| ? yanDamUri gArU namaskAraM. mana dESamlO ennO kumbhakONAlu jarigAyi. vATi kAraNamgA prabhutvAlu kUDaa mArAyi. ayinA intavaraku E kumbhakONamlOnU, E pramukhunikI Siksha paDakapOvaDaaniki kAraNamEmiTi? pEdavArikE maraNa Sikshalu paDaTAniki kAraNalEmiTO viSlESinchukOvAlani svayamgaa rAshTrapati abdul kalAm` I madhya vyaktam chEsina abhiprAyampai mI spandana EmiTi?
! rAjakIya nAyakulaku gAni pramuKulaku gAni jeilu Sikshalu sAdhAraNaMgA paDavu. gaDDi skAMlO lAlUprasAd` yAdav` ayinA irAk` skAMlO naTvar` siMg` ayinA manaM maraNiMchEvaraku, lEdA vAru maraNiMchEvarakU bayaTE uMTAru. vALLaMdarU dOshulani cheppaTaM nA abhiprAyaM kAdu. kAni E kOrTu kUDA vALLu dOshulO kAdO tElchadu. aMtavaraku eMduku. mOnikAbEDIki heidarAbAd` jeillO heidarAbAd` pOlIs` sTEshan&lO paLLarasaM, biryAnI ichchArani pEparlO chadivAmu kadA. alAMTi pramuKuleina nErasthulanu kUDA abdul` kalAM gArE Emi chEyalEnapuDu manaM Emi chEyagalaM.
? halO sar`. nEnu monnaTi jUlai dAkA benguLUr`lOni pedda sAfT`vEr` kampenIlO panichESaanu. jenDar bayAs viparItamgA unDaDamtO rijain` chESaanu. akkaDa mEl` kolIgs` kAvAlani samasyalu sRushTinchEvALLu. ippuDu oka malTinEshanal` sAfT`vEr` kampenIlO hech.Ar`. mEnEjar`gA panichEstunnAnu. ikkaDaa adE paristhiti. ikkaDa kooDaa rijain chEsi yu.es`. veLdAmanukunTunnAnu. mI salahA EmiTi?
! mIru amerikA veLitE akkaDa mEl` bayAs` bahuSA uMDakapOvachchu. nAku akkaDa udyOga paristhitula guriMchi aMtagA telIdu. vish` yU Al` di besT`. kAni okka vishayaM mAtraM cheppadalchukunnAnu. sthira vyaktitvaM, dhRuDa niSchayaM tana mIda tanaku nammakaM peMchukO galigitE I mEl` bayAs`ni kAsta edurkOvachchani anukuMTunnAnu. pUrtigA edurkOlEkapOyinA pratiGaTana dAni pariNAmAnni taggiMchagaladani bhAvistunnAnu. elA taggiMchagalamA! ani mIru praSnistE dAniki samAdhAnaMgA nA pustakaM 'siggEstuMdi' chadavaMDi. nA manO vyaktitva vikAsapustakaM 'mIru maMchi ammAyi kAdu'lO kUDA I vishayaM koMta prastAviMchAnu.
vish` yU Al` di besT`
aBinaMdanalatO mI vIrEMdranAth`
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