CSv ks^ km]n¨Sn Wn¶v Wn§Ä FÃmk^pw N^pSpN, Mm³ H^p NjnknÃm¯k³ B\v F¶mkpw. Njnkv F¶Sv, `nwP¯nsâ k`n¸w B\v F¶v N^pSp¶kt^mXv FWn¡v H¶pw b_]mWnÃ. bs£, H^p sb®nsW SrbvSns¸Xp¯pt¼mÄ Nn«p¶ ht´mgw, ASv fWÊn`m¡n]kÀ¡v Fs¶ fWÊn`mkpw. bns¶, Nů^§Ä b_ªn«v FWn¡v H¶pw Nn«mWnÃ. A¶v tdmwsd]n Kokn¨kÀ¡v CsSÃw kas^ WnÊm^w Fs¶ tSm¶q. l^n, Fsâ KoknS¯nt`¡v Sn^nsN k^mw.

fmZw Fs¶ hz´w ss`wPnN SrbvSn¡v Dbt]mPn¡p¶Sv, N¸`n In`s^ms¡ fWÊn`m¡n]n^p¶p. Fsâ Nm^yfmt\m, AtSm ¢mÀ¡v F¶ Hmcoh^pfm]pÅ dÔfmt\m F¶v SoÀ¨]nÃ. F¦n`pw, ASv Nm^\w fmZw F¶n Wn¶v Np_¨v AN¨ Nm\n¨p. H^p fmht¯maw, Fs¶ knan¡pNs] sI]vSn^p¶nÃ. fmZ¯nsâ eÀ¯mkv, fq¶v- N¸`pNÄ B\v fmtWKv sI]vSn^p¶Sv. ASnWmÂ, fmZw F¶pw Hä¡v Ss¶ B]n^p¶p.

H^p Unkhw, Mm³ Pm§v tk]n Wn¡pt¼mÄ fmZw AXpt¯¡v k¶p. B^pw Nm\msS, Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¡pN]pw, FWn¡v H^p sI_n] NX`mhv Ngv\w S^nN]pw sI]vSp. ASnÂ, A¶v sskNo«v sPäv– sk¡Xp¯pÅ SmKv tim«`n k^m³ b_ªn^p¶p.

SmKv tim«Â Mm³ F¶pw Uqs^ Wn¶v tWm¡n Wn¶n^p¶ Ø`fm\v. ASnt`¡v tbmkpN F¶Sv FWn¡v kn_] Ss¶ D*m¡n. bs£, sskNo«v A¯^w AWpek§Ä H¶pw D*m]nÃ. H^p {blWkpw NqXmsS, Mm³ fmZw b_ª fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p.

kas^ ht´mgbqÀÆw B\v fmZw Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ sb^pfm_n]Sv. Mm³ Duin¨Sv l^n B]n^p¶p. fmZ¯nWv hz´w hÂt¸^pw tWm¡\fm]n^p¶p. Np_¨v tW^w, Ft¶mXv Hmt^m¶v b_ªn^p¶ tlgw, fmZw Fjpt¶äp.

“”””Np«o, Mm³ H¶v bp_t¯¡v tbmkpN]m\v. tkPw Sn^n¨v k^pw. k^pt¼mtj¡pw Wo hz]w S¿m_mk\w. fWÊn`m]ntÃ. A`fm^]n Xk`pNÄ D*mkpw. AsSÃmw FXp¯v sdÍn kn^n¨v sk¡\w. ¢mÀ¡v Fsâ NqsX k^pw. Mm³ Wnt¶mXv b_ªn^p¶ntÃ. C¶v WnW¡v H^p bpSn] AWpekw B]n^n¡pw”

“”””fmZw, Mm³ F´v…. F´mkpw sIt¿*Sv.. ¢mÀ¡v hÀ…..”

“””” Wo tbXnt¡*. H¶nWpw A_¸pw sk_p¸pw H¶pw Nm\n¡msS C^p¶m fm{Sw fSn. tNt«m. tWm¡v, shN-vhn A_¸v tSmt¶* H¶pw Ss¶ CÃ. ASv B\m]m`pw sb®m]m`pw. bSnWm_v k]Êv fpS Mm³ shN-vhv sI¿m³ SpX§n]Sm\v. sI¿m¯Sv H¶pfnÃ. bs£ Ct¸mÄ Wm¸Sv Njnªp. ASv sNm*v, Ip*pw Wmkpw Dbt]mPn¨v H^p bp^pgsW hpOn¸n¡m³ FWn¡v CãfÃ. ASnsâ Bklyw CÃ. bs£ ¢mÀ¡v k`n] b^mSn b_]p¶p. Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqsX Ds*¦n B b^mSn]pw SoÀ¡mw.”

“””” bs£ fmZw, MmsWm^n¡`pw H^p…..”

“””” FWn¡_n]mw. bs£ ASn A_¸v tSms¶* Nm^yfnà F¶m\v b_ªSv. ¢mÀ¡v Np_¨v k`n¸fpÅ Ak]kw DÅ Bav`m\v. Wo fpNans` sSm`n A¸w bp_tNm«p k`n¨v, km]nt`¡v sk¡pN. F¶n«v, H^p sFhv{Now Wp\]p¶ tbms` Wp\]pN. At{SÅq.”

“””” At¸mÄ bm`v”

fmZw In^n¨p.

“””” Wo tbXnt¡* Bklyw H¶pfnÃ. Mm³ ¢À¡ntWmXv b_]mw, AkWv Bkpt¼mÄ b_]m³. At¶^w, Wo, ASnsâ Aäw fm{Sw km]v¡N¯v sk¡\w. F¶ms` AkWv bm`v fpjpk³ S^m³ bäq. ASv C_¡m³ fXn¡pN H¶pw tk*. F¶n«v, Np_¨v tW^w NqsX, Wp\]pN. In`t¸m, Ak³ FWn¡N¯v B]n^n¡pw bms`mjn¨v sk¡pN. At¸mÄ bns¶, WnW¡v hfmVmWfm]tÃm.”

Mm³ fWÊn`m] tbms` S`]m«n. F¶m`pw Wà tbXn D*m]n^p¶p. fmZw tbmkp¶SnWv fp¼v, Ft´m HmÀ¯ tbms` Wn¶p. F¶n«v S`]n ssN sk¨v b_ªp.

“””” At¿m, H^p {bVmW Nm^yw f_¶p. Wo sI¶v, Fsâ t_hÀ FXp¯v km”

Mm³ tbm]n t_hÀ FXp¯v sI¶v- fmZ¯nsâ ssN]n sNmXp¯p.

“”””Fsâ ssN]n S^mWÃ. ¢mÀ¡v Ct¸mjpw b^mSn b_]pw. bp_Nn sI¿pt¼mÄ, AkWv H^p Cãt¡Xv tbms`, Fsâ bp_Nn t^mf§Ä kaÀ¶v- Wn¡p¶p*v AsÃ.”

: AtS fmZw. bs£ N«n]pÅ t^mf§Ä H¶pfÃ.’

“””” Wo F´m CSv ks^ A§sW H^p b^mSn b_]msS C^p¶Sv. Wmkv NX¯pt¼mÄ, WnW¡v dp²nfp«v tSm¶m_ntÃ..? ‘

Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. A§sW H^p {blWw D*m]n^p¶p. bs£ fmZ¯nWv Cãfm]nsæn F¶v N^pSn Mm³ b_ªn^p¶nÃ.

fmZw Fs¶ sNm*v, bn¶n Ipäpw DÅ t^mf§Ä kr¯n]m]n kXn¨v Na]n¸n¨p. fp¶nÂ, sI_pSm]n {Xnw sI]vSsS DÅq. AknsX tgkv sI¿¶Sv fmX¯nWv Sos^ CãfÃ.

“””” Dw.. W¶m]n. CWn Wo Wmkv WÃk®w ANt¯¡v NX¯n tWm¡v, Nps_ Nm`w B]ntÃ,”

Mm³ fmZw b_ª tbms` Wmkv bn³ kls¯ Uzm^¯n W¶m]n N]än. F¶n«v ANt¯¡pw bp_t¯¡pw sI]vSv sNm*n^p¶p. shN-vhnWv fpt¶mXn]m]n A§sW sI¿p¶Sv, fmX¯nWv Wà Cãfm]n^p¶p.”

fmZw, e£\w Njn¨v k¶v s_Zn B]n^n¡m³ b_ªp bp_t¯¡v tbm]n. Mm³ Wn`¯v ko\ t^mf§Ä FÃmw kr¯n]m¡n, XÆ Hs¡ kn^n¨ tlgfm\v bp^¯v tbm]Sv. skan]ns` H^p NX]n Wn¶v H^p Kyqhv NpXn¨v, Np_¨v NmjvI Hs¡ N*v Wn¶p. hf]w tbm]Sv A_nªnÃ. Sn^n¨v _qfn F¯n]t¸mÄ, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmZw F¯n]n^p¶p. bmâohv fm{Sw V^n¨v, NnX¡pN B]n^p¶p. ¢mÀ¡v hm_nsW N*nÃ. tImUn¡pt¼mtj¡pw dm¯v _qfns` cv`gnsâ lÐw tN«q.

¢mÀ¡v hÀ bp_¯v k¶p. At¸mjm\v– hm_nsW Mm³ C§sW Nm\p¶Sv. Kn½n Hs¡ tbm]n Wà D_¨ l^o^w B\v At±i¯nWv. Ng*n B\v. fpO¯v tWm¡n]m F´m\v emkw F¶v A_n]pNs] CÃ. A§sW H¶pw Bt^mXpw hwh^n¡m^pw CÃ. bp_¯v k¶t¸mÄ, hÀ H¶pw Ss¶ V^n¨n^p¶nÃ. B{cn¡³ Atf^n¡³ Bs\¦n`pw A{S N_p¯ Wn_w AÃ. “”””NsaÀ«v” F¶ knemPfm\v–. Mm³ Smtjm«v tWm¡n. hm_nsâ Ak]kw Wà k`n¸fp*v–. Mm³ A{S]pw {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. Fsâ sSm* Hs¡ k^ap¶ tbms` tSm¶n. ¢mÀ¡v hÀ Fs¶ AXpt¯¡v knan¨p.

“”””Nw dZo, Nw in]À…”

Mm³ tkPw sI¶v fp«v Np¯n]n^p¶p. F¶n«v N®X¨v km] Sp_¶p. CSv N*v, ¢mÀ¡v hÀ In^n¨p. fmX¯nWpw In^n k¶p. fmZw Fsâ b^n{efw N*v, ¢mÀ¡v hm_nWv AXp¯v k¶n^p¶p.

“””” Np«o, F´nWm\v C{S tbXn¡m³. ¢mÀ¡v, Wo tbXn¸n¨p. AksW.”

“””” {bUobv–, tWm¡v, N®v Sp_¡v”þ ¢mÀ¡v hÀ b_ªp.

Mm³ bSps¡ N®v Sp_¶p. ¢mÀ¡v hÀ N«n`n C^n¡pN B]n^p¶p. H^p ssN sNm*v hÀ, fmZ¯nsâ fp`NÄ Smt`m`n¨v sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. ftä ssN sNm*v, At±iw Fsâ ssN FXp¯v, At±i¯nsâ `nwP¯nsâ fpNan sk¨p.

“””” tWm¡v, bSps¡ fSn. e]¡*. BUyw Wmkv WÃk®w WW¨v, Aäw fm{Sw, W¡n SpkÀ¯pN. F¶n«v bSps¡ ANt¯¡v NX¯n]m fSn. Mm³ Sn^¡v bnXn¡nÃ. Njn]p¶{S sI]v–Sm fSn. Wfp¡v Cu ^m{Sn fpjpkWpw D*v. S¡m`w Wo Np_¨v sI¿vSm fSn. Wnsâ fmZw ASv AN¯v FXp¡m³ Nm¯n^n¡pN]m\v.”

“””” A§sW]à ¢mÀ¡v. {bUobv– H^p C´y³ B\v. AkWv CsSms¡ bpSpf DÅ Nm^yw B\v. WnW¡v BUys¯ Sk\ sbs«¶v- Ss¶ Bkpw F¶v FWn¡_n]mw. H^p Nm^yw sI¿v–. ASv B Np«n]psX km]n Ss¶ Bks«. At¸mÄ bns¶ Wfp¡v Np_¨v NqXpS tW^w Nn«pN]pw sI¿pw.”

¢mÀ¡v hm_nWpw B WnÀt±lw Cãfm]n. fmZw B\v hm_nsâ `nwPw Fsâ km]nt`¡v sk¨v S¶Sv. Mm³ bSps¡ Aäw fm{Sw WÃk®w Wmkp sNm*v WW¨p. F¶n«v bSps¡ km]v¡N¯v N]än. ¢mÀ¡v hm_nWv ASv Cãfm]n F¶v tSm¶n. hmÀ DX³ Ss¶, H^p ssN sNm*v Fsâ S`]n bnXn¨v bSps¡bSps¡ sI¿m³ SpX§n. fmZw CsSms¡ tWm¡n sNm*v C^n¡pN B]n^p¶p.

fmZw ¢mÀ¡v hm_nsâ tSman S«n.

“””” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ¢mÀ¡v, s`äv– inw tWm”

¢mÀ¡v hÀ S` B«n. H^p As©«v fnWnäv Njnªt¸mÄ ¢mÀ¡v hÀ Fsâ km]n Wn¶v bp_t¯¡v FXp¯p.

“””” k^m_m]n. tWm¡v, Np_¨v NqXpSÂ D*mkpw. Nm^\w H^p fmhfm]n Wnsâ fmZw Fs¶…. ‘

hÀ ko*pw Fsâ km]nt`¡v sk¨p. F¶n«v Np_¨v làn]n sI]vSp. A¸w Njnªt¸mÄ, sI¿p¶Sv WnÀ¯n, Mm³ At¸mÄ Ss¶ Aäw fm{Sw km]n sk¨v, Nm¯n^p¶p.

Hm…… ssf……”

¢mÀ¡v hÀ, BsN kn_¨p. Fsâ km]nt`¡v bm Ip^¯n…. H^p bmXv D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ tkPw tkPw C_¡n… F¶n«v, Nps_ tW^w bns¶]pw Wp\ªp.

“”””kmkv…… hq¸À…. ‘

¢mÀ¡v hÀ, Fsâ Nknan S«n. F¶n«v H^p hnP^äv FXp¯v bpN¨p.

fmZw CsSÃw N*v Wà ht´mg¯n C^n¡pN B]n^p¶p. Fs¶ f_t¶m Wo, Fs¶m^p tImUyt¯msX, Fs¶ bnXn¨v N«n`n NnX¯n. F¶n«v Nm`pNÄ AN¯n, Fsâ fpO¯v tIÀ¶n^p¶p.

“””” W¶m]n Np«o, W¶m]n. ¢mÀ¡nWp k`n] b^mSn B]n^p¶p. sb®v sI]vSms` l^n]m¡q F¶m]n^p¶p. bs£, Wo]pw A§sW AsÃ. fol Hs¡ Np^p¡p¶s¯ DÅq… bªn tbms` DÅ tUiw…”

“””” l^n]m i\n, CksW Wfp¡v tk\w”

Mm³ CsSm¶pw {l²n¡msS, fmX¯nsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Wmkp N]än W¡n sNm*v C^n¡pN B]n^p¶p. ^*p {bmklyw fmZw k¶ tlgw, bSps¡ Sn^nªn^p¶p. At¸mjm\v– ¢mÀ¡v hÀ ASv N*Sv.

“””” Hm.. CsSm^p C{¼qkvsfâv B\tÃm… C¸jm hvfq¯v– B]Sv. tWm¡v N*Spw Ck³ BsN Dgm_m]n..”

fmZw In^n¨p.

“””” S`v¡m`w Ak³ sk]näv sI¿s«. Cksâ Wmkv Ft¶mXv sI¿p¶Snsâ bNpSn hpOw tbm`pw AkWv S^m³ bänÃ. AS_n]ptfm.. Np«o, bSps¡ fSn. ¢mÀ¡v AknsX C^n¡s«. Wo WÃk®w ANt¯¡v N]äv. sskNo«v sI]vS tbms`..”

fmZw Np_¨v Njnªt¸mÄ ko*pw H¶v- NqsX B]n. fpO¯v Wn¶v Fjpt¶Â¡p¶¯nWp bN^w, ¢mÀ¡v hm_nsW knan¡pN]m\v– sI]vSSv.

¢mÀ¡v hÀ, bSns] k¶v Fsâ fpO¯nWp fpNan`qsX, Ssâ hmVWw FXp¯v fmZ¯nWN¯v N]än.

“””” Hm ¢mÀ¡v. Wn¡v. A§sW]Ã.”

fmZw bSps¡ Fjpt¶äv Sn^nªn^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ, fmX¯nsâ bp_Np klw Fsâ km]psX AXp¯v B]n. ¢mÀ¡v hm_nWv hpOfm]n fp¶n`qsX N]äpN]pw sI¿mw.

¢mÀ¡v hÀ, hf]w Na]msS, sI¿m³ SpX§n. Mm³ fmZw b_ª tbms` bp_Nnt`¡v Wmkv NX¯nsNm*vNnX¶v.hmVm^\sI¿pWSvtbms`B]n^p¶nÃ.Nps_tW^wB]n¢mÀ¡vhm_nWvk^m³.hm_nWvB]tlgw,fmZwfm_nC^p¶p.Mm³WÃk®wkr¯n]m¡nsNmXp¯p.

A¶vtW^wbp`^pwks^,Wm`v{bmklywM§ÄsI]vSp.¢mÀ¡vhm_nsâhmVWwfpjpkWpwkm]v¡N¯vFXp¡m³Mm³bYn¨p.hm_nWpwk`n]Cãfm]n.bns¶AsSm^pbSnkm]nfm_pNB]n^p¶p.

(SpX^pw)