_oW tcm\n`qsX N^]pN]m]n^p¶p AkapsX lЯn Wà e]w FWn¡v fWÊn`m¡m³ Njnªp.
“”AOnÂ….. AOnÂ……. kÀg….. kÀg……””

“”_oW kÀg¡v F´v bän. Wo F´nWm N^]p¶Sv.”” A£fWm]n Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”AOn kÀg…. kÀgs] Bt^m…. CknsX ko«n sk¨v…. H¶nt§m«v….”” _oW¡v H¶pw b_ªv bqÀ¯oN^n¡m³ Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nà A¸tj¡pw tcm¬ N«v BNpN]pw sI]vSp.

Mm³ sbs«¶v Ss¶ C«n^p¶ ssN`n fmän bmân«v tcm\n siZv shäv Np¯n sIkn`]n sk¨p. _oWs] Nm sI]vSp _qfn Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v C_§n `ncvänt`¡v HmXn N]_n. Fsâ _qw cv`mänsâ A©mw Wn`]n B]n^p¶p. `ncväv Smtj¡v NpSn¡p¶ hf]¯v NmÄ Asäâv B]n. Mm³ sbs«¶v NmÄ _t¡mÀZÀ Hm³ sI]vSp.

“”imt`m.. _oW tNÄ¡mtfm.. kÀg¡v F´m bän]Sv.. Wo Ft§m«m\v HmXp¶Sv.”” _oW]n Wn¶pw f_pbXn H¶pw tNÄ¡p¶nÃ]n^p¶p. BsN Mm³ tN«Sv AkapsX NnS¸v fm{Sfm\v AkÄ HXpN]ms\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n.

Mm³ `ncvän Wn¶pw C_§n]Spw bmÀ¡n§nt`¡v HmXn At¸mjpw Mm³ _oW]pfm] tcm\n N\Îv Bs\¦n`pw Akan Wn¶pw ]msSm^p lÐkpw FWn¡v tNÄ¡m³ NjnªnÃ. Mm³ NmÀ FXp¯v AkapsX ko«nt`¡v NpSn¨p. At¸mÄ hf]w ^m{Sn H³bSv fm\n Njnªn^p¶p. Fsâ cv`män Wn¶pw GNtUlw bSnW©v Nnt`mfoäÀ D*v _oW]psX ko«nt`¡v.

Fsâ Nm BN-vhnt`äÀ W¶m]n AfÀ¶p hnän]n`qsX tbmNpt¼mjpw Sn^s¡mjnª t_mZv B]SnWm Fsâ hvboZv Np_ªnÃ. _oW]psX koXnsâ tPänWv fp¶n hZ³ t{d¡v AXn¨v WnÀ¯p¶¯v ks^ hvboZv Ht^ tbms` Wn¶n^p¶p.

Mm³ tPäv Sp_¡mWm]n tim¬ fpj¡n tPäv Sp_¶nÃ. Mm³ _oW]psX ko«n CSnWv fp¼v 6 Sk\ k¶n«p*v. CknsX tPän H^p shNyq^nän DÅSm\v A]mÄ F´m\v tPäv Sp_¡m¯Sv F¶v fWÊn`mNmsS Mm³ Nm_n Wn¶pw C_§n.

“”Umth«m… Umth«m..”” Mm³ tPänsâ AXp¯v sI¶v D¨¯n knan¨p. Umh³ ASm\v shNyq^nän]psX tb^v. Mm³ tPänsâ CX]n`qsX Umth«sâ _qfnt`¡v tWm¡n. tPänsâ CXSv klw tIÀ¶m\v shNyq^nän _qw.

AknsX Bs^]pw FWn¡v Nm\m³ NjnªnÃ. tPäv AN¯v Wn¶pw bq«n]n^n¡pN]m\v. koXnWv Wm`v emP¯pw b¯v AXn D]^¯n fSn D*v ASnWv fpNan fpÅpNÄ bnXn¸n¨n«p*v. BsN ^*v tPäpNam\v DÅSv H¶v sf]n³ F³{X³hv ASnWv fp¶n`m\v Mm³ Ct¸mÄ Wn¡p¶Sv.

^*mft¯Sv k`Sv emP¯v koXntWmXv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tIÀ¶pÅ PmÀZWnt`¡pÅSm\v B tPäv. PmÀZWnWv Ipäpw H^mÄ sbm¡¯n DÅ fSn D*v. PmÀZWn Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v t_mZnt`¡v C_§mWpw tPäv D*v F¶m ASv Ft¸mjpw bq«n]n^n¡pw. F¶m PmÀZWn Wn¶pw koXnsâ tNm¼u*nt`¡v N]_p¶ tPäv hmUm^\ bq«_nÃ.

_oW]psX]pw kÀg]psX]pw Cã Ø`§an H¶m\v koXntWmXv tIÀ¶pÅ PmÀZ³. AkÀ ^m{Sn tbm`pw AknsX k¶n^n¡m_p*v. ASv sNm*m\v B tPäv bq«m¯Spw. Hmcohv Nm^y§Ä tbm`pw AkÀ AknsX sk¨v sI¿m_p*v ASnWm]n AknsX HuXvtZmÀ tXdn`pw sZh-vNpw Ømbn¨n«p*v.

PmÀZWnsâ fSn ImXn]m ^*mfs¯ tPäv kjn ANt¯¡v N]_mw. PmÀZWnsâ fSn`n fpÅpNÄ bnXn¸n¨n^n¶nà ASnWm B fSn ImXm³ k`n] {b]mhw D*mNnÃ. koXnWv AN¯v tNm½³ t¹hv–Nan`pw bp_¯v tNm¼u*n`pw PmÀZWn`pw FÃmw shNyq^nän Nymf_NÄ Ømbn¨n«p*v.

FWn¡v F§sW]pw AN¯v N]_\w F¶ In´ fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅp. Mm³ k*n A`vbw fmän]n«v PmÀZWnWv AXpt¯¡v WX¶p. Mm³ Ipäpw tWm¡n B^pw Cà F¶v D_¸v k^p¯n fSn ImXn. fSn`nWv fpNan bm] bnXn¨v NnX¡p¶SnWm Np_¨v {b]mhs¸tX*n k¶p.

PmÀZWn Wn¶v Mm³ Ipäpw tWm¡n b` S^¯n`pw Wn_¯n`pw DÅ bq¡Ä DÅ bqt´m«]fm\v CSv. kÀg¡v bq¡Ä kas^ Cãfm]n^p¶p. b` ^mKy§an`pw Wn¶pw sNm*v k¶ sIXnNsa¡p_n¨v AkÄ Ft¶mXv b_]pN]pw b`Sv Nm\n¨v S^pN]pw sI¿pfm]n^p¶p. skan¨w kas^ Np_km]n^p¶p Ipäpw WnÈÐS]pw Fsâ fWÊv ko«nWpÅn F´m\v hwekn¨n«p*mNpN F¶ In´]m]n^p¶p.

Mm³ tkPw tPänWv AXpt¯¡v WX¶p t_mZn Wn¶pw GNtUlw A³bSv foäÀ fm_n]m\v tPäv. ASvsNm*v Ss¶ bp_¯pÅ BÀ¡pw Cu tPäv DÅSv A_n]m³ hmVyS CÃ. C¶v Afmkmhn Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p ANml¯v I{µsW Nm\mWnÃ. ASntW¡mÄ Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯n]Sv _oW]psX ko«n H^p ss`äpw sSanªn«nà F¶Sm\v hU^\ bp_¯v ss`äpNÄ H¶pw ^m{Sn sNXp¯m_nÃ. CWn N_*nsæn KWt_äÀ dm¡¸pw dmä_n dm¡¸pw DÅSm\v. Ct¸mÄ H¶pw {bkÀ¯n¡p¶nà tcm\ns` cv`mgv ss`äv Hm\m¡n WX¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ Bt`mIn¨p.

knIm^n¨Sv tbms` tPäv bq«n]n«nà Mm³ tPäv lÐw D*m¡msS bSns] Sp_¶v AN¯v N]_n. Cu tPäv DÅSv koXnsâ bp_Nv kl¯v k`Sv kl¯m\v. koXnsâ bp_Nv klw tIÀ¶v H^p Hu«v iuhv D*v ASn`m\v CkXs¯ tk`¡m^n fm`nWn tI¨n SmfÊn¡p¶Sv. tI¨n]psX Im]v¸nsâ kmSn AXªv NnX¡pN]m\v Mm³ koXnWv bp_Nnt`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WX¶p.

bp_Nv kls¯ kmSn AXªv NnX¡pN]m\v Mm³ bSns] ASv Sp_¡m³ {lfn¨p. CÃ.. Sp_¡m³ Njn]p¶nà ASv bq«n]n^n¡pN]m\v Mm³ b^n{efn¨p. CWn F´v sI¿pw fp³emP¯v tbm]n tWm¡mw Mm³ bSns] B^pw Nm\msS WX¶v koXnWv fp³emP¯v F¯n. hnäv Hu«nsâ sI_n] Ìo tPäv Sp_¶v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ bSns] hnäv Hu«n N]_n fp³kls¯ kmSn bSns] im³Zn bnXn¨v Sn^n¨p emPyw CSv bq«n]n«nÃ.

Mm³ kmSn bSns] Sp_¶v AN¯v N]_n. koXnWNw Wà C^p«m\v Mm³ hnäv Hu«n N]_n]t¸mÄ Fsâ sfmssd cv`mgv Mm³ Hmcv sI]vSn^p¶p. Mm³ bSns] kmSn AX¨p A`vbw fm_n Wn¶v Fs´¦n`pw lÐw tNÄ¡p¶pt*m F¶v sIknt]mÀ¯p. t¢m¡nsâ sh¡âv hqKn]psX lÐw AÃmsS fsäm^p lÐkpw tNÄ¡m³ CÃ.

fq¶v Wn`]m\v koXv kÀg]psX]pw _oW]psX]pw _qw Smsj¯s¶]m\v AXp¯¯ _qfm\v ^*v tb^pw Dbt]mPn¡p¶Sv. fn¡km_pw AkÀ H^pfn¨m\v NnX¡m_v `nknRv _qfn Wn¶pw fpt¶m«v WX¶v k`Sv klSv ^*mfSv Nm\p¶ _qfm\v _oW]ptXSv ASnsâ AXp¯ fp_n]m\v kÀg]ptXSv.

C^p«n Mm³ bSns] ssNsNm*v en¯n]n bnXn¨v fp¶nt`¡v Wo§n _oW]psX _qfnsâ kmSn`nWv fp¶n F¯n ASv Sp_¶v NnX¡pN]m\v. Mm³ bSns] _oW]psX _qw Sp_¶p AN¯v N]_n. AknsX B^pw Csöv tSm¶p¶p F¦n`pw D_¸n¡mWm]n Mm³ cv`mgv ss`äv Hm³ sI]vSp. _qw fpjpk³ AXn¨v tWm¡n. CknsX B^pw CÃ.. Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp.

Mm³ bSns] _qfnWv skan]n C_§n bSns] kÀg]psX _qfnt`¡v WX¶p. kmSn AX¨nà F¶m Im^n]n«p*v Mm³ ko*pw cv`mgv ss`äv Hm³ sI]vSv bSns] kmSn Sp_¶p. bNpSn Sp_¶t¸mÄ Ss¶ Mm³ B Nmjv¨ N*p. Fsâ hbvS WmXnNapw Sa^p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n H^p Wnfngt¯¡v FWn¡v Wn]{´n¡m³ NjnªnÃ. Mm³ Ft´m b_]m³ {lfn¨v lÐw bp_¯v k^p¶nÃ. Mm³ WX¡m³ {lfn¨p WX¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ.

GNtUlw ^*v fnWnsäXp¯v l^o^¯nsâ B f^kn¸v fm_m³. Mm³ kÀg]psX _qfnt`¡v N]_n tIm^]n Npan¨v NnX¡p¶ sb¬Np«n]psX fpOt¯¡v cv`mgv ss`äv AXn¨p. AsS kÀg Mm³ bSns] kÀg]psX N¿psX AXpt¯¡v Fsâ ssN AXp¸n¨v bSns] ssN bnXn¨p tWm¡n AsS AkÄ f^n¨n^p¶p AkapsX ^à Npj`pNan ^àHm«w CÃ.

bSns] Fjpt¶Â¡m³ tbmNpt¼mjm\v AkapsX AXp¯v NnX¡p¶ tIm^ bp^* N¯n Mm³ N*Sv. sfmssd cv`mgn ASv sk«n¯na§p¶pX]n^p¶p.

sbs«¶v bp_Nn Ft´m lÐw tN«Sv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B Hä Wnfng¯n Mm³ AknsX¡nX¶ N¯n FXp¯v FjptWäv sNm*v bp_Nnt`¡v N®X¨p koln. At½… Fs¶m^p ldUkpw Fsâ sIknNan So{kfm]n bSn¨p. Mm³ N®v Sp_¶v tWm¡n.

GNtUlw A©v AXn F«n©v D]^w DÅ bm³Zpw gÀ«pw V^n¨ H^mÄ Fsâ N¯n sNm*pÅ tk«v Gäv Smsj bSn¨n^n¡p¶p. FWn¡v H^p Wnfngw F´m\v hwekn¨Sv F¶v fWÊn`mkmsS Mm³ bS_n Wn¶p. Mm³ ko*pw Ct¸mÄ F´m\v hwekn¨Sv F¶v Bt`mIn¨p.

Mm³ Fsâ k`Sv N¿nt`¡v tWm¡n. kÀg]psX Ip^nSmÀ gmÄ sbmSnªv bnXn¨ N¯n. Mm³ N¯n]nt`¡v hq£n¨v tWm¡n. CSv CknXs¯ Nn¨³ ssWcv Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p.

Mm³ ko*pw B Wnfngw fWÊn bpWxhrãn¨p. Mm³ kÀg]psX AXp¯v Wn¶pw Fjpt¶Â¡m³ SpX§pt¼mÄ AknsX NnX¡p¶ N¯n N*p. sbs«¶v bp_Nn NqXn Bt^m k^p¶ lÐw tN«p. Fsâ fWÊn b` In´NÄ NX¶v k¶p AknsX So^pfmWw FXp¯Spw Fsâ tdmV fWÊÃ. tWs^ f_n¨v Fsâ AtdmV fWÊm\v. At¸mÄ F´m\v Fsâ fWÊn k¶ In´NÄ? Mm³ ko*pw Ft¶mXv Ss¶ tImUn¨p.

Fsâ bp_Nn B^m]n^n¡pw k¶Sv?
_oW Aà _oW Fs¶]pw kÀgs]]pw N*v C§sW WnÈÐ]n Wn¡nÃ.
Umth«³ Aà Umth«Wpw Fs¶ e]s¸¯m³ {lfn¡nÃ. At¸mÄ bns¶ B^v?.

kÀg]psX sNm`]man Ss¶ AksW sk_psS knXm³ bmXnÃ. F¶m Mm³ Ct¸mÄ Cu N¯n sNm*v AksW Np¯n]m AkWm\v kÀgs] sNm¶sS¦n Aksâ ssN t^O Cu N¯n]n Nm\pw ASv WãfmNpw. Mm³ AksW sNm¶Sv F´nWms\¶v t`mNw A_n]\w.

Mm³ kÀg]psX Ip^nUm_nsâ gmÄ Dbt]mPn¨v N¯n FXp¯v Fjpt¶äp bp_Nnt`¡v Bªp koln. CsSÃmw Hä Wnfng¯n hwekn¨p. C{S]pw sskNm^nNfm] Wnfng¯n`pw Fsâ fWÊmWnUyw Fsâ KoknS ^oSn]psX e`fm\v Mm³ In´n¨p.

Mm³ Fsâ In´Nan Wn¶pw ko*pw Sn^n¨v k¶p. AknsX NnX¡p¶ l^o^§ant`¡v tWm¡n kÀg]psX AXp¯v Ss¶]m\v Fsâ sk«v GäkmWpw ko\Sv Mm³ tcm¬ FXp¯p ss`äv Aksâ fpOt¯¡v AXn¨p.

Wo^Kv.. Wo^Kv _oW dnÂtZjvhns` Ss¶ tKm`n sI¿p¶kWm\v. Mm³ AksW Hmcohn sk¨pw H¶v ^*v Sk\ CknsX sk¨pw N*n«p*v. Wo^Kv hnkn F©nWoÀ B\v. CknsX AhnÌâv F©nWoÀ B]n kÀNv sI¿p¶p. N³hv–{X£³ Nm^y§Ä FÃmw kÀg G¸n¡p¶Sv CksW]m\v. Wo^mKnsW kÀg¡pw _oW¡pw Wà knlzmhw B]n^p¶p.

CWn F´v sI¿pw kÀgs] Wo^Kv sNm¶p AS_nª Mm³ AksW sNm¶p. tbm`ohnsW knan¡mw bp_w t`mNw A_n]\w Wo^Kv B^ms\¶v Ak³ Ss¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C{St¯maw knlzhn¨v kÀgs] sNm¶kWms\¶v. A§sW DÅ H^msa Mm³ sNm¶p ASv– FWn¡v Fsâ _oWs] fm{Sw tdmZn¸n¨m fSn. AkÄ KokWv Sp`yw hvtWin¨ kÀgs] sNm¶ktWmXv Mm³ {bSnNm^w ko«n F¶v AkÄ A_n]\w.

tNhv F´v k¶m`pw Fs¶ F{S kÀgw ln£n¨m`pw t`mNw Wo^sK¶ ISn]sW A_n]\w. Mm³ tcm¬ FXp¯v k«n]qÀNmkv tÌgWns` Fhv.F s] knan¨p. Cu koXv k«n]qÀNmkv b^nVn]n B\v.

Mm³ : imt`m k«n]qÀ¡mkv Fhv.sF AsÃ.
Fhv.sF : AsS b_]p.
Mm³ : imt`m hÀ Mm³ _oW dw¥mkn Wn¶pw knan¡pN]m\v hÀ sbs«¶v CknsX ks^ k^\w. CknsX ^*v tbÀ f^n¨p ^*pw fÀZÀ B\v.
Fhv–.sF : imt`m Sm¦Ä B^m\v hwhm^n¡p¶Sv.
Mm³ : hÀ Mm³ AOn CknsX dw¥mkn Ss¶ D*v.hÀ sbs«¶v CknsX ks^ k^\w.
Fhv.sF : F¶m l^n Sm³ AknsX Ss¶ Wnt¶m Mm³ CSm k^p¶p.

Mm³ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSv skan]nt`¡v C_§n. tWs^ WX¶v tPänsâ AXp¯v F¯n. Mm³ tWs^ Umth«sâ _qfnt`¡m\v tbm]Sv. “”Umth«m… Umth«m… Fjpt¶Â¡p.. Fjpt¶Â¡m³…””
sI]_n C^p¶v D_§pN]m]n^p¶ Umth«sW Mm³ S«n knan¨p Umth«³ Fjpt¶Â¡p¶nÃ. Mm³ Umth«sâ tXdnÄ _m¡v Sp_¶v Smt¡m Nq«w FXp¯p.

ko*pw H^n¡Â NqXn knan¨v tWm¡ns]¦nNpw Fjpt¶Â¡p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Mm³ Smt¡m`pfm]n tPänsâ AXp¯v WX¶v bq«v Sp_¶p. bq«v Sp_¶v bq«pw Smt¡m`pw Sn^n¨v sNm*v k¡pt¼mtj¡pw tPänWv fp¶nt`¡v tbm`ohv k*n k¶v Wn¶p. sdmt`_]psX lÐw tN«v Mm³ tPänWv tPänsâ AXpt¯¡v HmXn At¸mtj¡pw Ko¸n Wn¶pw tim¬ fpj§n. Mm³ tkPw tPäv ^*v emPt¯¡v ssÉZv sI_pSv Sp_¶p.

tPäv Sp_¶ Mm³ HmXn sdmt`t_m]psX fp³hoän k`Sv kl¯n^n¡p¶ Fhv.sF ]psX AXps¯¯n. “”hÀ Mm³ AOn MmWm\v hm_nsW knan¨Sv.”” {bm]w H^p 35 tSm¶n¡p¶ Np_¨v N_p¯ Wà k®w DÅ Bam]n^p¶p Fhv.sF. AK]³ Mm³ Fhv.sF ]psX sW©n FjpSn sk¨ tb^v fWÊn km]n¨p.

AOn FknsX]m\v tdmZn NnX¡p¶Sv? Fhv–.sF AK]³ tImUn¨p.
“”koXnWv ANSm\v hÀ”” Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.
“”^mQk k*n ANt¯¡v FXpt¯m. AOn ANt¯¡v k^p.”” Fhv.sF ss{Ztk_tWmXpw Fs¶mXpfm]n b_ªp.

k*n tPäv NX¶v ANt¯¡v Wo§n NqsX MmWpw. k*n koXnsâ AXp¯m]pÅ NmÀ tbmÀ¨nWv fp¶n`]n Wn¶p. Fhv.sF ]pw hwQkpw k*n]n Wn¶pw C_§n. At¸mtj¡pw Mm³ HmXn Fhv.sF ]psX AXps¯¯n. “” “”AN¯m\tÔ” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv HmXn NnS¨v k¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n Fhv.sF tImUn¨p.
“”AsS hÀ”” Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.
“”^*v tb^v CknsX Wn¶n«v Wn§Ä ^*v tbÀ Fsâ NqsX k^p.”” Fhv.sF sbm`ohpNmt^mXm]n b_ªp. “”AOn SmWpw k^p”” ASnWv tlgw Ft¶mXv b_ªp.

MmWpw Fhv.sF ]pw ^*v tbm`ohpNm^pw NqXn Sp_¶v NnX¶ fp³kmSn`n NqXn ko«nWtNt¯¡v {btkln¨p.
“”AOn`mt\m BSyw N*S?v”” ANt¯¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ Fhv.sF Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p.
“”AsS hÀ”” Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.
“”AOn CknXs¯ B^m\v?”” kÀg]psX _qfn N]_pt¼mÄ Fhv.tImUn¨p.
“”_oW fmX¯nsâ dnhnsWÊv AtÊmhnt]äv B\v hÀ.”” CSv b_]pt¼mtj¡pw M§Ä B ^*v I`Wfä l^o^§apsX]pw fp¶ns`¯n]n^p¶p.

tbmhv–`ohpNÀ sNm*v k¶ tXmÀ¨nsâ skan¨¯n ^*p l^o^§apw kyàfm]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. Fhv.sF ]pw tbm`ohpNm^pw tdmZn N*v Ak^psX sSm¸nNÄ Du^n. “”CSv kÀg fmZw AsÔ”. M§apsX NqsX k¶ H^p tNm³Ìdn B\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.
“”AtS hÀ”” Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.
“”kÀg.. _oW fmX¯nsâ dÔp AsÃ?””. Fhv.sF B\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.
“”AsS hÀ”” Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.

“”CSv B^m\v AXp¯ sl^o^w tWm¡n””. Fhv–.sF Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p.
“”CSv Wo^Kv B\v hÀ N¼Wn]ns` Ìmcv B\v.”” Mm³ D¯^w b_]pt¼mtj¡pw Fhv.sF ^*v tb^psX]pw bÄhv– tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”^*p tb^pw f^n¨p. AOn Sm³ k^p Wfp¡v bp_¯v Wn¶v hwhm^n¡mw i^n Wo CknsX Wnt¶m”” Fjpt¶äv Fs¶]pw bn¶oXv NqsX k¶ H^p tNm³ÌdnansW]pw tWm¡n b_ªp.

“”AOn ss`äv H¶pw CX¯Sv F´m\v.”” M§Ä skan]nt`¡v C_§p¶SnWnX]n Fhv.sF Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”A_n]nà hÀ bp_¯m\v bkÀ _qw AknsX tWm¡n]m A_n]mw.”” Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.

“”^tfgv Sm³ tbm]n B Af`nsW]pw Nq«n bkÀ _qfn tbm]n F´ms\¶v H¶v tWm¡p.”” M§apsX NqsX k¶ tNm³Ìdn`nsW tWm¡n]m³ Fhv.sF ASv b_ªSv. tNm³ÌdnÄ CSv tN«v skan]nt`¡v WX¶p.

“”AOn C^n¡p”” `nknRv _qfns` thmc Nm\n¨v Fhv.sF Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ ASnt`¡v C^p¶p Fsâ AXp¯m]n Fhv.sF ]pw C^p¶p. “”AOn b_]q hSy¯n F´m\v hwekn¨Sv.”” Fhv.sF tImUn¨p.

“”hÀ Mm³ C¶v tKm`n FÃmw Njnªv Fsâ cv`män C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ _oW fmZw Fs¶ knan¨v kÀg¡v ko«n sk¨v Ft´m Bb¯v bän Bt^m Aksa Abm]s¸Xp¯m³ {lfn¡p¶p F¶v kas^ tbXn¨^* lЯn Ft¶mXv b_ªp. NqXpS Fs´¦n`pw hwekn¡p¶SnWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp¼v tcm¬ N«v B]n. Mm³ F{S]pw tkPw Ct§m«v bp_s¸«p CknsX k¶t¸mÄ tPäv bq«n NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AN¯v ss`äpNÄ H¶pw sSanªn«nÃm]n^p¶p. Mm³ shNyq^nän Umth«sW tPän Wn¶pw knan¨p B^pw k¶nÃ. FWn¡v F§sW]pw AN¯v N]_\w kÀgs] ^£n¡\w F¶ In´ fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅp. A¸p_¯pÅ PmÀZWnsâ fSn ImXn AknsX Wn¶pw Ct§m«v N]_p¶ tPäv Sp_¶v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ASv kjn Sp_¶v NnX¶ koXnsâ fp³kmSn`n NqXn kÀg]psX _qfn N* Nmjv¨ kÀg]psX I`Wfä l^o^w S_]n NnX¡p¶Sm\v. AkapsX AXp¯v Ss¶ tIm^ bp^* H^p N¯n]pw D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ AknsX Wn¶pw Fjpt¶Â¡pw Bt^m Fs¶ bp_Nn Wn¶pw B{Nfn¡m³ k^p¶Sv Mm³ Sn^n¨_nªp Mm³ Fjpt¶äv AknsX NnX¶ N¯n Dbt]mPn¨v Fsâ bp_Nnt`¡v Bªv koln. Fsâ sk«v sNm*v Wo^Kv At½ F¶v knan¨v sNm*v Smsj¡v bSn¨p. FWn¡v sbs«¶p hwekn¨ Nm^y§an H^p F¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«n]nà F¦n`pw Mm³ DX³ tcm¬ FXp¯v Sm¦sa knan¨p. bns¶ hÀ k^p¶SnWv fp¼v shNyq^näns] Mm³ tWm¡m³ tbm]n^p¶p A]mÄ tdmVw tN«Sv tbms` NnX¡pN]m\v A]msa sbs«¶v H¶v Blpb{Sn]n F¯n¡\w.”” Mm³ b_ª hwek§Ä knk^n¡p¶SnWnX]n ss`äpNÄ sSanªn^p¶p.

“”AOn Sm¦apsX fmWÊnN Akhv–T FWn¡v fWÊn`mNpw Cu AkhT]n B^pw sI¿p¶ sSäm\v Sm¦apw sI]vSSv F¶m Sm¦Ä Wn]f b^fm]n sSävNm^Wm\v. Sm¦Ä GSm]m`pw CknsX C^pt¶maq Mm³ Fsâ D]À¶ DtUymPØs^ H¶v knan¡s«.”” CSv b_ªv At±iw Fjpt¶äp.

At¸mtj¡pw bkÀ _qfnt`¡v tbm] Af`pw ^tflpw Sn^n¨v k¶n^p¶p. “”AK]v N_ânWv F´m\v bän]Sv.”” Fhv.sF tImUn¨p. “”sf]n³ hzn¨v Hmcv B]n^p¶p hÀ.”” Af D¯^w b_ªp. “”^tflv SmWpw ^mQkWpw NqXn tPäv shNyq^näns] H¶v timhvbnä`n F¯n¡\w F¶n«v Sm³ AknsX Wn¡\w shNyq^nän¡v tdmVw k¶m Fs¶ knan¡\w”” ^tflnWv tWm¡n Fhv.sF b_ªp. “”l^n hÀ”” F¶v b_ªv ^tflv skan]nt`¡v WX¶p. tlgw AknsX Wn¶v Ss¶ Fhv.sF tcm¬ FXp¯v knan¨p
“”hÀ Mm³ Fhv.sF AK]³… CknsX _oW dw¥mkn ^*v sNm`bmSN§Ä WX¶p…. AsS hÀ _oW dnÄtZjvhnsâ…. hÀ Ct¸mÄ k^ptfm… l^n hÀ.””

tcm¬ sk¨v tlgw Fhv.sF ANt¯¡v kÀg]psX _qfnt`¡v tbm]n. Fsâ fWÊnsW At¸mÄ tk«]Xn]Sv Wo^mKv kÀgs] F´nWv sNm¶p F¶pÅSm]n^p¶p. FWn¡pÅ N½og³ _oW Fsâ A¡u*nt`¡v {Xm³hvcÀ sI]vSp F¶v b_]m³ knan¨v Unkhfm\v Wo^Knsâ Mm³ BUyfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm\p¶Sv.

A¶v _oW]n Wn¶pw ht´mg kÀ¯m]_nªv AkÄ¡v Wµn b_ªv kÀgt]mXpw Wµn b_]m³ D*v, Mm³ Aksa N*n«v k^mw F¶v _oW]psX fp_n]n Wn¶pw C_§n. A¶v kÀg]pfm]n hwhm^n¨n^n¡pt¼mÄ Wo^Kv AkntX¡v NX¶v k¶p kÀg]m\v Wo^KnsW FWn¡v b^nIs]s¸Xp¯n]Sv. “”CSv Wo^Kv M§apsX bpSn] AhnÌâv F©nWoÀ B\v”” kÀg b_ªp. “”im]v Wo^Kv”” Mm³ AkWv ihvSUmWw WÂNn. “”bpSn] t{bmsKNvänWv tk*n At¸m]nâv sI]vSSm\v.”” ko*pw kÀg SpXÀ¶p “”CSv AOn”” “”im]v fnÌÀ AOn”” Ak³ b_ªp.

A¶v NqXpS H¶pw hwhm^n¨nÃ. Ak³ kÀgt]mXv Ft´m hwl]w tImUn¡m³ k¶Sm\v. ASnWv tlgkpw Mm³ AksW b` Sk\ Hmcohn`pw CknsX ko«n sk¨pw N*p fn¡Spw “”im]v, imt`m”” km¡pNan HXp§n fq¶v NqXn¡mjvI HjnsN.

Fsâ In´NÄ¡nX]n koXnWv fp¶n fsäm^p tbm`ohv k*n k¶v Wn¶p. ASn Wn¶pw hn.sF tKmÀKv tKmhcv ImXn]n_§n At¸mtj¡pw Fhv.sF AK]³ AkntX¡v HmXns]¯n]n^p¶p. hn.sF Nm^y§Ä b_ªv V^n¸n¡p¶SnWX]n Mm³ Fhv.sF t]mXv b_]m¯ H^p {bVmWNm^ytf D*m]n^p¶pÅp.

“”hÀ kÀg]ptXSv H^p t_¸v Asäwäv– Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p. Fhv.sF hn.sF t]mXv b_ªp.
“”km«v t_¸v Aäwtäm?”” hn.sF AknhzWo]fm] Ft´m tN«Sv tbms` tImUn¨p.
“”Fhv hÀ fmZ¯nsâ khv{S§Ä No_n]n«p*v B³Zv siÀ bmâv Chv tWmXv C³ siÀ tdmZn””. Fhv.sF Ssâ hwl]¯nsâ Nm^\w kyàfm¡n.

hn.sF ]pw Fhv.sF ]pw Fs¶ NX¶v tbmNpt¼mÄ Fhv.sF b_ª Nm^yfm\v Bt`mIn¨Sv. “”kÀg]ptXSv H^p t_¸v B]n^p¶p..”” AtS ASv H^p t_¸v Ss¶ B]n^n¡\w Fhv.sF ASnWv b_ª Nm^\§Ä FÃmw FWn¡v tW^s¯ fWÊn`m]n^p¶p. Mm³ Wo^mKnsW sNmÃp¶SnWv fp¼v Ss¶. FWn¡v ASv HmÀ¡m³ NqXn Njn]p¶nà sb®nsW sk_pw fmwhfm]n N*v Aksa B{Nfn¡pN AkÄ¡v fm{Sw AkNmls¸« Im^n{Syw NkÀs¶Xp¡pN.

frP§sa¡mÄ AVxbXn¨ fWpgy³ F´ntWs_ Ssâ B{Pi¯nWm]n AWysâ KoksWmXp¡m³ ks^ SpWn]p¶p. Hmt^m Unkhkpw bpSn] bpSn] C^NÄ D*mNpt¼mÄ N¿pw sN«n Wn¡p¶ H^p e^\NqXkpw hfqikpw. CSv fm_\sf¦n Wo^KnsW sNm¶Sv tbms` sNm¶v SÅ\w. C¯^w WoK·ms^ W½psX hfqi¯nWv Bklyw CÃ.

Fsâ In´Nant`¡v kÀg]psX ftWmi^fm] fpOkpw AkapsX bp©n^n]pw ko*pw ko*pw NX¶v k¶v sNm*n^p¶p. M§Ä BUyw N* Unkhw Ft¶mXv kas^ tfmlfm]m\v sb^pfm_n]Sv F¶m ASnWv tlgw AkÄ FWn¡v S¶ hvtWiw ASnWv bN^w sk¡m³ H¶nWpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Njn]nÃ.

A¶v Mm³ Wo^KnsW BUyfm]n N* Unkhw Wo^Kv tbm]SnWv tlgw MmWpw kÀgkpw hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. AkÄ AkapsX B{Pi§sa Np_ns¨Ãmw Ft¶mXv hwhm^n¨p. “”_oW¡v H^p Wà k^sW N*v bnXn¨v knkmiw WX¯\w. ASv Njnªv tk\w Fs¶ hvtWin¡p¶ H^msa FWn¡v Ns*¯m³””. kÀg b_ªp.
“”kÀg¡v bän] H^msa Mm³ N*p bnXn¡mw _oW Ss¶ N*v bnXnt¨mapw”” Mm³ ASv b_ªv In^n¨p Akapw. bns¶]pw M§Ä SfmlNÄ b_ªn^p¶p.

“”kÀg C¶v Mm³ kas^ im¸n]m\v. kÀg]psX GsS¦n`pw H^m{Piw Mm³ hmVn¨p S^mw””. hwhm^n¡p¶SnWnX]n Mm³ b_ªp.
“”GSv B{Pikpw hmVn¨v S^ptfm””.AkÄ NphrSn]m]n tImUn¨p.
“”A§sW k`n] B{Piw H¶pw b_]^pSv ASnWv fm{Sw DÅ Njnskm¶pw Ct¸mÄ FWn¡nÔ”. Mm³ fp³NqÀ Kmfyw FXp¯p.
“”A§sW sI_n] B{Piw…”” AkÄ Bt`mIn¨v sNm*v b_ªp.

“”kÀg b_tªmaq”” Mm³ Aksa t{bmÕmin¸n¨p.
“”Mm³ H^p sI_n] B{Piw b_]mw bs£ hmVn¨p S^pw F¶v D_¸v S¶ms` Mm³ b_]p”” kÀg Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”Fs¶ sNm*v bäp¶sS¦n Mm³ hmVn¨p S^pw”” Mm³ km¡v WÂNn.
“”F¶m FWn¡v ssd¡v HmXn¡m³ bYn¸n¨v S^ptfm?”” AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p. B bp©n^n]n Wm\kpw N`À¶n^p¶p.

“”ssdt¡m”” Mm³ B B{Piw H^n¡`pw {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ.
“”ssd¡v Ss¶ bs£ hUm ssd¡v bänÃ. dpÅäv bYn¸n¨v S^\w.”” AkÄ sNm©n sNm*v b_ªp. “”dpsÅtäm Fsâ ssUktf”” Mm³ ssUks¯ knan¨p tbm]n.
“”km¡v S¶Sms\ CWn fmäm³ bänÔ”. AkÄ ko*pw sNm©n.

“”F¶m l^n bYn¸n¡mw bs£ Fsâ N¿n dpÅänÔ” Mm³ Fsâ Um^n{Uyw b_ªp.
“”dpÅäv Hs^®w km§n¨psX Ct¸mÄ H^pbmXv ssbh Hs¡ Nn«n]StÔ” AkÄ Fs¶ Nan]m¡n.
“”dpÅäv km§n¡msWm¶pw Nymgv CÃ. tk\sf¦n Mm³ Hs^®w kXNs¡Xp¡mw”” Mm³ Fsâ Wn`bmXv kyàfm¡n.
“”CWn AsSm¶pw tk* A¦nansâ H^p dpÅäv ko«n C^p¸p*v. ASn bYn¸n¨m fSn””. AkÄ FWn¡v Alzhw WÂNn.

“”A§sW]ms\¦n Wfp¡v AXp¯ h¬tZ sbm·pXn tbmNmw. SWn¡v ssd¡v bYn¡pN]pw sI¿mw H^p {Xn¸pw BNpw””. Mm³ Fsâ Bl]w b¦v sk¨p.
“”ASv Wà sFZn] Cu _oW Cu ss{ctZ fpwssd]n tbmNpkm\v ^*mjv¨ Njntª k^p. AkÄ Csæn Mm]À kas^ tdm_\v Hmcnhpw Cà B^pw Nq«pw CÃ.”” AkÄ AkapsX h½Uw A_n]n¨p.

“”F¶m At¸mÄ Hs¡ W½Ä Mm]_mjv¨ sbm·pXn tbmNp¶p kÀgs] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssd¡v HmXn¡m³ bYn¸n¡p¶p.”” A§sW B So^pfmWw Mm³ A_n]n¨p. A¶v M§Ä bn^nªSnWv tlgw Mm³ bpSn] N¼Wn SpX§m³ tbmNp¶p F¶ So^pfmWw _oWs]]pw kÀgs]]pw knan¨_n]n¨t¸mjpw AkÄ sbm·pXn ]m{S Fs¶ HmÀfn¸n¨p. ASnWv tlgkpw AkÄ ^*v {bmklyw Fs¶ Ct§m«v knan¨t¸mjpw Fs¶ ASv HmÀfn¸n¨p. ASn H¶v _oW fpwssd]n tbm]n F¶v b_]m³ B]n^p¶p.

A§sW B Mm]_mjvI F¯n C¶m\v B sbm·pXn ]m{S. D¨ B]m IqXmNpw Nm\m³ W¶m]n^n¡nà F¶v b_ªv AkÄ Ss¶]m\v ]m{S ^mkns` A©v A^¡v B¡n]Sv. Mm³ timÌ`n Wn¶pw C_§m³ tW^w Aksa knan¨p AkÄ s_Zn BkpN]ms\¶v b_ªp. Mm³ kX¡s¡Xp¯ hncväv Nm_n B\v tbm]Sv. _oW]psX ko«n Wn¶pw ssd¡n tbmNm³ B\v ¹m³.

Mm³ koXv F¯n]t¸mÄ AkÄ s_Zn B]n^p¶p. Mm³ Fâ k*n bmÀ¡v sI]vSv skan]n C_§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ ko«n Wn¶pw C_§n k¶p. AkapsX fpOs¯ bp©n^n Ct¸mjpw Fsâ fWÊn S«n Wn¡p¶p. “”AOnt` F¶m Wfp¡v sbm·pXn f`NÄ NojX¡m³ tbm]mt`m””. AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p. “”bns¶ tbm]n¡a]mw”” MmWpw ASvtbms` f_pbXn WÂNn.

AkÄ dpsÅänsâ No Fsâ N¿n S¶p. Mm³ tbmÀ¨nsâ g«À Sp_¶v dpÅänsâ AXps¯¯n. t_m] F³coÂZnsâ Np_¨v bj] tfmZ B\v. F¶m bkÀ ÌÀXv FÃmw D*v. Ds*¶v b_ªn«v Nm^yw CÃmt`m Mm³ F{S AXn¨n«pw shÂcv FXp¯nà HXpkn Nn¡À AXn¨m\v ÌÀXv B¡n]Sv. Mm³ ssd¡p FXp¯v Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¶v kÀg]psX fp¼n WnÀ¯n.

“”F´m fmtg ÌmÀ«v Ak³ Wà bmXmt\m”” Fsâ bp_Nn N]_p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”^mkns` Wà S\p¸tà ASv sNm*mNpw”” Mm³ Fsâ Duiw b_ªp.
C§sW N]_pt¼mÄ SpX§n] hwhm^w B\v GNtUlw 5 Nnt`mfoäÀ Njnªv Np_¨v Wn^¶ t_mZv N*t¸mjm\v WnÀ¯n]Sv ASv ks^ W½Ä hwhm^n¨vsNmt* C^p¶p.

ssd¡p WnÀ¯n AkÄ C_§n. Ko³hpw tXm¸pfm\v AkÄ C«n^p¶Sv. Mm³ C_§n AktamXv fp¶n N]_n C^n¡m³ b_ªp. Mm³ bp_Nn`pw N]_n. BUyw Mm³ k*n]psX Hmt^m emP§apw b_ªv sNmXp¯p. tlgw F§sW k*n ÌmÀ«v sI¿mw F¶pw. Aksa sNm*v N_Nväm]n ¢¨v kn«v AN-vhnt`äÀ sNmXp¯v k*n fpt¶m«p Wo¡m³ Mm³ H^pbmXv Nãs¸«p. ASn ^mkns` A]SvsNm*v t_mZn Sn^s¡m¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p. AkÄ bSns] HmXn¨v SpX§n bSns] bSns] Pn]À fmämWpw AkÄ bYn¨p. A§sW sh¡âv Pn]_n tbmNpt¼mjm\v im³Zn sk«n k*n kojm³ tbm]Sv. AsS k*n ko\p F¶m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ NmÂNp¯n dm`³hv sI]vS AkapsX CXp¸n bnXn¨v D]À¯n]Sv Nm^\w AkÄ ko\nÃ.

AkÄ Np_¨v tbXns¨¦n`pw ko*pw Mm³ AksasNm*v HmXn¸n¨p. A§sW sbm·pXn F¯p¶Sv ks^ Wn^¶ t_mZv FÃmw AksasNm*v Mm³ HmXn¸n¨p. GNtUlw Gjv A^ B]t¸mÄ M§Ä sbm·pXn F¯n. bSns] Hmt^m Np¶pNÄ N]_n]pw bm_bp_¯n^p¶v NTNÄ b_ªpw hf]w tbmNp¶sS M§Ä A_nªnÃ. AkÄ Ft¶mXv H^pbmXv Nm^y§Ä hwhm^n¨p. AkÄ Ft¶mXv hf]w In`kjn¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ kas^ ht´mgkSn]ms\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n.

Cu ht´mgw F¶pw WÂNm³ Njnªn^ps¶¦n F¶v Mm³ Bln¨p. AkapsX B{Pi§apw {bSo£Napw tNÄ¡m³ H^pbmXv Sm¸^yw Nm\n¨p. kÀg.. AkÄ¡v KoknSs¯Np_n¨v H^pbmXv {bSo£NÄ D*m]n^p¶p. AsSÃmw C¶v AkapsX InS]n Im¼`]n fm_pw FWn¡v fWÊnsâ UpxOw AX¡m³ Njnªnà ASv N®pWo^m]n H`n¨n_§n.

kÀg]psX _qfn Wn¶pw C_§n k¶ hn.sF Fsâ AXp¯n^p¶v hwhm^n¨v SpX§n.
“”fnÌÀ AOn Nm^y§Ä FÃmw AK]³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp.”” Fsâ N®pWoÀ N*v hn.sF sbs«¶v WnÀ¯n.
“”AOn kngfn¡^pSv C¯^w hµÀe§an Wmw H^n¡`pw BßWn]{´\w ssNknX^pSv””. hn.sF Fs¶ hfmVmWn¸n¡m³]n b_ªp.
“”CÃ hÀ sF Bw Hs¡ CknsX C§sW C^p¶t¸mÄ Hmt^m¶v Bt`mIn¨v tbm]n.”” Mm³ N®pWoÀ SpX¨v sNm*v b_ªp.

“”AOn Mm³ St¶mXv tImUn¡m³ k¶Sv F´m\v sk¨m”” At±iw ko*pw b_ªv WnÀ¯n.
“”tImUnt¨maq hÀ sF Bw HsN”” Mm³ At±it¯mXv b_ªp.
“”AOn fnÊv _oW Ct¸mÄ FknsX]m\v DÅSv?. Sm¦apsX sfmjn]Wph^n¨v Sm¦sa Ct§m«v knan¨Sv _oW]m\v. bt£ AkÄ Sm¦Ä k¶t¸mÄ Sm¦Ä Aksa CknsX N*nÃ. Ct¸mapw gn Chv tWmXv in]À. sk]À sFhv gn?.

“”hÀ _oW AkÄ Fsâ cv`män D*v””.