”BNpw FWn¡v Ss¶ ASv Wà ssXäm\v bns¶WnWs¡§sW bmNfmNmSn^n¡pw. Wnsâ sSmXNÄ¡v F¶m k®fmXm ssft^…”

hpfn Bân WÃ fqZn`mkpN]m]n^p¶p F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

Mm³ AkÀ¡v AenfpOfm]n Wn¶v s`¤n³hv N]än C«p. CX¡v tk¨ptbm]t¸mÄ AkÀ k¶v Fs¶ bnXn¨p. B hf]w Fsâ k`Sp ssN Ak^psX fp`]n S«n]n^p¶p. Wà N«n]pÅfp`NÄ. AXn]n {dm C«n^p¶nsöpw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

hpfn Bân b_ªSptbms` SpX]psX AknsX k¶pt¸mÄ s`¤n³hv Wà ssXäm]n. Fsâ SpX]ns` t^mf§Ä s`¤n³hnsâ C`mÌn¡n Np^p§n tkUWn¨p.

”Bim WÃ si]_o SpX…” hpfn Bân]psX Nfâv.

F¶n«v AkÀ s`¤n³hv fpNant`¡v D]À¯n S¶p. Cu hf]w Fsâ Np®sNm*v hpfn Bân]psX N¿n sfsà fp«n¨p.

”ASknsX skt¨s^ CSn`pw k`pSm gndp¨m]sâ Nm`nsâtX`v…” F¶v b_ªv AkÀ Fsâ bu^pgs¯ Wm\w sNXp¯n.

Mm³ H^p sb®ms\¶v k^p¯n SoÀ¡\w AkÀ¡v ASm\v Ak^psX `£yw.

”tfmanWn {dm CXv…” N_p¯ {dm FXp¯v FWn¡v S¶p.

bs£ FWn¡t¸mÄ fWÊn k¶Sv hpfnBân]psX fp`Nsa Sm§n] {dm Fsâ N¿n`n^n¡p¶p F¶Sm\v. B co`nwPn Mm³ B {dm]n sfsà SjpNn.

”{dm]n St`mXn hpOn¡msS ASv CXv… Hm… CXm³ A_n]nà AtÃ…” F¶v b_ªv hpfn Bân {dm Fsâ N¿n Wn¶pw km§n]n«v Fsâ ssNNjn`qsX N]än.

`qhm]n^ps¶¦n`pw {dm]v¡pÅn N¸nWN¯v hpfn Bân B fp_n]n NnX¶ Ak^psX AXn¸mkmX Sn^nNn N]än. B AXn¸mkmX A¶v AkÀ F_\mNpa¯pWn¶v C«psNm*v k¶Sms\¶v tSm¶p¶p. skaa AXn¸mkmX]m\v. Blpb{Sn]n Zyq«n ssXw fpS Dbt]mPn¨Sm\v. kn]À¸nsâ WÃf\w. ASv FWn¡v NqXpS i^w bNÀ¶p.

{dm]pw C«v tXm¸pfn«v Wn¶ FWn¡v hpfn Bân sbs«¶v fp_n]n tbm]n H^p sbms«Xpt¯m*v k¶v sSmXpkn¨p. F¶n«v Fs¶ A¼^¸n¨v AkÀ C«n^p¶ khv{S§Ä Ajn¨v S_]n`n«p.

NWyNWm] Fsâ N®pNÄ SÅnt¸m]n. b^nbqÀ® WPvW]m]n kXnskm¯ H^p sb¬ln¸w Fsâ fp¶n Wn¡p¶p. hpfn Bân]psX SpXNÄ¡nX]ns` N_pN_p¯ t^mf¡mXv Fs¶ kÃmsS]m¡n. AXp¯v sI¶v ASnt`¡v ssNWo«n]t¸mÄ Ak^psX s`¤n³hnWpÅn Fsâ N¶n¡p® sk«nkn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. {du¬ Wn_fmÀ¶ Ak^psX fp`sªXp«pNÄ. Ak]n Ip*fÀ¯n Wp\]pkm³ Mm³ {lfn¨t¸mÄ hpfn Bân SXªp.

”At¿m sbmt¶ tk*… km… gndp¨m]sâ fp¶n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fSn W½psX `o`mkn`mh§Ä…”

ASpw b_ªv AkÀ Fs¶ C^pssNsNm*pw tNm^n FXp¯p. AkÀ Fsâ em^w Sm§mWmkmsS fpt¶m«v tk¨v tbms]¦n`pw Mm³ en¯n]nt`¡v ssN AfÀ¯n]SnWm dm`³hv sSämsS Wn¶p. B hf]w Ak^psX fp`NÄ Fsâ CXSpssN]v¡v fpNan AfÀ¶p NnX¶p.

sbm¡ns]Xp¯v N«n`nt`¡n«n«v hpfn Bân]pw Fsâ fpNant`¡v ko\p.

gndp A¦n Cu hf]w dÀ¡mZn]]psX `mÌv hn¸v FXp¡pN]m]n^p¶p. hpfn Bân¡v Wà em^fp*m]n^p¶p.

”ko BÀ s`hvdn]³hv…” hpfn Bân Fsâ NmSn sfsà b_ªp.

dmw¥q^ns` tWjv–hnwPv bYW¯n Wn¶pw hpfn Aeyhn¨ bmY§ans`m¶v F§sW s`hvdn]³ BNmw F¶Sm]n^p¶p. AknsX Wn¶m\v AkÄ¡v sb®p§tamXv Nmfw tSm¶n]Sv. HmkÀ hvfmÀ«v Nm\n¡m¯ B\p§sa]pw AkÄ sb®m]n«m]n^p¶p*n^p¶Sv.

Ct¸mÄ AWogpw hpfn]psX bp^pg s`hvdn]³ B]n fm_n]n^n¡pN]m\v.

hpfn AWognsâ Njp¯n Wm¡psNm*v W¡n. AkWv kÃm¯ hpOw k¶p. bs£ hpfn Aksâ Np®]n bnXn¡pNt]m Np®]n bnXn¡pkm³ AWognsW AWpkUn¡pNt]m sI]vSnÃ. CX]v¡nsX AkÄ Aksâ sIkn]n f{´n¡pw tbms` b_ªp.

”Wo sb®m®v MmWpw sb®m®v….”

hpfn]psX fp`Nan Ak³ sSm«p. N«n]pÅ fp`NÄ. AkÄ B fp`NÄ sNm*v AWogv C«n^n¡p¶ {dm]v¡v fpNan AfÀ¯n Smtj¡v Wo§p¶p*m]n^p¶p CX]v¡nsX. AWogv hpfn]psX k`n] I´n]n sfsà SjpNn. fp`NÄ¡v N«n]ms\¦n`pw hpfn]psX I´nNÄ Wà fmÀ±kfm]n^p¶p. ASv AWognWv ^hw bNÀ¶p. Aksâ Np®]n bnXn¡mWpÅ Btklw Ak³ B I´n]n bnXn¨v SoÀ¡m³ {lfn¡pN]m\v. AWognsâ ssN{bt]mP¯n AkapsX I´n Hmaw S«p¶Sv ^hN^fm]n Wn¶v BhzUn¨v gndp Ssâ khv{Skpw Ajns¨_nªp. A]mÄ sN«nf_n]p¶ B AenWk s`hvdn]³hnWv fpNant`¡v kÀ²n¨ Btkl¯m ko\p. WPvW]m] em^y]pw sb¬tkgw sN«n] AWogpw Ht^ tbms` gndpknsâ Np®]v¡v làn sNmXp¯p.

hpfn bns¶]pw AWognsâ tUi¯v bXÀ¶p N]_pN]m]n^p¶p. F¶n«pw Btklw lfn¡msS AkÄ gndpknsW SÅnfmän]n«v S`Sn^nªv AWognsâ NmÂkn^`pNsa Hs¶m¶m]n km]n`n«v Cu¼n FXp¡m³ {lfn¨p. ASv AWognWv ASy´w i^w bN^p¶ H^p Nm^yfm]n^p¶p. sbs«¶v Mm³ N®pNÄ Sp_¶p.

Fsâ S`]v¡v fpNan`m]n^p¶p hpfn Bân]psX sbm´¡mXv. N_p¯ t^mf§Ä¡nX]n`qsX hnfn¸q_n Wn¶pw skap¯ {UmkNw NnWn]p¶Sv FWn¡v W¶m]n Nm\m]n^p¶p. C{S]pw tW^w N®X¨pNnX¶ MmsWm^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f*Wm\tÃm F¶ In´]n fpOw D]À¯n B N^nt^mf¸q_n fp¯w k]v¡pkm³ Mm³ Bªp {lfn¨p.

Biv…. Wà PÔw… FWn¡v i^w bnXn¨p. Cu hf]w gndp A¦nÄ Fsâ S` bnXn¨v D]À¯n B t^mf¡m«nt`¡v fp«n¨p. hpfn Bân]psX bq_n Fsâ Ip*pNÄ fp«n. BUyfm]n H^p bq_n fp«p¶ Fsâ Ip*pNÄ. Fsâ Np®¡p«³ B s`¤n³hnWN¯v NnX¶v kÃm*v koÀ¸pfp«pN]m]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw hpfn Bân]psX N«n fp`NÄ Fsâ Np®¡p«sâ fpNan`m]n^p¶p Ct¸mÄ AfÀ¶p NnX¶n^p¶Sv. ASv FWn¡v NqXpS Btklw h½mWn¨p.

” F§Wps*Xm Fsâ sNtXymapsX bq_v…”

gndp A¦nÄ fUy`i^n]n tImUn¨p.

f_pbXn b_]pkm³ FWn¡v NjnªnÃ, Nm^\w At¸mtj¡pw Fsâ fpOt¯¡v hpfn Bân Ssâ bq_v sk¨v AfÀ¯n¡aªp. B bq_nsâ f\kpw ^pIn]pw NWyNWm] FWn¡v Ss¶ knNm^tk`nt]äw sI_pSÃ. W¡pN]pw CX]v¡v NXn¡pN]pw sI]vSp. NXn¨n«pw hpfn Bân¡v tkUWn¡p¶nà F¶Sv Fs¶ ASnl]s¸Xp¯n. NqXpS làn]m]n B bq_n NXn¡pt¼mÄ f_pbXn]m]n NqXpS làn]m]n AkÀ I´n]pw bq_pw Fsâ fpOt¯¡v AfÀ¯ns¡m*n^p¶p.

ASnWnXn]n Mm³ N*p…

gndp A¦nÄfp«n Wn¶psNm*v Bân]psX NqSnknXknt`¡v Np® AXp¸n¡p¶Sv. B NmjvI FWn¡v kÃm¯ Btklw B\v S¶Sv. F³s^ N®pNÄ¡v tWs^ gndp A¦nansâ Np®¡p^p¡Ä NnX¶v BXp¶p. A]mÄ ssN]n bnX¨ Np® knXknt`¡v sk]v¡pt¼mÄ hpfn Bân fpt¶ms«m¶v Bªp. tkUWsNm*ms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Cu hf]w Mm³ Ak^psX t^mf§an NXn¨v k`n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

”Biv…. Biv….”’ kÃm¯ hpO¯n hpfn Bân M^§p¶p.

B M^¡¯n tkUW]pw Nmfmtklkpw FÃmw D*m]n^p¶p.

”Biv… Biv… fpjpkWpw tNäv gndp…”

”I¸n¯n¶Xm AWotg…” H^p hq¸À sskhs_ tbms` AkÀ M§Ä¡n^pkÀ¡pw WnÀt±l§Ä WÂNns¡m*n^p¶p.

ASptN«Spw Mm³ W¶m]n AfÀ¯n Ss¶ B SXn]³ bq_n H¶p NXn¨p. B NXn]psX tkUW]n hpfn Bân CX bn¶nt`¡v sk«n¨Sm\v… B hf]w gndp A¦napw Np®s] Ak^psX NqXn]nt`¡v fpt¶m«v Bªp SÅn. B SÅ`pNan Np® l^n¡pw NqSnhpgn^¯n N]_p¶Sv Fsâ N®pNÄ¡v Npant^Nn. gndp A¦n sfsà AXn¡pN]m\v.

B AXn]psX làn]n hpfn Bân]psX bq_n Wn¶pw tW^t¯Sn`pw NqXpS skÅw HjpNn k^p¶p*v. Mm³ Wm¡psNm*v ASv I¸n Wp\]pN]m]n^p¶p.

”bqäns` skÅw NpXnt¨mXm… NpXnt¨mXm…” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hpfn Bân CX]v¡nsX b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

gndp A¦nansâ AXn]psX hvboZv NqXn. ASv hpfn Bân]psX ho¡m^s¯ D]À¯ns¡mt*]n^p¶p.

gndp A¦nanWpw Btklfm]n.

Biv Biv.. F¶v b_ªv C_pNn] NqSn¯pa]n Np®s] Du^n Du^n A]mÄ AXn¨pN]äns¡mt*]n^p¶p.

hpfn Bân CX]v¡nX]v¡v I´n W¶m]n AfÀ¯pt¼mÄ FWn¡v lzmhw fp«p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A§sW AfÀ¯n] tW^fm\v làn]m]n hpfn Bân]psX bq_n Wn¶pw skÅw Ioäns¯_n¨Sv…

AkÀ¡v hvQ`Ww WX¶p F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. tbm¬ koZnt]mhn MmWSv N*n«p*v. B skÅw fpjpk³ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v H`n¨n_§n. fq¡nWpÅn ks^ N]_n. AkÀ A§sW bq_nXw Fsâ fpO¯fÀ¯n NnX¶ t¸mÄ gndp A¦nÄ NqXpS làn]m]n bn¶n`qsX Bâns] AXn¨pb®ns¡m*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

Biv…… Fs¶m^p k`n] Wn`knant]msX GNtUlw A©v fnWnäv Njnªt¸mÄ gndp A¦napw Bân]psX bp_t¯¡v ko\p. FWn¡ms\¦n W¶m]n lzmhw fp«n. Mm³ NpS_n Fsâ S` Bân]psX bq_n Wn¶pw fmän]Spw Bân]psX NqSn¯pa]n Wn¶v sS¶nbp_¯v ImXn] A¦nansâ Np®]n Wn¶pw fq¶m`v SpÅnbm Fsâ fpO¯v ko\Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p.

A§sWSs¶ NnX¶p Npt_t¶^w M§Ä. Np_¨v Njnªv Fsâ Np®]v¡v Ft´m hpOw. Mm³ SpX AXp¸n¨p. SpX]n hpfn Bân]psX N½Â fp«n. FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n Fsâ Np® hpfn Bân]psX km]]n`m\v. W¶m]n I¸nk`n¨v AkÀ Fsâ Np®s] Ak^psX A®m¡nt`¡v SÅnk]v¡pN]m\v. FWn¡v C¡nan]pw hpOkpw Hs¡ N`À¶ kÃm¯ AkØ]m]n.

Mm³ SmsjNnX¶v CX fpNant`¡v AW¡ns¡m*n^p¶p. Bân Fsâ Np®s] W¶m]n Ss¶ Du¼pN]m\v. ASn Wn¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n AkÀ¡v Fsâ bq_pSoä A{S]v¡v Cãfms]¶v. Wm¡psNm*v AkÀ Sp¼n AW¡n]n«v Fsâ tdmapNan kn^ AfÀ¯nSt`mXn…

”A½m…………………………………………………………………” FWn¡v sbm«n. BUyfm]n Fsâ Np®¸m H^p sb®nsâ km]]nt`¡v sS_n¡p¶p……

Fsâ NÃXdtÊ… Wo FWn¡n§sWm^p NanemPyw S^psf¶v Mm³ hzbvW¯n tbm`pw N^pSn]nÃtÃm… F¶v fWÊn b_ªv MmWpw f]§pkm³ SpX§n.

(AkhmWn¨p)