Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ sNm¨¸³ k¶p. Mm³ At§m«v– tbm]nÃ. _oW B³_n Fs´ms¡t]m b_ªp f½nt]]pw sNm¨¸tW]pw Nan]m¡p¶p. f½n Ft´m tN«v D¨¯n In^n¡p¶p. F¶n«v sNm©ns¡m*v hwhm^n¡p¶p. ASv tN«psNm*v Mm³ At§m«v– sI¶p.

“”””Jo tbm _oW, FWn¡v CWn {bhkn¡msWm¶pw k¿”

“”””ASv Wo fm{Sw A§p So^pfmWn¨m fSnt]m doW? Np^n]¨m]³ NqXn b_]s«”

“”””AsSms¡ doW]v¡v kn«p sNmXp¯n^n¡pN]m\v” sNm¨¸³ b_ªSp tN«v Mm³ sM«n. C¶s` Ft¶mXv C§sW]ÃtÃm b_ªSv. Mm³ CknXp¶p fm_n Wn¡\w At¸mtj¡pw f½ns] PÀen\n]m¡n FWn¡v H^p NqsX bn_¸nsW S^pw F¶v b_ª Ban³s_ km]n Wn¶mt\m Ct¸mÄ C§sW..!

“”””CkÄ H¶pw NqXn k]_p koÀ¯p WX¡p¶Sv Nm\m³ tk*n]m Mm³ b_ªSv C¨m]m” _oW Bân Np\p§nsNm*v b_ªp.

Ak^psX hwhm^w tN«v FWn¡v k«p bnXn¨p. Mm³ D_§mWm]n _qfnt`¡v tbm]n NSNX¨p NnX¶p. At¸mÄ Bt^m NSNn fp«p¶p. Sp_¶p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ _oW B³_n.

“”””tfmsW Wo NnXt¶m? C¶v B³_n CknsX NnX¡s«. ^m{Sn]n Sn^n¨p tbmtNs*¶m Wn³s_ f½n]pw b¸]pw b_]p¶Sv.

F³s_ fWÊn `Íp sbm«n. A¶v B³_ns] Nan¨SnWp tlgw Ct¸mjm\v– Akh^w Nn«p¶Sv.

Mm³ b_ªp “”””ASnsW´m B³_n]v¡v F³s_ NqsX NnX¡mftÃm”

ASv tN«t¸mÄ B³_n Fs¶s]m¶v B¡n tWm¡n.

B³_n N«n`nt`]v¡v C^p¶p. Mm³ NSNv AX¨p t`m¡v sI]vSp.

Mm³ Sn^n¨p sI¶v Bân]psX AXp¯m]n N«n`n C^p¶p. F¶n«v H^p ssN FXp¯p tSman`qsX C«v Bâns] F¶nt`¡v tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p. tim bªn tbms`]n^n¡p¶p Bân]psX l^o^w. ftä ssN FXp¯p SpX]n sk¨p sNm*v sNm*v lwÐw Smjv¯n Mm³ b_ªp “”””bns¶ F´m Ct§m«v k^mSn^p¶Sv?”

“”””ASv tfmsW.. Wn³s_ f½n]v¡v Fs´¦n`pw hwl]w tSm¶mSn^n¡mWm\v”

“”””F{S Unkhw Mm³ Bâns] B{Pin¨p F¶_n]ptfm? B³_ns] HmÀ¯p Øn^w km\fXn¡pfm]n^p¶p”

ASv tN«v B³_n Np`p§n In^n¨p. “”””tbmXm N¼n Np«m…” F¶v b_ªp sNm*v F³s_ s{Xuh_nsâ fpNn NqXn Np®]n bnXn¨p H¶v sM¡n. B³_n sSm«t¸mÄ ASv N¼n]m]n k¶p. s{Xuh_n ASv fpj¨p Wn¶p. SpX]n sk¨n^p¶ ssN FXp¯p Mm³ B³_n]psX fp`]n sk¨p.

“”””tfm³s_ f½n b_ªn«m\v Mm³ C¶v CknsX Wn¡p¶Sv” Mm³ B³_n]psX fp`]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶pw ssN FXp¯n«v hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n..

“”””tfm³s_ f½ns] b¸ Nan¡p¶Sv tfm³ Nt*m?”

“”””b¸t]m?”

“”””AsS..Wn³s_ sNm¨¸³.. f½n]psX Ct¸mjs¯ eÀ¯mkv”

Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

“”””tfm³ Nt*m?”

Mm³ “”””Rpw” F¶v fqan…

“”””Wn³s_ f½n]v¡v ASv A_n]mw. AkÄ¡v Wns¶ tchv sI¿m³ Wm\t¡Xv– tSm¶p¶p F¶v b_ªp. ASpsNm*v tfm³ Np_¨p Unkht¯]v¡v CknsX Wn¶pw fm_n b¸]psX ko«n tbm]n Wn¶m f½n]psX I½Â fm_pw. At¸mÄ tfmsW Sn^n¨p knan¡pN]pw sI¿msf¶v Ft¶mXv b_ªp”

“”””Ft¶mXv sNm¨¸³ CSv b_ªn^p¶p.. CknXp¶p fm_n Wn¡\w F¶v FWn¡pfp*v. CknsX Ft¸mjpw »q cn`nfns` tbms`]m\v Nm^y§Ä. f½n Nj¸v fq¯v Wn¡pN]ms\¶m\v sNm¨¸³ b_ªSv.”

“”””tfmWv Ak^psX Nan¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ F¶v tSm¶n?”

Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS S` Sn^n¨p Naªp..

B³_n F³s_ fpOw bnXn¨p B³_n]psX tWs^ Sn^n¨n«v tImUn¨p “”””b_..tfmsW f½ns] HmÀ¯p km\fXn¨n«pt*m?”

Mm³ “”””Rpw” F¶v fqan..

B³_n]psX ssN At¸mjpw F³s_ Np®]psX fpNan B\v. bSps¡ SjpSn sNm*n^n¡p¶p..

“”””tfm³ f½ns] HmÀ¯v– F{S {bmklyw km\fXn¨n«p*v?”

“”””fq¶v Wm`v {bmklyw” Mm³ H^pknV¯n b_ªp. At¸mtj]v¡pw B³_n F³s_ s{XuhÀ Smjv¯n Np® bp_s¯Xp¯n^p¶p. Np® Wn¶v kn_]v¡pN]m\v.

“”””tfmWv f½ns] Nan¡\sf¶pt*m?”

“”””Bâo……”

“”””NqsX NnX¶kÀt¡ B\p§apsX fWÊv A_n]q.. tfm³s_ fWÊv B³_n]v¡_n]mw” tfm³ b_..

“”””FWn¡v ASnWpÅ ssV^yw CÃ Bâo..”

“”””F¶m Fs¶ tfm³s_ f½n]m]n fWÊn N*p Nant¨maq..B ss`äv Hmcv– sI]v–Sm fSn”

H¶pw fWÊn`mkm¯tbms` Mm³ C^n¡p¶Sv N*p Bân F\oäv tbm]n ss`äv Hmcv– sI]vSp k¶n«v F³s_ fpNant`]v¡v ImXnN]_n..Mm³ Bânt]]pw sNm*v N«n`nt`]v¡v ko\p. Bân]psX l^o^w fpjpkWpw F³s_ fpNan`m\v. Bân]psX fpNÄ F³s_ sW©n AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. F³s_ Ip*pNÄ B³_n km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp.

B³_n F³s_ Ip*n Wn¶pw fpOw D]À¯n]t¸mÄ Mm³ bSns] “”””f½o” F¶v knan¨p.

f_pbXn H¶pw b_]msS Bân F³s_ Njp¯nt`¡v– fpOffÀ¯n.

B³_n]psX Wnlzmh km]pkn³s_ IqXv F³s_ Njp¯n S«ns¡m*n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ ^*p ssNsNm*pw B³_n]psX I´n]n fpNan Wn¶pw Smtj]v¡v SjpNns¡m*n^p¶p. F¶n«v H^p kn^ B³_n]psX I´n¡pjn]nt`¡v C_¡m³ {lfn¨p. At¸mÄ B³_n F³s_ Njp¯n H^p sI_n] NXn sk¨pS¶p..

kn^`psNm*v B³_n]psX I´n¡pjn]v¡v fpNan Mm³ bSps¡ D^¨psNm*n^p¶p. F¶n«v kn^ Smtj]v¡v sNm*v tbm]n B³_n]psX bq_nWv fpNan F¯n]t¸mÄ WnÀ¯n. At¸mÄ B³_n Fs¶ ko*pw H^p NXnNXn¨p. B³_n {bSo£n¨Sv Mm³ bq_nt`]v¡v kn^anXpsf¶m\v. ASv sI¿¯¯n DÅ AfÀgfm\v NXn]n`qsX {bSnN^n¨Sv.

B³_n F³s_ l^o^¯n Wn¶pw DuÀ¶p Smtj]v¡v tbm]n A^]v¡v Smsj F¯n]t¸mÄ Wn¶p. t»mtKmdv– sI¿m³ tbmkpN]ms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ f½ns]sâ Np® km]n`nXp¶Sp fWÊn HmÀ¯p NnX¶p. B³_n F³s_ Np®]psX sSm`n Smtj]v¡v bnXn¨p sk¨n«v Wmkn³s_ Sp¼v sNm*v Np®]psX fp¶n At§m«pfnt§m«pw D^hnsNm*n^p¶p.. Mm³ NnX¶p bpa]pN]m\v. F³s_ fWÊn f½n]m\v ASv sI¿p¶Sv..B³_n WnÀ¯msS F³s_ Np®]n WmkpsNm*v D^hns¡m*n^p¶p. F³s_ Np® At¸mÄ sbm«psf¶ AkØ]n F¯n. Mm³ B³_n]psX S`bnXn¨v D]À¯n.. At¸mÄ B³_n]psX fp`NÄ F³s_ ^*p SpX]n`pfm]n S«n Wn¶p. CWn]pw Np® I¸n¨m bm`v fpjpk³ B³_n]psX fpOSmkpw F¶Sv sNm*v Mm³ F\oäv– B³_ns] bnXn¨p Nm«nt`]v¡v NnX¯n.

B³_n]psX Nm`pNÄ ^*p klt¯]v¡v kNªpfmän]n«v B³_n]psX bq_nt`¡v F³s_ fpOffÀ¯n.. Wmkp DÅnt`¡v N]än.. B³_n At¸mÄ NnX¶p bpa]pN]m\v–. Nps_ tW^w Wmkv sNm*na¡n]n«v Cjªp B³_n]psX tUit¯¡v N]_n NnX¶p sI¶v fp`NÄ¡nX]n fpOffÀ¯n. F¶n«v ^*p fp`]pw fm_n fm_n NpXn¨p..

“”””Np«m.. CWn SpX§q” F¶v B³_n F³s_ sIkn]n b_ªp.

Mm³ fp«pNan Wn¶psNm*v F³s_ WXpkv D]À¯n. At¸mtj]v¡pw B³_n F³s_ Np®]n bnXn¨p B³_n]psX bq_nWv tWs^ WnÀ¯n. Mm³ ASv DÅnt`¡v SÅn AN¯m¡n. Mm³ bSns] B³_ns] b®m³ SpX§n. Nps_ tW^w B]n«pw Mm³ hvboZv Nq«mSn^p¶t¸mÄ

“”””tkP¯n AXns¡Xm..” F¶v B³_n b_ªp.

Mm³ B³_n]psX Ip*pNÄ km]n B¡n sNm*v b®`nsâ tkPS Nq«n. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ F³s_ Np® B³_n]psX bq_nt`¡v bm`v Ip^¯n. bp_¯p Na]\sf¶v knIm^n¨n«v hf]¯v Du^m³ NjnªnÃ. B³_n tUlys¸Xpsf¶v N^pSn] FWn¡v sSän. B³_n Fs¶ tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p sNm*v Nps_tW^w A§sW NnX¶p.

“”””H¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqsX sI]vSmt`m” F¶v Mm³ B³_nt]mXv tImUn¨p. B³_n H¶pw b_]msS F³s_ fpOw B³_n]psX NjnSns`¡v bnXn¨p AXnbn¨p. Np_¨p tW^w Njp¯n D½ sk¨n«v Mm³ B³_n]psX l^o^¯n Wn¶pw F\oäv fm_n]n«v B³_ns] bnXn¨p I^n¨p NnX¯n. B³_n]psX bp_Nn NnX¶p sNm*v Mm³ WXpkn^ B³_n]psX I´n¡pjn]nt`¡v Np¯n C_¡n..B F¶v B³_n lÐw D*m¡n. AsSm¶pw {l²n¡msS Mm³ kn^ C_¡pN]pw N]äpN]pw sI]vSp sNm*n^p¶p. Np_¨p tW^w A§sW SpXÀ¶n«p F³s_ Np® bnXn¨p AknsX]v¡v sNm*v sI¶v fp«n¨p.

“”””Np«m.. ASv AknsX tN_nsÃXm” F¶v B³_n bSnª lЯn b_ªp.

B³_n]psX I´n¡pjn]n fp«n Wn¶ F³s_ Np® Mm³ bSps¡ DÅnt`¡v NX¯m³ {lfn¨p. N]_p¶nÃ.. Mm³ B³_n]psX Nm`p H^p ssNsNm*p D]À¯n]n«p làn]m]n I´n]nt`¡v Np® Np¯n]n_¡n. B³_n]psX l^o^w H¶v sk«nkn_]v¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. bns¶ H¶nWpw sskNn¡msS B³_n]psX Np*n]n b®m³ SpX§n. F³s_ SpXNÄ B³_n ]psX Np*n]n sI¶nXn¡p¶Snsâ ¹¡v ¹¡v F¶ lÐw fp_n]n fpj§n tN«psNm*n^p¶p. b¯p fnWnt«maw b®n]t¸mÄ FWn¡v ko*pw bm`v k¶p. ASv I´n¡pÅn Hjn¨n«p Mm³ Np® bp_s¯Xp¯p. B³_ns] sN«nbnXn¨p sNm*v sNm*v NnX¶p D_§n..

“”””tfmsW..F\oäv {XuhÀ CXq..” F¶v b_]p¶ B³_n]psX lÐw tN«m\v Mm³ F\oäSv. tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B³_n fmN-vhn Hs¡ C«p F³s_ AXp¯v NnX¡p¶p. hf]w tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B_p f\n. Mm³ B³_n]psX ssN bnXn¨p F³s_ Np®]n sk¨p.

“”””tfmWq..F\oäv– {XuhÀ CXq..Wn³s_ f½n F§mWpw A_nªm W½Ä ^*ptbs^]pw sNmÃpw”

Mm³ B³_ns] bnXn¨p F³s_ fpNant`]v¡v C«p.. B³_ns]]psX fpXn F³s_ fpOt¯]v¡v ko\p.

“”””B³_ns] Mm³ sN«nt¡mt«?”

“”””iii” B³_n In^n¨p.

“”””Mm³ Nm^yfm]n tImUn¨Sm..FWn¡v B³_ns] sN«\w. F³s_ em^y]mNptfm?”

B³_n F³s_ fpXn bp_Nnt`]v¡v HSp¡n]n«p b_ªp “”””tfmsW..CX]v¡v CSptbms` Nan¡p¶Sm\v hpOw. Fs¶ sN«n]m Wo Np_¨p Unkhw Njn]pt¼mÄ fXp¡pw. Wfp¡v CX]v¡v C§sW FWvtKm]v– sI¿mw”

Mm³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ. B³_n F³s_ tUi¯v Wn¶pw fm_n]n«v {XuhÀ FXp¯p F³s_ tWÀ¡v Wo«n. “”””CXq..”

Mm³ {XuhÀ CXp¶ hf]¯v B³_n tZmÀ Sp_¶p bp_t¯]v¡v tbm]n..

A¶v D¨]v¡v Mm³ b¸ms] tcm¬ knan¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b¸m Ft¶mXv At§m«v– sIÃm b_ªp. s{ZÊpw FXp¯p Mm³ H^p XmN-vhn knan¨p b¸m Smfhn¡p¶ cv`mänt`¡v bp_s¸«p. ]m{Sm ft²y f½n]v¡v sftÊKv A]¨p A_n]n¨p.

“”””Hmt¡..tfmsW AknsX]§v Wn¶v Na]^pSv. f½n Sn^n¨p knanNpt¼mÄ C§p kt¶¡\w”

“”””l^n f½n” F¶v Mm³ f_pbXn sNmXp¯p. f½n]psX sNmjp¯ fp`]pw Np*n]pw fWÊn Wn¶pw fm_p¶nÃ. F´m]m`pw Np_¨p Unkhw fm_n Wn¡pt¼mÄ fWÊv fm_n]m fSn]m]n^p¶p. H^msa N*p N¼n B]m bns¶ Aksa Nan¡msS B N¼n fm_nsöv b_]p¶Sv hSymfmNmSn^n¡mWm]n {bmÀ°n¨p sNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ b¸ Smfhn¡p¶ cv`mänWp Smsjs]¯n. Nymgv sNmXp¯n«v Mm³ C_§n. hmV§apw FXp¯p dnÂZnwPnt`¡v WX¡p¶ kjn]n H^p k`n] hnwfnwPv bqÄ D*v . ASn Nps_ hv{SoNÄ dn¡nWn fm{Sfn«psNm*v NnX¡p¶p. In`À Nfnjv¶p NnX¡p¶p. Ak^psX dn¡nWn]psX tXmbv– boÊnsâ I^Xv Ajn¨p C«n^n¡p¶p. Wà sg]n¸pÅ Np*nNÄ..AsSÃmw tWm¡n WX¶p tbmNpt¼mÄ H^mÄ fpNans` Wn`]n Wn¶pw Smsj NnX¡p¶ sb®p§apsX tcmt«m FXp¡p¶Sv N*p. sNmÅmftÃm. C{S]v¡v knk^w sN« BapNÄ DÅ cv`m«n`mt\m b¸m SmfÊn¡p¶Sv– Ft¶mÀ¯p FWn¡v tUgyw k¶p.

_qfnsâ fp¶n sI¶v tNmanwPv sd AXn¨n«pw NSNp Sp_¡p¶nÃ. Mm³ DXsW tcm¬ FXp¯p b¸s] knan¨p.

“”””it`m.. tfmsW.. Wo F¯nt]m? Mm³ Um k^p¶p..”

“”””Hmt¡ b¸m..” F¶pw b_ªp Mm³ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSn«v tNm_ntZm_n`qsX WX¶p KW`nsâ AXp¯v sI¶t¸mÄ tW^s¯ fpNan Wn¶pw tcmt«m FXp¯ AkWpw hnwfnwPv bqan NnX¶ H^p¯n]pw e]¦^ kÀ¯fmWw. N*m AkapsX fN³ Bs\t¶ tSm¶q.. Ak³ Fs´ms¡t]m b_]p¶p. AkÄ Np`p§n In^n¡p¶p . In^n¡pt¼mÄ fp` WÃtbms` CaNp¶p*v. Ak^psX NanNÄ A§sW tWm¡n Wn¡pt¼mÄ b¸m]psX tcm¬ k^p¶p.. Mm³ tcm¬ FXp¯psNm*p cv`mänt`¡v WX¶p.

F³s_ _qw b¸m Nm\n¨p S¶p. AknsX b¸m]psX bpSn] em^y CÃm]n^p¶p. Mm³ Bs^t]m Sn^]p¶Sv N*p b¸m b_ªp

“”””tfm³s_ f½n Ct¸mÄ k^pw. AkÄ k¶n«v Im] C«p S^pw. tfmWv H^p tI¨n NqXn D*v tNt«m. AkÄ Zm³hv ¢mhnWp tbm]n^n¡pN]m\v. CWn CSm\v tfm³s_ koXv. Aks^ hz´w f½n]pw tI¨n]pfm]n Nm\\w..tNt«m”

Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ tNmanwPv sd AXn¡p¶ lwÐw tN«v. b¸ sI¶v NSNp Sp_¶t¸mÄ H^mÄ ANt¯¡v NX¶p. Aks^ N*p Mm³ H¶v sM«n.

(SpX^pw)