Mm³ AÀKp³. dmw¥q^n ASymklyw Wà H^p N¼Wn]n b\n FXp¯p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mjm\v FWn¡v fpt¶ Atb£n¨n^p¶ Atf^n¡]n DÅ H^p tNmjvhnWv sh`£³ B]n F¶pw b_ªp sf]n k¶Sv. AXp¯ BjvI DÅ knh CâÀkyq NqsX bmhm]m H^p fmh¯nWpÅn AknsX F¯\w.

AXp¯ Bjv¨ Ss¶ sIss¶]n tbm]n Mm³ knhm CâÀkyq Aä³Zv sI]vSp. CâÀkyq sI]vS fUm½¡v Fs¶ Cãsb«Sv tbms` , FWn¡v sbs«¶v Ss¶ knh AXn¨p N¿n S¶p. At§m«v tbmNmWpÅ huN^yw AkÀ sI]vSp S^pw. Xn¡äv Hs¡ AkÀ A]¨p S¶p. Atf^n¡]n tbmNp¶ Nm^yw Mm³ {c*vhntWmsXms¡ b_ªp. Nq«¯n hpir¯p¡apsX km«hvBbv {Pq¸n`pw C«p.

Np_¨p tW^¯nWp tlgw H^p tbÀh\ sftÊKv. tNmtaKn NqsX bYn¨ {ln] A¿À B\v. bpÅn¡m^n FWn¡v AZvfng³ Nn«n] tNmtaKpÅ Ø`¯p Ss¶]m\s{S Smfhn¡p¶Sv. FWn¡v fWÊn tks_m^p `Íp sbm«n.

{ln] A¿À. bm`¡m«pNm^n {dmÒn¬ tPÄ. Fsâ hzbvW hpµ^n. tNmtaKn bYn¡pt¼mÄ AknXps¯ dyq«n Nzo³ B]n^p¶p AkÄ. AkapsX bp_sN WX¡m¯ H^p B\pw tNmtaKn D*m]n^p¶nÃ. sf`nªp skap¯p hpµ^n]m] AkÄ hnWnfm WXn tkUnN]psX SWn bNÀ¸m]n^p¶p. Hm\¯nsWms¡ tN^a hm^n DXp¯p k¶m Fsâ hmt_.. bns¶ bq¡a¯nsWm¶pw H^p ewPn]pw tSm¶nÃ. FÃm N®pNapw Akan B]n^n¡pw. F§sW]ms\¶_n]nà Akapw MmWpfm]n N« N¼Wn]m]n. AkhmWw FWn¡pw {b\]w tSm¶n.. {b\]fmt\m Nmffmt\m F¶v tImUn¨m FWn¡v l^n¡pw D¯^fnÃ. bs£ FÃmk^psX]pw tbms` Fsâ s{bmt¸mh`pw AkÄ Wn^hn¨p. bs£ M§Ä ko*pw Wà hpir¯p¡am]n SpXÀ¶p. tNmtaKv Njnª DXsW AkapsX N`ym\w D_¸n¨p. H^p b«^v b¿³. Atf^n¡]n Wà tKm`n. AkapsX ko«pNmÀ¡v tks_m¶pw tWm¡mWp*m]n^p¶nÃ. AkÀ Aksa bnXn¨p sN«n¨p. N`ym\¯nWv tbmNm³ FWn¡v hmVn¨nÃ. ASnsâ tUgyw AkÄ¡v Ds*¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n]n^p¶p.

N`ym\¯nWv tlgw BUyfm]m\v {ln]]pfm]n DÅ H^p tNm¬XmÎv. {Pq¸n Hs¡ kÃt¸mjpw H^p hvssf`n CXp¶sSmjn¨m AkapsX knk^§Ä H¶pw A_nªn^p¶nÃ. A§sW {ln]]pfm]n Imäv SpX§n. AkapsX Nm^y§apw FWn¡v tbmtN*p¶ Ø`¯nsâ Nm^y§apw Hs¡ tImUn¨_nªp. H¶v ^*p Unkhs¯ ImänWv tlgw AkÄ Fsâ Smfhw AkapsX ko«n GÀ¸mXm¡mw F¶v b_ªp. Mm³ ASv tk*s¶ms¡ b_ªp tWm¡n. bs£ A_n]m¯ Wm«n b^nI]fpÅk^psX NqsX D*mNp¶Snsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv thcvän Fsâ fWÊn D*m]n^p¶Sv sNm*v Mm³ bqÀ®fm]n FSnÀ¯nÃ. AkapsX eÀ¯mknWv h½SfmNptfm F¶ Nm^y¯n fm{Sfm]n^p¶p FWn¡v Bl¦. AktamXv MmWSv tImUn¡pN]pw sI]vSp. ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n A]mÄ¡v h½Sfms\¶pw b_ªpÅ H^p tkm]nhv sftÊKv AkÄ FWn¡v A]¨p S¶p.

A§sW H^p fmhw Njnªp.. N¼Wn]n sbân§pÅ kÀ¡v SoÀ¡`pw tbmNmWpÅ H^p¡kpfm]n hf]w kas^ sbs«¶v NX¶p tbm]n. Mm³ Atf^n¡]n knfmWw C_§n. AknsX Wn¶v H^p XmN-vhn]pw FXp¯p {ln] S¶ A{ÍÊnt`¡v ]m{S]m]n. AkapsX ko«ns`¯n] Mm³ AknsX Sq¡n]n«n^p¶ sd AXn¨p. AÂb hf]¯nWv tlgw AkapsX eÀ¯mkv k¶p kmSn Sp_¶p. bn_sN k¶n^p¶ {ln] Fs¶ A]mÄ¡v b^nI] sbXp¯nsNmXp¯p. A]mapsX tb^v {lo^mw. H^p A©^]Xn D]^w. Np_¨p SXn¨p Np_¨p k]s_ms¡ ImXn. sfm¯¯n {ln]]pw B]mapw S½n H^p fm¨v CÃ. MmW]mÄ¡v ihvS UmWw sI]vSSnWp tlgw Ak^psX bn_sN ANt¯¡v NX¶p.

Mm³ Fsâ dmPpNÄ FÃmw Smsj k¨v AkapsX koXmsN H¶v Nt®mXn¨p. AkÄ Ft¶mXv C^n¡m³ b_ªSnWv tlgw Im] FXp¡msW¶pw b_ªp ANt¯¡v tbm]n. MmWkapsX eÀ¯mkntWmXv ]m{Sm knk^§sa bän hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. Np_¨p Njnªp {ln] Im]]pw sNm*v k¶p. At¸mjm]n^p¶p Mm³ Aksa {l±n¨Sv. knkmiw Njnªp ^*p kÀgfms]¦n`pw AkÄ¡v Nm^yfm]n H^p fmäkpw CÃm]n^p¶p. AsS hÀ¸ huµ^yw. tk*Xp¯p fm{Sw fpj¨p Wn¡p¶ l^o^QXW . AkÄ H^p shfn {Xm³hv–¹mâv B] hm^n]m]n^p¶p Ipän]n^p¶Sv. Fsâ N®pNÄ Akan Ss¶ DX¡n. AkapsX eÀ¯mkv AknsX D*v F¶pÅ In´ Fsâ S`t¨m_nt`¡v bmªt¸mÄ Mm³ bSns] Fsâ N®pNÄ bn³k`n¨p.

Im] S^m³ tk*n NpWnª {ln]]psX hm^n]psX fp´m\n Smtj¡v ko\p. Fsâ N®pNÄ AkapsX Wn_fm_nt`¡v bmªp. AkapsX bmÂskÅ Wn_¯n`pÅ Nv–aotkKn Fsâ N®pNÄ DX¡n Wn¶p. Fsâ Np«Wn H^p kn_] bmªSv MmW_nªp. AkapsX N¿n Wn¶pw Mm³ Im]¡¸v km§n. AkÄ H^p `Öv–]mÀ¶ In^nt]msX hm^n tWs^]m¡n. FÃmw sh¡³ZpNÄ sNm*v Njnªn^ps¶¦n`pw AkapsX eÀ¯mkv FÃmw {l²n¨n^p¶p Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

M§Ä AÂbtW^w tNmtaKns` Nm^y§sa bän]pw bj] {c*vhnsW Np_n¨psfms¡ hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. Np_¨p Njnª tlgw {ln] FWn¡v Fsâ _qw Nm\n¨p S¶p. ^*p sdZv–_qfpw AXp¯Xp¯m\v. H^p tW^n] Ipf^m\v CX]n`p*m]n^p¶Sv. Ft¶mXv _Ìv FXp¡m³ b_ªSnWv tlgw AkÄ tbm]n.

N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv

Np_¨p Njnªp AkapsX eÀ¯mknsâ lÐw A¸p_s¯ fp_n]n Wn¶pw tN«p…

“”Wnsâ {c*p Wà tdmZn B\tÃm.. N*m H^p tXmkntWm tSmfhv `p¡v Hs¡]p*v. “”

“” l^n]m.. Ak³ tNmtaKn bYn¡pt¼mjpw C§sW Ss¶]m]n^p¶p. Cs¸m fpOs¯ms¡ Np_¨p SXn k¨n«ps*t¶ DÅq. At¶ Wà tdmZn tg¸v B\v. “”

“” As¸m C]mÄ¡v Nps_ tPÄ {c*v–hv Hs¡ D*m]n^p¶n^n¡pw AsÃ. “”

“”bns¶, tNmtaKns` sb¼ntÅ^psX Hs¡ iot_m B]n^p¶p Ak³ . “”

“” bns¶´m A]mÄ s{bmt¸mhv sI]vSn«v Wo tWm F¶v b_ªSv.””

“” As¶Wn¡v k`n] tdmZn DÅ BÄ¡ms^ H¶pw k`n] Sm`vb^yw CÃm]n^p¶p. AStà {lot]«³ Fs¶ Nm\m³ k¶t¸m Mm³ Hmt¡ b_ªSv. “”

AkÄ FÃmw A]mtamXv b_ªn«ps*¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. bns¶ Ak^psX _qfn Wn¶v lÐw H¶pw tN«nÃ. Nps_ Np_pN fm{Sw.

Mm³ bSns] D_¡¯nt`¡v kjpSn ko\p.

^mkns` Fjpt¶ä Mm³ bSns] dmSv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p. sdZv_qfn AämIvZv dm{Sqw CÃm]n^p¶p. Mm³ bSns] bp_¯n_§n tNmf¬ dmSv_qfn N]_n Wà H^p Npan Npan¨p. H^p tSmÀ¯pw Ipän sNm*v Mm³ dmSv_qfnsâ kmSn Sp_¶v bp_t¯¡n_§n. dmSv_qfnsâ]pw NnS¨\nsâ]pw kmSn AXp¯Xp¯m\v. ^*pw NqXn H^p Q tg¸nÂ. Mm³ dmSv–_qfn Wn¶v bp_¯n_§n] AsS hf]fm\v {ln] AXp¡a]n Wn¶pw bp_t¯m«n_Nn]Sv. AkapsX N¿n H^p N¸v Im]]pw D*m]n^p¶p. bp_¯n_§n] M§Ä ^*pw NqXn]nXn¨p.{ln]]psX N¿n Wn¶pw Im]¸m{Sw ko\p. Fsâ CXn sNm* {ln] sshZnt`m«v f`À¶Xn¨p ko\p. Aksa bnXn¡m³ tbm] Mm³ Im]]n Ikn«n Smsj ko\p. sbm«n] N¸nsâ Ngv\w sNm*v Fsâ Nm`v No_n tIm^ k^m³ SpX§n.

Mm³ F§sWt]m Fjpt¶äv Aksa Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. emPy¯nWv AkÄs¡m¶pw bän]n«p*m]n^p¶nà .AkaqsX thm_n]pw b_ªp Mm³ AXp¯pÅ Nth^]n C^p¶p. At¸mtj¡pw AkapsX eÀ¯mkpw AkntXs¡¯n. At¸mjm\v AkÄ Fsâ Nm`n`pÅ fp_nkv {l²n¡p¶Sv. AkÄ HmXn k¶p B fp_nkv tWm¡n. bns¶ ANt¯¡v HmXn cÌv F]vZv Nnäpfm]n k¶p Fsâ fp_nkv sN«n. AkapsX frUpkm] ssNNapsX hvbÀlWw Fsâ Np«sW D\À¯n. tSmÀ¯nWXn]n AkÄ N¼n tbms` Wn¶p. {lo^mfnsâ tWm«w Fsâ Np«Wn bS_n]p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. Akan Wn¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ Fsâ N¼n¡p«sâ f_¡m³ tk*n Mm³ AktamXv Wµn b_ªp bSps¡ Fjpt¶äp . AkÄ Smsj C^p¶v sNm*v f^p¶pNÄ Hs¡ Nnänt`¡v k]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Fjpt¶ä Fsâ tSmÀ¯p fp*p sbs«¶v Ajnªp ko\p. AkÄ fpOfp]À¯n AkapsX fpO¯nWv tWs^ Fsâ N¼n¡p«³ eofmNm^Wm]n Wn` sNm*v. Akan Wn¶pw H^p A¼^¸mÀ¶ lÐw D]À¶p. Mm³ AkapsX eÀ¯mknsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. A]mÄ AknsX N®pw SÅn Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. A]mapsX tWm«kpw Fsâ Np«Wn Ss¶]m]n^p¶p.

{ln] Wm\t¯msX tWm«w fmän. Mm³ bSns] tSmÀ¯v k^n¨pän ^*p tbt^mXpw thm_n b_ªp. AkapsX eÀ¯mkv Ft¶mXv hm^fnà Fs¶ms¡ b_ªp Blzhn¸n¨p. Mm³ {ln]s] tWm¡n AkamsN AknsX Wn¶v kn_¡pN]m]n^p¶p. {lo^mw Aksa tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p Blzhn¸n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ bSns] _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

A¶v ^m{Sn Ak^psX hwhm^¯nWp Mm³ NmtSmÀ¯p. bSns] Ak^psX hwhm^w ^mkns` WX¶ Nm^y¯nt`s¡¯n.

“” {ln]. Wo ^mkns` AÀÖpsâ Np® N*t¸mÄ BsN tgm¡m]n tbm]n«p*mNpftÃ.. “”

“” AsS {lot]«m, MmsWm«pw {bSo£n¡msS]tà ASv N*Sv. F¶m`pw Aksâ hmVW¯nWp F´v k`n¸fm. “”

{lo_mfnWv ASv Cãs¸«nà F¶v tSm¶p¶p.

“”AS{S¡v k`psSm¶pw AÃ {los].. ‘

{ln] tNmtaKn bYn¡pt¼mtj D^pa¡pt¸^n tbms` D¯^w sNmXp¡p¶ hzemkw DÅkam]n^p¶p. B^psX fp¶n`pw Ssâ Aen{bm]w Sp_¶p b_]m³ AkÄ¡v H^p fXn]pw D*m]n^p¶nÃ.

“” H¶v tbm {lot]«m.. ASv CSnsâ ^*n^«nt]maw k`n¸fp*v. “”

AkÄ A]mapsX Np® N¿ns`Xp¯p F¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n.

“” AsSsâ fpO¯nWv sSm«p sSm«nà F¶Sv tbms`]tà Wn¶Sv. ASv sNm*v FWn¡_n]mw. ASnWp H^p 9 C©v Woaw F¦n`pw D*mkpw. CSv A©^ C©tà DÅq. bns¶ ASnWp Wà SXn]pw D*v. “”

A]man Wn¶pw H^p Np_pN D]À¶p. {ln] ko*pw SpXÀ¶p.

“” {lot]«W_nt]m.. tNmtaKn bYn¡pt¼m dm¡n]pÅ sb¼ntÅs^Ãmw AksW Np_n¨v Fs´ms¡ NTNam b_ªn«pÅsS¶v. AkWv l^n¡pw H^p sb®nsW SrbvSnsbXp¯m³ A_n]mw. WnÀ¯msS H^p f\n¡qt_maw AkWp sI¿m³ bäpw tbm`pw. bns¶ Ak³ l^n¡pw tZmfnWâv B\t{S.. {lot]«³ fmN-vhnfw H^p 15 fnWp«v Hs¡]tà bnXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¡m_pÅq. “”

“” Aksâ l^o^kpw Np®]psX k`n¸kpw Nm\pt¼m Cu b_ªsSms¡ l^n]mkmWm\v hmVyS.. “” {lo^mw Ahq]t]msX b_]p¶Sv Mm³ tN«p .

bns¶ AknsX tN«Sv Ak^psX sbm^nª shN-vhnsâ lÐfm\v. MmWpw sfsà H^p km\fXn¨p NnX¶p_§n.

AXp¯ Unkhw lWn]mjvI]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ `mbvtXm¸n Fs´ms¡t]m sI]vSp sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. At¸mjm\v {ln]]psX lÐw tN«Sv.

“” {lot]«m H¶nknsX ks^ k^mtfm. H^p him]w tk\w. “”

“” MmWnknsX Pmt^Kn Nm_nsâ b\n FXpt¯m*n^n¡pN]m.. Wo AÀKpsW knan¡v. “”

“” {lot]«m H¶nknsX ks^ km. H^p fnWnänsâ b\nt] DÅq.. “”

“” thm_n, tfmsa. Fsâ ssN]msN {Pohv bp^*n^n¡pN]m .. Np_¨p tW^w Wn¡v .. AtàAÀKpsW knan¡v “”

“” Hmt¡. {lot]«m.. {lot]«³ A§sW]m b_]p¶sS¦n AÀKpsW knan¡mw. “”

“” AÀKp³ H¶nknsX ks^ k^mtfm. “”

{ln]]psX knantN«p Mm³ `mbvtXm¸pw fmänk¨p bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. AkÄ AkapsX sdZv–_qfn`m]n^p¶p. AknsX AkapsX f\w Wn_ªp Wn¶n^p¶p.

Mm³ ANt¯¡v NX¶p. AknsX Aksa N*p Fsâ N®v SÅn tbm]n. AknsX »uhpw AXnbmkmX]pw fm{Sw A\nªp Wn¡pN]m\v AkÄ..

“” B AÀKp³.. Cu »uhnsâ ipNv H¶n«p S^mtfm.? “”

ASnWp tk*n]m\p AkÄ A]msa knan¨Sv. A]mÄ Sn^¡n`m]Sv Fsâ emPyw.

{ln] B tkg¯n l^n¡pw shN-vhn B]n^p¶p. AkapsX sNmjp¯ CXp¸v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. FWn¡v ASv W¡m³ tSm¶n. AkapsX HSp§n] CXp¸v H^p WpÅnWm]n Nm¯p Wn¡pw tbms`. AkapsX fpjp¯ I´n NpX§Â B AXnbmkmX]n Wn_ªp Wn¶n^p¶p. B D^p* I´n b´pNan H¶v Npj¨p H^p SÃp sNmXp¡m³ Fsâ ssN S^n¨p.

Mm³ bSns] sI¶v AkapsX bp_Nn Wn¶v AkapsX »uhnsâ ip¡v N¿ns`Xp¯p. AkapsX bmÂskÅ Wn_¯n DÅ bp_w Fsâ Np«sW D\À¯n. Aksa¡mÄ D]^fp*m]n^p¶Sv sNm*v AkapsX fp`]nXp¡v FWn¡v l^n¡pw Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. sbs«¶v H^p AW¡w bp_Nn DÅSv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. AknsX D*m]n^p¶ N®mXn]n`pw H^p AW¡w N*p. tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ kmSn`n Wn¡p¶p.

MmW]msa N*n«pw Nm\m¯Sp tbms` WXn¨p. A]mÄ AknsX Hanªp Wn¶v sNm*v M§sa N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡p¶Sv FWn¡v i^w bNÀ¶p. Mm³ {ln]t]mXv ssN Np_¨p sbm¡m³ b_ªp. AkÄ bSns] ssN sbm¡n. AkapsX fp`NÄ Np_¨p NqsX fpjp¯p. Mm³ Aksa bSns] bp_Nnt`¡v k`n¨p. AkapsX »uhnsâ ip¡v CXm³ SpX§n. AkapsX fpjp¯ ftWmi^fm] Np*n Fsâ Np®]n AfÀ¶p. Mm³ bSns] CX¦®n«v N®mXn]nt`¡v tWm¡n.. AknsX Han¨n^p¶v A]mÄ Ssâ Np® SjpNp¶ NmjvI N*p Mm³ DÅn In^n¨p. Mm³ AkapsX ipNv C« tlgw bp_tNm«p fm_n.AkÄ Ft¶mXv Wµn b_ª tlgw sbm]v–s¡mÅm³ b_ªp. Mm³ H¶v NqXn N®mXn]n tWm¡n. {lo^mw H¶pw fn*msS Sn^n¨p WX¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. Mm³ Fsâ _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

M§Ä bp_t¯¡v tbm]n `©v Njn¨p.s_hvt_m_ân FÃmk^psX]pw {l² Akan B]n^p¶p. Mm³ Wà tbms` FWvtKm]v sI]vSp. Sn^n¨p k¶ tlgw Np_¨p b\n DÅSnWm Mm³ tWs^ _qfnt`¡v WX¶p. Wnfng§Ä¡v tlgw A¸p_s¯ sdZv–_qfn Wn¶v lÐw tN«p.. A]mÄ Aksa FWvtKm]v sI¿p¶tSmÀ¯p FWn¡v sI_n] tSmSn Ahq] tSm¶n.

“”Wos]´nWm tfmsa tW^s¯ Fs¶ knan¨Sv?”” {lo_mfnsâ lÐw.

“”AsSsâ »uhnsâ ip¡v CXWm]n^p¶p {lot]«m. {lot]«³ b_ª tbms` Mm³ AÀKpsW knan¨p sI¿n¸n¨p. “”

“” F´m. Ak³ Wns¶ »uhnÃmsS Ns*t¶m “” tNmbt¯msX {lo_mfnsâ lÐw. ASv AenW]fms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

AkapsX In^n]m\v FWn¡v tNÄ¡m³ NjnªSv. “” Fsâ {lot]«m. Ak³ H¶pw N*nÃ. Mm³ »uhpw AXnbmkmX]pw C«p sNm*v Wn¡pkÃm]n^pt¶m. AksWsâ bp_w fm{Stf N*pÅq. Ak³ ipNv C«p S¶v At¸m Ss¶ tbm]n. “”

CsSm¡vsN {lo^mw N*Sm\tÃm F¶v Mm³ HmÀ¯p. Aksa sNm*v b_]n¸n¡pt¼m A]mÄ¡v Ft´m H^p BWµw tbms`.

“” Wo l^n¡pw B tkg¯n shN-vhn]m]n^n¡pw {ln]. AkWmsN N¼n]Xn¨n«p*mNpw. GsSm^p B\nWpw Wns¶ A§sW N*m N¼n]mkmSn^n¡nÃ. “”

“” Ak³ N¼n]m]n^p¶p {lot]«m. “”

“” AsS§sW]m tfmsa Wo]_nªSv. Wo AkWp bp_w Sn^nªp Wn¡pkm]n^p¶tà ?””

“” MmsWm¶pw N*nà {lot]«m.. bs£ ASv k¶p Fsâ I´n]n Af^p¶Sv MmW_nªp. “”

“” As¸m WnWs¡´m tSm¶n]Sv tfmsa?””

“” ASv e]¦^w imÀZv B]n^p¶p {lot]«m. H^p WÃ k®fpÅ C^p¼p N¼n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms`. “”

“” F¶n«v Wo F´v sI]vSp ?””

“” MmsW´v sI¿mWm {lot]«m. MmWSv N*nÃm¶p k¨p . bns¶ bmkw AkWp Nt{*mÄ sI¿m³ bän]n«p*mknÃ. Ak³ Fsâ tfs` ASv k¨fÀ¯ns]m¶pw CÃ. Ak³ F´v Zohâv B\tÃ. “”

AkapsX km¡v tN«v FWn¡v In^n k¶p. H^p sb®nsW eÀ¯mknsâ fp¶n k¨v AÀ² WPvW]m¡n AXp¯v WnÀ¯p¶Sm\v Zohâv….

bns¶ AkÀ tNän AXn¡p¶ lÐfm\v Mm³ tN«Sv.

“” AÀKpsâ Np®s] bän Wnsâ Aen{bm]w F´m tfmsa.. “”

“” AsS´v k`pSm….. Biv …. F´v SXn]m.. Biv ….. GSp sb®nWpw ASv tk\sf¶v tSm¶pw. “”

Ak^psX hwhm^¯nWnX]n A]mapsX AXn¡Wph^n¨p AkÄ Np_pNn sNm*n^p¶p.

“” l^n¡pw? AsSknsX]m tfmsa AkÀ¡v tk*n k^nN. ?””

“” At½ … Biv.. {lot]«m. ASv FÃm timan`pw tk*n k^pw. “”

“” WnWt¡m tfmsa. “”

“” F´m {lot]«m ?””

“” WnW¡ksâ Np® Cãfmt]m?””

“” H¶v tbm {lot]«m.. Mm³ G«sâ sb®m.. G«Wv fm{Stf Fsâ bq_n Nan]v¡m³ bäq.. “”

Ak^psX hwhm^w tN« FWn¡v ko*pw N¼n]m]n. AkÄ¡v l^n¡pw Fs¶ tk\sf¶p*v. Aksâ em^y]ms\¶pÅ Nm^yw f_]m¡n ^£sbXm³ tWm¡pN]m\kÄ.

A¶v sskNpt¶^w B]t¸mtj¡pw {ln] CXp¸v tkUW sNm*v WX¡m³ bäp¶nà F¶v b_ªp. St`¶v MmWpfm]n Nq«n]nXn¨p ko\Snsâ tkUW]m\v. FWn¡v ASv Akapfm]n AXp¡m³ Wà Akh^fm]n tSm¶n. FWn¡v fÊmKv sI¿m³ A_n]msf¶pw tk\sf¦n Mm³ him]n¡mw F¶pw Mm³ Akt^mXv b_ªp. {lo_mfnWv Sm³ {ln]]pfm]n AXp¡p¶Sv Cãfsæn F´v k¶m`pw Ss¶ sNm*v Aksa fÊmKv sI¿n¡nà F¶v FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. bs£ Np_¨p tW^s¯ In´¡p tlgw A]mÄ h½Sw fqan.

M§Ä {ln]]psX]pw {lo_mfnsâ]pw sdZv_qfnt`¡v tbm]n. {ln] hm^n]psX S`¸v fmän. AkÄ Hmt^m {bmklyw sI¿pt¼mjpw AsSs¶ NqXpS Dt¯Kn¸n¨p. Fsâ Np«³ S` sbm¡m³ SpX§n. {lo^mw A]mapsX Np® ssN sNm*v bnXn¨p tWs^]m¡p¶Sp Mm³ {l²n¨p. ASv N*p {ln] H¶v In^n¨p. bns¶ Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v tWm¡n. bns¶ AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨ In^nt]msX sdZn Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p. Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSns] H^p sshZnt`¡v tbm]n Aksa fÊmKv sI¿m³ SpX§n. {lo^mw sdZnsâ ftä sshZn C^p¶p.

Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX ftWmi^fm] A^sN«n sSm«Spw AkÄ H¶v kn_¨p. bns¶ AkÄ H¶v Np_pNn. Mm³ Fsâ ^*p ssNNapw sNm*v AkapsX A^sN«pNÄ bnjnªfÀ¯n .

“” WnWs¡´p làn]mXm. “” {ln] Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v fÊmKv SpXÀ¶p .

“” B Wà hpOw .. “” Mm³ AkapsX A^s¡«n sM¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Np_pNn.

“”{lot]«m.. N*p bYnt¨m .. Ak³ F´v W¶m]m sI¿p¶Sv. “”

AkapsX km¡pNapw Np_pN`pw Fsâ Np«sW D·¯Wm¡n. Fsâ Np«³ AkapsX ssNNapsX sshZn D^hn. {lo^mw CsSms¡ N*p Ssâ Np® SXkn sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

Mm³ bSns] ssN fpNant`¡v sNm*v tbm]n.. “” {lo] .. Wnsâ bp_¯p fhmKv sI¿t\m ?””

{ln] H^p Wnfngw Fs¶ tWm¡n. bns¶ AkapsX Ip*p NXn¨p. “” tk\w AÀKp³. Fsâ »uhv A¬ipNv sI]vSn«v sI¿mtfm?””

Mm³ {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n. “” {lo F´v b_]p¶p. tkt\Â F§sW]m sI¿*Sv F¶v Mm³ b_ªp S^mw. {lo sI]vtSm. “”

{lo^mw bSps¡ C¸p_s¯ sshZnt`¡v k¶p. {ln]]psX »uhnsâ iqNv Du^n .. Mm³ B NmjvI N*p Ip*p NXn¨p knNm^w AfÀ¯n. {lo AkapsX dvauhnsâ]pw {dm]psX]pw ipNv Ajn¨p AkapsX bm kÀ®¯n`pÅ bp_w AWmkrSfm]n. FWn¡v ASv N*p AkapsX bp_w W¡n SpX¡m³ tSm¶n.

Mm³ Fsâ knNm^§Ä Wn]{´n¨p. tlgw {lo_mfntWmXv F§sW]m\p fÊmKv sI¿*sS¶v b_ªp sNmXp¯p sNm*n^p¶p. A]mÄ AkapsX bp_¯p AfÀ¯m³ SpX§n. Np_¨p hf]¯nWv tlgw {ln] {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n. “” {lot]«m, G«³ tkP¯n bYns¨Xp¡p¶p*v. bs£ C¶v AÀKpsW sI¿m³ AWpkUn¡ptfm. FWn¡v fä¶mÄ Zm³hv {bmNväohv DÅSm\v. Cu tkUW fm_n]ntàH¶pw WX¡nÃ. ASv Njnªp G«Wv sI¿t`m. “”

Mm³ bp_t¯¡v k¶ bp©n^n Nãs¸«v AX¡n. {ln] Ssâ eÀ¯mkntWmXv fm_n Wn¡mWpw Ft¶mXv A]mapsX fp¶n k¨v AkapsX bp_w emPw fhmKv sI¿mWpw b_ªSv tN«v {lo H^p b^mKnSsW tbms` tbm]n sdZnsâ At§ Aä¯n^p¶p.

Mm³ ko*pw AkapsX bp_¯p fÊmKv sI¿m³ SpX§n. AkapsX thmcväv h-vNn³ Fsâ ssN bSn¨t¸mÄ Ss¶ AkÄ fp^am³ SpX§n. Mm³ AfÀ¯n AkapsX bp_w fÊmKv sI]vSp. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm*v AkapsX fp`NapsX thmcvävWhv bäp¶Sv tbms` Mm³ fWÊn`m¡n. Fsâ N¼n¡p«³ AkapsX Ipf`n AfÀ¯n k¨p .

AkhmWw Mm³ fhmKv WnÀ¯n Fjpt¶äp. {ln] bSns] S` sbm¡n Ft¶mXv Wµn b_ªp. Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v AknXp¶v bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. AkapsX l^o^w sSm« ssN f\¯p sNm*v Mm³ sdZn NnX¶p.

AkÀ ko*pw shN-vhv sI¿pN]m]n^n¡pw Fs¶Wn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p.

“” ASv I¸n k`n¡v {lot]«m.””

“” WnW¡v fÊmKv Cãs¸t«m tfmsa. “”

“” l^n¡pw W¶m]n^p¶p. AÀKpsâ ssNNÄ¡v F´v làn]m. Fs¶ Ak³ F§sW]m sM^n¨fÀ¯ns] F¶v {lot]«³ Nt*m ? “”

“” Mm³ N*p tfmsa. bs£. Wo FWn¡v bN^w AktWmXv sI¿m³ b_ªt¸m FWn¡v kngffm]n.. “”

“” Hm.. {lot]«m. thm_n.. bs£. Fsâ tkUW tkPw fm_m³ tk*n]n«tÃ.. Wmsa {lot]«³ Ss¶ sI]vtSm.. “”

“” tk* tfmsa.. Mm³ Sfml b_ªSm. F´m sI¿*Sv F¶v AÀKpWv A_n]mw. tkUW fm_p¶Sv ks^ Ak³ Ss¶ sI¿s«. Ak³ sI]vSStà WnW¡v Cãsb«Sv. “”

“” ASv l^n]m.. AkWp WÃ tbms` sI¿mW_n]mw. WÃ làn]pw D*v. “”

“”WnW¡v AksW Wnsâ bp_w Nm\n¡m³ Wm\w tSm¶n]ntà tfmsa. “”

“” Np_¨p. bt£ {lot]«³ Asà Fsâ »uhv A¬ ipNv sI]vSSv. G«³ CknsX CÃm]n^ps¶¦n Mm³ CsSm¶pw sI¿nÃm]n^p¶p. “”

“” FWn¡_n]mw tfmsa. F´m]m`pw Ak³ DÅSv W¶m]n. “”

“” As¸m Wmsa Ak³ fÊmKv sI¿pt¼m G«Wv Npj¸w H¶pw CÃtÃm.. “”

“”CÃ tfmsa .. WnW¡v hpOfmkm³ tk*n]tÃ. “”

“”Sm¦yq {lot]«m .. G«Wm\v Gäkpw sdhv_v “”

bns¶ hwhm^sfm¶pw tN«nÃ. Nan]psX AXn]psX bq^ lÐw fm{Sw.

bntä¶v ^mkns` Ss¶ Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. FWn¡pw {ln]¡pw CX]n`pÅ Ft´m H^p AN¨ CÃmSm]Sv tbms` M§Ä¡v tSm¶n. t{dNvcmhv_v hf]¯p M§Ä b` SfmlNapw b_ªp. t{dNvcmhv_v Njnªn^n¡pt¼m Mm³ bSns] {ln]]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. AktamXv bp_w tkUW F§sW Ds*¶v tImUn¨p sNm*v AkapsX CXp¸n Fsâ ssNNÄ tIÀ¯p .

{ln] BUyw H¶v kn_¨p, bns¶ H¶pw hwekn¡m¯Sv tbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶p. AkapsX eÀ¯mkv {lo^mw M§sa Ss¶ tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ Nm\p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A]msa Mm³ CPvtWmÀ sI]vSp. AkÄ¡nÃm¯ sX³g³ FWns¡´nWm.. Mm³ Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX CXp¸nsâ ^*p emP¯pw tIÀ¯v k¨v bSns] H¶v AfÀ¯n. AknXw Np_¨p NqXn Wo^ps*¶pw H¶v ^*p {bmklyw fÊmKv sIt¿*n k^psf¶pw b_ªp. Mm³ Fsâ ssNNÄ bn³k`n¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX I´nNan SjpNn.

{ln] t{dNvcmÌnsâ b{S§Ä FÃmw FXp¯p ¢o³ sI]vSp k¨p.. AkÄ Sn^n¨p k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ Aksa Ss¶ tWm¡n… fÊmKv sI]vSp S^t\m F¶v tImUn¨p. AkÄ DXsW Ss¶ h½Sn¨p. M§Ä ^*p tb^pw sdZv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p. AkÄ N®v Nm\n¨SWph^n¨p {lo^mfpw M§apsX NqsX k¶p. AkapsX hm^n]psX S`¸v fmän. AkÄ {lo_mfnsâ FSns^ Sn^nªp Wn¶p. A]mÄ H¶pw fn*msS AkapsX »uhpw {dm]pw A¬ipNv sI]vSp. AkÄ NnX¡]n Nfnjv¶v NnX¶p. Mm³ AkapsX CXp¸n ssN k¨v làn]m]n H¶fÀ¯n. Akan Wn¶pw H^p lo`v¡m^w bp_¯p k¶p.

“” Wnsâ ssNNÄ¡v F´v D_¸mXm .. Wà hpOw. “” Mm³ AfÀ¯n SjpNp¶SWph^n¨p {ln] NnX¶p bpaªp.

“” FXm.. Fsâ tgmÄZÀ NqsX H¶v fÊmKv sI]vSp S^ptfm?”” {ln] tImUn¨p. Mm³ H^p In^nt]msX h½Sn¨p. AkapsX N_p¯v Wo* fpXn AkapsX bp_Nn Wn¶pw bSns] FXp¯p fmän. Mm³ sdZnsâ AXp¯v Wn¶Sp sNm*v Fsâ N¼n¡p«³ tdmN-vh_n fpj¨p Wn¶v AkapsX fpO¯p^ªp sNm*n^p¶p. Mm³ ASv A_n]m¯Sp tbms` AkapsX fpOs¯Ãmw D^¨p sNm*n^p¶p. Fsâ Np«³ AkapsX fq¡n`pw Nknan`pw Hs¡ D^hn Akh^w Ip*pNan sI¶v Wn¶v. AkÄ A_n]m¯tbms` Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n Fsâ Np«sâ tfs` Ipwdn¨p. Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX tgmÄZ_n fÊmKv sI¿p¶SnWWph^n¨p Np«³ AkapsX fpO¯pw fÊmKv sI]vSp sNm*n^p¶p. Mm³ CXwN®n«v {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n AkÄ A]mapsX sNm¨p Np«sW bmânsâ fpNan`qsX fÊmKv sI¿pN]m]n^p¶p.

{lo^mw FÃmw FWvtKm]v sI¿p¶ps*¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS sbs«¶v sdZnt`¡v N]_n AkapsX CXp¸nsâ C^p klkpw fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p. Fsâ Np«³ AkapsX fpjp¯ I´n]n AfÀ¶p. AkÄ BsN H¶v kn_¨p. Fsâ ssNNÄ sNm*v AkapsX bp_¯p AfÀ¯n fÊmKv sI]vSp. Mm³ H¶v NqXn {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n A]mÄ M§sa Ss¶ tWm¡n sNm*v A]mapsX Np® SXknsNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ Fsâ Np«sW AkapsX I´n]n k¨fÀ¯n sNm*n^p¶p. AkÄ BsN fp^*p sNm*n^p¶p.

Np_¨p hf]¯nWv tlgw Mm³ fÊmKv WnÀ¯n Smsj]n_§n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSns] Aksa bnXn¨p Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. AkÄ dvauhnsâ fp³emPw {dm]pw tIÀ¯v sWt©mXv AX¡n bnXn¨p sNm*v Fjpt¶äp. MmWkapsX bp_Nn tIÀ¶v Wn¶v Np«sW AkapsX Np*nNan tIÀ¯v k¨p …

AkÄ Ssâ fp`NÄ ssNNÄ sNm*v »uhv Nq«n f_¨p. F¶n«v AkapsX eÀ¯mknsW tWm¡n. AkapsX fpOw FWn¡v N®mXn]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. AkapsX fpO¯v Nmfw Wn_ªn^p¶p. BUyfm]m\v Aksa Mm³ A§sW Nm\p¶Sv. AkÄ sfsà Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n tlgw AknsX Np® SXkn sNm*n^p¶ A]mapsX Np®]nt`¡pw. F¶n«v bSns] AkapsX {dm]pw »uhpw Du^n Smtjm«n«p. H^p s{bm«£³ tbms` Ssâ ssNNÄ fmt_mXp tIÀ¯p k¨v fp`NÄ f_¨p bnXn¨p. BUyfm]n AkÄ Fsâ fp¶n A^¡p fpNan bqÀ® WPvW]m]n Wn¶p. AkÄ Fsâ fp¶n bp_w Sn^nªm\v Wn¶n^p¶sS¦n`pw AkapsX ssNNam f_¨ fp`NÄ FWn¡v N®mXn]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. AkapsX skap¯p SpXp¯ B`n` k]À Fsâ Np«Wn H^p kn_] h½mWn¨p.

Mm³ Aksa Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n. “” {ln]m, Wns¶ tNmtaKn k¨v BUyfm]n B imcv hm^n]n N*t¸m Ss¶ Cu f\n¡pX§sa Nm\m³ Mm³ sNmSn¨n^p¶p. A¶v Wo V^n¨n^p¶ imcv hm^n]psX hpSm^yfm] S`¸v Wnsâ fp`NapsX ewPn FXp¯p Nm«n]n^p¶Sv Ct¸mjpw Mm³ HmÀ¡p¶p. “” AkapsX fpO¯v tWm¡n Mm³ bSns] fp`NÄ f_¨n^p¶ AkapsX ssNNÄ fmän. {ln] N®pNÄ AX¨p Fs¶ AkapsX ssNNÄ fmäm³ AWpkUn¨p. AkapsX bqÀ® WPvWfm] B bmÂskÅ bm¡pX§Ä Fsâ fp¶n AWmkrSfm]n.

“”Hmiv … {ln]. Mm³ h¦`vbn¨n^p¶Sn`pw F{St]m ftWmi^fm\o fp`NÄ.. “” Fsâ ssNNÄ bSns] AkapsX bm¡pX§an bSnªp.

Fsâ ssNNapsX hvbÀlWw Akan H^p BÀ¯ WmUw bp_s¸Xpkn¨p. Mm³ {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n. F¶n«v A]mapsX em^y]psX fp`NÄ A]mapsX fp¶n k¨v fÊmKv sI¿m³ SpX§n.

“” F´v tSm¶p¶p {ln] ?”” Mm³ AktamXv tImUn¨p.

“”WÃ hpOw AÀKp³. Wnsâ b^pb^p¯ làn]pÅ ssNNÄ .. F´v hpOw.. sM^n¨pXs¡Xm Fsâ fp`NÄ.. “”

Mm³ ko*pw Aksa Xohv sI]vSp “” Wnsâ eÀ¯mkv bnXn¡p¶Sn`pw hpOfpt*m?””

{ln] Np_pNn. “” Dw s]hv “”

“”AS]mtamXv b_ {ln]m “”

{ln] H¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n. bns¶ Sn^nªp A]msa]pw AkapsX fpO¯v NpätdmVkpw ss`wPoNmWµkpw tIÀ¶v Wn_ªp Wn¶n^p¶p. “”

“” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hmiv… thm_n {lot]«m . FWn¡nSp SXp¡m³ Njn]nÃ. Fsâ fp` fpjpkWm]n Cksâ H^p ssN¸nXn]n HSp¡n Ck³ sI]v–]p¶Sv– F´v ^hfm.. Cksâ ssNNÄ Fsâ fp`Nsa CSpks^ A_n]m¯ hpOw Nm\n¡p¶p. “”

Mm³ {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n. A]mapsX fpO¯p H^p b^mKnSemkw DXs`Xp¯n^p¶p. Fsâ DÅn H^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p. Fsâ hzbvW hpµ^n Fsâ ssNNan Fsâ hvbÀlW§Ä¡v tk*n sNmSn¨p Wn¡p¶p. AkapsX eÀ¯mkv AkÄ b^nbqÀ® fWtÊmsX Fs¶ AkapsX fp`Nsa BhzUn¡m³ AWpkUn¡p¶Sv N*n«pw H¶pw sI¿msS BhzUn¡p¶p.

sbs«¶v {ln]]psX ssNNÄ Fsâ S`]psX bp_Np kl¯p bSnªp. AkÄ bSns] Fsâ S` bnXn¨p AkapsX fp`Nant`¡v AXp¸n¨p. F¶n«v AkapsX fmwhafm] fp`NÄ WpN^m³ Ft¶mXv sN©n. Mm³ bSns] AkapsX ftWmim^nSfm] fp`sM«pNan NXn¨p. {ln] ko*pw H^p BÀ¯ WmUw bp_s¸Xpkn¨p. AkapsX fp`NÄ e]¦^ sh³hnäokv Bs\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. Mm³ Han N®n«v {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n Ssâ em^y Fsâ S` AkapsX fp`Nan AfÀ¯n k¨n^n¡p¶Spw MmWSv FWvtKm]v sI¿p¶Spw tWm¡n A]mÄ Wn¶p.

“” AÀKp³.. Wà tbms` Du¼Xm.. Biv F´v hpOw .. Nw Hm¬ AÀKp³ “” AkapsX t{bmÕmiWw F¶ns` ^u{U emkw bp_s¯Xp¸n¨p. Mm³ AkapsX fp`Nsa FÃmw f_¶v I¸n k`n¡m³ SpX§n. AkapsX frUp`fm] bmÂskÅ fp`Nan Fsâ bÃpNÄ sNm* bmXpNÄ sSanªp k¶p.

Mm³ AkapsX fp`Nsa b«n\n NnX¶kWv hUy Nn«n]Sv tbms` BÀ¯nt]msX AWpekn¨p. AkÄ Np_pNn sNm*n^p¶p. AkapsX BÀ¯ WmUw B fp_n]n Wn_ªp. Nps_ hf]¯nWv tlgw Fsâ BÀ¯n kaÀ¶p. hUy D*kWv bm]hw NpXn¡mWpÅ BÀ¯n. Mm³ bSns] AkapsX fp`]n Wn¶pw Fsâ S` D]À¯n. F¶n«v {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n. A]mÄ AknsX H^p b^mKnSsW tbms` Mm³ A]mapsX em^ys] hpOn¡p¶Spw tWm¡n Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A]mapsX ssNNÄ A]mapsX Np® SXkn sNm*n^p¶p. Mm³ Hä k`n¡v {ln]]psX hm^n Ajns¨Xp¯p. F¶n«v ASv {lo_mfnsâ tWs^ F_nªp.. “” ASv fX¡n sk¡v “” Mm³ A]mtamXv BÚm hz^¯n b_ªp. {ln]]pw A]mapw Fs¶ A¼^t¸msX tWm¡n. “” b_ªSv tN«nsÃXm ssft^. ?”” Mm³ ko*pw hz^fp]À¯n. A]mÄ sbs«¶v sM«n AkapsX hm^n fX¡n N«n`nsâ H^p sshZn k¨p. Mm³ H^p bp©n^nt]msX AkapsX AXn¸mkmX]psX kÅn Ajn¨p. ASv H^p Sa¸³ tbms` AkapsX Nm`nWv Ipäpw NnX¶p.

“” AsSXp¯p A]mÄ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmXp¡v. “” Mm³ {ln]t]mXv BÚmbn¨p. AkÄ H¶v Np_pNn. F¶n«v B AXn¸mkmX FXp¯v A]mÄ¡v sNmXp¯p. “” CSv NqsX fX¡n sk¡v {lot]«m. “” AkÄ A]mtamXv H^p In^nt]msX b_ªp. A]mÄ H¶pw fn*msS AkapsX N¿n Wn¶pw ASv km§n. AkapsX N®n tWm¡m³ A]mÄ¡v H^p fXn tbms`. Mm³ {ln]s] tWm¡n AkÄ sk_pw H^p bmâohv fm{Sw V^n¨p Fsâ fp¶n Wn¶p.. AkapsX fUK`¯m ASmsN NpSnÀ¯n^p¶p. AkÄ F{Sfm{Sw NmfmSp^]ms\¶v B bmâohv N*m A_n]mw. AkÄ H¶pw fn*msS AkapsX bmâohv Ajn¨p fmän A]mapsX N¿n sNmXp¯p. AkÄ ASv FWvtKm]v sI¿p¶Sv tbms`. F¶n«v FWn¡v tk*n bqÀ® WPvW]m]n Wn¶p.

“” Cu Nm\p¶Sv WnW¡nãs¸t«m AÀKp³? FWn¡_n]mw WnWs¡s¶ tNmtaKn kt¨ Nan¡m³ B{Piw D*m]n^ps¶¶v. “”

“”AsS§sW]m Wo]_ntª. ?””

“” Wnsâ tWm«w N*n«v. Wo Ft¸mjpw Fsâ l^o^w NXn¨p Sn¶mWpÅ B{Piw tbms`]tà tWm¡n sNm*n^p¶Sv. “”

“” hSyw. Wo]m]n^p¶ntà tNmtaKns` Gäkpw shN-vhn]hv_v dn¨v “”

{ln] Fs¶ tWm¡n NojvIp*v f`À¯n H¶v In^n¨p. Mm³ bSns] AkapsX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n AkapsX l^o^ kXnknsâ C^pemP§an`pfm]n ssNNÄ tIÀ¯p. BUyw AkapsX A^s¡«n , bns¶ Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX l^o^fmhN`w Cjªp WX¶p. {ln] Np_pNn sNm*v NnX¶p bnaªp sNm*v Ssâ Np® SXkn sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n. Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX skap¯p SpXp¯p D^p* B k`n] I´nb´pNan h©^n¨p. AkapsX I´n]n Mm³ H¶v BªXn¨p. bn¶oXv Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v tbm]n. AkapsX fUK`¯m NpSnÀ¶ bq_n Nan¡m³ SpX§n.

“” AÀKp³….. Hmiv “” {ln] Np_pNn.. AkapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ tdmN-vh_nsâ tfs` N¼n¡p«Wn bSnªp. .

“” Hmiv.. {lot]«m .. Cksâ Np®]nt`m«v tWm¡nt].. Wn§apsX Np®t]¡mÄ Fs´m^p Woakpw k®kpfm .. FWn¡nSv tk\w {lot]«m .. H^n¡s`¦n`pw CsSWn¡v AWpekn¡\w. “”

ASpw b_ªp sNm*v AkÄ Fsâ tdmN-vhÀ Smtj¡v fmän. Fsâ 10 Ct©maw k`n¸fpÅ Np® Np«³ Nm¯n^p¶ hzmS{´w Nn«n]Sv tbms` bp_t¯¡v ImXn. {ln]]psX fpO¯v Np¯n Wn¶p. {ln] Ssâ fp¶n k¨v fsäm^p bp^pgsâ Np® N¿ns`Xp¡p¶Spw tWm¡n Wn¡p¶ {lo^mfnsW Mm³ bp©n^nt]msX tWm¡n. Mm³ {ln]]psX fpOw bnXn¨p]À¯n {lo_mfnsW tWs^ N®v Nm\n¨p. AkÄ sbs«¶v H^p bp©n^nt]msX Fjpt¶äv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np®]pw SXkn sNm*n^p¶ {lo_mfnsâ AXpt¯¡v WX¶p

. “” CsS´nWm C§sW Nãs¸Xps¶ {lot]«m.. CS§p Du^n¡a”” ASpw b_ªp {ln] A]mapsX tgmÀXvhpw Ds*Àsk]_pw Smtj¡v k`n¨p. F¶n«v Fjpt¶äv A]mapsX Xn gÀ«pw Du^nfmän. F¶n«v Sn^nªp Wn¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p. tlgw AkÄ A]msa]pw k`n¨p Fsâ AXp¯v sNm*v WnÀ¯n. F¶n«v {ln] M§apsX fp¶n fp«v Np¯n]n^p¶p . A]mapsX A©^ C©p Np®]pw Fsâ Np®]pw tWm¡n]m tlgw Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. bns¶ S` NpWn¨p Wn¶p.

“”tWm¡q {lot]«m.. Wn§sa ^*p tb^psX]pw Np®. A¶v Mm³ G«sâSntW¡mÄ k`pSms\¶v b_ªt¸mÄ G«³ F´m b_sª? km Wà k®w Nm\v.. “” ASpw b_ªp AkÄ A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨p Smtj¡v k`n¨p. B]mapw AkapsX NqsX Fsâ fp¶n fp«v Np¯n]n^p¶p. AkapsX ssN ko*pw Fsâ Np®]n bSnªp..

“” tWm¡q {lot]«m CsSs´m^p Nm«n]ms\¶p “” AkÄ A]mapsX ssN FXp¯p Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¸n¨p. “” Cs¸m b_ {lot]«m.. Mm³ b_ªSv hSyftÃ.. CSv Wn§apsX Np®]psX C^«nt]maw CtÃ?””

{lo^mw b^mKnSWm]n S` NpWp¡n FWn¡v A]mtamXv H^p sI_n] hiSmbw tSm¶n.. Mm³ A]mapsX S` Fsâ SpX]n tIÀ¯v k¨v H^p kaÀ¯p Wm]s] SXkp¶Sv tbms` A]mapsX S`]n SXkn.

{ln] A]msa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p. bns¶ Fsâ Np®¡p«sW N¿ns`Xp¯p Np_¨p tW^w fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw Nt¿mXn¨p. bns¶ bSns] AkapsX Wm¡v Wo«n Aä¯p sSanªp k¶ {bo Nw W¡ns]Xp¯p.

“” Hmiv “” {lo] fp^*p. Mm³ N®pNaX¨p AkapsX Wmknsâ hvb^vlWw BhzUn¨v. N®pNÄ AX¨p bnXn¨p. Fsâ ssNNÄ {lo_mfnsâ S`]n SXkn sNm*n^p¶p. {ln] bSns] Fsâ Np® km]ns`Xp¯p.

AÂb hf]¯nWv tlgw {ln] Fsâ Np«sW bSns] bp_t¯s¡Xp¯p. F¶n«v {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n. “” Fsâ {lot]«m.. CsS´p k`pSm.. Wn§sX Np®s]ms¡ F{S Fap¸¯n`m Mm³ km]ns`Xp¡m_v. CSv Fsâ km]n sNmÃp¶ptbm`pfnÃ. “” ASpw b_ªp AkÄ ko*pw Np® km]ns`Xp¯p. {lo_mw S` NpWn¨p S` Fsâ SpXt]mXv tIÀ¯v k¨v sNm*v fp«vNm`n C^p¶p. {ln]]psX km]ns`Xp¸v Wà hpOfm]n^p¶p. AkÄ CSn {bPÛ]ms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. AkÄ AkapsX N®pNÄ AX¨p Fsâ Np® Du¼ns¡m*n^p¶p. Fsâ Np® fpjpkWm]n AkapsX km]n sNmÅp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. AkÄ Nãs¸«v Np®]psX fpt¶m«pw bp_tNm«pw km]v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv I`n¸n¨p tNmXn^p¶p. AkapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ Np«sâ AXnemPw fÊmKv sI]vSp sNm*n^p¶p.

{ln]]psX Npj`q¯p sskekw Fsâ Np«sW BWµ bpaNnSWm¡n. FWn¡v AVnNw bnXn¨p Wn`v¡m³ Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. “” {ln]m , FWn¡v k^m_m]n. “” Mm³ b_ªp. DXsW {ln] Fsâ Np® bp_t¯s¡Xp¯p. Fsâ IqXv lp¢w AkapsX fpO¯pko\p … AknsX Wn¶v H`n¨p AkapsX fp`Nant`¡v ko\p. {lo^mw CsSms¡ tWm¡n sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Fsâ lp¢w sNm*v fpOkpw fp`]pw Wn_ª {ln] H^p tSknXnÈns] tbms` D*m]n^p¶p.

{ln]]psX N®v SÅn.. “” ssUktf.. CsS{S]m CSn Wn¶pw k^p¶Sv?”” AkÄ AkapsX l^o^¯n bän]n^p¶ Np_¨p lp¢w FXp¯p km]n k¨v.. “” Dw.. AÀKp³.. Wnsâ CSnWp Wà tXÌv B\tÃm. Mm³ knIm^n¨p {lot]«sâ tbms` B]n^n¡pw F¶v. C{S tXÌn Bs\¶_nªn^ps¶¦n Mm³ fpjpk³ km]n Ss¶ FXpt¯tW. “” AkÄ ASpw b_ªp AkapsX fp`Nan Wn¶pw A`vbw lp¢w tSm*n FXp¯p. F¶n«v {lo^mfnsâ km]psX tWs^ Wo«n.. “” H¶v tXÌv sI]vSp tWm¡v {lot]«m. F´v ^pIn]m CSnsW¶v ?’

{lo^mw fpOfp]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ A]msa NuSpNt¯msX tWm¡n sNm*n^p¶p. Fs¶ AÛpUs¸Xp¯n sNm*v A]mÄ km]v Sp_¶v Fsâ lp¢w AkapsX kn^`n Wn¶pw W¡n FXp¯p.

“” F§sW]p*v {lot]«m . Wà ^pIn]nsà ?

“”Dw..”” ln^mw S` NpWn¨p sNm*v h½Sn¨p

DXsW {ln] {lo_mfnsW bnXn¨p D½ k¨p. AkapsX Ip*pNan bän]n^p¶ lp¢w A]mapsX Ip*pNant`¡v bNÀ¶p. {lo^mw H¶v kn_¨p. bns¶ bSns] AkapsX IpwdW¯nWp {bSnN^n¡m³ SpX§n. A]mÄ bSns] Wm¡v Wo«n AkapsX fpO¯v Wn¶pw Fsâ lp¢w W¡n FXp¯p. Mm³ ASv tWm¡n Wn¶v. B Nmjv¨ Fsâ Np«sW ko*pw N¼n]Xn¸n¨p.

Mm³ sbs«¶v Aks^ bnXn¨p fmän. “” {ln].. sdZn NnX¡p FWn¡v Wnsâ tXÌv A_n]\w. “”

ASv tN«Spw {ln] N«n`n f`À¶v NnX¶p AkapsX Nm`pNÄ FWn¡v tk*n AN¯n k¨v. Mm³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n Wn¶v AkapsX bq_n H^p D½ sNmXp¯p. S` D]À¯n tWm¡n] Mm³ N*Sv {lo^mfnsâ S` Ssâ fpNant`¡v k`n¨Xp¸n¡p¶ {ln]s] B\v. AkapsX fp`Nan bän]n^p¶ lp¢w A]mÄ Btklt¯msX W¡ns]Xp¯p. Mm³ H^p bp©n^nt]msX Fsâ fpOw AkapsX fUWsbm]vN]nt`¡v AXp¸n¨p. {ln] Np_pNm³ SpX§n. Mm³ AkapsX fUK`¯m NpSnÀ¶ bq_p W¡n SpX¨p. AkÄ A^sN«p sbm¡n Fsâ fpOt¯¡v AXp¸n¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np_¨p tW^w Mm³ B ftWmi^fm] bq_p W¡n Sn¶p. H^p Wn`knant]msX {ln]]psX ^Sn fqÀ¨ hwekn¨p. Mm³ ASv sfm¯w W¡ns]Xp¯p.

{ln] Fjpt¶äv sdZv_qfnsâ Wn`¯p Wm`pNm`n Wn¶p … “” AÀKp³ Wnsâ hmVWw Fsâ DÅnt`¡v tNäv– … ASv Fsâ bq_p sbman¡p¶Sp FWn¡v AWpekn¡\w. “”

Mm³ Aksa tWm¡n.. “” Mm³ tNämw {ln]. bs£ ASv Wnsâ eÀ¯mknsâ bqÀ® h½St¯msX B]n^n¡\w. A]mÄ bqÀ® h½St¯msX Wns¶ FWn¡v S^pkms\¦n fm{Stf MmWnSv sI¿q. h½Sfms\¦n A]mtamXv k¶p Fsâ Np® FXp¯p Wnsâ bqän k¨v S^m³ b_. “” ASpw b_ªp Mm³ AkapsX B sk®Np*n]n BªXn¨p. Fsâ kn^`pNapsX AX]maw ASn sSanªp k¶p..

{lo^mw H^p sM«t`msX Fs¶ tWm¡n.. Mm³ H^p Nqh`pw CÃmsS AkapsX bp_Nn fp«v Np¯n]n^n^p¶p. Fsâ N¼n]m] Np® k¨v AkapsX I´nNan AfÀ¯n.

“” {lot]«m bvaohv… FWn¡Sp tk\w.. tbm]n Ak³ b_ªSv tbms` sI¿v “”

{lo^mw F´v sI¿\sf¶_n]msS AknsX C^p¶p.

“” FsXm St¶mXv tbmNmWtà b_ªSv.. “” NXn fq¯ {ln] A]mtamXv A`_n.

sM«nS^n¨ {lo^mw bSns] Fjpt¶äv FâXp¯p k¶p. Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v N®v sNm*v BwPyw Nm\n¨p. {lo^mw bSns] Fsâ Np® FXp¯p AkapsX bq_nsâ NkmX¯n k¨p. {ln] H¶v Np_pNn. Mm³ {lo_mfnsâ fpO¯v tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p sNm*v bSns] AkapsX bq_nt`¡v Fsâ Np® SÅn.

“” Hm.. {lot]«m. Ck³ l^n¡pw Wà Bj¯n tbmNp¶p*v. Wn§apsX Np® CSpks^ AknsX H¶pw F¯n]n«nÃ. Hmiv tPmZv. “”

Mm³ bSns] Fsâ Np«sW ANt¯m«pw bp_t¯m«pw I`n¸n¨p. Fsâ Np®]pw AkapsX bq_pw S½n H¶v sbm^p¯s¸Xm³. AkhmWw Mm³ Bªp SÅn. {ln]]n Wn¶pw H^p Wn`knan D]^p¶p. Fsâ Np«³ fpjpkWm]pw AkapsX bq_nWN¯m]n.

“” Fsâ {ln]¡p«o.. F´v ssXämXo Wnsâ bq_p… l^n¡pw H^p skÀKn³ bq_p tbms` D*v. “”

“” Aiv.. AÀKp³.. Mm³ {lot]«sâ Npª³ Np® fm{Sftà ASn tN_o«pÅp. Wnsâ BW Np® tN_pt¼m Fs´m^p hpOw. Fsâ bq_p AXn¨p sbmant¡Xm I¡t^ “”

bns¶ MmsWm¶pw tWm¡n]nÃ.. AkapsX bq_n BªXn¨p. AkapsX I´n]n CX¡nsX Wà sbX sbX¨p. AkapsX fp`Nsa sM^n¨pX¨p. H^p NmaNqäsW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms` Mm³ Aksa Bªmªp b®n. {ln] hpOw sNm*v A`_n knan¨p. AkapsX A^sN«p bp_tNm«v SÅn S¶p. Mm³ ko*pw ko*pw BªmªXn¨p. H^p 10 fnWp«nsâ AXn¡v tlgw {ln]]psX ^Sn fqÀ¨ hwekn¨p. Mm³ H¶v tkPS Np_¨p AkapsX ^Sn fqÀ¨ BhzUn¨v. bns¶ ko*pw tkPw Nq«n AXn¨p sNm*n^p¶p. AkÄ¡v fq¶p ^SnfqÀ¨NÄ hwekn¨p. AtSmsXm¸w Fsâ]pw skXnsbm«n. AkapsX bq_p Fsâ IpXpdoKw sNm*v Wn_¨p.

M§Ä S_]nt`¡v ko\p. kn]À¯p Npan¨p. AkapsX bq_n Wn¶pw AkapsX fUK`kpw Fsâ lp¢kpw NqXn bp_t¯s¡mjpNm³ SpX§n. {ln] {lo_mfnsâ tWm¡n. AkapsX bq_nt`¡v kn^ Iq*n. A]mÄ BÀ¯nt]msX AkapsX bq_n Wn¶pw M§apsX hwtemP fn{lnSw W¡n tSmÀ¯n.. Mm³ sI_n] A_t¸msX A]msa tWm¡n.

“” Hmiv.. tPmZv. shN-vhv C{S]pw ^hfpÅ b^nbmXn Bs\¶v FWn¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. “”

“”AS_n]\sf¦n sbÀscNväv tNm¡v tk\w fpt¯..””

“” hSyw.. CSv fpt¶ A_nªn^ps¶¦n tNmtaKn kt¨ Mm³ Wnsâ NqsX NnXt¶sW. “”

“” Ct¸mjpw sskNn]ns«m¶pw Cà I¡s^.. Wfp¡nWn]pw sI¿mftÃm. “” Mm³ AkapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨p.

“” Hmiv Fhv. AÀKp³. WnW¡v Ft¸m tk\sf¦n`pw FknsX k¨v tk*sf¦n`pw Fs¶ FXp¡mw. Mm³ Ft¸mjpw WnW¡v tk*n S¿m_m]n^n¡pw. “”

“” W½Ä CWn]m\v l^n¡pw F³tKm]v sI¿m³ tbmNp¶Sv {ln] “” ASpw b_ªp Mm³ {lo_mfnsW tWm¡n. “” Asà {lo^mw. ?””

A]mÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n sNm*v h½Semk¯n S`]m«n.