many times did the shooting happen for this episode and how it happened?\nThey ask with great curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, there is no\nsecret in this. Many people have this question in their minds, so I will\nunravel this secret. Well, in a way it is no secret at all! The reality is that\ntechnology was used extensively in my conversation with Bear Grylls. Whenever I\nspoke immediately there was a simultaneous translation into English or\nsimultaneous interpretation and Bear Grylls had a small cordless instrument in\nhis ear. So I used to speak in Hindi but he heard it in English and because of\nthat the communication became very easy and this is an amazing aspect about\ntechnology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the broadcast\nof this show, a large number of people have been discussing about Jim Corbett\nNational Park. You must also visit sites associated with nature and wild life\nand animals. As I have said before, and I emphasize, that you must visit the\nnorth-east in your lifetime. What a glorious abundance of nature exists there.\nYou will be left wonderstruck! Your horizon will expand. On 15th<\/sup>\nAugust, I urged all of you from the ramparts of the Red Fort to visit at least\n15 places within a span of the next 3 years, 15 places within India and for\n100% tourism, visit these 15 sites! Witness and observe. Do take the family and\nspend some time there.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOur country is full\nof diversity and this wide range of diversity will also inculcate variations\nwithin you as a teacher. Your life will be enriched. Your thinking will expand.\nAnd trust me, there are places within India from where you will come back with\nrenewed energy, enthusiasm, zeal and inspiration, and maybe you will feel like\nreturning to certain places again and again; your family too would feel the\nsame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My dear countrymen,\nthe concern and care for the environment in India seems natural. Last month I\nhad the privilege of releasing the tiger census in the country. Do you know how\nmany tigers there are in India? The tiger population in India is 2967, two\nthousand nine hundred sixty seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few years ago, we\nwere with great difficulty at a figure half of what we have at present. The\nTiger summit took place in 2010 at St. Petersburg, Russia. At this summit, a\nresolution was taken expressing concern about the dwindling tiger population in\nthe world. It was resolved to double the number of tigers worldwide by 2022.\nBut this is New India, where we accomplish goals in the quickest time possible.\nWe doubled our tiger numbers in 2019 itself. Not only the tiger population in\nIndia was doubled, but the number of protected areas and community reserves has\nalso increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time I was\nreleasing the data on tigers, I also remembered the Asiatic lion of the Gir in\nGujarat. I had the charge of the Chief Minister of Gujrat at a period of time\nwhen the habitat of lions in the forests of Gir was shrinking. Their number was\ndecreasing. We took several innovative steps, one after the other in the Gir.\nIn 2007, it was decided to deploy female guards. There were improvements in the\ninfrastructure to increase tourism. Whenever we talk about nature and wildlife,\nwe only talk about conservation. But, we now have to move beyond conservation\nand think about compassion. Our scriptures have provided great guidance with\nrespect to this subject. Our scriptures have said centuries ago: –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0928\u094b \u092c\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0924\u0947 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0918\u094d\u0930\u094b, \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0918\u094d\u0930\u0902\n\u091b\u093f\u0926\u094d\u092f\u0924\u0947 \u0935\u0928\u092e | <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u0924\u0938\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0926\u094d \u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0918\u094d\u0930\u094b \u0935\u0928\u0902 \u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d, \u0935\u0928\u0902 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0918\u094d\u0930\u0902 \u0928 \u092a\u093e\u0932\u092f\u0947\u0924\u094d ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is, if there\nare no forests, tigers are forced to venture into the human habitat and are\nkilled, and if there are no tigers in the forest, then man cuts the forest and\ndestroys it, so in fact the tiger protects the forest and not that the forest\nprotects the tiger – our forefathers explained this great truth in a befitting\nmanner. Therefore, we need to not only conserve our forests, flora and fauna,\nbut also create an environment wherein they can flourish properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My dear countrymen,\nwho can forget the historic speech of Swami Vivekananda delivered on September\n11, 1893. This young monk of India, who shook the conscience of the human race\nof the entire world, imparted onto this world a glorious identity of India. The\nenslaved India which was gazed at by the world in a much distorted manner was\nforced to change its way of looking at India due to the words of a great man\nlike Swami Vivekananda on September 11, 1893. Come, let us look anew at India\nwhich Swami Vivekananda had seen and let us put in practice the inherent\nstrength of India realized by Swami Vivekananda. We possess everything within\nus, let us proceed with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My dear countrymen,\nall of you will remember that the 29th <\/sup>of August is celebrated as\n‘National Sports Day’. On this occasion, we are going to launch the ‘Fit India\nMovement’ across the country. We have to keep ourselves fit and the nation has\nto be made fit. It will be a very interesting campaign for everyone – children,\nthe elderly, the young and women and it will be your own movement. But today I\nam not going to reveal its specifics; you must wait for 29th<\/sup>August! \nI will tell you about ‘Fit India Movement’ in detail on 29th<\/sup>August\nand I am not going to forget connecting you with the movement because I want to\nsee you fit! I want to make you aware about fitness and for a fit India, we\nshould unite to set some goals for the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy dear countrymen,\nI will be waiting for your participation on 29th<\/sup> August in ‘Fit\nIndia Movement’, in \u2018Poshan Abhiyaan\u2019 during the month of September and\nespecially in the ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’ beginning from the 11th<\/sup>\nof September to the 2nd <\/sup>of October. And 2nd<\/sup> October as a\nday has been totally dedicated to riddance from plastic. All of us with all our\nmight must try to get rid of plastics from our home and everywhere outside our\nhouses. And I know that all these campaigns will make a big splash on social\nmedia. Come, let us proceed with a new zeal, new resolve and renewed strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy dear countrymen,\nthis is all that this episode of \u2018Mann Ki Baat\u2019 has in store for you today. I\nshall be meeting you later. I will wait for your say and your suggestions.\nCome, let us all march together to make the India which was dreamt of by our\nfreedom fighters and realize Gandhi’s dreams – ‘Swantah: Sukhayah’. Let us\nproceed, enjoying our inner bliss, expressing our spirit of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many many Thanks, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Namaskar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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