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00:00 Hello and welcome. You're watching this special broadcast on One India. The consecration ceremony
00:06 of the much awaited Ram temple is underway. And as Prime Minister Modi takes those strides
00:13 towards the temple Garbha Greh to complete the ceremony, the Prana Pratishtha, it is
00:20 our honor to bring you a broadcast unmatchable and also from all the parts of the world,
00:29 starting with the African continent, which is called the cradle of humankind. It's my
00:34 honor to welcome Dr. Raj Kulapan from Pretoria. Then we have joined by Nagarjuna, Nagaraju
00:44 Anna from Johannesburg, Nagaraju Gurala. We are also joined by Mr. Rajendra all the way
00:53 from Tanzania, very beautiful country. Zanzibar is a name that stands once again as the identity.
01:00 And last but not the least, Mr. Devki Sharad Jha, joining us from Nairobi, the capital
01:06 city of Kenya. Gentlemen, thank you so much for taking time out for Lord Ram. It's our
01:12 pleasure to host you. Dr. Kulapan, let me begin with you first. You have been invited
01:18 for the consecration ceremony and this invitation itself speaks volumes for the yeoman's job
01:26 that you have done in Pretoria, around South Africa and in the African continent. Please
01:31 take us through with your good work that you have been carrying out and how it is connecting
01:39 the Indian diaspora. Well, I come from a family that always promoted the Indian dance and
01:47 music. My brother studied at a college in India in Chennai, at the Kalachatra College
01:53 of Music and Dance. And my family has always been involved in promoting this type of culture.
02:00 So we brought wonderful musicians from India at a regular basis. Amjad Ali Khan, Anup Jilota,
02:06 M.S. Koppala Krishnan, Mendlin Strinivasan, Sudha Raghunandan and all these people from
02:11 various times came to South Africa. But a passion grew in me to want to build an authentic
02:18 temple in South Africa, a temple that would satisfy all the injunctions of our Shastra
02:26 in terms of vastu, agama, shilpa shastra and so on. So as I grew up, qualified as a doctor,
02:33 this desire to want to build a temple became more and more. I couldn't get it out of my
02:39 soul. And I was very, very fortunate to buy a very, very beautiful property on the banks
02:46 of a river and then engaged architects from India, from Kerala, Kanipayur Krishnan, Nambhudripad.
02:53 And he came to South Africa, designed the temple. That plans were taken then to India
02:59 again where Stapati Ganapati, Stapati Mudhaya. And again, these plans were then blessed by
03:04 the Shankaracharya of Kanji. And then we built the most beautiful Ayyappa temple here. And
03:11 we brought shilpis from India that stayed almost two years in South Africa to complete
03:16 the most beautiful structure. And that structure itself then provided the base for us to promote
03:22 Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma in its pristine form. Our forefathers coming from India brought
03:30 what little knowledge they knew. But with the exchange of Swamiji coming to our country
03:36 and so on, the temple was able to then host many, many of our religious leaders and thereby
03:43 play a very, very pivotal role in spreading Sanatana Dharma in its pristine glory. We
03:49 were little children when we sing Sri Ram, Jai Ram, Jai Jai Ram, Ayodhya Vasi Ram, Vatsaratha
03:55 Ram, and then around. Never ever believing one day that one would be invited one day
03:59 to actually go and witness the Prana Pratishtha. So really ever grateful. And again, I think
04:07 it is the Ayyappa temple that oozes out from any noble venture to keep Sanatana Dharma
04:15 alive that will eventually bring its rewards. Absolutely. Needless to say, our viewers would
04:21 be not just astonished, but also be very happy to hear from Dr. Kulapan the kind of work
04:29 that he had, the effort that has been put in by him and his family. Not far away from
04:34 Pretoria, Dr. Kulapan sitting with us is Nagaraju Anna. Nagaraju Anna, you are in Johannesburg,
04:43 the commercial capital at times being called, referred to as for South Africa. The country
04:48 hosts a lot of Indian diaspora right from the days, centuries ago, when those Indians
04:56 and others came to South Africa, they have still kept the values intact, the gods intact,
05:03 the traditions intact. What is this connect that helps you, that binds you and that, that
05:09 inspires you to follow the Sanatana? Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Pankajji. Thanks everyone
05:18 for this great opportunity to say a few words on Ayodhya Ram Mandir inauguration. I would
05:25 like to say one more thank you, especially to Dr. Kulapan because he built a very, very
05:29 big temple here and we are fortunate to visit multiple times to the temple in South Africa.
05:35 And coming to the today's topic, how the Lord Rama and also the devotional significance
05:42 in South Africa. We have an immense significance for the Hindu community in South Africa, including
05:48 myself. We regularly on a daily basis, we do refugees and puja ceremonies, the presence
05:56 of temples dedicated specifically to Lord Rama. We have in Garbudi, which will help
06:03 the community. And also we are discussing about the inauguration of the Ram temple in
06:10 Ayodhya. It's a historic and also emotionally changed the moment of Hindus in South Africa.
06:16 There is a, you know, from the ages we have that relation culturally, traditionally between
06:24 the two countries. Right. Indeed, indeed, Nagarajan, I have been to South Africa, I
06:31 have visited the temples and I have seen the kind of fervor that is there among the people.
06:39 So I want to thank you for that. And I want to thank you for the fact that you are here
06:44 and you are here and you are here. And I want to thank you for the fact that you are here
06:50 and you are here. And I want to thank you for the fact that you are here and you are
06:57 here. And I want to thank you for the fact that you are here and you are here. And I
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09:06 are here and you are here. And I want to thank you for the fact that you are here and you
09:13 are here. And I want to thank you for the fact that you are here and you are here. And
09:19 equally beautiful to know that people like you and other brothers and sisters also have
09:25 kept the tradition, the Hindu tradition, the belief in the gods and goddesses alive there.
09:30 Please share with us. How is it in Tanzania?
09:33 Good evening, everybody. I'm really touched and pleasure that you invited for this wonderful
09:41 function, I mean, I want to say for this program and being a part of it is I'm humbled and
09:50 touched, number one. Number two is that since I've been there from 2005, Tanzania is a commercial
10:02 capital of Dar es Salaam and Dar es Salaam itself is called, name itself is a heaven,
10:07 place of heaven. And I'm blessed. And second thing is I'm staying at Mawanga, it's late
10:13 June. We have temples here, Tanatan temple and Swaminarayan temple. I already shared
10:19 those photos to you. And basically here every Thursday and Sunday the gathering happens,
10:26 the Aarti happens and we are celebrating the festivals, each and every festivals, like
10:33 Ganesh festival for 11 days and Navaratri festival and so, I mean, all the communities
10:42 and specially in Swaminarayan temple, Sranam temple, once in a month all these, what to
10:51 say, all these acharyas, they come and they give a very beautiful lecture and that is
11:00 followed by a lot of, you know, all the whole cities invited and listen peacefully for their
11:09 wonderful, wonderful, what to say, their education, I mean, their ideas, views and how to, you
11:17 know, yeah, yeah, everything. Basically what happens when you go abroad, you forget the
11:23 cultures. The cultures has been kept alive and I'm really blessed that we have been
11:29 celebrating each and every festival in a very big way. And now the temples, the Sanatan
11:34 temple, this Swaminarayan temple, they have been re-renovated and it's in a big way we
11:41 are celebrating them. And also being a part of, I am a Loyal's member, lot of charity
11:46 we do and Thursday and Sunday lot of devotees have come over there and Sriram temple already
11:53 I told, Sanatan temple in that all the idols are there, as this Sriram and Lakshman Sita
12:00 Mata and then Sri Krishna. So, all these, you know, and basically the Navratri, everybody
12:09 part there and the Garba and all, it is alive and we share with everyone. And also the August
12:17 15 and August 26 celebrations, expats do in a very big way. I have been very fortunate
12:25 to be there, part of it. And with all your good wishes.
12:31 Absolutely. Rajan Saab, you know, it is so heartening to hear you coming from Tanzania,
12:39 Rajan Saab, as I, with my limited knowledge, one of the most beautiful places to come to
12:45 Dar es Salaam, another very progressive city, capital city. And to know that you all have
12:52 been working industriously, keeping the traditions alive, following the daily routine is something,
13:00 you know, which in itself is the biggest, I would say, veneration to Lord Rama. Dr.
13:06 Kulapan, keeping the faith within your heart alive. This is the theme. This is the motto.
13:13 What inspires you, Dr. Kulapan, if I may ask you, because you would be our guest very soon.
13:19 What is it that keeps you going, that keeps you connected?
13:24 I think for many of us coming from India, you could take us out of India, but you couldn't
13:29 take the Indian-ness out of us. Wherever we were, in whatever community we found ourselves,
13:36 we felt to the core of our being, of being Indian. We are South African, for example,
13:42 but I am a South African Indian. And again, the yearning to connect with our culture.
13:48 You know, our name for our following is called Sanatana Dharma. And Sanatana is such a beautiful
13:56 word, meaning eternal and universal. And really, you know, you cannot, separating us from India
14:02 doesn't separate us from that eternal and universal values. So, the idea, you know,
14:08 is that we, we, we, sure we were inspired by many things. We are inspired by our connection
14:13 with India. We are inspired by the people who come out of India. But I think, without
14:17 that inspiration, for many years in South Africa, when the boycott, during their part
14:22 of years, we didn't have many people coming from India to South Africa. However, the Indian
14:29 mind is such that they have, they understand that their success lies in the Indian-ness.
14:36 If you look at every Indian community throughout the world, they are successful because of
14:42 following their Indian values. And it is this what keeps us, when we look at the Ram Mandir,
14:48 it is describing our own resurrection, our own reignition of the values that we have,
14:57 the yearning and desire that was already, it's like in our DNA. I, as a little child,
15:03 nobody had to force me to go to vernacular school or to bhajan or to learn Hanuman Chalisa
15:08 or get the joy of singing kirtan. We didn't have to learn it from anybody outside us.
15:14 There was a wonderful, innate desire to express this. And when we, like I think, I would share
15:22 the sentiments of all our African contributors, that as soon as we got together in a small
15:31 group, the first thing we thought about was how do we build a Mandir? How do we build
15:37 a centre where we would then find a place to establish that permanent connection with
15:44 the future generations that come? In us, we knew. There's one Tamil saying that never
15:49 live in a place where there is no temple. You know, it is like having a body with no
15:54 soul, you know. Similarly like that, that keeps us alive is this Hindu Dharma. This
16:00 Dharma means to support and to sustain everything. And that's what it did for us in this country
16:06 from coming as labourers to this country. We have now risen. We have risen to producing
16:13 the best doctors, engineers and so on because of our culture. And the moment we lose our
16:19 culture, we will lose everything. So therefore, the yearning to keep it alive was for our
16:25 own survival, not because it was nice to do, but we realised the value of our Hinduness.
16:33 Golden words, absolutely golden words, Dr. Pallapan. Don't reside at a place which has
16:40 no temples. Nagraj Anna, you live in a place which is surrounded by temples. Mid-Rand area
16:49 in Johannesburg has Pretoria nearby, has Nodium, has Centurion. And yourself, please tell us,
16:57 Nagraj Anna, about the kind of atmosphere that you see in your vicinity and the kind
17:03 of interest that you see in your fellow South African Indian families alike when it comes
17:09 to the temple. Okay, so I'm here in South Africa from last 15 years. We, from the community,
17:17 from the Hindu community, we participate and contribute to the temples, including nearest
17:23 temples in Johannesburg. And as I mentioned, we visit Ayyappa temple and also the efforts
17:30 involved, not only the financial, volunteering, organising community events. We keep the cultural
17:37 activities away from our home. And we normally do Sriram Navami Kalyanam and also Navaratri
17:45 like Rajendraji mentioned. In South Africa also, in the last part of this quarter, we
17:51 celebrate Sriram Navaratri, Ganesh Chaturthi. We celebrate, you know, we need to have that
17:56 strong connections to our roots for the future generations. So, it's a daily routine. As
18:02 Dr. Palappan also said, the Tamil saying, if there is no temple, we are not supposed
18:07 to stay. Right, right, right. Absolutely. You know, staying away from home gives you
18:17 a very different feeling. And since time immemorial also, people have been migrating and going
18:24 to different places and then developing it. Ramcharitmanas is one concept, not just a
18:31 book, I would say, that has helped a lot of Indians who especially migrated or went to
18:39 work in African continent. I have had the pleasure of speaking to a few laureates also
18:48 as far as the religious understanding is concerned. And the role of Ramcharitmanas, the role of
18:53 Ram in itself, growing up, how was it? And since you have spent almost nearly two decades
19:01 in Kenya, how does it feel to be connected and to, you know, be associated with Lord
19:09 Ram there? So, you know that I am basically from Bihar and basically from Mitila, where
19:18 Sita Mata is belonging from. Janki's son is there. And this religion is in our culture,
19:27 our blood. Here in Kenya, we are here since last eight years. Here also, we are thinking
19:38 that we have to be loyal with our duty, responsibility and with that our culture also. And we have
19:47 to celebrate together with all these people who is coming in Ram Mandir. And we have to
19:54 keep in mind, we have to, we can say that we can motivate the people to join in with
20:03 the Dharma. And we are welcome to all these people who is interested, who is coming, who
20:12 is not in religious to Hindu, even in the another Dharma also. But we are telling them,
20:21 we are convincing them to join, come, see that what is our culture. Even in Kenya also
20:30 we are telling to come and they are coming, they are eating Mahaprasad also, they are
20:37 just sitting there and they are listening also. Lots of that people are interested and
20:44 they are showing their interest to join our Dharma. And that is the things we are doing.
20:53 But it is very difficult to force someone to join. That is the way it is. But we are
21:04 just saying that you can come, you can join, you can see that our culture. So we are promoting
21:09 our culture also. Absolutely. Promoting a culture is something, you know, which is very
21:15 unique to Indian tradition also. And it is not an assertion, but a voluntary submission
21:22 and a voluntary admission to the fact that yes, these are the things that you like about
21:26 them. These are the things that you don't like about them, which is also about respecting
21:30 others' opinion also. Rajendra sir, Tanzania, very cosmopolitan, you know, set up in the
21:39 country. How do you see your Tanzanian and other countrymen there, those who come to
21:46 work there, how do they view India? What is their opinion about India and India in general?
21:53 See, actually, when I went there in 2005, everybody was telling, no, Africa is like
22:00 that, very this or that. No, actually they are very friendly, to be very frank with you.
22:05 They are very friendly and they, now as Mr. Sharad Jha ji told and other people also,
22:12 because when you get involved and when you make them comfortable, see, actually there
22:17 is, we have to understand India is our birth country, okay. And that is, Tanzania is our,
22:23 what to say, another work country, okay. So, basically, we have to respect the culture
22:30 of them and as well as us. Then they will be very friendly with you. See, that is how
22:36 we are made, even in Lions Club and all, they come very voluntarily. And also they enjoy
22:42 our prasad and food and the culture. You won't believe there is in Tanzania. Our Indian songs
22:51 are very famous. Okay. Yeah, very famous. And also sometimes when you put this one, nowadays
22:58 they are crazy, crazy. Now they are very, very, with my workers and my friends who are
23:04 there with me, they always ask me the songs, share the songs with me. Movies, they come
23:10 now, we have theatres and all. They come to see. Yeah. And they just love. You know, basically
23:15 what happens, it is respecting them. What is dharma? It is respecting the values of the
23:21 other person and making, we have to be better human being. Once we are better human being,
23:27 everything falls into the place. So, the God is, we have a faith in God, they also have
23:33 a faith in God. Once they sit with us in the temple, they understand the values and the
23:38 Swamijis which are coming for this pravachana and all these people are coming nowadays.
23:43 You know how it is spread. You know, Ram temple is spreading now everywhere. Ayodhya is there,
23:49 now we have, I showed you, even the Dar-Islam, Tanzania, even this Nairobi, South Africa,
23:56 everywhere. See, basically these things what happens, you know, it makes you at a peace.
24:02 It makes you to progress. It makes you to, you know, respect each other. That is how
24:09 I take it in that way. And they are very very good with us and they just love us. And they
24:16 just love our kids. You know that the people who are working there, they just love the
24:23 kids also. They just enjoy with our kids. I have always seen, you know, because they
24:28 are very good in terms of everything and we are respecting them and they are coming. And
24:36 in Lawrence and all, in our country, specially, now you are telling me about the, specially
24:42 our country's relation with Tanzania is becoming growing day by day. Now there is an Indian
24:48 High Commissioner office, Mr. Pradhan is there. I have seen him. So many, I mean, we are promoting
24:55 so many cultural activities plus our, what you say, business relations. Right, right,
25:03 right. Very very good. You know, our relations with, I think last year our President Madam
25:08 has visited. And there was a God of Honor in New Delhi. You have seen that. I have the
25:14 picture. Yeah, with Prime Minister Modi. And for medical and education, they always love
25:23 India and specially medical. We are getting the first two, specially this, you know, 40's
25:30 hospital in Delhi, Bombay, all these hospitals. You won't believe, there is an IIT also which
25:36 is coming. Now in Zanzibar. IIT is open. Zanzibar is open now. This is something, you know.
25:43 Exactly. And we are promoting water products, water in all, entire Tanzania water products
25:50 are being financed and supported by Indian government. Yeah, absolutely. See, I mean,
25:55 the world is, you know, one big family as has been said. That is the right word you
26:02 said. Absolutely. Right. Very quickly, I will take, you know, final comments from all of
26:09 you gentlemen and then conclude the show. Starting with you Dr. Kulapan, as Rajendra
26:15 Ji said, if you are good, everything falls in place. This good part is what defines Maryada
26:23 Purushottam Ram. In your opinion, sir, how easy or difficult it is to be a Ram today?
26:31 Just repeat that. Sorry, I didn't get the last part. I was saying Maryada Purushottam
26:37 Ram. Yes. He is the best among all men. How do we imbibe his values to become like him?
26:46 Well, you know, one has to live one's culture to know the benefits of that. You know, I
26:56 wrote a book called Converting Hindus to Hinduism. And the idea was exactly this. How do we Hindus
27:04 how do we Kal, the benefits out of living a Hindu way of life? Hindu way of life is
27:10 living the righteous way, the ethical way, the way that brings success and joy and harmony
27:16 in its very way of living. And again, sort of the proof of the pudding is in eating it.
27:23 So it is only when we follow this culture of ours, will we know the benefits of it.
27:29 Rajendraji spoke so beautifully about how this, you know, respect is reciprocated. It
27:35 is something that you earn. It is something through your character, through the way you
27:39 act, what you actually pour out into the universe is what the universe gives you back again.
27:44 So this culture of ours, many of the people in South Africa looking at the Indian way
27:49 of life, they look at how the families are so beautifully structured, how the extended
27:55 families live together. We don't have this great competition in materiality, but competition
28:02 in how we can rise in values and virtue. That is the example of the Mariyada Purushottam
28:08 that he elevated himself above ordinary man to become a very, very elated, elevated soul.
28:16 So we have to imbibe that, we have to strive for that. It is only knowing its value that
28:22 we can strive for. If something is not in your ambit of experience, you can never strive
28:29 for that. So we are very, very fortunate to grow up with Ramcharitmanism, to go over the
28:33 stories, to live them, you know, and to inspire us because of the very nature of the teachings
28:42 that exist in every aspect of our holy scriptures. Not only Ramayana, you know what he said,
28:48 that our holy scriptures are maybe eternal, maybe ancient, but they forever new. So it
28:55 is applicable to us today as it was at the time of Ramachandra Bhagwan.
29:01 Absolutely, absolutely. Can't, you know, thank Dr. Kulapan enough for such a precise description,
29:08 I would say, of how to imbibe the value of Ramayana. Nairajanna, I mean, you represent
29:15 the Telugu community, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, once the same state, houses a lot
29:21 of distinct temples also, Manjanadri Hills, you have Kishkindha, the birthplace of Hanuman.
29:29 How do you see the whole concept of Ramayana unfolding in our daily lives also and how
29:36 do we imbibe that?
29:38 Okay, in Telangana, we have Bhadradri temple where Ram Mandir is there. Okay. So the entire
29:46 Ramayana is life and teachings serve a source of inspiration and also the guidance that
29:53 deserves our cultural and also religious heritage in our lives.
30:00 Absolutely, very rich in cultural diversity, I would say. We had the honor of visiting
30:09 some of those places, working on documentaries based on the sites in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,
30:16 both. I need this to say it's a pleasure. Sharan Shahji, as you rightly mentioned, you
30:22 come from Mithila and Mithila, Madhubani Arts is something that is famous world over.
30:29 Yes. And that also depicts the life and times of Lord Ram, Goddess Mata Sita. So the Mithila
30:37 Samaj itself, what is your message to our brethren in Bihar, especially in India? How
30:44 best Ram and Sita can be imbibed?
30:47 See, in Mithila, you know very well that we are presenting our culture in painting. That
30:56 is the Mithila painting. So if you see that painting, we are painting that all our sadhi,
31:02 all these things, we are painting over there. And what is our culture we are presenting
31:07 over there. Each and everything from first day to last day, from the end of year up to
31:15 there, we are presenting each and everything in that painting. And it is very popular in
31:23 the world. So, and Ram is our, we can say that he is our, in our religion, we can say
31:35 our Pahun. We can say our Pahun.
31:41 Pahun is Sunil law.
31:44 Sunil law. And we are abusing him also. That is in our culture. Because my sister is Sita.
31:56 Yes, absolutely.
31:57 Our sister is Sita. So that's why we are abusing him also. But you have seen that we are sending
32:05 approximately 1100 Bahars to Ayodhya. All the peoples are going there. And we are just
32:18 in a different mood.
32:19 And absolutely it is very much visible.
32:22 Yeah, yeah. And we are celebrating very well. So we say that Jai Shri Ram to each and everyone.
32:31 And just pray that Ram will come.
32:36 Definitely. Rajendra ji, you know, finishing the show with you and needless to say, a traveler
32:44 within me always wanted to go to Tanzania. There's a cruise also that goes from Durban
32:48 to Tanzania, Zanzibar, I guess. But we could not make it.
32:52 It goes to Zanzibar. Yeah, you are right.
32:55 Yes, yes. But we could not make it. But nonetheless, our viewers who would be watching us from
32:59 India, from other parts of the country would definitely want to maybe try that. From your,
33:04 you know, point of view, Rajendra ji, connect with India, staying far, far away. What is
33:11 it? What is it that that is there in the heart which tells you, Ram will come and you will
33:18 also join your country. And wherever you are, you will do your duty. You know, with the
33:24 mind, with the work, the quality that you bring, you would make that place also very special.
33:30 See, actually, I would like to say one thing. Jai Shri Ram. And we have been blessed. I
33:37 know this is the second Deepavali for us. Absolutely.
33:41 And all my friends, they are asking me, so since 22nd, I mean 23rd early morning I'm
33:47 leaving. I told 22nd, I'm very fortunate to be here and view all the function of this
33:55 inauguration and everything. And they told, okay, we are also putting the diyas and all.
34:00 See, Tanjani and the people, in Tanjani also, already they have taken initiative to put
34:06 the diyas and lighting and all. And they already made all the celebration, I mean already made
34:11 arrangements for the temples to be decorated in a big way. So, we are very open. I mean
34:19 basically this is the second Deepavali as I said. And I have learned these all things
34:24 you know, first of all from my, our core women, my dad and mom. So, wherever we go, first
34:31 of all, the faith moves mountains. So, first God, we have to have faith in God, everything
34:35 will fall into place. And staying away from long time, away from India, the heart is already
34:42 there in India and we have been promoting the cultural functions I said already. And
34:48 in the flag hoisting, January 15, I'm sorry, that's 15 and January 26. All the functions,
34:54 all the kids, all we celebrate in a big way. And that is the way how we have kept our culture
35:00 alive. And going, you know, we celebrate in a very beautiful way. And not only temples,
35:07 although we respect the values also. And we go ahead. And yeah, Jai Shri Ram once again.
35:13 And I'm really blessed to have you all and learn a lot of things from you all. Thank
35:17 you. Thank you. Thank you. Dr. Pulappan, Nagrajanna, Shraddha ji, Rajendra ji. Thank
35:23 you. Yes, Dr. Pulappan.
35:25 May I end with a shloka for Ram?
35:29 Yes, by all means. I should have asked you. My apologies. Please.
35:33 Ramayya Rama Bhadraya Ramachandra Vethushim Raghunathaya Nathaya
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36:32 We couldn't have asked for a better ending than this.
36:36 Thank you so much Dr. Palappan.
36:39 We welcome you here and thank you all of you for taking time.
36:43 Thank you. Thank you.
36:44 Thank you.
36:45 Thank you.
36:46 Jai Sriram.
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