ftWmKpfksa H¶v tWm¡n]n«v ssds¡Xp¯p bp_t¯¡v tbm]n

“”‘ ^p¡q …. A]mÄ … B hq^y{bhmUv– , A]msa§sW DÅ Bams\¶v WnW¡_n]mtfm ?””

“”‘ A]mam^ms\¦n`pw Wfps¡´mXn tI¨o … Wo Wmat¯¡pÅ fmk^¡m³ tWm¡v . . bns¶ A]msa bän A{S tfmlw Aen{bm]sfm¶pw Mm³ tN«n«nÃ. bns¶ ^m{ão]¡m^Wtà fn{S§ta¡mÄ NqXpS l{Sp¡ap*mkmw ..AkÀ kjn b^Uqg\§apw .”””

^pPv–fn\n AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n«pw ^mPn\n imans` sI]_n`n^p¶p In´]n`m]n^p¶p .

”””””””””””””””””””’

Un kos¡³Zv dmÀ :

AÑsâ bp_sN ftWmKv C_§n F¦n`pw ko«nt`¡v tbm]nà , kos¡³Zv dm_nt`¡m\v sI¶Sv . Nu*_n dnWogv D*m]n^p¶p . dnWogv In^n¨p . ftWmKnsâ fpOemkw N*Spw , Ak³ Nu*_n`pÅ ftä]mtamXv b_ªn«v ftWmKnsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p

“”‘Aan]m F¶ bän ? fpOsf´m fm_n]n^n¡pt¶ ? tR …b_]Xm “”””‘

ftWmKv Aѳ k¶Spw ko«n sk¨p*m]Spw Hs¡ AktWmXv b_ªp .Ak³ b_ªp SoÀ¶t¸mÄ dnWogv A¸hf]w fn*mSn^p¶p . F¶n«v dnWogv ftWmKnsW hq£n¨p tWm¡n tImUn¨p

“”””‘Aan]m b_ …. WnW¡ktamXv hSy¯n F´m\v ? t{bffmt\m AtSm ?”’

“”‘ FWn¡_n]nÃXm .. bs£ FWn¡nãfm\v . Cs¸m AÑWpfm]p*m] hwhm^¯n ASnWv Np_skm¶pw k¶n«nà . C¸js¯ Nm`¯v H^m\pw sb®pw CXbjpNp¶Spw hwhm^n¡p¶Spsfms¡ N*m S½n t{bffm\v Fs¶ms¡ BÄ¡m^v N^pSpw , AÑWpw A§sW N^pSn]n«p*mNpw . ^p¡pknsâ FXpt¯m bnXnt¨m¶pÅ hzemkw sk¨kÄ A§sW]à F¶ÑtWmXp tW^n«v b_ªp . At{SfpÅq . AÑWpw Zu«v k¶Sv , Mm³ tW^s¯ ko«n k^p¶Spw , AÑtWmXv hwhm^n¡p¶Spw Hs¡]m]n^n¡mw . H^p sb®v KoknS¯nt`¡v k^pt¼mjtà sI¡·mÀ¡v AXp¡pw Int«w k^q ..At¸mÄ AÑWpw A§sW N^pSn¡m\pw . ASpsNm*m]n^n¡pw Aѳ ^p¡qsâ ko«nt`¡v k¶Sv . Ak^v ^mPn\ow ^p¡qw Bt^]pfm{l]n¡msS, B^psX fp¶n`pw S`NpWn¡msS Kokn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ …Ft´m ..Ft´m Akt^msXm^p AXp¸w …Zm dnWotg ..CknsX ..CknsX FWn¡pw NqsX H^p tKm`n Nn«ptfm ? bmÀ«v ssXw B]n«v “”‘

dnWogv AksWs]m^p Wnfngw tWm¡n F¶n«v sbm«n¨n^n¨n«v ko*pw Nu*_nt`¡v fX§n .

“”‘H^p `mÀKv “”‘ ftWmKv Nu*_n dmÀ Ìqan`n^p¶p .

“”” thmZ]mt\m tNma]mt\mXm ?”’ dnWogv knh-vNn sbPv sfg_n FXp¯v ¥mÊns`mjn¨n«v ftWmKnsW tWm¡n .

“”””‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv skÅw fSn , sFhpw “”‘ ftWmKv dnWogv Wo¡n sk¨ cv`mh-vNn Wn¶pw sFhv–Nyqdv FXp¯p ¥mhn C«v k«w Ipän¨n«v H¶v tfm¯n , F¶n«Â¸w skÅsfmjn¨n«v dnWognsW tWm¡n . Aksâ N\vY¯n Wn¶pw DfnWoÀ C_§p¶Sv ftWmKv N*p .

“”‘ tkt\m WnW¡v ?”’

“”‘Zyq«n]n AXn¡m³ bänÃan]m . AXn bänÃmªn«Ã. Cks^ms¡ Hmt^m¶v No_o«v Wn¡p¶Sm . Mm³ tk*m¶v sk¨p . WnW¡_n]mtÃm , H¶Xn¨m Mm³ H¶n WnÀ¯növ . tkt\ Njnªp tbmNpt¼m ^s*®w ko¡o«p tbmNmw . Bs« Wo Nm^yfm]n b_ªSmt\m bmÀ«v ssXw tKmdnsâ Nm^yw ?”’

“”‘ ifv .””‘ ftWmKv H¶v hn¸v sI]vSn«v skÅ^n¡]pw fpaNpw NqXn FXp¯p km]n`n«p Ik¨p .

“”‘ Nps_ Wmam]n knIm^n¡p¶p ,AÑsâ ssbh sNm*p Kokn¡^psS¶v . WnW¡_n]mtÃm , FWn¡v tk*n]m\p Aѳ h¼mUn¡p¶Sv . WmX_n]p¶ {NnfnW t`m]À , bns¶ ^m{ão]kpw . Cãw tbms` Nmlp k^p¶p*v . bs£ ASns`m¶pw tW^nsâ {bSnc`fnà . A½ f^n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ HmÀ¯Sm , bmk§apsX N®oÀ B]n^n¡psf¶v . bns¶ hz]w Wln¡m³ tSm¶n . AÑsW Npäw b_]mWpw k¿ , Nm^\w MmsW¶p b_ªm AÑWv KokWm\v . FXm dnWotg , AÑWv Cãs¸Xnà , F¶m`pw FWn¡ntS tbms` H^p b\n tk\w .Wos]m¶v AtWzgn¡ptkm ?”’

“”‘ Ds*Xm D*v . fpNan kn sF bn Nu*À Hs^®w D*v . k`n] Sn^s¡m¶pfnà , Ft¶mXv NqsX bYn¡p¶kÀ Bt^`pw Dt*m¶p fmtWKÀ tImUn¨Sm . Nu*À sskNpt¶^w A©nsW Sp_¡q .H^mapsX Bklytf AknsX DÅq . ^*p Unkhw {bmÎohv Njnsªs¶ At§m«v fmäm¶v b_ªp . MmWnknsX Wnt¶mamw . Wo AknsX NqXnt¡m .AknsX]mNpt¼m CtStbms` _gv Cà . Wns¶ AVnNfm^pw Nm\ptNfnà , fm{Sfà Aѳ AXn¡nÃm¯Sv sNm*v Ct§m«p k^psf¶pÅ tbXnt¡* Nm^ykpfnà “”‘

“”‘ F¶m Wos]m¶p hwhm^n¨p tWm¡mtfm ?”’

“”‘hwhm^n¡m³ F´n^n¡p¶p .Bsa tk\sf¶v Ft¶mXv b_ªStà , Wfp¡ns¸m Ss¶ fmtWKs^ Nm\mw .Ft´`pw kng]fpt* ^p¡qtWmXv– b_]mw . A¶v dm_n sk¨v N*]mam CSntâw Hm\À “”””‘

NpXn¨p sNm*n^p¶ ¥mhv AknsX sk¨n«v , ftWmKv kmgn tbm]n km kr¯n]m]n NjpNn ]n«v dnWognsâ NqsX fmtWK^psX AXpt¯¡v WX¶p .

“”‘FXm ..bnt¶]v ..Wo hq^y {bhmUnsâ fNWms\¶v b_t]* tNt«m . NÅpNpXow sb®pbnXow CÃm¯ Wnsâ AÑWv Io¯t¸^mN* “””” fmtWK^psX fp_n]nt`¡v N]_pw fp³bv dnWogv b_ªp .

BjvINÄ Njnªp tbm]n …

“”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FXn tI¨n skÅn]mjvI]tà Wnsâ CâÀkyq . “”‘ tNmtaKn tbmNmWm]n fpXn IoNpNpN]m]n^p¶ ^pÜn\n ^mPn\n¡v tWs^ Sn^nªp

”’AsS ..F¶mXn ?”’

“”‘ sK]v–tfm³ A¦nansW N*p GtS`pw ]q\n]³ tWSmknsW sNms*m¶p lpbmÀl sI¿n¨mt`m ?”’

“”‘ F´nWv ? Culz^³ WnÝ]n¨Smt\ .Nn«pw.. fp³bpw lpbmÀl]pw sNm*v sI¶Sm\tÃm . FÃm ^m{ão]¡m^pw C¸ sl^n]m¡msf¶v skaps¡ In^nt¨m*v b_]pw .F¶n«k^v Ak^psX B{lnSÀ¡v sNmXp¡pw .Asæn ssbh km§n BÀt¡`pw sNmXp¡pw “”‘

“”‘ CSnWp WnW¡v hwk^\w DÅStà . H¶v ss{X sI]vSp tWm¡mXn . H^p tKm`n Nn«n]m Wfp¡`vbw BlzmhfmNpw . fm{Sfà Wnsâ emkn KoknS¯nWpw ASv WÃStà ?”’

“”‘ tKm`nt]m ? B\v . MmWsSm¶pw Wnt£Vn¡p¶nà . bs£ B^psX fp¶n`pw tbm]n ssNNq¸n Wn¡* .FWn¡pÅSmt\ Nn«pw .Asæn tk* “”””

“””” tk*¦n tk* . Mm³ b_sªs¶ DÅq .. Dw “”‘ H¶n^p¯n fqan]n«v ^pÜn\n bm¡äpNapw FXp¯p bp_t¯¡n_§n . AkapsX ssNWänNv t_mZnt`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ ^mPn\n bvtaäpNapw FXp¯p AXp¡a]nt`¡v Wo§n .

^mPn\n ASymklyw b\nNÄ HSp¡n Npan¡mWm]n fpXn]n F® sk¨t¸mjm\v lm^Um½ N]_n k¶Sv .

“”‘ F® sk¨ns«m¯^n tW^fm]ntà tfmsa ..AVnNw Smfhn¡* Wo Npan¡m³ tWm¡v . kÀ¯mWw b_ªn^p¶p hf]w tbm]n . AK]³ D¨¡p®m³ k^pw . foWnÃmsS ^*nWpw C_§ptfm? C¯n^n HjpN km§n sfmaNpw sbm^«n sk¨n«m kt¶ ..CWn sI¶v sbm^n¡\w .Wos]¶mXn N_n skt¨ ? “””

“”” sk¡p¶tS DÅq lm^Umt½ . AkÄ bns¶ Du\v sNm*ptbmNp¶ lo`fnÃm¯Sv sNm*v ^mkns` At{Sw b\n Np_kp*tÃm . hm¼m_nWv A^nªp sk¨ N£\§Ä D*v . ASos¶t´`pw Ng\§Ä FXp¯p sk¡pw “”‘

“”‘ fo³ sNm*v kt¶¡mw Mm³ . hm¼mÀ skt¨m. Zn ^mPn Mm³ tks_m^p Nm^yw tImUn¡mWm kt¶ . WnWs¡s´m Ds*¶v b^q£ b_ªntà Cu BjvIs]§m*v “”””

“”‘ b^o£ Aà lm^Umt½ . CâÀkyq B\v . knN`mwPÀ¡v ^*pfq¶v Im³hp*v . GSns`¦n`pw tKm`n sNmXp¡\sfs¶ms¡]pÅSm I«w. bnXnbmXpÅkÀ¡v Nn«pw “”‘

“”‘Rm – ASv b_]mWm Mm³ k¶Sv . . ^p¡qsâ Nq«pNm^Wntà ? Ft´m¶m Aksâ tb^v ? B sI]Àfmsâ fN³ …B Ft´`pw Bks« . B sNm¨tWmXv b_ªp sI]ÀfmsW sNm*v H¶v b_]n¸n¡v tfmsa .””‘

“”‘B^v ? hq^y{bhmUnsW sNmt*m ?”’ ^mPn\n]psX N®pNÄ sI_pSm]n .

“”Rm N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”””

“””” tk* … C¶mapw lm^Um½ b_ªn«v A]mapsX AXp¯v lpbmÀl¡v tbm]Stà ? F¶n«v Nn«n]nÃtÃm . CWn B^psX AXp¯pw tbmNp¶nà . Nn«mWpÅSv Bt\ Nn«pw “”””‘

“”‘ FXn sNms¨ ..ASv A¶tà ? A]mapsX fNsW Cs¸m Wfp¡_n]mtÃm . . tbm^mt¯Wv W½psX ØnSns]ms¡ A]manknsX k¶t¸m N*Stà . At¸msam¶p b_ªm WX¡pw F¶m tSm¶Â “”””

“”‘ Hm – MmsW§pw tbmNp¶nà lm^Umt½ . Nn«n]m Nn«s« .”””

“”” A]mams\Â WÃ fWpgyWm¶m tNs« . k`y b\¡m^psX skaafXow sb®ptNhpw H¶pfnÃm¶m tN«_nkv .””””‘

“”‘ §pw “”‘ ^mPn\ns]m¶n^p¯n fqan

“”‘ Rm – Wo Npan¡m³ tWm¡v . Wo Ss¶ tbmN* . MmWqsX k^mw . ^p¡ptfmÄ¡v tNmtaKpÅStà “”‘

^mPn\ns]m¶pw b_ªnà .

AkÄ dmSv_qfnt`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ lm^Um½ bp_t¯¡n_§n .

Npan Njnªo_tWmsX C_§n fp_n]ns`¯n] ^mPn\n fm_nX¯nWv fpNan sN«n] bmkmX Smtj¡n«p

“”‘ ku …F´m I^¡v Wo “”””‘

^mPn\n sM«n¯n^nªp . N«n`nsâ At§]ä¯n^n¡p¶ Bsa N*kÄ ko*pw sM«n .

hq^y{bhmUv– –

A]mapsX N®pNÄ Ss¶ AXnfpXn ko£n¡pN]ms\¶_nª ^mPn\n ssNNÄ sNm*v fm_nXkpw A^s¡«pw f_¨psNm*v bmkmX FXp¡mWm]n NpWnªSpw hq^ybhmUv bmkmX Nm`psNm*v S«ns¯_n¸n¨p N«n`nsâ AXn]nt`¡n«p .. B sI_n] fp_n]n H^p N«n`pw bj¡w sI¶ H^p Ìo`v A`fm^]pw SXn]psX H^p ÌZn tXdnapw fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅq . N«n`n C^p¶psNm*v tk\w tXdnan sks¨jpSm³ . sI_n] hv–tbhv D*m]n^p¶Sv sNm*v ^mPn\n ANt¯¡v N]_n]tS F¶t¯]pw tbms` s{N¨h-vN«n`nsâ]pw eoSn]psX]pw CX¡m]n fp_n]psX kmSn¡ Ss¶ sk¨n^p¶p .

^mPn\n bp_t¯¡n_§mWm]n en¯n]n bnXn¨p fpt¶m«p Wo§n]Spw hq^y{bhmUnsâ Nm`pNÄ tXdnant`¡v Wo*p .A]mapsX skap¯ fp*v kNªp fm_n SpX]psX SpX¡w fpS skankm]n . A]maSv f_¡m³ Nq«m¡msS S`¡v ssN sNmXp¯p sI^nªpNnX¶ksa tWm¡n .A]mapsX Nm`pNÄ H¶v bnX¸n¨t¸mÄ ko*pw fp*v AN¶p fm_n , sK«n¡N¯p Np`¨p Wn¡p¶ A]mapsX `nwPw AkÄ N*Spw ^mPn\n sk_pt¸msX S` sk«n¨p

“”‘ C_§nt¸m CknXp¶v .,..MmsWm¨ sk¡pw “”””‘

^mPn\n NW¯ lЯn H¨]nÃmsS b_ªp

“””” Wo H¨ sk¡v … Mm³ Nm\s« Wnsâ fnXp¡v . Wo H¶pw sI¿nÃXn tfmsa . CSv Ss¶]tà Wo Wm`p fmh§Ä¡v fp³bpw b_ªSv . As¶Wn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXn]´^fm]n H¶v ^*v At¸m]nâvsfâp*m]n^p¶p . ASpsNm*v Wo A¶v ^£sb«p .Rm – Wo {Zhv sI¿v . MmsWm¶pw sI¿nà Wns¶ …Wnsâ AWpkmUfnÃmsS .”””

hq^y{bhmUv– b_]pt¼mjpw A]mapsX N®pNÄ ^mPn\n]psX sNmjp¯p^p* SpX]n`pw A^s¡«n`pfm]n^p¶p . A^s¡«v sbm¯n¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶ AkapsX ssNNÄ¡nX]n`qsX t^mf§Ä bp_t¯¡v Wo*p Wn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ A]mapsX sK«n]n AW¡fp*m]n . ^mPn\n ASnt`¡v tWm¡n]Spw Ahingv\St]msX fpOw Sn^n¨p .

“”‘ {ZÊv sI¿q tfmta “”‘ hq^y{bhmUv– bns¶]pw b_ªp . C¯k\ N®pNÄ AkapsX H^p ssN sNm*v f_]v¡m³ bäm¯ sNmjp¯ fp`Nan`m]n^p¶p . hzÀ\¡a_pÅ ^mPn\n]psX l^o^¯n N®v Nn«mSn^n¡m³ F¶ k®w N_p¯ G^nt]ma]pw ASn`pw N_p¯ fp`¡®v kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX bp_t¯¡v W`vNp¶Spw A]mÄ¡v kn^p¶m]n .skůpÅnNÄ bänbnXn¨p Sna§p¶ HSp§n] k]_pw ASns` Bjtf_n] bp¡napw sNmjp¯p^p* SpX]pw Hs¡ Hs¡ A]mÄ fm_n fm_n N®pNÄ sNm*v sNm¯nk`n¨p

^mPn\n N«n`n NnX¶ sdZv goäv FXp¡m³ SpX§n]Spw A]mÄ ASn bnXn¨p k`n¨p Ip^p«ns]Xp¯p .

“”‘ Wo {ZÊv sI¿v tfmsa … MmsWm¶p Nm\s« Wnsâ AjNv . tbXn¡*m¶p b_ªntà ? Wns¶ Mm³ Fsâ NnX¸_]ns`¯n¡pw ks^ H¶pw sI¿nà .. WsÃm^p sfmS`m Wo . ASm Mm³ Wns¶ At¶ tWm«fn«Sv . tWm¡v tfmsa .. Cu hq^y{bhmUnsâ em^ymbUkn]m\v Mm³ WnW¡v HmcÀ sI]v–SSv– . Fsâ fNapsX {bm]tf]pÅq Fs¶ms¡ b_ªp Wo Fs¶ Nan]m¡n bpÑn¨p SÅn . hm^fnà …Wnsâ AWn]¯n Bs\¶v A_ntªm*v Ss¶]m Mm³ ^pÜn\ns] Fsâ fNWv Bt`mInt¨ . WnW¡nWn F´m]m`pw DXsW knkmisfm¶pw WX¡nà . knkmi¡t¼ma¯n H^p kn`]nÃm I^¡m Wo .. knN`mwP … bns¶ b\kpfnà . CsSm¶pw FWn¡v {blv–Wfà . Wo Fsâ em^y]mk* . Wnsâ AWn]¯ns] Fsâ tfmWv St¶¡v . Ak^k^psX sdZv–_qfn hpOn¡pt¼mÄ Wfp¡v W½psX sdZv–_qfn hpOn¡mw . Nm`nötÃ]pÅq . Wà sNmjp¯ I^¡v sb®m Wo . sfmt`w Np*n]pw sSmX]psfms¡ hq¸À . Cu NpXn`n Wn¶v hq^y{bhmUnsâ sNm«m^¯nt`¡v B\v Wo]pw Wnsâ AWn]¯n]pw k^nN . AtSmsX Wn§sa hwdÔn¡p¶ FÃm {blvW§apw So^pN]pw sI¿pw . FÃmw Wnsâ N¿n`m …F´v b_]p¶p ^mOn sNms¨ “”””‘

“”‘ NX¡v bp_¯v “”‘ ^mPn\n ssN Iq*n fp^*p .

“”‘ bp_¯p NX¶pw sNX¶psfms¡ sI¿p¶sSms¡ bns¶ .. FWn¡v Wns¶ f`¯n]n«v , Wnsâ]o Ipk¶p SpXp¯ Ip*pNÄ D*tÃm , ASo¼n¡pXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv , Wnsâ Cu fpjp¯ fp`NÄ ^*pw Nl¡n]pX¨p sNm*v Wns¶ l^n¡pw hpOn¸n¨p Nan¡\w . H¯n^n tbs^sâ KoknS¯n NX¶p k¶p tbm]n«p*v . Wà fVp^¸SntWjv fpS A_pbSpNm^nNÄ ks^ . F¶n«pw hq^y{bhmUnsâ kyànKoknS¯ns`m^p N_ tbm`pw kojm¯Sv , ASk^psX h½St¯msX B]SpsNm*m . FWn¡o d`m¡m^¯ns`m¶pw k`n] Sm`vb^yfnà .. hpOn¡pt¼mÄ ^*ptb^psfm¶n¨p . Wà hq¸À WmX³ sb¬sNmXnNÄ fpS hnWnfmWXnfmÀ ks^ Cu hq^y{bhmUnsâ H^p knan¡m]n Nm¯n^n¡p¶p*v . bs£ , Ak^n`m^n`pfnÃm¯ Ft´m H^p {btSyNS WnW¡ps*Xn sNmt¨ . ASpsNm*m Mm³ Wnsâ fp¶n`n§sW HmÑmWns¨¶v b_]pw tbms` Wn¡p¶Sv . Rm Wo {ZÊnXv . F¶ns«Wns¡m^p N«Wn«p Sm . C§sW]mt\m ko«n k^p¶ ASnTns] hzoN^nt¡*Sv . ASpw Wnsâ huµ^ym^mVNsW . Wos]m¶p h½Sw fqan]m Wnsâ l^o^¯nsâ b¦man]mkp¶sW “””

^mPn\ns¡m¶nWpw k¿msS]m]n . AkÄ {bSo£t]msX kmSn¡t`¡v tWm¡n .

“”‘ tWm¡* tfmsa … Wnsâ Nmk¡m^n¯Å Ft§mt«m Hmt«m]n tbmNp¶Sv N*m MmWnt§m«v k¶Sv . Npan¡m³ tN_pt¼m kmSns`ms¡ f`À¯n Sp_¶n«v Npan¡sÃXn sbs® … Wnsâ l^o^w MmWÃmsS B^pw BhzUn¡p¶sSWn¡nãfnà , b_tª¡mw … B Wo {ZÊv fm_v . ASv Njnsªm^p N«Wpw NpXn¨n«v Mm³ tbmNp¶pÅq F¶v b_ªntà “”‘

PSy´n^fnÃmsS ^mPn\n A`fm^n]n Wn¶vFXp¡pkm³ tk*n ÌZn tXdnansâ t{Zm]n Wn¶pw Smt¡ms`Xp¡mWm]n ssN Wo«n . hq^y{bhmUv– C^n¡p¶SnWm AkÄ A`vbw bnt¶m¡w Wn¶m\v fpt¶m«mªSv . H¶v sk¨v tbm]n AkÄ fpt¶m«mªSpw Aksa hq^y{bhmUv– Sm§n .

“”‘F´m tfmsa …hq£n¡t* .b_ªm tbm^m]n^pt¶m &jt;? G«³ FXp¯p S^ntà tfmÄ¡v “”‘ hq^y{bhmUv– t{Zm]n Wn¶pw Smt¡ms`Xp¯p Wo«n . ASnWpÅn`n^p¶ ^mPn\n]psX H^p bmhvt¸mÀ«v sshhv tcmt«m FXp¯]mÄ tWm¡n .F¶n«v ^mPn\ns] tWm¡n In^n¨n«v ,

“”‘G«sâ I¡^ ..D½mBB “”” F¶p b_ªp , tcmt«m]n fp¯n]n«v ASv tbm¡än`n«p .

‘”” sJ “”‘ ^mPn\n sk_pt¸msX fpOw Sn^n¨p .A^s¡«pw fm_nXkpw sbm¯n¸nXn¨p ssNNÄ fmän , sWmXn]nX]n Sn^nªp bn¶n SÅn Wn¡p¶ I´nNsa N^S`w knXÀ¯n f_¨psNm*kÄ sb«¶v A`fm^n Sp_¡m³ {lfn¨p .

“”‘Aiv ..F´m I^¡nsâ Np*n ku ..hq¸À tfmsa Wnsâ FÃm]nXkpw hq¸À BXn ..Fsâ emPyw “”‘ hq^y {bhmUnsâ km¡pNÄ tN«kapsX N®n Wn¶pw Wos^mjpNn .

A`fm^n]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶pw fmN-vhns]Xp¯t¸mtj¡pw hq^y{bhmUv– Fjpt¶äv Ssâ bn¶nt`¡v k^p¶Sv A`fm^]ns` N®mXn]n`qsX N* ^mPn\n , Sn^n]p¶SnWv fp³tb A]mÄ AkapsX bn¶n`fÀ¶n^p¶p

“””knXXm b«n ” hq^y{bhmUnsâ Nm^y§Ä Ssâ C^p tSman`fÀ¶Spw ^mPn\n kn_¨p sNm*v Sn^n]m³ tWm¡n . A]maksa A`fm^n]nt`¡v tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n . sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ A`fm^n]n ISªfÀ¶p . A]mapsX D²^n¨ `nwPw Ssâ I´nknXkn Spa¨p N]_n Wn¡p¶SkÄ H^pÄ¡nXn`t¯msX, ASnt`s_ WnÊim]St]msX A_nªp .

“”‘ F´m I^¡Xn Wo ..hin¡p¶nà tfmsa “””” `nwPw A`vbw NqXn I´n¡nX]nt`¡v N]än sk¨n«]mÄ AkapsX bn³Njp¯n W¡n sNm*v fp^*p .

“”‘ MmWnWn Wn¡p¶nà . CWn]pw Wnsâ]o sNmjp¯ l^o^w N*p sNm*v Wn¶m Fsâ bnXnkn«p tbmNpw . Wo sl^n¡v Bt`mIn¡v . AWn]¯n¡pw tI¨n¡pw bns¶ fim_m\nfms^ tbms` ssN sN«n]n^p¶p Kokn¨m fSn .Wnsâ AWn]¯n Fsâ fNsâ em^y]pw , Wos]sâ sskcv ..Aà No¸pw . Not¸¶v tN«v sWän Ipan¡* , ko«n Wos]sâ sskcv Ss¶ , Wm«pNm^psX fp¶n f^pfNapsX tI«¯n . Fsâ NnX¸_]n Not¸m ssktcm Cãw ASv Wnsâ Cãw tbms` ..F¶m Mm³ tbmNp¶p ^mOn¡p«n , G«sâ `nwPw G«sâ sb®nsâ Np*n¡nX]n N]_mWm]n sNmSn bq*p Wn¡p¶Sv N*ntà ? F{S]pw sb«¶v Wfp¡ksâ sNmSn SoÀ¡t* ? Bt`mIn¡v .,… W¶m]n Bt`mIn¡v “””” hq^y{bhmUv– AkapsX sNmjp¯p SÅnWn¡p¶ I´nknXknt`¡v D²^n¨ `nwPw sl^n¡fÀ¯n D^¨psNm*v CXp¸n H¶v WpÅn] tlgw bn³km§n

“”‘ FXn sNms¨ , C¡m^yw Bt^msX¦n`pw b_ªm NqXn sI¯nWX¡p¶ Wnsâ AWn]¯n D*tÃm , AkapsX bqtfWn]n BapNÄ tN_n Wn^§pw , Asæn H^p sI_n] BN-vhnZâv …A^pf_n]nà …HmÀt¯m ?”’ kmSn¡ sI¶v Sn^nªp Wn¶n«v hq^y{bhmUv– tWm¡n eog\n]psX hz^¯n b_ªn«v bp_t¯¡n_§n . ^mPn\n KokÑkw tbms` N«n`nt`¡n^p¶p.

“”‘ ^mOntfmsa …tIm_pt*m ? CÃtÃm “”” kmSn¡ lm^Um½]psX AkÄ bnXsªjpt¶äp sdZvgoäv l^o^w bpS¨p
.hq^y{bhmUv– tbm]t¸mtj b`Spw Bt`mIn¨kÄ AknsX SaÀ¶p NnX¶p tbm]n^p¶p .

“”‘ At¿m .tfmsa . F¶m bän ? bWn¡p¶pt*m ? WtÃm\w kn]À¯tÃm ? F¶m bäns] ?””””‘ .lm^Um½ ^mPn\n]psX sWän]n ssNsk¨p tWm¡n]n«v , N^S`w sNm*v kn]À¸v SpX¨p

.””‘fp³kmSn`pw Sp_¶ns«m*v Cu tNm`¯n sNX¡tà sbs® , Bt^`pw tN_n k¶m A_n]¯nà . N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {btSyNn¨v Wns¶ tbms`m^p hpµ^n]m] sb¦p«ns] Nn«n]m … C¸js¯ Nm`fm tfmsa … Mm³b_ªt¶ DÅq … Cu tNmaWot`¡v B^pw tN_nsæn`pw W½av hq£n¨m Wfp¡v sNmÅmw “””
lm^Um½ sdZvgoänsâ CX]n`qsX Nm\p¶ AkapsX l^o^¯nt`¡v tWm¡n]n«v b_ªp

“”‘ lm^Um½ fp¶n NqsX]mt\m C_§n tbms] ? kmSn`X¡msS]mt\m tbms] ?”’

“”‘ At¿mXn ..MmWSv f_¶tÃm Culz^m . bp_Nn`qsX tbmNm³ sSmX§n]t¸mjm B^m*p knan¡p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶ns] ? As¸m fp¶n¡qsX C_§n . As¸m Ums* -! W½psX `o` sNmt¨¨n S`Ipän ko\p NnX¡p¶Sv N*v BÄ¡m^v HmXn¡qXp¶p . bns¶ MmWqsX Hmt«m]n`v Blq{So tbm]n , sb®p§amt^`pw NqsX tk*mt]m . B Sn^¡n`v kmSn`X¡m³ f_¶p tbms]Xn tfmsa ..ktÃm b«ow bq¨t]m ftäm tN_nt]m ? ASv N*mt\m Wo tbXn¨p tbms] .. sl^n¡pw kn]À¡p¶p*v . Wo Sp\n fm_v tfmsa … MmWn¨n^n Ip¡v Nm¸nt]m ftäm CXmw “”‘
“”‘ H¶pw tk* lm^Umt½ “”” ^mPn\n sdZvgoäv km^n¸pS¨v Fjpt¶äp . AkÄ At¸mjpw NnS¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p

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Un kos¡³Zv dmÀ ,

sskNpt¶^w k`n] Sn^s¡m¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p
kn sF bn Nu*_n . k`n] NX]psX Hm\ÀfmÀ fpS`m] Øn^w BapNÄ NX AX¨p Njnªp k^pw , AÃmsS CX]v¡pw fp«nWpw Bs^¦n`pw k¶m`m]n . . ftWmKv dps¡Xp¯v km]n¡pN]m]n^p¶p .

“”‘ hohÀ , H^p `mÀKv , sFhv Nyqdv kn¯v Nvaºv thmZm “”‘ b^nInSfm] lÐw tN«t¸mÄ Ak³ dp¡n Wn¶pw N®p]À¯n .

“”‘Aѳ “”‘ ftWmKnsâ Ip*pNÄ f{´n¨p .

Ak³ fXn¨p fXn¨p sbPv sfg_n Aa¶v knh-vNn Hjn¨v b_ªtbms` fnN-vhv sI]vSp fp¶nt`¡v sk¨n«v , bn¶nt`¡v fm_n Wn¶v AÑsW tWm¡n . BPftWmt±lw A_n]msS Ak³ B Fhn]n`pw kn]À¯p

“”‘ Fsâ tfmsâ bpSn] tKm`n]tà H¶v Nm\msf¶p N^pSn k¶Sm . .. Njn¡m_nà , kÃt¸mjpw CtStbms` ht´mgw tSm¶pt¼mÄ “”‘
knh-vNn H¶v sfm¯n]n«v hq^y{bhmUv– SpXÀ¶p .

“”‘ Wà sb®m AkÄ … FÃm^pw C§sWs]ms¡]m BUyw b_]pN . sk_psS {c*vgn¸v Fs¶ms¡ , bns¶]Sv hmVm^\ tbms` t{bfw BNpw . Npj¸fnÃXm , A¨Wnãfm]n . Ft´`pfps* Wo b_ªm fSn . Aks^ ^*p tbs^]pw Wfp¡v ko«nt`¡v Nq«mw . bmk§ams\¶p tSm¶p¶p . AkapsX fWÊn kÃSpw Dt*m¶p Wo bSns] tImUn¨p sk¡v “”‘ hq^y{bhmUv– H¶vsfm¯n]n«ksW tWm¡ns]¦n`pw ftWmKv f_pbXns]m¶pw b_ªnÃ

“”‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BUyw H^p Wm\t¡Xv tbms`]m]n^p¶p , Wo CknsX tKm`n¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ . Np_¨ptbs^t¶mXv– tImUn¨p . ZnÌn`_n dnhnsWÊn A`vbw CWvs{XÌp*v , ASpsNm*p Wns¶ CknsX N]än kn«Sm\v F¶v b_ªp SXn]q^n . Rm Npj¸fnà . WnW¡v CWvs{Xhv_v Dt* Wfp¡v H^p dmÀ SpX§mw . Wnsâ bYns¸m¶p Njn]s« . ASv Njnªm B sb®ntWw sN«n , kà dm_pw SpX§n shän`mNmw WnW¡v. F´p b_]p¶p “”””‘

ftWmKv Ft´m b_]mWm]n km Sp_¶t¸mtj¡pw kmSn Sp_¡p¶ lÐw tN«p

“””” Bim … B^m CSv .. tWSmskms¡ W½psX sI_n] dm_ns`ms¡ tN_ptfm ? F´m bpSns]m^p lo`w ?””‘ hq^y{bhmUv– bp_Nnt`¡v Sn^nªp .

“””’ FknsX]mXm Wnsâ kn sF bn Nu*À ?”’ Nó Kfm fp³bn k¶p
fp^*t¸mÄ SXn]³ dnWogv kn_¨p tbm]n . Ak³ Iq*n] CXt¯¡v NpSn¨ Kfm`nsW tWm¡n]Spw dnWogv H^m´t`msX tcms\Xp¯p Z] sI]vSp

“”‘ dnWogv tNmanwPv “””” tcm\n SXn]sâ fpOw sSanªSpw ftWmKv sIknt]mXv tIÀ¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Ak³ Smsj Wn¶v tft`¡v sbm§n tbm]n .

“””””” Wo]m hq^ybhmUnsâ b¿WtÃXm ? Wn⸳ CknsX k¶ns«t´y ?”’ tNma_n Np¯n¸nXn¨p]À¯n] Kfm`nsW N*Spw ftWmKnsâ N¿n Wn¶pw tcm¬ Smsj ko\p InS_n .

“”‘ Aѳ ..Aѳ tbm]n .”’ Ak³ Nm^ysf´¶_n]msS kn¡n

“”‘ Ft§m«m tbms] ?”’

“””” sK]v–tfm³ hm_p*m]n^p¶p …hm_nsâ NqsX]m tbms] “”””

“”‘ipw “””” ftWmKnsW bp_Nnt`¡v SÅn]n«v Kfm k¶ hvboZn Sn^n¨n_§n

“”” Zm …hq^y{bhmtU , NjptkÀX tfmsW C_§n kmXm “”””‘ tPäv Nm`psNm*v SÅn¯p_¶p PmÀZWn`qsX dpÅäv ANt¯¡v bmªt¸mÄ shNyq^nän Kfm`nsâ bp_sN HmXn .

“”‘ Wn¡tXm AknsX … SmWm^m ?”’ dpÅäv Ìm³Zn sk¨n«v k«w N_§n]n_§n] Nó Kfm bp_sN HmXn k¶ shNyq^näns] sbm¡n WnÀ¯n A^]n Wn¶v bn¨m¯n]q^n Njp¯n fp«n¨p sNm*v fp^*p

“”‘ Wo sk_pw Nq`n , Fs¶tbms` sk_pw Gjmw Nq`n … Wn¶s]Wn¡v tk* … Wnsâ sfmS`mans] knan¡v ..Aksâ NqsX k¶ B b¶ Wm]nsâ tfmtWw “”””‘

“”” B^mSv … B^mXm Np^ymt¡msh AknsX H¨ sk¡ps¶ ? “”” kmSn Sp_¶p C_§n k¶p knan¨p tImUn¨ _ods] N*v Kfm shNyq^näns] bnXn¨p fmän]n«v AkapsX tWs^ Sn^nªp .

“”‘ Wn⸳ NÅv bt{Smhv , Wnsâ sN«nt]msW C_¡n knXXn NjptkÀX tfmsa “”‘

“”‘ sfmS`man N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k¶n«nà hms_ “”‘ shNyq^nän bp_Nn Wn¶v b_ªp .

“”‘ Hm – SmWm^pt¶m ?”’ Kfm`nsâ fp¶nt`¡v k¶ _od bpÑt¯msX Ip*ptNm«n

“”‘ F¶mXn WnWs¡m^p bpÑw ..Wnsâ sbt¦m´³ sN«nt]msW e^n¡p¶ tbms` Fsâ tWs^ k¶ms`m*tÃm tfmsa , Wnsâ]o At©fp¡m AXn sW]vfpän] l^o^¯n Kfm`v tN_n tf]pw . AsSWn¡v A_n]m³ tf`mªn«Ã , bs£ bpjp¯ b«ns] tbms` Wns¶]pfksW]psfms¡ FWn¡v A_¸m ..AkWnknsX k^pt¼m b_tª¡v Nó Kfm`v k¶n^p¶q¶v ….””” _odt] k`n¨p sW©nt`¡n«n«v bn¨m¯n AkapsX Njp¯n`qsX Smtjt¡mXn¨p Kfm fp^*p . k`n] sNmjp¯ fp`]n bn¨m¯n]psX fpW AfÀ¶t¸mÄ _od Nn`pNn`m kn_¨p tbm]n . shNyq^nän ASv N*p tbXn¨p AW§msS Wn¶tS]pÅp .

“”‘ C¸ Mm³ tbmNpkm … Wnsâ sN«nt]m³ k^pt¼m b_tª¡v k¶kjn f_¡^psS¶v . Wnsâ sN«nt]mWpw MmWpsfms¡ H¶n¨p SpX§n]Sm .. AkWnt¸mÄ f\nfmanN]n`pw Mm³ C¸jpw bm_¸p_¯pw A{St] DÅq kySymhw . .”””

Kfm`nsâ dpÅäv tPäv NX¶p k`t¯¡v Sn^nªSpw CXSp kl¯p Wn¶pw sK]vtfmsâ t_©v t_mkÀ ANt¯¡v N]_n

“”‘SpX^pw “”‘