 kathA sAhiti 'katha'93' saMkalanaMlOni katha.
rachayita parichayaM
nAgarAju gamdhaM
paryAvaraNaMpai ati takkuvagA vastunna kathallO 'cheruvu' okaTi. abhivRuddhi pErutO paryAvaraNaM paTla manaM pradarSistunna rAkshasatvAniki nidarSanaM cheruvu katha. rachayita gaMdhaM nAgarAju AgashTulO puTTi 1990lO 'aparAjita' kathatO rachanA vyAsaMgaM prAraMbhimchAru.
chirunAmA: 10-9-21 araMDal`pETa, narasarAvupETa - 522 601.
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katha prAraMbhaM
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eMDa vEDekkutOMdi. gAli AgAgi vEDigA kaLa tappi vIstOMdi. asahanamgA gaDustOMdi kAlaM. rAvicheTTu kiMdi, eddarugu mIdunna pamchAyatIki.....
'aDigO ostannADu narisireDDi' gusagusalADukunnAru janaM - appaTiki mUDu gaMTalayiMdi - narisireDDiki paMchAyatI kabureLli - nemmadigA taletti chUSADu chinnAreDDi - narisireDDi okkaDE rAvaDaM lEdu 'nIrakaTTi' - garaTAlutO kalisostunnADu. chinnAreDDi bhrukuTi muDipaDiMdi kOpaMtO - ayinA tamAyiMchukonnADu.
'EMdi mAva peLlikanukunnAvA EMdi pilichiMdi? paMchAyatIki - emtasEpuTi numchO telusA mEmIDa kUkuMdi? annADu saidAreDDi mukhAna navvu pulumukuMTU.
narisireDDi navvalEdu - mubhAvaMgA chinnAreDDi edurugA vachchi nilabaDDADu. emDanapaDi rAvaDaMtO atani oLlaMtA dhArApAtaMgA uMdi. vayasu mIdapaDDa manishi kAvaDaMtO svalpamgA oNukutunnADu. paikaMDuvAtO mukhaM tuDuchukuni 'EMdi rammannAvaMTa?' aDigADu narsireDDi.
okka kshaNaM mATlADalEdu chinnAreDDi - 'paMchAyitI pilupidi' annADu kluptaMgA.
'paMchAyatI pilupO nI pilupO nAku telusu isayaM EMdO seppu.'
'iyyannI telisinODiki isayaM mAtraM teliyadA?' annADu rAyappa.
rAyappa vaipu churuggA chUSADu narisireDDi - 'isayam telsu - asalu isayamE telIdu' annADu peDasaraMgA.
'Ehe nuvvUrukuMDarA!' ani rAyappani maMdaliMchi - 'kurranAyAlu mATala kEmuMdilE mAma! nuvvIDa kUkO muMdu' annADu saidAreDDi.
'avunaraMlA - isayamEMdO seppaMDi' annADu narisireDDi.
okasAri narisireDDini tEripAra chUsi aDigADu chinnAreDDi - 'seruvugaTTu teMchutA uMTE aDDam paDinAvaMTagA?'
'avunu - adi pallaM vaipununna gaTTu - seruvulO uMDEdE koddi nIru. gaTTu koDitE A kAtta nIru jAripOddi - amdukE ApAnu.'
'gaTTu koTTaDam paMchAyatI tIramAnaM' annADu chinnAreDDi.
'evaDnaDigi sEsAru?'
'pamchAyitIki petODi oppudala avasaraM lEdu' tIvraMgA annADu chinnAreDDi.
'kAni ULlO petODiki seruvu avasaraM - adi Uruki ummaDi Asti - nuvvokkaDivE pamchAyatI pEruna gaTTu tegEsi seruvu eMDabeDtAnaMTE evarU oppukOru' aMtakannA tIvraMgA annADu narisireDDi.
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