{bn]s¸« km]W¡ms^, kas^ WmapNÄ¡p tlgw B\v Mm³ k^p¶Sv, ASnWv £f tImUn¡p¶p. NT Cãsb«m Nfân`qsX A_n]n¡m³ f_¡tÃ. FÃmk^v¡pw AZzm³hv Hm\mlwhNÄ!

H^p D_¡w NjnªSm]n^p¶p A¸p. Wà £o\w DÅSv sNm*v H¶pw A_nªnÃ. F\oät¸mÄ hf]w D¨]m]n^p¶p. tW^s¯ k¨ Nªn C^n¸p*v, H^p N^n NqXn BNmw F¶v N^pSn AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbmNpt¼mjm\v bkn{Ssâ sdZv_qfn Wn¶v AfÀ¯nbnXn¨ H^p In^n]pw fqa`pw.

tN«Sv l^n]mt\m F¶v H^p Wnfngw Inµns¨¦n`pw At¸mÄ Ss¶ H^p hv{So]psX Nmf¯m DÅ H^p In^n]pw H^p bp^pgsâ BÀ¯nt]mXv NqXn]pÅ H^p kn¡n] In^n]pw. bSpsN _qfnsâ AXpt¯¡v A¸p tbm]n. lÐfp*m¡msS kmSn`nsâ AknsX Wn¶p.

“”Òvt½miviviv, AMqIvi, D½vfviviviv,CuFiviviim “” tkUWsWm¼^§apw NmfknNm^§apw FÃmw N`À¶ H¨NÄ. H^p hv{So]pw bp^pgWpw _qfnWpÅn NnX¡]n C\ sI^qN]ms\¶v fWhn`m]n. ASn bpSpf]nà B _qfns` NnX¡]n b` bp^pg·m^pw S§apsX H^p Unkhs¯ em^y·m^psX NqsX C\ tIÀ¶n«p*v. Hmt^m C\tI^`n`pw CSv tbm`s¯ F{St]m H¨NÄ AkÄ tN«n«p*v.

F¶m`pw B^m\v AN¯p F¶v In´. bSpsN kmSn`ns` Smt¡m bjpSn`qsX tWm¡n, C^p«v fm{Sw. Bt^m ASv fp³Nq«n N*p AX¨n^n¡p¶p! A¼X kn^pSm, B^m]m`pw tNf³ Ss¶. tfs` kmSn`nsâ AknsX sIkn NqÀ¸n¨p.

“”l^ns]X Mm³ b_ªp S^mw, GsSms¡ Ak·m^m\v Fsâ ANt¯¡v NphrSn H¸n¨sS¶v, fSnt]m!””

ASv fm{Sw tbm^m, s]k·m^psX kn¯m\v Cu D®nNpXk]À koÀ¸n¨sS¶v b_]\w!””

“”At¿ Cu Wm\wsN« sI¡sWsNm*v tSmäp, l^n Mm³ b_ªp S^mw t«m!”” bns¶ ^*p lЧapw In^n¡p¶ H¨ tN«v.

A¸pknWv DX³ Ss¶ fWhn`m]n Bs^ms¡]m\v _qfns` Wm]vNn]Wm]N·ms^¶v. NWNkpw kn¡pkpw. Fât½ Sm³ CknsX DÅt¸mÄ NWN¯nsW F§sW b¿³ sNm*v k¶p. A¸p bSpsN AXp¡a]ns` KW`n Wn¶v bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n, NWN¯nsâ fq¶v h´SnNapw sSm«¸p_s¯ ko«ns` Np«nNapfm]n Nan¡pN]m\v. eÀ¯mkv fn¡km_pw Ssâ sN«nt]mWpfm]n«v NpXn¡m³ b«\w ks^ tbm]n«p*mNpw. A¼Xn sNfn! Nmfw k¶m bns¶ NWN¯nWv Np®]ÃmsS fsäm¶pw tk*m]n^p¶p. GSp Np®]ms\¦n`pw Ssâ hz´w fNsaNm«n]pw hvtWifm\v NWNw sNmXp¯n^p¶Sv. ASv sNm*v Ss¶ Cu{bm]¯n`pw Np®]psX Np_kv AkÄNv D*m]n«nÃ.

A¸p bns¶]pw N¯v NqÀ¸n¨p tN«p. b` H¨Napw tNs«¦n`pw, ^*p tb^pw C\ tIÀ¶n«nÃ, Ct¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^s*®kpw At§m«pw Ct§m«pw Np®]n`pw bqän`pw D½sk¨p Nan¡pN]m. C\ tI^pt¼mÄ DÅ H¨NÄ Aà CSv. NnX¡ Ct¸mjpw Np`p§msS C^n¡pN]m\v, ASv tbms` B\nsâ A*nNÄ I´n]n AXn¡p¶ «bv «bv F¶ H¨]pw tNÄ¡p¶nÃ. ^s*®kpw Ak^k^psX C\tI^p¶ Ak]k§Ä IqXm¡n sk¡pN]m Nm^y¯nWv.

kn¡pknsâ Np®]Xn¡p¶ ^oSn sk¨v tWm¡pt¼mÄ Wà k®kpw k`n¸kpfpÅ B Np® B\v AkWpÅSv. ASv sNm*v Ss¶ BUyw bSpsN N]äpsf¦n`pw Nm^y¯nt`¡v NX¡pt¼mÄ BÀ¯nt]msX Gäkpw Bj¯nt`¡v AXn¡p¶ ^oSn]m\v kn¡pknsâSv. ASv sNm*v Ss¶ CSnWp fp³bpw b`^pfm]n C\tIÀ¶ Ss¶]pw NWN¯nsW]pw tbm`pÅ BânfmÀ NqsX WÃk®w A½½tf- F¶v knan¨ptbmNpw. ASv tbms` Ssâ Np® Bj¯n Bân]psX Dantáv AXn¡pt¼mjzn¡p H^p fp^a D*m¡pw. ASpw CÃm]n^p¶p.

Ssâ kn¯v Bj¯n Bânfm^psX AN¯p Wnt£bn¡p¶ hzemkfm\v kn¡pknsâSv. Ssâ NqsX Nan¡pt¼mjpw Ssâ Nm`pNÄ F{St¯maw knXÀ¯n sk¡m³ bäptfm A{St¯maw sk¨n«v Ssâ Ssâ A*nNans`]pw tk*nk¶m N]äm³ {lfn¡p¶kWm\v kn¡p, Cu H^p Nm^y¯n F´m BÀ¯n, F´m Btklw! Aà Sj¡w sI¶ Km^·mÀ sI¿p¶Sv tbms` Bj¯n Np® N]änsk¨mt` Sq¨n]psX Ip*n Wn¶pw bm sS_n¡pt¼mÄ hzÀPw Nn«n] Wnfng§Ä D*mNpN. H¶pw WX¶n«nÃ, WX¡m³ tbmNpt¶]pÅp!

bns¶]pw b`Spw A¸p tN«p, bs£ cmWnsâ H¨]n H¶pw l^n¡pw tNÄ¡m³ bäp¶nÃm]n^p¶p.

“”ASv sNm*m A¸p Np® km]n FXp¡m¯Sv!”” NWNw b_]p¶Sv AkÄ tN«p. Hmtim At¸mÄ ASm]n^p¶mt` Nm^yw, {bm]¯n`pw NqXpS`pÅ NWN¯nsW Ct§m«p sNm*pk¶Snsâ Pp«³hv A¸pknWv fWhn`m]n.

sb«¶v Nmäv koln, _qfn kmSn tW^n] ^oSn]n Sp_¶p. A¸p S^n¨n^psW¦n`pw A¸pknsâ ssN DX³ Ss¶ tZm_nsâ AknsX fp«nWnÀ¯n. _qw Np«n]n«nÃm]n^p¶p F¶v AkÄNv Ct¸mjm fWhn`m]Sv.

“”FXm tfmsW A¸p k^ntÔ”

“”CÃ NWNw, Ft¶mXv b_ªSm Xu¬ ks^ tbmNpN]ms\¶v, sskNpt¶^w Njntª k^q F¶v””

A¸pknWv Nm^y§apsX NnX¸v bnXnNn«n. tW^s¯ A§sW b_sª¦n`pw dtÌm¸n tbm]t¸mÄ Xu\nt`¡pÅ dhv tbms]¶v A_nªtSmXp NqXn Sn^n¨p k¶p. At¶^w kn¡p D_§pN]m]n^p¶p. bns¶ Akapw NnX¶p_§n. At¸mjm\v b¿³ b\nbän¨Sv.

bSpsN kmSn`n F¯n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ H^p Hs¶m¶^ NmjvI Ss¶]m]n^p¶p N*Sv. kn¡pknsâ tfs` NWNw ASpw FSnÀUnl]nÂ, AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv I´n]psX CX¡v Ak³ S` bqjv¯p¶p, Aksâ sbm´n Wn¡p¶ Np®]n AkÄ Ssâ km]n sk¡p¶p. Wà Np^p¯wsN« Nan Ss¶!

BÀ¯nt]msX Ssâ NmfpNsâ Np® W¡p¶ NWN¯nsW tWm¡n. kn¡pknsâ Np®¡p«sW Btkmaw hvtWin¡pN]m]n^p¶p NWNw.bjp¯p Wn¡p¶ Aksâ Np®¯`s] AkÄ D½NÄ sNm*v sbmSnªp. Hmt^m D½]pw hz´w Km^Wv tk*n]n«m]n^p¶p. Np®]psX Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n ASnWpÅn W¡n Ipwdn¨p, tW^n] kn¯pskÅw bSpsN W¡ns]Xp¯p ^pIn¨p. B bn¦v Np®¯`]pw ASnsâ SXn¨ kXn]pw AkÄ km]nWpÅn sk¨v Wà k®w Du¼n.

B Np®]psX NqsX AkÄ A£^m°¯n hvtWin¡pN]m]n^n¶p. In^n¨pw, St`mXn]pw, Nmfemg]n NphrSn hwhm^w b_ªpw AkÄ B¡n.

AkapsX NmfpN³ b_ªp. “”Zo, AksW F´m sI¿p¶Sv?””

tbm kn¡n, ASv W½Ä ^*p tb^pw S½n`pÅSm””

“”AksW AVnNw `man¨m Ak³ Wà bnh-vNm^n knXpw””

“”Hm ASnsW´m, Ak³ sI]vtSms«””

kn¡p NWN¯nsâ bqäv knXÀ¯n sNm*v b_ªp.

“”AsÃXn, Ak³ CSnsâ ANt¯¡v sbm«n¡m³ tk*n]n«m Mm³ bnXn¨p sk¡p¶Sv””

“”tbmXm Np^p¯w tN« sI¡m”” NWNw b_ªp.

“”hwl]fps*¦n AktWmXv Ss¶ tImUnt¨m?”” Mm³ In^nt¨m*v b_ªp.
“”Zm WnW¡v ASnWpÅ {bm]w Hs¡ Bt]mX!”” In^n¨p sNm*v NWNw b_ªp.

“”NWN¯nWv {bm]fm]tÃm, ASv fSn!””

NWNw bSpsN kn¡n]psX Np®]psX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n. Np®]n D½ sk¨SnWv tlgw A*nNÄ W¡m³ tbmNpt¼mjm\v A¸p {lUn¨Sv. sb«¶v NWNw S`]p]À¯n tWm¡n. Ss¶ tWm¡p¶Sv A¸p N*p. H¶pw sI¿m³ bäm¯ AkØ. A¸p A§sW Ss¶ NWN¯nsW tWm¡n C^p¶p.

“”A¸p!”” NWNw b_ªp.

NWNw Sn^nªp bSpsN tWm¡n. kn¡n Ssâ bqän BÀ¯nt]msX D½ sk¨v W¡pN]m]n^p¶p, Ak³ fsä§pw {l²n¡p¶nà F¶ D_¸v k^p¯n] tlgw NWNw A¸pknsâ tWm¡n ssN sNm*v Nm\n¨p.

“”FXn, Wos]§sW]m Xu\n Wn¶v CknsX F¯n]Sv?””

“”Mm³ tbm]nt«]nÔ” A¸pkpw Sn^n¨p lÐfnÃmsS b_ªp.

“”At¸mÄ Ckm³ b_ªSv!?””

“”Mm³ AktWmXv b_ªn^p¶p, bs£ tbm]nà F¶v b_]m³ kn«p tbm]n, Mm³ D_¡fm]n^p¶p, Ct¸mÄ B\v F\osä””

“”Fsâ sbs®, Mm³ CSv A_nªnÃ, Ckm³ Fs¶ Wo]nà F¶v b_ªn«m sNm*v k¶Sv””

^*p tb^pw b^hvb^w tWm¡n. NphrSntNXnsâ b^nbmXn H¸n¨n«v H^mapw, ASv N*p ^hn¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^*mfs¯]mapw.

“”NWNw!””

“”F´mXm kn¡n””

kn¡n H¶pw fn*n]nà bs£ Aksâ Nm`nsâ CX]n Wn¶v H^mÄ BÀ¯nt]msX At§m«pw Ct§m«pw BXn. B NmjvI N*p NWNkpw A¸pkpw In^n¨p. Wn§Ä ^*pw tb^pw hwhm^n¨p hf]w Na]pt¼mÄ Mm³ F¶ H^mÄ CknsX D*v F¶ Nm^yw f_t¶m? kn¡n]psX Np®]psX In´ fWhn`m¡n] ^*p tb^pw In^n]X¡m³ bmXv sb«p.

“”Hm CsÃXm Np«m, Bân H¶v Bân]psX NqX¸n_¸nsâ
H¶v N*t¸mÄ hwhm^n¨Sm””

“”Vm kmSn`nsâ sFknsX Wn¶v F¯ntWm¡p¶ Fsâ A¸p. Wn¶Nv bns¶ W¶m]n A_n]pftÃm, Mm³ CÃm¯ hf]Sv CkapsX k]än]WNt¯¡tà ANt¯¡tà Wo Sq¨nbm knXp¶Sv””

kn¡n]psX Np® bnXn¨n«v A¸pknsâ tWs^ NWNw Nm\n¨p. bns¶]pw Np® H^p WsÃm^p kn_ kn_¨p ASnsâ Ip*pNan Wn¶v kas^ tW^n] NªnskÅw Smtj¡p H`n¨p A¸p fpOw ssN sNm*v sbm¯n In^n]X¡m³. F´m BÀ¯n! NWNw Aksâ S`]n D½sk¨p.kn¡n]psX AsS hzemkw Nn«n]n«p*v.

Np®]n Wn¶v k^p¶ tW^n] skÅw NWNw bSpsN kn^`pNÄ sNm*v sdZvgoän SpX¨p.

“”At¿ F´mXn F§sW?”” A¸p tImUn¨p

“”Hm bns¶ Wo]pw AkWpw NqXn F{S]pw Unkhw Nan¨SnsW sSankpNÄ Cu NnX¡kn^n f\¸n¨m Ss¶ Nn«pw. At¸mjm””

A¸p bns¶]pw NWN¯nsW tWm¡n. AkÄ kn¡n]psX Np®s] FXp¯v bns¶]pw D½sk¨p km]n sk¡pN]m\v. FknXt¶m kÃmsS H^p AWpekw AkÄNv tSm¶n.

“”Zo, F´m NWNw CSv, F´v kr¯nsN« hmVWw B km]ns`Xp¡p¶Sv?””

NWNw A¸pknsW tWm¡n b_ªp.

“”FXn A¸p, Fsâ Nm`nsâ CX]n AkWv km]n sNm*v tSm¶n] tbms` sI¿msf¦n FWn¡v F´v sNm*v Aksâ Nm`nsâ CX]n sI]vSqX, ASpw FWn¡v Cãfm] H^p¯sâ NqsX]m\v Mm³ sI¿p¶Sv, AÃmsS””

“”bs£ F¶m`pw FXn, ASnWv H^p kr¯nsN« f\fm, tbm^m¯SnWv B t^mf§apw””

“”Gs_ A¸p Wnsâ Nm`nsâ CX]n`pw Fsâ Nm`nsâ CX]n`pw CtS f\w Ss¶]m\v, ASv W½pNv f\¡m³ bäm¯ sNm*m””

“”H^p N\¡n¶v Wns¶¯msW¿ Npäw b_t]*Sv, CsSm¶pw sI¿m³ h½Sn¡m¯Sv sNm*tà Ak³ Fsâ AXpSv HmXn k^p¶Sv, AksW b_ªns«´m Nm^yw””

“”ASnWv Mm³ Nm`nsâ CX]n N]än sbm«n¡m³ AWpkUn¡m_p*tÃm, bns¶ F´nWm?””

“”ASnt¸mÄ MmWpw AksW knXm_p*tÃm, bns¶ F´nWm C¸mÄ Wnsâ _qfn MmWpw, Aksâ Np®]n Fsâ km]pw, Wo kmSn`nWv bp_¯pw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B\p§Ä B]m b`Spw Ak^vNv tk\w.””

A¸p H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. NWNw NphrSn ^qtb\ AktamXv b_ªp.

“”Vm CSv tbms` Hs¡ sI]vSn«ps*¦n Ak³ bns¶ Wns¶ knXpNt] CÔ”

A¸p tWm¡n, H^p NŨn^n In^n¨p sNm*v NWNw kn¡n]psX kn_¨p Wn¡p¶ Np®s] S`]psX AknsX bnXn¨p. Ssâ ^*p SÅkn^`pNapw sNm*v ASnsâ ^*psI_pIp*pNapw bnXn¨p WÃk®w knXÀ¯n. fq{Skpw lp¢kpw k^p¶ B sI_n] IpN¸pÅ fmwhUzm^w tfs` knXÀ¶p k¶p. A¸pknsW tWm¡n H^p NŨn^n In^n]¯nWv tlgw NWNw km]n Sp¸Â W¶m]n tlO^n¨p. AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw Wà Nm«n¯p¸Â knXÀ¯nsk¨ B fmwhUzm^¯n sI¶v bSn¨p. H^p thmZmNp¸n]psX tSäwtbms` NpfnaNÄ WÃk®w DÅ H^p kXn tbms` ASv tSm¶n, bns¶]pw Sp¸Â k¶p bSn¨p, Smfhn]msS B Np®]psX S` sfm¯w Sp¸ÂNpfnaNam Wn_ªp.

km]n SpX¨n«v NWNw bSpsN B Np®]psX S`]n Wà fnWph¯`n DuSn. bSªp Wn¡p¶ B NpfnaNÄ b`Spw sbm«n, b`Spw GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä km]pkn b_¶SnWv tlgw sbm«n.

“”S\p¡p¶p NWNw..”” kn¡n]psX knan tN« ^*p tb^pw In^n]X¡m³ bmXv sb«p.

“”F§sW Ds*Xn Fsâ hq{Sw, CSv Wo N*n«pt*m, F§sW Hs¡ sI]vSm bns¶ H^m\pw knXq`.””

Sm³ knIm^n¨Sn`pw G{St]m tfs` kr¯nsN« b^nbmXn]ms\¦n`pw NWN¯nsâ f_pbXn]n hm^n Ss¶]m\v F¶v tSm¶n.

sdZvgo_v sNm*v Np® SpX¨SnWv tlgw NWNw bns¶]pw kn¡n]psX Np® km]n FXp¯v b\n SpX§n.

A¸pknWv CsSm^p bpSpf]Ãm]n^p¶p, Nm^\w sI_p¸w fpSt` ^*p tb^pw Np® N*n«v Ss¶]m kaÀ¶Sv, NnX¡]n Nan¡p¶ AÑWpw A½]pw Nan C^pNmÀ¡pw W¶m]n A_n]mfm]n^p¶p, bs£ H^p kySymhw F¶v b_ªm NWN¯nWv Np® F¶m H^p BÀ¯n]m]n^p¶p, ASv sNmt* Ss¶ AkapsX NqsX N¼Wn AXn¡m³ St¶¡mÄ NqXpS B¬hpir¯p¡Ä D*m]n^p¶p. H^p ^oSn]n b_ªm AkapsX Nm`nsâ CX]n N]_n«pÅSntW¡mÄ F{St]m AVnNfm\v AkapsX km]n N]_n«pÅ Np®NÄ. H^p S^¯n b_ªm NWNw Nm\m¯ Np® CWn]nÃ. N`ym\{bm]w fpS fpSpNm³{bm]w ks^ DÅ B\p§apsX hmfmWw NWNw N*n«p*v, Nan¨n«p*v.

NWNw bns¶]pw kn¡n¡p«sW D½Nam sbmSnªp. kn¡n NWN¯nsâ bqän bns¶]pw WNpN]m]n^p¶p. AÂb tW^w Njnªt¸mÄ

“”NWNw fSns]Xn, AkWv k^m_m]n””

“”ASnsW´m Ak³ kt¶ms«””

“”AsÃXn tfmsa, Wnsâ km]n`Ã FWn¡v AksW k^pt¯*Sv””

“”bns¶?”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NphrSnt]msX NWNw tImUn¨p.

NWN¯nsW I´n ^*pw WÃtbms` knXÀ¯XnsNm*p kn¡n b_ªp. knXÀ¶ B Iµn]psX CX¡v ^*p Wà Ip*pNan skÅw H`n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX C_pNn] Nn*n]n H^p D½ sNmXp¯SnWv tlgw kn¡n b_ªp.

“”Vm CknsX””

“”tbmXm kr¯nsN« sI¡m””

“”AknsX]Ã NWmNq, ASnsâ Smsj, ^*p WÃ Ip*pNans`, ASnsâ DÅnt`¡v, fq{Sw k^p¶ B Hm«]nt`¡v, Mm³ Fsâ Np«sW N]äpw””

“”F¶n«v?””

“”AkWv NWN¯nsâ DÅnt`m«v bm Ip^¯pw!””

“”sI¡m, Wn¶Nv ASnsWms¡]pÅ {bm]fmt]mX?””

“”CSnWv {bm]w H¶pfnà NWNw””

“”A¼X, C¶s` tfm³ CSv Wm«pWX¸Wph^nIv N`ym\¯nWv tlgw hz´w em^y]pfm]n sI]vSm fSn””

“”FWn¡nt¸mÄ H^p em^y]p*v, AkapsX NqsX]m\v Mm³ sI¿p¶Sv””

“”NÅNp«m, Wo tfmlfnÃt`m””

“”fäv b`^pw eÀ¯mkm]m]n k¶StÃ, ASv tbms` MmWpw””

“”Òvfv..ASn b`^pw Fsâ k]À koÀ¸n¨n«m tbm]Sv””

“”NWNw kngfnt¡*, Mm³ ASnWv H^p SXÊfmknÃ, B D®nNpXk]À Mm³ koÀ¸n¨pS^mw. Fsâ Np«sW FWn¡_n]mw, Ft¶¡mÄ NqXpS AkWv B\v B{Piw. Ak³ NWN¯nsâ AN¯p Ioäp¶ bm`nÂ, H^p kns¯¦n`pw Cu k]än fpa¡pw””

sb«¶v kn¡pkn³sX A*n]n NWNw H^p AXn sNmXp¯p.

“”tim]]u…½viti “”

tkUW sNm*v kn¡n H¶v NpXªp. AXp¯ Wnfngw NWNw Aksâ Np«sW kn«v Sn^nªpNnX¶ AksW sN«nbnXn¨p. Ssâ Km^sW AkÄ t{bfIpwdW§Ä sNm*v fqXn. N®n`pw Njp¯n`pw Nknan`pw Hs¡ AkÄ D½NÄ sk¨v W¡n. AXn]psX tkUW]n Wn¶v bSpsN CSmkp¶ kn¡n Aksa Sn^n¨p sN«nbnXn¨p.

“”F¶nNv tkUWn¨p NWNw””

“”tkUWn¡m³ tk*n]m sI]vSSv””
“”Òv½v””

“”Np^p¯t¡Xv b_]p¶SnWv H^p N\¡p*v”” kn¡n]psX SXn]n D½sk¨p sNm*v NWNw b_ªp.

“”FWn¡nãfpÅ BÄXXp¯tà Mm³ b_]p¶Sv, Fsâ N¶pknsâ AXp¯v””

kn¡n bSpsN NWN¯nsâ fpOw ^*p ssN sNm*v bnXn¨p S¶nt`¡v AXp¸n¨p.

“”Fsâ N¶pktà Wo, Mm³ Wnsâ B^m””

“”kn¨p, Fsâ k¨p””

^*p tb^pw b^hvb^w Nt®mXpN®v tWm¡n, ^*ptb^psX]pw N®n Nmft{bfknNm^w bq¯pWn¶p, ^*p tb^pw hvtWit¯msX sIÃt¸^v knan¨p, kn¨q..N¶q, BÀ¯nt]msX kn¡n]psX Ip*n NWN¯nsâ Ip*pNÄ bSnªp.

“”D½vfvi..ip½..Òv½vivÒvfv”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BÀ¯nt]msX D½sk¡p¶Snsâ H¨NÄ _qfmsN Wn_ªp. A¸pknWpw CSv Nm\m³ kas^ BÀ¯n]m]n. Ssâ Nm`nsâ CX]n Wn¶v WWkv k^p¶Sv AkÄNv AWpeksb«p, bSpsN AknsX ssN sNm*v St`mXn. bs£ Ft´m AkapsX DÅn H^p Nmfkpw tUgykpwAhq]]pw N`À¶ H^p In´ k¶p.

^*p Ip*pNapw D½sks¨m¶m]n tbm`m]n, Hmt^m {bkml]w Ip*pNÄ AN¶t¸mÄ bns¶]pw Ip*pNant`¡v AfÀ¯n D½sk¨p ^*p tb^pw b^hvb^w sN«n¸nXn¨ l^o^fmsN St`mXn.kn¡n NWNm´nsâ fp`NÄ ssNNÄ sNm*v Smt`m`n¨t¸mÄ, NWNw Aksâ ^*p I´nNan kn^`pNÄ Bjv¶n_¡n.

D½sk¡Â SpXÀ¶t¸mÄ kn¡n bSpsN NWN¯nsW Ssâ tfs`Wn¶v bSpsN N«n`nt`m«v NnX¯n, Ip*pNÄ tkÀ¸Xs¯ Ss¶. AkapsX Njp¯n`pw fp`]n`pw W¶m]n kn¡n D½sk¨p. W¶m]n AkapsX Ip*n bns¶]pw D½sk¨p, D½sk¡p¶ B tka]n bSpsN kn¡n Ssâ Nm sNm*v NWN¯nsâ Nm knXÀ¯n, sfsà sfsà Aksa A_n]n¡msS.Ip*n`pw Nknan`pw D½]v¡p¶ hf]Sv bSpsN AkapsX bqän Ssâ kn_¨p Wn¡p¶ Np«sW sN«nsk¡pN. Aka_n]msS AkapsX DÅnt`¡v N]änNan¡mWpÅ ssh¡tamXnNÄ fqkv!

kn¡n]psX Km^dp²n l^n¡pw N*p A¸p, AÃ, NqsX]pw CtS b^nbmXn B\tÃm sI¿p¶Sv. F´m]m`pw, sI¡³ Cu Nm^y¯n sNmt_ AVnNw A_nkv bNÀ¶v Nn«n]n«p*v. ASv B^m\v bNÀ¯nsNmXp¯sS¶v fm{Stf A_n]m³ dm¡n]pÅp.

BÀ¯nt]msX NWN¯nsâ Ip*n D½ sk¡p¶ hf]Sv kn¡n bSpsN Ssâ Np®]psX S` AkapsX bqänsâ Ip*n sk¨p. tfs` tfs` Np®¯` AkapsX Ip*n fp«n¨n«v Dant`m«v sk¨v. BÀ¯nt]msX D½NÄ sNmXp¡pt¼mÄ tfs` tfs` Np® ANt¯m«v N]än sk¨p. Np® bNpSn]m]n NWN¯nsâ ANt¯¡v N]än, kn¡n H^p UoÀQlzmhw kn«p.

“”imimim””

“”tfmsW, Wo GsS¦n`pw H^p Nm^yw sI¿v, H¶ns`¦n D½ sk¡v, Asæn AksW Dantáv W¶m]n tNäv.””

kn¡n H¶pw fn*msS Smtj¡v tWm¡n. Ak³ Iqant¸m]n.

“”NWN¯nWv F§sW fWh…””

“”kn¡n H¶pfnsæn`pw Wns¶¡m«n]pw F{St]m fp³tb B\p§sa Nm\m³ SpX§n]Sà Mm³””

“”At¸mÄ Cu hq{Sw fp³tb A_n]mw AsÃ?””

NWNw In^n¨p, kn¡n tfs` S` sIm_nªp. Ssâ dp²n F´m]m`pw NWN¯nsâ AXp¯v In`kmknà F¶v fWhn`m¡n.

kn¡n H¶pw b_ªnÃ, bs£ NWN¯nsâ Nm`pNÄ W¶m]n knXÀ¯n. Ssâ Np® AkapsX ANt¯¡v fpjpkWm]n N]äm³ tk*n S]ms_Xp¯p.
Ssâ Np®]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv S` NWN¯nsâ Nm`nsâ CX]ns` Ip*n D^hn] kn¡n tfs` tfs` Ssâ hmfmWw NWN¯nsâ ANt¯¡v NX¯n. Hmt^m {bmklyw hmfmWw ANt¯¡v tbmNpt¼mÄ kn¡n]psX fpO¯p ht´mgw kn^n]p¶Sv A¸p Nm\p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkhmWw fpjpkWm]n ANt¯¡v tbm]n, tIm¸ fm{Sw bp_¯p Nm\p¶Sv. kn¡n]psX ^*p t^mf¯n Wn_ª tNmjnfp«A*n NWN¯nsâ Np*n]psX hz`vbw tfs` k¶pWn¶p.

“”Zm, fSns]Xm huµ^yw tWm¡n]Sv””

hz´w l^o^w NWN¯nsâ NqsX H¶m¡n] Ø`¯p kn¡n]psX tWm«w N*n«v b_ªp.

“”NWN¯nW_n]ptfm Fsâ D®n¡p«³ F´v fm{Sw ht´mgn¡p¶ps*¶v””

“”Òvfv, A_n]mw, Ak³ Fsâ AN¯tà DÅSv”
“”Ak³ b_]pN]m NWN¯nsâ D®nNpXk]_n C§sW C^n¡m³ Wà hpOfms\¶v””

“”WÃ Np^p¯w sN«kWm\k³””

“”AkWv NWNw fm{Ssf]pÅq Aksâ B{Piw hmVn¨p sNmXp¡m³””

“”F´m D®n¡p«Wv tk*Sv””

kn¡n NWN¯nsâ NpXk]_n sfÃsW St`mXn. WÃk®w NpweNpXk]À DÅ B k]_n fq¶n`VnNw D®nNp«·mÀ D*m]n^p¶p F¶v sSankmNp¶p bmXpNÄ D*m]n^p¶p. Wà sNm¨pf¨n§ sbmÅmsS sbm¡nan D½ sk¨v sNm*v kn¡n b_ªp.

“”Cu D®nNpXk]_n H^p D®n¡p«³, AksW NWNw hvtWin¨Snsâ sSankm]n””

“”tbmXm sI¡m”” NWNw Wm\w sNm*v b_ªp.

“”Aksâ fm{SfÃ, Cu Fsâ]pw B{Pifm\v””

“”At¿ Cu sI¡³, Fs¶ H^p kjn¡m¡n]nt« ^*mapw tbmNpktÔ”

“”H^p kjns¡¯nt¨ MmWpw Fsâ Np«Wpw tbmNq NWNw””

^*p tb^pw In^n¨p. A¸p bns¶]pw tWm¡n, kn¡n NWN¯nsâ ANt¯¡v WÃk®w Np® N]än sk¨p. AkapsX ^*p Nm`pNÄ W¶m]n knXÀ¯n sk¨v. Ssâ A^s¡«v AkapsX A^]nt`m«v W¶m]n AXp¸n¨p. ^*p tb^psX bqt{_mf§Ä ;Vb^hvb^w AfÀ¶p.
NnX¡]n ^*p tb^pw W¶m]n sN«n¸n¨p D½ sk¡pN]m]n^p¶p. ^*p tb^psX hwhm^w A{S¡v tNÄ¡m³ bäp¶nsæn`pw A¸p Nm¯p NqÀ¸n¨p tWm¡n.

H^`vb hf]w Njnªt¸mÄ, kn¡n NWN¯nsâ AXpsS¶pw sI_pSm]n Wo§n. AkÀ b_]p¶Sv A`vbhz`vbw A¸p tN«p.

“”NWNw, F{S tW^fm]n””

“”ASnsW´m””

“”FWn¡v…””

“”i½v l^n l^n,MmWm]n«v ^*ptb^psX ht´mgw Na]p¶nÔ”

NWN¯nsâ ^*p Nm`pNÄNv tf`vtbm«v D]À¶p, kn¡n]psXhmfmWw bSpsN NWN¯nsâ AN¯p¶pw bp_t¯¡v N]_n]n_§n. BUyw sI_pSm]n«pw bns¶ Wà ^oSn]n Wo§n. AÂb tW^s¯ bSps¡AXn¨SnWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tlgw kn¡n Ssâ Np® bSpsN bp_t¯s¡Xp¯p, NWN¯nsâ k]än B SXn¨p sNmjp¯ Np® kn{lfn¨p. ASnsâ Ip*n Wn¶v NWN¯nsâ bqäns` skÅw SpÅnSpÅn]m]n k]än Hän.
kn¡n NWN¯nsW sN«nbnXn¨p, Ssâ NqsX NnX¡p¶ B hv{Sos] Ak³ t{bft¯mXv NqXn tWm¡n, bns¶ H^p NmfpNsâ FÃm t{bfkpw hvtWikpw N`À¶ Ip*n Ak³ D½ sk¨p.

“”D½vfv..Biv..”” NWNw D½mNn«pt¼mÄ b_ªp.

BÀ¯nt]msX NWNw kn¡ns] sN«nbnXn¨p, kn¡n]psX bn³kl¯pw Iµn]psX AknsX]pw NWN¯nsâ ssNNÄ AfÀ°nsM¡n. Ip*n`pw Njp¯n`pw D½sNmXp¯SnWv tlgw kn¡n AkapsX SpXp¯ ^*p fp`Nan Wo§n. ^*p fp`]pw fm_n fm_n D½ sk¨SnWv tlgw AkapsX fp`]n`sâ WXp¡v DÅ A½nª]nt`¡v Wo§n, Wà Caw {du¬ Wn_fpÅ H^p k«¯n sbm´nWn¡p¶ H^p A½nª km]n skIv k`n¨p, ftä ssN sNm*v ^*mfSv AfÀ¯n k`n¨p.

“”im…½v½v…kn¡n…bS…N¡v”” NWNw tkUW sNm*v b_ªp.

Ssâ A½nª k`n¨p NpXn¡p¶ kn¡ns] AkÄ ^*pssNNÄ sNm*v tNm^n FXp¯p, t{bfbqÀkw Aksâ sWän]n`pw fpXn]n`pw St`mXn. kn¡n A½nª fm_n NpXn¨p. A`vbhf]w fp`Nan fm_n fm_n D½sk¨p NpXn¨SnWv tlgw Ak³ AkapsX k]_nt`¡v Wo§n. k]_Ã, H^p NpXk]À, l^n¡pw b_ªm H^p D®nNpXk]À. NWN¯nsâ fp`]n`pw A½nª]n`pw Aksâ Sp¸Â sNm*v Wn_ªn^p¶p.

kn¡n NWN¯nsâ k]_n bnXn¨p. B NpXk]_nsW ewPn Ak³ l^nNhzUn¨p. BÀ¯nt]msX Ak³ k]_n D½ sk¨v. ssb³ bSpsN Smtj¡v Wo§n. AkapsX knXÀ¶v NnX¶ bqäns` Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n sk¨v ASnt`¡v Ip*pNÄ NX¯n W¶m]n Du¼n.

NWNw hpO¯m bpaªp.

“”ABiviviviv””

AkapsX Ip*pNan Wn¶v skÅw H`n¨n_§n sdZvgoän WWªp. kn¡n H`n¨p k^p¶Sv BÀ¯nt]msX W¡n. kn¡n]psX Np® C^p¼Ngv\w tbms` Wn¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p. tW^n] ^oSn]n`pÅ NªnskÅw ASn Wn¶v H^p k`n] SpÅn]m]n ASnsâ Ip*n Sq§p¶p*m]n^p¶p, NWN¯nWv ASv hin¨nÃ.

“”kn¡n AksW Fsâ AXp¯v sNm*v kmXm””

“”tk* NWNw, Ak³ Ct¸mtj Wà ^oSn]n koÀ¯n^n¡pN]m””

“”kn¡n Np«m, Mm³ H¶v AksW H¶v..””

“”Cà NWNw, Mm³ C{S]pw tW^w sI`km¡n]Sv sdZvgoän Na]mWÔ”

“”CÃ Zm kn¡n, Bivi..””

“”Ck³ Ioäp¶ Hmt^m SpÅn kn¯pw NWN¯nsâ k]änt`¡v tbmNmWpÅSm\v””

“”kn¡n, Mm³ D_¸v S^msfXm, H¶v Mm³ AksW H¶v..””

BÀ¯nt]msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn¡n bns¶]pw NWN¯nsâ bqän W¡n SpX¨p. NWNw bns¶]pw sN©n.

“”kn¡n, Wnsâ B{Piw tbms` FWn¡pw B{Piw CÃXm, H¶v Fsâ tfm³ Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tNÄNv, Mm³ Aksâ bm sbm«n¡nÃ..””

AkhmWw kn¡n bSpsN Ssâ l^o^w NWN¯nsâ AXpt¯¡v Wo¡n. Aksâ Nm`pNÄ AkapsX fpO¯nWXpt¯¡v Wo§n. BÀ¯nt]msX NWNw Aksâ Np®]n Wn¶v B Sq§nWnNp¶ SpÅn W¡ns]Xp¯p. B kn_¨p Wn¡p¶ Np®]psX IpäpfpÅ Ø`§Ä Aksâ sbm¡nansâ Smsj, A*nNapsX Smsj, t^mf¯n Wn_ª Ø`§Ä AkÄ D½sk¨p W¡n.

kn¡n AkapsX Hmt^m CSpw hq{S¯n Nm\p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkWv A_n]mfm]n^p¶p NWNw NmfpNWm] Ss¶ Ssâ hpO¯n Wn¶v ISn¡nà F¶v, bs£ F¶m`pw H^p N^pS tk\fm]n^p¶p. Sm³ C{S]pw tW^w sNm*v tlO^n¨ k¨ B Koksâ skÅw AkapsX ANt¯¡v sbm«n¡\w. t`mNs¯ FÃm NmfpN·m^pw AWpekn¡p¶ B hpOw, Ssâ kn¯v H^p hv{So]psX ANt¯¡v sbmXn¡pt¼mjv. ASk³ H^p Nm^\klm`pw kn«p sNmXp¡nÃm]n^p¶p.

AÂb tW^w Njnªt¸mÄ kn¡n]psX Np® W¶m]n kn_¡m³ SpX§n. NWNw sb«¶v Ss¶ Ssâ ^*p ssNNapw kn¡n]psX I´n]psX sk¨v sM¡n. kn¡n sb«¶v Ss¶ Ssâ Np® AkapsX km]nsâ AknsX Wn¶v fmän. Ak³ sb«¶v Ss¶ NWN¯nsâ bqän H^p NXn sNmXp¯SnWv tlgw AkapsX Nm`nsâ CX]n Wo§n.

“”Zm Ft§mt«¡m”” NphrSnt]msX NWNw tImUn¨p.

kn¡n H¶pw fn*n]nÃ, bs£ Nmft¯msX NWN¯nsâ Nm`nsâ CX]n tWm¡n Wo§n.

“”A¼X NÅm, Np^p¯t¡Xv Nm\n¡m³ DÅ b^nbmXn B\tÃ!””

kn¡n bns¶]pw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. NWNw H¶v kmSn`nt`Nv tWm¡n, A¸p AknsX Aksa tWm¡n bSpsN Nm\n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. FXn hwekw SpX§m³ tbmkpN]m. Wà ^oSn]pÅ kn¯m\v sI¡³ Wnsâ ANt¯¡v knXm³ tbmNp¶Sv.

Cu NTmNgv\w CknsX SoÀ¶p, bs£ NT AkhmWn¨n«n`v. CWn]pw SpX^\tfm H^p WnÀ¯\tfm?
NT Cãfmt]m? AÃt]m?
Nsfân`qsX A_n]n¡q!