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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tks_ B]n^p¶p .Mm³ NnX¶ _qfn Wn¶v imant`¡v Sn^n¨p tv k¨n^p¶p .Np_¨p Njnªp tkmÄtXKv k¶p AkÀ N`ym\ koZnt]m fpjpk³ N*pSoÀ¯p .AkhmWw ko«n tbmNpkm³ ‘A½ Fs¶ knans¨¦n`pw Mm³ Wà D_¡¯n`m]SnWm AknsX NnX¡s« Wmsa k^pw F¶v tI«Wpw tI¨n]pw NqXn b_ªSm]n bntä¶v ‘A½ Ft¶mXv b_ªp FWn¡v CsSm¶pw HmÀf]p*m]n^p¶nà .
Wà D_¡¯n B]n^p¶ Mm³ ^m{Sn]n Ft¸mtjm D\À¶p Wà Umiw tSm¶n] FWn¡v Np_¨p hf]w FknsX NnX¡p¶p F¶ HmÀ½]pw CÃ. A§sW NnX¶ Mm³ N®v Sp_¶p tWm¡pt¼mÄ tv ]psX {bNmlw B _qfn N*p. Mm³ Sn^nªp NnX¶p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ _qfns` A`fm^]ns` N®mXn]n NqXn B tv ]n WX¡p¶Sv N* Fsâ lzmhw Wn`¡p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n .Nm^\w A¶pks^ H^p bp^pgWpw hv{So]pw S½n ss`wPnN dÔ¯n GÀs¸Xp¶Sv Mm³ N*n«nà .B tv ]psX hv–{NoWn H^p hm]n¸pw fUm½]pw S½n`pÅ NmftNanNÄ B]n^p¶p .Mm³ A`vbhf]w lzmhw AX¡n¸nXn¨p ASp N*p .At¸mÄ iman Wn¶pw H^p H^p sM^§p¶ lÐw tN« Mm³ At§m«p {l²n¨p .ASv tI¨n]psX sM^¡fms\¶p FWn¡v tkPw fWÊn`m]n .Mm³ hmkUmWw N«n`nsâ A^nNnt`¡v Wo§n imant`¡v tWm¡n . AknsX S_]n H^p»m¦änWv fpNan`m]n tI¨n NnX¡p¶SpN*p ,tI¨n]psX ssWän]pw bmkmX]pw A^]v¡p fpNant`¡v N]än k¨n^p¶p.Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ tI«³ Np¼n«n^p¶p tI¨n]psX Nm`nsâ CX]n S`k¨n^n¡p¶p A`vbw NqXn {l²n¨t¸mÄ tI«³ AknsX W¡ns¡mXp¡p¶Sm]n fWÊn`m]n .tI¨n hpt^tg«sâ S`fpXn]n bnXn¨p k`n¡pN]pw sM^§pN]pw sI¿p¶p*m]n^p¶p .kas^ hwl]t¯msX Mm³ AÂbtW^w ASpw tWm¡n NnX¶p .Np_¨p Njnªp tI«³ S` D]À¯n .At¸mÄ tI¨n kas^ tkPw tI«sâ fpXn]n bnXn¨p AkntX¡p Smjv¯n ,F¶n«p WnÀ¯^psS¶p b_]p¶p .At¸mÄ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n tI¨n hpOw sNm*v sM^§p¶Sm\v F¶v .Np_¨p Njnªp tI¨n H^p lo¡m^t¯msX tI«sâ S`]n fp_psN bnXn¨n«p hmkVmWw bnXnkn«p.
At¸mÄ S`]p]À¯n] tI«³ hpOw Nn«nt]m F¶v tI¨nt]mXv tImUn¨p .At¸mÄ tI¨n tI«sW sN«n¸nXn¨p Ip*n D½ k¨p .AÂbtW^w AkÀ A§sW NnX¶p .Cu hf]w A`fm^]psX ¥mÊn`qsX tv ]n tWm¡n] Mm³ N*Sp fUm½ hm]n¸nsâ Wà k`n¸fpÅ Nn§n\n (A¶v Np®s]¶ tb^_n]nà ) sFhv {Now tbms` S` fpS NX ks^ Du_nk`n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p .At¸mÄ hpt^tg«³ tI¨nt]mXv kas^ ldv–Uw Smjv–¯n Ft´m b_]p¶Sv tN«p Mm³ At§m«v tWm¡n At¸mÄ tI¨n N¼nNp«³.sWäv