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��d��S. VJ��a �IU d��S. VNJ d��mX� �ukm�Je ���uj�� �uk�.

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(J�] d�+�, 1992)

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VmJ�� J��, MGd[n[hj �[mXLPNa ��G[�ny bPe`Z�! ba HIU���, V�d���mX G[hdj�d�!

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b�tS w� � h�e ��± �S M�Q wdJ� b�ma� mJa. qjd, VmJ��, d[����G�jd�u�S. ‘��G���� � �� M�, J���[���?’�W VS�� +mJS d[�jZ�_�.V�mJ [�ªd�dU ��_�’M�Q.

‘VS��J�d, �G�jZ�_�? � �G�jLdU!’ M�Q �u���d �? VNJe �n[�,Yd�dU�NX�Y� bJ]e��jY� H�oQ�� VPS�Ua.

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‘�r��+L_’ M�Z �_`� ��m�Jev VmJS ‘�d��+�, �QJ�’ M�`Za V� �X.qu��Y�, V�J�h�S OP �r�g� — �S �����U ��S c�IevSd[�a V�JG�[�Q��U��e d�h[� — �+Tacje�j�a M�Z� j�ej d��+� �S. ‘+�J� k���,OP� �S�jS �Na J� � f�,���e �ye�����Sd[�a, ‘��� V�� cjqUNJ��’ M�Z ��S V�j�a ��J bU�H. �,�RS, qu��U�, �d��+��d��,‘��WS, �tS +�SJ��, ��ev� M���r cmXU�+S bPNJ�RS!’ M�Z �S�e���UV�G[���. bNJG [ev�S V�jU, �Z �S�jS �Na M�, d[g,�RS, d[�[�I��,��dU�� J�WS O�yc�S XZ�, oJL� ��mae�����d�u�S’.

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“��� d�h��NJa baJ��!” M� ��e`US o��Jnv� V� VG[�� ��NJ�.

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§���W �,f�e���? ‘wdJ�, M,evS ���z+S �JItS’W d[g ��e�Za!’

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V�Q �^e�maev VX���� qkfg �+G[hj�� VoJ�. �h���uj�,a o�mX�dJ��yU ��nyG H�,���U V�� ���e�c���.

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�e�� ��� wJ��a �+TU d�u�UJ� V�gUm�J qkmX,�� J�T. “OP ��,mX�V�Z ��_`e`h�, b��,�P ��,m�Je ��hjZa ohj��J,S. VNJe ��������S���dUyG d[�f�!”

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d�h�e�����ad[�� �u�S c,�, ���� ���� � _�� qU m �J�j_`,.

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