”WÃ f\w CtÃ?”

Mm³ A^en]psX S` Fsâ AXnk]än bnXn¨fÀ¯n. A_dn AknsX fpOw D^¨v D½ k¨p. Mm³ C¡nansNm*v bpaªp. Fsâ ssN A]mapsX {Xuh_nt`¡v A^n¨pN]_n. AknsX fUw sbm«nWn¡pN]m\v A_dn]psX BW¡p«³. MmWksW N]_n¸nXn¨p.

A_dn FWn¡v {XuhÀ Ajn¨v S^msWm^p§n. Mm³ SXªp.

”Wn¡v, Mm³ Ajn¡mw.”

Mm³ A_dns] f`À¯n NnX¯n. tfs` N]_n gÀ«v k`n¨q^n. sW©n SXkn, fp`sM«pNÄ H¶v bnXn¨v Nl¡n. bns¶ tWs^ Smtj¡v sI¶v {Xuh_nsâ SXn¸n D½k¨p. bns¶ bSps¡ SjpNn¯pX§n, F¶n«v ASv Smjv¯n.

K«n]n A_dn]psX hmVWw Np`¨p Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ ^*p ssNsNm*pw AksW AfÀ¯n SjpNn. Smsj D_¨pWn¶ Np`]n Sp^pSps^ D½k¨p. K«n¡nX]n`qsX ssN]n«v krg\§an SjpNn.

bjwsbm^n]nÂWn¶v F® Na]p¶Sptbms` MmWksW K«n]n`n«v sM¡n. S`¸v N*pbnXn¨v NXn¨pk`n¨p. A_dn¡v F§sWs]¦n`pw hmVWw bp_s¯Xp¯m fSns]¶m]n.

”C§sW sNmSn¸n¡msS sbmt¶!”

A_dn Fsâ Nknan bnXn¨v Fs¶ AkntX¡v AXp¸n¨p. At¸mjpw K«n¡pÅn`m]n^p¶ hmVW¯n Mm³ sfsà Ipwdn¨p. ASv b^ÂfoWnsWtbms` DÅn ImXn¡an¡p¶p. CWn]pw ASnsW DÅn`n«v Nãs¸Xp¯m³ tSm¶n]nÃ.

Mm³ bSns] K«n Du^ns]Xp¯p. A_dn]psX hmVWw ImXnk¶v Fsâ fp¶n N¼n]Xn¨v Wn¶p. MmWSn fpOw tIÀ¯pk¨p. Wà IqXv. AksW ssN¡qXn`m¡n S` fpS NX ks^ D½k¨p. CX]v¡v sI_n] NXn]pw sNmXp¯p. Du¼p¶SnWp fp³bv C¡msW Mm³ C§sW H¶v sNmSn¸n¡pw.

A_dn¡v Fsâ Du¼Â k`n] i^fm\v. IqXpw D¸p^hkpw DÅ A]mapsX k`n] hmVWw km]n`n«p Wp\]m³ FWn¡pw Cãfm\v. Nan ^m{Sn]n Bs\¦n`pw Fsâ km]n S^m³ A_dn¡v A§sW tW^kpw Nm`kpw H¶pfnÃ. In` Unkhw ^mkns` {dgnWp bN^w CkWm]n^n¡pw Fsâ km]n BUyw N]_p¶Sv.

B^pw CÃm¯t¸mÄ AXp¡a]nÂWn¶v, Npanfp_n]nÂ, Nm_n F¶ptk* H^pUnkhw Im]¡v NXn H¶pw Csöp b_ªtbmÄ ”Wo SÂNm`w CSv Snt¶m” F¶v b_ªv ssZWn§v tXdnan C^p¶pks^ A]mÄ Fs¶s¡m*v km]n FXp¸n¨n«p*v. b¯v Im] NpXn¨m`pw B BW¡p® Sn¶v SoÀ¡m³ bänÃ.

CSnsWms¡ bN^w Mm³ Ft¸mÄ tImUn¨m`pw t]mWn]pw I´n¯pa]pw A`n]n¨pNa]p¶ ^oSn]n`pÅ D{P³ W¡Â Nn«pw. D½]pw NXn]pw I¸nk`n¡`pw kn^`nX`pw FÃmw H¸fp*mNpw. Fsâ t]mWn¡v bpan¸pw I´n¡v fVp^kpw B\t{S.

A_dn¡vv Fsâ I´n]m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqXpS Cãw. bs£ FWn¡v hpOw bq_ns` Nan]m\v. A]mapsX fpO¯n^p¶v N´v NXn¨v Soän¡p¶Snsâ hpOw H¶p tks_Ss¶. A_dn Fsâ t]mWn fpjpk³ km]n`m¡pw. bs£ A_dn]psX ]f*³ hmVWw Fsâ km]n sNmÅnÃ. sSm*ks^ C_¡n]m`pw bnt¶w Np_¨v dm¡n NnX¡pw.

BUysfms¡ B S¡man¯` fm{Stf Fsâ km]n tN_pfm]n^p¶pÅq. bns¶ {bmÎohv sI]vSv sI]vSv Ct{Sw F¯n¨p. B BW]*n fpjpk³ km]n N]än I¸m¯nfmkv Npj]v¡p¶tbms` ASnsW Ik]v¡\w. A§sW km]sNm*v Ss¶ A_dn]psX skÅw Na]\w.

Mm³ ^*p ssNsNm*pw hmVW¯n sM¡`pw D^]v¡`pw SpX§n. NqsX Du¼`pw. Np®¯`¸v km]n`m¡n Wmkn«v Spjªt¸mÄ A_dn hpOw sNm*v M^§n, Fsâ fp`]n`pw fpSpNn`pw Hs¡ fm_n fm_n sM¡n. Fsâ tXmbv Du^ns]Xp¯p. Mm³ {dm C«n^p¶nÃ. Du¼`nsâ Sma¯nWWph^n¨v Fsâ fp`NÄ C¡msâ SpX]n`p^ªp.

CWn tg¡v AXn¡m³ SpX§mw. F¶v k¨mÂ, sSm`n¨Xn Ss¶. S`¸v km]n`n«v Du¼pw. H^p ssN sNm*v D*NÄ SjpNpw. ftä ssN sNm*v bäp¶{S hvboZn D^¨pNan.

Fsâ bnXn¯w fp_pNpwtSm_pw C¡msâ D`¡ Np® Ip«pbjp¯pk¶p. bm k^m_m]t¸mÄ C¡ Fsâ S` bnXn¨v hmVW¯nt`¡v Sn^pNn¡]än. Mm³ Nan tkP¯n`m¡n. bÃv S«n¡msS Np®¯`¸v km]n`n«v Ik¨p, D*NÄ ssN]n`n«v sM¡n, Np® BªpNp`p¡n.

A_dn Fs¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n AfÀ¯n¡nX¯n km]n bm Ioän¯¶p. MmWSv fpjpkWpw NpXn¨p. H^p SpÅn tbm`pw tbmNmSn^n¡m³ hmVWw sM¡n¸njnªv Cu¼nk`n¨p. bm fpjpk³ tbm]t¸mÄ A]mapsX hmVWw Ip^p§n. MmWksW NnX¯n D½k¨p. Sq§n¡nX¡p¶ hmVWkpw D*Napw H^p bq¨¡p«ns]tbms` W¡nt¯mÀ¯n.

A_dn]psX ‘fn¡v tg¡v’ fpjpk³ NpXn¨m k]À Wn_]pw. bns¶ Np_¨v s_Ìv FXp¯n«v tk\w AXp¯ A¦w. Ip^p§n¡nX¡p¶ A]mapsX hmVW¯n Mm³ H^p½ NqXn sNmXp¯p. bns¶ AknXs¯ Nan fSn]m¡n A_dn]psX sW©n NnX¶p. A_dn Fs¶ tIÀ¯v NnX¯n sW_pNn Ipwdn¨p.

Np_¨ptW^w A§sW tbm]n. bns¶ M§Ä sI^nªpNnX¶v b^hvb^w fp`]pw fpSpNpw Djn]m³ SpX§n.

A_dn]psX ssN A^n¨^n¨v Fsâ Nm`nXp¡n F¯n. ^*v kn^`pNÄ Fsâ bq_nWp fpNan`qsX HmXnWX¶p. MmW_n]msS Ss¶ Fsâ Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¶p. Fsâ kjpkjp¯ bq_n`qsX A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ Fsâ N´nt`¡v Wo*p. N´n M^Xn]t¸mÄ Mm³ hpOw sNm*v SpÅnt¸m]n.

Fsâ fp` A_dn]psX km]n SÅns¡mXp¯v I¸n¡pXn¸n¨p. fp`]n`pw N´n`pw H¶n¨pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nan Mm³ l^n¡pw BhzUn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. FWn¡v skÅw H`n¨pSpX§n.

A_dn ^*p kn^`pNÄ Fsâ DÅnt`¡v SÅn¡]än D^¨p. FWn¡v hin¡m³ bämsS]m]n. hpOw sNm*v bNpSn tdmVw tbm] AkØ]n`m] Mm³ A]mapsX hmVW¯n bnXp¯fn«p. Ak³ k`pSm]n¯pX§n]n^p¶p. kn^`nX`nsâ Sma¯n Mm³ B BW¡p® sSm`n¨Xn¨p.

”Biviv… , FWn¡nt¸mÄ N]ä\w.”

Mm³ f`À¶v NnX¶v A_dnt]mXvv sN©n. ”N]än¯m tkPw, km…’

A_dn Fsâ tfs` N]_n. Mm³ Fsâ t]mWn]n N]äm³ bmN¯n Np® bnXn¨v k¨psNmXp¯p. A_dn B BW¡p® Hä¯ÅnWv Fsâ NX ks^ N]än. hzÀPw N* Mm³ A]msa k^nªpfp_p¡n. Fsâ WWª bq_n A]mapsX Ip«pbjp¯ Np® ‘¹¡v’ ‘¹¡v’ F¶v BªXn¨p.

”WnÀ¯tà , FWn¡v hpOn¡p¶p… Biviv”, Mm³ Wn`knan¨p.

”Fsâ sbmt¶, N]än N]än Fs¶ sNmÃv, At¿m, B..B…’

Sma¯nWv I´n SÅns¡mXp¯v Nan]n MmWpw NqXn.

”bm`p fpjpk³ Fsâ DÅn tk\w. km, AXn¨v Hjn¨v Sm..”

Fsâ hwhm^¯n fqZm] A_dn sfgo³ N\s¡ Fs¶ AXn¨p Nan¨p.

S¿ÂsfgoWns` hqIn N]_p¶SntW¡mÄ tkP¯n A_dn Fsâ]pÅn N]_n]n_§n.

”k^m^m]ntÃ? Sm, Fsâ DÅn B¡n Sm…’

B ss¢fmNv–hn A_dn Fsâ]pÅn bm Ioän¨p. ASv bq_pw Wn_ªv bp_t¯s¡mjpNn. Fsâ Nm`nXp¡v fpjpk³ IqXp Np®¸m`n NpSnÀ¶p. A_dn bns¶]pw Fs¶ WnÀ¯msS b®n.

AkhmWw M§Ä ^*ptb^pw SaÀ¶pko\p. WsÃm^p Nan]psX hpO¯n M§Ä sN«n¸nXn¨v NnX¶p_§n.