{bn]s¸« km]W¡ms^ Wn§apsX CSpks^ DÅ bn´p\¡pw hvtWi¯nWpw Wn§apsX BßmÀ°fm] Wµn A_n]n¨v sNmÅp¶p. CWn]pw Wn§apsX hvtWikpw hiN^\kpw {bSo£n¡p¶p. Wn§apsX kn`t]_n] Aen{bm]§Ä Nsfân`qsX A_n]n¨m ASv FWn¡v k`n] DuÀÖw B]n^n¡pw. NT]ns` tbm^m]vfNapw sSäv Npä§apw Wn§Ä¡v Nsfâv sI¿mw CWn Wn§Ä¡v Fs´¦n`pw WnÀt±l§Ä WÂNm³ Ds*¦n ASpw Mm³ Nsfân {bSo£n¡p¶p. NT Wn§Ä¡v Cgv-Xsbs«¦n U]km]n ss`¡v sI¿pN. At¸mÄ F§sW Wfp¡v NT]nt`¡v tbmNmw.

“”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?. hn.sF tImUn¨p.

“”hÀ _oW AkÄ Fsâ cv`män D*v””. Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.
“”km«v iu Cäv i¸³Zv Bâv iu ]q tWm Ummäv”” hn.sF tKmhcv A£fWm]n b_ªp.

“”hÀ, Mm³ kÀg¡v Ft´m bän DX³ H¶v CknsX k^m³ AeyÀ°n¨v _oW knan¨Nm^yw b_ªtÃm. CSv tN« Mm³ sbs«¶v s_Zn B]n cv`män Wn¶pw C_§n `ncvän Smtj¡v k^pt¼mÄ Mm³ _oWs] knan¨p F¶m AkÄ tcm¬ Aäâv sI]v–sS¦n`pw AkÄ W¶]n NnS¡p¶ lÐw fm{Stf Mm³ tN«pÅq.

Mm³ `ncväv C_§n NmÀ FXp¯v Ct§m«v bp_s¸«t¸mjpw Mm³ B tcm¬ N«v sI]vSn^p¶nà Mm³ At¸mÄ siZv shäv Dbt]mPn¨n]n^p¶p. Mm³ Nm_n cv`änsâ tPäv Njnªt¸mtj¡pw _oW]psX lÐw ko*pw Mm³ tN«p.
“”AOn imt`m AOnÂ….”” AkÄ At¸mjpw NnS¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. “”_oW kÀg¡v F´m bän]Sv Wo Ft§m«m HmXn]Sv.”” Mm³ A£fWm]n tImUn¨p. AOnÂ.. AOn Bt^m H^mÄ ko«n N]_n]n«p*v A]mÄ kÀgs] kÀgs] Np¯n…”” AkÄ CSv b_]pt¼mÄ N^]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”kÀgs] Np¯nt]m B^m\v Ak³ Wo thcv Bt\m”” FWn¡v knlzhn¡m³ Njn]p¶*m]n^p¶nÃ. AtS AOn Mm³ C¶v tW^s¯ Hmcohn Wn¶pw C_§n kÀg k^m³ t`äv BNpw F¶v AkÄ Ft¶mXv b_ªn^p¶p. Mm³ k¶v Np_¨v Njnªt¸mÄ A¸p_s¯ PmÀZWn tbm]n C^p¶p. Mm³ tW^s¯ AOn`nsW kan¨ntà ASnWv sSm«v fp¼v At¸mjpw Mm³ PmÀZWn Ss¶]m]n^p¶p. ko«n Wn¶pw kÀg]psX Wn`knanNÄ Mm³ tN«p sbs«¶v ko«nt`¡v HXp¶SnWnX]n B\v Mm³ AOn`nsW knan¨Sv.”” AkÄ b_ªp WnÀ¯n.

“”_oW ASnWv tlgw F´v hwekn¨p”” FWn¡v F´v hwekn¨p F¶v A_n]m³ fWÊn kÃm¯ hwQÀgw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B]n^p¶p. ASnWv tlgw Mm³ ko«nt`¡v HmXn… ko«n kÀg]psX _qfn AkÄ ^à¯n Npan¨v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p AknsX AXp¯v Ss¶ H^p N¯n]pw NnX¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ F´v sI¿\w F¶v A_n]msS Wn¶v N^]pN]m]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ ss`äv FÃmw Hmcv B]n FWn¡v F´v hwekn¨Sv F¶v fWÊn`m]nÃ.

Mm³ tcm¬ FXp¯v Umth«sW knan¨p Umth«³ tcm¬ FXp¡p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Mm³ bp_t¯¡v C_§n Umth«sW knan¡m³ tk*n WX¶p At¸mÄ bkÀ _qfnsâ AXp¯v Wn¶pw H^mÄ WX¶v k^p¶Sv N*p. A]mÄ Fs¶ N*Spw Fsâ AXpt¯¡v HmXn Mm³ e]¶v A]man Wn¶pw ^£s¸Xm³ tk*n HmXn A]mÄ Fs¶ bn´pX^pt¼mÄ B\v ko*pw AOn`nsâ NmÄ k¶Sv. ko*pw knan¨m tcm\nsâ lÐw Fs¶ Sn^n¨_n]m³ A]msa him]n¡pw F¶v fWÊn`m¡n Mm³ tcm¬ Aäâv sI]vSv sNm*v Fsâ Hm«w SpXÀ¶p.

F§sWt]m emPy¯nWv Mm³ A]mÄ Nm\msS Hu«v iuhnWv AXp¯pÅ dmSv–_qfn A]mÄ Nm\msS N]_n. Ct¸mjpw CknsX]m\v DÅSv A]mÄ Fs¶ Sn^ªv bp_¯v WX¡p¶p*mNpw. CWn F´v sI¿\w F¶v H^p F¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«p¶nà AOnÂ.”” _oW]psX hwhm^¯n b`Spw Akyàkpw fp_nªv fp_nªk]pw B]n^p¶p ASn Wn¶pw FWn¡v fWÊn`m¡m³ NjnªSv C{S]pfm\v.

“”_oW Wo B dm{Sqfn Wn¡p¶Sv AbNXw B\v ASv N*v bnXn¡m³ k`n] hf]w H¶pw tk*n k^nÃ. Wo F§sWs]¦n`pw bp_¯n_§n PmÀZ³ kjn t_mZnt`¡v k^p. Mm³ At§m«v k¶v sNm*n^n¡pN]m\v”” Mm³ Fsâ fWÊn sbs«¶v tSm¶n] Bl]w b_ªp.
tcm¬ N«v B]SnWv tlgfm\v Mm³ F¯p¶Sv ks^ AknsX t_mZn Hä¡v Wn¡p¶Sv AbNXw Bs\¶v tSm¶n]Sv.

Mm³ sbs«¶v tcm¬ FXp¯v knW]m¡nsW knan¨p. _oW]psX koXnWv AXp¯pÅ M§apsX GKânsW knan¨v _oWs] Fsâ cv`män sNm*m¡m³ b_ªp. Mm³ AktWmXv Nm^yw H¶pw b_ªnà tWs^ f_n¨v ASymklyw Bs\¶pw Wo Fsâ cv`män k¶v _oW AknsX thcv B]n F¯n F¶v D_¸n¡\w F¶pw ASnWv tlgw Fs¶ A_n]n¡\w F¶pw b_ªp. ASnWv tlgw _oWs] bn¡v sI¿m³ AknsX H^mÄ k^pw F¶pw cv`män sNm*m¡pw F¶pw b_ªp Mm³ _oW¡pw sftÊKv A]¨p.

Ct¸mÄ Np_¨v fp¼v B\v _oW thcv B]n cv`män F¯n F¶v knWm]Nnsâ sftÊKv k¶Sv. “” Ft¶mXv tImUn¨ hn.sF t]mXpw M§sa sN«psNm*n^p¶. Fhv.sFt]mXpw B]n b_ªp.
“”Hs¡ AOn GSm]m`pw fmZw thcv B\tÃm”” Fhv.sF B\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.
“”hÀ Mm³ Aksa H¶p knant¨ms« CknsX WX¶ Nm^y§Ä Hs¡ H¶v AktamXv b_tªms«”” Mm³ kas^ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv knWoUWm]n hn.sF t]mXv tImUn¨p.

“”AOn Sm¦Ä knant¨maq Sm¦Ä hwhm^n¨n«v FWn¡pw In` Nm^y§Ä fmZt¯mXv tImUn¡m³ D*v. ASv sNm*v tcm¬ FWn¡v ssNfm_\w”” hn.sF b_ªp
hÀ Mm³ S^mw bs£ hÀ FWn¡v H^p DbN^w sI¿\w AkapsX sfmjns]Xp¡m³ Aksa C¶v tbm`ohv tÌgWnt`¡v knan¸nN^pSv. H¶mfSv C{S]pw ^m{Sn]m]n bns¶ kÀg]psX f^\w AkÄ¡v kas^ tgm¡nRv B]n^n¡pw ASnsâ CX]n tImUyw sI¿`pw AkapsX B tNm¨v fWÊv Sm§nà hÀ.”” Mm³ hn.sF t]mXv Fsâ Atb£ b_ªp.

“”Cà AOn H^n¡`pw Cà {btSNn¨pw fmXs¯ tbms`m^p ssi cnPÀ sh`n{dnäns]. A§sW sI]vSm In`t¸mÄ FWn¡v Fsâ tKm`n Ss¶ WlvXfmNpw.”” hn.sF ]psX lЯn Wn¶pw tKm`n tbmNpw F¶ e]t¯¡mÄ Ft¶mXpÅ hiSmbw B\v FWn¡v km]ns¨Xp¡m³ NjnªSv. F¶m Mm³ knant¨ms« F¶v AWpkmUw tImUn¨v tcm¬ FXp¯v _oWs] knan¨p. Mm³ tcm¬ sIkn]n sk¨t¸mÄ k`n¨n«v S¶m fSn F¶v hn.sF BwPyw Nm\n¨n«v AknsX Wn¶pw Fhv.sF s]]pw knan¨v sNm*v fm_nt¸m]n Wn¶p. H^p Npäkman]m] Fsâ hzNm^yS¡v AkÀ WÂNp¶ b^nP\W Fs¶ kÃmsS BÛpSs¸Xp¯n.

“”imt`m hÀ FknsX]m”” A¸p_¯v Wn¶pw knWm]Nnsâ hz^w B\v tN«Sv.
“”AsSms¡ b_]mw Wo Ct¸mÄ _oW]psX AXp¯v Ss¶]tÃ? AkÄ¡v Npj¸w H¶pw CÃtÃm? H¶v tcm¬ AkÄ¡v sNmXpt¡m?.”” Mm³ fq¶v tImUykpw H^pfn¨m\v tImUn¨Sv.
“”AsS Mm³ CknsX cv`män fmZn¯nsâ AXp¯v Ss¶]p*v. F´ms\¶v A_n]nà fmZw k¶Sv fpS Ht^ N^¨n`m\v Mm³ tImUn¨n«v H¶pw b_]p¶Spw CÃ. Mm³ tcm¬ fmZ¯nWv sNmXp¡mw hÀ Ss¶ hwhm^n¡v””. Aksâ lЯn Wà sX³g³ D*m]n^p¶p.

_oW : AOnÂ….(kÃmt¯m^p N^¨n`pw Wn`knan]pfm\v ASnWv tlgw tN«Sv.
Mm³ : _oW N^]^pSv F¶v b_]m³ FWn¡v Njn]nà Mm³ A§sW b_ªm`pw Wo N^¨n WnÀ¯m³ tbmNp¶nÃ. F¶m H^p Nm^yw fm{Sw Wo HmÀ¡\w Wnsâ N®p Wn_]p¶Sv kÀg¡v H^n¡`pw Sm§m³ Njn]nÃm]n^p¶p. Wnsâ AkÄ¡v tk*n]pÅ N®pWoÀ H^n¡`pw AkapsX BßmknWv Sm§m³ Njn]nÃ.( Mm³ Fsâ fWÊns` h¦Xw f_¨v sk¨v sNm*v b_ªp.)
_oW : Cà AOn CWn Mm³ N^]nÃ. F¶m`pw ( AkÄ BUyw N^¨n AX¡n]m\v ASv b_ªSv F¶m tlgw ko*pw AkapsX N^¨n`nsâ lÐw D]À¶p.) B^m\v AOn Aksa B^m\v B WoI³ Fsâ kÀgs] CÃmSm¡n]Sv.

_oWt]mXv CknsX WX¶ Nm^y§Ä b_ª tlgw AkapsX h¦Xw Np_¨v Np_ªt¸mÄ Mm³ tcm¬ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hn.sF ¡v sNmXp¯p AkÀ F¶Sm\v hwhm^n¡p¶Sv F¶v tNÄ¡m³ Wn¡msS Mm³ fm_n Wn¶p. hwhm^n¨ tlgw tcm¬ N«v sI¿msS Ss¶ At±iw tcm¬ FWn¡v ssNfm_n. kÀg]psX A´yNmÀf§Ä FÃmw sI¿m³ knWm]Nv D*mNpsf¶pw Mm³ AktWmXv FÃmw b_ªv F¸nt¨mamw F¶pw h¦XsbX^psS¶v H^n¡Â NqXn b_ªv Mm³ tcm¬ knW]mNnWv sNmXp¡m³ b_ªp.

Mm³ knWm]NntWmXv WX¶ Nm^y§Ä FÃmw b_ªp tlgw _oW]v¡v tk*sSÃmw sI]vSv sNmXp¯v Wo AkapsX NqsX Ss¶ D*mN\w F¶pw kÀg]psX A´yNmÀf§psX Nm^y§Ä tWm¡mWpw AksW b_ªv G`vbn¨p. _oW]pfm]pw knW]Npfm]pw hwhm^n¨ tlgw k`n] em^§Ä C_¡n sk¨ H^p Blzmhw B]n^p¶p.

GNtUlw hf]w b¯^ B]n¡m\pw kÀg]psX]pw Wo^mKnsâ]pw l^o^§Ä N]än] Bwdp`³hv sd¥mknWv bp_t¯¡v tbm]. kÀgs] ÌÎ_n FXp¯v sNm*v tbmNp¼n N^¨n fWÊn AX¡n bnXn¨v WnÊim]Wm]n Wn¡msW FWn¡v NjnªpÅp. Bwdp`³hv tbm] tlgw Smfhn]msS Fs¶]pw sNm*v hn.sF ]psX kmiWw dw¥mknsâ tPäv NX¶v tbm]n.

tbm`ohv k*n]n C^n¡pt¼mjpw Fsâ N®pNan B hvt{XÎ_n Fsâ fp¶n`qsX sNm*v tbm] fpOfm]n^p¶p\v FWn¡v f_¡mWmNm¯ H^p bmXv Wnfng§Ä h½mWn¨ Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¡p¶ B fpOw. ko*pw Fs¶ AkapsX HmÀfNant`¡v sNm*v tbm]n A¶v sbm·pXn ]m{S¡v tlgw AkÄ Ft¶mXv H^pbmXv AXp¯Sv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. ASn bns¶ M§Ä¡nX]n F{S Uq^w D*m]n^p¶n«pw M§Ä b^hvb^w tcm\nsâ fm{´nNKm`]n dÔs¸«n^p¶p. ^mkns` AkÄ Fjpt¶Â¡p¶Sv fpS Fsâ tcm\nWv kn{lfw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. AktamXv hwhm^n¨v sNm*v Ss¶ Mm³ Hmt^m tKm`nNapw sI]vSv SpX§n.

Mm³ ]m{S]n`m]n^n¡pt¼mÄ FÃm hf]kpw M§Ä Hmt^m kÀ¯f§Ä b_ªv sNmt* C^p¶p. AkapsX Hmcohv Nm^y§apw _oW CÃm¯Snsâ b^nekkpw FÃmw AkÄ b_ªv sNmt* C^p¶p. Fsâ bpSn] N¼Wn SpX§m³ Mm³ sI¿p¶ Hmt^m Nm^y§apw AkÄ AtWzgn¨v sNm*n^p¶p. Fs¶ BUyw N*t¸mÄ fpOw NW¸n¨ kÀg]t\m CSv F¶v FWnNv Sn^n¨_n]m³ Njn]m¯ AkØ]m]n. bSns] bSns] Fsâ Cã§Ä AkaptXSm]n fm_n AkÄ FWn¡v tk*n fm{Sfm\v Kokn¡p¶Sv F¶v tbm`pw tSm¶n. F¶pw Mm³ AkapsX NnanWmU¯nWm]n sIknt]mÀ¡pw AkÄ Fsâ lЯnWm]pw.

M§Ä sbm·pXn ]m{S tbm] BjvI]ns` kymjmjvI A¶v MmWpw knWm]mNpw NqXn M§apsX Hmcohns` hnÌw C³sÌmtagWv tNm{*mNväv WÂNm³ tk*n sNm¨n]n tbmNp¶ Unkhw B]n^p¶p. A¶v Ss¶ Sn^n¨v k^m³ tk*n M§Ä Fsâ Nm_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B\v tbm]Sv. M§Ä ^mkns` ]m{S Sn^n¡p¶Sv fpS Fsâ tcm\nsâ siZv shäv Fsâ sIkn]n`pw tcm¬ kÀg]psX tcm\pfm]n N\NväZpw B]n^p¶p.

kÀg]psX F¶t¯]pw tbms` Hmcohn Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. CX¡v AkÄ Ak^psX AbÀXvsfân kmXN NpXnÈnN DÅk^psX `nÌv b^ntlmVn¡pt¼mÄ ASn Wm`v fmhw B]n«v CSv ks^ kmXN S^m¯ H^p kX¡m^sâ tb^pw N*p. AkÄ fp¼v C]man Wn¶pw kmXN km§n¡m³ b`s^]pw b_ªv kn«Sm\v F¶n«pw A]mÄ kmXN S^m³ S¿mÀ B]nÃ. kÀg ASv Ft¶mXv b_ªp, Mm³ AktamXv tW^n«v tbm]n hwhm^n¡m³ b_ªp.

A§sW AkÄ ]m{S]n`pw A]msa¡p_n¨v hwhm^n¨v sNmt*]n^p¶p. NÀ\³ F¶m\v A]mapsX tb^v kmXN tImUn¨v Bs^ kn«m`pw A]mÄ AbmÀXvsfâv l^n]söpw AkÀ¡v tk* huN^y§Ä Cà F¶pw b_ªv kmXN WÂNmsS Sn^n¨]¡pw. kÀg¡v A§sW Ak^psX AbmÀXvsfânsW Npäw b_]p¶Sv Cãw Aà F¶v AkÄ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. A§sW AkÄ NÀ®sâ fp¶n F¯n. kÀg k]Às`Êv siZvshäv B\v Dbt]mPn¡p¶Sv ASv sNm*v AkÄ MmWpfm]n N\NväXv Bs\¶v A]mÄ¡v fWÊn`mknÃ. F¦n`pw FWn¡v AkapsX]pw A]mapsX]pw hwhm^w tNÄ¡mfm]n^p¶p.

kÀg N¼Wn]ns` Ìmcv Bs\¶v A]mÄ¡v A_n]mw. A]mÄ FÃmkt^mXpw b_]p¶Sv tbms` A¸mÀ«v–sfânsâ Npä§Ä b_ªv SpX§n. kÀg Fs´¦n`pw b_]p¶SnWv fp¼v Mm³ AktamXv A]mÄ fpjpk³ b_ªv Njn]p¶Sv ks^ hwhm^n¡^p¯pw A]mÄ b_ª {blvW§Ä tWmXv sI]vS k¡mWpw b_ªp. A]mÄ FÃmw b_ªv Njnªt¸mÄ bns¶ Mm³ H¶pw b_t]*n k¶nÃ. kÀg A]mÄ b_ª {blvW§Ä Hs¡ sI¡v sI]vSt¸mÄ FÃmw hSyw Ss¶ B]n^p¶p.

HXpkn AkÄ B {blvW§Ä FÃmw DX³ b^ni^n¡msf¶pw ASv b^ni^n¨ tlgw kmXN S¶m fSns]¶pw. ASn`pw ^*v fmhs¯ kmXN Np_¨v fSns]¶pw AkÄ b_ªp. F¶m A]mÄ At¸mÄ Ss¶ Wm`v fmhs¯ kmXN WÂNpN]pw fmZw k¶v km¡v S¶m FWn¡v knlzmhw Bs\¶pw b_ªp. A§sW A]mapsX {blvW§Ä fWÊn`m¡n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ W½psX {blvWkpw fWÊn`m¡pw F¶v kÀg¡v fWÊn`m]n. A¶v fpS b` dnhnsWÊv Nm^y§apw AkÄ Ft¶mXv Aen{bm]w tImUn¡m³ SpX§n. ASnsâ AXp¯ Mm]_mjvI]pw M§Ä sbm·pXn tbm]n AkÄ H^p knVw dpÅäv HmXn¡m³ bYn¡pN]pw sI]vSp.

HmÀfNÄ fp_nªSv Fs¶]pw kin¨pÅ tbm`ohv kmiWw tb^qÀ¡X tbm`ohv tÌgWn F¯n]t¸mÄ B\v. Mm³ BUyw B]n tbm`ohv tÌgWn H^p {bSn]m]n N]_p¶p. fp¼v b`t¸mjpw Wm«n hpir¯papsX b` tNhpNÄ¡pw Ak^psX NqsX tbm]n«ps*¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C§sW H^n¡`pw Mm³ H^p tbm`ohv tÌgWn`pw N]_n]n«nÃ. Kokn¯n C§sW]pw In` AWpek§Ä. Mm³ {bSn B]m\v tbm`ohv tÌgWn F¯n]sS¦n`pw FÃmk^pw Ft¶mXv kas^ hvtWi¯n B\v sb^pfm_n]Sv. Ft¶mXv hn.sF ]psX NymdnWnWv bp_¯v tNm³ÌdnÄhv C^n¡p¶ Ø`¯pÅ Nth^]n C^n¡m³ b_ªn«v At±iw ANt¯¡v tbm]n. Ft¶mXv AknsX]p*m]n^p¶ tNm³ÌdnÄhv F´m\v hwekw F¶v AtWzgn¨p M§apsX NqsX k¶ tNm³ÌdnÄhv AkÀ¡v A_n]mkp¶Spw dm¡n MmWpw Aks^ b_ªv tNĸn¨p. ASnWv tlgw AkÀ Ft¶mXv kas^ hvtWifm]m\v sb^pfm_n]Sv.

A§sW C^p¶v hf]w H^p b{´*v fm\n Njnªv Nm\pw r` tÌgWnt`¡v knWm]Nv k¶p. AksW N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v sbs«¶v e]fm\v k¶Sv Fs´¶m _oW cv`män Hä¡m]n^n¡pw. Mm³ Ak³ Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶t¸mÄ ASv Ss¶]m\v BUyw tImUn¨Sv.
“”knWm]Nv Wo F´v b\n] Nm\n¨Sv _oW cv`män Hä¡tà Aksa A§sW Hä¡v B¡^pSv F¶v Mm³ b_ªStÃ.”” Mm³ A`vbw tNmbt¯msX]m\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.

“”fmZw Hä¡Ã hÀ `£vfns] AkapsX AXp¯v B¡n]n«m\v Mm³ Ct§m«v k¶Sv””. knWm]Nnsâ em^y]m\v `£vfn. Mm³ sbs«¶v k¶ tUgy¯nWv AktWmXv IqXm]Sn FWn¡v NpätdmVw tSm¶n. Nm^\w Mm³ sI]vS Nm^yw AktWmXv _oWs] tWm¡m³ B\v Ak³ ASv NrSyfm]n sI]vSp. tbm^m¯SnWv Cu hf]¯v FWn¡v tk*n Ak³ tbm`ohv tÌgWn k¶n^n¡p¶p. “” thm_n knWm]Nv Mm³ At¸mÄ k¶ tUgy¯nWv B³Zv Sm¦vhv Sm¦vhv tcmÀ ]pkÀ si`vbv. Wo CÃm]n^ps¶¦n FWn¡v hfmVmWw B]n CknsX Cu hmiI^y¯n C^n¡m³ Njn]nÃm]n^p¶p.”” Mm³ Fsâ sSäv Gäv b_ªv fm¸v tImUn¨p.

“”F´m hÀ CSv FWn¡v h_ntWmXpÅ NX¸mXv sk¨v tWm¡pt¼mÄ CsSm¶pw H¶pfÃ. hÀ U]km]n CWn Ft¶mXv £f tImUn¡^pSv hÀ A§sW sI¿pt¼mÄ Mm³ ko*pw hm_nsâ hvtWi¯nsâ fp¶n sI_pSmNp¶Sv tbms`””. AkWpw kas^ kngfw B]n F¶v Aksâ hwhm^¯n Wn¶pw FWn¡v fWÊn`m¡m³ Njnªp. “”ASv tbms« knWm]Nv, _oW]psX kngfw A`vbsf¦n`pw Np_tªm AkÄ Fs´¦n`pw Njnt¨m?.”” FWn¡v _oW]psX kntlgw A_n]m³ B]n^p¶p ASymklyw.

“”hÀ knan¨SnWv tlgw fmZw N^ªnà tWs^ f_n¨v fmZ¯nsâ N®n FWn¡v fWÊn`m¡m³ Njn]m¯ H^p knNm^w k¶Sm]n FWn¡v tSm¶n. Mm³ fmZ¯nsW e£\w Njn¡m³ WnÀdÔn¨n«pw fmZw Njn¡m³ Nq«m¡n]nÃ. Mm³ Ct¸mÄ `£vfns] cpZv sNmXp¡m³ b_ªv G`vbn¨n«m\v k¶Sv. Mm³ C_§m³ tW^w AOn`nsâ AXpt¯¡v Bs\¦n fmZkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^ps¶¶v b_ªp. bns¶ H^p knVw B\v Mm³ b_ªv AknsX WnÀ¯n]Sv””. knWm]Nnsâ km¡pNan Wn¶pw _oW H^p Np«n]psX {bNrS¯nt`¡v fm_n]Svtbms` tSm¶n.

“”AOn hn.sF t]mXv tImUn¨v kÀg]psX tdmZn Ft¸mÄ Nn«pw F¶v A_n]\w F¶n«v FÃm Nm^y§apw Wo Ss¶ tWm¡\w FWn¡v Cu hmiI^y¯n knW]mNnWv fWÊn`mNpftÃm?.””. Mm³ b_ªv WnÀ¯n.
“”hÀ Mm³ B Nm^y§Ä FÃmw tWm¡ns¡mÅmw bs£ Mm³ Ct¸mÄ k¶Sv hm_nsW F§sW ^£n¡mw F¶v tWm¡mWm\v bns¶ hÀ CknsX AN¯n^n¡pt¼mÄ bp_¯v WX¡p¶ Nm^y§apw”” knWm]NnsW Nm^yfm]n Fs´ms¡t]m b_]m³ Ds*¶v Aksâ km¡pNan Wn¶pw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

“”bp_t¯m bp_¯v F´v WX¡p¶p.”” Mm³ tImUyw sSmXp¯ tlgw Aksâ D¯^¯nWm]n NmtSmÀ¯n^p¶p. “” hÀ kÀg fmZ¯nsâ fÀZÀ kas^ k`n] kÀ¯]m]n«p*v. C{S]pw ^m{Sn B]Sv sNm*m]n^n¡pw b{S {bkÀ¯NÀ tbm`ohv tÌgWnt`¡v k^m¯Sv. _oW fmZ¯nsâ koXnWv fp¶n FÃmw sfm¯w b{S¡m^m\v. UrlyfmVyf§an`pw thmgy foZn]]n`pw FÃmw CSv Ss¶]m\v {bVmW IÀ¨ kng]w. hm_nsW FÃmk^pw H^p sit_ms]tbms`]m\v In{SoN^n¡p¶Sv. CsSÃmw N*t¸mÄ hm_nsW ^£n¡m³ kas^ Fap¸w Njn]pw F¶v FWn¡v knlzmhfm]n. W½apsX N¼Wn]psX Hm³ss`³ fmÀ¡änRv Xofpw FÃmks^]pw hSyw A_n]n¡m³ So{k{lf¯n`m\v””. knWm]Nnsâ km¡pNan Aksâ Bßknlzmhw fp¶n¨v Wn¶n^p¶p.

“”FWn¡v tk*n, Mm³ tImUn¡msS, Fs¶ b^nI]w tbm`pw CÃm¯kÀ lÐw D]À¯p¶p F¶v tN«t¸mÄ FWn¡v Fs´¶nÃm¯ ht´mgw B\v tSm¶p¶Sv. KW§apsX Cu bn´p\ Wo^mKnsWtbm`pÅ FÃm NpäkmanNÄ¡pw DÅ S¡oSm\v. CWn H^p kÀg D*mNmSn^n¡m³ tk*n]pÅ Sm¡oSv. bs£ Cu tbm^m«w Wmsa ko*pw AXp¯ kÀg¡v tk*n fm_pw ASm\v W½psX fp¶n DÅ I^n{Sw. Fsâ kÀg A§sW AtWNw C^Nan H^p C^]m]n tbmNm³ bmXnÃ. CWn H^p kÀg Wmsa Cu f®n D*mNmSn^n¡m³, Cu hfqi¯ns` FÃm Nmd`nN·mÀ¡pw H^p e]fm]n. Fà htimU^nfmÀ¡pw Sm³ Wmsas]m^p C^]m¡nà F¶ knlzhkpw {bSo£]pw B]n fm_\w.””

“”FWn¡v Fsâ kÀg¡v sI¿m³ Njn]p¶ A´yNÀ½w BNpw ASv. knWm]Nv W½psX hnÌw fpjpk³ Dbt]mPnt¨maq Cu htµlw FÃmk^n`pw F¯\w. CWn H^p kÀg D*m]m ASnWv {bSnNm^w SoÀ¡m³ AOn`nWv tbms` H^p htimU^³ k^psf¶v. W½psX WmXv A_n]s« Cu hmfqiy Sn·s] FSnÀ¡m³ AkÀ¡pw bäpw F¶pw. knWm]Nv CWn Fsâ KoknS¯n F´v hwekn¨m`pw CWns]m^p kÀg D*mNm³ bmXnà ASnWv Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ NqsX Wn¡\w.”” Mm³ Cu km¡pNÄ b_]pt¼mÄ Fsâ CWn]pÅ WmapNÄ Fsâ `£y¯nWv tk*n DÅSm\v F¶v Mm³ D_¸n¨n^p¶p. Mm³ b_ª km¡pNÄ tN«v Wn¶v knWm]Nv N®pNÄ Wn_ªv sNm*v b_ªp.

“”Mm³ D*mNpw hÀ. hÀ FXp¡p¶ GSv So^pfmW¯nsâ NqsX]pw hm^_s¶ F¶pw So^pf§Ä sNm*v AÛpSs¸Xp¯pN]m\v.”” Fsâ km¡pNans` Btklw {bkÀ¯n]Nw B¡mWpÅ Btklw Aksâ km¡pNan Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. M§apsX hwhm^¯nWv CX]n hn.sF At±i¯nsâ _qfn Wn¶pw C_§n k¶p. “”AOn ANt¯¡v k^p”” At±iw ssN Nm\n¨v Fs¶ knan¨p.

“”hÀ CSv knWm]Nv Fsâ N¼Wn]psX KW_ fmtWKÀ B\v. Mm³ CksW]pw knant¨ms« ANt¯¡v””. knWm]NnsW NqXn ANt¯¡v N]äm³ Mm³ AWpkmUw tImUn¨p. “”l^n ^*v tb^pw kt¶maq”” CSv b_ªv hn.sF At±i¯nsâ _qfnt`¡v Sn^n¨v WX¶p M§Ä At±i¯nsâ bp_sN]pw. “”AOn B³Zv knWm]Nv ¹ohv hnäv.”” ANs¯¯n] hn.sF At±i¯nsâ sI]_n C^p¶v sNm*v FSnÀ kl¯pÅ Nth^NÄ Nm\n¨v sNm*v M§tamXv b_ªp M§Ä ASv AWph^n¨p.

“”AOn _oW fmZ¯nsâ ko«n Wn¶pw M§Ä NaNväv sI]vS hn.hn.än. kn. knlzmÂhv b^ntlmUn¡pN]m]n^p¶p ASn FÃm C³hnZ³hpw ASm]Sv bkÀ Hmcm]¯nWv tlgw WX¶ hwek§Ä Hjn¨v dm¡n FÃmw B Urly§an kyàfm\v. ASn C¶s` WX¶ Nm^y§apsX Urly§Ä Mm³ b^ntlmVn¨Sn Wn¶pw AknsX WX¶ Nm^y§Ä FWn¡v kyàfm]n fWÊn`m]n. AOn CSm\v B Urly§Ä N* tWm¡n sNmÅp””. hn.sF At±i¯nsâ fp¶n C^p¶ `mbvtXmbv Sn^n¨v M§Ä¡v tWs^ B¡n. ASn hn.hn.än.kn Urly§Ä t¹ sI¿p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ASnt`¡v DäptWm¡n.

hf]w F«v b{´*v. kÀg]psX NmÀ _oW sd¥mknWv fp¶n k¶v Wn¡p¶p. Umth«³ tPäv Sp_¶v sNmXp¡p¶p. _oW]psX NmÀ ANt¯¡v N]_pt¼mÄ Umth«³ kÀgs] knans¨¶v tSm¶p¶p NmÀ AknsX Wn¶p. Umth«³ kÀgt]mXv Ft´m b_]pN]m\v. tlgw NmÀ fpt¶m«v Im`n¨v NmÀ tbmÀ¨n k¶v Wn¶p. ss{ZknRv hoän Wn¶pw kÀg kÀg C_§n AkÄ bp_t¯¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ _ntfm«v sNm*v NmÀ t`m¡v sI]vSn^p¶p. _oW ko«nt`¡v N]_n fp³kmSn bq«n]n^p¶nÃ. kÀg tWs^ AkapsX _qfnt`¡v tbm]n. Np_¨v Njnªv _qfn Wn¶pw C_§n `nknRv _qfn kjn WX¶p Nn¨Wnt`¡v tbm]n. Nn¨Wn AkÄ skÅw IqXm¡n ASn Ft´m C«v Sna¨t¸mÄ AkÄ ASv bSns] cv`mh-vNnt`¡v B¡n.

B bmWo]¯nsâ Wn_w N*t¸mÄ N«³ Nm¸n B\v F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. tlgw AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv cv`mh-vNpw FXp¯v sNm*v `nknRv _qfnt`¡v WX¶p ASv `nknRv _qfn DÅ tXdnan sk¨p. At¸mtj¡pw fsäm^p NmÀ tPänWv fp¶n k¶p Wn¶p ASv H^p Wo` fm^pSn hphp¡n hnt`s_t]m B]n^p¶p. FWn¡v B NmÀ fWÊn`m]n AtS Wo^Knsâ NmÀ B\nSv. Umth«³ tPäv Sp_¶v sNmXp¯p NmÀ ANt¯¡v N]_n. NmÀ bmÀ¡v sI]vSv Wo^Kv ASn Wn¶pw C_§n. Ak³ NmanwPv sd AfÀ¯n. kÀg k¶ kmSn Sp_¶p. “”CSm^v Wo^tKm N]_n k^p Mm³ N^pSn Umth«³ Bs\¶v”” N¿n cv`mh-vNpfm]n k¶ kÀg tImUn¨p.( hn.hn.än.kn Nymf_]psX NqsX Np_¨v Ø`§an ssft{Nmtcm\pw QXnbn¨n«p*v ASn Wn¶pw M§Ä¡v Ak^psX lÐw tNÄ¡m³ Njn]pw) “”fmZw B c] ASv ASymklyfm]n Wmsa hdvfnäv sI¿m³ b_ªp ASn Np_¨v N_£³hv D*v ASv km§n¡m³ B\v Mm³ k¶Sv.”” Wo^Kv kÀg]psX NqsX ANt¯¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ b_ªp.

“”Wo^Kv Sm³ C^n¡p Mm³ tbm]n c] FXp¯n«v k^mw. Mm³ k^p¶SnWv fp¼v Umth«³ k¶m CSv sNmXpt¯¡p.”” Ssâ N¿n C^p¶ cv`mh-vNv Wo^KnWv Wo«ns¡m*v kÀg b_ªp.
“”l^n fmZw”” Wo^Kv cv`mh-vNv km§n kÀg AkapsX _qfnt`¡v tbm]n. kÀg tbm]SnWv tlgw Wo^Kv Ssâ bmânsâ tbm¡än Wn¶pw Ft´m sbmXns]Xp¯v cv`mh-vNns` N«³ Im]]n N`¡n. A`vbw Njnªt¸mÄ Umth«³ k¶v NmanwPv sd AXn¨p Wo^Kv bp_¯v k¶v cv`mh-vNv ssNfm_n. cv`mh-vNv km§n Umth«³ Sn^n¨p tbm]n. AVnNw sskNmsS kÀg H^p c]`pw B]n bp_t¯¡v k¶p Wo^Knsâ N¿n sNmXp¯p. “”Umth«³ k¶n^p¶p Asà Mm³ sd tN«m]n^p¶p. F¶m Wo^Kv sbm]vt¡maq hf]w C{S]pw sskNn]ntÔ” kÀg b_ªp.

“”F¶m l^n fmZw. Wmsa Hmcohn Nm\mw”” CSv b_ªv Wo^Kv tbmNmWm]n WX¶p sbs«¶v Ft´m HmÀ¯Sv tbms` Sn^nªv Wn¶pw. “” fmZw Np_¨v skÅw S^mtkm Wà Umiw”” Wo^Kv b_ªp.
“”thm_n tNt«m Mm³ tIUn¡m³ f_¶p. fm`nWn tI¨n DÅt¸mÄ KÌnWv tI¨n F´ms\¶v sk¨m sNmXpt¯mapw. tI¨n ^*v Unkhs¯ `okn`m\v skÅw Mm³ Ct¸mÄ sNm*v k^mw””. CSpw b_ªv kÀg AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p {cnZvKn Wn¶pw skÅw FXp¯v k^pt¼mÄ Wo^Kv Aksa bn´XÀ¶v ssZWn§v imÄ ks^ k¶v ssZWn§v tXdnan C^p¶v N¯ns]Xp¯v Sn^n¨v `nknRv _qfn k¶v Wn¶p. kÀg Wo^mKnWv skÅw sNmXp¯p Wo^Kv ASv km§pt¼mÄ Ak³ Ssâ N¿n C^p¶v c]`n N¯n Han¸n¨n^p¶p. Ak³ skÅw NpXn¨ tlgw ¥mÊv AknsX D*m]n^p¶ tXdnan sk¨p.

“”Mm³ sbm« fmZw”” Wo^Kv kÀgt]mXv tImUn¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”l^n WmsaNm\w”” CSv b_ªv Wo^Kv Sn^nªv kmSn`nsâ AXpt¯¡pw kÀg AkapsX _qfnt`¡pw. Wo^Kv kmSn`nsâ AXp¯v F¯n Wn¶p kÀgkpw AkapsX sdZv _qfnsâ fp¶n F¯n]n^p¶p. Wo^Kv Ak³ sbs«¶v Sn^nªv kÀg]psX AXpt¯¡v HmXn k¶v Aksa d`fm]n AkapsX sdZv_qfnt`¡v SÅn. kÀg]psX _qfnsâ kmSn Sp_¶v NnX¶Sv sNm*v AkÄ ANt¯¡v tbm]n Wo^Kpw ANt¯¡v N]_n bn¶oXv AknsX kÀg]psX Wn`knanNÄ fm{Stf tNÄ¡m³ D*m]n^p¶pÅp. AkÄ ^£¡m]n b`s^]pw knan¨p BUy BQmS¯n AkÄ At½ F¶v knan¨m\v N^ªn^p¶Sv tlgw ASv Umth«³ B]n Umth«Wpw k^mSm]t¸mÄ AkÄ _oW.. _oW… F¶v knan¨p AkhmWw AkapsX AkhmW A`À¨ AkapsX f^\¯nWv sSm«v fp¼v AkÄ Fsâ tb^v knan¨m\v N^ªSv.

CSnWnX]n _oW Wn`knantN«v BUyw Bs^t]m knan¡p¶Spw ASv Njnªv ko«nt`¡v HXp¶Spw PmÀZWns` Nymf_]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. _oW HmXn koXv F¯p¶SnWv fp¼v Wo^Kv _qfnWv skan]n k¶n^p¶p. Aksâ khv{S¯n tIm^]psX Ipk¶ Wn_w Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. Ak³ ko«n Wn¶pw C_§n bkÀ _qfnt`¡m\v tbm]Sv. Ak³ tbm]SnWv bp_sN _oW AknsX F¯n AkÄ tWs^ ko«n N]_n kÀg]psX _qfnWv fp¶n F¯n. kÀg]psX _qfnWv fp¶n F¯n] AkÄ BUyw H¶v sM«n AkÄ AknsX AkÄ lÐw Wãs¸«ksatbms` Wn¶pw tlgw kÀg F¶v knan¨v ANt¯¡v tbm]n. GSmWpw Wnfng§ÂNpÅn {Unly§Ä SoÀ¶p bkÀ tbm]Sm\v F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

“”AOn Sm¦Ä b_ª Nm^y§Ä FÃmw Wfp¡v tNmXSn]n sSan]n¡m³ Njn]pw ASnWv tk* H^p {bVmW sSankm\nSv. AOn Sm¦sa Mm³ Wmsa ^mkns` Ss¶ fKnhv–t{XänWv fp¶n imK^m¡mw AknsX Wn¶pw Sm¦Ä¡v kas^ Fap¸w Kmfyw Nn«pw.”” Urly§Ä SoÀs¶¦n`pw ko*pw `mbvtXm¸nsâ tfm\nä_n Ss¶ tWm¡n b_]m³ km¡pNÄ CÃmSn^p¶ Ft¶mXv hn.sF b_ªp.
“”tk* hÀ tk* Fs¶ Wmsa ^mkns` sNm*v tbmN* Fs¶ kÀg]psX A´yNmÀf§ant`¡v sNm*v tbm]m fSn ASnWv tlgw imKÀ B¡n]m fSn. H^p bt£ FWn¡v Kmfyw Nn«n]nsæn FWn¡v kÀgs] AkhmWfm]n H¶p NqXn Nm\m³ Njn]nÃ. fm{Sfà hm_nWv NqXpS sSankpNÄ tlO^n¡pN]pw sI¿mw.”” Mm³ Fsâ tkk`mSn b_ªp.

“”F¶m AOn`nsâ Cãw Wfp¡v Wmsa sskNn«v A©v f\n¡v fKnhv–t{Xänsâ ko«n tbmNmw. Wmsa tbm`ohv Nmk`n AOn`nWv kÀg]psX A´yNmÀf§an bs¦Xp¡mw.”” Np_¨v tW^s¯ Bt`mIW¡v tlgw hn.sF b_ªp. “”F¶m l^n AOn Sm³ sbm]vt¡maq”” hn.sF M§tamXv b_ªp. “”AOn H¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¡p Cu c] F´ms\¶v H¶v tWm¡n ASnsâ ZossäÂhv H¶v S^mtfm”” M§Ä bp_t¯¡v C_§p¶SnWv fp¼v hn.sF tImUn¨p. Mm³ Sn^n¨v WX¶v c] km§n. “”CSv kÀg]psX _qfn Wn¶pw Nn«n]Sm\v kÀg Wo^mKnWv ssNfm_n]Sv Cu c] B\v.”” Mm³ c] tWm¡pt¼mÄ hn.sF b_ªp.

“”hÀ CSv _oW dnÄtZjvhnsâ bpSn] dnÂZnRv WnÀfn¡p¶ Ø`s¯ t`dÀ thcväns]¡p_n¨pw thcvän sftg_vhnsW Np_n¨pw DÅ _nt¸mÀ«v B\v. CSv N¼Wn]psX `oP AssZzh_n³ sNmXp¡m³ S¿m_m¡n]Sm\v. Ct¸mÄ In` WnÀ½m\ {bkÀ¯§Ä sSmjn`manNapsX hp^£ CÃm¯SnWm WnÀ¯n sk¡m³ tNmXSn D¯^kpNÄ D*m]n^p¶p ASv N\¡n FXp¯v H^p fp³N^pS FXp¡m³ Mm³ kÀgt]mXv WnÀtUln¨n^p¶p. _nt¸mÀ«v S¿m_m¡m³ Wo^KnsW]m\v kÀg G¸n¨Sv.”” Mm³ c] tWm¡n b_ªv sNmXp¯p.

ASnWv tlgw MmWpw knWm]mNpw ko*pw skan]n bj] Ø`¯v k¶n^p¶p. At¸mÄ AknsX ^*v tNm³ÌdnÄhv fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅp. dm¡n FÃmk^pw tbm]n^p¶p. Mm³ Nth^]n k¶n^p¶t¸mÄ ko*pw HmÀfNÄ Fsâ fWÊnt`¡v NX¶v k¶p. AZzt¡äv kn³hâv, Wo^Kv. Mm³ Wo^mKpfm]n D*m] BUy k`n] NqXn¡mj¨. A¶v B Ø` N¨kXw Njnªv ^*mjv¨ Njnªt¸mÄ _oW Fs¶ knan¨p. WnÀfm\ {bkÀ¯W§Ä¡pÅ AWpfSn tWXm³ CWn]pw In` tZmNyqsfâv–hv hdvfnäv sI¿\sf¶v ASnWv AZzt¡äv kn³hânsW H¶v him]n¡m³.

Mm³ bpSn] N¼Wn SpX§p¶SnWmklyfm] Nm^y§an Sn^¡n`m]n^p¶p. Mm³ fp¼v _oW¡v km¡v sNmXp¯Sv fm{Sw Mm³ sI¿mw F¶v h½Snt¡*n k¶p. bt£ ASnWv Na]m³ Fsâ N¿n hf]w CÃm]n^p¶p. HXpkn Mm³ ASv kÀgt]mXv b_ªp Akam\v b_ªSv tZmNyqsfâv–hv FÃmw Wo^mKntWmXv b_ªm Ak³ l^n]m¡pw F¶v. Mm³ AksW knan¨v him]w Bklys¸«p AktWmXv tW^s¯ kÀg Nm^yw b_ªn^p¶p F¶pw Fs¶ him]n¡p¶Sn ht´mgtf DÅp F¶pw Ak³ b_ªp.

AVnNw sskNmsS Ss¶ tZmNyqsfâv–hv FÃmw l^n]m¡n F¶v b_ªv Aksâ NmÄ k¶p. Fsâ k`n] S`tkUW Hjnª ht´mgw B]n^p¶p. AZzt¡äv kn³hânsW Nm\m³ tbmNm³ Mm³ AksW]pw knan¨p. Ak³ k^mw F¶v h½Sn¡pN]pw sI]vSp. A§sW Mm³ fhv–N-vhnfw ^*v f\n¡q_s¯ foänRv sNm*v kn³hânsW FÃmw tdmVn¸n¡\w F¶v knIm^n¨m\v Mm³ Wo^KnsW]pw Nq«n At±i¯nsâ Hmcohnt`¡v tbm]Sv. bs£ At±iw Ft´m Sn^¡n B]Sv sNm*v H^p A^ f\n¡qÀ M§Ä¡v bp_¯v Nm¯n^nt¡*n k¶p. B hf]¯v Mm³ Nn«n] tZmNyqsfâv–hnsâ ZossäÂhv tImUn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ Ft¶mXv ASv knk^n¨v S¶t¸mÄ Ak³ W¶m]n S¿m_m]m\v k¶Sv F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. ASv sNm*v Nm^y§Ä AZzt¡änWv Mm³ NqXpS knk^nt¡*n k^nà F¶v Mm³ ht´mgn¨p.

knWvshânsâ fp¶n sI¶t¸mÄ A]mÄ Wà tUgy¯n B]n^p¶p. Ø`w {bfm\w sI]vSSnsâ A¶v Aklyfm] tZmNyqsfânsâ Nq«¯n Ct¸mÄ Wo^Kv l^n]m¡n]Spw Mm³ A]mtamXv b_ªSm\v. A¶v AsSÃmw Sm³ tWm¡nsNmÅmw F¶v b_ªn«v Ct¸mÄ b_]p¶Sv Mm³ H¶pw b_ªnà F¶v. ASnWv Fs¶ BUytf kj¡v b_ªm\v SpX§n]Sv Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS tN«v sNm*n«p¶p A]mÄ b_ªSnWv tlgw b_]mw F¶v knIm^n¨p. Mm³ Ct¸mÄ Fs´¦n`pw b_ªm ASv k`n] H^p kPzmU¯ns` tbm]n Wn`v¡p F¶v FWn¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. A§sW hwekn¨m ^*à A©v f\n¡qÀ FXp¯m`pw k¶ Nm^yw WX¡nÃ.

bs£ Wo^Kv CX¡v N]_n b_ªp. “”hÀ AOn hÀ CSv Fs¶ tW^s¯ G`vbn¨n^p¶Sm\v bs£ FWn¡v ASv NrSyhf]¯v hm_nWv ssNfm_m³ NjnªnÃ. ASv Fsâ sSäm\v Mm³ CknsX k¶n«v Np_s¨ B]pÅ ASv sNm*v k¶v tbm]Sm\v CWn AkÀ¯n¡nÃ.”” Wo^Knsâ km¡pNÄ Fs¶ kÃmsS BÛpSs¸Xp¯n. hSy¯n sSäv k¡o`nsâ emP¯m\v ASn Wn¶pw S`]q^m³ A]mÄ ASv Fsâ S`]n C«Sv. F¶m hSy¯n H^p ^oSn]n`pw sSäv sI]vS Baà Wo^Kv bs£ Fs¶ ^£n¡m³ tk*n Ak³ hz]w fpÂNn^oXw F´n. FWn¡v ASv hin¡m³ NjnªnÃ. ASnWv tlgw sSäv FtâSms\¶v sSan]n¡m³ MmWpw AktâSms\¶ sSan]n¡m³ M§Ä fÕ^n¨p. CSv N* kn³hâv b_ªp. “” sSäv BÀ¡pw bämw Cu kng]¯n Fsâ emP¯pw sSäp*v ASv b_ªn^p¶n« Nm^yw CÃ. Wfp¡v CWn]pÅ Nm^y§Ä tWm¡mw A§sW dm¡n FÃm N^y§apw Wo^Kv Ss¶ knk^n¨v sNmXp¯p. ASnWv tlgw bp_¯n_§n]t¸mÄ AksW knan¨v sNm*v k¶v Npäkman B¡n]Sn H^pbmXv fm¸v b_ªm\v Mm³ AktWmXv ]m{S b_ªSv. A¶v Fsâ fWÊn AktWmXv kÃm¯ dipfmWkpw hvtWikpw B]n^p¶p F¶m C¶v…

HmÀ½NapsX t`mN¯v Wn¶pw Mm³ kÀ¯fmW¯nt`¡v k^pt¼mÄ Fsâ AXp¯v Wn¶ knW]m¡nt`¡v Fsâ In´ F¯n Wn¶p. Mm³ AktWmXv b_ªp. “”knWm]Nv Wo c`nänt`¡v sbm]vt¡maq AknsX _oW]pw kÀg]pw”” Fsâ fWÊn ko*pw kngmU¯nt`¡v tbm]n “”Aà _oW]pw `£vfn]pw SWn¨tà DÅp. FWn¡v CknsX Nq«nWv Cks^ms¡ D*tÃm”” AknsX D*m]n^p¶ sbm`ohpNms^ Nm\n¨v Mm³ b_ªp. “”Aà hÀ”” knWm]Nv b_ªv SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ CX¡v N]_n b_ªp.
“” knWm]Nv Wo Fsâ NmÀ ASv _oW]psX koXnWv AXp¯v NnX¸p*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv cv`mänt`m _oW]psX ko«nt`m FXp¯v CXt\. CSm No”” knWm]Nv H¶pw b_]m³ ANsS Mm³ WÂNn] NmÀ Smt¡m`pfm]n AknsX Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.

At¸mÄ Fsâ fWÊns` In´ fpjpk³ _oWs]Np_n¨m]n^p¶p. bmkw AkapsX AÑWpw A½]pw fq¶v kÀgw fp¼v Aksa kn«n«v tbm]n. Ct¸mÄ AkapsX FÃm Nm^y§apw tWm¡n]n^p¶ kÀg]pw. CWn _oW¡v B^m\v DÅSv Mm³ CWn A©v kÀgtfm Gjv kÀgtfm K]n`n Njnt]*n k¶m AkapsX Akhv–T F´mNpw. Ct¸mjpw sNm¨pNp«nNapsX hzemkw B\v AkÄ¡v. Mm³ _oWs]Np_n¨v C{S]pw BNp`s¸XmWpw Nm^\w kÀg Ss¶]m\v.

_oWs] b^n¨]s¸«v GNtUlw H^p fmhw Njn]p¶ hf]w. Mm³ Fsâ bpSn] N¼Wn¡v tk*n HmXn SaÀ¶v ^*v Unkhw H¶v kn{lfn¡\w F¶v Bt`mIn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. B hf]¯m\v _oW ssd¡n Wn¶pw ko\v Blpb{Sn]n Bs\¶v b_ªv kÀg]psX tcm¬ k¶Sv. kÀg bYn¨ knUy _oWs] bYn¸n¡m³ tWm¡n]Sm\v. Mm³ tWs^ Blpb{Sn]nt`¡v Sn^n¨p ASv H^p kymj¨ sskNn«m]n^p¶p. Mm³ tWs^ _oWs] AZvfnäv– sI]vSn^n¡p¶ _qfn F´n. AkapsX Nm`n sI_n] sbm«Â fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅp. F¶m b¯v Unkhw sdZv s_Ìv tk\sf¶v tZmÎÀ b_ªp.

C¶v Ss¶ ko«nt`¡v tbm]m`pw Npj¸w Cà bs£ b¯v Unkhw WX¡m³ H^mapsX him]w tk\w. kÀg b_ªp b¯v Unkhw CknsX timhvbnä`n s_Ìv FXp¡mw F¶m _oW¡v C¶v Ss¶ ko«n tbm\w AkÄ¡v Blpb{Sn]ns` A´^o£w H«pw hin¡m³ bänsöv. kmln]psX Nm^y¯n sNm¨p Np«nNsa¡mÄ Nãfm\v _oW. ko«n tbm]m H^p {blvWw D*v koNv F³Zv A]SvsNm*v Wmsa]pw fmä¶mapw kÀg¡v Hmcohn Wà tKm`n D*v fm{Sfà bpSn] N³hv–{X£³ t{bmKÎv At¸mtj¡pw SpX§n]n^p¶p. ASv tWm¡m³ kÀg fm{Sw B\v DÅSv. ko«n fm`nWn tI¨ns] G`vbn¨n«v tbmNmsf¶v sk¨m tI¨n]psX Np«n¡v bWn]m]n«v tI¨n `okn B\v.

GsS¦n`pw timw tWjvhnsW knan¡mw F¶v Mm³ kÀgt]mXv b_ªp F¶m _oW¡v timw tWjv–hv bänà kÀg Ss¶ tk\w. FWn¡v b`t¸mjpw tSm¶n]n«p*v N¼Wn hSy¯n _oW]psX Aà kÀg]psX Bs\¶v kÀg¡v DÅ D¯^kmUn¯w tbm`pw _oW¡v CÃ.
“”kÀg A§Ws]¦n _oWs] Mm³ tWm¡mw FS]m`pw Wmsa]pw fmä¶m`pw Mm³ {co B\v.”” HXpkn H^p fmÀ¤kpw Cà F¶v k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ b_ªp.

kÀg¡v ASv Wq_pk«w h½Sw B]n^p¶p. _oW BUyw FWn¡v dp²nfp«mNpw tk* Fs¶ms¡ b_sª¦n`pw HXpkn kÀg WnÀdÔn¨t¸mÄ h½Sn¨p. A§sW skÅn]pw lWn]pw MmWpw Mm]_mjv¨ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv MmWpw kÀg]pw B\v _oWs] ln{hqhn¨Sv. Mm_mjv¨ sskNn«v Ss¶ fm`nWn tI¨n Sn^n¨v k¶p. B fq¶v Unkh§Ä B\v Fs¶]pw _oWs]]pw C{St¯maw AXp¸n¨Sv.

kymjmjvI sskNn«v _oWs]]pw kÀgs]]pw ko«n sNm*m¡n]n«m\v Mm³ timÌ`n`n¡v tbm]Sv. bntä¶v kÀg Hmcohn tbmNp¶SnWv fp¼v Ss¶ Mm³ F¯n. _oW NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. M§Ä¡v tk* e£\w FÃmw D*¡n sk¨n«m\v kÀg tbm]Sv. _oW¡v sNmXpt¡* f^p¶pNapw AkÄ Fs¶ G`vbn¨p. AkÄ tbm] tlgw MmWpw _oW]pw sk_psS hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. AkÄ tbm] kntUl ^mKy§apw AknXs¯ kntlg§apw fp¼v ¹hvXpknWv bYn¡pt¼mÄ Du«n¡v XqÀ tbm]sSmjn¨m tN^a¯n Wn¶pw bp_¯v tbm]n«nÃm¯ FWn¡v b_ªv tNĸn¨p. Mm³ km]n¨ bphvSN§apw Fsâ bpSn] N¼Wns]]pw Np_ns¨Ãmw Mm³ hwhm^n¨p.

hf]w H¼S^ A]t¸mjm\v M§Ä t{d¡v cmÌv Njn¨Sv. Aksa Mm³ Ss¶]m\v bnXn¨v ssZWn§v tXdnan C^p¯n]Sv. AkÄNpÅ f^p¶pNapw FXp¯v sNmXp¯p. kÀg]psX bSnkv tcm¬ knan A¶v kas^ Np_km]n^p¶p bntä¶pw A§sW Ss¶. _oW CÃm¯SvsNm*v Hmcohn tKm`n NqXn]St]mt\m AtSm _oW A_n]* F¶v sk¨n«mt\m F¶_n]nÃ. H^p b{´*v fm\n Njnªt¸mÄ Mm³ ]q_n³ bmÊv sI]vS k^mw F¶v b_ªv Aäm¨nXv dm{Sqfn N]_n. Sn^n¨v k¶t¸mÄ _oW]psX fpO¯v H^p Wm\kpw I½`pw DÅSv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n.

Mm³ At¸mjm\v Bt`mIn¨Sv kÀg tbm]SnWv tlgw _oW CSv ks^ dmSv–_qfn tbm]nÃ. “”_oW WnW¡v dm{Sqfn tbmNt*?”” Mm³ AktamXv tImUn¨n«pw f_pbXn H¶pw k¶nÃ. HXpkn Mm³ ko*pw tImUn¨t¸mÄ kÀg k¶n«v tbmNmw F¶v b_ªp. FWn¡v Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n sb®nWv Wm\w B\v. Mm³ HXpkn WnÀdÔn¨v Aksa ]qt_mby³ t¢mshän C^p¯n bp_¯nW_§n dm{Sqw bp_¯p Wn¶pw t`m¡v sI]vSp. Np_¨v Njnªv AkÄ knan¨t¸mÄ tbm]n bnXn¨v sNm*v k¶v N«n`n NnX¯n. D¨¡v e£\w Njn¨v Njnªv _oW¡v PmÀZWn tbm\w F¶v b_ªp. Mm³ Aksa Fjpt¶`vbn¨v sNm*v k¶v Nm_n C^p¯n Umth«sâ N¿n Wn¶pw tPänsâ Smt¡m`pw km§n Aksa PmÀZWn sNm*v tbm]n.

kÀg A¶v Wm`v Sk\ fm{Sw B\v tcm¬ knan¨Spw ASpw A©v fnWnänWp Smsj fm{Sw hwhm^n¨v sk¨p. bntä¶pw MmWpw _oW]pw CSp tbms` Ss¶]m]n^p¶p F¶m AkÄ Ft¶mXv NqXpS AXp¯n^p¶p. F´pw Sp_¶v hwhm^n¡mWpw SpX§n. A¶v D¨¡v tlgw kÀg tW^s¯ k¶p NqsX Wo^Kpw D*m]n^p¶p. _oWs] Nm\m³ k¶Sm\v Ak³ kÀg Ft´m c] FXp¡mWpw. kÀg Sn^n¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm] tlgw H^pbmXv sskNn]m\v k¶Sv.

bntä¶v kÀg]pw MmWpw _oW]pw B ko«n Ss¶]m]n^p¶p. A§sW MmWpw Ak^n H^mÄ B]n fm_pN]m]n^p¶p. ASn bns¶ MmWpw _oW]pw ko*pw AXp¯p. AkapsX Nm`v l^n]mNpt¼mÄ ssd¡v bYn¸n¨v sNmXp¡mw Fs¶Ãmw km¡v sNmXp¯p. FWn¡v _oWs] AkapsX {bm]¯nWv H^p B_v– Gjv k]Êv Np_ª AWpK¯ns] tbms` B]n^p¶p

HmÀfNan Wn¶pw Mm³ Sn^n¨v k^p¶Sv dq«n« d`nãfm] H^p Nm Fsâ sW©¯v bSn¨t¸mjm]n^p¶p. B_v– AXn sbm¡w DÅ skÅ fp*pw O¯À gÀ«pw C« A¼¯nWv ASnNw {bm]w DÅ SmXn]pw fol]pw fpXn]pw sI_pSm]n W^¨ H^mam\v Nth^]n C^p¶ Fs¶ Ikn«n]Sv. A]mapsX Ikn«v sNm*v Mm³ Nth^]pw sNm*v Smtj¡v bSn¨p. sbs«¶p ^*v tbm`ohpNm^pw A]mapsX NqsX k¶ Bapw HmXn k¶v A]msa bnXn¨Sv sNm*v FWn¡v A]mapsX AXp¯ Ikn«v Nn«n]nÃ.

“”FXm Wm]nsâ tfmsW Wo Fsâ tfmsW sNm¶tà Mm³ Wns¶ knXÃX. Fs¶ knXp Mm³ C¶v CksW sNmÃpw.”” tbm`ohpNm^psX bnXn]n`pw A]mÄ Fs¶ Ikn«m³ Bªv sNm*v Fs¶ sS_n]entgNw WX¯p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A]mapsX hwhm^¯n Wn¶pw Wo^Knsâ Aѳ Bs\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. At¸mtj¡pw diaw tN«v hn.sF bp_t¯¡v C_§n k¶n^p¶p.
“”B^m\v CSv”” Fs¶ Ikn«n] Bsa tWm¡n hn.sF tImUn¨p. “”f^n¨ Wo^Knsâ AÑWm\v hÀ””. Nq«¯ns` {bm]w NqXn] sNm\vÌdnÄ B\v ASv b_ªSv.

“”fnÌÀ Sm³ Fsâ NymdnWnt`¡v k^p. ht´mgv A]msa sNm*v k^p”” CSv b_ªv hn.sF Fs¶ bns¨jpt¶`vbn¨v Nth^]n C^p¯n]n«v At±i¯nsâ _qfnt`¡v WX¶p. Wo^Knsâ AÑsW]pw bnXn¨v sNm*v tNm³ÌdnÄhv bp_sN]pw. A]mÄ At¸mjpw Fs¶ Ss¶ tWm¡n]m\v WX¶Sv A]mapsX N®pNan Fs¶ sNmÃm³ DÅ bN APvWn]m]n N¯p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

Np_¨v Njnªv ANt¯¡v tbm] ^*v tNm³ÌdnÂhpw bp_t¯¡v k¶p. ASn H^mÄ tW^s¯ At±iw C^p¶ Ø`t¯¡v Ss¶ tbm]n C^p¶p. ^*mfs¯ A tWs^ Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶v AXp¯v NnX¶ Nth^]n C^p¶p. Ct±iw B\v tW^s¯ k¶]mÄ Wo^Knsâ Aѳ Bs\¶v hn.sFt]mXv b_ªSv–. Mm³ A]mapsX sW©n HmXn¨n^p¶ A]mapsX tb^v km]n¨p. “”Fhv. dmdp.””

“”tfmsW tfmWv kÃSpw bänt]m”” Ikn«v sNm* sW©v tWm¡n]m\v At±iw ASv tImUn¨Sv.
“”Cà hmt_, FWn¡v Npj¸w H¶pw CÃ.”” Ikn«nsâ BQmS¯n FWn¡v hwhm^n¡m³ A`vbw dp²nfp«v tSm¶n]n^p¶p.
“”tfmsW, tfmsW Ikn«n]ntà Wo^Knsâ A]mÄ B^ms\¶v A_n]mtfm?. Ct¸mjs¯ e^\ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bmÀ«n]psX A_n]s¸Xp¶ Pp*]m\v. Fw.FÂ.F. fm^pw f{´nfm^pw ks^ C]mapsX AXp¯ Bam\v. AkÀs¡ms¡ tk*n C]mÄ H^pbmXv tNm`bmSN§apw sk«pw Np¯pw FÃmw sI]vSn«p*v. ASv sNm*v tfm³ H¶v hq£n¡\w.”” dmdp b_ªv WnÀ¯n.

“”hmt_ F´m A]mapsX tb^v”” Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”kn{Nfm³, knSp^ kn{Nf³”” dmdp b_ªp. bns¶ Mm³ H¶pw tImUn¡m³ tbm]nà dmdp H¶pw b_ªnÃ. Np_¨v Njnªv Wo^Knsâ Aѳ hn.sF ]psX _qfn Wn¶pw C_§n bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. At¸mjpw A]mapsX N®ns` N®ns` bN]psX APvWn Fs¶ tWm¡n Kz`n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

Np_¨v Njnªt¸mÄ hn.sF C_§n bp_t¯¡v k¶p.
“”dmdp Mm³ C_§pkm\v Wmsa tW^s¯ F¯pw. AOn`nWv B s_Ìv _qfns` sdZv Nm\n¨v sNmXp¡p Ak³ H¶v NnX¡s«””. CSv b_ªv Sn^nª hn.sF ko*pw Sn^nª tlgw Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”AOn kÀg]psX]pw Wo^mKnsâ]pw fÀZÀ tNhv AtWzg\w tNm« F.hn ¡v B\v””

“”B^v W½psX AWnÂNpfmÀ ht_m”” sNm\vÌdnÄ dmdp B\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.
“”Aà hm_v {Xm³hvcÀ B]n CSv bpSn] F.hn Wmsa ImÀsKXp¡pw tb^v F´ms\¶v A_n]nà GSm]m`pw Wmsa A_n]mw”” hn.sF Fs¶ tWm¡n B\v ASv b_ªSv. A§sW hwekdip`fm] H^p Unkh¯nWv tlgw Fs¶ Nm¯n^n¡p¶Sv F´ms\¶v A_n]msS kÀg]nÃm¯ F¶m ASntW¡mÄ NqXpS AkapsX HmÀfNÄ DÅ bN`nt`¡v N®pNÄ Sp_¡m³ tk*n Mm³ tb^qÀ¡X tbm`ohv tÌgWns` s_Ìv _qfns` sI_n] N«n`n NnX¶v N®pNÄ AX¨p.

SpX^pw.