ò¢-©ð¡ ©×¡þ-ö®©×¡-ð¢-ð¤-¨Ð €ˆ¼ žÜ¤-ó¤« ©›¡-ó-ò¢-ͤ-»¡-ð¢-ñ¤-¼¤ €ò-ð¢-ˆ®©ö𢠩סþ-ö®©×¡-ð¢. (Aleksey Tolstoy 1882-1945) úõü »÷¡-ˆó¢ ‡ö®ð¢-œ® »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä« (Osip Mandelstam 1891-1938) 1934ý ‡ñ¤ ™¢-óö« €-ò-ð¢-ˆ®©ö𢠩סþ-ö®©×¡-ð¢-ð¤-¨Ð ¨-ˆ¢-¶-·-Т-µ¤. »×¤ œò ö¡-÷¢-Ĭ-ˆ¡-ñ-Á¡-ñ¤-¨Ð-𤫠ö¡-¼¢-Ú¬-·¢-ò¡-ð¢-ñ¤-¼¤ »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä« ©×¡þ-ö®©×¡-ð¢-´¤® €Ð¢-¨ˆ¡-Ф-·-Ĥ®.- -ñ¤« €›-¹¢-ð¢-¿. €™®Ÿ¤-Ä-œ-ñ-Ä-±É-ñ¡-ð¢ ó¡-¨œ¡-ø¢-µ¤® ‚-ñ¤-¼-©Ä-ð¤-¾¤. …É¢-›¡-ð¢-ñ¤-¼¤  ±ˆ-»-ë? ˆ¤-¨ú-´¡-ò« »¤ü-œ¤® »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä-»¢-¨Ê ó£-¶¢ý œ¡û-Т ›-Ð-´¤-©Ø¡þ ¨ž-ú-™®ð£ü …¼ ©›¡-ó-ò¢-Í® »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä-»¢-¨Ê Ÿ¡-ñ¬-¨ð ±ˆ-»¢-µ¤. ©×¡þ-ö®©×¡-𢠱œ-ö¢-°-Ê¡-ð¢ ñ¥-œ-ó-Ä®ˆ-ñ¢-´-¨¸¶ ˆ½¢-×¢  ö«-Ÿ-ó-¨·-´¤-ú¢-µ¤® €©›§-õë ›Ð-·¢-¨ð-Æ¢-ò¤« ò« -±ˆ-»¢-´-¨¸¶ ö®±Ä£-´¤® €›¤-ˆ¥-ò-»¡-ð¢-ñ¤-¼¢-¿. »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä-»¤« Ÿ¡-ñ¬-𤫠©ó-Ù-ó¢-š-·¢ý ¨œ-ñ¤-»¡-ú¢-ð¢-ñ¤-¨¼-Æ¢ý €¨Ä¡-¼¤« ö«-Ÿ-ó¢-´¢-¿¡-ð¢-ñ¤-¼¤-¨ó-¼¡-ä® ±œ-ö¢-°Ê® €-Ÿ¢-±œ¡-ð-¨¸-¶-Ĥ®.- »¤-ú¢-©ó× »›-©öæ¡-Ф-ˆ¥-Т ›Ð¼ »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä« ™¬« ˆ¢-¶¢ð ö³û-Ÿ« œ¡-ù¡-´¢-´-ø-ð¡-¨Ä ©×¡þ-ö®©×¡-ð¢-ð¤-¨Ð ¨-ˆ¢-¶-·¤® €Ð¢-µ¤. €©À÷« ©›©ñ ©œ¡-ð-Ĥ® ©Š¡û-´¢-ð¤-¨Ð €Ð¤-©·-´¡-ä® œñ¡-Ä¢ œ-ú-ð¡ü.- ©Š¡û-´¢ €Ä-ú¢-º¤-œ-ú-º¤-ó-©±Ä: "We’ll teach him to strike Russian Writers" ©Š¡û-´¢-ð¤-¨Ð ©±œ-ñ-Ã-ð¡-ò¡-ó¡« €-¨¿-Æ¢ý »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä« Í¡-ò¢-¨› ©È-œ¢-¨µ-ù¤-Ä¢ð ˆ-ó¢-Ä-ð¤-¨Ð ©œ-ñ¢-ò¡-ó¡« 1934 ©» 16-~17 ñ¡-±Ä¢ €©À-÷-·¢-¨Ê Ÿ-ó›« œñ¢-©ô¡-š¢-´-¨¸-¶¤. ¨œ¡-ò¢-ö® €©À-÷¨· €ú-Í® ¨-ðí¤. €óû …¿¡« ó¡-ñ¢-¨´¡-Ù¤-©œ¡-ð¢. »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä-»¢-¨Ê œ¤-öí-ˆ-¹-ø¤-¨Ð ¨¨žü-°® ©œ¡-ò¤« ¨œ¡-ø¢-µ¤-©›¡-´¢. 1938~ý Í¡-ò¢-¨Ê ®Ç-ð¡ý ¨ó-Т-óµ¤ ¨ˆ¡-¿-¨¸¶ ž¥-÷¡û-ð£ü (Bukharin 1888-1938) …¼ ˆ-½¬¥-â-Í® ©›-Ä¡-ó® Í¡-ò¢-›¤® …ù¤-Ä¢:-~ "Poets are always right, history is on their side. Pasternak is also worried" Í¡-ò¢ü œöí¬û-›-´¢-¨› ¨×-ò¢-©¡-âý ó¢-ø¢-µ¤. €©À÷« ©¡-™¢-µ¤: "The Poet Mandelstam has recently been arrested. What can you say about him comrade Pasternak?" œöí¬û-›´® ó¿¡-¨Ä ©œ-Т-µ¤. "I don’t know him at all well! He was an Acmest while I support a different literary tendency. So I can’t say anything about Mandelstam" "Well, I can say that you’re a very poor friend, Comrade Pasternak" Í¡-ò¢ü ‚±Ä-𤫠œú-º¢-¶¤ ú¢-ö£-óû Ä¡-¨ù-ó-µ¤.

»ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä-»¢-¨Ê Ÿ¡ñ¬ ›™®¨ð-õ®™ (Nadezhda) œ-öí¬û-›-´¤-»¡-𤾠͡-ò¢-¨Ê ö«-Ÿ¡-õë ©ñ-‰-¨¸-Ф-·¢-ð¢-¶¤-Ù¤® ˆ¥-Ф-Äý ó¢-ô§-ö-›£-ð-»¡-ð¢. »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä-»¢-›¤® ©óÙ¢ Ĩ¼-©ð¡ …ù¤-·¤-ˆ¡-ñ¤-¨Ð ö«-‹-Ð-›-¨ð-©ð¡ …ɤ-¨ˆ¡-Ù¤ œöí¬û-›´® ö-»£-œ¢-µ¢-¨¿-¼¤® Í¡-ò¢ü €©À-÷-©·¡-Ф ©¡-™¢-µ¤. "If I were a poet and a poet friend of mine were is trouble I would do anything to help him" …¼¤ Í¡-ò¢ü œöí¬û-›-´¢-©›¡-Ф œ-ú-º-©¸¡þ ö®©›-÷-ž-Ü-·¢-¨Ê œñ¢-š¢-ð¢ý óñ¡· Ä-¹-ø¤-¨Ð žÜ-¨·-´¤-ú¢-µ¡-ä® €©À÷« (œ-öí¬û-›-´®) ¢-òĤ €ú¢-ð¢-µ-Ĥ®.- œöí¬û-›´® ö«-ö¡-ñ¢-µ¤-¨ˆ¡-Ù¢-ñ¤-¼-©¸¡þ Í¡-ò¢ü ‚Ð-ð®´¤ ˆ-ð-ú¢-¸-ú-º¤:-~ "But he’s a genius, isn’t he? œöí¬û-›´® "But that’s not the point" …¼¤ €ö®œ-õ®Ð-»¡ð »ú¤-œÐ¢ ›ò®ˆ¢. "What is it, then?" …¼¤ Í¡-ò¢ü.- Ä›¢-´¤ Í¡-ò¢-¨› ©›-ñ¢-¶¤-ˆÙ¤ ö«-ö¡-ñ¢-´-Ã-¨»¼¤ œöí¬û-›´® œú-º-©¸¡þ "About what?" …¼¤ Í¡-ò¢ü ©¡-™¢-µ¤. š£-ñ-»¡ð »ú¤-œÐ¢ œ-öí¬û-›-´¢ý ›¢-¼¤-Ù¡-ð¢. "About life and death" …¼¤® ˆó¢ œú-º-Ĥ-©ˆ-¶¤® Í¡-ò¢ü ú¢-ö£-óû ƒÐ¨› Ä¡-¨ù-ó-µ¤. ("Hope against Hope" Nadezhda Mandelstam- Penguin Books- Total Pages 525- See Page 174 for the conversation recorded above) £-ó¢-Ä-¨·-´¤-ú¢-µ¤« »ñ-Ã-¨·-´¤-ú¢-µ¤-»¡-ä® Ä›¢-´¤ ö«-ö¡-ñ¢-´¡-›¤-¾-Ĥ® …¼ œöí¬û-›-´¢-¨Ê ±œ-öí¡-ó« »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä-»¢-¨›-öæ«-ž-Ü¢-µ¤® ±œ-Ĭ-È-»¡-𤫠ö--ò£-Ÿ-ó¢-µ¤. œöí¬û-›-´¢-¨›-´¤-ú¢-µ¡-¨Ã-Æ¢ý œ-©ñ¡-È-»¡-ð¤«.-  ±œ-Ĭ-È-»¡ð ö-ò£-Ÿ-ó¢-´-ò¢-¨Ê ÷¦-™-ð-©Ÿ-™-ˆ-»¡ð ˆ˜-ð¡-ä® ›™®¨ð-õ®™ …ù¤-Ģ𠂪 £-ó--ñ¢-±Ä-·¢-ò¤-¾-Ĥ® (ñÙ¤ ó¡-ò¬-¹þ) Ÿ£-ˆ-ñ-»¡ð ‡ñ¤ ˆ¡-ò-ð-ø-ó¢-¨Ê ñ¢-±Ä« €ö¡-š¡-ñ-Ã-»¡ð ¨¨ó-™-Š®Ú¬-©·¡-¨Ð ›™®¨ð-õ®™ ˆ¤-ú¢-µ¢-¶¢-ñ¢-´¤-¼¤. Í¡-ò¢-¨Ê »£-ô¨ð œ¡-×-ˆ-©ø¡-С-ä® »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä« ƒ-œ-»¢-µ-Ĥ®.- (The huge, laughing cockroaches on his top tip) Í¡-ò¢-¨Ê ˆòç-›-ˆ-¨ø-´¤-ú¢-µ¤¾ ˆó¢-ð¤-¨Ð ó¢-ó-ñë ©ˆþ-´¤-ˆ:

He forges in a line like horseshoes

One for groin, one for forehead, temple, eye

He rolls the executions on him tongue like borries

He wishes he could hug them like big friends from home.

€-ò-ð¢-ˆ®©ö𢠩סþ-ö®©×¡-ð¢-ð¤-¨Ð ©±œ-ñ-Ã-¨ð-´¡þ ‚ª ˆ-ó¢-Ä-ð¡-ó¡« »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä-»¢-¨› žÜ-›-Ì-›¡-´¢-ð-Ĥ®.- 1934~ý ð¢-ñ¤-¼¤ €ú-Í®. 1937~ý ô¢È ˆù¢-º¤ ©»¡-ö®©ˆ¡-ð¢-¨ò-·¢ð €©À-÷¨· 1938~ý œ¢-¨¼-𤫠€-ú-Í® ¨-ðí¤. óë-°-ó-Í¡-ˆ® (Vladivostok) …¼ ð¤.-…-ö®.-…-ö®.-û œ¶-Ã-·¢-›-Ф-·¤¾ ‡ñ¤ ±Ð¡ü-ö¢-×® ˆ®¡-Ø¢-©ò-´¤® €ð-ð®´-¨¸¶ ˆó¢-¨ð-´¤-ú¢-µ¤ œ¢-¼£-¨Ð¡-¼¤« ñ¤« €ú¢-º¢-¿. Ÿû-·¡-ó¢-¨›-´¤-ú¢-µ¤® Ÿ¡-ñ¬ …ù¤-Ĥ-¼Ä¤ ó¡-ð¢-´¤-ˆ:- Sitting with Criminals was a man with a grey stubble of beard, wearing a yellow leather coat. He was reciting verse which L recognized. It was Mandelstam. The criminals offered him bread and the canned stuff, and he calmly helped himself and ate. Evidently he was only afraid to eat food given him by jailors. He was listened to in complete silence and sometimes asked to repeat a poem (Page 473)

‚ª »÷¡-ˆó¢ ö÷-šû-½¢-â-´® …ù¤-Ģ𠈷¢-¨Ê ‡-ñ¤-Ÿ¡-Š« …Ф-¨·-ù¤-Ä¢-¨´¡-Ù¤® Ç¡-›¢-Ĥ® ›¢-ú¤-·-¨¶. "I never found the time to tell you how I love yiu. It’s me Nadya. Where are you?" ñˆ®Ä« ¨ˆ¡-¨Ù-ù¤-Ä¢ð ˆó¢-Ä-ˆ-ø¡-ä® »ü-™¬ý-õ®Ä-»¢-©Ê-Ĥ®.- €©À-÷-·¢-¨Ê ©±œ-ð-ö¢-ð¤-¨Ð £-ó--ñ¢-±Ä-ó¤« ó¢-Ÿ¢-¼-»-¿.

‚«-©œ¡-Íû, ‚«-©œ¡-ö®µû

Ç¡ü ‡ñ¤ ˆ¥-¶¤-ˆ¡-ñ-©›¡-¨Ð¡-ñ¤-»¢-µ¤® ô«-‰¤«-»¤-‰« ˆ-Ð-¸¤-ú-©·´¤ ©œ¡-ˆ¤-ˆ-ð¡-ð¢-ñ¤-¼¤ óû-õ-¹þ-´¤ »¤ü-œ¤®.- ¨ˆ. ž¡-ò-ˆ¦-õ®Ã¨Ê ‘ˆª-»¤-™¢’ ù®-¸-Ä¢-¸¢-¨Ê ‡¡-£-ö® ˆÐ-¼¤-©óë …›¢-´¤ ©œ¶ œ¡-ò-·¢-©ò´¤ ˆ-ð-ú¡ü.- œ¡-ò-·¢ý ˆð-ú¤-¼-Ä¢-›¤ »¤ü-œ¤® ‡ñ¡þ …¨Ê œ¢-ú©ˆ ‡¡-Т-ó-¼¤® ¨ˆ. ž¡-ò-ˆ¦-õ®Ãü ó¢-ø¢-´¤-¼¤-¨ó¼¤ œ-ú-º¤. ¨¨š-õ-â-ˆ-©ò¡-ˆ-·¢-¨Ê-𤫠ñ¡-õ®±Ð-ó¬-ó-÷¡-ñ-»-ß-ò-·¢-¨Ê-𤫠ö¡-÷¢-Ĭ-©ò¡-ˆ-·¢-¨Ê-𤫠©›-Ä¡-ó¡-𢠀©À÷« ó¢-ò-ö¢-ð¢-ñ¤¼ ˆ¡-ò«. €¹-¨›-𤾠‡ñ¡þ ó¢-ø¢-´¤-¼¤-¨ó-¼¤® œú-º¡ý …›¢-´¤ ©œ¡-ˆ¡-Ä¢-ñ¢-´¡ü œ-×¢-¿. €Ä¤-¨ˆ¡-Ù¤® ˆÐ-¸¤-ú« ð¡±Ä ©ó-¨Ù-¼¤-ó-µ¢-¶¤® ˆ¥-¶¤-ˆ¡-ñ-©›¡-Ф® È»¢-´-Ã-¨»-¼¤® €Ÿ¬û-Ï¢-µ¢-¶¤® Ç¡ü ž¡-ò-ˆ¦-õ®Ã¨› ˆ¡-áü ¨-¼¤. ˆª-»¤-™¢ ‡¡-£-ö¢-¨Ê ‡ñ¤-óô« ¡-𮜤® ©œ¡-¨ò ›¢û-½¢-µ¢-¶¤® €-ó¢-¨Ð ¡-ñ¤-ˆ-©ö-ñ-ð¢ý ˆ¢-Ð-´¤-ˆ-ð¡-ð¢-ñ¤-¼¤ ž¡-ò-ˆ¦-õ®Ãü. …©¼¡-Ф® €©À÷« ‚ñ¢-´¡ü œú-º¤. €-ó¢-¨Ð ˆ¥-Т-ð¢-ñ¤-¼-ó-©ñ¡-Ф® Ä¡ü óû-Š®Š£-ð-ó¡-™¢-ð-¨¿¼¤ Ì¡-œ¢-µ¤® ö«-ö¡-ñ¢-µ¤-Ĥ-Ð-¹¢. ö«-Ÿ¡-õ-Ã-ó¢-™-Š®Ú-›¡-ð¢-ñ¤-¼¤ ž¡-ò-ˆ¦-õ®Ãü. †ó-ñ¤« ñ-ö¢-µ¢-ñ¢-¨´ ó¡-ñ¢-ˆ-ð¢ý ©œ-ñ¤® €µ-Т-µ¤ ˆ¡-áü €-Ĭ¡û-·¢-𤾠‡ñ¡þ €ó¢-¨Ð ó¼¤-ˆ-ð-ú¢. ž¡-ò-ˆ¦-õ®Ã-›¤® €ð¡-ø¤-¨Ð Š-»›« €±Ä ñö¢-µ¢-¿. €-ð¡-¨ø €œ-»¡-›¢-´¤-¼-Ä¢-©›¡ ôò¬« ‡ù¢-ó¡-´¤-¼-Ä¢-©›¡ ©óÙ¢ €©À÷« Š-Ä¨Ê »¤-‰-·¤-©›¡-´¢ "-ò¢-×-úú¢ ‚«-©œ¡-Íû" …¼¤ œú-º¤. ‡ª-¢-Ĭ« ©›¡-´¡-¨Ä ó-ò¢-º¤-ˆ-ð-ú¤-¼-ó-›¤® €·-ñ-·¢-ò¤¾ ôˆ¡-ñ¹þ ˆ¢-©¶-Ù-Ĥ-Ĩ¼ …¼ ó¢-¡-ñ-¨»-›¢-´¤-Ù¡-ð¢-¨ð-Æ¢-ò¤« ó-¼-ð¡-ø¢-¨Ê »¤‰« ó¢-ø-ú¤-¼-Ĥ-ˆ-Ù¤® €ð¡-©ø¡-Ф ö-÷-Ä¡-œ« ©Ä¡-¼¢. ö¡-÷¢-Ĭ-·¢-¨ò ˆœ-Ð-›¡-Ь-´¡-ñü …¼¤ ž¡-ò-ˆ¦-õ®Ã¨Ê ó¢-ø¢-©ˆ-¶¢-¶¤« òÒ-ð¢-¿¡-¨Ä  »-›¤-õ¬ü ‘…É¡ ž¡-©ò-Ãå¡’ …¼¤ œúº¤ ¢-ñ¢-µ¤-¨ˆ¡-Ù¤® €-ó¢-¨Ð-·-¨¼-ð¢-ñ¤-¼¤. Š-Ä¨Ê ©œ-ñ¤® €ö-Ÿ¬« ˆ-òû-·¢ ó¬¡-‰¡-›¢-´¡ü ¤-פ-»¢-ñ¤-¼óû Ĥ-›¢-º-©¸¡þ ‘-Ç¡ü ö¢-Š®×® ó¡-¹¢-¨´¡-Ù¤-ó-ñ¡«-’ …¼¤-œ-ú-º¤® œ¤-ú-©·´¤ ©œ¡-¼¤. ס-ˆ®ö¢-´¡-ú® ó¢-ø¢-µ¤® Ä¢-ñ¢-µ¤ ó£-¶¢-©ò´¤ ©œ¡-ñ¢-ˆ-𤫠¨-ðí¤.

»¡-ö¹þ ˆù¢-º¤® ž¡-ò-ˆ¦-õ®Ã-©›¡-¨Ð¡-ñ¤-»¢-µ¤® ˆ-ñ¤-›¡-Š-¸-¾¢-ð¢-¨ò¡-ñ¢-Ð-·¤® ö©½-ø-›-·¢-›¤ ©œ¡-ð-©¸¡þ Ç¡ü €©À-÷-©·¡-Ф ©¡-™¢-µ¤: "-…É¡ €¼¤® €ð¡-¨ø ‚«-©œ¡-Íû …¼¤ ó¢-ø¢-µ-Ĥ®?"- ž¡-ò-ˆ¦-õ®Ãü Ä£-È®Ã-¹-ø¡ð óò¢ð ˆÃå¤-ˆþ ¨ˆ¡-Ù¤® …¨¼ €-òç-©›ñ« Ĥ-ú¢-µ¤-©›¡-´¢. …¼¢-¶¤ œú-º¤: "-…¨Ê »ˆü ‘-€-Ô¡, …›¢-´¤ óò¢ð óð-ú¤-©ó-™-›’-¨ð¼¤ œú-º¡ý Ç¡ü ƒÐ¨› ©°¡-ˆ®Ð¨ú ó¢-ø¢-´¤«.- …¼¡ý €óü ©ˆ¡-©ø-¢ý ©œ¡-ˆ¡-Ä¢-ñ¢-´¡ü ©óÙ¢ ‘…-›¢-´¤ ó-ð-ú¤-©ó-™-›’-¨ð¼¤ »¤-ú-ó¢-ø¢ ˆ¥-¶¢-ð¡ý Ç¡ü €ó¨› ‚«-©œ¡-Í-ú¡-𢠈ñ¤-Ĥ«.- ˆ¦-õ®Ãü-›¡-ðû …¨Ê ó¡-ñ¢-ˆ-ð¢ý ›¿ ©ò-‰-›¹þ …ù¤-Ĥ-¼¤. €Ä¢-¨Ê ò-»¡-𢠈¦-õ®Ãü-›¡-ðû-´¤ ˆ£û-·¢. œ©È ˆ£û-·¢-´¤-©óÙ¢ €-ò-ó-ò¡-Ä¢ ©ò-‰-›-¨»-ù¤-Ä¢-¨´¡-Ù¤-ó-¼¡ý Ç¡ü ›¢-¹¨ø ‚«-©œ¡-Í-ú¡-ð¢-´-ñ¤-Ĥ«.- €¼¤ ó¼-ð¡þ ‚ª ñ£-Ä¢-ð¢ý ‚«-©œ¡-Í-ú¡-ä®.- €Ä¢-›¡-ò¡-ä® Ç¡ü €ð¡-¨ø €-¹¨› ó¢-ø¢-µ-Ĥ®."

Ç¡ü ©ò¡-¢-µ¤-©›¡-´¢. …ù¤-·-Ôü óò¢ð ˆ-ó¢-ð¡-ä® …¼ ±œ-öí¡-ó-·¢ý û-´¤« €-Ÿ¢-±œ¡-ð-ó¬-Ĭ¡-ö-»¢-¿.  ó¢-¡-ñ« ‡¡-©ñ¡ ©ˆ-ñ-ø£-ð-›¤-»¤-Ù¤® …¼-Ä¢-›¡ý  ó¢-¡-ñ-·¢-¨Ê ¨…-ˆ¬« ö-Ĭ-·¢-¨Ê ±œ-Ä£-ˆ-»¡-𢠟ó¢-´¤-¼¤. …¼¡ý ‡ñ¤-·ü ‘-…-ù¤-·-Ôü ˆó¢-©ð¡? €ð¡þ œ£-ú-¸¡-¶¤-ˆ¡-ñü »¡-±Ä«’ …¼¤ œú-º¡ý €¹¨› œú-ð¤-¼ü ‚«-©œ¡-Í-ú¡-𢠻¡-ú¤«.- Ĉù¢ ô¢-ó-ô-Æ-ñ-¸¢-¾, ¨¨ó´« »¤-÷-½™® žõ£û,- ˆ¡-ñ¥û ›£-ò-ˆ-î­-¸¢-¾, ƒú¥-ž® ‚ó-¨ñ-¿¡« ˆ-˜¡-ˆ¡-ñ-Á¡-ñ¡-¨Ã¼¤ …¿¡-ó-ñ¤« ö½-Ä¢-´¤«.- €ó-ñ¤-¨Ð ˆ-ù¢-ó¢-¨Ê ƒÄ®ˆû-õ-©»¡ €œ-ˆû-õ-©»¡ €©¸¡þ œ-ñ¢-Š-Ã-›¡û-÷-¹-ø¡-ó¤-¼¢-¿. ¨œ¡-Ĥ-ó¡ð ó¢-ô§¡-ö-»¡-ä®,- š¡-ñ-Ã-ð¡-ä®,-  ±œ-öí¡-ó-·¢-›¤® €ó-ò«-ž-»-ñ¤-ø¤-¼-Ĥ®.- …-¼¡ý ö¡-™ñ« Ç¡ü ©¡-™¢-´¨¶ Ÿ¡-õ¡-©œ¡-õ¢-â-ð¢ý ‘-¨›¡-ö®-ñ¡-ññ¥ Ħ-ôã¥-ñ¢ý-’ …¼ ‘ˆ-˜’-¨ð-ù¤-Ä¢ð ±ô£. ñó¢ ˆ-˜¡-ˆ¡-ñ-›¡-¨Ã-¼¤® û-¨´-Æ¢-ò¤« œú-ð¡ü ¨¨š-ñ¬« ˆ¡-ä-©»¡? ˆ¤¨ú €û-Ï-ñ-÷¢-Ä-¹-ø¡ð ó¡-ˆ¬-¹þ ñ--ð¢-Ä¡-ó¤® öÆ-ò›« ¨-ðí¤-ó-ð®´¤-¼¤. ö¡-÷¢-Ĭ-¨·-öæ«-ž-Ü¢-µ, ˆ˜-¨ð-öæ«-ž-Ü¢µ öˆò ›¢-ð-»-¹-¨ø-𤫠Ħ-Ã-óý-Š-â-µ¤® ƒÙ¡-´¢-ó-µ¢-ñ¢-´¤¼ ‚ª ñ--›¡-ö¡-÷-ö¢-ˆ¬« Ç¡ü ™¬« œúº ó¢-¡-ñ-·¢-¨Ê ¨…-ˆ¬« ‚¿¡-Ä¡-´¤-¼¤. €Ä¢-›¡ý ‚Ĥ ˆ˜ð¿ …¼ Ä£-ñ¤-»¡-›-·¢ý ó¢-©ó-ˆ-»¤-¾óû …·¤-¼¤. ñó¢-ð¤-¨Ð œÐ« »¡-ö¢-ˆ-ð¢-ò¤-Ù¤®.- €©À-÷¨· ‘ò¢-×-úú¢ ‚«-©œ¡-Íû’ …¼¤ ó¢-ø¢-´¡ü …›¢-´¤ óà. (literary imposter) €Ä¢-›¤-œ-ˆ-ñ-»¡-𢠀-©À-÷-·¢-¨Ê ñ-›¨ð ‚«-©œ¡-ö®µû …¼¤ ó¢-ø¢-´¤-¼¤. ñ-Ù¢-¨Ê-𤫠ó¬-Ĭ¡-ö« ±ô-Ú¢-´¤-ˆ. 1. Impostor=one who imposes fraudulantly upon others 2. Imposture=the action of omposing fraudulently upon others.

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