 kathA sAhiti 'katha'99' saMkalanaMlOni katha.
rachayita parichayaM
vADrEvu vIralakshmI dEvi
Ejen&sI prAMtaMlO pEda girijanErulaku, girijanulaku madhya adhikAra yaMtrAMgaM, praButvaM sRush&Thistunna kalahaalaku O chinna udAharaNa 'koMDaPalaM' katha. rachayitri vADrEvu vIralakshmIdEVi 19.7.1954lO puTTAru. 1979lO AMdhrajyOtilO achchayiMdi. 'vennela muggu' kathatO kathArachana prAraMBiMchAru. vIri kathala saMpuTi 'ut&sava sowraBaM' 1995lO veluvaDiMdi. upAdhyAya vRutti.
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katha prAraMBaM
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'A tOTa chUpistEnE gAni katha cheppavA?' aMdi padmini.
'idigO! nAlugu aDugulu' aMTUnE marO vaMda Adugulu naDiMpMchAnu. 'aMta' dUraM niMchI jIDimAmiDi pUla suvAsana svAgataM palukutU uMdi. mattekkiMchElAMTi suvAsana A pUladi.
'abba ! eMta parimaLaM! ekkaDa niMchI!' ani pUlu chUsi AScharyapOyiMdi. 'pUlaki iMta suvAsanA! nAku iMtakAlamU teliyanE teliyadu' ani AScharyaMtO, vIlugA unna oka rAtibaMDa mIda kUrchuMdi.
padmini I udayamE vachchimdi. nAku maMchi mitrurAlu. yUnivarsiTIlO rIDarugA panichEstOMdi. girijana samasyala mIda rIserch` chEsiMdi. ippuDu girijanula BUmi samasya mIda yu.ji.si.ki prAjekT` vark` cheyyAliTa. dAnikOsaM nA daggariki vachchiMdi.
'ikkaDa girijanEtarulu girijanula BUmulu AkramiMchukoni vALLani dikkulEnivALLani chEsi vILLu dhanavaMtulayipOtunnAraTa kadA! A vivarAlu nIvEmayinA cheppagalavA?' ani aDigiMdi udayamE nannu.
'sAyaMtraM nIkO katha cheptAnu. tarvAta nuvvE nI vark` pUrti chEsukOgalavu' ani I sAyaMtraM ikkaDiki tIsukuvachchAnu.
tOTa niMDA jIDimAmiDi cheTlu virabUsi unnAyi. I EDu brahmAMDameina kApu kAstuMdi. mokkalu cheTlayyAyi. ika vITiki nIru poyyakkaralEdu.
I jIDimAmiDi pUla gAlilOMchi oka vagarutO kUDina chEduvAsana nA mukkupuTAlanu tAkutunna anuBUti nAku.
'EdI! katha modalu peTTu' anna padmini mATatO aMtA gurtu chEsukonnAnu.
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