Andhrapradesh Sports School

Today I came across a news titled ‘Hyderabad boy including Five other Indian sprinters got a unique opportunity to get trained with ex- Olympic Coach ‘ and I was curious to know the school of Hyderabad boy as we are staying in Hyderabad and my daughter is interested in sports.

When I found the name of the school, I was really surprised as I did not know such a school existed. The boy Harikrishna is from ‘Andhrapradesh Sports School’. The school is founded by Government of Andhrapradesh. I really do not know if such Government sports school exist in all states!

The entry to this school happens at the age of 8-9 years for IV Grade. The students will undergo different physical trainings from basics to advanced as they advance to next classes.

The students and alumni have won various gold and other medals at number of international events.

To know more you can visit their website.

 

 

Telangana Elections 2014

Today was the election day in Telangana for MLA and MP selections.

It was good to see enough number of helpers with laptops sitting in almost every street and helping voters.

We had noted our polling booth as booth number 83 from internet and the map referred to government school near our house. But we did not find our booth there.

When we asked these people who were guiding voters we came to know our booths are located in different school.

Even though it was mentioned mobile phones are not allowed, everybody carried mobile phone and no security checking was there.

I am sure the lady who had to loudly announce the electoral number of voters would get throat pain today! I do not know whether they will rotate their turns or same person has to read aloud the number and name for the whole day.

There were 31 candidates in the list. I hardly knew most of them. I had tried to know about candidates from ceoandhra.nic.in website but did not find details.

Finally voted for the party of my choice.

My first vote in Telangana. and it applies to everybody here now 🙂

How much does a Teacher earn in Your kid’s School?

All parents do enquire about the fee structure while searching for the right shool for the kid, but how many of us ask them about the pay package of their staff?

Except few exceptions where in a talented married woman might prefer to work in neighborhood school for less salary to keep herself engaged, most people do join jobs to earn money, to make a better living. And they would demand more salary if they are more talented. Organisations have to pay more to attract the best talents. So it is clear that if a school needs best teachers it has to pay them more.

These days we are paying minimum one lakh per annum for the best schools in cities. It can be Hyderabad, Bangaloe, Mumbai or Pune. If the class strength is 20 students, then those students are bringing 20 lakh per annum to the school. Out of this, how much is going to Teacher as Salary? In most of the cases not even 2 lakhs!! Can you believe it? Thus the quality of teacher is nowhere matching our expectations. Not only teachers, most of the events, activities, attitudes everything makes us feel shocked rather than surprised!!

So next time you choose a school, be doubly sure of the salary the teacher gets, that will tell us how qualified and efficient he/she is and inturn we can understand what to expect from the school!

what do you say?

Best Surgeon for Hernia Problem

Dr.Mohan Das of Raghavendra Nursing Home, Shimoga, Karnataka, India is the best surgeon I have seen for hernia related problems.

From our past experience we were quite disappointed with major hospitals both in Bangalore and Mysore. Hence even though my mother was diagnosed with Hernia almost six months back we were hesitating to go for surgery. This is when my sister’s sister in law underwent Hernia surgery at Raghavendra Nursing home in Shimoga. We found the doctor to be very efficient and also could see how fast our relative recovered.

Hence without any second thought we decided we should go to Dr.Mohan das. Dr. Mohan Das might be having more than 30 years of experience in surgery. He is not soft spoken, hence many patients might get fooled by his rough and tough behavior. But we took every thing positives as we were informed of his talking styles before hand. First of all he scolded my mom for postponing the surgery for so long. He said had she come earlier the Hernia growth would have been smaller and could have gone for laproscopic surgery. Now it was big and major surgery was needed.  We got more worried. But nevertheless there was no other option.

We got her admitted on November 28th and to my astonishment I realized that the Nursing home did not have elevator. Stair case on one side and sliding path on other side to move patients in stretcher. Even though the hospital is not very posh we could see that it was neatly maintained. The corridors and all the rooms were cleaned almost thrice a day. Daily bathrooms and sink were washed. I could never smell any bad odor in the hospital premises.

29th was the Surgery and I was more tensed, my mother kept herself cool and said she was not tensed. Surgery was over by 11.30am, and she was moved to the ICU, the anesthesia effect was there hence she could not feel the pain, she spoke to all of us and I was so relieved. She told me that she kept talking with doctors when surgery was going on and it was lively. Also she was carefully shifted to other bed after surgery. She did not have any problem when she was shifted from OT to ICU.

I could remember that my experience when I was shifted from OT to Ward during my C section was not so smooth, so was my sister’s experience in Fortis Bangalore.

The good thing with this hospital is doctor came daily twice even after surgery to check the health of patient, in big hospitals the surgeon hardly visits the patient after the surgery is over. He delegates all the work to juniors. We have to keep running behind the doctors and nurses.

The nursing staff was very good and efficient, they always ensured that Patient is not hurt while giving injections, and other related procedures.

As the doctor accepts only one or two surgery per day he gives his full attention and time to patients. Also there is no hurry in discharging the patients. My mother was discharged after one week. She needs somebody’s help to get up from bed because of age factor and also her knee pain. Otherwise I definitely felt the recovery speed was better compared to previous surgeries she had.

I would suggest you go for Dr.Mohan das irrespective of your place of domicile. Shimoga is not very costly your relatives can stay in a nearby lodge and can take care of you.

The total fee was INR 60,200/- which included Surgery, all the medicines and special ward stay.

The Address of the Nursing home is

Sri Raghavendra Nursing Home
Laproscopy surgical center
G.A.Complex
JPN Road,First cross
Shimoga
Karnataka
India
Pin code – 577201

+91- 08182-224340

 

 

State of India’s Media

Do you work for any ‘Media’. Do you agree or disagree? Please post your comments.

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A documentary about the state of our media. Be it the elections, the Indian Premier League (IPL), stock markets, mutual funds, entertainment, or the daily news bulletin.  Can we hold a mirror to the glass buildings and ivory towers?

Editorial content is decided by marketing executives. Politicians/ political parties & industrialists have become owners or major shareholders, and owners have become editors. The amount of dedication and truthfulness – basically an urge to bring about positive changes through investigative journalism has somehow disappeared.  Even the reasons of getting into journalism have changed. And all of this has happened with active support from the top media houses – who now concentrate more on the business of news rather than news.

—Umesh Agarwal. National award-winning  film maker

No pillar is more important in a democracy than the fourth estate. Currently,  integrity standards of our news media seem appalling. However, despite…

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Jungle the Restaurant Nizampet

Aug 9th, 2013

Hi,

We visited Jungle the Restaurant at Nizampet Village yesterday at 10 PM.

The food was good. We had ordered Tandoori Roti and Paneer Kofta.

They took some 15- 20 minutes.

We had ordered to make it less spicy and the instruction was followed.

The ambiance was good with artificial forest around. Kids love it. I did not like it much, as it did not have much lighting. Or I do not like the pub like environment in family hotels.

But what annoyed us was constant shoutings from Kitchen. Since the ordered food and till the time we left, the quarrel among employees was going on in Kitchen and it was so audible that all of us could hear in the Dining area.

We just felt like leaving after main course and did not want to order anything more.

Price was reasonable for 5 Roti and one Paneer kofta the bill amount was 220/-.

Aug 14th, 2013

Second time we visited there were more negative experience.

We ordered less spicy, without green chilli Paneer, but we got spicy, with green chilly curry.

In first visit we had asked for finger bowl and we were asked to use wash basin. We thought its ok, as it was already 10.45 pm and looked like the restaurant was about close.

But second time we visited at afternoon, and saw finger bowl being given to other customer, so after our lunch asked for finger bowl, he said use wash basin! Then we asked why? Then another person intervened and asked him to give finger bowl. But he gave finger bowl with cold water!!

Why people invest so much if they cannot monitor and guide the employees?

 

We are featured in a book!

My friends Adarsh and Uday are featured in a book! Read more…

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The story of “Ek Sparsh” has been featured in a book!   “You Own Urself” is authored by Sharmin Ali.

YOU (“You Own Urself”) is about overcoming one’s inhibitions. It is about breaking free from physical, mental or emotional handicaps.  A journey that every individual can associate with. Y.O.U talks about trespassing the status quo and taking control of your life.

I met the author last year  at one of the stalls we had put up to market our eco-friendly products. We started talking about the need to follow our calling in life.  She interviewed us for her book about 3 months back.

Here is an excerpt from the book.

“The desire to do something for their country led Adarsh and Udaya to take a huge ‘Leap of Faith’. On returning from the US, they took a meditation course at the Vipassana meditation centre at Nagarjuna  Sagar run by SN Goenka…

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We are featured in a book!

My friends Adarsh and Uday are featured in a book! Read more…

eksparsh's avatarEk Sparsh

The story of “Ek Sparsh” has been featured in a book!   “You Own Urself” is authored by Sharmin Ali.

YOU (“You Own Urself”) is about overcoming one’s inhibitions. It is about breaking free from physical, mental or emotional handicaps.  A journey that every individual can associate with. Y.O.U talks about trespassing the status quo and taking control of your life.

I met the author last year  at one of the stalls we had put up to market our eco-friendly products. We started talking about the need to follow our calling in life.  She interviewed us for her book about 3 months back.

Here is an excerpt from the book.

“The desire to do something for their country led Adarsh and Udaya to take a huge ‘Leap of Faith’. On returning from the US, they took a meditation course at the Vipassana meditation centre at Nagarjuna  Sagar run by SN Goenka…

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– ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿ – ಕೆ.ಬಿ.ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್

CIMG1888ಕೆ ಬಿ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಯಾಗಿ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಇವರು ಮೂಲತಃ ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದವರು. ಇವರು ನವೆಂಬರ್ ೧೭, ೧೯೬೮ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸಿದರು. ಇವರ ತಾಯಿ ಭಾಗೀರಥೀ ಬಾಯಿ, ತಂದೆ ಕೃಷ್ಣಮೂರ್ತಿ.

ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ೧೯೯೮ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರಿನವರಾದ ಪಿ.ಗೀತಾಂಜಲಿಯನ್ನು ವಿವಾಹವಾದರು. ಇವರ ಪತ್ನಿ ಗೀತಾಂಜಲಿ, ಕೆನರಾ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಿ. ಇವರ ಪುತ್ರ ಅವಿನಾಶ್ ನೋಂಪಿ ಜ್ನಾನದೀಪ ಶಾಲೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ.

ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ಅತೀ ಕಿರಿಯ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಮನೋಭಾವದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಅವರು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲೇ ರಾಜಕೀಯಕ್ಕೆ ಧುಮುಕಿದರು. ಸಮಾಜಸೇವೆಯೇ ಅವರ ಗುರಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತರ ಹರೆಯದಲ್ಲೇ ಅವರು ಯುವ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಆಗಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಅವರ ಸಮಾಜ ಸೇವೆ, ರಾಜಕೀಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒಡನಾಟ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಯಿತು.

ರಾಜಕೀಯವಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ, ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕ್ರಿತಿಕ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರು ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತಾವು ಗುರುತಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಇವರು ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಿದ ಕೆಲವು ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು ಇಂತಿವೆ

೧. ನಗರಸಭಾ ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ
೨. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ನಗರ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ( ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ವಿಭಾಗ)
೩. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರಯ್ಯ ಕೋ-ಆಪರೇಟಿವೆ ಸೊಸೈಟಿ
೪. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ಸೌರಭ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕ್ರಿತಿಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ
೫. ಖಜಾಂಚಿ, ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ ಮಹಾ ಸಭೆ, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ
೬. ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಮಾಧ್ವ ಸಂಘ, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ
೭. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ನಗರಸಭೆ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರ ಸಂಘ
೮. ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ರಾಜೀವ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರ ಸಂಘ
೯. ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ಇಂದಿರಾ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಅಸಂಘಟಿತ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರ ಸಂಘ
೧೦. ಎರಡು ದಶಕಗಳಿಂದ ಯುವ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರು.

ಸಾಧನೆಗಳು

ಇವರು ೨೦೦೭ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ನಗರ ಸಭಾ ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಹುದ್ದೆಗೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ನಿಂತರು. ಸಮಾಜಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಜನಪ್ರಿಯರಾಗಿದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಯೇ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆದ್ದು ಅಶೋಕನಗರದ ಮುನ್ಸಿಪಲ್ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗಿ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾದರು. ಕಳೆದ ಐದು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರು ಅಶೋಕನಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿರುವ ಸೇವೆ ಗಣನೀಯ. ಇವರ ಜನಸೇವೆಯಿಂದ ಸಂತುಷ್ಟರಾದ ಅಶೋಕನಗರದ ಜನತೆ, ೨೦೧೩ರ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರನ್ನು ಪುನಃ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗಿ ಭಾರಿ ಬಹುಮತದಿಂದ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದರು. ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ ಮತದಾನದ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ೩೭೩೭, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ಗಳಿಸಿದ ಮತಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ೨೯೧೩.

ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗಿ ಇವರು ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಸೇವೆಗಳು ಇಂತಿವೆ.

ಇವರು ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗುವ ಮುನ್ನ ಅಶೋಕನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ಅಭಾವ ಅಧಿಕವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಮೂರು ನಾಲ್ಕು ದಿನಗಳಿಗೊಮ್ಮೆ ನೀರನ್ನು ಬಿಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು, ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರರು ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆದ ಬಳಿಕ ಕುಡಿಯುವ ನೀರಿನ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಬಗೆ ಹರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಅಶೋಕನಗರದ ನೀರಿನ ಬವಣೆಯನ್ನು ಟ್ಯಾಂಕರ್ ಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ನೀರು ತರಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಪೂರೈಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ೨೫ ಕಡೆ ಮಿನಿ ನೀರಿನ ಟ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಬೇಸಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ಅಭಾವವಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ಟ್ಯಾಂಕರ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ತರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಅಶೋಕನಗರದೆಲ್ಲೆಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬೀದಿ ದೀಪಗಳನ್ನು ಹಾಕಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ರಾತ್ರಿಯ ವೇಳೆ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು, ಮಕ್ಕಳು, ವಾಹನಗಳು ಜನಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರು ನಿರ್ಭಯವಾಗಿ ಓಡಾಡುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಆರು ಹೈ ಮಾಸ್ಟ್ ಬೀದಿ ದೀಪಗಳನ್ನು ಅಳವಡಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಇನ್ನೂ ಮೂರು ಹೈ ಮಾಸ್ಟ್ ದೀಪಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಂಜೂರಾತಿ ದೊರಕಿದೆ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಅಶೋಕನಗರವನ್ನು ಬೆಳಕಿನ ನಗರವೆಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ಅಶೋಕನಗರದ ಬಹುತೇಕ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್ ಮತ್ತು ಡಾಂಬರ್ ಹಾಕಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಸಂಚಾರ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಸುಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಸರ್ಕಾರದಿಂದ ಹಾಗೂ ನಗರ ಸಭೆಯಿಂದ ಬಡವರಿಗೆ, ಅರ್ಹ ಫಲಾನುಭವಿಗಳಿಗೆ ದೊರಕಬೇಕಾದ ಸವಲತ್ತು ಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರವರಿಗೇ ದೊರಕುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರು ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಲಂಚ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳದೇ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ವಿಚಾರ.

ಬಿಪಿಎಲ್ ಕಾರ್ಡ್, ಹೊಲಿಗೆ ಯಂತ್ರ, ಕಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್, ಗ್ರೈಂಡರ್, ಸೈಕಲ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ಫಲಾನುಭವಿಗಳಿಗೆ ದೊರಕುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ವಾರ್ಡ್ ಗಾಗಿ ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲಾ ದುಡಿದಿರುವ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರನ್ನು ವಾರ್ಡ್ ನ ಜನತೆ ಭಾರೀ ಬಹುಮತದಿಂದ ಪುನ: ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗಿ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ.

ಹಗಲು ರಾತ್ರಿ ಎನ್ನದೇ ದಿನದ ೨೪ ಗಂಟೆಯೂ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಗೆ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಆದರ್ಶ ರಾಜಕಾರಣಿ ಎನ್ನುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂದೇಹವಿಲ್ಲ.

ಇವರ ಸಾಧನೆಯನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷ ಇವರಿಗೆ ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದಿಂದ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ಸ್ಪರ್ದಿಸಲು ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ನೀಡಿದೆ. ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದ ಜನತೆ ಇವರ ಸಾಧನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಇತರ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸಾಧನೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಿ ಅರ್ಹ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಯನ್ನು ಆರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ ಎಂಬ ಆಶಯ ನಮ್ಮದು.

ಈಶ್ವರಪ್ಪ ಅವರಂತಹ ಭಾರೀ ರಾಜಕಾರಣಿಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸೆಣಸಬೇಕಾಗಿರುವ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರ ಬಳಿ ಇರುವುದು ಒಂದೇ ಅಸ್ತ್ರ, ಅದೆಂದರೆ ನಿಸ್ವಾರ್ಥ ಸೇವೆ, ಜಾತ್ಯಾತೀತತೆ, ಹಾಗೂ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ರಹಿತ ರಾಜಕಾರಣ ಮಾಡಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಛಲ.

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