tI¨n]psX f¡apsX N`bn` lÐw tN«m\v AK]³ D_¡sf\oäSv.

F\o¡m³ tSm¶p¶nÃ. Ft´m H^p SaÀ¨ tbms`.. F§sW SaÀ¨ tSm¶mSn^n¡pw. ^m{Sn F´m]n^p¶p bq^w.! AX§m¯ Nj¸m\v tI¨n¡v. ^*pk«w AXn¨p sNmXp¯n«pw fSn]mNmsS, Ssâ SaÀ¶p NnX¶ Np«sW Npj`qSn]p\À¯n sNmSnSos^ sbmSn¨n«m\v tI¨n _qfn Wn¶pw tbm]Sv.

Np«nNsa ^*ntW]pw h-vNqan tIÀ¯tSmsX tI¨n]ns¸m kÃt¸mjptf k^m_pÅq. lWn]mjv¨ sskNo«v k¶m Sn¦amjv¨ ^mkns` tbmNpw. F´m]m`pw Aan]³ PÄcn`m]Sv Ssâ emPyw. CX]v¡nX¡v Nj¸nt¨¨ns] b®m³ Nn«pftÃm.. tI¨n]n Wn¶pw bYn¨ bmY§Ä H¶p b^o£n¨p tWm¡m³ fämt^]pw CSpks^ SWn¡v S^s¸«nÃ. ASn fm{Stf h¦XfpÅq..

C¶v Mm]_mjv¨]m]SnWm tW^s¯ F\ot¡* Nm^yfnÃtÃm Ft¶mÀ¯k³ ko*pw fqXn¸pS¨v NnX¶Spw B N`bn` lÐw tZmÀ Sp_¶v ANt¯¡v k¶Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p. A¸pkpw foWpkpw sdÍnt`¡v N]_n Aksâ fpNant`¡v ko\p.

Ak^pfm]n Np_¨p tW^w SÃpNqXn] Ak³ F\oäv, St`¶v ^m{Sn AkÀ¡m]n km§nk¨ tImt¢äv FXp¯p sNmXp¯Spw Ak^Spfm]n bp_t¯¡ptbm]n. bn¶oXv NnX¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ. AkWpw bp_t¯¡n_§n.

AXp¡a]n F¯n]Spw AWn]¯n AWWy bm{Sw NjpNns¡m*v Wn¸p*v. bmkmX]pw »uhpfm\v tkgw.

kmgvtdhn Wmen AfÀ¯n I´n bnt¶m«v SÅn¨pÅ AkapsX B WnÂbv N*Spw Aksâ N®pNÄ knXÀ¶pk¶p.. Np®]p\À¶pk¶p.. Nm`pNÄ WnÝ`fm]nWn¶p.

k]Êv bSntWjv k¶\ªt¸mtj¡pw kh´Nm`s¯ k^tk¡m³ sk¼n Wn¡pN]m\v AkapsX I´n¡pX§Ä.! Wà kn^nkpÅ ftWmi^fm] S¦¡pX§Ä I´n]nXp¡nsâ Ipjn hinSw bmkmX]n sSanªp N*Spw Aksâ ssN A_n]msS `p¦n¡v fpNans`m¶v SjpNn. Ckapw tI¨nt]t¸ms` Nj¸n]m]n^ps¶¦n F¶k³ H^p Wnfngw B{Pin¨ptbm]n.!

bm{Sw NjpNn¡jnª AkÄ Aksâ fp¶n`qsX Ss¶ I´n]pw Np`p¡n DÅnt`¡v N]_nt¸m]n. Spap¼p¶ bmkmX]psX bn³klw N*v Ak³ fnX]n_¡n. “”tUko… Cu bmWbm{S¯n BUys¯ bm`p Nm¨mWpÅ emPyw AXn]Wp Ss¶ S^t\…’ DÅn {bmÀ°n¨ptbm]n.

sSm«pbn¶n tI¨n]psX sbm«n¨n^n tN«m\v sM«n¯n^nªp tWm¡n]Sv. sbs«¶v Ss¶ Nm^yw bnXnNn«n. Sm³ fWÊn {bmÀ°n¨Sv Ssâ km]n`qsX bp_t¯¡v k¶n«ps*¶pw ASv tI¨n tN«n«ps*¶pw.! tI¨ns]

tWm¡n H^p I½n] In^n In^n¨v bp_t¯¡n_§n dmSv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p. At¸mjpw tI¨n]psX In^n Wn`¨n«p*m]n^p¶nÃ. emPyw A½ tNÄ¡mSn^p¶Sv. Ak³ ssUk¯nWv Wµn b_ªp.

h-vNqant`¡v tbmNmWm]n dmPpsfXp¯v fpät¯¡n_§n] AWWy H^p Wnfngw l¦n¨p Wn¶p. AkapsX tWm«w sI¶Sv A]`n Sp\n kn^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ tI¨n]nt`¡m]n^p¶p.

“”””tI¨o.. Ct§ms«m¶v kt¶..”

“”””F´mXo..” N¿n`p*m]n^p¶ Sp\n d¡änt`¡v Ss¶]n«v ssN ssWän]n SpX¨psNm*v B^Sn AkapsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

tI¨n sSm«Xps¯¯n]Spw AWWy b^nh^sfm¶v ko£n¨p. F¶n«v bSps¡ b_ªp.

“”””Njnª {bmklyw tI¨n k¶ hf]¯m\v FWn¡v hwl]w tSm¶n]Sv.. C¶s` MmWSv D_¸p k^p¯n.! CWn B b^nbmXn Cu ko«n WX¡nÃ.. WX¡\sf¦n Ft¶]pw Wn§tamsXm¸w tIÀ¡\w.!”

“”””tfmta Wo..” AWn]¯n FÃmw A_nªSn`pÅ b^n{efw AkapsX Bklyw NqXn tN«tSmsX A¼^¸nt`¡v fm_n]n^p¶p.

“”””tI¨n¡v fm{Sfà bq_pÅSv.. FWn¡pfp*v.. kn^`n«v Mm³ fXp¯p.”

ssUktf.. sb®nWv Wm¡nWv FÃnÃ.! B^Sn sM«t`msX b^nh^fm\v ko£n¨Sv.

“”””tfmsa WnW¡SnWpÅ {bm]fm]n«nÃ, Np_¨qsX Njn]s«.”

“”””AsSm¶pw b_ªm bänÃ.. Mm³ ¢mÊv Njnªp k^pt¼mtj¡pw H^p So^pfmWw A_n]\w.” ASpw b_ªkÄ Sn^nªv WXkjn]nt`¡v N]_n.

WX¶N`p¶ AWn]¯n]psX bn¶jNn H^p Wnfngw B^Sn]psX N®pNÄ DX¡n Wn¶p. GsSm^p bp^pgtW]pw {bt`men¸n¡m³ tbm¶ tfWn]jNv Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ AkÄ¡p*v. fäm^ptXs]¦n`pw k`]n NpXp§n tb^ptUmgw k^p¯p¶SntW¡mapw WÃSv AK]Wv fp«n¨p sNmXp¡p¶Sp Ss¶]m\v. F´m]m`pw AK]Wv tNmaXn¨p. “”t^mPn CÑn¨Spw Np®¸m`v, sskUy³ N¸n¨Spw Np®¸m`v.!’ sI_pIn^nt]msX AkÄ AK]sâ fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p.

Npan Njnªpk¶v tSmÀ¯vfp*v fmän sgÍn CXm³ SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p AK]³. At¸mjm\v kmSn SÅn¯p_¶v tI¨n ANt¯¡v k¶Sv. sbs«¶ksâ fp*v ssNkn«v Smtj¡ptbm]n. sgÍn]ms\¦n Nm¡`pw.! Np® sbm¯n¸nXn¨v sbs«¶v fps*Xp¡p¶Sv N*Spw AkÄ In^n¨ptbm]n.

“”””Hm.. Mm³ Nm\m¯Sm\v Wo sbm¯n¸nXnt¨m..” b_ªp sNm*kÄ Aksâ AXpt¯¡v k¶v Np®]n bnXp¯fn«p.

“”””kmSn`X¡v

tI¨o..” Ak³ b^n{efn¨p.

“”””A½ dmSv_qfn`mXm..”

“”””A¨³.?”

“”””A¨³ ^mkns` Ss¶]n_§n.”

ASv tN«Spw Ak³ tI¨ns] sN«n¸nXn¨v I´n]n bnXn¨v sbm¡n k«w N_§n.

eÀ¯mkv tbm`pw Ct¶ks^ sI]vSn«nÃm¯ Nm^yfm\v.. t^mfiÀg¯m bpaNnS]m]nt¸m]n B^Sn.!

“”””knsXXm.. A¸Xn kn]À¸m\v.. Wo Npan¨SsÃ.?” AkÄ AWn]sâ bnXn]n Wn¶pw kjpSn]n_§n.

“”””tI¨n]psX kn]À¸nsâ f\w fm{Sfà ^pIn]pw FWn¡nãfm\v.” AkapsX Njp¯nt`¡v fpOfXp¸n¨ Ak³ kn]À¸pN\§Ä W¡ns]Xp¯p.

“”””Cu sI¡sâ H^p Nm^yw.” ASkÄ¡v W¶m]n«§v hpOns¨¦n`pw Aksâ bnXn]n Wn¶kÄ AN¶v fm_n Aksâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.

“”””^mkns` F´m]n^p¶p AWptfmapsX Np*n tWm¡n {bmÀ°n¨Sv.?” Aksam^p NŨn^nt]msX tImUn¨p.

AtSmÀ¯Spw Ak³ I½nt¸m]n.

“”””ti]v…Mm³ Ip½m… A§nsW H¶pw… tSm¶n]n«nà tI¨o..” Ak³ kn¡n.

“”””tbmXm.. Wo fp³bpw AWptfmsa tWm¡n skÅfn_¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*n«p*v.” B^Sn Aksâ SpX]n bSns] AXn¨p.

“”””At¿m…tI¨n…Mm³ A§nsW H¶pw HmÀ¯Ã… Akav Fsâ sb§atÃ..” I½t`msX b_ªp.

“”””At¸m MmtWm..? tbmXm.. NnX¶v- D^pamsS.. MmsW´m f*n]ms\¶v N^pSnt]m.?” B^Sn Aksâ fpO¯pWn¶pw Ns®Xp¯nÃ.

“”””Aksa Nm\m³ Wà I´fm\v.. {btSyNn¨v bn¶n Wn¶v tWm¡pt¼mÄ.. AtSm*v A_n]msS tWm¡n Wn¶p tbmkpw!” Ak³ H^pknVw b_sªm¸n¨p .

“”””At{S DÅq.. AÃmsS Akav Sp\n Ajn¨p S¶m Wo H¶pw sI¿nÃm..?” AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”””ASnWv Akav St^zm..?” Ak³ A_n]msS tImUn¨ptbm]n.!

“”””Nt*m…Nt*m…Aksâ DÅn^n¸v.” B^Sn km]vsbm¯n In^n¨p. Ak³ ko*pw I½n.

“”””FX sbm«m… Akan¶s` W½Ä S½n`pÅ Nan N*p.. Akta]pw NqsX tIÀ¯nsæn A½t]mXv b_]psf¶v eog\ns¸Xp¯n]n«m\v h-vNqant`¡v tbm]Sv.”

tN«Sv knlzhn¡mWmNmsS H^p Wnfngw Ak³ km sbman¨v Wn¶p.!

“”””Akav W½psX ^ihyw A_nª

ØnSn¡v AktaNqXn W½psX kjn¡v sNm*p k^p¶Sv Ss¶]m\v dp²n.. C¶kÄ¡v hvsbgy ¢mÊm\v.. D¨kt^s] ¢mÊpÅq.. A½]pw bntÅ^pw NqXn D¨ Njnªm A½t½sX ko«nt`¡v tbmNpw.. A¨Wpw Ø`¯p*mNnÃ.. MmWpw Wo]pw AWptfmapw fm{Sw. ‘ AkaSpw b_ªv NŨn^nt]msX N®n_p¡n¡m\n¨p.

Ak³ Ssâ k`Sp N¿n H¶v WpÅn tWm¡n.! tkUWn¡p¶p*v.! At¸mÄ tN«sSÃmw hSyfm\v.. Ssâ {bmÀ°W C{StkPw c`n¨p.-!

“”””Aktat¸ms` H^p hpµ^ns¸®nsW Nn«p¶tSmsX WnW¡nWn tI¨ns] tk*m]n^n¡pw.” B hz^¯ns` b^nekw Ak³ Sn^n¨_nªp. Ak³ tI¨n]psX bq_v sbm¯n¸nXn¨p.

“”””Cu bq_v kn«ns«m^p Nan]pfnÃ.. CSms\sâ N¶n¸q_v.. CSv f_¶m bns¶ MmWnÃ.” AkWSn bnXns¨m¶v Nnap¼n.

“”””kÃt¸mjptf MmWnknsX k^m_pÅq.. As¸msjWn¡v sNmSnSos^ AXn¨p S¶nsæn tUkn]mt\ hSyw Wnsâ Np® sI¯n Mm³ D¸n`nXpw.” ASpw b_ªkÄ Np®]ns`m¶v sM¡n]n«v bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.

kmSn`nWXp¯v F¯n]Spw Aksam¶v Sn^nªp Wn¶p.

“”””bns¶, C¶s¯ Unkh¯nsWm^p {btSyNS NqXn]p*v.. ASv Wo sskNpt¶^w A_n]pw.!”

B b_ªSk³ {l²n¨Sp tbm`pfnÃ. Aksâ]pÅn Wn_s] AWptfmam]n^p¶p. AkapsX sI_n¸j¯nsâ kÀ®fpÅ sIs©mXnNam]n^p¶p. Ak]ns` tS³ NnWnªp Wn¡pw tbm`pÅ WWkm]n^p¶p. In^n¡pt¼mÄ Wp\¡pjn kn^n]p¶ SpXpSpXp¯ A^p\ Ntbm`§am]n^p¶p. {bm]t¯¡mÄ kaÀ¨]pÅ, »uhnWN¯v koÀ¸pfp«n¡nX¡p¶ fmÀ¡WnNam]n^p¶p. WX¡pt¼mÄ CaNn¯pap¼p¶ I´n¡pX§am]n^p¶p. Ip^p¡¯n B skap¯p SpXp¯ Nnap¶v tUiw SWn¡v hz´fmNm³ tbmNp¶p. ASpw C¶p Ss¶.! t^mfm©¯m t^mfNqb§saÃmw F\oäp Wn¡p¶Sv Ak³ AWpekn¨_nªp.

hmVm^\ Mm]_mjv¨Nan hpir¯p¡tamsXm¸w AXn¨p sbman¡m_pÅ Ak³ As¶t§m«pw tbm]nÃ. sfmssd`n Nan¨psNm*v ko«n Ss¶]n^p¶p.

D¨]m]t¸mtj¡pw fj Im_m³ SpX§n.

“”””Akav NpXs]Xp¡msS]m\v tbm]Sv.. sb®nWv fj WW]mWpw Cãfm\v.. WWsªm`n¨v Cs¸m tN_nk^pw.” A½ Bt^msX¶nÃmsS b_]p¶Sv tN«p.

Ak³ £\tkP¯n ssd¡nsâ Imkn]psfXp¯v bp_t¯¡v ImXn. sI_n] Imä fm{Stf]pÅq. ASnWm Nm^yfm¡n]nÃ. ssd¡v fpäw NX¶v kjn]nt`¡v N]_n t_mZnt`¡v NpSn¨p.

Nk`]ns`¯n]Spw

Uqs^ Wn¶v WX¶p k^p¶ AWptfmsa Ak³ N*p. A½ b_ªSv tW^m\v. Nq«pNm^nNapsX N¿ns`Ãmw NpX]ps*¦n`pw Ak]ns`m¶pw N]_n Wn¡msS In^n¨pÃhn¨p sNm*m\v k^kv.

AK]³ Ak^psX fp¶ns`¯n]Spw k*n WnÀ¯n. tI«sW N*Spw F¶pfnÃms¯m^p Wm\w AkapsX Nknan sfm«n«p.

“”””CSms\Xo Fsâ tI«³.” AkÄ bpSn] Nq«pNm^n kÀg¡v b^nI]s¸Xp¯n.

kÀg]psX N®pNÄ S_ªSv Aksâ ssN fhn`pNan`m]n^p¶p. bns¶ kn^nª sW©nt`¡v. ASpw Njnªm\kÄ Aksâ fpOw {l²n¨Sv. Akaksâ N^p¯pä hpµ^ ^qbw H^p WnfngwsNm*v DÅnt`¡mkmin¨v irU]¯nsâ en¯n]n k^¨n«p.

sNm¨p bq_nNÄ FÃmw H¶nsWm¶v sf¨w.! F¦n`pw Ak]k fpjp¸v H^p bXn¡v NqXpSÂ Ssâ AWn]¯n¡v Ss¶]ms\¶v Ak³ Sn^n¨_nªp.

“”””Wos]´mXo NpXs]Xp¡msª.? tN_v.”

tI«³ Ss¶ Nq«m³ k¶Sms\¶_nªSpw AkÄ¡v ht´mgfm]n. hmVm^\ A§nsW hwekn¡m¯Sm\v.!

AkÄ dmPv tI«sâ N¿n sNmXp¯v ssd¡nWv bn¶n tN_n]n^p¶p. dmPv fp¶n sk¨ AK]³ Sn^nªv Aksa tWm¡n.

“”””Wo MmWn^n¡p¶Sptbms` C^pklt¯¡pw Nm`n«n^n¡v.. Asæn kojpw.. fj Im_p¶p*v.” Ak³ ssd¡v dm`³hpsI]vSv AktamXv–klys¸«p.

Akaksâ tSman bnXn¨v A§nsW]n^n¡m³ SpX§n]Spw bmkmX fp«nWp fpNant`¡v N]_n. AkaSv H^pknVw bnXn¨p Smjv¯n.

AkapsX Nq«pNm^nNsaÃmw In^n¨psNm*v ASp {l²n¡pt¼mÄ H^p¯n]Sm Ss¶ tWm¡n N®n_p¡p¶p. B bpSn] sb®m\v.! AK]³ kÀg]psX skap¯p sNm`p¶sW]pÅ tfWn]nt`s¡m¶v Ipjnªv tWm¡n. Cs¸m tbms« tfmta.. Wns¶ Mm³ bns¶s]Xpt¯mamw.

“”””CWn l^n¡v bnXn¨n^pt¶m..” F¶pw b_ªk³ k*n sbs«¶v fpt¶ms«Xp¯Spw fp`NÄ ^*pw bp_¯v k¶nXn¨Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p. AK]sâ Ip*ns`m^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p. C¶v MmWk Nl¡n]pX¡pw tfmta.. AkÄ Ssâ k]_n Ipän¸nXn¨v fp`NÄ NqXpS AfÀ¯p¶Sv A_nªSpw B NpanÀ½]pw AWpekn¨v Ak³ kas^ bSps¡ k*n kn«p.

“”””B bpSn] sbs¦m¨nsâ tbs^´mXo..” AkWktamXv tImUn¨p.

tI«sâ l^o^t¯msXm«n¸nXn¨v S\p¯ Nmtääv hpO`i^n]n N®X¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ AkÄ sM«n]p\À¶p.

kÀg

tI«sW Cf]W¡msS tWm¡n Wn¡p¶Sv AkÄ {l²n¨n^p¶p. As¸m tI«Wpw AktamXv SmÂb^yfp*v. Énw dyq«nNtamXm\v tI«Wv Cãw. tI¨n]pw Énw dyq«n]m\tÃm.. AkÄ¡v kÀgt]mXv Ahq] tSm¶nt¸m]n.! Sm³ SXn¨Sv Ssâ Npj¸w sNm*mt\m.? AkapsX N®p Wn_ªp.

“”””kÀg..” AkÄ SmÂb^yfnÃm¯ f«n b_ªp. ASk³ Sn^n¨_nªp.

“”””F´m\m sb®nsâ tNm`w..? IpÅn¡¼n Sp\n Ipän]tbms`.. skŸmä.! sb®m]m Fsâ AWptfmtat¸ms`]n^n¡\w.. bmN¯nWv SXns]ms¡ tk\w.”

AkapsX DÅw NpSn¨p sbm§n.! fmWt¯¡p]^mSn^n¡m³ tI«sW fp_psN bnXn¨kÄ fpOw Ipf`nt`¡fÀ¯n. N®n`t¸mÄ Wn_ªSv ht´mgm{lpkm]n^p¶p.

ssd¡v fpä¯v WnÀ¯n]Spw bn¶n Wn¶n_§n] AkÄ sbs«¶v dmsPXp¯p. fj sb¿p¶Sv Wn¶n^ps¶¦n`pw f^§Ä sb¿m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. fmkn³ tIm«nÂWn¶v HmXm³ {lfn¨Spw bmkmX WWªSnWm WX¡mtW NjnªpÅq..

WX¶p sI¶kÄ WWª bmkmX]psX AXnemPw Ip^p«n¸nXn¨psNm*v bXn N]_n]Spw sSanªp N* WPvWfm] N\¦m`pNan Wn¶v Aksâ N®pNanjªSv D^p*v BNrSn kyàfm] WnSwd§ant`¡m]n^p¶p. NmkyewPn kjnsªmjpNp¶ B hpµ^ Urlyw N*v sgÍn¡pÅns`m^mÄ Ø`fp*m¡n sSm®q_v Zn{Pn]nt`¡v Hä¨m«w.- sim.. bn_Nn`qsX B NW¯ SpXNÄ¡pw Np*n¡pw CX]n`qsX bqän tNäpt¼mjpÅ AkØ.! Nj¨p kn§n] Np«sW Ak³ SjpNn]fÀ¯n.

dmPv thmc]nt`¡n« AWptfmÄ tWs^ tbm]Sv tI¨n]psX AXpt¯¡m]n^p¶p. AXp¡a]n tI¨nt]msXm¸w A½]pfp*v.

“”””B k¶tÃm hpµ^nt¡mS.. Wmsas]§mWpw bWn bnXn¨m WnW¡v Mm³ sk¨n«p*v.. tbm]n S` tSmÀs¯Xo..”

A½s] AkÄ AkP\n¨p. Ss¶ ssfâv tbm`pw sI¿mSn^n¡p¶ tI¨n]psX AXps¯¯n Nm`nsâ SÅkn^`nsWm^p Ikn«p sNmXp¯p.

“”””iu..” B^Sn SpÅnt¸m]n. N®psNm*v bp_t¯¡v k^m³ BwPyw Nm\n¨v AWptfmÄ bp_t¯¡n_§n.

A]`n`n^p¶ fp*v bnjnªv S` SpkÀ¯pt¼mjm\v tI¨n AXpt¯¡v k¶Sv.

“”””F´m]n Mm³ b_ª Nm^yw.?” AS_n]mWm]n^p¶p AkÄ¡v SnXp¡w. BNmwgt]msX AkÄ tI¨n]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.

AWn]¯n]psX fpOemkw N*v B^Sn¡v In^n ks¶¦n`pw AkaSv f_¨psk¨p.

“”””Cs¸m¯s¶ tkt\mXo.. MmsWms¡ NÃym\w Njnª

tlgfm\v Cu hpOw A_nªSp Ss¶.. WnW¡_n]mtÃm.. ASn]m³ sNmïn bSnW©p Unkhw `oknWp k¶n«v FWns¡´mkmWm.. ASn]msâ A¨Wms\¦n H^p NnakWpw.. Asæn Mm³ At§s^ kat¨sW.! PSntNXpsNm*m\v hz´w AWn]sW ka]vt¡*n k¶Sv.. AkWmNps¼m tbXnt¡* Nm^yfnÃtÃm.. ‘

AWpknsâ fpOw kmXn. ASp N*Spw B^Sn¡v In^nsbm«n.

“”””FXo AkWnSv tN«s¸m fpS N]_v sbm«n¨v WX¸m.. A½ Np_¨p Njnªm tbmNpw.. C¶v sskNpt¶^¯nWNw Bs\m^p¯³ CSnWN¯v Spaªv tN_pw.!” AWpknsâ bq_n bnXn¨kÄ bnSp¡n.

AWptfmÄ tI¨n]psX ssN knXpkn¨v bnt¶m«v fm_n. AkapsX fpO¯v A¼^¸v.!

“”””Wos]´m]m`pw Npan¡m³ tN_pktÃ.. Wnsâ tI«Wv Wà Sna§p¶ bq_m\v Cãw.. dmSv_qfn t»Zpw tgknwPv shäpfp*v.. H¶v fnWphs¸Xp¯nt]¡v.”

Wm\w sNm*kapsX fpOw Ipk¶v SpXp¡p¶Sv B^Sn N*p. AkÄ AWn]¯n]psX I´n¡ns«m¶v sNmXp¯p. Np`p§p¶ I´n]pw Djnªp sNm*kÄ dmSv_qfnt`¡v tbmNp¶Sv B^Sn tWm¡n BhzUn¨p.

fq¶p f\n]m]n«pw A½ tbmNp¶nÃ. fq¶^]m]n«pw tbm]nÃ. kn_an bnXn¨ fWtÊmsX AK]³ _qfn At§m«pw Ct§m«pw WX¶p. CX¡k³ sdÍnt`¡v ImXn AWptfmapsX fpNan NnX¶v AXn¡p¶Sptbms` Wm`©v bpgvA¸v FXp¯p.

A½ Np«nNsa knan¡p¶Sv tN«Spw Ak³ fpjp¡¼n]m] Np® f_¨p bnXn¡p¶ ^oSn]n `p¦n fX¡n¡p¯n skan]n`n_§n.

tI¨n]psX fp_n]nt`¡v tWm¡n]s¸m tI¨n]pw A½]pw NqXn Np«nNsa H^p¡pN]m\v. Ak³ AWptfmapsX fp_n]nt`s¡m¶v bmantWm¡n.

AWptfmÄ sdÍn Nfnjv¶v NnX¶v GtSm bphvSNw km]n¡p¶p. km]n¡p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ Sma¯n Nm`pNÄ Ca¡p¶p*v. b«pbmkmX]pw »uhpfm\v tkgw. skÅns¡m`phn« hzÀ® Wn_fmÀ¶ NmÂk®NapsX B«¯nWWph^n¨v AkapsX W]W ftWmi^fm] WnSwdbmanNÄ CaNp¶Spw tWm¡n Ak³ AÂbtW^w Wn¶p. A½ fp_n]n Wn¶n_§n]Spw Ak³ D½_¯v sI¶v Np«sW sS^p¸nXn¨p sNm*v Nth^]n C^p¶p.

A½]pw Np«nNapw C_§n]SnWp bn¶ms` tI¨n]pw fpät¯¡n_§n]t¸mÄ Ak³ N^pSn]Sv tI¨n]pw tbmNp¶ps*¶m\v. bs£, tI¨n]ks^ ]m{S]]¡mWm]n C_§n]Sm]n^p¶p.

Ak³ bSps¡ Nth^]n Wns¶\oäv DÅnt`¡v tbmNmWmªSpw B^Sn]ksW Wn¡m³ ssN sNm*v BwPyw Nm\n¨p.!

A½]pw

Np«nNapw N®n Wn¶v f_ªSpw Akaksâ AXps¯¯n.

“”””B{Nm´sfm¶pw Nm\n¡^pSv.. Akap sNm¨psb®m\v.. Wnsâ BW¡p® FWn¡pSs¶ N«n]m\v.. At¸mÄ bns¶ AkapsX Nm^yw b_]t\m.. H^p f]¯ns`ms¡ tk\w.” AktamÀ½n¸n¨p.

ASpw NqXn tN«tSmsX Ssâ irU]w Cs¸m sbm«psf¶v AkWp tSm¶n. kÀ²n¨ irU]fnXnt¸msX Ak³ AWptfmapsX fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p.

sb®nsâ bq_v No_ns¸man]mSn^p¶m fSn]m]n^p¶p. Aksâ tbm¡v tWm¡n Wn¶ B^Sn BßmÀ°fm]n {bmÀ°n¨p.

ANt¯¡v NX¶Spw AksW N* AWptfmÄ sdÍn Wn¶pw F\oäv
Wn¶p.

kmSn`X¨v Npän]n«v Sn^nª Ak³ AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n]Spw
AkÄ S` NpWn¨v Wm\n¨v Wn¶p.

kÀ²n¨ irU]fnXnt¸msX Ak³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. B{Nm´w Nm\n¡^psS¶v fWw f{´n¨SnWm sfsà AkapsX SmX bnXn¨p]À¯n.
At¸mjpfkÄ Aksâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n]nÃ. bSps¡]k³ tSman ssNsk¨v Ssâ sW©nt`¡v Im]v¨v Aksa N^k`]¯ns`mSp¡n.
Aksam¶v bpaªSptbms` AkWp tSm¶n. Nknan Nknav tIÀ¯v sfsÃs]m¶v D^hn.

sim.. Cksa sN«n¸nXn¨v Wn¡m³ Ss¶ Fs´m^p hpOw.! frUpkm]n Nknans`m^p½ sNmXp¯p. BUyfm]n Nn«n] B\nsâ IpwdW¯n AkÄ tNm^n¯^n¨p tbm]n.!

“”””Mm³ Wnsâ tI«WtÃXo.. bns¶´nWm Wm\w.?”

H^p sI_p bp©n^n AkapsX Ip*n kn^nªSpw ^*p Nknapw ssNskÅ]ns`Xp¯v B Ip*n Ss¶ H^p IpwdWw sNmXp¯p. H^p sbm«n¯^n¸v AkapsX tfWn]n`qsX NX¶p tbm]n. sfsÃ]k³ NojvIp*v km]n`m¡n Wp\ªSpw AkÄ N®pNÄ Nq¼n]X¨p.

Aksa Ipän¸nXn¨n^p¶ ssNNÄ bSps¡ Smtjm«njªv I´nNan F¯n]Spw Aksâ DÅw D³fmUmkØ]n`m]n. Ns¿m¶v kn_t¨m¶v hwl]w.! B kn^nª I´n¡pX§Ä bSps¡ SjpNn¸nXns¨m¶v sM^n¨p. Fs´m^p bSpbSp¸v.! Nl¡n sM¡n¡pj¨p. htimU^sâ ssNNapsX làn AkÄ l^n¡pw I´nNan`_nªp. hpOfpÅ sWm¼^¯m AkÄ bpaªp. I´nNan Wn¶v Ns¿Xp¡mtW AkWp tSm¶n]nÃ. Aksâ Btklsfm¶v NqXn.

“”””Biv..” tkUW]psX hz^w Akan Wn¶pSnÀ¶p.

AtSmsX In^n¨p sNm*k³ I´n]ns` bnXp¯w kn«v Akta]pw sNm*v N«n`nt`¡n^p¶p.

fpO¯mNfmWw D½sk¨ Ak³ Ip*pNÄ ko*pw I¸n

Wp\ªp.

CkÄ tS³ NpXn¨n«pt*m DfnWo^nWv C{S]pw hzmUv.! i^w N]_n] AK]³ AWn]¯n]psX Ip*pNÄ A¸msX knjp§n k`n¨p NpXn¨p. Wmkv km]nt`¡v N]än km]ns` ^h§saÃmw k`ns¨Xp¯v NpXn¨p.

Aksâ FÃm Wn]{´\kpw kn«p.. Ip*v NXn¨p k`n¨SnsWm¸w fpjp¯ fp`Napw bnXn¨v sM^n¨p. kn^`pNÄ AWn]¯n]psX fmwha emP§an BÀ¯n bnXn¨v HmXn WX¶p. AkÄ C¡nan sNm*v bpaªv tI«sâ N¿n bnXn¨fÀ¯n. bs£, ASnWv d`w tbm^m]n^p¶p. SpXNsa sM¡nsM^n¨ ssN SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v N]_n]Spw AkÄ SpXNÄ C_p¡n¸nXn¨p. At¸mjpw ASnsâ h©m^s¯ AkÄ¡v SX]mWm]nÃ.

SpX]nXp¡n b^Sn] ssN hwPfØmW¯v sSm«Spw AkÄ CaNn¨n^n¨ptbm]n. bq_n bnXns¨m¶v bnSp¡n]n«k³ bmkmX
fpNant`¡p]À¯n]Spw ASp SX]mWkÄ knc`fms]m^p {lfw WX¯n. skapskap¯ SpXNÄ Urlyfm]Spw SpXNan bnXn¨v SjpNns¡m*k³ SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v ssN N]än]t¸mÄ bmân]n ssN SXªp. bmân k`n¨p Smjv¯n bq_nWp fpNan sSm«Spw Aksâ N¿nt`¡v Npan^Xn¨ptN^n.!

Fs´m^p fnWphw.! Wà fmÀdnÄ S_]n sSm«Sptbms`.! Ct¶m C¶s`t]m kXn¨Smk\w.

B frUp`S]n Ak³ kn^t`mXn¨p.

A¸w SpXn¨p Wn¡p¶ {bS`¯n`qsX kn^t`mXn¡m³ Ss¶ F´p hpOw.! Aksâ kn^`pNÄ AXnkm^¯nt`¡n_§n. W¶m]n tS³ H`n¸n¨n«p*v. B kjpkjp¸n b^Sns¡m*n^n¡p¶SnWnX¡v WXpkn^ sbs«¶v– DÅnt`¡v N]_n. Akan Wns¶m^p bnX¨n`pw F^n¨n`pw H¶n¨pk¶p.! Ak³ kn^ Du^ns]Xp¯v km]n`n«q¼n. AkaSv N*v Wm\n¨ptbm]n.

hf]w Na]msS Aksa C^p ssNNam`pw km^ns]Xp¯v sdÍnt`¡v NnX¯n] Ak³ Ssâ `p¦n`pw dWn]Wpw Ajns¨_nªn«m\v AkapsX tUit¯¡fÀ¶Sv.

Ak³ »uhv Ajn¡m³ {lfn¨Spw Wm\t¯msX]ms\¦n`pw AkÄ Ss¶]Sv Ajn¨pfmän. Aksâ B{Nm´w bnXn¨ ssNNÄ As¸mtj¡pw bmkmX]psX kÅn]n bnXn¨v k`n¨v `qhm¡n¡jnªn^p¶p. bmkmX SpXNan`qsX N\¦m`n`qsX DuÀ¶v tbmNp¶Sv Aka_nªp.

bmân]pw {dm]pw fm{Sfn«v NnX¡p¶ AWn]¯n]psX CXSqÀ¶ skap¯SpXNapw {dm sbm«n Cs¸m bp_¯pImXpw F¶ f«n koÀ¸v fp«n¡nX¡p¶ fp`Napsfm¶pw Ak³ {l²n¨nÃ. Aksâ N®pNÄ DX¡n Wn¶Sv AÂbw D]À¶v sbm´nWn¡p¶ ftWmi^fm] AXnk]_n`m]n^p¶p.

sNmSnt]msX AkntX¡v fpOfXp¸n¨

Ak³ sbm¡nĨpjn]n Ss¶ AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p. C¡nan]m] Aksam¶v CaNn¯pap¼n.

sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n Wmkn«na¡n]t¸mÄ ssN ^*pw bm^klyt¯msX fpNant`¡v sbm¡n]Spw sSanªp N* N£¯n AK]³ A^pft]msX fpOfn«p^hn. tI«sâ Ip*pNÄ N£¯n C¡nan bXÀ¯n Wo§tk hin¡ k¿mªns«t¶m\w AkÄ CaNn In^n¨ptbm]n.

In^n¡pt¼mÄ Nknan sSanª Wp\¡pjn Nm\m³ Wà tl`m]n^p¶p. B Wp\¡pjn]n Ak³ Ip*fÀ¯n. Nknan NXn¡m³ tSm¶ns]¦n`pw Ak³ {lfs¸«v Wn]{´n¨p.

{dm]psX fpNanÂNqXn ^*p fp`Napw sM¡n sM^n¨ Ak³ bn¶nt`¡v N¿n«v {dm Ajn¨p fmän. fpNant`¡p]À¶v Nq¼n Wn¡p¶ skap¯ fp`NÄ H¶v kn_¨Sp tbm`pfnÃ.! fnX]n_¡n] Ak³ bSps¡ Ak]ns`m¶nsW SjpNn¸nXns¨m¶v sM¡n. kÃms¯m^p NW¸v.! tI¨n]psX d`q\n skÅw Wn_¨Sptbm`pÅ fp`NÄ fm{Sw Nl¡n b^nI]fpÅ Aksâ ssNNÄ¡Sv bp¯³ AWpekfm]n^p¶p. Btklt¯msX]k³ ^*p fp`Napw sM¡n¡pj¨p.

tI«sâ ssNNÄ fp`Nan sb^pfm_pt¼mÄ AkÄ NnX¶v bnX]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p. fp`¡®n tI«sâ Ip*pNÄ NqXn AfÀ¶tSmsX AkapsX bnX¨n NqXn.

Hs^®w bnXn¨v sM^n¨psNm*k³ ftäSv km]n`n«q¼n. {Pi\n bnXn¨ bntÅÀ¡v I¡¡q«m³ Nn«n] tbms` ^*p fp`Napw fm_nfm_n BÀ¯nt]msX I¸n k`n¨t¸mÄ tI«sâ DfnWo^nWm AkapsX fp`¯X§Ä WWªp NpSnÀ¶p. CX¡v tI«sâ bÃkapsX fp`¡®n sNm*Spw Akaksâ S` bnXn¨v làn]m]n fp`]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n. AtSmsX]k³ km]n sNmÅmkp¶ A{S]pw k`ns¨Xp¯v I¸nk`n¨p. Akan knNm^¯nsâ tk`nt]äw Sn^]Xn¨p. ASnsâ ln¡m^ lÐkpw km]n Wn¶pSnÀ¶p.

fp`Nan Wn¶pw Smtj¡njª Aksâ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX k]_nWp fpNans`¯n. sbm¡nÄIpjn]pw b^nh^kpw W¡n¯pX¨v bmân]n bq_nWp fpNan`m]n AfÀ¯n]p½k¨p. WWkn Wmkp fp«n¨v ko*pw ^pIn tWm¡n. bns¶ Smfhn¨nÃ. AkapsX A^]ns` AkhmWs¯ khv{Skpw SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX Smtjm«v Du^ns]Xp¯p.

ku…! bqÀ® WPvW]m]n f`À¶v NnX¡p¶ AWn]¯n]psX skap¯p SpXp¯ tUit¯¡k³ H^p Wnfngw knXÀ¶ N®pNtamsX tWm¡n Wn¶p. Fs´m^p sk® tbm`pÅ tfWn.! SpX]nXp¡n AÂbw koÀ¯p´n] bqÀ¯Xw N*Spw N®pNÄ H¶pNqXn knXÀ¶p. Np® ht´mg¡®os^mjp¡n.

tI«sâ Sp_n¨p tWm«w Ssâ SpX]nXp¡nt`¡ms\¶_nªSpw AkÄ hv{So

hiKfm] Wm\t¯msX bq_p sbm¯n¸nXn¨p.

Ak³ d`fm]kapsX ssN bnXn¨p fmän SpXNÄ k`n¨N¯n]t¸mÄ H«n¸nXn¨p Wn¡p¶ bqÀIp*pNÄ¡nX]n fpNant`¡v S`Wo«n Wn¡p¶ sNm¨p N´v Urlyfm]n. ASv N*Spw km]n skÅfq_n] Ak³ fq¡pw Np¯n SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v ko\p.

H^p bp^pgsâ BUy IpwdWw AkapsX t]mWoSXw Gäpkm§n. tNm^n¯^n¨ptbm]n AWptfmÄ. bq_n sfm¯fk³ fpOfn«p^¡pt¼mÄ C¡nansNm*v In^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ AkÄ Wmkv b^¯n¸nXn¨k³ N´ns`m¶v W¡n]Spw tgm¡Xn¨Sptbms` sM«nkn_¨Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p.

bq_n Wn¶pfpÅ D³fmUPÔw AksW f¯pbnXn¸n¨p Njnªn^p¶p. AkapsX bªn¡p*n km^n¸nXn¨v sM^n¨k³ bq_p sfm¯w W¡nt¯mÀ¯n. CSapNsa St`mXn] Wmkv DÅnt`¡v bpaªv N]_m³ SpX§n]tSmsX AkapsX lzmhPSn D¨¯n`m]n. N´v Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`m¡n D_p©n k`n¨t¸mÄ Wn]{´\w kn« AkÄ tI«sâ S` bnXn¨v SpX]nXp¡nt`¡fÀ¯n. AtSmsX]k³ bq_p sfm¯fm]n km]nt`s¡Xp¯v I¸n k`n¨p. NnWnªn_§n] tS³ SpÅnNÄ Wà hzmtUmXp NqXn Ss¶ NpXn¨n_¡n.

SpX]nXp¡n Wn¶pw Ak³ In_nSpX¨v fpOfp]À¯n]Spw hpOw fp_nª AkÄ¡v tI«tWmXv Wo^hw tSm¶ns]¦n`pw tI«Wnt¸mÄ Ss¶ b®pftÃm Ft¶mÀ¯v Nm¯p NnX¶p.

Ak³ bs£, AkapsX kl¯m]n f`À¶v NnX¶v sgÍn Du^ns]_nªv AkapsX S` bnXn¨p]À¯n Ssâ fXn]nt`¡v Im]v¡pN]m\v sI]vSSv.

tI«sâ fpjp¡¼n]m] hmVWw N*kÄ A´wkn«p.! Fs´m^p k`p¸w.! B\p§apsX hmVW¯nWv Ct{Sw k`p¸w D*mNptfm.? Nj¸v fq¯v tI«sâ NqsX NnX¡m³ So^pfmWn¨Sv Ad²fmt]m.? ssUktf… CsS§nsW Ssâ]pÅnt`¡v tN_pw.?!

AkapsX fpOemkw N* AK]Wv NuSpNw tSm¶n. Np®¯p¼n sbmXnªp Wn¶ tS³N\w kn^`psNm*v tSm*ns]Xp¯v Ip*n tS¨p sNmXp¯p. AkÄ fpOw Sn^n¨p. Ak³ In^n¨psNm*v AkapsX S` bnXn¨v ko*pw Ssâ A^s¡«nt`¡v Im]v¨p.

Ssâ bq_v tI«³ W¡n] tbms` tI«sâ Np® SmWpw km]n`nX\sf¶m\v tI«³ B{Pin¡p¶sS¶v AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m]n.

tI«sâ Np®]n AkÄ bSps¡ bnXn¨p. Np®]psX fpjp¸pw SpXn¸psfÃmw AkÄ W¶m]n b^ntlmVn¨p. CsS§mWpw Ssâ]pÅnt`¡v tN_n]m Wmsa fq{Ssfmjn¡m³ Njn]ptfm Btkm..?! H^p ssNsNm*v bnXn¨n«v bmSntbm`pw F¯p¶nÃ. km]n sNmÅptfm¶v Ss¶ hwl]w.!

Np®

AkÄ bSps¡ tfÂt¸m«pw Nojvt¸m«pw Djnªt¸mÄ Sp¼n ko*pw WWkv Du_n k¶p. AkÄ NpWnªv Np®fNpX¯n bSps¡ Ipwdn¨p. fXnNqXmsS tS³N\w WmkpsNm*v W¡ns]Xp¯p. Ip*v bnaÀ¯n Np® fNpXw DÅnt`¡v N]än.

H^p {bN¼Ww Aksâ l^o^¯nt`¡v BNfmWw bXÀ¶v N]_n.! AWn]¯n]psX WWpWWp¯ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX Np® N]_nt¸mNp¶Sv Ak³ Cf In½msS tWm¡n Wn¶p. AkÄ bSps¡ Wp\ªp SpX§n]Spw Ak³ hpOw sNm*p bpaªp.

BUyfmUyw Np®fNpXw fm{Sw Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`m¡n Wp\ª AkÄ sfsà sfsà km]nt`¡v N]ämkp¶nXt¯maw N]än Np®]psX FÃm klkpw WmkpsNm*v Djnªp. AkWm hpO`i^n]n `]n¨§sW NnX¶p.

AkÄ S` fpt¶m«pw bnt¶m«pw I`n¸n¨v Du¼n¯pX§n]Spw FÃm hpOkpw tbm]n.! ]msSm^p fp³b^nI]kpw CÃmSn^p¶ AkapsX {bkr¯n]n AkWp tkUWn¡m³ SpX§n. Np®]psX b` emP¯pw AkapsX bÃv sNm*v Wo_m³ SpX§n. CWn]pw AkapsX km]n sNmXp¯m Wmsa Sm³ Blpb{Sn]n tbm]n hp¶¯v Njnt¡*n k^pw.! AkWkapsX S` bnXn¨p]À¯n.

“”””Wo S`¸v fm{Sw Du¼n]m fSn..”

AkÄ Np®fNpXw fm{Sw km]n`m¡n Du¼n¯pX§n]Spw B hpOkpw AWpekn¨k³ Ns¿¯n¸nXn¨v fp`Nsa Smt`m`n¨p. AÂbw NqXn km]nt`¡v N]än bÃp S«msS Ss¶ Du¼n k`n¨Spw hpOw hin¡k¿msS Ak³ bpaªptbm]n.

“”””Hmiviv sisâ tfmta… AWq… FWn¡v hpOn¨n«v k¿miv…” Ak³ A_n]msS Np® AkapsX km]nt`¡v SÅn.

Np® A®m¡n sI¶v fp«n]Spw AkÄ S`]p]À¯n ^*pfq¶v k«w Ipf¨p.

ASp W¶ms]¶v AkWp tSm¶n. Np_¨p tW^w NqXn Du¼n]n^ps¶¦n km]nt`¡v Ss¶ Ioänt]sW.!

Aksa sdÍnt`¡v f`À¯n¡nX¯n] Ak³ AWn]¯n]psX bqk¼jw tbm`pÅ WPvW tfWn]nt`¡v N]_n¡nX¶v Np® bnXn¨v bqänt`¡Xp¸n¨p. AkapsX Nans¨¸n B NW¯ N¼v k¶p fp«n]Spw H^p WXp¡w AkapsX hn^Nan`qsX NX¶ptbm]n. SpXNÄ H¶pNqXn k`n¨N¯n] Ak³ Np® bqÀ¨m`n`n«v AfÀ¯n]p^¨p. AkÄ N®X¨v NojvIp*v NXn¨p bnXn¨p. N´n fp«ns¡m*pÅ B D^] AkÄ¡v A{S]pw hpOfm\v h½mWn¨Sv. tI«³ Ct¸msjm¶pw ASv WnÀ¯^ptS F¶kÄ B{Pin¨p. bt£ AkapsX]m B{Pi¯nWp AÂbm]ptÊ D*m]n^p¶pÅq. N´ntWmX¸tW^w NqXn Nn¶m^w b_ª Np® sbmXp¶sW bNpSnt]maf§v ANt¯¡v N]_n.

“”””it½…””

AWptfmÄ bnXªptbm]n.! Ssâ bq_msN sbm«n¡o_n]Sptbms`]m\v AkÄ¡v tSm¶n]Sv. C^p¼pUÞn Sm³ tNmÀ¯v NnX¡p¶p.

NWymIÀ½w teUn¨v DÅnt`¡v N]_n] Np® Ak³ Np_¨ptW^w AW¡msS k¨p. Caw IqXpÅ AkapsX C_p¡fpÅ bq_nWpÅn Sn§n sM^nªn^n¡pN]m\v Aksâ Np®. AWptfmapsX N®nÂWn¶pw NpXpNpXm skÅw H`n¡p¶Sv N*tSmsX AkapsX fpNant`¡fÀ¶v NnX¶v sN«n¸nXn¨v ^*p Nknan`pw D½k¨v Blzhn¸n¨p.

“”””BUys¯ tkUWt] Nm\q tfmta… Np_¨pNjnªm Wà hpOfm]n^n¡pw.”

“”””hm^fnà tI«m.. tI«³ sI]vtSmaq…” A§sW b_sª¦n`pw AkaksW fpNanÂWn¶v D]^m³ h½Sn¨nÃ. sN«n¸nXn¨v Ss¶ NnX¶p.

Ak³ A^s¡«v sfsÃs]m¶v sbm¡n¯mjv¯n]Spw AkanÂWn¶pw ko*psfm^p tS§`p]À¶p.

“”””bSps¡ tI«m… Wà tkUW]p*v.. Fs´m^p k`pSm\nSv.!” tI«sâ Np® k`pSm]Sn AkÄ¡fÀgw.! Aksâ Njp¯n`kÄ fp_p¡n¸nXn¨p.

“”””tfmav tbXnt¡*.. tI«³ sfsà tNänt¡mamw.” b_ªn«k³ AkapsX sIkn]ns`m¶v W¡n. DĸpaNt¯msX fpOw Sn^n¨kÄ Njp¯ns` bnXnkn«p.

AkapsX fpO¯v AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨ Ak³ Ip*pNÄ A¸msX knjp§n NXn¨p k`n¨p. AkapsX km]ns` ^h§sa fpjpkWm]pw k`n¨qäns]Xp¯v NpXn¨p. ^*v fp`Nta]pw Bªmªv Nl¡ns¡m*v fp`sM«pNsa km]n`n«v I¸n.

bns¶]k³ sfsà sfsà A^s¡«v sbm¡n]Xn¡m³ SpX§n. Np® AkapsX bq_nWNt¯Sv Sn§n sM^nªv N]_n]n_§ns¡m*n^p¶p.

Fs´m^p ssXäv.! CkapsX ho`p sbm«n¡m³ NjnªSm\v Ssâ KoknS¯ns` Gäkpw k`n] emPysf¶v– AkWp tSm¶n. Ak³ H¶pNqXn fpO¯v AfÀ¯n]p½k¨v AXn SpXÀ¶p. AWptfmapsX tkUW bSps¡ hpO¯nWp kjnfm_n. AkÄ htimU^sW NqXpS fp_p¡n¸nXn¨p.

bq_v AÂbw A]sª¶v tSm¶n]Spw Ak³ fp¡m emPt¯maw DÅnt`¡v N]än. NmfknNm^¯m sManbn^n sNmÅp¶ AkÄ hwPSn A_nªnÃ.! B kjpkjp¸mÀ¶ C_p¡fpÅ bqän Aksâ Np® {VpSPSn]n Ss¶ I`n¨p sNm*n^p¶p.

tI«sâ fpjp¯ Np® t]mWo Ua§sa knNhn¸n¨p sNm*v N]_n]n_§p¶Snsâ sWm¼^fmÀ¶ hpOw AWpekn¨psNm*kÄ Aksâ Njp¯n Ipän¸nXn¨p. AXn]psX hvboZv NqXn]t¸mÄ AkÄ Nm`pNÄ H¶pNqXn knXÀ¯nsk¨p sNmXp¯p. NqXpS huN^yw Nn«n] Ak³ Bsªm¶p SÅn]t¸mÄ

Np® fpjpkWm]pw bq_nWpÅn`m]n. Aksam¶v kn½nãs¸s«¦n`pw sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkaSntWmXv sbm^p¯s¸«p. Ak³ BªXn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AksaÃmw f_¶p. kmWnt`¡p]À¶v hzÀ¤¯nt`¡pÅ bXn N]_n¯pX§n.

“”””Fsâ sbmt¶«m… im… Fs´m^p hpOw.. iq…” A_n]msS AkÄ Nqknt¸m]n.!

CkÄ tI¨nt]¡mÄ k`n] Nj¸nSs¶ hwl]fnÃ.! CkapsX tkUWs]ms¡ C{S sbs«¶v fm_nt]m?.!

ASnl]t¯msX AkWkapsX fpNan Wn¶p]À¶v C^pkl¯pw ssNNÄ Np¯n BªXn¨p. B D`¨n`n SpÅn kn_¡p¶ fp`¡pX§Ä i^fpÅ Nmjv¨]m]n^p¶p. AkapsX bqän bpSn] Hma§apw bpSn] Bj§apw SoÀ¯v Aksâ Np® kas^ tkP¯n N]_n]n_§ns¡m*n^p¶p.

“”””¹Nv.. ¹Nv.. ¹Nv..” bq_nsâ fÀ½^§Ä Aksâ NmSnWp Npan^m]n D¨¯n fpj§n.

“”””Fs´m^p ssXämXo Wnsâ bq_v.. sim Fs´m^p hpOw.!” AkWv b_]mSn^n¡m³ NjnªnÃ.

B C_p¡fpÅ sk®¸qän NXks^ N]_p¶ f«n Ak³ BªXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. Smtj¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Np®]psX NXemPw AkapsX koÀ¯p´n] {bS`¯n sI¶v fp«p¶ {Shn¸n¡p¶ Nmjv¨]m\k³ N*Sv.

ASkWn H^p {btSyN Btklw Wn_¨p. AkapsX SpXNÄ H¶pNqXn k`n¨N¯n N]_n]Sv tbm^m F¶ f«n BªmªXn¨p.

bq_nsâ AXn¯«n Np¯n]t¸msjÃmw fn¶Â bn\^pNÄ bmsª¦n`pw A^s¡«ns` hpOw NqXn k^p¶SnWm AkaSv Nm^yfm¡n]nÃ. B\nsâ Np®¡v C{S]pw hpOw S^m³ Njn]ptfm.?! Ct¶ks^ Nn«m¯ hpOfm\v Nn«ns¡m*n^n¡p¶Sv. tfWn]ns` Hmt^m t^mfNqb§an`pw sbm«n¯^n¸v sb^pNn]t¸mÄ knNm^fqÀ¨]psX SÅn¨]n hÀÆkpw knhvf^n¨v tI«sâ ssN bnXn¨v fpNant`¡v k`n¨n«kÄ k^nªp fp_p¡n… AkapsX WO§Ä Aksâ bp_¯v In{S§Ä k^¡pt¼mÄ Smsj Aksâ I´n ASntkPw I`n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Aksam^p UoÀQlzmhsfXp¯v ssNNÄ sdÍnt`¡v f`À¯nsk¨v SaÀ¶p NnX¶p…

AkapsX skXn SoÀs¶¶v fWÊn`m]Spw Ak³ F\oäv Aksa Nfjv¯n¡nX¯n.

Ss¶ Gs_ sNmSn¸n¨n^p¶ I´nNapsX I´w N*Spw ASn bnXn¨p½sk¨v NXn¡mSn^n¡m³ AkWp NjnªnÃ. NXn Nn«n]Spw AkÄ Np*ns]m¶v sk«n¨p.

AkapsX bp_t¯¡v k`nªp N]_n] Ak³ SpXNÄ AN¯msWm¶pw Wn¶nÃ. CXSqÀ¶ SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v Np® BªfÀ¯n. bn¶n`qsX bq_nWpÅnt`¡p Ss¶ Np® Wpjªp

N]_n. C^pkl¯pw ssNNÄ Np¯n Btklt¯msX BªXn¨p.

sim.. AkapsX bSpbSpÅ I´n]n Wmen sI¶nXn¡p¶ H^p hpOw.! Smtj¡v tWm¡n]Spw Hmaw sk«p¶ sk®¡p*n N*v AkWp hin¡m³ NjnªnÃ. Ak³ BªmªXn¨p. bqän Wn¶pÅ ¹Nv ¹Nv lÐt¯msXm¸w I´n]n Wmen sI¶nXn¡p¶ {Zw fyqhnNv NqXn tIÀ¶tSmsX S«psbman¸³ Z¸mw Nq¯nWSv kjn fm_n.

N«n`pw làfm]n Np`p§m³ SpX§n. F¶n«pfk³ hvboZv Np_¨nÃ. AWn]¯n]psX N¶n¸q_nsâ Bjw Nq«m³ {lfn¨psNm*k³ làfm]n Ss¶ DÅn N]än]n_¡n. A^s¡«nt`¡v hpOw sb^p¯v k¶Spw b_¶Xn¡pN]m]n^p¶p…

C¶v N«n`p sbmanªSp Ss¶ F¶kÄ D_¸n¨v tI«sâ B{Nm´w fq¯ Sm[Ww I´n]n Gäpkm§n S`]n\]n fpOw bqjv¯n¡nX¶p..

“”””im…” Aksâ km]n Wns¶m^p lÐfpSnÀ¶p.

Wm`©Xn NqXn BªXn¨v AkapsX bp_t¯¡fÀ¶v NnX¶v N£§Ä¡nX]n`qsX N¿n«v fp`NÄ AfÀ¯n sM^n¨p. bq_nsâ AXn¯«ns`¯n] Np® sk«n sk«n kn_¨p. H^p fjskŸm¨n`m]n^p¶p ANt¯¡v… Np®]n Wn¶pw Ct¶ks^ C{S]pw bm`v Ioän]n«nsöv AkWp tSm¶nt¸m]n.! KoknS¯n BUyfm]m\v C§nsWs]m^p hpOw AWpekn¡p¶Sv. bm`v Ioän¡jnªn«pw Np®]psX {bN¼Ww Wn`¡msS SpX^p¶p.- bq_p Wn_ªp Nknªv bp_t¯s¡mjpNpt¼mÄ NnS¨p sNm*k³ AWn]¯n]psX tfWn]n SaÀ¶v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

NnS¸v Wn`¨Spw Np® Du^ns]Xp¯v AkapsX tUi¯p Wn¶k³ F\oäp. Akat¸mÄ SpXNan`qsX H`n¨n_§p¶ WWknsâ C¡nan]n fSnf_¶v f]§pN]m]n^p¶p.

sgÍn k`n¨p N]äpt¼mjm\k³ Np®]psX NX]v¡Â bän¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶ ^àw N*Sv. Aksâ Ip*ns`m^p bp©n^n kn^nªp. sb§apsX NWyNmSzw NkÀs¶Xp¯ksâ NŸp©n^n.!

BUy hfmPf¯nsâ B`hy¯n N®X¨v Nfnjv¶v NnX¡p¶ AWn]¯n¡p«ns] Ak³ AÂbtW^w tWm¡n Wn¶p. AÂbw NqXn f]¯n BNmfm]n^p¶p. AkÄ sNm¨p sb®ms\t¶m AkapsX BUy tkjv¨]ms\t¶m Nan]psX AkhmW¯n Sm³ HmÀ¯Sp NqXn]nÃ. Ak³ S` NpWn¨v hvtWit¯msX Nknans`m^p½ sNmXp¯p.

SaÀs¶m^p bp©n^n AkapsX Ip*n kn^nªSpw AkapsX I´n]ns`m¶v SjpNn]n«v Ak³ bn´n^nªp. ^*p Unkhw NqXns]m¶v Njn]s«, B Np*n]psX hpOkpw H¶_n]\w.! AtSmÀ¯Spw D\^m³ SpX§n] Np®s] ssfâv sI¿msS Ak³ bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.

bp_t¯¡n_§n]Spw

WÃ bm]h¯nsâ f\w WmhnN bnXns¨Xp¯p. tI¨n bm]hw D*m¡pN]mt\m.? Ak³ AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶p.

“”””AkÄ dm¡n]pt*mXm..? N«n`nsâ N^¨n Mm³ tN«n^p¶p..”

ASnWpÅ f_pbXn]m]n Nknans`m^p NXn]m\v AkWmUyw sNmXp¯Sv.

“”””AkÄ tI¨nt]¡mÄ k`n] Nj¸n]m\v.. H¶pw bän]n«nÃ.” Ak³ tI¨n]psX I´n]n bnXn¨v sM¡n.

“”””bän]m`pw Csæn`pw K³fUnW¯n tI«WkÄ¡v WÂNn] h½mWw AkÄs¡m^n¡`pw f_¡m³ bäm¯Sm]n^n¡pw.! C¶kapsX bn_¶mamXm bSnsW«mw bn_¶mÄ..”

AkÄ¡v bSnsW«v k]sÊms¡]mt]m.? AsSs¸m.?! C¶v ^mkns` NqXn Sm³ In´n¨Sv bSntWjv k]sʶm]n^p¶p. sk_psS]à tI¨n bm]hw D*m¡p¶Sv. F¶n«ksa´m CSv fn*mSn^p¶Sv..? In`s¸m AkÄ¡pw HmÀ½ Nm\nÃ.! Aksam^n¡`pw f_¡m¯ ^oSn]n H^p dÀSvtZ Pncväv NqXn sNmXp¡\w. Ak³ tbjvhpw ssd¡nsâ Imkn]psfXp¯v bp_t¯¡n_§n.

t_mZn`qsX ssd¡n Io_n¸m]pt¼mjm\v tI¨n]psX tNmÄ k¶Sv. ssUktf.. CWn AWptfmÄs¡s´¦n`pw.?! Ak³ ssd¡v sshsZmSp¡n tNmÄ FXp¯p.

“”””FXm.. Wo k^ps¼m H^p sFbn km§ns¡m.. AkÄ¡ns¸m thcv bn^oZÃ.”

Blzmht¯msX Ak³ tNmÄ N«m¡n tcm¬ tbm¡änt`¡n«v k*n fpt¶ms«Xp¯p.

(lpew)

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