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A¶pMm³ k`y½t]mXv Np_¨pNqsX AXp¯nXbjNn. hmVm^\ tKm`nsI]pt¼mÄ hm^ns]m¶pØmWwfm_n]m At¸mįs¶ tWs^bnXn¨nXp¶kÀ A¶v M§Ä fm{SfpÅt¸mÄ ASpsI]vSnÃ.AVnNsfm¶pw Nm\m³bän]nsæn`pw CX¡nX¡v fmwhafm] k]_nsâ kl§apw »uhnWnX]n`qsX fp`¨m`pw Mm³ N*p.FWn¡v ssV^yw NqXnk¶p. ^m{Sn]mNm³ Mm³Nm¯n^p¶p. k`y¨tWmXv AkÀ H¶pw b_]p¶nsöv D_¸pk^p¯n. A¶p^m{Sn k`y½k¶v N«n`nsâ f_pklt¯¡p tbmNmsS Mm³ Wn¶]nX¯pWn¶pSs¶ {ZÊv– fm_m³SpX§n. hm^n]jn¨pN«n`n`n«p bns¶ bSns] »uhnsâ sNmap¯pNÄ FXp¡m³ SpX§n. Hmt^m sNmap¯pNÄ FXp¡pt¼mapw DÅn sb^p¼_sNm«pN]ms\¦n`pw ASpbp_¯vNm\n¡msS CSv H^p hmVm^\hwekfms\¶^oSn]n Mm³ Akt^mXv Hmt^m¶pw b_ªpWn¶p. k`y½ »uhv Ajn¨pfmämWm]n ssNsbm¡n]t¸mÄ sI_n] N_p¯t^mf§apÅ Ak^psX N£w Mm³ AXp¯pWn¶v N*p. skap¯{dm]n k^nªpfp_p¡nsk¨n^n¡p¶ bmÂNpX§Â FWn¡pfp³bn Sp_¡s¸«p. N¸n HSp§msS koÀ¸pfp«nWn¡p¶ tPmS¼nsâ Wn_fpÅ SpXp¯ bmÂNpX§Ä, ASnWvH^`¦m^sft¶m\w bänt¨À¶p NnX¡p¶ Sm`nfm`. bmkmX sbm¡n`nWptfs`]m\v DXp¯n^p¶Sv. bmkX¡pw {dm]v¡pw CX]n Ak^psX sI_pSm]n ImXn] fmwhafm] fX¡pNtamXpNqXn] k]À. AkÀ hm^n¡pÅn sbmSnªp hq£n¨n^p¶ NuSpN§Ä CWnFs´ms¡]ms\¶_n]m³ Fsâ fWhpsk¼n. Fsâ]Xp¡Â k`y½ NwtcmÀ«dvÄ B]n k^nN]ms\¶v FWn¡v CSn Wn¶pw fWhn`m]n. CWn Hmt^mUnkhkpw sI_n] sI_n] b^nbmXnNapfm]n fpt¶m«p tbmNm³ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p. hm^ns]Xp¯v l^o^¯nsâ fp³klwf_¨psNm*v AkÀ {dm]psX ip¡v FXp¯p bns¶ bSns] tSman`vWn¶pw hv{Xm¸pw Du^ns]Xp¯p. ko*pw sbm³NpX§apsX sshZv kyq S¶psNm*kÀ NnX¶p. A¶v N_p¯ Wn_fpÅ bmkmX]\n«n^p¶Sv Aks^´psI¿psf¶_n]mWm]n Mm³ ASv Smjv¯m³ b_ªnÃ. F®s]Xp¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AkÀ b_ªp “”””fWpNp«m Wo B bmkXSmjv¯nkt¨¡v ASn Npj¼m¡*”. Mm³ B{Pin¨SpfSm]n^p¶p. tkPw Ss¶Mm³ sN«jn¨p bmkmX Smtj¡pk`n¨p. AkÀ WXpkpsbm¡n¯¶p. t_mhv Wn_fpÅ bmân]m\v A¶k^n«n^p¶Sv Mm³ bmkmX A^s¡«nWpSmsj bmân]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C`Ìn¡nWv– fpNan`m]n sN«nsk¨p . MmsWsâ b^pbmXnSpX§n Njp¯pfpS bkX¡p sSm«pfpNÄ ks^ Mm³ssS`w tS¨pbnXn¸n¨p. A¶pMm³bp_¯pWn¶v Np_¨psshZnt`¡pw ssNt]mXn¨p. k]_nsâ C^pkl§ans` fX¡pNapw bp_t¯¡p ImXnNnX¡p¶ fp`]psX kl§an`pw Fsâ ssNNÄ sIs¶¯n. Ak^psX emP¯pWn¶pw H^pFSnÀ¸pw D*m]nà AsSWn¡v NqXpS ssV^yw S¶p. HXpkn bmân Np_¨p Smtj¡v k`n¨p dm¡nk¶ ssS`w AknsXt¯¨p At¸mÄ bmân¡pan BI´nNtamXv bäntIÀ¶vNnX¶n^p¶ N_p¯ I^Xpw Fsâ fWhnWv– NpanÀ½t]Nn. Np_¨ptW^f§sWNnX¶n«p AkÀNpan¡m³tbm]n.A¶p^m{Sn]n`pw FWn¡kÀ IqXpS¶p. Np`¨p Wn¡p¶ Np«³ Aks^fp«mSn^n¡m³ Mm³ A¶pw tWt^NnX¶p. Aks^sâ NpªpNpXk]_nWpfosS sN«nbnXn¨p fp`NÄ Fsâ Nt¿mXv tIÀ¯pNnX¶p. AXp¯Unkhw AXp¯ sÌbv FXp¡m³ Mm³ D_¸n¨p.

bntä¶v ^mkns` k`y½Npan¡m³tbm]t¸mÄ Mm³ Fjpt¶äv gZn]q^nfmän fp*nsâ Np¯pfnjn¨n«v H^pklw I^nªpNnX¶p. k`y½ bSnkptbms` NpanNjnªp hm^nfm_n Fsâ]^nNnÂk¶n^p¶p. F¶n«v St`Unkhs¯t¸ms` FsâNknan D½S¶p. DXsWSs¶Mm³ D_¡¯ns`¶tbms` Sn^nªptWt^NnX¶p. Np¯jnªpNnX¶fp*n Wn¶pw FsâNp«³ ImXnbp_¯pk¶p. cpÄ tcmfn sk«n]mXp¶¡p«sWN*k`y½ BUyw H¶v bN¨p bnt¶Np_¨ptW^w ASptWm¡n]n^p¶p bns¶ H^psI_pIn^nt]msX AjnªpNnX¶fps*Xp¯v AksW f_n¨n«v NX]nt`¡vtbm]n. A§sW B Q«kpw Mm³ knK]N^fm]n bqÀ¯n]m¡n. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv Npan¨n«v NX]nt`¡vtbm]n. A¶pw k`y½s]t¶mXv kas^ {co]m]n CXsb«p. sskNpt¶^wks^ FWn¡v N*p^hn¡mWm]n sI_n] Nmjv¨NÄ H^p¡ns¡m*n^p¶p. ^m{Sn¡m]n Nm¯n^p¶p.

^m{Sn k`y½ fp_n]n k¶p FsâtWs^Wn¶psNm*vSs¶ hm^n]pw »uhpw Ajn¨pfmän. N_p¯{dm]pw {Now Wn_fpÅ bmkmX]pfm\v A¶k^n«n^p¶Sv. bns¶ N«n`n fp*kn^n¨n«v Sn^nªpWn¶p {dm]psX ips¡Xp¯p bns¶ hm^nsk¨pfm_pf_¨tlgw ASq^nfmän. C¶pw BsbmWvNpX§apsX sshZv kyq fm{Sw Nn«n. AkÀ N«n`n tN_nNnX¶p bs£ bmkXSmjv¯m³ b_ªnÃ. C¯k\ Mm³ At§m«v– tImUn¨p ‘ k`yt½ bmkmX ? ‘. “”””Dw” AkÀ fqan. MmWSnsâ sN«jn¨p k`y½ sI_pSm]n WXpkpsbm¡n, hmVm^\s]¡Ä¡p_kv. MmWn¯n^n d`w{bt]mPn¨pSmtj¡pk`n¨p, At¸mjm\v WXpkv–tbm¡Â Np_ªSn³s_ Nm^\sfWn¡v fWhn`m]Sv. AkÀ bmâohv C«n«p*m]n^p¶nÃ. SpXp¯ I´nNpX§apsX tfÂemPkpw ASnsWIpänbn\ªp NnX¡p¶ N_p¯ I^Xpw Mm³ N*p. Mm³ kn_]v¡p¶ ssNNÄsNm*v bmkmX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A^s¡«n sN«nsk¨p. Mm³ Njp¯pfpS A^sN«pks^]pw C^pkl§an`pw Npj¼ptS¨pbnXn¸n¨p. CSnWnX]n A_n]m¯tbms` ssN¯*sNm*v B I´nNapsX frUp`S]pw sSm«_nªp. Npj¼ptS¨pNp_¨pNjnªp k`y½s]jptWäp. Fsâ sN«nsâ Pp\wsNm*mNmw sb«¶v sN«jnªpbmkXSmtj¡pko\p. N_p¯ CXSqÀ¶t^mf¯m sbmSnª k`y½]psX fUWsI¸v Fsâfp¶n AWk^\wsI¿s¸«p.

ASnWpfpNan I^Xn tNmÀ¯n«n^p¡p¶ H^p hzÀ® G`hpw. Du^nt¸mNp¶bkmXbnXn¡mWm]n k`y½ {lfn¨t¸mÄ kjpSnfm_n] hm^n¡nX]n`qsX Ak^psX AVnNw Sq§m¯ fm_nX§apw ASn NXpwSkn«pWn_¯n sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`sM«pw k`n] Bjtf_n] sbm¡nĨpjn]pw Mm³ N*p. sb«¶kÀtWs^Wn¶p hm^nsNm*vSs¶ FÃmwf_¨p. A{bSo£nSfm]n WX¶Cuhwek§an Mm³ Aks^tWm¡n bN¨n^p¶ptbm]n. hm^nsNm*v WPvWS f_¨v Du^nko\bmkmX Nm`psNms*Xp¡m³ k`y½{lfn¨p. Mm³ sbs«¶v tdmVw kos*Xp¯v bmkmX tft`¡p]À¯nsNmXp¯p ASpkm§n¸nXn¨p tft`¡pk`n¨ptNän]pXp¯psNm*v k`y½ tkPw Npanfp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p.

¹mWn CÃmSn^p¶ Cuhwekw Fs¶Npj¡n. NpanNjnªp k`y½k¶pNnX¶p. Fs¶ tIÀ¯pbnXn¡pNt]m Ft¶mXv H¶pw hwhm^n¡pNt]m sI]vSnÃ. Hmt^m¶pfmt`mIn¨pNnX¶v Mm³ Ft¸mtjm D_§n. ^mkns` NpanNjnªp tbm]t¸mÄ k`y½ Fs¶s]m¶ptWm¡n]SÃmsS AXp¯n^n¡pNt]m D½S^pNt]m sI]vSnÃ. Mm³ NX]n sI¶t¸mÄ Ft¶mXv St`Unkhs¯ hzmS{´yw FXp¯nÃ. Np_¨ptW^w tWm¡n]tlgw Mm³ H¶pw H¶pwhwehkn¡m¯tbms` At§m«v– hwhm^n¨pSpX§n bSns] bSns] k`y½ {Xm¡n Sn^ns¨¯n. bs£ A¶p^m{Sn]n Npan¨ps_Zn]m]n NnX¡mWm]m\v k`y½ fp_n]n k¶Sv. Mm³ H¶pw tImUn¨nà M§Ä Np_¨pkÀ¯fmW§Äb_ªp bns¶NnX¶p_§n. bs£ Fsâ fWhns`m^pbmXv In´NÄ D^p*pNqXn. Ct{S]pwWmas¯ b^n{lfw H^pWnfngwsNm*v skůn`mt]m…

bntä¶p^mkns` k`y½ FjptW¡pwfpt¶ Mm³ Fjpt¶äv Np«sW cpÄ tcmfn D]À¯nWnÀ¯n F¶n«v fp*psNm*vf_¨n«v Aks^jptW¡m³ Nm¯pNnX¶p. A`vbtW^wNjnªpk`y½ Fjpt¶äp. AjnªpNnX¶n^p¶fpXn sN«nsk¨p. KW`n`qsX A^n¨n_§p¶ A^*skan¨¯n Ak^psX kXnskm¯ l^o^w Mm³ tWm¡n ^hn¨p. AkÀ Fs¶s]m¶ptWm¡n Mm³ D_§p¶tbms`NnX¶p. Ak^psX N®pNsasâ Np`¨pWn¡p¶ Np«Wn`pX¡n. H^pWnfngfksW tWm¡n]n^p¶n«kÀ Npan¡m³ tbm]n. NpanNjnªpk¶n«pfk^ksW tWm¡n. bs£ A¶p½kÀ D½S^msStbm]n. F¶m`pw Ct¸mjpw H^psI_n]Sos¸m^n dm¡nNnX¸ps*s¶Wn¡v fWhn`m]n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A¶pw Mm³ {co]m]n¯s¶ Akt^mXv–sb^pfm_n. bs£ A¶p^mSn]n`pw H¶pwWX¶nÃ…

^mkns` Mm³ tW^s¯ Fjpt¶äv sNmXnf^fp]À¯n fp*nsâNp¯jn¨nXv sI^nªp AkÀ¡v HätWm«¯n Np«sWNm\mWmNm¯ ^oSn]n Nm`psNm*v f_¨p NnX¶p. Np_¨pNjnªp k`y½ Fjpt¶äp. Fs¶tWm¡n Mm³ WÃD_¡w bns¶ Np«sWtWm¡n. Fsâ Nm`nsâ f_¡pan Ak³ Han¨n^p¶p. Np_¨ptW^w A§sW]n^p¶n«v AkÀ NpWnªp FsâNknan D½sk¨p. Mm³ Sn^nªp tWt^NnX¶p At¸mÄ fp*nsâ ØmWwfm_n Np«³ hzS{´Wm] S`sbm¡nWn¶p. A¸tW^w AksWtWm¡n]n«v AkÀNpan¡m³ tbm]n. fps*Xp¯ tWs^]n«nÃ. NpanNjnªpk^pwks^ Mm³ A§sW Ss¶NnX¶p. NpanNjnªpk¶p hm^nfm_nsNm*n^p¶t¸msjÃmw Ak^psX N®pNÄ AÀ²WPvWWm]n NnX¶ Fsâtf`m]n^p¶p tbmNpt¶^w AkÀ ko*pw FWns¡m^p D½S¶p. k`y½]psX DÅn B{Pi§Ä Ds*s¶Wn¡v fWhn`m]n. sSäpw l^n]pw In´n¨pkngfn¡pN]mNpw Aks^s¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. ASpsNm*v AXp¯ sÌbv MmsWXp¯nsæn Nm^y§Ä ssNkn«ptbmNpw.

Mm³ A¶pNX]n Npt_NqXn S«n]pw fp«n]pw WX¶p. ^m{Sn Npan]pwNjnªp e£\kpw Njn¨p Mm³ tW^s¯ _qfn tN_n. tfm³ C¶v tW^t¯ NnXt¶m F¶ptImUn¨psNm*v k`y½ tN_nk¶p. AkÀ Npan¨n«nÃm]n^p¶p. Mm³ F_nªptWm¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p.

Mm³ : WXptkUW fm_nt]m

k`y½ : CÃ tfmtW, F´m tImUnt¨

Mm³: ^*pUnkhfm]tÃm f^p¶pbp^«n]n«v ASm

k`y½: ^*pUnkhw Np_kp*m]n^p¶p

Mm³: C¶v tkt\m

k`y½: Np_¨v b\nNqXn]p*v ASpNjnªp k^mw.

ASpw b_ªv AkÀ tbm]n, Mm³ Nm¯n^n¸pw SpX§n. Np_¨v Njnªv AkÀk¶p. Fsâ]^pNn Wn¶psNm*v hm^nDu^nfmän. fps*Xp¯v N«n`n kn^n¨p. bns¶ »uhpw Du^n, {dm]psX ipsNXp¯p hv{XbpNÄ Du^n N«n`n C^p¶p. N_p¯ {dm]psX N¸pNÄ sWt©mXv tIÀ¯n^n¡pt¼mÄ BfS§mfp`Napw Ak¡nX]ns` Wo* fp`¨m`pw ASnWptft`¡nX¡p¶ fm`]pw {dm]n HSp§msS C^pkltS¡pw ImXnWn¡p¶ fp`]psX kl§apw Aks^ H^p ^knkÀ½ In{Sw tbms` tSm¶n¸n¨p. hm^n]pXp¯v fm_pf_¨n«v AkÀ {dm Du^ns]Xp¯p. A¶pNnX¶t¸mÄ hm^nAVnNw tIÀ¯pbnXn¨nà ASpsNm*v Ak^psX fp`¨m`pw fp`]psX sshZv Dw tk*ptkmaw FWn¡v `en¨p.

Mm³ bmkX¯mjv¯s«s]¶v tImUn¨p, AkÀ fqan. Mm³ sN«jn¨p Smtj¡pk`n¨p bSnkn`pw NqXpS sbm¡n]SvsNm*v bmkmX WÃ^oSn]n Du^n Iµn¡pSmtj¡v tbm¶p. AkÀ sbmXp¶sW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WXpkpSmjv¯n. B I´nNpX§Ä Fsâ fp¶n Spap¼n Wn¶p. “”””k`yt½ bmkmX Npt_ Smtj¡ptbm¶p H¶qsX sbm§n]m fpNant`¡p N]ämw” Mm³ b_ªp.

“”””AS§nsW C^pt¶ms«” AkÀ b_ªp.

Mm³ Npj¼v–tS¨pSpX§n. A¶v bSnkn`pw d`w Np_¨p St`mXp¶p tbms`]m\v Mm³ SXkn]Sv. tkUWfmäpN]à f_n¨v Aks^ hpOn¸n¡pN F¶Sm]n^p¶p Fsâ `£yw. Njp¯n Wn¶pwSpX§n fp`]psX C^pkl§an`qsX k]_nsâ kl§an`qsX WPvWfm] bp_¯pNqsX Fsâ ssN HjpNnWX¶p ASpI´n]psX sSm«pfpNÄks^ F¯n. kas^ BhzUn¨v Ak^psX tNmfa l^o^¯ns` Hmt^m sI_pt^mf§apw Mm³ sSm«_nªp. AkÀ N®pNaX¨p FÃmw BhzUn¨pNnX¡pN]ms\s¶Wn¡v tSm¶n.Mm³ tkPw AXp¯ W¼_n«p ‘ k`yt½ CWn Np¸n]n Np_¨pNpj¼pNqsX DÅp CSpNm`n tS¡s«” “”””Dw” AkÀ fqan. Mm³ DXsW bmkmX fp«pks^ tS_p¯ptNän. WWp¯ hz^v\t^mf§apÅ B Nm`pNÄ. bns¶ bSns] bmkmX Np_¨pNqsX D]À¯n. Ct¸mÄ Ak^psX bn³emPw Gs_¡ps_ WPvWfm\v. I´n¡v Smsj Ip^p*n^n¡p¶ bmkmX fm{Sfm\v ASntWm^bkmUw. Mm³ NmÂbmUw fpS bSns] F® bp^«n¯pX§n. C{S]pw tKm`nNÄ sI]vSn«pw H«pw kn*pNo_m¯ NmÂbmU§Ä. dm¡n l^o^emPs¯k¨ptWm¡pt¼mÄ Ur[fm] tblnNapÅ Nm`pNÄ. Fsâ ssNNÄ bns¶]pw tft`m«pI`n¨p SpX]psX bn³emP¯v sSm«p Ak^psX bp_t¯¡mÄ frUp`fm]n^p¶p B sk®¡Â SpXNÄ, Mm³ AknsX]pw Npj¼v–tS¨p. ^*pNm`pNapsX]pw bn³emP¯v bp^«n] tlgw Mm³ tImUn¨p “”””fp¶n tkt\m”, “”””Dw” AkÀ fqan. F¶n«kÀ bSns]¯n^nªp tWt^NnX¶p. tim- ASpks^ Fsâ KoknS¯ns` Gäkpw ftWmi^fm] Nmjv¨.

fX¡ns]Xp¯ hm^nsNm*v fm_pw, Ip^p«nN]än k¨n^n¡p¶ bmkXsNm*v fUWsbm]vN]pw f_s¨m^p ^mSnln`vbwN\s¡ AkÀ¡nX¶p. Ak^psX SpXp¯ B`n`k]_ns` Bjtf_n] sbm¡nÄ ASnÂWn¶pw Smsj¡^n¨n_§p¶ WWpSt^mf^mKn]pw SpXp¯ sI©p*pNapw Nq¼n]Xª fnjnNapw MmtWtSm fm]nNt`mNs¯¯n]tbms` tSm¶n. AkÀ bmkmX SpX]psX CX]nt`Nv Sn^pNnk¨p fUWs¨¸v F¶nÂWn¶pw Han¨p k¨p.

Mm³ Smsj Wn¶pw SpX§n bSns] tft`m«v F®bp^«n. fp«pNjnªp SpXNant`¡p NX¶t¸mÄ Mm³ SXkp¶Snsâ làn Np_¨p . Ak^psX DÅwSpX]n Mm³ bSns] SjpNn. sb«¶v Ak^psX l^o^sfm¶pfp_pNn, Ak^nÂWn¶pw H^p UoÀQWnlzmhw D]À¶p. Mm³ bSns] SXk SpXÀ¶p. Np_¨pNjnªp k`y½ b_ªp “”””fSn Np«m”. AkÀ Fjpt¶äp bmkXk`n¨ptNän fpaNÄ¡ptfs` sN«nsk¨n«p Npanfp_n]nt`¡v Np*n]pw Np`p¡nWX¶p. NpanNjnªpk¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fs¶ sWt©mXptIÀ¯p NnX¶p_§n. bntä¶v F®]psX Nm^yw MmWm]n«v FXp¯n«nà D¨]m]t¸mÄ k`y½ k¶p b_ªp “”””fWpNp«m F® tfXn¡t\”. “”””At¿m Mm³ ASp f_¶ptbm]n” Mm³ Ip½m W¼_n«p. sskNpt¶^w NX]X¨n«v ssh¡napw FXp¯v Xu\nt`¡v b_¶p.

^m{Sn, Fsâ Nm¯n^n¸nWv kn^mffn«psNm*v k`y½ fp_n]nt`¡v k¶p. AN¯ptN_n] DXsW NSNpIm^n. C¶s` ks^ CÃmSn^p¶ H^p bpSn] Nm^yw, Mm³ ASp {l²n¡m¯^oSn]n Wn¶p.AkÀ hm^n]q^n fmän. Fsâ fmUN¯nX¼v Wo` »uhn`pw skap¯ AXn¸mkmX]n`pw sbmSnªp Wn¶p. N«n`n C^p¶p »uhpw {dm]pw Du^nfmän bSnkptbms` hm^nsNm*p fp`NÄ f_¨n«pNfnjv¶p NnX¶p. Mm³ F®]pw FXp¯v Ak^psX sshZn sI¶p N«n`n C^p¶p. Mm³ bmkmX]psX kÅn Ajn¨p ,AkÀ WXpkv sbm¡n¯¶p, Mm³ bmkmX Smtj¡pk`n¨p. N_p¯ bmâohv B\v A¶v AkÀ C«n^p¶Sv. Mm³ bmkmX sN«nsk¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AkÀ b_ªp, “”””fWpNp«m AS§p Du^n FXpt¯m Nm`n`pw tS¡*StÔ. Fsâ ht´mg¯nWp N\¡nÃm]n^p¶p. Mm³ Nm`pkjn bmkmX Du^n FXp¯p. N_p¯ bmâohn sbmSnª sNmjpSp^p* I´nNÄ tWm¡n Mm³ skÅfn_¡n. bns¶ bSnkptbms` F®tS¸pSpX§n.

Njp¯pfpS bmUwks^ Ak^psX bn³emPw Mm³ sM^n¨pX¨p. bns¶ Mm³ Aen{bm]sfm¶pw tImUn¡msS Ak^psX ssNNan`pw F® tS¨p. F¶n«p bp_Nns` Njnªp F¶v b_ªp. k`y½ tkPw Ss¶ Sn^nªpNnX¶p. Mm³ NmÂbmUw fpS Sn^pfpSpX§n. bap¦v tbm`pÅ B SpXNÄ Mm³ sM^n¨v Ipk¸n¨p. k`y½ N®pNÄ AX¨pNnX¶p. AkÀ lzmhsfXp¡p¶ tkPw NqXn. ASWph^n¨v Ak^psX fm_nXw D]À¶Sm\psNm*n^p¶p. Mm³ AkÀ hm^n sW©¯ptIÀ¯pbnXn¨n^p¶ ssNsbm¡n F® tS¨p F¶n«p AXp¯ ssN FXp¯psbm¡n AkÀ ssNSn^nsNfm_¯psk¨nÃ. ^*pssNNan`pw F® bp^«n ^*pkl§an`m]n sk¨n«v Mm³ bSns] Njp¯n bp^«m³ SpX§n. AknXp¶p bSns] Fsâ ssNNÄ Ak^psX sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ `£yfm¡n Wo§n. fp`¨`nWv fpNÄ ks^ F¯n]t¸mÄ Mm³ k`y½t]mXv tImUn¨p, ‘ fpjpk³ A§p bp^«nt]¡s« ?”. “”””Dw” AkÀ f_pbXn H^pfqa`n HSp¡n. Mm³ bSns] hm^ns]Xp¯pfmän. Fs¶ C{S]pw Unkh§Ä sNmSn¸n¨n^p¶ B fp`NÄ Fsâ ssNNapsX hvbÀl¯nWm]n sNmSn¡p¶tbms` tSm¶n.

Mm³ F®s]XpSv fp`NÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Hjn¨p. ASp k]_n`qsX Smsjs¡mjpNn B k`n] sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n k¶pWn_ªp. k`y½]n Wn¶pft¸msam^p UoÀQWnlzmhfp]À¶p. Fsâ]pw bnXnkn«pSpX§n]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw Mm³ SnXp¡w Nm«n]nÃ. Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSns] sbm¡nÂIpjn]n kn^`n«v H¶pN_¡n, F® skan]n ImXn At¸mÄ k`y½]psX WXpkv H¶p]À¶Sm¶p. frUp`fm] Bk]_n`qsX Mm³ ssNs]mXn¨p. ^*p{bhkns¨¦n`pw ASnsâ H^p`£\§apw Bk]_n N*nÃ. FsâssNNÄ Ak^psX k]_nWpfosS A^n¨pWX¡pt¼mÄ B l^o^w kn_¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. Fsâ ssNNÄ Smjv–k^]n`vWn¶pw f`NÄ `£yfm¡n Wo§n. BUyw ^*pfp`Nan`pw F® tS¨p bns¶ bSns] d`w sNmXpSpSn^pfm³SpX§n. B I¡fp`NÄ Fsâ N]ns`mSp§n]tS]nà F¦n`pw Mm³ ko*pw ko*pw {lfn¨psNm*n^p¶p. Ak Ur[fmNp¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. AkÀ Fsâ ssN{Nn] F{St¯maw BhzUn¡p¶ps*¶p Fjp¶pWn¡p¶ Ak^psX fp`sM«pNÄ knan¨pb_ªp. Mm³ ASnsW Fsâ kn^`pNÄ¡nX]nÂsk¨psM^Xn “”””Biv” AkÀ AX¡nsk¨n^p¶ knNm^w H^p sI_pho¡m^fm]n bp_t¯¡pk¶p. H^pssNsNm*pfp`Nan`pw f_pssNsNm*pk]_n`pw Mm³ {Nn]NÄ SpXÀ¶p. C{Ss]ms¡]m]n«pw Fs¶ H¶psSmXm³ Nq«m¡msS NnX¡p¶Sv Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯n. Mm³ bSns] k]_n Wn¶pw ssN Smtj¡p Wo¡n fsässNsNm*v fp`NÄ DjnªpsNmXp¯psNm*n^p¶p.

Smsj¡n_§n] Fsâ ssN bns¶ kn{lfn¨Sv Ak^psX t^mf§Ä Wn_ª SXn¨p´n] fmUWs¨¸nsW sbmSnª bmân]psX fpNan`m\v. ASp WWªpNpSnÀ¶v C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. N_p¯ NaÀ B]n^p¶psNm*v A_nªnsöpfm{Sw. Mm³ bmân]psX fpNan`qsX Ak^psX bqÀ¨m`n kn^t`mXn¨p. Ak^psX fpOw k`nªp fp_pNn, Ip*p NXn¨p SpX§n. Mm³ bSns] bmân]psX fp³klw H^psshZnt`¡pWo¡n. C^p* Wn_¯n t^mf§am sbmSnª tS³Ip^¯n Wn¡p¶ fUWs¨¸v Mm³ N*p. Mm³ bSns] bq_nSapNÄ knXÀ¯n. Ipk¶p SpXp¯ ftWmi^fm] tS³ Wn_ª bWnWoÀ¸q Fsâ fp³bn knXÀ¶p. ASn tS³ WpN^m³ F¯n] k*nsW tbms` Ak^psX N´v bp_t¯¡pS`Wo«n. Mm³ bSns] ASp H¶psM^Xn “”””Biv” ko*pw AkÀ ho¡m^ lÐw bp_s¸Xpkn¨p. fp`Nans` Fsâ bnXp¯w NqXpS làn]m]n bq_nsâ fpNan Wn¶pw ASnsâ Bj§ant`¡v Fsâ kn^ C_§n. WWªp Npan¨n^p¶SnWm kn^ kas^ Cuhn]m]n DÅnt`Nv NX¶p. Ak^psX bq_nsâ fp_p¡¯n Wn¶pw Cu kjn]nt¸mÄ Dbt]mPn¡p¶nà F¶v FWn¡pfWÊn`m]n. Mm³ bSns] kn^ I`n¸n¨pSpX§n. A`vbtW^¯nWpÅn Ss¶ Ak^psX l^o^w k`nªpfp_pNn, ^*pssNNÄsNm*pw NnX¶n^p¶ goäv Ip^p«n bnXn¨p, SpXNÄ tIÀs¯sâssN]k^psX SpX]nXp¡nÂsk¨p sM^n¨p. Mm³ kn^`nX SpXÀ¶p sb«¶v Ak^psX WXpkv D]À¶p Np_¨ptW^w A§nsW Wn¶n«pH¶pkn_¨p. Fsâ kn^`n IqXv– fUWK`w sbmSn]p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ bj]tbms` NnX¶p ssNNapw SpX]pw A]ªp, fp`NÄ¡v frUpSzw ssNk¶p Ak^psX fpO¯p Ak^Wpekn¨hpO¯nsâ B`hyw Wn_ªp. Mm³ bns¶]pw Bfp`Nsa]pw bq_nsW]pw St`m`n¨psNm*n^p¶p. Np_¨p tW^w A§sW NnX¶n«p AkÀ b_ªp ‘ fSn fWpNp«m k`y½Npan¨n«pk^mw”. FWn¡v F´psI¿Wsf¶p fWÊn`m]nà Mm³ ssN bn³k`n¨p Aks^jpt¶äp hm^ns]Xp¯pkm^nIpän dm¡n Sp\nNapsfXp¯pNpan¡mWm]ntbm]n. Mm³ bXn¡Â sNm*ptbm]n N`fpX¨ knZv[ns]tbms` B N«n`n C^p¶p. Wmsa F´pk¶m`pw Nm^yw WX¯\w F¶p So^pfmWn¨ptbm]nssNNjpNn k¶pNnX¶p.

Np_¨ptW^w Njnªp k`y½k¶p. ss`_v Hmcv– sI]vSn«p AXp¡Â k¶v Fs¶fp«msS NnX¶p. KW`n`qsX A^n¨n_§p¶ Wn`mskan¨Sn Mm³ Ak^psX fpOs¯ ht´mgw. N*p. Mm³ H^p W¼À CXm³ So^pfmWn¨p. Mm³ At§]äw WngvNa¦Wm]n

“””” k`yt½”

“”””F´m fWpNp«m”

“”””Bt^mXpw b_]tÔ

“”””F´v”

“”””Mm³ A§sWs]ms¡ sI]vSSv”

AkÀ In^n¨psNm*p I^nªp NnX¶v Fs¶ sWt©mXv tIÀ¯p “”””bnt¶ CsSms¡ bp_¯pb_]m³ bän]Nm^yfmt\m, tfm³ Bt^mXpw b_]mSn^p¶mfSn”

“”””Mm³ Bt^mXpw b_]nÔ MmWpw Aks^ sN«nbnXn¨p.

“”””Mm³ k`yÑtWmXv tfmsWsNm*pWXpknWv Npj¼p bp^«n¡pw Ft¶ b_ªn«pÅq, tks_ H¶pw b_ªn«nà tfmWpw k`yѳ tImUn¨m At{Sw b_ªmÂfSn”

“”””Dw” Mm³ fqan.

“”””tfmtWmXv k`y½ H^p Nm^yw tImUn¨m hSyw b_]ptkm ?”

“”””k`y½ F´ptkt\Â tImUnt¨m”

“”””tfm³ Bs^¦n`pw sI]p¶Sv N*n«pt*m ?” k`y½ kaªp k^p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp . AsSm¶p ^hn¡m³ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p

“”””F´v” Mm³ ko*pw WngvNa¦Wm]n.

“”””tfm³ Np_¨pfp¼v sI]vStbms`…”

“”””CÔ

(A¶v Cu sfmssd tcms\ms¡ k^p¶ ssXw B\v 1100 N¯n Wn¡p¶ Nm`w.)

“” bns¶ CsSms¡ FknXp¶p bYn¨p”

“””” H^p{bklyw Nq«pNm^sâ ko«n tbm]t¸mÄ hn Zn N*p”

“”””H^p {bklytf N*n«ptÅm hSyw b_]\w ‘

“”hSyw , bnt¶.. sNm¨pbphvSNw km]n¡pw..”

“”””AsS´p bphvSNfm ?”

Mm³ Ak^n Wn¶pw fm_n “”””Bt^mXpw b_]^pSv”

k`y½ In^n¨p “”””CÔ

Mm³ Fjpt¶ävtbm]n ss`_v C«p F¶n«p s{ZÊv–sNm*pk¶dmsPXpSv N«n`n sk¨p. Sp\nNÄ¡nX]n Han¸n¨p sk¨n^p¶ fp¯pIn¸n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FXp¯v AkÀ¡ptWs^ Wo«n.

C_pNn] »uhpw ssN`n]pfpXp¯pk]^pwNm«n Wn¡p¶ t^gvf]m]n^p¶p NkÀ. k`y½

ASnsâN¿n`vWn¶pw km§n.

“”””Ft¸mjpw CSpfm]n«mt\m WX¸v ?” AkÀ F\oäp N«n`n Im^n]n^p¶p.

“”””At¿m CÃ CknsX k¶n«p tdm_Xn¡pkmt\Â km]n¡m³ Nq«pNm^³ S¶Sm”

“”””WÃ Nq«psN«m\tÃm”

Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ

(^m{Sn Hä¡v NnX¡pt¼mÄ km]n¡mWm]n Nq«pNm^sW Np¯nWpbnXn¨p tfXn¨Sm, CknsX bns¶ ASnsâ Bklyw k¶nÃtÃm)

AkÀ ASpf_n¨p tWm¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ dmsPXpSv A`fm^]n sk¨n«v N«n`n sI¶n^p¶p.

“”””F´m CSn ?”

“”””NTNÄ, bns¶ bX§apw”

“”””F´pNT ?”

Mm³ ASpkm§n H^p NTs]Xp¯psNmXp¯p. tKm`ntbmNmSn^n¡m³ tdmÊnWp NnX¶p sNmXpt¡*nk^p¶ H^p t`Zn Ìmcnsâ NT. AkÀ km]n¨p SpX§n. NT fpt¶m«ptbmNpt´m_pw Ak^psX lzmhPSn fm_ns¡m*n^p¶p. Mm³ ASpw tWm¡n Akt^mXptIÀ¶n^p¶p.

“”””At¿ C§sWs]ms¡ sI¿ptfm..-” AkÀ dp¡v FsâtWs^ Wo«n. Mm³ ASp km§n tWm¡n. tdmhnsâ `Pm³ km]ns`Xp¡p¶ emPfm]n^p¶p ASv.

“”””bnt¶, CsSÃm NT]n`pfp*v bns¶ koZnt]m]n`pw N*Sm, k`y½ sI]vSn«ntà ?”

“””” G]v Mm³ sI]vSn«nà ASp Io¯]tà ?”

“”””Io¯t]m B^qb_ªp, sb®p§Ä B\p§apsX]pw B\p§Ä sb®p§apsX]pw NpXn¡pw, k`yѳ sI]vSp S¶n«ntà ?” Mm³ Fsâ A_nkv kna¼n.

“””” Cà Ct§m«pw sI]vSn«nà At§m«pw sI]vSn«nÔ

“””” F¶m dm¡n km]nt¨m CWow CSptbms` Nps_ Nm^y§ap*v ‘

AkÀ km]W SpXÀ¶p. Ak^psX lzmhPSn NqXn Nm`pNÄ AXp¸n¨p, bU§Ä S½n bn\ªp. hµÀe§Ä IqXpbnXn¨pSpX§ns]¶p FWn¡v tSm¶n.

“”””fSn CWn bns¶ km]n¡mw tfm³ ss`_v Hmcv– B¡nt]¡v” AkÀ dp¡v Fsâ tWÀ¡pWo«n. Mm³ ASpkm§n dmPn sk¨p ss`_v Hmcv– sI]vSp k¶p NnX¶p. Ak^pw Ft¶mXv tIÀ¶pNnX¶p

Np_¨ptW^w Njnªn«pw Ak^psX lzmhsfXp¡Â hmVm^\tbms`]m]nÃ. Mm³ H¶v F_n]m³ So^pfmWn¨p

“”””k`yt½, D_§nt]m ?”

“”””Cà F´mXm Np«m” AkÀ Fsâ klt¯¡v Sn^nªp.

“”””Mm³ H^pNm^yw tImUnt¨mt« ?” MmWpw Ak^psX tWs^ Sn^nªp NnX¶p.

“”””Fsâ Np«³ tImUn¡v”

“”””BNT]ns`tbms`]mt\m k`yѳ sI]vSp S^p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ?”

AkÀ In^n¨p “”””AsS´m tfm³ A§sW tImUnt¨ ?”

“””” Aà NT km]n¡pt¼mÄ AsSms¡ k`y½¡v bpSn] Nm^y§ams\¶v– FWn¡v tSm¶n”

AkÀ ko*pw In^n¨p ‘ sl^n]m ASn NqXpS`pw FWn¡v bpSn] A_nkm”

“”””As¸m bns¶ k`yѳ F´m sI¿pt¶ ?”

AkÀ Np_¨p tW^w fn*msS NnX¶p

“””” Mm³ sk_psS tImUn¨Sm, CWn tImUn¡nÔ

AkÀ Fs¶ sWt©mXv tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p MmWpw Aks^ sN«nbnXn¨p.

“””” k`yÑWp sI¿\sf¶v tSm¶pt¼mÄ Fs¶ k¶p sN«nbnXn¡pw. F¶n«v {Zhv Ajn¡m³ b_]pw. {Zhv fm_n¡jnªp Np_¨p tW^w A½nª NpXn¡pw bns¶ fpNan tN_nNnX¶pÅn tNäpw. tbm]n¡jnªm M§Ä D_§pw””

“”””At¸m Ip*Spw k]_n`pw H¶pw sI]_ntà ?”

“””” N`ym\w Njnª]nX¡psI]pfm]n^p¶p Ct¸m CÔ

“”””As¸m k`y½s] fpNan tNän]n^p¯n]pw fp«n WnÀ¯n bp_Nn`vNqsX]pw H¶pw sI]vSn«ntà ?”

“”””CÔ Aks^s¶ NqXpS tIÀ¯fÀ¯n.

Fsâ Wnlzmhkm]p Ak^psX Njp¯n AXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. Np_¨p tW^w M§Ä H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

“””” k`yt½ Mm³ tks_ H^p Nm^yw tImUnt¨mt« ?”

“”””Dw” AkÀ fqan

“”””Mm³ k`y½]psX A½nª NpXnt¨mt« ?”

Ak^nÂWn¶pw H^p UoÀQWnlzmhw D]À¶p.

“”””tfmWpNpXn¡t\m ?”

“”””Dw”

Aks^¶n`vWn¶pw AXÀ¶pfm_n N«n`n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äphm^n]jn¨pfmän. bns¶ Fsâ tWs^¯n^nªpNnX¶p. »uhnsâ ip¡pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Ajn¨p. bn¶oXv bp_Nnt`Nv ssNs]¯n¨p{dm]psXip¡pw Ajn¨p.{dm]psX N¸pNÄ tft`¡p]À¯n fp`Nsa hzS{´fm¡n. Mm³ B tS³NpX§sa N®nfsk«msS tWm¡nNnX¶p.

“”””NpXnt¨m” AkÀ Fs¶ sW©nt`Nv tIÀ¯p.

MmWk^psX CXs¯ fp`sM«pkm]n`m¡n Wp\ªp. ASp kas^]VnNw N^pt¯msX Fjp¶pWn¶p. Mm³ ASnWpIpäpw Wm¡psNm*pk«wk^¨p. AkÀ¡nX¶p bpa]m³ SpX§n. Fsâ fpXn]psXCX]n`qsX Ak^psX H^p ssN bmªp WX¶p f_pssNsNm*ks^s¶ Ak^nt`¡v tIÀ¯\¨p. Mm³ H^pssNsNm*v Ak^psX k`s¯ fp` sM^n¨pX¨p. Np_¨pNjnªp MmWks^ tWt^NnX¯n F¶n«v Ak^psX tft`¡v tN_n k`t¯fp` NpXn¡m³ SpX§n At¸mÄ AkÀ Fsâ ssNFXp¯v CXSpfp`]n sk¨p. Mm³ ASpw sM^n¨pX¨p. Np_¨ptW^w A§sW fp`NÄ fm_nfm_n sI]vSpsNm*n^p¶p. bns¶ ^*pssNsNm*pw fp`NÄ DX¨psNm*v fpOw Mm³ k]_nt`¡v AXp¸n¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ Ip*pNÄ tNmfafm] B k]_n In{S§Ä k^¨p, Wm¡psNm*v Mm³ Ak^psX sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]psX Bjw Aa¶p ASnWpIpäpw kr¯§Ä k^¨p. k`y½]n Wn¶pw ho¡m^§Ä D]^m³ SpX§n. Fsâ S`fpXn AkÀ k`n¨p b_n¨psNm*n^p¶p.

Mm³ bSns] Fjpt¶äv Ak^psX Ip*pNan Ip*fÀ¯n. AkÀ Ip*pNÄ Nq«n¯s¶bnXn¨p. Mm³ bSns] Wm¡psNm*v AkAN¯n. F¶n«p NojvIp*v Fsâ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]nÂsk¨v– k`n¨pNpXn¨p. Ak^psX ssNNat¸mÄ Fsâ bp_¯qsX A`ªp WX¶p. Mm³ C«n^n¡p¶ dWn]³ k`n¨q^m³ AkÀ s{lfn¨p. Mm³ tkPsf\oäv A¯q^nfmän. bns¶ k`y½s] FjptW`vbn¨n^p¯n »uhpw {dm]pw bqÀ\fm]n Du^nfmän. bns¶ I^n¨p F¶nt`Nv tIÀ¯pNnX¯n Ip*pNÄ NpXn¡m³ SpX§n. C¯k\ Mm³ Ip*pNÄ sNm*psI¶t¸mSs¶ k`y½ Ip*N¯n¯¶p. ^*pIp*pNapw fm_nfm_nNpXn¨p. ASnWnX]n Ss¶ Mm³ Ak^psX H^pNmÂFXps¯sâ fpNan sk¨p F¶n«v Ak^psX I´nNÄ Npj¨pf_n¨p. Mm³ sfsà Smtj¡n_§n kn*pw fp`NpXn¨psNm*v bmkmX]psX sN«jn¨v ASpDu^nfmän. AkÀ bmânC«n«nÃm]n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ Ak^psX l^o^¯n N_p¯ I^XnÂtNmÀ¯ Ht^`hpfm{Sw. Mm³ Ak^psX t^mfNm«n`qsX ssNs]mXn¨p Smsj fUWNkmX¯n F¯n, ASpWWªp Npan¨n^p¶p. Mm³ fpaNan`vWn¶pw Smtj¡n_§n sbm¡nan Wm¡n«pN_¡n bns¶]pw Smtj¡n_§n Ak^psX tS³NnWn]p¶ b\nWo^vbqknWv fp³bn F¯n bns¶ CSapNÄ ANän Wm¡v DÅnt`¡v N]än.

“”””Biv, ASptk* Np«m AknsX Io¯]m..” k`y½ Fsâ S` SÅnfmän

“”””B^pb_ªp, FWn¡nãs¸«p..” Mm³ ko*pw Ak^psX bq_nSapNÄ I¸nk`n¨p, N´nsW WmkpsNm*v Smt`m`n¨p, WmkpNqÀ¸n¨pÅnt`¡v N]än. BUyw FSnÀs¯¦n`pw bn¶oXSvNp_ªpk¶p. AkÀ AShzUn¡m³ SpX§n Fsâ S` AkÀ SpXsNm*v sM^n¨p. AkÀ¡v k^m³tbmNpN]ms\¶p FWn¡v tSm¶n. Mm³ tkPw NpXn WnÀ¯n. CWn Ad²w Nm\n¨pNqXm.

Mm³ F\oäv tft`Nv N]_nk¶p

“”””k`y½¡v Cãs¸t«m Ct¸msI]vSSv ?”

“”””Dw,tfmsW´m WnÀ¯n¡atª ?”

“”””ASp km]n t^mfw tbm]n, k`y½ tgkv sI¿m_nà N£¯n`pw fpjpk³ t^mffm\tÃm ?”

“”””CÃ, {bhk¯nWptbm]t¸m ^*p{bmklyw Blpb{Sn]n sk¨p sI]vSn«p*v AÃmsS CÔ

“”””H^pbmXv kaÀ¶m H¶pw tSm¶m_ntà ?”

“””” A§sW NqXpS kaÀ¶m bs*ms¡ sk«nNa]pfm]n^p¶p Cs¸m A§msWm¶pw tWm¡m_nÃ, Np«³ tgkv sI¿ptfm ?”

“”””bnt¶ Mm³ CX¡nX¡v sI¿pw Ct§m«p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm^p¶SnWp St`Unkhw sI]vSp” Mm³ fp*q^n gZnSmjv¯n Nm\n¨p. Np`¨pWn¡p¶ Fsâ sNm¨p Np«sW AkÀ tWm¡n NnX¶p. bns¶ ssNs]¯n¨pNpänt^mf§an SjpNn. bSns] Ak^psX ssN Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¯fn«p.

“”””tfmsWt¸ms`Ss¶ tfmsâ Np«Wpw WÃ k®fp*tÃm..”

“”””Bt\m k`yÑsâ Ct{Sw Dt*m ?”

AkÀIn^n¨p “”””Woaw C{SSs¶]p*v k®w Ct{Sw CÔ

ASptN«v FsâNp«³ H¶pNqsX S`D]À¯nbnXn¨pWn¶p. Ak^psX ssNbSns] I`n¡m³SpX§n. sbs«¶m\v ASp hwekn¨Sv Fsâ Wn]{´\¯n Wn¡msS Cs{S]pw Unkhw Mm³ bnXn¨pWnÀ¯n] knNm^§Ä Ioäns¯_n¨p. ASk^psX ssN]n`qsX Smsjs¡mjpNn. FWn¡v h¦Xkpw tUgykpw FÃmw H^pfn¨pk¶p. ko*pw bXn¡Âsk¨p Nm`fpXªn^n¡p¶p. C{S]pw Unkhw Mm³ Na]msS hq£n¨psk¨n^p¶Sv CSnWm]n^pt¶m Mm³ sI]pt¼mÄ H¶p Sm¶pS^nà Cs¸m k`y½ H¶ptSm«t¸mÄ kmXn] tI¼n³S*ptbms` SaÀ¶p ko\n^n¡p¶p. AkÀ bmkmXs]Xp¯v AknXw SpX¨p kr¯n]m¡n. Fsâ fpOemk¯n Wn¶pw Fsâ h¦Xw AkÀ km]ns¨Xp¯p.

“””” sb«¶v tbm]Snsâ h¦Xfmt\m ?”

“”””Dw” Mm³ fqan

“””” ASnWp h¦Xs¸Xt\m BUyw FÃmÀ¡pw sb«¶v tbmNpw bns¶ bSns] bSns] sl^n]mNpw..tfm³ A½nª NpXnt¨m”

AkÀ Fs¶ fmt_mXv tIÀ¯fÀ¯n, ssNFXp¯v bq_nsâ fpNan sk¨p. Mm³ fp`NpXn¡mWpw kn^`nXmWpw SpX§n. ASnWp BUyS{S Btklw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. AkÀ Fsâ Np«sW SjpNnsNm*n^p¶p bSns] bSns] Ak³ S`]p]À¯n H¶p^*pfnWnänWpÅn ASpbj]{bSmbw kos*Xp¯p.

“”””Bim Ck³ ko*pw F\oätÃm..” k`y½ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p Sn^n¨p MmWpw . Mm³ BßmÀTfm]n Aks^ hpOn¸n¡m³ SpX§n.

Bk^psX Ip*pNan`pw fp`Nan`pw k]_n`pw SpX]n`pw bq_n`pw Fsâ DfnWoÀ bp^*p. Aks^ ko*pw Mm³ hpO¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn N]än.

“”””k`yt½…”

“”””Dw”

“”””Mm³ DÅn Ct«ms«..??”

“”””fWpNp«Wv DÅn N]ät\m..”

“”””Dw”

“”””Ct«m..” k`y½ Nm`pNÄ AN¯n. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv Ak^psX l^o^¯nWn^pklkpw ssNNp¯n Nm`pNapsX CX]n Wn¶p. FsâNp«³ AWpkmU¯nWm]n B fUWNkmX¯n fp«nsNm*n^p¶p. k`y½ AkWp kjnNm\n¨p. Wà ssXäv B]n^p¶SvsNm*v N]_m³ dp²nfp«n. AkÀ Nm`pNÄ fX¡n N«n`n Du¶n WXpkv sI_pSm]nsbm¡n H^p S`]\ FXp¯v WXpknWv sk¨p. B fUWNkmXw f`Às¡ Sp_¶p. AkÀ Fsâ I´n]n bnXn¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ANt¯¡Xp¸n¨p MmWpw SÅn. Fsâ Np® Ak^psX bqÀen¯nNan`p^ªv AN¯pN]_n. H^p sb®nsâ bq_nsâ IqXv Fsâ Np«³ BUyfm]n AWpekn¨p At§mt«¡pÅ ^àt]m«w NqXn Ak³ ko*pw d`w sk¨p. Mm³ Du^n]Xn¡m³SpX§n. bSns] bSns] bq_nsâ C_p¡w Np_ªp k¶p. CX¡nsX Np«³ kjnsSänbp_¯n_§ns]¦n`pw k`y½ AksW Sn^nsN tWÀkjn]nt`¡v Sn^n¨pkn«p. H^pSk\ tbm]SvsNm*v FWn¡v Wà hf]w Nn«n. Mm³ Ak^psX Ip*pNÄ Du¼nk`n¨p. k`y½ Fs¶ Ak^psX tft`¡v tIÀ¯v k`nªp fp_p¡n. Ak^psX NqÀ¯ fp`sM«pNÄ Fsâ sW©n NpSnN]_pwtbms` tSm¶n. Ak^psX B`nwPW¯nWp lànNqXn, lzmhPSn fm_n, WXpkv tft`¡p]À¶p. AkÀ¡v k^pN]ms\s¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ tkPS Nq«n. Ak^psX bqÀen¯nNÄ Fsâ Np«sW bnjnsªXp¡pwtbms` tSm¶n.

“”””Biv” Ak^n Wn¶pw H^p UoÀQWnlzmhfp]À¶p Ak^psX l^o^sfm¶pkn_¨p Fsâ Np«³ Ak^psX IpXpWo^n Npan¨p k`y½]psX bnXn A]ªp WXpkv Smjv¯n. Mm³ AXn WnÀ¯n.

“”””Np«Wv tbm]nÃtÃm bns¶´nWm WnÀ¯ns]..”

“”””k`y½¡v tbm]ntÃ..ASm”

“”””ASnsW´m tfm³ sI]v–tSm..”

“”””Mm³ DÅn Natªmt«..”

“”””Dw” AkÀ fqan. Mm³ ko*pw AXnSpX§n. k`y½ Fs¶ tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. A`vbhfm]¯nWpÅn Mm³ AkÀ¡pÅn lp¢krãn WX¯n. Np_¨p tW^w Mm³ ASnWpÅnÂSs¶ Np«sW sk¨p bns¶ bSns] Du^ns]Xp¯p. Fsâ bm Ak^psX bq_nWpÅnÂWn¶pw H`n¨n_§n. Mm³ tkPw bmkmXFXp¯v ASpSqs¯Xp¯p. Ak^psX fUWsI¸pSpX¨pkr¯n]m¡n. k`y½ Fsâ sI]vSnNÄ tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v NnX¶p.

“”””F´m In^n¡ps¶..?” Mm³ Ak^psX AXp¯v NnX¶p. Fsâ tImUy¯nWv f_pbXns]¶tbms` AkÀ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p Ip*Sv H^p D½ S¶p. MmWpw Aks^ sN«nbnXn¨p. M§Ä A§sW NnX¶p.

“”””k`yt½”

“”””Dw”

“”””Mm³ AknXw tgkv sI¿s«”

“”””AsS´nWm..?”

“”””At¸mÄ Nps_ tW^w NpXn¡mtÃm…””

“”A{S¡v Cãfmt\m…?”

“”””Dw”

“”””C¶nWntk*..”

“”””Wmsa ^mknt` Npan¡m³tbmNpt¼mÄ knan¨m fSn”

“”””Dw, Cs¸m Fsâ fWpNp«³ D_§nt¡m..”

£o\w Nm^\fm]n^n¡mw k`y½ tkPw D_§n. F¶m AkÀ¡v tgkv sI]vSpsNmXp¡p¶ Nm^ytfmÀ¯v Fsâ D_¡w tbm]n. bns¶t¸mtjm D_§n.

bntä¶v ^mkns` k`y½ Fjpt¶äv– tbmNp¶Sv tN«m\v Mm³ N®p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sp_¶Sv. sW©nWpfpNan bmkmX sk¨psN«n tSmÀ¯pw tSman`n«v NSNpw Im^n AkÀ C_§n. hm^n]pw »uhpw {dm]pw CXmWm]n tflbp^SfX¡nsk¨n«p*v. Fsâ fWÊn tImUy§Ä k¶pWn_ªp. F´m]n^n¡pw Fs¶ knan¡msS tbm]Sv, k`y½¡v CWn AknsX kXn¡p¶Sv CãftÃ, C¶s`t¯s¡m*v FÃmw AkhmWn¸nt¨m.. A§sW Wq_ptImUy§Ä. Mm³ NSNnWnX]n`qsX tWm¡n dmSv–_qfn ss`_v N*p bÃptS¡pN]pw dmSv_qfnÂtbmNpN]pw fäpfmNpw, Mm³ Blzhn¨p.Np_¨pNjnªp k`y½ C_§nk¶p fpXn]n`pw l^o^¯n`pw F® tS¨pbnXn¸n¨p F¶n«v fp_n`£yfm¡n WX¶pk¶p. Mm³ HmXnt¸m]nN«n`n tN^nNnX¶p_¡w SpX§n. AkÀ AN¯ptN_nk¶p Wq`vdÔfnÃmsSNnX¡p¶ Fs¶ Np_¨ptW^w tWm¡nWn¶p.

“”””fWpNp«m..”

“”””Dw, k`y½ F\otäm..’ Mm³ D_¡¯nÂWns¶¶tbms` Fjpt¶äp.

“”””fWpNq«mWp_§m\sf¦n D_§nt¡m..”

“”””G]v CÃ..Npan¡m³ s_Zn Bt]m..”

“”””Dw, tfm³ Npanfp_n]nt`m«p sbm]vt¡m Mm³ k`yÑsW tWm¡n]n«pk^mw.”

“”””sl^n” Mm³ tkPw fps*Xp¯pXp¯p bns¶ tgkn§v shäpw N{SnN]pw FXp¯v dmSv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p. AknsXs¨¶p fq{Skpw Hjn¨p km]pw NjpNn Njnªt¸mÄ k`y½ k¶p AN¯pN]_n kmSn`X¨pNpän]n«p

“”””bmkmX§pAjn¨p fmänt]¡v skÅfm¡*”

k`y½ bmkmX Du^ns]Xp¯v Aj]n C«p

“”””Np«³ B fp*fmän]n«p Cu tSmÀ¯pXpt¯m..” AkÀ tSmÀs¯sâ tWs^Wo«n…

“” k`y½s¡m¶pfnÃt`m As¸m FWn¡pw tk*…”” Mm³ fp*jn¨p Aj]n`n«p. Fsâ Np«³ Np`¨p ImXnWn¶p. k`y½ ASptWm¡n In^n¨p. M§Ä ^*ptb^pw Cs¸m bqÀ® WPvWÀ.

“”””k`y½ ^mkns`]pw F® tS¡ptfm ?” H¶pw A_n]m¯ tbms` Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”””Dw S`]n tS¡pt¼mÄ Ip½ tUi¯pw sS¡pw”

Mm³ Ak^psX k`s¯ssNsbm¡n N{SnN sNm*v t^mfw sk«ns]mSp¡n bns¶ CXs¯ N£¯ns`]pw sk«n. bns¶ thm¸v bS¸n¨p N£¯n tS¨p ^*p N£kpw tgkv sI]vSp. kÀg§am]n tgkv sI¿m¯SpsNm*v AknXfmsN C^p*n^p¶p.

“”””Nt*m tgkv sI¿m¯SpsNm*m C§sW C^n¡ps¶. CWn CX¡nsX sI¿\w tbmNp¶SnWpfpt¶ Mm³ bYn¸n¨pS^mw..”

“”””Dw”AkÀ fqan

Mm³ d¡äv FXp¯v Nfjv¯n sk¨p F¶n«v Ak^psX H^pNms`Xp¯v ASnWpfpNan sk¨p Ak^psX bqÀ¯Xw WÃSptbms` knXÀ¶pWn¶p. Mm³ fp«pNp¯nWn¶v NmXpsk«nsSan¡m³ SpX§n. Ak^psX NXn¯Xw WWªp SpX§n]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sk«ns]mSp¡n]tlgw Mm³ AknsX thm¸v–tS¨pbS¸n¨p bns¶ H^p t^mfwtbm`pfnÃmsS kXn¨p¢oWm¡n. Ak^psX SXn¨p´n] fUWsI¸nsâ ]TmÀT huµ^yw Mm³ BhzUn¨p.

“”””Cs¸m H¶p tWm¡nt¡ F{S ewPn]ps*¶v–..”

k`y½ AknsX sSm«ptWm¡n bns¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

“”””CWn k`y½ Npan¡s«..”

“”””k`y½s] Mm³ Npan¸n¡s«..”

“”””Dw F¶m tkPw tk\w Ct¸mtj Smfhn¨p..”

“”””sl^n” Mm³ tkPw d¡än tk\w Wn_¨p N¸v FXp¯v skÅw Ak^psX tft`t¡mjn¨p.. bns¶ thm¸v FXp¯v tf`msN tS¨pbnXn¸n¨p. thm¸v tS¡pt¼mÄ B fp`Napw I´n]pw sM^n¨pX¡mWpw sbm¡nan kn^`n«pN_¡mWpw Mm³ f_¶nÃ. AkÀ N®X¨p AsSÃmw BhzUn¨p Wn¶p. Fsâ ssN Ak^psX bqÀ¯X¯ns`¯n]t¸mÄ k`y½ H¶p kn_¨p. Mm³ bq_nSapNÄSp_¶p kn^ DÅnt`¡v N]än N´v sM^Xn sb«¶ks^s¶ sN«nbnXn¨p. Mm³ kn^ N]än]n_¡n. M§apsX Ip*pNÄ b^hvb^w tNmÀ¯p. Aks^s¶ k^nªp fp_p¡n.

“”””k`yt½ Mm³ Smsj NpXnt¨mt«”

“”””Dw”

Mm³ tkPw fp«pNp¯n]n^p¶p Ak^psX Nm`pNÄ AN¯n Ak^psX bWnWoÀ bpgvb¯ns` tS³ WpN^m³ SpX§n. AkÀ Gs_ tW^w bnXn¨pWn¶nÃ. IpXpWo^p_k Fsâ km]nt`s¡mjpNn. Mm³ ASpfpjpk³ Wm¡nNpXn¨p. bns¶ Fjpt¶äv Aks^ Npan¸n¡m³ SpX§n.

“”””Fsâ Np«Wv Na]t*..?”AkÀ Fsâ Np®s] SjpNn.

“”””hf]fnÃtÃm..ASm”

“”””ASp hm^fnà tfm³ Ct«m..”AkÀ en¯nt]mXv tIÀ¶pWn¶p. Mm³ Akt^mXv tIÀ¶pWn¶p. AkÀ Np®s]Xp¯v bq_nWpÅnt`¡v N]än. Mm³ bSns] AXn¡m³ SpX§n. Aks^s¶ sN«nbnXn¨p… FWn¡v AVnNtW^w bnXn¨pWn¡mWm]nÃ. Fsâ tSm¡v skXnsbm«n¨p. lp¢w Ak^psX SpX]n`qsX Smsjs¡mjpNn. hpO¯nsâ WnÀkrSn]n M§Ä b^hvb^w km^n¸p\À¶p. bns¶ ^*ptb^pw At§m«pw Ct§m«pw Npan¸n¨p. NpanNjnªp _qfn tbm]n Mm³ k`y½s] hm^n DXp¡m³ him]n¨p. hm^n]pXp¯v s_Zn]m]n Fsâ Ip*n H^p Wo* IpwdWkpw S¶v AkÀ NX]nt`¡v tbm]n…..

AsSm^p SpX¡fm]n^p¶p bn¶oXpÅ ^m{SnNan M§Ä bpSn] hpO§Ä b`Spw AWpekn¨_nªp. Aks^ km]ns`Xp¡m³ bYn¸n¨p b` sbmhngWn`pÅ NanNÄ WX¯n ss`wPoNS]psX BUy bmY§Ä Mm³ cpÄ fÀ¡n bmÊv B]n..SpX¡w WÃSm]SnWm`mt\m F¶_n]nà Fsâ KoknS¯n shN-vhvWv H^p Np_kpw D*m]n«nÃ.. B NTNÄ bn¶osXm^n¡Â b_]mw….

F¶vWn§apsXhz´wfWpNp«³…

(AkhmWn¨p)