I fell in love with Puducherry (formerly, Pondicherry) at first sight. The sleepy town is one of the biggest tourist attractions in India because of Auroville, and a wonderful study of contrasts of the Tamil and French cultures. The town itself is divided into what the locals call 'the Tamil part' and the colonial part of Puducherry, which transports you to a town that is best suited in a romance novella.

My hotel, a restored traditional Tamil style house near the beach was full of young tourists, almost all of them foreigners and almost all of them dressed in baggy cotton patiala style pants (I was later told that they are called elephant pants, and seem to be a must for every foreign traveler here). A couple from New York staying in the next room tells us that they have come here because they have heard so much about Auroville. Auroville and the Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry are the reasons that bring the majority of the tourists here, but I later discovered that the small French town has a lot more to offer other than the Aurobindo Ashram-Auroville spirituality package.

Eat My Cake! in White Town

As I strolled through White Town, the french colonial part of Puducherry, you cannot help but look in awe at the hues of yellow, blue and pink houses that line the perpendicular, sea facing part of the town. I came across a cafe called Eat My Cake! which promised to offer a authentic french experience. As I entered, I was greeted by the smell of chocolate and fresh bread. The tiny pink and yellow cafe was opened by three french women just a year ago and offers a different menu everyday. The owners told me how everything about the small cafe is, 'made by women, and run by women.' Their tie-up with a local NGO helps employ women and empower them by making them learn skills like cooking and baking. Also, the coffee is freshly brewed and the ingredients are organic and locally grown. It was a fascinating thing to learn that Puducherry, which welcomes a large part of foreign tourist population, also hosts a large number of restaurants that promise you fresh, organic locally grown food to go with 'the wellness trend'.

As my friend and Iorderan item from the day's menu, Chicken Liver Bagel and a coffee pot in the terrace cafe, I find it interesting to note that food in Puducherry, andeverything else for the matter, comes at its own relaxed pace. Not that its a bad thing, but just a fascinating concept to sit and actually savour food for 4 to 5 hours rather than in Mumbai, where we come from. My friend noted that how our restaurant meals in the city of dreams were always rushed, we were always handed the bill as soon as we ordered dessert.

The Promenade hosts one of the biggest statutes of Gandhiji in India.

The laid back pace of the town was the biggest luxury we indulged in. After over wonderful meal, we strolled through the Promenade(Puducherrys only sea facing, Marine drive-esque boulevard) in the afternoon, we were mesmerised by how other people around us were sitting at the shoreline indulging in the activity of doing nothing. For us, the looking at the sea for hours at the peaceful town was a welcome break from elbowing people out of the way to get into a local train in Mumbai.

We came across an antique shop during one of our strolls. Located near Les Space in White Town, the nameless store housedantiques that were as old as the time when the French started colonising the place, and each and every piece had an interesting piece of history attached to it. Thisis whyI recommend walking over taking a cycle or a bike, because there is so much to see in Puducherry. Each building is unique, and seems to have a history. The town is best taken in, slowly, walking through the streets at a glacial pace staring at the beautiful Franco-Tamil pieces of architecture. Or if you are in the other 'Tamil' part of town, just looking at the old world charm of the city and seeing it transport from a city in Europe to a forgotten era in India in a matter of kilometres.

A walk through the streets

Coming to the reason we were on the trip the food. The variety of food is one of the best things that Puducherry has to offer, and even if you do not include the fascinating cuisines of Auroville there is a lot that can be sampled. One of the most unique cuisines is the Creole cuisine of Puducherry. The french-tamil fusion cuisine was also influenced by the Dutch and Portuguese colonisers.

Creole food is more Indian than french while french cuisine is all about cooking and savouring each item individually, Creole food is more of an Indian curry and rice variety. One of the best places we sampledcreole was at Le Dupleix in White Town. The best dish hands down was Rasam Aux Crevettes (Rasam with shrimp served French style).

Moving on to a different kind of fusion a small cafe called Kasha Ki Asha specialises in giving the picky tourist a literal mix of both the cuisines and overs yummy samplings like Pizza Dosai. The cafe, opened in 2013 by an American woman, Kasha, runs on the same principle as Eat My Cake! it started out as an initiative by Kasha to help and empower women. The best part about the cafe is the beautiful boutique that is a part of the terrace cafe.

Now comes the time to satisfy the sweet tooth. The french brought with them the art of the yummy desserts, and it has stayed. One of our walks through the town landed us in a bakery that calledBaker Street. Being huge Sherlock fans ourselves, we went into the bakery that promised 'an authentic french experience' and were transported to what might have been a bakery in France. Whether it is a simple chocolate cake or a piece of expertly crafted chocolate, 212 Baker Street suprises you with the variety of desserts it stocks.

White Town

And if you want your fill of the best Tamil cuisine, Puducherry hosts excellent restaurants that serve, what is in my opinion, the best rasamin the world. Try out restaurants like A2B Adyar Ananda Bhavan and Surgurewhere the crowd will be a mix of Indian tourists tired of sampling pastas and wine, and foreign tourists keen on trying the local cuisine and fascinatingly trying to eat dosa and rice plates with their hands.

When we went to Surguru, we were seated with two tourists from London, who were watching YouTube videos about how to eat rasam rice with their hands before getting to the real act itself. Why were they here, and not in a French cafe that serves organic food, I asked. The girl, a backpacker who was visiting India for the first time said that French cuisine was passe for them, and the only reason they went to the cafes was to use the free Wifi. 'Spicy Indian food' was more fascinating. That was the time it struck me, what's a novelty for me is 'the plain old' for them and vice versa, and Puducherry works well in balancing both sets of tastes.

Puducherry might seem like a small, sleepy town that only houses the Aurobindo Ashram and its offshoot shopping experiences, but it is more than that. If you are looking at a long, peaceful getaway or a short escapade from the city life and the thought of Goa makes you cringe, Puducherry is just a hop, skip and jump away from Chennai airport (3 hours by bus). The town is a novelty in itself, if not the food, or the shopping that gets you, just strolling through the pink, blue and yellow houses around town are fascinating in itself and make you feel like you are in a movie.

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(MENAFN Editorial) Ananda Yog Ashram Trust successfully organized two days musical Yog Mahotsav at Laxman Maidan in Dungarpur, Rajasthan headed by Yog Guru Swami Ganeshanand Jee on the first and second of April 2017. With its whole sole aim in spreading awareness for the power of Yoga and Meditation, the camp was a grand success in the city. Ananda Yog Ashram Trust is the name always known for providing the most pleasurable Yoga learning sessions. Being headed by Yog Guru Swami Ganeshanand Jee, the Yog Ashram Trust has benefitted many with its Yoga and meditation lessons. From time to time the trust organizes Yog Mahotsav in various parts of the country and not only this, the special Yoga sessions are also organized abroad for the devotees of Swami Ji. This time the trust organized Yog festival at Dungarpur Rajasthan. Organized under the supervision of city council of Dungarpur the festival was a grand success. People of the city actively participated in the festival both in the first day and second day of the event.

The venue for Yog Mahotsav was Laxman Maidan Dungarpur and the festival was organized under the supervision of Mr. K.K Gupta the Chairman of the city council of Dungarpur. Thousands of devotees actively participated in the two days event which was organized at the heart of the city. Yoga leads a person towards mental peace. A healthy body is a key to happiness in life and yoga helps the body to remain healthy always, preached Swami Ji to people during the Mahotsav.

'The two days Yog Mahotsav at Dungarpur was a grand success with the participants not only from the city but the devotees of Swami Ganeshanand Jee from various parts of Rajasthan also witnessed the grand event. Under the guidance of Swami Ji and the perfect coordination of the city council, Dungarpur Yog Mahotsav became another memorable event of the trust. With the promise to organize another Yog Festival in the city soon the Mahotsav concluded on a positive note. Devotees were overwhelmed by the Yoga techniques of Swami Ji and promised to implement Yoga in their daily life schedule," concluded the PR Manager of the Ananda Yog Ashram Trust at the end of the conversation.

The Ananda Yog Ashram Trust is a renowned organization that is engaged in spreading and imparting yoga and meditation lessons. Swami Ganeshanand Jee is the founder of the trust. Swami Ji is actively engaged to explore his spiritual plan and vision of the trust to the millions of aspirants from the globe. Ananda Yog Ashram Trust' is created to facilitate the spiritual, health, education Related activities to the aspirants. The trust is managing several projects for the mankind benefits. Some projects are Health Care Activities, Free Yoga Camps, Education, Disaster Management, Old Age Home, Ayurveda, Gausala, and Rehabilitation.

Media Contact Company Name: Ananda Yoga Ashram Trust Contact Person: Swami Ganeshanand Email: Phone: 91 - 9910118333 / 9811265730 Address:Tughlakabad Extension, Opposite: Tara Apartments City: New Delhi State: Delhi Country: India Website: http://www.swamiganeshanand.com/

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Growing up at the Mangrove Yoga Ashram has left one woman with permanent mental scars. Picture: Supplied

GROWING up at the notorious Mangrove Yoga Ashram, then known as Satyananda Ashram, Sandra* was a victim of physical and mental abuse.

Last year, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found there were no policies to protect children at the ashram on the NSW central coast after hearing evidence of horrific child sexual abuse.

While Sandra did not experience sexual abuse, the treatment she endured while living there in the 1970s and 1980s has stayed with her forever.

This is her story.

I did not receive the nurturing that is needed as a child so that I could grow up to be a normal functioning person.

I did not have parents with me who loved me and guided me and whispered words of encouragement.

I was not brought up in a house nor a home, with nurturing parents and normal schooling, choosing to leave all of that behind and partake in an alternative lifestyle it was thrust upon me.

Instead, my upbringing broke me. I might even go so far as to say that it fragmented me.

I went to live in the Ashram at the tender age of four in the 1970s.

It was set among a beautiful backdrop in a valley in Mangrove Mountain, on the banks of the Hawkesbury River.

It appeared idyllic to my mother who was so keen to break free of mainstream societys old paradigms and forge a new way of living. One that appeared to hold no religion (they said they were non-denominational yet they initiated their disciples into becoming Sannyasins, a Hindu belief). It was based on yoga, karma and organic food.

It promised the road to enlightenment and thanks partly to the Beatles, people were swallowing that up with their lentils in the 60s and 70s.

Growing up in a yoga ashram should have been idyllic. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

One of the main rules of the Ashram was renunciation. To become enlightened you must let go of all that you were attached to in the material world- renounce your ego shave your head and all wear orange clothes renounce your attachment to your previous life and family change your name and become initiated with a spiritual name (All names started with Swami and ended with Saraswati with a unique name in the middle.)

Renounce your family: This included the parents and children that were living in the Ashram, not just the ones that hadnt joined the Ashram/cult.

Who tells children they are not to love their own parents but are to worship the guru only? A paedophile who is breaking and grooming children, thats who.

Ashram kids lived together in huts, away from the adults.Source:Supplied

Although I had a mother, she was unavailable to me from a very young age, (perfect practice for grooming.) Instead, I was brought up among the melee that was the Ashram Kids living in huts together or dorms, away from the adults.

We were punished for the smallest things and yet, not reprimanded for things that we should have been.

We had our heads flushed down the public toilets if we didnt brush our teeth (we had on average 100 people staying there at any given time with a row of toilets that everyone used and a row of showers with no privacy screen between them, much like a prison.) It was other kids that were ordered to do this to the un-brushed offenders, creating some form of hierarchy between the kids.

Kids were encouraged to deliver punishment to other children.Source:Supplied

We would be beaten with a stick for talking on the hour-long bus ride from school and publicly beaten and shamed for small things such as saying something negative about our Gurus yet we were encouraged to be brats towards the adults in the Ashram thus creating an effective divide between the children and the adults. All effective grooming practices.

You darent get sick as to get sick would result in being put in sick bay. Sick bay was a cement and brick room that was always cold and damp, no matter what time of year it was. It was away from everyone else and you werent allowed to leave unless you were to go to the toilet.

Mangrove Yoga Ashram.Source:Facebook

You would have your meals brought to you if you were even allowed to eat, as fasting was believed to help you get over whatever it was that you were sick from.

We had to get up at 5am to practice hours of meditation and yoga before school.

There were times when only the females had to bath in the creek instead of having hot showers like the men. It was below zero, there was frost on the grass and the water was so cold that it felt like it burnt your skin.

Life on the ashram was far from peaceful. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

I remember crying and shaking and saying I dont want to do this and being told that I had to, just get in. According to the guru, women needed to be toughened up which I now realise meant women are harder to break.

How did I cope with all of this? I didnt.

I started to use drugs at the age of 14 and was in a self-induced coma for three days when I was 16. I have changed my name four times in my life. I cant stick to one profession. I cant really stick to anything.

I went from one abusive relationship to another. I find it hard to have long and strong connections with people. I have two children who have been my driving force to become a better person but I unfortunately had a child to a physically abusive paedophile.

No, I didnt know that he was a paedophile and as soon as I found out, I moved myself and my children away and have remained in hiding ever since. I would never want my children to suffer the way that I did.

I have tried so hard to try and make a normal and functional life for them. Sometimes when I cant get out of bed I wish that I was a better parent.

I wish that I could hold down a steady job, that I had some amazing talent that could lift us out of this hole of poverty that goes along with the inability to fit in with society, to form proper relationships, to hold down a steady job. But I dont, all I have is fragments of myself that I try to pick up.

Kids at ashram were punished brutally for small offences. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

I can only describe that its like living with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) for a lifetime. I tell people that it is like being punched in the face. Thats the initial trauma. It knocks you down. Then you shake it off, you get therapy, you think you have dealt with it. And then, out of the blue, something triggers it again and this time, its like being coward punched from the right side.

It knocks you down again, you shake it off, you are seeing it from a completely different angle this time. You think you have dealt with it. This keeps going, each time there is a trigger, it blind sides you from a different angle.

Each time you have to process it all again, just when you think you have dealt with it, it comes at you from yet another angle. It doesnt matter if you have gotten to a positive place with it, it comes back and knocks you over so you have to try and get yourself back up again.

This makes for hard living. Its not easy to maintain anything when this is happening throughout your life.

* Name has been changed

If you or someone you know is in need of crisis or suicide prevention support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit http://www.lifeline.org.au/gethelp

The Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse has released a number of accounts of people who say they were abused or raped. On August 23 2016, nine videos were posted on the RC's YouTube page, featuring stories and comments read out by actors. They go into detail of the harrowing experiences of victims who came forward during the RC's investigation. Credit: YouTube/Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse

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AHMEDABAD: The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG) running into 97 volumes and published between 1958 and 1994 is an exhaustive series of letters, articles, and speeches written or made by Gandhiji during his lifetime. These volumes present Gandhiji's view of the world and himself, but rarely has there been an effort to delve into Bapu's times, his legacy, for which one needs to read the CWMG with letters written to Gandhiji.

For the first time, a team of researchers have dared to look into Bapu's inbox and have compiled the first volume, "Letters to Gandhi' consisting of 312 letters (1890 to 1900) that were written to Bapu while he was corresponding with a staggering range of public figures in South Africa. There is a total of 8,500 rare letters unread by scholarsthat were written to Gandhiji and were preserved by Bapu during his lifetime.

Some very important letters that find mention in this volume are for instance about the role played by a police official of Durban, R C Alexander, and his wife who had saved Gandhi's life from a mob in 1897.

The ambitious project of transcribing these letters into 20 volumes will take a decade, according to Sabarmati Ashram director Tridip Suhrud.

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A committee of women legislators from both the houses of Maharashtra legislature has found many shortcomings in the security at `ashram' (residential) schools for tribal girls.

Also, in some places authorities were seen to be trying to suppress reporting of incidents of sexual exploitation, it said in the report, submitted today.

Even the food served to the girls was found to be of sub-standard quality.

The 13-member committee said in its report, submitted today, that in some schools, washrooms or toilets are far away from the dormitory, and were unguarded.

Rs 5,000 given to victims of sexual atrocities by the Tribal Welfare Department was too meagre an amount, and it needs to be increased to Rs 50,000, the committee said.

District consultative committees set up under joint chairmanship of district collectors didn't visit the ashram schools regularly, it said.

Cases of sexual exploitation and other atrocities should be tried in fast-track courts, it said.

Most of the ashram schools are located outside the villages and do not have proper access roads; in some schools the boundary wall is incomplete or broken, it found.

The committee of women legislators was set up in December 2015 following alleged sexual exploitation of two tribal girls at a school at Pandhurna in Wardha district.

The report was tabled by Minister of State for Women and Child Development Vidya Thakur in both the houses today.

The committee recommended that CCTV cameras should be installed in ashram schools, and armed women security guards should be deployed wherever possible.

It recommended amendment of rules so that guilty or negligent officials can be dismissed immediately.

There should be `Honorary Guardians' whom the girl students can approach if they have any problem, it said.

There should also be a toll-free helpline where the girls can lodge complaints anonymously, and local police should visit the schools regularly during night patrolling, it recommended.

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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When Vinod Khanna announced his retirement from Bollywood in 1975, the entire Bollywood fraternity and fans went in a complete state of shock.

The actor, who was born in Peshawar, called it quits to glitz and glamour to join the ashram of Osho in Rajneeshpuram.

People called him the sexy sanyasi but the actor didnt feel offended at all. He said that he had always been a seeker.

In the film industry, I had money, glamour, fame but wondered a" now what?, said the actor.

Initially, he used to visit Oshos ashram in Pune every weekend and even started diverting shooting schedules to Pune.Then, in 1975, he finally left for Rajneeshpuram in America and joined Osho to live a simple life away from the limelight.

In the ashram, he was given the name Swami Vinod Bharti, which he wore it with pride.

The actor spent four years with Osho and did everyday chores such as gardening, cleaning toilets and washing dishes.

Khanna said that while he was at Rajneeshpuram, he was in touch with his family over the phone. But those were terrible times for his sons. People used to tell them said tumhara baap apne guru ke saath bhaag gaya.

He said that reports of what he had done never bothered him until they started bothering those he loved. His wife Gitanjali and he settled for divorce. He had nothing when he returned to India.

After Vinod Khanna left Oshos ashram and returned to Bollywood, he said that returning to the movies was the easy part. And, that he had to return due to financial shortage.

He said that it was very difficult to leave his guru in America, whom he was very attached to. He said that Osho had asked him to run the Puna ashram, but he refused. He wanted to return to his work, his family and his friends.

During the 1970s when Khanna left for Oshos ashram, Amitabh Bachahn emerged as a superstar with his two blockbusters Sholay and Deewar in 1975. Many believe that if Vinod Khanna wouldnt have left Bollywood, he might have been a much bigger star that Big B is today. Analysts say that Khanna was the only actor who could compete with Big Bs calibre that time.

However, Vinod Khanna smiled off such assumptions and said that he didnt regret his decision to stay away from Bollywood for some time. The four years he spent with Osho in America were just wonderful and peaceful, claimed the actor.

After Khanna returned, he married Kavita and was a part of many successful films of Bollywood. Khanna won Lok Sabha elections from the ticket of Gurdaspur and has been a minister in the centre as well.

At the moment, the legendary actor Vinod Khanna, who left a great impact on us with films such as The Burning Train, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Qurbani, is not keeping well. He has been hospitalized in Mumbai due to severe dehydration.

We wish him a speedy recovery.

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"Swami Ji is actively engaged to explore his spiritual plan and vision of the trust to the millions of aspirants from the globe."

Ananda Yog Ashram Trust successfully organized two days musical Yog Mahotsav at Laxman Maidan in Dungarpur, Rajasthan headed by Yog Guru Swami Ganeshanand Jee on the first and second of April 2017. With its whole sole aim in spreading awareness for the power of Yoga and Meditation, the camp was a grand success in the city.

Ananda Yog Ashram Trust is the name always known for providing the most pleasurable Yoga learning sessions. Being headed by Yog Guru Swami Ganeshanand Jee, the Yog Ashram Trust has benefitted many with its Yoga and meditation lessons. From time to time the trust organizes Yog Mahotsav in various parts of the country and not only this, the special Yoga sessions are also organized abroad for the devotees of Swami Ji. This time the trust organized Yog festival at Dungarpur Rajasthan. Organized under the supervision of city council of Dungarpur the festival was a grand success. People of the city actively participated in the festival both in the first day and second day of the event.

The venue for Yog Mahotsav was Laxman Maidan Dungarpur and the festival was organized under the supervision of Mr. K.K Gupta the Chairman of the city council of Dungarpur. Thousands of devotees actively participated in the two days event which was organized at the heart of the city. Yoga leads a person towards mental peace. A healthy body is a key to happiness in life and yoga helps the body to remain healthy always, preached Swami Ji to people during the Mahotsav.

Yoga is the need of present time. It helps a person to deal with the stress of life in the best order. Yoga keeps the mind happy and the body healthy. There are many other benefits of yoga that make it an essential element of living. The Ananda Yog Ashram Trust highlights this significance of Yoga in its various Yog seminar. Swami Ganeshanand Jee has a unique way of teaching yoga to the devotees and this makes him popular all around the world. The Ananda Yog Mahotsav basically means the musical yoga festival in which yoga in taught with the melody of music. This type of Yoga directly hits the mind of devotees and lets them feel the freshness from within. The music adds melody to yoga session as well as to the heart and soul of devotees. This makes musical Yog Mahotsav a grand success always, said the PR manager of Ananda Yog Ashram Trust while describing the significance of Yog Mahotsav.

The two days Yog Mahotsav at Dungarpur was a grand success with the participants not only from the city but the devotees of Swami Ganeshanand Jee from various parts of Rajasthan also witnessed the grand event. Under the guidance of Swami Ji and the perfect coordination of the city council, Dungarpur Yog Mahotsav became another memorable event of the trust. With the promise to organize another Yog Festival in the city soon the Mahotsav concluded on a positive note. Devotees were overwhelmed by the Yoga techniques of Swami Ji and promised to implement Yoga in their daily life schedule," concluded the PR Manager of the Ananda Yog Ashram Trust at the end of the conversation.

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The Ananda Yog Ashram Trust is a renowned organization that is engaged in spreading and imparting yoga and meditation lessons. Swami Ganeshanand Jee is the founder of the trust. Swami Ji is actively engaged to explore his spiritual plan and vision of the trust to the millions of aspirants from the globe. Ananda Yog Ashram Trust' is created to facilitate the spiritual, health, education Related activities to the aspirants. The trust is managing several projects for the mankind benefits. Some projects are Health Care Activities, Free Yoga Camps, Education, Disaster Management, Old Age Home, Ayurveda, Gausala, and Rehabilitation.

Media Contact Company Name: Ananda Yoga Ashram Trust Contact Person: Swami Ganeshanand Email: swamiganeshanandjee@gmail.com Phone: +91 - 9910118333 / 9811265730 Address:Tughlakabad Extension, Opposite: Tara Apartments City: New Delhi State: Delhi Country: India Website: http://www.swamiganeshanand.com/

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Ujjain: A clothes cleaning unit Nirmal has been set up at the Sewadham ashram by the Samast Mahajan Trust, Mumbai. The unit was inaugurated by Padmabhushan Dr Bindeshwar Pathak at an event held on Wednesday.

Bindeshwar Pathak is the founder of Sulabh International organisation which promotes human rights and environmental sanitation in India. He was conferred the Sewadham Rashtra Vibhuti award for his contribution towards society at the event. He was conferred the honour in the presence of zilla panchayat president Mahesh Parmar, Bharat Porwal, RS Hada, Sushila Nagar and Abel Hernandez.

In his welcome speech, Sudhilbhai Goel said Nirmal would ensure that all inmates of this ashram wore clean and hygienic clothes. Pathak also promised monetary aid to the ashram. All the guests attending the function were felicitated.

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