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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sp_¶pNnX¡p¶ kmSn`n`qsX A]mÄ AN¯pNX¶v Nth^]n`n^n¡pw. AknsX k^p¶ks^Ãmw {PmfmSnÀ¯n]n`qsX Npt_ WX¶m\v sbm¶½t¨¨n]psX ko«ns`t¯*Sv. ASpsNm*pSs¶ Bs^¦n`pw k¶m`pXsW AkÀ¡v skÅw sNmXp¡pw; Hmt^m^p¯^psX CãfWph^n¨p, tfmt^m, Wm^§mskÅtfm, Kyqthm F´m]m`pw ASkÀ¡_n]mw. C]mÄ¡v Hm_©p Kyqhm\v sNmXp¡m_v. A]mÄ Hm_©v–Kyqhv– NpXn¨m`pXsW AkÀ fp³kls¯ kmSn`X]v¡pw. hmkNmlw kn]À¸m_n]n«p A]mÄ F\o¡pw. tI¨ns] sW©n`X¡n¸nXn¨p Np_¨phf]w Wn¡pw. bns¶ Ak^psX »uhpw fÃpfp*pw (ASv fm{Sfm]n^n¡pw Ak^psX tkgw) bSps¡ Ajns¨Xp¡pw. Np_¨ptW^w fp`NafÀ¯n, sM«pNÄ sM^Xpw. CSnWnX]n tI¨n A]mapsX gÀ«pw dWn]Wpw fp*pw Du^ns]Xp¯p A]]n`nXpw. Ak^psX fp`NÄ A]mÄ km]n`m¡pt¼mÄ AkÀ A]mapsX K«nSmjv¯n, sbm§n¯pX§n] Np® ssN]ns`Xp¯p AXn¡m³ SpX§pw. CX]v¡nsX A]mapsX A*nNÄ ssN¡pÅn`n«v sM¡ns¡m*v Ak^Xn¡pw. At¸mtj¡pw A]mapsX Np® fpjpkWm]n sbm§pw. bns¶ A]mÄ Aks^ sW©n tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p, fp`NÄ D_n©ns¡m*v Ak^psX I´nNan sM¡m³ SpX§pw. I´n¸naÀ¸pNÄ bnXn¨Nän ASnWnX]n`qsX A]mÄ Ak^psX bq_n kn^`nXpw. Npt_¡jnªp A]mÄ Aks^ bnXn¨p tfl¸p_¯n^p¯pw. Ak^psX Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n, ASnWnX]n`n^p¶v A]mÄ Ak^psX bq_v D_n©pw. AkÀ¡v ^*pfq¶pk«w k^pt¼mÄ A]msa\oäp Ak^psX fp³bn Wn¡pw. AkÀ H^p Nn®¯n AX¨pk¨n«pÅ skans¨®s]Xp¯p A]mapsX Np®fpjpk³ tS¨pbnXn¸n¡pw. bns¶, tfl]psX k¡n`n^p¶psNm*v F® Ak^psX BWhn tS]v¡pw. tfl]psX Np_psN Nm`pNÄknXÀ¯n AkÀ NnX¡pw. A]mÄ Ak^psX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n tIÀ¶pWn¶v Ak^psX BWhn kn^`nXpw, BUyw H¶pw bns¶ ^*pfm]n. bns¶ Ak^psX D]À¶pWn¡p¶ Nm`pNÄ tSmant`¡n«v A]mÄ sbm§nWn¡p¶ Np® BWhnt`¡v bSps¡ N]äpw. fpjpk³ N]_n¡jn]pt¼mÄ A]mÄ Ak^psX fp`NÄ sM¡ns¡m*v bq_n sI¿p¶Sptbms` sI¿pw. CX]v¡v H^pssNsNm*v A]mak^psX bq_n kn^`nXpw. AXn]n`qsX A]mapsX Np®]pw fpNan`qsX A]mapsX kn^`pw Ht^hf]w AknsX N]_n]n_§pw. Np_¨pNjn]pt¼mÄ A]mÄ¡pk^pw. BªXn¨psNm*v A]mÄ Ak]psX sW©n ko\pNnX¡pw. AÂbtW^¯nWptlgw WnkÀ¶v F\oäv, Ip^p§n skÅsfm`n¡p¶ A]mapsX Np® Du^ns]Xp¡pw. At¸mjpw Sp_¶n^n¡p¶ Ak^psX BWhnÂWn¶v A]mapsX skÅw H`n¨n_§pw. hmkNmlw Nm Wn`¯q¶n F\oäv Ak^psX fp*psNm*v A]mapsX Np®]pw A*nNapw SpX]pw SpX¨p kr¯n]m¡pw. bn¶oXv A]msa Hmt^m N¼nNp«³.sWäv