^pÜn\n No Du^ns]Xp¯Spw Kfm`nsâ tImUykpw NqsX B]t¸mÄ ftWmKv bS_n. Ak³F´v sI¿\sf¶_n]sS ^pÜn\ns]tWm¡n.

“””” B^mXm Wo “””” Kfm tImUyt¯msXm¸w ftWmKnsW ssd¡n Wn¶pw sbm¡ns]Xp¯p.

“””” WnWs¡´mXm CknsX Nm^yw? Wnsâ NqsX Nps_ km`pNap*m]n^p¶tÃm Ak·ms^ knan¡v””””Kfm AksW sbm¡ns]Xp¯p en¯n]nt`¡v Im^n WnÀ¯n.

“”””C¡m Cks^sâ NqsX bYn¡ps¶m^m. knt«¡v””

Kfm ^pÜn\ns]]pw AksW]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n]n«v ftWmKnsâ gÀ«n Wn¶v Ns¿Xp¯p.

“””” sÈ. Ak³ tbm]n”””” ftWmKnsW Kfm sbm¡ns]Xp¡p¶Sv N* B b¿³, ^pÜn\n]psX {l² fm_n]t¸mÄ AknsX Wnt¶mXn ^£s¸«n^p¶p.

“””” Wnsâ hv–Nq«À kÀ¡v–tgm¸n`m. ASnsâ fp¶n Wn¡pt¼mjm Wo tSmfmtWw sNm*v tbmNp¶Sv N*Sv. bp_sN Ck·m^pw. H^p Hmt«m¡m Mm³ bp_sN k¶Sv. Wo tN_v. kÀ¡v–tgm¸n Fs¶ kn«n«v k*n]pw sNm*v sbmt¡m. Wnsâ hv–Nq«À Wmsas] Nn«q.ASnWv Nps_ b\n]p*v. Asæn bpSn]msSms^®w km§n S^mw Mm³ “”””

“””” FWn¡m^ptXw Hmlm^w tk* “”””

^pÜn\n fpO¯Xn¨p b_ªn«pw Kfm`nsWm^p Np`p¡kpfnà ..

“”””Wo N]_v. Fs¶ AknsX kn«n«v k*n sNm*v sbmt¡m””””

“”””C¡ sbmt¡m.. Mm³ sbmt¡mamw””””

“”””Wo Fs¶ F§sW tbmNpw””””

^pÜn\n H^p sh¡³Zv At`mIn¨n«v M15 t`¡v N]_n ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp H¶n^¸n¨p.

“”””N]_v”””” AkÄ Sn^nªp ftWmKnsW tWm¡n b_ªp. Kfm`nsâ N®ns` So¡W N*Spw ftWmKv AkapsX bn¶n N]_n.

Ak³ N]_n]Spw ssd¡v fpt¶m«v bmªp. ssd¡v CXkjn]n`qsX Wà tkPS]n Ss¶]m\v fpt¶m«v bmªSv

sf]n³ t_mZn Np_¨p fm_n dnWogpw tKmKn]psfÃmw Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p. ftWmKv ANs` Wns¶ Aks^ N*p.

“”””Mm³… Mm³ CknsX C_§ntNmamw “” ftWmKv b_ªSpw ^pÜn\n Ak^psX fp¶n ssd¡v tÉm sI]vSp. WnÀ¯mWms\¶p N^pSn] ftWmKv C_§m³ SpX§pt¼mtj¡pw ^pÜn\n ko*pw ssd¡v fpt¶ms«Xp¯p. {c*v ko A`vbw sbm§n ssd¡v fpt¶m«v Wo§n]t¸mÄ ftWmKv sk{bma¯n Aksa k«w sN«n bnXn¨p. ssd¡v Wn`¯p Wn¶v NpSn¨p bmªt¸mÄ Ak³ Ns¿Xps¯¦n`pw ^pÜn\n bp_tNm«v Sn^ªp b_ªp.

“””” ssN bnXnt¨m tI«m. CSv tbm`s¯ ssdt¡ms¡ kÃt¸mjptf Nnt«maq… As¸m A`vbw ss_hnwPv Hs¡ tWm¡pw.””

“””” SoÀs¶Xm Ak³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SoÀs¶Xm.. ftWmKv SoÀs¶Xm”””” sSm«p fp¶n ^pÜn\n ssd¡v sbm¡n ftWmKnsW]pw sNm*v bns¶]pw tbm]t¸mÄ SXn]³ S`¡v ssN sNmXp¯p XmÀ t_mZnsâ N«n§n C^p¶p.

“””””” AkWksa k«w bnXn¡p¶Sv Nt*m Wo . tim.. ftWmKtà BÄ. Ak³ sfm`]n Ss¶ B]n^n¡pw bnXn¨Sv”””””” hptfgv b_ªp

“””” tim- Aksâs]m^p emPyw. Zm …Ak³ Aksa CSnWnX¡v ss`WXnt¨m””””

“””” ss`tWm… ftWmtKm. Ak³ Nm^yw Njnªm W½psX. sf_nsW tS¨ tbms` tS¡pw. AksWm¶q¡n]m fSn]tÃm”””” A^p¬ In^n¨p .

“”””tS¡pw tS¡pw. ^pÜn\n AksW tS¡mSn^p¶m fSn]m^p¶p.”””” tKmKn WOw NXn¨p.

“””””” ftWmKv sf_nsW tSs¨¦n F´m. sf_nsW ASp sNm*v Pp\fp*m]n«pÅq”””” SXn]³ dnWogv In^n¨p.

“””” AsS¶mXm tdm*m? “””” A^p¬ AksW tWm¡n

“””” tSm«nt¡m`v tbms`m^p¶Sm B sb®v k¶t¸m. Cs¸m N*ntà Np*n]pw sfm`]psfÃmw F¶m k`n¸fm””””

“””” ^pÜn\n¡nt¸mtj ASn`pw NqXpS`p*v “”””

“””” C¶s` hm^n. C¶v Ko³hpw dWn]Wpw tNm«pw. Wmsa AkÄ F´n«mt\m k^pt¶””””

“””” s`¤n³hv B]m fSn]m^p¶p. Wà Énäv DÅSv. sSmXs]ms¡ sl^n¡pw Nm\mw. sfm`s]ms¡ ssXäv Ip^nUm_n sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶Sv Nm\\w. tim- “”””””

“””” WnÀ¯Xm f]n^pNsa .ftWmKnsW F§sWt]`pw ^£n¡mWpÅ kjn Bt`mIn¡m³ DÅSnWv f]n^·mÀ AkÄsX l^o^lmhv{Sw bYnt¨m*n^n¡pkm.ASpw GSptbm^m¯ ^pÜn\n]psX. Zm.. . Aksam¶p tWs^ tWm¡n]m fpÅn tbmNqtÃmXm Wos]ms¡. F¶n«m AkÄsX tfmt`tXw Np*osXw N\s¡Xp¸v. eq””

“””” Zm Wm_n dnWotg… C¸_]p¶ Wo]m\tÃmXm BUyw HmXn]Sv. ASpw Wnsâ I¦nsâ I¦v ftWmKnsW Ct«¨v. F¶n«k³ Wfp¡n«v B¡p¶Sv N*ntÔ”””

“””” ASv bns¶.. Mm³.. MmsWm*tÃm.. Mm³ kXn..””

“””” Zm Zm WnÀ¯Xm .fSn kn¡oSv–.Wos]m^p Nm^yw sI¿v. AkÄsX ko«ns`m¶v tbm]n tWm¡o«v km. AknsX N*ntàAksâ ko«n Wyq{X`n`n H¶v AtWzgn¡v. AkntXw N*ntà tÌgWn b^mSn sNmXp¡mw. AtS WX¡q”””” tKmKn b_ªp.

“””” Zm Aan]m .Mm³ Aksâ koXv ks^ tbm]n tWm¡o«v k^mw.”””” SXn]³ F\oäp.

“””” FXm knan¨p tWm¡n]m tbms^? “””” hptfgv Aksâ tWs^ Sn^nªp.

“””” ^mknt` Npan¨n_§n]m bns¶ ^m{Sn D_§msW MmsWsâ ko«n tbmNpÅq. AksW NqXmsS Fs¶s]§mWpw AknsX N*m hq^y{bhmUv– N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hÀ , bpSn] C`t{Îm\nNv lvflmW¯nsâ DSvQmXWw Fsâ lkw sNm*v WX¯pw. “”””””

“””””” bns¶ Wo F§Wm AkWknsX Dt*m¶_n]ps¶?””””

“””” ssd¡pt*m¶v tWm¡n]m tbms^ “”””

“””” Zm. tcms\Xp¯p knan¡Xm f*·ms^”””” A^p¬ b_ªp.

“””” Bt\m… F¶m Wo knan dp²nfmsW””””

A^p¬ sfmssd FXp¯v Z] sI]vSp. sd AXn¡p¶p*v FXp¡p¶nÃ.

“””””” Zm FXp¡p¶nÃXm “”””

“””””” Zm .Aksâ tcm¬ ssh`âm.MmWnknsX k¶t¸mtj knan¨p tWm¡n]Sm.”””” SXn]³ tNmaÀ k`n¨n«p.

“””” F¶m`Sv b_]¯ntà Wm_n. sk_psS bpÅ Nan¡m³””””

“””” Zm tdm*m Wo tbm]n tWm¡o«v km “”””””

“””” sl^n. Zm, ssd¡v FXp¡pkms\… tKmKn tN_Xm””””

“”””MmWnÃ.. Wo tbm]n«v km””””

“””” A^ps\ Wo kmXm””””

“””” Wo tbm]n«v km… M§Ä Bäns` Npan¡Xkn Nt*¡mw””””

“””” f]n^·mÀ..Zm M§Ä k^ps¶Wv fpt¶ SoÀt¯¡^pSv tNt«m””””

“””” sSmXnÃ. Wo tbm]n«v km””””

“””” ftWmsK¶tà tb^v? “””” ssd¡v sf]n³ t_mZn Wn¶v CX kjn]nt`¡v Sn^n¨p ^pÜn\n ftWmKntWmXm]n tImUn¨p

“””” i½vfw.. AtS “”””

“””” Mm³ F¶m knan¡\w .ftWmtKt¶m tI«sWt¶m””””

AksWm¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

“””” FWn¡v tI«tWm AWn]tWm CÃ. At¸mÄ H^p tI«Wm]n Nm\mw. Asà tI«m””””

“”””i½v “””” ftWmKv fqan.

“””” B fqa`n A{S SrbvSn]nÃtÃm tI«m… Rm..F¶m`§sW tk*. CWn]nt¸m bn¶osX§mWpw FWns¡m¶p t{bfn¡t\m¶v tSm¶n]m B ko£\w b\n]mNpw. ASpsNm*v ftWmsK¶v Ss¶ knan¡mw. ftWmKnsâ kosXknsXs]¶m b_tª”””” ^pÜn\n tImUn¨n«v ssd¡v Hko*psfm^p CXkjn]nt`¡v N]än.A¸w NqXn tbm]n«kÄ k`t¯¡v Sn^nªp. sI_n] sI_n] koXpNÄ AXp§n AXp§n Wn¡p¶ H^p tNmaWn.

“””” ^p¡ptk AXnsbman ssd¡m\sÃmXn “””” bs¯jpbSv k]hpÅ k`n] fol]pÅ H^mÄ ssN Wo«n WnÀ¯n¨p Aks^.

“””” F¶m H¶v HmXn¨p tWm¡t\m””””

“””” Cu tfmZÂ ssd¡v HmXn¨n«nÃ. F§Wp*Xn.””””””

“”””HmXn¡m³ Npj¸fnÃ. bp_Nn C^n¸m bmXv. tU ftWmKv MmWn¨n^n hvboZv Nq«pt¼m Fsâ iuhnwPn k¶nXn¡pw… ASnt¸m Ck³ fW¸qÀÆw CXn¸n¡p¶Smt\m F¶pw A_n]nÔ”””

ftWmKv ASv tN«Spw bn¶nt`¡v HSp§n]n^p¶p.

“””” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F´m BlmtW Ht¶mXn¨p tWm¡pt¶m””””

“””” Mm³ H^p Ø`w ks^ tbmNpkm .CWn]nk³ k^pt¼mamNs« “””” A]mÄ In^n¨n«v WX¶p Wo§n.

“””” Fsâ BlmWm N£n. btj fZv ss_hnwPvNm^Wm. bpÅns¡m^p kÀ¡v tgm¸p*v Xu\nÂ. tdmhv–tNm Hmt«msfmssdÂhv B³Zv hvsb]À bmÀXv–hv. tN«n«pt*m W½psX tNmtaKnsâ bn¶n`m. Cs¸m Blmsâ f¡am. Blm³ btj ssd¡pw dpÅäpsfms¡ tfmZnssc sI¿pw. H^p dpÅäv FXp¯p sNmXp¯n«p*v Mm³. hf]w CÃt¯m*m. AtàMm³ Ss¶ sI]vtSsW. Blmsâ NqsX NqXn Mm³ b\ns]Ãmw bYns¨Xp¯p.””BlmWm Fs¶ ssd¡v HmXn¡mWpw FÃmw bYn¸n¨Sv .Blmsâ H^p lngySzw B]SvsNm*v hvtbmÀXvhv ssd¡v Nm\pt¼mÄ ^àsfm¶v Sna¡pw . “”

^pÜn\n H^p sI_n] ko«nt`¡v k*n N]än WnÀ¯n. sI_n] fpäw. H^p bn¡¸nWv bmÀ¡v sI¿mw. H^p sshZn`m]n Spahn¯_. ASn kna¡v sk¡p¶Snsâ AX]mafm]n F® HjpNn]n_§n] bmXv.

“”””””km . CknXw ks^ k¶StÃ. ko«n N]_n]n«v tbmNmw “”””

“””” CÃ.Mm³ sbmt¡mamw””””

ftWmKv C_§n fm_n Wn¶p.

“””” AsS¶m BlmtW A§sWm^p tbm¡v. CknsX M§Ä ^*p sb®p§Ä fm{Stf]pÅq F¶v N^pSn C]msa tN_n boZn¸nNs]m¶pfnÃ. C]mav kmtXm””””

ftWmKnsâ fpOw kna_n. sk_psfm^p sb®v H^ms\¶ dipfmWw tbm`pfnÃmsS hwhm^n¡pN]pw sb^pfm_pN]pw sI]vSt¸mÄ AkWp*m]n^p¶p Ai¦m^w sbm«ns]m`n¨p. F§sWt]`pw AknsX Wn¶v C_§m³ Ak³ B{Pin¨p ssd¡n N]_n]t¸mÄ ^pÜn\n No Du^ns]Xp¯n^p¶p.

“””” im.. kmtXm tI«m. C]mÄs¡´m H^p tbXn tbms`. “”””

AkÄ Aksâ ssN bnXn¨p WX¶t¸mÄ ftWmKnWv bn´pX^mSn^n¡Wm]nÃ.

“””” tI¨ns]… ^*v ¥mhv Im]s]Xpt¯m. Fsâs]m^p {c*v NqsX]p*v.””””

^pÜn\n knan¨p b_ªn«v imant`¡v N]_n. fmtWmNv sI_n] k^m´]n Ss¶ Wn¶p.

“””””” AsS´m AknsX Ss¶ Wn¶p NaªSv. N]_n km””””””

lÐw tN«t¸mÄ ftWmKv ANt¯¡v tWm¡n. kmSn¡ hpµ^n]m] H^p sb®v. Hä tWm«¯n ^pÜn\n Bs\s¶ tSm¶q.

fqt¶m Wmt`m k]hv NqXpS Nm\pfm]n^n¡pw .H^p skÅ]n »m¡v {bnâpÅ Ip^nUmÀ. gmÄ CÃm¯Sv Nm^\w fm_nXw W¶m]n FXp¯p Nm\n¡p¶p*v. ASv N*m Ss¶ ^pÜn\n]psX tI¨n Bs\¶v fWhn`mNpw. ftWmKv H¶v In^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.

“”””N]_n km… ^q¡qsâ ¢Ên`mt\m bYn¡pt¶? “”””

tImUn¨n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ ANt¯¡v WX¶t¸mÄ B\v s{N¨hv ftWmKnsâ N®n sb«Sv. AkapsX WX¸nsâ {btSyNS]n sNmjp¯p^p* Np*nNapsX I`Ww B^n`pw Nmffp\À¯psf¦n`pw,ftWmKn`pw BUyw ASv I`Ww hrãn¨psk¦n`pw sb«¶v AkapsX AkØ HmÀ¯Spw fWÊn NpätdmVw D*m]n.

“”””tb^v b_ªnÃ… Aksam¶p b^nI]s¸Xp¯msS]m\v tbm]Sv. C^n¡v tNt«m. Akant¸mÄ k^pw. Mm³ ^p¡pknsâ tI¨n]m\v tNt«m. ^mPn\n.””””””

“””” Mm³ ftWmKv “””” C¯k\ Ak³ bp©n^n¨p.

“””” Mm³ Im] FXp¡mw. AtàAkÄ k^pt¼mÄ HmXn¡pw. knl¶p k`ªmkpw k^p¶Sv. k¶m Nm`pw N¿pw NjpNn tWs^ Bim^¯nsâ fp¶nt`¡m “”””‘””””

“””” tk*. ^pÜn\n¡v FXp¯m fSn””””””

“””” i½w.. ASv Wfp¡v So^pfmWn¡mw”””” ^mPn\n In^n¨p sNm*v ANt¯¡v N]_n.ftWmKv imÄ H¶v ko£n¨p. AVnNw k`pSà F¦n`pw W¶m]n AXp¡n sk¨n^n¡p¶p. ¥mhv CÃm¯ sct_mÉmdv sNm*pÅ S«n Nps_ sfZ`pNapw t{XmcnNapw hÀ«ncn¡äpNapw C^n¡p¶Sv N*k³ Fjpt¶äp At§m«v sI¶p. ASnWp fpNan`m]n N* tcmt«m]nt`¡m\v Aksâ tWm«w BUyw bSnªSv. b¯p Wm`vb¯n]©p k]hv {bm]w fSn¡p¶ H^m\pw ASnWXp¯v Ss¶ GSm*v A{S]pw {bm]w fSn¡p¶ H^p sb®nsâ]pw tcmt«m. ASn sI_n] N¡ sNm*pÅ fm`. ^pÜn\n]psX AÑWpw A½]pfmkpw AktWmÀ¯p . Wà tSKÊpÅkÀ. Ak³ Smsj]pÅ shÀ«ncn¡äpNant`¡pw fäpw tWm¡n.

“””” Im]]mt\m Nm¸n]mt\m ftWmKnWv”””” bp_Nn Wn¶pw ^mPn\n]psX lÐw tN«k³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n.

“””” F´m]m`pw Npj¸fnÃ. ….Zm³hv bYn¨n«p*tÃ. Nps_ hÀ«ncn¡äpw fäpw D*tÃm””””

^mPn\n]psX fpOw kna_ns]¦n`pw sb«¶kÄ In^n¨p.

“”””Zm³hv Nan¨n^p¶p. b*v… Cs¸m…”””” AkÄ s{N¨hnt`¡v tWm¡n.

“””” Fsâ Zm³hnsâ]pw t{Zm]n§nsâ]pw DÅq. dm¡ns]ms¡ AkapsX]m. N*ntÃ. M§sX B¬Np«osX sfZ`pNÄ.”””” ^mPn\n In^n¨p

“””” N*p…. ssd¡v ss_hnwPv..NmÀ ss_hnwPv tdmN-vhnRv. NpRvcp. Na^n. ^pÜn\n F´m kÃ….””””

“””” Wn§tamsXms¡ H¶v fp«n Wn¡t* tfmsW…”””” ^pÜn\n]psX lÐw tN«k³ At§m«v Sn^nªp.

fp«nWp Smsj Wn¡p¶ H^p dWn]³ ssX¸v bmâpw A]ª H^p XogÀ«pw. fpXn D¨n]nt`¡v N]än sN«n sk¨n^n¡p¶p. AkÄ fpOw SpX¨ tSmÀ¯v ^mPn\n]psX tSmant`¡n«p.

“””” FXn tI¨n… F´m Njn¡m³””””

“””””” I¡]pw I½´n]pw.””””|

“”””tR…. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv I¡t]m .FknXp¶v Nn«ns]Xn? “””” ^pÜn\n tImUn¨n«v ^mPn\n]psX bn¶ms` AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_n . ftWmKv ko*pw hÀ«ncn¡äpNapw fäpw tWm¡m³ SpX§n

“”‘ BlmtW km . kÃSpw Njn¡mw “””” ^pÜn\n knan¨t¸mam\v Ak³ Sn^nªSv .

k`n] Nmht_man I¡]pw N_nbm{S¯n I½´n]pw .

“”‘ tk* . FWns¡m^p ¥mhv Im] fm{Sw fSn “”””‘

“”‘ F´m BlmtW , KmZs]ms¡ Naªp kÃSpw Njn¡m³ tWm¡v . Bim^sfm¶pw Njn¡msS skÅfXn¨m Nq¼p kmXnt¸mNpw . tSmfmt¨«sW N*ntà ? F§sW]n^p¶ fWpgyWms\¶v A_n]mtfm . k¶n^p¶v kÃSpw Njn¡m³ tWm¡v BlmtW “””

^pÜn\n bvtaänt`¡v I¡ kna¼n , SknsNm*v WXpemPw Npjn¨n«v ASnt`¡v I½´n]pw Hjn¨p . F¶n«kÄ Ssâ bv–tasäXp¯p hzmtUmsX Njn¡m³ SpX§n . WÃ knl¸p*m]n^p¶p ftWmKnWv . NXpNv San¨n« I½´n]psX f\kpw tS§s]mSp¡n]n«p*m¡n] I¡]pw N*t¸mÄ Ak³ fsäm¶pw Bt`mIn¨nÃ

“”‘ KmZ KmZ ..AÃmsS´p b_]m³ . f^ymU¡v CS§p tW^s¯ sI]v–sS tbm^m]n^pt¶m ?”’ ftWmKv I¡ Npj¨Xn¡p¶Sv N* ^pÜn\n ^pÜn\n bvtaän Wn¶v Ns®Xp¡msS b_ªp .

“”‘ fn*mSn^n¡Xn .ftWmKv Njn¡s« “””” ^mPn\n AksWsâ bvtaänt`¡v I½´n A`vbw NqXn Hjn¨p NqsX ¥mhn fVp^fnÃm¯ N«³ Im]]pw .

“”‘ Wo b^n¸v km§nt¨m ^p¡q ? “”‘

“”‘ ifv “”””‘

“”‘ kn_Nnsâ Bsa Nt*m ? “”””

“”‘ k¶ntà A]mav ? Mm³ k^ps¶¶p fpt¶ sNm*pk¶nt«¡mw F¶v ^mkns` b_ªSm\tÃm “””

“”‘ Cà … MmW]msa H¶v knan¨p tWm¡n .hzn¨v Hmcm\v tcm¬ . CWn]msN DÅSv ^*pfq¶v fp«n]m\v .ASv tN_t\ W½sa sNm*v bänà “”‘

“”‘ Wo bän¡* . Njn¨p Njnªp Mm³ kn_Np sk«nt¡mamw “””

“”‘ tk*Xn ..Wmsa Bs^t]`pw tWm¡mw “”‘

“”‘As¸m Wmat¯Wp F¶m sI¿pw ? ..tNt«m ftWmtK . AÂbhzÂbw b`im^§apsX b\n]p*v M§Ä¡v .dm_n`pw td¡_o`pw Hs¡ sNm*p tbm]n sNmXp¡pw . AÑWpft½w Ak^psX Nm^yw tWm¡n At§m«v tbm]m Wfp¡pw Kokn¡t* ? A§sW tSmäpsNmXp¡m³ bäptfm ? Pymhv sNm*v fpS`mN¯nà . kn_Nmt\ b\ns]ap¸w So^pw . ftWmKnWv VrSn]pt*m . FWn¡m Nmªn^w Nk` ks^ tbmNmWm k*ns]m¶p tk\fm]n^p¶p . A]maknsX gm¸n Nm\pw fn¡km_pw “”‘

“”‘ ^pÜn\n tbm]n«v tbms^ .. ssd¡v Wmsa tNmtaKn sNm*v k¶m fSn .Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sbmt¡mamw “”””‘ AkWp A§sW b_]mWm\v tSm¶n]Sv

“”‘ ASv tk* ftWmtK . Asæn Fs¶ Nmªn^w Nmk`n H¶n_¡n]m fSn . Hmt«m bnXn¨p Sn^n¨p tbmt¶mamw . Hmt«m¡mlv `men¡mt`m¶p BUyw N^pSn .bns¶ MmWm]n«v Blmsâ sbt{XmÄ F´nWm SoÀ¡ps¶ ?”’ ^pÜn\n kn^`pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n W¡ntSmÀ¯n Fjpt¶äp . AkÄ ssN NjpNn¡jnªp H^p d¡än skÅsfXp¯p fp³kls¯ Sn®]n sNm*pk¶p sk¨p

”BlmtW ..ssNNjpNmWnknsX skÅw sk¨n«pt* “”‘ AkÄ b_ªn«v bp_t¯¡n_§n tbm]n .

ftWmKv Njn¨n«v ssN NjpNmWm]n Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ fpä¯p kn_Nv No_p¶ lÐw tN«p . fp³kls¯ sI¶t¸mÄ k`n] ^*pfq¶p fp«nkn_Nv FXp¯p No_pN]m\v ^pÜn\n . Sj¡w k¶ kn_Npsk«pNm^sW tbms`]pÅ AkapsX {bkÀ¯nNÄ H^p Wnfngw tWm¡n Wn¶v tbm]n Ak³ .

ssN NjpNn WnkÀ¶ ftWmKv N*Sv A¸p_¯p Wns¶m^p b¿³ fpät¯¡v tWm¡n Wn¡p¶Sm\v N*Sv . AkWpfm]n tWm«w CXªSpw B b¿³ bSns] Ø`w Nm`n]m¡n . ftWmKv AknsX D*m]n^p¶ tSmÀ¯n ssN SpX¨n«v ^pÜn\ns] tWm¡n . fsäkntX¡pw {l² sNmXp¡msS kn_Np No_pN]m\kÄ . A]ª dWn]WpÅn`qsX {dm]n sbmSnª AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`NapsX UÀlWw W¶m]n Nm\mw . AÃmsS Ss¶ AkapsX I`W§Ä¡Wph^n¨v fp`NapX Np`p¡kpw Bs^]pw N¼n]m¡pw . ftWmKv AbNzfm]n sb^pfm_n] `nwPs¯ HSp¡nkhn¨n«v ^pÜn\n]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v tSmÀ¯v AkapsX tWs^ Wo«n

“”‘ CsS´nWm ftWmtK ? CWn]pw kn]À¡pw SpX¨m`pw “”” sWän]n`qsX HjpNn]n_§n] kn]À¸pSpÅnNÄ kn^ sNm*v kXns¨Xp¯p Naªn«kÄ bp©n^n¨p .

“”‘ tSmÀ¯v tUi¯nXv . kn]À¸pw HjnkmNpw bns¶ …””‘ Ak³ AÀtVmàn]n WnÀ¯n .

“”‘ F´m BlmtW H^p kl¸nlNv “”””

“”‘ FWn¡Ã Ak^pfnk^pw tWm¡p¶p “”””‘

^pÜn\n N®pNÄ Smjv¯n fm_nX¯nt`¡v tWm¡n . fp`¨m W¶m]n Nm\mw . kn]Às¸m«n dWn]³ {dm]n bän¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶p . AkÄ `mQkt¯msX Ss¶ dWn]³ tWs^ bnXn¨n«p b_ªp.

“”‘ Hm ..ho³ bnXp¯w . ASo tNmaWn]n FÃm]nX¯pfpÅSm . Sp\n fm_n]m As¸m tWm¡pw .Cu Sm³ Ss¶ tWm¡n]n«p*mkqtÃm . ASnsWsâ sfm` Nm\msWm¶pfnà M^¼·mÀ¡v , Nt¿m Nmt`m WOtfm kn]À¡p¶tSm F´v N*m`pw Ak·mÀ¡v Nmffm .A§sW]pÅk^psX fp¶n F´v f_¨ns«´p Nm^yw ? “”‘

“”‘ sJ ..H¶v bSps¡ b_ ^pÜn\n “”‘ ftWmKv AkapsX Sp_¶Xns¨¶ tbms`]pÅ hwhm^¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kÃmsS]m]n . ^mPn\n F§mWpw tNÄ¡p¶pt*ms]¶k³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n .

“””” Hs^®w NqsX No_n]m fSn]m^p¶p Wmsa ^mkn`t¯¡pÅSv Bt]sW . Nm«v SXn]m¶p tSm¶p¶p . “”‘ ^pÜn\n SXn fp«n fmän]n«n«v AXp¯Sv FXp¯p ^* sk«v sk«n.

“”‘ FtXm BlmtW . SmWnknsX Wn¡v MmWnt¸m k^mw . A]msa S¸n¸nXn¨ntÃÂ b\n bmapw . H^p b¯p fnWp«v tNt«m “”‘

tNmXm`n SXnfp«n]n Im^n sk¨n«kÄ tSmÀ¯psNm*v fpOs¯]pw ssNNm`pNans`]pw kn]À¸v H¸n . fpXn ssN sNm*v Ss¶ H¶v tNmSn]n«v ssd¡n N]_n ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp .No ASn Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p .

KÌv H¶v b_ªn«v AkÄ Ssâ ssd¡v FXp¯psNm*p tbm]t¸mÄ ftWmKnWv BÝ^yfm\v D*m]Sv .AXp¯ {c*v–hv ‘Zm ssds¡Xp¡pkm’ s\¶p b_ªn«v FXp¯p sNm*v tbmNp¶Sv tbms` . AkÄ tSmÀ¯psNm*v NpWnªp Nm SpX¨t¸mÄ dWn]WpÅn skankm] fp`]pw sNmjp¯ N\wNm`pw AkapsX kn]À¸nsâ hvsfÃpw AkWn tW^n] I`W§Ä hrãns¨¦n`pw ASnWv fp³bv tNmtaKns` bj] ss`WpNapsX hmfoby¯n D*mNp¶ NmfknNm^§Ä B]n^p¶nà F¶k³ AÛpSt¯msX HmÀ¯p .

AsS hf]w SXn]Wpw Nq«^pw B_nt`¡pÅ bXkn C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p .

“”‘ FXm hzn¨v Hmcm\nt¸mjpw . “”‘ hptfgv Wn^mlt]msX b_ªp “”‘ Zm tdm*m .ko«n sI¶n«nöp_¸m\tÃm Asà “”””

“”‘ AtSXm . ssd¡knsX]nà . tbm^mt¯Wv tk`¡m^n fmÀ¡änt`¡v C_§n]t¸mÄ Fs¶ N*p tImUn¡ptNw sI]vSp ftWmsK´ns]¶v “”””‘

“”‘ sÈXm …AkWnWns]knsX tbm]n Nm\pw ?”’ tKmKn fnN-vhvIÀ km]nt`¡v C«p Ik¨p

“”‘ Zm sS*o …BsN]p*m]n^p¶ X¨nRv–hm . Bäns` IqXpskaa¯nWv X¨nRv–hv Ctà bänà ..Wo]Spw SoÀ¯p .””‘

“”””‘ Zm tbm]v H^p thmZ]pw kà X¨nRv–hpw km§ns¡m*v km “””””” hptfgv 100 ^qbs]Xp¯p Wo«n .

“”‘ Zm Wq_v MmWpfn«p . gm¸n tbm]n H^p N_ow Nt¸w km§n«v tbms^ k^pt¼m “”””‘ A^p¬ tbm¡än Wn¶v ssbhs]Xp¯p Wo«n .

“”””‘ MmsW§pfnà . Bt^`pw tbm]n«v km “”‘ SXn]³ Np¸n sbm¡n F{S dm`³hv Ds*¶p tWm¡n .

“”‘ Zm hmVWw SnN]¯nà . ^*pNp¸n NÅv NqsX km§nt¡m .””‘ hptfgv Np¸n]nt`¡v tWm¡n b_ªp

“”‘ Fsâ N¿ns`§pw ssbh]nà “”‘ dnWogv Znhv–tbmhndnÄ ¥mhn fUyw Hjn¨n«v Bän fp¡n ¥mhv Wn_¨n«p Ipt*mXv tIÀ¯p .

“”‘ Zm Mm³ Wq_qsX C«p .Bt^`pw tbm]n«v km . AknsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A¸³ ssbh bn^n¡m³ k^p¶ hf]fm]n^n¡pw “”””‘ hptfgv b_ªt¸mÄ b_ªt¸mÄ A^p\pw tKmKn]pw NqsX ssd¡n N]_n .

A©v fnWp«v Njnªt¸mÄ Ak^psX AXp¯v ssd¡v sNm*pk¶p WnÀ¯n]n«v , ^*pN¿n`pw NÅp Np¸n]pfm]n tKmKn ImXn]n_§n

“”‘ Zm …Aan]m Aksâ Nm^yw GSm*v So^pfmWfm]n . ftWmKnsâ lkw tbm`pfnWn tWm¡* .dm tN_v . tÌgWn sNm*v tbm]n fm³ fnÊn§nWv tNhv sNmXp¡mw “””

“”‘ F¶mXm f]nt^ Nm^yw b_ “”‘ SXn]³ Hä¡pSn¸nWv Aksâ AXps¯¯n .

“”‘ Zm ..Aksam*tÃm AkÄ … ^pÜn\n . AkÄ ftWmKnsâ ssd¡pw sNm*v gm¸o¶n_§n k^p¶p . “”‘

“””” F¶n«v ? AksW´ns]¶v Wn§av tImUnt¨m ?”’

“”‘Bt^mXv AktamtXm ? Zm f]nt^ … B ISp¸nt`¡v ssd¡v sk«n¨n_¡n]SvsNm*v AkapsX N®n Wn¶v ^£s¸«p .tU N*ntà sfm¯w tI_m]n “”” A^p¬ bmâpw ssd¡pw Iq*n Nm\n¨p

“”‘ tim .. CSv tbm`s¯ tbXn¯q_·mÀ . km k¶p k*n]n tN_Xm “”” SXn]³ ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp hptfgntWmXv b_ªp

“”‘Aan]m ..AkhmWfm]n«v Cu NÅpw NqsX AXn¨n«v tbmNmw . CWn CWn AXn¡m³ bän]nsænt`m “”‘ hptfgv ¥mhv sbm¡n Nm\n¨p b_ªp .

“”‘ tN_Xm fäk·ms^ @#%@%c@ “”” dnWogv sS_nb_ªt¸mÄ NÅnsâ Np¸n A^p\pw tKmKn]pw km]nt`¡v Nfnjv¯n .

“”‘ F¶m bns¶ AXn¨n«v tbmNmtà ..Zm sS*nNsa SoÀ¡sÃXm ASv “”‘ SXn]³ C_§n Np¸n]n bnXp¯fn«p .

“”‘ AkÄsX koXv PmÔnWPÀ tNmaWo`m . tNmaWn FWn¡_n]mw . In` Np^p¸pNap*knsX , b^nI]fnÃm¯ks^ AknsX N*m Ak·mÀ sIm_n]m³ k^pw . Wfps¡m^p Nm^yw sI¿mw . ssd¡v sf]n³ t_mZn WnÀ¯n]m fSn . Ft´`pw {blvWw D*m]m B^pw Bs^]pw tWm¡* . HmXn ^£sbt«m\w . F¶n«p ssd¡v sk¨nX¯p k¶m fSn “”‘ dnWogv FÃmkÀ¡pw WnÀt±lw sNmXp¯p .

tNmaWn]nt`¡v Sn^n]p¶nX¯p Wn¶pw AÂbw fm_n H^nXkjn]nt`¡v N]än]m\v AkÀ ssd¡pNÄ sk¨Sv . ASns` Ipänkaªp NpÀ¡Sv– tbm]m tNmaWn]psX bn¶ns` ISp¸ns`¯mw . dnWogv Aks^]pw Nq«n ASns` Wo§n .

“”” tI¨n Bt^mXv tImUn¨n«m Cksâ N¿n tNmXm`n sNmXpt¯ “”””‘ ^pÜn\n ssd¡v fpät¯¡v N]änWnÀ¯n]t¸mam\v tNmXm`n sNm*v kn_Np No_p¶ ftWmKnsW N*Sv . ssd¡v WnÀ¯n]n_§n] ^pÜn\n k^m´]n`n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ ^mPn\nt]mXv IqXm]n .

“”‘ MmsWm¶pw b_ªn«Ã ..Fs¶s]´nWm kj¡v b_]pt¶ .. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ ftWmKv kn_Nv No_p¶p .Wo]m\¶tà MmtWmÀt¯ .tk*m¶p Mm³ b_ªSm . tNÄ¡t* ?”’

“”‘ BlmtW fSn . BklyfnÃm¯ b\n¡v Wn¡* “”‘ ^pÜn\n Aksâ tWs^ Sn^nªp .

AkWSv tNÄ¡m¯ f«n dm¡n]p*m]n^p¶Sv NqXn sNm¯n No_n Sn^nªp .A`vbw NqXnt] dm¡n]p*m]n^p¶pÅq SmWpw .ftWmKv C¶ÀdWn]³ Du^n l^o^¯ns` kn]À¸p SpX¨n«v Sp\n bnjnªp .

“”‘ Wà N« fhn`m\tÃm BlmtW . CSv l^o^fW§n b\ns]Xp¯n«mt\m AtSm Kn½n tbm]mt\m D*m¡ns] ?”’ ^pÜn\n Aksâ kn^nª sW©n S«n]n«v N¿ns` fhn`n fpãn Ip^p«n]nXn¨p .

“”‘ Zn ..N®v sk¡tÃXn AksW “”‘ ^mPn\n In^n¨p .

“”‘ AsS … b_ªp sNmXp¡v ^mPn\n … bnt¶]v FWns¡m¶p tf`v NjpN\m]n^p¶p “”‘ Ak³ ^pÜn\ns] tWm¡n .

“”‘ dm . bp_Nn`m Npanfp_n . SN^ sNm*v f_¨p sN«n]Sm tNt«m “”” ^mPn\n k^m´]n Wns¶jpt¶äp .

“””” AsSm¶pw hm^fnà ..^*p d¡äv skaaw Nn«n]m CknsX Wn¶mt\`pw Npant¨mamw “””

“”‘ AsSm¶pw tk* … F¶n«p tk\w Wnsâ hnh-vNv bm¡v tdmZn Nm\m³ tNmaWos` sb¼ntÅs^Ãmw Nyq Wn¡m³ “”‘ ^pÜn\n Aksâ k]änÂ
CXn¨psNm*v b_ªp .

“”‘ Wo AksW t{Umin¡msS tSmÀ¯v FXp¯p sNmXp¡Xn “”””

“”‘ AsS ..bnt¶]v ^mPn\n . Njn¨Sv sfm¯w Bkn]m]n . CsSm^mav No_pkm]n^pt¶Â b¯ªq_v ^qb A]mÄ¡v sNmXpt¡*n kt¶sW .ASvsNm*v “””

“”‘ Hm … BlmWv ssbh tk\fm]n^n¡pw Asà ”’ ^pÜn\n AksW Nan]m¡n

“”‘ Aà .. C¨n^n I¡¸pjp¡v NqXn ..””‘ ftWmKv S` NpXªp S`fpXn]ns` skaaw AkapsX tWs^ sS_n¸n¨p

“”‘ sNmXp¡Xn tI¨n .. kna¼n sNmXp¡v … FWn¡n¨n^n sk¨n«p sfm¯w CkWv sNmXpt¯¡v””””‘ ^pÜn\n tSmÀs¯Xp¯p sNmXp¯n«v No_n] kn_Nv bp_Nnt`¡v sNm*v tbm]n CXm³ SpX§n .

“”‘ Zm CSms\m¶v tWm¡nt¡ .AkÄs¡m^p tI¨n]ps*¶tà b_sª . tU ^pÜn\ns] tbm`p*v . tU Zm .. AkWnknsX]p*v CSv Ss¶ ..ssd¡v N*ntà “”””‘ hptfgv fpät¯¡v tWm¡n b_ªp . skan]ns` NplpNplp¸v tN«m\v k^m´]n`n^p¶p S]v¡pN]m]n^p¶ ^mPn\n N®p]]À¯n]Sv . skan]n fq¶m`p bntÅs^ N*SpfkÄ Aks^ ssN Nm\n¨p knan¨p .

“”‘ Zm tU Ak^v knan¡p¶p . sIÃXm sIÃXm “””’ tKmKn SXn]sW fp¶nt`¡v SÅn kn«p .

AXp¯ Unkht¯¡pÅ b^n¸pw fäpw B«mWm]n skůn`n«n«v dm¡n kn_Nv FXp¡mWm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp³klt¯¡v k¶ ^pÜn\n k^m´]ns` NmjvI N*p km sbman¨p .

“”‘ H^p¯sW sNm*v l`yw SoÀ¶¶p N^pSn]Sm .. CsSms¡ FknXp¶p Npäow b_nt¨m*v ks¶Xm …AsS§Wm Ft¸m It¡w I½´ow D*m¡n]m`pw GtS`pw {Pi\nbnXnt¨m·mÀ tN_n kt¶mapw “”””‘ ^pÜn\n]psX lÐw tN«Spw ftWmKnsâ bvtaän Wn¶v I¡ FXp¯p km]nt`¡nXm³ tbm] dnWogv I¡ Sn^n¨n«n«v kn^`pNÄ W¡ntSmÀ¯ns¡m*v I½n] In^n In^ns¨jpt¶äp .

“”‘ Wo]n^n¡Xm tdm*m “”‘ ^mPn\n AktWmXv b_ªp .

“”‘Bim CSnWNw FÃm^pw N¼Wn]mt]m ? FXn tI¨n ..Cu]n^n¡p¶ Bs^]Xp¸n¨m`pw Cu SXn]sW AXp¸n¡^pSv . W½¡v ^*p tbÀ¡qsX fmhmfmhw b¯p Nnt`m A^n km§mWpÅ bmXv Wfps¡ A_n]q “”””‘

“”‘ t_gW^n fSn ^pÜn\o “”‘ dnWogv Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v AkhmWs¯ kn^`pw W¡nt¯mÀ¯n sNmSnt]msX I¡ bvtaänt`¡v tWm¡n

“”‘ tWm¡n sNmSn kntX* ….Umt* tNäv “””” ^pÜn\n k¶p N`¯ns` I¡ fpjpk³ bvtaänt`¡v S«n]n«v NqsX I½´n]pw Hjn¨p . Ht^s]m^p fnWp«v .. bvtaäv Nm`n]m]Sv N* ^mPn\n S`]n ssN sk¨p

“”‘ tI«·m^psX knl¸v tbmt]m tbm`pw “”‘

“”‘ tbm]n ^pÜn\o ..Cu]Xp¯ Nm`¯v Ct{Sw Wà ^pInt]msX Bim^w Njn¨n«nà “”‘ tKmKn ssN NjpNn Sn^nªn«v tSmÀ¯nWm]n ssN Wo«n .

“”‘ b\ns]Xp¡msS km^n k`n¨p Sn¶pt¼m knl¸v tSm¶qà tfmsW “”” AkÄ tSmÀ¯p tNmXp¯n«v dnWognsW tWs^ Sn^nªp ..

“”‘ FtXm tdm*m ..SmWn§p kt¶ FWns¡m^p Nm^yw b_]mWp*v “”””‘
b_ªn«v ^pÜn\n koXnsâ sshZn`qsX bp_tNm«p tbm]t¸mÄ ssN sNm*v bp_Nnt`¡v Cs¸m k^msf¶p BPyw Nm\n¨n«v SXn]³ Aksa bn´pXÀ¶p .

“”‘ F¶m sl^n tI¨n . CX¡v k^mtf “””” tKmKn ^mPn\nt]mXv b_ªn«v Fjpt¶äp .

“””” tbmNmXm ftWmtK “”””‘

“”‘ Òvfv .. Nm\mw ^mPn\n “”‘ ftWmKv ^mPn\ns] tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p .

“”‘ FXm tdm*m F´ns] ? CWn bp_Nn tbm]n Soä B]n^n¡ptfm ?”’ A^p¬ Akt^mXv tImUn¨n«p bp_Np klt¯¡v WX¶p .

“”‘ kmXm tbm]n tWm¡mw “”””

“”‘AXnsbman . ^pÜn\n h½Sn¨p “”” bp_Nnt`¡v sI¶ A^p¬ N¿Xn¨p sbm«n¨n^n¨psNm*v b_ªp .

“”‘ tWm¡Xm ..Zm koZnt]m FXp¡Xm CSv “””” Ak³ bp_sN k^p¶ ftWmKnsW]pw fäpw ssN Nm\n¨p knan¨p

“”‘ AXnsbman … Zm tdm*m WnW¡nSv Ss¶ tkt\mXm “”‘ B«p¡ÃnWp bp_Nn`n^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b^n¸v A_¡p¶ SXn]sW N*Spw FÃm^pw NqsX sbm«n¨n^n¨p

“”‘ F¶m`pw WnW¡v Ss¶ C{S N_Nväm]n ^pPv–fn\n b\n S¶tÃmXm “”””‘

“”‘ AtS .. C]msa N*m`_n]mw b\ns]Xp¡m¯ l^o^fms\¶v . Wn§sams¡ Kn½ns`¦n`pw tbmNp¶ps*¶v tSm¶p¶p “””” dnWogv ASv tN«v kna_n] In^n In^n¨p .

“”‘ F¶m Mm³ sbmt¡ms« ^pÜn\n “”””

“”””‘ sfm¯w A^¨v Njnªn«v Fjpt¶äm fSn .. Ak^nknsX Wnt¶mapw . FXmtk tI«·ms^ . Wn§sX tWmXvhv Hs¡s]knsX ?”’

“”‘ CknsX]p*v “””” A^p¬ tbm¡än Wn¶v Nps_ tb¸_pNÄ sbm¡n Nm\n¨p .

“”‘ sdhv__v bYn¯w …Wn§sams¡ fp¶n tbm]n^p¶p bYn¡mWpÅSv bYnt¨m . Zn tI¨ns] Ck·m^v bYn¡p¶pt*ms]¶p tWm¡nt¡m tNt«m “””””” ^pÜn\n bp_Np kl¯p Wn¶v fp¶ns` k^m´]nt`¡v tWm¡n knan¨p b_ªp

“”‘ ASv b_ªt¸mjm HmÀs¯ . FWn¡v Np_¨p tWm«vhv FjpSmWp*m]n^p¶p “”‘ SXn]³ F\oäp

“”‘ FtXm FsXm SmWknsX]n^n¡v :”””” ^pÜn\n Aksâ tWs^ ssN Iq*n]t¸mÄ SXn]³ ImXn]n^p¶p .

“”‘ CSn teUw A^n]m«p¶SmXm “””” tbm¡än Wns¶Xp¯ tWmXvhn tWm¡ns¡m*v hptfgv b_ªp .

“”‘F´m b_sª ?”’ ^pÜn\n]ksâ tWs^ tWm¡n .

“”‘AÃm b^n¸v B«p¶Sn teUw A^n B«p¶Sms\¶v b_ªSm “”””

“”‘ Rm Rm ..tI«·m^v sI¶v bYn¡m³ tWm¡v ..CSv M§¡v sI¿mWpÅ b\nt] DÅq ..AsÃtXm tdm*m “”””‘

dnWogv Nq«pNms^ U]Wo]fm]n H¶v tWm¡n .

bntä¶v tNmaKn F¯n]kÀ N*Sv knlzhn¡mWmkmsS km sbman¨p . ftWmKnsâ ssd¡nWp bp_Nn SXn]³ dnWognWv bN^w ^pÜn\n . . ASnsâ bp_Nn fäv ssd¡pNan SXn]Wpw fäpÅk^pw .

“”‘Zm ftWmtK … sf_nsâ tk¡³hn N]_n¸äm\v N^pSn]n^p¶Sm .ASv Wln¸n¨tÃmXm Wo “”””‘

^lvfn Nv–amÊn`n^n¡pkm]n^p¶ ftWmKnsâ fp¶n k¶p ^*pN¿pw Np¯n NpWnªp Aksâ tWs^ tWm¡n .tgmÄ Njp¯nt`¡v N]än]n«Sv Nm^\w Nv–amÊns` Gäkpw k`n] fp`¨n B] ^lvfn]psX fp`NÄ Ip^nUm_n bmSn]pw skankm]n . ftWmKv ASnt`¡v tWm¡ns]¦n`pw {l² fmän .

.AkWSnWp f_pbXns]m¶pw b_ªnà .

“”” Zm Im¼pt¶Â Im¼n]n«v tks_ ktÃmt^w bnXn¡m³ tWm¡v . AkapsX B l^o^w fmt{S DÅq . W]mssbh N¿n Nm\nà . WnWs¡m^p dmVyS]mNpw “”‘

At¸mjpw ftWmtKm¶pw fn*n]nà .

“”‘Zm ktÃmw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WXt¶m . C¶mav Fsâ bnXn¨tbms` Wo Aktaw S¡¯nWv Nn«n]t¸m bnXn¨p Nm\pw “”””‘

“””” em ..WnÀ¯Xn “””” ftWmKv sZh-vNn BªnXn¨p sNm*v ImXns]\oäp .

“”‘ ^pÜn\ns]sâ {c*m . M§ans`m^p¯n .””‘

“”‘ Hm … sf_nWpw Uob]pw Hs¡ Wn§ans`m^p¯n B]n^p¶p “”””‘ ^lvfn¡v Nqh`nà .
“””” CWn Wo H^£^w Aksa Np_n¨n§sWs]m^À°¯n fn*n tbmN^pSv . AkÄ Aksasâ B^pfà …””

‘ ftWmKv NnS¨psNm*v SpXÀ¶p

“”””‘ F¶m`ksasâ Bt^m B\v … sb§amt\m Aà ..NmfpNn]mt\m …Aà ..bs£ H^p hpir¯m\v . B\nsâNqsXs]m^p¯ns] Nm\pt¼maSnsWm^À°tf Wos]ms¡ Nm\p¶psk¦n FWns¡m¶pw b_]mWnà . Hs¶Wn¡p_¸m\v , Aksas]Wn¡nãfm\v ASnWv Wn§apt±ln¡p¶ ^oSn]n`à . H^pbs£ Wmsa]sS§sW Bkpsf¶v b_]mWpw k¿ “”””””

“”‘F´m ..F´mXm {blv–Ww ?”” SXn]³ At§m«v k¶p

“”‘ ti H¶pfnà “”‘ ftWmKv b_ªn«v bp_t¯¡n_§n .

“””””” F¶mXn {blvWw ?””””‘ SXn]³ t^gvfns] tWm¡n .

“”””‘ Wnsâ I¦nWv {b\]w bnXnt¨ms]¶v H^p hwl]w “””

“”‘ FXn ^lvfn … ASv {b\]fà . bs£ AksWm^pbmXv fm_n]n«ps*¶v FWn¡_n]mw ..Hä Unkhw sNm*v .Ss¶ …ASn AÛpSfnà ..Cu MmWpw fm_n . Aksâ Aѳ C¶v ^mkns`s]t¶mXv b_ªp ASnsW¸än . Ak³ AÑtWmXv hwhm^n¡m_nÃm]n^p¶p . ^mãot]mw dnhnhnWÊpfm]n WX¡p¶ At§s^ N*p Nn«mWpw bmXm\v SmWpw . fmh§Ä NqXn C¶s` AÑWpw fNWpw H^pfn¨n^p¶v Bim^w Njns¨¶v . dnhnWÊnsW¸än]pw ftWmKnsâ bYWs¯ bän]psfms¡ hwhm^ns¨¶v . H¶p_¸m\v FWn¡pw . C¶s` ^pÜn\n]psX ko«n tbm]n^p¶p M§Ä “””

“”””‘ AknsX AkapsX tI¨n]p*m]n^p¶p . AknXps¯ Aävtfmhvcn]^pw M§sams¡ Kokn¨ , Kokn¡p¶ hmiI^y§apw S½n kas^ fmäfp*v .WnW¡_n]mtfm ^lvfn … WmapNÄ NqXn MmWn¶v Fsâ AÑWpf½¡pw AWn]¯n¡psfm¸w ^mkns` Nm¸n NpXn¨p . ftWmKnsâ AÑWpfm]n hwhm^n¨t¸mÄ Ak³ At±i¯nsâ NqsX]n^p¶v Bim^w Njns¨¶p b_ªntà … ASv tN«]pXsW MmWpw ko«nt`¡v tbmNpkm]n^p¶p BUyw sI]v–SSv– . s{d¡vcmhv_v Njnªp ssN NjpNn]n«v Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AÑWpf½]psX]pw knlzhn¡mWmkm¯ fpOw Mm³ N*p “”‘ b_]pt¼mÄ dnWognsâ lÐw CX_n]n^p¶p .

“”‘Bskm ..FWns¡m¶pf_n]nà .. F¶m`pw HäUnkhw sNm*v C§sW fm_ptfm “”‘ ^lvfn bn_pbn_ps¯m*v B³tf^nt]mXv N¯nsk¡p¶ fmSyqhnsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXpt¯¡v tbm]n .

“”‘ F´mXn F´m {blv–Ww ?”” B³tf^n s^lvfnt]mXv tImUn¨p .

“”‘ H¶pfnÃXn .. C¶v fpSÂ _oImÀKv sI¿m³ tks_ Bsa bnXn¡t\m¶v b_]pkm]n^p¶p “””

“”‘ Zn ^lvfn .. Wo _oImÀKv sI¿mWpw shmÅmWpftà ftWmKnsâ bp_sN NqXn]Sv . AÃmsS {b\]sfm¶pfÃt`m “”””‘

“”‘ {b\]tfm … B`¡³ hq^y{bhmUnsâ HätfmsW Wfps¡ms¡ sNmSn¡m³ bäptfm .. CsSm^p dmÀ«À h{¼Um]w . FWn¡vAÃ_InÃ_ DbNm^§Ä sI]vSp S^pt¼mÄ W½av Sn^n¨pw AÃ_InÃ_ DbNm^§Ä At§m«pw … Cu bYn¯w Njnªp AksW bnXn¨p Aksâ AÑsâ lpbmÀl]n H^p tKm`n h¦Xn¸n¡m¶v ¹mWp*m]n^p¶p …Rm ASv tbm]n Nn«n “”‘

“”‘ ^lvfnt]]v …. sNmXp¡Â km§`n W½apw SSvb^Wm\v tNt«m “”‘ fmSyqhv AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p kn^`pNÄ SjpNn .

“”‘ Hm … FWn¡m^m]m`pw Npj¸fnà ..^m{Sn knan¡Xm f¯m]o “”” ^lvfn Aksâ tSmant`¡v Im^n .

“”‘ ^pÜn\o …F¶m t{bm{Pmw ?””” sskNpt¶^w Nv–amhv Njnªp bp_t¯¡n_§n] ^pÜn\n]psX AXpt¯¡v HmXn k¶v Nv–amhv tfäv B] sg_n³ tImUn¨p .

“”””‘ fmÀ¡äns`m¶p tbmN\w , bns¶ dm_n tN_n ssbh Hs¡ km§\w ..Øn^w b^nbmXnNÄ Ss¶ “”””

^pÜn\n]psX hmiI^y§apw koXpw b^nh^kpw ASntWmXNw Ss¶ tNmtaKn`msN bm«m]n^p¶p .In`^ksa hiSmbt¯msX tWm¡n . In`À hz´w Nm`n Wn¡p¶ kmapsX I¦qäs¯ Hs«m^p AÛpSt¯msX tWm¡n¡*p . fäp In`À AkÚt]msX]pw . ]msSm¶pw ^pÜn\ns] dmVn¨nà .

ssd¡nWXps¯¯n] ftWmKv, ^pÜn\n Nq«pNmt^mXv NqsX Wn¡p¶Sv N*p At§m«v WX¶p

“”‘ SmWnSpks^ tbm]ntà ?”’

“”‘ tdm*msW tWm¡n Wn¡pkm . BlmsW´m b^nbmXn ?”’

“””” H¶pfnà ..ko«n tbm\w “”‘

“”‘ hmVm^\ tNmtaKv kn«m tWs^ ko«nt`¡ÃtÃm BlmtW ..BlmsWmä Unkhw sNm*v W¶mt]m ? ifv ..B ^lvfn Fsâ AXp¯v k¶n^p¶p . Mm³ Nm^\w C]mav W¶m]n F¶pw b_ªv .AÃm hSy¯n`n]mÄs¡t¶mXv kà ss`Wpw Dt*m ? “”‘ ^pÜn\n AksW tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p

“”‘ A§sW Dt*Â Mm³ Wnsâ fpO¯v tWm¡n b_ªn^n¡pw . ASnWpÅ StâXw Hs¡ Cu ftWmKnWp*v .AÃm SmsW´nWm tdm*s] AtWzgn¡ps¶ “”””‘

“”‘ AsSms¡]p*v . Blm³ knt«m . Mm³ tdm*msW sNm*v tbmt]¡pkm “””””” ^pÜn\n Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v k¶ dnWognsW N¿n bnXn¨p k`n¨n«v ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv . ftWmKv Aksâ ssd¡pw

bSnknÃmsS tW^s¯ ko«ns`¯n] ftWmKnWv fXp¸v tSm¶n . A½ f^n¨Sn bns¶ ^m{Sn b¯nWv fp³sb Ct¶ks^ ko«ns`¯n]n«nà F¶k³ HmÀ¯p . AÂbw tWmXvhv Hs¡ FjpSn . Npan¨p Njnªp s{ZÊpw fm_n ssd¡v FXp¯p bp_t¯¡n_§n .. sf]n³ t_mZnt`¡v N]_p¶SnWv fp³bv kn_Nv S`¨pfXm]n FXp¯psNm*p ks¶m^p hv{So AksW N*v HSp§n Wn¶p .

“”‘ dnWogv F´ns] fWp¡p«m “”””‘

“”””‘ Ak³ tNmaKns`t´m b^nbmXn¡m]n«v tbm]Sm “””” ftWmKv ssd¡v WnÀ¯n Aks^ tWm¡n .sf`nªp\§n] H^p ^qbw . ASn`pw sf`nªSm\v dnWognsâ Aѳ .Nq`n¸\ns]Xp¯v WnSykr¯n Njn]p¶ H^p NpXpwdw .

“”Wn§av S½n bn\§nt]m ?”’

“”ti]v ..CÃt½ …MmWksW knant¨m*v k^mw “”””‘ ftWmKv ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp . A`vbw fm_n Wn¶nk³ dnWognsâ tcm\nt`¡v knan¨p .
FXp¡p¶nà . ^*p fq¶p {bmklyw NqXn knan¨n«k³ ssd¡v ko*pw ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp .

b*p fpSt` dnWogv Aksâ h´ShiIm^n]m]n NqsX]p*v . sX³Sv ks^ tks_ hv–Nqan B\v bYn¨Sv F¦n`pw ASv Njnsªm^pfn¨m]n bYWw . tks_ hv–Nqan B]n^p¶t¸mjpw dnWogv hv–NqÄ kn«m ftWmKnsâ ko«n`m]n^p¶p AVnN hf]kpw .AkÀ Smfhn¡p¶Sv Ss¶ ftWmKnsâ Aѳ UmWfm]n sNmXp¯ b¯p shâv bp^]nX¯n`m\v . Ft¸mjpw NqsX]pÅSnWm Ss¶ Bs^t]`pw N*m AXp¯]mÄ Csæn Aks^´ns] F¶v BapNÄ Sn^¡pN]pw sI¿pw .

“”” ^pÜn\n F´ns] ^mPn\o “””” ftWmKv fpät¯¡v ssd¡v WnÀ¯n C_§n k^m´]n`n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ ^mPn\nt]mXv tImUn¨p .F¶n«k³ AknsX]n^p¶ dnWognsâ ssd¡nt`¡v tWm¡n .

“”” AkÄ Cs¸m k¶tS]pÅq ftWmtK . Nm¸n NpXn¡pkm .tN_n km “””” ^mPn\n Sq\n bnXn¨p Fjpt¶äp .

“”” dnWogv k¶m]n^pt¶m Ct§m«v ?”’

“”‘ CÃtÃm … F´pbän ?”’

“”‘ B^mXn tI¨n ASv ?”’ ^pÜn\n bp_s¯ hwhm^w tN«v sNm*v At§m«v k¶p . B hf]w Ss¶ koXnsâ fp¶ns` t_mZn H^p sd³hv NmÀ k¶p Wn¶p . ASn Wn¶n_§n] Bsa N*v ^mPn\n]psX fpOw kna_n …. ftWmKnsâ]pw …

“”””SpX^pw “”””””

hvtWit¯msX þ^mK