Case against Ananthamurthy, Kalburgi for allegedly offending religious sentiments

Case against Ananthamurthy, Kalburgi for allegedly offending religious sentiments

A case was filed against Kalburgi, the late U R Ananthamurthy for 'offending religious sentiments' in a book published 18 years ago

Anisha Sheth| Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 05:30

Anisha Sheth | The News Minute | June 12, 2014 | 6.53 pm IST

A case has been registered in a Bangalore court against Kannada writers U R Ananthamurthy and M M Kalburgi for allegedly offending religious sentiments. 

The allegedly offensive incident in question happened decades ago, when Ananthamurthy was a child and the book in which he wrote about it was published 18 years ago.

On Wednesday, Jagan Kumar filed a private complaint with the 7th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Bangalore, which has registered a case under Sections 295A and 298 of the Indian Penal Code. Both sections relate to offending religious sentiments.

The case comes after a Kannada news channel telecast a report about scholar and former Vice Chancellor of the Kannada University M M Kalburgi’s comments at a public programme. Speaking at a programme on June 9, Kalburgi had referred to remarks made by Jnanapith awardee U R Ananthamurthy about idol worship in a collection of essays called “Bettale Puje Yake Kudadhu” (roughly translated as “Why nude worship is not acceptable”). The book was published in 1996 and has been re-printed since then.

In an essay in the book, Ananthamurthy recounts a childhood experience in which he urinates on a particular deity of the village, in a bid to challenge his traditional upbringing that everything was sacred. This episode was referred to by Kalburgi when he made the speech at a particular programme.

The context

Ananthamurthy wrote about that childhood experience in an essay titled “Bettale Puje Yake Kudadhu”, in which he discusses the idea of sacredness in the context of the nude-worship ritual performed by Dalits at the Chandraguthi temple in Sorab taluk of Shimoga district. Nude worship was banned by the government in the 1980s.

The statement in question appears on page 39 (in certain editions, and roughly translated as): “I had to breach the Puranic traditions in which I had been brought up. I wanted to ascertain that there was no greater supernatural power than me. So I urinated on the Devva stones of our village. I still remember the fear I had that night. The themes of the stories I wrote in my youth were about the dilemma of transgressing the notion that everything was sacred.”

Writer K Phaniraj says that the overall argument of the essay was that Indian society would always have to deal with different ideas of what is sacred, what is not, and for whom. He says that the overall tone of the essay was to understand the sentiments of the subaltern people.

The complaint

Jagan Kumar (35), a resident of Bangalore, told The News Minute that he had filed the complaint in court because he was offended by the statements. Asked if he had read the essay, Kumar said that he had, and quoted from the relevant portions. He said that urinating on an idol, no matter which type of god it was, had “hurt the sentiments of Hindus”.

Asked about the overall argument in the essay, Kumar said: “Even if he has done it in his childhood, why should he say it? It hurts the sentiments of Hindus. Why should he say that there is no need to fear the idol and that it has no power, no (ability to perform) miracles?”

When pointed out that the book had been in publication for 18 years now, Kumar said: “To be honest, I din’t know about the book. I only found out about it when Kalburgi said (it recently during a public programme).”

His lawyer Dharmapal Yennemajal said that the court had accepted the case and that it was posted for hearing of evidence on October 13.

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No country for rationalists: why Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi was shot dead

Salma Rehman @RehmanSalma

|30 August 2015

t is a crime to be a rationalist in India. You are not supposed to speak your mind, question religious beliefs or attack witless superstitions. And if you still dare to do so, be ready to be greeted with bullets.

This is at least what the death of Kannada epigraphist and academic, Dr M M Kalburgi is suggestive of. On 30 August at around 8.40 am, some miscreants barged into his house at Kalyan Nagar (Karnataka) and opened fire.A severely injured Kalburgi was rushed to the hospital but failed to respond to treatment and succumbed to the wounds.

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A dauntless being, the 77-year-old Kalburgi often through his speeches and writings attacked blind beliefs and had his run-ins with right wing Hindutva groups. Controversies found him every time he wrote, and his work was especially criticised in 1989.

Satanic Verses

It was in the year 1989 that an outrage over Kalburgi's book, Marga-One, erupted. Religious partisans belonging to the powerful Lingayat community of Karnataka came down aggressively on Kalburgi, accusing him of making derogatory references to the founder of Veerashaiva-the liberal Shaivism followed by Lingayats-Basavesh-wara, his wife and sister.

Following the protest, Kalburgi was forced to 'recant' the work for which he devoted several years of his life. A broken Kalburgi then said in an interview: "I did it to save the lives of my family. But I also committed intellectual suicide on that day."

On the radar of fanatics

In June 2014, while making a speech about the Karnataka's Anti-superstition Bill, Kalburgi made a supportive statement for late UR Ananthamurthy, another Kannada writer and Jnanapith awardee, saying that there was nothing wrong with urinating on stone idols.

When he made this highly contentious statement, Kalburgi was referring to one of the incidents listed by Ananthamurthy in his 1996 book called "Bettale Puje Yake Kudadhu" (roughly translated as "Why nude worship is not acceptable"), where he recounts a childhood experience in which he urinates on a particular deity of the village, in a bid to challenge his traditional upbringing that everything was sacred.

A case was registered against Ananthamurthy, who died in August last year and Kalbargi after the incident for hurting Hindu sentiments. Both the scholars drew state-wide flak from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, who burnt effigies of the scholars and demanded their immediate arrest.

During one such protest outside his house, activists of the Bajrang Dal attacked the property with stones and soda bottles.

Incidentally, armed policemen who kept a vigil outside Kalburgi's house were withdrawn around three months ago at the request of the professor.

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Outspoken Indian scholar killed by gunmen

 

Outspoken Indian scholar killed by gunmen

MM Kalburgi died on his way to hospital after being shot by unidentified men in southern Karnataka state.

30 Aug 2015 12:19 GMT | Asia, India

Renowned Indian scholar and rationalist, M M Kalburgi, has been killed after being shot by unidentified men in the southern state of Karnataka, police have said.

Police said on Sunday that two men came to Kalburgi's residence in the town of Dharwad, nearly 400km from IT hub of Bangalore, and shot him after he opened the door.

Malleshappa M Kalburgi

Kalburgi, a recipient of several literary awards, including prestigious Sahitya Academy, was rushed to the district hospital by his family members but died on the way.

The Times of India newspaper said that the police "strongly suspect" he may have been the target of "Hindu fundamentalists".

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Dharwad City Police Commissioner Ravindra Prasad, however, told Al Jazeera that police was considering it as a case of murder and a "special squad" has been formed to crack the case.

He said the police was not suspecting the hands of any group and that investigation was under way with a "clean mind".

Kalburgi, who was former vice chancellor of Kannada University, in the southern town of Hampi, was in a controversy last year in June for his remarks against "idol worship," which is an important aspect of Hindu belief.

Far-right groups such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajrang Dal had filed cases against him and also demanded his arrest for allegedly offending religious sentiments.

Kalburgi had recently requested the police to withdraw armed guards, who were deployed at his house after receiving a number of threats over his remarks on idol worship, International Business Times India reported.

His murder comes months after a social activist Govind Pansare was killed while on a morning walk in the city of Kolhapur in the western Maharashtra state.

The killing is a reminiscent of the murder of rationalist and author Narendra Dabholkar in the western city of Pune in 2013.

Indian news website Scroll.in  pointed to a tweet from an account belonging to the Bajrang Dal co-convener in Bantwal seemed to issue an open threat to other academics who allegedly hurt Hindu sentiments.

Police Commissioner Prasad told Al Jazeera that he was unaware of the above tweet, but promised to investigate it.

Since coming to power of Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of Narendra Modi last May, far-right groups have become vocal. The country of 1.2 billion has seen a sharp rise in social tension in the first five months of this year.

Activists and members of civil society have warned the government to rein in such groups.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/outspoken-indian-scholar-rationalist-killed-150830093019963.html

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Malleshappa M Kalburgi, controversial writer and scholar shot dead

Manu Aiyappa,TNN | Aug 30, 2015, 11.45 AM IST

BENGALURU: Malleshappa M Kalburgi, a reputed scholar and academic who served as the Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi was shot dead by unidentified men at Dharwad on Sunday morning, police said .

Three men who barged into his house shot him after an heated argument, police said.

While police strongly suspect that he might be the target of Hindu fundamentalist , they have also ruled out personal enemity over sharing of property.

Kalaburgi was awarded the National Sahitya Akademi award in 2006 for Marga 4, a collection of hundred of his research articles. 

He was a noted Kannada epigraphist and a renowned scholar of the Vachana literature. However, his scholarship on the Vachanas has come under acute criticism in the 21st century.

A controversy broke out in the early 80s over Kalburgi's book, Marga-One, erupted. Religious zealots belonging to the powerful Lingayat community came down heavily on Kalburgi and he was forced to recant the allegedly derogatory references to the founder of Veerashaiva-the liberal Shaivism followed by Lingayats-Basavesh-wara, his wife and sister.

The denouncements grew louder among the community and he was summoned to a math in Hubli and forced to 'recant' a life's work. 

Kalburgi's writings are a product of extensive research. Marga-One is a collection of papers on Kannada folklore, religion and culture. The controversy revolves around two articles which deal with Basaveshwara's wife and sister.

Though Kalburgi had apologised to the Lingayat seers, the controversy continued, with the fundamentalists demanding that the book be proscribed.

A frustrated Kalaburgi had declared later that he would never again pursue any research on Lingayat literature and Basava philosophy.

Last year, Kalburgi's comments at a public programme raised nany a eyebrows. Speaking at a programme on , Kalburgi had referred to remarks made by late Jnanapith awardee U R Ananthamurthy about idol worship in a collection of essays called "Bettale Puje Yake Kudadhu" (roughly translated as "Why nude worship is not acceptable").

Kalburgi had stated that writer U R Ananthamurthy had once urinated on the idols of Hindu gods, to prove that they are not powerful.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Malleshappa-M-Kalburgi-controversial-writer-and-scholar-shot-dead/articleshow/48729860.cms

Warning: Graphic Video- Killing of two journalists in USA

Killing of two journalists in Virginia, USA during the live tv program

24-year-old Journalist Alison Parker and cameraman 27-year-old Adam Ward were shot dead during a live broadcast in Virginia, USA on 26 August, 2015. The person they were interviewing was seriously injured.

As tributes to the reporters poured in and the station held a minute’s silence on 27 Aughust, more details emerged of the mental health problems facing Vester Flanagan, the disgruntled former colleague who killed them. Mr Flanagan, who also used the on-air name Bryce Williams, subsequently killed himself.

Warning: Graphic Video-

Journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who were killed after a gunman opened fire during a live broadcast in Virginia on 26 August. 
 

Alison Parker and Adam Ward

In details-

জাতীয় কবি কাজী নজরুল ইসলামের প্রতি শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ-

ছবি- বাংলানিউজটোয়েন্টিফোর.কম

জাতীয় কবি কাজী নজরুল ইসলামের প্রতি শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ-

অভিভাষণ
-কাজী নজরুল

[১৯৪১ সালের ৬ই এপ্রিল মুসলিম ইনস্টিটিউট হলে "বঙ্গীয় মুসলমান সাহিত্য সমিতি"র রজত জয়ন্তী উৎসব অনুষ্ঠানে সভাপতি রূপে কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম যে ভাষণ দিয়েছিলেন, তারই পরিমার্জিত লিখিত রূপ। দুরারোগ্য ব্যাধিতে চিরজীবনের জন্য বাকরুদ্ধ হয়ে যাওয়ার আগে এই ছিল তাঁর সর্বশেষ "অভিভাষণ"।

উত্সবে প্রদত্ত নজরুলের অভিভাষণটি ‘যদি আর বাঁশি না বাজে’ শিরোনামে মুদ্রিত হয়েছিল। যাঁরা পুরোপুরিভাবে নজরুলকে চিনতে চান, তাঁদের জন্য এই বক্তৃতার চেয়ে উত্তম কিছুই হতে পারে না। দুঃখ-দারিদ্র্যের মধ্য দিয়ে কেমন করে হাসিমাখা মুখে মাথা উঁচু করে চলতে হয়, তাই যেন শেখায় নজরুলের এই ছোট্ট অভিভাষণ]

বন্ধুগণ,
আপনারা যে সওগাত আজ হাতে তুলে দিলেন, আমি তা মাথায় তুলে নিলুম। আমার সকল তনু-মন-প্রান আজ বীণার মত বেজে উঠেছে। তাতে শুধু একটি মাত্র সুর ধ্বনিত হয়ে উঠেছে- “আমি ধন্য হলুম”, “আমি ধন্য হলুম”।

আমায় অভিনন্দিত আপনারা সেই দিনই করেছেন, যেদিন আমার লেখা আপনাদের ভাল লেগেছে। বিংশ শতাব্দীর অসম্ভবের সম্ভাবনার যুগে আমি জন্ম গ্রহণ করেছি। এরই অভিযান সেনাদলের তূর্য্যবাদকের একজন আমি- এই হোক আমার সবচেয়ে বড় পরিচয়। আমি এই দেশে, এই সমাজে জন্মেছি বলে, শুধু এই দেশেরই, এই সমাজেরই নই; আমি সকল দেশের, সকল মানুষের।

কবি চায় না দান, কবি চায় অঞ্জলি। কবি চায় প্রীতি। কবিতা আর দেবতা সুন্দরের প্রকাশ। সুন্দরকে স্বীকার করতে হয়, যা সুন্দর তাই দিয়ে। সুন্দরের ধ্যান, তাঁর স্তবগানই আমার ধর্ম। তবু বলছি, আমি শুধু সুন্দরের হাতে বীণা, পায়ে পদ্মফুলই দেখিনি, তাঁর চোখে চোখ ভরা জলও দেখেছি। শ্মশানের পথে, গোরস্তানের পথে তাঁকে ক্ষুধাদীর্ণ মুর্তিতে ব্যাথিত পায়ে চলে যেতে দেখেছি। যুদ্ধভূমিতে তাঁকে দেখেছি। কারাগারের অন্ধভূমিতে তাঁকে দেখেছি। ফাঁসির মঞ্চে তাঁকে দেখেছি।

আমাকে বিদ্রোহী বলে খামখা লোকের মনে ভয় ধরিয়ে দিয়েছেন কেউ কেউ। এ নিরীহ জাতটাকে আঁচড়ে-কামড়ে তেড়ে নিয়ে বেড়াবার ইচ্ছা আমার কোনদিনই নেই। আমি বিদ্রোহ করেছি, বিদ্রোহের গান গেয়েছি, অন্যায়ের বিরুদ্ধে, অত্যাচারের বিরুদ্ধে, যা মিথ্যা-কলুষিত-পুরাতন-পঁচা সেই মিথ্যা সনাতনের বিরুদ্ধে। ধর্মের নামে ভন্ডামি ও কুসংস্কারের বিরুদ্ধে।

কেউ বলেন আমার বাণী যবন, কেউ বলেন কাফের। আমি বলি, ও দু’টোর কোনটাই নয়। আমি কেবলমাত্র হিন্দু-মুসলমানকে এক জায়গায় ধরে এনে হ্যান্ডশেক করাবার চেষ্টা করেছি; গালাগালিকে গলাগলিতে পরিণত করার চেষ্টা করেছি। সে হাতে হাত মিলানো যদি হাতাহাতির চেয়ে অশোভনীয় হয়ে থাকে, তাহলে ওরা আপনি আলাদা হয়ে যাবে। আমার গাঁটছড়ার বাঁধন কাটতে তাদের কোন বেগ পেতে হবে না। কেননা, একজনের হাতে আছে লাঠি, আরেকজনের আস্তিনে আছে চুরি। হিন্দু-মুসলমানে দিনরাত হানাহানি, জাতিতে জাতিতে বিদ্বেষ, যুদ্ধ-বিগ্রহ।

মানুষের জীবনে এক দিকে কঠোর দারিদ্র্য-ঋণ-অভাব; অন্যদিকে লোভী অসুরের যক্ষের ব্যাংকে কোটি কোটি টাকা পাষাণ স্তুপের মত জমা হয়ে আছে। এ অসাম্য ভেদজ্ঞান দূর করতেই আমি এসেছিলাম। আমার কাব্যে সংগীতে কর্মজীবনে অভেদ ও সুন্দর সাম্যকে প্রতিষ্ঠিত করেছিলাম। আমি যশ চাই না, খ্যাতি চাই না, প্রতিষ্ঠা চাই না, নেতৃত্ব চাই না। জীবন আমার যত দুঃখময়ই হোক, আনন্দের গান- বেদনার গান গেয়ে যাব আমি। দিয়ে যাব নিজেকে নিঃশেষ করে সকলের মাঝে বিলিয়ে। সকলের বাঁচার মাঝে থাকবো আমি বেঁচে। এই আমার ব্রত, এই আমার সাধনা, এই আমার তপস্যা।

রবীন্দ্রনাথ আমায় প্রায়ই বলতেন, “দ্যাখ উন্মাদ, তোর জীবনে শেলীর মত, কীটসের মত খুব বড় একটা ট্র্যাজেডী আছে, তুই প্রস্তুত হ’।” জীবনে সেই ট্র্যাজেডী দেখবার জন্য আমি কতদিন অকারণে অন্যের জীবনকে অশ্রুর বর্ষায় আচ্ছন্ন করে দিয়েছি। কিন্তু, আমারই জীবন রয়ে গেল বিশুষ্ক মরুভূমির মত দগ্ধ। মেঘের ঊর্ধ্বে শূন্যের মত কেবল হাসি, কেবল গান, কেবল বিদ্রোহ।

আমার বেশ মনে পড়ছে। একদিন আমার জীবনের মহা অনুভূতির কথা। আমার ছেলে মারা গেছে। আমার মন তীব্র পুত্র শোকে যখন ভেঙে পড়ছে ঠিক সেই দিনই সেই সময় আমার বাড়িতে হাস্নাহেনা ফুটেছে। আমি প্রানভরে সেই হাস্নাহেনার গন্ধ উপভোগ করেছিলাম। আমার কাব্য, আমার গান আমার জীবনের সেই অভিজ্ঞতার মধ্য হতে জন্ম নিয়েছে। যদি কোনদিন আপনাদের প্রেমের প্রবল টানে আমাকে আমার একাকিত্বের পরম শূন্য থেকে অসময়ে নামতে হয়, তাহলে সেদিন আমায় মনে করবেন না, আমি সেই নজরুল। সেই নজরুল অনেক দিন আগে মৃত্যুর খিড়কি দুয়ার দিয়ে পালিয়ে গেছে। মনে করবেন পূর্ণত্বের তৃষ্ণা নিয়ে একটি অশান্ত তরুণ এই ধরায় এসেছিল, অপূর্ণতার বেদনায় তারই বিগত আত্মা যেন স্বপ্নে আপনাদের মাঝে কেঁদে গেল।

যদি আর বাঁশী না বাজে, আমি কবি বলে বলছিনে।  আমি আপনাদের ভালবাসা পেয়েছিলাম, সেই অধিকারে বলছি, আমায় আপনারা ক্ষমা করবেন। আমায় ভুলে যাবেন।

বিশ্বাস করুন, আমি কবি হতে আসি নি। আমি নেতা হতে আসি নি। আমি প্রেম দিতে এসেছিলাম, প্রেম পেতে এসেছিলাম। সে প্রেম পেলাম না বলে আমি এই প্রেমহীন নিরস পৃথিবী হতে নীরব অভিমানে চিরদিনের জন্য বিদায় নিলাম।

যেদিন আমি চলে যাব, সেদিন হয়ত বা বড় বড় সভা হবে। কত প্রশংসা কত কবিতা বেরুবে হয়ত আমার নামে! দেশপ্রেমী,ত্যাগী,বীর,বিদ্রোহী- বিশেষণের পর বিশেষণ, টেবিল ভেঙে ফেলবে থাপ্পড় মেরে, বক্তার পর বক্তা! এই অসুন্দরের শ্রদ্ধা নিবেদনের প্রার্থ্য দিনে বন্ধু, তুমি যেন যেও না। যদি পার চুপটি করে বসে আমার অলিখিত জীবনের কোন একটি কথা স্মরণ কোরো।

তোমার ঘরের আঙিনায় বা আশেপাশে যদি একটি ঝরাপায়ে পেষা ফুল পাও, সেইটিকে বুকে চেপে বোলো - ‘বন্ধু, আমি তোমায় পেয়েছি’।

তোমাদের পানে চাহিয়া বন্ধু আর আমি জাগিব না,
কোলাহল করে সারা দিনমান কারো ধ্যান ভাঙিব না।
নিশ্চল, নিশ্চুপ;
আপনার মনে পুড়িব একাকী গন্ধবিধুর ধূপ।

৬ এপ্রিল, ১৯৪১

Indian girl fights back against her harasser, bringing him to his knees (VIDEO)

Published time: 26 Aug, 2015 17:27
RT

A young woman in her teens allegedly harassed by a man tracked him down and gave him a thorough beating in public before the case was handed over to the police.

The Indian city of Lucknow saw an unusual demonstration of justice being served right in the street on Tuesday when a young woman beat her molester until he fell on his knees and begged for forgiveness.

The girl says the man, identified as Dhirendra, was molesting her while she was trying to get some sleep on her house’s roof. She turned to Red Brigade, a women’s organization which deals with cases like this in India.

They tracked the man down and took a video to teach others a lesson.

This is not the first example of a girl taking control of the situation.

Last month a schoolgirl from Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh was filmed at a police station while beating a man who had harassed her and sworn at her in the street. She twisted his arm and hit him with a shoe. A policeman encouraging the girl could be seen in the background.

A gang rape case in 2012 in Delhi brought sexual assault cases to the spotlight in India. Thousands of people came to the streets to protest and took part in candlelight vigils. This is when a group of girls came together to set up the Red Brigade, a group that aims to raise awareness regarding women’s rights in India, protects girls from sexual abuse and helps them cope with the physical and psychological effects of attacks.

READ MORE: Vigilantes in India tie suspected molester to tree, beat him with broom (VIDEO)

Usha Vishwakarma, teacher from Lucknow and a founder of the Red Brigade, has said that the police in cities and the countryside in general don’t do much and girls have no other choice but to defend themselves. The whole idea is to humiliate molesters so that they can understand how it feels to be harassed.

Sourc: http://www.rt.com/news/313525-indian-rape-abuse-fight/

Virginia shooting live: Gunman 'faces imminent arrest' after two US TV journalists shot dead live on air

The Independent

TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward shot dead, a third woman is in hospital

Here are the latest updates:

● Reporter and cameraman shot dead during live TV broadcast
● The interviewee was shot in the back and has been taken to hospital
● The gunman is still on the loose 
● He is reportedly a ‘former disgruntled employee’
● Journalists named as Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27
● Shooting took place at 6.45am Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Virginia

● Reaction: The image people are sharing to remember Alison Parker

Police are hunting a gunman who is on the run after shooting dead a television reporter and cameraman during a live broadcast in Virginia.

The shooting was captured by the crew and showed the reporter either recoiling as shots ring out as she is interviewing someone on air. Viewers watched in horror as the network then cut sharply to the bewildered anchor.

 

WDBJ7 network subsequently revealed to viewers said reporter Allison Parker and photographer Adam Ward were shot and killed in the course of a live broadcast.

She had been interviewing Vicki Gardner, local Chamber of Commerce head. She was shot the back and is currently in surgery.

According to Franklin County Sheriff Department’s Spokesperson Phillip Young, the shooting occurred at the Bedford County-Franklin County line in Moneta at 6:45am on Wednesday.


The WDBJ7 network wrote on its Facebook page: "Law enforcement is on scene at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta. The incident involves a WDBJ7 crew. We don't have any additional details.

Police say there were three victims. The extent of their injuries are unknown at this time. The shooting reportedly occurred during their live shot.

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