(Cu NT kas^ {blhvSfm] fsäm^p {Pq¸n Mm³ FjpSn C«Sm\v. CSv N¼n¡T Asöp fm{SfÃ, `kt`lw shN-vhv CSn`nÃ. ASpsNm*v km]n¡p¶kÀ N¼n¡v tk*n km]n¡mSn^n¡m³ Atb£. A`vbw shân sFäw B\v)

C¶v Fsâ N`ym\fm]n^p¶p. Fsâ N`ym\¯nWv FXp¯p b_t]* In` {btSyNSNÄ D*v. ASv Wn§apfm]n b¦p k]v¡p¶p.

Nps_ WmapNam]n FWn¡v tk*n WX¯n] FÃm Bt`mIWNapw AkhmWw A`hn¸n^n]pN]m]n^p¶p. GSm*v bt¯maw Bt`mIWNÄ A§sW WX¡msS tbm]t¸mÄ AÑWpw A½]pw MmWpw G«Wpw kÃm¯ Bl¦]n B] hf]¯m\v tPmtb«sâ Bt`mIW F¯p¶Sv.

AÑWpw A½]v¡pw FWn¡pw G«Wpw Ht^tbms` tdmVn¨, GSv sb¬Np«n N*m`pw Cãs¸«p tbmNp¶{S hpµ^Wm] tPmtb«Wpfm]n Fsâ knkmiw km¡m D_¸n¨t¸mÄ CsS¦n`pw WX¡t\ ssUktf F¶ {bmÀ°W B]n^p¶p M§Ä Wm`ptbÀ¡pw. tPmtb«sW fm{SfÃ, G«sâ AÑsW]pw A½s]]pw AWpK¯ns]]pw FÃmw M§Ä¡v H^pbmXv Cãs¸«p. Wà BÄ¡mÀ; Wà sb^pfmäkpw NpXpwd finf]pw DÅkÀ. tPmtb«sâ Aѳ dmw¥qÀ tbm`ohn B\v tKm`n sI¿p¶Sv. A½ ko«½]m\v. A½ Fs¶ N*]pX³ Ss¶ tfmsa F¶v hvtWit¯msX knan¨v HmXn A^nNns`¯n]n«v C§sW b_ªp,

“”””CWn Fsâ tfmWv tks_ H^p sb®v Nm\m³ tbmNp¶ {blvWtf CÃ. M§Ä¡v Cu S¦¡pX¯nsW¯s¶ fSn..Asà tI«m..” bns¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n C§sW SpXÀ¶p “”””bs£ tfmÄ¡v Fsâ tfmsW Cãs¸s«¦nÂ..”

B km¡pNÄ F¶n Dakm¡n] ht´mgw F{S k`pSm]n^ps¶t¶m? BUyw N* Wnfngw Ss¶ tPmtb«sW Mm³ fWÊn Fsâ eÀ¯mkm]n hzoN^n¨p Njnªn^p¶p. FWn¡v tPmtb«sW]pw tPmtb«Wv Fs¶]pw Cãfm]n F¶_nªtSmsX IÀ¨NÄ knkmi¯nsâ fäp Nm^y§Ä So^pfmWn¡p¶Snt`¡v Wo§n. AkÀ F´m\v {bSo£n¡p¶Sv F¶v Aѳ tImUn¨t¸mÄ tPmtb«sâ Aѳ b_ªSv M§Ä F´v WÂNpt¶m ASpfSn F¶m]n^p¶p. ASpNqXn tN«tSmsX AÑWpw A½]pw G«Wpw kas^ ht´mgn¨p.
Gäkpw AXp¯ fpiqÀ¯¯n knkmiw WX¯m³ ^*p Nq«^pw So^pfmWfm]n.

tPmtb«³ dmwPaq^n H^p sFXn N¼Wn]n F©nWo]À B]n tKm`n tWm¡pN]m\v. Wm«n AkÀ¡v hz´fm]n koXnÃ; kmXN]v¡v B\v Smfhw. knkmiw Wm«n`pÅ GsS¦n`pw sb¬Np«n]pfm]n fSn F¶v tPmtb«sâ AÑWv WnÀdÔw B]n^p¶p. ASnsâ tb^n`m\v AkÀ Wm«ns`¯n H^p koXv kmXN]v¡v FXp¯v N`ym\mt`mIW WX¯n]Sv. AkÀ kÀg§am]n dmwPaq^n B\v. AkÀs¡Ãmw AknsX hz´fm]n koXpNapw cv`mäpNapw Hs¡]p*v.
NqXpSÂ hpir¯p¡apw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dÔp¡apw dmwPaq^n B]SnWm CknsX AkÀ¡v AVnNw tbÀ knkmi¯n hwdÔn¡m³ Nm\nsöpw ASnWm knkmitlgw AknsX GtSm ssckv ÌmÀ tim«`n k`n] H^p _nhbvg³ H^p¡n]n«p*v F¶v tPmtb«sâ Aѳ b_ªp. knkmitlgw Fs¶ AkÀ dmwPaq^nt`¡v sNm*ptbmNpw F¶v tN«t¸mÄ AÑWpw A½]v¡pw ASv kngffm]n.

“”””tfmsa Wm«n¯s¶ FknsXs]¦n`pw knkmiw sI]vSv A]]v¡m³ B]n^p¶p M§Ä¡nãw. CX]v¡nsX Aksa sIs¶m¶p Nm\m³ F¦n`pw bäpftÃm..AkÄ CknsX Wn¶v tbmNp¶Sv M§Ä¡v HmÀ¡m³ NqXn k¿m¯ Nm^yfm\v..tfmanÃm¯ Cu koXv..” A½ Fs¶ tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n knSp¼n]t¸mÄ tPmtb«³ In^n¨p; bns¶ C§sW b_ªp:

“”””A½ kngfn¡*. BjvI]n H^n¡Â MmWpw Ckapw CknsX F¯n]n^n¡pw. FWn¡v A©p Unkhtf tKm`n]pÅq. kos¡³Zn M§Ä ^*mapw Fsâ Nm_n Cs§¯nt¡mamw..” ASv tN«t¸mÄ A½]v¡pw AÑWpw G«Wpw ht´mgfm]n.

A§sW knkmiUnWw AXp¯p. WP^¯ns` H^p k`n] HmZntäm_n]¯n k¨m]n^p¶p knkmiw WX¯m³ So^pfmWn¨n^p¶Sv. ASnWp tk* FÃm H^p¡§apw Aѳ WX¯n. AkÀ hv{SoVWfm]n CãfpÅSv sNmXp¯m fSn F¶v b_sª¦n`pw Aѳ FWn¡v A¼Sv bksâ Be^\§Ä N^pSn k¨n«p*m]n^p¶p. NqXmsS Fsâ tb^n b¯p `£w ^qb dm¦n`pw C«p. tPmtb«Wv tbm¡äv f\n]m]n ^*p `£w ^qb AÑWpw G«Wpw A½]pw NqXn tbm]n knkmi¯t`¶v AkÀ Bklys¸XmsS Ss¶ WÂNn. BËmUSnfnÀ¸n B]n^p¶ Mm³ knkmi fpiqÀ¯w AXp¡m³ Wnfng§Ä F®n Nm¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
C¶v, ASm]Sv knkmiUnWw ^mkns` Mm³ A\nsªm^p§n dÔp¡Ä¡v H¸w knkmi Ø`s¯¯n. WmXX¨v Aѳ N`ym\¯nWv £\w WÂNn]n^p¶SnWm HmZntäm_n]w Wn_s] BapNÄ D*m]n^p¶p.

fpiqÀ¯w AXp¡m_m]t¸mÄ tPmtb«Wpw NpXpwdkpw Ak^psX dÔp¡apw F¯nt¨À¶p. k^sW BW]n¨v fÞb¯n C^p¯n] tlgw Fs¶ fÞb¯nt`¡v NmÀ½nN³ knan¨p. fpiqÀ¯¯nWv GSmWpw fnWn«pNÄ fp³bv Mm³ tPmtb«sâ AXp¯m]n C^p¶p. Fsâ KoknS¯ns` Gäkpw {bVmWs¸« Nm^yfm\v WX¡m³ tbmNp¶Sv Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ fWhn`p*m] koÀ¸pfp«Â b_ª_n]n¡m³ bäp¶Sm]n^p¶nÃ. Wm\n¨v, Mm³ CXwN®n«v tPmtb«sW H¶v tWm¡n. Bav k`y sPu^k¯n Fs¶ tWm¡msS C^n¡pN]m\v. NmÀ½nN³ Fs´ms¡t]m sI¿p¶p*v. Fsâ fWhv bs£ AfnSfm]n fnXn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä Njnªm Ct¶ ks^ H¸w Smfhn¨n«nÃm¯ H^mansâ hz´fm]n Mm³ fm_m³ tbmNpN]m\v; dmwPaq^nt`¡v Fsâ KoknSw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_n¨p WXs¸XpN]m\v. Culz^m..Fsâ KoknSw ht´mgw Wn_ªSm]n^n¡t\ F¶v H^p Wnfngw Mm³ N®X¨p {bmÀTn¨p.

H^p diaw tN«m\v Mm³ N®v Sp_¶Sv. fÞb¯nWv tWs^ HmXn k^p¶ H^p sI_p¸¡m^³. BÄ¡q«¯nsâ CX]n A]mapsX fpOw FWn¡v W¶m]n Nm\m³ hmVn¨nÃ. A]msa SX]m³ b`^pw {lfn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p F¦n`pw Aks^ Hs¡ S«nfmän Ak³ HmXn¡nS¨v fÞb¯nWv fp³bns`¯n. AksW AXp¯p N*t¸mÄ, B fpOw Sn^n¨_nª Mm³ sM«n. Ak³ D·mUw bnXn¨ksWt¸ms` NnS¨psNm*v Fsâ tWs^ H^p b^nimh¨n^nt]msX tWm¡n; bns¶ tPmtb«sW]pw.

“”””FXm knZv[n..CkÄ B^m\v F¶v WnW¡_n]mtfm? ipw….Fsâ NmfpNn]m]n^p¶p CkÄ….Fsâ H¸w WX¶v Cãw tbms` hpOw AWpekn¨v sNmSn SoÀ¶n«v Fs¶ Dtb£n¨p tbm]kÄ.. AtSmsX MmWpw Aksa Naªp..Fs¶¡mÄ fp´n]ksW N*t¸mÄ AkÄ Aksâ bn¶ms` tbm]n..Ct¸mÄ ASpw Naªn«v Wns¶ sN«p¶p…hiSmbw Ds*Xm FWn¡v Wnt¶mXv..Mm³ DĸsX Bs^ms¡t]m Dbt]mPn¨v F_nª I*ns] WnW¡v sNt«*n k^p¶SnÂ..bs£ Wo sN«nt¡m…sdÌv D^p¸Xn]m\v Cu tkly…F¦n`pw Wmsa ISn bän F¶v WnW¡v tSm¶^pStÃm….ASpsNm*v Cu knk^w A_nªt¸mÄ HmXn k¶p b_sª¶p fm{Sw..Dw Dw..N`ym\w WX¡s«……”

CXnsk«p¶ lЯn Ak³ A§sW D_s¡ knan¨p b_ªSv tN«p Mm³ fm{SfÃ, hN`^pw
hvSwen¨p tbm]n. Fsâ A½ Wn¶ Wn¸n tdmV^inS]m]n Wn`t¯¡v ko\p. HmZntäm_n]w sfm«phqIn ko\m tNÄ¡mkp¶{S WnlÐfm]n. S`]n C^p«v N]_p¶Sv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. H^p Wnfngw fp³bv ks^ In^n¨pw Nan¨pw hvtWiemk¯n`pw Wn¶n^p¶ fpO§an b^nimhkpw bpÑkpw Wn_]p¶Sv AÔmant¸msX Mm³ N*p. sSmjpssNNtamsX WntgVmemk¯n S`]m«ns¡m*v Mm³ tPmtb«sW tWm¡n. B fpO¯pw sk_p¸v bXÀ¶p bnXn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Mm³ ssUWySt]msX Fsâ AÑsW tWm¡n. AÑsâ fpO¯v Wn^ml]pw tNmbkpw WnÊim]S]pw A`]Xn¡p¶Sv N* Mm³ k`ns]m^p BÄ¡q«¯nsâ WXpkn SoÀ¯pw SWn¨m]ksat¸ms`, H¶v sbm«n¡^]m³ tbm`pw hmVn¡msS, F´v sI¿\w F¶_n]msS bS_n.

“”””CkapsXs]ms¡ SWnWn_w A_n]kp¶kÀ¡tà A_n]q..”

“”””ipw N*m Fs´m^p lo`mkSn…”

“”””CksWt¸ms` tks_ F{S tb^psX NqsX Ckav NnX¶psNmXp¯p Nm\pw F¶v BÀ¡_n]mw..”

Ipän Wn¶pw b^nimh¯nsâ Nq^¼pNÄ Fsâ tWs^ bmªpk^p¶Sv MmW_nªp. Fs´ms¡t]m b_]\w Fs¶Wn¡p*v; bs£ Mm³ SoÀ¯pw UpÀº` B]nt¸m]n^n¡p¶p. FWn¡v..FWn¡nWn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv him]¯nWv ssUkfÃmsS tks_ B^pfnÃ. fsäm^p fmÀ¤kpw CÃmsS N®pNÄ bq«n sSmjpssNNtamsX Mm³ Fsâ hrãmknsW DÅn hvf^n¨p.

“”””Mm³ tbmNp¶p..fpiqÀ¯w sSä*..” B sINp¯msâ lÐw Fsâ NmSn ko*pw fpj§n. Fsâ N®pNÄ Wn_ªv N®oÀ bpj tbms` Smtj¡v HjpNn. Fsâ ssUktf..Fs¶ A§v F´nWm\v C§sW ln£n¡p¶Sv? Mm³ F´v sSäm\v sI]vSSv? DÅp^pNn Mm³ A§sW {bmÀTn¨t¸mÄ H^p PÀÖWw Fsâ NmSn k¶`¨p.

“”””WnÂs¡Xm AknsX”

Fs¶ AVnt£bn¨n«v tbmNm³ SpX§n] AksW tWm¡n tPmtb«sâ AÑWm\v ASv b_ªSv. Ak³ sM«n¯^n¨p Wn¶t¸mÄ At±iw C§sW b_ªp.

“”””Wo tbmN^pSv..Sm`nsN«p Wo Nm\\w…N*nt« Wo tbmNq..”

tPmtb«sâ AÑsâ km¡pNÄ tN«v HmZntäm_n]w bqÀ® WnlÐfm]n. FÃm N®pNapw AknlzhWo]St]msX At±is¯ tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. Fsâ A½ tdmV¯nt`¡v– fX§n k¶pNjnªn^p¶p.

“”””Dw..fpiqÀ¯w So^p¶SnWp fp³bv Sm`nsN«v WX¡s«..tfaw..” AÑsâ lÐw ko*pw D]À¶p.

“”””AÑm..” tPmtb«³ AkÚt]msX Fs¶ tWm¡n]n«v At±is¯ knan¨p. bnj¨kam] Fs¶ S`]n sN«n k]v¡pN]mt\m Fs¶m^p VzWn B knan]n D*m]n^p¶p.

“”””Wo CkapsX Njp¯n Sm`n sN«pw..Ct¸mįs¶..tfaw…..”

Aѳ ^q£fm] emg]n A§sW b_ªt¸mÄ tPmtb«³ AWph^\t]msX S`]m«n; tfaw D]À¶p; Np^kNÄ D]À¶p. N®ot^msX C^p¶ Fsâ Njp¯n tPmtb«sâ Sm`n ko\p. FWn¡v H¶pw Nm\m³ hmVn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. H^p ]{´s¯t¸ms` Ak^v b_ªsSms¡ Mm³ sI]vSp. IX§pNÄ SoÀ¶t¸mÄ tPmtb«sâ Aѳ Fs¶]pw tPmtb«sW]pw H¸w tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n BapNsa tWm¡n. BapNÄ bqÀ® WnlÐ^m]n^p¶p.

“”””CkÄ..CkÄ Fsâ f^pfNaÃ, tfmam\v..Fsâ hz´w fNÄ..”

FWn¡v Fsâ NmSpNsa knlzhn¡m³ Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. H^p b^mKnSsWt¸ms` Fs¶ AVnt£bn¡m³ F¯n]k³ Smsj, sSm«pfp³bn Wn¸p*v. tPmtb«sâ Aѳ AksW tWm¡n C§sW tImUn¨p:

“”””^tflv–..AStÃXm Wnsâ tb^v?”

B tImUyw tN«p Mm³ fm{SfÃ, AkWpw tPmtb«Wpw Fsâ AÑWpw A½]pw tbm`pw sM«n. Nm^\w FWn¡v fm{Stf Aksâ tb^v A_n]pfm]n^p¶pÅq. dmwPaq^n Wn¶pw knkmimkly¯nWp fm{Sw F¯n] tPmtb«sâ Aѳ AksW F§sW fWhn`m¡n F¶v Mm³ AÛpSs¸Xtk At±iw BapNsa tWm¡n.

“”””Ck³ Cu sNm¨nsW Wn§apsX fp³bn k¨v AVnt£bn¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn§saÃmw ASv tN«p. Cksâ `Nv–gyw Cu knkmiw WX¡^pSv F¶Sm]n^p¶p. Mm³ b_]m³ tbmNp¶Sv CkWpw Wn§apw tNÄ¡m³ tk*n]m\v CksW tbmNp¶Sn Wn¶pw Mm³ SXªSv. Fsâ tfmWv dmwPaq^n GsS¦n`pw H^p sb¬Np«ns] Nn«mªn«Ã Mm³ Wm«ns`¯n Bt`mIW WX¯n]Sv. bs£ AknsX hzemklp²n DÅ, CkWv tI^p¶ H^p sb®nsWt¸m`pw Nn«msS k¶Sv sNm*m\v Mm³ Wm«ns`¯n]Sv. Cu sNm¨nsâ Bt`mIW M§Ä D_¸n¡p¶SnWpw fp³tb, Cksa sb®pNm\m³ tbmNp¶SnWpw fp³tb Cksa¸än Mm³ l^n]m]n AtWzgn¨n^p¶p. Wn§an b`À¡pw A_n]nÃm]n^n¡pw, Mm³ tKm`n sI¿p¶Sv dmw¥qÀ tbm`ohn B\v. Cksa¸än Mm³ Sn^¡n]SnÂ, ]msSm^p hzemk Uqgykpw Ckan FWn¡v Ns*¯m³ NjnªnÃ. Nps_ B¬Np«nNÄ Cksa Cãs¸«p bn¶ms` NqXn]n^p¶p F¦n`pw Ak^n H^mtamXv tbm`pw CkÄ AXp¯nÃ. Ak^nÂ, Cksa Gäkpw AVnNw l`yw sI]vSk³ B\v Cu Wn¡p¶k³. Cksâ l`yw hin¡mWmNmsS Cu sNm¨v CknXps¯ tÌgWn ko«pNmÀ tbm`pw A_n]msS CksWSns^ b^mSn WÂNpN]pw hºv C³hvsbÎÀ CksW knan¸n¨v Sm¡oSv WÂNn knXpN]pw sI]vSn«pÅSm\v–. tbm`ohv CXsb«tSmsX Ck³ CkapsX bn¶ms` WX¡p¶Sv WnÀ¯n.”

AÛpSemk¯nÂ, WnlÐw tN«p Wn¡p¶ BapNsa tWm¡n At±iw SpXÀ¶p:

“”””bn¶oXv Ck³ CkapsX knkmi§Ä fpX¡p¶Sn GÀs¸«p. H^p N`ym\kpw WX¡msS k^pt¼mÄ AkhmWw Cksa SWn¡v Nn«pw F¶m]n^p¶p Cksâ N\¡pNq«Â. N©mkpw fUykpw Dbt]mPn¡p¶, b` hv{SoNÄ¡pw bn¶ms` WX¡p¶ Ck³, In` BapNÄ kjn Fs¶]pw Cu knkmi¯n Wn¶pw bn´n^n¸n¡m³ NjnkSv {lfn¨p. bs£ FWn¡v Fsâ kyànb^fm] AtWzg\w B]n^p¶p k`pSv. Ckapw CkapsX ko«pNm^pw At§]äw Wà fWpgy^m\v F¶v kas^ kyàfm]n fWhn`m¡n]Snsâ AXnØmW¯n B\v Cu knkmiw Mm³ D_¸n¨Sv. Fsâ fNWv Ckta¡mÄ WsÃm^p Np«ns] tks_ Nn«nÃ….”

Mm³ N^ªptbm]n B km¡pNÄ¡v fp³bnÂ. Mm³ fm{SfÃ, tN«pWn¶ b`^psX]pw N®pNÄ Wn_ªp Spap¼p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. tPmtb«³ AenfmWt¯msX Fsâ ssN]n C_psN bnXn¨t¸mÄ Fsâ tUiw bq¯p`ªp.

“”””CWn…Bim^w Njn¡p¶SnWp fp³bv, Cu tb bnXn¨ Wm]s] Mm³ Wn§Ä¡v knXp¶p..tf`m CkWn¯^w kr¯ntNXv– BkÀ¯n¡m³ bmXnÃ….”

Aѳ ASv b_ªt¸mÄ AknsX H^p B^kw D*m]n. Ak³ HmXn ^£sbXm³ {lfns¨¦n`pw KW¡q«w AksW kaªp Njnªn^p¶p.

Fsâ AÑWpw A½]pw tPmtb«sâ AÑWpw A½]pw Fs¶ fm_nfm_n tIÀ¯\¨vIpwdW§ÄsNm*vsbmSnªt¸mÄFsâfWhvsSanWo^pWn_ªSXmNwtbms`hzÑfm]nfm_p¶SvMmW_nªp…