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y®¼rÙSµ °S®¢Sµ Cw®±Ý N®³®Øw® y®½bµ ®±‹YNµ‡µ±°? ( 8° N®³2®Øy®½bµ‡®± Yq®äu® °™ÁNµ ) q®Š®ºS® . 11 cw®®‹ 1998 . y®¼h 21 Š®<å

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“............. y®¼rÙSµ ®±j®u® y®hÔu® uµ°®Š®w®±Ý A2®Ô®±j®u® š¯æ±S®¡®?åu®, Aw®ãš¯æ±S®¡¯u® †/°®±w®NµŠµ š¯æ±°dS®¡®bå Nµ²h±Ô œµ²°Tu¯ÛŠµ. Cu®± š®‹‡µ±°? N¯p‡®±²Š®±, šµ²°uµ ®±q®±Ù E¢u®®Š®?²å Nµ°¢u¯ÛŠµ. A®Š® u®æºu®æ ®±j®, N®³2¯Øy®¼Š®u®®Š®b凮±² Nµ°¢u¯ÛŠµ. ‡®¾¯Š®² Ky®Þb?å. A®Š® y®hÔu® uµ°®Š®w®±Ý Ch±Ô Nµ²¡®F?± w®®±â A„®ãºq®Š® CŠ®b?å. A®Š® uµ°®‡®¾¯qµä‡®±w®±Ý w¯®¼ Ky®Þuµ° CŠ®±®¼u®‹ºu®, uµ°®NµÊ œµ²°S®±®¼u®± ¯š®f x™u®Ü, Ay®q®ä Aw®±Ý® „¯®wµ w®®±âu¯u®Û‹ºu® y®hÔu® uµ°®Š®w®±Ý A®‹Sµ Ÿºuµ Nµ²l®±®¼u®± Ay®Š¯u®¯T †l®±q®Ùuµ. Ÿ°S¯T w¯®¼ Ky®Þb?å.” Hº…±u®± š¯æ±°d‡µ²…àŠ® A†/y¯ä‡®±.”

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° Ku¯ã®¾¯w®ãr°s®Á °y¯u®Š®±. (y®<®¾¯Š®± ®±j®) “ w¯w®± Aw®±®±r x°m‡µ±° CEå. x°l®±®¼u®² CEå. Au®± q®y®¼ÈÞ y®äX¯Š®” “ . . . . . A®Š®± œµ²°S®±® µ²u®?± w®w®Ýbå …ºu®Š®±. w¯w®± A®‹Sµ x®±â D ‡®¾¯qµä‡®±w®±Ý Ky®ÞŒ¯S®u®±, š®®Ás¯ œµ²°S®„µ°m Hºu®± š¯‹ š¯‹ œµ°¢uµÛ°wµ. “ x®±â Aw®±S®äœ®„µ°N®±” Aºq® N®²q®Š®±. w¯w®± Aw®±S®äŸš®b?å. u®®±Á y®äX¯Š® N¯‡®±Á ‡®±®›æ° BS®b Hºu®2µÔ° œµ°¢uµÛ°wµ.” − AŒ¯å š¯æK±S®¡µ° x°®¼ KzÞvÛ°‹ Aºq® y®¼rÙSµ ®±j®u®®Šµ° œµ°¡®±rÙu¯ÛŠµ..... “. . . . . C?å, œ®Š®›u®±Û Aw®±®±r BS®?± š¯u®ã?å. Au®± A®Š®± ®¾¯mu® q®y®¼ÈÞ y®äX¯Š®. uµ°® ‡®¾¯qµä‡®± …SµÌ Ky®Þ?± š¯u®ãµ° C?å. š¯æ±S®¡¯ãŠ®² uµ°® ‡®¾¯qµä Nµ¶Sµ²¡®FN®²l®uµº…±u®± w®w®Ý QYq® A†/y¯ä‡®±. K…à š¯æ±S®¡®± œµ²°u®u®Ûw®±Ý Aw®±®±r›u®Šµ w¯¡µ Cbåw® 2®ãš¯æ±S®¡µŒ¯å œµ²Š®l®±q¯ÙŠµ. BS® N®³2®Ø Aw¯s®w¯S®„µ°N¯S®…œ®±u®±. A®w® y®½bµ ®¾¯l®±®®Š¯ãŠ®±? Ÿ°S¯T š¯æ±S®¡® D uµ°® ‡®¾¯qµä y®‹y¯j® ¯®æq®¯T x?儵°N®±.” “. . . . HŒ¯å I¡®² š¯æ±S®¡® A†/®±q®− y®¼rÙSµ‡®±®Š®± N®³2®Øw® y®½bµ ®¾¯l®„¯Š®u®± Aw®±Ý®¼uµ° Bu®bå A®Š®w®±Ý E¢u® š¯æ±S®¡®± y®‡®¾¯Á‡®± N¯Œ u®bå N®³2®Øw® y®½bµSµ N®Šµ‡®±±®¼v?å. u®„¯Á‹Sµ Bœ¯æxš®±®¼v?å. X¹O FhNµÊ N®Šµ‡®±±®¼v?å. A®Š®± u®±ãN®Ù¯T 2®ã ›æ°N¯Š® ®¾¯l®±®ºr?å. A®Š® ®±j® A2®Ô®±j®S®¡® K¡®Sµ° væ°y®¯S®…œ®±u®±.”

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° K2µæ°2®r°s®Á °y¯u®Š®± ( yµ°b¯®Š® ®±j®) “ ®±j®S®¡®± Bºq®‹N® 5tENµÊ K¡®S¯Tµ, DS® u®®±Á2¯š®XS®¡®± Cw®Ý®±Ô †S®±Sµ²¡®Y„µ°N®±” “. . . . w¯w®± A®‹Sµ š®Þ2®Ô¯T œµ°¢uµÛ. œµ²°S®±® µ²u®Œµ° A2®Ô®±j®S®¡® š¯æ±S®¡®bå X®YÁ› Cq®ãs®Á ®¾¯mNµ²ºl®± œµ²°T. …ºu®µ±°Œµ Sµ²ºu®? „µ°l®. A®Š®± Au®w®±Ý ®¾¯m?å. Ÿºvw® N¯?vºu®Œµ° uµ°® ‡®¾¯qµä w®®±âbå x™u®Ü.” “ . . . . . uµ°®NµÊ œµ²°u¯S®, rºS®¡®±S®hÔŒµ Cu¯ÛS® Bœ¯Š®, œ¯Š®, X¯Š® C®¼S®¡® µ±°Œµ y®Š®O°‡®± y®ä„¯® †°¡®±q®Ùuµ. w®®±â BX¯Š®, Aw®±2¯Õw®, y¯w®, Aw®±y¯w®S®¡®± vN®±Ê q®y®¼ÈÞq®Ùµ. Ÿ°S¯T uµ°® ‡®¾¯qµä š¯æ±S®¢Sµ š®®Ás¯ š®?å. A®Š®± œµ²°S®„¯Š®vq®±Ù.”

“ . . . . . . w¯®¼S®¡®± CŠ®±®¼u®± N®³2®Øw® y®½bµSµ, uµ°® ‡®¾¯qµäS®?å. uµ°®NµÊ œµ²°S®±®¼u®± Kºu®± N¯äºr Hº… „¯®wµ‡®±w®±Ý š¯æ±S®¡®± š®®Ás¯ q¯¡®„¯Š®u®±.” “ . . . . . . . E¢u® š¯æ±S®¡®± Iw®± r°®¾¯Áw® qµSµu®±Nµ²¡®±Fq¯ÙŠµ²° w¯w®u®NµÊ …u®Ü.”

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° K…±uµ°2®r°s®Á °y¯u®Š®± (Au®®¾¯Š®± ®±j®) “Kuµ°2®NµÊ œµ²°u®u®±Û q®y®ÞEå. Bu®Šµ A®Ô®±j®S®¡® š¯®±²ŸN® A†1y¯ä‡®±NµÊ KŠ®±u®Ü¯T N®³®Øw® y®½bµSµ œµ²°S®„¯Š®u®±” “. . . . . œ®q®±Ù cw® N®²mNµ²ºl®± ®¾¯l®±® Nµ?š®S®¡®bå, …œ®±š®ºP¯ãN®Š® A†/y¯ä‡®±®¼ ®±±Qã¯S®±q®Ùuµ. Bu®Š®² ®ãOÙSµ A®w®uµ° Bu® œ®N®±ÊS®¢µ. Cbå w®w®Ý A†/y¯ä‡®± Iwµºu®Šµ − El®±z‡®± N®³2®Ø ®±j® Aw®±Ý®¼u®± š¯®±²ŸN® BŠ¯u®wµ ®¾¯l®±® Nµ?š®. ®±u¯æX¯‡®±ÁŠ®± N®³2®Øw® y®½bµSµ Hºh± š¯æ±S®¡®w®±Ý wµ°±›u®Š®±. Ÿ°S¯T Cbå Hºh± š¯æ±S®¡®bå …œ®±®±q® C?åu® Nµ?š®®w®±Ý ‡®¾¯® š¯æ±S®¡®² ®¾¯l®±®ºr?å. Cu®± š¯®±²ŸN® d°®w®u® x‡®±®±. N®³2®Øw® y®½bµ š¯®±²ŸN® X®h±®iNµ. N®³2®Ø Hºh± š¯æ±S®¢Sµ šµ°‹u® S®äœ®, ®±j® N®²l®. Cbå w®lµ‡®±±® Nµ?š®u® …SµÌ Hºh± š¯æ±S®¡®bå ‡®¾¯®¼u®Š® …SµÌ µ±b¯‹i Cuµ‡µ²° Auµ° y®äN¯Š® w®lµ‡®±„µ°N®±.” “ . . . . . . Aµ±‹N®u®bå x®±â 2¯ÔX¯Š®S®¡®w®±Ý H2®ÔŠ® ®±iÔSµ E¢›Nµ²ºm‹? œµ°Sµ? w¯w®± y®ärvw® š¯Ýw®NµÊ, Abå y®är®±wµ‡®± œµ²Š®S®² CŠ®±® g¯ãy¬xºu® š¯Ýw® ®¾¯mÙuµÛ. Ab凵±° œ®±båw® µ±°Œµ N®±¢q®±: u¯ãw® ®¾¯l®±rÙuµÛ. Bu®Š®² AbåSµ œµ²°u¯S® w®²Š®NµÊ w®²Š®Š®2®±Ô w®®±â š®ºy®äu¯‡®±NµÊ q®N®Êºqµ …u®±N®?± AS®±q®Ùuµ Aºq® w¯w®± œµ°¡®Œ¯Šµ. INµºu®Šµ, Abå N®iÔSµ‰±ºu® Al®±Sµ ®¾¯l®±®¼v?å. y®½oÁ¯T w®®±â š®ºy®äu¯‡®±u® Al®±Sµ N®2®Ô. Bu®Š®² w¯®¼ w®®±â b¯S®äqµ ®¾¯lµÙ°µ.” q®Š®ºS®.

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“ . . . . . Bu®Šµ …ºu® Aw®ºq®Š® A2®Ô®±j®S®¡® š¯®±²ŸN® A†/y¯ä‡®±NµÊ Š®±u®Ü¯T N®³2®Øw® y®½bµ ®¾¯l®±® N¯‡®±ÁNµÊ œµ²°S®„¯Š®u®±. š¯æ±S®¡®± š®®¾¯cNµÊ Bu®®ÁŠ¯TŠ®„µ°N®±. ®¾¯S®Áu®®ÁN®Š¯TŠ®„µ°N®±. š¯æ±S®¡®± uµ°®NµÊ œµ²°S®±® y®äµÝ‡®±bå uµ°2®u® K¢rS¯T‡µ²°, š®®¾¯cu® K¢rS¯T‡µ²° Aw®±Ý®¼uµ° ®±±Qã¯u® Aº2® BS® „µ°N®±. D HŠ®l®N¯ÊT Bu®Šµ œµ²°S®…œ®±u®±. Bu®Šµ N®³®Ø ®±j®u® š¯®±²ŸN® NµEš®, …u®±Ow® u®³™Ô‡®±<å NµE®¼ q¯ãS®N®²Ê ›u®Ü¯TŠ®„µ°N®±. “ “ . . . . . y®¼rÙSµ 8°S®¡® y®‡®¾¯Á‡®±NµÊ E¢u®®Š®± …Ÿ2¯ÊŠ® œ¯O‡®¾¯Š®±. H?宽 †mš®Œ¯Š®u® KS®h±.” “. . . . Bu®Šµ š¯æ±dS®¡®± uµ°®NµÊ YN®Ê ®‡®±›éw®bå œµ²°S®±®¼u®± K¡µF‡®±u®?å. œµ²°S®±®¼u®± K¡µF‡®±u®±. H2µÔºu®Š®² ‘®±w®µº… ®±N®Áh’ A?åµ°.”

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° K2µ²æ°q®Ù®±r°s®Á °y¯u®Š®± ( y®‡®¾¯Á‡®± °S®¡®± − šµ²°uµ ®±j®) “š¯æK±S®¡®² Kuµ°2®S®¢Sµ œµ²Š®hŠµ ‘š¯æK±S®¡®±’ Awµ²Ý°u®NµÊ Iw®s®Á?” “ . . . . uµ°® ‡®¾¯qµä‡®±w®±Ý š®®Ás¯ Ky®Þ?± š¯u®ãµ° C?å. Aµ±‹N® „µ²°S®„®²±. Abå u®®±Á y®äX¯Š®, uµ°®Š® y®½bµ N®²l®u®±, x°µ°wµ° œµ°¢, uµ°®u® Kh²Ô ¯q¯®Š®o, ‹°r, ‹¯c±S®¡® ®±uµã w®®±âºs® š¯æ±S®¢Sµ „µ°N¯u® š®²£¯Èârš®²£®Èâ N®ºu¯X¯Š®S®¢Sµ, ®±m, ®±u¯ÜX¯Š®, BX®Š®nµ, N®h±Ôy¯l®±S®¢Sµ, „®ºS® …Š®±q®Ùuµ. Ay®q®äqµ Eºg¯S®±q®Ùuµ, X¯q®±®¾¯Áš® ®±¡µS¯?u®bå ®¾¯l®±®ºq®œ®u®±Û, Abå DS® ®±¡µS¯?µ°? “ . . . . A®¼S®¡®w®±Ý N¯?, u®®±Á, y®‹›ÚrS®¢Sµ q®N®Êºqµ Asµ¶Áš®„µ°N®± Awµ²Ý ¯u® Cu®ÛŠ®² ®±j®u® š¯æ±S®¢Sµ uµ°® y®ä¯š®u® AS®q®ã H2®±Ô? Iw®±? Cu®w®²Ý ‡µ²°X®wµ ®¾¯l®„µ°N®±. N¯E ‡®¾¯®¼uµ° CŠ®<− ®¾¯l®…œ®±u¯u®, ®¾¯l®Œµ° „¯Š®u® Hº… HŠ®l®± QYq® Šµ°PµS®¡®w®±Ý w¯®¼ Aw®±š®‹š®Œµ° „µ°N¯S®±q®Ùuµ.” “ . . . . …Ÿ2¯ÊŠ® As®¯ CwµÝ°w®± Awµ²Ý°…SµÌ E¢u® ®±j¯v/°®Š®± Iw®± r°®¾¯Áw® qµSµu®± Nµ²¡®±Fq¯ÙŠµ²° Au®NµÊ w¯w®± …u®ÜxuµÛ°wµ. A®Š®± …ºu® Aw®ºq®Š® Cq®ãs®Á BS®±q®Ùuµ.” “ . . . . Ÿ°TŠ®±¯S® DS® uµ°® ‡®¾¯qµäSµ œµ²°u® š¯æ±S®¡®w®±Ý KzÞNµ²ºl®Šµ ®±±ºvw® ®2®Á Cwµ²Ý…àŠ®± š¯æ±S®¡®± œµ²Š®l®±q¯ÙŠµ. BS® A2®Ô®±j®S®¡® š¯Úy®wµ‡®± MYq®ãu® y®äµÝ Eu®àš®…œ®±u®±.”

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° Ku¯ã¯‹xv1r°s®Á °y¯u®Š®± ( y®‡®¾¯Á‡®± z°j® IŠ®<Š®±® N¯p‡®±²Š®± ®±j®u® Ÿ‹‡®± š¯æK±°d) “N®³®Øw® y®½bµ ®¾¯l®E± †l®±®¼vEå” “ . . . . . w¯®¼ A®‹Sµ N®³2®Øw® y®½bµ‡®±w®±Ý Cw®±Ý ®±±ºuµ Nµ²l®Œ¯S®±®¼v?å HºvuµÛ°µ. INµ Aºu®Šµ, Ÿºuµ yµ°b¯®Š® O‹‡®± š¯æ±°dS®¡®± uµ°®NµÊ œµ²°u¯S® A®‹Sµ N®³2®Øw® y®½bµ Nµ²l®„¯Š®uµºu®± œ®j® Ÿmu®®Šµ° y®¼rÙSµ8°S®¡®±. DS® š®æq®» C®Šµ° œµ²°Tu¯ÛŠµ.”

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° Ku¯ãš¯S®Š®r°s®Á °y¯u®Š®± ( N®³¯Øy®¼Š® ®±j®)

“š¯æK±S®¡® Kuµ°2®‡®¾¯qµä Ky®Þq®N®Êºs®u®ÛEå” “. . . . P¯š®T‡®¾¯T …œ®¡®2®±Ô ®¾¯q®w¯mu® 8°S®¡®±, y®äN®hnµSµ Nµ?®¼ ®¾¯q®±S®¡®w®±Ý ®¾¯q®ä œµ°¢u®Š®±. C®Š® A†/y¯ä‡®± …œ®¡® ®±œ®q®ÙÉæu¯ÛTq®±Ù. INµºu®Šµ N®³2¯Øy®¼Š® ®±q®±Ù y®¼rÙSµ u®æºu®æ ®±j®. A®wµÝ° Kg¯ÔT Nµ²l®±rÙuµÛ°wµ.” ( š®ºu®®ÁN®Š® ®¾¯q®±) “ . . . . š¯æ±S®¡®±, y®¼rÙSµ‡®±®Š®± Aºq® A?å, ‡®¾¯Šµ° Au®Š®² uµ°® ‡®¾¯qµä Nµ¶Sµ²¡®±F®¼u®± EYq®®?å. Au®w®±Ý Ky®¼ÈÞ® y®äµÝ‡µ±° C?å. w¯®¼ y®¼rÙSµ š¯æ±S®¢Sµ „µ°l®µºu®± …œ®¡® œµ°¢uµÛ®¼. Bu®Šµ A®Š®± Nµ°¡®b?å. Aµ±‹N®u®ºs® Bu®±xN®¯T …œ®¡® ®±±ºu®±®‹u® uµ°®u®bå š¯æ±S®¡® BX¯Š®, Aw®±2¯Õw®, Bœ¯Š® C®¼S®¡® ®±u¯ÜX¯Š®S®¡µ?å Nµl®±q®Ùµ. µ±°Œ¯T y®½bµ, cy®−q®y®S®¢Sµ KS®Ìu® „µ²°S®„®²±. A®Š®± œµ²°S®„¯Š®vq®±Ù.” “ . . . . . N®³2®Øw® y®½bµ‡®±w®±Ý y®¼rÙSµ‡®±®‹Sµ †l®„µ°Nµ²° „µ°l®µ½° As®¯ A®‹Sµ …Ÿ2¯ÊŠ®µ½° Aµ°wµ° Cu®ÛŠ®² E¢u® Ÿ‹‡®± š¯æ±S®¡®±, w®®±â S®±Š®±S®¡®± Iw®± xu®Á‹š®±q¯ÙŠµ²° Auµ° w®®±â A†/y¯ä‡®±®½ BTŠ®±q®Ùuµ. A2®Ô®±j®S®¡® š¯æ±S®¡® Kh²Ô r°®¾¯Áw®NµÊ w¯®¼ …u®ÜŠ®±.”

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