t`äv B]n tbm]Sn £f tImUn¡p¶p. Hmt^m Sn^¡v Nm^\w Fjp¯v knIm^n¨ hvboZn WX¡p¶nÃ. FjpSn sk¨ Np_¨v emP§Ä ssN]n Wn¶v fnÊv BNpN]pw sI]vStSmsX sI_ns]m^p fXp¸v NqsX tSm¶n. ASv sNm*v– NqXn]m\v ko*pw Wo*p tbm]Sv. Cu bmÀ«n D*mk\w F¶v ¹m³ sI]SSv fpjpk³ CWn]pw B]n«nÃ, ASnWm]n Nm¯p Wn¶m CWn]pw sskNpw F¶v tSm¶p¶Sv sNm*v– FjpSn sk¨Sv A]¡p¶p. Wr¯w sI¿mWpw ]m{S tbmNmWpw Hs¡ SmÂb^yw D*m]n«pw,W½psX hfqinN AkØ sNm*v– fm{Sw AsSm¶pw bäm¯ FÃm A³gnUfmÀ¡pfm]n Mm³ CSv hfÀ¸n¡p¶p. FÃm km]W¡mÀ¡pw irU]w Wn_ª CuUv fpdm_Nv

‘D½mm b¯ohw sNm*v– C¯m¯ SXn¨tÃm’

‘Wo]nWn Hmsa N®v skt¨m, Wot]m C§sW sNmÅn tbms`]m C^n¡ps¶, HmsaWvNn`pw H¶v Dlm_m]nt¡m«v AWohm’

D½m¡v Asæn`pw DgmÀ BNpN F¶v sk¨m SXn¨n^n¡\w F¶m, Fsâ N`ym\¯nWv fp¼v F¶pw Ft¶mXm kj¡v’ C§sW sNmÅn tbms` C^p¶m GtS`pw sI¡Wv Nm\m³ k¶ Wns¶ CãmtNm¶v b_ªv– ko*pw ko*pw Sn¶m³ WnÀdÔn¡pw. CWn]m b^mSn b_]nÃtÃm.

‘ AsS´m Mm³ Dgm_tÃ, Atà Aent]«m’

ssN fX¡n Fsâ fhn`p Nt*m F¶ emk¯n AWoh Wn¶t¸mÄ FÃmk^pw In^n¨p.

‘bnt¶]v.. WÃ fhn`v B\v– AWoh¡v’

Aen DtUln¨Sv F´v fhn`v Bs\¶v Mm³ fWÊn HmÀ¯p. Fsâ `tPKv NpWnªv Wn¶v FXp¯p Sn^nªv Wn¶t¸mÄ Aen Fs¶ Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¡p¶p. sJ, bÀ± ¡v AXn]n H¶pw CÃm¯Sv sNm*v– I´n Wà k®w sS_n¨v Wn¶v Nm\pw NpWnªt¸mÄ.. Aen]psX fpO¯v Bs\¦n H^p NphrSn In^n. BsN Wm\t¡Xm]n, bÀ±]psX AXn]n H¶pw Csö Nm^yw AkWv fWÊn`m]n Nm\ptfm Btkm. sb«n FXp¯v D]À¯m³ e]¦^ em^w, Aen]pw NqXn bnXn¨p k*n]psX dm¡n N]äpwtdm Aen]psX Nfâv

‘ A³gn]psX Zn¡n]n H^p Ngv\w Sp\n NpXp§n NnX¡p¶p*v, BÄ¡mÀ {l²n¡p¶SnWv fp¼v AsSm¶v bnXn¨p Smjv¯nt¡m’

ssN Mm³ bn_Nn C«v, l^n]m\v bÀ±, bqÀ\fm]pw WPvWfm]n NnX¶ I´n]psX knXknt`¡v N]_n C^n¡p¶p. sk_psS Aà Ak³ In^n¨Sv, sJ, AXn]n H¶pfnÃm¶v AkWv F´m]m`pw fWÊn`m]n Nm\pw. H^p I½t`msX Mm³ ASv AknXp¶v k`n¨p tWs^ C«p..

‘ hm^fnÃ, AknsX e]¦^ IqXv BNpw AsÃ’ Aen In^n¨v sNm*v– lÐw Smjv¯n Nan]m¡p¶Sv tbms` b_ªp. Wm\w sNm*v– Fsâ fpOw Ipk¶p, H¶pw fn*msS Mm³ tkPw tbm]n Nm_n N]_n. CSm N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ffnt{PgWn Fsâ bn_Nn Wn¶ Nnaksâ b\n Ss¶. Mm³ fWÊnt`mÀ¯p.

Nyqkn Wn¡pt¼mÄ, bn_Nn Wn¶ A]mÄ “” tfmav GSv cvss`än k¶Sm”” F¶pw tImUn¨p A]mÄ BUyw B]n fp«n]Sv. A]mapsX l^o^w Fsâ tUl¯n fp«n Wn¶v sNm*m\v ASv tImUn¨Sv–, 45þ50 k]Êv {bm]w k^p¶ H^p fWpgy³. Mm³ k¶ cvss`äv b_ªpsk¦n`pw fWÊn HmÀ¯p, Mm³ k¶ cvss`äv A_nªn«v Wn§Ä¡v F´m Nnakm, sSm«p^p½n Wn¡m³ Hmt^m AXkpfm]n kt¶¡p¶p. fpt¶mXv Bª A]mÄ D¯^w Nn«n]n«pw bnt¶m«v fm_n]nÃ, sI_p hvbÀlWkpfm]n A]mÄ A§sW Wn¶p. At¸mjm\p In` hmt¦SnN Nm^\w sNm*v– H^p Nu*À f{Stf Ct¸mÄ {bkÀ¯n¡pN]pÅq, FÃmk^pw Hä k^n B]n Wn¡\w F¶v AWu¬hvsfâv k¶p. AtSmsX 3 k^n]m]n Wn¶ks^ shNyq^nän k¶v H^p k^n]n BNn SpX§n. Fsâ]pw A]mapsX]pw CX]n AXp¯ k^n]ns` H^msa N]äm³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ bpÅn]psX Atb£, ‘Fsâ tfmav B\v, A]msa Fsâ bn_Nn WnÀ¯n]m tbms^?’

Mm³ A]msa Sn^nªv tWm¡n, “”Ft¸mjm Nnakm Mm³ Wn§apsX fNÄ B]Sv ‘ F¶ AÀ°¯nÂ.
H^p knZv[n In^n In^n¨v A]mÄ fpOw Fsâ sIkn]n AXp¸n¨p,

‘ AksW N*m A_n]mw tfmta l^n CÃm¶v, ASm A¦nÄ AksW tfmapsX bn_Nn WnÀ¯msS C^p¶Sv. ‘

A]maSv b_]pt¼mÄ Ss¶ Ip*pNÄ sNm*v– Fsâ sIkn]n hvbÀln¨p, NqXmsS sIkn]nt`¡v ko\ IqXv Wnlzmhkpw. Fsâ Gäkpw k`n] knNm^t¯KW tN{µfm\v sIkn F¶v A]mÄ¡v A_n]p¶Sv tbms` B]n^p¶p B hvbÀlWw. k^n]n Bav– NqXn]tSmsX kas^ Sn¡n WnÂt¡*n k¶p. B Akh^w fpSs`Xp¯v tk*Sn`pw AVnNw AXp¯v Wn¶v A]mÄ, Fsâ bn³emPt¯mXv A]mapsX fp³emPw tIÀ¯p fp«n¨v sk¨p. I´n]n A]mapsX `nwPw tIÀ¶v– AfÀ¶p. AXn]n H¶pw CÃm¯SnWmÂ, bÀ± ]psX ssWhv Sp\n]psX fpNan`qsX A]mapsX A^s¡«nsâ N^p¯v l^n¡pw A_nªv SpX§n. A]mapsX `nwPw k`pSm]n k^p¶Spw FWn¡v co sI]vSp. bs£ CSv– F§sW, Mm³ A^¡v Nojvtbm«v Nm`n Bs\¦n`pw A]mapsX gÍn Hs¡ NX¶v C{S]pw AVnNw co sI¿ptfm FWn¡v, bXt¨msW, CWn A]mÄ bp_¯n«v Bt\m sk¡p¶Sv. A§sW DÅ In´NÄ fWÊn Wn_]pt¼mÄ B\v A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ ko*pw Fsâ sIkn Sn¶m³ F¯n]Sv.

‘ Mm³ Fsâ tfmav Bs\¶v b_ªSn sSsäm¶pw CÃtÃm, Fs¶ tbms` AXn]n H¶pw C«nÃtÃm tfmapw’
ASv b_ªp Njnªp Fsâ sIkn]n Wmkn«v H¶v IpjämWpw A]mÄ f_¶nÃ.

‘Biviv’ FWn¡v DÅn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶v k¶ knNm^ lÐw Wn]{´n¡m³ bän]nÃ

‘ F´m tfmsa,’ fp¶n Wn¶ tI¨n bn¶nt`¡v Sn^nªp tWm¡n tImUn¨p.

‘ sNmSpNv, Fs´m^p sNmSpNm CknsX’

‘B AtS, sNmSpNpw IqXpw.. PÄcn Hs¡ F´v hpOw B\tÃ, CknsX f^ymU]v¡v Wà skan¨w Ss¶ CÃ, Cu H^p Nu*_n F{S tW^w WnÂt¡*n k^pw Culz^m ‘

B]½ H^p Akh^w Nm¯v Wn¡pN B]n^p¶ tbms` tNmjnt¡mXv F]ÀtbmÀ«nsW Npä§Ä Wn^¯n SpX§n.. bn¶n Wn¶ BÄ¡v BNs«, Mm³ At§s^ Häp sNmXp¡m¯Sv H^p ssV^ykpw B]n. A]mÄ H¶v NqXn làn]m]n Fsâ I´n]n A]mapsX `nwPw C«v D^¨p. A]mapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ I´n b´pNsa Wà k®w SXkn, CX¡v Wà làn]m]n Aks] DX¨p. Bs^¦n`pw Nm\psf¶v tbXn Ds*¦n`pw FWn¡v A]msa FSnÀ¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ. A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ Fsâ I´n knXkv S¸n N*p bnXn¨p bÀ±t]mXv NqXn ANt¯¡v SÅn Fsâ NqSn Spa]n sSm«t¸mÄ Mm³ hpOw sNm*v– H¶v D]À¶v Fsâ D¸qän]n Wn¶v tbm]n. AknsX kn^`pNÄ Np_¨v hf]w C¡nan C«SnWp tlgw bn³km§n, A]mapsX fpj¸v Fsâ I´n b´pNan`qsX D^ªp tbmkp¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp, bns¶ ASv kn{lfn¨Sv I´n Im`n B]n^p¶p. bqÀ\fm]n D±^n¨v Wn¶ B kXn Fsâ Np*n Im`n Sn§n Wn¶p. A]mapsX ssNNÄ fp¶nt`¡v k¶v Fsâ A^]n Ipän bnXn¨p Fs¶ H¶v NqXn A]mtamXp tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n. Bt^`pw CsSms¡ Nm\p¶pt*m F¶ tbXn]nÂ, sWän]n Np_¨v bp_t¯¡v– ImXn] fpXn]njNsa inKmdnsâ DÅnt`¡v B¡n sNm*v– Mm³ H¶v Sn^nªv tWm¡n. FÃmk^pw Wà tUgy¯n B\v, B^pw M§sa {lfn¡p¶Sm]n tSm¶p¶nÃ. tI¨n b_ªSv tbms` skan¨kpw Np_km\v. Fsâ b^n{efw N*n«v A¦nÄ Fsâ sIkn]n f{´n¨p,

‘B^pw Nm\nà tfmta tbXn¡*.’

A]mapsX A^s¡«v sI_pSm]n I´n]n sk¨v AW¡p¶tSmsXm¸w A]mapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ A^]n b^Sn. kn^`pNÄ sNm*v– S¸n tWm¡p¶Sv Fsâ sbm¡nanWp Bs\¶v fWÊn`m]n FWn¡v.

‘tlm, AXn]n fm{Stf Nm`n B]pÅp? fpNan Fs´ms¡t]m D*tÃ!? ‘

A]mÄ DtUln¨Sv tbms` sbm¡nÄ sSmXm³ bäm¯Sn Wn^ml D*v A]mapsX hwhm^¯nÂ. A]mapsX ssNNÄ H¶v NqsX fpNant`¡v tbm]n fpNan`qsX kn^ HmXn¨p. Fsâ hvSW§sa SXkpN]Ã, f_n¨v Mm³ {dm C«n«pt*m F¶v b^ntlmVn¡pN B\v A]mapsX Dt±lw F¶v tSm¶n

‘ tlm.. t{dhn]_pw D*tÃmXo NÅn sbt®’

Cu B\p§Ä¡v t{dhn]À F¶v b_]pt¼mÄ Ft´`pw hpOw Nn«p¶pt*m, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ck·m^v¡v {dm F¶v b_ªm tbms^, Asæn Ss¶ sX³g³ AXn¨p Wn¡pt¼mam A]mapsX Nn¶m^w.

‘tfmav H^p Nm^yw sI¿ptfm, H¶v dmSv _qfn N]_n, B Ip^nUm_pw t{dhn]_pw Ajn¨v im³ZvdmPn sk¨v C§v tbm^v, Cu sfmMvK¯ns] CknsX sk¨v A¦nÄ hpdÀ¡w Nm\n¨v S^mw’

Mm³ Cà F¶À°¯n S`]m«n AknsX Ss¶ Wn¶tS DÅp. At¸mam\v AknXps¯ shNyq^nän k¶v FÃmk^pw H¶v ssh`âv B]n Wn¡\w, bk_nWv sI_n] {blvWw D*v 10 fnWnäv sNm*v– l^n]mNpw F¶v b_ªSv. BsN DÅ Hmcoh_pw CSnWnsX Fjpt¶äp tbm]n. A¦nÄ shNyq^nänNm^sW AXpt¯¡v knan¨p.

‘tI«m t`Zohv tXm]v–s`äv FknsX]m? Fsâ tfmav¡v knfmW¯ns` e£\w bnXn¨nà F¶v tSmWp¶p.’

‘tWs^ tbm]n, ss_änt`¡v Sn^nªv, bns¶ Np_¨v NqXn tbm]n s`cväv, BUys¯ s`cväv AÃmt«m, ^*mfs¯ s`cväv… B ASv AknsX F¯pt¼mÄ fWÊn`mNpw ‘

A]mam kjn b_]pt¼m Fsâ fpO¯v Ss¶ B]n^p¶p N®v, Ip*n H^p b^nimh In^n]pw. sJ, C]mÄ¡v F´nsâ hqt¡Xm, Mm³ A]msa Sp_n¨v tWm¡n. At¸mta¡pw A]mÄ Nyq kn Wn¶v bp_¯v– NX¶p.

‘ km tfmta ‘

Mm³ AW§msS Wn¶p. At¸mÄ bn¶n Wn¶v tI«sâ Nfâv,

‘tkPw sbmt¡m tfmta, CSnsWms¡ F´nWm Wm\t¡Xv knIm^n¡p¶Sv, CknsX Bt\ hf]kpw FXp¡pw’

A]maSv Np_¨v D_s¡ B\v b_ªSv, sJ, C]mÄ BsN Wm\t¡Xv BNpftÃm, FWn¡]msa A_n]nà F¶v b_ªm So^p¶ {blvWtf DÅpskWvNn`pw Mm³ A_n]msS WX¶v SpX§n. fp¶n Wn¶n^p¶ tI¨n]psX Nfâv..

‘ Asæn`pw Cu knfmW¯ns` cpZv Hs¡ tbm¡v Bs\¶v FWn¡v As¸mtj tSm¶n, ASv sNm*v– Mm³ H¶pw Sn¶nÃ’ BÄ¡ms^ms¡ bns¶ ASm]n hwhm^w. In`À H^p b^nimh In^nt]msX Fs¶ tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. BapNsa tWm¡msS Smtjm«v tWm¡n A]mtamsXm¸w Mm³ sbs«¶v WX¶p.

‘ A¦nÄ F´nWm A§sW b_]m³ tbms]? ‘

BÄ¡m^psX AXp¯v Wn¶v f_ªt¸mÄ Mm³ A]mtamXv H¶v IqXm]n.

‘Wns¶ tbms`m^p hpµ^n sNm¨v, k]_na¡w bnXn¨p Sq_p¶Sv tbm`pw B\p§Ä¡v Cãw Bs\Xo NÅn, FÃmk^pw Wnsâ Cu fcvS Ipän] fpOw h-vNm³ sI]vSv sk¨v Nm\pw, Wo fp¡n Sq_pt¼mÄ Cu fpO¯v k^p¶ emkw B]n^n¡pw C¶v– Ak³fmÀ¡v km\w AXn¡pt¼mÄ HmÀ¡m³ ‘

Ft´m H^p Sfml b_]p¶Sv tbms` sbm«n In^n¨v sNm*v– A]maSv b_ªp, AtSmsXm¸w Fsâ ssNNan bnXn¨p Smt`m`n¨p WX¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv

bXt¨msW FWns¡´nsâ tNXm\v, A¡q«¯n A_n]p¶ Bt^`pw D*mkptfm, CSv ks^ Nm\m¯ H^mÄ¡v b^hyfm]n bnXn¡m³ Wn¶v sNmXp¡pN, CWn]nt¸m tbmNp¶Sv A]mÄ¡v tk*n tlgn¨ AXn khv{S§apw Ajn¨v NqXpS hiN^n¡m³, FWn¡n{S N¬t{XmÄ CÃmsS Bt]m.. Fsâ fWÊn Hmt^m In´NÄ NX¶v tbm]n.. M§Ä WX¶v tXm]v–s`änsâ fp¶n F¯n. A]mÄ DÅnt`¡v H¶v F¯n tWm¡n. ASnWpÅns` Wm`©p tXm]v–s`än`pw tZmÀ Sp_¶v NnX¡p¶Sv sNm*v– B^pw Csöv D_¸v.. A]mÄ Fsâ ssN]n NX¶v bnXn¨p A]mapsX tUit¯¡v C«Sv sbs«¶m]n^p¶p.

‘ti]v knXv’ Mm³ H¶v NpS_n tWm¡ns]¦n`pw A]mapsX d`ngvYfm] ssNNan Mm³ HSp§n tbm]n. Fsâ Ip*pNsa A]mapsX {bm]fm], SXn¨ Ip*pNÄ WpNÀ¶p. A]mapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ tUi¯msN bÀ±¡v fpNan`qsX bmªp WX¶p. hnP^änsâ ^pIn N`À¶ A]mapsX Sp¸Â Fsâ km]nt`¡v bXÀ¶p. Fsâ fpO¯v fpjpk³ A]mapsX b^p¡³ Wmknjªp.

‘A¦nÄ, Bt^`pw k^pw,, ¹ohv..’ Ø` Nm` tdmVw k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ sN©n.

‘F¶m tfmav tbm]n Ip^nUm_pw t{dhn]_pw Ajn¨v km, bÀ± ¡v AXn]n cpÄ Nm`n BNpt¼mÄ A¦nanWv W¶m]n bnXn¨p hpOn¸n¡m³ bäpw’

Mm³ tXm]v–s`änsâ DÅnt`¡v WX¶p, A]mÄ Fsâ ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨p ko*pw A]mapsX tUit¯¡v C«p..
‘H¶qsX A¦nÄ I¸s«Xo Wnsâ Cu Im¼§ Ip*v ‘ A]mÄ H¶v NqsX Fsâ Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p b_n¨p. Mm³ A]msa F§sW Hs¡t]m SÅn fmän ANt¯¡v sI¶p.. AN¯v F¯n] Mm³ Npän AX¨p, Ip½m Wn¶p.. sJ C¶v– ks^ Nm\m¯ H^msa AWph^n¨v Fsâ {dm ]pw Ip^nUm_psfms¡ Ajn¨v WX¡mtWm, FWn¡v Fs¶ Ss¶ HmÀ¯p `Ö tSm¶n. bp_¯v– Fs´m¡t]m lÐw tNÄ¡m³ D*v, A]mÄ F´m\mtkm sI¿pt¶. Np_¨v Njnªv kmSn`n fp«v tN«p, ‘tfmsa Sp_¡v’

‘A¦nÄ F´m CknsX bp_¯v– Wn`v¡v.. Mm³ fm_n]nÃ, fm_n]n«v k^mw’

‘Wo Sp_¡v Fsâ I¡t^’

‘A¦nÄ H¶v tbms], Bt^`pw k^pw’

‘CÃ Fsâ fpt¯, NSNv– Sp_¡v’

Mm³ NSNv– Sp_¶Spw A]mÄ tkPw ANt¯¡v N]_n AN¯p Wn¶v t`m¡v sI]vSp. Fs´¦n`pw b_]p¶SnWp fpt¶ A]mÄ Fsâ Ip*n Ip*v tIÀ¯p Wp\]m³ SpX§n. Fsâ bÀ± ]psX fp¶n B]n^p¶, fpNans` ^*p fq¶p d«\pNÄ A]mÄ sbs«¶v Ca¡n DÅnt`¡v ssN NX¯n Fsâ fp` Np¶pNsa sM^p¡m³ SpX§n.. A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ Fsâ Ip*nsW kn«v Fsâ fq¡nt`¡v N]_n, Fsâ fq¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]mÄ I¸n k`n¨p.. Wmkv Wo«n fq¡n sbmXnª kn]À¸v N\nNNÄ A]mÄ W¡n FXp¯p..

‘bq_o tfmta, Sm¯ sbs® F´v Wà fq¡v Bs\Xm WnW¡v, Mm³ CSn H^p Nq«w sI¿s«’

Mm³ Ft´`pw b_]p¶SnWp fpt¶ A]mapsX ssNNÄ D]À¶v H^p kn^ Fsâ fq¡nsâ DÅnt`¡v N]än Sn^n¨p. Fsâ ^*v fq¡nsâ Uzm^§an`pw A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ N]_n C_§n. C]mÄ F´m Cu Nm\n¡p¶Sv F¶ A¼^¸n WnÂNp¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n B kn^`pNÄ A]mÄ W¡n SpX¨p..

‘D½¨n sb®nsâ fq¡nWp Wà hzmUv–‘

A]mapsX sb^pfmäw N*p FWn¡v Ss¶ A_¸v tSm¶ns]¦n`pw DÅn Ft´m hpOw Wp^ªp N]_p¶Spw tSm¶n. Fsâ WmhnNmUzm^¯n A]mapsX Wmkv Cjªp.

‘sbt®, Wo F´nWmXo Smsj CXmsS fpNan C§sW sN«n sbmSnªp skt¨¡ps¶? AtSm Smsj DÅSv Fs¶ tbms` Bt^`pw cvss`än sk¨v Ajn¨Smt\m?’

‘AÃ, sbs«¶v C_§n]t¸mÄ hf]w Nn«n]nÃ’

‘Asæn`pw CStà Wn§apsX Ct¸mÄ DÅ cmgWv, Fsâ Wm«n`pw D*v DÅp Nm`n B]n bÀ± C«v WX¡p¶ Nj¸n Sm¯fmÀ, tfmsa tbms` AÃ, fpNan`pw Nm\nÃ.. dÊn Wns¶ms¡ Km¡n sk¡m³ bän] {Zhv CStÃ, bs£ Wns¶ tbms`m^p sbm¡nÄ D\§m¯ Nm´m^n sb®nsW C§sW Nn«p¶Sv BUyfm]n«m’

A]mapsX ssN {bt]mPt¯msXm¸fpÅ Cu hwemg\§Ä Fsâ bq_n fUK`w Wn_¨p. Ip*nsâ fpNan A]mapsX Wmkv bSns] Cjªp, AknsX DÅ Fsâ sbmXn fol t^mf§Ä SjpNpN Bs\¶v tSm¶n FWn¡v..

‘ Wn§Ä Sm¯fms^ms¡ sbmXn fol¡m^nNÄ B\tÃmXo, B sk_psS AÃ, sbmXn fol DÅ sb®nWp NXn NqXpw F¶v b_]p¶Sv’

A]msasâ bÀ±]psX d«\pNÄ bqÀ\fm]n Ajn¨v, ASv Ajns¨Xp¯v, Ip^n S`]n`qsX Du^n FXp¯p, ASnWp tlgw {dm ]pw Ajns¨Xp¯p. inKmdv fm{Sfn«v Mm³ A]mapsX fp¶n Wn¶p.
Fsâ Ip^nUm_nWpw {dm¡pw tk*n Mm³ ssN Wo«n, F¶m A]maSv ^*pw A]mapsX dmPnt`¡v B\n«Sv.

‘CSv Wnsâ HmÀf¡m]n C^n¡s«’

A]msas¶ Sp_n¨v tWm¡n, Fsâ fp` Np^p bnXn¨p sM^n¨p, ASnWp IpäpfpÅ t^mf§Ä A]mÄ bnXn¨p k`n¨p..

‘B.. AÅm ..’

Mm³ hpOn¨p knan¨Sv A]msa fqZv B¡n F¶v tSmWp¶p, ko*pw ko*pw A]mÄ B t^mf§Ä k`n¨v FWn¡v sI_n] tkUW]psX NqsX hpOkpw S¶p. Fsâ l^o^w BsN A]mÄ St`mXn, sI_n] Np«n¡v bpSn] Nan¸m«w Nn«n] Btklt¯msX A]mÄ Fsâ l^o^s¯ WpNÀ¶p, l^o^¯nsâ Hmt^m C©n`pw A]mapsX Wmkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ip*pw D^ªp.

‘ FXo sbt®, F´m]m`pw CknsX ks^ k¶ntÃ, Wo H¶v Sqs_Xo’

At¿, C]mÄ F´v fWpgyWm.. Fsâ fpO¯v tWm¡n b¨¡v C§sW b_]m³ A_¸v tSm¶ntÃ

‘tk*, Fs¶ sNm*v bänÃ’

‘F´v bänÃm¶v’

‘FWn¡v tSm¶p¶nà A¦nÄ’

‘F´v tSm¶p¶nà F¶m tfmta’

Fsâ N®pNan tWm¡n In^n¨v sNm*pÅ B tImUyw tN«t¸mÄ Ss¶ A_n]mfm]n^p¶p Fsâ km]n Wn¶v In` km¡pNÄ tNÄ¡pN B\v A]mapsX Dt±lw F¶v. Cu B\p§Ä Fs´m^p KoknNÄ B\v, hv{SoNapsX AXn khv{S¯n ss`wPnNS Nm\p¶Sv tbms«, M§apsX knhÀÖW¯n`pw ASv M§Ä b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡p¶Sv tbm`pw ss`wPnN Dt¯KWw D*m¡p¶ {btSyN KoknNÄ.

‘FWn¡v Cs¸m fp«p¶nà A¦nÄ, Fs¶ knXv’

‘F´v fp«p¶nÃm¶mXo I^s¡’

‘FWn¡v Sq_m³ fp«p¶nÃm¶v’ ASv A§sW b_]msS A]mÄ bn·m_nsöv D_¸m]n^p¶p.

‘tlm, H¶v fp¡n tWm¡Xo D½Io’ H^p kn^ Fsâ sNmSUzm^¯n C«v W¶m]n s{bgÀ sNmXp¯n«m\v A]maSv b_ªSv.

‘B… iv..’ Mm³ sb^pkn^`n D]À¶v tbm]n

Fsâ Ip*pNÄ A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ sNm*v– dÔn¨v sNm*v– bn³ Uzm^¯n A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ Np_¨v làn]m]n Ss¶ A]mÄ Ca¡n, Np*n¡pÅn Ft´m Sn§n Wn_]p¶ H^p co`nwPv, bXt¨msW A]mapsX B {bt]mP¯n Mm³ A_n]msS A]mÄ Bklys¸« hwPSn WX¯n tbmNptfm F¶v tbXn¨p tbm]n. ssNNÄ H^p d`¯nWm]n D²^n¨v Wn¡p¶ A]mapsX `nwP¯n bnXn NqXn]tSmsX A]mapsX kn^ {bt]mP¯nsâ làn hmkVmWw Np_ªp k¶p.. Wnfng§Ä¡Nw B bmân Wn¶v Mm³ AksW hzS{´Wm¡n. Ip¡n Ipanª sSm`nNÄ sNm*v– fqXn] H^p N_p¯ `nwPw, FWn¡v A_¸m\v N*t¸mÄ tSm¶n]Sv– F¦n`pw, ssf`m©n A\nª Fsâ ssNNan NnX¶v bns¶]pw sNm©n¨p AksW. Fsâ f`Uzm^¯n H¶v NqsX W¶m]n CaNn] tlgw B kn^ A]mÄ bn³k`n¨p, Fsâ fpO¯v tWm¡n sNm*v–, B kn^ fq¡nt`¡v AXp¸n¨p W¶m]n f\¯p, km]n`n«v H¶v I¸n. Wm\w Nm^\w A]mapsX fpO¯v Wn¶v Mm³ N®pNÄ bn³k`n¨p.

‘Nm´m^o, Sq_nsÃWvNn tk*, H¶v fpÅns] A¦nÄ H¶v Nm\s«’

H^b^nInSsâ fp¶n sk¨v fpÅm³ I½Â Ds*¦n`pw ASpw sI¿msS A]msas¶ knXnsöv tSm¶n]Sv sNm*v– Mm³ ]qt_m¸y³ t¢mshänt`¡n^p¶p.

‘ ti]v, ASv H^p ^hw CÃXo, Smsj fpÅv, ASm ^hw’

Fsâ D¸]psX {bm]w DÅ, Ab^nInSWm] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fWpgyWp fp¶n Np¯n C^p¶p Mm³ fpÅn SpX§n, Caw fª Wn_¯n`pÅ fq{Sw Fsâ hzNm^y emP¯v Wn¶v HjpNn k^p¶Sv A]mÄ NuSpNt¯msX tWm¡n Wn¶p. AknXw NjpNmWm]n ssb¸nt`¡v ssN Wo«n] A]msas¶ SXªp.

‘Wn§Ä¡v W¶m]n NjpNn kr¯n]m¡\w Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw, bs£ Cs¸m tfmav Fjpt¶äp Wn¡v’

Fsâ N£¯n N¿n«v sbm¡n Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p WnÀ¯n, A]mÄ F´v sI¿mWpÅ emkw Bs\¶v Bt`mIn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v Ss¶ A]maknsX C^p¶p, fq{S SpÅnNÄ Aktlgn¨n^p¶ Fsâ t]mWn emP§Ä W¡n SpX§n.

‘ Dcvcv.. A¦nÄ tk*m… iviviv.. ‘

A_n]msS Mm³ A]mapsX Ng*n S`]n dm¡n DÅ fpXn St`mXn. A]mapsX Wmknsâ {bt]mPw AknsX N^p¯v NqXpwtSm_pw Mm³ Fsâ Nm`pNÄ AN¯n hiN^n¨p.

‘Fs´m^p tXÌv B\v– bq_o Wnsâ fq{Skpw bq_pw, CSv tbms`m^p Nnap´v bqÀ N*n«p Ss¶ kÀg§Ä Bs]Xo’

ssNNÄ sNm*v– Fsâ I´n b´pNsa St`mXn sNm*pÅ t]mWn]psX DÅn A]mapsX In{Sw k^ Fs¶ tks_m^p t`mN¯v F¯n¨p. H^p b»nNv tXm]v–s`än B\v Mm³ F¶ tdmVw f_¶p Fsâ A^s¡«v Mm³ A]mapsX fpO¯v D^hn. N´n`qw bq_nsâ DÅn`pw fm_n fm_n DÅ A]mapsX {bt]mPw Fsâ bqÀ sbs«¶v Ip^¯m³ CX]m¡n.. H^p NnSt¸msX A]mapsX fpO¯v A^s¡«v AfÀ¯n Mm³ Wn¶p. A]mapsX fq¡n`pw Ip*n`pw Fsâ fUK`w WWªp NnX¶p. H^p {lnwPm^ In^nt]msX Fjpt¶ä A]mÄ ssNNÄ sNm*v– fpOw H¶v SpX¨p.

‘NÅn, N*m bmkw tbms` Bs\¦n`pw Fsâ fpO¯v bqÀ D^¡m³ Fs´m^p Btklw B]n^p¶p, Wà Ip^¯p¶ bqÀ B\tÃm’

Fsâ Ip*v H¶v bnXn¨p sM¡n sNm©n sNm*v– A]mÄ b_ªp. A]mÄ Ssâ bmâv fp«v Nm ks^ Smjv¯n, skap¯v W^¨ t^mf§Ä Wn_ª SpX, N_p¯ `nwPw, A]mÄ¡v tk*Sv F´ms\¶v NqXn Bt`mIn¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v A_¸v tSm¶n.

‘ CWn tfmav A¦nansâ H¶v km]n CsXXo’

Npªv Np«ns] tbms` B]n^p¶p A]mapsX sNm©Â..

‘A¦nÄ ¹ohv, FWn¡Sv Cãw AÃ,’

‘AsS´m tfmta, tfmapsX A¦nÄ AsÃ, H^n¡Â, tkPw Naªn«p Wfp¡v tbmNmw, Wnt^mVv CÃmsS tfmapsX bqän A¦nÄ tNän ¶nà ‘

A]msasâ S` bnXn¨p Smtj¡v Sm]v¯mWpÅ {lfw B\v..

‘¹ohv A¦nÄ, B.. knXv.. FWn¡v CãÃSv.. ‘

‘ ¹ohv tfmta, H^n¡Â sI¿p, Asæn tk* tfmav AknsX H^p D½ F¦n`pw Sm ‘

sbs«¶m\v tXm]v–s`änsâ ssf³ tZm_ns`m^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv lÐw, d¡äv Smsj kojp¶ lÐkpw k¶p. Ip*v kn^`n sk¨v sNm*v– hwhm^n¡^pSv F¶]mÄ BwPyw Nm«n. Bt^m WX¶v k^p¶Spw AXp¯ tXm]v–s`änsâ kmSn Sp_¡p¶Spw lzmhw AX¡n bnXn¨p M§Ä A_nªp. ^*v fnWp«v Njnªv k¶ BÄ Sn^n¨p tbm]n.

‘A¦nÄ Wfp¡v tbmkmw, H^p bmXv hf]w B]n’

‘tbmkmw, tfmav H^p D½ F¦n`pw Sm,’

tks_ kjn CÃm¶v N*p Mm³ NpWnªp B N^nWvNp®]psX fVy emP¯v B]n H¶v D½ sk¨p. A]mÄ Fs¶ U]Wo]fm]n tWm¡n, NqXpS sI¿mWpaa Atb£ B]n. Mm³ Np_¨v NqXn hf]w ASn D½ sk¨v, Fjpt¶äp.

‘ F¶m tfmav H¶v ssN]n bnXn¨p Naªv S^ptfm?’

A]mÄ H^p bmkw tbms` Atb£n¨p.. Mm³ ssN Fsâ ssf`m©n ssN sNm*v– AksW bnXn¨p NX]m³ SpX§n.

‘ihvd³Zv km]n FXp¸n¡m_ntÃ’?

‘CÃ, C¡m¡pw AsSm¶pw Cãw AÃ’
ssN]n DÅ Np® Np`p¡w SpXÀ¶v sNm*v– Ss¶ Mm³ NÅw b_ªp

‘ sk_psS AÃ, B tbmjsW b_ªm fSn]tÃm, CSv tbms` Im¼§ Ip*pÅ sfm©¯ns] Nn«n]n«v km]n FXp¸n¡msS WX¡p¶p ‘

Fsâ Ip*pNÄ kn^`pNÄ sNm*v– SpX¨p CSv b_ª tlgw A]mapsX Ip*v Ft¶mXv AXp¸n¨v D_nMvKn. Ct§m«v bp_s¸Xp¶SnWp fp¼v Fsâ Ss¶ Np*n]n N]_n] Np® km]n S¶ C¡s] B\n]mÄ b_]p¶Sv Ft¶mÀ¯v Mm³ DÅms` In^n¨p. AVnN tW^w tk*n k¶nÃ, A]mapsX Np® ]n Wns¶m^p WWkv Fsâ ssNNan bX^p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. H^p NnSt¸msX A]mÄ F¶n Wn¶v AN¶p. ssN]pw t]mWn]pw NjpNn] tlgw, WPvWfm] Fsâ l^o^¯nt`¡v bÀ± A\nªp, NSNv– Sp_¶v Mm³ bp_¯v– tWm¡n, B^pfnÃ, tkPw
ssf³ tZm_nsâ AXpt¯¡v sI¶v B^pw k^p¶nà F¶p_¸v k^p¯n A]msa knan¨p. AXp¯v F¯n] A]mÄ Fs¶ ko*pw bnXn¨p D½ sk¨p.

‘A¦nanWv H¯n^n Cãw B]t«m Cu bÀ± Np«ns], F´m tfmapsX Cu Ip*pw fq¡pw, Np*n]pw fp`]pw bns¶ b_t]*tÃm, Sm¯ Np«n AsÃ, i i, tfmav¡v Fs¶ Cãw Bt]m?

MmWpw In^n¨p S`]m«n..

‘ F¶m tfmapsX tcm¬ W¼À S^mtfm? ‘

Mm³ H¶v fXn¨p Wn¶p.

‘Fs¶ knlzmhw Ctà tfmav¡v, tfmÄ¡v Cãw CÃm¯SnWm tW^s¯ A¦nÄ WnÀdÔw bnXn¨nÃtÃm, A§sW]m Mm³, tfmav¡v knlzmhw Ds*¦n Sm’

‘S^mw, 9995

A]mÄ W¼^v Z]Â sI]Sp,

‘Hmcv B\tÃm tfmsa’

‘Fsâ tcm\n PÄcns` hnw B\v A¦nÄ..’

‘Bt\m, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶m Fsâ W¼À tfmapsX tcm\n thkv sI]vtSm’ CSpw b_ªv– Fsâ tcm¬ km§n A]mÄ Ss¶ W¼À AXn¨p Sn^n¨v S¶p. Mm³ tcm¬ tWm¡n, “”Oh un^i` “” F¶v thkv sI]vSn«p*v. Mm³ A]mapsX fpO¯v tWm¡n,

‘ K]Nrgv\³ F¶m cpÄ tb^v, FÃmk^pw Oh F¶v knan¡pw, tfmav A¦nÄ F¶v knan¨ fSn tNt«m, bns¶ FWn¡v fSn B]nà tNt«m, Cu AXn]n CÃm¯ bÀ± ¡v fpNan`qsX FWn¡nWn]pw bnXn¡m³ S^\w’

FWn¡v In^n k¶p. M§Ä Sn^n¨v sIÃpt¼mÄ bj] ØnSn Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. Np_¨v NqXn Njnªm\v Nyq H¶v AW§n SpX§n]Sv–, ASv sNm*v– A{S]pw hf]w NqXn A]mÄ¡v Fs¶ Smt`mXmWpw sNmS¨m`nt`¡v bÀ±t]mXv NqXn A]mapsX Np® Sn^pNn N]ämWpw A]mÄ¡v bän.

k*nNapsX tim¬ AXn tN«t¸mÄ B\v FWn¡v Ø`Nm`tdmVw k¶Sv. M§apsX k*n H^p {XmcnNn sb«v NnX¡pN B\v. Mm³ Fsâ tcm¬ FXp¯p, B tb^v– H¶v NqsX km]n¨p, gh un^i`, fµihn¨p sNm*v– Zn`oäv d«¬ AfÀ¯n, H^n¡Â NqXn N¬tcw tImUn¨t¸mÄ Mm³ H^p Wnfngw Bt`mIn¨p, Asæn tk*, AknsX NnX¡s«.. F´m]m`pw Fsâ W¼À A]mÄ¡v sSän b_ªp sNmXp¯Sv W¶m]n. F¶m`pw C{S]pw BapNÄ NqXn] Ø`¯v– Mm³ sI]Sv Nq«n]Sv HmÀ¯v `Ö tSm¶n.

‘AknsX WÃ IqXm¡pftÃ?’

N®mXn]n`qsX Fs¶ tWm¡n sNm*v– Aen tImUn¨t¸mÄ, AsSs¶ Nan]m¡n tImUn¡p¶Sv B\¶p FWn¡v tSm¶n. bÀ± ¡v AXn]n Nm`n Bs\¶v AkWv fWÊn`m]n«p*v. Mm³ Ip½m H^p In^n¨p, kng]w fmämWm]n {lfn¨p..

‘D½ WÃ D_¡w B]tÃm!’

‘£o\w Nm\pw, F{S tW^fm]n k*n]nÂ!’

‘AsSs¶, C¯m¯ ss¹Wn k¶Sv sNm*tà £o\w CÃms¯, FWn¡pw fXp¯p k*n]n C^p¶p, CWn N®qÀ F]À tbmÀ«v k¶n«p tbm]m fSn sNt«ymâXp¯v’

AWoh]vNpw WÃ £o\w D*v.

‘ Hmiv..Wnt¶mXv Bt^`pw b_tªm Fs¶ Nq«m³ k^m³? ‘

‘ bns¶, D½ b_ªtÃm, AtSm*tà Mm³ kt¶, D½m¡v Hä¡v k^mWpw bänÃ, F¶m Aent]«³ Hä¡v tbm]n C¯mt¯sW Nq«n tNmapw F¶v b_ªm ASpw bäq` D½m¡v, F´mtfm C¯m¯msW Hä¡v Nn«n]m Aent]«³ Sn¶v Nat]m? ‘
. Cu sb®nWp WmknWv H^p ss`h³hv CÃmtÃm, fp¶nt`¡v ssN Wo«n AkapsX S`]n H^p tf«v sNmXp¯p Mm³. N®mXn]n Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¡pN B\v Aen. Aksâ tWm«w CWn sS_n¨v Wn¡p¶ Fsâ fp`]nt`¡v Bt\m?

‘Aen, Wfp¡v F¶m GtS`pw s_tÌm_ân N]_n]mt`m, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WÃ knl¸pw D*v, FÃm^pw H¶v _n`mN-vhv BkpN]pw sI¿pw’

‘Hmiv, ASnWnt¸m Wn§sX lpbmÀl tk\ftÃm, Wà tim«Â N*m WnÀ¯n e£\w Njn¡mw F¶v M§Ä Hs¡ tW^s¯ So^pfmWn¨Sm’

Cu sb®v- Mm³ ko*pw 2 tf«v AkapsX S`]v¡n«v sNmXp¯p, AkÄ Sn^nªv C^p¶v Fs¶]pw AXn¡m³ tWm¡n. Mm³ Hjnªv fm_n, Fsâ sbs«¶pÅ Im«¯nWv AWph^n¨v AXn]n {co B]n NnX¶n^p¶ Fsâ fp` b´pNapw ImXn Nan¨p. Aen N®mXn]n tWm¡n ASv BhzUn¡p¶Sv N* FWn¡v DÅn In^n k¶v–. M§apsX diaw tN«v D½ Fjpt¶äp.

‘ F´mXo CSv ^*pw NqXn, tbm¯v tbms` kaÀ¶tÃm, F¶pw AXn Ss¶ F¶n«v’

D½ F\oätSmsX AkÄ tWs^ C^p¶p. WsÃm^p s_tÌm_âv N*t¸mÄ ASnsâ bmÀ¡n§nt`¡v Aen k*n WnÀ¯n. FÃm^pw C_§p¶ hf]w Aen]psX Nfâv.

‘A³gn, Zn¡n]n Ft´`pw Ds*¦n`pw FXpt¯m tNt«m ‘

Mm³ BsN Iqan tbms]WvNn`pw D½m¡pw AWoh ¡pw H¶pw Nm^yw fWÊn`m]nÃ. Mm³ H¶v I´n D]À¯n, sNmS¨m`nt`¡v N]_n tbm] bÀ± k`n¨v tWs^]n« tlgw B\v C_§n]Sv.

‘Zn¡n]n Wn¶v Fs´Xp¡mWm? ‘ D½m¡v hwl]w.

‘ HmÄsX `tPKv Hs¡ AknsX AsÃ, Ft´`pw FXp¡m³ Dt* FXpt¯ms« F¶v N^pSn b_ªSm C¯m’

‘Ft´`pw FXp¡m³ Dt*m tfmsa?

‘ CÃp½m..’ Mm³ Ipf Nq¨n.. Aen Fs¶ tWm¡n H^p B¡n] In^n.

‘Bsa Wm\w sNXp¯nt] AX§q AsÃ? ‘

tim«`nsâ ANt¯¡p WX¡pt¼m D½]pw AWoh]pw Np_¨v dmNn Bs\¶v N*p Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘Cs¸m A§sW Bt]m FÃm^pw N*p Wm\w sNX* F¶v N^pSn b_ª Mm³ Npä¡m^Wmt]m, A{S]v¡v Wm\w DÅ Bav– C§Ws¯ {Zhv C«v WX¡^pSv’

‘ bÀ± F´m tfmlw Bt\m, FÃm^pw CXp¶Sv AsÃ’

Mm³ H¶pw A_n]m¯ tbms` tImUn¨p.

‘bÀ± FÃm^pw CXp¶Sv B\v, bt£ ASnWXn]n`pw FÃm^pw CXpw, C§sW DÅn CXmsS kn¯u«v B]m AsSms¡ NnX¶v Np`p§n Wm\w sNXpw ‘

‘ Jo, B^m b_sª, Mm³ DÅn Hs¡ C«n«p*v ‘

‘ Hmtim, Sp\n Ngv\w A§v tN_n tbm]t¸mapw k*n]n Wn¶v hmWn] fnÀhm]psX sX¶ohv tdmÄ ImXn Nan¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ fWÊn`m]n AsSWn¡v, PÄcns` cmg³ Bt\m CSv ‘

‘ Fsâ {Zhv Hs¡ A`¡n]Sv D\§n]nÃ, ASv sNm*m’

Aent]mXv SÀ¡n¨n«v Nm^yfnÃ, AXn]n Nm`n Bs\¶v DÅ Nm^yw AkWv l^n¡pw fWÊn`ms]¶p tSm¶n]Sv– N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm*v– Mm³ fmän bnXn¨p.

‘ B, Cu bÀ± F¦n`pw D\§n Nn«n]Sv emPyw B]n ‘

Aen B Nfâv AXn¨t¸mÄ MmWpw In^n¨v tbm]n.
tim«`n F¯n] DXsW tWs^ tXm]v–s`änt`¡m\v tbm]Sv, tW^t¯ A]mÄ ko*pw sSm«pw bnXn¨pw D*m¡n] WWkv t]mWn]n H«n bnXn¡p¶ co`nwPv, H¶v fpÅn, W¶m]n NjpNn, ssN]pw NjpNn tXdnan sI¶t¸mÄ FÃmk^pw C^p¶n^p¶p. D½]pw AWoh]pw H^p sshZn C^p¶t¸m Aen Hmt¸mhnäv sshZns` BUys¯ Nth^]n`m\v C^p¶Sv. A¸p_t¯¡v fm_n C^n¡m³ F¶ tbms` Mm³ Aent]«m F¶v knan¨v B Nth^]nt`¡v Iq*n¡m«n. F¶m fm_n C^n¡p¶SnWp bN^w, Aen Ssâ Nm`pNÄ bp_t¯¡v– C«v N]_n sbmt¡m F¶ ^oSn]n C^n¡pN]m\v sI]SSv, AkntX¡v Sn¡n N]_pt¼mÄ Aen]psX Nm`pNapw ssNNapw A_n]m¯ F¶ k®w Fsâ I´n]n W¶m]n D^hn. CSnWm]n B\tà sbs«¶v N]_n AknsX C^p¶Sv F¶v Mm³ fWÊn HmÀ¯p.

ko«n Sn^n¨v F¯n]n«v A¶s¯ hwek§Ä Ss¶ fWÊn S§n Wn¶p. D¸]psX {bm]fpÅ H^mtamXv, ASpw Ab^nInS³.. sJ, Mm³ F´m C§sW B]Sv, H^m¬ Np«nt]mXv tbm`pw hwhm^n¡m³ NqXn fXn DÅ Bam]n^p¶p Mm³, ko«ns` AwPs¯ tbms` B]n«pw Aent]«tWmXv tbm`pw Bkly¯nWv fm{Stf CXbjNm_pÅq.. Aent]«sW Np_n¨v HmÀ¯t¸mam, sÈ, C¶v– Aent]«sâ AXp¯pw.. C{S]pw Nm`w AVnNw hwhm^n¡m¯ Mm³ Cs¸m Aent]mXv Wà b©m^ BNp¶p*v, C¶s¯ {Zhpw ZdnÄ foWnwPv hwhm^kpw… sk_psS Aà Aen¡v Fsâ I´n]n D^hm³ DÅ ssV^yw k¶Sv.. In`t¸m ASv A_n]msS D^hn tbm]Sv BNptfm.. ti]v AÃ.. bns¶ e£\w HmÀZÀ sI¿pt¼mÄ Aen]psX ssNNÄ SpX]n B\tÃm sk¨Sv… Ip½m sk¡pN B]n^pt¶m, AÃ.. ASv A_n]msS F¶ tbm` Fsâ SpXNsa St`mXn.. tWÀ¯ Sp\n]psX fpNan NqXn Aen]psX N^p¯pÅ ssNNÄ St`mXn]t¸m… iviv.. Cs¸m HmÀ¡pt¼mapw t^mf§Ä Fjpt¶ätÃm.. Fs´m^p d`fm\v B ssNNÄ¡v.. sI_p¸w fpSt` b\n FXp¯v lo`w DÅ B ssNNapsX d`sfm¶pw F´m]m`pw C¡]psX ssNNÄ¡v CÃ. Fsâ ssNNÄ t]mWn emPt¯¡v Wo*p.. Aen]psX kn^`pNÄ B\v– Cs¸m sSmXp¶Sv F¦nÂ….. Biv.. tcm¬ H¶v kn_¨p, kmXvhm¸n H^p sfthKv.. Aen]psX B\v. Hl F¶v.. hmVm^\ Imäv H¶pw sI¿m_nÃtÃm.. B s{bmssc tcmtXm H¶v tWm¡n. N_p¯v sf`nªv Bs\¦n`pw Wà hpµ^³ B\v Aen F¶v tSm¶n. _nss¹ A]¡t\m… Sn^n¨v ssXbv sI¿m³ tbmNpt¼mÄ C¡ ]psX tcm¬ k¶p.. C¡ ]psX tb^v– hv{NoWn N*tSmsX fWÊn ko*pw NpätdmVw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn_ªp. C¡t]mXv hwhm^n¨v SpX§n]tSmsX Aens] f_¶p.. A¶v WX¶Sv Hs¡ f_¶p..C¡t]msXm¯v tcm\n Nan¨p, Wmsa tNmtaKn tbmN\sf¶v C¡ HmÀ½n¸n¨Sv sNm*v– tcm¬ sk¨ DXsW sbs«¶v NnX¶p_§n.

^mkns` timÌ`n F¯n]t¸mta¡pw ssN]n`pÅ dmPpw S«n b_n¨p sÌcn HmXn. bns¶]msN bnXnk`n]pw diakp
B]n^p¶p. Wnfng§Ä¡Nw ASn C^p¶ tImt¢äv Hs¡ A{bSy£fm]n. emPyw Ss¶ ¢mhn sNm*v– tbmNmWm]n H^p Nk_n C«v BUywSs¶ fmän sk¨v ssN]nt`¡v fmän]Sv, Atà Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ ASpw SoÀt¶sW. S§Ä¡v Nn«n]nà F¶v b_ªv– Nwss¹âv B]n k¶kt^mXv AXp¯ BjvI sNm*v– S^mw F¶v b_ªp A]¨p.

‘At¸mÄ AXp¯ BjvI]pw sNm*v– k^pw AsÃ, Nm¯n^n¡\w AtÃm As¸m’

sÌcn ko*pw H^p hvWnt¡Àhv NkÀ sbman¨v sNm*v– b_ªp.

‘FXn sS*n, Wo Hs^mä Bam, FÃmkÀ¡pw hfmVmWfm]n sNmXp¯n^p¶pskWvNn FÃmÀ¡pw Nn«nt]sW, CSnt¸m Nn«n]kÀ¡v Nps_ Nn«n, dm¡n DÅkÀ¡v H¶pfnà ‘

‘ bnt¶]v, A§sW Bt\ FWn¡n{S FXp¡m³ bäptfm’

AkÄ C^p¶ sdZns` S`]\ sbm¡n Nm\n¨t¸m Mm³ sM«n tbm]n, Nps_ tImt¢äv Han¸n¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶p.

‘FXn b«n, AkapfmÀs¡ms¡ sNmXp¡Xo’

‘ H¶v tbmXo, Fsâ Wm¯q·m^sÃ, tbmNm³ b_.. Aà Smt¯.. Wo F´m bÀ± C«n«v, H¶v PÄcn tbm]t¸m SWn A_dn¨n Bt]m?’

‘ i i, ^mkns` C§v Fjpt¶äp tbm¶Sv AsÃ, Ip^nUmÀ tS¡m³ H¶pw tW^w Nn«n]nÃ, Nn«n]Sv FXp¯n«v, ASnsâ fpNan bÀ± FXp¯n«p ‘

‘ B, At¸mÄ Npan¡m³ fXn B]n«mt\m C§sW A¯À bqln k¶Sv ‘

‘ tbmXo b«n.. Mm³ s{ZÊv fmäs«, ¢mhn tbmkm³ hf]w B]ntà ‘

¢mÊnt`¡v tbmkm³ H^p§n, tW^s¯ fmän sk¨ tImt¢ävhv dmPnt`¡v sk¡pt¼mÄ B\v sÌcn ASv {l²n¡p¶Sv,

‘ FXn, CWn]pw Dt*m? AsS´m tWm¡s« ‘

‘ tbmXn, CWn CSpw NqsX Wo Sn¶n«v tk\w, ¢mhn`pÅk^psX b^mSn NqsX tNÄ¡m³ ‘

AkÄ ssN]nXm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ dmPv Mm³ fmän bnXn¨p. AkÄ ASv Nn«m¯ tUgy¯n ^*v– CXn]pw S¶p fpOw sNm*v– tPmgv–Xn Nm\n¨p.

¢mÊnt`¡v tbmNp¶ kjn, sf¡mWn¡Â {dm©ns` tI«³fmÀ Ak^psX t»m¡nWv fp¶n C^n¡p¶Sv Uqs^ Wn¶v Ss¶ N*p.

‘ C¶v– CkfmÀ¡v ht´mgw BNpftÃm’ NqsX D*m] AMvKpknsâ Nfâv. ASv tN«v ^lvfn]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sÌcn]pw Hs¡ In^n¨p. FWn¡v fm{Sw H¶pw fWÊn`m]nÃ.

‘F´mXn Nm^yw?’

‘Wns¶ Nm\mªn«v Cu tI«³fmÀ¡v H^p hpOfnà Nps_ Unkhfm]n’

‘Hmiv.. bns¶.. ‘

‘Nm^yfmXo, Ft¸mapw tImUn¡pw Wo Sn^n¨v k¶ntà F¶v, AtÃ`pw Wo Asà tNmtaKv dyq«n’

^lvfn]psX km¡n C¯n^n Nplp¼v Ctà Fs¶m^p hwl]w. hSy¯n AkÀ b_ª sf¡mWn¡Â 4tk C]_ns` B tI«³fm^pfm]n MmWpw sÌcn]pw Wà N¼Wn B\v. {btSyNn¨v Ak^psX PymRv `oZÀ t_mg³ tI«Wv Fs¶ Wà Nm^yfm, ASv sNm*v– Ss¶ In`À M§sa Np_n¨v tPmhn¸v Hs¡ b_ªv– WX¡p¶pfp*v.. tPmhn¸v H¶pw AÃm¯ H^p Nm^yfp*v, sÌcn]pw Ak^psX Nq«¯n DÅ _n]mhpw {b\]¯n`m\v. {b\]w fm{Sw Aà bmSn ^m{Sn tcm\n NqsX DÅ Nan]pw Ds*¶v FWn¡_n]mw. F´m]m`pw Cs¸m Ak·m^psX fp¶n sb«m In`t¸m Fsâ cÌv ikÀ tbmNpw, In`t¸m dmPns` tImt¢äpw. Mm³ bSns] k`nªp, Nq«¯n AkÀ Nm\m¯ klw tIÀ¶p WX¶p. M§Ä Wm`©v tb^pÅSv sNm*pw, Mm³ `mÌv B]Sv sNm*pw AkÀ {l²n¡nÃ.

‘it`m, Nq]o.. H¶v Wns¶’

‘tfmta, Wns¶ sbm¡n tfmta..M§Ä tbmkm Atà M§apsX ¢mhpw tbmNpw’ Ìcn HjnsN FÃm^pw tbm]n..

‘Xo St¯ C§v kt¶, tImUn¡s«’
Ak^psX Nq«¯n DÅ Wntftg«³ B\v knan¨Sv. Ak³ Fs¶ A§sWt] knan¡p, Aksâ NqsX DÅkÀ Fs¶ Smt¯, Sm¯ Np«n Fs¶ms¡ CX¡v knan¡pw, Ak³ ASv Ip^p¡n Fs¶ S¯ B¡n. AkÀ C^n¡p¶nXt¯¡v sI¶p. Ak^psX Øn^w Xow FÃm^pw D*v. t_mg³, Wntfgv, sWknÂ, _n]mhv, ^Kn¯v, WnTn³ F¶o tI«³fmÀ. tNmtaKn GSv AXn¡pw fp¶n D*mNp¶ H^p Xow Ck^m\v.

‘Wns¶ Bt^`pw Ct§m«v knant¨m, Aksa Asà knan¨Sv?’

Fsâ NqsX k¶ sÌcnt]mXv t_mg³ tImUn¨p. H^p ht¸mÀ«nWv tk*n BNmw AkÄ _n]mhnsW tWm¡n.

‘Wo F´nWmXo AksW tWm¡p¶Sv, tbm]n ¢mhn tN_n kÃSpw bYn¡m³ tWm¡v’

_n]mhv H¶pw b_ªpfnÃ, t_mg³ tI«³ AktamXv– H¶v NqXn IqXm]n. AkÄ _n]mhnsW H¶v NqXn tUgyt¯msX tWm¡n ¢mÊnt`¡v WX¶p, H¶v NqXn Sn^nªv tWm¡n

‘Wo Fs¶ CWn knan¡v tNt«m Nm\n¨v S^mw’

‘ Fsâ Nªn NpXn fp«n¨t¸mÄ WnW¡v hfmVmWw B]tÃmXm sS*o’

FÃm^pw In^n¨t¸mÄ, _n]mhnWp fm{Sw AkÄ ssN kn«v tbmNptfm F¶v tbXn

‘FXo, CSv FknsX tbm]Sm? tNmtaKv Sp_¶n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nps_ Unkhw B]n’

‘PÄcn ‘

‘ AsS´m Wo bmÀXv ssXw B]n«v b\n¡pw tbmNp¶pt*m? ‘

‘ ihvd³Znsâ AXp¯v tbm]Sm ‘

AkÀ¡v CsSms¡ A_nªn«pw Ip½m tImUn¡p¶Sv Bs\¶v A_nªn«pw Mm³ b_ªp.

‘N\ksâ NqsX AXn¨p sbman¨v WX¶t¸mÄ tNmtaKv Sp_¶Sv H¶pw HmÀ¯nÃtÃ’

Wntfgnsâ kN Nan]m¡Â..

‘ A{S]v¡v “”AXn¨p sbmant¨m””? ‘

^Kn¯nsâ B ‘ AXn¨p sbmant¨m’ tN«m A_n]mw ASv tks_ AÀ°¯n Bs\¶v. ASv {l²n¡msS tbms` C^n¡m³ {lfns¨WvNn`pw BUyw Wm\w N`À¶ H^p bp©n^n]pw bns¶ AX¡mWmkm¯ In^n]pw B]Sv bp_¯v– k¶p. Wm\w sNm*v– Fsâ NknapNÄ SpXp¯p.

‘ Wm¬ kt¶, Wm¬ kt¶, sb®nWp Wm¬ kt¶’

WnTnsâ Cu\¯n DÅ Nan]m¡Â NqsX k¶tSmsX Mm³ fpOw sbm¯n In^n¨p.

‘Ip*¯v sI¯n¸q sI*v kn^nªp…’

^Kn¯v bmXn SpX§n]Sv– dm¡n DÅk^pw Gäv bmXn.

‘knXtXm, bmkw sNm¨v’

Nq«¯n Np_¨v bmkw B] sWkn tI«³ Ft¶mXv Np_¨v hnwbSn Nm«n.

‘bnt¶]v bmkw, W½saÃmw C§sW H`n¸n¨p WX¡p¶p, Cksams¡ Cu sI_p {bm]¯n Ss¶ FÃmw AWpekn¡p¶p… t]mPw tk\w, Atà St¯?’

‘AtS]v, PÄcn tbm]n k¶n«v M§Ä¡v H¶pfntÃ’

Mm³ Fsâ Ipf Nq¨n. ASnWnX]n ^Kn¯v Fsâ bn_Nn k¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨nÃ, sbs«¶v Ss¶ Ak³ Fsâ dmPv ssN¡`m¡n.

‘ At¿m… ASn§v Sm ‘

‘ CSn Ft´`pw Nm\mSn^n¡nÃ… ‘

Ak³ AkÀ C^p¶n^p¶ s̸nsâ fpNant`¡p N]_n, dmPv S«n b_n¡mWm]n Mm³ ImXn, Ak³ ASv AWph^n¨v dmPv fmän bnXn¨p. ASnWm]n Nps_ {lfn¨pskWvNn`pw Ak³ FWn¡v Nn«msS ASv f_n¨v bnXn¨p. t_mg³ sbs«¶v Fsâ ssN bnXn¨p,

‘ AknsX Wn¡v sbt®, Ak³ tWm¡n]n«v S^pw.’

‘sJ, F´nWmXm Aksa bnXn¨Sv, H¶v ^hw bnXn¨p k^nN B]n^p¶p’

_n]mhSv b_ªt¸mÄ B\v– Mm³ {l²n¨Sv, Mm³ ImXp¶Sv AWph^n¨v Fsâ fp`]pw tWm¡n C^n¡pkm\v AkÀ, Smsj C^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v– AkÀ¡v, Mm³ ImXp¶SnWWph^n¨v fp`]psX Im«kpw AkÀ¡v W¶m]n Nm\w.. ASnWnsX sbm§n tbm] gmÄ Smtj¡v Sm]v¯n Mm³ H¶v HSp§n Wn¶p.

‘Ns¿ms¡ ssf`m©n C«v Wn_¨n«p*tÃmXo, CSv sNmÅmw AtÃm fpNant`maw C«n«p*tÃ?’

Fsâ ssN t_mg³ Ssâ 2 ssN N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ]pw NqsX tIÀ¯v bnXn¨v b^ntlmVn¡pN B\v, ssf`m©n]psX Znssh³ tWm¡m³ tk*n Ip^nUm_nsâ cpÄ Éokv Np_¨v fpNant`¡v D]À¯n]t¸mÄ B\v ASv fpNant`¡v NqXn Ds*¶v Ak³ N*Sv.

‘ FknsX ks^ D*v CSv? ‘

‘CknXw ks^’ fp«nWp Smsj ssN sSm«v Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Éokv H¶v sbm¡ns], tWm¡s« ‘

CÃm¶v DÅ AÀ°¯n Mm³ S`]m«n.

‘ASnsâ SpX¡w Nm\m³ Bs\Xo’

‘ASv Nm\m³ bäq`, cpÄ D*v’ Mm³ Wm\n¨v hSyw b_ªp.

‘AwdXo, F¶n«v Bt\m Wp\ b_ªSv, CSm^m As¸m C«Sv?’

‘A.. ASv, M§apsX cv`mänsâ sSm«Xp¯ cv`mäns` tI¨n’

Mm³ ko*pw Wp\ b_ªp. B ssf`m©n C« Nm^yw HmÀ¯p FWn¡v Np_¨v Wm\w k¶p, ASv Ckt^mXv F§sW b_]pw. Sn^n¨v tbm^p¶Snsâ ^*p Unkhw fp¼v B\v GtSm fmhnN]n H^p tfmZ`nsâ ssf`m©n C« tcmt«m N*p WnW¡v CSv tbms` ssf`m©n C«m AXnsbman BNpw F¶v b_ªv– C¡ H^p sfiµnþXmäq tgm¸nt`¡v sNm*v– tbmNp¶Sv. H^p inµn¡m^³ b¿Wv fp¼n Éokv s`hv Xo gÀ«pw C«v C^p¶Sv Cs¸m HmÀ¡pt¼m Wm\w BNp¶p. Ak³ Ss¶ ssN]ns` t^mf§Ä Hs¡ kmN-vhv sI]vSv S¶t¸mÄ D*m] C¡nan… kmN-vhv hv{Xnbvhv ssN]n tIÀ¯v k`n¨t¸mÄ sbs«¶v D*m] H^p sI_p tkUW]n Mm³ H¶v Dcvcv F¶v sI_pSm]n lÐw sk¨t¸m B sI_p¡sâ hmVWw bmânsâ fpNan H^p AW¡w… ssf`m©n C«v fpNan F¯n]t¸mÄ N£¯n`pw fp` ]psX sS_n¨ bmÀlzkl§an`pw Iq*v kn^ sNm*v– Ak³ C¡nan C«Sv… Ak³ S^p¶ sI_p hpOw AWpekn¨v sNm*v– C¡s] tWm¡n]t¸m, N®v C_p¡n CsSms¡ Sm³ Nm\p¶p*v F¶v Nm\n¨v ht¸mÀ«v sI]SSv… Aksâ knNrSn NqXn]t¸m FÃm N¬t{Xmapw Wãs¸« Mm³ H^p ho¡m^ lÐw bp_s¸Xpkn¨Spw tbXn¨v tbm] sI¡Wv sbs«¶v tks_ Ft´m hwhm^n¨v C¡ ]psX {l² fmäm³ {lfn¨Spw… Cu Nů^§Ä Hs¡ fWÊn DÅSv sNm*mNmw tgm¸n tbm]n C«Sv Bs\¶v b_]m³ tSm¶m¯Sv.

‘Aan]m, CSn cpÄ tImt¢äv Bs\Xm’

^Kn¯v ASnWnsX Fsâ dmPn Wn¶v tImt¢äv H¶msN bp_s¯Xp¯p

‘FXn NÅn, CSv cpÄ dmPn sk¨m\tÃ, M§tamXv H¶pw Csöv’ t_mg³ Fsâ ssN kn^`pNÄ bnXn¨p sM¡n Np_¨v tkUWn¸n¨m\v b_ªSv.

‘ AÅm.. knXv tI«m, tkUWn¡p¶p…ASv Mm³ ¢mÊn sNmXp¡m³ sNm*v– tbmNp¶Sm’

‘BUyw tI«³fmÀ Njn¨n«v fSn tfmsa, ¢mhns` bntÅ^v ‘

‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ¹ohv tI«m, ko«n CSn`pw WÃSv tks_ D*v, Mm³ AXp¯ Bjv–I k^pt¼mÄ sNm*v– k¶v S^mw’
Mm³ H¶v sNm©n tWm¡n

‘ D*tÃ, ASv sNm*v– k^msS AXp¯ Bjv–I CWn k^*, bs£ ASv tks_ Nm^yw, CSn¶pw M§Ä¡v tk\w’

bXt¨msW skap¡m³ tS¨Sv bm*m]tÃm..

‘B H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw, Wnsâ ¢mhn F{S tb^p*v? ‘
‘ 49’

‘Wo AX¡w AsÃ, Hms¡ 48 F®w sk¨n«v dm¡n M§Ä FXp¡pkm’

‘At¿m ASv bänÃ, Xot¨ÀhnWpw sNmXp¡\w’

‘bnt¶]v, Wo FÂsNKn AsÃ, CknsX DÅ Xo¨ÀhnWp l¼aw Ss¶ sNmXp¡^pSv F¶m M§sX Aen{bm]w’

AkÀ dm¡n]pÅSv sfm¯w FXp¯p. CWn Ft´`pw Dt*mXo F¶v b_ªp H¶v NqXn Ak³ dmPn ssN]n«p, Mm³ SX]m³ tbm]t¸mta¡pw Ak³ H^p NphrSn In^nt]msX Fs¶ tWm¡n

‘B CWn {dZv fm{Stf DÅp… ‘

‘ Fiv CkÄ F´m s{dZpw Kmfpsfms¡ FXp¯mt\m ¢mÊn tbmNp¶Sv’

dm¡n FÃmÀ¡pw fWÊn`ms]¦n`pw sWkn tI«Wv fm{Sw fWÊn`m]nÃ.

‘Kmw CSn Nm\mWnÃ, In`t¸m Kmw bp^«n]Sv AkÄ fmän sk¨n«p*mNm³ hmVyS D*v ‘

‘ Fsâ ^Knt¯«m,dmPv– C§v Ss¶, FXp¯nsÃ.’

‘B CSm’

dmPpw km§n tkPw ¢mÊnt`¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ AkÀ bn¶n Wn¶v knan¨p, hq£n¨p tbmNt\, N¨_ bntÅ^m FÃmw, Ak·m^psX ssN]n F§m³ Nn«n]m Hä tIm¡t`äv dm¡n Nm\nÃ.. i i

‘ Wn§ta¡mÄ N¨_ CknsX tks_ B^m? ‘ Mm³ Aks^ sNmªWw Np¯n ¢mhnt`¡v tkPw WX¶p.

Np_¨v Unkhw ¢mÊn CÃmSn^p¶Sv sNm*v– Nps_ tWm«vhv FjpSm³ D*m]n^p¶p. ASnsâ NqsX Asshs·âpNapw `mdv s_t¡mZpw Hs¡ B]t¸m BsN sb«v tbm] AkØ. sskNpt¶^w ¢mhv Njnª k¶ DXsW Hmt^m¶m]n FjpSn SpX§n. F§sW C^p¶v FjpSn]m`pw CSn¶v SoÀ¯n«v D_§m³ bäpsf¶v tSm¶p¶nà A{S¡p*v.

‘FXo cpZv Njn¡m³ tbmNmw, CWn k¶n«v FjpSmw, Gj^ Njnªp hf]w.’

sÌcn k¶v e£\w Njn¡m³ knan¨t¸m B\v hf]w tWm¡p¶Sv. sfÊn 7 f\n fpS 8.30 ks^ B\v ^m{Sn e£\¯nsâ hf]w.

‘H¶v WnÂs¡Xo, Cu s_t¡mÀZv H¶v fpjpk³ B¡«v, H^p 10 fnWnäv fSn, bns¶ CsSm¶v fX¡n sk¡mt`m’

‘ 10 fnWnäv AÃ, A^ f\n¡qÀ FXp¯m`pw ASv So^¯nÃ, Cutlmt], t{Zm]n§pw D*v ASnÂ, kmXn, C¶v dn^n]m\n B\v tNt«m, `mÌv tbm]m D\§n] bohv BNpw Nn«pN ‘

‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hmiv.. bns¶ W½psX sfÊns` dn^n]m\n Ss¶ AtÃ, ASnsW dn^n]m\n F¶v knan¡p¶ks^ b_ªm fSn]tÃm ‘

‘ FXo tf¯¨o, Nm^yw Wo Nps_ dn^n]m\n Sn¶v Nm\pw, F¶m`pw CknsX BsN sNmÅmkp¶ H^p cpZv dn^n]m\n B\v, ASnsW Wo Npäw b_]*.. km km ‘

Aksasâ ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨p.

‘ F¶m Wo tbm]n sN]n¨n«v km, Mm³ F´m]m`pw CSv SoÀ¶nt« F\o¡p¶pÅq’

‘ Hmiv, F¶m FWn¡pw bns¶ fSn. Wnsâ NqsX hwhm^n¨v C^p¶m fm{Stf FWn¡v cpZv Njn¡m³ ^hfpÅq. At¸mjm AkapsX H^p KmZ.. “”tbm]n sN]n¨n«v dm””, F¶m cmg]mXo CSv, BUyw Wo f`]maw bYn¡v. ‘

knan¨t¸m Mm³ tbmNm¯ tUgyw Fsâ emgt]mXm\v AkÄ SoÀ¯Sv.

‘ Hmiv, FWn¡n{S f`]matf A_n]q, WnW¡v Fs¶ Np_¨v cmg cYn¸n¨qsX? ‘

‘ tbmXo b«n, tkPw FjpSm³ tWm¡v ‘

Np_¨v A£ft]msX Bs\¦n`pw, Nps_ kÀ¯fmWw Hs¡ b_ªv– AkÄ AknsX Ss¶ C^p¶p..

‘Xn, km km, fSn, 8.10 B]n’

‘CSm Njnªp, Cu H^p k^n.. FXo knXv.. k^mw… l^n Mm³ H¶nWv tbm]n«v k^mw knXv ‘

‘ Ct¸mÄ Bt\m WnW¡v H^p fpÅÂ, cpZv Njn¨n«v tbmNmw’

‘ks¶Xo, H^p fnWnäv Wn¡v, Fs´m^p B{Nm´w B\nSv, MmWnSm F¯n’

‘FXo Fs´m^p fq{Sw H]n¡Â B\v– CSv–.. Wo CknXp¶p tbm] tlgw BUyw B]mt\m Hjn¡pt¶’

kmSn`nWv S«n sNm*v– bp_¯v– Wn¶v– AkÄ H¨s]Xp¯p.

‘ F´mXo CSv, fpÅmWpw h½Sn¡ntÃ’ Ip^nUm_nsâ WmX sN«n sNm*v– bp_¯n_§n] Mm³ AktamXv tImUn¨p.

‘ k`y Z]t`mPv AXn¡msS C§v kmXn, cpZv F§mWpw SoÀ¶m Wns¶ Mm³ sNmÃpw ‘

HmXn¡nS¨v sfÊns`¯n]t¸mÄ H^p knVw FÃm^pw cpZv Njn¨v tbm]n^p¶p. dn^n]m\n¡m]n t¹äv Wo«n] M§Ä¡v Nn«n]Sv bohv CÃm¯ sk_pw dn^n]m\n ss_hv…

‘bohv Sm tI¨n ‘

boshms¡ SoÀ¶p.. hf]w F´ms]¶m, tW^s¯ k^\w’

hf]w tWm¡pt¼m 8.25, F¶m`pw sfhv AX¡m³ 5 fnWnäv NqsX D*tÃm, M§apw sfÊns` tI¨nt]mXv WÃ SÀ¡w B]n.

‘ Ft¶mXv sIm^p¡v H¶pw Nm\n¡* bntÅs^, Wn§apsX kmÀZWtà AknsX C^n¡p¶Sv, Akt^mXv tbm]n tImUn¡v ‘

‘ tfw… go` tfw… ‘

‘ fv.. F´m bntÅs^?’

Njn¨v sNm*n^n¡p¶ bm{S¯n Wn¶v fpOw D]À¯n kmÀZ³ M§sa tWm¡n

‘tfw, M§Ä¡v cpZv Cà ‘

‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv cpZv CtÃ, Giv…B..hf]w F´m]n 8.30 BkmWm]tÃm.. bns¶ F§sW D*mNpw ‘

‘ BkmWm]n«sà DÅp, B]nÃtÃm, ‘

sÌcn WÃ IqXn`m\v.

‘dn^n]m\n Hs¡ DÅ Unkhw tW^s¯ k¶nsæn cpZv Nn«¯nÃ, C{S tW^w N*ksW Hs¡ tcm¬ knan¨v H`n¸n¨v AknsX]pw CknsX]pw Wn¶v hf]w Naªn«p, `mÌv hf]w tN_n k¶v Ft¶mXv SÀ¡p¯^w b_ªn«v Nm^yw Cà ‘

‘AÃ tfZw, Np_¨p FjpSm³ DÅSv sNm*v–… ‘

‘ AtS]v.. M§Ä Bt^mXv hwhm^n¡\w Fs¶ms¡ M§Ä So^pfmWn¡pw, Wn§apsX Nmlv sNm*v– AÃtÃm, StÅ… M§Ä FÃm fmhkpw sfhv dn AX¡p¶Sv B\v, AÃmsS Wn§sa tbms` HmhnWà Sn¶p¶Sv ‘

Mm³ H¶v Nm^yw knlUoN^n¡m³ {lfn¨v SpX§n F¦n`pw sÌcn ASnWnX]n N]_n W¶m]n IqXm]n Ss¶ FSnÀ¯p hwhm^n¨p.

‘ Hmtim, Cu go` tSmfhv B^m¶v, ^*nsW]pw Nm\n¨v S^mw. Wmsa H¶v tW^w skapt¯ms«, Wn§sa Cu timÌ`n Ss¶ sk¨v sbm_p¸n¡nÃ.’

‘ Hmiv, Wn§Ä Ft´`pw B¡v.. tU CSv NqsX N]äns¡m…kmXn’

M§apsX ^*mapsX bm{Sw NqXn kmÀZWp fp¶n sk¨v M§Ä Sn^n¨v WX¶p.

‘ FXn, Wo F´nWm C§sW IqXm]Sv, CWn F´m\mtkm D*mkpN, fn¡km_pw timÌ`n¶v bp_¯m¡pw ‘

‘ fn*^pSv, Wo Hä H^p¯n Nm^\fm\v.. tW^s¯ k¶m tbms^ ‘

‘ Mm³ b_tªm, Wnt¶mXv Fs¶ Nm¯v Wn¡m³’

‘B.. Ft¶mXv CSv Ss¶ b_]\w, hvtWiw CÃm¯ Np^n¸v’

‘ Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSmXo, thm_n, F¶m`pw AkÄ b\n S^ptfm? ‘

‘ B ^mkns` tbm]n H¶v thmÄkv B¡m³ tWm¡mw.. CWn bp_¯m¡n]m BNs«, tks_ ss{bkäv timÌ Hs¡ D*v AXp¯v, AsSm¶pw HmÀ¯p sX³g³ BtN*’

Wà knl¸v Ds*¦n`pw Nps_ FjpSm³ DÅSv sNm*v– Mm³ bphvSNkpfm]n C^p¶p, AkÄ D_§mWpw tbm]n. ^m{Sn 12.30 B]n FÃmw FjpSn So^pt¼mÄ, dm¡n FÃm^pw C_§n]n^p¶p. bphvSN§Ä Hs¡ FXp¯v sk¨v Mm³ tcm\pw FXp¯v C¡]pw B]n tcm¬ sI¿m³ Mm³ N*p bnXn¨ Ø`¯v– sI¶p. hf]w Nps_ sskNn]Sv sNm*v– Bs^]pw tbXn¡msS AknsX C^p¶p shmÅmw.N\¡v {bNm^w bn^oZv BtN* Unkhw B]n«pw, B]n«nà F¶v tN«t¸m C¡msX Sfml…

‘Fsâ]pw Wnsâ]pw D½fm^psX {bmÀ°W tN«v hinsN«p bXt¨m³ k¶v tNm*¯n Spa]n«ntWm Btkm’

‘i i i, In`t¸m C§sW BNm_p*v, tWm¡mw’

‘B sSän tbmNpw, bSnW©v Unkhw ASnWp _Ìv sNmXp¯nÃtÃm.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bmkw Wnsâ Npªn sb®v BsN CXn¨v N`§n NnX¡pN BNpw, ASnsâ kngf¯n 2 Unkhw b\n fpX¡n]Sv BNpw ‘

‘ B, CSv tN«m tSm¶pw MmWm _Ìv sNmXp¡m¯Sv F¶v.. AÅm Fs´ms¡ bpNn`m]n^p¶p.. hSym]n«pw Mm³ C{S¡v H¶pw {bSo£n¨nà ‘

‘ i i i Fsâ A¨phpw A¨qhnsâ Npªn sb®pw AsSms¡ WtÃm\w BhzUn¨ntÃ? ‘

‘ bns¶ CÃmsS, Mm³ C§v tbm¶Sv H¶pw B Npªn sb®v A_nªnÃm¶v tSmWp¶p.. C¡msW Nm\\w F¶v b_ªv– AkÄ CknsX NnX¶v N^]pkm’

‘ Bt\m, CknsX H^mÄ Bt\ D_§msS, Fsâ B¨n FknsX F¶pw tImUn¨v Sn^]p¶p*v’

‘ AkWv H^p½ sNmXp¡m³ tSm¶pkm C¡ ‘

‘ F¶m Mm³ At§m«v tbm^s« ‘

km..’

tcm\n`qsX b^hvb^w D½Napw ^Sn{NoZ knk^\§apw fp_pNp¶SnWWph^n¨v Fsâ ssN kn^`pNÄ fm_n`pw bq_n`pw HjpNn WX¶p. B^pw AkntX¡v k^nà F¶ knlzmh¯n Ip^nUmÀ bmânWv ANt¯¡v, bmân V^n¡m¯ Fsâ hwPf ØmW¯v C¡nan C«p. t]mWn]psX b^fmkVn Bj¯nt`¡v Fsâ WXpkn^ Duan]n«p. HXpkn C¡s] HmÀ¯p H^p ^Sn fqÀJ.. C¡m¡v H^p D½ NqXn sNmXp¯p, Sn^n¨v _qfnt`¡v WX¡m³ SpX§n] Mm³ Fsâ fp¶n Wn¡p¶ H^p ^qbw N*v sM«n kn_¨p, tcm¬ Smsj ko\p.

‘B… iv.. Hmiv Wo B]n^pt¶m, tbXn¨p’

‘F´mXn CSv Ø` Nm` tdmVw tk\w, fWpgy³ CknsX k]än H¶pw CÃmsS Wn¡pt¼mam AkapsX H^p bqän`nXÂ, CSmt\m Øn^w Wnsâ kn^`nX tN{µw’

‘Wo Nps_ tW^w Bt]m k¶n«p?’

‘ti]v Wo tbXn¡* Mm³ H¶pw tN«nÃ, WnW¡v sNt«ymsâ SmXn bq_n D^¡\sf¶v b_ªSpw, Aksâ fpjpk³ B]n km]n`m¡pw F¶v b_ªSpw, Np*n¡N¯v NqXn AXn¨p S^m³ Wo sNMvKn]Spsfm¶pw Mm³ tN«nà ‘

H^p NÅ In^nt]msX sÌcn b_ªp.

‘ Nps_ tW^w B]tà ..F¶m H¶v lÐw D*m¡n NqsX ‘

‘ Ip½m F´nWm Wn§sa ZnÌÀdv sI¿p¶Sv F¶v N^pSn.. sk_psS AÃ WnW¡v C{S Np*o, FXn AknsX Spa C«Sv Sq_m³ B\v, AÃmsS Np® AXn¨p tNämWÃ’

‘Jo.. Wos]´m D_§ms¯’

‘knl¶n«v D_¡w k^p¶nÃ, Wo C§v km H^p b\n D*v ‘

‘ FkntX¡m?

‘Wfp¡v SÅv go`]psX _qfnsâ kmSn`nWp fpNan DÅ Pym¸n`qsX Np_¨v skÅw Hjn¡mw’

‘Wo tbms], MmsWm¶pfnÃ. Atà Ss¶ D*m¡n] {blvWw H¶v tbm^mªv’

‘Ip½m b_ªSmXn, Wfp¡v sfÊn N]_n tWm¡mw, ASnsâ H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kmSn tNXm, kà bjtfm ftäm Nm\pw ‘

‘ tk*, Bt^`pw A_nªm..? fm{Skpw Aà sfÊn tN_n]n«v F´m Nm^yw, Ft´`pw Ds*¦n Ss¶ tÌm_n BNpw ‘

‘ sfhn tN_n]m tÌm_nt`¡pÅ kmSn Sp_¡m³ bäptfm tWm¡mw, Wo km Ip½m Hmt^m FSn^v– b_ªv– Wn`v¡msS ‘

tbXnt]msX Bt\`pw AkapsX NqsX Mm³ WX¶p.

‘ CsS´mXo, CknsX cpÄ WWkv B\tÃm ‘ CX¡v AkapsX ssN Fsâ SpX CXp¡nt`¡v k^p¶Sv N* Mm³ tkPw ASv S«n.

‘ Jo tbmXn, F¶m MmWnSv fmän]n«p k^mw ‘

‘ Fsâ sbmt¶, tk*, AknsX Wnsâ bq_nt`¡v tWm¡msWm¶pw B^pfnÃ’

sfÊns` bq«m¯ kmSn Sp_¶v M§Ä AN¯v N]_n, e£\w Njn¡m³ C^n¡p¶ imÄ B\Sv, ASntWmXv tIÀ¶v H^p kmSn sNm*v– Sn^n¨v cpZv D*m¡p¶ _qw D*v, ASv Njnªv ko*pw H^p kmSn Sp_¶m tÌm_n F¯mw. BUys¯ kmSn {bSo£ H¶pw CÃmsS Ip½m SÅn tWm¡n]Sv B\v, M§apsX emPy¯nWv ASv AX¨n«nÃ. AknsX N* Hmt^m bm{Skpw {bSo£t]msX AX¸v sbm¡n tWm¡p¶ hvssäcns] Mm³ bpÑt¯msX tWm¡n.

‘WnW¡v {em´v Bs\Xo, W½Ä k^psf¶v A_nªv ASn cpZv FXp¯v sk¡m³ Wnsâ A½m]½ Dt*m CknsX’

‘FXn, kmXn.. CSv tWm¡nt]…CknsX kmXn, AknsX Wn¶v In`]v¡msS’

AkÄ Sp_¶ bm{Sw tWm¡n]t¸mÄ MmWpw sM«n, ASn dn^n]m\n]pw NqsX fpjp¯ fq¶m`v bohpw.

‘ CSm tI¨nfm^psX b\n BNpw, bmkw tbms` WX¶n«v M§Ä¡v S^msS M§apsX cpZv Wmta¡v FXp¯v skt¨¡p¶p… F´m]m`pw FXp¯v Snt¶m… ‘

M§Ä ASn Ss¶ ssN]n«v Sn¶m³ SpX§n, Wà knl¸v D*m]n^p¶Sv sNm*v– sk«n knjp§pN]m]n^p¶p.

‘Xo, B KPv H¶v tWm¡nt] skÅw Dt*m¶v.. ‘

‘ FXn, CSn bm ‘

‘ bmt`m, Cs§Xps¯… At¿m… CSv bms`m¶pw AÃ, Ft´m tgNv AXn¨p sk¨Sv B\v…Xo NpXn¨p tWm¡nt], dUmw Bt\m, Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p AsÃ’

‘B AtS, FXn CsSms¡ BÀ¡v tk*n]m… W½psX sfhnt`¡v dUmw Hs¡ km§m_ps*¶v A_n]p¶Sv Ss¶ Ct¸mÄ B\v, k³ AjnfSn B\tÃm tfmsa CknsX ‘

‘ CWn Cu tfmg\w Wfp¡v Øn^w B¡\w, F´m]m`pw Njn¡q tkPw ‘

‘ Xn, H^p fnWnäv… Ft´`pw lÐw tNÄ¡p¶pt*m… ‘

‘ F´v lÐw.. Mm³ H¶pw tNÄ¡p¶nÃ… B Wn¡v.. D*v…tÌm_n¶v Bt\m? ‘

‘ Xn, tbmNmw, FWn¡v tbXn BNp¶p’

‘Wn¡v, F´m¶p tWm¡mw… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ‘

tÌm_nsâ kmSn sI_pSm]n SÅn tWm¡n]t¸mÄ ASpw AX¨n«nÃ, Np_¨v fm{Sw Sp_¶v ANt¯¡v tWm¡n] M§Ä H^p Nmjv–I N*p A¼^¶p. H^p Ìqan C^p¶p, Ssâ ssWän A^ ks^ sbm¡n sk¨n^n¡pN B\v kmÀZ³ go`m tfZw. f`Napw ssWän]psX bp_¯m\v, b¸m] tbms` Sq§n NnX¡p¶ k`n] fp`NÄ… Smsj C^p¶v Bt^m Ak^psX AN¯n] Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n fpOw bqjv¯n sk¨n«p*v. Wmkv sNm*pÅ {bt]mP¯n hpOn¨p M^§n C^n¡pN]m\v go` tfw.. bt£ hot_m dÄdnsâ B A^* skan¨¯n Smsj C^n¡p¶ Bsa fWÊn`m]nÃ. A]mÄ V^n¨n^p¶ ]q\ntcmw N*v shNyq^nän Bs\¶v fWÊn`m]n. bt£ fq¶m`v shNyq^nän DÅSv sNm*pw, A]mapsX fpOw Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n f_ªn^n¡p¶Sv sNm*pw NrSyfm]n B^ms\¶v bnXn Nn«p¶nÃ. A¼SntWmXv AXp¡m_m] B hv{So]psX fpO¯v ^Sn emk§Ä fm_n fm_n k^p¶Sv M§Ä N*p. AkÀ A]mapsX S` fp_psN bnXn¨p Afp¡p¶p*v. Np_¨v tW^s¯ km {bt]mP¯nWv tlgw fpOw bn³k`n¨ A]mÄ lzmhw FXp¡mWm]n W¶m]n NnS¨p. B A^* skan¨¯n A]mapsX fpOw M§Ä N*p…

‘dmdptk«³…!’

M§apsX ^*p tb^psX]pw km]n Wn¶v H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p, bSnª lЯn B tb^v bp_¯v– k¶Sv–. shNyq^nän Nm^psX Nq«¯n Sm^StfyW sI_p¸¡m^³ B\v Bav–, Np«nNtamXv Hs¡ kas^ hvtWit¯msX sb^pfm_p¶ Bav–. N_p¯v, H¯ SXn]pw D]^kpw DÅ fWpgy³… A]mÄ B\v Ssâ bmâv Smtj¡p Ajn¨p sk¨v, Ssâ B]pVkpw Np`¸n¨v kmÀZ³ tfZ¯nWv W¡n sNmXp¯n^p¶Sv, A]mapsX Np`¨v Wn¡p¶ Np®]n bäo bnXn¨n^p¶ K` N\nNNÄ N*m A_n]mw, W¶ms]m^p AV^ {bt]mPw Njnªv Wn¡pN]m\v F¶v.. sSm`n bn_tNm«v k`nªv Wn¡p¶ Np®]psX Ipk¶ Aäw Hjn¨v FÃmw Wà N_p¯n^p*m]n^p¶p. C¡ ]psXt]¡mÄ Woakpw k®kpw D*v Mm³ fWÊnt`mÀ¯p. A]mÄ kmÀZsW bnXn¨p Fjpt¶Âbn¨p. Akt^mXv H^p Nm Ìqan N]än sk¡m³ b_ªp. k`Sv Nm ÌqanWp fpNan N]än sk¨v go` tfZw Wn¶p. Ak^psX bn_Nnt`¡v tbm] dmdptk«³ Np*n]n H^Xn sNmXp¯p.

‘Biv.. F¶m¯nWm dmdptk C§sW AXn¡pt¶?’

A]mÄ Np_¨v DfnWoÀ ssN]n B¡n Ak^psX bq_nt`¡v sNm*v– tbm]n tS¨p, 2 ssN sNm*pw ssNNÄ bnXn¨p Ssâ Np® tfZ¯nsâ bq_nt`¡]mÄ tIÀ¯p..

‘B.. iv.. Cutlmt].. bSns] SÅXm dmdptk’

dmdptk«³ knXp¶ Nq«nÃ, At§^p Bªp SÅpN]m\v..

‘Biv.. dmdq.. iv.. CSv bä¯nÃ.. hmVm fSn dmdq.. hmVm sI¿mw. ‘

‘hmVms]m? N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F´m Cu SÅ b_]p¶Sv?’
tImUn¨v fpjpk³ BNp¶SnWp fpt¶ sÌcn Fsâ km] sbm¯n. Ip*n kn^ sk¨v fn*^pSv F¶v Nm\n¨p.

B hf]w dmdptk«³ tfZ¯nsâ bq_n Wn¶v `nwPw Du^n, AtS sbmhngWn Ss¶ Wn¶v ssN tXdnan ht¸mÀ«v sI¿m³ b_ªp sNmXp¯p. AkÀ A§sW Wn¶p. bpÅn¡m^³ ko*pw bn¶n Wn¶v Ak^psX Nm H¶v sbm¡n b\n]m³ SpX§n, tU NnX¡p¶p tfZw Smsj, ssN sNm*pÅ bnXp¯w kn«p Cs¸m Nãs¸«v fp«v ssN Np¯n Wn¡pN]m\v, Ak^psX B Wn`vbv N*v MmWpw sÌcn]pw km sbm¯n In^n¨p.

‘H¡¯nà dmdq.. iv… hmUm fSn.. BBiv.. hmUm sI¿mw.. CsSm¡¯nÃmiv…’

dmdptk«³s_ fpO¯v H^p Wn^ml. F¦n`pw A]mÄ `nwPw bn³k`n¨p. F¶n«v Smsj Np_¨v tb¸À kn^n¨p, ASnt`¡v tfZw NnX¶p, Nm`pNÄ AN¯n sk¨p. A]mÄ Ak^psX fpNant`¡v N]_n, knXÀ¯n sk¨ Ak^psX A^s¡«vt`¡v A]mapsX A^s¡«v tIÀ¶p, tfZw H¶v kn_]v¡p¶Sv AknsX Wn¶ M§Ä A_nªp. A]mapsX A^s¡«v AW§n SpX§n.

‘in in CSnsW B\v SÅ hmUm F¶v b_ªSv’

sÌcn Fsâ sIkn]n AX¡n b_ªp.

AtS hf]w AknsX ^Sn SmÞkw A^§v SNÀ¡pN B]n^p¶p. A]mapsX hvboZv NqXn]SnWp AWph^n¨v tfZ¯nsâ M^¡kpw fqa`pw NqXn.

‘B.. bSns].. iviv.. Cutlm.. t]iviv.. B.. fSn.. fSns].. ‘

bs£ A]mÄ WnÀ¯n]nÃ, Np_¨p tW^w NqXn Ssâ A^s¡«v I`n¸n¨ tlgw A]mapw Ak^psX fpNant`¡v SaÀ¶v– ko\p. ^*v– tb^pw Fjpt¶äp, H^p Sp\n FXp¯p l^o^w Hs¡ SpX¨ tlgw {Zhv Hs¡ tW^]n«p

‘ F¶m`pw Fsâ got`¨o, BUyw Wn¶Sv tbms` AXn¡m³ WÃ ^hw D*m]n^p¶p’

‘bäs* dmdq, Wo A§sW 2 AXn AXn¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ kÃm¯ SaÀ¨’

‘B tbms«, AXp¯ Sk\ tWm¡mw, Cs¸m MmWpw SaÀ¶p’

‘Wo C§v tbm^v, WanWnt]mXv b_ªv– WÃ fpjp¯ Np_¨v In¡Wv bohpw dn^n]m\n]pw Kyqhpw FXp¯v sk¨n«p*v ‘

‘ Cu tI¨n]psX H^p hvtWiw ‘ A]mÄ tfZ¯nsW sN«n bnXn¨p H^p½ NqXn sNmXp¯p.

‘Xo knt«mXo’

sÌcn Fsâ ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨Spw 2 tb^pw HmXn]Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p. HmXp¶SnWnsX ssN S«n Np_¨v bm{S§apw Smsj ko\p. sbs«¶v D*m] H¨]pw diakpw Nm^\w sNm*v– bn_Nn tfZ¯nsâ Wn`knan]pw A]mapsX ‘B^mSv?’ F¶ A`À¨]pw tNÄ¡pt¼mtj¡pw M§Ä sfÊnWp bp_s¯¯n. Fsâ _qfnsâ AknsX sI¶t¸m kmSn AX¨n^n¡p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp«n]n«m^pw Sp_¡p¶pfnÃ.

‘Xn tkPw C§v tbm^v, AkÀ In`t¸m Cs¸m N]_n k¶m W½sa N*m bnXn¡pw’

Aksasâ ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨p, M§Ä N]_n] DXsW AkÄ kmSn Npän C«p. AkapsX sdZn MmWpw Akapw NqsX NnX¶p. hnwPnÄ sdZv B]SnWm H^mÄ¡v knlm`fm]n NnX¡msfWvNn`pw ^*v– tb^v– NnX¡pt¼mÄ Wà CXp§n] tbms`]m\v. HmXn k¶Snsâ]pw sk{bma¯nsâ]pw c`fm]pÅ NnS¸v H¶]ªp SpX§n.Akapw MmWpw b^hvb^w fpOw tWm¡n NnX¶p .Aksa tWm¡n Mm³ H¶v bp©n^n¨p. AkapsX fpO¯v kn^nª bp©n^n hmkVmWw H^p sbm«n In^n B]n fm_n.

‘iv.. iv.. si´mXo?’

NnS¸X¡n bnXn¨p Mm³ tImUn¨p

“” hmUm fSn.. dmdp hmUm fSn”” CSpw b_ªp AkÄ ko*pw WnÀ¯m³ BNmsS In^n SpXÀ¶p. AkapsX In^n]pw tfZ¯nsâ AkØ Hs¡ HmÀ¯t¸mÄ FWn¡pw In^n k¶p

‘i i fSns]Xo, bmkw ASnWp A{S k]Êm]ntÃ, A§sW Nms`ms¡ sbm¡n Wn¡m³ Njn]m¯Sv sNm*tÃ’

‘k]Êm]m AX§n HSp§n C^n¡\w, CSv bntÅs^ fpjpk³ DbtUln¡pN]pw F¶n«v sI_p¡³fms^ sNm*v– Nan¸n¡`pw.. B SÅ W½psX cpZv AXn¨p fmän Asà AkapsX fäkWv sNmXp¡m³ sk¨Sv… F¶n«v AkÄ¡v hmUm fSn F¶v… FXn Wfp¡v Wmsa Akt^mXv tbm]n b_ªv– sNmXp¯mt`m, B sbmhngsâ tb^v fngnW_n F¶m\v, AÃmsS hmUm F¶v AÃm¶v… iii’

AkÄ Ss¶ b_ªv– Aksas¶ In^n¨v sNm*n^p¶p.

‘ F´mXo WnW¡v In^n H¶pw k^p¶ntÃ, AtSm CWn Wo]pw ‘hmUm’]psX Bamt\m? ‘

‘ tbmXn AknXp¶v… CWn Fs¶ Sn¶m³ km’

‘ B.. Wo AÃsÃm., WnW¡v dm¡n`pw NqXn tN_n]m Asà GWt¡Xv fm_p.. i i i.. FXn Cs¶s´m FWn¡v Wà Unkhw B\v– tNt«m’

‘fv? AsS´m? ‘

‘ tW^s¯ sSm«v fp¼n Wn¶v H^p¯n “”C¡m… Wn¡v dm¡n`pw NqXn sI]vSv Sm, Wn¡v hin¡\nÃn¡m””¶v, Cs¸m AknsX H^p¯n “”hmUm fSn dmdp bä\nÃm”” ¶v, C§Ws¯ sFäwhv Hs¡ Nm\mWpw tNÄ¡mWpw bns¶ emPyw tks*! i i ‘

‘tbmXn’ Mm³ H¶v fpOw NW¸n¨p.

‘ As¨mXm bn\§sÃXm I¡s^, Mm³ Sfml b_ªSv AsÃ.. FXo Mm³ H^p Nm^yw tImUn¡s«? ‘

‘fv.?’

‘ l^n¡pw Wo]pw sN«nt]mWpw dm¡n`Xn Dt*mXn? ‘

‘ Wo NnX¶p_§nt], Bsa bn^m´m¡mWm]n«v… ‘

AkapsX tImUyw tN«v Wm\w ks¶¦n`pw ASv bp_¯v– Nm\n¡msS tUgyw AenW]n¨v sNm*v– Mm³ b_ªp.

‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_s]Xo Ip½m A_n]m³ AsÃ, AknsX sI¿m_pt*m?’

‘ fv.. CX¡v ‘

‘ i i i sb®nsâ Wm\w Nt*m.. At¸m tN«Sv hSyw B\tà ‘

‘ F´v tN«Sv? ‘

‘Wn§apsX Nm¡mfmÀs¡ms¡ Np*n koNvsWhv Bs\¶pw, Sm¯mfmÀ¡v AknsX]pw AXn Nn«n]ms` H¡¯pÅq F¶pw ‘

‘ tbmXo, FWn¡pw Fsâ C¡m¡pw Cãm.. At{S DÅp.. F¶v sk¨v FÃm^pw A§sW BN\w Fs¶m¶pw CÃ ‘
FWn¡v Np_¨v tUgyw k¶p.

‘ Cutlmt], ASnWp Wo F´nWm Ft¶mXv IqXmNpt¶, FÃmk^pw b_]p¶Sv tN«Sv tN«v b_ªSv Asà ‘

‘ B^m Cu FÃmk^pw? ‘

‘ ASv…W½psX ¢mÊns` bntÅÀ Ss¶ b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p… Wo PÄcn B]n^p¶t¸mÄ, Wnsâ Np*n AknsX sbman]p¶p*mNpsf¶v, i i i’

‘tbmXo b«o, AVnNw Nan]m¡*, Wo]pw sN«pN M§sX Nq«¯ns` sI¡sW AsÃ? ‘

‘ Bim.. ASm^m Mm³ A_n]msS Fs¶ sN«p¶ “”M§sX Nq«¯ns` sI¡³””?

‘_n]mhn¡… Wo]pw Hm^pw t{bfw AsÃ’

‘i i i… Wo C{S f*n Bt\m, Wo b_ª Cu “”Hms^”” Mm³ sN«m³ H¶pw tbmNp¶nÃ’

‘F´mXo Wo Cu b_]p¶Sv, bns¶ F´nWm _n]mhn¡]pfm]n Ipän WX¡p¶Sv?’

H^msa hvtWin¨n«v A]msa N`ym\w Njn¡nà F¶v b_]p¶Sv FWn¡{S Uin¨nÃ. A§sW DÅkÀ Hs¡ tfml¡mÀ Bs\¶v fWÊn DÅSv sNm*v Ss¶ Mm³ B AWnãw AktamXv {bNXfm¡n.

‘ FXo f*qsh, FWn¡v AksW Cãw Hs¡ Ss¶]m, F¶v sk¨v KoknS Nm`w fpjpk³ Aksâ NqsX Njn]m³ Bt\m hvtWin¡p¶Sv, Ak³ tbm]m tks_ Bsa hvtWin¡\w… i i i.. AksW F¶Ã Mm³ Bs^]pw N`ym\w Njn¡nÃ’

‘As¸m Bs^s]¦n`pw N`ym\w Njn¡\w Fs¶m¶pw tSm¶n]ntÃ, A§sW tSm¶mSn^pt¡m? ‘

‘ hSyw b_ªm H^mtamXv fm{Sw A§sW tSm¶o«p*v. ‘

‘ Bim.. ASm^m? ‘

‘ ASv.. A¿X ASnt¸m tfmav A_nt]* ‘

.’ b_s]Xo, WÃ tfmatÃ’

. AkapsX Nknan kn^ sNm*v– C_psN bnXn¨p sNm*v– Mm³ tImUn¨p. N`ym\w tk* F¶v b_ªn«pw AkapsX fWÊn H^map*v F¶v b_ªt¸mÄ FWn¡v Wà BNmw£ tSm¶n

‘b_]t\m? iv.. fv.. Wo tks_ Bt^mtX`pw b_]ptfm? ‘

‘ CÃ… Mm³ Bt^mXv b_]mWm…’

AkapsX fpOw Fâ fpO¯v tIÀ¶v k¶t¸m Mm³ N^pSn]Sv AkÄ Ft´m ^ihyw b_]m³ Bs\¶m\v. bs£ AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Fsâ Ip*pNsa WpN^pN]m\v sI]SSv, Fsâ NknapNapw bnXn¨p Fsâ AV^§sa AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ip*pw Wmkpw Dbt]mPn¨v WpNÀ¶t¸mÄ Mm³ H¶v NpS_ns]WvNn`pw Aksa knXpkn¡m³ FWn¡m]nÃ. A½m]n¡v tlgw Fsâ km]nt`¡v fsäm^p sb®nsâ DfnWo^v NqXn bSns] C_§p¶p. A½m]n]psX Ip*pNÄ¡pw DfnWo^nWpw Nmf¯nsâ fm{Sw ^pIn Bs\¦n sÌcn]ptXSnWv {b\]¯nsâ NqsX ^pIn Ds*¶v tSm¶n. H^p ssN sNm*v– Fs¶ sN«n bnXn¨p Ip*pNÄ WpNÀ¶p Np_¨v hf]w NqXn M§Ä Wn¶p. lzmhw FXp¡mWm]n HXpkn Aksasâ fpOw hzS{´fm¡n. H^p NnSt¸msX, fnjnNÄ Sm]v¯n Mm³ NnX¶p. Np_¨v fp¼v ks^ Fsâ sdÌv {c*v B]n^p¶ Baà Aksa¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n.

‘Cs¸m fWÊn`mt]m Bam^ms\¶v?’

‘F´mXo C§sW?’

‘Ip½m b_]p¶Sv AÃXo, H¯n^n Cãm Cu D½¨n sb®nsW… Wnsâ Cu Ip*pw Nknapw.. bns¶ huµ^yw fm{Sw AÃt«m, sfm¯fm]n Wns¶ Cãw Bs\Xo, Mm³ F§mWpw H^p B\m]n^pt¶Â Wnsâ C¡s] sNm*v– ssZtkmhv sI¿n¸n¨v sN«nt]sW’

FWn¡v WÃ Wm\w k¶p. Fsâ NknapNapw fq¡pw Ip*pw Hs¡ Ipk¶v SpXp¯p.

‘ Hmiv.. Wnsâ Cu Wm\w Hs¡ Nm\pt¼m.. Wnsâ C¡t]mXv Ahq] BNp¶p ‘

‘ Wo B\mt\mXo.. Wnsâ hwhm^w Cs¸m B\nsW tbm`p*v ‘

‘ Wnsâ fp¶n Mm³ B\m.. Wnsâ ^*mfs¯ sN«n]k³…’

ko*pw Aksasâ Ip*pNÄ km]n`m¡n, AkapsX k`Sv ssN Fsâ l^o^¯n BsN h©^n¨p. AsSsâ fp`Nan kn{lfn¨p. 2 fp`Nsa]pw AkapsX ssNNÄ fm_n fm_n fÀ±n¨p. Fsâ l^o^kpw {bSnN^n¨p SpX§n, AkapsX Ip*pNsa fÕ^n¨v MmWpw I¸n k`n¨p. Mm³ Fsâ Wmkv bp_t¯¡v– Wo«n AkapsX Ip*v sSm«p, AkÄ Ip*v Sp_¶p AkapsX Wmkv sNm*v– Fsâ Wmkn hvbÀln¨p, kÃms¯m^p S\p¸v… WmkpsNm*v M§Ä b^hvb^w fÕ^n¨p W¡n, Wo«n sk¨v sNmXp¯ Fsâ Wmkv AkÄ k`nIq¼n.

AkapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ Ip^nUmÀ tXmbnsâ Smsj bnXn¨t¸m FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n ASv Ajn¡mWpÅ bp_¸mXn`m\v Aksa¶v. AkapsX _qw tfävhv B] AWn`]psX]pw hvtWi]psX]pw sdZnt`¡v tWm¡n, Fsâ N®ns` e]w N*Sv sNm*mNpw, sÌcn AkapsX bpS¸v knXÀ¯n ASnt`¡v M§Ä ^*v– tb^pw N]_n.

fpjpk³ Ajn¡t\m sÌco? ‘

‘Wo tbXn¡*, AkapfmÀ A§sW H¶pw Fjpt¶Â¡nÃ.’

bpS¸nsâ AXn]n Wn¶v Np_¨v Nãs¸«n«mt\`pw Fsâ tXm¸v AkÄ Ajns¨Xp¯p. WPvWfm] Fsâ fp`Nan AkapsX ssNNÄ AfÀ¶p. ASnsâ fmwhSa]n AkapsX ssN b¯nNÄ kWyfm] BWµw Ns*¯n.

‘ Biv.. tkUWn¡ps¶Xo’

‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fs´m^p fp` Bs\Xo.. ssN]n Nn«n]n«v sk_psS knXm³ tSm¶t*!’

CSnWnsX AkapsX XogÀ«pw Mm³ Ajns¨Xp¯p. Ft¶¡mapw Sq§n]Sm\v AkapsX fp`NÄ. B ^*v fp` Np¶pNÄ Mm³ ssN sNm*v– DX¨p. Smsj Wn¶p fpNant`¡v ASnsW AfÀ¯n SXkn.

‘ Dcvcv.. Biv.. CWn]pw làn Nq«n bnXn¡v.. WÃ hpOw ‘

AkapsX ^*v– fp`Napw bnXn¨p Ak ^*pw tIÀ¯v D^¨p. hpOw sNm*kÄ bpaªp.

‘im.. Èv.. Cutlmt]…’

AkapsX Ip*pw Wmkpw Fsâ fpO¯v Cjªp, NknapNan NXn¨p AkÄ Fs¶ tkUWn¸n¨p, fpOw fpjpk³ W¡n SpX¨p. AtSmsXm¸w Fsâ fp` N®pNÄ 2 kn^`pNÄ sNm*v– sM^Xn…

‘Biviviv _tº..’

Akapw MmWpw sN«n bnXn¨p sNm*v– ko*pw Ip*n Ip*v tIÀ¯v I¸n k`n¨p. M§apsX fp`NÄ S½n tIÀ¶p. H¶v NqsX sN«n bnXp¯w fp_p¡n sNm*v– AkÄ AkapsX fp`NÄ Fsâ fp`Napfm]n D^hn Nan¨p… fp`NÄ b^hvb^w D^]p¶Snsâ hpOw M§sa hzÀP¯n F¯n¨p. AkapsX H^p Smtj¡v Wo§n bmânWp fpNan NqsX Fsâ I´n tPmaRsa St`mXn, ASnsW bnXn¨p sM^n¨p.

‘Fs´m^p Np*n Bss\Xo CSv.. Np*n¨o..’

‘B iviv..’

bnWvemP¯v Wn¶v fp¶nt`¡v k¶ ssNNÄ Fsâ bmânWv ANt¯¡v N]_n, t]mWo SX§sa St`mXn] tlgw B kn^`pNÄ Fsâ N´nsW bnXn¨p sM^n¨p..

‘B…. iv.. Èvlv…’

FWn¡v ho¡m^w AX¡n sk¡m³ bän]nÃ.. Fsâ fpOw H¶v NpWn¨v AkapsX fp`NÄ ASnWnsX Mm³ km]n`m¡n, Ip*pNÄ sNm*v– AkapsX fp` ]psX fmwhSn Mm³ NXn¨p, fp`]psX Hmt^m klkpw Mm³ I¸n sNm*n^p¶p, AkapsX fp` Wn_s] Fsâ DfnWoÀ bXÀ¶p. AkapsX N_p¯ fp` N®pNÄ Mm³ Ip*v sNm*v– AfÀ¯n k`n¨p, bSns] B N_p¯ fp´n^nNan Fsâ bÃv sNm*v– NXn¨p. Aksam¶p bnXªp. 2 fp`Nan`pw MmWnSv SpXÀ¶p. fp` tPma§apw sM«pw Fsâ Wmkpw Ip*pw bÃpw fm_n fm_n hvbÀln¨p.

CSnWnsX AkapsX kn^`pNÄ Fsâ t]mWn]psX Bj§an F¯n]n^p¶p, Iq*p kn^`pw WXp kn^`pw fm_n fm_n]pw In`t¸m H^pfn¨pw N]_n]pw Aksas¶ tks_ H^p t`mNt¯¡v W]n¨p. Ip^nUmÀ tdm«kpw bqÀ\fm]pw AkÄ Ajns¨Xp¯v NnX¡]psX H^p sshZnt`¡v HSp¡n sk¨v. bqÀ® WPvW]m]n AkapsX kn^`pNapsX {bkÀ¯W¯nWp AWph^n¨v MmWpw A^s¡«v Ca¡n. F¶n Wn¶pÅ lo¡m^§Ä AkapsX _qw tfävhv sW D\À¯psf¶v e]¶v Mm³ Fsâ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX fp` ]psX fmÀ±k¯nt`¡v NqXpS B]n AfÀ¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sk¨p.

Mm³ AkapsX tgmÀ«vhnssâ hndpw d«\pw Ajn¨v ASv Smtj¡v DuÀ¯n sk¨p. AkÄ Ss¶ Nm H¶v sbm¡n, ASv bqÀ\fm]pw Ajns¨Xp¯p, bqÀ\ WPvW^m]n, sf¿pw sf¿pw tIÀ¶v, kn^`pNÄ bq_pNsa ^hn¸n¨p, Ip*pNÄ fp`NÄ WpNÀ¶p M§Ä NnX¶v bpaªp. AkapsX sI_p t^mf§Ä Wn_ª bq_n SXkn N´v bnXn¨p k`n¨p. Aksasâ fpNan N]_n NnX¶p, AkapsX A^s¡«v Fsâ A^s¡«ntWmXv tIÀ¯p, bq_pw bq_pw tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n, ASnWm]n AkÄ A^s¡«n {bt]mPn¨ d`w Nm^\w Mm³ H¶v bnXªp. A§sW sk¨ tlgw AkÄ A^s¡«v I`n¸n¨p, t]mWnNÄ b^hvb^w tIÀ¶v D^]p¶ hpO¯n Mm³ hin¡m³ BkmsS lo¡m^§Ä bp_s¸Xpkn¨p. AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Fsâ Ip*pNsa WpNÀ¶p B lÐw SX]m³ {lfn¨p. AkapsX ssNNÄ Smtj¡v sI¶v Fsâ]pw AkapsX]pw A^s¡«nsâ CX]n Sn^pNn N]_n 2 t]mWnNta]pw fm_n fm_n SXkn ^hn¸n¨p, bq_pNÄ S½n D^]p¶SnWnsX]n AkapsX ssN {bt]mPw NqXn B]t¸m hin¡mWmkm¯ knVw Btklt¯msX Mm³ AkapsX Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p b_n¨p.

AkÄ F\oäp sbs«¶v Ss¶ Sn^nªv NnX¶p, Fsâ fpOt¯¡v AkapsX A^s¡«v sk¨v S¶t¸mÄ FWn¡v Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n. AkapsX sI_p t^mf§an Fsâ Ip*pw, Fsâ kXn¨p fnWp¡n] bq_n AkapsX Ip*pw hvbÀgn¨p. b^hvb^w Btklt¯msX N´pNÄ M§Ä I¸n k`n¨p, Nrh^n]n AkapsX Wmkv AfÀ¯n SXkn]t¸mÄ Mm³ ImXn tbm]n. CX¡v Mm³ H¶v D]À¶v AkapsX k`n] BjfpÅ sbm¡nan W¡n, Wmkv C«p Ipjän, hpOw sNm*v– AkÄ A^s¡«v sbm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. ko*pw Mm³ AkapsX hwPf ØmW¯v k¶v B sI_p t^mf§Ä Ip*v tIÀ¯v NXnIp k`n¨p. N_p¯ AkapsX bqÀ Ua§Ä AN¯n DÅns` Ipk¶ fmwh¯n Wmkv Wo«n W¡n SpX¨p. Fsâ bq_n Ip*v sNm*v– hpOn¸n¡p¶SnWnsX Ss¶ AkapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ Np*n b´pNsa St`mXn]pw AXn¨pw hpOn¸n¨p. CX¡nsX AkapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ sNmS¨m`nt`¡pw Duan]n«p.

AkapsX bqÀ W¡n sNm*v– Ss¶, Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX sNmS¨m`nt`¡v Bjv¶n_§n, AkapsX f`Uzm^w Ns*¯n C¡nan Nq«n,

‘lv.. Èv.. im.. AknsX.. tk*.. B.. iv.. Dcvcv’

AkÄ Fs¶ kn`¡m³ tWm¡n F¦n`pw Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX f`Uzm^w H¶na¡n C¡nan NqXn]tSmsX FWn¡v tk*n Sp_¶v S¶Spw Mm³ ASnt`¡v sI_p kn^ N]än Ca¡n. bq_n Wmkpw Np*n]n kn^`pw tIÀ¶v Aksa BsN b^kl]m¡n. AkÄ NnX¶v CaNn. Mm³ G´n bnXn¨p Fsâ fpOw AkapsX I´nt]mXv tIÀ¯p, AkapsX sNmS¨m`n`qsX Fsâ Wmkv D^ªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv I´nNÄ AN¯n sk¨v Mm³ Fsâ Wmkv B sI_n], IpankpNÄ Wn_ª sSm`n DÅ N_p¯ f`Uzm^¯n`qsX I`n¸n¨p.
. ‘Èo.. Bivii tk*, AknsX tk*m… iviv.. sbmt¶.. Dcvcv.. Cutlmt]..’

BUyw FSnÀs¯¦n`pw Fsâ Wmkv AkapsX Np*n Spa]nt`¡v N]_n W¡n]tSmsX AkÄ CSv ks^ AWpekn¡m¯ hpOw NqXn BhzUn¡pN B]n^p¶p. Np_¨phf]w NqXn AknsX In`kn«p Fsâ Wmkv ko*pw AkapsX bq_nt`¡v tbm]n. b^hvb^w WNn]pw I¸n]pw hpO¯nsâ b^tNmXn]n F¯n] M§Ä HXpkn NnS¨v sNm*v– WnÀ¯n. b^hvb^w t]mWn W¡n M§Ä kr¯n]m¡n.. AkÄ Sn^nªv NnX¶v Fsâ Ip*n D½ S¶p. kn]À¸pw fUK`kpw Sp¸`pw BsN tIÀ¶pÅ ^hw. M§Ä 2 tb^pw BsN kn]À¸n fp§n C^p¶v.

‘NjpNt*,’

‘tk*, Np_¨v hf]w NqXn C§sW NnX¡msfXo Np*n sbt®, Wo C¡ ¡pw CSv tbms` Np*n W¡n sNmXp¡m_pt*m?’

‘CÃ, kn^Â CXm_p*v, bs£ WNp¶Sv– BUyw B]n«m\v’

‘H^p A_¸pw CÃtÃm WnW¡v, bs£ hpOw D*v tNt«m, Mm³ Nps_ tbt^mXv sI]vSn«p*v, bt£ BUyw B] AknsX.. Wmsa WnW¡v Mm³ W¡n S^w ‘

‘ As¸m CWn Unkhkpw sI¿m³ Bt\m ¹m³ ‘

‘ ASnsW´m, Wo Fsâ hz´w Np*n¨n sb®v AsÃ’

‘tbmXo… ‘

‘ i i i ‘

hf]w tWm¡n]t¸mÄ 4 f\n, s{ZÊv H¶pw CXmsS M§Ä A§sW Ss¶ Np_¨v hf]w NqXn NnX¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p, bs£ A_n]msS 2 tb^pw D_§n tbm]n. Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ _qfn MmWpw Akapw f{Stf DÅp, hf]w 8 f\n BNp¶p, dm¡n DÅkÀ t{dNv cmÌv Njn¡m³ tbm]Sv BNpw. bXt¨msW F´v knZv[n¯w B\v Nm\n¨Sv, Sp\n H¶pw CÃmsS B\v NnX¶v D_§n]Sv, emPyw bpS¸v Ct¸mapw Nm fpS S` ks^ fqXn NnX¡pN B\v, AsSm¶v fm_n kÃk^pw N*n^p¶p F¦nÂ.. Mm³ sbs«¶v Fjpt¶äp s{ZÊv V^n¨v Aksa]pw knan¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p tkPw tbm]n Npan]pw bÃv tS¸v Hs¡ sI]Sp, AkapsX NqsX Ss¶ sfÊnt`¡v tbm]n. tbmNp¶ kjn kmÀZsâ _qfn H¶v F¯n tWm¡n, Bav– AknsX C^n¡p¶p*v, fpO¯v Wà sX³g³ D*v. C¶s` Bt^m Ak^psX Nan Ns*¶v D_¸v B\v. ASnsâ sX³g³ BNpw.

‘FXo Wfp¡v H¶v tbm]n WfpsX {blvWw H¶v thmÄkv sI]vSmt`m’

‘GSv, C¶s` W½Ä Nan N* Nm^ytfm?’

‘i i i, ASv AÃ, cpZv Nn«m¯SnWv Akt^mXv IqXm]ntÃ, ASv’

‘AsSm¶pw tk*, bpÅn¡m^n BsN sX³g³ N]_n AsSms¡ f_¶v NnX¡pN B\v, W½Ä B]n«v tbm]n HmÀfn¸n¡*. CWn ATkm AkÀ Ft´`pw H¸n¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^nN Bs\¦n M§apsX ssN]n Ak^psX koZnt]m Ds*¶v b_ªv– tbXn¸n¡mw.. Wo C§v km ‘

M§Ä sfÊnt`¡v sI¶p hf]w H^p bmXv B]Sv sNm*v– sfhv GNtUlw Nm`n B]n^p¶p, Np_¨v Xo¨ÀfmÀ Ak^psX tXdnan Wn¶v Njn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p, AknsX]nknsX]m]n Np_¨v Np«nNapw D*v.

‘ FXn CknsX C^n¡mw’ H^p sshZn`m]n k`n] Sq\vWp bn_Nn DÅ hoän C^p¶v AkÄ Fs¶ knan¨p.

b©hm^ SqNn sk¨ D¸pfmknt`¡v bjw DX¨v Npj¡pt¼Ä D*v AkapsX k`Sv ssN Fsâ SpX]n SjpNp¶p. SpNNsa SjpNn] ssNNÄ D]À¶v Fsâ tXm¸nsâ ANt¯¡v N]_n, hwPf ØmWw S¸mWpÅ b^pbmXn Bs\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

‘Giv.. Xo, AW§msS C^p¶v cpZv Njn¨n«v tbmkm³ tWm¡v, CSv _qw AÃ’

‘Wo Njns¨m, FWns¡m¶pw tk* D¸vfmkv, Wo Fs¶ {l²n¡*, Np_¨qsX AXp¯v C^n¡v’

‘tbmXn, Bt^`pw Nm\pw’

‘CknsX C^p¶m B^pw Nm\¯nÃ. Mm³ AkntX¡p Wo§n C^p¶m In`t¸m Bt^`pw Nm\ptf’

AkÄ b_ªm b_ªSv tbms` sI¿pw F¶Sv sNm*v– Mm³ Np_¨v NqsX AkÄ¡^nNnt`¡v Wo§n]n^p¶p. AkapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ Ip^nUmÀ bmânWpÅn N]_n, bmâohnâ C`mÌnNm]pÅ emPw bnXn¨p k`n¨p AkapsX kn^`pNÄ ASnWpÅn Han¨v Wn¶ Fsâ A¸¯n SXkn sNm*n^p¶p. Bt^`pw Nm\pw F¶v tbXnt]msX Aksa Mm³ U]Wo]fm]n tWm¡n,

‘Wo C^p¶v Njn¡q sbt®, CkntX¡v tWm¡*’

H^p bp©n^nt]msX b_ª AkÄ kn^`pNÄ sNm*pÅ N`mb^pbmXnNÄ Smsj WnÀdmVw SpXÀ¶p sNm*n^p¶p. bjw Nq«n Npj¨ D¸pfmkv D*]m¡n Mm³ km]nt`¡v C«v Njn¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX kn^`pNÄ Fsâ t]mWn]ns` C_¨n Ng\w sM^Xn. bq_nsâ DÅnt`¡v AkapsX kn^ NX¯n Ca¡n.

‘Hä¡v Njn¡msS FWn¡pw SmXn’

AknsX C^n¡p¶ M§sa B^pw sbs«¶v Nm\nà F¶v Ipäpw tWm¡n D_¸v k^p¯n, H^p D^pa AkapsX km]nt`¡v sk¨v sNmXp¯p, Fsâ kn^`pNÄ NqXn H¶v NXn¨n«m\v AkÄ kn«Sv, Smsj AkÄ Nm\n¨v sNm*n^p¶ knNrSn Nm^\w Fsâ bq_n skÅw Wn_ªp, ko*pw H^p D^pa D*m¡n AkapsX km]n sNmXp¯p. BkaSv Njn¨ tlgw Fsâ kn^`pNÄ W¡n D¸pfmkv sâ Hmt^m S^n]pw W¡n FXp¯p.

‘C¶v– WÃ tXÌv D*tÃm D¸pfmknWv…’

AkÄ In^n¨p, hpOw sNm*v– fSn f_¶ Mm³, fpt¶m«mªp e£\w Njn¡p¶ tXdnan Fsâ fp`NÄ sNm*v– D^¨p. AVnN tW^w FWn¡v bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ bän]nÃ, Np_¨v tW^w sNm*v– Ss¶ AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn^`pNapsX {bt]mPkpw Fsâ ssNNan AkapsX Wmknsâ W¡`pw NqXn B]t¸m Mm³ ^Sn fqÀÑn]n F¯n. AkÄ ssNNÄ bp_s¯Xp¯p, kn^`pNan Wn¶v H`n¡p¶ Fsâ t]mWn K`w tWm¡n Aksam¶p bp©n^n¨p, B kn^`pNÄ AkapsX bm{S¯ns` D¸pfmknt`¡v Wo§n, W¶m]n Npj¨v H^p bnXn km]nt`¡v C«v H^p NÅ In^nt]msX Fs¶ tWm¡n

‘WÃ tXÌv…’

bn¶oXpÅ Unkh§an ss`wPnN £mfw AWpeknt¡*n k¶nÃ, Np_¨v Unkh§Ä¡v tlgw AWn`s] Fsâ _qfnt`¡v fmän, Mm³ sÌcn]psX _qfnt`¡v fm_n]tSmsX, hvtWi]pw M§apsX NqsX NqXn]tSmsX b` ss`wPnN b^o£\§apw M§Ä WX¯n.

ASnWnsX tNmtaKv tZ]pw AXp¯p. _ntiÀh F¶ tb^n ¢mhv N«v sI]vSm`pw Aä³Z³hv Ip½m Nn«psf¶SnWm ¢mhn Hs¡ bntÅ^v kas^ Np_kv. Gäkpw tNmaXn¨Sv N¸nÄhnWm\v, AXp¯paa sFhv{Now bmÀ`_n`pw tNmtaKv {Pu*n`psfms¡ ¢mhv ssXfn`pw Aks^ms¡ Ipän]Xn¨p. ^mkns` Fsâ NqsX k^psf¦n`pw ^*v– fq¶v– bn^oZv Njnªm sÌcns] Nm\m_nÃ. bN fpjpk³ _n]mhn¡]psX NqsX B]Sv sNm*mNpw ^m{Sn AkÄ¡v bj] Btklw H¶pfnÃ, M§apsX Nan]pw kÃt¸mjpw B]n.

H^p Unkhw Uob fnÊnsâ ¢mhv WX¶v sNm*n^n¡pN B]n^p¶p, F´p*m]m`pw tdm]vhv Hs¡ F¯n]n^n¡pw fnÊnsâ ¢mÊnÂ, Fw. sXNv Hs¡ Njnªv Cu kÀgw Xo¨À tKm]n³ sI]vStS DÅp. Wà huµ^ykpw tdmZn tg¸nsâ NqsX Ss¶ Xo¨_psX khv{S Vm^\kpw Nm^\w tNmtaKn Wn_s] cm³hm\v Xo¨À¡v. b`t¸mjpw ¢mhn fnN-vhv B]n C^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v– tdm]vhv AXn¡p¶ NfâpNÄ Hs¡ tNÄ¡mw. Xo¨À Ft´m tdmÀZn FjpSpN]m\v, bn_Nn C^p¶ `ntKm]psX]pw Alznsâ]pw Nfâv l^n¡v tNÄ¡mw…

‘tWm¡v Aan]m, Uob I^¡nsâ k]_ns` B fX¡n kn]À¸v sbmXnªp Wn¡p¶Sv Nt*m’

‘FWn¡nãw, Xo¨_psX B fpSpNv B\v, WÃ ssXäv B]n B\v– bq_n s»uhv AXn¡p¶Sv’

‘tfw.. FN-vhv Nyqhv fo…’

bp_¯v– kmSn`nWXp¯v sÌcn.

‘F´nWm\mtkm Cu hf]¯v– Fjp¶Å¯v, CWn 10 fnWnäv NqsXt] DÅp, AXp¯ ikÀ tN_n]m fSn ‘

Ssâ km¨nt`¡v tWm¡n hf]w D_¸v k^p¯n Np_¨v bpÑt¯msX Xo¨À b_ªp.

‘ tN_m³ H¶pw DtUlw CÃ tfw, A³gnUs] knan¡m³ B\v’

¢mÊn BsN In^n bXÀ¶p. Xo¨_psX fpO¯v I½n] H^p emkw

‘ F´mXo, ‘ Mm³ ssN sNm*v– BwPyw Nm\n¨p, k^m³ b_ªp Akapw BwPyw Nm«n.

‘Wn¶v NTNan Nm\n¡msS N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNp¶pt* tbm sNmt¨’ Xo¨_psX I½Â tUgyw B]n.

‘ ….FÃm ¢mÊn`pw Nm\pw CSv tbms` H¶v, bYn¡¯pw bYn¡p¶ bntÅs^ bYn¡mWpw h½Sn¡nÃ…’

Xo¨À Np_¨v D_s¡ bn_pbn_p¯p.

‘F´mXn,?’

‘Wns¶ Ak³fmÀ knan¡p¶p? ‘

‘ B^v? ‘

‘ _n]mhn¡msX PymRv.’

‘F´nWmXn, Wo Ip½m Ft´`pw bpNn`v H¸n¡m³ Bt\m?

‘Mm³ F´v sI¿m³? AkÀ Wns¶ knan¨v sNm*v– k^m³ b_ªp, F´nWm Fs¶m¶pw FWn¡v A_n]m³ tf` ‘

Ak^psX bSnkv tN{µ¯n D*m]n^p¶p AkÀ, sf¡mWn¡Â kÀ¡vtgm¸nWv bn¶n DÅ A^s¡«nsâ A{S D]^w DÅ sI_n] fSn`nÂ. Ipk¶ sb]nâv sNm*v– ASn AXn¨p sk¨ t_m]Âsf¡v F¶ A£^§Ä Nps_ Gs_ fmªp tbm]n^p¶p. CknsX sf¡mWn¡`ns` Np«nNÄ fm{Ssf C^n¡m³ bmXpÅp F¶v CkÀ Ss¶ D*m¡n] Wn]fw D*v. ASnsâ tb^n tbm`pw CkÀ tNmtaKn AXn D*m¡m_p*v. AknsX F¯n] DXsW sÌcn tkPw _n]mhnsâ AXp¯v tbm]n Aksâ tSman S` sk¨v C^p¶p. AkapsX fpO¯v N* NÅ In^n N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡p_¸m]n Ckav Ss¶ FWn¡v Ft´m b\n H¸n¨Sm\v.

‘Xo CknsX k¶n^n¡v’

t_mg³ tI«³ knan¨p. Mm³ bpÅn]psX AXp¯v tbm]n Wn¶p.

‘Wo Zm³hv Nan¡ptfm?’

Fsâ ssN FXp¯v, ssN b¯n]n St`mXn, kn^`pNÄ fm_n bnXn¨p sNm*v– bpÅn tImUn¨p. Ft¸mÄ Fs¶ AXp¯v Nn«n]m`pw Cu tI«³ Fsâ ssN C§sW bnXn¡ptÃm¶v fWÊn HmÀ¯p sNm*v–, WntgVemkt¯msX Mm³ Ipf Nq¨n.

‘bns¶ CsS´m? ‘

Ssâ ssN]n`pÅ tcm\n H^p koZnt]m Hm¸¬ B¡n S¶v– sNm*v– t_mg³ b_ªp.

Hm.. CSv sÌcn]psX tcm¬ B\tÃm, bXt¨msW, timÌ`n FÃmk^pw NqXn Ip½m AXn¨p sbman¨v Zm³hv Nan¡p¶ koZnt]m B\tÃm, FXo, Upsã, Wo CsSms¡ Ck·m^v¡v Nm\n¨v sNmXpt¯m, ASpw FÃmk^psX]pw {Zhv Hs¡ ASn N\¡m\v. Mm³ Aksa Np_¨v tUgyt¯msX tWm¡n.

‘Aksa tWm¡*, Wo CSn AXnsbman B]n Zm³hv sI¿p¶p*tÃm, Wfp¡v tNmtaKv tZ ¡pw CSv tbms`m^p Zm³hv Nan¨mt`m?’

‘tI«m, ASv FÃmk^pw Nan¨t¸m Ip½m ImXp¶Sv AsÃ, Mm³ fm{Sw AÃtÃm, CkaX¡w AknXps¯ FÃm^pw D*v’

‘bs£ Wo]m ASn W¶m]n Nan¡p¶Sv, bns¶ h-vNqan Hs¡ e]¦^ Zm³hÀ B]n^p¶p F¶pw tN«tÃm ‘

‘ ASv b*v– AsÃ, Cs¸m AsSms¡ f_¶p ‘ Mm³ sÌcns] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sp_n¨v tWm¡n, FÃmw CknsX k¶v kna¼n]n«v Can¨p Wn¡pN]m\v, Nm\n¨v S^msfXo.

‘ASnWp F´v f_¡m³ B\v, ¢mhnNv Zm³hv H¶pw AÃ, hnWnfmänNv Zm³hv Nan¡p¶ Nm^yfm b_]p¶Sv ‘

‘Òvfv… Mm³ C¡t]mXv tImUn¡s« ‘

‘ bns¶…CSnsWms¡ F´nWm tImUn¡p¶Sv, Wo fp§mWpÅ Hmt^m AXkv FXp¡pN B\tÃ?’

‘AÃm, hSym]pw… C¡ h½Sn¨m… Hms¡ ‘

‘ F¶m Cs¸m knan, Sn¶mWpw A¸n CXmWpw Hs¡ C§sW h½Sw tImUn¡ptfmXn’

‘ Jo… tbms] ‘

Mm³ Np_¨v fm_n Wn¶v C¡s] knan¨p, CSv tN«t¸m Aks^¡mÄ Btklw B\v C¡ ¡v, CSnsWms¡ F´nWm Ft¶mXv h½Sw tImUn¡p¶Sv WnW¡v Cãw DÅSv F´pw sI]vtSm F¶m]n bpÅn¡m^³… Sn^n¨v k^pt¼m Aks^ms¡ NqXn sfmssd`n M§apsX koZnt]m Nm\pN]m]n^p¶p. bm«pw M§apsX In^n]pw N`bn` lÐkpw Hs¡ tNÄ¡mw.. Du`m`m Du`m`m.. Sp si sf^o cmWvXhn…FWn¡v Wà Wm\w tSm¶n Aks^ AenfpOoN^n¡m³, B\p§Ä B^pw CÃm¯ ssV^y¯n B\v CSv tbm`pÅ bm«v Hs¡ sk¨v timÌ`n Wn¶v SpÅp¶Sv, ASpw… A¶v C« {Zhv HmÀ¯p tWm¡n, H^p XogÀ«pw bmkmX]pw… Xo gÀ«v fX¡n fpNan B]n sN«n]n«p*v… At¿m sbm¡nÄ Hs¡ Ak·m^v N*p Nm\pftÃm… At¿ HmÀ¡pt¼m Ss¶ sSm`n D^n]p¶p. Mm³ fm{Sw Aà FÃmk^pw ASv tbms`ms¡ Ss¶ {ZhnwPv… F¶m`pw… sJ.. FWn¡v A¶v Btklw Np_¨v NqXpS B]n^p¶p, I´n]pw fm_pw b^fmkVn Np`p¡n]pw km Sp_¶v b^fmkVn shN-vhn FN-vhv{bg³hv Hs¡ knUym dm`sW AWpN^n¡m³ DÅ {lfw B]n^p¶p.. Cu sb®v CsSms¡ F´nWm Ck·mÀ¡v Nm\n¨v sNmXp¯Sv.

‘Xo F´m]n?

Mm³ Hms¡ F¶ AÀ°¯n S` Np`p¡n.

Hmiv.. AXn¡v tfmta, As¸m W½Ä tNmtaKv tZ¡v N`¡p¶p..’

‘St¯, B emkw H¶v Nm\nt¨, A B.. F¶v bmXn]t¸mÄ Nm\n¨Sv’
Wntftg«³ B knZnt]m]n Ss¶]m\v Ct¸mapw, sJ, ASn§v Ss¶ Mm³ tcm¬ S«nb_n¡m³ H^p knc`{lfw WX¯n.

‘F¶m`pw Cu bpS¨v fpXn WX¡p¶ sb®v Hs¡ timÌ`n C§sW B\tà WX¡p¶Sv, Wà AXnsbman kX B\v tNt«m ‘

‘ kX fm{Sw Bt\m Aan]m, ABiv F¶pw b_ªpw AkapsX Np`p¡kpw N¼n emkkpw N*ntÃ, CsSms¡ C§sW Np`p¡msWms¡ bäpw AsÃ’ Hmt^m Bam]n e]¦^ Nfâv B]n^p¶p…

Hmiv… bns¶ Wn§Ä Hs¡ Wn§apsX _qfn F¯n]m`pw CtS tNm`¯n Bt\m Wn¡pN?

tcm¬ Sn^n¨v km§p¶SnWnsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sÌcn Sn^n¨Xn¨p.

‘ FÃmk^pw A§sW BNnÃ, F¶m`pw 10 foäÀ Sp\n S`]n Ipän k^p¶ Cu sb®nsâ Nan N*t¸m H^p NuSpNw, Wo Hs¡ Sp\n CÃmsS BNpw AknsX WX¡p¶Sv’

‘Zm ASv knXv, W½Ä As¸m C¶v– fpS `¦]n sk¨v _ntiÀh SpX§p¶p’ t_mg³ tI«³ {blv–W¯n CXsb«p.

‘ `¦t]m? ‘ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ

‘ ASv CkÀ Smfhn¡p¶ koXnsâ tb^ms\Xo’

sÌcn Fsâ hwl]w SoÀ¯p.

‘ AsS´nWm¸m BsX? Wfp¡v HmZntäm_n]¯n¶v _ntih sI]vSm tbms^? ‘

‘ ASv tbm^, W½Ä b^pbmXn ¡v DÅ Nm^yw tks_ B^pw A_n]*, AkhmW Wnfngw hÀss{bhv B]n W½psX NnXn`w Zm³hv ‘

‘ Wn§s¡s¶ sI]vSm tbms^, Fs¶ F´nWm CSn Nq«pss¶?’
. AkhmWfm]n Hjnªv fm_m³ Mm³ H¶v NqXn {lfn¨p.

FXo, 4 sNmÃw B]n«v CSv ks^ tÌKn N]_n]nÃ, CSv `mÌv sNmÃkpw B]n, CWn WX¡nÃ, A§sW N]_pt¼mÄ Ip½m A§v N]_n]m fSnt]m, Wà NaÀ BN\w, As¸m Wo fp¶n Wn¶v SNÀt¯m, M§Ä bn_Nn Wn¶v ht¸mÀ«v S^pw, bs£ b^pbmXn]psX tbs^ms¡ M§apsX tb^n`pw..’

‘ B sFZn] Hs¡ sNmÅmw, `mÌv Nqkp Nn«pt¼m Fs¶ b_]msS C^p¶m fSn ‘

‘ CWn]pw Nqkn]m`pw tbms«Xn, W½psX tNmtaKns` Ww. 1 sfm©¯n]psX NqsX ÌKn N]_n Zm³hv sI]Sv F¶v b_]mftÃm ‘

B thm¸nX`n Fsâ fpOw H¶v SpXp¯p, F{S {lfn¨n«pw Wm\w FWn¡v AX¡n sk¡m³ bän]nÃ.

‘ Wm¬ k¶p.. Wm¬ k¶p….. sb®nsâ sIWvIp*n bp©n^n bq¯p… ‘

AknsX Nan]m¡`pw bm«pw sNm*v– Wn_ªp.

‘ FXn Wo F´nWm B koZnt]m Hs¡ Ak³fmÀ¡v Nm\n¨v sNmXp¯Sv, AsSm¶pw B^pw Nm\nà F¶ ssV^y¯n Asà FÃmk^pw A§sW Hs¡ Nan¨Sv ‘

sskNn«v Ak^psX _qfnt`¡v tbmNp¶ kjn, Fsâ tUgyw Mm³ sÌcnt]mXv b_ªp.

‘Nm\n¨p sNmXpt¡*n k¶StÃ, Wo W¶m]n Zm³hv sI¿pw F¶v b_ªn«v Ak·m^v knlzhn¡s*, AkÀ b_]pN]m, B Wm\w Np\p§n sb®v H¸W¡v f\km«n BNm³ sNmÅmw, tks_ H¶nWpw sNmÅnà F¶v, Fsâ fp¯nsW b_ªm FWn¡v hin¡ptfm, A§sW Nm\n¨Sm’

AkÄ¡v FÃmw Sfml]m\v.

F¶m WÃSv kÃSpw Nm\n¨m tbms^?

‘ CStà Gäkpw WÃSv, Wns¶ N*n«v Ak·m^psX bjw Hs¡ bmânWv fpNan W¶m]n N¼n B]n tfmsa, C¶v– ^m{Sn Wo W¶m]n Sp½pw, D_¸v ‘

‘ tbmXn ‘

‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv sNm*v– WnW¡v Wnsâ t_mg³ tI«³ss_ NqsX Zm³hv Nan¡mftÃm’

‘A¿Xm Fsâ t_mg³ tI«tWm, ASv Ft¸m fpS`m… ‘

‘ bns¶, tNmtaKv sfm¯w bm«m\v Wo]pw At§^pw ss`³ Bs\¶v, C¶pw Mm³ {l²n¨p 2 Dw NqXn ssN tNmÀ¯v H^p s_mfm³hv’

‘tbmXn.. A§sW H¶pfnÃ.. ‘ Mm³ Nps_sÈ kn]À¯p.

WX¶v– M§Ä sI¶v Wn¶Sv bj] H^p sI_n] koXnWv fp¶n B\v, fpäw Hs¡ Wà kr¯n tNXm]n NnX¡p¶p. Ipf^n N^n¡« sNm*mN\w “”`¦”” F¶v tNm_n k^¨n^n¡p¶Sv. ASns` “”¦”” F¶ A£^w H^p S`]m¡n fmän sNm*v– H^mapsX In{Sw k^¨ N`mNm^sW AenWµn¡mSn^n¡m³ bänÃ, `¦]psX ^mKmkm] ^mk\sâ In{Sw BNpw. AkntX¡v N]_n sIÃpt¼mÄ HmÀ½ k¶Sv ¢mhns` B¬Np«nNÄ b_ªv– tN«n«pÅ tbXn¸n¡p¶ NTNÄ B\v. _mPnwPv– F¶ tb^n WX¡p¶ boZW§Ä fn¡km_pw A^t§_m_pÅSv `¦, bqkÅn, C{µ{bØw Fs¶ms¡ tb^pÅ, hoWn]À B\v–Np«nNÄ hz´fm]n kmXN]v¡v FXp¯v Smfhn¡p¶ C¯^w koXpNan Bs\¶v tN«n«p*v. HjnkpÅ bn^oZpNan AkÀ b¦v sk¡p¶ In` NTNÄ tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ tSm¶n]Sv– FWn¡v Nn«n]Sv H¶pfÃtÃm F¶m\v. A§sW DÅ H^p Ø`t¯¡m\v N]_n tbmNp¶Sv Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ sI_n] H^p e]w fWÊn tSm¶n. sÌcns] Np_n¨v tbm`pw fWÊn H^p hwl]w, M§apsX hzNm^yS]m] koZnt]mNÄ CkÀ¡v– Hs¡ Nm\n¨v sNmXp¡pN, _ntiÀh Wp CknsX k^p¶ Nm^yw Bt^mXpw b_]* F¶v I«w sN«pN, fWÊn Ft´m e]w tbms`.

‘F´mXn AknsX Bt`mIn¨p Wn¡p¶Sv? tN_n km’

AkÄ kmSn Sp_¶v AN¯v F¯n]n^n¡p¶p. Mm³ sI^p¸v Fsâ s̸n Ajn¨v sk¨v N]_m³ tWm¡pt¼m WnÀ¯msS]pÅ AkapsX In^n N*p tImUy emk¯n Aksa Mm³ tWm¡n.

‘sI^p¸v Hs¡ Ajn¨v N]_m³ CsS´m, bp\yeqfn ktÃmw Bt\m, N®ns`Xo WnW¡v’

Ipäpw tWm¡n]t¸m B\v FWn¡v Ad²w fWÊn`m]Sv, AXp¯ Nm`¯v– H¶pw kr¯n]m¡n] `£\w CÃ, Wn_s] sbmXn Wn_ªn^n¡p¶ k^m´, NqXmsS A{l²fm]n k`n¨n« hnP^äv NpänNÄ. sI^n¸v Ajn¡msS Ss¶ Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n. FÃmk^pw NqsX Xnkn ]n GtSm inµn hnWnf Nm\pN]m\v, Mm³ B iman`qsX H¶v Nt®mXn¨p, bp_¯v– DÅSnsW¡mÄ H«pw teUfnà AN¯pw, Wn^ Wn^]m]n sk¨n^n¡p¶ Np¸nNÄ, dn]_nsâ BNpw, H^p fq`]n Wn¶ tkÌv d¡äv Wn_ªv Nknªn«pw B^pw FXp¯v Na]m¯SnWm Wn`t¯¡v b_¶v NnX¡p¶ N¨_NÄ. bj] GtSm thmc]n Wn¶v AXÀ¯ns]Xp¯ Npgy³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B\v B imans` BsN]pÅ ‘cÀ\n¨À’, ASn`n^p¶m\v Xnkn Nm\Â.

‘ sk¡w Xp AkÀ bm`hv, ssf hzoäo’

ASn e]¦^fm] WmXNo]St]msX _n]mhv F\oäp sÌcns] bp\À¶t¸mÄ FÃmkÀ¡pw In^n k¶p. DbIm^sf¶v tbms` ^*v– tb^pw NknapNanÄ D½ WÂNn.

‘B³Zv, bmk§apsX knUym dm`³ B] W½psX A³gn Np«nt]]pw Mm³ `¦ ]nt`¡v hzmPSw sI¿p¶p ‘

Biv.. Du`m`m Du`m`m.. Sp io tf^n cmWvXho.. A Biviv…

h®n `nt]m\s] tSm¸n¡p¶ emk{bNXWt¯msX dm¡n DÅkÀ tNm_hv bmXn]t¸mÄ I½t`msXm¸w In^n]pw AX¡n WnÀ¯m³ bän]nà FWn¡v.

‘ Wo C§sW I½p¶Sv F´nWm, l^n¡pw NnXn`w Zm³hv B]n^ps¶Xn Wo, Ck·m^v b_]p¶Sv H¶pw Nm^yw Bt¡*’

Fsâ I½Â N*p hiSmbw tSm¶n]mN\w t_mg³ tI«³ Fs¶ H¶v bpNjv¯n.

‘ASnWp W½Ä Bt^`pw AkapsX Zm³hv sNmÅnà F¶v b_tªm DtÆ, Aksâ H^p ^£NWmNÂ… tk* tfmsW tk* tfmsW.. Biv Spin sf^o cmWvXho… ‘

_n]mhn¡ SpX§n sk¨Sv, bmXn FÃmk^pw Gäv bnXn¨p. C{bmklyw Fsâ NqsX I½m³ NqsX t_mg³ tI«Wpw D*m]n^p¶p.

“”Du`m`m Du`m`.. `m.. `… At¿m’

CSv FknXp¶m H^p Häs¸« Ø`¯v– Wn¶v– H^p bm«v k^pt¶ F¶v N^pSn tWm¡n]t¸mÄ ^Knt¯«³ dmSv _qfn Wn¶v Npan]pw Njnªv C_§pN]m\v. {du¬ Wn_¯n DÅ sK«n f{Sw C«v tSmÀ¯v S`]n`qsX C«v ^*v– ssN sNm*v– bnXn¨p A^s¡«v fpt¶m«p Ca¡n Zm³hv Nan¨v bm«v bmXn]m\v fq¸^psX k^kv. M§Ä C¶v– k^psf¶ Nm^yw H¶pw bpÅn¡v HmÀf Csöv tSmWp¶p, bp_¯v– Wn¶v– Nq«pNmÀ bmXp¶Sv tN«v Gäv bmXn]pÅ k^km\v. M§sa N*Spw dm{Sqfnt`¡v Sn^nt¨mXn, tSmÀ¯pw A^]n Ipän k¶p.

‘tW^s¯ Cu tI«³ F´m b_ªSv A³go, W½Ä Hs¡ timÌ`n AjnªmXpN Bs\¶v, AtÃ’

bpÅn tNmtaKn sk¨v b_ªSnWv sÌcn Akh^w k¶t¸m Sn^n¨v sNmXp¯p.

‘AsSs¶, tNmtaKn FÃmw fqXn sbmSnªp WX¡p¶ tI«³ Asà CSv’ MmWpw AkapsX NqsX NqXn.

‘ Zm tbm]n tkPw Sp\n DXp¯p kmXm’

‘ AsSms¡ tbms«, W½Ä GSv bm«v sk¨m Nan¡ps¶’

‘Wfp¡nSv Ss¶ B¡n]mt`m, Ckav N`¡pw’

‘tbm tI«m.. Fs¶ sNms*m¶pw bänà ‘

‘ AsS´m, CSv hq¸À AsÃ, F´m]m`pw CkÄ¡v NqXpS sbÀtcmw sI¿m³ bän] thmRv fSn, W½sa N*m Ss¶ dm¡n DÅ sS*nNÄ Nqkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ‘

‘ bnt¶]v Nqkpw! AksW Nqkm³ bns¶ dm¡n sk¡nÃ. ‘

‘B Wà Nm^ym]n, A§sW Nqkp¶ks^ Hs¡ AXn¡m³ tbm]m In`t¸m tNmtaKns` sfNv AÃm¯ FÃmks^]pw AXnt¡*n k^pw ‘

‘ B A§sW Ss¶ tk\w, tNmtaKns` FÃmk^pfm]n AXn D*m¡n WX¶t¸mÄ tI«³fmÀ F´m knIm^nt¨? ‘

A§sW GSv M§apsX IÀ¨NÄ b` Wn`¡v Wo*p. b` bm«pw IÀI¡v ks¶¦n`pw AsSm¶pw l^n]m]nÃ. ASnWnsX Bt^m ImW fmän sk¨v sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ B\v GtSm ImW`n _nfn tXmfn bmXp¶Sv Nm\p¶Sv… ssf sW]nw Cuhv go`.. go`m Nn KkmWo….

‘ Xm CSm]mt`m?’

‘B CSv sbman¡pw…’

‘tl- CsSm¶pw tk*..’

‘AsS´mXn, NnXn`³ thmRv AsÃ, WnW¡v Wn_ªmXmw’

‘A¿m.. FWn¡v Wn_ªmXpNs]m¶pw tk*, Np_¨v kr¯n]pÅ thmRv fSn’

kr¯n DÅ thmt§m- CSnsW´m kr¯n Np_kv, tÌKn Bt^`pw Sq_n skt¨m?’

‘ sJ…’

‘CSv fSn… CSnsWm^p Npj¸kpw CÃ, Wo N{SoW ssNcv sW tbms` {Zhv H¶pw CtX*, B bm«nWv Zm³hv sI¿mWtà b_ªpÅq’

‘AsSs¶… tk\sf¦n H¶v kX Nm\nt¨m ‘

‘ Bim… B bqSn fWÊn skt¨m ‘

‘ CWn F´v bqSn, M§Ä Hs¡ N*ntà Wnsâ sW]v kX, dm¡n DÅ bmk§Ä NqsX Nt*ms« F¶v N^pSn, F´v sI¿mWm H^p Wà fWÊp*m]n tbm]n ‘

‘ WnÀ¯ns¡, thmRv F´m]m`pw CSv fSn, tNmÌyqw Hs¡ bn¶s¯ Nm^yw AtÃ, F´m]m`pw A³gnU]v¡v NwtcÀ«v B]Sv fm{Stf tk*SpÅq’

t_mg³ tI«³s_ km¡m]n^p¶p F¶t¯]pw tbms` Ak^psX AkhmW So^pfmWw.

‘ bns¶ Wr¯s¯ Np_n¨v A`vbw F¦n`pw knk^w DÅSv WnW¡m]Sv sNm*v– M§sa bYn¸nt¡* IpfS`]pw WnW¡m\v’

A§sW Ak^psX sNm_nt]m{Pmc_m]n Mm³ GNN\vYfm]n Sn^sªXp¡s¸«p.

‘B..Wfp¡v B koZnt]m Ss¶ tWm¡n, ASns` s̸v Ss¶ tcmtam sI¿mw… B… bns¶… FÃmw AÃt«m..In`Sv fmämw ‘

Mm³ b_ªSn H¶v WnÀ¯n b_ªp. AÃmsS tÌKn N]_n H^p sFäw W¼_ns` FÃmw Nan¡m³ bäptfm…

‘AsS´mXo FÃmw AÃms¯? ‘

^Knt¯«³ B\v. tImUyw tN«m A_n]mw Fs¶ sIm_n] B\v DtUlw.

‘ B.. ASv bns¶ hnWnf AsÃ, ASv tbms` KoknS¯n bäptfm, ASn t_m¸n NnXs¶ms¡ BXp¶p*v, ^Knt¯«³ tkt\ BXnt¡m, Fs¶ sNms*m¶pw bäq`’

‘Dw…’

bpÅn C^p¯n H¶v fqan]t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ DÅn In^n¨p.

‘MmWpw H^mapw sb]À BNmw, dm¡n DÅkÀ ht¸mÀ«okv B]n Nan¨m fSn ‘

‘ Wo t_mgsW CXw N®n«v b_]pNs]m¶pw tk*, Ak³ Ss¶ Wnsâ pflr. F´m sb®nsâ AXkv ‘

‘ tbms], Mm³ b_ªnÃtÃm, t_mg³ tI«³ Fsâ pflr BN\w F¶v… WnVn³ tI«³ B]nt¡m, Mm³ Ft´`pw b_ªntWm? ‘

‘ b_]*tÃm, D®ns] N*m A_nªqsX… ‘

‘ Hmiv… Ip½m Hmt^m¶v b_ªm Mm³ tbmNpw tNt«m, bns¶ 1,2…5,At¿m bns¶]pw 5 tb^pt*m? ‘

‘Fs¶ Nq«*, Mm³ CÃ ‘

_n]mhn¡ B\v. At¸mÄ B\v {l²n¨Sv bpÅn]psX ssN sÌcn]psX tXm¸nWpÅn B\v. Ak³ W¶m]v sM¡n sNmXp¯p, AkÄ hpOn¨p C^n¡pN B\v, sk_psS Aà H¶pw fn*msS C^n¡p¶Sv, Fs¶ CSn k`n¨n«v hpOn¨p C^n¡p¶p Upã. Ak³ bnXn¨p bnXn¨p fp`]psX bNpSn bp_¯v– W¶m]n Nm\mw, AkÄ Bt\ Nqh`nÃmsS hpOn¨p C^n¡p¶p.

‘Zm, AsS´m Wo Cs¸m CÃs¯?

‘ Cs¸m AÃ, Mm³ tW^s¯ b_ªSm’

‘ B CÃm¯kÀ tk*, Bs^]pw WnÀdÔn¡*’
ko*pw t_mg³ tI«³ CXsb«p.

‘ AsS, Wfp¡v Wmsa fpS SpX§mw, C¶nt¸m hf]w B]n, timÌ`n N]_m³ ‘

‘ CknsX NnXt¶m Wn§Ä, Wfp¡nknsX cpÄ Nan ]m]n NqXmw’

‘A¿m “”

. Zm³hv Nan]m DtUln¨Sv, Wos]´m DtUln¨Sv? ‘

‘ Mm³ H¶pw Dt±ln¨nà Fsâ tI«m’

Mm³ sfsà Fjpt¶äp,’ km sÌcn tbmNmw, Wmsa fpS `mÌv H^p bn^oZv N«v sI¿mw, F¶mt` hf]w Nn«q ‘

‘Xm ASnsâ ANnXn Wn¶v knXv, dm¡n Wmsa N_¡mw… Ak^v tbmNs« ‘

^Knt¯«sâ Nfâv

Fjpt¶äp I´n ]ns` sbmXn Hs¡ S«n hvs_cn]psX tImUyw d ‘H^p bn^oZv N«v B¡n] fSnt]m? D¨¡v tlgw cpÄ N«v B¡msfXo’

‘ ASv Wo kt¶m, Mm³ `mÌv ikÀ f{Stf C_§q ‘

As¸m l^n.. ämäm

A§sW Zm³hv bYn¯¯nsâ BUys¯ Unkhw A§sW Njnªp.

^*mw Unkhw fpS`m]n^p¶p l^n¡pÅ {blvWw. AkÀ knan¨n«m\v Mm³ tbm]Sv F¦n`pw, FWn¡v tk*n B\v AkÀ sI¿p¶Sv F¶ ftWmemkw B\v AkÀ¡v Hs¡.

‘ Fsâ WnTntW«m, H¶v tcm¬ sk¡¸m…’

‘Um… Zn k¶p, Wn§Ä SpX§nt¡m’

A§sW AÃ, tU tWm¡p.. 1…2…3…4…, Hms¡, Nm BUyw Np_¨v AN¯n sk¨v… B F¶n«v ssN Wo«n bnXn¡v… A§sW Aà tI«m, tU tWm¡nt]… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B F¶n«v fpOw k`t¯m«v.. HmtN? H¶qsX.. ssf sW]nw Cuhv go`m….. Giv.! ^Knt¯«³ FknsX? At¸mta¡pw AknsX C^pt¶m.. km km… C§sW Bt\ Mm³ tbmNpwt«m…

‘AtÅm… Mm³ SaÀ¶v– tbm]n. H^p Im] Nn«n]n^ps¶WvNnÂ’

‘Im]s¸mXn Hs¡ Nn¨\n D*v, FXn sÌcn Ip½m C^n¡pN]tÃ, tbm]n FÃmkÀ¡pw Hmt^m Im] C«v sNm*v– kmXn, Giv, Ckapw _n]mhpw FknsX tbm]n?’

‘AkÀ Ak^psX sFäw {bmÎohv sI¿pN BNpw?’

‘AkÀ ASnWp F´nWm DÅSv? ‘

‘ HmX¡pj knan tNt«m…..’

^Knt¯«sâ bm«v tN«v FÃmk^pw In^n¨p.

F¶m Mm³ tbm]n Im] Ct«mamw Wn`v¡v..

Mm³ Nn¨\nt`¡v sI¶p. kmSn`nWp AXp¯v F¯n]t¸m Ss¶ AN¯v Bt^m Ds*¶v tSm¶n]SnWm kmSn`nWp bp_¯v– f_ªv Wn¶v ANt¯¡v tWm¡n, sÌcn]psX Ajn¨n« bnWvNv NaÀ bmân B\v BUyw N*Sv. AkÄ Nn¨\n Pymhv sk¨SnWv AXp¯m]n Émdn tN_n C^n¡p¶p, _n]mhn¡ FknsX…. Hmiv, bpÅn Smsj D*v, AkapsX hvtNÀ«nWp DÅn S` NX¯n C^n¡pN B\v, Ak³ W¡n sNmXp¡p¶SnWv AWph^n¨v hpOn¨p C^n¡pN B\v AkÄ, H^p Wnfngw AkÄ Fsâ emP¯v tWm¡n]Spw Fs¶ N*Spw… Wm\n¡p¶SnWp bN^w Fs¶ N*Sv AkÄ¡v H¶v NqXn Btklw bN^pN]m\v sI]SSv. AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n NojvIp*v NXn¨p fpO¯v Wà ^Sn emk§Ä k^p¯n, Aksâ S`]n ssN sk¨v sNm*v– Np_pNn

‘C¡miv.. B.. A§sW W¡n Sm C¡miv…’

Ft¶mXv ANt¯¡v k^m³ tk*n AkÄ kn^ sNm*v– BwPyw Nm«n. Mm³ fXn¨p fXn¨p ANt¯¡v sI¶p.. Fsâ Nms`m¨ tN«v _n]mhn¡ ImXn Fjpt¶äp.

‘M.. Mm³… Im] CXm³…’

‘FXn WnW¡v Im] CXm³ Ns*m^p tW^w, Mm³ hpOn¨p k^nN]m]n^p¶p, Wo Ct§m«v tWm¡*, C¡ W¡n Sm C¡’ AkÄ Wm\w CÃmsS Np_pNn

_n]mhnsâ S` ko*pw AkapsX bmkmX¡pÅn f_ªp. skÅw FXp¯v tÌmknWv fpNan sk¨v Wn¶t¸mÄ AkÄ kn^ sNm*v– Ft¶mXv AXp¯v k^m³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p. AXp¯v sI¶ Fsâ AV^§Ä AkÄ km]n`m¡n, sbs«¶v Ss¶ Fsâ AXn k]än D_k sbm«p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. AkapsX NmfpN³ Smsj bqÀ W¡n sNmXp¡pt¼mÄ fpNan Akapw MmWpw b^hvb^w Ip*pNÄ I¸n]pw WNn]pw ^hn¨p. AkÄ Ssâ XogÀ«n Wn¶v H^p fp` bp_¯v– FXp¯p Fsâ km]nt`¡v SÅn S¶p. AkapsX b¸m] fp`NÄ Mm³ D_nMvKn NpXn¨p. CSnWpw fp¼p b`k«w NpXn¨Sv Bs\¦n`pw A§sW NpXn¡pt¼mÄ FWn¡v Wà ^hw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSm¶n.. AkÄ hpOw sNm*v– bpaªp. sbs«¶v AN¯v Wn¶v ‘H^p Im] D*m¡m³ C{S hf]tfm’ F¶ knan k¶tSmsX B ^h¨^Xv fp_nªv Mm³ Im]]pfm]n ANt¯¡v tbm]n, CsSm¶pw A_n]msS _n]mhv Smsj W¡n sNm*n^p¶p.

A§sW tNmtaKv tZ]psX Unkhw k¶p. H^p knVw W¶m]n Ss¶ _ntiÀh sI]SSv sNm*v– M§Ä Wà Bß knlzmh¯n B]n^p¶p. XogÀ«pw Ko³hpw A\nªv sbÀcw sI¿mw F¶m]n^p¶p So^pfmWn¨n^p¶Sv. sÌcn]psX Ko³hv bmâv A^ H¶v ssXäv B]n^p¶pskWvNn`pw F§sW Hs¡t]m k`n¨v tNän. ASn Fsâ I´n H¶v NqsX bp_t¯¡v– SÅn Wn¡p¶ tbms` tSm¶n¨p. Xo gÀ«v _n]mhn¡ sNm*v– S^psf¶v b_ªn«v `mÌv Wnfngw B\v sNm*v S¶Sv, h-vNn³ Nat_mXv hmfyw DÅ Wn_¯nÂ, sI_n] H^p XogÀ«v. ASnsâ C_¡w Fsâ bmân H¶v sSmXp¶ ks^ fm{Stf Nm\q F¶p_¸v.

‘tI«m.. t_mg³ tI«m… tks_ XogÀ«v Dt*m?’

‘CSnWv– F´m Npj¸w’

‘CSv tWm¡nt], bmânsW sSmXp¶ A{S C_¡sf DÅp’

‘ASv tbms^, k]À H¶pw Nm\p¶nÃtÃm’

‘ASv Cs¸m AsÃ, W½Ä Nan¡pt¼m CSv F´m]m`pw sbm§pw, FÃmw Nm\pw… bns¶.. Wà ssXäpfm CSv ‘

‘ bns¶ Wnsâ kX Smsj C^n¡p¶kÀ H^p fn¶m]w tbms` N*m F´m, ‘ ASv b_]pt¼m bpÅn]psX N®v Fsâ sS_n¨v Wn¡p¶ fp`Nsa sNm¯n b_n¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp.

‘ ASv fm{Sw AÃ, CSnsâ Wn_w tWm¡nt], W½Ä BUyw Wn¡pN fm_nWv fpNan H^p Sp\n C§sW bnXn¨tÃ, As¸m Nm\p¶kÀ¡v tSm¶pw Mm³ H¶pw C«nÃ, BsN B Sp\n bnXn¨p Wn¡pN Bs\¶v’

‘Fsâ sbms¶, B Sp\n As¸m Ss¶ Na]ntÃ, As¸m FÃmkÀ¡pw fWÊn`m]n sNmÅpw ASv Wo C« {Zhnsâ Wn_w A§sW B]Sv sNm*ms\¶v.. Wo Cu `mÌv ssXw sI_n] sI_n] Nm^y¯n b^mSn]pw B]n k^tà sbt®, Cs¸m W½sa knan¡pw, s_Zn B]n Wn¡v ‘

Np_¨v Njnªv M§Ä¡p tÌKn N]_mWpÅ AWu¬hvsfâv k¶p. “”AXp¯Sm]n sf¡mWn¡Â 4¯v C]À ÌpZ³hv, t_mgWpw hwQkpw AkS^n¸n¡p¶ hnWnfmänNv Zm³hv…

NÀ«³ C«n^p¶ tÌKnt`¡v M§Ä N]_n, ÌmÀ«n§v sbmhngWn shäv sI]vSn^p¶p. Mm³ WXp¡pw Fsâ Ipäpw fäpÅk^pw A§sW B]n^p¶p C^p¶Sv, H^p Sp\n sNm*v– tf`msN Ipän fm_nWv fpNan bnXn¨n«p*v. NÀ«³ bSns] D]À¶v SpX§n. NÀ«³ D]^pt¼mÄ Ss¶ bm«v t¹ sI¿m³ b_ªn^p¶pskWvNn`pw H^p lÐkpw tNÄ¡m³ CÃ. AtSmsX Nm\nNan Wn¶v Nqk`pw Nfâv AXn]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k¶v SpX§n.

‘Nq]v.. Nq]v…CsS´mXm F bX¯nsâ tbmÌvt_m… B sNm¨p GSmXm… AkÄ¡v Sp\n H¶pw CtÃ… Nan D*mtNmXm… Nq.. ]v….

FWn¡msN sX³g³ C^¨v N]_n..’ tI«m Fjpt¶ämt`m , Ft´m {blvWw D*v, bm«v k^p¶nÃtÃm ‘

‘ AknsX Wn¡v, Cs¸m k^pw’

bSns] fyqhnNv k¶v SpX§n.. fyqhn¡nWp AWph^n¨v Fsâ ssNNapw fpOkpw I`n¨p… “” sF tWm ]p km³Znäv, dXv ]p sWk sPm\ sPänäv, sS^n imSv Ndn Wm BWo….”” bm«ntWmsXm¯v Fsâ Ip*pNÄ I`n¨p, N{SoW ssNcnsW AWpN^n¨v sNm*v– Fsâ DX 2 klt¯¡pw fm_n fm_n I`n¨p, fm_nWp fpNan ssN sk¨v sNm*v– bm«nsâ Sma¯nWWph^n¨v Mm³ fmÀ I`n¸n¨p. Nm\nNan Wn¶v Nqk`pNÄ Np_ªv SpX§n, N¿Xn]pw knhn AXn]pfm]n ^qbm´^w {bmbn¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp, Fsâ Bßknlzmhw NqXn AtSmsX… ssf sW]nw Cuhv go`, go`m Nn KkmWn, Bw KÌv shN-vhn tcmÀ ]p, tf sSs^ imSv W BWo.. sWm sWm sWm go`m….. “” bm«nWv AWph^n¨v Ip*pNÄ I`n¸n¨p Fsâ l^o^w W¶m]n Ca¡n, WnSwdkpw A^s¡«pw Ca¡n Mm³ Nm\nNsa {Shn¸n¨p. Nm\nNan Wn¶pw AtS Btklt¯msX N¿Xn]pw bmXpN]pw Hs¡ B]t¸m, Fsâ sbm¡nÄ Nm\p¶tSm, fp`NÄ sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶tSm H¶pw HmÀ¡msS l^n¡pw BhzUn¨p sNm*v– Mm³ Wr¯w sk¨p.

‘Fsâ sbmt¶ N`¡n, tfmta’

Zm³hv Njnªv tkUn¡v bp_¯v– F¯n] DXsW t_mg³ tI«³ Fs¶ sN«n bnXn¨p Nknan H^p½ S¶p. BsN kn]À¯v Npan¨ XogÀ«n sS_n¨v Wn¶ Fsâ fp` b´pÄ bpÅn]psX B Btkl¯nWnX]vNv B sWt©mXv tIÀ¶fÀ¶p. bpÅn]psX sbs«¶pÅ B {bkr¯n]n MmWX¡w FÃmk^pw A¼^¶p Wn¡pN]m\v.

‘thm_n sbs«¶pÅ H^p Btkl¯nÂ.. B.. thm_n.. tks_ H¶pw DtUln¨v sNm*ÃXo.. Sm³ N`¡n tNt«m’

iv.. fv..’

‘M§Ä¡pw ht´mgw D*v, M§apw D½ St¶ms«? ‘

‘ tbmXm, FWn¡v H^d²w bän]Sm CWn ASpw b_ªv– Aksa k«m¡*, F´m]m`pw CkÄ¡v W½psX kN H^p NnXn`w bmÀ«n sNmXp¡\w’

‘ASv F´m]m`pw D*v’

At¸mta¡pw Uob fnÊv AkntX¡v k¶p..

‘A³gnU SNÀ¯tÃm, ¢mhn dp¡pw tWm¡n AX§n HSp§n C^n¡p¶ B sb®v Ss¶]mt\m tÌKn N]_n SNÀ¯Sv F¶p_¸v k^p¯m³ tk*n k¶Sm, Fs´m^p FWÀKnNv sbÀtcmf³hv B]n^p¶p, N`¡n tNt«m ‘

‘ SmWvNyq tfw’

bns¶]pw H^p bmXv tb^v– k¶v AenWµn¨p. ht´mgkpw AenfmWkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p bmXv tSm¶n] Wnfng§Ä. tNmtaKn FknsX tbm]m`pw FÃmk^pw Sn^n¨_n]pN]pw Ft´`pw Nfâv Hs¡ AXn¡pN]pw sI¿p¶ AkØ. Nq«¯n In` hUmIm^¡mÀ k¶v DbtUlw sIm_nsªWvNn`pw Cu AenWµW {bkmi§Ä¡nX]n Mm³ AsSm¶pw Nm^yw B¡n]nÃ.

^*v– Unkhw Njnªv H^p ^m{Sn kmXvhm¸n H^p sftÊKv, t_mg³ tI«³ B\v.

“”im]v go`m D_§nt]m? “”

“”WÃ BapNam, In`kv S^mWpw b_ªv– fp§n]Sm.. bns¶ H^p A{ZhpfnÃ.. ;)””

“”Bim l^n¡pw Wo M§Ä¡v Asà In`kv St^*Sv””

“”A¿X AsS´m?””

“”FÃmk^pw Cs¸m F´m b_]pt¶, A³gnU]psX Zm³hn M§Ä Ip½m tbm]n Wns¶¶v.. M§Ä lln ‘.

“” iii””

“” Zo Wo XqÀ k^pt¶m?””

“”Xqt_m? FkntX¡m?””

“”fq¶mÀ””

“”Bs^ms¡]m?””

“”M§Ä Hs¡ Ss¶.. Wnsâ sÌcn]pw D*v… bns¶ WnTnsâ tPÄ {c*pfp*v””

“”At¸m tI«Wv tPÄ {c*v CÃm¯Sv sNm*mt\m Fs¶ knan¡p¶Sv, Mm³ CtÃ.. Asæn Ss¶ Fs¶]pw tI«sW]pw tIÀ¯v tNmtaKn b`^pw b`Spw b_]p¶p*v””

“” b_]p¶kÀ b_]s«, Sm³ km, AtSm CWn ssd¡n C^n¡m³ tbXn B]n«mt\m’

“”ssd¡n Bt\m tbmNp¶Sv? “”

“”B dpÅän””

dpÅän N]_m³ b*v– fpSt` Wà sNmSn D*v, C¡m¡v dpÅäv CÃ, F¦n`pw Fsâ B{Piw A_nªn«v Nq«pNm^sâ k*n]pw FXp¯v H^p k]WmXv XqÀ tbmNm³ C^p¶Sm\v, AkhmWw D¸]pw D½]pw b_ªv– ASv fmän Nm_n tbmtN*n k¶p. D¸m¡pw D½m¡pw ssd¡v F¶v tNÄ¡p¶sS tbXn]m, bns¶]m ASn Uq^]m{S. CSnt¸m fq¶m_nt`¡v dpÅänÂ, Cs¸m Bt\ Ck^pfm]n Wà N¼Wn B\v. hoWn]À þ KqWn]À Fs¶m^p tkÀSn^nkv H¶pw Nm\n¡m_nÃ.. tbm]mt`m.. Atà tk*.. Fs´ms¡ B]m`pw Mm³ H^p N`ym\w Njnª sb®tÃ, Np_s¨ms¡ AX§n HSp§n Njn]\w. ko«pNmÀ B^pw A_n]msS tbm]n«v Ft´`pw hwekn¨mÂ… Ak^psX h½St¯msX F´m]m`pw C{S]pw B\v– Np«nNapsX NqsX tbmNmWpw h½Sn¡nÃ, bns¶ ssd¡n`pw……

“”Zo.. tbmt]m””
“”Nq]v.. Ft´`pw b_ªn«v tbm””
“”it`m.. Sm³ CtÃ?””
“”D_§n tbmt]m, Nq]v…””

“”At¸m.. W½Ä Ft¸mam tI«m tbmNps¶?””

(SpX^pw)