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In our editorial section, we offer more than just opinions; we provide a beacon of insight and perspective on the pressing issues facing our society today. With thoughtful analysis, balanced viewpoints, and a commitment to truth, our editorials serve as a platform for constructive dialogue, encouraging readers to critically engage with the world around them.

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Progress of Cockroaches

The arrogance of the apex court found eloquent expression when the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant made...
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Letters to the Editor

Wooden Coffins, Copper Savings Editor, I wish to congratulate the MeECL on their spectacular performance in Umtangling. It takes an...
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Tragedy for Some; Football Frenzy & Foreign Jaunts for Others

By Patricia Mukhim This month alone in Meghalaya, tragedy has befallen four families who lost their sons/husbands on Friday...
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Going Beyond Symbolic Observances

By Shivani Pde Today on 17th July 2026, across Meghalaya, wreaths will be laid, speeches will be delivered and...
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Optimism, parliament

Optimism is high as the Monsoon Session of Parliament begins on Monday, with a declaration from the government...
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Negative Consequences of Politicizing Culture on the Federation Editor, In his editorial published in The Shillong Times titled, “Inviting Assam...
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Why the Invitation to Himanta Biswa Sarma was Wrong

By Bhogtoram Mawroh The invitation of Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Assam, to the recently concluded Behdeinkhlam festival...
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Byrnihat, Burnihat – The ‘y’ and ‘u’ matter…in pollution

By Banwan Lyngdoh How many of those who have travelled the Shillong–Guwahati road have noticed the names Byrnihat and...
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Of Unfinished Projects

The new Meghalaya State Assembly building, officially started in 2019 at Mawdiangdiang has been waylaid by shifting deadlines....
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History Relies on Many Sources Editor, Dr. Omarlin Kyndiah's article, "Who Defines the Jaiñtia? History or Colonial Records?", is...
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At the Crossroads: Envisioning the Future of Our State and Society

By Dr Donkupar Syiem We, as a State, a society, and a community, stand at a defining crossroads in...
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Motorcycle/Scooty Theft in Meghalaya It’s Time to Stay One Step Ahead of Criminals

By Augusten Blah The report in The Shillong Times some days ago that nine two-wheelers were stolen across Meghalaya...
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Voiceless left

The Left, which was once perceived as the voice of the poor, is a tame shadow of its...
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Coal Today, Consequences Tomorrow Editor, There is something truly inspiring about the urgency with which some groups and political voices...
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Who Defines the Jaiñtia? History or Colonial Records?

Dr. Omarlin Kyndiah By reducing the history of the Jaiñtia people almost entirely to British colonial records, Bhogtoram Mawroh’s...
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The Price of Neglect

By Darisuk Syiemlieh There is a quiet tragedy unfolding in Meghalaya, one so ordinary that it rarely makes headlines....
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Arbitrary Actions of Dorbar Shnong

A growing debate in Meghalaya concerns whether the institution of the Dorbar Shnong has acquired powers unmatched by...
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Stop Favouritism in Textbooks Selection Editor, I write to draw public attention to worrying practices in the approval and distribution...
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The Classroom That Swallows Children Whole and Calls It Education

By Napoleon S. Mawphniang Socrates once said that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what, I...
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Salt and Blade: The Oath that Echoed through the Hills

By Maitphang Syiem Imagine a blade, cold and gleaming, with a few grains of salt resting upon its edge....
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Population, perceptions

Another World Population Day passed on July 11, with the usual ‘programmes’ led by governments and entities like...
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Don’t Turn Sacred Festivals into Political Battlegrounds Editor, The Voice of the People Party's (VPP) protest against inviting Assam Chief...
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MCA Harassment: Govt & NGOs Silent

Editor, The Under-23 Women's Cricket Team of Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA) showed a kind of courage that our institutions...
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Tourism Gone Berserk

News of the onrush of tourists to common destinations, turning the place into a noisy spectacle that disrupts...
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Why Are Meghalaya’s Youth Getting Lost In The Career Maze

By Ibormitre Passah & Karissa Berti Khonglam Every year, nearly 70,000 young people in Meghalaya finish school or college...
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New Economic Focus on Northeast in India-Japan Partnership

By Bagmita Borthakur & Bishaldeep Kakati For much of the past decade, discussions surrounding India-Japan cooperation in Northeast India...
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Forget Crowing, the Hens Now Refuse to Even Squeak

By Patricia Mukhim Growing up in a Khasi matrilineal society girls are taught that silence is respectful and butting...
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The Role Models Meghalaya Doesn’t Need

By Tipriti Khonglam There was a time when the Meghalaya government understood that every public decision carried a message...
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Terror from Trump

Iran, obviously, is caught in its worst plight – with President Donald Trump resuming the war after a...
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Why a University in Francis Xavier’s Name?

Editor, Any decision of the Government is expected to be based on authentic information, sensitivity towards all communities and...
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El Nino & Lessons from the Meghalayan Age

By Bhogtoram Mawroh Recently, the Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma, held a workshop on El Niño preparedness in...
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Linguistic pejoration in Khasi society: Reclaiming our vocabulary from tribalism

By Mankular Lamin Gashnga I was reading Bhogtoram Mawroh’s article where he used the word Synteng to refer to...
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A Conspiratorial Silence

Meghalaya has no dearth of pressure groups who are deferentially referred to as NGOs, although they don’t qualify...
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Misuse of Government Quarters Editor, I write this letter as a concerned citizen regarding the use of the Government...
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80% Deficit Monsoons: A Looming Shadow Of An Approaching Natural Disaster ?

By Toki Blah On July 3, 2026, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma inaugurated a workshop titled “Developing State...
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Trapped in the Colonial Web of Knowledge

By Randolph Langstieh “If ‘cutting trees into parts’ epitomises the modernist epistemology, ‘talking with trees,’ I argue, epitomises animistic...
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Myth of progress

The World Bank's designation of India as a “lower middle income” economy should drill some sense into the...
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The ILP Dilemma: Why Pre-Election Promises Must Yield to Governance Accountability Editor, Every election cycle in Meghalaya follows a predictable...
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Women and Sexual Abuse

The goings-on in the Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA) where women players were sexually exploited by a section of...
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Neolissochilus pnar: The Pride of Meghalaya

By H.H. Mohrmen Meghalaya is renowned not only for its breathtaking landscapes but also for its extraordinary underground world....
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UCC Bandwagon pulls into West Bengal

By S. N. M. Abdi After Assam, West Bengal – the politically, electorally and demographically dominant state in the...
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Women’s Empowerment Editor, Women do most of the work in Indian agriculture but own almost none of the land. According...
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Teesta and more

Bangladesh would not have been born but for the timely help that India provided by way of material,...
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Farmers Crying Over a Loan the Government of Meghalaya Called Progress

By Napoleon S Mawphniang There's a particular kind of cruelty — quiet, bureaucratic, almost elegant in its indifference —...
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Consumer Choice & Local Enterprise: Finding the Right Balance for Meghalaya

By Shakeel Rafee Swer The debate over whether quick-commerce platforms should be allowed to operate in Meghalaya extends far...
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Why Use Teachers for Election-Related Work Editor, The repeated absence of government school teachers from classrooms due to their deployment...
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Beyond the Uniform: A Cry for Consideration

Editor, As I read Ludwig Van Beethoven's poem, "Whoever feels the joy of music, let him treasure it; but...
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Whither Financial Literacy

The Press Information Bureau Shillong has kickstarted a heated debate on whether merely having a bank account qualifies...
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Tea and Sugar: The Social Life of Red Tea in the Jaintia Hills

By Anna Notsu In Meghalaya, people receive and offer tea throughout the day. During my research in the Jaintia...
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Bob’s Banter

By Robert Clements Bullied by the Bully! I remember a boy in school who strutted around as if he owned...
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Behdeinkhlam: The Covenant of U Lakriah and the Four Sisters

By Dr Omarlin Kyndiah As the monsoon approaches Jowai prepares yet again to host one of its most profound...
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The Decline in Solidarity Among Young People

By Pyndap Lyngdoh It is often said by leaders, elders, and public figures that youth are the future of...
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Silence over Ayodhya

The Ayodhya Ram Temple funds case is getting curiouser, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the massive...
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Letters to the Editor

Traffic Management or Mismanagement? A Plea for Logic at Rhino and Barik Points Editor, I am writing to express my...
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Who Are the Jaintia? Colonial Records and the Question of Khasi Identity

By Bhogtoram Mawroh Ever since the state anthem was announced, there has been resistance from a section of the...
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Ayodhya scandal signals systemic decay

By Jagdish Rattanani The snowballing scandal over allegations of misappropriation of donations and offerings at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple...
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Is Buildings On Rivers Permitted?

Meghalaya has several regulatory authorities, but none bother to implement the rules prescribed by the Government from time...
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Tainted Men, Borrowed Power: MCA Holds Up Matriliny Mirror Editor, Your editorial of June 30 'Matriliny Brutalised', gave me a...
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Geopolitics amidst a changing world order

By Toki Blah Today the term “ Geopolitics “ is often bandied around as if everyone knows what it...
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The Silence of the Lungs

By Ellerine Diengdoh Disclaimer: This op-ed has been reviewed by a team of experts who have spent the last...
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United opposition

Success is when adversity turns into an advantage. Consider how the splintered Opposition is uniting at the national...
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Women Cricketers Deserve Justice

Editor, The Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA) President’s move to dismiss and impose lifetime bans on the Head Coach and...
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Ïung Blai: The Sacred Institution of the Pnar

By H.H. Mohrmen Niamtre religion is not an organized religion and does not have a place of worship like...
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The Reality Behind Meghalaya’s Education Crisis

By Ibanriakor D Pakma I would like to express my agreement with Patricia Mukhim’s article, “Stop Playing the Fool...
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Matriliny Brutalised

This is not the first time that Meghalaya's much-romanticised matrilineal legacy has been shown up for what it...
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Justice for Women Hides Behind the Law at MCA

Editor, I write as a parent of a daughter who has represented Meghalaya in cricket - young women who...
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Iran back again

The situation is back to square one. A tenuous peace pact that was supposed to halt the US-Iran...
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Meghalaya’s Electoral Roll and the Politics of Disappearance

By Napoleon S Mawphniang Critical Questions on Meghalaya's Special Intensive Revision 2026 There is a myth from ancient Greece that...
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Miles of Beauty, Nowhere to Stop

By Balakmen Suting I have lived near this highway most of my life. My home sits close to what...
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A Woman Cricketer’s Gratitude, & Plea for Justice to Go Deeper into MCA Affairs

Editor, As a woman who has represented Meghalaya in cricket, I wish to express my sincere thanks to MCA...
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Reliable Connectivity Urgently Needed in Mawlynnong

Editor, Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to draw the attention of the concerned authorities to...
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Passport, Citizenship Conundrum

On the occasion of Passport Seva Diwas, a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) created...
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Mawlynnong: “Asia’s Cleanest Village” & A Diplomatic Faux Pas

By Patrick P. Sawian There are occasions in life when humiliation arrives not as an event but as a...
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Hope of economic resurgence in the northeastern belt

By G N Bajpai The nation has seen much political heat in the midst of elections particularly in West...
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Obsessed With the Past & With Culture but Lacking Vision for the Future

By Patricia Mukhim The Khasi people of whom I am a member actually believe we are a special species...
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Indian Democracy’s Political Dance: Manufacturing Mandate and Opposition

By Antriksh Kar Singh Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky popularised the concept of manufacturing consent in their seminal...
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Devotion, embezzlement

In a secular nation, it is not the government’s business to build religious institutions or temples. However, Prime...
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Remembering Kong Spility Lyngdoh and her dedication

Editor, Long gone but never to be forgotten for her dedication and spirited stand against Uranium Mining in Domiasiat...
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Shillong Lok Sabha By-Election: More Than a Contest between Two Teachers

By Bhogtoram Mawroh I am not really sure if this has ever happened before in the history of the...
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Bob’s Banter

By Robert Clements NEET Justice and Our Mercy..! The pictures were heartbreaking. Young boys and girls stood outside NEET examination...
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Meghalaya BJP Gets a Boost

Politics is a strange game where politicians claim allegiance to a political party only as long as it...
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SCA’s Disgraceful Attack on a Respected Player

Editor, The news report published on June 22 regarding the Shillong Cricket Association's letter to the BCCI concerning MCA...
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West Bengal voters need the Right to Recall truant lawmakers

By S. N. M. Abdi Just in case you want to illustrate George Bernard Shaw’s famous remark “politics...
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Women’s reservation: What the modern world demands

By Eugene Arnold Jaraine With each passing day, advances in digital technology, semiconductor innovation, automation, artificial intelligence, adaptive systems...
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Cabinet, Ministers

The buzz about a Union Cabinet reshuffle is getting shriller by the hour, as a set of Rajya...
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Is VPP Wave on the Wane?

Editor, The explanation offered by the VPP regarding the modest turnout at its recent outreach programmes merits a balanced...
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Samanong: Where Conservation, Community and Agri-tourism Meet

By H.H. Mohrmen In a state where many rivers are increasingly treated as dumping grounds for waste and sewage...
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A Gun, A Livestream and a Question Bihar Cannot Ignore

By Divesh Ranjan Some deaths cease to belong solely to the individual and begin to speak to the anxieties...
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Nature Traumatised

What happened along the Shillong–Dawki road near Pynursla—the stretch where hills have been cruelly brought down by JCBs...
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Holding Road Construction Companies Accountable

Editor It is a blatant fact that the company contracted to widen and construct the National Highway from Shillong...
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The Alphabets From A Woman’s Perspective

By Sandra Ramsdam Thomas Jones Day would simply be a holiday and anglers’ chance to have a day off...
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To Touch the Roots of the Trees

By Emidaka Rapsang The mists and the folklore of the mountains always seem to entrance each passerby, each traveller...
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Trains sans speed

It sounds curious that the Railway ministry has unveiled plans for Bullet Train routes in seven more sectors,...
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Fathers of the Khasi Script

Editor, Andrew J May, the great grand-nephew of Thomas Jones 1, in his book " Welsh missionaries and British...
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Who Will Enforce the SWM Rules 2026

Recently the State Pollution Control Board organised a meeting at Windermere to announce the launch of the Solid...
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Shillong’s irascible traffic

Editor, It's a wonder how traffic administration in Shillong during VIP visits is so smooth and free of hurdles,...
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Oil’s peace dividend is real but no return to pre-war situation 6-12 Months required for Hormuz flows to be fully restored

By K Raveendran The US-Iran deal marks a genuine easing of one of the most dangerous geopolitical shocks to...
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The Roads to a New Meghalaya

By Prof Marco Mitri Why the North East Infrastructure Summit marks not a moment, but a milestone in a...
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Mystery Of The Appearance & Disappearance of Coal in East Jaintia Hills

Editor, Yarns and myths were perhaps part of our weaning process as a Jaitbynriew. The folklores that we as...
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Stop Playing the Fool With Education: It’s Weighing Us Down

By Patricia Mukhim When we were young kids in school and got into mischief during class hours the teacher...
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