Calendar of Events

2008

November 19: Basudha Study Circle (Topic: Environment and Development. Speaker: Prof. Samar Bagchi)

November 8: Basudha Study Circle (Topic: Science in India. Speaker: Dr. Dipak Dam)

October 23-27:  D. Deb represents CIS at Terra Madre Conference in Turin.

October 12: Basudha Study Circle (Topic: What is Science? Speaker: Debashis Chakrabarty; Discussant: D. Deb)

October 1 - 2: D. Deb participates and speaks at Navdanya’s Conference on Climate Change, Genetic Engineering and Food Security at, New Delhi.

September 27:  D. Deb joins and speaks at a 12 hr-long sit-in strike at Nona Chandanpukur market, Barrackpore in protest against eviction of vendors.

September 19: FAMA meeting at Mahabodhi Society, Kolkata.

September 13-14: Sacred Groves of India: Seminar & Exhibition at Medinipur College.

September 11: Excursion to local Sacred Groves.

September 9-10: SG Seminar & Exhibition at Bishnupur Ramananda College.

September 7: Excursion to local Sacred Groves. 

September 5-6: Sacred Groves of India: Seminar & Exhibition at Shantiniketan.

September 5-14:  Sacred Groves of India: Seminar & Exhibition in three districts of West Bengal organised by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya & CIS.  Read Report here

September 2: NIF Scouts' Meet at Ahmedabad.

August 17: Talk on Food Safety Act 2008 at Indian Association, orgd. by National Hawkers’ Association.

July 26: FAMA meeting at Netaji Mancha; D Deb selected as Member of Board of Representatives.

July 25:  Rahul Vaswani arrives in Barrackpore to contribute voluntary labour to CIS office and Basudha farm.

June 27: CIS, ENDEV and Uthnau jointly send critical comments on the NBRA bill to NBRA, Dept of Biotechnology.[Read Our Critique here]

June 20:  D. Deb attends Regional Consultation (orgd. by Biotech Consrtium India Ltd) to oppose the National Biotechnology Regulatory Bill 2008.

June 7:  Basudha Study Circle (Topic: Global Environment and Local Action. Spekaers: Dr. Dipak Dam, Mr. Anupam Paul & Dr. D Deb).

June 4:  D. Deb gives training in "Risks from GE in Agriculture" in Digha.

June 3:  D. Deb talks to farmers' on saving folk rice varieties in Bajkul.

May 29 - June 1:  Dr. Rajarshi and Dr. Abhik Roy conducts a survey of sacred groves in Sonamukhi block.

May 27: D. Deb speaks in an Organic Farmers' meeting in Bologna.

May 24-25: D. Deb participates in Terra Futura conference in Florence.

May 19:  Meeting of D. Deb and Giancarlo Camerrini with Dr. Kakoli Ghosh and Dr. Nguu Van Nguen of FAO in Rome.

May 11-17:  D. Deb participated in Planet Diversity conference   [More Report here] 

    and the Convention on Biological Diversity COP 9/ MOP4 in Bonn.  Report of Panel DIscussion & Deb's presentation

April 27: Basudha Study Circle (Topic: The Heart and Its Diseases. Speaker: Dr. Subhashis Patra).

April 26:  Sacred Grove survey in Sonamukhi block, with Dr. Rajasri Roy; police harassment on suspicion of terrorism

April 25: Dr. Rajasri Roy arrives for sacred grove work.

April 20-21: Rahul Vaswani's visit to Basudha.

April 13-15: Dr. Rajasri Roy and Abhik Roy visit to Basudha.

April 12-16: Dr. Anna Marie Nicolaysen's visit to Basudha. 

April 6: D. Deb’s leaves for IGRMS Core Group Meeting on Sacred Groves at Bhopal

April 1: D Deb gives training to farmers in a workshop at Raydighi.

March 28-29:  D. Deb gives a talk on Biodivetsity in Visva Bharati University.

March 27: D. Deb speaks at NIF Orientation Wksp at DRCSC: 10 am-4 pm.

March 25: D. Deb gives a talk on Globalisation and Agricultural Sustainability at Netaji Institute of Asian Studies.

March 23: D. Deb gives a talk on Ecological Complexity at W.B. University of Technology.

March 19: D. Deb’s meeting with Academy of Biodiversity Conservation.

March 18: Sara leaves from Basudha.

March 16-17: D. Deb visits Raydighi with AKG on consultancy for Lutheran World Service.

March 9:  Basudha Study Circle (Topic: M N Roy: The Revolutionary Humanist. Speaker: Bhaskar Sur)

March 7: ABC scientists visit Basudha for PBR work.

March 4: WWOOFer Sara from Italy arrives in Basudha.

February 27: D. Deb leaves for SRISTI meeting at Ahmedabad.

February 25: Anirban Dharitriputra takes D. Deb’s interview at Barrackpore.

February 24: Meagen leaves from Basudha.

February 22-25: Dave Rowe and scientists Darryl and Angela stay in Basudha.

February 16-18: Training of village kids at Basudha for preparing People’s Biodiversity Registar.

February 15: ABC team of scientists arrive in Basudha.

February 12: D. Deb attends Sunderban consultation meeting at ENDEV.

February 10: Basudha workers and friends organize a Nature Study Camp at Rajar Bandh.

February 9: Basudha Study Circle (Topic: The Mahabharata & Ancient Indian Social Polity)

January 29-31: Martyn Brown & Australian visitors arrive in Basudha.

January 25: D. Deb gives a public seminar on "Ecological Agriculture and Food Security" at Balagarh Science Fair, Hoogly. [Read Report here]

January 21: D. Deb attends meeting of environmental activists at Indian Association.

January 20: WWOOFer Iuna Rolland leaves for Barrackpore; WWOOFer Meagen Grundberg  arrives in Basudha.

January 18: WWOOFers Matthew Punton & Hayley leave for Kolkata.

January 13: Basudha Study Circle. Topic: The Golden Ratio (Speaker: D Deb)

January 11: Pauline Orain leaves for Kolkata with American Center team.

January 9-11: Visit of Mr. Kelly, Director, American Center & Mr. Ramendra Sarkar to Basudha.

January 7: D. Deb attends US IVP Alumni Association meeting at American Center.

January 5: Basudha Study Circle (Topic: Ecological Economics & Conservation Ethic).

January 4: Guided tour to sacred groves and ponds with WWOOfers Iuna, Pauline, Eloise, Hayley and Matthew. WWOOFer Yuky arrives in Basudha;  D. Deb      gives FM radio talk on migratory birds.

2007

December 2: Shodh Yatra ends at Basudha; Matthew & Hayley arrive in Basudha.

December 26 – January 2: NIF Shodh Yatra: Jay Chandi Pahar & Ajodhya Hill to Basudha.

December 25: CIS  Team starts from Baghmundi for Shodh Yatta.

December 23: Basudha team of WWOOFers joins the Shodh Yatra en route at Bhagabandh, Puruliya; WWOOFers Pauline & Iuna  arrive in Basudha.

December 18: WWOOFer Eloise arrives in Basudha.

December 1 – 2: D. Deb holds farmers workshop on ecological farming techniques on Bali island, organized by WWF-India.

November 21 – 23: D. Deb gives a presentation on rice food web at International Biodiversity Congress at ISI.

November 18-19: D. Deb gives talk on “GMOs amd Farmers Rights” in Kolkata – WEBEN.

November 11: Citizens' meet on Nandigram massacre & press release of statement. [Read Press Release here]

November 3-4: Basudha Festival V.   [Read Report here]

November 1-2: Visit of ZSI scientists to Basudha

October 29 – November 20: Visit of Kasey & Liz from Univ of California to Basudha.

October 24-27: Dr. Samantak Das & family’s visit to Basudha.

October 14: Basudha Study Circle. Topic: “Genetic Engineering”

October 9 – 11: Visit of Costa Rican eco-tourists with Martyn to Basudha.

October 7 – 19: Visit of Josh Kearns to Basudha.

October 4-5: Dr. D. Deb and Dr. Devinder Sharma talk at National Dialogue on GMO at the National Library, Kolkata.

September 30: D. Deb holds a Farmers training workshop on Bali island.  [Read Report here]

September 16: D. Deb and Durgapur Science Forum talks to farmer families of Barjora on the impacts of an open cast coal mine on their lands.

September 26: D. Deb talks on Development and Biodiversity at Jhalda College, Puruliya.

September 14:  D. Deb attends meeting of State Agricultural Commission’s Expert Subcommittee.

September 10: D. Deb holds Farmers wksp at Contai on GMO.

September 3: NIF meeting in ISI; Meeting with farmer-leaders in Belgharia.

August 29: Visit of NIF team to Basudha.

August 25:  CIS attends NIF Shodh Yatra Prep. Meeting of the Core Committe at DRCSC.

August 24: D. Deb attends meeting with Prof. Barun Mukherjee at ISI, Kolkata, on molecular analysis of rice germplasm.

August 23: D. Deb attends meeting in ENDEV on Bali island project.

August 20: D. Deb attends meeting of Agricultural Commission’s Expert Subcommittee at IFFCO

August 11: Basudha Study Circle. Topic: “Ecological Ethics”

August 8:  D. Deb attends meeting of Agricultural Commission’s Expert Subcommittee at IFFCO: 12 noon.

August 4:  Prof. Samar Bagchi and Dr. D Deb holds Students Orientation Program on Science, Technology and Development at Ushagram Trust, Nadia.

August 2: D. Deb and Dr. M. Dutta from CIS Anil Gupta’s Vidyasagar lecture at the Asiatic Society.

August 1: CIS attends Anil Gupta’s talk at CMERI, Durgapur.

July 31:  Visit of Prof. Anil Gupta to Basudha.

July 25: D. Deb attends meeting on Bali island program in ENDEV.

July 24: D. Deb attends meeting of Agricultural Commission’s Expert Subcommittee in Kolkata.

July 23: Meeting with Subrata and Abhro from Balagarh Science Forum at Barrackpore.

June 17: D. Deb gives talk on Ecological Economics of Development at Durgapur.

July 12: D. Deb's Meeting with Seshagiri Rao in Barrackpore.

July 10: D. Deb and Italian guests visit  Sajnekhali and Sudhanyakhali.

July 9: Visit to Bali island to oversee transplanting of folk rice varieties donated by Vrihi..

July 1: D. Deb takes Italian guests to visit farmers in Kamargeria, Bardhaman, and Bolpur.

June 28: Visit of Giancarlo and  Pietro Cammerini and Roberto Cerrina to Basudha;

June 26:  Ms Riya Sinha from SRISTI visits Basudha.

June 6: Environment Day: Basudha Study Circle. Topic: “Biodiversity Conservation: Why and How?”

May 28: D. Deb attends Kolkata chapter of People’s Tribunal held by AICI.  [Read Summary Report of Tribunal here]  [Read Full AICI Report here]

May 26-27: D. Deb, D. Chatterjee and Dr. Mita Dutta visit Nandigram to attend the People's Tribunal held by the All India Citizens’ Initiative .

May 20-24: D. Deb gives training farmers in seed saving at Kalimpong.

May 13-14: D. Deb gives training to farmers in Seed Saving and Sustainable Farming on Bali island.

May 4-6:  D. Deb gives training to farmers in Seed Saving and Sustainable Farming at Rourkella.

April 30:  Dr. Dipak Dam’s visit to Basudha.

April 29: D. Deb and Dr. Vandana Shiva talk at Hawkers Sangram Samiti at Moulali Yuva Kendra on the plight of street hawkers and retailers under the globalized      market rules.

April 28: D. Deb holds a farmers’ workshop at Kajla program.

April 26-27: CIS participated in the People’s Tribunal of State violence in Nandigram.

April 20: Talk on “Developmentality and Ethic” at Shantiniketan, held by Radical Humanist Association.

April 18: Basudha Study Circle. Topic: “From Ethology to Sociobiology” (Speaker: D. Deb)

April 16-17: Dr. Paroma Basu & Dr. Rajat work in Basudha for SRI data analysis.

March 23: Dr. D Deb talks at College Teachers’ Refresher Course, Kalyani University.

March 5-10: CIS attends the Second Sacred Groves Festival at IGRMS, Bhopal. Dr. D Deb as a resource person, is accompanied by Haru Roy of Basudha and Baul singers from Bankura and Puruliya districts, who perform in the festival.

February 25: Dr. D Deb talks on “Sustainable Agriculture” at Breakthrough Science Society, Kolkata.

February 18-19: Prof. Samar Bagchi gives demonstrational training on 'Unerstanding Science in Your Life' for schoolchildren at Basudha.

February 13: Dr. D Deb speaks at a public convention on “Alternatives to Development”, held by CPI(ML) & Nagarik Mancha in Kolkata.

February 7: CIS participates in Bhu Swaraj Conference against corporate land grab in New Delhi.

February 6: Dr. D Deb speaks at Anti-GMO conference, held by Navdanya in New Delhi.

February 3: Dr. D Deb gives seminar on “Sustainable Development” at George Hall, Kolkata.

January 26: Dr. Subhasis Maiti visits Basudha.

January 23: Farmers’ workshop in Majdiha.

January 20: Dr. D Deb talks on “Against Development” at Lake Town;

  Serves as a resource person in “Meet the Scientist” program for school children at Hedua Park, Kolkata.

January 19: Debdulal Bhattacharya of CIS to attend Durgapur Science Fair to open Vrihi stall.

January 14: CIS attends National Meet on Forest Rights Act at Kolkata.

January 6: Dr. D Deb talks in an open seminar on “Developmentality” at Baguiati.

2006

December 22-28: Visit of Alex Jensen of ISEC to Basudha for filming of CIS model of sustainable living.

December 9: Dr. D Deb talks at Nagarik Mancha Seminar, held at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, to oppose the proposed nuclear power station in coastal West Bengal.

November 26: Farmer workshop at Sagar island.

November 23: Farmer workshop at Boreya, Block Tehatta II, District Nadia.

November 17-19: Basudha Festival IV.

November 3: CIS attends Nagarik Mancha convention on State agriculture and industry policy at Moulali Yuva Kendra, Kolkata.

October 19: Basudha Study Circle. Topic: “Theory of Evolution” (Speaker: D. Deb).

September 9: Dr. D Deb talks on “Developmentality vs Sustainability” in Shanti Hall, Kolkata

September 2:  Dr. D Deb attends Nagarik Mancha Conference on Forest Rights Bill at Academy of Fine Arts.

August 30: Meeting of Dr. D Deb and Dr. Paoloroberto Imperiali, on behalf of CIS, with Dr. Heerak Ghosh, State Biodiversity Board  on Folk crop diversity conservation program of CIS.

August 1-5: Dr. D Deb and Dr. Mita Dutta participates in ISEC Conference on Anti-Develeopmentarianism at Leh.

June 19: Dr. D. Deb speaks in a workshop on WTO/ TRIPS in Jadabpur University.

May 15-16: Dr. D Deb speaks at Bhubaneswar conference on Seeds Bill.

April 24: Dr. D Deb joins Panel discussion on “Sustainable Agriculture” at American Center, Kolkata.

April 22-23: Prof. Tapan Misra and Sudipto visit to Vasudha.

April 10:  Basudha Study Circle. Topic: “Marxism” (speaker: Dr. D Deb).

February 12: Basudha Study Circle. Topic: “Origins of Life” (speaker: Dr. D Deb).

2005

December 20-22: Dr. A K Ghosh visits Basudha.

December 10-11: Basudha festival III

December 8: Dr. D Deb talks in a Seminar on “Traditional Knowledge System” held in the Dept of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University.

December 4: Educators David Rowe and Martyn Brown visit Vasudha.

November 29: Dr. D Deb talks on WTO at Moulali Yuva Kendra, held by Hawker Sangram Samiti.

November 21-28: Inventory survey of sacred groves of Bishnupur block.

November 19-28: Dionissis Pomonis from Greece visits Vsudha.

November 19:  Dr. D Deb talks at the National Convention on “Right to Food & Work” held by Jana Samhati Kendra at Badu.

November 8-11:  CIS training of Kalimpong farmers in seed saving and organic farming at Basudha.

October 23: Dr. D Deb speaks on “What is Science?” in Panchal Bigyan O Samaj Study Circle.

September 29-Oct 01: CIS sends Sanjay Pal, Timir Chakrabarty and Anupam Paul to attend Navdanya seminar on Organic Farming in New Delhi.

September 22-30: CIS sends Mantu Jana and Sanjay Pal to attend Dilli Haat Organic Food festival.

September 15: Collaborative visit with Greenpeace India to Madhyamgram to investigate into GM crop cultivation in southern districts of West Bengal.

September 4: Talk on “Development Against Democratic Rights” at Chandannagore.

August 16: All India Radio interview of Dr. D Deb on GM foods.

August 1-2: CIS participates in the Indo-European Symposium on GE, held in New Delhi.

July 19: Dr. D Deb talks on anti-farmer laws of India held by Jana Samhati Kendra at Badu.

July 8-10: CIS invited in a conference at Nagapattanam, Tamil Nadu to advise on farming techniques to grow food in Tsunami affected areas.

June 10-11: Dr. D Deb invited in State Biodiversity Board meeting at Paribesh Bhavan.

July 5-7: Dr. D Deb participates in the Paddy Chain Symposium at Hyderabad.

June 6: Celebration of Environment Day program at Basudha.

June 5: Article on Seeds Bill 2004 published in CPI(M) organ Desh Hitaishi.

June 4: Dr. D Deb talks on the Seeds Bill 2004 at DRCSC.

June 2: Farmer workshop at Bagmari, East Medinipur.

June 1: Farmer workshop at Tiorkhali, East Medinipur.

May 14-18: Dr. D Deb visits Jaipur to frame a curriculum for Tarun Jal Vidyapith.

May 13: Dr. D Deb talks in a CUTS seminar on WTO, on Patents & Farmer Rights at Rotary Sadan, Kolkata. [Read Report here]

May 8-10: Farmer workshops in Bankura district: Janta, Khejurbedia, Layekbandh, Patpur.

April 18: Farmers workshop at Korashuli.

April 14-18: Poster & Banner demonstration against WTO in Panchal.

April 13: Citizens’ Discussion on WTO’s impact on agriculture, water, land and workers, held by Hawker Sangram Samiti at Federation Hall.

April 12: CIS sends 7 tonnes of best quality Organic Rice to SNEHA of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu as aid for Tsunami victims. This is the first organic rice donation for relief in India. [Read Report here] Also read Newspaper Article by Dr. Samantak Das

April 11: Sit-in and Street lectures at Esplanade and Sealdah, organized by Hawker Sangram Samiti during the Global Week of Action.  [Read Report here]

April 10: CIS participates in a citizens’ procession against WTO from Subodh Mallick Square to Sraddhananda Park, Kolkata.

March 13-19: CIS sends represemtatives Mantu Jana and Haru Roy to Dilli Haat with pottery items to participate in the Indigenous Biodiversity and Handicrafts Fair at Dilli Haat. 

March 31-April 3: Dr. Deb talks in a Conference on GMO and Food Security, organized by Navdanya in New Delhi.

March 7: CIS and ENDEV organize a colloquium on the Seeds Bill 2004 at Bangla Academy , Kolkata. Dr. D Deb, eminent biodiversity expert Prof. A K Ghosh of ENDEV, patent expert Dr. Amarjyoti Basu were speakers. The colloquium was attended by civil society activists including Mr. Naba Dutta, Prof. Subhendu Dasgupta, Mr. Samar Bagchi, state agricultural officers, and a few political leaders. CIS presented a group of farmers who expressed their militant views on the anti-farmer Bill.

March 3-5: Dr. Massimo Spadoni from ISIAO, Italy visits Basudha in connection with a collaborative study on sacred groves in Bankura.

February 27-March 2: CIS participates in the Seeds Bill conference in New Delhi, held by Navdanya.

February 24: Dr. D Deb gives an orientation workshop in Patents and Seed Saving at Development Research Communication and Services Centre, Kolkata. DRCSC would publish his lecture in English, Bengali and Oriya for the benefit of agricultural activists.

February 20: Dr. D Deb gives an invited seminar on Indigenous Systems of Biodiversity Management at Medinipur Gope College.

January 25-29: CIS participates in an agricultural conference  in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Papers presented by CIS were “Mixed Cropping of Rice Landraces with Flowering Asynchrony Can Maintain Varietal Purity” (D Deb), “Medicinal and Nutritional Properties of Selected Folk Crop Varieties”  (Mita Dutta and D. Deb), and “Do Folk rice Varieties Yield Really Less than HYVs?” (Anupam Paul and D. Deb).

January 22: Vrihi activists hold a farmers’ workshop at Radhanagar.

2004

December 26: CIS organises Nature study camp at Rajarbandh, where Dr. D Deb introduced about 30 participants to birds, butterflies, trees and medicinal plants in the wild, and discussed the ecological relationships among all beings with examples. Dr. Subhasis Patra and Debashis Mukherjee demonstrated many simple experiments in physics.

December 18-19: Kolkata's Science Communicators' Forum, in collaboration with CIS, organises a GIS training program for school teachers in Barasat.

December 14-18: CIS sends 2 school students from Arjunpur and Bhagaband and a science club activist from Panchal, to Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Kolkata for a 5-day science training course. The students demonstrated and explained different models at the science exhibition.

December 10: Dr. Deb gives talk on Genetic Engineering at Ramananda College, Bishnupur.

December 9: Dr. Deb gives slide-illustrated talk on identifying butterflies and frogs at at Panchal village. The talk was organized by Panchal Bigyan-O-Chetana science club.

November 30:  The organic rice production and conservation at Basudha is telecast on Khoj Khabar channel of TV. Dr. Deb’s interview addressed the popular doubts about the viability of organic farming

November 22-23: Dr. D Deb invited in the Meet the Scientist program in Bhagalpur, where he was a key resource person. Held every year by the Bihar State Committee of the Year of Science Awareness, the program enlisted active participation of more than 400 students from a dozen schools.

November 16: Dr. D Deb attends the District Watershed Development Team meeting in Bankura town to suggest how to save the district’s natural resources by promoting chemical-free biodiverse agriculture and mixed plantation of native flora.

October 20-23:  CIS representatives Dr. D Deb, Dr. Mita Dutta and Debdulal Bhattacharya participate in Terra Madre Coference in Turin, Italy.      [Read about Terra Madre/Slow Food]

October 1- October 7:  CIS participates in Festival on Plants and People at Dilli Haat, organized by Navdanya, New Delhi

September 19 – 20: Basudha Festival II. A traditional sports tournament was held on the first day. Young men and women from partcipated in Kabadi and archery contests. Women from 3 villages participated in pitcher race, while young men from 6 villages participated in stilt race. On the second day of the festival, a discussion on nature conservation encompassed diverse topics ranging from community forestry to sacred groves, organic farming and crop genetic diversity. A science quiz and poster competition attracted over 80 children from 7 villages. The third day witnessed a resurging interest of local villagers in the vanishing forms of Baul music, performed by three bauls.

September 12: Dr. D Deb gives a public seminar on “Developmentality” at the Radical Humanist Association of Chandannagar invited. Apart from Dr. Deb, members of CIS who attended the seminar included essayist Karuna Prasad De.

September 9: Dr. D Deb of CIS visits in the Bankura District Watershed Development Team as advisor.

September 7: Dr. D Deb gives an invited lecture on “GMO and Food Security” at Kalyani University. This was the State’s first university seminar where politics of GM crop release were freely discussed.

August 27-28:  Dr. D Deb from CIS attends RFSTE meeting on Biodiversity and People’s Livelihoods in New Delhi.

August 15: CIS celebrates Independence Day at Beliatore (district Bankura), Seharabazar (district Bardhaman) and Tiorkhali (dist. East Medinipur) with a call for a new freedom movement. Local farmers and citizens gathered in Beliatore Panchayat office ground, where several packets of seeds marketed by Monsanto-Mahyco were burned as a token of protest to illegal GM seed business.   [Read Report here]

July 30-August 3:  CIS participates in the Vasundhara program of Navdanya at Dehra Dun. CIS was represented by Dr. D Deb, poet and essayist Karuna Prasad De, agriculturist Anupam Paul and organic farmers from 3 districts participated in the program.July 26:  Dr. D Deb on behalf of CIS acted as a resource person to train 30 students of Ashurali village in South 24 Parganas district, for preparing a Community Biodiversity Register, documenting species and genetic diversity of crops grown in the village. This project was run by ENDEV Society for Environment and Development, Kolkata, which published 10 such PBRs.

June 5:  Environment Day program celebrated at Vasudha. A Nature Quiz and poster contest for children was held, involving over 60 children from the neighbouring
 5 villages.

April 7:  Public Hearing of Women on the Impact of WTO on Agriculture and Women's Livelihoods at Indian Association Hall, Kolkata.   [Read NWC Report here]