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N¼nNp«³.sWäv gÀ«pw fp*pw k sfgoWn`nt«. skap¯ gÀ«n`v– hnµq^w. `n¸v–Ìn¡Ã. sSmX¨¸w fmªp. A½s]§mWpw N*n^pt¶`v–! AÑWv H^p {lt²fnÃ.
Fsâ fWÊnXnªp. F¶m`pw tfmÄsX fp¶nÂ!
H¶pfmt`mIn¡*. FWn¡v hSyw b_ªm ht´mgfm]n. A½ bmkfm\v. F¶mÂ.. ]q ZnthÀÆnäv–. H¶p kt¶…
AkÄ Nm_nsâ Smt¡m`psfXp¯v– Fs¶]pw sNm*v– tbmÀ¨nt`¡p tbm]n.
tWm¡n]t¸mÄ fp³hoän fpXn]njNÄ…. tNm`³ fpXn.
Nt*m. At½tXw Ftâw Ip^p* fpXn]m\v–. k*ns]m¶v– hÀÆohp sI¿n¡v–, sN«n]kÄ bnXn¡\SnWp fp¼v–. AkÄ fpXn]njNÄ hoän Wn¶pw WpÅns]Xp¯p.
FWns¡sâ tfmtamXv– k`ns]m^nãw tSm¶n. AkapsX sW_pN]n MmWp½sk¨p.
Nt*m N®p Wn_ªp. fpOw NjpNo«p km. AkaNt¯¡v– tbm]n.
H^p em^y]n Wn¶pw ^£s¸Xm³ F´pbmXv–. ^*pw fq¶psfms¡ sNm*pWX¡p¶kÀ kà hq¸À bk_pw HÅk^m]n^n¡pw. MmWmt`mIn¨p tbm]n.
Wm`p fmhw. NÃym\n A{bSy£]m]n. H^p b^nbmXn]n`pw Aksa¡*nÃ. Mm³ AtWzgn¨pfnÃ. Aksas¶]m\v– tSXnk^m_v–. F¶m`pw Hmcohnt`¡v ss{ZkpsI¿pt¼mÄ, ImäÂfj sb¿pt¼mÄ, kÃt¸mjpw ^s*®w kolpt¼mÄ, AkaXp¯p*mkpw. KokWpÅ, SpXn¡p¶ hm¶n²yw.
hÔy H¶pw b_ªnÃ. F¶m`pw Aksasâ Nq«pNm^n]m]n. H¶pw fn*n]nsæn`pw hpOfpÅ WnÈÐS]nÂ. Akapw sN«n]ksW bn^nªn^n¡p¶Snsâ kngf§Ä In`t¸mÄ b¦psk¨p SpX§n. bns¶ emkns]¡p_n¨pÅ H^p S^w Bl¦NÄ…
A½]v¡nsSm¶pw b_ªm fWÊn`mNqÃ. Aksasâ NqsX tfmÀ\nwPv km¡nWp k¶p SpX§n. sskNpt¶^w N`mb^nbmXnNÄ H¶pfnsæn Mm³ ¢ºn dmZv–fn⬠Nan¡m³ tbmkp¼w Akapw In`t¸mÄ k^pw. Mm³ tfmsa tWm¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ s{XZv–fnÃn WX¡pw. NÃym\ns]¸än Aksam¶pw tImUn¨nÃ.

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hwekn¸sSs´¶p MmW_n]p¶p
b_¡p¶q NpSn^Nsaþ
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sbman]v¡p¶q Npa¼Xn
bWt]m`¯Xn¸m`w
bWt]m`]v¡pÅnÂ
b¨¯j¸mÀ¶ hf^\Nþ
ap\§n] M^¼nsâ
KZ¯n Wn¶p\^p¶q
bWt]m`¡m¼nÂ
Ul^TkyT bS]p¶p… ‘

h¨nUmWµ³ Np_¨p In`¼n¨ hz^¯n sImÃp¶p. bSnkptbms` N®pNaX¨n^p¶p. AkapsX ssN Fsâ N¿n AfÀ¶t¸mÄ AÛpSw tSm¶n]nÃ. CSn§sWs]ms¡t] k^q.
Wfp¡v tbmkmw. AkÄ f{´n¨p.
IpÅn¡mXnsâ NknS tNÄ¡t*? Mm³ tImUn¨p.
C¶p tks*Xm. AkÄ Atb£]psX hz^¯nÂ…
MmsW\oäp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv