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N®v Sp_¶p tWm¡pt¼mÄ hpfn fp¶n`p*v. kas^ tWÀ¯ H^p ssWäv {ZÊv fm{Sfm\v tkgw.

“”C¡m.. “”. AkÄ NmfmSp^]m]n knan¨p. AkapsX Umiw B Ip*pNan Wn¶v Ss¶ kyàfm\v. bSnknÃm¯ knVw NXpw Ipk¸p Im]¯n`pÅ `nbvÌn¡v AkapsX Ip*pNÄ¡v H^p {btSyN klyNS WÂNn. “”C{S]v¡p hpµ^n]m]n^pt¶m CkÄ””. N×gns]jpSn] N®pNÄ AksW Btklw bnXn¸n¨p. H^p {btSyN S^w f\w AksW Bkmin¨p. t`mNs¯ H^p kn` bnXn¨ sbÀcyqfnWpw W`vNm³ Njn]m¯, UmimÀ¯]m] H^p sb®nWv fm{Sw bp_s¸Xnkn¡pkm³ Njn]p¶ hpPÔw. ^mKm¡·ms^ ]p²w sI¿m³ t{b^n¸n¨, B\nsW {em´v bnXn¸n¡m³ NjnkpÅ PÔw.

AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Aksâ Ip*pNÄ tSXn k¶p. Aksâ ssNNÄ AkapsX kXnskm¯ Njp¯nsW St`mXn. AkÄ Aksâ ssN FXp¯p AkapsX sNmjp¯ fm_nX¯n`fÀ¯n. AkapsX Wmkp Aksâ Wmkpfm]n Nq«nfp«n. hpOw, b^fmWµ hpOw. AkapsX Ip*pNÄ bSps¡ Smtjm«v k¶p. Aksâ Njp¯n AkÄ frUpkm]n NXn¨p. Aksâ sW©Nw BsN AkapsX sIIp*pNapsX Ipk¸p Wn_w bX^p¶p. bSps¡, kas^ bSps¡ AkÄ Aksâ k]_n`qsX D½ k¨v Smtjm«v Wo§n. Aksâ sgZv–Zn]psX fpNan`qsX AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Cjªp WX¶p. Ak³ hzÀ¤¯nsâ bXn kmSn¡s`¯n. Aksâ `nwPw AkÄ sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n, bSps¡ N¿ns`Xp¯p. AkapsX km]psX tWÀ¯ IqXv Aksâ………

“” hmÀ, hmÀ.. Un cvss`_vhv Cuhv Fsdu«v Xp `m³Zv, bvaohv cm̳ ]pkÀ hoäv sdÂäv””. … sM«n D\À¶ f³hqÀ N®v fnjn¨p F]À timÌhnsW tWm¡n. Ckamt\m Ss¶ C{S tW^w hpOn¸n¨Sv? CSv hpfn]Ã, F¶m Ckapw fUm`h Ss¶. fpjp¯p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ AkapsX C_pNn NnX¡p¶ Km¡änWpÅn NqXn Ss¶ skÃp knan¡p¶Sm]n AkWp tSm¶n. Aksâ ssNNÄ AkÄ¡p tWs^ bSps¡ D]À¯pt¼mtj¡pw Aksâ emPy¯nWv ssb`äv A¶u¬hv–sfâv k¶p. sbs«¶m\kWp b^nh^ tdmVw k¶Sv. Sm³ Kn²]n Wn¶pw sNm¨n]nt`¡pÅ cvss`än B\v. sNm¨n]n C_§mWpÅ A¶u¬hv–sfâv B\v tN«Sv. Ak³ Hs«m^p KmaySt]msX F]À timÌhnsW tWm¡n. AkÄ CsSm¶pw hm^fnà F¶ f«n H^p In^n In^n¨p. F¶n«p Aksâ hoäv sdÂäv AkÄ Ss¶ C«p sNmXp¯p. A_n]m¯ k®w Aksâ fXn]ns`m¶p bSps¡ ssN sk¡mWpw AkÄ f_¶nÃ.

“”s¨ . tk*m]n^p¶p”” f³hqÀ fWÊn b_ªp. CSv ks^ fäp hv{SoNapfm]n sSäm] H^nXbmXpw WX¯n]n«nÃ. fq¶p kÀgfm]n N`ym\w Njnªn«v. i\nfq¬ l^ns¡m¶mtQmgn¡pw fp¼v Ss¶ knh Nm`mkVn NjnªSnWm Sn^n¨p tbmtk*n k¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BsN hpfn]pfm]n l^ns¡m¶p Nan¨Sv H^p 8 þ10 {bmklyw fm{Sw B\v. ASn Ss¶ ^*p fq¶v Nan b^nI]¡p_kp Nm^\w NpafmkpN]pw sI]vSp. hpfn]ms\¦n`pw bqÀ\ AÀ°¯n NWyN. H^p »q cn`nw tbm`pw N*n«nÃm¯ Aksa Nm^y§Ä H¶v bYn¸ns¨Xp¡m³ Ss¶ hf]sfXp¯v. Akapw l^n¡p BhzUn¨p Nan¨p SpX§n] hf]w B]t¸mtj¡pw f³hq_nWv Sn^n¨p tbmkm³ hf]kpfm]n.

bns¶ Ak³ Wm«n tbmNp¶Sv 10 fmhw Njnªm\v. At¸mtj¡pw hpfn Ak^psX BUys¯ NpªnsW {bhkn¨n^p¶p. bp¯³ ko«ns` BUys¯ tb^¡p«n. B ht´mgw ko«n BsN Nan]mXn]n^p¶p. dÔp¡aptX]pw hz´¡m^psX]pw hpir¯p¡apsX]pw Sn^¡v. f³hq_nWv hpfns] l^ns¡m¶p Nm\m³ NqXn dp²nfp«m]n^p¶p. k¿msS C^n¡p¶ hf]fms\¦n`pw AksW km]ns`Xps¯¦n`pw hpOn¸n¡m³ AkÄ¡p ASn]m] B{Piw D*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX Caw IqXpÅ km]psX, sI_n] A^fpÅ WmkpNapsX hpOw AWpekn¡m³ AkWpw sNmSn]m]n^p¶p. AksW¡mtas_, Aksâ Np®¡pw. F¶m ko«ns` hmiI^y§Ä AWpNq`fm]n^p¶nÃ. ko«n`pNm^psX N®v sk«n¨p hpfn]psX AXp¯v tbmkm³ Njnªm Ss¶]pw {bhk¯nWp Nq«v Wn`v¡m³ k¶ hv{So 24 f\n¡q_pw hpfn]psX AXp¯v Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. H^n¡Â AkÀ Npan¡m³ N]_n] hf]¯p AkÀs¡m^p 5 fnWnäv Nn«n. AkapsX Ip*pNan H¶fÀ¯n Ipwdn¡psfmtj¡pw, AkapsX bm`v Wn_ª fp`Nsa H¶v Smt`m`n¡pt¼mjp¡pw AkapsX I´nNapsX fpjpsbm¶p ssNNÄ A_nªt¸mtj¡pw Npanfp_n]psX kmSn Sp_¡p¶ lÐw tN«v AkÄ kn«p fm_n.

“”tfmsW Ad²w H¶pw Nm\n¡s`. Cu hf]¯p B{Nm´w Np_¨p NqXpS`m]n^n¡pw ^*p tbÀ¡pw. bs£ Cu hf]¯p CsSm¶pw sI¿p¶Sv l^n]Ã. fm{SfÃ, A§sW F§mWpw WX¶mÂ, FWn¡v bns¶ CknXp¶p tbmkmWpw bänÃ.. iii. “” Ssâ D½]psX {bm]fpÅ B hv{So CSv b¨¡p b_ªt¸mÄ f³hqÀ BsN Iqan. hpfn]mks«, Wm\t¯msX “”lv lv lv …”” F¶ H^p lÐfp*m¡n S«w sNm*v fpOs¯ f_¨p. Ip^p¡w b_ªm B {bmklykpw H¶pw WX¶nÃ. A*n Naª, AÃ, A*n lp¢w sNm*v Wn_ª A®sW tbms` f³hqÀ Sn^n¨p huUn]nt`¡v k*n N]_n.

ASpw Njnªp H^p k^vgw bn¶n«t¸mjm\v AkWv bns¶]pw Wm«n tbmNmWpÅ Im³hv Nn«n]Sv. Ak³ k`n] ¹mWnt§mXv NqXn]m\v Wm«n tbm]Sv. Nps_ tbm¬ koZnt]mhv N*p ASn b^o£nt¡* b` hvssä`v Napw H^p sb³ss{Zkn tNm¸n sI]vSp k¨p. hpfn]psX l^o^¯nWv bän] b` tNmhv_yqfpNapw Ak³ Hm¬ss`³ kjn hwQXn¸n¨p. fp`]psX fp¡m`pw AWm{kSfm], Njp¯p C_¡n sk«n] H^p tWjvhv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tkgw. SpXNÄ fpjpk³ Hm¸¬ B] bq_nsâ AXnemPw Nãn¨p f_¡p¶ H^p h-vNqÄ ]q\ntcmw, A§sW b`Spw. C{bmklyw Aksa Nan¨p f^n¡\w.

tbmNp¶SnWp H^p fmhw fp¼v Ss¶ Ak³ Aksa tcm\n`qsX IqXm¡n WnÀ¯n. F¶pw N¼n hwhm^w bSnkm]n. AkapsX N´v Ak³ I¸n NpXn¡p¶Sv, AkapsX fp`¡®pNNn tImt¢äv tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p Wmkp sNm*v kXns¨Xp¡p¶Sv, AkapsX bp_Nnt`msX H^p Nma]psX N^pt¯msX Du¡p¶Sv, FÃmw Ak³ kÀ\n¨p tNĸn¨p. AkapsX Np_p¡`pNÄ AkWp Dt¯KWfm]n, AkapsX bSp§n] ho¡m^§Ä Aksâ hn^Nsa IqXv bnXn¸n¨p. AkapsX tcm\n`qsX DÅ D½NÄ Ak³ Aksâ Np®tf`ms\¶p h¦`vbn¨p, b` {bmklyw AkWpw Akapw ^Sn fqÀ¨ ssNk^n¨p. Wm«n tbmNmWpÅ UnkhsfXp¯t¸mtj¡pw AkÀ¡p ^*p tbÀ¡pw Wn¡mWpw C^n¡mWpw Njn]m¯ ^qb¯n`m]n. Aksa Nm\pt¼mÄ Ss¶ AkapsX khv{S§Ä k`n¨p fmän Aksa ssNNans`Xp¯p hzÀP¯nt`¡v b_¡m³ Ak³ sNmSn¨p. ssUktf,NqsX DÅ dÔp¡apsX fp¶n k¨v A§nsW sI¿mSn^n¡mWpÅ kN Sn^nkv M§Ä ^*mÄ¡pw S^t\ F¶k³ {bmÀ°n¨p !

bs£ F´v sI¿mw ? fWpgy³ knIm^n¡p¶sSm¶pw AÃtÃm ssUk¯nsâ knNrSnNÄ. SWn¡p fWÊnWv AX¡w S^t\ F¶v {bmÀ°n¨ f³hq_nWv ASv sXÌv sI¿mWpÅ Akh^w tbm`pw ssUkw sNmXp¯nÃ. knfmWw sNm¨n]n `m³Zv sI]vS DXsW D¸]psX NmÄ k¶p. AksW bn¡v sI¿m³ D¸ fm{Stf F¯n]n«pÅp. hpfn]psX km¸n¨n¡p sbs«s¶m^p sW©v tkUW k¶p NCZ kn`m\v. AkÄ N^ªp bnXn¨p At§m«v tbm]n. Nm^yw A½m]n A¸sWms¡ Bs\¦n`pw f³hq_nWv hpfn]psX km¸t]mXv {btSyNns¨m^p AXp¸kpw CÃ. F¶v fm{Skpw Aà sI_pSÃm¯ tUgyw D*v SmWpw. Sm³ hpfns] t{bfn¨p WX¶ Nm`¯p Ss¶ SÃn¡m³ Bsa kn« bi]Wm\v AkapsX km¸ tNm] imKn. A¶m^ptXt]m emPyw sNm*m\v Pp*NÄ¡v Bav fm_n A]Âb¡¯pÅ fsäm^p f³hq_nsW bªn¡n«Sv. A¶v sbm«n] SpX FÃp l^n]m¡m³ bmk¯nWv H^p k^vgw FXp¯p. F¶n«pw Ct¸mjpw H^p sI_n] sMm* dm¡n B\v SmWpw. B {blvW¯n bns¶ bÅn fiÃv Nms^Ãmw CXsb«m\v AkhmWw hpfns] SWn¡p Ss¶ sN«n¨p S^m³ So^pfmWfm]Sv. h½Sn¨nsæn K]n`n tbmtN*n k^psf¶pÅSv sNm*v fm{Sfm\v fq^m¨n]m] tNm] imKn AkhmWw Cu N`ym\¯nWv h½Sn¨Sv.

CsSms¡ Bs\¦n`pw B hf]¯p tNm] imKn]psX Bt^mPy¯nWp tk*n fWvhq_nsW¡mtas_ fäm^pw {bm^vTn¨n«p*mknÃ. “”ssUktf.. A]mÄ¡v kà Pymhv {XdnÄ {blvW§Ä fm{Sfm]n HSp¡n S^t\.. Csæn Mm³ N* Nan N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hzbv–W§Ä, sNm*pk¶ cn`nwhv, tNmÌpwhv, FÃmw SssTk !”” bs£ ssUkw B hf]¯p CSntW¡mÄ {bVmWs¸« fsät´m IÀ¨]n`m]n^n¡\w. Asæn A½m]n A¸³ ImNm³ NnX¡pt¼mÄ, Nan fpX§msS]n^n¡m³ tk*n fm{Sw {bmÀ°n¨ Aksâ ^oSn At§À¡nãs¸«n«p*mknÃ. F´m]m`pw fWvhq_pw D¸]pw Sn^n¨p ko«n F¯p¶SnWp fpt¶ Ss¶ Aksâ tcm\n hpfn]psX knan k¶p. BÀ¯`¨ H^p N^¨n`pw, km¸ tbm]n C¡ F¶pÅ H^p kn`mbkpw. Aksa Blzhn¸n¨p b`Spw b_tªNn`pw tcm¬ sk¨ tlgw Ak³ St¶mXv Ss¶ b_ªp “”NÅ Nnak³, f^\¯n`pw Wà bm`pw skůn`pÅ b\n S¶m tbm]Sv. sS*n ! “”

F´ntWs_ b_]p¶p, B {bmklykpw H¶pw WX¶nÃ. km¸ f^n¨ h¦X¯n Wn¡p¶ AktamXv F§sW ss`wPnN dÔw Bklys¸Xpw. Ss¶ ssUks¯t¸ms` Nm\p¶ sb®m\v hpfn. AkavNnãt¡Xp*m¡p¶ H^p Nm^yw Bklys¸Xm³, H¶v hqIn¸n¡m³ tbm`pw tSm¶n]nà f³hq_nWv. f^\m´^ IX§pNapw ASnWp tlgfpÅ f_ NnX¡`pw FÃmw Njnªt¸mtj¡pw AkWp tbmkmWpÅ hf]kpfm]n. Ak³ Sn^ns¨¯n H^p fmhw Njnª tlgw hpfnt]mXv hwhm^n¨t¸mjm\v AkWp bän] Ad²w Sn^n¨_n]p¶Sv. f^\w Njnªp Wm`©p Unkhw h¦Xw Hs¡ D*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw ASnWp tlgw AkÄ¡pw shN-vhv sI¿m³ tfmiw D*m]n^p¶s{S. H^p Unkhw Nmfw AX¡m³ Njn]msS AkÄ kn^`nXpN tbm`pw sI]v–St{S. “”Fsâ sbm¶p hpfn, WnWs¡m^p km¡v, H^p tWm«sf¦n`pw…”” f³hq_nsâ km¡pNÄ CX_n. “”Fsâ sbm¶n¡m, Wn§Ä¡m hf]¯p A§nsW H^p In´ Csæn Fs¶ bän F´v N^pSpw? km¸ f^n¨p H^mjvI Njn]p¶Sn¶v fp¼v Ss¶ Nj¸v N]_n WX¡p¶ H^p tSknXnÈn Bs\¶v knIm^n¡ntà “”. F´v b_]m³? t]mPfnÃ.

CsSms¡ bj] NT. C{bmklyw H^p {blvWkpw D*mknà F¶kWv D_¸p tSm¶n. F{S]ms\¶v sk¨m\v ssUkpw Np®]pw Nj¸n¨p WX¡p¶, fsäm^p Uplo`kpw CÃm¯ H^p bmkw sI_p¸¡m^sW Nãs¸Xp¯pN. fm{SfÃ, C{bmklyw fsäm^p hq{Skpw sNm*m\v Ssâ k^kv. huUn]n k¨v N* sg]vOv lwhp²o³ Hu`n] WÂNn] fm{´nN SNnXv. ASv V^n¡p¶ktWmXv AkWnãsbXp¶ sb®p§Ä¡v ASn]m] Nmfw tSm¶mWpÅ hvsbgy SNnXv. hpfn¡v A§nsW {btSyN SNnXnsâ H¶pw Bklyw D*m]n«Ã. AkÄ¡p St¶¡mtas_ Nj¸ps*¶_n]mw. tfs` N]_n Fsâ Np® I¸n kXn]m¡n WWsªm`n¨ bqän N]än tS§m sbmSn¡mWpÅ sNmSn]pfm]n WX¡pN]m\kÄ. F¶m`pw NnX¡s« H^p ZdnÄ s{bm«£³.

knfmWw C_§n td]n F¯mWpÅ £f tbm`pw D*m]nà f³hq_nWv. knfmWw Wn`w sSm«Spw Ak³ImXnF\oäp.tW^s¯SsâNp®]nÂssNsk¨F]ÀtimÌhvAksW^q£fm]nH¶vtWm¡n.””C§sWtWm¡tÃtfmsa.Wns¶N*pFWns¡§mWpwCãvXs¸«mÂbns¶SNnXnsâlànNm^\w WoFs¶CknsXsk¨vSs¶b®pw””

BIn´WÂNn]bp©n^nIp*¯pw,hpfns]BªmªpNan¡mWpÅsNmSnfWÊn`pfm]nf³hqÀknfmW¯nÂWn¶pwtN^af®nÂNm`pNp¯n.Np`¨pWn¡p¶Np®]pfm]n….

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