Smfhn¨v tbm]Sn FÃmkt^mXpw £f tImUn¡p¶p..bns¶ H^p fp³NqÀ Kmfykpw: A{S W¶m]nà F¶v H^p tSm¶Â. AXp¯ emPw NqXpS W¶m¡m³ {lfn¡mw. F´m]m`pw Aen{bm]w A_n]n¡pN

‘Fs´m^p B{Nm´w B\nSv, _qfn tbmkmfm]n^p¶ntÃ, CSnt¸m thmc kr¯ntNXv B]tÃm’

Fsâ fq¡v bnXn¨p Np`p¡n NÅ In^nt]msX C¡ b_ªp :

“”ASv CWn]pw tbmNmftÃm,, k¶n«tà DÅp CWn Fs´ms¡ Nm\m³ NnX¡p¶p-‘

‘ CWn F´m¸m Nm\m³ dm¡n, FÃmw N*ntÃ?’

‘CÃtÃm CWn]pw In`Sv Hs¡ D*v Nm\m³’

‘AsS´m’

‘Wnsâ hoWnt]ÀhnsWms¡ NpWnªv Wn¶v Nm\n¨v sNmXp¯ntÃ, Np*n Spa, ASv CSv ks^ Mm³ N*nÃtÃm’

‘Jo, tbms] C¡m’ Mm³ C¡s] H¶v SÅn, C¡]pw Fs¶ bnXn¨Sv sNm*v– 2 tb^pw NqXn thmc]n Wn¶v Smtj¡v ko\p. Np_¨v tkUW bäns]WvNn`pw M§Ä b^hvb^w tWm¡n In^n¨p.

‘ sbt®, Nm«v..! ‘

‘ F´v? ‘

‘ Cs¸m b_ªSv, dm¡ns` Spa ‘

‘ tbms] C¡m, C§sa{S sI]SSm AknsX, bns¶´m’ FWn¡v Np_¨v lp\vYn FXp¯p.

‘sI]vSn«v Asà DÅp, ASv f^ymU]v¡v H¶v N*nÃ, AkapfmÀ¡v fp¶n Wn¶ tbms` Wn¶v Nm\n¡p’

‘ tbms] Fs¶ sNms*m¶pw bäq` ‘

‘ Bim, N*kÀ¡v fp¶n Hs¡ Np*n]pw bnaÀ¯n Nm\n¡mw, sNt«ymWp fp¶n Nm\n¡nà AsÃXo’ CSpw b_ªp, Nfnjv¶p NnX¶n^p¶ Fsâ I´n¡v C¡ 2 AXn S¶p.

As¸m C¡msâ tcm\nt`¡v tNmÄ k¶p.

‘Wnsâ D½ B\tÃm, Wo CknsX F¯n]n«v knan¨ntÃ? ‘

‘ B, Wà Bsa¶m¸m, FWn¡oXs¯ hn½p*m?, CusX F¯nt] bns¶ Fs¶ Wn`¯v WnÀ¯n]m, bns¶ F§Wm Mm³ knan¡pN?’

‘tlm, Mm³ ASv f_s¶Xo, Wo HmÀfn¸n¡Â AsÃ?’

C¡ tcm\n D½msX num]`r Z] sI]vSn«v FWn¡v S¶p. tcm¬ FWn¡v S¶ tlgw, C¡ Fsâ Nm`pNÄ SXkn sNm*n^p¶p.. C_p¡n bnXn¨n^p¶ Fsâ SpXNÄ¡nX]n ssN]n«v DÅw SpX]ns`m¶v SjpNn.

‘ C¡miviv.. H¶v sk_psS C^n¡o.. Biv, it`m, D½ MmWm A³gn’

‘Nps_ tW^mt]m F¯o«v tfmta’

‘B D½m Np_¨v tW^m]n’

‘Ft¯* hf]w B]n«pw Wo knan¡p¶ Nm\mt¯m*v tdKm_m]nt¸m]n’

‘B, B D½m ASv.. ASnsà C¡msâ tcm¬ Hmcm]n tbm]nWp½m, Cs¸m _qfn F¯n ImÀKv sI¿`m’

C¡s] Mm³ Nr{SnfSzw N`À¶ H^p tUgyt¯msX tWm¡n]m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv b_ªSv. Ip*pNÄ NqÀ¸n¨v D½ sk¡p¶Sv tbms` Nm\n¨p, SpXNÄ kn«v Fsâ I´nNÄ SXkn sNm*n^p¶p C¡.

‘ B, ]m{S Hs¡ hpPm]n^n¶ntà tfmta ‘

‘ B D½m, BBiv AÅm.. ‘ Sos^ {bSo£n¡msS sbs«¶v B]n^p¶p C¡msX kn^ Fsâ I´n]psX knXkpw NX¶v f`Uzm^¯nt`¡v C_§n]Sv. sbs«¶pÅ B B{Nf\¯n`v Mm³ H¶v AblÐw bp_s¸Xpkn¨v tbm]n.

‘F¶m l^n tfmta, FWn¡nknsX Nps_ b\n D*v, bns¶ tWm¡n knan¡mw ‘

CknsX 2 Bapw WÃ tcmfn`m\v F¶v fWÊn`m¡n]Sv sNm*mNpw, D½ tkPw tcm¬ sk¨p.

‘F³_n¡m, Wn§Ä fWpgysW Wm\w sNXp¯pftÃm?’

‘Giv, Mm³ F´v sI]vSv Wo Asà tk*m¯ lÐw Hs¡ D*m¡ns]’

‘ D½m¡v fWÊn`m]n Nm\pw, sJ, BsN Wm\t¡Xv B]n’

‘D½m¡v F´v fWÊn`m]n Nm\pw F¶m?’

C¡ H^p NÅ In^nt]msX tImUn¨p. AtSmsXm¸w f`Uzm^¯n`qsX B kn^Â H¶v Ipjän..

Biv-

C¡]psX ssN fmän, Mm³ Fjpt¶Â¡m³ {lfn¨p. Fsâ ssN bnXn¨p ko*pw C¡]psX tUit¯¡v C«p.

‘ A§sW A§v tbmNtÃ, tW^t¯ b_ªSv tbms` Np*n Nm\n¡p’

‘CÃ’

‘Nm\n¡p tfmsa FWn¡v Hmcohn tbmtN*Sm, tkPw Nm\n¡p’

‘bns¶, ASv N*n«v k¶mt` Hmcohn N]äq¶v b_ªnWm C§tamXv’

‘Nm\n¡v Nm´m^n’

Mm³ Cà F¶v b_ªp S`]m«n, ‘A§sW Mm³ Nm\n¨n«v Fsâ tfm³ C¶v Hmcohn tbmNq`, tkPw tbmNm³ tWm¡nt¡m,’

‘ Upã¯n, F¶ms`m¶v tS§ sbmSn¨v Sm ‘ Fs¶ tNm^n FXp¯p fpNan NnX¯n C¡ b_ªp.

Mm³ H¶pw sI¿msS Pu^k¯n NnX¶p.

‘ ¹ohv, WÃ tfmatÃ’

Òv.. Mm³ H^p Nr{Snf Pu^kw Nm\n¨p, bns¶ In^n¨p sNm*v– Fsâ A^s¡«v D]À¯n, C¡]psX `nwPw FXp¯v Fsâ bq_nt`¡v N]än sk¨p, C¡msX fpOt¯¡v NphrSnt]msX tImUy emk¯n tWm¡n.

‘F´mXo sbt®?’

‘sWÃv Np¯t\m, AtSm A^n A^]v¡t\m?’

‘tfmav sX Cãw tbms`, AtàA^¨m fSn, AStà tfmÄ¡nãw’

‘CSv C¡m¡v tk*n sI¿p¶Sv AsÃ, C¡msX Cãw tbms` sI¿mw’

‘F¶m Np_¨v Np¯v, F¶n«v A^]v¡mw’

Mm³ Fsâ A^s¡«v sbm¡n, fpNant`¡v H¶p]À¶p.. bns¶ ko*pw Sm\p.. bnt¶]pw D]À¶p.. C¡]psX Np® Fsâ bq_nt`¡v N]_n C_§n sNm*n^p¶p.

‘ A¨qsh, fpOt¯¡v tWm¡v ‘

fpNant`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n N®v AX¨n^p¶ Mm³ C¡sX fpOt¯¡v B]n tWm«w, A^s¡«v Ca¡n C¡]psX fpO¯v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ, Np_¨v NphrSnt]msX, Bß hwSrbvSnt]msX DÅ C¡]psX bp©n^n B\v N*Sv. Wm\¯m Fsâ N®pNÄ AXªp tbm]n.

tWm¡Xo’

Asæn`pw fpOt¯mXv fpOw tWm¡n]pÅ hwtemPw B\v C¡m¡v Cãw. B hf]s¯ Fsâ Wm\kpw ^Sn emk§apw N*m fm{Sw fSn AXp¯ s_u*v Wv fqZv BNm³ F¶v b_]pw C¡. Fsâ Ip*pNÄ Mm³ NXn¨p bnXn¨p SpX§n, WmhnNNÄ H¶v knNhn¨p, F{S {lfn¨n«pw N®pNÄ bmSn AXªp. Mm³ hpO¯n ko\p SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Fsâ A^s¡«nsâ I`Ww fmän, kr¯mNrSn]n I`n¸n¡m³ SpX§n. A^n A^]v¡pN F¶v C¡ Nan]m]n b_]p¶ B hwtemP ^oSn]n Mm³ FÃmw f_¡pw. C¡]psX `nwPw t]mWn]psX DÄemPw FÃm]nX¯pw Wà tbms` D^ªp, F¶n Wn¶v sI_n] ho¡m^§Ä k¶v SpX§n.

B…iv…ivim….

C¡]psX A^s¡«pw SÅm³ SpX§n, Mm³ Fsâ hvboZv H¶v Np_¨v, Fsâ fpOw Smtj¡v Wo«n C¡msX Ip*n H^p½ sk¨p.. M§apsX Ip*pNÄ S½n I¸n k`n¨p. Ip*pNÄ tkÀsbXp¯n. Mm³ H¶v NqsX k`nªv Wo*p, Fsâ fp`NÄ ssN]n FXp¯v C¡]psX fpOt¯¡v sk¨p, C¡ fp`NÄ k`n¨p NpXn¨p.. Ip*pNÄ tIÀ¯p sk¨v fp`Np^p k`n¨owdn,bÃpNÄ sNm*v– AknsX H¶v NXn¨p..

‘B. AÅm… iviv..’

Mm³ ko*pw bj] sbmhngWnt`¡v fm_n, AXn]psX tkPS NqXn, 2 tb^pw b^hvb^w f_¶p, AkhmWw H^p NnSt¸msX Mm³ C¡]psX tUit¯¡v ko\p, SaÀ¶v NnX¡p¶ C¡]psX fpO¯v fpjpk³ IpwdWw sNm*v– fqXn.

‘Hmcohn tbmt*?’ NmSn H^p IpwdWw sNmXp¯p B sIkn]n Mm³ f{´n¨p.

‘tbmNm³ tSm¶p¶nÃ, C§sW NnX¡m³ tSm¶pN]m’ B tUit¯¡v H¶v NqXn C_psN bnXn¨p C¡ f_pbXn S¶p.

F¶mt`, tbm]n k¶n«p NnX¡mw tNt«m, Wà Np«n B]n Cs¸m tbm ‘ H^p fp¯w NqXn Nkna¯v sNmXp¯p Mm³ Fjpt¶äp.

kmgv_qfn tbm]n, kr¯n]m]n, {Zhv Hs¡ C«v k¶t¸mÄ C¡]psX tImUyw sskNn«v FknXp¶m e£\w? kÃSpw D*m¡m³ bYnt¨m Wo?

‘ bnt¶]v.. Im] CXm³ A_n]mt`m FWn¡v.. i i i. D½ sbmSnªp sN«n S¶ b¯n^n]pw docpw D*v, ASv IqXm¡n sk¡mw Mm³. ‘

‘ASv D*mNpw F¶v FWn¡_n]mw, docv CÃm¯ `tPKv tNmjnt¡mXv F]Àtbm«n FXp¡q`tÃm.. i i. At¸m Wmsa fpS WnW¡pw NqXn DÅSv Mm³ skt¡*n k^ptfm bXt¨msW ‘

i i’

Hmcohns`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C_§n] C¡s] sN«n bnXn¨p H^p fp¯w NqXn sNmXp¯p.

Fs´m^p Wmäw B\v. tbm]n Npan¡v.. ‘

Bim.. C§av Ss¶ AtÃ, Fs¶ Npan¡m³ knXmsS WnÀ¯ns] F¶pw b_ªp Mm³ C¡s] sI_pSm]n CXn¨p.

Npans]ms¡ Njnªp, kmXvhm¸n tWm¡n]t¸m sÌcn]psX Nps_ sfthKv k¶n«p*v. Nps_ tcmt«mhv B\v. C¶m\v tNmtaKn Hm\mtQmgw, ¢mhv CÃtÃm, B Unkhw NqXn H^pfn¨v Wn¡mftÃm F¶v N^pSn]m tW^s¯ Xn¡äv FXp¯Sv. FÃmk^pw shäv hm^n Hs¡ DXp¯v, bq¡aw CXp¶Spw, ASnsâ fp¶n Wn¶pw Hs¡ Nps_ tcmt«m. NqsX H^p sftÊKpw WnW¡v fnÊm]n tfmta. AXn¨p sbman¨p. FWn¡v bt£, H^p WãtdmVkpw tSm¶n]nÃ.

‘im]v..’

‘AknsX F¯nt]m’

‘B.., tfmta Wo Nn\À Hs¡ Nm\n¨m\tÃm hm^n DXp¯Sv’

‘C¶sà AsSms¡ H¶v Nm\n¡m³ bäp, sNmÅntÃ?’

‘Wm\w CÃtÃm, FÃmks^]pw Nm\n¨v WX¡m³’

‘H¶v tbmXo, Wns¶ tbms` fqXn bpS¨v WX¡m³ H¶pw Fs¶ Nn«nÃ, huµ^yw Ds*¦n ASv Nm\n¡mWpw DÅSm’

‘ F¶m Sp\n Ajn¨v WXt¶m, huµ^yw Nm\nt¡*Sv ASv Nm\nt¡*k^psX fp¶n B\v, AÃmsS t`mNs¯ FÃm B\p§Ä¡pw AÃ’

‘ H¶v tbmXo tf¯¨n, k`ns]m^p hUmIm^¡m^n tf¯¨n’

‘tbmXo A¨m]¯n Nj¸n ‘

‘ i i, bpÅn¡m^³ F´nt]? ‘

‘ Hmcohn tbm]n ‘

‘ cv`mäv F§sW D*v? H^p tcmt«m Ss¶ tWm¡s« ‘

Mm³ Np_¨v tcmt«mhv FXp¯p, _qw W¶m]n td{Pu*n k^p¶ knVw shÂcn]pw FXp¯p A]¨v sNmXp¯p..

‘ sNmÅmtÃm.. AÃ tfmta tbm] DXsW SpX§n AsÃ, ivÒv ‘

‘ F´v? ‘

‘ Hm\¯Ãv.. sbmXn H¶v. H¶pw A_n]m¯ H^p bq¨ Np«n, HmÄs_Zn H^p Nan NjnªntÃ, hSyw b_’

‘tbmXo, Wo N* tbms`tà b_]pt¶, CknsX Fs¶ BNn] DXsW C¡ Hmcohn tbm]n’

‘ Wnsâ fpO¯v DÅ B sSan¨w N*m fSn tfmta fWÊn`mNm³, bns¶ Ip*v H¶qsX W¶m]n Ipk¶v SpXp¯n«pw D*v ‘

‘ ASv MmWnt¸m Npan¨v k¶tS DÅp, ASv BNpw ‘

‘ bnt¶]v, Wns¶ Mm³ Npan¨n«p Nm\m¯Sv AsÃ.. CSv Nan Njnª ht´mgfm fpO¯v ‘

‘ tbms], Wn§Ä timÌ`n Wn¶v C_§nt]m? ‘

‘ Wo kng]w H¶pw fmä*, Cu tcmt«m tWm¡nt], bn_Nn Wnsâ {dm ]pw bmân]pw {Zhv Hs¡ k`n¨v C«n«p*t`m, _qfn tbmkmsS Ss¶ Nan B]n^p¶tÃ, AsSms¡ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶v FXp¯v tk¡v tfmta ‘ C{bmklyw AkÄ Mm³ A]¨ tcmt«m]n AknsX CknsX]m]n NnX¡p¶ {Zhv fmÀNv– sI]vSn«v Sn^n¨v A]¨v sNm*m\v _nss¹ S¶Sv. Mm³ BsN I½n.

‘ AsS, Mm³ Cu tcmt«m, tNmtaKv Hs¡ bm«m¡m³ tbmNpkm, Cu hUmIm^¡m^n Sm¯]psX NXn FÃm^pw A_n]s« ‘

‘ FXn, Wmän¡sÃ’

‘k^pt¼m FWn¡v tImt¢äv sNm*v– k^ptfm?’

‘tImt¢änsâ f^w Ss¶ sNm*v– kt¶¡mw’

‘i i F¶m Hms¡.. Xn M§Ä Hs¡ CknXp¶p C_§pkm.. bns¶ Nm\mw tNt«m.. im¸n NanUnWw’

‘ tbmXn, ssd ‘

sJ BsN Wm\t¡Xm]n, CWn AkÄ BÀs¡ms¡ Nm\n¡ptfm Btkm, Wn`¯v NnX¶ s{ZÊpNÄ FXp¯v sk¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ Bt`mIn¨p. bmân ssN]n FXp¯t¸mav A½m]ns] HmÀf k¶p. {Zhv bmNv sI¿pt¼mÄ A½m]n Nan]m¡n]Sv,’ F´nWm C{S bmân sNm*v– tbmNp¶Sv, CsSm¶pw CXm³ tW^w Nm\nÃ.’ A½m]n b_ªSn`pw Nm^yw D*v, k¶n«v AVnNw tW^w B]nÃ, Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ 2 Nan Njnªp.

sskNpt¶^w 8 f\n Njnªp Wuc¡ F¯m³.

‘At¿ CsS´v tNm`w Bs\Xo’

‘Ft´?’

‘FknXp¶v Nn«n Cu fmN-vhn? ‘

‘ CSnsW´m Npj¸w ‘?

‘ H^p Npj¸kpw CÃ, H^p 30 k]Êv tSm¶n¡pw, Wà kà {Zhpw C«v NqsX?’

‘ko«n C^n¡pt¼mÄ FÃm^pw ssWän Ss¶ Asà DXp¡pN, AÃmsS ho^n]`ns` tbms` hm^n]pw Be^\w Hs¡ DXp¯v H^p§n Wn¡ptfm?

‘ssWän F¶v sk¨m C§sW Ss¶ tk\w F¶v Bt^`pw b_ªn«pt*m, F´m]m`pw Wfp¡v Wmsa H^p tgm¸nRvWv tbmNmw, WnW¡v WÃ Np_¨v {Zhv km§mw. Fsâ tdmÊv Hm\¯nWv W½sa ^*v– tbs^]pw £\n¨n«p*v, A¶nXmWpw WsÃm^p {Zhv FXp¡\w’

‘Fâv_n¡m, ASnWp WÃ Ip^nUmÀ Hs¡ D*v Fsâ dmPnÂ.. bpSn]Sv H¶pw tk*.’

‘ Wnsâ dmPn DÅSv AknsX NnXt¶ms«, Wfp¡v Np_¨v tfmtZ¬ {ZÊv Hs¡ FXp¡mw CknXp¶p tbmNp¶Sv ks^ CXm³ ‘

‘ Mm³ A§Ws¯ H¶pw CXq`’

‘ AsS´m? Wnsâ {c*vhv Hs¡ timÌ`n Wà ssXäv Xo gÀ«pw {So tcmÀ¯pw Hs¡ B\tÃm CXp¶Sv, Wo fm{Sw NnaknNÄ CXp¶ ssXbv fmN-vhn’

‘ AkÀ A§sW]ms\¶v sk¨v MmWpw A§sW BNt\m, AÃm, C¡m¡v F§sW A_n]mw AkÀ A§Ws¯ {Zhv B\nXm_pÅsS¶v? Upãm Fsâ tcm¬ Sp_¶v tWm¡n]tÃ? ‘ Mm³ tUgyw emkn¨v ssN fX¡n C¡s] sI_pSm]n AXn¨p.

‘ i i, ASv sNm*v– b` ^ihy§apw Nm\m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bän]tÃm, B shäv hm^n DXp¯v kX Nm\n¡p¶kapsX tbs^´m? ‘

‘ tbm C¡m.. kr¯nsN«ktW.. ‘

‘ F´m A{S kr¯ntNXv, WÃ ewPn]pÅ kX B\tÃm B sNm¨nsâ’

‘Jo, N* sb®p§apsX AknsX]pw CknsX]pw tWm¡n Ft¶mXv b_]*, Mm³ fn*nà ‘

‘ As¨mXm, bn\§sÃXo A¨qsh, N* sb®p§apsX tWm¡p¶nà F¶m, bs£ Fsâ sb®v A§sW Nm\n¡\w ‘

‘ Hmiv, C¡ ASnWp F´m Nm\m³ dm¡n? ‘

‘ A§sW AÃ, ASv tbms` {Zhv C«v Nm\m³ tks_ H^p hpOw Bs\Xm ‘

‘ Òvfv.. ‘

‘ At¸mÄ h½Sn¨ntÃ’

‘ F´v? ‘

‘ Np´w, FXn sbt®, W½Ä tfmÄ¡v tk*n Wà N`¡³ s{ZÊpNÄ FXp¡p¶p, CknXp¶p CWn Sn^n¨v tbmNp¶Sv ks^ ASv fm{Sw C«m fSn.’

‘ ko«n AsÃ? ‘

‘ tbm^, ko«n Wà shN-vhn {Zhv, bp_¯v– tbmNpt¼mÄ Np_¨v tfmtZ¬, Wnsâ Ip^nUm_pw bÀ±]pw Hs¡ sb«n]n FXp¯v bq«nt¡m’

‘ tkt\m C¡m? ‘

‘ tk\w fps¯.. ‘

C¡]psX WnÀdÔ¯nWv kj§n bntä Unkhw M§Ä tgm¸nRvWp tbm]n.

‘ im]v fmZw, im]v hÀ, iu Nym³ sF si`vbv ]q? ‘

ftWmi^fm] khv{S§Ä Znhv–t¹ sk¨n^n¡p¶ B NX]n N]_n sIÃpt¼mÄ Ss¶, Bs^]pw BNÀgn¡p¶ bp©n^nt]msX cn`nss¸Wn ]pkSn tImUn¨p. B hv{So M§sa f`]man]m] H^p thÂhv tPÄhnsW b^nI]s¸Xp¯n.

‘F´m tfZw tWm¡p¶Sv? ‘

‘ ssWän B\v ‘ C¡]m\v f_pbXn sNmXp¯Sv.

‘Hms¡, tWm¡nt¡maq tfZw,’ AkÀ FXp¯p sk¨Sv Hs¡ A{S H¶pw shN-vhn F¶v b_]m³ bäm¯ ssX¸v ssWänNÄ B]n^p¶p. In`Sv Éokv s`hv Hs¡ Bs\¶v fm{Sw. bs£ ASv tbm`pÅSv tbm`pw Mm³ ASv ks^ C«n^p¶nÃ.

‘ M§Ä Np_¨v NqXn tfmtZÀ\v B]Sv B\v– tk*Sv..!’

‘ F§sW DÅSv B\v Wn§Ä DtUln¡p¶Sv?’

Wuc¡t]mXm\v AkÀ ASv tImUn¨Sv– F¦n`pw Ak^psX N®pNÄ Fs¶ bman tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p, Ip^nUm_pw fcvS]pw C«v eÀ¯mknsâ NqsX sI¶, A{S hvfmÀ«v AÃm¯, SWn¡v s{ZÊvWv tk*n eÀ¯mknsW sNm*v– tImUn¸n¡p¶ Cu sb¬Np«n F{S tfmtZ¬ B] khv{Sw þ ko«n`mt\ tbm`pw þ CXpw Fs¶m^p hwl]w B\v B tWm«¯n Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n.

‘ASv tbm`pÅSv’, tgm¸ns` Znhvt¹ sk¨n^p¶ {Xm³hvbms^âv ssWän Iq*n¡m«n]m\v C¡ b_ªSv, ‘BNvIz`n sF km*v hw shN-vhn {Zshhv tcmÀ ssf dyq«ncpÄ sskcv, A§Ws¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ss¶ tk\w Fs¶m¶pw CÃ, AkÄ¡v tI^p¶Sv’

‘gpkÀ hÀ, bs£ tfZ¯nWp {Zhv Wv tk*n k¶n«p tfZw H¶pw fn*p¶nÃtÃm’ AknXps¯ Na£Wn Wn¶v Sn^]p¶SnWnsX CX¡v H¶v Sn^nªp tWm¡n B hv{So b_ªp.

‘ B.. ASv Mm³ CknsX BUyw B]Sv sNm*m.. ‘

‘ At¿m hSyfm]pw MmWpw CknsX BUyw B]m’ C¡ Fs¶ Nan]m¡n Sfml b_ªt¸mÄ FÃmk^pw In^n¨p.

‘ FÃm eÀ¯m¡³fm^pw C§sW DÅ Akh^w H¶pw S^nà tNt«m, WÃSv tWm¡n FXpt¯m, CSv F§sW D*v?’

AkÀ FXp¯v S¶ s{ZÊv Mm³ H¶v tWm¡n, bn¦v Wn_¯n`pÅ H^p Pu¬ B]n^p¶p ASv, WyqZn hv{XmtbmXv NqXn DÅ ASnsâ In` emP§Ä shfn {Xm³hvbms^âv B\v, sbm¡nanâ emPw {Xm³hvbms^âv B]SnWm sbm¡nÄ l^n¡pw Nm\psf¶v D_¸v. CSv tkt\m F¶ emk¯n Mm³ C¡s] tWm¡n.

‘CSv sNmÅmftÃm, C«v tWm¡m³ bäptfm’

‘C«v tWms¡m¶pw tk*n¡m.. C¡m¡v Cãw Bs]¦n FXp¡mw’

‘{X] _qw AknsX]m\v, C«v tWm¡ntNmaq NwtcÀ«v Bs\¦n FXp¯m fSn’ B tI¨n In^n¨v sNm*v– b_ªp.

Mm³ AsSXp¯p {X] _qfn sI¶p, C«n^p¶ Ip^nUm_pw Ajn¨p, F¶n«m khv{Sw FXp¯n«p. fpNan Fsâ fp` bqÀ®fm]pw f_]p¶nÃm]n^p¶p. H^p tW^n] hv{Xmbv fm{Sw B]n^p¶p ASv– ht¸mÀ«v sI]vSn^p¶Sv, Fsâ ssNNÄ, N£w, fp`]psX Np_¨v emP§Ä Hs¡ WPvWfm]n NnX¡p¶Sv sNm*v– FWn¡v H^p kÃm]vf AWpeks¸«p..Smtjm«v tbmNpt¼mÄ k]_nsâ In`]nX§an shfn {Xm³hvbms^âv B]n^p¶Sv sNm*v– sbm¡nÄ l^n¡pw Nm\mw, k`s¯ Nm`nsâ bmUw ks^ Woaw Ds*¦n`pw CXSv sshZnâ fp«nWp Smsj ks^t] Woaw DÅp. N®mXn]n Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v Ss¶ H^p Wm\kpw C¡nan]pw tSm¶n.. Wuc¡ ^m{Sn CSn«v Fs¶ Nm\p¶Sv HmÀ¯p Mm³ In^n¨p.

‘Zo Ct«m, H¶v Sp_s¶, F§sW Ds*¶v tWm¡s«’ kmSn`n fp«n sNm*v– bp_¯v– Wn¶v– Wuc¡]psX lÐw. bqÀ® WPvW]m]n Fs¶ N*Sv Bs\¦n`pw Cu khv{S¯n C¡]psX fp¶n Wn¡m³ H^p I½Â tSm¶n, Ajn¨n« bÀ± sNm*v– fp`¡v fpNan bnXn¨p sNm*m\v kmSn Sp_¶Sv. Wuc¡]psX NqsX B tI¨n]pw D*m]n^p¶p.

‘ CsS´m, tWs^ Wn¡v sbt®, tim sNmÅmw AsÃ?’

‘bnt¶]v, Cs¸m N*m GtSm tfmZ Bs\s¶ tSm¶q, HmsN Asà tfZw?’

‘Òvfv..’

‘Mm³ H^p Nm^yw b_]s« hmÀ, tfZw C«n«pÅ {dm tWmÀf`m\v. bpgv Abv {dm H¶v sXÌv sI¿pN N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Bs\¦n H¶v NqXn shN-vhn BNpw Cu khv{S¯nÂ’

FWn¡v Np_¨v tUgyw k¶p, Mm³ C«n^n¡p¶ AXn khv{S¯nsW Np_n¨v Nfâv b_]m³ CkÄ B^m? ASpw Fsâ eÀ¯mkntWmXv..bt£ Fs¶ NqXpS tUgyw bnXn¸n¨Sv C¡]pw Ak^psX hwhm^w t{bmÕmin¸n¨t¸mam\v.

‘ AsS´m bpgv A¸v {dm? ‘

‘ ASv hmÀ, bpgv A¸v {dm C«m fp.. A..Aà {dÌv H¶v NqsX C§sW SÅn Wn`vNpw, At¸mÄ H¶v NqXn ^hw D*mNpw Nm\m³’

CSv b_ªv c`n¸n¡p¶SnWnsX AkÀ A_n]msS fp` AfÀ¯n bnXn¡p¶ BwPyw Nm\n¨t¸mÄ MmWpw C¡]pw In^n¨v tbm]n.

‘ thm.. thm_o hmÀ ‘

‘ F¶m H^p {dm FXp¡ptfm, Cksam¶v ss{X sI]vSv tWm¡s« ‘

‘ gqkÀ, fmZw sshhv F{S]m? ‘

‘ 32 ^’

‘C¡ F´nWm Aks^]pw knan¨v kt¶ Ct§m«v’ sshÂhv tPÄ {dm FXp¡m³ tbm] hf]¯v– Mm³ C¡mtWmXv sN_pkn¨p.

‘B, ASv sNm*v– Asà Hmt^m sFZn] lppo Nn«n]Sv’

‘bnt¶]v H^p sFZn], FWn¡v B sb®nsâ hwhm^w H¶pw Cãw BNp¶nÃ, C¡mtWmXv Ip½m b©m^ AXn¡m³ {lfn¡p¶Sv tbm`p*v ‘

‘ ASv bns¶ Wo fn*m¯Sv sNm*tÃ, Wo Ct§m«v k¶t¸mÄ AkÄ Ft¶mXv b_]pN]m, sskcv Wà hpµ^n B\tÃm, bt£ e]¦^ Wm\¡m^n B\tà F¶v ‘

‘ Hmiv, CknXp¶p Ss¶ bÀt¨hv sI¿m³ AkapsX WwdÀ Asà AsSms¡ ‘ Fs¶ Np_n¨v b_ªSv tN«v DÅn In^n¨v sNm*v– Mm³ b_ªp.

At¸mtj¡pw {dm]pw sNm*v– B tI¨n k¶p.

‘ CsSm¶pw A§sW ss{X sI¿m³ h½Sn¡nà tNt«m, bns¶ Wn§Ä CsSms¡ BUyw B]n km§pN Bs\¶v sNm*v– S^p¶Sv B\v, fmZw H¶v C«v k^q’

Mm³ ASpw C«v k^pt¼mÄ C¡]pw Akapw NqXn Ft´m b_ªp In^n¡pN B]n^p¶p.

‘kmkv, W¶m]n«p*v, Atà hmÀ ‘

‘ AsS, fp` Np_¨v NqsX tg¸v tSm¶n¡p¶p*v’

FWn¡v Np_¨v I½Â tSm¶n C¡ Ak^psX fp¶n sk¨v A§sW Hm¸\v B]n b_ªt¸mÄ..

‘A§sW hmÀ b_]^pSv, tfZ¯nWp Asæn`pw tg¸nWp Np_kv H¶pfnÃ, bs£ Ct¸mÄ NqXpS bp_t¯¡v– SÅn Wn¡p¶p, bns¶ ¢otkKpw Cs¸m Nm\m³ H^p ewPn k¶n«p*v AsÃ’

‘tks_]pw ss{X sI]Sv tWm¡n]mt`m Wfp¡v’

B tI¨n Sn^nsN tbm]Spw C¡ Fs¶ {X] _qfns` en¯n]ns`¡v Im^n WnÀ¯n Ip*n AfÀ¯n D½ sk¨p.

‘ ti]v.. F´m CSv, knXv.. ‘

‘ sbmt¶ Wns¶ N*n«v hin¡p¶nà N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ‘

Mm³ SÅn fmän, bp_¯m¡n s{ZÊv fmän bp_¯n_§n. tks_ ^*v ssWän]pw Xo gÀ«pw Hmcv tgmÄZÀ tXm¸v, A§sW Np_Iv {ZhpNapw km§n. Hm\¯nWv DXp¡m³ B]n H^p shäv hm^n]pw km§n. s»uhnâ Sp\n km§n]t¸mÄ, CSv FknXp¶m S]vbn¡pN F¶v tImUn¨t¸mÄ, Wo Wnsâ H^p Aakn`pÅ s»uhv S¶m fSn AsSms¡ Mm³ S]vbnt¨mamw F¶v C¡ b_ªp.

Hm\¯nsâ Unkhw, C¡ ^mkns` tbm]n S]vbn¡m³ sNmXp¯ »uhpw Np_¨v fpøqkpw km§n k¶p. s»uhv C¡ Éokv s`hv B]m\v S]vbn¨Sv, bn_Nn Wà tbms` C_¡n sk«n]Sv sNm*v Fsâ bn³emPkpw Wà tbms` Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. b*m]n^ps¶WvNn FWn¡Sv tbm`pÅ s{ZÊv Hs¡ CXm³ fXn B]n^p¶p. bs£ Cs¸m, ^*v– fq¶v– Unkhw B]n bp_¯v– tbmNpt¼mjpw A`vbw l^o^w {bUÀln¸n¡p¶ S^w khv{SVm^\w B]Sv sNm*v– FWn¡v Cu »uhpw {blvWw B]n tSm¶n]nÃ. C§sW s{ZÊv sI]Sv tbmNpt¼mÄ In` bntÅ^v k¶v Nfâv AXn¡p¶Sv Mm³ BhzUn¡mWpw SpX§n]n^p¶p.

‘C¡m, AknsX Bs^ms¡ D*v?’

hm^n]psX sMm_n l^n]m¡n sNm*v– Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘hm_pw bns¶ ^mVnN tfZkpw’

‘hm_nsâ sskcv Bt\m’

‘sskcv B\v, bns¶ l^n¡pw M§apsX N¼Wn Hm\À AkÀ B\v, hmÀ CknsX fmtWKÀ B]n k¶p. bns¶ AkÀ Cãs¸«p sN«n]Sv B\v’

‘ As¸m C¡msX tdmÊv, Aks^ ss`³ AXn¨p kojv¯n AsÃ’

‘..bt£ N¼Wn]n bt* DÅkÀ b_]p¶Sv B]½]m\v At§s^ kojv¯n]Sv F¶v.. i i ‘

‘ i i As¸m, At§s^m^p Ipų BNpftÃm ‘

Wuc¡ Ip½m In^n¨sS DÅp. {ZÊnRv fpjpkWm¡n] Fsâ ssNNÄ bnXn¨p sNm*v– C¡ b_ªp

‘ F´m]m`pw Wo hq£nt¨m, Wns¶ At§^p ka]v¡m³ {lfn¡m³ hmVyS D*v–.. Cu skap¯, kmjbn*n tbm`pÅ ssN]pw sS_n¨v Wn¡p¶ fp`]pw Hs¡ N*m At§^psX Nt{*mÄ tbmNpw. F´mXo sbt®, sbm¡nanWp Smsj B\tÃm hm^n Np¯n]Sv, Wm\w Hs¡ fm_nt]m? ‘

hf^¯nWnsX C¡]psX ssNNÄ Fsâ ssNNÄ St`mXn Smtj¡v C_§n hm^n¡nX]n skankm¡n NnX¶ k]_nt`¡v Cjªv, sbm¡nanWp Ipäpw kn^`v sNm*v– N_¡n sNm*n^p¶p.

‘ N]än Np¯t\m C¡m? C¡m¡v CSv BNpw Cãw F¶v N^pSn]m\v Mm³ C§sW DXp¯Sv’

‘ At¿m, eÀ¯mkntWmXv F´v hvtWifms\¶v tWm¡nt]? AÃmsS Nm\n¨v sNmSn¸n¡m³ Aà s`?

‘ F¶m Mm³ f_¨v WXt¶mamw.. ‘

‘ tk*Xo, C§sW fSn, WÃ shN-vhn B]n«p*v., N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo B fpà bq C§v FXp¡v, Mm³ IqXn S^mw’

‘Dcvcv Fs´m^p bp_w Bs\Xo Wnsâ,’ fpøq IqXmWm]n bn_Nn k¶ C¡]psX Wmkv, »uhv sNm*v– f_¡mSn^p¶ Fsâ bp_w emP¯v Cjªp..

‘ Òvi.. C¡ C¡nan Bkp¶p. bns¶ fp¼v Nm\m¯Sv tbms`.. ‘

‘ fp¼v N*Sv tbms`]Ã, Cu s»uhv CknsX ssXäv B]n NnX¡p¶Sv sNm*v– Wnsâ sNmjp¸v l^n¡pw Nm\mw’ bq IqXp¶SnWnsX C¡ b_ªp.

k`n] fSn`pNÄ DÅ H^p 2 Wn` knÃ]nt`¡m\v M§Ä sI¶Sv, tPän sk¨v inµn¡m^³ B], {bm]fpÅ shNyq^nän Wuc¡t]mXv Ft´m b_ªSv FWn¡v fWÊn`m]nsæn`pw, AkÀ S½n WÃk®w A_n]msf¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. fp¼pw C¡ CknsX k¶n«p*mNpw. bns¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p Nnak³ H^p WfhvtS b_ªp tPäv Sp_¶v S¶p. koXnWp fp¼n sI_ns]m^p bq¡aw. bq¡aw Fs¶m¶pw b_]m³ bänÃ, 2 t`]_m]pÅ kr¯mNrSn]n Np_¨v bq¡Ä knS_n]Sv tbms`.

‘im]v F¯nt]m 2 tb^pw, tN_n km ‘

shäv hm^n DXp¯v, 35 k]tÊmaw {bm]w k^p¶, B[y Bs]m^p hv{So bp_¯v– k¶p. skap¯ Wn_w, AVnNw SXn¨tSm sf`nªtSm AÃm¯ l^o^w, Hs¡ NqXn H^p hpµ^n]m] hv{So. ‘^mVnN tftWm³’ AkÀ Aks^ b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. ANt¯¡v N]_n sI¶t¸mÄ, Wà N«n s{c]nw DÅ N®X]pw sk¨v, Im^ Wn_¯n`pÅ Kpº]pw V^n¨v H^mÄ. H^wdSv k]sʦn`pw {bm]w k^pw.

‘t_m]n¨m Ak^ns§¯n tNt«m’

Cu Nnak³ Bt\m Cu C{S]pw b\¡m^n]pw hpµ^n]pw B] Cu hv{Sos] kas¨Xp¯Sv. ASpw fn{l knkmikpw.

‘im]v, Mm³ t_m]v fmSyp.’

A]mapsX Wo«n] ssNNan ihvSUmWw sI]vSt¸m H^p {btSN S^w co`nwPv FWn¡Wpeks¸«p. Wà b^p¯, d`fpÅ ssNNÄ Fsâ sI_n], bSpbSp¯ ssNNsa sM^n¨p. Cu ssNNtamXv Sm^Sfyw sI¿pN Bs\¦n C¡]psX ssNNÄ F´v thmcväv B\v.

‘AÃ Wuct`, Sm³ Wm]À Np«ns] Bt\m sN«n]Sv’

‘i i, AsS´m hmÀ A§sW tImUn¨Sv–?’

‘ Mm³ {bSo£n¨Sv, S«w Ipän k^p¶ H^p bmkw D½¨n Np«ns] B]n^p¶p, CSnt¸m shäv hm^n Hs¡ DXp¯v, bq Hs¡ IqXn Wm]À Np«n AÃm¶v b_]nÃ, Atà ^mVq? ‘

ASv b_]pt¼mÄ A]mapsX N®pNÄ Fsâ l^o^¯n Cj]p¶Sv tbms`Wn¡v tSm¶n.

‘ AsS, MmWpw Ck^psX N`ym\ tcmt«m N*m]n^p¶p, ASns`ms¡ S«sWms¡ Cs«m^p fn*mbq¨ sb®v B]n^p¶p ‘

‘ F¶Sm Np«n]psX tb^v–? ‘

‘ A³gnU’

‘ Mm³ F¶m AWp Fs¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv knan¡p¶pÅq,AWp Np«n, Atà ^mVq Cu hpµ^n Np«n¡v B tb^tà tI^pN?’

Mm³ H¶v knW]t¯msX In^n¨p.

‘ ASnTnNÄ ko«n k^pt¼mÄ b_]m³ bmXnÃm¯Sm\v, bt£ Np_¨v Sn^¡m\v tNt«m, Wn§Ä hwhm^n¨v C^n¡q, Wucs`m¶v Np_¨v tW^w Fsâ NqsX C^n¡q, Cu tZmNypsfâvhn In` hwl]§Ä D*v ‘

MmWpw tfZkpw ANt¯¡v tbm]n. k]Êv Nps_ Bs]¦n`pw bpÅn¡m^³ A{S tfml¡m^WÃms¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n. A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n]pÅ hwhm^w, Pmweo^yw DÅ, F¶m fnSSzw DÅ km¡pNÄ, b^p b^p¯ ssNNÄ Hs¡ Ip^p§n] hf]w sNm*v– Ss¶ F¶ns` hv{Sos] A]msa tfmin¸n¨p.

‘C¨m]³ b_ªSv l^n]m, Cu khv{S¯n Ss¶ N*m H^p Wm]À Np«ns] tbms` Ss¶]m.. khv{S¯nWv fm{Sw Aà fmäw, Mm³ Nm\p¶ tcmt«m]n sNm¨p Np«n]m]n^p¶tÃm, Cs¸m Np_¨v sNmjp¯p, Ak^psX emg]n b_ªm WsÃm^p I^¡m]n’ ASpw b_ªp fmZw Ss¶ H¶v In^n¨p.. bns¶ H¶v NqsX Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp..

‘ FÃmw Wuc`nsâ N`mkn^pSv, AsÃ?’

Mm³ H¶v Iqant¸m]n.

‘ Wm«n`pw CSv tbm`pÅ s{ZÊv Hs¡ CXptfm? ‘

‘ AÅm, D¸]pw D½]pw Fs¶ sNmÃpw ‘

‘ i i, F¶m Aks^ H^p tcmt«m FXp¯v Nm\n¡\ftÃm Cu kX Nm\n¨p WX¡p¶ D½¨n sb®nsW’

‘ASnWv– A{S]vs¡m¶pw b_]*¸m, S«w C«nÃm¶_nªm Ss¶ Npj¸m]n^n¡pw’

‘ sNmÅms`m, As¸m Wnsâ sNtXymWv CsSm¶pw {blv–WfnsÃ? ‘

‘ C¡ Ss¶]tà Fs¶ sNm*v– C§sW tNm`w sN«n¡p¶Sv’

‘ tNm`w sN«pkm¶v B^m b_sª?, WÃSms\Â Np_s¨ms¡ Nm\n¨v WX¡\w, i i ‘

Akt^mXv hwhm^n¡pt¼mÄ C¡]psX tfZw Bs\¶v tSm¶n]sS CÃ. H^p dÔp ko«n tbm] tbms` B]n^p¶p Ak^psX hwhm^w. Ak^psX kosXms¡ M§Ä Ipän N*p. Ak^psX BÀ«v _qfn N* H^p bmXv In{S§sa Np_n¨v tImUn¨t¸mÄ AsSms¡ t_m]n hmÀ k^¨Sv Bs\¶v b_ªp. fn¡Spw sb¬Np«nNsa tfmZ B¡n]pÅSm]n^p¶p.. Ct§^p BÄ sNmÅmftÃm, CSv k^¡m³ tk*n sb¬Np«nNÄ Sp\n CÃmsS C]mapsX fp¶n tbmhv sI]Sv Nm\ptfm, Mm³ fWÊn HmÀ¯p. bns¶ FÃm^pw H^pfn¨n^p¶v hUy Njn¨p. Np_¨v tW^w Njnªt¸mÄ C¡m¡v Hmcohn tbmtN* H^p Nm^yw k¶p.

‘hmÀ, F¶m M§Ä C_§n]mt`m?’

‘AsS´nWm, Wuc Hmcohn tbm]n k^q, AWp Np«n CknsX Wn¡s«’

‘At¿m AsSm¶pw tk*, Wn§Ä¡v dp²n fp«mNpw’ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv

‘M§Ä¡v F´v dp²nfp«v, Sm³ Cksa]pw Nq«n tbm]mÂ, Wo AknsX b\n sI¿pt¼mÄ Cu sNm¨p AknsX sk_psS C^n¡s*.. ASv sNm*v– SÂNm`w AkÄ CknsX C^n¡s«.. M§Ä B^pw Sn¶¯nsÃtXm Wnsâ sfmMvK¯ns]’

C¡ tbm]tSmsX MmWpw Ak^pw Xnkn Nm\pN]m]n^p¶p. MmWpw hm_pw H^pfns¨m^p thmc]n B\n^p¶Sv. fp¶n Xnkn {bkÀ¯n¨p sNm*n^ps¶WvNn`pw M§Ä ASn {l²n¡msS hwhm^n¨v sNm*n^p¶p.

‘ ^mVq, AWp Np«n H^p IµW Np_n NqXn sSm«m W¶mNpw AsÃ’

‘Hmiv AtÃ`pw C¨m]Wv Wm]À Np«nNÄ B\tÃm koNvsWhv’ Aks^m¶p In^n¨p AknsX Wn¶v Fjpt¶äv tbm]n. Np_¨v Njnªv Sn^n¨v k¶p Fsâ sWän]n kn^ sNm*v– SXkn, AWpeks¸« S\p¸n Wn¶pw ASv IµWw Bs\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n

‘ CWn IµW Np_n CÃm¯ {blvWw tk* C¨m]sâ AWp Np«n¡v’

CkÀ Fs´m¡]m b_]p¶Sv Mm³ fWÊnt`mÀ¯p.

‘ Fs´m^p ewPn]m Cs¸m AWp Np«n¡v’

A]msasâ fpOw ^*v– ssN sNm*v– bnXn¨p tImUn¨p. Sos^ {bSo£n¡msS, B b^p¡³ ssNNÄ Fsâ NknapNsa AfÀ¯n]t¸mÄ H^p kn_] Fsâ l^o^fmsN bXÀ¶p.

‘ F¶m Wn§Ä CknsX C^p¶v hwhm^n¡q, Mm³ _qfn D*v’ tfZkpw AknsX Wn¶v tbm]tSmsX MmWpw A]mapw SWn¨m]n. AtSmsX M§apsX hwhm^w fp_nªp. A]msas¶ tWm¡p¶Sv H^p tk«¡m^³ C^s] tWm¡p¶Sv tbms`]ms\¶v tSm¶n. B A´^o£w BsN IqXv bnXn¨ tbms`.

‘ hmÀ k^¨Sv Bt\m fpNans` In{S§Ä Hs¡?

B A´^o£w H¶v tWmÀf B¡m³ tk*n WnlÐS Naªp, Mm³ sk_psS H^p tImUyw FXp¯n«p.

‘ AsS, bns¶ Cu hmÀ knan tk*, C¨m]³ F¶v knan¡p¶Sm FWn¡nãw…..AWp Np«ns] tbm`pÅ hpµ^n sb¬Np«nNÄ..’

ASv b_ªt¸mÄ A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ Fsâ Fsâ NknapNan`qsX kn^t`mXn¨p.

‘H¶v knant¨’

‘F.. F´m hmt_? ‘

‘hm_Ã AWq, C¨m]³.. C¨m]m F¶v knan ‘

‘ C.. ¨m].. ³’ Mm³ kn¡n, f{´n¡p¶ tbms` b_ªp

‘ AWp Np«n, Nt*m B In{S§Ä Hs¡?’

Fsâ Ipk¶ Ip*pNan`qsX kn^t`mXn¨v sNm*v– A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

‘Dw’

‘ F¶n«v Cãw Bt]m AWp Np«n¡v AsSms¡? ‘

A]mapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ bn_Nn`qsX C«v Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨p A]mapsX l^o^t¯mXv AXp¸n¨p. fsä ssN kn^`pNÄ Fsâ Ip*pNÄ sI_pSm]n tkÀbnXpkn¨p.

‘Dw’

‘hpµ^n]m] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sb¬Np«ns] N*m AkapsX In{Sw k^]v¡msS FWns¡m^p hfmVmWw CÃ, AWp Np«ns] tbm`pÅ I^¡pNsa’

A]mapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ Ip*pNsa NqÀ¸n¨p bnXn¨p. Fsâ sIkn]n sI_pSm]n Ip*v fp«n¨v sNm*m\v A]mÄ b_ªSv. A]msa FSnÀ¡mWpÅ làn FWn¡nÃmSm] tbms`.

‘ F´m AWp Np«n Wn¶v S^nsà FWn¡v k^¡m³ B]n«v? ‘ sIkn¡Nt¯¡v Wmkn«v W¡n sNm*v– A]maSv b_ªt¸mÄ, A]mapsX ssNNÄ Smtj¡v C_§n Fsâ WPvWfm] k]_nsW Smt`m`n¨p.

‘Dw’

‘F§sW]m Wn¶p S^nN?’

Mm³ fn*msS Wn¶Sv sNm*mN\w sbm¡nanWp kl¯m]n Fsâ k]_n WpÅn sNm*v–, sIkn H¶v NXn¨p A]mÄ ko*pw tImUn¨p

‘F§sW]m Fsâ fp¶n In{Sw k^]v¡pwtdmÄ AWp Np«n Wn¡pN?’

‘ B.. iv… F.. F§Wm?’

‘bqÀ®fm]pw AWp Np«n B]n«v, H^p Sp\n]pw CÃmsS, Fsâ H^p t{bmbÀ«n B]n«v, Mm³ b_]p¶ tbms` Wn¡p¶ Fsâ Nq¯n¨n sb®mN\w Wo’

kas^ lÐw Np_¨v,F¶m Ur[fm] ,A]mapsX km¡pNÄ Fsâ khv{S§Ä D^nsªXp¡p¶ tbms`m^p co`m]n^p¶p FWn¡v..

‘ b_ AWp Np«o, AWp Np«n C¨m]sâ B^m? ‘

H^p kn^ sbm¡nant`¡v C_¡n Ipjän, Fsâ NmSv I¸n A]mÄ tImUn¨p. A]mapsX W^ dmVn¨ Npän SmXn Fsâ NknapNan D_]pt¼mÄ DÅ hpOw FWn¡v knk^n¡m³ bäm¯Sv B]n^p¶p.

‘Mm..Mm³. C¨m]sâ Nq¯n¨n.. ‘

‘ PpZv tPÄ.. ‘ Fsâ Nknan A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¶p. Fsâ hm^n¡nX]n`qsX, »uhnWp fpNan`qsX k`s¯ fp` A]mÄ AfÀ¯n.

‘Biv..’

‘F¶m C¨m]sâ Nq¯n¨n tfmav Cu hm^n H¶v Ajn¨v C¨m]Wv Nm\nt¨’ »uhnWp fpNan`qsX fp`¡p^p bnXn¨p sM^Xn sNm*m\v A]maSv b_ªSv. A]mapsX hvbÀlWw sNm*v– hzÀP¯n F¯n] AkØ]n B]n^p¶p Mm³. F¦n`pw Mm³ AknsX Wn¶v AW§n]nÃ. A]mapsX ssNNapw fpOkpw Fsâ l^o^¯n Wn¶v AN¶p

‘ F´m C¨m]Wp tk*n tfmav hm^n Ajn¡¯ntÃ?’

Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n, A]mapsX SWSm] bSnª hz^¯n ASv tImUn¨t¸mÄ, AsSm^p tImUyw Aà H^p eog\n Bs\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. A]mÄ b_]p¶Sv AWph^n¨m hpO¯nsâ hzÀP¯n F¯n¡mw, Asæn CSv CknsX WnÀ¯mw F¶m\v A]msasâ l^o^¯n Wn¶v tkÀs¸«t¸mÄ DtUln¨Sv Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. B hpOw tks*¶v sk¡m³ FWn¡mkpfm]n^p¶nÃ. kn_]v¡p¶ Nm`pNtamsX Fjpt¶äp Mm³ Fsâ hm^n Ajn¨p.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C_¡n sk«n] »uhn Fsâ fp` Im Nps_ skankm]n^p¶p. ssN]nÃm¯, fp`¨m Nm\p¶ »uhpw bmkmX]pw V^n¨v H^p {bUÀlW khvSpknsW tbms` A]mÄ¡v fp¶n Wn¶t¸mÄ, Sogv\fm] tWm«w sNm*v– A]msas¶ IqXm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Fhn ]psX S\p¸v D*m]n«v tbm`pw F¶n kn]À¸p sbmXnªp. N£¯nÂ, sWän]nÂ, fq¡nWpw Ip*nWpw CX]nÂ, fp` Im`pNÄ¡nX]n Hs¡ kn]À¸v SpÅnNÄ sbmXnªSv Mm³ A_nªp. k`Sv ssN]psX Iq*p kn^ D]À¯n, AXpt¯¡v sIÃm³ BwPyw Nm\n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. Fsâ ssNNÄ A]mapsX tSman sk¨v Fs¶ A]mÄ A]mapsX tUit¯¡v AXp¸n¨v A]mÄ Wmkv Wo«n Fsâ fp` Im`n sbmXnª kn]À¸v N\nNNÄ W¡n FXp¯p..

‘Dcvcv.. Biv..’

A]mapsX Wmkv sNm*v– fp`]psX kl§an làn]m]n AfÀ¯n WNn]t¸mÄ Mm³ Fsâ fpOw A]mapsX bNpSn Ng*n Wn_ª S`]n AfÀ¯n. B Sna§p¶ Ng*n S`]n Mm³ D½ sk¨p. A]msas¶ bnXn¨p fXn]nt`¡v C^p¯n, Fsâ H^p ssN sbm¡n N£w W¡n

‘ B.. iv i..’ C¡nan]pw H^p {btSyN hpOkpw AWpeks¸«p.

A]mÄ Ssâ fpOw Fsâ N£¯n D^¨v Nan¨p, AknXpÅ kn]À¸p W¡n SpX¨p, bÃpNÄ AknsX D^¨p. bpSpSm]n AWpekn¡p¶ B hpO¯n Mm³ FÃmw f_¶v A]mapsX fXn]n C^p¶p.

‘F´v f\kpw ^pIn]pw B\v– Nnap´v sbt® Wnsâ N£¯nWv’

sbs«¶v A]msasâ A^]n bnXn¨p sNm*v– Fjpt¶äp, Fs¶ A]mapsX tSma¯p C«p,

‘CWn]pÅ Nan _qfn Wn¶mNmw’ B tbmNp¶ tbm¡n A]msasâ I´n sM^n¨v sNm*n^p¶p. Fs¶]pw sNm*v– A]mÄ tN_n sIÃp¶Sv fmZw N]_n] _qfnt`¡v Bs\¶v N*t¸m, ASv A]mÄ¡v bän] Ad²w Bs\¶v N^pSn Mm³ A]msa tSm*n

‘C¨m]m, tf.. tfZw CkntX¡v B\v k¶Sv ‘

H^p sbm«n In^n B]n^p¶p A]mapsX {bSnN^\w. N¼yq«_n Ft´m tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p tfZw M§apsX lÐw tN«v H¶v Sn^nªv tWm¡n, AVnNw emk teUw H¶pw CÃmsS tImUn¨p.

‘B Cu Nnap´nsW sbm¡n sNm*v– kt¶m ‘?

‘ {bm]w sNm*v– fmt{S Nnap´v B]pÅp, tU Np*n tWm¡nt] I^¡nsâ’

CSpw b_ªp A]msasâ Np*n]n ^*v– sbX S¶p. C¡]psX Nm\p¶ »q cn`nfpNan hm]n¸v Wm]nNs] C§sW I´n¡v AXn¡p¶Sv N*n«ps*WvNn`pw B AXn sNm*v– hpOw Nn«psf¶v Ct¸mÄ BUyfm]n fWÊn`mkpN B]n^p¶p.

‘ Biviv’

A]msas¶ sdZnt`¡n«p.

‘tbm¯n_¨n]pw dn^n]m\n]pw Sn¶v IoÀ¯ Np*n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BNpw’

‘AsS, D½¨n bq_n]psX AÊ sW]v Np*o’ A]msasâ I´n b´pNÄ bnXn¨p sM^n¨p ‘

‘ Fsâ gÀ«pw Sp\n]pw Ajn¡v ‘

Mm³ A]mapsX gÀ«v S`]n`qsX Ajns¨Xp¯v, bns¶ A^]n D*m] Sp\n]pw Ajn¨p. A]mapsX N^n fqÀO³ b¯n knXÀ¯n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. A]mapsX WnÀtUl {bNm^w Mm³ Fsâ »uhpw bmkmX]pw NqsX Ajns¨Xp¯p. {dm ]psX ip¡pNÄ knXpkn¨v fp`Nsa hzS{´^m¡n. A]mÄ BÀ¯nt]msX Ak ^*nsW]pw fm_n fm_n k`n¨p NpXn¨p. Fsâ N®pNÄ C¨m]sâ A{P IÀfw fp_n¨v Na]m¯, N_p¯ B `nwP¯n B]n^p¶p.

‘C¨m]m, sb®nsâ N®v Wn§apsX Np®]n B\v’

Fsâ fp`NÄ A]mÄ kn«v, Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.

‘Bt\m AWp Np«o, AsS´m Wo fp¼v N*ntÃ, Wuc`nWp Np® CtÃ?’

‘AkWv fp_n Np® Atà C¨m]m, ASv BNpw sb®nWp C{S BÀ¯n, l^n¡v H¶v Nm\n¨p sNmXpt¯^v C¨m]m’

N¼yq«À C Wn¶v S` H¶v sI^n¨p, fmZw Hmt^m NfâpNan`qsX M§apsX Nan]n b¦v tIÀ¶p. CÑm]³ A]mapsX `nwP¯n hz]w bnXn¨p, ASnsâ sSm`n H¶v Smtjm«v BNn, sSm`n Smtjm«v tbm]t¸mÄ ASnsâ fNpXw Wà Ipk¶v SpXp¯v C^p¶p.. C¡]psXSnWp H^p {du¬ Wn_w B\v.. CSv Nm\m³ Ss¶ Fs´m^p ewPn, NqXmsS C¡]psX hmVW¯nâ Aä¯v Nm\p¶Sv tbms` ASn k^NÄ D*m]n^p¶nÃ. Wà Ipk¶v SpXp¯ H^p Im¼§ tbm`n^p¶p ASnsâ fNpXw. A]mÄ Smtjm«v B¡n] sSm`n bns¶]pw fpNant`¡v k`n¨n«p, bns¶ ko*pw Smtjm«v BNn.. sSm`n ssÉZv sI]vSv N]_p¶ NmjvI Fsâ knNm^§sa H¶v NqXn D\À¯n.. ASv fWÊn`m¡n Bk\w AkÀ ^*v– tb^psX]pw Ip*vNan H^p In^n bXÀ¶p.

‘Wnsâ fp_n]³ Wuc`nsâ Np® sNm*v– CsSm¶pw bänÃ, tk\sf¦n bnXn¨p Nan¡v tfmta’

Mm³ ASn bnXn¨p sSm`n ssÉZv sI]Sv Nan¨p. ASnsâ Aä¯v Mm³ H¶v kn^ sNm*v– sSm«t¸m C¨m]³ H¶v bpaªp..

‘Wnsâ sNt«ymsW tbms` AÃ, sSm`n Ft¸mjpw fqXn NnX¡p¶Sv sNm*v– C¨m]sâ AknsX WÃ sh³hnäokv B\v. ‘

‘ fSn, CWn H¶v km]n FXp¡v D½¨n bq_o’

‘C¨m]m, N* Nq¯n¨nNsa Fâ sdZn N]än km]ns`Xp¸n¡`mt\m’ tfZw H^p {Nn{Snf b^nekemkt¯msX b_ªp.

‘ CÃ ^mVq, Wnsâ ØmWw tks_ BÀ¡pw CÃ, ‘ F¶n«v A]mÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n

‘ Wn`¯v C_§n 4 Nm`n Wn`vs¡Xo, cpÄ Np® Duwdm³ tk\sf¦n ‘

Mm³ Wn`¯v fp«v Np¯n Wn¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B Nnaksâ fp_n¡m¯ Np®t]mXv FWn¡{S¡v sNmSn tSm¶n. A]mÄ N«n`nsâ k¡¯v C^p¶p, A]mapsX N_p¯ k`n] Np® N¼n B]n fq¯v Wn¶Sv Mm³ sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n.

‘ CknsX kmXn Nq¯n¨n tfmta ‘

Mm³ A]mapsX A^s¡«nWXpt¯¡v Fsâ fpOw tIÀ¯p. B sSm`n Na]m¯ bjw Sn¶mWm]n Fsâ km Sp_¶p.

‘C¨m]m, D½¨n bq_n]psX sNmSn Nt*m, km]pw bnaÀ¶v– Wn¡p¶Sv, Aksa sNm*v– Soän¡p¶SnWp fp¼v C¨m]sâ B hvsbgy fhmKv H¶v Nm\n¨p sNmXpt¯s^ AkÄ¡v’

fmZw A{S Fs¶ Nan]m¡n sNm*v– A]mtamXv b_ªp.

A]msasâ fpOw tIÀ¯p H¶v NqsX A]mapsX A^s¡«nsâ AXpt¯¡v bnXn¨p, A]mapsX N¼n B] Np® FXp¯v H¶v NqsX Np`p¡n, bns¶ ASv FXp¯v Fsâ Nknan AXn¨p.

‘ Biv.. ‘

FWn¡v sI_pSm]n tkUWn¨p.. F¦n`pw H^p {btSyN hpOw. A]maSv sNm*v– ko*pw 2 Nknan`pw fm_n fm_n AXn¨p.

‘B.. iv.. AÅm..’

A]mapsX Np® Fsâ Nknan AfÀ¯n D^]v¡m³ SpX§n, C^p¼p tbm`pÅ B Np® sNm*v– A]mÄ Fsâ Nknan`qsX fhmKv sI]vSt¸mÄ Wà IqXv tSm¶n, A]mapsX fhmKv Nm^\w AknsX Hs¡ ^àt]m«w NqXn Ipk¶v SpXp¯p. Np® Nknan Wn¶v sWän]nt`¡pw fq¡nt`¡pw Hs¡ D^¨v Wo¡n. fq¡nsâ Spa]psX emP¯m]n A]mapsX Np®]psX Sp¼v sk¨v D^¨t¸mÄ fq{S¯nsâ ^q£ PÔw Fsâ fq¡nt`¡v AXn¨p k¶p. F¦n`pw FWns¡t´m ASv Cãfm]n. Mm³ Fsâ Wmkv bp_t¯¡v– C«v Np®]psX Smsj W¡n.

‘fnXp¡n!’

A]msasâ Nknan S«n AenWµn¨p. A]mÄ bns¶ Np® Fsâ Ip*n sNm*v– tbm]n. `nbvÌn¡v CXp¶Sv tbms` bSns] D^¨v, bns¶ làn Nq«n D^¨p. A]mapsX `nwP¯nsâ A{P emPw D^]pt¼m A]mapw lÐw D*m¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Fsâ Ip*pNÄ bnaÀ¶v– `nwPw Fsâ km]nt`¡v SÅn.

‘Sns¶Xo, tf¯¨n bq_o sSm`n¡m¯ Np®-‘

Mm³ ASnsW km]nt`¡v FXp¯v Wp\ªp Sn¶m³ SpX§n, AtSmsXm¸w C¨m]sâ kr£v\kpw St`mXn hpOn¸n¨p.. C¨m]sâ Np®]n Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯o, bÃv sNmÅn¡msS I¸n k`n¨p. CX]v¡nsX Wmkv sNm*v– `nwP fNpX¯n Ipjän]t¸mÄ Hs¡ C¨m]³ hpOw sNm*v– bnXªp.

‘Biv.. A§sW Ss¶ Nq¯nIo, B.. Ws¡Xo, B A§sW B Du¼n k`n ssft^..’

Fsâ S` C¨m]³ A]mapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v NqXpS làn]m]n AfÀ¯n, In`t¸m Hs¡ A]mÄ Fsâ km]nt`¡v temPn¡p¶ tbms` SÅn. MmWpw CX¡nsX `nwPw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km]n Wns¶Xp¯v ASnsâ Smsj fpS Aäw ks^ Wmkv fpjpk³ Wo«n W¡n, WNpt¼mÄ C¨m]sâ fpO¯v Ss¶ tWm¡m³ Mm³ {l²n¨p. Smsj DÅ h©n ]n`pw Fsâ Wmkv h©^n¨p, ASv W¡n SpX¨v Mm³ vfyli FXp¯v I¸n. Ip*v sNm*v– NXn¨p bnXn¨p h©n k`n¨ hf]w Fsâ ssNNÄ fpNant`¡v D]À¶v C¨m]sâ Np®]n bnXn¨p Nan¡pN B]n^p¶p.

C¨m]³ 2 ssN]pw sNm*v– Fsâ NknapNapw bnXn¨p H¶v NpWnªv Fsâ Ip*pNÄ H^p½ S¶p.

‘Wo CSn fnXp¡n B\tÃm AWp Np«o, Wo CWn tbmNpw ks^ CknsX Wn¶m fSn, B fp_n]Wp sNmXp¡nà Mm³ Wns¶’

Ip*pNÄ W¶m]n I¸n k`n¨ tlgw A]mÄ ko*pw Fsâ fpOw A]mapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v tIÀ¯p. ko*pw ko*pw Mm³ A]mapsX `nwPw Sn¶p, B h©n Mm³ Sn¶m³ tk*n H¶v NqsX Smsj tbm]t¸mÄ C¨m]³ H^p tk` Nm\n¨p, A]mÄ H¶v NqXn N«n`nsâ k¡t¯¡v Wo§n C^p¶p, A]mapsX I´n b^fmkVn skan]n B¡n, Fsâ S` d`fm]n Smtj¡v AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p, Fsâ N¬fp¼n A]mapsX I´n Im`v k¶p.. skap¯ Wn_fpÅ t^mf§Ä Wn_ª A]mapsX I´n Fsâ sWän]pw fq¡pw fp«n. A]mÄ¡v F´m tk*Sv Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n A_¸v tSm¶n F¦n`pw A]mapsX N^p¯pÅ ssNNÄ Fsâ fpOw A]mapsX I´n b´pNapsX ANt¯¡v SÅn. Fsâ fq¡v C¨m]sâ f`Uzm^¯n NrSyfm]n sNm*p, Wà Wmäw Nm^\w Mm³ fpOw k`n¡m³ tWm¡n]t¸m A]mÄ NqXpS tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p fm{Sfà Fsâ fq¡v sNm*v– f`Uzm^¯n D^¨p.

Ws¡Xo..

Mm³ Wmkv Wo«n H¶v sSm«p. bns¶ Wmkv Ca¡m³ SpX§n. Wmkv AknsX sSmXpt¼m B Spa]pw knNhn¨v k¶p. C¨m]Wpw hpOw sNm*v– lo¡m^ lÐ§Ä D*m¡n SpX§n]Sv– tN«t¸mÄ FWn¡pw ^hw bnXn¨p, A_¸v tbm] Mm³ f`Uzm^¯nsâ ANs¯ en¯n]ns`¡v Fsâ Wmkv I`n¸n¨p. AtSmsXm¸w C¨m]sâ Np® ssN]n B¡n AXn¨p sNm*n^p¶p. sbs«¶v H^p Nm sb^pfmäw _qfnt`¡v k^p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. H^p sM«t`msX Fsâ S` k`n¡m³ tWm¡ns]¦n`pw C¨m]³ làn]m]n AknsX AfÀ¯n bnXn¨Sv Nm^\w FWn¡v S` AW¡m³ bän]nÃ. C¨m]sâ NqSn Spa H^p A_¸pw NqXmsS Mm³ W¡n Sn¶v sNm*n^p¶p.

‘Wucs`, W½Ä C¶s` ss¢ânWp hdvfnäv sI]vS C³tkm]vhv FWn¡v ssf sI]vSnÃm]n^pt¶m?’

C¡]psX tb^v fmZw b_]p¶Sv tN«tSmsX Fsâ S`]nt`¡v tIm^ C^¨v N]_n, Mm³ C¨m]sâ ssN S«n ImXn Fjpt¶äp. tfZ¯nsâ tXdnan H^p ssN Np¯n N¼yq«À tWm¡n Wn¡p¶ C¡s] N*p FWn¡v S` N_§p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms` tSm¶n. bXt¨msW C¡ k^pt¼mÄ Mm³ D¸mt]¡mÄ {bm]fpÅ H^mapsX f`Uzm^w W¡n C^n¡pN B]n^p¶p, C¡]psX tbm`pw AknXw Mm³ CSv ks^ N*n«nÃ. F¶n«pw C¡ F´m H¶pw b_]msS C^p¶Sv, Fsâ fpOw Nm\m¯Sv sNm*v– MmWm]n^p¶p AsS¶v fWÊn`m]n Nm\ntÃ, AtSm CsSms¡ C¡]pw A_nªv sNm*mt\m? Fsâ fWÊnt`¡v In´NÄ C^¨v N]_n.

C¨m]³ Bs\¦n Fs¶ bnXn¨p At§^psX fXn]nt`¡v bnXn¨p C^p¯n fpOw W¡n SpX]v¡pN B\v sI]SSv. Fsâ eÀ¯mkv AknsX k¶Sv A_nª emkw tbm`pfnÃm]n^p¶p A]mÄ¡v.

‘F´m AWp Np«o At§m«v tWm¡p¶Sv? Fsâ Ip*v I¸n Sns¶Xo’

‘C.. C¡..’ Mm³ lÐw Np_¨v b_ªp.

‘i i i ASnWp F´m? Mm³ B^m, Aksâ tdmhv.. At¸mÄ Ak³ Fsâ B^m? Fsâ AXnf.. Fsâ fm{Sw AÃ Fsâ NmfpNn]pw Nq¯n¨n]pw B] Fsâ AWp Np«n]psX]pw.. ‘

D_s¡ In^n¨v, hz]w tImUyw tImUn¨v ASnWv– A]mÄ Ss¶ D¯^w b_ªv– H^p {btSyN emk¯n B\v– A]maSv b_ªSv. Fsâ fpOs¯ A¼^¸v fm_m¯Sv sNm*v– A]mÄ C¡s] knan¨p

‘ Wucs` CknsX km.. Fsâ AWp Np«n]psX Cu bmân H¶v Ajns¨Xm tfmsW, WtÃm^p WmX³ Nnap´v bq_v N*n«v Nps_ Nm`fm]n’

M§apsX AXpt¯¡v k¶ Wuc¡]psX fpOemkw N*p Mm³ sM«n. hz´w em^y, H^p bmân fm{Sw C«v H^p Nnaksâ fXn]n C^n¡p¶Sv tbmNs«, Ssâ fp¶n WX¡p¶Sv GtS`pw H^p sb®v A§sW Wn¡p¶Sv B]n tbm`pw B fpO¯v H^p emk fmäw N*nÃ. B fpO¯v BsN Mm³ N*pÅ H^p emkw Ssâ tdmÊvtWmXpÅ kntV]Szw B]n^p¶p. Ft¶mXv C¨m]³, NnX¡]n Wm`v Nm`n Np¯n C¨m]sâ fpOw tWm¡n Wn¡m³ b_ªp. A§sW Wn¶v sNm*v– MmWpw C¨m]Wpw {c©v Nnhv sI¿m³ SpX§n. Fsâ sgZn Ajn¡pkm³ A]mÄ C¡t]mXv BwPyw Nm\n¨p. ASnWm]n ssNNÄ Fsâ sgZn]n bnXn¨ C¡s] A]mÄ kn`¡n.

‘Zm A§sW AÃ, Wo NpWnªv Wn¶v km] sNm*v– NXn¨p Dus^Xm.. bns¶ NXn¡pt¼mÄ Fsâ Npªp tfmapsX tUi¯v F§m³ Wnsâ bÃv sNm*mÂ… B..’

CSv b_ª tlgw A]msasâ Ip*pNÄ kn«v k`Sv fp`]nt`¡v Ip*v tIÀ¯p. fp`NÄ Cuwdn k`n¨p. AtS hf]w C¡ fp«p Np¯n Wn¶v, Fsâ I´n ]psX fpNan sgZn]psX C`mÌnNn NXn¨v I´n ]psX bNpSn ks^ ASv Smjv¯n. bns¶ SpX]psX kl¯m]n NXn¨p Np_¨v AknsX]pw Smjv¯n. A§sW Nps_ {bmklyfm]n Hmt^m emP¯pw Wn¶v NXn¨p Smtj¡v k`n¨v Fsâ Nm`n`qsX ASv Ajn¨p NXn¨p bnXn¨p Wn¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv

‘FtXm ASn§v sNm*v– km’ ASpw NXn¨p bnXn¨p C¡ A]mapsX AXp¯v sI¶p.

‘Fs¶ H¶v f\¸n¡v Wnsâ dokn]psX sW]v bq_n`p^hn] tNm\Nw’

AWph^\t]msX C¡ AsSXp¯p A]mapsX fq¡nWp AXp¸n¨p. A]mÄ Ssâ fq¡p ASnt`¡v tIÀ¯v Bªp k`n¨p..

‘Dcvcv Fs´m^p fmUN f\w B\v bq_o WnW¡v.. Wuc CWn tbm]n CkapsX NqSn Spa W¡q.. bq_n Wmtkm Ipt*m sNm*v– tbmN^pSv ‘

MmWpw C¨m]Wpw ko*pw IpwdW¯n GÀs¸«t¸mÄ C¡ ]psX Wmkv Fsâ f`Uzm^¯n`qsX Cj]p¶Sv FWn¡v AWpeks¸«p. Mm³ Nm`pNÄ b^fmkVn AN¯n Fsâ f`Uzm^w b^fmkVn AN¯n, Fsâ Dt±lw fWÊn`m] C¡ NqXpS tkP¯nÂ, NqXpS ANt¯¡v Wmkv NqÀbn¨v Njän W¡n. Mm³ CX]v¡nsX I´n H¶v Ca¡n C¡ ]psX fpO¯v I´n D^hn. AtS hf]w C¨m]³ Fsâ fp`NÄ ^*pw fm_n fm_n km]n`n«v Sn¶v ^hn¨p. fp` N®nWv IpäpfpÅ sI_p t^mf§Ä bnXn¨p k`n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ bpaªv tbm]n. fp`¡®pNÄ bÃv sNm*v– NXn¨p k`n¨pw fp`]psX fmwhafm] emP¯v NXn¨pw W¡n ]pw A]msaWn¡p hpOkpw tkUW]pw fm_n fm_n S¶p.

C¨m]³ Fs¶ A]mapsX fpNan A]mÄ NnX¡p¶ AtS ^oSn]n NnX¯n, A]mapsX Np® sSm`n¨v Fsâ bq_nt`¡v N]än. Smsj Wn¶v fpNant`¡v A]mÄ SÅmWpw SpX§n.. fp¶nt`¡v ssN]n«v Fsâ fp`NÄ bnXn¨p sM^n¨p. fp¶n Wn¶n^p¶ C¡ ]psX N®pNant`¡v Sp_n¨v tWm¡n sNm*v– MmWpw B hpO¯n `]n¨v Wn¶p.

‘AktWmXv Wnsâ bqÀ W¡m³ b_’

AXn WnÀ¯msS C¨m]³ Fsâ sIkn]n b_ªp..

‘C¡m W¡n Sm, CknsX..’

‘AksW sS_n knan¡v’

‘Xm fp_n]³ Nps®, CknsX k¶v W¡n SmXm b«o..’

C¡]psX fp¶n sk¨v tdmÊnsâ Np® bq_n`n«v AXn¨v sNm*v– sS_n knan¨t¸mÄ Fsâ fqZv H¶v NqXn.. MmWpw A^s¡«v Ca¡n C¨m]Wv ht¸mÀ«v sNmXp¯p. C¡ M§apsX AXpt¯¡p k¶p temPn¨v sNm*n^p¶ Fsâ bq_nt`¡v fpOw AfÀ¯n C¡ ]psX Ip*pw Wmkpw Fsâ Nyh^n]n fm_n fm_n {bt]mPn¨p. Ht^ hf]w bq_n C¨m]sâ Np® ]pw C¡ ]psX Wmkpw, bns¶ fp`]n C¨m]sâ ssN {bt]mPw, CX]v¡nsX Fsâ fpOw bn¶nt`¡v Sn^n¨v DÅ D½ sk¸v FÃmw NqsX Mm³ Fjmw hzÀP¯n F¯n]Sv tbms` tSm¶n. hpOw sNm*v– C¡ ]psX S` bnXn¨p Fsâ bq_nt`¡v AfÀ¯n]t¸mÄ C¨m]sâ Np®]nt`¡pw C¡ ]psX Ip*pw Wmkpw sNm*p. bt£ FWn¡v ASn hiSmbtfm kngftfm tSm¶n]nà F¶v fm{SfÃ, Fsâ ^Sn knNm^w Nq«pN]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI]Sp. ASnWnsX C¨m]³ sIkn]n f{´n¨SnWWph^n¨v, ‘C§sW Bs\Xm sb®nsW hpOn¸n¡m³, Wnsâ fp_n]³ Np® sNm*v– bäptfm C§sW b\n]m³’ Fs¶ms¡ C¡ t]mXv bp`¼n sNm*n^p¶p. ASnWnsX Ssâ tKm`n fSn]m¡n tfZkpw M§Ä¡^oNnt`¡v k¶p.

‘AkapsX bqÀ fm{Sw AÃXm, Fsâ sN«n]ksâ Np®]pw NqsX W¡n sNmXv ‘

fmZw C¡ ]psX S` H¶v NqsX SÅn sNm*v– b_ªp. PSy´^fnÃmsS C¡, C¨m]sâ krgv\w fpS Fsâ bq_nsâ fpNÄ emPw ks^ fm_n fm_n W¡n. Fsâ N¬fp¶n sk¨v H^p bp^pg`nwPw W¡p¶ C¡s] Mm³ Nmft¯msX tWm¡n.

C¨m]³ `nwPw Fsâ t]mWn]n Wn¶v Ajn¨v Fjpt¶äp, Fs¶ N«n`nsâ Aä¯v bnXn¨p NnX¯n, Nm`pNÄ AN¯n sk¨p Wn¶v sNm*v– Fsâ bq_nt`¡v `nwPw N]än, C¡s] Wn`¯v C^p¯n, fpNant`¡v S` D]À¯n Wn¡m³ b_ªp,AXn SpX§n. Ssâ em^y]psX t]mWn]n `nwPw AXn¨p N]_p¶Sv tWs^ Smsj Wn¶v tWm¡n C¡ Wn¶v, bns¶ Fsâ bq_pw C¨m]sâ Np®]pw CX]v¡nsX W¡n.

ASnWnsX DXpSp\n fpjpk³ Ajn¨v Naªp sNm*v– fmZw k¶p. sdZn N]_n] fmZw Fsâ fpO¯nWv fpNan B]n t¢mhän C^n¡p¶Sv tbms` C^p¶p. knXÀ¶p k¶ B bq_pw I´n]pw Mm³ tWm¡n. dm¡n FÃmw skap¯Sv Bs\¦n`pw bqÀ ASymklyw N^nwbqÀ B]n^p¶p. I´n b´pNapw ANt¯m«p tbmNpwtSm_pw C^p*p k¶p, N_p¯ f`Uzm^w..Ak^psX WnÀtUl {bNm^w B t]mWn]pw f`Uzm^kpw Mm³ W¡m³ SpX§n. CX¡v AkÀ I´n H¶v sbm¡n sk¨v Fs¶ Nan¸n¨p, Mm³ At¸mÄ Fsâ fpOw D]À¯n W¡n sNmXp¯p..M§Ä 3 tb^psX]pw ho¡m^§Ä B _qfn Wn_ªp. tfZw C¡s] knan¨v sdZn N]än, C¡ ]psX `nwPw bp_s¯Xp¯p fmZ¯nsâ bq_nt`¡v N]än, Fsâ N®nWv tWs^ fpNan Fsâ eÀ¯mknsâ Np®, tks_ H^p t]mWn]n N]_n C_§n, AtSmsXm¸w B t]mWn]pw Np*n]pw eÀ¯mknsâ Np®]pw W¡n sNmXpt¡* PSn tNXpw FWn¡v k¶p. FWn¡p ^SnfqÀÑ k¶ hf]¯v– Ss¶ C¡ ]psX bm tfZ¯nsâ t]mWn]n Wn¶v HjpNn Fsâ fpOt¯¡v sS_n¨p…

sM«n D\À¶ Mm³ Fsâ fpOw ssN sNm*v– SpX¨p.. CÃ. H¶pw CÃm.. bt£ fpO¯v Ft´m {UmkNw HjpNp¶ tbms`m^p coÂ. H^p hfmVmW¯nWm]n ko*pw ko*pw fpOw SpX¨v tWm¡n, H¶pfnÃ.. _qfn Ipäpw Nt®mXn¨p, M§apsX cv`män Ss¶]m\tÃm.. ssN Smtj¡v C«p t]mWn emPw BsN WWªv C^n¡p¶p. bXt¨msW F´m Cs¸m C§sWm^p hzbvWw. shN-vhv hzbvW§Ä N*Sm]n Nq«pNm^nNÄ b_ªv– tN«_nkv fm{Stf N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv DÅp. BUyfm]m\v C§sWm^p AWpekw. ASpw ^m{Sn WtÃm^p Nan Njnª tlgw. Fsâ N®pNÄ Wuc¡]psX AXpt¯¡v tbm]n, bmkw, H¶pw A_n]msS D_§pN B\v.. FWn¡v sI_n] Npä tdmVw tSm¶n. A_n]msS Bs\¦n`pw Fs´ms¡]m Nt*- C¶s¯ hwek§Ä fpjpkWpw HmÀ¯p tWm¡m³ SpX§n. hzbvWkpw ]mTmÀ°ykpw Cj tIÀ¶v Wn¡p¶Sv tbms`, hzbvWw GSv, _n] GSv F¶v N¬cyqg³ D*m]n. l^n]m\v, A]msas¶ AWp Np«n F¶v knan¨n^p¶p, A]mÄ Ft¸mtjm Fsâ ssN]n bnXn¨s¸m B ssN]psX d`w HmÀ¯p tNm^n S^n¨v tbm]n.. bt£.., sJ, F´m CSv tbms`m^p hzbvWw.

Ak^psX koXn¶v C_§n Nm_n k¶v sNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ C¡ Fs¶ Nan]m¡n hwhm^n¨Sv fWÊn k¶p.

‘AknXp¶v C_§pt¼mÄ F´m Wo b_ªSv, “”M§Ä C_§s« C¨m]m”” Ft¶m, A]mÄ F§sW B\v– Wnsâ C¨m]³ B]Sv? C{S]pw Nm`w A_n]p¶ Mm³ Ct¸mapw At§s^ hmÀ F¶v B\tÃm knan¡p¶Sv’

‘ASv C¨m.. A.. AÃ.. At§^p Ss¶ b_ªn«m\v A§sW knan¨ fSns]¶v ‘

‘ Fiv, ASv Ft¸m Mm³ tN«nÃtÃm!? ‘

‘ ASnWp C¡ hUy Njn¨v Hmcohn tbm]StÃ, F¶n«v Cs¸m Asà k^p¶Sv. ‘

‘ Bim, Mm³ tbm] S¡w tWm¡n Fsâ sb®nsW b©m^ AXn¡pN B]n^pt¶m Nnak³ ‘

‘ b©m^ H¶pw AÃ, Bsam^p j`nti`mfn B\v At§^p ‘

‘ bns¶, H^p sKânÂfm³.. , Bav– sb¬ kng]§an bp`n Bs\¶m tNÄkn, Wns¶ tbm`pÅ Nnap´v sb¬Np«nNÄ B\v A]mapsX koNvsWhv. M§sX Hmcohns` In` hv{SoNÄ¡v Ss¶ A]mtamXv dÔw D*v ‘

‘ F´nWm C¡ tk*m¯Sv b_]p¶Sv? ‘

‘ tk*m¯tSm CÃm¯Spw H¶pw AÃXm, W½Ä C¶s` H^p¯ns] N*nsÃ, B³hn, B, FXn B fman tbm]t¸mÄ N*..! ‘

‘GSv? B sf_q¬ NaÀ tXm¸n« tI¨nt]m, C¡]psX Hmcohn tKm`n sI¿p¶sS¶v b_ªv– k¶?

‘B AsSs¶, AkÄ Ct§^psX Øn^w Npän B\v, Hmcohn FÃmkÀ¡pw A_n]mw’

‘Ip½m tPmhn¸v, Atà Wn§apsX Hmcohn FÃmkÀ¡pw A_n]psfWvNn ^mVnN tfZ¯nsâ sIkn]n`pw CSv F¯ntÃ, AkÀ¡v Asà NqXpS bkÀ, hm_nsW]pw B tI¨ns]]pw bnXn¨p bp_¯m¡nsà fmZw? ‘

‘ ASnWv B]½]pw ASnsWms¡ ht¸mÀ«m, Ak^nknsX In` ho{N«v ¢dns`ms¡ sf¼À Bs\¶m tNÄ¡p¶Sv’

‘ F´v ¢dv? ‘

‘ FXn N¸nÄ hzm¸nwPv ¢dv Hs¡ D*v CknsX, ATkm bWvNmanNsa b^hvb^w FN-vhvtI©v sI]Sv Nan¡m³ tk*n. tks_]pw Nps_ shN-vhv ¢dv D*v, »q cn`nwhns`ms¡ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm\p¶ BDXR,cosf]n tZmfntWg³, Npt¡mÄZv SpX§n] cmâhnNsams¡ sI¿p¶kÀ ‘

‘ Fâp½m, Fs´ms¡ BÄ¡m^m AsÃ, `mÌv b_ªSv W½Ä A¶v N* »q cn`nw DÅSv AtÃ, eÀ¯mknsâ fp¶nWv sI]vSn«v, eÀ¯mknsW AbfmWn¡p¶, AtÃ? ‘

‘ B AsSs¶.. At¸m WnW¡v FÃmw A_n]mw, Ip½m sbm«¯n B]n AenW]n¡p¶Sm\tÃ’

‘ Wn§Ä Ss¶ Atà FWns¡Ãmw bYn¸n¨p S¶Sv, F¶n«nt¸m Npäkpw b_tªm ‘

‘ As¨mXm, ASnWp ASv Npäw Bt\m, CsSms¡ A_nªn^n¡p¶Sv WÃStÃ, i i! ‘

‘bns¶ C¡m..C§sa tdmÊv Wà N`mNm^³ B\tÃm, F{S]m In{S§Ä bpÅn k^¨Sv AknsX, bs£ AVnNw Sp\n CÃm¯ sb®p§apsX Bs\t¶ DÅp..’

‘ WnW¡]mtamXv Np_¨v B^mVW D*tÃmXo, B^mVW fq¯v A]mapsX fp¶n Fsâ Np®s] Wo SÅn b_]ptfm?’

‘ Jo.. ‘

‘AtÃ`pw Cu N`mNm^³fms^ms¡ Nj¸·m^mNpw..N`mNm^nNÄ Bt\ WÃ Nj¸nNapw’

‘ ASv F´nWm Fs¶ tWm¡n b_]pt¶, Mm³ N`mNm^n]pw AÃ, C¡ ^*mfSv b_ªSpw AÃ ‘

‘ Wo N`mNm^n AsÃ, h-vNqans` N`mSn`Nw AsÃ? ‘

‘ C¡m¡v F§sW A_n]mw, AsSms¡ b*v– AsÃ, ssi h-vNqan bYn¡pt¼m ‘

‘ AsS´m Cs¸m Zm³hv Nan¡msS ‘

‘ D¸ b_ªp CWn Nan¡^pSv, sb¬Np«nNÄ k`pSm]m Zm³shm¶pw Nan¡m³ bmXnsöv ‘

‘slXm k`pSmNpt¼mÄ Asà Nant¡*Sv.. i i, bns¶ Wo Zm³hv bYn¨Snsâ Pp\w FWn¡m Nn«p¶Sv ‘

‘ AsS´m? ‘

ASv sNm*tà Wo A^s¡«v Ca¡n Nan¡p¶Sv.. Wo fpNan N]_n Nan¡p¶Sv tbms` Nan¡m³ tks_ BÀ¡pw bänÃ.. iii, Zm³hv fm{Sw AÃtÃm, tks_]pw H^p hq¸À N`m{bNXWw D*tÃm Wnsâ ssN]nÂ?’

‘Fiv? tks_´m?

‘HmX¡pjÂ.. iii..BUysfms¡ Fs´m^p KmZ B]n^p¶p.. C¡ ASv Mm³ sI¿nÃ, fq{Sw Hjn¡p¶ emPw AsÃ, Wm_pw, Fs¶ms¡.. Ct¸mÄ Wo km]n¡p¶Sv N*m, BânfmÀ ks^ tSmäp tbmNpw’.

FWn¡v In^n k¶p. hSyw B\tÃm BUyw Hs¡ FWn¡v tbXn B]n^p¶p C¡ ASv sI¿m³ b_]ptfm F¶v. Ct¸mÄ Wmkpw Ip*pw fm{Sw Dbt]mPn¨v C¡s] hzÀP¯n F¯n¡m³ bäpw F¶m]n«p*v. M§apsX k*n {XmcnNv hnPvW`n WnÀ¯n]n«n^n¡pN B]n^p¶p At¸mÄ, FWns¡m^p NphrSn tSm¶n. C¡]psX bmânWv fpNan `nwP¯n ssN AfÀ¯n fpOw I^n¨p Ip*n D½ sk¨p.

‘Xo BÄ¡mÀ Nm\pw’

l^n]m]n^p¶p. M§apsX k*n]psX sshZn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶n^p¶ k*n]n C^p¶v H^p bmNnhvSmWn M§sa tWm¡n In^n¡p¶p.

‘Nt*ms«’ Mm³ H¶v NqXn C¡]psX fpOw bnXn¨p AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p. C{bmklyw Np_¨v NqXn tW^w FXp¯p, Ip*pNÄ tkÀs¸« tlgw Mm³ B bmNnhvSmWns] tWm¡n H^p NphrSn In^n In^n¨p.

‘C¶v– WnW¡v Nps_ sZZnt¡g³ Nn«pftÃm, W½psX A¨m]³, bns¶ Cu b¨..’ M§Ä 2 tb^pw In^n¨p.

D_§p¶ C¡]psX fpO¯v Mm³ tWm¡n C^p¶p, Fs´m^p bmkfm\v Ct¸mÄ, Fs¶ C{S sNmSn¨n B¡n]Spw BapNsa Nm\n¨v sNmSn¸n¡msWms¡ bYn¸n¨ Bam CsS¶v Cu D_¡w N*m tSm¶nÃ. Mm³ B Nknan`qsX SjpNn H^p D½ sNmXp¯p. bns¶]pw H^p bmXv D½ sk¨p, sWän]pw Ip*n`pw fm_n fm_n..

‘iv.. Rm.. Wo D_§n]ntÃ?’

Mm³ f_pbXn b_]msS B Ip*pNÄ I¸n.

‘Wà fqZn`m\tÃm sb®v, ^m{Sn WtÃm\w Nan¨n«v AtÃXm NnXs¶, CWn]pw b\nSm Wmsa Mm³ Hmcohn tbm¡v D*mknÃ, ASv sNm*v– tfmÄ¡v Mm³ WtÃm^p kÕ³ AXn¨p S^mw.’

C¡ Smtj¡v Wo§n, Fsâ ssWän¡pÅnt`¡v N]_n, Nm`pNÄ AN¯n.. t^mPn CÑn¨Spw sskUy³ N`vbn¨Spw bm Ft¶mÀ¯v Mm³ Nm`pNÄ b^fmkVn AN¯n sNmXp¯p. SpXNsa W¡n, bqÀ SX§Ä W¡n C¡ Fs¶ hpOn¸n¨p sNm*n^p¶p, C¡]psX Wmkv bq_nWpÅnt`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ Mm³ B S` bnXn¨p AfÀ¯n fp^*p..

‘Dcv.. AtÅm.. B. W¡n Sns¶Xm..’

C¡ W¡Â WnÀ¯n Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n In^n¨p..

‘thm_n C¡m A_n]msS b_ªv– tbm]Sm..’

‘A_n]msS AÃ, Nj¨n«m sb®nWp.. F¶m`pw Fs¶ tN_n Xm F¶v knan¡m³ Hs¡ Bt]m Wo!’

‘Mm³ ASnWp thm_n b_ªntà C¡m’

‘ ASv tbm^ ‘

‘ bns¶? ‘

‘ CWn]pw knan, NqsX sS_n]pw knan¡v, F¶Â Mm³ W¡mw’

‘fv fvÒ?? ‘

‘b_s]Xo’

‘ W¡n Sm….Xm…, Biv.. AWvRsW, W¡n Sns¶Xm.. Biv AtÅm.. l^n¡v Ws¡Xm b«o…Biv iv……………. . ‘

N`ym\w Njnªv Wm«n D*m] 2 fmht¯SntW¡mÄ, C¡s] NqXpS AXp¯_nªSpw hvtWin¨Spw hpOn¨Spw Hs¡ Cu sI_n] AkVn Nm`¯v B]n^p¶p. sI_p¸w fpS Ss¶ fSkpw hfqikpw fWÊn Np¯n sk¨, Fsâ l^o^s¯ Np_n¨pÅ AfnSfm] DSvN\vY Hs¡ B Unkh§an b_n¨v Na]m³ FWn¡v hmVn¨p. BapNÄ Fsâ l^o^s¯ Np_n¨v Nfâv AXn¨m Iqan tbmNp¶ hzemkw fm_n, FWn¡v NqXpS Bß knlzmhw k¶v SpX§n. M§apsX ss`wPnN ^oSn]n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmä§Ä k¶v SpX§n]n^p¶p. NnX¸_]n sS_n km¡pNÄ b_]pN Hs¡ ^hfm]n SpX§n, t_mÄ t¹ sI]vSp SpX§n.. A§sW Hmt^m Unkhkpw Hmt^m AWpekw Bs]¦n`pw Hmt^m Unkhw Njn]pt´m_pw Sn^n¨v tbmtN* Nm^yw HmÀ¯p h¦Xw NqXn k¶p. bYn¡msWm¶pw tbmtN*n]n^p¶nà F¶v ks^ CX¡v tSm¶n tbm]n, HXpkn B Unkhw F¯n. Sn^n¨v tbmNmsS Wnkr¯n CÃtÃm..Ip^nUm_nWv fpNan H^p bÀ± NqXn k`n¨v N]än]m\v tbmNmWm]n Mm³ _qfn Wn¶n_§n]Sv.

‘CsSknXp¶m bÀ±? WnW¡v bÀ± DÅSv Mm³ fp¼v N*nÃtÃm!?’

‘ CkntX¡v k^pt¼mÄ D½ km§n S¶Sm, CknsX FÃm^pw CSm CXpN, bÀ± C«ntàbpSn]m¹¡v CãfmNnà F¶pw b_ªv.. i i’

, i i i, F¶n«v CknsX kX]pw SpX]pw Hs¡ Nm\n¨v Asà sb®v bp_¯n_§n WXt¶’

‘SpX H¶pw Nm\n¨ntÃ, Asæn`pw sN«nt]m³ W¶m]nssÃWvNn sN«nt]mapw A§sW Hs¡ WX¡pw’

‘F¶n«v Ft´ sNt«ymant¸m bÀ± C«v C_§nt]?’

‘AkÀ¡v tSm¶ntNm«v Mm³ CknsX FÃm Unkhkpw bÀ± C«m WX¶n^p¶sS¶v’

‘ A¼Xo, sb^pw NÅn B]tÃm Wo ‘

‘ NÅsâ em^y, NÅn.. A{Ss]s¶’ MmWpw kn«v sNmXp¯nÃ.’ C_§mw C¡m, hf]w B]tÃm ‘

‘ C_§mw.. bt£ H^p NXw D*tÃm ‘

‘ Ft´m¶v? ‘

‘ HmÀfn¨v tWm¡nt], CknsX k¶ Unkhw Mm³ tImUn¨ H^p Nm^yw’

FWn¡{S Bt`mIn¨n«pw H¶pw HmÀf k¶nÃ.

‘ F´m C¡m? hSyfm]n«pw FWn¡v HmÀf Nn«p¶nÃ’

‘i i B NqSn Spa Nm\n¨p S^m³ b_ªn«v Nm\n¨nÃtÃm, AsSm¶p Nm\n¡v, F¶n«v tbmNmw ‘

At¸mam\v A¶s¯ hwekw HmÀ¯Sv.. A¶v Nm\n¡mSn^p¶Sv Wm\w sNm*m]n^p¶p. Nps_ WmapNÄ¡v tlgw Asà C¡s] Nm\p¶Sv, bns¶ shN-vhv sI¿p¶ hf]w WPvWS Nm\p¶Sv tbms` AÃtÃm W½psX l^o^w H^p {bUÀlW khvSp tbms` Nm\n¡p¶Sv, ASpw f`Uzm^w… ASnWp tlgkpw C¡ C¡m^yw Bklys¸«n«p*v, AsSm^p kmln Bs\¶v A_n]p¶Sv sNm*v– MmWpw AtS kmlnt]msX bnXn¨p Wn¶p.. Hmt^m B{Pi§Ä.. MmWpw kmln¡v Ss¶…

‘F´mXo Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv, tkPw NpWnªv Wn¶v Nm\nt¨’

‘Fs¶ sNms*m¶pw k¿m, km C¡m’

‘kt¿? F¶m Mm³ CknsX C^n¡pN]m,’

‘Sfml Nan¡sà C¡, ^*^ f\n¡qÀ fp¼v F¦n`pw F]ÀtbmÀ«n F¯\w F¶p*v Xn¡änÂ’

‘Bt\m, Mm³ BUyfm]n knfmW¯n N]_p¶Sv sNm*v– A_n]nÃt«m, H¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmXo, Wà Np«n]m]n Mm³ b_ªSv tbms` Nm\n¨v S^msS Mm³ CknXp¶p Fjpt¶Â¡nÃ’

‘Hmtim.. F¶m tNt«m tbmN\sf¶v FWn¡pw WnÀdÔw H¶pfnÃ, Cu cvss`äv fnÊv B]m AXp¯ Xn¡äv FXp¡mWpw hz´w ssbh]m\v tbmNp¶Sv Ft¶mÀt¯m’

MmWpw H^p emP¯v C^p¶p. C¡m¡v H^p Nqh`pw CÃtÃm bXt¨msW, Mm³ Cu t`mNs¯m¶pw Aà F¶ emk¯n sfmssd`n Nan¡pN]m\v fq¸À, CWn tcmt«m FXp¡pN Bs\m Bav–, F´m]m`pw k`n] ssf³Zv sI¿*.. H^p 10þ15 fnWnäv AtS C^n¸v C^p¶p. C¡ AW§p¶ H^p `£\kpw Nm\p¶nÃ

‘ C¡m..’

‘Ft´?’

‘ km tbmNmw, hf]w B]n’

‘F¶m tfmsam¶v Nm\n¨v Sm’

‘CWn Cu bÀ±]pw Ip^nUm_psfÃmw Ajn¡t*, C¡ Nm\m¯Sv H¶pw AÃtÃm, F´nWm sk_psS?’

‘bÀ± H¶pw Njnt¡*, Ip^nUmÀ bmâv AjnIv bÀ± sbm¡n bnXnIm fSn’

Bav kmln]n B\v, F´v b_ªn«pw Nm^yfnÃ. tNmtaKv Bt\ HmÄs_Zn Sp_¶p. 3 Unkhw Njnªm FN-vhmfqw B\v, tbm¡v fpX¡m³ bänÃ. Mm³ bÀ± ]psX AN¯pÅ Ip^nUmÀ tdm«¯nsâ WmX Ajn¨p ASv DuÀ¶v Nm bmU¯nt`¡v ko\p.

‘ Um tWm¡v,’ Mm³ C¡]psX tWs^ Fsâ I´n bnXn¨p bÀ± A^ ks^ sbm¡n bnXn¨p sNm*v– b_ªp.

‘A¿X, C§sW Bt\m Mm³ b_ªSv?, B sgZn NqsX Ajn¨v, fp«v Nm`n Wn¶v, I´n bnaÀ¯n Nm\n¡\w’.

‘AÅm, F´v FXt§_¸m Cu fWnlsW sNm*v–‘, Fsâ bmân]pw Nm bmU¯nt`¡v DuÀ¯n C«p.

‘ASv ^*pw fpjpk³ Ajn¨v CknsX i sk¡v sbt®,’

bqÀ\fm]n, MmWSv Ajn¨p AXps¯m^p tXdnan sk¨p..

‘ fv, NpWnªv Wn¶v– Nm\n¡p, Xn tkPw Wfp¡v tbmNt* ‘

Mm³ fp«v Nm`n Np¯n Wn¶p, ssNNÄ bn_tNm«v sNm*v– k¶v, I´n b´vNÄ AN¯n, Fsâ f`Uzm^w C¡]psX fp¶n Sp_¶p,

‘ Fs´m^p NqSn Bs\Xm sbmt¶ CSv, bn¦v Na_pÅ NqSn Spa’

FWn¡v In^n k¶p, In^n¨v sNm*v– AtS tbmhn Sn^nªv tWm¡n]t¸mÄ C¡ Fsâ I´n¡v tWs^ Nymf_ bnXn¨p C^n¡pN B\v. Mm³ tkPw bÀ± Smjv¯n.

‘tk*, tk* C¡ koZnt]m FXp¡m³ B\tà ‘

Nm\n¡p sbs®, CWn 6,7 fmhw Nm¯n^n¡\w CsSm¶v Nm\m³, ASv ks^ Nm\m³, ¹ohv.. ‘

C¡ Ss¶ bÀ± sbm¡n A^ ks^ N]än.. FWn¡pw sI_n] NphrSn tSm¶n. F¶m CSpw Nt*m, Mm³ Fsâ Np*n W¶m]n Ca¡n bn_tNm«v Sn^nªv H^p shN-vhn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FN-vhvs{bg³ Nm\n¨p. C¡]psX ssN Wo*p Fsâ f`Uzm^¯ns`m¶v sSm«p..

‘ B, C¡m Cs¸m tk* tbmNmw, Biv.. AÅm’ B kn^Â f`Uzm^¯nt`¡v C_§n tbm]n.

‘Xo N*n«v hin¡p¶nÃ, tkPw H¶v Naªn«p tbmNmw’

C¡ Fjpt¶äp k¶p, NqSn]pw bq_pw NqXn W¶m]n SXkn]tSmsX FWn¡pw fqZv B]n,

‘Zo Wo Cu Nymf_ bnXn¡v, Wnsâ tchv bnXn¨m fSn, tfmta tW^n«v CWn Nm\p¶Sv ks^ B FWn¡p B fpOemk§Ä CX]v¡nsX Nm\mWm’

‘ C¡ CsSms¡ Bt^`pw N*mt`m, tk* ¹ohv…’

‘B^pw Nm\nÃ, Mm³ Ss¶ Fsâ em^y]psX koZnt]m Wm«pNms^ Nm\n¡ptfm, Wo bnXn¡v ‘

Mm³ Nymf_ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v bnXn¨p, N_p¯ bÀ± C«v Fsâ skap¯ fpOw, Mm³ Fsâ Ip*pw fq¡pw I`n¸n¨p Hmt^m tNmfman FN-vhvs{bg³ Nm\n¨v, Ip*v sNm«n Nm\n¨p In^n¨p.. hv{NoWn Fsâ bn_Nn Wn¶n^p¶ C¡ ]psX A^ emPkpw Nm\mw, C¡ sdÂäv– Ajn¨p, bmâvhpw sgZn]pw Nm`n`qsX DuÀ¯v C_¡n, C¡ fp¶nt`¡v k¶v Fsâ fpO¯nWv AXpt¯¡v Np® sk¨p

‘Xn, Np_¨v Sp¸`m¡v ASnÂ’

Mm³ ASv km]nt`¡v sk¨v Np_¨v Du¼n, Nymf_ ]nt`¡v tWm¡n sNm*m]n^p¶p Fsâ km]v {bt]mPw, bns¶ ASv bp_s¯Xp¯p ASnt`¡v W¶m]n Sp¸n ASn tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p, C¡ bn_Nnt`¡v sI¶v, Fsâ Np*n Spa]n ko*pw kn^ tN_p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp, WWkv DÅSv sNm*v– Sp¸Â tIÀ¯m\v N]än]Sv F¶v fWÊn`m]n, ssN kn^`pNÄ bq_nt`¡pw C_§n.’Biv’, Np_¨v hf]s¯ kn^ {bt]mP¯nWv tlgw C¡ Ssâ hmVWw A^s¡«nt`¡v AXp¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p, bns¶ ASv timan Np_s¨m¶p fp«n D_pfn, ANt¯¡v H^p SÅ B]n^p¶p.

‘B… Biv.. _tº..’

C¡]psX A^s¡«v BªXn¨p sNm*n^p¶p, ASnWnsX C¡ ]psX kn^ Fsâ N´nsW sM^n¡mWpw SpX§n. C¡]psX WnÀtUl {bNm^w tcm\ns` Nymf_]nt`¡v tWm¡n C^p¶ FWn¡Sv Gs_ tW^w SpX^m³ bän]nÃ,Fsâ fpO¯v ^Sn emk§Ä knXÀ¶p, fpOw Ipk¶p SpXp¯p, C¡]psX A^s¡«nsâ H¯p Fsâ A^s¡«pw I`n¨p..

‘Biv.. fpt¯, AXn¡v.. Dcvcv..B fp¶n`pw sM^ns¡Xm…. AÅm ivivim.. C¡m..’ hztdmVw ^SnhpO¯nWp kjn fm_n]t¸mÄ Nymf_]n tWm¡n FÃmw f_¶v Mm³ BÀ¯v knan¨p.. AVnNw Smfhn]msS C¡ H^p NnSt¸msX AXn WnÀ¯n, I´n¡pÅn Wn_]p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp.Np® AknXp¶v FXp¯ tlgw H^p Xngyq tb¸À FXp¯v Fsâ SpaNapw C¡ ]psX Np®]pw C¡ Ss¶ SpX¨p ¢o³ B¡n.

‘At¿m, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C¡ hf]w Nps_ B]n’

‘km C_§mw’

‘CSv CX«v’ Fsâ bmâoshXp¯v CXm³ tbmkpN]m]n^p¶ Fsâ ssN]n¶v S«n b_n¨p Uqt^s¡_nªp.

‘Wo C_§m³ tWm¡v, bÀ± AsÃ, ASnWX]n H¶pw C«nsÃWvNn`pw BÀ¡pw fWÊn`mknÃ’

C¡ Fs¶ bnXn¨p k`n¨v C_¡n..

‘bÀ± C«t¸m Fs´m^p UoWn `p¡m sb®nWp, `p¡v fm{SÃ, bXt¨msW WtÃm\w knan¡p¶pw D*v’ Nm_n`n^n¡pt¼m C¡ Nan]m¡n. Nm_n Wn¶v H^p½ NqXn sNmXp¯p F]ÀtbmÀ«nt`¡v C_§n] FWn¡v Smsj Wà AhzØS tSm¶n, bÀ±]psX AXn]n H¶pw CÃm¯SnWm Nmäv AknsX tW^n«v AXn¡p¶ C¡nan, bns¶ Bt^`pw Fs¶ tWm¡p¶pt*m, Fs¶ms¡ H^p tSm¶Â. tNmjnt¡mXv F]ÀtbmÀ«n sI¶v C_§n] Fs¶ Nq«m³ M§apsX Nm_n Aens] ss{ZkÀ B¡n D½]pw AWoh]pw k¶n^p¶p.

(SpX^pw)