Chapter Title : പ്രഭാ വലയം [Appan Menon]

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At¸mtj¡pw tI¨n N^]m³ SpX§n. tfmsW....Npfms_ bänt¸ms]Xm.... tI¨ns¡m^p Ad²w bäntbm]n tfmsW. Wo CsSm¶pw hitUtk«tWmXv b_ªv M§apsX NpXp:dw N`¡^pSv. At¸mÄ hitUtk«³ A_n]msS]m]n^p¶pktà Wo§apsX Cu Znt¡mÄ«ncnt¡g³. Bs«, CWns]¦n`pw tI¨n Ft¶mXv FÃmw þ ASm]Sv tUk³ F¶p b_ª Bsa N*pfp«n] A¶p fpS C¶pks^ hwekn¨sSms¡ knlUfm]n b_. Mm³ tNÄ¡s«. BUyw tI¨n Cu N^¨n H¶v WnÀ¯v. CWn b_]m³ I½`ps*¦n BUyw CSv bnXn, bs£ FÃmw Ft¶mXv b_tª bäp F¶p b_ªv FWns¡mjn¨ ¥mÊv Mm³ tI¨n]psX tWt^ Wo«n. Häk`n¡v tI¨n ASv AN¯m¡n. Mm³ tI¨n]psX fp¯v tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨t¸mÄ, tI¨n bp©n^n¨n«v tImUn¨p.....FÃmw F§nsW]mXm AWpKWm] Wnt¶mXv knlUfm]n b_]pN. b_]p¶ FWn¡p Wm\fnsæn NqXn tNÄ¡p¶ WnWs¡¦n`pw Wm\fmNntÃ. CSn F´p Wm\n¡m³ C^n¡p¶p tI¨n, tI¨n ssV^yfm]n«v b_. tI¨n bSps¡ b_]m³ SpX§n.. hitUtk«Wn Wn¶pw Mm³ {bhkn¨Sv ^*v sb¬Np«nNsa þ {bemkSn]pw {bmÀTW]pw. bs£ hitUtk«Wp tk*n]n^p¶Sv ^*mft¯sS¦n`pw H^p B¬ NpªnsW B]n^p¶p. bs£ ^*mfSpw sb¬Np«n]ms\¶_nªSpw hitUtk«³ Unkhkpw fUybn¡m³ SpX§n. AtSmsX hitUtk«Wpw MmWpw S½n`pÅ lm^o^nN dÔw kÃt¸mjpfm]n. A½]pw A¨Wpw b_ªSWph^n¨v Mm³ hitUtk«tWmXv tbm`pw Bt`mIn¡msS {bhkw WnÀ¯pN]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI]vSp. ASv hSy¯n hitUtk«Wp CgvXs¸«nÃm. bns¶ ASnsW sImÃn]m]n Unkhkpw kj¡v. AfnSfm]n fUybn¡p¶Sv sNm*mNmw, F{S b®n]m`pw hitUtk«Wp skÅw tbmNnÃm. Npt_ tW^w AXn¨v S¶v Ft¶mXv b_]pw