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P H˜\ ˜H©Ö’Oz ɡ·\ ˜H˜ K«∂ã¨∂Î<Õ =ÙOk. J~°=ÖËHõáÈÜ«∂_»∞. JǨÏO J_»∞¤ =zÛOk. JѨÊ\˜ˆH ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å â’Éèí#O
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~Ô O_»∞"≥Ñ· Ù¨ ÖÏ `åà◊O ay¿ãÎ ã¨i... ã¨∞ѶŨ K≥ÑÊ≤ O^Õ x[=∞~Ú`Õ! FOHÍ~å? JO@∂ [iy`Õ `«#H˜ `≥eÜ«∞Hõ =∂#^Œ∞. ^˘~°¯=∂#~°∞. Jn `«#H˜ ÖÏÉè"í ∞Õ .
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„u=¸iÎ DÅ "Õã¨∞HõO@∂ Ö’xH˜ =ã¨∂Î HõxÊOKå_»∞. „QÆO^•Å∞ „"åÜ«∞ÖËHõ Ô~O_Õ Ô~O_»∞ "åHͺÅ∞ K≥áêÊ~°∞.
D "≥^èŒ"≥O^Œ∞‰õΩ =ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. QÆ∞O_≥Ö’¡Oz ~åx #=Ùfi#∞ ÃÑ^Œ=ÙÅ '"åq =~°∞ã¨Å∞ ÖËHõ =x`«Å∞ ѨÙ~°∞+¨μÅ<£ HÍq∞OK«∞@ Ü≥∂QÆ∞æQÍ^Œ∞
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Hõ#Ѩ_ç W<£ÃãÊHõΔ<£ =ÙOk. ZH“O\òû KÕã≤ÃÑ@ì=∞x „|uq∞ÖÏ_çOk. ''UO\˜~å uHõ¯#fl? hÖ’ #∞=Ùfi h ¿Ñ~°∞ `«Å∞K«∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl"£——
=∞iÛáÈÜ«∂"å? J=ã¨~°O =∞~À"≥·Ñ¨Ù fiO^•...—— JkeOKå_»∞ „u=¸iÎ.
JѨC_»∞ QÆ∞~°∞HÎ ˘zÛOk QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎH.˜ . ~Ô O_»∞ =¸_»∞~ÀAÖ’¡ W<£ÃãÊHõ<Δ £ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ `≥ѨÊie¡...''JÉ˃ UO ÖË^Œ∞. U^À Ѩ~°û#Öò Ѷ‘eOQ∑û.
Jx. ZH“O\òû h\òQÍ ÖËHõáÈ`Õ JH˜ΔO`«Å∞ MÏÜ«∞O. Jã¨ÖË `«# PѶ‘ã¨~ü H˘xfl ɡ\· H˜ ˜ K≥Ñʨ ÖËO JO`Õ—— Jx ''ã¨∞Ѷ֨ Ï „u=¸iÎ =KåÛ_»∞ HÍѶ‘ fã¨∞‰õΩ~å——
K«O_»âßã¨#∞_»∞. `«# Ô~·\ ˜OQ∑ ÉÏQÀÖËHõáÈ=_»O J@∞Oz „ÔH_ç\òû, _≥a\òû J<åfl_»∞.
LO_®eû# ™ê÷#OÖ’ LO_»=Ù. „Ѩu™êi „u=¸iÎ =zÛ ÃѶ·#Öò KÕã≤ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å JO`å QÆ=∞xã¨∂Î<Õ =ÙOk. Éèí~°Î Ñ≤Å∞Ѩ٠qO@∂<Õ `≥~°Å∞
"≥à◊√`«∞O\Ï_»∞ WѨC_»∂ JÖÏ<Õ =KåÛ_»∞. `≥~Å° ∞QÍ #=Ùfi‰õΩOk. „u=¸i =« ™êÎ_x» QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =∞iÛáÈ~Ú =ÙO_»K∞« Û.
Uk U"≥∞<ÿ å HÍhÜü∞ D <≥Å~ÀAÅ∞ gà◊§x WO\˜H˜ ~åhÜ«∞‰õÄ_»^∞Œ . HÍh ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅH˜ QÆ∞~°∞Î =ÙOk. PѶ‘ãπ W<£ÃãÊHõΔ<£ JѨC_»∞ „u=¸iÎ<Õ =zÛ
U^À ÉèÏ~°º =ÚO^Œ∞ ÉÁOHÍ_» HÍh QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎH˜ =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ yÖË.. ÉèíÜ«∞O ZH“¯O\òû KÕã≤ ÃÑ_»`å_»∞. P ã¨OQÆu QÆ∞~°∞=¸ˆ~Î ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅH˜ K≥áêÊ_»∞. P
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í ∞« "Õ∞. "å~°OÖ’ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ PѶ㑠∞¨ Ö’ W<£ÃãÊHõ<Δ £ =ÙOk. JO>Ë „u=¸iÎ =™êÎ_#» fl
P Hõ}Δ OÖ’ "≥Ú`«OΠѨO^≥=∞O`å K≥¿ÑÊ^•Ì=∞#∞Hõ<åfl_»∞. g∞ ã¨Ç¨ Ü«∞O =∂@. ã¨∞ѶŨ J#∞HÀÖË^∞Œ . YzÛ`«OQÍ D ~ÀA =™êÎ_x» x~°~‚ ÚOK«∞‰õΩOk.
HÍ"åÅx J_»QÍÅ#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. =∞m§ `«# g∞^Œ `«#ˆH #=∞‡HõO. `å#∞ HÍ~°}O. W<£ÃãÊHõΔ<£ ZÅ∞¡O_Õ. =zÛ#ѨC_»∞ UO K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’ ‰õÄ_®.
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Hõà√◊ § áêi*Ï`åÅ∞.. â◊s~°"∞Õ "≥∂ =∞ÖˇÑ¡ Ó¨ Å∞... #_»Hˆ "≥∂ qiã≤# q~°*Ïl... =∞i WOHÍ P"≥∞QÍ~°∞ g_ç`À HÍѨÙ~°O... ÑπÛ ... UO KÕã¨∞ÎOk. D^Õâ◊OÖ’
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QÍh... =∞#ã¨∞? QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ‰õÄ_® HõѨC fã¨∞‰õΩO@∂ K≥áêÊ_»∞.
w+¨‡Ü«∂q∞xÖ’ K«O„^Œ∞_çÖÏ JQÆ∞Ñ≤OKÕ P #QÆ∞"≥∂=Ú... Ѩã¨∞Ѩ٠''ZH“¯O\òû K«∂_®e. J~°QÆO@ =~°‰õÄ _ç„ã¨ìÉò K≥Ü«∞º^Œ∞Ì. U^≥·<å
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ѨÅ∞=~°∞ã¨Å∞.. Z‰õΩ¯ÃÑ@ì=∞x "ÕkOè KÕ WO„^Œ^#Œè ã¨∞û ÖÏO\˜ Hõ#∞ÉÁ=∞Å∞.. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å =∞ø#OQÍ `«Å=ÓÑ≤ ֒ѨeÔHo§Ok.
=∞^èŒ=∞`ÕÎÉèíO ÖÏO\˜ Z^Œ ÉèÏQÆO. ''`«~°fiQÍ |∞H±û fÜ«∞~å? J=`«Å <å‰õΩ @∂º+¨<£H˜ >ÿ̌O J=Ù`ÀOk.
P ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ WO„^Œ∞_»∞ P"≥∞x K«∂¿ãÎ â◊p^Õqx =kÖË™êÎ_»∞. Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ "≥~Ú\ò KÕã¨∞ÎO\Ï~°∞—— K≥áêÊ_»∞ „u=¸iÎ.
=∞#‡^äŒ∞_»~Ú`Õ ~°f^ÕqH˜ QÆ∞iÃÑ\Ïìeû# =∞#‡^èŒ ÉÏ}Ïxfl kâ◊ =∂iÛ P"≥∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ~åºH± =^ŒÌ ÔHo§ JO^Œ∞Ö’Oz F Hõ@ì ÃѶ·Öòû >Ë|∞Öò g∞^Œ
"≥·Ñ¨ÙH˜ =∞~°Å∞™êÎ_»∞. K«O„^Œ∞_»~Ú`Õ L#fl ™ê÷<åxfl =ke P"≥∞ K≥O`« KÕi Ѩ_Õã≤ J<åfl_»∞.
K«#∞ÉÏÅ∞ W=∞‡O\Ï_»∞. ''"≥Ú`åÎxH˜ =∞# QÀÑ≤ QÍ_çÖÏ #∞=Ófi Ñ≤Å¡ÅH˜ áê~îåÅ∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê
JÖÏO\˜k „u=¸iÎ F ÖˇHͯ? `«@∞ìHÀÖËHõ Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å∞ ã¨Oáêkã¨∞Î<åfl"£... g∞ˆ~ #Ü«∞O. Ô~O_»∞ "≥·Ñ¨ÙÖÏ ã¨Oáê^Œ#.——
ayOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞ Éèií OK«ÖxË HÀ~°H`õ À – f~°x HÀiHõx `≥Å∞ã¨`x« H˜. Hõhã¨O ''JHõ¯_® WHõ¯_® @∂º+¨<£û K≥a`Õ<ÕQÍ <å ã≤.U. ѨÓiÎ JÜÕ∞ºk.
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– P_®_»∞.
ZѨC_»~Ú`Õ ^ŒÜ«∂QÍ_çx ɡ·\ ˜H˜ ÔQO\˜ pè JO^À JѨC_Õ Pâ◊ ''J_çQˆ ^Õ^À x~°ƒÜ ù ∞« OQÍ J_»∞QÆ∞. <åk QÆO@ Ѩx... =O^Œ fã¨∞HÀ...
J_çÜ«∂â◊QÍ =∂iOk. ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_»∞ J=∂O`«OQÍ =zÛ J`«xfl ¿ãflǨÏO ¿ãflǨÏ"Õ∞, =º=Ǩ~°O =º=Ǩ~°"Õ∞.——
H“yeOK«∞‰õΩOk J#∞=∂#O. ''Kè«...!Kè«...!! _»|∞ƒ HÀã¨=∂? <Õ#∞ JÖÏO\˜ "å_çx HÍ#∞. HÍh
=∞i... =∞i... JO`« Q˘_»=KÕã≤ ^ŒÜ«∂QÍ_çx |Ü«∞\˜H˜ ÔQO\˜# J=ã¨~O° `«Ñʨ ^Œ∞. =ÚO^Œ∞ ã≤Q~ÔÆ \ò Ѩ_~Õ Ú—— Jx K≥ÑÊ≤ F ÃÑÅ·¶ ∞ fã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
D"≥∞ WHõ¯_≥ÖÏ =ÙOk. WOHÍ HÍѨÙ~°"≥∞ÖÏ KÕã¨∞ÎOk. JO`« KÕã≤# Éèí~°Îx QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ã≤QÆÔ~\ò `«<˘Hõ\ ˜ fã¨∞‰õΩx „u=¸iÎH˜ XHõ\ ˜KåÛ_»∞.
ZÖÏ HõΔq∞OzOk? ã¨"£∞käOQ∑ D*ò ~åOQ∑! JyæÃÑ>ˇì Hõ#Ѩ_»ÖË^Œ∞. =∞m§ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx `«=∞ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ Ñ≤Å=@O W+¨ìOÖËHõ
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ÖËz =O@QÆkÖ’H˜ #_çKå_»∞. ÖËKå_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅH˜ Jk `≥Å∞ã¨∂Î<Õ =ÙOk. J_»∞QÆ∞Ö’ J_»∞QÆ∞ "Õã¨∞‰õΩO@∂
=O@ QÆ^OŒ `å y<≥flÅ∞ ÉÏO_ôÅ∞ ֒ѨŠ"Õ_ç "Õ_ç Ѩ^•~å÷Å∞ L<åfl~Ú. "≥o§ `«yeOk. "≥Ú^Œ@ J`«_»∞ `«_»|_®¤_»∞. Ô~O_À HõΔ}OÖ’ P â◊s~°O
JyæÃÑ\Ïì, ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å W^ŒÌ~°∂ Hõ#Ѩ_»ÖË^Œ∞. P_»^•x^Œx Jn ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å^Œx `≥eÜ«∞QÍ<Õ QÆ∞@HõÅ∞ q∞OQÍ_»∞. "≥Ú`«ÎO
''JyæÃÑ>ˇì Hõ#Ѩ_ç Kå=@O ÖË^Œ∞...—— JiKå_»∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ. â◊s~°"Õ∞ =}˜H˜Ok.
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å gkè ˆQ@∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°∞Ok P HõΔ}OÖ’. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ z~å‰õΩ ''™ês.. —— J`«xH˜ =∂„`«"Õ∞ q#Ѩ_Õ@∞ì Jx =∞iO`« QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ
q#Ѩ_çOk. Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩOk.
''áÈѨ٠_»Éσ „ѨHõ¯<Õ =ÙOk. „H˜O^Œ Jhfl "Õ_ç y<≥flÖË =Ù<åfl~Ú. #~åÅ∞ l=Ùfi=∞<åfl~Ú. "≥ ∞ `« Î \ ˜ â◊ s ~° O `« Q Æ ∞ Å∞`« ∞ O>Ë
Kå~°∞ WѨC_Õ kOáê#∞. "ÕѨÙ_»∞ ÉÏO_ç ‰õÄ_® =ÙOk. K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩx ~°O_ç—— J=∞$`«„áêÜ«∞OQÍ JxÑ≤OzOk. ^˘iH˜# Kèå<£ûx ã¨kfixÜ≥∂QÆO KÕã∞¨ ‰õΩ<Õ
JizOk. L^ÕÌâ◊ºO`À P"≥∞x =∞iO`« Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx ..''"À! ™ês...—— J<åfl_»∞ `å#∞
''UO KÕã¨∞Î<åfl=Hõ¯_» W@∞ `«QÆÅ_»∞...—— ZHõ¯_Õ=ÚO^À J~°÷OHÍHõ ‰õÄ_®–
qã¨∞‰õΩ¯<åfl_»∞. ''_À<£ì ¿ã ™ês...—— Jx =∞iO`« QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ ÖωõΩ¯Ok.
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å JѨC_»∞ |@ìÅ∞ P~°"Õ™ÈÎOk. J^Õ K≥Ñ≤Ê "≥∞~Ú<£ ã≤fiKü "≥·Ñ¨Ù „w<£ Öˇ · \ ò "≥ e yOk. „u=¸iÎ H ˜ XHõ ¯ Hõ Δ } O ‰õ Ä _® =$^è •
#_çzOk. WO\˜ "≥Ú`åÎxH˜ =Ù#fl XˆH XHõ g∞@~ü ѨHõ¯#∞#fl "≥∞~Ú<£ ã≤fiKü KÕÜ∂« ÅxÑ≤OK«Ö^Ë ∞Œ . D „ѨÑO¨ Kåxfl xO¿Ñ "≥Å∞Q˘zÛ# ã¨~ˆ =^ŒÅ‰õÄ_»^xŒ
=OHõ XHõ¯HõΔ}O K«∂ã≤ "≥∞~Ú<£ g∞^Œ K≥ÜÕ∞ºã≤Ok. =∞~°∞HõΔ}OÖ’ QÆ\ ˜ìQÍ K«@∞‰õΩ¯# K«∞@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
ÖÏyOk. P"≥∞ ‰õÄ_® `«‰õΩ¯"Õg∞ u#ÖË^Œ∞. qã¨∞~°∞QÍ ayOzOk.
@Ñπ=∞<Õ â◊|ÌO`À HõÔ~O\ò áÈ~ÚOk. áÈѨ٠_»Éσ g∞^Œ ÔHà◊√`«∞#fl J^Õg∞ =ã¨O`«HÍÅO HÍ^Œ∞. K«∞@∂ì HÀ~ÚÅÅ∞ ‰õÄÜ«∞@O ÖË^Œ∞.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ KÕ`«∞Å∞ PQÍ~Ú. WÅ∞¡ "≥Ú`«ÎO pHõ\ ˜. Hõ#∞fl á⁄_»∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl =∞Öˇ¡Å∞ ~åã¨∞Å∞QÍ ~åÅ@O ÖË^Œ∞. K≥e =ÅѨÙÅ #∞e K«eQÍe Jã¨ÖË
HÍ#~åx pHõ\ ˜... ~å=@O ÖË^Œ∞. HÍh J`«xH˜ JÖÏ JxÊ™ÈÎOk. #=^ŒOѨ`«∞ÖÏ¡ =ke`Õ
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎH˜ HõÔ~O\ò áÈ=@O`À UO K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’ J~°÷O HÍÖË^Œ∞. P ^˘~°Hõ^Œx P"Õâ◊Ѩ_»∞`«∞<åfl~°∞. P QÆkÖ’ QÍe ‰õÄ_ç ã≤QÆ∞æ Ѩ_»∞`ÀOk.
Jã¨ÇϨ #=∞O`å ÉèÏ~°º g∞^Œ K«∂Ñ≤OKå_»∞. <À\˜H˘zÛ#@∞¡ "åQÍ_»∞. JnQÍHõ J`«x KÕ+Åì¨ ∞.. KÕ`∞« Å∞ HõOѨӺ@~ü Hõ<åfl "ÕQOÆ QÍ Hõ^∞Œ Å∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. JHõ¯_»
Hõ^ÅŒ ÖËx ã≤u÷ . U y<≥fl g∞^Œ HÍÖËã<≤ å "å~°O =~°‰Äõ ɡ_£ ~Ô ãπHì ˜ u~°∞QÆ∞ÖË^∞Œ . WHõ¯_» Jx ÖˉõΩO_® `å#∞ ã¨Ê $tOK«x „Ѩ^Õâ◊O LO_»‰õÄ_»^Œx Pq_»
Y~°‡ ÉÏQÀÖËHõ Kå~°∞y<≥fl g∞^Œ "Õâß_® WHõ HÍà◊§ g∞^Œ Pâ◊ =^Œ∞Å∞HÀ"åeûO^Õ. â◊s~åxfl g}˜x KÕã≤ g∞@∞`«∞#fl_»∞. Hõ@∞ì‰õΩ#fl pÔ~#∞ qѨÊnã≤ áê#∞ÊQÍ
''JHõ¯_Õ =ÙO_»O_ç. ÉϺ\˜sÖˇ·\ò =ÚO^Œ∞ QÆkÖ’ =ÙOk "≥eyOz "ÕÜ«∂Åx P„`«∞`« Ѩ_»∞`«∞<åfl_»∞.
`≥™êÎ#∞—— Jx „u=¸iÎ =Ù#fl QÆkÖ’H˜ =zÛOk. =∞$^ŒOQÆ =∞^èŒ# =∞#‡^èŒ∞_»∞ J`«_çfl ѨÓiÎQÍ ÃÑ#"Õã¨∞‰õΩáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
„u=¸iÎ JѨÊ\˜ˆH W|ƒOkQÍ HõkÖÏ_»∞. ɡ·\ ˜H˜ =KÕÛ L^ÕÌâ◊ºO`À =HõΔ=¸ =HΔÀ[=¸ yeyO`«Å∞ Ѩ_»∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. ÉÏǨï=¸ÅÖ’¡
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ye „áê~°OÉèí"≥∞ÿOk. H˘xfl =ÚYº ÉèÏQÍÅ∞ =∞`≥ÎH˜¯ áÈÜ«∂~Ú. J`«xH˜ =^ŒÅ |∞kú HÍÖË^∞Œ . TÇ≤ÏOK«x q^èOŒ QÍ P"≥∞x g∞^ŒH˜ ÖωõΩ¯<åfl_»∞.
J`«#∞ KÕux ѨÓiÎQÍ „H˜O^ŒH˜ fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ K«@∞‰õΩ¯# `«# "≥·Ñ¨Ù‰õΩ TÑ≤~å_»hÜ«∞‰õΩO_® LH˜¯i aH˜¯i KÕâß_»∞. PÃÑ· P"≥∞ "≥∞_» „H˜O^Œ ‰õΩ_çK~Õ Úx
ǨÏ`«∞‰Î Ωõ <åfl_»∞. kO_»∞ÖÏ KÕâß_»∞. =∞~À KÕ`ÀÎ `«#H˜ ÉÏQÍ ^ŒQÆæiQÍ [~°∞ѨىõΩ<åfl_»∞.
P"≥∞ `«=∞HõOQÍ `«#‡Ü«∞OQÍ =¸eæOk... Ô~O_»∂ HõeÑ≤`Õ Ñ¨~°∞ÃÑO^Œ∞‰õΩ ^ŒO_»QÆ... WHõ q[$OaèOK«É’Ü«∂_»∞.
''ZO`« ¿ã¿Ñ "≥`«Hõ@O.. WHõ¯_» D pHõ\ ˜Ö’ K«ã¨∞Î<åfl#∞—— zO^Œ∞Å∞ ã¨iQÆæ JѨC_»∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å J`«x K≥qx `«# ѨO\˜`À Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩOk.
`˘Hõ¯ÖËHõ =O\˜O\˜Ö’Oz J~°∞ã¨∞<Î åfl_»∞. zÅ∞Hõ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩ#fl *ÏOѨO_»∞ÖÏ – ã¨#flQÍ H˘iH˜Ok. fÜ«∞QÍ =¸ÖÏæ_»∞.
ã¨∞ѶŨ `Õ~∞° HÀÖË^∞Œ . „Ñ≤ÜÚ« _ç Ѩi+¨fiOQÍxfl =^ŒÅÖË^∞Œ . ã¨=∂^è•#O ''=∞m§ WOHÀ™êi. J=HÍâ◊O =Ù#flѨC_»∞.. WѨÊ\˜H˜O`Õ—— Jx
=∂„`«O K≥Ñ≤ÊOk. J`«xflOz ^Œ∂~°OQÍ [iyOk.
''WHõ¯_® J^Õ ã≤÷u. Ug∞ Hõ#Ѩ_»@O ÖË^Œ∞—— K≥Ñ≤Ê =∞m§ J`«xfl J`«#∞ _ôÖÏ Ñ¨_áç ÈÜ«∂_»∞. „Ñ≤ÜÚ« ~åe Z^Œ#∞Oz JѨC_Õ q=ÚHÍÎ?
=∞iO`« Å`«ÖÏ ÃÑ#"Õã¨∞‰õΩáÈ~ÚOk. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å J`«xflOz g_»QÍ<Õ K≥ki# ÉÁ@∞ìx ã¨iKÕã¨∞‰õΩOk. *ψ~
`«#Ö’ Wq∞_çáÈ~Ú# ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å QÆ∞O_≥Å g∞^Œ `«Å P<åÛ_»∞. "Õ_çH˜ A@∞ìx K≥q ѨH¯õ QÍ `«~∞° =Ú‰õΩOk. K≥H¯˜ à◊§x `«∞_»∞K«∞‰õΩOk. p~° ‰õΩK≥Ûà◊§#∞
Hõiy# "≥#flÖÏ =ÙO^Œ`«x ã≤÷u. ã¨~∞° ‰Ì Ωõ Ok.
â◊$OQÍ~°Ñ¨Ù "Õà◊ x„^Œ"Õà◊ K«∞@∂ì Ѩiã≤÷`«∞Å∞ Ѩ@ì=O\Ï~°∞. ^•xfl P `« ~ åfi`« ÉϺ@s Öˇ · \ ò HÀ㨠O "≥ u H˜ O k. J^≥ H õ ¯ _» ∞ O^À
x[O KÕã¨∂Î ~°ã¨~å[ºOÖ’ `ÕeáÈ`«∞<åfl~°∞. W^ŒÌi Hõà◊¥§ =∞QÆ`«QÍ `≥eÜ«∞HõáÈ`Õ<QÕ Í PÅ㨺O J=fi\ÏxH˜ . ÉϺ@s Öˇ\· ò fã≤ ã≤fiKü =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ
HõÅ=iã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. W^ŒÌi â◊s~åi#H˜ U^À HÍ"åÅ<Õ `«Ñ¨#. [iÑ≤Ok. HÍOu H˜~°}ÏÅ∞ ɡ·\ ˜H˘KåÛ~Ú.
J`«#∞ Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å`À <åaè „Ñ¨^Õâßxfl x=Ú~°∞`«∞<åfl_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å Q˘O`«∞ ÃÑOzOk, QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ #∞^ÕÌtOz K≥Ñ≤ÊOk.
P pHõ\ ˜Ö’ "åi P"ÕâßxH˜ „ѨuѶ¨ÅOÖÏ W^ŒÌi â◊s~åÅH˜ K≥=∞@ ''JHõ¯_Õ LO_»O_ç! q∞QÆ`å Wà◊§Ö’¡ HõÔ~O@∞ =ÙOk. |Ǩïâß Ñ¶‘*ò
Ѩ\ ˜ìOk. J^Õg∞ "åiH˜ W|ƒOk HõeyOK«@O ÖË^Œ∞. J^À ~°HõѨ٠"≥∞ÿHõO. áÈ~Ú LO@∞Ok K«∂™êÎ#∞...——
Hõ=∞‡x ^•Ç¨iÎ.. WOHÍ WOHÍ HÍ"åÅ#∞‰õΩ<Õ J#∞~°H˜Î... ''=ÚO^Œ∞ \ÏiÛÖˇ·\ò W@∞ fã¨∞‰õΩ~å... ZO`«¿ãѨ٠WÖÏ LO_»#∞——
ѨãO¨ ^≥#· â◊$OQÍ~°ÑÙ¨ Hˆ o JHõ¯_» qÅÜ«∞`åO_»=O KÕãO≤ k. "≥Ú^Œ@ J~°∞ã¨∞<Î åfl_»∞.
P"≥∞ – J`«x P"ÕâßxH˜ J_»∞H¤ @ õ "ì ãÕ O≤ k. <À~°∞ <À~°∞ HõÅѨɒ`«∞#fl J`«x ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å J`«x =∂@Å∞ Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«∞HÀ‰õΩO_® "≥∞~Ú<£ ã≤fiKü ^ŒQÆæiH˜
K«~°ºx J_»∞¤‰õΩOk. ã¨OÉè’QÆ ™œ~°ÉèíO`À J^Œ∞~°∞`«∞#fl J=Ü«∞"åÅx #_çz XHõ¯xq∞+¨=∂y "≥∞~Ú<£ ÖÏyOk.
Ju„Ѩܫ∞`«flO g∞^Œ <˘H˜¯ ÃÑ\˜ì =∞iH˘kÌQÍ Ñ¨Hõ¯H˜ [iyOk. "≥∞Å¡ "≥∞Å¡QÍ Hõ~Ô O\ò QÆ∞ѨC# =zÛOk. =¸_»∞ QÆ^∞Œ Ö’¡ HÍOu P=iOK«∞‰õΩOOk.
J`«x #∞Oz [iyOk. J`«xH˜ =^ŒÖÏÅxÑ≤OK«ÖË^Œ∞. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ~°∞ã¨~°∞ã¨ÖÏ_»∞`«∂ =KåÛ_»∞. „u=¸iÎ =∞ø#OQÍ
Z_®iÖ’ ^˘iH˜# XÜ«∂ã≤ã¨∞ûx U ÉÏ@™ê~°~Ú<å =^Œ∞Å∞`å_®? `«Å=OK«∞‰õΩx L<åfl_»∞. WOHÍ J`«x QÆ∞O_≥ ^Œ_» `«QÆæÖË^Œ∞. =O\˜H˜ Ѩ\ ì̃#
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K≥=∞@ P~°ÖË^Œ∞. ~°∞A=ÙQÍ <å ^ŒQÆæiH˜ fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ K≥Ñ≤ÊOK«O_ç.——
J`«xˆH"À k=ºÖ’HÍÖ’¡ `ÕeáÈ`«∞#fl@¡xÑ≤™ÈÎOk. [iyOk ''JO`« Yˆ~‡g∞ Ѩ@ìÖË^Œ∞. J_»∞QÆ∞`å#∞. HÍh WѨC_»∞ HÍ^Œ∞. =∞#
x["Õ∞<å? JѨ#=∞‡HõO. â◊s~°O Ǩ~¸ `ÕeHõ K«∂ã¨∞ÎO>Ë JHõΔ~° ã¨`«º=∞x ѨO^≥O ѨÓiÎ JÜ«∂ºHõ JO^Œih =~°∞ã¨ÃÑ\˜ì Hõ_»∞QÆ∞`å#∞. JѨC_Õ h
`≥Å∞™ÈÎOk..... |O_®~°O ɡ·@ÃÑ_»`å#∞.——
''JyæÃÑ>ˇì `«QÆÅɡ@∞ì...—— Jx qã¨∞‰õΩ¯O@∂ „u=¸iÎ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ ''JO>Ë D <≥Å~ÀAÖ’¡ ##∞fl Ѩ@∞ìHÀÖË~°<ÕQÍ J~°÷O. K«∂âß~å
=zÛ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å `«Å=ÓÑ≤ ѨHõ¯ÔHo§Ok. P"Õâ◊OÖ’ ZÖÏ Éˇ·@Ѩ_®¤~À....——
''=ÚO^Œ∞ >ˇO_»~üû MÏ`å K«∂^•ÌO.—— ''<À~°∞‡Üü∞... JO`« KÕ`«HÍx "å_çx HÍ^Œ∞. qK«HõΔ} =∞iz
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =∂@ÅH˜ „u=¸iÎ `«Å J_»¤OQÍ =Óáê_»∞. „Ѩ=iÎOKÕ"å_çx Jã¨ÖË HÍ^Œ∞.——
''WѨC_Õ ÖÏÉèOí ÖË^∞Œ . ÃÑ#∞fl Ѩ@∞ì‰Ωõ <Õ â◊HΘ HÍh, ÖˇH¯õ "Õ¿ã „Éˇ~Ú<£QÍh ''P qK«HõΔ}Ë g∞‰õΩO>Ë g∞ <å#flQÍi PaúHõO =∞izáÈÜÕ∞"å~°∞
WѨC_»∞ ã¨Ç¨ÏHõiOK«@O ÖË^Œ∞. WOHÀ™êi...—— Jx ÖËKå_»∞. HÍ^Œ∞. QÆ∞~°∞ÎO^• ZÅ∞¡O_Õ g∞ `«O„_çQÍ~°∞ J^Õ =∂ =∂=∞QÍiH˜ g∞~°∞
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ „Ѩâßfl~°úHõOQÍ "≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞. JѨ~° Y~°‡Å∞ KÕÜ«∂eû# ~À[x...——
J`«x =OHõ K«∂_»‰õΩO_® x„^ŒÖ’ #_»∞ã¨∞Î#fl@∞ì |Ü«∞\˜H˜ #_çKå_»∞ JѨC_»∞ QÍx QÆ∞~°∞‰Î Ωõ ~åÖË^∞Œ `«O„_ç PaúHOõ . J=∞‡ „|u‰õΩ#flѨC_»∞
„u=¸iÎ. ZѨC_»∂ K≥|∞`«∂O_Õk. ##∂fl, <å#flQÍih ã¨O=`«û~åxH˜ XHõ¯™êiÜ«∞<å
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ JÜ≥∂=∞Ü«∞OQÍ "≥à◊√Î#fl J`«x "≥·¿Ñ K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. QÆ∞~°∞‰Î Ωõ `≥K∞« ÛHÀ~å! #Å∞QÆ∞~°∞ Éè’HõÅÎ H˜ `«$Ñ≤QÎ Í Éè’[# Ѩ^•~å÷Å∞ ÃÑ@ì~å...
JѨC_≥eyOk Öˇ\· ò. "≥O@<Õ QÆ_Ü ç ∂« ~°O =OHõ K«∂âß_»∞. Zxq∞kH˜ WOHÍ `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Åx `«Å∞K«∞HÀQÍ<Õ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎH˜ Hõà◊√§ K≥=∞‡yÖÏ¡~Ú.
QÆO@ =ÙOk. ''ã¨iÜ«∞# ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ QÆ∞~°∞ÎKÕâß=Ù—— "≥∞K«∞Û‰õΩ<åfl_»∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ.
U_Õq∞\˜ <å ÉÁO^Œ.. Zxq∞k ^•@∞`«∞O>Ë J#∞‰õΩx ÉèÏ~°ºx ''gkè z=~°Ö’ „ÉÏǨχ}∞_çH˜ K≥ÑÊ≤ ~°O_ç. =∞m§ ZHõ¯_»<åfl XѨC‰õΩO>Ë
Ñ≤eKå_»∞. ã¨∞ѨŠ#„=∞`«QÍ =zÛ JyÃÑ>ˇì WzÛOk. ÉèÏ~°ºx u<Õ¿ãÖÏ P ~ÀA W|ƒOk.——
K«∂ã≤ – ''ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ Hõ=∂ÖÏHõ~ü =Ù<åfl_»∞QÍ.... <Õ#∞ =∞iz<å "å_»∞ =∞~°=_»∞.
''Jn... Jk ... WO^•Hõ pHõ\ ˜Ö’—— J#∞=∂<åxfl ѨÓiÎQÍ P ~ÀA `«Ñ¨Ê‰õΩO_® =™êÎ_»∞.——
ɡ·@ÃÑ@ìÖËHõ J_çQÍ_»∞. J_»QÆ@"≥∞ÿ`Õ J_çQÍ_»∞ QÍh Jk Jã¨OÉèí=O Jx ''g∞ W+¨ìO. g∞ ˆH^Œ<åfl JÉèíºO`«~°O =ÙO@∞O^Õ"≥∂#x =∞# gkèÖ’
`≥Å∞ã¨∞. pHõ\ ˜Ö’, Jn Ѩk xq∞ëêÖ’¡....<À! J`«#ÖÏ J#∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl_À ѨO`«∞Å∞QÍix ~°=∞‡x K≥áêÊ#∞.——
ÖË^À, ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å K≥Ñ≤ÊOk. ''=_»∞ =KÕÛk <å `«O„_çH˜ `«kÌ#Ѩ٠=∞O„`åÅ∞ K«^Œ=\ÏxH˜. h`À
''g∞~°∂Ç≤ÏOzO^Õ Jx <Õ#∞ K≥Ñʨ #∞. JÖÏ g∞ J#∞=∂<åxfl f~åÛÅx =ÅѨ٠áê~îåÅ∞ K≥Ñ≤ÊOK«∞HÀ=\ÏxH˜ HÍ^Œ∞. J~Ú<å <å *Ï„QÆ`«ÎÖ’ <Õ#∞
=∞# ѨO^≥OÖ’ ÖË^Œ∞. U=<åfl _Ò\òû =ÙO>Ë "≥o§ g∞ q∞„`«∞_ç<Õ J_»QÆO_ç. =ÙO_»@O =∞Ozk. =∞x+≤H˜ "À=~ü HÍxÊù_≥<£û ZѨC_»∂ ^≥É˃. D™êi
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"å_»∞ ~å=@O ÖË^Œ∞. "Õˆ~ „ÉÏǨχ}∞_çx fã¨∞‰õΩ=™êÎ#∞. Jã¨Å∞ WHõ#∞Oz ã¨O^Œ~åƒù#∞™ê~°OQÍ P"≥∞`À QÆ_á» êe. gÖˇ`· Õ `å#∞ ^•K«∞‰õΩ#fl ™⁄=Ú‡Ö’Oz
<å „ÃѶO_£û Z=fiih ~åhÜ«∞#∞. D ~À*Ë JO^ŒiH© K≥|∞`å#∞, ~å=^ŒÌx. |Ǩï=∞`«∞Å∞ W"åfie. Jn H˘kÌ "≥Ú`«ÎO`À<Õ–
J=ã¨~°O =ÙO>Ë <Õ<Õ =™êÎ#x.—— P_»"åiH˜ |Ǩï=∞`«∞ezÛ# `«$Ñ≤Î =∞ˆ~n W=fi^Œ∞. p~°Å~Ú`Õ
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å g∞ W+¨ì=∞#fl@∞ì `«Å∂Ñ≤Ok. K≥Ñʨ Hõ¯~ˆ ^¡ ∞Œ . p~° H˘xzÛ ‰õΩzÛà◊√§ ÖˇHˆ ¯™êÎ=∞<åfl ã≤^"ÌŒ ∞Õ H˘O^Œ~∞° .. ~°H~õ H° ÍÅ∞QÍ
''㨈~ QÍh P QÆ_çÜ«∂~°O Uq∞\˜ JÖÏ K«zÛOk. ZѨC_»∂ U_Õ PÖ’zã¨∂Î fÜ«∞x TǨÏÅ`À WO\˜ =ÚO^Œ∞H˘KåÛ_»∞.
Hõ#Ѩ_»∞`ÀOk—— J_çQÍ_»∞ ^•xfl ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx HõeÑ≤ J#∞=∞#OQÍ K«∂ã¨∂Ζ J#∞‰õΩ#flk J#∞‰õΩ#fl@∞¡QÍ [iy`Õ rq`«O ZO^Œ∞Hõ=Ù`∞« Ok. WO\˜H˜
''K≥_áç È~ÚOk... W"åfiàı "≥Ú^Œ\ ™˜ êi áê_»~ÚºOk. |Ǩïâß WOHõ `åà◊O HõÑ¨Ê „"ÕÖÏ_»∞`«∂ "≥H˜¯iOzOk. „u=¸iÎ "≥ÚǨÏOÖ’ x~åâ◊
ÉÏQÆ∞Ѩ_Õ J=HÍâ◊O ÖË^Œ∞.—— „Ѩ"tÕ OzOk.
––– =O^Œ ã¨O=`«û~åÅ `«Ñ¨ã¨∞û `«~åfi`« JѨÓ~°fi"≥∞ÿ# "≥Å∞Q˘zÛ... P
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ PѶ‘ã¨∞ÔHàı¡ ã¨=∞Ü«∞O „u=¸iÎH˜ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. P >ˇÿ=Ú "≥Å∞QÆ∞Ö’ ^Õ=Ù_»∞ ^Œ~°≈#O W=fiHõáÈ`Õ HõeˆQ x~°∞`åûǨÏO P HõΔ}OÖ’
=~°‰õÄ gkè z=~° "Õz =ÙO_ç QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ J@∞ "≥à◊¡QÍ<Õ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å WO\˜ˆHã≤ „u=¸iÎH˜ HõeyOk.
Ǩïëê~°∞QÍ #_çKå_»∞. J`«x =∞#ã¨O`å L^ÕfiQÆO`À =ÙOz ZѨC_≥ѨC_»∞ Hõ@∞ì‰õΩ#fl ¿ÑHõ"Õ∞_»Å∞.. Pâ◊Å∞.. HÀÔ~¯Å∞.. ZO`À ^Œ∂~°OQÍ
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å X_çÖ’ `«ÅÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩO^•=∂ Jx `«Ñ≤OzáÈ`«∞<åfl_»∞. [iy#@∞ì... y„~°∞# "≥#H˜¯ uiQÍ_»∞. h~°ã¨OQÍ #_çKå_»∞.
~å„u pHõ\ ˜Ö’ [iy# ã¨OѶ¨∞@# Z=fiiH© K≥áêÊÅxÑ≤OK«ÖË^Œ∞. ZHõ¯_çHÔ o§Ok? QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ XO@iQÍ<Õ "≥àϧ_Õ. XHõ"àÕ ◊ ~å„u =Ó~°∞
L^ŒÜ«∞O q∞„`«∞Å∞ Hõeã≤<å P „Ѩ㨈HÎ fã¨∞‰õΩ~åÖË^Œ∞. "≥Ú`«ÎO =º=Ǩ~°O "≥o§O^•? =∞m§ Pâ◊ Kå=HõHõ WO@ˆHã≤ K«∂âß_»∞.
ɡ_çã≤H˘\ì̃O^Œx ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅH˜ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ QÆ∞iOz `≥eã≤áÈ~ÚO^Œx ^ŒÜ«∂xkè J`«x =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ ^Œ∞~åâ◊ÖÏ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ WÅ∞¡.
K≥ÑÊ≤ #ѨC_»∞ JO^Œi`À áê@∞ `å#∂ =∞#ã¨∞Ö’Oz Pâ◊ K≥i¿Ñã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. ã¨iQÍæ P ã¨=∞Ü«∂xH˜ ã¨∞ѨŠ`«Åk"≥∞‡ˆH¯ÖÏ PÖ’z™ÈÎOk. Éèí~°Î
Pâ◊Ñ_¨ `ç Õ ^˘~°H¯õ áÈ=@O Jhfl =kÖËã≤ xi¡ÑOΨ QÍ QÆ_∞» ѨÙ`«∞#flѨC_»∞ `å#∞ K≥ѨÊO^•xH˜ Z_≥¤=∞x Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~üx Ñ≤Å∞™êÎ#x JO\Ï_»#∞‰õΩx
J#∞‰õΩ#flk =zÛ Xà’§ Ѩ_»@O... |Ǩïâ◊ J^Õ<Õ"≥∂ rq`«O JO>Ë... PtOzOk. J#∞‰õΩ#fl^˘Hõ\˜ J~ÚºOk =∞~˘Hõ\.˜ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü ~ˆ Ѩ٠`«k<Ì åxH˜
U^À #Å∞QÆ∞iH© =O`« áê_®Åx `å#∞ Pâ◊Ѩ_®¤_»∞QÍh J^Õ ~å_»∞.. ZÖÏ? J`«<Õ ~å"åe. Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å∞ Hõã≤QÍ ayOK«∞‰õΩx ÖËzOk.
x["=∞ø`«∞O^Œx "åãÎ̈=OÖ’H˜ =ã¨∞OÎ ^Œx Jã¨Å#∞HÀÖË^∞Œ . HÍ"åÅ#∞‰õΩ#fl Ug∞ `ÀK«#ѨC_»∞ P"≥∞H˜ H˜\ ˜H©<Õ QÆu... Jã¨OHõeÊ`«OQÍ H˜\ ˜H©
J^Œ$+ì̈O pHõ\ ˜ ~°∂ѨOÖ’ H“yeOK«∞‰õΩOk. ^•xfl Z=fiiH© ѨOK«‰õÄ_»^Œ∞. ^ŒQiæÆ H˜ "≥o§Ok. K«∂ѨÙÅ∞ gkèÖ’H˜ "≥àϧ~Ú. JѨC_»∞ Hõ#Ѩ_®¤_∞» „u=¸iÎ.
`«<˘Hõ¯_Õ *Ï„QÆ`«ÎQÍ Ç¨ºO_çÖò KÕã¨∞HÀ"åe. J_»∞‰õΩ¯u<Õ "å_çÖÏ n#OQÍ "≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\˜ì K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. "ÕàÏ_Õ
`«=∞ W^ŒÌi g∞^Œ Z=fiiH© J#∞=∂#O ~å‰õΩO_® U=∞~°∞áê@∞QÍ `åà◊O HõѨÊx K«∂ã≤ J~Ú=ÙO@∞O^Œx J#∞‰õΩOk. Ñ≤Å"åÅx <À\˜^•HÍ
LO_®e. JѨC_»ÑC¨ _»∞ „_çOH± KÕã#≤ ѨC_»∞ ... QÆ∞~°∞ HͺOÑπH˜ "≥o§#ѨC_»∞ =zÛ Py^ŒOk. WHõ "å_ç`À J=ã¨~°O ÖË^Œ∞. `å#∞ W"åfieûO^Õ^À
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HÍ"åeûO^Õ^À pHõ\ ˜ ~å„`Õ WzÛOk... ѨÙK«∞Û‰õΩOk. Éè~í Ãΰ Ñ· `˘eq[Ü«∂xfl `«xqf~å P WO\˜#<åfl K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO^•=∞x –
™êkèOzOk. WHõ "å_≥xfl™ê~°∞¡ ‰õΩHõ¯ÖÏ uiy<å `«#H˜ J#=ã¨~°O. P ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å Hõà◊√§ J~°"≥∂_»∞ÊÅÜ«∂º~Ú. U=∂„`«O ã¨O^ÕÇ≤ÏOK«‰õΩO_®
x~°‚Ü«∂xH˜ ~åQÍ<Õ "≥#H˜¯ uiyOk. H˜\ ˜H©Ö’Oz KÕ`«∞Å∞ ɡ·@ÃÑ\˜ì ÃÑ·H˜ „H˜O^ŒH˜ HõkeOzOk. „u=¸iÎH˜ `«#
HÍh =∞#ã¨∞ PyOk. U^À Jã¨Ê+¨ì"≥∞ÿ# PÖ’K«#. HõΔ}HõΔ}ÏxH˜ Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å Hõ#Ѩ_®Åx ^Õ=Ù}˜fl HÀ~°∞‰õΩOk.
ÃÑiy ÃÑ^ŒÌ^Œ~ÚºOk. F ~°∂ѨO ã¨O`«iOK«∞‰õΩOk. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~üx ~°Ñ≤ÊOKÕ P"≥∞ „áê~°÷# =$^è• áÈÖË^Œ∞. „u=¸iÎH˜ Jã¨Ê+¨ìOQÍ Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å∞
PÜ«Ú^èŒO g_Õ ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ H͉õÄ_»^Œ∞? Jã¨Å∞ g_ç<≥O^Œ∞‰õΩ `å#∞ Hõ#Ѩ_®¤~Ú. "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜ "å\˜x, K≥@∞ì H˘=∞‡Å∞ QÍeH˜ =ÓQÆ∞`«∞<åflÜ«∞#∞
LѨÜ∂≥ yOK«∞HÀ‰õÄ_»^∞Œ . `å<Õg∞ K≥ÑÊ≤ <å qâßfiã¨OQÍ KÕ™êÎ_∞» . Éèqí +¨º`«∞ÖÎ ’ ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. HÍh P WO\˜ K«∞@∂ì K≥@∞¡ ÖË=Ù WHõ H˘=∞‡ÖˇHõ¯_çflOz =™êÎ~Ú.
`«#H˜ HÍ"åeã≤# ^•xHÀã¨O P ~°HõOQÍ W^ŒÌig J=ã¨~åÖË. Jã¨Å∞ D ѨsHõΔQÍ K«∂âß_»∞.
„ѨÑO¨ K«O #_»∞ã¨∞OÎ ^Õ <å‰õΩ Wk K≥~Úº.. h‰õΩ Jk KÕ™êÎ#∞... J#fl ã¨∂„`«O ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å "≥ÚǨÏO Hõ#Ѩ_»ÖË^Œ∞ QÍh.. KÕ`«∞Å∞ H˜¡Ü«∞~üQÍ Hõ#Ѩ_®¤~Ú.
g∞^Œ<ÕQÍ. `åà◊O "Õã≤ WO\’¡Oz KÕ`«∞ÖÏ, Jk ‰õÄ_® `«#x PǨfixã¨∂Î.
^ÕâßxH© ^ÕâßxH© =∞^茺 [iy# K«~°ÛÖ’#∂ W^Õ ã¨∂H˜Î. PYiH˜ YzÛ`«OQÍ ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÖË J~Ú=ÙO@∞O^Œx WHõ PÖ’zOK«‰õΩO_® =_ç=_çQÍ
ã¨QÆ@∞ ÉèÏ~åºÉèí~°ÎÖ’¡ ‰õÄ_® W^ÕQÍ JO`«s¡#OQÍ „Ѩ=Ç≤Ï™ÈÎOk. <å`À J_»∞QÆ∞ÖËâß_»∞.
„¿Ñ=∞QÍ =ÙO_»∞. <å J=ã¨~åÅ#∞ HõxÃÑ@∞ì... h‰õΩ =∞Oz p~°Å∂,#QÆÅ∂ „u=¸iÎ JOK«<å `«Å„H˜O^Œ∞Å∞ HÍÖË^Œ∞. P KÕ`«∞Å∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å"Õ.
ã¨OѶ¨∞OÖ’ Éèí„^Œ`å JO`Õ<å PYiH˜ Hõ<≥fl Ñ≤Å¡Å ^ŒQÆæ~° ‰õÄ_® W^ÕQÍ... H˜\ ˜H©x Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx P"Õâ◊OQÍ =ÓyáÈ`«∂ J_çQÍ_»∞.
=∂ <å#flh, J=∞‡h =$^•úѨºOÖ’ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. JѨC_»k KÕâß#∞. ''Uq∞\˜k?——
WѨC_»∞ #∞=Ùfi KÕ~Ú. ##∂fl g∞ J=∞‡h K«∂ã¨∞HÀ... JO`Õ! Jhfl ÉÏ^躌 `«Ö.Ë ''<å Y~°‡.. JO`«Hõ<åfl UO K≥ѨÊÖË#∞—— Hõà◊§Ö’¡H˜ ~åx Hõhflà◊¡#∞
|O^è•ÖˇHõ¯_çq.. PáêºÜ«∞`«ÖˇHõ¯_çq. ZHõ¯_À `«Ñ¨Ê... Jhfl WzÛ |Å=OO`«OQÍ `≥K«∞Û‰õΩO@∂ JOk.
ѨÙK«∞ÛHÀ=\ÏÖËQÍ. ã¨Ñ¶¨Å `«Åx QÀ_»ˆHã≤ H˘@∞ìHÀ"åÅ#fl „Ѩܫ∞`åflxfl Ju ''JÖÏ Y~°‡ ã≤^•úO`åÅ∞ Ѩ@∞ìHxõ "ÕÖÏ_»|>Ëì g∞ P_»"åi rq`åÅ∞
„Ѩܫ∞`«flOQÍ PѨىõΩOk. `«# qâı¡+¨}ÃÑ· `«#ˆH q~°H˜Î ѨÙ\˜ì. WѨÊ\˜H© WÖÏ =Ù<åfl~Ú. ZO`«HÍÅO g∞ ÉÏx㨠„|`«∞‰õΩÅ.. ~å„u K«kq#
H˘xfl `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ"åe. =∞iH˘xfl `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ‰õÄ^Œ∞. ^Œ\ÏûÖò.. =∞Ç≤ÏàÏ~å}˜ #=Ö’¡ _≥·ÖÏQÆ∞Åx WOHÍ QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ `≥K«∞Û‰õΩO@∂ J<åfl_»∞.
J=ã¨~°"≥∞ÿ#ѨC_»∞ PÖ’zOK«‰õΩO_® ^Œ∂ã¨∞ÔHà◊§@"Õ∞... J#∞HÀ=@"Õ∞ ''^ÕâßxH˜ ™êfi`«O„`«ºO =zÛ<å =∂‰õΩ ~åÖË^Œ∞. J<åkQÍ
`«~°∞"å~Ú XHõ¯ JOQÆÖ’ H˜\ ˜H© ^ŒQÆæiÔHo§Ok. [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞#fl^Õ. Ü«ÚQÆÜ«ÚQÍÅ∞QÍ [~°QÆÉ’ÜÕ∞k W^Õ....——
JѨÊ\˜ˆH J`«#∞ "≥#H˜¯ u~°QƉõΩO_® #_»∞K«∞‰õΩO@∂ "≥à◊√Î<åfl_»∞. ''D "≥∞@ì "Õ^•O`«O Hõ\ ˜ìÃÑ\ìO_ç. g∞ÖÏO\˜ K«^Œ∞=Ù‰õΩ#fl "åà◊√§
''<å qâı+¡ }¨ `«QÅÆ _®.. K«H¯õ \˜ J=HÍâßxfl áÈQ˘@∞ì‰Ωõ <åfl#∞—— `«#x ‰õÄ_® WÖÏ ÃãO\˜"≥∞O\òûH˜ Ö’#~Ú`Õ g∞ *Ïux Z=~°∂ ~°H˜ΔOK«ÖË~°∞.
`å<Õ u@∞ì‰õΩOk. ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_»∞ uiQÍ_»∞ „u=¸iÎ. =∞m§ =∞~À™êi "å~°O^Œi `«~∞° ѨÙ<å g∞~°∞ Z^Œ∞~°∞ u~°QOÆ _ç. D ÉÏx㨠ã¨OHÔ à◊√¡ `≥OK«∞HÀO_ç.
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<Õ#∞ g∞‰õΩ JO_»QÍ xÅ|_»`å#∞. P^Œi™êÎ#∞.—— ''㨈~ g∞ W+¨ìO. ZѨC_»∞ HõxÑ≤OK«#∞. x#fl\˜ #∞Oz x„^Œ ‰õÄ_®
Fi ™œO„_»Öò.. f~å #∞=Ùfi K≥¿ÑÊk W^•!? "å_çfl =keOK«∞‰õΩx ÖË^Œ∞. ã¨^• g∞ ~°∂Ѩ"Õ∞ Hõ^Œ∞Å∞`ÀOk. PHõe ‰õÄ_® "≥Ü«∞º@O ÖË^Œ∞.
h`À =ÙO_»=∞<å? x#∞fl `«Q∞Æ Å∞HÀ=∞<å? Jã¨Å∞ =∂ J_»"å~°∞ J}˜y=∞}y â◊s~°O ‰õÄ_® =Ói‰õÄiˆH =}∞‰õΩ`ÀOk. <å ÉÏ^èŒ J~°÷O KÕã¨∞HÀ. F z#fl
=ÙO_Õk WO^Œ∞Hˆ ~å? `≥yOK«ÖHË õ HÍ^Œ∞, Z^ŒiOK« ÖËHõ HÍ^Œ∞... f~å ~Ô O_»∂ J=HÍâ◊O „Ѩ™êkOK«∞. D rq`åxH˜ J^Õ Ñ¨k"ÕÅ∞ J#∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞.——
KÕã≤ ɡ·\ ˜H˘zÛ<å =∂‰õΩ q∞yÖËk J^ÕQÍ. g∞ÖÏO\˜ `˘`«∞ÎÅH˜ ã¨∞MÏÅx H˜@H© TK«efl Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩ#fl J`«x KÕ`«∞Åx `«# KÕuÖ’H˜ fã¨∞‰õΩOk.
Wã¨∂Î „|`«H@õ O Hõ<åfl `åo Hõ\#ì˜ "å_ç ^ŒQ~æÆ ° ‰õΩH˜¯# ¿Ñ#∞ÖÏ Ñ¨_ç LO_»@"Õ∞ ''K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl=ÙQÍ – L^ŒÜ«∞O #∞Oz ™êÜ«∞O„`«O ^•HÍ D |OkMÏ<å..
H˘O`«Ö’ H˘O`« #=∞Ü«∞O. ã¨=∂[OÖ’ Q“~°=O LO@∞Ok. H˘O`« `«$Ñ≤Î PÃÑ· =∂"å~°∞ `≥ÖÏ¡~ˆ =~°‰Äõ <å ѨH¯õ <Õ. U z#fl J=HÍâ◊O^˘iH˜<å "≥Ú#fl
J~Ú<å q∞QÆ∞Å∞`«∞Ok. pHõ\ ˜Ö’ KÕã≤# z~°∞ ã¨~°™êxH˜ =~°∞㨠HõÅ∞ѨÙ`å#∞. ZѨC_À =∂„`«O
''Jã¨Å∞ "å_çfl... P QÆ~∞° =¸iÎ QÍ_»∞ <å ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_»x K≥ÑC¨ HÀ=\ÏxˆH K≥ѨÊÖË#∞. P q+¨Ü«∞OÖ’ <Õ#∞ Jâ◊‰õΩÎ~åex.——
ã≤QÆ∞æQÍ =ÙOk. J#∞=∂#Ѩ٠hK« "≥^èŒ=#∞‰õΩ<åflO QÍh.. =∞s WO`« Jx ''~ÀAÅ∞ ÖˇHõ¯ ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩO\Ï#∞. „Ѩu~ÀA W@∞ ѨHõ¯ =zÛ
J#∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. g∞ˆ~q∞ ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_»^Œ∞Ì. JxflO\˜H© <Õ#∞ =Ù<åfl#∞. g∞ K≥~° <Õ#∞ áÈ`«∞O\Ï#∞...——
=ke™êÎ#∞..—— ''Pñ JO`«Ñ¨x =∂„`«O KÕÜ«∞‰õΩ. x#∞fl <å ^ŒQÆæ~°H˜ ZÖÏ
''„`å_»∞ `≥ˆQ=~°‰õÄ ÖÏQ˘^Œ∞Ì. ZO`«~Ú<å <å Éèí~°Î, <å HÀã¨O ~°Ñ≤ÊOK«∞HÀ"åÖ’ <å‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. FÑ≤Hõ Ѩ@∞ì. ˆ~Ѩ٠P „ÉÏǨχ}∞_çx F
HÍHõáÈ~Ú<å <å `«e¡`«O„_»∞Å HÀã¨O ã¨=∂[O HÀã¨O Hõ@∞ì|_»Hõ `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞. Ѩ@∞ì Ѩ@∞ì.——
=∞s `«@∞ìHÀÖËHõáÈ`Õ T~°_çOѨÙH˜ g∞~°∞<åfl~°∞. <å‰õΩ J^Õ Ñ¨k"ÕÅ∞. <åHÀ ''^•x QÆ∞iOz =kÖË~Ú. KåÖÏ z#fl Ѩx. Jã¨Å∞ D =Úã¨∞QÆ∞Ö’
ã¨Ç¨Ü«∞O KÕ™êÎ~å? <å =∞#ã¨∞H˜ #zÛ# g∞~°∞ <Õ#∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê#@∞ì KÕ™êÎ~å?—— QÆ ∞ ^Œ ∞ Ì Ö Ï@ ^Õ x H˜ . . WOHÍ ^Õ x HÀ㨠O h `åox Q“~° q OKåe..
''g∞HÀã¨O ã¨OѶ∂¨ <Õfl Zki™êÎ#∞. ^•x =ÚO^Œ∞ #∞=fi_çQˆ ã¨Ç¨ Ü«∞O J#∞=∂xOKå_»∞, J==∂xOKå_»∞, |OkèOKå_»∞. P ~ÀA ~å„u pHõ\ Ö˜ ’
ZO`« K≥ѨC!?—— H˜\ ˜H© TK«Å g∞^Œ∞#fl ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å KÕ`«∞Å g∞^Œ KÕ`«∞ÖËã¨∂Î #∞=Ùfi fã¨∞‰õΩ#fl K˘~°=H˜ J~°O÷ <åH˜ÑC¨ _Õ H˘kÌH˘kÌQÍ `≥Å∞™ÈÎOk.. "å_ç`À
J_çQÍ_»∞. "ÕQÆÖËHõ ##∞fl P„â◊~ÚOKå=x P~°÷"≥∞ÿOk. <å =∂@ q#∞. D q"åǨÏ
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ã¨∞`å~°OQÍ q_çÑ≤OK«∞‰õΩO@∂ – UO K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’ „u=¸iÎ |O^è•xfl `≥OK«∞HÀ. h‰õΩ ã¨OѨÓ~°‚ ™êfi`«O„`åxflzÛ <å Hõà◊§Ö’¡ ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩx
ѨÓiÎQÍ q<åflHõ J<åfl_»∞. K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞. [iyOk, J#∞Éèqí OzOk JO`å g∞ "åà◊§H˜ K≥a`Õ "å~°∞
JO^Œ∞‰õΩ g∞ H˘iˆQ LѨÜ∂≥ QÆO Uq∞\’ J~°O÷ HÍ=@O ÖË^∞Œ . "å_ç ‰õÄ_® "å_Õfl x~°ã≤™êÎ~°∞, pè`å¯~°O KÕ™êÎ~°∞.——
`«O„_ç „âß^ŒúO Py`Õ [iˆQ #+¨ì=¸ "å_çH˜ ÖË^Œ∞. Jã¨Å∞....—— ''P ~ÀA =ã¨∞ÎOk. JѨC_»∞ #∞"Õfi k‰õΩ¯. <å‰õΩ =¸_»∞=Úà◊√§ "Õã≤
''Ñ‘¡*ò! UO J_çy<å KÕ™êÎ#<åfl"£. =∂@ `«Ñ¨C`«∞<åfl=Ù. =∂ gkè ##∞fl ѨkÅOQÍ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï#O>Ë JO`«Hõ<åfl HÍ"åeû#^Õ=ÚOk.
z=~° xÅ|_»#O@∞<åfl=Ù?—— P_»^•xQÍ =∞~À[#‡ Jk.——
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„u=¸iÎ Q˘O`«∞Ö’ ѨzÛ "≥ÅHͯܫ∞ Ѩ_ç#@ìxÑ≤OzOk. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å HÍ~°º„=∞O K≥Ü«∞º@O U =∂„`«O W+¨ìOÖË^Œ∞. Jã¨ÖÏ"≥∞ Uq∞ ™êkè™ÈÎO^À
Jk QÆ=∞xOK«#>Ëì...''QÆ∞~°∞ÎOkQÍ... ˆ~Ѩ٠L^ŒÜ«∞O ѨkO\˜H˜ gkè ‰õÄ_® J~°÷O HÍÖË^Œ∞. JO^Œ=ÚO>Ë ã¨~å "≥∞ÿO_£ =ÙO_»^Œ∞Ì. "≥ÚQÆ∞_ç g∞^Œ
=∞Å∞ѨÙÖ’...—— JOk. HÀѨO f~°∞Û‰õΩ<Õ Ñ¨^uúŒ W^•! â◊√„ÉèOí QÍ `«#ÖÏO\˜"å_ç`À Ãã@Ñπ ÃÑ@∞ì‰Ωõ O>Ë
''Pñ.. Pñ QÆ∞~°∞ÎOk—— "≥à◊§ÖËHõ "≥à◊¥Î `«Å=Óáê_»∞. HÀѨO, HÍ=∞O f~°∞`å~Ú. Jk =kÖËã≤ D Ñ≤`Ö« Ï@HõO ^ÕxH˜. =∂=∞QÍi
J`«<≥àϧHõ K«∞@∂ìѨHõ¯Å K«∂ã≤Ok. Z^Œ∞iO\’¡ Pq_» H˜\ ˜H©ˆH¿ã PaÌHõO PyáÈ=@O "≥ÚQÆ∞_ç g∞^Œ Hõã≤ f~°∞ÛHÀ=@O ZÖÏ J=Ù`«∞O^À
fHõΔ}OQÍ K«∂™ÈÎOk. HõΔ}O „H˜`«O =~°‰õÄ *Ïe ‰õΩiÑ≤OKÕ P Hõà◊√§ x#fl\˜flOp PÖ’zã¨∂Î<Õ =Ù<åfl_»∞.
Jã¨ÇϨ ºOQÍ K«∂ã¨∞<Î åfl~Ú. „u=¸iÎ`À `«# ã¨OÉèÏ+¨} QÆ=∞xOz =ÙO@∞Ok. z=~°H˜ XHõ>Ë x~°‚~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
JO`«Hõ<åfl Z‰õΩ¯= PÖ’zOK«ÖË^Œ∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å. ã¨OѶ¨∞O QÆ∞iOz... J~Ú^Œ∞#fl~° J_»∞QÆ∞Å JO^Œ"∞≥ #ÿ q„QÆÇϨ O `«#H˜ HÍ"åÅO>Ë.. J[O`å
=º=ã¨÷ QÆ∞iOz PÖ’zOK«@O ‰õÄ_® "Õã∞¨ ì J#flk P"≥∞ H˘`«QÎ Í <Õ~∞° Û‰õΩ#fl tÖÏÊxfl "≥∞ÿ=∞iÑ≤OKÕ P JO^•Å∞ `«#q HÍ"åÅO>Ë.. "≥∞`«Îx QÆ∞O„_»x..
ã≤^•úO`«O. "≥ÚQÆ∞à◊√§ `«O`«∞O>Ë Hõà§◊ ѨÊyOz K«∂¿ã ã¨OѶ∞¨ O. #~°HÜ õ ∂« `«# =^Œ∞Ì... P J=ã¨~°O HÀã¨O `å#∞ U^≥·<å KÕ™êÎ_»∞.. XHõ¯™êi J=ã¨~°O
ÃÑ_»∞`«∞O>Ë =∞ø#OQÍ =ÙO_Õ =º=ã¨÷... g\˜<≥O^Œ∞‰õΩ Q“~°qOKåe. `«#x fiO^•? =∞QÍ_»O>Ë Uq∞\’ K«∂Ñ≤™êÎ#∞.
<åÅ∞QÆ∞QÀ_»Å =∞^茺 |Okè¿ãÎ =zÛ J_»QÆÖË^Õ.. Z=i rq`«O "åik. J=ã¨~°O f~°#O`« =~°‰õÄ =∞QÍ_»∞ U^Œ~Ú<å KÕ™êÎ_»x ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅH˜
Z=i „|`«∞‰õΩÅ∞ "åiq Jx =kÖËã≤Ok... <å‰õΩ Hõ+¨ìO =¿ãÎ K«∞@∂ì =Ù#fl `≥Å∞ã¨∞. `«e¡ "≥∞_»Ö’ `åo `≥OѨىõΩ ~°=∞‡<åfl `ÕQÅÆ nè~∞° _»∞... HÍ=∞Ѩ٠á⁄~°
"åà◊√§ =zÛ W^Õq∞@x J_çQÍ~å.. h‰õΩ J<åºÜ«∞=Ú [~°∞QÆ∞`«∞O>Ë Hõq∞‡# =∞QÆ"å_»∞. PMiH˜ Y∂x K≥Ü«∞º=∞<åfl KÕ™êÎ_»x `≥Å∞ã¨∞. JO^Œ∞ˆH
PÖ’zOKå~å.. ÃÑ·QÍ "≥H˜e #=ÙfiÅ∞.... J#=ã¨~°"≥∞ÿ# *ÏeK«∂ѨÙÅ∞. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ‰õΩ^Œ∞~°∞Û‰õΩ#fl „ÉÏǨχ}∞_»∞ WO\’¡H˜ P_»∞QÆ∞ ÃÑ@ì‰õÄ_»^Œx
JÖÏO@ѨC_»∞ `å<≥O^Œ∞‰õΩ PÖ’zOKåe. Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«∞HÀ"åe..... âßã≤OzOk.
ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ Ñ¨\ Oì˜ K«∞HÀ"åÖ’.. ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ Q“~°qOKåÖ’ P"≥∞H˜ =¸_»∞ `«∞.K«. `«Ñ¨Ê‰õΩO_® „u=¸iÎ Ãã·H˜Öòx Páê_»∞.
~ÀAÅ `«~åfi`« QÍh `≥eã≤~åÖË^Œ∞. ''Z=„_® h=Ù ZOyÖωõΩ "≥^èŒ"å..?——Hõà‹§„~° KÕâß_»∞.
qâıfiâ◊fi~°âß„ã≤ΠǨïëê~°∞QÍ ÃãH· Ř ∞ `˘‰õΩ¯`«∞<åfl_»∞. ǨºO_çÖòH˜ MÏm ''âßO`«O ã¨^£ „ÉÏǨχ}∞ÅH˜ =ÙO_»=Åã≤# "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜ QÆ∞}O J^Õ.
ã¨Oz =ÙOk. =∞^蕺ǨÏflO HõÖÏ¡ Ñ≤O_» „Ѩ^•#O J~ÚáÈ`«∞Ok. PÃÑ· <Õ#∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iΠѨOѨQÍ =zÛ# "å_çfl... g∞HÀã¨O gkè z=~° Ѩ_Qç ÍѨÙÅ∞
ã¨OÉèÏ=#.... ã¨Oz xO_»@O MÏÜ«∞O. Ѩ_»∞`«∞#fl "å_çfl....——
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ K≥Ñ≤Ê# QÆ∞~°∞ÎÅ∞ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO@∂ `˘‰õΩ¯`«∞<åfl_»∞... gkè ''JÖÏ K≥ѨC... `˘O^Œ~°QÍ Ñ¨^•! =∞m§ "Õà◊^•\˜`Õ H͉õΩÅ∞ ~å=Ù.
=∞Å∞Ѩ٠=zÛOk. q∞@ì =∞^蕺ǨÏflO ZO_»Ö’ #∞Ö’ÛÖËHõ HÍà◊√¡ Ñ‘H˜ Kè«™êÎ_»∞. Ñ≤O_®HÀ~°∞
JѨÊ\˜ˆH „u=¸iÎ J`«x HÀã¨O "Õz =Ù<åfl_»∞. K«∂_»QÍ<Õ J`«<Õ "≥^=Œè .. =∞m§ "å_çH˜ ‰õÄ_® <Õ<Õ `«k#Ì Ñ¨Ù =∞O„`åÅ∞ K«^"Œ åeû =ã¨∞OÎ k...——
`«#H˜ HÍ=eã≤# =ºH˜Î Jx x~°‚~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. Jã¨Å∞ D q∞ãπ b_çOQ∑ ''=∞ˆ~... HÍh `«O„_ç „âß^ŒúO WHõ¯_» ÃÑ@ì_»O ÖË^Œ∞. QÍOnè #QÆ~ü
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"≥Ú^Œ\˜ gkèÖ’ ~Ô O_À WO\’¡ ÃÑ_»∞`«∞<åfl_»∞. q∞=∞‡efl JHõ¯_çH˜ ~°=∞‡<åfl~°∞....—— Uq∞\’ ã≤÷u... ã¨~°ã¨fiu ѨÙ+¨¯ÅO.. ÅH©; â◊¥#ºO...
''QÍOnè#QÆ~üÖ’<å...?—— ......
''J=Ù#∞. Jk "å_ç `«=Ú‡_ç^Õ ÖˇO_ç... W^Œ~Ì ∂° q_çq_çQÍ ZO^Œ∞Hõx ''ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÖÏ.. ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÖÏ...—— Jx J~°∞ã¨∂Î<Õ =KåÛ_»∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ.
HõeÑ≤ ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩO\ÏxH˜ xâ◊Û~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl~°∞....—— ''Uq∞@O_ç P ˆHHõÅ∞... x^•#OQÍ Ñ≤Å=K«∞ÛQÍ...———
qâıfiâ◊fi~°âß„ã≤Î Ãã·H˜Öò kâ◊ =∞~åÛ_»∞. =∞m§ J#∞=∂#O =zÛ..... ''„ÉÏǨχ}∞_»x fã¨∞H˘KåÛ#∞. HÍ=eã≤#=hfl K«HõK«HÍ =ÚO^Œ∞
''J„_»ã¨∞ `≥eã≤ Kå=^Œ∞Ì... `À_»∞ ~å‰õÄ_»^Œ∞...—— QÆkÖ’ ÃÑ\˜ìOK«∞. Hõ_»∞ѨÙÖ’ PHõe... D HÍ~°º„Hõ=∞O J~Ú`Õ `«Ñ¨Ê
„u=¸iÎ U_»fiÖËHõ #=Ùfi`«∂.. ''=∞ˆ~g∞ Ѩ~åfiÖË^∞Œ . WÅ∞¡ ^˘~°H¯õ áÈ`Õ u#‰õÄ_»^Œ∞.. hˆHO...——
JHõ¯_Õ =ÙO_»O_ç.. z#fl Ѩ#∞Å∞ Ô~O_»∞ q∞ye =Ù<åfl~Ú. Jq HÍQÍ<Õ ã¨∞ѶŨ `«~åfi`« q#@O ÖË^∞Œ . P"≥∞ #=<å_»∞Å∞ ã¨O÷ aèOz áÈÜ«∂~Ú.
=ã¨∂Î =ã¨∂Î JHõ¯_» K«∂¿ã WO\˜ ^ŒQÆæiH˜ =™êÎ#∞.—— ZO`À PÖ’zOz ѨH_õ ƒ» Où nQÍ xi‡Oz# Hõ@_ì O» ‰õÄe#ѨC_»∞ WO[h~üH˜
''QÍOnè#QÆ~.ü .. QÍOnèÉÁ=∞‡.. ™ê~å~ÚH˘@∞ì.. Ñ≤^ÑŒ H¨ ÍÅO.. Ñ≤^ÑŒ ¨ HõeˆQ J#∞Éèí∂u HõeyOk. J#º=∞#㨯OQÍ qã¨Î~å‰õΩÅ∂... =¸‰õΩà◊¥§
|∞^Œ∞úÅ∞—— Q˘}∞‰õΩ¯O@∂ #_çÑ≤OKå_»∞ Ãã·H˜Öòx. fã¨∞‰õΩx =ÚO^Œ∞ QÆkÖ’H˜ =zÛOk.
P ~°HOõ QÍ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ‰õΩkiÛ# „ÉÏǨχ}∞_çx `«ÑÊ≤ OzOk ã¨∞ѶŨ . [O^è Œ º O 㨠= iOK« ∞ ‰õ Ω O@∂.. Hõ = ∞ÖÏHõ ~ ü . XHõ ¯ Hõ Δ } O
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü `«Ñ¨Ê =∞ˆ~ k‰õΩ¯ÖËx ã≤÷u HõeÊOzOk. qK«e`«∞~åÅ~ÚºOk.
W"Õg∞ `≥eÜ«∞x „u=¸iÎ.. 'P"≥∞ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk KÕâß#∞.. WHõ ZѨC_»∞ ã¨∞ѶŨ Z„~°\ ˜ ÃÑ^Œ=ÙÅÃÑ· ã¨#fl\˜ ^Œ~Ç° Ϩ ã¨O „Ѩ`º« Hõ"Δ ∞≥ ÿ =∞~°∞Hõ}Δ OÖ’
ZO^Œ∞~°∞Ѩ_<ç å HÍÅ~ü ZQÆ~ˆ Ü«∞K«∞Û...— J#∞‰õΩO@∂ `«# WO\˜^•i Ѩ\Ïì_∞» . =∂Ü«∞=∞~ÚºOk. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü P"≥∞ ~åHõ`À x~îå~°Ü«∂º_»∞.
––– `«<˘zÛ# Ѩx =kÖËã≤ Hõà◊√§ "≥_»Å∞ÊKÕã≤ =∞s K«∂âß_»∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx–
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎH˜ HõΔ}HõΔ}ÏxH© P^Œ∞~åÌ Z‰õΩ¯=`ÀOk. Hõà◊§ xO_® PHõe JÅ∞=Ú‰õΩOk. QÆ∞O_≥ "ÕQÆO ÃÑiyOk.
qâıfiâ◊fi~°âß„ã≤Î =™êÎ##fl ã¨=∞Ü«∞O ^•\˜ KåÖÏ¿ãѨ=Ù`«∂Ok. =∞x+≤ Ô~O_»∞ Hõ#∞Å∞ „|ǨχQÍqOK≥ QÍh "Õ~Ú Hõ#∞flÅÖ’ K«∂ã≤<å
=KÕÛ ã¨∂K«#Å∞ ÖË=Ù. J=`«Å HÍÅO `«# =∂<å# `å#∞ HõkeáÈ`«∂Ok. f~°^•¿ÑHõΔ... JO^Œ=∂ Jk JʼnõΩÅ H˘Å‰õΩÅ `˘ÅHõi =∞Hõ~°O^Œ=∂?
''=O@ J~ÚáÈ~ÚO^ŒO_ô!?—— J}∞‰õΩ=QÍ =zÛ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü =∞#ã¨∞ fÜ«∞QÍ =¸eæOk. XHÍ<˘Hõ ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ J~Ú`Õ
''J^Õ K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl#∞. WOHÍ ~åÖË^Œ∞.. XHõ"Õà◊ J„_»ã¨∞ ^˘~°Hõ¯ =∞m§ "≥O@<Õ "≥o§ aQÆÜ«∂~° H“yeOK«∞‰õΩx LH˜¯i aH˜¯i K≥Ü«∂ºÅ#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
WO\˜ÔHàϧ_Õ"≥∂ K«∂ã≤ =™êÎ#∞—— Jx K≥ѨCÖËã¨∞‰õΩx gkèÖ’H˜ #_çKå_»∞. HÍh JÖÏ KÕ¿ã ^è≥·~°ºO ÖËHõ ÖÁ@ìÖËâß_»∞.
qâıfiâ◊fi~°âß„ã≤Î QÍiO\˜H˜ Ѩk x=ÚëêÖ’¡ KÕ~°∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. WO\’¡ =∞QÍ_»∞ ZѨC_»∞ ZÖÏ K«∂™êÎ_À.. ^Õx HÀã¨O K«∂™êÎ_À... ѨãQ≤ @Æ Qì ÅÆ
ZѨC_À ɡ·Å∞^Õi =KåÛ~°x K≥áêÊ~°∞. ''"Õ∞=Ú ‰õÄ_® ã¨OÉèÏ=# HÀã¨O =~°O, P_»^•xH˜ ÉèíQÆ=O`«∞_çzÛ# J^Œ∞ƒù`«=~°O. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü K«∂ѨÙÖ’¡x
K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl=∞x `«fi~°QÍ Ñ¨OÑ≤OK«=∞x ѨeHÍ~°∞...—— qëêxfl W>Ëì Ѩã≤QÆ\ ˜ìOk.
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Z@∞=O\˜ ÉèÏ"åxfl „Ѩ^Œi≈OK«‰õΩO_® fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ#q „H˜O^Œ ã¨iÌ KåÖÏ ÉÏ^èÑŒ _¨ =» eû =ã¨∞OÎ k. XHõ ~°HOõ QÍ h `«O„_ç P`«‡ x#∞fl W+¨Ñì _¨ #» >Ë.ì .
֒ѨeÔHo§Ok. Jk <å‰õΩ `≥eÜ«∞@O h ÉÏ^èŒ =∞iO`« ÃÑOK«∞`«∞Ok. XO@iQÍ<Õ "≥à◊√§..
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ã¨O*Ï~Úã‘QÍ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx ^ŒQÆæiH˜ Ñ≤ez K≥áêÊ_»∞. Ñ≤O_» „Ѩ^è•<åxH˜ `À_»∞ ~å=@O âß„ã¨Î q~°∞^ŒúO ‰õÄ_®.——
''qâıfiâ◊fi~°âß„ã¨Î HÀã¨O KåÖÏ¿ãѨ٠"≥kHÍ#∞. `«Ñ¨Êx Ѩiã≤÷`«∞Ö’¡ J~Ú`Õ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ~°=∞‡O@∞Ok `À_»∞ HÀã¨O HÍ^Œ∞. P Ô~O_»∞
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~üx fã¨∞‰õΩ=KåÛ#∞.—— x=ÚëêÅ∞ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~üx =ke ɡ·@ÔHo`Õ `«# ÃÑàϧO `«#H˜ Ñ≤O_»O
''<åÔHO^Œ∞‰õΩ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl~À J~°O÷ HÍ=@O ÖË^∞Œ —— J#∞=∂#OQÍ Éè~í HˆÎ° ã≤ ÃÑ_»∞`«∞O^Œ<Õ.. Uk U"≥∞ÿ<å ~å=eã≤O^Õ#x =∞O‰õΩ Ñ¨\Ïì_»∞.
K«∂ã≤ JOk. WHõ `«Ñ¨ÊHõ `å#∂ #_çKå_»∞ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü.
''Jk... Jk.. #∞=Ùfi =O@QÆk ^•\˜ ɡ·@H˜ ~å=^Œ∞Ì....Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü J>Ëì qã≤yOK«‰õΩO_® H͉õΩÖÁKåÛ~Ú. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Hõ#∞ÖÏ~å P
g∞^Œ #=∞‡HõO ÖËHõ HÍ^Œ∞.. P_»^•x p~°H˘OQÆ∞ =∞Ç≤Ï=∞ `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÍ|\ì̃...—— ã¨xfl"Õâ◊O K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. P J#∞Éèí∂u =∂@ÅH˜ JO^Œxk. ZѨC_À
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å =∂~°∞=∂\Ï¡‰õΩO_® `«Å=ÓÑ≤Ok. =∞~°}O˜ z# `«O„_çx D ~°HOõ QÍ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl_»∞. `«# `«O„_Õ ã¨fiÜ«∞OQÍ
ɡ·@ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü qã¨Îà◊√§ =ÚO^Œ∞ ‰õÄ~°∞Ûx ^Œ~°ƒùÅ∞ pÅ∞ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. =zÛ `«# WO\’¡ Éè’[#O KÕã≤#>Ëì Ѷ‘ÅÜ«∂º_»∞... WѨC_»∞ ZO`«=∞Ok P
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ~åQÍ<Õ qã¨Îà◊√§ Ѩiz =Ú^ŒÌÅ∞ KÕÜ«∞=∞<åfl_»∞. ^èŒ~å‡xfl x~°fiiÎã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.. =∞Ô~O`«=∞Ok FÑ≤HõQÍ Ñ≤`«$^Õ=`«ÅH˜ `«kÌ#O
P `«~åfi`« XHõ¯™êi x@∂ìiÛ `«kÌ#Ѩ٠=∞O„`åÅ∞ K«^Œ=@O ÃÑ_»∞`«∞<åfl~°∞. =∞~°}O˜ z# =∞x+≤x ã¨O=`«û~åxH˜ XHõ¯™êi QÆ∞~°∞OÎ K«∞HÀx
„áê~°OaèOKå_»∞. =∞^茺֒ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ `«O„_ç ¿Ñ~°_çy... ÃÑ· Ö’HÍÖ’¡ =Ù#fl =∞x+≤ ‰õÄ_® F =∞x¿+<å...? JÖÏO\˜ =∞x+≤ „|u‰õΩ<åfl â◊=O
J`«xH˜ „ѨâßOu HõeˆQÖÏ Y~°‡ KÕÜ«∞™êQÍ_»∞. ÖÏO\˜"å_»∞.. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ZO`«\˜ hK«∞_≥<· å HÍ=K«∞Û. H˘xfl <≥u· Hõ |O^è"Œ ∞≥ #ÿ
aÜ«∞ºÑ¨Ù Ñ≤O_ç`À KÕã≤# =Ú^ŒÌÅ#∞ <åÅ∞QÆ∞ KÕ~ÚOz "å\˜ g∞^Œ qÅ∞=efl =∂„`«O =^ŒeÃÑ@ì_»∞. x~°¡HõΔ ºO K≥Ü«∞º_»∞.
^Œ~°ƒùÅ∞ "Õ~ÚOK«∞`«∂ ^Õ=<åQÆiHõ eÑ≤Ö’Oz ã¨O㨯 $`«OÖ’ `«~°̊=∂ KÕã≤# JO`å JÜ«∂ºHõ ã¨O`«$Ñ≤QÎ Í Ö’xH˘KåÛ_»∞. JѨÊ\˜Hˆ Éè’HõÅÎ ∞ Éè’[#O
Hõiî# =∞O„`åÅx QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ KÕ`«‰õÄ_® JѨC_»Ñ¨C_»∞ ѨeH˜ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. KÕã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü ã≤^ŒÌOQÍ =ÙOz# W`«Î_ç Ñ¨à‹§OÖ’x aÜ«∂ºxfl
=∞^蕺ǨÏflO XO\˜QÆO@H˜ QÍh Éè’HõÎÅ∞ ~åÖË^Œ∞. JѨÊ\˜H˜OHÍ ^Àã¨HÍÜ«∞efl LѨCx Jxfl ã¨OzÖ’ "Õã¨∞Hõx ^ŒH˜Δ} HÀã¨O QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ
HÍ~°º„Hõ=∞O ѨÓiÎ HÍÖË^Œ∞. Ñ≤O_» „Ѩ^è•#O J~Ú`Õ QÍh Éè’HõÎÅH˜ Hõ_»∞Ѩ٠=OHõ K«∂âß_»∞.
xO_»^∞Œ . QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ *Ë|∞Ö’Oz Ü«∂Éèˇ· HÍy`«O fã≤ W=fiÉ’Ü«∂_»∞.
Z@ìˆHʼnõΩ XHõ\ ˜#fliH˜ „âß^Œú Hõ~°‡Åx q~°q∞OKå_»∞. z=i Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü z#fl|∞K«∞Û‰õΩO@∞#fl "≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\˜ì J<åfl_»∞.
HÍ~°º„Hõ=∞OQÍ =Ú^ŒÌÅ#∞ H͉õΩÅH˜ "ÕÜ«∞=∞<åfl_»∞. ''ZO`« h ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_ç#~Ú<å „ÉÏǨχ}∞_çx. Q“~°qOK« `«QÆæ"å_çx.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ "å\˜x fã¨∞‰õΩx Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~xü ‰õÄ_® `«#`À ~°=∞‡<åfl_»∞. ÉèÏ~åºÉèí~°ÎÅ∞ HÍà◊§H˜ ^ŒO_»O ÃÑ\˜ì ^ŒH˜Δ} W"åfie....——
''=^Œ∞Ì.. D Ñ≤O_®Åx H͉õΩÅ∞ u#HõáÈ`Õ ÖË^• ~åHõáÈ`Õ #∞=Ùfi QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =∂~°∞=∂\Ï¡_»Hõ ÉèÏ~°ºx ˆHˆHâß_»∞.
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P ™êO„Ѩ^•Ü«∞O K≥ÑÊ≤ Ok ã¨∞ѶŨ x K«∂_»\ÏxˆH.. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü P"≥∞ =KåÛ_»∞.
k=º=∞OQÆà◊ ã¨fi~°∂ѨO HÀã¨O `«Ç¨Ï`«Ç¨ÏÖÏ_»∞`«∂ K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. ''JÖÏ k|ƒ "≥ÚǨÏO "Õã¨∞‰õΩx K«∂™êÎ"Õ. ^ŒO_®Å HÍ~°º„Hõ=∞O
J_»∞QÆ∞Ö’ J_»∞Qˆ ã¨∞‰õΩO@∂ – `˘e `˘ÅHõi [Å∞¡#∞ QÆ∞~°∞‰Î Ωõ `≥ã∂¨ Î J~ÚáÈ~ÚOkQÍ ^ŒH˜Δ} W=fi"Õ.——
=zÛOk. KÕuÖ’ J~°\ ˜Ñ¨O_»∞ ^•x„H˜O^Œ P‰õΩ... =∞^茺֒ =Hõ¯á⁄_ç... ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å HõO>Ë =ÚO^Õ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü KÕ~Ú Kåáê_»∞. P `«~åfi`« H˘kÌQÍ
ã¨~ã° ¨ ™œ~°OÉèÏxH˜ PÜ«∞`«=Î ∞=fi=∞x Wã¨∞#Î fl J„QÆ`åO|∂ÅOÖÏ JxÊOzOk. J@∂ W@∞QÍ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü Éè’HõÎÅ∞ "≥o§áÈÜ«∂~°∞.
''D Ü«∂Éè·ˇ "å\˜ =∞^躌 Ö’ ÃÑ\˜.ì . HÍà◊§H˜ "≥Ú‰õΩ¯—— J<åfl_»∞ ÉèÏ~°º`À– QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ P`å‡~å=Ú_ç ã¨OQÆu ‰õÄ_® =kÖËã≤ q[Ü«∞QÆ~°fiO`À
W^ŒÌ~°∂ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü HÍà◊§H˜ #=∞㨯iOKå~°∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å HÍà◊§H˜ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å`À J<åfl_»∞.
"≥Ú‰õΩ¯`«∞#fl@∞ì "≥ÚH˜¯ K«@∞‰õΩ¯# HÍe ^ŒQÆæ~° ye¡OOk. ''K«∂âß"å? h Hõà§◊ =ÚO^Õ =¸_»∞QÆO@Åáê@∞ =ÙO>Ë Hõhã¨O ÃãQ· Æ
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Δ OÖ’ ‰õÄ_® K≥Ü«∞ºÖËHõáÈÜ«∂=Ù. =∞QÍ_»∞ `«Å∞Û‰õΩO>Ë P_»k Hõà◊√§O_ç ‰õÄ_®
J~°÷OHÍÖË^Œ∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å =OHõ K«∂âß_»∞... K«∂_»ÖËx Ѩiã≤÷uÖ’ =ÙO@∞Ok. JÖÏO\˜ P_»^•xq.. J|Åq... UO
â◊`H« À\˜ ã¨=∞㨺ÅxflO\˜H© Hõà§◊ `À ã¨=∂^è•<åeKÕÛ |∞∞+¨º„â◊√OQÆ∞xÖÏ ™êkè™êÎ"£.. <å ѨHõ¯<Õ ã¨~°™êÖÏ_»`å#x.. <Õ#∞ K«∂ã¨∞ÎO_»QÍ<Õ q~°Ç¨Å∞
`«#Ö’ÖωõΩ Hõà◊§`À KÕuÖ’ P‰õΩÅx... J`«x KÕuÖ’ ã¨Ozh K«∂Ñ≤Oz Ѩ_`» å#x g∞^≥H¯˜ OK«∞‰õΩ\Ï#x "åQÍ=Ù. WѨÊ\ỖH<· å J~°"÷ ∞≥ Oÿ ^•. =∞QÍ_»∞
Hõ#∞fl w\˜Ok. Hõ@ì_ç KÕ¿ãÎ P_»k J_»∞QÆ∞ ‰õÄ_® "ÕÜ«∞ÖË^Œx. P_»^≥ѨC_»∞ J^èŒ=Ú~åÖË<Õ..
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü J"åHõ¯~ÚáÈÜ«∂_»∞. ZO`À=∞Ok P_»"åà◊§x K«∂âß_»∞ JO^Œ∞ˆH <≥ÅH˜ <åÅ∞QÆ∞~ÀAÅ∞ ɡ·@ =ÙO\Ï~°∞. â◊H˜Î ÖËHõ... lǨÏfi K«zÛ
=∞Ô~O`À=∞Ok *Ï}Åx <≥~°*Ï}Åx K«∂âß_»∞. Ѩq∞@K≥OQÆ∞ Kå@∞# JKÕ`«#OQÍ =ÙO_Õ P <åÅ∞QÆ∞ ~ÀAÅ∞ ÉèíQÆ=O`«∞_»∞ g∞ÔHO^Œ∞‰õΩ ÃÑ\Ïì_À
ã¨~°™êÖÏ_Õ qѨ}˜ =x`«efl K«∂âß_»∞. HÍh WO`« á¶êãπìQÍ ... Éèí~°Î `≥Å∞™ê? g∞~°∞ Jxfl q+¨Ü«∂Ö’¡#∂ Jâ◊‰õΩÎÅx g∞‰õΩ <≥ÅHÀ™êi QÆ∞~°∞Î
ѨH¯õ #∞O_»QÍ<Õ ... K«∂ã¨∞OÎ _»QÍ<Õ ... Hõhã¨O gã¨"∞≥ `«∞Î J#∞=∂#O ~å‰õΩO_® `≥K∞« Û‰õΩO\ÏxH˜.——
Hõ#∞flw\˜ ÃÑ^ŒqH˘iH˜ J=∂Ü«∞Hõ`åfixfl áÈ`«áÈã≤#@∞ì #∞OK«∞O^ŒO>Ë? ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å "≥ÚQÆ∞_çx Ñ≤zÛ"å_çÖÏ [=∞Hõ\ ˜ìOk. P ÉèÏ"åxfl K«∂ѨÙÖ’¡
J"≥∂‡!... WÖÏO\˜^•<Õfl JO^Œ∞HÀ"åe. WÖÏO\˜ "å~°∞ á⁄QÆ~Ô H˜¯ =∞^è"Œ ∞≥ H˜¯# K«∂Ñ≤OzOk.
P_»"å~°∞ Ѩ_H» gõ ∞^Œ WKÕÛ ã¨∞YO ã¨∞~åáê#O ‰õÄ_® W=fi^Õ"∂≥ ! =∞#‡^è∞Œ _»∞ ''#∞=Ùfi Liq∞ K«∂ã≤<å <Õ#∞ =Ó~°Hõ K«∂ã≤<å XHõ¯>Ë.. WHõ<≥·<å
‰õÄ_® =∞#ã¨∞Ѩ_Õ =∞^èŒ∞=`«∞ÅO>Ë gˆ~<Õ"≥∂! =∞#ã¨∞ =∂~°∞ÛHÀ. x#∞fl g∞ ѨÙ\˜ìO\’¡ kQÆɡ_»`å#∞.——
HÍh `å#∞ ÖÏ=Ù, á⁄\˜ì, P"≥∞ á⁄_»QÆi. =Ú^Œ∞Ì ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩO>Ë „H˜O^Œ ''JHõ¯_çH˜ ^ÕxH˜?——
JO^Œ^Œ∞. „H˜O^Œ JOk`Õ ÃÑ·# JO^Œ^Œ∞. D ^Õâ◊OÖ’ WÖÏO\˜ ÅHõΔ}ÏÅ∞ ''=∞i q∞O_» "≥ÚQÆ∞_ç ^ŒQ~æÆ ° kOѨ<å? JO`« B^•~°ºO <å‰õΩ ÖË^∞Œ ——
QÆÅ"å~°∞ ZÖÏ ã¨O™ê~°O KÕã¨∞Î<åfl~À...? #"åfi_»∞ Ѩà◊√§ WH˜eOz.
WOHÍ =ÚO^Œ∞H˜ á⁄ÜÕ∞º"å_Õ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ u@¡H˜ WǨÏÖ’HõOÖ’H˜ ''P J^Õ PÖ’zã¨∞Î<åfl#∞. ##∞fl ÃÑ^ŒÌ=∞x+≤x KÕã≤# =∂ WO\˜
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ѨHõ¯#∞#fl ~°q ^ŒQÆæ~° kOѨÙ`å"å? h`À ÃÑo§ =∂@Å∞ =∂\Ï¡_»\ÏxH˜ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å A@∞ì =kÖËâß_»∞. ^•^•Ñ¨Ù =}˜H˜áÈ`«∞<åfl_»∞.
"≥o§#ѨC_»∞ WO\’¡ =Ù#fl ##∞fl |Å=O`«OQÍ J#∞Éèqí Oz# â◊OHõ~ü ^ŒQ~æÆ ° ''x[=∂? K«O¿Ñ™êÎ#∞... Jã¨ÅѨC_»∞ <åˆH J#∞=∞#O =zÛOk.
kOѨÙ`å"å? áÈh P W^ŒÌi ^ŒQÆæ~° H͉õΩO>Ë.. HÍÖËrÖ’ HÍ¡ãπ ~°∂OÖ’ Jk x["Õ∞##fl =∂@....——
=O@iQÍ =Ù#fl ##∞fl `«Å∞ѨÖËã≤ XHõi `«~åfi`« XHõ~°∞ J#∞ÉèíqOz# ''P =∂@H˘¿ãÎ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~üh K«Oáêe.——
ã¨∂ì_≥O\òû ^ŒQÆæ~° =^ŒeÃÑ_»`å"å? Z=i ^ŒQÆæ~°~Ú`Õ UO\˜? Z=~À XHõi ''Hõ=∂ÅHõ~ü<å? J`«<˘zÛ#ѨÊ\˜flOz WѨÊ\˜^•HÍ <å`À<Õ
^ŒQÆæ~° kOѨÙ.—— =Ù<åfl_»∞QÍ..?——
''ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÖÏ...—— J`«#iz# J~°∞ѨÙH˜ ѨÙ<åk JkiáÈ~ÚOk. ''KÕ~°=Åã≤# ã¨O^Õâ◊O KÕiáÈ~ÚOkQÍ. =∂ W^ŒÌi ã¨OQÆ=∂xH˜
''J}∞‰õΩ=QÍ =ÙO>Ë<Õ P_»k. Z^Œ∞~°∞ uiyO^• =∞QÍ_»∞ =ÚǨ˙~°ÎO xâ◊ÛÜ«∞O J~ÚáÈ~ÚOkQÍ....——
J`«ÖωõΩ`«ÅO J=fi=eã≤O^Õ. =∞QÍ_ç Hõà§◊ Ö’ HÍ~°O ‰õΩH˜¯.. ÖË^• Hõ`∞« ÅÎ `À ''J|^ŒúO!——
á⁄_çz.. ÃÑ@ìÖËx ÉÏ^èŒ.. P Ô~O\˜Hõ<åfl ÃÑ· ™ê÷~ÚÖ’ Ѩ_Õ ÉÏ^èŒ.. Uq∞\’ ''H˘xfl x*ÏÅx J|^•úÅ#∞‰õΩx ã¨O`«$Ñ≤ΠѨ_@» O H˘O^Œi rq`åÖ’¡
`≥Å∞™ê? `≥b^Œ∞. Jk P_»^•xH˜ =∂„`«"∞Õ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. ‰õΩà◊§ÉÁ_»=@O. |Ǩïâß `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞.——
P Ѩ^ŒO ‰õÄ_® `≥eã¨∞O_»^Œ∞. ÉèíQÆ=O`«∞_»∞ P_»^•xH˜zÛ# =~°=∞k... ''<À! ##∞fl =Ù_çH㘠∞¨ <Î åfl"£. <å "åà◊√§ JÖÏO\˜ "åà◊√§ HÍ^Œ∞. #∞=Ùfi
=∞QÍ_çHõ^Õ âßѨO...—— K≥Ñ≤ÊO^Õ x["≥∞ÿ`Õ <Õ#∞ D W~°"≥· ~ÀAÅ∞ PѶ‘ã¨∞H˜ â‹Å=Ù ÃÑ_»`å#∞.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ P"ÕâO◊ `À <˘ã¨Å∞ q_çKå_»∞. K«ÑC¨ # A@∞ì Ѩ@∞ì‰Ωõ <åfl_»∞. J#∞Hõ}Δ O J„Ѩ=∞`«OÎ QÍ =ÙO\Ï#∞. ~Ô _£ ǨºO_≥_Q£ Í Ñ¨@∞ì‰Ωõ x <å "≥ÚQÆ`<« åxfl
''K≥ Ñ ¨ C J=hfl x["Õ ∞ <å? x[OQÍ x#∞fl JO`« = ∞Ok x~°∂Ñ≤OK«∞‰õΩx "≥ÚQÆ∞_çQÍ x#∞fl UO K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’ KÕ™êÎ#∞.——
J#∞ÉèíqOKå~å? K≥ѨC ÖË^ŒO>Ë... K«O¿Ñ™êÎ#∞... H˜~°ã¨<å~ÚÖò áÈã≤ =∞s ''q+π Ü«¸ PÖò k ɡãπì. Ѩ_»HõQÆkÖ’ ZÖÏQÆ∂ ÖË^Œ∞ Hõhã¨O D
`«QÅÆ Éˇ_`» å#∞.—— =∂„`«O P"Õâ◊O ѨO^≥OÖ’<≥·<å Ѩ_»∞`«∞<åfl=Ù. ã¨O`À+¨O.——
''Jhfl x["Õ∞. hH˜OHÍ `≥b^Õ"≥∂.. "≥Ú#fl pHõ\ ˜Ö’ J~°QÆO@ ¿ãѨ٠''ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÖÏ!?——
J^Õ h „u=¸iÎ q∞„`«∞_»∞.. ã¨xflÇ≤Ï`«∞_»∞... „âıÜ≥∂aèÖÏ+≤ Jx K≥áêÊ"Õ. ''+π... Zxfl™ê~°∞¡ J~°∞™êÎ".£ . Éè~í Qΰ Í ##∞fl u>Ëì JkèHÍ~°O.. ZѨC_À
áêѨO `å#∞ ZO`«QÍ ~Ô zÛáÈÜ«∂_»O>Ë.. ÃÑà◊§~Ú Ñ¨_H» õ ~°∞z `≥eã≤# <åˆH P pHõ\ ˜ ~å„`Õ h q∞„`«∞_ç =Å¡, h „Ѩ=~°Î# =Å¡ áÈQ˘@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl=Ù.
<À~°∞ =ÓiOKå_»∞. XHÍ<˘Hõ >ˇOÿ Ö’ Jã¨ÅO`å JHõ¯_Õ HÍx^•Ì=∞#∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. J#=ã¨~°"≥∞ÿ# P"ÕâßxH˜ Ö’#∞HÍHõ U^≥·<å KÕ`«Ö’¡ K«∂Ñ≤OK«∞.——
"å@~ü „áê|¡"£∞. J~Ú^•~°∞ K≥O|∞Å hà◊√§. D™êi ѨOѨ٠=zÛ WO\’¡ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Hõã≤QÍ Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å∞ ayOz J<åfl_»∞.
"å@~ü ã¨=∞$kúQÍ =Ù#flѨC_»∞ K«∂^•ÌOÖË Jx PQÍ#∞. HÍh âßsiHõ HÀÔ~¯H˜ ''K«∂Ñ≤™êÎ#∞... QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ JO>Ë UO\’ K«∂Ñ≤™êÎ#∞..——
PQÆÖËHõ Hõ‰õΩ¯iÎQÍ HÍxK«∞Û‰õΩ<åfl#∞. P ~°HõOQÍ "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜ q[Ü«∞O ........
™êkèOKå#∞.—— Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü #_»∞ã¨∞<Î åfl_ÕQÍh.. J`«x =∞#ã¨O`å ã¨Oz g∞^Õ =ÙOk.
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ã¨∞ѶŨ ~Ô O_»∞™ê~°∞¡ ã¨Oz K«∂Ñ≤Oz Hõà§◊ `À ÃãQ· KÆ ãÕ O≤ k. U=ÚOk? =ÙO>Ë Jk ¿ãflǨÏO =∂„`«"Õ∞. U=∞O\Ï"£.. „u=¸iÎ.——
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TǨÏ~å=@"Õ∞ `«~°∞"å~Ú K«HõK«HÍ ã¨Oz JO`å ÔQeHÍ_»∞. ¿ãflǨxH˜ U „Ѷ≤*òÅ∂, ‰õÄÅ~°∞¡ JHõ¯ˆ~¡^Œ∞. ZO`« HÍÅ"≥∞ÿ<å Jk K≥_»‰õΩO_®
Z‰õΩ¯=¿ãѨ٠"≥`«Hõ‰õΩO_®<Õ KÕuH˜ `«yeOk <åÅ∞QÆ∞ =∞_»`«ÖËã≤# ¿ÑѨ~ü. =∞^èŒ∞~°OQÍ =ÙO@∞Ok.——
L^ÕfiQÆOQÍ qѨÊnâß_»∞. ''P ¿ãflǨÏO`À<Õ J_»∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl#∞.x[O K≥|∞`å"å?——
– ''JKåÛù^Œ# ÖËx h =HõΔO <å Hõ#∞flÖÖ’ Ѩ_çOk. =∞#ã¨∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =OHõ xt`«OQÍ K«∂ã≤ ''<Õ#∞ J|^•úÅ∞ K≥|∞`å#∞,
ÖÏQÆ∞`ÀOk. ã¨O™ê~° „ã‘Î#<Õ q+¨Ü«∞O =∞iz J_»∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl#∞. =™êÎ=Ù H˘O`«=∞Ok ^ŒQÆæˆ~. hÖÏO\˜ q∞„`«∞Å ^ŒQÆæ~° HÍ^Œ∞—— K≥áêÊ_»∞ „u=¸iÎ.
Hõ^Œ∂.. h HÀã¨O ˆ~Ѩ٠Ô~O_À *Ï=ÚÖ’ HÍÅ∞=∞_çKÕ =OHõ`À... ÃÑ~°\ ˜Ö’H˜ ''J~Ú`Õ ã¨∂\˜QÍ J_»∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl#∞. ã≤Q∞Æ æ Ѩ_‰» Ωõ O_® xÅnã¨∞<Î åfl#∞.
=™êÎ#∞. h HÀã¨O "Õ~Ú Hõ#∞Å`À "≥`«∞‰õΩ`å#∞.—— <å‰õΩ ZH“¯O\òû K«∂_»\ÏxH˜ =zÛ#ѨC_»∞.. P h~°=xjkèÖ’ UO [iyOk?
g∞ <å ÉèÏ~°º... h‰õΩ K≥Öˇ¡Å∞ =~°∞ã¨. P =~°∞㨠`«Ñ≤ÊO^•?——
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å. „u=¸iÎ k„Q̓ùOu K≥Ok#@∞ì HõÅ`« Ѩ_®¤_»∞. Jã¨OHõeÊ`«OQÍ
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü Q˘O`«∞Ö’ `«_ç PiáÈ~ÚOk. KåÖÏ ~ÀAÅ HÀiHõ J#fl@∞ìQÍ ÖËz xÅ|_®¤_»∞. KåÖÏ =º^èŒ K≥O^Œ∞`«∞#fl@∞ì "≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞.
f~°É’`ÀOk. Hõ„i "≥Ú^Œ∞ÌÖÏ =ÙO_Õ ÉèÏ~°ºx ~°q∞Oz ~°q∞Oz #tOz# ''ZO`« =∂@<åfl=Ù QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ. W^Õ<å h ¿ãflÇ≤Ï`«∞_»x J~°÷O
HÍ=∞Ѩ٠HÀÔ~¯Å∞ J`«xfl P„â◊~ÚOKå~Ú. ÖÏ=ÙQÍ... QÆ_ç¤ "≥∂ѨÙÖÏ =ÙO_Õ KÕã∞¨ ‰õΩOk. <å‰õΩ#fl ã¨=∞㨺Å`À... =uÎ_Åç `À <Õ#∞ =Ó~°@ K≥O^Õk hÖÏO\˜
ÃÑàϧO g∞^Œ `«xOHõ Hõ‰õΩ¯iÎQÍ PÜ«∂㨠Ѩ_»Hõ¯ˆ~¡^Œ∞. "åi =^ÕÌ. JÖÏO\˜k h WO\’¡ h ÉèÏ~°º`À <Õ#∞ `«Ñ¨CQÍ.. ™ês.. Wxfl
ã¨#flQÍ.. fQÆÖÏ #=#"À<Õ‡+≤`"« ∞≥ #ÿ JO^•Å`À.. Z„~°\ ˜ HÔ Ã· ÑH˜¯OKÕ ~ÀAÅ ¿ãflǨÏOÖ’ "≥Ú^Œ\™˜ êi h ^ŒQ~æÆ ° =∞#ã¨∂ÊùiQÎ Í QÆ_Ñ» Ö¨ HË áõ È`«∞<åfl#∞.
~°OQÆ∞`À... P~ÀQƺ=O`«"∞≥ #ÿ P Éè∞í *ÏÅx #Å∞ѨÙ`∂« =∞^è"Œ ∞≥ H˜¯# á⁄>ËÅì ∞ÖÏ.. Jã¨Å∞ #∞Ö’ÛÖËHõáÈ`«∞<åfl#∞.——
‰õΩ=Ú‡`«∂.. ¿ÇÏ ÉèíQÆ"å<£.. `«fi~°QÍ ˆ~Ѩ٠Ô~O_À *Ï=Ú =~°‰õÄ HÍÖÏxfl QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ „u=¸iÎ Éèí∞[O g∞^Œ K≥ÜÕ∞ºã≤ J#∞~åQÆO ‰õΩiÑ≤ã¨∞Î
"ÕQÆOQÍ HõkeOK«∞. <ÕxOHõ PQÆÖË#∞. D P"Õâßxfl Z‰õΩ¯=¿ãѨ٠<åÖ’ J<åfl_»∞.
^•K«∞HÀÖË#∞. "≥à§◊ QÆHͯe. "Õ_ç "Õ_ç P"ÕâO◊ PÜ«∂ã¨O ~°∂ѨOÖ’ |Ü«∞\˜H˜ ''<å‰õΩ `≥bHõ HÍ^Œ∞. #=∞‡HõO ÖËHõ HÍ^Œ∞. PQÆÖHË õ J_»QÖÆ HË õ J_çQÍ#∞.
ѨOÑ≤OKåe. WѨC_»∞ <å =∞#ã¨∞ ã≤÷q∞`« Ѩ_çOk. J#º^è• ÉèÏqOK«=^Œ∞Ì. <å rq`«OÖ’
JHõ¯_» HõHõ¯_Õ J`«#∞ "≥Ú`«ÎO =º=Ǩ~åxfl TÇ≤ÏOK«∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl_»∞. ^˘iH˜# W^ŒÌ~°∞ P_»"åà◊√§ ZO^Œ∞‰õΩÖË Hõ_»∞Ѩ٠zOK«∞‰õΩO@∂ HÍà◊§ g∞^Œ
Ô~O_À*Ï=Ú =~°‰õÄ J`«x q+¨Ü«∞O =kÖË¿ãÎ – Ѩ_»∞`«∞Ok...——
''D „ѨÑO¨ K«OÖ’ JxflO\˜H<õ åfl Q˘Ñ¨Êk.. WOHÍ K≥_áç Èxk U=∞<åfl ''WO`«H© JÖÏO\˜ áêÑ≤+ì≤ â◊OHõ h =∞#ã¨∞Ö’H˜ ZÖÏ „Ѩ"tÕ OzOk.——
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''K≥|∞`å#∞. WѨC_»∞ HÍ^Œ∞. =∞~À W~°"≥· ~ÀAÅ `«~åfi`«.—— ˆQ@∞ f¿ã ™êǨÏã¨O K≥Ü«∞ºÖË^Œ∞. J@∂ W@∂ K«∂ã≤ Z=~°∂ ÖË~°x
''h W+¨ìO—— Éèí∞*ÏÖˇQƈ~âß_»∞ „u=¸iÎ. xâ◊Û~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åflHõ.. Ju „Ѩܫ∞`«flO g∞^Œ „ѨǨÏs ZHͯ_»∞.
P ~å„u ѨkQÆO@ÖˆH „ѨâßO`«OQÍ Ñ¨_H» gõ ∞^Œ Hõà√◊ ¡ =¸ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞ ZHõ¯_À ^Œ∂~°OQÍ T~°‰õΩHõ¯Å∞ "≥Ú~°∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. P_»‰õΩHõ¯ HÀã¨O
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ. ã¨∞ѨÅ`«#x ˆH=ÅO Ô~K«ÛQ˘_»∞`ÀOk. J=HÍâ◊O ~åHõ "≥ÚQƉõΩHõ¯ JiKÕ J~°∞ѨÙÅq. "≥∞Å¡QÍ „H˜O^ŒH˜ kQÍ_»∞. ֒ѨŠá¶êº<£ â◊|ÌO
Ñ≤KÛ≥ H˜¯áÈ`ÀOk. `å#∞ Wi>Ë\ò J=fi‰õÄ_»^∞Œ . Uk U"≥∞<ÿ å `å#∞ PѶ㑠∞¨ ‰õΩ bÅQÍ q#Ѩ_»∞`ÀOk.
â‹Å=Ù ÃÑ\Ïìe. W~°"≥· <åÅ∞QÆ∞ QÆO@Å∞ HõxÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩx =ÙO_®e. P `«~åfi`« P ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ Z=Ô~<· å K«∂ã≤ „Ѩtfl¿ãÎ `«# ã≤u÷ Uq∞@<Õ q+¨Ü∞« O
QÍh x„^ŒÖ’H˜ *ÏiáÈÖË^Œ∞. QÆ∞iOz Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. J`«xH˜ HÍ"åeã≤Ok XHõ¯>Ë Éèí∂q∞ PHÍâßÅ∞
––– `«Å„H˜O^Œ∞Å~Ú<å ÃÑ~°\Ö˜ ’H˜ KÕ~∞° HÀ=@O.. ~Ô O_À *Ï=ÚÖ’ =KÕÛ ã¨∞ѶŨ x
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =∞OK«O ѨHõ¯<Õ Ñ¨~°∞¿Ñã¨∞‰õΩx Ѩ_»∞‰õΩx =ÙOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å. ^ŒQÆæiH˜ fã¨∞HÀ=@O...
P"≥∞ Hõà§◊ ~Ú`Õ =¸ã¨∞‰õΩOk QÍh x„^ŒáÈ=@O ÖË^∞Œ . QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ QÆ∞~°Hxõ J^Œ$+¨Oì Z‰õΩ¯=™ê~°∞ J^è=Œ ÚÅ"≥¿· Ñ =ÙO@∞Ok. Z@∞=O\˜ W|ƒOk
qO@∂ HõΔ}ÏÅ∞ ÖˇHõ¯ÃÑ_»∞`«∂ Ô~O_À *Ï=Ú HÀã¨O Z^Œ∞~°∞ K«∂™ÈÎOk. Z^Œ∞~°=fi‰õΩO_®<Õ ã¨O^Œ∞Ö’Oz ÃÑ~°\ ˜Ö’H˜ =KåÛ_»∞.
H˜\ ˜H©Ö’Oz xOy =∞ã¨HõQÍ Hõ#Ѩ_»∞`ÀOk. |O_»Å∞ ÖËHáõ È=@O =Å¡ JO`å |∞~°^QŒ Í =ÙOk. ÉÏ`ü~∂° O K«∞@∂ì
PHÍâ◊O "Õ∞Ѷ¨∂=$`«"≥∞ÿOk. U"À ~°Hõ~°HÍŠѨÓÅ "≥ÚHõ¯Å∞<åfl~Ú. "å\˜x `˘Hõ¯‰õΩO_® F ѨHõ¯QÍ "≥o§
ã¨#flQÍ `«∞ѨÊ~° ~åÅ∞`ÀOk. ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. QÆ|∞‰õΩ¯# ã¨∞ѶŨ |^Œ∞Å∞ WO\’¡Oz QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ |Ü«∞\˜H˘zÛ<å
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü `˘q∞‡kO\˜Hˆ Éè’[#O HÍxzÛ gkèÖ’H˜ =KåÛ_»∞. `«∞ѨÊ~° Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü Hõ#Ѩ__» ∞» . WHõ ã¨∞ѨŠ~å=@"Õ∞ `«~∞° "å~Ú. D Hõ\H˜ õ |∞~°^<Œ ÅÕ
â◊s~åxfl `å‰õΩ`«∞<åfl "≥K«ÛQÍ<Õ =ÙOk. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ‰õΩK«#y~°∞ÖË Hõà◊§=ÚO^Œ∞ g∞^≥·<å 㨈~.. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx =keÃÑ@ì‰õÄ_»^Œ∞.
"≥∞^Œ∞Å∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. `«#H˜ `≥eã≤# â◊$OQÍ~° ~°ÇϨ ™êºÅhfl K≥áêÊe. K≥Ü∂« ºe. ‰õΩK«∞HõKåk
fÑ≤ H˜m§ XHõ\ ˜ Hõ\ ˜ìOK«∞‰õΩx Ǩïëê~°∞QÍ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ WO\˜ ˆHã≤ HõàÏ™ê÷<åÅhfl KÕ`ÀÎ `«xq f~å x=∞~åe. ã¨fi~°æ ã¨∞MÏÅ∞ W"Õ Jx K≥áêÊe.
#_»Hõ ™êyOKå_»∞. ~À_»∞¤ g∞^Œ XHõ\ © J~å =∞#∞+¨μºÅ∞ `«Ñ¨ÊxOz Z‰õΩ¯= P_»^•xfl â◊$OQÍ~°Ö’ "≥∞Ñ≤ÊOK« QÆey`Õ u~°∞Qˆ =ÚOk. J_çy#ѨC_»∞ HÀiHõ
[#ã¨OKå~°O ÖË^Œ∞. Hõey#ѨC_»∞.. Ñ≤eÑ≤OK«∞HÀ=K«∞Û. Jã¨Å∞ ~åQÍ<Õ U=ÚO@∞Ok? Å*Ï˚ÉÏè ~°
JѨÊ\˜ˆH JO`å QÆ∂\˜H˜ KÕ~°∞‰õΩx =Ù#fl^Õ^À ux x„^•^Õqx "≥∂=Ú`À =ÙO@∞O^•? ÖËHõ =ÅѨÙÅhfl =ÅѨÙÖÏ¡ ‰õΩ=∞‡iã¨∞ÎO^•? D
PǨfixã¨∞<Î åfl~°∞. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ WO\˜ KèåÜ«∞Å =KÕÛã¨iH˜ "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜ ѨÓÅ "≥ÚHõ¯ÖË =∞# áê#∞ÊÅO@∞O^•? D Hõ\ ˜Hõ pHõ\ ˜ =∞# â◊$OQÍ~°
*Ï=Ú QÆ_çzOk. ™ê„=∂*ϺxH˜ J_»∞¤ `≥~° JO@∞O^•?
Ѩ_Õ z#∞‰õΩÅ∞ ‰õÄ_® PyáÈÜ«∂~Ú. K«eQÍe =∂„`«O g™ÈÎOk. ~Ô O_À *Ï=Ú =~°‰Äõ fÑ≤ fÑ≤ `«ÅѨÙefl <≥=∞~°∞"Õã∞¨ ‰õΩO@∂ QÆ_áç ê_»∞.
ˆQ@∞H˜ `åà◊O "≥Ü«∞º~°#fl ã¨OQÆu Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~üH˜ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. J~Ú<å ã¨iQÍæ Ô~O_À *Ï=Ú J_»∞QÆ∞ÃÑ>Ëì ã¨=∞Ü«∂xH˜ Ö’# Öˇ·@∞ "≥eyOk. ZO`«
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x„^ŒáÈ`«∞<åfl Öˇ@ · ∞ "Õã#≤ ѨC_»∞ "≥∞Å∞‰õΩ= =ã¨∞OÎ k. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ zH͉õΩQÍ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~üH˜ ÉÏQÍ `≥Å∞ã¨∞. JO^Œ∞ˆH ֒ѨŠÉÏ`ü~°∂OÖ’ ã¨∞ѨÅx–
Hõà◊√¡ `≥iz ''J~°÷~å„u JOHõ=∞‡t"åÖËO\˜?—— J<åfl_»∞. FѨÖxË F~°fiÖËx "≥KÛ« \˜ ÉÏ^è#Œ K«ÖÏ¡~∞° Û‰õΩO@∞<åfl_»∞. ã¨∞_çQÍeÖÏ
''J~°÷~å„u Öˇ·@∞ "Õ¿ãÎ<Õ zHÍHõxÑ≤¿ãÎ .. D >ˇÿ=ÚÖ’ ɡ·@ =ÙO>Ë P„Hõq∞OK«∞‰õΩO@∞#fl Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~üx PѨ@O ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å =Å¡ HÍ=@O ÖË^Œ∞.
=∂ˆH=∞xÑ≤OKåe... g∞ J#∞Éèí=OÖ’H˜ =¿ãÎ<Õ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ÎOk P Ü«∂`«#. Hõã≤f~å #e¿Ñã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞.
|Ü«∞\˜ÔHàϧe. ZO^Œ∞HÀ c¡_çOQ∑ Z‰õΩ¯=QÍ J=Ù`ÀOk.—— Jã¨ÖË P"≥∞k J^Œ∞ƒù`"« ∞≥ #ÿ ™œO^Œ~º° O... ^•xH˜ `À_»∞ „ѨH$õ u, ~Ô O_»∞
''ã¨i ã¨i .. "≥à◊√§...—— J@∞ uiQÍ_»∞ qã¨∞QÍæ. HõeÑ≤ J`«_çfl =∞#‡^èŒ∞_çfl KÕâß~Ú. P"Õâ◊O`À ~˘Ñ¨C`«∞<åfl_»∞. =∞kèOz#
''"≥à◊§=∞O>Ë "≥à◊¡\ÏxH˜ ^•i Uk <å ^•i =¸¿ãâß~°∞QÍ.—— `«∞"≥∞‡^Œ â◊|ÌOOÖÏ =ÙO^Œk. á⁄QÆ~°∞ |\˜ì# Ü«∞=fi# y~°∞Å#∞ =Ú^Œ∞ÌÅ`À
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =∞iO`« "≥ÚǨÏO z\˜ã¡ ∂¨ .Î .. Å∞OwH˜ Hõ@∞ì‰Ωõ #fl `åàÏxfl =ÚOK≥`åÎ_∞» .
fã≤ WKåÛ_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ^•xfl fã¨∞‰õΩOk. =O@ QÆkÖ’Oz ÃÑ~°\ ˜Ö’H˜ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ J_»∞¤ K≥ѨÊÖË^Œ∞. Jã¨OHõeÊ`«OQÍ J`«x Éèí∞*ÏÅ
áÈÜÕ∞ `«Å∞ѨىõΩ#fl `åàÏxfl fã≤ |Ü«∞\˜H˜ J_»∞QÆ∞ÃÑ\˜ìOk. g∞^Œ KÕ~Ú "Õã≤Ok.
K«Å\¡ ˜ QÍe P"≥∞ â◊s~åxfl ã¨Ê $tOzOk. â◊s~åxˆH HÍ^Œ∞ =∞#ã¨∞‰õΩ JO`Õ! J`«#∞ [Ѷ∞¨ # „Ѩ^âÕ O◊ Ö’ xq∞~å_»∞. JÖψQ QÀ_»H˜ PxKåÛ_»∞.
‰õÄ_® Ǩ~Ú HõeæOk. ÃÑ~°\’¡ Öˇ·\ò "Õã≤Ok. 'JÉσ~Ú „QÆO^䌙êOQÆ∞_Õ— J#∞‰õΩOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å.
"≥Å∞QÆ∞ XHõ¯™êiQÍ ÃÑ~°\ ˜x P=iOK«∞‰õΩOk. JѨÊ\˜ˆH Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü qѨÊnÜ«∞@O ‰õÄ_® P~ü.ì .. KåÖÏ=∞Ok =∞QÆ"åà◊§H˜ Hõ@_ì O» ZÖÏQÆ∂
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å#∞ K«∂âß_»∞. ã≤QÆ∞æѨ_»∞`«∂, P"≥∞ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ =zÛOk. J`«xx `≥b^Œ∞. qѨÊnÜ«∞@O Jã¨ÖË `≥b^Œ∞.. "≥Ú`«ÎO ѨxH˜ Ѩk xq∞ëêÅ∞ Ѩ_ç`Õ
K«∂ã≤ F z~°∞#=Ùfi Ѩ_Õã≤Ok. „|Ǩ‡#O^Œ Éèíi`«∞_»Ü«∂º_»∞. =O@QÆk qѨÊnÜ«∞\ÏxH˜ J~°QOÆ @ Ѩ_∞» `«∞Ok. ‰õΩã‘ΠѨ@∞ìÖÏQÍ ÖÏy ÖÏy ÖÏQÆÖHË õ
`«Å∞Ѩ٠^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ ÖÏy â◊|ÌO ~å‰õΩO_® QÆ_ç ÃÑ\˜ìOk. n#OQÍ „Ñ≤ÜÚ« ~åe =OHõ K«∂™êÎ~∞° . q[Ü«∞QÆ~fi° O`À P"≥∞ Hõ}Δ OÖ’ fÜ«∞QÍ<Õ
Xà◊§O`å |∞~°^Œ`À.. HÍ=∞Ѩ٠HÀÔ~¯`À, Ü«ÚHÍÎÜ«ÚHõÎ qK«HõΔ}, =∞QÍ_ç#x q[$Oaè™êÎ~°∞. g~å"Õâ◊O „Ѩ^Œi≈™êÎ~°∞.
Q“~°=O... ™êfiaè=∂#O Jhfl áÈQ˘@∞ì‰õΩ#fl Hõ=∂ÅHõ~üx z\˜ÔH# "Õe`À JÖÏO\˜ ÉÏѨ`∞« HÍ^Œ∞ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~.ü . KåÖÏ=∞Ok P_»"åà◊§ ÖÏOQÍÅ
ÃãQ· KÆ ãÕ ≤ ÉÏ`ü~∂° OÖ’H˜ "≥à=¡◊ ∞Ok. K≥Ñʨ @O PÅ㨺O K«ÑC¨ # Ö’xÔHàϧ_»∞. ÉÁO^Œ∞Å∞, ǨïH±ûÅ∂ fã≤# J#∞Éèí=O.. ã¨~°fiO `≥eã≤# *Ï˝x Hõ^•! ^•xH˜
F |ÔH¯@∞ì.. ~Ô O_»∞ hà◊§ K≥O|∞Å∞.. ã¨|∞ƒÅ∞.. ëêOѨÓÅ∂.. `«_ç Jã¨ÇϨ ºOQÍ `À_»∞ HÍ=Ú‰õΩ_»∞. @ѨC# ÖÏQÍ_»∞.
=ÙOk. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü "å\˜<Õg∞ Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. Ö’xH˘zÛ `«Å∞ѨÙÖËã¨∞Î#fl J^Õ Hõ}Δ OÖ’ ã¨∞ѶŨ ~Ô O_»∞ KÕ`∞« Å`À ÅOQÍx *Ï~°‰Ωõ O_® PÑ≤Ok..
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å#∞ P„`«OQÍ H“yeOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. fHõΔ}OQÍ J`«x =OHõ K«∂ã≤Ok.. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü QÆ∞@HõÅ∞ q∞OQÍ_»∞...
JHõ¯_ç^•HÍ =KåÛHõ ɡ~°∞ÔHO^Œ∞‰õΩ, ã≤ÔQæO^Œ∞‰õΩ. =zÛOk JO^Œ∞ˆH z#flQÍ ... KåÖÏ z#flQÍ JOk.
J~Ú#ѨC_»∞ "≥ÚǨÏ=∂@O ^ÕxH˜? JO^Œ∞ˆH J<åfl~°∞.... _»|∞ƒ ^ŒQÆæ~°, ''nxHÀã¨=∂ <Õ#∞ ~°=∞‡Ok? PáêºÜ«∞`« HÀã¨O "≥ÚǨÏO "åz..
uO_ç ^ŒQÆæ~°, â◊$OQÍ~°OÖ’#∂ "≥ÚǨÏ=∂@O ѨxH˜~å^Œx. D ã¨∂H˜Î Éèií OK«ÖxË =º^èxŒ g∞ =ÚO^Œ∞Oz ##∞fl <Õ#∞ JiÊOK«∞‰õΩO^•=∞x Pt¿ã.Î .
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z=iH˜ ... WÖÏ... =∂Oã¨Ñ¨Ù =Ú^ŒÌÅ HÀã¨O–—— J#ÖË^Œ∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å. `ÕeHõQÍ #=Ùfi`«∂ JOk.
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü "≥ÚǨÏO g∞^Œ K«hfl~°∞ áÈã≤#@∞¡~ÚOk. ''#∞=Ùfi K≥Ñ≤ÊOk x["Õ∞.. HÍh D™êi ÉÏQÍ c¡_çOQ∑ J=Ù`ÀOk.
''HõΔq∞OK«∞.. `˘O^Œ~°Ñ¨_®¤#∞...—— J<åfl_»∞ `≥Å¡\ ˜ Éèí∞*ÏÅ g∞^Œ =∞~À™êi ... ##∞fl `«e¡x KÕ¿ã ÉÏ^茺`« =∂„`«O g∞^Õ.——
x=Ú~°∞`«∂<Õ. ''WѨC_≥·<å ã≤^Œú"Õ∞. Ug∞ J=fi^Œ∞. ZO`À ^Œ∂~°O#∞Oz =∞~À<Àfl
''‰õÄ~ÀÛ... —— JOk P*Ï˝Ñ¨#QÍ.... fÑ≤ TǨÏÅ`À =Ù<åfl#∞ HÍ^Œ#‰õΩ—— P"≥∞ "≥ÚǨÏO g∞^Œ "≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\˜ì
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü |∞kúQÍ JHõ¯_Õ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ÅOQÍ ÉÁO^Œ∞ ÃÑ^•Å#∞ JO^Œ∞HÀÉ’`«∂ J<åfl_»∞.
ã¨=iOK«∞‰õΩx ‰õΩK«∞Ûà◊√§ ã¨~°∞̉õΩx J`«x Z^Œ∞~°∞QÍ ‰õÄ~°∞ÛOk. W~°∞‰õΩQÍ ''pè.. Jã¨Ç¨ÏºOQÍ =ÙO@∞Ok—— JOk `«Å uѨC‰õΩO@∂ –
=ÙOk. W^ŒÌi HÍà◊¥§ `«QÆ∞Å∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü QÆ∞O_≥ "ÕQÆO =∞iO`« ''HÍ=∞"Õ∞ XHõ Jã¨Ç¨ÏºO.. JO`«‰õΩ q∞Oz# K«O_®ÅO ã¨$+≤ìÖ’<Õ
ÃÑ~°∞QÆ∞`ÀOk. ÖË^Œ∞.——
q#|∞kúHÍHõáÈ~Ú<å ã¨∞ѶŨ K≥ÑÊ≤ Ok J#º=∞#㨯~QÍ<Õ qO@∞<åfl_»∞ ''J^Õq∞\˜ Ѩq„`«"≥∞ÿ# HÍ~åºxH˜ ã¨iH˘`«Î ÉÏ+¨ºO K≥|∞`«∞<åfl~°∞.——
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü. ''^•xˆHq∞\˜ KåÖÏ K≥ѨÊQÆÅ#∞. WkQÀ <å `åoÉÁ@¡H˜ ‰õÄ_® H˘`«Î
''q∞=∞‡efl "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜™êi =∂ ÃÑà◊§~Ú# H˘`«ÎÖ’ K«∂âß#∞. JѨC_Õ x~°fiK«<åxfl K≥ѨÊQÆÅ#∞.——
<å =∞#ã¨∞ =∞o§Ok. HÍh ã¨O™ê~°O ^Œ$+≤ìÖ’ ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩx =∞#ã¨∞ ''J~Ú`Õ K≥ѨÊO_ç...—— JOk L`åûǨÏOQÍ–
=∞~°Å∞Û‰õΩ<åfl#∞. P `«~åfi`« Zeã≤Ok. <å Éè~í ΰ ã¨O™ê~åxH˜ ѨxH˜ ~å_»x. –Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü "å\˜x Ѩ@∞ì‰Ωõ Ok "å\˜ „H˜O^Œ∞#fl "å\˜x `åHõ\ÏxH˜.
UO KÕ™êÎO ã¨~°∞̉õΩ<åfl#∞. HÍh D =∞^茺 J#∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ HÍ"åe... x=Ù~°∞ QÆÑ≤Ê# xѨCÖÏ ^•‰õΩ¯#fl "≥O_ç H˘O_»Åx.. `«#Ö’x JyfltYÅx
`«e¡x J"åfiÅx. JO^Œ∞ˆH x#∞fl Z#∞fl‰õΩ<åfl#∞.—— K«ÖÏ¡~ˆ Û Ñ¨Ó~°‰‚ Ωõ OÉèÏÅx ã¨Ê $tOKåÅx, ã¨∞ѶŨ JÖÏ J_çQˆ ã¨iH˜ UO K≥áêÊÖÏ
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü xâ◊Û`«OQÍ K«∂ã≤ – ''P q+¨Ü«∞OÖ’ PÖ’zOK«Hõ¯~° Jx XHõ¯HõΔ}O `«_»|_®¤_»∞. `˘O^Œ~°QÍ<Õ F áÈeHõ ã¨$+≤ìOKå_»∞.
ÖË^Œ∞. Hõ_»∞Ѩ٠KÕÜ«∞QÆÅ nè~°`«fiO ѨÙ+¨¯ÅOQÍ =ÙOk.—— qÖÏã¨OQÍ... "å\˜x x=Ú~°∞`«∂...''K«∂_»∞.. *Ï„QÆ`QΫ Í QÆ=∞xOK«∞——
''HÍh...—— J<åfl_»∞. JÖÏ JO@∞#flѨC_»∞ ã¨÷<åÅx =`«∞Î`«∞<åfl_»∞. ^•<Õflg∞
''Pñ... HÍh....—— Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«∞HÀ#@∞ì Pã¨H˜ÎQÍ `«# `åoÉÁ@¡ =OHõ K«∂ã≤Ok.
''<å ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ìO ɡ·@ =Ù<åfl#∞. F J~°QÆO@ „H˜`«O `≥eã≤Ok. UO ~åq P‰õΩÖÏQÍ QÆ∞O„_»OQÍ =Ù#fl ˆ~‰õΩ =∞^茺#∞ á⁄_»∞K«∞‰õΩO@∂
K≥Ü«∞ºQÆÅ#∞. ÉÏ^èŒÑ¨_»@O `«Ñ¨Ê.. x#∞fl x~åâ◊ Ѩ~°Û@O `«Ñ¨Ê.—— =KÕÛ "≥Ú#... JÖÏO\˜q Ô~O_»∞.
''Ѩ~åfiÖË^∞Œ . h@∞QÍ â◊√„ÉèOí QÍ =ÙO>Ë P ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’#∂ â◊$OQÍ~°O ''WO^Œ∞Ö’<Õ =ÙOk Jã¨Å∞ H˜@∞‰õΩ. QÆ∞O„_»OQÍ =Ù#fl D ˆ~‰õΩ g∞^Œ
[~°ÑK¨ ∞« Û.—— "≥Ú# Uq∞\’ `≥Å∞™ê? =∞QÆ"å_ç =∞QÆ`«#Ѩ٠zǨÏflO... WHõáÈ`Õ D
''Fi T~°‰õΩHͯ. WHõ =∞x+≤H˜ [O`«∞=ÙH© `Õ_® U=ÚOk?— Jx JÖÏ~°O "≥Ú`«OÎ K«∂_»∞. Uk QÆ∞~°∞HÎ ˘ã¨∞OÎ k. "≥Ú# "≥ÚQÆ"å_≥`· .Õ . ~“O_£?——
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''Kè«!... JkHÍ^Œ∞. =∞OQÆà◊ã¨∂„`«=∞O>Ë „ã‘ΠѨÙ~°∞+¨ ÉèÏQÍÅ∞ HÍ^Œ∞. ''JO`« HÍHõ =∞Ô~O`«? ɡ·@ QÆ_çÃÑ\˜ì ÉÏ`ü~°∂OÖ’ ã¨~°™êÖÏ_»∞`«∞
ã¨OQÆ=∞zǨÏfl=Ú. Jã¨ÖË HÍ=Ù. Ѩ~=° ∞ Ѩq„`«OQÍ Éè~í `° <« åi ѨÓlOK«∞‰õΩ<Õ <åfl##∞‰õΩ<åfl~å?——
zǨflÅ∞. ǨÏ=fi P_»"åiH˜ K≥a`Õ P `åoÉÁ@∞ì `å_»∞Å`À<Õ =Ùi"Õ™êÎ~°∞. ''<À~°∞‡Üü∞! h <À\’¡ <À~°∞ ÃÑ@ì@=∞O>Ë Jâ◊√^ŒOú Ö’ ÃÑ\˜#ì >Ë.ì ֒ѨeH˜
''JO`« Ѩx KÕÜ«∞‰õΩ. U^À "åQÍ#∞.—— `«QÆÅ_»∞—— J#fl =∂@Å∞ q<åflHõ QÍx Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü QÆ∞O_≥^Œ_» =∂=¸Å∞
''J~Ú`Õ xq∞iOk KåÅ∞ QÍx KÕ`«∞Å∞ uÜ«∞ºO_ç.—— ã≤÷uÖ’H˜ ~åÖË^Œ∞.
''JO`Õ<å...?—— ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å #~°‡QÆ~°ƒùOQÍ #=Ùfi`«∂ Öˇ·@∞fã≤ Ö’xH˜ #_çzOk.
''WѨÊ\˜HO˜ `Õ =∞m§ Hõ|∞~°∞ KÕ™êÎ#∞. `˘O^Œ~Ñ° _¨ ç ~å=^Œ∞.Ì Jn HÍHõ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ *Ï„QÆ`«ÎQÍ =∞m§ `åà◊O "Õã¨∞‰õΩx Å∞OwH˜ Hõ@∞ì‰õΩx
D =∞^茺 D UiÜ«∂Ö’ ^˘OQÆÅ∞ Ѩ_»∞`«∞<åfl~°∞. pHõ\ ˜Ö’ á⁄~°áê@∞ Ѩ_∞» ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
Ѩ_ç`Õ ^˘OQÆÅ#∞‰õΩx „Éèí=∞Ѩ_ç`Õ W^ŒÌi Ѩ~°∞=Ó QÆOQÆáêÅ∞.—— ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å Ǩ~ÚQÍ Hõà◊√§ =¸ã¨∞‰õΩOk.
''^ÕqQÍi P[˝ ÖËx^Õ ZO^Œ∞H˘™êÎ#∞. =∞m§...—— #ã≤QÍ_»∞. ÃÑ·# á¶êº<£ HÍÅOÖÏ `«# =∂<å# `å#∞ UHÍ„QÆ`«QÍ uiQÆ∞`ÀOk.
Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~xü ^ŒQiæÆ H˜ ÖωõΩ¯x #∞^Œ∞\˜ g∞^Œ =Ú^Œ∞Ì ÃÑ@∞ì‰Ωõ x ÖËzOk. D™êi ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å "Õ∞Å∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. Hõ=∞‡QÍ x„^ŒáÈ~ÚOk.
ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_»∞ `«Å∞Ѩ٠K«ÑC¨ _»~ÚºOk. Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü K«ÑC¨ # ÖËz xÅ∞Û<åfl_»∞. ––––ó
Hõà◊√§ "≥_»Å∞û KÕã≤ ÉèíÜ«∞OQÍ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx K«∂âß_»∞. HõÅâ◊㨺 =ÚMË q+¨μ‚ó HõOˆ~î ~°∞„^Œã¨û„t`«ó,
ã¨∞ѶŨ `åÑ‘QÍ ÖËz ''Ug∞ ÉèÜ í ∞« OÖË^∞Œ . WHõ¯_Õ =ÙO_»∞. "Õ∞O ֒ѨeH˜ =¸ÖË `«„`«ã≤÷`Õ „|Ǩχ =∞^èÕº =∂`«$ QÆ}Ïó 㨇`å
"≥à◊§QÍ<Õ "≥à◊√§—— Jx |Ü«∞\˜H˘zÛOk. HõÅâ◊=Ú#∞ h\˜`À xOѨ٠ѨÙ+ʨ =Ú#∞ N"ÕOHõ>âË fi◊ ~°∞x áê^ŒÑ^¨ ‡Œ =ÚÅ
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ÉÏ`ü~°∂O `«Å∞Ѩ٠`≥iz QÆ_ç ÃÑ\˜ì# =O@QÆk =^ŒÌ‰õΩ =^ŒÌ =ÙOz =∞m§ â’¡HõO JO^Œ∞‰õΩOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å.
x=∞‡ÅOQÍ #_çzOk. WOHÍ `˘e "≥Å∞QÆ∞ ѨÓiÎQÍ ~åÖË^Œ∞. Ѩ‰õΔΩÅ H˜ÅH˜Å~å"åÅ∞
֒ѨeflOz WOHÍ `«Å∞Ѩ٠H˘_»∞`«∂<Õ =Ù<åfl_»∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ. q#Ѩ_∞» `«∞<åfl~Ú.
"≥o§ QÆ_çÜ«∞ fã≤Ok. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ WOHÍ x„^Œ ÖË=ÖË^Œ∞. HÍh =∞QÆ`«QÍ "≥∞Å∞‰õΩ=QÍ<Õ
''ɡ·@ QÆ^≥O^Œ∞‰õΩ "Õâß=Ù?—— <À\˜H˘zÛ# |∂`«∞ =∂@x "å_®_»∞. LOk. L^ŒÜ«∂<Õfl WOHÍ x„^Œ `«=∞x g_»Hõ=ÚO^Õ, ѨÓ[ QÆkÖ’Oz P
''g∞ x„^Œ ã¨OQÆu <å‰õΩ `≥b^•? ‰õΩHõ¯Å∞ *Á~°|_ç`Õ—— J`«x u@¡x ÉèíH˜Î ÉèÏ=O K≥=ÙÅH˜ ™ÈH˜`Õ HõeˆQ J#∞Éèí∂u. ˆH=ÅO J#∞Éèíq¿ãÎ =KÕÛk.
Ѩ\ Oì˜ K«∞HÀ‰õΩO_® JOk. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ `å^蕺u‡HõOQÍ ÉèÏ~°º <À\˜ #∞O_ç "≥Å∞=_»∞`«∞#fl Ѩq„`«
''=∞xO\’¡H˜ ‰õΩHõ¯ÖÏ...?—— â’¡HÍÅx ~°=∞ºOQÍ qO@∂ ^Œ∞ѨÊ\˜x =∞iO`«QÍ ÃÑ·H˜ ÖωõΩ¯<åfl_»∞.
''J"Õ ‰õΩHõ¯Ö’... ѨOkH˘‰õΩ¯Ö’, Ñ≤Å∞¡Ö’ U"À XHõ\ ˜?—— ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅÖ’ #KÕÛ QÆ∞}O J^˘Hõ¯>Ë. `å#∞ ÖË=Hõ=ÚO^Õ ÖËz K«Hõ¯QÍ
''JO`Õ<å?—— J<åfl_»∞ J#∞=∂#OQÍ – `«ÅO@∞‰õΩx `«Ö’ `«_ç P~°H=õ ÚO^Õ ^≥=· O =ÚO^Œ∞ ‰õÄ~°∞ÛO@∞Ok. qkèQÍ
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~ÀE ѨÓ[ KÕã¨∞ÎOk. =∞QÍ_ç`À ã¨xflÇ≤Ï`«OQÍ =ÙO_»K«∞Û. HÍh Éèí~°Î. P_»k KåÖÏ™ê~°∞¡ „¿Ñ=∞Ö’
KåÖÏ=∞Ok P_»"åà◊√§ |^ŒúHõOQÍ "å~åxH˜ XHõ¯™êˆ~ KÕ¿ãk x`«ºO J=∂Ü«∞HõOQÍѨ_»K«∞Û. HÍh ã≤xûÜ«∞~üQÍ =¸_»∞ =Úàı§ã≤# "å_Õfl
KÕã∞¨ OÎ k. „¿Ñq∞ã¨∞ÎOk.
„Ѩu~ÀA Éè’[#O, x„^Œ ZÖÏ =∞izáÈ~À ^≥·=O =ÚO^Œ∞ Ô~O_»∞ Éèí~°ÎH˜ `≥eÜ«∞‰õΩO_® J„Hõ=∞ ã¨O|O^èŒO ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩ#fl P_»k ã¨~Ú`«O
Hõ}Δ ÏÅ∞ ÉèHí QΘ Í "≥∂HõiÅ¡@O ‰õÄ_®.. ~ÀA "åi HÍ~°º„Hõ=∞OÖ’ XHõ ÉèÏQÆ=∞x Éèí~°Î<Õ „¿Ñq∞ã¨∞ÎOk. Hõ@∞ì‰õΩ#fl "≥ÚQÆ∞_Õ ™êx H˘OѨ֒ J"Õ∞‡ã≤<å P"≥∞
ZO^Œ∞Hõ#∞HÀ~À! „¿Ñq∞OKÕk J`«<Õfl. JHõ¯_» „¿Ñ=∞ =ºH˜Îk HÍ^Œ∞. ™êO„Ѩ^•Ü«∂xk
HõŇ+¨O, HÀѨO, ™êfi~°úO, "≥∂ã¨O Jhfl =kÖËã≤ x+¨ªQÍ, ÉèíH˜ÎQÍ Ñ¨ã¨∞ѨÙH˘=Ú‡k.
QÆ_¿ç Ñ P ~Ô O_»∞ Hõ}Δ ÏÅ∞ =∞#ã¨∞HÔ O`« `ÕeHõx Ǩ~Úx, ^è~·≥ åºhfl HõÅ∞QÆK™Õ êÎ"∂≥ . ѨÙ~°∞+¨μ_ç rq`«OÖ’ „¿Ñ=∞ F ÉèÏQÆO =∂„`«"Õ∞ HÍh „ã‘ÎH˜ Éèíˆ~Î
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ P q+¨Ü«∞OÖ’ ÉèÏ~°ºx ZѨC_»∂ Jaè#Ok™êÎ_»∞. `˘e rq`«O. JÖÏO\˜ „ã‘ÎH˜ =∞QÆ"å_çKÕÛ |Ǩï=∞u!
"≥Å∞QÆ∞ Ѩ_ô Ѩ_H» =õ ÚO^Õ J`«xH˜ "≥∞Å∞‰õΩ= =ã¨∞kÎ . ѨÓ[ JÜÕ∞ºO`«=~°‰Äõ K≥àò! K≥OѨ K≥à◊√§=∞Ok. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å Hõà◊√§ h\˜‰õΩO_»ÅÜ«∂º~Ú.
JÖÏ<Õ Ñ¨_»∞‰õΩx PÃÑ· =∞m§ Zxq∞kO\˜ ^•HÍ ÖË=_»∞. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ H˘\˜ì# K≥OѨ^≥|ƒH˜ ^Õ=Ù_ç =ÚO^Œ∞#fl Ǩ~°u ‰õÄ_®
ѨÓ[ J~ÚáÈ~ÚO^Œ#\ÏxH˜ QÆ∞~°∞QÎ Í Ö’Ñ¨Å #∞Oz QÆO@ „"≥∂yOk. XHõ¯HõΔ}O Hõke uiy ã¨÷|úOQÍ "≥Å∞QÆ∞`«∂ =ÙOk.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎH˜ =∞m§ x„^Œ =ã¨∞OÎ _»QÍ @‰õΩ¯# J`«x =∞#ã¨∞Ö’ ~å„u ã¨xfl"ÕâO◊ ''ÉèÏ~°ºx H˘>Ëì JkèHÍ~°O <≥·uHõOQÍ =∞QÍ_ç^Õ HÍ=K«∞Û. uO_ç ÃÑ\ì̃,
Hõ^ŒÖÏ_çOk. QÆ∞_»¤ `≥zÛ J=ã¨~åÅ∞ fˆ~Û Éè~í ΰ ÉèÏ~°ºx H˘\Ïì_x» Ç‘Ï#OQÍ hK«OQÍ <Õ<gÕ ∞
ã¨∞ѨŠJ~°÷~å„u ɡ·\ ˜ÔHà◊¥Î K≥Ñ≤Ê# =∂>Ë K≥=ÙÖ’¡ =∂~°∞„"≥∂yOk. K«∂_»#∞. HÍh Hõhã¨O HÍ~°}O K≥áêÊeQÍ?—— K≥OѨg∞^Œ K≥Ü∞« º fÜ«∞‰õΩO_®<Õ
JO`Õ! JѨÊ\˜=~°‰õÄ „ѨâßO`«OQÍ =Ù#fl =∞#ã¨∞ ã¨~À=~°OÖÏ JÅ[_ç J_çyOk.
ˆ~yOk. HõΔ}OÖ’<Õ Jk J`«ÖωõΩ`«ÅO J~ÚºOk. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ "≥ÚǨÏOÖ’ *ËQ∞Æ ~°∞~°OQÆ∞ =∞iO`«QÍ ÃÑiyOk. xѨCÖ’¡
z=Ùfi# ÖËKÕ <åQÆ∞áê"Õ∞ JÜ«∂º_»∞. Hõà§◊ Ö’¡H˜ q+¨O ѨÓiÎQÍ =zÛOk. HÍeÛ# W#∞Ѩ=ÚHõ¯ÖÏ¡ JÜ«∂º~Ú Hõà◊√§.
„ѨuѨHΔÍÅ∞ ¿ÑѨ~ü "≥~Ú\òû qã≤ˆ~ã≤#@∞ì g∞^Œ∞#fl ^Œ∞ѨÊ\˜x `À¿ãâß_»∞. ''~å„u <åˆHO K≥áêÊ=Ù. J~°÷~å„u `åàÏxfl #<≥flO^Œ∞‰õΩ J_çQÍ=Ù?——
K≥kix Å∞Owx Jã¨Î=ºã¨ÎOQÍ<Õ ayOKå_»∞. Ô~O_»_»∞QÆ∞Å∞ XHõ ã¨∞ѶŨ H˜ J~°O÷ HÍ=\ÏxH˜ J~°ÃãHõ<£ Ѩ\Oì˜ k. L^ŒÜ∞« Ѩ٠QÍe P"≥∞x
J_»∞QÍæ"ãÕ ≤ "≥àϧ_»∞. Páê^Œ=∞ã¨ÎHõ=¸ ã¨Ê $tOzOk. ã¨#flQÍ K«Hõ¯QÍ z~°∞#=Ùfi #qfiOk. P
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å JѨC_Õ Ñ¨Ó[QÆ∞_ç #∞Oz ÖËz =ã¨∂Î =ÙOk. #=Ùfi q[Ü«∞O`À =zÛ# ^Œ~°Ç¨ã¨O. ZO^Œ∞@"å~°∞ ‰õÄ_® #∞"Õfi ÔQeKå=Ù
Éè~í xΰ K«∂_»QÍ<Õ P"≥∞ „Ѩã#¨ flOQÍ – ''UO\˜ÑC¨ _Õ ÖËKå~°∞.. Ѩ_∞» HÀO_ç—— J#flѨC_»∞ =KÕÛ JǨÏOHÍ~° Ǩã¨O.
JOk. Jk K«∂ã≤ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =∞iO`« Ô~zÛáÈÜ«∂_»∞. ^ŒQÆæiH˘zÛ A@∞ì
"åi^ŒÌi =∞^茺 ѨO`«"Õ∞ =ÙO_»K«∞Û. J`«xg∞^Œ Jã¨Ç¨ÏºO`À =∞~À Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. P_»^•x`À Jxfl ~°HÍÅ∞QÍ F_ç#ѨC_»∞ =∞QÍ_»∞ KÕ¿ã Ѩx
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J^ÕQÍ. <å‰õΩ ã≤QÆ∞æOk.——
''Hõ<åº^•#O KÕã≤#ѨÙ_»∞ <å `«O„_ç D â◊s~°=¸ rq`«=¸ h^Õ J„ѨÜ∞« `«flOQÍ, Jã¨OHõeÊ`«OQÍ ã¨∞ѶŨ Q˘O`«∞‰õΩ ÃÑ#"Õã#≤ KÕ`∞« Å∞
#<åfl_»∞ QÍh A@∞ìѨ@∞ì‰õΩ<Õ JkèHå~°O hH˜=fiÖË^Œ∞. ‰õΩ~°∞Åx =Ú^•Ì_Õ X^Œ∞ÅÜ«∂º~Ú.
JkèHÍ~°O =ÙO^Õ"∂≥ QÍh aQÆÑ>¨ ìË JkèHÍ~°O "Õ^=Œ ∞O„`åÅ∞ ‰õÄ_® W=fiÖË^∞Œ . QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ xâıÛ+¨μì_çÖÏ xÅ|_çáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
=^Œ∞Å∞—— qkeOK«∞‰õΩOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å "≥∞_» ã¨=iOK«∞‰õΩx ѨHõ¯H˜ uiy K≥Ñ≤ÊOk.
''h „áê}O áÈ~Ú#ѨC_Õ =kÖËk. ~å„u UO K≥áêÊ=Ù. ɡ@· =Ù<åfl#∞. ''Å∞Ow WѨC_çѨC_Õ *ÏiáÈ`ÀOk. K«∂ã¨∞HÀO_ç... ѨÓiÎQÍ
c¡_çOQ∑ J=Ù`«∞O^Œx K≥Ñ≤Ê.. "≥o§.. WѨC_»∞ ѨÓ[ KÕã¨∞Î<åfl=O>Ë ~å„u *Ï~°Hõ=ÚO^Õ uiy Hõ@∞ìHÀO_ç.——
K≥Ñ≤ÊOk J|^ŒúO J#fl=∂@. P J~°QÆO@ UO KÕâß=Ù.. x[O K≥ѨC...—— ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å K≥Ñ≤ÊOk =∞~˘Hõ\ ˜... QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ J#∞‰õΩ#flk =∞~˘Hõ\ ˜.
~“„^ŒOQÍ JiKå_»∞. J#∞=∂#=∞<Õ =OHõ`À rq`«=∞<Õ Ñ¨Ó~°á‚ ê„`«x =keÃÑ_»∞`«∞<åfl=Ù. ѨÓiÎQÍ
ã¨∞ѶŨ ѨHÑõ H¨ Í #qfiOk. `≥~Å° ∞ `≥~Å° ∞QÍ... QÍb =~°¬OÖÏ =∞QÍ_ç =ke`Õ h‰õΩ rq`«"Õ∞ =ÙO_»^Œ∞... J<Õk P"≥∞ J~°÷"≥∞ÿ`Õ...
JǨxfl ~Ô K«ÛQ˘>ËÖì Ï– =O\˜g∞^Œ QÆ∞_»¤<Õ ã¨iQÍæ Hõ@∞ìHÀÖËx "å_çq #<≥flO^Œ∞‰õΩ
''q∞=∞‡efl K«∂ã¨∞OÎ >Ë *ÏÖËã∞¨ OÎ k. z#flÑ≤ÖÏ¡_Öç Ï P ~À+¨O.. P"ÕâO◊ ...—— Hõ@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl=Ù~å? P QÆ∞_»¤ÖÏ<Õ <Õ#∂ <≥=∞‡kQÍ *ÏiáÈ`«∞<åfl#∞. XH˘¯Hõ¯i
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ L^ÕfiQÆO PѨÙHÀÖËHõ ^•^•Ñ¨Ù Ñ≤zÛ"å_çÖÏ L<å‡kÖÏ H“yeÖ’ Wq∞_çáÈ`«∞<åfl#∞. J^≥ÖÏQÆ∞ QÆ=∞xOK«ÖËHõáÈ`«∞<åfl=Ù. Hõhã¨O
J~Ú A@∞ì =^Œe Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å`À Q˘O`«∞ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. h ã≤QÆæ~Ú<å `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ.. Jx J~°÷O KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
''Ñ≤zÛ Ñ≤zÛQÍ "åQƉõΩ.. ÃÑàϧO ѨHõ¯Ö’ÖË#O`« =∂„`å# Å∞Owx uiy Hõ@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. ã¨∞ѨŠJѨC_Õ Ñ¨Hõ¯H˜ "≥à◊√`«∂Ok.
`≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀÖË#O`« J=∂Ü«∞‰õΩ_çfl HÍ^Œ∞.... ~å„u Z=~˘KåÛ~°∞? UO [iyOk. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ <˘ã¨Å∞ Pqix "≥Å∞=iã¨∞<Î åfl~Ú. â◊s~°O aQÆ∞ã¨∞‰õΩOk. HÍà◊√§
Jã¨ÖËO [iyOk? K≥ѨC... ÖËHõáÈ`Õ <Õ#∞ UO KÕ™êÎ<À `≥Å∞™ê?—— ÖË=\ÏxH˜ ã≤^ŒúOQÍ =Ù<åfl~Ú.
''g∞‰õΩ t=~å„u ... <å‰õΩ "≥<≥flÅ ~å„u... =∞~˘HõiH˜ HÍ=∞O fi# XHõ\ ˜...
~å„u...—— ~Ô O_»∞...
''Z=~°∞? =zÛO^≥=~°∞ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõˆ~<å?—— „ѨK«O_» "å`«Ç¨Ï`«hѨâßY =¸_»∞...
=ÖË =}˜HᘠÈÜ«∂_»∞. `«# ÉèÏ~°º.. P ÉÏ# á⁄@ì"å_ç H“yeÖ’– P [O^躌 O.. J^è=Œ Ú_ç <À\’¡Oz =zÛ# `˘O^Œ~á° ê@∞ =∂@ÖÏ ÖËzOk HÍÅ∞..
P H˜m§ <À~°∞... Éèií OK«ÖHË áõ ÈÜ«∂_»∞. `«Å∞Û‰õΩO>Ë "åOu XHõ¯>Ë `«~∞° "å~Ú. ã¨∂\˜QÍ "≥o§ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å #_»∞g∞‡^Œ `«yeOk.
''K≥Ñʨ #∞. JÖÏ K≥áêÊÅ#fl ~°∂ÖËg∞ =∞# =∞^躌 ÃÑ@∞ìHÀÖË^∞Œ . KÕ`<« `·≥ Õ ''J=∂‡...!?—— Éèí∞=<åO`«~åÅ∞ ^Œ^ŒúiÖË¡ÖÏ ˆHHõ "≥Å∞=_çOk.
Ѩ @ ∞ì H ÀO_ç . JO`Õ Q Íh p\˜ H ˜ = ∂\˜ H ˜ =zÛ JѨ C _Õ = ∞~ÚºOk.. ѨÙ\òÉÏÖòÖÏ ÖËz ѨHõ¯<Õ =Ù#fl c~°∞"åg∞^Œ Ѩ_ç „H˜O^Œ Ѩ_çOk.
WѨC_Õ=∞~ÚºOk JO>Ë J_»QÆ\ÏxH˜ g∞‰õΩ ã≤QÆ∞æÖËHõáÈ~Ú<å K≥ѨÊ\ÏxH˜ c~°∞"åÖ’ JO^ŒOQÍ J=∞iÛ# ã‘ìÖò ™ê=∂#∞ QÆÅ QÆÅ â◊|ÌO KÕã¨∂Î
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XH˘¯Hõ¯\˜QÍ „H˜O^ŒH˜ ~åÖÏ~Ú. JO`« `«‰õΩ¯=QÍ x~åúiOK«∞‰õΩOk. =∞#O HÀ\©â◊fi~°∞ÅO HÍ=K«∞Û. KåÖÏ
ã¨∞ѶŨ HÀ¡[Ñπ fã¨∞‰õΩO>Ë.. ZѨC_»∞ `«yeO^À ZÖÏ `«yeO^À `«Å KåÖÏ Q˘Ñ¨Ê"åà◊§O HÍ=K«∞Û. Ñ≤e¿ãÎ „ѨѨOK«"Õ∞ ѨHõ¯#∞O_»K«∞Û. HÍh
#∞Oz ~°HõÎO [~°[~å „H˜O^ŒH˜ *Ï~°∞`ÀOk. Hõ#∞flÅÖ’Oz Hõhfl~°∞. WO\˜=ÚO^Œ∞ *ÏiѨ_ç`Õ "≥Ú^Œ@ ÖË=<≥`ÕÎk ÃÑ·# =∞#‰õΩ#fl ǨÏOQÆ∞Å∞
Ô~O_»∞ KÀ\Ï¡ ÃÑ^ŒÌw`« ѨHõ¯# z#flw`«ÖÏ¡ „Ѩ=Ç≤Ïã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. HÍ=Ù. ™ê\˜ =∞x+≤. WO\˜Ñ¨Hõ¯ =∞x+≤.. J^Õ ã¨=∂[O... ã¨OѶ¨∞O..
[iy# ǨÏ_®=Ù_çH˜ ɡ@ · =ÚQÆ∞"æ ãÕ ∞¨ ‰õΩO@∞#fl <ås=∞}∞Å∞ Ñ≤Å=x Éè~í xΰ , Ñ≤ÅÅ¡ x, ã¨O™ê~åxfl =ke `«#x WHõ¯_»^•HÍ fã¨∞‰õΩ ~å"åeû#
¿Ñ~°O\ÏxH˜ =zÛ#@∞ì `«~°e =KåÛ~°∞. J=ã¨~°O U=ÚOk. ˆH=ÅO =∂#=`«fiO.. P ~ÀAÖÏ K«∂ã≤ K«∂_»#@∞ì
ÖÏOQ∑ ëê\ò fã¨∞‰õΩO>Ë – ֒ѨŠ^Œ$â◊ºO.. Ü«Ú^ŒúÉèí∂=∞ÖÏ =ÙOk. "≥ÚǨÏO uѨCHÀ=K«∞Û. HÍh `«# ^èŒ~°‡O `å#∞ x~°fiiÎOzOk.
HÍÅO Hõeã≤~åHõ â◊„`«∞Ãã·x‰õΩx KÕuÖ’ ^≥|ƒu#fl g~° Ãã·x‰õΩ~åÖÏ¡ ã¨=∂[O KåÖÏ=~°‰õÄ ‰õΩo¡áÈ~Ú =ÙO_»K«∞Û. WOHÍ JHõ¯_»Hõ¯_®
=ÙOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å. =∂#=`«fiO QÆhÉèíqOzOk... HõOQÍ~°∞QÍ Ö’xH˘KåÛ~°∞. ã¨fiK«ÛùO^ŒOQÍ<Õ =ÙOk. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å Pq_»x ^ŒQÆæiH˜ ~°=∞‡x KÕux fã¨∞‰õΩx
''Jˆ~.. KåÖÏ ~°HõÎO áÈ~ÚO^Õ—— F WÖÏ¡Å∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx X_çÖ’H˜ <˘H˜¯Ok.
fã¨∞‰õΩOk. J=`«Å "åiÃÑ· =∞#‰õΩ#fl P„~°Ì`«x K«∂Ñ≤OKåÅO>Ë XHÀ¯™êi
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ "≥ÚQÆ∞_çÖÏ „Ѩ=iÎOKå_»∞. P ã≤u÷ Ö’Oz HÍ"£∞QÍ K˘Hͯ =∂@ÅHõO>Ë z#fl z#fl KÕ+¨ìÖË Z‰õΩ¯= J#∞Éèí∂ux™êÎ~Ú. ^•^•Ñ¨Ù P
"Õã¨∞‰õΩx |Ü«∞\˜H˜ #_çKå_»∞. K«~°ºH˜ HõkeáÈ~Ú „¿Ñ=∞#∞ ‰õΩiÑ≤OKÕ Hõà◊§`À – ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å`À JOk.
ã¨Ê $Ç¨Ï `«Ñ≤ÊáÈ`«∞#fl ã≤÷uÖ’ ÖËx â◊H˜Îx `≥K«∞Û‰õΩx K≥Ñ≤ÊOk. ''Ǩ~ÚQÍ Hõà√◊ § =¸ã¨∞‰õΩx Ѩ_∞» HÀ.. F QÆO@ q„âßOu fã¨∞‰õΩO>Ë
''^ŒQÆæiÖ’<Õ... Hõ~°∞}Ï Ç¨ã≤Ê@Öò.. Ñ‘¡*ò...—— "≥o§áÈ=K«∞Û. DÖ’QÍ <Õ#∞ \˜Ñ¶≤<£ fã¨∞‰õΩ=™êÎ#∞. MÏm Hõ_»∞ѨÙ`À
P `«~åfi`« P"≥∞ `À@‰õÄ~° HÍ_»ÖÏ "åeáÈ~ÚOk. =ÙO_»‰Äõ _»^∞Œ .——
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––– u~°QƉõΩO_® "≥o§Ok.
Jã¨Ê„u =∞O^Œ∞Å "åã¨# `≥Å∞™ÈÎOk. `≥~=° #x "≥Ú~å~Úã¨∞#Î fl Hõà§◊ x <åÅ∞QÆ∞ QÀ_»Å =∞^茺 `å#∞... XO@i ... ¿ÇÏ ÉèíQÆ"å<£ ! D
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„u=¸iÎ, `«#∞ =∂\Ï¡_∞» ‰õΩO@∞O_»QÍ Jã¨ÇϨ ºOQÍ "≥ÚǨÏO uѨC‰õΩ#fl JO`« Hõ+¨ìѨ_ç ##∞fl hà◊§ÖÏ ^è•~°áÈã≤Ok.
P"≥∞ – â◊ s ~° O Ö’ 㨠` « ∞ Î = `« y æ . .. Ǩ ã≤ Ê @Öò Ѩ _ » H õ g ∞^Œ q„âßOu
''ZÖÏ =ÙO^Œ=∂‡?—— QÆ∞O_≥Ö’ *Ïex J_çy# q^è•#OÖ’ fã¨∞‰õΩO@∞#flѨC_»∞ .. .. =∞# J#∞‰õΩ<Õ "å~°∞ XHõ¯~°∂ Hõ#∞K«∂Ѩ٠"Õ∞~°Ö’
K«∂Ñ≤OzOk. ÖËHõáÈ=@O ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ìO.. D „ѨѨOK«OÖ’ =Ù#fl JuH˘kÌ ^Œ∞~°^Œ$ëêìÖ’¡
D"≥∞x K«∂¿ã<å P ~ÀA JÖÏ J#∞‰õΩOk. ã¨=∂*Ïxfl QÆ∞iOz "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜k... J#∞Éèíq¿ãÎ<Õ J~°÷O JÜÕ∞º ^•~°∞} ã≤÷u Jk.
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JÖÏO\˜ ã≤u÷ Ö’ ^ŒÜ∂« xkè ֒ѨeH˘KåÛ_»∞. „áê}=Ú#fl â◊=OÖÏ =∞QÆ"åiH˜ JÖÏO\˜q Z^Œ∞~°~Ú`Õ iÖÏH±û J=fi\ÏxH˜ KåÖÏ =∂~åæÅ∞<åfl~Ú.
Ѩ_»∞‰õΩx =ÙOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å.. J`«xfl K«∂ã¨∂Î<Õ ¿ÑÅ=OQÍ #qfiOk. g∞HÀ.... WÅ∞¡ ÖË^• Ñ≤Å¡Å∞.... P Ô~O_»∂ ÖËx <åÖÏO\˜ "åiH˜ JO`«Hõ<åfl
^ŒÜ∂« xkè P ã≤u÷ Ö’#∂ P"≥∞x =∂\Ï¡_Oç K«\ÏxH˜ ^è~·≥ º° O K≥Ü∞« ºÖËHõ QÆ`«ºO`«~°O ÖË^Œ∞....——
áÈÜ«∂_»∞. =∞ø#OQÍ =zÛ Ñ¨Hõ¯<Õ xÅ∞K«∞<åfl_»∞. ''K≥ѨÊO_ç Zxfl HÍ"åe...? x„^Œ=∂„`«Å∞ W=fi@O HÍOáœO_»~üQÍ
ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÖË Ñ¨ÅHõiOzOk. z#fl q+¨Ü«∞O...——
''ZÖÏ =Ù<åfl~°∞?— ''##∞fl <Õ#∞ =∞iz Ǩ~ÚQÍ „ѨâßO`«OQÍ x„^ŒáÈ=\ÏxH˜ Zxfl
''Jk <Õ#∞ J_»QÍeû# =∂@.. U=∞~ÚOk? ZO^Œ∞H˜ÖÏ? L^ŒÜ∞« O HÍ"åe...?
_»∂º\©H˜ ~åQÍ<Õ `≥eã≤Ok. "≥O@<Õ =KåÛ#∞.—— ''Ô~O_»∞ KåÅ∞....——
''[iyáÈ~Ú# ^•x QÆ∞iOz u~°QÆ `À_»∞HÀ=@O L`«Î=∞ ÅHõΔ}O ''D „ѨѨOKåxfl =∞iz ã¨Ê $Ç¨Ï ‰õÄ_® `≥bx ã≤÷uÖ’ =ÙO_ç
HÍ^Œ∞. [iyO^Õ^À [iyáÈ~ÚOk. <åHÀ ã¨Ç¨Ü«∞O KÕ™êÎ"å? [iyOk áÈ"åÅO>Ë....——
|Ü«∞\˜H˜ #_»==∞On =∞izáÈ~Ú KÕ™êÎ"å?—— n#OQÍ J<å^èÖŒ Ï "≥ÚǨÏO ''J~Ú^Œ∞...——
ÃÑ\˜ì J_çyOk. ''Jã¨Å∞ <Õ<Õ ÖˉõΩO_® áÈ"åÅO>Ë...?——
''Ñ‘¡*ò JÖÏ =∂\Ï¡_»^Œ∞Ì. WѨÊ\˜H© <Õ#∞ ÉÏ^èŒÑ¨_»∞`«∂<Õ =Ù<åfl#∞. ^ŒÜ«∂xkè x~°∞`«∞Î~°∞_»Ü«∂º_»∞. .. XHõ H˜ΔѨ}˜ g∞^ŒÑ¨_ç q™ÈÊù@#O
g∞~°∞ |Ü«∞\˜H˜ #_»==∞#flO^Œ∞‰õΩ HÍ^Œ∞... "å_ç =∂@Å∞ #q∞‡ ã≤x=∂Ǩ֒¡ K≥Ok#@¡xÑ≤Ozk.
KÕ ` « ∞ Å∞ "Õ ã ≤ # O^Œ ∞ ‰õ Ω .... K≥ Ñ ¨ Ê QÍ<Õ ^Œ ^ Œ Ì = ∞‡ÖÏ q∞=∞‡efl ''HõOQÍ~°∞Ѩ_‰» Ωõ ... <åÖÏO\˜ áêáê`«∞‡~åÅ∞ JO`« `ÕeHõQÍ Kå=^Œ∞...——
ѨsH˜Δ™êÎ##flO^Œ∞‰õΩ...—— ''<À! =∞#efl =∞#O xOkOK«∞HÀ=@O Z¿ã¯Ñ≤[O J=Ù`«∞Ok. g∞~°∞
ã¨O^Œ~åƒùxfl `«#Hõ#∞QÆ∞}OQÍ =∂~°∞Û‰õΩ<Õ `≥eq`Õ@Å∞... `«Ñ¨C K≥Ü«∞º#ѨC_»∞ g∞Ö’ P `«Ñ¨C ÖË#ѨC_»∞ ZO^Œ‰õΩ WÖÏ =∞ø#OQÍ
P `≥eq`Õ@Å∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅÖ’#∂ =Ù<åfl~Ú... ÉèíiOK«@O.. Z^Œ∞~°∞ u~°QÆO_ç JѨC_Õ g∞ rq`«O ã¨Ñ¶¨Å=∞=Ù`«∞Ok...——
''<å‰õΩ `≥Å∞ã¨∞.. `«Ñ¨C KÕ~ÚOKÕ "å_ç^ÕQÍx KÕ¿ã"å_çk HÍ^Œ∞.. ''x["Õ∞! HÍh <åÖ’ ÃÑ^ŒÌ `«Ñ¨C =ÙOk. HÍÖËrÖ’ K«k"Õ ~ÀAÖ’¡ F
=∞# ~å*ϺOQÆOÖ’ ‰õÄ_® tHõΔ "≥Ú^Œ@ "å_çˆH Z‰õΩ¯=....—— JÉσ~Ú`Õ J„Hõ=∞ ã¨O|O^èŒO =ÙOk. Jk PÜ«∞#H˜ `≥eã≤Ok ^•xH˜
''JÖÏO@ѨC_»∞ P tˆH^Δ À <å‰õÄ ÖË^• "å_çHÀ Ѩ_®e.. g∞ÔHO^Œ∞HÀ „ѨuѶ¨Å"Õ∞ D ã≤÷u....——
D tHõΔ...—— JO^Œ"∞≥ #ÿ J|^ŒOú .. ^ŒÜ∂« xkè =∞#ã¨∞á⁄~°Ö’¡ J}QÍiáÈ~Ú# HÀiHõ
''Y~°‡! ^•xH˜ q∞OzOk ÖË^∞Œ ... nxflOz `«ÑÊ≤ OK«∞‰õΩ<Õ „ѨÜ∞« `«fl"Õ∞ uiy q[$OaèOzOk. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ TÇ¨Ï `«Ñ¨C HÍ^Œ∞.. PÖòÔ~_ô F™êi
g∞ ã¨Ç¨Ü«∞O. <å‰õΩ x„^Œ=∂„`«Å∞ HÍ"åe.. ã¨=∞㨺ÅH˜, „ã¨ìQÆ∞ÖòûH˜ K≥_çáÈ~ÚOk `«#H˜ `ÕeHõQÍ ÖÁOyáÈ`«∞Ok.
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=∞QÍ_çÖÏ ˆH=ÅO ÃãH±û HÀã¨"Õ∞ ~˘=∂<£ûH˜ ã≤^ŒúO HÍ^Œ∞. Ѩiã≤÷`«Å∞ 'Ü«∂Ǩï!— Jx J~°"åÅ#fl HÀÔ~¯x |Å=O`«OQÍ J}∞K«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
J=ã¨~O° JÉè„í ^Œ`å ÉèÏ=O.. „¿Ñ=∞~åÇ≤Ï`«ºO Jhfl Hõe¿ã<Î Õ Ñ¨_H» õ g∞^Œ `«# ''=zÛ# Ѩx J~ÚOk. =∞~À J~°QÆO@Ö’ <Õ#∞ "≥àÏÎ#∞.... z#fl
Ѩq∞@ H˘OQÆ∞x ѨHõ¯QÍ KÕã¨∞ÎOk. `«# â◊s~åxfl Ѩ~°∞ѨÙQÍ =∂~°∞ã¨∞ÎOk. ^≥É˃ ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ =„s J=ã¨~°O ÖË^Œx K≥áêÊ~°∞....—— K≥Ñ≤ÊOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å.
^ŒÜ«∂xkèH˜ W"Õg∞ `≥eÜ«∞=Ù. `≥eã≤O^ŒÖÏ¡ XHõ¯>Ë. XHõ¯™êi –––
á⁄~°áê@∞ KÕã≤Ok. `å#∞ „Ѩܫ∞ufl¿ãÎ =Ó~°_ç¿ãÎ ^ŒQÆæiH˜ KÕ~°_»O MÏÜ«∞O. ã¨∞ѶŨ WO\˜H˘KÕÛã¨iH˜ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ WO\’¡ ÖË_∞» . LO\Ï_»x ‰õÄ_®
D™êi ~°ãɨ Oíè QÆO, â◊$OQÆÉOíè QÆO H͉õÄ_»^∞Œ . KåÖÏ *Ï„QÆ`QΫ Í „Ѩ=iÎOKåe. J#∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. `À_»∞ =zÛ Hõ@∞ì Hõ\ ˜ìOz ã¨Ñ¨~°ºÅ∞ KÕã≤# P"≥∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx
`ÕeHõQÍ P_»k ^˘~°∞‰õΩ`«∞O>Ë =∞QÍ_»∞ KåÖÏ á¶êãπìQÍ PÖ’z™êÎ_»∞. =∞OK«Og∞^Œ Ѩ_»∞HÀɡ\ ˜ì "≥o§áÈ~ÚOk.
z#fl J=HÍâßxfl ‰õÄ_® `«#H˜ J#∞‰õÄÅOQÍ =∂~°∞Û‰õΩO\Ï_»∞. P"≥∞ ÉÏ^èÖŒ ’¡ =∞~À Ѩkx=ÚëêÅ `«~åfi`« Ǩ~ÚQÍ x„^ŒÑ¨\ ˜ìOk ã¨∞ѨÅH˜ –
=ÙOk. Jq =∞izáÈ"åÅO>Ë ã‘¡Ñ≤OQ∑ \Ïɡ¡\òû HÍ"åe. Jq `«#x P ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ FOHÍ~ü ^ŒQÆæ~°∞<åfl_»∞.
J_»∞QÆ∞`ÀOk. KåÅ∞.. WHõ `å#∞ JÅ∞¡‰õΩáÈ`å_»∞. ''<Õ<À á⁄~°áê@∞ KÕâß#∞.——
''WѨÊ\˜H˜Ñ¨C_»O>Ë Hõ+¨ìO. „Ѩu~ÀA <Õ<Õ =zÛ W™êÎ#∞. HÍh g∞ FOHÍ~ü Uq∞@x J_» Q Æ Ö Ë ^ Œ ∞ . QÆ ∞ ~° ∞ =¸iÎ =∂#ã≤ H õ O QÍ
"å~°∞...—— ÉÏ^èÑŒ _¨ ∞» `«∞#flѨC_»∞ `«#x P„â◊~Ú™êÎ_x» `≥Å∞ã¨∞. P ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ J_»Q@Æ O
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å JO`« h~°ã¨OÖ’#∂ *ÏeQÍ #=Ùfi‰õΩOk. J=HÍâ◊O =¿ãÎ HõO>Ë K≥ÑÊ≤ Ok ™ê#∞Éè∂í uQÍ q#@O Z‰õΩ¯= ã¨O`«$Ñ≤Î xã¨∞OÎ ^Œx `≥eÜ«∞x
JÅ∞¡‰õΩáÈÜÕ∞ =∞QÍ_ç =∞#ã¨Î`åfixH˜. "å_Õg∞ HÍ^Œ∞.
#∞=Ùfi =zÛ Wã¨∞ÎOk XH˘O^Œ∞‰õΩ. <Õ#∞ J_çyOk =∞~˘HõO^Œ∞‰õΩ. ''D „ѨÑO¨ KåOÖ’ <åÖÏO\˜ ^Œ∞~°^$Œ +¨=ì O`«∞Å∞ =∞~˘Hõ~∞° =ÙO_»~∞° .——
Uk U"≥∞ÿ<å KÕѨ =Ö’¡ Ѩ_çOk. J_»k =Å qã≤i`Õ QÆ[ D`« <ÕiÛ KÕѨ „Ѩu"å~°∞ J#∞‰õΩ<Õ =∂@... '`«#O`« ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=O`«∞Å∞ =ÙO_»~°∞.
Ѩ_»^Õ"≥∂QÍx.. QÆ[h =∞ǨÏ=∞‡^£ÖÏO\˜ =∞QÍ_≥·<å Ѩ_ç f~°=Åã≤O^Õ. `«#O`«QÍ Hõëê¡efl, ã¨=∞㨺efl ¿Ñ¶ãπ KÕã¨∞Î#fl"å~°∂ =ÙO_»~°∞— „Ѩu XHõ¯~°∂
''ˆ~Ѩ٠L^ŒÜ«∞O `˘q∞‡k QÆO@ÅH˜ WO\˜ ɡ·@ =ÙO_»∞. =zÛ qkèQÍ J#∞‰õΩ<Õ =∂@ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iΠɡ·@H˜ K≥áêÊ_»∞.
Ñ≤Å∞™êÎ#∞..—— ''<å‰õΩ `≥eã≤ „¿Ñ=∞O>Ë J~°÷O `≥b^Œ∞. z#flѨC_Õ `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å∞
''Ѩk `«~åfi`«~Ú`Õ ÉÏ=ÙO@∞O^Õ"≥∂? g∞`À H˘kÌQÍ =∂\Ï¡_®e. áÈÜ«∂~°∞. ÃÑiyk "Õ∞#=∂=∞ ^ŒQÆæ~° JHõ¯_® pè.. Kèå JxÑ≤OK«∞‰õΩ<Õ
<å‰õΩ U=∂„`«O gÅ∞<åfl g∞ HõëêìÅH˜ F Ѩiëê¯~°O K≥Ü∂« ºe... ZO^Œ∞HÀ? ÃÑiQÍ#∞. ÃÑà◊ § ~ÚOk K« @ ì | O_» Å ~ÚºOk =∞m§ ÃÑà◊ § ~ÚºOk.
q∞=∞‡efl K«∂ã¨∞ÎO>Ë <å‰õΩ Pf‡Ü«ÚÖÏ¡ JQÆ∞Ñ≤ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.—— ÃÑ\ωõΩÅ=É’`«∞Ok. <å‰õΩ K«zÛáÈ"åÅx =ÙOk~å?——
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FOHÍ~ü "Õ^•O`« ^èÀ~°}˜Ö’ J<åfl_»∞. FOHÍ~ü `«ÅѨ@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. K≥áêÎ#O\Ï_»∞. ÉèÏ~°º K≥_çO^ŒO\Ï_»∞.
''Kå"Õ D =º=ã¨Ö÷ ’ Ѩiëê¯~°=∞#∞‰õΩO>Ë... D „ѨÑO¨ K«OÖ’ z=iH˜ Ѩk¿ÇÏ#∞~ÀAÅ `«~åfi`« K≥|∞`å#O\Ï_»∞? Ñ≤zÛ"å_çÖÏ [=∞Hõ\ ì˜ K≥áêÊ_»∞.
=∞x+≤ J<Õ"å_»∞ =ÙO_»_»∞. U=∞~ÚOk? <å‰õΩ K≥ѨC....—— ''WѨC_»∞ h =∂#ã¨H˜ ã≤÷u ÉÏ"ÀÖË^Œ∞QÍx â◊‡âß# "≥·~åQƺO Ö’Oz
''K≥ÑC¨ HÀÖËx ÉÏ^è.Œ . ZÖÏ K≥áêÊÖ’ J~°O÷ HÍx =º^è.Œ .. <å J#∞‰õΩ#fl |Ü«∞@Ѩ_ç WO\˜ÔHà◊√§. ˆ~Ѩ٠=zÛ HõÅ∞™êÎ#∞—— K≥áêÊ_»∞ FOHÍ~ü.
#Å∞QÆ∞ˆ~ „^ÀǨÏO KÕã¨∞Î<åfl~°<Õ zO`«. <Õ#∞ ZO^Œ∞HÀã¨O „|`«HÍe. Z=i ''WO\˜HÍ...—— Jx F x=Ú+¨O PÖ’zOz – ''x<Àfl =∂@
HÀã¨O „|`«HÍe....—— J_»∞QÆ∞`å#∞. x[O K≥|∞`å"å...?—— J_çQÍ_»∞.
''h ÉèÏ~°º HÀã¨O... h rq`«O HÀã¨O....—— ''#=∞‡HõO =ÙO>Ë J_»∞QÆ∞.——
''P ÉèÏ~ˆ º "≥∂ã¨O KÕ¿ã.Î . ÃÑ^Œ^Ì •x`À áÈ\©Ñ_¨ ç z#flk ‰õÄ_® JÖÏ<Õ ''h‰õÄ <å‰õÄ =Ù#fl ã¨O|O^èOŒ ZÖÏO\˜k? JѨÓ~°fi"≥∞#ÿ ¿ãflǨÏ=∞x
KÕ¿ãÎ <Õ#∞ „|`«Hõ@OÖ’ J~°÷O ÖË^Œ∞.—— K≥ѨʉõΩ.——
FOHÍ~ü Éèí$‰õΩ\˜ =Ú_çѨ_çOk. FOHÍ~ü Jã¨Å∞ PÖ’zOK«ÖË^Œ∞, ~î°‰õΩ¯# J<åfl_»∞.
''UO =∂\Ï¡_∞» `«∞<åfl"À J~°O÷ J=Ù`ÀO^•? ã¨∞ѶŨ .. ã¨∞ѶŨ QÆ∞iOKå ''<å ~°HõÎO ѨOK«∞‰õΩ Ñ¨Ù@ìHõáÈ~Ú<å <å `«=Ú‡_ç ™ê÷#O h^Õ!——
h=O@∞#flk.—— `«=Ú‡_ç ÉèÏ~°º J#flH˜...? =∞~°^ŒÅ∞! JO>Ë FOHÍ~ü =∞#ã¨∞Ö’
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ã¨=∂^è•#OÖÏ `«Å=OK«∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. FOHÍ~ü ^ŒQiæÆ H˘zÛ ‰õÄ_® `«# ÉèÏ~°º QÆ∞iOz....?
<≥=∞‡kQÍ J_çQÍ_»∞. @‰õΩ¯# ÖËz xÅ|_®¤_»∞.
''Z=~°`#« ∞?—— –––
''XHõ~°∞ HÍ^Œ∞. KåÖÏ=∞Ok Z=~°x K≥ѨÊ#∞...—— QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ~å„u =~°‰Ωõ WO\˜H˜ "≥àÖ¡◊ ^Ë ∞Œ . QÆ=∞ºO ÖˉΩõ O_® uiQÍ_»∞.
''pè! <À~°∞‡Üü∞. P"≥∞ `«Ñ¨C_»∞^ŒO>Ë XѨC‰õΩO\Ï<Õ"≥∂ QÍh ZѨC_À J~°÷~å„u ѨÓ@ x„^ŒáÈ`«∞#flѨC_»∞ =zÛ `«Å∞Ѩ٠`«\Ïì_»∞. J#_»O
u~°∞QÆ∞É’`«O>Ë <Õ#∞ h"≥xfl K≥ÑÊ≤ <å #=∞‡#∞. P x~°Ü ‚ ∂« xH˜ ~å=\ÏxH˜ h HõO>Ë H˘\Ïì_»∞ J#_»O ã¨||∞QÍ =ÙO@∞Ok.
^ŒQÆæ~° P^è•~åÅ∞<åflÜ«∂? Hõà◊§`À K«∂âß"å ÖËHõ H͉õΩÖÏ¡O\˜ D Ö’‰õΩÅ∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å WOHÍ x„^ŒáÈÖË^Œ∞. Éèí~°Î ZÖÏO\˜"å_»~Ú<å ZO`«
JO>Ë q<åfl"å?—— Jã¨ÇÏ≤ ºOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl "ÕàH◊ ˜ ~åHõáÈ`Õ HõeQˆ kQÆ∞Å∞ P"≥∞ "≥ÚǨÏOÖ’ „Ѩã∞¨ Êù@OQÍ
''J=hfl HÍ^Œ∞. P"≥∞ <À\˜"≥O>Ë q<åfl#∞.—— Hõ#Ѩ_∞» `ÀOk.
''U P_»k `å#∞ `«Ñ¨C_»∞^Œx XѨCHÀ^Œ∞~å? JÖÏ XѨC‰õΩO^ŒO>Ë f~å ~åQÍ<Õ K«∂_»QÍ<Õ Jã¨ÇϨ #=¸ KÀ@∞ KÕã∞¨ ‰õΩ<åfl~Ú. HÀѨOQÍ
h g∞^Œ HÀѨ"≥∂ =∞~˘Hõ\’ J~Ú =ÙO@OLk. Jã¨ÖË=∞~ÚOk. q=~°OQÍ K«∂ã≤ ֒ѨeÔHo§Ok.
K≥ѨC. P `«~åfi`« PÖ’z^•ÌO.. UO K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’–—— `«ÅH˜ Hõ\ ˜ì# ÉϺO_Õl =OˆH K«∂ã¨∂Î.. xã¨û`«∞Î=QÍ ‰õΩsÛÖ’
''K≥|∞`å#∞. WѨC_»∞ HÍ^Œ∞. =∞~À Ѩk¿ÇÏ#∞~ÀA `«~åfi`«...—— ‰õÄÅ|_®¤_»∞.
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J~°QOÆ @ QÆ_zç Ok. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ *Ï_»Ö^Ë ∞Œ . =O\˜O\’¡ y<≥flÅ∞ â◊ÉÏÌÅ∞ `«yeOk. bÅQÍ P"≥∞H˜ Jã¨ÇϨ º"≥∞#ÿ "åã¨#, PůǨÖò. K«ÑC¨ # ^Œ∂~°OQÍ
Ug∞ q#Ѩ_»@O ÖË^Œ∞. ÖËz =O@QÆkÖ’H˜ "≥à◊§É’~Ú PyOk. [iyOk. Q˘O`«∞Ö’H˜ KÕi# P„~°ú`« `«_®iáÈ~ÚOk.
pHõ\ ˜QÍ =ÙOk. =∞m§ =ÚO^Œ∞ QÆkÖ’H˜ =zÛOk. ''^Œ∂~°OQÍ [~°∞QÆ∞`å"Õ.. ^ŒQÆæiH˜ ~å!—— Jx g∞^ŒH˜ ÖωõΩ¯<åfl_»∞.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Hõà◊√¡ =¸ã¨∞Hõx U^À PÖ’zã¨∞Î<åfl_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å yOA‰õΩOk. "Õ@QÍ_ç =ÅÖ’ Ѩ_ç# ѨH˜ΔÖÏ LH˜¯i aH˜¯i
''Éè’[#O ÃÑ@ì<å...?—— Pq_» u#HõáÈ~Ú<å Éèí~°Î#_çyOk. J~ÚºOk. L^ŒÜ«∞O ZѨC_À u#flk |Ü«∞\˜H˜ =KÕÛO`« K≥=∞@"åã¨#.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ K«Ñ¨C# Hõà◊√§ `≥iKå_»∞. fHõΔ}OQÍ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å =OHõ ^•xH˜ `À_»∞ <À\’¡Oz K«O_®Å"≥∞ÿ# HõOѨÙ.
K«∂âß_»∞. J~Ú^Œ∞ x=ÚëêÅ „H˜`«O J`«x g∞^Œ Ѩ_ç#ѨC_»∞ P qHÍ~åÅhfl
''L^ŒÜ«∞O #∞Oz ÖË#∞.. =∞Oz J=HÍâ◊O Hõ^Œ∂...—— zO`« P"≥∞ ^ŒiKÕ~°ÖË^Œ∞. JѨC_»∞ J`«x g∞^Œ HõeyOk „¿Ñ=∞. Éèí~°Î WѨÊ\˜ÔH·<å
xѨCÖÏ¡O\˜ Hõà◊§`À J<åfl_»∞. `«#x J~°O÷ KÕã∞¨ ‰õΩ<åfl_»x xâ◊ÛO`«. HÍh JO`å Q˘éˇx] #~°H\õ ÏxH˜ =ÚO^Œ∞
''Éè’[#O ^ŒQÆæ~å J~°÷~å„f =∂\Ï¡_»∞HÀ‰õÄ_»^Œ∞. Éè’[#O KÕ^Œ∞Ì~°∞ xq∞ˆ~ Hõ™ê~Ú"å_ç K«~º° Jx `≥eã≤# =∞~°∞Hõ}Δ O áÈ~å@O „áê~°OÉè=í ∞~ÚºOk.
QÍx ~°O_ç... =_礙êÎ#∞..—— =∞~À™êi K≥Ñ≤ÊOk. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =ÚO^Õ xâ◊Û~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ#fl"å_çÖÏ *Ë|∞Ö’Oz ã≤yÔ~\ò
''WÖÏ ^ŒQÆæiH˜ ~å....?—— Ñ≤ÖÏÛ_»∞ ™œ=∞ºOQÍ. áêºÔH\ò fâß_»∞.
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ^ŒQÆæiH˘zÛOk. P~°x ‰õΩOѨ\ ˜Ö’ Ѩ_ç# Hõ}OÖÏ =}˜H˜áÈ~ÚOk. áêâ◊qHõ"≥∞ÿ#
''‰õÄ~ÀÛ—— Z^Œ∞~°∞ ‰õΩsÛ ÖÏQÍ_»∞. J`«x ~°∂áêxfl K«∂ã≤ HÍ^Œ∞.
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å U =¸_£Ö’ =ÙO^À J`«#∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê#@∞ìQÍ<Õ KÕã≤Ok. "≥Ú`«ÎO P =º=ã¨÷<Õ âßã≤ã¨∞Î#fl PÜ«Ú^è•xfl K«∂ã≤ – QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ
''^≥|ƒ ÉÏQÍ `«yeO^•?—— xq∞~å_»∞ `«Åx – JÖÏ QÍ~å|OQÍ KÕuÖ’ ã≤Q~ÔÆ \ò áêºÔH\ò`À áê@∞ fã≤# |@<£ <≥Ñ· π¶ P _ç"∞£ Öˇ\· òÖ’ =∞iO`«QÍ
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å `«O„_ç xq∞ˆ~"å_»∞. =∞m§ W<åflà◊§H˜ Éèí~°Î JÖÏ – Jhfl =kÖËã≤ "≥∞~°∞™ÈÎOk.
`«#‡Ü«∞OQÍ Éèí~°Î K≥~Úº Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩOk. – zuH˜ xѨC ÃÑ@ìÉ’ÜÕ∞ HõΔ}O.. P zuÖ’Oz â◊=O pÅ∞Û‰õΩx
F z#fl ã¨Ê~°≈.. *ÏO|=O`«∞_≥Hõ¯_»∞<åfl_À "≥uH˜ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩx =¿ãÎ HõeˆQ ÉèíÜ«∞O QÆ∞O_≥Åq¿ãÖÏ ˆHHõѨ"ÕÜ«∞ÖË^Œ∞. J<åÖ’z`«OQÍ
â◊=∞O`«Hõ=∞}˜x `≥zÛ ÃÑàϧO `«Ö’¡ ÃÑ@ìHõ¯ˆ~¡^Œ∞. XHõ¯ P^Œ~°"≥∞ÿ# =∂@... "≥#∞Hõ_»∞ˆQã≤Ok. JÖψQ "≥#H˜¯ "≥o§ QÀ_»H˜ P#∞‰õΩOk. "≥#Hõ ^•i ÖË^Œ∞.
Z<Àfl ~ÀAÅ `«~åfi`«.. =∞m§ Z<åflà◊§‰õΩ.. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å Hõà◊§Ö’ hà◊√§ uiQÍ~Ú. =ÚO^Œ∞ ~°H˜ΔOKåeû# "å_Õ ÉèíHõΔ‰õΩ_»Ü«∂º_»∞.
#qfi<å U_çÛ<å Hõhflàı§. P"≥∞ Hõà◊√§ J~°qO^•ÅÜ«∂º~Ú. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ J_»∞QÆ∞Ö’ J_»∞ˆQã¨∂Î =ÚO^Œ∞H˘KåÛ_»∞. <À\’¡ Z„~°QÍ
''pè.. ZO^Œ∞HõÖÏ U_»∞™êÎ"£. WHõ #∞Oz x<Õflg∞ J##∞. u@ì#∞. ã≤QÆÔ~\ò HÍÅ∞`ÀOk. KÕuÖ’ HõuÎ "Õ_çQÍ <åÅ∞Hõ KåѨÙ`ÀOk.
<Õ#∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê#@∞ìQÍ qO\Ï"å?—— ÖÏÅ#QÍ J_çQÍ_»∞. ''K«OѨÙ`å"å...?—— <À~°∞ ÃÑQÆÅ∞Û‰õΩx JOk. „áê}ÉèÜ í ∞« O`À HÍ^Œ∞.
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ÉÏ=Ù~°∞=∞Ok. Éèí~°Îg∞^ŒÑ¨_ç ǨÏ`«∞ΉõΩOk. ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_»∞ Éèí~°Î ǨÏO`«‰õΩ_»=fi@O W+¨ìO ÖËHõ–
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''JO`« `ÕeHõQÍ K«OÑ≤.. h‰õΩ "Õ∞Å∞ K≥Ü«∞ºÖË#∞. J#∞HõΔ}O ‰õΩO@∞Ok =∞~˘Hõ\ ˜. KÕuÖ’ HõuÎ „H˜O^ŒH˜ *ÏiOk.
z„`«Ç≤ÏOã¨Å∞ ÃÑ_»∞`«∂ P`«‡Ç¨Ï`«º KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<ÕÖÏ KÕ™êÎ#∞. WѨC_»∞ #∞=Ùfi J_»∞QÆ∞ `«_»|_çOk. P"≥∞#ÖψQ QÀ_»H˜ PxzÛ.. F „|Ǩχ... ZO`«
Ѩq∞@H˘OQÆ∞ fÃãÜ«∂ºe. JÖÏ uÜ«∞ºÖË^Œ#∞HÀ.... Z„~°\ ˜ <å ã≤yÔ~\ò h JO^ŒOQÍ `«Ü«∂~°∞KÕâß=Ü«∞º. hˆH =∞#ã¨∞ HõeˆQÖÏ.. áêѨO Ñ≤zÛ`«e¡
J^èŒ~åÅ g∞^Œ =ÙO@∞Ok.—— ã¨~°ã¨fiu ZÖÏ =Ó~°∞‰õΩO^ŒÜ«∂º... "≥Ú`«ÎO â◊s~°"Õ∞ PÔ~¯g∞.. =i‚OKåÅ#fl
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å K«Ñ¨C# Ѩq∞@ H˘OQÆ∞x fã≤Ok. |Å"≥∞ÿ# =HõΔ^ŒfiÜ«∞O... q_»nÜ«∂Å<åfl.. Hõ=ÙňH `≥Å∞ã¨∞.. XHõ HÍo^•ã¨∞... =∞~À ÃÑ^ŒÌ#.. áÈ`Õ
=ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ "≥#H˜¯ Hõ^∞Œ Å∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. J`«x Hõà√◊ ¡ ѨuHÎ ÍÜ«∞ÖÏ¡ qK«∞Û‰õΩ<åfl~Ú. Hõ$+¨â‚ ß„ã≤.Î g~°∞ HÍHõáÈ`Õ =∞~˘Hõ~∞° ... N<å^ä∞Œ _»∞.. PÜ«∞#QÍ~°∞ =i‚OK«~∞° .
''qѨÊnÜü∞.. p~° "≥Ú`«ÎO...—— ™êx H˘OѨefl =^Œe ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å K«∞@∂ì uiQÆ∞`å_»∞.
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å K«HõK«HÍ ‰õΩzÛà◊√§ ÖÏy p~°x *Ï~° q_çzOk. WѨC_»∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ÉèÏ~°OQÍ Hõà◊√¡ =¸ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. Ô~O_»∞ HÍà◊§ =∞^茺
ÅOQÍ, *ÏÔH\ò g∞^Œ =∂„`«"Õ∞ =ÙOk... ã¨Å∂ÊùºiH± Ü«∂ã≤_£ áÈã≤#@∞ìQÍ =ÙOk. Z„~°\ ˜ ÃÑ^Œ=Ùefl HõuÎiOz `«#
''*ÏÔ H @∞ì ‰õ Ä _®.. P `« ~ åfi`« ÅOQÍ.. Ѩ Ó iÎ #QÆ fl OQÍ ÃÑ^•ÅH˜ J^Œ∞ÌHÀ"åÅx =ÙOk. ã¨∞=~°‚ HõeëêÅ =O\˜ K«#∞flÅx g∞\ÏÅx
`«Ü«∂~°"åfie...ÖË^•?—— HõuÎx ~°≠oÑ≤OKå_»∞. =ÙOk. ã¨∞~°aàè ◊ ~°ÇϨ 㨺O `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ"åÅx =ÙOk. ã¨$+≤ì J~°O÷ HÔ · áÈ~å_®Åx
''Pñ...Pñ.. JO`« `˘O^Œ~Ô O^Œ∞‰õΩ? qѨÊnÜ«∞#O>ËQÍ.. Éè~í ΰ =ÚO^Œ∞ =ÙOk.
#QÆflOQÍ =ÙO_»\ÏxH˜ <å‰õΩ ã≤ÔQæO^Œ∞‰õΩ...—— Jx Ô~O_»∞ xq∞ëêÖ’¡ "≥Ú`«ÎO ‰õΩ|∞ã¨O q_çz# `åK«∞áê=ÚÖÏ HõkÖÏ_»∞.
qѨÊnã≤Ok. "≥ÚQÆeá⁄^Œ #∞Oz PǨfixã¨∞Î#fl <åQÆ∞áê=ÚÖÏ KÕ`«∞Å∞ KåÑ≤Ok.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Hõà◊§Ö’¡ JѨÓ~°fi"≥∞ÿ# "≥∞~°∞ѨÙ.. JO`« JO^ŒO XHõ¯™êi <À~°∞ qÑ≤ÊOk.
K«∂¿ãã¨iH˜ k‰õΩ¯Å∞ ‰õÄ_® `≥eÜ«∞@O ÖË^Œ∞. áêÅ~åu ÉÁ=∞‡ÖÏ.. WO\˜ ''~°=∞‡O>Ë.. ѨH¯õ Ö’H˜ ~°=∞‡O>Ë ~å#<åfl<å? =Ü«∞ã¨∞ Ѩ~=° #<åfl#<å?
"≥#∞Hõ [_»=∞Öˇ¡QÍh... PHÍâ◊OÖ’ #HõΔ„`«OQÍh.. ‰õΩi¿ã "≥<≥flÅ HÍh P ^•x HÀã¨O D Hõ`«∞ÎÅ∞.. .„`åQÆ∞_»∞.. ɡkiOѨÙÅ∞... â◊√^Œú ^ŒO_»QÆ..
JOO =ÚO^Œ∞ kQÆ^Œ∞_»∞¿Ñ. tt~°O.. =ã¨O`«O.. ‰õÄ_® ã≤QÆ∞æѨ_ÕÖÏ.. Hõ=∂<£ ... ã¨$+≤ìÖ’ ã¨∞YѨ_®ÅO>Ë ã¨Ñ¨Î=ºã¨<åÖ’¡#∂ f~°^Œ∞. P_»^•x`À
#Ü«∞<å#O^ŒOQÍ #qfiOk. K«∂¿ã Hõà√◊ §O_®ÖË QÍh U~°∞‰õΩ<Õ â◊HΘ =ÙO_®ÖË =∂„`«"Õ∞ f~°∞`«∞Ok.——
QÍh P #=ÙfiÖ’¡ Zxfl ѨÓÖ’. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Pq_» =∂@ÅH˜ L#‡`«Î „ѨÉèíO[#OÖÏ ˆ~yáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
ã≤yæe¡# ™ÈQÆHõà◊§`À ... =∞Öˇ¡Ñ¨ÓÅ "åÖˇ˚_»`À.. QÆ∞O_≥Å∞ `«_»|_Õ "≥Ú`«ÎO â◊s~å"Õ∞ P"≥∞ g∞^Œ Ѩ_ÕÜ«∂ÅxÑ≤OzOk. HÍh –
#=Ùfi`À... Ѩ~°∞=Ѩ٠Ѩ~°∞=O`À... ã¨fiѨfl ~°OÉèÏ Ñ¨s ~°OÉèí ÔH·Ñ¨Ù J`«xfl ''<À!– <Õ#∞... <Õ#∞ JO^Œ‰õΩ HÍ^Œ∞ qѨÊnÜ«∞=∞Ok. x#∞fl
P„â◊~ÚOzOk. „`åy# "≥∞ÿHõO =∞iO`« ÃÑiyOk. ã¨=Ú„^Œ ÔH~°@OÖÏ z„`«Ç≤ÏOã¨Å∞ K≥Ü«∞º\ÏxH˜. ã≤QÆÔ~\ò`À h â◊s~åxfl HÍÅÛ\ÏxH˜—— Jk
=∞^èŒO ÖËzOk. K≥ѨÊ\ÏxH˜ =∞#ã¨∞ =∞~°Å∞ÛHÀ=\ÏxH˜ KåÖÏ Hõ+¨ìѨ_»=eû =zÛOk.
K≥Ü∂« ºÅ#∞‰õΩx KÕ~ÚOzO^˘Hõ\ .˜ . f~å KÕ~ÚOK«QÍ<Õ K≥Ü∂« ºÅ#∞ PHÍâ◊ѨÙ>ˇ_®iÖ’ HÍà◊√§ `≥y# XO@i XO>ˇÖÏ =}˜H˜áÈ~ÚOk.
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HõuÎ K«∂ã≤#ѨÙ_»∞.. ѨiH˜"å_»∞ ѨO^≥O QÔ Å=\ÏxH˜ Ѩ~∞° QÔ _»∞`«∞<åfl_»#∞‰õΩOk. ~å=K«∞Û. `«#x D ã≤÷uÖ’... P Ѩiã≤÷u =∂„`«O =^Œ∞Ì! ^•xHõO>Ë D
|@ìeѨÊnÜ«∞=∞O>Ë `«#x #QÆflOQÍ |OkèOK«\ÏxH˜. `«ÑC¨ KÕ¿ã J=HÍâ◊O =∞ø# #~°Hõ"Õ∞ "Õ~ÚÔ~@∞ì #Ü«∞O.
ÖˉõΩO_® K≥Ü«∞º\ÏxHõx `«ÅzOk....J`«x L^ÕÌâ◊ºO W^•...? QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ q[Ü«∞QÆ~°fiO`À Hõã≤QÍ QÆ∞ѨCQÆ∞ѨC# á⁄QÆ =^Œ∞Å∞`«∂
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ <À\˜Ö’x ã≤Q~ÔÆ \òx fâß_»∞. =∞$`«∞º=ÙÖÏ ^ŒQiæÆ H˘KåÛ_»∞. á⁄QÆ =ke# „Ѩu™êi XHÀ¯ J=Ü«∞=O g∞^Œ ÃÑ_»∞`«∞<åfl_»∞.
#∞#fl\˜ Éèí∞*ÏÅ g∞^Œ K«@∞‰õΩ¯# ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞. J~°áêºÔH\ò ã≤QÆÔ~\òû J~ÚáÈÜ«∂~Ú. P"≥∞H˜ ã¨Ê $Ç¨Ï `«Ñ≤ÊOk.
''J=∂‡—— ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞q^•~°OHõOQÍ JizOk. –––
''J~°∞=Ù.. WOHÍ J~°∞=Ù... <å‰õÄ HÍ=eã≤Ok J^Õ.. #QÆflOQÍ L^ŒÜ«∞O ZѨC_À U_»∞QÆO@ÅH˜ QÍh Hõà◊√¡ `≥~°=ÖË^Œ∞ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å.
=Ù#fl h=Ù JÖÏ ~Àkã¨∞ÎO>Ë gkè gkè "≥Ú`«ÎO Hõ^Œe =ã¨∞ÎOk. Ѩã≤áêѨÖÏ h~°ã¨OQÍ HõkeOk.. =O\˜g∞^Œ QÆ∞_»¤ÖË^Œ∞.
=Ù#fl x#∂fl, <å âß_ç*Ïxfl JO^Œ~°∂ K«∂™êÎ~°∞. „á⁄^Œ∞Ì<Õfl gkè‰õΩàÏ~Ú K«Ñ¨C# ѨHõ¯<Õ =Ù#fl p~° fã¨∞‰õΩOk.
^ŒQ~æÆ .° . \© ÃãO@~üû ^ŒQ~æÆ .° ..JO`å h QÆ∞iOKÕ.. ã≤Q∞Æ áæ È~Ú...`«Å Z`«∞HÎ ÀÖËH.õ . "≥O@<Õ gkè `«Å∞ѨوHã≤ K«∂ã≤Ok. `«Å∞¿Ñ¿ã =ÙOk. ÖËx ã¨`«∞Î=x
|Ü«∞\˜H˜ ~åÖËHõ.. z=iH˜ h‰õΩ P`«‡Ç¨Ï`Õº QÆk.. WOHÍ J~°∞=Ù—— Jx `≥K«∞Û‰õΩx ÖËzOk. â◊s~åxH˜ p~° K«∞@ì‰õΩOk.
D™êi P"≥∞ J~Ú^À`«#OÖ’ "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜ ^•x g∞^Œ ÃÑ\Ïì_»∞. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ÃÑ~°\ ˜Ö’ =Ù#fl@∞ì ÉÏq â◊|ÌO q#Ѩ_»∞`ÀOk. HõkÖË
– ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂xfl ^•\˜... J#fl"åÇ≤ÏHõ QÆ∞O_® <À\˜^•HÍ =zÛ# FÑ≤Hõ ÖËHõ =∞m§ JHõ¯_Õ ‰õÄÅ|_çOk.
ˆHHõH˜ Ju„Ѩܫ∞`«flOQÍ PѨىõΩOk. Ѩkx=ÚëêÅ∞ QÆ_çKå~Ú.
ˆ~Ѩ\ ˜flOz ÉÁ@∞ì ÃÑ@∞ìHÀ#Hõ¯~°ÖË^Œ∞. P „Ѩ^Õâ◊OÖ’ =∞K«Û... ''ÖËKå=#fl =∂@.. JÖÏ Ñ¨_áç È`Õ áÈÜ«∂=#∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞—— J#fl=∂@Å∞
KåÖÏHÍÅO =ÙO_»K«∞Û. qx Hõà◊√§ `≥izOk.
K«O„^ŒaO|O ÖÏO\˜ "≥ÚǨÏO g∞^Œ HÍe# =∞K«Û.. Jk ‰õÄ_® P"≥∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ KÕuÖ’ HÍѶ‘ HõѨC`À– =^ŒÌ#∞‰õΩO_® fã¨∞‰õΩOk.
JO^•xH˜ =∞~À HÍfieѶ≤ˆH+¨<£ J~ÚOk. â◊$OQÍ~°OÖ’<Õ HÍ^Œ∞ u<Õ ^ŒQÆæ~å „`åˆQ ^ŒQÆæ~å "≥ÚǨÏ=∂@ =ÙO_»‰õÄ_»^Œ∞.
HÍh „H˜O^Œ# QÆ∞O„_»OQÍ =Ù#fl Hõà◊√§. H˘kÌ¿ãѨ\ ˜ „H˜`«O =~°‰õÄ P ''™ês.. ~å„u `åy# "≥∞Hÿ Oõ Ö’ Ç≤ÏOã≤OKå#∞. `åy#ѨC_ÕQÍ =∞x+≤Ö’
Hõà¥◊ § qÖÏã¨"∞≥ #ÿ P Hõ#∞Å∞ K«∂_»QeÆ y`Õ J^Œ∞ƒù`O« . fÜ«∞QÆey`Õ q^Œ∞º`«∞<Î Õ =∞x+≤ ɡ@· Ѩ_kÕ . Uk U"≥∞<ÿ å Ѩk~ÀAÅ∞. ÑπÛ Éèií OK«Hõ `«Ñʨ ^Œ∞. WѨÊ\˜HÔ <· å
`«Ü∂« ~°∞KÕÜ∞« K«∞Û. q∞OzáÈ~ÚOk ÖË^∞Œ . '<Õ#∞ `«ÑC¨ _»∞^•xfl— Jx =ѨCHÀ... <å Hõà§◊ =ÚO^Õ
WѨC_À.. "å_ç# `«=∞Åáê‰õΩÅ∞, ÃãÅÜÕ∞\˜ QÆ∞O@Å∞. J`«x D™êi <å‰õΩ `≥eÜ«∞‰õΩO_® WѨÊ\˜=~°‰Äõ z#fl ã¨~ã° O¨ ‰õÄ_® K≥Ü∞« ºÖË^<Œ Õ x*Ïxfl
„H˜O^ŒH˜ "≥àϧ_»∞. QÆ∞O_≥Å g∞^Œ wâß_»∞ ã≤yÔ~\ò`À – x~°ƒùÜ«∞OQÍ K≥ѨC. q∞ye# Ѩk~ÀAÖ’¡ <å J~Ú^Œ∞QÆ∞i „ÃѶO_£û`À
"Õ@QÍ_ç ^≥|ƒ‰õΩ ~åeáÈ~Ú# áê=Ù~°"Õ∞ J~ÚOk. Hõhã¨O z#fl QÆ_»Ñ¨ÖË=Ù.. Jk J™ê^茺O.——
=¸Å∞QÆ∞ ‰õÄ_® ÃÑ@ìÖË^Œ∞. U=∂„`«O <À~°∞ `≥iz<å K«∞@ìѨHõ¯Å"å~°∞ ''JO>Ë g∞ L^ÕÌâ◊ºO.. WO`«=~°‰õÄ <Õ#∞ Ug∞ ™êkèOK«ÖË^Œ<ÕQÍ?
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WѨÊ\˜ˆH =ÚQÆ∞æ~°∞ WO\˜K«∞@∞ì ѨHõ¯Ö ‰õΩHõ¯ÖÏ¡ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl~°∞. q∞yeOk QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ zH͉õΩQÍ `«Å=ÓѨÙ`å... ''Ug∞ ÖË^Œ∞. U"À Ѩ~°û#Öò
W^ŒÌ~°∞. =Ù#flq Ѩk~ÀAÅ∞ .. KåÖÏ Z‰õΩ¯=.—— Ѷ‘eOQ∑û.. <å J#∞‰õΩ#fl "åˆ~ „^ÀǨïÅ∞QÍ =∂~°∞`«∞O>Ë `«@∞ìHÀÖËHõ U^À
''<À~°∞‡Üü∞! ##∞fl Ô~K«ÛQ˘@ì\ÏxH˜ K≥|∞`«∞<åfl=x `≥Å∞ã¨∞.... P "åQÍ#∞. HÍh <Õ#∞ J#∞Hõ#flk á⁄~°áê@x `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. JO`å
J=HÍâ◊O h‰õΩ <Õ#∞ U=∂„`«O W=fi@O ÖË^Œx =∞s `≥Å∞ã¨∞... Wxfl ã¨~∞° ‰Ì Ωõ Ok.——
`≥eã≤<å ~å„u ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ z„`«ÇÏ≤ O㨠KÕâß<À `≥Å∞™ê? h =∂@ÅH˜ `«ÑC¨ _»∞ ''#∞=Ùfi K≥Ñ≤ÊOk x["Õ∞ J~Ú`Õ Ñ¨~åfiÖË^Œ∞. =∞ˆ~^Œ<åfl W|ƒOk!?——
Ѩ#∞Å∞ KÕã≤#q =ѨCHÀ‰õΩO_®, KÕÜ«∞xq XѨC‰õΩO@∞<åfl=x ##∞fl ''J^Õg∞ ÖË^Œ∞. =ÙO>Ë h‰õΩ QÍHõ Z=iH˜ K≥|∞`å#∞.——
~Ô K«ÛQ˘_»∞`«∞<åfl=x....—— ''PѶ‘ã¨∞H˜ ÃãÅ=Ù ÃÑ_»`å#<åfl"£. U=∞Ü«∞Ok?——
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å r=OÖËx #=Ùfi #qfi JOk. ''^˘~°H@ õ O ÖË^∞Œ .. W<£ÃãÊHõ<Δ û£ Z‰õΩ¯=QÍ =Ù<åfl~Ú. |Ǩïâ◊ W"åfià◊
''Jxfl „Ѩâ◊flʼnõΩ ã¨=∂^è•<åÅ∞ Ju `«fi~°Ö’<Õ.. ã¨âı+¨O.. b"£ âßOHõΔ<£ HÍ=K«∞Û....——
JѨÊ\˜=~°‰Ωõ –—— FOHÍ~ü `«Å ѨOH˜Oz K≥áêÊ_»∞.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ~À+¨OQÍ U^À J#É’Ü«∂_»∞. ''â◊√„ÉèíOQÍ ÉèÏ~åºÉèí~°ÎÅ∞ U T\©HÀ "≥o§ QÆ_çÑ≤~°O_ç. Ѩiã¨~åÅ∞
`«Å∞Ѩ٠â◊|Ì=∞~ÚºOk. ã¨∞ѨÅx ֒ѨeH˜ á⁄=∞‡x K≥Ñ≤Ê `«Å∞Ѩ٠=∂i`Õ „ѨâßO`«`« zHõ¯K«∞Û...JáÈǨÏÅ∞ ‰õÄ_® g_çáÈ=K«∞Û...——
fâß_»∞. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ `«Å=Óáê_»∞. FOHÍ~ü U^À Ѩx =ÙO^Œx K≥ÑÊ≤ ÖËKå_»∞.
FOHÍ~ü...!? W^ŒÌ~°∂ ɡ·@H˘zÛ Z=i ^•i# "å~°∞ #_çKå~°∞. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ "≥ÚǨÏO z\˜O¡ Kå_»∞. x#fl J`«xO\˜HÔ o§ =∞^Œ#Ѩ_@» O WO\˜H˘ã¨∂Î J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
QÆ∞~°∞ÎH˘zÛOk. "≥^èŒ= =∞#∞+¨μºÅ∞ H˘kÌQÍ Å∂*ò J~Ú`Õ KåÅ∞ =∞~åº^Œ =~°∞ã¨H˜ <Õ#∞ `«=Ú‡_ç#O\Ï! ^˘OQÆ<åH˘_»∞‰õΩ... |∞kú `≥eã≤Ok
~å=∞#flÖÏ aŤÑπ– WHõ #∞Oz g_çx WO\˜H˜ ‰õÄ_® ~åhÜ«∞‰õÄ_»^Œ∞. =∞~°^ŒÅ∞.. =∞~°^Œ∞Å∞..
''|Ü«∞@ÔHàÏÌO Ѩ^Œ...—— J<åfl_»∞ FOHÍ~ü. JO@∂ K≥~Úº Ѩ@∞ìHÀQÆŠѶ¨∞#∞_»∞.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =∂~°∞ =∂\Ï¡_‰» Ωõ O_® +¨~ìü "Õã∞¨ ‰õΩx J`«x`À "≥àϧ_»∞. ......
W^ŒÌ~°∂ #_»∞K«∞‰õΩO@∂ ^ŒQÆæiÖ’x \©™êìÖò ^ŒQÆæiÔHàϧ~°∞.... QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Qˆ @∞ fÜ«∞É’~Ú PQÍ_»∞.. ZO^Œ∞~°∞QÍ `«Å∞ѨÙH˜ `åà◊O
FOHÍ~ü \© ã≤Ñπ KÕã¨∂Î J_çQÍ_»∞. "Õã≤ =ÙOk. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ZHõ¯_ç ÔHo§O^À J~°÷O HÍÖË^Œ∞.. Z=ifl J_»QÍÖ’ UO
''x#fl h "≥o§# ^ŒQÆæiflOz XHõ¯>Ë PÖ’K«#...h „Ѩ=~°Î#.. h q~°H˜Î K≥Ü«∂ºÖ’ `≥bHõ xÅ|_çáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
K«∂ã¨∞OÎ >Ë =∂#ã≤HOõ QÍ U^À zO`«# J#∞Éèqí ã¨∞<Î åfl=x J~°"÷ ∞≥ áÿ È`ÀOk. WO`«Ö’ ֒ѨeflOz `«Å∞Ѩ٠H˘\ì̃# â◊|ÌO qxÑ≤OzOk. =_ç=_çQÍ
K≥ÑC¨ !? KÕ`#« ~Ú`Õ f~°Û\ÏxH˜, ã¨ik^Œ\Ì ÏxH˜ „ѨÜ∞« ufl™êÎ#∞... J#=ã¨~"° ∞≥ #ÿ `«Å∞Ѩ٠^ŒQÆæiÔHàϧ_»∞.... ֒ѨeflOz =∂@Å∞ q#Ѩ_®¤~Ú.
J#∞=∂<åÅ`À ã¨O™ê~åxfl áê_»∞ KÕã¨∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl"≥∂#x <å ÉÏ^èŒ...—— ''H˜\ ˜H© ^ŒQÆæiH˜ ~°O_ç!—— Jx – QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ã¨O^Œ∞Ö’ H˜\ ˜H© ^ŒQÆæiH˜
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#_çKå_»∞. ֒ѨŠã¨∞Ѷ¨Å J=∂Ü«∞HõOQÍ "≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\˜ì JOk. XHõ¯ P_»^•x HÀã¨O WÖÏ... pè... `«#x `å#∞ u@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
''`åà◊O =∞izui.. FOHÍ~ü`À |Ü«∞\˜H˜ #_çzui. JO^Œ∞ˆH DÖ’QÍ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ™êfl#O ѨÓiÎ KÕã∞¨ ‰õΩx „_»ãѨ π J~Ú =KåÛ_»∞.
Z^Œ∞iO\˜ Ñ≤ÖÏ¡_Kç `Õ « ~Ô O_»∞ ѨH¯õ Å `åà◊O "Õ~ÚOz <å ^ŒQ~æÆ ∞° OK«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞...—— ^ŒÜ«∂xkè TÑ≤i aQÆѨ\Ïì_»∞.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ u<Õ¿ãÖÏ K«∂ã≤ `åà◊O fã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. `åà◊O fã≤ ''\˜Ñ¶≤<£ U=∞<åfl KÕâß"å...?—— J_çQÍ_»∞ ÉèÏ~°ºx –
֒ѨeH˘ã¨∂Î J<åfl_»∞. ''FÑ≤Hõ ÖËHõ K≥Ü«∞ºÖË^Œ∞ ɡ·@ K≥Ü«∞ºO_ç...——
''<Õ # O JO`« Ñ≤ z Û"å_ç x HÍ^Œ ∞ . ^Œ ∂ ~° O #∞Oz WO\˜ < Õ ''"≥^èŒ= H˘OѨ... uO\ÏxH˜ ‰õÄ_® QÆuÖË^Œ∞...—— Jx qã¨∞‰õΩ¯x
QÆ=∞xã¨∞Î<åfl#∞. J~Ú<å Z=~˘™êÎ~°x, Z=ih ~å=^ŒÌx JOkiH© Ô~O_»∞ ѨHõ¯Å `åà◊O ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩx PѶ‘ã¨∞ˆHã≤ #_çKå_»∞.
Y~åYO_çQÍ K≥áêÊ#∞.—— J~Ú^Œ∞ x=ÚëêÅ∞ "≥#H˜¯ "≥o`Õ...
''g∞~°∞ ~å=^ŒÌ#flO`« =∂„`å# PQÆ∞`å~å? =KÕÛ >ˇÿO =¿ãÎ g∞~°∞ ã¨∞ѶŨ ^ŒÜ∂« xkèx ֒ѨeH˜ Ñ≤eKÕ Hõ} Δ OÖ’.... XHõ =ºH˜Î K«∂âß_»∞.
PѨÖË~°∞.—— "≥Ú^Œ@ `«#x Ñ≤Å∞ã¨∞ÎO^Œ#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. HÍh HÍ^Œx =∞~˘Hõi#x "≥O@<Õ
''ã¨i ã¨i ... ™êfl<åxH˜ hà◊√§ ÃÑ@∞ì—— J<åfl_»∞ z@Ѩ@ÖÏ_»∞`«∂. J~°O÷ KÕã∞¨ ‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
''ÃÑ\˜ì J~°QOÆ @ J~ÚºOk. "≥à§◊ O_»..—— JOk #=∞„`«QÍ. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å "≥#HÍÖË "≥à◊√`«∞#fl J`«xfl HÀѨOQÍ Hõã≤QÍ K«∂âß_»∞.
™êfl<åxH˜ "≥àϧ_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å>ˇÿO K«∂ã≤O^Œ. `˘q∞‡^Œ=Ù`ÀOk. KåÖÏ¿ãѨ٠JHõ¯_» =ÙO_çáÈÜ«∂_»∞. P `«~åfi`« QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ XO@iQÍ
áêѨO ^ŒÜ«∂xkè ɡ·@ Ѩ_çQÍѨÙÅ∞ Ѩ_»∞`«∞O\Ï_»∞ J#∞‰õΩx ~å=@O `åà◊O "ÕÜ«∞@O QÆ=∞xOz <À~°∞ "≥à◊§ ɡ\Ïì_»∞.
ɡ·\ ˜H˘zÛOk. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iΠ֒ѨŠ™êfl#O KÕã¨∞Î#fl â◊|ÌO =™ÈÎOk... JO>Ë... J`«#∂ P"≥∞ ֒ѨÅ... Hõà§◊ Ö’¡Oz q+¨O ‰õΩiã≤Ok. `«#x
ã¨∞ѶŨ ɡ\· H˜ ˘KÕÛã¨iH˜.. ^ŒÜ∂« xkè WO\˜ =ÚO^Œ∞ `«KÛ« \Ï¡_∞» `«∞<åfl_»∞. =∞ÉèíºÃÑ\˜ WO\˜K«∞@∂ì uѨC‰õΩO@∂ =∞~˘HõiH˜ J=HÍâ◊O WzÛO^•..?
ÉèíÜ«∞O ÉèíÜ«∞OQÍ J^Œ∞~°∞`«∞<åfl_»∞. U=∂„`«O a_çÜ«∞Ѩ_»‰õΩO_® Ñ≤eÛOk. 'D „u=¸iÎ `«_®MÏ Uq∞\’ K«∂Ñ≤™êÎ#∞...— Hõã≤QÍ J#∞‰õΩx
Ñ≤Å=@O PÅ㨺O... K«HõK«HÍ =KåÛ_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å Ö’xH˜ #_çzOk. ѨHõ¯H˜ HõkÖÏ_»∞.
"≥#∞HõQÍ ^ŒÜ«∂xkè. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ PѶ㑠∞¨ H˜ "≥à§ı ã¨iH˜ Ѩ^~Œ ÚºOk. – PѶ㑠~¨ `ü À b"£ q+¨Ü∞« O
''WѨC_Õ PÜ«∞# ™êfl<åxH˜ "≥àϧ~°∞.. JkQÀ P =∞Oz „H˜O^ŒH˜ "≥o§ =∂\Ï¡_ç `«# ã‘\’¡ H˘KÕÛã≤iHõ J>ˇO_£ =zÛ K≥áêÊ_»∞.
^•HÀ¯...—— ''ã¨~ü g∞‰õΩ á¶È<£...——
''JÖÏO@ѨC_»∞ =∞m§ =™êÎ#∞...—— "≥#H˜¯ u~°QÆÉ’Ü«∂_»∞. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ á¶È<£ ^ŒQÆæiH˜ "≥o§ ''ǨÏÖ’... kãπÃã·_£ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iΗ—
''+π.. K≥Ñ≤ÊOk KÕÜü∞...—— Jx J`«xfl =∞OK«O „H˜OkH˜ <≥\ ˜ìOk.. J<åfl_»∞.
„H˜O^Œ JO`å =ÙHõ¯QÍ =ÙOk. ^ŒÜ«∂xkèH˜ "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜™êi D ^˘OQÆ J`«=Å Q˘O`«∞ ZHõ¯_À q#fl@∞ì =ÙOk.. ã¨#fl\˜ =ÙeÑ≤i HÍy`«O
ѨxÔHO^Œ∞H˘KåÛ<å Jx zOuOKå_»∞. `«# ¿ãì@ãπ..`«# JǨÏO K«OѨÙH˘x ÃÑ\˜ì =∂\Ï¡_»∞`«∞<åfl~°x `≥Å∞™ÈÎOk.
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J=`«Å #∞Oz XHÀ¯ =∂@ J`«x K≥=ÙÖ’¡Oz ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈ`ÀOk. WOHÍ g∞ˆH QÆ#∞Hõ q"åǨÏO J~Ú =ÙO_»Háõ È`Õ YzÛ`«OQÍ =∂ ÃÑ^Œ"Ì åà◊§x
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ J„ѨuÉè∞í _»Ü∂« º_»∞.. iã‘=~ü g∞^Œ K≥~Úº |ÅOQÍ aQÆ∞ã¨∞‰õΩOk.. g∞ WO\˜H˜ ѨO¿Ñ"å_çx....——
^Œ=_» HõO_»~åÅ∞ aQÆ∞ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl~Ú. Hõà◊√§ ‰õΩOzOK«∞‰õΩáÈÜ«∂~Ú. ''ÃÑo§à◊√§ ã¨fi~°Oæ Ö’ xâ◊ÛÜ«∞O J=Ù`åÜ«∞O\Ï... UO KÕ™êÎO.. JHõ¯_»
qã¨∞~°∞QÍ á¶È<£}˜ „ÔH_çÖò g∞^Œ Ѩ_Õã≤ ɡ·@H˘KåÛ_»∞. P P"Õâ◊OÖ’ <å ÃÑo§ QÆ∞iOz PÖ’zOKÕ@ѨC_»∞ h „Ѩ™êÎ=# =zÛ =ÙO_»^Œ∞.——
PѶ‘ã¨~üx Ѩi‡+¨<£ J_»QÍÅ#fl q+¨Ü«∞O ‰õÄ_® =∞iKå_»∞. ''JѨC_»∞ ~åHõáÈ~Ú<å x#∞fl JO^Œ∞‰õΩ<Õ Ñ¨Ù~°∞+¨μefl QÆ∞iOz K«~°Û
––– =zÛ#ѨC_»∞ #<Õfl UHõ„w=OQÍ x~°‚~ÚOz =ÙO\Ï~°∞....——
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ `åà◊O ÃÑ\˜ì "≥à§◊ @O PÅ㨺O.. ^ŒÜ∂« xkè ɡ\· H˜ ˘KåÛ_»∞. ''=∂@QÍ_ç"Õ... =∞#ã¨∞H˜ #zÛ#"å_ç"Õ...——
QÆ^ŒO`å pHõ\ ˜. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å <˘K«∞Û‰õΩO@∂ JOk. ''S Å"£ Ü«¸!—— J<åfl_»∞.. KÕ`«∞Å∞ KåÑ≤ –
''W|ƒOk Ѩ_®¤~å?—— ''S@∂.. "≥ Ú QÆ ∞ _ç ` À JÅã≤ á ÈÜ« ∂ #∞. J`« x „Ѩ = ~° Î # `À
U_»fiÖËHõ #qfi J<åfl_»∞. qã≤yáÈÜ«∂#∞. <åH˜Ñ¨C_»∞ HÍ=Åã≤Ok h ã¨~°ã¨# „ѨâßO`«`«. ##∞fl
''JÉ˃ J^ÕO ÖË^Œ∞...—— Jx *Ë|∞Ö’Oz x„^Œ=∂„`«Å á⁄\Ï¡O fã≤ =∞izáÈÜÕ∞ ã¨=∞Ü«∂xfl <åH˜=fiQÆÅ"å....?——
WKåÛ_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å "å\˜#O^Œ∞‰õΩx ѨHõ¯# ÃÑ\˜ìOk. ^ŒÜ«∂xkè WHõ PÖ’zOK«ÖË^Œ∞. =º~°ú"≥∞ÿ# _≥·ÖÏQ∑û`À HÍÅÜ«∂Ѩ#
^ŒÜ∂« xkè P"≥∞x ѨsHõQΔ Í K«∂ã≤ ''ÉÏQÍ zH˜¯áÈÜ«∂~°∞...—— J<åfl_»∞. KÕÜ«∞ÖË^Œ∞. ZO`« =∂\Ï¡_ç<å.. UO KÕã≤<å ^•xHÀã¨"Õ∞QÍ.. J#=ã¨~°"≥∞ÿ#
''zH˜¯áÈ`Õ K«Hõ¯QÍ ÖË<å...?—— JOk QÆ=∞‡`«∞ÎQÍ – Ç≤ÏáÈÊ„Hõã‘ =∂@ÅH˜ ѨÙÖò™êìÑπ ÃÑ\˜ì... ^ŒQÆæiH˜ fã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
^ŒÜ«∂xkè `«_»|_»∞`«∂... ''<å L^ÕÌâ◊ºO JkHÍ^Œ∞. W+¨ì"≥∞ÿ# "åifl QÆ ∞ =fiÑ≤ @ ì Ö Ï "˘kyáÈ~ÚOk. ^Œ Ü « ∂ xkè Ѩ ~ ° = ∂#O^Œ
K«∂_»QÍ<Õ HõeˆQ J#∞Éèí∂u.. "åi zH˜¯#@∞¡, #Å`« K≥Ok#@∞ì...—— Éèií `«∞_»Ü∂« º_»∞.
''x[OQÍ <Õ#O>Ë JO`« W+ì̈=∂...?—— `«=∂ëêQÍ Hõà‹§QÆ̂~ã≤ JOk. ''^ä•OH±û! ##∞fl #q∞‡#O^Œ∞‰õΩ.. ##∞fl Jáê~°Oú KÕã∞¨ HÀ#O^Œ∞‰õΩ. <å
''ZO`« W+¨ìO ÖˉõΩO>Ë.. h HÀã¨O =∞Oz „H˜O^Œ ^•‰õΩ¯O\Ï#∞...—— rq`«OÖ’ `«Ñ¨ÊO@∂ KÕã≤ =ÙO>Ë XHõ>Ë KÕâß#∞. Jk QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ q+¨Ñ¨Ù
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å QÆÅQÆÖÏ #qfiOk. ¿ãÅÜÕ∞~°∞ áê~°∞`«∞#fl@∞ì.... ѨÓ=ÙÅ∞ =∂@Å∞ q#@O... JÖÏO\˜ `«Ñ¨C rq`«OÖ’ K≥Ü«∞º#∞.——
~åe#@∞ì– ã¨∞ѶŨ J`«xfl =∞iO`«QÍ ÃÑ#"Õã∞¨ HõO@∂ áÈ`«∂..''x[OQÍ<å...?——
''P #=Ùfi HÀã¨"Õ∞... <å `«Ñ¨#, `«Ñ¨ã¨∞û.. D [#‡H˜ f~°^Œ#∞‰õΩ#fl JOk.
`«$+¨‚ WÖÏ f~°@O WѨÊ\˜H© #=∞‡ÖˉõΩO_® =Ù<åfl#∞.—— ''=∞i J|^ŒOú J#∞‰õΩ<åfl"å? K≥ÑC¨ ! ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ ^Œ∂Hõ<å? xѨCÖ’¡
''JO`« ÉÏ=ÙO\Ï<å?—— =à◊√§ q~°∞K«∞‰õΩO@∂ JOk. #_»=<å? áêi*Ï`«O `≥zÛ `«ÖÖ’ `«∞~°=∞<å?——
''JO^ŒO HõO>Ë h =∞#ã¨∞.. K«Hõ¯\˜ „Ѩ=~°Î#.. ã¨"≥∂‡Ç¨Ï#"≥∞ÿ# ''J"Õg =^Œ∞Ì. ##∞fl ayÜ«∂~° H“yeOK«∞HÀ. <å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞
K«∂ѨÙÅ∞.... J"Õ ##∞fl h "≥·Ñ¨ÙH˜ PHõi¬OKå~Ú. x[O K≥|∞`«∞<åfl#∞. ™ê„=∂[ºOÃÑ· Jkè+≤ìOK«∞——.
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F "≥<≥flÅ H˜~°}O ã¨∂\˜QÍ =zÛ J`«x QÆ∞O_≥Ö’ kyáÈ~ÚOk. z#flQÍ =ÙO>Ë =ÙO_»K«∞Û. W~°"≥· Pˆ~à◊§ "å_ç#x K≥a`Õ `«#x Z=~°∂
K«e `«∞á¶ê<£Ö’ z‰õΩ¯‰õΩáÈ~Ú# ÉÏ@™êiH˜ <≥QÆ_»∞ HõxÑ≤OK«#@∞¡~ÚºOk. #=∞‡~°∞. K«∂_»\ÏxH˜ z#fl"å_çQÍ P"≥∞H˜ `«=Ú‡_çQÍ JQÆ∞Ñ≤™êÎ_»∞.
HÀÔ~¯ =∞O@ÖÏO\˜k fˆ~=~°‰õÄ HÍÅ∞`«∂<Õ =ÙO@∞Ok. Jk P ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ QÆ∞~°∞Î KÕÜ«∞@O KåÖÏ ÉÏ^èŒ HõeyOzOk.
~Ô O_»∞ KÕ`∞« Ö`À "≥ÚǨÏO Ѩ@∞ì‰Ωõ <åfl_»∞. PHÍâ◊OÖ’ uiˆQ K«O„^Œ∞_çx ^•xfl P"≥∞ QÆ∞iÎOzOk.
Ѩ@∞ì‰Ωõ O@∞#fl@∞ì JxÑ≤OzOk. ~Ô O\˜H© ÃÑ^ŒQÌ Í `Õ_® ‰õÄ_® ÖË^∞Œ . ~Ô O_»∂ ''>ËH˜\ò Dr... ã¨~°ã¨OÖ’ U"≥∞ÿ<å =∂\Ï¡_»=K«∞Û. ##∞fl #∞=Ùfi
J"≥∂Ѷ¨∂ÖË. Ô~O\˜H© z#fl Ö’áêÖË. U"≥∞ÿ<å J#K«∞Û. x#∞fl <Õ#∞ WOHÀ\˜....?——
#∞^Œ∞\˜ g∞^Œ =∞K«Û ^ŒQ~æÆ ° K«∞OaOKå_»∞. H˘xfl"ÕÅ q^Œ∞º`«∞Î náêÅ∞ 'WHõ PѨٗ J<åfl_»∞. P `«~åfi`« =∂@x P"≥∞ <À\˜#∞Oz q#ÖËHõ–
"≥eyOz#@∞ì "≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\˜ìOk. ''P_»k JO>Ë U=∞#∞‰õΩ<åfl=Ù. J}˜y =∞}˜y =ÙOK«∞‰õΩ#fl HÍ=∞ѨÙ
"≥ K « Û x áê#∞Ê g∞^Œ 㨠fi áêflŠѨ Ù ëêÊÅ∞ [Å∞¡ ‰ õ Ω x J`« # ∞ ѨÙ@.ì â◊$OQÍ~°OÖ’ `≥yOzO^• ZO`« =∞QÍ_≥<· å *Ï=HÍi "≥#∞Hõ Ѩ_®eûO^Õ.
K«∞@∞ì‰õΩáÈÜ«∂_»∞. P"≥∞ Hõà◊=à◊Ѩ_çOk. LH˜¯iaH˜¯i J~ÚºOk. JO^Œ∞Hˆ =∞# ѨÓsΉΩõ Å∞ P_»^•xH˜ ã≤Q∞Æ æ J<Õ |O^èOŒ Ö’ ayOz Páê~°∞.——
ã¨"∂≥ ‡Ç¨Ï=∞O„`åxfl J`«x K≥qÖ’ =ÓWk. Z^Œ#∞ Z^ŒH˜ QÆ\Qì˜ Í `åH˜OzOk. ''J~Ú`Õ D xq∞+¨OÖ’ P ã≤QÆ∞æ =^ŒÖË~Ú. =∞QÍ_»∞ `«~°∞ѨÙ# <Õ#∞
ã¨∞=∞# ã¨∞O^Œ~° =ã¨O`«w`«O qxÑ≤Oz#@¡xÑ≤OzOk. H˜uΔ [ ~ˆ YÖÏ KèåÖˇO*ò KÕã∞¨ <Î åfl#∞. HÍK«∞HÀ—— Jx #_çÑO≤ K«∞‰õΩO@∂ QÀ_» ^ŒQiæÆ H˜ "≥àϧ_»∞.
=Oy# Éèí∞*ÏÅ =OѨ٠^ŒQÆæ~° z#flQÍ H˘iHÍ_»∞. JÖÏ P"≥∞x PxzÛ #_»∞O ^ŒQÆæiflOz „áê~°OaèOKå_»∞.
P"≥∞ Fñ JOk...^Œ@ì"≥∞ÿ# J_»qÖ’ ^•‰õΩ¯#fl xQÆ∂_è» ~°Ç¨Ï™êºÅ =Ú^Œ∞ÌÅ =~°¬ ‰õΩiÑ≤OKå_»∞. P"≥∞ ZyÔ~yi Ѩ_»∞`ÀOk. "≥K«Û\˜
HÀã¨O J`«x =∞#ã¨∞ Lqfià◊¥§iOk... Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞ÅH˜ ѨxÃÑ\Ïì_»∞. âßfi㨠q_»∞™ÈÎOk. ^ŒÜ∂« xkèH˜ P âßfiã¨Ö’ PǨ^¡ HŒ ~õ "° ∞≥ #ÿ Ѩi=∞à◊O =ã¨∞OÎ ^•
`≥Å¡x Éèí∞*ÏÅ∞ ^•\Ï~Ú. JxÑ≤OzOk. Ç≤Ï=∞ â◊$OQÆ"≥∞ÿ# Ç≤Ï=∂ÅÜ«∞Ѩ٠K«Å¡^Œ#O ‰õÄ_® J`«xfl
ã¨#fl\˜ "≥∞_» „H˜O^ŒQÍ *Ï~å~Ú. "≥∞Å¡QÍ KåÖÏ "≥∞Å¡QÍ Ñ¨_ô Ѩ_#ç @∞ì K«Å¡|~°K«ÖË^Õ=∂–
`åH© `å#@∞ì `«yeOKå_»∞. q~°Ç¨ÏO`À "ÕyáÈ`«∂.. =}˜ˆH ÃÑ^•Å#∞ Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. "Õ_≥H˜¯
"≥Ú`«ÎO â◊s~°"Õ∞ [Å∞¡=∞Ok. ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∞ Hõ"å\ÏÅ∞ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ áÈ~Ú# Ѩ^ŒúuK«∂ã≤ ã¨OQÆ=∞O HÀã¨O J„~°∞Å∞ Kåã¨∞ÎO^Œx TÇ≤ÏOKå_»∞.
[iQÍ~Ú. P"≥∞ ''Ñ‘¡*òñ!—— JOk Jã¨Ç¨Ï#OQÍ– JO`Õ! Hõ}Δ =∂Å㨺O K≥Ü∞« ºÖË^∞Œ . Ñ≤~∞° ^Œ∞Å g∞^Œ KÕ`∞« ÖËã≤ p~°ÖÏQÍ_»∞.
J`«x =∞iO`«QÍ <˘Hͯ_»∞. P"≥∞ `«#‡Ü«∞OQÍ JOk. =∞Or~åÖÏ¡O@ áê^•Åx q_çz ÃÑ·H˜ ÖËzOk. "≥∞Å¡... "≥∞Å¡QÍ P"≥∞H˜
''<å x^Œ∞iOK«∞ â◊Ü∂« ºQÆÇϨ =Ú‡ h=Ù ÖËHáõ È`Õ <å‰õΩ Ñ¨zÛ â◊¥#º"Õ∞. `≥Å∞™ÈÎOk. `å#∞ J_»∞¤ K≥¿ÑÊ ã¨=∞Ü«∞O Jã¨#fl"≥∞ÿO^Œx J#∞‰õΩOk.
=∞QÆ"å_®..JO^Œ"∞≥ #ÿ Hõ#∞flÅ"å_®...=∞O^•~° K≥@Oì `« "å_®... Ñ≤_Hç e˜ Ö’ ^ŒÜ«∂xkèx g∞^Œ‰õΩ ÖωõΩ¯Ok. `«=∞HõOQÍ yeyO`«Å∞ ‰õΩiÑ≤OzOk.
W=Ú_»∞ #_»∞=∞O`«"å_®! ##∞fl K«∞@∞ì‰õΩ#fl J~å÷xq.. Ѩ~°=∂~åúxq... '~å... ^ŒQÆæiH˜ ~å?!—— Jx =ÓÑ≤Ok.
JO`« P"Õâ◊OÖ’#∂ ^ŒÜ«∂xkè z#fl|∞K«∞Û‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. `«#∞ ã¨#flQÍ ^ŒÜ«∂xkè Ô~zÛáÈ~Ú @ѨC# ÃÑ·H˜ ÖÏQÍ_»∞ ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_»∞
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PÑ≤O^Œ`«x K≥~ÚºOk. ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_»∞... H˜\H˜ © ^ŒQ~æÆ ° JeH˜_ç J~ÚºOk. Z=~À xOK«∞#fl@∞ì
WѨC_»"≥∂ "≥ÚǨÏO ÔH·ÃÑH˜¯# P_»^•xÖÏ ÖË^Œ∞. ÉèÏ=~°Ç≤Ï`«OQÍ `≥Å∞™ÈÎOk.
"≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\˜ì J`«xfl q_çÑ≤OK«∞‰õΩx ѨHõ¯ÔHo§Ok. ^ŒÜ«∂xkèx ѨHõ¯H˜ `Àã≤ H˜\ ˜H© ^ŒQÆæiH˜ =zÛOk P^Œ∞~åÌQÍ.
^ŒÜ«∂xkè ã≤÷u K≥ѨÊ#Åq HÍxk. ^•Ç¨iÎ`À =Ù#fl "å_çH˜ <À\˜H˜ WO\˜=ÚO^Œ∞ á⁄~°∞QÍ"≥∞ HÍ^Œ∞... áÈH˜s Ñ≤Å¡Å∞ Jã¨ÖË HÍ^Œ∞.
K«Å¡x ho§zÛ „`åˆQ ã¨=∞Ü«∂xH˜ uiy fã¨∞‰õΩO>Ë HõeˆQ Jã¨Ç¨Ï#O. „u=¸iÎ |∞ã¨Å∞ q_»∞ã¨∞<Î åfl_»∞. #∞OK«∞#fl ÉèOí y=∞ K«∂ã¨∞OÎ >Ë KåÖÏ HÀѨOQÍ
^ŒÜ∂« xkè `«#x `å#∞ HõO„\’Öò KÕã∞¨ HÀ=\ÏxH˜ KåÖÏ Hõ+Ñì¨ _¨ =» eû =zÛOk. =Ù#fl@∞ì `≥Å∞™ÈÎOk.
r=O áÈ~Ú# "≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\˜ì J<åfl_»∞. ''#∞"åfi.. ™ês.. g∞~å...?—— JOk UO =∂\Ï¡_®Ö’ J~°÷OHÍHõ.
''ZO^Œ∞HõÖÏ Ñ¨Hõ¯ÔHàÏÎ=Ù. D „ѨѨOK«OÖ’ =Ù#fl Jxfl tHõΔÅHõO>Ë ''KåÅ∞ "≥∂ã¨áÈ~ÚOk KåÅ∞. Z=Ô~·<å XHõ¯™êˆ~ #=Ú‡`å~°∞.
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ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å z~å‰õΩQÍ "≥ÚǨÏO ÃÑ\˜ì.. ''XHõ¯ x=Ú+¨O...—— Jx ‰õÄP `≥Å∞ã¨∞. „Ѩu~ÀA Ñ≤zÛ‰õΩHõ¯ÖÏ u~°∞QÆ∞`«∞#fl ##∞fl =kÖËã≤.. "å_çfl
֒ѨeÔHo§Ok. ... "å_çfl.. h ѨHõ¯Ö’H˜ ~°Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩO\Ï"å? ^•xH˜ „ѨfHÍ~°O.. Uq∞\’
x=ÚëêÅ∞ ã¨∂^Œ∞ÖÏ¡ QÆ∞K«∞Û`«∂ Hõ^∞Œ Å∞`«∞<åfl~Ú. x~åâ◊ =^Œ#O`À `≥Å∞™ê? <Õ<Õ á¶È<£ KÕâß#∞. g∞ PÜ«∞#H˜. ֒ѨŠWOH˘Hõ_∞» <åfl_»x K≥áêÊ#∞.
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''x#∞fl ǨÏ~üì KÕã∞¨ <Î åfl#∞. <å‰õΩ =∞O`ü.. [ãπì WѨC_Õ ™êì~ìü J~ÚºOk.—— ^•xH˜ KåÖÏ ÃÑ^ŒÌ^≥|ƒ... ã‘fi\ò ëê\ò... QÆ∞_£Éˇ· q∞Ãããπ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iΗ—
^ŒÜ«∂xkè <≥uÎ# K«hflà◊√§ zÅHõiOK«#@∞¡~ÚºOk. =∞#ã¨∞ "≥Ú^Œ∞Ì KÕ~Ú=ÓÑ≤ "≥àϧ_»∞ „u=¸iÎ.
ÉÏiáÈ~ÚOk. ã¨O=`«û~°O =Ü«∞ã¨∞û ÃÑÑ· _¨ @¤» ∞ì QÀ_»H˜ KÕ~y° e Ѩ_áç ÈÜ«∂_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å <≥uÎg∞^Œ ˆH¡=∂~ü"≥∞ÿ<£û ZH±ûáÈ¡[~üû Ѩ_ç#@¡~ÚOk.
''ZO`« <åÅ∞QÆ∞~ÀAÅ∞ W>Ëì =KÕÛ™êÎ~Ú—— ^ŒQÆæiH˜ =zÛ Éèí∞[O g∞^Œ JѨÊ\˜^•HÍ JO`å qO@∞#fl ^ŒÜ«∂xkè QÆ∞O_≥Åqã≤áÈÜ«∂~Ú.
K≥ÜÕ∞ºã≤ JOk. ɡ·\ ˜ÔHàı¡ =∂~°æO ÖË^Œ∞. WO\’¡ `å#∞<åfl#x `≥eã≤áÈ~ÚOk. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ
^ŒÜ«∂xkè `«Å qkeOK«∞‰õΩx '"≥àÏÎ#∞— J<åfl_»∞. ~åQÍ<Õ ZÖÏ `«Ö`ˇ ∞« HÎ À"åe. ¿ÇÏ ÉèQí "Æ å<£! ZO`« q+¨=∞ã≤u÷ HõeÊOKå=Ü«∂º
'UÜü∞! Uq∞\˜k. ZÖÏ "≥àÏÎ=Ù? =∂ PÜ«∞# =KÕÛ=~°‰õÄ `«Ñ¨Ê^Œ∞ =∞~À™êi WÖÏO\˜ |∞kú `«‰Ωõ ¯= Ѩx KÕÜ∞« #∞. Ѩ~å~Ú P_»^•x á⁄O^Œ∞HÀã¨O
h‰õÄ, <å‰õÄ D |OkèMÏ<å?—— qK«HõΔ} =∞iz ##∞fl <Õ#∞ `«‰õΩ¯= KÕã¨∞HÀ#∞. <å‰õΩ |∞kú =zÛOk.
''JѨÊ\˜^•HÍ...!?—— ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å WOHÍ xâıÛ+¨ì`« #∞Oz `Õ~°∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. Éèíq+¨º`«∞Î Hõà◊§ =ÚO^Œ∞
''ã¨~™° êÅ∞ ÖËHáõ È~Ú<å ã¨~åQÍÅ∞ P_»=K«∞Û<Õ—— #qfiOk "≥H¯˜ iO`«QÍ Hõ^ÖŒ Ï_çOk. ~Ô _£ ǨºO_≥_Q£ Í ^˘~°H@õ =∞O>Ë W^ÕQÍ! ^ŒÜ∂« xkèx ^•K«\ÏxH˜
– ‰õÄ_® J=HÍâ◊O ÖË^Œ∞. XHõ"Õà◊ ^•z<å ^˘~°Hõ@O MÏÜ«∞O.. ZÖÏ?
'h ÉÁO^Œ— Jx J#∞‰õΩx ÃÑ·H˜ '=∞ˆ~— J<åfl_»∞. ZÖÏ? D q+¨=∞ ã≤÷uÖ’Oz ɡ·@Ѩ_»@O.
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â◊`«HÀ\˜ ^Œi„^•ÅH˜ J#O`«HÀ\˜ LáêÜ«∂Å∞. PÖ’zOKåÖË QÍh K«∂_»=∞O@∞O^À J~°÷OHÍÖË^Œ∞.
=∂~°æO =ÙO_»HõáÈ^Œ∞. P"≥∞ xâ◊ÛÅOQÍ Hõà◊√§ =¸ã¨∞‰õΩOk. <˘Ñ¨CÅ∞ ã¨~°fi`«¯ $+¨‚"≥∞ÿ# ™œO^Œ~°º =∞iO`« ÃÑiˆQÖÏ #qfiOk.
Ѩ_»∞`«∞#fl ѨÙ_»q∞`«e¡ÖÏ `«Å¡_çe¡Ok. ''#∞=Ùfi ^•‰õΩ¯<Õ „Ѩ^âÕ O◊ . <å ~Ô O_»∞ HÍà◊§ =∞^躌 . QÆ∞O„_»OQÍ uiy#
~°q H˜~°}ÏxH˜ K≥ki „H˜O^ŒH˜ *Ïi# =∞OK«∞ aO^Œ∞=ÙÖÏ P"≥∞ HÍ@<£ p~°Ö’ P pHõ\ ˜Ö’ J~Ú^Œ∞ x=ÚëêÅ∞ Éèíi¿ãÎ KåÅ∞.——
=∞#ã¨∞Ö’ F PÖ’K«# `«à◊√‰õΩ¯=∞Ok. ,,,,,,,,, K«kq# zÅ∞Hõ K≥Ñ≤Ê# =∞^茺H˜ pe# "≥^Œ∞~°∞ÉÁOQÆ∞ÖÏ – q„ÉèÏOuQÍ.. q㨇ܫ∞OQÍ...
Hõ^äŒÅ∞ =∞~À™êi QÆ∞~°∞ÎH˘KåÛ~Ú. JO`«Hõ<åfl QÆ`«ºO`«~°O ÖË^Œ∞ =∞i `«Å =Óáê_»∞ QÆ∞_»∞¡ `ÕÖËã≤–
WHõ HõΔ}=∂Åâ◊ºO K≥Ü«∞ºÖË^Œ∞. K«HõK«HÍ "≥o§ c~°∞"å `≥izOk. –––
W„ã‘Î KÕã≤# HÍ@<£ p~° KÕuÖ’H˜ fã¨∞‰õΩOk. Hõ@∞ì‰õΩ#fl p~°x qÑ≤Ê QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ZH˜¯# P\’ 㨄~°∞# ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ WO\˜ =ÚO^Œ∞ PyOk.
HÍ@<£ p~° ^èŒiOK«\ÏxH˜ Ô~O_»∞ x=ÚëêÅ∞ ‰õÄ_® Ѩ@ìÖË^Œ∞. JO`å Pw PQÆ@O PÅâ◊ºO *Ë|∞Ö’Oz ѨkHÍy`«O P\’"å_ç "≥ÚǨ# y~å@∞"Õã≤
JÜ«∂ºHõ ã¨O`«$Ñ≤ÎQÍ `«ÖÏ_çOz ^ŒÜ«∂xkè =Ù#fl QÆkÖ’H˜ =zÛOk. =ÚO^Œ∞ ‰õΩiHÍ_»∞.
K≥=∞@Å∞ XHõ¯>Ë `«‰õΩ¯=. x~°∞`«∞Î~°∞_»~Ú xÅ∞ÛO_çáÈÜ«∂_»∞. `åà◊O fÜ«∞@O PÅ㨺O.. qã¨∞~°∞QÍ `«Å∞ѨÙÅ∞ `Àâß_»∞.
=∂\˜=∂\˜H© `«Å∞Ѩ٠=OˆH K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. U z#fl â◊ÉÏÌxÔH·<å ã¨~åfiOQÆ ã¨∞O^Œ~°OQÍ JÅOHõiOK«∞‰õΩx ã¨∞ѨŠxÅ|_ç =ÙOk.
`«_|» ∞`«∞<åfl_»∞. =∞O^•~°O K≥@∞ìÖÏ.. Éèí~°Îx #=Ùfi`À Ѩ@HõiOzOk.
''^ŒÜ∂« !—— Ñ≤eÛOk ã¨∞ѶŨ . P"≥∞ HõO~îO° Ö’ P^Œ∞~åÌÖ^Ë ∞Œ . [~°QÉÆ ’ÜÕ∞ P #=Ùfix QÍh P"≥∞x QÍh Ѩ\ ˜ìOK«∞‰õΩ<Õ ã≤÷uÖ’ ÖË^Œ∞. WO\’¡H˜
q+¨=∞ã≤÷u `åÅ∂‰õΩ L„kHõÎ`« ÖË^Œ∞. J_»∞QÆ∞ÃÑ\˜#ì =∞~°∞Hõ}Δ O.. =ÚO^Œ∞ =∞OK«O„H˜O^Œ K«∂âß_»∞. `«~åfi`« c~°∞"å
™È¡"≥∂+¨<£Ö’ÖÏ P"≥∞ "≥·Ñ¨ÙH˜ `«Å uáêÊ_»∞. "≥#∞Hõ, PYiH˜ áê`«QÆ∞_»¤Å |∞@ìÖ’ ‰õÄ_® K«∂âß_»∞. WÅ∞¡ "≥Ú`åÎxfl F
''_ÀO\ò =„s.. <À ѶÜ≤ ∞« ~ü.. ã¨∞ѶŨ D*ò Ç≤ÏÜ«∞~ü.. <å`À ã¨ÇϨ Hõi¿ãÎ H˘eH˜¯ `≥KåÛ_»∞.
W^ŒÌ~°O ɡ·@Ѩ_»K«∞Û.—— Éè~í ΰ KÕ+Åì¨ x H˜=∞‡#‰õΩO_® QÆ=∞x™ÈÎOk. "≥uH˜ "≥uH˜ JÅã≤áÈÜ«∂_»∞.
''UO\’ K≥ÑC¨ . =∞OK«O „H˜O^Œ ^•HÀ¯<å? c~°∞"å "≥#∞HÍÅ #Hõ¯<å? QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ HÀѨOQÍ KÕ`∞« Å∞ H˘@∞ì‰Ωõ <åfl_»∞. `«#H˘zÛ# á¶È<£ HÍÖò
UO KÕã≤<å ^˘iH˜áÈ=@O `«^䌺O. J^Œ$+¨ìâ◊H˜Î=ÙO>Ë `«Ñ¨Ê D QÆ_»∞¤HÍÅO J|^Œú=∂? ÖËHõ `å#∞ "≥`«Hõ=Åã≤# „Ѩ^ÕâßÅ∞ WOHÍ WO\’¡ =Ù<åflÜ«∂?
#∞Oz `«ÑÊ≤ OK«∞HÀÖËO.—— ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_»_çyOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å.
''`«Ñ≤ÊOK«∞HÀQÆÅO.. <å "≥·Ñ¨ÙH˜ K«∂_»∞.—— ''U=∞<åfl áÈÜ«∂Ü«∂? ÖËHõ g∞q J#∞‰õΩ#flq Hõ#Ѩ_»@O ÖË^•!?——
^ŒÜ«∂xkè P"≥∞x `Õiáê~° K«∂âß_»∞. ã¨#flQÆ K«∂_» K«Hõ¯QÍ LO_Õ ''U_ç "å_Õ_ç...? WHõ¯_Õ =Ù<åfl_»∞??——
P"≥∞ HÍ@<£p~°Ö’ ÉÏQÍ ÖÏ=ÙQÍ Hõ#Ѩ_»∞`ÀOk. ‰õΩzÛà◊√§ ‰õÄ_® ÉÏQÍ ''Z=~°O_ç "å_»∞?——
=ÚO^Œ∞H˘zÛ |∞@ì ÉÁ=∞‡ÖÏ Hõ#∞Ѩ_»∞^ÀOk. HÍh `«#<≥O^Œ∞‰õΩ ''WO`«¿ãѨ٠QÆkÖ’ =Ù#fl"å_»∞. h`À WѨÊ\˜^•HÍ ‰õΩeH˜# "å_»∞——
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Jx áê`« „@O‰õΩÃÑ>ˇì "≥·Ñ¨Ù #_çKå_»∞. – ֒ѨŠW^Œ~Ì ∂° x~å…O`«áÈÜ«∂~°∞. ã¨~™° êÅ∞ ã¨O÷ aèOz áÈÜ«∂~Ú.
ã¨∞ѶŨ QÆÅ QÆÅ #qfiOk. J=∞$`« [Å∞¡ÖÏ JxÑ≤OK«Ö^Ë ∞Œ . =∞^è#Œ ∞_ç "≥Ú^Œ@ P"≥∞ `Õ~°∞‰õΩOk. UO K≥Ü«∂ºe? „Ñ≤Ü«Ú_çx Éèí~°Î HõO@Ѩ_»‰õΩO_®
ÉÏ}ÏÖÏ¡ `«QÆÅÖË^Œ∞. JyflǨϟ„`«∞_ç <åÅ∞Hõ#∞Oz =zÛ ÃãQÆÖÏ `«yeOk. ZÖÏ Ñ¨OÑ≤OKåe? `«# ã¨O™ê~åxfl ZÖÏ xÅɡ@∞ìHÀ"åe? P_»k
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =Ú‰õΩ¯Ñ¨Ù\ÏÅ#∞ Hõkeã¨∂Î.... ''#=fi"Õ... W"åfià◊ h `«Å∞K«∞‰õΩO>Ë PÖ’#ÅH˜ Hõ~°∞"å?
~°O‰õΩ`«#O |@ì|Ü«∞Å=Ù`ÀOk. "å_çHõ¯_Õ ZHõ¯_À #H˜¯ =ÙO\Ï_»∞— Jx ã¨#flQÍ i=@ÖÏ =ÙO_Õ „Ñ≤Ü«Ú_çfl, `«# Ô~O_»∞ HÍà◊§ =∞^茺
áê`« „@O‰õΩÃÑ>ˇì =¸`« `≥iKå_»∞. ‰õÄ~ÀÛ=∞Ok. P ~ÀAÖ’¡ Z‰õΩ¯=QÍ Ñ¨@∞ìp~°Å∞ Hõ@∞ì‰õΩ<Õ"å~°∞.
MÏmQÍ "≥H¯˜ iOzOk. =ÚHõ¯"åã¨# QÆ∞ѨC# H˘\˜Oì k. Ѩ_#ç HõëêìxH˜ J`«<åÖ’zOK«‰õΩO_® Ô~O_»∞ HÍà◊§ =∞^茺 ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞.
„ѨuѶ¨ÅOÖÏ– Ѩ@∞ìp~° ã¨=iOK«∞‰õΩOk. ZO`À ѨsHõΔQÍ K«∂¿ãÎ `«Ñ¨Ê Ô~O_»∞ HÍà◊§
''q∞=∞‡efl K«∂ã¨∞OÎ >Ë <åHÀ Hõ^Œä QÆ∞~°∞HÎ ˘ã¨∞OÎ ^ŒO_ô... q<Õ L`åûǨÏO, =∞^茺 ~°O‰õΩ "≥ÚQÆ∞_»∞<åfl_»x `≥b^Œ∞. ^è≥·~°ºOQÍ, KÕux =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ KåÑ≤,
FÑ≤Hõ =ÙO>Ë K≥|∞`å#∞.—— `«Å∞Ѩ٠`≥izOk.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ^ŒQÆæiH˘zÛ ''UO\Ï Hõ^äŒ...?—— J<åfl_»∞. ~°∞ã¨~°∞ã¨ÖÏ_»∞`«∂ Éèí~°Î. g∞ÖÏ ÃÑ@ìÅ∂, |@ìÅ∂ Jhfl "≥kHÍ_»∞.
''ѨÓ~°fiO... L[˚~Ú# #QÆ~°OÖ’ F „ã‘ =ÙO_Õk. =∞Ç¨Ï JO^ŒQÆ`≥Î. z=iH˜ ÉèÏ~°º ^ŒQÆæiH˘zÛ xÅnâß_»∞ g∞ÖÏ–
P"≥∞ á⁄O^Œ∞HÀã¨O, K«O„^Œ∞_»∞ ‰õÄ_® =∞|∞ƒ Ѩ_»`«∞efl =kÖËã≤ =KÕÛ"å_»x JѨC_®"≥∞ ѨHõѨHõ #=Ùfi`«∂..''#∞=Ùfi =ã¨∞Î<åfl=x `≥eã≤ <å@HõO
„Ѩfu. Pq_» QÍe "≥ÚǨxfl Ѩ^Œ‡OQÍ „Éèí=∞ã≤ `«∂hQÆÅ∞ „"åÖËÜ«∞O@. P_®#∞. Q˘O`«∞ =∂~åÛ#∞.——
JÖÏO\˜ P J^Œ∞ƒù`« ™œO^Œ~°º~åtH˜ #∞#∞ÃÑ·# [|ƒÅ∞ QÆÅ"å_ç g∞^Œ ''Jn ã¨OQÆu. =∞x+¨O@∂ =ÙO>Ë, P QÆkÖ’ ^˘~°H¯õ áÈ_»∞. J~Ú<å
=∞#ã¨∞ áÈ~ÚOk. =∂\˜ =∂\˜H© HõO_»Å∞ uiy# J`«x "≥ÚQÆ`«#O K≥@Oì `« =∞x+≤ Hõ#Ѩ_H» õ áÈ=@=∞O>Ë =∂@Å∞ HÍ^Œ∞. x#∞fl #=Ú‡`«∞<åfl#∞.——
Hõà◊§=ÚO^Œ∞ "≥∞^Œ∞Å∞`ÀOk. ''P ÉèíQÆ=O`«∞_ç ^ŒÜ«∞=Å¡ <Õ#∞ x*Ï~Úf Ѩ~°∞~åefl. XHõ"Õà◊
ÖÏÉèíO ÖË^Œ#∞‰õΩx ѨiKåiHõ ^•fi~å Hõ|∞~°∞ÃÑ\˜ì Ñ≤eÑ≤OK«∞‰õΩOk. g∞~°∂Ç≤ÏOK«#@∞ì x[OQÍ „Ñ≤Ü«Ú_Õ QÆkÖ’ =Ù<åfl ^•zÃÑ@ì@"Õ∞ HÍ^Œ∞,
Éè~ˆí "Î ∂≥ Tà’§ÖË_∞» . HÀi# „Ñ≤ÜÚ« _ç`À UHÍO`«O, =∞^è∞Œ =Ó Hõq`«fiO, =Ü«∞ã¨∂, ɡ·\ ˜H˜ ѨO¿Ñ `≥eq`Õ@Å∞ <åÖ’ =Ù<åfl~Ú.
á⁄QÆ~°∞ "åi QÆkÖ’ áÈ\© Ѩ_®¤~Ú. ''JÇ¨Ï J~Ú`Õ QÆk`À J}∞=}∞=Ù "≥kHÍ#∞. x[OQÍ hˆH
HÍh.. J#∞HÀx J"åO`«~°O. K«O„^Œ∞_çH˜ D~°¬º ѨÙ\˜ì Éèí~°Îx "≥#H˜¯ „Ñ≤Ü«Ú_»∞<åfl_»#∞HÀ, ZHõ¯_» ^•zÃÑ_»`å"Õ.——
~°Ñ≤ÊOKå_À, ÖËHõ PHÍâ◊"å}˜ Jã¨∂Ü«∞`À Éèí~°ÎH˜ J#∞=∂#O KÕiÛO^À, P ''ZHõ¯_≥·<å ^•K«K«∞Û. JO`≥O^Œ‰õΩ <å Ô~O_»∞ HÍà◊§ =∞^茺 Ѩ@∞ìp~°
ÉèQí =Æ O`«∞_ç̂H `≥eÜ«∂e. QÆ∞|∞~°¡Ö’ ‰õÄ_® ^•K«K«∞Û.——
WO\’¡H˜ =zÛ# Éèí~°ÎH˜ QÆkÖ’ H˜ÅH˜Å~å"åÅ∞ q#Ѩ_®¤~Ú. ''ã¨~ã° "¨ ∞≥ #ÿ ^•x"Õ. =∞i HõkÑ≤`Õ Ñ¨@∞ì|_»`å"£.. ^•zÃÑ@ì@=∞O>Ë
~°∞„^Œ`åO_»=O KÕã¨∂Î `«Å∞ѨÙÅ∞ ÉÏ^•_»∞. =ѨC‰õΩO\Ï#∞... ɡ·\ ˜H˜ ZÖÏ Ñ¨OÑ≤™êÎ"£.——
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QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ‰õÄ_® PÖ’zã¨∂Î ''WO`«H© ɡ·\ ˜H˜ ZÖÏ Ñ¨OÑ≤ã¨∞ÎOk?—— ''Hõ$`«[˝`« ... g∞‰õΩ ÖËxk <å‰õΩ =Ù#flk. `«Å|^ŒúÅ∞ H˘\˜ì"≥àıÎ P"≥∞
J<åfl_»∞. Ǩã≤Ê@ÖòÖ’ KÕiÊOz, =∞Op K≥_»∞ K«∂ã≤Ok. F™êi ѨÅHõiOz =™êÎ#∞——
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å J`«x ^ŒQÆæiH˜ ~°=∞‡x K≥Ñ≤Ê... `«# Ô~O_»∞ KÕ`«∞Å∞ J`«x Ѩi‡+¨<£ HÀã¨O K«∂_»‰õΩO_® #_çzOk.
Hõà§◊ H˜ J_»∞ä Ñ\ì̃Ok. –––
''W^Õq∞\˜?—— ^ŒÜ«∂xkè K«ã¨∂Î „|`«∞‰õΩ`«∂ ɡ·\ ˜H˜ ~åQÍ<Õ "≥Ú^Œ@ "≥uH˜Ok
''JO`Õ! P"≥∞ ‰õÄ_® WÖÏ Éèí~°ÎH˜ Hõà◊√§ =¸ã≤... K≥Ñ≤ÊOk.—— ‰õÄÖò„_çOH± ëêѨ٠HÀã¨O...
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎH˜ U=∞g∞ HõxÑ≤OK«_»O ÖË^Œ∞. ã¨∞ѨŠK≥|∞`ÀOk. áêѨO P Ѩkxq∞ëêÅ∞ xQÆ_» nã¨∞‰õΩx HÍà◊§g∞^Œ =Ù<åfl_Õ"≥∂
''F <å „Ñ≤Ü∞« "≥∞#ÿ [`«HÍ_®! P_»k ÃÑ^ŒÌ `≥OѨi. Éè~í ΰ ѨH¯õ #∞O_»QÍ<Õ "≥Ú`«ÎO K≥=∞>Ë.. WѨÊ\˜H© J`«xH˜ P ã‘<Õ QÆ∞~°∞ÎH˘™ÈÎOk.
"Õˆ~ =∞QÍ_ç`À Hõ_»∞Ѩ٠`≥K«∞ÛHÀQÆÅ *Ï}.. JÖÏO\˜k ɡ·\ ˜H˜ ѨOѨ_»O Hõ\ ˜Hõ pHõ\ ˜. J~°\ ˜ É’^≥ÖÏ¡ Ô~O_»∞ HÍà◊§ =∞^茺 =Ú#QÆ fã¨∞‰õΩx
KåÖÏ z#fl q+¨Ü«∞O—— Jx PÃÑ· U"Õ"À Ô~O_»∞ ѨÅ∞‰õΩÅ∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê Hõà◊§ g∞^Œ ÃÑ·#∞Oz HõeˆQ HõOѨÙx Éèíiã¨∂Î ... ÉèíQÆ"å<£.
KÕ`«∞Å∞ fã≤Ok. "åOu XHõ¯>Ë `«~°∞"å~Ú.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Hõà√◊ ¡ #∞Å∞=Ú‰õΩO@∂ ''WO`«H© ZÖÏ Éˇ\· H˜ ˜ ѨOÑ≤OzO^À ^•xH˜ `À_»∞ ã¨∞ѶŨ Hõ^.Œä xHõ$+¨μ_ì Hç ˜ Hõ^Œä =∞^躌 Ö’J#∞=∂#O =zÛ
K≥ѨÊÖË^Œ∞—— J<åfl_»∞. ZHõ¯_» p~° Z`«∞Î`å_À#x ǨÏ_»Å∞. ™êHΔͺ`«∞Î P „Ѩ^Õâ◊O #~°Hõ"Õ∞.
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å `«Å#∞ KÕ`«∞Å`À @Ñ‘ @Ñ‘ =∞x H˘@∞ì‰õΩO@∂ JOk – Ô~O_»∞ „_çOH±û `åy# `«~åfi`« QÍh =∞x+≤ HÍÖËHõáÈÜ«∂_»∞.
''~å=∂Ü«∞}O JO`å qx ~å=Ú_çH˜ ~å^èŒH© U=∞<åfl ã¨O|O^èŒO ÃÑ^ŒÌ ã≤QÆÔ~\ò XHõ\ ˜ =Ú\˜ìOz...''Xˆ~ „u=¸iÎ.. #<Õfl WiH˜OKå=Ù
=ÙO^• Jx J_çQÍ_»O\Ï.. áÈh TÇ≤ÏOK«O_ç.. ZÖÏ Éˇ·\ ˜H˜ ѨOÑ≤Ok. U Hõ^~Œ å. ^ŒÜ∂« xkè`À ¿ãflǨÏO =∂„`«"∞Õ K«∂âß=Ù. WѨC_»∞ Hõ~¯° â◊`fi« O K«∂™êÎ=Ù——
ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ J`«#∞ ɡ·@Ѩ_®¤_»∞.—— J#∞‰õΩx <À\’¡x á⁄QÆ =kÖÏ_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅH˜ ~åÉ’ÜÕ∞ ã¨=∞㨺ÖÏ K«∞@∂ì
''Pñ <å‰õΩ J^ÕѨx. WO`«H© QÆkÖ’ Z=~°∂ ÖË~°O\Ï"£?—— =¸yOk ã≤QÆÔ~\ò á⁄QÆ–
''"≥Ú`«ÎO "≥uHÍ~°∞ Hõ^ŒO_ô...—— –––
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ~î°‰õΩ¯# ѨzÛQÍ JOk. ''~°O_ç! ~°O_ç!—— PǨfixOzOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx –
''ZuÎ K«∂Ñ≤OK«<å?—— ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å „Ѩu #=∞™ê¯~°O KÕã≤ F ‰õΩsÛÖ’ ‰õÄ~°∞ÛOk. ѨHõ¯<Õ Ñ≤Å¡Å∞
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ YOQÆ∞ux 'JO`« ѨxKÕÜ«∞‰õΩ?— J<åfl_»∞ HõOQÍ~°∞QÍ– |∞kúQÍ Ç¨ÏŸO=~°∞¯ KÕã¨∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl~°∞. WÅ∞¡ WÖÏ¡eÖÏ XkÌHõQÍ h\òQÍ
''ã¨~ˆ J~Ú`Õ.. ^ÕxHÔ <· å J^Œ$+¨Oì =ÙO_®e. Z^Œ∞iO\˜ PO\˜ ^ŒQiæÆ H˜ =ÙOk. KåÖÏ=∞Ok P_»"åà◊§ÖÏ WO\˜x, Ñ≤Å¡Åx QÍeH˜ =kÖËÜÕ∞ÖË^Œ∞.
"≥à◊√Î<åfl#∞. J~Ú^Œ∞ xq∞ëêÖ’¡ =KÕÛ™êÎ#∞.—— LO_®eû# ™ê÷#OÖ’ Jhfl =Ù<åfl~Ú.
''ZO^Œ∞‰õÄ...?—— J_çQÍ_»∞ Hõà◊√§ z\˜¡Oz– ''ZÖÏ =ÙOk <˘Ñ≤Ê...`«yæO^•?— J_çyO^•"≥∞.
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''Ѩ~åfiÖË^Œ∞. H˘kÌQÍ "≥∞~°∞QÆ~ÚºOk.—— "åà◊§H˜ HÍ^Œ#fl =∂@. J|^ŒúO <å‰õΩ K≥ѨÊ=#fl =∂@.——
''=∞s J„â◊^Œú KÕÜ«∞HõO_ç. `«~åfi`«Î~åfi`« KåÖÏ KåÖÏ ÉÏ^èŒÑ¨_»=eû ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å K«Ñ¨C# "å\˜x KÕuÖ’H˜ fã¨∞‰õΩOk.
=ã¨∞ÎOk.—— ''Jq =∂ ÃÑ^•Ì_çH˜ W=fi=∂‡.. áÈã¨∞ì _»Éσ֒ Ѩ_Õ~Ú™êÎ#∞.——
P"≥∞ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk `«Åg∞^Œ ^≥|ƒ QÆ∞iOKÀ... `«# ã¨O™ê~°O QÆ∞iOKÀ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ZuÎ# `«ÅkOK«∞`«∂ ѨHõ¯<Õ Ç¨ÏŸO=~ü¯ KÕã¨∞‰õΩO@∞#fl
J~°÷OHÍÖË^Œ∞. HõΔ}O „H˜`«O WzÛ# ã¨iìѶ≤ÔH\òx "≥#H˜¯ fã¨∞‰õΩOk. P"≥∞ Ñ≤ÖÏ¡_çH˜zÛOk.
PiO^ŒÖÏ JOk. ''h ™⁄O`« q+¨Ü«∂Ö’¡ *’HõºO KÕã¨∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl=x J#∞HÀHõáÈ`Õ
''<Õ#∞ K≥|∞`«∞#flk h HÍѨÙ~°O QÆ∞iOKÕ. K«∂_»=∂‡... <åHõO>Ë z#fl=∂@. J<åflK≥Öà¡ˇ √◊ § Hõeã≤ "≥à√◊ OÎ >Ë<Õ J#∞=∂xOKÕ Ö’HõO. JÖÏO\˜k
z#fl^•x=x K«#∞=Ù fã¨∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl#∞. <å =∂@ÅH˜ =∞#ã¨∞ Hõ+Ãì¨ Ñ@∞ìHÀ=^Œ∞.Ì Éè~í ΰ ÖË#ѨC_»∞ J#∞=∂#O`À |OkèOWK«#ѨC_»∞ ‰õÄ_® #∞=Ùfi H˜\H˜ © ѨH¯õ #
P_»^•xH˜ ã¨O™ê~°"Õ∞ ã¨fi~°æO. JÖÏO\˜ HÍѨÙ~åxfl ‰õÄÅnã¨∞HÀ=@OÖ’ Ѩ~å~Ú "å_ç`À =∂\Ï¡_»∞`«∞<åfl=O>Ë Ñ¨~°=∂~°úO.. h Éèí~°Î `«Å |^ŒúÅ∞
ÉèÏ~°º áê„`« ‰õÄ_® =ÙO^Œx <å qâßfiã¨O.—— H˘@ì@OÖ’ `«ÑC¨ ÖË^"Õ ∂≥ PÖ’zOK«∞. áêѨO QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ rq`«OÖ’ =zÛ#
''g∞~°∞ JÖÏ J#∞‰õΩO>Ë <Õ#∞ K≥Ñʨ QÆeyOk Ug∞ÖË^∞Œ . ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ W^ŒÌ~°∞ „ã‘ÎÅ∞ J`«xH˜ f~°x ^•~°∞}O KÕâß~°∞.——
=Ù#fl"åà◊§ˆH ^•x Ö’`«∞ `≥Å∞¿ãk. g∞~°∞ X_»∞¤Hõ# =Ù<åfl~°∞. <Õ#∞ =ÓaÖ’ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å z=Ùfi# `«ÖˇuÎOk. Ö’Hõ=∂ ZѨC_»∞ `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩO@"£. QÍA
=Ù<åfl#∞. ^•O\’¡x ÉÏ^èŒ <å‰õΩ =∂„`«"Õ∞ `≥Å∞ã¨∞ÎOk.—— J^ŒÌOÖ’ Hõ#Ѩ_Õk x["Õ∞"≥∂ HÍh ã¨`«ºO HÍ^Œx.. =∞m§ P"Õ∞ K≥Ñ≤ÊOk.
''Éè Ï ~åºÉè í ~ ° Î Å `« Q Í^•Ö’¡ ... Z=~° ∞ K≥ | ∞`« ∞ O>Ë "åi^Õ ''g∞‰õΩ =∂ "åi QÆ∞iOz K≥ѨÊÖË^Œ∞ Hõ^Œ∂. =∞x+≤ =∞Oz"å~°∞.
<åºÜ«∞=∞xÑ≤ã¨∞ÎOk. <Õ#∞ UO [iyOk Jx J#@O ÖË^Œ∞. `«áÈÊ XáÈÊ.. K«Hõ¯x "åˆ~ HÍ^Œ∞.. q∞`«ÉèÏ+≤. =∞Oz HõÅ∞ѨÙQÀÅ∞`«#O HõÅ"å~°∞. =∞Oz
ã¨~°∞̉õΩáÈ"åeûOk.... =∂~°∞ÛHÀ=Åã≤Ok P_»"å~°∞ =∂„`«"Õ∞. JO`«QÍ h "åi`À<Õ ¿ãflǨÏO KÕ¿ã"å~°∂.. <Õ#∞ "åih "åi WëêìÅx Q“~°q™êÎ#∞.
=Å¡ HÍHõáÈ`Õ... g∞ ÃÑ^ŒÌ"åà◊§x Ñ≤eÑ≤Oz #K«Û K≥Ñ≤ÊOK«∞.—— ^ŒÜ«∞KÕã≤ =∞~À™êi.. g∞~°∞ =∂ WO\˜H˜ ~å=^Œ∞Ì. ZѨC_»<åfl Hõ+¨ìO =¿ãÎ
''P „ѨÜ∞« `«flOÖ’ ÉèÏQÆ"∞Õ #O_ç. ~Ô O_»∞ áÈãπì HÍ~üû¤ =ÙO>Ë W™êÎ~å?—— <Õ<Õ "≥Ú#fl\˜ÖÏ =zÛ P^Œ∞‰õΩO\Ï#∞. "Õ_ç "Õ_ç hà◊§`À "≥ÚǨ#
P"≥∞ =∂~°∞ =∂\Ï¡_»‰õΩO_® ֒ѨeÔHo§ Ô~O_»∞ áÈãπì HÍ~°∞¤Å∞ `≥zÛ H˘\˜ì#@¡xÑ≤OzOk. KåÖÏ ^•~°∞}"≥∞ÿ# ã≤÷u. <≥=∞‡kQÍ xâ◊≈|ÌOQÍ ÖËz
WzÛOk. ѨHõ¯<Õ Ç¨ÏŸO =~ü¯ KÕã¨∞‰õΩO@∞#fl Ñ≤Å¡Å#_çy ÃÑ<£ fã¨∞‰õΩx JOk–
Ô~O_»∞ Öˇ@~üû „"åã≤Ok. DÖ’QÍ P"≥∞ HÍѶ‘ `≥zÛ WzÛOk. ''ÖËzáÈ~Ú# P_»^•xfl... "å_çáÈ~Ú# ѨÓÅx *ÏeQÍ K«∂_®e.
''Jˆ~ WѨC_≥O^Œ∞HõO_ç... „â◊=∞—— <˘K«∞Û‰õΩOk. fã¨∞‰õΩO@∂<Õ ã¨∞ѶŨ . Wxfl `≥eã≤# g∞‰õΩ Jk `≥eÜ«∞HõáÈ=@O ÉÏ^è•Hõ~°O. <Õ#∞ "≥Ú^Œ\ÏxH˜
''K«∂_»=∂‡.. Ѩ~å~Ú"åi L`«~Î åÅ∞ K«^=Œ @O `«ÑC¨ HÍx J„_»ã∞¨ Å∞ K≥Ok# ^•xfl HÍ^Œ∞... =™êÎ#∞.——
HÍHõ`åmÜ«∞OQÍ K«∂_»@Oá⁄~°áê@∞ HÍ^Œ∞. h=Ù g∞ "åà◊¡H˜ ~å™êÎ=x ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å P WO\˜ QÆ_»Ñ¨ ^•\˜Ok. ZO^Œ∞HÀ P"≥∞ =∞#ã¨∞
J_çy fã¨∞‰õΩ#fl HÍ~ü¤ g∞^Œ 'Ö’HõÖò— Jx ÃÇÏ_ç¤OQ∑ ÃÑ\Ïì=Ù. JOˆQ Jk g∞ Ñ≤O_Õ#@¡xÑ≤OzOk. Z=ih `«ÑC¨ Ѩ\ÏìÅxÑ≤OK«Ö^Ë ∞Œ ‰õÄ_®. ~å"˘^ŒxÌ ..
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ÖË^• `«ÑC¨ _»∞^•x=#flO^Œ∞‰õÄ HÍ^Œ∞.. P ~Ô O_çO\˜H© JO^Œx JÖ∫H˜H"õ ∞≥ #ÿ „âıÜ«∞ã¨∞û HÀi# "å_çx <å‰õΩ #∞qfiÖÏ.. KåÖÏ ÉÏ^èŒÑ¨_»∞`«∞<åfl#∞ `«b¡...——
=º^èŒ. ZO^Œ∞HÀ ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅH˜ ‰õÄ_® J~°÷O HÍÖË^Œ∞. "≥Ú^Œ∞ÌÉÏi# =∞#ã¨∞x ''`å`å!?—— <À~°∞ =}˜H˜Ok.
â◊s~åxfl fã¨∞ÔHo§ ... =∞OK«O g∞^Œ Ѩ_Õã≤Ok. ''J=Ù#=∂‡! WÖÏ J~°÷~å„u H˜\ ˜H© ^ŒQÆæ~° #∞Å∞K«∞x =∂\Ï¡_»@"Õ∞
H˘xfl™ê~°∞¡ J=`«e"åi `«Ñ¨CÅH˜ `«‰õΩ¯=™ê÷~Ú „Ѩ=~°Î#H˜ =∞#ˆH <å ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂xfl pÅ∞ã¨∞ÎOk. ^•xHõO>Ë =º^èŒÉèíi`«"≥∞ÿ# h ѨÅ∞‰õΩÅ∞...—
tHõΔ. „Ѩã¨∞Î`«O P"≥∞ JÖÏO\˜ ã≤÷uÖ’ =¸QÆQÍ tHõΔ#∞ J#∞Éèíq™ÈÎOk. ''~°}~°OQÆOÖ’ Ü«ÚHÍÎÜ«ÚHÍÎÅ∞... qK«HõΔ}Å∞ =ÙO_»‰õÄ_»^Œ∞.——
––– ''Z=i`À#=∂‡ Ü«Ú^ŒOÌ .. Z=i`À áÈ~å@O.. <åˆHg∞ ã¨O|O^èOŒ ..
pHõ\ ˜ ~å„ux P„Hõq∞OK«∞‰õΩOk. =∂#=`«fiѨ٠qÅ∞=Å`À <≥·uHõ ^èŒ~°‡O`À <å H˘@∞ì ^ŒQÆæ~° q#flk, K«∂ã≤Ok
~å„u ѨkQÆO@Å∞ ^•@ÖË^Œ∞. P g^èŒVÖ’ W^ŒÌ~°∞ #_»∞ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞. ^•K«∞HÀÖËHõ =zÛ K≥áêÊ#∞ JO`ÕQÍ. JO`«‰õΩq∞Oz =∞# W^ŒÌiH©.. U
XHõ`«#∞ ÉèíÜ«∞OQÍ a_çÜ«∞OQÍ... =∞~˘Hõ`«#∞ x^•#OQÍ x=∞‡ÅOQÍ– áêâ◊=ÚOk.. ?U J#∞|O^èŒ=ÚOk?——
J`«x ¿Ñ~°∞ <åÜ«∞~ü. #_»∞ã¨∞<Î åfl_Õ QÍh J`«xH˜ „H˜`O« ~å„u ã¨∞ѶŨ `À – x[O... ѨzÛ x[O... ѨO^≥O `«#k.. J`«<≥O^Œ‰õΩ WO^Œ∞Ö’
=∂\Ï¡_ç# =∂@ÖË QÆ∞~°∞ÎH˘ã¨∞Î<åfl~Ú. W<£"åÖòfi J"åfie. ã¨OѶ¨∞O QÆ∞iOz... =º=ã¨÷ QÆ∞iOz.. JO`« Q˘Ñ¨ÊQÍ
''<åÜ«∞~ü!?—— Ñ≤ezOk z#flQÍ. qâı¡+≤Oz# `å#∞, `å<ÕO KÕã¨∞ÎOk.. #^Œ∞Åhfl ã¨=Ú„^ŒOÖ’ Hõeã≤#@∞ì
H˜\ ˜H© ^ŒQÆæiH˘KåÛ_»∞ <åÜ«∞~ü. `å#∞ ‰õÄ_® JO^Œi`À áê@∞ – "≥Ú`«ÎO â◊s~°"Õ∞ Hõ$Oy#@¡xÑ≤OzOk.
''g∞ "å~°∞!?—— `˘OyK«∂ã¨∂Î J<åfl_»∞. ''HõΔq∞OK«∞ `å`å!...—— JOk. JO`«HõO>Ë "Õ∞=∞<åÖ’ `≥bHõ.
''x„^Œ=∂„`«Å∞ HõeÑ≤ WKåÛ#∞. =∞~À ~Ô O_»∞QÆO@Å =~°‰Äõ U#∞QÆ∞Å∞ ''áÈh XHõ¯=∂@ J_»∞QÆ∞`å#∞ K≥ѨÊ=∂‡.. WO`« hKåxH˜ ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ
`˘H˜¯Oz<å ÖË=~°∞.—— kQÍ"À `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀ=KåÛ! Éèí~°Î g∞^Œ HÀѨ=∂...? Hõ™ê....? ^Õfi+¨=∂...?
''Uq∞@=∂‡ W^ŒO`å?—— J_çQÍ_»∞ JÜ≥∂=∞Ü«∞OQÍ. ÖËHõ =∞ˆ~^Œ<åfl...?——
''‰õ Ω ~° ∞ ˆ H Δ „ `« O ! Ü« Ú ^Œ ú O KÕ Ü « ∞ \Ïxˆ H x~° ‚ ~ ÚOK« ∞ ‰õ Ω <åfl#∞. ''J"Õg∞ HÍ=Ù `å`å! ѨO^≥O. `«~°`å~°Å∞QÍ P_»k J#∞Éèíqã¨∞Î#fl
ǨÏ#∞=∞O`«∞_çÖÏ ^è≥·~åºxfl... Pã¨~åx W™êÎ=x Ñ≤eÑ≤OKå#∞.—— J==∂xH˜ J„â◊√`«~°Ê}O`À KÕã¨∞Î#fl Ü«Ú^ŒúÉèËi... J#∞=∂#Ѩ٠"≥ÚQÆ∞à◊§H˜
''`«Ñ¨Ê‰õΩO_® KÕÜ«∞QÆeyOk KÕÜ«∞^ŒyOk J~Ú`Õ <å âßÜ«∞â◊‰õΩÎÖÏ Hõ#∞qѨC HÀã¨O `åѨ„`«Ü«∞O.——
„Ѩܫ∞ufl™êÎ#∞.—— ''H˘xfl H˘xfl =K«#OÖ’ K≥Ñ≤Ê<å J~°÷O HÍ==∂‡...——
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å K≥ѨÊ@O „áê~°OaèOzOk... P"≥∞ K≥¿ÑÊ XHÀ¯=∂@ J`«x ''K≥|∞`å#∞ `å`å... q_»=∞iÛ qâ◊nHõiOz =∞s K≥|∞`å#∞...
QÆ∞O_≥x `åH˜Ok. ǨÏ$^ŒÜ«∂xfl „|^ŒúÅ∞ KÕã≤Ok. D =Ü«∞ã¨∞Ö’ JÅO\˜ #∞"Õfi^À <å‰õΩ ã¨Ç¨ Ü«∞O KÕ™êÎ=x HÍ^Œ∞. <Õ#∂ JO^ŒiÖÏO\˜ P_»^•<Õfl#x
Ѩ<å? <åÜ«∞~ü =∞#ã¨∞ Hõ+¨ìѨ_çOk. <å‰õÄ ã¨O™ê~° rq`«O JO>Ë W+¨ì"Õ∞#x.... Jã¨Å∞ <Õ#∞ ‰õÄ_® =∞x+≤<Õ
''=Ü«∞ã¨∞H˜ `å`« ÖÏO\˜ "å_çx... U ã¨O|O^èŒO ÖËHõáÈHõ~Ú<å h Jx `≥eÜ«∞\ÏxH˜ K≥|∞`å#∞...q#∞.——
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ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å "≥Ú^Œ\ ˜™êi J`«x =ÚO^Œ∞ ɡ·@Ѩ_çOk. ^•Ü«∞xkèx ɡ·@H˜ ÖËxáÈh ~°QÆ_».——
QÔ O\˜"Ü ≥ ∞« º@O ^ŒQiæÆ flOz... HÍOHΔÍ ã¨O^è∂Œ ~åÅ∞ K≥ÖÏ¡K^≥ ∞Œ ~°=fi@O QÆ∞iOz.. F |∞Öˇ¡\ò 㨄~°∞# #∞^Œ∞\˜Ö’Oz ^Œ∂ã¨∞‰õΩáÈ~Ú#@¡xÑ≤OzOk.
„ã‘Î `«`«fiѨ٠qÅ∞=efl HÍÅ~åz HõÜ«∂ºxH˜ Ãã·Üü∞ J<Õ `«# JǨÏO QÆ∞iOz ''^•x "≥ÚQÆ_»∞ ѨHõ¯<Õ =ÙO\Ï_®?——
"≥Ú`«ÎO JO`å K≥Ñ≤ÊOk. ''PǨñ .. HÍHõáÈ`Õ... x„^ŒáÈ`«∂.. P"≥∞ x„^Œ=∂„`«Å∞ =∞l˚QÆÖ’
<åÜ«∞~ü KåÖÏ¿ãѨ٠=∂\Ï¡_»ÖË^Œ∞. `«~åfi`« ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å JOk. HõeÑ≤ Wã¨∞ÎOk. L^ŒÜ«∞O ^•HÍ ÖË=_»∞. ZO^Œ∞ÔH·<å =∞Ozk. `˘O^Œ~°QÍ
''"≥à◊√§ `å`å! Hõhã¨O #=Ùfi~Ú<å <Õ#∞ P_»^•#flx... WѨÊ@H© F QÆO@Ö’ =KÕÛ~Ú.——
HõàO◊ HõO ÖËx^•#flx.. Pâ◊Ü∞« O HÀã¨O P~å@Ѩ_∞» `«∞#fl^•#flx.. J#∞‰õΩO>Ë ''QÆO\Ï! WOHÍ #Ü«∞O. "≥Ú`«ÎO J~°QÆO@Ö’ ѨÓiÎ K≥Ü«∞º#∂.——
J~°QÆO@ <å HõO~î°â’+¨ =$^è•HÍ^Œ∞.—— ''JkQÀ P ~À_Õ¤...—— K«∂Ñ≤OKå_»∞ <åÜ«∞~ü "Õe`À–
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<Õ#∞ P"≥∞#∞ J_»∞QÆ∞`å#∞. Zxfl™ê~°∞¡ =∞QÍ_ç=Ü«∂º"À. JkQÀ P WÖË¡ "≥o§ P"≥∞ ѨHõ¯<Õ ‰õÄ~°∞Û<åfl_»∞.
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#=Ú‡....—— ''<åÅ∞QÆ∞ ~ÀAÖ’¡ JO`å J~ÚáÈ`«∞Ok `å`å! #∞"Õfi K«∂™êÎ=ÙQÍ!
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ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅH˜ P"≥∞ ~åã≤# HÍ~ü¤ WKåÛ_»∞. UO\˜ Wk J<åfl_»∞. KÕi „HÀ^èŒOQÍ =∂~°QÆ_»Å^Œ∞. ##∞fl g∞ˆ~ K«∂ã¨∞HÀ"åe. ã≤QÆ∞æ q_çz
FOHÍ~ü QÍ~°∂! J_»∞QÆ∞`«∞<åfl#∞. Hõhã¨O ##∞fl =∞x+≤QÍ ‰õÄ_® K«∂_»@O ÖË^∞Œ —— J"≥∞ Hõà√◊ §
<Õ#∞ q∞‡=∞‡efl WÖÏ ã¨Ç¨Ü«∞O J_»QÆ=Åã≤ =ã¨∞ÎO#flO^Œ∞‰õΩ <å‰õΩ [ÖÏâ◊Ü«∂ÅÜ«∂º~Ú.
ÉÏ^èŒQÍ =ÙOk. =∂ "åi`À <å ÉÏ^èŒÅ∞, =º^èŒÅ∞ Z‰õΩ¯=Ü«∂º~Ú. Z=iH˜ ''Jã¨Å∞ [iyO^Õq∞\’ K≥ѨC... "å_ç `«Ñ¨CO>Ë `å@f™êÎ#∞. P
K≥ÑC¨ HÀ"åÖ’, =∞Ô~=i ã¨Ç¨ Ü«∞O JiúOKåÖ’ J~°O÷ HÍHõ `«Å_çeá¡ È`«∞<åfl#∞. K«#∞=Ù =ÙOk—— J<åfl_»∞ FOHÍ~ü.
ZO^Œ∞HÀ g∞~°∞ =∂„`«"Õ∞ ##∞fl D Ta #∞Oz ɡ·\ ˜H˜ `≥™êÎ~°x Ѩ^Õ Ñ¨^Õ ''„áêq∞ãπ...—— K≥~Úº KåÑ≤Ok. ã¨O^ÕÇ≤ÏOK«‰õΩO_® FOHÍ~ü
JxÑ≤™ÈÎOk. XHõ¯™êi =™êÎ~å.. QÆ∞O_≥qÑ≤Ê <å ÉÏ^èŒ K≥áêÎ#∞. =∂=¸Å∞QÍ K≥ÜÕ∞º™ê_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å J`«x KÕux K«@∞‰õΩ¯# Ѩ@∞ì‰õΩOk.
~åHõO_ç.. <å Éèí~°Î Z=fiih ~å=^ŒÌx K≥áêÊ_»x `≥Å∞ã¨∞. =zÛ K«#∞=Ù FOHÍ~ü QÆ∞O_≥ "ÕQÆO ÃÑiyOk.
fã¨∞‰õΩx =∂\Ï¡_ç<å Jk <å‰õΩ =Ú¿ÑÊ! „_®=∂ÖÏ_Õ g∞‰õΩ PÜ«∞# P"≥∞ J_»∞QÆ∞ =ÚO^Œ∞‰õΩ "Õã≤Ok.
Hõà§◊ =ÚO^Õ ~å=@O ZÖÏQÀ <Õ#∞ K≥Ñʨ #=ã¨~O° ÖË^∞Œ . HõÅ=O_ç ã¨O`À+≤™êÎ#∞. WO^•Hõ\Ö˜ Ï P"≥∞ Hõà√◊ § J„â◊√ѨÓi`åÅ∞ HÍ=Ù. P"≥∞ Hõ#∞flÖ’¡ HÍOHõ.Δ
Z^Œ∞~°∞ K«∂ã¨∞ÎO\Ï#∞. â◊√„Hõ"å~°O g∞ HÀã¨O.... P"≥∞ J^èŒ~åÅ∞ "≥∞Å¡QÍ =}∞‰õΩ`«∞<åfl~Ú. =ÚYOÖ’ "Õ_ç Pq~°∞¡...
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å ÃÑ^Œq qiz =∞m§ J`«x KÕuH˜zÛOk. FOHÍ~ü â◊s~°OÖ’ "Õ_ç |Ü«∞ÖËÌiOk. QÆ∞@HõÅ∞ q∞OQÍ_»∞. P"≥∞
''Uq∞\© <å@HõO..—— J_çQÍ_»∞ FOHÍ~ü. ã¨Ê~°fi J`«xÖ’ x„^•}"≥∞ÿ# HÀÔ~¯#∞ `«\ ˜ì ÖËѨÙ`«∞Ok.
''<å@HõO HÍ^Œ∞ "åã¨=Î O. rq`«O J<Õ ™êÖˇQ∂Æ \˜Ö’ z‰õΩ¯‰õΩ<åfl#∞. P"≥∞ J`«xH˜ =∞s ^ŒQiæÆ H˜ =zÛOk. P"≥∞ QÆ∞O_≥Å∞ ã¨∂^ŒO@∞~å~ÚÖÏ
~°H˜ΔOKåeû# "å_Õ Éèí‰õΔΩ‰õΩ_»Ü«∂º_»∞. <å‰õΩ g∞ˆ~ k‰õΩ¯. ##∞fl <å "åà◊§ J`«x =HõΔã¨÷ÖÏxH˜ |ÅOQÍ `«QÆ∞Å∞Î<åfl~Ú.
^ŒQÆæ~°H˜ KÕ~°ÛO_ç—— ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å Hõà◊§hà◊√§ ÃÑ@∞ì‰õΩOk. W^ŒÌ~°∂ LKåÛùfi㨠xâßfi™êÅ∞ XHõiH˘iH˜ `«QÆ∞Å∞`«∞<åfl~Ú.
FOHÍ~ü QÆ∞O_≥ „^ŒqOzOk. PiÎQÍ P"≥∞ Éèí∞[g∞‡^Œ K≥~Úº"Õ™ê_»∞. P"≥∞ ~ÚOHÍ J`«x ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ [iyOk. ^Œi^•Ñ¨Ù J`«x H“yeÖ’...
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å `«ÖˇuÎ J`«x Hõà◊§Ö’¡H˜ K«∂ã≤OW. J`«x KÕ~Ú P"≥∞ #_»∞Og∞^Œ q∞<åQÆ∞ÖÏ K«∞@∞ì‰õΩOk.
`«Ñ¨C KÕã≤#@∞¡ K«Ñ¨C# K≥~Úº f™ê_»∞. Q˘O`«∞ =∂„`«O qáêÊ_»∞. J`«#∞ XOy P"≥∞ ÃÑ^Œ=Ùefl JO^Œ∞HÀÉ’`«∞O_»QÍ, JѨC_»∞ [iyOk
''<Õ#∞ =∂\Ï¡_»`å#∞. =∞~À™êi h HÍѨÙ~°OÖ’ U_»∞ÊÅ∞, Hõhflà◊√§, ~°ã¨ÉèíOQÆO. `«Å∞Ѩ٠^èŒ_ÕÖò=∞x „"≥∂yOW.
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ã¨fi~åæxH˜ =∞~À "≥∞@∞ì "ÕÜ«∞É’`«∞O_»QÍ Z=~À |Å=O`«OQÍ ÖÏy gH± áê~ÚO\ò `≥Å∞ã¨∞QÍ. <Õ#∞ Ѩ^ŒºO „áê~°OaèOKå#O>Ë =∞^茺֒ <À~°∞
#~°HõOÖ’ Ѩ_Õã≤#@∞¡ Ѷ‘ÅOQ∑... qѨÊHõ =∂#_»∞. =~°∞㨠HõÅѨHõ =∂#_»∞.——
^Œ_».. ^Œ_»=∞x â◊ÉÌO.. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å x~°∞`«∞Î~°∞~åÅ~ÚºOk. x[O.. ѨzÛ x[O.. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ
ÃÑ^ŒÌQÍ PÖ’zOK«‰õΩO_®<Õ J~°÷"≥∞ÿOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å‰õΩ. Ѩ^ŒºO JO^Œ∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞ JO>Ë.. =∞^茺֒ =~°∞㨠HõÅѨ‰õΩO_® =ÙO_»ÖË^Œ∞.
Éèí~°Î‰õΩ J#∞=∂#O =zÛOkx.. U^≥·`Õ Jk J~ÚºO^Œx FOHÍ~ü J^Õ ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Q˘O`«∞ ã¨=iOK«∞‰õΩx „áê~°OaèOKå_»∞.
H“yeÖ’Oz ɡ·@Ѩ_ç.. K≥Hõ¯ c~°∞"å "≥·Ñ¨Ù #_çzOk HõÅÖ’ #_çz#@∞¡... – ‰õΩ~°∞=$^Œ∞úÖò.. QÆ∞~°∞ =$^Œú ÉÏO^èŒ=ÙÖò J<Õ‰õΩÖò...
=∞O„`«O "Õã#≤ @∞¡ P"≥∞ c~°∞"å `«∞ÅѨ٠fÜ«∞QÍ<Õ c~°∞"åÖ’H˜ "≥o§ K«∂K«∞K«∞O_»<£.. =∞^À^Œú~°∞_≥· „^ÒѨk x@∞¡ KÕã≤# YÅ∞<£..
xÅ|_®¤_»∞. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Páê_»∞. x[OQÍ QÆ#∞Hõ P QÆkÖ’ =ÙO>Ë Ñ¨^•ºxfl
c~°∞"å `«Å∞ѨÙ"Õã≤ QÆ|QÆ| "≥o§ `«Å∞ѨÙfã≤Ok ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å. Py# KÀ@∞ #∞OKÕ JO^Œ∞‰õΩ<Õ"å_»∞. JÖÏ HÍÖË^ŒO>Ë ÖË_»#fl=∂@...
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ~˘Ñ¨C`«∞<åfl_»∞. ֒ѨeH˜ =zÛ <åÅ∞QÆ∞ „ѨH¯õ ÖÏ K«∂™ê_»∞. J#∞‰õΩO@∂ `«ÅѨOH˜OKå_»∞.
''U_ô... "å_Õ_ç..— J_çQÍ_»∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÅHõ~Ú`Õ Ñ¨~°=∂â◊Û~°ºO "Õã≤Ok. Jã¨Å∞ `å#∞ ɡ·@Ѩ_ç
''Z=~°∞ "å_»∞. ZK«Û\˜"å_»∞. W@∞ =zÛ "å_≥=fi_»∞?—— <å@H©Ü«∞ áÈÜ«∂##∞‰õΩOk. Wxfl ~ÀAÅ `«# Hõ+¨ìO.. ™êkèOz# q[Ü«∞O JO`å
Ѷ¨H©¯Ö’ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å. |∂_ç^ŒáêÅ∞ J#∞‰õΩOk. Ѩ^•ºxfl FOHÍ~ü JO^Œ∞‰õΩO\Ï_»#∞‰õΩOk. Un
''<À~°∞‡Üü∞—— ^Œi^•Ñ¨Ù JiKå_»∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ. [~°∞QÆÖË^Œ∞. `«#H˜ J#∞‰õÄÅOQÍ [iyOk. J^Õ Ñ¨k"ÕÅ∞.
''h „ÃѶO_£ J<åfl"£.."å_»∞ FOHÍ~ü Hõ^Œ∂.—— ''F.ˆH. „Ѩã¨∞Î`åxH˜ FOHÍ~ü ÖË_»∞. LO>Ë Ñ¨^ŒºO Py# =∞~°∞HõΔ}O
''Jx g∞~°#∞‰õΩO>Ë WO^•ˆH ZuÎ K«∂_®eûOk "≥ÚǨxfl. JO`å ɡ·@H˘KÕÛ"å_»∞. U^À J#É’Ü«∂_»∞.. ——.
JÜ«∂ºHõ "≥o§áÈÜ«∂Hõ g∞~°∞ xO^ŒÅ∞ "Õ¿ãÎ T~°∞‰õΩ<Õk ÖË^Œ∞.—— ''WHõ PѨO_ç... Ѩx K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩx "≥à◊§O_ç—— Jã¨Ç¨Ï#OQÍ, qã¨∞QÍæ
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Åx `Õiáê~° K«∂™ê_»∞. JOk ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å.
''PǨ.. JÖÏQÍ.. =∞~å `«Å∞ÃÑO^Œ∞‰õΩ "Õ™ê=Ù—— J_çQÍ_»∞. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ =O@ QÆkH˜ `åà◊O ÃÑ\˜ì.. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å =OHõ F™êi K«∂ã≤
''u#flk J~°Hõ¯. XHõ¯^•<Õ =O@ KÕã¨∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl#∞. JO^Œ∞ˆH <å ɡ·\ ˜H˜ #_çKå_»∞. ɡ·@‰õÄ_® `åà◊O "Õã¨∞Î#fl â◊|ÌO.. Ѩkx=ÚëêÅ =~°‰õÄ
„ÃÑO¶ _£ "≥à§◊ QÍ<Õ `«Å∞¿Ñ™ê#∞. g∞ˆ~QÍ U^À Ѩiëê¯~åxH˜ "≥àϧe J<åfl~°∞.—— ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å Hõ^ŒÅÖË^Œ∞. H˜\ ˜H©Ö’#∞Oz QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ "≥à◊§@O QÆ=∞xOzOk.
''J~Ú`Õ FOHÍ~ü WHõ¯_» ÖË_»O\Ï=Ù.—— P `«~åfi`« FOHÍ~ü#∞ ɡ·@‰õΩ ÖÏyOk. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å J`«x ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ
''Jx g∞~°#∞‰õΩO>Ë <Õ#∞ K≥Ü«∞ºQÆeyOk Ug∞ÖË^Œ∞. HÍ"åÅO>Ë "≥à◊§É’~Ú PyOk. <À\˜ ^ŒQÆæ~° Z„~°QÍ...KÕu ^ŒQÆæ~° ~°HõÎO.
"≥`∞« HÀ¯O_ç—— JOk x~°ƒÜ ù ∞« OQÍ. ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å HõOQÍ~°∞QÍ ''Uq∞\˜k—— JOk.
''J=ã¨~°OÖË^Œ∞. "å_çfl ɡ·@‰õΩ ZÖÏ ÖÏQÍÖ’ <å‰õΩ `≥Åã¨∞. "å_ç ''Ѩ^ŒºO K«^Œ∞=Ù`«∞#flѨC_»∞.. <å <À~°∞ ÃÑQÆʼnõΩO_® <å KÕux
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<À\˜`À Hõiz Páê#∞.—— rq`«"Õ∞O\’ ^˘iH˜# W^ŒÌ~å_»"åà◊√§ =∞e#"≥∞ÿ# "åàı§! K«∂_»∞ XHõ¯\˜
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å `«Å¡yeÅ¡áÈ~ÚOk. KÕux ^ŒQÆæ~°QÍ fã¨∞HÀÉ’~ÚOk... K≥ÑÙ¨ <Î åfl#∞. ^ŒÜ∞« KÕã≤ D =OK«# Ѩ#∞Å∞ KÕÜ∞« ‰õΩ. ÖˉΩõ O>Ë Kå=Ù. JѨC_»∞
ã¨iQÍæ JѨC_Õ ÖÏyÃÑ\ì̃ K≥OѨg∞^Œ H˘\Ïì_»∞. TÇ≤ÏOK«# ã¨OѶ¨∞@#.. QÆk "å_çH˜ âßOu. hÖÏO\˜k K«¿ãÎ.. Éèí∂q∞H˜ ÉèÏ~°O `«QÆ∞æ`«∞Ok. Hõhã¨O Éèí~°Î
=∂~°∞„"≥∂yOk. q∞„`«∞_»x ‰õÄ_® K«∂_»‰õΩO_® ZO`«‰õΩ `≥yOKå"Õ.——
''hÖÏO\˜ JѨq„`«"≥∞ÿ# „ã‘Î ã¨Ê~°≈ ‰õÄ_® <å KÕug∞^Œ Ѩ_»\ÏxH˜ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å =∞ø#OQÍ qO\’Ok. h`«∞Å∂, É’^èŒÅ∂ K≥Ñ≤Ê K≥Ñ≤Ê
gÅ∞ÖË^Œ∞.—— JÅã≤áÈÜ«∂_»∞ FOHÍ~ü. K≥áêÊÅ#∞‰õΩO>Ë KåÖÏ K≥Ñʨ QÆÅ^Œ∞. HÍh K≥Ñʨ ÖË^∞Œ .
FOHÍ~ü KÕux fã¨∞HÀÉ’~Ú# ã¨∞ѶŨ KÕ~Ú =∞^躌 Ö’<Õ PyáÈ~ÚOk. JO`å JÜ«∂ºHõ #∞~°∞QÍ =O@QÆkÖ’H˜ "≥o§ Hõ\ ˜OQ∑ ¿Ñ¡Ü«∞~üfã¨∞‰õΩx
''L#fl@∞¡O_ç.. g_Õq∞\˜.. WÖÏ =∂\Ï¡_∞» `«∞<åfl_»∞ J#∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl"£ `«Å∞ѨÙʼnõΩ#fl É’Å∞ìÅ#∞ T_»fã≤Ok. ^•^•Ñ¨Ù J~°QÆO@ Ѩ\ ˜ìOk. ɡ·@
Hõ^∂Œ .. H˘`«QÎ Í Ug∞ =∂\Ï¡_@» O ÖË^∞Œ . QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ~å=@O Hõ}Δ O PÅ㨺O `åà◊O "Õã≤ L#fl QÆ_ç QÆ_çÖÏ<Õ LOk. É’Å∞ìÅhfl „H˜O^Œ Ѩ_®¤~Ú.
JÜ«ÚºO>Ë <Õ#O>Ë Uq∞\’ h‰õΩ J~Ú^Œ∞ xq∞ëêÅ „H˜`«"Õ∞ `≥e¿ãk. `«Å∞ѨÙfã≤Ok. ~ÚHõ "≥à◊§=K«∞Û J#fl@∞¡.
WѨC_≥·<å q∞OzáÈ~ÚOk ÖË^Œ∞. Jã¨Å∞ #<≥fl=~°∞ J#∞‰õΩO@∞<åfl=Ù. FOHÍ~ü pè`å¯~°O KÕã¨∂Î "≥àϧ_»∞.
JÅQÍ"å_ç##∞‰õΩ<åfl"å? =zÛOk <å q∞„`«∞_ç g∞^Œ „¿Ñ=∞`À. "å_ç HÍѨÙ~°O QÆk "≥Ú`«ÎO ã¨÷|úOQÍ LOk. QÍe ‰õÄ_® P"≥∞#∞ _ç„ã¨ìÉò KÕÜ«∞@O
ÉÏQÆ∞KÕ^•Ì=∞x. #∞=Ùfi ~åã≤# HÍ~ü¤ <å‰õΩ KÕ~Q° Í<Õ â◊√„Hõ"å~°O ZѨC_˘ã¨∞OÎ ^• ÖË^Œ∞. =∞#ã¨ûO`å QÆ_ça_ç HõÖ’¡Å `«~°OQÆ"Õ∞ J~ÚºOk. KåÖÏ ¿ãѨ\ ˜
Jx Z^Œ∞~°∞K«∂™ê#∞. f~å =¿ãÎ =QÆÅ∞, ǨÏ∏Ü«∞Å∞ U_»∞Ê K«∂Ñ≤Oz ##∞fl `«~°∞"å`« P"≥∞ HõkeOk.
^ŒQÆæiH˜ fã¨∞HÀÉ’`å"å? WO^•Hõ h‰õΩ ã¨~°ã¨OÖ’ ã¨Ç¨ÏHõiOzOk h |∞kú KåÅ∞ D rq`åxH˜ D áÈ~å@O, P~å@O KåÅ∞.
`≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩO^•=∞<Õ...—— `å#∞O_ç KÕÜ∞« =Åã≤# Ѩ#∞eOˆHO ÖË=Ù. ѨÙ\˜Oì \˜#∞Oz `≥K∞« Û‰õΩ#fl
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å xsfi}∞~åÖˇ· xÅ|_çáÈ~ÚOk. P"≥∞‰õΩ „ѨѨOK«O JO`å ÃÑ>ˇì fã≤Ok. #QÆÅ∞,pÔ~Å#∞ PáêºÜ«∞OQÍ `«_çq∞ `«#‰õΩ #zÛ# pÔ~x
y„~°∞# uiQÆ∞`«∞#fl@∞¡ JxÊOzOk. P_»k ^ŒQÆæiH˘¿ãÎ h`«∞Å∞ K≥Ñ≤Ê fã¨∞‰õΩOk.
^Œ∂~°=∞ÜÕ∞º =∞QÍà◊√§ ‰õÄ_® =Ù<åfl~å? @=Öò fã¨∞‰õΩx ™êfl<åxH˜ "≥o§Ok.
FOHÍ~ü =∞m§ K≥ѨÙÎ<åfl_»∞. =ÅѨÙÅhfl XH˘¯Hõ¯\˜QÍ q_çzOk. =Ú`åºÅ =ÚO`«ÖÏO\˜ K≥O|∞`À
''"å_»∞ K≥ÑÙ¨ OÎ >Ë Uq∞\’ J#∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. "å_ç ÉÏ^è#Œ ∞ J~°OÎ KÕã∞¨ HÀÖËHõ hà◊√§ ÃÑ·H˜ áÈã¨∞‰õΩOk. Z„~°\ ˜ â◊s~°O g∞^Œ P h~°∞ [Å[Å~åÖÏ~Ú.
"å_Õfl J<åfl#∞. #∞qfiÖÏO\˜ hK« ã¨fiÉèÏ=O HõÅ^•x=x, HÍ}˜H© ‰õÄ_® â◊s~åxH˜ Ǩ~Ú, =∞#ã¨∞û‰õΩ...? J~°QÆO@ ¿ãѨ\ ˜H˜ Ph ÉÏ`ü~°∂O #∞Oz
ѨxH˜~åx J}ÏHÍx ^•x=x `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀÖËHõáÈÜ«∂#∞. z#fl Ñ≤ÖÏ¡_ç ɡ·@‰õΩ ~åÖË^Œ∞.
=∞#ã¨`÷ fi« O.. WOHÍ Zkw Z^ŒQxÆ `«`fi« O. JÖÏO\˜"å_ç# h `«∞`«„O K«∂ã≤ Ѩi=∞à◊„^Œ"åºÅ`À #Å∞QÆ∞ ÃÑ\˜Oì K«∞‰õΩx ™êfl#O KÕã#≤ @∞¡ `Õ[ã¨∞û`À
x<Õfl^À ÉÏ^ŒÅ∞ ÃÑ_»∞`«∞<åfl_»#∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. áêѨO <å q∞„`«∞_»∞. "å_ç "≥eyáÈ`«OLk. `«_çÖËx @=Öò`À "≥ÚǨÏO `«∞_»∞K«∞‰õΩOk. ‰õΩ~°∞Å∞
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qkeOK«∞‰õΩOk. "≥∞_»Ö’ <å#∞`å_»∞ ã¨iKÕã¨∞‰õΩOk. Hõhflà◊√§... 'F Hõhfl~å.. ‰õΩ~°=Hˆ ! PyáÈ.. PyáÈ...— P"≥∞ J~°"åÅ#∞‰õΩOk
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`«# Hõà◊§ =ÚO^Õ #Å∞QÆ∞sfl ~°Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩOk. `≥eÜ«∞‰õΩO_® UO KÕ™êÎ#x PÖ’QÍ Z=_À J<å^èŒâ◊~°}ÏÅÜ«∞O #∞Oz =zÛ <åÜ«∞~ü
K≥Ñ≤ÊO^À Jhfl KÕã≤Ok. FOHÍ~ü ^ŒQÆæ~° F_çáÈ~Ú LO>Ë F_çáÈ~Ú J~Ú^˘O^ŒÅ∞ K«O^• ~Ú™êÎ#<åfl_»∞ Uk J<åfl_»∞.
LO_»=K«∞ÛHÍHõ Jk "Õˆ~ q+¨Ü«∞O. HÍѶ‘Å∞, \©Å∞ J=Ú‡‰õΩ<Õ"å_»∞ J~Ú^˘O^ŒÅ∞ K«O^• W=fi@O
HÍh WO`«=∞Okx ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ ~åxzÛ x+¨¯à◊OQÍ<Õ q∞yeáÈ~ÚO^ŒO>Ë Uq∞\˜!?
`«# ÉèÏ~°º x[OQÍ L`«Î=Ú~åÅ∞. "≥O@<Õ ÉèÏ~°º#∞ K«∂_®ÅxÑ≤OzOk. XHõ\ ˜H˜ XHõ\ ˜ Hõeáê#∞.J#∞=∂#O „Ѩ`«ºHõΔ=∞~ÚOk. U^À
ÖËz JO^Œi =∞^茺#∞Oz #_çKå_»∞. LO^Œ#∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. <åÜ«∞~ü Q˘O`«∞g∞^Œ HõuÎ ÃÑ\Ïì#∞. "≥Ú`«ÎO Hõ^äŒO`å h
JO^Œ ~ ° ∂ JÖÏ Ü≥ ∂ yÖÏ "≥ à ◊ √ Î # fl QÆ ∞ ~° ∞ =¸iÎ =Oˆ H ÉèÏ~°º K≥Ñ≤ÊO^Œx ɡkiOKå#∞. ÖÁ_» ÖÁ_® "ÕˆQ™ê_»∞ Ñ≤iH˜ ã¨<åºã≤...
K«∂ã¨∞Î<åfl~°∞.<åÜ«∞~ü HõOQÍ~°∞QÍ J<åfl_»∞. "≥O@<Õ g∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°H˜ ÖÏH˘¯KåÛ#∞.
''^Œ∞~å‡~°∞_æ ∞» ... P P_»‰Äõ `«∞ix D P"ÕâO◊ Ö’ "≥o§ Uq∞KÕ™êÎ_À...?—— „u=¸iÎ ã≤QÆ∞æQÍ ''J~Ú# ÉèÏQÀ`«O KåÖË¡. Ѩ~å~Ú"å_»∞ qO>Ë
''U"≥·<å Kå=hÜ«∞O_ç. =∞# Hõ#=ã¨~°O. WÖÏO\˜ "åà◊§ h_Õ "≥ÚǨ# L"Õ∞‡™êÎ_»∞— J<åfl_»∞.
=∞#H˘^Œ∞Ì....—— `ÕeÛ K≥áêÊ_»∞ QÀÑ‘K«O^£. ''ã¨iã¨i.... JO`å F™êi "å_çO\˜H˜ "≥o§ HõΔ=∂Ѩ} K≥Ñ≤Ê =^•ÌO
''g∞‰õΩ JHõ¯~°ÖHË áõ È=K«∞Û. ##∞fl #q∞‡ JO`å K≥ÑÊ≤ # P"≥∞‰õΩ „^ÀǨÏO Ѩ^ŒO_ç. WO`« Hõ^äŒ #_çzO^Œx `≥eÜ«∞Hõ P"≥∞ =ÚO^Œ∞ KåÖÏ "åQÍ#∞.
KÕã≤ K≥áêÊ#∞. P ~°HOõ QÍ P"≥∞‰õΩ J<åºÜ«∞O KÕ™ê#∞. Hõhã¨O "≥o§ P"≥∞#∞ PÃÑ· "å_ç^À= "å_çk. =∞#^À= =∞#k. P"≥∞H˜ HõΔ=∂Ѩ} K≥áêÊeû#
HÍáê_ç D ~°HõOQÍ<≥·<å <å D `«Ñ¨C#∞ ã¨ik^Œ∞̉õΩO\Ï#∞—— Jx K≥Ñ≤Ê ÉÏ^茺`« JO^ŒiH© =ÙOk... —— J<åfl_»∞ FOHÍ~ü.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ "≥#Hõ =_ç=_çQÍ "≥àϧ_»∞ <åÜ«∞~ü. Z=fi~°∂ Hõ^ŒÖÖË^Œ∞.. FOHÍ~ü =∞m§ J<åfl_»∞.
''Jã¨Å∞ WO`« „_®=∂ LO^Œx, hÔHÖÏ `≥eã≤Ok—— J_çQÍ_»∞ ^ŒÜ∂« xkè. ''^ŒÜ«∞KÕã≤ Ѩ^ŒO_ç... "å_çHÀã¨O HÍHõáÈ~Ú<å, P"≥∞ HÀã¨O, P"≥∞
QÀÑ‘K«O^£ #"åfi_»∞. x*Ï~Úf `≥eÜ«∞ Ѩ~°Û\ÏxÔH·<å Ѩ^ŒO_ç.——
''ã≤OѨÙÖò.. <åÜ«∞~ü "åàϧq_» ^ŒQ~æÆ HÔ° o§ g∞ PÜ«∞<Õ_ç Jx L^ŒÜ∞« O –––
#∞Oz Ô~O_»∞™ê~°∞¡ J_çQÍ#∞. <Õ#∞ J_çyOk XHõ~^Œ∞‰õΩ. JO`«‰õΩ=ÚO^Œ∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ã¨~fi° O HÀÖ’Ê~Ú# E^ŒiÖÏ #_»∞ã¨∞<Î åfl_»∞. â◊s~°OÖ’x
<Õ#∞ "å_çH˜ J~Ú^˘O^ŒÅ∞ WKåÛ#∞. Jk J_»∞QÆ∞`«∞O>Ë ˆ~ѨÙ.. ˆ~Ѩ٠Jxfl „Ѩu r=Hõ}O #∞ã≤ J~Ú#@∞¡ ‰õΩOzOK«∞‰õΩáÈÜ«∂_»∞. "≥ÚǨÏOÖ’ ^≥#· ºO.
JO@∞<åfl_»∞. qã¨∞ˆQã≤ q+¨Ü«∞O `ÕÅ∞^•Ì=∞x "≥àϧ#∞. "≥o§# „Ѩu™ês =∞#ã¨O`å "≥·~åQƺO.. rq`«OÖ’ F_çáÈ~Ú#ѨC_»∞ =KÕÛk J^ÕQÍ.
Hõ#Ѩ_»HõáÈ`«∞O>Ë H˘kÌQÍ z~å‰õΩ Ñ¨_®¤#∞. "åàϧq_» ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_»∞`«∂ =∂ ZHõ¯_À ^Œ∂~°OQÍ QÆ∞_ç"∞≥ ‰ÿ Ωõ Ö’ #∞Oz w`«=ã¨∞OÎ k. ^•<Õflg∞ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ
PÜ«∞#^Õg∞ ÖË^∞Œ .. Jx "≥Ú`«OÎ K≥ÑÊ≤ Ok. <Õ#∞ K≥ÑÊ≤ <å q#‰õΩO_® PÜ«∞<Õ q#@O ÖË^Œ∞. ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÖË Hõà◊§=ÚO^Œ∞ "≥∞^Œ∞Ö’ÎOk. "≥o§ U=∞_»QÍe, =∞ˆ~q∞
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=∂\Ï¡_®e. Jã¨Å∞ P"≥∞ Hõà◊¡Ö’¡H˜ K«∂_»QÆÅ<å! J~°÷"≥∞ÿOk. iHΔÍHÀã¨O "ÕQÆOQÍ Éˇ·\ ˜H˜ ѨiÔQ`åÎ~°∞.
ѨO^≥O Hõ\ ˜ì# ~ÀA `å#∞ F_çáÈ`å#x J#∞HÀÖË^Œ∞. U^À XHõ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ KÕ`«∞Å∞ =}∞‰õΩ`«∞<åfl~Ú. L`«Î~°O =∞_»`«Å∞ qáêÊ_»∞.
ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ `å#∞ Ѩ@∞ìHÀQÆÅ#<Õ J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞. f~å JO`å JÜ«∂ºHõ U=∞O_ô! D L`«~Î O° g∞ KÕuÖ’ Ѩ_ãÕ i¨ H˜ |Ǩïâß <Õ#∞ D Ö’HõOÖ’
F_ç ÔQezOk. Jxfl J=HÍâßÅ∞ LO_ç, Jxfl Z`«∞ÎÅ∞ "≥Ü«∞ºQÆey JO`« LO_»HõáÈ=K«∞Û. "≥·`«i}˜ #k Ѩiã¨~åÅ∞ ^•\˜áÈ~Ú LO_»=K«∞Û.
^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ ~åxzÛ Ug∞ áÈQ˘@∞ìHÀ‰õΩO_®, ã¨fiK«ÛùOQÍ, x~°‡ÅOQÍ <Õ#∞ F_çáÈÜ«∂<À, ÔQeKå<À <å‰õΩ WѨÊ\˜H© J~°÷O HÍ=@O ÖË^Œ∞.
LO_çáÈ~ÚOk. Uk U"≥∞ÿ<å <Õ#∞ ^Œ∞~°^Œ$+¨ì=O`«∞~åefl, #+¨ì*Ï`«‰õΩ~åefl. ÉèíQÆ=O`«∞_»∞
x[OQÍ `å#∞ J#∞‰õΩ#fl P_»^Õ J~Ú`Õ ZѨC_À kQÆ*ψ~k. HÍh JO^ŒO, `≥eq ~ÚKåÛ_»∞ HÍh J^Œ$+ì̈O W=fiÖË^∞Œ . JѨÙ~°∂Ѩ"∞≥ #ÿ ã¨O™ê~°
JÖÏ KÕÜ∞« ÖË^∞Œ . KÕÜ∞« QÆÅ#x x~°∂Ñ≤OzOk. `«# g∞^Œ „¿Ñ=∞`À ã¨fiK«ÛOù QÍ rq`«O W=fiÖË^Œ∞.
LO_çáÈ~ÚOk. QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Hõà◊√§ K≥=∞‡yÖÏ¡~Ú. áÈ~Ú# [#‡Ö’ <Õ#∞ ^Õ=Ù_çfl ~åà◊§`À ѨÓ[KÕã≤ LO\Ï#∞. JO^Œ∞Hˆ
'`«Ñ¨C KÕ™êÎ#∞ ã¨∞ѨÖÏ. x#∞fl J==∂xOz Ѷ¨∞’~°"≥∞ÿ# `«Ñ≤Ê^ŒO D [#‡Ö’ g∞ÖÏO\˜ Éèí~°ÎxKåÛ_»∞. J~Ú<å <Õ#∞ ã¨~°∞̉õΩ<åfl#∞. ‰õΩH˜¯#
KÕ™ê#∞. ѨO^≥O ¿Ñ~°∞`À ##∞fl <Õ#∞ ã¨=∂kè KÕã∞¨ ‰õΩ<åfl#∞. WHõ rq`«OÖ’ ¿Ñ#∞ÖÏ Ñ¨_=ç Ù<åfl#∞. ##∞fl J#∞=∂xOz<å, p\˜H© =∂\˜H© Ç≤ÏOã≤Oz<å.
JO`å pHõ>Ë. h rq`åxfl Hõ\ ˜Hõ=∞Ü«∞O KÕã≤# <å‰õΩ q∞yeOk J^Õ..— HÍh g∞ „ÃѶO_£`À g∞~å_çOz# <å@HÍxfl =∂„`«O `«@∞ìHÀÖËHõáÈÜ«∂#∞.
`«#Ö’ `å#∞ Q˘}∞‰õΩ¯<åfl_»∞. <å‰õΩ `≥eã≤#O`«=~°‰õΩ =∞x+≤ J<Õ"å_≥=fi_»∞ `«# q∞„`«∞_çx ÉèÏ~°º
WO\˜ ^ŒQÆæ~°H˘KåÛ_»∞. `«# ~ÚO\’¡H˜ `å#∞ "≥à◊§\ÏxH˜ [OHÍ_»∞. g∞^Œ >ˇãOì≤ Q∑ ¿Ñ~°∞`À ѨOÑ≤OK«_∞» . Jk <å‰õΩ `≥eã≤Ok.ZÖÏ `≥eã≤O^Œ<kÕ
WѨC_»∞ WÅ∞¡ QÆ∞_çÖÏ `ÀzOk. PǨfi#O ѨÅ∞‰õΩ`«∞#fl@∞¡ `«Å∞ѨÙÅ∞ fã≤ g∞ Hõ#=ã¨~°O. JѨC_Õ x~°‚~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. g∞‰õÄ <å‰õÄ WHõ ã¨iHõ^•
L<åfl~Ú. QÆ_»Ñ¨ ^ŒQÆæ~° K≥ѨCÅ∞ =^Œe J_»∞QÆ∞Ö’ J_»∞QÆ∞"Õ™ê_»∞. QÆ∞=∞‡O Jx. JÖÏ x~°‚~ÚOK«∞‰õΩ<åfl<À ÖË^À, <å `«e¡^ŒO„_»∞Å J=∂Ü«∞Hõ"≥∞ÿ#
^•\Ï_»∞. "≥ÚǨÅ∞ Hõ#Ѩ_®¤~Ú. "åi =ÚO^Œ∞ <Õ#∞ `«Å Z`«∞ÎHÀÖË#∞. Éèí~°Î
ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å =ÚO^Œ∞ QÆkÖ’ QÀ_»‰õΩ P#∞‰õΩx â◊¥#ºOÖ’H˜ K«∂™ÈÎOk. J#∞=∂xOz# P_»k ã¨OѶ¨∞O ^Œ$+≤ìÖ’ K≥_çáÈ~Ú#>Ë¡.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ ^ŒQÆæiH˜ "≥àϧ_»∞. QÀO`«∞Ö’H˜ =∂~°Ì=O =zÛOk. HÍà◊√§ Hõ_çQÍ~°∞, Hõ<åº^•#O KÕ™ê~°∞. "åi ÉÏ^茺`« fiáÈ~ÚOk.
"≥Ú^Œ\ ™˜ êi „¿Ñ=∞QÍ K≥~Úº "Õ™ê_»∞. J`«#∞ K≥~Úº "ÕÜ∞« QÍ<Õ P"≥∞ â◊s~°O =∞m§ <Õ#∞ "åà◊§ ^ŒQ~æÆ ‰° Ωõ "≥à§◊ ^ŒÅ∞K«∞HÀÖË^∞Œ . Kå"Õ Ñ¨iëê¯~°O J#∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞.
"≥∞Å¡QÍ „H˜O^ŒH˜ *ÏiOk. k„Q̓ùOuQÍ P"≥∞ =OHõ K«∂™ê_»∞. F ÖË[~ü J^Õ ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ g∞~˘KåÛ~°∞. =∂\Ï =∂\Ï ÃÑiyOk. ѨO^≥O
H˜~°}O `«# HõO\˜x HÍÅ∞ã¨∞Î#fl J#∞Éèí∂u. xâ◊ÛÜ«∞O J~ÚáÈ~ÚOk.
''ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÖÏ...—— J`«#∞ JiKå_»∞. ZÖÏQÆ∂ Kå=É’`«∞#fl ^•xx, P_»k p~° qáêÊÅO>Ë HõΔ}O ZÖÏ
QÆ∞ÃÑÊ@ `≥izOk. KÕuÖ’ Öˇ@~ü. Ѩ@ì^À... QÆ_»∞ã¨∞`«#OQÍ "≥ÚQÆ∞_ç Hõà◊√§ HõáêÊÅ<åfl JO`«Hõ<åfl `«‰õΩ¯=
J^Õ ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’ q∞„`«|$O^ŒO JHõ¯_çH˜ "ÕQÆOQÍ =KåÛ~°∞. Ѩiã≤÷u HõΔ}"Õ∞ Ѩ_»∞`«∞O^Œx x~°∂Ñ≤OK«^ŒÅK«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞.
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ÉèÏ~åºÉè~í Åΰ =∞^躌 LO_®eûOk #=∞‡HõO. P #=∞‡HõO`À<Õ Éè~í ΰ J<Õ ~åHõáÈ=\ÏxH© HÍ~°}O „u=¸iÎ. <å =∂Oã¨O =Ú^ŒÌ g∞^Œ HÀiHõ`À
=∞QÆ"å_»∞ P"≥∞#∞ P"≥∞ Ñ≤Åe¡ fl ÉÏ^躌 `«QÍ K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï_»∞. g∞ÖÏ „Ѩu"å_»∂ „ÉÏǨχ}∞_çx `«Ñ¨C_»∞ J„_≥ãπ ~ÚzÛ ^•i =∞o§OzOk J`«<Õ.
<å ÉèÏ~°º =∞Oz^Õ<å? áêÅ"å_ç`À #=Ùfi`«∂ ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ =∂\Ï¡_Oç k? ~À_»∞¤ P~ÀA aÜ«∞ºOáÈ¿ã q∞+¨`À p\˜x ã¨OzÖ’ "Õ™ê#∞. áêѨO
g∞^Œ áÈÜÕ∞@ѨC_»∞ ÃÑ·@ ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ ã¨=iOK«∞HÀÖË^Œ∞.. JO>Ë ÃÑ^ŒÌ PÜ«∂ã¨Ñ_¨ ∞» `«∂, =∞# ÃÑ~°\ Ö˜ ’, =∞\˜Öì ’ ^˘OQÆÖÏ, ‰õΩHõ¯ÖÏ #H˜¯ L<åfl_»∞.
u~°∞QÆ∞É’`«∞#O>Ë Jx g∞ÖÏ x~åú~}° H˜ =¿ãÎ Z<Àfl HÍѨÙ~åÅ∞ WO`« Ǩ~ÚQÍ =∞~°∞ã¨\~˜ ÀA L^ŒÜ∂« <Õfl ^Õ=Ù_çH˜ ѨÓ[ KÕã∞¨ #Î flѨC_»∞ J_çQÍ~°∞ QÆ∞~°∞OÎ ^•!
[~°∞QÆ=Ù. ~å„u ɡ·@ L<åfl#x K≥Ñ≤Ê WѨC_»∞ ѨÓ[KÕã¨∞Î<åfl=Ù. ~å„u Z=_˘KåÛ_»x.
g∞ÖÏO\˜ "å~°∞ "ÕÅÖ’¡ XHõ~∞° . P "ÕÅÖ’¡ XHõ¯~°∞ÖÏO\˜ g∞‰õΩ |∞kú x[OQÍ<Õ ÉÏ`ü~∂° OÖ’ Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü L<åfl_»∞. h‰õΩ K≥ÑÊ≤ # J|^Œ"ú ∞Õ J`«xH©
K≥ѨÊ\ÏxH˜ Kå=Ù#∞ "å~Ú^• "Õã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. ѨO^ÕxH˜ 㨈~ J<åfl#∞. K≥áêÊ#∞. â◊s~åxfl =∞e#O KÕã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl<Õ HÍh =∞#ã¨∞û#∞ HÍ^Œ∞.
YzÛ`«OQÍ g∞~°∞ F_çáÈ`å~°x `≥Å∞ã¨∞. <å g∞^Œ #=∞‡HõO`À HÍ^Œ∞. P_»^•x ^ŒÜ∂« xkèx HõÅ"åÅO>Ë =∂~°Oæ XHõ¯>Ë#x `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. JO^Œ∞Hˆ
â◊H˜Î Ü«Ú‰õΩÎÅ g∞^Œ qâßfiã¨O`À. q∞=∞‡efl HÍ"åÅx Ô~K«ÛQ˘\Ïì#∞.g∞~°∞ H˘_»`å~°x `≥Å∞ã¨∞. H˘\˜ì#ѨC_»∞
"≥Ú^Œ@ <Õ#∞ @Kü KÕãO≤ k „u=¸iÎx. P ~ÀA ZH“¯O\òû K≥Ü∞« º\ÏxH˜ ^≥|ƒ ZHõ¯_» `«QÆÖÏÖ’ ‰õÄ_® áê¡<£ "Õã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. P „ѨHÍ~°"Õ∞ g∞~°∞
=™êÎ_x» `≥Å∞ã¨∞. g∞‰õΩ QÆ∞~°∞OÎ _Õ =ÙO@∞Ok.. =O\˜O\’¡ Hõ^ÅŒ ÖËHõ Z@∞„ѨH¯õ H˘\Ïì~°∞. [iy# Q˘_»=‰õΩ K«∞@∞ì „Ñ¨Hõ¯Å"å~°∞ =™êÎ~°x `≥Å∞ã¨∞. "≥Ú`«ÎO
J_»∞ˆQ¿ãÎ ^Õxg∞^Œ HÍÖË™êÎ#<Õ ÉèíÜ«∞O`À g∞~°∞ ã¨÷|ÌOQÍ xÅ∞ÛO_çáÈ`Õ.. P JO`å J#∞‰õΩ#fl@∞¡ [iyOk.
pHõ\ Ö˜ ’ =ÚO^Œ∞ QÆkÖ’.. „u=¸iÎ KÕuÖ’ "≥Ú^Œ\ ™˜ êi #eQÍ#∞. JѨC_Õ ^ŒÜ«∂xkèx Ǩã≤Ê@ÖòÖ’ Hõe™ê#∞. ~°OQÆO ã≤^ŒúO KÕ™ê#∞. ɡ·@
QÆ#∞Hõ <Õ#∞ H˘kÌQÍ ã¨Ç¨ÏHõi¿ãÎ ^ŒQÆæ~°Ö’ QÀ_» =ÙOk. W^ŒÌi â◊s~åÖ’¡ `åà◊O "Õã≤#ѨC_»∞ ^ŒÜ«∂xkè WO\’¡<Õ L<åfl_»∞.
=QÆ~∞° , á⁄QÆ~∞° LOk. ã¨=∞Ü«∞O LOk. HÍh <Õ#∞ JHõ¯_»^•HÍ fã¨∞‰õΩ=zÛ J#∞HÀx =∞Å∞ѨÙ. „u=¸iÎ JO`å K«∂™ê_»∞.
q_çáÈÜ«∂#∞. JѨC_»∞ <Õ<≥O`«QÍ U_®Û<À P ÉèíQÆ=O`«∞_çˆH `≥Å∞ã¨∞. D~°¬º`À g∞‰õΩ „âıÜ≥∂aèÖÏ+≤ÖÏ á¶È<£ KÕâß_»∞. JO`«=~°‰õΩ FˆH.
HõO^Œm Ѩ^Œ‡=ÚÅ =O\˜ <å Hõ#∞flÅÖ’ Hõhflà◊√§ J~ÚáÈ~Ú ~°HõÎ"Õ∞ Ju `≥eq`Õ@Ö`À <åˆH =zÛ K≥áêÊ_»∞.
=zÛOk. Ѩ^xÌ≥ q∞k ã¨O=`«û~åÅ∞ JѨÓ~°fiOQÍ Éè~í Hΰ Àã¨O Z^Œ∞~°∞ K«∂™ê#∞. x[OQÍ<Õ <Õ#∞ KåÖÏ ÉèíÜ«∞Ѩ_®¤#∞. <Õ#∞ ^˘iH˜áÈ`å#x HÍ^Œ∞.
=ÚiÃÑOQÍ, Pâ◊ Q Í, P#O^Œ O QÍ ^•K« ∞ ‰õ Ω #fl ^•xfl Ѩ k ÅOQÍ g∞ J#∞=∂<åxfl x[O KÕã∞¨ <Î åfl<Õ"∂≥ #x. rq`«OÖ’ WHõ <Õ#∞ UO K≥ÑÊ≤ <å
K«∂ã¨∞‰õΩO@∞#fl ^•xfl Ѩ~å~Ú =∞QÍ_ç H“yeÖ’ ^è•~°áÈã≤#O^Œ∞‰õΩ <å q∞=∞‡efl #q∞‡OK«ÖË#x. g∞`À#∂, g∞ K«∞@ì„ѨHõ¯ÖÏ =∂Ü«∞x =∞K«ÛÖÏ
â◊s~°OÖ’ z=i ~°HÑÎõ Ù¨ aO^Œ∞=Ù ~°HÑÎõ Ù¨ Hõ#fl~°∞QÍ XeH˜Ok. QÆ∞O_≥ JO`«∞ÖËx q∞yeáÈ`å#x. ã¨iQÍæ P ã¨=∞Ü«∞OÖ’<Õ F J^Œ∞ƒù`«"≥∞ÿ# áê¡<£
=º^èŒ`À Ѩye =ÚHõ¯Öˇ·Ok. <Õ#∞ JѨC_Õ K«zÛáÈÜ«∂#O_ç. ~°∂ѨÙk^Œ∞̉õΩOk. zÅ∞Hõ K≥Ñ≤Ê# Hõ^äŒÖ’¡ QÍ^äŒ QÆ∞~°∞ΉõΩ =zÛOk.
JÖÏ "≥Ú@ì"Ú≥ ^Œ\ ˜ q[Ü«∞O ™êkèOKå#∞. ~Ô O_»= \ÏÔ~\æ ò Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~.ü g∞‰õΩ Hõà√◊ § =¸ã≤#ѨC_»∞ ^ŒÜ∂« xkè p~°Ö’#∞Oz Ñ≤eÖ¡ Ï áê‰õΩ`«∂
g∞ <å#flQÍi PaúHOõ ~ÀA Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü ~å=\ÏxH˜ g∞~°∞ ‰õΩkiÛ# „ÉÏǨχ}∞_»∞ áÈÜ«∂_»∞. JO`å ã≤Ê¡\ò ÃãÔHO_£Ö’ [iyOk. WѨÊ\˜H© <Õ#∞ ÉÏ^èŒÑ¨_»∂Î<Õ
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=Ù<åfl#∞. =∞#ã¨∞û =∂~°∞ÛHÀO_ç.. P_»^•x g∞^Œ Q“~°=O ÃÑOK«∞HÀO_ç. =∞~À „ã‘Î
QÀÑ‘K«O^£x ~°Ñ≤ÊOK«∞‰õΩ#fl Ѩ^ŒúuH˜. <Õ<˘Hõ =ºaèKåi#x K≥Ñ≤Ê J~Ú<å g∞ „Ѩ=~°Î#‰õΩ |e J=fi‰õΩO_® *Ï„QÆ`«ÎѨ_»O_ç.
Ñ≤eÑ≤OK«∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. ZѨÊ\˜H˜ `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩO\Ï~°∞. =∞m§ ~Ô O_À™êi =∞QÍ_»∞ `«e¡ „¿Ñ=∞#∞
ZѨC_»∂ <å PѨÙÎÅ∞, <å PѨÙÎÅ∞ Jx K≥ѨÙÎO\Ï~°∞. `≥Å∞ã¨∞HÀO_ç K«qK«∂¿ãk ÉèÏ~°º ^ŒQÆæˆ~ J<Õ ã¨`«ºO.
~ÚѨÊ\ỖH·<å, D „ѨѨOK«OÖ’ =∂#= ã¨O|O^è•Åhfl PiúHõ ã¨O|O^è•Å∞, <å Kå=Ù^•fi~å `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩ<≥·<å Hõà◊√¡ `≥~°=O_ç. P_»^Õ QÆ#∞Hõ F
J=HÍâ◊ÑÙ¨ ã¨O|O^è•ÖË. WÅ∞¡ K«∂ã≤ "≥#H˜¯ áÈ=K«∞ÛQÍ, áÈÖË^∞Œ . x„^Œ=∂„`«Å∞ ѨÙ~∞° +¨μ_çfl W+¨Ñì _¨ `ç Õ J`«xfl `«# QÆkÖ’H˜ ~°ÑÊ≤ OK«∞HÀ=\ÏxH˜ U^≥<· å KÕã∞¨ OÎ k.
q∞Oy# q∞=∞‡efl ^•@∞‰õΩO@∂ =∞^茺QÆkÖ’H˜ =zÛ KåÖÏ¿ãѨ٠L<åfl_»∞. J_»∞QÆ∞‰õΩ F J_»O¤ H˜x "≥ÚQÆ∞_»∞ LOz<å P"≥∞ K≥Ü∂« ºÅ#∞‰õΩ#flk pHõ\‰˜ Äõ ¯_®
J~Ú^Œ∞=O^ŒÅ =\˜ì ѨÙ}ϺxˆH ~ÚzÛáÈÜ«∂_»∞. <åÅ∞QÀk =~°‰Ωõ q[Ü«∞O `≥eÜ«∞‰õΩO_® K≥Ü«∞ºQÆÅ#∞. Jk `≥Å∞ã¨∞‰õΩO>Ë KåÅ∞. LO\Ï#∞. Wk
<å^Õ. J~Ú^À =ºH˜Î ^ŒQ~ˆæÆ ..FOHÍ~ü ~ÚOHÍ <≥u· Hõ qÅ∞=Å∞, =∞# J#∞‰õΩ<Õ K≥ѨÊ\ÏxˆH <Õ#∞ „|uH˜Ok. g∞`À ѨO`«O Ѩ\ ˜ìOk, ѨO^≥O Hõ\ ˜ìOk. <å
Ѷe‘ OQ∑û... L<åflÜ«∞x L<åfl~°x x~°∂Ñ≤OKå_»∞. jÅO QÆ∞iOz, Jaè=∂#O Éèí~°ÎÖ’ L#fl q+¨ÉÏ}Ïxfl ÃÑHõeOKå#∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. D<å z=i HõΔ}ÏÖ’¡
QÆ∂iÛ `≥eÜ«∞ K≥áêÊ_»∞. ~åã≤Ok JHõ~Δ ° ã¨`º« =∞x #q∞‡`Õ, <Õ#∞ x+¨¯à◊OHõ"∞≥ #ÿ ^•x#x g∞~°∞ #q∞‡`Õ
<Õ#∞ F_çáÈÜ«∂#∞, FOHÍ~ü ^ŒQÆæ~° F_çáÈÜ«∂#∞. <å P`«‡ âßOuOK«#>Ë¡.
WOHÍ WO\˜=ÚO^Œ∞ P"≥∞ ^ŒQÆæ~° F_çáÈÜ«∂#∞. WO\˜=ÚO^Œ∞ Z=~À Hõq J#fl@∞¡ Hõ#∞fl `≥i¿ãÎ [##O, Hõ#∞fl =¸¿ãÎ =∞~°}O.
á⁄~°∞QÍ"≥∞ ^Œ$+≤ìÖ’ <Õ#∞ Ѩu`«x, ##∞fl "åo§O\˜H˜ ~å=^ŒÌx K≥Ñ≤ÊOk. Ô~ѨÊáê>Ë Hõ^• rq`«O! HÍh Ô~ѨÊáê@∞ rq`«O <å‰õΩ F =∞ǨܫÚQÆOÖÏ
K≥Ñʨ O_ç ZO^Œ∞‰õΩ <åH© tHõ.Δ <Õ<OÕ `«ÑC¨ KÕÜ∞« ÖË^∞Œ ! =∂#O áÈQ˘@∞ìHÀÖË^!Õ QÆ_çzOk. JÖÏO\˜ rq`«O =∞m§ ~Ú=fi^ŒÌx P 㨈~fiâ◊fi~°∞_çfl =∞#™ê~å
Ѩ~å~Ú Ñ¨Ù~∞° +¨μ_çfl `åHõ@O J@∞Oz, <å Ü«ÚHõÎ =Ü«∞ã¨∞ûÖ’ ÃÑo§HÍHõ=ÚO^Œ∞ „áêi÷ã∂¨ ,Î g∞‰õΩ rq`åO`«O <å Hõ^Œä F P~°x =º^èÅŒ , F [fieOKÕ ã¨`º« OÖÏ
Hõhã¨O â◊$OQÍ~°O QÆ∞iOz ã¨iÜ≥∞ÿ # J=QÍǨÏ# ÖË^∞Œ . g∞‰õΩ `≥Å∞™È ÖË^À xÅ"åÅx, <åÖÏO\˜ rq`«O P ѨQÆ"åi‰õį_® ~å"˘^ŒÌx.
=∞# "≥Ú^Œ\ ~˜ å„u <å ã¨~ã° "¨ ∞≥ #ÿ "åà◊√§ *’_ç J~Ú# "åà◊√§ q=iOKå_»∞. g∞ ^ŒQÆæ~° #∞Oz âßâ◊fi`«OQÍ
"å~°∞ K≥ѨÙÎO>Ë J^Œ∞ƒù`«=∞#∞‰õΩ<åfl#∞. Z<≥fl<Àfl HÀiHõÅ`À =∞#ã¨∞ ÃãÅ=Ù fã¨∞‰õΩ<Õ g∞ J~å÷Oy
ѨÙÅHõiOzOk. HÍh Ѩ_»HõQÆkÖ’ x~°∞`åûǨÏO, "≥Ú`«ÎO =º=Ǩ~°O g∞^Õ ã¨∞Ѷ¨Å
Jã¨Ç¨ÏºO. WѨC_»∞ K≥ѨÊO_ç, <Õ#∞ K≥_çáÈ~Ú g∞ ^ŒQÆæ~°‰õΩ =KåÛ<å! g∞ [##O : 02 – 4 – oooo
^ŒQÆæ~°H˘zÛ# `«~°∞"å`« =∞e#=∞Ü«∂º<å! #Å∞QÆ∞i`À <Õ#∞ âßs~°HõOQÍ =∞~°}O : 02 – 4 –oooo
Ѩ_»∞HÀáÈ=K«∞Û.. D â◊s~°OÖ’ Z<≥fl<Àfl ÉèÏQÍÅ∞ ZO`≥O`« |~°∞=Ù<åflÜ≥∂ ѨÙ\˜#ì ~ÀA<å_Õ =∞~°}O.... P J^Œ$+¨Oì ZO`«=∞OkH˜ LO@∞Ok.
"å~°∞ K≥ѨÊQÆÅ~°∞. jÅO áÈ=\ÏxH©, "åi KÕ`«∞Ö’¡ <Õ#∞ #eyáÈ=\Ï#H© [##O HõΔ}O, =∞~°}O HõΔ}O.. =∞^茺#∞#flk J~°HõΔ}O.
`Õ_® ÖË^∞Œ . <Õ#∞ rqO`«O\’ F_çáÈÜ«∂#∞. P_»^•xQÍ QÔ eKå#∞. WHõ<<·≥ å F qâ◊fi=∂ #∞=Ùfi <å‰õΩ Hõ#Ѩ_»@O ÖË^Œ∞... <Õ#∞ WHõ ÖË#∞..
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^Õ=Ùx „¿Ñ=∞‰õΩ áê„`«∞Öˇ#· "åà◊√§ Ü«∞=fi#OÖ’<Õ =∞~°}™˜ êÎ~@° . Hõhã¨O
P ^Õ=^Õ=Ù_ç „¿Ñ=∞ÔH·<å <Õ#∞ <ÀK«∞HÀQÆeQÍ#∞. `≥~° kOK«O_ç. `«=∂ëê
=∞yã≤Ok.
F Hõhfl\˜ Hõ}O J`«x H˘\˜ H˘ã¨# P„~°ÌOQÍ xezáÈ~ÚOk.
QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ KÕuÖ’ L`«Î~°O QÍeH˜ Zyi „H˜O^ŒÑ¨_çOk.
„H˜O^Œ L#fl L`«Î~åxfl Hõ=∞ÖÏHõ~ü ÖωõΩ¯<åfl_»∞...
`«~åfi`« ^ŒÜ«∂xkè...
P `«~åfi`« QÀÑ‘K«O^£.. „u=¸iÎ.. =~°∞ã¨QÍ JO^Œ~°∂.
JO^Œi QÆ∞O_≥Å∞ qëê^ŒO`À =¸QÆáÈÜ«∂~Ú.
<åÜ«∞~ü XHõ¯_Õ JO`å `≥eã≤# *Ï˝xÖÏ =∞ø#OQÍ Hõà√◊ § =¸ã¨∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞
QÀ_»‰Ωõ P#∞‰õΩx. J`«x QÆ∞O_≥Ö’¡ F cÉè`í û« ã¨=Ú„^Œ Ѷ∞¨ ’+¨. J`«x =∞#ã¨∞ûÖ’
PiÎQÍ ''J=∂‡ ã¨∞Ѷ¨ÖÏ.. ZO`«Ñ¨x KÕâß==∂‡.——
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_®Hõì~°∞ QÍ~°∞ käÜÕ∞@~ü #∞Oz |Ü«∞\˜H˜ =KåÛ~°∞.
JO`å ÖËKå~°∞. JO^Œ~°∂ PÜ«∞# K≥¿ÑÊã¨=∂^è•#O HÀã¨O K≥=ÙÅ∞
iH˜¯OKå~°∞.
PÜ«∞# QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ Éèí∞[g∞‡^Œ J#∞#Ü«∞OQÍ K≥~Úº "Õ™ê_»∞.
''_®Hõì~ü...—— J<åfl_»∞ P^Œ∞~åÌQÍ QÆ∞~°∞=¸iÎ.
''P"≥∞ x„^ŒáÈ`ÀOk...! J~Ú`Õ WHõ¯_» HÍ^Œ∞—— J<åfl_»∞ _®Hõì~ü.
'J=Ù#∞ P"≥∞ x„^ŒáÈ`ÀOk. D J#∞=∂<åÅ #∞Oz, D hK«`åfiÅ
#∞Oz.... D HÍ=∂O^èŒ∞ʼnõΩ ^Œ∂~°OQÍ Ñ¨~°=∞ Ѩq„`«"≥∞ÿ# x„^•^Õ=`«
ǨϙêÎÖ’ x„^ŒáÈ`ÀOk... P"≥∞‰õΩ âßâ◊fi`« âßOu JHõ¯_Õ— <åÜ«∞~ü P
=∂@Å#∞ ÃÑ·H˜ J#ÖË^Œ∞... J#∞‰õΩ<åfl_»∞.
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