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N¼nNp«³.sWäv hf]§an b`t¸mjpw fpS`man k^p¶ Unkh§an A¸¨n Fs´¦n`pw Nm^y§Ä b_ªp W½sa AknsX Wn¶p fmäpw. BUysfm¶pw FWn¡p H^p hwl]kpw CÃm]n^p¶p. bn¶oXv A¸¨n]pw fpS`man]pw S½n`pÅ tWm«kpw hwhm^kpsfÃmw F¶n hwl]w KWn¸n¨p. AtSmsX Mm³ Aks^ Wn^o£n¡pkm³ SpX§n, A§sW]m\v fpS`man k^p¶ Unkh§an A¸¨n M§sa AknsX Wn¶pw fmänWnÀ¯p¶Sv {l²]n sb«Sv. B Unkh§an D¨ Njn]pt¼mjm\v Ck^psX N`mb^nbmXn F¶p FWn¡p fWÊn`m]n. H^n¡Â D¨¡p tIm_p®pN]m]n^p¶ Ft¶mXpw ^mtKgntWmXpw ASp Njnªn«p Np_¨Ns` Nk`]n tbm]n A^n]pw hmVW§apw km§nk^m³ AkÀ b_ªp, hmVWw km§n Sn^n¨pk^pt¼mÄ ATkm A¸¨n]knsX Csæn bn_Nns` sgZv–Zn k¨n«p Nan¡pkm³ tbmNpkm³ AWpkUn¨p, Nm^\w fpS`man k¶SnWm A]mtamXp tImUn¨n«p Np_¨p kn_Npsk«m³ AkÀ tbmNpsf¶p b_ªp. FWn¡p ASp A{S knlzmhw k¶nÃ. F¦n`pw Mm³ AktWmsXm¸w NX]nt`¡p tbm]n, bs£ kjn]n k¨p Mm³ AktWmXp fW¸qÀkw DX¡n F¶n«p bn\§n Sn^n¨pt¸m¶p. Mm³ ko«n F¯n]t¸mÄ A¸¨ns] AknsXs]§pw N*nÃ, fp¶ns` kmSn AX¨n^ps¶¦n`pw bn¶ns` NSNp Im^n]nt«]pÅ]n^p¶p Mm³ sfsà ko«n N]_n ANs¯knsXs]¦n`pfpt*ms]¶p tWm¡n bs£ N*nÃ. AkÀ kn_sNXp¡m³ tbm]n«p*mNpsf¶p N^pSn Mm³ skan]nt`¡n_§n]t¸mÄ _º_nsâ CX]n`qsX fpS`man Smtj¡p k^p¶SpN*p, A]mapsX bn_sN S`]n Np_¨p kn_Npfm]n A¸¨n]pw. Mm³ AkÀ Nm\mSn^n¡mWm]n koXnsâ ANt¯¡p Ss¶ tbm]n. AXp¡a]psX emP¯p Wn¶v AknXps¯ sI_n] KWm`]n`qsX Aks^ Wn^o£n¨p. A`vbw Njnªt¸mÄ AkÀ ^*pw koXnsâ bn³emPs¯¯n. A¸¨n kn_Np S_]n C«n«p fm_p f_¨n^p¶ tSmÀs¯Xp¯v fpOkpw Njp¯psfÃmw SpX¡pkm³ SpX§n. At¸mÄ Ak^psX k`n] fp`NÄ »uhnWp skan]nt`¡p SÅn Wn¶p , skap¯ fm_nXkpw CXp§n] fp`¨m`pw N*]pXsW Fsâ Np«³ N¼n]Xn¨p. ASnt`¡p N®nf]v¡msS tWm¡n Wn¡p¶ fpS`mans] tWm¡n CsS´m fpS`man Fs¶ BUyfm]n Nm\p¶tbms` tWm¡p¶Sv, FÃmw tW^t¯]pÅSv tbms` Ss¶fmäsfm¶pfnà Mm³ H¶v N¿pw Nm`pw NjpNn]n«p k^s« F¶p b_ªpsNm*v Np*n]pw Np`p¡n A¸p_t¯¡p tbm]n. ASptN«p In^n¨psNm*p fpS`man bn¶n`qsX ko«nt`¡p N]_n A¸¨n]psX NnX¸p fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. sSm«pbn_sN Ak^pw At§m«p tbm]n. Mm³ Np_¨ptW^w Njnªp fp_n]psX kmSn`nWXpt¯¡p sfsà sI¶ptWm¡n. At¸mÄ AkÀ N«n`n C^p¶psNm*p Ssâ fp¶n Wn¡p¶ fpS`man]psX NXt¡m N¼nNp«³.sWäv