Crisis of the Left in West Bengal

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    Ltc|c| mi bf Hfi ck Zf| Dfkj`h

    _ctb`ke`t D`kosm~`obs`s

    _bc| `k`hs|c| z`| omkf `| ~`t mi bf A\l Oc||ft`cmk imt bf Ofyfhm~afk

    \vocf| Of~`tafk ck bf \lbmmh mi Mtcfk`h `ko @itcl`k \vocf|( Hmkomk ck

    \f~fadft 4>0>+

    @hbmvjb bc| ~`~ft z`| ztcfk dfimtf bf ofd`lhf mi bf Hfi Itmk ck bf Zf| Dfkj`h

    `||fadhs fhflcmk|( sf `hh bf |cjk| mi bf ltc|c| zftf lhf`ths fycofk fyfk bfk+

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    _`dhf mi Lmkfk|

    Lb`~ft Mkf7 Cktmovlcmk 6

    Lb`~ft _zm7 2

    Ltc|c| ck bf Hfi7 \bci ck Ofyfhm~afk ^`t`ocja

    Lb`~ft _btff7 0?

    Kfm Hcdft`hc|a `ko ^m~vh`t ^tmf| ck Zf| Dfkj`h

    Lb`~ft Imvt7 4>

    @k`hs|ckj ^m~vh`t ^tmf|7 @ _bfmtfcl`h ^ft|~flcyf

    Lb`~ft Icyf7 4:

    Lcych \mlcfs `ko ^m~vh`t ^tmf|

    Lb`~ft \cr7 Lmklhv|cmk

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    >: a`tefo ` lb`kjf ck c| ~mhccl`h octflcmk+ _bf

    fyfk|( omfo `hh btmvjb mv bf sf`t( b` b`~~fkfo ` ` hchf ekmzk ~h`lf k`afo K`kocjt`a0( mt

    ckymhyckj c( myft h`ko `lpvc|ccmk imt dvchockj ` lbfacl`h bvd( ftmofo bf |v~~mt d`|f mi bf Hfi

    Itmk "HI# jmyftkafk4( zbclb c| ck ~mzft ck bf |`f |cklf 03::+

    _bf lmkckvmv| oflhckf ck bf |v~~mt d`|f mi bf HI( `k `hhc`klf mi bf hfi ~`tcf| hfo ds bf

    Lmaavkc| ^`ts mi Ckoc` "A`trc|# !! L^C !A( z`| a`kcif|fo ict| ck bf ^`klb`s` "btff!cft

    hml`h jmyftkafk |tvlvtf ck bf tvt`h `tf`|# ~mhh| ck 4>>2 "G`k`( A`s( 4>>25 _bf _fhfjt`~b( A`s

    4?( 4>>2#( bfk ck bf ~`thc`afk`ts fhflcmk| "Hme \`db` ~mhh|# ck 4>>3 "Lb`e`t`d`tc( A`s( 4>>3#(

    imhhmzfo ds bf lcycl ~mhh| ck 4>0> "Lb`et`d`tc( Gvkf 4>0>#+

    _bf lb`kjf ck bf ~mhccl`h h`ko|l`~f mi Zf| Dfkj`h z`| `h|m `llma~`kcfo ds ` |cjkcicl`k |bci ck

    bf |v~~mt "dmb amt`h `ko ~bs|cl`h# b` bf hfi fkgmsfo itma bf ckfhhcjfk|c` ! lma~tc|ckj

    `l`ofacl|( ztcft|( ~ftimtaft| `ko bf hcef| `ko bfklfimtb tfifttfo m `| bf lcych |mlcfs bftf !( ck

    bf |`f imt a`ks ofl`of| "D`kftgff( 4>>2`( ~7 0?#+

    0K`kocjt`a c| ` tvt`h `tf` ck bf F`| Afockc~vt oc|tcl mi Zf| Dfkj`h+ Hml`fo :> ea |mvb mi bf |`f l`~c`h

    Emhe``( K`kocjt`a |bm ckm ~tmackfklf `ift ` |cii tf|c|`klf ds y`tcmv| jtmv~|( cklhvockj bf ychh`jft|( imhhmzckj

    bf |`f jmyftkafk| oflc|cmk m `lpvctf `jtclvhvt`h h`ko imt bf \`hca Jtmv~ m |f v~ ` lbfacl`h bvd vkoft bf

    \~flc`h Flmkmacl Wmkf "\FW# ~mhcls+

    4Imt bf ~vt~m|f mi bc| `k`hs|c|( bf lmkkm`cmk| hcef bf hfi( HI( L^C!A `ko bf ~`ts zmvho df v|fo

    ckftlb`kjf`dhs+ @hbmvjb f`lb mi bf|f lmkkm`cmk| b`| ociiftfk oma`ck| dv bc| `k`hs|c| v|f| bfa ckftlb`kjf`dhs

    `| bf L^C!A c| bf a`ck lmk|cvfk mi bf HI jmyftkafk ck Zf| Dfkj`h `ko c c| `h|m Ckoc`| am| ckihvfkc`h hfi

    ~`ts ck lmkfa~mt`ts fhflmt`h ~mhccl|+

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    _bf fyfk| ck K`kocjt`a>:`#+ _bf gv|cicl`cmk

    ~v imtz`to ds bf Zf| Dfkj`h lbcfi ackc|ft Dvoob`ofd Db``lb`ts` ck i`ymvt mi bc| ~`ts

    l`otf| "cdco( Kmy 0?( 4>>:# `ko `||ftckj b` bf z`| km `dmyf bc| ~`ts "cdco(Kmy 06( 4>>:d#(

    ltf`fo fyfk amtf tf|fkafk+

    \vd|fpvfkhs( a`ks ckfhhflv`h|( cklhvockj |maf cofmhmjcl`hhs cklhckfo m bf hfi( ckfk|cicfo bfct

    ~tmf|| `j`ck| bf ~`b imhhmzfo ds |maf mi bfct imtaft lmat`of| mk ckov|tc`hc|`cmk "Act`(

    4>>: d#+ Fyfk bm|f zbm zftf ck i`ymvt mi ckov|tc`hc|`cmk ck Zf| Dfkj`h m~fkhs t`c|fo bfct

    ymclf `j`ck| bf `lcmk| mi bf HI jmyftkafk "O`|jv~`5 Kmy( 4>>:#+

    0+0 Mdgflcyf7

    _bf a`ck mdgflcyf mi bc| ~`~ft c| m `k`hs|f bf fyfk| hf`ockj m bf amyfafk mi bf

    ckfhhflv`h| `z`s itma bf hfi ck Zf| Dfkj`h `ko `h|m fy`hv`f c| ca~`l mk bf |v~~mt b` bf

    HI fkgmsfo ck bf |`f+ Mkf acjb df fa~fo m bcke b` bf amyfafk mi bf ckfhhflv`h| `z`s

    itma bf hfi lmvho b`yf ` tmhf ck bf oflhckf ck bf L^C!A| fhflmt`h imtvkf+ _bf ~mhh tf|vh| `ko

    bfct cackj lmvho df ` ~mckft ck b` octflcmk+

    >:( zbfk ~mhclf imtlf| a`tlbfo ckm bf `tf` m

    dtf`e bf tf|c|`klf ds bf hml`h ~m~vh`cmk hf ockj m bf of`b mi 0? ~fm~hf ck ~mhclf ictckj( `ko ck f`ths Kmyfadft4>>:( zbfk L^C "A# |v~~mtft| tfl`~vtfo K`kocjt`a( dtf`eckj bf tf|c|`klf mi bm|f m~~m|ckj h`ko `lpvc|ccmk ds

    dhmmos af`k|( tf|vhckj ck hm|| mi hcyf|+ "_bf _fhfjt`~b( A`t 06( 4>>: ) \coocpvc( Kmy( 4>>:+#

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    C zmvho `tjvf b` bf |bcickj `z`s mi ` |flcmk mi bf ckfhhcjfk|c` `ko bf |vd|fpvfk fhflmt`h

    tfyft|f| `tf a`kcif|`cmk| mi bf ~tmdhfa| i`lfo ds bf hfi ck Zf| Dfkj`h dv bf ltc|c| z`| avlb

    off~!tmmfo+ Ck hckf zcb bc| `tjvafk( bf `k`hscl`h it`afzmte imhhmzfo ck bc| ~`~ft zmvho df m

    cofkcis bf ltc|c| mi bf hfi ck Zf| Dfkj`h `ko bfk hmme imt bf tf`|mk| dfbcko c| a`kcif|`cmk

    btmvjb z`s| hcef ~m~vh`t tf|fkafk( ~tmf|( amyfafk|( tf|c|`klf fl+ _bc| zmvho df imhhmzfo

    ds `k`hs|f| mi bf k`vtf mi bf Dfkj`hc ckfhhcjfk|c`( bfct tfh`cmk|bc~ zcb bf ~`ts( bf

    lb`kjf| b` acjb b`yf `efk ~h`lf ck bfct `cvof yc| ` yc| bf ltc|c|( `ko bf ckihvfklf mi bf

    ckfhhflv`h| mk bf ~m~vh`t ~tmf|| `j`ck| bf HI+

    0+4 Lcych \mlcfs `ko Dfkj`hc Ckfhhflv`h|7

    Ck ` dtm`o |fk|f( lcych |mlcfs c| a`of v~ mi `hh |mt| mi `||mlc`cmk`h jtmv~ckj| zbclb ckb`dc| bf

    `tf` dfzffk bf ckocycov`h| "mt i`achcf|# `ko bf |`f "Dh`ct 033:5 ~7 4?#+ _bf ckfhhflv`h| "mt

    ckfhhcjfk|c`# b` b`yf dffk tfifttfo m `| bf lcych |mlcfs ck bf l`|f mi Zf| Dfkj`h `tf `h|m ~`t

    mi bf|f `||mlc`cmk`h jtmv~ckj|+ Bmzfyft( cofmhmjcl`hhs bfs `tf km |v~~mtft| mi bf dmvtjfmc|

    |mlcfs b` Bfjfh `ko A`tr fkyc|`jfo bf lcych |mlcfs m df+ Itma b` ~mck mi ycfz( bf

    ckfhhcjfk|c` mi Zf| Dfkj`h om km lma~tc|f bf tf|tclcyf oma`ck mi lcych |mlcfs( zbclb

    frc|fo dfimtf bf 02b lfkvts+

    Bmzfyft( imhhmzckj bf lb`kjf| b` bf ofickccmk mi lcych |mlcfs b`| vkoftjmkf( bf oma`ck mi

    |vlb ` jtmv~ckj( ck lmvktcf| hcef Ckoc`( lmvho df tf|tclfo m ` |a`hh |flcmk mi lvhvt`hhs "`h|m

    ckfhhflv`hhs# fpvc~~fo lccwfk|+ "Lb`ftgff5 4>>?5 ~7 ?0#+ _bf lmk|cvfk| mi |vlb ` jtmv~ckj

    tf~tf|fk bcjb jtmvko mi amoftkcs+ _bc| `tcdvf mi bf lcych |mlcfs a`lbf| bf ckfhhflv`h| zf

    `tf `eckj `dmv ck bc| lmkfr+ _bv| ck bc| `k`hs|c|( bf oma`ck mi lcych |mlcfs c| tf|tclfo mkhs

    m bf Dfkj`hc ckfhhflv`h|+

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    Lb`~ft 4

    Ltc|c| ck bf Hfi7 \bci ck Ofyfhm~afk ^`t`ocja

    _bf ~tmf| `j`ck| bf `lpvc|ccmk mi `jtclvhvt`h h`ko imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk ck Zf| Dfkj`h acjb ck

    c|fhi ca~hs ` lb`hhfkjf m bf `vbmtcs mi bf L^C!A imhhmzckj c| of~`tvtf itma bf cofmhmjcl`h

    |`ko~mck mi dfckj ` ~tm!~mmt ~`ts m bf mkf b` c| fadt`lckj kfm!hcdft`hc|a+ Bmzfyft( C zmvho

    `tjvf b` bf ~tmf|| t`k|lfko dfsmko bf ~bs|cl`h |~`lf bfs mllv~s ` ` ~mck ck caf `ko `tf

    ckocl`cyf mi ` avlb off~!tmmfo ltc|c| fa`k`ckj itma myft btff ofl`of| mi hfi tvhf ck bf |`f+

    _bc| ltc|c|( mkf lmvho `tjvf( c| km mkhs bf i`hhmv mi bf ac|`ef| lmaacfo ds bf hfi dv `h|m

    bf mvlmaf mi bf ~mhclcf| b` bfs imhhmzfo myft bf ~`| sf`t|+ _bf L^C!A| f`jftkf|| m ckycf

    ~tcy`f l`~c`h ck Zf| Dfkj`h acjb df `k `oac||cmk mi bf i`l b` zcbck bf |tvlvtf mi `

    hcdft`hc|fo Ckoc`k flmkmas( c c| km ~m||cdhf imt ` |`f m fad`te mk ` oc`aftcl`hhs ociiftfk

    flmkmacl ~mhcls+ Bmzfyft( C zmvho `tjvf b` bf caafoc`f ckfkcmk dfbcko bf ~`t`ocja |bci ck

    bf ofyfhm~afk amofh imhhmzfo ds bf HI z`| m |`yf mii bf ltc|c| b` bfs bmvjb lmvho

    btf`fk bfct hmkj bfho `vbmtcs ck bf ~mhccl`h oma`ck+

    _bf h`ko tfimta l`ttcfo mv ds bf HI b`| tf|vhfo ck bf ot`a`cl tfovlcmk ck bf kvadft mi

    mzkft| mi h`tjf bmhockj| bftfds ca~fockj tvt`h l`~c`h imta`cmk+ _bf ca~hfafk`cmk mi bf

    ^`klb`s` |s|fa( m fk|vtf oflfkt`hc|`cmk mi tvt`h jmyftk`klf( hfo m bf faftjfklf mi ` kfz

    lh`||( zbm|f ~mzft z`| km fkctfhs d`|fo mk h`ko bmhockj| "\`ks`h( 4>>2#+ _bf `|~ct`cmk mi bf

    lmk|cvfk| mi bc| kfz lh`|| ckltf`|fo zcb bfct tc|f ck bf ~mhccl`h bcft`tlbs+ _bf tfh`cyf

    ca~mt`klf mi `jtclvhvtf `| ` |mvtlf mi cklmaf of~hffo tf|vhckj ck bf ckltf`|fo ofa`ko imt

    ckov|tc`h gmd|( zbclb( bmzfyft( z`| km caafoc`fhs `y`ch`dhf `| bf HI myft bf ~`| ofl`of| b`yf

    kfjhflfo ckov|tc`hc|`cmk ck c| dco m bmho mk m tvt`h |v~~mt d`|f+

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    @hh bf|f b`yf lmktcdvfo m ` ltc|c| `ko C zmvho `tjvf b` bf ~m|!4>>9 HI jmyftkafk b`o `efk

    tflmvt|f m kfm!hcdft`hc|a mkhs m myftlmaf c "bc| ltc|c|#+ Itma b` |`ko~mck mkf lmvho `tjvf

    b` bf ~tmf|| `j`ck| h`ko `lpvc|ccmk `tf ck ` z`s a`kcif|`cmk mi bf i`chvtf| mt bf zf`ekf||f|

    mi bf o`a`jf lmktmh frftlc|f b` bf HI fad`tefo mk+ @k `|~fl mi bc| ~`~ft zmvho df m icko

    mv `| m zbs bf HI i`chfo of|~cf dfckj ck ~mzft imt ofl`of| zcb |vlb bva~ckj a`gmtcs+

    Bmzfyft( ` lhf`t vkoft|`kockj mi bf ltc|c| c| ~m||cdhf mkhs ci zf `ef ` hmme ` bmz bf HI

    lmk|mhco`fo c| ~mzft `ko bfho mk m c imt |vlb ` hmkj caf+

    4+0 Tvt`h Imlv| `ko Lmk|mhco`cmk mi bf ^`ts7

    Fyft |cklf bf HI `||vafo ~mzft ck 03::( bfct imlv| z`| ~tfomack`khs mk bf tvt`h |flmt+ Hcef

    ck mbft ~`t| mi Ckoc`( Zf| Dfkj`h c| `h|m ` ~tfomack`khs tvt`h |mlcfs `ko `llmtockj m a`ks bf

    efs m bf hfi| fhflmt`h |vllf||( z`| a`ckhs dfl`v|f mi c| tvt`h ~m~vh`tcs( "Db``lb`ts`(

    4>0>5 ~7 60#( zbclb c| bf tf|vh mi h`ko tfimta( oflfkt`hc|`cmk mi bf tvt`h ~mzft |tvlvtf fl+

    _bf h`ko tfimta|( l`ttcfo mv ck bf |`f zcbck bf ict| ifz sf`t| mi bf HI `||vackj ~mzft( km

    mkhs fhcack`fo bf omack`klf mi bf h`kofo lh`|| itma bf tvt`h |mlcfs dv `h|m fk|vtfo bf

    faftjfklf mi kfz dfkficlc`tcf| ck bf ychh`jf|+ _bf|f dfkficlc`tcf|( lma~tc|ckj am|hs mi bf tvt`h

    ~tmhf`tc`( zftf miiftfo |a`hh ~hm| mi h`ko `ko ck vtk bfs fk|vtfo b` bf ckftf|| mi bf ~`ts

    zftf |ftyfo+ _bf tcjb| mi bf |b`tfltm~~ft| mt d`tj`o`t|( zbm lvhcy`fo dvhe mi bf h`ko( zftf

    `h|m hfj`hc|fo( `| ` a`ft mi ~tcmtcs( btmvjb m~ft`cmk d`tj` "bf amyfafk m tfjc|ft bf

    k`af| mi bf |b`tfltm~~ft|#+ "Jvb`( 4>>25 ~7 643!6#

    _bf h`kofo lh`||( am|hs lma~tc|ckj mi `d|fkff h`kohmto|( zftf lmk|coftfo m df |v~~mtft| mi bf

    Lmkjtf|| `| bf|f jtmv~| b`o dfkficfo m |maf frfk itma bf `lcmk| mi bf ~`ts "Lmkjtf||#(

    "Embhc( 033>5 ~7 4:

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    itma bf tvt`h ~mzft |tvlvtf ~tmycofo bf L^C!A zcb ` itffb`ko ck bf lmvkts|cof

    "Db``lb`ts`( 4>0>( ~~7 64!6?#?+

    _bc| |mlc`h ~bfkmafkmk ~tmycof| `k ckftf|ckj ck|cjb ck vkoft|`kockj bf omack`cmk mi bf L^C!

    A ck bf ~mhccl`h h`ko|l`~f mi Zf| Dfkj`h imt |vlb ` hmkj caf( zbclb c| vk~tflfofkfo ck bf

    fhflmt`h bc|mts mi Ckoc`+ _bc| z`| a`of ~m||cdhf `| bf L^C!A ltf`fo ` |s|fa mi Lhcfkfhc|a

    "Lb`ftgff( 4>>35 ~7 ?4# `ko oc|bfo mv i`ymvt m bm|f zbm |v~~mtfo bf ~`ts+ _bf ck|cvcmk`h

    fiiflcyfkf|| mi bf hml`h jmyftkafk |tvlvtf "~`klb`s` |s|fa# `ko bf lmktmh b` bf ~`ts

    fkgmsfo myft bm|f bfh~fo bf L^C!A ck fk|vtckj hfjcca`ls mi bfct `lcmk| "cdco( ~~7 ??!?6#+

    Imhhmzckj c| tvt`h |v~tfa`ls ` kfz dt`ko mi hml`h ~mhccl`h hf`oft| faftjfo ck bf lmvkts|cof(

    zbm zftf amtf cklhckfo ck a`ck`ckckj bf ~bs|cl`h `ko fhflmt`h omack`cmk "mi bf ~`ts#( btmvjb

    if`t `ko i`ymvt( t`bft b`k dfckj cofmhmjcl`hhs lmaacfo m bf ~`ts+ @ |cach`t lh`|| mi

    dfkficlc`tcf| `h|m faftjfo ck bf vtd`k `ko |fac!vtd`k `tf`|+ _bfs ~h`sfo ca~mt`k tmhf| hcef(

    oc|tcdvckj |ffo|( `ko iftchc|ft| fl+ ck bf lmvkts|cof( accj`ckj oc|~vf| "cdco( ~7 ?0># imtavh`f| bf lmklf~ mi ~`ts |mlcfs bf lmk|cvfk| mi zbclb `tf fcbft bf`ychs of~fkofk mt

    h`tjfhs dfkficfo ds bf `lcmk| mi bf ~`ts `ko c| a`lbckfts+ _bf `vbmt iffh| b` bf ltf`cmk mi bf ~`ts |mlcfs

    ~h`sfo ` |cjkcicl`k tmhf ck lmk|mhco`ckj hfi ~mzft ck Zf| Dfkj`h `ko c| vkcpvf lma~`tfo m a`ks mbft |`f| ckCkoc`( zbftf |mlc`h fhfafk| hcef l`|f( ltffo `ko tfhcjcmk `tf amtf ~tmkmvklfo `| lma~`tfo m bf |mlcf`h it`afzmte

    ~tfy`hfk ck Zf| Dfkj`h+

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    4+4 Ck|`dchcs ck bf Tf`ha mi ^`ts Omack`cmk7

    _bf omack`cmk mi bf ~`ts( zbclb z`| ckcc`hhs fycofk ck bf tvt`h `ko bfk ck bf vtd`k `tf`|(

    i`lfo ck|`dchcs imt ` avhc~hclcs mi tf`|mk| mkf dfckj bf tc|ckj `|~ct`cmk| mi ` |flcmk mi bf

    |mlcfs "bf kfz faftjfk lh`|| mi hf`oft|#( zbm zftf dfkficlc`tcf| mi bf vkckfttv~fo hfi tvhf+6

    _bf|f fhfafk| mi bf tvt`h |mlcfs zbm scfhofo ~mzft `ko ~m|ccmk dfl`v|f mi bfct ~tmrcacs m

    bf ~`ts kmz z`kfo m amyf ivtbft v~ bf |mlc`h `ko flmkmacl h`ooft9+ Bmzfyft( bftf z`| km

    ~tmyc|cmk m ivhich bc| `|~ct`cmk zcbck bf |mlc`h `ko bf flmkmacl |tvlvtf| b` bf ~`ts ltf`fo+

    C zmvho `tjvf b` bf mdgflcyf mi bf ~`ts z`| |bmt!fta ~mhccl`h j`ck t`bft b`k hmkj fta

    flmkmacl ofyfhm~afk+ Ci bf ckfkcmk mi bf ~`ts z`| m fk|vtf hmkj fta ofyfhm~afk bf

    k`vt`h z`s zmvho b`yf dffk m v|f bf `jtclvhvt`h |vt~hv| imt ckov|tc`hc|`cmk+ Bmzfyft( b`

    ocok b`~~fk `ko bf h`tjf |l`hf it`jafk`cmk mi h`ko fyfk ofkcfo bf dfkfic| mi flmkmacf| mi

    |l`hf+ _bf `d|fklf mi bf h`kofo lh`|| ck bf tvt`h flmkmas z`| oftcafk`h m kflf||`ts l`~c`h

    imta`cmk+

    Ck bf tvt`h `tfk` bf ck|`dchcs z`| `h|m a`kcif|fo ds a`tjck`hc|`cmk mi bf ~f`|`kts `hbmvjb

    bf mdgflcyf mi bf h`ko tfimta z`| m b`h |vlb of!~f`|`kc|`cmk+ Lfk|v| icjvtf| `y`ch`dhf itma

    `ko bf \`c|cl`h B`kodmme 4>>?( Zf| Dfkj`h( D@F\( jmyftkafk mi Zf| Dfkj`h "`ko pvmfo

    ck D`kftgff ) Tms( 4>>:( ~7 4>?2# |bmz b` bf kvadft mi mzkft!lvhcy`mt| ck bf |`f ofltf`|fo

    ovtckj bf ~ftcmo 0330!4>>0 "itma 9?+>: h`eb| ck 0330 m 69+6? h`eb| ck 4>>0#( zbchf bf kvadft

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    _bf mzkft| mi |a`hh bmhockj| zftf imtlfo m ~`t zcb bfct h`ko !! `| i`tackj ck |vlb bmhockj|

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    `kmbft tf`|mk dfbcko bf ck|`dchcs zcbck bf tf`ha| mi bf omack`cmk mi bf ~`ts+

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    dfckj ` ~`ts mi bf ~tmhf`tc` m mkf tf~tf|fkckj bf fyft fr~`kockj acoohf lh`||+ _bc| l`k df

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    amvkckj m~~m|ccmk m c| ac||cmk mi ckov|tc`hc|`cmk "Lb`kot`( 4>>25 ~7 ?3#+

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    |b`tfltm~~ft| `ko h`kohf|| `jtclvhvt`h h`dmvtft|( zbm b`yf dffk ckymhyfo ck i`tackj imt

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    Oflfkt`hc|`cmk mi bf tvt`h ~mzft |tvlvtf( zbclb z`| a`of ~m||cdhf ds bf HI btmvjb

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    `h|m mk bfct hcyfhcbmmo+ _bc| |s|fa a`s b`yf |fyft`h |bmtlmackj|5 bf hf`| dfl`v|f mi bf

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    m df l`ttcfo mv+ _bf hml`h ~fm~hf b`o km |`s ck bf h`ko `lpvc|ccmk ~tmlf|| `| zfhh `| ck bf

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    ` bf bcjbf| hfyfh mi bf HI jmyftkafk `ko bf ~`ts+

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    |v~tfaf "^`b`e( 4>>9#+ _bc| bcjbhcjbfo bf ~`t`omr dfzffk bf ~`ts| cofmhmjs `ko zb` c

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    lv|moc`k mi bf tvt`h lmaavkcs( zbclb ~tmycofo c kflf||`ts |v~~mt m tfa`ck ck ~mzft+

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    `llf~ zb`fyft z`| oflcofo ds fcbft ~`ts miiclc`h| mt bm|f zbm tf~tf|fkfo bf HI ` bf

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    lmaavkcl`cmk j`~ z`| ` ac|`ef "Lb`m~`obs`s( 4>>:# sf |vlb oflc|cmk!a`eckj tfa`ckfo

    zcbck bf oma`ck mi bf fhcf( bf acoohf lh`|| ~mhclsa`eft| `ko bf afoc` lmaafk`mt|

    "Db`ovtc( 4>>35 ~7 :3#+

    \vlb `k `cvof mi bm|f ` bf bfha ckihclfo ` |fk|f mi ck|vh `amkj bf tvt`h lmaavkcs(

    f|~flc`hhs bm|f zbm mzkfo |a`hh ~hm| mi h`ko+ Imt bf i`taft|( zbm `ef jtf` ~tcof ck lvhcy`cmk

    imt jfkft`cmk| `ko b`yf dffk caafk|fhs dfkficfo ds z`s mi fa~hmsafk `ko cklmaf( kmz imvko

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    vtd`k acoohf lh`||+ _bf ~tclf dfckj miiftfo imt h`ko l`kkm df `ks |vd|cvf m bf |fk|f mi i`achs

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    0330`ko 4>>6( c kf`ths b`hyfo c| zmteimtlf ovtckj bf |`co ~ftcmo "Db`ovtc( 4>>35 ~7 00>#

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    @ift b`yckj cjkmtfo bc| kfz jfkft`cmk mi vkfa~hmsfo tvt`h smvb imt myft btff ofl`of| kmz(

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