(tdmwtd]ns` cu*WnÂ, H^p sb^pfjtSmÀ¶ Unkhw, dn]_Xn¨p cnäm]n, bj] sh¡³_v im³_v bphvSN§an Wn¶pw S¸ns]Xp¯ H^p N¼n¡T]psX In` emP§Ä þ sI_n] fmä§tamsX Wn§Ä¡m]n hfÀ¸n¡p¶p.)
ssN]n`n^p¶ km¡nRv hn¡v Wn`¯q¶n PokÀPoh¨³ WnkÀ¶p Wn¶p. AÃ, km¡nRv n¡nsâ Bklysfm¶pfnÃ. bns¶ AsSm^`¦m^w. ASpsNm*v tks_ In` {bt]mKW§apfp*tÃm.
fSnÂs¡«nWNs¯ ^*pWn`]pÅ dw¥mknt`¡¨³ tWm¡n. bpSn]Sm]n sb]n³_v sI]vSn^n¡p¶p. Cu koXv kÀg§am]n Bsamjnªp NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Njnª BjvI]n`m\p bpSn] Smfh¡mÀ k¶Sv. fq¶p Wm`p Unkhfm]n Sm³ Ø`¯nÃm]n^p¶SnWm bpSn] BapNsa b^nI]s¸Xm³ NjnªnÃ. H^½]pw þ fNapfms\¶v Nbym^m\p b_ªSv. bns¶ f_n]m½ AknsX tKm`n þ sI¿m³ tbmNp¶p*v. hµÀlW¯nWp fp³bv f_n]m½]mXv kntlg§Ä Sn^¡mfm]n^p¶p…Dw..tbms«. hm^fnÃ. Nm\m³ tbmNp¶ bq^w tN«_n]t\m..
tPäpSp_¶¨³ ANt¯¡p WX¶p. Bim..WsÃm^p bqt´m«fp*tÃm. bpSn] Smfh¡m^n A¸w N`mtdmVfpÅ Nq«¯n`ms\¶p tSm¶p¶p. f\ kn^n¨ kjn CãnNNÄ bmNn] kjn]psX A^nNpNÄ. fpÃ]pw t_mh]pw W«n^n¡p¶p. St`¶p bq¯ fpøqkpNÄ sNmjnªp NnX¡p¶p. fpà tW^s¯]pÅSm]n^p¶n^n¡\w. tk\sf¦n bÅn]n Wn¶pw Wà t_mh]psX N¼pNÄ sNmXp¯pknXmw.
A¨³ WX¶p k^m´]n N]_n. tNmanRvsdÃn kn^`fÀ¯n.
kmSn Sp_¶Sv {bSo£n¨ BaÃ…f_n]m½]m]n^p¶p.
þ F´m f_n]mt½ hpOw Ss¶]tÃ…
B¶t¨m…
ko«pNm^n]nÃnt]m?
þ HtÆ..knan¡mft¨m..
f_n]m½]v¡nt¸mÄ A¸w {bm]fm]n..B]Nm`¯v….b`knIm^§an fpjpNnWn¶ þ A¨³ AXpt¯¡p k¶ fqkm] bmUI`W§Ä tN«nÃ.
þ “”””Ctlmfnlnim]v¡p hvSpSn]m]n^n¡s« At¨m….”
þ “”””Ct¸mjpsft¸mjpw hvSpSn]m]n^n¡s«.”
A¨³ fp¶n Wn¶ Np`oW]m] hv{Sos] hmNqSw ko£n¨p. Wà D]^kpw ASnsWm¯ k®kpw. kngmUw tW^n] Jkn bXÀ¯n] k`n] N®pNÄ..
“”””fNapsX tbs^´m?” H^p fp¸¯©p k]Êp {bm]w k^p¶ B hv{Sos] fNta F¶p knan¡p¶Sn A¨sWm^bmNS]pw tSm¶n]nÃ. A¨Wp k]Êv A³btSmXXp¡p¶p.
þ “”””lmlm½ F¶m\t¨m..”
þ “”””A¨Wn^n¡q..”
þ A¨³ thmc]n`n^p¶p. tlmlm½ FSns^]pÅ Nth^]n`pw.
fNanknsX k¶n^n¡q..A¨³ thmc]n S«n¡m\n¨p.
tlmlm½]v¡v BÚmlÎn]pÅ B N®pNsa WntgVn¡m³ NjnªnÃ. bsä sk«n] SmXn]pw, kaª fq¡pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D]À¶ sWän]pw, ….FÃmsfÃmw B lÎfm] hzemkw knant¨mSn.
tlmlm½ sfsà Fjpt¶äv A¨sâ AXp¯n^p¶p.
CknXs¯ Ø`kpw Smfhkpw F§nsW]p*p tlmlmt½..
WÃ Ø`fm\t¨m…
þ CknXw F§nsW sS^sªXp¯p?
ASt¨m.. M§Ä fh-vNän`m]n^p¶tÃm. tfmapX¸³ f^n¨n«m_pkÀgfm]n. At±iw f^n¨Sn¸ns¶ M§Ä dmw¥q^n`m]n^p¶p… B§a]psX NqsX.. Ct¸mÄ Wm«nt`¡p k^\sf¶p tSm¶n. tfmap timhvf`n`m… AkVn¡p k^pw. CSms\¦n tfmapsX b¸m]psX bj] koXm]n^p¶p. CsSm¶p bpSp¡n CknXmNmw Smfhsf¶p tSm¶n.
þ W¶m]n tlmlmt½…Smfhsfms¡ hpOw Ss¶t]m?
WÃ Ø`fm\t¨m
tlmlm½]psX tfmapXJ³_ tb^p fmSyp F¶Ãm]n^pt¶m?…A¨Wm^mªp.
AsS]t¨m…
fmSypknsW FWn¡p b*_n]mw. bt£ NÃym\w Cu CXkN]n AÃm]n^p¶p..
ASt¨m… A¶p In` dÔp¡Äs¡SnÀ¸p*m]n^p¶p….
B..Nm`sfÃmw fm_n..A¨sWm¶p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.. tlmlmt½..fmSyp CÃmsS Cu sI_p¸w knXm¯ Wo F§nsW Nm`w Njn¡p¶p?…
þ A¨³ tImUyw tN«v tlmlm½ l^n¡pw sM«n.
tlmlm½]v¡v Mm³ b_ªSpfWÊn`m]nà F¶pt*m?..
F´pb_]\sf¶p bmkw tlmlm½]vs¡ms^¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. SnN¨pw ]mTmØnSnNfm] H^p IpäpbmXn`m\p tlmlm½ A¶pks^]pw Kokn¨Sv. KWn¨p kaÀ¶ ko«n f¡ap*mNp¶Sv GtSm ssUk¯n³_ AÂepSsf¶m]n^p¶p tlmlm½ kas^¡m`w V^n¨ptbm¶Sv.
NÃym\w NjnªSnWptlgkpw H^p fNap*mNp¶Spks^ fm{Stf C¨m]Wpfm]n dÔs¸«n«pÅp. e¢Wm] C¨m]³ {bmÀTWm {Pq¸pw VymWkpsfms¡]m]n KoknSw þ Njn¨pNq«n. tlmlm½]v¡pw ASns`m¶pw H^bmNS]pw tSm¶n]n«nÃm]n^p¶p. fsäm^p KoknSkpw AkÀ¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. hpivUv k`]¯n`pÅk^mNs« bÅn¡m^pw, e¢^pw Hs¡.
A¨³ IpjnªpÅ tWm«¯nWpfp³bn tlmlm½ Ipan.
Np_p¡³ tNmjns] tWm¡p¶Sptbms` A¨³ tlmlm½s] tWm¡n. koªn³_ `i^n]pw, CafmWn³_ C_¨n]psX hzmUpw B sI_p¸¡m^n]m] knVk]v¡ps*¶v A¨Wp tSm¶n.
þ F{S hfp{U {ivU´w ImÀ¯n C{S]pw Wo`nf Wn³ N®nÂ…A¨sWm^p bj] PmWtfmÀ¯p.
thmc]ns` B C^n¸n B CXp§n] A^s¡«pw, kXntk_n] bp_kpw A¨³ Aas¶Xp¯p. fp`NÄ k`pSms\¶p N*m`_n]mw. Sq\ptbms`]pÅ SpXNÄ ^*pw AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨m\n^ns¸¦n`pw Ak]psX sNmjp¸v thmc]n b^¶n«p*v.
tlmlm½]vs¡m^p
Blzmhfm]n.
þ sbs«¶p f_n]m½ Im]]pfm]n k¶p. Im]NpXn¡t¨m..tlmlm½ Ns«Xp¯p Wo«n.
A¨³ thmc]n Im^n]n^p¶n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NXp¸fpÅ B Im] BhzUn¨p. Im]¡¸nWp fpNan¡qXn tlmlm½]psX sI_pSm]n kÀ²n¨pk^p¶ b^n{efw A¨³ N*_nªp.
þ B f_n]m½]n§p kt¶..A¨³ knan¨p.
þ CSm Cu N¯p sNm*ptbm]n NbymÀ¡p sNmXp¡\w. F¶n«v Nbym^p S^p¶ Fjp¯v W½psX Ak_m¨sW G¸n¨n«p k¶m fSn.
l^n]t¨m..f_n]m½ tbm]n.
S³ ko«ns` tKm`n¡m^ns] St¶msXm^p km¡ptbm`pw tImUn¡msS b_ªpkn«Sp N*t¸mÄ tlmlm½]v¡p^nlw k¶p. F¶m A¨³_ BÚmlÎn]pÅ N®pNant`¡p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Wmkn_§nt¸m]Sptbms`.
tlmlmt½..FWn¡o kosXm¶p Nm\\w. bpSp¡n]t¸mÄ kas^ fmä§Ä k^p¯n¡m\pftÃm..
A¨sWjpt¶äp. tlmlm½ fWÊnÃmfWtÊmsX]ms\¦n`pw thmc]n Wn¶psfjpt¶äv A¨sW bqt´m«¯nt`¡p W]n¨p. A¨³ AknXs¯ sIXnNta]pw bq¡ta]psfms¡ kas^ kmjv¯n. bÅn]n Wn¶pw H«pfmkpw t_mhm¡¼pNapw sNmXp¯]¡msf¶v A¨³ kmPvUmWw sI]vSp. tlmlm½ bSps¡ hmVm^\ PSn]nt`¡p Sn^n¨pk¶p. Wm«ns` A¨·mÀ NpªmXpNapsX FÃm {blvW§Ä¡pw b^nim^fp*m¡p¶k^ms\¶pw, ASnWm A¨³_ tImUy§an AbmNSs]m¶pfnsöpw AkÀ hfmVmWn¨p.
tlmlm½]_n]msS A¨³ Ak^psX WX¯w {l²n¨p. hm^nsNm*v f_¨n^p¶psk¦n`pw B fpjp¯ bn³emP¯n³_ SmaWnd²fm] I`W§Ä¡v A¨³ N®pNsa Han]v¡m³ NjnªnÃ. B SpXNÄ hm^n¡pÅn C_pNn A^]p¶ Nm^yw A¨³ fWÊnt`mÀ¯p tWm¡n. B SpXNan t^mfw Nm\ptfm? SpXNÄ¡nX]n F´p IqXm]n^n¡pw? ANw SpXNÄ fnWphfmÀ¶k]m]n^n¡pw, In`t¸mÄ N®mXn tbms`.
CkapsX A^s¡«v Hs^«pb¯p {bhkw tb_m³ sN¸pÅSptbms`]p*v. Cksa I«]pw fp*pfpXp¸n¡\w. AtÃ…W½psX {NnhvSymWns¸®p§Ä Cu bpjp¡fpÅ Wm«n C{S]pw khv{Sw F´nWpXp¡p¶p? dp²nb^fm] C¯^w In´Nan `]n¨ A¨³ koXn³_ D½_s¯¯n]S_nªnÃ.
At¨m..hzbvWw Nm\pN]ms\m? lmlm½]psX NphvSnt¨mUyw tN«v A¨sWm¶p In^n¨p. F´psI¿mw tfmta… CXkN]ns` Nm^y§tamÀ¯m Ø`Nm`tdmVw fm_pw..A¨³ In^n¨p.
sfsà ^*ptb^pw ko«nsâ ANt¯¡p N]_n.
fpNan F{S fp_nNap*v?
^*p sdZv _qfpw bns¶ H^p ÌpZn]pft¨m.
A¨³ bSps¡ tNm\n¸Xn]nt`¡p Wo§n. tlmlm½]v¡v NqsX Wo§msS WnÀÆmifnÃm]n^p¶p. koSn]pÅ tNm\n]n`qsX ^*ptb^pw H^pfn¨p fpNant`¡p N]_n.
^*p bXn N]_n¡jnªt¸mÄ tlmlm½]v¡v bn¶n H^p frUphvbÀlfWpeks¸«p. A¨³ ssN sfsà tlmlm½]psX bp_¯p sSm«v bSps¡ Smtjm«pWo§n k^p¶Sptbms`. B hvbÀlw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSps¡ tlmlm½]psX WXpkpw NX¶v I´n]nt`¡p {btkln¨p. tlmlm½]v¡v CSp knlzhn¡m³ NjnªnÃ. CSptbm`pÅ Akh^§Ä tW^nXm¯SnWm F´psI¿\sf¶v AkÀ¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. B ssN¸¯n]v¡v Ak^psX hm^n, bmkmX, bm³_ohv.. Cu S`§an`qsX B tW^n] IqXpÅ I´nNapsX D^p*psNmjp¯ fmwhaS AWpekn¨_n]m³ Njnªp. sfsà Sm§p¶ ssNkn^`pNÄ¡p Smsj B WWp¯, SXn¨p, SÅnWn¡p¶ I´nNapsX I`Ww A¨Wp `i^n bNÀ¶p.
AWpek¯n Wn¶pw Cu Akh^¯n tlmlm½s]t¸ms`m^p hv{So H¶pw b_]nà F¶_n]mfm]n^p¶, A¨³ tNm\nfpNan F¯n]t¸mÄ kn^`pNÄ Ak^psX I´nknXknt`¡Â¸w N]än. B Spap¼p¶ ^*p I´nNaptX]pw WXp¡v A¨³_ kn^`pNÄ WpjªpN]_n. tlmlm½ sSm*]ns` skÅw kän]SpNm^\w b\ns¸«n«v A¸w DfnWo^n_¡n.
A¨³ Aks^ I´n¡p bnXn¨psNm*v BUyw Nm\p¶ fp_n]nt`¡p W]n¨p. Cu fp_n]mt\m tlmlm½]psX NnX¸pfp_n? A¨Wm^mªp.
AsS..FWn¡v..FWn¡v… tlmlm½]v¡v Wãs¸« lÐw Sn^n¨pNn«n. bt£ F´p b_]\w Fs¶ms^¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. A¨³ SpaªpN]_p¶ kn^`pNamNs«, Ak^psX hm^n]pw, AXnkhv{S§apw B I´n]psX CXp¡nt`¡p SÅn¡]äp¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkÀ bnXªp.
tImUn¨psNm*v A¨³
Aks^
B
F´m fNta..S` Ipäp¶m…
F¶p NnX¡]nt`¡n^p¯n.
A¸w NnX¶psNmÅq..B ssNNÄ lÎn]pbt]mPn¨v Aks^ N«n`n NnX¯n…Ak^psX Nm`pNÄ N«n`nsâ klt¯¡v Smjv¶pNnX¶n^p¶p. GSm*m^m`ÊyfmÀ¶ tlmlm½ SaÀ¶v AknsX NnX¶p.
sbs«¶v IqXpÅ SpXNan H^p Nmän³ hvbÀlfWpeks¸«p. S`sbm¡n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A¨sW¡m\mWnÃ! Hs¶jpt¶Â¡msf¶psk¨t¸mÄ AW§m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. A¨³ lÎfm] N^§Ä Ak^psX SpXNanÂ, fp«nW¸w fpNan bnXn¨p]À¯n. B sNmjp¯ Nm`pNÄ A¨³_ C^ptSmapNan`pw NqXn bnt¶m«n«p.
A¨³ hf]w bmjm¡msS Ak^psX fp¶n fp«pNp¯n B hm^n]pw bmkX]pw D]À¯n.fpOw B SpXNapsX CX]n bqjv¯n . fpOfp]À¯n SpXNapsX WXp¡v SpXn¨p´nWn¡p¶ B A¸¯n A¨³ fpOfn«p^hn. tW^n] bm³_ohnWpfpNan In` t^mf§Ä Fjp¶pWn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A¸w WWkpÅ AknsX A¨³ H^p b«n¡p«nt]t¸ms` I¸n¡pXn¨p. tWÀ¯ bm³_ohnWpÅn¡qXn Ak^psX N´v D]À¶pk^p¶Sv A¨³_ Wmk_nªp. B Wm¡v B N´n AfÀ¯n]pjªp.
kÀg§am]n bp^pghvbÀltf¡m¯ tlmlm½]psX A^s¡«v SmW_n]msS sbm§nt¸m]n. B SpXNan A¨³ sk«nWn_p¯n] SmXn D^hn]t¸mÄ AkÀ F^nsbm^nsNm*p. A¨³_ Wmknt`¡k^psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqÀ fWÊ_n]msS I`n¨p. Bt^mPykSn]m] sNmjp¯ B hv{So]psX hiKfm] kmhWNap\À¶t¸mÄ fWÊns` hUmI^tdmVw A¸tW^t¯¡nÃmSm]n. AkÀ ^*p ssN¸¯nNapw sNm*v sdZvgoän fp_psN¸nXn¨p. ko*pw ko*pw WnÀkrSn]Xª AkÀ SaÀ¶p NnX¶p.
A¨³ Ak^psX SpXNÄ tSmapNan Wn¶pw Smtj¡n«n«v Fjpt¶äp. kn^`pNÄ Ak^psX bm³_ohn³ C`mÌn¡n NX¯n A¨³ bm³_ohv Smtj¡p k`n¨n_¡n. F¶n«v CSnWpfp³bpw b` hµÀe§an`pw, tlmlm½t]t¸ms`]pÅ sb®p§sa A¼^¸n¨p, AkÀ Sos^ {bSo£n¡m¯ H^p Nm^yw A¨³ sI]vSp…. d`ngvYfm] ssNNÄ sNm*v Ak^psX A^]n bnXn¨v Aks^ D^p«n. F¶n«v Nfjv¯n¡nX¯n. hm^n]pw bmkmX]pw k`n¨pN]än. B ftWmi^fm] sNmjp¯p SXn¨p knXÀ¶ I´nNÄ A¨³ BUyfm]n N¬ NpanÀs¡ N*p.
kÀg§am]n Wà e£\w Njn¨v, At^mPyfpÅ IpäpbmXpNan Kokn¨p kaÀ¶ tlmlm½]psX I´nNÄ sNmjp¯p SXn¨v f¯§m tbms` A^s¡«n Wn¶pw fpNant`¡p]À¶p Wn¶p. B ^*p tPma§apw S½n C_pNn]fÀ¶v B CXp¡n sI_n] C^p* H^p Wnj b^¯n]n^p¶p. H^p Wq`nWptbm`pw NX¡mWmkm¯knVw B I´nNÄ S½n tIÀ¶n^p¶p. A¨³ ssNsNm*ks] SjpNn. F¶n«v Aks] bNp¯pfmän H^p kn^ B I´nNapsX knXkn Cj¨p. sMm_nkpÅ Ak^psX bqsfm«v B CXp¡n D]À¶p Wn¶n^p¶p. A¨sâ kn^ B sfm«n bSps¡ Sn^p½n..H¶fÀ¯n.
tlmlm½]v¡v KoknS¯n CSptbms`m^p APvWnb^o£\w tW^ntX*nk¶n«nÃm]n^p¶p. S³_ SpXNapw, I´nNapw SnN¨pw Ab^nInSWms]m^p B\n³ N®pNÄ¡p fp¶n NmjvIsk¡s¸«n^n¡p¶p. B ssNNamNs« SnN¨pw AVnNm^emk¯msX Ssâ Gäkpw tPmbyfm] l^o^emP§an sb^pfm_p¶p.
Ak^psX fpOw Wm\w sNm*p SpXp¡pN]pw, N®pNÄ AbfmWem^w sNm*v Wn_]pN]pw sI]vSp. B {em´pbnXn¸n¡p¶ kn^`pNan Wn¶pw ^£s¸XmWm]n tlmlm½ sf¯]n þ fp¶m«njªp.
tlmlm½]psX Wo¡w fWÊn`m¡n] A¨³ H^p ssN sNm*v Ak^psX WXpknWfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p. Aks^ AW§m³ h½Sn¡msS NnX¡]nt`¡fÀ¯n. F¶n«v ftä ssN WoÀ¯n B sNmjp¯ I´n]n BªXn¨p.
At¿m..tlmlm½]psX Wmkn Wn¶pw N^¨n`p\À¶p. sbs«¶p Ss¶ AkÀ Ssâ fpOw sf¯]n`fÀ¯n.N^¨n`nsâ lÐw AX¡n. B b^p¯ ssN¸¯nsNm*pÅ AXn]psX þ tkUW Aks^ Woän. AtSmsXm¸w Ss¶ Ak^psX bq_n H^p Sp`mkÀgw sb]vSp. A\s¡«p sN«n WnÀ¯n]n^p¶ K`ml]w Sp_¶p kn«tbms` B bqän Wn¶pw fUK`sfmjpNn sf¯kn^n WWªp. SpX]nXp¡n H^p Npªphq^yWpUn¨tbms` IqXpsNm*kÀ bpaªp.
Ak^psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv I´nNapsX I`Ww DäptWm¡n] A¨sW´m\p WX¡p¶sS¶v fWÊn`m]n. B Ipk¶p SpXp¯ IqXpÅ fmwhafm] {bS`§an A¨³_ ssNNÄ SjpNn. F¶n«v ko*pw lÎfm]n AXn¨p. BBBiviviv..tlmlm½ ko*pw N^ªp..bt£ lÐw þ Np_ªn^p¶p. I´nNÄ ko*pw Ipk¶p.
tlmlm½ FSnÀ¸psN«v WnÊim]]m]n NnX¶p. SpX]nXp¡n ko*pw kÀg§apsX h¼mUyfm] fUK`w HjpNn. Sm³ f_¶p F¶p V^n¨n^p¶ knNm^§apsX tk`nt]ä¯n Ak^psX FÃm {bSnt^mVkpw SNÀ¶p S^n¸\fm]n.
Aks^ bqÀ®fm]n Wn]{´n¡m³ tk*n A¨³ ko*pw B I´n]n AXn¨p. C{bmklyw AkÀ sfsà tS§n.
tlmlmt½…C¶nSpfSn. Mm³ Wns¶ Nm\m³ Wmsa]pw k^pw. A¶p Wnsâ bmb§Ä WnWt¡äpb_t]*nk^pw..Wns¶s¡m*pMmWSp b_]n¸n¡pw. A¨³ S³_ þ km¡nRvhvfn¡n³_ S`]p^n H^p tWÀ¯ WoafpÅ Iq^ bp_s¯Xp¯p.
tlmlm½ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ S³_]^nNn Ft´m k¶p ko\n^n¡p¶p… H^p F®]n« þ Iq^Â-!
CSp Wo hq£n¨psk¨psNmÅ\w. B QWfpÅ lÐw fpj§n. tlmlm½ sM«nkn_¨p…
bns¶ fpOw sf¯]n`fÀ¯n B`hyfm*p NnX¶p.
tlmlm½s] A¶s¯ hwek§Ä fWÊn`m¡mWpw hzoN^n¡pkmWpw kn«psNm*v A¨³ sfsà tNm\n]n_§n….
(SpX^pw..)