ko*pw k^nN]m\v ….H^p sNm¨p tWmk`pfm]n . BUy emP¯n “”N¼n “”Np_¨p Np_km]n^n¡pw !.AXp¯ emP¯n SoÀ¨]m]pw B Np_kv WnN¯pw F¶v D_¸p b_]p¶p A£^sSäpNÄ sbm_p¯p AWp{Pin¡pN .CãvXfms]¦n Aen{bm]§Ä Sp_¶v A_n]n¡pN .k^pw emP¯p B Np_kv WnN¯mftÃm ?….

N^p\³ f¡ans` BsNs]m^p B¬S^n .Ca]Sv H¶pw , fq¯Sv ^*pfm]n sfm¯w fq¶v htimU^§Ä !. ASn Gäkpw fq¯kapsX knkmiw GSm*v D_¸n¨p k¨n^n¡pN]m\v ….tb^v WµnS.^*mf¯kÄ Ct¸mjpw bYn¨psNm*n^n¡p¶ WnOnS . Gäkpw Ca]kÄ WfnS , Akapw bYn¡pN]m\v , N^p\³s_ ‘A½ NWni]pw Ca]½ F¶v knan¡p¶ NknS]pw C^« htimU^nfm^m\v. C^pk^psX]pw f¡Ä A½]psX NqXpÅksa Ca]½ F¶v hwtdmVW sI¿p¶SvsNm*v ^*v tb^pw fäpÅk^psX f¡Ä¡v– b^hvb^w “” Ca]½ “” fm^m\v . C^«NÄ¡v AkÀ NqXmsS fäp fq¶p htimU^§Ä tks_ …D*v. ^*v htimU^·m^pw Ca] fsäm^p htimU^n]pw tIÀ¯v BsN B NpXpwd¯n sfm¯w A©v f¡Ä B\v D*m]n^p¶Sv . Vm^maw {btSyNSNÄ b_]m³ D*m]n^p¶ B NpXpwd¯ns` Gäkpw k`n] {btSyNS , “”N^p\³ “”Hjn¨v sb¬f¡Ä¡v KWn¨Sv fpjpk³ sb¬bX B]n^p¶p. fq¶p tbÀ¡pw fq¶p koSw sbסÄ. F¶m Ak^psX ^*v htimU^·mÀ¡pw BNs« , D*m]n^p¶Sv fq¶pw BÄ Np«nNÄ fm{Skpw B]n^p¶p. B_p B¬Np«nNÄ¡pw NqXn H³bSp fp_sb®p§Ä !. F¶m bmkw N^p\Wv Bs« FÃmw sb§·mÀ fm{Sfm]n^p¶p, f^p¶nWp tbm`pw H^p fp_s¸®v FXp¡m³ AkWnÃm]n^p¶p ….im Ngv–Xtf !. sb®pw B\pw FÃmw …Wà hpµ^·m^pw hpµ^nf\nNapw …B]n^p¶p .bYn¨psNm*n^n¡p¶k^pw tKm`n¡p tbmNp¶k^pw FÃmw D*m]n^p¶p Nq«¯n .hpµ^^pw , hpµ^nfm^pw B]n^p¶Sv sNm*pSs¶ FÃmk^pw b^hvb^w Wà AXp¸kpw Cgv–Xkpw bp`À¯n]n^p¶p . B AXp¸w Sm´m§Ä¡v Cgv–XfpÅ AWpt]mKyb¦mans] Sn^sªXp¡mWpÅ Akh^kpw WÂNn]n^p¶p . A§sW ASn In`À t{bftKmXnNam]n hz]w D^p¯n^nªp fm_n]t¸mÄ , In`À ASnWm]pÅ {lf§apfm]n SpXÀ¶p . N^p\³s_ fq¶p htimU^nfm^pw A§sW hz]w C\Nsa Sn^sªXp¯t¸mÄ….FÃmw N*pw tN«pw Wn¶ AkWp fm{Sw H¶pfnÃmSm]vf]n WnÊim]Wm] fqNhm£n]m]v fm_n , FÃmw tWm¡n WnÂt¡*nk¶p .

N^p\³s_ fq¯½mk³s_ fq¯ fNWm] fq¯an]³….WnOn B]n^p¶p , t{bfdÔ¯n NpXp¡n WµnSs] N`ym\w Njn¡m³ D_¸n¨p k¨n^p¶Sv . F¶m Ca]kÄ WnOnS Ca] A½mk³s_ fN³ AtKm]pfm]pw WfnS AOn`nâWn]³ WntkUpfm]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpXnª t{bf¯n B]n^p¶p . Cu Nm^\§Ä sNm*pSs¶ N^p\Wv S³s_ hz´w ko«n S§p¶tS Cgv–XfÃm]n^p¶p. H¶mfSv, Ahq] fq¯pÅ tUzgykpw..bns¶ H^p fp_sb®pfnÃmsS , Aan]·m^psX Aknª KmX¡v fp³bn S` NpWn¡mWpÅ fWÊnÃm]vf]pw AksW Ak³s_ ko«n AWyWpw GNm´Wpfm¡n . N^p\Wv WsÃm^p tKm`n]pw tKm`n¡Wph^n¨pÅ Wà l¼akpw D*m]n^p¶ sNm*v , AÑtW]pw A½s]]pw Bs^]pw tbXn¡msS, H^p Nqh`pw NqXmsS SnN¨pw hzmS{´Wm]k³ WX¶p. A½mk·ms^]pw A½m]nfms^]pw Hs¡ Cgv–Xfm]n^ps¶¦n`pw Aan]·m^psX “”fpXnª KmZ “” Nm\m³ sSÃpw Sm`vb^yw CÃm]n^p¶SnWm B koXpNant`¡pÅ kjn]pw Ak³ f_¶p . AkWp BsN Cgv–Xw tSm¶n]n^p¶Spw…Ak³ BsN hµÀlWw WX¯n]n^p¶Spw …Akâ½]psX C^«htimU^n , NknS Ca]½]psX ko«n fm{Sfm]n^p¶p . AknsX tbm`pw S³s_ Aan]þfp_s¨_p¡·m^psX k^kv sNm*pÅ l`yw AksW At`mh^s¸Xp¯n^p¶pv F¦n`pw Ca]½]v¡v St¶mXpÅ {btSyN AXp¸kpw hvtWikpw Nm^\w Ak³s_ At§m«pÅ tbm¡nWp knQv–Ww k^p¯n]n^p¶nà .

NknS Ca]½]psX fq¯ fNÄ Nmtk^n]pw ^*mf¯kÄ Nm©W]pw bs£ S§apsX Hmt^mt^m fp_s¨_p¡·m^pfm]n AXp¸w B]n^ps¶¦n`pw AkÀ Njnªmt`m ….AkÀs¡m¸tfm AkÀ N^p\W]pw Cgv–Xs¸«p hz´w htimU^sWtbms` N^pSn hvtWin¨n^p¶p . Gäkpw Ca]kÄ tNmNn` BNs« ASn`pw Npt_¡qXn fpNanÂ….N^p\sW APmSfm]n Cgv–Xs¸«n^p¶p .Ck^psX Aѳ BNs« Ck^psX Np«n¡m`t¯ , GtSm H^p sb®n³s_ NqsX WmXpkn«p Hant¨mXn tbm]n^p¶p . bn¶oXv , Ak^psX ‘A½ NknS ,”” ïC³gz_³hv .GK³_v “”³s_ tKm`n sI]vSm]n^p¶p Aks^ C{SWmapw tbmänsNm*n^p¶Sv . F¶n^p¶m`pw hm¼¯nNfm]pw AÃmsS]pfpÅ N^p\³s_ “”him] ihvS§Ä “”B NpXpwd¯nWv Nn«n]n^p¶ k`ns]m^p Sm§pw S\`pfm]n^p¶p. hz´w ko«n tbm`pw Nn«mSn^p¶ hvtWikpw b^nP\W]pw A§sW AkWv B ko«n Ft¸mjpw hzmPStfmSn N^pS`m]v WÂNn]n^p¶p . C^pb¯n A©p k]ÊnWXp¯p {bm]w….{bS^t¡XnÃm¯ Bt^mPyw !…Bt^mPy¯nWpSNp¶ huµ^yw…FÃmw D*v . N¬fp¶n , fp_s¸¬þ sI_p¡³fms^ NnX¶p t{bfhÃmb§Ä SpX^pt¼mÄ… Ss¶ hvtWin¡m³ , tk*n H^p sb®v !…CÃmsS tbm]Sn³s_ Np_tk N^p\Wv D*m]n^p¶pÅp . B Np_kpNÄ AksW H^pbmXv UpOn¸n¨p .B UpO¯n³s_ NT NÄ AkWn`qsX Ss¶ Wfp¡v A_n]mw .AkWm]n Wfp¡SnWp NmtSmÀ¡mw….CWn Ak³ b_ªpsNmÅs« ……

Mm³ “”N^p¬ “”F¶ N^p\³ . C{S]pw b_ªp tN«Sn Wn¶pSs¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn§av¡v fp¶n Fs¶¡p_n¨p hmfmWyfms]m^p In{Sw ^qbs¸«p Nm\psf¶p knlzhn¡p¶p . ASnWm F³s_ NpXpwds¯ Np_n¨pw IpäpbmXnsW¡p_n¨pw NqXpS`m]n A_nkv bN¶v St^*Snsöp N^pSp¶p . F¶mÂ… CknXnt¸mÄ F¶n Wn`Wn¡p¶ Fsâ , Um^p\mkhv–Ts] Np_n¨pw…ASnWm Wn]{Sn¡s¸Xp¶ Fsâ U]Wo] .ftWmWn`s]¡p_n¨pw NqXn sI_ns]m^p kyàS S¶n«v…Nm^y§ant`¡v NX¡mw F¶v knIm^n¡p¶p . FXp¯p b_]m³ WsÃm^p tKm`n]pw ,FXp¯pbt]mPn¡m³ Bkly¯nWv b\kpw ,Nm\m³ sSänÃm¯… S^t¡XnÃm¯, fpOhuµ^yt¯msX]pÅ H^p l^o^kpw ..ASn¯s¶ WÃsS¶p N^pSp¶ Uplo`§sam¶pw CÃm¯ hÀÆh½SfmÀs¶m^p kyànSzkpw ! .bns¶ F´nWpw GSnWpw tbm^p¶ WsÃm^p hpirSv–k`]kpw , tb^ptN« NpXp¼kpw….C§sWms¡ C{Ss]Ãmw D*m]n^p¶n«pw…Mm³ B{Pin¨n^p¶Sv fm{Sw FWn]v¡p H^n¡`pw Nn«n]nÃ. WsÃm^p sb¬Np«ns]….sb¬Np«n]psX W· bq* fWÊv !….AkapsX Cgv–Xw, t{bfw , ,hvtWiw …A§sW H¶pw Cu {bm]¯nWnX¡v FWn]v¡p N*pfp«mtWm ?, Sn^n¨_n]mtWm ? ,fWÊn`m¡mtWm ? t^Os¸Xp¯mtWm ?….H¶pw Cu WmanWnX¡v CSpks^ NWjnªn«nà . F´m\v ASnWp Nm^\w F¶v Mm³ SNrSn]m]n Bt`mIn¨n^p¶n«p HXpknÂ…. F{St`mIn¨n«pw….Fs´ms¡ D*m]n«pw Nm^yfnà , AsSms¡ AWpekn¡m³ , FÃmänWpw “” H^p t]mPw “”tk\w F¶ SoÀ¸n , hfmVmW¯nÂ….MmW§p hin¨p Kokn¨p tbmNpN]m]n^n^p¶p !.

l^n]v¡pw NpXpwd b^nShv–TnSn k¨v tWm¡pt¼mÄ sN«mWpÅ {bm]w H¶pw B]n«nÃ. bt£¦n`v ‘tbmäm³ | “”DÅ VWN^ps¯ms¡ BÀKn¨n^p¶ sNm*v B^ptX]pw sk_p¸v h¼mUn]v¡msS tk\sf¦n sN«mw.F¶m ASv tk*m …Nq«pNms^ms¡ tk`]pw Nq`n]pw N¿n CÃmªn«pw…Unkthmw H¶pw ^*pw sb®pw bnXt¡mjn]pw B]n«v AXn¨p sbman¨p B_pfmUn¨p KoknSw sbmXnsbmXn¨p Kokn]v¡p¶p . At¸mÄ Sm³ fm{Sw Ak^psX fp³bn tSmäp , sb®pwsN«n NojX§n….sk_psS KoknSw hfmVn AX]m³, sJ ….tk*m Im] NpXn]v¡m³ tk*n tS]n`t¯m«w kmt§* BklyfnÃ. bs£ , Aks^t¸ms` Asæn`pw Np_t¨ms¡ hpOn¨p Kokn¡\w…F¶pw Csæn`pw kÃt¸mjpw F¦n`pw H^p Wà I^¡nsW]pw sNm*v kà fq¶mt_m Du«n]nt`m Hs¡ Ipän N_§\w … AknXps¯ S\p¯ fp_n]n`n«p In¡³ Nm`nsWm¸w, NXn¨p_p©\w ….tim …i ….HmÀ¡m³ k¿ !. F¦n`pw CX]v¡nsX HmÀ¯p sk_pw sWXpkoÀ¸pNÄ CXp¶Sp fm{Sw fn¨w !. Ct¸mÄ GNtUlw F³s_ FÃm UpOkpw sskNvadykpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FÃmk^v¡pw “”ssd tiÀ«v “”Ajn Nm\pftÃm tà sà ?. CsSms¡]tà F³s_ {blvWw !…Cu {bm]¯nWnX¡v , H^p Npªn “”sb¬ SpX “”tbm`pw N\n Nm\m³ Njnªn«nÃ, H^p N¶n]naw t{bfw tbm`pw AWpekn]v¡m³ CX Nn«o«nà …Nq«pNmÀ fpjpk³ SpX]pw SpX]nXp¡pw, t{bfkpw Nmfkpw sNm*v bq*v kna]mXpt¼mÄ ….FÃmw Gäpkm§m³ fm{Sw bmkw Cu “”bmks¸«k³s_ “”K·w dm¡n . b\w sNmXp¯p tkt\ tks_m^nXkpw tk* Sm³ tKm`nsI¿p¶ S³s_ ÌmÀ tim«`n tbm`pw I^¡nsW k^p¯n Nan WX¯n Nm^yw hmVn¡mw . bs£ ASv sk_pw skÅw Na] hpOw fm{Stf Nn«¯pÅq . Ssâ IpäpbmXpfpÅ Nq«pNm^pw, Aan]·m^pw F¶ptk*m hN` sS*nNapw…N¶n Njn]m¯ N`¡³ I^¡pNapfm]n hpOn¨p…hÃbn¨p Unkh§Ä ^hn¨p Kokn¨p tbmNpt¼mÄ…Sm³ fm{Sw FÃmw D*m]n«pw H¶pw CÃm¯ U^n{UWm]v sk_psS ,KoknSw C§sW Kokn¡pkm³ tk*n fm{Sfms\¶v sSan]n¡p¶ tbms` A^£nSfm]v Wo¡p¶tSmÀ¯v , FÃm UnWkpw H^pbmXv Np\vYnSs¸«p .

A§sW b\¯n³s_ Vm^man¯¯nWpw ,AtSmÀ¯pÅ BßmenfmW¯nWpw CX]nÂ…..KoknS UuÀemPy St`s`jp¯nsW lbn¨p Kokn¨ H^p Unkhw …Ft§sWt]m AknIm^nSfm]n N_§n¯n^nªv Ca]½]psX ko«ns`¯n . AknsX sIÃpt¼mÄ kÃm¯ Wn^ml]pw NpätdmVkpw Fs¶ bnXnfp_p¡pw , AknXnXps¯ sb¼pÅk^psX AXnsbman s{ZÊnªpw sW©p kn^n¨pÅ WX¯kpw , KmZ Aan]·m^psX {b\] hÃmb§apw Nm\pt¼mtj fXp¸pw fWwbp^«`pw AWpeks¸«p MmWt¸mtj “”Nnjt¡t¡m« Ìm³Zv “”bnXn¡pw !. ASv Nm^\w Mm³ At§m«pÅ tbm¡v Np_km]n^p¶p. F¶m B bN ….Ca]½]psX hm¶nVyw , sS*n Aan]·m^psX CXsbXo F¶nk H¶pw AknsX CÃmSn^p¶SvsNm*v A{Stf kn^hw Bkms¯m^p Wà Unkhw B]n^p¶p. sbwbptÅÀ bSnkptbms` Nyps«N-vhv , ln¦mÀ ….SpX§n , sfmssdÂtcm¬….sfmssdÂbuIv ,hn Zn thmRv–hv A§sW Hmt^mt^m BklyNSNapfm]n Wn^¶p. Mm³ bp©n^nt]msX FÃmw h½Sn¨p ,{bSnknVnt]msX Wn¶p .CX]v¡p Ca]½]psX tcm¬….sbs«¶v sbm]v¡a]^pSv , Ft´m FfÀK³hn fmäÀ ….Sm³ DXsWs]¯pw !. A§sW bntÅ^psX tNmtaKv SfmlNapw , Fsâ ÌmÀ tim«Â N¯nk¡`pw Hs¡ B]n….hf]w tbm]n, Ca]½ DXsWs]¯pw , tbmtk* F¶v ko*pw A_n]n¸v !. CSnWnsX hwhm^¯nWnX]n FknsXs¡t]m F³s_ “”Nan Wn^ml “”, bp_¯p k^msS , {b\]Wn^ml , NqXp kn«p bp_¯p k¶p .N`ym\¡m^yw S¶m]n^p¶p kng]w…tImUn¨t¸mÄ AkapfmÀ H¶pknXmsS , S§apsX {b\]w hinSw FÃmw bp_¯p k¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F³s_ “”{b\] kngmU§Ä “”IÀ¨]m]t¸mÄ BUyw FÃmwNqXn Fs¶ H¯n^n Nan]m¡n , sbm¦m`]n«p . bn¶oXv F³s_ UpxOmkhv–T fWÊn`m¡n….Ft´m hzmÀ°`mew {bSo£n¨mkmw… B Npªp kmSn knXkn`qsX AkapfmÀ Wqjv¶n_§n . A§sW Gäkpw Ca]kÄ tNmNn`]m\v , AkapsX {bn]s¸« Nq«pNm^n f©pknsW¡p_n¨pw….f©pknWv Ft¶mXpÅ SmÂb^ys¯ Np_n¨psfms¡ Ft¶mXv b_]p¶Sv . ASpks^ H^p tI«³ F¶ Wn`]n fm{Sw Fs¶¡*v B hvtWidipfmWt¯msX fm{Sw Fs¶ tW^n«n^p¶kÀ…Fs¶ sk_psfm^p t{bfen£pkm]n Nm\m³ SpX§p¶Sv fWÊn`m¡ns]¦n`pw fp¶n Sp_¶p k^p¶ knlm` {b\] t`mN¯³s_ DÅns` WnSyknhvf]§Ä Bt`mIn¨p ….MmsW³s_ {bn]s¸« kyànSzw AkÀ¡p fp¶n AXn]_kp sk]v¡m³ So^pfmWsfXp¯p .

Mm³ Ca]½]psX ko«n k¨v b`t¸mjm]n N*n«pÅ”” f³Ip”” F¶ ASnhpµ^n]psX ftWmi^ ^qbw sbs«¶v FWn]vt¡mÀ½ k^nN]pw….B HmÀ½NÄ sbs«s¶s¶ {ZSwP bpaNnSWm¡pN]pw sI]vSp . FWn]v¡v A{S]pw k`ns]m^p”” {Pm³Zv{bo t`m«_n “” fpt¶m«p k¨Sv Ft´m Pq[`£yw fp¶n sNm*ms\¶v– A_n]mfm]n^ps¶¦n`pw “”sk_pw In`kv– “” F¶v fm{SfpÅk^psX Znfm³Zv AwPoN^n¨p Mm³ fpt¶m«p tbm]n . A§sW A¶knsX F³s_ FÃm knVnsskb^y§sa]pw sNmªWw Nm«n skÃpknan¨p , AknsX bpSns]m^p {b\]kÃ^n bq¯pSan^v¯p !. A¶pw ASv NjnªpÅ b` Unkh§an`pw B ko«n MmWpw f©pkpw B]pÅ {b\] hÃmb¯nWp AkÀ kjns]m^p¡n S¶p . Ca]½]psX koXnWp Gs_ AN`¯Ãm]n^p¶ B ko«o¶v f©pknWv AknsX S³s_ Däfn{S¯n³s_ ko«n k¶p tbmNp¶SnWp Ak^psX ko«pNm^psX FSnÀ¸pNtam fäp dp ²nfp«pNtam {blvW§tam H¶pw CÃmSn^p¶Sv M§apsX {b\]t`mN¯ns` hpPf h©m^ ^¯nWp …Sm§pw S\`pw WÂNn . sNmÅmw …F¶pw tKm`n hwdÔfm] bSnkv ]m{S]pfm]n Ca]½ ^mkns` hv–T`w kn«m ….MmWpw fq¶p sb¬bntÅ^pw F³s_ {bn] NmfpNn f©pkpw B]pÅ bpSn] t`mN¯n³s_ kmSm]Ww Sp_¡pw !.

F³s_ NmfpNn]pw MmWpw Ca]½]psX f¡apsX hm¶nVy¯nÂ….Ak^psX fp¶nÂk¨p b^hyfm]pw ^ihyfm]pw DÅ t{bf KoknS¯nWp So bnXn¸n¨p. ASv N¯n¸nXn¨p {bÖp`w Bs]¦n`pw…hwhm^§Ä¡¸p_w F³s_ fäp tItSmknNm^§Äs¡m¶pw AknsXm^p hv–TmWkpw D_¸n¡m³ NjnªnÃ. tIÀ¶n^p¶pÅ {b\] hÃmb§Ä Hjn¨v …H¶v sSm«p SjpNm³ tbm`pw AkÄ h½Sn¨nÃ, B koXn³s_ IpäpfSn`nW¸p_w fsäm^p CXt¯¡pw AkapsX fWtÊm l^o^tfm AW§m³ AkÄ AWpfSn WÂNn]n^p¶nà N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv koXnWpÅn sNmXp¼n^n sNm* t{bfw , hwhm^w !…Nps_ sftÊKv ssNfmäw , ASnW¸p_w H¶nWpw H^p AWpkmUkpw Nn«n]nÃ. FWn¡ms\¦nt`m ?….{bm]¯nWpw fpjp¯ sb®nsâ l^o^fpjp¸pw huµ^ykpw FÃmw NqXn N*v ….F`n bps¶Ãv Nm\p¶ tbms` Npt_sÈ Sn¶t\m ?…FÃmw NqXn H^pfn¨p Sn¶t\m ?…Fs¶Ãmw NqXn HmÀ¯pÅ b^tklkpw ,b^n{em´n]pw B{Nm´kpw FÃmw G_n G_n k¶psNm*n^p¶p . skÅw NpXn]v¡m³ Nn«msS b`t¸mjpw DfnWoÀ C_¡n Npjªp fXp¯p !. {b\]UnW§Ä F{Ss]s¡t]m NX¶p tbm]n , F¶n«pw…NqXnt¸m]m ssNskÅ]n H^p IpXp IpwdWw F¶Sn Nknªp ssNkn« H^p Nan]v¡pw AkÄ S¿m_mknà F¶v FWn]v¡p GSm*v D_¸m] Akhv–Tm kntlg¯n FWn]v¡v t{bfw sfsà fXp¸pw SaÀ¨]pw AWpeks¸Xp¶ sk_psfm^p {b{Nn]]m]n fm_n . GsSÃmw fWÊn`m¡n] Nmtk^n]pw Xofpw Bks« , Fs¶ Nan]m¡an Wn¶v Hjnkm¡n] H^p Unkhkpw . CÃmsS]m]n .FWn]v¡mNs« Akap½mt^mXv F³s_ C¦nS§Ä Sp_¶p b_]m³ Njn]ms¯m^p Akhv–T]n Nm^y§Ä F¯nWn¶p . AkÀ¡v F³s_ kmÂWv So bnXn¨ Akhv–T fWÊn`mkp¶pfp*v . bs£ B^pw b^hvb^w Sp_¶p b_ªp…H^p kykhv–T]n F¯nt¨^m³ BÀ¡pw Bkp¶nÃ.

CSnWnsX NpXpwd¯n In` “”Bey´^{blvW§Ä “”DXs`Xp¯SnWm …FWn]v¡v Ca]½]psX ko«n A§sW tbmNmtWm H¶pw Njn]mªSnWm …..M§sX dÔ¯n sI_n] AN¨]pw knÅ`pw AWpeks¸«p !. Npt_Wmat¯¡v S½n Nm\`pw fpX§n. F¶m sbs«¶v {blvW§Ä AkhmWn¡pN]pw FWn]v¡Sp kyànb^fm]n kas^ {bt]mKWw sI¿p¶ khvSpS]m]Sv b^ykhmWn]v¡]pw sI]vSp . NpXpwd¯ns` hz¯p emPw k]v¡Â B]n^p¶p kng]w. ASv HXp¡w htimU^nfms^]pw htimU^t^]pw S½n S½n sSän¨p .S¡m`t¯¡v AkÀ S½n`pÅ dÔ¯ntW]pw ….tbm¡v k^kpNsa]pw FÃmw ASv W¶m]n dmVn]v¡]pw sI]vSSv FWn]v¡p kas^ Pp\N^fm]n F¶v {btSyNw b_t]*tÃm ?. F¦n`pw f©pkn³s_ dÔ¯n D*mkp¶ AN¨Napw…Ss¶ fWÊn`m¡m³ AkÄ¡p Njn]p¶nÃtÃm F¶pÅ In´Napw Hs¡ Fs¶ kÃmsS tk«]mXn…tkUWn¸n¨p . F{S]pw sbs«¶v Aksa bp_¯n_¡mWpÅ kjn Bt`mIn¨p Mm³ fp¶n«n_§n .

bn¶oXv ….H^p Unkhw bSnkptbms` Mm³ B ko«n sIÃpt¼mÄ ….fq\pw H¶pw Wm`v , F®kpw NqXn …Fs´ms¡t]m In^n]pw NanSfmlNapw b_ªp ….B_ªp In^nt¨m*n^n]v¡p¶p. sbs«s¶s¶ Nmtk^n , knan¨p ANs¯ fp_n]n N]än ….^ihyw tbms` lÐw Smjv¯n …..

“”tI«m … C¶v Wn§av¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hf]w Cgv–Xw tbms`]p*v . ‘A½ k^m³ sskNpw ASpks^ ^*nWpw NqXn Cu fp_n]n Hä]v¡v Njn]mw.A{S]pw tW^w Wn§Ä¡v hwhm^n¡pNt]m , sSmXpNt]m , bnXn]v¡t]m , F´v tkt\ Bkmw !. M§am^pw l`yw sI¿m³ k^nÃ, bs£ H^p N*og³ !…Aksa sN«nt¡m\w ..AÃmsS Nm^yw WX¯n…Aksa Naªn«p NX¶p Na]m³ kà b^nbmXn]pw Ds*¦n ASv WX¡nà , b_tª¡mw !.

tNk`w C^pb¯n^*v k]ÊnÂ…A¼Sp k]Ên³s_ kÀ¯fmWkpw…Wm`vbSp k]Ên³s_ Ak]kfpjp¸pfm]n , AkapsX k`n] SmSzN DbtUl§Ä ! .

“”bns¶ …Wo tbmXo sbt® , Wn³s_ bm«nWp …sIÃ* bmXv , Akav AknsX Nk¨p k¨n^n]v¡]tÃ…C¶m AXnt¨m F¶pw b_ªp….AkapsX Hmt^m sNm\kSnNm^§Ä !…..””””

Mm³ b_]msS b_ªp Aksa bnXn¨p bXn¡p bp_¯mt¡*n k¶nà , ASnWp fp³bkÄ tbm]n . bN^w N^ans` {bn]s¸« fm³tbX N]_n k¶p ….Mm³ F¶ bmkw B«nWvNp«n]psX fp³bn !…NmÂkn^`m NasfjpSn…..lNp´as] tbm`kÄ S`NpWn¨p Wn¶p . MmWksa AN¯p N]än NSNp Im^n . bSnkv sNm©Â….Npj] …Np_pNÂ…sNm¡p^pf , H`n¸p kÀ¯fmW§Ä , b^nekNp_nfmW§Ä…SpX§n , FÃm AWp^mPþWmXN tSs·mjnNapw , b^mSnNapw sWXpkoÀ¸pNapw b²SnNapfm]n t{bf^wPw sNmjp¯p sfjp¯p …N`ym\Nm^y§ant`¡p F¯nt¨À¶p . tNm¸p !…Mm³ knIm^n¨ NXknt`¡v fm{Sw tSm\n F¯msS Hma¯n Fs§ms¡t]m Im©mXn Nan¨p . hÀÆ `£ykpw Wgv–Xs¸« MmsW¶ tSm\n¡m^³… Uns¡¯msS….NXsk¯msS..Wn`]nÃm K`¯n Wn¶v Wo´n , b¨¸v– N* N^]v¡p N]_n HXpkn ^£sbtX*n k¶p . tUis¯m¶p hvbÀln]v¡m³ tbm`pw h½Sn]v¡msS sb®v NnX¶p Af^`pw ….Af_`pw . H^p bmkw BXm] Fs¶ sk_psfm^p sI¶m]v B]n¡*v , AkapsX b¨fmwhw NXn¨p No_p¶Sv h¦Â¸n¨p HXp¡s¯ NpS_`pw , bnX]`pw …bns¶ , In¶n InS_n Hm«kpw NqXn B]t¸mÄ Mm³ kn«p…Wfp¡sSm¶pw knVn¨n«nà F¶v SoÀ¨]n«p ! . Ipwdn]v¡m³ ssNskÅ tWXn¯^p¶ U]Wo]S]v¡p fp³bnÂ…DUm¯ t{bf¯n³s_ D]À¶ sd©nWv Sm¡m`nN tÌ sNmXp¯p Mm³ _qw kn«p bp_¯n_§n . bp_¯p At¸mjmNs«, Im^n]n^p¶ NSNnWp CX]n`qsX ANs¯ ^wP§saÃmw hm£yw kin¨p….knlUfm]n BhzUn¨p N*pWn¶ fq¶v F®kpw NqXn Fs¶ Nan]m¡n sbman¨Xp¡n… Ims_Xp¯p N«¨n^n!. FWn]v¡mNs« ASpN*v I½`mt\m , tUzgyfmt\m ,NpätdmVfmt\m N¼n]mt\m ?….F¶_n]nà , kÃms¯m^p Akhv–T]n sb«v Mm³ Wm_n Wn¶p . FÃm¯nWpw fq¯ Nm´m^n, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nmtk^n Ss¶ SpX¡fn«p .

“”At¿ tI«m]n ….Wm\t¡XpSs¶ !. C{S WsÃm^p Akh^w M§Ä H^p¡n S¶n«pw ..^s*®kpw t{bfkpw b_ªp C^pt¶m ?….Ngv–Xw Ss¶….At¿m bmkw….AkÄ h½Sn¨p Nm\nà , Asà ?…sÈXm FÃmw sk_pw sk_psS B]nt¸m]tÃm ?….””

bn_sN fäp kVq^nNapw NqsX NqXn ….Nan]m¡`n³s_ Nqä³ Np´fpWNÄ sNm*pÅ “”N^vgN_m`n NÄ”” SoÀ¯p F³s_ sW©n BNfmWw tN_n]n^p¶v sbm¦m`]n«p sbman¨Xp¡n !. F´v sI¿m³ ?…F³s_ ASy´w b^nSmbN^fm] Akhv–T AkapfmÀ H^p U]]pw NqXmsS , Iqg\w sI¿m³ SpX§n . CSnWnX]v¡v, sbs«¶pÅ Fsâ C_§nt¸m¡pw bn¶oXknsX WX¶ Nan]m¡Â hwhm^kpw FÃmw N*pw tN«pw fXp¯p …. f©pkpw H¶pw D^n]mXmkmsS WWª NknįXt¯msX sfsà fp_n]n Wn¶n_§n bp_¯p tbm]n . hfmVmWn¸n]v¡pkm³ AkapfmÀ bn_sN tbms]¦n`pw….AÂb hf] tlgw Wn^mlt]msX fX§n k¶p… bns¶ Fs¶ AWpW]n¸n]v¡mWpÅ {lf§am]n .

“” AsS tI«m]n ….C t{bfsfms¡ CknsX Ss¶ k¨v AkhmWn¸n]v¡pt¶m ?…AtSm fpt¶m«p tbmNpkm³ DÅ kà b^nbmXn]pw Dt*m ? “” Nm©W]psX tImUyw !.

“” F´m]m`pw MmWn{Ss]ms¡ Ngv–Xs¸«p CknXwks^ Hs¡ B¡nFXp¯ntà ?….sbs«¶v ssNkn«p Na]m³ fWÊWpkUn¡p¶nà .bt£ Cu Wn`]v¡v CWns]§sW fpt¶m«p tbmNpw ? “” F³s_ U]Wo] f_pbXn .

“” CWn Cu Nm^y¯n M§apsX emP¯p Wn¶pw CSn NqXpS him]sfm¶pw sI]vSp S^m³ bänà .M§¡v bäp¶Sv A{S]pw M§Ä sI]vSp Njnªp .”” Nmtk^n W]w kyàfm¡n .

“”ASnWp Wn§Ä F´v him]w sI]v–sS¶ ?…Wn§Ä¡v Aksa H¶v b_ªp fWÊn`m¡pN F¦n`pw sI]vSpNqsX ?….”” ko*pw Mm³

“” M§aksa H^pbmXv b_ªp fWÊn`m¡n¨Sm tI«m]n , AkÄs¡Ãmw A_n]mw….M§sX fp_s¨_p¡·m^pw B]pÅ NmfpN dÔw ks^ !. AsSms¡ A_nªpw N*pfm M§apsX t{b^\ sNm*v NqXn AkÄ Cu dÔ¯nWv S¿m_m]Spw….F¶n«pw , sbs®´m C§sW F¶m fWÊn`mkms¯ ?…H^pbs£ ÌmÀ«nwPv {XdnÄ Bkmw…..”” Nm©W bns¶]pw ….

“” Wn§Ä Ak·m^pw B]pÅ fäpÅ FÃm dÔkpw AkÄ¡_n]nÃm]n^n¡pw…ASm .”” Mm³ …

At¸mÄ Nmtk^n , “”ASm Mm³ b_sª AsSms¡ N*pw ….A_nªpw Ss¶]m AkÄ¡o dÔ¯n hSy¯n Sm`vb^yw D\À¶Sv tbm`pw….F¶n«pw M§Ä¡_n]nà , AkÄs¡ÃmänWpw F´m C{S fXn F¶v !.

FWn]v¡p knlzhn¡m³ NjnªnÃ, “”Akav Ns*t¶m ?…F´v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*p ?…Mm³ tImUn¨p .

H^p fXn]pw NqXmSkÄ SpXÀ¶p …..””H^p Unkhw MmWpw h¨ptk«Wpw sN«n¸nXn¨p NnX¡pt¼mÄ B\v AkÄ N]_n k^p¶Sv . ANs¯ dZv–Zv–_qfns` NSNv sI_pSm]n Im^n]nt« D*m]n^p¶pÅq . AkÄ Nqam]n tWm¡n FÃmw Bkly¯nWv N*psNm*v Wn¶p .

“”AsS´m Wo Akav “”Nm\m³ tk*n FÃmw Wn¶v Nm\n¨p sNmXpt¯m ? “” Mm³ hwl]w WnkÀ¯n

“”,Aà FWn]v¡Sp AkÄ Nm\\sfs¶m¶pw B{PifnÃm]n^p¶p . ASknXt¸mÄ AkhmWn¸n¡\sf¶pw knIm^n¨Sm…bs£ , h¨ptk«³s_ B{Nm´³ Nm^\w H¶pw WX¶nà . “”

AtSmXp NqXn M§Ä FÃm htimU^oþhtimU^ dÔ§apw f_¶p….F´pw Sp_¶p b_]p¶ Akhv–T]n F¯ntIÀ¶p . CWn , F§sW]pw Cks^s¡m*v f©pkn³s_ Nj¸v Nq«n¸ns¨Xp¡m³ DUyfn¨p Mm³ tNm¸pNq«n !.

“” Wn§Ä FÃmw Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p F¶v b_]pt¼mÄ…Cu sN«n¸nXptSmw NnÊnªpw fm{Stf]pÅp ?…AtSm ASn NqXpS`m]n Fs´¦n`pw?…..””

Nm©W “” sk_pw sN«n¸nXn¯¯nWpw NnÊnªnWpw B]n AknsX NnX¡p¶ h¨ptk«Wv CknXw ks^ k^m³ F´m {em´pt*m ?……””

Mm³ sM«n]nsæn`pw sM«m³ AenW]n¨p….””At¸mÄ l^n]v¡pÅ b^nbmXn Ss¶]m ?….””

Hm ….Cu G«Wv H¶pw A_n]nà !. M§sX hz´w G«³ Asæn`pw G«Wtà ?…A_n]t\ b_ªp S^mw…Mm³ h¨pkntWmXv fm{SfÃ, Ak³s_ AWn]³ kn¨pkntWmXpw ASn^pkn« FÃm dÔ§apw bp`À¯n]n^p¶p . Mm³ fm{SfÃ, CkÄ Nm©W]pw !….CWn CSn NqXpS kÃSpw b_]t\m ?…FÃmw fWÊn`m]ntà ? “”sW©p SNÀ¡p¶ Nmtk^o knlUoN^\w -…

C{S]pw Hs¡ Sp_¶p tN«v ,CknXwks^ Hs¡ F¯n] hv–TnSn¡v ….FWn]v¡p bn¶k^psX fp¼n f_]v¡m³ … H^p tI«³s_ hv–TmWtfm , bUknt]m , HubIm^nNSt]m H¶pw H^p Bklyw Ds*¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n]nÃ. F´pw Sp_¶v b_]pN]pw {bkÀ¯n¡]pw sI¿mkps¶m^p bpSn] Sp_¶ dÔ¯nt`¡v M§Ä b_]msS, A_n]msS…. b_ªp ks¶¯n !. MmWt¸mtj]v¡v A{S]v¡v kÃmsS A§v D\À¶p Njnªn^p¶p …SXʧsaÃmw f_nNX¶ Mm³…fXnt]SpfnÃmsS Sp_¶Xn¨p tImUn¨p ….

“”Wo ^*pw NqXn Sp\ns]m¶pfnÃmsS Wn¶v ^fn¡p¶Smt\mXo AkÄ f_ªp Wn¶v N*Sv ? “”

“”AsS G«m….Nm\pN fm{SfÃ, AkÄ ASv N*vH¸w l^o^w fpjpk³ SXkn hpOn]v¡pN]pw sI¿p¶p*m]n^p¶p …F¶n«pw C¸w F´m C§sW F¶m H^p sFZn]]pw Nn«m¯Sv ? “”

“” Wos]ms¡ C§sW ^s*®kpfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm_n, fm_n hpOn¨p f_nªn«p Bklyw Njn]pt¼mÄ Ak·mÀ Wns¶s]ms¡ Ct«¨p tSm¶p¶ kjn]v¡p tbmNntÃXo ?, Wns¶s]ms¡ sN«pw F¶v kà D_¸pfpt*m ? “”””

“”sN«v Njnªm`pw M§Ä ^*pw ^*v tb^psX]pw em^yfm^m]n Koknt¨mapw F¶v D_¸pÅSnWmÂ… sN«pw F¶v SoÀ¨]m\v . ATkm sN«n]ntÃ`pw PÀen\n]mkmsS hq£n]v¡m³ M§Ä¡_n]mw !.””

AkapsX Sp_¶Xn¨pÅ kÀ¯fmW¯nÂ….Mm³ sM«n¯^n¨p !…At¸mÄ PÀen\n Bkp¶Sn fm{Stf AkÄs¡ms¡ Npj¸fpÅq, tks_m¶pw H^p {blvWkpfnÃ. AkapsX fpäp Njt¸mÀ¯p Mm³ BÝ^ykmWpw H¸w N¼nkmWpw B]n¡jnªp MmWmt`mIn¨p Blzmhw sNm*p ….CWn Ct¸mÄ Nan]v¡m³ Bs^]pw Nn«n]ntÃ`pw Cu Nj¸n bq_nNÄ s_Zn]m]n C^n]v¡pN B\tÃm F¶v HmÀ¯p !..

“”M§sa tI«³ A{Stf hvtWin¡p¶ sNm*pw …M§Ä¡v tk*p¶ him]kpw…Bklys¸Xp¶ ASymkly hmVW§Ä FÃmw km§n S^p¶ BÄ B]sNm*pw B\v M§Ä Sn^n¨p Cu him]w sI]vSp S^p¶Spw …FÃmw Sp_¶p b_]p¶Spw . tI«m]n fämt^mXpw CsSms¡ tbm]n b_ªp M§sa Wmän¡tà !…A½t]mXv tbm`pw CsSm¶pw b_tª¡tà ?….”” Nm©W sfsà Kmfyw FXp¯p b_ªp .

“”Wos]ms¡ C§sW AjnªmXp¶Sv Wn§sX SÅ]v¡v A_n]nsÃXo ? “” Mm³ tUzgyw emkn¨p …

“”‘A½ A_n]m³ ASnWp ‘A½ CknXnÃtÃm ?””….Nm©W Nq«nt¨À¯p …”” A_nªm¯s¶ ‘A½ FSnÀ¡pNt]m , SX]pNt]m sI¿nÃ, sI¿m³ bänà !.””…..”” AsS´mXo “” A_n]msf¦n`pw Mm³ A_n]m¯ fmSn^n….

“”AtS«m G«sâ AXp¯m]Sp sNm*v ..b_]mw….Cu A½]pw A{S sImÆp H¶pw Aà G«m, A½]v¡pw Ft¸mjpw Bs^¦n`pw tk\w A{S e]¦^n]m\v Ak^v .”” “” At¸mÄ Wn§Ä C§sWs]ms¡ B]nsænt` DÅq AÂepSw !.”” Mm³ b_tªm*v fp*nWp fpNan N¼n]m]n Wn¶ `Pm³ , A_n]msS SXknt¸m]n . ASpN*v In^n¨p…ASnl]t¯msX Nmtk^n ……

“” A½]psX Nm^yw tN«t¸mtj G«Wv N¼n]ms]¶p tSm¶p¶tÃm ?….””

“”ASnWp MmWks^ CSpks^ A§sW N*n«nsÃXo ….F¦n`pw tN«t¸mÄ kÃmsS tSm¶n !…. Wn³s_ f³Ipsb®p k¶n^p¶p B¡ns]Xp¯Sm …F¶n«v H^p Blzmhkpw, H^p AWpN¼]pw Nm\n]v¡msS tfm§ns¡m*v hv–T`wkn«p .”” Mm³ Np®¡p«sW W¶m]n AfÀ¯nsNm*v Ss¶ knlUoN^n¨p .

Nm©WtfmapsX BlzmhtS·j ko*pw ….”” tI«³ hfmVmWs¸Xq tI«m tI«³s_ AkWp Blzmhw M§Ä f©pkn`qsX Ss¶ hmVn¸n¨p S^mw…ASv WX¶ntàN¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv , Wfp¡v tks_ kjn tWm¡mw, tI«³ kngfnt¡* !….M§aSv WX¯n S¶nt« tks_ Nm^yfpÅq tbms^ ?….””

“”Aksa ASnWm]n H¶v sf^p¡ns]Xp¡m³ F´mXo H^p fmÀ¤w ? “”…

Nmtk^n ,”” ASv tI«m]n N¼nNTNÄ DÅ GsS¦n`pw kà Sp*v bphvSNkpw Dt* sNm*v km…ASv km]n¨p Wfp¡ksa N¼n]m¡n FXp¡mw..””

“”bns¶ Hm¬ss`Wn C{S]VnNw N¼nNT sshäpw…`qhncÀ , fµ³^mKm ,Ahp^³, fmÌÀ SpX§n] k¼³ N¼n Fjp¯pNm^psX NTNapw DÅt¸mÄ…Sp*v bphvSNkpw AtWzgn¨p WX¡p¶ Bt^`pw N*mÂ….Ak·mÀ Fs¶ SÅn sNmÃpw !. ASptk* ASnWp bN^w AkÄ¡p km«vh¸n kà Sp*v koZnt]m]pw A]¨p sNmXp¡mw…..ASv N*v tkt\ AkÄ ….”” Mm³ B WnÀt±lw bpÑn¨p SÅns¡m*v b_ªp.

“” ASnWp AkÄ¡p km«vhm¸v tbm]n«v , A§Ws¯ sfmssd F¦n`pw N¿n tkt* ?…Dt* M§an D*v knZnt]m , M§aS]¨p sNmXp¡nt` ? “” Nm©tWsX f_pbXn .

“” bns¶´m Wos]ms¡ sb®p§atà ?…Wnsâs]ms¡ Akav N*Spftà ?….B kjn]v¡v koZnt]m Nm\n¨p N¼n]m¡n¨p ….sSm«v bnXn¨p W¡n¨p A§sW shÊm¡n sNm*pkm ….””

“”AsSms¡ G«³ tW^s¯ b_ªk^psX NTNan !….F¦n`pw tWm¡s« , M§Ä F§sW B s\¦n`pw s_Zn]m¡n sNm*pk^m³ tWm¡mw !….”” Nmtk^n D_¸p WÂNn .

F´m]m`pw…A¶s¯ hwhm^w A{S]pw B]t¸mtj]v¡pw Ca]½ £o\n¨p Npjªp k¶p N]_n .bns¶ hwhm^w AknXw sNm*khmWn¸n¨p , Ca]½]psX {blvW§ant`¡v Sn^nªp .

A§sW]n^n]vt¡, H^mjvI Njnªp H^p Unkhw bN sbs«¶v Nm©W]psX tcm¬ k^p¶p…..
“”sI«m]o ….tI«m]n sbs«¶v H¶v C{SnXw ks^ k¶p tbmkptfm ?….””

Fs´¦n`pw kà AXn]´^ kng]kpw hweknt¨m?….BNp`St]msX Mm³ AtWzgn¨p “”…Fs´s^Xo ? “”…..

“”ASv G«Wv H^mÄ H^p h½mWs¸mSn sNmXp¡m³ G¸n¨p S¶n«v tbm]n .Bs^¦n`pw k¶Sv ssNNm^yw sI¿p¶SnWv fpt¶ G«³ k¶Sv Gäpkm§n sNm*v sbmt¡m , F{S]pw tkPw !.””

AsS´p h½mWfm\v Cu tW^¯p !….Bs« , h½mWftà ?…tW^kpw Nm`kpw H¶pw tWms¡´Snà , tbm]n ht´mgt¯msX Gäpkm§mw …sNmÅmsf¦n ..sNm*pk^mw.AtàAknsX¯s¶ Dtb£nt¨¡mw …..CknXnt¸mÄ {btSyNn¨v b\ns]m¶pw CÃtÃm ?…Mm³ bns¶m¶pw Bt`mIn]v¡msS tWs^ Ca]½ ko«nt`¡p b_¶p . AknsX sI¶v N]_pt¼mÄ …Nm©W fm{Stf]pÅp , Fs¶ {bSo£ns¨t¶m\w iman C^p¸m\v .

“”F´ns]Xo N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dm¡n]pÅkÀ FÃmw ?….F´pkmXo h½mWw ?…”” BNmw£ AX¡m³ k¿msS Mm³ tImUn¨p ….

Nm©WmtUkn Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^nt]msX ….””tI«m]n¡v k¶ Nm^yw WX¶m tbms^ ?… Bs^ms¡ D*m]m F´m ?…”” “”ASpSs¶ , Wo Nm^yw b_ “” ?….

“”ASv Mm³ b_ª hmVWw AN¯p _qfn k¨n«p*v …sIÃv …sI¶v FXp¯p BhzUn¨p AWpekn¨p fWÊpw k]_pw Wn_t¨m…..tkPfmNs« N`ym\¯nWv tbm] Aks^ms¡ k^p¶SnWp fp¼v !….””

Mm³ ANs¯ sdZv–_qfnt`s¡m¶v bman tWm¡n…H^p fnZn]pw tXm¸pfn«v NpWnªn^p¶v , sfmssd`n Ft´m tWm¡n ^hn¨n^n]v¡p¶ f©pknsW N*v sM«n ….tNm^n¯^n¨p tbm]n . H^n]v¡`pw knIm^n]v¡mSn^p¶ , F¶m Ft¸mjpw B{Pin¨n^p¶ …B knlngv–X hmVWw N*v ASnl]n¨p….BivamUkmWm]n H^p Wnfngw Mm³ f^kn¨n^p¶p tbm]n !. F¦n`pw D]À¶p k¶ ht´mg Sn^]na¡w bp_¯p {bNXn¸n]v¡msS, Nm©Ws] knan¨p fmän WnÀ¯n ho^n]hm]n Mm³ tImUn¨p .

“” F´pkmXo , Njnª {bmklys¯ tbms` N®pw N¿pw Nm\ns¨s¶ k^p¯n¨n«p …tSWpw bm`pw Hjp¡n hwhm^n¸n¨p ….N`ikpw N®o^pw Nm«n H`n¸ns¨t¶ Sn^pf*Wm¡n sk_pw Nt¿msX b_ªp knXmWmt\m Cu b^nbmXnNsams¡ ? “”

“”G]v A§sWm¶pw Aà F³s_ G«m ….Akant¸mÄ GSm*v bNpSn h½S¯n`m…dm¡ns]ms¡ tI«³s_ fnXp¡p tbm`n^n¡pw !…bs£ AkÄ¡p e]¦^ I½Â Nm^\w G«³ Hä]v¡v sI¶m AkÄ G«Wv kj§n S^nÃ. Mm³ NqXn k¶mt` AkÄ Wm\w fm_n , sbm^p¯s¸«p G«Wv h½Sn¡p…tI«Wv ASnWp h½Sw Bs\¦n Mm³ NqXn k^mw…Asæn H^pbs£ Njnª Sk\ tbms` ….””

“”Hmtim …A§Wmt\ , sN«n¡jnªp BUy^m{Sn]n`pw AkÄ¡p CSptbms` Nq«v tk\sf¶v b_]pftÃm ?….sb®v sNmÅmw !….””

“”tI«Wv Sm`vb^yw Bt\ b_….AtàIn`t¸mÄ tUi¯v bnXn]v¡m³ tbm`pfkÄ h½Sns¨¶p k^nà !….””…..

“”F´m]m`pw MmWn{S Ngv–Xs¸«v , CknXwks^ k*n HmXn¨p k¶Stà ?…FWn]v¡ms^ F¦n`pw H^p Nan F¦n`pw Nan]v¡msS Sn^n¨p tbmNm³ H¡ptN`m ….”” DÅn Wp^ªp Wn¶ ht´mgw H^p S^n bp_¯p {bNXn¸n]v¡msS Mm³ b_ªp .

“”Bs^s]¦n`pw Nn«n]m fSnt]m ? “”….C¡nan]pw tNmfm©kpw bq*v , SmWpw F´nWpw S¿m_m\v F¶ f«n …bp©n^nt]mXkÄ Nm©W , sNm©n …..

“”Hm , CsS{S Wmam]n sNmSn¨p fUw tN_n WX¡p¶p…Ct¸msj¦n`pw CsSm¶p WX¶p Nn«n]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fSn]m]n^p¶p ……A{S]v¡v fXp¯p !…N¿n bnXn¨p bnXn¨p , FWn¡v ks¿³s_ tfmta ….”” Fsâ B{Pikpw AÊiWo]S]pw FÃmw f_Wo¡n bp_¯p k¶p .

Sn^n¨p ko*pw ASnl]n¨n^nt]msX Nm©W, “” F¶m C¶v F³s_ tI«sW sNm*ksa Nan¸n¨n«pSs¶ dm¡n Nm^yw !. tI«³ ..km.G«³ F³s_ NqsX Wn¶m fSn]mkpw , AkÄ¡p N¼n tN_n fq¯p k^pt¼mÄ tN_n GsäXp¯m fSn !.””

“”ASv Hs¡ , bs£ Wo BUyw ¹m³ b_….ASnWWph^n¨p FWn]v¡p S¿m_mkmftÃm ?…..””++””Wà Np¯p koZnt]m Hs¡ N*v NXntN_n BsN fq¯p Wn¡pkm sb®v !…Mm³ BUyw N]_n , H¶pNqXn Aksa fq¸n]v¡pw …Wà A¼^ N¼n¯p¼Sv Aksa¯pt¼mÄ ImXnko\v DX³ fäp N`mb^nbmXnNant`]v¡v NXt¶m\w , tNt«m ?….G«Wv tk*n him]w sI¿pt¼mÄ AkÄ Sn^n¨pw…H¶pw tWm¡msS, F³s_ s{ZÊpw Du^n Nasªs¶ms¡ C^n]v¡pw !…. tWm¡pN tbm`pw sI¿msS Aksa fm{Sw {l² tN{µoN^n¨p ….Dbt]mPn¨v b^fmkVn hpOn¡pN !, tkt\ bp_¯p Wn¶v Np_¨p tW^w tWm¡n ho³ bnXn¨p…Bklyw Bkpt¼mÄ fm{Sw N]_n k¶m fSn. “”

CSpw b_ªp Nm©W , f©pknWv AXpt¯]v¡p tbm]t¸mÄ MmWksa BbmUIq[w {l²n¨p .BUyfm]n B]n^p¶p Mm³ Aksa A§sW H^p N*psNm*v tWm¡p¶Spw….Aksa A§sWms¡ Nm\p¶Spw !. fp«nWp Smsj ks^ fm{Sw Wn¡ps¶m^p hpSm^y fnZn]pw …H^p ssXäv XogÀ«pw B]n^p¶kapsX tkgw . F¦n`pw fpjp¯ fp`NsaÃmw NqXn B C_p¡n¸nXn¨p XogÀ«nWpÅn fpj¨p SÅn Wn¶n^p¶p. N*n«v Fsâ N*t_mÄ tbmNpsf¶v tSm¶n. fp«nWp Smsj sNmjp¯ NmÂk®]n NpWpNpWm Wo*ptbmNp¶ Caw t^mfWn^ .. BN¸msX Wà Nymwbn`p¡n SÅs] tbms` Wà HSp§n] tdmZn hv{X¨À B]n^p¶SnWm AkÄ¡pw Sos^ k]s_m¶pw Cà . k]_nWpw fp` ]v¡pw dm`³hv sI¿p¶ Wà sNmjp¯p^p* SÅn] I´nNÄ…WX¯]n D`ª`]pt¼mÄ …fnZn]n`qsX bmâohn³s_ sk«v W¶m]n sSanªp Nm\mfm]n^p¶p . N¼n hin¡m³ Njn]msS Mm³ fW¸qÀÆw fpOw sk«n¨p fmäpt¼mÄ…AN¯p N]_n Nm©p Ft´m b_ªp, f©pknsW D]À¯n F\o¸n¨p WnÀ¯n . AkÄs¡m¸w koZnt]m tWm¡nsNm*v Nm©W]pw ^SnUmin]m]n Aksa sfsà hv–b Àln]v¡m³ SpX§n. B hvb^vlWw… sfsà sN«n¸nXp¯kpw IpwdW§apw Hs¡ B]n fm_m³ AVnNw hf]w tk*n k¶nÃ. F\oäv Wn¶ f©pknsW bn_Nn`qsX Ipän¸nXn¨p bp\À¶p sNm*kÄ Njp¯n`mNfmWw D½NÄ WÂNn. f³Ip DÅn Wn_ªp Wn¶n^p¶ Nmf¨qXpw , bp_sf sIm_nªpsNm*n^p¶ IpwdWIqXv F¶m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Aksa sNm*pw AhiWo]S]m sbm_pSnfp«n, bnXªp fm_n. F¶m Aksa ssNknXmsS , sN«n¸p\À¶p sNm*pSs¶ ….Nm©p S³s_ sb^pfmä¯ns` So{kS Nq«n !.

bns¶ , So{kS Wn_ª IpXpIpwdW§tamsX…Aksa sN«nk^nªp ,AkapsX fpjp¯ sNmfm^ h¼mUy §an BsNtk , sM¡n¸nXn¨p SjpNnsNm*v …Nm©W sfsà NmSn AktamXv sNm©n b_ªp ….””CSptbms` H^m\v k¶p Wns¶ C§sW sN«n¸nXn]v¡]pw Ipwdn]v¡]pw , bns¶ Sp\n Du^n WPvW]m¡n fäp b`Spw Hs¡ sI]v–SmÂ.. .. F´m]n^n¡pw hv–TnSn !….Wo hpOn¡ptfm ?…ASnWp h½Sn¨p Wn¶v sNmXp¡ptfm ?…””

“”Dw ….hpOn]v¡pw …Wn¶psNmXp¡pw … “”AtSm Mm³ fSnt]m ?…MmWn§sW Wns¶ hpOn¸n¨p hpOn¸n¨p sNm¶m fSnt]m ?… “”Dw Dw ….”” AtSm FWn]v¡p bN^w H^m\v ….H^m\v Ss¶ tk\sf¶v WnÀdÔfpt*m ?…””

“”B\v …ASm hpOw !…ASm Cgv–Xw !…””kn_¨p kn_¨kÄ bn_pbn_p¯p ….

“”Bs\¶v b_ªm …. CknXn¸w …B ,F³s_ G«³ Ctà ?…Wn³s_ {bmt\lz^³ , W½psX N^p¬ tI«³ …..tI«³ fSnt]m ….””

B tb^v tN«]pX³ , AkapsX skÅm^w N®pNan ht´mg¯n³s_ skÅnW£{Sw sk«n¯na§p¶Sv Mm³ N*p . AkÄ Wn]{´\mSoS Biv–amUt¯msX bp©n^n sbmjn]v¡pt¼mÄ Nm©W SpXÀ¶p …

“”tI«³ Wns¶ W¶m]n hpOn¸n]v¡pw …C§sW sM¡n , sMknXn….SjpNn , St`mXn ….D½s]ms¡k¨p …s{ZsÊms¡ Ajn¨p ….tI«Wv Wns¶ A{S]v¡v Cgv–Xfm…KoktW¡mÄ hvtWifm …….””b_ªp sNm*pSs¶ Nm©W f©pkn ³s_ DX]mXNÄ ,d«Wn`m¡n Hmt^m¶m]n Ajns¨Xp¡m³ SpX§n ….FWn]v¡v AsSms¡ N*v knNm^w hin¡m³ bäm¯ Akhv–T]n F¯nt¨Às¶¦n`pw… sNmXp¯ km¡p bm`n]v¡m³ Mm³ NXn¨p bnXn¨p Wn¶p .

{Zhv fpjpk³ H^pfn¨v H¶msN Ajn¨p Na]msS ….sfsà sfsà AkÄ d«³hv A jn¨p gÀ«v ^*m]n Sp_¶p k`n¨q^n F_nªp . {dm¡nX]n`qsX DÅn N¿n«p fp`¡pX§Ä H¶msN sskskÅ]n`n«p sMknXn DX¨p….FWn]v–¡p AenfpOfm]n Aksa Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n , Fs¶ Nm\n¨p N¼n]Xn¸nt¨m*v ….Aksa fp`NÄ fm_n fm_n sM^n¨pX¨p , fp`sª«p Sn^pbnXn¸n¨p ….Nm©W hpOw b¦n«p fpt¶_n .
f©p sb®nsW C©n©m]n hvtWin¨p …sMknXn sS^pbnXn¸n¨n^p¶ fm_ns` fpjp¯ fmwh tPma§sa , km]v¡pÅn {btkln¸n¨ Nm©W ….B N^n¡n³ NWnNapsX hwtkUW£fS BNtk A_nªp BhzUn¨p fm_n fm_n Btkmaw km]n`n«p_p©n .F¶n«pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fSn]mNmsS k]_n`pw sbm¡nĨpjn]n`pw kn^`n«p SjpNn hpOn¸n¨p Nq«pNm^ns] S³s_ fmhvf^nN NmfUzobnt`]v¡v BW]n¨p . A^ks^ sNms*¯n¨ ssNNÄ , AknXw kn«p fp«nWp tft`]v–¡v ]m{S]]¨p .fp«nWp tfs`¶p kmjSpXNan`qsX fnZn¡Xn]n`m]n N]än …..A^s¡«n gZv[n¡p fpNan`m]n b^Sn SXknsNm*v , Nm©W f©pknsW S³s_ tWÀt^]m¡n WnÀ¯n ..F¶n«p bmân¡v CX]n`qsX AkÄX¸¯Â tW^n«v kn^`n«p sNm*v , Sn^nªp Wn¶ f©pkn³s_ fpOw fpjpk³ Nm©³ Bªp½ k¨p . Nknapw Njp¯pw fm_nXkpw fp¯nf\¯ Ip*pw Wm¡pw sNm*kÄ …f©pkn³s_ AV^kpfm]n sbm^pSn .AknXp¶kapsX Ip*v NXn¨p b_n¨ DfnWo^pw fVp^kpw sNm*kÄ…NknįXkpw N£kpw W¡n,kn]À¸pfm]n tIÀ¯v Im`n¨v W¡n NpXn¨p . bmân¡nX]n`qsX bqÀ¡pjn]n SjpNn sNm*n^p¶ kn^`pNÄ Nm©p So{kS kÀ²n¸n¨p ….Npjn]v¡pÅn BNfmWfn«p Np¯n]na¡mWpw Nl¡mWpsfms¡ SpX§n]n^p¶p .bns¶ Njp¯pw N£kpw W¡nsf¯n¨ Ip*pNÄ , sfsà sfsà sIkn]n D^p½n , sIkn NXn¨p ….NÀ®bpX§an tIÀ¯v Nm©W bSns] b_ªp…..

“”tfma tI«³….CSn`pw W¶m]n hpOn¸n¨p ^hn¸n¨p Nmf sNmXpfpXn N]än S^pw Dw …fSnt]m ? “”””Dw “”fqa fm{Sw !.
“”bns¶´m A¶v Wo tI«Wv h½Sw sNmXp¡msS NnX¶p Nm_n knan¨p HmXnt¸m]n NaªSv ? “”

“”FWn]v¡v A¶SnWp Wm\w B]n^p¶p tI¨o …””….””Wm\w B{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅp ?….h½S¡p_kv H¶pw Ctà ?…”” “”Dw Dw ….”” “”Ct¸mtjm ? “”…… “”Ct¸mjpw A§sW Ss¶ !. “”

“”F¶m Wo S¿m_mt\m MmWnt¸mÄ knan¡s« ?….”” “”knan¨m Ct¸mÄ k^ptfm ?….”” k^pw….{bm\³ Naªnt¸mÄ k^pw , k¶p Wns¶ hvtWin¨p hvtWin¨p sNmÃpw !…tfmsa A{S]v–¡ngv–Xfm\v tI«Wv !…..””

“” FWn]v¡pw At±is¯ A{S¡ngv–Xfm\v tI¨o….At±is¯ A¶v kngfn¸nt¡*n k¶Sn FWn]v¡nt¸mÄ UpOfp*v . ASnWp bN^fm]n Mm³ Ct¸mÄ At±i¯nWv F´pw WÂNm³ h¶²]m\v tI¨n “”.

“”F¶m Mm³ At±is¯ Ct¸mÄ Ct§m«p knan]v¡m³ tbmN]m\v. Wo””tI«sW ko*pw bänt¨¡^pSv !.””… “” Cà tI¨n , tI¨n FWn]v¡nt¸mÄ Nq«p*tÃm , bns¶ MmsW´nWm tbXn¡p¶Sv ? tI¨n At±is¯ ssV^yfm]n knant¨m ….””

CSv tN«psNm*v iÀtgm·mUn]m] Nm©W bpaNt¯msX ko*pw ko*pw f©pknsW….Ipwdn]v¡mWpw bq_n`n^p¶ kn^`pNÄ Bj¯n Np¯n]na¡n ….Nmf¯nWv AXnf]m¡mWpw SpX§n. bns¶ sfsà A^]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SXÊfm]v Wn¶ tgmÀ«v–hv–NÀ«v , iq¡na¡n Smtj]v¡v DÀ¯n]n«p FWn]vs¡m¶pNqXn NmjvI hpOw S¶p .At¸mtj]v¡pw CsSÃmw N*pw tN«pw N¼n tN_o«v {em´pbnXn¨p ….£f]psX sWÃn¸`N N*v Wn¶ FWn]v¡v bns¶ H^Xn NqXn fpt¶m«p tbmNm³ Njn]msS , hiWw Aäv Wn¡pt¼mÄ …..Nmf{em´v bnXnNqXn] Nm©Wsb®v ….FÃm b^nVnNapw kn«p `hvdn]³ hpOkpfm]n fpt¶m«p fpt¶m«v tbmNm³ SpX§n Njn ªn^p¶p … Afm´n¨m , SmWSv CknsX Wn¶v N*v {em´p bnXn¨p ImNpw F¶v fWÊn`m¡n] Mm³ bns¶ ^*pw NÂbn¨p B fp_n]v¡pÅnt`¡v ]msSm^p £\kpw NqXmsS CXn¨p N]_n….At¸mÄ f©pkn³s_ fp`NÄ¡v bp_¯m]n Wn¶ {dm]pw ….A^]n Smjv¶p , fUK`¯n Npan¨p Cu_Wm]n Wn¶ WWp¯ bmâohpw…..Nm©W kn^`m Du^n Sqs¯_n]mWpÅ SnXp¡¯n B]n^p¶p …….
(SpX^pw ….bs£ Wn§apsX Aen{bm]w tbms` )