fUy¯nWv AXnf]m]n^p¶nà Mm³… fUyw Fsâ NmfpNn B]n^p¶p. Fsâ BUy {b\]w. Cu WP^¯ns` {bfpO Adv–Nm^n fpS`man]m] Fsâ AÑWv M§apsX koXntWmXp tIÀ¶p Ss¶ H^p tPmZu\pw, BÄSmfhfnÃm¯ S_km«n s{d¡nÃmsS WX¯p¶ NŨm^m] kmäpw D*m]n^p¶SnWm H^p bt£ fp`¸m`nsW¡mÄ fpt¶ Mm³ Sn^n¨_nª PÔw AkaptXSm]n^n¡pw, fUy¯nsâ… Fsâ {em´n NmfpNn]psX.
F¶m\v NpXn SpX§n]sS¶v Wà HmÀ½ CÃ. AÑWv Npt_ t`m_nNÄ D*m]n^p¶p. ASnsâ ss{ZkÀfm^m]n^p¶p sbmXn¡p¸n b^pk¯n DÅ “”sNm¨p fpS`man’]psX BUys¯ skÅfXn N¼Wn. Ak^n B^m]n^p¶p Pp^p F¶p tbm`pw HmÀ¡p¶nÃ. H^p Npªp WX¶p SpX§p¶Sv tbms`, fol fpa]v¡p¶Sv tbms`, km\fXn¡p¶Sv tbms`…. A{S]pw hzmemknNfm]n Fsâ KoknS¯n B^wen¨ H^p b^nbmXn B\v skÅfXn. C^pbs¯«p k]ÊnWpÅn Mm³ H^p A_pbSp k]ÊpNm^³ NpXnt¡*p¶ fUyw AN¯m¡n]n«p*mkpw fnWnfw….

Im^m]w Wnt^mVn¨Spw dmÀ WnÀ¯`m¡n]Spw H¶pw dmVn¡m¯ tN^a¯ns` Ip^p¡w In` Adv–Nm^nNan H^mam\v Fsâ S´¸Xn. NÀ\mXN¯n Wm`p ZnÌn`_nNÄ hz´fm]pÅ At§^psX Hmª sk«n^p¼p Ss¶]m\v b` tb^pNan b` tg¸pÅ Np¸nNan Wn_ªv W½psX dokt_Kn`qsX `en¡p¶Sv.
“”””fmt¦m]n¡Â ZnÌn`_ohv–” DXf fmt¦m]n¡Â {loV^Wv f¡Ä Wm`v. ASn fq¶mfWm\v Mm³. fq¯Sv ^*pw sb®v , thmW]pw hm{µ]pw. Gäkpw Ca]k³ hz^qbv tZmÎ_m\v. Aks^s]ms¡ bän b_ªp hf]w sfWs¡Xp¯p¶nÃ. Wà bntÅ^m. fq¶mfSv KWn¨Sv sNm*mt\m F¶_n]nà Mm³ fm{Sw fq©nt¸m]Sv.
Mm³ hmPÀ. fmt¦m]n¡Â hmPÀ {loV^³. {btSyNn¨p b\ns]m¶pw CÃ. ^*p fq¶p hzm{l] tNmtaKpNan F³KnWn]_nRv bYn¡m³ Hs¡ ko«pNmÀ sNm*p tbm]n tIÀ¯n^p¶p bs*t¸mtjm. tNmtaKpNms^ms¡ fim tdm_·m^mt¶… skÅfXn¨p ¢mÊn N]_m³ bmXnà F¶v b_ªp Fs¶ FÃm]nX¯pw Wn¶pw C_¡n kn«p »Zn cqÄhv. AtSmsX WnÀ¯n, bYWw.

AÑWpw A½]pw tI¨nfms^ bYn¸n¡mWpw sN«n¨p knXmWpw Ban]·ms^ thm¸n«v WnÀ¯mWpw, tZmÎ_m] AWn]Wv hz´fm]n Xu\n Ss¶ timhvbnä sN«n C«p sNmXp¡mWpw Hs¡ tNmXnNam\v sI`km¡n]Sv. sI`km¡n sNm*n^n¡p¶Sv… ASp sNm*p Ss¶ FWn¡p b`t¸mjpw tSm¶m_p*v Mm³ fm{Sfm\v NpXpwd hvtWiw DÅ fN³ F¶v. H¶pfnsæn`pw Mm³ Np¸n]pw fn¨_pw km§m³ fm{Sftà Nmlp Na]p¶pÅq. A½p½ b_]pfm]n^p¶p Njn¡m³ tk*n F{S ssbh sI`km¡n]m`pw ASn sSänà F¶v. tUi¯p bnXn¡pftÃm. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ Nm^y¯n ASp N_ N_Îm\v . Wà bnXp¯fm. BWs] hpO InNnÕ¡v sNm*v tbmNp¶ tbms` CX]v¡v Fs¶ ZoþAZn£³ shâ_n Hs¡ sNm*p tbmNpw. FWn¡pw Cãfm ASnWp tbmNmsW… b¯p Unkhw AknsX tbm]n Wn¶n«v Sn^nsN k^p¶ kjn BUyw Nm\p¶ dm_n N]_n N«]v¡v Xt¸ Xt¸¶v ^s*®w “”WnÂb³’ AXn¨n«v Iq*p kn^ Sp¼v Wm^§m A¨m_n fp¡n Wm¡n H^p k^ k^]v¡pt¼mÄ…. sim! HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ Npan^p sNm^p¶p– ASnsâ hpOw H¶p tks_]ms\.
hwPSn C§sW hpfm_m]n KoknSw Wà AtdmVmkØ]n hvfq¯m]n fpt¶m«p tbmNp¶ Nm`¯m\v, k`s¯ km^ns]ÃnWv sSm«p Smsj k]_nsâ k`Sp kl¯m]n H^p tkUW SpX§n]Sv. AtSmsX thmZm Hjn¨pÅ NpXn WnÀ¯n. Pymhm]n^n¡pw F¶m N^pSn]Sv. AÃm… AsSm^p F«nsâ b\n]m]n^p¶p. h-vNm³ FXp¯t¸mÄ N^Ä bn\§n] NmfpNns] tbms` fpOw koÀ¸n¨n^n¸p*v. CWn]pw Mm³ skÅfXn¨m AkÄ sbm«ns¯_n¡pw F¶p tZmÎt_mXv b_ªp tbm`pw.
“”””Sfml]Ã , hwPSn ho^n]hv B\v” AWn]³ tZmÎÀ {bOymbn¨p!
“”””NpXn WnÀ¯n]nsæn f^n¨p tbmNpw” ko«pNmÀ H¶X¦w knVn FjpSn-

f^n¡m³ FWn¡p tbXns]m¶pw CÃ. NpXn WnÀ¯msW tbXn]pÅq. F§mWpw CWn H^n¡`pw NpXn¡m³ bäm*m]nt¸mNptfm ePkmsW. Mm³ N« sZhv–¸m]n.

“”””ASp bns¶… Cu N^sams¡ fmän sk]v¡m³ bäpw Cs¸m” Cu ssUk kIWw Ft¶mXv b_ªSv Fsâ Ht^ H^p hpir¯m] bkn{S³ fmÌ_m\v. Fs¶¡mÄ Wm`©p k]Êp fq¸p*v Xn]mWv. Xu\n H^p Xqt«m_n]m tNmtaKv WX¯p¶p. FÃm^pw fmÌÀ F¶p knan¡pw, MmWpw. b` Nm^y§an`pw bpÅn¡v Wà A_nkms\¶m\v KWhwhm^w.

“”””hSyw?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””F´m hwl]w?” fmÌÀ In^n¨p “”””W½psX sNm¨n]n H^p Blpb{Sn N^Ä fmän sk]v¡p¶ b^nbmXn]n fp³ Wn^]n`m\v” CSpw b_ªp sNm*v fmÌÀ A`fm^]n Wn¶pw H^p Np¸n Adv–h`yq«v tkmZvN FXp¯p tfl¸p_¯p sk¨p. ASnt`¡pÅ Fsâ BÀ¯n bq* tWm«w N* At±iw b_ªp, “”””WnW¡nÃ!”
Upã³!
Fsâ fWÊv Wn_s] sNm¨n]ns` Blpb{Sn B]n^p¶p… N^apw Nm¯p NnX¡p¶ Mm³….Hm¸t_g³ Sot]ä_n FWn¡pÅ “”bpSn]’ N^apw sNm*p k^p¶ tWjvhnWv bpSn]Nmkv gm¸n `nkÀ ss{c kna¼p¶ tfjv–hn tI¨n]psX fpOJm]!
A§sW tk\w Blpb{SnNÄ B]mÂ… AÃmsS W½psX AWn]¨m^psX Blq{Sn tbms` sIm_n]pw sImf]pw sZ¦n¸Wn]pw InNnÂhnt¨m*n^p¶n«p kà DbNm^kpw Dt*m?

FWn¡p sfZn¡Â h]³hntWmXv dipfmWw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSm¶nt¸m]n. W½psX AWn]³ tZmÎÀ¡v N^ansâ b\n A{S klfnsöp tSm¶p¶p. ASm\v f*³ Ft¶mXv NpXn WnÀ¯m³ b_ªSv! A_n]nsæn A_n]nsöv b_]\w. AÃmsS t^mPnNsa C§sW fnhv ssPZv sI¿^pSv! CWn Ak³ kymK tZmÎÀ Bt\m? bpÃv! Ft´`pw Bks«.
“”””F¶m bns¶ Wfp¡v Wmsa Ss¶ sNm¨n¡p kn«mt`m fmÌs_?”
fmÌÀ ko*pw In^n¨p “”””AtS]sS… Wmsa AknsX tbm]n WsÃms^®w cnäv sI]vSv fsä¶mÄ Ss¶ Sn^n¨n§p tbm^mw. AtÃ?”
“”””Du^msS fmÌs_… Wn§Ä¡v Sfml. Fsâ kngfw FWn¡_n]mw. F{S Wmam]n H¶v fWÊ_nªp NpXn¨n«v….”
“”””Fsâ sbm¶v fmt¦m…”” fmÌÀ Fsâ tSma¯p ssN sk¨p. Fsâ hpir¯p¡Ä Fs¶ “”fmt¦m’ ¶m knan¡m_v. fmt¦m]n¡Â F¶ NpXpwdt¸^n Wn¶pw AkÀ hvtWit¯msX b_ns¨Xp¯ “”fmt¦m’
“”””N^Ä fmä lhv{S{Nn] Ds*¶p fm{Stf Mm³ b_ªpÅp. F¶p sk¨m I¯p f`]v¡pw F¶ tbXn WnW¡v tks*¶v. AkhmWw ASp sI¿mftÃm” fmÌÀ N¿n`n^n¡p¶ sbWm¡¯n sNm*v H^p sI_pWm^§ F«p Ng\§am]n fp_n¨p sNm*p b_ªp. “”””bs£ N^Ä fmän sk¨m`pw NÅv NpXn¡m³ bänà bns¶”

Mm³ Fsâ ssN ^*pw At§^psX fpO¯nWp tWs^ Wo«n f`À¯n bnXn¨p tImUn¨p “”””bns¶ F´v Np®]v¡m ASp fmän sk]v¡ps¶? bm`p NpXn¡mtWm?”
f_pbXn b_]msS fmÌÀ tfl¸p_¯n^p¶ ¥mÊnt`¡v ^*v sFhv NyqdpNÄ C«p. ASnt`¡v kas^ {l²t]msX tkmZvN bNÀ¶ tlgw, H^p sI_p Wm^§m Ioapw sWXpsN bnaÀ¶ Nm´m^n fpaNpw ASnt`¡n«p. tfl k`n¸p Sp_¶v FXp¯ Npªp X¸n]n Wn¶v H^p Ng\w NÃp¸pw C«p. “”””At¿m… bpSnW]n` km§m³ f_¶p!” At§^p S`]v¡v ssN sk¨p b_ªp. fimbmbo….
“”””Fs¶]§p sNmÃv!” Mm³ A`_n “”””Fsâ AkØ Wn§Ä¡v W¶m]_n]mw. F¶n«pw f^ymU]v¡v ko«n NnX¶p_§pkm]n^p¶ Fs¶ ASymklyw B]n Nm\\w F¶pw b_ªnt§m«p knan¨p k^p¯n]Sv Wn§av CknsX C^p¶p NpXn¡p¶ ho³ Nm\n¡mWmt\m?”
“”””AÃXm tNmt¸” fmÌÀ Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n “”””Wo H¶X§n C^n¡v Np_¨p tW^w… H^p N£n k^pw. Wns¶ Nm\m³. Nm^yw D*v. Mm³ b_]mw”
M§Ä Cs¸m C^n¡p¶Sv fmÌ_psX Xqt«m_n]n`m\v. sskNpt¶^w Nv–amhv Njnªp bntÅs^ms¡ tbm]m CSm\v M§apsX NÅp he. fmÌÀ fsäm^p ¥msÊXp¯ tlgw ASn Ko^N thmZ Hjn¨v FWn¡p S¶p “”””tkmZvN]ms\¶p N^pSn Wo S¡m`w CSp NpXn… Int]Àhv!”
fmÌÀ N¿n`n^p¶ ¥mhv hmkVmWw k«¯n H¶p N_¡n. At{S DÅp. ASm\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bpÅn]psX fnN-vhnRv ^oSn. F¶n«p Ip*n tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p sNm*v Du_n NpXn¨p H^p hnbv.
At¶^w Bt^m k^p¶ NmÂs¸^pfmäw tN«p Mm³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ ssf¡nÄ BlmWm\v.
“”””ZmÀNv ssWäv” A´nb{S¯nsâ b{SmVnbÀ Nw s{bmss{bäÀ Nw t`ON³, ZmÀNv ssWäv– ssf¡nÄ Blm³. M§Ä fq¶p tb^pfm\v Cu Wm«ns` tb^ptN« NpXn]·mÀ.
“”””Bim… tW^s¯ SpX§nt]m fmÌs_? Xm fmt¦m… Wo]pw NpXn¡pkmt\m? Wnsâ AÑtWmXv b_]\w, N^ap sbm«n Imkpt¼m kmÀ¯ Fhv¢qhokm]n ZmÀNv ssWänWp Ss¶ S^\w F¶v”
“”””thmZm]mtXm b{S¡m^m” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””F¶m sNmÅmw… fmÌs_.. FWn¡pw Hs¶mjnt¨.. bq¡akpw b¨¡_n]pw H¶pw tk*m.. NÅpw skÅkpw fm{Sw fSn” fmÌÀ Wm^§m,C©n,fpaNv,bpSnW CsSms¡ fUy¯n tIÀ¡p¶SnsW Blm³ b_]m_pÅSv bq¡afnX F¶m\v. fmÌÀ Hjn¨p sNmXp¯ ¥mhv Wn¶ Wn¸n Hä k`n¡v Nm`n]m¡n Blm³ tImUn¨p “”””F´nWm sbs«¶v k^m³ b_tª?”
fmÌÀ Nth^]nt`¡v ssN Iq*n]t¸mÄ Blm³ C^p¶p. fpOs¯ Pu^kw A{S bSnkpÅSÃ. At±iw Fs¶]pw BlmsW]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n]n«v b_ªp SpX§n. “”””Cksâ Nm^yfm… fmt¦m]psX. b¯WwSn« tNm¶n¡Xpt¯m^p sskUy³ D*v. F´m*v Nm«pf^ps¶ms¡ A^¨p N`¡n H^p b^nbmXn]m. bs£ hwPSn e]¦^ FcvcNväokv Bs\¶m\v Mm³ A_nªSv. W½psX Fs½tÃ]psX AWn]³ tKm\n¡p«n]psX N^ap bjp¯t¸mÄ Ct§^psX AXp¯m sNm*p tbm]Sv. fq¶p fmhw InNnÕ. tKm\n¡p«n Cs¸m H^p cpÄ Wn¶Xn¡pw! N^mams\¦n ZdnÄ hv–t{XmRv”
Fsâ fWÊn`pw fpO¯pw B]n^w fjknÃpNÄ H^pfn¨p kn^nªp.
“”””bt£ H^p {blvWw D*v” fmÌÀ SpXÀ¶p “”””Cu b_]p¶ sskUy³ GSm*v Nm«p fq¸Wm. Nm«n`m Smfhkpw. Ip½m sI¶m At§^p W½sa InNnÂhn¡pN tbm]n«v AXp¸n¡pN tbm`pw CÃ.”
“”””bgv–Xv !” ssf¡nÄ Blm³ In_n tNm«n.
“”””As¸m bns¶ F´p sI¿pw fmÌs_?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””tNm¶n]n DÅ H^p `mhÀ A¨m]³ D*v. A]mÄ¡v Cu b_]p¶ fq¸³ sskUyWpfm]n Wà AXp¸fm. At§^m\v Cs¸m CknsX k^pw F¶v Mm³ b_ª N£n. Cs¸m F¯pw. At§^v knIm^n¨m Wfp¡v fmt¦ms] AknsX sNm*p tbm]n InNnÂhn¡mw. Ck³ ko*pw NpXn SpX§m³ tk*n H¶pw AÃ. C¶s` Cksâ AWn]³ tZmÎs_ Mm³ N*n^p¶p. CWn]nt¸m CSp kgamkpNs] DÅp¶m Ak³ b_]p¶Sv. Wfp¡v Wm«p f^p¶v H¶p ss{X sI]vSp tWm¡mw. F´m]m`pw tUmgw H¶pw k^nÔ
“”””ASp sl^n]m… Wfp¡v H¶v {lfn¡mw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmt¦m” BlmWpw b_ªp. Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. Np´¯n N]_n C^n¡m³ tbm`pw S¿m_m]n^p¶p Mm³…. Fsâ N^anWp tk*n. fmÌ_pw BlmWpw ^*mft¯Spw Njnªp fq¶mfs¯ sb¤nt`¡v NX¡p¶Sv tWm¡n Mm³ H^p hnP^äpw k`n¨n^p¶p. bpNk`n FWn¡{S bSnkpÅSÃ, F¦n`pw, Ip½m…

Gjp f\n]mNm_m]t¸mÄ `mhÀ k¶p. GNtUlw 65 k]Êp {bm]fpÅ, F¶m Bt^mPykmWm] H^p fWpgy³. sf`nª, WoafpÅ l^o^w, UrZfm] tblnNÄ A]mapsX AVzmW lo`w knan¨p b_]p¶p*v. Npän SmXn. gÀ«pw fp*pfm\v tkgw. tSma¯p Sq§p¶ N^]pÅ tSmÀ¯pw N¿n DÅ sI_n] N_p¯ s`SÀ dmPpw N*m Ss¶ A_n]mw GtSm b«n¡m«n Wn¶m\v Npän]pw b_n¨p k^p¶Sv F¶v.
A]mÄ k¶t¸mÄ fmÌÀ Fjpt¶äv A¸p_s¯ fp_n]n tbm]n H^p Nth^ NqXn sNm*v k¶p.
“”””CSm\v Mm³ b_ª N£n.” fmÌÀ Fs¶ Iq*n A]mtamXv b_ªp. `mhÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n WngvNa¦fm] H^p In^n bmhm¡n. MmWpw.
“”””fq¸tWmXv Mm³ FÃmw b_ªn«p*v. InNnÂhn¡msf¶pw fm_p¶p S^msf¶pw bpÅn h½Sn¨n«p*v.” `mhÀ b_ªp. “”””bt£, BUnkmhn Du^n fäpÅks^ Smfhn¸n¡nÃ. tfmWv Fsâ ko«n Smfhn¡mw. AknXp¶v H¶^ Nnt`mfoäÀ WX¡msW DÅp Du^nt`¡v. Mm³ sNms*m]vt¡maw F¶pw.”

“”””M§Ä Wmsa Ss¶ AknsX F¯mw. Xm.. tbmNmftÃm Wmsa Ss¶? ko«n h½Sn¡msS C^n¡ptfm?” fmÌÀ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p
“”””Hm … bnt¶… ko«ns` h½Sw km§o«m\tÃm Ck³ C{S]pw Nm`w FÃmw sI]vSSv… W½Ä tbmNp¶p. CksW AknsX sNm*m¡n] tlgw fmÌÀ Ss¶ Cksâ AÑtWmXv b_ªm fSn H¶v” ssf¡namlm³ b_ªt¸mÄ Mm³ Swhv Abv Nm\n¨p.
“”””HmsN… As¸m b_ªSp tbms`… `mhÀ tI«³ sbm]vt¡m… Xm Wo `mhÀ tI«Wv H^p… A¿m]n^w ^qb sNmXps¯”
Mm³ tbjv–hv FXp¯v ^*m]n^¯nsâ fq¶p tWm«v `mhÀ tI«sâ N¿n sNmXp¯p. At§^v ASp km§n Np^nlv k^¨p dmPn`n«p.
“”””tI«m… Hs^®w AXn¡pt¶m?” Blm³ `mh_ntWmXv tImUn¨p.
Can¨p sNm*v At§^v b_ªp “”””CSp tk* hmt_… Mm³ dÊn_§n]t¸m dokt_Kn¶v H^p tNmÀ«À _w km§n AXn¨m^p¶p… Nq«¯n bnXn¡¯nÃ.. km]p tN_pw. hm_v knt^mVw knIm^n¡^pSv. dÊv N]_n tbmNmWpÅStà FWn¡v”
Blm³ In^n¨p… “”At¿m… H^p knt^mVkpfnÃ. ht´mgtf]pÅq. Wmsa M§Ä A§p k^pw. sk«n^p¼p s_Zn]m¡n skt¨¡\w. ASnWm Ak³ B]n^w ^qbm NqXpS S¶Sv”
S` Np`p¡n `mh_p tbm]n.
“”””F´nWmXm f]ns^ A¿m]n^w sNmXp¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_]pt¼m B_m]n^w sNmXp¯Sv?” A]mÄ tbms]¶p_¸m¡n Blm³ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p.
“”””InÃ_ CÃm]n^ps¶tZm b^« b{S¡m^m” Mm³ b_ªp. fmÌÀ In^n¨p.
“”””As¸m W½Ä skap¸nsW Sn^n¡p¶p. Wnsâ Aan]Wp tk*n S´¸Xn Njnª]mjvI km§n] Nm_v ko«n CtÃ? Wo ASpw N«v ^mkns` CknsX km. tbmNp¶ kjn BlmsW]pw S«n N]än Wfp¡v b_¡mw.” fmÌÀ b_ªp
Mm³ h½Sn¨p. FWn¡p hz´fm]n k*n]pw skÅkpw H¶pfnÃ. S´¸Xn]pw At§s^ Hmhn Kokn¡p¶ Aan]·m^pw ko«n km§n C«n^n¡p¶ k*nNÄ, A`¡n tS¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶ Ak^psX s{ZÊpNÄ, km¨pNÄ, gqhpNÄ , sdÂäv thmN-vhv– A*Àsk]À F¶p tk*, FWn¡mklyfpÅsSÃmw Mm³ AXn¨p fmän Dbt]mPn¡m_m\v bSnkv. sI`kp Np_]v¡mftÃm. Fsâ l`yw Nm^\w fq¯ Aan]³ A*Àsk]À CXp¶ lo`w tbm`pw Dtb£n¨p.

Mm³ A`m_w sk¨p ^mkns` Wm`p f\n¡v D\À¶p. s{ZÊv Hs¡ ^m{Sn Ss¶ dmPn`m¡n sk¨n^p¶p. ASpw FXp¯p iman Sq¡n]n^p¶ NmÀ ImknNapsX CX]n Wn¶pw ^*mfs¯ Aan]sâ bpSn] HmZn Nm_nsâ No FXp¯p Mm³ sfsà fp³kls¯ NSNp Sp_¶p bp_t¯¡n_§n. tPäv bq«nt]¡pkm. tPänWXp¯pÅ Hu«v iuhn km¨vfm³ hpt^gv D*v. Mm³ At§m«p WX¶p. NSNn S«mWm]n Bªt¸mÄ AN¯p Wn¶pw AX¡n bnXn¨ H^p lÐw… NnS¸pNÄ… M^¡§Ä… Nnap Nna lÐw-! hpt^gnsâ fp_n]nÂ… Culz^m-! AN¯p Nan]m\v!
Bs^]m\mtkm Cu Sms]man sNm¨p skap¸m³Nm`¯p b\n]p¶Sv! Fsâ A½t]m sb§½t^m ftäm Bt\m bq_sâ shä¸v? hmVm^\ PSn]n C§sW]pÅ Akh^§an Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶ H^p KWm`t]m fnWnfw H^p Smt¡m bjptSm Hs¡ hSyw skan¨¯p sNm*p k^m_p*v. CknsX AsSm¶pw CÃ. e{Uw FÃmw. Mm³ ko*pw {l²n¨p… H^p sb®nsâ AfÀ¯n] Nn\p§Â tNÄ¡mw. ^*pw N`vbn¨p Mm³ kmSn`n BªXn¨p. “”””Sp_s¡Xm!”
Np_¨p S«`pw fp«`pw Njnª tlgw kmSn Sp_¡s¸«p. H^p `p¦n fm{Sw DXp¯p hpt^gv. “”””sNm¨p fpS`man F´m Cu tW^¯v?”
“”””Hm… MmWo tW^¯p k¶Sv WnW¡v bnXn¨nÃ! B^mXm AN¯pÅSv? C_¡n knsXXm Aksa”
Ak³ bNt¸msX Fs¶ tWm¡n]n«v kmSn f`Às¡ Sp_¶p. Blzmhfm]n! AXp¡a¡m^n god tI¨n]m\v. H^p b¨ ssWän V^n¨p Wn¡p¶p… ssWän]psX fp¶ns` hndv C«n«nÃ. ssN sNm*v ASv tIÀ¯p bnXnt¨¡pkm…. bmkw! hndv NpXp§n¡m\pw.
“”””sNm¨p fpS`mao… {blvWw B¡^pSv… CWn C§sW D*mknÔ hpt^gv b_ªp.
“”””Wo tbm]n tPäv sSm_¶nXv. FWn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNmWpÅSm”
Ak³ tPäv Sp_¡m³ Smt¡ms`Xp¯p tbm]n. godm tI¨n Fsâ fpO¯p tWm¡msS sfsà fp_n]n Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡n_§n. Mm³ AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p* N¿n Fsâ kn^`nsâ bp_w sNm*v H¶p^¨p… “”Mm³ tbmNpkm… tI¨n C_§*. Sn^nsN N]_nt¡m. sNm\ Njnªp tbm]m fSn.”
god Fsâ fpOt¯¡v N®p Sp_n¨p tWm¡n. Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp, “”””Wfpt¡m Nn«p¶nÃ! MmsW´nWm Aksâ {bm¡v km§p¶Sv… Aksâ ssXfm. S`k^!”

Fsâ km¡pNÄ tN«v godm tI¨n H^p sI_n] bp©n^nt]msX Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. AkapsX SXn¨p f`À¶ SpXp¯ Ip*pNans` WWkv Mm³ {l²n¨p… kjpkjp¯ B sI©p*pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Np®]psX sSm`nª fNpXw tIÀ¯p sNmXp¯m ASp sS¶n sS¶n DÅnt`¡v AWm]mhw Duan]nXpw… l^o^¯nsâ sI_n] I`W§an tbm`pw CaNn BXp¶ fpjp¯ fp`NapsX, Nm«p sWÃn¡m b^pk¯n`pÅ sM«pNÄ Fsâ tWm«¯nsâ IqXv sNm*mk\w, ssWän]psX Sp\n¡p NqXm^w SoÀ¯psNm*p SÅn k¶p.
“”””NpsªknsX tbmNpkm Cu hf]¯v–?”
“”””MmWpw CSptbms` H^p ^ihy b^nbmXn¡v tbmNpkm… tkPw k^mw… Hm.. Asæn CWn]nt¸m tkPw k¶ns«´nWm AsÃ? W½sa PuWn¡nÃtÃm”
“”””H¶v tbm Nptª” AkÄ Nm`pNÄ tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p…
“”sl^n.. Mm³ tbmNpkm”
“”””Npªp Npªnsâ fp_n bq«n]mt\m tbmNpt¶? Mm³ C¶v Npªnsâ fp_n SpX]v¡\w F¶p N^pSn]Sm”
“”””tk*… sSmXs]ms¡ CWn Mm³ k¶n«v fSn. fp_n Mm³ bq«n”
“”””sSmX fm{Sw fSnt]m k^pt¼mÄ?” god]ns` sbm`]mXn skan]nt`¡v k^m³ SpX§n
“”””BUyw sSmX tWm¡s«… F¶n«mt`mIn¡mw dm¡n b\n”
“”””tbmXm… Smt´m¶n!” AkÄ Ssâ Ip*p NXn¨p kn«p In^n¨p
“”””sl^n Mm³ tbmNpkm… hpt^gnsW D_¡o«v tbm]m fSn tNt«m”
Mm³ Nm_nt`¡v WX¶p. Nps_ Wmam]n CkapsX sfm`]pw sNmSkpw tWm¡n skÅfn_¡n WX¡p¶p… A½]pw sb§½m^pw ko«n DÅSv sNm*v H¶pw WX¡nÃ. CÃm¯ hf]w FWn¡v tdmVkpw D*mknÃtÃm. Nmk¡m^³ Sn¶s«-!

skap¸mWvNm`s¯ Npan^n S\p¯p kn_§`n¨p NnX¡p¶ Wmg\ ssitk]n`qsX Im«qan tbms` NmÀ bmªp. fmÌ_m\v HmXn¡p¶Sv. ssf¡namlm³ bn¶ns` hoän Im^n NnX¸p*v. Mm³ hoäv sdÂäv A¸w NqXn fp_p¡n… 120-160 s_]n©n`m\v tbm¡v. bs£ fmÌ_psX fpOkpw emkkpw N*m 30C tbmkpN]ms\s¶ tSm¶p. bpÅn A§Wm… F¸apw Nqam. fmÌÀ¡v ^*mfSm]n H^p N¼w Ds*¦n ASv ss{ZknRv B]n^n¡pw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶mfs¯ N¼w kn]À¸nsâ f\fms\¶p tSm¶p¶p. sNmjp¯ sb\vbntÅ^psX… GSv!

“”””F¶m`pw WnW¡v C{S]pw Nm`w B]n«pw tSm¶n]n]nsÃXm fmt¦m…”” Blm³ In´]n Wn¶p\À¶p tImUn¨p “”””B tk`¡m^ns] H¶v ka]v¡m³?”
“”””Hm… S¸^ N£n]ms\¶v tSm¶o` N*t¸m” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””sZ]v… N®pw NmSpw fqÀ¨ Nq«n sk]v¡\w Ft¸mjpw… FknsX]m\v ^SnhpOfmÀ¤w Sp_¡pN F¶p b_]m³ Njn]nÔ fmÌÀ b_ªp
“”””Wnsâ N^ap N¯nt¸m]Sv W¶m]n F¶p N^pSnt¡mXm sI¡m… Wns¶ Ct§^p Wln¸n¨p Na]pfm]n^p¶p C§sW Hmt^m¶v b_ªpS¶p A^t¡mjn B] Wns¶ bqk³ tNmjn B¡nt]sW… CSnt¸m Wo DXsW Ss¶ I¯p ^£s¸XpftÃm”
Mm³ At§s^ AXn¡mWm]n Sn^nªp…
“”SÃ* Xm fmt¦m….” fmÌÀ b_ªp “”””sNm¶p Na At§s^… fmVyf t`mNw ^£s¸Xs«-!” Mm³ hoäv sdÂ_v Ajn¨p bn¶nt`¡v ImXn Blmsâ fpSpN¯p sbX SpX§n…

M§apsX ht´mg§Ä CsSms¡]m]n^p¶p… f^\¯nWp tbm`pw NkÀs¶Xp¡m³ Njn]m¯ huirUw… Han]pw f_]pw k©W]pw hzmÀ°S]pw CÃm¯ Nq«psN«v.
A«imh§Ä¡pw sS_n knanNÄ¡pw CX]n`pw Fsâ t^mPw Ak^psX sW©pNÄ¡v h½mWn¨ sbmÅp¶ So]psX IqXv FWn¡_n]mw. FWn¡v AS_n]msf¶v AkÀ¡pw A_n]mw. bs£ M§Ä shân AXn¡m_nÃ, Blzhn¸n¡m_pfnÃ.
“”””sNmsÃXm sNmÃv… Wnsâs]ms¡ NqsX k¶SnWv FWn¡v C{S]pw Nn«n]m tbm^m… NÀ¯mtk… Cksâ N^ap sbm«ns¯_n¸n¡m³ DÅ c]`n tkPw H¸v sk]v¡t\” Blm³ Np^nlp k^¨p. Mm³ NnS¨p sNm*v In^n¨p… NmÀ bmªp sNm*n^p¶p.

M§Ä tNm¶n]n F¯n]t¸mÄ GNtUlw D¨]mNm_m]n. Nk`]n Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p `mhÀ tI«³. At§^v M§tamsXm¸w Nm_n N]_n. `mh_nsâ ko«nt`¡v tbmNmWpÅ t_mZv kas^ tfmlfm]n^p¶p. Nk`]n Wn¶v Np_¨p Uq^tf DÅp F¦n`pw Nps_ hf]sfXp¯p kosX¯m³. H^p CX¯^w HmXn« koXv. fmÌÀ Nm_v fpät¯¡v N]än]t¸mÄ Fs¶ H¶v Ip^*n N®p Nm\n¨p… Mm³ tWm¡n]t¸m fpä¯nsâ H^p kl¯v H^p Af_³ Nmjv¨! H^p hv{So S_]n Np´n¨n^p¶p tNmjn]psX bqX b_n¡p¶p. tNmjnt]m bqXt]m hv{Sot]m H¶pfà CknXps¯ ssiss`_v… AkapsX C^n¸m\v. D]À¯n fp«nWp fpNant`¡v N]än sk¨n«pÅ ssWän]psX SmjvemPw Nm fX¡pNÄ¡nX]n Wn¶pw DuÀ¶p ko\p Sq§n NnX¡p¶p… sNmjp¯p^p* Nk¨p sk¨ SpXNÄ¡nX]nÂ… Sna§p¶ Ip^p* t^mf§Ä fqXn] fpjps¯m^p tS³ bq_v!

b¯Xn Uqs^ Wn¶v… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASpw, Nm_nWpÅn Wn¶v Nm\pt¼mÄ C{S FcÎv Bs\¦n AXps¯m¶p N*mÂ…. Sp_¶n^n¡p¶ bq_pw tWm¡n N®pw SÅn C^n¡p¶ Fs¶]pw fmÌs_]pw `mh_p tI«sâ lÐw SÅn eqfn]nt`¡n«p… “”C_§n km hm_·mt^” `mh_pw ssf¡nÄ BlmWpw Nm_n Wn¶v C_§n]t¸mÄ B hv{So tNmjn]psX Njp¯n Sq¡n koXnWNt¯¡v tbm]n. WX¡pt¼mÄ CaNn BXp¶ fpjp¯ sNmSw N*m A_n]mw ssWän¡Xn]n H^p bpÃpw C«n«nsöv. fpt«maw sbm¡n A^]n Ipän] ssWän AkapsX kn^nªp bnaÀ¶ sNmS¯nsâ Im`v kyàfm]n Nm\n¨p S^p¶p*v…. Mm³ SnXp¡¯n bp_t¯¡n_§m³ SpX§n. H¶p tWs^ Nm\\w Aksa…
Fsâ N¿n NX¶p bnXn¨ fmÌÀ hzNm^yw b_ªp…
“”Wà lNpWw! N^ap sl^n]mNpt¼mtj¡pw Np® HXnªp tbmNmSn^p¶m Wnsâ emPyw”
K]³ hvssä`n dmhn«p Mm³ b_ªp…
“”fUm`hNÄ….. F¶pw Fsâ i^fm\v–…….”
fmÌ_pw MmWpw Nm_n Wn¶n_§n. `mhÀtI«³ ssf¡namlmtWmXv Cu Wm«ns` Nm^y§Ä b_]pkm\v–. Mm³ ANt¯¡pÅ kmSn`n`pw KWm`m]n`pw Hs¡ tWm¡n Wn¸m\v. fmÌÀ b_ªp…
“”Xm.. B{Nm´w Nm\n¨p Nnaksâ ssN tfXn¡^pSv Wo. fn¡km_pw Ct§^psX tfmam]n^n¡pw.. l^o^¯nsâ {bmTfnN Akt`mNWw sk¨p tWm¡pt¼mÄ sN«p Njnª sb®m\v… A§Wms\¦n AkÄsX sN«nt]mWpw Nm\pw fn¡km_pw. _nh-vNv FXp¡^pSv. sfsà tk\w Hmt^m Wo¡kpw”
Mm³ km sbman¨p tWm¡nt¸m]n fmÌs_… “”Wo¦ F¦t]m tbm]ns« fmÌÀKn… FWn¡v H¶v N*m fSn. ASnt¸m N*nsæn`pw H¶pfnÃ… F¶m`pw H^p fnWnänWpÅn C{S]pw ¹mWnRv So{k kmUnNÄ tbm`pw sI¿q` sbm¶®m… Wfn¨p! ??”

M§sa]pw Nq«n `mhÀ ANt¯¡v N]_n. “”””FXo .. B`osh… Ct§m«p kt¶ Wo” A]mÄ ANt¯¡v tWm¡n knan¨p… Np_¨p fp³bv M§Ä¡v hzmPSw A^pan] bq_nsW SXn¨p sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ¡nX]n`n«v D^¨p sNm*v AkÄ D½_t¯¡v k¶p. kmHu-! fUm`h F¶ km¡v Cu ko«n k¶n«pÅ Bt^m N*p bnXn¨SmNmsW kjn]pÅq. B Wn_ª NknapNÄ B\nsâ bÃpNÄ¡v NXn¨p b_n¡mWpÅSm\v… SXn¨p f`À¶ NojvIp*v Akan sbm«ns]m`n¡p¶ Nmfw knan¨p b_]p¶p*v… N®pNan ^t* ^*£^w… N..Xn.
fm_s¯ D^p*p SÅn], fp`NÄ S½n bn\§n]Sp tbms` WXpkn Wn¶p bnaÀ¶v C^p kl§ant`¡pw Sq§n]mXpN]m]n^p¶p AkÄ WX¶p k^pt¼mÄ. M§Ä fq¶p tb^pw B`ohnsW Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p.
“”””CSv???…” Blm³ `mh_ntWmXv tImUn¨t¸mÄ `mhÀ D_s¡ sbm«n In^n¨p
“”””tfmamt\m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶tÃ? em^y]m hmt_…. tW^s¯ H^p em^y]pw ASn ^*p bntÅ^pw D*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX sNm\kSnNm^w sNm*v Mm³ Aksa Naªp. bns¶ Nps_ Nm`w sb®pw sbX]pw H¶pw CÃmsS WX¶t¸mam Cksa Nm\p¶Sv. Fsâ H^p AN¶ dÔ¯n DÅ sb®m. St´w StÅw I¯p. B^pw CÃm*m]t¸m Mm³ Cksa A§p sN«n. ASm M§Ä S½n Cu {bm] kySymhw. AkÄ¡v 35 Njnªnt« DÅp”
Hm bnt¶… k`n] HuUm^yw sI]vS tbms`]m\v sNaksâ Z]t`mPv… CSp tbms`m^p sfmS`nsW S^¯nWv Nn«n]t¸m A§p sbm¡n. At{S DÅp. sk¨p Sns¶Xm Sn¶v… K½¯p PSn bnXn¡q` Wo sNa«v sNakm. Caw Np® N]t_* bq_n W^¡p® tNäp¶ t{Umin. Ip½mSmt\m CkÄ¡v Cu NXn `p¡v.
ASnWnsX ^*p Nnt`m b©hm^ Wm`p `näÀ tSWn N`¡n ASp km^n tS¨p tfmXn bnXn¸n¨ b^nI]fnÃm¯ H^p lÐw bn¶n Wn¶pw tN«p…
“”B`ohnsâ WmsXknsX]m?”
CSm^¸m F¶p N^pSn Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ t{bw Who_nsâ fpOemkkpfm]n fnãÀ fmÌÀ! B… k` F_nªp-

fmÌ_psX N®p sNm*v AkÄ¡v C¡nan Bs]¶v tSm¶p¶p. kn^nª A^s¡«v N«na¸Xn]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n , H^p bmU¯ns` SÅ kn^`m f_p bmU¯n sIm_nªp sNm*v B`ohv b_ªp, “”””Sn^pkÔ

Asæn`pw Sn^pkám^n A¨m]¯n sb\vbntÅs^ Nm\m³ H^p kn^p¶m\v. Wà bm`nsâ Wn_kpw, sNmjp¯ l^o^kpw km tSm^m¯ hwhm^kpw… bns¶… ASp tbms«.

`mhÀ tI«³ Fs¶ Iq*n B`ohntWmXv b_ªp, “”””Cu tfmWm CknsX Wn¡m³ k¶Sv… InNnÕs¡”
AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n ss`äm]ns«m¶v In^n¨p. MmWpw. “”””Du\v Nm`mt]mXo?”
“”””At¿m Np_¨p hf]w FXp¡pw tI«m]o… Wn§Ä C^n¡v Mm³ sbs«¶v sl^n]m¡mw. Ct¸m tNmjns] sNm¶sS DÅp” B`ohv b_ªp

“”””tk*” `mhÀ M§sa tWm¡n “”””hm_½m^v km… Nk`]v¡Xps¯m^p gm¸p*v. WÃ e£\fm. skXn C_¨n Mm³ b_ªp sk¨n«p*v. WÃ fp´n^n NÅpw. Wfp¡v AknsX tbm]n Njn¡mw”
“”””gnäv!” fmÌ_psX BßPSw Np_¨p `uZv B]nt¸m]n. kngfw Nm\pw. IqXv C_¨n DÅ skXn CknsX DÅt¸mÄ gm¸n tbm]n skXnt]äp f^n¨ GtSm {bm\ns] bmk¯nWv ^pIn BhzUn¨p Sn¶m³ Njn]nsöv FWn¡_n]mw. Mm³ BlmsW tWm¡n. Blm³ fmÌs_ tWm¡n H^p Dua In^n bmhm¡n. M§Ä Nms_Xp¯p Nk`]nt`¡p Sn^n¨p.
Wà e£\w B]n^p¶p. FWn¡p tk*n {btSyNw Caw NÅv b_ªp sk¨n^p¶p `mhÀ tI«³. bs£ Mm³ NpXn¨nÃ. N^ansW tbXn¨Ã. NÅnsâ fWw FWn¡v bt* CãfÃ. hvbn^näv tk\sf¦n`pw NpXn¡pw Mm³. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bs£ sS§n³ NÅp NpXn¡nÃ. N^ansâ F³Kn³ b\n Njnªn«v tk\w CWn NpXn¡m³. tkt\Â ss`äm]n«p dn]À AXnt¨mam³ tZmÎÀ b_ªSm. A§Wnt¸m tk*. BW sf`nªm`pw BW, BW Ss¶]m.
Sn^nsN ko«n F¯n]t¸m `mhÀ b_ªp. “”””F¶m¸ns¶ A§Wms«… Wn§av knt«m C^p«pw fpt¶ koXv bnXn¡mt`m”
fmÌ_psX N®pNÄ Ipäpw b^Sn WX¶p. B`ohnsW AknsX§pw Nm\mWnÃ.
k*n]n Wn¶pw Fsâ dmPv Blm³ FXp¯v koXnWv AN¯p sk¨p.
“”””As¸m sl^n Xm… M§Ä Mm]_mjvI k^mw” fmÌÀ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p b_ªp
Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p “”””s]´nWv?”
f_pbXn b_ªSv BlmWm\v “”””Wnsâ lkw sNmt*mkm³”
Mm³ BlmsW]pw sN«n bnXn¨p. Blmsâ N®pNan WWkp*m]n^p¶p!
“”””At¿… tU fmÌs_… Blm³ N^]p¶p” Mm³ b_ªp. fmÌÀ In^n¨nÃ
“”””tbmXm f]ns^… skXn C_¨n Sn¶ ssN sNm*v N®p Sn^p½n]Sm… Mm³ F¶m¯nWmXm DsÆ N^]ps¶? Wn§av ^s*®w Imkpt¼m tbm`pw Mm³ N^]nÃ. bn¶Ã!”
AkÀ tbm]n. fWÊn H^p WoäÂ. AN¶p tbmNp¶ Nm_nt`¡v tWm¡n Wn¶t¸mÄ fWÊn H^p {bmÀ°W fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅp. “”Aan]sâ Nm_nWv H¶pw bä^psS…’

SpX^pw