 kathA sAhiti 'katha'98' saMkalanaMlOni katha.
rachayita parichayaM
gOpini karuNAkar`
mAnavatA viluvalu vADipOtunna daSalO mamatalu peMchE jAnapada kathalA sAgipOyE 'duttalO cheMdamAma' kathA rachayita gOpini karuNAkar` modaTi katha 'vaMgina mokka' 1996lO 'AMdhrapraBa'lO achchayiMdi. duttalO cheMdamAma DillI katha saMstha vAri 'kathA praij` s&TOrIs`' saMkalanaMlO chOTu chEsukuMdi. puTTiMdi 26 Epril`, 1966.
chirunAmA: C/o: pi.lOkESvar`, 12-2-709/5/1/si, navOdaya kAlanI, mehadIpaTnaM, haidarAbAd` - 500 028.
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katha prAraMBaM
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puTTimiMda duttalO nuMchi cheMdamAmanu AkASAniki tagiliMchiMdi mA guDDevva! ennela vAna jorOmani kurastAvuMDAdi.
pAlakoMDa miMda pasiDi ennela! baMDarALLa miMda taDi ennela! kotta cheruvu alala miMda milamilA eMDi ennela! pachchani pachchika miMda paMDu ennela! chiMta cheTlamiMda chiguru pachchani ennela! tellakoMga rekkalamiMda pAla ennela! UraMtA AkASAniki Esina ennela vuyyAllO Uyala UgatA vuMDAdi. I rAttiriki yaTlayinAsarE cheMdamAmanu tIsi puTTimiMda duttalO peDitiMdi. appuDu tIsi guDDevvaku telIkuMDA ekkaDainA dAsipeTTEstAnu. appuDu EM chEsiMdO chUDalla guDDilaMja! lEkapOtE rOjU istA istAnani mOsaM chEsiMdA! eMDAkAlaMlO oka sAyaMtaraMpUTa reMDu padunula vAnapaDiMdi. A rAttiri mA suMkEsari cheTTu chukkalni pUsiMdi. aMdE kommanu paTTukoni vUpinAnu. chukkalu salasalA rAlinAyi chukkalni voDiniMDA ErukOni guDDevva deggiriki parigettukoMTApoyinAnu.
''avA avA EmiTni ErukOni vachchinAnO sUDu?'' ani chUpiMchinAnu.
mA pIrugODu vaLLOki talapeTTi ''OyammA! enni chukkalO!'' aMTU reMDuchEtullOki cheMpalni tIsukOni ichchittarakapoyinADu.
''nAku chUpiMchuvA...nAku chUpiMchavA!'' ani nikkinikka chUstA chetini perikiMdi vasaMta. Ayammi aTlA perikE guMdikE voDi jAripUDisinettimiMda nuMchi chukkalu rAlipOyinAyi.
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