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To begin with, I have been waiting for years, for this moment, to answer this question. I have been at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Basar for a fair share of my life and the answer to this question of yours, is a 'NO', with a big capital 'O' in it, as in 'DOOMED'. Now don't get offended, it's a God's honest truth and it always will be, doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Just don't try make your prejudice half way around, without completely reading it till the bottom. I will be completely unbiased and I am going to point out the flaws in both administration and students. Let me elaborate it chapter by chapter in Quentin Tarantino's style about why this institute can never become a better one.Chapter 1Flawed Selection Procedure, Loss of Diversity and Terrible Communication Skills will make a perfect recipe for a Bad UniversityAs the motto says, "Empowering rural youth of the state". State? That's where the fallacy lies in. These guys at the top of the chain, wants to cater the educational needs of the rural youth of this 'State'. Kudos them for their hard efforts! but believe me it's all have gone in vain. Why? What's the problem here? 98% of the students here are from the rural schools where Telugu is the Medium of communication and 80% of them are from Government Schools. Govt. Schools! I don't have to say anything about them. Students at Basar, doesn't even know how to converse in basic English. They fail miserably and terribly at communication. You might argue that it is not necessary for a hard working student, but to hell with your argument, English is an international language and it is damn necessary everywhere you go. So here's what our administration is doing to improve their communication skills, "Providing Special Coaching Classes" from some Coaching Agency for a week during their final year. Are they expecting the students to master the entire skills in a week? What is wrong with you guys? Wake up! Are you expecting some Ninja or Karate Kid show here? You might ask me to come up with a better solution? Yes, I'm ready with an answer.The solution to this problem is Diversity. The most important thing I learned during my two months stay at IIT Bombay is how diversification leads to improvement in communication skills. First of all, not all students at IITs are from English background. Students at IITs are from various states across the country and so the only medium available for them to communicate is English. Not everyone at IITs, knows it during their fresher year, but eventually, by using it daily to converse, is what sharpens their English language and communication skills. The best way to learn English is not from books, but by actually speaking it in an environment of people who are familiar with it.Now let us consider the situation here at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Basar. Where does all the students here comes from? From the rural areas of the same state where Telugu is the basic communication language. Now which language do they use for communication? Telugu! And only a small fraction, maybe 1%, of them can speak English fluently. As I said earlier, the best way to learn English is by trying it in real life. There are few people here at Basar, who has mastered English despite being from Telugu Medium background, by staying in a company of students who speaks it and also partly by watching Hollywood movies.I even mailed Prof. Raj Reddy, regarding this situation asking him to change the selection procedure, but guess what? you have to be a guy from the top most chain to provide any suggestion. Never ever got a reply from him.Unless they include a significant amount (I personally believe that it might be at least 40-50%) of toppers from English Background or private schools, possibly from different states, this situation is never gonna be solved. Not an offense, but the truth is top students from private schools and urban areas are smarter and sharper than that of their rural counterparts. Now if all the toppers included are from rural Govt. Schools, then they all are going to be doomed eventually unless there is a proper mixture of both type of students which will help them develop their skills.What I actually wanted to point out from the beginning is, the fact that it is practically impossible to provide good skills to everyone, if everyone were to be selected from rural area. Who will they watch and learn from? Books? No Way! you don't learn communication skills and smartness from books. One has to include at least 40% of urban kids and help bring the remaining 60% of rural kids up by mixing them both. Interstate diversity will still be the most beneficial factor.Chapter 2University : A high-level educational institution in a country where academic the ‘research and development’ work is done and degrees are awarded.University is the center which provides research and development work for the betterment of the nation and the world. This is why the government funds the universities. This is why it spends millions of taxpayers money. Research and Development are the primary goals of any university, not educating students as they does in primary school. Education is something that is acquired while doing research and development. This is what, is the base on which the universities are ranked in the world. Now let's go back to our Fantastic Institute which had wasted millions of taxpayer's money. What is the research output of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Basar from the time of it's inception, 8 years ago? Nil. Absolutely Nil.Who's to blame here? Administration or Students? Both of them.2.1 Let's blame the Administration first. It makes the students happy.Seriously guys, how many professors does this institute have in technical departments? One, at most, in the overall campus. What kind of university has no professors? Who's suppose to guide and motivate the student's in their research, if in case they are willing to do some actual research? Why is the administration failing to attract professors? Pay them handsomely and pay them on time! There has been a huge lack of understanding between the faculties and administration over the past few years because of the stagnant payrolls and contractual terms. Below are the few references from the National News papers regarding the lack of faculties at IIIT-Basar.Future of RGUKT faculty members in limbo?Mass exodus of faculty may hit RGUKTs - Times of IndiaUrgent need for good faculty in varsitiesConsidering the infamous reputation our institution has got regarding it's Faculty-Administration relations, I guess, no one would like to take a huge risk in their career by joining here.2.2. Now is the time to blame studentsAnd coming to the students, if you were really that interested in your education, no matter what obstacles you face, you would have done some actual development work which doesn't require any guidance from a professor. Most of the IITians does the development work on their own, using the methodology of learning by doing. Ironically it happened to be the very motto of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Basar. Irony isn't it? You guys could have done that too, instead of sleeping, eating and watching movies all time. Students here are the laziest Nazis I have ever seen. All they know is to point out some bullshit reason to justify their wrong cause. When the time comes these guys go to Ameerpet and buy some project from some 'chillar' shop without even understanding how it works and what it does? Seriously guys? Ameerpet? It's a real big shame on your part. What about the millions of taxpayer's money the government has invested in you? Is there nothing you can do? Disgusting!Believe me or not! More than 70% of the students here have absolutely no knowledge of their own stream. They are just undeserving candidates believing themselves to be Aamir Khan (actor) in 3 Idiots (2009 movie) who roams freely and preaches all the time about how the actual education works by being free all the time. It's absolute bullshit. Come on guys! come out of your bullshit fantasies and work hard. Working hard with deep desire for learning is the only way the real education works. And if they see someone studying and working hard all the time, they starts calling them names like "Book worm", "Chatur Ramalingam" and many more.All these happens until the final year, where everything turns out to be the opposite for them. It's usually the time where they all are damn scared about their future and will be wishing that they go back into time and work real hard and stop making fun of those who actually did worked hard. Now they come back to those hard working guys and starts asking stupid suggestions, like1. "Hey, can you please give me some tips to crack interviews?"2. "Hey, what should I do to get a Job?"3. "Hey which book should I refer?"4. "My family is dependent on me, I have to take care of them. I don't know what to do"5. "Please teach me these topics for interviews"6. "How can I this....., How can I that.....,Please help......Blah Blah Blah......"Seriously dude! What the hell were you doing from the beginning if your family were so desperately dependent on you? Wasting your time away on unnecessary bullshit. As the saying goes by, As you sow, so shall you reap. You were suppose to be the hero in 3 idiots, right? Invent something then and earn billions or go back to your village and follow the traditional occupation of your forefathers. You guys are having an excellent opportunity in your life and you are just wasting it away. To be Frank, I believe that the government should stop funding this university, wrap and shut it down, once and forever.Chapter 3Geographical Location, policies that violates Indian Constitutional rights, And a question on co-educational system?3.1 Geographical Location plays as an important factor in the development of an university. Being away from the city makes it impossible for the students to have access to the useful resources and materials required.3.2 Out pass Policy : It is one of the policies of the university which is in direct violation of Indian fundamental rights. It violates the Article 19 of the Indian constitution, Freedom of Movement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_rights_in_India#Right_to_freedom) . Let me brief the university policy to you. It states that you cannot go out of the university, without obtaining an out pass, doesn't matter whether it is a working day or a holiday and to obtain an out pass you have to have a valid reason along with sufficient proof and ask your parents to come and take you out. Wow! I am going to ask my old parents to journey 600km just because I want to go to a hotel to have something to eat as I don't like the shitty mess food. Are you kidding me? And moreover by valid reason, I mean a real strong reason. Unlike 'Going out to a hotel to have something to eat or some sightseeing, attending a marriage of your relative', which are considered to be invalid reasons. Moreover no out-passes are issued on Sundays and public holidays.First of all, you have to apply Online on the university website, then take your warden signature (it is almost impossible to find him, he's the invisible guy form Mr India ), then take the CSO sign, and finally take the outpass from the security wing only during the evening time. In the absence of the CSO, we have to take the permission from the Police Officer, of the campus Police Station. A real police officer. I have to take permission from a rude Police Officer who absolutely has no shame or self respect when he speaks to students, to just go out? Are you guys kidding me or have you gone nuts? At every step of this procedure you will be questioned as if you are a real terrorist. Unlike other universities, where Wardens are available the entire day in their office, here, you will never find them in their office, as the Wardens who are allocated to the hostels are lecturers and so they are busy with their classes the entire day. It is really impossible to find them. This whole irritating procedure takes an entire day. So, to just get an outpass, you have to waste an entire day? And at the end of the day you may be rejected because your reason may not be so called valid reason.Many students have lost opportunities because of this shitty procedure. I still recall that there were students who couldn't attend the workshops or interviews outside the campus because they were either delayed or rejected the out pass when they went for permission a day before. And if you want to buy some small stuff, you have to waste one day to get permission to go out to the nearest town, which happens to be 40 km away.Seriously guys? Why are you imposing illegal restrictions on Majors adults? What gives you the right to stop me from practicing my fundamental rights that this country's constitution has provided me with? The administration justifies it by saying that the parents will hold the university responsible for their children's safety. For minors, I believe it can be justified, but for Majors? Does IITs, NITs and other major universities has the same procedure? Hell, No! Why can't you clearly relieve yourself of that duty like the other universities? Below is a reference to the IIT-Kharagpur rules which clearly states that the institute will not be responsible for the activity and safety of the students outside the campus premises.http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/dosa/rules.phpHere is a short statement from it :IIT Kharagpur believes in treating its students like young adults...While the students, as adult citizens of the country enjoy their rights, they also are expected to be aware of their responsibilities.....In the event of students' safety outside the campus the institute shall in no way be responsible.Believe me or not, adding to the geographical location, this policy imposes a huge restriction on the development of student. In short, it is a major contributor for the under development of the student.3.3 Violation of Freedom of Speech,expression and libertyAnd most important of all, if you try to talk about your rights, guess what happens? you are suspended on the ground of indiscipline behavior and will get into a lot of trouble. They like to have fun with student's life just because they have powers to do so and nobody to question them. There is no student union to fight for your rights! And the best one is below3.3 Co-education? Really?Although the university follows a co-educational system, It is a sin here to even talk to a girl. Don't ever do that, you will be dragged into a lot of troubles. The administration here still follows the narrow ideology of the ancient Indian society. People here try to put noses into things which are none of their business. Let me narrate a little story to you, which happened a few days ago.There is this family friend of mine, a girl, who studies along with me in the same class. By friend, not just a normal friend, a bestie, a real care taker, who looked after me for years like a mother. I still recall the day this incident happened. It was the day I got placed in a company with a very handsome package and surely it was the highest package in the campus. I was really excited that day. I came to the class and told it to her. She congratulated me on my new job with a formal hand shake. And by formal handshake I mean a real formal hand shake and nothing else.So, there is this old, short, fat ugly guy from the Finance department who has absolutely no business in the academic block, and who goes around watching what students are doing instead of doing his own duty, comes to us while the whole class of 70 students are watching and takes our ID No.s as if we are involved in some indecent activity. The next day he calls me and I still recall his indecent words which brought tears to my eyes and I almost broke down. He said, "... I could have accused you and made you write a letter saying that you were caught in a compromising position. Do you want me to do that? Instead I'm explaining you not to talk to a girl. It's not a good thing....". By God, I swear these were the exact indecent words he spoke to me. PA of the vice chancellor was sitting beside him as he threatened me, who then saw that I was about to be broke and asked me to go. A compromising position? Do you at least know what those words mean? There were 50 other students in the class at the time when you saw us and you wanted to accuse me of indecency with a friend just because you have the power to do so and no one would question you? You had spent your entire moronic miserable life and you wanted to have fun with mine? Seriously? How can you say such low, cheap and disgusting words? Who the hell gave you the rights?What exactly is his problem? I am a damn major and I never broke any university code of conduct and this guy threatens me of suspending me on false charges of indecency. I don't think I have to say anything more about this university regarding violation of fundamental rights.Chapter 4The tales of irresponsibilities: A Matter of Life and Death, Dual Degree program, The First Science Fair, The Librarian and The Server Room guy, Internet Connection, Shitty Mess Food, No electricity the entire day4.1 A Matter Of Life And Death : Food PoisoningI could not recall it precisely, but I think that it was during the month of March in 2016 , there was a case of mass food poisoning in the Mess premises, where around 150 students got poisoned and suffered seriously with nauseas and vomiting after consuming the lunch at the mess. This was however not the first case of mass food poisoning. A few months earlier, there was a similar case where more than 100 or 200 students got poisoned by the negligence and unhygienic activities of the highly corrupted mess owners, backed by Administration. In one of the disputes between the students and mess owner over the cheaper quality of the rice being provided, and I heard him angrily replying, “I have been paying extra ‘cuts’ to the your authorities, so don’t come to me, go and ask them”. I used the word “cuts” to be more polite in this context. However I neither agree nor deny the authenticity of the statements he made that day. So, back to our food poisoning incident, when the students went to complain and asked to punish the guys responsible, they were literally kicked away, abused, both physically and verbally by the Police officer (I think he is S.I.) of the campus police station. This guy absolutely has no shame and self respect when he speaks. When I said he hurls abuses at the students, I literally mean the lowest possible words you can ever find to abuse. No wonder, when our own Vice Chancellor can use such words, an ignorant police officer is not a big surprise. When you raise your voice asking to punish the people who are responsible for the food poisoning, he threatens you to rusticate on the grounds of indiscipline behavior and even assaults and threatens to charge you with something and put you behind the bars. In short, hundreds of students gets poisoned more than once, their lives put at danger, but no one gets punished or is held responsible for. At least not even a single apology? Instead a threat is made, if you raise your voice and this news doesn’t even make it to the outside of the campus, not even to local newspapers. Instead of punishing the mess authority, VC prohibits the students from bringing any kind of outside food in the campus! All outside food banned? It was the shitty mess food that poisoned hundreds of students. It is the mess that is unhygienic and dirty, and you are banning us from ordering food from outside sources?4.2 Incident Two : Dual Degree programThere was this concept of Dual degree program for Undergraduate students. It was the only reason I joined this university. As per the guidelines of the university, a student can opt for a dual degree, if he has a CGPA of above 8.0. With regard to this, I went to the academic section in my sophomore year, to register for the program as they didn't mentioned it in the available registration options. I was asked to consult the Academic in charge and ask him regarding the program. I don't recall his name, but I remember that he was a faculty from MME Department. As he didn't knew the procedure then, he asked me one day time and promised me to inform it by then, but every time I went to him, he asked me some more time and finally at last, after many days. he said that the higher authorities are not replying to his query and are not clearly stating the procedure of the program. When I asked him whether I should contact the Director or higher authorities myself, he said it would be of no use as they don't have any real procedure. I went to the then director, but was of no use. Then, with no hope left I contacted the former VC regarding my situation, to which he replied by forwarding my mail to the people responsible and asking them to clearly specify the procedure to me. But those guys never replied even when the Vice Chancellor asked himself because there was no clear procedure. After weeks of wasting time and going around asking people for help, I had no option but to leave the hope and accept the fate.4.3 Incident three : The Science Fair, A Case of CorruptionWhen the first science fair was conducted at the campus few years ago, we were promised that the university will fund the entire budget required for the building of the working models. However we were asked us to spend money from our own pocket and submit the transcripts, to which the university will pay back immediately after the science fair. I still recall that I was confided by @Rakesh_Roshan, who happened to be my guide. He said that the university will pay back the expenses the very next day of the fest no matter what happens. But to this day, the university didn't even pay a single penny. Where did all the budget go? Where is my damn money? You owe me two thousand five hundred rupees. If this is not a clear case of corruption, then I don't know what is? I want the then in charge of science fair Mr. Ravindra (I can't recall the exact full name) and Mr. Chakrabarthi Jada, to answer my question and pay me back my money. I guess they left the institute a long ago. What the hell did the administration do with the funds? No one ever asked? Honor Among The Thieves?4.4 Incident Four : The LibrarianIn the early years, students were not allowed to borrow books from the library. I swear that the then librarian, she used to say, "We are not issuing any books now. They are not for issuing" whenever I went to ask her for a book. Then what are they for? Can you please tell me? But I think, this is not the same situation now. They built a new bigger library.4.5 Incident Five : The Wicked System AdministratorDuring my first year, we used to have this computer based examinations. We were allocated new classes and old laptops. That very week, a day before the weekend examination I was asked by HRT to take the laptop to the server room as the laptop allocated to me was not in a proper working condition. I went to the system admin but he asked me to come the next morning saying that he was busy then. But all I saw was him chatting on Facebook with a crooked smile on his ugly face. Yeah! He was busy chatting with someone. When I stood there for some more time telling him that I have an exam next morning, he wooed me away. The next morning when I went to him, he starting scolding me and asked what I did yesterday. When I said to him that I came yesterday and he was BUSY, he shut his mouth and gave me a new laptop. And this guy thinks that Internet connection of the campus is his own ancestral property. He is still there sitting in that same old room of the Old block after these many years.4.5 Restricted Internet Connection : A Synonym for No InternetTo be honest, it was mentioned in the admission brochure that the entire campus is provided with high speed Internet connectivity. But the fact is there is no Internet connectivity in the campus. You get only 10MB usage/student of restricted Internet connection between 7 to 10 pm daily [Please note that 10MB is the maximum memory usage limit per day, not the speed, meaning that you cannot download more than 10MB of content per day]. Moreover you can't actually browse anything except for the first page of a few specifically allowed websites. This is by far the most important factor responsible for lagging of the campus development. Although the new Vice Chancellor has issued the permission for installing new Wi-Fi devices at the hostels, but the question still remains whether it will be a fully restricted browsing, allowing only a few websites or a full accessible Internet with a few blocked websites? [UPDATED] : Just found out that after wasting more than 4–5 million of funds for installing networking hardware in the hostels, they still restrict the access to few specific websites. Why the hell the funds were wasted then? The reason that they gave was that the students were watching porn. According to the statistics, DC++ servers and network traffic at the IITs shows that 40% of the usage is only for sharing and accessing porn, where as a merely 6% is used for educational purposes. Below is the reference link.Reference : IIT Kharagpur students search and download - Amazing FactsLet me tell you something, although it is morally wrong in the society, it is a matter of personal privacy and basic human nature. We all watch porn, even if we don’t have an Internet connection too. Every man does that, even if we don’t want to accept the fact publicly here, there is no denying in that. From the administration, down to the students, everybody does it privately. We all know how we were born. We didn’t just appear magically or dropped right off from the sky. Isn’t it a truth that every invention has it’s own misuses? University’s Internet connection should only be used for educational purposes, but there is no way we can prevent it from being misused. That doesn’t mean that you guys have the right to take out the entire means of access to education of the hardworking guys, just because few others are misusing it. It is up to them, to decide the usage. If they use it wisely, they will benefit from it, otherwise they will be one paying the consequences of wasting the valuable chance. Why should be the good hardworking guys pay for the misuses that someone else is responsible for?4.6 The Student Magazine : You should never be honestAfter the release of the 8th edition of new Magazine, we were asked to provide with the feedback regarding the edition. After the 7th edition the entire editorial team was changed and the responsibility was handed over to the next batch as the seniors were leaving the campus. Now as it happened the Juniors were not that good at English and the article in the magazine was full of grammatical mistakes as there were no one who took proper efforts to correct them before publishing.Now, I provided an honest feedback saying that last edition of the magazine was not at all good. I believe that it was a mistake to be honest with them. They should have mentioned it properly that "ONLY POSITIVE FEEDBACKS ARE ALLOWED". As it turned out later that the new editor said that they are going to publish my feedback on the front page as a punishment. Are you guys kidding me? Why can't mine be in the comment section like a normal comment? Oh! I see what you are doing there! Playing Game of Thrones?All the articles in the magazine are administration friendly. They only blame students, but never even once blamed the administration! Most of the articles are filtered out. Honestly, it should be renamed to ‘The Administration Magazine’ instead of ‘The Student Magazine’.4.7 Shitty Mess FoodDo I have to say anything about this? Whenever we bring some problem to Mr. Vice Chancellor's notice, he say the famous quote" Did you come here to study or to eat? "What do you mean? Good Food is my right! And I am paying for everything I eat, no one is doing any damn charity here. But the mess owner and his staff, thinks that they are doing some kind of charity and being humble by providing us with shitty food. Don't forget that you guys are making us pay each and every penny for you shitty services. During my stay at IIT Bombay I used to pay Rs. 102 per day as the mess charges. Here at Basar, we pay 72 rupees per day. But the mess at IITs provides food four times a day and RGUKT provides three times a day. And for your information, IIT-B didn't provide any subsidy to the mess on behalf of me. Now let us compare both of them.IIT Bombay Menu :4 Times a day, Cost Rs. 102Morning : Normal Breakfast+ Tea/Milk/Coffee + Unlimited Toasted Breads with Butter, Jam and cheese + Omelet2. Afternoon : Rice, Curry, Curd +Unlimited Chapatis + Chapati curry + Salads3. Evening : Tea/Milk/Coffee+ Toasted Bread with Butter and Jam + (Unlimited Panipuris/Cutlet/Hot Dosas/Vadapavs/... any one item each day)4. Dinner : Rice, Curry, Curd+ Unlimited Chapatis + Chapati curry + Salads + Any special item such as ICE CREAM or FRUIT JUICE*All the items in marked bold are not provided at RGUKT BasarRGUKT Basar Mess Menu :3 Times a day, Cost Rs. 72Morning : Limited Normal Breakfast+ Diluted Tea/Milk2. Afternoon : Rice, Unrecognizable Curry, Diluted Curd3. Evening : Diluted Tea/Milk+ 2 single biscuits4. Dinner : Rice, Unrecognizable Curry, Diluted CurdAn interesting point to be noted is that in the theoretical ‘show-off’ mess menu, we actually have “Banana and Egg” listed as to be provided compulsorily everyday. However, from the past 6 years, I bet you, they hardly provided any of it more than once a week. Every time they skip a banana or an egg, the owners saves thousands of rupees. All this money illegally accounted for and goes into their pocket. No one takes the complaints even if we make one. Everybody turns a blind eye to it. Guess who is sharing the money with the mess owners? It’s really disgusting how low the human beings can fall to, after rising to significant positions.There is only 30 rupees of difference compared to that of IIT and a lot of items are missing and moreover RGUKT's mess provides only 3 times a day. I don't understand how there can be this huge difference just because there is no one to question.4.9 ‘Power Cuts’ EverydayThe administration started a new approach to make students attend the classes, the place where the faculties makes special guest appearances once in a blue moon. They started cutting off the electricity supply to all the hostels from early morning 7 am to evening 5:30 pm and then again from 8:00pm to 10pm during night study hours, everyday, except on Sundays. From the Management point of view, it looks like they proposed the carrot and stick approach to make the students attend the classes. But the deal here is 'all stick and no carrot'. This was a huge set back for us during our final year when we are suppose to concentrate more on things that helps us decide our future and less on current academics. By things, I meant preparation for exams like GATE, GRE, TOEFL, Placement drives and so on. Power cutting the entire day, meant that we couldn't access our computers, as we IIITians are highly used to studying on laptops. We had no other option but to attend the classes where we can't prepare for what we want, because of the regular lectures. Although the management intentions were in the best interest of students in this case, this is no appropriate way of carrying it out, as they are many students from final and pre-final years, who always becomes victims of such decisions.When I said faculties appears once in a blue moon, I didn't mean that the faculties are irregular. In fact, the faculties here are very punctual and disciplined, most of them are friendly and cool, although I must exclude a few. What exactly I meant was that the insufficient number of faculties for relatively large number of students, leaves many subjects untaught during the semester. I still recall there were at least 2 to 3 subjects during my time, every semester which had no faculties assigned to them. Even if someone were assigned theoretically on papers, just for the official sake, so that the administration can show the proof later when asked about the lack of faculties, the faculties couldn't do much. The latter did as much as they can by giving as many lectures as possible, motivating and encouraging students all the time, but as I said earlier, students here the laziest Nazis I have ever seen and no amount of encouragement or motivation would drive them to do something meaningful.Chapter 5The Conclusion - Sh‘IIIT’ HappensIf you are still expecting something good from this university then you are absolutely a fool and you will be eventually doomed. I hope you have come to your own conclusion by now.

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