1954 lO viDudaleina vijayA vAri 'missamma' sinimAlO muMdugA ennukunnadi BAnumatinE. Ame varalakshmI vratam chEsukuni sTUDiyOki AlasyaMgA vastAnani kaburu chESAru. A kaburu nAgireDDi - chakrapANi gArlaki aMdalEdu. chakrapANi gAriki kOpaM vachchiMdi BAnumati Teimuki rAlEdani. aMtE! BAnumati sthAnaMlO sAvitrini buk chESAru. sinimA amtA AmetO tISAru.
shUTimg`kI, shUTimg`kI madhya koMta virAmam vachchinappuDu nalugurU kalasi muchchaTlADukOvaDaM aMdarikI telisiMdE. alA O virAma samayamlO BAnumati attagAru aMTE rAmakRushNagAri talli aravei ELLa AviDa kUDA vachchi akkaDa kUrchunnAru. attagArini ATa paTTiMchAlani tAnu pADE pATa kAgitaM attagArikichchi A pATa elA vuMdi? pADi chUDaMDi annAru BAnumati. Ame kAgitaM tIsukuni aMdulOni aksharAlanu kUDabalukkuMTU 'aMdamlO paMdemEstA, aMdarnI ODistA' aMTU pADAru. pakkanE vunna itara naTImaNulu, rushyEMdramaNi vALLU chappaTlu koTTi' ODistArA? mI kODalu BAnumatini kUDA?' annAru.
aMtA navvukunnAru. kolhApUr` lO BAnumati baTTatalA, poTTi chEtula chokkAtO vunna AsAmini chUsi Dreivaru anukOvaDaM , atanu tIrA DeirekTar` pi. pullayya kAvaDaM ilA nETi sinimAla venakAla ennO kathalU, ennO gAthalUnu.
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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