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Nearly 800 million Indians, he notes, now rely on free rations.

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He had finished eating his rations, but he was still hungry.

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He said he was kept blindfolded for three weeks, had stones pushed into his ears to limit his hearing, and had his rations of food and water reduced.

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In his testimony, Mohammed said meals in the prison are “extremely insufficient,” going on to describe meager rations with “tiny pieces of bread” and “undercooked, dry rice.”

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He also packed six braised eggs, a favorite snack that he calls his “trail rations.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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