 padmAvatI charaNa chAraNa chakravarti 'U@m, cheppunAyanA, nI samasya Evi@mTO savistaramgA cheppu' annADu seikriyATrisT` SiSira chaMdrasEn`, tana kan&salTiMg` rUMlOki vachchi kUrchunna SrInivAsa chakravartitO. rAtri padigaMTalayiMdi. adE chivari appAyiMT`meMT`. DAkTar` SiSira chaMdrasEn` beMgAlI vADayinA, ennO tarAlugA heidarAbAdulO vuMDaTaMvalla chakkaTi telugu mATlADutADu. seikriyATisT`gA AyanakeMtO pEru praKyAtulunnAyi. vayasu DebbayipeibaDi vuMTuMdi. juTTu tellabaDipOyiMdi. muKaMlO eMtO tEjassu, eduTi vyaktipaTla sAnuBUti vyaktamavutU vuMTumdi Ayana kaLLallO.
SrInivAsa chakravartikelA modalupeTTAlO tOchalEdu. narvas`gA fIlayADu. A eyir` kaMDishan&D` rUMlOnU chemaTalu paTTAyi ataniki. 'ei fIl` ayAM iMpoTeMT` DAkTar`!' annADu, elA modalupeTTAlO, cheppAlO arthaMkAka.
'samasya saMgati tarvAta. muMdu nI pEru, vRutti, BArya, pillalu, gRuhastha jIvanaM vITi saMgati cheppu. saMkOchiMchAlsina panEM lEdu. nannu nI snEhituDigA BAviMchukO. eiyAM hiyar` Tu help yu, aMD` shEr` yuvar` AMgjeiTI' ani tellagA navvADu DAkTar` SiSirachaMdrasEn`.
A mATaltO koMta ASvAsana laBiMchinaTlayimdi chakravartiki. cheppasAgADatanu. 'nApEru SrInivAsa chakravarti 'padmAvatI elakrTik` aMD` elakrTAnik` aplayen&ses` kaMpenI' ki mEnEjiMg` DeirekTarni. nA BArya pEru padmAvati. Ame pErunE I iMDrasrTI sTArT` chEsi padihEnu saMvatsarAlayiMdi. chAlA takkuva peTTubaDitO prAraMBiMchAnu. ennO oDiduDukulagu gurayyAnu. ippaTiki koMta niladokkukOgaligAnu. elakrTik`, elakrTAnik` aplayen&ses` iMDasrTIlO nA proDakTulaku maMchi pEruMdi. svayaMkRushitO nirmiMchukunna chinna sAm&rAjyaM nAdi. bijines`lO nAkippuDEm prAblam&s` lEvu'.
'kaMpenIki nI BArya pEru eMduku peTTAvu?' aDigADu DAkTaru madhyalO atani kathanAniki aDDostU.
'nEnu bi.i (elakrTikal`) lO gOlD` meDalisT`ni. nA peLLayinappaTikE nEnO prayivET` faraMlO iMjanIrugA panichEstUMDEvADini. A udyOgaM nAkaMta saMtRupti kaligiMchalEdu. nA SaktinI, sAmArdyAnnaMtA A udyOgam chEstU vRudhA
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