G_\mNpas¯ H^p hzNm^y Blpb{Sn]n A½s]]pw sNm*v tbm]n«v k^pN]m\v. A½s] Nn«n] H^p hoän C^p¯n]n«v Mm³ A½]psX AXp¯v dhnsâ N¼n]n bnXn¨p Wn¶p. At¸mÄ k`n] Sn^s¡m¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p. dhv– fp³tbm«p tbmsN tbmsN dhn Nm`pNp¯m³ CXfnÃsS]m]n. tW^w hÔy]m]n. bp_¯v fj]psX fqXm¸v. A´^o£w BsN N_p¯n^p*v– NqXn FWn¡v DÅn H^p tbXn tSm¶n. BUyfm]n«m\v C{S]pw Uq^w tbmNp¶Sv.

sb«¶m\v ASv Fsâ {l²]n sb«Sv. Bt^m H^mÄ Fsâ bn¶n Wn¶pw Fs¶ SÅp¶p*v. Mm³ BUysfm¶pw ASp Nm^yw B¡n]nÃ. dhns` Sn^¡v sNm*m\v F¶m\p tSm¶n]Sv. Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ H^p sNm¨p b¿Wm\v. H^p 18 – 19 k]hp Nm\pw. dhnsâ t{d¡v bnXn¡pwtbmapw fäp In` hf]§an`pw FÃmw Ak³ l^n¡pw Fsâ I´n]nt`¡v WÃSp tbms` SÅn SpX§n. FWn¡v Ft´m H^p S^n¸v tSm¶n Fsâ DÅnÂ. Mm³ H¶v Sn^nªptWm¡n. Ak³ Fs¶ tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨p. “”Nm-´m^n ‘ Mm³ fWÊn AksW knan¨p. F¶n«v B^pw Nm\msS AksW tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨p. At¸mÄ Fsâ fWhp b_ªp ASv Nm´m^n]à Wà hnw`m fpaNm\v. Nm^\w Aksâ hmVWw WÃSp tbms` fpjp¯v bmânsW]pw sbm«n¨v tbmNp¶ ^oSn]n B]n. ASv Ak³ Fsâ knXknt`¡p tNäpN]m\v. Mm³ FSnÀ¡m³ tbm]nÃ. H^p Wà sNm¨pfnXp¡WtÃ… F´v bämWm\v. Ak³ Fs´¦n`pw sI]vtSms« F¶v N^pSn.bs£ Mm³ A_n]msS Ak³ Fs¶ hpOn¸n¡pN B]n^p¶p. Fsâ N®v SpXn¡m³ SpX§n. fp`N®v N«n]m]n. Nm`nsâ CX]n A\s¡«nt`¡v K`w HjpNn F¯p¶Sv tbms` Fsâ NqSn]n ks^ skÅw F¯n SpX§n. Mm³ BsN kÃmsS]m]n. Np_¨p fm_n Wn¡m³ tSm¶n. AXp¯m\v A½ C^n¡p¶Sv. A½ N*m F´v N^pSpw. fm{Sfà Ct¸mÄ FÃmw WWªm Npj¸fm\v. bs£ H¶v AW§m³ NqXn NjnªnÃ. Aksâ ssN Fsâ Np*n]n ko\p. ssUktf CSv F´m\v Cu sNm¨³ Nm\n¡p¶Sv. Ak³ ssN sNm*p Fsâ hm^n]pw bmkmX]pw Fsâ Np*n]psX CX]nt`¡v Sn^pNn ¡]än. F¶n«v Aksâ fpj¨n^p¶ hnw`m fpaNv Fsâ DÅnt`¡v SÅn tNän. FWn¡v BsN Wo_n SpX§n. Aksâ hnw`m fpaNv l^n¡pw Fsâ hzÀ¤ kmSn¡ F¯n. Mm³ A_n]msS Ss¶ Fsâ Nm H¶v Nk¨ptbm]n. ASv fpS`m¡n Ak³ H¶pNqXn Bªp SÅn.

FÃmw hin¨pw hpOn¨pw Mm³ Wn¶p. sb«¶m\v Aksâ ssN Fsâ hm^n]psX knXkn`qsX k]_n F¯n]Sv. ASv tk*m F¶ ^oSn]n Mm³ S` H¶v Np`p¡n. Ak³ Fsâ sIkn]n b_ªp. “”””hm^fnà tI¨n B^pw Nm\nÃ. Wà C^p«m\v–.” ASv l^n]m\v F¶v FWn¡pw tSm¶n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dhnWpÅn Wà Sn^¡m\v. Aksâ ssN Fsâ k]_n FÃmw Fs´ms¡t]m Sn^ªp sNm*v Fsâ sbm¡nan H^p kn^ NX¯n N_¡m³ SpX§n. bns¶ bSps¡ Ak³ fpNant`¡v tN_n. ssNNÄ sNm*v Fsâ fp`]n bnXn¨p sM¡m³ SpX§n. tfmsW tk*m… ASv tk*m… Fsâ A½]m\v Cu C^n¡p¶Sv F¶v b_]\w F¶p*m]n^p¶p. F¶m H^p A£^w tbm`pw bp_t¯¡p k¶nÃ. Ak³ Fsâ fp`sª«n bnXn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Nm`nsâ SÅkn^`n H¶v sbm§n. tfmsW… tI¨n]psX fp`N®v kn§ns¸m«ntbmNpw Ct¸mÄ… im… ASn bnX¨p H¶v W¶m]n DX]vs¡Xm… F¶v AktWmXv b_]\w F¶v D*m]n^p¶p. bs£ FÃmw Fsâ fWhn fm{Sfm]n. H¶pw bp_t¯¡p k¶nÃ. At¸mÄ Ak³ Fsâ sIkn]nÂb_ªp. “”””tI¨n »uhnsâ Smjs¯ H^p bn³ H¶v Du^n S^mtfm?” t^mPn B{Pin¨Spw bmÂ… sskUy³ N¸n¨Spw bm F¶Sv tbms`]m]n. Mm³ A½s] H¶v tWm¡n. F¶n«v bSps¡ H^p bn³ Du^n kn«p. Ak³ ASv F§sW N*p F¶_n]nÃ. sb«¶v Ak³ Fsâ {dm]psX iq¡v sbm«n¨p. F¶n«v fp`NÄ FXp¯p bp_¯n«p. Hm… Mm³ BsN Wm\n¨p tbm]n.

Ipäpw tWm¡n. emPyw B^pw H¶pw {l²n¡p¶nÃ. Aksâ ssNNÄ Fsâ fp`Nsa bnXn¨p DX]v¡m³ SpX§n. H¸w fp`N®n bnXn¨p k`n¡pN]pw sbm«n¡pN]pw FÃmw sI]vSt¸msa¡pw Fsâ bqÀ skÅw sNm*v Wn_ªp. B^pw H¶pw Nm\mSn^n¡m³ Mm³ hm^n]psX sshZv FÃmw l^n¡v bnXn¨n«p. At¸mapw Aksâ fpjp¯p sbm§n Wn¡p¶ Np® Fsâ bq_nWpw sNmS¯nWpw CX]n NnX¶p b^m{Nfw Nm\n¡pN]m\v. Ct¸mÄ hm^ns]m¶p sbm¡n sNmXp¯m Ak³ Fsâ FÃmw AXn¨p sbm«n¡pw. Fsâ fWÊp b_ªp. Fsâ M^¼pNÄ k`nªp fp_pNm³ SpX§n. N®pNÄ ^*pw NnX¶v I{Nw tbms` N_§m³ SpX§n. bqäns` skÅw K«n]pw WW¨psNm*v SpXNan B]n¯pX§n. Hm Fsâ As½ FWn¡v k¿m. FÃmw NqXn H¶v sbm«n HjpNn]n^ps¶¦nÂ, H^p hfmVmWw Bt]sW. CSntbmÄ FÃmw C^p¶p kn§pN]m\v. B^v N*m`pw tk*nÃ. tfmsW… hm^n]pw bmkmX]pw NqXn sbm¡n]n«v Wo Wnsâ B hnw`m fpaNv tI¨n]psX NqSn]n tNän H¶v DX]v¡v F¶v b_]m³ tSm¶n. bs£ H¶v fqan]m fSn Aksâ hmVWw Fsâ bqän C^n¡pw F¶v FWn¡_n]mw. bs£ hmiI^yw NqXn W½Ä tWm¡\ftÃm. Mm³ N®pw AX¨pbq«n Ip*pNÄ NXnIpsbm«n¨v Wn¡tk, Aksâ fpOw Fsâ bnX`n]n`pw fpXn]n`pw FÃmw D½sk¨p sNm*v fp`]n bnXn¨p Nan¨n^p¶ Aksâ ssN Ak³ Smtj¡p Wo¡n. H^p bm¼v l^o^¯n`qsX Cj]p¶ AWpekw B]n^p¶p FWn¡v. l^o^w BsN kn_]v¡m³ SpX§n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ ssUktf Nm^y§Ä ssNkn«p tbmNpN]m\tÃm? Ak³ Fsâ A^sN«n`qsX ssN Smtj¡p sNm*ptbm]n. Hm tfmsW Wo F´v sI¿m³ tbmNpkm? ,Hm F´v b_ns]¦n`pw sIs¿Xm tfmsW… im Hm tfmsW FXm im Du… Fsâ hn^Nan`qsX ^àw ASntkPw FkntX]v¡v Hs¡t]m bmªp N]_n. Fsâ ss{Zks_ F§pw WnÀ¯msS Fs¶ hzÀ¤¯n F¯n¡q. tfmsW B hm^n]pw bmkmX]pw NqXn sbm¡n]n«v Wo Wnsâ Np`¨pWn¡p¶ B Nm-´m^n, Aà B hnw`m fpaNv tI¨n]psX hzÀ¤kmSn sbman¨v ANt¯m«v tNäv. Fsâ ss{Zks_ F§pw WnÀ¯msS Fs¶ hzÀ¤¯n F¯n¡q. tfmsW B hm^n]pw bmkmX]pw NqXn sbm¡n]n«v Wo Wnsâ Np`¨pWn¡p¶ B Nm-´m^n, Aà B hnw`m fpaNv tI¨n]psX hzÀ¤kmSn sbman¨v ANt¯m«v tNäv. dhnsâ f²yemP¯m]n H^p N¼n]n bnXn¨p Wn¶p sNm*v H¶v- AW§m³ tbm`pw Njn]msS Mm³ Nm`nsâ SÅkn^`n sbm§n D]^§ant`¡v sbm§pt¼mÄ Fsâ fWhn Mm³ A_n]msS {bmÀTn¨ptbm]n.. Aksâ H^p kn^ Fsâ NqSn]n NX¯n Ak³. Wn_NpX¯n NÃn«Sv tbms` Aksâ kn^ N]_n]Spw Fsâ NqSn]n Wn_ªp Wn¶ skÅw ImXn Fsâ SpXNan`qsX HjpNm³ SpX§n. Ak³ ^*p kn^ Bj¯n NX¯n I`n¸n¨p SpX§n]tSmsX Fsâ FÃm Wn]{´\kpw WãvXfm]n. Aksâ kn^`pNapsX tkPS B dÊnsâSp tbms` NqXn]pw Np_ªpw Wn¶t¸mÄ H¶pw {bSnN^n¡m³ Njn]msS Mm³ Wn¶v sNmXp¯p Aksâ CãvX¯nWm]n. Fsâ Nm`pNÄ t{d¡v bnXn¡mWpw hvboZv Nq«mWpw FÃmw SpX§n. Fsâ ssUktf Cu ]m{S AkhmWn¡mSn^ps¶¦nÂ.

Fsâ fWhn F´Ãtfm knan¨p b_]m³ HmXns]¯n. HXpkn Mm³ hzÀ¤¯n F¯n. Fsâ hzÀ¤kmSn Ak³ fq¶p kn^`pNÄ sNm*v Sp_¶p. Fsâ DÅn D^p*p NqXn] NmÀtfQw H^p tbfm^n]m]n sb]vSn_§n. H^p {ba]w B]n^p¶p AknsX FÃmw. sK«ns]Ãmw N^NknsªmjpNm³ SpX§n. ASv Smtj¡p H`n¨n_§m³ SpX§n. {VpSNÀf thWs] knant¡* hmiI^yw B\v. ssN¿n Bs\¦n H^p Xk tbm`pfnà H¶v SpX]v¡m³. Aksâ A^sN«nsâ d`w Np_ªp Np_ªp k¶p. bSps¡ Mm³ ssNNÄ SmtjNv Wo¡n bmkmX]n bnXn¨v SpXNan FÃv`mw D*m]n^p¶ tS³SpÅnNÄ SpX¨p Wo¡n. At¸mapw

Ak³ Fsâ bnX`n]n NXn¨psNm*v AW§msS Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Aksâ WnÝ`fm] l^o^w knan¨pb_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p tI¨n FWn¡pw skÅw tbm]n F¶v.

FWn¡v Ø`Nm`tdmVw Sn^n¨pNn«n Mm³ bp_t¯¡p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B\v Nm\p¶Sv ASpks^ A´^o£w N_p¸n¨ NmÀtfQw BÀ¯n^¼n fj]m]n sb]vSn_§p¶Sv. FWn¡v Ø`Nm`tdmVw Sn^n¨pNn«n Mm³ bp_t¯¡p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B\v Nm\p¶Sv ASpks^ A´^o£w N_p¸n¨ NmÀtfQw BÀ¯n^¼n fj]m]n sb]vSn_§p¶Sv. At¸mÄ Ak³ ko*pw Fsâ fp`]n H¶v bnXn¨p. F¶n«v b_ªp. “”””tI¨n »uhnsâ bn³ Ct«maq… {dm]psX iq¡v CXm³ Njn]nÔ. At¶^s¯ Btkl¯n Du^nNaªp Ct¸mÄ CXm³ Njn]nà F¶v B sNm¨p bq_ntfm³… Mm³ fWhn b_ªn«v H¶v In^n¨p. Mm³ bns¶ Nps_ tW^w FÃmw f_¶v A§sW Wn¶p. At¸mam\v N*ÎvX_psX lÐw NmSpNan HjpNns]¯n]Sv. “”””B^m\v ^*ptbÀ bpSp¸Ån]n C_§mWpÅSv?”

“”””B hmt_ C_§\w. At½ km W½Ä¡v C_§mWpÅ Ø`w B]n.” Mm³ A½s]]pw Nq«n C_§m³ SpX§n. F¶n«v H¶v Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ bn¶n Ak³ CÃ. fWhv kÃmsS H¶v bnXªptbm]n. Fsâ ePkmsW H¶p NqXn H¶v Nm\m³ Njnªn^ps¶¦n F¶v fWhp b_ªp. bs£ Ak³ AknsX F§pw CÃm]n^p¶p. tW^s¯ GtSm tÌm¸n C_§nNm\pw Ak³… H¶v- b_]msS tbm`pw.. As`¦n`pw Cu B\p§Ä FÃmw C§sW]m\v Nm^yw Nm\m³ AXp¯v NqXpw bns¶ fgn]n«p tWm¡n]m Nm\nÃ. MmWpw A½]pw NqXn dhnÂWn¶pw C_§n. Mm³ H^n¡Â ¡qXn dhnt`¡v tWm¡n. N*nÃ. F§pw CÃ. Ak³ Nps_ tW^w S¶ hpO¯nWp Wµn b_ªp sNm*v Mm³ A½s]]pw Nq«n ko«nt`¡p WX¶p.