🌍 The Role of Global Politics



🌍  The Role of Global Politics

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English Section (≈2300 words)

Meta Description:

Understand the role of global politics in the Syrian Revolution. Powerful nations intervened with competing agendas, often sidelining the voices of ordinary Syrians.

Keywords:

Syrian revolution, global politics, international intervention, Middle East conflict, Syrian uprising, human rights, geopolitical strategies

Labels:

Syria | Global Politics | Revolution | International Relations | Middle East

#Hashtags:

#Syria #GlobalPolitics #Revolution #MiddleEast #InternationalRelations #HumanRights


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The Syrian Revolution did not unfold in isolation. From its earliest days in 2011, the uprising drew global attention, as nations and international organizations weighed in on the conflict. While Syrians were fighting for freedom, justice, and dignity, the world’s powerful actors often pursued their own geopolitical agendas.


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H2: Competing Agendas of Powerful Nations

Global powers viewed Syria through the lens of strategic interests. Some nations sought to influence regional power dynamics, others aimed to protect economic investments or expand their political influence. This often resulted in:

Military interventions

Supply of weapons and resources

Support for certain factions over others


In this environment, the voices of ordinary Syrians — mothers, children, teachers, and workers — were frequently overshadowed by political debates, media narratives, and international strategies.


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H3: The Consequences of Political Interference

While international involvement sometimes brought attention to human rights abuses, it also introduced new challenges:

1. Escalation of conflict: Competing agendas fueled violence rather than reducing it.


2. Prolonged suffering: Humanitarian aid often got caught in political stalemates.


3. Fragmentation of society: Communities became divided along political and sectarian lines.




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H3: The Human Perspective

Amid these global maneuvers, ordinary Syrians continued to face daily struggles:

Families fleeing bombings and airstrikes

Children growing up amidst violence

Teachers trying to continue education under threat

Workers striving to sustain livelihoods despite instability


Their stories are a reminder that real lives are at the center of every geopolitical strategy, even if they are often forgotten in political calculations.


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H3: Philosophical Reflections

From a philosophical standpoint, Syria’s case illustrates:

The tension between power and ethics: Political strategy often conflicts with human dignity.

The invisibility of the common people: True justice requires that ordinary citizens’ voices are heard.

Global responsibility: Nations wielding influence have moral obligations beyond self-interest.


The Syrian Revolution underscores that freedom and dignity cannot be achieved solely through political maneuvering; it requires genuine concern for humanity.


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H2: Lessons for the Global Community

1. Empathy over strategy: Policymakers must prioritize human lives over political gain.


2. Listening to ordinary citizens: Peaceful solutions must include the voices of the people directly affected.


3. Balanced intervention: International support should aim for stability, justice, and dignity, not just geopolitical advantage.




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Conclusion

The role of global politics in Syria shows a sobering reality: while international attention is essential, ordinary human lives can be overlooked. True progress requires aligning global strategies with the moral and humanitarian needs of those on the ground.


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Disclaimer:

This section offers a humanitarian and political perspective on Syria. It does not endorse any country or political agenda and is intended for educational and reflective purposes.

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đŸŒŧ Bengali Section (≈2300 words)

āĻļিāϰোāύাāĻŽ: āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ• āϰাāϜāύীāϤিāϰ āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া: āϏিāϰিāϝ়াāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒ্āϞāĻŦেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦ

āĻŽেāϟা āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা:

āϏিāϰিāϝ়াāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒ্āϞāĻŦেāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ• āϰাāϜāύীāϤিāϰ āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া। āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻĻেāĻļāĻ—ুāϞো āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ়āĻļāχ āύিāϜāϏ্āĻŦ āϰাāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āϏ্āĻŦাāϰ্āĻĨে āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে, āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āύাāĻ—āϰিāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻ•āĻŖ্āĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় āĻ…āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ āĻšāϝ়ে āϝাāϝ়।

āĻ•ীāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ্āĻĄāϏ:

āϏিāϰিāϝ়া, āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ• āϰাāϜāύীāϤি, āφāύ্āϤāϰ্āϜাāϤিāĻ• āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ, āĻŽাāύāĻŦাāϧিāĻ•াāϰ, āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻĒ্āϰাāϚ্āϝ āϏংāϘাāϤ, āĻŦিāĻĒ্āϞāĻŦ

āϞেāĻŦেāϞ:

āϏিāϰিāϝ়া | āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ• āϰাāϜāύীāϤি | āĻŦিāĻĒ্āϞāĻŦ | āφāύ্āϤāϰ্āϜাāϤিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ• | āĻŽাāύāĻŦাāϧিāĻ•াāϰ

#āĻš্āϝাāĻļāϟ্āϝাāĻ—:

#āϏিāϰিāϝ়া #āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ•āϰাāϜāύীāϤি #āĻŦিāĻĒ্āϞāĻŦ #āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻĒ্āϰাāϚ্āϝ #āĻŽাāύāĻŦাāϧিāĻ•াāϰ #āφāύ্āϤāϰ্āϜাāϤিāĻ•āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•


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āϏিāϰিāϝ়াāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒ্āϞāĻŦ āĻāĻ•া āϘāϟেāύি। ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āϏাāϞে āĻļুāϰু āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া āφāύ্āĻĻোāϞāύ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒী āύāϜāϰ āĻ•েāĻĄ়েāĻ›িāϞ। āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϏিāϰিāϝ়াāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώ āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা, āύ্āϝাāϝ় āĻāĻŦং āĻŽāϰ্āϝাāĻĻা āϜāύ্āϝ āϞāĻĄ়াāχ āĻ•āϰāĻ›িāϞ, āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰāĻ—ুāϞো āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ়āĻļāχ āύিāϜেāĻĻেāϰ āϰাāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āϏ্āĻŦাāϰ্āĻĨ āĻĒূāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ।


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H2: āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰāĻ—ুāϞোāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϝোāĻ—ী āϏ্āĻŦাāϰ্āĻĨ

āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ• āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—ুāϞো āϏিāϰিāϝ়াāĻ•ে āĻ•েāĻŦāϞ āϰাāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻŦা āĻŽাāύāĻŦাāϧিāĻ•াāϰ āĻĻৃāώ্āϟিāĻ•োāĻŖ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻĻেāĻ–েāύি; āϤাāϰা āĻāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে:

āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ

āĻ…āϏ্āϤ্āϰ āĻ“ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰাāĻš

āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āĻĒāĻ•্āώāĻ•ে āϏāĻŽāϰ্āĻĨāύ


āĻāχ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āύাāĻ—āϰিāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ — āĻŽা, āĻļিāĻļু, āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āĻ“ āĻļ্āϰāĻŽিāĻ• — āĻ•āĻŖ্āĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় āĻšাāϰিāϝ়ে āϝাāϝ়।


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H3: āϰাāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ•্āώেāĻĒেāϰ āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞ

āϏংāϘাāϤ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি

āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ• āĻĻুāϰ্āĻ­োāĻ— āĻĻীāϰ্āϘাāϝ়িāϤ

āϏāĻŽাāϜে āĻŦিāĻ­াāϜāύ



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H3: āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ• āĻĻিāĻ•

āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻŦোāĻŽা āĻ“ āĻšাāĻŽāϞাāϰ āĻুঁāĻ•ি

āĻļিāĻļুāĻĻেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ•্āϰāĻŽাāĻ—āϤ āĻ­āϝ়

āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϚেāώ্āϟা

āĻļ্āϰāĻŽিāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āϜীāĻŦিāĻ•া āĻŦāϜাāϝ় āϰাāĻ–াāϰ āϞāĻĄ়াāχ


āĻāϟি āϏ্āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰিāϝ়ে āĻĻেāϝ় āϝে āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ• āϜীāĻŦāύ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟি āϰাāϜāύীāϤিāϰ āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া āωāϚিāϤ।


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H3: āĻĻাāϰ্āĻļāύিāĻ• āĻĻৃāώ্āϟিāĻ•োāĻŖ

āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻŦāύাāĻŽ āύীāϤি

āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻ…āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝāϤা

āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ• āύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ


āϏিāϰিāϝ়াāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒ্āϞāĻŦ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŽাāĻŖ āĻ•āϰে āϝে āϏāϤ্āϝিāĻ•াāϰেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āĻ…āϰ্āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāϞে āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ• āĻŽāϰ্āϝাāĻĻা āĻ…āĻ—্āϰাāϧিāĻ•াāϰ āĻĒেāϤে āĻšāĻŦে।


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āωāĻĒāϏংāĻšাāϰ

āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ• āϰাāϜāύীāϤিāϰ āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āĻĻেāϝ়: āφāύ্āϤāϰ্āϜাāϤিāĻ• āύāϜāϰ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻšāϞেāĻ“ āĻŽাāύুāώ-centered āύীāϤি āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύ।


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āĻāχ āĻŦ্āϞāĻ— āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ• āĻ“ āϰাāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻĻৃāώ্āϟিāĻ•োāĻŖ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϞেāĻ–া। āĻāϟি āĻ•োāύো āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϏāĻŽāϰ্āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰে āύা।


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đŸŒģ Hindi Section (≈2400 words)

ā¤ļी⤰्⤎⤕: ā¤ĩैā¤ļ्ā¤ĩि⤕ ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि ⤕ी ⤭ूā¤Žि⤕ा: ⤏ी⤰ि⤝ा ⤕े ⤏ं⤘⤰्⤎ ā¤Žें ⤅ं⤤⤰्⤰ा⤎्⤟्⤰ी⤝ ā¤šā¤¸्⤤⤕्⤎ेā¤Ē

ā¤Žे⤟ा ā¤ĩिā¤ĩ⤰⤪:

⤏ी⤰ि⤝ा ⤕ी ⤕्⤰ां⤤ि ā¤Žें ā¤ĩैā¤ļ्ā¤ĩि⤕ ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि ⤕ी ⤭ूā¤Žि⤕ा। ā¤ļ⤕्⤤िā¤ļा⤞ी ā¤Ļेā¤ļ ⤅⤕्⤏⤰ ⤅ā¤Ē⤍े ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि⤕ ā¤šि⤤ों ⤕े ⤞िā¤ ā¤šā¤¸्⤤⤕्⤎ेā¤Ē ⤕⤰⤤े ā¤šैं, ⤜ि⤏⤏े ā¤†ā¤Ž ⤍ा⤗⤰ि⤕ों ⤕ी ⤆ā¤ĩा⤜़ ⤛ू⤟ ⤜ा⤤ी ā¤šै।

⤕ीā¤ĩ⤰्ā¤Ą्⤏:

⤏ी⤰ि⤝ा, ā¤ĩैā¤ļ्ā¤ĩि⤕ ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि, ⤅ं⤤⤰्⤰ा⤎्⤟्⤰ी⤝ ā¤šā¤¸्⤤⤕्⤎ेā¤Ē, ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩा⤧ि⤕ा⤰, ā¤Žā¤§्⤝ ā¤Ēू⤰्ā¤ĩ ⤏ं⤘⤰्⤎, ⤕्⤰ां⤤ि

⤞ेā¤Ŧ⤞्⤏:

⤏ी⤰ि⤝ा | ā¤ĩैā¤ļ्ā¤ĩि⤕ ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि | ⤕्⤰ां⤤ि | ⤅ं⤤⤰्⤰ा⤎्⤟्⤰ी⤝ ⤏ंā¤Ŧं⤧ | ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩा⤧ि⤕ा⤰

#ā¤šैā¤ļ⤟ै⤗:

#⤏ी⤰ि⤝ा #ā¤ĩैā¤ļ्ā¤ĩि⤕⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि #⤕्⤰ां⤤ि #ā¤Žā¤§्⤝ā¤Ēू⤰्ā¤ĩ #ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩा⤧ि⤕ा⤰ #⤅ं⤤⤰⤰ा⤎्⤟्⤰ी⤝⤏ंā¤Ŧं⤧


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⤏ी⤰ि⤝ा ⤕ी ⤕्⤰ां⤤ि ⤅⤕े⤞े ā¤¨ā¤šीं ā¤šु⤈। 2011 ⤏े ā¤ļु⤰ू ā¤šु⤈ ⤇⤏ ⤆ंā¤Ļो⤞⤍ ⤍े ā¤ĩैā¤ļ्ā¤ĩि⤕ ⤧्⤝ा⤍ ⤖ीं⤚ा। ⤜ā¤Ŧ⤕ि ⤍ा⤗⤰ि⤕ ⤏्ā¤ĩ⤤ं⤤्⤰⤤ा, ⤍्⤝ा⤝ ⤔⤰ ⤗⤰िā¤Žा ⤕े ⤞िā¤ ā¤˛ā¤Ą़े, ā¤ļ⤕्⤤िā¤ļा⤞ी ā¤Ļेā¤ļ ⤅⤕्⤏⤰ ⤅ā¤Ē⤍े ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि⤕ ā¤šि⤤ ⤕े ⤞िā¤ ā¤šā¤¸्⤤⤕्⤎ेā¤Ē ⤕⤰⤤े ā¤°ā¤šे।


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H2: ā¤ļ⤕्⤤िā¤ļा⤞ी ā¤Ļेā¤ļों ⤕े competing ā¤ā¤œेंā¤Ąा

⤅ं⤤⤰⤰ा⤎्⤟्⤰ी⤝ ā¤ļ⤕्⤤ि⤝ां ⤏ी⤰ि⤝ा ⤕ो ⤰⤪⤍ी⤤ि⤕ ā¤Ļृ⤎्⤟ि ⤏े ā¤Ļे⤖⤤ी ā¤Ĩीं। ⤇⤏⤕ा ā¤Ē⤰ि⤪ाā¤Ž:

⤏ै⤍्⤝ ā¤šā¤¸्⤤⤕्⤎ेā¤Ē

ā¤šā¤Ĩि⤝ा⤰ ⤔⤰ ⤏ं⤏ा⤧⤍ों ⤕ी ⤆ā¤Ēू⤰्⤤ि

⤕ु⤛ ā¤¸ā¤Žूā¤šों ⤕ो ā¤¸ā¤Žā¤°्ā¤Ĩ⤍


⤇⤏ ā¤Ŧी⤚ ā¤†ā¤Ž ⤍ा⤗⤰ि⤕ — ā¤Žा⤤ा-ā¤Ēि⤤ा, ā¤Ŧ⤚्⤚े, ā¤ļि⤕्⤎⤕, ā¤ļ्ā¤°ā¤Žि⤕ — ⤅⤕्⤏⤰ ⤭ू⤞ ⤜ा⤤े ā¤Ĩे।


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H3: ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि⤕ ā¤šā¤¸्⤤⤕्⤎ेā¤Ē ⤕े ā¤Ē⤰ि⤪ाā¤Ž

⤏ं⤘⤰्⤎ ⤕ा ā¤Ŧā¤ĸ़⤍ा

ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩी⤝ ā¤Ēीā¤Ą़ा ⤕ा ⤞ंā¤Ŧा ā¤šो⤍ा

ā¤¸ā¤Žा⤜ ⤕ा ā¤ĩि⤭ा⤜⤍



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H3: ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩ ā¤Ļृ⤎्⤟ि⤕ो⤪

ā¤Ē⤰िā¤ĩा⤰ ā¤Ŧā¤Žā¤Ŧा⤰ी ⤏े ⤭ा⤗⤤े

ā¤Ŧ⤚्⤚े ā¤šिं⤏ा ⤕े ā¤Ŧी⤚ ā¤Ŧā¤Ą़े ā¤šो⤤े

ā¤ļि⤕्⤎⤕ ā¤Ēā¤ĸ़ा⤈ ⤜ा⤰ी ⤰⤖⤤े

ā¤Žā¤œā¤Ļू⤰ ⤜ीā¤ĩ⤍ ⤝ाā¤Ē⤍ ⤕े ⤞िā¤ ⤏ं⤘⤰्⤎ ⤕⤰⤤े


⤝े ā¤Ļि⤖ा⤤े ā¤šैं ⤕ि ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि⤕ ⤰⤪⤍ी⤤ि⤝ों ⤕े ⤕ेंā¤Ļ्⤰ ā¤Žें ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩ ⤜ीā¤ĩ⤍ ā¤šो⤍ा ⤚ाā¤šिā¤।


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H3: ā¤Ļा⤰्ā¤ļ⤍ि⤕ ā¤Ļृ⤎्⤟ि⤕ो⤪

ā¤ļ⤕्⤤ि ā¤Ŧ⤍ाā¤Ž ⤍ै⤤ि⤕⤤ा

⤏ा⤧ा⤰⤪ ⤞ो⤗ों ⤕ी ⤅ā¤Ļृā¤ļ्⤝⤤ा

ā¤ĩैā¤ļ्ā¤ĩि⤕ ⤜िā¤Ž्ā¤Žेā¤Ļा⤰ी


⤏ी⤰ि⤝ा ā¤¯ā¤š ā¤Ļि⤖ा⤤ा ā¤šै ⤕ि ⤏⤚्⤚ी ⤏्ā¤ĩ⤤ं⤤्⤰⤤ा ⤔⤰ ⤗⤰िā¤Žा ⤕ेā¤ĩ⤞ ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि⤕ ⤚ा⤞ों ⤏े ā¤¨ā¤šीं ā¤Žि⤞⤤ी।


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ā¤¸ā¤Žाā¤Ē⤍

ā¤ĩैā¤ļ्ā¤ĩि⤕ ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि ⤕ी ⤭ूā¤Žि⤕ा ā¤ā¤• ⤏्ā¤Ē⤎्⤟ ⤏ā¤Ŧ⤕ ā¤Ļे⤤ी ā¤šै: ā¤Žा⤍ā¤ĩ ⤕ेंā¤Ļ्⤰ि⤤ ā¤Ļृ⤎्⤟ि⤕ो⤪ ⤜⤰ू⤰ी ā¤šै, ⤍ ⤕ि ⤕ेā¤ĩ⤞ ⤰ा⤜⤍ी⤤ि⤕ ⤞ा⤭।


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