Backspace
backspacejournal.blogspot.com
This first and rather hurried edition of
Backspace is an impatient attempt to open up
a space for discussing issues and ideas that
usually find themselves pushed to the back of
our collective mind; matters that, for a fleeting
moment, we recognise as needing some
thought, but never come back to, for lack of
time or a space to consider them.
Now, here’s the space. In this first issue we
look at.... , and.... etc. [ will fill in after we
have finalised articles]
This magazine is also about being the space
at the back, more like the back benches of a
classroom, where one exchanges in whispers
profound trivialities that are more novel and
exciting (no matter however short-lived) than
the loud, repetitive and well-planned lecture
on matters of great importance.
Make the time to read Backspace, and we’re
sure you’ll find it engaging enough to respond,
with your appreciation, laughter or indignation.
Write to us or comment on our blog, and we’ll
8 Backspace
take these discussions forward and have fun
with them.
Meanwhile, we expect Backspace would be
coming out less hurried and slightly more
voluminous over coming issues.
-Editor
Bbn-c°W°n-\v- Nm-\ep-Ifp-w- ]{Xßfp-
w- am-kn-IIfp-ap-≈ Cu- cm-Py-Øv- "Backsp-
ace' F∂ ]p-Xn-b {]kn-≤o-IcWØn-\v- F¥v-
{]k‡n-bm-Wp-≈Xv-?
ap-Jy-[m-c am-[y-aßsf A´n-adn-°p-Itbm-
td‰n-wK
- n-¬ H∂m-wÿ
- m-\w- t\Sn-sbSp-°p-Itbm-
A√ Rßfp-sS e£y-sa∂v- BZy-w- Xs∂
]dbs´. "Backsp-ace' Hcp- kz-X{¥Iq-´m-
bv-abm-Wv-. Htckabw- Cw-•o-jn-ep-w- aebm-
fØn-ep-w- kw-km-cn-°p-∂ {]kn-≤o-IcWw-.
Fgp-Øp-Im-c\p-w- hm-b\°m-c\p-w- XΩn-¬
t\cn-´v- kw-hZn-°p-∂ Hcp- thZn-bm-hp-an-Xv-. Hm-
¨sse≥ hm- b \°m- ¿ °v - tªm- K n- e q- s S
"Backsp-ace' hm-bn-°m-\p-≈ Ahkcap-
≠m-Ip-w-.
A®Sn- a m- [ y- a Øn- \ p- w - A£c߃°p- w -
C∂p- w ,- F∂p- w - {]k‡n- b p- w - i‡n- b p- a p-
s≠∂v- R߃ hn-iz-kn-°p-∂p-. \n-߃°p-
\¬Im-≥ Rßfp-sS ssIbn-¬ t{_°n-wK - v- \y-
q-kp-Itfm- FIv-kv-¢q-kn-hp-Itfm- C√.
kz-¥w- "CSw'- AXv- F{XXs∂ sNdp-Xm-
8 Backspace
sW¶n-ep-w- AXp-Is≠Øm-\m-Wv- "backsp-
ace' {ian-°p-I.
hm-bn-°p-I, t{]m-’m-ln-∏n-°p-I. Cu- ]p-
Xn-b ]co-£WØn-¬ ]¶m-fn-bm-hp-I
˛FUn-‰¿

This could very well be a MISS-
ING notice: Girl aged 20. Lazy, witty,
irreverent. Last seen in a comic strip
in India towards the end of the 20th
century. Variously poses as a cabaret
dancer, armoured tank, etc. Along
with picture, captioned Suki, and ask-
ing : Have you seen this girl?
Well, I haven’t seen her — she went
missing in Bombay the year I was
born, 1986. Much later, I came to
know that she had made a brief ap-
pearance in Delhi in the mid 90’s,
only to disappear again and never
come back.
Through Manjula Padmanabhan’s
Suki collections published over the
last few years (Double Talk and This
is Suki), and more recently, through
an article she wrote in Outlook
magazine’s 15th anniversary edition
(November 2010), I came to learn of
Suki’s fate, and the reasons for her
disappearance. Unlike I had guessed,
however, the girl hadn’t eloped with
the alien who wooed her incessantly
in the comic strips. She had done
something more drastic.
Suki walked out on us, the English-
reading Indian public, because we
never had a engaging conversation
with her. Some of us took ourselves
too seriously and bluntly found Suki
insulting, or we were too caught up
with our ambitious causes and careers
in ‘liberal’-ised India to get the jokes.
Some of us, I guess, laughed (with
Suki, and at her) but just couldn’t be
bothered to write her a little letter of
appreciation or pick an interesting
quarrel with her (of course, she
must’ve found the simplistic and un-
thinking complaints of “boring” and
Finding
Suki
Javed Imthiaz
“pretentious” rather dull).
Imagine her plight: A late-sleeping
20-year old making a regular weekly
appearances (Bombay’s Sunday Ob-
server, 1982 - 1986; New Delhi’s Pio-
neer, 1992 - 1998), and in the space
of a few panels, exposing the foibles
and follies of a rising middle class
(mostly), shaking our society’s rigidi-
ties, and allowing us to confront un-
comfortable truths with a laugh. This,
without the help of politicians and
other staple buffoons of our cliched
and conventional public expressions
of humour. Her “neurotic obsessions”
and “inconsequential views” were
our own — or shared by many around
us, and she gave them a voice in pub-
lic. But Suki’s Bombay readers pro-
tested, and the nice people of New
Delhi silently cold-shouldered her —
with not a single letter of response
during her six year stint.
Why such responses to this comic
strip? India’s public figures and main-
stream media lack a sense of humour,
notes Mitali Saran (The Caravan, Au-
gust 2010), rightly stressing “the im-
portance of not being earnest.” And
this is true for much of the English-
speaking public as well. Saran’s di-
agnosis of the problem is telling: our
socialisation is still strongly hierar-
chic and we are incapable of looking
at ourselves with a dispassionate eye,
“we react badly to perceived
disrespect...[and] there are penalties,
both threatened and actual, for irrev-
erence” in this image-obsessed soci-
ety.
Humour potently cuts to the unspo-
ken and unspeakable truths in soci-
ety. That we have plenty of cartoons
and speech balloons (be-
ChatSpace
sides passing over what
they’re trying to say), not
considering the effort that
goes into producing them.
And this may sustain the
bp-hXn-c°Ym-Ir-Øp-Ifn-¬ {it≤b\m-b
kRv-Pbp-am-bn- \SØn-b sSen-t^m-¨ A`n-ap-Jw-
idea that comic strips are not
worth responding to, or en-
gaging with.
But at the level of media
production, and considering
? \n-ehn-ep-≈ \m-bI k¶¬∏ßsf
A´n-adn-®p-sIm-≠m-Wv- {Sm-^n-Iv- IS∂p-
hcp-∂Xv.- CsXm-cp- sh√p-hn-fn-bm-bn-cp-∂n-
t√?
t_m-[]q-¿∆am-b {iaw- \SØn-bn-´n-√.
the medium of the comic Xn-c°Y AXv- Bhiy-s∏Sp-∂p-≠m-bn-cp-
strip itself (note that even ∂p-. Hcp-Zn-hkw- \S°p-∂ IY. Hcp-]m-Sv-
our political cartoons are Bfp-Ifp-sS Po-hn-XØn-eq-sS IS∂p-t]m-
on politicians and very little or noth- rarely strips), perhaps the Ip-∂ IY.
ing commenting on other dimensions most important reason may
of society and culture is perhaps be that revealed by Manjula ? cm-tPjv- ]n-≈bp-sS c≠m-asØ Nn-{Xam-
symptomatic of a refusal to engage in her Outlook essay: news- Wn-Xv-. BZy-sØ Nn-{Xw- h≥ ]cm-Pbam-
with, and a denial of, social problems paper editors in India find bn-cp-∂p-. {Sm-^n-°n-t‚Xp-t]m-sesbm-cp-
and cultural crises and conundrums. publishing syndicated west- i‡am-b Xn-c°Y cm-tPjn-s‚ Iøn-¬
ern strips cheaper and more kp-c£n-Xam-sW∂p- tXm-∂m-≥ Im-cWw?
Another reason for the absence of
convenient. It permits them BZy-sØ Nn-{Xw- sIm-≠v- Hcp- kw-hn-
an engaging audience — and this I
think is most true for my generation to “dodge the issue of so- [m-bIs\ hn-[n-sbgp-Xm-≥ ]m-Sn-√. aWn- j≥ B≥{Uq-km-Wv-. Rßfp-sS ASp-
— is that people get the jokes, talk cially relevant humour.” cXv-\Øn-s‚ BZy-sØ Nn-{Xw- "DWcq'- Ø c≠v- s{]m-PIv-Sp-Ifp-w- At±ltØm-
BWv-. B Nn-{Xw- I≠ Bcp-w- At±lw- sSm-∏am-W.v- (ap-ss_ t]m-eo-kv,- Im-kt\m-
about it, perhaps, and leave it at that, In an exceptional move,
Ccp-htcm- tdm-Ptbm- t]m-ep-≈ Hcp- Nn- h). Hcp- kn-\n-abp-sS t_m-Iv-kv- Hm-^o-
because they simply can’t be both- The New Indian Express
{Xw- kw-hn-[m-\w- sNøp-sa∂v- ]dbn-√. cm- kv- hn-Pb]cm-Pb߃ Cu- _‘ßsf
ered to to do more. At one level, they had recently experimented
tPjv- \√ kp-lr-Øm-Wv-. Cu- kn-\n-abp- _m-[n-°m-dn-√.
with featuring indigenous
strips in their weekend sS Xn-c°Y cq-]s∏Sp-Øp-∂Xn-¬ sNdp- ? {Sm-^n-Iv- t{]jI¿ kz-oI- cn-®p- Ign-™p.
supplement. However, in X√m-sØm-cp- ]¶v- cm-tPjn-\p-ap-≠v-. ]s£ CXn-ep-w- an-Is®m-cp- hn-Pbw- {Sm-
January this year, they an- ? c≠p-t]¿ tN¿s∂m-cp- Xn-c°Ysbgp- ^n-Iv- A¿ln-°p-∂p-≠v-. IYbp-w- Im-ºpw-
nounced the folding of the Xp-∂p-. CsXßn-s\bm-Wv- km-≤y-am-Ip- C√m-™n-´p-w- ]e aƒ´n-Ãm-¿, kq-∏¿Ãm-
Manjula Padmanabhan
supplement, and the fate of ∂Xv-? km-[y-XIƒ, ]cn-an-Xn-Iƒ? ¿ Nn-{Xßfp-w- t_m-Ivk - v- Hm-^o-kn-¬ ln-
the cartoonists is not known. ‰m-Ip-∂p-. CsX¥p-sIm-≠-v kw-`hn-°p∂p?
Xn-c°YIƒ cq-]s∏Sp-∂Xv- \n-c¥cam-
Although laudable for cre- c≠v- XcØn-ep-≈ t{]jIcp-≠v.- shdp-
b N¿®Ifn-¬\n-∂m-Wv-. BZy-w- AsXm-
ating such a space itself, the sX kn-\n-a I≠p-t]m-Ip-∂hcp-w- kn-
cp- {Im-^v-‰m-Wv-. ]n-∂o-Sm-Wv- B¿´m-bn- am-
strips have been mostly un- \asb°p-dn-®v- A`n-{]m-bw- tI´tijw-
dp-∂Xv-. c≠p-t]¿ tN¿∂v- Xn-c°Ysbgp-
remarkable, and, I would Xp-∂Xn-¬ km-[y-XIƒ Gsdbp-≠v-. ]cn- kn-\n-a Im-Wm-≥ hcp-∂hcp-w-. BZy-
say, haven’t yet met the stan- an-Xn-Iƒ CXp-hsc A\p-`hs∏´n-´n-√. KWØn--¬ s]´h¿°v- c≠v- aWn-°q-¿
dards Suki set long ago. F‚¿‰bn-≥sa‚m-Wv- Bhiy-w.- Chcm-Wv-
? ]ecp-w- Htc kw-hn-[m-bI\p-th≠n- Xn- `q-cn-]£hp-w-. c≠m-asØ KWØn-¬
This is not to say that c°Ysbgp-Xp-tºm-ƒ \n-ßfp-sS aq-∂v- Nn-
comic strips and cartoons s]´h¿ kn-\n-asb _u-≤n-Iam-bn- tNm-
{Xßfp-w- aq-∂v- hy-Xy-kv-X hy-‡n-Ifm-Wv- Zy-w- sNøp-∂p-. \Ωp-sS t{]jI¿ I≠o-
are meant to be always seri-
do not proceed further and introspect kw-hn-[m-\w- sNbv-XXv-. CXv- F¥p-sIm- j\n-w-Kn-\p- Xøm-dm-Ip-∂p-. c≠v- aWn-°q-
ously engaged with or to de-
after the joke, at another, they wish ≠m-Wv-? ¿ Nn-cn-°Ww,- BtLm-jn-°Ww-. _p-≤n-
mand that they always make
for the pleasure of being entertained AXv- kz-m-`m-hn-Iam-bn- kw-`hn-®n-´p- sIm-≠v- kn-\n-asb tNm-Zy-w- sNøm-≥
profound social-cultural
week after week, but are too compla- ≈Xm-Wv.- Rßfp-sS thhve - ßvØ
- p-am-bn- Ah¿°v- kaban-√; As√¶n-¬ Ah¿
statements. Their sheer joy
cent to contribute anything them- Iq-Sp-X¬ tbm-Pn-®p-\n-¬°p-∂ kw-hn-[m- AXn-\v- Xøm-dm-Ip-∂n-√. {Sm-^n-Iv- Hcp- ]co-
notwithstanding, the disap-
selves — not even a letter of re- bI\p-am-bn- kn-\n-a sNøp-∂p- F∂p-am- £Wam-bn-cp-∂p-. CXv- ]cm-Pbs∏´n-cp-
pearance of a strip like Suki
sponse. The point that culture is col-
8 Backspace
8 Backspace
does make one wonder if {Xw-. AØcØn-¬ Rßfp-am-bn- G‰hpw- s∂¶n-¬ R߃ I¨^y-q-kv-Uv- BIp-
laborative and good fun requires en- ASp-Øp-\n-¬°p-∂ kw-hn-[m-bI≥ tdm- am-bn-cp-∂p-.
there’s something amiss in
gagement to-and-fro is lost on them.
our society, in our reading
The perceived ‘lowliness’ of the
comic strip may be yet another ex-
public. Suki, or at least the
spirit of Suki, would return,
Blogspace
planation for the public apathy. It may if only we’d be more engag-
Aßs\ samss_¬ \º¿ t]m¿´_nen‰n knÃw \nehn¬ h∂p.
be that the public takes for granted ing and yet, dispassionate
C\nsb∂mWmthm aXw, PmXn t]m¿´_nen‰n {]Wb߃ km[yamIp∂Xv?
the little black and white illustrations enough to laugh and be
Muhammed Afzal, samaanamanaskan.blogspot.com
ready to be laughed at.

hn-ip≤ {]WbØn-s‚ ktµihpam-bn- Iq-\≥- F∂ GImw-K \m-SIw- Bbn-cw- thZn-Iƒ- ]n-∂n-Sp∂p....
Iq-\≥- aRv-Ppf≥-
Iq-\\m-bn- Acßn¬- XI¿-Øm-Sp∂ aRv-Ppf≥- \m-SIØn-s‚ km-[y-XIsfbpw-
]cn-an-XnIsfbpw- {]Xo-£Isfbpw-]‰n- kw-km-cn-°p∂p.-
tNm-Zyw-: kvt- ‰Pv- tjm-IfpsSbpw- dn-
bm- e n- ‰ n- tjm- I fpsSbpw- kn- \ n-
abpsSbpsam-s° AXn-{]kcw- \m-
SIØn-\v- thZn-Iƒ- \„s∏Sm≥- Im-
cWam-bn-´pt≠m?-
Cu- hm-Zw- icn-b√,- ]q-c]dºn-epw
]≈n-s]cp∂m-fn-epw- Dd°sam-gn-™v-
a™psIm-≠v- ]m-d∏pdØpw- a‰pw-
Ccp∂v- \m-SIw- Im-Wp∂ Hcp kw-kv-
Im-cw- \ap°v- Ft∂ \„am-bn.- GXv-
IebpsSbpw- hn-PbØn-\pw-- IpSpw-
_t{]£IcpsS km-∂n-[yw- AXym-
hiy-am-Wv.- IpSpw-_tØm-sS FØn-
\m- S Iw Im- W p∂hcpsS FÆw-
\t∂ Ipd™p.- kv-t‰dPv- tjm-bpw-
dn-bm-en-‰n tjm-bpw- kPo-ham-Ipw-
aptº CXv- kw-`hn-®n-´p≠v.- C∂v-
t{]£I¿- dn-bm-en-‰n-tjm-bv-°pw- kv-
t‰Pv- tjm-bv-°pw- Iq-SpX¬- kabw-
Is≠Øp∂p F∂Xv- hm-kv-Xhw.-
tNm-- : Hcp kabØv- \m-SI߃-
km-aq-ln-I A\o-Xn-Isfbpw- km-aq-
ln-I hy-hÿIsfbpsam-s° tNm-
Zyw- sNbv-Xn-cp∂p.- P\Io-b {]iv-
\߃- ssIIm-cyw- sNbv-Xn-cp∂p.-
C∂v- \m-SIw- CXn¬- \n-∂pw- ]n-t∂m-
´v- t]m-bn-´n-t√?-
P\Io-b {]iv-\߃- ssIIm-cyw-
sNøp∂ \m-SI߃- D≠m-Ip∂p≠v.-
{]^jjW¬- \m- S IthZn- I sf
At]£n-®v- AtaNz¿- \m-SIthZn-
Ifn¬- Ct∏m-gpw- CØcw- \mSI߃-
D≠m-Ip∂p≠v.- Xr-»q-cn¬- kam-]n-®
A¥m-cm-jv-{S \m-StIm-’hØn¬-
Ifn- ® an- ° \m- S Ißfpw-
CØcØn¬- P\Io-b {]iv-\ßsf
ssIIm-cyw- sNøp∂hbm-bn-cp∂p.-
]≠pIm-eØv- \m-SIØn-\v- P\߃-
°n-Sbn¬- kzm-[o-\w- sNepØm≥-
Ign-™n-cp∂p.- C∂v- \m-SIØn-\v-
P\߃- ° n- S bn¬- bm- s Xm- c phn- [
kzm-[o-\hpan-√.- Hcp Iem-cq-]w- F∂
co-Xn-bn¬- am-{Xam-Wv- t{]£I¿- AXn-
s\ t\m-°n-°m-Wp∂Xv.-
tNm-: Iq-\\n-te°v- hcmw..- Fßs\
bmWv- Iq-\≥- cq-]s∏Sp∂Xv-?-
Hcp \m-tSm-Sn-IYbn¬- \n-∂m-Wv-
Iq-\≥- cq-]s∏Sp∂Xv.- Pb{]Im-iv- Iq-
fq-cm-Wv- Iq-\s‚ cN\ \n¿-hln-®n-
cn-°p∂Xv.- Ign-™ Ggv- h¿-jam-bn-
Iq-\≥- Acßn¬- kPo-ham-Wv.-
tNm-: Iq-\≥- \¬-Ip∂ ktµiw?-
Iq-\≥- \¬-Ip∂ ktµiw- kv-
t\lamWv.- kv-t\ln-°pI.- D]m-[n-
Ifn√m-Ø kv-t\lØn-s‚,- hn-ip≤
{]WbØn-s‚,- X - ym-KØn-s‚ IYbm-
Wv- Iq-\\p ]dbm-\p≈Xv.-
tNm-: Iq-\≥- Hcp GImw-K\m-SIam-
Wt√m GImw- K \m- S IØn- s ‚
{]k‡n- F¥m-Wv?-
GImw- K \m- S IØn- \ v- Xo¿-
®bmbpw- {]k‡n-bp≠v.- Hcp {Sq-∏v-
\m-SIw- sNøptºmƒ- AXn¬- {]m-
tbm-Kn-Iam-bn- ]e {]iv-\ßfpap≠v.-
Nn-´bm-b dn-tlgv-k¬- \SØWw,-
A`nt\Xm°fpsSbpw- AWn- b d
{]h¿- Ø IcpsSbpw- ]q¿- Æ am- b
klIcWw- Bhiy-am-Wv.- \m-SIw-
AcßsØØn°pI F∂Xv-
{iaIcam- b Hcp Zu- X yamWv . - Nn-
ethdn-b Hcp {]{Io-bbm-WXv.- Iq-
\≥- Hcp GImw-K \m-SIam-bXpsIm-
≠m-Wv- Bbn-cw- thZn-Iƒ- ]n-∂n-Sm≥-
Ign- ™ Xv . - Xm- c Xtay- \ hfsc
sNehpw- Ipdhm-Wv.-
tNm-: ]pXn-b \m-SI߃- Fs¥¶n-
epw- a\kn-ept≠m?-
Iq-\≥- Bbn-cw- thZn-Iƒ- ]n-∂n-
Sptºmƒ- Xs∂ ]pXpXm-bn- Fs¥¶n-
epw- sNøWsa∂ B{Klw- a\kn-
ep≠v.- t{]£Icpw- AXv- B{Kln-
°p∂p≠v.-H∂p c≠v- kv-{In-]v-‰pIƒ-
N¿-®bn-ep≠v.-
tNm-: \m-SIw,-- sSen-hn-j≥,- kn-\n-a
Cu- aq-∂v- am-[y-aßfn-epw- Xm-¶ƒ-
{]h¿-Øn-®n-´p≠v.- CXn¬- G‰hpw-
kwXr-]vX- n- e`n-®Xv- GXn¬- \n-∂m-Wv.-
\m-SIam-Wv- Iq-SpX¬- Xr-]v-Xn-
\¬-Ip∂Xv.- \m-SIw- kn-\n-atb°mƒ-
t{i„am-bXpsIm-≠√ adn-®v- F\n-°v-
Iq- S pX¬- A\p`hkºØpw-
hg°hpap≈ taJe \m-SIam-Wv.-
kn-\n-abn-epw- sSen-hn-j\n-epw- {]Xy-
£s∏Sm-dps≠¶n-epw- Fs‚ X´Iw-
\m-SIw- Xs∂bm-Wv.- ]q¿-Æamm-bn-]
\m-SIthZn-bn¬- kPo-hambn- Xs∂
D≈ hy-‡n-bm-Wv- Rm≥.-
tNm-: kn-\n-abpam-bn- Xm-cXayw-
sNøptºm-ƒ- \m-SIØn-s‚ km-[y-
8 Backspace
XIfpw- ]cn- a n- X n- I fpsas¥m-
s°bmWv.-
kn-\n-abn-epw- \m-SIØn-epsa√mw-
A`n-\bw- Xs∂bmWv- \S°p∂Xv.-
a\pjjy-hn-Im-c߃- Xs∂bmWv-
{]Xn-^en-°p∂Xv.- kn-\n-atbbpw-
sSen-hn-jt\bpw- At]£n-®v- \m-
SIØn-s‚ G‰hpw- hen-b km-[y-X AXv-
t\cn-´v- t{]£II\pam-bn- kw-hZn-°p∂p.-
t{]£IcpsS {]Xn-IcWw- t\cn-´dn-bm≥- km-
[n- ° p∂p.- \m- S IØn- s ‚ ]cn- a n- X n- I ƒ-
]et∏m-gpw- km-[y-XIƒ- Xs∂bm-Wv.- kn-\n-
a dn-ben-kv-‰n-°mWv- \m-SIaßs\b√.- GXv-
XcØn-ep≈ ]co-£WØn-\pw \n-c¥cw- \m-
SIw- thZn-bm-Ipw.-
tNm-: tIcfØn¬- Acßn-s‚ km-[y-X
F{XtØm-fap≠v.-
s]m-Xpsh tIcfØn¬- Acßn-s‚ km-
[y-XIƒ- Ipdhm-Wv.- Chn-sS Hcp]m-Sv- ]co-
£W߃- \S°p ∂p≠v . - ]t£ am-
[ya߃- CXv- Gs‰Sp°p∂n-√ F∂XmWv-
kXyw.- am-[y-a߃- F∂pw- sk≥-tkj\¬-
hm¿-ØIƒ-°v- ]pdsIbm-Wv.- DZm-lcWØn-
\v- Fs‚ {Km-aØn¬- Hcp B{iaØn¬- lcn-
{]km-Zv- Nu-cky-bpsS ]p√m-¶pg¬- It®cn-
bp≠m-bn-cp∂p.- ]n-t‰Zn-hksØ ]{XØn¬-
tem-°¬- t]Pn-em-Wv- lcn-{]km-Zv- Nu-cky-
ÿm-\w- ]n-Sn-®Xv.- AtX Zn-hkw- IÆq¿-
Su¨-kv-Iz-bdn¬- \r-Øw- sNøp∂ tim-
`\bpsS If¿-Nn-{Xw- H∂mw-t]Pn-epap≠m-bn-
cp∂p.- FÆØn¬- Ipdhm-sW¶n-epw- \m-
SIsØ hfsc Ku-cham-bn- hn-ebn-cpØp∂
Hcp t{]£Ikaq-lw- Chn-sSbp≠v.- A¥m-
cm-jv-{S \m-StIm-’hØn-\v- Kw-`n-c hcth¬-
∏m-Wv- Xr-»q-cn¬- e`n-®Xv.-
tNm-: \√ \m-SI߃- P\ßfn-tes°Øn-
°m≥- F¥m-Wv- sNtø≠Xv- ?-
\ΩpsS \m-´n¬- Xo-b‰¿- F∂m¬- kn-
\n-am-im-e Fs∂m-c¿-∞tabp≈p F∂m¬-
a‰p cm-Py-ßfn¬- Xo-b‰¿- \m-SIim-eIq-Sn-
bmWv.- a‰v- cm-Py-ßfn¬- hsc t]m-tI≠
\ΩpsS Ab¬- kw- ÿ m- \ am- b I¿- Æ m-
SIbn¬- C∂v- ÿn-cw- \m-SIthZn-Ifp≠v.-
k¿-°m-dn-\v- Nn-eXp sNøm-\m-hpw.- A¥m-cm-
jv-{S \m-StIm-’khw- Xn-I®pw- \s√mcp
{iaam-Wv.- F√m- Pn-√Ifn-epw- Bgv-Nbn¬-
Ipd™Xv- c≠v- Zn-hksa¶n-epw- \m-SIw-
sNøm-\p≈ Ahkcap≠m-IWw.- \m-SIw-
shdptX Im-tW≠ H∂m-sW∂ [m-cW
\ap°n- S bn- e p≠v . - AXpamdWw.- Rm≥-
F√mbn-SØpw- ]dbp∂ Hcp Im-cyw- bYm¿-
∞ \m-SIw- hn-e sIm-SpØp Xs∂ Im-WWw.-
AºXv- cq-] sIm-SpØv- Hcp \m-SIw- Im-
Wptºmƒ- Itkcbv° - pw- sshZy-pXn-°psa¶n-
8 Backspace
epw- \¬-Im-\p≈ XpIsb¶n-epw- AXn¬- \n-
∂v- e`n-°pw.-
tNm-: aRv-Ppfs‚ `m-hn- ]cn-]m-Sn-Iƒ- ?-
Kƒ-^v- cm-Py-ßfn¬- ]ebn-SØpw- Iq-\≥-
AhXcn-∏n-°p∂p≠v.- Ahn-sS \m-SIin-¬-
]im-eIƒ- kw-LSn-∏n-®v- ]pXn-b {]Xn-`Isf
hm¿-sØSp°m-\p≈ {iahpw- \SØp∂p≠v.
tIcfw- CStØm-t´m- hetØm-t´m-?
tIcfw- ho-≠p-sam-cp- \n-bak`m-
sXcs™Sp-∏n-\v- Hcp-ßp-Ibm-W.v- CSXv-
˛heXv- ap-∂Wn-Isf am-dn-am-dn- A[n-Im-
cØn-te‰n-b Ncn-{Xam-Wv- tIcfØn-\p-
≈Xv-. C¥y-bn-se G‰hp-w- {]_p-≤cm-
b thm- ´ ¿am- s c∂v - kz- b w- AhIm-
is∏Sp- ∂ aebm- f n- I ƒ CØhW
B¿°m-hp-w- A[n-Im-cw- \¬Ip-I.
Bdp-am-k߃°v- ap-ºp-hsc tIm-
¨{Kkv- h≥ `q-cn-]£tØm-sS A[n-
Im-cØn-tedp-w- F∂ Ahÿbm-Wv-
D≠m-bn-cp-∂Xv-. F∂m-¬ A\p-Iq-e
km-lNcy-߃ th≠hn-[Øn-¬ ap-
XseSp- ° m- ≥ tIm- ¨ {Kkv-
]eL´ßfn-ep-w- ]cm-Pbs∏´p-. ]©m-
bØv-˛]m-¿esa‚ v- sXcs™Sp-∏p-Ifn-
ep-≠m-b A\p-Iq-e Xcw-Kw- \n-e\n-
¿Øm-\m-Ip-sa∂v- tIm-¨{Kkv- {]Xo-
£n-°p-∂p-.
F∂m-¬ sFkv-{Io-w- tIkn-se ]p-
Xn-b shfn-s∏Sp-Øep-Ifp-w- CSaebm-
¿ tIkn-¬ _m-eIr-jv-W]n-≈sb kp-
{]o-w-tIm-SXn- in-£n-®Xp-w- kv-am-¿´v-kn-
‰n- Icm- ¿ H∏n- ´ Xp- w - Ahkm- \ am-
kßfn- ¬ CSXp- a p- ∂ Wn- b p- s S
ssatePv- A¬]w- h¿≤n-∏n-®n-´p-≠v-.
Cu- hn- j b߃ tIm- ¨ {Kkn- \ v -
XethZ\ kr-„n-°p-∂p-≠v-.
ÿm-\m-¿∞n-]´n-I \n-¿Æbhp-w- tIm-
¨{Kkv- Iy-m-ºn-¬ {]iv-\߃ kr-„n-
®n-cp-∂p-. LSII£n-Ifp-am-bn- ko-‰p-
[m-cWbp-≠m-°m-≥ Gsd I„s∏´p-.
A¿lcm-b ]e¿°p-w- ko-‰p-Iƒ \n-
tj[n-°s∏s´∂p-w- s]bv-sa‚ v-ko-‰p-
Iƒ Ds≠∂p-w- tIm-¨{Kkv- Iy-m-ºn-
¬ Xs∂ Bt£]hp-w- AS°w- ]d®n-
ep-Ifp-ap-≠.v- tIm-¨{Kkv- hn-´p- kz-X{¥cm-
bn- a’cn-°p-∂ hn-aX¿°v- CSXp-ap-∂Wn-
]n-¥p-W {]Jy-m] - n-®Xp-w- tIm-¨{Kkn-\v- Xn-
cn-®Sn-bm-hp-w.- ÿm-\m-¿∞n- ]´n-I ]p-dØp-
hcm-≥ sshIn-bXp-aq-ew- {]Nm-cWw- Bcw-
`n-°m-≥ A¬]w- sshIn-sb¶n-ep-w- {]Nm-
cWØn-¬ CSXp-ap-∂Wn-s°m-∏saØm-≥
tIm-¨{Kkn-\p- Ign-™n-´p-≠v.
\m-SIo-bam-b kw-`hhn-Im-k߃s°m-
Sp-hn-¬ ap-Jy-a{¥n- hn-.Fkv-. ANy-p-Xm-
\µ≥ ho-≠p-w- ÿm-\m-¿∞n-bm-bn-. aeºp-
gbn-¬ \n-∂v- At±lw- P\hn-[n- tXSp-w-.
hn-.Fkn-s‚ CtaPv- am-{Xam-Wv- CSXp-ap-
∂Wn-bv-°v- {]Nm-cWØn-¬ ssIap-Xem-
bn-´p-≈Xv.- HSp-hn-¬ C.]n-. Pbcm-P\S°w-
hn-Fkv- CSXp-ap-∂Wn-sb \bn-°p-sa∂v-
{]Jy-m-]n-®p-Ign-™p-. F∂m-¬ A©p-
h¿jw- {]Xn-]£ t\Xm-hm-bn- Xn-fßn-b
ANy-p-Xm-\µs‚ \n-g¬ am-{Xam-Wv- ap-Jy-
a{¥n- b m- b hn- F kn- ¬ Im- W m- \ m- b Xv - .
F¶n- e p- w - hn- F kv - Hcp- hn- I m- c am- b n-
P\ßfn-¬ AebSn-°p-∂p-≠v.- {]Nm-cW
thZn-Ifn-¬ F√m-w- h≥ kz-o-IcWam-Wv-
kJm-hn-\v- e`n-°p-∂Xv-. F¥p-sNøm-w- 140
afießfn-ep-w- a’cn-°m-≥ hn-Fkn-\v-
Ign-bn-√t√m-?
DΩ≥Nm-≠n-°p- ]p-dta ssl°am-‚ n-
s‚ t\cn-´p-≈ \n-¿t±i{]Im-cw- ctaiv-
sN∂n-Øebp-w- sXcs™Sp-∏v- tKm-[bn-
¬ Cdßn-btXm-sS Bcm-Ip-w- ap-Jy-a{¥n-
ÿm-\m-¿∞n-sb∂ Bib°p-g∏w- \n-
e\n-¬°p-∂p-. Ign-™ A©p-sIm-√sØ
CSXp-`cWØn-s\Xn-sc P\߃ hn-[n-
sbgp-Xp-w- F∂p-Xs∂bm-Wv- bp-Un-F^v-
{]Xo-£. am-Wn- {Kq-∏n-¬ ebn-® ]n-.sP.
tPm-k^v- hn-`m-Kw,- tkm-jy-en-Ãv- P\X,
sI. ap-cfo-[cs‚ ]p-\{]thiw- Xp-Sßn-
b LSI߃ X߃°p-w- A\p-Iq-eam-
°m-\m-hp-w- tIm-¨{Kkv- {ian-°p-I.
]©m- b Øv - sXcs™Sp- ∏ n- ¬ Ncn-
{XØn-se G‰hp-w- hen-b ]cm-Pbw- G‰p-
hm-ßn-b CSXp-ap-∂Wn-°v- `cWw- \n-e\n-
¿Øm-≥ Gsd hn-b¿t°≠n-hcp-w-. hn-
Ik\tØ°m-ƒ P\t£a ]≤Xn-Iƒ°v-
Du- ∂ ¬ \¬In- b m- W v - F¬Un- F ^v -
{]IS\ ]{Xn-I ]p-dØn-d°n-bn-cn-°p-∂Xv.
`q-am-^n-bs°Xn-scbp-w- s]¨hm-Wn-
`°m-¿s°Xn-scbp-w- Agn-aXn-°m-¿s°Xn-
scbp-w- t]m-cm-´w- \bn-°p-sa∂v- ]dbp-∂
hn-Fkn-\v- BZy-w- sh´n-\n-ctØ≠n-hcn-I
kz- ¥ w- ]m- ¿ ´n- b n- s e ip- { Zi‡n- I sf
Xs∂bm-hp-w-.
sXcs™Sp-∏p- Im-eØv- adp-I≠w- Nm-
Sp- ∂ Xv - ]p- Ø cn- b √. A¬t^m- ¨ kv -
IÆ¥m-\w- F¬Un-F^n-¬ \n-∂v- _n-
sP]n-bn-te°m-Wv-
Nm- S n- b Xv - . H‰®m-
´Øn-¬ tZio-b \n-
¿∆m- l I kan- X n-
hscsbØn-
IÆ¥m-\w-. Fkv-
.F^v.- sF.bp-sS Xo-
s∏m-cn- t\Xm-hv- kn-‘p-
tPm-bn- bp-Un-F^v- ]m-fbØn-
seØn- . CSXp- a p- ∂ Wn- Xs∂
th≠hn-[Øn-¬ ]cn-KWn-®n-√ F∂v-
]cn-X]n-® kn-‘p-tPm-bn- tIm-¨{Kkn-
s\bp-w- DΩ≥Nm-≠n-tbbp-w- hm-t\m-fw-
Db¿Øn-. sNß∂q-cn-¬ dn-_em-Ip-
sa∂v- `o-jWn- ap-g°n-b tim-`\m- tPm-
¿Pv- Ahkm-\w- ]Øn-Xm-gv-Øn-. ko-‰p-
\n-tj[n-°s∏´ cm-aN{µ≥ am-jv- Iy-m-
adbv - ° p- ap- ≥ ]n- ¬ s]m- ´ n- s ]m- ´ n-
Ic™p-.
{io-\n-hm-k≥ ]dbp-∂Xp-t]m-se
CsXm-s° Chscm-cp- kn-\n-abn-em-Wv-
sNbv-Xn-cp-∂sX¶n-¬ A`n-\bØn-\p-
≈ ]e Ahm- ¿ Up- w - Chsc tXSn-
sbØp-am-bn-cp-∂p-sh∂v- Dd∏v-. tIm-
¨{Kkv- hn-´ Pbm- Um-fn-bp-w- Ão-^≥
tPm-¿Pp- F¬Un-F^v- ]n-¥p-Wtbm-sS
a’cn-°p-w-. Pao-e \o-etem-ln-XZm-kv-
tIm-hfØp-\n-∂p- a’cn-°p-∂ dm-_v-
8 Backspace
8 Backspace
dn- tZhn-bm-hp-w-.
hn-hm-Zßfp-w- {Kq-∏p-hg°p-Ifp-w- Xn-
cn- ® Sn- I fp- w - ad∂v- AWn- I ƒ
sXcs™Sp- ∏ v - XfØn- ¬ DW¿∂p-
{]h¿Øn-®p-. Bcm-Ip-w- tIcfw- `cn-°p-
I? Ncn-{Xw- Bh¿Øn--°p-tam- AtXm-
Xn- c p- Ø s∏Sp- t am- ? Im- Ø n- c n- ° m- w -
P\hn-[n-°m-bn-.