Mm³ N®mXn]n`qsX fmapknsW tWm¡n.

Nps_ WmapNÄ¡p tlgw ko*pw fmap Fsâ bn³ hoänÂ, bj]Sptbms` AkÄ knVq^S]nt`]v¡v tWm¡n kngmU emkt¯msX…

tNmtaKn F¯m³ Np_¨p Uq^tf DÅp F¶m]t¸mÄ Mm³ k*n WnÀ¯n. fmapknsâ tWs^ Sn^nªp.

AkÄ Fs¶s]m¶p tWm¡n. bns¶ ko*pw knUq^S]nt`¡v N®pNÄ bm]n¨p. B N®pNans` WWkv Fs¶ tkUWn¸n¨p.

‘fmap’ Mm³ knan¨p.

‘fmaknN… ASms\sâ tb^v.’ Uqt^]v¡v tWm¡ns¡m*p Ss¶ AkÄ b_ªp.

‘thm_n… C]mapsX Nm`v bnXn¨p Mm³ fm¸p tImUn¡mw. bns¶ Ssâ A½ A¶v AknsX k¶Sn Mm³ F´v sSäm\p sI]vSSv?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘Mm³ Bs^]pw sSäv b_ªn«nÃ’ tUgyw emkn¨p ASv b_]pt¼mjpw AkapsX lÐw CX_p¶p*v.

‘Mm³ fm¸p b_]mw… Fs¶ ln£nt¨map… Mm³ F´vsI]vSm B\v sI]vS sSänWv b^nim^fmkpN?’

hSyw b_ªm Mm³ H^mapsX fp³bn C{S]pw Smjv¶p sNmXp¡p¶Sv BUyfm]m\v. bs£ Cu tUkS]psX fp³bn Bkpt¼mÄ ASn H^p AbfmWkpw FWn¡v tSm¶n]nÃ.

‘tNmtaKn F¯m³ sskNpw’ b^nekw
N`À¶ fpOt¯msX tUgyw ekn¡mWpÅ {lft¯msX CX_n] lЯn A{S fm{Stf AkapsX f_pbXn D*m]n^p¶pÅp.

FWn¡v DÅn kÃms¯m^p kn§Â. CWns]m^n¡`pw Fsâ bj] fmaq«ns] FWn¡v Sn^n¨p Nn«nsöv– Ft¶mXv DÅn Wn¶v Bt^m b_]p¶ tbms`. H¶pw tk*m]n^p¶p…

H^n¡`pw AXp¡^pSm]n^p¶p. Gäkpw h¦Xw tSm¶p¶Sv bap¦p bm{Sw tbm`pÅ AkapsX WnÀf`fm] fWÊn Mm³ Nm^\w Io´`pNÄ ko\tÃm F¶Sn`m\v.

Mm³ k*ns]Xp¯p. tNmtaKnWv fp¶n WnÀ¯n. H¶pw fn*msS C_§nt¸mNp¶ fmapknsW tWm¡n Wn¶t¸mÄ FWn¡v sbm«n¡^]\sf¶p tSm¶p¶ tbms`. Mm³ tkPw k*n FXp¯p.

tcm¬ _nRv sI]vSt¸mjm\v Mm³ HmÀfNan Wn¶pw sM«n]Sv. t^O]psXNmÄ B\v. Mm³ NmÄ FXp¯p.

‘^Kn… FknsX]m? fmapknsW kn«ntÃ? sbs«¶v km’ AkapsX sNmSnt]msX DÅ knan.

‘Biv… k^pkm… Fsâ H^p {c*nsW N*p hwhm^n¨n^p¶p tbm]Sm… Cs¸m k^mw’

‘At¿m {c*v Dt*m? Sn^¡v Nq«*… Ak³ F´v knIm^n¡pw’

‘i i… Ak³ A_n]s« Fsâ fpS`man]psX em^y Fsâ NqsX NnX¡m³ sNmSn fq¯p knan¡pkm¶v’

‘tlm… ^Kn… Ak³ CsSms¡ tNÄ¡p¶pt*m?’

‘B D*v. AkWpw Fsâ fpS`man¨ns] H¶v b^nI]s¸X\w F¶v… F´m? N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ b_]s« Ft¶msXm¸w k^m³?’

‘At¿m tk*… Wo sfsà k¶m fSn’ AkÄ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp.

AkÄ H¶v tbXns¨¶p tSm¶p¶p. Mm³ k*n Hm¬ sI]vSp. At¸mjpw fmap H^p sWm¼^fm]n fWÊnÂ.

fmaq«n]psX IqXv Ct¸mjpw kn^`pNan D*v. B Unkhw FWn¡v H^n¡`pw f_¡mWmknÃ. Fs¶ knlzhn¨p {b\]n¨ B Np^p¶p irU]w. Ct¸mjpw Mm³ ASnsW k©n¡pN]m\v.

H^n¡`pw B {b\]sfm¶pw WX¡m³ tbmNp¶nÃ, bs£ AkapsX fWÊn {b\]¯nsâ kn¯v bmNn]Spw, HXpkn Fsâ Nmf tfmi§Ä¡v tk*n]m]n^p¶p AsS¶p AkÄ fWÊn`m¡n]t¸mÄ
B irU]w tkUWn¨Spw Fsâ]pÅn NpätdmVw sbmÅn¡p¶p.

B fWÊn G`vbn¨ fp_nkv fmäm³ Mm³ CWn F´v sI¿\w F¶_n]nÃ.

Biv… Bt`mIn¨n^p¶m H^p F¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«nÃ. Ct¸mÄ bäp¶Sv Nn«n] Akh^¯n t^Os] b\nSp hpOn¡pN F¶Sm\v. Mm³ k*n FXp¯p.

F¯n]t¸mÄ koXnsâ kmSn Sp_¶n«n^n¡p¶p. BsN lm´fm] A´^o£w. Mm³ ANt¯]v¡p N]_n. t^O GSp ^oSn]n`m\v Fs¶ Nm¯n^n¡p¶Sv F¶v A_n]m³ SnXp¡fm]n.

ko«ns` tk`¡m^n fMvKpa tI¨ns] BÄ Ss¶ WnÀdÔn¸n¨p H^p BjvI kt^s*¶v b_ªp G¸n¨p. Fsâ H¸w fSnf_¶p BhzUn¡pN B\v Dt±lw.

imans`m¶pw Bsa Nm\mWnÃ.

‘t^Om…’ Mm³ knan¨p.

‘B… ^Kn… kmSn`X¨n«p Ct§m«p tN_n k^mtkm? Mm³ fpNan`m…’ t^O]psX lÐw.

Mm³ tbm]n fp³ kmSn AX¨p t`m¡v sI]vSp. F¶n«p fpNans` Wn`]nt`¡v N]_n. N]_pt¼mÄ Ss¶ hnP^änsâ f\fXn¨p.

Hmiv… Nm¯n^p¶p Nn«n] Cu huemPyw t^O SnfnÀ¯mXn BhzUn¡m³ Ss¶ So^pfmWn¨p F¶v tSm¶p¶tÃm…

WPvW]m]n Fs¶ Nm¯n^n¡p¶ t^Os]]pw {bSo£n¨p N]_nsI¶t¸mÄ N* NmjvI Fs¶ sM«n¨p.

fpNans` iman thmc]n Nm`nt·Â Nm N]än sk¨v, Ssâ kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n sM^nªn^n¡p¶ hnP^änsâ bpN]qSn knXp¶ {Xoh.

AXp¯vH^p tfl]n tkmZvN]psX H^p tdm«n`pw ^*p ¥mÊpNan`pw.

ASnsâ FSnÀ kl¯p fsäm^p thmc]n Aksa tWm¡n]n^n¡p¶ t^O. Mm³ N]_ns¨¶p DXsW ^*p tb^psX]pw tWm«w F¶nt`¡m]n.

‘Biv km ^Kogv… tKm]n³ Un bmÀ«n’

N¿ns` hnP^änsâ sbmXn Wn`¯p S«ns¡m*p {Xoh b_ªp.

Mm³ t^Os] NXp¸n¨p tWm¡n. B tWm«¯nsâ AÀTw fWÊn`m¡n] AkapsX fpOw kÃmSm]n. AkapsX WnÊim]S N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N`À¶ fpOw N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n AkapsX A_ntkmsX]à CsSm¶pw F¶v.

‘G]v… ^Kogv… Ntfm¬…Ft¶mXv SWn¡v Ct¸mjpw sk_p¸ms\¶v A_n]mw. s`ähv– KÌv tXm¡v…’ {Xoh ko*pw b_ªp.

‘t^Om…Mm³ bp_¯p*v. Fs´¦n`pw Bklyw Dt* knan¨m fSn’

{Xoht]mXpÅ fpjpk³ tUgykpw km¡pNan DÄs¡mÅn¨p Mm³ t^Ot]mXv b_ªp.

‘^Kn…¹ohv… sF Bw tWmXv in]À äp C_ntääv ]p… ¹ohv, KÌv hnäv ko Nym³ tXm¡v’ AkÄ N]än sk¨ Nm C_¡ns¡m*p b_ªp.

‘FWn¡v Sm`vb^yfnÃ’ Mm³ b_ªp.

{Xoh Fjpt¶äp. AkÄ hnP^äv Wn`¯n«p F¶n«v ASv Ikn«n sM^n¨p.

‘ho ^Kogv… W½Ä S½n CSv ks^ hwhm^n¨n«nÃ, d«v Mm³ s^Kns] b`t¸mjpw C_ntääv sI]vSn«p*v. iÀXv sI]vSn«p*v… thm_n tcmÀ HmÄ Umäv’

H¶v WnÀ¯n]n«p AkÄ t^Os] tWm¡n F¶n«p ko*pw SpXÀ¶p.

‘MmWpw t^O]pw F{S Wà {c*v–hv B]n^p¶p F¶v SWn¡p A_n]mw Ct¸mÄ ASv A§sW AÃmSmNmWpw Sm³ H^p Nm^\fm\v. B³Zv sF Bw tWmXv s»]v–fnRv ]p… Fsâ NqsX DÅSntW¡mÄ im¸n B\v t^O Ct¸mÄ. t^O]pw MmWpw Ssâtb^n H¯n^n kj¡n«n«p*v, ASnsâ tb^n Mm³ Wn§sa bän CÃm¯Sp b`Spw b_ªp WX¶n«pw D*v’

AkÄ ASv b_ªp WnÀ¯n H¶v In^n¨p. B Ai¦m^w Wn_ª bp©n^n Fsâ ssN¯^n¸v sNm*v fmäpkm³ Wt¶ B{Pin¨psk¦n`pw t^O]psX KoknSw Wln¸n¡pkm³ B bqSW]v¡p AVnN tW^sfm¶pw tks*¶p A_n]mkp¶SnWm Mm³ H¶pw sI]vSnÃ. AkÄ A`vbw NqXn fpt¶m«p k¶p.

‘B³Zv sF Bw im¸n Umäv tPmÊnbvhv BÀ Wu {Xq… bns¶Fsâ {bn]s¸« Nq«pNm^n¡v Nn«n] Cu emPy¯n A`vbw Ahq]]pw’

ASv b_ªp AkÄ fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p Fsâ Np®]n H¶v St`mXn.

‘{Xoh… kmXv Un si BÀ ]p Zq]nRv?’ t^O thmc]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äpsNm*p A`_n.

H«pw {bSo£n¡m¯ B hµÀew Fs¶ BsN k`¨psk¦n`pw {Xoh]psX fmÀ±kfmÀ¶ ssN]psX IqXv Fsâ Np®s] H¶v Dt¯KnSWm¡n]n^p¶p.
Fsâ Np®s] bmânWp fpNan`qsX Ss¶ St`mXns¡m*v {Xoh Sn^nªp tWm¡n.

‘Hmiv… NmfpNsW Mm³ kl¯m¡psf¶pÅ tbXn]mt\m sbs® WnW¡v?’ AkÄ H^p In^nt]msX t^Ot]mXv tImUn¨p.

‘{Xoh… Unhv Cuhv tWmXv sc]À… Wo knIm^n¡p¶Sptbms` H^maà ^Kogv’ t^O b_ªp.

{Xoh fpOw Sn^n¨p, AkapsX St`mX`n làn]m^vKn¨p k^p¶ Fsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np®s] tWm¡n F¶n«p `nbvÌn¡v C«p Ipk¸n¨ B Ip*pNÄ AW¡ns¡m*p b_ªp:

‘ASv FWn¡_n]mw…Mm³ knIm^n¨Sptbms` H^maà ^Kogv F¶v. ASpsNm*tà Mm³ Ct§m«p kt^*n k¶Sv…’

ASv b_ªpsNm*v AkÄ Fsâ hnbv sfsà Du^n.

‘{Xohm… sk_psS H^p ho³ D*m¡^pSv.’ t^O ko*pw fp³tbm«p k¶p.

{Xoh Fsâ hnbv Du^n DÅnt`]v¡v N¿n«p Fsâ gZn Smjv¯n Fsâ Np® N¿n`m¡n.

‘Hmiv… C{S]pw Nm`w FÃm F³tKm]vsfâpw W½Ä H¶n¨m]n^p¶p sg]À sI]vSSv… Ct¸mÄ fnN¨Sv H¶v WnW¡v Nn«n]t¸mÄ Wo Fs¶ f_¶p AsÃ?’

FsâNp® bp_t¯]v–s¡Xp¯psNm*p AkÄ t^Ot]mXv tImUn¨p.

Fsâ Np® AkapsX hvbÀÈWw sNm*v kÃmsS Np`¨p Wn¶p. ASv N* t^O A`_n…

‘^Kn… Wo]pw?’

AkÄ tUgykpw Wn^ml]pw N`À¶ fpOemkt¯msX Fs¶ tWm¡n.

‘t^Om…Biv’

AktamXv hwhm^n¡pw fp³tb {Xoh Fsâ Np® AkapsX IqXpÅ ssN]n A`vbw fp_p¡n¸nXn¨p H¶v sSm`n¨Snsâ hpO¯n Fsâ hwhm^w fp_nªp.

‘^Kn… Wo]pw CSnWp Nq«v Wn¡pkmt\m…?’

t^O]psX lÐw CX_n.

sbs«¶v {Xo]h]psX ssN Fsâ Np®]n Wn¶pw tkÀsb«p. Nn«n] hpOw sbs«¶v Wãs¸«Snsâ kngf¯n Mm³ {Xohs] tWm¡n. AkÄ Fsâ Np`¨p Wn¡p¶ Np®s] tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m\v. AkapsX IqXv Wnlzmhw Fsâ Np®]n fp«p¶p*v. N®pNÄ Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v Ss¶ `Nv–gyw sk]v¡p¶p. `nbvÌn¡nsâ fnNkn Ipk¶p sNmSn¸n¡p¶ AkapsX Ip*v Fsâ Np®]n Wn¶pw H^p shân foäÀ tbm`pw ANs`]Ã… MmtWm Aktam H¶v AW§n]m Fsâ Np® AkapsX Ipk¶ Ip*n {bi^tf`vbn¡pw. AkÄ sfsà B Ip*pNÄ AW¡n hwhm^n¨p SpX§n:

‘t^Om… Wns¶ C§sW kngfn¸n¨n«pWnsâ Cu emPyw Mm³ S«n¸_ns¨Xp¡p¶nÃ. FÃmw W½Ä sg]À sI]vSn^p¶ntÃ?Wnsâ eÀ¯mknsW HjnsN… ASv WnW¡v Wnsâ eÀ¯mkp Fsâ fp³bn H^p AXnf]mkp¶Sp Nm\m³ ks¿¶v b_ªn«tà Mm³ Wns¶ fmän WnÀ¯n]Sv? ^Kogpw Fs¶¦n`pw Fsâ fp¶n k¶p fp«pfX¡pw F¶v Mm³ N^pSn. bs£, Ct¸mÄ Aksâ fp¶n Mm³ fp«pfX¡n… FÃmw Wo Nm^\fm t^Om… Mm³ N^pSn]Sv, sb®nWv bn¶ms` f\¸n¨p WX¡m¯ B\p§Ä Cu t`mN¯p Csöm\v.
bs£… Wo… Fsâ FÃm hpO¯n`pw sskNrS¯n`pw NqsX Wn¶ Wo…H^p hmVm^\ sb®m]n, H^p B\nsâ IqX_n]m³… AksW hvtWin¡m³… Aksâ AXnftbm`pw Bkm³ S¿m_ms]¶m]t¸mÄ… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡_n]nÃ… H^m\nsâ S\`n AWpekn¡m³ F¶ns` H^p sb®pw sNmSn¡p¶Sv sNm*mt\m… AtSm Wnt¶mXpÅ Ahq]t]m? F´ms\¶p FWn¡_n]nÃ…’

Fs¶ sM«n¨psNm*v {Xoh]psX N®pNan H^p WWkv. AkÄ hwhm^n¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX km]ns` IqXv Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v AXn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. H¶v A^s¡«W¡n]m B `nbvÌn¡n« Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX B Nmf_m\n]psX km]v IqXvBhzUn¡msf¶p FWn¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p*¦n`pw B ^wP¯nWp ASv AWpt]mKyfsöv fWÊn`m¡n Mm³ AW§n]nÃ. bq_n]v¡p H¶v Du¼pN]pw NqsX sI]vSn«v tbm^m]n^pt¶m Cu shân]Xn F¶v Mm³ fWÊn HmÀ¯p.

t^O]psX fpOkpw kmXn. Akapw fp«pNp¯n {Xoh]psX A^nNn C^p¶p.

‘{Xohm… ‘ AkÄ knan¨p.

{Xoh t^Os] tWm¡n h¦Xw fm]v¡mWpÅH^p knZv[n¨n^n In^n¨p. F¶n«p b_ªp…

‘MmWpw H^p sk_pw sb®m Zn…’

ASv b_ªSpw t^O Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p. AkÀ In^n¡pN]mt\m N^]pN]mt\m F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ… CX]v¡p ‘Aiv iw’ SpX§n] lÐ§Ä tNÄ¡mw.

F´m]m`pw B shân hoWnWp CX]n Fsâ bmkw N¼n¡p«Wv t_mÄ Csöp fWÊn`m¡n] Mm³ AknXp¶v sfsà k`n]m³ {lfn¨p.

sbs«¶v {Xoh]psX ssN ko*pw Fsâ Np®]n bnXp¯fn«p. sN«n¸nXn¨ AkÀ ^*ptb^pw AXÀ¶p fm_n.

{Xoh Fsâ fpOt¯]v¡p tWm¡p¶p. t^O Fsâ Np®]n bnXp¯fn«p t^O]psX N¿nt`]v¡pw. {Xoh sfsà fp³tbm«v Bªp, F¶n«pFsâ Np® AkapsX Ip*pNÄ¡nX]nt`]v¡v N]än.

Biv… Wm«ns` B^pw sNmSn¡p¶ I^¡nsâ km]v IqXv Fsâ Np®]nÂ. AkÄ W¶m]n H¶v Du¼n. Fsâ Np® km]n Wn¶v Du^msS Ss¶ AkÄ t^Os] tWm¡n.

t^O H¶v bp©n^n¨p. {Xoh]pw bp©n^n¨p. AkÄ km]v FXp¯p. FsâNp® AkapsX Sp¸`n WWªn^n¡p¶p. AkÄ t^Os] tWm¡n. t^O fpt¶m«n^p¶p. bns¶ km]v Sp_¶p Fsâ Np® km]n`m¡n.

FWn¡v hzbvWw Nm\p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n. Wà ^*p f`©^¡pNÄ fUm`hNÄ, ^*nWpw Wm`vb¯nWv fpNan {bm]fp*v. H¶v Fsâ fpS`man¨n. fsäm¶v Wm«ns` {bVmW km\m_m\n. ^*nsâ]pw l^o^w H¶nsWm¶p sf¨w. B ^*p Bäw I^¡pNapw Fsâ Np®]v¡p fp³bn fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p Fsâ Np®fm_n fm_n Ak^psX km]n`n«p WW]v¡p¶p.

AÂb hf]w t^O Fsâ Np®s] W¶m]n Du¼n bns¶ Ssâ Nq«pNm^n¡v Akh^w sNmXp¯p. {Xoh Fsâ Np®]n H¶v NmÀ¡n¨p Sp¸n F¶n«p AkapsX ssN sNm*v B Sp¸Â tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. F¶n«p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km]n`m¡n I¸n Du¼n. bns¶ km]v FXp¯p Fsâ bmânsâ d«³hv Du^n. t^O Fsâ bmâv Smjv¯n.
{Xoh Fsâ gZn]pw Smjv¯n. Fsâ tdmapNapw Np®]pw bqÀ\fm]n {co B]t¸mÄ FWn¡v kÃm¯ H^p Blzmhw.

F¶m B NmjvI Cu fUm`hNÄ¡p hin¡mkp¶Sm]n^p¶nÃ. AkÀ ^*ptb^pw Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v Bªp. {Xoh Fsâ Np® km]n`m¡n]Spw AkapsX km]n Wn¶v bp_¯pÅ Fsâ Np®]psX dm¡n emP¯pt^O W¡n WW¨p. {Xoh W¶m]n Du¼n] tlgw km]v FXp¯p. ASv Nm¯p Wn¶tbms` t^O sbs«¶v Fsâ Np® km]n`m¡n. {Xoh ASv N*p H¶v bp©n^n¨p. bns¶ Fsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`]v¡v fpOw sNm*pk¶p F¶n«p Fsâ tdmÄhv km]n`m¡n I¸m³ SpX§n.

t^O Ft´m fÕ^sf¶tbms`FsâNp®s] Du¼n hpOn¸n¡p¶p. AkÄ Fsâ Np® GSm*v fpjpkWm]n km]n`m¡n. Fsâ Np®]psX Sp¼pAkapsX sI_pWm¡n SjpNn AkapsX sSm*]n fp«p¶ps*¶p tSm¶n. t^O Np® fpjpkWm]n km]n`m¡n]tSmsX {Xoh]v¡p tdmÄhv I¸mWpw dp²nfp«m]n. F¦n`pw {Xoh Wmkpw Ip*pw Dbt]mPn¨v Fs¶ hpOn¸n¨psNm*n^p¶p.

t^O lzhn¡m³ dp²nfp«p¶psk¶p FWn¡v tSm¶n.AkapsX N®pNÄ Ipk¶p WWªp. AkapsX Ip*pNÄFsâ A^]n fp«p¶p*v. t^O]psX Ip*nWpw Fsâ A^s¡«nWpw CX]n sM^nªp Wn¡p¶ Fsâ t^mfw fm{Sw. Akan Wn¶pw ‘Omiv’ Fs¶m^p lÐw k¶p. bns¶ H¯n^n tW^wlzmhw Nn«m¯n^p¶p sbs«¶v lzmhw Nn«n] lÐt¯msX AkÄ km]v FXp¯p.

Fsâ Np®]n t^O]psX sNmjp¯ Sp¸Â. B Sp¸`nsâ dm¡n AkapsX km]nt`]v¡v Wo*p tbmNp¶p. AkÄ H¶v lzhn¡pt¼mtj¡pw {Xoh ASptbms` Ss¶ Fsâ Np® km]n`m¡n.

iq… b_ª_n]n¡m³ bäm¯ hpOw. H¶v Njn]pt¼mtj]v¡pw AXp¯Sv. FWn¡v tNm^n¯^n¨p.

{Xoh t^Os] tSm¸n¡msW¶ f«n`m]n^p¶p {bNXWw.Fsâ Np® fpjpkWm]n km]ns`Xp¯Sv tbm^mªn«v AkÄ S` ko*pw Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v BªXp¸n¡m³ {lfn¡p¶p. AÂb hf]w AkapsX km]vIqXv BhzUn¨p. AkapsX sNmjp¯ DfnWoÀ Fsâ Np®]psX H`n¡p¶ IqXv Mm³ AWpekn¨_nªp. lzmhw fp«n]t¸mÄ Akapw km]v FXp¯p. F¶m FWn¡v kn{lfn¡mWm]nÃ. AkapsXkm]v Np®]n Wn¶pw tkÀsb« DXsW t^O]psX km]v Fsâ Np®s] knjp§n. Mm³ BsN kn_¨p. bq_nNÄ fÕ^n¡pN]m\v C§sW tbm]m Fsâ skXn So^psf¶v fWÊn`m¡n] Mm³ ^*nsW]pw Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. F¶n«p ^*nsâ]pw hm^n k`n¨p Du^ns]_nªp.

^*p fUm`hNÄ »uhpw AXn¸mkmX]pw fm{SfpXp¯p Fsâ fp³bnÂ. B I^¡pNapsX s»mhpNan`qsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SÅn Wn¡p¶ fp`Napw sNmjp¯ k]_pNapw Npjnª k`n] sbm¡napNapw Ak^psX Sp¸`pNan WWªp NpSnÀ¶ Fsâ Np®¡p«sW sk«n kn_¸n¨p.

^*ptb^pw AXn¸mkmX Du^n. sNmjp¯ skap¯ SpXNÄ. »uhpNapw AkÀ Du^n]n«p. ^*p tb^psX]pw {dm sNm*v f_¡mWmkm¯ fp`¡pX§Ä B skap¯ {dm sNm*v Sm§n WnÀ¯m³ bänsöv tSm¶n¡p¶p. Mm³ Fsâ gÀ«pw Du^n. b^nbqÀ\ WPvWWm]n B ^*p I^¡pNapsX]pw AXpt¯]v¡p WX¶p.

Mm³ ssNNÄ Wo«n. ^*ptb^pw Fsâ ^*p kl¯pfm]n Hmt^m ssNNÄ¡nX]n tIÀ¶v Wn¶p. {dm]pw bm³äohpw fm{Sfn«vWn¡p¶ B I^¡pNapsX Np*nNÄ¡p fpNan Mm³ ssN sk¨p. bmâohv C«n«ps*¦n`pw ASn Wn¶pw Spap¼n Wn¡p¶ B ^*p NpSn¨nNapsX]pw Np*nNanÂMm³ Hmt^m ssNsNm*pw sM^n¨p. bq_nNÄ ASv BhzUn¨tbms` Ft¶mXv tIÀ¶v Wn¶p. Mm³ ^*ptbs^]pw Nq«n thmc]nt`¡v WX¶p. {Xoh ssi ioÂhv sI^p¸v C«n«p*v. t^O bqÀ\ WPvW]m\v.

Mm³ Aks^ ^*ptbs^]pw Wn¸n¨n«p thmc]nt`¡v C^p¶p. F¶n«p thmc]psX C^pkl¯pfm]n Akt^mXp C^n¡m³ b_ªp. ^*ptb^pw thmc]n fp«v fX¡n C^p¶p. F¶n«p Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v I^nªp NnX¶p. {Xoh]m\v BUywkm]n`m¡n]Sv. AkÄ Fsâ Np®]psX NX ks^ Du¼n. F¶n«p km]v FXp¯pNp® bnXn¨p t^O]v¡v Wo«n. t^O fpXn Hs¶mSp¡n Np® km]n`m¡n Du¼m³ SpX§n.

‘Ct¸mÄ Ft¶mXpÅ sk_ps¸ms¡ fm_nt]m?’ {Xoh tImUn¨p.

Mm³ AkapsX sNmjp¯ bp_¯p St`mXn.

‘G]v… FWn¡v F´v sk_p¸v’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘ASv Ip½m… Fs¶ sk«ns¡mÃmWpÅ tUgyw D*m]n^p¶ntÃ???’

AkapsX k`SpssN]n`m]n^p¶ Np® AkÄ H¶v sSm`n¨Xn¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.

Du¼ns¡m*n^p¶ t^O]v¡v ASv A`vbw dp²nfp«p*m¡n.

AÂb tW^w AkÄ km]v FXp¡msS Du¼Â WnÀ¯ns]¦n`pw bns¶ SpXÀ¶p.

‘Np_s¨ms¡ D*m]n^p¶p… bns¶ Cu I^¡ntWmsXms¡ BÀt¡`pw sk_p¸v tSm¶ptfm? tks_ Ft´`psfms¡]tà tSm¶pÅq…’ Mm³b_ªp.

‘Hm… Nų’ AkÄ Nan]m¡n.

t^O km]v FXp¯p Fsâ Np®]psX Aä¯p WmkpsNm*v Djnªp.

‘Biv…’ Mm³ hpOw sNm*v b_ªptbm]n.

‘^*p bq_nNtamXpw b_tª¡mw Btklw Nm\n¨p Fsâ bm sbs«¶v Naªm Wn§Ä¡m\v Wãw… ASpsNm*p bSps¡ fSn’

Mm³ b_ªp.

t^O km]v FXp¯p In^n¨p.

‘^Kognsâ hpOw B\v Fsâ hwSrbvSn… Wo FWn¡vNaªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv S¶ntÃ`pw Mm³ WnW¡v Ft¸mÄ tk\sf¦n`pw Naªp S^m³ S¿m_ms\¶v WnW¡v A_n]mtÃm… AtSm*v tfm³ M§Ä¡v tk*n SymPw H¶pw sI¿*… hpOn¨m fSn’

ASpw b_ªp AkÄ ko*pw Fsâ Np® km]n`m¡n.

‘Fsâ NÀ¯mtk… Wo CsS§WmXm Cu bq_ns] C§sW s{d]n³ kmgv sI]vtS? Hmt^m¶nsW tXmÀ¨À sI]vSp hpOn¡pt¼mÄ CkÄ Ft¶¡mÄ {Nq^ B]n^p¶tÃm… AkÄ¡v hpOw Nn«n¡jnªm bns¶ tks_ H¶pw tWm¡nÃ. B bq_n]m Ct¸mÄ AkÄ¡v tbm]ntÃ`pw Wnsâ bm F{S tkt\`pw Naªp S^msf¶v b_]pt¶…’

{Xoh t^Os] Nan]m¡n.
Mm³ t^O]psX Ip*p bnXn¨p sM^n¨p F¶n«v b_ªp:

‘AsSm^p fmKnNv B\v {Xoh tfmsa…Wo Ss¶ b_ªtÃm Cu fm{´nN kXn]v¡p fp¶n Wo fp«pNp¯ns]¶v…’

{Xoh In^n¨p F¶n«p t^O]psXkm]n Wn¶pw Fsâ Np® k`ns¨Xp¯p. ^*ptb^psX]pw DfnWo^pNan NpSnÀ¶ Fsâ Np® ¹Nv F¶ lÐt¯msX AkapsX km]n Wn¶v bp_s¯¯n.

‘AtS Zm ^Kn… CSv Wnsâ fm{´nN tNm`v Ss¶]m…’

{Xoh ASv b_ªpsNm*v AkapsX Ip*p Fsâ Np®]n D^hn. AkapsX `nbvÌn¡v fpjpk³Fsâ Np®]n tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p.

‘Zn ASv Ip*Ã Fsâ Np®]m… `nbvÌn¡v tS]v–t¡* Ø`w fm_nt¸m]n.’

Mm³ b_ªp. t^O In^n¨p.

‘AkÄ CWn `nbvÌn¡v CXp¶Sp Cu ÌnNv sNm*tÃ?’

AkÄ {Xohs] Nan]m¡n.

‘AsS C{S]pw WmÄ Wo]tà CSpsNm*p `nbvÌn¡v C«Sp. CWnfpSÂMm³ Ct«mamw tNt«mXn bq_n’

ASpw b_ªp {Xoh Fsâ Np® km]n`n«p Du¼n. Mm³ t^O]psX bp_¯p St`mXn. F¶n«p {dm]psX ipNv Du^n. ASv Wn`¯p ko\p. skap¯p^p* bm¡pX§Ä Spap¼n. AkÄ WnkÀ¶n^p¶p F¶n«p Fsâ fpOt¯]v¡v fp`]Xp¸n¨p. Mm³ t^O]psX H^pfp` ssN sNm*v sM^n¨p F¶n«p ftä fp` km]n`m¡n D_n©n. fp` sM«n NXn¨p. AkÄ bpaªp, bns¶ ko*pw km]n`m¡nI¸n k`n¨p. Mm³ t^O]psX fp` I¸pt¼mÄ {Xoh Fsâ Np® I¸n Fs¶ hpOn¸n¨psNm*n^p¶p. Mm³ {Xoh]psX S`]n H¶vSt`mXn. F¶n«p sfsÃAkapsX S` bnXn¨p. bns¶ làn]m]n AkapsX S` Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v AfÀ¯n. AsS hf]w Mm³ t^O]psX fp` NXn¨p k`n¨p. ^*p Nq¯n¨nNapw Fsâ N¿n NnX¶p bnXªp.

‘Biv…. B…’ t^O A`_n knan¨p.

{Xoh lzmhw Nn«msS ‘Oym.. Oiv…’ lÐfp*m¡p¶p.

AÂb hf]w ASv BhzUn¨ tlgw Mm³ ^*nsâ]pw làn Np_¨p. t^O Fsâ tft`]v¡zo\p. {Xoh Ipf¨psNm*p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km]v FXp¯p. AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw Vm^maw Sp¸Â Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v H`n¨p ko\p. t^O sbs«¶v NpS_nfm_n AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. fp` Ipk¶n^n¡p¶p. {Xoh]pw Fs¶ tWm¡n. AkapsX N®pNapw Wn_ªn^n¡p¶p.

‘F´m… Fsâ bq_nNÄ¡p dp²nfp«t]m?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘G]v CÃ… ^KognWv M§sa F´v tkt\`pw sI¿mt`m…’

ASv b_ªp {Xoh Fsâ WWªp NpSnÀ¶ Np®]n ko*pw Ipwdn¨p. t^O H¶v In^n¨p F¶n«v Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p. Mm³ t^O]psX ftä fp` km]n`m¡n Cu¼n. {Xoh Fsâ Np®]v¡p IpäpfpÅ emP§an W¡n WW¨p. CX]v¡p AkÄ km]n`m] Fsâ H^p t^mfw AkÄ Wmkn Wns¶Xp¯p.

‘Cu t^mfsfms¡ km]n`mkp¶p. WnW¡v ^Kn]psX CknsXms¡ H¶v tgkv sI]vSp sNmXp¯qsX t^tO?’ {Xoh tImUn¨p.

‘Biv… Mm³ tImUn¨Sm… ^Kn Ss¶]m b_ªSv ASv kXnt¡s*¶v… B\p§Ä¡v t^mfw tk\w tbm`pw’

t^O Fsâ fp`]q¼Â BhzUn¨psNm*v f_pbXn b_ªp.

‘F´m ^Kn… CknsXms¡ kr¯n]m¡n sk¡\w… Ctàkn]Às¸ms¡ sN«n Wn¶v kà AhpOkpw k^pw. ^Kn¡v– ks¿¦n MmtWm t^Ot]m kXn¨p S^ntà CWn F¶pw…’

AkÄ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ t^O]psX fp` Du¼p¶Sp WnÀ¯n

‘Fsâ t^mfw km]n`m]n AStà {blv-Ww. Mm³ Wnt¶mXv b_ªnÃtÃm Fsâ Np® Du¼m³?’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Hmiv…Fsâ ^Kn… s^Kn]psX t^mfw km]n`m]m FWns¡m^p Npj¸kpfnÃ’

AkÄ ASv b_ªp Fsâ t^mf¯n D½ sk¨p.

‘Biv… F¦nt` AknsX kXn¨p kr¯ntNXm¡*… AknsX kn]À¸p sN«n¡nX¡p¶pt* ^*ptb^pw NqsX CWn W¡n kr¯n]m¡nt]¡p tNt«m???’

Mm³ b_ªp. t^O In^n¨p. {Xoh H¶pw fn*msS AknsX W¡n kXn¨p. Mm³ {Xoh]psX {dm]pw Du^n. F¶n«p H^p ssNsNm*v AkapsX fp`NÄ bnXn¨p sM^n¨pX¨p. Hmt^m¶pw skÅ^n¡ tbm`p*m]n^p¶p. ssNNÄ sNm*v B bm b´pNÄ sM^n¨pX¨psNm*p Mm³ t^O]psX fp`NÄ fm_n fm_n Du¼n. {Xoh Fsâ SpX]nXp¡pNÄ W¡n kr¯n]m¡n. F¶n«p Fjpt¶äp. AkÄ Wm¡v Wo«n t^Os] Nm\n¨p. t^O sfsÃAkapsX Wm¡nsâ Sp¼p W¡n. bns¶ {Xoh AkapsXIp*pNÄ Ssâ Ip*pNÄ sNm*v C_p¡n. DfnWo^n`qsXFsâ kr¯ntNXpNÄ {Xoh t^O]v¡v ssNfm_n. Ak^psX ^*p tb^psX fpOkpw ko*pw Fsâ Np®]psX AXpt¯]v¡p Smjv¶p. S` I^n¨pbnXn¨p ^*ptb^pw Fsâ Np®]psX b¸mSn km]n`m¡n.

bns¶ ^*p tb^pw S` H¶n¨p fpNant`]v¡pw Smtjm«pw I`n¸n¨p.

Biv…

B N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^*p frUp IÀf§apsX CX]n Fsâ Np®¡p«³ hzÀPw N*p.

Ip*pNÄ sNm*pÅ NphrSn Njnªt¸mÄ WmkpNÄ sNm*m]n.

^*ptb^pw fÕ^n¨p Fsâ Np® W¡n WW¨p. Mm³ hzÀPo] AWpeqSn AWpekn¨_n]pN]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ^*ptb^psX]pw S`]n St`mXn. AkÀ Fs¶ kÃmsS hpOn¸n¨p. WnÀ¯m³ b_]\sf¶v tSm¶n]nsæn`pw… WnÀ¯n]nsæn CWn bnXn¨p Wn¡mWmknsöp fWÊn`m¡n] Mm³ Aks^ Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p.

^*ptb^psX]pw bmâohnWpÅnt`]v¡v N¿n«p. ^*nsâ]pw bq_p WWªp NpSnÀ¶n^p¶p. Mm³ ^*nsâ]pw bq_nSapNan kn^t`mXn¨p.bnXn¨p sM^n¨p. bns¶ sfsà bmâohv bnXn¨p Smjv¯n. ^*ptb^pw Fs¶ him]n¨psNm*p Ak^k^psX bmâohv Du^n. sk«n kr¯n]m¡n] Npänt^mf§Ä Wn_ª ^*p sNm¨½fm^psX bq_pNÄ. Mm³ Hmt^m¶n`pw Fsâ WXpkn^`pNÄ N]än. F¶n«p sfsà ^s*®¯nsW]pw kn^`pNÄ sNm*v b®m³ SpX§n.

B^pw sNmSn¡p¶ B ^*p fUm`hNÄ Fsâ ^*p ssNNan ^Sn WnÀkrSn A\]m³ SpX§n. N®pNÄ Nq¼n]X]p¶p. Ip*pNÄ NXn¡p¶p, bpa]p¶p

‘½vfv…’ ‘Biv…’

SpX§n] ftWmi^fm] lÐ§Ä bp_s¸Xpkn¡p¶p. Fsâ kn^`pNan IqXv NqXn… ASv kÃmsS WW]m³ SpX§n. sNmjp¯ skÅw Fsâ ssNNant`¡v H`n¨n_§pt¼mÄ Mm³ ssNNÄ FXp¯p. hpO¯n“nªp Wn¶B Nmf_m\nNÄ sbs«¶v hpOw fp_nªSnsâ b^nekt¯msX Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ In^n¨p.

‘Fs¶ W¶m]n«p hpOn¸n¨Stà ^*nsâ]pw A{S sbs«¶v Na]m³ FWn¡pw Dt±lfnÃ…{Xoh NnX¡v… t^O]psX bq_v Fsâ Np®]psX IqXv A_nªStÃ… ASpsNm*p C¶v BUyw {Xoh AWpekn¡s«… F¶n«v fSn’

Mm³ b_ªp. ASv tN«]pXsW Nq«pNm^ns] Nan]m¡ns¡m*p {Xoh thmc]nt`¡v NnX¶p. Wo* thmc]psX N¿n AkÄ S` k¨p. H^pNm Notjm«pw f_p Nm thmc]psX fpNan`pfm]n bq_p sbman¨p AkÄ NnX¶p.

b`s^s¡m*pw So«w tbm`pw Soän¨ Cu fnhvs{XÊpfmÀ Fsâ Np®]v¡p tk*n bq_p bnaÀ¯n NnX¡p¶ NmjvI F¶ns` B\nsW AenfmWw sNmÅn¨p.

FXn {Xohtfmsa…Wo Nm\n¨ KmZ]vs¡ms¡ Wo C¶v AXn km§n¡pw ssft^… B\v F´ms\¶p WnW¡v Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw.

Mm³ H^p Nm fX¡n thmc]nÂsk¨p. Np® {Xoh]psX bq_n fp«n¨p.

‘^Kn… C¶s` km§n sk¨ tNm*w D*v FXp¡t«?’ t^O]psX tImUyw.

‘tks*Xn Mm³ bm Na]nÃ. Wnsâ bqän`pw NqsX AXnt¡*StÃ…’

ASv b_ªp Mm³ t^O]psX bq_nSapNÄ bnXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sM^n¨p.
AkÄ Nms`m¶mN¯nt¸m]n. F¶n«p In^n¨p.

‘Wo H¶v Sp¸nt]…’ Mm³ Np®]nt`¡v N®v Nm\n¨psNm*v t^Ot]mXv b_ªp. t^O AXpt¯]v¡p k¶p W¶m]n«v NmÀ¡n¨p Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v Sp¸n. Wà sNmjp¯ AkapsX Sp¸`nWp Wà IqXp*m]n^p¶p.
ASv FsâNp®]n Wn¶v{Xoh]psX bq_nt`]v¡pw Cäp ko\p. Mm³ Np®sNm*v AkapsX bq_n D^hn. B Sp¸Â {Xoh]psX bqän Np® sNm*v tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. Mm³ F¶n«p Np® sNm*vAkapsX bqÀ Im`n D^¨p.

‘^Kn… tNän SmXm…’

B D^h hin¡mWmkmsS {Xoh sN©n. Mm³ AkapsX Spat]mXv Np® tIÀ¯v sk¨v Bªp SÅn. {Xoh H¶v bnX¨ptbm]n. Mm³ Np® H¶v bn_tNms«Xp¯p ko*pw BªXn¨p.

{Xoh]psX bq_nWpÅnt`]v¡v Fsâ Np® fpjpkWm]pw Bjv¶n_§n. FWn¡v hin¡mWmNm¯ IqXm]n^p¶p AkapsX bqänWpÅnÂ. fm{Sfà AkapsX bqÀ en¯nNapsX kjpkjp¸pw Fs¶ {em´Wm¡n. Mm³ H^p NpSn^t]m«¯ns`¶tbms` {Xoh]psX bqän BXnªmXn.

Hmt^m AXn]pw {Xoh]psX A^s¡«n`pw bq_nsâ At§]ä¯pw {bi^tf`vbn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

‘Biv… ^Kn… AXns¡Xm…’ AkÄ hpOw sNm*v A`_n knan¨p. Mm³ AkapsX fp`NÄ bnXn¨pX¨psNm*p B IqXpÅ Spa]nt`]v¡v H^p {em´sWt¸ms` bmªp N]_n. Akapw A^s¡«p sbm¡n]Xn¨p S^p¶p. Nm«p bq_n…Mm³ AkapsX fpOt¯]v¡p Sp¸n.

‘Mm³ Wns¶ b®pkmZn bq_ntfmsa… {Xohm…Aiv… Nj¸n, sbm`]mXn… Fsâ skXn….Biv Biv’

Wn]{´\t¯msX AXn¡m³ SpX§n] Fs¶ B Nm«p Nj¸n]psX bq_p Wn]{´\w sSän¨p.

Fsâ Np®]ns` skÅkpw AkapsX sW¿pw B bq_nsW ko*pw sNmjp¸n¨p. Hmt^m AXn]n`pw ¹Nv ¹Nv lÐw Wn_ªp.

Fsâ fpOemkkpw BªXn]pw N*t¸mÄ t^O]v¡v Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n.

‘^Kn…’

AkÄ knan¨p.Mm³ H¶v WnÀ¯n. F¶n«p {Xoh]psX tft`¡v ko\p.

‘FXn bq_n tfmsa… Wnsâ bq_nWp Fs´m^p IqXms\Xn ssft^… Fs¶ kjnsSän¡pktÃmXn Ak^mSn… Wo…’

Mm³ ASv b_ªp sfsà Fsâ Np® Du^ns]Xp¯p.

‘^Kn… ¹ohv ^*p fnWnäv NqXn AXn¨p SmXm… FWn¡nt¸m tbmNpw…’

{Xoh Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p b_ªp. M§Ä b^hvb^w kn]À¸n WWªp. NnS¨psNm*v NnX¶p.

Fsâ bn³emP¯p H^p WWkv tSm¶n]t¸mjm\v Mm³ ko*pw hztdmV¯nt`]v¡v k^p¶Sv. {Xoh]pw MmWpw H^p APvWn bÀkS¯nsâ fpNan`m]n^p¶p. ASv sbm«ns¯_n¡m¯Sn DÅ kngfkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASn Wn¶pw Sn^nsNs]¯mWpÅ hf]kpw Fsâ hztdmVw Wln¸n¨n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ CSm Fsâ Np*n knXkn H^p WWkv… im… Bt^m C¡nan]nXp¶p. Mm³ S` sbm¡n bnt¶m«v tWm¡n.

Fsâ bn¶n Wn¶v Fsâ SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v fpOw tIÀ¯v sk¨n^n¡pN]m\v t^O.

AkÄ¡_n]mw CWn]psfsâ Np®]n hvb^vlWw G¸n¨m AkÄ¡p Nn«mkp¶ hpO¯nsâ Aakv Np_]psf¶v. F¦n`pw AkÄ¡p Fs¶ hpOn¸n¡\w ASnWm]n AkÄ Fsâ I´n kn^n¨p bnXn¨p Fsâ Np*n]psX Spa]psX B^we emP¯p W¡pN]m\v…

koZnt]mNan Nm\m_ps*¶ÃmsS C¶v ks^ B emPs¯ ss`wPnNSt]mXp Mm³ Sm`vb^ys¸«n^p¶nÃ.

Ct¸mÄ Biv… t^O Fsâ Np*n]psX knXkn BÀ¯nt]msX W¡p¶p. FWn¡v AktamXv A_¸p tSm¶ns]¦n`pw B hpOw Fs¶ kÃmsS tNm^n¯^n¸n¡p¶p.

Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. AkÄ fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p. Mm³ Np*n AkapsX fpO¯n«p D^¨p. CSv N*psNm*p ss¢fmN-vhnWXps¯¯n WnÀ¯n] {Xoh AkapsX bqänt`¡v kn^ N]än AXn¡m³ SpX§n. t^O H¶v WnÀ¯n. bns¶ ASn làn]m]n AkapsX Wm¡v Fsâ Spa]nt`¡p SÅn…

‘Biv…’ Mm³ fSnf_¶p tbm]n.

AkÄ fpOw ko*pw Fsâ Np*n knXknt`¡v SÅn¡]äm³ {lfn¡p¶p. Mm³ BsN bpaNw sNm*p.

{Xoh Fs¶ tWm¡ns¡m*p hz]w temPw sI¿p¶p. AkÄ AkapsX ^*p kn^`pNÄ AkapsX bqänt`¡v N]än]n_¡pkm³ SpX§n.

‘^Kn…Biv’AkÄ knan¨p.

‘Na]sÃXn… Biv… Np_¨qsX Njn]s«…’

t^O]psX Wmkp G¸n¡p¶ fÀ±W¯n BsN knklWm]n Mm³ b_ªp. AkÄ kn^`pNapsX I`Ww fµ PSn]n`m¡n.
B bq_v BsN WWªp Npjªn^p¶p.
Mm³ t^O]psX fpO¯v Wn¶pw fm_n.

‘fSns]Xn W¡n]SvCWn FWn¡v sbmSn¨p Sm… {Xohm… Wo Fjpt¶Â¡v CWn Mm³ Np_¨ptW^w NnX¡s«’

Mm³ b_ªp. {Xoh Fjpt¶äp. Mm³ thmc]n NnX¶p. t^O Fsâ tft`¡v N]_nC^p¶p. {Xoh M§apsX ^*ptb^psX]pw Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n fpOw k^p¶Sptbms` C^p¶p. AkÄ Fsâ Np®]n H¶v Sp¸n F¶n«p ssN sNm*v ASv Np®]n tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. bns¶ sfsà km]n`m¡n Du¼n.

H^p sNm¨p Np«n sFhv Wp\]p¶Sptbms` Fsâ DuÀKw Wn` WnÀ¯m³ AkÄ kas^ bSps¡]m\v Du¼n¯^p¶Sv…
ASv W¶m]n H¶v BhzUn¨v k^pt¼mtj¡pw AkÄ km]vFXp¯p. bns¶ t^O]psX bq_n W¡n. F¶n«p t^O]psX bq_nt`¡v AkÄ Ss¶ FsâNp® N]än k¨v S¶p.

Fsâ Np® t^O]psX tS³ NqXnt`]v¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]_pt¼mÄ t^O Fs¶ {b\]bqÀÆw tWm¡n. B N®pNans` Nmfw Fs¶ kÃmsS tfmin¸n¨p. B Ip*pNÄ k`n¨q¼m³ Mm³ sNmSns¨¦n`pw A`vbw fp³bv AkÄ Fsâ bn³emP¯p sI]vStSmÀ¯p Mm³ ASnWp fpSnÀ¶nÃ. t^O bSps¡ AkapsX A^s¡«p D]À¯n Smjv¯m³SpX§n.

‘ABiv…’

AkapsX ^Sn lÐw.

Mm³ AkapsX Np*nNan bnXn¨p B IqXpÅ tS³ NqXp Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v làn]m]n tIÀ¡m³ SpX§n. t^O]psX bm fp`NÄ Fsâ fp³bn Sq§n]mXp¶p. AXn]psX hpO¯n AkapsX N®pNÄ Nq¼n]X]p¶p. Nojv¨p*pNÄ AkÄ SWns] NXn¡p¶p. B NmjvI FWn¡v kÃm¯ i^fm]n^p¶p. Fsâ fpS`man]psX em^y, bSnsW«pNm^n]psX A½ Fsâ Np®]v¡p fpNan C^p¶p FWn¡v sbmSn¨p S^p¶p. F¶m ASn`pw k`n] AÛpSw AÂb hf]¯nWNw Mm³ AWpekn¨_nªp.

Fsâ N¼n¡p® IqXpÅ H^p Spa]nt`]v¡v N]_n C_§pt¼mÄ Fsâ tdmÄhnt`]v¡pw IqXpÅ H^p WWkv.

{Xoh]psX km]v B\v. Biv ^*p Nmf ^qbn\nNÄ Fs¶ hzÀ¤¯ns`¯n¡pN]m\v. AkÄ Ip*pw Wmkpw sNm*v Fsâ tdmÄhn Djnªp. Mm³ A^s¡«p sbm¡n t^O]psX Spa]nt`]v¡v Fsâ Np® AkÄ tNän sk]v¡pw fp³tb Mm³ tNän]Xn¡pw F¶ Btkl¯n BªXn¡m³ SpX§n.

‘Biv… ^Ko… Biv’

t^O A`_n knan¡m³ SpX§n. Fsâ]pw t^O]psX]pw A^s¡«p Nq«n]nXn¡p¶p XNv XNv lÐw fpj§n.

t^O]psX sW¿v D^pNn Fsâ Np®]n`qsX HjpNm³ SpX§n. B HjpNns]¯n] sW¿v ^pIn A_nª {Xoh Fsâ Np®]psX NX]n AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p.

t^O]v¡v sbmSn¡m³ AsSm^p dp²nfp«m]n. AkÄ¡pw Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n. sfsà sfsà AkÄ AXn bSps¡]m¡n.

MmWpw A^s¡«p Smjv¯n NnX¶p.

AkÄ AXn sfsà WnÀ¯ns¡m*v Fsâ sW©nt`¡v Imªp. Mm³ Aksa Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p.

‘F§WmXn H¶n¨p Na]pN?’ Mm³ {Xoht]mXv tImUn¨p.

‘^Kn BUyw C^p¶tbms` C^n¡v. M§Ä km]v sNm*v Naªp S^mw. ^Kn M§Ä¡v At¸mÄ kn^`n«p S¶m fSn.’ {Xoh b_ªp.

‘Biv ASnWp fp³bv Mm³ H¶psX Wn§Ä¡p bqän`Xn¨p S^mw… ^*ptb^pw H¶v NpWnªp Wn¡v’

ASv tN«Spw ^*p bq_nNapw thmc]nt`¡v Imªp Fsâ fp¶n NpWnªp Wn¶p.

B Np*n kn^n¨pÅ ^*p I^¡pNapsX]pw Wn¸v Ss¶ Fsâ Wn]{´\w Na]n¡p¶Sm]n^p¶p. Mm³ {Xoh]psX SpX]nXp¡n N¿n«p.
BsN WWªp NpSnÀ¶ bq_n ssN sNm*v W¶m]n D^hn Aksa fq¸n¨p.
F¶n«p AkapsX bn¶n`qsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ Np® B kjpkjp¯ bqänt`¡v Np¯n]n_¡n.

NpWnªp Wn¶ AkapsX S` sbm§nt¸m]n. Mm³ AkapsX fpXn Ip^p«n¸nXn¨p F¶n«p BªXn¡m³ SpX§n. Fsâ AXn AkapsX DÅnsâ]pÅn ks^ {bN¼Ww sNmÅn¡p¶Sm]n^p¶p.

¹Nv ¹Nv lÐw AknsX Wn_ªp.

Mm³ Np® Du^ns]Xp¯p.

t^O]psX bSp bSp¯ Np*nNan ssN sNm*v Bªp AXn¨p.

fm_n fm_n B skap¯p SpXp¯ Np*nNsa Mm³ AXn¨p Ipk¸n¨p. F¶n«p AkapsX bqänt`]v¡pw Np® SÅn¡]än.

‘Biv…’ AkÄ A`_n.

Mm³ AkapsX A^s¡«n bnXn¨p Fsâ Np® AkapsX Bj¯nt`]v¡v CXn¨p N]än.

¹Nv ¹Nv… AkapsX WWª bqän Wn¶pw Fsâ Np® Akapfm]n tI^p¶ hwPoSw.

‘Biv…’ Mm³ sbs«¶v Np® Du^n F¶n«p Ak^psX WXpkn thmc]n`m]n C^p¶p. ^*p bq_nNapw Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v fpOw tIÀ¯psNm*v thmc]nt`¡v N]_n fp«pNp¯n Wm`v Nm`n Wn¶p.

^*nsâ]pw SpX]nXp¡nt`]v¡vFsâ ssNNÄ bXÀ¶p. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ Ak^psX bq_nSapNapw N´pNapw sM^n¨p. ^*ptb^pw C^pkl¯p Wn¶pw Fsâ Np®s] Ipwdn¨p. BsN WWªp NpSnÀ¶ ASnsâ f\w ^*ptb^pw BhzUn¨p.

Fsâ WmXpkn^`pNÄ Ak^psX IqXv Ns*¯n…

B IqXpÅ SpaNant`]v¡v bXÀ¶p N]_n.

^*ptb^pw bpaªp…

‘Biv…’

B fmhvf^nN lÐw ^*ptb^psX]pw km]n Wn¶v bp_t¯]v¡p k¶p. Mm³ C^pN¿pw H¶n¨p I`n¸n¡m³ SpX§n. {Xoh B hpOw hin¡mWmNmsS Fsâ Np®]n NXn¨p. t^O W¡n. {Xoh Np® km]n`m¡n Du¼n. F¶n«p km]v FXp¯p

H^p Wnfngw tbm`pw bmjm¡msS t^O ASv km]n`m¡n Du¼n.

Mm³ ssNNapsX tkPS bSns]¸Sns] tkP¯n`m¡n.

t^O]pw {Xoh]pw H^p fÕ^sf¶tbms` Fsâ Np® fm_n fm_n km]n`m¡n I¸n k`n¨p Du¼n.

^*p tb^psX km]v IqXv Fsâ Np®]n fm_n fm_n AWpeks¸Xp¶ hpOw b_ª_n]n¡m³ bäm¯Sm]n^p¶p.

Fsâ krg\w kÃmsS k`nªp fp_pNn. Mm³ ASnsWm¸w ^*ptb^psX]pw bqän kn^`pNÄ sNm*v Bªp b®n.

Ak^psX bq_nWpÅn Wn¶pw sbm«ns]mjpNp¶ sWs¿m`n¸nsâ kySyhvSS Mm³ AWpekn¨_nªp.

B bq_pNapsX IqXv kÃmsS NqXp¶Spw Ak]v¡p C_p¡w NqXp¶Spw FWn¡Wpeks¸«p. ASnsâ {bSnVzWn Ak^psX fpOemk§an`pw AkÀ Fsâ Np®]n G¸n¡p¶ hpO¯n`pw D*m]n^p¶p.

t^O ‘Biv…’ lÐfp*m¡nsNm*p Fsâ Np® k`nIq¼n.Ssâ A^s¡«v I`n¸n¨psNm*p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {Xoh]pw Ssâ Nq«pNm^ns] S«nfmän Fsâ Np®]q¼n.

FWn¡v sbm«ns¯_n¡m_m]n^p¶p. {Xoh Du¼n k`n¨ Np® AkapsX fpOw Ssâ fpOw sNm*v S«nfmän t^O Du¼n]Spw, Mm³ ^*nsâ]pw bqänt`¡v Bªp kn^`n«Spw ASv hin¡mWmNmsS t^O km]v bn³k`n¨Spw… H«pw ks¿¦n`pw t^O km]v FXp¯Sv N*p {Xoh fpOw AXp¸n¨Spw Fsâ Np®]n Wn¶v bm Ioän]Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p.

{Xoh]psX fq¡n`pw N®nt`]v¡pfm\vBUys¯ IoäÂ.

B NmjvI N*p t^O]pw fpOfXp¸n¨p. AkapsX Ip*n`pw fpXn]n`pw Fsâ bm IoänsS_n¨p.

Hmt^m Ioä`n`pw Mm³ Fsâ ssNNÄ Bªp Bªp Ak^psX DÅ_Nant`¡v tNän.

BUyw t^O]psX sW¿v sbm«ns]m`n¨Spw bn¶ms`… ‘DuDu…’ lÐt¯msX {Xoh A^s¡«p sbm¡n Fsâ N¿nt`¡v Ioän¨Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p. Fsâ lp¢w ko*pw ko*pw Ioäpt¼mta¡pw t^O]psX]pw {XoÊ]psX]pw bq_n Wn¶v bpj tbms` H`n¨n_§pN]m]n^p¶p.

fq¶p tbÀ¡pw hvO`Ww hwekn¨p.

Mm³ H¶W§mWmkmsS AknsX Np_¨pNqsX Imªp NnX¶p.

t^O]pw Fsâ SpX]nt`]v¡v Imªp NnX¶n^p¶p.

{XohFsâ Np®]n H¶v Ipwdn¨p F¶n«p ASn bän] Fsâ bm W¡ns]Xp¯p Akapw Fsâ A^s¡«n S` Im]v¨p.

F{S tW^w A§sW C^ps¶¶_n]nà H^p D{P³ Nan Njnª B`hy¯n Mm³ D_§nt¸m]n.

Ft¸mtjm bmSn f]¡¯n Mm³ B NmjvI N*p. sÌbv N]_n k^p¶ tlOÀ…FWn¡Sp knlzhn¡mWm]nÃ,

Sp_¶p sk¨ fUy¡p¸n]pw ¥mhpNapw,

hnP_änsâ Aklnã§Ä…

Ssâ em^y]psX]pw Nq«pNm^n]psX]pw k`ns¨_n]s¸« khv{S§Ä…

B NmjvI N*psNm*p H^p sM«t`msX N]_n k^p¶ tlOÀ.

CWn]k³ Nm\m³ tbmNp¶ NmjvI Fsâ A^s¡«n tklyNsa tbms` H^p ^SnhwPf¯nsâ B`hy¯n SaÀ¶p_§p¶ Aksâ em^ys]]pw Nq«pNm^ns]]pfm\v.

AkÀ S` Im]v¨p_§p¶Sp Sm³ l¼aw sNmXp¯p Wn]fn¨ Ssâ ss{Zk_psX fXn¯«n Aksâ hvO`Ww Njnªp SaÀ¶p NnX¡p¶ `nwPt¯mXv fpOw AXp¸n¨p…

FWn¡Sp knlzhn¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. FWn¡v Fjpt¶Â¡m³ tbm`pw bäp¶nÃ. Mm³ N®pNÄ sfsà Sp_¡m³ {lfn¨p.

A{S kyàfÃm¯ NmjvI]n`qsX Mm³ ASv Sn^n¨_nªp.

AsS… Bt^m G\n¸XnNÄ tN_n k^p¶p*v…

(SpX^pw)