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From the Editor’s desk…
From the Editor’s desk…
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kuan{X Z¯, kRvPbv Kp]vX, kp\nX hneyw-kv,
Fw.- ss\äv iyma-f³, saem\n I¶-tImS F¶o t]cp-IÄ
Ata-cn-¡³ apJy[mc Pohn-X¯n NneXp am{Xw,
hnZ-Kv[-·m-cmb tUmIvtSÀkv, F©n-\o-tbÀkv F¶o
{]hÀ¯\ taJ-e-IÄ IqSmsX GXm−v FÃm
{]hÀ¯-\-cwK§fnepw C´y-¡mÀ Ignhv sXfn-bn-¨p
F¶-Xn-\p-Zm-l-cWw IqSn-bmWv Cu t]cp-IÄ. A¼tXm
Adp-]tXm hÀj-§Ä¡p ap³]v am{Xw Ata-cn-¡³
a®n HmSn-¯p-S-§nb Cu Adnhv \½-fn \msfsb
¡pdn¨v IqSp-XÂ {]Xo£ \nd-bv¡p-¶p.
When an Indian professional becomes a ‘Non-Resident
Indian’ in the United States, he soon starts su ering
from a strange disease. The symptoms are a fixture of
restlessness, anxiety, hope and nostalgia. The virus is a
deep inner need to get back home. Like Shakespeare
said, “The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” The
medical world has not coined a word for this malady.
Strange as it is, it could go by a stranger name, the
‘X + 1’syndrome.”
“In other words if ‘X’ is the current year, then the
objective is to return in the ‘X + 1’ year. Since ‘X’ is a
changing variable, the objective is never reached.
Unable to truly melt in the ‘Great Melting Pot,’ chained
to his cultural moorings and haunted by an abject fear
of giving up an accustomed standard of living, the
Non-Resident Indian vacillates and oscillates between
two worlds in a twilight zone. Strangely, this malady
appears to a ect only the Indians – all of our Asian
brethren from Japan, Korea and even Pakistan – seem
immune to it.”
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apI-fn ]dª-Xv.
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Ata-cn-¡-bn F¯p¶ Hcp \à hn`mKw ae-bm-fn-I-fnepw
I−p hcp¶p. NneÀ H¶v c−p hÀj-§Ä¡pÅnÂ
\m«n-tebv¡v Xncn-¨p-t]m-IWw F¶ Nn´m-K-Xn-bnÂ
\n¶v ]pd¯v hcp-¶p. Nne-cmIs« ]¯v hÀjt-am-
A-Xn¡qSp-Xtem FSp-¡pw. hÀj-§Ä \m«n t]mbn
Nne-h-gn¨v Xncn-¨p- t]m-¡n-\mbn Hcp hn^e {iaw
\S¯n XncnsI F¯p-¶-hcpw C¶p−-v.
F´vsIm−mWv \½Ä C´y-¡mÀ¡v am{Xw C{X
t\mÌmÄPnb {`aw? D¯cw efn-X-am-Wv. \½Ä
A`-bmÀYn-I-fmbn h¶-h-tcm, Zpcn-X-¡-S-en \n¶v
{]mW-c-£mÀ°w ]em-b\w sNbvX-htcm AÃ. H¶p-InÂ
C¯ncn km¼-¯nI {]iv\-§tfm IpSpw_ {]mcm-_v[-
§tfm Bbn-cn¡mw \½-fn Nnesc ChnsS F¯n-¨-Xv.
AXp-a-sÃ-¦n sNdp {]mb-¯n temIw I−v A\p-`-h-
Úm\w D−m-¡m-\pÅ A`n-em-j-amhmw CXn GXp
hn`m-K-¯n-em-sW-¦nepw \mSpw hoSpw at\mlmcn-X-tbmsS
a\-Ên kvt\l-am-bpw, kz]v\-ambpw \nd-bp-¶p. aäp
]e- cm-Py-¡mÀ¡pw C\n Hcn-¡Â t]mepw HmÀ¡m³
CjvS-s¸-Sm¯ ZpcnXw \ÂIn-b-Xn-\m-emhmw P·-
\m-«n-tebv¡v XncnsI t]mIWw F¶ ISp¯ hmRvO
D−-m-Im-¯-Xv.
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KmÔm-cn-b-½'' F¶ ]pkvX-I-¯n A\ytZi¯v
Xma-kn-¡p¶ ae-bm-fn-IÄ {]bm-k-s¸«v Pohn-¡p¶
{]hm-kn-I-f-Ã, adn¨v `qhm-kn-I-fmWv F¶v tcJ-s¸-Sp-¯n-b-Xv.
temI-s¯-hnsS Bbmepw P\n¨ a®n-s\bpw Pohn-¡p¶
a®n-s\bpw Hcp t]mse kvt\ln-¡m³ Ign-hpÅ
`qhm-kn-IÄ. C¯-hW tIc-ssfäv ssIImcyw sN¿p¶
hnjbw {][m-\-ambpw Ata-cn-¡-bnse ae-bmfn Pohn-X-am-Wv.
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Unt{Sm-bnäv ae-bm-fn-I-fpsS Nn´-bnÂ'' F¶ teJ-\-¯nÂ
\½psS Unt{Smbnäv ae-bm-fn-IÄ a\kp Xpd-¡p-¶p.
A{]-Xo-£n-X-ambn h¶p tNÀ¶ Ah-k-chpw sNdp-¸-¯nsâ
DÕm-lhpw tNÀ¶-t¸mÄ A[nIw Nn´n-¡msX c−v
AsÃ-¦n aq¶v hÀj-§-fn-tebv¡v Hcp temI ]cy-S\w
F¶ Xocp-am-\m-hp-ambn Ata-cn-¡-bn F¯n-tNÀ¶p
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Ata-cn¡ X¶ Pohn-Xhpw Ah-k-c-§fpw F¶nÂ
IrXmÀYX \nd-bv¡p-¶-Xn-t\m-sSm¸w Xs¶ Fhn-sStbm
Hcp s\m¼cw, sXÃv thZ-\-tbmsSbÃmsX \mSn-s\-
¡p-dn¨v Nn´n-¡m³ Ign-bp-¶nà F¶Xv Xs¶ kXyw.
FÃm-hÀ¡pw \·bpw kvt\lhpw \ndª Hcp
{InkvXpakv IqsS Biw-kn¨p sIm−v Cu tIc-ssfäv
\n§Ä¡mbn kaÀ¸n-¡-s«.
kvt\l-]qÀÆw
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