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HÀ`«∞ʼnõΩ. JO`Õ F =$^Œú "å#~°O HõΔ}ÏÖ’¡ P Ѩ#㨠K≥@∞ì ZH˜¯ J^Õ
ѨxQÍ Ç≤Ï`«É’^èŒ KÕã¨∞Î#fl |∞Öò, |∞Öò Ñ≤@ìx QÆ∞ÃÑÊ_»∞`À Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx ÃÑ·
#∞O_ç „H˜OkH˜ qã¨i H˘\˜ìOk |ÅOQÍ.
JO`Õ JO`« Z`«∞Î #∞O_ç qã¨∞~°∞QÍ <ÕÅÃÑ· Ѩ_»¤ P |∞e¡ Ñ≤@ì
K«zÛ T~°∞‰õΩOk. PÃÑ· KåÖÏ ¿ãѨ٠=∞O@ ~å*ËÜ∞« \ÏxH˜ qâ◊fi „ѨÜ∞« `åflÅ∞
KÕã≤# P =∞Hõ¯\ÏÅ∞ qã¨∞QÆ∞ ѨÙ\˜ì, JHõ¯_ç #∞O_ç ÖËz, "Õˆ~ KÀ@∞H˜
"≥o§áÈÜ«∂~Ú.
hu : =¸~°∞öÅH˜ ã¨ÅǨÅ∞ WzÛ# "åà◊§H˜ „Ѩ=∂^ŒO `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞. Ñ≤Å¡Å hu Hõ^äŒÅ∞
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Éèí∞*ÏÖˇˆH¯ Éèí∂`«O
ѨÓ~°fiO K«O^˘Å∞ J_»=ÙÅÖ’ ''áêáêã¨∞~°∞_»∞—— J<Õ „|Ǩχ~åHõãΔ ∞¨ _»∞
LO_Õ"å_»∞. "å_»∞ Ѩ~°=∞‰õÄ$~°∞_»∞. `«#‰õΩ ÅaèOz# =∞#∞+¨μefl
x~åúH˜Δ}ºOQÍ #q∞e q∞OˆQ¿ã"å_»∞. "å_ç ‰õÄ$~°`åfixH˜ ZO^Œ~À
ÉÏ@™ê~°∞Å∞ „áê}ÏÅ∞ á⁄Q˘@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl~°∞.
D ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞ XHõ Z`≥ÎÂ# |O_»~å~ÚÃÑ· ‰õÄ~°∞ÛO_ç, J@∞"≥·Ñ¨ÙQÍ
=zÛáÈÜÕ∞ =∞#∞+¨μefl ^ŒQÆæiH˜ Ñ≤ez, K«OÑ≤ u<Õ¿ã"å_»∞. WÖÏ P
„|Ǩχ~åHõãΔ ∞¨ _ç ^Œ∞~°‡~åæÅ∞ H˘#™êQÆ∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. ^•O`À `≥eã≤# "åà‹§=fi~°∂
P =∂~°æOÖ’ „Ѩܫ∂}˜OKÕ"åà◊√§ HÍ~°∞. HÍ~°}O "åà◊§H˜ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. P
=∂~°æOÖ’ „|Ǩχ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞ LO\Ï_»x.
XHõ~ÀA# ~å[Ü«∞ºJ<Õ Ñ¨e¡@∂i =ºH˜Î #QÆ~°O #∞O_ç, K«O^ÀÅ∞
"≥à¥◊ ,Î ~Ô O_»∞ Tà◊§ =∞^躌 Ö’ L#fl K«O^˘Å∞ J_»=ÙÅ ‰õΩO_® #_»∞ã¨∞OÎ _»QÍ,
„|Ǩχ~åHõΔã¨∞_ç Ñ≤Å∞Ѩ٠q#|_çOk.
P ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~° ã¨fi~åxH˜ ~å[Ü«∞ºH˜ ǨÏ_»Å∞ ѨÙ\˜ìOk. 㨈~ ^è≥·~åºx
zHͯ|\˜Hì ˘x, P Ñ≤Å∞Ѩ٠q#=zÛ# "≥Ñ· Ù¨ #_çKå_»∞. JHõ¯_» ÃÑ^ŒÌ ~åu|O_»
g∞^Œ `åÑ‘QÍ ‰õÄ~°∞Ûx L#fl áêáêã¨∞~°∞_»∞ HõxflOKå_»∞.
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^•^•Ñ¨Ù U_»∞ J_»∞QÆ∞Å Z`«∞Î L#fl P „|Ǩχ~åHõΔã¨∞_çx K«∂_»QÍ<Õ
~å[Ü«∞º‰õΩ Q˘O`«∞ `«_®iáÈ~ÚOk ÉèíÜ«∞O`À... JѨC_»∞ P ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞
QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ JiKå_»∞.
Fi =∂#=Ù_®! Uq∞\˜ h ¿Ñ~°∞ Jx, ^Œ_», ^Œ_» ÖÏ_»∞`«∞#fl
QÆ∞O_≥#∞ x„QÆÇ≤ÏOK«∞H˘x, =}∞‰õΩ`«∞#fl ã¨fi~°O`À, ~å[Ü«∞º J<åfl_»∞.
JѨÙÊ_»∞ ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞, FǨϟ, h ¿Ñ~°∞ ~å[Ü«∞º, 㨈~. ##∞fl h Éèí∞*ÏÅÃÑ·
ZH˜¯OK«∞H˘x K«O^˘Å∞ Tà’§H˜ fã¨∞ÔHà◊√§ J<åfl_»∞. P =∂@ q#QÍ
~å[Ü«∞º QÆ∞O_≥ [Å∞¡=∞#flk. P Ѩ~°fi`åHÍ~°∞_çfl <Õ#∞ ZÖÏ "≥∂Ü«∞QÆÅ#∞
J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞ =∞#ã¨∞Ö’...
J~Ú<å ^è≥·~°ºOQÍ #\˜ã¨∂Î, K«O^˘Å∞ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ hˆHO\˜ Ѩx
J<åfl_»∞. JѨC_»∞ ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞, ˆ~Ü«∞ ~å[Ü«∞º D =∂~°æOÖ’ [<åÅ∞
Z=~°∂ ~å=@O ÖË^Œ∞, ^•O`À <å‰õΩ KåÖÏ HÍÅOQÍ PǨ~°O ÖˉõΩO_®
áÈ~ÚOk.
<Õ<Õ K«O^˘Å∞ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ =∞HÍO "Õâß##∞HÀ, HÍ"åeû#O`«
=∞Okx JHõ¯_Õ u#=K«∞Û J<åfl_»∞.
~åHõΔã¨∞_ç =∂@ÅH˜ ~å[Ü«∞º LeH˜¯ Ѩ_®¤_»∞. Fi– h ^Œ∞OѨ`≥QÆ,
#∞=Ùfi J_»qx =ke, „QÍ=∞OÖ’ KÕi`Õ, P „QÍ=∞OÖ’x [<åefl K«O¿Ñã≤,
P „QÍ=∂xfl 㨇âß#OQÍ =∂~°∞™êÎ=Ù Jx =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
J~Ú<å ÃÑ·H˜ Ug∞ J#‰õΩO_®, ~åHõΔã¨∞_çx K«O^˘Å∞ „QÍ=∂xH˜ "≥∂ã¨∞‰õΩ
"≥à◊\ÏxH˜ JOwHõiOKå_»∞.
"≥∂ã¨∞‰õΩ "≥à§◊ #∞ JO>Ë P ~åHõãΔ ∞¨ _»∞ WHõ¯_Õ `«#x K«OÑ≤áêˆ~™êÎ_#» fl
ÉèíÜ«∞O ~å[Ü«∞ºH˜ LOk. ~å[Ü«∞º `«#x Éèí∞*ÏÅÃÑ· "≥∂ã¨∞H˘x
fã¨∞ÔHà◊§\ÏxH˜ JOwHõiOK«QÍ<Õ ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞, ~å[Ü«∞º#∞ `«#∞ ‰õÄ~°∞Û#fl
|O_» ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ ~°=∞‡x Ñ≤eKå_»∞.
~å[Ü«∞º JÖψQ |O_» ^ŒQÆæiH˜ "≥o§ xÅ∞Û<åfl_»∞. P ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞
QÆÉèÏÅfl |O_» g∞^Œ #∞O_ç ^Œ∂H˜, ~å[Ü«∞º Éèí∞*ÏÅÃÑ· Ô~O_»∞ "≥ѨÙÖÏ
HÍà◊√§ "Õã≤ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞.
~å[Ü«∞º ~åHõΔã¨∞_ç |~°∞=ÙH˜ TyáÈÜ«∂_»∞. HÍh x„QÆÇ≤ÏOK«∞H˘x
ã≤÷~°OQÍ xÅ|_®¤_»∞.
áêáêã¨∞~°∞_çx "≥∂ã¨∞‰õΩx |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞ ~å[Ü«∞º. ~åHõΔã¨∞_ç
áê^•Å∞, ~å[Ü«∞º á⁄@ì ^ŒQÆæ~° ^•HÍ =KåÛ~Ú. ~å[Ü«∞º ~åHõΔã¨∞_ç
HÍà◊√§ Ѩijeã¨∂Î K«O^˘Å∞ „QÍ=∞O "≥·Ñ¨Ù #_»Hõ™êyOKå_»∞.
~å[Ü«∞º #_»∞ã¨∞<Î ,Õ ~åHõãΔ ∞¨ _ç HÍà◊√§, áê^•Å∞ ѨijeOK«™êQÍ_»∞.
~åHõΔã¨∞_ç HÍà◊√§, =∞_»=∞Å ^•HÍ ^Œ$_è»OQÍ L‰õΩ¯ =ÚHõ¯ÖÏ¡ L<åfl– "å_ç
áê^•Å∞ =∂„`«O `«=∞Åáê‰õΩÖÏ¡ =∞$^Œ∞=ÙQÍ L<åfl~Ú. Wk K«∂ã≤
~å[Ü«∞º‰õΩ Pâ◊Û~°ºO Hõey, P =∂>Ë ~åHõΔã¨∞_çfl J_çQÍ_»∞.
JѨC_»∞ ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞ WÖÏ K≥áêÊ_»∞. ˆ~Ü«∞ =∂#=Ù_®, <å‰õΩ XHõ
|∞∞+≤ âßѨO WKåÛ_»∞. P âßѨO „ѨHÍ~°O <Õ#∞ <å HÍà◊§`À #_ç¿ãÎ `«Å
Ѩye =∞~°}™˜ êÎ#x ^•O`À <Õ#∞, #_»= ‰õΩO_®, hÖÏO\˜ "åà◊§ Éè∞í *ÏÅ∞
ZH˜¯ Z>ˇÿ<å "≥à◊√ÎO\Ï#∞.
~åHõΔã¨∞_ç =∂@Å∞ q#fl ~å[Ü«∞º
|∞„~°Ö’ XHõ PÖ’K«# "≥∞iã≤Ok. D
~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞ Z\˜ì Ѩiã≤÷uÖ’ #_çz~å_»∞.
HÍ~°}O "å_»∞ #_ç¿ãÎ, =Úx âßѨO =Å#
`«Å Ѩye K«™êÎ_»∞. Hõ#∞Hõ g_çx ZÖÏÔQ·<å
ZHõ¯_≥<· å kOÑ≤`,Õ `«#∞ Hˆ =Δ ∞OQÍ "å_ç ÉÏi
#∞O_ç `« Ñ ≤ Ê OK« ∞ HÀ=K« ∞ Û. ^•O`À P
~åHõãΔ ∞¨ _çx ZÖÏÔQ<· å `«# Éè∞í *ÏÅ∞ÃÑ· #∞O_ç kOáêÅx PÖ’zOK«™êQÍ_»∞.
WO`«Ö’ "åà◊§H˜ XHõ K≥~°∞=Ù HõxÑ≤OzOk.
P K≥~°∞=Ù K«∂_»QÍ<Õ ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞ ˆ~Ü«∞ ~å[Ü«∞º! ##∞fl K≥~°∞=ÙÖ’H˜
fã¨∞ÔHà◊√§ ™êfl#O KÕ™êÎ#∞ J<åfl_»∞. 㨈~ Jx ~å[Ü«∞º ~åHõΔã¨∞_çx
"≥∂ã¨∞H˘x K≥~°∞Ö’H˜ kQÍ_»∞.
~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞ ~å[Ü«∞º Éèí∞*ÏÅ g∞^Œ #∞O_ç K≥~°∞=ÙÖ’H˜ ^èŒ_®Åfl
^Œ∂HÍ_»∞. PÃÑ· ~å[Ü«∞º K≥~°∞=Ù QÆ@∞ì g∞^ŒH˜ =zÛ, K≥~°∞=ÙÖ’ ™êfl#O
KÕã∞¨ #Î fl ~åHõãΔ ∞¨ _çfl QÆ=∞xOK«™êQÍ_»∞. ~åHõãΔ ∞¨ _»∞ ™êfl#O KÕã≤ ã¨O=`«û~åÅ∞
J~Ú#@∞ìOk HÍÉ’Å∞, Ǩ~ÚQÍ P K≥~°∞=ÙÖ’ D`« H˘_»∞`«∂, ™êfl#O
KÕã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞.
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ã¨=∞Ü«∞O K«∂ã≤ ~å[Ü«∞º "ÕQÆOQÍ #_»∞K«∞‰õΩO@∂ K«O^˘Å∞ "≥·Ñ¨Ù
|Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞, Jk QÆq∞xOz# ~åHõãΔ ∞¨ _»∞, ~å[Ü«∞ºx QÆ\Qì˜ Í Ñ≤eKå_»∞.
J~Ú<å ~å[Ü«∞º P Ñ≤Å∞Ѩ٠q#|_»#@∞ìQÍ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ ™êyáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
JÖÏ "≥o§áÈ`«∞#fl ~å[Ü«∞º#∞ PáêÅO>Ë ~åHõãΔ ∞¨ _»∞ #_çz f~åe. #_ç¿ãÎ
|∞∞+≤ âßѨO Ѷ¨eOz `«Å Ѩye K«™êÎ_»∞.
Hõ#∞Hõ ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞, ~å[Ü«∞ºx <å<å u@∞¡ u_»∞`«∂ P K≥~°∞=ÙÖ’<Õ
LO_çáÈÜ«∂_»∞. PÃÑ· Z=~°∞ P K≥~°∞=Ù "≥·Ñ¨Ù #∞O_ç "≥à◊√Î<åfl, ~åHõΔã¨∞_»∞
"åà◊§x Ñ≤ez, `«##∞ |Ü«∞\˜H˜ "≥∂ã¨∞ÔHà◊§=∞x „áêi÷OKÕ"å_»∞.
HÍh „|Ǩχ~åHõΔã¨∞_çx, H˘i, H˘i Z=~°∞ Éèí∞*ÏÅÔH`«∞ΉõΩO\Ï~°∞.
P q^èŒOQÍ ~å[Ü«∞º `≥eq, ã¨=∞Ü«∞ ã¨∂ÊùiÎ =Å¡ ~åHõΔã¨∞_ç Ñ‘_® [<åÅH˜
=keOk.
hu : |ÅO Hõ<åfl `≥eq Q˘Ñ¨Êk.
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<åQÆ Ñ¨Ù„`«∞_»∞
=Úq∞‡_ç=~°O J<Õ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ J<Õ "Õ^ŒÑ¨O_ç`«∞_»∞
LO_Õ"å_»∞. PÜ«∞# ÉèÏ~°º ¿Ñ~°∞ `«∞Åã¨=∞‡. Éè@ í ∞ì=¸iÎ <åÅ∞QÆ∞ "Õ^•Å∞,
Jëêì^Œâ◊ ѨÙ~å}ÏÅ∞ *’áêã¨#Ѩ\ ˜ì# =∞Ǩ"Õ∞^è•q. P ^Õâßxfl áêeOKÕ
~åAQÍ~°∞ Ãã`· O« Éè@í ∞ì=¸iÎx Q“~°qOKÕ"å~°∞. J<ÕHõ ™ê~°∞¡ Éè@ í ∞ì=¸iÎH˜
~åAQÍ~°∞ ã¨<å‡<åÅ∞ KÕ™ê~°∞.
^•O`À Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎH˜ _»|∞ƒ, |OQÍ~°O qѨs`«OQÍ áÈQÆ∞Ѩ_çOk.
Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ ^ŒOѨ`«∞ÅH˜ Jhfl ѨÙ+¨¯ÅOQÍ L<åfl~Ú. "åà◊§‰õΩ#fl UÔH·Hõ
Ö’@∞ ã¨O`å#O ÖË^Œ∞.
P ^ŒOѨ`∞« Å∞ Ñ≤ÅÅ¡ ∞ HõÅQÍÅx ZO^Œ~À ^Õ=Ùà◊§H˜ "≥Ú‰õΩ¯‰õΩ<åfl~°∞.
ѨÙ}ºˆHΔ„`åÅ∞ uiQÍ~°∞. HÍh Ѷ¨e`«O â◊¥#ºO. XHõ ~ÀA Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ P
Ti J=∞‡"åi QÆ∞_çÖ’ ~å=∂Ü«∞}O ѨÙ~å}O K≥ѨÙ`«∞O_»QÍ, XHõ ¢ã‘Î
PÜ«∞# =^ŒÌ‰õΩ =zÛ WÖÏ J_çyOk.
''JÜ«∂º ѨO`«∞Å∞QÍ~°∞! Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ ÖËx ^Œâ◊~°^äŒ∞_»∞ U^À Ü«∂QÆO
KÕ¿ãÎ ~å=∞, ÅHõΔ ‡}, Éèí~°`«, â◊„`«∞Ѷ¨ÚflÅ∞ ѨÙ\Ïì~°x q<åfl#∞. P Ü«∂QÆO
¿Ñ~°∞ Uq∞\’ K≥ÑÙ¨ `å~å?—— P PQÆO`«‰Ωõ ~åÅ∞ J_çy# „Ѩâfl◊ ‰õΩ Éè@ í ∞ì=¸iÎ
LeH˜¯ Ѩ_®¤_»∞. HÍ~°}O `«#ˆH Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ ÖË~°∞. `«#∞ ‰õÄ_® U^≥·<å Ü«∂QÆO
KÕ¿ãÎ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ ѨÙ_»`åˆ~"≥∂... J#fl PÖ’K«#Ö’ L<åfl_»∞.
J~Ú`Õ U Ü«∂QÆO K≥Ü∂« ºe J#fl q+¨Ü∞« O J`«xH˜ ã¨Ê+¨Oì HÍÖË^∞Œ .
`«# =∞#ã¨∞ûÖ’H˜ ã¨O^ÕǨxfl P ¢ã‘Î J_»QÆ@O =Å# PÜ«∞# HõÅ=~°
Ѩ_®¤_»∞. PÜ«∞# PÖ’K«# #∞O_ç `Õ~°∞H˘x ã¨=∂^è•#O K≥áêÊÅ#∞‰õΩx
K«∂¿ã ã¨iH˜. WO^•Hõ „Ѩâfl◊ J_çy# ¢ãΑ Hõ#|_»Ö^Ë ∞Œ . JѨC_»∞ J~°=÷ ∞~ÚOk
Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎH˜ P ¢ã‘Î J=∞‡"åˆ~#x–
PÅÜ«∞OÖ’ ѨÙ~å}Ï HÍňHΔѨO ѨÓiÎ HÍQÍ<Õ JO^Œ~°∂ Wà◊§H©
"≥o§áÈÜ«∂~°∞. Éè@ í ∞ì=¸iÎ ‰õÄ_® WO\˜H˜ KÕ~∞° ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. PÜ«∞# WO\˜H˜
"≥àı§ã¨iH˜, PÜ«∞# ÉèÏ~°º `«∞Åã¨=∞‡ =∞Oz x„^ŒÖ’ L#flk.
Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ ÉèÏ~°º#∞ ÖËѨ‰õΩO_®, P~°∞ |Ü«∞@ "Õã≤ L#fl Ѩ\ ˜ì
=∞OK«OÃÑ· Ѩ_∞» ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. ZO_®HÍÅO HÍ=@O =Å# K«ÅQ¡ ÍeH˜ "≥O@<Õ
x„^ŒÑ¨\ ˜ìOk PÜ«∞#‰õΩ.
P ~å„u x„^ŒÖ’ Z=~À K≥Ñ≤Ê#@∞¡QÍ qx Ñ≤OzOk. Ñ≤Å¡Å∞
HõÅQÍÅO>Ë KÕÜ«∂eû# Ü«∂QÆO ¿Ñ~°∞.
Jk Ѩل`«HÍ"Õ∞+≤ì Ü«∂QÆO. JO`«\ ˜ ѨO_ç`∞« _»∞ J~Ú# Éè@í ∞ì=¸iÎH˜
HÍÅO Hõeã≤=KÕÛ^•HÍ U Ü«∂QÆO K≥Ü«∂ºÅ#fl q+¨Ü«∞O `«@ìHõ áÈ=@O
ã¨Ç¨Ï["Õ∞.
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=∞~åfl_»∞ L^ŒÜ«∞O ÉèÏ~°º`À K≥áêÊ_»∞. =∞#O `«°fi~°Ö’ Ѩل`«HÍ"Õ∞+≤ì
Ü«∂QÆO KÕ^•ÌO. YzÛ`«OQÍ h‰õΩ ã¨O`å#O HõÅ∞æ`«∞Ok. Éèí~°Î =∂@ÅH˜,
Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ ѨÙ\˜ì#O`« ã¨O`À+¨O HõeæOk `«∞Åã¨=∞‡‰õΩ. J#∞‰õΩ#fl „ѨHÍ~°"Õ∞
P ^ŒOѨ`«∞Å∞ ã¨=∞ã¨Î |O^èŒ∞=Ùefl Ñ≤ez =Úq∞‡_ç"å~°OÖ’x "åà◊§
QÆ$ǨÏOÖ’ Ѩل`«HÍ"Õ∞+≤ì Ü«∂QÆO KÕ™ê~°∞.
P ~ÀA ~å„u Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎH˜, XHõ ^Õ=`å~°∞ѨÙ_»∞ ã¨fiѨflOÖ’
HõxÑ≤Oz, `«fi~°Ö’ h ÉèÏ~°º QÆ~°ƒù=uHÍQÆÅ^Œ∞. h‰õΩ Ñ¨O_»O\˜ =∞QÆ a_»¤
[x‡™êÎ_»∞ Jx Pj~°fikOKå_»∞. Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ `≥Å¡i<åHÍ ÉèÏ~°º#∞ Ñ≤ez,
`«# H˘zÛ# ã¨fiѨflO QÆ∞iOz K≥áêÊ_»∞.
`«∞Åã¨=∞‡ KåÖÏ P#OkOzOk. ã¨iQÍæ ã¨O=`«û~°O uiˆQ ã¨iH˜
Éè@í ∞ì=¸iÎ ^ŒOѨ`∞« ÅH˜ |OQÍ~°OQÍ "≥∞iã≤áÈÜÕ∞ XHõ ã¨~Ê° O [x‡OzOk.
=∞x+≤H˜ ã¨~°ÊO ѨÙ\˜ìOk J#fl "å~°Î q#fl [<åÅ∞ Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ WO\˜H˜
`«O_˘Ñ¨, `«O_®Å∞QÍ =zÛ, Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ ã¨O`å#OQÍ [x‡Oz#
<åQÆ∞áê=Úx K«∂ã≤ "≥à◊§™êQÍ~°∞.
WO`«Ö’ Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎH˜ ã¨O|OkèOz# |O^èŒ∞=ÙÅ∞ ‰õÄ_® =zÛ P
a_»¤#∞ K«∂ã≤, HõOQÍ~°∞ Ѩ_®¤~°∞.
áê=Ú „Ѩ=∂^ŒHÍi, Hõ#∞Hõ "≥O@<Õ P <åQÆ tâ◊√=Ùx Z@<åfl
^Œ∂~°OQÍ fã¨∞ÔHo§ =kÖËã≤ ~°=∞‡x ã¨ÅǨ WKåÛ~°∞. HÍh Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ
ÉèÏ~°º =∂„`«O `«#∞‰õΩ Ñ¨Ù\˜#ì k áê=Ú J~Ú#ã¨~ˆ JÖψQ ÃÑOK«∞‰õΩO\Ï#x
Ѩ@∞ì |\˜ìOk.
Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ hà◊√§ #q∞ÖÏ_»∞. |O^èŒ∞=ÙÅh HÍ^Œ#ÖË^Œ∞. ÉèÏ~°º#∞
ã¨=∂^è•# Ѩ~°K«ÖË_»∞. z=iH˜ `«∞Åã¨=∞‡ =∂>Ë <≥yæOk. P ã¨~åÊxfl
ÃÑOK«∞H˘\ÏxˆH x~°‚Ü«∞O [iyOk.
WÖÏ ã¨O=`«û~åÅ∞ QÆ_çKå~Ú. Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ ã¨O`«#O J~Ú#
ã¨~åÊxH˜ 18 ã¨O=`«û~åÅ∞ xO_®~Ú. Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ U<å_»∞, `«#
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çQÍ Ñ¨Ù\˜ì# ã¨~åÊxfl Hõhã¨O =Ú@∞ìH˘"å@O ‰õÄ_® [~°QÆÖË^Œ∞.
P ã¨~°Ê ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çx `«∞Åã¨"Õ∞‡ QÆ∞O_≥ÅÃÑ· ÃÑ@∞ìH˘x ™êH©, 18 Uà◊√§
ÃÑOzOk.
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XHõ ~ÀA `«∞Åã¨=∞‡ Éèí~°Î#∞ ã¨g∞Ñ≤Oz, U=∞O_ç =∞# a_»¤‰õΩ
ÃÑm§_»∞ =zÛOk. ÃÑo§ K≥^•ÌO J#flk. ÉèÏ~°º =∂@ÅH˜ Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ
QÆ`«∞‰õΩ¯=∞<åfl_»∞. U"Õ∞"£! áê=ÚH˜ Z=Ô~·<å Ñ≤Å¡#∞ W™êÎ~å? h Ñ≤zÛQÍx
J<åfl_»∞ ÉÏ^èŒQÍ.
Éèí~°Î =∂@efl Y`«~°∞ K≥Ü«∞º‰õΩO_®, `«∞Åã¨=∞‡ `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çH˜
ÃÑo§ KÕã≤ f~åÅx Ѩ@∞ìѨ\ ˜ìOk. 㨈~ ÉèÏ~°º#∞ ÉÏ^èŒÃÑ@ì@O W+¨ìO ÖËHõ,
HÀ_»e HÀã¨O J<Õfi+¨} „áê~°OaèOKå_»∞ Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ. PÜ«∞# "≥O@<Õ
„Ѩܫ∂}O "≥Ú^ŒÅ∞ ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞.
"≥Ú^Œ\ ˜QÍ ã≤OǨÏѨÙi „QÍ=∞OÖ’ LO@∞#fl `«# ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_»∞
âıëê„kx Hõeã≤, `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çH˜ ÃÑo§ KÕÜ«∂Åx J#∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl#x
K≥áêÊ_»∞. `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ 'áê=Ú— Jx á⁄~°áê@∞# ‰õÄ_® q∞„`«∞_çH˜
K≥ѨÊÖË^Œ∞ Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ.
PÜ«∞# =∂@ q#fl âıëê„k `«# ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î hÖÏO|ix Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ
‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çH˜ WzÛ q"åǨÏO KÕ™êÎ#x =∂@ WKåÛ_»∞. WOˆHO HÀ_»Å∞
^˘iH˜Ok.
P ~ÀAÖ’¡ Hõ<åºâ◊√ůO J<Õ PKå~°O LO_Õk. Hõ<åºâ◊√ůO JO>Ë,
ÃÑo§‰õÄ`«∞i `«e¡, ^ŒO„_»∞ʼnõΩ H˘O`« ^èŒ<åxfl K≥e¡Oz, ÃÑo§‰õΩ`«∞ix
ã¨fiQÆ$ǨxH˜ fã¨∞‰õΩ "≥o§ `«=∞ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çH˜
WzÛ ÃÑo§ KÕ¿ã"å~°∞ ÃÑo§ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_ç `«e¡
^ŒO„_»∞Å∞.
JO^Œ∞=Å¡ Éè@ í ∞ì=¸iÎ ‰õÄ_® ÉèÏsQÍ
Hõ<åºâ◊√ůO K≥e¡Oz, q∞„`«∞_ç ‰õΩ=∂Ô~Î
hÖÏO|ix fã¨∞H˘x =Úq∞‡_ç=~°O „QÍ=∞O
KÕ~å_»∞. HÍÉ’ÜÕ∞ HÀ_»efl K«∂ã≤, `«∞Åã¨=∞‡
ÉÏQÍ P#O^ŒÑ¨_çOk. F#∞=∞i HÀ_»Å∞
K«Hõ¯x K«∞Hõ¯, ã¨∞QÆ∞}ÏÅ ~åt J~Ú`Õ U
J`«ÎQÍiH˜ P#O^ŒOQÍ LO_»^Œ∞. 㨈~ XHõ
=∞Oz =ÚǨ˙~°ÎO x~°‚~ÚOK«|_çOk.
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Wk WÖÏ LO_»QÍ, P TiÖ’x J=∞‡ÅHõ¯Å∞ Éè@ í ∞ì=¸iÎ HÍÉ’ÜÕ∞
HÀ_»efl Hõeã≤, ÃÑo§ H˘_»∞‰õΩ =∞x+≤ HÍ^Œx áê=Ú Jh, P ÃÑo§
KÕã¨∞H˘=^ŒÌh ã¨ÅǨÅ∞ K≥áêÊ~°∞.
HÍh ÃÑo§ ‰õÄ`«∞~°∞ hÖÏO|i WÖÏ J#flk. =∂ `«O„_çQÍ~°∞,
Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎQÍiH˜ Ñ≤Å¡x™êÎ#x "åQÍÌ#O KÕ™ê~°∞. Hõ#∞Hõ UO [iy<å
ã¨~ˆ Éè@
í ∞ì=¸iÎ QÍi ã¨~Ê° Ѩل`«∞_çx ÃÑàϧ_ç f~°`å#x. ã¨~ˆ x~°~‚ ÚOz#
=ÚǨ˙~åÎxˆH Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎQÍi <åQÆ Ñ¨Ù„`«∞_çH˜, hÖÏO|iH˜ q"åǨÏO
Ѷ¨∞#OQÍ [iyOk. =∞x+≤H˜, ã¨~åÊxH˜ [iy# D qz„`« q"åǨÏO
K«∂_®\ÏxH˜ "ÕÖÏk [#O `«~°e =KåÛ~°∞.
q"åǨÏO J~ÚOk. hÖÏO|i XHõ P_»^≥·# ^èŒ~°‡Ñ¨uflÖÏQÍ<Õ Éèí~°Î
J~Ú# ã¨~åÊxH˜ Jxfl ~°HÍÅ ¿ã=Å∞ KÕ¿ãk. HÀ_»Å∞ ~å=@O =Å#
`«∞Åã¨=∞‡H˜ H˘_»∞‰õΩ ÉÏ^茺`« `«yæ q„âßOu ^˘iH˜Ok. WÖÏ ~ÀAÅ∞
QÆ_»∞ã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú.
XHõ <å\˜ áœ~°q‚ ∞~å„u ã¨~Ê° =Ú „H˜Ok Ѩ_H» õ QÆkÖ’x x„kã¨∞OÎ ^ŒQÍ
hÖÏO|i XO\˜iQÍ "Õ∞_» ÃÑ·H˜ "≥o§Ok. K«Å¡x "≥Å∞QÆ∞Å∞ zOkã¨∞Î#fl
K«O„^Œ∞_çx K«∂ã≤ "≥∞ÿ=∞~°z áÈ~ÚOk P"≥∞. WO`«Ö’ Z=~À "Õ∞_» "≥∞@∞¡
ZH˜¯ ÃÑH· ˜ =ã¨∞#Î fl â◊|OÌ q#Ѩ_ç Z=~å Jx `«Å uÑ≤Ê K«∂ã≤Ok hÖÏO|i.
XHõ JO^•Å Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_»∞ HõxÑ≤OKå_»∞. J`«_∞» Z=~À hÖÏO|iH˜
J~°O÷ HÍÖË^∞Œ . J`«_∞» <Õ~∞° QÍ hÖÏO|i ^ŒQiæÆ H˜ =zÛ H“yeOK«∞HÀ"åÅx
„Ѩܫ∞uflOK«QÍ hÅO|i J`«xfl ^Œ∂~°OQÍ „`˘ã≤"Õã≤, P„QÆǨÏOQÍ WÖÏ
J#flk.
Fs áêáê`«∞‡_® Z=~°∞ h=Ù, ##∞fl `åHÍÅx K«∂ã¨∞<Î åfl=Ù? *Ï„QÆ`.Ϋ
P"≥∞ P„QÆǨxfl K«∂ã≤# P Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_»∞ z~°∞#=ÙfiÅ∞ zOkã¨∂Î, F~¸
hÖÏO|i <Õ#∞ Z=~°#∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl=Ù. <Õ#∞ x#∞fl ^èŒ~°‡âߢã¨ÎѨ~°OQÍ
ÃÑàϧ_ç# <åQÆ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çx J<åfl_»∞.
HÍh hÖÏO|i, P Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_ç =∂@efl #=∞‡ÖË#@∞ì K«∂ã≤Ok.
JѨÙÊ_»∞ P Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_»∞ K≥ѨÊ@O „áê~°OaèOKå_»∞. ^Õg, <Õ#∞ âßѨ
HÍ~°}OQÍ WÖÏ ã¨~°Ê ~°∂ѨOÖ’ [x‡OKå#∞.
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Z=Ô~·<å W+¨ìѨÓ~°fiHõOQÍ ##∞fl q"åǨÏ=∂_ç`Õ, q"åǨÏO [iy#
ã¨O=`«û~åxH˜ =∞x+≤ ~°∂ѨO á⁄O^ŒQÆÅ#∞. J~Ú`Õ ~å„uà◊√§ =∂„`«"Õ∞
=∞x+≤ ~°∂ѨO. ѨQÆÅ∞ ã¨~°ÊOQÍ<Õ LO\Ï#∞ J<åfl_»∞.
hÖÏO|i Hõà◊§=ÚO^Õ „H˜O^Œ Ѩ_»Hõ QÆkÖ’ `«ÅÊO g∞^Œ L#fl
áê=Ú â◊s~°OÖ’H˜ „Ѩ"ÕtOz J^Œ$â◊ºO JÜ«∂º_»∞ P Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_»∞. nxH˜
hÖÏO|i KåÖÏ ã¨O`À+≤OzOk. P =∞~åfl_»∞ L^ŒÜ«∞O D q+¨Ü«∂xfl
J`«Î, =∂=∞ʼnõΩ `≥eÊOk.
"åà◊√§ D ã¨OQÆux qx =∞Ǩ P#OkOKå~°∞. XHõ ~ÀA ~å„u
hÖÏO|i, Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_»∞ "Õ∞_»ÃÑ· "≥<≥flÅÖ’ q=iã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ, Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ
ǨÏ~îå`«∞ÎQÍ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_ç Ѩ_»Hõ QÆkÖ’ „Ѩ"ÕtOz, ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_ç `«ÅÊOÃÑ·
L#fl ã¨~Ê° ^ÕÇ¨ xfl K«∂ã≤, PǨ! <Õ#∞ Hõ#∞Hõ D áê=Ú â◊s~åxfl ^ŒÇϨ #O
KÕã≤#@∞ì J~Ú#KÀ <å ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ `«Ñ¨Ê‰õΩO_® =∂#= ^ÕǨÏOÖ’<Õ
LO_ç f~å`å_»∞ J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
"≥O@<Õ P áê=Ú â◊s~åxfl WO\˜H˜ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ fã¨∞ÔHo§, =∞O@
`«Ü«∂~°∞ KÕã≤ P =∞O@Ö’¡ P áê=Ú ^ÕǨxfl "Õã≤ ^ŒÇ¨Ï#O KÕã≤ WO\˜H˜
=KåÛ_»∞. "Õ∞_»ÃÑ· #∞O_ç „H˜OkH˜ =zÛ# Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çH˜ `«#
ã¨~°Ê ^ÕǨÏO HõxÑ≤OK«Hõ U"≥∞ÿk Jk Jx `«e¡, ^ŒO„_»∞efl J_çQÍ_»∞.
JѨC_»∞ Éèí@∞ì=¸iÎ ‰õΩ=∂~å! âßѨ= âß`«∞Î h‰õΩ Hõeæ# ã¨~°Ê â◊s~åxfl
<Õ#∞ ^ŒÇ¨Ï#O KÕ™ê#∞.
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HÍ=Ù# h=Ù WHõÃÑ· D =∞#= ~°∂ѨOÖ’<Õ LO_»=K«∞Û J<åfl_»∞. J`«xH˜ q#|_çOk XHõ =∂#= ã¨fi~°O, P ã¨fi~°O K≥ÑÊ≤ # =∂@, =∂#"å,
`«O„_ç =∂@ʼnõΩ P#OkOz# Ü«Ú=‰õΩ_»∞, `«O„_ô, g∞~°∞ <å ã¨~Ê° ^ÕÇ¨ xfl D K≥@∞ìx #~°Hõ@O =∂#"å?
=∞O@Ö’¡ "Õã≤ =∞Oz Ѩx KÕ™ê~°∞. ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º Pâ◊Û~°ºÑ¨_ç K«∞@∞ì K«∂™ê_»∞. Z=~°∂ Hõ#|_»ÖË^Œ∞. D
<å‰õΩ W=fi|_»¤ âßѨOÖ’ ѨiǨ~°O „ѨHÍ~°O, Z=Ô~·<å <å ã¨~°Ê =∂@ J#flk Z=~À J~°÷OHÍHõ, ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º HÍ¿ãûѨ٠JÖÏ<Õ xÅ∞Ûx, =∞m§
^ÕÇ¨ xfl <å‰õΩ `≥eÜ«∞‰õΩO_® ^ŒÇϨ #O KÕã#≤ @∞¡ J~Ú# <å‰õΩ WHÍ U<å\˜H© K≥@∞ì #~°Hõ\ÏxH˜ Q˘_»¤e ZuÎ, K≥@∞ìÃÑ· "Õâß_»∞. JO`Õ XHõ ^Õ=`å ¢ã‘Î
ã¨~Ê° ~°∂ѨO ~å^Œ∞ J<åfl_»∞. ^•O`À Éè@ í ∞ì=¸iÎ PO#O^ŒQÍ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çx ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º =ÚO^Œ∞ „Ѩ`«ºHõΔ"≥∞ÿOk. P"≥∞#∞ K«∂ã≤ ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º Pâ◊Û~°ºO`À
H“yeOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. <À~°∞ "≥à◊§Éˇ\Ïì_»∞.
`«∞Åã¨=∞‡ Hõhflà◊√§, K≥H˜¯à◊§ÃÑ· ^˘~°∞¡`«∞O_»QÍ, H˘_»∞‰õΩ, HÀ_»efl
PáêºÜ«∞OQÍ ^ŒQÆæiH˜ fã¨∞‰õΩ#flk. `«#H˜ ã¨~°Ê ~°∂ѨOÖ’ a_»¤ [x‡Oz<å
=∂`«$áêâßxH˜ ~°∂ѨO`À Ѩx ÖË^Œ∞ Jx áê=Ú#∞ a_»¤QÍ ÃÑOz#
`«∞Åã¨=∞‡ x[OQÍ =∞`«$^Õ=`«.
hu : ~°∂ѨO âßâ◊fi`«O HÍ^Œ∞.
V
KÕ@∞ `≥zÛ# ã¨ÅǨ
ѨÓ~°fiO "Õ[O_»¡ J<Õ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º J<Õ <Õ`« HÍi‡‰õΩ_»∞
LO_Õ"å_»∞. J`«xH˜ ÉèÏ~°º, W^ŒÌ~°∞ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞. ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º =∞QÆæO g∞^Œ |@ìÅ∞
<Õã≤, ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ L#fl Ѩ@ì}OÖ’ J=Ú‡‰õΩx r=#O ™êyOKÕ"å_»∞.
L#flO`«Ö’ Ǩ~ÚQÍ rq`«O QÆ_∞» ѨÙ`«∞#fl ѨÙÅ¡Ü∞« ºH˜ XHõ™êi XHõ ã¨=∞㨺
U~°Ê_çOk. J^ÕO@O>Ë XHõ™êi J`«x ^ŒQÆæ~°∞#fl =∞QÆæO qiy áÈ~ÚOk.
=∞m§ P =∞QÍæxfl ÉÏQÆ∞KÕ¿ãÎHÍh |@ìÅ∞ <ÕÜ«∞ÖË_»∞. |@ìÅ∞ <Õ¿ãÎHÍh JѨC_»∞ P ^Õ=`å ¢ã‘ΠѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º#∞ K«∂ã≤ WÖÏ J#flk. <åÜ«∞<å
~ÀA QÆ_»=^Œ∞. ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∂º! <Õ#∞ D K≥@∞ì g∞^Œ LO@∞#fl J_»q ^Õ=`«#∞, KåÖÏ Uà◊√§QÍ
^•O`À ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º `«# „QÍ=∂xH˜ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ L#fl J_»qH˜ "≥o§ D K≥@∞ìÃÑ· x=tã¨∞Î<åfl#∞. h=Ù ^ŒÜ«∞KÕã≤ D K≥@∞ìx H˘@ì‰õΩO_®
=∞QÆOæ HÀã¨O XHõ K≥@∞ì#∞ H˘\˜,ì K≥H¯õ Å∞ `≥^•Ì=∞x J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. ^•O`À =kÖˇ~Úº.
L^ŒÜ«∞"Õ∞ x„^ŒÖËz, K«^ŒÌ<åflO =¸@ Hõ@∞ìH˘x, Éèí∞*Ï# Q˘_»¤e "Õã¨∞H˘x =#^Õ=`« =∂@ÅH˜ `Õ~°∞‰õΩ#fl ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º P"≥∞`À WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞–
J_»qH˜ |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞. J=∂‡ ^Õ=`å! <Õ#∞ XHõ ¿Ñ^Œ <Õ`« HÍi‡‰õΩ_çx. <å =∞QÆæO
J_»qH˜ KÕi, JHõ¯_»∞#fl K≥@¡#∞ ÉÏQÍ Ñ¨ijeOKå_»∞. U K≥@∞ì qiyáÈ~ÚOk. Jk ÉÏQÆ∞KÕã¨∞‰õΩO>ËQÍh, <Õ#∞ |@ìÅ∞ <≥Ü«∞ºÖË#∞.
`åÅ∞HÍ K≥Hõ¯ `«# =∞QÍæxH˜ ѨxH˜ =ã¨∞ÎO^À Jx. XHõ =∞Oz >ˉõΩ |@ìÅ∞ <Õã≤ J=Ú‡`ÕHÍh, <å‰õΩ Ñ¨Ó@ QÆ_=» ^Œ∞. J`«x =∂@ÅH˜ *ÏeѨ_ç
K≥@∞ìx Z#∞flH˘x ^•xfl #~°HÍ\ÏxH˜ Q˘_»¤e Z`åÎ_»∞. ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_»∞ =#^Õ=`« ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º`À WÖÏ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk.
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ÉÏ|∂! h=Ù D K≥@∞ìx #~°Hõ@O =∂<Õ¿ãÎ h‰õΩ U^≥·<å =~°O
W™êÎ#∞. 㨈~<å!
=#^Õ=`« =∂@ʼnõΩ P#OkOz# ѨÙÅ¡Ü∞« º, U =~°O HÀ~°∞HÀ"åÖ’
=∂ „QÍ=∞OÖ’H˜ "≥o§ JO^Œsfl J_çy =zÛ JѨC_»∞ H˘~°`å x#∞fl =~°O
J<åfl_»∞ =#^Õ=`«`À. P"≥∞ 㨈~ Jx JO`«~åú#O J~ÚOk.
ѨÙÅ¡Ü∞« º "ÕQOÆ QÍ #_»∞K«∞‰õΩO@∂ `«# „QÍ=∂xH˜ |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞.
=∞^躌 =∂~°Oæ Ö’ J`«_Hç ˜ J`«x =ÚYº ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_»∞ <åQÆ~åA HõxÊOKå_»∞.
ǨÏ_®=Ù_çQÍ "≥à◊√Î#fl ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º#∞ K«∂ã≤ ѨÅHõiOKå_»∞.
ѨÙÅ¡Ü∞« º `«#∞ J_»qH˜ "≥o§# q+¨Ü∞« O, =#^Õ=`« =~°O W™êÎ##fl
q+¨Ü«∞O K≥áêÊ_»∞. U =~°O HÀ~°∞‰õΩO>Ë ÉÏQÆ∞O@∞O^ŒO\Ï=Ù Jx
q∞„`«∞_çx ã¨ÅǨ J_çQÍ_»∞.
ѨÙÅ¡Ü∞« º K≥ÑÊ≤ # q+¨Ü∞« O q#fl <åQÆ~åA WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. ѨÙÅ¡Ü∞« º
#∞=Ùfi ~åAq HÍ"åÅx P ^Õ=`«#∞ HÀ~°∞HÀ, JѨC_»∞ <Õ#∞ h‰õΩ =∞O„uQÍ
ѨxKÕ™êÎ#∞.
q∞„`«∞_ç ã¨ÅǨ q#fl ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º <å ÉèÏ~°º#∞ ‰õÄ_® ã¨ÅǨ J_çy
P `«~åfi`« U =~°O HÀ~°∞HÀ"åÖ’ x~°‚~ÚOK«∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞ J<åfl_»∞.
JѨC_»∞ <åQÆ~åA WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º P_»"åà◊§x ã¨ÅǨÅ∞
J_»QÆ ‰õÄ_®^Œ∞. "åà◊§H˜ |∞kúã¨iQÍ LO_»^Œ∞. Hõ#∞Hõ h ÉèÏ~°º#∞ ã¨ÅǨ
J_»QÆ@O â◊√^Œú^ŒO_»QÍ, ÃÑ·QÍ „Ѩ=∂^ŒHõ~°O. J~Ú<å ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º Ug∞
Ѩ\Oì˜ K«∞HÀ‰õΩO_® JHõ¯_ç #∞O_ç |Ü«∞Å∞ ^Õi ÉèÏ~°º ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ "≥o§ =#^Õ=`«
`«#H˜ =~°O W™êÎ##fl q+¨Ü«∞O K≥áêÊ_»∞.
JѨC_»∞ ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º ÉèÏ~°ºH˜, `«# ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_»∞, ~åAQÍ JÜÕ∞º=~°O
W=∞‡x J_»QÆ=∞x ã¨ÅǨ WKåÛ_»x K≥áêÊ_»∞. ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º K≥Ñ≤ÊOk qx,
J`«x ÉèÏ~°º WÖÏ J#flk–
XHõ ^Õ â ßxH˜ ~åA J=@O JO>Ë q#\ÏxH˜ Q˘Ñ¨ Ê QÍ
JxÑ≤OK«=K«∞Û.
HÍh PѨ^Œq ZO`À Hõ+¨ì ѨÙi`«O. â◊„`«∞~åAÅ #∞O_ç Ü«Ú^•úÅ∞
Z^Œ∞~˘¯=Åã≤ ~å=K«∞Û. ^Õâ◊OÖ’ [iˆQ ‰õΩ„@efl Z^Œ∞~˘¯"åeû~å=K«∞Û.
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ÃÑ·QÍ „Ѩ[ÅH˜ =KÕÛ Jxfl ~°HÍÅ ã¨=∞㨺xfl Ѩi+¨¯iOKåeû LO@∞Ok.
Zxfl ã¨∞MÏÅ∞<åfl, =∞#âß≈Ou LO_»^Œ∞.
J~Ú`Õ UO =~°O HÀ~°∞HÀ=∞O\Ï=Ù J<åfl_»∞ ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º. JѨC_»∞
ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º ÉèÏ~°º, U^≥·<å Ѩx H˘KÕÛ=~°O HÀ~°∞HÀ J#flk. Ѩx H˘KÕÛ=~°O
JO>Ë ZÖÏ LO_®e. Jx J_çQÍ_»∞ ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º. =~°O h‰õΩ, h =$uÎÖ’
ѨxH˜ =KÕÛÖÏ LO_®e.
J^ÕÖÏQÆO>Ë h‰õΩ WOHÀ `«Å, WOHÀ Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å∞ W=fi=∞x P
^Õ=`«#∞ H˘~å=#∞HÀ #∞=Ùfi UHõHÍÅOÖ’ Ô~O_»∞ =∞QÍæÅÃÑ· Ѩx KÕã≤,
Z‰õΩ¯= |@ìÅ∞ <Õã≤ KåÖÏ ã¨OáêkOK«∞HÀ=K«∞Û J#flk J`«x ÉèÏ~°º.
ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º‰õΩ ÉèÏ~°º WzÛ# ã¨ÅǨ ÉÏQÍ #zÛOk. "≥O@<Õ J_»qH˜
"≥o§, =#^Õ=`«#∞ Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å∞, XHõ `«Å J^Œ#OQÍ W=fi=∞x =~°O
HÀ~å_»∞.
"≥O@<Õ P =#^Õ=`« `«^ä•ã¨∞Î! J#flk JO`Õ Ñ¨ÙÅ¡Ü«∞º‰õΩ Jã¨Å∞
`«Å "≥#Hõ ÉèÏQÆOÖ’ WOHÀ `«Å, Jã¨Å∞ KÕ`«∞Å „H˜O^Œ "≥#∞Hõ "≥·Ñ¨ÙQÍ
Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å∞ U~åÊ_®¤~Ú. "å\˜x K«∂ã≤ KåÖÏ P#OkOz# ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º
"ÕQÆOQÍ #_»∞ã¨∂Î `«# „QÍ=∞OÖ’H˜ „Ѩ"ÕtOKå_»∞.
qz„`«OQÍ HõxÑ≤Oz# ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º#∞ K«∂ã≤ ‰õΩHõ¯Å∞ ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ
"≥ÚiQÍ~Ú. Tà’§x [<åÅ∞ ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º#∞ QÆ∞~°∞ΠѨ@ìÖË^Œ∞. ÃÑ·QÍ J`«_»∞
=∂~°∞~°∂ѨOÖ’ L#fl ~åHõΔã¨∞_Õ"≥∂ Jx J#∞=∂xOz ~åà◊§`À H˘\˜ì
T~°∞#∞O_ç `«iq∞ "Õ™ê~°∞. JO`å K«∂ã¨∞Î#fl ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_»∞ KåÖÏ
ÉÏ^èŒÑ¨_ç WÖÏ J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
D ѨÙÅ¡Ü«∞º `«#H˜ =zÛ# |OQÍ~°OÖÏO\˜ P=HÍâßxfl =$^ä•
KÕã∞¨ H˘x, ÉèÏ~°º K≥ÑÊ≤ # |∞kú`‰« Ωõ ¯= ã¨ÅǨ qx "≥„i =~°O HÀi, HõëêìÅ#∞
H˘i, H˘i PǨfixOKå_»∞. <Õ#∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê# „ѨHÍ~°O =~°O H˘i LO>Ë,
Ǩ~ÚQÍ D áê\˜H˜ D ~å*ϺxH˜ ~åA J~Ú áêeã¨∂Î LO_Õ"å_»∞.
JO`« "å_ç qkè „"å`« „ѨHÍ~°"Õ∞ [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞Ok.
hu : W`«~°∞Å∞ K≥¿ÑÊ ã¨ÅǨÅ∞ QÆ∞_ç¤QÍ J=∞Å∞ KÕ¿ãÎ „Ѩ=∂^•Å∞
`«Ñ¨Ê=Ù.
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U#∞QÆ∞x ÔQeÛ# ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞
ѨÓ~°fiO hÅyi J_»=ÙÖ’¡ QÆ*ËO„^Œ J<Õ XHõ U#∞QÆ∞ ~åA `«#
=∞O^Œ`À Hõeã≤ x=tã¨∂Î LO_Õk. XHõ™êi J<å=$+≤ì Ѩiã≤÷`«∞Å∞ U~°Ê_ç
P J_»qÖ’x ѨKÛ« \˜ K≥@Å¡ hfl ZO_çáÈÜ«∂~Ú. z#fl z#fl h\˜ QÆ∞O@Å
Ãã·`«O ZO_ç áÈÜ«∂~Ú.
^•O`À QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_çH˜ J`«x U#∞QÆ∞ÅH˜ PǨ~°O, h~°∞ ^˘~°Hõ@O
QÆQÆ#O J~ÚáÈ~ÚOk. ^•O`À Jxfl U#∞QÆ∞Å∞ Hõeã≤ `«=∞ ~å*ˇ·#
QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_ç ^ŒQÆæiH˜ QÆ∞OѨÙQÍ "≥o§ „Ѩã¨∞Î`«O J_»qÖ’ U~°Ê_»¤ Hõ~°∞=Ù
"å`å=~°}O QÆ∞iOz D q^èŒOQÍ q=iOKå~Ú.
F ~å*Ï! QÆ`« Ô~O_»∞ ã¨O=`«û~åÅ∞QÍ =∞# J_»qÖ’ XHõ¯ K«∞Hõ¯
=~°¬O ‰õÄ_® Ѩ_»@O ÖË^Œ∞. ZO_®HÍÅOÖ’ =~°¬O J#fl =∂@ ÖˉõΩ<åfl
ã‘`åHÍÅO, =~å¬HÍÖÏÖ’¡ Ãã·`«O "å# ~åHõ áÈ=@O =Å¡ D J_»qÖ’
ѨK«Û^Œ#O J<Õk Hõ#∞K«∂Ѩ٠"Õ∞~°Ö’ HõxѨOK«@OÖË^Œ∞. JO^Œ∞=Å¡ =∞#
U#∞QÆ∞Å *Ïu h~°∞, PǨ~°O ÖˉΩõ O_® JÅ=∞\˜Oz áÈ`«∞<åflO. ^•xH˜
QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ WÖÏ ã¨=∂^è•#O WKåÛ_»∞.
<å „Ñ≤Ü«∞"≥∞ÿ# ™È^Œ~°∞ÖÏ~å! „Ѩã¨∞Î`«O =∞# J_»qÖ’ U~°Ê_»¤
J<å=$+≤ì Ѩiã≤÷Å∞Å∞ `«^•fi~å U~°Ê_»¤ Hõ~°∞=٠Ѩiã≤÷`«∞Å∞ <å‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞.
J~Ú`Õ D Ѩiã≤÷`«∞ÅÖ’ =∞#O Uq∞ K≥Ü«∞ºÖ’ =∞# =∞O„uQÍix J_çy
`≥ã∞¨ ‰õΩO^•O. JѨC_»∞ U#∞QÆ∞Å =∞O„u QÆ}âË ò ÖËz #∞OK˘x ~åAQÍiH˜
#=∞㨯iOz WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞.
F „ѨÉèí∂! <Õ_»∞ =∞# U#∞QÆ∞Å *Ïu J`«ºO`« H˜¡+¨ì Ѩiã≤÷ux
Z^Œ∞~˘¯O@∞#flk.
WÖÏO\˜ Ѩiã≤÷`«∞ÅÖ’ =∞#O h~°∞, PǨ~°O ^˘iˆH WOH˘Hõ
„Ѩ^ÕâßxH˜ "≥à◊§@O q∞#Ǩ QÆ`«ºO`«~°O ÖË^Œ∞. =∞O„u QÆ}Ëâò =∂@ʼnõΩ
JHõ¯_» ã¨=∂"Õâ"◊ ∞≥ #ÿ U#∞QÆ∞Åxfl `«=∞ JOwHÍ~åxfl `≥eáê~Ú. JѨC_»∞
U#∞QÆ∞Å ~åA QÆ*ËO„^Œ =∞O„u QÆ}Ëâòx WÖÏ J_çQÍ_»∞.
=∞O„uQÍ~°∂ ZѨC_»∞ h\˜ Hõ~°∞=Ù ÖËx =∞Oz PǨ~°O ÅaèOKÕ
„Ѩ^Õâ◊O ZHõ¯_» L#flk, ZO`« ^Œ∂~°OÖ’ L#flk J#fl q+¨Ü«∂Å∞ g∞‰õΩ
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`≥e¿ãÎ K≥ѨÊO_ç. JѨC_»∞ =∞O„u QÆ}Ëâò WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. WHõ¯_çH˜ 200
"≥∞ÿà◊√§ ^Œ∂~°OÖ’ L#fl #Å¡=∞Å J_»=ÙÖ’¡x K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~°O J<Õ z#fl
"åQÆ∞ L#flk. P "åQÆ∞ ã¨O=`«û~°O á⁄_»∞QÆ∞<å „Ñ¨=Ç≤Ïã¨∂Î LO@∞Ok.
P "åQÆ∞ X_»∞¤# J<ÕHõ ~°HÍÖˇ·# Ѷ¨Å =$HΔÍÅ∞ L<åfl~Ú.
Hõ#∞Hõ =∞#O JHõ¯_çH˜ =Å㨠"≥o§ #>ˇÿ¡`Õ =∞# Hõ~°∞=Ù ã¨=∞㨺
fiáÈ`«∞Ok. QÆ}Ëâò ã¨ÅǨ‰õΩ ~åA QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞`À ã¨Ç¨ JHõ¯_»
ã¨=∂"Õâ◊"≥∞ÿ# Jxfl U#∞QÆ∞Å∞ ǨÏ~°¬^è•fi<åÅ∞ KÕâß~Ú.
P `«~åfi`« Jxfl U#∞QÆ∞Å∞ JO>Ë Ñ≤Å¡ U#∞QÆ∞Å`À ã¨Ç¨ =Úã¨e
U#∞QÆ∞Å =~°‰Äõ ~åA QÆ*OË „^Œ∞x "≥#∞HõQÍ |Ü«∞Å∞^Õi# "ÕÖÏk U#∞QÆ∞Å
QÆ∞OѨ٠H˘xfl "å~åÅ áê@∞ „Ѩܫ∂}O KÕã≤ #Å¡=∞Å J_»=ÙÅÖ’x
K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~üx KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl~Ú.
K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~üx K«∂_»QÍ<Õ U#∞QÆ∞ÅH˜ XHõ¯™êiQÍ „áê}O uiy
=zÛ#@∞¡QÍ JxÑ≤OzOk.
HÍ~°}O KåÖÏ "≥_»Å∞Ê Hõey "≥∞ÿà◊√§ H˘kÌ á⁄_»=Ù<å „Ñ¨=Ç≤Ïã¨∞Î#fl
P =∞Oz h\˜ "åQÆ∞ P "åQÆ∞H˜ Ô~O_»∞ "≥·Ñ¨ÙÖÏ L#fl "≥ÅQÆѨO_»¡ K≥@∞¡,
=∂q∞_ç ѨO_»¡ K≥@∞¡, <Õˆ~_»∞ ѨO_»¡ K≥@∞¡ K«∂ã≤ U#∞QÆ∞Å∞ qѨs`«"≥∞ÿ#
P#O^•xfl J#∞ÉèíqOKå~Ú.
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^•^•Ñ¨ÙQÍ ~Ô O_»∞ =¸_Õà√◊ §QÍ ã¨~Ô #· uO_ç uѨÊʼnõΩ <ÀK«∞HÀ‰õΩO_®
L#fl `«=∞‰õΩ D K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~°O XHõ =~°OÖÏ HõxÑ≤OzOk. ^•O`À P
U#∞QÆ∞Åhfl P <å\˜ #∞O_ç P "åQÆ∞ K«∞@∞ì „Ñ¨Hõ¯Å L#fl K≥@¡ =∞^茺
x"åã¨O U~°Ê~°K«∞H˘x P "åQÆ∞Ö’ ™êfl<åÅ∞ K≥Ü«∞º@O hà◊§`À
P_»∞HÀ=@O ÖÏO\˜ HÍ~°º„Hõ=∂Å∞ x~å@OHõOQÍ H˘#™êyOKÕq. Wk
WÖÏ LO_»QÍ P "åQÆ∞ X_»∞¤<Õ L#fl HõÅ∞QÆ∞Ö’¡ J<ÕHõ ‰õΩO^Õà◊√§ x=ã≤ã¨∂Î
LO_Õq.
U#∞QÆ∞Å∞ P „áêO`åxH˜ ÃÑ^ŒÌ ã¨OYºÖ’ =Å㨠=KÕÛ =~°‰õΩ P
‰õΩO^Õà◊§‰õΩ ZÖÏO\˜ W|ƒOk LO_Õk HÍ^Œ∞. ZѨC_≥·`Õ U#∞QÆ∞Å∞ P
„áêO`«OÖ’ qK«ÛÅ q_çQÍ u~°QÆ@O "≥Ú^ŒÅ∞ ÃÑ\ÏìÜ≥∂ P "åQÆ∞ X_»∞¤#
x=ã≤OKÕ ‰õΩO^Õà◊§‰õΩ „áê}ÏáêÜ«∞O U~°Ê_çOk.
Jk ZÖÏQÆO>Ë "åQÆ∞ QÆ@∞ì á⁄_»=Ù<å L#fl ÉÁiÜ«∞Ö’¡ x"åã¨O
LO@∞#fl ‰õΩO^Õà◊√§ hà◊√§ `åQÆ\ÏxH˜ QÆ∞OѨÙÅ∞ QÆ∞OѨÙÅ∞QÍ =KÕÛ
=O^ŒÖÏk U#∞QÆ∞Å HÍà◊√§ „H˜O^Œ Ѩ_ç K«xáÈ™êQÍ~Ú. ^•O`À ‰õΩO^Õà√◊ §
ã¨OYº ã¨QÍxH˜ ã¨QÆO `«yæ áÈ~ÚOk.
XHõ~ÀA# U#∞QÆ∞Å∞ JHõ¯_çH˜ ~åx ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ ‰õΩO^Õà◊§xfl XHõ
ã¨=∂"Õâ◊O U~åÊ@∞ KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl~Ú. P ã¨=∂"ÕâßxH˜ ‰õΩO^Õà◊√§ ~å}˜
â◊tHõà◊ J^躌 Hõ`Δ « =Ç≤ÏOzOk. P "åQÆ∞ X_»∞¤ ÉÁiÜ«∞Ö’¡ LO@∞#fl ã¨=∞ãÎ̈
‰õΩO^Õà◊√§ QÆ∞iOz UO K≥|∞`«∞O^À qO^•=∞x Pã¨H˜ÎQÍ Z^Œ∞~°∞
K«∂_»™êQÍ~Ú.
JѨC_»∞ ‰õΩO^Õà◊§ ~å}˜ â◊tHõà◊ WÖÏ J#flk. F <å „Ñ≤Ü«∞"≥∞ÿ#
‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ |O^èŒ∞=ÙÖÏ~å! =∞#O x"åã¨O LO@∞#fl D K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~°
"åQÆ∞ =∞# ѨÓsfi‰õΩ_»∞, K«O„^Œ∞_»∞ QÆ∞iOz Ѷ¨∞’~° `«Ñ¨ã¨∞û KÕã≤ K«O„^Œ∞_ç
=~°OQÍ á⁄O^•_»∞.
JÖÏO\˜ =∞# ѨÓsfi‰õΩÅ Pã≤ÎQÍ =∞#H˜ ã¨O„Hõq∞Oz# D
K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~° "åQÆ∞x P ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°"≥∞ÿ# U#∞QÆ∞Å∞ P„Hõq∞Oz"Õâß~Ú.
"å\˜ HÍà◊§ „H˜O^ŒÑ¨_ç =∞# ‰õΩO^Õà◊√§ H˘xfl =O^ŒÅ ã¨OYºÖ’ „áê}ÏÅ∞
áÈQ˘@∞ì‰Ωõ <åfl~Ú. HÍ|\˜ì =∞# „áê}~°H}Δõ ‰õΩ P U#∞QÆ∞efl D „áêO`åxH˜
~å‰õΩO_® g∞Ö’ Z=Ô~·<å KÕÜ«∞QÆÅ~å? Jx „ѨtflOzOk.
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P „Ѩâ◊fl‰õΩ ã¨=∂^è•#OQÍ XHõ =Úã¨e ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ ÖËz #∞OK˘x P
U#∞QÆ∞efl D "åQÆ∞ X_»∞¤H˜ ~å‰õΩO_® <Õ#∞ x~ÀkèOK« QÆÅ#∞. Jx
„ѨHõ\ ˜OzOk.
JѨC_»∞ ‰õΩO^Õà◊§ ~å}˜ â◊tHõà◊ P =Úã¨e ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞#∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ
Ñ≤ez h=Ù P U#∞QÆ∞efl WHõ¯_»‰õΩ ~å=@O x~ÀkèOK« QÆey`Õ =∞#
‰õΩO^Õà◊§ *Ïu "≥Ú`«ÎO h‰õΩ ZšѨC_»∂ |∞∞}Ѩ_ç LO@∞Ok J#flk. P
`«~åfi`« ‰õΩO^Õà◊§xfl Z=i ÉÁiÜ«∞ʼnõΩ "åà◊√§ "≥o§áÈÜ«∂~°∞.
P =∞~åfl_»∞ L^ŒÜ«∞O U#∞QÆ∞Å QÆ∞OѨ٠K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~°O "åQÆ∞H˜
`«=∞ x"å㨠„áêO`«O #∞O_ç |Ü«∞Å∞ ^Õ~å~Ú. Jq ã¨QÆO ^Œ∂~°OÖ’
LO_»QÍ "å\˜H˜ Z`≥ÎÂ# XHõ |O_»~å~Ú g∞^Œ #∞OK˘x L#fl =Úã¨e
‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ HõxÑ≤OzOk.
U#∞QÆ∞Å QÆ∞OѨىõΩ =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ #_»∞ã¨∞#Î fl ~åA QÆ*OË „^Œ∞_çx ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ
~°=∞‡x Ñ≤ezOk P =Úã¨e ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞. `«#x P ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ JÖÏ ~°=∞‡x
Ñ≤Å=@O Pã¨HΘ Hõ~O° QÍ JxÑ≤Oz U#∞QÆ∞Å ~åA QÆ*OË „^Œ∞_»∞ P =Úã¨e
‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ L#fl ~å~Ú =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥àϧ_»∞.
50 J_»∞QÆ∞Å Z`«∞Î L#fl P |O_»~å~Ú g∞^Œ xÅ|_»@O =Å¡ P
=Úã¨e ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ Hõ<åfl Z`«∞ÎÖ’ LO_»@O [iyOk. `«#‰õΩ
^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ =zÛ# QÆ*ËO„^Œ`À =Úã¨e ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ WÖÏ J#flk.
''F~¸! QÆ[~å*Ï! D ~ÀA #∞Oz h=Ù, h Ѩi"å~°O D
K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~° "åQÆ∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°H˜ ~å‰õÄ_»^Œ∞. g∞~°∞ ~å=@O =Å¡ g∞ HÍà◊§
„H˜O^Œ Ѩ_ç ~ÀE _»[#¡ H˘nÌ ‰õΩO^Õà◊√§ =∞~°}˜ã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞
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=∂@ʼnõΩ P„QÆÇ≤ÏOz# QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ D "åQÆ∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ =∞=∞‡efl ~å=^Œ∞Ì
Jx K≥ѨÊ\ÏxH˜ hˆHq∞ ǨωõΩ¯ L#flk Jx J#flk.
JѨC_»∞ =Úã¨e ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ D K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~° "åQÆ∞ Ü«∞[=∂x
J~Ú# K«O„^Œ∞_»∞ q∞=∞‡efl D "åQÆ∞Ö’H˜ ~å=^ŒÌx ##∞fl K≥ѨÊ=∞<åfl_»∞.
<å =∂@Å∞ ÖˇH¯õ K≥Ü∞« º‰õΩO_® g∞~°∞ "åQÆ∞Ö’ ky#@¡~Ú`Õ P K«O„^Œ∞_»∞
q∞=∞‡efl JO^Œix <åâ◊#O KÕ™êÎ_»∞ J#flk.
‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ =∂@ʼnõΩ ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_»¤ QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞, ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞`À WÖÏ
J<åfl_»∞. <Õ#∞ K«O„^Œ∞_çx Hõ=Δ ∂} HÀ~°∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞ PÜ«∞# ZHõ¯_» L<åfl_À
K≥ѨC.
JѨC_»∞ ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ D ~ÀA áœ~°q‚ ∞ Hõ^• D ~ÀA ~å„uH˜ K«O„^Œ∞_»∞
D "åQÆ∞ g∞^Œ‰õΩ =™êÎ_»∞. JѨC_»∞ h=Ù =zÛ PÜ«∞xfl HõΔq∞OK«=∞x
HÀ~°∞HÀ J#flk.
=Úã¨e ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê#@∞¡QÍ<Õ, P ~ÀA ~å„u QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞
K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~° "åQÆ∞ ^ŒQÆæiH˜ =zÛOk. P ã¨iˆH JHõ¯_» L#fl ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞
QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ =zÛ JkQÀ P "åQÆ∞ ÃÑ·# K«O„^Œ∞_»∞ L<åfl_»∞
K«∂_»∞ J#flk.
P |∞kúÖËx QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ "åQÆ∞Ö’ Ѩ_»¤ K«O„^Œ∞_ç h_»#∞ K«∂ã≤,
x[OQÍ K«O„^Œ∞_Õ, P "åQÆ∞Ö’ L<åfl_»x „Éèíq∞OzOk.
WO`«Ö’ P "åQÆ∞Ö’ JÅÅ∞ U~°Ê_ç JO^Œ∞Ö’ Hõ#|_»∞`«∞#fl K«O„^Œ∞_ç
„ѨuaO|O =}˜H˜Ok. Jk QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ QÆ=∞xOKå_»∞. P q+¨Ü«∂xfl
Ѩã≤ QÆ\ ˜ì# =Úã¨e ‰õΩO^ÕÅ∞, F QÆ*ËO„^•! K«O„^Œ∞_»∞ x#∞fl K«∂ã≤ f„=
P„QÆǨÏO`À TyáÈ`«∞<åfl_»∞.
h=Ù `«HõΔ}O PÜ«∞xfl HõΔ=∂Ѩ}ÏÅ∞ HÀi, D „áêO`«O #∞O_ç h
Ѩi"å~°O`À ã¨Ç¨ "≥o§áÈ`å#x K≥ѨC J#flk. ^•O`À P =∞O^Œ |∞kú
QÆÅ QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ K«O„^Œ∞_ç h_»‰õΩ, X_»∞¤#∞OKÕ `«Å =Oz HõΔ=∂Ѩ}ÏÅ∞
HÀi "ÕQÆOQÍ JHõ¯_ç #∞O_ç "≥o§áÈ~ÚOk.
P ~å„`Õ QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ `«# Ѩi"å~°O`À P „áêO`åxfl =ke "≥o§
áÈ~ÚOk. ^•O`À U#∞QÆ∞Å Ñ‘_=» ^Œe, ‰õΩO^Õà§◊ hfl Ǩ~ÚQÍ x@∂ì~åÛ~Ú.
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P <å\˜ #∞O_ç ‰õΩO^Õà◊hfl ¿ãfiK«ÛùQÍ Ñ¨QÆÅ∞, ~å„u J#fl `Õ_® ÖˉõΩO_®
P K«O„^Œ™êQÆ~ü X_»∞¤# P#O^ŒOQÍ u~°QÆ™êQÍ~Ú.
hu : Ü«ÚH˜Î LO>Ë ZO`« J™ê^蕺xfl J~Ú<å ™êkèOK«=K«∞Û.
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|e^•#O
HõOH˜áê_»∞ J<Õ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ â◊~°‡ J<Õ „ÉÏǨχ}∞_»∞ LO_Õ"å_»∞.
J`«_»∞ KåÖÏ `≥eq QÆÅ"å_»∞. HÍh _»|∞ƒ HÀã¨O ZO`« hKåxÔH·<å
kQÆ*ψ~ Hõ‰õįiÎ QÆÅ =∞x+≤. D â◊~°‡ UOKÕã≤<å _»|∞ƒ HÀã¨"Õ∞ KÕ™êÎ_»∞.
=_ô¤ "åºáê~°O KÕã≤, JkèHõ =_ô¤ QÆ∞Ol ÉÏQÍ ã¨OáêkOKå_»∞. „QÍ=∞OÖ’
XHõ WÅ∞¡, ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ L#fl Ѩ@ì}OÖ’ Ô~O_»∞ WÅ∞¡ xi‡OK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
XHõ~ÀA P „QÍ=∂xH˜ #Å∞QÆ∞~°∞ "åºáê~°∞Å∞ =zÛ |@ìÅ∞, W`«~°
ã¨∞QÆO^èŒ „^Œ"åºÅ∞ Jq∞‡ ÉÏQÍ _»|∞ƒ ã¨OáêkOKå~°∞. P `«~åfi`«
ã¨OáêkOz# _»|∞ƒx =„*ÏÅ∞QÍ =∂iÛ, <åÅ∞QÆ∞ =„*ÏÅ∞ H˘<åfl~°∞.
XH˘¯Hõ¯ "åºáês, XHõ =„[O K˘Ñ¨ÙÊ# fã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞.
P `«~åfi`« "åà◊√§ "åà◊√§O_Õ #QÆ~åxH˜ u~°∞QÆ∞ „Ѩܫ∂}O Hõ\Ïì~°∞.
J~Ú`Õ HÍHõ`åàÏÜ«∞OQÍ â◊~°‡ ‰õÄ_® P ~À*Ë #QÆ~åxH˜ „Ѩܫ∂}O
Hõ\Ïì_∞» . =ÚO^Œ∞ "åºáê~°∞Å∞ #_»∞ã¨∞<Î åfl~°∞. "åà◊§ "≥#∞HõQÍ HÍã¨Î ^Œ∂~°OÖ’
â◊~°‡ #_»∞ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞.
WO`«Ö’ "åà◊§H˜ XHõ J_»q Z^Œ∞~°~ÚOk. P J_»qÖ’ ^˘OQÆÅ
ÉÏ^èŒ JkèHõO Jx P "åºáê~°∞Å∞ qx L<åfl~°∞. ^˘OQÆÅ∞ Z^Œ∞~°∞ Ѩ_ç
ÉÏkè¿ãÎ, "åà◊§H˜ zHͯ‰õΩO_® P =„*ÏÅx ZÖÏ HÍáê_»∞HÀ"åe Jx P
"åºáê~°∞Å∞ zOuOK«™êQÍ~°∞. "åà◊√§ XHõ ÉÏq QÆ@∞ì# Py ^•Ç¨ÏO
f~°∞ÛH˘<åfl~°∞.
JѨC_»∞ "åiÖ’ XHõ "åºáêiH˜ `«\ ˜ìOk. P =„*Ïefl ^˘OQÆÅ
Hõ@O Ѩ_»‰õΩO_® ^•KÕ q^è•#O. J`«#∞ "≥O@<Õ q∞ye# =~°Î‰õΩÅ`À
WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞.
™È^Œ~°∞ÖÏ~å! =∞#O =∞# =„*ÏÅx q∞OˆQ™ê=∞O>Ë P ^˘OQÆÅ∞
K«zÛ# Jq ZHõ¯_»∞<åflÜ≥∂ `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀÖË~°∞. P `«~åfi`« =∞# #QÆ~°O KÕi
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<åHõ, Wà◊§‰õΩ "≥o§ U^À q^èŒOQÍ P =„*Ïxfl á⁄@ì #∞O_ç |Ü«∞\˜H˜
fã¨∞HÀ=K«∞Û. J`«x =∂@ÅH˜ q∞ye# "åºáê~°∞Å∞ ã¨O`À+≤Oz,
ÉÏqÖ’Oz HÍã≤x hà◊√§ `˘_ç XH˘¯Hõ¯ =~°Î‰õΩ_»∞, XH˘¯Hõ¯ =„*Ïxfl q∞Oy
HÍã≤x hà◊√§ `åQÍ~°∞. "åà◊§ "≥#HõQÍ =ã¨∂Î, "åà◊§ =∂@Å∞ q#fl â◊~°‡
D q^èŒOQÍ PÖ’zOKå_»∞.
''gà◊§H˜ WѨC_»∞ ^˘=Ö’ ^˘OQÆÅ∞ Z^Œ∞~°∞Ѩ_@» O MÏÜ«∞O. JѨC_»∞
^˘OQÆÅ∞ gà◊§x ™⁄^• KÕã≤ Ug∞ ^˘~°HͯáÈ`Õ, gà◊§#∞ K«O¿Ñ™êÎ~°∞.
JѨC_»∞ K«zÛ# gà◊§x =kÖËã≤ ^˘OQÆÅ∞ "≥o§áÈ`å~°∞. JѨC_»∞ <Õ#∞
gà◊§ á⁄@ìÅ∞ peÛ, gà◊§ á⁄@ìÖ’¡ L#fl P <åÅ∞QÆ∞ =„*ÏÅ∞ ‰õΩÖÏ™êQÍ
™⁄O`«O KÕã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞.
â◊~°‡ WÖÏ PÖ’zã¨∂Î, "åºáê~°∞Å "≥#∞HõQÍ #_»∞ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. â◊~°‡
`«=∞ =„*ÏÅÃÑ· Hõ#∞fl "Õ™ê_»x `å=∞ Kå=ÙÔH· QÀuHÍ_» #Hõ¯ÖÏ
Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl_»x áêѨO P J=∂Ü«∞Hõ "åºáê~°∞ÅH˜ `≥eÜ«∞^Œ∞.
J~Ú`Õ J#∞H˘x q^èŒOQÍ P "åºáê~°∞efl, â◊~°‡x ^˘OQÆÅ∞
Z^Œ∞~˘¯ÖË^Œ∞. P J_»qÖ’ LO_Õ XHõ J<åQÆiHõ J_»q =∞#∞+¨μÅ∞
Z^Œ∞~˘¯<åfl~°∞. P P@ q‰õΩÅ ^ŒQÆæ~° XHõ ~å|O^Œ∞ L#flk. Jk Z=Ô~·<å,
ã¨OѨ^Œ`À P =∂~åæ# "≥à◊√`«∞O>Ë ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ J~°∞ã¨∞ÎOk.
P J~°∞Ѩ٠q#fl J_»q =∞#∞+¨Å∞ KåÖÏ ^Œ∂~°O #∞O_Õ _»|∞ƒ,
^Œã¨¯O L#fl „Ѩܫ∂}©‰õΩÅ∞ J@∞ "≥·Ñ¨ÙQÍ =ã¨∞Î<åfl~°x „QÆÇ≤ÏOz, P
=∂~°æOÖ’ =∂@∞"Õã≤ „Ѩܫ∂}©‰õΩÅ ^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ ~åQÍ<Õ "åà◊§ ^ŒQÆæ~°∞#fl
ã¨OѨ^ŒÅ∞ ^˘K«∞H˘x "åà◊§x K«O¿Ñ™êÎ~°∞. Wn "åà◊√§ `«~°, `«~åÅ∞QÍ
KÕã¨∞Î#fl Ѩx.
z=iH˜ J#∞‰õΩ#flO`« J~ÚOk. J<åQÆiHõ J_»q =∞#∞+¨μÅ∞
"åºáê~°∞efl, â◊~°‡x |OkèOKå~°∞. P `≥QÆ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ #Å¡QÍ, Z`«∞ÎQÍ,
ÉèíÜ«∞OHõ~°OQÍ L<åfl_»∞.
J`«_»∞ "åºáê~°∞Å =^ŒÌ‰õΩ =zÛ ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ QÆi˚OKå_»∞. ˆ~Üü∞,
=∞~åº^ŒQÍ g∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°∞#fl _»|∞ƒ, #QÆÅ∞ WKÕÛã≤ „áê}ÏÅ∞ ^ŒH˜¯OK«∞HÀO_ç.
P P@qHõ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_ç ɡkiOѨÙH˜ "åºáê~°∞Å∞ QÆ_», QÆ_»ÖÏ_çáÈÜ«∂~°∞.
JѨC_»∞ â◊~°‡ WÖÏ J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
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D ^˘OQÆÅ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ "åºáê~°∞efl K«OÑ≤ J~Ú<å 㨈~, "åà◊√§
á⁄@ìÖ’¡ ^•K«∞‰õΩ#fl =„*ÏÅ∞ fã¨∞H˘x f~°`å_»∞. `å#∂ ZÖÏQÆ∂, "åà◊§
KÕuÖ’ Kå=Hõ `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞. Hõ#∞Hõ `å<Õ =ÚO^Œ∞ "åà◊§ KÕ`«∞Ö’¡ =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ
=∞~°}˜¿ãÎ, `«# á⁄@ìÖ’ =„[O ÖË^Œ∞ HÍ|\˜ì, q∞ye# "åà◊§ á⁄@ìÖ’¡
‰õÄ_® Ug∞ LO_»=x ÉèÏqOz "åà◊§<≥·<å =kÖË™êÎ_»∞. â◊~°‡ JÖ’K«#Å∞
WÖÏ LO_»QÍ, J@∞ P@qHõ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ J~°∞ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞.
Fˆ~Üü∞ <å ~å|O^Œ∞ ^ŒQÆæ~° ã¨OѨ^ŒÖËx "åà◊§x K«∂ã≤ J~°=^Œ∞~å,
x[O K≥ѨÊO_ç. _»|∞ƒ, #QÍÅ∞ ZHõ¯_» ^•Kå~°∞ Jx. "åºáê~°∞Å∞ UO
K≥ á êÊÖ’ J~° ÷ O HÍHõ QÆ ∞ @Hõ Å ∞
„q∞OQÆ∞`«∞<åfl~°∞. JѨC_»∞ â◊~°‡
P@qHõ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_ç ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥o§
WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞.
''Fi <åÜ«∞HÍ! =∂ =^ŒÌ U
™⁄`«∞Î ÖË^Œx K≥Ñ≤`Õ h=Ù #=∞‡@O
ÖË^Œ∞. JO^Œsfl K«OÑ≤, á⁄@ìÅ∞
peÛ =∞s ã¨OѨ^Œ HÀã¨O "≥^Œ∞‰õΩ
^•=∞x K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù. hHõO`« JѨ
#=∞‡HõOQÍ LO>Ë, =ÚO^Œ∞ ##∞fl K«OÑ≤, <å á⁄@ìpeÛ K«∂ã¨∞HÀ, <å
á⁄@ìÖ’ Ug∞ ÅaèOK«x ѨHõΔOÖ’ q∞ye# "åi á⁄@ìÖ’¡ ‰õÄ_® Ug∞
LO_»=x ÉèÏqOz "åà◊§x =kÖËÜü∞!
JѨC_»∞ P `≥QÆ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ `«# ÃÑOѨÙ_»∞ ~å|O^Œ∞ ZѨC_»∂,
J|^ŒúO K≥ѨÊ^Œh, "åà◊§ ^ŒQÆæ~° U^À XHõ ã¨OѨ^Œ LO_ç f~°∞`«∞O^Œx
J<åfl_»∞. 㨈~ h =∂@ ‰õÄ_® ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ x~°¡HõΔ ºO K≥Ü«∂º@O. =ÚO^Œ∞
x#∞fl K«OÑ≤, h á⁄@ì peÛ K«∂™êÎ#∞–
á⁄@ìÖ’ Ug∞ ÖˉõΩO>Ë, D "åºáê~°∞Å á⁄@ìÖ’¡ ‰õÄ_® Ug∞
LO_»=x x~°‚~ÚOz, "åà◊§x ¿ãfiK«ÛùQÍ =kÖË™êÎ J<åfl_»∞. P `«~åfi`«
â◊~°‡ `«Å #iH˜ K«Oáê~°∞. `«~åfi`« J`«x á⁄@ì peÛ K«∂_»QÍ, JO^Œ∞Ö’
„¿ÑQÆ∞Å∞, ~°HOÎõ `«Ñʨ , U _»|∞ƒ |OQÍ~°O ÖË=Ù. ^•O`À P `≥QÆ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞
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`«# ~å|O^Œ∞ á⁄~°áê@∞ Ѩ_çO^Œx qâ◊fitOz, q∞ye# #Å∞QÆ∞~°∞
"åºáê~°∞efl |O^èŒ q=Ú‰õΩÎefl KÕã≤, "≥o§ á⁄=∞‡x K≥áêÊ_»∞.
^•O`À P "åºáê~°∞Å∞ „|uH˜OKå=Ù ^Õ=Ú_® J#∞H˘x, `«=∞
#QÆ~O° "≥Ñ· Ù¨ ^•^•Ñ¨Ù ѨiQÔ `«∞‰Î Ωõ O@∂ "≥o§áÈÜ«∂~°∞. â◊~‡° ZO`« hK«∞_≥<· å,
`«# Kå=Ù ^•fi~å q∞ye# #Å∞æiH˜ „áê}^•#O KÕ™ê_»∞. `«# „áê}Ïxfl
|e^•#O KÕã≤, `À\˜ =∂#=Ùefl HÍáê_®_»∞.
hu : Jxfl ^•<åÅÖ’H˜ `«#x `å<Õ W`«~°∞Å HÀã¨O |e
ÃÑ@∞ìHÀ=@"Õ∞ Q˘Ñ¨Ê^•#O J=Ù`«∞Ok.
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Jã¨∂Ü«∞‰õΩ Ñ¶¨e`«O
"Õ∞_»áê_»∞ J<Õ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ áêѨܫ∞º J<Õ ~°[‰õΩ_»∞ LO_Õ"å_»∞.
J`«_»∞ TàÁ§x „Ѩ[Å Wà◊§Ö’x =ÚiH˜ |@ìÅ∞ LuH˜, ™êѨ٠KÕã≤
JOkOKÕ"å_»∞. áêѨܫ∞ºH˜ XHõ QÍ_ç^Œ, XHõ ‰õΩHõ¯ LO_Õk.
QÍ_ç^Œ L^ŒÜ«∞O ѨÓ@ =ÚiH˜ |@ìÅ =¸@Å∞ "≥∂ã¨∞H˘O@∂
áêѨܫ∞º "≥O@ Ti z=~°∞#fl ѨO@ HÍÅ= ^•HÍ "≥àı§k. ™êÜ«∞O„`«O
HÍQÍ<Õ LuH˜, =∞_»`«Å∞ ÃÑ\˜ì# |@ìÅ =¸@Å∞ "≥∂ã¨∞‰õΩO@∂ WO\˜H˜
=KÕÛk.
J~Ú<å ^•xH˜ áêѨܫ∞º `«y#O`« uO_ç ÃÑ>Ëì"å_»∞ HÍ^Œ∞. ÃÑ·QÍ
JѨC_»Ñ¨C_»∂, |∞kúÖËx QÍ_ç^•! Jx u_»∞`«∂, ɡ`«ÎO`À ÉÏ^Õ"å_»∞.
WHõ ‰õΩHõ¯ q+¨Ü∂« xH˜ =¿ã,Î Jk KÕ¿ã ѨxÖÏ¡ P WO\˜H˜ HÍѨÖÏ HÍÜ«∞@O.
~å„`«à◊√§ WO\˜ K«∞@∂ì u~°∞QÆ∞`«∂ ^˘OQÆÅ∞ ~å‰õΩO_® K«∂_»@O.
áêѨܫ∞º ‰õΩHõ¯x ZO`À „¿Ñ=∞QÍ K«∂¿ã"å_»∞. ^•xH˜ áêÅ∞
áÈ¿ã"å_»∞. Pk"å~°O <å_»∞ =∂Oã¨O ‰õÄ~°ÃÑ>Ë"ì å_»∞. ‰õΩHõ¯H˜ Ü«∞[=∂x
Wã¨∞Î#fl PǨ~°O, Q“~°=O K«∂ã≤ QÍ_ç^Œ‰õΩ P„QÆǨÏO HõÖËæk.
Uq∞\© <å Y~°‡, K«KÕÛKåH˜s, KÕ¿ã <åˆH"≥∂ ã¨iQÍæ uO_ç ÃÑ@ì~°∞,
ÃÑ·QÍ u@∞¡, ^≥|ƒÅ∞, HÍh TiˆH JÖÏ xÅ∞Ûx Z=Ô~·<å =¿ãÎ "≥ÚiˆQ
‰õΩHõ¯‰õΩ JO`« Q“~°=O Uq∞\˜ Jx `≥QÆ qKåiOKÕk. z=iH˜ QÍ_ç^ŒH˜
XHõ q+¨Ü«∞O ã¨∞ÊùiOzOk.
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J^Õ=∞O>Ë ‰õΩHõ¯H˜ JO`« Q“~°=O „áê=ÚYº`« ~å=\ÏxH˜ HÍ~°}O
^•x „Ѩ=~°<Î .Õ J^≥ÖÏ#O>Ë Ü«∞[=∂x Hõ#|_»QÍ<Õ ‰õΩHõ¯ `ÀHõ P_çã∞¨ OÎ k.
PÃÑ· =ÚO^Œi HÍà◊√§ ÃÑ·ÔHuÎ, Ü«∞[=∂x KèåuÃÑ· "Õã≤ Ü«∞[=∂xx
#qfiã¨∞ÎOk. WÖÏ PÖ’zOz# QÍ_ç^Œ `å#∞ ‰õÄ_® ‰õΩHõ¯ÖψQ KÕã≤
Ü«∞[=∂x "≥∞ѨC#∞ á⁄O^•Åx QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ x~°‚~ÚO fã¨∞H˘Ok.
JO`Õ P ~ÀA #∞O_ç QÍ_ç^Œ „Ѩ=~°#Î =∂iáÈ~ÚOk. Ü«∞[=∂x
áêѨܫ∞º HõxÑ≤Oz#ѨC_»ÖÏ¡, `ÀHõ P_çOK«@O "≥Ú^ŒÅ∞ ÃÑ\˜ìOk.
áêѨܫ∞º Wk QÆ=∞xOz<å, Uq∞ Ѩ@ìOK«∞HÀÖË^Œ∞.
P `«~åfi`« XHõ ~ÀA áêѨܫ∞º ™êfl#O KÕã≤, "åH˜\’¡ J~°∞QÆ∞ ÃÑ·
‰õÄ~°∞Ûx LO_»QÍ, QÍ_ç^Œ áêѨܫ∞º‰õΩ Z^Œ~°∞QÍ #∞OK«∞x Ô~O_»∞ HÍà◊√§
J`«_ç KèåfÃÑ· LOz, "ÕQÆOQÍ `ÀHõ#∞ TѨ™êyOk.
^•O`À áêѨܫ∞º‰õΩ ^Œ_» ѨÙ\˜ìOk. nx ã≤QÆ`«~°QÍ D QÍ_ç^ŒH˜
QÍh Ñ≤K≥ÛHõ¯ÖË^Œ∞ Hõ^• J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. HÍh P ™êi QÍ_ç^Œx Ug∞
J#‰õΩO_® =kÖË™ê_»∞.
^•O`À QÍ_ç^Œ‰õΩ ^è≥·~°ºO ÃÑiy áÈ~ÚOk. XHõ™êi áêѨܫ∞º
QÀp ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩx, =ÚHͯe Ñ‘@ÃÑ· ‰õÄ~°∞Ûx, ÉèÏ~°º`À XO@H˜ #Å∞QÆ∞
ÃÑ\˜ìOK«∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl_»∞.
WO`«Ö’ Z=~À =zÛ Ñ≤Å∞¿ãÎ, J`«x ÉèÏ~°º gkèÖ’H˜ "≥o§Ok.
WO`«Ö’ J@∞=zÛ# QÍ_ç^Œ, =ÚHͯe Ñ‘@ÃÑ· ‰õÄ~°∞Ûx L#fl áêѨܫ∞º#∞
K«∂ã≤ `ÀHõ P_çã¨∂Î, J`«x Éèí∞*ÏÅÃÑ· `«# =ÚO^Œ∞ HÍà◊√§ ÃÑ\˜ìOk.
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^•O`À ǨÏ_®eáÈ~Ú# áêѨܫ∞º `«# QÍ_ç^Œ‰õΩ Ñ≤zÛ ZH˜¯Ok K«∂ã≤# Ü«Ú=~å}˜ P#O^ŒO`À Z<Àfl qÅ∞"≥·# PÉèí~å}ÏÅ∞, =¢™êÎÅ∞
Jx x^•ÌOiOK«∞H˘x, ^•xfl fã¨∞ÔHo§ ^˘_À¡ L#fl XHõ K≥@∞ìH˜ Hõ>Ëìã≤, "Õ@QÍ_çH˜ |Ǩï=∞uQÍ WzÛOk. JO`« qÅ∞"≥·# |Ǩï=∂<åÅ∞
XHõ |_ç`« fã¨∞H˘x ^•xfl Kå=ÉÏk =ke ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞. ^•O`À QÍ_ç^Œ‰õΩ JO^Œ∞‰õΩ<åfl "Õ@QÍ_»∞ P#O^ŒOQÍ `«# WO\˜H˜ uiy "≥àϧ_»∞.
Ü«∞[=∂x "≥∞ѨC#∞ á⁄O^•Å#fl Pâ◊ K«zÛáÈ~ÚOk. Ü« Ú =~å}˜ P lOHõ # ∞
Ü«∞[=∂x H˘\˜ì# ^≥|ƒÅ‰õΩ =¸Å∞QÆ∞`«∂ QÍ_ç^Œ `«#Ö’ `å#∞ ZO`À „¿Ñ=∞QÍ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩ#flk.
WÖÏ PÖ’zOK«∞HÀ™êyOk. <Õ#∞ KÕã≤# Ѩ#∞Å∞ P ‰õΩHõ¯ KÕ¿ãÎ =Ú^Œ∞ÌQÍ ^•xH˜ Z<Àfl ~°HÍÅ PǨ~åÅ∞
K«∂ã≤# Ü«∞[=∂x `«#∞ KÕ¿ãÎ, =Ú^Œ∞Ì K≥Ü«∞ºHõ áÈQÍ, Kå=ÉÏ^•_»∞. ÃÑ>Ëìk. Zxfl KÕã≤<å, P lOHõ‰õΩ
W^ÕO\˜ WÖÏ [iyOk. P#O^ŒO HõÅ∞QÆÖË^Œ∞. HÍ~°}O
<å‰õΩ ‰õΩHõ¯H© L#fl `Õ_® Uq∞\˜? WÖÏ PÖ’zã¨∂Î ^≥|ƒÅ ÉÏ^èŒH˜ ¿ãfiK« Û ù rqQÍ P<å\˜ ^•HÍ
ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ FO„_ç ÃÑ\˜ìOk. ^•O`À áêѨܫ∞º WO\’¡Oz |Ü«∞\˜H˜ =zÛ „|uH˜ # lOHõ Ü« Ú =~å}˜
QÍ_ç^Œ#∞ WOH˘™êi Hõ„~°`À Kå=ÉÏ^•_»∞. QÆ$ǨÏOÖ’ x~°ƒùOkèOK« |_çOk.
Z=~°∞ KÕÜ«∂eû# Ѩx "åà◊√§ KÕ¿ãÎ<Õ, "åà◊§H˜ ~å"åeû# QÆ∞iÎOѨ٠JÖÏ kQÆ∞Å∞ Ѩ_ç, P lOHõ Ñ≤Å¡
=ã¨∞ÎOk. „ѨHõ¯ "å_çx K«∂ã≤ Jã¨∂Ü«∞Ѩ_ç `«#q HÍx Ѩ#∞Å∞ KÕ¿ãÎ x„^Œ PǨ~åÅ∞ =∞<Õã,≤ kQÆ∞Å∞QÍ
ÉÏ^èÕ q∞QÆ∞Å∞ `«∞Ok. Ѩ_»∞‰õΩ<Õk. Wk K«∂ã≤# Ü«Ú=
ѨÙex K«∂ã≤ Jã¨∂Ü«∞Ѩ_ç XHõ #Hõ¯ `«# â◊s~°O JO`å "å`åÅ∞ ~å}˜ ZO`À ÉÏ^èŒ Ñ¨_ç lOHõ‰õΩ ¿ãfiK«Ûù HõeæOKåÅx xâ◊Û~ÚOK«∞H˘x,
ÃÑ@∞ìH˘x, ѨÙe JO`«^•xfl JÜ«∂º#x J#∞H˘#flk. "å`«Å∞ q∞yÖÏ~Ú. Éè@
í ∞efl Ñ≤ez P lOHõ#∞ J_»qÖ’ =ke ~°=∞‡x P*Ï˝ÑO≤ zOk. ^•O`À
#Hõ¯ #ˆH¯ J=Ù`«∞Ok HÍh ѨÙeÖÏ U<å\˜H© HÍÖË^Œ∞. Éèí@∞Å∞ P lOHõ Ñ≤Å¡#∞ fã¨∞ÔHo§ J_»qÖ’ =kÖË™ê~°∞. JO`Õ lOHõ‰õΩ
hu : Jã¨∂Ü«∞Ѩ_ç# "åà◊§H˜ HõëêìÅ∞ `«Ñ¨Ê=Ù. =∞m§ „|uH˜#@∞ìQÍ JxÑ≤Oz, `«# `«e^¡ OŒ „_»∞Å∞ LO_Õ KÀ\˜H˜ ѨiQÔ uÎOk.
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¿ãflǨÏ"Õ∞~å rq`«O
ѨÓ~°fiO K«O„^Œyi J_»=ÙÖ’¡ XHõ lOHõÅ ‰õΩ@∞O|O rqã¨∂LÎ O_Õk.
P ‰õΩ@∞O|OÖ’ L#fl XHõ Ñ≤Å¡ lOHõ =∞Ǩ `«∞O@ik. Jk J<ÕHõ
~°HÍÅ∞QÍ ^•x `«e¡, ^ŒO„_»∞efl P_çOz, qã≤yOKÕk. XH˘¯™êi
J~°ú~å„`«∞Å∞ `«# =∞O^Œx =ke ^Œ∂~°OQÍ "≥o§ QÆ_ç¤ "Õ∞¿ãk.
XHõ™êi P lOHõ Ñ≤Å¡ JÖψQ =∞O^Œ #∞O_ç q_çáÈ~Ú, ^Œ∂~°OQÍ áêѨO ^•x ^Œ∞~°^$Œ +¨Oì =Å# ^•x ‰õΩ@∞O|O Z\’ "≥o§áÈ~ÚOk.
u~°QÆ ™êyOk. JÖÏ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∂ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∂ P lOHõ Ñ≤Å¡ XHõ "Õ@QÍ_»∞ ^•O`À lOHõ Ñ≤Å¡ x~åâ◊QÍ P J_»qÖ’ q∞ye áÈ~ÚOk. P `«~åfi`« P
Ѩxfl# =ÅÖ’ zH˜¯áÈ~ÚOk. P "Õ@QÍ_»∞ P lOHõ#∞ fã¨∞ÔHo§ lOHõ Ñ≤Å¡‰õΩ =¸_»∞ „áê}∞Å`À =∞Oz ¿ãflǨÏO U~°Ê_çOk. J"ÕO\’
Ü«Ú=~å}˜H˜ [#‡k# HÍ#∞HõQÍ WKåÛ_»∞. P JO^Œ"≥∞ÿ# lOHõ Ñ≤Å¡#∞ `≥Å∞™ê, XHõ `åÉËÅ∞, XHõ ZÅ∞Hõ, XHõ HÍH˜. JÖÏ lOHõ "å\˜`À ¿ãflǨÏO
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KÕã¨∂Î, `«e¡^ŒO„^Œ∞Å∞ ÖËx ÉÏ^èŒ#∞ =∞iÛáÈ~Ú Ç¨~ÚQÍ HÍÅO
QÆ_»Ñ¨™êyOk.
WÖÏ <≥ÅÅ∞ QÆ_çKå~Ú. XHõ~ÀA XHõ "Õ@QÍ_»∞ P „áêO`«xH˜
"Õ@ P_»\ÏxH˜ =KåÛ_»∞. "Õ@QÍ_çx K«∂_»QÍ<Õ lOHõ XHõ¯QÔ O`«∞Ö’ J_»q
֒ѨeH˜ áêiáÈ~ÚOk. HÍH˜ i=Ùfi# QÍeÖ’H˜ ZyiOk. ZÅ∞Hõ ^ŒQ~æÆ Ö° ’
L#fl `«# HõÅ∞QÆ∞Ö’ K«@∞‰õΩ¯# ^Œ∂iáÈ~ÚOk.
áêѨO |O_» `åÉËÅ∞ x^•#OQÍ áê‰õΩ`«∂ ^ŒQ~æÆ Ö° ’ L#fl á⁄^ŒÖ’H˜
*Ï~°∞H˘"åÅx „Ѩܫ∞`«flOKÕã≤Ok. HÍh ^•x ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ìO H˘nÌ "Õ@QÍ_ç
KÕ`«∞ÅH˜ zH˜¯áÈ~ÚOk.
P "Õ@QÍ_»∞ zH˜¯O^Õ KåÅ∞, D ~ÀA PǨ~°O ^˘iH˜Ok
J#∞‰õΩO@∂ `åÉËÅ∞ HÍà◊√§ <åÅ∞QÆ∞ `å_»∞`À Hõ>Ëìã≤ Éèí∞*Ï# "Õã¨∞‰õΩx
J_»qÖ’Oz `«# „QÍ=∂xH˜ #_»=™êQÍ_»∞.
"Õ@QÍ_»∞ "≥o§# Ѩk x=ÚëêÅH˜ lOHõ, ZÅ∞Hõ, HÍH˜ ã¨=∂"Õâ◊O
J~Ú, `«=∞ q∞„`«∞_»∞ `åÉËÅ∞ "Õ@QÍ_çH˜ zH˜¯O^Õ Jx ^Œ∞ódOKå~°∞.
JѨC_»∞ ZÅ∞Hõ WÖÏ J#flk.
K≥Ü∂« ºeû# Ѩx KÕÜ∞« ‰õΩO_®, qKåiã¨∂Î ‰õÄ~˘ÛO>Ë =∞# q∞„`«∞_»∞
ZÖÏ „|`«∞‰õΩ`å_»∞. ‰õ#∞Hõ =∞# „Ѩܫ∞`«flO =∞#O KÕ^•ÌO. PÃÑ· ^Õ=Ú_Õ
Jhfl K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï_»∞. ZÅ∞Hõ =∂@Å∞ x["Õ∞#xÑ≤OKå~Ú HÍH˜,
lOHõÅH˜.
^•O`À Jq ZÖÏÔQ·<å =∞# q∞„`«∞_çx P "Õ@QÍ_ç ÉÏi #∞O_ç
~°H˜ΔOKåe, U^≥·<å Ѩ^äŒHõO K≥ѨC Jx ZÅ∞Hõx J_çQÍ~Ú. ZÅ∞Hõ Hõ¿ãѨÙ
PÖ’zOz WÖÏ J#flk.
D "Õ@QÍ_»∞ `«# „QÍ=∞O KÕ~åÅO>Ë ^˘=Ö’ XHõ "åQÆ∞x ^•\Ïeû
LO@∞Ok =∞#O P "åQÆ∞ ^ŒQ~æÆ ° HÍѨ٠"Õã,≤ P "Õ@QÍ_çx |∞i_ô H˘\˜Oì z,
=∞# `åÉËÅ∞ q∞„`«∞_çx ~°H˜ΔOKåe.
=ÚQÆ∞æ~°∞ q∞„`«∞Å∞ J_»¤^•iÖ’ „Ѩܫ∂}˜Oz P "Õ@QÍ_ç Hõ<åfl
=ÚO^Œ∞QÍ<Õ "åQÆ∞ X_»∞¤‰õΩ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl~Ú. ^Œ∂~°OQÍ =ã¨∞Î<åfl "Õ@QÍ_çx
QÆ=∞xOz ZÅ∞Hõ, `«# Ѩ^äŒHÍxfl HÍH˜, lOHõÅH˜ q=iOzOk. "Õ@QÍ_»∞
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"åQÆ∞ ^ŒQiæÆ H˜ =KÕÛã¨iH˜ ZÅ∞Hõ "Õã#≤ =ӺǨÏO „ѨHÍ~°O lOHõ K«zÛáÈ~Ú#
^•xÖÏ "åQÆ∞ X_»∞¤# Ѩ_çáÈ~ÚOk.
JÖψQ HÍH˜ ‰õÄ_® Ѩ^HŒä Oõ Ö’ ÉèÏQÆOQÍ K«zÛ#@∞¡ #\˜ã∞¨ #Î fl lOHõ#∞
á⁄_çz uO@∞#fl@∞ìQÍ #\˜OK«™êyOk. K«zÛ Ñ¨_»∞‰õΩ#fl lOHõ#∞
QÆ=∞xOz# "Õ@QÍ_»∞ KåÖÏ ã¨O`À+≤Oz P lOHõ#∞ fã¨∞H˘O^•=∞x
`åÉËÅ∞#∞ „H˜O^Œ ÃÑ\ì̃, lOHõ̂Hã≤ #_çKå_»∞. P J=HÍâ◊O HÀã¨"Õ∞ Z^Œ∞~°∞
K«∂ã¨∞Î#fl ZÅ∞Hõ, K«@∞‰õΩ¯# "≥o§ `åÉËÅ∞#∞ Hõ\ ˜ìѨ_Õã≤# `åà◊§#∞ Ѩ@,
Ѩ@ H˘iH˜ áêˆ~ã≤Ok.
"Õ@QÍ_»∞ ã¨iQÍæ `«#H˜ 12 J_»∞QÆ∞Å ^Œ∂~°OÖ’H˜ ~åQÍ<Õ
K«zÛ#@∞ì#fl lOHõ z=Ùfi# ÖËz ѨiQÔ uÎOk. HÍH˜ ‰õÄ_® QÍeÖ’H˜ ZyiOk.
"Õ@QÍ_»∞ lOHõ P_ç# <å@HÍxH˜ Pâ◊Û~°ºÑ¨_ç Hõhã¨O `åÉËÅ∞<≥·<å
^ŒH˜¯OK«∞H˘O^•=∞x "≥#H˜¯ uiy "≥o§K«∂¿ã ã¨iH˜ "åQÆ∞Ö’H˜ kQÆ∞`«∞#fl
`åÉËÅ∞ HõxÑ≤OzOk. ^•O`À "Õ@QÍ_çH˜ "≥„i"≥H˜¯ áÈ~ÚOk.
WO`«Ö’ HÍH˜ "ÕQÆOQÍ Zyi "Õ@QÍ_ç Hõà◊§#∞ á⁄_çzOk. ^•O`À
"Õ@QÍ_»∞ Hõà◊√§ áÈ~Ú ÉèíÜ«∞O`À ɡkiáÈ~Ú "ÕQÆOQÍ "åQÆ∞ ^•\˜ `«#
„QÍ=∞OÖ’H˜ ѨiÔQ`åÎ_»∞. P `«~åfi`« HÍH˜, `åÉËÅ∞, lOHõ, ZÅ∞Hõ KåÖÏ
HÍÅO P J_»qÖ’ ¿ãfiK«ÛùQÍ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∂, ¿ãflǨÏOQÍ rqOKå~Ú. WHõ
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HÍH˜KÕ QÍÜ«∞Ѩ_»¤ "Õ@QÍ_çH˜ XHõ Hõ#∞fl áÈ~ÚOk. ^•O`À "Õ\Ï_»@O
=∂<Õã≤ U"À Ѩx, áê@Å∞ KÕã¨∞‰õΩO@∂ rq`«O QÆ_çáê_»∞.
hu : PѨ^ŒÖ’ „áê}Ïxfl xe¿Ñ"å_Õ x["≥∞ÿ# ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_»∞.
V „Ѩ^Õâ◊O HõxÑ≤Oz J@∞ "≥·Ñ¨Ù J_»∞QÆ∞Å∞ "Õ™ê_»∞. f~å K«∂¿ãÎ Jk XHõ
^Œ∞+¨μì_çH˜ KÕã≤# "Õ∞Å∞
ѨÓ~°fiO '"ÕO„_»— J<Õ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ Ñ≤K«ÛÜ«∞º âߢã≤Î J<Õ ¿Ñ^Œ
„ÉÏǨχ}∞_»∞ LO_Õ"å_»∞. J`«_çH˜ #Å∞QÆ∞~°∞ P_» Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ [x‡OKå~°∞.
J`«x ÉèÏ~°º ã¨∞jÅ. KåÖÏ F~°∞Ê QÆÅ ¢ã‘Î. P"≥∞ ZO`« ¿Ñ^ŒiHõO
J#∞Éèíqã¨∞Î<åfl Éèí~°Î#∞, Ñ≤Å¡efl P¿ÑHõΔQÍ K«∂ã¨∞ÎO_Õk. JkèHõ ã¨O`å#O
ÃÑ·QÍ ã¨iJ~Ú# ã¨Oáê^Œ<å ÖËx âߢã≤ÎH˜ Pi÷Hõ ã¨=∞㨺Å∞ JkèHõO
HÍ™êQÍ~Ú.
âߢãÎ≤ ‰õΩ@∞O|O Hõhã¨O XHõ¯ ѨÓ>ˇ<ÿ å Hõ_∞» Ѩ٠xO_® uO_ç u#ÖËx
^Ò~åƒùQƺ ã≤÷uH˜ KÕiOk. ÃÑ·QÍ âߢã≤Î ‰õÄ`«∞à◊§Ö’ "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜ W^ŒÌ~°∞ P_»
Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ ÃÑo§_»∞‰õΩ =KÕÛ™ê~°∞. WHõ âߢã≤Î ÉèÏ~°º ã¨∞jÅ D ^Œi„^•xfl,
Jã¨Ç¨Ü«∞`«#∞ ã¨Ç≤ÏOK«ÖËHõáÈ~ÚOk.
^•O`À Éèí~°Î#∞, Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ ^˘_˘¡ K≥@ì‰õΩ áê^Œ∞Å∞ fã¨∞Î#fl
ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ Hõeã≤ WÖÏ J#flk.
''U=∞O_ô K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞ Hõ^•, =∞# ‰õΩ@∞O| ^Œ∞ã≤÷u. u#\ÏxH˜
uO_çÖË^Œ∞. Hõ@∞ìH˘=\ÏxH˜ ã¨Ô~·# |@ìÅ∞ÖË=Ù. ÃÑ·QÍ ÃÑ·"åà◊√§ W^ŒÌ~°∂
ÃÑo§H˜ ã≤^ŒúO JÜ«∂º~°∞. g∞~°∞ "Õˆ~ „áêO`åxH˜ "≥o§, U^≥·<å L^ÀºQÆO
KÕã≤ <åÅ∞QÆ∞ ~°∂áêÜ«∞Å∞ ã¨OáêkOK«∞‰õΩ~°O_ç.—— ÉèÏ~°º =∂@ʼnõΩ âߢã≤Î
'B#∞— J#fl@∞ì `«Å P_çOKå_»∞.
PÃÑ· Ug∞ PÖ’zOK«‰õΩO_® ÉèÏ~°º, a_»¤efl „QÍ=∞OÖ’ =kÖËã≤
ã¨Oáê^Œ# HÀã¨O HÍã¨Î ^Œ∂~°OÖ’ L#fl Ѩ@ì}ÏxH˜ |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞. âߢã≤Î
LO@∞#fl „QÍ=∞O #∞O_ç, Ѩ@ì}ÏxH˜ KÕ~åÅO>Ë =∞^茺֒ H˘O`« J_»q
‰õΩO_® „Ѩܫ∂}O KÕÜ«∂eû LO@∞Ok. J~Ú<å 㨈~ "≥#HÍ_»‰õΩO_®
âߢã≤Î „Ѩܫ∂}O "≥Ú^ŒÅ∞ ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞. H˘xfl QÆO@ʼnõΩ J_»q =∞^茺^•HÍ
=KåÛ_»∞.
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JѨÊ\˜H˜ ã¨=∞Ü«∞O q∞@ì=∞^蕺#flO HÍ=ã¨∞Î#flk. âߢã≤ÎH˜ ^•Ç¨ÏO
JkèHOõ HÍ™êyOk. ^•O`À ZHõ¯_≥#· hà◊√§ Åaè™êÎÜ∞Õ "≥∂#x, K«∞@∞ì „Ñ¨H¯õ Å
ѨijÅ#QÍ K«∂™ê_»∞. JHõ¯_»H˜ H˘xfl QÆ*ÏÅ ^Œ∂~°OÖ’ U^À [ÅO L#fl
|∞~°^Œ <ÕÅ. ÃÑ#· H˘kÌQÍ hà◊√§ HõxÑ≤ã∞¨ <Î åfl ~Ô O_»∞ J_»∞QÆ∞Å∞ P |∞~°^ÖŒ ’
#_ç¿ãÎ JO^Œ∞Ö’ "≥∞_»Å^•HÍ ‰õÄ~°∞‰õΩáÈ=@O MÏÜ«∞O Jx J~°÷O J~Ú
"≥#H˜¯ uiQÍ_»∞.
ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_Õ Z=~À Ñ≤ez#@∞ì JxÑ≤Oz y~°∞‰õΩ¯# "≥#H˜¯
uiQÍ_»∞. P z`«Î_ç #∞O_Õ P Ñ≤Å∞Ѩ٠=zÛO^Œx „QÆÇ≤ÏOz, *Ï„QÆ`«ÎQÍ
J@∞"≥·Ñ¨Ù #_çKå_»∞. JѨC_»∞ ѨijÅ#QÍ K«∂¿ãÎ J`«xH˜ HõxÑ≤OKå~°∞.
P z`«Î_ç <ÕÅÖ’ `«Å =~°‰õÄ ‰õÄ~°∞‰õΩáÈ~Ú# XHõ =∞x+≤, XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ
ѨÙe, XHõ áê=Ú, XHõ HÀu Kå=\ÏxH˜ ã≤^OúŒ QÍ L#fl `«=∞x HÍáê_»=∞x
"å~°O`å âߢã≤Îx „|uq∞ÖÏ_®~°∞.
âß„ã≤ÎH˜ UOKÕÜ«∂Ö’ J~°÷OHÍÖË^Œ∞. WO`«Ö’ ѨÙe WÖÏ J#flk. F
„ÉÏǨχ}À`«Î=∂! ^ŒÜ«∞KÕã≤ ##∞fl D Ta #∞O_ç |Ü«∞\˜H˜ ÖÏQÆ∞, h
"Õ∞Å∞ =∞iÛáÈ#∞. ^•xH˜ âß„ã≤Î WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. F ѨÙb! h=٠ѨÓiÎQÍ
‰õÄ$~°"≥∞ÿ# rqq. x#∞fl ~°H˜Δ¿ãÎ, h=Ù Éˇ·@Ѩ_ç #<Õfl uO\Ï=Ù J<åfl_»∞
ÉèíÜ«∞OQÍ.
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JѨC_»∞ ѨÙe WÖÏ J#flk F~¸! J=∂Ü«∞‰õΩ_®, <å‰õΩ „áê}O
^•#O KÕ¿ã h=Ù ^≥=· O`À ã¨=∂#O. h‰õΩ Ç¨x KÕ™êÎ<å J#flk n#OQÍ–
ѨÙe =∂@ʼnõΩ *ÏeѨ_ç# âߢã≤Î P „áêO`«OÖ’ ^˘iH˜# K≥@∞ì
T_»#∞ `≥zÛ, XHõ H˘ã¨#∞ `«#∞ Ѩ@∞ìH˘x, Ô~O_À H˘ã¨#∞ ѨÙe g∞^Œ‰õΩ
qã≤~å_»∞. ^•O`À P ѨÙe *Ï„QÆ`«ÎQÍ P K≥@∞ì T_» H˘ã¨#∞ Ѩ@∞ìH˘x
X_»∞¤‰õΩ KÕi âß„ã≤ÎH˜ #=∞™ê¯~°OKÕã≤ WÖÏ J#flk. F <åÜ«∞<å! <å
„áê}O HÍáê_»=Ù.
h‰õΩ <åHõ$`«[˝`«Å∞, h‰õΩ gÖˇ·#ѨC_»∞ WHõ¯_çH˜ =¸_»∞ „H˘ã¨∞Å
^Œ∂~°OÖ’ L#fl <å QÆ∞ǨÏH˜~å, h‰õΩ `«y# |Ǩï=∂#O W™êÎ#∞. WÖÏ
K≥Ñ≤Ê P ѨÙe "≥o§ áÈ~ÚOk.
P `« ~ åfi`« =∞x+≤ `« # #∞ ‰õ Ä _® HÍáê_» = ∞x âߢã≤ Î x
„|uq∞ÖÏ_»™êQÍ_»∞. âߢã≤Î =∞#ã¨∞ Hõiy áÈ~Ú, P =∞x+≤x ~°H˜ΔOKåÅx
J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
JѨC_»∞ P TaÖ’ L#fl HÀu, áê=Ú âߢã≤Î`À WÖÏ J<åfl~Ú.
F J=∂Ü«Ú‰õΩ_®! D =∞x+≤ Ѩ~°=∞ hK«∞_»∞. ^Œ∞~å‡~°∞æ_»∞. g_çx QÍh
~°H˜ΔOKå=O>Ë h‰õΩ Ç¨x [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞Ok.
J~Ú<å âߢã≤Î Ug∞ PÖ’zOK«‰õΩO_® P TaÖ’ W~°∞‰õΩ¯#fl
=∞x+≤x =∞„i T_» ™êÜ«∞O`À |Ü«∞\˜H˜ ÖÏQÍ_»∞. P =∞x+≤ |Ü«∞\˜H˜
=zÛ âߢã≤Î`À WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. F~¸ „áê}Ï^•`å! ##∞fl ~°H˜ΔOz# h
"Õ∞Å∞ Z<åfl_»∂ =∞iÛáÈ#∞.
hˆH^≥·<å J=ã¨~°O =¿ãÎ ##∞fl HõÅ∞ã¨HÀ, <Õ#∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ L#fl
'K≥Å∂¡~°∞— „QÍ=∞OÖ’ |OQÍ~°∞ =ã¨∞Î=ÙÅ∞ PÉèí~°}ÏÅ∞ KÕ¿ã HõO™êex,
Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê HõO™êe "≥o§áÈÜ«∂_»∞.
P `«~åfi`« âߢã≤Î HÀux, áê=Úx ~°H˜ΔOz, X_»∞¤‰õΩ KÕiÛ `«#
^˘=# `«#∞ Ѩ@ì}ÏxH˜ |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞. âߢã≤ΠѨ@ì}O KÕi KåÖÏ =∞Ok
"≥·â◊√ºÅ ~åAÅ WO@ ѨÓ[Å∞ [iÑ≤Oz KåÖÏ ^èŒ#O ^ŒH˜Δ}ÏÅ∞QÍ
QÆ_çOKå_»∞. JÖÏ =¸_»∞ <≥ÅÅ∞ QÆ_çKå~Ú. âߢã≤Î ã¨O`À+¨ Ѩ_ç WHõ
ÉèÏ~°º, a_»Å¤ ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ "≥o§ áÈ"åÅx x~°~‚ ÚOK«∞H˘x XHõ â◊√Éè=í ÚǨï~°OÎ Ö’
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`å#∞ ã¨OáêkOz# ^èŒ<åxfl Éèí„^ŒOQÍ XHõ =¸@QÍ Hõ\ ˜ì, '"ÕO„_»—
„QÍ=∂xH˜ „Ѩܫ∂}O "≥Ú^ŒÅ∞ ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞.
=∞m§ J_»qÖ’H˜ =KåÛ_»∞. JѨC_»∞ âߢãHÎ≤ ˜ XHõ PÖ’K«# =zÛOk.
`«#∞ „áê}^•#O KÕã#≤ "åà◊√§ `«#H˜ =∞m§ LѨHÍ~°O KÕ™êÎ=∞x "åQÍÌ#O
KÕ™ê~°∞ Hõ^•! "åà◊§x WѨC_»∞ Hõe¿ãÎ U"≥∞ÿ# W™êÎ̂~"≥∂ K«∂_®e. ^•O`À
âߢã≤Î QÆ|,QÆÉÏ #_»∞ã¨∂ΠѨÙe L#fl QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’H˜ "≥àϧ_»∞. P QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ L#fl
ѨÙe âߢã≤Îx K«∂ã≤, F~¸! „ÉÏǨχ}∞_® P<å_»∞ <å „áê}O HÍáê_»=Ù.
JO^Œ∞‰õΩ „ѨuѶ¨ÅOQÍ h‰õΩ D PÉèí~°}ÏÅ∞ Wã¨∞Î<åfl#∞ fã¨∞HÀ Jx
H˘xfl Ǩ~åÅ∞, LOQÆ~åÅ∞ âߢã≤ÎH˜ WzÛOk.
"å\˜x K«∂ã≤ âߢãÎ≤ KåÖÏ P#OkOKå_»∞. J~Ú<å J#∞=∂#OQÍ
J_çQÍ_»∞. F~¸! ѨÙe~å*Ï! WO`« Ys^≥#· #QÆÅ∞ h‰õΩ ZÖÏ ÅaèOKå~Ú.
JѨC_»∞ ѨÙe WÖÏ J#flk.
XHõ™êi XHõ ~å[ ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_»∞ D J_»qH˜ "Õ@‰õΩ =KåÛ_»∞. <Õ#∞
J`«_çx K«OÑ≤ u<Õ™ê#∞. P `«~åfi`« J`«_ç PÉèí~°}ÏÅ∞ fã¨∞H˘x
Éè„í ^ŒÑi¨ Kå#∞. ^•O`À âߢãÎ≤ QÆ\ Qì˜ Í x@∂ìiÛ, P PÉè~í }° ÏÅ∞ `«# ã¨OpÖ’
ã¨~∞° HÌ ˘x, ѨÙe ^ŒQ~æÆ ° g_˘¯Å∞ fã¨∞H˘x =∞m§ „ѨÜ∂« }O "≥Ú^ŒÅ∞ ÃÑ\Ïì_∞» .
H˘O`«^Œ∂~°O #_çKåHõ XHõ HÀu Z^Œ∞~°∞ Ѩ_çOk. Jk "Õˆ~
Z=~ÀHÍ^Œ∞ âߢã≤Î QÆ`«OÖ’ ~°H˜ΔOz# HÀ`Õ. P =∞~å¯@O âߢã≤Îx QÆ∞~°∞Î
Ѩ\,ì˜ P¿ÑHõQΔ Í Ñ¨ÅHõiOz, HÍã≤x Ѩà√◊ §, HÍÜ«∞Å∞ ÃÑ\˜Oì k. PHõe g∞^Œ∞#fl
âߢã≤Î P Ѩà◊§#∞ ã¨QÆO ux, q∞ye#q ã¨OpÖ’ ÃÑ@∞ìH˘x HÀu ^ŒQÆæ~°
g_˘¯Å∞ fã¨∞H˘x |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞.
JÖÏ "≥à◊√ÎO_»QÍ âߢã≤ÎH˜ XHõ PÖ’K«# =zÛOk. J^Õ=∞O>Ë Ñ¨Ùe
WzÛ# #QÆefl, K≥Å∂¡~°∞Ö’ `å#∞ HÍáê_ç# HõO™êeH˜ Jq∞‡, =∞i H˘O`«
_»|∞ƒ ã¨OáêkOKåex. PÖ’K«# `«\ ˜ì# =∞~°∞HõΔ}O âߢã≤Î 'K≥Å∂¡~°∞—
„QÍ=∞O "≥o§, HõOáêex Hõe™ê_»∞. âߢã≤ÎKÕ HÍáê_»|_»¤ HõO™êe âߢã≤Îx
QÆ∞~°∞ÎѨ\ ˜ì PǨfixOz P^Œ~°OQÍ ‰õÄ~ÀÛÃÑ\˜ì F~Ú q„ѨÙ_®! Uq∞\˜
WÖÏ =KåÛ~°∞. <å =Å# HÍ=eû# Ѩx U"≥∞<ÿ å L<åfl^• Jx q#„=∞OQÍ
J_çQÍ_»∞.
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JѨC_»∞ âߢãÎ≤ `«# ã¨OpÖ’ L#fl ѨÙe WzÛ# PÉè~í }° ÏÅ∞ HõOáêeH˜
WzÛ "å\˜H˜ `«y# ^èŒ~° W=∞‡x J_çQÍ_»∞. P #QÆefl fã¨∞H˘x HõO™êe
ѨijeOz Jq `å#∞ Ü«Ú=~åA HÀã¨O KÕã≤#q Jx „QÆÇ≤ÏOz, ÃÑ·H˜
=∂„`«O Ug∞ J#‰õΩO_® âߢã≤Îx ‰õÄ~ÀÛ=∞x K≥Ñ≤Ê P #QÆÅ∞ fã¨∞H˘x
^˘_ç¤ ^˘=‰õΩO_® WO\’¡Oz |Ü«∞Å∞^Õi ~åAQÍix Hõeã≤ P #QÆÅ∞
WKåÛ_»∞.
~åAQÍ~°∞ P #QÆefl K«∂ã≤ `«# ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çx K«OÑ≤ #QÆÅ#∞
âߢãÎ≤ JѨÇϨ iOz LO\Ï_»x JáÈǨÏѨ_,ç Éè@í ∞efl Ñ≤ez, âߢãxÎ≤ |OkèOz
HÍ~åQÍ~°OÖ’ "ÕÜ«∞=∞x P*Ï˝Ñ≤OKå_»∞. HõO™êe ^Œ∞~å‡~°æ |∞kú =Å¡
J=∂Ü«∞‰õΩ_≥·# âߢã≤Î *ˇ·Å∞áêÖˇ· ^Œ∞ódOK«™êQÍ_»∞.
WÖÏ H˘xfl ~ÀAÅ∞ QÆ_Kç å~Ú. XHõ~ÀA âߢãHÎ≤ ˜ QÆ∞~°∞‰Î Ωõ =zÛOk.
P<å_»∞ `«#KÕ ~°H˜ΔOK«|_»¤ áê=Ú. J=ã¨~°O J~Ú#ѨC_»∞ ã¨Ç¨Ü«∞O
KÕ™êÎ##fl =∂@. ^•O`À âߢã≤Î P áê=Ú#∞ =∞#ã¨∞ûÖ’ `«Å∞Û‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
JO`Õ P áê=Ú âߢã≤Î =ÚO^Œ∞ „Ѩ`«ºHõΔ"≥∞ÿ WÖÏ J#flk. F~Ú J=∂Ü«∞Hõ
âߢã≤Î P<å_»∞ <Õ#∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê<å q#‰õΩO_® P ^Œ∞+¨ì =∂#=Ù_çfl HÍáê_®=Ù.
WѨC_»∞ HÍ~åQÍ~°OÖ’ Ѩ_ç JÅ=∞\˜ã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù.
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J~Ú<å QÆ`«O, QÆ`«ó WѨC_»∞ <Õ#∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê#@∞ì K≥~Úº, h‰õΩ JO`å
=∞OKÕ [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞Ok. UO K≥Ü«∂ºe Jx P„`«∞`«QÍ J_çQÍ_»∞ âߢã≤Î.
K«∂_»∞... <Õ#∞ D ^Õâßxfl áêeã¨∞Î#fl ~åAQÍi ÉèÏ~°º#∞ HÍ@∞ "Õ™êÎ#∞.
h=Ù =zÛ P"≥∞x `åH˜`Õ KåÅ∞, <å q+¨O qiyáÈ~Ú P"≥∞ „|`«∞‰õΩ`«∞Ok.
`«# ÉèÏ~°º#∞ ~°H˜ΔOz#O^Œ∞‰õΩ P ~åAQÍ~°∞ x#∞fl D *ˇ·Å∞ #∞O_ç
q_çÑ≤™êÎ_»∞ J#flk áê=Ú.
P `«~åfi`« P ã¨~°ÊO ~å}˜QÍi JO`«óѨÙ~åxfl KÕi, x„kã¨∞Î#fl
~å}˜QÍix Hõã¨∞‰õΩ¯# HÍ>Ëã≤ JHõ¯_» #∞O_ç "≥o§áÈ~ÚOk. ~å}˜QÍix
áê=Ú HÍ>Ëã≤Ok J#fl =∂@ qx, ~åAQÍ~°∞ ǨÏ_»=Ù_çQÍ JO`«óѨÙ~°O
KÕi, ~å[ "≥·^Œ∞ºefl JO^Œsfl ~°Ñ≤ÊOKå~°∞.
~åA "≥·^Œ∞ºÅ∞ ZO`« „Ѩܫ∞`«flO KÕã≤<å, Zxfl =∞O^Œ∞Å∞ "å_ç<å
~å}© QÍ~°∞ ÖË=ÖË^Œ∞.
^•O`À ~åAQÍ~°∞ PO^Àà◊# K≥Ok ~å}©QÍix HÍáê_ç# "åiH˜
=∞Oz |Ǩï=∂#O W™êÎ#x „ѨHõ\ ˜OKå_»∞. ZO^Œ~À "≥·^Œ∞ºÅ∞ "≥·^ŒºO
KÕ™ê~°∞. HÍh ~å}©QÍiH˜ ã¨$ǨÏ~åÖË^Œ∞. z=iQÍ âߢã≤ÎH˜ J=HÍâ◊O
W=fi|_çOk.
âߢã≤Î ~å}˜QÍi `«ÅÊO ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥o§, U^À K«^Œ∞=Ù`«∞#fl@∞ìQÍ
ÃÑ^Œ=ÙÅ∞ Hõ^Œ∞ѨÙ`«∂, ~å}˜QÍi K≥~Úºx `åHÍ_»∞. JO`Õ áê=Ú q+¨O
qiyáÈ~Ú, ~å}©QÍ~°∞ ÖËz ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl~°∞.
^•O`À ~åAQÍ~°∞ ã¨O`À+≤Oz âߢã≤Îx HõΔq∞OKÕ™ê~°∞. JѨC_»∞
âߢã≤Î [iy#^ŒO`å K≥Ñ≤Ê `«# x~˘Ì+≤`åfixfl q=iOKå_»∞.
~åAQÍiH˜ JO`å J~°÷=∞~ÚOk. "≥O@<Õ Hõ$`«[˝`«∞_»∞ J~Ú#
P HõO™êe HÍ~åQÍ~°OÖ’ "Õ~ÚOz, âߢãHÎ≤ ˜ =∞Oz |Ǩï=∞`«∞Å∞ W=fi@"Õ∞
H͉õΩO_® `«# P™êú# ѨÙ~ÀÇ≤Ï`«∞_çQÍ L^ÀºQÆO ‰õÄ_® WKåÛ_»∞.
P `«~åfi`« âߢã≤Î ÉèÏ~åº a_»¤Å`À ~åAQÍi P™ê÷# ѨÙ~ÀÇ≤Ï`«∞_çQÍ
LO@∂, ã¨HõÅ Éè’QÍÅ∞ J#∞Éèíqã¨∂Î HÍÅO QÆ_çáê_»∞.
hu : =∞Oz K≥¿ÑÊ q∞„`«∞Å =∂@ q<åe.
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`˘O^Œ~°áê@∞ `«#O ~å=∞âß„ã≤Î ‰õΩ=∂~°∞_çH˜ ã¨O=`«û~°O =Ü«∞ã¨∞û =zÛOk. ~å=∞âߢãÎ≤
ѨÓ~°fiO #Å∂¡~∞° J<Õ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ ~å=∞âߢãÎ≤ J<Õ ¿Ñ^Œ „ÉÏǨχ}∞_»∞ WO\’¡ ÃÑ~°∞QÆ∞K«∞#fl =ÚOy㨠P Ѩã≤ a_»‰¤ Ωõ =∞Oz ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞~åÅ~ÚºOk.
LO_Õ"å_»∞. J`«_»∞ P Ti ^Õ"åÅÜ«∞OÖ’ ѨÓ*ÏiQÍ Ñ¨x KÕã¨∂Î XHõ ~ÀA ã‘`«=∞‡ P T~À¡ XHõi WO\’¡ [~°∞QÆ∞K«∞#fl ¿Ñ~°O\ÏxH˜
LO_Õ"å_»∞. ~å=∞âߢã≤Î JѨC_»Ñ¨C_»∞ P Ti „Ѩ[Å∞ `«=∞ Wà◊§Ö’¡ "≥o§Ok. a_»¤#∞ ~å=∞âߢã≤ÎH˜ JѨÊyOz P"≥∞ "≥o§Ok.
KÕã∞¨ H˘<Õ „=`åÅ∞, ѨÓ[Å#∞ [iÑ≤Oz "åà◊√§ WKÕÛ H˘kÌáê\˜ ã¨OÉèÏ=#Å∞ ~å=∞âߢã≤Î a_»¤#∞ Z`«∞ÎH˘x P_çã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. WO`«Ö’ P Ti
fã¨∞‰õΩO@∂ HÍÅO QÆ_ç¿Ñ"å_»∞. ÃÑ^ŒHÍ=∞O^Œ∞QÍi áêÖË~∞° ~å=∞âߢãÎ≤ WO\˜H˜ =zÛ HÍ=∞O^Œ∞ QÍi WO\’¡
~å=∞âߢã≤Î ÉèÏ~°º ã‘`«=∞‡ P"≥∞ Éèí~°Î `≥zÛ# H˘kÌáê\˜ _»|∞ƒ`À<Õ Ñ¨Ó[ [iÑ≤OK«\ÏxH˜ ~°=∞‡x PǨfixOKå_»∞. ~å=∞âߢã≤Î PÖ’K«#Ö’
‰õΩ@∞OÉÏxfl QÆ∞@∞ìQÍ #_»∞ѨىõΩO@∂ LO_Õk. J~Ú`Õ ~å=∞âߢã≤ΠѨ_®¤_»∞.
^ŒOѨ`«∞ʼnõΩ L#fl UÔH·Hõ ÉÏ^èŒ "åà◊§H˜ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ ÖË~°∞. "åà◊§H˜ ÃÑO_ç¡ J~Úº XHõ„ѨHõ¯ ÉèÏ~°º a_»¤#∞ `«#‰õΩ JѨÊyOz ¿Ñ~°O\ÏxH˜ "≥o§Ok.
10 ã¨OII=ÚÅ∞ QÆ_çz<å ã¨O`å# ÉèÏQƺO HõÅQÆÖË^Œ∞. ^•O`À ~å=∞âߢã≤Î `«#∞ a_»¤#∞ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl_»∞. a_»¤HÀã¨O, ѨÓ[ KÕ~ÚOK«\ÏxH˜
PÜ«∞# ÉèÏ~°º Z<Àfl ѨÓ[Å∞, „=`åÅ∞ KÕâß~°∞. f~°÷Ü«∂„`«Å∞ KÕã≤ J<ÕHõ HÍ=∞O^Œ∞QÍi WO\˜H˜ "≥à◊§HõáÈ`Õ PÜ«∞#‰õΩ HÀѨO =ã¨∞ÎOk. ^•O`À
=∞Ok ^Õ=Ùà◊§H˜ „"≥Ú‰õΩ¯‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. z=iH˜ "åà◊§ ѨÓ[Å∞ Ѷe¨ Oz ~å=∞âߢãÎ≤ ~å=∞âߢã≤ÎH˜ XHõ LáêÜ«∞O `«\ ˜ìOk.
ÉèÏ~°º ã‘`«=∞‡ XHõ ѨO_»O\˜ =∞QÆ a_»¤‰õΩ [x‡xzÛOk. Ѩã≤ a_»#¤ ∞ LÜ«∂ºÅÖ’ Ѩ_∞» HÀɡ\ì˜ =ÚOyã¨#∞ P a_»‰¤ Ωõ HÍѨÖÏQÍ
LOz ѨÓ[ KÕ~ÚOK«\ÏxH˜ "≥o§áÈÜ«∂_»∞. WO`«Ö’ XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ „`åK«∞áê=Ú
ÖËHõÖËHõ Hõey# P =∞QÆ
a_»¤‰õΩ U ֒ѨO HõÅQƉõΩO_® P
a_»#¤ ∞ ÃÑOK«™êQÍ~°∞. ~å=∞âߢãÎ≤
WO\’¡ XHõ =ÚOyã¨x KåÖÏ
HÍÅOQÍ ÃÑOK«∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl_»∞.
=ÚOy㨠JO>Ë `≥Å∞ã¨∞ Hõ^Œ∂!
Jk L_»`« *ÏuH˜ K≥Ok# ÃÑ^ŒÌ
Ѩ i =∂}OÖ’ LO_Õ „áê}˜ .
=ÚOy㨉õΩ, áê=ÚH˜ P[#‡
q~À^èOŒ LOk. ZѨC_≥<· å áê=Ú, Ѩã≤a_»¤ L#fl LÜ«∂ºÅ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ =zÛOk. Jk K«∂ã≤# =ÚOy㨠P
=ÚOy㨠Z^Œ∞Ô~^Œ∞~°∞ Ѩ_ç áÈ\Ï¡ áê=Ú ÃÑ· H ˜ áÈ~å\ÏxH˜ k yOk. áê=Ú, =ÚOy㨠^•~° ∞ }OQÍ
_»∞‰õΩO>Ë =ÚOy㨠`«#`À áÈ~å_»∞`«∞#fl áê=Úx H˘iH˜ =ÚHõ¯Å∞ KÕã≤ áÈ~å_»∞‰õΩ<åfl~Ú. z=iH˜ =ÚOyã¨, áê=Úx =Ú‰õ¯Å∞ KÕã≤ K«O¿Ñã≤Ok.
K«O¿Ñã¨∞ÎOk. P ~ÀAÖ’¡ „QÍ=∂Ö’¡ áê=ÚÅ Éˇ_»^Œ Z‰õΩ¯=QÍ LO_Õk. HÍ¿ãѨ\ ˜H˜ ~å=∞âߢã≤Î ÉèÏ~°º WO\˜H˜ uiy =zÛOk.
JO^Œ∞=Å¡ ~å=∞âߢã≤Î áê=ÚÅ #∞O_ç ~°HõΔ}‰õΩ QÍ#∞ =ÚOyã¨#∞ WO\’¡ a_»¤ LÜ«∂ºÅ „H˜O^Œ ~°HõÎ=Ú =∞_»∞QÆ∞ HõxÑ≤OzOk. Jk
ÃÑOK«∞`«∂ LO_Õ"å_»∞. K«∂ã≤ P"≥∞ `å=Ú ÃÑOK«∞‰õΩO@∞#fl =ÚOy㨠`«=∞‰õΩ ÖËHõÖËHõ Hõey#
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a_»¤#∞ H˘iH˜ K«O¿Ñã≤O^Œx Jáê~°÷O KÕã¨∞‰õΩ#flk. ^•O`À ã‘`«=∞‡
Ѩ@ìÖË#O`« P„QÆǨÏO`À P =ÚOyã¨#∞ ~ÀHõe |O_»`À H˘\˜ì K«OÑ≤Ok.
áêѨO `«# Ü«∞[=∂x H˘_»∞‰õΩx HÍáê_»∞@ HÀã¨O „`åK«∞áê=Úx
K«OÑ≤# P =ÚOy㨠ܫ∞[=∂x ÉèÏ~°º KÕuÖ’ „áê}ÏÅ∞ HÀÖ’Ê~ÚOk.
HÍ¿ãѨ\ ˜H˜ ~å=∞âߢã≤ΠѨÓ[KÕ~ÚOz WO\˜H˜ uiy =KåÛ_»∞. WO\˜H˜
=KÕÛã¨iH˜ U_»∞ã¨∂Î ‰õΩ~°∞Ûx L#fl ÉèÏ~°º HõxÑ≤OzOk. ^•O`À HõOQÍ~°∞
Ѩ_xç ~å=∞âߢãÎ≤ UO [iyO^Œx ÉèÏ~°ºx J_çQÍ_»∞. ÉèÏ~°º WÖÏ K≥ÑÊ≤ Ok.
=∞# a_»¤#∞ HÍáê_»\ÏxH˜ a_»¤ LÜ«∂ºÅ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ =zÛ#
„`åK«∞áê=Ú#∞ =∞# ÃÑOѨÙ_»∞ =ÚOy㨠K«O¿Ñã≤Ok. <Õ#∞ =zÛ
K«∂¿ãã¨iH˜ WÅ¡O`å ~°HõÎO HõxÑ≤Oz =∞# a_»¤#∞ =ÚOy㨠K«O¿Ñã≤O^Œx
Jáê~°÷O KÕã¨∞H˘x ^•xx J<åºÜ«∞OQÍ H˘\˜ì K«Oáê#∞.
=∞# a_»¤ „áê}O HÍáê_ç# D =ÚOy㨠„áê}O fã≤ KåÖÏ
áêѨO KÕâß#∞. Jx ã‘`«=∞‡ ~ÀkOK« ™êyOk. ~å=∞âߢã≤Î WÅ¡O`å
XHõ™êi ѨijeOKå_»∞. LÜ«∂ºÅÖ’ a_»¤ Ǩ~ÚQÍ x„^ŒáÈ`«∞<åfl_»∞.
LÜ«∂ºÅ „H˜O^Œ =ÚOy㨠K«xáÈ~Ú Ñ¨_ç L#flk.
hu : U q+¨Ü«∞OÖ’#∞ `˘O^Œ~°áê@∞ `«#O Ѩ_»‰õÄ_»^Œ∞, ÉÏQÍ
PÖ’zOz U^≥·<å x~°‚~ÚOKåe.
V P U#∞QÆ∞ ÉèÏs PHÍ~°O K«∂ã≤ Jk KÕ¿ã x~°¡HõΔ º K«~°ºefl J_»¤yOKÕ
JѨiz`«∞_çx #=∞‡~å^Œ∞
ѨÓ~°fiO K«O„^Œyi J_»=ÙÅÖ’ 'QÆ*ËO„^Œ— J<Õ U#∞QÆ∞ LO_Õk. P
U#∞QÆ∞ KåÖÏ ÃÑ^ŒÌkQÍ, =∞Ǩ|ÅOQÍ LO_Õk. P J_»qÖ’ LO_Õ Jxfl
[O`«∞=ÙÅ∞ P U#∞QÆ∞ PHÍ~°O, |ÅO K«∂ã≤ ǨÏ_»eáÈÜÕ∞q. z=iH˜
‰õÄ$~°=∞$QÍÖˇ#· ѨÙe, ã≤OǨÅ∞ ‰õÄ_® QÆ*OË „^Œ ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ ‰õÄ_® "≥à§ı qHÍ^Œ∞.
WHõ P QÆ[~åA k#K«~°º Ѩ~°=∞ J~åK«HõOQÍ LO_Õk.
L^ŒÜ«∞O ã¨∂~Àº^ŒÜ«∞O HÍQÍ<Õ x„^ŒÖËz JÖÏ J_»q =∞^茺֒
L#fl ÃÑ^ŒÌ H˘Å#∞Ö’ kˆQk. P `«~åfi`« QÆO@Å H˘nÌ P H˘Å#∞Ö’
™êfl#O KÕÜ«∞@O, hà◊§`À P_»∞HÀ=@O KÕ¿ãk. ^•x `˘O_®xfl P
H˘Å#∞Ö’ =ÚOz '|„~°∞#— KåÖÏ hà◊√§ Ñ‘eÛ, Jxfl "≥·Ñ¨ÙÅH© z"Õ∞‡k.
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P U#∞QÆ∞ JÖÏ hà◊√§ z"Õ∞‡ã¨iH˜ P H˘Å#∞ K«∞@∂ì L#fl K≥@¡ÃÑ·
LO_Õ HÀ`«∞Å∞, Ѩ‰õΔΩÅÃÑ· hà◊√§ ^è•~°Å∞ Ѩ_ç TÑ≤i P_»Hõ yÅ, yÅÖÏ_ç
K≥@¡ g∞^Œ #∞Oz „H˜O^Œ Ѩ_ç K«KÕÛq.
P `«~åfi`« ™êfl#O J~Ú<åHõ, hà◊§ #∞O_ç |Ü«∞\˜H˜ =zÛ `«#‰õΩ
#zÛ# ÃÑ^ŒÌ ÃÑ^ŒÌ K≥@#¡ ∞ `˘O_»O`À ÃÑH˜eOz ÖË`Q« Í LO_Õ K≥@¡ H˘=∞‡efl
Ǩ~ÚQÍ Éè’OKÕ¿ãk. WOHÍ J_»qÖ’ LO_Õ Ñ¨à§◊ K≥@#¡ ∞ ‰õÄ_® `˘O_»O`À
q~°QÆ nã≤, P K≥@¡ ѨO_»¡#∞ uO@∂ LO_Õk.
™êǨϙêxH˜ P J_»qÖ’ U [O`«∞=Ó kQÆÖË^Œ∞. WHõ J_»qH˜ ~å*ˇ·#
=∞$QÆ~åA ã≤OǨÏO ‰õÄ_® U#∞QÆ∞ |ÖÏxH˜ ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_ç <˘~°∂‡ã¨∞H˘x
‰õÄ~°∞ÛOk. WÖÏ P U#∞QÆ∞ KÕã¨∞Î#fl J~åK«Hõ K«~°ºÅ∞ P J_»qÖ’x
Jxfl [O`«∞=ÙÅH˜ „áê}Ï ã¨OHõ@OQÍ =∂iOk.
XHõ~ÀA H˘xfl #Hõ¯Å∞ ã¨=∂"ÕâO◊ J~Ú, U#∞QÆ∞ KÕã∞¨ #Î fl K«~º° ʼnõΩ
u@∞ì ‰ õ Ω <åfl~Ú. D U#∞QÆ ∞ ^è • \˜ H ˜ =∞#O ¿ãfiK« Û ù Q Í J_» q Ö’
u~°QÆÖËHõáÈ`«∞<åflO. Jx J„HÀã¨O "≥à◊§HõHͯ~Ú.
JѨC_»∞ '[O|∞eOQÆO— J<Õ ‰õΩ„~° #Hõ¯ ÖËz, #Hõ¯ ™È^Œ~°∞ÖÏ~å!
g∞~°∞ JO^Œ~°∂ JOwHõi¿ãÎ P U#∞QÆ∞x <Õ#∞ ã¨OǨÏi™êÎ#∞. JÖÏ KÕ¿ãÎ
P U#∞QÆ∞ Ñ‘_® =∞#H˜ =^Œ∞Å∞`«∞Ok. ÃÑ·QÍ JO`« PHÍ~°OÖ’ L#fl P
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U#∞QÆ∞ â◊s~åxfl =∞#O Ô~O_»∞ <≥ÅÅ∞ Ǩ~ÚQÍ Éèí∞lOK«=K«∞Û Jx
L`åûǨÏOQÍ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk.
[O|∞eOQÆO =∂@Å∞ qx, q∞ye# #Hõ¯Å∞ LeH˜¯Ñ¨_®¤~Ú.
JO^Œ∞Ö’ XHõ #Hõ¯ WÖÏ J#flk. U#∞QÆ∞ Kè¿« ãÎ =∞#ˆH HÍ^Œ∞, D J_»qÖ’x
Jxfl [O`«∞=ÙÅH© ѨO_»∞ˆQ HÍh, U#∞QÆ∞ HÍÅ∞ JO`« ‰õÄ_®ÖËx D
‰õΩ„~° #Hõ¯ JO`« ÃÑ^ŒÌ U#∞QÆ∞x ZÖÏ K«OѨÙ`«∞Ok? ^•xH˜ [O|∞eOQÆO
WÖÏ J#flk.
''g∞~°∞ J#flk x["Õ∞, <Õ#∞ U#∞QÆ∞ Hõ<åfl KåÖÏ, KåÖÏ z#fl
Ѩi=∂}OÖ’ L#fl^•<Õfl, HÍh <å‰õΩ `≥eq KåÖÏ L#flk. Ü«ÚH˜ÎQÍ P
U#∞QÆ∞x =OzOz ã¨OǨÏi™êÎ#∞.
^•O`À Jxfl #Hõ¯Å∞ P#OkOz, [O|∞eOQÍxfl U#∞QÆ∞x K«O¿Ñ
Ѩ^äŒHõO "ÕÜ«∞=∞x HÀ~å~Ú. [O|∞eOQÆO L`åûǨÏOQÍ JHõ¯_ç #∞O_ç
|Ü«∞Å∞^Õi QÆ*ËO„^Œ =^ŒÌ‰õΩ "≥àϧ_»∞.
[O|∞eOQÆO "≥àı§ã¨iH˜, QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ J~°\ ˜ ÔQÅ#∞
Éè’OKÕã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. #Hõ¯ Ju q#Ü«∞OQÍ =Oy, QÆ*ËO„^ŒH˜ #=∞™ê¯~°O
ÃÑ\˜ì xÅ∞ÛOk.
QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ J~°\ ˜ ÔQÅ u#@O PÑ≤, UÜü∞ #Hͯ UO\˜ WÖÏ
=KåÛ=Ù JOk QÆOcè~°OQÍ... ^•xH˜ [O|∞eOQÆO F QÆ*ËO„^•! g∞~°∞
KåÖÏ |Å=O`«∞Å∞.
g∞‰õΩ#fl|ÅO D J_»qÖ’ Z=iH© ÖË^Œ∞. J#flk =∞Ǩ q#Ü«∞O
XÅHõ É’ã¨∂Î, ^•xH˜ QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ á⁄OyáÈ`«∂, J~Ú`Õ U=∞O\Ï=Ù
J<åfl_»∞ QÆ~°fiOQÍ JѨC_»∞ [O|∞eOQÆO WÖÏ J#flk.
''F! QÆ[~å*Ï, g∞~°∞ D J_»qH˜ ~åA J~Ú áêeOKåÅx D
J_»qÖ’x [O`«∞=ÙÅ∞ H˘~°∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. <Õ#∞ P [O`«∞=ÙÅ „ѨuxkèQÍ
=KåÛ#∞. g∞~° ∞ ^Œ Ü « ∞ KÕ ã ≤ , D J_» q H˜ ~åAQÍ LO_» \ ÏxH˜
JOwHõiOKåe.——
U#∞QÆ∞ L`åûǨÏOQÍ ã¨ˆ~, WѨC_»∞ UOKÕ^•Ì=∞O\Ï=Ù J#flk.
JѨC_»∞ [O|∞eOQÆO WÖÏ J#flk. F QÆ*ËO„^Œ D ~ÀA ™êÜ«∞O„`«O
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g∞~°∞ ã≤OǨã¨#O ZHͯe, XHõ ѨO_ç`«∞Å"å~°∞ =∞Oz =ÚǨ˙~°ÎO
x~°‚~ÚOKå~°∞. g∞‰õΩ D ~ÀA Ѩ\Ïìaè¿+HõO KÕ™êÎO.
^•x`À QÆ*ËO„^ŒH˜ KåÖÏ ã¨O`À+¨O Hõey, 㨈~ Ѩ^Œ, J#flk. #Hõ¯
=ÚO^Œ∞ ^˘= K«∂Ñ≤ã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ, QÆ*ËO„^Œ sîqQÍ #_»∞ã¨∂Î #Hõ¯ "≥#HÍÅ
#_»=™êyOk.
H˘O`« ^Œ∂~°O JÖÏ J_»qÖ’H˜ "≥o§# `«~åfi`« XHõ |∞~°^Œ <ÕÅ
Z^Œ∞~°~ÚOk. #Hõ¯ |~°∞=Ù `«‰Ωõ ¯=QÍ LO_Õ [O`«∞=Ù Hõ#∞Hõ JÖÏ K«ÖÏH©QÍ
P z`«Î_ç <ÕÅ#∞ ^•\˜ "≥o§Ok. U#∞QÆ∞ z`«Î_ç <ÕÅ q+¨Ü«∞O
Ѩ \ ˜ ì O K« ∞ HÀ‰õ Ω O_® |ÅOQÍ J_» ∞ QÆ ∞ Å∞ "Õ ã ¨ ∂ Î , z`« Î _ ç <Õ Å Ö’
‰õÄ~°∞‰õΩáÈ™êyOk.
x=ÚëêÅÖ’ QÆ*ËO„^Œ `«Å `«Ñ≤ÊOz, q∞ye# â◊s~°O JO`å
TaÖÏQÍ L#fl P z`«Î_ç <ÕÅÖ’ ‰õÄ~°∞‰õΩáÈ~ÚOk. #Hõ¯ =∂„`«O
‰õÄÖÏ™êQÍ, ^Œ∂~°OQÍ xOK«∞x ‰õÄx ~åQÍÅ∞ fÜ«∞™êyOk. QÆ*ËO„^ŒH˜
rq`«OÖ’ `˘e™êi ÉèíÜ«∞O "≥Ú^ŒÖˇ·Ok. Jk „áê}ÉèíÜ«∞O`À QÆ[,
QÆ[ÖÏ_»∞`«∂ WÖÏ J#flk.
''F #Hͯ! <Õ#∞ D |∞~°^Œ <ÕÅÖ’Oz |Ü«∞\˜H˜ ~åÖËHáõ È`«∞<åfl#∞.
^ŒÜ∞« KÕã≤ ##∞fl |Ü«∞\˜ ÖÏy HÍáê_»∞. QÆ*OË „^Œ =∂@Å∞ qx [O|∞eOQÆO
aQÆæ~°QÍ Tà◊ ÃÑ\˜ì WÖÏ J#flk.
Fs... |∞kúÖËx |O_» U#∞QÍ, =Ú‰õΩ¯, "≥ÚǨÏO `≥bÜ«∞x
JѨiz`«∞_çx J~Ú# ##∞fl QÆ∞_ç¤QÍ #q∞‡ =KåÛ=Ù. h Y~°‡ HÍeOk.
h=Ù D |∞~°^ŒÖ’ Kå=Hõ `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞.
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^•O`À QÆ*ËO„^Œ∞_»∞ aHõ¯ K«zÛáÈ~ÚOk. P `«~åfi`« H˘xfl
x=ÚëêÅH˜ P U#∞QÆ∞ ѨÓiÎQÍ P z`«Î_ç <ÕÅÖ’ ‰õÄ~°∞‰õΩáÈ~Ú
=∞~°}˜OzOk. U#∞QÆ∞ Ñ‘_® =ke#O^Œ∞‰õΩ P J_»qÖ’x [O`«∞=ÙÅhfl
P#OkOKå~Ú.
hu : JѨiz`«∞efl #=∞‡~å^Œ∞.
V k‰õΩ¯ÖËx "å_çH˜ ^Õ=Ú_Õ k‰õΩ¯Jx QÆ∞O_≥ k@=Ù KÕã¨∞H˘x
HÍH˜ `≥eq
XHÍ<˘Hõ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ XHõ t"åÅÜ«∞O L#flk. P t"åÅÜ«∞OÖ’
XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ "ÕѨ K≥@∞ì, P K≥@∞ì K«∞@∂ì XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ áê=Ú Ñ¨Ù@ì L#flk.
P Tà’§ [<åÅ∞ <åQÆ∞ÅK«qu<å_»∞ P áê=Ú Ñ¨Ù@ìÖ’ áêÅ∞
á⁄ã≤ ѨÓ[Å∞ KÕã∞¨ OÎ _Õ"åà◊√§. JO^Œ∞Ö’ XHõ ^Œ∞+¨|ì ∞kú QÆÅ áê=Ú LO_Õk.
J^Õ K≥@∞ìÃÑ·# z\Ï~°∞ H˘=∞‡Ö’¡ XHõ HÍH˜ [O@ QÆ∂_»∞Hõ@∞ìH˘x HÍѨÙ~°O
KÕã¨∞ÎO_Õk.
H˘<åflà◊√§ QÆ_çKå~Ú. P_» HÍH˜ <åÅ∞QÆ∞ QÆ∞_»∞¡ ÃÑ\˜ìOk. =∞QÆ
HÍH˜ |Ü«∞\˜H˜ "≥o§ PǨ~°O `≥zÛ P_» HÍH˜H˜ Wã¨∞ÎO_Õk. P_» HÍH˜
QÆ∂_»∞ =ke |Ü«∞\˜H˜ "≥à◊§‰õΩO_®
`å#∞ ÃÑ\˜ ì # QÆ ∞ _» ¡ Ã Ñ· ‰õ Ä ~° ∞ Ûx
á⁄^Œ ∞ QÆ ∞ `« ∂ LO_Õ k . XHõ <≥ Å
~ÀAÅH˜ HÍH˜ QÆ∞_»¡ #∞Oz z#fl, z#fl
HÍH˜ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ |Ü«∞\˜H˜ =KåÛ~Ú.
#Å¡QÍ, =Ú^Œ∞ÌQÍ L#fl `«=∞ Ñ≤Å¡efl K«∂ã≤ `≥QÆ ã¨O`À+¨ Ѩ_®¤~Ú P
H͉õΩÅ∞. =∞i HÍH˜ Ñ≤Å¡ HÍH˜H˜ =Ú^Œ∞Ì JO>Ë J^Õ Hõ^•!
XHõ~ÀA PH͉õΩÅ [O@, Ñ≤Å¡efl QÆ∂_»∞Ö’ =kÖËã≤ PǨ~°O
HÀã¨O Tà’§H˜ "≥àϧ~Ú. P ã¨=∞Ü«∞O H˘ã¨"Õ∞ "Õz L#fl „H˜O^Œ ѨÙ@ìÖ’x
q+¨ ã¨~°ÊO K«~°,Kå~å áêH˜ K≥@∞ì g∞^Œ‰õΩ "≥o§Ok. HÍH˜ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ Ǩ~ÚQÍ
QÆ∂_»∞Ö’ x„^ŒáÈ`«∞<åfl~Ú. "å\˜x K«∂ã≤# áê=Ú "≥∞Å¡QÍ Ñ¨_»QÆ#∞ P
HÍH˜ QÆ∂_»∞Ö’ LOz, P QÆ∂_»∞Ö’ L#fl HÍH˜ Ñ≤Å¡efl QÆ∞_»∞‰õΩ¯# q∞Oy,
"≥∞e¡QÍ K≥@∞ì ky ѨÙ@ìÖ’H˜ áÈ~Ú Ñ¨_»∞‰õΩOk.
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=∞^蕺ǨÏflxH˜ H͉õΩÅ [O@ U^À PǨ~°O =Ú‰õΩ¯# Hõ~°∞K«∞H˘x
QÆ∂_»∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ =zÛ K«∂¿ãÎ, "å\˜ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ ÖË=Ù. JHõ¯_»¯_» Ô~O_»∞, =¸_»∞
HÍH˜ Ñ≤Å¡Å Ô~Hõ¯Å∞ Ѩ_ç L<åfl~Ú. `«=∞ Ñ≤Å¡efl K≥@∞ì „H˜O^Œ ѨÙ@ìÖ’ L#fl
ã¨~°ÊO u<Õã≤O^Œx "å\˜H˜ J~°÷O J~Ú Éè’~°∞# qÅÑ≤OKå~Ú. áêѨO, P
|ÅÇ‘Ï# Ѩ‰õΔΩÅ∞ `«=∞ a_»¤efl q∞OˆQã≤# q+¨ã¨~åÊxfl UOKÕÜ«∞QÆÅ=Ù.
=∂=ÚÅ∞QÍ rqOK«™êQÍ~Ú. H˘<åflà◊§H˜ =∞m§ P_»HÍH˜ QÆ∞_»∞¡ ÃÑ\˜ìOk.
=∞m§ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ ѨÙ_»`åÜ«∞#fl P#O^ŒO Hõ<åfl, áê=Ú =∞m§ `«=∞ a_»¤efl
K«OѨÙ`«∞O^Œ#fl ÉèíÜ«∞"Õ∞ P HÍH˜ [O@‰õΩ JkèHõO J~ÚOk. 㨈~ ^Õ=Ú_ç
g∞^Œ ÉèÏ~°O "Õã≤ HÍÅO QÆ_»∞ѨÙ`«∞<åfl~Ú. P [O@ H͉õΩÅ∞.
H˘<åflà◊§H˜ P QÆ∞_»¡ #∞O_ç z#fl, z#fl HÍH˜ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ |Ü«∞\˜H˜
=KåÛ~Ú. D™êi KåÖÏ *Ï„QÆ`«ÎQÍ =O`«∞Å∞ "åiQÍ `«=∞ Ñ≤šʼnõΩ
HÍѨÖÏ HÍÜ«∞™êQÍ~Ú HÍH˜ ^ŒOѨ`«∞Å∞.
XHõ™êi QÆ`«ºO`«~°OÖËHõ Ô~O_»∞ H͉õΩÅ∞ Ñ≤Å¡efl QÆ∂_»∞Ö’ =ke
|Ü«∞\˜H˜ "≥àϧ~Ú. ã¨iQÍæ Jk HõxÃÑ\˜ì# K≥@∞ì „H˜O^Œ ѨÙ@ìÖ’x ^Œ∞+¨ì
ã¨~°ÊO QÆ|,QÆÉÏ K≥@∞ìÃÑ·H˜ áêH˜ HÍH˜ Ñ≤Å¡efl QÆ∞_»∞‰õΩ¯# q∞Oy, K≥@∞ì ky
=KÕÛã≤Ok.
QÆ∂_»∞H˜ uiy =zÛ K«∂ã≤# H͉õΩʼnõΩ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ HõxÑ≤OK«ÖË^Œ∞.
^•O`À P H͉õΩÅ [O@ Ñ≤Å¡Å HÀã¨O ~ÀkOKå~Ú. J~Ú`Õ U_»=@O
=Å# „ѨÜ≥∂[#O U=ÚOk Jx =∞QÆ HÍH˜ „QÆÇ≤ÏOz, `«=∞ a_»¤efl
K«OÑ≤"Õã¨∞Î#fl ã¨~åÊxfl ZÖÏ tH˜ΔOKåÅx x~°‚~ÚOK«∞H˘#flk.
"≥O@<Õ =∞QÆHÍH˜ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ L#fl J_»qÖ’ L#fl XHõ #Hõ¯ q∞„`«∞_ç
=^ŒÌ‰õΩ ã¨ÅǨHÀã¨O "≥o§Ok. =∞QÆHÍH˜ K≥Ñ≤Ê#^ŒO`å qx #Hõ¯ WÖÏ
J#flk.
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''q∞„`«=∂! |Å=O`«∞_≥·# â◊„`«∞=Ùx Ü«ÚH˜ÎQÍ =∞@∞ì ÃÑ\Ïìe. =∞#
â◊„`«∞=Ùx ã¨OǨÏiOKÕ |ÅO =∞#H˜ ÖË#ѨC_»∞ J`«x HõO>Ë |Å"≥∞ÿ#
"å_çx, "å_çÃÑ·H˜ ѨÙiH˘eÊ "å_çKÕ =∞# â◊„`«∞=Ù#∞ K«OÑ≤OKåe. W^Õ
x["≥∞ÿ# "Õ∞^èŒã¨∞û.
^•xH˜ HÍH˜ ã¨O`À+≤Oz, q∞„`«=∂! h=#flk x["Õ∞, J~Ú`Õ
ã¨~åÊx Hõ<åfl |Å"≥∞ÿ#"å_»∞ Z=_»∞? ZHõ¯_»∞O\Ï_»∞? "å_çx ZÖÏ
ã¨~°ÊOÃÑ·H˜ Ô~K«ÛQ˘\Ïìe? JO@∂ P„`«∞`«QÍ „ѨtflOzOk.
JѨC_»∞ #Hõ¯ WÖÏ J#flk. HÍH˜ q∞„`«=∂! âßO`«OQÍ q#∞.
WHõ¯_çH˜ ^ŒQ~æÆ Ö° ’ XHõ ~å[ºO L#flk. P ~å*ϺxH˜ K≥Ok# XHõ Ü«Ú=~å}˜,
„Ѩu~ÀA `«# `À@Ö’x K≥~°∞=ÙÖ’ [ÅHÍÖÏ@ÖÏ_»∞`«∞Ok. P
ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ Z=fi~°∂ JHõ¯_çH˜ ~å‰õΩO_® P `À@ K«∞@∂ì QÆ\ ˜ì HÍѨÖÏ
LO@∞Ok. h=Ù P Ü«Ú=~å}˜ #QÆÖ’ XHõ ^•xx `≥zÛ, h‰õΩ Ç¨x
KÕã¨∞Î#fl ѨÙ@ìÖ’ "≥~Úº.
P Ǩ~åxfl h=Ù JѨǨÏiOz fã¨∞ÔHo§ ѨÙ@ìÖ’ "ÕÜ«∞@O K«∂ã≤
Ü«Ú=~å}˜ `åÅ∞Hõ Ãã·x‰õΩÅ∞ P Ǩ~°O HÀã¨O ѨÙ@ì„`«=Ùfi`å~°∞. JѨC_»∞
Hõ#|_Õ ã¨~åÊxfl K«OѨÙ`å~°∞. P q^èŒOQÍ h‰õΩ áê=Ú Ñ‘_» q~°QÆ_»
J=Ù`«∞Ok. P Ѩ^äŒHÍxfl q#fl =∞QÆ HÍH˜ q∞H˜¯e P#OkOz, `«# ѨQÆ
fˆ~ ~ÀA HÀã¨O Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂_»™êyOk.
XHõ~ÀA =∞^蕺#flO Z_»"_Õ qç ∞ `åà◊ÖHË õ Ü«Ú=~å}˜ `«# `À@Ö’x
K≥~°∞Ö’ ™êfl#O KÕ^•Ì=∞x "≥o§Ok. JHõ¯_» XHõKÀ@ `«# ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÎÅ∞,
PÉèí~°}ÏÅ∞ LOz, K≥~°∞=ÙÖ’H˜ kyOk. ã¨iQÍæ J^Õ ã¨=∞Ü«∂xH˜ J^Œ#∞
HÀã¨O "Õz K«∂ã¨∞Î#fl =∞QÆ HÍH˜, QÆÉèÏÅfl XHõ MÏs^≥·# Ǩ~åxfl =Ú‰õΩ¯#
Hõ~°K«∞H˘x Zyi áÈ™êyOk.
Jk QÆ=∞xOz# Ü«Ú=~å}˜ ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ JizOk. ^•O`À X_»∞¤#
‰õÄ~°∞Û#fl K≥eHõ`≥ÎÅ∞ Ãã·x‰õΩefl Ñ≤ez, [iyOk K≥Ñ≤Ê, HÍH˜ ^ŒQÆæ~° #∞O_ç
Ǩ~åxfl `≥=∞‡x K≥áêÊ~°∞.
PHÍâ◊OÖ’ XHõ =O^Œ J_»∞QÆ∞Å Z`«∞Î# HÍH˜, Ǩ~åxfl =Ú‰õΩ¯`À
Ѩ@∞ìH˘x ZQÆ∞~°∞K«∞#flk. „H˜O^Œ Éèí∂q∞ ÃÑ·# Ãã·x‰õΩÅ∞ ѨiÔQ_»∞`«∂ ÃÑ·#
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ZQÆ∞~°∞K«∞#fl HÍH˜x Jkeã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. Ǩ~°O „H˜O^Œ Ѩ_»"ÕÜ«∞=∞x. HÍH˜
JÖÏ ZQÆ∞~°∞`«∂ T~À¡ L#fl ^Õ"åÅÜ«∞O ^ŒQÆæ~°∞#fl "ÕѨK≥@∞ì ^•HÍ =zÛ,
P K≥@∞ì „H˜O^Œ L#fl ѨÙ@ìÖ’H˜ `«# =Ú‰õΩ¯# L#fl Ǩ~åxfl ÖÏѶ¨∞=OQÍ
*Ï~° q_çzOk.
HÍH˜<Õ J#∞ã¨iOz =ã¨∞Î#fl Ãã·x‰õΩÅ∞ HÍH˜ Ǩ~åxfl ѨÙ@ìÖ’
=^Œ∞Å@O K«∂ã≤ QÆ∞#áêÅ∞ `≥zÛ Ñ¨Ù@ì#∞ „`«=fi ™êQÍ~°∞. ÃÑ·# ѨÙ@ì#∞
„`«=Ùfi`«∞#fl â◊|ÌO qx ѨÙ@ìÖ’ x„kã¨∞Î#fl q+¨ ã¨~°ÊO ɡ·\ ˜H˜ =zÛ Ñ¨Ù@ì
„`«=Ùfi`«∞#fl XHõ Ãã·x‰õΩ_ç HÍex HÍ@∞"ÕÜ«∞É’~ÚOk. JO`Õ Jk
QÆ=∞xOz# WOHÀ Ãã·x‰õΩ_»∞ `«# KÕuÖ’x QÆ∞#ѨO`À P áê=Ú `«ÅÃÑ·
XHõ ^≥|ƒ "Õ™ê_»∞. P áê=Ú `«Å"åÖËÛã≤Ok. P `«~åfi`« Ãã·x‰õΩÅ∞
K«zÛ# áê=Úx ^Œ∂~°OQÍ áêˆ~ã≤, ѨÙ@ìÖ’x Ǩ~åxfl *Ï„QÆ`QΫ Í |Ü«∞\˜H˜
fã≤ Ü«Ú=~å}˜H˜ JOkOKå~°∞.
P<å\˜ #∞O_ç HÍH˜ ^ŒOѨ`«∞Å∞ áê=Ú Ñ‘_» q~°QÆ_≥· „ѨâßO`«OQÍ
QÆ_»∞Ѩ™êQÍ~Ú. J#fl@∞ì WѨC_»∞ P HÍH˜ [O@‰õΩ <åÅ∞QÆ∞ z#fl HÍH˜
Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ L<åfl~Ú. "å\˜x QÍ~å|O KÕã¨∂Î P H͉õΩÅ [O@ HÍÖÏxfl
=∞iÛáÈÜ«∂~Ú.
hu : H˘O_»O`« |ÅO Hõ<åfl, QÆ∞ÅHõ~åÜ«∞O`« "Õ∞^è㌠∞¨ û Ѷ∞¨ #HÍ~åºÅ∞
™êkèã¨∞ÎOk.
V
QÍ_ç^Œ QÆ∞@∞ì ~°@∞ì J~ÚOk
ѨÓ~°fiO =Ú`«∞ΠѨe¡ J<Õ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ j#Ü«∞º J<Õ ~°[‰õΩ_»∞
LO_Õ"å_»∞. ~°[‰õΩ_»∞ JO>Ë KåHõe Jx J~°÷O. Tà’§ JO^Œi |@ìÅ∞
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Ti z=~° LO_Õ Ñ¨O@HÍÅ∞= X_»∞#¤ LuH˜, HÍÅ∞= QÆ@∞ì# Pˆ~¿ã"å_»∞
P j#Ü«∞º. L^ŒÜ∞« O QÆOl`åy, `«# QÍ_ç^Œ g∞^Œ =ÚiH˜ QÆ∞_»Å¤ =¸@Å∞
ÃÑ\˜ì, QÍ_ç^Œ#∞ `˘Å∞‰õΩO@∂ HÍÅ∞= QÆ@∞ìH˜ "≥à◊§@O, P `«~åfi`« P
=ÚiH˜ QÆ∞_»¤efl ã¨∞#flO, ã¨|∞ƒ LѨÜ≥∂yOz HÍÅ∞=Ö’ â◊√„ÉèíOQÍ LuH˜
Pˆ~ã≤, ™êÜ«∞O„`«O HÍQÍ<Õ P |@ìÅ∞ K«Hõ¯QÍ =∞_»`«Å∞ ÃÑ\˜ì, =¸@
Hõ\ ˜ì =∞m§ QÍ_ç^ŒÃÑ· "Õã≤ Tà’§H˜ "≥o§ L^ŒÜ«∞O |@ìÅ∞ "Õã≤# "åà◊§H˜
LuH˜# |@ìÅ∞ WzÛ, "≥∞Å¡QÍ WO\˜H˜ KÕˆ~"å_»∞.
J~Ú`Õ D j#Ü«∞º Ѩ~°=∞ Ñ‘<åt"å_»∞. `å#∞ ÉÏQÍ =¸_»∞
ѨÙ@ÖÏ u<Õ"å_»∞. áêѨO |O_»KåH˜i KÕ¿ã J`«x QÍ_ç^Œ‰õΩ ã¨iQÍ QÆ_ç¤
"Õ¿ã"å_»∞ HÍ^Œ∞. WÖÏ áêѨO QÍ_ç^Œ KåbKåÅx PǨ~°O`À QÍ_ç^Œ
KåH˜s KÕã¨∂Î HÍÅO "≥à◊§nã¨∞ÎOk.
XHõ~ÀA j#Ü«∞º ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ L#fl #QÆ~°O J<Õ Ñ¨@ì}OÖ’ ã¨O`«
[~° ∞ QÆ ∞ `« ∞ O_» @ O`À 㨠~ ° ∞ ‰õ Ω Å∞ H˘O^•=∞x QÍ_ç ^ Œ # ∞ f㨠∞ H˘x
|Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞.
KåHõe j#Ü«∞º`À áê@∞ =∞OQÆe [QÆæÜ«∞º, „QÍ=∞ ѨÙ~ÀÇ≤Ï`«∞_»∞
â◊~°‡, W`«~° "åºáê~°∞Å∞ ã¨O`«H˜ |Ü«∞Å∞ ^Õ~å~°∞. ã¨O`« JO>Ë Uq∞\’
`≥Å∞™ê?
ѨÓ~°fiHÍÅOÖ’ WѨÊ\˜ÖÏQÍ H˜~å}Ï ^Œ∞HÍ}ÏÅ∞, ëêÑ≤OQ∑ ǨÏÖòû
ÖË=Ù Hõ^•, JO^Œ∞KÕ`« ZHõ¯_≥·<å XHõ Ѩ@ì}OÖ’ z#fl, z#fl H˘@∞¡,
=∂Ô~¯@∞¡ "å~åxH˜ XHõ™êi ÃÑ>Ëì"å~°∞. "å\˜<Õ ã¨O`«Å∞ JO\Ï~°∞. D
ã¨O`« [iy# ~ÀA# K«∞@∞ì „Ñ¨Hõ¯Å „QÍ=∂Å „Ѩ[Å∞ ã¨O`« [iˆQ
„áêO`åxH˜ "≥o§ `«=∞‰õΩ HÍ"åeû# ã¨~∞° ‰õΩÅ∞ H˘#∞Q˘Å∞ KÕã∂¨ Î LO_Õ"å~°∞.
WkQÀ P ~ÀA<å WÖÏO\˜ ã¨O`Õ #QÆ~O° Ö’ [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞O^Œ#fl=∂@.
WHõ =Ú`«∞ΠѨeH¡ ˜ #QÆ~åxH˜ =∞^躌 ^Œ∂~°O Ѩk"≥∞àÿ √◊ §. ÃÑQ· Í D Ѩk"≥∞àÿ √◊ §
J_»q ‰õΩO_® "≥àϧe.
P ~ÀAÖ’¡ |ã¨∞ûÅ∞, Ô~·à◊√§ ÖË=Ù. Hõhã¨O Ãã·H˜à◊√§ ‰õÄ_® ÖË=Ù.
‰õ#∞Hõ P<å\˜ „Ѩ[Å∞ Z_»∞¡, QÆ∞„~åÅ∞ Hõ\ ˜ì# |à◊§Ö’ "≥àı§"å~°∞.
™ê=∂#∞ºÅ∞ HÍe#_»Hõ# WOH˘ KÀ@ #∞O_ç "≥àı§"å~°∞.
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㨈~ j#Ü«∞º J`«x |$O^ŒO ã¨~°^•QÍ Hõ|∞~°∞¡ K≥ѨC‰õΩO@∂ XHõ
QÆO@Ö’ #QÆ~åxH˜ #_çz KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞. ã¨O`« =∞Oz HÀÖÏǨÏÅOQÍ
L#flk. j#Ü«∞º ‰õÄ_® HÍ"åeû#q H˘#∞H˘¯x =∞m§ |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞.
JѨÊ\˜H˜ ™êÜ«∞O„`«O P~°∞ J~ÚOk. Jk K«eHÍÅO, ÃÑ·QÍ áœ~°‚q∞
~ÀAÅ∞ HÍ=\Ï# XHõ¯_Õ J~Ú<å ^è~·≥ º° OQÍ `«# „QÍ=∂xH˜ |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞
j#Ü«∞º.
L^ŒÜ«∞O J`«x`À ÉÏ@∞ =zÛ# "åà◊√§, U^À Ѩx LO_ç, P
~å„uH˜ #QÆ~°OÖ’<Õ LO_çáÈÜ«∂~°∞. =∞i j#Ü«∞º ‰õÄ_® LO_çáÈ`Õ
ˆ~Ѩ٠„á⁄^Œ∞Ì# Tà’§ [<åÅ =ÚiH˜ |@ìÅ∞ Z=~°∞ L`«∞‰õΩ`å~°∞. Hõ#∞Hõ
j#Ü«∞º Ug∞ ã¨OHÀzOK«‰õΩO_® ã¨O`«Ö’ H˘#fl ã¨~°∞‰õΩÅ∞ QÍ_ç^ŒÃÑ·
"Õã,≤ U^À áê@ ÃÑ^ŒQÌ Í áê_»∞‰õΩO@∂ =Ú`«∞ΠѨe¡ "≥Ñ· Ù¨ #_»Hõ ™êyOKå_»∞.
ã¨iQÍæ J_»q =∞^茺֒H˜ =KÕÛ ã¨iH˜ ZHõ¯_ç#∞O_À ѨÙe QÍO„_çOѨÙ
q#|_çOk. P QÆ~#˚° q#fl j#Ü«∞º‰õΩ HÍà◊√§ KÕ`∞« Å∞ aQÆ∞ã¨∞‰õΩ áÈÜ«∂~Ú.
ÉèíÜ«∞O`À J`«x QÍ_ç^Œ ‰õÄ_® QÆ∞_»∞¡ q∞@HõiOz j#Ü«∞º "≥#HÍÅ
^•‰õΩ¯Ok.
HÍ¿ãѨ\ ˜H˜ ѨÙe J~°∞Ѩ٠WHõ
q#|_» Ö Ë ^ Œ ∞ . ^•O`À j#Ü« ∞ º
aHõ¯K«zÛ xÅ∞Û#fl QÍ_ç^Œ#∞ `«\ ˜ì,
=∞m§ #_»Hõ „áê~°OaèOKå_»∞. H˘O`«
^Œ∂~°O áÈÜ«∂Hõ XHõ K≥@∞ì „H˜O^Œ
XHõ ѨÙe K«~‡° O Ѩ_ç L#flk. j#Ü«∞º
P K≥@∞ì ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥o§, P K«~å‡xfl
fã¨∞H˘x QÍ_ç^ŒÃÑ· "Õã≤ =∞m§ #_»Hõ
„áê~°OaèOKå_»∞. ~å„u 9 QÆO@ÅH˜ j#Ü«∞º, J`«x QÍ_ç^Œ WÅ∞¡ KÕ~å~°∞.
j#Ü«∞º ÉèÏ~°º WO\’¡Oz |Ü«∞\˜H˜ =zÛ QÍ_ç^Œ g∞^Œ∞#fl ™ê=∂#∞Å∞
fã¨∂Î, "å\˜Ö’ L#fl ѨÙe K«~å‡xfl K«∂ã≤ ÉèíÜ«∞O`À ÔH=Ùfi# JizOk.
^•O`À j#Ü«∞º HõOQÍ~°∞ ѨO_ç, ÉèÏ~°º ^ŒQÆæiH˜ =zÛ X¿ãÜü∞,
Jiz Kå=‰õΩ Jk ÃÑ^ŒÌ ѨÙeHÍ^Œ∞. ^•x K«~‡° O J<åfl_»∞ ÃÑ^ŒQÌ Í #=Ùfi`«∂,
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^•xH˜ J`«x ÉèÏ~°º WÖÏ J#flk. pè, P K«zÛ# ѨÙe K«~°‡O =∞#ÔHO^Œ∞‰õΩ
P=`«Å áêˆ~Ü«∞‰õΩO_®, ^•xH˜ j#Ü«∞º WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. U"Õ∞Üü∞ P
ѨÙe`˘ÖË =∞# QÍ_ç^ŒH˜ HÍ"åeû#O`« QÆ_ç¤, QÍ^ŒO ^˘iˆHÖÏ KÕã¨∞ÎOk.
J^≥ÖÏ J#flk Pâ◊Û~°ºOQÍ j#Ü«∞º ÉèÏ~°º. J^≥ÖÏQ˘ K«∂^Œ∞QÌ Íxq
Jx, QÍ_ç^Œ ^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ "≥o§ ^•xH˜ `«# ^ŒQÆæ~°∞#fl ѨÙe K«~å‡xfl <Õ~°∞ÊQÍ
HõáêÊ_»∞. WѨC_»∞ HÍã¨Î ^Œ∂~°O #∞Oz K«∂¿ãÎ, j#Ü«∞º QÍ_ç^Œ ѨÙeÖÏ
HõxÑ≤ã¨∞ÎOk.
j#Ü«∞º QÍ_ç^Œ K≥eÖ’ WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. D ~ÀA ~å„u #∞Op,
„Ѩu~å„u D TàÁ§ Ô~·`«∞Å á⁄ÖÏÅ g∞^Œ Ѩ_ç h W+¨ìO =zÛ#@∞ì "≥∞H˜¯
áêˆ~Üü∞.
QÍ_ç^Œ P#O^ŒOQÍ TàÁ§ Ô~·`«∞Å á⁄ÖÏÅÖ’H˜ "ÕQÆOQÍ "≥o§, =i
ÃÑ·~°∞ Hõã¨, Hõ㨠#=∞Å@O „áê~°OaèOzOk.
J^Õ ã¨=∞Ü«∂xH˜ P á⁄ÖÏxH˜ HÍáêÖÏQÍ LO^•=∞x =zÛ#
W^ŒÌ~°∞ Ô~·`«∞Å∞ ѨÙe K«~°‡OÖ’ L#fl QÍ_ç^Œ#∞ K«∂ã≤, ѨÙe Jx „Éèíq∞Oz
ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ Jiz QÆ_», QÆ_»ÖÏ_»∞`«∂ TàÁ§H˜ áêiáÈÜ«∂~°∞. HõΔ}ÏÖ’¡ D
"å~°Î T~°O`å QÆ∞ѨC=∞#flOk. Uq∞\Ï"å~°Î =∞# „QÍ=∞ á⁄ÖÏÅÖ’
~å„uà◊√§ ѨÙe u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞O^Œx. JO`Õ ~å„uà◊√§ ~Ô `· ∞« Å∞ á⁄ÖÏňHã≤ ~å=@O
=∂<Õâß~°∞.
j#Ü«∞º QÍ_ç^Œ ѨO@ ѨO_çOk. ~ÀA ~å„u ѨÓ@, P Ti
KÕÅÖ’¡ HÍ"åeû#O`« QÆ_ç¤, QÍ^ŒO Hõ_»∞áê~° ux `≥ÖÏ¡i QÆ@¡ WÅ∞¡ KÕˆ~k.
WÖÏ ~ÀAÅ∞ QÆ_»∞ã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. `Õ~°QÍ ^˘iˆH QÆ_ô¤, QÍ^ŒO ux j#Ü«∞º
QÍ_ç^Œ Ü«∞=∂|eã≤ áÈ~ÚOk. x[O xѨCÖÏO\˜k. Jk ZÅ¡HÍÅO
^•QÆ^Œ∞. XHõ~ÀA j#Ü«∞º QÍ_ç^Œ KÕÖ’
"Õ∞ã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ, ZHõ¯_ç #∞O_À XHõ P_»
QÍ_ç^Œ FO„_» ÃÑ@ì™êyOk. P FO„_» q#fl
j#Ü«∞º QÍ_ç^Œ ‰õÄ_® ‰õΩÖÏ™êQÍ FO„_»
ÃÑ\˜ìOk. ^Œ∂~°OQÍ #H˜¯ K«∂ã¨∞Î#fl XHõ
Ô~·`«∞ Wk HõxÃÑ\Ïì_»∞.
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W<åflà◊√§ `«=∞x "≥∂ã¨O KÕã≤ `«=∞ á⁄ÖÏÅ Ö’x ѨO@ "Õ∞ã¨∞<Î åflk,
ѨÙe K«~°‡O HõѨC‰õΩ#fl XHõ QÍ_ç^Œ Jx `≥eã≤, JO^Œsfl ˆHˆHã≤ Ñ≤eKå_»∞.
JO^Œ~°∂ ^Œ∞_»¤ Hõ„~°Å∞ fã¨∞H˘x j#Ü«∞º QÍ_ç^Œx Kå= ÉÏ^•~°∞. P
^≥|ƒÅ∞ `«@∞ìH˘ÖËHõ P QÍ_ç^Œ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ L#fl J_»=ÙÅÖ’H˜ áêiáÈ~ÚOk.
P `«~åfi`« j#Ü«∞º QÍ_ç^Œ =∞m§ Tà’§H˜ ~åÖË^Œ∞.
hu : ÃÑ· J=`å~°O K«∂ã≤ "≥∂ã¨áÈ~å^Œ∞.
V
^Œ∞+¨μìÅ`À ¿ãflǨÏO
ѨÓ~°fiO K«O„^Œyi J_»=ÙÅÖ’ ã¨Orq J<Õ ã≤OǨÏO LO_Õk. P
ã≤OǨÏO ¿Ñ~°∞H˜ „‰õÄ~° =∞$QÆO J~Ú<å KåÖÏ =∞Oz QÆ∞}ÏÅ∞ Hõey
=∞Oz ¿Ñ~°∞ Hõey LO_Õk. XHõ ~°HOõ QÍ P J_»qH˜,P ã≤OǨÏO ~åAQÍ<Õ
ÉèÏqOK«=K«∞Û. P ã≤OǨxH˜ XHõ HÍH˜, XHõ #Hõ¯, XHõ `˘_ÕÅ∞ =∞Oz
¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞Å∞QÍ LO_Õq.
~ÀE ™êÜ«∞OHÍÅO ã≤OǨÏO `«# ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞Å`À Hõeã≤ J_»qÖ’
+≤HÍ~°∞ KÕã∂¨ ,Î ÉÏQÍ PHõÖ#·ˇ ѨC_»∞ =∂„`«"∞Õ U^≥<· å [O`«∞=Ù#∞ "Õ\Ï_Õk.
JÖÏ ã≤OǨÏO KÕ`« K«OѨ|_»¤ r"åxfl HÍH˜, #Hõ¯, `˘_ÕÅ∞Å`À Hõeã≤
ã≤OǨÏO Éèí∞lOKÕk.
XHõ~ÀA ™êÜ«∞OHÍÅO ã≤OǨÏO ^•x q∞„`«∞Å∞ J_»qÖ’
ã¨OK«iã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ, "åà◊§H˜ XO@iQÍ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞#fl XHõ XO>ˇ HõxÊOzOk.
Jk K«∂ã≤# ã≤OǨÏO, #Hõ¯#∞ Ñ≤eÛ WÖÏ J#flk. F~¸ #Hõ¯ q∞„`«=∂!
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JHõ¯_» F XO>ˇ XO@iQÍ u~°∞QÆ∞K«∞#flk. Jk |Ǩïâß Z=i^À
"åºáêiH˜ K≥Ok# XO>ˇ HÍ=K«∞Û. ^˘= `«Ñ≤Ê WHõ¯_» u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞#fl@∞ìQÍ
L#flk. h=Ù "≥o§ ^•xfl <å =^ŒÌ‰õΩ Ñ≤Å∞Û‰õΩ ~å! ^•O`À P #Hõ¯ XO>ˇ
^ŒQÆæiH˜ "≥o§ ã≤OǨÏO ~åAQÍ~°∞ ~°=∞‡O@∞<åfl~°x K≥Ñ≤ÊOk.
JѨC_»∞ XO>ˇ ã≤OǨÏO ^ŒQÆæiH˜ =zÛ #=∞㨯iOz xÅ∞Û#flk.
JѨC_»∞ ã≤OǨÏO XO>ˇ#∞ ‰õÄ_® `«# q∞„`«|$O^ŒOÖ’ KÕ~°=∞x
PǨfixOzOk.
P J_»qÖ’ k‰õΩ¯, k"å#O ÖˉõΩO_® u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞#fl `«#H˜ ã≤OǨÏO
P„â◊Ü«∞O ^˘~°Hõ@O`À XO>ˇ ã¨O`À+¨OQÍ ã≤OǨÏO ~åAQÍi ¿ãflǨÏ
|$O^ŒOÖ’ KÕiOk. P `«~åfi`« ã≤OǨÏO, #Hõ¯, `˘_ÕÅ∞, HÍH˜, XO>ˇ
~ÀA Ǩ~ÚQÍ =# qǨ~°O KÕã¨∂Î, ‰õΩÖÏ™êQÍ Hõ|∞~°∞¡ K≥ѨC‰õΩO@∂
LO_Õq.
XHõ™êi P J_»qH˜ XHõ Ü«Ú=~åA "Õ@H˜ =KåÛ_»∞. J`«_»∞
J<ÕHõ [O`«∞=Ùefl "Õ\Ï_ç, z=~°QÍ ã≤OǨÏO ÃÑ· XHõ ÉÏ}O "Õ™ê_»∞. P
ÉÏ}O ã≤OǨÏO #_»∞O ÉèÏQÆOÖ’ kyOk. J~Ú# Ü«Ú=~åA
"ÕÜ«∞É’`«∞#fl Ô~O_À ÉÏ}ÏxH˜ JO^Œ‰õΩO_® áêiáÈ~Ú, `«# QÆ∞ǨÏ#∞
KÕ~°∞‰õΩOk.
P `«~åfi`« ã≤OǨÏO HÀu "≥·^Œ∞º_çx Ñ≤eÑ≤OzOk. HÀu "≥·^Œ∞º_»∞
J_»qÖ’ U [O`«∞=ÙH˜ U ~ÀQÆO =zÛ<å =∞Oz "≥·^ŒºO JOkã¨∂Î
LO@∞Ok. 㨈~ P HÀu "≥·^Œ∞º_»∞ ã≤OǨÏO #_»∞=ÚÖ’ kQÆ|_»¤ ÉÏ}Ïxfl
ÖÏy, U"À Ѩâ◊~°∞¡ ѨÓã≤ Hõ@∞ì Hõ\ ˜ì "≥o§áÈ~ÚOk.
ã≤OǨÏO ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞Å∞ kQÍÅ∞QÍ ã≤OǨÏO „ѨHõ¯<Õ xÅ∞Û<åfl~Ú.
JÖÏ H˘kÌ ~ÀAÅ∞ QÆ_Kç å~Ú. ã≤OǨxH˜ QÍÜ«∞O `«yOæ k. HÍh â◊s~°OÖ’
ѨÓ~°fiѨ٠â◊HΘ #tOzOk. ^•O`À [O`«∞=Ùefl "Õ\Ï_Õ â◊HΘ ‰õÄ_® áÈ~ÚOk.
ÃÑ·QÍ ZHõ¯_»ÖËx h~°ã¨O`À QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ #∞Oz |Ü«∞\˜H˜ #_çKÕ â◊H˜Î ‰õÄ_®
ÖˉõΩO_® áÈ~ÚOk.
ZѨC_≥·`Õ ã≤OǨÏO "Õ\Ï_»@O =∂<Õã≤O^À HÍH˜, #Hõ¯, `˘_Õà◊§H˜
PǨ~°O ÖˉõΩO_® áÈ~ÚOk. ^•O`À ã≤OǨÏO`À ã¨Ç¨ Jq =¸_»∞
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PHõeH˜ _˘Hõ¯Å∞ =∂_ç |Hõ¯zHͯ~Ú. HÍh "åà◊§ q∞„`«∞_≥#· XO>ˇ âßMÏǨi
JO>Ë Ñ¨zÛ QÆ_ç¤ =ÔQ·~åÅ∞ uO@∞Ok.
Hõ#∞Hõ ^•xˆHg∞ PǨ~° H˘~°`« ~åÖË^∞Œ . ~ÀA Ǩ~ÚQÍ P J_»qÖ’
QÆ_ô¤, QÍ^ŒO Hõ_»∞ѨÙxO_® ux `≥QÆ|eã≤áÈ™êyOk. WÖÏ XHõ "å~°O
QÆ_çzOk.
XHõ~ÀA ã≤OǨÏO `«# q∞„`«∞efl Ñ≤ez WÖÏ J#flk. <å‰õΩ "Õ\Ï_Õ
â◊H˜Î #tOzOk.
„Ѩã¨∞Î`«O Hõhã¨O D QÆ∞ǨÏ#∞ q_çz |Ü«∞\˜H˜ "≥àı§ FÑ≤Hõ ‰õÄ_®
ÖË^Œ∞. g∞~°O`å J_»qÖ’H˜ "≥o§ U^≥·<å r"åxfl "Õ\Ï_ç fã¨∞‰õΩ~°O_ç.
JO^Œ~°∂ Hõeã≤ Éè’OKÕ^•ÌO.
ã≤OǨÏO =∂@Å∞ qx #Hõ¯, `˘_ÕÅ∞, HÍH˜, XO>ˇ J_»qÖ’H˜ "≥o§
U^≥·<å rq ^˘~°‰õΩ`«∞O^Õ"≥∂ Jx "≥`«Hõ ™êQÍ~Ú. "å\˜ ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ìO
=Å# U [O`«∞=Ù "å\˜H˜ ^˘~°HõÖË^Œ∞.
WO`«Ö’ #Hõ¯ |∞„~°Ö’ F PÖ’K«# =zÛOk. P ^Œ∞+¨ì #Hõ¯ `«#
¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞Å∞ J~Ú# HÍH˜, `˘_»à◊§#∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ Ñ≤ez, WÖÏ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk. D
XO>ˇ QÆ_ô¤, P‰õΩÅ∞ ux `≥QÆ |eã≤Ok.
nxfl Hõ#∞Hõ ã≤OǨÏOKÕ`« K«OÑ≤OK«O JO>Ë =∞#‰õΩ <≥Å ~ÀAÅ∞
Ǩ~ÚQÍ qO^Œ∞ KÕã¨∞HÀ=K«∞Û.
#Hõ¯ =∂@Å∞ qx `˘_ÕÅ∞, HÍH˜ ã¨O|~° Ѩ_®¤~Ú. ^Œ∂~°OQÍ
xÅ∞Ûx QÆ_¤ç uO@∞#fl XO>ˇH˜ `«#ÃÑ· [~°∞`«∞#fl ‰õΩ„@ `≥bHõ J=∂Ü«∞HõOQÍ
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K«∂ã¨∞Î#flk. 㨈~, 㨈~ JO>Ë J#∞‰õΩx #Hõ¯ XHõ¯>Ë ã≤OǨÏO ^ŒQÆæiH˜ "≥o§ WHõ ã≤OǨÏO PHõeH˜ PQÆÖËHõ XO>ˇ ÃÑ·H˜ ÅOѶ≤∞Oz, `«# ѨO*Ï`À
WÖÏ J#flk. XO>ˇx XHõ¯ ^≥|ƒ`À K«OÑ≤"Õã≤Ok. P `«~åfi`« #Hõ¯, `˘_ÕÅ∞, HÍH˜
''F ã≤OǨÏ~å*Ï! „Ѩã¨∞Î`«O g∞~°∞ uO_çÖËHõ PHõe`À ÉÏ^èŒ
Ѩ_»∞`«∞<åfl~°x `≥eã≤ D J_»qÖ’ Jxfl [O`«∞=ÙÅ∞ ÉÏ^èŒÑ¨_»∞`«∞<åfl~Ú.
g∞ HÀã¨O J=hfl „áê}`åºQÆO KÕã≤, g∞‰õΩ PǨ~°O J"åfiÅx
ÉèÏqã¨∞<Î åfl~Ú. g∞~°∞ Hõ#∞Hõ JOwHõi¿ã,Î =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ =∞# XO>ˇ q∞„`«∞_»∞
g∞‰õΩ PǨ~°O J=Ù`å_»@.——
#Hõ¯ =∂@Å∞ qx P„QÆÇ≤ÏOz# ã≤OǨÏO Fi ‰õΩ\˜Å∞_®! ZO`«
PHõe "Õ¿ãÎ =∂„`«O =∞#`À W<åflà◊√§QÍ L#fl P J=∂Ü«∞HõѨ٠XO>ˇ#∞
ZÖÏ K«OѨQÆÅ##∞‰õΩ<åfl=Ù.
D PHõe`À ÉÏ^èŒ<≥·<å Éèíi™êÎ#∞ HÍh, #q∞‡# q∞„`«∞_çx K«OѨ#∞ ã≤OǨÏO`À Hõeã≤ P XO>ˇ =∂O™êxfl `«$Ñ≤ÎQÍ Éèí∞lOKå~Ú. #Hõ¯ Ѩxfl#
J#flk. JѨC_»∞ #Hõ¯ QÆ[, QÆ[ÖÏ_»∞`«∂ JÜ«∂º ã≤OǨÏ~å*Ï! g∞~°∞ ‰õΩ„@‰õΩ |∞kúÖËx XO>ˇ |e J~ÚáÈ~ÚOk.
##∞fl ѨÓiÎQÍ Jáê~°÷O KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞.~å*ˇ·# g∞ˆ~ PHõe`À =∞~°}˜¿ãÎ, hu : ^Œ∞+¨μìÅ`À ¿ãflǨÏO =Å¡ ZѨÊ\˜ÔH·<å =ÚѨC `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞.
D J_»qÖ’x q∞ye# [O`«∞=ÙÅH˜ Z=~°∞ ~°H}Δõ HõeÊ™êÎ~∞° . Jx ã≤OǨxfl V
=∞Oz =∂@ÖÁÎ XO>ˇ#∞ K«OѨ\ÏxH˜ JOwHõiOѨKÕã≤Ok. #∞"åfi? <Õ<å?
P `«~åfi`« XO>ˇ ^ŒQÆæiH˜ "≥o§, F~Ú XO>ˇ q∞„`«=∂! =∞# ѨÓ~°fi HÍÅOÖ’ XHõ Ti z=~° L#fl 㨇âß#OÖ’ XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ
~åAQÍ~°∞ PHõe`À Kå=\ÏxH˜ ã≤^ŒúOQÍ L<åfl~°∞. PÜ«∞# ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞ÅO T_»Å =∞„i K≥@∞ìÃÑ·# J<ÕHõ =O^ŒÅ H͉õΩÅ∞ rqã¨∂Î LO_Õq. P
J~Ú# =∞#O =∞# „áê}ÏÅ∞ WzÛ J~Ú<å ã¨~ˆ PÜ«∞xfl HÍáê_»∞HÀ"åe H͉õΩÅ ~åA ¿Ñ~°∞ hÅѨ~°∞‚_»∞. JO>Ë hÅO ~°OQÆ∞ Ô~Hõ¯Å∞ QÆÅ"å_»∞
Jx hu ã¨∂‰õΩÎÅ∞ =e¡OzOk.
#Hõ¯ K≥ѨÙÎ#fl =∂@efl q#fl XO>ˇ ~åAQÍi HÀã¨O Kå=\ÏxH˜
ã≤^ŒúѨ_çOk. P `«~åfi`« XO>ˇ, HÍH˜, #Hõ¯, `˘_ÕÅ∞ Hõeã≤, ~åAQÍi
^ŒQÆæiH˜ "≥o§ `«=∞x K«OÑ≤ PHõe f~°∞ÛHÀ=∞x J_çQÍ~Ú. ã≤OǨÏO UO
K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’ J~°÷OHÍHõ JÖÏ K«∂ã¨∂Î LO_çáÈ~ÚOk.
JѨC_»∞ XO>ˇ =ÚO^Œ∞H˜ =zÛ, F ã≤OÇ¨Ï q∞„`«=∂ D HÍH˜
#Hõ¯, `˘_ÕÅ∞ KåÖÏ z#fl â◊s~åxfl Hõey L<åfl~Ú. <åk ÉèÏs â◊s~°O.
g∞~°∞ ##∞fl K«OÑ≤`Õ "å~°O, Ѩk ~ÀAÅ∞ g∞‰õΩ PǨ~°O Åaèã¨∞ÎOk. Jx J~°O÷ . P 㨇âß<åxH˜ ~Ô O_»∞ „H˘ã¨∞Å ^Œ∂~°OÖ’ L#fl H˘O_» QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’
g∞‰õ Ω PǨ  ~° O J~Ú# <å‰õ Ω Ñ¨ Ù }ºO =㨠∞ Î O k. Hõ # ∞Hõ Ug∞ "ÕÅ H˘kÌ QÆaƒÖÏÅ∞ rqã¨∂Î LO_Õq. "å\˜ <åÜ«∞‰õΩ_»∞ xt~åA. JO>Ë
PÖ’zOK«‰õΩO_® ##∞fl ã¨OǨÏiOK«O_ç J#flk. ~å„uH˜ ~åA. JO>Ë K«O„^Œ∞_»∞ Jx J~°÷O.
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Wk WÖÏ LO_»QÍ K≥@∞ìg∞^Œ „ѨâßO`«OQÍ rqã¨∞Î#fl H͉õΩÅH˜
XHõ ã¨=∞㨺 =zÛ Ñ¨_çOk. J^Õ=∞O>Ë H͉õΩÅH˜ ~å„uѨÓ@ HõxÑ≤OK«^Œ∞.
HÍh QÆ∞_»¡ QÆ∂|ÅH˜ ~å„uà◊√§ =∂„`«"Õ∞ Hõà◊√§ HõxÑ≤™êÎ~Ú. Jk ~å„uà◊√§
=∂„`«"Õ∞ PǨ~°O HÀã¨O QÆ∞Ç¨Ï |Ü«∞\˜H˜ =ã¨∞ÎO\Ï~Ú. JO^Œ∞ˆH
QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|efl xâßK«~°∞Å∞ JO\Ï~°∞. JO>Ë ~å„uà◊√§ ã¨OK«iOKÕ "åà◊√§
Jx J~°÷O.
QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|ÅH˜, H͉õΩÅH˜ [#‡
q~À^èOŒ L#flk. ÃÑQ· Í QÆ∞_»Q¡ ∂Æ |ÅH˜,
H͉õΩÅ∞ W+¨ì"≥∞ÿ# PǨ~°O. ^•O`À
QÆ ∞ Ǩ Ï Ö’x QÆ ∞ _» ¡ Q Æ ∂ |Å∞ ~å„u
㨠= ∞Ü« ∞ OÖ’ H͉õ Ω Å∞ x"å㨠O
LO@∞#fl =∞„iK≥@∞ì ÃÑ·H˜ ^•_ç KÕã≤
H͉õΩefl K«OÑ≤uO@∂ LO_Õq.
WÖÏ QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å ^•_çÖ’ WOHÍ Ô~Hõ¯Å∞ ~åx HÍH˜ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ Ãã·`«O
=∞~°}˜OKÕq. `«# áêÅ#Ö’ L#fl H͉õΩÅ∞ WÖÏ k‰õΩ¯=∂e# Kå=Ù
Kå=@O`À P H͉õΩÅ ~å*ˇ#· hÅѨ~∞° _‚ ∞» KåÖÏ qKåiOz, `«# =∞O„`«∞efl
Ñ≤ez UO K≥Ü«∂ºe Jx ã¨ÅǨ J_çQÍ_»∞.
JѨC_»∞ H˘O^Œ~°∞ =∞O„`«∞Å∞ ÖËz |Å=O`«∞Öˇ·# QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|efl
=∞#O UO KÕÜ«∞ÖËO. JO^Œ∞=Å¡ =∞#O ˆHΔ=∞OQÍ LO_Õ "Õˆ~ „Ѩ^ÕâßxH˜
"≥à◊§@O =∞Ozk Jx K≥áêÊ~°∞.
JѨC_»∞ 'ã¨∞|∞kú— J<Õ =Úã¨e =∞O„u ÖËz, hÅѨ~°∞‚_ç`À WÖÏ
J<åfl_»∞. F ~å*Ï! x["≥∞ÿ# g~°∞Öˇ=~°∂, â◊„`«∞=Ùx K«∂ã≤ ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_ç
=∂`«$^Õâßxfl =^Œe áêiá⁄~°∞.
P QÆ∞_»Q¡ ∂Æ |Å∞ |Å"≥∞#ÿ "Õ HÍ=K«∞Û. JO`« =∂„`«# =∞#O ÉèÜ í ∞« Ѩ_ç
ѨÖÏÜ«∞# =∞O„`«O ѨiîOKåeû# JQÆ`«ºO ÖË^Œ∞. |Å=O`«∞_≥·# â◊„`«∞=Ùx
Ü«ÚH˜QÎ Í ã¨OǨÏiOKåe. JѨC_»∞ H˘xfl H͉õΩÅ∞ =Úã¨e =∞O„u =∂@efl
ÖˇH˜¯OK«‰õΩO_®, QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å ^•_çH˜ ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_ç "Õˆ~ KÀ@∞H˜ "≥o§ f~åÅx
Ѩ@∞ì|\Ïì~Ú.
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JѨC_»∞ =$^Œú=∞O„u, H͉õΩÅ ~å*ˇ·# hÅѨ~°∞‚_çH˜ WÖÏ ã¨ÅǨ
WKåÛ_»∞. F ~å*Ï! h=Ù h Ѩi"å~°O`À ã¨Ç¨ WHõ¯_çH˜ Ü≥∂[#O ^Œ∂~°O
(JO>Ë 8 "≥∞ÿà◊√§)Ö’ L#fl XHõ =∞Ǩ =$HõΔO ÃÑ·# rqOK«\ÏxH˜ "≥o§áÈ,
"≥àı§ =ÚO^Œ∞ ##∞fl f„=OQÍ QÍÜ«∞ Ѩiz#@∞¡ #\˜OK«∞. JѨC_»∞ =∞#
â◊„`«∞=ÙÖˇ·# QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|ŠѨHõΔOÖ’ KÕi "åà◊§H˜ J#∞‰õÄÅOQÍ #\˜ã¨∂Î,
gÅ∞ K«∂ã≤, "åà◊§x ã¨~°fi<åâ◊#O KÕ™êÎ#∞.
JO^Œ∞‰õΩ ã¨=∞‡uOz H͉õΩÅ ~åA J~Ú# hÅѨ~°∞‚_»∞ =Úã¨e
HÍH˜x =Ú‰õΩ¯`À á⁄_çz QÍÜ«∞Ѩ~°z #@∞¡ #\˜Oz, XHõ K«xáÈ~Ú#
HÍH˜ ~°HOÎõ =Úã¨e HÍH˜H˜ JO\˜Oz K≥@∞ì g∞^Œ #∞O_ç „H˜OkH˜ `À¿ã™ê_»∞.
P `«~åfi`« P hÅѨ~°∞‚_»∞ `«# Ѩi"å~°O`À ã¨Ç¨ ^Œ∂~°„áêO`«OÖ’
L#fl WOH˘ K≥@∞ìÃÑ·H˜ x=tOK«\ÏxH˜ Zyi áÈÜ«∂_»∞. P ~ÀA ~å„u
QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å∞ H͉õΩÅ∞O_Õ K≥@∞ìÃÑ·H˜ ^•_çH˜ =KåÛ~Ú. HÍh JHõ¯_» Hõhã¨O
XHõ HÍH˜ QÆ∞_»∞¤ ‰õÄ_® HõxÑ≤OK«Hõ Pâ◊Û~°º Ѩ_®¤~Ú.
J~Ú`Õ P K≥@∞ì „H˜O^Œ QÍÜ«∂Å`À Ѩ_ç L#fl =Úã¨e HÍH˜
Hõ#|_çOk. ^•O`À QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∞|Å ~åA xâßK«~°∞_»∞ P =Úã¨e HÍH˜x
ã¨g∞Ñ≤Oz Z=~°∞ h=Ù WÖÏ Ñ¨_ç L<åfl=Ù. q∞ye# H͉õΩÅ∞ ZHõ¯_»H˜
"≥àϧ~Ú Jx „ѨtflOKå_»∞.
^•xH˜ =Úã¨eHÍH˜, ^Œ∞óY ã¨fi~°O`À WÖÏ J#flk. F xâßK«~°
~å*Ï! <Õ#∞ WHõ¯_» QÆ`«OÖ’ L#fl H͉õΩʼnõΩ =∞O„ux. g∞~°∞ =∂ H͉õΩefl
~å„u"ÕàÅ◊ Ö’ ^•_çKãÕ ≤ K«OѨÙ`«∞#flO^Œ∞‰õΩ Ñ¨QÆ Ñ¨\#ì˜ =∂ ~åA hÅѨ~∞° _‚ ∞»
ZÖÏÔQ·<å g∞ QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∞|efl JO`«O KÕ™êÎ#x ѨO`«O Ѩ\Ïì_»∞.
JѨC_»∞ <Õ#∞ HõeÊOK«∞H˘x |Å=O`«∞Öˇ·# QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å`À =∞#H˜
q~À^èŒO `«QÆ^Œ∞. =∞#O =∞# Hõ<åfl Jkè‰õΩÅ∞ J~Ú# QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|efl
Q“~°qOKåe Jx K≥ѨÊQÍ, =∂ ~åA ##∞fl f„=OQÍ QÍÜ«∞Ѩiz,
â◊„`«∞=ÙÅH˜ =O`«áê_ç#O^Œ∞‰õΩ, ##∞fl D K≥@∞ì g∞^Œ #∞O_ç „H˜OkH˜
`˘ã≤"Õã≤ `«# Ѩi"å~°O`À Ç≤Ï=∂ÅÜ«∂ʼnõΩ Zyi áÈÜ«∂_»∞.
JѨC_»∞ QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å ~åA xâßK«~°∞_»∞ =Úã¨e HÍH˜x K«∂ã≤
*Ïe Ѩ_ç `«=∞ QÆ∞ǨωõΩ =zÛ Ç¨~ÚQÍ rqOK«=∞x J_çQÍ_»∞. ^•xH˜
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W`«~° QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å∞ J_»∞¤ K≥áêÊ~Ú. Jq "å\˜ ~å*ˇ·# xâßK«~°∞_ç`À
WÖÏ J<åfl~Ú. ''F ~å*Ï! D HÍH˜ =∞# P[#‡ â◊„`«∞=Ù. JÖÏO\˜
â◊„`«∞=Ùx H˘i H˘i =∞# WO\’¡H˜ PǨfixOK«@O JO>Ë, HÀi „Ѩ=∂^•xfl
`≥K«∞Û‰õΩ#fl>Ë¡, Hõ#∞Hõ D HÍH˜x WÖÏ<Õ =kÖËã≤ =∞# ^•i# =∞#O
á⁄^•O.
JѨC_»∞ xâßK«~°∞_»∞ =∞#efl â◊~°}∞ HÀi# D |ÅÇ‘Ï#, =Úã¨e
HÍH˜ =Å¡ =∞#H˜ UÖÏO\˜ Ǩx LO_»^Œ∞ J<åfl_»∞. ^•O`À H˘xfl
QÆ∞_»Q¡ ∂Æ |Å∞ ~åÉ’ÜÕ∞ „Ѩ=∂^•xfl â◊OH˜Oz, "Õ~ˆ QÆ∞ǨωõΩ ZyiáÈÜ«∂~Ú.
J@∞ Ñ≤=∞‡@ =Úã¨e HÍH˜ QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∞|Å QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ x=tOK«@O "≥Ú^ŒÅ∞
ÃÑ\˜ìOk.
QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|ÅH˜ ѨQÆ\ ˜ ѨÓ@ HõxÑ≤OK«^Œ∞ ‰õ#∞Hõ =Úã¨eHÍH˜ ѨQÆ\ ˜
ѨÓ@ JHõ¯_», JHõ¯_» z#fl z#fl Hõ„~°Å∞ z`«∞‰õΩÅ∞ ¿ãHõiOz P QÆ∞_»¡
QÆ∂|Å QÆ∞Ç¨Ï =ÚY^•fi~°O ^ŒQÆæ~°
¿Ñ~°Û™êyOk. J~Ú`Õ |∞kúÇÏ‘ #∞Öˇ#·
QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å∞ HÍH˜ KÕã¨∞Î#fl ‰õΩ\˜Å
„Ñ≤ Ü « ∞ `åflÅ#∞ `≥ Å ∞㨠∞ HÀÖË H õ
áÈÜ« ∂ ~Ú.WÖÏ H˘xfl <≥ Å Å∞
QÆ_çKå~Ú. HÍH˜, QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å QÆ∞ǨÏ
^•fi~°O ^ŒQÆæ~° KåÖÏ Ñ¨i=∂}OÖ’
z`«∞‰õΩÅ∞, Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ xÅfi KÕã≤Ok.
XHõ ~ÀA L^ŒÜ«∞O H͉õΩÅ∞ x"åã¨O LO@∞#fl K≥@∞ì ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ
"≥o§ `«=∞ ~åA hÅѨ~°∞‚x Hõeã≤ ˆ~Ѩ٠L^ŒÜ«∞O g∞~°O`å =zÛ
QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å∞#fl QÆ∞Ç¨Ï ^•fi~°O =ÚO^Œ∞ L#fl z`«∞‰õΩefl JO\˜OK«O_ç.
JѨC_»∞ P QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ LO_Õ QÆ∞_»¡ r=ÙÅ∞ K«xáÈ`å~Ú. ѨQÆÅ∞ "å\˜H˜
Hõà◊√§ HõxÑ≤OK«=Ù. Hõ#∞Hõ g∞~°∞ QÆ∞Ç¨Ï ^•fi~°O ^ŒQÆæ~° =∞O@Å∞ ÃÑ\˜ì<å
Jq ɡ·\ ˜H˜ ~åÖË=Ù. Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê =∞~°ÖÏ QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å QÆ∞ǨÏH˜ =zÛOk.
ѨQÆÅO`å Hõà◊√§ HõxÑ≤OK«x P QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å∞ HÍH˜ |Ü«∞\˜H˜ "≥o§
~å=@O QÆ=∞xOK«ÖËHõáÈÜ«∂~Ú. P =∞~åfl\˜ L^ŒÜ«∞O H͉õΩÅhfl
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QÆ∞OѨÙQÍ =KåÛ~Ú. QÆ∞_»¡QÆ∂|Å∞#fl QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ LO@∞#fl =Úã¨e HÍH˜
|Ü«∞\˜H˜ =zÛ WO`«HÍÅOQÍ `å#∞ á⁄QÆ∞KÕã≤ LOz<å z`«∞‰õΩÅx P
QÆ∞Ç¨Ï =ÚY ^•fi~åxH˜ J_»¤OQÍ ¿ÑiÛ, P ѨÙÅ¡ÅH˜ xѨC JO\˜OK«=∞x
H͉õΩÅ ~åA hÅѨ~°∞‚_çH˜ ã¨ÅǨ WzÛOk.
^•O`À P H͉õΩÅ ~åA, H˘xfl H͉õΩefl Ñ≤ez, ZHõ¯_ç #∞O_ç
J~Ú# XHõ =∞O_Õ Hõ>#ìˇ ∞ `≥zÛ QÆ∞Ç¨Ï =ÚY ^•fi~°O =^ŒÌ ¿ÑiÛ# z`«∞‰õΩÅH˜
xѨC JO\˜OK«=∞x P*Ï˝Ñ≤OKå_»∞.
"≥O@<Õ H͉õΩÅ∞ ~åA K≥Ñ≤Ê# P[˝x JHõΔ~åÅ J=∞Å∞ KÕ™ê~Ú.
^•O`À P QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ `«Å¡„H˜O^Œ∞Å∞QÍ „"ÕÖÏ_»∞`«∞#fl "ÕÖÏk QÆaƒÖÏÅ∞, P
QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’Oz |Ü«∞\˜H˜ ~åÖËHõ P QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’<Õ Jyfl ã¨=∂kè JÜ«∂º~Ú.
D q^èŒOQÍ =Úã¨e HÍH˜ <Õ~°∞Ê, `≥eq, ™êǨÏã¨O =Å¡ H͉õΩÅH˜
â◊„`«∞ÉèíÜ«∞O áÈ~ÚOk. P<å\˜ #∞O_ç P H͉õΩÅ∞ Ü«∞^ä•qkèQÍ QÆ`«OÖ’
x=tOz# T_»Å =∞„i K≥@∞ìÃÑ·<Õ x"åã¨O LO_»™êQÍ~Ú.
hu : â◊„`«∞=Ùx KÕ~°n¿ãÎ „Ѩ=∂^ŒO `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞.
V
ÃÑ^ŒÌÅ =∂@ K«kÌ =¸@
aHõ¯"ÀÅ∞ J<Õ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ ã¨`=Î≥ ∞‡ J<Õ =$^Œ∞~ú åÅ∞ rqã¨∂Î LO_Õk.
P"≥∞‰õΩ 'HÍ"Õ∞â◊O— J<Õ =∞#=Ù_»∞ LO_Õ"å_»∞. ã¨`≥Î=∞‡ H˘_»∞‰õΩ HÀ_»Å∞
QÀ^•=s #k =~°^ŒÖ’¡ K«xáÈQÍ Ñ¨ã≤ QÆ∞_»∞¤QÍ L#fl 'HÍ"Õ∞âßxfl—
QÍ~å|OQÍ ÃÑOz ÃÑ^ŒÌ KÕã≤Ok. ZO`«
QÍ~å|OQÍ ÃÑiy<å, HÍ"Õ∞â◊O ÉÏQÍ
K«^Œ∞=Ù‰õΩx, „Hõ=∞tHõΔ}Ï`À rqOKÕ"å_»∞.
WÖÏ ~ÀAÅ∞ QÆ_»∞ã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú.
H˘<åflà◊§H˜ aHõ¯"ÀÅ∞ „QÍ=∂xH˜
^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ L#fl Ѩ@ì}OÖ’ LO@∞#fl XHõ
㨠O Ѩ # ∞fl_ç ‰õ Ω =∂Ô ~ Î # ∞ HÍ"Õ ∞ âßxH˜
W™êÎ = ∞x ÃÑo§à◊ § ¿Ñ~° Ü « ∞ º ^•fi~å
ã¨`≥Î=∞‡‰õΩ Hõ|∞~°∞ KÕ™ê~°∞ P ã¨OѨ#∞fl_ç
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|O^èŒ∞=ÙÅ∞. ^•O`À ã¨`≥Î=∞‡ =∞#=_çH˜ D q+¨Ü«∞O K≥Ñ≤Ê, Ѩ@flO "≥o§
ÃÑo§ ‰õÄ`«∞ix K«∂ã≤ ~°=∞‡#flk.
ã¨~ˆ Jx „ѨÜ∂« }ÏxH˜ ã≤^OúŒ JÜ«∂º_»∞ HÍ"Õ∞â◊O. JѨC_»∞ ã¨`=Î≥ ∞‡
`«# =∞#=_ç`À WÖÏ J#flk. <åÜ«∞<å! HÍ"Õ∞â◊O =∞x+≤ ZѨC_»∂
XO@iQÍ H˘`«ÎKÀ@∞H˜ "≥à◊§‰õÄ_»^Œ∞. áÈh <Õ#∞, h‰õΩ `À_»∞ =^•Ì=∞O>Ë
<å‰õΩ H©à◊§ <≥ѨCÅ∞. JO`« ^Œ∂~°O #_»=ÖË#∞. JO^Œ∞=Å¡ Z=i<≥·<å
`˘_»∞ fã¨∞ÔHà◊√§ J#flk.
P"≥∞ =∂@efl fã≤áêˆ~ã¨∂Î HÍ"Õ∞â◊O WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. áÈÉÏ=∂‡!
h^ŒO`å Kå^Œã¨ÎO <ÕxOHÍ Ñ≤ÖÏ¡_çx J#∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl"å? <å‰õΩ W~°"≥·
Uà◊√§ =KåÛ~Ú `≥Å∞™ê? HÍ"Õ∞â◊O =∂@ÅH˜ #qfi ã¨`≥Î=∞‡ "åˆ~Üü∞
h"≥O`« ÃÑ^ŒÌ"å_çq J~Ú<å ÃÑ^ŒÌ "åà◊√§ J#∞Éèí=O`À K≥¿ÑÊ =∂@efl
áê\˜OK«áÈ`Õ #+¨ìO hˆH QÆ∞~°∞ÎOK«∞HÀ J#flk.
^•O`À HÍ"Õ∞â◊O x^•xOz 㨈~ Z=ifl `À_»∞ fã¨∞ÔHà◊§=∞O\Ï"À
K≥ÑC¨ J<åfl_»∞. JѨC_»∞ ã¨`=Î≥ ∞‡ „ѨH¯õ WO\˜ "åà◊§ WO\˜Ö’ ÃÑ~°∞QÆ∞`«∞#fl
XHõ ‰õΩHõ¯ Ñ≤Å¡#∞ `≥zÛ HÍ"Õ∞âßxH˜ WzÛ, ^•xfl h‰õΩ `À_»∞QÍ fã¨∞ÔHo§
=∞m§ *Ï„QÆ`«ÎQÍ `≥zÛ, „ѨH˜¯O\˜ "åà◊§H˜ JѨÊK≥ѨC J#flk.
ã¨~ˆ Jx HÍ"Õ∞â◊O P ‰õΩHõ¯ Ñ≤Å#¡ ∞ XHõ ã¨OpÖ’ ÃÑ@∞ìH˘x Éè∞í *ÏxH˜
`«yeOK«∞H˘x <≥uÎ g∞^Œ PǨ~°O, hà◊√§, ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÎÅ∞ L#fl ã¨Op ÃÑ@∞ìH˘x
Ѩ@flO |Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞. JÖÏ #_»∞ã¨∂,Î #_»∞ã¨∂Î HÍ"Õ∞â◊O XHõ J_»qÖÏQÍ
L#fl „Ѩ^ÕâßxH˜ KÕ~å_»∞.
WOHÍ ã¨QÆO ^Œ∂~°O #_ç¿ãÎ HÍh Ѩ@flO ~å^Œ∞. Jã¨ÖË Jk "≥·âßY
=∂ã¨O HÍ=@OKÕ`« ã¨∂~°∞º_»∞ #_ç<≥uÎH˜ =KÕÛã¨iH˜ ZO_» =∞O@Å∞
ѨÙ\˜ìã¨∞Î#flk. WOH˘ „ѨHõ¯ PHõe, ^•Ç¨ÏO "ÕÜ«∞@O`À HÍ"Õ∞â◊O HÍã¨Î
PǨ~°O ux, HÍ¿ãûѨ٠q„âßOu fã¨∞‰õΩO^•=∞x ÉèÏqOz ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ L#fl
XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ =∂q∞_ç K≥@∞ì h_» „H˜OkH˜ KÕ~å_»∞.
K≥@∞ì „H˜OkH˜ KÕ~Q° Í<Õ HÍ"Õ∞âßxH˜ áÈ~Ú# „áê}O uiy =zK«#@∞ì
JxÑ≤OzOk. Éèí∞*Ïx ‰õΩ#fl ã¨Opx, <≥uÎ g∞^Œ∞#fl ã¨Opx fã≤ <ÕÅÃÑ·
ÃÑ\˜ì `å#∞ ‰õÄ_® `åÑ‘QÍ <ÕÅÃÑ· ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. JѨÊ\˜^•HÍ ã¨OpÖ’
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=Ú_»∞K«∞H˘x ‰õÄ~˘Û#fl ‰õΩHõ¯ Ñ≤Å¡ QÆÉèÏÅfl „H˜O^Œ ÃÑ\˜ì# ã¨OpÖ’Oz
|Ü«∞\˜H˜ ^Œ∂H˜ HÍ"Õ∞â◊O Hˆ ã≤ K«∂_»™êyOk. HÍ"Õ∞âßxH˜ J~°O÷ J~ÚOk.
P ‰õΩHõ¯Ñ≤Å¡ ‰õÄ_® =∞Oz PHõe g∞^Œ L#fl^Œx. "≥O@<Õ PǨ~°O L#fl
ã¨OpÖ’Oz H˘xfl ~˘>ˇìÅ∞, ÃÑ~°∞QÆ#flO, =∞Oz hà◊√§ ™⁄~°HÍÜ«∞ |∞„~°
fã≤ |Ü«∞@ ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞. PǨ~åxfl K«∂_»OQÍ<Õ ‰õΩHõ¯ Ñ≤Å¡ P„`«OQÍ `ÀHõ
TѨ@O "≥Ú^ŒÖˇ\ ˜ìOk.
HÍ"Õ∞â◊O z#flQÍ #=Ùfi‰õΩx Ô~O_»∞ ~˘>ˇìÅ∞ ‰õΩHõ¯ Ñ≤Å¡H˜ "Õã≤, `«#∞
PǨ~°O fã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. P `«~åfi`« HÍã≤x hà◊√§ ‰õΩHõ¯ Ñ≤Å¡‰õΩ „`åyOz
q∞ye#q „`åQÍ_»∞.
ÉÏQÍ #_çz L<åfl_Õ"∂≥ , ÉÏQÍ JÅã¨@QÍ JxÊOz MÏm ã¨OK«∞efl,
|@ìefl HõeÑ≤, `«Å„H˜O^Œ kO_»∞ÖÏ ÃÑ@∞ìH˘x x„^ŒÖ’H˜ *Ï~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
‰õΩHõ¯ Ñ≤Å¡ qHõ$`«OQÍ J~°=@O qx LeH˜¯ Ѩ_ç x„^ŒÖËz ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞
HÍ"Õ∞â◊O.
Uq∞\˜ ‰õΩHõ¯ Ñ≤Å¡ J^ÕѨxQÍ J~°∞ã¨∞Î#fl^Õq∞ÖÏ Jx K«∞@∂ì
ѨijÅ#QÍ K«∂™ê_»∞. J`«xH˜ KåÖÏ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ Ô~O_»∞ #Å¡„`åK«∞Å∞
Ѩ_»QÆÖˇuÎ HÍ"Õ∞â◊O ˆHã≤ K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. P áê=Úefl K«∂ã≤# HÍ"Õ∞â◊O
ǨÏ_»eáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
J~Ú<å ^è≥·~åºxfl zHõ¯|@∞ìH˘x ‰õΩHõ¯ Ñ≤Å¡x, ã¨OK«∞efl fã¨∞‰õΩx
"ÕQÆOQÍ P K≥@∞ì „H˜Ok #∞O_ç ZO_»Ö’H˜ "≥àϧ_»∞. J`«ºO`« "ÕQÆOQÍ
"≥o§áÈ`«_»x TÇ≤ÏOK«x áê=ÚÅ∞ HÍ¿ãûѨ٠JÖψQ LO_ç P `«~åfi`«
[~°, [~°=∞x „áê‰õΩ‰õΩO@∂ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’x ѨÙ@ìÖ’H˜ "≥o§áÈÜ«∂~Ú.
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HÍ"Õ∞â◊O „|`«∞‰õΩ r=Ù_® Jx x@∂ìiÛ x„^ŒÖ’ L#fl `«#x ÖËÑ≤, <Õˆ~_»∞ K≥@∞ì L#flk. P K≥@∞ìÃÑ· KåÖÏ HÀ`«∞Å∞ ѨQÆÅO`å P_»∞‰õΩO@∂,
áê=Ú HÍ@∞H˜ QÆ∞i J=‰õΩO_® PÑ≤# ‰õΩHõ¯Ñ≤Å¡#∞ =Ú^Œ∞Ì ÃÑ@∞ìH˘x, <Õˆ~_»∞ HÍÜ«∞Å∞ uO@∂ HÍňHΔѨO KÕã¨∞ÎO\Ï~Ú. J~Ú`Õ „ѨHõ¯ ã¨÷ÅOÖ’
=∞m§ #_»Hõ ™êyOKå_»∞. [~°∞QÆ∞K«∞#fl Éèí=# x~å‡}O K«∂ã≤ P HÀ`«∞Å∞ Pã¨H˜ÎQÍ J@∞"≥·Ñ¨Ù "≥à◊√Î
J`«xH˜ JѨC_»∞ J~°÷=∞~ÚOk. =∂=∞‡ K≥Ñ≤Ê#@∞ì q<åfl_»∞ Hõ#∞Hõ LO_Õq. HÀ`«∞Å =Å¡ ZÖÏO\˜ „Ѩ=∂^ŒO ~å^Œ∞ Hõ#∞Hõ Éèí=# HÍi‡‰õΩÅ∞
`å#∞ q+¨[O`«∞=ÙÅ ÉÏi# Ѩ_ç Kå=‰õΩO_® „|uHÍ_»∞ Jx. P D HÀ`«∞efl P=`«ÅH˜ `˘Å@O HÍh, "å\˜ÃÑ·H˜ ~åà◊√§ qã¨~°@O HÍh
™êÜ«∞O„`åxH˜ HÍ"Õ∞â◊O Ѩ@ì}OÖ’x ã¨OѨ#∞fl_ç WO\˜H˜ KÕi ÃÑo§ KÕ¿ã"åà◊√§HÍ^Œ∞.
Ѩ#∞Å∞ HÍxKåÛ_»∞. ÃÑ·QÍ "åà◊√§ u<Õ PǨ~°OÖ’ H˘O`« ÉèÏQÆO P HÀ`«∞ÅH˜ "Õã≤
hu : ÃÑ^ŒÌÅ =∂@ K«kÌ =¸@. Wk q#fl_»∂ `«Ñ¨Ê~åx |OQÍ~°∞ P#OkOKÕ"åà◊√§. XHõ ~°HõOQÍ JHõ¯_»∞#fl HÀ`«∞Å K«~°ºefl P x~å‡}
ÉÏ@. ‰õÄbÅ∞ q<À^ŒOQÍ ÉèÏqOKÕ"åà◊√§.
V WÖÏ HÍÅO [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞#flk. P Éè=í #O ÃÑH· Ñõ C¨ "Õ¿ã~ÀA =zÛOk.
KÕ@∞ `≥zÛ# L`åûǨÏO P HÍÅOÖ’ Éèí=<åxH˜ HõѨC "ÕÜ«∞\ÏxH˜ =ÚO^Œ∞, ÉèÏsѨi=∂}OÖ’
LO_Õ ^Œ∞OQÆÅ#∞ Q˘_»ÅÃÑ· J_»¤OQÍ Ñ¨iz PÃÑ· ã¨∞#flO, Wã¨∞Hõ ÖÏO\˜q
ã¨|ƒ=~°O J<Õ „QÍ=∞OÖ’ ^Õ=Ù_ç QÆ∞_ç LOk. HÍh |_ç ÖË^Œ∞.
JO^Œ∞=Å¡ P Ti Ñ≤ÅÅ¡ ∞ KåÖÏ ^Œ∂~°O #_çz Ѩ@flO "≥o§ K«^∞Œ =ÙHÀ"åeû
=zÛOk. ^•O`À P Ti ÃÑ^ŒÌÅ∞ P ~å*Ϻxfl áêeã¨∞Î#fl ~åAQÍi
^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥o§ `«=∞ TiÖ’ XHõ áê~î°âßÅ#∞ xi‡OK«=∞x „áêi÷OKå~°∞.
P ~åAQÍ~°∞ qâߊǨÏ$^ŒÜ«Ú_Õ HÍHõ, ÉÏQÍ K«^Œ∞=Ù‰õΩ#fl"å_»∞. ^•O`À
ã¨|ƒ=~°O „QÍ=∞OÖ’ XHõ áê~îâ° ßÅ xi‡O™êÎ#x „QÍ=∞ ÃÑ^ŒÅÌ H˜ "åQÍÌ#O
KÕã≤ ѨO¿Ñ™ê_»∞.
H˘xfl ~ÀAÅ `«~åfi`« ~åAQÍ~°∞ XHõ =∞O„ux Ñ≤ez WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞.
=∞O„u =~åº! g∞~°∞ J=ã¨~°"≥∞ÿ# P ^èŒ<åxfl, Ѩx"åà◊§x fã¨∞H˘x
ã¨|ƒ=~°O „QÍ=∂xH˜ "≥o§, JHõ¯_» XHõ áê~î°âßÅ Éèí=#O xi‡Oz ~°O_ç.
^•xH˜ P =∞O„u ã¨~ˆ #x HÍ"åeû= ^è#Œ O =∞#∞+¨μefl fã¨∞H˘x ã¨|ƒ=~°O
|Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~å_»∞.
P `«~åfi`« ã¨|ƒ=~°O „QÍ=∞ ÃÑ^ŒÌÅ∞ K«∂Ñ≤Oz# qâßÅ"≥∞ÿ# MÏm
ã¨÷ÅOÖ’ ÉèÏsѨi=∂}OÖ’ LO_Õ XHõ áê~î°âßÅ Éèí=<åxfl xi‡OK«@O
"≥Ú^ŒÅ∞ ÃÑ\˜ìOKå_»∞ P =∞O„u. ѨÙ<å^Œ∞Å∞ ÖËKå~Ú. HõeÑ≤ ~åà◊§`À P ^Œ∞OQÆÅÃÑ· HõѨC"Õ¿ã "åà◊√§. JÖÏ KÕã¨∞Î#fl ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’
P `«~åfi`« Q˘_»Å∞ Hõ@ì|_®¤~Ú. J~Ú`Õ DÖ’QÍ XHõ ã¨OѶ¨∞@# XHõ~ÀA W^ŒÌ~°∞ ‰õÄbÅ∞ XHõ ÃÑ^ŒÌ K≥@∞ì ^Œ∞OQÆx ~°OѨO`À J_»¤OQÍ
[iyOk. J^Õ=∞O>Ë P Éèí=# x~å‡}O [iˆQ ã¨÷ÖÏxH˜ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ XHõ HÀã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.
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=∞^蕺ǨÏflO JÜÕ∞ã¨iH˜ Éè’[#O K≥Ü«∞º\ÏxH˜ "≥àϧÅx P W^ŒÌ~°∞
Ѩx"åà◊√§ ÉèÏqOKå~°∞. HÍh ^Œ∞OQÆx ã¨QÆ"Õ∞ HÀã≤ LO_»@O =Å# P
^Œ∞OQÆx HÀã≤# „áêO`«OÖ’ XHõ |Å"≥∞ÿ# Hõ„~°x Ô~O_»∞ peHõÅ =∞^茺
LOz, PǨ~°O fã¨∞HÀ=@O HÀã¨O "≥o§áÈÜ«∂~°∞.
"åà◊√§ JÖÏ "≥àϧ~À ÖË^À, XHõ _»[#∞ HÀ`«∞Å∞ P „Ѩ^ÕâßxH˜
=zÛ JHõ¯_»∞#fl x~å‡}Ï Ñ¨iHõ~åÅ`À P_»∞HÀ™êQÍ~Ú. H˘xfl HÀ`«∞Å∞
JHõ¯_»∞#fl H˘_»=à◊√§ fã¨∞H˘x J@∞, W@∞ Táê~Ú. H˘xfl HÀ`«∞Å∞
JHõ¯_» =~°∞ã¨QÍ ÃÑ\˜ì# K≥Hõ¯ÅÃÑ· ZH˜¯ ÔQO`«™êQÍ~Ú. XHõ Ñ≤Å¡ HÀu
=∂„`«O ^Œ∂~°OQÍ ã¨QÆO HÀã≤ LOK«|_ç# K≥@∞ì ^Œ∞OQÆ ^ŒQÆæiH˜ "≥o§
ѨijÅ#QÍ K«∂ã≤Ok.
P `«~åfi`« P H˘Ü«∞º ^Œ∞OQÆÃÑ· ZH˜¯ „H˜OkH˜ ^Œ∂H˜Ok. PÃÑ· P
^Œ∞OQÆÖ’ peHõ L#fl „áêO`«OÖ’ HÍà◊√§ ÃÑ\˜ì ã¨QÆO =~°‰õÄ HÀã≤#
^Œ∞OQÆ =∞m§ ^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ ~å‰õΩO_® LO_»\ÏxH˜ Ѩx"åà◊√§ P peHõ =∞^茺
LOz# jÅÃÑ· KÕ`«∞Å∞ "Õã≤ P jÅ#∞ J@∞, W@∞ TѨ™êyOk.
P jÅ KåÖÏ |ÅOQÍ LO_»@O =Å¡ T_ç ~åÖË^Œ∞. ^•O`À P
Ñ≤Å¡HÀu `«# |ÅO JO`å LѨÜ≥∂yOz Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å`À P jÅ#∞
|ÅOQÍ LѨ™êyOk.
WO`«Ö’ P HÀu Y~°‡HÍe P jÅ T_ç HÀu KÕuH˜ =zÛOk. jÅ
JÖÏ |Ü«∞\˜H˜ =zÛO^À ÖË^À Ô~O_»∞ pe L#fl P ^Œ∞OQÆ _è®O=∞#fl
â◊|OÌ `À XHõ\Q˜ Í J`«∞‰õΩ#flk. Ñ≤ÅH¡ Àu XHõ¯™êiQÍ aQÆ~æ Q° Í Jiz „áê}O
=keOk.
D ǨÏ_®=Ù_çH˜ Éè’[<åÅ∞ KÕã¨∞Î#fl Ѩx"åà◊√§ ѨiÔQ`«∞ΉõΩ =zÛ
K«∂™ê~°∞. JHõ¯_» HõxÑ≤Oz# ^Œ$â◊ºO K«∂ã≤ "åà◊§H˜ k=∞‡uiyOk.
U=ÚOk JHõ¯_®? ^Œ∞OQÆ peHõÅ =∞^茺 LOz# jÅ#∞ Ñ‘H˜# HÀu
„H˜O^Œ ÉèÏQÆO zuH˜ áÈ~ÚOk. `«#‰õΩ ã¨O|O^èŒOÖËx q+¨Ü«∞OÖ’ Ju
L`åûǨÏO „Ѩ^Œi≈Oz# Ñ≤Å¡HÀu xëê¯~°}OQÍ „áê}ÏÅ∞ HÀÖ’Ê~ÚOk.
hu : =ÚO^Œ∞K«∂Ѩ٠ÖˉõΩO_® U Ѩh KÕÜ«∞~å^Œ∞.
V <åH˜"åfieû# _»|∞ƒ "≥O@<Õ WKÕÛÜ«∂ºe.
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‰õΩHõ¯ HÍ@∞H˜ K≥ѨC ^≥|ƒ
ѨÓ~°fiO F~°∞QÆÅ∞¡ J<Õ Ñ¨@ì}OÖ’ <å~åÜ«∞}, â◊~°‡ J<Õ W^ŒÌ~°∞
PѨΠq∞„`«∞Å∞ LO_Õ"å~°∞. "åà◊§ ¿ãflǨxfl K«∂ã≤ P K«∞@∞ì „Ñ¨H¯õ Å „áêO`åÅ
„Ѩ[Å∞ ‰õÄ_® Pâ◊Û~°ºÑ¨_Õ"åà◊√§. WÖÏ H˘xfl Uà◊√§ QÆ_çKå~Ú. XHõ™êi
<å~åÜ«∞} `«# ‰õÄ`«∞iH˜ ÃÑo§ KÕÜ«∂Åx J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. HÍh J`«x
^ŒQÆæ~° `«y#O`« _»|∞ƒÖËHõ PyáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
P q+¨Ü«∞O `≥eû# â◊~°‡ q∞„`«∞_ç WO\˜H˜ =zÛ Xˆ~Üü∞ =¸~°∞ö_®
ÅHΔÍkèHÍi J~Ú# ##∞fl q∞„`«∞_çQÍ Hõey L#fl h=Ù H˘kÌáê\˜ _»|∞ƒÖËHõ
‰õÄ`«∞~°∞ ÃÑo§ PѨÙ`å"å, hÔHO`« HÍ"åÖ’ K≥ѨC. W™êÎ J<åfl_»∞.
â◊~°‡ =∂@Å∞ qx <å~åÜ«∞} KåÖÏ P#OkOz q∞„`«=∂! h
QÆ∞}O <å‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. HÍh ZO`« q∞„`«∞_çq J~Ú<å _»|∞ƒ J_çy =∞#
¿ãflǨxfl JQ“~°=Ѩ~°K«@O W+¨ìO ÖËHõ x#∞fl J_»QÆÖË^Œ∞. x*ÏxH˜ h
Hõ<åfl <å‰õΩ Z=~°∞ PѨÙÎÅ∞ J<åfl_»∞. 㨈~ â◊~°‡ |Å=O`«O g∞^Œ XHõ
Ô~O_»∞ "ÕÅ ~°∂áêÜ«∞Å∞ ‰õÄ`«∞i ÃÑo§HÀã¨O JѨCQÍ fã¨∞H˘x ‰õÄ`«∞i
ÃÑo§ Ѷ¨∞#OQÍ KÕã≤, `«# ÉÏ^茺`« kOѨىõΩ<åfl_»∞ <å~åÜ«∞}.
H˘kÌ <≥ÅÅ∞ QÆ_çKå~Ú. XHõ ~ÀA <å~åÜ«∞} ^ŒQÆæiH˜ =KåÛ_»∞
â◊~°‡. q∞„`«∞_çx P^Œ~°OQÍ Ö’xH˜ Ñ≤eKå_»∞ <å~åÜ«∞}. HÍã¨Î ã¨=∞Ü«∞O
QÆ_çKåHõ â◊~°‡, <å~åÜ«∞}`À WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. WkQÀ <å~åÜ«∞}Ï! h=Ù
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â◊~°‡ =∂@ÅH˜ H˘O`« Pâ◊Û~°ºÑ¨_»¤ <å~åÜ«∞} `«fi~°Ö’ WKÕÛ™êÎ#∞
J<åfl_»∞. J^ÕO gÅ∞HÍ^Œ∞ <å‰õΩ <å _»|∞ƒ J~Ú<å uiy W=Ùfi. ÖË^•
h WÅ∞¡ J~Ú<å <å‰õΩ ~åã≤ W=Ùfi J<åfl_»∞. H˘OK≥O JHõ¯ã¨∞QÍ. â◊~°‡
=∂@Å`À <å~åÜ«∞}H˜, â◊~°‡ ZO`« ‰õΩuû`«∞_À J~°÷=∞~Ú. h _»|∞ƒ XHõ
"å~°OÖ’ W™êÎ J<åfl_»∞ H˘OK≥O ~À+¨OQÍ. JѨC_»∞ â◊~‡° J^ÕO ‰õΩ^Œ~^° ∞Œ .
=∞~åº^ŒQÍ WѨC_Õ W=Ùfi. ÖË^• ~åAQÍi ^ŒQÆæiH˜ =zÛ h WO\˜ g∞^Œ
<å ^ŒQÆæ~° JѨC fã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl#x JO>Ë `åHõ@∞ì ÃÑ\Ïì#x K≥ѨC J<åfl_»∞
JHõ¯ã¨∞QÍ.
^•x`À <å~åÜ«∞} WO`« z#fl q+¨Ü«∂xH˜ ~åAQÍi ^ŒQÆæiH˜
ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ J<åfl_»∞. HÍh â◊~°‡, <å~åÜ«∞}#∞ ~åAQÍi ^ŒQÆæiH˜ =zÛ
f~åÅx Ѩ@∞ìѨ\Ïì_»∞. ^•O`À <å~åÜ«∞}‰õΩ J~°÷=∞~ÚOk. D â◊~°‡
^Œ∞~åâ◊`À `«# WÅ∞¡ U^À q^èŒOQÍ HÍ*ËÜ«∂Åx K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl_»x. 㨈~
JO`« ã¨xflÇ≤Ï`« q∞„`«∞_Õ „^ÀÇ≤ÏQÍ =∂i `«#x =OzOKåÅx
K«∂ã¨∞#Î flѨC_»∞ WOHÍ =∞OzQÍ LO_ç „Ñ¨Ü∂≥ [#O U=ÚOk Jx ÉèÏqOz
â◊~°‡`À WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞.
â◊~å‡! h‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ <Õ#∞ KåÖÏ ¿Ñ^Œ"å_ç#x, ~å*Ï™ê÷<åxH˜
"≥àϧÅO>Ë =∞Oz =∞Oz ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÎÅ∞, K≥ѨCÅ∞ `«ÅáêQÍ, Éèí∞[OÃÑ· Ѩ@∞ì
HõO_»∞"å, "≥à◊§\ÏxH˜ QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù |O_ô HÍ"åe Jq <å ^ŒQÆæ~° ÖË=Ù. JѨC_»∞
â◊~°‡, <å~åÜ«∞} h=Ù J_çy#q Jhfl <Õ#∞ U~åÊ@∞ KÕ™êÎ#∞. #∞=Ùfi
|Ü«∞Å∞^Õ~°∞ J<åfl_»∞ P„`«OQÍ.
â◊~°‡ WzÛ#q ^èŒiOz QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù |O_ô ZH˜¯, ~åAQÍi ^Œ~åƒ~°∞H˜
"≥àϧ_»∞ <å~åÜ«∞}. J`«x `«~åfi`« â◊~°‡ ‰õÄ_® ~å[^Œ~åƒsH˜ KÕ~å_»∞.
~å[^Œ~åƒ~°∞Ö’ XHõ =∞O„u, ^è#Œ ã¨O|O^èŒ q=~åÅ∞ Ѩi+¨¯iã¨∂Î LO\Ï_»∞.
P =∞O„ux =ÚO^Œ∞QÍ <å~åÜ«∞} Hõeã≤, =∞O„u =~åº! <å q∞„`«∞_»∞
â◊~°‡H˜ D =∞^茺 z`«ÎKåOK«ÅºO =zÛ, <å=hfl `«#"Õ Jh, J=hfl `«#H˜
uiy WKÕÛÜ«∂Åx Ѩ@∞ì|_»∞`«∞<åfl_»∞ J<åfl_»∞.
<å~åÜ«∞} K≥Ñ≤ÊOk q#fl <åºÜ«∞âßY =∞O„u â◊~°‡#∞ `«# =^ŒÌ‰õΩ
fã¨∞‰õΩ~°=∞‡x Éè@í ∞_çfl ѨOáê_»∞. Hõ}Δ ÏÖ’¡ â◊~‡° <åºÜ«∞=∞O„u ^ŒQ~æÆ ° Ǩ[~°∞
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Ѩ~°K«|_®¤_»∞. JѨC_»∞ <å~åÜ«∞}, â◊~°‡`À WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. â◊~å‡! <Õ#∞
^èŒiOz# D Ѩ@∞ì |@ìÅ∞, Ѩ@∞ì HõO_»∞"å Z=iq?
^•xH˜ â◊~‡° J=Ù#∞, h=Ù ^èiŒ Oz# |@ìÅ∞ <å"Õ J<åfl_»∞. `«~åfi`«
<å~åÜ«∞} <Õ#∞ ^èŒiOz# `«Å áêQÍ Z=ik J<åfl_»∞. "≥O@<Õ â◊~°‡
h=Ù ^èŒiOz# áê^Œ ~°HõΔÅ∞ `«ÅáêQÍ <å"Õ J<åfl_»∞.
JѨC_»∞ <å~åÜ«∞} K«∂™ê~å =∞O„uQÍ~°∞, D â◊~°‡ ^èÀ~°}˜ <Õ#∞
Hõ@∞ì‰õΩ#fl ^Œ∞ã¨∞ÎÅ∞ ‰õÄ_® `«#"Õ JO@∞<åfl_»∞. WOHÍ¿ãѨ٠Py`Õ <Õ#∞
=zÛ# <å QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù |O_ô ‰õÄ_® `«#^Õ Jx J#QÆÅ_»∞ J<åfl_»∞. ÉèíÜ«∞O
#\˜ã¨∂Î... "≥O@<Õ â◊~°‡ HÀѨOQÍ Xˆ~Üü∞ <å~åÜ«∞} hÔH=∞<åfl Ñ≤KåÛ,
<å |@ìÅ∞, K≥ѨCÅ∞, `«ÅáêQÍ fã¨∞H˘x WѨC_»∞ <åq HÍ^ŒO\Ï"å
ÃÑ·QÍ <å QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù |O_ô, hk Jx K≥ѨÙ`«∞<åfl"å Jx JiKå_»∞.
^•O`À <åºÜ«∞=∞O„u WÖÏ J<åfl_»∞. D â◊~‡° ‰õΩ =∞u K«eOzOk.
Hõ#∞Hõ W`«#∞ K≥¿ÑÊ =∂@Å∞ <Õ#∞ #=∞‡#∞ J<åfl_»∞. JHõ¯_»∞#fl [<åÅ∞
‰õÄ_® â◊~°‡#∞ K«∂ã≤ ¿ÇÏà◊#QÍ #"åfi~°∞. ^•O`À â◊~°‡‰õΩ Ñ¨~°∞=Ù áÈ~Ú,
WO\˜H˜ "≥o§áÈÜ«∂_»∞. <å~åÜ«∞}, q∞„`«∞_ç „^ÀǨxH˜ `«y# „ѨfHÍ~°O
KÕ™ê_»∞.
hu : "Õ∞^èŒã¨∞û LO>Ë U ã¨=∞㨺<≥·<å Ѩi+¨¯iOK«=K«∞Û.
V
"≥∂ã¨HÍi #Hõ¯
ѨÓ~°fiO <ÕáêÖò J_»=ÙÖ’¡ XHõ =∞$QÆ~åA LO_Õk. ^•xH˜ XHõ
#Hõ¯, XHõ `˘_ÕÅ∞ ã¨ÅǨ^•~°∞Å∞QÍ LO_Õq. XHõ™êi P ã≤OǨÏO XHõ
P_» QÆ∞„~åxfl K«OÑ≤Ok. P `«~åfi`« ^•x á⁄@ì pÅÛQÍ JO^Œ∞Ö’ ã¨r=OQÍ
L#fl XHõ QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù Ñ≤Å¡ HõxÑ≤OzOk. P QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù Ñ≤Å¡#∞ K«∂ã≤ ã≤OǨxH˜
*Ïe "Õã≤ ^•xfl K«OѨ‰õΩO_® `«# =^ŒÌ LOK«∞‰õΩx ÃÑOK«™êyOk.
HÍÅ„Hõ=∞OÖ’ P QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù Ñ≤Å¡ ÃÑ^ŒÌ QÆ∞„~°OQÍ =∂iOk. ã≤OǨxH˜
ã¨ÅǨ^•~°∞Å∞QÍ L#fl #Hõ¯, `˘_»∞à◊§‰õΩ P |eã≤# QÆ∞„~åxfl K«∂¿ãÎ
<À~°∞ Tˆ~k. HÍh P QÆ∞„~°O ~åAQÍi ÃÑOѨÙ_»∞ a_»¤`À ã¨=∂#O
Hõ#∞Hõ <˘~°∂‡ã¨∞H˘x L<åfl~Ú.
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XHõ™êi P ã≤OǨÏO XHõ J_»q ^Œ∞#flÅ QÆ∞OѨÙÃÑ· ^•_çKÕã≤Ok.
J~Ú`Õ P =∞kOz# ^Œ∞#flÅ∞ ã≤OǨxfl `«=∞ H˘=Ú‡Å`À f„=OQÍ
QÍÜ«∞ѨiKå~Ú. ^•O`À ã≤OǨxH˜ K«zÛ#O`« Ѩx J~ÚOk. JÖÏ
J_»q ^Œ∞#flÅ =Å¡ f„=OQÍ QÍÜ«∞Ѩ_¤» ã≤OǨÏO |ÅÇ‘Ï# Ѩ_Oç k. ^•O`À
Jk QÆ∞Ç¨Ï ^•\˜ ɡ·\ ˜H˜ "≥à◊§@O =∂<Õã≤Ok.
XHõ~ÀA P ã≤OǨÏO #Hõ¯, `˘_ÕÅ∞#∞ Ñ≤ez U^≥·<å [O`«∞=Ù#∞
=∞# QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’H˜ `«~∞° =Ú‰õΩ ~°O_ç ^•xfl <Õ#∞ K«O¿Ñ™êÎ#∞. =∞#O Ǩ~ÚQÍ
^•xfl uO^•O J#flk. WHõ ~åAQÍi =∂@ fã≤"ÕÜ«∞ÖËHõ `˘_ÕÅ∞, #Hõ¯
J_»q JO`å uiQÍ~Ú U^≥·<å [O`«∞=Ù HõxÑ≤ã¨∞ÎO^Õ"≥∂ Jx HÍh "å\˜
^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=∂ J#fl@∞ìQÍ P ~ÀA U [O`«∞=Ù "å\˜H˜ Hõ#|_»ÖË^Œ∞.
^•O`À `˘_ÕÅ∞, #Hõ¯ PHõe`À XHõ K≥@∞ì „H˜O^Œ ‰õÄÅ|_®¤~Ú.
JѨC_»∞ l`«∞ÅÎ =∂i #Hõ¯‰õΩ XHõ PÖ’K«# =zÛOk. J^Õ=∞O>Ë ã≤OǨÏO
QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’ L#fl QÆ∞„~åxfl Hõ#Hõ K«O¿Ñ¿ãÎ XHõ "å~°O áê@∞ ã¨∞+¨μQì Í Éè’[#O
K≥Ü«∞º=K«∞Û. `«#‰õΩ =zÛ# D PÖ’K«##∞ „ѨHõ¯<Õ L#fl `˘_ÕÅ∞H˜ ‰õÄ_®
K≥Ñ≤ÊOk.
P PÖ’K«# `˘_ÕÅ∞H˜ ÉÏQÍ =zÛOk. HÍh QÆ∞„~åxfl K«OѨÙ`Õ
~åAQÍ~°∞ =∞#efl K«OѨÙ`å~°∞ J#flk ã¨O^ÕǨÏOQÍ. JѨC_»∞ #Hõ¯, B#∞
=∞#O K«OÑ≤`Õ ã≤OǨÏO YzÛ`«OQÍ =∞#efl K«OѨÙ`«∞Ok. J^Õ ã≤OǨÏO
KÕuÖ’ P QÆ∞„~åxfl K«OÑ≤OKåO J#∞HÀ =∞#KÕuH˜ =∞\˜ì JO@‰õΩO_®
Ǩ~ÚQÍ HÍ"åeû#O`« QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù =∂Oã¨O ÖÏyOK«=K«∞Û J#flk. P
x~°‚Ü«∂xH˜ =zÛ QÆ∞„~åxfl ^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ Ñ≤ez WÖÏ J<åfl~Ú.
F q∞„`«∞_®! h‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ =∞# ~åAQÍiH˜ P~ÀQƺO ÉÏQÍÖË^Œx
PÜ«∞#‰õΩ QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù =∂Oã¨O ÃÑ_ç`Õ P~ÀQƺO =ã¨∞ÎO^Œx J_»q "≥·^Œ∞ºÅ∞
K≥áêÊ~°∞ Jx. ^•xH˜ QÆ∞„~°O JÜ≥∂º JÖÏQÍ, ~åAQÍiH˜ QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù
=∂Oã¨O W¿ãÎ P~ÀQƺO K«H¯õ |_»∞`«∞Ok JO>Ë <Õ#∞ =∞~°}O˜ z ~åAQÍiH˜
PǨ~°O J=Ù`å J#flk.
ã¨~ˆ ÖË h‰õΩ W+ì̈"∞≥ `ÿ Õ ã≤OǨÏOQÍiH˜ U JÉèºí O`«~O° LO_»Háõ È=K«∞Û
J<åfl~Ú #Hõ¯, `˘_ÕÅ∞. P `«~åfi`« #Hõ¯ ã≤OǨÏO ^ŒQÆæiH˜ "≥o§ „ѨÉèí∂!
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g∞ HÀã¨O =∞# QÆ∞„~°O q∞„`«∞_»∞ PǨ~°OQÍ =∂~°`å#x „áê^èÕÜ«∞Ѩ_»∞
`«∞<åfl_»∞. g∞~°∞, D QÆ∞„~åxfl xã¨ûOHÀK«OQÍ K«OÑ≤, PǨ~°OQÍ
ã‘fiHõiOK«O_ç Jx „áêi÷OzOk. "≥Ú^Œ@ ã≤OǨÏO QÆ∞„~åxfl K«OѨ\ÏxH˜
JOwHõiOK«Hõ áÈ~Ú<å, PHõe ÉÏ^èŒ `«@∞ìHÀÖËHõ JOwHõiOzOk. QÆ∞„~åxfl
QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’H˜ ~°=∞‡x #Hõ¯ Ñ≤ezOk. ã≤OǨÏO XˆH XHõ¯ ^≥|ƒ`À QÆ∞„~åxfl
K«O¿Ñã≤Ok.
P `«~åfi`« ã≤OǨÏO #Hõ¯x `˘_Õefl Ñ≤ez QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù =∂O™êxfl u<Õ
=ÚO^Œ∞ ™êfl#O KÕ¿ãÎ =∞Ozk. Hõ#∞Hõ <Õ#∞ JÖÏ #k ^•HÍ "≥o§
™êfl#O KÕã≤ =™êÎ#∞. D֒Ѩ٠g∞~°∞ D QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù =∂O™êxfl Z=~°∂
ZOye KÕÜ«∞‰õΩO_® HÍáê_»O_ç Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê ™êfl#O KÕÜ«∞\ÏxH˜ #kH˜
"≥o§Ok. WHõ QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù â◊s~åxH˜ #Hõ¯, `˘_ÕÅ∞ HÍѨÖÏQÍ L<åfl~Ú.
"å\˜H˜ QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù =∂Oã¨O K«∂ã≤ <À~°∂i áÈ`«∞#flk. ÃÑ·QÍ "å~°O ~ÀAÅ∞
#∞O_ç uO_çÖË^Œ∞.
J~Ú<å ã≤OǨÏO JO>Ë L#fl ÉèíÜ«∞O =Å¡ <À~°∞ Hõ@∞ì‰õΩx QÆ∞„~°O
=∂O™êxfl Hõà◊§Ñ¨ÊyOz K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. JѨC_»∞ l`«∞ÎÅ=∂i #Hõ¯‰õΩ XHõ
PÖ’K«# =zÛOk. J^Õ=∞O>Ë ã≤OǨxfl, `˘_ÕÅ∞x ‰õÄ_® P=`«eH˜
`«iq∞"Õ¿ãÎ P "≥Ú`«OÎ QÆ∞„~åxfl `å<Õ XHõ <≥Å ~ÀAÅ∞ Ǩ~ÚQÍ u#=K«∞Û
J#∞‰õΩ#flk #Hõ¯ PÖ’K«#QÍ. PÖ’K«# `«\ ˜ìO^Õ PÅ㨺O #Hõ¯ "≥O@<Õ
`«# PÖ’K«##∞ J=∞Å∞Ö’ ÃÑ\˜ìOk.
`˘_ÕÅ∞`À #Hõ¯ WÖÏ J#flk. F `˘_ÕÅ∞ ÉÏ"å! h=Ù PǨ~°O
ux ^•^•Ñ¨Ù "å~°O ~ÀAÅ∞ J~ÚOk. HÍã¨Î QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù =∂Oã¨O u#~å^•!
P =∂@H˜ `˘_ÕÅ∞ <å‰õÄ u<åÅ<Õ L#flk HÍh áê_»∞ ã≤OǨÏO =∞^茺֒
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=¿ãÎ ##∞fl K«OÑ≤áêˆ~Ü«∞^•? J#flk. ã≤OǨÏO KåÖÏ h~°ã¨OQÍ L#flk.
Jk #k ÔHo§ ~å"åÅO>Ë KåÖÏ ¿ãѨÙѨ_»∞`«∞Ok. DÖ’QÍ h=Ù HÍã¨Î
=∂Oã¨O u#∞ Ѷ~¨ "° åÖË^∞Œ . Jx `˘_ÕÅ∞#∞ ÉÏQÍ „áÈ`åûÇ≤ÏOzOk l`«∞ÅÎ
=∂i #Hõ¯.
#Hõ¯ „áÈ`åûǨÏO`À `˘_ÕÅ∞ QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù =∂O™êxfl H˘OK≥O H˘OK≥O
u#™êyOk. WO`«Ö’ ǨÏ~î`° ∞« QÎ Í ã≤OǨÏO ™êfl#O KÕã≤ =KÕÛã¨iH˜ QÆ∞„~åxfl
uO@∞#fl `˘_ÕÅ∞ HõxÑ≤OzOk.
^•O`À ã≤OǨxH˜ P„QÆǨÏO QÆ@∞¡ `≥OK«∞‰õΩx ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ QÆi˚OzOk.
ã≤OǨÏO P"Õâ◊O K«∂ã≤ `˘_ÕÅ∞ ѨÙO*ÏÅ∞ `≥OѨÙH˘x J_»qÖ’H˜ Ѩ~å~°∞
J~ÚºOk.
WO`«Ö’ =O^ŒÅ H˘kÌ QÆ∞„~°ÑÙ¨ _≥H¯õ Å K«ÑC¨ _»∞ qxÑ≤OzOk. ^•O`À
ã≤OǨÏO #Hõ¯#∞ Ñ≤ez, PK«ÑC¨ _»∞ Uq∞\’ K«∂ã≤~å J#flk. #Hõ¯ |Ü«∞\˜H˜
"≥o§ K«∂ã≤Ok. Jq `«Ñ≤ÊáÈ~Ú J_»=O`å u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞#fl J_»q QÆ∞„~åÅ∞
Jx „QÆÇ≤ÏOzOk #Hõ¯–
ã≤OǨÏO ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ "≥o§ F ~å*Ï! h=Ù QÆ∞„~åxfl K«Oáê=x J<ÕHõ
=O^ŒÅ QÆ∞„~åÅ∞ x#∞fl K«OáêÅx =ã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. h‰õΩ Kå=Ù `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞ Jx
ɡkiOzOk. ^•O`À ã≤OǨxH˜ =}∞‰õΩ Ñ¨Ù\˜ì P QÆ∞ǨÏÖ’Oz J_»qÖ’H˜
áêiáÈ~ÚOk. JѨC_»∞ #Hõ¯ `åÑ‘QÍ QÆ∞„~°Ñ¨Ù =∂O™êxfl Ǩ~ÚQÍ XHõ
<≥Å~ÀAÅ∞ Éèí∞lOzOk.
hu : ™êfi~°÷Ѩ~°∞ÅH˜ ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞Å∞ LO_»~°∞.
V xѨC ~åAHÀ^Œ∞. <å =∂@ q#O_ç–
=¸~°∞öÅH˜ ã¨ÅǨ W¿ãÎ?
ѨÓ~°fiO áê_Õ~°∞ J_»=ÙÅÖ’ ã¨Orq J<Õ |∞Öò, |∞Öò Ñ≤@ì XHõ
Ѩ#㨠K≥@∞ì H˘=∞‡ÅÃÑ· x"åã¨O LO_Õk. P Ñ≤@ì #Å∞QÆ∞iH˜ =∞Oz
ã¨ÅǨÅ∞ Wã¨∂Î =∞Oz ¿Ñ~°∞ á⁄OkOk.
XHõ K«eHÍÅO K«e f„=OQÍ L#flk. =∂=¸Å∞ „áêO`åÅÖ’<Õ
K«eHÍÅO K«e JkèHOõ , JÖÏO\˜k H˘O_»ÅÃÑ#· L#fl áê_Õ~∞° J_»=ÙÅÖ’
K«e ZÖÏ LO@∞O^À =i‚OK«\ÏxH˜ gÅ∞HÍ^Œ∞.
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JÖÏO\˜ ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ <åÅ∞æ HÀ`«∞Å∞, P J_»qÖ’ K«eH˜ `«@∞ìHÀÖËHõ
QÆ[, QÆ[ =}∞‰õΩ`«∂ |∞Öò, |∞Öò Ñ≤@ì x"åã¨O L#fl Ѩ#㨠K≥@∞ì „H˜O^Œ
=Ú_»∞K«∞H˘x ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl~Ú. JÖÏ K«eH˜ =}˜H˜áÈ`«∞#fl HÀ`«∞Ö’¡ XHõ
Ñ≤Å¡ HÀu WѨC_»∞ K«e =∞O@ "Õã¨∞‰õΩO>Ë |ÖË Ç¨~ÚQÍ LO@∞Ok
J#flk.
Ñ≤Å¡HÀu =∂@Å∞ q#fl XHõ
=Úã¨e HÀu QÆ|, QÆÉÏ <åÅ∞æ z`«∞‰õΩÅ∞
á⁄ˆQã≤Ok. WHõ K«e =∞O@ HÀã¨O xѨC
HÍ"åe. x~å‡#∞+¨º"≥∞#ÿ P J_»qÖ’ xѨC
Z=i™êÎ~°∞ HÀ`«∞Å∞ qKåiOKå~Ú.
WO`«Ö’ "å\˜H˜ QÍeÖ’ ZQÆ∞~°∞`«∂ `«à◊, `«à◊=∞x "≥∞~°∞ã¨∞Î#fl q∞}∞QÆ∞~°∞
ѨÙ~°∞QÆ∞Å∞ HõxÑ≤OKå~Ú. "å\˜x K«∂ã≤ HÀ`«∞Å∞ xѨCQÍ ÉèÏqOz Ô~O_»∞
q∞}∞QÆ∞~°∞ ѨÙ~°∞QÆ∞efl Ѩ\ ˜ì z`«∞‰õΩÅ =∞^茺 LOz xѨC ~å*ËÜ«∞\ÏxH˜
<À\˜`À T^Œ™êQÍ~Ú.
x*ÏxH˜ q∞}∞QÆ∞~°∞ ѨÙ~°∞QÆ∞Å∞ JÖÏ "≥∞~°∞™êÎ~Ú HÍh "å\˜Ö’
ZÖÏO\˜ xѨC =∞O@ LO_»^Œ∞. HÍh D q+¨Ü«∞O J~°÷O HÍh P
=¸~°öѨ٠=∞~°¯\ÏÅ∞ z`«∞‰õΩefl Ѩ_ô, Ѩ_ô T^Œ™êQÍ~Ú. HÍh "å\˜
TÑ≤i áÈÜÕ∞^•HÍ =Ók<å P Hõ\ ˜ìÅ∞ =∞O_»ÖË^Œ∞. HÀ`«∞Å∞ KÕã¨∞Î#fl D
|∞kúÇ‘Ï# K«~°ºÅH˜ K≥@∞ì ÃÑ·#∞#fl |∞Öò, |∞Öò Ñ≤@ì WÖÏ J#flk.
''Fs =¸~°∞öÖÏ~å! P ѨÙ~°∞QÆ∞Å∞ Hõ>ˇìÅ =∞^茺 LOz, =Ók`Õ
g∞ =$^ä• K«~°º#∞ =∂#O_ç. ã¨iQÍæ QÆ∞ÃÑÊ_»O`« ‰õÄ_® ÖËx D
áê_»∞ ѨH˜Δ, =∂‰õΩ ã¨ÅǨ K≥¿ÑÊáê\˜^•? ÃÑ·QÍ =∞=∞‡efl `≥eq `«‰õΩ¯=
"åà◊√§ JxxOkã¨∞ÎO^•... nxÔHO`« ^è≥·~°ºO Jx HÀ`«∞Å∞ "å\˜Ö’ Jq
J#∞‰õΩ<åfl~Ú. HÍh P Ñ≤@ì J"Õg∞ Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«∞HÀ‰õΩO_® F |∞kúÇ‘Ï#
=∞~å¯@ÖÏ~å! <Õ#∞ ZO`«QÍ K≥Ñ≤Ê<å q#ˆ~q∞\˜–
P ѨÙ~°∞QÆ∞Åx ZO`« Tk<å xѨC ~åAHÀ^Œ∞ J#flk. Jã¨ÖË
ÉèíiOK«ÖËx K«e PÃÑ· ZO`« Tk<å P ѨÙ~°∞QÆ∞Å =Å¡ xѨC~åK«∞HÀ=@O