bntä UnkÊw sI_n] B`Êyt¯msX]m\v Fjpt¶äSv. kmSn`n S«v tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ kmSn Sp_¶p. Nmhnw In^n¨psNm*v fp¶n Wn¡p¶p.

“”….hmÀ Fjps¶änÃm]n^pt¶m…..””.

“”…C¶s` D_§n]t¸mÄ sskNn….Nmhnw C^n¡v….Mm³ Ct¸mÄ Npan¨v k^mw…..””.

“”…hmÀ Npan¨v bSps¡ k¶m fSn…Mm³ Smsj t`mdn]n D*mNpw….””

Nmhnw In^n¨v sNm*v WX¶N¶p. Mm³ kmSn`X¨v Npan¡m³ DÅ S¿ms_Xp¸v WX¯nk^p¶SnWnX]n Inäs] knan¨mtÃm F¶ Bl]w DXs`Xp¯p. Mm³ sfmssds`Xp¯v W¼À Z] sI]vSp.

f_pkl¯v Inä]psX lÐw Nnan WmUw tbms` F³s_ sIkn]nt`¡v Wpjªn_§n. Np_¨v tW^w Mm³ In«]pfm]n Nn¶^n¨v C^p¶p. N¼n kÀ¯fmWw SpX§m³ tWm¡n] tW^¯v Inä SfmÈt]msX Fs¶ In^n¨v sNm*v Sm¡oSv WÂNn. FWn¡v Inäs] Nm\msS C^n¡m³ k¿ F¶ {bhvSmkW]n Inä AfÀ¯nIn^n¨v sNm*v Fs¶ Nan]m¡n. FWn¡v sI_n] Wo^hw ks¶¦n`pw Inä]psX kjpSp¶ hwhm^w kÃmsS i^w bnXn¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSp.

Npan Njnªv khv{Sw V^n¨v Mm³ tim«`nsâ Smsj Wn`]nt`¡v WX¶p. Fs¶ Nm¯vsNm*v fpgn]msS Nmhnw C^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. {bemS e£\w Njn¡\w F¶ktWmXv b_ªt¸mÄ CknsX tk* fsäm^p Ø`w Nm\n¨v S^msf¶p b_ªp Ak³ ssNNm\n¨ Hmt«m]n N]_n.

kjn]^nNn N_p¯ skÅw HjpNp¶ Im`nsâ WXpkn`qsX Hmt«m]n tbmNptdmÄ sI_n] UpÀPÔw kfn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Hmt«m H^p koXnsâ fp¶n`m\v Wn¶Sv.

“”…k^q hmÀ…..hm_nWpÅ Sp\n¯^§Ä CknsX]ms\Xp¯v C«o«pÅSv…..””.

Nmhnw Fs¶ B ko«nt`¡v BW]n¨p. Mm³ Aksâ bp_Nn N]_n sI¶p. {bemS e£\w AknsX]m]n^p¶p. AknsX Aksâ D½ Wcoh]pw, Ak^psX fNapw Nmhnfnsâ sb§apfm] ldmW]pw fm{Sfm\v D*m]n^p¶Sv. e£\w Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n Npl`tWzg\w kjn Nmhnw Aksâ dnhnWÊnsW Np_n¨v b_]m³ SpX§n. hmVm^\ dÄ¡m]n khv{S§Ä FXp¯v ko«n sNm*pk^pw. D½]pw fNapw ASn WÃSv tWm¡n Sn^sªXp¯v fmän k]v¡pw. bN fpjpk³ Nãs¸«v Sn^sªXp¯Sv k`n] khv{Skymbm^nNapsX FKâvfmÀ k¶p InÃ_ kn`¡v sNm*ptbmNpw.

fpÉnw NpXpdfm]n^ps¶¦n`pw Ak³s_ Wcoh]pw sb§Ä ldmW]pw kas^ AXp¯v sb^pfm_n^p¶Sv. Wcoh bÀ± V^n¨n^p¶p F¦n`pw fNÄ ldm³ SnN¨pw tfmtZ¬ ^oSn]n`m]n^p¶p khv{SVm^\w.

Nmhnw dnÊnWÊnWm]n FXp¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv t`m\nsâ NpXnÈnN]pw ASpfq`fpÅ Nã¸mXpNsa Np_n¨pw b_]m³ SpX§n. Ak³s_ N®pNÄ Wn_]m³ SpX§n.

NXw N]_n Wn¡p¶ Akh^¯n Nmhnfnsâ sb§Ä CâÀsWän b^hyw sNmXp¯Sv. Ak^psX BUys¯ NÌfÀ hSy¯n MmWm]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*m]n^n¡mw AkÀ Ft¶mXv kas^ hvtWi¯n sb^pfm_p¶Sv.

e£\ tlgw M§Ä koXnsâ bp_Nn DÅ sI_n] Bhvdtämhv goäv k¨v f_¨ sgZn N]_n. khv{S§apsX H^p Nq¼m^fm]n^p¶p AknsX. MmWpw Nmhnfpw AknsX Np_¨v tW^w FÃmw tWm¡n WX¶p. At¶^fm]n^p¶p NmhnfnWv H^p tcm¬ k¶Sv. Ft¶mXv C^n¡m³ b_ªk³ tcm\pfm]n koXnsâ DÅnt`¡v tbm]n.

Mm³ bj] ¹mÌn¡v Nth^]n C^p¶v bp_Nn`pÅ Ipf^n Im^n C^p¶p. CSn Wn¶pw khv{S§Ä Sn^sªXp¡p¶Sv InÃ_ b\n]à Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

Mm³ A§sW Hmt^m¶pw Bt`mIn¨v C^n¡p¶ tW^¯m\v Nmhnfn³s_ sb§Ä ldmW F³s_ AXpt¯¡v WX¶v k^p¶Sv. Mm³ WngvNa¦fm] In^n h½mWn¨p.

“”….s{ZÊnsâ tÌm¡v CsSms¡]m\v…..hmÀ….””.

“”….B…bs£ CSn Wn¶pw Sn^sªXp¡mWm\v A_n]m¯Sv….””.

“”…. WÃSv S¸ns]Xp¡\sf¦n F´m]m`pw ^*v fq¶v UnkÊsf¦n`pw k^pw…””.

“”…. ldmW … FWn¡{S]pw UnkÊw Wn¡m³ bäptf¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ….. NX]psX DSvQmXWw AXp¡m_m]n….””.

F³s_ {blvWw Mm³ AkapsX fp¶n AkS^n¸n¨p. A¸ tW^w NjnªkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“”…hmÀ …. NX]n Wà t{X*n]m] khv{S§Ä Csæn B^pw N]_pN]nÃ….. BUyw AStà l^n]mt¡*Sv ….. ^*v UnkÊw S§pN]ms\¦n Wà Ìcv tWm¡ns]Xp¡mw ….. “”

ldmW b_ªp. tN«t¸mÄ FWn¡pw ASm\v WÃsS¶v tSm¶n. F¦n`pw fp¶n Wn¡p¶ sb¬sNmXn]psX fp¶n SWn¡v H«pw Sn^¡nà F¶v k^p¯^pStÃm. ASnWm Mm³ sfmssd`n Fs´ms¡t]m Sn^]p¶Sm]n AenW]n¨p.

“”… hmÀ BUy NÌf_m]mSnWm Wà Ìvcv tWm¡n S^\ftÃm …. hm_nWv dp²nfp«mknsæn ^*v UnkÊw £fn¡pN……””.

ldmW F³s_ Sn^¡v N*t¸mÄ NÌfÀ Wãs¸Xptfm F¶ tkk`mSn]n b_ªp. Mm³ F´m\SnWv D¯^w sNmXpt¡*Sv F¶mt`mIn¨v kngfn¡p¶ tW^¯m]n^p¶p Nmhnw Bt^mtXm tcm\n hwhm^n¨v sNm*mkntX¡v k¶Sv. Fs¶ N*Spw tcm¬ N«v sI]vSv AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”…. hmÀ … Ct¶¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CknsX Sp\n tPmsZu\n kÀ¡v sI¿p¶ sSmjn`manNapsX hvss{X¡m\v ….. Cs¶m¶pw WX¡nÃtÃm …””.

Nmhnw hwPSnNapsX WnIØnSn skans¸Xp¯n. F´m]m`pw AkÀ Cu tPmsZu\nt`¡pw k^pw F¶Sv D_¸m] Nm^yfmt\¶k³ b_ªp. CWn tPmsZu³ Sp_¶v k¨m BsN {blWfmNpw. ASnWm ^m{Sns] Sp\nNÄ tWm¡m³ bäpN]pÅq. Ak³ BsN kn]À¯psNm*m\v b_ªkhmWn¸n¨Sv.

NmhnfnWpw, Wcoh¡pw, ldmW¡pw Mm³ Sp\nNÄ FXp¡msS tbmNptfm F¶ e]w N`ln`m]n Ds*¶v Ak^psX fpOemk¯n Wn¶pw fWÊn`m]n.

“”…B ASv Npj¸fnÃm… ^*v UnkÊw AsÃ….””

Mm³ sI_n] kngfw AenW]n¨v S`]m«n. F³s_ h½Sw H^p knV¯n Aks^ ht´mgn¸n¨p. Nmhnfnsâ D½ Wcoh Wà bm hÀº¯v NpXn¡m³ S¶p. Wà fVp^kpw S\p¸pw NqXn] bmWo]w NpXn¨t¸mÄ WsÃm^p Dt·gw tSm¶n. l^o^fmsN Wà S\p¸v.

“”….. CSv W¶m]o«p*v tNt«m …..””.

Mm³ Nmhnfnsâ D½t]mXv b_ªp. Ak^psX fpOw kÃmsS knX^p¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p.

“”…. hmÀ C¶v CknsX]pÅ Ad`¯n DÕkfm\v ….. Wfp¡v AkntX¡v tbm]mtÃm ….. Cu WmsXms¡ Nm\pN]pw sI¿mtÃm …””.

Nmhnw Fs¶ ht´mgn¸n¡mWm]n b_ªp. FWn¡Sv Wà Bl]fm]m\v tSm¶n]Sv. Cu WmsXms¡ A_nªpk]v¡p¶Sv Wà Nm^yw Ss¶. AXp¯ Sk\ bÀt¨]vhnWv k^ptdmÄ DbN^nt¨¡pw. Mm³ ht´mgbqÀÆw S`]m«n.

A¸w tW^w Nmhnfpfm]n hwhm^n¨SnWv tlgfm\v M§Ä C_§m³ tWm¡n]Sv. At¸mjm\v Ak³s_ sb§Ä ldmW]pw D½ Wcoh]pw H^p§n H¸w C_§m³ SpX§n]Sv. hmVm^\ fpÉnw NpXpd¯n F¶ tbms` b^ bp^pg³fmt^mXv fpOw Smjv–¯n hwhm^n¡p¶ ^oSn]n Wn¶pw kas^ thmly`m]n CXs¸Xp¶Sv hSy¯n Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯n.

Mm³ bp_t¯¡v C_§m³ tk*n sI^p¸v CXptdmÄ Nmhnw tbmÀ¨n NnX¡p¶ kmWnsâ tZmÀ FWn¡m]n Sp_¶v bnXn¨p. bj] tfmZ fätZmÀ kmWm]n^p¶p ASv. Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯nsNm*v ldmW B km³ ss{Zkv sI]vSp. Wcoh]pw Nmhnfpw b^hvb^w Sn^n¨n« hoäpNan`m\v C^p¶Sv. Mm³ AX§ns]mSp§n Nmhnfnsâ AXp¯v C^p¶p.

“”….. FWn¡v ss{ZknwPv A_n]nÃ….. Ft§ms«¦n`pw tbmN\sf¦n sb§`m\v k*nt]mXn¡m_v…. “”.

Ft¶mXm]n Nmhnw b_ªp. Mm³ sI_pSm]n In^ns¨¶v k^p¯nsNm*v bp_w NmjvINan fpjpNn. kjnt]m^§nan H^n©v Ø`w tbm`pw bmjm¡msS Nrgn sI¿p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CX§Ä N®nWv CdtfNn. AVnN Uq^w C^nt¡*Sm]n k¶nÃ. ASnWpw fpt¶ Wà Sn^¡pÅ Ø`¯v km³ F¯nt¨À¶p.

“”… hmÀ Wfp¡v C_§mw … Ø`sf¯nt¸m]n …. “”.

km³ bmÀ¡v sI]vS klw Nmhnw tZmÀ Sp_s¶t¶mXv b_ªp. M§Ä Sn^¡nt`¡v WX¶p. b`S^w N¨kX¡mÀ Sn^¡n«v knaNÄ D_s¡ b_ªpsNm*v BapNapsX b^fmkVn {l²]mNÀgn¡p¶SnWnX]n`qsX M§Ä WX¶p. A`£yfm]m\v b`^pw WX¡p¶Sv. ASpw hv{So bp^pgteSfnÃmsS Sn^¡n«v hmVW§Ä kn`tblmWm]n Sn^¡n«v bm]p¶p. ASn b`^pw tUi¯nXn¨v WX¡p¶Sv Fs¶ Bt`mh^s¸Xp¯n.

ldmW]pw AkapsX D½ WcoÊ]pw H^p Nqh CÃmsS]m\v B Sn^¡nWnX]n`qsX WX¡p¶Sv. b`^pw k¶v tk\sf¶v knIm^n¨v tUi¯nXn¡ptdmjpw ASv N*nsö emk¯n Sn^¡nt`¡v Ss¶ WX¡p¶p. CWn M^¼v t^mPnNapsX NmX³ hvbÀlW¯nWm]mt\m AkÀ WX¡p¶Sv. b`t¸mjpw koXnWpÅn IXªp fqXn Kokn¡p¶ fn¡ sb®p§apw DÕk§Ä¡v tbmNp¶Sv CSptbms` fp`]n`pw I´n]n`pw Nn«p¶ sM^n¨fÀ¯Â Nn«mWm\v. CSp ASv tbms` Ss¶]mNmsW kjn]pÅq.

CSnWnX]n Nmhnw fp¶n WX¡p¶ H^p sb®nsW kÃmsS {lUvXn¡p¶Sm]n FWn¡v tSm¶n. Akapw CX]v¡nsX Sn^nªv AksW tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ldmW]pw AkapsX D½]pw CSv N*v b^hvb^w AX¡¯n In^n¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. AkÀ¡v b^hvb^w W¶m]n A_n]mkp¶ Np«n]ms\¶v fWÊn`m]n. Nmhnw AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v Fs´ms¡t]m hwhm^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p, B sb¬Np«n bÀ±]m fqXnk¨SnWm FWn¡kapsX fpOw Nm\pkm³ hm²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. ssNkn^`pNÄ N*t¸mÄ ASv ASn hpµ^n]m]kÄ Ss¶s]¶v fWÊn N\¡v Nq«n.

AkÀ hwhm^n¡p¶SnWnX]n Wà khv{SVm^\¯m k`n] fWpgy³ Nmhnfpw B sb¬Np«n]pw hwhm^n¡p¶SnWSnWXps¯¡v WX¶v k¶p, Nmhnw A]msa N*t¸mÄ dipfmWt¯msX Wn¶p. H¸w Ak³s_ H¸w Wn¡p¶ sb¬Np«n]psX fp¶n A]mÄ¡v f_]m]n Wn¶p. Ak^psX hwhm^w FWn¡v tNjv¡mfm]n^p¶p. hwhm^¯n Wn¶]mÄ Ak³s_ fpS`man]m\Sv Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n. A] hwhm^¯nWnX]n Ipäpw tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. sI_ns]m^p f_]nt`¡v fm_n Wn¶ ldmWs]]pw AkapsX D½]pw B NjpNsâ N®pNÄ N*pbnXn¨p. A]mÄ ssN koln ldmWs]]pw D½]pw AkntX¡v knan¨p. W¶m]n fXn¨m\v C^pk^pw AXp¯v sI¶Sv.

H^p kga³ In^n]n Nmhnfnsâ fpS`man ldmWt]mXpw WcoÊt]mXpw Fs´ms¡t]m hwhm^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. {bntSyNn¨pw ldmWt]mXm]n^p¶p AVnNkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hwhm^n¨Sv. In`sSÃmw tImUn¡ptdmÄ AkapsX fpOw fm_p¶p*m]n^p¶p. hwhm^§Ä b`Spw bmSn AÀ°¯m fp_n¨pw fp¡n]pfm\]m b_]p¶Sv. F´m\v Nm^yw F¶Sv FWn¡v kng]fÃm¯SnWm MmsWm«v AVnNw {l²n¡mWpw tbm]nÃ.

Np_¨v tW^¯nWv tlgw Nmhnw Np_¨v Xn¡äpfm]n Fs¶ Ak^psX A^nNnt`¡v knan¨p. Mm³ AkntX¡v sI¶t¸mÄ B fpS`man¡v Fs¶ b^nI]s¸Xp¯nsNmXp¯p. NW¯n H¶v fqan]SÃmsS A]mÄ kntlg§Ä H¶pw tImUn¨Sv tbm`pfnÃ.

k`n] Pmeo^yt¯msX fpt¶m«v WX¶p. At¸mjm\v A]mapsX H¸w A]mapsX em^y]pw Ds*¶v fWÊn`m]Sv. bÀ±]n fqXn WX¡p¶ Ak^psX BNm^w C¯n^n k`pSm]n^p¶p. AkÀ¡v bp_sN ldmW]pw D½ WcoÊ]pw Nmhnfpw AkapsX sb®pw WX¶p. B B_ptb^psX bp_sN Mm³ Ft§m«ms\¶_n]msS bn´pXÀ¶p.

k`n] H^p FN-vhnNyp«okv– tgm_qw tbms` A`¦^n¨ A]mapsX FN-vhndng³ Ìmant`¡m\v N]_n]Sv.

“”…. AtS]v Nmhnfnsâ sb§Ä¡pw D½]v¡pw F´v tk\sf¦n`pw CknsX Wns¶Xp¡mw ….. FXp¡mw F¶Ã FXp¯n^n¡\w ….. “”.

A]mÄ k`n] sPu^k¯n b_ªp, khv{S§Ä¡nX]n Kokn¡p¶k^ms\¦n`pw B htimU^n]pw D½]pw fÕ^n¨v Sp\nNÄ tWm¡m³ SpX§n. _mkp¯À fpS`man]psX em^y AkÀ¡v BklymWpÊ^\w FXp¡mWm]n him]n¡p¡]pw t{bmÕmin¸n¡pN]pw D*m]n^p¶p.

Nmhnfpw Ak³s_ NmfpNn]pw Ip½m b^hvb^w tWm¡n Wn¶SÃmsS B emPt¯¡v tbm]tS CÃm]n^p¶p. AkapsX fpO¯v Nmhnfnsâ D½]psX]pw sb§apsX]pw khv{S {ef¯n sI_n] bpJemkw Wnj`n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. CsSÃmw N*psNm*v H¶pw A_n]m¯ksW tbms` Mm³ Sp\n¯^§Ä tWm¡n Wn¶p.

CSnWnX]n _mkp¯À H^p t{X]n NpXn¡mWpÅ bmWo]w sNm*v k¶p. BUyw Nmhnfnsâ sb§Ä¡pw D½]v¡pw ASnWv tlgw NmhnfnWpw Ak³s_ NmfpNn¡pw sNmXp¯p. FÃmk^pw ASv NpXn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASnWv tlgfm\v _mkp¯À FWn¡m]n t{X FWn¡v tWt^ Wo«n]Sv. FWn¡Sv Wt¶ hpOn¨nÃm]n^p¶p. H^p F¨n Wo«p¶ tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶ns]¦n`pw Mm³ B ¥mÊv FXp¯p.

bm`m]n^p¶p B ¥mÊnÂ. FWn¡ms\¦n AtSm«nãvXfÃm SmWpw. _mkp¯À fpS`man F³s_ A^nNn Wn¶pw fm_n]t¸mÄ Mm³ B ¥mÊv Smsj k¨p.

“”… F´m hmÀ NpXn¡p¶ntà …. “”.

F³s_ A^nNn DÅ sh]nÂhv fm³ tImUn¨p. Mm³ bm NpXn¡m_nà tk\sf¦n Sm¦Ä¡v NpXn¡mw F¶v b_ª]mÄ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo«n]t¸mÄ ht´mgt¯msX ¥mÊv km§nsNm*v Ft¶mXv Wµn {bNmln¸n¨p.

“”…. hmÀ CSv emwPv N`¡n] bm`m\v ….. FWn¡v H¯n^n CãvXfm …. “”.

_mkp¯À fpS`man Nm\msS B bm`nsâ Pp\§Ä b_ªv fpjpk³ A]mÄ NpXn¨p. hSy¯n FWn¡v sI_n] sM«`m]n^p¶p ASv tN«t¸mÄ D*m]Sv. Cu sb®p§Ä¡v `i^n N`¡n] bm F´nWm]n^n¡pw sNmXp¯n^n¡pN. A§sW Hmt^m¶pw HmÀ¯v B sh]nÂhv fm³ AknsX]pÅ Sp\n¯^§apsX knk^\w SpX§n. `i^n N]_n]SnWn`mN\w A¸w knlUoN^n¨v Ss¶]m\v A]mÄ b_ªn^p¶Sv. H^p bYn¡p¶ knUymÀTn]psX ftWmemkt¯msX FÃmw Mm³ tN«n^p¶p. bpSn] A_nkpNÄ dnÊnWÊnWm]n hz^qNq«n k]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p Mm³ B Wnfng§anÂ.

CSnWnX]n _mkp¯À fpS`man C_§mw F¶v M§Ä FÃmkt^mXpw b_ªp. Nmhnfnsâ sb§Ä ldmW]pw D½ WcoÊ]pw Sn^sªXp¯ khv{S§Ä bm¡nwPv sI¿m³ b_ªpsNm*m]m fpt¶m«v WX¶p. b^nkm^§sa tbms` M§Ä bp_Nn`pfm]n AWpPfn¨p.

M§Ä F¯n]Sv H^p h-vNm^n siuhnsâ fp¶n`m]n^p¶p. tbXns¸Xp¯p¶ b` In{S§apw ASnWv fp¶n k¨n^n¡p¶p. Nmlv sNmXp¯v hz]w tbXn¡mWm\tÃm N]_p¶Sv Ft¶mÀ¯v FWn¡v In^n sbm«nt¸m]n.

H^mÄ¡v fp¶q_v ^qb]m\v NX¡mWpÅ cohv–. ASnWm`mNpw H«pw Sn^¡v D*m]n^p¶tS CÃm]n^p¶p.

“”…. Sn^¡nÃtÃmXm …… “”.

fpS`man AknsX Wn¡p¶ b¿tWmXv tImUn¨p. B b¿³ In^n¨psNm*v AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”… CÃm _mkp¯À fpS`man…… “”.

“”… F¶m Np_¨v tW^t¯¡v Bs^]pw tNän knX*m …. ASnWpÅ ssbÊ F´ms\¶v k¨m A§v St¶¡mw …..””.

Ak³s_ f_pbXn¡v Nm¯v Wn¡msS A]mÄ fpt¶m«v WX¶p. H¸w b^nkm^§Ä tbms` M§apw bn¶ms` WX¶p. NW¯ A´Nm^¯nt`¡m]n^p¶p M§Ä WXs¶¯n]Sv–.

Fs¶ sM«n¨v _mkp¯À fpS`man hz´w em^y AXp¯v Wn¡ptdmÄ Ss¶ ldmWs]]pw WcoÊs]]pw A^nNnt`¡v d`fm]n bnXn¨v k`n¨p. ldmW sI_n] d`w bnXns¨¦n`pw A]mapsX làn¡v fp¶n NojX§n. ASymklyw sI_n] bnXn k`n AknsX WX¶n^p¶p. Mm³ CSv N*v BsN S^n¨v Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. CX¡v NmhnfnsW Mm³ tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Ak³ CsSÃw N*n«pw AW§msS Wn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ F³s_ In´NÄ BsN b^¡w bmªv SpX§n.

_mkp¯À fpS`man k`n] AVnNm^t¯msX ldmW]psX]pw WcoÊ]psX]pw tSman N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssNNÄ ssNNÄ C«p. hf]w H«pw Na]msS C^pk^psX]pw fp`Nan BªfÀ¯m³ SpX§n. F³s_ tWm«w fpjpkWpw Nmhnfn`m]n^p¶p. CsSÃmw N*n«pw H¶pw Nm\p¶nà F¶ f«n Wn¡p¶ AksW tWm¡n]t¸mÄ hSy¯n FWn¡v hiSmbw B]n^p¶p*m]Sv. _mkp¯À fpS`man]psX {bSmb¯nWv fp¶n S` NpWn¡p¶ kntV]Szw.

“”….Nmhntf ….. Cs¸m DW¡v ht´mgw SmtW ….. “”.

“”… Bfm fpS`man …..””.

A½]ptX]pw sb§apsX]pw fp`Nan bnXn¨p sNm*v _mkp¯À fpS`man NmhnfntWmXv Aen{bm]w tImUn¨p. F´v kr¯nsN«kWm\v Cu _mkp¯À fpS`man Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. fäpÅk^psX fWÊns` bpN¨n N*v BWµw sNmÅp¶ fmWÊoN t^mPnNap*v. ASn H^mÄ Ss¶ Cu AKmWpdmip F¶Sn hwl]fnÃ.

CSnWnX]n hz´w em^ys] kan¨ In^n]m tWm¡nsNm*v _mkp¯À Wcoh]psX bÀ±¡pÅn ssN¿n«p. B k`n] fp`Nsa sM^n¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ F¶n knNm^w kasN«m³ SpX§n.

M§Ä bSps¡]m\v WX¡p¶p*m]n^p¶Sv. Hmt^m Sn^nkn`pw làm] skan¨w Ipf^nt`¡v AXn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. B kakn WX¡ptdmÄ F§nsW]m]m`pw N®pNant`¡v B NYnWfm] skan¨¯nsâ So£\S AWpeks¸Xpw. fªan¡p¶ NmjvI Np_¨v tW^t¯¡v AÔS hrãn¡p¶ AWpekfm]n^n¡pw WÂNpN. CSm fp³Nq«n N* Mm³ B emP¯v F¯n]t¸mÄ N®pNÄ skan¨w S«mSn^n¡m³ AX¨v bnXn¨p. B emPw Sm*n Njnªt¸mÄ fm{Stf Mm³ N®v Sp_¶pÅq. ASnWm B C^p«n`pw FWn¡v fmÀKm^³s_ ASn hq£f]m] NmjvI FWnt¡Nn. Mm³ fpS`man]psX emPt¯¡v tWm¡n.

Nmjv¨ f§n] A]mÄ Fs´ms¡t]m bp`dnsNm*v WcoÊ]psX fp`Nan BªfÀ¯nsNm*n^n¡pN]m\v. H^p Sn^nkv Njnªt¸mÄ FWn¡k^psX H^p klw Nm\m³ hm²n¨p. B kr¯nsN«k³ ldmW]psX A]ª khv{S¯n Wn¶pw CXSv fp` bp_t¯Nv SÅn k¨n^n¡p¶p. A]mÄ ASn D½NÄ k]v¡p¶pw D*m]n^p¶p. AVnNw k`n¸fnÃm¯ B fp`NÄ N*t¸mÄ F¶ns` Nmfw SpXnsN«n]p\À¶p. F³s_ ^*p N®pNapw AkapsX Npª³ fp`N®n]n bSn]m³ AVnN hf]w k¶nÃ.

F´v hpµ^fm] fp`N®nNÄ. kn^`psNm*v AknsX hvtWit¯msX bSns] SXkm³ hm²n¨n^ps¶¦n F´v ^hfmt]sW. bN^tfm N_p¯v SXn¨ eoN^Wm] _mkp¯À ]msSm^p knV hvtWi¯nsâ b^nP\W WÂNmsS B fp`s] bn¨n Io´p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ F³s_ fWw kÃmsS D^pNn. Mm³ ldmW]psX fpOemkw F´ms\¶_n]m³ {l²n¨v tWm¡n. {bntSyNn¨v k`n] emkfmä§Ä {bSy£¯n Nm\m³ hm²n¨nsæn`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkamsN bS_n Wn¡p¶Sm]n FWn¡v tSm¶n. CSnWnX]n _mkp¯À f_pssN sNm*v WcoÊ]psX k`n] I´n b´pNan knNm^e^nSfm]n AfÀ¯pN]pw sI¿p¶p.

C§sWs]ms¡ fp¶n WX¶n«pw H«pw emk knSymhfnÃmsS Wn¡p¶ NmhnfnsW N*t¸mÄ A^nlw N]_n k¶p. At¸mÄ Ss¶ F³s_ fWÊn Ak³ {blfp*m¡m¯Sv sNm*m\tÃm FWn¡v Cu {co tgm Nm\m³ hm²n¡p¶Sv F¶ In´]pw N]_n k¶p. CSv k¨v SWn¡v Cu A½s]]pw fNsa]pw H¶v Nan¡m³ Nn«n]mtÃm.

_mkp¯À fpS`man]psX kn{Nn]NÄ GsS¦n`pw S^¯n SWn¡v DbNm^sbXms\ F¶v fWÊp^p¡n {bmÀ°n¡m³ SpX§n. CWn ATkm Wmät¡hm]m`pw Wm«n`Ãm¯SnWm tbXnt¡*SpfnÃ. fWÊnsW Mm³ kÃmsS làns¸Xp¯n] tlgw Ipän`pfpÅ I`W§Ä BÀ¯nt]msX Wn^o£n¨v fpt¶m«v WX¶p.

Mm³ NmhnfnsW bman tWm¡n. Mm³ AkÀ¡nX]n sk¨psN«`mt\m F¶_n]mWm\v tWm¡n]Sv. fq¸À CSns`m¶pfÃm]n^p¶p {l². H¸fpÅ NmfpNn]psX I´n¡v bnXn¨v d`fm]n Ipdn¡m³ tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶k³. Wà sdÌv NpXpdw F¶v fWÊn b_ªp sNm*v knNm^w sNm*§sW WX¶p.

CSnWnX]n ldmW]psX Ip^n±mÀ Énänsâ CX]n`qsX _mkp¯À F¶ eoN^³s_ N_p¯ ssNNÄ NX¶n^p¶p. AkapsX ftWmi^fm] Npªp k]_n SjpNm³ SpX§n.

{bm]w sI_pSm]Sv sNmt*m AtSm CSn k`n] fp³b^nI]w CÃm¯Sv sNmt*m Ft´m AkÄ sI_n] C¡nan]m`pw `i^n S`¡v bnXn¨SnWm`pw Np_p§m³ SpX§n. _mkp¯À fpS`man]psX ssNNÄ ^*pw ldmW]psX Caw tUi¯m]n^p¶p.

H^p {em´sW tbms` A]mapsX d`nãfm] N^§Ä tUi¯pXWoaw b^¡w bm]m³ SpX§n. B Npªp fp`Napw A¸w sNmjp¸v tSm¶n¸n¡p¶ k]_pw A]mapsX ssNNan NnX¶v sM^p§m³ SpX§n. hz´w fmSmkv AXp¯v Wn¶o«pw AkÄ knNm^¯m ho¡m^§Ä D]À¯p¶Sv F¶n l^n¡pw AÛpSfp]À¯n. Mm³ AkapsX D½ WcoÊs] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ CsSm¶pw Mm³ Nm\p¶ntà F¶ f«n Ipf^nt`¡v tWm¡n WX¡p¶p.

Mm³ A¸w tkP¯n WX¶v Ak^psX AXps¯¯n. ldmW]psX tUi¯v A]mÄ Nm\n¡p¶ kn{Nn]NÄ AXp¯v Wn¶v Nm\pNs]¶ Dt±lfm]n^p¶p FWn¡t¸mÄ D*m]n^p¶Sv.

CSnWNw _mkp¯À A]mapsX N_p¯ ssN ldmW]psX s`¤n³hnsâ fq¶n koÀ¯v Wn¡p¶ A¸¯nWv fpNan AfÀ¶p. Wn`]nÃm¯ skÅsN«n sb«ksa tbms` ldmW A]mapsX ssN¿psX SmÔk¯nsWm¸w sbm§p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkÄ FÃmw f_¶v hpOn¡m³ SpX§n^n¡p¶p.

WÃ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv skans¨® NpXn¨ A¸¯n bo¨ptdmÄ skans¨® Ioäp¶Sv tbms` AkapsX bq_pw fUK`w sbmjn¡p¶p*mNpw. itim F´v ^hfm]n^n¡pw B Nmjv¨. F³s_ In´NÄ In_Nv knXÀ¯n.

CSnWnX]n ldmW]psX s`¤n³Ênsâ DÅn`qsX B A^pf¸qän _mkp¯_psX ssN NX¶p Njnªn^p¶p. B kn^`pNÄ AknsX Wo§ptdmÄ AkÄ hSy¯n sb^pkn^`n D]^p¶p*m]n^p¶p. N®pNÄ AX]p¶Sv B sI_n] C^p«n`pw Mm³ N*p.

M§Ä WX¶v H^p A_tbms`]pÅ Ø`s¯¯n. AknsX Wn¶v H^p NymbvhyqÄ `ncväv tbms` fq¶v kmSn`pNÄ AXp¸n¨v Sp_¶p. BUyt¯Sn _mkp¯_pw A]mapsX em^y]pw, ldmW]pw N]_n. H^mÄ¡v NqXn Ø`fps*¦n`pw Wcoh ASn N]_n]nÃ. hz´w fNÄ N¬fp¶n H^p NmX³ bn¨n Io´p¶Sv Nm\m³ k¿m¯Sv sNm*mNpw AkÀ ASn N]m_mªSv Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n.

Mm³ ^*mfs¯ `ncvän N]_n Njnªn^p¶p. Wcoh AXp¯ `ncvänsâ kmSn`X]p¶SnWv fpt¶ hz´w fNsa tWm¡ns¡m*v Mm³ N]_n] `ncvän N]_n.

Nmhnfpw Aksâ H¸fpÅ sb®pw AXp¯¯n k^msf¶v b_ªp.NÅ In^nt]msX WcoÊ Fsâ AXp¯v N]_n Wn¶p. kmSn`Xªp.

“”….. ASv Nmhnw sN«m³ tbmNp¶ sb®m…..””.

WcoÊ]psX b^n{efkpw Ft´m SnXp¡kpw kÀ²n¨p.

“”…. sbs«¶v sN«n¨v sNmXp¡p¶Sm WÃSv ….. CtàsN«pw {bhkkpw H^pfn¨mNpw …. “”.

Mm³ A§sW k`pSms]m¶pw In´n¡msS fWÊn tSm¶n]Sv sbs«¶v b_ªp. ASnWp¯^fm]n H^p sbm«n¨n^n]m]n^p¶p WcoÊ]psX emP¯v Wn¶p*m]Sv. b_ªSv NqXnt]m Fs¶m^p hwl]fp*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw B sbm«n¨n^n]n FÃmw fmªptbm]n.

CSnWnX]n M§Ä N]_n] `ncväv tbms`]pÅ sI_n] fp_n]psX kmSn emP¯v k`n] hv{NoWpÅ Xokn Wn^§n k¶p. ASn b£nNÄ AW´fm] BNml¯v b_¡p¶ Urly§Ä sSanªp

“”…. Mm³ F´m Wn§sa knant¡*Sv ….. WcoÊmân Ft¶m AtSm Wcohp½ Ft¶m …””.

fp¶ns` Xokn]nt`¡v tWm¡nsNm*v Mm³ Akt^mXv tImUn¨p.

“”…. tfmWnãfpÅSv knant¨m ….””.

“”…. F¶m Mm³ Wcohp½m¶v knan¡mw ….. M§apsX Wm«n A§sWs]m^p hv{Sn]p*m]n^p¶p….. Ak^nt¸mÄ…..””.

Mm³ F´v b_]m\sf¶_n]msS km¡pNÄ¡m]n b^mSn.

“”…. AkÀ k]Êm]n f¿¯m]n Nm\pw Asà ….””.

sI_n] b^nekt¯msX AkÀ b_ªp.

“” ….Ft´ A§sW b_]m³ ….””.

“”…. AÃm hm_v Wm«n`pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k]ʯn]pfm]n Fs¶ Dbfn¨tÃm ….AtSm*m Mm³….””.

sI_n] tUzgyw Nm\n¨v Np«nNsa tbms` AkÀ b_ªp. Ak^psX D¯^w tN« Mm³ sbm«n¨n^n¨p.

“” ….. F´m hmt_…. ko*pw Nan]m¡pN]mt\m …..””

k]Êm]Sv h½Sn¡m³ AwPoN^n¡m³ fWÊnÃm¯ WcoÊ]p½]psX DÅw skankm¡n.

“”…. At¿m WcoÊpftfm…… Mm³ Nan]m¡n]tSm¶pfà ….. Mm³ b_ª N£n f¿¯m]o«pfnà …. WcoÊp½s] tbms` hpµ^n]pfm\v….. Aks^¡mÄ ASn hpµ^n Cu WcoÊp½ Ss¶ tNt«m …..””.

Mm³ A§sW b_ªSpw Wcohp½]psX fpOw SpXp¯p. Mm³ b_ª NT hm¦ÂboNfm]n^p¶p F¦n`pfSn§sW Np_n¡v sNmÅpw F¶v knIm^n¨sS CÃm]n^p¶p. FÃmw AWpNq`w.

CtS hf]¯v Xokn]ns` Urly§an eoN^fm] So tPma§Ä bmªpk^p¶ NmjvINÄ Nm\n¡m³ SpX§n. eoSn]psX BQmSw kÀ²n¸n¡m³ Ft¶m\w M§Ä Wn¡p¶ sI_n] Ø`w kn_¡m³ SpX§n.

“”…. hmt_ CsS´m kn_¸n¡ps¶ …. sâÅm ….””.

“”…. CSkÀ Ws½ tbXn¸n¡mWm]n sI¿p¶Stà ….. “”.

“”….hmt_ Fs¶m¶v bnXnt¨ms\ …. FWns¡t´m tbms`….””.

Wcohp½ Fsâ A^nNnt`¡v Imªp. AkÀ l^n¡pw e]s¸«v tbm]n Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n. hwPSn Fs´¶m Ak^psX bSp bSp¶sW]pÅ l^o^w Fsâ l^o^¯n hvbÀln¨t¸mÄ Fsâ hN` t^mf§an Wn¶pw ^Sn]psX kWyfm] IqXv bp_w SÅm³ SpX§n.

hSy¯n Wcohp½ Ak^psX brgvY emPw Fsâ Np®]n AfÀ¯n k¨n^n¡pN]m\v. Np®]psX S`¸n B fmwhafm] I´n]psX IqXv A`n]m³ SpX§n. M^dpNÄ kÃmsS knNhn¡p¶Sv tbms` H^p S^w Akhv–T hwKmSfmNp¶p.

A¯À bqln] sb®nsâ PÔw F³s_ WmhzmUzm^§sa bpaNnSfm¡n. Ak^psX fmÀ fp`Nsa sM^n¨fÀ¯m³ Fsâ ssNNÄ S^n¨p. F¦n`pw Mm³ hz]w Wn]{´\ kntV]fm¡n AX§n Wn¶p. Wcohp½]psX fWÊn`n^n¸v A_n]msS {bkÀ¯n¡p¶Spw l^n]ÃtÃm. hf]w tbmNpt´m_pw B I´n]ns` NW¯ fmwhaS Fs¶ SjpNn Ss¶ Wn¶p.

“”…..Wcohp½ …. W½Ä C§sW Wn¶m l^n]mNptfm ….. Bs^¦n`pw N*mt`m …..””.

“”…. itim…. B^v Nm\mWm hmt_…. C½mSn^n tbXn¸n¡p¶ b^nbmXn]m\nSv F¶v fpt¶ A_nªn^ps¶¦n Mm³ k^nÃm]n^p¶p…..””.

“”….. Wcohp½¡v tdm_Xnt¨m …. “”.

“”….A§sW tImUn¨m Nm\msWms¡ ^hfp*v …. CX¡v tbXn¸n¡p¶Sm H^p Npj¸w……””.

“”….. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CWn tbXn tSm¶n]m Fs¶ Im^n Wn¶m fSn ….. “”.

Mm³ b_ªpNjnªSpw tbXns¸Xp¯p¶ ^wPw k¶Sv sbs«¶m]n^p¶p. Wcohp½ Fsâ tUit¯¡v Ak^psX fUm`Êfm] tUi¯ns` FÃm em^kpw k^p¯¡ ^oSn]n Im^n.

B hpON^fm] AWpeqSn F¶n FÃm Wn]{´\kpw SNÀs¯_nªp. Mm³ Ak^psX C^p kl§an`qsX ssNNÄ tkP¯n`n« tlgw, BÀ¯nt]msX Ak^psX fmÀfp`]n ssN S*]m AfÀ¯n sNm*v k^nªp.

Wà hpOfpÅ AWpeqSn]ms\¦n`pw AW§msS Wn¡p¶ WcoÊp½]psX l^o^w F¶n b` hwl]kpw D\À¯n. Fs´¦n`pw {bSnN^\w D*m]n^ps¶¦n Npj¸fnÃm]n^p¶p. CSnt¸mÄ lks¯ tbms` AW§msS Wn¡p¶Sv Nm\ptdmÄ fWÊn Ft´m tbms`. Mm³ Ak^psX fp`Nan Wn¶pw ssNNÄ A¸w A]¨p.

AVnNw hf]w Nm¯n^nt¡*n k¶nÃ. ASnWpw fpt¶ tbXns¸Xp¯p¶ AXp¯ Urlyw k¶p. B WcoÊp½]psX l^o^w ko*pw F¶nt`¡v Imªt¸mÄ B tUi¯v A]ªp bnXn¨ F³s_ ssN¯m§nsW A¸w Wn^¡nsNm*v k`Sv ssNsNm*v B k`n] CXSv fp`]n`pw CXSv ssNsNm*v Ak^psX k`Sv fp`]n`pw AfÀ¯n. WcoÊ]n Wn¶pw sI_n] fÀ½^w A_n]msS D]À¶p. F³s_ Np® MmWk^psX D´n Wn¡p¶ I´n]n k¨fÀ¯n. Wnlzmh§an`qsX B hv{SoPÔs¯ Mm³ Bªp k`n¨psNm*n^p¶p. D·mUfm] fWÊv B fp`Nsa ko*pw ko*pw sM^n¨fÀ¯m³ b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASnWm B Wm¸Sv sshhn DÅ fp`Nsa Mm³ AfÀ¯n bo¨n. kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n Sp_n¨ fmwh¯ntWm¸w SÅn k¶ fp`N®pNsa Mm³ AfÀ¯n Sn^n¨p.

WcoÊp½]psX l^o^w kÃmsS IqXmNpN]pw ASntWmsXm¸w sI_n] ho¡m^§Ä bp_s¸Xo¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSp. B IqXnsW Mm³ F¶nt`¡v Bkmins¨Xp¯v– B fUm`Êfm] tUis¯ Mm³ F¶nt`¡v AfÀ¯n Im^n.

hf] tUmgw Fs¶ b_]*q. CSnWnX]n M§Ä N]_n] `ncvänWv hfmWfm] B kmSm]W§Ä Sp_¶p. Mm³ ssNNÄ hzS{´fm¡n.

MmWpw WcoÊp½]pw H¶pw hwekn¡m¯tbms` bp_t¯¡n_§n. CSnWnX]n bp_t¯¡v M§sa¡mÄ fpt¶ bp_s¯¡n_§n] _mkp¯À A]mapsX sW©v Djn]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A]mapsX hwhm^¯n Wn¶pw NYnWfm] sW©v tkUW FXp¡ps*¶p fWÊn`m]n. At¸mtj¡pw A]mÄ tcm¬ sI]vSSWpÊ^n¨v A]mapsX NX]ns` b\n¡mÀ HmXn k¶p. A]mÄ NmhnfntWmXv Hmcnhns` Ft´m Nm^yw b_tªÂ¸n¨p B b\n¡m^psX H¸w WX¶p tbm]n. bp_sN A]mapsX em^y]pw.

A´w knjp§n Wn¶ WcoÊ tImUy InÓ¯n ldmWt]mXv Nm^yw Sn^¡n. AkÄ H¶pf_n]nà F¶À°¯n tSmÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv I`n¸n¨p.

bp_s¯¯n] M§Ä kmWnsâ AXpt¯¡v WX¶p. `i^n]n Wn¡p¶ ldmWt]mXv Mm³ km³ HmXn¡mw F¶v b_ªt¸mÄ AkÄ ASn³s_ Smt¡m FWn¡v Wo«n.

Mm³ ss{ZknwPv hoän N]_n C^p¶t¸mÄ AkÄ ASnWXp¯ hoän N]_n]Sv Fs¶ ht´mgn¸n¨p. NmhnfnWv NX]n b\n]pÅSv Nm^\w kmWn WcoÊp½ fm{Stf N]_n]pÅq.

km³ Np_t¨mXn]t¸mÄ ldmW AkapsX S` F³s_ tSmant`¡v Im]v¨p. WcoÊp½ CSv Nm\ptdmÄ Fs´¦n`pw b_]pw F¶m®v knIm^n¨Sv. AkÀ ASv Ns*¦n`pw Wnld²]m]n C^p¶p.

km³ koXnsâ fp¶n F¯n. M§Ä ASn Wn¶n_§n ko«nt`¡v N]_n] klw Fs´¦n`pw NpXn¡m³ tkt\m F¶v WcoÊp½ tImUn¨p. tk\sf¶pw tk*m F¶pw Mm³ b_]msS khv{S§Ä C^n¡p¶ emPt¯¡v WX¶p.

khv{S§Ä¡nX]n WX¡ptdmÄ WcoÊp½ NpXn¡mWm]n hÀº¯v sNm*v S¶p. ¥mÊv km§p¶SnWnX]n MmWk^psX kn^`pNÄ A_nªpsNm*v sI_pSm]n SXkn. B Ip*n Wn¶pw fµimhw kn^nªSv Fs¶ kÃmsS knNm^e^nSfm¡n. AkÀ Sn^nªv WX¡p¶Sv N*psNm*v B k`n] BhW¯n F³s_ N®pNÄ S_¨v Ss¶ Wn¶v. Fs´m^p I´n]m CkÀ¡v. hSy¯n F³s_ Inä]psX I´n]pfm]n H^pbmXv hmfyfp*v.

Inä]psX Nm^yw HmÀ½ k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ Aks^ knan¨p. Ft´m tcm¬ FXp¡pN]p*m]nÃ. H^p bs£ NX]psX Fs´¦n`pw Nm^y¯nWv Wn¡pN]m]n^n¡pw F¶v fWÊn N^pSn. A§sW Hmt^m¶pw In´n¨p Mm³ AknsX N* H^p NtÊ^]n C^p¶p.

As¶^fm®v ldmW AkntX¡v WX¶v k¶Sv. Aksa N*v Mm³ In^n¨p.

“”…. W½p¡v Sp\nNsams¡ bm¡v sI¿t* …. ???? “”.

“”…..AsSms¡ W½p¡v l^n]m¡mw…..MmtWm¶v Npan¨v k^mw…F¶o«mNmw dm¡n…..””

At¸mjm\v Mm³ C^n¡p¶nXw Ak^psX Npapfp_n]psX kmSn`nsâ AXp¯m\v Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]Sv. Mm³ b^n{eft¯msX Fjpt¶Â¡m³ tWm¡n.

“”….hmÀ AknsX C^pt¶mÅq…MmWnt¸m Npan¨v k^mw….””.

ldmW F³s_ tSman bnXn¨v AknsX C^p¯n. F³s_ b^n{efw NqXn k¶p.

“”..C§sa´m …. sb®§sa Nm\m¯t¸ms`….””.

“”…G]v– A§sWs]m¶pw CÃm…..””.

“”…hm_nknsX C^p¶nsæn AXp¯ ko«ns` S` sS_n¨ sI¡³ D*v…..Ak³ Hanªv tWm¡m³ k^pw…..hmt_ N*m sbmt¡mapw…..””.

“”…A§sW]pt*m….F¦n MmWnknsX Nmk Wnt¶mamw…ldmW ssV^yfm]n Npant¨mÅq…..””.

“”…F³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tb^v F§nsW A_n]mw…..””.

ldmW Npapfp_n]n N]_n d¡änt`¡v skÅw Sp_¶n«v– tImUn¨p.

“”….A_n]*k^psX tbs^ms¡ A_nªn^n¡t*….ldmsW….””.

“”…tim…Cu hm_nsâ H^p Nm^yw….””.

AkÄ klyfm]n In^n¡pN]pw ASn PqZfm]n Fs¶ tWm¡nsNm*v B N®pNam Ft´m b_]m³ SpXn¡p¶p F¶ tWm«¯n kmSn`X¡m³ SpX§n. d¡än Wn_ªp Nkn]p¶ skůn Mm³ tWm¡n.

“”…hm_nWpw Npan¡\w F¶pt*m ?????? “”.

“”…Ct¸mtjm…..H^pfnt¨m…..””.

“”…H¶v tbms]³s_ hmt_…..””.

AkÄ DÅnt`¡v I^nªp NX¡p¶SnWnX]n sfmjnªp. AkapsX D]À¶ BhWw C^n¡p¶ F³s_ NknapNan St`mXnsNm*v DÅnt`¡v Wo§n. Mm³ kn_¨p tbm]n B Wnfngw.

kmSn`nsâ sNmap¯v H^p I^Xn tNmÀ¯Sm]n^p¶p. ASn sNmap¯n]m`pw kmSn`nWpw Ipf^nWpw CX]n H^p ssN C_pNn N]äm³ Ø`fp*m]n^p¶p.

knNm^¯nWv sI_pSm]n IqXv bnXn¡p¶p. sIkn GNm{PSt]msX k«w bnXn¨p. ASpsNm*mNpw AkÄ khv{Sw D^n]p¶ lÐw F³s_ sIkn]n Sn^fm`NapsX A`À¨t¸ms` Wpjªv N]_n]Sv. Ip^nUm_n³s_ tXm¸m]n^p¶p AkÄ BUyw Ajn¨Sv F¶Sv kmSn`nsâ fpNant`¡v C«t¸mÄ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. bp_sN ssbKmf]pw ASn³s_ bp_sN ss{dÊn]_pw bmâoÊpw C«p.

At¸mÄ Npapfp_n]n AkÄ bqÀ®WPvW]m]n Wn¡pWp*mNpw. fsäm^p WmXm]SnWm Hanªv tWm¡m³ H^p tbXn. F Nq«À F¯^¡m^ms\¶v b_]m³ hm²n¡nÃ. ASv fm{Sfà Hanªv tWm«¯n bt* H^p tbXn hzmemknNfm]pw DÅSm\v. Csæn F³s_ Inä Npan¡p¶Sv Fs¶ tWm¡nt]sW.

In´NÄ Fs¶ b`kjn¡pw sNm*ptbms]¦n`pw knNm^¯nsâ SÅo¨]n Mm³ B Npanfp_n]nt`¡v tWm¡m³ Ss¶ So^pfmWn¨p. Mm³ bSps¡ kmSn`nsâ CX]n`qsX ldmWs] H^p tWm¡v Nm\mWm]n Iqjv¶v tWm¡n. S` A¸w I^n¨t¸mÄ ldmW]psX WPvWfm] I´n Nm\m³ hmVn¨p. Wà bmNS k¶ B I´n A^* fp_n]n Sna§p¶Sv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. sbs«¶v ldmW Np´n¨n^p¶p. hmVm^\]m]n SfnÄ Wm«n hvSoNÄ C^p¶m\tÃm Npan¡m_pÅSv.

“”Pq{ÀÈq….””.

F´m\m lÐw. Npan¡mWm]n skÅtfmjn¡p¶Smt\m ???. fq{S¯nsâ kmX bp_t¯¡v AXn¨t¸mjm\v AkN fq{Ssfmjn¡pN]ms\¶v fWÊn`m]Sv. Wà hpPÔw F¶nt`¡v bXÀ¶p. ko*pw f\¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpWnªt¸mtj¡pw fq{S{bkmiw Wn¶p. F³s_ AXp¯pÅ Hmkv Iman`qsX]m\v fªbS sSao¨v ASv HjpNntbm]Sv–. {em´fm] F³s_ ^hfpNpa§an sNmSn]psX DfnWoÀ kÃmsS bXÀ¯n.

MmWkapsX ss{dÊn]_pw sgZn]pw bSps¡s]Xp¯v N^k`]¯n`m¡n. AkapsX fp`N¨s]Xp¯v bSps¡ f\¸n¨p. H^p bm sbmXn]psXt]m AtSm sbuZ_n³s_t]m f\w Fs¶ kÃmsS hn^Nan {bN¼Ww sNmÅn¨p. MmWSn Ipdn¨p.

f_p ssN¿n DÅ ldmW]psX A^s¡«v bmSn fqXo^p¶ AkapsX Wo` sgZn FXp¯v fq¡n³s_ Sp¼¯v sNm*v k¨t¸mÄ Mm³ kn_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A¶v Inä]psX sgZn f\¸n¨Sv fWÊnt`¡v tS«nk¶p. AsS Wn_w. f\¯n sI_n] knSymhfps*¦n`pw CSpw Nmfw D\À¯p¶Sv Ss¶. fq{SWmanWns] St`mXn^p¶ emPw A¸w WWªn^p¶p. MmWknsX St`mXn]t¸mÄ sI_n] IqXv F¶n AWpeks¸«p. FWn¡Snsâ ^pIn A_n]ms\tf¶v H^p bqSn fWÊn tSm¶n. MmWknsX W¡n. Wà D¸v ^hw F¶n Wn_ªpWn¶p.

CtS hf]w ldmW tUit¯¡v skÅw bN^m³ SpX§n. Mm³ A¸w fm_n DÅnt`¡v Iqjv¶v tWm¡n. S^t¡XnÃm¯ WPvWfm] I´n]n`qsX skÅw HjpNntbmNp¶nX¯v H^p {bntSyN Sna¡w Fs¶ kÃmsS BNÀgn¨p. skÅsfmjn¨v tUiw sfm¯w WW¨SnWv tlgw AkÄ thms¸Xp¯v tS¡m³ SpX§n. FWn¡v AkapsX l^o^¯n thm¸v tS¡p¶Sv sfm¯¯n Nm\\w F¶p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ FWn¡v B knXkn`qsX AkapsX bp_¯nsâ Np_¨v emPkpw I´n]pw fm{Stf Nm\m³ hm²n¡p¶pÅq. I´n]n thm¸v tS¡mWm]n AkÄ NpWnªt¸mÄ B I´n knXÀ¶p. ASnt`¡v thm¸v N« k¨v tS¨v bnXn¸n¡p¶ NmjvI Fs¶ kÃmsS BNÀgn¨p. ssNNÄ bp_Nn C«psNm*v I´n¨m`nWpÅn W¶m]n bS¸n¨p. NqSn Uzm^w FWn¡v Nm\m³ Njnªnsæn`pw l^o^ lmhv{Sw k¨v Ct¸mÄ AkÄ bS¸n¡p¶Sv NqSn]n`m\v. thm¸v bS]m sfm¯w AkÄ A`¦^n¨v Wn¡pN]m\v. kmSn ssN¿n«v Sp_¶v DÅnt`¡v N]_m³ fWÊv SpXns¨¦n`pw MmWSv AX¡n.

ASv kas^ W¶m]n F¶Sv Nmhnfnsâ k^tkmsX FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Bt^mtXm D¨¯n hwhm^n¨v k^p¶Sv N*klw Mm³ Npanfp_n]psX emP¯v Wn¶v fm_n. AkWv ASymknlyfm]n ko*pw tKm`n Ø`t¯¡v tbmN\fm]n^p¶p. khv{S§sa Np_n¨v Ak³ hwhm^n¡m³ SpX§n. At¸mtj¡pw Ak³s_ tcm¬ In`¨p. ASpfm]n Ak³ bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. AVnNw sskNmsS Hmcohns` tKm`n sbs«¶v SoÀ¯v k^msf¶v b_ªv Nmhnw Ft¶mXv WX¡p¶SnX]n ]m{S b_ªk³ tKm`n¡m]n tbm]n. Ak³ tbm]Spw Mm³ ko*pw B Npapfp_n]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXpt¯¡v tkP¯n WX¶p.

CSnWnX]n ldmW Npanfp_n]n Wn¶n_§n koXnsâ DÅnt`¡v WX¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. WWkv S«n] AkapsX I´n WnjW¡w FWn¡v W`vNp¶p*m]n^p¶p.

Np_¨v Njnªt¸mÄ ldmW F³s_ A^nNnt`¡v WX¶v k¶p. C_pNn] NWw Np_ª bmâpw C_¡w Np_ª A]ª dWn]Wpfm]n^p¶p AkapsX tkgw. ASkÄ¡v W¶m]n tI^p¶pw D*m]n^p¶p. WX¡ptdmÄ AkapsX I´n Sma§Ä kÃmsS Spapdp¶p*m]n^p¶p. MmWknsX¡v bman tWm¡p¶SkÄ N*p.

H^p NÅ In^nt]msX l^o^ emP§Ä Nm\n¨v sNm*v AkÄ khv{S§Ä Nm\n¨v S^m³ SpX§o.

khv{S§apsX d*n`pNÄ Wn_ª B sgZn WX¡m³ CXp§n] Ø`tf D*m]n^p¶pÅq. khv{S§Ä FXp¯v Nm\n¨v Sn^n¨v WX¡p¶ ldmW]psX l^o^¯n F³s_ l^o^w D^ÊmSn^n¡m³ Mm³ Im¡n AfÀ¶v fm_n sNmXp¯p.

“”…C§sX Wm«n sb®§tam¶qtà ….’.

ldmW Nqh`nÃmsS Ft¶mXv tImUn¨v sNm*v khv{Sw FXp¡mWm]n NpWnªp. AkapsX ssXäpÅ bmâv bp_Nn Wn¶pw Smtj¡v A¸w DuÀ¶p. AkapsX Ws«Ãnsâ AXnemPkpw ASnWv Smsj D]À¶ I´n Im`nsâ Urlyw F¶n AWp{Pin¡s¸«p.

“”…AsS´m ldmsW …Wo A§sW b_]p¶Sv……””.

MmWkapsX I´n¨m`nt`¡v Djnªp tWm¡nsNm*v tImUn¨p. Mm³ AkntX¡v Ss¶]m\v tWm¡p¶Sv F¶kÄ A_n]s« F¶ D_¨ So^pfmW¯n`m\v Mm³ tWm¡n]Sv.

“”….G]v– H¶qÃym…..””.

AkÄ Ft´m HmÀ¯v WnPqZfm]n In^n¨psNm*v khv{S§Ä FXp¯v Nm\n¨psNm*n^p¶p. AkÄ Nqh`nÃmsS]m\v F³s_ A^nNn`qsX WX¶Sv. I´n]pw fp`]pw Fs¶ {Shn¸n¡p¶ ^oSn]n D^¨pw. B kXnkpNÄ Nm\n¨pw A§sW khv{S§apsX Na£sâ GNtUlw ^qbw AkÄ H^p f\n¡qÀ sNm*v Nm\n¨v S¶p.

“”…..hmÀ CWn W½p¡v {ZÊv– BklyfpÅSv FXp¯v fmän]nXmw AsÃ….””.

“”…l^n ldmW….Wo Ss¶ WÃ Sp\nNÄ shs`Nväv sI]vSv S^\w…..””.

“”….hmVm^\ FKâvfm^m\v sh`Nväv sI¿m_pÅSv…….””.

“”….F¦n Wo]m\v B FKâv_v……””.

“”,,,At¿m MmtWm…””

“”….ldmW Wà Sp\nNÄ shs`Nväv sI]vSv S¶m Mm³ ^*m]n^w ^qb ASnWv {bSnc`fm]n S^mw….””.

Mm³ ^*m]n^w ^qb F¶p b_ªSpw B sb¬sNmXn]psX N®pNÄ Sna§n. AkÄ Ct¸mÄ k^mw F¶p b_ªp bp_t¯¡v tkPw WX¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv MmWmsN tbXn¨p. H^p bs£ ^qb S^mw F¶p b_ªSv NqsX NnX¡m³ tk*n]mNptfm F¶kÄ sSäp²^n¨o«p*mNptfm. Mm³ Hmt^m¶v In´n¨v Wn¡ptdmÄ ldmW]pw AkapsX D½ Wcoh]pw In^n¨psNm*v F³s_ A^nNnt`¡v WX¶p k¶p. B fpOs¯ In^n N*t¸mjm\v FWn¡mlzmhfm]Sv.

“”…..hm_nWv F³s_ tfmÄ Wà Sp\n¯^§Ä FXp¯v S^pw…..””. ldmW]psX D½ Wcoh b_ªp.

“”….Wà Nm^yw….Csæn Mm³ Npj]pw….CSnWnX]n WÃSv GSm Fs¶m¶pw H^p WnÝt]mÃym….””.

“”….CknsX FÃmw WÃtS DÅq hmt_….””.

WcoÊp½ F³s_ ssN bnXn¨v Sp\nNq«¯nsâ fsäm^p emPt¯¡v sNm*v tbm]n. Fs¶ AXp¸n¨v bnXn¨m\v sNm*ptbm]Sv. H^p ssN F³s_ ssN¿n`pw f_pssN F³s_ kn^`n`pw bnXn¨v WX¡ptdmÄ Ak^psX I´n]psX A^nNv F³s_ sshZn Af^p¶p. AXp¯ ssN¿m WcoÊp½ Ak^psX bq_n³s_ fpNan sSm«p sSm«nà F¶ f«n sI_pSm]n D^¨p.

Fs´m^p Nmf IqXv. Np® NnX¶v kn_sNmÅp¶p. Mm³ WcoÊp½]psX Nk]n sI_pSm]n AfÀ¯n. In^n¨SÃmsS f_ns¨m¶pw AkÀ b_ªnÃ.

“”…hmt_….k`n] t`m¬ FXp¯m\v CsSms¡ tÌm¡v k¨o«pÅSv–….dm¦n Wn¶pw t`m¬ AX¡m³ b_ªv knant]mXv knan]m…..tfm³ him]n¨mtà kÃSpw WX¡q….””.

WcoÊp½]psX N®pNan N®pWoÀ sbmXnªp. GtSm fm{´nN làn Fs¶ t{b^n¸n¡p¶Sv tbms` MmWk^psX N®pNÄ SpX¨p. KoknS¯n CXs¡t¸mtjm Nn«p¶ Blzmhw F¶tbms` WcoÊ F³s_ fm_nt`¡v Imªp.

“”…tfmWv bp\yw Nn«pw ….. Cu k]ʯn]psX NpXpds¯ ^£n¨mÂ….””.

WcoÊp½ F³s_ fm_n Ss¶ tIÀ¶v Wn¶psNm*v knSpdn. MmWks^ sW©nt`¡v A¸w k`n¨p fp_p¡n. WcoÊp½¡v F{Sk]hv Nm\pw. fpÉnw NpXpdfm]SnWm bSnWm`v k]Ênt`ms¡ Wn¡miv Njn]pw. Ct¸mÄ GNt±lw fp¸¯n]m_v Asæn fp¸¯nt]«v k]Êv Nm\pNs] DÅq. Wà sW¿v skÅ^n¡ tbms`]pÅ Nn®³ A½m]n. F³s_ In´NÄ IqXv bnXn¡m³ SpX§n. MmWk^psX I´n]n SjpNn. Wà f]fpÅ fmwhw Sp_n¨v Wn¡p¶Sv FWn¡v bnXn¨v sM^n¡m³ DÅSm\v fWÊv b_]p¶Sv MmW_nªp. Mm³ WcoÊp½]psX Af_³ I´n]n {em´fm]n bnXn¨v sM^n¨p. H^p sM«t`msX WcoÊp½ Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“”….Wn§Ä tbXn¡*m……Cu hpµ^n WcoÊ]psX NpXpds¯ Mm³ ^£n¡pw….””.

MmWk^psX NknapNan fm_n fm_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ipdn¨v b_ªp. Mm³ kmIm`WmNpN]m]n^p¶p.

“”…WcoÊp½ k]ʯns]m¶pw AÃm tNt«m….Wà tImt^]pw Wo^pÅ Wà AjNpÅkÄ Ss¶]m…..””.

“”….H¶v tbms]³s_ hmt_…..C§sW Nan]m¡msS…..””.

WcoÊp½]psX SpXp¯ fpOw Wm\¯m Ipk¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX NknÄSXw bSps¡ D]À¯n.

“”….Mm³ hSyfm b_]pt¶….Cu fpOw Nm\ptdmÄ FWn¡v sNm©n¡m³ tSm¶ym……””.

“”…hmt_ sNmSn¸n¡msS…..M§sams¡ bmkfm……””.

“”…F¦n Cu bmks¯ Mm³ t{bfn¨mtÃm…….””.

Wm\¯m WcoÊp½ tNm^n¯^n¨v F³s_ N^k`]¯n Wn¶pw A¸w fm_n fn*msS Wn¶p. F³s_ Wmkn Wn¶pw b©m^]n sbmSnª kÀ¯fmWw tNjv¡m³ AkÀ W¶m]n sNmSn¡p¶p Fs¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ Ak^psX CXSv fm_nX¯n AfÀ¯nbnXn¨p. WcoÊ A¨X¡fnÃmsS Wnlzhn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ fp`]n Wn¶pw knXmsS Ss¶ A¸w A]¨v WcoÊp½]psX I¡fp`]n ko*pw AfÀ¯n. B fp`NÄ A¸w koÀ¯v NWw k]v¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ B fp`]n S¸nsNm*v fp`N®n bnXp¯fn«p. kn^`pNapsX CX]n B fp`N®nsW sM^n¨v sNm*v bSps¡ bmSn kr¯¯n At§m«pw Ct§m«pw bn^n¨p.

“”…Dcvcv……hmt_…..WÃ hpOw…..””.

“”…Cu fVp^fm] lÐw Fs¶ tNm^n¯^n¸n¡p¶p….F³s_ hpµ^n bqtk….WcotÊ…..””.

“”…Hm….Ft´m……””.

“”…Wn³s_ tfmÄ ldmW A¸p_¯p*v……Akav CSv N*mÂ…..””.

“”…N*m F´m…AkÄs¡ms¡ Wq_v tbs^ Nn«pw…..M½t¡m.””.

“”…AsS´m…WcoÊ Ct¸mjpw hpµ^n]tÃ……””.

“”…F´p sI¿mw….sI_p¸¡mt^ms¡ D½ F¶m knan¡ps¶….bns¶ Npt_ NX Nnak³½m^p*v ^àw Duän NpXn¡m³…. ASp§sa Nm\p¶Sv Ss¶ FWn¡v tIm^p¡m…””.

“”….sI_p¸¡mt^]m CãvXw AsÃ……””.

“”….AtS….Wns¶t¸ms` tIms^]pw Wo^pfpÅ sI_p¸¡ms^….””.

WcoÊp½ F³s_ sW©nt`¡v Ip*pNÄ tIÀ¯v D^¨p. MmWk^psX I´n]n AfÀ¯n. kn^`pNÄ ASn³s_ CXWmjn]nt`¡v Np¯n]n_¡n]t¸mÄ I´n fmwh§Ä b^hvb^w AN¶p. sNmXn] IqXnt`¡v F³s_ kn^`pNÄ Cjªp Wo§n. Woapw tSm_pw NqXn k^p¶ IqXv F³s_ kn^`pNsa {Shn¸n¨p. WcoÊ]psX sW¿¸NqSn]n kn^`pNÄ A¸w AfÀ¶t¸mÄ knNm^¯m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ D]À¶v sbm§n. AkÀ¡Sv kÃmsS hpOn¡p¶p*v F¶ Sn^n¨_nkv F¶n i^fp]À¯n. MmWknsX k«¯n Djnªp. WcoÊp½]psX kn_sNm* Ip*pNÄ F³s_ tWÀ¡v Wo*v k^p¶p. BÀ{Ufm] N®pNÄ GtSm knIn{Sfm] emg hvcp^n¡p¶Sp*m]n^p¶p. F³s_ Ip*pNsa WcoÊ]psX Sp_n¨v Wn¡p¶ Ip*pNÄ sbmSnªp. F¶n Nmfw In`´n k` sW¿p¶Sv tbms` kn^n]m³ SpX§n. Mm³ Aks^ F¶nt`¡v k`n¨v fp_p¡n.

“”… NXn¨v Sn¶m³ tSm¶p¶p … F´v thmcvXm WcosÊ….””.

“”….C§sW hpOn¸n¡tÃ……hmt_…..MmWn§sW Cu fm_n C§sW Wn¡pw…F{S tW^w ks^]pw….””.

“”….Wcoh]psX tfmÄ A¸p_¯p*v…. “”

“”…AkÄ fm_nt¡mapw CSv N*mÂ…..AkapsX D½¡v C§sW H^p AkÊ^w k^ptdmÄ ASv fpX¡m³ AkÄ Wn¡nÃ….. F´nWpw H^p b^hvb^ Vm^\ tkt* FÃm¯nWpw….””.

AÀ°§Ä bmSn skankm¡nsNm*v WcoÊ Ft¶mXv sfmjnªp. fNapsX ht¸mÀ«v CSn Ds*¦n AkapsX In` {bkÀ¯nNan`pw Cu fmSmkv N®X¡p¶p*mNpw. F´m]m`pw ASn³s_ fäp kl§ant`¡v tbmNm³ emkn¡msS B fmUNs¯ Mm³ St`mXnsNm*n^p¶p.

At¶^fm]n^p¶p {bgÀ Np¡À knÊn fpj¡n]Sv. bmIN¯nWnX]n k¶Sv sNm*mNpw AkÀ tbmNm³ SnXp¡w Nq«n]Sv.

“”….AX¸¯n^n¡p¶Sv Cs¸m AXnbnXn¡pw……Mm³ tbm]o«v k^mt«m….””.

“”….Fs¶ C§sW IqXv bnXn¸n¨v tbmNtà WcosÊ…..””.

“”…IqXv A§sW Ss¶ kt¨m….Na]*m…Wfp¡v l^n]m¡mw tNt«m…bmINw H¶v Njntªms«…..””.

AkÀ b_ªSpw Mm³ Aks^ knXm³ emkfnïksW tbms` k`n¨v fp_p¡n. In\p§nsNm*kÀ F³s_ N^k`]¯n Wn¶pw S{´bqÀÆw fm_n. Mm³ ko*pw F¶nt`¡v AXp¸n¡m³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ ASntkP¯n AkÀ Hjnªpfm_nsNm*v AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.

A*n tbm] A®msW tbms` Mm³ fq¶m`v AXn WX¶t¸mÄ f_¨n« H^p Im¡n ldmW C^n¡p¶p. M§apsX hwhm^kpw Nm«m]§apw FÃmw AkÄ N*o^p¶p F¶Sv AkapsX fpOemkw skankm¡n.

( SpX^pw )

Cu emPw sskNn]Sv tbms` AXp¯ emPw sskNnÃ. fp¡m emPw FjpSn bqÀ¯n]m¡n k¨n^n¡p¶p. Cu emPw sskNn]Sn km]¡mÀ £fn¡\w.