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Cªå CŠ®±î® î®±±u®äouµ²°Ç®S®¡®w®±Ý N®±‹q®± Ÿ°Sµ œµ°¡®±q¯ÙŠµ- 'š®œ®³u®‡®±Š¯u® î¯X®N®Š®± Cî®w®±Ý N®ºl¯S® Cu®± Iw®± Hºu®± ‡µ²°Y› KS®h± †mš®±î®ºqµ q®y®Þw®±Ý N®ºl®±Ÿmu®± rvÛNµ²¡®ë„µ°N®± . Cu®± ý®äî®±; Bu®Šµ …±vÛSµ Kºu®± ‹°r‡®± î¯ã‡®¾¯î®± ; w¯w®² AYÏw® î®±wµ‡®± w®w®Ý Sµ¡µ‡®±Š®² EuµÛ°þš®uµ Ku®T›Š®±î®u®±. D ïÇ®‡®±u®ªå Lu®±S®Š® £®îµ±‡®±w®±Ý „µ°l®±qµÙ°wµ'.

Cªåîµ Nµ©î®¼ w®w®Ý îµ±YÏw® Aî®q®Š®pNµS®¡®±,

y®hÔ C©åîµ, „µ°l®, HºvŠ®©± B AoØ , ( §° Š¯î®±)
y®hÔ N®h±Ô ? w¯ KŒµå Hºu®w®± Dq® ( „®Š®q®)


w®±mu® ¯rw® As®Á H¡µ†l®uµ w®lµ‡®±„µ°Nµº…±u®± î®±œ¯î®äq®
š®q®ã u®Á y®Š¯N®äî®±u® w®î®±â AŠ®š®Š®u®± ( §° Š¯î®±w®u®±)
q¯î®¼ Au® î®±±‹‡®±Š®± . œµŠ®Š®± Au® î®±±‹î®¼u®Nµ
š®î®±âr‡®±x°‡®±Š®±.

Š¯cã q®î®±âxTŠ®ª xw®S®©å HºvŠ®©± ,
„µ°l®îµº†Š® , K¢q®± , „µ°l® †m, Hºu®Š®±
§°Š¯î®± . Š¯cã xw®TŠ®ª , AoØxS®©å ,
HºvŠ®©± D q®î®±â , AoØxSµ q®zÞ›u®
Š¯cãî®w®± w¯ Nµ²¡®ëŒµ° , „®äÇ®Ôw¯S®Œµ° ,
Hºu®± qµ²Šµu®Šµ° ! C® Ÿ‹îµ±‡®±w®± Iwµº…?
b¯‹ œµ²°u®±u®± œµ²°S®Œµºu®î®Š®± †iÔŠ®©± ,
šµ°‹ …ºu®±u®wµ²Œµåwµºv®± qµ²Šµu®Š®±.

î®w®î¯š® „µ°l®, ŸºvŠ®±S®± , „¯ AŠ®š¯S®±
Hºu®± „µ°l®©± „®Š®q® " q®ºuµ Bmu® ¯q®
vh ¯l®±î®u®± w®î®±â C…àŠ® N®Š®Ùî®ã ;
w®î®±Sµ ‡®¾¯î®¼u®± Š®±Y‡µ² Au®w®± ¯l®±î®¼u®©å "
( Hºu®w®± §°Š¯î®± )


‡®¾¯î® œµ²rÙSµ ‡®¾¯î®
‡®¾¯Š® KºvSµ ‡®¾¯î® , ‡®¾¯î® ¯q®w®± ‡®¾¯î®,
u®x‰±ºu® Hºqµºq®± Eªu®± î®±w®î®w®± Sµªu®±
w®lµš®±î®u®± , Cu®Š® X®u®±Š®ª Š¯î®±X®ºu®äxSµ
Hlµ‡®±±ºgµ?

A†Ãǵ°N®
w®lµ‡®±q®N®Êu®± Hºu®± x‡®±ï±›u® B v®
w®lµu® w®lµ , w®±mu® w®±m , H©åî®w®± Nµ°¢vŠµ,
x⠚®Q Š¯î®±X®ºu®ä y®ä„®±î®w® Bîµ±°Œµ
w®Š®wµºu®± wµwµ‡®±Œ¯‹‹ x°î®¼ . w®Š®cºq®± ,
Hxqµ Ÿ‹vŠ®ª , D qµŠ®w® Ÿ‹îµ±‡®±wµºq®±
y®lµv°q®± Hw®±Ýï‹ . D w®î®±â y®ä„®± Š¯î®±
w®Š®î®¾¯q®ä A©å, uµ°î®Šµ „®²ï±T¢q®ºu®±
D Bhî®w®± Bl®±rœ®w®±, vh Hw®±Ýï‹ .
Aºq®y®Þ w®lµ Au®± ; Aºq®y®Þ w®±m Au®± .


( Nµ¶Nµ°‰± ®S®¡® ïÇ®‡®± §°Š¯î®±xSµ œµ°¡®±î¯S®)
"uµ²Šµ w®w®Ý y®Š®î¯T xw®Sµ²ºu®± š®ºS®r‡®±
AŠ®±œ® …‡®±›œ®Š®±. Au®± xw®Sµ KŠµ‡®±±î® …SµSµ
š®ºNµ²°X® y®l®±rœ®Š®± . q®ºuµ‡®±î®‹XµÐ‡®±w®±
w®lµš®±îµw®± Hºu®± x° Bý¯æš®w®î® x°l®± ,
Au® w¯w®± r¢š®±îµw®± " , Hºu®Š®± . Cu® Nµ°¢
Š¯î®±X®ºu®äxSµ „µ°š®Š®± . "q®ºuµ …‡®±š®±î®¼u®
w¯w®± w®lµš®±îµwµºu®± Bý¯æš®w®îµ ? INµ
„µ°N®± Bý¯æš®w®? AXµÐ‡®±w®± ï±°‹
DµSµ HºvŠ®ª w®lµu® î®±S®w®©å w¯.
Cºu®± Au® ï±°‹ w®lµ‡®±±î®w®©å Hº…±u®w®±
q®ºuµ …©åŠ®± ; x°î®¼ …ªå‹ ; H©åŠ®²
…©å‹u® . B CXµÐ Iw®± , Au® r¢›‹ .
AT݇®±w®± œµ²S®± Hw®©± w®S®±q® œµ²S®±îµw®± ; ïÇ®î®
Eo± Hw®©± š®ºqµ²°Ç®vºu® Eo±îµw®± ; Kºu®±
£®o ‡µ²°Yš®±îµx©å . q®l® ¯l®±î®î®w®©å ,
D w¯w®± HºvŠ®ª HŠ®l®± w®±mu®î®w®©å "


Nµ¶Nµ°‰± §°Š¯î®±xSµ 'q®ºuµ‡®± Ay®Þnµ‡®± …‡®±›
q®l®î®¾¯l®±î®u®± „µ°l® ' Hºu®Šµ
Bq® Hºu®Š®± : q¯‰± w®w®Sµ uµ²Šµy®hÔ
„µ°l®îµºu®Šµ „µ°l®. î®w®Nµ w®lµ HºvŸ‹ .
w®lµ‡®±±îµw®± , Cxqµ , œµ²°S®±îµwµº… œ®u®xu®w®±
uµ°ï q¯‰±Sµ r¢š®„µ°N®± . Aw®±î®±r y®lµu®±
x⠚µ²šµ ›°qµS®² r¢› KzÞSµ y®lµu®±
w®S®Š®î®w®± †l®„µ°N®± . Cu®Sµ‡®±±æu®Nµ Hxq®±
îµ°¡µ Ax®±Á Axqµ° w¯w®± w®S®Š®u®ª
CŠ®±î®î®w®± "

D y®äš®ºS®u®ª AŠ®î®±wµ Ÿ‹‡®±Š® ¯q®±
HÇ®±Ô „¯‹‡µ² ïN®h As®Áu®ª î®±±Tu®±u®±
"Š¯î®±w¯nµSµ xw®Ý CXµÏ‡®±w®± w®lµš®±îµw®±
IxXµÐ œµ°¡®± " Hºu®Š®± O‹‡®±Š¯p(Nµ¶Nµ°‰±)Sµ
(u®ý®Š®s®) X®N®äî®rÁS®¡®±. N¯mSµ œµ²°S®± Hºu®y®Þ
BbµÓ ¯mu®±u®± r¢‡®±uµ q¯‰± î®±S®xSµ ,
q®ºuµ‡®±w®± š®q®ã y®ärcÓwµxšµºu®Š®±.

q¯‰± N¹š®Œµã Š¯î®±xSµ N¯mSµ œµ²°S®„µ°l® Hºu®± œµ°¡®±q¯Ù¡µ. "‡®±±î®Š¯c BSµºvŠ®©± BS®±îµw®± Hºuµw®± . N¯l®± œµ²S®± Hw®±rœ®Š®±; œµ²°S®±îµw®± Hw®„µ°N®±. „µ°Šµ‡®± ¯q®± š®©åu®± .q®ºuµ‡®± ¯q®w®±Ý ï±°‹ q¯‰±‡®± ¯q®w®±Ý w®lµš®±î®uµ ? w®w®Ýºqµ‡µ±° x°w®² q®ºuµ‡®± BbµÓSµ Avðw® " Hw®±Ýq¯Ùwµ §°Š¯î®±.

q®î®±â ©£®ÈâoxSµ Ÿ°Sµw®±Ýq¯Ùwµ - "
y®u®ï q®zÞq®±,y®u®ï ¯q®ä q®zÞq®±, u®Á q®zÞqµ° , š®u®Ìr‡µ±° Nµ¶‰±ºu® b¯‹q®±. Ay¯Þd‡®±î®‹rÙŠ®±î® î®X®w®î®w®± A® î®±N®Ê¡®± w®lµš®Œµ²Œµå Hw®©± Au®w®± w®lµš®±î® „¯Š® „µ°Šµ ‡®¾¯Š®u®± ?
w®Š®Š®± K…à‹Sµ K…àŠ®± w¯î®¼ Nµh±Ôu®w®± …‡®±š®±îµî®¼. uµ¶î® ‡®¾¯‹Sµ CŠ®ª B ‹°r Nµ°l® …‡®±š®±î®v©å ; K¢ëq®wµ° …‡®±š®±î®u®± ; K¢ëq®wµ° Hš®S®±î®u®± . Cu®w®±Ý r¢ , q®î®¾¯âd. r¢u®± î®±w®›Sµ š®î®¾¯u¯w®î®w®± q®ºu®±Nµ²°".

›°qµSµ cqµSµ …Š®±î®u®± „µ°l® Hºuµ° Aî®w®± œµ°¡®±q¯Ùwµ . A®± q®wµ²Ýl®wµ …Š®±î®u®± A® u®Á . Bu®Šµ Au®w®±Ý ASµ q¯w®± N®ªš®±î®u®± š®©å .Cu®± Aî®w® ïX¯Š®. ›°qµ Aî®w® Aî®w® cqµSµ î®w®î¯š®NµÊ …Š®±î®u¯T œ®h Ÿm‡®±±q¯Ù¡µ . Aî®w®± Ky®¼ÈÞq¯Ùwµ .

š®æq®» q®ºuµ u®ý®Š®s®wµ° î®±S®xSµ î®w®î¯š®NµÊ œµ²°S®„µ°l® Hºu®± „µ°l®±q¯Ùwµ. - " w¯w®± îµ²°š®NµÊ ›©±O Nµ²hÔ î®X®w® î®X®w®î¯S®u®± . w®w®Ý CXµÐ‡®± ï±°‹ x°w®± w®w®Ý …‹‡®± ¯q®± w®lµš®„µ°O©å; w®w®Ý xS®äŸ›‡®¾¯u®Š®² FŠ®ªå x©±å " Au®NµÊ Š¯î®±w® Eq®ÙŠ® Ÿ°Sµ- "„µ°mu®±u® x°l®±îµwµºu®± KzÞv‹. Iwµ° „µ°mu®Š®± Au®w®±Ý x°l®±î®u®± xî®±â u®Á. Ay¯Þd x°î®¼ u®Áu®ª , x©±î®ºqµ w®lµî®¼u®± xî®±â î®±N®Ê¡¯u® w®î®±â u®Á . w¯î®¼ xî®±â ¯q®± O‹vŠ®ª . Ÿ‹vŠ®ª . Kºu®w®² †l®uµ w®lµš®±îµî®¼ ."

q®ºuµ u®ý®Š®s® "Cî®q®±Ù œµ²°S®„µ°l® ; xw®Ý š®œ®î¯š® š®±Qî®w®± w®w®Sµ x°m w¯¡µ „µ¢SµÌ œµ²Š®l®±ï‡®±ºqµ " Hºu®Šµ "x°î®¼ „µ°š®Š® ¯mNµ²¡®ë„µ°m. DS® u®Áî® †l®uµ w®lµ‡®±±î® D …±vÛ w¯¡µ CŠ®±î®uµ²° C©åîµ½° ? CŠ®ª©å, w¯w®± NµgµÔ , œµq®Ù® O°rÁ‡®±w®²Ý Nµm›u®ºqµ Bv°q®±; w®w®Sµ Ay®Þnµ Nµ²m " Hºu®± „µ°m q®ºuµ‡®± Aw®±bµÓ y®lµ‡®±±q¯Ùwµ. œµ²Š®l®±î¯S® " š®æ©Þ q®lµ ; î®±N®Ê¡®w®±Ý Cw®ÝÇ®±Ô wµ²°l®„µ°N®± . " Hºu®Šµ "î®w®î¯š®NµÊ œµ²Š®iŠ®±î®uµ° xc . A®± CwµÝÇ®±Ô
N¯© wµ²°l®ªNµÊ š¯u®ã; ASµ œµX®±Ï N®Ç®Ô Bv°q®± " Hºu®± q®l®î®¾¯l®uµ w®lµ‡®±±î®Š®±.

î®w®î¯š®NµÊ qµŠ®¡®±î® š®ºu®„®Áu®ªå Š®s®î®w®±Ý xŠ¯N®‹š®±q¯Ù " w¯î®¼ î®w®î¯›S®¡®±. Š®s®u® ¯q®± CwµÝ°w®±" Hºu®± w®lµ‡®±qµ²l®S®±q¯ÙŠµ .

Ÿº„¯ªš®±î® FŠ®cw®‹Sµ " š®±î®±âwµ u®±:Q y®l®„µ°m . „µ°S®wµ w¯î®¼ ŸºvŠ®±T …Š®±îµî®¼ . î®±wµS®¢Sµ œµ²°T. î¯mNµ‡®± …u®±N®w®± š®î®¾¯u¯w®u®ª …u®±O ; w¯î®¼ …Š®±î®î®ŠµSµ š®±Qî¯T „¯¢" Hºu®± œµ°¡®±q¯Ùwµ.

‡®¾¯Š® ïÇ®‡®±u®©± N®Š®±nµ‰±ºu®Œµ w®lµu®±Nµ²¡®ë„µ°N®±. q®y®¼ÈÞ î®¾¯l®u®î®Šµ²…àŠ®± C©å Œµ²°N®u®ª , §° Š¯î®±xSµ y®r݇®¾¯TŠ®©± q®N®Ê N®Š®±n¯¡®± Xµ°q®w® ›°qµ‡®± ¯ru®± .

î®±w® wµ°Š® CŠ®ª ; w®lµ w®±m wµ°Š® BS®±î®î®¼ .
î®±w® wµ°Š®, w®lµ wµ°Š® , w®±m wµ°Š® Bu®îµ½°
Œµ²°N®î®w®± w®lµš®±rÙŠ®±î® ý®OÙ xw®Ý q®wµ²Ýºu®±
î®±S®±î®ºqµ N¯y¯mNµ²¡®±î®¼u®± . wµwµ‡®±vœ®
‹°r‡®±ª Hl®‹w®ª qµ²l®‹w®ª ‡®¾¯î®¼uµ²°
wµŠ®î®¼ …ºuµ²u®S®±î®u®± .
Iwµ …ºu®Š®² Cu® î®±Šµ‡®±vŠ®± . w®w®Ý î®±w®
wµ°Š® Cuµ , B ý®OÙ w®w®Ý N¯y¯l®±î®u®±,
Hºu®± œµ°¢Nµ²
- Cu®± b¯w®OSµ G±™ y®r݇µ²…à¡®± œµ°¢u®±Û

„¯¡®w®± A‹‡®±…‡®±š®±î®Š®±
Nµ©N¯© î®w®î¯š® w®lµš®±î®u®± K¡µë‡®±u®± .
- Cu®± ©£®Èâow® A†Ãy¯ä‡®±.

§° Š¯î®±w® N®±‹q®± cw® Iw®w®±Ý®± ?
- Š¯î®±w® Xµ°q®w®Nµ Aš®²‡µ±‡®± Œµ°y® H¡®ëÇ®²Ô C©å . Au®± H©å œµ²rÙw®©² ý¯ºq®.
-§° Š¯î®±xSµ Nµl®± w®±m‡®± w®±mu®î®Š®± î®±Š®± w®±m‡®± Nµ°¡®Š®±
-Hºqµ² Hªå‡µ² O‹u®± Ey®N¯Š® ¯mŠ®©± Aî®w®± Au®w®±Ý î®±Šµ‡®±uµ Ey®N¯‹‡®±w®±Ý N®ºl® y®ärš®©î®½ wµwµu®± š®ºqµ²°Ç® qµ²°Š®±î®w®± . Ÿ‹‡®± Ay®Š¯u® w®²Š®± ¯mu®Š®² Aî®w®± ŒµOÊš®w®± , Aºq® Bq®âq®w®±
- œ®±› îµ²°š® X®wµSµ §° Š¯î®±w®ª Hlµ‰±©å.
- v°w®Š®ª N®Š®±nµ , Ÿ‹‡®±Š® N®±‹q®± î®±‡®¾¯Áuµ , q®w®Ý u®Áu®ª ý®³uµÜ; ý®±„®u®ªå ¯q®ä Bš®OÙ ; H©å Aýµä°‡®±š®ÊŠ®î¯u®u®ÛŠ®ªå ±Qã ; EYq® š®ºu®„®Áu®ª î®±³u®± î®±u®±Š® z䇮± „¯ǵ ; ï±q® „¯ǵ ; E¢u®ºqµ ¹w®;
-§° Š¯î®±w®w®± ‡®¾¯Š®± wµ²°l®±î®Šµ²° , A®± u®w®ãŠ®±; ‡®¾¯Š®w®±Ý §° Š¯î®±w®± wµ²°l®±î®wµ²° , A®± u®w®ãŠ®±;

- Shreekanth Mishrikoti

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