{ba]w, tKm`n hwdÔfm] In` Nm^y§Ä bns¶ knkmiw F¶n§sW b` Nm^y§Ä sNm*pw MmWnknsX A{S BNväokv AÃm]n^p¶p. Cs¸m {blvW§saÃmw H^p knVw HSp¡n]Sv sNm*v ko*pw Fjp¯v SpX^mw F¶v N^pSp¶p. Gk^psX]pw ss`¡pw ht¸mÀ«pw SpXÀ¶pw {bSo£n¨p sNm*v Mm³ SpX§s«….
= fp¶_n]n¸v =
km]W¡m^psX {l²¡v: CsSm^p CWvshÌv NT]m\v. SmSvb^yfnÃm¯kÀ SpXÀ¶v km]n¡mSn^n¡pN. CWvshÌv km]n¡m³ Sm`vb^yfpÅk^ps*¦n Ss¶ KoknS¯n W½psX A½s]]pw htimU^ns]]pw fNsa]pw AÑsW]pw htimU^sW]pw fNsW]pw Hs¡ AtS bkn{SSt]msX fm{Sw Nm\pN.
H^p tSm¶`n B hf]s¯ Np¯n¡j¸v SoÀ¡m³ tk*n fm{Sw FjpSnknXp¶ C¯^w NTNans` hµÀe§Ä H^n¡`pw KoknS¯n AWpN^n¡pN]pw sI¿^pSv. f_n¨v AWpN^n¡p¶ b£w D*mkp¶ ekngy¯pNÄ¡v MmtWm Cu sshtäm ASn FjpSp¶ fäv Fjp¯pNmt^m ]msSm^pknV¯n`pw D¯^kmUnNÄ B]n^n¡nà F¶v CSnWm A_n]n¨psNmÅp¶p.
þ F¶v Wn§apsX hz´w Nmf{bm´³

fNapsX Wngn² hwPf§Ä

“”AÑm.. H¶p tkPw knXq… ssf`m©n IX§v Cs¸m SpX§o«p*mkpw…””. Nm_n Fsâ sSm«Xp¯n^p¶v Fsâ ssN bnXn¨p Np`p¡n sNm*v hwPoSs]t¶mXv– b_ªp.
Mm³ km¨n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ hf]w ^m{Sn Gjpf\n Njnªnt« DÅq..
“”FXo sbm«n¡mao… W½ap t`äm]ns«m¶pw CÃ… NrSy hf]¯p Ss¶ W½aknsX F¯ptNw sI¿pw..!””
bns¶]kÄ H¶pw hwhm^n¨nÃ. F¦n`pw Nm_ns` S\p¸n`n^p¶n«pw AkapsX fq¡n³ Sp¼¯v kn]À¸p N\§Ä sbmXnªSv Mm³ {l²n¨p.
fNtamsXm¸w M§apsX A]Âkmhn]psX fNapsX N`ym\St`¶pÅ ssf`m©n]v¡v F¯n]Sm]n^p¶p Mm³. NmÀ CSnWNw b^nbmXn WX¡p¶ N`qÀ G.tK iman F¯n]n^p¶p. k*n]n Wn¶n_§n imant`¡v NX¶t¸mÄ fpS BapNÄ hwPoSs] N®p sNm*v sNm¯n k`n¡m³ SpX§n]Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p. Asæn`pw Fsâ fNÄ bs¦Xp¡p¶ GsSm^p b^nbmXn]ns`]pw {bVmW {l²mtN{µw AkÄ Ss¶]m]n^n¡pw. H^p bp^pgm^w fpjpk³ Ss¶ C§sW Nmf¡®pNtamsX tWm¡n Wn¡p¶Sv AkÄ¡pw kas^ CãfpÅ Nm^yfm\v.
tWÀ½]m]n tf¡¸v sI]vS, skap¯p SpXp¯v ASn ftWmi^fm] fpOkpfm]n, `nbvÌn¡n«v Ipk¸n¨ Ip*n klyfm] In^n k^p¯n, ANw fpjpk³ Nm\p¶{S hpSm^yfm] hm^n sbm¡nanWp kat^ Smsj k¨pXp¯v, fp¶n`pw bn¶n`pw Wà tbms` C_¡n sk«n] {Now Wn_¯n`pÅ »uhn`qsX knlm`fm] fpSpNpw k`n] fp`NÄ bNpSn]n`VnNkpw bp_¯v Nm\n¨p Wn¡p¶ I^¡v sb®nsW N*m B^m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn«p Na]pN?.
“”WnW¡v CknsXm^p cm³hv Athmhnt]g³ SpX§n¡qsX tfmta..”” Mm³ AkapsX sIkn]n Nn¶m^w b_ªp.
“”A¿X.. WÃ]ѳ…! fNsa Wm«pNm^v km]v tWm¡p¶Sv N*mhzUn¡p¶ Aѳ..”” AkÄ Ip*p sNm«n Fsâ N¿p^¯n bSns] CXn¨p.
ASv tN«v FWn¡v In^n]X¡m³ NjnªnÃ.. CSnWNw N`ym\sb®nsâ km¸, dmdp M§sa hzoN^n¡m³ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”AÃm.. Gtämw AXp¯ A]ÂkmhnNsams¡ Cs¸m k¶m fSnt]m… Wn§sa Mm³ Np_¨qsX tW^s¯ {bSo£n¨p…””. k¶bmsX dmdp M§tamXv tImUn¨p.
“”tim.. H¶pw b_]s*sâ dmdp¡m.. Cu AÑsâ NqsX]m\v k^p¶sS¦nÂ, hf]¯nsW¯m³ H^p A^ f\n¡qÀ tW^t¯s]¦n`pw bp_s¸X\w””. hwPoS Fs¶ Iq*n dmdpkntWmXv b_ªp.
“”Cksa sNm*v tSmätÃm dmdq…! M§Ä A{S]v¡§p sskNnt]m..?””. Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”ti]v Cà tUk³ hÀ… Mm³ Ip½m b_ªStÃ.. bns¶ knt^mVfnsæn hwPoS Fsâs]m¸w H¶p k^q.. Wfp¡v sb®p§sas]ms¡s]m¶v b^nI]s¸Xmw….”” dmdp b_ªp.
AkÄ ASv tN«v Fsâ fpOt¯s¡m¶p tWm¡n. Mm³ dmdp b_ªSv h½Ssf¶ AÀT¯n S`]m«n. AkapXsW F¯n k`nªv Fsâ Nknans`m^p½ S¶v A]mÄs¡m¸w imansâ klt¯¡v WX¶p.
ko*pw BapNÄ sNmjp¯p^p* Fsâ fNsa N®pNÄ sNm*v d`mÕwPw sI¿p¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p. hm^n]pXp¯ks^ khv{Sw V^n¨ WPvWNsa¶v GtSm bmÝmSy hminSyNm^³ kntlgn¸n¨Sv sk_psS]Ã. hv{SoNapsX WPvWS bp_¯v Nm\n]v¡m³ hm^nt]maw bäns]m^p tkgkpfnà -!. AtSmÀ¯t¸mÄ gÍn¡pÅn Fsâ Np®¡p«³ D\À¶p SpX§n]n^p¶p. k]Êp fp¸¯©m]n, H^p Nufm^¡m^³ fNsâ A½]ms\¦n`pw H^p C^pbSpNm^n]psX Ip_pIp_p¡m\kÄ¡v.
N`ym\s¸®nsâ Nq«pNm^nNÄ Ht^tbm`pÅ tgmÀ«v `iwP]pw hvtNÀ«pw V^n¨v k]_pw fp`NapsX]pw I´n]psX]pw knXkpNapw Nm\n¨v Wn¶n«v tbm`pw B^pw {l²n¡p¶p tbm`pfnsöv FWn¡v tSm¶n. FÃm N®pNapw F³s_ fNsa Ss¶ sbmSnªp sNm*n^p¶p.
Mm³ ko*pw Fsâ fNsa]pw dmdpkntW]pw {l²n¨p. Fsâ fp¶n AktamX]mÄ¡v Fs´m^p knW]w…! H^p bt£ AkapsX eÀ¯mkpw MmWpw NjnªmÂ, AkapsX bq_n`pw km]n`pw Gäkpw NqXpS skXn sbm«n¨n«p*mkpN Cu fim³ B]n^n¡pw. AtSmÀ¯t¸mÄ FWn¡v In^n k¶p. FWns¡m¶pw A_n]nsöm\v Cu Cksâ knIm^w. dmdpsk¶Ã Aksa B^p Nan¨m`pw AkaSv Ft¶mXv b_]pw.
Ct¸mjpw Ft´m NpÂhnS {bkr¯n¡m\v A]mÄ Aksa]pw sNm*v tbmNp¶Sv. F¶n«v sb®p§sa b^nI]s¸XmsW¶ tb^pw. {bSo£n¨ tbms` AkÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^pk^pw tÌKnsâ bn_Nn`pÅ kmgv _qfnt`¡v B^pw Nm\msS N]_p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. b^nbmXn]v¡v k¶k^n eq^nemPw tb^pw iman`m]Sv sNm*v Aks^]m^pw {l²n¨p Nm\nÃ. sMmXn]nX sNm*v Ak^knsX H^p tXm]v–`än tN_n NSNX¨p.
Bemh³, »Zn cqÄ..! hz´w fNapsX knkmi¯t`s¶¦n`pw A]mÄ¡o b^nbmXn tks*¶p sk¡mfm]n^p¶p. kÃk^pw A_nªm F´mNpw ØnSn.
Fsâ fNapsX l^o^t¯mXv A]mÄ¡pÅ BÀ¯n AkÄ b_ªv FWn¡_n]mkp¶Sm\v. A]mÄ CSnWNw AkapsX Ipk¶p SpXp¯ Ip*pNÄ I¸n¡pXn¡m³ SpX§n]n«p*mkpw. Asæn B Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX A]mapsX N_p¯p SXn¨ Np® N]_n]n_§p¶p*mkmw. Fsâ fNapsX Ip*pNÄ N*m BÀ¡m]m`pw H¶v Np® km]n sNmXp¡m³ tSm¶pw. Np®]q¼ns¡m*n^n¡nt¼mÄ N®pNÄ fpNant`¡p]À¯n W½sas]m^p tWm«fp*v. tim B Wnfngw, W½Ä F{S bnXn¨p k¨m`pw bm`v Im¼nt¸mNpw.
ASp Njnªv, »uhpw {dm]pfjn¨v AkapsX fp`NÄ sM^n¨pX]v¡p¶p*mkmw. IµW¯nsâ Wn_fpÅ AkapsX k]_n fp¯fnXp¶p*mkmw. tS³ NnWn]p¶ B sbm¡nÄ Npjn]n Wm¡n«v Ipjäp¶p*mkmw. ASpfsæn AkapsX bmâohv fp«p ks^ Smjv¯n, bmkmX]pw hm^n]pw A^ ks^ tNän k¨v AkapsX sW]vbq_n Np® tNän AXn]v¡p¶p*mkmw.
FknsX]m]n^n¡pw A]mÄ Ssâ Np®¸m Hjn¨n«p*mkpN…? Fsâ Nj¸n tfmapsX km]nt`m…. bq_nt`m…. ASpfsæn B I¡^–¡qSn]nt`m… F´m]m`pw AkapsX km]n A]mÄ H^p _u*v Hjn¨n«p*mkpw. Np®¸m NpXn¡m³ AkÄ¡v A{S]pw Cãfms\t¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ FWn¡v In^n k¶p.
In´NÄ¡v NmXp N]_n]t¸mÄ Sn^nsN Nm_n sI¶n^p¶p Mm³. F´psNmt*m Fsâ fNÄ fsäm^p AWybp^pgWpfm]n ^Sn hpOw b¦nXp¶, B tXm]v`änWXpt¯¡v tbmNm³ tSm¶n]nÃ.
k]sÊ–Wn¡v A_pbSms]¦n`pw Ct¸mjpw Mm³ ASymklyw W¶m]n km]n tWm¡pw. ka]v¡m³ bän] CWfms\¦n kas¨Xp¯p Nan]v¡ptNw sI¿pw. bs£ Ct¸m F´p sNmt*m FWn¡v AknsX]pÅ sb®pNsas]m¶pw tWm¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ..! Akt^w skÃp¶ fp«³ I^¡tà Fsâs]m¸fpÅSv… Fsâ fNÄ…..!
AkapsX Cu fp¸¯n]©mw k]Ên`pw Bs^]pw tfmin¸n¡p¶ AkapsX]m tfWn]jNv N*v FWn]v¡enfmWw tSm¶m_p*v. ASnhpµ^fm] fpOw, Nmfw knant¨mSp¶ emkw, Wo* WmhnN. Ft¸mjpw IpwdWw sNmSn]v¡p¶p F¶v tSm¶n]v¡p¶ UimÀ¯fm] SXn¨p f`À¶ Ip*pNÄ, IµW¯nsâ Wn_fpÅ fm_ns` sNmjp¯ bm¡pX§Ä. knhvSrSnt]_n] k]_ns` BjfpÅ sbm¡nÄ¡pjn. AkÄ NX¡®p sNm*v G_p N®n«v tWm¡p¶Sv N*m B\p§Ä tdmVw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNXpw.
AkapsX bn¶n`ms\¦nÂ….. ‘BW¨´nNÄ’ B\v {bVmW BNÀg\w. Aks] kntlgn¸n]v¡m³ bän] km¡pNÄ tks_]nÃ. WX¡pt¼mÄ AkNan§sW SpÅnSpap¼p¶Sv Nm\m³ Ss¶ Fs´m^p tl`m\v. B I´n ks^ F¯p¶ CXSqÀ¶ fpXn]njNÄ. SXn¨ A^s¡«v, WX¡pt¼mÄ AfÀ¶^]p¶ SpXNÄ, tWÀ¯ N\¦m`pNÄ, A§sWs]Ãmw sNm*pw Fsâ fNsam^p Abvh^ ^Sn tUkS]m]n^p¶p.
C¶s` ^m{Sn sskNn]pw Akapfm]n Wà Nan]m]n^p¶Sv sNm*v Wà D_¡ £o\w. Bs^ms¡ F{S b®n]m`pw, Fs´m^p Nj¸m\v Cus¸®nWv. Fs¶s¡m*v AkapsX bqän`pw tNm¯n`pw ks^ C¶s` b®n¨p. AkhmWw lp¢ tfm£¯nWp emPyw `en¨Sv AkapsX km]n`m\v. Nm_n N]_n hoäv WnkÀ¯n S` Im]v¨v AVnNw sskNmsS Mm³ f]§nt¸m]n.

tcm¬ _nRv sI¿p¶Sv tN«m\v Mm³ D\À¶Sv. hf]w F«^ Njnªn^p¶p. tcm\n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ hwPoS]m\v.
“”it`m.. AÑWnSv FknsX]m… tkPw k^q… tU b^nbmXn SpX§m³ B]n””
“”Rm.. tU k^p¶p tfmta…””
tNmÄ N«m]n.. MmWpXsW NmÀ t`m¡v sI]vSv imant`¡v WX¶p. Fs¶ N*bmsX hwPoS Fsâ]Xpt¯¡v WX¶p k¶p. AkapsX fpO¯v Wà ht´mgw Nm\m³ D*m]n^p¶p.
“”F´mXo… Wo WÃ im¸n]m\tÃm.. F´m Nm^yw..?””. Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”i i.. AÑm ASntÃ.. FWn¡v AXp¯ fmhsfm^p bm^nhv {Xn¸v. ASpw cpÅn hvtbm¬thÀZv…!””. Aksat¶mXv tIÀ¶p Wn¶v Ip*ns`m^p½ S¶p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”i i.. ASv N`¡n]tÃm…””. Mm³ b_ªp.
“”bns¶ Aѳ ^mtKtg«tWmXv, CSv Fs´¦n`pw Hcngy {Xn¸v Bs\¶v b_ªm fSot«m…!””. Aksasâ ssNs]Xp¯v hz´w sWt©mXv tIÀ¯p.
“”ASv Fs´¦n`pfmks«.. {Xn¸v B^psX kN]m¶p Wo b_ªnÃtÃm….?””
“”Rpw… ASv…! B dmdp¡ Ft¶w sNm*v B kmgv_qfn tN_n tbmNp¶Sv Aѳ Nt*Àt¶m..””. H^p NŨn^nt]msX AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”i i.. DÆt`m… Mm³ N*p… Wnt¶mXv AtS bän tImUn¡m³ C^nt¡À¶p Mm³””
“”Rpw.. A]mav sNmt_ Unkhm]n H¶p km]n FXp¡m³ b_]p¶p.. bns¶ Ft´`pw Bks«¶p N^pSn Mm³ Ct¸m h½Sn¨p sNmXp¯p… F¶n«v Du¼n]q¼n fWpgysâ km]v Nj¨p.. b*m^¡m`Wv HXp¡s¯ N¸mhnän. ASpw Njnªv bns¶ dmdp¡]psX H^p {c*pw tN_n k¶p.. AkhmWw A]mÄ¡pw Du¼ns¡mXp¯p. {c*nsW Aѳ A_n]pw H^p tNmXolz^³, tb^v kn³shâv kt«man””
“”Rm.. B tcmdv–hv dnÃn]\À `nÌns`ms¡ k¶]matÃ…?””. Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”s]hv.. USv St¶… {Xn¸v A]mapsX H¸fmt¶.. Fsâ Du¼Â A]mÄ¡v W¶m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tdmVn¨q¶p tSm¶\p… Hä]Xn¡v bm^nhv F¶p tN«t¸m FWn¡v tWm b_]mWpw tSm¶o`. A]map {Xn¸nWv Fs¶ sNmt*mkm³ AÑtWmXv AWpkmUw tImUn¡m³ k^pw In`t¸m.. Hcogy dnhnWhv {Xn¸v Ft¶ b_]q tNt«m…””. AkÄ Ft´m Ad²w b_ª fmSn^n Fs¶ tWm¡n N®n_p¡n.
“”i i, As¸m N®o¡*k·mt^msXm¸w H^p Ipäm³ tbmkm³ FÃmw GäpsNm*m Cu k^pt¶ AtÃ… Rpw WX¡s« WX¡s«..””. Mm³ bn\¡w WXn¨p.
“”tÈm… AÑWp co Bt]m…””. Aksasâ Nknan ^*p ssN]pw sNm*v Ipän¸nXn¨p.
“”H¶p tbmXo AknXp¶v… Mm³ Ip½m b_ªStÃ…! At¸m F§Wm, AXp¯ fmhw A]mtamsXm¸w tbmkm³ C¸tj {bns¸]À sI]vSv SpX§nt¡m…””. Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v B^pw Nm\msS AkapsX fp`]n bnXn¨fÀ¯n.
“”i i… At¸m AXp¯ fmhw {Xn¸v So^p¶Sv kt^ Mm³ A]mapsX]pw em^y]m\v–…! AtÃ]Ñm…? bns¶ CsSms¡ H^p ^htà Ft¶mÀ¯p Mm³ Wn¶p sNmXp¡p¶StÃ..””
Aksam^p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p bns¶ SpXÀ¶p. “”km tW^w tbm\p… Wfp¡v imant`¡v C^n¡mw…””. Aksasâ ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨p.

M§apX³ iman tÌKnsâ GNtUlw fp¶n`m]n Ss¶ C^n¸p_¸n¨p. Np_¨p Njnªv N`ym\sb®nsâ D½ M§sa sb\vNp«n¡v ssf`m©n]pw fVp^kpw sSm«psNmXp¡m³ £\n¡m³ k¶p.
Fsâ fNÄs¡m¸w k^nsæn`pw, Akapw H^p{P³ I^¡v Ss¶. sbm¡nanWp Smsj k¨pXp¯ hm^n. S`]n hpkÀ\ Wn_¯n`pÅ inKmdv. tWÀf]m]n tf¡¸v sI]vSv ASntfmtWmi^fm¡n] fpOw. Ip*n `nbvÌn¡v. »uhnWpÅn Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fmUN fp`NÄ. WX¡pt¼mÄ hm^n]v¡pÅn Hmaw sk«p¶ I´nNÄ. {bm]w Wm¸¯©nWXp¯v tSm¶pw. fNapsX ssN bnXns¨jpt¶`vbn¨v M§sa C^pks^]pw tÌKnt`¡v BW]n¨p AkÄ.
hwPoS]m\v AXp¯Sm]n tÌKn tN_p¶sS¶v A_nª B Wnfngw, Fs´m^p iÀgm^kfm]n^p¶p. AkamNs« Cu tNm`mi`f{S]pw tN«v BÝ^ys¸«ptbm]n. bns¶ C^p¶nX¯p Wns¶jpt¶_v Fsâ fp¶n`]p tkUn]nt`¡v fµw fµw WX¶p. hUÊns` _u*v ss`äpNÄ Aksa Ss¶ tcm¡hv sI]vSpsNmt*]n^p¶p. tkUn¡v Ipäpw k¨n^n]v¡p¶ dnPv hv–{NoWpNan`pw AkapsX fpOw fm{Sw.
Gäkpw NqXpS B^mVNÀ AkapsX bn³emP¯nWm]n^ps¶¶p tSm¶p¶p. WX¯¯nWWph^n¨v C^pklt¯¡pw sk«ns¯_n¨p sNm*n^p¶ AkapsX I´nNant`]v¡m]n^p¶p NqXpS KW{l². fpjpk³ N®pNapw Ss¶]m\v tWm¡p¶sS¶v fWhn`m¡n] AkÄ Nr{Snf Wm\w WXn¨v W{f fpOn]m]m\v tkUn]psX bXkpNÄ Ikn«n¡]_n]Sv.
NpWnªv Wn¶v f\km«n¡v ssf`m©n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sSm«psNmXp¯ hwPoS]psX hm^n ØmWw fm_n]t¸mÄ skankm], Gs_¡ps_ WPvWfm] fp`Napw k]_pw sbm¡nÄ Npjn]pw N*n^p¶kÀ¡v bpSn] Urlykn^p¶m]n. S¡w bmÀ¯n^p¶ Nymf_ N®pNÄ ASv NrSyfm]n H¸ns]Xp¯p.
AkÄ fVp^w sSm«psNmXp¯p Njnªn«pw ssN]Xn Wn¶n^p¶nÃ. N`ym\s¸®pfm]n Ft´m Npl`w b_ªSnWv tlgw tÌKn Wn¶n_§n Sn^nsN bXkpNÄ C_§p¶SnWnsX H^p Nq«w sI_p¸¡mÀ Aksa sbmSnªp.
“”tfZw k¬ shÂcn ¹ohv….?””
bs£ AkÄ¡p h½Sfmt\m F¶p tbm`pw tWm¡msS]kÀ Aksa tIÀ¯p WnÀ¯n sh`vcns]Xp¯p. FÃmk^psX]pw tcmt«m]n klyfm]n bp©n^n¨psNm*v AkÄ tbmhv sI]vSp. eq^nemPw tb^pw AkapsX I´nt]mXv tIÀ¶p Wn¶m\v shÂcncns]Xp¡p¶Sv. Ak^n In`À hm^n]v¡pÅn N¿n«v A_n]m¯ tbms` AkapsX k]_n`pw fp`]n`pw St`mXp¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p.
H^pknVw Aks^s]ms¡ Hjnkm¡n AkÄ Fsâs]m¸w k¶p Wn¶p. Sn^nsN M§Ä BUyw C^p¶nX¯p C^n¡p¶SnWnsX AkÄ b_ªp.
“”AÑm.. F{S sbs«¶m Mm³ sh`n{dnän Bt]¶p Nt*m…?””. AkÄ NphrSn In^nt]msX Fs¶ tWm¡n N®n_p¡n.
“”DÆptÆ…. Mm³ Nm\p¶p*v…!”” MmWpw In^n¨p.

Np_¨p Njnªv dmdp M§sa e£\w Njn¡m³ knan¡m³ k¶p. SWSp fpÉnw ssl`n]n k¨ Wà Bkn b_¡p¶ sW]vt¨m_pw docpw. NqsX A¨m_pw N¨¼_pw b¸Xkpw…! tbmt^ bq^w. MmWpw hwPoS]pfSv ASmhzUn¨p Njn¨p.
ASpw Njnªv f\km«ns¸®nsâ Nq«pNm^nNapsX tWSrSz¯n F«p S^p\o f\nNÄ A\nWn^¶ ftWmi^fm] Hm¸WNan. tW^s¯ Fsâ fNapsX hm¶n²yw sNm*v tk*{S KW{l² Nn«msS tbm] S§apsX fmUN AÀ² WPvW huµ^yw {bUÀln¸n¡m³ AkÀ¡v ko*psfm^kh^w. b_k hnWnf]n B sb\vNp«n k^p¶ hf]¯v Nq«pNm^nNÄ bmXp¶ ‘fWÊNfnÂ.., fpiº¯v sb^p¯v.., WnWkpNÄ sNm^p¯v…!’ F¶ PmW¯nsWm¸n¨v Aks^Ãmk^pw Wr¯w sI]vSt¸mÄ, H¸W CãfnÃm¯kÀ tbm`pfSv BhzUn¡m³ SpX§n. ssN Nm`pNapsX IXp` I`W¯nWWph^n¨v Ak^psX Hmt^m^p¯^psX]pw khv{S¯nWnX]n fn¶m]w tbms` ko\p Nn«ns¡m*n^p¶ k]_pw sbm¡nÄ Npjn]pw fp`NapsX knXkpsfÃmw Nm\nNÄ Cfsk«msS tWm¡n Wn¶p.

“”AÑm Mm³ Ct¸m k^mt«m…””. H¸W BhzUn¨p N*p sNm*n^n¡p¶ Fs¶ ssN S«n knan¨v hwPoS b_ªp.
“”Rpw… FknsX tbmNpkm…?””. Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”H^p AWn`nsW Aѳ A_n]ptkm…? tfmWq«sW F«mw ¢mhn bXn¸nt¨m*n^p¶ hm_v..! At§^p tU knant¨m*v C^n¡pkm… Bav CknsX¯s¶]p*v.. Mm³ H¶v A]msa N*n«p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sbs«¶v k^mw…””. _nRv sI]vSp sNm*n^n¡p¶ tcm¬ Fsâ tWs^ Nm\n¨v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”tÈ… Cu tW^¯v CsS´nWm tfmta….. WnW¡nãfnÃm*v Ak^psX NqtXw tbmk*mt«m… CXns]¦n CXn… H¶p sNmXp¯v Mm³ A]msa fmtWKv sI]vtSmamw Wo]n§p kt¶…””. MmWksa ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨p.
“”A§sWm¶pw Cà AÑm… FWn¡n]msa Cãms¶… Asæn Mm³ CSnWp Wn¡ptfm… ¹ohv Fsâ hzoäv AÑWtÃ… H¶p h½Sns¡t¶…”” AkÄ sNm¨p Np«nNsa tbms` Wn¶p In\p§n.
“”Rpw… Mm³ N^pSn Ak³ Wns¶ WnÀdÔn¨p sI]n¸n¡p¶Sms\¶v…. Rm l^n sbs«¶v tbm]n km… Rm bns¶ Wn§Ä FknsX]n^p¶m sI¿m³ tbmt\…. tW^s¯ tbms` tXm]v`säm¶pw bänÃmt«m…!””
“”AWn`nsâ Nm_ps*t¶…””. AkÄ kas^ Wnhm^fm]n b_ªp.
“”ipw… F¶m sbs«¶v tk\w… B^pw Nm\m*v tWm¡\w…. Sp\n Ajn¡m³ H¶pw Wn¡*… bän]m Np® km]n FXp¯v skÅw Naªp sNmXp¡v.. Asæn bqän tNämWms\¦n Ss¶ gÍn fm{Sw fmän]m fSn…. sbs«¶v SoÀ¯v DXsW k^\w…””. Mm³ Hä lzmh¯n b_ªp SoÀ¯p.
bt£ Fsâ hwhm^w tN«v AkÄ¡v In^n]m\v k¶Sv.
“”Biim… WÃ]ѳ…. N®oN*kWv bq_v knXÀ¯n sNmXp¡m³ tbm\ tfmÄ¡v WÂNp¶ F{S Wà DbtUlw…””. AkÄ sbm«n¨n^n¡p¶SnWnsX b_ªp.
“”C§Ws¯ skXn tfmÄ D*m]mt`… AѳfmÀ C§sWs]ms¡ b_ªp tbmkpw””. MmWkapsX Nknan WpÅn.
“”Sm¦v ]q.. Fsâ bp¶m^ AÑm… Mm³ sbs«¶v SoÀ¯v k^mt«m…””
AkapsX Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨v Nknans`m^p½]pw S¶v imansâ tZm_nW^pNnt`¡v WX¶p. AknsX MmsWm^p sI_p¸¡ms^sW N*p. CWn GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä¡Nw Fsâ fNsa temPn]v¡m³ tbmNp¶]mÄ….

(SpX^pw)
IB: Cãs¸«m U]km]n FÃmk^pw ss`¡pw Nfâpw sI¿pN. bns¶ AZvfn³ t{dmt]mXv H^p km¡v. Mm³ ko*pw ko*pw tImUn¡p¶p.
CknXs¯ F¡m`s¯]pw fnN¨ NTNans`m¶m] “”PoS Xo¨À’, “”N`ym\n’, “”{bn] hOn PwP’ F¶nk]psX E_ltf]i` Y`xt Do^um`nt Ds*¦n ASv U]km]n FWn¡v Smsj sNmXp¯n^n¡p¶ sf]n sFZn]n A]¨p S^nN. Nm^\w N¼nNTNÄ km]n¡m³ SpX§n] At¶ km]n¨Sm\v CSv fq¶pw. bs£ km]n¡p¶ksâ I¦n So tNm^n]n«p sNm*v– fq¶p NT]n`pw NvssafmN-vhn Wm]nNfmÀ f^n¨p tbmkpw. AsSm¶v fmän FjpSn]m sNmÅmsf¶v H^m{Piw.. S^nà F¶p b_]^pSv ¹ohv…