Best Hindu Podcasts (2023)

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In Focus by The Hindu

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What are OTT aggregators and what can they do for you? | In Focus podcast 26:19

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The rise of OTT platforms have transformed the entertainment market the world over. At present, there are 50 to 60 OTT streaming platforms operating in India, presenting the consumer with a bewildering array of entertainment options to choose from. In this scenario, a new breed of players is emerging in India: the OTT aggregator. Platforms such as …

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New Books in Indian Religions

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Ashok Gopal, "A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of B. R. Ambedkar" (Navayana, 2023) 36:15

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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) is perhaps the most iconised historical figure in India. Born into a caste deemed ‘unfit for human association’, he came to define what it means to be human. How and why did Ambedkar, who revered and cited the Gita till the 1930s, turn against Hinduism? What were his quarrels with Gandhi and Savarkar? Why did he c…

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In Focus by The Hindu

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What lies behind India’s missing wombs problem? | In Focus podcast 37:07

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Last month, the Supreme Court directed all States and Union Territories in the country to follow guidelines formulated by the Union Health Ministry to monitor “unnecessary” hysterectomies being performed. A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a woman’s uterus, and sometimes, the surrounding organs and tissues. The PIL petition that the S…

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New Books in Indian Religions

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How Do We Know What We Know?: A Day School from Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies 18:27

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The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies is holding a Day School on "How Do We Know What We Know?" Today I talked to Gavin Flood bout the day school, discusses how he began his scholarly journey, and what he's working on now. Gavin Flood is a Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion in the Theology and Religion Faculty and academic director o…

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Vedanta Talks

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123. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 10 Verses 16 - 22 | Swami Sarvapriyananda 1:17:00

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 10 Verses 16-22 of the Bhagavad Gita. In this series of talks, Swami Sarvapriyananda unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God).By Vedanta Society of New York

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Bhajan - Sant Shri Asharamji Bapu Bhajan

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Guru Bin Nahi Koi Apna : Shri Rama Bhai 14:15

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Guru Bin Nahi Koi Apna : Shri Rama Bhai BhajanBy Shri Rama Bhai

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Vedanta Talks

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122. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 10 Verses 12 - 15 | Swami Sarvapriyananda 1:05:38

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 10 Verses 12-15 of the Bhagavad Gita. In this series of talks, Swami Sarvapriyananda unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God).By Vedanta Society of New York

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In Focus by The Hindu

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Should states revert to the Old Pension Scheme? | In Focus podcast Bonus Episode 33:39

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The National Pension Scheme (NPS) was launched in 2004. While the older pension scheme offered defined benefits to all government employees without any contribution on their part, the NPS requires employees to contribute a sum throughout their working years. Almost two decades after the NPS came into effect, several States are switching back to the…

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In Focus by The Hindu

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What will be the impact of Russia’s capture of Bakhmut? | In Focus podcast 30:18

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On May 20th, Russian forces managed to take control over the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. The ‘battle of aBakhmut’, which has been raging for nine months, has seen some of the bloodiest fighting in Europe since World War 2. With Ukraine investing a lot of its resources in defending the city, the fight for it took on a symbolic significance. …

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Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji Discourses

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Vikas Nagar, UK: May 21, 2023 -Discourse by Satguru Mata Ji 15:21

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Vikas Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand: May 21, 2023: Discourse by Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji MaharajBy Sant Nirankari Mission

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New Books in Indian Religions

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Baba Padmanji, "Yamuna's Journey" (Speaking Tiger Books, 2022) 40:18

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In 1856, the East India Company imposed the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act, allowing widows to remarry after their husband’s death. The Act was controversial at the time: Hindu traditionalists, particularly in higher castes, prevented widows from remarrying to protect the family’s honor, and even teenage and child widows were expected to live lives of …

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New Books in Indian Religions

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Elise Coquereau-Saouma and Daniel Raveh, "The Making of Contemporary Indian Philosophy: Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya" (Routledge, 2022) 26:56

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This book engages in a dialogue with Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (K.C. Bhattacharyya, KCB, 1875-1949) and opens a vista to contemporary Indian philosophy. KCB is one of the founding fathers of contemporary Indian philosophy, a distinct genre of philosophy that draws both on classical Indian philosophical sources and on Western materials, old and n…

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Satsang with Shambhavi

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Family, Discipline, and the Call and Response Nature of Reality 22:59

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Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So happy you are here! A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi JOIN US ON SUNDAYS FOR SATSANG & KIRTAN Please join Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community for…

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Alachua Temple Live

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ATL 2023-05-24 Hari Parshad dasa SB 2.9.39

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Listen to a class given by Hari Parshad dasa on text 39 of the Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana), canto 2, chapter 9, entitled "Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version" given on May 24, 2023 at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua, Florida. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is a sacred Vaishnava text from India that narrates the history of God (Krishna) and His …

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Alachua Temple Live

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ATL 2023-05-23 Panca Gauda dasa SB 2.9.38

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Listen to a class given by Panca Gauda dasa on text 38 of the Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana), canto 2, chapter 9, entitled "Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version" given on May 23, 2023 at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua, Florida. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is a sacred Vaishnava text from India that narrates the history of God (Krishna) and His d…

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Alachua Temple Live

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ATL 2023-05-22 Madhumati devi dasi SB 2.9.37 Part 2

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Listen to a class given by Madhumati devi dasi on text 37 part 2 of the Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana), canto 2, chapter 9, entitled "Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version" given on May 22, 2023 at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua, Florida. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is a sacred Vaishnava text from India that narrates the history of God (Krishna)…

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Alachua Temple Live

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ATL 2023-05-21 Sukhada devi dasi Sunday Feast Lecture

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Listen to a class given by Sukhada devi dasi for the Sunday Feast Lecture given on May 21, 2023 at the Hare Krishna Temple in Alachua, Florida, brought to you by Krishna.com..By Krishna.com

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Alachua Temple Live

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ATL 2023-05-20 Prana Govinda dasa Madhyalila 20.307-312

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Listen to a class given by Prana Govinda dasa on text 307-312 of Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Madhya-Lila, chapter 20, entitled "Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth" given on May 20, 2023 at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua, Florida. Sri Caitanya Caritamrta is a sacred Vaishnava text from India…

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Alachua Temple Live

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ATL 2023-05-19 Mitrasena dasa SB 2.9.37

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This class starts at 00:29:03 Sorry for the inconvenience. Listen to a class given by Mitrasena dasa on text 37 of the Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana), canto 2, chapter 9, entitled "Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version" given on May 19, 2023 at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua, Florida. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is a sacred Vaishnava text from I…

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Weekly Sanga

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 41 – May 24, 2023 48:52

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 41 “śrī-nārada uvāca bhavān viprendra kṛṣṇasya mahānugraha-bhājanam yasyedṛśaṁ dhanaṁ dravyam audāryaṁ vaibhavaṁ tathā TRANSLATION Śrī Nārada said: O leader of the brāhmaṇas, it is you who have received Lord Kṛṣṇa’s greatest favor. After all, you have such wealth, property, generosity, and personal opulence…

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Alachua Temple Live

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ATL 2023-05-18 Prema Tarangini devi dasi SB 2.9.36 Part 8

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Listen to a class given by Prema Tarangini devi dasi on text 36 part 8 of the Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana), canto 2, chapter 9, entitled "Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version" given on May 18, 2023 at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua, Florida. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is a sacred Vaishnava text from India that narrates the history of God (Kr…

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In Focus by The Hindu

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Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023: Does it aim for climate mitigation at the expense of biodiversity, forest rights? | In Focus podcast 34:09

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The Central government introduced the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha on March 29th this year. Generally speaking, the Bill exempts certain types of forest land from the protection afforded by the Act. It also expands the list of activities that can be carried out on forest land. Both these aspects have drawn an outcry f…

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In Focus by The Hindu

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French Open 2023 Preview: Who will make the most of Nadal’s absence? | In Focus podcast 21:40

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This year’s French Open, which is starting on May 28th, will take place in the looming shadow of 14-time champion Rafael Nadal’s absence. It is also expected that this year could finally mark the long overdue transition in men’s tennis – from the domination of the Big Three of Nadal, Federer and Djokovic, to the next generation of players led by th…

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Krishna Temple Talks

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Saved To Serve 49:54

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This Sunday when priests, pastors, and rabbis look out over their congregations in temples, churches, & synagogues, they see an army of soldiers that need to be on the battlefield, but instead they are asleep in the barracks. We have not been saved to sit in a pew or to soak up scriptural truth. We […] The post Saved To Serve appeared first on Radh…

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Krishna Temple Talks

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Saved To Serve 49:54

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This Sunday when priests, pastors, and rabbis look out over their congregations in temples, churches, & synagogues, they see an army of soldiers that need to be on the battlefield, but instead they are asleep in the barracks. We have not been saved to sit in a pew or to soak up scriptural truth. We […] The post Saved To Serve appeared first on Radh…

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In Focus by The Hindu

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All you need to know about Long Covid in India | In Focus podcast 26:55

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Even before the World Health Organisation announced this month that the Covid-19 pandemic no longer constituted a global emergency, the pandemic had begun to slowly fade from public memory. For some people however, health issues from the viral infection remain even months since they first contracted the infection: long Covid continues to haunt hund…

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Weekly Sanga

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 37 – May 21, 2023 58:20

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 37 tato ’bhimukham āgatya kṛṣṇasya racitāñjaliḥ tasminn evārpayām āsa sarvaṁ tat-phala-sañcayam TRANSLATION After this, he again went before the Śālagrāma Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa. And with folded hands he offered to the Lord all the pious credit he had earned by the sacrifice.…

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Radhanath Swami

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Vaishnava Apradh Is Like Tidal Waves, Be Very Careful 3:06

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But we think nothing is happening and we go on making offenses and we go on committing sinful acts, but then ultimately that tidal wave is going reach the shore of the present moment and cause spiritual devastation. Like the mad elephant, in all the efforts we made to create our spiritual assets on the shore of life are just washed away, devastated…

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Weekly Sanga

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Japa and Prayer School – May 20, 2023 1:07:32

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Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues his Japa and Prayer School classes. In today’s class: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 12 Chapter 3 Text 51 kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet TRANSLATION My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simpl…

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New Books in Indian Religions

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Moyukh Chatterjee, "Composing Violence: The Limits of Exposure and the Making of Minorities" (Duke UP, 2023) 53:19

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In 2002, armed Hindu mobs attacked Muslims in broad daylight in the west Indian state of Gujarat. The pogrom, which was widely seen over television, left more than one thousand dead. In Composing Violence: The Limits of Exposure and the Making of Minorities (Duke UP, 2023). Moyukh Chatterjee examines how highly visible political violence against mi…

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Pilgrim Heart with Krishna Das

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Ep. 137 – Planting Seeds of Change 1:23:59

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Discussing the power of the present moment, Krishna Das empowers us to make a difference in our lives by redirecting our negative habits into positive changes. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow “You have to find out what you h…

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Krishna Temple Talks

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Pick Your Fights 25:21

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Ask Yourself. If I engage in this battle, invest my time & energy, trying to straighten someone out, arguing, defending myself, trying to prove that I am right……EVEN IF I WIN THIS BATTLE, what is the prize going to be??? That person who cuts me off in traffic. If I cut him off, get upset […] The post Pick Your Fights appeared first on Radha Krishna…

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Krishna Temple Talks

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Pick Your Fights 25:21

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Ask Yourself. If I engage in this battle, invest my time & energy, trying to straighten someone out, arguing, defending myself, trying to prove that I am right……EVEN IF I WIN THIS BATTLE, what is the prize going to be??? That person who cuts me off in traffic. If I cut him off, get upset […] The post Pick Your Fights appeared first on Radha Krishna…

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Vedanta Talks

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2. Mundaka Upanishad | Mantras 1.1.3 - 4 | Swami Sarvapriyananda 1:22:40

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Mundaka Upanishad which one of the major Upanishads belonging to the Atharva Veda. Mundaka means ''shaved'' like a shaved head. The teachings revealed in this Upanishad are meant to leave the student clean, or shaved of the veil of ignorance. Indeed, the study of this Upanishad has been traditionally confined to th…

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Mundaka Upanishad which one of the major Upanishads belonging to the Atharva Veda. Mundaka means ''shaved'' like a shaved head. The teachings revealed in this Upanishad are meant to leave the student clean, or shaved of the veil of ignorance. Indeed, the study of this Upanishad has been traditionally confined to th…

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