‘ ASv l^n]m\tÃm. F¦n MmWpw k^mw A¦nta.. bs£ Nmlv …’

‘ AWotg Wo Fsâ NqXtà k^p¶Sv … Nmlv Mm³ sNmXp¡nÃ… Wo AsSm¶pw HmÀ¡*.’

A§sW M§Ä dÊn Wn¶n_§m³ dmPv FXp¯p.

‘Wn§an_§p kmt\m’ dhv ss{ZkÀ Ft¶mXpw gndp A¦nantWmXpw tImUn¨p. AtS F¶v gndp A¦nÄ f_pbXn sNmXp¯p.

‘Um …. dp²n]pÅkÀ sI¿p¶Sv Nt*m. C§sW tk\w. tks_ k*n bnXn¨v Wm«ns`¯m³ tWm¡v…’ ss{ZkÀ dhn`pÅkt^mXv b_ªp.

‘ tks_ k*n bnXn¨v tbmNmWm Njp¯_¸³ sc]À B]n«pw ASv S¶v Xn¡äv FXp¯Sv.’ H^p sI_p¸¡m^Wm]n^p¶p ASv.

‘ Njp¯_¸³ ImÀKm\¦n {X]nWnWv sbm]v¡qtX….’ ss{ZkÀ b_ªp.

‘ ASv M§Ä tWm¡n sNmÅmw…’ sI_p¸¡m^³ Bt{Nmln¨p.

‘ F¶m Ft¸m tbmN\sf¶v Mm³ So^pfmWn¡pw’ ss{ZkÀ tUgyt¯msX b_ªp.

B km¡pSÀ¡w WX¡p¶SnWnX]n M§Ä dÊn Wn¶n_§n. Xu¬ sSm«Xp¯m]n^p¶p. WX¡p¶SnWnX]n gndp A¦nÄ ko«ns` Nm^y§Ä Hs¡ tImUn¨v fWÊn`m¡n.

MmWpw A¦nansâ Nm^y§Ä AtWzgn¨p.

gndp A¦nansâ em^y hpfn sNm¨n AfrS Blpb{Sn]ns` tWjv–hm\v. tNmjnt¡ms« koXpw khvSpkpw hv{SoVWw Nn«n]Sm\v. gndp A¦nÄ dmw¥q^n sF C FÂXn Fhv tNm¨nwPv shâÀ WX¯pN]m\v. CX]v¡v kos¡³Zn hpfn Bân]pw gndp A¦napw tNmjnt¡ms« ko«n F¯m_p*v. b_¼pw Nm^y§apw Hs¡ b^nbm`n¨v bqt´m«sfms¡ tfmZn Nq«n Ak^§sW ^*v Unkh§Ä AknsX Nm\pw.

bSnfq¶v kÀgfm]n knkmiw Njnªn«pw AkÀ¡v f¡anÃm]n^p¶p. ASv b_ªt¸mÄ gndp A¦nansâ sSm* sI_pSms]m¶nX_n.

Xu\n Wn¶v H^p XmNv–hn bnXn¨v M§Ä tNmjnt¡mt«¡v Sn^n¨p. bs£ ^m{Sn AknsX F¯n]t¸mÄ tNm«]w kjn CWn ^mkn`t] dhv DÅqsk¶v tÌg³ fmÌÀ b_ªp.

‘AWogv H^p Nm^yw sI]v C¶v ^m{Sn ko«n S§v. GÀ`n tfmÀ\nwPv Mm³ dÌm³Zn t{Zm¸v sI¿mw.’ A¦nÄ b_ªp. FWn¡v ASv h½Sfm]n^p¶p. Nm^\w B ^m{Sn ASv FWn¡v H^p Wà HmbvgWm]n^p¶p.

tNmjnt¡m«v Xu\n Wn¶v A^ Nnt`mfoäÀ DÅnt`¡v fm_n]m]n^p¶p gndp A¦nansâ koXv. C^pWn` koXm\v.

M§sa C_¡n XmNv–hn Sn^nsN tbm]t¸mjm\v hpfn Bân k¶v tPäv Sp_¶Sv. Mm³ NqXn k^p¶ knk^w A¦nÄ hpfn]mânt]mXv tcm¬ knan¨v b_ªn^p¶p.

‘km tfmtW AWo tg… ‘ hpfn Bân Fs¶ ANt¯¡v £\n¨p. fpXn Njp¯äw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k«¯n N«v sI]vSv, GNtUlw D]^kpw k®fpÅ hpfn Bân W¶m]n skap¯p SpXp¯ H^p ]f*³ I^¡p Ss¶ B]n^p¶p.

‘AWognWv {cgv Bkt*’ gndp A¦nÄ tImUn¨p.

‘ ASknsXm¶n^n¡« A¨m]m ‘ hpfn Bân Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

Xnkn]n sFbnF WX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

‘Bân {Nn¡äv cmWm…’ Mm³ hpfn Bân t]mXv tImUn¨p.

‘]m… sIss¶ s]³ D]n^v …’

‘ Bim sh]nw bn¨v …’

‘Zm Zm dmw¥q^n Wnt¶m*v sIss¶]v¡v K]v knan¡pt¶m…’ A¦nÄ Fs¶ Nan]m¡n.

`nknwPv _qfn C^p¶m`pw AXp¡a W¶m]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. Caw t_mhv Wn_¯ns` Pu¬ B]n^p¶p hpfn Bân]psX tkgw. fp`NÄ ^*pw fp¶nt`¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p. A^sN«nWv k®¡p_km\v. bs£ I´n WÃSptbms`]p*v.

CSnWnX]n gndp A¦nÄ Npan¨n«v k¶p. Aäm¨vZv dm¯v _qw B\v. ssZWnwPv iman`qsX]m\v dm¯v _qfnt`¡v {btkln¡p¶Sv.

‘AWogv tbm]n Npan¡v …’ gndp A¦nÄ b_ªp.

Mm³ dm¯v _qfnt`¡v WX¶p. Wo` Wn_¯ns` ssX H«n¨ dm¯v _qw. S_]n gndp A¦nÄ Npan¨ thm¸v bS. S_]ns` Hmkv AXªn^n¡pN]m\v. Mm³ hq£n¨p tWm¡n N_p¯ Ip^pa³ t^mf§Ä hpgn^§an AXªn^n¡p¶SnWm`m\v skÅw tbmkm³ SXÊw F¶kWv fWÊn`m]n.

Ip^pa³ t^mf§Ä. hpfn ]mân]psX Ip^pa³ fpXnNÄ. t]hv CSk^psX t]mWn¸qX Ss¶]m\v hndnsF Z]_n¡p_n¸ns` f½p«ns] tbms` AWogv ssN ^*pw bn¶n sN«n Wn¶p.

hpfn Bân]psX bq_v N*næns`´m bqäns` t^mfw N*nÃnt]m F¶ WnÀkrSnt]msX Ak³ Npan¨p.

WmapNÄ¡v tlgw gndp A¦napw tgÀan Bân]pw S½n Nm\pN]m\v. At¸mÄ Cs¶m^p Nan D_¸m\v. Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp.

NpanNjnªv C_§pt¼mÄ ssZWnwPv tXdnan sdÀ¡mZn]psX H^p cpÄNp¸n]pw ^*v ssk³ ¥mhpw C^n¡p¶p.

thmc]n sI¶n^p¶t¸mÄ A¦nÄ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p,
‘AWogv fn¶n¡ptfm…’

‘fn¶n¡t`m F¶v sk¨mÂ…’

”^s*®w No_ptfm¶v…’ gndp A¦nÄ skÅw NpXn¡pwtbms` B£³ Nm\n¨p. FWn¡v Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n.

‘G]v CÃ…’ skÅfXn Csöv Mm³ b_ªp.

‘ASv NÅw ‘ At¸mÄ fm{Sw AknsXs]¯n] hpfn Bân]m\v ASv b_ªSv. Ck^nsS§sW A_nªp MmWpw A¦napw S½n hwhm^n¨Sv…? Mm³ AÛpSw Nq_n.

‘AXn¡ps¶¦n AXn¡mw km… Zo hpfo H^p ¥mhv NqXn FXp¯v k]v¡v…’ H^p ¥mhv NqXnt]m… At¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ct¸mÄ ssZWnwPv tXdnan C^n¡p¶ ¥mhpNÄ… At¸mÄ hpfn Bân]pw AXn¡pw.

sb®p§Ä skÅfXn¡psf¶v tN«nt« D*m]n^p¶pÅp. F¶m Um Ct¸mÄ l^n¡pw Nm\pkm³ tbmNp¶p. FWn¡v kÃmsS BNmw£]m]n.

‘Bân Njn¡ptfm…’ A_n]msS MmW§v tImUn¨ptbm]n.

‘tWjv–hvfm^tà fWÊnWv ssV^yw k^m³ H^p sI_pSv….’ A¦nÄ b_ªp.

‘Ip½mSmXm sI_psSm¶pfà C¨m]sW Mm³ tSm¸n¡pw…’

‘Bim sdÌv N¸nÄhv…’ Mm³ ^*ptbms^]pw tWm¡n fq¡¯v kn^Âsk¨p.

‘ Hm…. H^p hSy{NnhvSymWn H¶v tbmt]… M§av tbm]n ^s*®w kn«n«v k^s«… F¶n«v Wfp¡v I¸m¯n]pw In¡³N_n]pw Njn¡mw…’ gndp A¦nÄ h^fm] ^oSn]n hwhm^n¨p.

F¦n`pw BUyfm]n H^p sb®v skÅfXn¡p¶Sv Nm\m³ FWn¡v sNmSn]m]n. Mm³ sfsà bman tWm¡n. Bân Ss¶]m\v {ZnwPv–hv bN^p¶Sv. S\p¯skÅw A¦n {cnZvKn Wn¶v sNm*pk¶p.

‘S\p¸v Np_km]n^n¡pw…’
Bân b_ªp.

A¦nÄ skÅw `nNz_nWv fpNant`¡v Hjn¨p.

‘AWotg tk*mtÃm… hpfo At¸m Int]jv–hv…’ Int]jv–hv b_ªv Hä C_¡nWv A¦nÄ fUyw NpXn¨v SoÀ¯p. F¶n«v H^p In¡³bohv FXp¯p.

hpfn Bân H^p In¡³Nms`Xp¯v NXn¨n«v H^p Nkn hn¸v sI]vSv C_¡n. AsSm^p AjNm]n^p¶p Nm\m³. Ak`psXskap¯ sSm*]n`qsX fUyw C_§p¶Sv Nm\m³… SmsWs´m^p km]v tWm¡n]ms\¶v AWognWv sbs«¶v tSm¶n.Mm³ tWm«w bn³k`n¨p.

Bân Ft´m A¦nantWmXv b_]p¶p.

MmWSv ssfâv sI¿msS sFbnFÂ tWm¡n]n^p¶p.

cpZv Njn¡pt¼mjpw Bân A¦nantWmXv b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p
‘ b_ªptWm¡v AWogntWmXv b_ªv tWm¡v…’

‘F´pkm Bâo…?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘AÃXm Wo AXn¡pt¶m F¶m AkÄ tImUn¨Sv…’

‘ Cænta…’ Mm³ SoÀ¯v b_ªp.

‘ASÃ AWotg…’ Bân CX]v¡v N]_n.

‘tk*m hpfo tk*…’ A¦nÄ kn`¡n.

‘F´m\v ^*mapw NqXn…’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. GtSm fpÖ· dÔw tbms` FWn¡v B N¸nÄhntWmXv AXp¸w tSm¶n. AkÀ¡pw ASv Ss¶. NÃXdhn sk¨v N* b^nI]w fm{Stf DÅpsk¦n`pw gndp A¦nanWv Ft¶mXv Ft´m AXp¸w tbms`.

sFbnFÃn sIs¶]³hv ko*pw knK]n¨p.

‘CWn Wfp¡v NnX¡mw…’ Bân b_ªp. Ak^psX N¿n fUy¡p¸n]p*m]n^p¶p.

‘MmWnknsX NnXt¶mamw…’ Mm³ thmc]nt`¡v Ip^p*p.

‘G]v… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm… tWm… ]p Nw kn¯v fo….’ hpfn Bân D·mU]m]n Fs¶ knan¨p. Mm³ A¼^¶p tbm]n. CSpks^ N*sSm¶pftà ]TmÀ° Nan….

‘Nw Nw….’ AkÀ Pu^k¯n knan¨p.

‘tk*mâo MmWnknsX NnXt¶mamw…’

‘tWm sWkÀ Nw…’ AkÀ Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨v k`n¨p.

BUyfm]n H^p sb®v Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨v D·mUt¯msX k`n¡p¶p. F¶ns` ]pkSzw sbs«¶v D\À¶p. Fs¶ Nan¡mWpÅ bp_¸mXmt\m…. AtSm hv–tWiw sNm*v ANs¯ _qfn NnX¡m³ knan¡pN]mt\m… FWns¡m¶pw fWÊn`mNp¶nÃ. F¦n`pw hpfn Bân]psX N¿psX fmÀ±kkpw Ak^n Wn¶pw D]À¶ dÀ¡mZn]]psX f\kpw Fs¶ kÃmsS {Shn¸n¨p.

Bân Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨v fpt¶m«v WX¶p.

tZmÀ Sp_¶Sv Bân Ss¶]m]n^p¶p… fp_n]psX WXp¡v skÅ goäv kn^n¨ N«nÂ. en¯nt]mXv tIÀ¶v H^p thmc. Bân thmc]n`n^p¶p. Mm³ Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. N«n`n gndp A¦nÄ NnX¡p¶p. dÀfpZfm{Stf]pÅp tkgw…

‘]q… tPm Bâv F³tKm]v kn¯v ssf ihvdâv…’ hpfn Bân Fs¶ N«n`nt`¡v bnXn¨v SÅn.

(SpX^pw)