Z{¤n tSmäSv– H^p N\¡nWv W¶m]n. F§mWpw K]n¨n^ps¶¦n , hnkn hÀkohv b^o£ FjpSn H¶mw _m¦v– tWXn] tlgw, sF. F. Fhv tks*¶v sk¨v, sF. bn.Fhv FXp¯v N½og\À e^Sv I{µsW tbms` Hs¡ B]nt¸mt]sW Mm³.

tWmw i^nk^mWµ lmhv{SnNÄ. sSänV^n¡^pSv, hz´fm]n ImÀ¯n] tb^m\v. bÅn¡qX¯n bYn¡pt¼mÄ i^n.sN.bn F¶m]n^p¶p tb^v. b`t¸mjm]n b¯p fp¸¯©p k]tÊ B]n«pÅp F¦n`pw sf¨p^nän Nm\n¡m³ tk*n Bs^¦n`pw tImUn¨m W¸¯©v F¶p b_]m_p*v. KoknSfm\v, Db{Ukn¡^pSv.
Mm³ hz]w sbm¡n b_]p¶SÃ, bNv–tg bm`¡mXv KnÃ]n ASymklyw tb^p tN« H^p
“”tKymÕy³ Nw f{´kmUn’
B\v Mm³. hz´fm]n Nmgm] khv{Sw Hs¡ D*v. AtS CXq. sSmjn`nsW bän hwhm^n¡pN]ms\¦nÂ, tKmÂhy¸\n Fap¸fm. NknXn km^n b`N]n`n«v F«p k«w N_¡n, Fs´¦n`pw bpSn] sS_n Hs¡ Znssh³ sI]vSp f{´n¨p Ip*v AW¡n, Np_¨p tW^w N®X¨n^p¶m bns¶ km]n tSm¶n]sSms¡ knan¨p b_]mw. Nps_s]ms¡ bphvSN§Ä km]n¨p bYn¨Sm. bns¶ Nps_ b^nI]fpÅ In` tKmÂhy·ms^ tW^n N*p tImUn¨p bYn¨Spw. W¶m]n tbmNp¶p. f{´kmUw Ct¨s^ _nhv–Nm\v. Nm\msS bYn¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶ f{´§Ä Np_s¨ms¡ A_n]mw. F¶m`pw H^p {cmZv b\n sI¿pt¼mÄ ASp kr¯n]m]n sI¿\ftÃm. NÌtfjv–hv Wp H^p SrbvSn Hs¡ k^t*? Bj¯n f{´kmUw bYn¡m³ bän]nÃ. f`]maw AÃmsS tks_ H^p emg]pw A_n]m¯ Mm³ F§sW hwh-vNrSw km]n¡mWm? tks_ kà f{´kmUnNtamXpw tImUnIv ASymkly¯nWpÅSv bYn¨p sk]v¡mw F¶p sk¨mÂ, FWn¡v A_n]mkp¶ Ht^ H^p f{´kmUn dm`^f]ns` Np«qh³ B\v.
hnän]psX irU] emP¯v– Wn¶pw A`vbw fm_n GNtUlw N£t¯mXv tI^p¶ H^nX¯v H^p HäWn` HmXn« koXv kmXN]v¡v FXp¯v, AknsX C^p¶m\v Mm³ Cu fim {bkÀ¯nNÄ Hs¡ sI¿p¶Sv. FWns¡m^p lngy³ D*v. Np«³. Npt«mjv–hvfmhv Ft¶m ftäm tchvdp¡n tb^pÅ H^p {co¡³ B]n^p¶p. H^pfmSn^n Wà koXpNan B^pw knan¨p N]äm³ fXn¡p¶, Nm¡]v¡v tgm¡Xn¨Sv tbm`pÅ SmXn]pw fpXn]pw Hs¡ DÅ Hs^®w. Nmgm]w AkWp W¶m]n tI^pw F¶p tSm¶n]Sv sNm*v ^*p kÀgw fp³bv Mm³ tcmÀ«v sNm¨o¶p bnXnt¨m*p k¶p SoäþskÅw sNmXp¯p kaÀ¯p¶Sm AksW. Nmgm]w C«p WX¡p¶ AksW N*m C¶p¨]v¡v infm`]¯n Wn¶p k¶Sms\t¶ b_]p B^pw. H^p hWymhn¡v Np«³ F¶ tb^v tI^m¯Sv sNm*v tWmw Ss¶ AkWpw H^p tb^n«p sNmXp¯p. b^nbqÀ®mWµ³. bs£ ASk³ CWn]pw bYn¨n«nÃ, Np«m¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv knan¨mt` knan tNÄ¡q. bmkfm. l`yw H¶pw CÃ. `kWm\v Fsâ lngyWpw b^nNÀ½n]pw. M§Ä ^*p tb^pw CknsX Ss¶]m\v Smfhw.
^mkns` 6 fpS 9 ks^]pw sskNpt¶^w 4 fpS 7 ks^]pw B\v Fsâ N¬hÄt«g³ hf]w. lWn]pw Mm]_pw B\v Sn^¡v NqXpSÂ. bYWw, sSmjnÂ, kymbm^w, Um¼Syw, Priw, AkninSw, D¨{bm´v F¶p tk*, FknsXs]ms¡ knQvW§Ä Dt*m, hN`fmW tNhpw Mm³ FXp¡pw.

Ngm]w C«p Njnªm DÅ k`ns]m^p dp²nfp«v F´ms\¶v b_ªmÂ, hv{SoNÄ, {btSyNn¨pw shm]¼³ I^¡pNÄ fp¶n k¶p Wn¶m`pw NÃnWv Nmäp bnXn¨Sv tbms` WnÀÆnNm^S bm`n¡\w. Csæn ^*p Nm^y§Ä hwekn¡mw. H¶pNn tNmjnhmfn F¶ tb^p kojpw. Asæn GsS¦n`pw H^p¯n b_n sk«n sNm*p tbmNpw. ^*m]m`pw ASp W½psX N^n]_nWv UoÀQ Nm`mXnØmW¯n tUmgfm\v. bs£ fWpgy³ , ASpw hmfmWyw S^nNnX]m] H^p fWpgyWm]n KWn¨p tbm]ntÃ. emk§sa Nt{*mÄ sI¿m³ bän]m`pw Np® sbm§p¶Sv AWpkmUw tfXn¨n«ÃtÃm. ASp sNm*v, Mm³ sK«n¡p bN^w `t¦m«n B\v fp*nWXn]n V^n¡p¶Sv.cpÄ ssXäv. 80 Nnt`m DÅ Ft¶mXm\v Nm Nnt`m tbm`pw Sq¡w CÃm¯ tNk`w H^p bnXp¡nsâ Nan. AknsX sNX.
f\n fq¶mNp¶p. H^mÄ Ct¸mÄ Nm\m³ k^pw F¶p knan¨p b_ªn«p*v. At§s^ Nm¯n^n¡pkm\v Mm³.
k*n]psX tim\v sN«v KWm`]n`qsX tWm¡n]t¸mÄ SqskÅ Wn_fpÅ H^p KmPzmÀ Fsâ fpät¯¡v HjpNn k^p¶Sv N*p.
“”””Np«m… bp_¯m^m k¶sS¶v tWm¡q” Fsâ knan tN«v– Np«³ bp_t¯t¡mXn. H^p fnWn«v Njnªt¸mÄ H^msa]pw Nq«n Np«³ MmWn^p¶ fp_n]nt`¡v k¶p. k¶]msa N*p Mm³ A_n]msS Fjpt¶äp ssN Nq¸ns¸m]n. b^nI]w sNm*Ã. A]mapsX {bu[n]pw BZy¯kpw N*n«v.H^p 70 k]ÊnWp fpNan {bm]fp*mkpw. Ng*n. koSn]pÅ Nhkp N^ fp*pw hn¡v gÀ«pw. CXSp N¿n H^p tPmÄZ³ t_maN-vhv km¨v. H^p kn^`n Wk^SvW tfmSn^kpw WXp kn^`n b¿¶qÀ bkn{S sN«pÅ tfmSn^kpw. tbm¡än S`]p]À¯n Wn¡p¶ tfm*v »m¦v tbW. N¿n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶Sv skÀ¨q tcm\v. Cu sshhv H^p sFäw BUyfm]m\v Fs¶ Nm\m³ k^p¶Sv. C^n¡m³ b_ªp. bq_v N* sbm«sW tbms` Can¨p Wn¶ Np«tWmXv Im] sNm*p k^mWpw b_ªp.
At±iw Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p, MmWpw. “”””FWn¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ…”” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””Mm³ sbmXn]³”
Wln¸n¨p– sSm`¨p -! Mm³ {bSo£n¨Sv kà {bemN^ kÀ½s]t¶m, ^mfhzmfn A¿s^t¶m, {bSmbI{µ³ Ft¶m Hs¡ B\v. sbmXn]³ tbm`pw. Ip½mSà N_Nväv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CknsX S¶ k¶Sv !
“”””sbmXn]³ fpS`man F¶p b_]pw. FWn¡§p ssfhq^n Wm`©p IµW ssS` cmÎ_n Hs¡ D*v. K·WmXv CknsX Bs\¦n`pw NpXpwdfm]n AknsX ssfhq^n Ss¶]m Smfhw. CknsX hnän]n FWns¡m^p koXp*v.”
Mm³ {l²n¨n^p¶p. F¶m`pw Fsâ fWÊnÂ… sbmXn]³ tk*m]n^p¶p. C]mÄ¡v tb^v fmän¡qsX…
fpS`man SpXÀ¶p, “”””MmWnt¸m hzmfns] Nm\m³ k¶Sv H^p {btSyN Nm^y¯nWm. NpXpwd¯n Np_¨p {blvWw D*v. Fsâ H^p dÔpkm hzmfn]psX Nm^yw b_ªSv. A]mam\v hzmfns] knan¨p Mm³ k^p¶ Nm^yw b_ªSpw”
Nnak³ Nm^y¯nt`¡v NX¡msS Smaw knXp¶Sv– tN«v FWn¡v £f Wln¨p SpX§n.
“”””F´m {blvWw?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
Ipäpw H¶p tWm¡n A]mÄ sfsà b_ªp, “”””Np_¨p tbjvh\`m”. Hm.. dm¡n DÅks^ms¡ CknsX k^p¶Sv h^v¡m^v Nm^yw b_]mWtÃ?-
“”””hm_v kngfn¡msS Nm^yw b_]p… F´m]m`pw Wfp¡v tWm¡mw” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””hzmfo… Fsâ fNÄ B\v Fsâ {blvWw. B\m]pw sb®m]pw Hs^®¯nsW fm{Stf ssUkw FWn¡v S¶n«pÅq.” tfltf ssNNÄ sk¨n«v H¶p fpt¶m«mªn^p¶v A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p. ‘ Fsâ Aan]³ tZmÎÀ PwPmV^sâ hpir¯m\v. Aan]³ b_ªm\v Mm³ A_nªSv PwPmV^³ tZmÎ_psX em^y¡v H^p dmV]psX Db{Ukw D*m]n^p¶p F¶pw, hzmfn]m\v ASv– Hjn¸n¨Sv F¶psfms¡.”

…. Mm³ Fsâ fWÊn A`_n knan¨p tbm]n… FtZm fWpgym… B]½]v¡v dmV]pw tNmS]pw H¶pw Aà Nmf{bm´m]n^p¶p. tNm¯n Np® tNän A_sbm_³Kw AXn¨p sNmXpt¡*n k¶p AkhmWw FWn¡v…. HmÀ½Nant`¡v sS¶n ko\p tbmNmsS Mm³ Nth^ss¡¿n fp_p¡n bnXn¨p sNm*v A]mtamXv b_ªp, “”””tZmÎ_psX em^y¡v sI_ns]m^p kn{em´n fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅp. ASv fm_n. bt£ hmÀ, Mm³ dmV H¶pw Hjn¸n¡m_nÔ
“”””Aan]³ b_ªp, hzmfn sbs«¶v h½Sn¡nà F¶v–. BUyw Mm³ b_]p¶Sv hzmfn H¶p tNÄ¡\w U]km]n…””
“”l^n b_]q”
“””” b_ªtÃm Ht^ H^p fNta DÅq. knkmiw Hs¡ W¶m]n WX¯n, 8 kÀgw B]n. f^pfN³ sF F Fhv– Nm^Wm\v. NÀ\mXN]n Ct¸mÄ cnWm³hv sh{N«_n…. Np«nNÄ CÃ. H^pbmXv {Xoävsfâv Hs¡ FXp¯p. bs£ ASà Mm³ CknsX k^m³ Nm^\w…. FÃmw W¶m]n tbmkpN]m]n^p¶p. 4 fmhw fp³bv AkÄ ZÂin¡v tbm]t¸mÄ F]À tbmÀ«n sk¨p b^nI]s¸« H^p hv{So AkÄs¡m^p Np¦pf sI¸p sNmXp¯p. ASnWpÅn H^p BßmknsW Bkmin¨p sk¨n^n¡pN]ms\¶pw ASv– H^n¡`pw Sp_¡msS hq£]v¡\w F¶pw B hv{So b_ªp. fNsa N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ¡v A_n]mw F¶pw AkÀ H^mjvI Njnªp M§apsX ko«n k¶v B hnµq^ sI¸v Sn^nsN km§mw F¶pw B\v b_ªSv. fNÄ ASp km§n. F´nWm\v AkÄ H^p b^nI]kpw CÃm¯ B hv{So]psX N¿n Wn¶pw ASp km§n]Sv F¶v FWn¡_n]nÃ. F´m]m`pw, AkÄ ASv hq£n¨p. bs£ fmhw H¶p Njnªn«pw B hv{So k¶nÃ. H^p Unkhw ^m{Sn AkÄ B sI¸p Sp_¶p hzmfn…”” sbmXn]³ fpS`man]psX lÐw CX_n
“”””AkÄ b_]p¶Sv ASp Sp_¶t¸mÄ AN¯p Wn¶pw H^p k`n] {bNmlw AkapsX N®nt`¡v N]_n F¶pw AkÄ tdmVw sN«p ko\p F¶pw B\v”
“”””ifv… ASp sk_pw H^p tSm¶Â B]n¡qsX?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””AtS hzmfn, tbXn sNm*pÅ tSm¶Â B]n^n¡pw F¶m\v M§apw N^pSn]Sv. bs£ A¶p fpS AkapsX hzemk¯n`pw sb^pfmä¯n`pw H^pbmXv fmä§Ä…. Sp_¶p b_]mftÃm hzmfn.. f^pfN³ Aksa sNm*p k¶v M§apsX ko«n B¡n. Cs¸m M§apsX NqsX]m\v tfmav. Cu {blvWw sNm*p Ss¶ B\v M§Ä ssfhqÀ kn«v Cs¸mant§m«p k¶Spw. Np_¨p sshNymÀXnhv_v sWs]ms¡ Nm\n¨p. bs£ Aks^Ãmw b_]p¶Sv tfmÄ¡v H^p Npj¸kpw Csöm\v. Fsâ fWÊp b_]p¶p, hzmfn knIm^n¨m Fsâ tfmav ^£s¸Xpw F¶v… hzmfn ssN skXn]^pSv”
FWns¡t´m… CSv GsäXp¡m³ tSm¶p¶nÃ. H¶mfSv, Mm³ H^p DUn¨p k^p¶ tKmÂhy lnt^mf\n B\v. Cs¸m C§sW H^p ssi s{bmssc tNhv FXp¯v, ASp cvt`m¸v B]nt¸m]mÂ, Nãs¸«v Wm«n D*m¡n FXp¯ CtfKnsâ Nm^yw So^pfmWw Bkpw. ^*mfSpw, ASn{bVmWkpw B] fsäm^p hwPoÀ®fm] khvSpS, FWn¡v CSnsâ I¦pw f¯§]pw A_n]nà F¶pÅSm\v. Cu ^*p Nm^\§apw fp¶n C^n¡p¶ bpÅnt]mXv b_]m³ bänÃtÃm. Fsâ fpOw tWm¡n km]n¨Sv tbms` A]mÄ tbm¡än Wn¶pw H^p sINv– `ocv FXp¯v Fsâ tfl¸p_¯p sk¨p. “”””hzmfn Cu U£n\ hzoN^n¡\w. ko«n k¶v tfmta H¶p N*m hzmfn¡v FÃmw tdmVys¸Xpw.”
Sos^ Câ_hv_v CÃmSn^p¶n«pw Mm³ B sI¡nt`¡v H¶p bman tWm¡n.
“”””Fâ bm_s¸m_¯½¨o–!”
DÅn Wn¶v H^m´Â… N®n C^p«p N]_pt¶m? N®pfnjn¨p ko*pw tWm¡n… AtS.. b¯p `£w — Cu sbmXn]Wv {bm´m\m?

sSm*]n SXªn^p¶ irU]w knjp§ns¡m*p Mm³ b_ªp. “”””Mm³ Wmsa ^mkns` H¶v k¶p tWm¡mw” tfl¸p_¯p¶ NX`mhn A]mÄ Ssâ tfÂkn`mhw FjpSn k¨n«v Fjpt¶äp.
im¸n tdm]v B] sbmXn]³ N]_n] KmPzmÀ sbmXn b_¸n¨p bmªp tbm]n.
Nps_ Nm^y§Ä NqXn tImUn¨p fWÊn`mt¡*Sm]n^p¶p. `£w b¯p N*Snsâ sk{bma¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hs¡ f_¶p. Np«sW knan¨p sI¡v sNmXp¯p dm¦nt`¡v kn«n«v Mm³ H¶p NnX¶p. F´m]n^n¡pw sbmXn]sâ tfmÄ¡v {blvWw? Ft´`pw N*p tbXn¨p Nnan tbm]SmkmsW S^fpÅq… dmV… fm§m*n!
CSptbm`pÅk^psX AÔknlzmh§Ä Ss¶]m\v Fs¶t¸m`pÅk^psX k]änbnj¸v, F¶m`pw… Ft´m H^p AhzØS…
bntä¶v ^mkns` Ss¶ Npans¨m^p§n A¼`¯n tbm]n W¶m]n H¶p {bmÀ°n¨p. Sn^nsN ko«n F¯n]t¸mÄ, Np«³ bqKm hmVW§Ä Hs¡ Nm_nsâ Zn¡n]n AXp¡n sk]v¡p¶p. A`¡n tS¨p sk¨n^p¶ H^p Nmkn fp*pw Kqd]pw ASnWp fpNan Nmkn gmapw V^n¨p Mm³ koXv bq«n C_§n. Np«³ NmÀ tÌäv sI]vSp. tbmNp¶ kjn]n Np«³ Fs´ms¡t]m b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. H¶pw Mm³ tN«nÃ. fWhv bSnknÃm¯ knVw AhzØw B]n^p¶p. hzStk NqÄ B] FWn¡v Fsâ hzShn²fm] `mQkSzw fWÊnt`m fpOt¯m A\n]pkm³ Njn]p¶nÃ. sSäm] So^pfmWw B\v FXp¯Sv Fs¶m^p tSm¶Â.
koXv N*pbnXn¡m³ k`n] dp²nfp«p*m]nÃ. Ht^¡À b_¼nsâ H¯ WXpkn H^p eof³ ^*p Wn` koXv. NmÀ sgÍpNÄ, Hu«v iuhv, bqt´m«w, AknsX k`ns]m^p Nnan¡qXv. sbmXn]³ fpS`man In^nt]mXv NqXn C_§n k¶p. Mm³ Nm_n Wn¶n_§n knlm`fm] hnäv Hu«nt`¡v N]_n. Cäm`n]³ fmÀdnansâ f^kn¸n¡p¶ S\p¸v bmU¯n`qsX A^n¨p N]_n. sbmXn]³ M§sa ANt¯]v¡v Nq«ns¡m*p tbm]n. knlm`fm] imans` SqskÅ Wn_fpÅ hznhv tfZv thmc]psX bSp bSp¸nt`¡v Af^pt¼mÄ Fsâ N®pNÄ Aksa Sn^]pN]m]n^p¶p. H^p b^nIm^nN ¥mÊpNan fp´n^n Im_pfm]n k¶p. sbmXn]³ fpS`man ANt¯]v¡v tbm]n H^p hv{Sos] Nq«n k¶p b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. “”””CsSsâ em^y `£vfn” Mm³ Aks^ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÀ bp©n^nt]msX ssN Nq¸n. sFlz^yWnVn]pw hvtWi h¼¶]pw B] H^½. A_pbSv k]Êp Njnªn«p*mkpw. bp©n^n¡pt¼mapw Ak^psX N®pNan Smaw sN«n Wn¶ ssUWyS Mm³ {l²n¨p.
“”””hzmfn¡v fNsa Nm\t*?” sbmXn]³ tImUn¨p
“”””Np«ns] Nm\pw fp³bv hms_t¶mXv In` Nm^y§Ä b_]\w” ¥mhv Nm`n]m]n«pw hv{Xm]n`qsX Du_n Du_n k`n¨p lÐw D*m¡p¶ Np«sW ^q£fm]n H¶p tWm¡n]n«v Mm³ fpS`mant]mXv b_ªp.
“”””hzmfn tImUn¡q..”
“”””Sp_¶p b_]p¶Sv sNm*v Fs¶ sSän²^n¡^pSv. Cu Wm«n Mm³ fm{Sw Aà C§sW H^p Nm^yw sI¿pkm³ {bmbvSn DÅ H^mÄ. bm^¼^yw sNm*pw A_nkv sNm*pw Fs¶¡mÄ H^pbmXv D]s^ Wn¡p¶ fm{´nN^pw tKymSngnNapw Vm^maw D*v. Sm¦Ä FWn¡v C¶s` S¶ b\w H^pbmXv NqXpS B\v. A{S]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b\w sI`km¡m³ fWÊpw Njnkpw DÅ Sm¦Ä Cu fim^T·ms^ Hs¡ Hjnkm¡n Fs¶ hfobn¨Snsâ Nm^\w B\v FWn¡v BUyw A_nt]*Sv.”
“”””Fsâ So^pfmW§Ä sSäm¯Sv sNm*p Ss¶]m\v hzmfo Nm«n Nq¸ns` b\n¡v tbm] sbmXn]³ C¶v 4000 tNmXn ^qb BhvSn]pÅ sbmXn]³ fpS`man B]n fm_n]Sv. hzmfn Ct¸mÄ Cu tImUyw Ft¶mXv tImUn¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v D_¸m]n, Mm³ Wn§sa CSnWm]n Sn^sªXp¯Sv bqÀ®fm]pw sl^n]m] H^p So^pfmWw Bs\¶v.” H¶p WnÀ¯n] tlgw sbmXn]³ SpXÀ¶p “”””H^pbmXv t`mNw N*kWm Mm³. FWn¡_n]mw Mm³ knan¨m CkntX¡v hzmfn Cu b_ª fnXp¡·m^n B_p tk\sf¦n`pw k^pw F¶v. ASv– bt£ Fsâ WnÊim]kØs] Iqg\w sI¿pkm³ fm{Sw B]n^n¡pw. PwPmV^³ tZmÎÀ Ft¶mXv b_ªn^p¶p, A]mÄ H^p AÔ knlzmhn H¶pw Aà bt£ A]mapsX NpXpwd¯ns` k`ns]m^p {blvWw SoÀ¯p sNmXp¡pkm³ hzmfn¡v Njnªp F¶v. Fsâ fNÄ¡v dmV NqXn Fs¶m¶pw MmWpw knlzhn¡p¶nÃ. Fs´¦n`pw ftWmt^mPw B]n^n¡mw. bNv–tg AkÄ A§sW knlzhn¡p¶p. fpÅnsW fpÅp sNms*Xp¡pN F¶p fm{Stf Mm³ N^pSp¶pÅq. hzmfns] knlzhn¡mw F¶v Ft¶mXv b_ªSv Fsâ fWÊm\v. Fsâ fWÊnsW Mm³ tNÄ¡pw hzmfo”
k«Ãm… Mm³ Sn^n¨_nªnà sbmXn]³ fpS`mans]… dmV Fs¶m^p hmVWw Cà Fs¶ms¡ b_ªp Np`wNp¯n Bkm³ F´m]m`pw Mm³ B{Pin¨nÃ.
“”””fNapsX tb^v?”
“”””fmaknN”
“”””W£{Sw?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””fq`w” tfmapsX W£{Sw sbmXn]³ b_ªt¸mÄ, Np«³ In^n AX¡m³ fpOw k{Nn¡p¶Sv N*p. FWn¡v In^n H¶pw k¶nÃ. tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ FÃmkÀ¡pw bpÑw Bs\¦n`pw fq`w W£{S eqKmSÀ AWp{PioS^m\v. e^\ kÀ¤w. C^p¶p kmjp¶kÀ. F´n`pw kmlnt]msX knK]n¡p¶kÀ. fäpÅk^n Ahq] KWn¸n¡p¶ kyànSzw Nm¯p hq£n¡p¶kÀ.
“”””H^p Nm^yw NqXn, C¶s` Sm¦Ä Ft¶mXp b_ªp, fNsa Nps_t]s_ sshNymÀXnhv äv Nsa Nm\n¨n^p¶p F¶pw, Aks^Ãmw b_ªSv ]msSm^p {blvWkpw Cà F¶pw Bs\¶v. sl^n]tÃ?”
“”””AtS”
“”””At¸mÄ {bNXfm]n Sm¦Ä F´v kySmhw B\v fNapsX sb^pfmä¯n Nm\p¶Sv? Mm³ Dt±ln¨Sv fNÄ F´p S^¯n DÅ dp²nfp«m\v AWpekn¡p¶Sv F¶m\v.”
f_pbXn b_ªSv `£vfn A½]m\v “”””AkÄ kas^ BNväokv B]n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ Bt^mXpw fn*p¶nÃ. fp_n¡pÅn Ss¶ Ft¸mjpw. Hä]v¡v hwhm^n¡pw… bnt¶…”” AkÀ H¶p WnÀ¯n. Mm³ Ak^psX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. “”””b_]q…””
“”… ASv… In` hf]§an AkÄ fsäm^p hv{So]psX lЯn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hwhm^n¡pw… N®n N*sSÃmw F_nªp sbm«n¡pw… H^p Unkhw..” b_]pt¼mÄ Ak^psX N®v Wn_ªp k¶p “”””… Fs¶ AkÄ.. H^p N¯n FXps¯_nªp…”” At¸mjm\v Ak^psX ssN¯*]n sN«n]n^p¶ dm³tZKv Mm³ {l²n¡p¶Sv!
AkÀ SpXÀ¶p, “”””Ft¸mjpw CÃ.. In` Unkh§an kas^ tWmÀf B\v. Ft¸mjm\v fm_pNm F¶p b_]m³ bänÔ
“”””Cs¸m F§sW?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””^*p Unkhfm]n fp_n¡v bp_t¯¡v k¶n«nÃ. Hä]v¡m\v. e£\w Njn¡pw. B^pw fp_n]nt`¡v sIÃm³ bmXnà F¶v b_ªn«p*v. tks_ Npj¸w H¶pw CÃ… Cs¸m tWmÀf B\v”
“”””tWmÀft`m?” sbmXn]³ fpS`man em^yt]mXv sbm«ns¯_n¨p. “”””hzmfo, … CkÄ b_ªntà tWmÀf Bs\¶v? ^*p Unkhw B]n AkÄ AknsX Hä]v¡n^p¶p sIÊv Nan¡pkm. CSmt\m tWmÀfÂ?”
Hm… sIÊv Nan, fnfn{Nn.. C{Ss]ms¡s] DÅp {blvWw… FWn¡v sI_ns]m^p Blzmhw Nn«n. knIm^n¨Sv tbms` k`n] S«psNXp*mNpw F¶Kw tSm¶p¶nÃ. Mm³ fpS`mant]mXv b_ªp, “”””Mm³ BUyw Np«ns] H¶p Nm\s«… H¶p hwhm^n¡s«. FWn¡v Njn]pw F¶v FWn¡p tSm¶n]m fm{Stf Mm³ CSv GsäXp¡pN]pÅq. Csæn hmÀ S¶ Nmlv Mm³ Sn^nsN S^pw. CSp h½Sw Bs\¦n Wfp¡v Np«ns] Nm\mw”
“”””h½Sw”
Np«tWmXv Nm_n Wn¶pw hmVW§Ä Hs¡ FXp¡m³ b_ªp. bqK sIt¿* Bklyw k^pN]ms\¦n ASp sI¿pkm³ DÅ Ø`huN^yw DÅ H^p fp_n Smjs¯ Wn`]n Ss¶ Ds*¶v `£vfnA½ b_ªp. Np«³ Nm_n Wn¶pw hmf{PnNÄ FXp¯v B fp_n]nt`¡v sk]v¡pkmWpÅ GÀ¸mXv SpX§n.
fpS`man Fs¶]pw Nq«n fpNant`¡v WX¶p. bXnNÄ N]_pt¼mÄ Ft¶mXv– b_ªp, “”””Bs^]pw Nm\m³ AkÄ h½Sn¡nÃ. H^p tZmÎÀ Nm\m³ k^pw F¶m\v M§Ä AktamXv– b_ªn«pÅSv. Fs´¦n`pw tImUn¨m hzmfn ASp tbms` tWm¡ns¡mÅpftÃm..?” Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
fpNan`pw D*v knlm`fm] H^p imÄ. ASpw NX¶v WX¡pt¼mÄ Gäkpw AkhmWw F¶p tSm¶n¡p¶ H^p fp_n]psX AXª kmSn`n A]mÄ fp«n. “”””tfmta… tZmÎÀ k¶n«p*v..”
AN¯p Wn¶pw H^p lÐw… “”N]_n k^m³ b_]q AÑm… Aѳ sbm]vt¡maq”
Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n]n«v A]mÄ WX¶p Smtj¡v tbm]n. H^p Wnfngw tZmÀ im³Zn bnXn¨p Wn¶p tlgw Mm³ ^*pw N`vbn¨p kmSn Sp_¶v AN¯p N]_n. km^n k`n¨p hmVW§Ä Hs¡ C«n^n¡p¶ H^p fp_n. B koXnsâ emPw Bs\¶v tbm`pw tSm¶nÃ. AXp¡pfnà In«]pfnà I«kpfnÃ. kas^ k`ns]m^p fp_n. Ipf^n Hs¡ Fs´ms¡t]m In{S§Ä N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tNm_n k^¨n^n¡p¶p. N«n]pÅ NÀ«³ C«n^n¡p¶SnWm fp_n]n DÅ H^p ss`änsâ {bNmlw fm{Stf DÅp. C^p«Ã, F¶m AVnNw {bNmlkpw CÃ. H^p ISp^ tfl]psX ^*p kl§an ^*p Nth^NÄ. ASns`m¶n AkÄ C^n¡p¶p. FWn¡v bp_w Sn^nªm\v C^n¡p¶Sv. Wo* bt£ A`NÄ DÅ fpXn fpSptNmaw C_§n NnX¡p¶p. tfl¸p_¯n^n¡p¶ sIÊv tdmÀZv tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m\v. Mm³ NSNp Sp_¶Spw ANt¯]v¡v N]_n]Spw AkÄ A_nªn«pw A_n]m¯ emk¯n fqXpw Sn^nªn^n¡pkm\v. KmZ sS*n!
Mm³ tWm¡n Wn¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ Fjpt¶äp. hmkVmWw WX¶v FSns^ DÅ Nth^]psX AXps¯¯n, Sn^nªp Wn¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n.
Culz^m! Fs´m^p sb®v! sb®v F¶ km¡nsâ AÀ°w F´ms\¶v Ct¸mjm\v FWn¡v fWÊn`mkp¶Sv. huµ^yw F¶p b_ªm tbm^m. sb®¯w F¶p Ss¶ b_]\w. GsSm^p B\m]n bn_¶ksW]pw Nmf{em´Wm¡m³ tbm¶ H^p¯n. Np«n A{S Np«ns]m¶pw Aà H^p 35 k]sʦn`pw {bm]w D*mkpw. bs£ AkapsX N®pNan bSnWm_nsâ NphrSn. SpXp¯p f`À¶p WWkpÅ Ip*pNÄ. l^o^¯n bän NnX¡p¶ WoafpÅ Wo` Pu\v AkapsX l^o^¯nsâ kXnkpw fmVNSzkpw knan¨p b_]p¶p. Up^vtfUÊnÃm¯ l^o^w, HSp§n] k]_nWp Smsj NÀkn¡`n koSn NqXn] A^s¡«v… sW©n fpj¨p Wn¡p¶ D^p* fp`NÄ… tUis¯m«n NnX¡p¶ Pu\n AkapsX Bjkpw b^¸pw DÅ sbm¡nÄs¡mXn, ASnsâ ØmWw knan¨p b_]p¶p… A^]v¡v Nojv–t¸mXv AkapsX l^o^w hfr²w Bs\¶v tSm¶n. t`mNs¯ Gäkpw hzmUnãfm] hp^S knekw…. fWpgysW hrãn¨Sv ssUkw Bs\¦n Cksa hrãn¨Sv sINp¯m³ B]n^n¡\w… ssUks¯ Ahq]s¸Xp¯m³… ssUkw hrãn¨ Hmt^m bp^pgsW]pw Np¯n tWmkn¡m³… Cu sNmXpw IqXn Uin¸n¡m³!
AkapsX N®pNan Wn¶v Ns®Xp¡msS Ns®Xp¡m³ Njn]msS, SoÀ¯pw Wngv{beWm]n, WnÊm^Wm]n Mm³ Ak¡^nNnt`¡v WXs¶¯n. Fsâ fpOs¯ kn{efw SoÀ¨]m]pw AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m]n«p*mkpw. BUyfm]n Bknà AkÄ H^p bp^pgsâ fpO¯v Cu A¦`m¸v Nm\p¶Spw.
“”””CsS´p tZmÎÀ?” Fsâ Nmkn tkg¯nt`¡v AXnfpXn kn^ HmXn¨p Iq*n AkÄ tImUn¨p. F´p b_]\w F¶_n]nÃ. Nm`pNÄ CWn]pw eqfn]n F¯n]n«nÃ.
“”””Hms¡.. `okv Cäv… FWntk sF ss`Nv Unhv Aä]À… C^n¡q” Nth^]nt`¡n^p¶p sNm*v AkÄ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. FSns^ DÅ Nth^]n Mm³ C^p¶p.
“”””Nm^y§Ä Aѳ b_ªn«p*mkpftÃm. ASp sNm*v Wfp¡v fpOkp^]nÃmsS SpX§mw? Fsâ tb^v fmaknN. tZmÎÀ F´m A_nt]*Sv F¶p sk¨m tImUnt¨maq”
“”””tbm^pt¶m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv … Fsâ NqsX?”
“”””´v???…-!” AkÄ A´w b_nªp tImUn¨p.
k`nªv! F´p b*m^w B\v Mm³ tImUn¨Sv -! sJ! Mm³ sWän]n ssN sk¨p tbm]n
“”””H¶pfnÃ.. ASv.. Np_¨p skÅw Nn«ptfm?” Cu Nn_p¡Wmt\m Fs¶ InNnÂhn¡m³ k¶Sv F¶ emk¯n Fs¶ S_¸n¨p tWm¡n AkÄ Fjpt¶äv fp_n]n fsäm^p tfl¸p_¯p¶ ¥mhv K¤n Wn¶pw H^p Pvamhv skÅw bNÀ¶v sNm*p k¶p. Mm³ ASp km§n Hä k`n¡v NpXn¨p. “”””CWn]pw tkt\m?”
“”””tk*.” Mm³ b_ªp
AkÄ C^p¶p. Fs¶ tWm¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX fpO¯p In^n D*m]n^p¶nsæn`pw N®pNan NphrSn Wn_ªn^p¶ tbms` tSm¶n. hv{SoNtamXv Nmfw tSm¶n]n«p*v, bs£ C{S kn{efw, b^tklw H¶pw H^n¡`pw FWn¡v H^p sb®ntWmXpw tSm¶n]n«nÃ. Asæn`pw AsSms¡ sb®p§Ä B]n^pt¶m? Ckam\v sb®v.
“”””F´m tZmÎ_psX tb^v?”
“”””ASv… i^n…bt£… Mm³.. Mm³ H^p tZmÎÀ AÔ b_sªm¸n¨p.
AkÄ D_s¡ In^n¨p… “”bnt¶?… AÑsW bän¨Smt\m?”
MmWpw In^n¨p, “”””AÃ, Aѳ fmaknNs] bän¨Sm\v”
sbs«¶v AkapsX fpOw ¾mWfm]n “”””AÛpSfnÃ! bän¡s¸Xm³ fm{Sw DÅ H^p K·w B\v FtâSv…”” sbs«¶p Ss¶ fpOw {bh¶fm¡n AkÄ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p… “”tZmÎÀ Asæn bns¶ B^m Wo?”
AkÄ Fs¶ “”Wo’ F¶p knan¡pw F¶p Mm³ {bSo£n¨nsæn`pw Ft´m AsSWn¡v A§p Cãfm]nt¸m]n.
“”””Mm³ H^p tKmÕyWm… Ssâ tUi¯p NqXn] dmVs] Hjn¸n¡m³ k¶Sm”
“”””Bim… Hjn¸n¡m³ A_n]mtkm? hSyw b_]\w. hSytf b_]mkq.”
Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ
“”””A_n]nÃ. AtÃ?”
“”””{lfn¨p tWm¡mw F¶p fm{Stf Mm³ b_ªn«pÅq”
“”””{lfn¡p¶SnWv Aѳ F{S S¶p?”
“”””b¯v `£w” Mm³ KmaySt]msX b_ªp.
“”””S^t¡XnÃ! As¸m bns¶ F§sW]m? {lfw SpX§pktÃ?” bpÑw N`À¶ tImUyw
“”””tWm¡s«… Sm³ tImUn¨SnsWÃmw Mm³ D¯^w S¶ntÃ? CWn Mm³ tImUn¡s«? F´m]n^p¶p B hv{So S¶ hnµq^ sI¸nÂ?”
AkÄ D_s¡ In^n¨p sNm*v fpOw koÀ¸n¨p N®p SÅn bnXn¨p sNm*v b_ªp
“”””H^p “”eqSw’-!”…..
AkapsX emkw N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n AsSm^p SÅv NT B]n^p¶p F¶v. bs£ F´nWv?
“”””fmaknNm… Ft¶mXp b_]p¶ps*¦n hSyw b_]\w. Csæn Mm³ tbmNp¶p”
“”””sbm]vt¡m”
Mm³ tbmNnà F¶v AkÄ¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p.
H^p Wnfngs¯ CXtka¡p tlgw AkÄ b_ªp “”””HmsN.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ b_]mw. bt£ Wn§Ä Fs¶ him]n¡ptfm?”
“”””SoÀ¨]m]pw”
“”””SoÀ¨s]m¶pw FWn¡nÃ. bs£ Mm³ b_]mw Wnt¶mXv. Fsâ NT tN«p Njn]pt¼mÄ Wo Fs¶ him]n¨nsæn`pw hm^fnÃ, DbtUln¡m³ k^^pSv”
“”””h½Sn¨p”
“”””Wo* NT]m\v. Ip^p¡n b_]mw. Wo«n b_ªm`pw BÀ¡pw tdm_Xn¡nà F¶v D_¸m\v bt£ Wo«n k`n¨p b_]m³ k¿m. Fsâ knkmiw Njnªn«v 8 kÀgw B]n. FWn¡nt¸mÄ k]Êv 36. Mm³ ssht¡maKn]n tbmÌv tZmÎt_äv sctÃmgnbv DÅ H^p hv{So]m\v. A{S Wo* bYWw Ss¶]m\v knkmiw sskNm³ Nm^\kpw. eÀ¯mkv NÀ\mXN¯ns` Gäkpw hfÀTWm] H^p sF F Fhv DtUymPس. hpfpO³ hpµ^³. M§Ä¡v Np«nNanÃ. CWn Mm³ b_]p¶Sv {l²n¨p tNÄ¡\w”
Mm³ tWm¡n C^p¶p
“”””M§Ä¡v Np«nNÄ CÃm¯Snsâ Nm^\w, Cu 8 kÀgw B]n«pw Fsâ eÀ¯mkv Fs¶ H¶v A]mtamsXm¸w NnX¯n]n«nà F¶Sv fm{Sw B\v. CSv CknsX Fsâ ko«pNmÀ¡v A_n]nÃ.”
sM«n sS_n¨p SNÀ¶p tbm]n Mm³… B\mt\m B b«n? Cksa tbms`m^p sb®nsW sbm*m«n B]n Nn«n]n«v… CWn CkÄ AXp¯ W¼^nXp¶Smt\m?
“”””FWn¡_n]mw Mm³ b_]p¶Sv Wo knlzhn¡p¶nÃ. sl^n]tÃ? Fs¶ KWn¸n¨p kaÀ¯n k`pSm¡n] Fsâ AÑWpw A½]pw tbm`pw knlzhn¡nÃ. bns¶]mt\m 15 fnWp«v fp³bv fm{Sw Fs¶ N* Wo?”
“”””A§sWs]m¶pw In´nt¡*. dm¡n b_]q” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””A]mÄ, Fsâ eÀ¯mkv, NnX¸_]n H^n¡`pw Fs¶ H^p em^y]m]n N*n«nÃ. A]mÄ¡p shmsshän]n sNm*p WX¡m³ DÅ H^p NmjvIkhvSp fm{Sw B]n^p¶p Mm³. BUysfms¡ Ft¶mXv b_ªn^p¶Sv tKm`n]psX h½À±w fq`w ss`wPnN In´NÄ Cà F¶m\v, Nps_ WmÄ Njnªt¸mÄ b_ªp A]mÄ¡v si¯v t{bms»w D*v, ASnWm Dt¯KWw D*mknà Fs¶ms¡…. Mm³ CSv CknsX Fsâ ko«n b_ªm Fsâ AÑWpw A½]pw SNÀ¶p tbmNpw. Ak^psX FÃmk^psX]pw fp¶n A]mÄ H^p hvtWi h¼¶³ B] eÀ¯mkm]n^p¶p. bs£ knkmiw Njnªv 8 kÀg§Ä¡v tlgw Wm`p fmh§Ä¡v fp³bv fm{Sw B\v Mm³ B hSyw A_nªSv.” fmaknN N®p SpX¨p
“”””A]mÄ¡v fsäm^p hv{So]pfm]n dÔw D*m]n^p¶p. A¡m^\¯m B\v A]mÄ¡v Ft¶mXv ]msSm^p Sm¸^ykpw tSm¶mSn^p¶Sv”
Mm³ CXsb«p, “”””CsSms¡ H^p Nm^\w Bt\m? Wns¶tbms`m^p sb®p knIm^n¨m A]mÄ Wo b_ª B hv{Sos] Ft¶ f_¶p tbmNpfm]n^p¶p… fmaknN ASnWp {lfn¨nÃ. AStà hSyw?”
AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n bpÑt¯msX In^n¨p… “”B hv{So Aksâ A½ Ss¶ B]n^p¶p!” AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p sNm¨p Np«ns] tbms` kn§n… “”Mm³ f*n! H¶pw A_nªnÃ. A]mÄ CÃm¯ ^m{SnNan Mm³ koÀ¸p fp«n Njn]pt¼mÄ B b«n Aksâ hz´w SÅ]psX Nm`nWnX]n B]n^p¶p. Mm³ ZÂin¡p tbm]n H^p Unkhw tW^s¯ Sn^nsN ko«n F¯n]t¸mÄ Fsâ N®v sNm*v Mm³ ASp Nmt\*n k¶p.” AkÄ tfl¸p_¯p S` Nfnjv¯n N^]pkm³ SpX§n. MmWms\¦n F´p b_]\w F¶_n]m¯ AkØ]n`pw. Mm³ Fsâ ssN¸¯n AkapsX ssN¯*]n sk¨p. sk®]n sSm«Sv tbms`]m\v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv. AkÄ fpOw D]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p. “”””Fsâ DÅn H^p dmV]ps*¦n ASv B]mapw A]mapsX A½]pw B\v. Hjn¸n¡m³ WnW¡p bäptfm?”
“”””F§sW?”
“”””A¶v B Unkhw B ko«n Wn¶n_§n]Sm\v Mm³. bs£ FWn¡v CknsX H¶pw b_]m³ Njn]nÃ. Fsâ KoknSw C§sW SNÀ¶Sv Fsâ AÑWpw A½]pw Sm§nÃ. Fsâ eÀ¯mkntWmXv Mm³ Ss¶]m\v b_ªSv FWn¡v fmWhnN {blvWw Ds*¶v b_ªp CknsX sNm*m¡m³. hmkNmlw AÑsW Nm^y§Ä b_ªp fWÊn`m¡n]n«v– Asæn fmWhnN {blvWw Ss¶ F¶p k^p¯n, B Nm^\¯m A]mÄ Zntkmjvhv k§s« Fs¶ms¡]m\v Mm³ N^pSn]Sv. bt£ FWn¡v fXp¯p. Zntkmjvhv FWn¡v tk\w. B SÅs]w tfmtWw f^ymU]v¡v Kokn¡m³ Mm³ knXnÃ. ASnWv Fs¶ him]n¡m³ WnW¡v bäpw. Wo ASp sI¿ptfm?”
“”””Mm³ Cs¸m k^mw” F¶p b_ªp Mm³ bp_t¯¡n_§n Smtj¡v WX¶p. Mm³ In`Sv So^pfmWn¨n^p¶p. Mm³ Smsj iman F¯pt¼mÄ fpS`man]pw `£vfn A½]pw Np«Wpw AknsX D*v. Mm³ Np«tWmXv Nm_pw FXp¯p ko«n sbm]vtNmam³ b_ªp. Aksâ tImUy§Ä¡v f_pbXn sNmXp¡msS Mm³ AksW b_ª]¨p. fpS`mans] N*p, “”””C¶v bqK sI¿m³ Njn]nÃ. dmV D*v fmaknN]nÂ. Mm³ Np_¨p NqXn hwhm^n¡s«. B^pw fpNant`¡v k^^pSv. F´p hwekn¨m`pw k^^pSv. lÐw Fs´¦n`pw tN«m tbm`pw”
NqXpS H¶pw b_]msS Mm³ fpNant`¡v HmXn ko*pw fmaknN]psX fp_n]n N]_n NSNX¨p. AkÄ¡v FSns^ Nth^]n C^p¶p Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”””Mm³ F´v sI¿\w?”
“”””{bSnNm^w” AkÄ b_ªp, “”””FWn¡p tk*n”.
AkÄ Fjpt¶äv Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶v tfl¡v fpNant`¡v AkapsX D^p*p sNmjp¯ I´n Im^n Wn¶p. kÃms¯m^p f¯p bnXn¸n¡p¶ f\w…. sfsà NpWnªv Fsâ Kqd]psX tNma_n bnXn¨p AkÄ b_ªp. “”””FWn¡v tk*n CSp sI]vSmÂ, bns¶ Mm³ WnW¡pÅSm\v. Wo BUyw tImUn¨ntÃ? ASp Ss¶. Wnsâ NqsX tbm^pw Mm³”
kn_]v¡p¶ Ip*pNÄ Fsâ NmtSmXv tIÀ¯v AkÄ f{´n¨p… “”tkt*… WnWs¡s¶?” H¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fn*m³ Njnªnà FWn¡v… AkapsX kn_]v¡p¶ lÐw fm{Sw fSn]m]n^p¶p Fsâ `t¦m«n¡pÅn Np® sM^n]m³.
“”””b_]v… tkt* WnW¡v Fs¶?”
Mm³ Fsâ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX Njp¯nt`¡fÀ¯n … AkapsX Nknas¯ WWp¯ t^mf§Ä {Shn¡p¶Sv FWn¡v Nm\m³ Njnªp. Ip*v bnaÀ¯n, AkapsX Njp¯n Mm³ WmkfÀ¯n]t¸mÄ AkÄ H¶p bpaªp sNm*v Fsâ fpOw AkapsX fpO¯nWp tWs^ skIv Fsâ N®pNan tWm¡n. kn_]v¡p¶ AkapsX f`À¶ tIm^ Ip*pNÄ Fsâ NojvIp*nsW sbmSnªp. hmkVmWw, kas^ hmkVmWw AkÄ Fsâ Ip*p k`n¨p NpXn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv fmaknNs] Fsâ tUit¯mXv tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p sNm*v AkapsX tfÂIp*n NXn¨q_n. H^p kÅn tbms` AkÄ Fsâ tUit¯¡v bX^pt¼mÄ CsSm^p hzbvWw Bk^psS F¶p Mm³ DÅp^pNn {bmÀ°n¨p tbm]n. sbs«¶v AkÄ Fs¶ SÅn fmän Wm`Xn bn¶nt`¡v fm_n Wn¶p. Fsâ N®pNan Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶ AkapsX tUi¯p Wn¶pw Wo` Pu\v AkapsX Nm¨pk«nt`¡v HjpNn C_§pt¼mÄ Fsâ lzmhw Wn¶p tbm]n. {dm]pw bmân]pw fm{Sw tUi¯pÅ fmaknN FWn¡v bp_w Sn^nªp N«n`n N]_n fp«p Np¯n Wn¶p. sfsà AkÄ AkapsX sNmjp¯ I´nNan Wn¶v B bmâohv k`n¨p Smjv¯n fps«m¸w sk¨n«v Fs¶ Sn^nªp tWm¡n. Mm³ Kqd Du^ns]Xp¯p tfl¸p_¯p sk¨p. Mm³ N«n`nW^nsN sI¶v, Fsâ S` NpWn¨v AkapsX D^p* sNmSw tWm¡n N*p. sSm«p… SXkn.. fpOw Mm³ B sNmS Im`n AfÀ¯n. ssNNÄ sNm*v sNmjp¯ I´n¸manNÄ AN¯n Mm³ Fsâ fpOw Bj¯nt`¡fÀ¯n “”””iviv…” AkÄ Ft´m H^p lÐw D*m¡n… AkapsX sW]v b^pk¯n`pÅ I´n Npj¨p sNm*v– fpNant`¡p]À¶ Mm³ Fsâ Wmkv– AkapsX sNmS Im`n`qsX fpNant`¡v… Ws«Ãn`qsX Njp¯nt`¡v AfÀ¯n W¡n SpX¨p. AkapsX CXSqÀ¶ fpXn¡pÅnt`¡v fpOw AfÀ¯pt¼mÄ Mm³ b_ªp… “”FWn¡p tk\w Wns¶..F¶pw…””
k`Sp ssN bn¶nt`s¡¯n¨ AkÄ, H^p Aeymhn]psX sf]v kj¡t¯msX Fsâ Njp¯n Ipän bnXn¨v Fs¶ N_¡n N«n`nt`¡n«p.f`À¶p NnX¶ Fsâ fm_ns` t^mf§an kn^ HmXn¨p sNm*v, AkÄ H^p N¿m {dm Du^ns]Xp¯p. sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ… NÃn¨ fp`sM«pNÄ¡v Skn«p N`À¶ t_mhv Wn_w. AkapsX DX]m¯ fp`NÄ N*t¸mÄ ASn sSmXmWm]n Mm³ ssN Wo«n. AkÄ Fsâ N¿n NX¶p bnXn¨p Fsâ kn^`pNÄ Du_n k`n¨p. Fsâ Np® `t¦m«n¡pÅn Nãs¸XpN]m\v. Mm³ H^p ssN sNm*v fp*pw `t¦m«n]pw Ajn¨p Np®s] ^£n¨p. Fsâ A^s¡«n Fjp¶p Wn¶ Fsâ sWXpko^³ Np®]psX Woakpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpjp¸pw AkÄ BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n. Mm³ H¶pw b_]msS Ss¶ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v N]_n AkÄ bp_w Sn^nªp NnX¶p. NmÂfp«pNÄ Fsâ C^pklkpw Np¯n, bnaÀ¶ bqÀIp*pNÄ Fsâ km]n AfÀ¯n B\v AkÄ C^p¶Sv… Mm³ Wmkv– bp_t¯]v¡v SÅn]t¸mÄ ASn bpan^hfpÅ AkapsX sNmjp¯ bqÀWo^nsâ hzmUv…. km]v¡p fp¶n bnaÀ¶n^p¶ AkapsX bq_p Mm³ W¡n… BÀ¯nt]msX W¡n. Fsâ Np®]psX fNpX¯n AkapsX km]psX IqXpw WWkpw bXÀ¶t¸mÄ Mm³ Fsâ Wmkv– sNm*v AkapsX sNmjp¯ Ua§Ä¡nX]n Wn¶pw S` Wo«n] N´nsW tSm*n FXp¯p Sn¶m³ SpX§n. “”””BAiviviviv….. i^oCuCu…… ivivivÊvÊvÊv…..” AkÄ hpOw sNm*v Wo_n. Mm³ fm`knN]psX bqän Wn¶pw H`n¨n_§n] NXnskÅw sNmSnt]msX W¡n NpXn¨p. “”””ÊvÊvÊv…. ]mBBBBiiviviv”
bqän sbm«ns¯_n D*m] AkÄ B bnaÀ¶ sW]v–bq_v Fsâ km]n`pw fpO¯pw D^]v¡m³ SpX§n. Fsâ fpOw GNtUlw bqÀ®fm]pw AkapsX tS³ Nn®¯n Wn¶pÅ sIm^¸n WWªp. AVnN tW^w Wo*p Wn¶nà AkapsX I`Ww Wn¶p. Fsâ Np® AkapsX fp_p¡n bnXn¨ fpãn¡pÅn sM^nªp…. AkapsX N´v, Fsâ Ip*n tIÀ¶vC^p¶v SpXn¨p. irU]w tbms` SpXn¨p.
SaÀ¶p ko\ Aksa Mm³ Fsâ bp_¯p Wn¶pw N«n`nt`¡v f_n¨n«p.
b^fmkVn Nm`pNÄ Nk¨v bq_p W¶m]n knXÀ¯n AkÄ A^s¡«v tft`m«v sbm¡n, AkÄ sdZvgoäv k`ns¨Xp¯p bq_ns` tS³ SpX¨p. AN¯n sk¨ B sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Cjªp N]_n] Mm³, Mm³ Fsâ em^w AkapsX tUi¯p sNmXp¡msS ssNNÄ Np¯n]kapsX fp`Nant`¡v fpOw AXp¸n¨p. {Shn¨p Wn¶ fp`¡®pNÄ I¸ns¡m*v `nwPw bqän fp«n¨p. kjpkjp¯ AkapsX bq_nsâ knXkn Fsâ Np®]psX fNpXw Mm³ D^¨p sSän¨t¸mÄ AkÄ F³s_ fpXn]n AÅn bnXn¨p sNm*v Fsâ fpOw AkapsX fp`]nt`¡v tIÀs¯mSp¡n bnXn¨p. lzmhw fp«nt¸m]n.
“”””N]äXm…”” Ip*p NXn¨v sNm*v AkÄ kn_]t`msX b_ªp.Fsâ km]nt`¡v Wmkv SÅn N]än AkÄ Fsâ DfnWoÀ Du_m³ SpX§n..
AkÄ AXn]n Wn¶pw A^s¡«p]À¯n H¶p SÅn]t¸mÄ Fsâ `nwPw sS¶n AkapsX bq_nsâ Bj¯nt`¡v N]_nt¸m]n. C_pNn] tS³bq_nsâ hpOf_nª Mm³ Aksa C_psN bp\À¶psNm*v B SpXp¯ NknapNÄ W¡n. N«n`n ssNNÄ Np¯n A^s¡«v sbm¡n, H^p Nm`p fX¡n sk¨ Mm³ AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw Np® Du^ns]XpSv ko*pw ASp fpjpkWm]n N]än. C¯k\ fp_p¡w Np_ªn^p¶p. bns¶]pw ASp Ss¶ sI]vSp. “”””Bivivi…. i^o… WnÀ¯tÃ…””
Mm³ H^p ssN N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX SpXp¯ A^s¡«n AÅn bnXn¨p sNm*v B tS³ bqänt`¡v Bªp b®n. “”””imAB…”” Fsâ AXns¡m¸w hpOw fq¯ fmaknN]pw A^s¡«v Ca¡n AXn¡m³ SpX§n. M§Ä¡v hp^S¯n H^p Smaw Ns*¯pkm³ AVnN hf]w tk*n k¶nÃ. AkÄ Nm`pNÄ NqXpS Nk¨p sk¨p S¶t¸mÄ Fsâ fWÊ_nª tbms` AkapsX bq_p NqXpS Ip^¯n…. hzÀ¤w-!
tfQ§Ä¡nX]n A`hfm]n b_¡p¶ b^p´nsW tbms`]m\v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv… AkapsX kn§n SpXn¡p¶ bq_nWpÅn Fsâ Np® WX¯n] AentgN sb^pfj… Du^n FXp¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ…. AkapsX Hm^w bän NnX¡pt¼mÄ t`mNw NojX¡n] I{NkÀ¯n]psX fWÊm]n^p¶p FWn¡v.
BkÄ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. “”””S¿mÀ B]n^n¡p…. A©p Unkh§Ä¡pÅn Wfp¡v dmw¥q^v tbmN\w…””
khv{Sw V^n¨p Mm³ fp_n kn«n_§pt¼mÄ eÀ¯mknsW ]m{S]m¡p¶ em^y]psX emkt¯msX N®n NphrSn Han¸n¨p NSNn Im^n AkÄ Wn¶p.
Mm³ Smsj F¯pt¼mÄ Fs¶ Nm¯p sbmXn]Wpw em^y]pw D*m]n^p¶p.
bXn C_§n] Fsâ AXpt¯¡v HmXns]¯n] B kr²Wm] bnSmkv tImUn¨p “”””F´m]n hzmfo? AkÄ Fs´¦n`pw b_tªm…?”
F´m b_t]*Sv F¶_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”””fmaknN]psX eÀ¯mknsâ]pw A]mapsX NpXpwd¯nsâ]pw tcmt«mNÄ Fs´¦n`pw Dt*m?” FWn¡v B SÅ Nj¸ns] Nm\m\fm]n^p¶p. Fsâ fmapknsâ KoknSw Sp`¨ B fpSp Nj¸ns].
`£vfn A½ H^p s{c]nw sI]vS tcmt«m FWn¡p sNm*p S¶p. H^p knkmi tcmt«m. kVpkpw k^Wpw. H^p kl¯v sbmXn]Wpw em^y]pw. f_pkl¯v fsäm^p hv{So]pw eÀ¯mkpw. Aks^ Iq*n `£vfn ‘A½ b_ªp, CSm\v Nntgm_nsâ A½]pw AÑWpw.
“”””CSm^psX knkmi¯nWv FXp¯ tcmt«m]m?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
AkÀ b^hvb^w tWm¡n. sbmXn]³ b_ªp “”””F´m hzmfo A§sW tImUn¨Sv? fmapknsW N*ntà hzmfn?” tcmt«m]ns` kVpknsW sSm«v– sbmXn]³ b_ªp.
Mm³ Wn¶ Wn¸n D^pNnt¸m]n. Mm³ N* fmaknN Aà CSv-! fsäm^p sb\vNp«n! Nm`pNÄ¡Xn]n eqfn bna^pt¼mÄ Mm³ fpNant`¡v tWm¡n Wn¶p kn]À¯p….
(SpX^pw)