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Articles: Short Stories | lakshmI kaTAkshaM
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| rAmESvaraM veLLinA SanESvaraM tappadannaTlu I shEru nannodalaDaM lEdu sAr`' annADu buTTA du@hkhaMtO. gujarAt gOlD paiki lEvaDaM modaleTTina tarvAta buTTAgAriMTlO iMTillapAdI mUDu rOjulu tiMDi tinalEduTa. 'telivi takkuvagA ammESAru. chUDaMDi, elA perugutOMdO' ani satAyiMchaDaM modalupeTTiMdaTa vALLAviDa. A pOru paDalEka buTTAgAru chUsi, chUsi, UgisalADi UgisalADi, chivaraku enabhai reMDuki O ayidoMdalu tIsukunnADaTa. O nellO rETu reMDomdalu dATakapOtE chevi teggOyiMchukuMTAnannADaTa brOkaru. aMdukani rETu periginappuDu taTapaTAyimchEDu. IlOgA sviMDlars amerikA gujarAt gOlD`lO vATAlu tIsukunE uddESaM tamaki lEnElEdani spashTaM chEstU prakaTana ichchimdi. prastutaM dAni rETu padakomDu. brOkarugAri chevi kshEmaMgAnE uMdi kAnI, buTTAgAri talegiripOyiMdi.
'maLLI buTTalO paDipOyAnu sAr`. IsAri sTAk mArkeT nuMchi - pEMTU sharTU pOtE pOnIMDi - gOchItO bayaTapaDitE chAlu. Apaina dESaM adRushTaM' annADu tana bAdhyatEM lEdannaTlu. 'nA goDavEM gAni mI bijinesselA uMdi?'
mana sTAk mArkeT vijayAlu chebutuMTE, teramIda mAdhurI dIkshit DAn&su chUstunnaTTu atani mohaM veligi, katha pUrtavagAnE Thakkuna AripOyiMdi. koMcheMsEpu aDagAlA vaddA ani AlOchistunnaTTu taTapaTAyiMchi, 'mimmalni aDagaDam bAgOdu. mIraitE kArO, railO, helikApTarO koMTAru. I saikilu evaDainA koMTADEmO chUDaMDi. bellu phrI' annADu jEbulOMchi bellu tIsi TiMguTiMgumanipiMchi.
sarE ani, atanni hOTaluki tIsukeLLi, billu nEnE chelliMchi veLLipOtuMTE, 'sAr`, mI guruvugAri pEru veMDO, baMgAramO - EdO cheppAru. Ayanni darSanaM chEsukOvAli. appuDE Ayanni kalsuMTE I Dokku saikilEnA migilEdEmO' annADu kasigA saikilni O tApu tanni.
'atani pEru baMgArrAju. ippuDu komcheM - mAnasika paristhiti - mUD bAgAlEdu' annAnu vivarAlEmI cheppakumDA.
'pharavAlEdu sAr`. bamgArrAju - EM pEru sAr`. pErulOnE baMgAraM uMdi. iMka Ayana paTTimdi bamgAraM kAka Emavutumdi? pEraMTE alA umDAlsAr`. vAru anugrahistE upadESaM pomdutAnu. lEkapOtE dUraM numchE darSanaM chEsukuni taristAnu. vastA sAr`. aMTU shEk hAMDivvabOtuMTE nA kottavAchI Ayana kaMTa paDiMdi. 'vAchI chAlA bAgumdi sAr`. gOlDu cheyinA?'
'paddhenimidi kEraTla baMgAraM' annAnu vAchI tIsi ataniki aMdivvabOtU.
buTTA Thakkuna cheyyi venakku lAkkunnADu. 'mana jAtakaM bAgA lEdu sAr`. baMgAraM muTTukuMTE maTTayipOtOMdi. mI chEtinE uMDanivvaMDi' aMTU bamgArrAju aDras tIsuku veLLipOyADu.
paikochchina vANNi paiki lEpEstumdi lOkaM. A tarvAta nAku sTAk mArkeT mAMtrikuDigA pedd pErochchiMdi. ekkaDekkaDi vALLu salahAla kOsaM nA daggaraku vastAru. nEnu erra, nIlaM pen&silu tIsukuni, Tikkilu koTTi 'konaMDi', 'ammaMDi' ani kluptaMgA nannu niMdistAnani mIranukuMtE porapATE. vALLu 'siMhaMgAru mAtraM EM chEstAru - sTAk mArkeTTE aMta' ani EDchi maLLI nA daggarikE vastAru.
nEneMta vArimchinA vinakuMDA sthAnika in&vesTarlu klab vALLu nAku san&mAnaM chESAru. vEdika mIda peddalu riphArms`, Damkel`, gAT aMTU EdO mATlADAru. nAku sagaM arthamaiMdi, sagaM arthaM kAlEdu. A tarvAta nEnu lEchAnu. 'EshiyA puli - bhAratadESaM - lEchiMdi, garjistOMdi' annAnu. puligarjistuMdA, gAMDristuMdA! ilAmTappuDu bamgArrAju daggarumTE eMta bAvuMDEdi anukunnAnu. bamgArrAju chAlA daggarlOnE pomchi unnADani nAku teliyadu.
'puli garjiMchadu, gAMDristuMdi, siMhaM garjistumdi. nA pErE siMhaM. nEnu garjistAnu' annAnu. aMtA chappaTlu koTTAru adEdO jOkanukuni. A tarvAta nEnEdO nAku tOchiMdi mATlADAnu. vALLaki sagaM arthamaiMdi, sagaM arthaM kAlEdu. nEnEM mATlADutunnAnO nAkE telIdu, pApaM vALLakEM arthamavutumdi? 'mI sTAk mArkeT vijaya rahasyaM EmiTi?' ani nannu praSniMchAru. aMdari kaLLalOnU lakshalu elA saMpAdiMchEyAlA anna ASa. AlIbAbA guha talupulu teravaDAniki maMtraM kAvAli vALLaki. bamgArrAju sUktulu gurtukochchi vALLaku maMtrOpadESaM chESAnu. 'takkuvalO konaDaM, ekkuvalO ammaDaM'. adi aMdarikI telisiMdE ayinA, EdO kotta viSEshaM ayinaTlu chappaTlu koTTi AnamdiMchAru.
san&mAnaM, viMdu ayina tarvAta sabha nirvAhakulu nA kArudAkA vachchi nAku vIDkOlu chebutuMTE, 'bUrjuvA' anna kEka vin&piMchi adiripaDDAnu. mutaka khaddaru paijAmA, mutaka khaddaru lAlchI, bhujAna vElADe saMchi, pilli gaDDaM - pAta geTap`lOki vachchESADu baMgArrAju. atani pakkana adE geTap`lO yasses buTTA kUDA unnADu. vALLiddarU nA kAruki koMcheM dUraMlO rODDu pakkagA nalla jaMDAlu paTTukuni nilabaDi unnAru.
'jittulamAri nakka.... mEkavanne vyAghraM....'buTTA nAkEsi nallajeMDA UputU arichADu.
nEnu kArekki veLLipOyElOgA, chinnayasUrigAru nannu tiTTina tiTlannI valliMchAli gAnI, emta toMdaralO unnA bhAshAdOshAlni sahiMchalEDu baMgArrAju. 'mEkavanne puli....gOmukha vyAghraM...'buTTAgAri samAsa dOshAlni sarididdADu baMgArrAju.
'mEkavannepuli... gOmukha vyAghraM... payOmukha...payOmukha....' payOmukha vishakumbhaM. tEnepUsina katti'
nEnu eMdukainA maMchidani veMTanE kArlOki dUki sTArT chESAnu. (samAptaM)
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