KoknS¯n Ft¸mjm\p FÃmwSnNª FÃmsfm¯n\§n] ^SndÔ§Ä
AWpek teUyfmNp¶Sv F¶Sp fp³ Nq«n b_]mtWm {bkIn¡tWm hm²yfÃ.
In`t¸mÄ ASp AWy^pw Ab^nInS^pfm] BÄ¡m^pfm]nBNmw. ]m{SNan b^nI]s¸Xp¶ Bs^¦n`pfm]nBNmw.fäv In`t¸mÄ NpXpwd§an Ss¶]pÅ
Bs^¦n`psfms¡]m]pw Bkmw ,ASpw ^NvSdÔfpÅkÀ. huemPyw Ft¸mÄ, GSp ^qb¯nÂ… F§sW k^psf¶p BÀ¡pw N\¡pNq«m³ Njn]nÃ. ASpw sI_p {bm]¯nÂ….A¯^sfm^p emPykpw AWp{Pikpw sI_p{bm]Snt` Ss¶ `en¡mWnXk¶ Ahp`e huemPykmWm] Fsâ hp{ip¯v fin F¶p knan¡p¶ ftignsâ AWpek§apsX NT]m\nSp. Aksâ KoknS]m{SNapsX…Gäp b_¨n`pNapsX NT …ASp Aksâ emg]nÂ
AksâSs¶km¡pNan`qsX…..

H^p ]m{S]n SpX§n] AWpek§apsX… SpXÀ NT]m\nSp… Mm³ ftigv, fin F¶p knan¡pw. hvT`w bm`¡mXv. FWn¡p 2 htimU^nfmÀ. fq¯¯p
fKvM^n F¶ f©p tI¨n. FWn¡na]kÄ f©pg F¶ fmap. tI¨o bYp¯w
Njnªp tKm`n¡m]n {lfnt¨m*p Wn¡p¶p. AWn]¯n +1 Wp bYn¡p¶p. Mm³ tI¨n¡p 3 k]ÊnWna]Sp… sI_n] tKm`n]pw bYn¯kpw Hs¡]m]n tbmNp¶p.
A½ tNmtaKp `¡v{¨pÀ, A¨³ Pk¬.tNm{*mNväÀ. tI¨n]pw f½n]pw ASn hpµ^nNam\p… AWn]¯n A{S tbm^. f½n¡p 40 k]tÊmatf DsŦn`pw
N*mÄ A{S tSm¶nÃ. Ct¸mjpw l^o^w sNm*pw ^qb emk k{hvSVm^\mVnNÄ sNm*pw WÃ sI_p¸kpw… hpµ^n]pw, shNvhn]pfm\q. tI¨n]pw f½n]pw NqXn tbmNp¶ N*mÂ… tI¨n]pw AWn]¯n]pw Bt¶ tSm¶q….A{S¡p WÃ
I^¡pNam\q 2Dw.
ZmZn]psX tKm`n¡p Vm^maw ssN¡q`n Nn«n]n^p¶SnWmÂ.. ZmZn WÃ H^p SnNª fUybmWn]m]n^p¶p., sI_p¸w fpSt`. ASpsNm*m]n^n¡mw f½n¡p
B\p§tamXp {btSNn¨p ZmZnt]mXp tUgykpw bpIv’kpw B]n^p¶p. B tUgyw
Ft¶mXpw bp`À¯n]n^p¶p f½n H^p b^nVnks^… tI¨n]pw tfmlfm]n^p¶nÃ. f½ns]N*p kaÀ¶SnWm tI¨n¡pw b` Nm^y§an`pw AtS hzemk§am]n^p¶p. AWn]¯n bt£ H^p bmkfm]n^p¶p. f½n H^p tNmtaKp s`NvIÀ B]n^ps¶¦n`pw ko«nÄ B fmt¶jvhp H¶pw Nm\n¨n^p¶nÃ..
{btSyPn¨p {ZÊn§n`pw… hwhm^¯n`pw H¶pw. M§sX fp¶n k¨p {ZÊp fm_p¶SntWm, shNvhp hwhm^n¡p¶SntWm.. f½n¡v H^p Wm\kpw fmWkpw H¶pw
CÃm]n^p¶p. F¶m tI¨n Cu Nm^y¯n f½n]n Wn¶p Sot^ kySyhvS]m]n^p¶p. GÃmw Han¨pw f_¨psfms¡]m]n^p¶p tI¨n]psX ^oSnNÄ.
ASp FWn¡p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI¨n]n tUzgy§Ä SoÀ¡m³ Nm^\fm]n. Nm^y§Ä C§sW WnÂt¡, tI¨n¡p H^p Unkhw tNm«]¯p H^p sXhvän¶pÅ imÄ Xn¡äv k¶p. f½n]pw ZmZn]pw NqXo B Unkhw tbmNm³ C^p¶t¸mÄ sbs«¶p f½n¡p bo^oZv k¶SnWm tbmNm³ bän]nÃ, fpjpNpXn]Wm] ZmZnt]t]m b¿Wm] F
Fsât]m NqsX Hä¡p knXm³ f½n¡p tSm¶n]nÃ. ASnWm HXp¡w f½n
Ft¶]pw ZmZnt]]pw NqXn H^p½n¨p tI¨ns¡m¸w knXm³ So^pfmWn¨q.
tNm«]¯p ZmZn]psX H^p {c*nsâ ko«n ZmZn Smfhw At_©p sI]vSn^p¶p. s{X]nWn`m]n^p¶p M§at§m«v tbm]Sp. AknsX sI¶t¸mÄ hf]w ^m{Sn]m]n. AknsX F¯n]Sp fpS tI¨n¡p lWnUl SpX§n, FWn¡p lp{NWpw… BUyt¯Sp Bko«ns` BÄ¡m^psX ^qb¯n`m]n^p¶p. M§aknsX sIÃpt¼mÄ M§sa hzoN^n¡m³ Wn¶n^p¶ ZmZn]psX {c*p b\n¡^¦nansâ em^y]pw fNapw sbs«s¶t´m ASymklyw k¶Sp Nm^\w B Unkhw Ft§mt«m tbmtN*n k¶p, M§Ä sIÃpt¼mÄ AknsX b\n¡^¦nÄ fm{Sw.
F´m]m`pw MmWpw tI¨n]pw A¦nansâ dZv _qfn N]_n… {ZÊp fmän
Npan¨n«v tbmNmsf¶p knIm^n¨p AknsX sI¶p tI¨osX {ZÊv dmPp Sp_¶p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ M§Ä sM«nt¸m]n !. tI¨n]psX dmPp fm_nt¸m]n^n¡p¶p…
AtS tbm`s¯ tks_m^p dmPm]n^p¶p ASp, Nmjv¨]n M§apsX dmPp tbms` tSm¶n¡p¶Sp. tI¨n¡t¸mÄ e]¦^ kngfkpw Wn^ml]pfm]n sSäv
tI¨n]psXSm]n^p¶Sp sNm*p tI¨n Ft¶msXm¶pw b_MnÃ… F¦n`pw e]¦^ tUzgyfm]n^p¶p tI¨n¡p. FWn¡pw tI¨n¡pw fm_mWpÅ {ZÊp fpjpkWpw
BdmPn B]n^p¶p.B _qfn`ms\¦nt`m H^p sdZvgoäÃmsS tks_m^p Ngv\w Sp\n tbm`pfnÃm]n^p¶p FXp¡m³. DXp¡m³ Sp\n CÃmSn^ps¶¦n`pw
FWn¡t¸mÄ k`n] kngfw H¶pw tSm¶n]n^p¶nà Nm^\w B AkhvT]nÂ
FWns¡s´¦n`pw fpSs`Xp¸p WX¯m³ bäpsf¶p FWn¡p D_¸p*m]n^p¶p.
A{S¡p FWn¡p tI¨ns] B{Pifm]n^p¶p… ko«n Wn¶p C_§n]t¸mÄ fpS Aksas¶ A{S¡p N¼n]m¡mWpw SpX§n]n^p¶p. s{X]nWn Aksas¶
H^pbmXp fp«n]p^p½n]n^p¶m]n^p¶p ]m{S sI]vSn^p¶Sp…. Fsâ fXn]n C^p¶pw
Fsâ tUi¯pw tSman`pw fXn]n`pw Hs¡ NnX¶pw… Fs¶ H^pbmXp N¼n ]Xn¸n¨p. ASp Nm^\w _qfn Aksa Hä¡p Nn«n]t¸mÄ FWn¡v Ft´m tbms`ms¡ B]n.

Aksa C¶p Hä¡p _qfn Nn«mWpsfs´¦n`pw sI¿mWpw Hs¡ fWÊp Umin¨p.
ASpsNm*p Ss¶ AkÄ¡pw Fs¶s¸ms` DXp¡m³ {ZsÊm¶pw
Nn«msS k¶s¸mÄ FWn¡p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kÃm¯ ht´mgw tSm¶n. HXp¡w CWns]´p tbmwkjns]¶v tImUn¨ sI¨nt]mXp Mm³ b_Mp Wfps¡m¶p ZmZnt]mXp b_ªp tWm¡n]ms`m…..At¸mÄ B ko«n fäm^pw CÃmSn^p¶SnWm ZmZn]pw A¦napw NqXn Np¸n sbm«n¨p skÅfXn SpXRn]n^p¶p. skÅfXn¨ ZmZn]psX hzemkw A_n]mfm]n^p¶ tI¨n AS_nªp b_ªp.
“” CsS´m]m`pw Cu AkhvT]n ZmZn A_nt]*m…ZmZn A_nªm bns¶
CknsXNnX¶p k`n] {blvWfp*m¡pw….Wfp¡nSp Fs§sWs]¦n`pw fmtWKp sI¿m³ tWm¡mw”.
Mm³ tImUn¨p “”F§sW ”
“”H^p UnkÊftà Wfp¡p CknXpÅ Fs´¦n`psfms¡ k¨p C¶p ^m{Sn]nt`¡p AZvKvhväv sI¿mw….Wmsa ^mknt` Wo tbm]n bpSn]Sp Ft´`pw km§n k¶m fSn”
“” Wmas¯ Nm^yw Mm³ l^n]m¡mw, bt£ Cs¶´p sI¿pw W½Ä, CSp Ss¶
DXp¯p NnX¶mt`m…”
“”CSpXp¯p F´m]m`pw NnX¡m³ bänÃm ,H¶mfSp ^mkns` fpSÂ CSpXp¯p
CSmsN Wm_n]n^n¡pN]m…bns¶ tbm^m¯SnWp Wmsa Wfp¡nSp DXp¡mWpw
DÅSm…ASn`pw {blvWfm W½Ä AXn]n C«n^n¡p¶Snsâ Nm^yw AsSm¶p
Du^n Ct¸msj¦n`pw NjpNn]n«m Wmsa sIm_n]msS Ct«m*p tbmNmw” “”l^nSs¶ bs£ Ct¸mÄ W½Ä F´v Hm DXp¡pw ”
“”Mm³ Cu sdZvgoäp sNm*p AZvKÊväp sI¿mw…Wo]pw Fs´¦n`pw k¨p
AZvKÊäp sI¿p…S¡m`w ”
As¸mÄ bp_¯pWn¶pw ZmZn]psX knan k¶p cpZp Njn¡m³. M§Ä
Npan¨n«p Njn¡mw b¸m F¶p b_ªp S¡m`w SXnS¸n. CSnWnX¡p tI¨n
“”FWn¡§p kn]À¯n«p k¿m” F¶p b_ªp s{ZÊv Ajn¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p.
tI¨n dZvZn kn^n¨n^p¶ goäv FXp¯p tUi¯n«psNm*p Ip^nVmÀ tXm¸q^n fmän, F¶n«p Smtjm«p ssN sNm*p k¶p bmâpw Ajn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ…NgvXNm`¯n¶p bpS¨n^p¶ goäp Smtjm«§p ko\p tbm]n…ssUktf ! Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ tI¨n sk_pw gZvZn]n`pw {dm]n`pw Wn¡p¶p,,,H^p t_mhv gZvZn]n`pw {dm]n`pw…Fs´m^p ^qbw !

N*ns«Wn¡p N¼n]m]nt¸m]n…Mm³ BUyfm]n B]n^p¶p tI¨ns] A§sW H^p tkg¯n Nm\p¶Sp. bpS¨n^p¶ goäv Smtjm«p ko\ t¸mÄ sM«n Sn^nªp tWm¡n] tI¨o N*Sp tI¨os] tWm¡n N¼n]m]n skÅfn_¡n Wn¡p¶
Fs¶]m\p. M§Ä fpmfpw N*p,,, tI¨o sbs«¶p Smsj ko\ gosäXp¯v ko*pw tUi¯n«p H¶pw A_n]m¯tbms` NpWnªp bmsâXp¯p fmän,
gosäXp¯p fp`¡¨sN«n….H¶pw hwekn¡m¯ tbms` b_ªp
“”Wo tWm¡n skÅfn_¡n Wn¡msS….B {ZÊv fmän dWn]Wpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv K«n]pw S¶mÂ
MmWnSnsâNqsX ASpwNqsX NjpNnt]¡mw…CtàWmsa ASpfn«p sIm_nªp WXt¡*nk^pw b_tª¡mw ”
“”F¶m CSpNqXn NjpNnt]¡p ”, F¶v b_ªp Mm³ Fsâ gÀ«pw dWn]Wpw
Du^n tI¨ns] tWm¡n, tI¨n
“”Fs´¦n`pw FXp¯pXps¡Xm” F¶p b_ªp dm¯p_qfnt`¡p tbm]n
Mm³ bmâq^n AknsXms¡ H^p Sp\n¡m]n b^Sn, Nm\mªp dm¯p_qfnt`¡p sI¶ Mm³ goäpXp¯p Sp\n NjpNm³ SpX§n] tI¨ns]]m\p N*Sp, Fs¶
K«n]n«p N* tI¨n ANs¯ A]]n Wn¶pw H^p tSmÀs¯Xp¯p S¶n«v b_ªp
“”CsSXp¯p DXp¯n«v NjpNt\m¦n B sK«n Du^nSmXm. ”.
MmWpXsW AknsXWn¶p tI¨n Nms\Ss¶ sSmÀ¯pXp¯p Fsâ sK«n Du^n fmän sNmXp¯p. S_]n C^p¶p Sp\n NpSnÀ¯pk¡p¶ tI¨n]psX fp¶n H^p sk_pw tSmÀ¯p fm{SfpXp¯psNm*v Mm³. tI¨ns¡Ãmw Nm\mw, Fsâ Np®
Bs\¦nt`m cpÄ N¼n]nÂ….MsW´p sI¿pw…tI¨n Fsâ Np® Nm\mWm]n
Mm³ W¶m]n«p tI¨n¡p fp¶n N]_n Wn¶p. K«n]n«p Wn¶t¸mtj Fsâ
N¼nNp® W¶m]n ASn`qsX N* tI¨n HXp¡w ASp tW^n«p N*t¸mÄ…
sM«n!, fpw kÃmSm]n…Wmkn skÅw bän,,,F´p sI¿\sf¶v A_n]m³ k¿msS Fs¶ kÃmsS H¶p tWm¡n]n«p b_ªp
“”Wo AknsXtbm]n C^pt¶m Mm³ NjpNn Npan¨n_§n]n«p knan¡mw At¶^w ,
Npan¡m³ k¶mÂfSn ‘
HXp¡w tI¨os] W¶m]ns«m¶p Np® {bUÀlWw WX¯n]n«p MmW§p tbm]n dZvZn NnX¶p tI¨osX bj]{UlytfmÀ¯p tI¨ns]HmÀ¯p H^p km\fXn¡m³ SpX§n…. ANt¯¡p tI¨ns] tWm¡n.bt£ FWn¡v B hwPSn DXsW Ss¶ WnÀt¯*nk¶p, tI¨n B^wPw Nm\pN]pw sI]vSp.

”F´m tI¨o…””Mm³ tImUn¨q.
”FXm skÅfnÃXm…Wo sbm]n A¦nantWmsXm¶p b_]Xm”” ‘ l^n ‘ F¶v b_ªp…Mm³ tbmNmWmªt¸mÄ
”FXm ASq^nNaªp bmân«p tbmsNXm”” F¶v tI¨n ..
Mm³ bns¶ H¶pw sWm¡msS AknsX tI¨osX fp¶n Wn¶pSs¶ tSmÀ¯q^n fmän bmâp FXp¯n«p. tI¨n]t¸mÄ Wm\w sNms*¶t¸ms` S` sI_pSm]n
I^ns¨¦n`pw Fsâ N¼nNp® tWm¡pN]pw ASp Nm\pN]pw sI]vSp. Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ ZmZvZn]pw {c*pw Wà cnäm]n^p¶p. AkÀ Fs¶ H^pbmXp
NpXn¡m³ WnÀºÔn¨p…. tI¨nt]]pw NqXn knan¨p sIÃmWpw 2 tbt^mXpw AkÀ¡p
N¼Wn sNmXp¡mWpw Hs¡ b_ªp… skůnsâ Nm^yw BSpXsW k^psf¶p fm{Sw b_ªp. F´m]m`pw MmWSp ASptbms` tI¨nt]mXp sI¶p b_ªp, tI¨n¡pXsW e]¦^ tUzgyw k¶p… tI¨o W¶m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv IqXm]n ZmZns] H^pbmXp
Io¯ b_ªp.
”CWn Wo F´m]m`pw bp_t¯¡p tbm*m…Ak·mÀ AknsX F´p tkt\Â
B]nt¡ms« ! Wfp¡v Npan¨n«p CknXn^p¶p cpZp Njn¡mw””F¶pw b_ªp.
F¶n«pXsW Ss¶ dm¯p_qfnt`¡p N]_nt¸m]n kmSn`X¨p.
Mm³ ”F´m tI¨n”” F¶v tImSn¨t¸mÄ ”H¶pfnÃXm…FWns¡m¶p fq{Ssfmjn¡\w,,,””F¶v b_ªp. Mm³ tbm]n B Ahp`e^wPw Nm\m³ kà kjn]pw Dt*m F¶p dm{¯qwtXm_nt`¡p tWm¡nWn¶n«pw {lv……À………F¶ tI¨osX fq{Sw Ioäp¶ ldvUfÃmsS H¶pw Nm\m³ NjnªnÃm. 2 fnWnäp Njnªt¸mÄ tI¨n kmSnÂSp_¶p C_§nk¶p …Fs¶ tWm¡pt¼mÄ MmWknsX bmâp fmän tSmÀ¯pXp¡p¶p…
”F´mXm CknsX Wn¡pt¶”” ”ASp…bmâp fmäpN]m]n^p¶p Mm³’
“”WnWs¡t¸mjpw AtS]ptÅm b\o…Du^`pw DXp¡`pw…ASnsW´m tZm_nWXp¯p Wn¶p N_§p¶Sv…”
“”ASp AknsX Wn¶pw kÃm¯ H^p Ioä ldvUw tN«p k¶p Wn¶Sm…” tI¨n
DXsW kÃmsS
“”Wo F´m Cu ldvUw BUyfm]n tNÄ¡]mt\m….CSpks^ tN«n«ntÃ,,”

“”hSyfm]n«pw BUyw tNÄ¡]m tI¨n…F´p WÃ ldvUw”
‘tI¨n….ldvUw tNÄ¡pNfm{Ssf sI]vSptÅm kÃSpw Nt*mXm…tZm_n`qsX tWm¡n]n«p””
”H¶pw Nm\mWpÅ emPyw…FWn¡nà tI¨n””
‘AsS´mXm….Wo l^n¡p tWm¡n]ntÃ..”
“”ASp tI¨n l^n¡p Nm\n¨p S¶m`sà FWn¡p Nm\m³ bäq…” “”ldvUw tN«ns«§sW…sNmÅmtfm…Nm\\sf¶p tSm¶nt]m ” “”sNmÅmw…Nm\\sf¶p kÃmsS B{Piw tSm¶n. tI¨n..”
‘Wo k¶t¸msj, Mm³ {l²n¨p…Wnsâ A*n bmân sbm§n
Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p, bns¶ bmâq^n]t¸mÄ ASp ko*pw H¶pNqXn
sbm§n….bns¶ K«n NqXn Du^n]t¸mÄ b_]pN]pwtk*m… ASnsâNqsX Fsâ fq{S¯nsâ H¨ NqXn B]t¸mÄ ASp sbm§n tbm§n fnssÊ`ptbms` B]n.
Ct¸mÄ ASp sbm§n ko*pw BNmlt¯mafm]n….CWn Wo Fsâ fq{Ssfmjn¡p¶ ^wPw NqXn l^n¡pw Nm\m³ Wn¶mÂ….Wnsâ*n sbm§n tbm§n
CSnsâ tf¡q^]n S«ntÃXm..”” ”tI¨n ASp {l²n¨n^pt¶m. “”
”bn¶nsÃ…MmWSp WnsâNqsX s{X]nWn N]_n]t¸mÄ fpS {l²n¡p¶Sm…Wnsâ fXn]n Mm³ C^n¡]pw NnX¡]pw Hs¡ sI]vSt¸mÄ….Wnsâ hmVWw fp«n]n«p FWn¡p hin¡m³ k¿mSm]n^p¶p. Fsâ
I´n]n N]_n ASp Spaªn^n¡]m]n^p¶p. F´pkmXm…Wnsâ hmVWw
Ft¸mjpw C§sWt] C^n¡t¯mtÅmXm. “”
”ASp tI¨o…AsSms¡ tIIosX Npj¸w sNm*m…FWn¡p A§sW Hs¡ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k¶Sp “”
”Fsâ F´v Npj¸w “”
”tI¨osX…Cu ^qbkpw tkgkpw Ak]k§apw….bn¶Spw tbm^ªp tI¨osX
FsâtWÀ¡pÅ S«`pw fp«`pw….Fsâ fXn]n N]_n C^n¡`pw. NnX¡`pw,
bns¶ CknsX k¶tlgfpÅ {ZÊpfmä`pw ldvUw tNĸn¨pÅ
Ioän¡`pw…CsSms¡ Nm\pN]pw tNÄ¡]pw sI]vSmÂ….Mm³ bns¶ F´p sI¿pw…Fsâ Np«³ bns¶ BNmlw fp«mSn^n¡ptfm. ?””

DXsW tI¨n ”Wnsâ C§sW Wn¡p¶ hmVWw N*ns«Wn¡p tbXn]mkp¶p…ASpsNm*m Mm³ b_tª…! F´m]m`pw FWn¡p Npan¡\w,
Npan¨n«pk¶n«p dm¡n b_]mw… Ct¸mÄ Wo B tSmÀ¯n§p Sm FWn¡p
Npan¡m³ “”F¶p b_ªp ,Fsâ ssN¿n Wn¶pw tSmÀ¯pw km§n tI¨n tbm]n.
Mm³ ko*pw bmântX*n k¶p….ASp Nm^\w. f©ptk¨n Npan Njnªp k¶t¸mÄ….Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n, tI¨n At¶^w AknXps¯ Bân Npaofp_n]nÂ
Du^n C«n^p¶ H^p sk_pw ssWÊm] ssWän]m]n^p¶p goänWp bN^w
DXp¯n^p¶Sp ,AXn]n H¶pw CÃm¯Sp sNm*p DÅn`pÅSp fpjpkWpw ASp tbms` bp_¯p sSanªp Nm\mw ….,Fs´m^p shNvhn `p¡p ! Fsâ Np® bmân H¶pNqXn N¼n]m]n !…..C{S]pwtW^w sk_pw goäp fm{Stf tI¨n
DXp¯n^p¶pÅqsk¦n`pw tI¨n C{S shNvhn B]n^p¶nÃm….. Ct¸mÄ ssWän¡pÅn`qsX tI¨osX FÃmw ASptbm`§p Nm\mw… FWn¡p N*n«p hin¨nÃ, tI¨nMm³ tWm¡p¶v N*p tI¨n¡p Nm^yw fWÊn`ms]¦n`pw H¶pw
A_n]m¯tbms` tI¨n AenW]n¨p b_ªp
“”B,,, CWn Wo tbm]n Npant¨¨p km, skÅw k¶p…tkPw…”
“”FWn¡pw”,,F¶p sI_pSm]n b_ªp Mm³ bns¶ Npan¡mWm]n tbm]n. Npan
Njnªp tSmÀ¯pfpXp¯p Sn^nsN k¶ Mm³ Nm\p¶Sp B ho{Sq ssWän]n Wn¶p H^p§p¶ tI¨nt]]m\p. Fsâ N¼ntWm«w ko*pw N* tI¨n Ft¶mXp
“” tWm¡n skÅfn_¡n Wn¡msS tbm]n cpZv FXp¯psNm*p kmXm
AknXp¶p…”F¶p b_ªp
“”Mm³ FXp¯psNm*p k^\tfm W½Ä AknsX tbm]n Njn¡p¶Stà tI¨o WÃSp ”
“”‘ AsSs§WmXm Cu tkg¯n W½Ä AknsXtbm]n^p¶p cpZv Njn¡p¶Sp,,,
H¶pw A_n]m¯Sptbms` sbm«¦an¡tà Wo¿p….(Smtj¡p tWm¡n)…””
F¶n«p Fs¶ tWm¡n H^p In^n, tI¨n. Mm³ tI¨ns] ko*pw tUzgyw bnXn¸n¡mWpw tI¨ns] H¶v N¼n]m¡mWpw B]n tImUn¨p
”F´m Cu tkg¯nsWm^p Npj¸w tI¨n “”
”Npj¸w H¶pw CïSpsNm*m\tÃm Wo C§sW Fs¶ Sp_n¨p tWm¡n Wn¡p¶Sp…AtÃXm ,Wo]pw tfmlfÃm…””
”At¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ tWm¡p¶Sp tI¨n¡p Npj¸fntà “”

”Nn«n] Im³htà tWm¡nt¡m, tWm¡n fpSs`Xpt¯m “”
”ASp Mm³ BUyfm]n«m tI¨ns] C§sW Nm\p¶Sp ASpsNm*m… tWm¡n]Sp””
” CtÃÂ Wo Fs¶ tWm¡ntÃ….tbm]n cpZv FXp¯psNm*p kmXm “”.
bns¶ Mm³ gÀs«Xp¯n«psNm*p cpZv FXp¡m³ tbm]n .AknsX sI¶t¸mÄ ZmZn]pw A¦napw Wà fpjpcnäv….tI¨ns] Nm\m¯Sn kngfw b_ªp,F¦n`pw tI¨n¡{S k¿ F¶p Wp\ b_ªv Mm³ cpZv FXp¯v Sn^ntN k¶p. Wà knl¸m]n^p¶SnWm M§Ä tkPwSs¶ cpZv Njn¨p.cpZv Njn¡pt¼msaÃmw
Fsâ In´, F§sW tI¨ns] F{S]pw sbs«¶p sshÊm¡mw F¶Sm]n^p¶p. hwhm^¯nWnX¡pSs¶ Mm³ sI_n] sI_n] Sp_p¸pNÄ {bt]mPn¡mWpw SpX§o^p¶p .CX¡p Mm³ tImUn¨p
”tI¨n, Mm³ Cu bmâpw C«p F§sW NnX¡pw “”
”Wo, ASp fmän Fsâ gosäXp¯p DXpt¯m. “”
tI¨n cpZvZnWp tlgw Mm³ tI¨n Nms\ Ss¶ ASpfm_n. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ B goäp Wn_t] WWkp,,,Mm³ tImUn¨p…
”F´m tI¨o CSpWn_t] H^pWWkp,,,””
”ASp skÅw ko\Smkmw..”” ASp f\¯p tWm¡n, H^p kÃm¯ emkw k^p¯n ”skůnWp fq{S¯nsâ f\w k^ptfm..?””
”ASp In`t¸mÄ Mm³ fq{Sn¨t¸mÄ A_n]mtS ko\Smkmw”” ”]qt_m¸y³ t¢mÊän C^p¶m A§sW k^ptfm? “”
“”AsSms¡ k^pw …”tI¨n sI_p tUzgyt¯msX b_ªp. Mm³ ,sI_p In^nt]msX….
“”FWn¡p fWÊn`m]n. ”
“”F´p ” Mm³ ko*pw
“”tI¨n ASn Np¯n]n^p¶m]n^n¡pw sbXp¯Sp…AtÃ,ko«ns`t¸ms`. ”
“”ko«n Mm³ Np¯n]n^p¶p sbXp¡p¶Sp Wo N*n«pt*m ”’
“”AÃ AknsX A§Ws¯ t¢mÊätÃ….ASpsNm*p b_ªSm tI¨n”

“”l^n]mXm , WnWs¡Ãmw A_n]mftÃ…”
M³ gosäXp¯p W¶m]n f\¯psNm*p…””tI¨osX fq{S¯nWp F´m]m`pw WÃ f\w..”
“”WnW¡t¸mÄ sb®p§apsX fq{Sw f\¸n¡mWpw, Ak^p fq{Sn¡p¶Sp Nm\mWpw
Hs¡ e]¦^ CgvXfm AsÃ…”Mm³ sfsà tSmÀ¯p fmän, gosäXp¯psNm*p… “”ASp fm{Sfà tI¨n….B fq{Sw NpXn¡mWpw e]¦^ CgvXfm. ”
“”Hmtim….ASpw CgvXfmt\m ? FÃm sb®p§tX]pw NpXn¡ptfm..?
” tI¨os]t¸ms` WÃ hpµ^nNam] FÃmsb®p§aptX]pw NpXn¡pw..””

”l^n Ct¸mÄ Mm³ sbXp¯ptbm]tÃm…B…CWn Mm³ fp«pt¼mÄ
b_]mw…At¶^w k¶mfSn, tN…t«m “”
CSp b_]p¶SnWnX¡p tI¨n CX¡nX¡p ssWän¡nX]n`qsXms¡ sIm_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. tI¨n Nms`ms¡ ANän dZvZnÄ C^n¡]m\q
…ssWÊm] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B ssWän]n`qsX…fp`Napw fäpw Nm\nt¨m*p H^p Wm\kpw fXn]pwNqXmsS…A^nNn MmWpw AsSÃmw tWm¡n N*p BhzUn¨p N¼n]psX sNmXpfpXn]nÂ…F´p sI¿\w F¶_n]msS….CX¡pÅ tI¨n]psX sIm_n¨n`nÂ,
FWn¡p tI¨n]psX skap¯pSpXp¯ Nm`pw SpXNapw FÃmw Nm\mw..M³
At§m«pSs¶ hq£n¨p tWm¡p¶vSp N*mk\w tI¨o Nms`ms¡ fmän Npt_ SpX]p½äpw A_n]m¯f«n FWn¡p Nm\n¨pS¶p. MWpXsW tImUn¨p
”F´mbän tI¨n…W¶m]n sIm_n]p¶p*tÃm “”
tI¨o sIm_ntªm*p Ss¶…”AtSXm…Ak^p C«n«q^n C«n^p¶ ssWän]m Mm³
FXp¯n«Sp…ASmkmw e]¦^ sIm_n¨n`p…F´p sI¿mWm “”
”FWn¡pfp*p tI¨o sIm_n¨nÂ…CSpw fpgnªSm,fm{SfÃm CSn Wà WWkpfp*p…Mm³ Du^nNa]m³ tbmN]m. tI¨n
“”FWn¡pw CSp Du^nfmän]m sNmÅmsf¶p*p…A{S¡p sIm_n¨nÂ. M³”
ASpSs¶…Du^nNa tI¨o…CtÃÂ Wmsa Wfp¡p sIm_n]mtW tW^w Nm\q,,,Mm³
Du^m³ tbmsN]m “”
”CSq^nfmän]m bns¶ W½Ä F´pXp¡pw…Sp\n]nÃmsS Wn¡mtWm..? “”
”AtS tI¨o…tks_ Wn{kp¯n]ntàW½Ä bns¶´psI¿pw…CSntW¡Ä teUw
ASpS¶m…fm{SfÃm CWn W½Ä ss`ä\¨v§p NnX¡pktÃ..bns¶´m..””

”sNmÅmw…Sp\n]nÃmsS ss`ä\¨p , ASpw Np´w tbm`pÅ Cu hmVWkpw bnXn¨pWn¡p¶ WnsâNqsX…””
”tI¨o NnX¶ptWm¡q…tI¨osX CgvXfnÃmsS M³ tI¨osX tUi¯ptbm`pw sSmXoà fWÊn`ms]m..? ‘
“”tk*m,,,Wo B goän§p Sm, Mm³ ASpXp¯p NnXt¶maw. ” “”At¸mÄ Mm³ F´pXp¡pw,,,? tI¨o ”
“”Wo tkt\Â H¶pfpXp¡msS NnXt¶m,,,,”
“”ASptk*nt¸mÄ…Mm³ fpjpktW]pw tI¨n Sp\nDXp¯pw…NnX¡ps¶¦n 2tb^pw fpjpktW Atà2 tb^pw C§tW NnX¶p tIm_otªm ”
“”F¶m l^n MmWpw Du^nfmämw ,bt£ Wo Wnsâ Np´wsNm*p Fs¶ H¶pw sI¿^pSp…fm{SfÃm Wo CSp tbm]n bp_¯mt^mXpw b_]pN]pw A^pSp…Hm.sN ”
“” Mm³ tkt\ hSyw sI¿mw MmWmt^mXpw b_]nÃm…tI¨n b_]mSn^p¶m fSn.”
CSp b_ª]pX³ MmWpXsW Ss¶ H¶p¼_]msS Fsâ A^]n NnX¶
gosäXp¯p Uqs^s]_nªp.,hz]w WáWm]n.tI¨o sI_p Wm\t¯msX…
“”FWn¡p Wm\fm ”F¶p b_ªp fmNvhn]pw Du^nfmän Wá]m]n.M§Ä 2Dw
At¸mÄ bqÀ®Wá^m]n…
bn_¶ tkg¯nÂ! H^m\pw sb®pw SnN¨pw Wá^m]n…ASpw hz´w B§a]pw sb§apw !GUt´m«¯ns` BUzpw iÆ]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms`…. KWn¨ tkg¯n b^hvb^w tWm¡n…FÃmw BhzUnt¨m*p dZvZn ….C^p¶p. bns¶ Mm³ knIm^n¨tbms`Ãmw WX¡m³ k`n] Smfhsfm¶pw tk*nk¶nÃm bt£
FÃmänWpw FWn¡p Ss¶ fp³ ssN FXpt¡*n k¶p F¶Sp tks_ Nm^yw
!.Sp\n]nÃmsS H^m\pw sb®pw NnX¶m ASp bns¶ B§a]pw sb§apfÃm,
B^m]n^p¶m`pw b®p WX¡psf¶p fq¶^S^w…
f©ptI¨o¡v ^mknt` s{X]nWn N]_n]t¸mtj fq¯pk¶Sms\¶p FWn¡p W¶m]_n]mw…s{X]nWn k¨pSs¶ FWn¡Sp W¶m]n tdmVyfm]Spfm….
AS_nªm Mm³ tI¨n¡p Wà Km¡n sNmXp¯Spw… bn¶Sp Njnªp CknsX k¶t¸mÄ NXn fq¯Spw FÃmw FWn¡p fWÊn`m]n^p¶p… AS_nªpS¶m M³ tI¨ns] ko*pw fq¸n¨Spw. F´m]m`pw Nm^y§Ä M³ knIm^n¨ kjn]n`qsX k¶Sn FWn¡p ASn]m] ht´mgkpw tSm¶n.

bns¶ Nm^y§Ä FÃmw kas^ sbs«¶m]n^p¶p. Fsâ N¼n]m] Np®
N*t¸mtj tI¨n¡p bqÀ® NXn]pw N¼n]pfm]n…tI¨n ASnÂSs¶ hq£n¨p tWm¡n..,M³ tI¨os] tWm¡n sfsà N¼n]m]nWn¶v Np®]n St`mXn..,bns¶
ASn sI_pSm]n bnXn¨p km\fXn¡m³ SpX§n..bns¶ Np® sSm`n¨p Nm\n¨pw km\fXn¨pNm\n¨pw fäpw… tI¨ns] Mm³ Wà tbms` fq¸n¨p
Nmfw sNmXpfpXn]ns`¯n¨p tI¨nt] Mm³ s_Xn]m¡n.
tI¨o ASpN*p NnX¶p Nm`N¯n… bns¶ fUK`¯m Wà WWkmÀ¶n^p¶v tI¨osX ¢o³tgkp bqän Fs¶ tbms` sI_pSm]n SXkmWpw kn^ k¨q
Np¯mWpw Hs¡ SpU§n. At¸mtj¡pw M§Ä B§a]pw sb§apw 2 tb^pw Wà bqÀ® N¼n]m]n b®mWpÅ S¿s_Xp¸n`m]n fm_n]n^p¶p. bt£ BUyw Nan SpX§n]Sp tI¨n S¶]n^p¶p… tI¨n sfsà Fsâ Np®]n St`mXo³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ MmWpw AX§n]n^p¶nÃm… Mm³ sfsà Fsâ hz´w tI¨n]psX WWª bqän kn^ k¨q ..sfsà SjpNm³ SpX§n….F´p ^hw ! .
tI¨o At¸mÄ Np_¨pNqXn NX¶v Fsâ Np®]n bnXnfp_p¡m³ SpX§n. bn¶Sp ssNsNm*p bnXn¨q sSm`n¡mWpw…sSm`n¨Xn¡mWpw Hs¡ SpX§n..MmWpw bns¶ sk_ptS C^p¶nÃ…MmWpw Sn^n¨kapsX sWXpk^n]³ bqän kn^`nXmWpw kn^`n«na¡mWpw Ht¡ SpX§n. tI¨n¡t¸mÄ NXnfq¯p sI_pSm]n Nmfhz^§apw ho¡m^hz^§apw Hs¡ bp_s¸Xpkn¡m³ SpX§n.ASWph^n¨q Fsâ 2þ3 kn^`pNÄ tI¨osX fUK`¯m sNmjp sNmjp¯vhpµ^bqän N]än C_¡m³ SpX§n. bns¶ Npt_ hf]w M§Ä Np®]pw bq_pw B]n kn^`zIpÅv NanNÄ SpXÀ¶p. bns¶ H¶pw b_]msS Mm³ tI¨nsX bqän`n«v Ca¡n] kn^`pNÄ sfsà N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ km]n`n«q¼m³ SpX§n]Sp tI¨n N*p.tI¨n bnt¶]pw
Ft¶määp¯p…MmWpw..M³ tI¨osX sNmjp¯ fUK`w bqäo¶p tSm*ns]Xp¯p tNm^nNpXn¡p¶ N* tI¨o
“”tkt\m” F¶p tImUn¨t¸mÄ M³ sk\sf¶v b_]pN]pw tI¨o Ssâ sk¬bq_p Fsâ tWÀ¡p AXp¸n¡pN]pw sI¿pN]pw MmWpXsW Ss¶ Fsâ km]v tI¨osX Nm`n¶nX]n sNm*pk¶p tI¨osX bqän AXp¸n¨t¸mÄ tI¨n bns¶ W¶m]n Nm`N¯nS¶p, FWn¡p bq_pSn¶m³ Wà Akh^sfm^p¡n bq_p W¶m]n bnaÀ¯nk¨p Sp_¶p kn^n¨qk¨p S¶p. Mm³ bns¶ tI¨osX Nm`n¶nX ]n`n^p¶p NkbnaÀ¯n l^n¡p tI¨osX fVp^bq_p W¡ntSmÀ¯n Sn¶m³ SpX§n.Mm³ tI¨osX bq_p W¶m]n I¸n NpXnIp,,,bq_p fpjpkWpw W¶m]n W¡n tSmÀ¯n, bqÀ Uzm^§apw N´pw km]n`n«p W¶m]n Du¼n I¸n k`n¨q NpXn¨p… bq_p fpjpkWpw W¡n tSmÀ¯n. 20 fnWntämaw tI¨otä tS³bq_p sNmSnSos^ W¡nSn¶p fSn]m]slgw M³ fpfp]À¯pt¼mÄ tI¨n bns¶ H¶pw fn*msS
Fsâ fpjpNp® km]n`m¡n Du¼m³ SpX§n…

10 fnWntämaw tI¨n B Np® sNmSnSoÀ¯p km]n`n«q¼n NXn SoÀ¯p.
ASnWptlgw tI¨n Ss¶ Fsâ sNmXpwNp® FXp¯p bqän`k¨q Ft¶mXp
Bªp b®m³ b_ªp. M³ tI¨n]psX Asb£ fmWn¨v Fsâ Np® FXp¯p tI¨osX sNmjpsNmjp¯v fUWbqänt`¡p FXp¯pk¨v b®m³ SpX§n. tI¨o]t¸mÄ Nmt`ms¡ ANänS¶p Fs¶ W¶m]nhim]n¨p S¶n^p¶p. M³ sfsà Np® bqän`n«v tI¨os] W¶m]n b®m³ SpX§n. tI¨n]mNt«…A^s¡«v tft`¡p]À¯n SÅn S¶v ho¡m^§tamXpw…NnSt¸mXqw Fs¶ him]n¨p… ^hn¸n¨psNm*n^p¶p…. F´m]m`pw 10 fnWnäp Wo*pWn¶ Fsâ FÃmw f_¶pÅ b_¶pb®`n FWn¡p skÅw k¶p.
bnt¶]pw M§Ä B ^m{Sn fpjpkWpw Nao¨psNms*]n^p¶p…. b` ^oSn]n , b` tbmhn ,,,tI¨ns] Fsâ fpNanÂN]än C^p¯n Np® bqän N]än sbmSn¸n¨pw… tI¨os] NpWn¨pWnÀ¯n bp_Nn`qsX AXn¨pw FÃm ^oSn]n`pw
A¶p ^m{Sn fpjpkWpw Mm³ Aksa b®n sNmSnSoÀ¯p. CXtkaNan M§Ä b^hvb^w bq_pw Np®]pw fm_nfm_n W¡pN]pw D_p©pN]pw… Sn¶pN]pw Hs¡ sI]vSp… b` ^oSn]nÂ….69….`pw AÃmtS]pw Hs¡. hSyw b_ªm A¶p ^m{Sn
M§Ä D_§n]tS]nÃ….. b®p S¶m]n^p¶p…..bt®mXp b®p., Wn¶pw… NnX¶pw…
C^p¶pw Hs¡. FWn¡_n]mkp¶ FÃmhvssä]n`n`pw Mm³ Fsâ f©ptI¨ns] A_ªp b®n. skap¡ptkmaw.
tW^w skaq¯t¸mÄ Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ f©ptI¨n St`¶s¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Pmweo^b®nsâ
B`hy¯n Nm`pwNk¨§sW f`À¶p NnX¡]m\p. {bemShq^ysâ SWnskÅnskan¨¯n Nm\msWs´m^p ewPn…. N*n«v NXn¨pSn¶m³ sNmSntSm¶n, F´v shNvhn ! F´v fUm`h]m]nNnX¡p¶p H¶pf_n]msS…
H¶ptfmÀ¡msS. St`¶p Nps_ Nan¨v fUn¨Sms\¦n`pw B NnX¸pN*t¸mÄ l^n¡pw N¼n]m]nt¸m]n…. tI¨ns] sfm¯¯n`§v NXn¨q¼n W¡ntSmÀ¯n
NXn¨pSn¶m³ kÃmS§p sNmSntSm¶n. Mm³ tWm¡n tI¨n H^pknVw Nm`N¯n knlm`fm]m\p NnX¡p¶Sp. ANän] Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n ¢o³tgkpsI]vSv fnWpÊfm¡nsk¨ SpXp¯p kn^nª ftWmi^fm] skap¯pIpk¶ bqÀ Ipk¶ sI¼^¯vSnbqtbms` knXÀ¶p kn^nªp kn`hn Wn¡]m\p. bqknÂWn¶p tSWnäp kojp¶Sptbms` kn^nªN¶ Ipk¶ sWXp¼q_nÂWn¶pw fUKm`fn{lnSw Cäv kojp¶p*v.
C¶s` ^m{Sn]n NanNjnªv MmWpw tI¨n]pw Npaofp_n]nÂtbm]n W¶m]nNjpNn]n«m\p k¶p NnX¶p_§n]Sp…. F¶n«pw Cu fUK`sfms¡
F§sWk¶p? Mm³ Bt`m¨n¨p. bns¶ B fVp^tSWnsâ bp`Às¨]pÅ ^SnPÔkpw ^pIn]pw fWÊn`m¡m³ Mm³ sfsà ARsWSs¶ Smtj¡p
NpWnªp….D_§nNnX¶tI¨ns] D\À¯msSSs¶ Fsâ sbm¶ptI¨osX

sbm¶pNkn¡nX]n fpfXp¸n¨p½k]v¡m³ SpX§n… . tim….! F´v WÃf\w…!
F´v Wà hpfpÅ ^SnPÔw! Fsâ sbm¶q«I¡^]psX…..I¡^I^¡ptI¨n]psX…..Nm`n¶nX]ns` ^ihyUzm^¯nÂWn¶pw dinÀPfn¡p¶ B hpµ^,NhvSq^nUm]N D·¯PÔw lzhn¨t¸mÄ FWn¡p kÃm¯ AWpeqSn]pw D·mUkpw DXs`Xp¡pN]p*m]n..!. MmWSp tft`¡v tft`¡p k`n¨ptNän B Ahp`ePÔw fpjpkWpw fpNÀs¶Xp¯p.ASp f\¯n«pw fpNÀ¶n«pw sbs«s¶m¶pw Fsâ BÀ¯n]pw B{Pikpsfm¶pw
AX§n]nÃ…..F¶n«pw, F¶n«pw Mm³ bns¶]pw bns¶]pw Fsâ sbm¶ptI¨osX sbXp¡p¶nXs¯ B NmfPÔw fpjpkWpw…ko*pw ko*pw sNmSnSos^ fp¯nf\¯v
BhzUn¨mWµn¨v NnX¶p.
MmtWmÀ¯p ko«n k¨p H¶p k]t_m Nmt`m tbm`pw l^n¡pNm\n¡m¯v
Fsâ I¡^f©ptI¨n CSm H¶pf_n]m¯tbms` hz´w AWpKsâfp³bn 2
Nm`pw ANänbnXn¨v H^pko*pknIm^w tbm`pfnÃmsS H^p fUm`hs]t¸ms`
NnX¡p¶p….H¶pf_n]msS…Cu t`mNw tbm`pf_n]msS..! Mm³ Fsâ KoknS¯nÂ
BUyfm]n Nn«n] B Ahp`ehpµ^huemPy Wnfng§apsX ht´mg¯nÂ…
DÄbpaNnSWm]nNnX¶p^p*p….. tI¨n]psX fVpfVfmÀ¶ ^SntS³sbmjn¡p¶ t]mWn¡pjn]pw fq{SUzm^kpfmNsk fp¯nf\¯v BlSoÀ¯ Mm³ bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmSnSo^msS bn¶Sn AfÀ¯nIpwdn¡mWpw bns¶sfsà ASn W¡mWpw SpX§n….kas^ bSps¡….hmkVmW¯n tI¨os] D\À¯msS. H^pbqknsW
Ipwdn¡p¶tbms` ,tI¨n D_§n NnX¡pt¼mÄ, tI¨n A_n]msS tI¨n]psX bq_¸wW¡n ASnÂWn¶pwtI¨n]psX bqÀtS³ I¡n¸q¨ skÅnNn®¯nÂWn¶pw bq¼m W¡nskap¸n¨p N«pNpXn¡p¶tbms` N«pW¡nNpXn¡m³ SpX§n……
sfsà ,AÂbmÂbfm]n…. ^pIn¨v…FÃm tXhväpw fWÊn`m¡n. im……F´v tXhväv ! Ss`¶p^m{Sn tI¨n]_nªp Sn¶t¸mÄ C{S]pw ^pIn]ps*¶p fWÊn`m]nÃ.
At¶^w BUyfm]n tI¨ns] Nan¡m³ Nn«n]Snsâ ht´mg¯nÂ
H¶ptfmÀ¯nÃ… tI¨n b_ªsSms¡ tN«v, tI¨ns] ht´mgn¸n¨p
Fs´ms¡t]m sI]vSp. At¶^w Cu bq_pW¡p¶Snsâ l^n¡pÅ ^htfm hptfm H¶pw NnXn]n^p¶nÃ. Ct¸mÄ C§sW B^pf_n]msS CuknV¯n W¡nSn¶pt¼mÄ F´p ^hw… Mm³ tI¨osX tS³bqs_m¶msN bnaÀ¯nbnXn¨p Smtj¶ptft`¡p H^`pkm Sp*p tbms` W¡n W¡nSn¶m³ SpX§n….WÃf\w ! WÃ^pIn]pw ! fUK`¯nsâ]pw H¸w bpSpfq{S¯ntâ]pw
N¼n]Xp¸n¡p¶…fUn¸n¡p¶ WÃNmfPÔw ! Mm³ tI¨ns] D\À¯msSSs¶
AkaqsX bqÀbnaÀ¸nWpÅnt`¡v sfsÃ]m]n Fsâ sNm¨pWm¡v NX¯n
DÅnt`¡p Wm¡n«v W¡m³ SpX§n.

Npt_tW^w AkapsX Wo*bqÀIm`n`pw Caw bpan¸mÀ¶temP¡pjn]n`pw W¡nWp\ª Mm³ bns¶ AkapsX fq{Sf\wWn_ª fq{S¡pjn¡pÅn Wm¡ptNän AkntX]pw W¶m]n W¡nWp\]m³ SpX§n. ASpw Njnªv Fsâ bn¶s¯ Np{hpSnNÄ tI¨n]psX NpjnNÄ¡v tfs`]m]n«pÅ AkÄsX
N´vemP¯nt`¡p Wo*p……. MmWkapsX sNm¨^nN´v Wm¡pNÄ¡pÅn`m¡n k`n¨pWo«n W¡nD_n©n Sn¶m³ SpX§n. C{S]pw B]t¸mtj¡pw tI¨n¡v sI_pSm]n hpw fq¯p k^m³ SpX§n. ASp Nm^\w AkÄ NnX¶p sI_pSm]n
M^§mWpw fqamWpw SpX§pN]pw sI¿m³ SpX§n….. M^§Â, {Ntf\ knSp¼`pw bns¶ ho¡m^kpw Bkm³ SpX§n……A§sW tI¨n D_¡¯nÂWn¶p sfsÃ
D\À¶v tdmVfÞ`¯nt`¡p k^pkm³ SpX§n.
“” Rm…..Rm…..Rm…….”F¶pÅ ho¡m^§Äs¡m¸w tI¨n Fsâ S`bnXn¨p
AksX bq_nt`¡p AfÀ¯nSÅn bnXn¡p¶pfp*m]n^p¶p…..bns¶ Mm³ tI¨n]psX AWpkmUt¯mXpw h½St¯mXpw Wm¡pSmjv¯vSnbnXn¨v tI¨nbqs_m¶msN W¡ntSmÀ¯mWm^wen¨p……tI¨n M^¡§apw ,Wnlzmh§apw SpXÀ¶p MmsWsâ Soän]pw. Npt_Njnªv tI¨n¡p bq_o¶p W¶m]n tS³
IoänNjnªt¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI¨o sI_pSm]n N®qSp_¡m³ SpX§n……sI_p bp©n^nt]msX,
MmWt¸mÄ SnN¨pw BÀ¯nt]mXpw…..BWµt¯mXpw tI¨osX hvN`WK`tS´pÅnNÄ NpWnªpNnX¶p tI¨osX bqknSapNÄ¡pÅn Wn¶pwW¡nSpX¨p NpXn¨psNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Fsâ UmiwSoÀ¶p S`]p]À¯ntWm¡n] Mm³ Nm\p¶Sp…Fs¶tWm¡n bp©n^n¨psNm*n^n¡p¶ tI¨osX fpfm\p. Mm³ A´wkn«ptbm]n ,tI¨osX bnXn]N¶p…Mm³ S`fmän..tI¨n tImUn¨p
“”F´mXmNp«m….tbXn¨ptbms]m ? ” “”CÃ ”
“”^mknt` SpX§nt]m…..bq_pSoän ,WnW¡p C¶s` fpjpkWpw CSpSn¶n«pw fSn]m]ntà ? ”
“”C¶s` fm{Sfà C¶pw Wmta]pw CukÀgkpw CuB]pÊpw Wn_s] Sn¶m`pw tI¨osX bq_pSn¶mWpÅ sNmSn FWn¡p So^nÃm……! ”
“”A{Ss¡´mXm CSnWn{S tXhvän^n¡p¶Sp ”
“”tI¨osX bq_nWpÅn Wn_s] kÃm¯ ^pIn]m…..AsS{S NpXn¨m`pw Sn¶m`pw fSnk^qÃ….tk*nk¶m MmWnWn]pw ASpW¡nNpXn¡pw b_tª¡mw ”

“”F¶m ASpfm{Sfm¡*m ASnWpÅnÂNqXn tks_m^®wNqXn k^pw, ASpwNqXn Wo W¡nNpXnt¨m. !”
“” tks_´m k^p¶Sp..? ASnÂNqXn ” “”ASnÂNqXn M§Ä¡v k^p¶Sp WnW¡_n]ntà ?”””
“”fq{Sfmt\m ?”’
“”ASÃmsS….bns¶ ”
“”ASÃmsS tks_m¶pwNqXnk^ntà Wn§Ä¡p ASn`qsX ?”””
“”tks_´m. ”
“”sf³ÊÊmkpt¼mÄ »[v k^ntÃ…..? tI¨n ”
‘Aht¯….Wns¶ Mm³,,,””
” ASp b_]pt¼mÄ tI¨ns¡´m H^p Wm\kpw tUzgykpsfms¡ “”
”WnW¡v AsSms¡ FÃmw A_n]ptfm..?””
”bn¶_n]msS…..! FWns¡Ãmf_n]mw H^pbt£ tI¨o¡_nªpNqXm¯vSp tbm`pw “”
”F¶mÂb_ CSpHmt^m¶pw F´nsWms¡DÅSm\p….sSm«pNm\n¨p b_..”” ”b_]mw….bt£ tI¨o CSp W¶m]n Sp_¶p Nm\n¨p k]v¡v BUyw..”” ”F§sW…Nm`N¯nk¨mfSnt]m..? “”
”tbm^m….Nm`N¯nk¨n«p bq_p 2 kn^`pwsNm*v C^pklt¯¡pfm]n ANänbnXn¨p
Nm\n¡\w “”
”Fsâ bq_n¶Nw C¶s`Wo W¶m]n kn^n¨pk¨ ASnWNw W¶m]n
N*ntÃ…..ASp Nm\mWpÅtk`]m]n^n¡mw CSp…?CtÃ..? ‘
“”C¶t` Vn_pSnbnXn¨pÅ b®`nWpÅn AtSm¶pw MmW{S {l²n¨nà fm{SfÃ
A{Ssk«sfm¶pw CÃm¯vSpsNm*pw bq_pwNqSn]psfm¶pw FWn¡p sk*{S tWm¡mWpw bän]Spfnà ”
“”At¸mÄ Wo BUyfm]n«mt\m sb®p§apsX bq_pNm\p¶Spw sb®p§sa
Nan¡p¶Spw Hs¡. ”

“” AsS…..ASp^*pw FWns¡sâ sb§anÂSs¶ hmVn¡mWm]Sn kas^ ht´mgkpw….sb§tamXp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kas^ Wµn]pfp*p..! ”
“”Dw….sNmÅmw…..Wà AWn]³…! sb§sa bq_n¶n«pb®n]n«p tk\w AWn]Wp sb§tamXp Wµn]pw hvtWikpsfms¡ Nm\n¡m³..Rm….F´m]m`pw b®pN]pw Sn¶pN]pw Hs¡ sI]vSntÃ…..CWn Nm\mWpÅSp F´m¶psk¨m Nt*m.. C¶m bnXnt¨m…. hwl]w kÃSpfps*¦n tImUnt¨m…… N*pSo^pt¼mÄ b_]\w tNt«m..?”

tI¨n tI¨osX
bq_nSaqNÄ Nm`p^*pw
W¶m]n {kn¯n]m]n C^pklt¯¡pw
C^pssNNÄsNm*pw W¶m]n ANänk¨n«v
C^pklt¯¡pfm]n
ANänbnXn¨pNm\n¨n«v b_ªp….
“”Nt*mXm tfmsW Wnsâ tI¨osX hpµ^tS³bq_p. N*p
sNmSnSoÀs¡Xm…ssfs^ Wmsa
…W¶m]n Nt*mXm…C¶m. ” fpS WnW¡ntSmÀ¯p km\fXn¡mWpÅStÃ
“”FWn¡ntSmÀ¯p km\fXn¡msWm¶pw k¿ FWn¡p WmsafpS F¶pw tI¨n b®m³ S¶mÂfm{Sw fSn…”
“”WnWs¡s¶ CSpkt^]pw b®nfSn]m¿ntæn F¶pw b®ot¡mXm…Npt®..”
F¶pb_ªp tI¨n Ssâ bqÀ¡pjnknXÀ¯nNm\n¨p. “”F¶m MmWnt¸mÄ H¶v b®nt¡mt« ”
“” Wo BUyw CSnsWNp_n¨v A_n]mkp¶sSms¡ b_. ”
“”l^n Cu k`n]Npjn tI¨osX b®pNpjn….CSn`qsX]m\p M§saÃmw
Np®tNänb®p¶Sp.., CSp tI¨osX fq{SUzm^w… tI¨n fq{Ssfmjn¡p¶Sp
CSn`qsX]m\p.” ‘Wo]Sp N*n«pt*m ?'”” ‘F´v”
“”Cu sb®p§Ä sbXp¡p¶Sp ”
“”Cà hSy¯n FWn¡SpNm\m³ k`n] B{Pifm]n^p¶p ,,,,bt£ N*n«nÃm , ldvUw tN«n«p*v ”
“”B^psX ? ”

“”tI¨o]ptXSs¶ AÃmsS B^psX]m…bns¶ f½n]psX]pw..”
“” Wo]map sNmÅmftÃm, f½ns]tbm`pw sk_ptS knXnÃm…..Bt«, B ldvUw tN«n«p Wo F´v sI¿pw..? ”
‘N¿nÂbnXn¡pw…A{SSs¶””
” F¶pk¨m “” Mm³ ssNsNm*p BwPywNm\n¨p b_ªp. ”Hm…..Wn§sa´m ASnWp b_m]p¶Sp…..km\fXn Atà “”
”AtS “”
”ASnsW¡p_ns¨Ãmw Wfp¡p bns¶b_]mw BUyw,,Wo CSnsâ dm¡nNm^y§Ä
NqXnb_…..FWn¡nSv AX¨pk]v¡\w..ktÃmw tN_n tbmNpw. “”
” l^n…CWn]půp Cu Im« tbms` Nm\p¶Sp tI¨osX N´v…bn¶nSp tI¨osX sNmS¡pjn…..Dbt]mPw A_n]mftÃm “”
”fSnfSn…CWnNqXpS`p b_]*m….Bt«….WnWs¡´m sb®p§apsX Cu fq{Ssfmjn¡p¶nX¯p fm{Sw C{S {btSyN e]¦^ CgvXw…? “”””
”ASp Ft´m bt* A§sW]m….tI¨n]ptX]pw f½n]psX]psfms¡ sbXp¡p¶ldvUkpw , f\kpsfms¡ tN«Spw A_nªSpw Hs¡ sNm*mkpw “”
”WnW¡m ldvUkpw f\kpw fm{Stf CgvXfpÅq…ASp NpXn¡mWpw
CgvXfms\¶tÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªSv “”
”AtS ASpw FWn¡p e]¦^ CgvXfm\p…{btSyNn¨p Fsâf©ptI¨n]ptXSp “”
‘ Wo W¡nW¡n FWn¡nt¸mÄ l^n¡pw sbXp¡m³ fp«p¶p*p. S¶mÂ
NpXn¡mtfm..? ‘
”NpXn¡mw. “”
”^mkn`s¯ B]SpsNm*p WÃtbms`Nm\pw fm{Sfà NpXn¡m³ Wà bpan¸pfp¸pw
NqXpS`p Nm\pN]pw sI¿pw. “”
”AsSm¶pw hm^fnÃm AsÃ`pw AknXp¶p k^p¶SnWp WÃbpan¸pw
D¸p^hkpftÃ….bns¶´m. “”
”sfm¯w NpXn¡ptfm..?””

”NpXn¡mw tI¨n “”
” CknsX]n^p¶p NpXn¡ptfm…AsSm dm{Sqfn tbmN\tfm…?””
”Mm³ CknsX NnX¡mw tI¨o Fsâ km]nt`¡n^p¶§p sbXp¯pS¶m fSn..Mm³ NpXnt¨mamw…””
bns¶ Smfhn¨nÃm tI¨n b_ªSptbms`Ss¶ NnX¡]n S`]n\]nÂ
Im^nNnX¶ Fsâ k]v¡ptWs^ Nm`Nän bq_pSp_¶p sNm*pk¨v Fsâ km]nt`¡p tI¨n ÈnÀ…ÈnÀ…Èo….¶v {bemS¯ns` IqXpfq{Sw Fsâ km]nt`¡pSs¶ Ioän Hjn¨pS¶p…. F´p ^hw..! kas^Wmam]nNm¯n^p¶ H^p k`n] huemPyw FWn¡p hmVn¨pNn«n]Snsâ bqk\nªSnsâ ht´mgw
Fsâ fp¯pWn_ªpWn¶p. B ht´mg¯n Wn¶p N^N]_m³ sbsXs¶m¶pw
FWn¡p NjnªnÃm. F´m]m`pw bpan¸p D¸p^hkpw Wn_ª f©pfq{Sw k]_pWn_s]… MmWmhzUn¨p NpXn¨p… tI¨n¡Sn Ft¶mXp kas^ hvtWikpw ht´mgkpfngvXkpw tSm¶n. tI¨n Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p
D½k]v¡pN]pw hvtWiwsNm*p fqXpN]pw sI]vSp. ASnWptlgw bns¶ Fsâ
Dujfm]n^p¶p tI¨n NnX¶psNm*p Ss¶ Fsâ CSnWNw N¼n]m]nWn¶ kma³
Np® ssN¿ns`Xp¯p Npt_tW^w HmfWn¨ tlgw bn¶Sp km]nt`¡p sfsÃsNm*ptbm]n km]n`n«v `mant¨mfWn¡pN]pw lNvSfm]n Du¼nNpXn¡mWpw SpX§n…MmWmsN hpsNm*p bnXªp. F{StW^w..! F{StW^sf¶_nªnà Mm³ tI¨osX lNvSkpw NYnWkpw fVp^S^kpfm] Np®Du¼`n fWwWn_ªp hpwsNm*p sbm_pSnfp«m³ SpX§n. Npt_tW^w tI¨n]Sp SpXÀ¶t¸mÄ FWn¡v sbs«¶p Hss^Xn] tSm¶n…Mm³ b_ªp
”tI¨o…Wfp¡v C¶`s¯tbms` H^pfn¨pNnX¶p b^hvb^w Sn¶mw At¸mÄ
Wfp¡p 2 tbÀ¡pw H^pfn¨p hpn¡pN]pw sI¿mw “” ”WnW¡t¸mÄ CWn]pw Sn¶\tfm..? ‘
“”tk\w tI¨o….H¶pNqXn tk\w” “”69 Â NnX¶mt\mXm ”
“”AtS tI¨o ”’
F¶p b_ªp M§Ä 2Dw bns¶ F\oäv St`¶s¯tbms` bnt¶]pw Sn^nªpw f_nªpw 69 tg¸n NnX¶p b^hvb^w Np®]pw bq_pw Sn¶m³ SpX§n
.tim…! F´v hpw….! F´p ^hw ! tI¨n FâXn]nÂNnX¶p Nmft¯mXpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^ht¯mXpw hpt¯mXpw Fsâ N¼nNp® fÕ^n¨v Du¼nNpXn¡pt¼mÄ Mm³

Sn^n¨v tI¨n¡pw AtStbms` NnX¶p fÕ^n¨pW¡nsNmXp¡pt¼mÄ F´p hpw ª§Ä¡p 2 BÄ¡pw ! .A§sW M§Ä ^*mapw b^hvb^w fÕ^n¨v A§sW Sn¶psNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ…M§am{SnÃn fpjpNnNnX¡pt¼mÄ…tNÄ¡mw kmSn`n SpXÀ¨]m] fp«p…..XNv XvNv…F¶p.
NSNn fp«ptN«v ,W¡Â Du¼Â ^SnftimÕk hp¯n fpjpNnNnX¡pN]m]n^p¶ MmWpw tI¨n]pw sbs«¶p sM«n ImXn F\oäp. f©ptk¨n sbs«¶pSs¶ St`¶p^m{Sn Ajn¨p Wn`¯n«n^p¶ ho{Sq ssWän
H¶pwIn´n¡msS Ss¶ FXp¯n«p….tWs^ tZm_nWXpt¯¡p tbm]n. Mm³ bns¶m¶pw In´n¡msS tkPw St`¶n«n^p¶ dZvZvgosäXp¯p Fsâ l^o^fmsN bpS¨p D_§n]tbms` NnX¶p.
tI¨otbm]n BUyw tZm_nWnX]n`qsX F¯ntWm¡n , bns¶ sfsÃsfsÃ]m]n tZmÀ fpjpkWm]pw Sp_¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ H^p 30þ35 k]tÊmafpÅ {hvSo]pw H^p 15þ20 k]ÊnWN¯pÅ sb¬Np«n]pw…ANt¯¡p
N]_n k^p¶p.AkÀ tI¨ns] B tkg¯n N*SpsNm*mk\w H¶p sM«n. tI¨o H^pNqh`pfnÃmsS Wn¶p.AkÀ¡p B {ZÊnWpÅn`qsX tI¨osX FÃmw
Nm\mw. tI¨osX fmNvhn¡¯qsX AN¯pÅ fpjp¯ fp`Napw Smsj k]_pw sbm¡napw NW¯SpXNapw SpXp¯ A¸¯nsâ emPkpw FÃmw ^*ptb^pw
tI¨ns] W¶s]m¶p b^s¡ ko£n¨p.
bns¶ b^nI]s¸XsXÃmw SpX§n. ASpNjnªp kas^ ht´mgt¯msX….
A¦nansâ em^y hoftI¨n f©ptk¨ns] sN«nbnXn¨p., Npl`mtWzg\§Ä WX¯n… St`¶p H^Symklyw Nm^\fm\p AknsX Wn¶pw kn«p WnÂt¡*nk¶sS¶pw… ASnWp thm_n tImUn¡p¶psk¶pw b_ªv., Npt_ thm_n
M§tamXp b_ªp. Mm³ D_§pN]ms\¶p f©ptk¨n b_ªt¸mÄ “”F¶m D_§nt¡ms«…l`ywsI¿*m ”
F¶pw b_ªp. bns¶ tI¨oXXp¯p tI¨osX sXhvänsW¡p_n¨pw M§apsX ]m{Ss]¡p_n¨pw Hs¡ knlUfm]n Hmt^mt¶mt^m¶m]n tImUn¨p. tI¨n FÃmänWpw kyNvSfm]pw {NnSyfm]pw f_pbXn]pw WÂNn. f©ptk¨n]pfm]n hwhm^n¡p¶SnWnX]nÂSs¶ hoftI¨nSsâ hm^n Ajn¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p…Npt_s¨]m]n. Mm³ fp¯n«n^p¶ goäv sfsà fmän CX¡qsX tWm¡n…. hoftI¨o V^n¨n^p¶ Wo`hm^n {Ntf\ fpjpkWm]nfmän, AXn]nÂ
AtSWn_¯n`pÅ AXn¸mkmX…bns¶ sfsà »uÊnsâ iq¡na¡nsNm*p b_ªp

“”tfmsa WnW¡nSp Ft´m bän Fsâ Cu ssWänfm{Sw Ct«m*p Wn¡p¶Sp…tfmÄ {ZsÊm¶pw sNm*pk¶ntÃ..?”
tI¨o N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bns¶ ASnkngft¯msX Ssâ dmPv fm_nt¸m]Spw {ZÊpNsams¡ WgvXs¸«ptbm]Nm^ykpw Hs¡ b_ªp…H^p NTtbms` .FÃmw tN«n«v hofmân bns¶ Aksa hfmVmWn¸n¨n«p b_ªp.
“”hm^fnà Wfp¡p Ct¸mÄSs¶ FÃmw tbm]n km§mw….bt£ Wo Fsâ ssWän
FXp¯n«t¸mÄ F´psNm*p Fsâ fäXnk{hvS§apw NqXn FXq¯n«nÃm…CSnt¸mÄ Wnsâ FÃmw Cu ssWän]n`qsX sSanªpNm\mftÃm…”
“”Cu ssWän]psX NqsX H^p fpgnª gZvZn]pw {dm]pw fm{Stf
N*pÅq…AsS§sW FXp¯nXpw….Bân AXn¸mkmXs]¶pw V^n¡ntÃ..”
“”Mm³ bp_¯p tbmkpt¼mÄ fm{Stf ASnXm_pÅq…ko«nÂWn¡pt¼mÄ gZZn]pw {dm]pw fm{Sw ..bt£ tfmsa ASp 2Dw A{S fpgnªsSm¶pw
AÃm]n^p¶p….tfmÄ¡p H^pUnkÊt¯¡Sp CXmfm]n^p¶p. CSv CSpfm{Sfn«v tfmÄ Wn¶t¸mÄ AWn]Wp tfmÄsX FÃmw CSn`qsX sSanªpNm\m³ Njnªp
Nm\pftÃm ,BsN Wm\t¡Xm]n Ctà ?”
“”Hm ASp hm^fnÃm…AWn]Wtà Ak³. hofmân ”AWn]Wm]SpsNm*p FÃmw
N*m`pw Npj¸fnÃm F¶mt\m tfmÄ b_]p¶Sp…? “”.
“”ASÃ , F¶m`pw tk_m^pw Nm\p¶{S Npj¸fnÃtÃm…….B hf]¯p Mm³ tk_t´m sI¿pw Bân. ”
‘hm^fnà N*Sn¸w N*p, AÃmsS CWo¸w F´v sI¿m³. “”
CSpw b_Mp hofmân tI¨ns] Blzhn¸n¡m³ SpX§n…………………..
bns¶s´Ãmfm\q AknsX WX¶Sp ,…….AS_n]m³ Np_¨p Nm¯n^pt¶ fSn]mkq , ]SmÀ° NpXpwd hfmPf§Ä

AXp¯v emP¯n ,Nm¯n^n¡q……ASpks^ Wµn ,Wfhv¡m^w !