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From Dushyant to Om Prakash Valmiki, Poetry Depicts the Never-ending Struggle of 'Invisible' Poor

Indian Hindi and Urdu poetry has time and again narrated horror stories of how the society turns a blind eye towards the dying poor. News18 has compiled a collection of ten such pieces of literature to depict the present condition of migrant workers.




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'Consider 1st Week Test Run': Govt Issues Rules to Reopen Industries After Lockdown Post Vizag Leak

The NDMA guidelines said while restarting a unit, the first week should be considered as the trial or test run period after ensuring all safety protocols.




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INS Jalashwa Arrives in Kochi with 698 Repatriated Indians from Maldives Under Vande Bharat Mission

The arrival marks Indian Navy's first massive evacuation exercise from foreign soil during the Covid-19 lockdown.




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West Bengal Govt Forms Teams for Surveillance Support, Monitoring of Treatment at Covid-19 Hospitals

The state health department has also set up a dedicated helpline for issues regarding the non-availability of PPEs and other supplies.




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Delhi Govt Asks District Magistrates to Release 2,446 Tablighi Jamaat Members

As many as 567 foreign attendees of the congregation held in Delhi's Nizamuddin area in March, will be handed over to the police.




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Fierce Face-off Between Indian, Chinese Troops Near Naku La in Sikkim Sector, Several Soldiers Injured

The troops disengaged after dialogue at the local level, sources said.




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Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 2,109, Cases Climb to 62,939: Health Ministry

Of the 2,109 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 779 deaths. Gujarat comes second with 472 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 215.




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HC Says Vehicles Ferrying Pets, Sick Animals Should Not Be Stopped Amid Lockdown in Maharashtra

Justice S C Gupte in an order on Friday said the police administration must not obstruct or stop such vehicles.




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'Made by Jains, No Muslim Staff': Chennai Bakery Owner Arrested over Controversial Advertisement

The staff at the bakery claimed that the advertisement was 'not intended to communalise' and added that a rumour was doing the rounds on WhatsApp, urging people not to buy bakery products made by Muslims and therefore they posted the advertisement.




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Five Migrant Labourers Travelling from Hyderabad to UP Killed as Truck Overturns

The accident took place near Patha village on Saturday night when nearly 20 migrant labourers were going in the truck to Jhansi and Etah from Hyderabad.




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East Coast Railway Urges People Not to Walk on Tracks After Aurangabad Train Tragedy

Sixteen migrant workers sleeping on the rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district on Friday morning.




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'Labourers Walking Back Home Not Good Picture': Raut Asks Maha Govt to Allow Private Vehicles to Ferry Them

'People are falling ill while walking. Some have died. Even then their walking hasn't stopped,' the Rajya Sabha member further said.




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Corrupt Past of MGNREGS Returns to Haunt MP Govt as it Reaches Out to Workforce Hit by Coronavirus

The labourers from Madhya Pradesh, who usually migrate to states like Maharashtra and Delhi have been hit hard due to the lockdown as the closure of commercial activities forced them to return empty-handed.




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'Inhuman' comments about Shah's health 'extremely condemnable': Nadda

New Delhi, May 09: BJP president J P Nadda said on Saturday that making "inhuman" comments about the health of Home Minister Amit Shah is "extremely condemnable". "Making inhuman comments about the health of Home Minister Amit Shah




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Ajit Jogi suffers cardiac arrest, condition serious

Raipur, May 09: Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi, 74, was admitted to a private hospital on Saturday after he suffered a cardiac arrest at his home this afternoon. Ajit Jogi''s health suddenly worsened while he was having breakfast, following




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Watch: Locals protest, demand plant relocation after Vizag gas leak

Visakhapatnam, May 09: Days after styrene gas leak from the LG Polymers Private Limited in Vizag that claimed 11 lives and caused 800 others to be hospitalised, locals staged a protest at the factory. Protesters demand the relocation of the chemical




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Tamil Nadu eases lockdown restrictions in non-containment zones from Monday

Chennai, May 09: Tamil Nadu government has announced some relaxations in the Coronavirus lockdown in non-containment zones from May 11. The extension includes working hours of standalone and neighbourhood shops and allowing private establishments to function with a reduced number of employees




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2 Indians repatriated from Gulf test positive for COVID-19 in Kerala

Kocchi, May 09: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said two people who returned from abroad over the last few days have tested positive for the coronavirus, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 17. As part




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First patient to receive plasma therapy in UP dies of heart attack

Lucknow, May 09: The first patient to receive plasma therapy as an experimental treatment for coronavirus infection in Uttar Pradesh died following a heart attack on Saturday. The patient, a 58-year-old doctor, was admitted at the King George’s Medical University




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Testing capacity for COVID-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day; 8 NE states reported 194 cases: Vardhan

New Delhi, May 09: The testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh




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Riyaz Naikoo’s killing a shock: Syed Salahuddin

New Delhi, May 09: A video of the outfit's ‘supreme commander' Syed Salahuddin has surfaced on the internet where he condoles the death of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Riyaz Naikoo. Salahuddin also heads the United Jihad Council, a Pakistan-based conglomeration of various




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CBSE to begin paper evaluation from May 10, to be done at home by teachers

New Delhi, May 09: The evaluation for class 10, 12 board exams will be done by teachers at their homes and 3,000 schools have been identified as exam centres to deliver the answer sheets to them, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal




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Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 2.75 lakh, 85% of fatalities in Europe, US

Paris, May 09: The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 2,75,000 people worldwide since it began in China late last year, with more than 85% of fatalities in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally compiled from official




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Punjab ministers walk out of pre-cabinet meeting after tiff with senior officials over excise policy

Chandigarh, May 09: Punjab ministers on Saturday walked out of a pre-cabinet meeting on the excise policy with senior state officials over an ‘unacceptable behaviour’ of the chief secretary with one of their colleagues. The development led to the deferment




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Delhi doctor suicide case: AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal arrested

New Delhi, May 09: The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA Prakash Jarwal and co-accused Kapil Nagar in connection with the suicide case of a doctor here last month, officials said. Jarwal and Nagar were called




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Govt sends teams to 10 states with high number of COVID-19 cases

New Delhi, May 09: The health ministry has decided to deploy central teams in 10 states that have witnessed or are witnessing high COVID-19 cases to assist their health departments to facilitate management of the outbreak. These are




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Rahul demands audit of PM CARES Fund

New Delhi, May 09: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday demanded audit of PM CARES Fund and said the account of money received and spent be made public. On March 28, the Centre set up the Prime Minister''s Citizen Assistance




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'Road to Lipulekh within our territory,' says India on Nepal's objections

New Delhi, May 09: India on Saturday, said the road that was opened for use by pilgrims of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra lies well within Indian territory. The response comes a day after raised objection over India inaugurating a strategically crucial link




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COVID-19: India's tally crosses 62,000; Fresh outbreaks abroad raises concern

New Delhi, May 09: The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 62,700 on Saturday and the death toll topped the 2,000-mark after hundreds more tested positive for the infection in several states, while worries mounted globally about re-emergence of the




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Bodies of terrorists buried off quietly: Cops cite social distancing norms

New Delhi, May 10: The police chief of Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh said that a decision not to hand over bodies of terrorists to the families and also to bury them quietly was taken to ensure social distancing norms during




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3 migrant workers on way to UP die on Maha-MP border

New Delhi, May 10: Three migrant workers who were on their way to Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra, mostly walking, died in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, officials said. The trio were among thousands of migrant workers who




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Pune records 160 new coronavirus cases

Pune, May 10: Pune district reported 160 new coronavirus cases since Friday night, taking the tally of cases to 2,732, health officials said here on Saturday. The death toll reached 148 with five COVID-19 patients succumbing to the infection,




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Will pay for transportation of 9.5k migrants says Congress

New Delhi, May 10: The Delhi Congress has forwarded two lists of nearly 9,500 migrant workers to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that they want to return back to their native states and the party is ready to pay for their




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Coronavirus positive cases in India nears 63,000-mark, 127 deaths in 24 hours

New Delhi, May 10: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to rush Central teams to 10 COVID-19 hit states, which are witnessing high case load and spurt in numbers, reported IANS. The states include Gujarat,




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HC tells AIIMS to ensure dispensation of medicines without delay

New Delhi, May 10: The Delhi High Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to ensure that dispensation of medicines from its pharmacy, which was functioning in limited capacity due to the coronavirus lockdown, resumes without any




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Cop posted on COVID-19 duty dies in Nashik

New Delhi, May 10: The number of COVID-19 deaths in Nashik district reached 20 after a policeman succumbed to the coronavirus infection on Saturday, health officials said. The district also saw 60 new cases through the day, taking the




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Mizoram is now COVID-19 free

Aizawl, May 10: Mizoram became coronavirus-free with the discharge of the lone COVID-19 patient from a hospital on Saturday, officials said. It now shares a similar status with four other northeastern states -- Manipur, Sikkim, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.




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Indian, Chinese troops clash near Naku La in Sikkim sector

New Delhi, May 10: Troops of India and China were involved in a fierce face-off and many of them sustained minor injuries in the clash near Naku La in the Sikkim sector along the Sino-Indo border on Saturday, official sources




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Evaluation of Class 10, 12 board exam will be done from home

New Delhi, May 10: The evaluation for class 10, 12 board exams will be done by teachers at their homes and 3,000 schools have been identified as exam centres to deliver the answer sheets to them, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal




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Notorious narco terrorist arrested by NIA

New Delhi, May 10: A notorious narco terrorist has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency. Ranjit Singh along with co-accused Iqbal Singh Shera are the prime accused in case registered by NIA in connection with the seizure of




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Naval ship arrives in Kochi with 698 repatriated Indians from Maldives

  Kochi, May 10: INS Jalashwa,carrying 698 repatriated Indian citizens from the Maldives, arrived at Cochin Port on Sunday morning, completing the Indian Navy's first massive evacuation exercise from foreign soil during the COVID-19 lockdown. "The first group of




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Nirmala Sitharaman to meet PSU bank chiefs on Monday; to review credit flow

New Delhi, May 10: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a review meeting with CEOs of public sector banks (PSBs) on Monday to discuss various issues, including credit offtake, as part of efforts to prop up the economy hit by




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UP Assembly will be able to accommodate only 200 of 403 MLAs with social distancing: Speaker

Lucknow, May 10: Only 200 of the 403 MLAs will be able to sit inside the Uttar Pradesh Assembly if social distancing norms are implemented in the House as there are not enough seats, Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit said. However, Dixit




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കൊറോണ: ചൈനയിലെ മുടിവെട്ട് ഇപ്പോള്‍ ഇങ്ങനെയാണ്‌

കൊറോണ വൈറസ് വ്യാപിക്കുന്ന ഘട്ടത്തില്‍ സ്വയം പരിരക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിനായി ഏവരും വളരെ ശ്രദ്ധാലുക്കളാണ്. ചൈനയില്‍ നിന്നുള്ള അത്തരത്തിലൊരു വീഡിയോ ആണ് സമൂഹമാധ്യമങ്ങളില്‍ വൈറലായി പ്രചരിക്കുന്നത്. ചൈനയിലെ ഒരു ബ്യൂട്ടിപാര്‍ലറില്‍ മുടിവെട്ടുന്ന വീഡിയോ ആണ് സോഷ്യല്‍ മീഡിയയില്‍ വൈറലാകുന്നത്. സലൂണില്‍ മുടി വെട്ടാന്‍ ചെന്നാല്‍ എങ്ങനെ അവരുമായി അടുത്തിടപഴകാതെ മുടിവെട്ടി കൊടുക്കാം എന്ന് വഴി കാണിച്ചുതരിക കൂടിയാണ് ഈ ബാര്‍ബര്‍മാര്‍




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കൊറോണയെ മുന്‍കൂട്ടി പ്രവചിച്ചോ ഇവര്‍ ?

കൊറോണ വൈറസ് ഇതിനകം ലോകത്ത് അയ്യായിരത്തിനടുത്ത് ആളുകളുടെ ജീവനെടുത്തു കഴിഞ്ഞു. മരണ സംഖ്യ ഇനിയും ഉയരുമെന്ന് ആരോഗ്യ വിദഗ്ദ്ധര്‍ കണക്കുകൂട്ടുന്നു. ആഗോളതലത്തില്‍ ഇത് 1,35,000 ലധികം ആളുകളെ ബാധിച്ചു. ലോകം പകര്‍ച്ചവ്യാധിയുമായി പൊരുത്തപ്പെടുന്നതിനിടെ കൂടുതല്‍ കൂടുതല്‍ നഗരങ്ങള്‍ പുതിയ കൊവിഡ് 19 റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ട് ചെയ്യുന്നു. ഇന്ത്യയില്‍ 78 പേര്‍ക്ക് കൊറോണ ബാധയുണ്ട്, ഒരാള്‍ മരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. Most




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തള്ളവിരൽ ആകൃതി തടിച്ചതെങ്കിൽ ദാരിദ്യ സൂചന

നിങ്ങളുടെ തള്ളവിരലിന്‍റെ ആകൃതി നോക്കി മനസ്സിലാക്കാൻ സാധിക്കുന്ന പല കാര്യങ്ങളും ഉണ്ട്. ഇവ എന്താണെന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നത് നല്ലതാണ്. കാരണം തള്ളവിരലിന്‍റെ ആകൃതി പലപ്പോഴും നിങ്ങളുടെ ജീവിതത്തിൽ വളരെയധികം സ്വാധീനം ചെലുത്തുന്നു എന്നാണ് പറയുന്നത്. വിരലിന്‍റെ ആകൃതി നോക്കി സ്വഭാവത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് മനസ്സിലാക്കാം എന്നാണ് പറയുന്നത്. ഇത് നിങ്ങളിൽ എന്തൊക്കെ നേട്ടങ്ങള്‍ കോട്ടങ്ങൾ പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾ എന്നിവ ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നുണ്ട് എന്ന കാര്യം




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കൊറോണയ്ക്കും മുമ്പ് ലോകം വിറപ്പിച്ചവര്‍

ഇന്ന് കൊറോണ വൈറസിനെ പേടിക്കാതെയായി ലോകത്ത് ആരുമുണ്ടാവില്ല. അത്രയും ഭയാനകമായ രീതിയിലാണ് വൈറസ് ഓരോ രാജ്യത്തും വ്യാപിക്കുന്നത്. വ്യാപനത്തിനും തടയിടാനായി കൊണ്ടുപിടിച്ച ശ്രമങ്ങള്‍ ലോകരാജ്യങ്ങള്‍ കൈകോര്‍ത്ത് നടത്തുന്നുമുണ്ട്. ഇതിന്റെ ഭീകരത കണക്കിലെടുത്ത് ഒരു ആഗോള മഹാമാരിയായി കൊറോണ വൈറസിനെ ലോകാര്യോഗ്യ സംഘടന വിശേഷിപ്പിച്ചു കഴിഞ്ഞു. എന്നാല്‍ കൊറോണ വൈറസിനും മുമ്പ്, നൂറ്റാണ്ടുകളായി മനുഷ്യരാശിക്ക് വിവിധ പകര്‍ച്ചവ്യാധികളെ നേരിടേണ്ടി




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സാമ്പത്തിക നഷ്ടം അടുത്തോ, ലക്ഷണങ്ങളിതാ

നിങ്ങളുടെ സാമ്പത്തിക പ്രതിസന്ധികള്‍ പലപ്പോഴും വെല്ലുവിളി ഉയര്‍ത്തുന്നുണ്ടോ? എങ്കില്‍ അതിന് പരിഹാരം കാണുന്നതിന് വേണ്ടി എന്താണ് ചെയ്യേണ്ടത് എന്നുള്ളത് ശ്രദ്ധിക്കേണ്ട കാര്യമാണ്. പക്ഷേ നിങ്ങളില്‍ സാമ്പത്തിക പ്രശ്‌നങ്ങള്‍ തുടങ്ങുന്നതിന് മുന്‍പായി ചില കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ശ്രദ്ധിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്. അവ എന്തൊക്കെയെന്ന കാര്യം ആദ്യം തിരിച്ചറിയണം. ചില ലക്ഷണങ്ങള്‍ ഇതിന് മുന്‍പ് ശ്രദ്ധിക്കേണ്ടതാണ്. സാമ്പത്തിക തകര്‍ച്ചക്ക് മുന്‍പ് ചില ലക്ഷണങ്ങള്‍ നമുക്ക്




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കൊറോണ വൈറസിന്റെ ശക്തി എത്രനേരം ?

കൊറോണ വൈറസ് പൊട്ടിപ്പുറപ്പെടുന്നത് തുടരുമ്പോള്‍ ആളുകള്‍ ഏറെ ആശങ്കാകുലരാണ്.കൊറോണ വൈറസ് ലോകമെങ്ങും വ്യാപിച്ച അവസ്ഥയില്‍ ഇതിനെ ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റി പല മിഥ്യാ ധാരണകളും ആശങ്കകളും ചോദ്യങ്ങളും എല്ലാ കോണില്‍ നിന്നും സജീവമാണ്. കൊറോണ വൈറസിന് ഒരു പ്രതലത്തില്‍ എത്ര സമയം വരെ പ്രവര്‍ത്തനക്ഷമമായി നിലകൊള്ളാന്‍ സാധിക്കും എന്നതാണ് അതിലൊന്ന്. most read: ഹോം ക്വാറന്റൈന്‍:ആരോഗ്യത്തോടെ തുടരാന്‍ ഈ ശീലങ്ങള്‍




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വജൈനയില്ല, ആര്‍ത്തവവും ഇല്ലാതെ ഒരു സ്ത്രീ

ഗര്‍ഭപാത്രമില്ലാതെയും ആര്‍ത്തവം വരാതേയും ഒരു സ്ത്രീ. വിശ്വസിക്കാന്‍ പ്രയാസം നേരിടുന്നുണ്ടോ? എന്നാല്‍ സത്യമാണ്. വളരെ വൈകിയാണ് ഇത്തരം ഒരു അവസ്ഥ തനിക്ക് ഉണ്ടെന്ന് അവര്‍ മനസ്സിലാക്കിയത്. അയ്യായിരത്തില്‍ ഒരാള്‍ക്ക് മാത്രം വരുന്ന അപൂര്‍വ്വമായ ഒരു അവസ്ഥയാണ് ഇവര്‍ക്കുണ്ടായത്. ഇപ്പോള്‍ ഈ 29 വയസ്സില്‍ ഒരു തുറന്ന് പറച്ചിലിന് തയ്യാറാക്കിയിരിക്കുകയാണ് കെന്യാന്‍ എന്ന യുവതി. കാരണം തനിക്കുണ്ടായ അനുഭവത്തില്‍