 kathA sAhiti 'katha'94' saMkalanaMlOni katha.
rachayita parichayaM
kuppili padma
iMTi chAkirI eMta chEsinA, pillala kOsaM eMta SramiMchinA chivaraku masiguDDalA viluva lEkuMDA mUlanapaDi uMDAlsina amma kashTAlanu vivaristU samAjaMlO strI sthAnAnni guriMchi tIvrasvaraMtO praSnimchina katha 'masiguDDa'. strIvAda dRukpathaMtO tanadaina bANIlO kathalu rAstunna rachayitri kuppili padma lEkhA sAhitya prakriyalO 'prEma lEkhalu' prachuriMchAru. dAdApu 40 kathalu rASAru. vIri kathala sampuTi 'manasukO dAhaM' 1994lO viDudalayiMdi.
chirunAmA: es - 201, vijayalakshmI apArT`memT`, methaDisT kAlanI, bEgaMpETa, haidarAbAdu - 500 018.
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katha prAraMbhaM
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padi nimishAlnuMDi bIruvA aMtA gAliMchinA O pAta guDDamukka dorakalEdu. masiguDDa lEka vaMTiMTlO pani cheyyAlaMTE nAnA avasthagA vuMdi. pAta masiguDDa chinigipOyi pIlikalaipOyi panikirAkuMDA pOyi nAlugaidu rOjulavutOMdi. marOTi vetiki peDadAM anukOvaTamEkAni aSraddhatO kudaraka pAtadAnitOnE udayaM annaM vArustumTE adi saripOka cheyyi churukkumaMTE kAni kotta masiguDDa guriMchi an&vEshaNa modalu kAlEdu.
chivariki pAtabaTTala mUTa vippAnu. gaTTivi konni, raMgulu velisipOyinavi, poTTi ayinavi, bigutaipOyinavi, sTIlu sAmAnu vADiki vEddAmani vuMchinavi, vetaggA vetaggA masiguDDaki panikochchE baTTa kanipimchiMdi. ramgu taggalEdu. kAni meDa daggara kAsta pikilipOyina jAkeTTu kanipiMchiMdi. amma jAkeTTu. pOyinasAri amma vachchinappuDu marchipOyina jAkeTTu. jAkeTTu tIsukoni vamTiMTlOki veLli soukaryavaMtamgA panulu chEsukOvaTaM modalupeTTAnu. A jAkeT chUstuMTE amma gurtukostuMdi. E chIra mIda jAkeTTO!
kAliMg bel savvaDi. talupu tISAnu. jAnaki! idE kAlanIlO vuMTAru. machilIpaTnaM vALlu. Ame SrIvAru irigEshan DipArT`meMT udyOgi. iddaru pApalu, oka bAbu. iMTi pani, vaMTa panitOnE jAnaki eppuDu satamatamoutuMTuMdi tappA eppuDO kAni ilA evariMTikI rAdu - EdainA panuMTE tappa.
kuSala praSnalu ayyAka 'nAkkAsta rOjU iMglIshu nErpistArA?' anaDigiMdi jAnaki.
vair byAg allaTaM nErpistArA? sveTTar elA allAli, myAMgO jyUs elA cheyyAli? anEvALlanE iMtavaraku mA kAlanIlO chUDaTaM valana jAnaki kOrika kottagA tOchimdi.
'nErpistAnu. kAni mIku tIrikEdi?' annAnu.
'O pUTa vaMDaTamEnA mAneyyAli. kAni iMglIsh nErchukonaTaM mAnakUDadu' amdi jAnaki.
'EM' kutUhalaMgA aDigAnu.
'mA pillalu nannasalu lakshyapeTTaDaM lEdamDi. EM aDiginA paTTiMchukOru. taMDri dhyAsE. vALlu aDiginavi cheppE Opika, tIrika Ayanaki lEvu. nAkA vALla saMdEhAlu tIrchEMta chaduvu lEdu. aMdukE bi.e. kaDadAM anukuMTunnA. kanIsaM chinna pApa, bAbu chaduvu vishayamaina Sraddha tIsukOvAlaMDi. EMTO ninnaTi varaku mana koMgu paTTuku tirigina pillalu IrOju manakEM teliyadani nirlakshyaM chEstuMTE bAdhagA uMdamDi' aMdi jAnaki.
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