F¦n`pw Cs¸m sN«n¸nXn¨t¸mÄ Ft´m FWnNv H^p Wm\w tbms`.

AsSm¶pw tbm^m¯SnWv Fsâ fWÊn At¸mÄ A½mkWpw A½m]n]pw b*v ko«n k¶t¸mÄ Sp\n CÃmsS sN«n¸nXn¨p NnX¶Sv HmÀf]n k¶p.

At¸mtj¡pw Bk\n tfmapw HmXn k¶p. A½m]n Fsâ tUi¯v Wn¶pw bnXn¯w kn«p. Mm³ Fsâ tbm¡än Wn¶v tIm¡t`äv FXp¯v AkÄ¡v sNmXp¯p. AkÄ¡v ht´mgfm]n.

“”Zo sbt®. sk_psS tIm¡t`äv FÃmw Sn¶v bÃv tNXm¡* tNt«m’. A½m]n Aksa sk_psS H¶v lmhn¨p.

AkÄ A½m]ns] sNmªWw Np¯n]n«v koXnWNt¯¡v Hä Hm«w HmXn.

‘Cu sb®nsâ H^p Nm^yw, CkÄ k¶v k¶v k`y knNrSn B]n,
AsSms¡ tbms«. Xm Wo k¶ Nm`n fpä¯p Ss¶ Wn¡msS ANt¯¡v km.. A½m]n Im] C«v S^mw.

A½m]n Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨v ANt¯¡v sNm*v tbm]n. Mm³ At¸mjm\v Mm³ l^n¡pw {l²n¡p¶Sv A½m]n shäv fp*pw »uhpw Hs¡ C«v sWän]n IµW¡p_n Hs¡ B]n H^p§n Wn¡pN B]n^p¶p. tfmapw bpSn] {ZÊv Hs¡ B]n^p¶p.

Ft§m«v tbmkmWm A½m]n C§sW H^p§n hpµ^n B]n«v Wn¡p¶Sv?. Mm³ tImUn¨p.

H¶p Nan]m¡msS tbmXm. C¶v CknsX A¼`¯ns` DÕkw SpX§pktÃ. ^tftl«³ k¶m M§Ä FÃmk^pw NqsX tbmkm³ C^n¡pkm. Wo H^p Nm^yw sI¿v– tkPw tbm]n Npan¨n«v km Wfp¡v H^pfn¨v tbmkmw.

AknXps¯ Npanfp_n koXnWv skan]n Nn\_ntWmXv tIÀ¶v B]n^p¶p. Mm³ AN¯p N]_n Fsâ gÀ«pw bmâvhpw FÃmw Du^n A]]n C«p. sK«n]pw Du^nfmän. tim… Fs´m^p Blzmhw. Cu khv{S§Ä Hs¡ fWpgy³ F´nWmt\m N*pbnXn¨Sv. bn_¶bXn Ss¶ C§sW WX¡p¶Sm\v F´v sNm*pw hpOw. A§sW Bs\¦n F´v fm{Sw sb®p§apsX bq_pw fp`]pw Np*n]pw Hs¡ Nm\m³ emPyw Nn«nt]sW. Mm³ Fsâ In´NapsX sN«jn¨p.

d¡än tNm^n sk¨n^p¶ Nn\äp skaaw Mm³ Fsâ tUit¯¡v Hjn¨p. IqXnWv H^pbmXv Blzmhw Nn«n. Mm³ bn¶oXv thm¸v tS¨v SpX§n. HXp¡w Fsâ Np®]n`pw tS¡m³ SpX§n. ASv sSm`n sbman¨p ANs¯ Np® fNpX¯n`pw l^n¡pw tS¨p. F¶n«v skÅw Hjn¨p W¶m]n NjpNn.

hpfSn Npan¸n¨n^p¶t¸mÄ Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨p Nan¡p¶ Nm^ysfms¡ Mm³ b_ªn^p¶tÃm. Fsâ Np® sSm`nªp SpX§n] hf]¯v– AkÀ ASn F®]n«v fm`ngv sI]vSv S^nN]pw bn¶oZv WtÃm\w kr¯n]m¡n S^nN]pw sI]vSn^p¶p. PpiyemP§Ä kr¯n]m]n hq£n¡\w F¶v FWn¡v DbtUlw S¶Spw AkÀ B]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv Mm³ KoknS¯n C¶v ks^]pw NrSyfm]n bm`n¨v k^p¶p.

bn¶oXv Fsâ fWÊn HmXns]¯n]Sv A¶v A½mkWpw A½m]n]pw sN«n¸nXn¨p NnX¡p¶ Urly§Ä B\v. A¶v A½m]n AXn¸mkmX fm{Sw C«v A^¡v fpNan WPvW]m]n NnX¡p¶Spw A½mk³ B fp`NÄ I¸p¶Spw Hs¡ Fsâ HmÀf]n Wn_ªp. Fsâ Np® SmtW k`p¸w sk¨p. Mm³ bs¿ ASv sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n.

“”F´v Npan]mXm CSv… AN¯v Wn¶v hzbvWw Nm\pkmt\m. tkPw C_§n km.. ^tftg«³ k¶p tNt«m.””

A½m]n]psX lÐw Npanfp_n¡v bp_¯v tN«v Mm³ sbs«¶v H¶v sM«n. F¶n«v tkPw tUi¯v skÅw Hjn¨p. tSmÀ¯n. B tSmÀ¯pw A^]n Ipän kmSn Sp_¶v bp_¯n_§n.

Np\p§n¨n^n¨p sNm*v A½m]n AknsX Wn¡p¶p. F´v Npan]mXm tfmsW CSv.. C{S¡v tW^w. A½m]n In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

Mm³ BsN I½n Wm_n] AkØ]n B]n. H¶mfSv Fsâ hmfmWw Ct¸mjpw N¼n B]n Wn¡p¶p. BsN H^p tSmÀ¯v fm{Skpw B\v Fsâ tkgw.

Mm³ tkPw AknsX Wn¶v bp_Nns` kmSn kjn koXnWv DÅnt`¡v N]_n. Fsâ Np® NqXm^w AXn¨p Wn¡p¶Sv A½m]n Nt*m Btkm..? Mm³ tkPw tbm]n khv{Sw fmän fpXnIoNn bp_¯p k¶p.

bp_¯v A½mk³ D*m]n^p¶p.

Wos]t¸m ks¶Xm. ]m{Ss]ms¡ hpOw B]n^pt¶m? A½mk³ tImUn¨p.

Mm³ Cs¸m Np_¨p tW^tf B]pÅq k¶n«v. ]m{S Hs¡ hpOfm]n^p¶p fmfm.

CknsX AXp¯v A¼`¯n DÕkw SpX§pktÃ. W½Ä¡v FÃmÀ¡pw NqXn At§m«v tbmNmw.

At¸mtj¡pw A½m]n]pw tfmapw At§m«v k¶p.

Ck³ A§p kaÀ¶v k`y Bam]n tbm]n Asà ^tftl«m? A½m]n Fs¶ tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n]n«v b_ªp.

A½m]n Fsâ tSmsam¸w fm{Stf D]^w D*m]n^p¶pÅp. CXs¯ fp`NÄ Fsâ tUi¯v sfsà D^ªp. FWnNv BsN H^p tNm^nS^n¸v AWpeks¸«p.

M§Ä tWs^ A¼`¯nt`¡v tbm]n. Uobm^mVW sSmjpS tlgw bp_¯n_§n. H^pbmXv BapNÄ D*m]n^p¶p.

“”Zm. Nm\m³ sNmÅmkp¶ H^pbmXv sb¼ntÅ^v D*v. km]ntWm¡n Wn¡* t«m”” Fsâ ssN¸¯n]n sfsà N¿fÀ¯n A½m]n Sfml f«n b_ªp. F¶n«v In^n¨p. Wà ewPn]pÅ In^n. Wà Wn^s]m¯ fpà sfm«pNÄ tbms`]pÅ bÃv. B D]^w Np_ªv A¸w k®fpÅ l^o^w. sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ. WX¡pt¼mÄ SpÅn Nan¡p¶ Np*nNÄ. A½m]n BsN H^p hpµ^n B]n^p¶p.

Mm³ Ct¶ks^ Aks^ A§sW tWm¡n]n^p¶nÃ. H^pbt£ Cs¸m Fsâ Nmjv¨¸mXn k¶ fmäw B]n^n¡mw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hpWnS]pw hpfSn]pw Hs¡ tIÀ¶v Fs¶ ss`wPnNS]psX H^pbmXv bmY§Ä bYn¸n¨Snsâ Bkmw Cu fmä§Ä FÃmw.

F´m]m`pw B DÕk b_¼n`qsX WX¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ A½m]n]psX sSm«v bn¶n B]n«v WX¶Sv fWxbqÀkw Bt\m Fs¶Wn¡_n]nÃ. F¦n`pw B Np*nNÄ SpÅn Spap¼p¶Sv tWm¡msS C^n¡m³ FWn¡v NjnªnÃ. Mm³ fm{Sfà AknsX k¶ B\p§an eq^nemPkpw A½m]ns] Ss¶ tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. FWn¡v hSy¯n A½mktWmXv Ahq] tSm¶n.

sbs«¶v Ss¶ Fsâ fWÊn NpätdmVkpw tSm¶n. A½m]ns] Np_n¨p C§sWms¡ In´n¨SnÂ. ^tflv fmf³ Aks^ N`ym\w Njn¡p¶Sv Mm³ fq¶mw ¢mhn bYn¡pt¼mÄ B\v. A¶v fmfWv 30 k]Êpw A½m]n¡v 19 k]Êpw B\v {bm]w. H^p bmks¸« ko«ns` B]n^p¶p BSn^ A½m]n. ASnWm Ss¶ {bm]kySyhw k`y SXÊw B]nÃ. A¶v Sos^ sNm¨p sb®m]n^p¶p A½m]n. Fs¶ k`y Cãfm]n^p¶p. FWnNv Sn^n¨pw. bs*ms¡ Mm³ AknsX tbmNpt¼mÄ A½m]n]psX NqsX B]n^p¶p ^m{Sn NnX¡m_v. bntä¶v F\o¨p tWm¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ A¸p_s¯ fp_n]n B]n^n¡pw. ^m{Sn]n B NÅ dXpk A½mk³ Fs¶ fmän NnX¯n]n«v A½m]ns] Nan¨n^p¶p.

tim bpÃv Mm³ ko*pw BklyfnÃm¯ Hmt^m¶v In´n¨v Nq«pkm. Fsâ In´NÄ¡v Mm³ NXnªm\n«p.

Zm.. Wo Aksa]pw tfmta]pw sNm*v ko«n sbm]vt¡m. Mm³ A¸w NqXn Njnªn«v A§p F¯nt]¡mw. A½mk³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp.

tW^w C^p«n]n^p¶p. B Wm«pkjn]n`qsX MmWpw A½m]n]pw Bk\n tfmapw NqXn WX¶p k¶p. tfmÄsX N¿n DÕkb_¼n Wn¶v km§n] d`q\pw Nan¸m«§apw Hs¡ D*m]n^p¶p.

“”Fsâ sbm¶ptfmav Wmsa Ss¶ CsSms¡ SÃns¸m«n¨p Na]m³ AtÃ. Ct{Sw Nan¸m«w km§n¨p Nq«n]Sv.”” A½m]n Bk\nt]mXv tImUn¨p.

A½¡v Nan¨m³ Nan¸m«w CÃm¯ sNm*tà C{S Nplp¼v. AkÄ In\p§n.

Bim sb®v sNmÅmtÃm. FWn¡v Nan¸m«w sNm*v Nan¡p¶ {bm]sfms¡ Njnªp tNt«m. A½m]n Sn^n¨Xn¨p.

&n]sp;

‘A½ bns¶ Ft´m FXp¯v sk¨m Nan¡pt¶. A½m]n¡v tUgyw k¶p.

sb®v sI_n] km]n k`n] kÀ¯mWw b_]p¶p. kna¨ns`Xp¡tÃ.

At¸mtj¡pw AkÄ ssh`âv B]n.

tI«m Fs¶ FWn¡v Nm`v tkUWn¡p¶p WX¡m³ k¿. Akav Wn¶v In\p§n. Mm³ Aksa FXp¯v Fsâ H¡¯n^p¯n.

A¿Xm.. kaÀ¶v k`y sb®m]tÃm. Ct¸mjpw sNm¨ms\¶m knIm^w. A½m]n b_ªp.

AkÄ sNm¨tà A½m]n. AknsX C^n¡s«. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ b_ªp.

½v sNmÅmw Wo]pw CkÄ¡v ht¸mÀ«v B\tÃ. FÃm^pw sNm©n¨p AkhmWw CkÄ BsN kgamNpw.

Fsâ tfmÄ A§msWm¶pw kgamNnÃ. Atà tfmsa.
Dw. AkÄ fqan.

Wà Wn`mkv sk«w D*m]n^p¶SnWm M§Ä¡v tXmÀ¨nsâ Bklyw k¶nÃ. ko«ns`¯n]t¸mta¡pw tfmÄ Fsâ tSma¯p NnX¶v D_¡w B]n Njnªn^p¶p.

Bim.. sNm¨p Nm´m^n D_¡w Bt]m. Aksa C§p Ss¶¡Xm. Mm³ sNm*ptbm]n fp_n]n NnX¯s«. A½m]n Bk\ns] Fsâ N¿n Wn¶pw km§n.

WnW¡v tImÀ kna¼n S^s«. A½m]n tImUn¨p.

FWn¡v Ct¸mtj tk*. A½mksWms¡ k^s«. FÃmÀ¡pw NqXn Njn¡mw.

Hm ^tftl«sW Hs¡ CWn bmSn ^m{Sn¡v tWm¡n]m fSn. In`t¸m Nq«pNm^v Hs¡ NqXn N¼Wn NqXns]¶pw C^n¡pw. WnW¡v GSm]m`pw Cs¸m tImÀ tk*tÃm? F¦n Mm³ tbm]n tf`v NjpNn]n«v Hs¡ k^mw . F¶nXv tfmsa NqXn F\o¸n¨p tIm_v sNmXp¯n«v D_¡\w. emPyfm]n AkÄ D_§n]Sv Asæn Hmt^m knNrSn H¸n¨p WX¡pw.

Mm³ B fpä¯pw b_¼n`pw Hs¡ sk_psS H¶v Ipän WX¶p. Wà Nmäv kolp¶p*m]n^p¶p. tUi¯v NmäXn¨t¸mÄ {btSyN hpOw. A§sW WX¡pt¼mÄ B\v {bNrSn]psX knan k¶Sv. FWn¡v fpÅm³ fp«n. Mm³ tWs^ b_¼n`pÅ k`y fmknsâ kls¯¡v tbm]n. fp*v sbm¡n sK«n¡pÅn Wn¶v Np«sW bp_s¯Xp¯p. Ak³ N¼n B]n Wn¸v B]n^p¶p. Mm³ B N^n]n`Nsa WW¨p sNm*v lpÀ F¶v fq{Ssfmjn¨p. Wà hpOw.

At¸mjm\v Mm³ Npanfp_n]n skan¨kpw skÅwkojp¶ lÐkpw {l²n¨Sv. BSn^ A½m]n Npan¡m³ N]_ns]¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. sbs«¶v Fsâ fWÊn tSm¶n]Sv tbm]n tWm¡n]mt`m F¶m\v.
Fsâ fWÊv sb^p¼_ sNm«n. Mm³ BsN sINp¯mWpw NX`nWpw CX]n B]n^p¶p. Mm³ BsN kÃm¯ AkØ]n F¯n. ASnWv Nm^\kpw D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ bSnkvtbms` ^mkns` M§apsX NpXpwd ko«nt`¡v tbm]n. hpfSn Fsâ AXp¯v H^p 500 ^qb tImUn¨n^p¶p. {bSypbNm^fm]n b`t¸mjpw AkÀ Fsâ N¿n Wn¶pw CX¡nsX C§sW SpNNÄ km§m_p*m]n^p¶p. FWn¡v tbm¡äv f\n]m]n Nn«p¶ SpN]n hnwiemPkpw hpfSn B]n^p¶p Sn¶n^p¶Sv. hpWnSs] bn¶oXv AkÀ sbs«¶v Ss¶ sN«n¨p knXpN]m\v sI]vSSv. Aks^ tbms` bnj¨p sbäv KoknSw Wln¡msS NpXpwdfm]n Kokn¡s« F¶v N^pSn Nm\pw. ^mK³ Fs¶m^mÄ B]n^p¶p Aksa sN«n]Sv. ASv B Wm«n Wn¶pw Nps_ Uqs^]pÅ Ø`t¯¡v B]n^p¶p.

Mm³ ^qb]pw tbm¡än C«v ^mkns` Ss¶ NpXpwdko«n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI¶p. hpfSn B^pw Nm\msS Fsâ AXp¯v k¶p. F¶n«v sIkn]n tImUn¨p. Nptª ^qb sNm*p k¶n«pt*m. Mm³ Dw F¶v S`]m«n. B fnXp¡³. H^p Nm^yw sI¿v. B kn_Nv bp^]nt`¡v sbm]vt¡m. Mm³ B^pw Nm\msS At§m«v kt¶¡mw.

Mm³ B^pw Nm\msS kn_Nv bp^]v¡p DÅn N]_n. AÂb tW^w Njnªt¸mÄ H^p Nm sb^pfmäw tN«p. {bSo£n¨ tbms` ASv hpfSn B]n^p¶p. AkÀ AN¯p N]_n NSNv Im^n. bj¡w sI¶ NSNv Bs\¦n`pw Npän CXm³ hmVn¡pfm]n^p¶p. fm{Sfà NpXpwd¯ns` hv{SoKW§Ä H¶pw AVnNw ASnWNt¯¡v k^m_nà bm¼v D*mNpsf¶v tbXn¨n«v. kn_Nv b_¡m³ k^m_pÅSv hpfSn B]n^p¶p. Mm³ N¿n`pÅ Wyqhv tb¸À Smsj kn^n¨n^p¶p Mm³ At§m«v C^p¶p. hpfSn Fsâ A^nNn fp«n]p^p½n k¶n^p¶p. Ak^psX CXSv fp` Fsâ k`¯pN¿psX AknsX D^hn. Mm³ bSns] Fsâ ssN Ak^psX tSma¯p sk¨p. NSNv NqXn Im^n]n^p¶SnWm kn_Nv bp^]v¡p ANw GNtUlw Wà C^p«v B]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw Gs_ bj¡w sI¶SnWm Cu C^pav M§Ä¡v skan¨w tbms` B]n^p¶p. fn¡km_pw M§apsX hwPftkUn B]n^p¶p B kn_Nv bp^. bs£ Nan Hjn¨v dm¡ns]ms¡ fm{Stf AknsX WX¶n^ps¶mÅp hf]¡p_kv Nm^\w.

Mm³ bSns] Ak^psX tSman Wn¶pw Fsâ ssN sNm*v Ak^psX k`s¯ fp`]n bnXn¨p. F¶nXv bSns] sM¡n. AkÀ {Xuh_nWv fpNan NqsX Fsâ Np®s] sM¡n. “”tfmsW ssbh CRv FXp¡v””. AkÀ b_ªp. S^mw BUyw CSp Njn]s«. Mm³ b_ªp.

&n]sp;

tim Cu Np®³ sI_p¡sâ H^p Nm^yw. AkÀ Fsâ Np®]n AfÀ¯n H¶v sM¡n«v Fsâ {XuhÀ Smtj¡v Smjv¯n. F¶n«v Fsâ Np® sfsà sSm`ns¨XpSv AXn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ k`Sp ssNsNm*v Ak^psX k]_n St`mXn. CXs¯ ssNsNm*v »uhnWv fpNan NqXn fp`]n`pw SXkn.
Mm³ sfsà Ak^psX »uhnsâ iqNv Ajn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AkÀ Np^nlv N* sINp¯msW tbms` ImXn F\oäp F¶n«v At¿m bm¼v F¶v b_ªp. Mm³ tWm¡n. A^* skan¨¯n bm¼v Cjªp tbmNp¶Sv Nm\mw. tI^]mt\m fqÀOWmt\m B BÀ¡_n]mw. hpfSn At¸mtj¡pw NSNv Sp_¶v bp_t¯¡v HmXn Njnªn^p¶p.

bm¼nsW SÃns¡m¶n«v dm¡n b^pbmXn WX¯m³ tbm`pw Mm³ S]m_m]n^p¶p. Fsâ Np® bm¼v H_nKnW bm¼ntW¡mÄ b¯n knXÀ¯n Wn¸v B]n^p¶p. bs£ B hpfSn bq_n tfmÄ HmXn Naªn^p¶p (Ak^pfm]pÅ hwhÀPw Nm^\w Mm³ C§Ws¯ sS_n km¡pNÄ lo`n¨p SpX§n]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw Mm³ fWÊn fm{Sw CsSms¡ b_ªn^p¶pÅq. hpfSnt]mXv tbm`pw A§sW sS_n b_ªn^p¶nÃ.

F´m]m`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv fq©n. Mm³ {Xuh_pw N]än C«v AknsX Wn¶pw SXnS¸n. bn¶oXv Ft¸msj¦n`pw hpfSns] ssNkm¡nWv Nn«pw F¶v {bSo£n¨v Mm³ ko«nt`¡v tbm]n. At¸mam\v ‘A½ k¶n«v Ft¶mXv A½mksâ ko«nt`¡v tbmkmWpw Nps_ Unkhw AknsX Wn¡mWpw b_]p¶Sv. fWÊnÃm fWtÊmsX Bs\¦n`pw Mm³ ]m{S Sn^n¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p.

CSnWnX¡v S{´bqÀkw Mm³ Hä¡v DÅt¸mÄ hpfSn Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v AXn¨p km^m³ F¶ kymtKW k¶p. Iq H^p fq`]nt`¡v C«n«v AkÀ ks¶sâ N¿n bnXn¨p. tfmsW AknsX bm¼v k^psf¶v Bs^¦n`pw knIm^nt¨m? MmWmsN tbXn¨p tbm]n. ASm AknXp¶v HmXn]Sv. tfm³ tbm]n«v Sn^n¨p km. Wfp¡v At¶^w NqXmw. S^mw F¶v b_ª Nmlpw A¶v S¶m fSn.

Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS Fsâ N¿n Wn¶pw ssbh FXp¯v t»mhnsâ fp¶n NqXn Ak^psX fp` Im`n Sn^pNn. Ak^psX fpO¯p ht´mgw kn^nªp. AkÀ B ssbh FXp¯v N®n sSm«v sSmjpSp. F¶n«v fp*nsâ tNm´`]n sN«n sk¨p.

tbm]n«v k^mw t«m. Mm³ Aks^ tIÀ¯v sN«n¸nXn¨p. Ak^psX I´n bnXn¨p sM^n¨p sNm*v B NknapNan fm_n fm_n D½ sk¨p. Ak^psX fp*v AN¯n B sK«n¡pÅn NqXn N¿n«v bq_n H¶v bnXn¨p. B bq_n Wn¶v H`n¸v D*m]n^p¶p. Ak^pw knNm^w fpän Wn¡pkm]n^p¶p F¶v hm^w.

CSptbms` H^p sNmSn]³. BÀ¡pw hwl]w D*mt¡*. tkPw tbmkm³ tWm¡v. AkÀ b_ªp. F¶n«v Wµn hqINfm]n bmâvhnsâ fpNan NqsX Fsâ Np® H¶pjnªp. bns¶ B SÅn Wn¡p¶ Np*n]pw B«n fp_n]n Wn¶pw tbm]n.

Mm³ Ak^psX bq_n C« ssN H¶v f\¯p. Wà bpjp§n] sWÃnsâ f\w. tim FWn¡v BsN hin¡m³ bäp¶nÃ. F§sWt]m fWÊnÃm fWtÊmsX AknXp¶v Mm³ Ct§m«v ]m{S Sn^n¨p.

sMmXn]nX]n Fsâ fWÊn NqsX CsSÃmw NX¶ptbm]n. Mm³ At¸mjpw Bl] Npj¸¯n B]n^p¶p. HXp¡w ^*pw N`vbn¨p MmsWm^p So^pfmWw FXp¯p . tbm]n A½m]n]psX Npan Nm\m³ Ss¶ So^pfmWn¨p. tks_m^p fWpgy³ tbm`pw B b^nh^s¯§pw CÃ. ^mkns` fpS AX¡n¸nXn¨ knNm^w , tbm^m¯SnWv Wà Wn`mkpÅ ^m{Sn, CsSÃmw NqXn Fsâ fWÊn B{Piw tNm^n]n«p.

Mm³ bSns] Npanfp_n¡v bp_Nnt`¡v WX¶p. skânt`g³ kjn F¯n k`nªp tWm¡m³ {lfn¨p bän]nÃ. A§sW B DUyfw b^mK]s¸«p. CWn]pw AknsX NnX¶v Sn^nªp Nan¨m In`t¸m b\n bmapw F¶v fWÊn`m¡n] Mm³ fp³klt¯¡v Ss¶ tbm]n. AknsX D½_¯v C^p¶p.

At¸mtj¡pw Npan Njnªv A½m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C_§n]n^p¶p. Cu_³ fm_n. H^p ssWän]pw FXp¯n«v Bk\ns] D_¡¯n Wn¶v F\o¸n¨p Njn¡m³ C^p¯n. Fs¶]pw tIm_v– D®m³ knan¨p.

tIm_pw tfm^v N_n]pw, A¨n§ sfjp¡pbp^«n, Akn]Â, fp^n§]n` tSm^³, bns¶ I½´n Hs¡ D*m]n^p¶p.

“”DÕkw B]Sv sNm*m. ASv Njnªn«v foWpw C_¨n]pw Hs¡ km§mw”” A½m]n b_ªp.

FWn¡v bs£ CsSÃmw Ss¶ Vm^maw B]n tSm¶n. Du\v Njnª tlgw. Mm³ FWn¡v H^p¡n] fp_n]n tbm]n NnX¶p.
A½m]n H^p K¤n skÅkpfm]n k¶p. H^p PvamÊpw AknsX sk¨p.

“”^m{Sn skÅw NpXn¡\w F¶v tSm¶n]m AXp¡a ks^ tbm]n dp²nfp«*tÃm”” AkÀ b_ªp. WnW¡v D_¡w k^p¶pt*m Ds*¦n NnX¶v D_§nt¡m Mm³ ss`äv A\¨n«p tbmt]¡mw.

G]v Mm³ C¸tj H¶pw D_§m_nÃ. CWn]pw hf]w FXp¡pw. NnX¶m`pw D_¡w k^m³ H^pbmXv hf]w BNpw. Mm³ b_ªp.

A½m]n At¸mÄ b_ªp. FWn¡pw D_¡w k^p¶nsÃXm. F¶n«v Fsâ AXp¯v N«n`n C^p¶p. thm¸ntâ]pw kn]À¸nsâ]pw Wà fmUNPÔw Fsâ fq¡nt`¡v N]_n. Mm³ BsN N¼n]Xn¨p H^p b^pk¯n B]n. Fsâ N¼n AkÀ Nm\msS C^n¡m³ tk*n Mm³ en¯nt]mXv tIÀ¶v I^nªp NnX¶p.

Wos]´pkmXm C§sW NnX¡ps¶. AkÀ Fs¶ bnXn¨p Sn^n¨p NnX¯n. Fsâ fp*nsâ fp¶n NqXm^w tbms` D]À¶v Wn¡p¶Sv N*v A½m]n]psX N®v SÅn.

Mm³ Bs\¦n NnX¡m³ SpX§p¶Sv sNm*v Fsâ K«n Du^n fmän]n^p¶p. FWn¡v BsN b^tklw B]n. Fsâ km]n DfnWoÀ kän.

Fsâ fp*nsâ fpNan NqXn Fsâ Np®s] bnXn¯fn«p sNm*v A½m]n tImUn¨p. “”F´pkmXm CSv C§sW sbm§n Wn¡p¶Sv. Fs´m^p d`kpw k`n¸kpfm CSnWv. Wo kà kakpw CXp¶pt*m CSnsâ tIm«n””?

Fsâ fp*v AkÀ Ss¶ Ajn¨p. F¶n«v bs¿ Fsâ Np®]n NqsX kn^ HmXn¨p. kas^ frUpkm]n AkÀ ASnsW sSm`n¨p. Np® fNpX¯n H^p kn^ sNm*v sfsà SXkn.

tim..Fs´m^p Wn_kpw k`p¸kpfm CSnWv. AkÀ BÝ^yw sNm*p. AkÀ bSns] ASnsW sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. AX¡n¸nXn¨ Fsâ knNm^w FÃmw NqXn bp_¯p ImXm³ SpX§n.

Mm³ A½m]ns] sN«n¸nXn¨p. Ak^psX ssWän¡v fpNan NqXn fp` bnXn¨p sM¡m³ SpX§n. Fsâ Ip*v Mm³ Ak^psX Ip*nt`¡v NX¯n Ipwdn¨p. AkÀ Ak^psX sNmjp¯ Wmkv Fsâ km]nt`¡v NX¯n. Fsâ km]v¡Nw fpjpk³ AkÀ Wm¡v sNm*v Djnªp.

A½m]n Fjpt¶äv Wn¶p. F¶n«v Ak^psX ssWän Du^n A]]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sq¡n. AXn]n {dm CÃm]n^p¶p. H^p Ipk¶ K«n]pw A^]n hzÀ\ A^ªm\kpw V^n¨v H^p ^Sn tUkSs] tbms` AkÀ Wn¶p. FWn¡v ASv N*v hin¡m³ NjnªnÃ. MmWks^ bq*X¡w sN«nk^nªp N«n`nt`¡v ko\p.

B sk®¡pXw tbm`s¯ fp`NÄ Mm³ sM¡n. F¶n«v k`s¯ fp`sM«v Mm³ bSns] km]ns`Xp¯p Wp\ªp. CXs¯ fp` Mm³ Nl¡n sNm*n^p¶p. bn¶oXv ASv tWs^ Sn^n¨pw sI]vSp. bns¶ Mm³ Fsâ fpOw Ak^psX bp¡nÄ Npjn]psX AkntX¡v sNm*p k¶p. AknsXÃmw D½sk¨p. AkÀ C¡nan sNm* tbms` In^n¨p. Ak^psX bp¡nanWv Ipäpw Mm³ Wmkp sNm*v kr¯w k^¨p. Mm³ Ak^psX K«n Smtj¡v Smjv¯n. B fUWs¨¸v Fsâ fp¶n Urlyfm]n. A½m]n At¸mÄ Wm\w sNm*v sfsà fpOwsbm¯n.

B t^mf¡mXn`qsX Mm³ sfsà Fsâ kn^`pNÄ Cj¨p. F¶n«v sfsà bq_nSapNÄ knXÀ¯n. Ak^psX bq_n Wn¶pw skÅw H`n¨p SpX§n]n^p¶p. Mm³ sfsà Fsâ H^p kn^ ASnt`¡v NX¯n.

im..Fs¶m^p lÐw A½m]n bp_s¸Xpkn¨p. Mm³ sfsà A½m]n]psX K«n Smtj¡v Du^ns]Xp¯p. A½m]n I´n sbm¡n hiN^n¨p S¶p. Mm³ B fUW sbm]vN]nt`¡v Fsâ fpOw Smjv¯n. bq_nWpÅn Fsâ Wmkv Cjªp WX¶p. A½m]n ASnWWph^n¨p ho¡m^ lÐ§Ä D*m¡n sNm*n^p¶p. Fsâ ssNsNm*v Mm³ Ak^psX Nrh^n sfsà sM^pXn. AkÀ hpOw sNm*v sM^nbn^n sNm*p.

MmsWsâ Np® bSns] Ak^psX bq_nWv Ipäpw D^]v¡m³ SpX§n. F¶n«v sfsà ASnsâ fNpXw bq_nWpÅnt`¡v NX¯n. F¶n«v A½m]n]psX fpNant`¡v Mm³ sfsà NnX¶p. B bq¦knapNan fp¯n. Mm³ sfsà sf¯]n ssNNp¯n hz`vbw F\oäp. F¶n«v sfsà Fsâ Np® N]ämWpw C_¡mWpw SpX§n. A½m]n Fs¶ ^*pNm`pw sNm*pw sN«nk^nªp. M§apsX Ip*pNÄ ^*pw ko*pw H¶m]n.

Npt_tW^w Njnªt¸mÄ A½m]n b_ªp. “”im..fSns]Xm.CWn Mm³ fpNan N]_n sbmSn¨p S^mw””.

A½m]n]psX bqän Wn¶pw Np® Du^msS Ss¶ M§Ä tWs^ Sn^nªp NnX¶p. A½m]n Fsâ fpNan k¶p. AkÀ Fjpt¶äv C^p¶v NpSn^hkm^n WX¯p¶Sv tbms` Fsâ fpNan C^p¶v SpÅn. B k`y fp`NapsX Np`p¡w N*t¸mÄ FWnNv hin¡mWm]nÃ. Mm³ Ak ^*pw Nl¡n DX¨p. B fp`¡®pNÄ ^*pw Sn^p½n.

imkq…is½..im…FWn¡v k¿ms]. A½m]n BsN knNm^kSn]m]n Hmt^m¶v b_ªpsNm*n^p¶p. Ak^psX l^o^w sk«n kn_]v¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. AkÀ¡v ^SnfqÀÑ B]n Nm\\w F¶v Mm³ Duin¨p. AkÀ Fsâ sW©t¯¡v SaÀ¶p ko\p. FWn¡pw GSm*v AtS hf]w Ss¶ k¶n^p¶p. Fsâ Np® Ak^psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bq¦mkW¯n bm San¨p.

M§Ä ^*ptb^pw kn]À¯p Npan¨n^p¶p. A½m]n]psX kn]À¸nsâ PÔw Fs¶ f¯pbnXn¸n¨p.

“”Zm. WnW¡v Ft¶mXv tUgyw Bt]m?””

“”AsS´m A½m]n A§sW tImUn¨Sv. FWn¡v Fsâ A½m]ns] Cãw fm{Stf DÅp””.

“”W½Ä Cu sI]vSSv k`y sSäm\v. Wns¶¡qXn Mm³ CSnt`¡v k`n¨v Cj¨p. FWn¡v ASm h¦Xw””. Wnsâ A½mk³ Nps_ Wmam]n Ft¶mXv SmÂb^yfnÃ. fn¡ Unkhkpw NÅpNpXn]pw bns¶ Wm«ns` b` tSknXnlnNapsX]pw NqsX]m\v. fn¡ Unkhkpw bmSn^m{Sn¡v B\v N]_n k^m_pÅSv. MmWpw tfmapw Hä]v¡v Bs\¶pÅ knIm^w Sos^]nÃ. FWn¡v tk\sf¦n Wm«n`pÅ Bs^ tk\sf¦n`pw knan¨p N]ämw. b` bN fmWy·m^pw Hanªpw sSanªpw Ft¶mXv b`t¸mjm]n tImUn¨n«pfp*v. bs£ Mm³ AsSm¶pw sI]vSn«nÃ. bs£ Wns¶ N*t¸mÄ FWnNv Fsâ Nt®«sW B\v HmÀf k¶Sv. ASv sNm*v FWn¡v Fs¶ Ss¶ bnXn¨p WnÀ¯m³ NjnªnÃ.

“”N®³ tI«tWm? ASv Wn§apsX dÔ¯n`pÅ B f^n¨p tbm] BatÃ? Wn§Ä S½n At¸mÄ ? “” Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”AtS. Fsâ fp_ sI_p¡³ B]n^p¶p Nt®«³. k]Ê_n]n¨ {bm]w fpS M§Ä Cã¯n B]n^p¶p. b` Sk\ M§Ä S½n lm^o^nN dÔ¯n GÀs¸«n«pw D*v. N`ym\w Njn¡ps¶¦n Nt®«sW fm{Sw B]n^n¡pw F¶v Mm³ D_¸n¨Spfm\v. F¶m knVn fsäm¶m]n^p¶p FWn¡v N^pSn sk¨Sv. hÀ¸¡mkn sk¨v kngwSo*n Nt®«³ f^n¨p. ASv Njnªv H^p kÀgw Njnªm\v Wnsâ A½mksâ Bt`mIW FWn¡v k^p¶Sv. MmWpw Nt®«Wpw S½n`pÅ AXp¸w Wm«n FÃmkÀ¡pw A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. ASptbms` Ss¶ M§apsX NpXpwdw A{S hm¼¯nN e{US DÅSpw B]n^p¶nÃ. ASnWm Ss¶ {bm] kySymhw N\¡ns`Xp¡msS 30 k]Êv DÅ ^tftl«sW sN«m³ Mm³ WnÀdÔnS BkpN]m]n^p¶p. ko«pNmÀ¡v H^p em^fm]n Wn¡msS Ak^psX Cã§Ä¡v FÃmw Mm³ WnÊwPSt]msX Wn¶p sNmXp¯p.
BUy^m{Sn]n Wnsâ A½mk³ Fs¶ Nan¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v knNm^w B]t¸mÄ Mm³ Fsâ N®m F¶v A_n]msS knan¨p. F¶m At±i¯nWv ASv fWÊn`m]nÃ. Mm³ ^tftl«sW A§sW knan¨Sms\¶v N^pSn.

knkmitlgw ^tftl«sâ hvtWiw Gäpkm§n Mm³ ko*pw bj]tbms` ht´mgkSn B]n. M§Ä¡v tfmÄ NqXn KWn¨tSmsX Fsâ t`mNw AkÀ ^*ptb^pw fm{Sfm]n. Njnª Npt_ WmÄ ks^ ht´mgt¯msX tbmkpN]m]n^p¶p. F¶m ^tftl«Wv hwekn¨ fmäw Fs¶ kÃmsS D`¨p. F{S Wmsa¶v N^pSn Mm³ CsSÃmw hin¡pw. MmsWm^p sb®tÃ. FWn¡pw Nm\ntà knNm^§Ä?.

hSyw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªm Wns¶ Nm\pt¼mÄ FWn¡v Nt®«sW B\v HmÀf k^p¶Sv. B {bm]¯n GNtUlw Wns¶ tbms` Ss¶ B]n^p¶p Nt®«³. CsSÃmw NqXn B]t¸mÄ FWn¡v bnXn¨p WnÀ¯m³ B]nÃ. hwekn¨p tbm]n. bns¶ kà B\p§Ä¡pw NnX¶p sNmXp¡p¶SnsW¡mÄ WÃStà NpXpwd¯n Ss¶]pÅ Wnsâ fp¶n Nm`N¯n S^p¶Sv. knNm^w A\sbm«n]t¸mÄ Mm³ tks_m¶pw In´n¨nÃ.

“”A½m]n kngfn¡*. CSv H¶pw A{S k`n] sSäÃ. C{S]pw hpµ^n]m] A½m]n CknsX DÅt¸mÄ N* sb®p§apsX bn_sN A½mk³ tbm]m bns¶ C§sWms¡ Ss¶t] hwekn¡p.””

Fsâ sW©n S`sk¨p NnX¶ Ak^psX fpXn]njNan SjpNn Mm³ Aks^ Blzhn¸n¨p.

“”Fsâ A½m]n MmsWm^p B{Piw b_ªm Ft¶mXv tUgys¸Xpskm?'””

“”F´mXm Np«m.. Wo F´v tkt\`pw Ft¶mXv tImUnt¨m””.

“”AtS]v… FWn¡v A½m]osX CknsX NqsX H¶v N]än]m sNmÅmw F¶p*v.”” A½m]n]psX NqSn Spa]n kn^`n«p sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp””.

“”Bim Wo sNmÅmftÃmXm f^ptfmsW. A½m]n]psX fq`¯n`pw WnW¡v N]ä\w AtÃ.? FXm H¶pfntÃ`pw Mm³ Wnsâ A½m]n AtÃ. CsSms¡ Ft¶mXv tkt\m””?

Hmtim.. Np_¨p fp³bv AsSm¶pw N*nÃtÃm. ASv fm{Sfà Fsâ GSm{Pikpw hmVn¨p S^mw F¶v b_ªn«v Ct¸mÄ Nm`v fm_pt¶m? Mm³ A½m]n]psX I´n]n bnXn¨p AfÀ¯n sM¡n F¶n«v WtÃm\w tkUWn¸n¨p H^p MpÅp sNmXp¯p.

“”Biv.. tkUWn¡ps¶Xm.

l^n Mm³ h½Sn¨p. N®³ tI«tWm Asæn Fsâ eÀ¯mkv tbm`pw CSp ks^ Fsâ AknsX sI]vSn«nÃ. BUyfm]n«v sI¿m³ tbm\Sv Wo]m. A½m]ns] tkUWn¸n¡tÃXm. AkÀ Ft¶mXv sNm©n.

BSn^½m]n N«n`n Wm`pNm`n blp Wn¡p¶ tbmhn Wn¶p. Ak^psX Wn¸v N*m As¸m N_k]pÅ hnÔn blpknsW tbms` D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ sfsà bp_Nn sI¶v Ak^psX I´n¸manNÄ knXÀ¯n F¶n«v Ak^psX NqSn f\¯p.

“”Jo. Cu sI¡Wv H^p Wm\kpw CÃtÃm. “”

“”AknsX AX§n Wn¡Xn A½m]n blptk”” Mm³ Ak^psX I´n¡v Hä AXn sNmXp¯p.

At½.. AkÀ Wn`knan¨p.

Zm Fs¶ tkUWn¸n¨m Mm³ F\oäv tbmkpw tNt«m. AkÀ Nr{Snf tUgyw AenW]n¨p. F¦n`pw AkÀ¡v ASv hpOns¨¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. bp^pg·m^psX N¿n Wn¶pw Np*n¡v AXn Nn«p¶Sv H^pfmSn^n FÃm hv{SoNÄ¡pw CãfpÅ Nm^yfm\v. bp_tf¡v tUgyw {bNXn¸n¡pw F¦n`pw.

Mm³ ko*pw Ak^psX I´n¸manNÄ knXÀ¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak^psX NqSn Spa]pw ASnWp Ipäpw FÃmw W¡m³ SpX§n.

“”tim.. Wo Bav sNmÅmftÃm. CSnWv fp³tb Wo GsS¦n`pw sb®nsâ NqsX sI]vSn«pt*m Zm?”” A½m]n KnÚmht]msX tImUn¨p.

Cým]n..Mm³ Nakv b_ªp. hpfSn]psX]pw hpWnS]psX]pw Hs¡ Nm^yw S¡m`w A½m]n A_n]* F¶v Mm³ N^pSn.

“”Dw.. Wns¶ sN«n]k³ B]n Nn«p¶ sb®nsâ emPyw”” AkÀ bn_p bn_p¯p.

Ak^psX NqSn Fsâ Sp¸Â sNm*v Wn_ªp. Mm³ sfsà Fsâ Np® FXp¯v Ak^psX NqSn]nt`¡v N]äm³ SpX§n.
CSpks^ B^pw N]äm¯ N¶n NqSn]n Nan¡m³ tbmkpN]m\v F¶Sv Fs¶ i^w sNmÅn¨p.

Mm³ sfsà ASnsâ fNpXw NqSn Spa]nt`¡v k¨p. F¶n«v Hä SÅnWv ANt¯¡v N]äm³ tWm¡n. Wà ssXäv NqSn B]n^p¶p A½m]n]ptXSv. bq_n N]än] tbms` A{S Cuhn AÃ.

“”At¿m.. At½.. MmWnt¸m ImNptf.. Xm Du^n fmäXm ASv”” A½m]n Wn`knan¨p.

Mm³ ko*pw Fsâ Np®s]Xp¯p A½m]n]psX Np*n]n sk¨p. At¸mÄ A½m]n H^p kan kn«p.

“”A½m]o bp¯^n]n Ss¶ NÃp NXn¨tÃm””Mm³ sfsà NpWnªp sI¶v A½m]n]psX sIkn]n b_ªp. “”

C§p sNm*p km. bp¯^n bpjp§n] A^n]m¡n S^mw. A½m]n b_ªp.

A½m]n sfsà N«n`n FWn¡v AenfpOfm]n Nm`v bn\ªn^p¶p. Fsâ Np® AkÀ N¿ns`Xp¯p sfsà Np`p¡n. “”FXm Wfp¡v CSv tk*. C{S]pw hpµ^fm] tS³ Nn®w DÅt¸mÄ F´nWmXm sk_psS fq`¯n C«v Np¯p¶Sv. “”

AkÀ sfsà Fsâ Np® km]n sk¨p I¸m³ SpX§n. ASnsâ fNpX¯ns` fq{Sw k^p¶ sk«n AkÀ Wm¡nsâ Sp¼v sNm*v Djnªp. Mm³ BsN sk«n kn_¨p. Fsâ D* AkÀ ssNsNm*v Djnªp. AkÀ sfsà ASn bnXn¨p sM¡n. AkÀ k`Sp ssNsNm*v Fsâ sW©ns` sM«pNÄ sfsà sM^Xn.

Fsâ Np® km]n Wn¶v FXp¯ tlgw. Nps_ tW^w Np`p¡pw. ko*pw km]n sk¨p I¸pw. Cu {b{Nn] Nps_ Sk\ SpXÀ¶p. FWn¡v ko*pw k^m_m]n. Mm³ Ak^psX fpXn]n Np¯n¸nXn¨p Fsâ Np® Ak^psX km]nt`¡v SÅn A®m¡v ks^ fp«n¨p. Ak^psX N®p SÅn, lzmhw fp«n. Ipf¨p sNm*v AkÀ Fsâ Np® km]n Wn¶v bp_s¯Xp¯p. Mm³ BsN Nt{*mÄ tbm] AkØ]n B]n^p¶p.

Mm³ Ss¶ Np® N¿ns`Xp¯p Np`p¡n]t¸mtj¡pw FWn¡v bm Ioän]n^p¶p. ASv Ak^psX fpOt¯¡pw Np_¨v fp`]nt`¡pw Ioän.

“”Jo.. AkÀ N®pNÄ C_p¡n AX¨p. F¶n«v AknsX Ajn¨n«n^p¶ Fsâ fps*Xp¯p Ak^psX fpOkpw fp`]psX emPkpw SpX¨p.

Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BsN SaÀ¶p. N«n`nt`¡v ko\p. A½m]n Fsâ tft`¡v ko\p. Fsâ sW©¯p AkÀ kn^t`mXn¨p. Fsâ fp`¡®pNÄ ^*pw AkÀ I¸n. Ak^psX fpXn]njNan Nm¨n] F®]psX]pw fpøqknsâ]pw PÔw D*m]n^p¶p.

“”Zm Mm³ tbmkm. Wnsâ A½mk³ Ft¸m tkt\`pw N]_n k^mw tNt«m.””

“”ASv hm^fnÃ. k¶m`pw fp³kls¯ NSNn fp«pftÃm. At¶^w tbm]m fSn. ASv ks^ CknsX NnX¡m.Mm³ Aks^ C_p¡n sN«n¸nXn¨p.

A¸ tW^w Njnªt¸mÄ M§Ä sI_pSm]n f]§nt¸m]n. sbs«¶v Ft´m tN«v Mm³ D_¡¯n Wn¶pw FjptWäp. A½m]n Fs¶ S«nfmän.

D½_s¯ kmSn`nWv fp¶n A½mk³ k¶v knan¡p¶ lÐkpw tN«p .

“”At¿m..tI«³ ks¶¶v tSm¶p¶p. A½m]n sk{bmas¸«v FjptWäp. A]]n Du^n C«n^p¶ ssWän FXp¯p tUit¯¡n«v NSNv Sp_¡mWm]n HmXnt¸m]n.

Mm³ ko*pw D_¡¯nt`¡v kjpSn ko\p.

^mkns` tNmjn Nqkp¶Sv tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ D\À¶p. Fsâ tUi¯v DXpSp\n CÃm]n^p¶p. C¶s` fp*v FXp¯p DXp¡m³ tbm`pw f_¶p. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ Fsâ fp*v S_]n NnX¡p¶p. Mm³ NpWnªp Wn¶v fp*v FXp¯t¸mÄ B\v S_]n fsäm^p hmVWw NnX¡p¶Sv N*Sv. hv{bnRv tbms` Ip^p*v H^p Ipk¶ K«n. A½m]n C¶s` Du^n]n«Sv. VrSn]n FjptWäv tbm]t¸mÄ FXp¯nXm³ f_¶v Nm\pw bmkw.
Mm³ GSm]m`pw AsSXp¯p F¶n«v ASn bq_nsâ tWs^ k^p¶ emPw f\¯p.
Dcv–..A½m]n]psX bq_nsâ PÔw. MmWm K«n FXp¯v S`]\]psX AXn]n Han¸n¨p.

D½_¯v sI¶t¸mÄ A½mk³ b{Skpw km]n¨p Bkn b_¡p¶ N«³ Nm¸n]pw A^nNn sk¨v C^n¡p¶p. fpO¯v C¶s` fUybn¨Snsâ H^p £o\w Nm\m³ D*v.

“”Rm Wo FjptWtäm. WnW¡v N«³ Nm¸n tk\sf¦n AXp¡a]n sIÃp. AkÄ C«v S^pw. ‘A½mk³ b_ªp.

Mm³ hf]w Na]msS tkPw AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. A½m]n Npan¨v fpXns]ms¡ kr¯n]m]n sN«n sk¨n«v AXp¡a]n bmINw SpX§n]n^p¶p. H^p fqan bms«ms¡ bmXn kas^ ht´mg¯n B]n^p¶p bpÅn¡m^n.

Mm³ sfsà bp_Nn NqXn sI¶v tSman N¿n«p B k`s¯ A½nª]n N]_n bnXn¨p

sbs«¶v H¶v sM«ns]¦n`pw. hfWn` kos*Xp¯v A½m]n Ft¶mXv b_ªp. “”Bim.. sbm¶ptfm³ C{S tW^s¯ FjptWtäm?””

“”AsS´m C{S tW^s¯ Fjpt¶Â¡t*?”” B fp`]n H¶v AfÀ¯n sM¡ns¡m* Mm³ tImUn¨p””.

“”tim Fjpt¶änà ASnWv fpt¶ SpX§n]sÃm. tbmt] tbmt]. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm¸n kÃSpw tkt\Â Mm³ At§m«v sNm*v S^mw””.

FWn¡v Nm¸n tk* CSnWN¯v Wn¶pw bm fSn. Mm³ ^*p N¿v sNm*pw fp`Nan bnXn¨p.

“”ASn Cs¸m bms`m¶pw CÃXm””. Wo At§m«v fm_n WnÃv. tI«³ Cs¸m Ct§m«v F§m³ k¶m BsN {blvWfmNpw. FXm bns¶ Fsâs]m^p hmVWw Wnsâ fp_n]n NnX¸p*v ASv C§p B^pw Nm\msS FXp¯p Ss¶¡t\.

“”ASv Mm³ S^nÃ. Fsâ N¿n Mm³ hq£nt¨mamw.””

A¿Xm..hq£n¡m³ bäns]m^p hmVWw. sb®p§apsX AXn]n CXp¶Sv Hs¡ Bt\mXm Wo FXp¯v hq£n¨p sk]v¡p¶Sv?

“”tks_ B^ptXw AÃtÃm. Fsâ hz´w sbm¶½m]n]psX AtÔ”.

“”^mkns` sk_psS hpOn¸n¡tà tfmsW. Wo C^n¡v Mm³ Nm¸n tkPw C«v S^mw””.

“”Nm¸ns]ms¡ bSps¡ C«m fSn. Mm³ CknsX C^pt¶mamw”” A½m]n]psX Np*n]n SXkns¡m*v Mm³ b_ªp.

“”Zm Wos]m¶v tbmt]. Csæn I«pNw sbmÅn¨p I´n]n sk¡ptk””.

“”F¦n sk¡v. A½m]n Fs¶ F´v sI]vSm`pw Mm³ A§p hint¨mamw””.

“”Fsâ sbm¶ptfm³ AsÃXm. Wo S¡m`w H¶v tbm. ^tftg«³ Np_¨p Njn]pt¼mÄ tKm`n¡v tbmkpw. Mm³ Cu b\ns]ms¡ HSp¡n. D¨]v¡v tIm_pw sk¨v. ASv Njn¨n«v tfmsa D_¡n NnX¯n]n«v D¨ Njnªv Cãw tbms` hf]w D*v. bns¶ sskNn«v ^tftg«³ A¼`¯n tbmkm³ tW^w k^pw. AknXp¶v W½Ä sSmjpSv Sn^n¨p k¶m`pw ^tftg«³ bmSn^m{Sn Njn]msS Ct§m«v k^¯nÃ. “”

“”iw..l^n CWn As{S]pw Nm¯n^n¡\w AtÃ?”” A½m]n]psX Nkna¯v H^p½ NqXn sNmXp¯n«v H^p NXn]pw NXn¨v Mm³ AknXp¶v CRv tbm¶p.

“”tim Cksâ Nm^yw sNm*v tSmäp””.A½m]n C§sW b_tªm*v tKm`n SpXÀ¶p.

Mm³ bÃp tS¸pw Npan]pw Hs¡ Njnªv ^mkn`s¯ e£\kpw Njn¨p. A½mk³ At¸mtj¡v tKm`n¡v tbm]n^p¶p. A½m]ns] b®mWpÅ fVp^ hzbvW§apw N*n^p¶ Fsâ hÀk b²SnNapw SN^p¶ ^oSn]n`pÅ hwPSn]m\v bn¶oXv D*m]Sv.