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N¼nNp«³.sWäv hvO`Ww AkapsX]pÅnÂWn¶v {hkn¡p¶Spw FWn¡_n]mw. bns¶ dmVs]mjnª WmPNWyNs]t¸ms` Fs¶ tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p Akam Nth^]n Im^n¡nX¶p. Npt_¡jnªp, A^]v¡ptft` Ip^p«nk¨ bmkmX]pw, knXÀ¶ Nm`pNapw, WPvWfm] fm_nXkpfm]n bmSnSp_¶ N®pNtamsX, ssN]ns` sb^pkn^ Ip*nÂtIÀ¯p skÅw tk\sf¶kÄ Nm\n¨p. MmWkapsX ssNNÄ knXÀ¯ns]\oäp NpXnskůnsâ Np¸nSp_¶v AkapsX Ip*n tIÀ¯psNmXp¯p. ^*pk«fm]n Akam skůnsâ bNpSn]nt`s_ NpXn¨pSoÀ¯p. AkÄ N®pNÄ k`n¨pSp_¶v Fsâ N®nt`¡v tWm¡n]n^p¶p. AknsX H^m]n^w f¯m¸nsâ fn¶`pw, N¬tNm\pNan Wm\¯nsâ fqX`pw. WPvWfm] knXÀ¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nÂ, Smf^ kn^n]n¨pWn¡p¶ bq_nsW¡p_nt¨m, WPvWfm] fm_n SaÀ¶pNnX¡p¶ fp`Nsa¡p_nt¨m AkÄ In´n¡p¶nÃ. skůnsâ tdm«n`pfm]n AXp¯pWn¶ Fs¶ ssNWo«n AkapsX sW©nt`¡v k`n¨n«p. Fsâ bp_w St`mXns¡m*v Gs_tW^w Aka§sW NnX¶p.

Gs_tW^w Njnªp Fsâ N£¯n`qsX ssN]n«v Aksas¶ F\o¸n¨p. Nth^]n bn¶nt`¡v Wo§n]n^p¶v Fs¶ AkapsX WPvWfm] fXn]nt`¡v bnXn¨n^p¯n. Fsâ bp_Npklw AkapsX fp`Nan tIÀ¯fÀ¯n Fs¶]kÄ sN«n¸nXn¨p. AkapsX ^*pkn^`pNÄ, dÀfqZ]v¡Xn]n sbm§nWn¶ Np®]psX Hu«vss`³ k^]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p; NX fpS fpNaäwkt^]pw bns¶ Smtjm«pw. AkapsX kn^`pNÄ ASnsW NqXpS AfÀ¯n]n^ps¶¦ns`¶v Mm³ tfmin¨p. Fsâ fpOw Sn^n¨pbnXn¨p AkapsX fpO¯v tIÀ¯p k¨psNm*v AkÄ sIkn]n b_ªp, “”thm_n Zm. Fsâ Nm^y¯nWnX]n WntâSv kn«ptbm]n. fWxbqÀkw Ss¶. WnW¡ptk*n Mm³ sI¿p¶sSÃmw ‘hvsbgy`pw sbÀscNväpw’ B]n^n¡\sf¶v FWn¡v WnÀdÔfp*v. Wnsâ ssNNapw Ip*pw D]À¯n] eqN¼¯n sb«ptbm] Mm³, ASnWnX]n F´psI]vSm`pw bqÀ\fmknÃ. CWn WnW¡v KoknS¯n BUyt¯]pw H^n¡`pw f_¡mWmkm¯Spfm] H^p h½mWw S^mw; FWn¡v fm{Sw S^m³ Njn]p¶Sv””. Aksas¶ F\o¸n¨pWnÀ¯n, dÀfqZ Smjv¯n Nm`n`qsX Du^ns]Xp¯p. AkapsX fpO¯nWptWt^ sbm§nkn_¨pWn¡p¶ Fsâ Np® AkapsX sSmjpssN¡pÅn`m¡n AfÀ¯n. bns¶ ssNknXÀ¯n H^pssNsNm*v Ip^p§n]n^p¶ A*nNÄ frUpkm]n k`n¨pSmjv¯n. ftäss¡sNm*v WWkq_nWn¡p¶ Np® bSps¡¯p_¶p. AVnNw AfÀ¯msS Aka¯nt`¡v Npt_tW^w tWm¡n]n^p¶p. bns¶ Np®]psX Aä¯p Du_nk¶ sNmjp¯ WWkv AkapsX NknapNan tS¨pbnXn¸n¨p. Np®]psX AäwsNm*v AkapsX fpOs¯ Hmt^memP¯pw frUpkm]n Np¯n]p^¨p; sWän]nÂ, N®pNanÂ, fq¡nsâ fpNaäw fpS Smtjm«v, N¼nNp«³.sWäv