fª Ip^nUmÀ A\nªp fMvKp A¼`¯nWXp¯p Fs¶ Nm¯p Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ k*n WnÀ¯n AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.

‘F´m tfmsa… Np_¨p Unkhfm]tÃm N*n«v… F´m kntlgw…’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘i im… CSv sNmÅmt`m… CsSms¡ tImUn]v¡m³ S¶m MmWpw Cu ss{Zkt_mXv k^m³ b_ªSv.’

‘ss{ZkÀ Wnsâ S´¸Xn emh-vN^³…’

‘tU… Fsâ AÑsW¸_ªm`p*tÃm…’ AkÄ kn^Â Iq*n.

‘b_ªm Wo Fs¶ F´v sI¿psfXn…’ Mm³ A`vbw tUgyemk¯n tImUn¨p. AkÄ ssN Smjv¯n.

‘Biv… ASv knXv… SWns¡´mtXm fmapkntWmXv {blvWw? tN_n s{bmt¸mhv sI]vtSm Aan]m?
BsN¸msX Cs¸m H^p AkmÀZv cn`nw B\tÃm…’

‘AkmÀZv cn`ntfm? Fs¶ N*m A{S Wn^mlm NmfpNWm]n«v tSm¶ptkm?’

‘im im… As¸m Mm³ tImUn¨Sn`v Nm^yfnÃmSnà tÃ?’ AkÄ H^p Nan]m¡`nsâ hz^¯n b_ªp.

‘Hm… W½av bmk§ams¶… fmapknsWs]m¶pw Ipf¡mWpÅ BkSn W½¡ntÃ…’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘SWn¡v Ipf¡m³ BkSn DÅ Bav CknXp*v… hm_v Aks^s]ms¡ ssf³Zv sI¿ptkm Btkm?’

‘B^m\mtkm B Bav… Wnsâ Nm^ymt\m… Fsâ sbm¶p tfmsa Mm³ CÃ, FWn¡nWn]pw Kokn¨n^n¡\w…’ Mm³ Aksa Nan]m¡n.

CSpsNms*ms¡]m\v fMvKp FÃmkÀ¡pw {bn]s¸«kÄ Bkp¶Sv. H¶pw fn*mSn^n¡p¶k³ tbm`pw AkapsX fp¶n sb«m bns¶ km tSm^msS hwhm^n¨ptbmkpw.

‘AsS´m fmtg… Mm³ A{S tfmlmt\m?’ AkÄ H^p b^nekt¯msX tImUn¨p.

‘Bt\mt¶m… fmaqsâ {c*v Bt]m*v Mm³ b_]mSn^p¶Sm… e]¦^ tdm_m\v…’

‘Bt\m… F¶m bns¶ Mm³tNhzn«p. WsÃm^p Im³hv kn«p Naªp¶v HmÀ¯p hm_v bns¶ N^]pw At{S]pÅq… Biv ASv koXv… ftä tNhv b_…’

‘GSp ftä tNhv…?’

‘im… KmZ Na fmtg… Ft´m Np^p¯t¡Xv H¸n¨q¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n… F´m¶v b_…’ AkÄ H^p NÅsW bnXn¨ ht´mgt¯msX b_ªp.

‘Fsâ fMvKp, Wo knIm^n¡p¶ tbms`m¶pÃ… FWn¡_nà F´m hwekw ¶p… Wnsâ I§mSnt]mXv– Ss¶ tbm]n tImUn¡v’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Fsâ ^Kotg«m… Cu fMvKp AkÄsX H¸w N«]v¡p Wn¶n«pw Akav In^n¡p¶nÃm¶p b_ªm`v…bns¶ Ht^s]m^p _q«v fm{Sktà sSän«pÅp… AkÄsX NpXpwd bp^m\w sNm*pÅ B hmZnhw Hs¡ fm_n k^pkm]n^p¶p.
AtSm*v… tfm³ b_…’

‘Wo Bav eoN^n]m\tÃm…. ipw sl^n , CWn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CknsXm¶pw Han¡p¶nÃ… Wos]ms¡ F{S ImXn]m`pw H^p sb®nWv H^p B\v sNmXp¡p¶ AXp¸w sNmXp¡m³ bäpÃtÃm?’

‘inÃm…’

‘Biv As¸m bns¶ fmaqWv Ft¶mXv Fs´ms¡t]m tSm¶n]Sn`v Wo sSäv b_]m³ bäpÃtÃm…’ ASv tN«Spw AkapsX fpOs¯ emkw fm_n.

‘Hmiv… A§sWs]ms¡ Bt]m Nm^y§Ä? Dw… F¶n«v–…’

‘F¶ns«´m… AkapsX A½]v¡pw AsS co`nwPv. CSv fmap Nm\p¶p… bns¶ H^£^w Bav Ft¶mXv fn*o«nÃ…’ Mm³ b_ªp.

fMvKpknsâ fpOw BsN kna_n. Ft´m A^pSm¯Sp tN«Sptbms` AkapsX emkw.

‘Fsâ Nrgv\m… Fs´ms¡]m CSv… FWn¡nsSm¶pw tNÄ¡m³ kt¿…’ AkÄ b_ªp. Mm³ In^n¨p.

‘im… CsSms¡ sNm*m Mm³ b_]mSn^pt¶…’

‘im… sl^n… Wmsa M§av ¢mhv N«v sI¿pw. Blm³ M§sa bn¡v sI¿m³ kt¶¡\w. fmaqsâ bn\¡w fm_ptkm¶p W½¡v tWm¡mw’ AkÄ b_ªp.

‘tks*Xn… AsSm¶pw sl^n]mknÃ’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘sl^n]mkpw. tfm³ f^ymU]v¡v Wmsa Mm³ knan¡pt¼mÄ k¶m fSn’ AkÄ b_ªp.

‘im…sl^n… CWn Mm³ k^mªn«ms\¶p b_]*…’Mm³b_ªp.

‘Hmiv… sl^n. F¶m tfm³ sIÃq… sk_psS Fs¶ Wm«pNms^s¡m*v Io¯t¸^v tNĸn¡*…’ AkÄ b_ªp. F¶n«v Ft¶msXm¸w Nm_nsâ tZm_nWXp¯p k¶p. Mm³ Nm_n N]_n Aksa tWm¡n. H^p bp©n^nt]msX AkÄ Nm_nsâ tZm_nt`]v¡v NpWnªp Wn¶p. AkapsX f\w F¶nt`]v¡v C^¨pN]_n. Ip^nUm_nWpÅn`qsX AkapsX fp`¨m`nsâ B^we emPw Urlyfm]n.

‘bnt¶… Mm³ b_ªSv Nan]m]ns«Xp¡*… fmaqsW]pw t^O Bâns]]pw Hs¡ t{bfn¨p Njnªm`v W½sas]ms¡ H¶v ssf³Zv sI¿t\… H^p F©nWn]s_ sN«p¶Sn C]mÄ¡v knt^mVw Ds*¦n tk*…’ ASv b_]pt¼mÄ Ft¸mjpw B fpO¯pÅ NphrSn D*m]n^p¶nÃ, Akans` sb®nsâ {b\]w B fpO¯v D*m]n^p¶p.

‘WnW¡v WÃ sI¡·ms^ tks_ Nn«mªn«mt\m…?’ H^p Wnfngw ssNkn«p tbms]¦n`pw Mm³ ASpf_¨p sNm*v AktamXv tImUn¨p.

‘Nn«pw. C]mÄ¡v tks_ sb®ntW]pw Nn«pw. bs£ ^KognWv fMvKpsW]pw, fMvKpWv ^KognsW]pw Nn«nÃ’ AkÄ b_ªp.

Mm³ AkapsX N®pNan tWm¡n.
AkapsX ftWmi^fm] tWm«w. AVnN tW^w B N®pNsa tWm¡n Wn¡mWpÅ làn FWn¡nsöp fWÊn`m¡nMm³ N®pNÄ bn³k`n¨p.

‘Wmsa Nm\mw…’ ASv b_ªp Mm³ k*n ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp. GtSm Unkm hzbvW¯n B]n^p¶p F¶tbms` Akapw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶v sM«n F¶n«p tWs^ Wn¶p. NqXpS H¶pw b_]msS Mm³ k*ns]Xp¯p. k*n HmXn¡pt¼mjpw Fsâ N®pNÄ N®mXn]n Aksa tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p… H^p Nm¯p WnÂs¸¶ tbms` Fsâ k*n ANt`¡v– fm]p¶Spw tWm¡n Akapw…

Mm³ F¯pt¼mÄ fMvKpkpw fmapkpw B dhv tÌm¸n Nm¯p Wn¡pkm]n^p¶p.

‘im¸n dÀSvtZ]v ^Knt]«m…’ fp³bns` tZmÀ Sp_¶psNm*p ANt¯]v¡p N]_p¶SnWnsX fMvKp Ft¶mXv b_ªp.
H^p AÛpSt¯msX AksatWm¡n] Ft¶mXv AkÄ N®v Nm\n¨p. fmapkntWmXv b_ª NÅfm\v AsS¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

‘im¸n dÀSvtZ]v…’ bn³ hoän Wn¶pw AVnNw BËmUfnÃm¯ H^p dÀSvtZ]v kngv. FWn¡v In^n k¶p. fMvKpkpw In^n]X¡m³ bmXpsb«p.

‘As¸m Ft§mt«¡m…?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘BUyw hm_nsâ kN k³ sI`kv… F¶n«p bns¶ Wfp¡v tbm]n do¨n`n^p¶v– shm_ b_]mw’ fMvKp b_ªp. Mm³ k*ns]Xp¯p.

do¨nWXp¯pÅ bmÀ¡n bp¯NnXn]n M§Ä C^p¶p. BapNÄ Np_km]n^p¶p. Häs¸« Ø`§ant`¡v fm_n]n^n¡p¶ In` NmfpNo NmfpN·m^pw bns¶ H¶v ^*p cmfn`n]pw.

‘FXn… Mm³ Cs¸m k^mt«m…’ fMvKp ASpw b_ªp Fjpt¶äp tbm]n. Fs¶]pw fmapknsW]pw SWn¨m¡mWpÅ AkapsX S{´w.

‘ fmap… thm_n. WX¶SnWv FÃmw fm¸v–. Sm³ bj]tbms` H¶v In^n¨p Nan¨p ht´mgn¡p¶Sv fm{Sw N*m fSn FWn¡v… tks_ H¶pw FWn¡v tk*…’ Mm³ Nn«n] Akh^w H«pw sskNn¡msS b_ªp.

‘MmWpw H^p thm_n b_]mWn^n¡pkm]n^p¶p. fMvKpkntW¡mÄ Mm³ B]n^p¶p C¶v bn_¶mams\¶p A_nt]*Sv…’ AkÄ b_ªp H¶v hvSÏ]m]n…

‘Hmiv… ASv hm^fnÃ, M§Äs¡m¶pw fmapknsWt¸ms` Cu bn_¶mÄ k`n] Nm^ysfm¶pfÃ… bns¶ Cu sb®nsâ Hmt^m WnÀdÔw…’ Mm³ fMvKp tbm] kjn]nt`¡v ssN Nm\n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

‘A¶v Mm³ D_§n]n«nÃ…’ F¶n AÛpSw Wn_¨psNm*p fmap sfmjnªp. Mm³ hwl] emk¯n Aksa tWm¡n. AkÄ Fsâ fpO¯v tWm¡n]nÃ.

‘A½]psX fp_n]nt`¡v CSpks^ tbm]n«nsöv FWn¡v A_n]mw… bt£… Fsâ bn\¡w fmäm³ A¶v k^psf¶v Mm³ knIm^n¨p…’ F¶n H^p ht´mg¯nsâ Sn^nWmaw D*m]n. Mm³ ht´mgt¯msX Aksa knan¨p.

‘fmaq…’ AkÄ fpOfp]À¯n]nÃ.

‘FWn¡pw A_n]mw s^Knt]«m… H¶pw WX¡nsöv… bs£… Ft´m… FWn¡v Cãw tSm¶n. FÃm sb¬Np«nNan Wn¶pw B\p§Ä B{Pin¡p¶Sv Ss¶]m\v s^Knt]«Wpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶n Wn¶pw tk*Sv F¶v tSm¶n]t¸mÄ FWn¡v tUgykpw tSm¶n. bt£…’

ASv b_ªpsNm*v AkÄ Fsâ fpOt¯]v¡p tWm¡n. bn¶oXv Fsâ bn_Nnt`]v¡pw. F¶n«p AkÄ Ft´m b_]m³ k¶Sv WnÀ¯n fpOw Smjv¯n. Mm³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n. fMvKp k^p¶p.

‘Wo FknsXtbm]SmXn sNmt¨?’Mm³tImUn¨p.

‘H¶v fpÅm³ tbm]Sm… N*m N¸nÄhv Bs¶ b_]q… Mm³ hzÀ¤¯ns` N«p_p¼mt]m?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘Wo AenW]n¡pskm¶pw tk* tfmta… CknXnt¸m N«p_p¼p Mm³ Bs\¶v FWn¡v W¶m]n«v A_n]mw…’ fMvKpknsW Nan]m¡m³ tk*n fmap A§sW b_sª¦n`pw MmWpw fMvKpkpw H¶v sM«n.

‘Bt\m… F¶m N«p_p¼v F\oäv tbms]… M§Ä fWÊv Sp_¶p hwhm^n¡s«’ H¶v bS_ns]¦n`pw fMvKp kn«psNmXp¯nÃ. AkÄ ASv b_ªpsNm*v M§Ä¡v A^nNn`m]n C^p¶p.

‘F´m]n fmsg… NmfpNn]psX bn\¡w fmänt]m?’ fMvKp Ft¶mXm]n tImUn¨p. C¯k\ sM«n]Sv fmapkm\v.

‘F´v bn\¡w…’ fmap A_n]msS tImUn¨ptbm]n.

‘As¸m bn\¡sfm¶ptÃ? F¶n«mt\m Ct{Sw Unkhw fpOkpw koÀ¸n¨n^pt¶…? AÑsâ k*n]nÂk^p¶q. sskNo«v AÑtWmXv Nq«m³ k^m³ b_ªp Fsâ ko«n k^p¶q… Fs´ms¡ diafm]n^p¶p’ AkÄ fmaq«ns] Nan]m¡n. ‘C¶v ^mkns`]pw NqsX N*p…’ ASpwb_ªp AkÄ H¶v sSm* sl^n]m¡n F¶n«p NWfpÅ lЯn b_ªp: ‘im¸n dÀSvtZ]v…’

fmap Aksa Sp_n¨ptWm¡n MmWpw fMvKpkpw In^n¨ptbm]n.

‘FXn tNmt¸… Wnsâ bn\¡w C¶v Mm³ fmäpsf¶v s^Kotg«Wpfm]n«p sdäXn¨Sm Mm³…
ASnsâ hv{NnbvävB]n^p¶p Cu dÀSvtZ]v… AÃmsS C¶vBlmsâ bn_¶msam¶pfÃ… tim… Fs´m^p NWfm]n^p¶p B lЯnWv–…’ ASpw b_ªp fMvKp ko*pw In^n¨p. MmWpw…

fmap M§apsX fp³bn AbfmWnS]m]Snsâ I½Â fpO¯v tUgyw emkn¨p f_¨p. A¶v fpjpk³ Mm³ Akt^msXm¸w In`kn«p. sskNo«v fMvKpknsW AkapsX ko«n`m¡n MmWpw fmapkpw fX§n. Np_¨p Unkh§Ä¡p tlgw fmap ko*pw fp³ hoänÂ. ko«nt`¡pÅ kjn]n Mm³ k*n H^p sshZnt`¡v WnÀ¯n. F¶n«pfmapknsW tWm¡n.

‘ASnsâ dm¡n b_ªnÃ…’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘F´nsâ?’ fmap tImUn¨p.

‘^mkns` b_ªp WnÀ¯n] B bt£]psX dm¡n’

‘Ct¸mjpw ASv In´nt¨m*n^n¡pkmt\m?’

‘FWn¡v ASv In´n¡mSn^n¡m³ bäptkm?’

‘Dw… FWn¡v hSyw b_ªm tUgykpw h¦Xkpw k¶p… bs£, bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Bt`mIn¨t¸mÄ tSm¶n… s^Knt]«³ FWn¡v S¶ hpO¯nWp Sn^n¨pw hpOw B{Pin¨p. A{S]tà D*m]pÅq… hSyw b_ªm Sn^n¨p St^*Sv Fsâ NXf]tÃ?’

AkÄ ASv b_ªp Fs¶ tWm¡n. FWn¡v Aksa sN«n¸nXn¡m³ tSm¶n. Fsâ fmaq«n. F{S bmkfm\v AkapsX fWÊv. sSäv FtâSm]n^p¶p. bt£ ASv tbm`pw AkÄ hz]w GsäXp¯p. Mm³ AkapsX fpXn]nj]n SjpNn.

‘FWn¡v H¶pw tk* fmaq… A¶v Wnt¶mXv sI]vSptbm]SnWv Mm³ fWÊ_nªp fm¸p b_]p¶p. Wo b_ªSv hSyfm… FÃm sb¬Np«nNan Wn¶pw B\p§Ä B{Pin¡p¶ tbms` MmWpw B{Pin¨p. FWn¡v AsSm¶pw tk*… Fsâ fmapknsW FWn¡v Sn^n¨p Nn«n]m fSn’

Mm³ ASv b_ªp So^pw fp³tb fmap F¶nt`]v¡v Bªp. Fsâ sW©nt`¡v tIÀ¶v AkÄ knSp¼n.

‘Cu ^Kogv G«sW]m\v Mm³ Cãs¸«Sv… sF `kv ]p’ AkÄ b_ªp.Mm³ Aksa St`mXn.

t_mZ^nNn`m]SnWm Mm³ sbs«¶v Ss¶ Aksa Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. k*n FXp¯p. ko«ns`¯n C_§m³ tW^w AkÄ H¶pNqXn Fs¶ tWm¡n. F¶n«p b_ªp.

‘Fs¶ bän¨Smt\`pwFsâ kN H^p bn_¶mÄ h½mWfp*v t«m… sskNo«v tbmkpt¼mÄ Zmgv tdmÀZn Wn¶pw ASv FXp¯n«v tbm]m fSn…’

AkÄ H^p bp©n^nt]msX ASv b_ªSpw Fsâ fWÊv ht´mgw sNm*v SpÅn¨mXn. tZmÀ Sp_¶p AkÄ C_§pt¼mÄ H¶pNqXn AkÄ NpWnªp Fs¶ tWm¡n…

‘bnt¶… FWn¡nWn CXm³ gZv[n]nÃ… Wmsa k^pt¼m bj]sSms¡ sNm*v kt¶¡t\…’ AkÄ b_ªp.

‘At¿… gZv[n]Ã fmaqth… bmâohv…’ Mm³ Aksa Nan]m¡n.

‘ Hm… F´m]m`pw… bnt¶… Ip½m sNm*pk¶m tbm^m A`¡o«p sNm*pk¶m fSn t«m…’

‘Hm B]nt¡ms«…. ^mKNpfm^n C¶n«Sv– NqXn sbs«¶n§p S¶m ASpw NqsX H¶n¨p B`¡m]n^p¶p…’

‘Jo… Cu kr¯nsN«k³’ fpOw Ipan¨psNm*p fmap ASpw b_ªp tZmÀ AX¨p. Mm³ In^n¨p. ko«nt`¡p N]_pt¼mÄ fmap H¶qsX Sn^nªp tWm¡n.

Fsâ ht´mg¯nWp ASn^pNanÃm]n^p¶p.
^m{Sn ko«nt`¡p fX§pw fp³bv Mm³ ZmgvtdmÀZv Sp_¶p tWm¡n. fmap km¡v bm`n¨n^p¶p. Ip^p*p NnX¡p¶ fmaq«n]psX bmâohv…

fmapknsW tNmtaKn kn«p Mm³ fX§ns]¯n.t^O]psX fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p. A¶s¯ hwekt¯msX t^O BsN fm_n]n^n¡p¶p. Fsâ Nj¸n sk¸m«n F¶Sn Wn¶v fm_n bj] fmapknsW HmÀ½n¸n¡pw knVw In´mknã]m]n^p¶p AkÄ. Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ AkÄ sdZn f`À¶p NnX¶p Ft´m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Bt`mIn¡pN]m\v. Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ AkÄ H¶v bp©n^n¨psNm*v Fjpt¶än^p¶p.

A¶v tlOÀ N]_n k^pt¼mÄ t^O]pw {Xoh]pw Fsâ fXn]n SaÀ¶p D_§pN]m]n^p¶p. N]_ns]¯n]Sv tlOÀ Bs\¶v fWÊn`m¡m³ bmSn D_¡¯n`m]n^p¶ MmWpw Gs_ hf]sfXp¯p. fWÊn`m]t¸mjpw FWn¡v D_¡¯nsâ B`hy¯n sbs«¶v Fjpt¶Â¡pkmWpw bän]nÃ.

hz´w em^y]pw Nq«pNm^n]pw Ssâ ss{Zk_psX Np®t]mXv fpOw tIÀ¯v bqÀ\ WPvW^m]n SaÀ¶p_§p¶ NmjvI tlO_nsâ fpO¯v D*m¡n] emk kySymhw F´ms\¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ. Mm³ bnXsªjpt¶äp. F´v sI¿\sf¶_n]msS b^p§n.

Fsâ AW¡w {Xoh]psX]pw t^O]psX]pw D_¡w Wãs¸Xp¯n. BUyw N®pNÄ Sp_¶ {Xoh tlO_nsW N*p.

‘Bimv Sm³ kt¶m? M§Ä H^p Nan Njnªp f]§n]Sm… Ssâ ss{ZkÀ Bav sNmÅmw tNt«m… im… {Zn¦vhv SoÀt¶m… Sm³ tbm]n H¶qsX km§nt¨m*zm… AtàCknXpt*m? Dt* tbm]n AsSXpt¯¨p km…’

H«pw AhmVm^\fÃm¯ ^oSn]n {Xoh tlO_ntWmXv hwhm^n¨p. Mm³ BsN bN¨p Wn¡pN]m\v. At¸mjm\v t^O N®pNÄ Sn^p½n hztdmVw kos*Xp¡p¶Sv. SoÀ¯pw AbfmWnSWm]n Wn¡p¶ Ssâ eÀ¯mknsW N*p AkÄ sM«n. AkÄ sbs«¶v Fjpt¶äp A`vbw tUgyt¯msX AknsX Wn¶pw tbm]n.

tlOÀ At¸mjpw H^p km¡p fn*n]nÃ. Ft¶mXpÅ tUgykpw, SoÀ¯pw AbfmWs¸« H^p bp^pgsâ WnÊim]mkØ]pw B fpO¯v Wn¶v FWn¡v km]ns¨Xp¡mw.

‘Zm… ssft^… Wo b_ªsSm¶pw tN«ntÃ?’ {Xoh AktWmXp tImUn¨p.

tlOÀ H¶pw fn*msS Sn^nªp WX¶p. B ^wPw F¶n kÃm¯ NpätdmVw D*m¡n. tlOÀ F{Ss]ms¡ sNmÅ^pSm¯k³ Bs\¦n`pw Fsâ fp¶n A]mÄ WsÃm^p ]KfmW³ B]n^p¶p. Mm³ {Xohs] tWm¡n. AkÄ H¶pfnsöv– N®pNm\n¨p. F¶n«p Fs¶ k`n¨p AkapsX tft`¡v C«p. AÂbtW^w sN«n¸nXn¨p M§Ä Ip*pNÄ tIÀ¯psk¦n`pw FWn¡v Ft´m… shN-vhv fqZv tSm¶n]nÃ. Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. {ZÊv FXp¯n«p. F¶n«p Smtj]v¡n_§n.

Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ tlOÀ Ssâ Nm_n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ Aksâ AXpt¯]v¡p sI¶p. F´v b_]\sf¶v FWn¡v A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.

‘^Kogv… Sm³ tN_q… Wfps¡m¶v N_§n]n«p k^mw…’ Ak³ b_ªp. Mm³ k*n]n N]_n. Ak³ k*ns]Xp¯p. kjnt]m^¯p k*n WnÀ¯n]n«p Ak³ B NT b_ªp. Bt^mXpw b_]msS fWÊns`mSp¡n WX¶ Aksâ NT…

H¯n^n AtWzg\§Äs¡mXpkn`m\v t^O F¶ hpµ^ns¸¬Np«ns] Ssâ KoknS¯nt`]v¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssNbnXn¨p sNm*pk^p¶Sv. knkmitlgfpÅ BUy UnW§Ä BWµbqÀ\fm]n^p¶p. {b\]w sbmjnsªmjpNn] Ak^psX KoknS¯nt`]v¡v B N_p¯ Unkh§Ä NX¶pk¶p. tlO_nsâ AXp¯ hpir¯m]n^p¶p A`N-vhv. tUk³ F¶ dnhnsWÊpNm^sW tlO_nWv b^nI]s¸Xp¯n]Sv A`N-vhv B\v. fnXp¡Wm] tlOÀ tUksâ {bn]s¸«kWm]n fm_m³ AVnNw hf]sfXp¯nÃ. bs£, tlO_nWv A_n]m¯ fsäm^p fpOw tUkWv D*m]n^p¶p. knkmi tlgw A`N-vhnsâ em^y {Xoh t^Os] Ak^psX ko«nt`]v¡p £\n¨Sv fpS`m\v Nm^y§Ä fm_n f_]p¶Sv. t^O AknsX F¯pt¼mÄ {Xoh fm{Stf AknsX D*m]n^p¶pÅq. fmaq«ns] tbms` H^p WngvNa¦]m] sb¬Np«n]m]n^p¶p A¶v t^O]pw. C^pb¯nWm`pNm^n]m] hpµ^ns¸®v.

{Xoh Aksa hzoN^n¨p. B k`n] koXnsâ In{S¸\nNapw A`¦m^§apw
t^Os] AÛpSs¸Xp¯n.

‘WÃ ewPn]pÅ koXv… H¯n^n Nmlm]n¡m\pftÃ?’ t^O tImUn¨p.

‘Hmiv CsSms¡ F´v… CWn tlOÀ CSn`pw k`n] koXv sk¡m³ tbmkpN]tÃ… emPytUkS]tà k¶p tN_n]n^n¡p¶Sv’ {Xoh AkapsX NojvSmXn]n bnXn¨p Np`p¡ns¡m*p t^Os] Nan]m¡n.

‘tbm tI¨n… Nan]m¡tÃ…’ t^O Wm\t¯msX b_ªp.

‘Cu sNm¨p CWn]pw tI¨n knan fmän]ntÃ? FXn kn BÀ {c*v–hv HmsN? Fs¶ {Xohs]¶p knan¨m fSns]¶v Mm³ F{S b_ªp’ {Xoh b_ªp.

‘Dw…’ t^O fqan.

Ssâ sk¸m«ns] knkmiw Njn¨SnWp tUk³ As`N-vhnWv sNmXp¯ HuUm^yw fm{Sfm\v B kosX¶p bmkw t^O A_nªnÃ.

‘FXn Wo C^n¡v. A`N-vhpw tUk³ hm_pw Ct¸mÄ k^pw. F¶n«p tbms^ NpXn¡m³. WnW¡v tk*n WÃ sskWpw sNm*v k^p¶p*v…’

‘tUk³ hmÀ…’ t^O f{´n¨p.

knkmi hf]¯p tlO_n Wn¶pw B tb^v tN«n^p¶p. B hf]¯p kntUl ]m{S]n B]SnWm A]mÄ¡v– S§apsX knkmi¯n bs¦Xp¡mWpw bän]nsÃs¶ms¡.

‘Biv… hm_nWv bpSpf\km«ns] H¶v b^nI]s¸X\sf¶v’ {Xoh b_ªp.

‘At¿m… Fs¶t]m?’

‘Biv… F´m?’

‘Fs¶ F´nWm Nm\ps¶?’ t^O b^n{eft¯msX tImUn¨p.

‘bpSpf\km«n]psX tcmt«m Hs¡ N*v– hm_nWv kÃmsS Cãm]n. Wns¶ tW^n«v H¶v b^nI]s¸X\sf¶v’

‘At¿m… AsS´nWm?’

‘Cu sb®v F´nWm C§sW tbXn¡ps¶? hmÀ C§sW Bs^]pw Ct§m«p k¶p Nm\ms_m¶pfnÃ. Wnsâ emPysf¶p Nq«n]m fSn… bns¶ hmÀ b_]p¶sSm¶pw sI]vSp sNmXp¡m³ f_¡*… tlO_nWpw WnW¡pw Pp\fp*mkp¶ Nm^yfm…’

{Xoh b_ªSptN«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ {Xohs] hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n. At¸mtj]v¡pw bp_¯p Nm_nsâ lÐw. {Xoh bp_t¯]v¡p sI¶p bn¶ms` t^O]pw.
Nm_nsâ ss{ZknwPv hoänÂWn¶pw t^O]v¡v b^nInSWm] A`N-vhv C_§n. AXp¯ hoän Wn¶pw kn`NqXn] tfmtZ¬ bmâvhpw gnÀ«pfn« fsäm^mapw. A]mam\v tUk³ F¶v t^O Duin¨p. In^n¨psNm*v C^pk^pw ko«nt`]v¡p N]_n.

‘Ducv– Fsâ {Xohtfmta… Unkhw Njn]pt´m_pw Wo Bav shN-vhn]m]n k^pkm\tÃm…’

DXp¯n^p¶ Éokv–s`hv ssWän]n {Xohs] N*m GsSm^m\nWpw Im©m«fp*mkpw. ASpw b_ªpsNm*v tUk³ ssNNÄ knXÀ¯n. {Xoh A]mapsX ssNNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p sI¶v N]_n. A]mÄ Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p AkapsX I´n]n bnXn¨p sbm¡n. F¶n«p Njp¯n`pw Ip*n`pw Ipwdn¨p. A`N-vhv ASv tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v Wn¡p¶p.

t^O]v¡v B NmjvINsam¶pw DÄs¡mÅmWm]nÃ. {Xohs] Smsj WnÀ¯n AkapsX Np*nNÄ ssNNÄ sNm*v sM^n¨psNm*p A]mÄ t^Os] tWm¡n.

‘Dcv… CSm\tà bpSpf\km«n. tcmt«m]n Nm\p¶Sn`pw F{St]m hpµ^n]m\tÃm… hm^n]pw DXp¯p… tim… tlO_nsâ Hs¡ H^p emPyw…’

A]mÄ Ss¶ tWm¡n tfmlfm] ^oSn]n tWm¡ns¡m*p hwhm^n¡p¶Sp t^O]v¡v H«pw Cãfm]nÃ. AkÄ H¶pw fn*msS fpOw NpWn¨p Wn¶p.

‘it`m Zn]À… sF Bw tUk³. C]mapsX N`ym\¯nWv k^m³ bän]nÃ, At¸mÄ H^p {Xn¸n B]n^p¶p’ tUk³ AkÄ¡ptWs^ ssN Wo«ns¡m*p b_ªp. t^O AÂb tW^w bN¨p. bns¶ssN Wo«n A]mapsX N¿n sk¨p. A]mÄ B frUp`fm] ssN Ur[fm]n bnXn¨p Np`p¡n.

‘F´m {Xohtfmsa CkÄs¡m^p b^n{efw… Wo Nm^y§sam¶pw b_ªntÃ?’ Ssâ CXSpssN]nt`¡p {Xohs] tIÀ¯v bnXn¨n«p tUk³ tImUn¨p.

‘ASv… b_tªm*n^n¡pt¶]pÅq…’ {Xoh b_ªp. At¸mjpw A]mapsX CXSpssN {Xoh]psX Np*n Nl¡n DX]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

‘sl^n… km AN¯n^p¶p hwhm^n¡mw… Zm… B ssk³ tdm«n Cs§Xpt¯m…’ A]mÄ As`N-vhntWmXv b_ªpsNm*v {Xohs]]pw t^Os]]pw NqXn DÅnt`¡v WX¶p.

tXdnanWp Ipäpfm]n Wm`ptb^pw C^p¶p. ¥mÊpNan A`N-vhv ssk³ Wn_¨p.

lo`fnÃm]n^ps¶¦n`pw AknsX tks*¶p b_]m³ t^O fXn¨p. ¥mÊpNÄ fp«n¨psNm*p fq¶ptb^pw NpXn¨p. t^O ¥mhv AknsX sk¨p. ‘

imkvCäv hzoän…’ tUk³b_ªp.

‘FWn¡nsSm¶pw… lo`fnÃ…’ fXn¨psNm*p t^O b_ªp.

‘C§WÃ lo`n¡p¶Sv. KÌv tXÌv Cäv’ A]mÄ b_ªp.

A`vbw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fXn¨psNm*p t^O ASv Ipt*mXp tIÀ¯p. F¶m ASnsâ ^pIn kas^s¸s«¶p t^O]v¡v Cãs¸«p.

‘PpZv tPÄ…’ tUk³ Aksa tWm¡n b_ªp.

‘Hmt¡ t^O s`äv kn dn {cm¦v… sF _n]`n km*v äp c¡v ]p. ]p BÀ hIv F dyp«ncpÄ B³Zv tim«v tPÄ… ASv tlOÀ A_n]t\m tk*t]m F¶Sv Wnsâ Cãw. bns¶, Mm³ Bs^]pw H¶nWpw tcmjvhv sI¿m_nÃ… bänsæn t^O]v¡v Sp_¶p b_]mw. Fs¶ ht´mgn¸n¡p¶kÀ¡ptk*n Mm³ Fsâ Kok³ tbm`pw sNmXp¡pw… H¶pw FWn¡v sk_psS tk*. Bh-vNv {Xoh… AkÄ b_ªpS^pw Fs¶¡p_n¨p. bns¶, t^O]psX B³hÀ tWm Bs\¦nÂ… FÃm dnhnWhpNm^pw b_]p¶tS MmWpw b_]p¶pÅq… `mefnÃm¯ dnhnWÊv sI¿m³ FWn¡v dp²nfp«p*v’

FÃmw tN« t^O DÅn WXp§pN]m]n^p¶p.AkÄ tbXn¨ptbm]n. AkÄ sfsà Fjpt¶äp.

‘Mm³ sbm]vt¡mt«…’ AkapsX lÐw CX_n, N®pNÄ WWªp.

‘Hmiv… thm…Cäv Cuhv F tWm ss_äv…? Cäv Cuhv Hmt¡…Mm³ b_ªtÃm… Mm³ Bs^]pw tcmjvhv sI¿m_nÃ. Sm³ C^pt¶maq. {Zn¦vhv cnWngv sI]vSn«v tbmNmw’ tUk³ b_ªp.

AkÄ U]Wo]fm]n {Xohs] tWm¡n. AkapsX N®n Wn¶pw H^p SpÅn AXÀ¶p Nknant`¡p ko\p. {Xoh Fjpt¶äp AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p ANt¯]v¡p sNm*ptbm]n. hm^n]n SpÅn¯pap¼p¶ t^O]psXNp*nNÄ tWm¡n tUk³ Np®]n St`mXn.

‘bq_ntfmapsX Np*n tWms¡Xm… Wnsâ sN«nt]msa¡mÄ shm]¼³ hmVWfm… kaªp Nn«m³ C¯n^n bmXm…’ A`N-vhv In^n¨p. tUkWpw In^n¨psNm*v ¥mhns` ssk³ Hä]Xn¡v AN¯m¡n.

‘t^O¡p«n… tfmav W¶m]n«p Bt`mIn¡q… Cu Nm`¯p Np_¨p AZvKÌv sI¿p¶kÀs¡ms¡t] t`mN¯p W¶m]n Kokn¡m³ bäpÅq…’

{Xoh t^Ot]mXv b_ªp. t^O]psX fpOw BsN b^n{efw sNm*v kna_n]n^p¶p. {Xoh AkapsX Nknan St`mXn

‘C§sW tbXn¡mWpw fm{Sw F´m D*mt]?’ t^O fn*n]nÃ.

‘tfmav Cs¸m H¶v N®X¨m tlO_nWv tKm`n¡]äkpw bns¶ Wn§Ä¡v KoknS¯n F´m tks*¶p sk¨m AsSms¡ WX¡pw.
Csæn Cs¸m Ss¶ hm_nsâ fWÊv fm_n… tlO_nsâ tKm`n tbm`pw dm¡n]p*mknÃ’

ASv b_ªt¸mÄ t^O BsN e]¶psNm*v {Xoh]psX N®pNant`¡p tWm¡n. t^O]psX N®pNÄ WWªp Ipk¶n^n¡p¶p.

‘sl^n… tfmav N^]*…’ {Xoh Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p. ‘CSnWpw fm{Sw CknsX F´m D*mt]?’

At¸mtj]v¡pw t^O knSp¼n]n^p¶p.

‘FWn¡v tbXn]mkp¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ sbmt¡ms«?’ AkÄ N^ªpsNm*v b_ªp.

‘Wo H^p ftäXs¯]v¡pw tbm\nÃ…’

ASv b_ªpsNm*v tUk³ ANt¯¡v N]_nk¶p. fUybn¨p Wà tcmfn`m]n^p¶p tUk³.

‘FXn bq_ntfmsa Wnsâ Du¼³ sN«nt]msâ h½St¯msX]m Wo Cs¸m Fsâ fp¶n`n§sW Wn¡ps¶…’

{Xoh]psX tf Wn¶pw AXÀ¶pfm_n kn_¨p Wn¡p¶ t^O]psX AXpt¯]v¡p WX¶Xp¯psNm*p tUk³ b_ªp.

‘Wo]nt¸m sI¯n WX¡p¶ bp¯³ NmÀ Wnsâ sN«nt]m³ N`ym\¯nWv tk*n]ms\¶pw b_ªp Fsâ N¿n¶p Nmlp tfXn¨m km§nt¨… ASv km§n¡pt¼m B bq_ntfm³ FWns¡m^p km¡v S¶m]n^p¶p… H^mjvI sNm*v sN«nt]msa Fsâ NnX¡]ns`¯n¡msf¶v. Cs¸m tImUn¡pt¼m Nmlpfnà bq_pfnÃ…’

ASv tN«t¸mtj]v¡pw t^O]psX N®pNan Wn¶pw skÅw Vm^Vm^]m]n HjpNn. AkÄ sbm«n¡^ªp.

‘G]v tfmap…’ {Xoh AkapsX AXpt¯]v–s¡¯n.

‘hmÀ H¶v tbmt]… sNm¨p Np«nt]mXmt\m C§sWms¡… AkÄ CsSm¶pf_n]nÃtÃm… tbm… MmWktamsXm¶p hwhm^n¡s«’

{Xoh tUksW SÅn kn«p. F¶n«p t^Os] St`mXn.

‘t^Om… N^]tÃ… N®pSpX]v¡v… MmWtà b_]pt¶…’

‘Mm³ sbm]vt¡mt«… Mm³ bmkm… Fs¶s]m¶pw sI¿tÃ…’

‘G]v… tfmav bmkfÃm¶p Bt^`pw b_tªm… WnW¡v H¶pw A_n]mt¯m*m… Cu B\p§Ä FÃm^pw H^ptbm`m… W½Ä H¶v N®X¨m fSn, Wns¶ Cs¸m CknXp¶p tbXn¸n¨n«p tbm] Bav Wnsâ bn¶ms` WX¡pw’

‘F¶m`pw G«³ C§sWms¡…’ AkÄ tS§t`msX b_ªp.

‘Biv… tlOÀ C§sWms¡ sI¿psf¶v MmWpw knIm^n¨nÃ…’

t^O {Xohs] sN«n¸nXn¨p knSp¼ns¡m*n^p¶p. {Xoh Aksa bnXn¨p tWs^ WnÀ¯n Nojv¯mXn]n bnXn¨psNm*p b_ªp

‘F´m]m`pw tlO_nWv H^p Unkhw Wns¶ hm_nWv fp¶n NmjvIsk]vt¡*nk^pw… A§sWm^p km¡v b_ªptbm]SpsNm*p hmÀ CWn knXnÃ. Wo H¶v Bt`mInt¨… sk_ptS tlO_nsâ fp¶n sk¨v Wns¶ tUk³ bn¨n¨o´pw. ASpw Wn§Ä¡p Wã§ta D*mNpN]pÅq… bt£… Cs¸m t^O¡p«n H¶v fWÊv sk¨m fWÊ_nªp hpOn¡pN]pw sI¿mw bns¶ Cu NmÀ fm{Sfà H¯n^n h½mW§Ä WnW¡pw tlO_nWpw hz´w’

t^O At¸mjpw tbXnt]msX Aksa tWm¡n knSp¼pN]m]n^p¶p. {Xoh AkapsX N®pNÄ SpX¨p.

‘t^Om… Cu B\p§Ä FÃmk^pw H^ptbm`m… Wnsâ]pw Fsâ]pw Nm`nWnX]ns` IqXv Nn«m³ tk*n AkÀ F´pw sI¿pw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv W½Ä ASnsW FSnÀ¯m Wfp¡v Wãtf D*mkpÅq… bt£… AS§p h½Sn¨psNmXp¯m Ak·mÀ W½psX bn_sN f\¸n¨p WX¡pw. WnW¡v tk*sSms¡ h½mWn¡pw… W¶m]n Bt`mIn¨ptWm¡q…’

t^O N®pNÄ Smjv¯n H¶pw fn*msS Wn¶p. {Xoh ko*pw AkapsX Nojv¯mXn]n ssNsk¨p fpOfp]À¯n

‘Mm³ hm_nsW Ct§m«p b_ªp knXs«… tfmÄ B Ns®ms¡ SpX¨p ht´mgt¯msX Wnt¶… H¶pfnÃ…H^p A^f\n¡qÀ, tfmav H^p hzbvWw Nm\pN]m¶p knIm^n¨m fSn… h½SftÃ?’

{Xoh tImUn¨p. t^O At¸mjpw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

{Xoh bp_¯ptbm]n. AÂb hf]w Njnªp tUk³ DÅnt`]v¡v k¶p. A]mÄ sfsà t^Ot]mXXp¯p. H^pssN sNm*v AkapsX fpOfp]À¯n. N®pNÄ WWªpSs¶ fnjnNÄ D]À¯msS Smtj]v¡v tWm¡n Wn¡p¶p.

‘thm_n t^Om… Mm³ Np_¨p imÀgv Bt]m? C{S]pw hpµ^n¡p«ns] AXp¯pNn«n]n«v H¶v sSmXm³ tbm`pw bämSm]nt¸mNptkm¶pÅ h¦X¯n`m A§sWms¡ b_ªSv… thm_n t«m…’
AkÄ ko*pw fuWw.

‘tUgy¯n`mt\m? tUgyw fm_m³ Mm³ F´m sIt¿*Sv?’ Ak³ tImUn¨p. f_pbXns]m¶pfnÃ. Ak³ H¶v Wnlzhn¨p.

‘FWn¡_n]mw t^O¡p«n]psX bn\¡w fmäm³’ ASpw b_ªp Ak³ Aksa sbm¡ns]Xp¯p. F¶n«p sfsà sdZnt`]v¡v NnX¯n. AkÄ A`vbw e]t¯msX AksW tWm¡n.

‘CWn]pw Cu hpµ^osX tbXn fm_n]ntÃ…’ Ak³ AkapsX tft`¡v Bªp Nknan fp¯fn«p.

‘]p _n]`n `p¡v ss`Nv F {bn³hhv’ Ak³ b_ªp.

F¶n«p sfsà fpOw Smtj]v¡v sNm*ptbm]n. sf_q¬ Na_n NyqsXN-vhv C« t^O]psX NmÂkn^`pNan Hmt^m¶n`pw Ipwdn¨p. AkapsX SÅkn^ km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp. t^O]psX e]¸mXv sfsà sfsà hpO¯nt`]v¡v fm_pN]m]n^p¶p. Ak³ AkapsX bmU¯n Ip*p tIÀ¯p. bns¶ sfsà fpOfp]À¯msS AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡p tft`¡v fpOw Wo¡n. AkapsX hm^n ASntWmsXm¸w sS¶n¡]_p¶p. sNmjp¯ Nm`pNÄ AWmk^\fm]n. Ak³ ASn Aksa tkUWn¸n¡msS NXn¨p. t^O sI_pSm]n H¶W§n.

Ak³ ssNsNm*p AkapsX hm^n]psX Sp¼n sk¨v fpNant`¡v ssN Wn^¡n. hm^n]pw bmkmX]pw sfsà sfsà AWk^\fm]n AkapsX sNmjp¯ sW¿v SpXNÄ Urlyfm]n.

tUk³ AkapsX hm^n A^t]maw sbm¡n sk¨p. Ct¸mÄ t^O]psX SpXNapsX Smtjm«v WPvWfm\v. ASnftWmi^fm] Nm`pNÄ.

tUkWv ASv N*p hin¡mWm]nà Ak³ B SpXNapw Nm`pNapw W¡ns]Xp¯p, Sp^pSp^m D½ sk¨p. ASn fpOffÀ¯n AkapsX SpXNapsX IqXpw f\kpw BhzUn¨p. bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fjpt¶äp Ak³ Aksâ {ZÊv Du^n. gÀ«pw bmâpw gZn]pw Du^n.

t^O]psX SpXNÄ Aksâ Np®s] Np`¸n¨n«p*v. skap¯ sSm`n A`vbw Naª Np®]m\v AktâSv ASv Ak³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡Xn]n D^¨p Aksa C¡nan]m¡n. knNm^w D\À¶pSpX§ns]¦n`pw t^O AVnNw {bSnN^n¡msS NnX¶p. AkapsX Nm`pNan Ak³ Np®sNm*v In{Sw k^¨p. AkapsX tft`¡v N]_n¡nX¶ Ak³ AkapsX SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p Aksâ Np®]n_¡n. F¶n«p t^O]psX tf NnX¶p.

hm^n]n`pw D]À¶p Wn¡p¶ t^O]psX fp`Nan fpOffÀ¯n AÂb tW^w Ak³ A§nsW NnX¶p. bns¶ Fjpt¶äp F¶n«p t^O]psX hm^n¯p¼p k`n¨p.
A`vbw e]t¯msX f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ t^O, k]`äv hm^n AWmkrSfm]t¸mÄ
Np_¨pNqsX ZmÀ¡v k]`äv NaÀ DÅ »uhn t^O]psX Wn_ª fm_nX§Ä D]À¶p Wn¡p¶p.

ASnWp WXpkn`m]n AkapsX hzÀ\¯m`n. »uhnWv Smsj AkapsX sk® k]À. B sNmjp¯ k]_nWp WXpkn ASnftWmi^fm] AkapsX sbm¡nĨpjn. ASnWp A`vbwSmsj Wn¶pw Npªp t^mf^mKnNÄAkapsX AXnk]änt`¡p bXÀ¶n_§p¶p.

tUk³ bSps¡ t^O]psX »uhnWv Smsj AkapsX k]_n fpOw tIÀ¯p. B sk® k]_nsâ IqXv Ak³ BhzUn¨p. bns¶ sfsà fpOfp]À¯n fp`NapsX CX]n`pÅ AkapsX Sm`n NXns¨Xp¯p AkapsX Njp¯nt`¡v fmän]n«p. »uhnWv fpNan`qsX AkapsX k`Spfp`]n Ipwdn¨p. bns¶ »uhnWv fpNan`qsX Ss¶ ASns`m¶v NXn¨p. bns¶ CXSp fp`]n`pw ASptbms` Ipwdn¨p H¶v NXn¨p.

Akan Wn¶pw {bSnN^\§Ä H¶pw k¶nsæn`pw »uhn`qsX sSanªp D]À¶p k¶ fp`sfm«pNÄ Akan knNm^§Ä kn^nªp SpX§ns]¶p tUksW fWÊn`m¡n. Ak³ H¶p]À¶p t^Os] tWm¡n. AkÄ N®pNÄ Smjv¯n.

‘F´nWm Fsâ tUktS CWn]pw Ft¶mXv bn\¡w? CWns]¦n`pw H¶v In^n¨qsX?’ ASv tImUn¨psNm*v Ak³ AkapsX Ip*nt`¡p Ip*p tIÀ¯p. B tS³ Ip*pNÄ Ssâ b^p¡³ Ip*pNÄ sNm*v tUk³ Wp\ªp NpXn¨p. bns¶ Fjpt¶äp F¶n«p t^Ot]mXv tImUn¨p

‘CWn dm¡n]pÅSpw NqsX Du^ns¡ms«?’ AkÄ At¸mjpw fuWw. tUkWv tUgyw ks¶¦n`pw Nn«n] Akh^w Wln¸n¡mSn^n¡m³ Ak³ H¶pw bp_¯pNm\n¨nÃ. Ak³ sdZn Wn¶pw C_§n t^Os] bnXns¨jpt¶`vbn¨p. AkapsX A^s¡«n S§n Wn¡p¶ hm^n¯p¼v Ak³ sfsà k`ns¨Xp¯p. hm^n fpjpkWm]pw tUk³ Du^ns]Xp¯p.

»uhpw bmkmX]pw fm{SfpXp¯p t^Os]¶ Abvh^Êv. Ak³ t^O]psX bn¶n sI¶v»uhnsâ ip¡pNÄ Du^n. DÅns` N_p¯ {dm]psX bn³emPw AWmkrSfm¡ns¡m*p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv »uhnsâ bn³emPw AXÀ¶p.

Ak³ sfsà t^O]psX ssNNÄ AXp¸n¨p »uhv Du^n. B Sqsk® l^o^¯n N_p¯ {dm ASnftWmi^fm]n^p¶p. Ak³ bmkX¨^Xv Du^n. t^O]psX Nm`pNant`¡p bmkmX DuÀ¶p ko\p.

bn¦v bm³äohpw N_p¯ {dm]pfn«p t^O F¶ hpµ^n.

Ak³ bn_Nn Wn¶v {dm]psX ip¡pNÄ Du^n sfsà {dm]pw Du^ns]Xp¯p. AkapsX bm¡pX§Ä D]À¶p Wn¶p. {du¬ Wn_¯n`pÅ AkapsX fp`sM«v Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶p.

bmâohn fm{Sfm]n W{fln^h-vN]m]n Wn¡p¶ t^O]psX NmjvI ASnhpµ^w. AkWv B l^o^¯nt`]v¡v bXÀ¶p N]_m³ tSm¶n. bs£ Btklw sNm*v DÅ Akh^w Wãs¸Xp¯mSn^n¡m³ Ak³ {l²n¨p. Ak³ A`vbw NpWnªp AkapsX fp`sM«n Wm¡v NqÀ¸n¨p W¡n. F¶n«p sfsà fp` km]n`m¡n. H^p fp` km]n`n«p Wp\ªpsNm*p Ak³ AkapsX ftä fp` ssNsNm*p SjpNn.

H^pssN sNm*v bmâohn HSp§msS Spap¼n Wn¡p¶ t^O]psX I´n¡pX§Ä Smt`m`n¡mWpw Ak³ f_¶nÃ.

A`vbhf]w sNm*v t^O]psX ^*p fp`Napw tUksâ DfnWo^n NpSnÀ¶p. Ak³ sfsà tkUWn¸n¡msS Ak]n NXn¨p.

t^O]psX lzmhPSn bs¿¸s¿ fm_pN]m]n^p¶p. AkapsX Wnlzmh¯nWp IqXpbnXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkapsX bmâohnsâ AXnemP¯p WWkv bXÀ¶p SpX§n.

bq¯p`ª bpgvb¯nsâ f\w tUkWv sbs«¶v fWhn`m]n. AkWns` sINp¯m³ D\À¶p.

t^Os] sbm¡ns]Xp¯p sdZnt`¡n«p. AkapsX SpXNÄ AN¯nsk¨p AkntX]v¡p fpOw tIÀ¯k³ f\¯p. bmâohns` WWkn Ak³ Wmkp tIÀ¯v W¡n.

‘Biv’

t^O]n Wn¶pw A_n]msS B ho¡m^w bp_¯pk¶p. bmâohv Ak³ bnXn¨p Hä k`n¡p Du^ns]Xp¯p.
Npänt^mf§Ä¡nX]n AkapsX Ipk¶ bqkv.

Ak³ t^O]psX tS³ H`n¡p¶ bq_nt`¡v fpOw tIÀ¯p AkapsX bqÀ Ip*pNÄ km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp.

t^O bnXªptbm]n.

AkapsX N´pw bq_nSapNapw Ak³ fm_n fm_n I¸n k`n¨p. t^O Nm`pNÄ sdZn D^hn lÐw NXn¨p bnXn¡pkm³ {lfn¨p. DÅnt`]v¡v Wm¡n«pw bq_nSapNÄ I¸nk`n¨pw N´n Wm¡psNm*p St`mXn]pw Ak³ t^Os] hzÀPw Nm\n¨p.

‘Biv…’ ‘Òvfv…’ fpS`m] ASnftWmi^ lÐ§Ä t^O]n Wn¶pw D]À¶p. AkapsX bqÀ¨p*pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p Wm¡v– C_¡n bÃpNÄ sNm*v CSapNÄ NXn¨pk`n¨p. t^O BsN bpaNnS]m]n. AkÄ¡p hin¡mkp¶Sn`pw A¸p_fm]n^p¶p.

AkapsX bq_v Aksâ km]nt`]v¡v tSsWmjp¡ns¡m*n^p¶p. AkÄ hin¡k¿msS Aksâ S` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpXNÄ sNm*v C_p¡n¸nXn¨p.

t^O Ssâ kUW hpS^w BhzUn¡p¶psk¶_nª tUk³ ko*pw BÀ¯nt]msX AkapsX bq_n Wm¡pw Ip*pw sNm*v hpOn¸n¨p. AVnNw sskNmsS t^O]psX bqÀ sbm«ns]m`n¨p. AkÄ kÃmsS lÐfp*m¡ns¡m*p bnXªp.

bns¶ BsN SaÀ¶p sdZn NnX¶p.

AkÄ kn]À¯p Npan¨n^p¶p. AVnNw sskNpw fp³tb tUk³ Fjpt¶äp. AkapsX tft`¡v NnX¶p. AkÄ AksW Wµnt]msX tWm¡n. Ak³ AkapsX Ip*n Ipwdn¨p.

C{bmklyw t^O]m\v Aksâ Ip*pNÄ Wp\ªSv. Ak³ sfsà Fjpt¶äp sdZn Wn¶n_§n F¶n«p Aksâ Np`¨ Np® t^O]psX fpOt¯]v¡p Wo«n. Ssâ SpX]nXp¡n H^_¸pfnÃmsS fpOw tIÀ¯ A]mÄ¡v– ASv sI]vSpsNmXp¡m³ dmVyØ]ms\¶p AkÄ¡p A_n]msf¦n`pw hz´w eÀ¯mkntWmXptbm`pw C{S sbs«¶v C§sWm¶pw sI]vSn«nà H^p AWybp^pgsâ ss`wPnN Ak]kw km]n`m¡pkm³ AkÄ fXn¨p Wn¶p.

F¶m A`vbhf]w sNm*v Ss¶ hzÀPw Nm\n¨ B B\nsâ ^u{Uemkw AkÄ N*p.

AkapsX fpXn]n bnXn¨p Ak³ AkapsX fpOw Ssâ A^s¡«n tIÀ¯p. t^O]psX bknjIp*pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p Ak³ Ssâ Np® SÅn¡]än.

AkapsX tft`¡v Imªp AkapsX km]nt`¡v Np® N]än]n_¡n AXn¨p. AkÄ¡p lzmthmJzmhw sI¿m³ tbm`pw Ak³ AWpkmUw sNmXp¯nà AkapsX km]v¡pÅns` IqXnt`¡v Ak³ bXÀ¶pN]_n.

AkapsX Ip*pNan`qsX DfnWoÀ H`n¨n_§n. bns¶ Ak³ Np® Du^ns]Xp¯p. F¶n«p AkapsX Nm`pNÄ bnXn¨p k`n¨p kn^n¨p sk¨p.

t^O]psX bqän H¶v Sp¸n F¶n«p Np® ASn fp«n¨p D^¨p. bns¶ SÅn¡]än.

t^O A`_nknan¨p.

‘H¨sk¡msSXn bp*¨ntfmsa… Hmcnhn`pÅ Wnsâ sN«nt]m³ tNÄ¡pktÃmXn’

Ak³ ASv b_ªpsNm*v AkapsX bqänt`¡v Np® BªXn¨p. AkÄ AksW SX]m³ {lfn¨p,

‘¹ohv Zq Cäv kn¯v F tNm*w…’ AkÄ b_ªp.

‘Ak^mSntfmsa… Wns¶s]ms¡ b®m³ Mm³ tNm*w km§n¡t\m? Wo]pw Wnsâ Du¼³ sN«nt]mWpw Fsâ AXnfNam… fWhn`mt]mXn ssft^…’

Ak³ ASv b_ªpsNm*v AkapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v ASnlàn]n Ssâ A^s¡«p tIÀ¯psNm*n^p¶p. BUyfm]m]n^p¶p A¯^w km¡pNÄAkÄ tNÄ¡p¶Sv AkÄ sbm«n¡^ªptbm]n. N®pWoÀ Vm^]m]n HjpNn.

‘bp*¨ntfmsa…Wnsâ bqän`vMm³ Wmkn«t¸m Wnsâ Cu fpS`¡®os^m¶pw N*nÃtÃmXn Ak^mSn. Mm³ F´m Wnsâ bq_p Sn¶p¶ Du¼Wms\¶p N^pSnt]m?’ ASpw b_ªp A]mÄ t^O]psX fpO¯v BªXn¨p.

t^O N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv lÐw bp_¯p k^p¯msS sbm«n¡^ªpsNm*n^p¶p.

A]mÄ t^O]psX C_p¡fpÅ bqänt`¡v Np® N]än]n_¡n. AkapsX fp`NÄ NXn¨o¼ns¡m*v Ak³ t^Os] Bªp b®n.

Aksâ A^s¡«nsâ tkPS NqXm³ SpX§n. t^O]psX Caw bq_nsâ IqXn Ak³ fSnf_¶p.

Aksâ A^s¡«n H^p tk`nt]äw.

tkPS Np_¨p Ak³ t^O]psX Bj¯nt`]v¡v Bªp b®n.

Hmt^m AXn]n`pw AkÄ sM«n kn_¨p.

AkhmWs¯ AXnNÄ AkapsX bqÀ en¯nNÄ A_nªp.

Aksâ lp¢w AkapsX WnÀ½`fm] bq_nt`¡v H`n¨n_§n.

Ssâ DÅnt`]v¡v sNmjp¯ skÅw H`n¨n_§p¶Sp t^O tS§t`msX A_nªp.

AkÄ sbm«ns¸m«n N^]mWm^wen¨p.

tUk³ AkapsX tf SaÀ¶p NnX¶p…

(SpX^pw)