N¡ns] Nm\p¶SnWv fp³tb Mm³ A¶s¯ VymWhe]nt`¡v ]m{S]m]n. F¶pw Mm³ Hä]v¡m\v, N¡n¡v tbm`pw bN^¡m^WmNm³ H^p kn¯v Nma fm{Sfm\v Mm³. e{U tW^s¯ VymWØ`¯v F¯n]n«p*v. bs£ Mm³ Aksa {l²n¨nà Cu tbmÀ¡nsâ fpOw DÅ Nq¯ns] B\tÃm Culz^m Mm³ hzbvW¯n Nan¨v lp¢w NaªSv F¶Sv, Fs¶ Gs_ AhzØWm¡n. AknsX Wn¶v F§sW]pw ^£s¸XpN F¶Sv fm{Sfm]n^p¶p Fsâ fWÊnÂ. Nm^\w Fsâ fWÊn At¸mÄ e{Ut]m Io^ptkm H¶pw D*m]nÃ. FÃmw fmwhw sNmSn¡p¶ tSknXnlnNÄ Ss¶. C¶v ks^ H^p sb®nsW bqÀ\fm]n AWpekn¡m³ Nn«m¯ Mm³ F¶ B\ntWmXv A¶mUyfm]n FWn¡v bpÑw tSm¶n.

H^pbs£ Fsâ sb®ntWmXpÅ dipfmWw C¶pw C¶s`t]m tbm]SÃ. Cu lk§sa Nm\pt¼mÄ A_¸v tSm¶nSpX§n]Sv sI_p¸w fpSt` B\v. ASnWv Nm^\w, A½n\n GX¯n]m\v, B tSknXnÈn H^mam\v FWn¡v hv{SoNsa temPn¡m³ A_¸v D*m¡n]Sv. VymW¯n C^p¶n«pw fWhnWv H^p GNm{PS]pw FWn¡v Nn«n]nÃ. Fsâ fWÊn Hmt^m hv{So]pw ^£hpNsa tbms` Fsâ IpänWpw b_¶p WX¶p….

GNm{PS]psX GtSm Wnfng¯n Mm³ A½n\nt]X¯n]psX knan tN«p ….

“”””Np«m…. F´nWmXm Ft¶mXv tUgyw….? A½n\n GX¯n¡v tks_ B^pw CÃmtSm*tà tfmsWs¡m*v A¶v A§sWs]ms¡ sI¿n¨Sv? Fsâ tfm³ A½n\nt]X¯nt]mXv £fn¡v…. CWn H^n¡`pw W½Ä S½n Nm\nÃ. CSv GX¯n]psX km¡m…. Fsâ sI¡Wv WÃtS k^q…..”

Nan]m«v Nmkns` kÅn]n Sq§n]mXp¶ ^*v Nm`pNÄ…. Fs¶ VymW¯n Wn¶pw D\À¯n…..

Mm³ Fsâ fp_n]ns` ImkXn]nt`¡v Imªp, HmÀf]n tft`m¯v S_kmXpw ASns` CXp§n] fp_nNapw, sWÃv C«v k]v¡p¶ b¯m]¸p^]ns` fXp¸n¡p¶ sbmXn]psX f\kpw Wn_ªp. Mm³ AknXs¯ BÀ¡pw tk*m¯ H^p Atµkmhn B]n^p¶p. Fsâ A½ B^ms\t¶m Aѳ B^ms\t¶m FWn¡v A_n]nÃ. sSmXn]n b\n FXp¡m³ k^p¶ AtlmtN«³ AXn¨pSan¡m^n Nm¯qtWmXv b_]p¶Sv tN«n«p*v, k`yѳ H^n¡Â k¶t¸mÄ NqsX Nq«n]Sm\t{S, At§^psX Bs\¶pw Aà hvtWinS³ b\n bän¨ H^p Wm]^v sb®v sbän«v sNmÃm³ sNmXp¯Sm\v. A¶v sNmÃmsS ko«ns` bp_w b\n¡v H^mÄ F¶ Wn`]n k^m³ B\m]SpsNm*v fm{Sw Kok³ dm¡n Nn«n] kn¯m\v Mm³ F¶ tdmVw Fs¶ k`y¨tWmXv kÃmsS AXp¸n¨n^p¶p.

A½n\n GX¯n k`yÑsâ Wm`mfs¯ tkan B]n«m\v tft`mt¯¡v N]_n k¶Sv. Ak^psX BUy ^m{Sn C¶pw Fsâ N¬fp³bn D*v. 16k]hv Njnªv fols]ms¡ fpa¨v k^p¶ {bm]w B]n^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡v. fq¶mfs¯ em^ys] ko«n sN«n Sq¡n]n«v ^*^ kÀg¯nWv tlgw B\v k`yѳ A½n\nt]X¯ns] knkmiw Njn¡p¶Sv. Aks^]pw ASnWv fp³bpÅ ^*v tbs^]pw sN«nSq¡n]Sv Aks^Ãmw k`yѳ CÃm¯t¸mÄ Hmt^mt^m Îm§sa b¯m]¸p^]n knan¨v N]än]Sv sNm*m\v. AknsX FÃmw H^p Häp Nm^sâ tkg¯n Mm³ D*m]n^p¶p.

hnWnf WXn tlmes]t¸ms` B]n^p¶p A½n\nt]X¯n, fpO¯v Ft¸mjpw H^p kngmU emkw. Mm³ NqK]n skÅkpfm]n AkÀ NnX¡p¶ fp_n]psX kmSn¡Â sI¶t¸mÄ ASv AXªv NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ NmSv NSNn k¨v tWm¡n, AN¯v H^p sb®nsâ Wn`knan tNÄ¡p¶p*v. k`yÑsâ fp_n A§sW]m\v AN¯pWn¶pw lÐw H¶pw tNÄ¡nÃ. bs£ k`yѳ D_§nt]m F¶_n]m³ Mm³ Spa¨v k¨ bjpSv NnankmSn`n D*v. Mm³ bSps¡ ASv `£yfm¡n CXWmjn]n`qsX WX¶p. knap¼n bnXn¨v Wn¶v Mm³ NnankmSn`ns` hpgn^¯n`qsX tWm¡n. ASn`qsX tWm¡n]m Ak^psX N«n`nsâ NmÂemP¯v Wn¶pw Aäw ks^ Nm\mw. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ A½n\nt]X¯n H^p Wq dÔw tbm`pw CÃmsS Wn¡p¶p. CSnWv fp³bpÅ B]½fms^ H¶pw Mm³ Cu tNm`¯n N*n«nÃ, Nm\m³ {lfn¨n«nà F¶v b_]p¶Sm\v sl^n. Mm³ tkPw Ns®Xps¯¦n`pw, Fsâ DÅns` Nufm^¡m^³ ASnWv Fs¶ h½Sn¨nÃ. Mm³ bns¶]pw tWm¡n.

A½n\nt]X¯n N«n`n ssNNp¯n Wn¡pN]m\v. Ak^psX hzÀ\Wn_fpÅ fp` ASn WXp¡v MmkÂbjw bjp¡pw fp³bpÅ tbms` sS_n¨v Wn¡p¶p. , ASv kmj]psX NpX¸³ tbms` Sq§n BXp¶p, Ak^psX Ip^p* fpXn fp³emPt¯Sv Ak^psX fp`Nan ko\n«p*v dm¡n]pÅSv k`yÑsâ ssN¿n B\v, Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ ssN¿n ko«ns` FÃmks^]pw SÃm_pÅ skÅn sN«n] Iq^ B\v, Iq^ D]À¶v Sm\p Hmt^m SmjvI]v¡pw A½n\nt]X¯n bnX]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Ak^psX N®n Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ H`n¨v C_§p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AXn]psX `i^n]nÂ, k`yѳ A«ihn¡p¶Sv FWn¡v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. k`yѳ A½n\nt]X¯ns] Sn^n¨v WnÀ¯n Ak^psX fp`NÄ sM^n¨p, AkÀ {bm\tkUW sNm*v bnX]p¶p*v, fpXn¡p¯nWv bnXn¨v Aks^ A`vbw fpt¶m«v ka¨t¸mÄ bns¶]pw Ak^psX fp`NÄ Sq§n BXn, AtlmtN«³ blpknsW N_¡p¶SnWv fp³bv AXn¡p¶Sv tbms` k`yѳ Ak^psX fp`Nan Bªv {bi^n¨p, hzÀ\ Wn_¯n DÅ fp`Nan k`yÑsâ ssN kn^`pNÄ fp{U bSn¨p, In`]nX¯v sbm«n tIm^ H`n¡p¶p*v. bns¶]pw At±iw Aks^ bj]bXn WnÀ¯n, Ip*n F^n]p¶ bpN]n` fm{Sw Ip^p«n {btSyNw S¿mÀ sI]vS doZn F^n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASns` Im^w S«n fmän N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NW H¶pNqXn DuSn Sna¡n]n«v A½n\nt]X¯n]psX bn³emPt¯¡v sNm*ptbm]n. AkÀ sM«nkn_]v¡p¶Spw, tkUW Nm^\tfm ASpks^]pÅ teUyw sNmt*m Ak^psX Nrgv\f\nNÄ tf`vtbm«v tbmNpN]pw AkÀ tdmVw sN«v kojp¶Spw N*p. A½mk³ Ip^p«v bn³emP¯v Wn¶pw FXp¯p. ASv sN«n^n¡p¶p. k`yѳ GX¯ns] Sn^n¨v NnX¯n, fp`Nan bnXn¨v sM^n¨p. AkÀ sI_pSm]n«v AW§p¶p*m]n^p¶p. At±iw bns¶]pw H^p doZn¡v So sNmap¯n, tNm¸]ns` skÅw tfm´n, ASv NpXnskÅw Aà F¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. A¸w NqXn k`n¨n«v, B NW sfm¯w A½n\nt]X¯n]psX k`t¯ fp`]n At±iw Np¯ns¡Xp¯n. B tfmim`hy¯n`pw AkÀ A`_n] A`À¨ FWn¡v tNÄ¡mfm]n^p¶p. Mm³ tkPw AknsX Wn¶pw tbm¶p, Ak^psX B AkØ H^p sb®m]n«v KWn¸n¡m¯SnWv Mm³ Culz^tWmXv Wµn b_ªp. ^mkns` k`yÑsâ doZn]psX Sp¼v Fsâ tUi¯v Mm¶n_§p¶Sv hzbvWw N*m\v Mm³ sM«ns]jpt¶äSv.

skap¸nWv Ss¶ hmVm^\ k`yÑsâ Ikn«v sNm*v F\o¡m_pÅSm\v, bs£ C¶v ASp*m]nÃ, Mm³ N®v Sn^p½n F\oäv tWm¡pt¼mÄ koXv fpjpk³ BapNav,

“”Bim Wo CknsX Wn¡pkm]n^pt¶m? C§p ks¶Xm sI¡m…”” Nm¯p Fs¶ knan¨p,

C¯n^ns]¦n`pw Ft¶mXv hvtWiw Nm\n¡p¶Sv Ak^m\v. Ak^psX f^n¨p tbm] fNsWt¸ms` B\t{S. Mm³ tkPw At§m«v sI¶p,

“”tfmsW, k`y§p¶v C¶s` tbm]Xm…. sW©v sbm«n]Sm¶m Zm¡n«_v k¶v bt_s¶. tfm³ At§ms«m¶pw tbmN* FÃm BÄ¡m^pw k¶n«p*v. Wo Fsâ ko«n tbm]n C^pt¶m Asæn Cks^Ãmw NqXn Wns¶ b\n FXp¸n¨v sNmÃpw.””

“”Aà Mm³ tbm]m`v…!”” Ft´m Bt`mIn¨v Wn¶n«v D½_t¯¡v WX¶p.

fp³kl¯v WXp¯a¯n k`yÑsW skÅbpS¨v NnX¯n]n^n¡p¶p. Wm«p{bfm\nNsaÃmw NqXn]n«p*v, Cu sSmXn]n N]_m³ AkÀ¡v Nn«n] Akh^w B\v, k`yѳ Ds*¦n bXn¸p^]v¡v bp_s¯ WnÀ¯q Cktämsa. FWn¡v A¶v fpXnª tKm`n B]n^p¶p, FÃm¯nWpw fp¶n Wn¶v WXpkv H^p b^pkfm]n. A½n\nt]X¯ns] Sa¯n H^p fn¶m]w tbms` N*p. Mm³ Du\p Njnt¨m F¶v tbm`pw B^pw AtWzgn¨nÃ. Nn\äns` skůn Mm³ Fsâ knl¸v AX¡n. D_§m³ NnX¡m³ HmÀ¯t¸mjm\v FknsX NnX¡pw F¶v HmÀ¯Sv. Ft¸mjpw k`yÑsâ fp_n]psX fp³kls¯ Sn®]n B]n^p¶p Fsâ ØmWw. C¶s` ASv sSän¨p. AknsX Ss¶ tbm]n NnX¡mw F¶v knIm^n¨v At§m«v WX¶p.

Mm³ Im]v¸nsâ ANt¯¡v NX¡m³ tW^w AN¯v Wn¶pw fp_p fp_p¡Â tN«p, Mm³ lÐw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D*m¡msS kmSn`nsâ tIm«n sI¶v Wn¶p. AN¯v H^p In^mSv– N¯n¨n«p*v, bs£ NSNnsâ H^p sI_n] sbmXn`qsX {l²n¨v tWm¡n]ms` Nm\q. CSm^m Ahf]¯v AN¯v, Mm³ Ipäpw WX¶p tWm¡n, bs£ b¯m]¸p^]v¡v H^p hpgn^kpw N*nÃ. Mm³ tWs^ bp_Nn k¨n^n¡p¶ tPmk\n FXp¯v k¨v N]_n, AN¯v skan¨w N]_m³ k¨n^n¡p¶ InÃnsâ HmXnsâ CX]n`qsX ANt¯¡v tWm¡n. AN¯v N* NmjvI Fs¶ sM«n¨v Naªp.

AN¯v A½n\nt]X¯n B^psXt]m fXn]n NnX¡p¶p. Mm³ A]msa hq£n¨p tWm¡n, A]msa C¶v k`yÑsâ InS sNmap¯pt¼mÄ Mm³ N*n^p¶p. k`yÑsâ Bt^m Bs\¶m\v N^pSn]Sv, bs£ A]mÄ A½n\nt]X¯n]psX Bt^m B\v. Ak^psX hwhm^¯n Wn¶pw Mm³ H¶_nªp, AkÀ fp³tb {b\]¯n B]n^p¶p F¶pw k`yѳ Aks^ tkan Njn¨Sv Cã{bNm^w Aà F¶pw. Mm³ Ak^psX hwhm^¯nWm]n NmtSmÀ¯p,

“”FWn¡v H^p NWyN]m]n f^n¡* tUk… Wnsâ sb®m]n«v tk\w FWn¡v f^n¡m³, B UpãsW CÃmSm¡n] Cu ssNNan NnX¶v FWn¡v WntâSmN\w””

ASpw b_ªv A½n\nt]X¯n Ak^psX fp`¡¨ Ajn¨p. hzÀ\ Wn_¯n`pÅ WWp¯ t^mf§Ä Wn_ª Ak^psX fp`]psX sM«nsâ fpNan ASn`pw sI_pSm]n«v Ipf¶v N^nª fmwhw FWn¡v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. AkÀ F\oäv C^p¶v Ak^psX tI`NÄ FÃmw Ajn¨v AkWv fp³bn Wn¶p.

“”fmaq…”” FÃm {b\]t¯msX]pw tUk³ Aksa knan¨p, AkapsX sW©ns` doZn Np¯n] bmXn Ak³ Ipwdn¨p, {b\]mÀ{Ufm] B IpwdWw H¶v fSn]m]n^p¶p ASnsâ tkUW AkÄ¡v f_¡m³. Ak³ Aksa Nm\m³ In^mSv– AkapsX AXp¡t`¡v AXp¸n¨p, In^mSnsâ {be]n AkÄ¡v sbm³kÀ\ tlme]m]n^p¶p. fWh_nªv k^n¡m³ SpX§p¶ B NWyN]v¡v A¶v B]n^w Uob§apsX tKymSn]m]n^p¶p. Aksâ ssNNan AkÄ H^p sk¬l`efm]n bm_n¸_¶p. Ak³ AkapsX tfWn]n IpwdWw sNm*v fqXn, Hmt^m IpwdW¯n`pw Ak^psX kÀg§Ä Wo* {b\]w D*m]n^p¶p.

AkÄ H^p Aenhm^nNs] tbms` Aksâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Bjv¶n_§n. ASntWmXNw Ss¶ N¼n]n tNmÀ¯ sb^pwbm¼nsW tbms` Np`¨v Wn¡p¶ Aksâ `nwP¯n AkapsX Ip*pNÄ In{S¸\nNÄ SoÀ¯p, At¶ ks^ CÃm¯ H^p AWpeqSn AkWv AWpeks¸«p. AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Aksâ `nwP¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn fpjpkWm]pw fqXn. Aksâ tUiw kn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX Hmt^m IpwdWkpw Aksâ `nwPw Gäpkm§n, f^peqfn]ns` bm_]n Wn¶pw DSn^p¶ K`N\w tbms` Wo^vSpÅnNÄ ASn bän¸nXn¨n^p¶p. Ak³ Aksa ASn Wn¶pw bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ Aksa Ipwdn¨p AkapsX Ip*ns` tS³SpÅnNÄ fpjpk³ Ak³ NpXn¨n_¡n.

AkapsX WnSwd¯n AfÀ¶ Aksâ ssNNÄ C¶`s¯ sbmÅ`n sNm*SpsNm*mN\w AkÄ H¶v D]À¶p, Ak³ Aksa Sn^n¨v NnX¯n B sbmÅ`n Wm¡v k¨v InNnÕ WX¯n. Hmt^m Wnfngkpw AkÄ Aksâ Wmknsâ hpO¯n D]À¶p sbm§n. Ak³ AkapsX bp_Nn Wn¶v t]mWn]n fpOw C«v D^¨p. AkÄ Aksâ S`fpXn]n St`mXm³ knc` {lfw WX¯ns¡m*n^p¶p. Aksa Sn^n¨p NnX¯n, AkapsX t]mWn]nt`¡v Ak³ Aksâ fpOw AfÀ¯n

“”Fsâ tUkm…. Wo FWn¡v tk\sfXm… Fsâ tfmsW…. F{S Nm`fm]n Mm³ WnW¡m]n CsSÃmw Nm¯v k¨n^n¡p¶p…, NpXn¡Xm Np«m …. Fsâ tS³ fpjpk³ NpXn¡v…. Cu K·w fpjpk³ Ip^¯mWpÅ bms`Ãmw Mm³ C¶v WnW¡m]n WÂNpw””,

AkÄ ASpw b_ªv H^p ssN sNm*v AkapsX fpXn SjpNpN]pw AkapsX fp`NÄ AfÀ¯pN]pw sI]vSp sNm*v Fs´ms¡t]m bp`¼n sNm*n^p¶p. AkapsX N®pNÄ AXªv C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Hmt^m Wnfngkpw AkÀ ^Sn]psX bm^fy¯nt`¡v F¯m³ sk¼Â sNm*p. Ak³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n Wn¶pw fpOw FXp¯p, B fpOw AkÄ C^pssNNan`pw FXp¯v Aksâ Ip*n`pÅ AkapsX t]mWntS³ fpjpk³ NpXn¨p, bSps¡ AkWv tk*n AkÄ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ AN¯n NnX¶p, Ak³ Aksâ WoafpÅ `nwPw ASnt`¡v AfÀ¯n N]än, AkapsX BÀ¯WmUw bNpSn k¶v sSm*]n NpXp§n, tkUW Nm^\w AkapsX Njp¯ns` Wo` M^¼pNÄ Fjp¶p Wn¶p.

Ak³ bSps¡ fpt¶m«pw bp_tNm«pw Ssâ CXp¸v C«v AW¡m³ SpX§n, AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw lo¡m^§Ä D]^m³ SpX§n,

“”Biv…. Biv…. tU…. km….. F….sâ…. tUkm….. Biv….””

Ak³ tkPw Nq«n, AkapsX Ip*pNÄ NXn¨v k`n¡pN]pw, AkapsX fp` sM«n bnXn¨v Sn^p½pN]pw sI]vSp, AkÄ ^Sn]psX bm^fy¯n F¯n. AkÄ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ Aksâ Ipäpw C«v sN«n, AkapsX ssNNÄ Aksâ tUi¯v Ipf¶ ^à t^ONÄ kojv¯n, tkPS NqXn NnS¡p¶p lÐkpw Np_pN`pw sNm*v fpO^nSfm]n, AkÄ¡v Ft¸msjms¡t]m ^Sn fqÀ¨s]¯n, bs£ {bmt\lz^sW NqXpS NqXpS AkÄ Akant`¡v Bjv¯n, Ft¸mtjm ^SntUkNÀ ASnsâ bm^fy¯n F¯n, In^mSns` So bSps¡ Wn_w f§n b¯m]¯n C^p«v Ak^psX hwPf¯nWv Sn^lo` kojv¯n.

F¦n`pw DUn¨v Wn¶ bqÀ\ I{µsâ skan¨¯n bqÀ\ ^Sn bqÀ¯n]m¡n] B NfnSm¡Ä b^hvb^w tIÀ¶v H^p bnÞfm]n Nm\s¸«p. Gäkpw k`n] làn eqfn]n Ds*¦n ASms\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. Fsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv `nwP¯n Wn¶pw bp_s¸« bm¯pÅnNÄ HmXn`qsX HjpNn bpÃnWv kafm]n.

Mm³ Aks^ l`ys¸Xp¯msS AknsX Wn¶n_§n, ASnsâ CX]n AkÀ b_]p¶Sv Mm³ tN«p, “”B b¿sW NqXn sNmtÅ*Sm]n^p¶p, Ak³ NnankmSn`n`qsX A]mÄ sI¿p¶Sv N*v ^hn¡pN B]n^p¶p?””

Fsâ DÅns` Nmfw e]¯nWv kjnfm_n, Mm³ AknsX Wn¶pw HmXn A¼`¯nsâ A^nNn DÅ f^¯\`n tbm]n C^p¶v tW^w skap¸n¨p. DÅ Sp\n FXp¡m³ tk*n Mm³ tft`mt¯¡v WX¶t¸mÄ Nmknsâ AXp¡Â H^p BÄ¡q«w, Mm³ At§mt«¡v tbm]n, Ht¶ tWm¡n]pÅq, fpNan Sq§n]mXp¶ B Nm`pNÄ fWhn`m¡m³ FWn¡v C¶s` N* NmjvI Ss¶ Vm^maw B]n^p¶p.

So^pfmWn¨p_¸n¨ tbms` Mm³ Fsâ em*kpw B]n tft`mt¯mXv knX b_ªp, Nm¯pknsâ NpXn `£yfm¡n WX¶p….

SpX^pw

Cãs¸«m U]km]n b_]\w. knfÀlW§apw hzoN^n¡p¶Sm\v.