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sX`ntcm\nsâ f\n]Xn sb«¶v tN«v s`¨p H¶v sM«n…AkÄ bmkmX]psX DÅn Wn¶p ssN FXp¯p. Aѳ k^p¶SnWp fp³bv AkÄ tfmant`Nv HmXn f_ªp. ^mKokv– sdZn Ip^p*p NnX¶ TsbmS¸v DXp¯p sX`ntcm¬ FXp¡m³ tbm]n. Wo* CXtkas¯ Nan]psX £o\t¯msX llnN`]psX Ssâ bq_pw sNmSkpw Np_¨p Wo_p¶p*m]n^p¶p . AkÄ H¶v tf`vsNjpNn Npant¨¡mw F¶v N^pSn Wn^pbf]psX Xk FXp¯p sdZv_qfns` Aäm¨v dmSv–_qfn tbm]n NSNX¨p ,
^mKokv– tcm¬ FXp¯p.
it`m? B tI«m Mm³ K]I{µWm F´m K]I{µm..timhvbnä`n Ft´`pw..:þ^mKokv– H¶v tbXn¨p. Hiv..H¶pà Wn§sX tcm\n knan¨n«v Nn«p¶nà CSpks^ Nm\m¯SpsNm*v tI¨n¡v Bt\ sI_n] tbXn]pw:þK]I{µ³ M§Ä ko«n D*v fj H¶v sIm_nNjnªp k^mw F¶v sk¨p…AktamXv tbXnt¡* F¶v b_,bns¶ FÃm^pfpt*m
AknsX? :þ^mKokv–. CÃ hmÀ hf]w B]t¸m FÃm^pw tbm]n MmWpw AÑWpw A½]pw CknsX D*v..
B tI«m tfmsa Ct§m«v sNm*pk^m³ b_ªn«p*v tI¨n..:þK]I{µ³ ^mKoknsâ DÅn H^p CXn fpj§n, Nmf¯nsâ `i^n]n s`¨p fpNan DÅNm^yw Ss¶ A]mÄ f_¶ptbm]n^p¶p, AkÄ Fs´¦n`pw A_nªn«p*mkptfm? ^mKokv– :þMm³ sskNmsS F¯mw sl^n F¶m .
^mKokv– tkPw tcm¬ N«v– sI]vSp. A]mÄ kn]À¡m³ SpX§n, A]mÄ fpNant`¡v AXnsk¨p WX¶p. s`¨psâ _qfn skan¨fnÃ..tZmÀ Sp_¶pNnX¡p¶p, A]mÄ fpt¶m«p k¶p tWm¡n. AkÄ D_¡wWXn¨p NnX¡pN]m\v, ^mKoknWv hfmVmWfm]n, AkÄ H¶pw A_nªnà F¶v knlzhn¨p A]mÄ Sn^n¨p tbm]n. ^mKokv– tbm]t¯msX s`¨p Nm\pSp_¶p tWs^]n^p¶p H^p H¶v AX¡nbnXn¨ lzmhw kn«p. emPyw Aѳ A_nªnà .s`¨p kmSn t`m¡v sI]vSp.sdZn NnX¶p WX¶Nm^y§Ä Bt`mIn¨psNm*n^p¶p. ^mKokv– sdZv–_qfn tbm]n. llnN` Npan¡p¶p D¨tN«p. A]mÄ N«n`n C^p¶p, AkapsX WWª Wo` Ip^nUm_pw bmâvhpw N«n`nsâ sshZn ko\pNnX¡p¶p, A]mÄ Aksa Nan¨tSmÀ¯ ht´mg¯n H¶v I^n¨p, ^mKokv– ASv FXp¯p cmWnsâ tIm«n sI]_nsâ tfman B_n«p.
At¸mÄ kmSn`nsâ fq`]n AkapsX t_mhv bmâohv NnX¡p¶p*m]n^p¶Sv .

^mKokv– AsSXp¯p N«n`n NnX¶p. ASnsâ fq«n AkapsX bq_nsâ f\w BhzUn¨pf\¸n¨psNm*n^n¡p¶p.A]mapsX Np® ko*pw d`w sk¨p. ^mKokv– ASn bnXnfp_p¡n bSpsN llnN`]psX bmâohv f\¸n¨p AXn¨p, B kmhW A]msa f¯pbnXn¸n¨p. knlm`fm] Npan Njnªp fpXn H^p skÅt¯mÀSvsNm*vsN«n Wn^pbf]psX Hm_©v XÀ¡n Ipän dmSv–_qfn Wn¶p llnN` ^mKoknsâ fp¶nt`¡v C_§nk¶p. ^mKokv– B fUm`hs] tWm¡nC^p¶p. fp`]pw SpX]pw bNpSn f_ªp Wn¡p¶ XÀ¡n fm{Sw A\nªp llnN`s] huµ^yw A]msa AÛpSs¸Xp¯n. llnN` Np® bnXn¨n^n¡p¶ ^mKoknsâ AXp¯ k¶n^p¶p. CSv bns¶]pw F\otäm….
tbmkt*…?:þAkÄ lrwPm^t¯msX tImUn¨p. tbmkm³ tSm¶p¶nÃ…W½¡v H¶psX:þ^mKokv– C¶v fSn ^mKokv–..CWn bns¶m^p Unkhw:þllnN` b_ªp fSn]m¡n ^mKoknsâ Ip*n H^p D½sk¨p.
Aksâ fp¶n Wn¶p B XÀ¡n Du^n Wn`¯n«p, ^mKoknsâ N®pSÅntbm]n…Wà skap¯ sNmjp¯ fp`Napw ASns` C^p* {du¬ D* fp`¡®nNapw, Wn^pbf]psX N®n sI_pSm\v F¶v A]mÄ HmÀ¯p, SXn¨ k]_pw Np® tNäm³ k`n¸fpÅ sbm¡nÄ ASnsâ Smsj N«n t^mfw Wn_ª N_p¯ A¸w H¶psX ASv ^pIn¡m³ A]mÄ¡v– tSm¶n Wà H^p I^¡v, llnN` Wn^pbf]psX ssWän FXp¯n«v H^p NkÀ FXp¯p ^*p ssWän]pw Wn^pbf]psX bm³äohpw {dm]pw ASn C«p. tfl¸p_Sv c]À C^n¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p ASpw B Nk_n FXp¯n«v, ^mKokv– tImUn¨p :þc] Nn«nt]m…? llnN` H¶v In^n¨p :þGSv c] Cu c]_pw NqsX FXp¡mWm AkÄ A§sW b_sª…

Giv??:þ^mKokv– Wà Nj¸p*mtXm AkÄ¡p SWn¡p A_n]tSm*m :þllnN` ^mKokv– F´nWm Fs¶ b®n]Sv Wn^pbf]p*m]n«pw…
FWn¡v Ft´m NpätdmVw. Nps_ B]mtXm H¶v Nan¨n«v bns¶ Ss¶ FWn¡v bt* H^p tWm«fp*v…Wn^pbft]mXv Bt\ H^p SmSvb^yw tSm¶p¶nÃ… H^p {Pu*n Ss¶ Nan¨p fXp¯p…:þ^mKokv– Fsâ {Pu*v F§sW D*v? :þllnN` lrwPm^t¯msX. Sm³ h½Sn¡pw F¶v Mm³ knIm^ns¨ CÃ, Nan¨n«v sNmSn So^p¶nÃ…kÃt¸mjpw H¶v NXm£n¡t\:þ^mKokv– sl^n tWm¡s«. fj tImÀ¶p, hf]w 9:30. llnN` Ip^nUmÀ FXp¯pC«p tk* hmVW§Ä bm¡v sI]vSp C_§n. CWn]nt¸m s`¨p CknsX NnX¡s« llnN` km tbmkmw.:þ^mKokv– llnN`]psX ssN bnXn¨p bp_t¯¡p tbm]n. ^*p tb^pw timhvbnä`n F¯n. knhnänwPv ssXw Njnªp. ^mKokv– K]vI{µsW knan¨p. K]I{µm Wn§apw H¶v AÑsW Nq«n St]m«v . K]I{µWpw Wm^m]\Wpw Smsj F¯n, ^mKokv– NkÀ FXp¯p K]I{µsâ ssN]n sNmXp¯p. Aѳ km ko«n tbmkmw A½ CknsX Wnt¶mapw,bns¶ s`¨p ko«n D*v :þ^mKokv– F¶m WnW¡v CknsX Wn¶qsX? :þWm^m]\³. ASv Aѳ A]À`*v tKmdv Wmsa]m\v Hmcohn F¯\w CknsX NnX¶ WX¡nÃ.. K]I{µm kas^ Sm¦vhv D*v tNt«m, ko«n t{Zm¸v sI]mw km k*n sN]_p .:þ^mKokv– F¶m hmt_ Mm³ CknsX WnÂNmw FWn¡v sNmj¸w H¶pÃ…
A½]pw tI¨n]pw Hä¡v AsÃ, ^m{Sn Ft´`pw him]w tk*nk¶mt`m! At¿m Ss¶ C§sW dp²nfp«n¡m³…:þ^mKokv– kngft¯msX. Hiv F´v dp²nfp«v :þK]I{µ³ NkÀ FXp¯p Wn^pbf]psX _qfnt`¡v– tbm]n (timhvbnä`n ). llnN` Mm³ ko«n t{Zm¸v sI]mw.:þ^mKokv– ss{ZknwPv hoän C^p¶p llnN`]pw Wm^m]\Wpw bp_Nn tN_n..

^mKokv– ASv ssf³Zv sI]vSnÃ. k*n llnN`]psX ko«nt`Nv tbm]n. fj ko*pw sb]vSpSpX§n SpX§n. Nm_nsâ ssk¸À ^*pemP¯pw I`Ws¸«p. K]I{µ³ tfmant`Nv WX¶p. Nk_nsâ bp_¯p Ft´m dp¡v– SX]p¶p*v…A]mÄ sI_pSm]n ASv Sp_¶p…Wn^pbf]psX c]À.. As¸m CSpwNqXn FXp¸n¡mWm\v llnN`s] kn«Sv..A¼Zn Nj¸n…..
A]mÄ fWÊn HmÀ¯p. Fs´m¡t]m N\¡pNq«n A]mÄ Wn^pbf]psX AXpt¯¡v WX¶p WX¶p K]I{µ³ _qfnsâ bp_¯p F¯n. kmSn Im^n C«n^n¡p¶p. A]mÄ NSNnsâ CX]n`qsX tWm¡n H^p tWjvhv D*m]n^p¶p.Wn^pbf sdZn Sn^nªp NnX¡p¶p, AXp¯ ^wPw A]mapsX N®vSan¨p, tWjvhv Wn^pbf]psX hm^n tfmant`Nv k`n¨p..
H^p b¨ bmkmX B]n^p¶p DÅn ASpw tWjvhv tfmt`m«v tNänbnXn¨p..Wà sW]vfp´n] skap¯ SpX]pw Np*n]pw K]I{µ³ skÅfn_¡n tWm¡nWn¶p.A]mapsX Np«³ gZnWn_ªp. tWjvhv H^p hn_©v FXp¯p Wn^pbf]psX Np*n]psX tfman sk¨p tNän… Wn^pbfNv hqIn bt* tbXn]m]n^p¶p.. AkÄ bSns] Nm_n…Bmm. K]I{µWv Ssâ Np® Wn^pbf]psX Np*nSpa]n CXm³ sNmSntSm¶n. Wn^pbf hm^n tWs^]n«p. tWjvhv bp_t¯¡p WX¶p. K]I{µ³ sb«¶v AknXp¶v fm_n. tWjvhv tbm]t¯msX H¶pw A_n]msS tbms` K]I{µ³ _qfnt`¡v– tN_nk¶p. B tI¨n bns¶ Aѳ A§v tbm]n. ^mKotk«Wv Wmsa Ft´m CâÀkyq ftäm A_n]nà AtSm*v Mm³ C¶v ^*ptb^psX]pw NqsX]p*v tNt«m :þK]I{µ³. Wn^pbf]psX DÅv H¶v sWm´p. hz´w tfmÄ¡pw eÀ¯mknWpw H¶pw Ss¶ tkt* :þbs£ AkÄ AsSm¶pw bp_¯p Nm\n¨nÃ. K]I{µWv dp²nfp«m]n AsÃ.:þWn^pbf. bns¶ WtÃm\w…dpVnfp«m]n, H¶v tbm tI¨n :þK]I{µ³ H¶v In^n¨p Wn^qbfm]pw… Mm³ A¶v Hmcohn sk¨p b_ªSv,sNm_¨p tbXn¨p AsÃ:þWn^pbf Np_t¨m???..Mm³ fpÅnt¸m]ns` tI¨n…

:þK]I{µ³. ^*ptb^pw Nan]pw In^n]pfm]n. Wn^qbsfNv H^p Blzmhw Nn«p¶tbms` tSm¶n. AkÀ Nps_ Wm«pNm^y§apw ko«pNm^y§apw hwhm^n¨§n^p¶p, B Np_ª hf]wsNm*v ^*ptb^pw Wà Nq«m]n. Aà A½ FknsX?.:þK]I{µ³. ho^n] Nm\m³ iman tbm]n FÃmw N*p Njnªp k^pt¼mta¡pw hf]w 11 Bkpw. Blpb{Sn]n tks_]pw sb®p§Ä At½Nv Nq«nWp*v.:þWn^pbf. tI¨n `kv fmt^yKv B]n^pt¶m?:þK]I{µ³. AÃtÃm F´m tImUn¨Sv? tI¨n¡v fWÊn Fs´¦n`pw h¦Xw Dt*m? :þK]I{µ³ Wn^pbf]nt`Nv tN_mWpÅ G\n b\n]m³ SpX§n Giv H¶pÃ-! :þWn^pbf Hjnªp fm_n. K]I{µ³ kn«nà tI¨n¡v Fs¶ Cãfnà AÃ?. Wn^pbf UpOt¯msX N®pNÄ AX¨p fuWw bm`n¨p. sl^n Mm³ tbmkp¶p . K]I{µ³ bSpsN Fjpt¶äp tbmkm³ Sn^nªp…sb«¶v Wn^pbf]psX ssN AksW bn¶n Wn¶p bnXn¨p. K]I{µ³ DtUln¨Sv– tbms` Ss¶ Nm^y§Ä k^p¶p*v. K]I{µm Wo b_ªSv sl^n]m..B kngfw F´m F¶v sk¨mÂ…
Wn Bt^mXpw b_]tÃ… Cà Mm³ b_]nà D_¸v, F´m tI¨nsX {blvWw. Mm³ H^p hv{So B\v eÀ¯mkn Wn¶p FWn¡v Cs¸m Nps_ kÀgfm]n hpOw Nn«p¶nÃ…K]I{µ³ ASv fWhn`mkp¶pt*m!:þWn^pbf N^ªp b_ªp. K]I{µ³ H^p ssN Wn^pbf]psX bp_¯p sk¨p DjnªpsNm*v b_ªp hm^fnà tI¨n. Wn^pbf]psX ssN]n bnXn¯fn«p…

Wà bªn tbm`s¯ kn^`pNÄ. Ak³ ASv sl^n¡pw sSm«_nªp…Wn^pbf Ssâ UpO¯n CSv {l²n¨nÃ. Wn^pbf]psX ssN bnXn¨psNm*p Ss¶ K]I{µ³ tImUn¨p :þtI¨n¡v F{S k]hm]n? . B Wà k]hm]n… H^p 36 C*v! 36 k]tÊm?…Giv Ip½m :þK]I{µ³ Wn^pbfs] hpPn¸n¡m³ SpX§n. F´m? :þWn^pbf tI¨ns] N*m H^p H^p 28 ASnâ¸p_w CÃ…. Wn^pbf Sm³ sbm§ntbmNp¶tbms` tSm¶n. ^mKokpw AÑWpw llnN`]pw ko«n F¯n. NmÀ tWs^ DÅnt`¡v tN_n. SmÀbm]]psX AXp¯v WnÀ¯n k¶p Du\v Nm]v¨p tbm] tbms^? :þllnN`. At¿m tfmsa ko«n s`¨p Hä¡… hf]fnà M§Ä bns¶ H^pUnkhw k^mw :þWm^m]\³ sb«¶v k*n H¶v Wn¶p. ^mKokv– ÌmÀ«v– sI]vSp tWm¡n bäp¶nÃ…ko*pw sI]vSp bs£ Bkp¶nÃ. F´v bän :þWm^m]\³ t{d¡v– sZu¬ B]n F¶m tSm¶pt¶…
:þ^mKokv– Wmlw CWn F´v sI¿pw..Cu hf]¯p tk*n]pw Nn«nà HXp¡s¯ fj]pw, s`¨psW CWn F´v sI¿pw. tI¨nt]mXv Mm³ H^p Nm^yw b_ªm tUgyw k^ptfm?. Cà Wo b_tªm..!:þWn^pbf Ft¶mXv bn\§p`tÃm…? :þK]I{µ³. Cà D_¸v.. WnW¡v Ft¶mXv F´pw b_]mw ! tI¨ns] BUyw N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡v tI¨ns] sN«\w F¶v tSm¶n :þK]I{µ³ Wn^pbf]psX sdZn C^p¶p ssNbnXn¨psNm*v b_ªp. Wn^pbf hvSwen¨ptbm]n. tI¨n…FWn¡v tI¨ns] tk\w ¹ohv…

tI¨n¡v ^mKotk«³ S^m¯Sv FÃmw Mm³ sS^pw D_¸v…B^pw A_n]nÃ…. Wn^pbf Np_¨v tW^w AksW tWm¡n fn*mSn^p¶p tlgw K]I{µsW tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨p. AksW h¦XsbXp¯m³ SWn¡p tSm¶n]nÃ…N`ym\w Njnªp, Np«n]pfm]n CWn H^p¯sâ NqsX NnX¶m F´v k^m³ AkWpw hpOw FWn¡pw hpOw…:þAkÄ fWÊn HmÀ¯p Wn^pbf sW©ns` hm^n FXp¯p sshZn C«p…
AkapsX Nmf{em´v AkapsX hztdmVw NojX¡n. K]I{µsW tWm¡n AkÄ Ip*v NXn¨p. hzÀPw `en¨ ht´mg¯n Ak³ AXpt¯¡v k¶p, K]I{µ³ Wn^pbf]psX Nknan Ip*p^hn H^p fp¯w sNmXp¯p…
Nps_ WmapNÄ¡p tlgw Ssâ tf tks_ bp^pgsâ hvb^vlWw, Wn^pbf tNm^nS^n¨ptbm]n . K]I{µ³ Aksa sN«nbnXn¨pfp_pNn, sWän]n`pw Nknan`pw fm_n fm_n D½ sk¡m³ SpX§n . A]mapsX fm_nXw Wn^pbf]psX hm^n fm_n] fp`Nan AfÀ¶pWn¶p. K]I{µ³ Wn^pbf]psX NojIp*v bSns] H¶v NXn¨p k`n¨p. Wn^pbf]psX bmân WWªpSpX§n. tlgw A]mÄ AkapsX S¯½ Ip*pNÄ W¶m]n I¸nk`n¨p..Wn^pbfm]pw kn«nà K]I{µsW AkÄ sN«nbnXn¨p S¶ntáv k`n¨p. ^*p tb^pw b^hvb^w Ipwdn¨psNm*n^n¶p. K]I{µ³ Wn^pbfs] sdZn NnX¯n. AkapsX skap¯p sf`nª B`n` k]_pw sbm¡napw K]I{µ³ BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n ).( A]mÄ AknsX H¶v SXkn, Wn^pbf]psX DÅn Wn¶p Ft´m D^p*p tN_n, K]I{µ³ AkapsX sbm¡nanWv Ipäpw Wm¡v sNm*v k«fn«p hpOn¸n¨psNm*n^p¶p. AkapsX l^o^¯ns` kn]À¸p A]mÄ Wm¡psNm*v H¸ns]Xp¯p.Wn^pbf Nmf hpO¯nsâ `i^n]n bq*p, AkapsX bmân WWªp NpSnÀ¶p. sb«¶v tXmNv tXmNv ……
Bt^m tZm_n fp«n VFt´`pw Np_ªn«ps* sgfn¡pN NT km]n¨Snªp Wµn. b SpX^pw F¶v Wn§apsX bn³Pmfn