bntä¶v ^mkns` D_¡w D\À¶ Mm³ fp_n¡v bp_¯n_§n]nÃ…. A½]psX fpO¯v– tWm¡m³ DÅ fXn Ss¶ Nm^\w … Mm³ N¼yp«_n H^p hnWnf N*v hf]w Naªp…. 10 f\n B]t¸mÄ A½ fpNant`¡v k¶p…. bp_¯p tbmNm³ S¿m_m]n B\v k¶Sv. “”””Mm³ bp_¯v tbm]n«v– k^mw, Njn¡m³ DÅSv Smsj AX¨p k¨n«p*v” kas^ ho^n]hv B]n b_ªn«v A½ Sn^nªp WX¶p….

F{S {blW§Ä D*m]m`pw Np_p¡sâ N®v tNmjn¡q«n Ss¶… 47Nm^n]m] F³s_ A½I^¡v H^p Ipk¶ s`¤nRv–hpw, N]än sk«n] fª tXm¸pw V^n¨m\v _qfnt`¡v k¶Sv… Mm³ H^p 30 sh¡³Zv sNm*v Ss¶ B I¡ SpXNapsX fmwha huµ^yw WpNÀ¶p. Sn^nsN sNmjp¯ I´nNÄ B«n sÌbv C_§n tbmNp¶ A½s] N*t¸mÄ bp_¯n_§n]m bq_n Wm«pNs^NqXn N¼n B¡pftÃm F¶v fWÊnÂ.

^mkns` A½ tbm]n Njnªt¸mÄ tWs^ B³_n]psX ko«nt`¡v tWm¡n… ssf^³ A¦nansâ NmÀ… A]mÄ DÅt¸m Mm³ At§m«v tbmNm_nÃ… H¶mfs¯ Nm^yw Fs¶ HXp¡s¯ bpÑw B\v… ^*mfSv N^n]À DbtUlw… bns¶ BsN A]mtamXv H^p Wµn DÅSv A]mÄ H^p Njnkv sN«k³ B]Sv sNm*v A]mapsX ko«n NXnfpän Wn¶ 50 ¹hv tfmZ AwdmhZÀ NmÀ hpWnSmWâns] HmXn¨p ssN sSan]m³ bän… CWn sb«¶v H^p Nan S^s¸«m`pw e]s¸XmsS Nan¡m³ DÅ Bßknlzmhw B\v B³_n FWn¡v bNÀ¶v S¶Sv…

A½]psX SpX¡\n]pw, B³_n]psX In´Napw F³s_ skXn¸p^]n AXp¯v Afn«v Wn_¨p… ASv N¯n¨p knXm³ A½]psX fp_n]n Ss¶ N]_n… St` Unkhs¯ kjs¡m¶pw Fs¶ dmVn¨nÃ…. Mm³ Sp\n FÃmw Du^n F_nªp…. A½ ^mkns` Du^n C« fmN-vhn NnX¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ H^p sNmSn…Mm³ B fmN-vhn FXp¯ V^n¨v A½ Du^n C« IqXp fm_m¯ s_Zv NaÀ K«n]pw sNm*v A½]psX N«n`n NnX¶p… Nps_ tW^w K«n f\¯pw W¡n]pw Mm³ Btkl¯n`m]n… tlgw F³s_ Np®s] A½]psX fmN-vhn]psX fpNan NqXn fmN-vhn Nq«n bnXn¨p Np`p¡m³ SpX§n….

Np«nNm`¯v H^p tI«tWm AWn]tWm CÃm¯Spw Aѳ tbm`pw Wm«n CÃm¯Spw Fs¶ UpxOn¸n¨n^p¶p…. F¶m C¶v Cu ko«n Mm³ SWn¨m]¯n Gäkpw AVnNw ht´mgn¡p¶p …. Asæn Hä¡v F³s_ NmfbqÀ¯n¡m]n sI¿p¶ tb¡q¯pNÄ Cu ko«n FWn¡v WX¯m³ Njn]nÃm]n^p¶p.

A½]psX fmN-vhn]pw Nq«n bnXn¨Sv H^p bpSp AWpekw B]n^p¶p. hm^n]n kX Nm\n¨p Wn¡p¶SnsW¡mÄ bSn·X§p `i^n FWn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bN^p¶ NmjvI A½fm^pw B³_nfm^pw Hs¡ Wà C_p¡w DÅ ssWän V^n¨v Ak^psX Ak]k§apsX sNmjp¸v Nm\pw knVw WX¡p¶Sm\v, bns¶ AXp¡a]n Wn¡pt¼mÄ sWän FXp¯v fpNant`m«v sbm¡n sN«n k¨n^n¡p¶ NmjvI Bs\¦n C^«n fVp^w…. A§sW b`S^w emkbNÀ¨NapÅ khv{Sfm\v fmN-vhn, hz´w A½]psX fmN-vhn]pw bnXn¨pÅ km\w knX AVnN hf]w Wo*nÃ…. Mm³ skXn A½]psX fmN-vhn]n Ss¶ sbm«n¨p…. Np_¨p tW^s¯ SaÀ¨]v¡v tlgw tks_ H^p Sp\n FXp¯v skÅw fp¡n W¶m]n SpX¨v A½]psX fmN-vhn Sn^nsN k¨p.

sskNn«v A½ k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ fp³kl¯v sfmssd`n Nan¨p sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. A½ N]_n k¶t¸mjpw C¶`s¯ fqZn Bs\¶v Mm³ fWÊn`m¡n… A½ im³Zv dmPn Wn¶v F³s_ fp¶nt`¡v Npt_]VnNw t{dmg_pNÄ k`n¨v Hä G_v…

A½: “”””GSm\v tk*Sv FknsX B\v tbmtN*Sv F¶p b_tªm…. CWn CknsX Wn¡*..”

A½ F³s_ fp¶nt`¡v F_nªSv tN^a¯nWv bp_¯pw kntUl¯pw Hs¡ bYn¡m³ DÅ Akh^§Ä B\v….. AVnNkpw F©nWo_nRv, m]]s tbm`pÅ tNmjvhpNÄ.

A½: “”””CWn Wo CknsX tk*… Wo CãfpÅSv b_tªm… Ft§m«v tk\sf¦n`pw sbmt¡m… CWn Wns¶ ko«n Nm\^pSv… bp_¯p tbm]n F´v tSm¶nkmhw tkt\m Nm\nt¨m…””

Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS C^p¶p… UpxOn¨m\v C^p¶Sv F¦n`pw tWm«w A½]psX I¡ SpX]n`pw kn]À¯ N£¯n`pw B]n^p¶p…. A½ GsSms¡t]m tNmjvhnsW bän b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p Mm³ Np_¨p tW^w tN«n^p¶n«v F\oäv tbm]n.

Fs¶ ko«n Wn¶pw Uqt^¡v bYn¡m³ knXp¶Sv Fs¶ ftWmkngf¯n B¡n…. Mm³ sX_Ên N_§n WX¶t¸mÄ A¸p_¯v A¦nÄ Ft§mt«m tbmNp¶Sv N*p… Mm³ tWs^ B³_n]psX ko«n sI¶v N]_n…. Fs¶ N*Spw B³_n: “”””FXm sNmSn]m… ^mkns` fpS Wo At§^v tbmNp¶Spw tWm¡n C^n¡pkm]n^pt¶m… At§^v tbm] DXsW C§v f\¸n¨v F¯n]tÃm””””

Mm³: “”””sNmSns]ms¡ So^m_m]n B³_n… A½ Fs¶ CknXp¶v bm¡v sI¿m³ tbmNp¶p… Fs¶ bp_¯v kn«v bYn¸n¡m³ tbmNp¶p…””

B³_n: “”””ASp Wà Nm^yftà Np«m… CknsX Hmt^m bntÅÀ bp_¯v tbm]n bYn¡m³ sNmSn¡p¶p… WnWs¡´mXm C{S h¦Xw…””

Mm³: “”””ASp b_]mWm B³_n Mm³ k¶Sv…. B³_n Du^n S¶ K«n A½ N*p bnXn¨p”

B³_n: N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”””At¿m….” B³_n sM«n kn_¨p.

Mm³: “”””Npj¸w H¶pfnà B³_n FÃmw Mm³ GsäXp¯p… Mm³ B³_nsX ko«n Wn¶v tfmãn¨Sms\¶p b_ªp… ASnWv H^pbmXv AXn]pw Nn«n… ASnsâ tUgy¯n B\v Cs¸m bp_¯v kn«p bYn¸n¡m³ tbmNp¶Sv…””

B³_n: “”””bn¶ÃmsS … Cu b^pbmXn Hs¡ Nm\n¨m Akav bns¶ Wns¶ ko*pw tfmsW F¶v knan¨p sNm©n¨p NqsX Nq«t\m?…”

Mm³: “”””B³_n]psX tNhv fm{SfÃ… A½]psX K«n]n Mm³ b\n]p¶Spw A½¡v tW^s¯ A_n]mfm]n^p¶p… A½ N*nà F¶v WXn¨Sms\¶v…””

B³_n: “”””Bim… FWn¡v At¸mtj tSm¶n]Sm… AkÄ sbm«n H¶pw AÃtÃm, NjpNm³ C« K«n]n bän bnXn¨ NªnskÅw Sn^n¨_n]mSn^n¡m³…””

Mm³: “”””NªnskÅw AÃ B³_n… thmfw”

B³_n: “”””F´p ssf^m]m`pw CWn b_ªn«v Nm^yfpt*mXm StÅb®n…””

CSpw b_ªv B³_n DXp¯n^p¶ fmN-vhn fp*p tbms` fX¡n Np¯n…. F¶n«v ^*pw Nm`pw kn^n¨v thmc]n C^p¶p. AXn]n K«n CÃ… fm{Sfà t^mf§Ä Hs¡ A`vbw sk«n HSp¡n WnÀ¯n]n«p*v. C{S]pw WmÄ BÄ Smfhw CÃmsS NmXpw bX`]pw bnXn¨p NnX¶ koXv tbms` B]n^p¶p B³_n]psX bq_v… Ct¸mÄ Wà skXn¸m¡n k¨n«p*v. Mm³ B tS³k^n¡ bq_v N*v N®pw fnjn¨p Wn¶p tbm]n…

B³_n: “”””N®p fnjn¨p tWm¡n Wn¡msS kÃSpw sI]vSp SmXm…. ^mkns` sSm«v NXn hin¡m³ k¿…. B ssf^³ CknsX D*m]n^p¶p…. Asæn Wns¶ ^mkns` Ss¶ knan¨pk^p¯n H¶p hpOnt¨sW…””

Mm³ fp«pNp¯n Wn¶v B³_n]psX bq_v I¸m³ SpX§n…. B N´v Mm³ ewPn]m]n hmkVmWw hf]sfXp¯v BhzUn¨p I¸n… I¸p¶Sv B³_ns] Bs\¦n`pw fWÊn A½ fm{Sw B]n^p¶p.

B³_n: “”””F³s_ Np«m…. Fs´m^p hpOfmXm tfmsW…. Wo Wnsâ Wmknsâ Njnkv Wnsâ SÅ]psX bqän SoÀ¯v sNmXv… AkÄ Wns¶ H^nXt¯¡pw knXnÃ…. D_¸v… Biv… At½….”

Mm³: “”””B{PifnÃmªn«mt\m B³_n… t]mPw CÃ…””

B³_n: “”””FÃmw WX¡pw Np«m… Wo Wmkp fmän hf]w Na]msS FWn¡v H¶v sI]vSp Sm FWn¡v Nj¨p k¿…””

Mm³ I¸Â SpXÀ¶p… B³_n Btkl¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn]n F¯n ASnsâ HXpkn B Wo^p_k sbm«n H`n¨p…. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ Np® skan]n FXp¯n«Spw ^hwsNmÃn]m]n F³s_ sfmssd`n A½]psX NmÄ…. FXp¯t¸mÄ Ft¶mXv IqXm]n… Wnt¶mXm^v Ct¸m AknsX tbmNm³ b_ªp F¶v tImUn¨v A½ kj¡p b_ªp…

Mm³: “”””B³_n A½ At§m«v sIÃm³ b_ªp… Mm³ bns¶ k^mw…””

B³_n: “”””H¶p hpOn¨p k¶t¸mÄ B\v AkapsX H^p knan…. dm¡n DÅksâ ^hw Na]m³… CWn Wo Wn¡*…. Aksa§mWpw N]_n k^pw.. Wo tbm]n«v km… bns¶ Nm\mw…””

Mm³ B³_n]psX bq_n H^p fp¯kpw sNmXp¯v ko«nt`¡v tbm]n…

ko«n sI¶t¸mÄ A½ fp¶n Fs¶]pw tWm¡n Wn¡p¶p…

A½: “”””Wo CWn bj]t¸ms` CX]v¡nsX AknsX tbmN*… ?”

Mm³: “”””AsS´v bän…?”

A½: ‘ NqXpS tImUy§Ä H¶pw tk*… bns¶ Np_¨v Nm^y§Ä NqXn D*v… Wnsâ N¼yq«À Cs¸m Ss¶ Wnsâ fp_n]n Wn¶p fmän iman sNm*v k]v¡\w. CWn ^m{Sn fpNans` fp_n]n NnX¡* Smsj DÅ fp_n]n _qw bq«n CXmsS NnX¶m fSn.. Wnsâ tf`n Ft¸mjpw F³s_ H^p N®p*mNpw… bns¶ bYn¡m³ tbmNp¶ Nm^yw Mm³ AÑtWmXv NqXn tImUn¨n«v So^pfmWn¡mw… Mm³ sI_pSms]m¶v hqIn¸n¨p… At¸mÄ Aѳ b_]v¡p¶Sv Mm³ Hä¡m]n tbmNntà F¶m\v…””

A½: “”””Mm³ NqXpS H¶pw b_]m³ tbm]nÃ… hz´w tfmsW A½]psX NqsX WnÀ¯m³ tbXn B]Sv sNm*m\v Mm³ Uqt^¡v b_ªp knXp¶Sv F¶v b_ªn^ps¶Nn At§^v Wns¶ SÃn sNmt¶sW…””

Nm^y§Ä F³s_ ssN kn«p tbmkpN]m\v F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n SpX§n. Mm³ tWs^ _qfnt`¡v tbm]n inÌ_n FÃmw Zn`oäv B¡n, koZnt]mhv FÃmw ssiZv sI]vSv, Np_¨p Wà koZnt]mhv tcm\n tNm¸n sI]vSv N¼yq«À FÃmw Du^n sb_p¡n Smsj sNm*v k¨p.

At¸mÄ AXp¯ {bi^w A½]psX kN “”””^m{Sn sskssc Hmcv sI]vSp kt¨¡\w, Ft¸mjpw Hm\v sI]vSp k]v–t¡* Nm^yfnÃ.”

Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp… “”Du¼n ^m{Sn]ns` N¼nNT km]W]pw H^p So^pfmWw B]n…”” H^p A½]n Wn¶v timÌ kmÀZWnt`¡v A½ b^n\fn¨p Njnªp. F´m]m`pw Hä ^m{Sn sNm*v A½ C¯^¯n fm_nà F¶v FWn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p. N¼yq«_pw sfmssd`pw sskssc]pw FÃmw Hä s̸n Ss¶ k`y sXNvWn¡Â dp²n H¶pw CÃm¯ A½ Wn]{´n¡\w F¦n ASnWp bn¶n Bt^m Ds*¶v Mm³ Duin¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A§sW H^mÄ D*v F¦n ASv A½]psX AXp¯ Nq«pNm^n hqh³ B³_n AÃmsS fäm^pw Aà F¶v FWn¡p_¸m]n^p¶p.

hqh³ B³_n, NmlpNm^³ B] H^p dnÊnWÊv A¨m]sW sN«n, bns¶ A]msa Zntkmjvhv sI]vSv, A]mapsX N¿n Nn«n] Nmln Sn¶v sNmjp¯v Nj¸v fpän WX¡ps¶m^p f½n I^¡v. Ak^psX fp`NÄ B\v ssiss`äv. Np*nNÄ¡p A`vbw sNmjp¸v Np_kms\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n]n«p*v H^p bs£ B Np*nNÄ¡pÅ sNmjp¸v NqXn ssUkw Ak^psX fp`NÄ¡v WÂNn Nm\pw. bp_tf Wn¶p tWm¡pt¼mÄ Np*n Np_kms\¦n`pw B hm^n sbm¡n tWm¡n]ms` sl^n¡pÅ AkØ A_n]m³ Njn]q. F´m]m`pw F³s_ A½ Akt^mXp DbtUlw tSXn]n«p*mNpw. In`t¸mÄ Ak^psX fN³ t_m\n]pw Aks^ HmÀ¯p km\w AXn¡p¶p*mkpw, B AWpekw k¨p B bq_ntfmÄ A½s] DbtUln¨p Nm\pw. F³s_ In´NÄ NmXv NX¶p.

A§sW B H^mjvI ASnNYnWfm] AkØ]n`qsX Mm³ NX¶p tbm]n. Fs¶ km\fXn]n him]n¨n^p¶, Dt¯Kn¸n¨n^p¶ þ Sp*v Nm\t\m, N¼nNTNÄ km]n¡mtWm Akh^§Ä Nn«n]nÃ.. F´ntWs_ b_]p¶p A½]psX H^p K«n tbm`pw f\¡m³ Nn«n]nÃ… ^m{Sn]n Sp_¶n« fp_n]n bpS¸nWXn]n IX§p SoÀ¡pw tbms` DÅ km\fXn fm{Sw B]n. A½ Ft¶mXv fn*p¶Spw hwhm^n¡p¶Spw FÃmw WnÀ¯n, In` Akly Nm^y§Ä HjnsN fsäm¶pw M§apsX CX]n hwhm^n¡mÀ CÃm]n^p¶p.

bs£ bN hf]§ans` A½]psX Dt¯KWw hin¡m³ Njn]m¯ AkØ B]n… Unkhw Hmt^m S^w ssWänNÄ C«v ko«ptKm`nNapw sI]vSv fqXpw fp`]pw Np`p¡n A½ ko«n N_§n WX¶p. bN H¶v N¿n bnXn¡m³ tbm`pw Njn]m¯ ØnSn B]n. Du^n CXp¶ K«nNÄ FÃmw A½ bq«n k]v¡m³ SpX§n. CSnWnX]n H^p Unkhw A½]psX fp_n]n _nh-vNv FXp¯v N]_n A½]psX l^o^w tWm¡n AXn¨Sv fm{Sw B\v B BjvI]n WX¶ BtklN^fm] H^p hwekw. Cu NmjvINapw Wn]{´\§apw F³s_ hfWn` sSän¨p SpX§n. DÅn A½Nmfw Wn_ªv F³s_ AkØ kas^ tfmlfm]n.

A§sW C^n¡pt¼mÄÄ B\v A½ ASp b_]p¶Sv. A½]psX SmSvb^y{bNm^w Aѳ sIss¶]n H^p {c*nsâ F©nWo_nRv tNmtaKn AZvfng³ s_Zn B¡n]n«p*v. AXp¯ fmhw ¢mÊv SpX§pw ASnWp fp³bv tbm]n AZvfng³ FXp¡\w. timÌ FÃmw AknsX Ss¶ D*v.

A½: “”””Wo At§m«v sI¶m fSn Wns¶ AkÀ f^ymU bYn¸n¨p knXpw, sfmssd Dbt]mPn¡m³ bänÃ, timÌ`n hf]¯v N]_\w.. Wnsâ H^p NanNapw AknsX WX¡nÃ… Mm³ ^£s¸«p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wns¶ H^p fmhw NqXn hin¨m fSn]tÃm… 4 kÀgw Njnªp tfm³ f^ymU¡m^Wm]n Sn^nsN k^p¶Sv Nm\mw.”

F³s_ KoknSw SNÀ¶Xn]pw tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n, DÅn A½t]mXv NXp¯ tUgyw tSm¶n. A½]psX Np*n]psX]pw fq`]psX]pw Hs¡ NmjvINapw, B kn]À¸p f\kpw bqÀ f\kpw N`À¶ K«n]pw, B³_n]psX fpSpbq_pw CÃm¯ H^p Ø`s¯ Np_n¨p FWn¡v h¦Â¸n¡m³ tbm`pw bäp¶nÃ. A{Stf A½Nmfw Fs¶ NojX¡n Njnªn^n¡p¶p. tNmtaKn tI^\w F¶ Nm^yw GSm*v D_¸m]n. bs£ A½]psX fp¶n AXn]_kp b_ªp tbmNm³ Mm³ S¿m_m]n^p¶nÃ.

kas^ NãSNapw Wn]{´\§apw Wn_ª Np_¨p Unkh§Ä NX¶p tbm]n. A§sW H^p Unkhw ^mkns` 6 f\n¡v D\À¶p. Np«³ N¼n]m]n Wn`knan¡p¶p. Ak³ Nj¸v fq¯v Wn¡p¶p. H^p Wà A½NT km]n¨p kn«n«v Unkh§Ä H^pbmXm]n. F³s_ fmWhnN Wn` Ss¶ SN^m_n Bkp¶ AkØ]n Mm³ k^p¶nX¯v k¨p Nm\mw F¶v b_ªv tWs^ sI¶v iman DÅ N¼yq«À Hm\v sI]vSv bpSn] H^p A½NT FXp¯v km]W SpX§n. Np_¨p Njnªv `p¦n b^nVn¡p fpNan fX¡n Np¯n Np® bp_¯v– FXp¯v AXn SpX§n. Np_¨p hf]w Njnªt¸mtj¡pw A½]psX A`m_w fpj§p¶Sv tN«p. Mm³ ^*pw N¸n¨p km\fXn SpXÀ¶p.

H^p H^p Nqh`pw CÃmsS F³s_ Np«sW SjpNn AXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ A½ kl¯p k¶v Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A½]psX fpO¯v sM«Â. Mm³ N* emkw WXn¡msS Np`p¡Â SpXÀ¶p.

A½: “”””Wmlw bnXn¨k³ CknsX F´pw Nm\n¡mw F¶v– N^pSnt]m Wo… Wnsâ AÑsW knan¨p b_ªn«v Ss¶ dm¡n Nm^yw..”

Mm³: “”””bns¶ Mm³ F´v sI¿\w… FWn¡v 18 k]Êm]n… F³s_ {bm]¯n Nq«pNmÀ FÃm^pw sI¿p¶ Nm^yw Ss¶.. Um Nt*m.. CSptbms` Np® N¼n B¡n km\fXn…”” Mm³ A½s] tWm¡n tkP¯n Np`p¡n.

A½: “”””Akt^ms¡ b^hyfm]n sbä½]psX fp¶n Bt\mXm sI¿p¶Sv b«n Smt]man…?” A½ A`_n.

A½ sS_n knan¡p¶Sv tN«v Mm³ A`vbw bS_n, bs£ F³s_ kmln Fs¶ kn«psNmXp¡m³ h½Sn¨nÃ…

Mm³: “”””bn¶ÃmsS Fs¶ F³s_ fp_n]n Wn¶v Wn§Ä fmän]ntÃ… N¼yq«_pw sWäpw FÃmw Dbt]mPn¡m³ h½Sn¡msS B¡n]ntÃ… FWn¡v CsSm¶pw CÃmsS bänÃ… ^mkns` Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ Ck³ tU Wà N¼n.. H^pbmXv Unkhw B]n CksW H¶v sb^pfm_n]n«v.. As¸m bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AksW FXps¯m¶p Np`p¡n Na]mw F¶p N^pSn…”” Mm³ ko*pw A½s] tWm¡n Np® Np`p¡n.

A½: “”””Ip½m Np`p¡*… Mm³ A`¡m³ C« K«n S^mw… Wo Ft¸mjpw sI¿p¶ tbms` ASn tS¨p k]v¡v….”

Mm³: “”””Bim… Ct¸mjmt\m S^mw F¶v b_]p¶Sv…. B IqXv K«n f\¯n«v F{SUnkhfm]n…. Cs¸m C«n«ps*¦n Du^n St¶¡v…. Mm³ H¶v f\¯p kn«n«v S^mw…””

A½: “”””Wo F³s_ k]än Ss¶ Bt\mXm bn_¶Sv sbm`]mXn tfmsW…. hz´w A½t]mXmt\m Wnsâ Nmfw Nm\n¡p¶Sv Wm]nâ tfmsW…”

A½]psX N®p Wn_ªp… A½ H¶pw fn*msS Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p…. At¸mtj¡pw Fsâ]pw skXn sbm«n… Mm³ S_]n fpjpk³ AXns¨mjn¨p… A½ NqXpS H¶pw b_]msS Sn^nsN fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n……

F³s_ Nmfw S\p¯v tdmVw ko\t¸mÄ B\v Mm³ ASn^pkns«¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv. A½t]mXv fm¸v b_]m³ tSm¶n. A½ NSNp Npän C«v AN¯v N]_n NX¡pkm]n^p¶p. bN fpjpk³ A½ bp_¯n_§n]nÃ… A½ K`bmWw CÃmsS fp_n]n Njn¨pNq«n… bN MmWpw b«n\n B]n^p¶p.

sskNpt¶^w Hs¡ B]t¸mÄ hwPSn ssNkn«p tbmNpwtbms` tSm¶n. Mm³ fp_n]psX bp_¯v NnX¶v N^ªp knan¨p. “”””¹ohv A½m kmSn Sp_¡v… CWn Mm³ A§sW H¶pw sI¿nÃ… Mm³ sIss¶]n tbmNpktÃ… CWn A½s] l`yw sI¿nÃ…. ¹ohv–… A½m £fn¡½m… A½ tk\sf¦n Fs¶ SÃnt¡m… NSNp Sp_¡½m….” Np_¨p tW^w AknsX Wn¶p… HXpkn A½ kmSn Sp_¶p.

A½: “”””kn¨pNq«m…. Mm³ Wnsâ A½]mXm tfmsW… Wnsâ {bm]w Hs¡ FWn¡_n]mw… bs£ Mm³ Wnsâ A½]tÃXm….”

Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS fp_n]nt`¡v Sn^nsN tbm]n… N«n`n tbm]n Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p… Np_¨p Njnªv A½ Fs¶ fp_n]nt`¡v k¶v S«n knan¨p. A½ Npan¨p H^p§n H^p bp¯³ ssWän]pw V^n¨v Im]]pw dnhv¡äpw B]n«m\v fp_n]nt`¡v k¶Sv….

A½: “”””kn¨p… Fjpt¶Âs¡Xm Np«m… Wo ^mkns` fpS H¶pw Njn¨nÃtÃm….”

A½ Fs¶ Sn^n¨p NnX¯n]t¸mÄ F³s_ N^ªp N`§n] N®pNÄ N*p. A½ AXp¯n^p¶v Fs¶ Blzhn¸n¨p.

A½: “”””At¿… At½sX Np«³ N^]pkm]n^pt¶m…. CkWmt\m ^mkns` NnX¶v k`n] A¦w Hs¡ Nm\n¨Sv… tfm³ Gjpt¶än^n¡v F¶n«v Cu Im] NpXn¡v…..”

Njnª N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^mjvI N* A½]Ã CSv… FWn¡v F³s_ bj] kmÕ`yWnVn]m] F³s_ A½s] Sn^nsN Nn«n] tbms` tSm¶n.

Mm³: “”””At½… thm_n… Njnª Npt_ fmh§Ä B]n Mm³ C§sW B\v… Fs¶ sNm*v bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ bäp¶nÃ… A½ b_ªSm\v l^n …. Mm³ F{S]pw sb«¶v ko«n Wn¶pw fm_n Wn¡p¶Sm\v WÃSv.”

A½: “”””Mm³ b_ªm Wo Fs¶ Hä¡m¡n A§p tbmNptfm….WnW¡v A{S hvtWitf Cu A½t]mXptÅm”

Mm³: “”””ASm\v WÃSv F¶v FWn¡v tSm¶p¶p… Mm³ CWn CknsX Wn¶m l^n]knÃ..”

A½: “”””WnW¡v F´v bäns]Xm… Wo A½t]mXv b_…””

Mm³: “”””A½s¡Ãmw A_n]ftÃm….”

A½: “”””FWns¡´_n]mw F¶v… Wo b_]mXm sI¡m…””

Mm³: “”””ASv A½ FWn¡v Unkhkpw Np® Np`p¡n skÅw Naªnsæn e]¦^ dp²nfp«m\v …. skÅw Na]msS N¼n B]n WX¶m {em´p bnXn¡pw.”

A½: “”””FXm fnXp¡m… F{SNm`fm]Xm SpX§n]n«v….”

A½ NqXpSÂ Sp_¶p hwhm^n¡p¶Spw tUgysfms¡ fm_p¶Spw Mm³ {l²n¨n^p¶p… ASpsNm*v Ss¶ f_pbXn b_]m³ DÅ F³s_ fXns]ms¡ tbm]n^p¶p.

Mm³: “”8Bw ¢msÊms¡ B]t¸m SpX§n]Sm At½ …..””

A½: “”FXm NÅm …. b¯mw ¢mÊn bYn¡p¶ ks^]pw Wo Unkhkpw Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨v D½ kIn«tà h-vNqan tbm]n^p¶Sv … As¶ms¡ Wns¶ sk_pw Npªm]n«m\v Mm³ N*Sv … At¶ Wo CsSms¡ fWÊn sNm*v WX¡pkm]n^p¶p AtÃXm…””

Mm³: “”At¿m… A½m .. hSyfm]n«pw As¶m¶pw H^n]v¡`pw A½t]mXv A§sW H¶pw tSm¶n]n«nà ….””

A½: “”F§sW tSm¶n]n«nà F¶v ….? Ct¸m WnW¡v WnW¡p Wn³s_ sbä½s] Nm\pt¼mÄ F´mXm ssft^ tSm¶p¶Sv ….?””

Mm³: “”Mm³ hSyw b_]mftÃm At½… A½ tUgys¸X^pSv …. H^p Unkhw NpWnªp Wn¡p¶ A½]psX I´n N*t¸m FWn¡v kÃm¯ sNmSn tSm¶n…. A½]psX k`n] I´n Nm^\w B\v Mm³ A½s] tks_ ^oSn]n Hs¡ Nm\m³ SpX§n]Sv ….””

A½: “”FXm sI¡m Wo Bt^mXm\v CsSms¡ b_¿p¶Sv F¶p kà tdmVkpw Dt*m …? bnXn¨v sb®v sN«n¨p knXmw F¶p N^pSn]m tNmtaKv tbm`pw Njn]m¯ sI¡Wv B^v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sb®v sNmXp¡m³ …””

Mm³: “”Asæn`pw Cu {bm]¯n BÀ¡v tk\w sb®nsW… Nnan´v bntÅs^ Hs¡ sN«n]n«v F´v Nn«m³ …””

A½: “”bns¶ WnW¡p Bs^]mXm tk*Sv …. fpSp¡n SÅfms^t]m …?””

Mm³: “”At¿ … FÃm SÅfms^]pw tk* … N*m Ss¶ Wmkn skÅw Du_p¶ Wà Nj¸n A½I^¡pNÄ D*v … Aks^ B\v FWn¡nãvXw ….””

M§Ä S½n DÅ tk`nsN«pNÄ sbmanªp ko\p Njnªp. M§Ä AXp¯ hpir¯p¡ta tbms` hwhm^n¡m³ SpX§n.

A½: “”Hm … F¶m F³s_ Nq«pNm^n hqh³ AXp¯ H^p N`ym\w Njn¡m³ ¹m³ sI¿p¶p*v, Wn³s_ Nm^yw Mm³ AktamXv b_]mw …””

Mm³: “”Nan]m¡m³ Bs\¦n`pw C§sW b_ªp sNmSn¸nN^pSv At½ …. hqh³ B³_ns] tbms`m^p I^¡p f½ns] Hs¡ Nn«\sf¦n bp\yw sI¿\w…””

A½: “”Hm … At¸mÄ F³s_ bp¶m^ tfm³ Aksa]pw sk_psS kn«n«nà Atà …..””

Mm³: “”ASv bns¶ C{S]pw I^¡m] B³_ns] B^m]m`pw tWm¡msS C^n¡ptfm …?””

A½: “”bns¶ Wo ^mkns` B tSm¶nkmhw Nm\n¨p sNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ F³s_ IqXv K«n S^m³ Hs¡ skÃpknan¡p¶ tN«tÃm … F³s_ K«n Hs¡ sNm*v A½]psX bp¶m^tfm³ F´v Aeymhw B\v Nm\n¡p¶Sv F¶_nªm sNmÅmw ….””

Mm³: “”tim … A½ ASv C§v Du^n S¶p tWm¡v … Aeymhsfms¡ Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw …. Biv… A½]psX K«n]psX Nm^yw tN«t¸mÄ Ss¶ Np«³ s_Zn B]Sv Nt*m At½ … A½]psX bq_n`pw Np*n]n`pw bän¸nXn¨p NnX¶ B K«n Nq«nbnXn¨v km\fXn¡p¶ hpOw t`mN¯v tks_ H¶n`pw Nn«nà ….””

A½: “”Wo H^n]v¡`pw W¶mknà …. emPyw H^p fmhw NqXn CksW hmin¨m fSn]tÃm …FWn¡v tks_ b\n]p*v Mm³ tbmNp¶p ….””

A½ ASpw b_ªv Fjpt¶äv fp_n]ns` ss`äpw Hmcv sI]vSv AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ C{S]pw tW^w WX¶sSms¡ hzbvWfmt\m AÃt]m F¶v A_n]msS HmÀ¯v tbm]n. F³s_ km\_m\n A½]pfm]n Mm³ hzbvWw tbm`pw Nm\m¯ hwemg\§Ä, Mm³ b_ª Ak^mS§Ä Hs¡ In^n¨p sNm*v tN« A½. A½ F¶nt`¡v NqXpS AXp¯p Njnªp. bt£ Cs¸mjpw F§nsW SpX§\w F¶ Bl]Npj¸w Fs¶ A`«n. B³_ns] tbms` Aà A½, A`vbw kn]Àt¡*n k^pw F¶v Mm³ HmÀ¯p.

bt£ A½ F³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N\¡pNq«`pNÄ FÃmw BØmW¯m¡n.. F³s_ ÌmÀ«nRv {XdnÄ SoÀ¯p S¶Sv A½]m\v. Mm³ NnX¡]n Wn¶pw Fjps¶änà Hmt^m Nm^y§Ä In´n¨v AknsX Ss¶ NnX¶p. ^m{Sn A½ b\ns]ms¡ SoÀ¯v Mm³ NnX¶ fp_n]nt`¡v k¶p. F³s_ _qfns` ss`äv Hmcv B]Sv sNm*v bp_s¯ fp_n]n Wn¶p k^p¶ skan¨¯n A½]psX ^qbw fm{Stf Nm\p¶pÅq.

Np_¨p tW^w AknsX Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¶ A½ Fs¶ “”Np«m…”” F¶v bSnª hz^¯n knan¨p …. Mm³ knan tN«p Njnªt¸mÄ A½ sI]vSSm\v Fs¶ sM«n¨Sv. A½ B C^p«n ssWän A^¡p fpNant`¡v sbm¡n … F¶n«v A K«n sfsà Smtj¡v Du^nsNm*v k^p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. K«n N¿n FXp¯ A½ ASpfm]n F³s_ A^nsNt`¡v k¶p ….

“” Wo CWn A½]psX kn]À¸pÅ K«n Nn«msS kngfn¡* Um bnXnt¨m ….Mm³ ^mkns` fpS Ct«m*v WX¶Sm …. CSv k¨v F´m¶v k¨m sI]vtSm …..””

CSpw b_ªv B Ip^p* K«n A½ F³s_ fpOt¯¡v F_nªp ….. C^p«m]Sv sNm*v A½]psX ^qbw fm{Stf FWn¡v Nm\m³ NjnªpÅq, A½]psX fpOw Nm\m³ FWn¡v sNmSn]m]n …. bs£ A½ NqXpS H¶pw b_]msS A½]psX fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. F³s_ Np«³ koÀ¸pfp«n SpX§n …. knl¶p k`ªkWv e£\w Nn«n] AkØ B]n^p¶p A½]psX K«n Np_¨p Unkh§Ä¡v tlgw N¿n Nn«n]t¸mÄ FWn¡v.

Mm³ B K«n f\¡mWpw W¡mWpw Hs¡ SpX§n. DXp¯n^p¶ `p¦n b_n¨p Naªv ‘A½’ ‘A½’ F¶v f{´n¨v km\w AXn¡m³ SpX§n … A¶v ^m{Sn A½s] HmÀ¯v fq¶p Sk\ K«n]n Naªp.

AXp¯ Unkhw ^mkns` Mm³ D\À¶t¸mÄ Nm\p¶ NmjvI Npans¨m^p§n F³s_ N«n`n F³s_ AXp¯v C^n¡p¶ ASn hpµ^n]m] A½s] B\v. tW^w b¯pf\ns]ms¡ B]n¡m\pw fp_n]n e]¦^ sk]n AXn¡p¶p. Mm³ BUyw {l²n¨Sv A½]psX Ipk¶ ssWän]n NqXn Nm\p¶ B D^p* fq`NapsX Aä¯v NqÀ¯v Wn¡p¶ fp` sM«pNÄ B\v. Np_¨p tW^w hq£n¨p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A½ tImUn¨p “”Xm … Fs´m^p tWm«fmXm CSv … A½]psX A½nª N^nªp tbmNpftÃm Wo C{S ^q£fm]n tWm¡n]m …””

Mm³: “”C{S]pw Wà ^hfpÅ fp`NÄ N*m B^m]m`pw tWm¡n tbmNpw F³s_ sbm¶½m … A½ AXn]n {dm C«n«nà Atà …””

A½: “”tim sI¡³s_ N®v Abm^w Ss¶…””

A½ C¶s` ^m{Sn Du^n S¶ K«n N¿n FXp¯n«v tImUn¨p “” F´mXm Cu Nm\n¨Sv … Wo CSv fpjpk³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Npafm¡n]tÃm … Wo Ss¶ A`¡n S¶m fSn …””

Mm³: “”Mm³ F{S tk\sf¦n`pw A`¡n S^mw … bt£ Hs^®w A`¡n S^pt¼mÄ bN^w fsäms^®w Dbt]mPn¨Sv S^\w …””

A½: “”Wnt¶mXv hwhm^n¡m³ MmWnà …. CW§sW Bs\¦n timÌ`n tbm]n Njnªm F³s_ tfm³ NãvX¯n BNpftÃm ….””

CSpw b_ªv A½ N«n`n Wn¶v Fjpt¶äp …. Fjpt¶äv Sn^nªt¸mÄ A½]psX ssWän I´n knXknWpÅn N]_n C^n¡p¶ ftWmi^ NmjvI… Np_¨p fpt¶m«v WX¶v A½ ssN sNm*v ssWän I´n knXkn Wn¶p knXpkn¨p. F¶n«v Sn^nªp Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ A½]psX I´n]n Ss¶ B\v tWm¡n C^p¶Sv F¶v fWÊn`m¡n A½ b_ªp

“”Wo tWm¡* …. Mm³ {dm fm{Sw Aà AXn]n K«n]pw C«n«nÃXm NÅm …”” A½ tWs^ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n..

FWn¡v A½]psX Cu sI]vSnNÄ Wn]{´n¡mkp¶Sn`pw A¸p_w B]n. Mm³ ImXn Fjpt¶äv fq{Sw Hjn¡m³ tbm]n. H^p km\fXn¡m³ tSm¶n F¦n`pw fWÊv NqXpS B{Pin¨p. Mm³ ^*pw N¸n¨p H^p `p¦n fm{Sw DXp¯v AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. AknsX sI¶t¸mÄ F³s_ A½ Sn^nªp Wn`v¡p¶p, Im] CXpN]m\v. K«n CXm¯Spw tbm^, A½¸q_n ssWän]pw fX¡n fpNant`¡v sN«n k¨n«p*v. Mm³ Np_¨p tW^w tWm¡n Wn¶ tlgw `p¦n Np®]v¡v fpNant`]v¡v sbm¡n DXp¯p. F¶n«v A½s] knan¨p… Sn^nªp tWm¡n] A½ N*Sv F³s_ N¼n B] Np«sW ….

A½ ASp N*n«pw ]msSm^p Np`p¡kpw CÃ…. “”Hm bns¶]pw sbm¡n bnXnt¨m*v kt¶m …. F³s_ N¿n Dbt]mPn¨ K«n H¶pw tÌm¡v Cà Np«m Ct¸m S^m³ …”” A½ tKm`n SpXÀ¶p ….

F³s_ hN` Wn]{´\§apw kn«n^p¶p. Mm³ A½]psX AXpt¯¡v WX¶p F³s_ hn^Nan ^àw C^¨p N]_n.. F³s_ ssNNm`pNan kn_] AWpeks¸«p … Mm³ A½]psX tSma¯p ssN k¨p …….. A½]psX sIkn]n sfsà b_ªp

“”Fs¶ sNm*v bnXn¨v Wn¡m³ bäp¶nà A½m …. ¹ohv H¶pw b_]^pSv …””

Mm³ bSns] Smtj¡v DuÀ¶v C_§n fp«v Np¯n C^p¶p ssWän]psX fpNan`qsX A½]psX I´n]n D½ k¨p … Np_¨p tW^w A½]psX bp_Nn`qsX N¿n«v A½s] tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p…. A½ Fs¶ SÅn fmän… “”Pymhv N¯n¨p kt¨¡p¶Sv N*ntÃXm …”” A½ PymÊv Hmcv sI]vSp F¶n«v tWs^ A½]psX fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n … Mm³ H^p C_¨nNgv\w N* b«ns] tbms` km]n skÅw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H`n¸n¨p A½]psX bn_tN sI¶p … fp_n]n N]_n]t¸mÄ A½ N«n`n C^n¡p¶p…… A½]psX ssWän sbm§n fp«nWv sSm«v Smsj ks^ Nm\mw. Mm³ B skap¯ Nm`pNÄ tWm¡n Wn¶p tbm]n.

A½: “”””F´mXm tWm¡n Wn¡p¶Sv? Cs¸m WnW¡v Fs¶ tks*?”

Mm³: “”””tR… A½¡v Hs¡ Bt\m ..?”

A½: “”””tim Ck³ C§sW H^p f*³ B]nt¸m]tÃm… bns¶ F´nWmXm sbm«m Mm³ ^m{Sn WnW¡v K«n Du^n S¶n«v fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]Sv… Wo C¶s` ^m{Sn Ss¶ fp_n]n k^pw F¶v b_ªp Nm¯n^p¶ Mm³ f*n B]n… AkWv BklyfpÅSv Nn«n]t¸m Ak³ B K«n]n b\n bän¨p NnX¶p_§n.. Wns¶ {bSo£n¨ Mm³ b«n\n B]n… “”

Mm³: “”F³s_ tbm¶p AWntS…. CSv Mm³ A_nªnà ….. At§m«v Sn^nªn^ps¶ … B Nq*n MmsWm¶v Nt*ms« …..””

Mm³ Ss¶ d`fm]n A½s] F\o¸n¨p WnÀ¯n. F¶n«v A½s] Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n Mm³ A½]psX ssWän k`n¨p sbm¡n fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p. A½ Ss¶ FWn¡p ssWän sbm¡n bnXn¨v k¨v A`vbw NpWnªp Wn¶p S¶p. Mm³ sNmSn¨ Np*nNÄ N¬fp¶n H^p SXÊkpw CÃmsS N*t¸mÄ DÅ Btklw b_ª_n]n¡m³ Njn]nÃ. Mm³ A½]psX I´n ^*p N¿pw sNm*v DX¨p ^hn¨p. B I´nNÄ Mm³ hq£vffm]n b^ntlmVn¨p. I´n NpX§Ä¡v {bm]¯n³t_Sm] In` IpankpNÄ Hjn¨m ASnftWmi^w.

F³s_ Wmkn skÅfq_n, Mm³ sfsà C^pN^§apw sNm*v A½]psX I´n sbman¨p. ASm Mm³ sNmSn¨ NqSn sbm«v F³s_ N¬fp¶nÂ. Mm³ sfsà F³s_ Wmkv B NqSn Spa]psX DÅn N]än W¡n. At¸mjm\v A½ b_ªSv “”Xm Np«m FknsX Hs¡]mXm W¡p¶Sv … AsSms¡ kr¯n CÃm¯ Ø`w Atà tfmtW …?””

Mm³: “”A½ H¶p Ip½msS C^pt¶ … CSn³s_ hpOw A½]v¡v b_ªm fWÊn`mNnà …””

Mm³ B Nq*n W¡n H^p b^pkw B¡n … A½ b^fmkVn W¶m]n N«n`n ssN Np¯n NpWnªp S¶p … B b©m^¸q_pw FWn¡p fp¶n sSanªp …. Mm³ bq_pw NqSn]pw fm_n fm_n W¡n ^hn¨p. A½]psX Nmfmtklw lo¡m^§am]n bp_¯p k¶p. A½]psX kän k^* Wo^p_k sbm«n HjpNn k¶ fUK`w F³s_ WmkpNsa WW¨p. FNtUlw A^f\n¡qÀ Wo*p Wn¶p F³s_ Wmkp sNm*pÅ N`mkn^pSv. B³_n]psX bq_p W¡n bYn¨ FWn¡v A½]psX bq_p W¡Â kas^ WnÊm^fm] Nm^yfm]n^p¶p. HXpkn Mm³ A½s] sNm*v Ss¶ b_]n¨p “”fSn tfmtW fSn …. Wo B bqänWN¯v Fs´¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]än H¶v Ca¡n Sm … A½]v¡v Nj¨n«p k¿.”

Mm³ A½s] N«n`nt`¡v bnXn¨v SÅn …. F³s_ `p¦n b_n¨p Naªv Np® FXp¯v A½]psX km]n Sn^nNn sNmXp¯p. H^p A_¸pw NqXmsS A½ F³s_ Np«sW km]n FXp¯v B Sp¸`n A`n]n¨p. F³s_ A½]psX B ftWmi^fm] Iq*pNan`qsX Ak³ ANt¯¡pw bp_t¯¡pw bSns] Cjªp Wo§n]Sv F³s_ `i^n C^«n B¡n. Mm³ Gs_ sNmSn¨ F³s_ AWnSm½]psX WmknWv fp¶n AVnN tW^w FWn¡p bnXn¨v Wn¡³ Njnªnà … Mm³ A½]psX km]n Ss¶ Hjn¨p … A½ ASv fpjpkWpw NpXn¨n_¡n. F³s_ Np«³ Smjv¶p tbm]Sv N*t¸mÄ A½]v¡v kngfw B]n. “”FWns¡m¶pw B]n`tÃmXm tfmtW”” F¶v b^nSbn¨p. Mm³ “”FÃmw l^n]m¡mw At½”” F¶p b_ªp A½]psX ssWän k`n¨q^n … F¶n«v M§Ä ^*ptb^pw WqÂdÔw CÃmsS sN«n¸nXn¨p NnX¶p. Mm³ A½]psX ssN FXp¯v F³s_ S`À¶ Nq«Wn bnXn¸n¨p. A½ sfsà SXkn F³s_ Np«sW D\À¯m³ {lfn¨p. Mm³ B hf]w A½]psX fp`NÄ km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp ^hn¨p F³s_ H^p ssN A½]psX bqÀ CSapNan HjpNn WX¶p.

Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Np«³ b^pkfm]n k¶p. fp` NpXn¨p sNm*n^p¶ F³s_ NmSn A½ sfsà tImUn¨p “”tfmtW, Ak³ s_Zn B]tÃmXm … A½]v¡v Fs´¦n`pw Hs¡ sI]vSp SmXm Np«m …”” Mm³ sfsà A½]psX hwPfØmWt¯¡v DuÀ¶n_§n. A½]psX bqÀ CSapNÄ sfsà Wmkv sNm*pjn]m³ SpX§n, A½]psX AknsX FÃmw kXn¨v kr¯n B¡n k¨n«p*m]n^p¶p. A½ Btkl¯m sM^nbn^n sNm*p “”FXm Np«m… WnÀ¯tà tfmtW … C{S]pw hpOw A½]v¡v C¶v ks^ Nn«n]n«nÃXm ….. W¶m]n I¸n k`n¡Xm …Biv …””

A½]psX bq_n Wn¶pw H`n¨n_§n] fUK`w fpjpkWpw Mm³ NpXn¨p ^hn¨p. HXpkn Mm³ F³s_ Np«sW FXp¯v A½]psX bqÀNkmX¯n fp«n¨p …. sfsà Mm³ A½]psX bq_nt`]v¡v {btkln¨p. Mm³ k¶ kjn Sn^nsN N]_p¶ AbqÀÆ Wnfngw. Cu t`mN¯v b`^pw sNmSn¡p¶ B kjn]nt`¡v Mm³ Bjv¶n_§n. Mm³ Btklt¯msX BªXn¨p … A½]psX fqa`pNapw, fmSrkmÕ`yw Spapwdp¶ knanNapw sNm*v B fp_n Wn_ªp.

^SnhpO¯n³s_ AkhmWw sbm«ns¯_n¡m_m]n Mm³ F¯n Wn¡p¶ hf]¯v CXn¯o tbms` ko«ns` tNmanRv sd lÐn¨p “”””””ZnRv tZmRv”””””” . A½ sM«n Fjpt¶äp S_]n NnX¶ fmN-vhn FXp¯v V^n¨p Fs¶ sbm¡n Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p … `p¦n FXp¯v N¿n S¶n«v fp_nkn«v tbmNm³ b_ªp. Mm³ N¼n B] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np«Wpfm]n Fjpt¶äp `p¦n DXp¯v ASp fX¡n Np¯n gÀ«v CXmsS AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. A½ kn]À¯v Npan¨ l^o^kpw B]n sI¶p kmSn Sp_¡m³ tbm]n. Hä tWm«¯n Ss¶ AXnkhv{S§Ä H¶pw Cà F¶v GSp sbm«Wpw fWÊn`mNpw. k¶Sv M§apsX Np_¨p koXv A¸p_¯pÅ H^p tI«³ B\v. bpÅn Cu CX]v¡p H^p C³gq_³hv N¼Wn]n tKm`n¡p N]_n A½t]mXv tbmanhn Nm^yw hwhm^n¡m³ k¶Sm\v. tI«sW A½ AN¯v knan¨n^p¯n A½t]mXv hwhm^n¡pt¼mÄ tI«³ A½]psX l^o^w tWm¡n skÅw C_¡p¶Sv FWn¡v AXp¡a]n Wn¶p Nm\mw. Np_¨p tW^w hwhm^n¨ tlgw A½ NpXn¡m³ Fs´¦n`pw FXp¡mw F¶v b_ªv AXp¡a]nt`¡v k¶p.

A½ k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ N¼n AXn¨v k«p bnXn¨v Wn¡pkm]n^p¶p. A½ AXp¡a]nt`¡v k¶Spw Mm³ fmN-vhn k`n¨p sbm¡n. A½ ASp Smjv¯m³ tWm¡n skan]n tI«³ C^n¡p¶p F¶v B¦yw Nm\n¨p. Mm³ A½s] sNm*v d`fm]n fmN-vhn bNpSn ks^ sbm¡n tlgw A½s] AXp¡a]psX ÉmdnÄ bnXn¨p C^p¯n. F¶n«v `p¦n¡v CX]n NqsX N¼n B] Np«sW bp_s¯Xp¯v A½]psX fp¶n`qsX N]äm³ SpX§n. BUyw SXsªNn`pw bSns] A½ km sbm¯n bnXn¨v ASv BhzUn¨p. H^p fSn`nW¸p_w ff tI«³ C^n¡p¶Sv F³s_ Btklw kÀ²n¸n¨p. AVnN tW^w FXp¯nà Ht^ hf]w A½]psX Ip*pNÄ NXn¨v Du¼n A½]n {btkln¸n¨p sNm*n^p¶ F³s_ lp¢w bp_¯p ImXn A½]psX bq_p Wn_ªp Nknªp. F³s_ Nm`§Ä B]paa A½Nmf¯n³s_ IqXv sN«X§n] Wnfngw … Np_¨p tW^w MmWpw A½]pw A§sW sN«nbnXn¨n^p¶p. A½ Np_¨p Njnªp Kyqhpfm]n bp_¯p tbm]n tI«sW bn¶oXv Bt`mIn¨n«v b_]mw F¶p b_ªp ]m{S]m¡n.

D¨¡v e£\w Njn¨ tlgw A½ fp_n]n sI¶p NnX¶p. A½]psX Nq*n N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v bnt¶]pw sNmSn tSm¶n. Mm³ tWs^ A½]psX fmN-vhn sbm¡n F³s_ fq¡v Np*n]n AXp¸n¨p NnX¶p. “”tfmtW Wo F´mXm Cu Nm\n¡p¶Sv … WnW¡v fSn]m]nsà ..””

FWn¡p Cu Nq*n ^hn¨p fSn B]nà At½ … Mm³ H¶v W¶m]n f\¯p W¡n FXpt¯ms« … A½ H¶p fn*msS C^n¡v …””

A½: “”ssUktf CW§Ws¯ ks«ms¡ CkWv FknXp¶v– Nn«n Ft´m …””

Mm³ B Nq*n knXkn fq¡v N]än f\¯pw, Wm¡v sNm*v W¡n]pw NnX¶p, Ft¸mtjm £o\w Nm^\w Mm³ D_§n tbm]n. sskNpt¶^w Mm³ F\oät¸mÄ A½ N«n`n CÃm]n^p¶p. Mm³ sIÃpwtdmÄ A½ koXnWv bp_Nn A½]psX sI_n] b¨¡_n tSm«¯n b\n FXp¡p¶p. NpWnªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¡p¶ A½s] N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡p N¼n B]n, tNmSknXkn A½]psX fmN-vhn N]_n C^n¸p*v. Mm³ DXp¯n^p¶ `p¦n D^nªp Naªv AXp¡a]psX bp_w kmSn bXn]n Wn¶v A½s] knan¨p. fpOfp]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n] A½ sM«n. “”AN¯p N]_nt¸mXm Wmlw bnXn¨ksW Bs^¦n`pw N*m NT Njnªp”” A¸p_¯v B³_n]psX koXpw bns¶ DÅSv H^p Hjnª b_¼pw B\v, Mm³ Wn¡p¶ kmSn B³_n¡v Nm\m³ Njn]nÃ. bt£ koXnWv fp¶n k¶ Bs^¦n`pw bp_Nnt`¡v k¶m FÃmw Njn]pw. Nmfw S`]v¡v bnXn¨ FWn¡p H¶pw In´n¡m³ NjnªnÃ.

Mm³: “”A½ f^ymU]v¡v k¶p km]n FXp¯v FWn¡p k^p¯n S¶ms` Mm³ AN¯p tbmNq.””

Mm³ tbmNnà F¶p fWÊn`m¡n] A½ fXnt]msX k¶v F³s_ Np«sW N¿n FXp¯v SjpNn. Wm\t¯msX Ft¶mXv “”tkt\mXm sNmSn]m….”” F¶p tImUn¨p…. bns¶ B Sp¸Â bS¸n¨v W¶m]n km]n FXp¯v S¶p. Mm³ fpjpkWpw km]n Hjn¨t¸mÄ A½ ASv ^pInt]msX NpXn¨n_¡n.

A§sW MmWpw A½]pw S½n DÅ dÔw fsäm^p S`¯nt`¡v NX¶p. A½ Ft¶mXv Wm«n Ss¶ bYn¨m fSn F¶pw b_ªp, AÑtWmXv b_ªp h½Skpw km§n, Mm³ A½t]msXm¸w Wn¡p¶Sv A½]vs¡m^p Nq«kpw F¶p AÑWpw N^pSn.

ASv Njnªp bSnkm]n ^m{Sn 9 f\n¡v tlgw M§Ä ko«n WPvW^m]n B\v WX¸v. M§Ä ^m{Sn]n thmc]n C^p¶v Xnkn Nm\pw. In` Unkh§an Wà Sp*v koZnt]mNÄ H¶n¨n^p¶v Nm\pw, M§Ä H¶n¨v A½NTNÄ km]n¡pw. ^m{Sn WPvW^m]n D_§pw. F³s_ A½]v¡v sI_p¸¯n Nn«m¯ ^Sn hpOw H^pbmXv Wmam]n Mm³ A½]v¡v sNmXp¡p¶p.

In` Unkh§an bj] HmÀ½ bpSp¡Â tbms` A½ FWn¡v Dbt]mPn¨ K«nNÄ S^pw. Mm³ ASv f\¡pt¼mÄ A½ FWn¡v km\fXn¨p S^pw. A§sW C^ns¡ B\v Mm³ B hSyw fWÊn`m¡n]Sv F³s_ km\fXn NphrSnNsa bän b_ªt¸mÄ hqh³ B³_n B\v MmWpfm]n sI¿p¶Sn sSsäm¶pw Cà F¶v b_ªv A½]v¡v DuÀKw sNmXp¯Sv. Fs¶¦n`pw H^n¡Â hqh³ B³_ns]]pw Im`m¡\w F¶v Mm³ fWÊn Np_n¨p.

A½]pfm]pÅ dÔw SpX^p¶SnWnX]n Mm³ hpWnS B³_ns] Nan¨ Nm^yw A½t]mXv b_ªp ASnWv A½ b_ªSv “”B bq_n¡v CSpks^]pw NXn SoÀ¶ntÃ, sNm¨p bntÅs^ Nn«n]mt` bq_n¡v NXn fm_q … CWn tfm³ A§sW H¶pw sI¿m³ tbmN*””

A½s] SpXÀ¨]m]n Nan¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v B³_ns]]pw CX]vs¡ms¡ tk\sf¶v tSm¶n SpX§n. bns¶ A½ bp_¯p tbm] In` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Unkh§an Mm³ B³_n]pfm]pw dÔs¸«p. Mm³ Wm«n H^p tNmtaKn dn.sX¡nWv tIÀ¶p. F³s_ KoknSw Cu fpSnÀ¶ hv{SoNapsX CX]n Sm¡m`nNw Bs\¦n`pw hpOfm]n fpt¶m«v tbm]n…. ^Sn]psX bpSn] S`§Ä tSXn DÅ F³s_ ]m{S SpXÀ¶p sNmt* C^p¶p . . . . .

({bn] km]W¡ms^, Fjp¯ns` tbm^m]vfNÄ £fn]v¡pN, hf]w H^p knó B]SnWm Cu NT DX³ H¶pw SpX^m³ hmVyS CÃ, Fs¶¦n`pw CSn³s_ dm¡nt]m Asæn fsäm^p NT]pfmt]m Sn^nsN k^m³ Njn]pw F¶p {bSo£n¡p¶p.)

Fs¶ Btklw sNmÅn¨ H^pbäw N¼n Fjp¯pNmÀ¡v hfÀ¸n¡p¶p. F³s_ Cu NTs] t{bmÂhmin¸n¨ FÃmkÀ¡pw Wµn.