N¸`n F³s_ KoknSw k`n] dp²nfp«v CÃmsS tbmkpN]m]n^p¶p. tNmf¬ dm¯v_qfn Npan¡pt¼msjÃmw, F³s_ Ak]kw N*v, b`^pw Nan]m¡pN bSnkm]n^p¶p. FWn¡v Bs^]pw ss`wPnNfm]n SrbvSnsbXp¯m³ Njn]nà F¶pÅ ^oSn]n Ak^psX km¡pNÄ, Fs¶ W¶m]n fp_ns¸Xp¯n. ASv sNm*v Ss¶, fmZw Ak^psX SrbvSn¡m]n Fs¶ Dbt]mPn¡p¶Sn FWn¡v AenfmWw Ss¶ tSm¶n]n^p¶p.

^m{Sn]n b\nNÄ FÃmw Njnªv Mm³ CXkjn]n Nm¯v Wn¡pw. fmZ¯nsâ fp_n]ns` ss`äv sSan]pt¼mÄ, Mm³ At§m«v– sIÃpw. In`t¸mÄ fmZw Fs´¦n`pw N\¡pNÄ FjpSpN B]n^n¡pw. Ft¶mXv BwPyw Nm\n¡pw. Mm³ DX³ Ss¶ Wn`¯v f`À¶p NnX¡pw. ASm\v– fmZ¯nWv Gäkpw CãfpÅ sbmhng³. fmZw hf]w H«pw Na]msS Fsâ Wmkv BhzUn¡m³ SpX§pw. Np_¨v WmÄ sNm*v, Mm³ fmX¯nWv CãfpÅ b` ^oSnNapw bXns¨Xp¯p. BUyw, Wmkv WÃk®w Wo«n, b^¯n t]mWn]psX Smsj fpS N´v– ks^ WÃk®w W¡pw. F¶n«v, Np_¨v d`w sNmXp¯v t]mWn]psX Uzm^¯n N]äpw. bns¶ fmX¯nsâ Dujw B\v. fmZw D]^pN]pw SmjpN]pw sI]vSv Ssâ Cãw WÃk®w BhzUn¡pw. At¸mtj¡pw fmX¯nsâ t]mWn Wn_ªv Nknªv Fsâ Wmkns`¡v HjpNn SpX§n]n«p*mkpw. BUysfms¡ FWn¡v ASv Cãw AÃm]n^p¶p. bs£ fmZ¯nsâ Sm`vb^yw fWÊn`m¡n Mm³ ASv BhzUn¡m³ SpX§n. CSnWp tlgw Mm³ Ip*pw Wmkpw Dbt]mPn¨v N´v WÃk®w k`n¨v NpXn¡m³ {lfn¡pw. At¸mjm\v– fmZw l^n¡pw Fs¶ k`n¨v bnXn¡pN. F¶n«v, tUiw fpjpk³ kn_¨v, SaÀ¶v Np_¨v tW^w NqsX Fs¶ sNm*v W¡n¸n¡pw.

fmX¯nWv ASv tbms` CãfpÅ H¶m\v, bp_Nv– kl¯v Wmkv NX¯p¶Sv. ASnWm]n F{S tW^w C^n¡mWpw H^p fXn]pw CÃ. bs£, At¸mtj¡pw Fsâ Wmkv WÃk®w SaÀ¶n^n¡pw. F¦n`pw Btkmaw Mm³ AtS ky{PS]n Ss¶ sI¿m_p*v. FWn¡v lzmhw Nn«m³ I´n A¸w CX¡v tbm¡p¶Sv Hjn¨mÂ, bns¶ Hä]n^n¸v Ss¶]m\v. Cu hf]¯m\v Hmt^m¶v hwhm^n¡pN bSnkv.

“”{bUobv–, WnW¡v ^um sâ hzmUv Cãfm]n SpX§nt]m.””

H^n¡Â fmZw tImUn¨p. BUyw fWÊn`m]ntæn`pw, fäv HmcohÀfm^pfm]n dÔs¸« tlgw DÅ fmZ¯nsâ hzmUnsW Np_n¨v B\v tImUyw F¶v FWn¡v Duin¡m³ Njnªp.

“” AtS fmZw. FWn¡v UphzmUv B]n H¶pw tSm¶n]nÔ”

“” kas^ WÃSv Np«o. tWm¡v, Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw Hmt^m Njnkp*v. WnW¡v Wnsâ Wmkm\v Gäkpw Pp\w sI¿pN. bns¶ CSn kngfw F´nWv. BUyw Mm³ Wnsâ fpO¯v C^p¶t¸mÄ, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ]pÅn ¢mÀ¡v F¶ Hmcoh^psX Wnt£bw B]n^p¶p. Bav, »m¡v Atf^n¡³ B\v. WnW¡v A_n]ptfm Np«o, AkÀ Wà N^p¯^m\v. ASv sNm*v, Nps_ tW^w shN-vhn GÀs¸XmWpw AkÀ¡v bäpw. AkÀ NqXpS ^um bp_s¸Xpkn¡pN]pw sI¿pw. Wo ASv F§sW FXp¡pw F¶v FWn¡v tbXn tSm¶n]n^p¶p. ASm\v– Mm³ Wnt¶mXv b_]mSn^p¶Sv. WnW¡v Npj¸fnà F¶ A_nkv, FWn¡v e]¦^ Blzmhw B\v. ^*pw BhzUn¡mw BtÃm.””

At¸mtj¡pw Fsâ Wmkv k^*n^p¶p. fmZw Fs¶ Fjpt¶Â¸n¨v, A¸w ssbWm¸nÄ Kyqhv NpXn¡m³ S¶p. F¶n«v ko*pw bp_w Sn^nªp Fsâ fpO¯n^p¶p.

“” Wo Np_s¨ms¡ fXn Nm\n¡p¶p. CSnsW¡mÄ ANt¯¡v Wnsâ Wmkv tbmNpw F¶v FWn¡v A_n]mw. Dw. tkPw BNs«. ¢mÀ¡v Ct¸mÄ Aksâ fp_n]n F¯pw. Wo S`v¡m`w F§pw tbmN*. Mm³ DXsW k^mw. “”

fmZw DXsW Ss¶ tbm]n. Mm³ Hmt^m¶mt`mIn¨v KW`n`qsX NX`nt`¡v tWm¡n Wn¶p. fp_n]nt`¡v k^p¶SnWp fp¼v, Mm³ hz]w temPw sI¿m_p*v. Csæn kÃm¯ dp²nfp«v Ss¶]m\v. H^n¡Â sI¿m³ hf]w Nn«n]nÃ. A¶v sbs«¶v Ss¶ FWn¡v `o¡v B]n. BsN kÃm¯ H^p AkØ. fmZw ASv fWÊn`m¡n Ft¶mXv, tkPw kr¯n]m]n k^m³ b_ªp. bns¶ FWn¡pÅ WnÀtUlw B\v ASv.

C§sW Hmt^m¶v Bt`mIn¨v Wn¶t¸mÄ fmZw Sn^ns¨¯n. sI_n] ss`äv C« tlgw, Ft¶mXv, k^m³ b_ªp.

“” tWm¡v, Fsâ ANw fpjpk³ Wn_ªv C^n¡pN]m\v. M§Ä ^*p {bmklyw sI]vSp. At¸mjm\v–, Mm³ Wns¶ bän AktWmXp b_ªSv. Ak³ Np_¨v NqXpS B]n k^p¶ Nq«¯n B\v F¶v Mm³ b_ªn^p¶tÃm. C¶v bSnkn`pw AVnNw Nm\pw. hf]w FXp¯v sI]v–Sm fSn. bns¶ Ak³ b_ªp. Wmsa fpSÂ, Ak³ Ct§m«v k^msf¶v-. M§Ä dÔ¯n GÀs¸Xpt¼mÄ, WnW¡v M§sa him]n¡m³ bäpw F¶m\v Ak³ b_ªSv. FWn¡v Wo Wmkv sNm*v sI]vSv S^p¶Sv tbms`, AkWpw sI]Sv sNmXp¡\w. bns¶, BUyw Ak³ H¶v D_¨v k^mWpw ASv him]n¡pw. Wo Hs¡ AsÃ.””

“” AtS fmZw. Npj¸fÃ.”” Mm³ bns¶ F´v b_]m³.

fmZw ASv tN«v ht´mgn¨p. Nth^]n C^p¶ tlgw, Nm`pNÄ AN¯n, t]mWn AN¯n bnXn¨p. F¶n«v, ssNkn^ FXp¯v, ANt¯¡v NX¯n, F¶n«v, Fsâ km]nt`¡v sk¨v S¶p. Mm³ ASv kr¯n]m¡n sNmXp¯p. fmZw ASnãfm] ^oSn]n In^n¨v, Fs¶ AXps¯¡v knan¨p. Mm³ WÃk®w W¡n SpX§n. ¢mÀ¡v F¶ Hmcoh^psX H^p hzmUv B\v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv. H^p bmXv tW^w B]n A¶v. F´m]m`pw fmX¯nWv Fs¶ NqXpSÂCãfm]nk^p¶p.NqXmsS,¢mÀ¡vF¶Hcoh^ps_]pwWÃkm¡vNn«n]mÂ,N¸`nÂFWn¡vWÃH^pemknD*vF¶vMm³fWÊn`m¡n.

(SpX^pw)