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Travelling Light:
An unshackled past for Cyril Abraham
It appears that the American land our forefathers left over 1600 Going back to the point of “lost” the parents may be meaningful for
experience of the Malayalee youth years ago. Why then should the identity, the flip-side of this issue is the parents themselves, to force it
is often a poorly understood or outcome of such immigration be any the general Malayalee reluctance to upon their children is a great
misunderstood phenomenon. different for those who have ended up blend in with the society of their disservice to the youth. There are
Most views on such an experience in the US (or elsewhere in the world)? adopted home country such as in the cases of parents who pack their
are skewed, couching a view that To lament the loss of the USA. Outside of the immediate work US bred kids off to high schools
there is something less than Malayalee identity of the youth in the environment, there is little desire or and universities in India for some
wholesome about the adopted US (the country that I will exemplify initiative for co-mingling and socially “social” and moral” reasons. This
culture relative to that which was for the purposes of this article) is to interacting or integrating with the is yet another instance of the
left behind. The zeal that spills undermine the very evolutionary larger society around them, thereby imposition of the parents’ rather
over the remnants as seen in the intelligence of adaptation. The creating ghettos of “Little Keralas”. circumscribed and biased
rear-view mirror invokes an survival of the fittest meant not brawny If this is considered to be some value- perspective on life as seen
imagery of Kerala that is a far cry traits (which, of course, won’t hurt) but preservation strategy, then the through the kaleidoscope of their
from the idyllic portrait it is framed the cognitive ability to converge ABCDs are the best there is to show own past. Nothing could be more
in. This once pristine State, I am for it. The rather ludicrous dichotomy harmful to those kids, for they are
successfully to changed and new
afraid, is much less of “God’s own” of this situation is that these very forced into a split-personality trait,
environments. This is the historical
as seen in the throw-away Malayalees are such ardent Keralites in schizophrenic fashion, which
success of the human species; this
commercialization its streets have in the US, but all-American when in then gets fondly referred to as
was our success in Kudangaloor, and
come to bear as emblematic of its Kerala! ABCD!
this should be the benchmark for
(mistaken) stake in a progressive The “roots factor” is one thing. This This is a world where the Berlin
economy. those in the US.
is almost like the genetic imprinting Wall has come to be a mere
Migration to greener pastures Again, there are those who use that is hardwired into our brain. This metaphor for an ideological divide.
is very much the history of humans broad brush-strokes to paint a picture factor will show up in our To be successful in China, some
not unlike their evolutionary of the typical Malayalee economic subconscious choices, awareness, fluency in Mandarin is deemed an
journey itself. These are not refugees, their new found wealth and preferences and likings. However, the advantage. Saki may make
mutually exclusive. The osmotic- the ostentatious display of such as higher cortex of our brain is what greater in-road in Japan than a
like effect of better prospects will edified through mansions. Perhaps, helps us adapt to new environments choice single malt scotch. “Jai Ho”
always draw people to that which such egocentric and short-sighted and situations for our successful has already become a trademark
attracts them. In fact, there is endeavours are a blemish on the transition and “survival” in Darwinian salutation for western communi-
something laudable to be said Malayalee character. However, there terms. Such adaptive changes are cations to and fro India. It is time
about those who undertake to are Malayalee cultural refugees as inevitable and intractable. One may for us in Kerala to step outside of
leave behind the comfort and well who chose to migrate from Kerala choose to enshrine Kerala in the USA, our little boxes with our rather
security of what is known, and and other parts of the world to the but beyond a touch of sentimentality, outdated and subjective moralistic
venture into the many unknowns USA. This group migrated for reasons this may become dysfunctional. A prescriptions where our past and
of a new country virtually blind- that had little to do with money, but confused parent can only engender history are given carte blanche
folded. For most it is an instance for reasons that upheld life for its a confused child. immunity of unchallenged virtue,
of déjà vu, having to build their qualitative aspects as embodied in the Parents who see some which when misquoted, often
lives all over again: no small task. spirit of the Statue of Liberty standing inexplicable merit in having Kerala become a burden - instead of an
Our own history crossed an lofty and tall on Stanton Island, off the youth in the US hold on to a past of asset - on the journeys we have
ocean to touch the shores of shores of New York. But, they are a his/her parents, has to be a matter of embarked for ourselves and our
Kundangaloor. Our ancestors convenient oversight in favour of the more than fleeting concern. Such past youth.
adapted to their new home more generic caricature that the is of little consequence to the youth, History without context is like
surroundings in such a way that former group is, complete with the unless there is a volitional and packing one’s suitcase with
today, we, the descendants, will be sensationalist tabloid elements almost conscious choice on the part of the woollies for an African safari!
stranger than strangers in the very assuring readership. youth to embrace it. While the past of
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Maani’s Musings:
“KNAISM”:
RANDOM THOUGHTS James Joseph (Maani)
Powathel, Palathuruthu
We are all familiar with different non-Jews, the first in Jewish history,
and the first such ban on
after which they stick their head
through the hole in the wall of a hut,
in a live-in relationship in
‘paradise’ with a black man for
‘isms’ – Communism, Socialism,
Secularism, Atheism etc. These intermarriage in the world. This action have their head shaved, crawl through quite a while. That too, after
may all be termed ideologies. The did not sit well with many nations. the hole and become Lemba.” So it going through the charade of
term ‘ideology’ is used to describe Think of the gall of this small nation, is up to us as a community to “Orappeeru’, ‘Mylnchi’ and the
the shared beliefs of a group of just freed from captivity, saying in introduce rituals akin to the Lembas grand wedding functions!
people, for example a nation, a effect that no man or woman of any for non-knanites to obtain member- Most of our community
sect of a religion, or a group of other nation was good enough for the ship. members who have not ventured
theorists. Understood in this sense children of Israel. It did not sit well with The history of the Jewish people out of their state or have only made
we can regard (in my humble many Jews either, and the book of is one of wanderings. The first was to brief sojourns overseas do realize
opinion) “Knaism” as an ideology Ruth is considered to have been Egypt from Canaan (the present- day that the western culture is
and add it to the list of ‘isms’. written at this time as a protest against Palestine). The second was when the different, but not how different.
Following on this, we may call the such discrimination. However, it must Assyrians conquered them and took This is equally true of most
follower of this ideology a ‘Knaist’, be stressed that this action was not them to Babylon. The last one took migrants. The Knanaya migrant
just like Marxist, Socialist etc. motivated by a philosophy of place after the Roman Empire sees bits and pieces of their
Knaism may be described as superiority or the rejection of other collapsed and the Jews were cultural traits and becomes
a socio-religious system people as inferior, but was strictly a scattered all over. The wanderings judgmental on these
underscored by the practice of defense against future religious ended with the creation of the state superficialities. He only observes
endogamy which is the custom of dilution. The Chosen People should of Israel by the UN. from afar, not venturing to live like
marrying within a social group. It stay chosen. This Ezra-Nehemiah the locals, preferring the safety of
Members of the Knanaya
is a common practice among edict had a cumulatively greater the Knanaya cocoon. When
Community have also been
displaced cultures attempting to binding force on the Jews, and children start schooling, they not
wandering. Like their ancestors, who
take root in a new country with an eventually was to help them survive only develop the local accent but
left their homeland for a new world in
alien culture. This encourages the waves of assimilation which more importantly imbibe the
search of business opportunites, the
group solidarity, group affiliation almost overwhelmed them during country’s culture. Their thinking
present day knanites started their
and bonding. Knaism encom- Greco-Roman, Islamic, and modern takes on the local flavor. This is
migration in the pursuit of a better life
passes thought processes, rituals, times.” End of discussion regarding very difficult for parents brought up
for themselves and their children. In
songs, dance, traditions – in fact, endogamy for my father-in-law. on a different set of moral values
the middle of the last century, the first
a whole gamut of cultural traits There is an additional provision for wave left for Malabar in North Kerala. to digest. The problem is
unique to the Knanaya Knanaya membership, which, I am Then started the trickle to US which compounded for the typical parent
Community. convinced, crept in later as an has of late become a flood. In schooled in an education system
The members of this administrative convenience: if you addition, there are large communities devoid of critical thought and fed
Community presently number marry outside the community, you are in Europe, Gulf, Australia and Africa. on a diet of meaningless rituals,
around 2,50,000. The vast majority expelled from the laager and are no While these migrations helped raise metaphysical speculation and fear
has settled in and around the more a member of the community. the standard of life both for the of the afterlife by their religious
district of Kottayam in Kerala. They This question of “expulsion” arose in migrants and their families left behind, shepherds. The child is totally
are believed to be the a religious context. What was once a they also brought along their own confused between the Indian
descendents of Knayi Thoma, a social group, whose spiritual needs problems. culture instilled at home and the
Jewish merchant who sailed to the were catered to by the clergy, became western culture imbibed outside.
The recent cold-blooded murder
west coast of Kerala in 345 A.D. predominantly a religious setup. This Invariably s/he absorbs the bad
in New Jersey of Reshma James
and settled there with 72 families. followed the creation of the Kottayam from both.
and Dennis John and the critical
It is one of the very few groups Diocese by Pope Pius X in 1911 as a Overshadowing these
wounding of Silvy, her cousin, by
around the world practicing strict result of power struggles within the negatives are the many positives
Reshma’s estranged husband
endogamy. This means that, to be local church and the oppression of the that have come out as a result of
Saneesh Joseph is an extreme case
a knanaite, both your parents ‘Southists’ (knanites) by the ‘Northists’ our community members venturing
of what can radically go wrong with
should be knanites; if one of them (non-knanites). overseas. Prosperity is the most
the migrant. A variety of mindsets,
is not, then you are not. This is the Of course, we the members of the each with its own agenda of action, visible. Credit must surely go to the
definition of a knanite. It follows knanaya community can change the are formed in the single-minded parents who scrubbed and
from this definition that no knanite definition of the membership of the pursuit of the better life. One is that scraped to educate their children.
can become a nonknanite or vice- community. Let me illustrate this. One of both parents holding two to three If you take a walk from Mannanam
versa. Unlike other ‘ism’s that you bright morning we agree to change jobs to maximize income, leaving to Palathuruthu, there is hardly any
adopt or reject consciously, the definition of ‘youth’ to include all children to their own devices. Knanaya home without a car
“Knaism” is like a birthmark; those below 90 (so that we can make Another frequently observed parked in the garage; the houses
whatever you do, you cannot lose Mr. K. Karunakaran the youth mindset is that of parents of themselves are palatial. Many who
it. My late father-in-law, Chirayil congress president, now that the marriageable children back home in lived in grinding poverty when I
Abraham, who was a very staunch prodigal son is back in the fold). Those Kerala. They are prepared to marry was growing up are very well off
Knaist, used to quote a passage above 90 in this case will be defined their son/daughter off to anyone as now thanks to their children who
from the book Jews, God and as ‘old’! Among conservative Jews, long as s/he is from America, the are overseas. Knanaya youth have
History by the American historian Jewishness is passed on from mother land of milk and honey. Though also cleverly chosen professions
Max I. Dimont, acclaimed as the to children. May be, they were aware background checks are easy with a like nursing and information
best Jewish history written in the of the statement ‘Mother is a fact, and few phone calls in the closely knit technology that are in great
English language, in support of father is a belief’. Among the Lembas Knanaya community, their efforts are demand abroad. The downside is
endogamy: of Southern Africa who claim to be perfunctory. They firmly believe that the paucity of youngsters pursuing
“In the year 458 BC, with the black Jews and practice endogamy once their child is married off and purely higher academic goals –
permission of the Persian king, like the knanites, a non-lemba girl can settled in US, then the siblings and even they seem content to stay at
Ezra headed the second mass marry a lemba boy and become a they themselves can migrate to the the mediocre level.
exodus of 1,800 Jews from lemba by performing certain rituals. ‘paradise’ here on earth. Most of the Prof Pral once lamented:
Babylonia to Jerusalem. Here Ezra “...crawl on ant-hills to have the ants time parents are lucky; in between where are the intellectuals, the
joined hands with Nehemiah. The bite off their “pig skin”, have fire set we have the tragic case of Reshma authors, the artists, the
first move of this alliance between upon them to burn off their gentile and the sad case of Mathai (name philosophers of our community?
priest and aristocrat was a ban on impurities and eating raw ox so that changed) who was shocked to find ‘Amen’ I say!
intermarriage between Jews and they vomit out their previous soul, that his newly married wife has been
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kns‚ `h-\Ø - n\p apI-fn¬ `wKn-bp-
XpS°w Ipdn® sIm®p {Kma-amWv s≈mcp ]≈n ÿm]n-®n-´p-≠v. ]t{Xm- fn¬ Ibdn Hcp ]md-ta¬ D]-hn-
Im\. \t{k-Øn¬\n∂pw Xnt_- kns‚ hoSns‚ ASn-Ø-d-bnepw Hcp jv S - \ mbn {]kwKw XpS¿∂p.
cn-bm-kn-te-°p≈ hgn-bn¬ F´mw Nm∏¬ ]Wn-Xo¿Øp. ]pcm-X\ kn\- ""Bflm-hn¬ Zcn-{Z-cm-bh - ¿ `mKy-hm-
Intem- a o- ‰ - d mWv Im\- b psS tKmKp \n¿Ωn-°p-hm≥ D]-tbm-Kn® ∑m¿; kz¿§-cmPyw Ah¿°p-≈X - m-
ÿm\w. AhnsS Hcp `h-\-Øn¬ sh◊-tb-dnb I√p-Iƒ A¤p-X-I-c- Ip∂p'' F∂m-cw-`n-°p∂ ku`m-Ky-
hnhm-lm-tLmjw \S-°p-tºmƒ amb `wKn t]dp-∂h - b
- m-W.v Keoe {]tZ- hm-KvZm\w \S-Ønb ÿe-amWv
{Inkv X phpw injy- ∑ mcpw NS- iØp Np‰n k©-cn-®t- ∏mƒ {InkvXp- C∂v ]pWy-ÿe - a
- mbn ]cn-KW
- n-°-
ßn\p £Wn-°-s∏-´n-cp-∂p. amXm- hns‚ \ma-Øn¬ hf-sc-b[ - nIw ]≈n- s∏-Sp-∂-Xv. tbip-{In-kvXp-hns‚
hmb adn-bhpw k∂n-ln-X-bm-bn-cp- Iƒ D≠v. I^¿\m-lp-hn\v {InkvXob {]`m-j-W-ssien XnI®pw \qX-\-
∂p. hncp-∂p-Im¿°p hnf-ºn-s°m- Ncn-{X-hp-ambn XnI™ _‘-ap-≠v. am- b n- c p- ∂ p. AXp- s Im- ≠ m- b n- c n-
Sp- ° p- ∂ - X n- \ n- S - b n¬ ho™p {^m≥kn- k v I ≥ k\ym- k - k - a qlw °Ww P\- ° q´w Ahn- S psØ
Xo¿∂p. Ie-h-d-°m-c≥ I\y-Im-a- I^¿\mlpw {]tZ-iØv hym]-Ia - mb hmbvsamgn tIƒ°p-hm≥ Fhn-
dn-b-tØmSv ho™p-Xo¿∂p-sh∂ Im\m-bnse {]kn-≤-amb tZhm-ebw sSbpw HØp-Iq-Sn-b-Xv. a\p-jy-\p-
Kth-j-W-߃ \S-Øn-h-cp-∂p. hnX-
{]Xn-k‘n ]d™p tIƒ∏n-®p. km[p-°-fmb {InkvXym-\n-Ifpw °m-cs- ‚bpw ISp-Ip-aW- n-bp-sSbpw a‰pw ≠m-bn-cn-t°≠ ASn-ÿm\ kZvKp-
Xs‚ aI≥ {]m]vX\ - m-sW-∂d - n-bm- ap…o-ß-fp-amWv Im\m-bnse Xma-k- D]a tbip-tZ-h≥ Dcp-hn-´Xv Chn-sS-h- W- ß fpw AXn- \ p≈ ssZhnI
hp∂ adnbw hnhcw aIs\ [cn- °m¿. \s√mcp kulr-ZØ - ns‚ taJ- ®m-Wv. "tbip-hns‚ ]´Ww' Town of kΩm-\-ß-fp-amWv Kncn-{]-`m-j-W-
∏n-®p. AXn-\p-tijw Ie-hd - b- nse e-bm-Wn-hn-Sw. {]IrXn `wKn-bp≈ {Kma- Jesus Fs∂-gp-Xnb t_m¿Upw B Ønse apJy-X-¥p. Znhy-c-£-I≥
tPmen-°m-tcmSpw Imcy-ÿ-t\mSpw am-Wv. {InkvXp-hns‚ At\I A¤p- t_m¿Up Xq°n- b n- c n- ° p∂ henb ae-ap-I-fn-en-cp∂p {]`m-jWw \S-
adnbw ""Ah≥ ]d-bp-∂-Xp-t]mse X-{]-hr-Øn-I-fn¬ BZy-tØ-sX∂p sKbn‰pw B sKbn‰p Xpd- ∂ m¬ Ønb thZnsb au≠v Hm^v _nbm-
sNøpI'' F∂p-]-tZ-in-®p. tbip hnti-jn-∏n-°s - ∏-Sp∂ A¤pXw \S∂ ImWp∂ kvamc-I-ßfpw Xo¿∞m-S- ‰n-‰yqUv F∂p hnfn-°p-∂p. Keo-en-
AΩ-tbmSv ""Fs‚ hn\m-gnI h∂n- Im\m-bn¬ hf-sc-b[ - nIw kμ¿i-I¿ I¿s°mcp ambmØ kvac-Wb - m-Wv. X- S m- I sØ A`n- a p- J o- I - c n- ® p-
´n√'' F∂p kqNn-∏n-®p-sh-¶nepw GXp ka-bØ - p-ap-≠v. sIm≠p ÿnXn- s N- ø p∂ Chn-
tbip Ie-h-d-bnse tkh-I-tcmSv X_vK (Tabgha) SsØ at\m-l-c-amb tZhm-e-b-
`c- W n- I - f n¬ sh≈w \nd- b v ° p-
I^¿\mlpw (Capernaum) I^¿\m-lp-hn-\-Sp-Øp≈ X_vK- amWv Cu ]pWy-ÿm\w Dƒs°m-
hm≥ ]d-™p. Ah¿ Ah-cpsS ao≥]nSp-Ø-°m-cm-bn-cp∂ ]t{Xm- bn¬h-®mWv Znhy-c£ - I - ≥ A©-∏hpw f-fp∂ N¿®v Hm^v _nbm-‰n-‰yq-Uv.
]°-ep-≠m-bn-cp∂ Bdp I¬`-c- kv, A{¥-tbm-kv, bmt°m-_v, tbml- c≠p a’y-hpw-sIm≠v Aøm-bn-cØ - n- (Church of Beatitude)
Wn-I-fn¬ sh≈w \nd-®p. tbip ∂m≥ F∂n-hsc injy-∑m-cm-°nb e-[nIw hcp∂ P\-°q-´sØ Xr]vX- sNdp-sX-¶nepw kpμ-ca- mb Cu
Xs‚ kz¿§ob ]nXm- h n- t \mSp tbip-hns‚ I¿Ω-`q-an-bmWv I^¿\m- cm-°n-bX- v. ChnsS ss_km‚o≥ N{I- tZhm-ebw henb Xnc-°p-≈X - m-Wv.
{]m¿∞n- ® p- s Im≠v H∂m- a sØ lpw. ""Fs‚ ]n∂mse hcp- h n≥, h¿Øn ]Wn-bn-∏n® kpμ-c-am-sbmcp XSm-I-Øns‚ `wKn Bkz-Zn-°p-
A¤pXw {]h¿Øn-®p. I¬`-c-Wn- Rm≥ \nßsf a\p-jysc ]nSn-°p-∂- ]≈n- b p- ≠ v . {]kv X pX ]≈n- b psS hm≥ Cu ae-ap-Iƒ D]-bp-‡-am-
I- f nse sh≈w H∂mw- X cw h-cm°mw'' F∂p≈ Kpcp-h-N\w tI´v, `nØn-If- n¬ ImWp∂ A∏-Øn-s‚bpw Wv. Keoen XSm-I-Xo-csØ ]´-W-
ho™mbn amdn. ]pXnb ho™v hebpw h≈hpw Dt]-£n®v tbip- a’y-ßf - p-sSbpw Nn{Xo-Ic
- Ww hf-sc- ßfpw XSm- I - Ø nse hnt\mZ
Imcy- ÿ \pw ]cn- t im- [ - \ bv ° p hns\ A\p-K-an-®-h-cm-bn-cp∂p Cu b-[nIw t]sc BI¿jn-°p-∂p. ]≈n- k©m-c-t_m-´p-Ifpw ao≥]n-Sp-Ø-
sImSp- Ø p. Abmƒ cpNn- ® n´v \m¬h¿. CXn\p If- s am- c p- ° nb bpsS Xd-bnepw CØcw Nn{X-th-eI - ƒ °m-cpsS sIm®p-h-≈-ßfpw XSm-I-
ta¬Ø-c-sa∂p kΩ-Xn-®p. {]mNo\ ]´-W-amWv I^¿\m-lpw. ImWmw. Cu ]≈nbpw DZym-\hpw Ønse sImt®m-f-ßfpw Xo¿∞m-
Keoen XSm- I - Ø ns‚ hS- ° p- ` m- K - ]p¬Ø-In-Snbpw Keo-en-XS- m-IØ - ns‚
tbip-hns‚ ]cky ip{iq-j- S-I¿ aWn-°q-dp-I-tfmfw I≠m-kz-
ØmWv Cu ÿew. Xnt_-cn-bmkpw kmao-]yhpw Bkzm-Zy-I-c-amb Cfw-
bpsS {]mcw`w Ipdn® Cu A¤p- Zn-°p-∂p. Cu ae-ap-I-fn¬Xs∂
I^¿\m-lphpw A°-cbpw C°-c-bp- Im‰pw F√mw-Xs∂ BI¿j-Wo-b-
X-Øns‚ kvamc-Ia - mbn Im\m-bn¬ C‰m-en-b≥ I\ym-kv{Xo-Iƒ \S-
am-Wv. {InkvXp-hns‚ Ime-L-´-Øn¬ amWv.
c≠p ]≈n- I ƒ D≠v . IeymW Øp∂ Hcp tIm¨sh‚pw Hcp
hf-sc-b-[nIw hnI-kn® Hcp tI{μ-am-
hoSpƒs∏-Sp-Øn-bn-´p≈ sNdnb N¿®v Hm^v _nbm- ‰ n- ‰ yqUv hnev]-\-im-e-bp-ap-≠v. tbip-{In-
bn- c p∂p Cu `mKw. \t{k- Ø n¬,
]≈n- b psS \ne- h - d - b n¬ ]gb (Church of Beatitude) kvXp-hns‚ t{]jn-X{- ]-h¿Ø-\ß - -
kz¥-{Km-a-Øn¬, ]n¥pW In´msX
I¬`-c-Wn-I-fn¬ HscÆw C∂pw h∂-t∏mƒ I^¿\m-lp-hns\ {InkvXp tfmSp _‘-s∏´ kvamc-I-h-kvXp-
Kncn-{]-`m-jWw \S∂ ]pWy-s∏´ °fpw Nn{X-ßfpw ]pkvX-I-ß-fp-
kq£n-®n-cn-°p-∂p. kao-]-Ømbn Xs‚ kz¥-\-K-c-ambn Icp-Xn. ssZh- ÿew. XSm-I-Øns‚ XocØv tbip-
AtX amXr-I-bn-ep≈ GXm\pw cm-Py-Øns‚ ktμ-i-a-dn-bn-®p-sIm≠v amWv apJy-amb hnev]-\-h-kvXp.
tZ-h≥ Hcp ]S-In-en-cp∂p P\-°q-´-
I¬`- c - W n- I fpw ImWmw. Cu A¤p-X-ß-fpsS Hcp ]c-º-c-Xs∂
]≈n- b psS FXn¿h- i Øv Hcp Ac-tß-dn-bX - n-hnsS \n∂p-am-Wv. AXn-
ho™p-I-S-bp-≠v. \√ a[p-c-ap≈ ]p-cm-X-\-am-sbmcp kn\-tKm-Kp-≠m-bn-
ho™v AhnsS hnev°-s∏-Sp-∂p. cp∂p Chn-sS. AhnsS Xma-kn-®p-
"Im\m-ho™v' Fs∂-gp-Xnb Ip∏n- sIm≠v P\-°q-´sØ ]Tn-∏n®pw tcmK-
I-fn¬ Hcp tUmf-dn\v Hcp Ip∏n im¥n \ev I nbpw {Inkv X p Xs‚
ho™p e`n- ° p- ∂ p. ]≈n- I fpw ssP{X-bm{X Bcw-`n-®p. Bbn-c-߃
ho™p-I-Sbpw ÿnXn sNøp-∂Xv X∂n-te°p Xncn-™p. ]t{Xm-kns‚
hfsc CSp-ßnb sXcp-hn-em-Wv. AΩm-bn-b-Ω-bpsS ISpØ ]\n t`Z-
c≠m- a sØ ]≈n hfsc hen- am-°p-Ibpw iXm-[n-]s‚ the-°m-
bXpw BI¿j-I-hp-am-Wv. A∏- cs\ kpJ- s ∏- S p- Ø p- I bpw ssPdm-
kv t Xm- e - \ mb \Ym- \ n- t b- e ns‚ kns‚ ]p{Xnsb ac-W-Øn¬ \n∂p-
t]cn-emWv Cu henb ]≈n. \Ym- b¿Øp-Ibpw apS-¥s\ kpJ-s∏-Sp-
\n-tb¬ Im\m kztZ-in-bm-bn-cp- Øp-Ibpw ]nim-Np-_m-[n-X-cn¬ \n∂v
s∂∂pw kqN-\-bp-≠v. Cu ]≈n- ZpjvSm-flm-°sf ]pd-Øm-°p-Ibpw
bpsS \ne-hd - b
- nepw A¤p-XØ - n¬ sNbvX tbip-hns‚ Io¿Øn Keoen
kqNn-∏n® I¬`-c-Wn-I-fn-sem∂v Xoc-tZi ]´-W-ß-fn¬ ]c-∂p. ]e-
kq£n-®n-´p-≠v. c≠p ]≈n-I-fn¬ kvXo-\-bpsS F√m `mK-Øp-\n∂pw
HscÆw {Ko°v Hm¿Ø-tUmIvkv tPm¿Um-\-°sc \n∂p-t]mepw P\-
k`- b p- t SXpw c≠m- a - t ØXv °q´w {InkvXp-hns\ ImWp-hm-s\-Øn.
ItØm-en°m k`-bnse {^m≥kn- tbip ]Tn-∏n® kn\-tKm-Kv, ]t{Xm-
kvI≥ k\ym-kn-am-cp-tS-Xp-am-Wv. kns‚ hoSv F∂n-hb - psSsb√mw ASn- tZhm-e-b-Øns‚ Dƒhiw: I¬`-c-Wn-Iƒ `{Z-ambn ChnsS kq£n-°p∂p