| AlOchanallOMchi tErukoni dIrGaMgA niTTUrchi - 'nIku peLlayyiMdA uttam`....?' praSniMchEDu kOTESvarrAvu. saDen`gA A praSna yeMduku vEsArA anna AScharyaMtO, venakki mohaM tippi -
'....lEdu sAr`! eMdukU...?' anaDigEDu uttam`.
kOTESvarrAvu - atani mohaMlOki chUstU....marEdO aDugaboyi - 'mI tAtAyya somulEmaMTunnADu uttam`....'anaDigEDu.
'mI riTayirmeMTiMkennALluMdi sAr`....?
sOmulu praSnala - vin&piMchimdi. kOTESvarrAvu maLlI AlOchanallO munigipOtU
'...yiMkennALlu? vachchEnugA! ivvALO, rEpO ayipOvachchu....'badulichchEDu.
purushOttam`ki bOdhapaDalEdu. kOTESvarrAvu....yivvELO, rEpO...puTTina maTTi nuMDi.... vELlu teMchukObOtunna vEdanalO vunnADu. vELlunnAyA...? AnADE teMchEsAnEmO...praSniMchiMdi manasu. ennaDO...chinnanADE....chaduvukOsaM UrodilEsinapuDE ...vELlu teginAyA....
Uriki reMDumeiLla dUramlOni, heiskUl` chaduvayyEka - kAlEjI chaduvu samasya ayyiMdi.kOTESvarrAvu chinamAma - kalakattAlOreilvE udyOgi. atani pillaltO pATU chadivistAnu vochchEyyamannADAyana.
appaTiki - tAtagAriMTi Arthika paristhitI digajAriMdi. pedamAma rAjakIya GarshaNalakI kEsulakI, kOrTulakI - yiMTlOni veMDi, baMgArAlu chellipOyEyi. vyavasAyaMlO ....vyApAra paMTalochchEyi. shugarU, jUT`millu lochchEyi. A paMTalu - dharala yeguDU diguLlaki appultO migilEru. ivannI grahimchi pedamAma tanani tIsuku veLtAnannADEmO...!
kAnI tAtayya manas&PUrtigA aMgIkariMchinaTlu lEdu. A rOju tAtayya iMTi muMdari kaLlAMlO nulaka maMchammIda kUrchoni, maDichekkalaku gattaM veyyAli. sAraM taggiMdanI, tOTalO cheTla modaLlalO vEpapiMDi veyyAlanI, kApu taggiMdanI, Avulaki kuDitilO .. telagapiMDi dANA veyyAlanI, pAlu taggEyanI, sOmulni pilichi O vyavasAya SAstravEttalA cheptunnAru!
kOTESvararAvu, tallini tODugA tIsuku tAtayya daggarakochchi -
'tAtayyA, nAku kalakattA kAlEjIlO sITochchiMdi. akkaDa chaduvukuMTAnu.' ani cheppADu. tAtayya nirAsaktaMgA vinnADu. dIr&GaMgA kOTESvarrAvu vaipu chUsEDu. A chUpu kOTESvarrAvu yippaTikI marchipOlEDu. oka sudIr&Ga vishAdayAtraku.. toli aDugu vEstunna vANNi - chUsinaTlu chUsEDu.
(migatA BAgaM vachchE budhavAraM)
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