“””” bntÅt¨«m….H^p hvt{Xm§v…”””” Ajp¡v bnXn¨ kmgv tdhnWnt`¡v d¡än NnX¶ In^«]n skÅsfXp¯p fpOw NjpNn A]mÄ b_ªt¸mÄ Wm^m]\bnÅ N®mXn H¶v NqXn fq¡n³ Sp¼t¯¡n_¡nsk¨p hq£n¨p tWm¡n.

“””” b©m^ CXt\m?”””” fn¡kÀ¡pw gpPÀ B]Sv sNm*mkpw SmXn tfl]n fm{Sw AknXknsX W^¨n^n¡p¶ A]msa tWm¡n bntŨ³ A§sW tImUn¨Sv..

“””” gpPÀ CÃ… bs£ fVp^w C«ntÃ`pw Npj¸fnÔ””” Ajp¡v bnXn¨ skÅXk sNm*v fpOkpw Njp¯pw SpX¨]mÄ SXn sd©n`n^p¶p.

“””” Njn¡m³ kÃSpw tkt\m hmt_?””””

“””” F´m DÅSv””””

“””” sI_pNXns] DÅq hmt_… b^n¸pkX]pw sW¿¸kpw D*v…. IqXWm.. C¶p*m¡n]Sv””””

“””” ^*pw Hmt^m¶v FXpt¯m… F´m C¶p*m¡n]Sv F¶p b_ªSv.. Mm³ tImUn¨nÃtÃm””””

bntŨ³ NmknNaÀ Kqº]pw hv–ssN »q NaÀ Ko³hpw V^n¨v Im] sfm¯n¡pXn¡p¶ Bsa bns¶]pw hq£n¨p tWm¡n.

“””” hm_nknsX bpSn]Sm At`ym… Abp_¯pfn¸p_¯psfms¡ bpSn] bpSn] tim«`pNÄ k¶p.. sbmt_m«]pw fhm` tUml]pw F¶p tk* dn^n]m\n ks^ … AknsX]p*v … bns¶ Bs^¦n`pw Ct§m«p N]_ptfm ? FWn¡pfnWn bänà H¶nWpw . AÑsâ AÑWm]n«v SpX§n] NX]m ..f¡Äs¡m¶pw SpXÀ¶v sNm*v tbmNm³ Sm`vb^yfnà ..FWn¡v F\oäv Wn¡m³ bäp¶nXt¯maw Nm`w D´ow SÅn]pw sNmt*mNpw … AtÃ`pw FWn¡pw bntÅ^pX½¡pw B^ptXw Hmlm^¯nWv tNjmsS Kokn¡m³ Cu ssbh fSn “”””‘
bntŨ³ Im]]pw NXn]pw fp¶n sk¨n«p bj] t{Zm tfl]psX fp¶ns` SmXnÌqan`n^p¶]msa H¶v NqXn hq£n¨p tWm¡n

“””” SqlWn`]n tIm_pw NpX¼pan]n« fo³N_n hv–sbgy AÃmsS Hjn¨p N_n]m]n«pw tS§m In^kn]n«v skans¨® Smans¨mjn¨ Akn]`pw bnÅt¨«³ Ss¶ ssS^n fp¡n D*m¡ns]Xp¯ fpaNv k_p¯Spw f¯§, tIW tI¼v fpS`m]k Nq«n D*m¡n] bntŨ³ hvsbgy³ Nq«pN_n]ptXw Hs¡ sX]vÌv CknXp¯pNmÀ fXpt¯m ?”’

N^pN^m¶n^n¡p¶ b^n¸pkX H¶v NXn¨n«]mÄ bntŨsW tWm¡n In^n¨p .

“”‘ NXns¡m¶pw btj hzmUv tbm]n«nà …F¶n«psf´m InÃ`fm^ Nm`n]m]n NnX¡p¶Sv ? b*v bSnsWm¶nWpw fq¶pf\n¡pw b`im^§ap*m¡n]m`pw Wm`pf\n Im]¡v tk*n bns¶]pw D*mt¡*n k¶n«ntà ?”

“”‘ hmt_Sm ? fp¶nknsX§pw N*n«pfnà ..F¶m bj] Nm^y§sams¡ b_]p¶pfp*v .. . sl^nt¡mÀ½ Wn¡p¶ntà …. k]hv Cu fN^¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FjpbSmNpw “”””

“”‘ b*s¯ ¢ºv CSnsâ fpNan`ntà bnÅt¨«m ?”’

“”‘ ASnWm^m Ct¸mapÅSv …bs*ms¡ b_¼n`pw bmX¯pw Ft´`pw Nrgow b\ow Njnªp bntÅs^ms¡ Nk`]n Nm\pfm]n^p¶p … NT]pw NknS]pw PmWtfa]pw kXk`n]pw WmXNkpsfms¡]m]n …Rm AsSm^pNm`w … Cs¸m B^pfnà hmt_ …. Nrgn¸\ns]ms¡ C¸js¯ S`fp_¡v Wm\t¡Xm … bns¶ Ct¸mjs¯ bntÅÀ¡v Cu sfmssd`pw ASns` NanNapw Hs¡ fSn …. kmXN Nn«m*m]t¸mÄ ¢ºn^p¶ fpNÄ S«v H^p hzÀ\¸\]¡mÀ¡v kmXN¡v sNmXp¯p .””‘

“””” At¸mÄ bns¶ b_ªn«p Nm^yfnÃtÃm bnÅtI«m …. Ft´`pw Nant]m WmXNtfm Hs¡ K]n¨n«p k¶v fmh¡pXnÈnN SoÀ¯p kmXN Nn«ns¡m*n^p¶Stà ….. Ak^v Ss¶]Ãm]n^pt¶m Cu Im]¡X]ns` b`im^§apsX]psfms¡ Øn^fm] bäpbXn¡m^pw “”‘

“”‘ AsSms¡ A¶v …. Nn«p¶ h½mW¯pN]pw Hs¡ sNm*v bäpw kmXN]psfms¡ SoÀ¯n^p¶ Nm`w …Cs¸m bntaaÀ¡v sfmssd ImÀKv sI¿m³ tbm`pw ssbh SnN]¯nÃtÃm …. AkhmWw Hjn]pt¼mÄ ^qb ^*m]n^¯ªq_m S^m³ H*m]n^p¶Sv ..MmWSv Bt^mXv tImUn¡pw .. As¶m^p K]Nrgv\³ D*m]n^p¶p … N\¡pw Nm^y§apsfms¡ AkWm]n^p¶t¸m ssbhs]ms¡ Ft¸msa¦n`pw Nn«psf¶pÅ {bSo£]pw D*m]n^p¶p … B AksWm^p sb®nsâ NqsX Hant¨mXn tbm]t¸m ASpw tbm]n … Aksâ bäp tbm`pw S^m*m tbms] .. …A¶s¯ ^*m]n^¯ªqs_¶v sk¨m Wà sSmN]ms\ “”””‘

“”‘½vfv “”‘ A]msam¶p C^p¯nfqan Fjpt¶äp ssN NjpNn

“”‘ F{S]m]n bnsÅt¨«m “”‘

“”‘ fp¸Sv …AÃm hmt_Sm¶v b_ªnÃtÃm “”‘

“”‘ CSm A_pWqän sSm®q_v D*v …bjs]m^p bäp*v A_pWqän]_pbSv ^qb … tNmt`m¯v K]Nrgv\³ …ASv sk«ns]s^ “”””‘

“”‘ tfmsW K]m ….Wo “”‘ bntŨsâ knan tNÄ¡mWm]n A]mÄ Wn¶nà … Im]¡X]psX sshZn`qsX]pÅ N¬{Noäv bmS]n`qsX]m]mÄ Wo«nk`n¨p WX¶n^p¶p At¸mtj¡pw …

WmXmsN fm_n tbm]n , Wm«m^pw … SmWpw fm_n]ntà H^pbmXv … A¶s¯ C^pb¯n]m_pNm^Wn Wn¶pw Wo* bSnWm`p kÀg§Ä bn¶nXpt¼mÄ DÅ fmäw .. A¶o kjn f¬bmS]m]n^p¶p . Wq_p foäÀ Njnªms`m^p sS§n³SXnsNm*pÅ bm`kpw … ASm …ASpw tNm¬{Noäv B¡n]n^n¡p¶p … bm`w Njnªm Nm\p¶ Wo* bmXtlO^fn¶nà . _d_m\VnNkpw… ASnWnX]n tNm¬{Noäv koXpNapw . tNm¬{Noäv bmS]khmWn¨p f¬bmS]m]n ..Np¯sW]pÅ N]äw N]_n A`vbw Njnªt¸mtj N*p bjf]psX HmÀ½¡p_ns¸¶tbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CXnªpkojm_m]n Wn¡p¶ HmXn« H^p bj] koXv … tNm`¯v S_kmXv . A¶v tNm`¯p koXv fm{Stf]p*m]n^p¶pÅq ^*p Wn`]m]n …SXnNÄ bmNn] WoafpÅ C^pWn` HmXn« koXv … koXnWp Ipäpw WX¶ K]Nrgv–\³ H^p Wnfngw AÑsâ InSmehvfw AX¡w sI]vSn^n¡p¶ Ø`¯p Wn¶p …. F¶pw kna¡psk¨n^p¶ S_ tbm`pw CXnªp tbm]n^n¡p¶p …. Spahn¯_ D*m]n^p¶nX¯p Spahnhns¨XnNapsX bpSpWm¼pNÄ fm{Sw

‘A½ – A½]p*m]n^ps¶¦n FÃmw W¶m]n hq£nt¨sW …

HmÀ½NapsX sN«pNÄ fWÊnsW fTn¨t¸mÄ A]mÄ dmPn Wn¶v bmSn]m] H^p Np¸n]psfXp¯p sSmXn¡v Smsj]pÅ Npa¯nt`¡v WX¶p

“”‘ F´m bntŨ³ tI«m bSnknÃms¯m^p KWw ?’ … Im] St¶ BUyw “”‘

“””” Wo]_nªntà tKmth tNmt`ms¯ K]³ k¶n«p*v .””” N«³ Im] sfm¯ns¡m*n^p¶ ^mQk³ sskUy^v tKmhnsâ AXpt¯¡v Wo§n]n^p¶p

“””” Kt]«tWm ? Ft¸m … FÃm^psfmt*m ? ”’

“””” M§sam¶pw N*nà bntŨWm b_sª … Kqd]pw bmâpfn«v SmXnsks¨m^mÄ tNmt`ms¯¡pÅ kjnt] tbmNp¶Sv MmWpw N*m^p¶p “”””

“”‘ bm`nà tKmth N«Wm FXpt¯ ..NXn]pw SoÀ¶p “”””

“”‘ tNmt`ms¯ K]Nrgv\sâ knk^§Ä A_n]m³ F¦n`pw BapNÄ bntŨ³ tI«sâ NX]ns`¯n]tà ..ipw “””” tKmhv N«³ Im] N¿ns`Xp¯p

“”‘ ASv bns¶ tNmana¡w hrãn¨tà AkWnknsX¶p tbm]Sv .. H^pkl¯p Aksâ At½sX B§afm^v b\¯nsâ ip¦pfm]n … f_pkl¯p F´nWpw tbm¶ Pp*Napw ,..F¶m`pw AkWnSnsâ kà Nm^ykpfp*m]n^pt¶m ? “””” dmÀdÀ tPmbn¡v AfÀgw

“”‘ Aksâ At½sW b_ªm fSn]tÃm ..AÑWnÃm¯ sI_p¡sW sNm*pw sNmXp¯pw kaÀ¯m¯Snsâ Npj¸w … BsN]psÅm^p¯³ NT]pw NTNan]pfm]n NmaNan¨p WX¶p … At¶s^ kn`¡\fm]n^p¶p … bYn¸nÃmªn«mt\m AÃtÃm. Akapw NpªpsfknsX]mt\m tbm`pw ? “”””””

“”‘ Aà ..Akapw sl^n]m ..sN«nt]m³ f^n¨n«v B_pfmhw SnN]ps¶Wv fps¶]tà Aksâ NqsX tbm]Sv ? AkÄsX sN«nt]m³ DÅt¸m fpSt` SpX§n]Smkpw ^*pw NqsX . F¶m`pw sbä½s] Hä¡m ko«n`m¡n]n«v AkWp Aktaw sNm*v tbmNm³ F§sW fWÊpk¶p ?””””‘””‘

“””” Bt^m^pfnÃm¯ H^p knVk¡pw fNÄ¡psfm^p KoknSw sNmXp¯Smt\m sSäv … CknXn^n¡p¶ b`^pw Ss¶ sZ]v–hnt¨¨n CSns` tbmNpt¼mÄ fp¡n]pw fqan]pw fWÊn`n^n¸v b_ªn«ntà …. t_gW^n¡v tbm`pw Wn§Ä N\¡p b_ªn«ntà cn`nt¸«m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ? ”’

“”‘cn`n¸ntWw Npäw b_ªn«p Nm^yfnà tKmth … F®¡_p¸ms\`pw AkapsX]t{Sw It´mw fpO{lo]pw DÅ H^p¯n Cu Wm«n`nÃm]n^p¶tÃm . “”””‘

“””” “”””It´mw fpO{lo]pw tWm¡n C^pt¶m … StÅw B§afm^pw sNmÅ^pSm¯k^m]n«pw B sb®v AknXp¶v ^£sb«v k¶Sv AkapsX hzemk lp²n Nm^\fm ..ASm^pw N*nà …K]³ k¶ Nm^yfk·m^v A_nªp Nm\mSn^p¶m fSn]m^p¶p … tKmth Wo H¶v AknXw ks^ tbm]n Nm^y§sam¶_ntª¨pw km “”””‘ bntŨWv fm{Sw K]Nrgv\tWmXv A`nkv Nm\n¨p .

“”‘ Akav NqsX]nÃm¶tà b_sª … sN«nt]m³ f^n¨m*v sSN]pt¶Wp fpt¶ H^p¯sâ NqsX HmXnt¸m]Sm ..AkÄ K]tWw Ct«¨v tbm]n¡m\pw “”‘

“”” H^p tfmap*m]n^p¶tÃm ..A¶kÄ¡v F«pb¯p k]hp Nm\pw …sI`t¸m K]³ B sNm¨nsW ktÃmw sI¿m³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AksaXªp Nm\pw …ASm Nm^yw “”” cn`n¸v fp*p fmXn¡p¯n .

“”‘ tU ..cn`nt¸«m¶p knan¨ km sNms*s¶ tks_m¶pw knan¸n¡^pSv tNt«m … Nm^yf_n]mtSmt^m¶v b_]^pSv … FWn¡v tbm`pw Ak^psX dÔw fWhn`m]n«nà .. F´m]m`pw H¶p_¸m … Kt]«³ A§sWs]m¶pw sI¿nà “””” tKmhv Imt]tXw NXn]ptXw NmlpsNmXp¯p bp_t¯¡n_§n .

“”‘ Wo tNmt`ms¯¡mt\ Sn^n¨nSns`s]m¶p k^\w tNt«mXm “”” bntŨ³ hv–Nq«À ÌmÀ«v sI]vS tKmhntWmXv knan¨p b_ªp . tKmhnsâ k*n]pw Im]¡X]ns` Gg\n¡m^pw Ht^ tbms` Ø`w kn«p

“”””‘ Kt]«m …. Kt]«m “”””‘ fp¶ns` bmSn Wln¨ kmSn`n`qsX AN¯pN]_n K]Nrgv–\sW Sn^ª tKmhv Bs^]pw Nm\msS Wn^mlWm]n ..

“”‘ Kt]«m … CknXm^pfntà ?”’ bp_Nns` bpÃpNÄ kaÀ¶ fpät¯¡v C_§n]t¸mÄ tKmhv H¶v e]¶p … WmapNam]n BaW¡w CÃmsS NnX¡p¶ koXm\v .

“”‘ tKmhmt\mXm …CknsX ..CknsX]p*v Mm³ “”‘ sSmXn]n Wn¶v K]sâ lÐw tN«v tKmhv At§m«v WX¶p

“”‘ Kt]«m .. F´m]nSv .. CsSms¡s]¶v SpX§n … Nm`n]m] Np¸n]pw , bj] H^p In^«]n Wn_¨psk¨n^n¡p¶ fUykpw Npa¯nW^nsN]pÅ bm_]n Im^n]n^n¡p¶ K]sâ]^nNn`p*m]n^p¶p …. A´^o£¯n hnP^änsâ f\kpw bpN¨p^papNapw S§nWn¶n^p¶p … tKmhv ssNsNm*p bpN S«nfmän A]mapsX]^nNn`n^p¶p

“”‘ Wo k`n¡ptk`tÃm Asà …. NpXn¡ptfmXm ? ” K]Nrgv\³ hnP^äv Np¯ns¡Xp¯n

“”‘ bs*m^p ¥mhv fVp^¡Åp NpXnt¨Wv Fs¶ sIkn¡v bnXn¨ Kt]«Wmt\m Ft¶mXnSv tImUn¡ps¶ … ]pkm¡apsX]nX]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kÀ²n¨p k^p¶ fUybmWs¯]pw bpNk`ns]]pw ASnlàfm]n FSnÀ¯v hwhm^n¨n^p¶ , Nv–amÊpNÄ FXp¯n^p¶,sS^pkpWmXN§Ä Nan¨n^p¶ Kt]«³ Ss¶s]t¶mXnSv tImUn¡\w …F´v tNm`fm CSv Kt]«m ?”’ AknXknsX W^¨ Wo* SmXn]pw … fpgnª Kqd]pw Ko³hpw H^p ¹mÌnNv sI^n¸pfn«n^n¡p¶ K]sâ N¿n tKmhv bnXn¨p .

“”‘ ‘A½ …. A½s]knXms\¶p A_n]mtfmXm tKmth … FWn¡½s] Nm\\w … B Nm`n bnXns¨m¶p N^ªm ….FWn¡v …FWn¡v bmSn]mlzmhfmNpw “””

“”‘ Kt]«³ bns¶]nt§m«p knan¨nt« CÃtà … ^*p kÀgw ks^ hpfn{Sm½ CknXp*m]n^p¶p … CXs¡m¶p ko\t¸mÄ S_km«n Wn¶v A½mk·m^v k¶p sNm*v tbm]n … Kt]«sâ Nq«pNm^Wm]Sv sNms*s¶ AkÀ¡v Nm\¯nÃtÃm … CknXm^p¶t¸m F¶pw Ss¶ Mm³ k¶p tk* hmVW§apw fäpw km§ns¡mXp¡pfm]n^p¶p .At§ms«m^p{bmklyw sI¶Sm … hpfn{Ss] Nm\mWm]n Ct§m«m^pw k^*m¶p b_ªp fq¯]½mk³ … fNtWmXpw b_tª¡m³, AWyfS¯n`pÅ ASpw NojvKmSn]n sb« {bm]¯n fq¯ H^p sb®pfm]n Hant¨mXn]ktWw Nq«pNmt^]pw B S_km«n Nm`v Np¯m³ AWpkUn¡nÃm¶v …. _co¡pw fmSyqhpw AOn`pw NqsX DX¡p*m¡mWm]n sI¶Sm … ASnsâ tUgyw bns¶ hpfn{Sm½t]mXv Nm\n¡psf¶v b_ªp MmWm bn´n^n¸n¨Sv “”””

“”‘ Aks^m¡]nt¸m FknsX]m tKmth …bntÅ tI«sW fm{Sw NX]n sk¨v N*p “”””

“”‘ W½psX bj] BÄ¡m^m^pfnà Kt]«m … FÃm^pw Ss¶ PÄcn`m , Mm³ fm{Sfp*v , ASpw tcms_Ìn km¨_m]n tKm`nNn«n]SpsNm*v “”””‘

“”””½vfv .. ..Bs^SnÀ¯m`pw A½s] H¶v tbm]n Nm\\w .”””” K]³ AXp¯ hnP^äv Ip*¯v sk¨n«v tKmhnsWs]m¶p tWm¡n]n«Sv Sn^n¨p tbm¡än`n«p .
“”‘ hpfn{Sm½ …. hpfn{Sm½ tbm]n«m_p sNmÃw Njnªp Kt]«m … FknXms\¶v N^pSn]m Mm³ A_n]n¡ps¶ … FÃmkt^mXpw b_ªp tWm¡n , Kt]«sW bns¶ N*k^nà “”””‘

K]³ H¶pw fn*n]nà , bj] In^«]n Hjn¨v sk¨n^p¶ fUyw Häk`n¡N¯m¡n …

“”‘ Nk`]n tNmt`ms¯ K]Nrgv\sâ NTNam\v Ct¸mÄ b^¡p¶Sv ..bntaat¨«³s_ NX]n WmapNÄ NqXn C¶v NXnNapw bm`psfms¡ SoÀ¶p … sZ]v–hnt¨¨ns]¸än]m\v FÃmÀ¡pw A_nt]*Sv “”‘

“”‘ Ft´m¶mXm A_nt]*Sv … H^p tkly]psX fNsa B kjn¡v knXmsS sN«ns¡m*p k¶p NqsX Smfhn¸n¨ tXmfn]psX em^y , sN«nt]m³ f_n¨m*v SnN]ps¶Wv fpt¶ {bm]¯n Np_km] tNmt`ms¯ K]Nrgv\sâ NqsX tbms]¶pw , bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AktWw Ct«¨p tbms]¶psfm ..ASmt\m Wm«mÀ¡_nt]t* ?’ ‘

“”‘ Kt]«m … kngfn¡msS …Mm³ A§sW]Ã …”

“”‘ Wo AÃXm …. Wm«m^tS b_]q … MmsWmä¡m\tÃm Sn^n¨p kt¶ . … Wo Fsâ A½s] him]n¨n^p¶ tbms` MmWpw tXmfntI«³ NnX¸m]t¸m Ss¶ AknsX him]¯nWp*m]n^p¶p . tI«³ tbm]t¸mjpw ASv SpXÀ¶p … H^p Unkhw Mm³ sIÃpt¼m Fsâ sZ]vhn]pw hvs_Ãtfmapw NqsX kna¼nsk¨ Bim^¯nWp fp¶n`n^p¶p N^]pkm …. Ft´m b´ntNXv tSm¶n]n«v Mm³ hvs_ÃtfmtamsX¶m Nm^ysf¶v tImUn¨p … A½¨n N^]p¶ sNm*m MmWpw N^]ps¶¶v sNm¨v … F´m sZ]v–hnt¨¨n Nm^ysf¶v tImUn¨t¸m H¶pw b_]p¶nà ..H^p hwl]w tSm¶n]n«v MmWm Nªn tNm^nNpXn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸m Aksasâ ssN bnXn¨p S«n¡aªp … N^\¯nsWm¶p sbm«n¨mt`ms]¶m BUyw N^pSns] “”” K]Nrgv\³ Np¸n]n dm¡n kÃSpfpt*ms]¶p Nfnjv¯n tWm¡n]n«Sv Uqt^¡v k`ns¨_nªp …

“”‘ b«n\n F§tW`pw hin¡mw K]m … Bs\m^p¯³ CÃm¯Snsâ Np_kv ^m{Sn]n Nm\pt¼m Cu sbm«ns¸manªp NnX¡p¶ ko«n MmWo sb¬NpªnsW]pw sNms*{S Wmam Hä¡v ….ASpw hz´w B§afm^psX ht¸mÀt«msX Hmt^m^p¯·mÀ …. “”””‘

“””” FWns¡¶m b_t]*sS¶v A_n]nÃm^p¶p tKmth ….Fsâ sZ]vhns]]pw tfmsa]pw MmW¶v Ct§m«p Nq«ns¡m*v k¶p ..Cu tNmt`m¯p ko«nt`¡v , . A½]psfs¶ sSän²^n¨p ….. bs£ Wn`knas¡Xpt¯m*p k¶m A½s]s¶]pw sZ]vhns]]pw k^tkäSv …A§Ws]m¶pfÃt½s]¶v b_ªp Nm^y§Ä knlUoN^n¡pt¼mtj¡pw AkapsX B§afm^v ko«n k¶p sS_n]pw diakpw SpX§n]n^p¶p .. Imä fj WWªm`pw sb^pfj WWªm`pw H^ptbms`]m tfmsW .. . Cksa]pw tfmsa]pw CknsX sNm*v k¶p Smfhn¸n¨m Wm«pNm^pw ko«pNm^psfÃmwCksa Wo Nq«ns¡m*p k¶Sms¶ b_]q …. Fsâ ko«pNm^pw CkapsX ko«pNm^pw Hs¡ Hs¡ sk_psS]n^n¡psf¶p N^pSp¶pt*m F¶pw b_ª½ WnÀdÔn¨m\v A¶v ^m{Sn Ss¶ M§Ä WmXv knXp¶Sv “”””””

“”‘ sZ]vhns¡m«pw h½SfÃm]n^p¶p Fsâ NqsX k^pkm³ ..sÌ`tfmÄ CÃ]n^pt¶Â Fsâ sZ]v–hn At¶ kà NXpwssN]pw sI]v–tSsW¶p Ft¶mXv bns¶ b_ªn«p*v . tfmsa HmÀ¯psNm*m K]sâ KoknSw NqXn Wln¸n¨p sNm*v Mm³ K]sâ NqsX]n_§nks¶¶p b_ªp N^]pkm]n^p¶p Fsâ sZ]v–hn fn¡t¸mjpw ….. Fsâ sZ]v–hn … Fsâ sZ]v–hn …. “”” K]Nrgv\³ tKmhnsW f_s¶m^p hnP^äv NqXns]Xp¯p N¯n¡msWm^p§n ,….

“”” fUn^mln]nt`¡m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms] … WmXNsfjpSn WX¶n^p¶Nm`s¯ H^p Nq«pNm^Wp*m]n^p¶p FWn¡knsX , AkWm Smfhsfms¡ sl^n]m¡n Ss¶ … AksWt¸mjpsft¶mXv b_]pfm]n^p¶p Wnsâs]jp¯v WÃSm … H¶v NqXn knlUoN^ns¨jpSn]m hnWnf¡v bäpsf¶v … FjpSn … NT]pw NknS]psfÃmw … sI_pNnX fmhnNNÄs¡Ãmw tk*ns]jpSn …ASpsNms*m¶pw Nm^yfnÃm¶p k¶t¸m kà tKm`n¡pw tbmNmsf¶p N^pSn .Ht^mt«m _n£ FXp¯Spfm\v … DÅn NpXn]n^n¡p¶ S_km«v finf DÅSv sNm*mt\m S_km«n bn_¶ms]m^p¯sâ KoknSw Wln¸n¨n«v Nq`ntk`¡v tbmNp¶Sv Nm\m³ Njn]nÃm¶pÅ sZ]vhn]psX FSnÀ¸v sNm*mt\m B sSmjn`nWp tbm]nà … ko*psfjpSn . N^nko«n]psX Na_pw N^p¯pfpÅ sb®v FWn¡ptk*n koXpNan bm{Sw NjpNmWn_§n … B]nXs¡m^p hnWnf Nn«n …ko*pw KoknSw b¨bnXn¡m³ SpX§p¶psk¶pÅ {bSo£ … hvs_Ãtfmsa WsÃm^p hv–Nqan tIÀ¯p …. hnWnf]v¡pÅns` hnWnfsNm*mkpw bns¶ B kjn¡v knans]m¶pw k¶nà …^*pw N¸n¨p MmWpw tKm`n¡n_§n . Fsâ sZ]v–hn ^*p kÀgw fp³bv Fs¶kn«p bn^n]p¶Sv ks^ Akam]n^ps¶sâ ssV^ykpw Nq«psfÃmw …. Nm³h_m]n^p¶p AkhmW Q«¯n`m A_ntª … A_nªn«pw Nm^ysfm¶pfnÃm]n^p¶p SmWpw … F¦n`pw Fs¶ sNm*mkp¶Sv tbms` Mm³ InNnÂhnt¨sW “”””‘ K]Nrgv\³ N®v SpX¨p

“””” Kt]«m …. hvs_ÃtfmÄ ?”’

“”‘ Akaps*Xm Fsâ sbm¶ptfmÄ …tZmÎ_m Akav , Cu kÀgw i]ÀÌZohnWv tbmN\w …. ASnWpw NqXn tk*o«m Mm³ kt¶ … MmWpw NqsX tbm]m hvs_ÃtfmÄ … AkÄs¡m^p Wà KoknSfp*mN\w … ASnWpÅ Hm«¯n`m]n^p¶p . fp«m¯ kmSn`pNanà . N]_n]n_§m¯ hwknVm]Nm^ptXw WnÀfmSm¡apsX]pw koXpNanà …F{S tb^psX fp¶n NT b_sª¶_n]mtfm … tU Cu NnX¡p¶sSÃmw MmsWjpSn] Sn^¡TNam “”‘ K]Nrgv\³ dmPn Wn¶v tb¸_pNapw dp¡pNapw FXp¯ksâ fp¶nt`¡n«p .

“”‘A½]psX Nm^yw f_¶Sà … Mm³ CÃmsS k¶m bn\¡kpw b\¯nsâ Ai¦m^kpw f_¶p A½mk·m^v A½s] Nq«ns¡m*p tbmNpsf¶p_¸p*m]n^p¶p … fsäm¶pw bämSm]t¸mjm Ct§mt«¡v kt¶ …Cu Ø`¯ns`m^Âbw kn¡ptkm b\]w sk¡pNt]m kÃSpw sI¿m³ …. ‘A½ h½Sn¡pw …. FWn¡p_¸m]n^p¶p , H^p Wà Nm^y¯nWtà . “”””

“”‘ Kt]«m …. ASv bns¶ …””‘

“”‘ F´mXm ?”’

“”‘ ASv bns¶ …. Cu koXpw Ø`kpw Cs¸m hpfn{Smt½sX B§afm^psXSm. F§sW B¡ns]¶_n]nà . H^p bs£ hpfn{Sm½s] sNm*p h½Sn¸n¨pNm\pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”””””

“”‘ ASpw tbm]n … AtÃ`pw MmsWm^p emPyfnÃm¯kWmXm … H¶nWpw sNmůnÃm¯k³ ..PSnNn«m¯k³ “””” K]Nrgv\³ ssN Ip^p«n B In^« CXn¨p sbm«n¨p … N¿n`qsX tIm^ HjpNn]n_§n

“”‘ Kt]«m ..kngfn¡mSn^n¡v … Wn]tfmw tNmXSosfms¡ D*tÃm .. fN³ Kokn¨n^n¡pt¼m Ø`w A½s]s¡m*v WnÀdÔn¸n¨p FjpSntfXn¡pkmt¶ms¡ b_ªm FknXps¯ Wym]fm “”””””

“”‘ ASnsWms¡ hf]sfXp¡pw tKmth … ssbh sNmXp¯n«m\v Ø`w km§n]sS¶kÀ kmUn¨mt`m ?”

“”‘ AsSms¡ Wfp¡v tWm¡mw .. Kt]«³ Fjpt¶Â¡v ..hf]sfm^pbmXm]n . kÃSpw Njn¡t* .. F«pf\n]mNpt¼m tim«s`Ãmw AX¡pw . ko«n`mt\ AkanÃmt¯m*v MmWpw bp_¯q¶m .. ^*mfs¯ {bhk¯nWp tbm]Smt\ “”‘

“”‘ Wo sbmt¡m tKmth …FWn¡v tk* ..Asæn`pw knl¡p¶pfnà “”‘ K]³ BXn]mXn F\oäp , sk¨v tbm] A]msa tKmhv Sm§n

“”‘ Kt]«m .. CknsX SWn¨p NnXt¡* ..ko«nt`¡v tbmNmw … sZ]v–hnt¨¨osX B§afm^pw f¡apw Ct¸mjpw N`n¸n`m … “””

“”‘ tk* ..MmsWt§m«pfnà …Wmsa Sn^n¨p tbm\w ..FknXpt¶`pw A`vbw ssbh D*m¡\w …tfmsa bYn¸n¡\w …Fs¶ KokWmXm AkÄ¡v …AkÄ AÑm¶v knan¡pt¼m C¸jpw Fsâ N®v Wn_]pw … Fsâ tfmam Akav … MmWÃmsS B^m AkÄ¡pÅSv .^àdÔw tkt\m¶nÃXm H^p Npªnsâ AÑWmNm³ … Wo AWpekn¡p¶ AsS ht´mgw, hvtWiw Hs¡ Fsâ tfmsaWn¡pw S^p¶p*v “”””‘

“””” Kt]«m Mm³ bnXn¡mw “”‘

Wn`¯p InS_n¡nX¡p¶ tb¸_pNapw Z]_nNapw dp¡pNapw FXp¯p bnXn¨p sNm*v tKmhv K]Nrgv\sW Sm§n¸nXn¨p

“”‘ knt«¡Xm ..Npj¸fnà …””‘ K]Nrgv–\³ BXn]mXn fpät¯¡v N]_n bqÀ\fm]pw Wln¨ptbm] AXp¡a]psX ANt¯¡v N]_n

“”‘ Wo sbmt¡m tKmth …Mm³ k^p¶nà … CknsXs]sâ A½]p*v .. A½]psX f\kpw HmÀ½Napw D*v … b_¡fpäm¯ {bm]¯n Aѳ f^n¨p tbm] NpªnsW kaÀ¯n k`pSm¡n sNmÅ^pSm¯kWm¡n] Fsâ ‘A½ “”””‘ K]Nrgv\³ en¯n]n Im^n]n^p¶p .

CWns]m¶pw b_ª«p Nm^yfnÃms]¶v tSm¶n] tKmhv tbmNmsWm^p§n

“””” Kt]«m Cu dp¡vhv Hs¡ “”‘

“”‘ Na]Xm kÃnX¯pw …. b^mKnSsâ Z]_n¡p_n¸pNam\Sv … FjpSs¸Xm¯ Fsâ KoknSNTNÄ .. Cu £]n¨ S_kmXnsâ AkhmW AkNmlnNam] InS`pNÄ¡v Wmta¡k Bim^fmNs« “”””‘ K]Nrgv\³ tKmhv Wo«n] dp¡pNÄ ANt`¡v k`ns¨_nªp .

“”‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv MmWpw NqsX CknsX NqXmw Kt]«m “”‘

“”‘ tk* … B^pw tk* Wo sbmt¡m tKmth “”” H^pNm`¯p tNmt`m¯v K]Nrgv\sW N*p bXn¡Xm F¶v A½fm^pbtUln¨p sNm*n^p¶ Bansâ Ct¸mjs¯ AkØ]pw ^qbkpw H¶pNqXn tWm¡n]n«p tKmhv ASntkPw WX¶p … Aksâ N®pNÄ Wn_ªp Sqkp¶p*m]n^p¶p .

“”‘ bnÅt¨«m ^*p Im] …Cu cv`mh-vNn fSn …CsS¶m NX AX¡ps¶ Cu tW^¯v “”””

“”‘ As¸m Wo]_nªntà tKmth … K]³ f^n¨Sv … Cs¸m km^ys¯ A½n\n]m b_sª ..bm`pw sNm*v k¶t¸m MmWktamXv b_ªm^p¶p K]³ k¶n«ps*¶v … A½n\n]knXps¯ km`y¡m^n AÃm]n^pt¶m .. Akav tbm] DXsW HmXn k¶p b_ªp … sNmt_t¸^t§m«p tbm]n«p*v “”””

“”‘ Culz^m ISnt¨m “”‘ tKmhnsâ N¿n`n^p¶ cv`mh-vNv Wn`¯p ko\p ANs¯ InÃpNÄ sbm«n bp_t¯¡v sS_n¨p …

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“”” tKmth … CSv AZzm³hv … dm¡n bXw C_§n Njntª S^q , hminSy A¡mUfn AkmÀZv Nn«n] NT]m]Sv sNm*v F§sW]mkpw s_hvtbm¬sh¶_n]nà “”‘

“”‘ kas^ DbNm^w hms_ …F¶m MmWn_§nt¡ms« “”””

“”‘ F¶m sl^n … H^p NmÀ At_©v sI]vSn«p*v … Ss¶ sfZn¡Â tNmtaKn B¡n¯^pw . ..B^m Ssâ AknX]ps*¶p b_ªSv … hpOfnÃmsS NnX¡pkmt\m ? Wm«n`pÅ]mamt\m ?”

“”‘ Fsâ tfmam hms_ … Mm³ N*n«nÃm¯ Fsâ tfmav .AkaknsX Cs¸m tKm`n sI¿pkm …Aksa i]ÀÌZohnWv knX\w , ASnWm Cu ssbh . AkÄNo ssbh sNmXp¡\w ..bns¶ AkapsX AÑsâ Cu NT]psX H^p tNm¸n]pw “””” tKmhv Xot¸m]n Wns¶m^p dps¡Xp¯p . ASnsâ loÀgNw tKmshm^pk«w NqXn km]n¨p

“””” H^p b^mKnSsâ FjpSs¸Xm¯ NTNÄ “”””