ദീപ്തി സത്യാ – A Ride With Bangalore Students
Author: മന്ദന് രാജ
‘Npj¸nfnèm.. AsSms¡ Mm³ tWm¡nsNmÅmw … AÑWpft½w ssV^yfm]n sbmt¡m ‘
In{S ASv b_ªt¸mÄ UobvSn fq¡p sIm_nªp sNm*v bSns] AÑWpf½]pw Nm\msS In^n¨p . sdÌv Bam\v IpfS` Gän^n¡p¶Sv … AkÄ DÅn In^n¨p .
hSy³ AWnSs]]pw knant¨m*v Nm¼hnWv skan]nt`¡v WX¶p f_]p¶Sv ks^ AkÀ tWm¡n Wn¶p
“” tfmsa¡mÄ I^¡m\tÃmXn A½ … Fât½ hq¸À Np*n .. sfm`]pw Abm^w .. Wn³s_ AÑsWs¡m*v At½sW tf]v¡m³ bmXm tfmsa “” A¸p_¯v Wn¶ AWp Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v k¶p b_ªp .
‘ Zn …Zn ..knXXn f¡sa .. kn«p bnXn … A¨Wot¸mjm Cu tNm`w ..tW^s¯ Wà tdmZn B]n^p¶p .Wn§sa tbms`]mt\m M§Ä …. ^*p sb^psXw bYn¯¯nWp Ss¶ Wà ssbhm In`kp*v .M§Ä ^*p tbs^]pw bYn¸n¡t* … . BsN k^pfmWw B NX]m .NX]n`mt\ A{S k^pfmtWmw Ct¸mjnà ..””. Wn§tamXv b_ªn«ntà ?’
‘ Òw … F¶m bns¶ Cu ssbh WnW¡v Ak^psX N¿n Ss¶ Sn^n¨p sNmXp¡m³ tf`m]n^pt¶m ?’
‘ Wo F¶mXn b_]pt¶ AWp …. WnW¡v NmslknXp¶m tfmsa F¶v tImUn¨m Mm³ Nj¸v SoÀ¡pt¼m Nn«p¶Sm F¶v AkÄ¡v b_]m³ bäptfm ? tR ? “” In{S IqXm]n
“” tlm ..MmWSv HmÀ¯nà …ASv knXv …Wn§Ä¡n¶p t{bm{Pmw Dt*m ?””
“” FWn¡nà tfmsa … UobvSn¡p*v …. B f]n^³ sI¡³ … Njnª BjvIt] knan¨p b_ªSm … bmÀ¡n k^t\m¶p “”
“” FXn ..Uobm … Wo C§sW SpX§^pSv tNt«m … Ak³ AÑtâw At½tXw ktÃmw ssbh AXnt¨m*v k^p¶Smkpw … kà tImtUymw b_¨n`pw k¶m … Wo W¼_pw sNmXp¡*m]n^p¶p ‘
‘ tbmXo bntÅs^ … Ak³ ¹hv– XqWtà ..sbmXnfol Hs¡]p*v .. As¸m {bm]bqÀ¯n]ms]¶p b_ªp Wn¡mw “” hm{µ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v k¶p .
‘ Hm …WnW¡pw bntÅs^ B\tÃm {bn]w ..AkapsX H^p ht¸mÀ«v””
‘ AÃmsS ..Wns¶ tbms` Nnak³fms^ Bt\m …H¶v tbmXo “”
; F³s_ tbmt¶m … H¶v WnÀ¯v .F¶n«v.. A®m¡nt`¡v ktÃmw tNämWpÅ kjn b_'”” UobvSn CX]n N]_n
‘ F´v kjn .. WnW¡v bmÀ¡nt`¡v tbmNp¶ kjn A_n]ntà ..tWs^ sIÃpN …B sI¡³ k^pw ..A®m¡nt`¡v tNäpN””
‘ F³s_ Int{S … Wo]pw … ‘ UobvSn sSmjpSp .
“” Wo kmXn UobvSn …. knl¶n«p N®v Nm\m³ k¿ …”” hm{µ AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p
“” tim«Â hm³Z tcmÀ«v– “” hm{µ Hmt«m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]_n b_]p¶SnWv fpt¶ In{S]pw AWpkpw HmXn k¶p NqsX N]_n
“” FXn .. A©n³s_ ssbh CÃ tNt«m … H^mjvI]m]n b«n\n]m … Nmlv Wo sNmXpt¯m\w “”
‘ AStÃ`pw Wo A§sW Asà b_]qAWp’ In{S Nan]m¡n .
hm³Z tcmÀ«n³s_ bmÀ¡n§n C_§n dmPn Wn¶v ssbh FXp¯p sNmXp¡m³ H^p§tk B\v Hmt«m¡m^³ UobvSn]psX SÅn Wn¡p¶ fp`]ns`¡v sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n]Sv .. hm{µ ASv N*p In^n¨p
“” F{S]m tfmsW ssbh ?’ “” fpNÄ d«¬ CÃm¯ gÀ«n³s_ fp`¨m`ns`¡v sNmSnt]msX tWm¡p¶ GSm*v A_pbSp k]thmaw {bm]fpÅ A]mtamXv hm{µ N¶X]n Ss¶ tImUn¨p .
‘ FsXm St¶mXtà tImUnt¨ F{S]m¶v ? ‘ UobvSn]psX SÅn Wn¡p¶ fp`¡®n Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^p¶ A]msam¶p sM«n ..
‘ Wq_v””
– Òvfw … Wq_p ..Wq_p SWn¡v tNm¸v S^pw – hm{µ bn_pbn_p¯p ..
“” tZm ..SWn¡Sn bnXn¡t\m ?”” Hmt«m]ns`¡v NpWnªp hm{µ tImUn¨p … NpWnªt¸mÄ hm{µ]psX Éokvs`hv tNm«³ gÀ«n³s_ DÅn`qsX N* fp` NqXn B]t¸mÄ A]mapsX N®pNÄ bp_t¯¡v NqXpS SÅn ..
“” ASn bnXn¡t\ H^p C^p¶qä³bSv ^qb NqXn Ct§m«v S^\w … F³s_ Bt\ SmWm]Sv sNm*v Cu Hmt«m Nq`n]n HSp¡mw ..F´m tkt\m ?’
Hmt«m¡m^³s_ N®pNÄ fnjnªp …
“” F{S ..F{S]m t_äv?’ Hmt«m¡m^³ hm{µ]psX fp`]ns`¡pw fpOt¯¡pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n
“”tkt\Â bnXn¨n«p Sn^nªp tWm¡msS tbmXm tkPw “”
‘ AÃ …t_äv “”
‘ B ..t_äv ..tZm NmÀt¶ms^ .. H^p f\n¡q_nWv A¿m]n^w tk\w Ht*m N¿n ..tà bnXn¨n«p k*n knXm³ tWm¡v “” A]mapsX fWhnt`¡v ko«n b`im^kpfm]n k^p¶ AѨsW Nm¯n^n¡p¶ knVk]m] fNapsX bntÅÀ NX¶p k¶p … SWn¡v hzbvWw Nm\m³ tbm`pw bänÃm¯ shuµ^yfpÅ hm{µ]psX sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ ASnsW fosS k¶t¸mÄ CXSp ssN sNm*v A]mÄ gÀ«nWp tfs` sM¡n … AkapsX fp`]psX fmÀ±kw A]mapsX A^s¡«n NmYnWyw sI`p¯n]t¸mÄ hm{µ A]mapsX Nknan WpÅn
‘ FsXm fSn ..Cs¸m Ss¶ Sm³ C^pWq_nWv DÅSv bnXn¨p ..””
fWhnÃm fWthmsX A]mÄ Hmt«m bp_Nnt`¡v FXp¯p , AÂbw fmän Sn^nªp tWm¡n . hm{µ]psX sNmjp¯ Np*n Ko³hnWpÅn D^p*v Wn¡p¶ NmjvI, A*Àsk]_n³s_ tbm¡än fNÄ bntÅÀ¡v dp¡pw bphvSNkpw km§mWm]n b\]w sk¡m³ S¶ fm`]ns`¡v ssN Woan¸n¨p … N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]mÄ AXp¯pÅ dm¦nt`¡v Hmt«m kn«p
‘ Zn .. kmXn H¶v …”” In{S hm{µs]]pw knan¨p ^*mw Wn`]ns` s_Ì_âns`¡v WX¶p ..
“” UobvSn … kà ^£]pw Dt*m tfmsa “”
“” tWm¡Xn Int{S … sU C^n¡p¶]mÄ tWm¡p¶p*v ..A]mÄsX em^y sNmÅmw Asà ..’
UobvSn Ak^n^n¡p¶ sI]_n³s_ sshZns` tXdnans`¡v N®v Nm\n¨p . em^y]pw eÀ¯mkpw bnt¶m^mapw B tXdnan D*v .. AÂbw Ng*n]pÅ A¼Sp k]thmaw {bm]fpÅ H^mapw , WmÂbtSm WmÂb¯n]t©m k]hv fSn¡p¶ H^p U¼SnNapw . sN«nt]mWp Wà k®kpw ASnsWm¯ sbm¡kpfp*v .A]mÄ Ko³hpw H^p tb¸À tNm«³ sskäv gÀ«pw .sKân `p¡v .. A]mapsX AXp¯ hoän Wà Np`oWS]pÅ H^p hv{So … k«fpOw , sWän]n hnµq^fp*v .. Njp¯ns`m^p Woa³ fm`,N¿ns`m^p Nm¸pw. NXpwb¨NaÀ dWm_hv hn¡v hm^n]pw ASnWp tIÀ¶ Éokvs`hv s»uhpw .. Ak^psX skap¯ ssNNsa B hm^n]psX NaÀ FXp¯p Nm\n¨p . AÂbw knXÀ¶pSXn¨Ipk¶ Ip*pNÄ … Nm`nWp fosS N]än sk¨ Nm`n H^p N_p¯ tbapNÄ DÅ bmUh^w .Wà tg¸pÅ sNmSn]mkp¶ N\wNm`pNÄ . . NWw Np_ª H^p thmcväv– sI^n¸v Ak^psX Nm`n A]ªp NnX¸p*v . ASn Wn¶kÀ B tim«`n Ss¶ Smfhn¡p¶kÀ Bs\¶v hm{µ¡v fWhn`m]n .. AknsX FÃm fp_nNan`pw AsS tbm`s¯ sI^n¸pNÄ D*¶p b` Sk\ AknsX Smfhn¨n«pÅ hm{µ¡v A_n]mw
“” Zn tWm¡Xn ..A]mapsX WXpkn^`n³s_ kt®mw Wotamw”” In{S sfsà b_ªp
“” ASnWv?’
“” FXn AWp .. WXp kn^`n³s_ kt®mw sbmt¡mw Nm\q¶m b_]pt¶ …D²^n¡m¯ Np®¡v .. As¸m ..sbm§n]m`ms¯ AkØt]m¶mt`mIn¨p tWm¡nt¡ .. tim “” In{S fp³bn sNm*v k¶p sk¨ thmhv– kn^`n Hjn¨q¼n
“” tbm ..f]ns^ H¶v .. tNm\m¯ns` SSzw sNm*v kt¶¡p¶p …”” hm{µ In{Ss] Nan]m¡n]n«p ko*pw Ak^nt`¡v {l² Sn^n¨p
cpZv– k¶tS Ak^mhzUn¨p Njn¡m³ SpX§n .. AÂbw Njnªt¸mÄ A¸p_¯n^p¶kÀ Fjps¶Â¡p¶Sv N*p … ASns`m^mÄ A_n]m¯ knV¯n H^p NmÀZv Ak^psX tXdnan sk¨n«v tbm]n …
“” tWm¡Xn .. Cu W¼^n knan¡t\m ?’
tk* f¡sa ..kà bp`nkm`pfmkpw”” hm{µ]m\Sv b_ªSv .. Nq«¯n AÂbw tWm¡ow N*pw sI¿p¶Sksa DÅq . dm¡n fqk^pw Bs^¦n`pw ^m{Sn]mNpt¼mÄ k¶p Nn«t\s]¶pÅ In´]n B\v ..
WP^¯ns` tNmtaKn bYn¡p¶k^m\v Wm`ptb^pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv . hm{µ H^p kÀgw hoWn]À . . b` sNmjvhnWv Bs\¦n`pw tNmtaKpw timÌ`pw bns¶ GSm*v In´mPSn]pw H¶m]SnWm Wm`ptb^pw H¶mkpN]m]n^p¶p . ASnWp Nm^\¡m^n]m]Sv hm{µ]psX H^p Nhn³ tI¨n]pw … AkÀ Njnª kÀgw tbm]n …
“” Zn … ASns`m¶v knan¨p tWm¡n]mt`m ?’
“”tk* ..tk*m¶p b_ªntà ?’
bs£ ASv tNÄ¡msS AWp tcm¬ sI]vSn^p¶p ,
“” it`m …it`m hmÀ .. F³s_ tb^v K] .. hmÀ knan¡m³ b_ªn^p¶p “”
‘ Òvfw ..½vfw … ½vfw. Ht¡ ..hmÀ .. k^mw …Cà .SoÀ¨]m]pw “”
‘F¶mXn . F¶m b_sª ..?’
: FXn Njnª fmhw UobvSn dhn sks¨m^p tI«³s_ Np® bnXn¨p sNmXp¯ntà ?’.
“” Rm …ASnWv?’
“” W½aSnWp f_ SoÀ¯ntà ?””
‘ AsS ..AÃm]n^pt¶Â CkÄ A]mapsX Np® AknsX sk¨v Du¼nt]sW….B{Nm´w AÃm]n^pt¶m Ck¡v ..Ak^nsS§sW A_nªp … Aks^¶m b_sª ?’
“” B Ng*n]ntà A]am\Sv… F¶v … A]mÄ¡v UobvSns] N*t¸mtj fWhn`m]n …FXn UobvSn Wo HmÀ¡p¶pt*m ?’
‘ B ….. fq¶m`mjvI ko«n Wn¶v knl¶p k^pt¼mjm dn^n]m\n Nt* … Sn¶pt¼m knadp¶ BÄ¡mt^w A¸p_s¯ sI]_n C^n¡pt¶mt^w tWm¡* Nm^yfpt*m?’
‘ Wo]n§sW tWm¡msSw In´n¡msSw WX¶m Zn UobvSn {blvWfmNptf “” hm{µ Aksa tWm¡n N®p^p«n
“” DÆ … Wot]ms¡]tà Cksa C§sW]m¡ns] ..CWn Npäw b_ªm fSn “”
‘ Mm³ Bs^]pw Npäs¸Xp¯p¶nà …. CSn k`n] sSsäm¶pfnÃtÃm … C_§m³ tWm¡v .. AkWknsX k¶n«p*mkpw “” UobvSn sfmssd`n hf]w tWm¡n
dn sNmXp¯n_§n UobvSn Hmt«m]n N]_pt¼mÄ fqkÀ hwOw Ft§m«v tbmN\sf¶_n]msS Bt`mIn¨p Wn¶p
‘Zn Int{S ..Wfp¡v tbm]mt`m ?’ AWp In{S]psX ssN bnXn¨p .. ^*p tb^pw D_¸n¨m hm{µ NqsX k^psf¶kÄ¡_n]mw
‘ FXn tks\mXn ? {btSyNn¨v Ak^v f`]manNÄ … kà eog\ow Bs\¦n “”
h{µs¡m^p tbXn … sb«¶v Ss¶ AkÄ ssV^yw kos*Xp¯p
“” k^p¶Sv k^s« ..NqsXs]m^p sb®pw D*tÃm … . sIä¯^w ktÃmw Nm\n¨m AXn¨p sIkn¡Ãv bpN¡\w … UobvSow NqsX D*m]n^pt¶Â ..””
DÅSn ssV^yw hm{µ¡m\v.. UobvSn¡v FXp¯p Im«w NqXpS`m\v …AWpkpw In{S]pw ssh`âv NnsÃÀhpw … tk\w F¶m tk*m …tk*m tk\w …
“” tbmt\m …”” AWp hwl]w {bNXn¸n¨p ..
“” N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡pw ASm “” In{S
“” sbm`]mXn tfmsa ..Wo]tà tbmNm¶p b_sª … bns¶ tk*m¶p …GsS¦n`pw H¶p_¨p So^pfmWtfXp¡v … AkÄsX tNm¸n`s¯ H^p Im©m«w …. Np® bq_n Sn§n]n^n¡pt¼m WnWs¡ms¡ hptOmw bpa¨n`pw…skÅw tbm]n Du^n Njn]pt¼m bqäns` NpätdmtVmw h¦tXmw ..tbm f]n^pNsa “” hm{µ]psX tUgyw AÂbw D¨¯n`m]n … In{S]pw AWpkpw b^nh^w tWm¡n B^pw tN«nÃm¶p_¸p k^p¯n
‘ F¦n Wos]m^p So^pfmWw b_]v– ‘
‘”” f]n^v FN-vhmfpw bYnt¯mw FÃmfm]n«p fq¶`mjvI b«n\n]Ãm^pt¶m… C¶s` FÃmw SoÀ¶t¸m H^p¯Wpfnà .. N¿n`pÅ ssbh]pw So^m_m]n .. k^p¶Sv k^s« .. Wn§av km “” hm{µ tim«`nt`¡v Sn^n¨p N]_n .
thmc]n AfÀ¶t¸mÄ _nhbvgWns` fmtWKÀ Bks^ sNmSnt]msX fm_n fm_n tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p .
In{S]Sv N*t¸mÄ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ AXp¸n¡]pw ANäpN]pw sI]vSp. fps«m¸w C_¡fpÅ bmkmX AN¶t¸mÄ AkapsX SpX N*k³ At§m«v– tWm¡n .. In{S]ksW tWm¡n N®X¨v . Ak³ t_mhv Na_n fn¡n sfuhn³s_ bXfpÅ AkapsX dWn]WpÅn fpjp¯p Wn¡p¶ fp`]ns`¡v tWm¡n .. fn¡nsfuhn³s_ ^*p sIknNapw AkapsX Hmt^m fp`]m\v dWn]Wn .
‘ Ip½mSn^n]Xn “” AWpkSv N*p In{Ss] tbXn¸n¨p .. Akapw fp«nWp AÂbw fm{Sw Smsj Wn¡p¶ N_p¯ fnZn]pw, N_p¯ tNm«³ gÀ«v , Njp¯ns`m^p fm`]pw, sI_n] Np^nlpfm`]pw .. knXÀ¶ fm³tbXN®pNamkapsXSv .. AÂbw k`n] sWän ..ASns`m^p sI_n] sbm«v.
“” F´m]Xn?’ AWp h{µ]psXsWs^ Sn^nªp ..
‘ sdÃXn¡p¶p*v””
hm{µ tcm¬ sIkn]n tIÀ¯v sk¨v tSmav sNm*n_p¡n sk¨n«v dmPn Wn¶v NÀIocv– FXp¯p Ip*v SpX¨p ..
Ft¸mjpw WWkpÅ Ip*m\kapsXSv … sskäv NaÀ h-vNn³ cnäv– sZWnw Ko³hv … hvss_ F¶jpSn] Im^kpw bn¦pw k^NÄ DÅ Éokvs`hv tNm«³ gÀ«v
“” Rm hmt_ …M§Ä Smsj]p*v … _qw W¼À GSm?….. im ..im …HsN hÀ ‘
“” _qw W¼À 57″” hm{µ _nhbvgWn F¯n b_ªp
“” cncv¯v cvt`mÀ fmZw … hyq«v B\v “” _nhbvgWns` sb®v- `ncv_ns`¡v ssN Iq*n.fmtWKÀ At¸mjpw Ak^psX tIm^]qän NpXn¡p¶ tWm«¯n`m\v
“” N¨_ bn¨_ Xotfm¶pfà f¡sa … b«n\n]m]n^n¡pt¼m C§sW Wà Xowhv k^p¶Sv BUyfm .. UobvSn NqXn tk\fm]n^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”
“” AsS .. H¶pw Nn«msS C¶map H^p Unkhw Nn«n]Sv H^p B{Nn NX¡m^³ .. dnhnsWhv Nm^Wm¶p b_ªp k¶n«v AÂb¯^w Nm\n¨]mÄ `mÌv … sIm_n¨n`pw fm_n]nà ssbthw Nn«n]nà ..GsS¦n`pw H¶v fm_n]m]n^ps¶Â tk*nÃ]n^p¶p “” In{S bn_pbn_p¯p
hm{µ _qfn³s_ fp¶ns` tNmanwPv sdÃn kn^`fÀ¯n.
H^p fnWpäp Njnªt¸mÄ kmSn Sp_¶ Bsa N*kt^m¶p b^p§n..tim«`n Ak^psX H¸w N* hv{So … AkÀ k¶ tkg¯n B]n^p¶p . N¿n Nps_ skÅ tb¸_pNÄ , H^p tbW]pw .. A`hfm]n«n^n¡p¶ hm^n¯p¼v fm_n]t¸mÄ Ak^psX Sn§nWn_ª fp`Nm\mw .
“” thm_n fmw … _qw W¼À 47 Bs\t¶mÀ¯p .. thm_n “” hm{µ Aks^ tWm¡n In^n¨n«v bn³km§m³ SpX§n
“” _qw W¼À 47 CSà ..bs£ Wn§Ä¡v Nmt\* BÄ¡mÀ CknsX]p*v “” B hv{So In^n¨p ..
hm{µt]m¶p bS_n
“” N]_n km Np«nNsa .. Wn§atà tcm¬ sI]vSSv “”
“” Ak^tà khq …N]_n k^m³ b_]v–“” _qfn Wn¶pw imant`¡v C_§n k¶ Ng*n]pÅ BÄ b_ªp . bp_sN Wm¸¯n]©p k]thmaw {bm]fpÅ fsä]mapw.
hm{µt]ms¡ H^p bS_n¨t]msX ANt¯¡v N]_n
iman Wn¶v B hv{So Aks^ _qfnt`¡v £\n¨p
bmSns]mjnª fUy¡p¸n]pw ¥mÊpNapw Xot¸m]n]n . k_p¯ Nlpk*n]pw
“” Wn§Ä Njn¡ntà ?”” Ng*n ]pÅ BÄ tImUn¨p .. hm{µ]psX fpOs¯m^p Wo^hw bXÀ¶p.
“” WnÀdÔn¡p¶nà ..”” A]mÄ In^n¨p
“” Mm³ tKmÀKv tKm¬ … ¹mâ_m Nmªn^¸Åo … CkÄ F³s_ NqsX Atf^ns¡Â D*m]n^p¶Sm .. khpÔ^ … CSnkapsX ihvd³Zv. K]Nm´³ ‘
“” ¹mâÀ Fs¶ms¡ sk_psS b_]p¶Sm tfmsa … A¨m]Wv AkntXw CkntXw Hs¡ Ø`fp*v .. bns¶ ho^n]`v bnXpt¯mw hnWnf]pw Hs¡ ..””
“” i i i ..Kokn¡t* f¡sa … bnt¶]v CkÄ khpÔ^ ..M§Ä khq¶v knan¡pw . … Ckams\³s_ bmÀ«v–\À .. ho^n] WnÀfm\¯n Hs¡ … CkÄ NT FjpSm_p*v ..f`]ma¯n AVnNfnà tNt«m … CkÄ Atf^n¡]n KWn¨p kaÀ¶Sm .. CWv¥ogn`m Fjps¯ms¡ .. In` C¥ogv ho^n]`pNÄ dp¡pNÄ Hs¡ … bns¶ K]Nm´³ … bpÅn f`]ma¯n`m Fjp¯v … Ck^psX t{bf knkmiw “”
‘ M§Ä¡Âbw Sn^¡p*m]n^p¶p”” hm{µ km¨n tWm¡n .
“” ASv Na tfmsa … Wn§Ä Ct§ms«¡m]n k¶Stà …””
hm{µ H¶pw fn*n]nà … AkÄ K]Nm´sW]pw khpÔ^s]]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n. AkÀ Atf^n¡]n KWn¨p kaÀ¶sS¶v b_]nà . A{S]pw lm`oWS ..F¶m shN-vhn]pw . N¿n_¡w Np_ª s»uhnWv Nosj D^p*p sfjp¯ ssN¯*NÄ . hm^n]psX Sp¼nWnX]n NqXn Nm\p¶ fp`¨m .. sshZn`qsX tWm¡pt¼mÄ s»uhns` k`n] fp`NÄ … t_mhv NaÀ B\kÀ¡v.. AkÀ K]Nm´³s_ sW©ns`s¡¶ tbms` Im^n C^n¡pkm\v. K]Nm´³ .sWän]nt`¡v ko\p NnX¡p¶ fpXn ..B_Xnt]maw sbm¡kpw ASnsWm¯ k®kpw … Wà skap¯ Wn_w .. D_¨ fmwhtblnNÄ .A]man«n^p¶ skÅ gÀ«v Du^n sgÂcn³s_ tZm_n Sq¡n]n«p*v . N¿n`m¯ C¶À dWn]³ .,..
“” A¨m]m..bntÅÀ¡v MmWpÅSv sNm*m¶p tSm¶p¶p H^p fXn .. fXn¡* bntÅs^ ..Wfp¡v AÂbtW^w fn*ow b_ªpw C^n¡mw “”
khpÔ^ b_ªp .. K]Nm´³ At¸mjpw fqks^]pw Wn^o£n¨p H¶pw fn*msS sdZn Im^n C^n¸m\v
‘ M§Äs¡m^nXw ks^ tbmNmWp*v “” hm{µ bns¶]pw b_ªp
“” Ak^v S^p¶Sn NqXpS ssbh Mm³ S^pw “” kÀ¡n¨m]³ tbm¡än Wn¶v 500 ³s_ Nps_ tWm«pNÄ Xot¸m]n]nt`¡v C«n«v Nth^]nt`¡v Im^n
hm{µ H¶pw fn*n]nsæn`pw AWpkn³s_ N®pNÄ H¶v fnjnªp ..In{S H¶pw fn*msS K]Nm´sW tWm¡n Wn¸m\v .
“” C^n¡v “” khp b_ªt¸mÄ hm{µ H^p sI]_ns`¡v C^p¶p ..Akan^n¡p¶Sv N* AWp ssbh FXp¡mWm]n NpWnªp ..
“” Wn¡v … Wn§Ä¡pÅSm ASv … Wn§sX Znfm*v Fs´ms¡]m ASv b_]v– … SpX§n sk¨n«v ASv bänà ..CSv bänà Fs¶m¶pw b_]^pSv … ASpw tbms« ..ASnWp fp³sbm^p Nm^yw tImUn¡mWp*v … Wn§sX NqsX D*m]n^p¶ B sb®v- F´ns] … A¶v dhn sks¨³s_ bm`v NaªkÄ? Aksa NqXn knan¡v “”
“” AkÄ tks_m^nXw ks^ tbm]Sm … AkÄ k^nà “” hm{µ b_ªp
“” Aksa FWn¡v tk\w …ASv bns¶shuN^yfpÅt¸mÄ fSn .. ..CSv b_]v– ..F´m\v Wn§Ä¡v b_]mWpÅSv?’
“” A§sW H¶pw b_]mWnà hmÀ “”
“” A¨m]³ A§sW knan¨m fSn ..bs£ , ..Wn§Ä b_]\w ..ASnWpw NqXn]m Cu ssbh S^pt¶ ..””
“” F´v b_]m³ ?’ hm{µ bp^nNw Ipan¨p ..
“” Wn§Ä B^v? F´v ? CSn F§sW sb«p? NmlnWmt\m AtSm knNm^lfW¯ntWm ?’
“” CsSms¡ Wn§Ä F´nWm A_n]ps¶ ? kmXn tbmNmw “”
hm{µ bÃn_p½n sNms*jpt¶äp ..
“” Wn¡v ….”” K]Nm´³s_ fpj§p¶ lÐw tN«v hm{µ]n H^p tNm^n¯^n¸v D*m]n ..Aka_n]msS Sn^nªp
. N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn§Ä b_]\w .. hSyw fm{Sw .. ASv sNm*v Wn§Ä¡v H¶pw hwekn¡nà .. Nmgv tbms^¦n b_]\w,”” K]Nm´³ t{Zm]n Wn¶v Aªq_n³s_ H^p sN«p tWms«Xp¯v Xot¸m]n]n sk¨p
‘ CkÄsX H^p NT¡m]m M§Ä C_§n]Sv .. C_§o«p fq¶m`mjvI]m]n … At¸mam _Ì_ân Wn§sa Nm\ps¶ … A¨m]³ A¶s¯ dhns` Nm^yw b_ªp … Wn§Ä¡v dp²nfp«v AN*m F¶v N^pSn]m NmÀZv C«n«p sbms¶ …AÃmsS CkÄ D*m]n«Ã …”” K]Nm´³ hm{µ]psX N®pNan tWm¡n b_ªt¸mÄ AkÄ¡v D*m]n^p¶ l¦ fm_n ..AXnk]än H^p fsäm^p l¦ SpX§n .. A{S¡m]n^p¶p Ak³s_ km¡pNans`]pw N®pNans`]pw So£v\S ]pw BÚmlàn]pw . S³s_ bq_n WWkq_p¶Sv tbms` hm{µ¡v tSm¶n.
‘ dmSv ..dm{Sqw FknsX]m?’ In{S]psX tImUyw tN«v hm{µ Aksa tWm¡n . sb®n³s_ fpOw Ipk¶p SpXp¯n«p*v …AkÄ¡v tbm]n Nm\pw …. BUy Sk\ Aksa s{X]nWn sk¨v A¦nÄ sSm«t¸mÄ Ss¶ AkÄ¡v tbm]Sv hm{µ HmÀ¯p .
“” tbXn¡* .. CWv¥ogv dp¡v B\nkÄ FjpSp¶Sv … Wn§apsX tbt^m fäp knk^§tam H¶pw k^¯nà …Hä Nm^yw fm{Sw … “” K]Nm´³ fpt¶m«mªp .
‘ Wn§Ä b_]p¶ NT NT hq¸À Bs\¦nÂ, ASptN«p Ck³ b\n]m]m CksW Smjv¯m³ Wn§sam¶p him]n¡\w “” K]Nm´³ Ko³hnWv fp¶ns` fpjp¸n sSm«p
“”ASv bns¶ tImUn¡mWpt*m K]m .. AkÀ bns¶ F´nWm ks¶ …Aà tfmsa A¨m]³ b_ª B hpµ^n¡p«ns]knsX ..s_Ì_ân sks¨m¶p sl^n¡pw Nm\m³ bän]nà “” khpÔ^ Fjpt¶äp fq¶p ¥mhv NqXn FXp¯p .
“” Hs^®w Hjn¡mtÃm Asà ?’ tImUn¡p¶SntWm¸w khp B_p ¥mhpw Wn_¨p .
“”Int]Àhv “” dmSv–_qfn Wn¶n_§n k¶ In{S dm¡n]n^p¶ ¥mhv FXp¯v Häk`n¡v AN¯m¡n .
“” tfmsa …bSns] NpXn¡v “” khpÔ^ Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨p
“” ASo tbXn fmämWm fmZw… .In{S¡v tbXn]m …CWn Npj¸fnà …Asæn AkÄ In`t¸m H¶pw tk*m¶p sk¨n_§n tbmNpw … ‘
‘ tbmXo AWp …FWn¡v tbXns]m¶pfnà .”” In{S A¨m]³s_ AXp¯ sI]_n C^p¶p Nm`nt·Â Nm N]än sk¨p.. fps«m¸w F¯p¶ AkapsX bmkmX]psX Smsj t^mf^inSfm] Nm`pw ASns` N_p¯ bmUh^kpw A¨m]³s_ A^s¡«n I`Ww hrãn¨p
A]mÄ AkapsX SpX]ns`¡v H^p ssN FXp¯p sk¨p . In{S A]msa tWm¡n klyfm]n In^n¨p
‘ ASv ..M§Ä F§Wm b_]pt¶ hmt_ …M§Ä¡v ^*pw tk\w .. ssbh]pw bns¶ ..”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv hm{µ H^p NknÄ C_¡n .
“” tk* .. Wn§apsX NqsX Ct¸mÄ– CknsX CÃm¯ B Np«ns] bän b_]mftÃm “” khpÔ^ AkÄ¡v Nmgyq FXp¯p Wo«n
“” NTs]m¶pw b_]m³ FWn¡_n]nà ..AkÄ b_ªSpw M§Ä A_nªSpw b_]mw “”
“” Òvfw ..ASv fSn … AsSms¡ CkÄ NT]m]n FjpSns¡mÅpw ..CSv Wn§apsX NT Aà …khpÔ^ FjpSp¶ H^p ho^nhn H^p NT]n Wn§sa tbm`pÅk^psX Np_¨p emPw D*v … “” K]Nm´³ Fjpt¶äp Ko³hv Du^n H^p fps*Xp¯p DXp¯p, fX¡n Np¯n]t¸mÄ A]mapsX D_¨ Nm`pNapw ASns` N_p¯ t^mf§apapw N¿nÃm¯ C¶À dWn]WpÅn Aksâ kn^nª sW©pw D_¨ ssNNNapw Hs¡ N*t¸mÄ hm{µ]psX bmWvXn]n WWkv– NqXn .. Bs^]pw f]¡p¶ N®pNÄ B\v A]maptXSv.
“” b_]mw hmÀ ..A_n]mkp¶Sv’ hm{µ fp^XW¡n .
””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””’.
UobvSn hSym ………
”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””’
PÄcn Wn¶v tKm`n fSn]m¡n Wm«ns`m^p sI_n] hq¸ÀfmÀ¡äv SpX§n] hSy³ B\kapsX Aѳ .. A½ AWnS siuhv sskcv . H^p tI«³ UobNv hSym bYn¡p¶p .. AkapsX Aѳ PÄcn Wn¶v WnÀ¯n tbm¶t¸mÄ bYn¯SnWm]n fmän sk¨ ssbh sNm*m\kÀ CknsX k¶p UobvSns] CknsX k¶p tIÀ¯Sv .. BsN]pÅ k^pfmWw B NX]n Wn¶m\v .
UobvSns]m^p bmkfm]n^p¶p . AVnNw hwhm^n¡nà .sb«¶v N]_n Bt^mXpw AXp¡nà A§sW . ….
Akapw In{S]pw AWpkpw timÌ`n H^p _qfn`m]n^p¶p . F³s_s]m^p Nhn³ D*v Ak^psX _qfn³s_ sSm«Xp¯ _qfn .. Mm³ Smsj]pw . sI_p¸w fpSt` tI¨n]pw MmWpw Nq«m]n^p¶p .FÃmw b_ªp b^hvb^w Nan]m¡pw …Hmt^m^p¯s^ Np_n¨v IÀ¨]pw sI¿pw h-vNqans`]pw tNmtaKns`]pw tdm]vhnsW Np_n¨v IÀ¨ sI¿pw , hm_·m^psX tWm«kpw sNmSn knXo^pw Hs¡ ….fpSnÀ¶t¸mÄ ASv s`hvdn]³ dÔ¯nt`¡v kaÀ¶p ..tI¨n CknsX bYn¡m³ k¶SnWp tlgfm\p Mm³ tKm]n³ sI]vSSv. tI¨n CknsX DÅSpsNm*m\v Fs¶]pw tIÀ¯Sv . CknsX sskNpt¶^w Mm³ fn¡km_pw tI¨n]psX _qfn`m]n^n¡pw. tI¨n]psX Nq«pNmÀ F³s_]pw Nq«pNm^m]n . dnWn ..ASm\v– tI¨n]psX tb^v .. B]nsX tI¨n]psX Nq«pNm^nt`m^mÄ AXp¯pÅ Ak^psX _nt`äokn³s_ AXpt¯¡v Smfhw fm_n .. Ak^v tbm]t¸mÄ Mm³ tI¨n]psX AXpt¯¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ,fm_n . M§Ä fq¶p tb^pw NqXn AXn¨p sbman¡p¶ Akh^¯n`m\v CkÀ¡v ¢mhv SpX§p¶Sv.dnWn]pw Nq«pNm^n]pfpÅ s`hvdn]³ dÔ¯nt`¡v Mm³ NqXn k¶t¸mÄ ASv sNmjp¯p .FÃm Unkhkpw M§apsX ho¡m^§Ä _qfn fpj§m³ SpX§n .
AXp¯ _qfn CkÀ k¶Sv fpSt` dnWn Cks^ tWm«fn«p . Wà sbm¡kpw ASnsWm¯ SXn]pw DÅ skap¯p sNmjp¯ UobvSn]n`m]n^p¶p dnWn]psX N®v . In{S]pw AWpkpw H¶v fq¸n¨m ka]psf¶p dnWn¡v fWhn`m]n . sskNpt¶^§an Ak^psX _qfn`m]n^n¡pw fn¡km_pw M§Ä kÀ¯fmWw b_]msW¶ kymtKW , dnWn]ks^ sshhm¡pN]m]n^p¶p .. dnWn]psX Nq«pNm^n D*m]n^pt¶Â ASnWpw fp³tb M§Ä UobvSn]psX ^pIn]_ntªsW”” . As¶m^p AkVn Unkhfm]n^p¶p . AWp AkapsX tks_m^p {c*n³s_ _qfn`m]n^p¶p. In{S ko«n`pw tbm]n . UobvSn H^mjvI tfs` AkVn Ds*¦ns` tbmNm_pÅq ko«nt`¡v .
MmWpw dnWn]pw sI¶SnWp tlgfm\p AWp AkapsX Nq«pNm^n]psX AXpt¯¡v tbm]Sv .UobvSn Npan¡p¶ lÐw tNÄ¡mw . AknsX dnWn]psX sfmssd`n H^p shN-vhv koZnt]m]pw N*p
b^hvb^w fp`]nt`ms¡ St`mXn C^n¡pkm]n^p¶p .
“” FXn .. Cu sb®nsW N*m W½psX UobvSns] tbm`p*tà . fUm½ B\s¶ DÅq .””
“” Òw .. F¶m sSmX]m …fp` AÂbw tbm`pw DXªn«nà .. Wns¶ tbms` “”
“” lm^nN F´nWm Nhn³s_ ko«n tbm]n Wn¡ps¶ F¶_n]mtfm ? AknsX H^p A½mf fm{Stf DÅq … sl^n¡pw b_ªm ASkapsX Nhn³ H¶pfà … AkapsX H^p A¦nan³s_ A½mf]m ..fpÅns¯_n¨ dÔw “”
“” Bt\m …bns¶´nWm AknsX tbm]n Wn¡ps¶ ?’
“” Cu A¦nÄ CX]v¡nsX AknsX k¶p Wn¡m_p*v… Aks¡s´`pw NmlnWp Bklyw k¶m A¦nam sNmXp¡m_v …””
“” Òvfw .. ASnWv ?’
“” F¶ns«¶m ? A¦nan³s_ Bklyw Ckapw SoÀ¯p sNmXp¡pw .””
“” fWhn`m]nÃXn tI¨n “”
‘ FXn lm^n AkapsX A¦nÄ k¶m A]mapsX NqsX]m NnXs¸¶v……..CknsX]m]n^p¶t¸m` Ak^psX Cã¯nWp hmVn¡ptk`tÃm … AknsX A½mtfsX ko«n`mt\ fpNans` Wn`]n {co B]n«v F´v tkt\`pw sI¿mw … bns¶ A½mfs¡m^p Nq«pw BNpw ..Ak^psX Ht^s]m^p fNÄ bp_t¯m ftäm B\v .. Akav W½taw At§m«v– knan¨n«p*v ..Cu timhv_ co]n Ss¶ AknsX tb]nwPv PÌv B]n Wn¡msf¶v””
“” tim lm^nt¨¨n]psX H^p emPyw …F¶n«v Wos]¶mXn tI¨n tbmNms¯ “”
“” ASv _hn] CÃm¶v b_ªp ..Aksa ko«o¶v h½Sn¡p¶nÃm¶p””
dnWn]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv _hn]]pw k`n] Nq«m\v .. H¶nt¨ NnX¡q … lm^nt¨¨n¡v s`hvdn]³ A{S SmÂb^yfnÃ… ASpsNms*ms¡]mkmw dnWns¨¨n tbmNms¯ Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n
M§Ä b_ªp sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ dm{Sqfn³s_ kmSn Sp_¡p¶ lÐw tN«p. H^pWWª sbänt¡m«pfn«p UobvSn]n_§n k¶p … {dm]pw bmân]pw CXm¯Sv Nm^\w sbänt¡m«v WWªp tUi¯v H«n] Wn`]n . SpX Nãn¨v f_]p¶sS DÅm s{Zhv. .fpjp¯ fp` tg¸n sbm§n Wn¡p¶p .. sbäns¡m«nWp tfs`]m\v ASn³s_ Nm emPw . Npjnª bp¡nans`¡v sbänt¡m«v N]_n]n^n¡p¶p*v. ASnWp Smsj N_p¯ t^mf§Ä DÅ bq_p ..k®n¨ SpXNÄ , Nm`ns`¡v HjpNn]n_§p¶ skÅw AkapsX tWÀ¯ t^mf§sa H«nbnXn¸n¨p lmONam]n fmäp¶p
‘ At¿m”’ AkÄ M§sa N*]pXsW ANt¯¡v HmXn¡]_n .
“” sÈm … tI¨n B tSmÀ¯vHs¶Xp¯p St^m … AWp F´ns]?’ S` fm{Sw skan]n`n«kÄ tImUn¨p
MmsWXp¯p sNmXp¡m³ tW^w dnWn N®v Nm\n¨n«v UobvSnt]mXv b_ªp
“” bns¶ ..M§¡SnWtà tW^w ..tkt\ ks¶Xpt¯m*v tbm sbs®””
‘ hmt{µ¨n ..Hs¶Xp¯v Sm ¹ohv “” Aksas¶ tWm¡n …MmsWXp¡m³ tbm]t¸mÄ ko\pw tI¨ns]s¶ SXªp .. AkÄ¡v UobvSns] B tkg¯n N*p fSn]m]nÃs]¶p tSm¶n .
Fs¶ tI¨n SXªSkÄ N*Sv sNm*mkpw UobvSn kmSn AÂbw NqXn Sp_¶p … sbänt¡m«v C«p Npan¨n«p tSmÀ¯m³ tW^fm]n^n¡pfkÄ tSmÀ¯v– FXp¯nöp HmÀ¯Sv .. UobvSn fXn¨p fXn¨n_§n k^p¶Sv N* dnWn tSmÀ¯v– N¿ns`Xp¯p
“” Sm tI¨n ..”” dnWn]Sv Wo«n]n«v– AkÄ km§m³ tW^w bp_Nnt`¡v bnXn¨p
“” tI¨n ..Sms¶ … skÅw Smjv¶m bWo bnXn¡pw ..””
‘ AtS…skÅw Smjv¶m`pw bWn bnXn¡pw ..WWª Sp\n C«m`pw bWn bnXn¡pw Wo]m DXp¸q^n Na]Xn sbs® “”
‘ At¿ ..tbm .H¶v ..C§p Sm tSmÀ¯v”” AkÄ tSmÀ¯nWm]n fpt¶m«ªt¸mÄ fp` fp¡m`pw skan]n`m]n . Fs¶¡mÄ fpjp¯ fp` .. dnWns¨¨n]psX A{S]pw Ss¶ k^pw ..bs£ H«pw Sq§n]n«nÃSv ..FXp¯p bnXn¨Sv tbms`]m\v UobvSn]psX fp` .
“” AsS]sS ..C¸apw DXªn«nÃ..Wà Nó fp` ..tim MmW¶v bnXn¨Stà .. Ckapfm^pw bns¶ AkÄsX shä¸pw Hs¡ bnXn¨n«pfpXªn«ntàAs¶´mkpw AkØ “”
“” tim F³s_ A¨m]m ..CX]n tN_n bntÅ^psX cvt`m Na]msS “” khpÔ^ A¨m]sW Npäs¸Xp¯n
“” im ..F¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªm F§Wm …CksW N*nÃmt]m? fWhfmVmWw S^p¶nÃs]k³”” A¨m]³ fp*nWp tfs` sSm«p Nm\n¨p .
“” ASnWtà tfmtam^p¯n AknsX]n^n¡ps¶ ..bs£ Naªm bns¶ NT tNÄ¡mWpÅ ^hw tbmNpw .”” khpÔ^In{Ss] tWm¡n A¨]tWmXSv b_ªn«pw K]N´sWm^p Np`p¡kpfnÃtÃm Ft¶mÀ¯v hm{µ AÛpSsb«p
‘ F¶m sl^n khp…Wo Hmt^m¶pw NqXn Hjn¡v “”
A¨m]³ A§sW b_sª¦n`pw N®pNÄ AXp¯n^n¡p¶ In{S]n`m]n^p¶p . dWn]WpÅn SÅn Wn¡p¶ k`n] fp` N*]mapsX ssN S^n¨p .fq¶p tb^n`pw k`n] fp` AkÄ¡ms\¶p tSm¶n ..Ckan`pw k`pSm\v– UobvSn¡v F¶v tSm¶p¶p .. A¶v bnXn¨t¸mÄ km«À d`q\n bnXn¨ AkØ . sS¶n¡an¡p¶ B fp`NÄ H¶q¼n NpXn¡m³ A¶v tSm¶n]Sm\v .hmiI^ykpw tbXn]pw Nm^\w ASnWp {lfn¨nà .. B sb®nWv A¶bm^ ssV^yw Ss¶]m]n^p¶p F¶]mÄ HmÀ¯p
“” A¨m]m .. CSv bnXn¸nt¨m*v NT tNÄ¡v … CX¡v tN_ns]¡Ãv tNt«m “” khpÔ^ AXp¯ ¥mhv Wn_¨v Hmt^m^p¯À¡v sNmXp¯n«v K]Nm´³s_ sW©nt`¡v Im^n .. AkapsX hm^n fpt«maw k`nªp sNmjp¯ N\wNm`pNapw hz^\ Wn_fpÅ t^mf§apw AkÀ¡v fp¶n skankm]n .hm^n¯p¼v A`hfm]n NnX¡p¶SnWm s»uhn sbmSnª CXs¯ fp` bqÀ\fm]pw Nm\mw. fp`NÄ¡v WXpkn`qsX DÅnt`¡v N]_n NnX¡p¶ fm` .
“” FXns] khq …Wo]n§sW C^p¶m bns¶ NT¡nX]n t{d¡v FXpt¡*n k^pw tNt«m “”
‘ tim …Cu A¨m]sW sNm*v tSmäp …”” khpÔ^ fpt¶m«mªp Nm`nt`¡v hm^n k`n¨n«p . At¸mÄ s»uhv sbm«n¡pfm_v AkapsX fp`NÄ bp_t¯¡v SÅn .
“” f_¨nXm³ b_]pt¼m sfm`s]Ãmw NqsX sbm_s¯¡nXpkmt\m Wo …””
“” F³s_ sbm¶¨]m ..bntÅ^n^n¡p¶p “” khpÔ^ S`]n ssN sk¨p
“” ASnsW¶m ..Akapfm^ntSm¶pw N*n«ntà ?…. NT tN«v Njnªp Wns¶ Ckapfm^psX fp¶n`n«v Nan¡m³ DÅSm FWn¡v … K]sW sf^p¡m³ fq¶pw tk\w … F¶m bns¶ Wos]Wn¡v ‘
“” tim ..F¶mt\ sI¿v– …AtÃ`pw K]³s_ fp¶n`n«v Nan¡m³ B\tÃm Wn§s¡t¸mjpw Cãw “” khpÔ^ fpOw koÀ¸n¨p .
fqkÀ¡ptfm¶pw fWhn`m]nà . K]Nm´³ H¶pw fn*p¶pfnà .
“” F¶m bns¶ Wn§av b_ sNms¨ ..Zn tfmsa … Akav kn«p tbm] emPfps*Â Wo]pw NqXn bq^n¸nt¨m\w tNt«m “”
A¨m]³ In{S]psX SpX]n sk¨n^n¡p¶ ssN fpNant`¡v Wo¡n ..A]mapsX SXn¨ kn^`pNÄ In{S]psX A¸¯ns`¡v AfÀ¶t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Aksam¶p bpaªp …
“” A¨mt]m ..C¨n^n Ct§m«v fm_n]n^n¡p ..NT tN«v Njnªp F´v tkt\Â B]nt¡m “” khp ko*pw A]msa km^n….A¨m]³ sb«¶v In{S]psX tUi¯v Wn¶v Ns¿Xp¯p
“” WÃ hpOw bnXn¨p k^pkm]n^p¶p ‘ In{S bn_pbn_p¯Sv tN«vK]Nm´tWmjnsN FÃmk^pw In^n¨p
””””””””
FkntXw kt^]m b_ªSv ? Rm … AkÄ tSmÀ¯nWv tk*n ssN Wo«n]Spw dnWn tSmÀ¯v bp_sNms«Xp¯p f_¨p bnXn¨p
“” Sm tI¨n “” UobvSn Wm\t¯msX sN©n. AkapsX l^o^¯n Wn¶v k^p¶ IµW¯n³s_ hpPÔw dnWn]pw MmWpw N®X¨v BhzUn¨p .
sshZn`n^p¶ Mm³ AkapsX WWª sbänt¡m«v SpX]nt`m«n fpNant`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ N* SXn¨p sNmjp¯ tgs¸m¯ SpX N*p kÃm*m]n . tI¨n]psX]pw fäpw NqsX NqXn] Mm³ ASnWNw s`hvdn]³ kÃmsS BhzUn¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p … Mm³ Nm`p Wo«n AkapsX SpX]ns`m¶p kn^Â sNm*vtbm_n]Spw AkÄ sM«n¯^n¨p dnWn]psX tft`¡v ko\p .
dnWn]psX tft`¡v ko\ UobvSn]psX fp`NÄ dnWn]psX ssNNan hp^£nSfm]n^p¶p . AkÄ ko\pNn«n] Akh^w sl^n¡pw fpS`m¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p . Fjps¶Â¡mWm]n bnXª UobvSn ko*pw ko\t¸mÄ dnWn]kapsX Ip*pNan fp¯fn«p
“” t¿m .. thm_n “” tSmÀ¯v– tbm`pw km§msS UobvSn dm{Sqfns`t¡mXn
“” Um*Xn tSmÀ¯v– … sNmt*m]n S` SpkÀ¯v–“” dnWn knan¨p b_ªp
“” C§ns«s^ tI¨n ..”” kmSn bmSn Sp_¶p UobvSn b_ªt¸mÄ dnWn IqXm]n
“” WnWs¡´mXn C{S Wm\w ..CknsX B\p§Ä H¶pfnÃtÃm ..C§p kmXn tkt\Â ..””
“” tk* …”” tk* .. F¶n«v Nan¸n¡mWtà “”
UobvSn kmSn Sp_¶p bp_¯p k¶t¸mÄ fm_n V^n¡m³ sNm*v tbm] bmkmX]pw sNm*v f_¨m\v k¶Sv . AkÄ A`fm^n]n Wn¶v tks_m^p tSmÀ¯v FXp¯p … dnWn sb«¶Sv ImXn bnXn¨p km§n F³s_ N¿n S¶p .
‘ t¿m ..Sm tI¨n … ‘
“” WnWs¡¶mXn C{S Wm\w .. Zn hms{µ W½apÅSv sNm*m Ckapfm^v timhv_ _mPn§n Wn¶v ^£sb«Sv … ASn³s_ dipfmW¡p_km””
“” FXn tI¨n ..F¶m bns¶ Wfp¡nksa C¶v _mPv sI]vSmt`m “”
‘ Hm ..bns¶ … _mPv sI¿m³ WX¡p¶ BÄ¡m^v “”
M§tamXpÅ hzmS{´y¯n UobvSn b_ªp
“” Zn …Wo]n¶p bÃv tS¨ntÃ? “”
“” tbm tI¨n ..bÃv tS¡msS Ct{Sw tW^w Bt^`pw WX¡ptfm ?’ UobvSn Sn^nªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_mWm]n tbm]n . dnWn Fs¶ tWm¡n N®v Nm\n¨p ..Mm³ sb«t¶mXn dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_n
“” C¸ C_§mXn …fpÅm³ fp«o«p k¿ “” AkÄ tN_ps¶Wpw fpt¶ Mm³ ImXn¡]_n kmSn`X¨p. F¶n«v bp_s¯ hwhm^¯nWm]n NmtSmÀ¯p
“” Wo bÃv tS¨n«nà UobvSo … kÃm¯ hvsf B\v “”
“” tbm tI¨n ..Mm³ bÃv sS¨Sm “”
“” C§p ks¶ …tWm¡s« ..””
H^p fnWpäv tW^t¯¡v lÐw H¶pw tNÄ¡mSm]t¸mÄ Mm³ kmSn bSns] Sp_¶p tWm¡n …sdZns`¡v NpWnªp NnX¡p¶ UobvSn … AkÄ bnX]p¶p*v ..F¦n`pfSnWp làn tbm^m ..AkapsX ^*vN¿n`pw d`fm]n bnXn¨n«p*v dnWn .. sbänt¡m«v SpX]psX bmSn]ns`¡v k`nªp N]_n NnX¡p¶p ..Npan¨o_³ fm_m¯Sv Nm^\fkÄ bmân]n«n«nà .^*v f¯§ tbms`]pÅ ^*p Np*n¸manNan`pw skůpÅnNÄ sI_pSm]n At¸mjpw fpXn]n Wns¶mjpNn kojp¶p*v. Ak CX]nt`¡v N]_n f_]p¶p ..F³s_ A^s¡«n`p_k sbm«n SpX§n]n^p¶p . Mm³ AW§msS AkapsX bn¶n tbm]n I{fw bXnªn^p¶p … D_¨ Nm`pNans` fp«nWp bn¶n`pÅ “”Wo`ª^¼v”” k`nªp WnÂbp*v AkÄ sdZns`¡v NpWnªp Wn¡p¶SnWm … dnWn]kapsX Ip*pNÄ Cu¼nNpXn¡p¶ lÐw kyàfm]n tNÄ¡mw … H¸w UobvSn]psX M^¡§apw ..
fpXn]nÂWn¶qÀ¶n_§n] skůpÅn¯pÅn l^o^¯ns` skÅkpfm]n N`À¶v k`pSm]n AkapsX Np*n¸man¡pÅn f_]mWm]n HmXn]n_§n]t¸mÄ ASnWpw fp³tb MmWSv Wmkp sNms*m¸ns]Xp¯p.
“” ¤v¤v “” UobvSn sM«nkn_¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p …
“” AX§n Wn¡v sbs® ….”” dnWn AkapsX Ip*pNsa tfmIn¸n¨p b_ªp
“” tkt*¨n ..¹ohv ..”” AkapsX l^o^w Nn`pNns` kn_¨p .. bWo bnXn¨ tbms` …
MmsWm^p Nm N«n`nt`¡v sk¨v AkapsX bp_t¯¡v Imªp … UobvSn H¶pNqXn NpWnªv dnWn]psX tft`¡v Imªp … AkapsX fpNan`qsX Mm³ dnWns] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ tI¨n FWn¡kapsX Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n S¶p ..MmWSnsW WpNÀ¶v sNm*v AXn]n`qsX N¿n«v UobvSn]psX Nó fp`]n sM¡n .. fp`sª«p NÃn¨n^p¶p sl^n¡pw .. MmWSnsW sM^Xn kn«t¸mÄ UobvSn SaÀ¶Sv tbms` dnWn]psX fXn]nt`¡v ko\p . dnWn fps«m¸w C_¡fpÅ H^p fnZn]m]n^p¶p C«n^p¶Sv .. UobvSn]pfm]pÅ bnXnk`n¡nsX ASv SpX]ns`¡v Ip^p*v NqXn]n^p¶p . dnWn Np_¨p NqXn tft`¡v N]än]t¸mÄ AkapsX bq_p UobvSn N*p . timÌ`n AXnkhv{Sw CXp¶ lo`w bt* dnWo¡nÃ. UobvSn lzmhw bnXn¡p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv tN«t¸mtj M§Ä¡v fWhn`m]n sb®nWv sNmSn]ps*¶pw ASX¡n sk¨n^n¡pkms\¶pw .
dnWn AkapsX S` S³s_ S³s_ bqäns`¡v sk¨fÀ¯n . UobvSn]Sn Ip*fÀ¯ns]¦n`pw H¶pw sI]vSnà ..
“” Wo Fjps¶XsäXn UobvSn …””
fXn]nÂWn¶v fXn¨p fXn¨m\v UobvSns]jps¶äSv.
UobvSn fm_nWp tfs` ssN bn\¨p sk¨p Wn¶p. AkÄ CX¡nsX kmSn¡t`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶p ..
“” Wo]m kmSn Npän Cs«Xn..CkapsX Wm\w H¶v fmäs«””
“” Wm\tfm¶pfnÃ…”” UobvSn bSns] b_ªp.. Mm³ Npän]n«n«v Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”Bim .. F¶m Wo]m sbänt¡m«v H¶q^ns¡ “”
“” tbm tI¨n “”
“” Zn hms{µ .. CkÄ¡v Wm\fm ..sb®nsW N*t¸m fpSt` Nj¡p¶Sm ‘FWn¡v … f]ns^ Wns¶ sNms*³s_ bq^v W¡n¡pw Mm³ …Ip½mSà MmWnknsX N]_n]n_§n WXs¶ … “”
‘ At¿m …sS_n b_]tà tI¨n “” UobvSn ^*p ssNNapw sNm*v sIkn tbm¯n]t¸mÄ dnWn AkapsX ^*p fp`]n`pw ssN sNm*v sM¡n ..
“” Mm³ tbms^Xn tI¨n “” Mm³ C«n^p¶ dWn]³ Du^n AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.UobvSn¡v Nm\mkp¶ ^oSn]n`m\v dnWn Wn¶Sv ..Mm³ dnWn]psX S`]n bnXn¨p AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Cu¼n NpXn¡m³ SpX§n .UobvSn¡v tNÄ¡msW¶ tbms` dnWn ho¡m^w bp_s¸Xpkn¡m³ SpX§n .. MmWkapsX gÀ«n³s_ d«\pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du^n sNm*v dnWn]psX WmknsW WmkpsNm*v bn\¨p Ipwdn¨p sNm*n^p¶p .. F³s_ k`t¯ ssN sNm*v MmWkapsX fp` skan]ns`Xp¯p Nl¡n .. CSv N*p sNm*v UobvSn sdZn C^p¶p ..AkapsX knXÀ¶ N®pNÄ sI_pSm]n Nq¼n k^m³ SpX§n . UobvSn SpXNÄ Nq«n¸nXn¨p Sn^p½p¶Sv– Mm³ N*p …dnWns]s¶ Smtj¡v C^p¯n …MmWkapsX fnZn bSns] bSns] tft`¡v sbm¡n Wmkp sNm*v SpX]n W¡n tft`¡v N]_n … bq_n³s_ AknsX¡m]t¸mÄ dnWn fnZn F³s_ S` kjn fqXn …MmWkapsX bq_ns`¡v Wmkn«p Np¯n , N´nsW I¸n k`n¨t¸mÄ dnWn hpOw sNm*v fp^*p …
“” C§p kmXn …””
Mm³ S` skan]ns`Xp¯p dnWns] tWm¡n .
“” F¶mXn tI¨n ?’
“” Wo]à ..Wo W¡n Sm …Zn UobvSn ..C§p ks¶ ..”” UobvSn fXnt]msXs]¶ tbms` AXpt¯¡v k¶p . Ip*pNÄ I¸p¶ lÐw tN«v Mm³ bns¶]pw tWm¡n ..WWª sbäns¡m«nWp fosS NqXn fp`]n Nl¡n Npj¨p dnWn AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Cu¼n NpXn¡pN]m\v …UobvSn]pw Wà tbms` hiN^n¡p¶p*v .. Fsâ fp¶n Wn¶ AkapsX SpX]n`qsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nt¿mXn¨p Mm³ tft`¡v N]_n …Aksam¶p bnXsª¦n`pw bns¶ AW§n]nà ..ASv tbms`]m]n^p¶p AkÄ¡v Nn«ns¡m*n^p¶ hpOw …sW]v¯pXNÄ Ns*³s_ km]n skÅw Wn_ªp …sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ¡v WXpkn t^mf§Ä¡v Nosj N* No_`n`qsX Mm³ kn^t`mXn¨p .. UobvSn SpXNÄ sM^n¨pdnWn]psX bq_p Sn¶p sNm*v fpOw D]À¯msS Ss¶ Mm³ UobvSn]psX SpX]n`qsX ssN tft`¡v N]än .. bªntbms`]pÅ sW]v¯pX]n`qsX bnSp¡nbnSp¡n MmWkapsX bq_n³s_ kmSn`n F¯n .. NpanNjnªn_§n] skÅfmt\m , AtSm AkapsX bq_ns` WWkmtWm F¶_n]nà UobvSn]psX bq_n Wà WWkp*m]n^p¶p ..
‘ Biv”” MmsW³s_ WXp kn^ bSns] AkapsX bq_n Bjv¯n]t¸mÄ UobvSn dnWn]psX N¿n Wn¶v kn«p fm_n Fs¶ SÅn fmän ..
“” NnX¡Xn tfmsa ..Wns¶ M§Ä hzÀ¤w Nm\n¡mw “”
“” tks*¨n ..””
‘ F¨n]pw bq¨]pw H¶pfnà …”” dnWn Aksa SÅn sdZns`¡n«p sbänt¡m«v tft`¡v N]än . k`n] N¸a§ bmSn fp_n¨Sv tbms` AkapsX fp`NÄ tft`¡v SÅn Wn¶v … dnWn]SnsW km]n`n«p I¸nWp\ªp ftä fp` Nl¡n ..UobvSn kn_an bnXn¨p Nm`n«Xn¨t¸mÄ AkapsX No_ k`pSm]n .. ^*p SpX]n`pw bnXn¨p Mm³ AkapsX bq_n sWXpNsW W¡n ..
“” As½ …iq …”” S`]p]À¯n tWm¡n sdZn S`]n«Xn¨p UobvSn bpaªp …sI_n] N´n Mm³ bÃv sNm*v sfsà NXn¨p AkapsX fp`]ns`¡v ssN Wo«n ..dnWn]kapsX Ip*v Wp\ªp SpX§n]n^p¶p .
“” Bi …WWtªmjpNm³ SpX§n]tÃmXn “”
“” kn^`nXm_pt*mXn Wo “” UobvSn dnWn]psX tWs^ tWm¡n Wm\t¯msX S`Np`p¡n
“” dm{Sqfnt`m ..AtSm Ins{SsXw {fnUpt`sXw NqsXt]m ?’
“” dm{Sqfn Aivi “”
MmWt¸mtj¡pw AkapsX bqäns`¡v ^*mfs¯ kn^`pw N]än]n^p¶p …
UobvSn]psX Nm`pNÄ AN¶p … MmkapsX bqän kn^`n«Xn¨p sNm*v bq_nWp Smsj frUpkm] Ul]n NXn¨p k`n¨p .. sNmjp¯ sW]v¯pXNÄ NXn¨p b_n¡p¶ tbms` Mm³ bÃn sNm^pSv k`n¨p .. dnWn]t¸mÄ AkapsX fp` UobvSn]psX km]nt`¡v SÅn sNmXp¯p .
“” NpXn¡Xn tfmsa ..’ dnWn AkapsX km]nt`¡v S³s_ fp` sk¨v sNmXp¯v N´n Sn^p½m³ SpX§n
“”Wà fp`]m\tÃm UobvSn … Akapfm^nSn bnXn¡m_pt*m?’
“” Ctèn ..””
“” F¨ow bq_psfm¶pfnà ..knan¡Xn dnWo¶p …””
‘ At¿m ..sS_n b_]tà tI¨n ..””
“” N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wos]³s_ km]o¶v ktÃmw tNÄ¡pw … dnWo¶p fSn … Asà Wà sS_n knant¨m ..””
dnWn UobvSn]psXNt¿Xp¯p S³s_ bq_n sk¨p .. AÂb tW^fW¡msS sks¨¦n`pw UobvSn F³s_ bq_pSoä]psX hvboZv NqXn]t¸mÄ dnWn]psX bq_n b^Sm³ SpX§n
“” Wos]¶m Nm\n¡pkmXn .. tb³ tWm¡pt¶m .. Np¯n tNäXn Wn³s_ kn^ ..Bivivhv .. tNäv”” dnWn]kapsX kn^ S³s_ bqän AfÀ¯n .. UobvSn]Sns`¡v H^p kn^ N]än]q^n]t¸mÄ dnWn]m kn^s`Xp¯p AkapsX km]nt`¡v sk¨p ..Hs«m^p fXnt]msX UobvSn]Sv km]n sk¨v Wp\ªp ..
“” ^pIn]pt*mXn …””
“” Bivivhv ..Wà ^pIn]m tfmsa …Wos]m¶p Sn¶p tWm¡v …”” Mm³ S`]p]À¯nb_ªt¸mÄ dnWn Fsâ ØmWt¯¡v k¶p .
“” Sn¶Xn UobvSn …’ Mm³ bmkmX tft`¡v sbm¡n UobvSn]psX km]nt`¡v bq^v fp«n¨p .. H`n¨n_§n] F³s_ bqÀtS³ AkapsX Ip*n`qsX ANt¯¡v HjpNn ..
“” In{S F§Wp*Xn”’
“” FWn¡_n]nà …””
‘ Wfp¡kapfmt^w H¶v shä¸m¡t*..”” ^*p ssN sNm*pw UobvSn]psX fp`NÄ Nq«n bnXn¨p Wn¸nan NpWnªp NXn¨p Mm³ AkapsX km]nt`¡v bq_pSÅnsNmXp¯p ..UobvSn]t¸mÄ bqÀ\fm]pw M§Ä¡v kwlwkU]m]n^p¶p
“” Bivivlvhv ..it½ ..tI¨n …FXn dnWo ..ks¿³s_ tI¨n…Bivivgv “” UobvSn Nm`pNÄ sNm*v dnWn]psX Njp¯n fp_p¡n N«n`n NnX¶p bnXªp
..AkÄ¡v tbmNm_m]n F¶v N* Mm³ F³s_ kn^ sNm*v , UobvSn]psX bq_n W¡p¶ dnWn]psX S`¡nX]n`qsX AkapsX N´n AXn¨p sNm*n^p¶p .AÂbtW^¯nWpÅn UobvSn]psX skÅw F³s_ kn^`n HjpNn]n_§n .. Wà hf]fm]n^p¶p ASv .. Nm^\w At¸mÄ kmSn`n fp«v sN«p .. BUy s`hvdn]³ hpOw AWpekn¨p SaÀ¶p NnX¡p¶ Aksa H^p sdZv goäv sNm*v bpS¸n¨p Mm³ kmSn Sp_¶p
“” Bi .. AWp..Wos]knsX tbm]Sm]n^p¶p “”
“” Smsj Nq«pNm^n]psX _qfn tbm]Sm tI¨n … CkÄs¡¶m bäns]?’
‘ F¶mXn Smjs¯ _qfn b^nbmXn ? ^*pw NqXn I«]Xn¡m³ tbm]Smt\m ?’
“” G ..tbm tI¨n ..Np_s¨jpSm³ D*m]n^¶p “”
‘ Zn hmt{µ …tbm¡Xn AkÄsX bmkmX .. bmân WWªn«pt*m¶p tWm¡s« “”
‘ At¿ …knXv ..”” M§Ä AWpkn³s_ bmkmX Ajn¡pt¼mÄ UobvSn]psX Ip*n sI_pIn^n kn^nªn^p¶p
””””””””””””””””””””””””””” N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv
SpXÀ¶pÅ fq¶p Unkh§an B _qfn NmftNanNapsX fmfm¦fm]n^p¶p. bp_¯p Wn¶v km§ns¡m*v k¶ Nym^äpw kjpSnW§]pw gm¼q tdm«n`pw ks^ M§Ä Dbt]mPs¸Xp¯n . Wm`mw Unkhw ko*pw ¢mhv SpX§n . At¸mtj¡pw ko«n tbm] In{S fX§n k¶n^p¶p . Aksa sf^p¡n M§apsX Nq«¯n Nq«mWm]n AWpknsW]pw UobvSns]]pw IpfS`s¸Xp¯n . slWn]pw Mm]_pfm\v hmVm^\ M§Ä NqXm_v . s`hvdn]Wn M§Ä bp`n]m]n^ps¶¦n`pw H^p B\n³s_ IqX_n]m³ hmVn¨nà . FWn¡v SmÂb^yfp*m]n^p¶p, bs£ Bs^¦n`pf_nsª¦nt`ms]¶ tbXn]pw .ASv sNm*v Ss¶ NqsX bYn¡p¶ Bs^]pw M§Ä AXp¸n¨nà .. bs£ UobvSns¡m^p ss`³ D*m]n^p¶p tNmtaKn .{bfw Fs¶m¶pw b_]m³ bänà . AkÄ¡v AVnNw SmSvb^yfnà . HSp§n] ssXbv . bs£ A¶s¯ s`hvdn]tWmsX AkamsN fm_n … _qfn C¶_n B]n^n¡pw fn¡km_pw . NnX¡pt¼mÄ Ny^täm gm¼q tdm«nt`m Nm\pw NqsX . F¶m M§Ä¡mÀ¡pw bp^pghpOw A_n]m³ hmVn¨nà .
A§sW]n^ns¡]m\v dnWnt¨¨n AkapsX Nq«pNm^n lm^nN Smfhn¡p¶ ko«nt`¡v fm_n]Sv .AtSmsX Mm³ Hä¡m]n ._hn]]pw MmWpw N¼Wn Bt\`pw A{S¡§p sIÀ¨]n`à sskNn«v k¶m Ck^psX NqsX]mkpw . timhv_ Bs\¦n`pw kmÀZ³ fpNant`¡v AVnNw k^m_nà . F¶m Gjp f\n¡v fp³tb N]_\w , bns¶ bp_¯p tbmNm³ bmXnà .. A§sW Nps_t]s_ Wn]f§Ä NÀlWfm]n^p¶p AknsX . cpZv– Bt\ Sos^ tbm^m¯Spw .CX¡v dnWns¨¨n]psX _qw tfävhn³s_ NqsX bp_¯p tbmNpt¼mÄ Nn«p¶ Bim^w k`ns]m^p Blzmhfm]n^p¶p.
H¶v ^*p fmh§Ä Njnªp .
H^p Unkhw dnWnt¨¨n M§apsX AXp¯v k¶p . AkÄ Smfhw fm_n]n«VnNw Nm\m_nÃ. tNmtaKn Ak^psXSv tks_ t»m¡pfm\v . dnWnt¨¨ns] N*p M§Ä A´w kn«p . ssi ioÂZv tPmÄZ³ NaÀ gq, N¿n NWw NqXn] sI]n³ .. Njp¯ns`m^p sWt¢hv , fps«m¸w C_¡fpÅ C_pNn bnXn¨p NnX¡p¶ Ipk¶ skÂkän³s_ Sp\n]n`pÅ bmkmX , AsS Sp\n]n tPmÄZ³ s]tÃm Na_n DÅ ssXäv s»uhpw . ASn fp` NqÀ¯p Wn¡p¶p . bj] Ip^p* fpXn]à .hvss{Xäp sI]vSp , gm¼q C«p fnWp¡n , Ak tSmantWm¸w sk«n WnÀ¯n]n^n¡p¶p . Nm`ns` WWp¯ t^mf§Ä tbm`pfnà .FÃmw kmN-vhv sI]vSp Naªn«p*v . Ip*n tW^n] `nbvhv_nNv
M§saÃmw Ss¶ CX¯^w NpXpwd¯n Wn¶pÅk^m\v .knUymeymh t`m\pw fäpw FXp¯p bYn¡p¶kÀ . h¼¶ NpXpwd¯n DÅk^pfp*v.AkÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv fn¡k^pw Ss¶ fqt¶m Wmt`m tb^v NqXn cv`mäv FXp¯p Smfhn¡pN]m]n^n¡pw. M§Ä¡v Wm«n tbm]n«v k^pt¼mÄ A½ko«n Wns¶ms¡ Nn«p¶ sI_n] tbm¡äv f\nt]ms¡]mkpw D*mkpN . B BjvI AkhmWw tgm¸nwPv– fmant`ms¡ N_§n ASymklyw sI_n] bÀt¨hv Hs¡ sI¿pw ASÃmsS Ct¸mÄ dnWnt¨¨n]ptXSv tbms`]pÅ khv{S§tam kn` NqXn] sI^p¸v , fm` N½`pNtam H¶pw M§Ä¡v hzbvWw Nm\m³ tbm`pfmknà . F¶v sk¨m Sos^]nÃm F¶Ã . A¶v Np_¨p tW^w hwhm^w Njnªp dnWn t¨¨n tbm]n . H¶v ^*mjvI Njnªt¸mÄ dnWnt¨¨n timÌ`ns`¡v knan¨p .sskNpt¶^w s_]nÂtk hvs_gWn F¯m³ . M§Ä Baptb^pw NqXn s_]nÂtk hvs_gWn F¯n]t¸mÄ dnWns¨¨n]pw AkapsX Nq«pNm^n]pw AkÀ Smfhn¡p¶ ko«ns` A½mf]pw D*m]n^p¶p . AkÀ Wm«ns`s¡t´m Bkly¯nWp tbmNpkms\¶m\v b_ªSv .
Aks^ N]än kn« tlgw hvs_gWn Wn¶pw bp_¯p k¶ M§Ä ko*pw sM«n . dnWnt¨¨n NmÀ km§n]n^n¡p¶p ,.sh¡*v im³Zv–
“” A´w knX*Xn sbs® … ko«n Nm_p*m]n^p¶p .ASn ss{ZknwPv bYn¨p ..CSnt¸m FXp¯n«v H^mjvI BNp¶s¯ DÅq …””
“”‘In`kv v`t\mXn tI¨n””
“” ASnsW¶m fmant`¡v tbmt]¡mw””
AkÄ M§sa fmans`¡m\v M§sa Nq«n sNm*v tbm]Sv .tNm¡pw In¡³ dÀP_pw bnÊ]pw PFC ]pw Hs¡ M§apsX tflsfs` Wn^¶p .tk*ms]¶p b_ªn«pfkÄ h½Sn¨nà . tW^s¯ H^p tNmco tbm`pw km§n S^m¯kÄ Bs\¶v HmÀ¡\w . Bim^w Njn¨n«kÄ M§sa fmans` Ss¶ H^p s_ZntfZv tgm¸nt`¡v N]än .Wm`ptbÀ¡pw Wm`m]n^¯n Np_]m¯ s{ZÊpNÄ sh`Nväv sI]vSt¸mÄ km sbman¨p Wn¡mtW NjnªpÅp .. As¶m^p skÅn]mjvI B]n^p¶p . bntä¶v M§Ä¡v D¨ks^ ¢mhv D*m]n^p¶Sv sNm*v dnWn WnÀdÔns¨¦n`pw, AkapsX NqsX]m ko«nt`¡v tbmNmsS M§Ä timÌ`ns`¡v fX§n . M§apsX NqsX timÌ`n H^p Unkhw NnX¡msf¶v M§apfktamXv b_ªSm\v .Nm^\w Nq«pNm^n]pw A½mf]pw ko«n CÃtÃm .F¶`kaSnWp h½Sn¨nà H^p bmXv tWm«vhv Hs¡ FjpSm³ Ds*¶p b_ªvAktamjnªp fm_n
bntä¶v M§saÃmk^pw bpSn] s{Zhv C«m\v ¢mÊn tbm]Sv . FÃmk^pw s{Zhv WÃSm¶p b_ªt¸mÄ M§Ä im¸n]m]n ..dnWnt]mXÂbw Ahq]]pw . F§sW B\v AkÄ¡n{S]pw ssbhs]¶p Mm§amt`mIn¨p. XyqgtWm Asæn bmÀ«v– ssXw tKm`nt]m sI]vSm]n^n¡msf¶v UobvSn b_]pN]pw sI]vSp. A¶p¨¡v ¢mhv Njnªp M§Ä dnWn]psX t»m¡nt`¡v tbm]n . AkÄ A¶v k¶n«nÃm]n^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv . H^p {bmklyw dnWn]psX NqsX AkapsX Nq«pNm^n Smfhn¡p¶ B ko«n Mm³ tbm]n«p*v .GNtUlfm HmÀf sk¨v M§Ä H^p Hmt«m]n At§mt«¡v Sn^n¨p.
WP^¯n³s_ fVyemPs¯ Hs^mjnª sNm\n`m\m C^pWn` koXv . H^p k*n fm{Stf ASnWpÅn CXm³ bäq . fSn`n³s_ A{S]pw Ss¶ D]^fpÅ tPäv, C^p¼v bmanNÄ sNm*pÅSm\v .ASv sNm*v Ss¶ Sp_¶m AÃmsS A¸p_¯pÅks^]mÀ¡pw Nm\mWmknà A¸p_¯pfn¸p_¯psfms¡ k`n] sN«nX§Ä D*v . bt* A½mf]psX ihv B sN«nXw km§n]n«Sm\v F¶m\p A¶v tbm]t¸mÄ b_ªSv . tPäv Sp_¶N¯p N]_n] M§Ä tNmanwPv sd AXn¨p Nps_ Njnªt¸mÄ B\v dnWn k¶p kmSn Sp_¶Sv . D_¡ÑXkpÅ fpOw . Wo* km]vt¡m«t]msX AkÄ M§Ä¡v tWm¡n kna_n] In^n h½mWn¨p
“” CsS´mXn tI¨n ..C¶s` D_§n]ntà ?’
“” tI¨n .. Ss¶]tà D*m]n^ps¶ ..ktÃm »qcn`ntfm ftäm N*p tW^w tbm]n Nm\psfXn.””
AWp b_ªt¸mjpw dnWn]m kna_n]In^n Ss¶ B]n^p¶p
“” tI¨osX hf]w “”
“” tbmXo UobvSn …Wnt¶msXms¡ Mm³ b_ªStà C¶s` CknsX NnX¡msf¶p…Wos]¦n`pw D*mNpsf¶v Mm³ N^pSns]Xn hms{µ””
Akapfm^nÃms]¶_nªt¸mÄ dnWns]s¶ BNp¶Sv WnÀdÔn¨Sm\v– AknsX NnX¡msf¶v . FWn¡nfnãfm]n^p¶p ASv .bs£ D¨ ks^ ¢mhv DÅSv sNm*v fm{Sfm\v tbmNmSn^p¶Sv
“” Wos]¶mXn tI¨n ¢mÊn k^mSn^ps¶ ? ..l^n¡pw £o\w D*tÃm “”
“” Òvfw .. Nm`¯m D_§ns] …Wn§an^n¡v ..MmsWm¶p s{cgm]n k^mw .. H¶pw Njn¨nà ..Wn§aq\v Njnt¨m ?””
“” timÌ`ns` b^« Du\v BÀ¡v tk\w .. tI¨n]n¶s` km§n S¶ PFC sX ^pIn C¸jpw Wmkn`p*v … Ft´`pw ^£]p*mNq¶p N^pSn]m Ct§m«v ks¶ ?’
‘ F³s_ Int{S Wfp¡v sl^n]m¡msfs¶ ..bns¶ F¶pfn§sW PFC Sn¶m l^\y tfmi³ A§v SXn¨p sbm¶½ dmdp BNptk “”
dnWn In{S]psX fmSaWm^§m fp`]n H¶v sM¡n]n«v fpNant`¡v tbm]n. In{S sb«¶v Wm\n¨p M§sa tWm¡n . M§Ä hpOn¨p SpX§n] hf]¯kÄ CÃm]n^p¶tÃm . F¶m Aksa]pw NqsX k^pSn]n`m¡n]m tbXn¡msS _qfn F´v tSm¶nkmhkpw Nm\n¡msft¶mÀ¯p UobvSn]ksa]pw sfsà s`hvdn]Wn b¦man B¡n]n^p¶p . F¶m dnWn¡v CS_n]msft¶m H¶pw In{S¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p . Nq«¯n Gäkpw Nj¸v UobvSn¡v Ss¶]m]n^p¶p . FXp¯p Im«¯n`pfkÄ Ss¶ fp³bn . knNm^w N]_n]m timhv_ Fs¶m¶pw AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡nà ..BUy Unkhw NjnªSn bns¶ AkapsX km]v– sbm¯n bnXn¨m]n^n¡pw M§Ä bq_p Sn¶pN . skan]nt`¡VnNw lÐw tbmNnsæn`pw UobvSn kÃmsS ho¡m^kpw fäpw bp_s¸Xpkn¨n^p¶p. Akan{S Wmapw knNm^sf§sW NXnt¨mSp¡ns]¶p M§Ä AÛpSsb«n«p*v . In{S¡mUyw Wm\fm]n^p¶p .. M§Ä SpX§pt¼mÄ AkÄ fm_n Wn¡pw .. kÃmsS knNm^w N]_pt¼mÄ AkamNpw fp¶n Wn¡pN . F¶m skÅw tbm]n Njnªm AkÄ “” At¿ “”F¶v b_ªp bpS¸pw bpSt¨ms^mä NnX¸m\v …ASv sNm*v M§Ä Aksa AkhmWtf Na]n¡q ..
dnWn M§sa Smsj C^p¯n]n«m\v fpNant`¡v tbm]Sv . Smsj iman Wn¶v fpNant`¡v tbm]Sv . AkÄ tbm] Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Mm³ fpNant`¡pÅ hvs_]À N]_n . fpNan ^*p Aäm¨vZv–sdZv _qfpw imapw D*v . Smsj imapw ^*p sdZv _qfpw Nn¨Wpw Hs¡ . M§an^p¶ iman B\v Xnkn]pw fäpw . AkÀ Xnkn Nm\mWpw Bim^w Njn¡mWpw fäpfm\v Smtj¡v k^m_v.
fpNan sI¶ M§Ä N*Sv k`n¨p km^n NnX¡p¶ hmVW§am\v, imans` thmc]n dnWn]psX {dm]pw bmân]psfms¡ Ip^p*v NqXn NnX¡p¶p . fp¶ns` tNmco tXdnan ¥mÊpw fUy¡p¸n]pw Bim^ Aklnã§apw . AkaknsX Ss¶]n^p¶p skÅfXn¡pN]]n^pt¶m F¶v MmtWmÀ¯p . timÌ`n H¶v ^*p {bmklyw Xn³ dn]À B^pw Nm\msS sNm*v k¶p NpXn¨n«p*v .C¶s` Bs^]pw tbXn¡m³ CÃm¯Sp sNm*v FknXpt¶`pw h¦Xn¸n¨p Njn¨Sm]n^n¡pw bqÊm]n D_§n tbm]n Nm\psf¶p N^pSn]n^p¶t¸mÄ B\v . Unkm³s_ AXn]n Wnt^mVn³s_ bm¡äv Nm\ps¶ .MmWSv NpWnsªXp¡m³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Dbt]mPn¨ ^*p fq¶p D_NÄ Nosj NnX¡p¶Sv N*p . MmWSv skan]ns`s¡Xp¯p tWm¡n .. AN¯p bm`p*v .F³s_ N¿n`pw blnf bän]t¸mam\v dnWn]n_§n k¶Sv .
“” sJ ..Na]Xn ASv “” AkaSv S«ns¯_n¸n¨p
“” F´mXn tI¨n]nSv?’
“” b_]mw tfmsa …Wà knl¸v– …BUyw kÃSpw Njn¡mw … “” AkÄ Nm_n³s_ No]psfXp¯v C_§n . H^p ssXäv Ko³hpw dWn]Wpfm]n^p¶p Akan«n^p¶Sv . M§Ä Nm_n N]_n AÂbw fm_n]pÅ tim«`n tbm]n Bim^w Njn¨p . Wà ssi{UmdmUn dn^n]m\n Nn«p¶ Ø`fm]n^p¶p ASv. Akak^psX NmÀZv km§n¨n«m\v Sn^n¨n_§n]Sv .
M§Ä C_§n Nm_n N]_p¶SnWnsX H^p k`n] NmÀ sNm*v k¶p WnÀ¯n .ASn Wns¶m^mÄ S` Wo«n dnWns] knan¨p .AktamXn A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p .AkÀ CX]v¡p M§sa tWm¡n hwhm^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p .A]mÄ Ft´m tb¸À AkÄ¡v sNmXp¡p¶Spw M§Ä N*p
Np_¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Njnªp AkÄ k¶p Nms_Xp¯v , M§Ä fX§pN]pw sI]vSp.
: FXn hms{µ ..C¶v timÌ`n tbmN* .. sskNn«v ko«n NqXmw .””
“” At¿m …MmWnà ..lWn]tà ..D¨ Njnªp ko«o¶v knan¡pw “” frUp` Hjnkm]n.
“” MmWpfnà … ko«n`_nªm kj¡v b_]pw “” In{S]pw SXnS¸n
“” Ck^m^pw Ctà MmWpfnà ..bns¶ sWän]nXm³ DXp¸ptfm¶pw FXp¯n«nÔ” UobvSnfXnt]msX b_ªp
‘ AsSm¶pw tbXn¡* … H¶pw C«ntÃ`pw AknsX Npj¸fnà ..F¶m`pw Wfp¡nt¸m tbmNpt¼m Bkly¯nWp s{Zhv FXp¡mw “” dnWn b_ªt¸mÄ UobvSns¡m^p Im©m«w D*m]n..
“” sÈm …F¶m MmWpw Wn¡m^p¶p. .s{ZÊpw Nn«pw `mkngm]n cpZpw “” In{S bSnkv tbms` Im©mXn .
“” FXn tI¨n ..dn]_pw Nm\ptfm ?’
“” km§mXn hms{µ ..Wfp¡n¶Xn¨p sbman¡mw ..Wn³s_ B{Pi§apsX sNmSow fSow SoÀ¯ns« Wns¶ knXq tbms^ “”
“” sNmSow fSo¶pw b_ªm …”” MmWkapsX fp`]ns`m¶p bnSp¡n .
“” Òw ..F¶m tkt\`pw ..””
ASv NqXn tN«tSmsX UobvSn Akapfps*¶p b_ªp . In{S]psX]pw AWpkn³s_]pw fpOw kmXn
‘ At¿m ..As¸m M§tam … Nãfp*v tNt«m “”
“” FXn Wn§sa A©p f\n¡tà knan¡m_v … B_p f\n¡v Mm³ k¶p knant¨maw …. UobvSn k^p¶pt*mXn… Wns¶ mffh¯nt`m¶tà knan¡q … bq¨¡p«n Bs\¶m C¸jpw ko«pNm^psX knIm^w .. sb®v CknsX fSn`v ImXn WX¡pkm¶p M§Ä¡tà A_n]q …..Wo]pw NqXn k¶m Wfp¡v Ckapfm^v k^ps¶Wpw fpt¶ FÃmsfm¶p ¢oWm¡n sk¡mw .””
“” Hm ..Mm³ fSn`v ImXm³ H¶pw tbm]nÃtÃm … _qfn`pÅ Nant]ms¡]tà DÅq””
“” DÆ ..Wo M§sX ¢mÊns` hµobnsW N_¡p¶p*v F¶_n]mw””
“”Hm ..Ak³ Nps_ Wmam]n bp_sN WX¡p¶p .. MmWpw kÀ¯fmWw Hs¡ b_]p¶p*v .. bns¶ CX]v¡p NmâoWn Wns¶m^p Nm¸ow Hs¡ ..AÃmsS …””
“” Òvfw …sb®v knakp bYn¨p tbm]n … “”
“” AsSXn hms{µ .. Wà Duäv Duäp¶ps*¶m MmW_ntª””
“” Hm .. bpÅosX NqsX H^p hnWnf¡v tbm]n … bns¶ FWns¡m^p Ip^nUmÀ km§n S¶p …At{S DÅq “”
“” At{S DsÅm¶v?’ Zn ..hSyw b_]Xn UobvSn …Ak³ Wn³s_ FkntX`pw bnXnt¨m ?’
“” ti]v”” UobvSn kÃtSm¶p In^n¨p .ASn Wn¶v M§Ä¡v fWhn`m]n bnXn]pw k`n]psfms¡ WX¶n«ps*¶v.
AWpknsW]pw In{Ss]]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv timÌ`n C_¡n knXps¶Wp fpt¶ M§Ä H^p k`n] Sp\n¡X]n N]_n s{ZÊpNÄ FXp¯p . Njnª Unkht¯¡mÄ AÂbw tfmtZ¬ .^m{Sn]n CXmWpÅ C_¡w Np_ª bmkmX]pw ssWäv sPu\pNapw fp´n] AXnkhv{S§apw km§n . dnWn]m\v FÃmw tb sI]vSSv.
B_pf\n¡v s_Zn]m]n Wnt¶mam³ b_ªn«v M§Ä ko«nt`¡v Sn^n¨p . dnWns¨¨n]psX AXps¯¡m]Sv sNm*v timÌ`n H¶pw b_]nà MmWpw dnWn]pw Nhn³hv Bs\¶v AkÀ¡_n]mw .. ko«n Wn¶mt^`pw k¶m ^*p tbs^]pw N*nt« tbmNq …Asæn`pw AkVn Unkh§an bp_¯p tbmNp¶SntWm¶pw Npj¸fnÃ.
M§Ä sI¶v s{Zhv fm_n b\n sI¿m³ SpX§n .dnWn]psX bj] ssWän]pw fäpfm\v C«Sv. S_t]ms¡ SpX¨p kr¯n]m¡n]nX\fm]n^p¶p .FÃmw Njnªp Npan¨p bpSn] {ZÊv– CXmsf¶kÄ b_ªp
‘ dnWns¨¨n … Cu Wns^mVv Hs¡ Hä ^m{Sn sNm*v SoÀ¯Smt\m?’ imÄ SpX¡pN]]n^p¶ UobvSn Dbt]mPn¨ , bm AN¯pÅ D_Napfm]n k¶p
“” sJ ..ASv Na]Xn sbs® …{cgv– bm`nsW A_¸nÃmSpÅp “”
“” Hm ..As¸m Wo bm`pNpXn]pfpt*m ? F§Wp*v sX]vhv_v?’
“” FWn¡nãfm ..bs£ In`^psX NpXn¡m³ tSm¶nà ? WnW¡v tkt\ C¶v h¦Xn¸n¨p S^mw …tkt\ Aà .. D_¸m]pw Wo him]n¡\w … H^p¯³ Njn]pt¼m tks_m^mÄ .. Asæn ^*pw H¶n¨v, WXp WnkÀ¯m³ k¿ ,,’
“” FXn tI¨n ..Wo k¶p k¶p Ft§m«m Cu tbmNps¶? hSyw b_]Xn C¶s` B^m]n^p¶p ?..MmtWmÀ¯p Wn³s_ B ss`³ B]n^n¡q¶v””
‘ C¶s` fq¶ptb^p*m]n^p¶p tfmsa .. AkÄsX A¦nan³s_ Nq«pNm^v… In`t¸m C§sW k^p¶Sm ..At¶^fm ASymklyfm]n«v AkÄ¡v Wm«n tbmtN*n ks¶ ..Wo]qXn D*m]n^pt¶Â MmWnt{Sw tkUW FXpt¡*n k^nÃm]n^p¶p “”
‘ Wos]¶m Cu b_]pt¶ tI¨n.. WnW¡v bäns]t` tk*m¶p sk¡¯nÃ]n^pt¶m…WXp tkUW]pw sk¨v “”
“” WXp tkUW CSv Njnªt¸m k¶Stà …NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n AXn¨p S¶Sv C¶s` ^*p tb^m …hpOtfmÀ¡pt¼m tk*m¶p sk¡ptfm ..^mkns` Hmt^m^p¯^pw A¿m]n^w ^qtbw S¶p …tbm^ms¯Wv A¦nav {btSyNw knan¨p b_ªSm ..’
‘ A¿m]n^w ^qbt]m ? “” UobvSn km sbman¨p .Aksa hwdÔn¨v A¿m]n^w ^qb kas^ k`pSm\v–, Aksa fm{Sfà , M§sa hwdÔn¨pw AsSm^p k`y SpN]m\v . PqXÃq^pwfäpw t`mZvKpNan sb®p§Ä¡v C^pWq_pw fmN-vhnfw tbm]m Aªq_pw BNqÅqF¶v ¢mÊns` B¬bntÅ^v b_]p¶Sv tN«n«p*v . f`]manNsa Bt\ B]n^w ^qb ks^]pw .
‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv FXn tI¨n ..Wo Bt`mIn¨n«pt*m ..kÃSpw k¶m ..ko«n F§Wpf_nªm””
‘ f«¶q^n^n¡p¶ At¨w At½w F§W_n]mWm CSv … fm{Sfà t`mZvKnt`m¶pw tbmNp¶nÃtÃm .. Wfp¡v A_n]mkp¶ ..Asæn A¦nanW_n]mkp¶ BÄ¡mÀ fm{Sw . “”
“” F¶m`pw F³s_ tI¨n ..Wo “”
“” Zn ..hms{µ …W½av timÌ`n sk¨v Hmt^m Unkhkpw Nan Njn]pt¼m F¶ms\m^p Np® N]äm³ bäpsf¶v tImUn¡m_nÃm]n^pt¶m ?..Akh^w Nn«n]t¸m MmWSv Wn_tkän At{S DÅq “”
“” A¿m]n^w ^qtbw Nan]pw Nn«pftà tI¨n?’
‘ FXn .. UobvSn tk*m¯sSm¶pw In´n¡* tNt«m ?’
UobvSn]Sv b_ªt¸mÄ MmWksa lmhn¨p .F¶m FWn¡pw sI_n] Im©`yw k¶n^p¶p . Nm^\w B^pf_n]msS ..bns¶ ssbh]pw .. dnWn]psX BÀemX KoknSw M§Ä N*Sm\tÃm…bns¶, B^pf_n]nsæn H^n¡n`o hpOf_nªm F´m …H^n¡Â fm{Sw ?’
‘ AkÄ¡v tkt* tk* ,.,,FXn UobvSn C¶v sskNn«v C¶`s¯ fq¶p tb^pw k^pw ..Wo Fs¶ him]n¡\w “”
“” At¿m tI¨n Mm³ sk_psS ..’ UobvSn¡v A¦`m¸m]n.
‘ Ak^v Db{Ukn¡p¶ ssX¸v H¶pfÃXn ..bns¶]nSm^pw A_n]mWpw tbmNp¶nÃtÃm . F«p f\nNjntª Ak^v k^q … f`]maohv Ss¶]m .. hfqi¯n D¶S t{l\n]n DÅkÀ …As¸m Wfps¡m^p Npjt¸mfnà SmWpw .””
“” tI¨n ..ASv bns¶ .””
“” Ckapw NqsX Ds*¦n fq¶ptbÀ¡pw Hmt^m^p¯À … b\ns]ap¸fm… skap¸nWkÀ sbmt¡mapw . “”
‘ F¶m`pw ?””
‘ H^p Npjt¸mw CÃXn … CknsX Hs¡ B^pw Bs^]pw {l±n¡nÃ… Ak^¸p_¯p bmÀ¡v sI]vSn«v k^pw ..””
“” FXn tI¨n ..W½av fq¶p tbÀ Hmt¡]m\v … …F¶m bns¶ Ins{S]pw AWpkntWw sNm*v k^* Nm^yfpt*m ? Akapfm^psX km]o¶vF§mWpw bp_¯_nªm …bns¶ Sq§n¨¯m fSn ..”” ‘
“” b_ªp tbm]ntà .. fm{Sfà … Ct{Sw WmÄ H¶n¨p Njnªn«v …AkÀ¡v Sm`vb^yfps* Ak^pw NqXs« . AtàSmsj NnX¯mw …. _qfn³s_ No AknsX Ss¶]p*v .’
b\ns]Ãmw SoÀ¯p M§Ä Npan]pw Njntªm^p§n]n_§n . UobvSn H^p h-vNn³ cnäv– Ko³hpw dWn]Wpw , MmsWm^p fnZn]pw tXm¸pw dnWn fp«nWp tfs` Wn¡p¶ bmkmX]pw dWn]Wpw B]n^p¶p. UobvSnB tkg¯n e]¦^ tim«v B]n^p¶p . bpSn] S^w {dm B]SnWm AkapsX hzStk fpjp¯p sbm§n Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ H¶v NqXn FXp¯v bnXn¨p Wn¶p . h-vNn³ cnän AkapsX SpX]pw Np*n]psX]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv tg¸v FXp¯p Nm\n¨p. dnWn]kapsX fpXn tbm\nsX]v NqXn sN«n]t¸mÄ Aksam^p fmUN hpµ^n]m]n . dnWn]psX H^p imcv gq B\kÄ C«Sv.
M§Ä timÌ`n sI¶v Aks^]pw Nq«n ko*psfm¶p N_§n .
“” it`m … A`N-vhm{*n] ZZm_nt]m… l^\y tfmi³ hnWnfm WXnfms^Ãmw D*tÃm CknsX ?’
fman sk¨v bp_Nn Wns¶m^p lÐw tN«t¸mÄ Sn^nªp tWm¡n . ftigv– Wm^m]¬ , tNmtaKns` hm_m\v . A§sW AVnNfmt^mXpw hwhm^n¡nà . ¢o³ CtfKv ,Nm\m³ hpµ^³ ..M§Ä sb¬Np«nNapsX B^mVWm bm{Sw
‘ im]v hmÀ “” dnWn {bSyenkmUWw sI]vSp .
“” F´m FÃm^pw NqsX ? tNmtaKn C§sW]ÃtÃm .. Wà AXt¡mw HSpt¡mw ..bp_¯p sI¯phvssä`pw… A`N-vhm{*n] ..SWn¡v WÃSv tbms` tI^p¶p*v tNt«m Cu tkgw “”
UobvSn]psX SÅn Wn¡p¶ fp`Nan tWm¡n]m\v hm_Sv b_ªSv .
lm`oW hpµ^n l^\y tfmiWpw Cu tkgw Hs¡ tI^pw tNt«m … Asæn`pw lm`oW hpµ^nNÄ¡m AÂbw tim«v s{Zhv tI^pN”” In{Ss] tWm¡n b_ªt¸mÄ AkÄ kn^ NXn¨p .
“” tNmtaKns` tbms` AÃtÃm hm_pw bp_¯v ? “” hm_nsW fq¡v knXÀ¯nt]m¶p f\w bnXn¨n«vdnWn]]msa H¶v km^n .
‘ ASv ..AsSms¡ tbms« … H^p c`qX Njn¨mt`m ?’ hmt_m¶p bS_n]n«v– kng]w fmän .
“” sl^n bs£ M§Ä¡v c`qU tk* ..tNmcn]pw hm³Zkn¨pw fSn “”
“”sl^n ….km””
fmans` Ss¶ H^p tgm¸n N]_n M§Ä C^p¶p . dnWn]m\v HmÀZÀ sI]vSSv .FÃmkÀ¡pfkÄ Im]t]m sNmcnt]m Bklyw tbms` HmÀZÀ sI]vSp ..
“” FWn¡v S\p¯Sv Ft´`pw fSn “”
‘ F´m hmt_ ? bn^n]ptfm ?’ hm_n³s_ fpOw bns¶]pw kna_n .
‘ “”Bs« ..GSm {dm³Zv– ?’ hm_n³s_ Wm\w Naª hmVWw ? .”” dnWn bns¶]pw hm_nsW B¡n .
‘ ^*p dn]À Njn¨sS DÅq .”” ftigv– S` NpWn¨p
“” ^*p dn]À Njn¨m C§sW …A§sW]mt\ hmÀ ^*p tim«v B]n^p¶p Njn¨n^pt¶Â M§sa tkt\m¶p b_sªtWtÃm.. tNmtaKn ssh`âv..bp_¯p sb®v bnXn]³””
‘ F³s_ dnWn “” ftigv– hmÀ S`]n ssN sk¨p .
“” tbmNmw “” H^p knVw Njns¨¶p k^p¯n dn tb sI]vS]mÄ Fjpt¶äp
“” hms_ … H^p sNmcn]n H¶pw CSv So^nà tNt«m …””
‘ bns¶´p tk\w ?”” F§sWt]`pw Cu Np^p¡n Wnt¶m¶q^n]m fSns]¶]mÄ¡v tSm¶n
‘ H^p sN]vhv dn]À km§n S^\w N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv , bns¶s]m^p hvfnÀtWmcpw “”
“” MmtWm ..F³s_ dnWn .Mm³ “”
“” Wà tWm«fm^p¶tÃm hms_ l^\ym tfmisW ..M§s¡´m Np*ow sfmt`w H¶pfntà ..k¶t¸m fpS In{Ss] B]n^p¶tÃm tWm«w “”
“” tbm¶p dnWn Db{Ukn¡^pSv …Mm³ tfXn¨p S^mw ..CknsX Wn¡v “” ftigv– Nm_nWXps¯¡v WX¶p .
“” Nmlv St¶¡mw hmt_ …ASnWp tk*n]nWn N^¨n tk* “” dnWn {c*v tZmÀ Sp_¶N¯p N]_n
bSnW©p fnWn«nWNw AkÀ S^nsN k¶p .dnWn]psX N¿n ^*v k`n] tgm¸À D*m]n^p¶p .. bp_t¯¡v N¿n«p ]m{S b_ªt¸mjpw hm_n³s_ tWm«w In{S]n`m]n^p¶p
‘ F{S ^qb]m]Xn tI¨n ‘
‘ Bi ..BÀ¡_n]mw ..AsSms¡ hm_m sNmXps¯ “”
“” As¸m Wo ssbh S^msf¶v b_ªm\tÃm Nm_n N]_nt] “”
‘ AsSms¡ b`Spw b_]pw … hm_n³s_ koNvsWÊn N]_n H^p bnXp¯w bnXn¨t¸m tk*Sn§p tbm¶p .. CWow tbm^pw .. ‘
‘ Wo hm_nsW]pw ?’
“” ti … hm_nsWs¶]Ã {bn]w …””
‘ bns¶]ms^]m?’
“” W½psX l^\ym tfmisW “”
‘ tNmaXn¨tÃmXn Int{S ?’AWp AkapsX N¿n WpÅn “” Wà l¼aw ..Nm\mWpw hpµ^³ ..t{bfnt¨m ..t{bfnt¨m””
“” Rm ..A]mav sN«n ^*p bntÅ^pfm]n ..t{btfmw sNm*t§m«v sIÃv …Ak^v Wm«n`m.. AkÄ¡knsX tKm`n]p*v’
‘ bns¶ hm_nsW¶m tk*nt] ?””
‘ hm_nWnksa tk\w .. Ckan§sW Wn¡pktà ..FXpt¯m bnXnt¨m F¶pw b_ªp SÅn bnXn¨v””
‘ F¶m`pw hmÀ A§Ws¯s]m^mÄ Bs\¶v ….””
‘ hm_à ..B^m]m`pw fq¶m`v sb¬bntÅ^n§sW Wn¶m tWm¡pw …bäq¦n H¶v Nn«ptfms]¶pw tWm¡pw … Zn Int{S … H¶v sNmXp¡Xn … Wn³s_ Nj¸pw fm_pw .. C¨n^n In¡n`ow Nn«pw ..tbm^mt¯Wv hm_v ..tNmtaKn WnWs¡m^p si¸pw BNpw “”
‘ tbm ..tI¨n H¶v …””
At¸mtj¡pw kosX¯n]n^p¶p. FÃmk^pw NqXn bÀt¨hv sI]vS hmVW§Ä fpNans`s¡¯n¨p .. s{Zhv fm_n k¶t¸mtj¡pw AWp imans` tXdnan A©p ¥mhpw S\p¯ skÅkpw Wn^¯n]n^p¶p .
“” Hmt^m¶v Njn¨n«v b^nbmXn SpX§mw Asà ..””
“” F´v b^nbmXn]mXn AWp…?’
“” Aà ..W½Ä H¯n^n]m]ntà NqXn]n«v … Ct¶m¶n¨p ..H^p ..””
“” H^p ?’
“” AÃ .. W½s¡m¶n¨p AXn¨p sbman¡mw tI¨n””
“” DÆ .. Wo]pw Int{Sw NqXn AXn¨p sbman¨m fSn…Zn N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wos]¶m Cu Nm\n¡pt¶ … dn]_n Bt\m skÅw Hjn¡ps¶ ?’
“” As¸m ..skÅw tkt* ? Nq¼v kmXn tbmNpw tI¨n “”
“”tbmXo A¸p_¯p ..bntÅ^ntSm¶pw Njn¡* .Akav dn]_n skÅw tIÀ¡p¶p .. tbm]n bm`pwNp¸n tWm¡Xn ..Smjs¯ tÌm_n Nm\pw “” .””
“” F¶m tI¨n Hjn¡v ..AÃm …As¸m Wn§sa¶m sI¿m³ tbmNpkm ?’
“” M§av C¶v H^p¯sW sbm¡m³ tbmNpkm … F{S Wmam Cu kn^`pw Hs¡]m]n«v–….Nmlv sNmXp¯m Wà Ipų sI¡·m^v k¶p AXn¨p S¶n«v tbmNpw … F´m tkt\m ?’
‘ At¿m ..tbm tI¨n …H¶v “” AWp thmc]n`n^p¶p
“” Nmlv sNmXp¯nXpÅ H^p b^nbmXn¡pw MmWntà ..”” In{S ANs¯ fp_n]n Wn¶pw knan¨p b_ªp …
“” Nmlv Nn«p¶ b^nbmXnt]m*v .. H¶v Du¼n sNmXp¡\w ..F¶m bäptfm ..””
“” t¿ ..tbm ..tI¨n H¶v .. Ip½m kr¯nsNXv b_]msS ..”” In{S]n_§n k¶p
“”
“” F¶m f]n^mt\`pw sI¿v– .. Bs^ Bt\`pw knan¡v “” UobvSn Xn³ dn]À sbm«n¨p
“” t¿m ..UobvSo Wo]pw ..Wo]pw NqXnt]m Ck^psX NqsX “”
“” AÃmsS bns¶ … CknsX BNpt¼m B^pf_n]nà .. bns¶ CSn³s_ ^pIn NqXn H¶_nªn^n¡mftÃm””
“” FXn tk*mXn UobvSn “”
“” tI¨n ..CkapfmÀ¡v ^*p dn]_pw sNmXp¯p Smsjs]§mWpw sNm*v bq«n]nXv …tkt\`m ZnÂtZm NqXn sNmXpt¯m ?’
“” Hm ..ASpw N*p bnXnt¨m ?’
“” At¿m tI¨n Ht*m ASv ? H¶v Nm\nt¨ “” In{S N¿n Sq§n ..
“” BUyw Hmt^m dn]À Njn¡mw f¡sa …’ dnWn thmc]n Im^n]n^p¶p .MmWpw In{S]pw NqsX]pw , UobvSn]pw AWpkpw M§sa Im^n Wn`¯pfn^p¶p.. Xn³ dn]À sbm«n¨p FÃmÀ¡pw sNmXp¯n«v dnWn hvfnÀtWmcv sbm«n¨p ¥mhn Hjn¨Sn fnN-vhv sI]vSm\v Njn¨Sv .
“” bX]¸m…”” bmSn dn]À Njn¨tSmsX UobvSn Fjpt¶äv S³s_ Ko³hq^n Naªp . bp¡nÄ ks^s]¯p¶ dWn]Wpw bmân]pfn«kÄ Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n]n^p¶t¸mÄ bq_ns` t^mf§Ä bmân]psX skan]nt`¡v Wo*p .kÅn fm{Sfm]n^p¶pAkapsX C^pkl§an`pw D*m]n^p¶Sv .In{S AkapsX bq_n tWm¡n skÅfn_¡n
H^p dn]À fpjpk³ sI¶tSmsX FÃmk^pw fhn bnXp¯w skXnªp `mOkt¯msX bmSn s{ZÊn Hs¡]m]n .
“” FXn tI¨n … H^p dn]_qsX Sm MmWpw fnuvum b¸mSn Njnt¨mamw “” In{S]psX lÐw bS_n SpX§n]n^p¶p.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX dn]À SoÀ¶t¸mÄ dnWn Hjn¨v sk¨ fnN-vhv A^ ¥mhv In{S AN¯m¡n]n^p¶p .
“” tfmsa ..tk*mt«m ..l^v²n¨p CknsX Npafm¡^pSv “”
“”tbmXo H¶v … “” In{S dnWn Wn_¨p sk¨ ¥mhv FXp¯p .
“” t¿m .. H¶v Nm\ns¨Xn ..ASv sl^n¡pw B\p§sX hmfmWw tbms` Ss¶ Asà ?’
UobvSn AN¯p Wn¶psfXp¯v sNm*v k¶ ZnÂtZm]n frUp` bnXp¯fn«p . A{Pw kaªp bn¦v Na_n DÅ H^p sskt{däÀ B]n^p¶p ASv .. AkaSv N¿ns`Xp¯p Sn^n¨pw f_n¨pw tWm¡n .. ASn³s_ Aäs¯ d«\n bnXn¨p sM¡n]t¸mÄ AsSm^p tWÀ¯ fp^at`msX sskt{däv sI¿m³ SpX§n .
AWp C«n^p¶ fnZn tft`¡v fmän]t¸mÄ dnWn]ksa lmhn¨p .
“” FXn sbs® … Nym^äpw fäpw tNäp¶ tbms`]Ã …H¶v WW]s« ..F¶n«v tNäv””
“” Òw ..HmÀ¯t¸mtj WWªp …Asà Wos]m¶p W¡n SmXn Int{S … “”
In{S Njn¨p sNm*n^p¶ ¥mhv Häk`n¡v SoÀ¯n«v AWpkn³s_ A^s¡«ns`¡v ko\p … AkÄ bmân]n bnXn¨t¸mÄ AWp Np*n tbm¡n]Sq^m³ him]n¨p .. Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n C^p¶ AWpkn³s_ fp¶n fp«v Np¯n NpWnª In{S]psX Np*n knNhn¨p knXÀ¶p . In{S C«n^p¶ s{Zhv Du^n H^p ssWäv sPu¬ fm{Sfm\n«n^p¶Sv .tWÀ¯ B sPu\n AkapsX bmân]psXw SpX]psX]pw skap¸pw fnWp¸pw FXp¯p Nm\n¨p
‘ Bi ..tfmsa .. knXÀ¯n W¡Xn ..MmWpw W¡n S^mw … AsSm¶p tNän Njnªv’ AWp In{S]psX S` bqän sk¨fÀ¯n..AkapsX Np*n knXÀ¶t¸mÄ bmân]psX bp_Np klw k`nªp fp_pNn . UobvSn In{S]psX bmân Smtj¡v k`n¨p .. AkapsX Np*n¸manNÄ¡nX]n`qsX kn^t`mXn¨p ..
“” Bivivivhv ..”” Np_pNn sNm*v In{S AWpkn³s_ bq_v Soä SpXÀ¶p …
AWpkn³s_ S` thmc]nt`¡v Imªp .. N®pNÄ Nq¼n]Xªp. gÀ«n³s_ d«\pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du^n]kÄ {dm]n`m]n … MmWkapsX fp`NÄ Nl¡n .. AWpkn³s_ N¿n Wn¶pw ZnÂtZm DuÀ¶p ko\p .dnWn]Sv FXp¯p In{S]psX bn¶n`m]n C^p¶p . ZnÂtZm H^p fqat`msX sskt{däv– sI¿m³ SpX§n.
“” Aivi .. As½ … “” sb«¶v In{S AWpkn³s_ fXn]nt`¡v ko\p .dnWn]kapsX NqSnt¸m«ns`¡v ssks{däÀ ko*pw fp«n¨p .
“” Bivivhv ..FWn¡v k¿ ..iq .. …””
‘ Aivi .. As½ ….. “” hpOw sNm*v fp^ap¶ In{S]psX Ip*pNÄ AWp Ipwdn¨p .. AkapsX km]nt`¡v Wmkn«p Ipjän In{S .
“” fSoXo tI¨n …CWns]Wn¡v Sm … N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv C¶m .. tNän Sm …”” In{S]psX b^tklkpw ho¡m^kpw tN«v sNmSn fq¯ AWp In{Ss] SÅn fmän Nm`pNÄ ANän .. InS]psX DfnWo^n Npan¨ bq_nt`¡v dnWn ssk{däÀ bSns] fp«n¨p ..
“” Aivi …BÈvivivgv “” AWpkn³s_ l^o^fmsN sk«nkn_¨p .. AkapsX skap¯ bq_ns`¡v dnWn sskt{däÀ N]än]n_¡n ..bp_s¯ sI_n] tSm«n tbms`]pÅ hmVWw N´n AfÀ¶p sskt{däv– sI]vSt¸mÄ AWpkn³s_ bq_n Wn¶v skÅw A\sbm«ns]mjpNn ..
“” Aivivg …”” AWp A^s¡«p]À¯n sNm*v bnXªp .
“” fSn … fSn .. CWns]Wn¡v .”” In{S AWp C^n¡p¶Sv tbms` Nm`pNÄ ANän dnWn]psX tWs^ Sn^nªp
“” Zn hms{µ ..UobvSn ..Wn§¡v tkt* ..F¶m hpOfmXn ..iq …. tI¨n CWns]Wn¡v sI]vSp Sm ¹ohv””
In{S AkÀ¡v tWs^ tWm¡n bp`¼nsNm*v dnWn]psX N¿n bnXn¨p k`n¨p .
‘ FXn WnW¡o KokWnÃm¯ Np® tkt\m AtSm KokWpÅ Np® tkt\m ?’ UobvSn In{St]mXv tImUn¨p
‘ASn¸ bns¶ ..KokWpÅSv ..bs£ ASnÃm¯ ØnSn¡v CSv fSn ..””
In{S dnWn]psX ssN¿n bnXn¨n«p S³s_ bqäns`¡v sk¨p
“” Bi .. F¶m hpOw … “” AkapsX bqäns`¡v N]ämsS dnWn bp_¯qsX sskt{däÀ HmXn¨p .
N´n sskt{däÀ fp«n¨t¸mÄ In{S thmc]nt`¡v Imªv A^s¡«v SÅn s¡m*v bpaªp .
sb«¶v dnWn sskt{däÀ Hmcm¡n .
“” At¿m .. tNän Sm .. tNän SmXn tI¨n ..”” In{S bqäns`¡v S³s_ kn^ N]än]n_¡n ..ASv sNm*pw AkÄ¡v fSn]m]nà …
“” FXn H¶v tNän SmXn …F¶m bän f]n^nWv?’ In{S dnWns] tWm¡n N®p^p«n
‘ b*m^w tNXms]¶m tSm¶pt¶ ..’ dnWn sskt{dä_ns` dmä_n Du^n]pw f_n¨psfms¡ C«p ..
“” FXn AWp ..H¶v W¡ns]¦n`pw SmXn ..”” In{S AWpkn³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp
In{S ssN sNm*v fp`]n sM^Xn Ip*v NXn¨p knNm^w lfn¸n¡pkm³ tWm¡n .
“” it`m …”” dnWn tcm\psfXp¯p Smtj¡pÅ hvs_¸ns`¡v Wo§n
“” FXn Int{S AWq .. Wn§Ä Smtj¡v sIÃv … ‘
‘ F¶m¯nWv ..F¶m {blvWw?’
‘ Aà .. Wn§¡v tk*m¶tà b_sª C¶s` F³s_ NqsX]p*m]n^p¶ fq¶p tb^nt¸m k^pw ..AÃmsS]mt^w sbm¡tWm¶pfÃ… WtÃm\w AXn¨p S^pfk^v …bns¶ Wà ssbthw .. tkt\ NqXnt¡m ..bns¶ b_ªnÃ, tN«nà Fs¶m¶pw b_tª¡^pSv … ,.. H³bSp f\n BNpt¼m cpZv– k^pw ..MmWnt¸m knan¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_tª¡mw …C¶s` Nan]psX CX¡v cpZv– b_]m³ f_¶p tbm]n .. BsN D*m]n^p¶Sv Ak^v sNm*v k¶ hvWmN-vhv B\v …FXn ..AsSms¡ H¶v km§n skt¨¡t\””
“” tR ..As¸m Wn§av hSyw b_ªSmt\m ?’ In{S]psX N®pNÄ fnjnªp ..At¸mjpw AkapsX kn^`pNÄ bq_n b^SpN]m]n^p¶p
“” AÃmsS bns¶ … “”
‘ As¸m Ck^pfpt*m ? Wo]pw Dt*mXn UobvSn ..hms{µ ..WtÃm\w Bt`mIn¨n«mt\m?””
“” Wns¶ tbms` tk*m ..tk\w ..tk*\w F¶Ã .. C¶o hpOw A_nªn^n¡pw ‘
M§apw NqXn Ds*¶_nªt¸mÄ In{S]psX fWhv– bSnkv tbms` Sp`mÊn B]n.
‘ AWq ..Wo …”” AkhmW N¨n¯p^p¼nWm]n In{S AWpknsW tWm¡n . AWp ^*nWpw tf`m¯ AkØ]n`m]n^p¶p .
“” Zn ..Wo Aksa]pw Nq«n Smtj¡v sIÃv …sIÃv tbm]n I«]Xn¡v…… tbm … tkt\Â ^*p dn]_psfXpt¯m ?’
“” dn]_p Wn³s_ fäkWv sNm*v sI¶v sNmXp¡Xn”” In{S¡v N`n¸v AX¡mWm]nÃ. AkÄ bmSn Hjnª fUy¡p¸n]psfXp¯v Smsj¡n_§m³ SpX§n
“” FXn f]ns^ ..F¶m Nm\m³ Wn¡pkm … “” AWp NqsX k^mSn^p¶t¸mÄ In{S tUgys¸«p
Smsj sI¶v F§tW`pw B sskt{däÀ H¶v Hm\m¡n hpOn¡msf¶ In´]n`m]n^p¶p In{S
“” Nm\mftÃm “”
“” tR ? F´m¶v?’
“” ASv Ss¶Xn … Ck^psX Nan Nm\mftÃm Wfp¡v “” AWp In{S]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p
“” HmhnWp Nan Nm\m³ B^pw Wn¡* ..Zn B ZnÂtZm C§p Ss¶ “”
“” AsS¶m¯nWm CSv ..CSv tNXsÃ…. WnWs¡¶m¯n³s_ hqt¡Xm dnWns¨¨n … CSpw S^nà ..Nan Nm\mWpw h½Sn¡nà ..Wos]ms¡ b*m^X§n tbmNqXn “” dnWn sskt{däÀ km§n]t¸mÄ In{S S`]n ssN sk¨v {bmNn
“” C¶s` fp¶n`pw bp_Nn`pw ^*p tb^pw Ht^ hf]w tNän ..C¶nkapfm^v DÅtSm*v– ASv Ak^v dnhn]m^n¡pw ..Np*o tNäpt¼m CSv sk_psS F¦n`pw bqän`n^p¶m H^p hpOfm tfmsa “”
“” ssUktf ..Ht^ hf]t¯m ^*nX¯pw ..Wo bp_Nn`pw sI]vtSmXn tI¨n “” hm{µ AXpt¯¡v k¶p .. dnWn]kta tWm¡n N®n_p¡n .
“” Bi …. H^n¡Â ^*n`pw Ht^ hf]w tNän]m bns¶ B hpOw f_¡qà tfmsa ..””
“” tI¨n ..M§aqsX CknsX Wnt¶ms« ¹ohv “” In{S sN©n .
“” tk* tk* ..Wn§av Smsj tbm]n Wnt¶m ..cpZv– k^pt¼m tfXn¨p sk¡m³ f_¡* ..AXn¨p bm¼m]n NnXs¶¡Ãv””
In{S Wn^mlt]msX Smtj¡v WX¶p .
“” CWns]¶m Du¼mWmXn N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv AknsX Wn¡ps¶ ..Ct§m«v kmXn”” Ipän¸än Wn¡p¶ AWpknsW In{S HmXn¨p .
“” sJ … f]nt^À¸mXm]n tbm]n “” Smsj fp_n]n k¶p In{S S`§pw kn`§pw WX¶p .. AkapsX N®pNÄ Ipk¶n^p¶p . AkÄ C«n^p¶ B sPu\pw Du^ns]_nªp
“” Zn AWp …W½¡v 69 AXn¡mw … tUiw sfm¯w bjp¯n^n¡pkm ..””
“” MmsW§pfnÔ” AWp sdZns`¡v NnX¶p ..
‘ F¶SmXn CSv ..WnWs¡m¶pw tSm¶p¶ntà ..fWpgyWnknsX kn§pkm “” In{S bmân fmänkn^ bqäns`¡v N]än ..AkapsX bmân]psX fp³emPw sfm¯w Npjª AkØ]n`m]n^p¶p.
“” Aivivi ..”” H^p ssN bqän`pw ftä ssN sNm*v fp`]pw sM¡n In{S sdZn NnX¶p^p*p f_nªp
“” FXn f]ns^ ..WnWs¡m¶pw tSm¶p¶ntà ..fp³tb F¶mSm^p¶p W¡n SmXn ..tNän SmXn “”
“” AsSms¡ FWn¡pfp*v .. ..WnW¡v skÅw tbm]m A¸ So^pw … F³s_]o bpN¨n C§sW Wn¡s« … Akapfm^v hpOn¡pt¼m ASv Nt*m*v Mm³ kn^`nXpw “”
“” tR ..Wos]¶m Cu b_sª ..Akav fm_v At§m«v– sIÃ^psS¶tà b_sª”” In{S Fjpt¶äv AWpkn³s_ A^nNn`n^p¶p .
“” DÆ … Akapfm^v BUyfm]n«m …ASnWnX¡v W½av tWm¡p¶pt*ms]t¶m¶pw {l²n¡ptk` ..bns¶ dnWn … Akav W½sa NqsX Nm\n¡tfm¶m tWms¡mÅq “”
‘ AsS¶m … “”
“” Zn W½apw NqsX Dt* AkapfmÀ¡v bns¶s]m¶pw tbXn¡*tÃm …ASv fm{Sfà “” B\v tks_t´m b_]m³ k¶n«v WnÀ¯n Naªp .
“” F¶SmXn ..b_]Xn “” AWp H^p fpjw fp¶n In´n¡p¶ Bams\¶p AkÄ¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p . Nplm{P dp²n . bYn¯¯n`pw
AkÄ fnXp¡n]m\v .
“” FXn tI¨n ..bmkw …Akapfm^v Ns*¶p N^pSn WnWs¡¶m hqt¡Xv ?’
“” FXn hms{µ .. In{S¡v skÅw tbm]m At¸mÄ AkÄ t¹äv Sn^n¨p sk¡pw … MmWStà sskt{däÀ Hmcm¡ns] .AkÄ k^pw Nt*m .. AWp AtàSs¶ Ak^psX bp_sN tN_n k^pw “”
“” tR ..’
“” AWp B^m tfmÄ ? AkÄ ssh`âv B]n Nm^yw Nm\qtÃ… bns¶ Int{SsW Ct¶m^mÄ¡v tk\w ..””
“” tR ASmÀ¡v ? Rm … tWmt«mw H`n¸o^psfms¡ N*n«v W½psX ftigv– hm_nWmt\m?’
‘ AsSXn …””
‘ A¼Xm bmk¯msW tbms`]n^p¶n«v?’
“” As¸m Int{Sw AWpkptfm … Ct{Sw bmk§Ä W½psX tNmtaKn Dt*m ? ¶n«nt¸m ^*qXn fp_pfp_pt¯m*v C_§n tbm]Sv N*nÃm]n^pt¶m ? “”
‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASpw sl^n]m ..Zn tI¨n .. Ak^v k^m_mt]m .. Fsâ N¿pw Nm`pw kn_¡pkm.. tU N*ntà H^p¯n H^p Nqh`pw CÃmsS C^n¡ps¶ “”
‘ Fsâw AkØ ASv tbms` Ss¶]mXn hms{µ… {blvWfmNptfm ?’ UobvSn]pw hf]fmNpw tSm_pw b^n{em´]m]n SpX§n]n^p¶p .
“” F¶m bns¶ Wn§apw Smtj¡v sIÃv .. “”
“” A§sW Wo fm{Sw hpOn¡* …AsS … C¶v fmt{S DÅq t«m … B ^htfm¶_n]m³ “” Mm³ dnWns] hfmVmWn¸n¨p .
“” dnWnt¨¨n tkUWs]Xp¡ptkm ? “” UobvSn]psX hz^¯ns` bS_n¨ M§Ä ^*mapw fWhn`m¡n .FWn¡pw DÅn FNvsshävsf³_v D*m]n^p¶p . bp_tf Nm\n¨nÃs]¶p fm{Sw .ASv fm{Sfà , dnWn]psX `mkngv KoknSkpw Hs¡]m]t¸mÄ H^p Sk\s]¦n`pw B hpOtfm¶_n]mWpw, AkÀ S^p¶ Nmgv sNm*v H^p NqXn] sfmssd km§mWpw Bl]p*m]n^p¶p .
dnWn]psX _nwPv tXm¬ tN«v BNmwgt]msX ASnt`s_ b^n{eft¯msX M§Ä tWm¡n .
“” im ..hmt_ … Npj¸fnà …hmÀ k*n]n Ss¶]n^pt¶m … Mm³ knan¡pNt]m sftÊKv sI¿pNt]m sI¿p¶ hf]¯v Ss¶ N]_n k^\w …Cà ..Cs¸m Ak^v Smsj]m ..Cà …AWpkp*v NqsX ..ti]v Akav Npj¸fnà … Aksa Ct§m«v N]änt¡mamw Mm³ ..Asæn ^*p tbs^ tf]v¡m³ bäpkmt\ hm_v bqlnt¡m ..i i i ..Òv½vfw …½vfw.. ssV^y¯nWv ^*p dn]_p NqXn AXn¨q¶p tSm¶p¶tÃm .. ivi Hmt¡t]ms¡ ..Npafm¡tà ..CSn³s_]nX¡v FWn¡v Wn§sa {l²n¡m³ k¿ .. Hmt¡ ..F¦n sl^n ..Ak^m¶p tSm¶p¶p ..H^p tNmÄ k^p¶p*v “”
dnWn B tNmÄ N«m¡n]n«vtimÄZm] tNmÄ FXp¯p
“” Rm …hmt_ …CÃ ..CÃ ..N]_n tbms^ ..FÃm^pw D*v .. “”
“” F¶SmXn …Ak^v kt¶m ..B^m BUyw knant¨’
“” Òvfw ..Ak^v Smsj D*v ..NmÀ A¸p_¯nXpw…ftigv– hm_m\v BUyw knant¨ … hm_pw A¸p_¯p*v ..””
‘ Culz^m …FWn¡msN tbXn]mNp¶p”” UobvSn ImXns]jpt¶äp
“” FXn tI¨n F¶m sIt¿t* ?’ FWn¡pw e]fm]n
“” Wn§sam¶pw sI¿* ..Ak^v sI]vtSmapw “” dnWn]psX Sfml BhzUn¡mWpÅ fqZm]n^p¶nà At¸mÄ .
‘ MmsWm¶p NqXn tf`v NjpNs« ..Cu s{Zhv fSnt]m tI¨n “” hm{µ HmXn fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n , bp_sN MmWpw ..
‘ FXn BsN sbXn]mNpkm .. bs£ …C§sWs]m^p hmiI^yw CWn Nn«o¶pw k^nà “” hm{µ s{Zhv Du^n]n«v dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_n . Aäm¨vZv CSv fm{Stf]pÅq fpNan . CWn]pÅSv N]_n k^p¶ hvs_]_nWp hfobfm\v .ASv N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm*v MmWpw AkapsX bp_sN N]_n .
“” FXn … hms{µ …. H^mÄ Nnak³ B\tÃmXn”” UobvSn kmSn`nWp f_ªp Wn¶v tWm¡n]n«v b_ªp . M§Ä Npan¨p s{Zhv fm_n]n_§]Sm]n^p¶p . ^*p tb^pw fps«m¸w DÅ fnZn]pw dWn]Wpw . NaÀ DÅ AXnkhv{S§apw C«n^p¶p . WWª fpXn sN«msS IoNn knXÀ¯n]n«p . t_mhv NaÀ `nbvhv_n¡pw , sI_pSm]n sbuZ_pw C«p .
“” NnakWm]m`pw Npj¸fnà ..A_n]mkp¶kÀ B]n^n¡tÃs]¶ {bmÀ°W B]n^p¶p “”
“” Nnak³ Bt\`pw H^p sPä¸v D*v .. Cu N_p¯ hmVWw Nm\pt¼mtj A_¸mNpw””
“” FXn FÃmÀ¡pw Ss¶ N_p¸m Np®¡v … bns¶ hpOw tN_pt¼m N_pt¸m skapt¸m H¶pw tWm¡nöm dnWn b_sª “”
‘ At§m«v– sIÃt\m ? “” hm{µ imant`¡v tWm¡n . fq¶p tb^p*v . B k]hm] BansW NqXmsS ^*p tbÀ NqXn . Wm`vbSnWpw A³bSnWpw CX¡pÅkÀ. k]hm] BÄ fm{Sw fp*pw Kqd]pw , fäkÀ Ko³hpw gÀ«pw . dnWn]kt^mXv hwhm^n¡p¶p*v . Nqam] CXsbXo tbms` AkÀ¡v tSm¶n . Ft´m b_ªn«v dnWn Fjpt¶Â¡p¶Sv N* M§Ä ANt¯¡v k`nªp .
‘ FXn … Smtj {cnZvKn Wn¶v S\p¯ sktÅmw thmZ]pw ^*p t¹äpw FXpt¯m*v km ..Rm bns¶ …fq¶p ¥mhpw FXpt¯m .. CknsX DÅSv Wfp¡v tkt* “”
Ak^psX fp¶n`qsX tbm]n tk\w FXp¡m³ , M§sam¶p fXn¨p .
“” F¶m tWm¡n Wn¡pkmXn ? F¶m bns¶ Wn§av hwhm^nIn^n¡v ..Mm³ tbm]n FXpt¯m*v k^mw “”
‘ At¿m …M§Ä sbmt¡mamw””
“” H^mÄ tbm]m fSn … Wo]pw NqXn km hwhm^n¡m³””
‘ At¿m …Wo NqXn kmXn hms{µ”” UobvSns]³s_ ssN bnXn¨p . Asæn`pw sb«¶k^psX fp³bn tbm]n^n¡m³ ht¦mIfm]n^p¶p SmWpw . Njn¨ dn]s_ms¡ Npan¨t¸mÄ Bkn]m]n .
dnWn]psX f_¸än M§Ä imant`¡v C_§n. hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^p¶ fqk^pw M§sa {l±n¨t¸mÄ AkÀ¡v fpOw sNmXp¡msS M§Ä Smtjt¡mXn . hvs_]À C_§m³ tW^w Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B k]h³ M§apsX I´n]ns`¡v tWm¡p¶Sm\v¡n N*Sv . sb«¶]mi F³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n In^n¨p ..
“” At¿m ..tUs* In^n¡p¶Xn “” UobvSn F³s_ N¿n WpÅn . N¿n sbm§n Wn¶ t^mf§Ä Sm\p.
“” Bav bmkfm¶p tSm¶p¶p “”
‘ B^v … B^m bmkw ? Nan SpX§nt]m ? dnWns] Ak^v Nan¡pkmt\m?””
Ins{SsX tImUyw tN«t¸mÄ B\kÄ AknsX Ds*¶p HmÀ¯Sv. AkÄ tft`¡v N]_n k¶n^p¶p .AWp hvs_]_n³s_ Smsj N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv D*v .
‘ tbmXo H¶v- .. BsN tbXn¨n^n¡pkm CknsX …k¶]pXsW HmXns¨¶v- Nan¡m³ ..F¶m Wo sIÃv …tbm]n Nan “”
‘ f]n^v …bns¶ Ft¸mjm SpX§pt¶ “” AkÄ M§apsX bp_sN Smtj¡n_§n .
‘ FXn Wo FXpt¯m*v k¶ Np¸n F´ns] ?’ UobvSn {cnZvKn Wn¶v skÅkpsfms¡ FXp¯n«v tImUn¨p .Mm³ At¸mtj¡pw ¥mhpw t¹äpw Hs¡ FXp¯n^p¶p
‘ C¶m …CWn ASqsX sNmt* sNmXp¡v ..Wos]ms¡ hpOn¡v .. tbm … Wn³s_ bq_p No_n tbmNqXn “” In{S Np¸ns]Xp¯p sNmXp¯n«v S`]n ssN sk¨v {bmNn .
UobvSn H¶pw b_]msS A^ ¥mtÊmaw Duän]n«p tNma Hjn¨v Hä k`n¡v AN¯m¡n .
‘ F¶mXn CSv ..sU ..kmav sks¨¡^pSv tNt«m “” AWp {cnZvKn Wns¶m^p ssckv ÌmÀ FXp¯p sbm«n¨p bmSn]kÄ¡v sNmXp¯p .
“” iq … Ct¸mjm H^p ssV^yw Bs] ..Zn …WnW¡v tkt\m “” ASv tNÄ¡p¶SnWv fp³tb MmWpw Hjn¨n^p¶p
‘ iw ..tbmXo ..tbm]n ho`v sbm«n¡v …AsS§Wm hot`ms¡ kjpSnWt§w Nym^äpw Hs¡ tNän sbm«n¨ntà … ASn`pw fpjp¯Sv B^n¡pw ..sI¶v knjp§v”” hvs_]À N]_n]t¸mÄ In{S]psX t^mgkpw Ahq]]pw Wn_ª hz^w bn´pX^p¶p*m]n^p¶p
fp_n]n NnX¶n^p¶ sI]_pw dnWn imant`¡v fmän]n^p¶p . BsN]pÅ ^*p sI]_ns`m¶n dnWn]pw ftäSn B k]hm] Bapw thmc]n AkÀ ^*p tb^pw .
‘ kmXn ..CknsX sk¡v “” dnWn FÃmw km§n Xot¸m]n]n Wn^¯n .
“” C^n¡v “” B Nnak³ b_ªp .. Nnak³ Bt\`pw WÃ l^o^kpw
tdmZn]pfm\v. I§` tbm`pÅ H^p fm` . N¿n A{S]pw N«n]pÅ sI]n³ . hzÀ\ s{c]nw DÅ N®X.
fp_n]n NnX¶n^p¶ sI]_pw dnWn imant`¡v fmän]n^p¶p . BsN]pÅ ^*p sI]_ns`m¶n dnWn]pw ftäSn B k]hm] Bapw thmc]n AkÀ ^*p tb^pw .
FknsX]n^n¡\sf¶_n]msS M§aknsX Ss¶ Wn¶p.
k]hm] BÄ Aks^ tWm¡n]Sv sNm*mt\m AkÀ ^*p sshZns`¡pw Wo§n]n^p¶p .
“” dnWo ..Wot]mjn¡v ..tfmsa Wo]nknsX]n^pt¶m ..tfmaknsX]n^pt¶m “” A]mÄ b_ªn«v F³s_ tWs^ ssN Iq*n .. UobvSn Nth^]nt`¡v Wo§p¶Sv N* Mm³ ImXn]knsX]n^p¶p . UobvSns]s¶ tWm¡n N®p^p«n
‘ tbXn¡ptkm¶pw tk* tfmsa ..AknsX]n^pt¶m ..Zm sNm¨nsW tbXn¸n¡^pSv tNt«m i i i ‘
A]mapsX NqsX Ak^pw NqXn In^n¨t¸mÄ UobvSn I½t`msX Ak^psX WXp¡v tbm]n^p¶p . dnWn]t¸mÄ Hmt^m ¥mÊn`pw Hjn¨n«p H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ¥mhv FXp¯p sNm*v k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ Nth^]n Wns¶jpt¶äp . AkaSv NqhmsS B k]h³s_ fXn]n sI^nªn^p¶p .
“” f¡sa Mm³ fmWpk ..fmWpk tKm¬ .. _n«]ÀZv DTXK B\v . CSv KmcÀOm³ , ASv AtlmN³ bÅn¡Â Wm«n dnhnsWhm . Ck^psX H^p ¢]ânsW Nm\m³ k¶Sm M§Ä . Ck^psX F¶v b_ªm Fsâw .. M§Ä hÀ¡mÀ DtUymPØÀ¡v ssh`âv B]tà dnhnWhn b¦manNÄ BNm³ bäq .. F³s_ sskcm H^p bmÀXv\À Ck^psX ..bn¶n]nknXps¯ A¦napw ..A¦nÄ F¶tà A_n]q .. tKmhv Nsï_’
A¦nÄ dnWn]psX Nq«pNm^n b_ª A¦nÄ Bs\¶v tSm¶n.M§anSv ks^ N*n«nà A]msa . A§sW tWm¡pt¼mÄ Cks^ tbXnt¡* Nm^yfnà . thcv Bs\¶pw tSm¶n
fäp ^*p tb^pw hpµ^·m^m\v. AtlmNWv C^p Wn_w , fmWpk`pw Kmc_pw WÃ skap¸v
“” OP At¸mÄ SpX§pktÃ? “” fmWpk ¥mhv FXp¯v FWn¡v Wo«n ..OP F¶m Kmc_pw AtlmN³ hm_pw ¥mhv FXp¯n«v Hs^®w UobvSn¡pw sNmXp¯p .
” W½psX BUy N¼Wn¡v “” fmWpk b_ªp sNm*v ¥mhv sbm¡n
“” Int]Àhv “”
“” Fs´m^p IqXm dnWn ..A½mft]mXv fpNan H^p Fhn bnXn¸n¡m³ b_]v– “”
‘ F³s_ fmWp …CsSm¶pw W½¡v b_ªn«pÅSà ..tKmh¦nantWmXpw Akav b_]p¶Sm Ht^hn km§n S^m³ …NqsX NqsX k¶p NnX¡p¶Stà “”
“” DÆ .. tKmhm BÄ .. FWn¡ÛpSfp*v lm^ns]§sW AksW hin¡p¶psk¶v”” fmWpk b_ªpsNm*v H^p hnP^äv FXp¯p Ip*n sk¨v . dnWn]SnWv So sNmap¯n .
“” ti tKmhv CSns`ms¡ H^p bnlp¡pw Nm\n¡nà A¨m]m “” AtlmN³ b_ªp
“” ASv sl^n]m bÅn¡m .. FknsX sI¶m`pw fq¸^v BUyw fmtWKt^mXv tImUn¡p¶Sv sb®pt*m¶m… tim«`n “” sKsN]pw NqsX NqXn .
fmWpk Kqº tft`¡v tbm¡n]q^n . tbm¡än Wn¶v tbÀhpw Fs´ms¡t]m NqXn Smtj¡v ko\p .
dnWn tbÀhpw Ft´m NX`mhpw NqXn Xot¸m]n]n FXp¯p sk¨p. F³s_ AXp¯pfp*m]n^p¶p Fs´ms¡t]m tb¸_pNapw fäpw . Mm³ NpWnªvAsSXp¯p . ASns`m^p bm¡äv N*p Mm³ Wm\n¨p tbm]n . tNm*w . ASn³s_ bp_w Nk_n H^p sb®v WPvW]m]n Wn¡p¶p . NqsXs]m^p sI_p¡Wpw Mm³ UobvSns] tWm¡n AkapwWOw NXn¨p sNm*v NpWnªn^n¡pkm\v .
“” CsS´m fmWp … Ct{Sw tKmh¦nansW b_ªn«pw fmWp kpw bnlp¡n]ntà … Rm ..H^p tgm«n HSp¡m³ Bt\ Npj¸fnà “” dnWn¡v Wm\w `kt`lfnÃ
“” ASnWp WnW¡v shctà ..C¶s` bp_Nns`m¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv N¿n«t¸mÄ Wo A_t¨m*v HmXoSsöp N^pSn Mm³ Hs^®w km§n]Sm .””
“” Bi ..As¸m Cs¶³s_ Np*osX ho sbm«pw ..C¶s` fmWq³s_ tWm«w N*t¸mtj Mm³ D_¸n¨Sm .. Aà ..As¸m CkÀt¡m “”
“” Zn bntÅs^ …Wn§¡v thcv bo^oZv– ktÃmw Bt\m … BUys¯ hpOw sSm`n]p^ªp tN_pt¼mjm”” dnWn]Sv b_ªt¸mÄ M§Ä Wm\w sNm*v Iqan tbm]n .
‘ FXn dnWn ..Wo Ip½mSn^n …bntÅs^ b_ªp tbXn¸n¡tà ..C¶`t¯ tbms` iman`n«p FÃm^pw NqsX F³tKm]v sI¿m¶v N^pSn]Sm …As¸matà Wo b_sª Ckapfm^p BUyfm]n«m¶v .BUys¯ Sk\ Ss¶ b»n¡m]n sI]vSp , bntÅs^ kngfn¸n¡*m¶p sk¨p”” .CWn Wo]m]n«p Aks^ kngfn¸n¡tà “”
“””” ti .. Cu Wm\sfms¡ fm_pw fmWp ..bns¶ Ckapfms^ bnXn¨m Nn«¯nà ..hm£m sKsN ks^ skÅw NpXn¡pw “”
” AsS¶m dnWn Wo A§sW b_sª ..Fs¶ As¸m bnsÅ^m]n«mt\m Ns*¡ps¶ ?’
“” At¿m bÅn¡m ,A§sW]à .. WnW¡v AÂbw f]tfms¡]p*v … sKsN A§W]mt\m.. .Cuä¸p`n]tà ..Cuä¸p`n “”
dnWn]ks^ kas^]Xp¸¯n , {bm]tfm ØmWtfm H¶pw tWm¡msS tb^v knan¡p¶Spw Hs¡ tN«t¸mÄ AÂbw fWhv– lm´fm]n .F¶m`pw Xot¸m¿n]n C^n¡p¶ tNm*w Nm\pt¼mÄ FÃmw ko*pw b^n{efkpw b^tklkpsfÃmw N]_n k¶p
‘ Hs^®w NqXn Njn¡mw .. bntÅ^v BsN b^tkls¸«n^n¡pkm sKsN ..Wos]ms^®w Hjnt¨ … Zn dnWn … H^p ÌmÀ«nwPv sNmXps¯ … C§sW fqXns¡«n]n^n¡msS
AXp¯Spw Hjn¨n«p dnWn A]mapsX fXn]nt`¡n^p¶p .fmWpk H^n_¡v NpXn¨Spw dnWn]]mapsX Ip*n D½ sk¨p. A]mapsX km]ns` knh-vNn AkapsX km]nt`¡n_§p¶ lÐw tNÄ¡mfm]n^p¶p . MmWpw UobvSn]pw Aks^ Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^n¡pkm]n^p¶p .
A]mapsX ssN sb«¶v dnWn]psX fp`]n bnXp¯fn«p ..”” Biv”” k`s¯ fp` sM¡n]fÀ¯n]t¸mÄ dnWn N®X¨p sNm*]mapsX Njp¯n bnXn¨p Ip*v bp_t¯¡v k`n¨p NpXn¡m³ SpX§n .
Mm³ UobvSns] tWm¡n .N¿n ¥mhpw sk¨kÄ km]pw tbman¨k^psX {bkÀ¯n N*p sNm*n^n¡pN]m\v . UobvSn]psX fm_nXw làn]m]n sbm§n¯mjp¶p*v.. sb«¶v sKsN]psX ssN AkapsX SpX]n AfÀ¶p .. bs£ AkasSm¶pw A_n]p¶nà .. AkapsX Nq¼n] N®v Smtj¡v tbm]t¸mÄ B\v Mm³ ko*pw dnWns] {l²n¨Sv . fXn]n`n^p¶p sNm*v AkÄ A]mapsX Np®s]Xp¯v ssN sNm*v Sn^p½p¶p . dnWn]psX H^p fp` A]mÄ tXm¸nWv bp_s¯Xp¯p NpXn¡pkm\v””fp*nWnX]n`qsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv skan]ns`Xp¯ fmWpk`n³s_ N_p¯v SXn¨ Np®]psX fNpXw dnWn]psX skap¯ssNNÄ¡pÅn F¯n tWm¡p¶p ..ASn³s_ Aä¯v– Wn¶v {UmkNw AkapsX N¿nt`¡v bäpt¼mÄ dnWn]nX¡Sv km]nt`¡v sk¨v W¡p¶p*v.. AÂbw sbm§n dnWn]kapsX fp` A]mapsX km]nt`¡v sk¨p. fmWpk km] sbman¨SnsW NXn¨t¸mÄ A]mapsX hzÀ\¸ÃkapsX fpa]n`mjv¶p .
“” fmWp .. NXn¡msS k`n¨p NpXn …Aivi ..”” A]mapsX fp`NpXn]psX hpOw sNm*v dnWn]psX N¿n`n^p¶ Np® ko*pw fpjp¯p .
‘ Bivhv ..”” UobvSn]psX ho¡m^w tN« Mm³ At§m«v– tWm¡n … tKs¡]psX CXSv ssN AkapsX ANw SpX]n`m\v . AkapsX fnZn tft`¡v N]_n]n^n¡p¶p. NXpw Wo` bmân Nm\mw ..A]mapsX H^p kn^ ASn fp«n]n«p*v .fp«nWp tft`¡v Wà k®w D*kapsX SpX¡v , Fs¶¡mÄ , fpNant`¡v N]_pw tSm_pw k®w NqXps¶¦n`pw H«pw Bt^mINfà …,sNmjp¯ fmwhw thmc]ns` NpgyWn AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶p . sKs¡]psX ssN kn^ AkapsX sW]v–SpX]nÂBjv¶n«p*v. A]mapsX ssN AkapsX bq_nsW fp«p¶Sv Nm\mWm]n Mm³ AkntX¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^p¶p . fmUNfm]n^p¶p B NmjvI . Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n]t¸mÄ sKs¡ Wmkp WW¨p sNm*v Fs¶ N®n_p¡n Nm\n¨p .
“” Bivhv … it½ ..”” UobvSn]]mapsX sW©nt`¡v ko\t¸mÄ Mm³ Smtj¡v tWm¡n . bmâns] Spa¨p A]mapsX H^p kn^ ANt¯¡v N]_n]n^n¡p¶p .UobvSn Bs^]pw tWm¡msS A]mapsX sW©n S`sk¨p NnX¡pkm\v.
sb«s¶³s_ tSman H^p ssN ko\t¸mÄ Mm³ sM«n¯n^nªp tWm¡n . bÅn¡³… A]maknsX Wns¶jpt¶äp k¶Sv tbm`pw MmW_nªnà ..F³s_ Nm`nÂWns¶m^p S^n¸v tft`¡v N]_n . A]mapsX ssNNÄ F³s_ tSmans` fmwh¯n bSns] sM^nªp .. A]mÄ bSn] AfÀ¯m³ SpX§n …S^n¸v NqXpS bX^p¶Sv MmW_nªp .. A]mapsX ssN F³s_ tSmansW]pw Njp¯nsW]pw fhmKv sI¿pt¼mÄ F³s_ fp`sM«pNÄ SXn¡m³ SpX§n . Mm³ UobvSns] ko*pw tWm¡n … sKs¡ AkapsX fpOw ssN sNms*Xp¯p . AkÄ A]msa tWm¡msS N®pNÄ AX¨p …sKs¡ NpWnªkapsX Ip*n Ipwdn¨p .AÂbw fpOw sI^n¨p sKs¡ AkapsX ^*p Ip*pNapw tIÀ¯p k`n¨p NpXn¨p .AkapsX SpXp¯ Ip*pNÄ A]mÄ NXnIo¼n . fpO¯§sW bnXn¨p sNm*v Ss¶ sKs¡ AkapsX Njp¯ns`m¶p W¡n .. AkapsX sIkn]n frUpkm]n NXn¨n«v– A]mÄ Wm¡v– NqÀ¸n¨p sIkn]n b^Sn]t¸mÄ UobvSn]]msa sN«n¸nXn¨p k^nªpfp_p¡n ….. H^p ssN AkapsX fp`]n`fÀ¶t¸mÄ UobvSn NqXpS A]mant`¡v AfÀ¶p . At¸mam\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv bÅn¡³s_ ssN Smtj¡v k¶p F³s_ fp`]n`m]Sv .. dWn]Wp fpNan`qsX A]msa³s_ fp`]n St`mXn . A]mat¸mjpw F³s_ bn¶n Wn¡pkm]n^p¶p.ASv sNms*Wn¡v I½s`m¶pw tSm¶n]nÃ
‘ iq .. tfmsa … sNmÅmXn”” fWpk`n³s_ hz^w tN«p Mm³ At§m«v– tWm¡n .. Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n C^n¡pkm\v fmWpk A]mapsX fp*v C^pklt¯¡pw Wo§n NnX¡p¶p .. N_p¯v SXn¨ Np® Ns*³s_ fWhp bnXªp … BUyfm]n«m\v H^p Np® tW^n Nm\p¶Sv .ASn³s_ fNpXw dnWn]psX Sp¸Â sNm*v Sna§p¶p*v . dnWn H^p bmân fm{Sfn«]mapsX fp³bn Np¯n]n^n¡p¶p. AkapsX Np*n knXÀ¶p SÅn . Np*n¸manNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v bmân]psX tWÀ¯ kÅn N]_n]n«p*v .. Np*n]ns` fmwh¯n AkXknsX NXn¨sS¶ tbms` Ipk¶ bmXpNÄ , CXp§n] CXp¸nWp tft`¡v tbmNpt¼mÄ knhvSm^tf_p¶p . H^p f_pNv tbm`pfnÃm¯ skap¯ DX .. AkapsX fp`NÄ k`n¸w sNm*v C^pkl¯pw Np_¨p Nm\mw .. fmWpk`n³s_ SpX]n ssN¯*]fÀ¯n AkÄ km]v– sbman¨p A]mapsX Np® km]ns`s¡Xp¯p , Ip*nt`m¶pw fp«n¡msS AkÄ km]ns`s¡Xps¯¦n`pw Ip*pNÄ C_p¡n bnXn¨p WtÃm\w I¸n]m\v AkaSnsW bp_s¯s¡Xp¯Sv.
A]mÄ H^p ssN sNm*kapsX S`]n bnXn¨p tft`¡pw Smtj¡pw k`n¨p Np® km]nt`¡v AXn¨p sNmXp¡pkm\v.bÅn¡³s_ ssN F³s_ dWn]WpÅns`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ Mm³ N®X¨p. {dm]psX kÅn]n`qsX A]mÄ Nt¿mXn¨p fp`]ns`¯n . Wn¸nan³s_ fpNan kn^ sNm*v sMm«n]t¸mÄ Mm³ sbm«n¯^n¨p N®v Sp_¶p .. F³s_ N¿ns` t^mf§Ä Fjp¶p Wn¡pkm]n^p¶p . tWs^ tWm¡n]Sv UobvSn]ns`¡m\v. tKs¡ Aksa bSns] thmc]n NnX¯n .. H^p Nm thmc]n`pw f_p Nm Smsj]pfm]n AkÄ NnX¶p . tKs¡ S` Sn^n¨p M§sa]pw fWpk`nsW]pw H¶v tWm¡n]n«v gÀ«v Du^n]n«p… C¶À dWn]Wn`pw Ko³hn`pw A]mapsX D_¨ tdmZn sSan¨p Nm\n¨p . UobvSn N®X¨p NnX¡pkm\t¸mjpw .AkapsX dWn]³ tft`¡v AÂbw sbm§n , skap¯p b^¶ AXnk]_pw AkapsX bp¡napw Nm\mw .AkapsX k]_pw fp`Napw ASntkP¯n D]À¶p Smjp¶p .. A]mÄ At§m«v– tWm¡n sNm*v Ko³hpw Du^n. ASv thmc]psX N¿nt`¡v sk¨n«v Sn^nªt¸mÄ tKm¡n]psX tfs` S` sbm¡n Wn¡p¶ A]mapsX Np®fNpXw Mm³ N*p .. S¡man tbms` SpXp¯p , Aä¯v– bl]pfm]n ASv AN¯pWn¶p bp_t¯¡v tWm¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Mm³ H^p kn§t`msX N®X¨Spw bp_Nn F³s_ {dm]psX kÅn sbm«n]Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p . bÅn¡³ H^p knUPv²sW tbms` N¿n Wn¶v hv{Xmbv k`n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ ssN sbm¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmXp¯p . A]maSv Du^n]t¸mÄ {Shn¨ fp`sM«v dWn]Wn D^p½ns]Wn¡v tNm^n¯^n¨p . s`hvdn]³ Ct¸msam^p bpSpf]sæn`pw BUyfm]n H^p bp^pg³ sSm«t¸mÄ MmWmsN kn§pN]m]n^p¶p . sKt¡]psX Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡\sf¶p*v.
bÅn¡³ kas^ bSns] F³s_ WPvWfm] fp`]ns`¡v dWn]WpÅn`qsX Nt¿mXn¨p . Wn¸nan³s_ fpNan A]mapsX kn^ k«w N_§n . Mm³ ssN SpX]n sk¨v C_p¡n bnXn¨p . bmân]ns` WWkv– Mm³ fnZn]psX fpNan`qsX A_nªp .bÅn¡³ F³s_ fp` tfm¯fmt]ms¶Xp¯p sM^n¨pXs¨¦n F¶pMmWmln¨p .. F³s_ fp` kn§pN]m]n^p¶p .. bq_pw ..
“” Òvfvhv..”” UobvSn]psX lÐw tN«m\v Mm³ At§m«v– tWm¡n]Sv . tKs¡ AkapsX fnZn k`n¨q^n]n«v bmân]psX tfs` NqXn bq_n SjpNpN]m\v . A]mÄ AknsX fp«v Np¯n]n^p¶n«v AkapsX k]_n fpOw bqjv¯n ..SpÅn Spap¼p¶ AkapsX k]_n`]mÄ fpOfn«p^¨p C¡nan]m¡n ..UobvSn]]apsX S` SÅn fmäm³ {lfn¨p sNm*v bpaªp ..
“” ivivhoivivh … “” UobvSn]psX C¡nan bq* ho¡m^w fp_n]n fpj§n . sKs¡ AkapsX k]_n`qsX sfm¯w Wms¡mXn¨p . AkapsX bp¡nan`]mÄ Wm¡n«p Ipjän k]_n frUpkm]n I¸nk`n¨p.
“” Bivivhv … “”sKs¡ AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`]n NXn¨t¸mÄ UobvSn tkUW sNmt*m hpOw sNmt*m Np_pNn . A]mÄ AkapsX dWn]Wn bnXn¨p sbm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ sbm§n sNmXp¯p . {dm]psX kÅn Ft¸mtjm Du^n]n^p¶Sv sNm*v dWn]³ tft`¡v sbm§n]t¸mÄ {dm]pw sbm§n AkapsX fp`NÄ bp_¯m]n . DX]m¯ fpjp¯ fp`NÄ fmWw tWm¡n Wn¡p¶Sv N* sKs¡ Hä k`n¡v S³s_ tKm¡n]q^n Np® sSm`n¨Xn¨n«v– B Np® sNm*v AkapsX fp`]n SÃn. UobvSn ssNNÄ sNm*v fpOw fqXn]t¸mÄ A]mÄ AkapsX ssNNÄ bnXn¨p fmän . ko*pw UobvSn N®pNÄ fqXns]¦n`pw A]mÄ bns¶]pw fmän]Sv sNm*v bns¶]kÄ {lfn¨nà .
.F¶n«]mÄ AkapsX Ipk¶p SpXp¯ Ip*n Np`¨ Np® D^¨p .. UobvSn]W§n]nÃ.sKs¡ AkapsX fp`¡®n bSns] sM^Xn H^p fp`s]Xp¯p A]mÄ NW¯ N^S`w sNm*v sM^n¨pX¨p , AkapsX fpjp¯ Nó fp` Ipk¶p SpXp¯p
“” Bivivhv “” sI_ns]m^p ho¡m^w Akan Wn¶p*m]t¸mÄ knXÀ¶ B Ip*nt`¡v A]mÄ Np® fp«n¨p . Np®¯`¸ns` blnf AkapsX Ip*n bän Wq`v tbms` knXÀ¶p . AkÄ km Sp_¡p¶n`m¶p N* sKs¡ Smtj¡v NnX¡p¶ Nm ANän]n«v ANw SpX]n sfsà sM^n¨p
“” Aivivgvi …iqÊvÊvhv As½ …Aivg “” UobvSn WXp WnkÀ¯n sbm§n]n«]msa N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶v tWm¡n]n«v ko*pw SaÀ¶Sv tbms` thmc]nt`¡v ko\p . A]mÄ ^*p ssN sNm*pw Nm`pNÄ ANän AkapsX bq_n WmtkmXn¨p . At§m«pfnt§m«pw I¸nhpOn¡p¶SnWm]n M§Ä FÃmk^pw tgkv sI¿m_p*m]n^p¶p .. Caw N´n A]mÄ I¸n k`n¨t¸mÄ UobvSn bpa]p¶SntW¡mÄ NqXpS MmWm\v bpaªSv ..MmWks^ Ahq]t]msX tWm¡n ..
bÅn¡³ At¸mjpw F³s_ ^*p fp`Nan`pw sfsà SjpNpN]m]n^p¶p. F³s_ dWn]³ Ft¸mtjm A]mÄ Du^ns]_nªn^p¶p. fnZn]pw A^¡v tfs` WPvWS]pfm]n Mm³ FknsX Bs\¶v tbm`pw WnÝ]fnÃmsS H^p sbm§pSXn tbms`]m Nth^]n`n^n¡pN]m\v . A]mÄ F³s_ fp`]n Wn¶v sfsà Smtj¡v ssNNÄ Wo¡n . F³s_ k]_n A]mÄ DÅw ssN sNm*v Sn^p½n .. H^p kn^ bp¡nan C«p Sn^n¨t¸mÄ MmW]mapsX Nm`nt`¡v Im^n … Fs¶ bmSn Nm`nt`¡v Im^n]n^p¯n A]mÄ CXw ssN sNm*v fp` bSns] sM¡n sNm*v ssN Smtj¡v Wo¡n F³s_ fnZn]psX ANs¯¡n_¡n]t¸mÄ MmW_n]msS sbm§n tbm]n . A]mapsX ssN F³s_ bq_n AfÀ¶p
“” Bivhv .”” MmW_n]msS Fjpt¶äp . A]msas¶ fm_nt`¡v Im^n WnÀ¯n]ns«³s_ Njp¯n D½ sk¨p..At¸mjpw H^p ssN F³s_ fp`]n`pw ftä ssN bmân]psX bp_¯p NqXn bq_n`pw B]n^p¶p .. sfsÃ]fÀ¯n]n«p A]mÄ ssN k`n¨p bq_n sbm¯n bnXn¡pt¼mam kn^s`Xp¯v bq_nt`¡v Bjv¯m³ Mm³ sNmSn¨p .bs£ FWns¡m¶nWpw làn]nÃm]n^p¶p
A]msa³s_ fpOw Sn^n¨t¸mÄ MmWSmln¨ tbms` S` Sn^n¨p Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n .Fs¶]]mÄ sfsà Ipwdn¨p . A]mapsX DfnWo^v F³s_ km]ns`s¡mjpNn]t¸mÄ Mm³ sNmSnt]msX]Sv Wp\ªn_¡n. knNm^¯n`pb^n FWn¡v b^tklfm]n^p¶p .Mm³ A_n]msS ko*pw Wmkp sNm*]mapsX km]n b^Sn.AS]mÄ¡v Cãfm]Sv sNmt*m Fsâ Ip*pNÄ I¸n k`n¨p sNm*]mÄ bmân¡v fpNan`qsX H^p kn^ bq_ns`¡n_¡n.
“” Bivivhv .”” Mm³ bp_tNm«p Imªp .Nth^ fmän A]msas¶ en¯n]ns`¡v Im^n WnÀ¯n . Ip*n Ipwdn¨n«]mÄ Wmkp Wo«n F³s_ F³s_ SmXn]n`qsX Smsj¡n_¡n . Njp¯n`qsX ASv fp`]ns`¡n_§n . fp`¡v Ipäpw Wmkv sNm*v k«w k^¨n«]mÄ bÃv sNm*v fp`sª«p bSns] NXn¨p k`n¨t¸mÄ MmWm S` F³s_ fp`]ns`¡fÀ¯n. bq_n Wn¶v AWn]{´nSfm]n skÅw HjpNp¶Sv MmW_nªp .Mm³ SpXNÄ Nq«n sM^n¨p. SpX§p¶SnWp fp³tb ^SnfqÀ¨ k^ptfms]¶v e]¶ Mm³ UobvSn]ns`¡v {l² Sn^n¨p .
H^p ssN sNm*v Np® tSm`n¨Xn¨p sNm*v sKs¡ AkapsX bq_v {em´fm]n I¸pN]m\v. UobvSn thmc]psX Im^n d`fm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXn¨n«p*v .AkapsX Nm Smsj Wn`¯p SaÀ¶p NnX¶p
“” lvivgv .. it½ … “” UobvSn AkhmWw PSnsNs«¶Sv tbms`]]mapsX S` bq_n`n«p^«n . AkÄ Fjpt¶än^p¶p A]mapsX S`]n AfÀ¯n sNm*v bp_¯mNfmWw WOw sNm*v tNm_n. AkÄ A^s¡«v tft`¡v sbm¡n kn_]v¡p¶Sv N*t¸msaWn¡v fWhn`m]n , sKs¡ AkapsX D_k sbm«n]Sm\v Du¼n NpXn¡p¶sS¶v ..
“” Bivivhv it½ ..fSn …CWow tk*m ..iq ..fmWp..A½¨o …”” dnWn]psX kn_an bnXn¨ lÐw tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ At§m«v– tWm¡n .. UobvSn]pw sKs¡]pw At§m«m]n^p¶p sb«¶v Sn^nªSv …
“” A¨mt]m sfsà tNäv .. Akav kÃy ssV^ylm`n .. C¸ N*ntà ..Ckapfm^psX fp¶n Bamkp¶Stà A¨m] AkÄ ..H^p f]¯ns`ms¡ tkt* A¨m]m “” sKs¡ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p
dnWn Nth^]n bnXn¨p NpWnªp Wn¡pkm\v , Nth^ en¯n]ns`¡v Im^n kojmsS]n^n¡p¶p .
“” At¿m ..Du …^ tà …it½ …fmWp…”” dnWn Nth^]n ^*p ssN sNm*v fp_ps¡ bnXn¨p . A¨m]³s_ N_p¯v SXn¨ Np® bmSn N]_n] Wn`]n`m\v .. “”At¿m “” MmsWm¶p NqXn At§m«v– tWm¡n …AsS ..ASkapsX BhW¯n`m\v N]_n]n^n¡p¶Sv .
“” kn^`v tNäp¶Sp tbms`]Ã A¨m] .. hmfmWw tNäps¶ … CSnsWms¡ H^p bm§p*v””
“” Hm …Wns¶ tbms`s]Wn¡v sNmS¯n`Xo k`y FN-vhvbo^n]³hv H¶pw CÃXm DtÆ ….””
“” At¿m “” M§saÃmk^pw sb«¶v Sn^nªp tWm¡n ..UobvSn]m\v .. AkÄ sKs¡s] tbXnt]msX tWm¡p¶Sv N* M§saÃmk^pw hµÀe¯n³s_ bn^nfp_p¡f_n]msS sbm«n¨n^n¨p tbm]n
“” FXm sKs¡ ..sNm¨n³s_ Np*o sI]vsS¡Ãv tNt«m ….tfmav tbXn¡* …CSv Ckav Ss¶ b_ªn«m … FWn¡v WnÀdÔsfm¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p …Ck¡o hptOmw NqXn H¶_n]mt\m¶v ..MmWpw C¡m^y¯n bpSn]Sm ..F¶m bns¶ H¶v b^o£n¨p Na]m¶p N^pSn .”” fmWpk b_]p¶ hf]¯v sKs¡ ANs¯ fp_n]n Wn¶v NmÌÀ Hm]n`n³s_ tdm«n FXp¯p sNm*v k¶p dnWn]psX kn^nªp Np*n]ns`s¡mjn¨p ..ASqÀ¶n_§n AkapsX Np*n bman]ns`¡n_§n. sKs¡ H^p bman]Nän , PpUUzm^¯ns`¡v k¶ F® kn^ sNm*kapsX BhW¯nt`¡v N]än
“” Aivi .As½ .tNätà …A½¨n “” dnWn bÃv NXn¨p fp_p¡n’
sKs¡ Np_¨p F® fmWpk`n³s_ Np®]ns`s¡mjn¨p. F¶n«]mÄ A¨m]sW N®v Nm\n¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p
“” As½ ……..At¿m …”” dnWn]psX Nm_n¨ AknsX fpj§n ..
“” N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Cà ..SoÀ¶p .dnWn… A¨m]m Du^tà “” sKs¡ NpWnªp AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Cu¼n NpXnt¨m*v fp`NÄ Nl¡m³ SpX§n , H¶v ^*p fnWp«nWv tlgw dnWn _n`mN-vhv B]¶v- tSm¶n]t¸mÄ sKs¡ fmWpk`nsW bns¶]pw N®v Nm\n¨p . A]mÄ sfsà Du^ns]Xp¯t¸mÄ dnWn]n Wns¶m^p Wnlzmhw bp_t¯¡v k¶p .
“” Bivivhv ..it½ …”” A¨m]³ bmSn]q^n] Np® bns¶]pw N]än]t¸mÄ dnWn Np_pNn , bs£ ASnWmUys¯ tkUW N`À¶ tXm¬ AÃm]n^p¶p .
Np`¨ Np®]pfm]n sKs¡ ko*pw UobvSn]psX WX¶p sI¶t¸mÄ NmjvI Nm\mWm]n Fjpt¶än^p¶ AkÄ bns¶]pfm thmc]n NnX¶p . bqÀ\ WPvW]m]n AknsX NnX¶ UobvSn bj]Sv tbms` Wn`t¯¡v H^p Nm C_¡n sk¨p . sKs¡ thmc]n`n^p¶ AkapsX Nm thmc]psX Im^ns`¡v N]än sk¨p . AkapsX bqÀ knXÀ¶t¸mÄ sKs¡ A]mapsX kn^`¯n`qsX HmXn¨p sNm*ksa tWm¡n . UobvSn Wm\n¨p N®X¨p. sKs¡ AknXp¶m kn^t`mXn¨p bp¡nans`m¶p N_¡n fp`NÄ¡v k«w sk¨p Ip*ns`¯n¨p . AkapsX Ip*n`]mÄ kn^ sNm*v k`n¨p bnXn¨p , F¶n«m kn^ km]nt`¡v bSns] N]än . bns¶ ko*pw km]nt`¡v N]än .
bns¶]pw Du^n .sKs¡ AkapsX Njp¯n`qsX ftä N¿ns` kn^ HmXn¨ksa C¡nan]m¡n . sNmjp¯ ssN¯*]n`qsX B kn^ bSns] Smtj¡n_§n . AkapsX N¿n`]mapsX ssN sNm^p¯p . A]mam N¿n D½ sk¨t¸mÄ UobvSn N®v Sp_¶p tWm¡n . . A]makapsX kn^`pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du¼n]t¸mÄ UobvSn bns¶]pw N®pNaX¨p . At¸mapw sKs¡ f_p N¿ns` kn^ AkapsX km]n N]än]n_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p UobvSn]nt¸mÄ A]mÄ D_p©p¶ tbms` sKs¡]psX]pw kn^`pNÄ km] sbman¨p Du¼m³ SpX§n . sKs¡ A]mapsXsX kn^ UobvSn]psX km]n Wn¶q^n]n«v bN^w A]mapsX Np®fNpXw AkapsX knXÀ¶ Ip*n fp«n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ BNmwgt]msX tWm¡n .S\pt¸m IqtXm B]nt«m UobvSn sb«¶v N®v Sp_¶SnsW tWm¡n .ko*pfkÄ N®Xs¨¦n`pw km] AX¨nà , sKs¡ sfsà AkapsX km]nt`¡v Np® N]än . AkapsX km knXÀ¶p k¶p bmSn N]än]n«p sKs¡ Np®]q^n bns¶]pw N]än
‘ Bivivhv ..Du¼v ..”” Nm fp«v thmc]nt`¡fÀ¯n sKs¡ hinsN«ksW tbms` AkapsX , km]nt`¡v Np® Smjv¯n .NmÂthmc]n`q¶n AVytfm«pw VrSn]nÃmsS bSns] AkapsX SpXp¯ Ip*pNapsX frUp`S BhzUn¨p , AkapsX fpa]ns` bSns] Ss`mXn Np® N]än]Xn¨p sNm*n^p¶ sKs¡ UobvSn Du¼`n b^nI]n¨t¸mÄ tkPS Nq«n
“” ¥pNv .¥pNv ¥pNv “” AkapsX DfnWo^n fp§n¡pan¨p Np® km]n NnX¶Xn¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv lÐw tN«v F³s_ bqän Hjp¡v AWn]{´nSfm]n ko*pw . Mm³ bÅn¡sW tWm¡n . A]msa]knsXs]§pw N*nà . ANs¯ fp_n]n Wn¶v tcm¬hwhm^w tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ ko*pw UobvSns] tWm¡n .S³s_ bq_p A]mÄ W¡n hpOn¸n¨Sv sNm*mt\m , AtSm Wm\kpw I½`psfÃmwBUy ^Sn]psX hpO¯n fm_n]Sv sNm*mt\m UobvSn A]mapsX Np® N®X¨v sNm*v Wà tbms` Du¼p¶p*p.NXn hin¡mWmkmsS Mm³ Ak^n Wn¶v tWm«w fmän dnWn]ns`¡m¡n.
A¨m]³ dnWns] NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n AXn¡pkm\v. Mm³ At§m«v– sl^n¡pw tWm¡n . dnWn]psX BhW¯n Wn¶]mÄ Du^n]n«nt¸mÄ bqän B\Xn¡p¶Sv. dnWn]psX sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ NnX¶mXp¶p .A¨m]³ ASn sM¡n sM^n¨p AkapsX bp_t¯¡v AÂbw Imªp NnX¶p Np® N]än]n_¡p¶p.
“” Bivivhv fmWp … Du^tà ..Du^tà ..iqhv “” dnWn A]mÄ Np® Du^n]t¸mÄ Wnk^mWm]n tWm¡n .bs£ fmWpk Aksa A§sW Ss¶ NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n Npjªn^n¡p¶ AhW knXkn`pw bq_n`pfm]n W¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Ahq]t]msX dnWns]]pw UobvSns]]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n . bÅn¡³ f]n^³ . .. H^p¯ns] CknsX APvWnNpÞ¯nWv ft²y sk_pw fnZn]pfm]n C^p¯n]n«]mÄ F¶m tNm\¡pkm ..fWhn`]msa Mm³ {bmNn .
“” ipw “” dnWn]psX fp^an¨ tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ bns¶]pft§m«v– tWm¡n . fmWpk Nth^]n`n^n¡pkm\t¸mÄ dnWn]]apsX fXn]n M§Ä¡enfpOfm]n C^n¡p¶p . AkapsX bq_p WWªp Npjª AkØ]n`m\v . fmWpk AkapsX bq_n ssN sNm*v AfÀ¯n Sn^p½n]t¸mÄ dnWn S` Sn^n¨]mapsX Ip*pNÄ Cu¼n . fp`NÄ Nl¡n sNm*n^p¶ A]mapsX ftä ssN Smtj¡v k¶p , Np®]ns` Wns^mVv Du^n Smsj]n«p .MmWSns`¡v tWm¡n .ASnWpÅn sNmjp¯ bm N*t¸mÄ H^pk«w A]mÄ¡v tbm]n F¶v Mm³ fWhn`m¡n . F¶n«pfnt¸mÄ A]mapsX N_p¯ SXn¨ Np® fpjp¯p dnWn]psX SpX¡Xn]n F¯n tWm¡p¶p*v A]mÄ dnWns] AÂbw tft`¡v sbm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ sbm§n A]mapsX Np®]nt`¡v C^p¶p .AkapsX bq_ns`¡v C_pNn B Np® N]_p¶ NmjvI tW^n , N×p¶n N*t¸mÄ Mm³ F³s_ fnZn sbm¡n A_n]msS bq_p Sn^p½n .
“” Bivivhv im½vtf …Agvivivi “” UobvSn]psX tWÀ¯ N^¨n tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ At§m«v– tWm¡n . thmc]n NnX¡p¶ AkapsX tft`¡v Imªv , sKs¡ A]mapsX Np® AkapsX bq_ns`¡n_¡nsNm*n^n¡pkm\v.Nm emPw C_¡n]n«]mÄ Du^n fNpXw sNm*v N´n`pw bq_n`pw D^¡pw
, F¶n«v ko*pw ANt¯¡Âbw N]äpw .. bns¶]pw Du^n N´n`pw bq_n`pfp^¡pw ..UobvSn hinsN«]msa N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXn¨p S³s_ tft`¡n«p k^nªp fp_p¡n . AkapsX fp`NÄ A]mapsX Nosj sM^nªp bmSn skan]ns`¡m]n .
“”Aivivlvg As½ .. ivivÒv½v½w “” sKs¡ Np*n tbm¡n]Xn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Aka]mapsX Njp¯n bnXn¨p SaÀ¶p NnX¶p .. fpjp¯ Np® Ht^ Smat¯msX AkapsX bq_n N]_n]n_§p¶Sv N* Mm³ hinsN«v Fjpt¶äp .
bÅn¡Wn^n¡p¶ fp_n]nt`¡v tbmNm³ SpWnª Mm³ hs_]_ns`¡n_§p¶ kmSn¡ Wnj N*t§m«p tWm¡n . WPvWfm] H^p Nm Mm³ AknsX N*p .. Mm³ Sn^nªp dnWns] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ fmWpk`n³s_ Np®]n D]À¶p Sm\v sNm*v Ss¶ Xot¸m]n]n Wn¶v Ns¿¯n¨v tcm¬ FXp¯p . fmWpk Aksa sW©nt`¡v AfÀ¯n SpÅns¯_n¡p¶ fp`Nsa AX¡n WnÀ¯n Nl¡n sM^n¨p sNm*v tft`¡v SÅn sNmXp¡p¶p*v .
Mm³ ANs¯ fp_n]nt`¡v NX¶p bÅn¡³ At¸mjpw tcm\n`m\v.
MmW]msa tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ sdZns`¡v ssN Iq*n. C^n¡m³ bäp¶ fmWhnNmkØ]m]n^p¶nà FsâSv .Sna¨p f_n]pN]m]n^p¶p F³s_ tUiw fpjpk³ . imans` shN-vhn³s_ ho¡m^§Ä Fs¶ {em´n]¡psf¶p tSm¶n.N®X¨m`pw Sp_¶m`pw fpjp¯ Np®NÄ bq_n Sn§n]n^n¡p¶ NmjvINÄ , UobvSn]psX]pw dnWn]psX]pw ^Snho¡m^§Ä, fWpk`nsâ]pw sKs¡]psX]pw N^`maW§am tIm^Wn_fmÀ¶ l^o^§Ä fp`NÄ ..F³s_ l^o^w IqXv bnXn¨p N¯n¡^n]psf¶p tSm¶n .
bÅn¡Â KWm`]n Im^n Wn¶v tcm¬ sI¿pN]m\v . MmW]mapsX Ko³hn³s_ fpjp¸ns`¡v sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n .Mm³ tWm¡p¶Sv N*n«mkpw A]msas¶ fmXn knan¨p . DÅns` Nmf¯n³s_ D^pN`n Mm³ ASp Nm¯n^p¶Sv tbms` A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n . A]msas¶ tIÀ¯v bnXn¨n«p ko*pw fp`]n bSns] St`mXm³ SpX§n Nmf¯o]n D^pNp¶ FWn¡]mapsX SjpN`{S bnXn¨nà . Mm³ A]mapsX ssN FXp¯p F³s_ fp`]n sk¨fÀ¯n . A]msas¶ tWm¡n In^n¨n«v , F³s_ fp`NÄ Nl¡m³ SpX§n . Mm³ A]mapsX Ko³hn³s_ fpjp¸n ssN¯`ffÀ¯n. . Np`¨ Np®]psX Iq^pw IqXpw F³s_ N¿nt`¡v k¶t¸mÄ F³s_ km]n skÅfq_n . BUyfm]n H^p bp^pg³s_ fp¶n bmSn WPvW]m]n Wn¡pkms\¶ tSm¶s`m¶pw FWn¡t¸mÄ D*m]nà .H^p bs£ , B AkØ]n MmW]msa t_¸v sI¿psf¶v tbm`psfWn¡v tSm¶n ..A{S¡v IqXm]n^p¶p F³s_]pÅn .. bq_n Wn¶v HjpNpN]m]n^p¶p F³s_ `mk..b
A]msas¶ H^p ssN sNm*v k«w Ipän bnXn¨p Np*n]n sM^n¨p .. H^p I´n S¶s]]mÄ sM^n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ A]mapsX Np®]n fp_ps¡ bnXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv . bÅn¡³ Ns¿Xp¯n«v– Ko³hn³s_ hndv Du^n. Np`¨ Np® bp_t¯¡v k^m³ {b]mhs¸«t¸mÄ Mm³ Ss¶ ASnsW bp_s¯s¡Xp¯p. F³s_ ssN¯*]n ASn³s_ sNmSnskÅw bän]t¸mÄ MmWmÀ¯nt]msX ASv W¡ns]Xp¯p. Np®]n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶ F³s_ N¿n bnXn¨p bÅn¡³ Smtj¡pw fpNant`¡pw sI]vSp Nm\n¨p . Mm³ ASnsW tSm`n¨Xn¨p sNm*v A]mapsX sW©nt`¡v bän tIÀ¶v Wn¶v F³s_ fp`NÄ A]mapsX sW©n`n«p^¨p . A]mapsX gÀ«n³s_ d«\pNÄ Du^n Mm³ sW©n NXn¨p . bÅn¡³ Fs¶ Smtj¡v C^p¯n . F³s_ Ip*n`]mÄ Np® fp«n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ km Sp_¶p ASnsW ANt¯s¡Xp¯p. f\tfm Wn_tfm ^pInt]m H¶pw Mm³ tWm¡n]nà , DÅns` IqXv sNXp¯mWm]n MmWm Np® D_p©n k`n¨p .. ASn³s_ Sp¼¯n^p¶ skÅsfÃmw Mm³ BÀ¯nt]msX Wp\ªn_¡n. tdmÄhn bnXn¨p k`n¨p , BNp¶{S Np® km]ns`s¡Xp¯p D_p©n¡pXn¡pt¼mÄ A]mÄ¡v hpOw Nn«p¶pt*ms]¶p Mm³ tWm¡n]nà ..H^p ssN sNm*v MmsW³s_ fp`NÄ Nl¡n]t¸mÄ bÅn¡³ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp sdZns`¡n«v , Fs¶ Fjpt¶Â¸n¡m³ SpX§n . MmWSv Nq«m¡msS Np® k`n¨q¼n .. A]mapsX Ko³hn³s_ d¡nsaXp¯p Mm³ sK«n]pw Nq«n Smsj¡n_¡n .fp«nWp tft`¡v MmsW³s_ Wmkp sNm*v Ipwdn¨p ko*pw Np®]ns`¯n]t¸mÄ F³s_ bmWn_ohv WWªp NpSnÀ¶p bnjnsMXp¡mkp¶ ^oSn]ns`¯n]n^p¶p . ko*pw km]nt`s¡Xp¡m³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]msas¶ k`n¨p sbm¡n .Fs¶ tIÀ¯v bnXn¨]mÄ BÀ¯nt]msX Ip*pNÄ k`n¨p NpXn¨p , MmWpw Atktlt¯msX A]mÄ¡v Wmkp SÅn s¡mXp¯p H^p NmÂsNm*v A]msa Ipän k^nªp . A]msas¶ sW©n Im^n WnÀ¯n]n«p ^*p ssN sNm*pw fp`NÄ làn]m]n Nml¡m³ SpX§n .. B làns]m¶pw FWn¡v fSn]m]nà ..Mm³ A]mapsX ssN F³s_ ssNNÄ sNm*vNq«n bnXn¨p Nl¡n .. A]mÄ Smtj¡v ssN Wo«n F³s_ fnZn sbm¡n bmân]psX tfs` NqXn bq_n bnXn¨t¸mÄ Mm³ bmân Smsj¡qÀ¯n ..A]mapsX ssN kn^ F³s_ bq_ns`¡n_§n
“” Aivg “” Blzmhw Nn«n]Sv tbms` Mm³ SpXNÄ Nq«n sM^p¡n]SnsW hzoN^n¨p ..A§sW Ss¶ kn^`pNÄ N]än sNm*v bÅn¡³ Fsâ bp_Nn Wn¶v fp¶nt`¡v k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ en¯n]n Im^n NnS¨p . bÅn¡³ F³s_ N®nt`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ UobvSns]t¸ms` N®X¨nà .. Nmfw Sna]v¡p¶ N®pNÄ N*t¸mÄ kn^`p sS^psSs^ N]än]n_¡ns¡m*]mÄ F³s_ fp¶n Np¯n]n^p¶p … F³s_ skÅw bän] kn^`pNÄ FXp¯p Wp\ªn«]mÄ Wm¡v– Wo«n F³s_ bq_n Smtj¶p tft`¡v W¡n
“” N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Bivivhv .. bÅn¡m”” Ft´m ssV^y¯n MmW]msa tb^v knan¨p bq_ns`¡fÀ¯n. H^p Nm A]mapsX tSmant`¡v FXp¯p sk¨p kn^ sNm*v Mm³ bq_nSapNÄ ANän Sn¶m³ shuN^yfp*m¡n . bp¡nanWn^pkls¯]pw fmwh¯n sM^n¨p , A]msa³s_ bq_p NXn¨p Sp¸n …N´n sS^psSt^ Wmkv sNm*v fÀ²n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ A`_n tbm]n
“” bÅn¡m … Bivivivgv .Sn¶v .. NXn¨p b_ns¡³s_ bq_v…As½ .. Bivivivhv “” .””
A]msas¶ kn«t¸mÄ Mm³ sdZns`¡v f`À¶p NnX¶p Nm`pNÄ ANän … H^p ssN sNm*v fp` sM^n¨p , AXp¯ ssN sNm*v bq_Nän Mm³ A]msa Fs¶ b®nSNÀ¡m³ £\n¨p .. Np`¨ Np®]nt`¡v Wnt^mTv– NXn¨p sbm«n¨]mÄ N]äm³ SpX§pt¼mÄ Mm³ hinsN«]msa bnXn¨p tfs¯¡n«p . F³s_ At¶^s¯ knNm^w fWhn`m¡n]mkpw bÅn¡Â F³s_ bqäns`¡v Np® CXn¨n_¡n .. AÂbw tkUW tSm¶ns]¦n`pw Mm³ C_pNn N]_p¶ B Np® hpOw BhzUn¡mWm]n A^s¡«p]À¯n tft`¡v sbm¡n ..
‘Bivivhv ..½v½v½w “” sfm¯w N]_n]t¸mÄ Mm³ hpOw sNm*v fSn f_¶p bÅn¡sW k`n¨n«p Ip*n Ipwdn¨p. F³s_ Ip*n Wn¶v Ips*Xp¡msS Ss¶ N®n tWm¡n sNm*v A]msas¶ Du^n]q^n AXn¨p … F³s_ fp`NÄ A]mapsX sW©n ISªp . A^s¡«v tft`¡v làn]m]n sbm¡n , bÅn¡sâ Hmt^m AXn]pw Mm³ Gäp km§n …H^p bs£ A]mta¡mÄ Gs_ hpOn¨Sv MmWm]n^n¡pw … A]mapsX Np*n]n sM^n¨p Mm³ tkUWn¸n¨p. F³s_ kn^`pNÄ A]mapsX f`Uzm^¯n bq*n_§n. bÅn¡³s_ Dus¡³s_ kn^ sNm*v Mm³ Wn]{´n¨p
“” Bivivhv …f_¡nà hmt_ Mm³ A]msa …F³s_ KokWpÅnXt¯maw Nm`w … “”
Ko³hnWv fosS NqXn bq_n`fÀ¯n sNm*v , hm{µ tNmas]Xp¯v fXfXm¶p NpXn¨p . AkapsX Éokvs`hv gÀ«n³s_ d«\pNÄ Du^n bp¡nanWp tfs` k^ Nm\mfm]n^p¶p . NT b_ªp IqXm]t¸mÄ AkÄ Ss¶ Ajn¨Sm\v . »m¡v {dm]n sNmÅmsS AkapsX fp`NÄ fp¡m`pw tft`¡v SÅn Wn¶p .
“” bÅn¡m ..FknsX]mXm Wo …. “” hm{µ tbm¡än Wn¶v S³s_ tcms\Xp¯v sIkn]n sk¨p.
AkÄ H^p ssN sNm*v Ko³hn³s_ DÅn`pw f_p ssN sNm*v H^p fp` bp_s¯Xp¯p fp`sª«n`pw Nan¡m³ SpX§n .sIkn]n Sn§n]n^p¶ tcm¬ hvbo¡À tfmZn`m]n
“” F´mXn … C¶v- Bs^]pw Nn«n]ntà ..Cu hf]¯v Wos]¶m bSnknÃmsS ?”” f_p sshZn bÅn¡³s_ lÐw fpj§n
“” sf³hhv B]m`pw , Nan Njnªm`pw….D_§m³ tW^w Wn³s_ hz^w tNt«m¶p kn^`n«ms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡p_¡w k^qsk¶v WnW¡_n]ntà ?””
“” Òvfw AsSms¡ A_n]mXm Np«m … CSv bs£ ..Cu D¨ hf]w … hmVm^m\ Wo sskNn«tà knan¡m_v “”
“” MmsWm^nX¯m…. bs£ AkÀ¡v M§sa]à tkt* ..M§sX NT …””
“” NTt]m ? Wo BklyfnÃmsS bp`nkm`ntWm¶pw tbmNtà hms{µ .. sk_psS k¿mtk`ns]m¶pw S`]n sk¨v tNä^pSv””
“” ti CÃm … CSns`m^p hv{So]p*v , Ak^psX ihpw bns¶ Ak^psX bmÀ«v–\_pw ..CWv¥ognt`ms¡ NTs]jpSp¶k^m “”
‘ tfmsa ..Wo sI_p¸fm … ASv NqXn Bt`mIn¡\w …bns¶ dnWn]psX AkØ k^^pSv “”
“” ti]v CÃ bÅn¡m …Wns¶ Nm\m³ sNmSn]mkp¶p*v …””
“” Mm³ k^mXn …Cu Sn^s¡m¶p Njnªm HmXn k^pw … At¸mÄ Wo tks_ Bsa bnXn¨p tbmt]¡^pSv .. fmhw H¶ptbm`pfm]nÃtÃm ASnWp Mm³ k¶n«v “” ..””
“” bÅn¡m ..Mm³ kÃSpw b_]pw .tNt«m …Wns¶]nSv ks^ Db{Uknt¨m Mm³ ..Wn³s_ KoknS¯nt`¡v kt¶m CÃtÃm … fWhn`ms\³s_]nãw … Wo]ms\³s_ BUy bp^pg³ …ASo K·w fpjpk³ D*mNpw ..Wo S¶ hvtWiw …Blzmhw … FÃmw ….. AÃmsS NjnªsSÃmw f_¡m³ Mm³ AWpkÔ”
AWpkksa Sn^nsªm¶p tWm¡n]n«v A¨m]³s_ ssN S³s_ dWn]WpÅn Wns¶Xp¯p
. AkapsX tSman`qsX N¿n«n^p¶ A]mapsX ssN AWpkn³s_ dWn]WpÅn B]n^p¶p . {dm fm_n AkapsX Sn\nÀ¯ fp`sM«pNÄ Caw t_mhv dWn]Wp fosS sSanªp Wn¶p.
“” AsS¶m AWpknsW A§sW b_sª ? Aà … dnWn]psX Nm^yw b_ªtÃm …AkÄs¡´v bän? tks_]pw D*tÃm b_]m¯ Nm^y§Ä … Wn§am sb®ntWw Cktaw At¶mjnk¡n]Sv sl^n]m]nà “” A¨m]³ hm{µ¡v tWs^ Sn^nªp , sdZn NnX¶p_§p¶ In{Ss] Iq*n . NT fq¯t¸mÄ A¶s¯ Nm^y§tamÀ¯v In{S dm{Sqfn N]_n kn^`n«n^p¶p…skÅw tbm] £o\¯n AkÄ NnX¶]pXsW D_§n tbm]n . In{S A§sW]m\v , kÃmsS fqZmkpw , skÅw tbm]n Njnªm bns¶ NpätdmVfmt\m , AtSm skÅw tbm]nNjnªpÅ ssf³Zv fm_`mt\m F¶_n]nà sb«¶v HmcmNpw … frUp` , Nm-´m^n Fs¶ms¡ tb^n«v Imäv sshän N]_n]n_§pw , AÂbw Njnªp dm{Sqfns`¡v tbmNp¶Spw Nm\mw …bns¶ k¶m tbm¯v tbms`]p_¡fm\v
“” CÃ …A¶v Ss¶ In{S]psX DSvOmXWkpw Njnªp …AWp At¸mÄ M§apsX NqsX tKm]n³ sI]vSp “”
“” AWp^mP t`m` ^m{Sn …..”” hm{µ]psX sfmssd`n tXm¬ fpj§n .AkasSXp¯v– sIknt]mXp tIÀ¯p
“”‘ CÃ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ….M§Ä ko«nt`¡v tbm]nà .. Wo CWns]knsXs]¦n`pw tbmNp¶pt*m ..ASv tkt\m tfmsa .. Nm^yw Hs¡ sl^n]m .. Aà WnWs¡´m AktWmXn{S thmcväv– tNmÀ\À ..HsN .. Òvfw B]nt¡m B]nt¡m ..bs£ ASnsW¡mÄ sf¨fpÅ H^p tNhnknsX D*v ..Wo]Sv Njnªp km ..b_]mw …F¦n sl^n]Xn.. Wo]ksW b_ªp kn«nt§m«v tbms^ .. Hmt¡ ..ssd”” “”
“” CWn b_]v– … dnWns¡´m\v hwekn¨Sv ? Akant¸mÄ FknsX]p*v?’ ASnWpw fp³tb Wn§aknsX sI]vSSn³s_ dm¡n b_]v– … In{Ss] B^m\v A¶v Nan¨Sv ? AWp B^psX NqsX NqXn ‘
‘ b_]mw ….”” hm{µ sdZn`n^p¶p en¯n]ns`¡v Im^n]n^p¶p . AkapsX C¸p_¯v khpÔ^, ASv Njnªp K]Nm´³ . Nth^]n`m\v A¨m]Wpw AWpkpw In{S]pw … skÅw tbm]Sn³s_ Bkmw In{S]Snt`m¶pw {l²n¡msS sfmssd sP]nfn`m\v .
“” AtS]v …A¨m]m … W½av SpX§n]n«tà DÅq …CWn Du\v Njnªmkmw NTs]ms¡ ..Fs´ ?’
‘ ASv sl^n]m khq .. Du\n³s_ hf]w Njnªntà ..Wfp¡v Ft´`pw Ct§m«v k^p¯mw …”” tKm¬ A¨m]³ _qw hÀkohn knan¨p Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw Bklyfm] Bim^w HmÀZÀ sI]vSp .
hf]w Wm`p Njnªn^p¶p At¸mÄ .
“” AWp^mP t`m` ^m{Sn …..”” hm{µ]psX sfmssd`n tXm¬ fpj§n .AkasSXp¯v– sIknt]mXp tIÀ¯p
“” B^mXn hms{µ?’ AWp sIknt]mÀ¯p
“” UobvSn]m … AkapsX AÑsWt´m k¿m]vN …Akat§m«v tbmNpkm¶v””
‘ At¿m … AkapsX C¶nknsX D*m]n^pt¶Â …”” A¨m]³ BßPSw WX¯n
“” ssbh kÃSpw sNmXp¯p knXt\m hms{µ?’ K]Nm´³s_ Pmweo^y hz^w fpj§n]t¸mÄ hm{µ A]msa Hs«m^p B^mVWt]msX tWm¡n . khp A]mapsX sW©n`m\v Im^n NnX¡p¶Sv . hm{µ Aksa Ahq]t]msX tWm¡n . khp Ct¸mÄ hm^n ¸mkmX]pw s»uhpw fm{Sfm\v .. Im^n NnX¡pt¼mÄ fX§n NnX¡p¶ k]_n`qsX A]mapsX ssNNÄ b^Sp¶p*v .. fp`NÄ s»uhnWv skan]nt`¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p .. fp«nWp fosS N]_n¡nX¡p¶ bmkmX]psX NaÀ AkapsX fmUN shuµ^ys¯]pw SXn¨ SpXs]]pw FXp¯p Nm\n¡p¶p . AWpkpw Aksa BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡p¶p*v …
“” ssbhs]ms¡ AkapsX N¿n Bkly¯nWp*v … A¶v Mm³ B\v bÅn¡tW At§m«v– N]_n , Nj¸v fq¯ sb®nsW tbms` Aäm¡v sI]vSsS¦n`pw UobvSn]m\v bn¶oXv M§sa sM«n¨Sv … A¶s¯ Nan¡v tlgw FWns¡m^p e]fp*m]n^p¶p, bn¶oXt§m«v FWn¡v shN-vhv CÃmsS Kokn¡mWmkptfms]¶p? ,… bs£ Wn]{´n¡mWmNpsf¶v FWn¡v fWhn`m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ..bs£, shN-vhv SpX§n]m FWn¡v F³s_ Wn]{´\w ssN kn«p tbmNpw “”
“” Òvfw … Wo b_]v– … UobvSn]psX NTNÄ “”
“” FÃmw H¶pfnà .. Np_¨p hwek§Ä b_]mw ..bs£ ASv NT]m]n H¶pfà “”
“” Wo ssV^yfm]n b_ sNms¨ …. AsSms¡ khp ASn³s_Sm] ^oSn¡v FjpSnt¡mapw”” A¨m]³ fp*v fX¡n¡p¯n Nth^]nt`¡v Imªp ..A]mapsX Np® bmSn]pw bp_¯m]n^p¶p At¸mÄ ..AWpkSns`¡v bman tWm¡n .. A¶s¯ hwek¯nWv tlgfmt\m F¶_n]nÃ, AkÄ¡v AÂbw {bm]fpÅks^]m\v NqXpS`nãw ..bn¶oXv ASnWp Im³hv k¶n«nà SmWpw “”
A¶s¯ shN-vhnWv tlgw B H^p {SnÃn B]n^p¶p M§Ä . Nm^\w AkÀ fq¶p tb^pw M§sa sl^n¡pw hpOn¸n¨p .M§aSv sl^n¡pw BhzUn¡pN]pw sI]vSp . bns¶ AkntX¡v tbmN* F¶ So^pfmW¯n`m]n^p¶p M§Ä . H^p fmhw Njnªp Nm\pw . . A¶v sskNpt¶^w timÌ`n AkÀ k¶p . dnWn]psX Nq«pNm^n .lm^nN..AkapsX A¦napw fsäm^mapw A¶v k^p¶ps*¶v . N_Nväv hf]¯kÄ¡v sf³hhpw ..dnWn]mt\ Wm«n`pw ..Wà Hs^sfu*v B\kÄ fpt¶m«p sk¨Sv . Mm³ tk*ms]¶p b_sª¦n`pw UobvSn]pw In{S]pw Ak^psX NqsX tbm]n .In{S tbmNpsf¶v FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p . Nm^\w A¶v M§Ä Sn^n¨p tbm¶Sv bntä¶v sskNn«m]n^p¶p . BÄ¡v A¿m]n^w ^qb]pw , bns¶ AkÀ km§n S¶ Pncv_pNapw Hs¡ B]n«m\v M§Ä Sn^n¨p tbm¶Sv ….
‘ At¸mankÀ¡v NqsX tfXnt¨m Wn§Ä ?’ s{ZÊpNapw fäpsfms¡ ?””
‘AWpknWpw Nn«n]n^p¶p … , bs£ In{S¡v Nn«n]nà ..AkÄ Smsj]ps*¶p Ak^_nªSv Ss¶ bntä¶v D¨¡m\v . bns¶ In{Ss] AkÀ¡v Cãs¸«nÃs]¶p bn¶oXv b_ªp “”
‘ AsS´m ?’ A¨m]³ fpt¶m«mªp ko*pw sdZn NnX¶p _§p¶In{Ss] tWm¡n . AkapsX bmkmX tft`¡v Ip^p*v N]_n SpXNÄ Nm\mw , bn¦v bmân]pw…
“” AWp ..Wo dm¡n b_]v– A¶s¯ ..Mm³ UobvSns] H¶v knan¡s« ..AkÄ¡v dhv Nn«nt]m F¶_n]nÃtÃm ..Asæn`pw Smsjs]´m\p*m]sS¶v Ft¶¡mÄ WnW¡tà WÃk®w A_n]mkp¶Sv . “” UobvSn sfmssd`pw FXp¯p hyq«v _qfn³s_ bp_s¯ imant`¡v NX¶p .
“” b_]v– AWp ..dm¡n ..fs¶´p hwekn¨p ? Wn§Ä ^*mapw bp_¯Ãm]n^pt¶m ?’ khpÔ^ hm{µ Fjpt¶ä Ø`¯v AWpknsW bnXn¨n^p¯n .
‘ A¶v Smsj k¶ M§Ä Smsjs¯ fp_n]ns`¯n . … In{S sk^pNv tbms` WX¡pkm]n^p¶p . Akan«n^p¶ s{ZÊpNsams¡ Du^ns]_nªp hz]wtemPw WX¯m³ SpX§pt¼mjm\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ fpNan tbm]n Ak^psX Nan Nm\msf¶p b_ªSv . Smsj fp_n]n`p*m]n^p¶ H^p tWÀ¯ ssWäv sPu¬ fm{Sfn«kÄ A£ft]msX Nm¯n^p¶p . At¸mtj¡pw AkÀ k¶p .. KWm`]n`qsX Aks^ F¯n tWm¡n] In{S WOw NXn¨p sNms*t´ms¡t]m bp`¼p¶p*m]n^p¶p….AkÀ fpNant`¡v N]_n tbm] DXsW Ss¶ Akapw At§mt«¡v NpSn¨p . H^p knV¯n`m\v MmWksa bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n]Sv . cpZv– k^pt¼mÄ Bsa Nm\msS AkÀ Sn^n¨p tbmNpftÃm . MmWpw In{S]pw A£ft]msX cpZpw Nm¯n^p¶ hf]¯m\v hm{µ]pw UobvSn]pw C_§n k^p¶Sv N*Sv … M§sa knan¡mWmkpsf¶p N^pSn M§Ä At§mt«mXn .. hSy¯n`m A´^o£¯n Akt^msXm¸w tI^m³ FWn¡v ht´mgtf D*m]n^p¶pÅq .. Nm^\w At¸mtj¡pw MmWpw Hmt^mt¶mÀ¯p fqZm]n^p¶p. bs£ In{S ..AkapsX hzemkw FWn¡v WÃSv tbms` A_n]mkp¶Sv sNm*v MmWSv b_ªnà .hm{µ]pw UobvSn]pw skÅkpsfms¡ FXpt¯m*v tbm]n b¯p fnWpäv Njnªt¸mtj¡pw tNmanwPv sd AXn¨p . M§Ä cpZv– km§n sk¨v fpNant`¡v HmXn …emPy¯nWv kmSn Npän]n«p*m]n^p¶nà ….D*m]n^pt¶Â M§am kmSn Ikn«n tbmans¨sW””
“”M§Ä kmSn`n³s_ CX]n NqXn At§m«v– tWm¡n . B hf]¯v UobvSn]psX bq_p Sn¶pN]m]n^p¶p H^mÄ … sk_pw fnZn fm{Sfn«v hm{µ H^p Nth^]n`n^n¡p¶p .. A¸p_s¯ Nth^]n C^n¡p¶ k]hm] BapsX Np® Sn¶pN]m\v dnWn .A]mapsX N_p¯v SXn¨ Np® N*t¸mta³s_ sSm* k^*p . hm{µ SpXNÄ sM^n¨p Aks^ fm_n fm_n tWm¡n]n^n¡pkm\v””
“” Bivhv . iq ..”” tWÀ¯ sM^¡w tN«v Mm³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n .. In{S sPu¬ fmän bq_nt`¡v kn^ CXpN]m\v …MmWkapsX ssN bnXn¨p fmän
“” F¶m f]n^mXn … H¶v- kn^`nXmWpw h½Sn¡ntà …Wmlw bnXn¡m³ “” In{S bn_pbn_p¯p
“” FXn .. Akapfms^ Nan¡pt¼m W½¡v tNämw… Wo C¨n^qXn £fn¡v “”
“” Òvfw …”” In{S fp`]n sM^n¨p sNm*v fp¶n Wn¡p¶ F³s_ fp`]n`pw sM¡m³ SpX§n . AkanWn AX§n]n^n¡nà F¶_n]mkp¶ Mm³ AkapsX Ip*n Ipwdn¨p .
“” “” Bivivhv it½ ..fSn …CWow tk*m ..iq ..fmWp..A½¨o …”” dnWn]psX lÐw D¨¯n fpj§n]t¸mÄ M§Ä ko*pw At§m«v– tWm¡n . A]mÄ dnWns] NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n]n«p bn¶n N]äpN]m\v … koZnt]m]ns` M§aSv N*n«pÅq …
“” F¶m b*m^mXn A]mao Nm\n¡pt¶ .. H¶mw S^w bq_pÅt¸m A]msa´nWm Cu kr¯nsN« Ø`¯v tNäps¶ “” In{S tUgys¸«p .
“” In`À¡v A§sW]mXn N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ..Wo tWm¡nt¡ .dnWnt¨¨osX Np*n … knXÀ¶p knhvS^n¨p Wn¡pktà …FWn¡mt\`pw NXn¨p Sn¶m³ tSm¶pw …””
“” F¶m Wo F³s_ Sn¶Xn ..MmWmt\ Nj¨p tbm«n]n^n¡pkm ..km “” In{S Nan]m¡n .
“” Mm³ Snt¶sW ..bs£ Wo Wn³s_ Nm^yw Njn]pt¼m Sn^nªp NnX¡ntà ..’ Mm³ bns¶]pw AkntX¡v tWm¡n . UobvSn]psX BÄ dnWn]psX Np*n]n Ft´m F® Hjn¨v sNmXp¯n«v fp¶nt`¡v tbmNp¶Sv N*p .. AkapsX fp` A]mÄ sM¡n Npj¨p sNm*v Ip*n D½ sk¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ F³s_ N¿pw A^s¡«ns`¡v Wo*p . ^*p tbÀ hpOn¸n¡p¶ dnWn]psX AkØ F´m]n^n¡pw .. MmWtSmÀ¯p bpaNt¯msX bq_n Sn^p½m³ SpX§n .bns¶s]³s_ {l² UobvSn]ns`¡m]n . dnWns] kn«p k¶ A]mÄ UobvSn]psX km]nt`¡v kn^`nWp bN^w Np® k¨p sNmXp¯t¸mÄ A§sW AÃmsS Ss¶ FWn¡v S¶m`pw Mm³ Du¼nt]sW Ft¶mÀ¯v tbm]n . In{S sPu\pw Du^n Naªn^p¶p ko*pw .. bqÀ\ WPvW]m]n F³s_ sshZn Wn¶v Nm`pNÄ Wo«n sk¨v bq_nt`¡v kn^ N]än]n_¡m³ SpX§n ..AkapsX km]n Wn¶v ho¡m^kpw fäpw bp_t¯¡v ks¶¦n`pw Mm³ H¶pw b_ªnà ..ANs¯ iman Wn¶v ASn`pw D±obnbn¡p¶ lϧam]n^p¶p k¶n^p¶Sv .
dnWn]t¸mÄ A]mapsX fXn]n`n^p¶p M§Ä¡v AenfpOfm]n C^p¶p N]äm³ SpX§n .tW^n A]mapsX N_p¯ SXn¨ Np® dnWn]psX skap¯ ANw SpX]n AXn¨p Wn¡p¶ NmjvI Ss¶ F³s_ skÅw Na]p¶ ^oSn]n`m]n^p¶p .bqÀ tSWn Npan¨m Np® AkapsX bqän N]äm³ A]mÄ {lfn¡pt¼mÄ dnWns]tSm tNman B]n^p¶p . BhzUn¨p Nant¡* hf]¯v dnWn sfmssd`n hwhm^n¡p¶Sv N* Mm³ tUgyt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n .. B Np® AkapsX DÅnt`¡v N]t_*Sv Aksa¡mÄ NqXpS F³s_ Bklyfm]n^p¶p. ASv N]äp¶ hf]¯v Ss¶ F³s_ kn^`pw bq_n N]_mWm]n F³s_ bq_nsâ A^nNn kn{lfn¨p .
“” Bivivhv .. tk* .. iq … ½w ..knXv …B^m “”
In{S]psX bS_n] lÐw tN«v Mm³ Sn^nªp .
‘ ‘ Sn^nªp tWm¡n] Mm³ ftigv– hm_nsW N*p sM«n . cpZv– km§n sk¨n«v M§Ä kmSn`X¡m³ f_¶psk¶v tSm¶n .. B kjn]mkpw hmÀ N]_n k¶sS¶v MmWqin¨p. hm_nsW N* Mm³ fnZnSmjv¯n]n«p . hmÀ In{Ss] S¶nt`¡v tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p AkapsX fmSaWm^§]psX k`n¸fpÅ fp`NÄ Nl¡pkm\v. B^ms\¶_n]m³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n]m In{S]psX Ip*n`]mÄ Ipwdn¨p sNm*v AkapsX fp` ^*pw sM¡n bo¨n . hm_ms\¶v N* In{S A]mant`¡v bän tIÀ¶SÃmsS H^£^w fn*n]nà . B AkØ]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fs¶]pfmt^`pw N]_n bnXn¨n^pt¶Â MmWpw kj§nt]sW … At¸mÄ bns¶ sb«¶v knNm^w N]_pN]pw C_§pN]pw sI¿p¶ In{S]psX Nm^yw b_]mWpt*m
hmÀ bns¶]pw fUybn¨p sk¶v f\w k¶t¸msjWn¡v fWhn`m]n . hm_t¸mÄ H^p {Xm¡v hyq«v B]n^p¶p C«n^p¶Sv. AS]mÄ Smtj¡v Du^n]t¸mÄ C^pWn_¯n A]mapsX Np® Np`¨p Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p . ASn³s_ fNpXw sSm`n fm_n hvs_]_ns` skan¨¯n Sna§n . AN¯p N* ^*p Np®]psX]pw bmSn k`n¸w tbm`pfnÃm]n^p¶p ASnWv . A]mÄ B{Nm´w sNm*v In{Ss] Smsj¡n^p¯n , AkapsX fpO¯mNfmWw B Np®]n«p^¨p.. In{S]psX Nknan Np¯n AkapsX km]v– Sp_¶SnsW A]mÄ ANt¯¡v N]än . In{S B Np®s] D_p©n¡pXn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ DfnWo^n_¡n .
knNm^w N]_n]n^n¡p¶ hf]¯kÄ F´pw sI¿psfs¶Wn¡_n]mw. . hm_n³s_ A^s¡«n fp_ps¡ bnXn¨p sNm*v In{S Np® Du¼n .S`fpXn¡p¯n bnXn¨p k`n¨p Np®]nt`¡v Bjv¯nhm_v Np® AkapsX km]nt`¡v sNmXp¯p … A]sat´ms¡t]m bp`¼p¶p*m]n^p¶p.. kojmsS]]mÄ en¯n]ns`¡v Im^n . hm_kta Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p Ip*pNÄ Cu¼n NpXn¡m³ SpX§n .In{S bns¶]pw NpWnªp C^p¶m Np® km]n`m¡n .NX fpS W¡nt¯mÀ¯n , D*NÄ Wp\ªp H^p b^nI] knUPv²s]tbms`]m\kÄ ASnsW km]ns`s¡Xp¡p¶Sv. AkapsX S`fpXn¡p¯n bnXn¨p Np® km]ns`¡Xn¨p sNmXp¯psNm*v hms_s¶ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ , MmsW³s_ fp`NÄ Nl¡n A]msa sNmSn¸n¨p . fnZn fpNans`¡v sbm¡n fp«nWp tfs` N]än ]t¸mÄ hms_³s_ SpX]ns`¡v tWm¡n Ip*v WW¨p .
In{S]psX S`]n bnXn¨p sNm*v Ss¶ hmÀ Ft¶mXv AXp¯v k^mWmPyw Nm\n¨p . l^o^kpw A´^o£kpw sfm¯w IqXm] B AkØ]n Mm³ hm_n³s_ AXpt¯¡v Wo§n .
“” Bivivhv .. dWn]Wp fpNan`qsX F³s_ CXs¯ fp`]n hmÀ làn]m]n bnXn¨p sM¡n]t¸mÄ FWn¡v tkUWn¨p . A½mSn^n bnXp¯fm]n^p¶p A]mÄ bnXn¨Sv .MmsWknsX]vt¡m HmXn tbmNpsf¶ ^oSn]n A]msa³s_ fp`]n bnXn¨p k`n¨p AXpt¯¡v k`n¨p .. . A]msas¶ bnXn¨p k`n¨p Ip*n Ipwdn¨p .
hms_s¶ bnXn¨t¸mÄ Mm³ tk¨v In{S]psX tft`¡v kojm³ SpX§n
“” fm_v … W¡n Sm … Asà tk*m … Smtj¡v tbmNmw “” In{Ss]s¶ SÅn fmän sNm*v hm_n³s_ N¿n bnXn¨p .
hm_nsW]pw Nq«ns¡m*kÄ Smtj¡v C_§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Wn^ml]m]n AknsXWn¶p. imans` NanNÄ Nm\t\m AtSm In{S]psX bp_sN tbmNt\m Fs¶Wn¡v A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p . H^p Wnfngs¯ Bt`mIW¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv tlgw Mm³ In{S]psX bp_sN Smtj¡n_§n . ftigv– hmÀ Fs¶ tWm«fn« ØnSn¡v In`t¸mÄ Fs¶]pw NqXn Nq«mSn^n¡nÃ, fm{Sfà A]mÄ AkapsX B^pfÃtÃm .
‘ Bivivhv ..W¡v ..tl^n¡v W¡n SmXn … iqhv .””
N«n`n NnX¡p¶ hm_n³s_ S`¡n^pklkpw Nm`pNÄ Nk¨n^p¶p bq_p knXÀ¯n A]mapsX km]n`n«p^¡pkm\v In{S .. AkÄ b^nh^tdmV¯n`Ãms]s¶Wn¡v tSm¶n . _qfns` tbms` “” FXn “” F¶v knan¨t¸mÄ AkÄ¡v NqsX]pÅSv hm_ms\¶p tbm`pw A_n]nsÃs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n ..
“” Bivivhv .. it½ … “” In{S]psX H^p Nm tft`¡v sbm¡n , ftä Nm ANän sk¨n«v bq_nt`¡]mÄ Np® CXn¨n_¡n]t¸mÄ In{S Nm`n«Xn¨p …fpNan AkÀ sI]vSSv tbms` hm_kÄ¡v AVnNsfm¶pw W¡nt]m I¸nt]m sNmXp¯nà .. A]mÄ¡v B{Nm´fm]n^p¶p ..kn_an bnXn¨ Nmas] tbms`]m]mÄ In{S]psX fp`NÄ NXn¨p b_n¨psNm*p bqän`Xn¡m³ SpX§n
“” Bivivhv .. ½v½v½vfvhv½w ..’ In{S]psX sM^¡¯n hpOw bnXn¨ ftigv– hmÀ AkapsX SpÅn Spapdp¶ fp`NÄ Nl¡n AkapsX tft¯¡v NnX¶p sNm*v A^s¡«p]À¯n AXn¡m³ SpX§n .
AkapsX bq_ns`¡v A]mapsX Np® N]_n]n_§p¶Sv Mm³ bp_Nn Wn¶v N*mhzUn¨p sNm*v F³s_ bq_n Sn^p½m³ SpX§n .Ak^psX NqsX NqXmWm]m\v Mm³ Smtj¡v k¶sS¦n`pw A]mapsX H^p f^ymU]pw b^nP\W]pfnÃm¯ sb^pfmäw Ns*Wn¡v– At§m«v– sIÃm³ tSm¶n]nà .
‘ Bivivhv .. AXn ..AXn ..it½ ..BivÈvÈvivhv “” In{S A]msa AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p bq_nt`¡v AXn Gäpkm§n …
“” Bivivhv .. it½ … iqÊvÊvhv”” sb«¶]msa SÅn fmän In{S Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p .. hm_n³s_ Np®]n Wn¶v bm SpÅnNÄ AkapsX sNmjp¯ Np*n]ns`¡v sS_n¨p ko\p .. ftigv– hmÀ bm³_v tft`¡v N]än]n«p Sn^nªt¸mÄ MmW]mÄ Nm\msS f_ªp Wn¶p . ]msSm¶pw hwekn¨n«nÃm¯ tbms` A]mÄ C_§n tbm]t¸mÄ Mm³ kmSn Npän]n«p fpNant`¡v tbmNmWm]n H^p§n
In{S¡v bän] BÄ .. Nm^yw Njnªt¸mÄ fqXpw Sn^p½n tbmNp¶ A]mtamsXWn¡v bpÑw tSm¶n .
“”: Zn In{Ss]´ns] ? hm_v kt¶m ?’
hvs_]_n³s_ AXp¯v k¶t¸mÄ dnWn Smtj¡n_§n k^p¶p*m]n^p¶p .
“” AkaknsX NnX¸p*v ..hm_v tbm]n .””
“” Òvfw ..Akapfm hpOf_nªp ..CWn Wo]m]n«p F´nWm Wn¡ps¶ …Wo]pw fpNant`¡v tbms^ ..””
“” tI¨n .. hmt_m^pfmSn^n B{Nm´w bnXn¨pÅ b^nbmXn]m]n^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv .. ASmt\Â FWn¡v tk* …””
“” Òvfw .. ASnW]mÄ A{Ss¡ DsÅs¶Wn¡t¸mtj tSm¶n]m^p¶p ..hm^fnà ..In{S¡v tI^pw .. Wo km A¨m]³ {co]m .. Wà tbms` hpOn¸n¡pw ..hm{µ]pw UobvSow ^*mw k«w b\n¡pÅ H^p¡fm .. kmXn ..Mm³ Wn§sa´p sI¿pkm¶_n]m³ k¶Sm “”
dnWn]psX NqsX Mm³ fpNant`¡v N]_n sI¶p .. ^*mfs¯ fp_n]ns`¡m\v dnWns]s¶ Nq«ns¡m*p tbm]Sv .. AknsX A¨m]³ D*m]n^¶p … FWn¡pfm hpOw Nn«n ^m{Sn A¨m]³ bns¶]pw F³s_]^nNn k¶p…. sKs¡ Fs¶]¶v tWm«fn«n^ps¶¦n`pw UobvSn]]mapsX AXp¯v Wn¶v fm_n]nà .. ASv Njnsªm^p Unkhfm\v Mm³ sKs¡]psX NqsX NqXn]Sv “”””
‘ bntä¶v F«^ f\nt]msX ko«n Wn¶pw foän§nWpw fämkly§Ä¡pw C_§n]t¸mÄ M§Ä Nm¸n NpXn¨p hpOfmt]m¶p_§n. D¨ Njnªt¸mÄ Ak^v Sn^nsN k¶p . Du\pw bns¶ M§Ä¡pÅ Np_¨p s{ZÊpw Hs¡ B]m\v AkÀ fX§ns]¯n]Sv “” … ‘
“” UobvSn dhn tN_ns]Xn ..AknsX sI¶n«p knan¡m³ b_ªp “” hm{µ k¶p sdZn`n^p¶p
“” ‘Òvfw …H¶pw k^p¯mSn^p¶m fSn]m]n^p¶p . Aѳs_ k^pfmW¯n`m Ak^v Njn]ps¶ … Cs¸m AkapsX A½ GtSm ss{bkäv dm¦n tKm`n¡v tbmNp¶p*v “” AWp BßPSw WX¯n]n«v dm{Sqfns`¡vWX¶p .
‘ dnWn]nt¸mÄ FknsX]p*v hm{µm?””
‘ knan¡m_nà hmÀ … At§m«v– knan¡m³ FWn¡v tbXn]m.. AÑtWm A½t]m Bs\Xp¡p¶sS¦n Ak^SpfnSpw b_]pw …F³s_ ko«n`pf_n]pw””
“” F´v ? F´_n]psf¶v? K]Nm´³ fpt¶m«v Wo§n ¥mhn H^p sbPv Hjn¨v . hm{µ]Sns`¡v thmZs]mjn¨p A]mÄ¡v sNmXp¯p .
“” Mm³ b_ªntà .. Np_¨p WmÄ M§am im§v– Hmk_n`m]n^p¶p . A¶s¯ Nan]psX ,… dnWns] CX¡v Nm\pw tNmtaKn .. CWn tk*m¶p sks¨¦n`pw Ak^m\v DÅsS¦n H¶v NqXn tbmNmsf¶ In´]n`m]n^p¶p…….. H^mjvI Njnªt¸mtj¡pw . M§saÃmk^pw . bntä¶v In{S M§Ä¡v Nn«n] Pncväv FÃmw N*vBsN ØÏ]m]n^p¶p “”
bntä¶v …
“” FXn “” Zn F\o¡Xn tbms¯ ..f\ns]{S]s]¶_n]mtfm? “”
bntä¶v ^mkns` MmWm\v In{Ss] knans¨jps¶Â¸n¨Sv. In{Ss]jpt¶än^p¶p fpXn km^ns¡«n . F¶n«v N«n`nWp Nosj]pw IpänWpsfms¡ NpWnªp tWm¡n
‘ F¶SmXn tWm¡ps¶ ?’
“” sPu¬ F´ns]Xn hms{µ?’
‘ Wn³s_]m]n^pt¶m ASv ? hvs_]_n³s_ AXp¯v NnX¸p*v””
AkasS bXns]jpt¶äp N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv bp_t¯¡v WX¶p .. D^p*pfpjp¯ Np*n]n bm`p\§n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶Sv Nm\mw . skap¯ Np*n]pw SpX]psfÃmw Ipk¶n«p*v . timÌ`n CtS ^oSn]n`m\v fn¡km_pw WXs¸¶SnWm BÀ¡pw `Öt]m H¶pfnà ..
“” F§sW]p*m]n^p¶p tfmsa “”
‘ Òw ..hq¸À ? hms_t¸mjm tbms] ? Ak^v fpNan Dt*m ?’
“” Hm .. hm_v tbm]sSt¸mjm¶p Wo Ft¶mXmt\m tImUn¡ps¶ ? hm_m]n^ps¶¶v fWhn`m]tÃm ..At{Sw emPyw “”
‘ tbmXo H¶v .. H¶mfsS S`¡v bnXn¨p Wn¡pkm^p¶p ..bns¶ Wn§sX fpNans` Nq¯m«kpw .. ASpw NqXn]m]t¸m .”” In{S Wm\¯n fp§n] In^n h½mWn¨p
“” Òvfw ..F§sW]p*m]n^ps¶¶p b_]Xn “” MmWkapsX ssN bnXn¨p
“” Òw ..sNmÅm^ps¶Xn …. sÈm ..CWn hm_nsW Nm\pt¼m F¶m b_]pw ?’
‘ F¶m b_]m³ ..WnW¡v hm_nsW Cãs¸s«¶p tSm¶p¶tÃm .. CWow k¶m Wo h½Sn¡q¶p tSm¶p¶tÃmXn sbs® “” MmWkapsX Np*n]n AXn¨p .. skap¯ Np*n ko*pw Ipk¸v ^mln]m]n
‘ Òw … hm_mkpt¼m tbXn¡*tÃm …At¿m … AWpsk´ns]Xn … “” AkÄ Wm¡v NXn¨p
“” Òvfw .. bm`w NX¡ptkmaw …Wm^m]\ ..Wo Ct¸msj¦n`pw tImUn¨tÃm …Akav fpNan`p*v “”
“” tR ..Aksat¸m At§m«v– k¶p ..^mkns` tN_n k¶Smt\m ..Ak^v tbmt]m … AtSm Akan¶s` Ss¶ kt¶m ?’
‘ C¶s` Ss¶ .Akav tN_n k¶p …. FÃm^pw ASn³s_ hpOf_nªp ..””
bns¶ M§Ä ASn³s_ Nan]m¡`pw IÀ¨]psfms¡ B]n tW^w Njn¨p . Npans]ms¡ Njnªp , Nm¸n]pw NpXnt¨m^p_¡w Njnªt¸mjm\v Ak^v Sn^nsN k¶Sv .. In{S]pw MmWpw Smsj]m]n^p¶p NnX¶p_§n]Sv … dnWn k¶p knan¨t¸mjm\v Mm³ Fjpt¶äSv .. In{S Wà D_¡fm]n^p¶p . M§saksa knan¨p ..D_¡w tbm]Sn³s_ sUgy¯n`kÄ M§sa b¨sS_n]m\v b_ªSv , _qfns` tbms` Ss¶ ..ASv tN«v sNm*m\v A¨m]³ Smtj¡v k¶Sv .. ASv bpÅn¡v co`ms]¶p tSm¶p¶p .. Bim^w Njn¨p Njnªp M§Ä ko*pw Hmt^m {bmklyw NqXn dÔs¸«p . dnWn]pw sKs¡]pw , Fs¶ A¨m]Wpw UobvSns] bÅn¡Wpw .. Ak^v tbm]n Njnsªm^p A^ f\n¡qÀ NqXn B]t¸mjm\v In{S Fjpt¶äp k¶Sv .
‘ CsSkpX¶mXn? Fs¶]n«n«v Wn§saÃmw NqXn tgm¸n§nWp tbmt]m ?’ sdZn Wn^¶p NnX¡p¶ tgm¸_pNapw s{ZÊpNapw NqanwPv ¥mhpw gqkpw Hs¡ N*kÄ Hmt^ms¶Xp¯p tWm¡m³ SpX§n
“” G]v– .. CSk^v sNm*v k¶SmXn .. M§av tfXn¨SÃ “”
‘ tR ..FWn¡pt*m N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ?’ “””” In{S]psX fpOw kna_n
“” WnWs¡´nWm ? Wo M§sX NqsX]nÃm]n^p¶tÃm””
“” FXn AWp ..WnW¡pfpt*m ?’
“” Òw .. Ds*Xn Int{S “” ASv NqXn tN«t¸mÄ In{S¡v BsN kngffm]n
‘ eq ..hm_m\v tbm`pw …. A]manWn k^s« …Nk¨p NnX¶p sNmXp¡p¶p*v Mm³ … f]n^³ ..A]mÄsX sb®p¼psÅsX W¼^pt*mXn … A]msa Mm³ Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡mw “” In{S dnWn]psX tcms\Xp¯p .
“” Zn Ip½mSn^n¡Xn Int{S .. …Bs^`pf_nªmªm WnW¡m Wm\t¡Xv “” dnWn]ksa lmhn¨p
“” F¶m Wo FWn¡v S¶m fSns]Xn dnWns¨¨n ..Wo]tà A]mtaw sNm*v k¶Sv ..F¨n eq “”
Sfml¡m\Sv b_ªsS¦n`pw dnWn¡Sv co`m]n
“” Hm tU.. NnX¡p¶p FsâSv ..Wos]Xpt¯m …”” dnWn Ikn«n Np`p¡n bp_t¯¡v tbm]n ..
bs£ M§Ä tbmN*ms]¶p sks¨¦n`pw , b_ªntà … Ak^mt\ tbmNmsf¶v HmÀ¯psk¶v ..M§aSv fWhn knIm^n¨sS dnWn]psX Nq«pNm^n]psX knan k¶p .. sIÃm³ … H¶pfmt`mIn¡msS In{Ss]Xp¯v ImXn … Nq«¯n UobvSn tbmNpsf¶v MmWpw AWpkpw knIm^n¨nà …M§Ä GSm]m`pw tk*m¶v sk¨p ..H¶v NqXn tbmN\sf¶p N^pSns]¦n`pw… ASnWp Nm^\w dnWn]pw …”” hm{µ Nm`pNÄ Wo«n]n^p¶p .
‘ dnWn]pw Nq«pNm^n]pw AkapsX A¦nan³s_ sN]t_mcn k^p¶ BÄ¡ms^ B ko«n Ss¶ hzoN^n¨n^p¶p .. A¦nÄ Wà BÄ¡ms^ fm{Stf sNm*v k¶n^p¶pÅq SmWpw .bpÅn]psX dnhnWhn b¦anNtam ,Asæn dnhnWhnWp him]n¡p¶kt^m ..
. A§sW k¶Sm\v Agv–_cv– Fs¶m^mÄ … CX¡v Agv–_cv– dmWv¥q^v k^m_ps*¦n`pw A¦nÄ Csæn dnWn]psX Nq«pNm^n ko«nt`¡v AXp¸n¡nÃm]n^p¶p . Nm^\w A½mf¡v A¦nan³s_ NqsX {câvhv k^p¶S_n]mw .. bs£ Ag_cn³s_ WnÀdÔw Nm^\w A]mÄ k^pt¼mÄ CX¡v dnWn A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v tbmNm_p*v .. AsS ks^ Npj¸fnÃm]n^p¶p . .A¶v … “”
“” A¶v M§apsX tNmtaKv AkVn]m^p¶p.. M§saÃmk^pw NqsX tgm¸n§ntWms¡ tbm]n , Sn^n¨p dnWn]psX ko«nt`¡v sI¶p. dnWn]pw Nq«pNm^n]pfnÃm]n^pWp AknsX ..sIÃpt¼mÄ dnWn]psX A¨m¨³ hnäv Hu«n C^n¸p*v ‘
‘ Aivi … A¸m¸³ Ft¸m k¶p .. “”
“” B dnWotfmtam?’ … M§av Np_¨p tW^fm]n .. C¶s` fpS`ksa knan¨n«v Nn«p¶nÃm]n^p¶p … Bâ\n k¶n«ps*Xn tfmsa … AktWms^ WnÀdÔw ..CknsX k¶n«ktaw NqXn Nm\t\m¶v .. fä¶mÄ AkWp Sn^n¨p tbmNptkw tk\w “”
A¸m¸³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv km]n Wn¶v fUy¯n³s_ ^q£PÔw b^¶p
‘ Ai .. Wà tcmfn`m]n^p¶tÃm …. km tN_n km .. F¶n«v Bâ\n sNm¨¸³ F´ns] ?’ Mm³ {PnÃnWnX]n NqXn N¿n«p Imkns]Xp¯v kmSn Sp_¶Ns¯¡v N]_n . AWpkpw MmWptf D*m]n^p¶pÅq … In{S]pw UobvSn]pw tgm¸nwPv– Njnªp hnWnf¡v N]_n]n^p¶p . Ak^Sv Njnªnt§m«p k^pw .
“” Ak³ Np_¨p fpt¶ bp_s¯¡n_§n …. Ip½m H¶v N_§m³ .. Mm³ tbm]nà .. Cu tNm`¯n ..H¶v Npan¡m*v F§Wm ?’ A¸m¸³ In^n¨p .. bpÅosX AWn]Wm\v Bâ\n sNm¨¸³ .. bpÅn]§v– Npsskän`m …Bâow bntÅ^pw Wm«n`pw .
A¸m¸³ Npan¡m³ N]_n]t¸mÄ MmWpw AWpkpw Smsj AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_n . Affmf Dt*`pw CtÃ`pw M§Ä AknsX hz´w koXv tbms`]m N*n^ps¶ . A½mf]pw b_]pw Ct§m«v tbms^ f¡sa F¶v .
Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ H^p N^¨n`pw bnjn¨`pw tN«v M§tamXn kmSn¡t`¡v sI¶p dnWnt]mXn vfnnuSmsjs¯ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n .. bp_sN Bâ\n sNm¨¸Wpw ..
“” b«n NjptkÀX tfmsa .. Wo NpXpwd¯nWv Io¯s¸^p*m¡Wmt\mXn CknsX k¶p NnX¡ps¶ ..WnÀ¯nt¡m\w Wn³s_ tNm¸ns` bYn¸pw f]n^psfms¡”” sNm¨¸³ dnWn¡n«p ko*pw AXn¨t¸mÄ Mm³ N]_n SXªp .
“” F¶m sNm¨¸m CSv ..F¶m bän ..dnWns¨¨n ..F¶Sm CSv ?’
‘ Ai ..Wo]pfpt*m … Wo]pw NqXn A_ntªm*mt\mXn Cu b^nbmXn¡v Ckav tbms]¡ps¶ ..AtSm Wo]pw Dt*m Cu b^nbmXn¡v ?’ sNm¨¸³ F³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp .
AWp BsN kÃmSm]n Wn¡pkm\v .FWn¡t¸mÄ GSms*ms¡ fWhn`m]n^p¶p.
“” sNm¨¸m ..H¶v bSps¡ b_]v– .. A¸m¸³ fpNan`p*v ..”” Mm³ CX¡v N]_n
‘ tN¡s«Xn ..FÃm^pw tN¡s« .. FÃm^pw …F¶m bns¶ Wm«n dnhnWhv SpX§mXn H^p¼t«msa ‘ sNm¨¸³ Wn¶v N]À¡pkm\v.
“” As¸m sNm¨¸³ k¶tSm .. sNm¨¸³ F´nWm bns¶]knsX ks¶ .. Np¼hm^n¡mWmt\m? ‘ Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p N^]p¶ dnWn S` sI^n¨p Io_n .
‘ NjptkÀX tfmsa ..Wo]nWn]pw SÃp km§pw …Akav b_]p¶ tN«ntà ..kà Nqh`pfpt*m AkÄs¡¶p tWm¡nt¡ ..’ sNm¨¸³ Nt¿m§ns¡m*v AXpt¯¡v k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ k«w N]_n Wn¶p. At¸mtj¡pw S` SpkÀ¯n sNm*v A¸m¸³ C_§n k¶p .bpÅns] N*t¸mÄ Mm³ kng]w fmäm³ {lfn¨p .
‘ sNm¨¸ ..ASv ..ASv .tI¨n¡v H^msa Cãfm¶p b_ªm^p¶p .ASnWn§sW ..””
‘ Cãtfm … N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]msat]m … Agv–_cv– ..AksW³s_ Nq«pNm^Wm … . b¡m t{cmZv ..Ak³ sb®pw sN«n bntÅ^pw DÅSm .,.AkWnSnWp fp¶pw Cksa sNmt*m]n«ps*¶p b_ªn«m Ft¶w knant¨m*v tbms] ….Ak³ Nq«n sNm*v ….k¶]msa tWm¡pt¼m Ckav ..Cksa Mm³ ..Cksa …””…..
‘ At¿m … ISnt¨m NÀ¯mtk “” bp_No¶v A¸m¸³s_ Wn`knan tN«v Sn^nªp tWm¡n] sNm¨¸Wpw kÃmSm]n .
“” A¸m ..Mm³ …”” dnWnt]mXn A¸m¸³s_ AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.
“” FÃmw SNÀ¯ntÃXn tfmsa ..Wo ..F³s_ ssUktf … f_n]m½t]mXv MmWnWn F¶m b_]ptkm… NpXpwd¯n³s_ fmWw NaªtÃmXn Wo]v .. H^p¼t«msa… F³s_ ssUktf .. F³s_ NÀ¯mtk .”” A¸mWknsX]n^p¶p bSwb_ªp N^]m³ SpX§n . .””
A¸m¸³ sW©¯Xn¨p N^]m³ SpX§n .. AWpkmsN kna_n skap¯p Wn¡pkm\v. M§Äs¡´p b_]\sf¶v tbm`pw A_n]nà .sNm¨¸³ A¸m¸tWw Nq«ns¡m*v H^pknV¯n tft`¡v N]_n tbm]n .. N^ªp Wn`knan¨p bp_sN dnWn]pw . M§Ä At§m«v– tbm]nà .. F´v b_ªkt^ hfmVmWn¸n¡pw .
N]_n tbm] DXsW AXn]psX H¨ tN«p .. SÃtà F¶v dnWn N^]p¶Sntâw
“” H¶pw tk*Xn hms{µ …W½¡v tbmNmw .. km ..W½¡v tbmNmw ‘ AWp N^ªp sNms*³s_ ssN bnXn¨p.
“” tbmNmXn … C¨n^n Njn]s« ..W½av NqXn]ntàAk^v dnWns¨¨ns] SÃnsNmÃpw””
Mm³ fpNant`¡v N]_n tbmNm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ dnWns¨¨n Smtj¡n_§n k¶p . N¿ns`m^p dmPp*v . ASn km^n Wn_¨ Sp\nNÄ . fpXn]msN A`t¦m`fm]n«p NnX¡p¶p .Nknan AXnsNm*p Sn\nÀ¯ bmXpNÄ ..
Fs¶ NX¶kÄ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n sdZn`pw sgÂcn`ptfms¡]pÅ s{Zhv km^n dmPn`n«p ..
‘ tI¨n .. “” AWpkmsN h¦Xs¸«p AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p .F´v b_ªmlzhn¸n¨m`pw c`fnÃms]¶_n]mw .
‘ sbXn¡*Xn …Mm³ tbm]n«v k^pw ..FWn¡nãfpÅ BapsX NqsX]tà tbms] .. tR .. ASnsW¶m Npj¸w ..FWn¡v Cãfp*m]n«tà .tR ? B^pw WnÀdÔn¨nt«m¶pfÃtÃm ..tR ? Bt\m ? sNm¨¸tWms¡ F´pfmNmw … Akm^m\p§Ä B\tÃm … sNm¨¸Wpw sb®nsW S¸n]tà ks¶ … ASnWp Npj¸fnà … W½av sb®p§Ä¡v H¶pw sI¿m³ bänÃ…..””
N®n NqXnt]mjpNn] skÅw AkapsX Nknan`qsX HjpNn .
“” W½anãfpÅ H^mapsX NqsX NnX¡ b¦n«m`Sv Nq¯m«w , Nj¸v ..bns¶ W½av tkly .. Asà ….Akm^m\p§Ä sb®nsW S¸n tbm]m ..ASv FâÀsX]n³sf³_v .. Bt¸m N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Aks^ tWm¡p¶Sv A^mVWt]msX.. Hm …Ak³ k`y Bam … Cãw tbms` shä¸p*v … Ak³s_ shä¸m sU ..B tbmNpt¶mav .. ftä Akav ..Ckav …. “” dnWn]psX N®nÂWn¶p So tPma§Ä b_¡p¶ps*¶p tSm¶n ..
“”W½Ä sb®p§amt\ AkÀ¡v b_]m³ Hä kmt¡]pÅq..tkly …Asà … tkly .. tR … sU B tbmNpt¶mav skXn]m … sNmXp¸m b\n … ASv b_]pt¼m AkÀ¡pw ..tNÄ¡pt¼m fäptÅmÀ¡pw H^p hpOw … “”
‘ Wn§av CãfpÅks^ hzoN^nt¨mXn …AÃmsS b\¯nWp fm{Sfm]n B^ptXw NqsX tbmN^pSv .. Wn§sX hpOw ,Wn§sX Cãw ..AÃmsS B^ptXw WnÀdÔ¯nt\m , ssbht¡m tk*n tbmN^pSv .. As¸mW½atà WÃk^v .. tR …. B\p§av ..Ak^v ssbh sNmXp¯p sb®p§sa S¸p¶p ..ASnWp Npj¸fnà … W½tam ..tR ..W½¡v Ct§m«tà ssbh Nn«ps¶ .. bns¶ .. hptOmw .. CtãmÅSp sNm*tà W½av tbmNps¶ … tR “”
dnWn Hmt^m¶v b_ªp N^tªm*v dmPpsfXp¯v– fp_n]n Wn¶v skan]nt`¡n_§n . At¸mtj¡pw A¸m¸Wpw sNm¨¸Wpw C_§n k¶p . Ak^psX N¿n`pw dmPp*v , dnWn]psXw bns¶ Ak^v sNm*v k¶Spw .. sPäv AX¡m³ tW^w A¸m¸³ Fs¶ tWm¡n] H^p tWm«fp*v hmt_ … MmWn¸jpw HmÀ¡pw ..ASv … FWn¡¶pw C¶pw fWhn`m]n«nà B^psX N¿n`m\v sSsä¶p …B^m\v bmksf¶p ..dnWnt]m …AtSm A¸m¸tWm F¶v “”
hm{µ]psX N®n Wn¶v skÅw HjpNn .
“” ti ..N^]msS tfmsa … “” khpÔ^ Aksa S¶nt`¡v tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p fpXn]nSan SjpNn .
‘ Akav ..Akav b_ªSv tl^n]tà fmZw .. Cs¸m CSv Ss¶ tWm¡v … Ck^v K]Nm´³ hm_pw A¨m]Wpw M§sa tk\w … ASnWtà M§sa knant¨ ..tR .. AsS hf]w s_Ì_ân N*p Cãs¸«m MmWo K]Nm´³ hm_nsW kl¯m¡n]m ..B sb®v sbj]m¶tà Wn§Ä b_]q .. tR ..AsS hf]¯v Wn§as¶ kl¯m¡n sNm*pk¶m Ak³s_ fnXps¡¶pw “”
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“” AsSms¡ W½Ä f`]manNÄ b_]p¶Stà tfmsa .. bp_s¯ms¡ A§Ws]m¶pfnà .. ^*p tbÀ¡pw Cãfmt\ AtWymWyw.sbm^p¯s¸«m shN-vhv sI¿mw.. ..bs£ AknsX , W½sa hwdÔn¨v dÔ§Ä¡v AknsX A{S kn`s]m¶pfnà … Wfp¡nãftà .. H^msa sN«n ..A]mapsX f¡sa {bhkn¨p , Ak^psX hvtWiw b¦p sk¨v ….”” khpÔ^ Aksa Hmt^m¶v b_ªp Blzhn¸n¨p .
‘ AsS fmZw ..CsSms¡ N`ym\w Njn]pt¼m So^ntà ..Cu hzmS{Syw Hs¡ .. bns¶ Ak^psX NqsX Cã¯nWtà WX¡m³ bäq ..In`^p*mkpw ..W½psX Cã§Ä NqXn b^nP\n¡p¶kÀ… N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Asà … Òvfw … Cs¸m fmZs¯ tbms` .. K]Nm´³ hmÀ , Wn§sa]o tNm`¯n , M§sXw A¨m]sâw Hs¡ fp¶n C§sW C^p¯m³ h½Sn¡p¶ntà … “”
“” Òvfw …ASv sl^n]m\v … bs£ K]³ F³s_ BUy eÀ¯mkv Aà … BUy NmfpNWpw … F³s_ eÀ¯mknWv Mm³ W¶m]n s{Zhv sI¿p¶tSm , tf¡¸v sI¿p¶tSm , FjpSp¶tSm H¶pw Cãfm]n^p¶nà …””
“” bns¶ ?’ AWpkpw hm{µ]pw H^pfn¨p tImUn¨p .In{S]t¸mÄ Wà D_¡¯n`m]n^p¶p.
‘ B hf]¯m\v Mm³ K]sW Nm\p¶Spw b^nI]s¸Xp¶Spw .. GSm*v Ht^ In´mPSn]psfms¡ B]Sp sNm*v M§Ä fm^o sI]vSp . “”
‘ Hm ..At¸mÄ .. A]mÄ ..B bj] Bapt*m ? A]mant¸mÄ FknXm ?’
“” CknsX]p*v “” A¨m]³ b_ªt¸mÄ AkÀ Sn^nªp tWm¡n .
“” FknsX ?’
“” CknsX Ss¶ .. Cu Mm³ Ss¶ … “”
“” tR … “” ^*p tb^pw A´w kn«p km sbman¨t¸mÄ A¨m]³ tbm«n¨n^n¨p.
‘ WÃs]m^p sb®nsW Nn«n]t¸m Mm³ Ai¦^n¨p .. H^p bmXv .. H^pbmsX¶p sk¨m H^p bmXv hvtWin¨p .. bs£ At{Sw hvtWiw tk*m^p¶p F¶v FWn¡v bn¶oXm fWhn`ms] ..ASkÀs¡m^p koÀ¸p fp«`m¶p … Mm³ bnt¶w H¶qXn sN«n]t¸m B\v ASv tl^n¡psfWn¡v fWhn`ms] ‘ A¨]³s_ N\vYw CX_n .. A]msajpt¶äp H^p hnP^änWp So sNmap¯n .
“” F´m A¨m]m CSv .. sÈ ..”” khpÔ^ Fjpt¶äv ss`äÀ N¯n¨p A]mapsX hnP^änWp So sNmap¯n . F¶n«]mapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨p . AkapsX fp`NÄ A]mapsX sW©n`fÀ¶p.
‘ AsS§Wm hmt_ .. fmZw … A¨m]³ {NnhvSymWn]pw fmZw inµpkpw ?’
‘ fSw tWm¡n]mt\m knkmiw Njn¡ps¶ .. shN-vhv sI¿pt¶? …ASv Cãsb« Ban³s_ NqsX]tà tkt* .. AÃmsS `£w S¶m`pw CãfnÃm¯ Ban³s_ NqsX Wn§av tbmNptfm b_]v– .. “” K]Nm´³s_ Pmweo^y hz^w fpj§n .
“” Mm³ {NnhvSy³ Ss¶]m\v tfmsa …hm_ tKm¬ ..Ct¸mjpw AsS ..hÀ«ncn¡än`psfÃmw … K]sW knkmiw Njn¡mWm]n Mm³ fSw fm_n]Spfnà … khpÔ^ ..AsS³s_ Sq`nNm Wmfw B\v ..K]sâ ko«pNmÀ ..Aks^ms¡ bj] BapNatà ..Ak^§sW knan¡p¶p …””
‘ bns¶ Wn§sa§sW H¶m]n ko*pw ‘
‘ A¨m]Wpw MmWpfm]pÅ ssZtkmjvh-vNps_ WmÄ Njnªt¸mÄ B\v K]³ A¨m]sW AknIm^nSfm]n Nm\p¶Sv … . K]³ hwhm^n¨t¸mÄ B\v A¨m]³s_ ^*mw knkmikpw HjnªSv MmW_nªSv … Mm³ tWm¡p¶ tbms` ..hvtWin¡p¶ tbms` AkÀ A¨m]sW N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv hvtWin¡p¶nÃms]¶m]n^p¶p A¨m]³s_ b^mSn .. H^mÄ¡v fsäm^msa tbms`]mkm³ Njn]nÃtÃm … K]³ Ft¶mXv hwhm^n¨p … A¨m]sW Ct§m«v Nq«n sNm*v k¶p .. dnhnsWhv Hs¡ Ct¸mjpw bmÀ«v–\Àgn¸n S¶]m\v .. A¨m]³ Atf^n¡]n ..MmWnX¡nsX At§m«v– tbmNpw .. K]Wm\v C§sW H^p hK£³ sk¨Sv ..’ khpÔ^ ko*pw K]³s_ fm_nt`¡v Imªn^p¶p .
‘ AtS.. dm¡n emPw b_]v– … Wn§sX NT ..UobvSn]psX … M§sX NT A_n]t\ ‘ khpÔ^ ‘ FjpSn] ‘ A¡^b¨ “” F¶ NT km]n¨m fSn .. Cs¸m Wn§av NT SpX^v “” A¨m]³ AXp¯ sbt¤mjn¨t¸mÄ hm{µ ko*pw b_]m³ SpX§n.
‘ dnWnt¨¨n tbm]n Njnªp M§Ä At¶^w Ss¶ Sn^n¨p timÌ`ns`¡v fX§n . M§amsN tbXn¨n^p¶p . UobvSn]pw In{S]pw k¶p Njnªp Akt^mXp Nm^y§Ä b_ªp . dnWn]psX Nq«pNm^n FÃm knk^§apw A_nsª¦n`pw bntä BjvI M§tamXv k^m³ b_ªp .. AkÄ¡v sf³hhv B]Sp sNm*v .. sKs¡]pw ,bÅn¡Wpw Hs¡]m]Sv sNm*v H^p B{Pifps*¦n`pw dnWn]psX B AkØ N*Sv sNm*v MmWpw AWpkpw fXn¨p .. UobvSn¡pw In{S¡pw ..ASv tW^n N*nÃSSnWm ASn³s_ ho^n]hv sWhv fWhn`m]nà ..ASv sNm*mkmw AkÀ b_ªSv tNÄ¡msS At§mt«¡v tbm]n ..””
“”bntä¶v Ak^v fX§n k¶Spw ssN Wn_s] ssbh]pw h½mW§apw Hs¡]m]m\v .M§Ä bn¶oXv Np_¨p Wmat¯¡v At§m«v– tbm]nà .A¨m]Wpw bÅn¡Wpsfms¡ M§apsX Nm^yw tImUns¨¦n`pw ….In{S]pw UobvSn]pw B ko«n tbm]ns¡ms*]n^p¶p …fq¶m`v fmhw A¦nan³s_ NqsX AknsX sI¶n«p k^pt¼mtj¡pw UobvSn BsN fm_n]n^p¶p . AkÄ tNmtaKn H¶v ^*p tb^psX NqsX bmÀ¡n`pw hnWnf¡pw bºn`pw Hs¡ tbms]¶p M§a_nªp … M§aSv tImUn¨t¸m AkaSv WntgVn¨pfnÃ… Aksam^p WnwtcmBs\¶v M§Ä fWhn`m¡n]Sv bnWoXm\v … AkÄ¡v ssbht]¡mÄ k`pSv shN-vhv Bs\¶pw .. “”
B kos¡³Zn ¢mhv CÃm]n^p¶p .. In{S ko«nt`¡v tbm]n ..MmWpw AWpkpw UobvSn]pw NqsX tgm¸nwPv– Hs¡ Njnªp Sn^nsN timÌ`ns`¡v k^pkm]n^p¶p . At¸mjm\v– UobvSns¡m^p tcm¬ k¶Sv . UobvSn¡pw In{S¡pw A¦nÄ tcm¬ tfXn¨p sNmXp¯n^p¶p .Akam tcm¬ FXp¯p . ‘
‘ im ..A¦nta ….At¿m ..AsS¶m …Wmsa k^q¶tà b_sª …sÈm… Int{Sw CÃ…. CkÀ¡v k`y SmSvb^yfnà … Bs« B^m N£n?’ Bt\m ..MmsWm¶p b_ªp tWm¡mw …sl^n ‘
“”B^mXn UobvSn ?”” AWp tImUn¨p .
“” bÅn¡Wpw tKt¡]pfm ..A¨m]Wpw D*v ..A¦nÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wmsa sskNps¶^s¯s¡ k^q .. Wn§av NqXn kmXn ..””
‘ tI¨n]ntà AknsX ?’
“” Òvfw ..tI¨n]p*v ..W½av fq¶pw tI¨ow .. Wmsa Njnªp ^mkns` AknXp¶v tNmsaKnt`¡v tbm^mw ..tks_ FkntXw AÃtÃm AknsX]tà .. bns¶´m ?’
bÅn¡³s_ NqsX]¶p NjnªSn³s_ HmÀfs]³s_ fWhnt`¡v NX¶p k¶p ..b` ^m{SnNan`pw Mm³ bÅn¡³ F³s_]p_¡w sNXp¯n]n^p¶p .. Mm³ bÅn¡sW {b\]n¡pN]mt\m F¶v tbm`pw CX¡v Mm³ hwl]n¨n^p¶p … H^p Sk\ ASv Mm³ dnWnt¨¨nt]mXp b_ªt¸mÄ AkÄ sbm«n¨n^n¡pN]m\v sI]vSSv … BUyw hpOw S¶ B\nsW sb®v f_¡nÃs{S .. H^p bs£ ASv Ss¶]mkpw ..
“” FXn tbm]mt`m ?’ Mm³ AWpknsW tWm¡n .. AkÄ¡pw A^h½Sw Bs\¶v fpOemk¯n Wns¶Wn¡v fWhn`m]n . At¸mtj¡pw UobvSn tks_]mÀt¡m tcm¬ sI]vSp
‘ it`m … ^MvKns¯ … C¶v bänÃXm …MmsWm^p kjn¡v tbmNpkm .. Sn¦amks« … Zm …tk*m …Wo k^tà … tk* ..tk* … Aà .. ot«ms]ms¡ ASv Ss¶]m ..F¶m`pw tk* ..Fsâ NqsX {câvhv D*v ..k^tà …tk*m “”
UobvSn tcm¬ N«v sI]vSSpw AWp tImUn¨p
“” B^mXn]Sv ?’
“” ASm hvsb³h_ns` ^MvKn¯m “”
“” F¶Sm A]mÄ¡v tk*nt] ?’
‘ C¶k³s_ NqsX hnWnf¡v tbmNmsf¶v- N^pSn]n^p¶Sm sskNpt¶^w .. At¸mjtà Ck^v k^pt¶ ..””
“” Zn .. WnW¡v C{S knk^fntà ..dnWn]psX Nm^yw Mm³ Wnt¶mXv b_ªStà … F¶n«pw .. A¦napw Ak^psfms¡ B]m bns¶]pw Npj¸fnà .. ASpw B ko«n fm{Sw fSns]¶pw ..F¶n«pw Wo tNmtaKns` bntÅ^psX NqsX ks^ bºn`pw bmÀ¡n`pw hnWnf¡pw Hs¡ tbm]n ..””””
“” AksWs]Wn¡v A_n]msfXn… Npj¸¡m^tWm¶pfÃ’
‘ FXn ..F¶m`pw tk*Xn..Wo b_]p¶sSm¶p tNÄ¡v”” b_ªp So^p¶SnWp fp³sbs]m^p ssd¡v Hmt«m]psX fp¶n k¶p t{d¡v sI]vSp .. siÂsfäv– sk¨ H^p¯³ Hmt«m¡m^tWmXv Ft´m b_ªn«v AXp¯v N* CXkjn]nt`¡v ssd¡v FXpt¯m*v tbm]n ..B ssd¡v Sn^nª CXkjn]nt`¡v Hmt«m Sn^nªt¸mÄ MmWpw AWpkpw diaw sk¨p
“” FXn UobvSn … CsSt§m«m tbmNps¶ . tI«m .. k*n tWs^ knXv .. timÌ`nt`¡v “” N¶X]n`pw CWv¥ogn`pw fm_n fm_n b_sª¦n`pw A]mÄ Np_¨¸p_¯p fmän WnÀ¯n]n^n¡p¶ ssd¡n³s_ fp³bn`m]n WnÀ¯n .. ssd¡vNm^³ C_§n k¶p M§apsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p .UobvSn]m]n^p¶p sshZn`n^p¶Sv
Hmt«m H^p en¯n]psX sshZn`m]m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv WnÀ¯n]Sv .A]mÄ Sn§n sM^p§n UobvSn]psX sshZns`¡v k¶p
“” ^MvKnt¯ Mm³ ..””
“” Wos]¶m b\n]m Nm\nt¨ .. Fsâs]m^p Unkhfm tbms] ..C_§ns¡ ..sskNpt¶^w sNm*v k¶p Sn^n¨p knXmw “”
‘ CÃ … CtSm^Symkly Nm^y¯nWv tk*n tbmNp¶Sm ..Mm³ Sn¦amjvI k^mw …Mm³ tbms« .””
b_ªp So^p¶SnWp fp³b]mÄ Ko³hn³s_ hndv Sp_¶p sK«n Smjv¯n Np® skan]ns`s¡Xp¯p . N_p¯vWo*p bmSn SaÀ¶p NnX¡p¶ ASnt`¡v tWm¡n]Spw MmWpw AWpkpw S` Sn^n¨p ..
‘ H¶v …H¶v km]ns`¦n`psfXp¯n«v Wo tbm]m fSn ..fWpgysW Du¼n¡mWm]n«v… !6$%%””
“” ^MvKnt¯ Mm³ …”” bs£ Aksas]m¶pw b_]mWWpkUn¡msS A]mÄ S³s_ Np®]nt`¡v Smj¯n .
“” Dufv»vhv “” UobvSns]m¶pw fn*msS A]mapsX Np® km]ns`s¡Xp¯p . A]makapsX S`fpXn¡p¯n bnX¨p Np®]nt`¡v S` Smjv¯pN]pw sbm¡pN]pw sI]vSp .
‘ FXn ..UobvSn … CsS¶m Wo]o Nm\n¡pt¶ … b»n¡v B]n«m …””
“” fn*mSn^n]Xn AknsX … Wos]ms¡ bºn`pw bmÀ¡n`pw N*k·m^psX km]ns`Xp¡p¶SnWp Npj¸fnà .. Asà …..Cs¸m Wos]ms¡ Zohâv…”” A]mÄ Ns¿¯n¨v WXp¡n^n¡p¶ AWpkn³s_ fp`]n bnXn¡mWm]n SpX§n .AWpkm ssN S«n fmän F³s_ bp_Nn`qsX Hmt«m]psX sshZns`¡v HSp§n .
“” sfm` Nm\ns¨Xn UobvSn … tl^n¡§p Du¼Xn Bivivhv … A§q¼v f]ns^ “”
A]mÄ kas^ kr¯nsN« ^oSn]n`m\v AktamXv– sb^pfm_n]Sv . N_p¯v SXn¨ Np® At¸mtj¡pw UobvSn]psX Sp¸`n Npan¨p k`pSm]n^p¶p .. AkapsX A®m¡n fp«pt¼mÄ AkÄ Hm¡mWn¨p sNm*m\v Du¼n]Sv.. AkapsX gÀ«nWp fpNan`qsX A]mÄ fp`]n làn]n sM^n¨p .. BkapsX fpjp¯ fp` A]mapsX DÅw N¿nt`mSp§n]t¸mÄ UobvSn]psX fpOw tkUWsNm*v Ipanªp . M§Ä ^*p N¿pw sNm*m\v AkapsX fp` bnXn¡m_v. gÀ«n³s_ d«Wq^n {dm¡pÅn Wn¶kapsX fp` A]mÄ skan]ns`s¡Xp¯p . Hmt«m¡m^³ N®mXn]n`qsX CsSÃmw tWm¡nsNm*v fp³bn`n^n¡pkm\v . fp`¡®v- Wo«n k`n¨p A]mÄ Sn^p½n]pX¨t¸mÄ F{S tk*ms]¶p sk¨n«pw F³s_ bqän`pw Wo^v sbmXn]m³ SpX§n .. F³s_ fpOw N*n«mk\w A]mÄ Ns¿¯n¨v AXp¯n^p¶ AWpkn³s_ fp`]ns`¡v ko*pw bnXn¡m³ tWm¡n]Sv . AkaSp S«n¡aªp F³s_ bp_Nnt`¡v ko*pw Nqªn¡qXn]t¸mÄ B ssN F³s_ fp`]n`m\v bSnªSv .. A]mÄ fp`¡®n Ss¶ sM^Xn]t¸mÄ MmW]mÄ¡v bnXn¡mWm]n Ak^psX klt¯¡v Imªn^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv . F³s_ hpOs¯¡mÄ Db^n A]mÄ¡v k¶ms`{S]pw sb«WWknsX Wn¶pw ^£sbXftÃm F¶m\p Mm³ N^pSn]Sv . MmWpw A¶v gÀ«m]n^p¶p C«n^p¶Sv . Mm³ Ss¶ gÀ«n³s_ d«Wq^n , {dm Smjv¯n fp` ^*pw skan]ns`Xp¯p A]mÄ¡v bnXn¡mWm]n shuN^yw sI]vSp .Hmt«m H^p fSn`ntWmXv tIÀ¯m\v C«n^p¶SnWm At§m«v– Sn^nªp C^p¶m tks_]m^pw Nm\nÃm]n^p¶p .. A]mÄ¡v sl^n¡pw bnXn¡mWm]n Mm³ AÂbw sbm§n]t¸mÄ AWp Wn^§n MmWn^p¶ ftä sshZv hoäns`¡n^p¶p.
UobvSn]t¸mjpw H^p fp` bp_¯n«p A]mapsX Np® Du¼pN]m\v.
‘ Xngyq … ‘ A]mÄ b_ªSpw B Hmt«m¡m^³ tdmN-vhn Wn¶v ^*p fq¶p XngyqskXp¯p Sn^nªp . A]mÄ UobvSn] SÅn fmäm³ SpX§n]Spw UobvSn]]mapsX A^s¡«n bnXn¨p Np® DÅns`s¡Xp¯p lzmhw bnXn¨q¼n k`n¨p .
“” ¥vhv ‘ AkapsX km]nÂWn¶]mapsX bm HjpNn fp`]ns`¡pw fäpfm]n ko\p . UobvSn]Sv ssN¯* sNm*v SpX¨t¸mÄ Hmt«m¡m^³ Sn^nªm Ns¿Xp¯p AkapsX N¿n bän]bm`v W¡ns]Xp¯p. F¶n«m Hmt«m¡m^³ SaÀ¶p SpX§p¶ A]mapsX Np® km]ns`s¡Xp¯p , ASn³s_ fNpX¯n bän] bm`pw UobvSn]psX Sp¸`psfÃmw Wmkp sNmt*m¸ns]Xp¯p .. Mm³ Sn^nªWpknsW tWm¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ knXÀ¶ N®pNtamsX ASv tWm¡n]n^n¡pkm\v . Bs\m^p¯³ fsäm^m\n³s_ Np®]q¼p¶Sp MmWpw N*n«nÃm]n^p¶p. A]mam Np® BÀ¯nt]msX Du¼n SpX¨n«p Ko³hnWpÅns`¡v Smjv¯n]n«p UobvSns] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ fpt¶m«mªp AkapsX fp` A]mapsX km]nt`¡v SÅn sNmXp¯p . A]mam fp` BÀ¯nt]msX , sS_n¨ bmt`msX k`n¨p NpXn¨p … AkapsX fp`]nXp¡pw Hs¡ W¡n t¯mÀ¯n A]mÄ gÀ«n³s_ d«\n«v sNmXp¡p¶Sv ks^ UobvSn AW§msS]n^p¶p . ssd¡v Nm^³ gÀ«v CWvth^v«v sI]vSn«v , ^*p Aªq_n³s_ tWms«Xp¯v Hs^®w UobvSn¡v sNmXp¯p , ftäSv FWn¡v Wo«ns]¦n`pw Mm³ km§n]nà .. A]msa³s_ gÀ«nsâ DÅnt`¡v ASv Sn^pNn]n«p fp`]n H¶v M^Xn]n«v ssd¡n³s_ AXpt¯¡v tbm]n .. Hmt«m]pw ASn³s_ bp_sN Wo§n …
koXn³s_ fp¶n M§`n_§n]t¸mÄ Hmt«m¡q`n tbm`pw km§msS]]mÄ S^nªp tWm¡msS Ø`w Nm`n]m¡n .. ko«n sKs¡]pw bÅn¡Wpw Nm¯n^n¸p*m]n^p¶p . Hmt«m]n sk¨v Nn«n] AsS IqXn MmWpw AWpkpw UobvSn]pw Ak^psX NqsX Nan¨p .. bÅn¡Wpw sKs¡]pw A¨m]Wpw NqXn M§sa tk* ^oSn]n Nan¨p .. M§apsX Cã¯nWv ..Hmt^mt^m sbmhngWn .. Hmt^m^p¯^pw fm_n fm_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv M§sa Nan¨p “” ..bns¶ Sn¦amjvI]m\v M§Ä timÌ`ns`¡v tbm¶Sv…At¸mtj¡pw M§apsX .NpätdmVkpw tbXn]psfÃmw fm_n]n^p¶p””
hm{µ WnÀ¯n]n«p , H^p Np¸n fnW_ km«À sbm«n¨p NpXn¨p .
“” AtSmsX Wn§apw UobvSns] tbms`]mt]m?’
‘ A§sW b_]m³ bänà hmÀ .. bs£ , B Hmt«m]ns` UobvSn]psX hmihw F´v sNmt*m M§Ä¡v H^p ssV^yw S¶p , F¶v Ss¶ tk\w N^pSm³ .. Nm^\w b»nNv B]n H^mÄ fp` bnXn¨t¸mÄ FWn¡knsX sk¨v Ss¶ ^SnfqÀ¨ k¶n^p¶p ..A¶v bÅn¡³ Fs¶]mUyw sI]vSt¸mjs¯ AsS co`n Ss¶ …. H^p bs£ , UobvSn¡pw AtStbms` D*mkmsf¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n ..AkÄ b_ªnsæn Ss¶]pw .. FWn¡Sv fWhn`m]Sv , ASv Njnsªm^p Unkhw M§Ä hnWnf¡v tbm]t¸mÄ B\v ..
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A¶v M§Ä Wm`ptb^pfp*m]n^p¶p… A¦nan³s_ NqsX]m ko«n H¶v ^*p {bmklyw NqXn tbm]n Njnª hf]w .. fWhn H^p ssV^ykpsfÃmw k¶n^p¶p At¸mtj¡pw .. bns¶ shN-vhn³s_ fmhvf^nNS]pw … bns¶ hm_nW_nt]m …bÅn¡³ Ft¶mXv b_ªn«p*v .. A]amUyfm]n«m bq_v W¡ps¶ F¶v ..ASpw dnWn¡v … ko«n`§sW H¶pw sI]vSn«nÃms]¶v… H^p bs£ FWn¡v Nn«p¶ sI_p¡Wpw A§sW]m]mÂ? Cu hf]s¯tà dnWn b_ªSv tbms` FÃmw BhzUn¡m³ Njn]q .. “”
‘ Fs¶m¶pfnà hm{µm …. Wfp¡nãw DÅSv b¦mant]mXv Sp_¶p b_]mw .. bs£ A]mapsX Cãw NqXn N\¡ns`Xp¡\w … CãfnÃm¯Sv Hjnkm¡pN]pw tk\w ..AStà Um¼Syw .. b^hvb^w b_ªp … A_nªv …”” khpÔ^ K]³s_ fq¡n bnXn¨p …
‘ F¶v b_ªm Wos]s¶ … ‘ A¨m]³ khpÔ^ Wo«n sk¨ Nms`Xp¯p kn^`n bnXn¨p k`n¨p tMm« knXpkm³ SpX§n
‘ FjpSm¸p_w km]n¡* F³s_ FkÀssXw b¦man .. kn«p bnXn’ “”””
khpÔ^ A¨m]³s_ fp*nWp tfs` Np®]n Ikn«n …
‘ Òw ..F¶n«v …Wo NT b_ tfmsa’ khpÔ^ A¨m]³s_ fpj]n sfsà Nm`pNÄ sNm*v St`mXns¡m*v hm{µs] tWm¡n .
‘Òvfw … UobvSn]pw MmWpw Ht^ Wn^]n`m]n^p¶p , M§apsX fp¶n AWpkpw In{S]pw .. Mm³ sshZns` hoän en¯nt]mXv tIÀ¶v , bXw SpX§mWm]n ss`äv Hcm¡n]t¸mÄ ^*p tbÀ UobvSn]psX AXp¯v k¶n^p¶p .. GSm*v A^f\n¡qÀ Njnªp Nm\pw UobvSn Nfnjv¶p NnX¡p¶Sv N*m\v– Mm³ Aksa {l²n¨Sv .. AkapsX S` fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw D]À¶p sbm§p¶Sv N* Mm³ AkanknsX]pw b\n H¸n¨psk¶p tSm¶n .. A]mÄ S` Im]v¨p NnX¡pkm\v … AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Du¼`n³s_ hpOw NqXn]n«mt\m A]mÄ H¶v S`]p]À¯n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ tWm¡p¶Sv N*p .. Fs¶ tWm¡ns]m¶p In^n¨n«]mÄ ko*pw S` Im]v¨p .. bns¶]pf]mÄ CXs¡m¶p tWm¡n]t¸mjpw Mm³ Aks^]pw tWm¡n]n^n¸m\v .. A]mÄ UobvSns] sbm¡ns]jps¶¸n¨n^p¯n sIkn]ns`t´m b_ªp ..Akapw Ft´m f_pbXn b_ªp … F¶n«kÄ Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ MmtWmÀ¯Sv AkÀ bp_s¯knsXs]¦n`pw tbmNpkms\¶m\v…. F¶m A]mapsX Nq«pNm^³s_ AXps¯t´m b_ªn«]mÄ hoäv fm_n]n^p¶p ..
A]mant¸mÄ F³s_]Xp¯m\v C^n¡p¶Sv … A]mÄ UobvSn]psX AXps¯t´m b_ªn«v ftä]msa tSm*n . A¸p_¯n^p¶]mÄ AÂbw D]À¶p bmân³s_ sdÂäv– Ajn¨p , Smtj¡v Smjv¯n Np® skan]ns`Xp¯t¸mÄ UobvSn H¶pw fn*msS ASv ssN sNmt*Xp¯p sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n ..F¶n«kÄ ko*pw S` Smjv¯n]t¸mÄ F³s_ AXp¯n^p¶]mÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p .. GSm*v A_pbSntWmXv AXp¯ {bm]w Nm\pw A]mÄ¡v …A]msa³s_ SpX]n ssN sk¨t¸mÄ Mm³ Wo§n]n^n¡m³ SpX§n .. Ft´m kn` Np_ª fUy¯n³s_]pw hnP^än³s_]pw NqXn¡pjª f\sf³s_ fq¡nt`¡Xn¨p N]_n]t¸mÄ FWn¡v Hm¡mWn¡m³ k¶p . F³s_ bmkmX]pw sbm¡n]]mapsX ssN tft`¡v N]_n .FWns¡SnÀ¡\tf¶p*m]n^p¶p .. bs£ F³s_ bqÀ WWªn^p¶p At¸mtj¡pw .. UobvSn]psX B b»nNv B] km]ns`Xp¸v FWns¡t´m kÃm¯ knNm^fm\pakm¡n]Sv. A]manWn]pw tft`¡v ssN N]än]m F³s_ bmân WWªptk¶]mÄ fWhn`m¡psf¶v k¶t¸mÄ MmWm ssN S«n fmän en¯n]ns`¡v Im^n .. A]msas¶ H¶v tWm¡n]n«v F³s_ Ns¿Xp¯]mapsX Np®]n sk¨p..UobvSn]psX Sp¸`n Npan¨p Wn¡pkm\m Np® ..kÃms¯m^p IqXpw … WoafVnNfnsæn`pw F³s_ N¿nt`mSp§m¯ k®w D*m]n^p¶p ASnWp .. bs£ Mm³ sb«¶v ssN bn³k`n¨p …H^p fnWp«W§msS]n^p¶n«]mÄ DuÀ¶n_§n Nth^]psX fp¶n`n^p¶p , F¶n«]mÄ Hä sh¡*v sNms*³s_ bmkmX sbm¡n bmân]psX fosS NqXn bq_n fp¯n. Mm³ sb«¶v sk{bmas¸«p IpänWpw tWm¡ns¡m*]msa SÅn fmäm³ tWm¡n
.FÃmk^pw hnWnf]n `]n¨n^n¡pkm\v .. B^pw M§sa {l²n¡p¶nà .. fp¶ns` hoän`n^n¡p¶ AWpkpw In{S]pw tbm`pw … A]amt\ F³s_ ^*p SpX]n`pw AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p bq_n D½ sk¡p¶p … F³s_ Nm`pNÄ AN¶p tbm]n … A]mam S¡¯nWp bmân]n bnXn¨p Smtj¡v k`n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ Np*n sbm¡n sNmXp¯p .. bmân k`n¨n_¡n A]mÄ Wn`s¯¡n«p .. F³s_ NmÂbmU¯n`m bmân Ip^p*t¸mÄ A]mapsX Wmkp F³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv bq_ns`¡n_§n]n^p¶p. A]mam CXp¡n`n^p¶p b^nI] h¼¶sW tbms` bq_v Sn¶m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Mm³ ssN Ip^p«n km]nt`¡v sk¨v knNm^s¯ Wn]{´n¨p ..
“” ÊvÊvÊvhv “” fpaNv NXns¨¶ tbms` F³s_ km]n Wn¶pw lÐw k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ ko*pw IpänWpw tWm¡n ..F¶n«]mapsX Ng*n S`]n SjpNn .. Iq*p kn^ sNm*v Ns´Xp¯p Cu¼n k`n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ bq_p SÅns¡mXp¯p Np_pNn . A]mapsX ssN F³s_ tXm¸nWnX]n`qsX A^n¨p tft`¡v N]_n .. bp¡nan kn^`n«p N_¡n, A]mÄ k]_n frUpkm]n sM¡n .. A]mÄ Np_¨qXn fpNant`¡v N]_n S^n¨p Wn¡p¶ F³s_ fp`]n bnXn¨n^ps¶¦n F¶v MmWmln¨p .. Mm³ fpt¶m«mªp, Ns¿¯n¨v bp_Nn Wn¶v {dm]psX ips¡Xp¯Spw , A]mapsX ssN F³s_ fp`]ns`¯n]Spw H¸fm]n^p¶p …^*p ssN sNm*pw A]mÄ fp`s] fÀ²n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ A]mapsX ssN C_p¡n¸nXn¨p .. At¸mtj¡pw F³s_ skXn sbm«n]n^p¶p .. A^s¡«W¡n]W¡n A]mapsX km]nt`¡v Mm³ bq_p SÅn , F³s_ skÅw Hjp¡n … Npjª bq_]mÄ ko*pw sNmSnt]msX W¡m³ SpX§n .. bq_nSÄ knXÀ¯n]Nkpw bp_kpw A]mÄ tl^n¡pw I¸n Wp\ªp .. F¶n«]mÄ hoänt`¡v N]_n]n^p¶n«p F³s_ S` bnXn¨p k`n¨Xp¸n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ NpS_n]nÃ.
fUy¯n³s_]pw hnP^än³s_]pw bns¶s]³s_ bqÀtSWn³s_]pw NqXn¡pjª f\¯nWv At¸msaWn¡v IµWss¯`¯n³s_ hpPÔfm]n^p¶p.. A]msa³s_ Ip*pNÄ Cu¼n¡pXn¨p ..MmW]mapsX km]nt`¡v Wmkn«p Ipjän .. At¸mjpsf³s_ bq_n Wn¶pw skÅw Hjp¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p ..AsStbm`s¯ I¸`m\v A]mÄ F³s_ bq_n Nm\n¨Sv .. A]msa fp`]n ssN sk¨t¸mÄ Mm³ tXm¸v tfs`¡p]À¯n A]mapsX fpOw Smtj¡v AXp¸n¨p .. Fsâ fp`sª«n NXn¨p sNm*]mÄ ftä fp` sM^n¨p .. F³s_ fmwhw A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n ISªt¸mÄ Mm³ tkUWs]¡mÄ Db^n , B A´^o£¯n³s_]pw b»nNv B]n Nn«p¶ B H^p hpO¯n`m]n^p¶p … At¸mÄ Ss¶ Mm³ ….^*fSpw sbm«psf¶v tSm¶n … A]msa³s_ ssN A]mapsX Np®]ns`s¡Xp¯p sk¨p . ASt¸mjpw bmâvhnWv bp_¯m]n^p¶p … ASn³s_ fNpX¯n bän]n^p¶ skÅw bltbms` Fsâ N¿n H«n … MmWSv ^*p kn^`ns`Xp¯p f\¯psNm*v UobvSns] tWm¡n .. A]mÄ B Nth^]nt`¡v C_§n Im^n NnX¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p .. UobvSn]]mapsX fXn]n`pw .. AkÄ sfsà AW§p¶p*v .. AkapsX bq_n`mkpw A]mapsX Np®s]¶p FWn¡v tSm¶n ..Mm³ bn¶ns` k^n]nt`¡v tWm¡n .. H¶v ^*mapNÄ C^n¸ps*¦n`pw Ak^psX tWs^ bp_Nn`nÃ, Ds*¦n`pw Ak^psX S` N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv hoänWp AÂbw fm{Stf fpNan`pÅq , AsS tbms`]m\kÀ Im^n NnX¡p¶Sv .. Mm³ S` tWs^ sk¡m³ SpX§pt¼mtj¡pw A]msaS` A]mapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v Smjv¯n]n^p¶p … km sbman¨p MmW fNpXw DÅns`s¡Xp¯p … D*Nan Sn^p½n MmWm Np® km]ns`Xp¯p_p©n…A]mapsX A^s¡«n Wn¶pw k¶ kn]À¸n³s_ f\w Mm³ fq¡v knXÀ¯n bnXns¨Xp¯p .. MmsW³s_ kn^`pNÄ sNm*v A]mapsX D*Nan tbm_n.. A]mapsX Np® W¶m]n sSm`nªn«p*m]n^p¶p. A]mÄ F³s_ N£SnWnXn]n`qsX N¿n«p fp`NÄ Nl¡n sM^n¨p .. Np® tft`¡v sbm¡n F³s_ km]nt`¡v AXn¨p S¶t¸mÄ Mm³ sk_psS km sbman¨n^p¶sS]pÅq … F³s_ Sp¸`pw NqXn]]apsX Np®]n`qtXmjpNn , D*Nan SjpNn sNm*n^p¶ F³s_ N¿ns`¯n ..Mm³ ssN Smtj¡v Wo¡n A]mapsX SpX]n bnXn¨p Np*n]ns`¡n_¡n..
“” Bivgv ivivhv ..”” tWÀ¯ A]mapsX sM^¡w bp_t¯¡v k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ S` sk«ns¨¦n`pw F³s_ km]ns`¡]apsX bmt`mjpNn]n^p¶p .. S` sk«n¨p , bm NpWnªp bp_s¯¡v Sp¸m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ ko*psf³s_ fpOw Sn^n¨p Ip*n Ipwdn¨p … F³s_ km]n`p*m]n^p¶ bm Np_s¨³s_ DÅnt`¡pw A]mapsX DÅnt`¡pw C_§n … At¸mjpf]mÄ Fs¶ AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p Njp¯n`pw fpO¯psfÃmw W¡pN]pw D½ sk¡pN]pw sI¿p¶p*m]n^p¶p … sb«¶v C³_ÀskÃnWp ss`äv k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ NpWnªv s{Zhv FÃmw tWs^]n«p … Ak^v ^*p tb^pw bp_t¯¡v tbm]n Njnªp MmWpw UobvSn]pw NqsX kmgv– _qfns`¯n H¶v s{cgm]n.
Aksas¶ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ MmsWm¶p In^n¨p
‘ AN¯v tNän]nsÃXn …?’
‘ CÃ ..’
“” bns¶ .. hpOnt¨m Wo ? bns¶s]¶m sI¿pkm^p¶p Wn§Ä ?’
‘ Òw .. W¡n S¶p …Mm³ km]n`psfXp¯p””
‘ CsSm^p {btSyN hpOfm ..WnW¡nt¸m fWhn`mt]m ?’
‘ MmsWm¶pw fn*n]nà …Nm^\w At¸mjpfm im§v– Hmk_n Wn¶pw Mm³ fpàn]n«nÃm]n^p¶p
‘ F´mXn H^p skX¡v Wmäw ?’ dm{Sqfn Wn¶n_§n k¶ In{S fq¡v knXÀ¯n f\w bnXn¨p ..
‘tbm¶p tfmsa ..CSm f\w Ss¶]m ..hSyw b_]Xn ‘
‘ B ..AsS… M§Ä bp_Nn`n^p¶p hpOn¡pkm]n^p¶p ..””
‘ sJ ..knan¡t* f]ns^ ..”” In{S sNmªWw Np¯n ..
M§Ä hoänt`¡v fX§ns]¦n`pw Aks^ N*nà ..bt£ hoän tbmbv–tNm\pw ASn H^p Wq_n³s_ tWm«pfp*m]n^p¶p..
‘ sNmÅmtÃm … ‘ khpÔ^ Fjpt¶äv dm{Sqfns`¡v WX¶p .
“” F¶mXn N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv H`nt¨m? ‘ AXp¯ k«w ¥mhn Duäns¡m*n^p¶ A¨m]³ khpÔ^ C_§n k¶tS tImUn¨p .
“” bmân]q^n]nXm³ tbm]Sm A¨m]m … CWow Hs^®w NqsXt] DÅq … Wmsa tbmNpt¼mÄ CXt* iii””
‘ Hm ..Wo]n«ntÃ`pw Npj¸nsós_ khq ‘ A¨m]³ AkÀ¡v ¥mhv Wo«n ..
“” H^p fq¶m`v kÀgw fp³bnSv b_t]*Sm]n^p¶p A¨m]m ..””
‘ UobvSns]´m C¶v Ct§m«v k^ms¯ ..Wn§av b_ªtÃm ..GtSm b¿³s_ NqsXtbms]¶v..B^m ASv ? AkapsX NmfpN³ Bt\m ?’
‘ Aà fmZw….. AsSm^p b¿Wm .. ¹hv XqknWm\v bYn¡p¶Sv … f`]man , Ak^psX Nhn³s_ ko«n Wn¶v bYn¡p¶p … M§sam^p Unkhw bmÀ¡n tbm]n .. ssfhq^v””
‘ tbm]n km NjpNo«p kmXn .. WnW¡qsX Hjn¨v sk¨n«p*v …’ hm{µ In{SD_¡sfjps¶ät¸mÄ HSp§n sNmXp¯kÄ¡v tbmNm³ kjns]m^p¡n ..
‘ km fm{Sw NjpNn]m fSnt]m ..ktÃmw WX¡ptkm ..fWpgys^ Ip½m tfWs¡Xp¯Wm]n«v “”
In{S A^nl¯n A¨m]tWw K]Nm´tW]pw tWm¡n ..A¡q«¯n K]Nm´sâ sW©n NnX¡p¶ khpÔ^s]]pw ..In{S]psX N®pNÄ khpÔ^]psX fp`]n Wn¶v Smsj¡njªp . NT tNÄ¡p¶SnWWph^n¨p AkapsX bmkmX tft`¡v N]_n]n^p¶p … NW¯ skap¯ SpX]psX AkhmWkpw , ANw SpX]ns` tWÀ¯ N_p¸v Wn_kpw ks^ Nm\mw. AÂbw NqXn bmkmX N]_n]m khpÔ^]psX bq_p Nm\mftÃms]t¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ In{S bq_nWv fosS ssN AfÀ¯n.
“” tWm¡n Wn¡msS tbm]n«v kmXn “” AWpkksa dm{Sqfns`¡v SÅn kn«p.
H^n_¡v NpXn¨n«v , k_p¯ Nlpk*n Ik¨p sNm*v hm{µ SpXÀ¶p
‘ A¶v dnWn]psX Nq«pNm^n lm^nN]psX NqsX]m\v M§am bmÀ¡n tbm]Sv .. tNmtaKv `tÆÀhnsW sNm*v Np{bhn²n]mÀÖn¨Sm\m bmÀ¡v– .. Hmt^m f^¯nWv Ipk«n`pw Hmt^m `tÆÀhv … In`À fXn]n NnX¡p¶p .In`À C^p¶p Ipwdn¡p¶p , In`À Wn¶pw .. AknsX A^fp¡m tW^t¯maw N_§n]t¸mtj¡pw M§apw GSm*v fqZm]n^p¶p … M§sam^p Hjnª tNm\ns`¯n k«fn^p¶p sNm*v k¶ hvWmN-vhv Hs¡ Njn¡m³ SpX§n … UobvSn]t¸mtj¡pw H^p tNmÄ k¶t¸mÄ A¸p_t¯¡v fm_n]n^p¶p ..””
‘ FXn ..Aksa N*nÃtÃm … “” AWp UobvSns] Np_¨p tW^fm]n«pw Nm\m¯t¸mÄ IpänWpw tWm¡n ..
‘ Akams^s]`pw b©m^]Xn¡p¶p*mkpw ..’
“” ti]v …. b©m^]Xn Bt\ AkanknXw kn«p tbmNnà ..CSv ko«ot¶m ftäm knan k¶Smkpw “”
‘ tUXn ..C§p ks¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv …”” In{St]mXn M§apsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p .. H^p tNma]psfXp¯p Ipän WX¶p ho³ bnXn¡pkm]n^p¶p In{S
“” F¶mXn …F¶m ..”” AWp ImXns]jpt¶äp
“” km .. Cs¸m H^p ho³ WX¡pw ..km ..fn*msS km “”
‘ F¶SmXn Int{S ?’ lm^nt¨¨n]pw Fjpt¶äp
“” MmWktaw S¸n WX¡pkm^p¶p … AknsX]m f^¯n³s_ tIm«n UobvSn tcm¬ sI¿p¶p*m^p¶p .. Wm`©v bntÅ^v ASns` tbm]n .. skÅfXn shä¸ms\¶v tSm¶p¶p ..ASns`m^p b©m^¡p«³ UobvSosW CX]v¡nX Sn^nªp tWm¡p¶p*v … ASv N*t¸m Akav tXm¸v sS^p¸nXn¨p kn^`n Ipän , AkÄsX k]_pw bp¡napw Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p … Ak^§v tbm]n Nps_ Njnªt¸m B sI¡³ Ss¶ Sn^n¨p k¶p .Ft´`pw WX¡q¶p tSm¶n]t¸mjm MmtWmXn ks¶ ..km ‘ In{S HmXp¶Sv tbms` WX¡p¶SnWnX]n b_ªp ..
‘ tbmXm sNms¨ .. Wo tbm]n kà b¯nt`m bSntWm¶nt`m bYn¡p¶ bntÅs^ fp«v ..””
M§am k`n] f^¯nWp bp_Nn`pÅ A`¦m^ bW]psX bp_Nn Han¨p .
“” tI¨n Hä¡tà DÅq .. tdm]v{c*nsWs]m¶pw N*nÃtÃm ..””
“” ASnWp .. Wo F³s_ tdm]v–{c*v BNmWmt\m {lfw ?’
“” A§sWs]m¶pfnà tI¨n ..tI¨n¡v knt^mVfntà“” b¿³ S` sIm_nªp . Wà skap¯p HmfW¯fpÅ sI_p¡³ ..
‘ Bs« ..Wn³s_ tPÄ {c*nWp {Xoäv sI¿m³ F{S ^qb]p*v N¿n ..?’ UobvSn]ksW Nan]m¡p¶ ^oSn]n tImUn¨p .
‘ Wqän]³bSv ^qbs] DÅq …’ Ak³ FÃm tbm¡än`pw N¿n«n«p DÅ ssbhs]Xp¯p.
‘ Wqän]³bSv ^qbt]m ..CSm Mm³ b_sª ktÃm bntÅt^w ka¡m³ ..Cu ssbh¡v tfm³ tbm]n f©v km§v ..’
‘ tI¨n¡v f©m Cãw ..tR “” B sI¡³ Akav Nan]m¡n]Sv Bs\¶_n]msS tbm¡än Wns¶m^p fs©Xp¯p Wo«n ..
‘ Hm .. f©v Dt*m N¿n ..F¶mt` f©pfm]n B t_mZn tbm]n Wn¡v … h-vNqav knXp¶ ssXftà .. GtS`pw bntÅ^v H¶v In^n¡ptk`pw sI¿pw ..sIÃv tfm³ .sIÃv ..””
Wo` tXm¸n fpjp¯p Wn¡p¶ AkapsX fp`]ns`¡pw AkÄ tXm¸n kn^ sNm^p¡pt¼mÄ Nm\p¶ skap¯ A\nk]_ns`¡pw H^p SpX¯nWp tfs` skÅw sNmÅp¶ B Npjnª bp¡nant`¡pw , AkapsX Ipk¶pSpXp¯p knXÀ¶ Ip*ns`¡pw Ak³ fm_n fm_n tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p .. f^¯nt`¡v H^p Nm fX¡n sk¨kÄ Wn¶t¸mÄ Ipk¶ h-vNn³ cnäv– dWn]³ t¢m¯v bmân AkapsX SXn¨ bq_n³s_ tg¸v FXp¯p Nm\n¨p .
“” sI¨ns¡¶m tk*nt] N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ? Mm³ Ak·m^psX AXp¯v tbm]n ssbh km§ns¡m*p k^mw, “” Ak³ Nq«pNm^psX AXpt¯¡v Wo§msWm^p§n
“” sbmt¡m ..Ct§m«nWn k^* … “”
UobvSn b_ªt¸mÄ Ak³ Sn^nªp Wn¶p
“” tI¨n ..tbmNtà …¹ohv .. MmWnt¸m k^mw ..””
“” Zm .. sI¡m .Wos]¶m b_]mWm At§m«v– tbmNps¶ .. FWn¡v {Xoäv sI¿m³ ssbh tkt\mt¶m ..AtSm..”” UobvSn]k³s_ N¿n N]_n, bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n .Ak³s_ skap¯ fpOw Ipk¶p SpXp¯p ..
“” F¶mXm ? fpOsfÃmw Ipk¶tÃm ..BUyfm]n«mt\m Wns¶s]m^p sb®v sSmXps¶ ? ‘
‘ ASv ..bns¶ ..tI¨n .”” Ak³ Wn¶v kn¡n]t¸mÄ UobvSn¡v ^hfm]n . Akak³s_ ssN¯*]n St`mXn . Ak³ ssN Nq¨nNjp¯nt`¡v– k`n¨p ..
“” F´mXm C¡nan]mkp¶pt*m ?’ UobvSn]ksâ Ip*n bnXn¨p k`n¨p .. km]ns` DfnWo^n_§n AkapsX N¿n`qsX H`n¨t¸mÄ B b¿³ AkapsX ssN S«n fmän ..
“” knXv tI¨n Mm³ tbms« ..”” AkWmsN b^n{efn¨ f«n`m]n^p¶p .
“” tbmNmtWm ..Wos]³s_ tdm]v {c*v Asà … ‘
‘ ASv tI¨n ..Aks^¶ Nan]m¡n]t¸mÄ ..”” Ak³ ko*pw AkapsX bnXn knXpkn¡m³ tWm¡n .. UobvSn]k³s_ C³hÀ«v sI]vS Ko³hn bnXn¨p . AkapsX S\p¯ kn^`pNÄ DÅns`¡n_§n]t¸mÄ
Ak³ lzmhw DÅns`s¡Xp¯p AkapsX kn^`n k]_p fp«msS tWm¡n .
“” tI¨n ..knXv Mm³ tbms« “” Ak³ ko*pw NpS_n .
“” knXmw ..Wos]s¶ sshhm¡m³ k¶Stà ..FknsX tbm]n Wn³s_ ssV^yw ? Wo b_ ..F¶nt« Wns¶ knXp¶pÅq .. Ak^v Nan]m¡n]t¸mÄ ? b_]p”” AkapsX ssN ko*pw Ko³hnWpÅns`¡v C_§n
“” tI¨n b_]mw ..knXv .. b_]mw ‘ sI¡³ Nqªn¡qXn Ak³ NqsX¡qsX Nq«pNm^n^n¡p¶nXs¯¡v tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
‘ F¶m b_]X Np«m ..F³s_ tdm]v {c³s_… D½ …”” UobvSn]k³s_ Ip*v Wo«n k`n¨n«p kn^`pNÄ FXp¯p hz´w Ip*n sk¨p.
“” Mm³ ..Mm³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Aks^s¶ Nan]m¡n ..tI¨n … Ip½m km]n tWm¡msS ssV^yfps*Â tbm]n fp«n tWm¡Xm Fs¶ms¡ b_ªp .. Fs¶ Nan]m¡n …ASv sNm*m Mm³ ks¶ ..sk_psS H¶v tWm¡o«p tbmNmtÃm Fs¶ N^pSoÅq ..””
‘ Hm ..F¶ns«¶ Wos]t¶mXv– tImUnt¨ ?’
“” hf]w F{S]ms]¶p?’
;’ tR ? tN«nà ..F¶m¶mXm tImUnt¨ ?” UobvSn]k³s_ sIkn¡v bnXn¨p .
‘ iq ..knXv ..knXv …{bm]w F{S]m¶v-?’
‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv AsS¶mXm {bm]w A_nªs` Wo t{bfn¡q ..””
UobvSn]k³s_ gÀ«nsâ d«\pNÄ Ajn¨p sNm*v b_ªp .. C¶À dWn]Wp fosS Wn¡p¶ fp`¡®n UobvSn WpÅn k`n¨t¸mÄ AkWp tft`¡v sbm§n ..
“” F´mXm C¡nan]mNp¶pt*m?””
AkÄ ^*p fp`sª«n`pw Sn^p½n ..
“” knXv tI¨n ..Mm³ sbmt¡mamw..sI¨nt]mtXm¶p hwhm^n¡t\ms¶ D*m]n^p¶pÅq ….””
“” AsS¶m hwhm^n¨m ?’
“” Ak·m^v k¶p tWm¡pt¼m Mm³ tI¨nt]mXv hwhm^n¡p¶Sv Nm\ntà ..FWns¡m^p sk]näpw Bkpw ..””
AkWmUys¯ tbXn tbm]Sv tbms` AkÄ¡v tSm¶n
“” Hm ..hwhm^n¨m fSnt]m WnW¡v … F³s_ tfms` bnXn¡t* .?’ UobvSn]k³s_ Ns¿Xp¯v S³s_ fp`]n sk¨p ..AkWSn bSns] H¶fÀ¯n tWm¡n ..
“” F³s_ sfm` NpXn¡t* ..WnW¡v ..tR …F³s_ Ip*n D½ sk¡t* WnW¡v ..AStà Ak^v Nm\t* ..tR .. “”
UobvSn fpt¶m«mªp Ak³s_ Ip*n D½ sk¨v …Ak³s_ N®pNÄ sS^psSs^ AXªp Sp_¶p ..AkapsX fp`]n`fÀ¶ ssNNÄ H¶v NqXn]Sn fp_pNn .. Ak³ knlzmhw k^sS]¶ tbms` H^p ssN sNm*v S³s_ SpX]n WpÅn ..b`]nX¯pw WX¶t¸mÄ N* NnÊpNapw fäpw Ak³s_ HmÀf]nt`¡v NX¶p k¶p ..WnW¨n^n¡msS H^p “”Snbp^hpµ^n “” Ss¶ Ipwdn¨t¸mÄ AkWp knlzhn¡mWm]nÃ
‘ Bivivhv … NXn¨p Sn¶m³ tSm¶p¶tÃmXm Wns¶ “””” Ip*pNÄ tkÀsbXp¯n Ak³s_ Ip*n bnXn¨p k`n¨p UobvSn tImUn¨t¸mÄ H^p sb®nsW tbms` Ak³ Wm\n¨p Ipk¶p . ko*pw UobvSn]k³s_ Ns¿Xp¯v S³s_ fp`]n sk¨p ..C¯k\ AkWSn Wm\n¡msS bXn¨p sM^n¨t¸mÄ UobvSn AksW]pw k`n¨p sNm*¸p_s¯ f^Nq«§Ä¡nX]ns`¡v tbm]n .. Cs¸m M§Ä¡v Ak^v Wn¡p¶Sv kas^ kyàfm]n Nm\mw .. Sn^nªn^n¡\sf¶p fm{Sw . bs£ hwhm^sfm¶pw tNÄ¡m³ bäp¶nà ..
UobvSn f^¯nt`¡v Im^n Wn¶n«ksW ko*pw k`n¨p Ak³s_ Ip*n D½ sk¨p ..Ak³s_ d«\pNÄ Du^n] gÀ«v Akaq^ns]Xp¯p, Smsj]n«p
AÂbtW^w Ip*pNÄ C\tIÀ¶t¸mÄ UobvSn]k³s_ S` Smtj¡v Smjv¯n .. AkÄ S³s_ tXm¸v tft`¡v sbm¡n .. bp_Nnt`¡v N¿n«p {dm]psX sNmaps¯Xp¯ tlgw Aksâ km]nt`¡v S³s_ fp` sk¨p sNmXp¯p .. AkWSn B{Nm´t¯msX I¸n]t¸mÄ AkapsX ssN Ak³s_ bp_¯qsX HmXn WX¶p … …S³s_ Ko³hq^n k`ns¨_nªp UobvSn]k³s_ S` Smtj¡v ko*pw Smjv¯n , .
B sI¡³ AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv bmWvXn]n Nm\p¶ bq_n tWm¡n A´w kn«p Wn¶t¸mÄ UobvSn Ss¶ bmân]pfq^n AksW S³s_ bqän`fÀ¯n Akant¸mÄ A^¡v Smsj WPvW]m\v– .. AkÀ Wn¡p¶nX¯v Sn§n Wn_ªp f^§apw A`¦m^¸WNapw D*v ..ASnWm Hä tWm«SnWks^ Nm\¯pfnà ..fm{Sfà CsSms¡ CknsX hmVm^\fm\v SmWpw .
..Aks`t´ms¡t]m b_]p¶Sv Ip*W¡p¶Sn Wn¶pf_n]mw .
H^p Nm Ak³s_ tft`¡v sk¨v AkÄ bq_v SÅn sNmXp¯p ..
“” Zm …”” bp_Nos¶m^p knan]p]À¶t¸mÄ M§Ä sM«n tbm]n , Ak^pw …
sb«¶v UobvSn S³s_ Ko³shXp¯n«p.. Ak³s_ Nq«pNm^Wm\v knan¨Sv … AkWknsX Wn¶v fäpÅks^ ssN Nm\n¡p¶p*v
“” tI¨n ..sbmt¡ms« ..AXp¯ BjvI CknsX k^ptfm ¹ohv “” B sI¡Wpw UobvSn]pw NqsX M§apsX AXp¯qsX WX¶p tbm]n
“” Wn³s_ tcm¬ W¼À Sm ..Mm³ knan¡mw … “” UobvSn]k³ b_ª W¼À S³s_ sfmssd`n thkv sI]vSp ..
“” Zm ..Mm³ knan¡mw ..bnt¶ ..Cu Wqän]³bSv ^qbm sNms*m¶pw Nm^yw WX¡qà … F³s_ t_äv A¿]n^fm … As{Ssfm¶pw Wn³s_ N¿n Nm\qà F¶_n]mw … ASv sNms*m^p B]n^w BNpt¼m Fs¶ knans¨s^ ..MmWnt¸m fnÊv– tNmÄ AXnt¨¡mw “” UobvSn b_ªt¸mÄ Ak³s_ fpOw kmXn ….UobvSn Ak³s_ Nknant`m¶p WpÅn]n«v , N¿n Ip^p«n¸nXn¨n^p¶ bmân Ak³s_ Ko³hn³s_ tbm¡äns`¡v Sn^pNn sk¨p
“” FXn .. bnlmtI … Fs´m^p ssV^yfmXn WnW¡v ?’AWpkkapsX N¿n bnXn¨p M§apsX AXpt¯¡v sNm*v k¶p
“” {cgv– b¿Wm … Wà sI¡³ … AkapsX NqsX tbm]m fSn]m^p¶p ..AsS§Wm AkÄ¡Sv Hä¡v Sn¶\w …”” dm{Sqfn Wn¶n_§n k¶ In{S hm{µ]psX AXp¯n^p¶p …
“” AsS¶m UobvSn]ktWmXv skXn]m¶p b_sª “” khpÔ^ H^p Nm`p fX¡n sk¨v K]Nm´³s_ fXn]nt`¡v NnX¶p .. At¸mÄ khpÔ^]psX bmkmX fpNant`¡v bqÀ\fm]pw Ip^p*v N]_n]n^p¶p .Ak^psX CXs¯ SpX fpjpkWpw skan]n`m\v .. UobvSn Ak^psX bq_n³s_ SpX¡w N*p Ip*v WW¨p ..
“” Ak³ bYn¡p¶ b¿Wtà ..tk*m¯tSmÀ¯p t{bfw tSm¶pw ..bns¶ bYn¯sfms¡ Djm¸n]mt`m F¶m MmWktamXv tImUn¨t¸mÄ b_ªSv “”
“” C¶k^v S½n Nt*m ?’ khpÔ^ S³s_ bq_nt`m¶p sIm_nªp . Ak^psX skap¯p Wo* ssNkn^`pNan fUK`w bän Wq`v tbms` k`nªp ..
“” AS_n]nà fmZw ..gm sF..”” khpÔ^]psX bq_ns`¡pw kn^`ns`¡pw tWm¡n hm{µ b_ªp
“” UobvSns] N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv knan¨m A_n]mftÃm ..AkapsX D*m]n^pt¶Â N`¡nt]sW ..F¶m Du¼`m..Aka¶v Du¼ns] …tim ‘ A¨m]³ A¶s¯ dhns` hwektfmÀ¯p b_ªt¸mÄ hm{µ khpÔ^]psX ssN kn^`n bän] Ak^psX skÅw tWm«n Wp\]pNm]n^p¶p .. khpÔ^]psX kn^`pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du¼nk`n¨n«kÄ Ak^psX A^s¡«ns`¡v fpOw Smjv¯n ..
“” Bivgv ..tfmsa … Òv½w ./.”” bq_ns`¡v hm{µ]psX Wmkp tWs^ Np¯nSmjv¶t¸mÄ khpÔ^ Nm`pNÄ Wo«n sk¨v Np_pNn ..
“” K]m ….”” AkÀ bp_tNm«p Sn^nªp K]Nm´³s_ Ip*n Ipwdns¨´ntWm AWpkmUw km§n …
“” Bivivhw, … bmkX]q^n S^mXn tfmsa … Wo W¶m]n Sn¶p¶p*v .. Bivivhv “” bmkmX kÅn]q^n]t¸mÄ hm{µ ASn bnXn¨p k`n¨p
b¨ NaÀ Éokvs`hv s»uhv fm{Sfn«v khpÔ^ AknsX f`À¶p NnX¶p .. AkapsX fp`NÄ s»uhn³s_ fpNans` ip¡pNÄ Du^n]SnWm bmSn]pw bp_¯m]n^p¶p.hm{µ khpÔ^]psX sW]v¯pX]Nän bq_nSan NXn¨p , AkapsX ssN khpÔ^]psX b^¶ k]_n tfªp WX¶p … AkapsX CXp¸n bnXn¨p sM^n¨p sNm*v hm{µ khpÔ^]psX
bq_nt`¡v Nfnjv¶p NnX¶t¸mÄ AkapsX SXn¨ Np*n N* A¨m]³ Np®]pw Sn^p½n Fjpt¶äp ..AkapsX Ko³hn bnXn¨p Smtj¡v k`n¨t¸mÄ hm{µ B^ms\¶v tbm`pw S`]p]À¯n tWm¡msS N¿n«p sd«pw , sNmap¯pw FXp¯p …A¨]WSv k`n¨q^n .. Np*n¡nX]nt`¡v k`nªp N]_n tbm] bmân]n AkapsX WPvWS N*t¸mÄ A¨m]³ ASn`mªXn¨p …
‘ Bivivgv tfmsa ..”” AXn sNm*Sv– hm{µ¡ms\¦n`pw ho¡m^w k¶Sv khpÔ^]n Wn¶m\v .. AkapsX N´n bÃpNÄ sNm^p¯p Wp\ªp sNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ Nn«n] AXn]n bÃnWnX]n N´v ISª^ªp ..
A¨m]³ hm{µ]psX Np*nknXkn`qsX W¡n …
‘ K]m ..sIÃv ..bntÅ^psX £sft] b^o£n¡msS …¹ohv ..sI¶v Np¯n sbman¡v Ins{SsX bqÀ ‘ khpÔ^ K]Nm´sW S³s_ bp_Nn Wns¶jpt¶Â¸n¨p
In{S]k^psX bq_p Soä N*p sNm*v hz´w bqän Sn^p½pN]m]n^p¶p, AWpkpw Wà tbms` IqXm]n^p¶p … K]Nm´³ Fjpt¶äp Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶t¸mÄ In{S S³s_ fnZn sbm¡n bmân]q^n Naªp …
K]Nm´³ In{S]psX SpX]ns`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ
AkapsX fnZn Smjv¯msS sbm¡n Ss¶ bnXn¨p ..k`s¯ ssN Wo«n ,Iq*p kn^ Wo«n]t¸mÄ In{S H^p Nm FXp¯p sdZns`¡v sk¨p
K]³s_ kn^Â AkapsX WWª bqäns`¡v N]_n …
‘F ivivhv .. tNäv’ H^p Nm sdZn N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]än sk¨n«v K]Nm´³s_ N¿nÃm¯ C¶À dWn]³ In{S k`n¨q^n
A]mapsX sW©ns` t^mf¡mXpNÄ¡nX]n`qsX kn^`pNÄ tNmÀ¯kÄ S³s_ bqänt`¡v kn^`pNÄ hzoN^n¨p …
‘ Bivivhv .. tNäv ..”” F´v k`nªp In{S K]³s_ fp`sª«p Wp\ªp ..
“” Bivivhv .. NpXn¡mtfm … F³s_ ..F³s_ fp` NpXn¡mtfm … ‘ tXm¸v NqXn]q^n , {dm]pw sbm«ns¨_nªp In{S sb«¶v knkhv{S]m]n …
Hm_©p fp`Nan K]³s_ NW¯ N^§Ä AfÀ¶p .. Iq*p kn^`pw WXp kn^`pw Nq«ns¨À¯]mÄ AkapsX fp` sM¡n …
‘F ivivhv .. NpXn¡v ..NpXn¡v hmt_ F³s_ tfm` ..NXn¨o¼v.’ A]mapsX S` Smjv¯n In{S S³s_ fp`t]m¶nsW km]nt`¡v sk¨p .. H^p fp` sfm¯w km]ns`s¡Xp¯p k`n¨p NpXn¨t¸mÄ In{S]k³s_ bp_¯p làn]m]n CXn¨p
“” Bivivhv .. CWn W¡n .Sm ..FWn¡nWn W¡n Sm … “” ^*p fp`]pw Ak³ k`n¨p NpXn¨t¸mÄ In{S hin¡mWmkmsS K]sW Smsj¡n^p¯m³ SpX§n ..
‘ bp¶m^ tfmsa … Du¼Xn F³s_ Np® “” K]³ In{Ss] NknanWp Np¯n¸nXn¨p sdZn`n^p¯n F¶n«k³ fp*v fmän Np`¨ Np® bp_s¯Xp¯p ..In{S Ip«pbjp¯ B Np®]n ssN sNm*v k«w bnXn¨p .. AkaSns`¡v S`]Xp¸n¨t¸mÄ km]n Wn¶pfnWo^v Np®fNpX¯n ko\p Smtjs¡mjpNn ..
‘ km … ‘ K]³ AWpknsW ssN Wo«n knan¨p … AWp A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶Spw AkapsX knXÀ¶ fm³ sbX N®n tWm¡n]n«]mÄ Ipk¶p SXn¨pknXÀ¶ Ip*n Btklt¯msX Ipwdn¨p …
‘ dWn]Wp fosS fp`]n sM¡n]t¸mÄ AWp ssN Smtj¡n«p In{SDu¼p¶ A]mapsX Np®]psX NX¡Â bnXn¨p
“” Aivivlvg …A¨m]m … ^*p kn^ tNäv”” ,A¨m]Wv bq_p Sn¶m³ tk*n fp«n NpWnªp khpÔ^]psX bqän I¸n] hm{µ , A¨m]³s_ kn^ S³s_ f`Uzm^¯n N]_n]t¸mÄ hpOw sNm*f_n
“” Aivivi … Nm`p Np_¨qXn Nk¨p Wn¡Xn ..”” sNmjp¯ Np*n]n AfÀ¯n NXn¨p A¨m]³ h{µt]mXp b_ªp .. hm{µ Nm`pNÄ Nk¨t¸mÄ A¨m]³ AkapsX Nm`nWnX]ns`¡v bq*p N]_n .. skÅw HjpNp¶ bq_v A¨m]³s_ km]nt`¡v sk¨v hm{µ Af_n
“” Bivivhv … A¨m]m AkÄ¡v sl^n¡v I¸n sNmXp¡v– ..As¸m FWn¡nknsX Akav WtÃm\w W¡n S^pw .”” khpÔ^¡v hpOtf_p¶p F¶_nªt¸mÄ A¨m]³ hm{µ]psX bq_nSÄ knXÀ¯n Wmkp NqÀ¸n¨p ANt¯¡v N]än …
‘ Bivivhv .. tNän Sm hmt_ .. FWn¡v k¿ … “”
K]³s_ Np® km]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wns¶Xp¯n«v In{S sdZn³s_ sshZn f`À¶p .
“” WnW¡v tbmNpt¼m H*m¡mWtà ..Wns¶ AkhmWtf Mm³ Du¡q .. Wn]knsX NnX¡v””
K]³ AWpkn³s_ fp¶n NpWnªp ,…. Akat¸mÄ bqÀ\WPvW]m]n^p¶p. AWpkn³s_ bq_n Wn¶v kn^`q^ns]Xp¯n«]mÄ S³s_ Np®]n«p^¨p ..
‘ Bivivhv .. tNäv ..hmt_ ..AkÄsX bqänt`¡v– ..”” In{S A]mapsX I´n]n bnXn¨p SÅn]t¸mÄ AWpkn³s_ bq_n fNpXw N]_n ..
“” Bivivhv .. bSns] hmt_ … k`pSm …”” AWp A]mapsX Njp¯n bnXn¨p Np_pNn
K]Nm´³ sdZn`n^p¶n«p AWpknsW sbm¡ns]Xp¯p S³s_ fXn]ns`¡n^p¯n . AWpkn³s_ bq_p knXÀ¶p A]mapsX Np®s] hzoN^n¨p ..
“” AXnsbman … :”” In{S K]Nm´³s_ tSman S³s_ fp`]n«p^¨p sNm*v AWpkn³s_ bq_nt`¡v Np® N]_p¶Sv tWm¡n N*p … K]Wksa Sn^nªp Ipwdn¨p ..A]mapsX km]nt`¡v In{S S³s_ Wm¡v– N]än Ipjän ..
f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ khpÔ^]psX bq_v Sn¶pkm]n^p¶ hm{µ]psX AXn]n NnX¶p AkapsX bq_n W¡n hpOn¸n¡pN]m]n^p¶p A¨m]³ .. In{S Aks^ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Np`¨p sbm§n Wn¡p¶ A¨m]³s_ Np® N*p .. Aka]mapsX tWs^ Wo§n]n«p S³s_ fp`NÄ ^*p ssN sNm*v Nq«n bnXn¨p B SXn¨ Np® fp`N¡nX]ns`¡v sk¨v D^¡m³ SpX§n .. ASn³s_ fNpXw tft`¡v N]_n k^pt¼mÄ In{S NpWnªSn W¡n s¡m*n^p¶p .. In{S]psX Wmkp sNmÃpt¼msjÃmw A¨m]³ Af^n sNm*v hm{µ]psX Np*n]n sM¡n Npj¨p bqäns`¡v Wm¡v N]än.
‘ Bivivhv .. fm_v … Mm³ tNäs«”” A¨m]³ b_ªt¸mÄ hm{µ AknsX f`À¶p ..
A¨m]³ khpÔ^]psX Nm`n bnXn¨p k`n¨p sdZnWp skan]ns`¡m¡n. khpÔ^ A^s¡«v sdZn³s_ sshZn fp«n¨p Nk¨p NnX¶p ..A¨m]³ Np® tSm`n¨Xn¨p sNm*v khpÔ^]psX Nm S³s_ sW©nt`¡v sbm¡n sk¨p Np® AkapsX bq_nt`¡v Smjv¯n ..
‘ Bivhv ..A¨m]m .. AXn¡v ..””
khpÔ^ A]mapsX N®nt`¡vtWm¡n sNm*v sNm©n .A¨m]³ AkapsX bqäns`¡v S³s_ SXn¨ Np® CXn¨n_¡n .. hm{µA]mapsX Np®]psX D*Nan`pw khpÔ^]psX bq_n`pw SXkns¡m*n^p¶p ..khpÔ^ A¨m]³s_ AXnt]äp km§ns¡m*p hm{µs] k`n¨p tfs¯¡n«p . hm{µ Ak^psX Ipk¶pf`À¶ Ip*pNan Ipwdn¨p .. khpÔ^ Ns¿¯n¨v S³s_ bqän ^*p kn^ sNm*v AXn¨p sNm*v A¨m]sW {btNmbn¸n¨p ..
“” hm{µ tfmsa …k`n¨p NpXn¡Xn AkapsX fp` … I¸n NpXn¡v At§m«v– “”
hm{µ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv tNÄt¡* Smfhw khpÔ^]psX t»mhns` AkhmWs¯ ip¡pfq^n .. k`n] N¸a§fp`NÄ Np`p§n]mXn skan]nt`¡v ImXn .. ^*p ssN sNm*v hm{µ ASnsW sbmSnªp bnXn¨p km]v– sbman¨p fp` km]ns`s¡Xp¯p ..
“” Du½vÊvÊvhv “” bm`qäns]Xp¡p¶Sv tbms` làn]n hm{µ]m fp` k`n¨p NpXn¨t¸mÄ khpÔ^]psX bq_n Wn¶v skÅsfmjpNn A¨m]³s_ Np®s] WW¨p ..
‘”” A¨m]m .onn.WnÀ¯nt¡…’ khpÔ^ b_ªt¸mÄ A¨m]³ AkapsX bqänÂWn¶v Np®]q^n Sn^nªp … khpÔ^ hm{µs] S³s_ fp`]n Wn¶XÀ¯n fmän A¨m]³s_ Np®]ns`¡Xp¸n¨p
hm{µ khpÔ^]psX tS³ bp^* B Np®fNpXw W¡n tSmÀ¯n …
“” tfmsa NnXs¶Xn … “” khpÔ^ b_ªt¸mÄ hm{µ sdZn f`À¶p NnX¶p …
“” A¨m]m AkapsX km]n sNmXp¡v “” A¨m]³ f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ hm{µ]psX km]nt`¡v Np® AXp¸n¨t¸mÄ khpÔ^ hm{µ]psX bq_p Sn¶m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p ..
“” CWns]s¶ sI¿ptfm ?’ AWpkmsN sk«nkn_¨p sNm*v K]¡m´³s_ bp_fmsN WOw sNm*v tNm_nIpk¸n¨t¸mÄ In{S hin¡mWmkmsS tImUn¨p .. A¨m]³s_ Np®]psX]pw K]³s_ Np®]psX]pw AaskXp¯ In{S K]³s_ AXpt¯¡v fX§n]n^p¶p
AWpkn³s_ bqän Wn¶v K]Nm´³ Np®]q^ns]Xp¯n«v Wns^mVv Du^nNaªn«p bpSn]Sv NXn¨p sbm«n¨t¸mÄ ASn³s_ FXp¸pw fpjp¸pw N*p In{S A]msa B^mVWt]msX tWm¡n .. Aka]mapsX kn^nª sW©ns` t^mf¡XpNan kn^t`mXn¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p .
“” hmt_ ..Fs¶ D_]nÃmsS sI¿mtfm …. FWn¡v Npj¸sfm¶pfnà ..””
‘ FXn WnWs¡s´`pw bän]m ..”” hm{µ A¨m]³s_ Np® km]n Wns¶Xp¯n«k^psX tWs^ Sn^nªp
‘ FWn¡v thcm hmt_ ..¹ohv …’ In{S K]³s_ NjpSns`¡v Sq§n A]mapsX Nknan NXn¨p ..A{Sfm{Sw kn§ns¸m«nWnÂNpkm]n^p¶p AkÄ
‘ Aivi .. hmt_ …”” K] Nm´³ Aksa A§sW Ss¶ k]_n Ipän FXp¯p .. In{S Nm`pNÄ A]mapsX A^¡v Ipän bnXn¨t¸mÄ K]³ S³s_ Np®]ns`¡ksa]n^p¯n .. In{S]psX bq_p knXÀ¶p K]³s_ Np®]nt`¡v N]_n .. AVnNw k®w Cï]ksa K]³ H¶v NqXn tft`¡v sbm¡n C^p¯n]t¸mÄ NX ks^ AkapsX bq_n Sn§n . AkWp tbm¡n]Xn¡m³ bäm¯ knVw In{S B hpO¯n K]sW sN«n bnXn¨p k^nªp fp_p¡n … AkapsX Hm_©p fp`NÄ Ak³s_ sW©n`fÀ¶p sM^nªp .
“” A½¨n … Bivivhv ..Wn`¯p WnÀ¯p hmt_ ..kt¿ ..Mm³ SaÀ¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNpkm””
“” fn*mSn^n]Xn Nm´m^n …”” Aksa bSns] D]À¯n Smjv¯n AXn¨p sNm*v K]WkapsX Ipk¶p SpXp¯ Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p .. AfÀ¯n] ho¡m^w In{S]n Wn¶p]À¶p
:”” Bivivhv …hm…s_….””
“” fSoXn tfmsa … Du¼n]Sv …”” A¨m]³ b_ªt¸mÄ hm{µ A]mapsX tWs^ Sn^nªp NnX¶p ..F¶m A¨m]³ ko*pw khpÔ^]psX AXp¯v sI¶v Wn¶t¸mÄ AkÄ¡mÝm^yfm]n .
‘khpÔ^ A]msa AknsX]n^p¯n A]mapsX fXn]nt`¡v Nm`pNÄ Nk¨n^p¶p …
“” A¨m]m … ‘ SXn¨ SpXNÄ knXÀ¶t¸mÄ A]mÄ AkapsX bq_ns`¡v Np® fp«n¨p khpÔ^ sfsà A]mapsX Np®s] S³s_ bqäns`¡n_¡n..
“” fmZw…..Mm³ ..FWn¡v “” khpÔ^]psX bqän S³s_ bmt`mjp¡n]n«v A¨m]³ dm{Sqfns`¡v tbm]t¸mÄ hm{µ khpÔ^]psX AXpt¯¡v sI^nªp NnX¶p ..
“” A¨m]³ …dm¡ns]Ãmw sI¿pw … AN¯v .. ASv A¨m]³ ^*mfSv N]än] sb®ntâw sI]vSn«nà … A¶v K]tWmXksaÃmw b_ªp … K]³ A¨m]tWmXv tImUn¨t¸mÄ .. Nm\p¶ sb®p§ans`Ãmw F³s_ fpOfm Nm\pt¶s]¶p….. Fs¶ A{S fm{Sw hvtWin¨n^p¶p F¶v MmWpf_nªnà tfmsa ….In`t¸mÄ H^p kÃ]mN tSm¶pw … ‘ khpÔ^ H¶v WnÀ¯n NpgysWXp¯p ASn fpOffÀ¯n Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p ..AÂbtW^w Njnªn«k hm{µ]psX tWs^ Sn^nªp
“” tfmsa .. WnW¡v H¶pfm]nÃtÃm ..K]³ .. K]tWmXv b_]mw ..””
“” tk* ..fmZw … FWn¡v SrbvSn]m\v … H^n¡`pfnÃm¯ ^oSn]n .. AkÄ K]³s_ sW©n S`sk¨p_§p¶ In{Ss]]pw AWpknsW]pw tWm¡n b_ªp …
‘F´v b_]p¶p AWnSm … CSv _cv tNm¸n]m\v … AkÀ b_ª hwek§Ä Hs¡ tIÀ¯v khp FjpSn] _cv tNm¸n .. CWn]nSv Wn§aqsX NT NqXn tIÀ¯v FjpSn bqÀ¯n]m¡\w … b»ngv B]m ASn³s_ k^pfmW¯n bmSnbmSn Wn§Ä¡v … Wn§apsX Ct¸mjs¯ {blvW¯nsWm^p b^nim^w NqXn]mkpw ASv .. F´v b_]p¶p ?’
“” FWns¡³s_ f¡tamXv NqXn]mt`mIn¡\w “”
“” f¡Ä ? AtSm eÀ¯m¡·mt^m ?’ Kp] Nm´³ H^p ¥mÊn ssk³ bNÀ¶p AkÄ¡v WÂNn sNm*v tImUn¨p’
“” ^*pw “” AWnS A]msa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p sNm*m NT fX¡n sNmXp¯p
tPmÄZ³ Na_n`pÅ B c]`n³s_ fpNan C§sW FjpSn]n^p¶p .
“” KoknSw hm£n “”
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