ചതി – 2 [ചാഞ്ചാട്ടം]

BUys¯ emP¯nWv ss`¡Xn¡pN]pw Nfâv sI¿pN]pw sI]vS FÃmk^v¡pw Wµn. SpXÀ¶pw Wn§apsX ht¸mÀ«pw WnÀtUl§apw {bSo£n¡p¶p.

C¶s¯ Nm`¯p B^m\v PpanN³, lWn]psX Abim^w, KmSN tUmgw SpX§n] Nm`i^\s¸« BIm^§an knlzhn¡p¶Sv? F¶m In` BapNapsX KoknS NT tN«m A§nsW In`sSms¡ Ds*¶p tSm¶n tbmNpw. W½psX f³hq_nsâ ØnSn]pw tks_ AÃ.

cvss`äv C_§n DXsW dm¤Kv Nn«mWm]n Wn¶ bmkw f³hq_nsâ AXp¯v sb«n Nn«mWm]n Nm¯p Wn¶Sp H^p CXnsk«v bohv. tdm]v– N«v fpXn, C_p¡n¸nXn¨p NnX¡p¶ H^p N_p¯ Xn gÀ«v, sgZv–Zn Bt\m AtSm {Xuh^v Bt\m F¶p_¸nÃm¯ H^p Npªp tgmÀXhv. AkÄ AXp¯v Wn¶t¸mÄ Aksâ fq¡nt`¡v H^p kÃm¯ f\w AXn¨p N]_n. sb®v AXp¯ Nm`s¯m¶pw Npan¨n«ps*¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ. F¶m kÃm¯ H^p kloN^\ làn B PÔ¯nWps*¶p f³hq_nWv tSm¶n. In`t¸mÄ 3 kÀgfm]n hv{So hmfobyw CÃmsS ssN bnXn¨p fm{Sw Na]p¶ H^p bmk¯nsâ tSm¶`pfmkmw.

`tPKv sdÂän k`n] Sn^¡v. BapNÄ Sn¡n Sn^¡n sb«n FXp¡mWm]n sdÂänWv Ipäpw diaw D*m¡p¶p. ASsæn`pw BUyw Ss¶ sb«n FXp¯nsæn ASv fämt^m sNm*v tbmkpw F¶pÅ f«m\tÃm fn¡ f`]manNÄ¡pw. B Sn^¡n f³hq_nsâ ssN B N_p¯ Xn gÀ«pNm^n]psX fm_¯pw tUi¯pw FÃmw fp«p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkÄ sb«n FXp¡m³ tk*n NpWnªt¸mÄ AkapsX bp_sN Wn¶ Aksâ Np`¨ Np® AkapsX I´n knXkpNÄ¡nX]n sM^nªp. Asænt` hpfns] HmÀ¯p N¼n]Xn¨p Wn¶n^p¶ f³hqÀ sbm«mWm] fpÃsb^n]mÀ ZmfnsW tbms` B]n. sb«n FXp¯p WnkÀ¶ AkÄ sb«n]psX em^w Nm^\w dm`³hv sSän kojm³ tbm]t¸mÄ f³hq_nWv Aksa bnXnt¡*n k¶p. Sn^¡n bnXn Nn«n]Smks« AkapsX B`n` k]_n`pw. AkÄ H^p In^nt]msX AkWp Sm¦vhv b_ªp H^p tg¡v im³Zpw sNmXp¯n«p tbm]n.

dmPv–¤pw C½nt{PgWpw FÃmw Njnªp bp_s¯¯n] f³hqÀ Nmf Kz^w Nm^\w kn_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. CWn]pw bnXn¨p Wn¡mWmknÃ. hpfns] F§nsWs]¦n`pw fäpÅk^n Wn¶pw fmän WnÀ¯n H^p I¸Â F¦n`pw WX¯n bm`v Na]\w. Csæn`pw Sm³ Wà ^oSn]n Wm«ns`¯nà F¶v f³hq_nWv tSm¶n.

bs£ W½Ä tW^s¯ b_ª PpanNsW]pw lWns]]pw Hs¡ BÀ¡p SXp¡m³ Bkpw. F]ÀtbmÀXnWv skan]n F¯n] f³hqÀ H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS bN¨p Wn¶p. AksW Nq«mWm]n B^pw F¯n]n«nÃ. AksW F¶Ã, knfmW¯n k¶n_§n] Bs^]pw Nq«mWm]n fäm^pw k¶n«nÃ. hmVm^\]m]n PÄcn Wn¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^p¶ {bkmhns] Nq«m³ Wm«pNm^psX]pw dÔp¡apsX]pw SÃm\tÃm. Ak³ DXsW tcm¬ FXp¯p D¸s] knan¨p

“”D¸m Wn§sa Bs^]pw Nm\p¶nÃtÃm þ F´v bän?””

“” Aà As¸m Wo H¶pw A_nªntÃ. M§Ä k^mWm]n Imk¡mXv Wn¶pw bp_s¸Xm³ SpX§n]Sm]n^p¶p. At¸mjtà H^p i`m¡nsâ iÀ¯mÂ. CSv hvt{Xm§v NqXn] CWw B\v tfmtW. e^\ bmÀ«n]psX KnÃm sh{N«_ns] Asà Nmkn¡mÀ sk«n sNm¶Sv. WoÀt¡m`nNsa Hs¡ sNm¶p Nan¨n^p¶ CkÀ ^*p tb^pw Ct¸mÄ fpÀO·ms^ Ss¶ sNmÃm³ SpX§n””.

“”As¸m Mm³ F´v sI¿pw D¸m””

“” tfm³ C¶knsX FknsXs]§n`pw H^p _qw FXp¯p NqXp. H^p Nm^\klm`pw Ct§m«p k^m³ {lfn¡^pSv þ H«pw thcv AÃ. e^\ bmÀ«n¡mÀ {em´v bnXn¨p WX¡pN]m\v””

Ak³ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp hpfn]psX W¼_n knan¨p. Aksâ it`m¡pÅ f_pbXn H^p UoÀQWnlzmhfm]n^p¶p

“”F¶m`pw C¡, C¶v Ss¶ tk\fm]n^pt¶m Cu b¶·mÀ¡p sk«mWpw Np¯mWpw Hs¡….””

“”hm^fnà hpfn, W½Ä C{S]pw Unkhw Nm¯nsÃ. Cu iÀ¯m Njnªm DXsW Wmsa Mm³ b_s¶¯pw. F¶n«p Wfp¡v Wmsa fpS Ss¶ W½psX b^nbmXnNÄ SpX§\w””

“”C¡, Wmsa fn¡km_pw FWn¡v sb^n]Zv–hv Bkpw. cpÄ Nan H^mjvIt¯¡v WX¡nÃ. hm^fnà Fsâ Np«WnRv km… Wfp¡v Ft´`psfms¡ sI¿mw. bns¶ hq£n¡t\ C¡m. Cs¸m kmÀ¯ N*tS]pÅp. CWn]pw sk«pw Np¯pw Hs¡ D*mkpsf¶m tNav¡ps¶. bp_s¯m¶pw AVnNw C_t§*””

CXn sk«n]ksW bm¼p NXn¨ ØnSn]n`m]n bmkw f³hqÀ. “”ssUktf, F¶m`pw W½tamXv Cu sI]vSp tk*m]n^p¶p””. F§sWt]m Ak³ H^p Hmt«m¡m^sW S¸n bnXn¨p.

“”tI«m Uq^s¯m¶pw tbmkm³ bänÃ. H^p 500 ^qb S¶m Cu F]ÀtbmÀ«v t_mZn Ss¶ DÅ GsS¦n`pw tim«`n knXmw. ASnW¸p_w tbm]m b\n Nn«pw””

A§nsW AkÀ AXp¯v Ss¶ DÅ ^*p ÌmÀ tim«`pNan tbm]n tWm¡n. AknsX H¶pw _qw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. ^mkn`s¯ cvss`änWp k¶ fäp ]m{S¡mÀ At¸mtj¡pw _qfpNsams¡ dp¡v sI]vSn^p¶p.

“”tI«³ kngfnt¡*. CknsX AXp¯v H^p t`mZvKv D*v. ÌmÀ H¶pw AsÃt¶ DÅp. Wà kr¯n]pw skXn¸pw Hs¡ D*v. AknsX A§nsW sbs«s¶m¶pw B^pw F¯ns¸XnÃ. _qw D*mkpw””. Ak³ GsSms¡t]m kjnNan`qsX tbm]n AkhmWw H^p t`mZvKnsâ fp¶n kn«p

“”hzÀPw t`mZvKv””.

tWm¡n]t¸mÄ _qw D*v. 2000 ^qbs] kmXN DÅp F/hn _qfnWp. ASymklyw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kr¯n Hs¡ DÅ _qfpw B\v. f³hqÀ At¸mÄ Ss¶ kmXN sNmXp¯p H^p _qw FXp¯p

sb«n FXp¯p H¶mw Wn`]nt`¡pÅ _qfnt`¡v AksW sNm*v tbm]Sv B t`mZvKn`pÅ H^p _qw tdm]v B\v. tb^v hmw Np«n. sb«n Hs¡ AXp¡n k¨ AkWp f³hqÀ 50 ^qb Xn¸v B]n WÂNn. Aksâ fpOw knXÀ¶p.

“”hm_nWp NpXn¡msWs´¦n`pw? “”

“”H^p hvt{Xm§v Im] sNm*v km hmw Np«n””. b¯p fnWnänWNw Ak³ Bkn b_¡p¶ Im]]pfm]n F¯n. Im] _qfn sk¨ tlgkpw hmw Np«n AknsX Hs¡ Ipän bän Wn¶p. f³hqÀ Bs\¦n BsN kn_an bnXn¨n^n¡pN]m\v. hpfn]pw, CXnsk«v F]À timÌhpw, NmfPÔw DÅ N_p¯ gÀ«pNm^n]pw FÃmw tIÀ¶p AksW H^p fm]nN {bb©¯n F¯n¨n^p¶p. CWn H¶v ssN bnXn¨p Wà 2 km\w kn«mt` S` H¶v tWs^ Wn¡q. ASnWms\¦n Cu Wmlw bnXn¨ sI_p¡³ H¶v tbm]n S^t*?

“”hm_nWp tks_ Fs´¦n`pw tkt\m? fXn¡msS b_tªm hmt_?””

“”CWn ^m{Sn e£\w AsÃ, ASv H^p 8 f\n B]n«v fSn hmw””.

“”AÃ, ASÃ hmt_, Hä¡n^n¡m³ fXn]ms\¦nÂ…””

“”NÅbp`]mXn tfmsW, Fs¶ H¶v Hä]v¡v kn«m FWn¡v Wo«n 2 km\w AXn¡mfm]n^p¶p”” fWÊn A§nsW b_sª¦n`pw A_n]m¯ Wm«n F´nWp H^p {blvWfp*m¡\w F¶v knIm^n¨p, “”””tk*” F¶v b_ªp. Ak³ F¶n«pw knXm³ DÅ f«nÃ.

“”Wà N¼Wn S^m³ Bap*v hmt_… t_äv Hs¡ W½p¡v H^p bmN¯nWv sNmXp¯m fSn””.

At¸mjm\v f³hq_nWv Ak³ b_ªp k^p¶Snsâ Pp«³hv fWÊn`m]Sv. BUyw tSm¶n]Sv Aksâ fpOw AXs¨m^p AXn sNmXp¯p AksW bp_¯m¡mWm\v. F¶mÂ, fn¡ hf]§an`pw S`t¨mÀ Dbt]mPn¨v In´n¡p¶ fWpgy³, In` {btSyN hmiI^y§an Np® Dbt]mPn¨v In´n¡m³ SpX§pw. CSv ks^ hpfn AÃmsS H^p sb®pfm]n H^p dÔ¯nsW¸än Bt`mIn¨n«v tbm`pfnÃm¯ Bam]n^p¶p f³hqÀ. ssN bnXn¡m³ In` hnWnfNÄ Nm\pN]pw, In` WXnfms^t]m Hmcohn DÅ In` I^¡pNsat]m bän Bt`mIn¡pw F¶ÃmsS B In´NÄ Ft¸msj¦n`pw {bmÎn¡Â B¡\sf¶v Ak³ H^n¡`pw In´n¨n«p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Ht¶m ^*p {bmklyw Aksâ hpir¯m] sfm]v–So³ AksW In` skXnNapsX AXpt¯¡v £\n¨n«ps«¦n`pw f³hqÀ CSv ks^ ASnsWm¶pw tbm]n«nÃ. huUn]n ko«p ss{ZkÀ B]n tKm`n¡p N]_n] Nm`¯p AÀdmdnsâ fq¶mw em^y AktWmXp b` {bmklyw sNm©nNpj]m³ {lfn¨n«ps*¦n`pw Ak³ S{´bqÀkw Hjnªp fm_n]nt« DÅp.

F¶m AsSms¡ bj] NT. D* Wn_¨pw lp¢kpw, bo^¦n tbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¡p¶ skXnko^Wpw 3 fUm`hNÄ NmfKz^tfäp¶ fWhpfm]n Wn¡p¶ H^p fWpgyWv F§nsW lm´Wm]n In´n¡m³ Njn]pw? F¶n«pw H^p I½t`msX “”AsSm¶pw tk* hmw þ kà Npj¸w bnXn¨ tNhpw B]n^n¡pw”” F¶v f³hqÀ b_ªp. F¶m C^]psX FÃm `£\kpw A_n]p¶ hmwNp«n knXptfm?

“”Fsâ sbm¶p hmt_ CS§Ws¯ AhpOw k¶ A½¨nfms^m¶pw AÃ. Wà Wà tNmtaKpNan bYn¡p¶ I^¡pNam\v. H^p 19þ20 k]Êv Nm\pw. Ko³hpw Xn gÀ«pw Hs¡ C«m\v WX¸p. Cw¥ogv FÃmw Wà f\n f\n tbms` b_]pw. hm_nWv bäm¯ Ioav tNhpNav Mm³ b_]ptkm hmt_””

“”F¶m`pw….””

“”hm_v Cu tcmt«m H¶v tWm¡nt¡…”” hmwNp«n Aksâ tcm¬ Sp_¶p H^p Np«n]psX tcmt«m hmfnsW Nm\n¨p.

tcmt«m N* f³hq_nsâ fWÊn H^p skÅnXn sk«n. Wà H^p Bä³ I^¡p. hnWnf WXn fn]s]t¸ms` C^n¡pw. Aksa¡mÄ sI_p¸w. H^p A©^ AXn sbm¡w Nm\pw. fp_p¡w DÅ gÀ«v V^n¨n^n¡p¶SnWm AkapsX tdmZn tg¸v NrSyfm]n A_n]mw. 36hn F¦n`pw D*mkpw fp`. HSp§n] A^sN«p. D´n Wn¡p¶ bn³emPw B^pw H¶v ssN sk¡m³ sNmSn¡pw. Ip*pNÄ A`vbw knXÀ¶p NXnIo¼³ bmN¯n Wn`vNp¶p. Ak]n`qsX AkapsX sNm¨^n¸ÃpNapw Nm\mw. f³hqÀ ko\p F¶v fWÊn`m¡n] hmwNp«n bSps¡ tcm¬ sshzbv sI]vSp. AXp¯ tcmt«m N* f³hq_nWp tdmV£]w k^psf¶v tSm¶n. tW^s¯ N* Np«n Ss¶. F¶m Ct¸mÄ H^p tWÀ¯ {Now NaÀ {dm]pw bn¦v bmân]pw fm{Stf C«n«pÅp. fp`NÄ¡v tW^s¯ N*SntW¡mÄ fpjp¸p*v Ct¸mÄ. tWÀ¯ {dm¡pÅn`qsX k`n] fp`N®pNÄ sSanªp Nm\mw. b^¶ A\nk]À. H¯ WXp¡m]n Bs^]pw sNmSn¸n¡p¶ sbm¡nÄsNmXn. t]mWn SXw fpjpkWm]n f_¡m³ bäm¯ bmâohnWp fpNan`qsX AkapsX NXn {btUls¯ t^mf^mKn]psX SpX¡w tbm`pw Nm\mw. BUys¯ tcmt«m]n bp©n^n¨p Wn¡p¶ tbmhv Bs\¦n CSn Ip*p NXn¨p, Fs¶ H¶v sbs«¶p Nan¡q F¶v £\n¡p¶ fpOemkw.

F¶m`pw CSpw tkt\m F¶v f³hq_nsâ S`t¨mÀ tImUn¨p. CSv tbm`pÅ H^p I^¡nsW Nan]v¡m³ H^p Im³hv Nn«n]]n«p Na]p¶ Wo Hs¡ B\mt\m F¶v Aksâ Np® Sn^n¨p tImUn¨p.

“”hmw Fs´¦n`pw {blvWw? Aà tcmt«m]n Nm\p¶ tbms` BNptfm l^n¡pw Nm\m³?””

“”hms_ hmÀ N*p Cãs¸«n«p Aksa _qfnWp AN¯p tNän]m fSn. FÃm b^nbmXn]pw Njnªp Wmsa Nm`¯p AkÄ tbmNpt¼mÄ Nmlv sNmXp¯m`pw fSn””

“”AÃ CkÄ FÃm Nm^y¯nWpw hiN^n¡ptfm?”” At¸mtj¡pw Wm\w ssNkn«n^p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f³hqÀ sNmSnt]msX tImUn¨p. H^p ^ihyw b_]p¶ f«n hmw Aksâ sIkn¡^nNn k¶p b_ªp

“”hms_, Njnª fmhw CknsX H^p hm]n¸v F¯ns¸«p. A]mÄ¡v– Mm³ Cksa shäv B¡n sNmXp¯¯m. b\n]pw Njnªp AkÄ tbm]SnWp tlgw At§^v Ft¶msX´m b_ªsS¶v A_n]ptfm? sbm¶p hmtf CSv tbms` Nj¸pÅ H¶nsW Mm³ Fsâ KoknS¯n N*n«nà F¶v. BwÌÀZmfpw Sm]v`³Zpw Hs¡ b`Np_n N_§n] Bams\¶p HmÀ¡\w. AkÄ A]msa D_§m³ kn«nà hms_. 3 {bmklyw b` b` tbmhpNan Nan¨p bqän skÅw tbm] tlgw AkÄ A]msas¡m*v AkapsX sNmS¯n`pw AXn¸n¨p tbm`pw. A]mapsX Np® sbm§p¶nà F¶v b_ªt¸mÄ AkÄ A]mapsX bn¶n`qsX A]mapsX NpSn¯pa W¡n kXn¨p ssNNÄ Np®tf bnXn¨p AXn¨p sNmXp¯p tbm`pw. hm]vbv Ft¶mXv b_ª Nm^y§Ä FÃmw b_ªm hm_nWp Ct¸mÄ skÅw tbmNpw, W½psX Nm^yw H¶pw WX¡nÃ… iii”” H^p knX¨n^nt]msX hmwNp«n b_ªkhmWn¸n¨p.

CSn NqXpS Sm§m³ DÅ tlgn f³hq_nWv CÃm]n^p¶p. H^p {bmklyw CSv hpfns] ISn¡`tà F¶ In´ AksW SaÀ¯mSn^p¶nÃ. F¶m Nmf{em´v N]_n]n^p¶ fWÊp AsSm¶pw tNÄ¡m³ S¿m_m]n^p¶nÃ. “” 3 k^vgw Wo Nm¯p f³hqÀ. 3 {bmklyw ssUkfm]n«p ASv S«n Wo¡n. CsSm^p Wnfn¯w B]n^n¡pw. C{S]pw B{Nm´¯n Wo hpfns] {bmbn¨m ASkÄ¡p Sm§m³ bäns]¶p k^nÃ. CSmkpt¼mÄ B^pw A_n]nÃ. Cu sbm«ns]m`n¡p¶ Nmfmtklw H¶v lfn¸n¨ tlgw Wmsa fpS bqÀ\fm]pw hpfn]psX eÀ¯mkm]n fm_mw…”” In´n¡p¶SnWp k`n] t`mKnNv H¶pw Csæn`pw W½Ä sI¿p¶ sSäpNsa B hf]s¯¦n`pw Wym]oN^n¡m³ W½psX fWÊnWv {btSyN Njnkm\tÃm.

500 ^qb AZzm³hv f³hqÀ hmwNp«ns] G`vbn¨p. b_ªp_¸n¨ dm¡n 4500 ^mkns` AkÄ¡p tW^n«v sNmXp¡mw F¶pw So^pfmWn¨p.

“”hms_ bm¡äv GSp {dm³Zv tk\w?””

“”Hm AsSm¶pw tk\sf¶nà hmw””

“”At¿m hmt_ ASnÃmsS sI¿msWm¶pw WoW h½Sn¡¯nÔ” WoW þ As¸m ASm\v AkapsX tb^v.

“”AsSms¡ Fsâ N¿n D*v hmw”” H^p sI_n] I½t`msX f³hqÀ b_ªp. hmwNp«n sbm«n¨n^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp “” ASv sNmÅmw. hm_v bYn¨ NÅWm AsÃ. CsSÃw N¿n sk¨n«m\v hmÀ BUyw sbm«³ Nan¨Sp””. AkW_n]nÃtÃm hpfn]pfm]n H^p fmhw A^vfmUn¡m³ DÅ FÃm sFäwhpw km§n]m\v Ssâ k^sk¶v. 6 cvt`tkjvhv C DÅ tNm*whv, b`S^w t_mÄ t¹]v tkg§Ä, ^*p ZnÂtZm, K¸mWn Wn¶pw DÅ hvsbgy Wq_p fÊmKv Hm]vÂhv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FÃmw H^p sb«n Wn_s] D*v. At¸mam\v Aksâ bm¡äv!

“”hm_v tks\sf¦n H¶v Npant¨m hmt_. Ct¸mjs¯ sb¬bntÅÀs¡m¶pw In` kn]À¸p Wmäw H¶pw bnXn¡¯nÃ. Nmlp sNmXp¡p¶Sv W½ams\¦n`pw AkÀ¡nãsb«ntàAk^v Hj¸n¡a]pw. fpjpk³ hpOkpw Nn«ptk`…””

“”Wo H¶v tbmNm³ tWm¡v hmwNp«n. kn]À¸p Wmäw {blv–Wtf… GSp? hm]n¸nsâ NpSn W¡n] sb®ntWm?””

“”B! ASpw l^n]m. AkÄ¡nsSm¶pw {blvWfp*mNm³ hmVyS CÃ. Mm³ tbm]n«v 7 f\n¡v k^mw hms_””

hmfntWmX§nsW b_sª¦n`pw f³hqÀ H^p Wà Npan bmÊm¡n. CWn CSnsâ tb^n H^p {blvWw tk*. H^p km\w knXt\m F¶mt`mIns¨¦n`pw Hä ^m{Sn]n Ss¶ 4 {bmklyw Nan]v¡m³ fm{Sw Nj¸pÅ sb®nWv fp³bn tSm¡m³ bmXnÃtÃm. ASv sNm*pw FÃm lp¢kpw AkapsX bqän Ss¶ F¶p_¸n¨p. bän]m H^p k«w AkapsX NpSn]n`pw!

hmw b_ª hf]w BkmWm]n. Npan¨p Np«¸Wm]n f³hqÀ Ssâ Gäkpw Wà gÀ«pw Ko³hpw V^n¨p Nm¯n^p¶p. k^m³ tbmNp¶ ^m{Sn]ns` Nm^y§Ä HmÀ¯p Aksâ l^o^w kn_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Aksâ sW©nXn¸v C^«n]m]n. ASntW¡mÄ b¯p fX§p làn]n Aksâ Np®]nt`¡pÅ ^àw C^¨p N]_p¶Sp A_n]m³ bän.

NrSyw 7 f\n]m]t¸mÄ NmanRv sd AXn¨p. kn_]v¡p¶ ssNNtamsX, {Shn¡p¶ fWtÊmsX, f³hqÀ kmSn Sp_¶p

(SpX^pw)