‘F´v kr¯ntNXm\v fWpgym Wn§Ä Nm\n¨Sv..” hpfSn eÀ¯mknsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n Io_n.

bs£, A]mÄs¡m^p Nqh`pw D*m]nÃ. em^y]psX So bm_p¶ N®pNsa A]mÄ hssV^yw tW^n«p.

“”H^p kr¯ntNXpw Nm\n¨nÃ, AksaWn¡v AkNmls¸«Sm\v.”

“”AkÄ Wn§apsX fNsasæn`pw, AkÄ¡v Wn§Ä AkapsX hz´w A¨Wm\v. ASv f_¶n«mt\m Wn§Ä..?” hpfSn¡v hin¡mWm]nÃ.

“”ASpSs¶]m\v MmWpw b_ªSv. kn¯v W«nsÃt¶]pÅq.. WW¨v kafn«v kaÀ¯n]Sv MmWm\v.. c`w Nm]v¨t¸mÄ BUyfm]n ^pIn tWm¡mWpÅ AkNmlkpw FWn¡m\v..”

A]mÄ b_ªSp tN«kÄ N®p fnjn¨v tWm¡n.

hwek¯nsâ SpX¡w CSm]n^p¶p. ^mkns` Gjp f\n]m]n«pw fNÄ F\o¡m¯Sv N*v knan¡m³ sI¶Sm]n^p¶p hpfSn.

hpfSn sIÃpt¼mÄ WµW Wà D_¡¯n`m\v. bSnsW«p SnNª, sb®nsâ NnX¯w N*v hpfSn fq¡¯v kn^ sk¨p.! Nfnjv¶v S` sI^n¨p k¨v Wà D_¡w. H^p Nm Wo«n]pw ftä Nm`v fX¡n]pw, bpS¨ bpS¸v fm_n¡nX¡p¶p. fnZn I´n¡v fpNant`¡v Ip^p*v N]_n]n«p*v. D_§pt¼mÄ bm³_n C«p NnX¡\sf¶v b_ªm K·¯v tNÄ¡nÃ. SXn¨ bq_p fpjpkWpw Nm\mw. SpXNan sM^nªv SÅn Wn¡p¶p. t^mfw ¢o³ sI]vSSpsNm*v Wà fnWphw. Ssâ tfmav fpjp¯ sb®ms]¶v AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. Asænt` SXn¨ {bNrSfm.. FÃmw WÃtbms` kaÀ¶p. Ct¸mjpw sNm¨p Np«n]m¶m\v knIm^w. hpfSn]psX Ip*ns`m^p In^n kn^nªp. bqän sk]n`Xn¨m`pw D\^ms¯m^p sb®v.!

tfmsa knan¡msWm^p§n]Spw bn_Nns`m^p BaW¡w tN«kÄ Sn^nªp tWm¡n. fNsa tWm¡n Np® sS^p¸nXn¡p¶ eÀ¯mkv.! Ss¶ ssfâv sI¿msS skan]ns`Xp¯v Np`p¡p¶p. sbs«¶kÄ bpS¸v l^n]m¡n fNapsX tUiw f_¨p. knlzhn¡mWmNmsS AÂbtW^w eÀ¯mknsW tWm¡n Wn¶p. bns¶ A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨v hz´w fp_n]nt`¡v sNm*ptbm]n NSNX¨p. H^p kr¯n sN« K´pknsWs]t¶m\w eÀ¯mknsW tWm¡n. bn¶oXv WX¶ hwemg§am\v Wn§Ä fpNan tN«Sv.

AkapsX t^mgw At¸mjpw SoÀ¶n«nÃm]n^p¶p.

“”bp_¯v Fs´m^p fmWy³.. fmSrNm AVymbN³ WµtPmb³.. DÅn`n^p¸v CSpw.! A§nsWs]m¶pw In´n¡sà fWpgym.. AkÄ W½psX fNam\v.” b_ªv SoÀ¶t¸mtj¡pw AkapsX N®v Wn_ªn^p¶p.

h¦Xw hin¡k¿msS hpfSn sdÍn Np_¨p tW^w NnX¶p. knkmiw Njnªv Wm`p kÀgfm]n«pw PÀen\n]mNmSn^p¶t¸mjm\v

AkÄ tZmÎs_ hfobn¨Sv. FÃm sXÌpNapw Njnªt¸mÄ SWns¡m^n¡`pw A½]mNmWmNnsö hSyw AkÄ Sn^n¨_nªp. At±i¯nsWm^p Npj¸kpfnÃ, SWn¡m\p tNXv. B kngf¯n CWns]´p sI¿\sf¶_n]msS Wn¡pt¼mjm\p Ssâ AWn]¯n]pw eÀ¯mkpw H^mN-vhnZ³_n f^\s¸« knk^w Aksa tSXns]¯p¶Sv. AWn]¯n]psX H^p k]ÊpÅ Npªv AÛpSN^fm]n ^£s¸XpN]pw sI]vSp.

AWn]¯n tbm] h¦Xw DÅn`p*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw SWn¡v fmSrSzw WÂNn] B NpªnsW AkÄ sbm¶ptbms`]m\v kaÀ¯n]Sv. fnWn F¶m]n^p¶p NpªnWp KWn¨t¸mÄ C«n^p¶ tb^v. bn¶oXv eÀ¯mkSv fmän WµW F¶m¡n. ssih-vNqÄ AVymbN³ WµtPmbsâ fNÄ WµW]m]n AkÄ kaÀ¶p. Ct¸mjkÄ ¹hvXp FN-vhmw FjpSn Wn¡p¶p.

eÀ¯mknsâ DÅn`n^n¸v A_nªtSmsX CWns]§nsW hfmVmWt¯msX Kokn¡pw F¶_n]msS hpfSn Npj§n. AkÄ F\oäv AXp¡a]ns`¯n]t¸mÄ WµW AknsX bm{Sw NjpNns¡m*v Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p. kmgvtdhn Wmen]fÀ¯n I´n bn¶nt`¡v SÅns¡m*v Wn¡p¶ fNsa hpfSn Cf]W¡msS tWm¡n. sb®nsâ I´n Cu]nsX]m]n AÂbw kn^nªn«p*v, ASmt\m Wtµ«sW sNmSn¸n¨Sv. I´n At±i¯nsâ ko¡vWÊm\v. bq_n N]_n]SntW¡mÄ B Np® Ssâ Np*n]n N]_n]n«p*v.! “”Wn§ao skÅw fpjpk³ Np*n]nt`¡v kn«n«m\v Wfp¡v Np«nNap*mNm¯sS¶v’ Sm³ Nan]m¡pfm]n^p¶p. F´m]m`pw CWn hq£n¡\w.! Aksam^p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p..

AVymbN³ F¶Sn`pb^n _n] FtÌäv tfO`]n`pw WµtPmb³ hKokfm]n^p¶p. ^mkns` tcm¬ k¶Spw A]mÄ ko«n Wn¶n_§n. D¨t]msX CXbmXpNsaÃmw SoÀs¶¦n`pw A]mÄ ko«nt`¡v tbm]nÃ, tWs^ dm_nt`¡v N]_n.

hmVm^\ fUybn¡m¯ A]mÄ A¶v ASymklyw W¶m]n Ss¶ fnWp§n. sskNpt¶^w Wm`pf\n¡m\]mÄ dm_n Wn¶n_§n]Sv. fNÄ¡nãs¸« b`im^§apw km§n Sn^nªt¸mjm\v NX]n dm`^f Sq§p¶Sv A]mapsX {l²]n sb«Sv. Ct¸mjpw FÃm `¡kpw dm`^f tfmÄ¡v WnÀdÔfm\v. C§nsWs]m^p sb®v.! Aksa Np_nt¨mÀ¯Spw ^mkns` N* skap¯ CÍ`n]m\v DÅn sSanªSv. AtSmsX km]n skÅfq_n] A]mÄ dm`^f]pw km§n ko«nt`¡v Sn^n¨p.

Hmt«m]n C^n¡pt¼mjpw A]mapsX In´ fNsa¡p_n¨p Ss¶]m]n^p¶p. Fs´¦n`pw sI¿p¶ps*¦n Cu AkVn¡m`¯p Ss¶ sI¿\w. sb®nsâ fp`NÄ N*m Bt^m ssNkafnXp¶ps*¶v tSm¶nt¸mNpw.! A{S¡pw fpjp¸p*v. B D^p*v sNmjp¯ I´n¡pX§Ä Bs^]pw f]¡p¶Sm\v. Bs^¦n`pw ssN sk¡p¶SnWp fp³bv DSvQmXWw WX¯\w. bs£,

Ssâ em^y A_n]msS H¶pw sI¿m³ Njn]nÃ. ASpsNm*m\v ^mkns` Ssâ B{Piw Aksa A_n]n¨Sv. F´m]m`pw Sm³ {bSo£n¨ A{S]pw sbm«ns¯_n D*m]nÃ.

ko«ns`¯n]Spw HmXnk¶ WµW]v¡v N¿n`pÅsSÃmw sNmXp¯ tlgw Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨v Nknan AfÀ¯ns]m^p fp¯w sNmXp¯p. hwl]¡®pfm]n Wn¡p¶ em^ys] AkP\n¨]mÄ fNapsX ftä Nknan`pw fp¯n. A¨sâ hvtWiw ^*p Nknan`pw Gäpkm§n WµW In^n¨p. F¶n«kÄ A½s] tWm¡n.

“”At½.. A¨sW WÃ f\w.!” koln]n«ps*¶v BwPyw Nm\n¨kÄ DÅnt`¡v tbm]n.

tbmNpt¼mjpÅ fNapsX CaNn¯pap¼p¶ bn¶jNn A]mapsX N®pNÄ DX¡n Wn¶p. Np® {bN¼Ww sNm* hwl]¯n A]mÄ A_n]msS Np®]n SXkn. FÃmw NuSpNt¯msX ko£n¨p Wn¡p¶ em^y]psX AXps¯¯n]Spw fpOw bnXn¨]mÄ Ip*n Ss¶ AfÀ¯ns]m^p D½ sNmXp¯p. F¶ns«m^p kga³ In^n]pw In^n¨v DÅnt`¡v WX¶p.

bntä¶pw A]mÄ fUybn¨n«m\v ko«ns`¯n]Sv. B hf]¯v hpfSn A]Âb¡¯m]n^p¶p.

fNÄ Ss¶ N*n«nsöv tSm¶n]Spw A]mÄ bn¶n`qsX sI¶v Aksa NX¶v bnXn¨p. H^p ssN AkapsX fp`]n`pw ftä ssN tWs^ hmfmW¯n`pfm\v AfÀ¶Sv.

sM«n¯n^nª WµW H^p Wnfngw bN¨v AJsâ ssN S«ns¯_p¸n¨p.

A]mÄ Wn¶v In^n¡pN]m]n^n¶p. “”tbXn¨v tbmt]m..? kmXo..tfmta.. A¨WsÃ..” b_ªpsNm*]mÄ ko*pw Aksa bnXn¡m³ tWm¡n.

WµW HmXpN]m]n^p¶p. tWs^ fp_n]n sI¶v kSn`X¨v Npän]n«v N«n`n NnX¶v Npt_ N^ªp. A½ k¶t¸mÄ AkÄ FÃmw b_ªp. hpfSn Npt_ tW^w H¶pw fn*n]nÃ, bns¶ b_ªp.

“”CWn A¨sâ fp¼n tbmNmSn^p¶m fSn..”

A½ b_ªtbms` Ss¶ bn¶oXkÄ A¨sâ fp¼n sbXmSn^n¡m³ {lfn¨p. bs£ Ft¸msj¦n`pw sI¶v sb«m A]mapsX ssN AkapsX fp`]nt`m I´n]nt`m Af^pfm]n^p¶p. A¨sâ Cu hzemkw Nm^\w AkÄ A½t]mXv ko*pw b^mSns¸«p.

A¶v ^m{Sn D_§m³ NnX¡pt¼mjm\v AÑWpf½]pw NnX¡p¶ fp_n]n Wn¶pw lÐw tNÄ¡p¶Sv AkÄ {l²n¨Sv. lÐw H^Âbw D¨¯n`m]t¸mÄ AkÀ S½n fp«³ kj¡v WX¡pN]ms\¶v AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. sfsà F\oäv Ak^psX fp_n]psX kmSn`n¶^nNn tbm]n NmtSmÀ¯p. At¸mÄ AN¯vWn¶pw A¨sâ lÐw tNÄ¡p¶p.

‘Wo ASn¶v C{Ss]m¶pw Npj¸fm¡mWnÃ.. fNams\¦n`pw AkÄ sb®v Ss¶]sÃ..? FWn¡ksa Nn«nt] bäq..”

A¨sâ

km¡v tN« WµW kÃmsS SaÀ¶v tbm]n. A¨³ Fs´ms¡]m\v Cu b_]p¶Sv..? AkÄ¡v knlzhn¡m³ NjnªnÃ.

“”Wn§apsX km¡v tN«n«v FWn¡v `ÖtSm¶p¶p.. f¡anÃmSn^p¶ Wfp¡v ssUkw S¶Sm\ksa.. ASptbm`pw f_¶psNm*sà Wn§Ä CsSms¡ b_]p¶Sv..?”

“”f_¶n«mt\mXo Mm³ Cu h¼mSn¡p¶sSms¡.. CsSms¡ AkÄ¡pÅSsÃ.. ASnWv bN^w FWn¡pw kÃSpw Wn§Ä A½]pw fNapw St^*..?”

bns¶ Np_¨p tW^t¯¡v H¶pw tN«nÃ, tlgfm\v A½ knSp¼n N^]pN]ms\¶_nªSv.

“”sNm¨p Np«n]m Akav..” A½]psX hz^w Wt¶ tWÀ¯n^p¶p.

“”bnt¶.. sNm¨v Np«n.. Akav b\nSpX§nt]m¶m Fsâ hwl]w.. fp`s]ms¡ N*ntÃ.. Fs´m^p k`p¸fm.. Bs^¦n`pw ssN¸\nsI¿msS ASn{S]v¡v k`pSmknÃ.” A¨sâ kÀ¯fmWw tN« AkÄ AXnfpXn S^n¨p tbm]n.

“”Wn§apsX B{Piw H^n¡`pw WX¡nÃ.. CWn Mm³ h½Sn¨m`pw WµW h½Sn¡nÃ.”” b_ªpsNm*v hpfSn sbs«¶v kmSn Sp_¶v bp_t¯¡n_§n]Spw sSm«pfp¶n fNsa N*v sM«n. ^*ptb^pw b^hvb^w bN¨v tWm¡n. bns¶ hpfSn N^ªpsNm*v fNsa sN«n¸nXn¨p.

“”Wo tN«nsà tfmta A¨³ b_ªsSms¡.., tfmta.. H^¨³ b_]p¶ Nm^y§amt\m CSv..? WnW¡nSv h½Sn¡m³ Njn]ptfm..?”

A½]psX tImUy§Ä¡v fp¼n AkÄs¡m¶pw b_]m³ NjnªnÃ. A¨³ fp_n]n Wn¶v bp_t¯¡n_§p¶Sv N*Spw AXp¯pÅ Nth^]n A½s] C^p¯ns¡m*v AkÄ hz´w fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. WX¡pt¼mÄ A½t]mXv A¨³ ko*pw b_]p¶Sv tN«p.

“”Np«nNap*mNm¯Sv WnW¡m]n^p¶p, FWn¡Ã.. F¶n«pw Mm³ Wns¶ Hjnkm¡msS Wnsâ B{Pi§Äs¡m¯v Kokn¨p.. Fsâ Cu B{Piw Wo hmVn¨p S¶nsæn ^*ntWw Mm³ Fsâ KoknS¯n Wn¶v Hjnkm¡pw.”

fp_n]ns`¯n]Spw sdÍnt`¡v ko\ WµW H¶v sbm«n¡^]m³ tbm`pw Njn]msS SaÀ¶v NnX¶p. Ft¸mjm\v D_§n]Sv F¶v tbm`pw A_n]nÃ. ^mkns` kmSn`n fp«v tN«m\v D_¡fp\À¶Sv. hf]w Npt_ sskNns]¶v tSm¶p¶p. kmSn Sp_¶t¸mÄ A½]m]n^p¶p.

“”f\n b¯v Njnªp.. tbm]n bÃpw fpOkpsfms¡ NjpNn km.. Im]NpXnt¡t*.?” ASv tN« AkÄ dmSv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p. dmSv_qfn Wn¶pw k¶t¸mtj¡pw hpfSn Im]]pw b`im^kpw tXdnan sk¨n^p¶p.

“”A½ Im] NpXnt¨m.?” WµW tImUn¨p.

“”CÃ.” b_ªpsNm*v hpfSn]pw fNapsX NqsX C^p¶p.

A¨³ ko«n`nsöv WµW¡v fWÊn`m]n. Np_¨v hf]t¯¡v AkÀ A½]pw fNapw fuW^m]n C^p¶p. bns¶ A½ sfsà tImUn¨p.

“”Wo A¨sW AWph^n¡m³ S¿m_mt\m..?”

ASv tN«Spw Np_¨ptW^w AkÄ A½s]¯s¶ Sp_n¨p tWm¡n.

“”F´v sI¿\sf¶m A½ b_]p¶Sv..?”

“”C¶s` ^m{Sn fpjpk³ Mm³ Bt`mIn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.. A¨³ b_]p¶Sv AWph^n¡pN]ÃmsS Wfp¡v tks_ kjns]m¶pw CÃ.. CWn A¨Wpfm]n kj¡p*m¡mtWm A¨Wpfm]n bn^n]mtWm H¶pw FWn¡v k¿.. ASpsNm*v tfmav FÃmw ht´mgt¯msX AWph^n¡v.” ASv b_]pt¼mÄ A½]psX fpOs¯ kngfw AkÄ N*p.

“”A½s]´m\o b_]p¶Sv.. MmsW§nsW A¨sâ NqsX..? A½]vs¡§nsW CSv In´n¡m³ Njn]p¶p..?”

“”A¨³ ^*pw N¸n¨m\v tfmta.. AWph^n¨nsæn W½Ä kjn]mVm^fmNpw.. fm{SfÃ, CSm^pw A_n]mWpw tbmNp¶nÃtÃm.. ASpsNm*v tfmav A¨sâ NqsX NnXt¶ H¡q..” hpfSn D_¨ hz^¯n b_ªp. AkÄ A½]psX fpO¯v Ss¶ tWm¡n Np_¨v hf]w Njnªv b_ªp.

“”At½.. FWns¡m¶v Bt`mIn¡\w.”

“”CSn Bt`mIn¡m³ F´n^n¡p¶p.. A¨sW ht´mgn¸n¡p¶p F¶v fm{Sw N^pSn]m fSn.” b_ªpsNm*v hpfSn AkapsX Nknan H^p IpwdWw WÂNn AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n.

Im] NpXn¨v NjnªSnWv tlgw WµW tWs^ fp_n]n tbm]n NnX¶p. sskNpt¶^w ks^ AkÄ N_§p¶ cmWpw tWm¡ns¡m*v Bt`mIn¨p. bns¶]m\v fp_n]n Wn¶pw bp_¯n_§n]Sv. At¸mÄ A½ AXp¡a]n ^m{Sn]nt`¡pÅ e£\w D*m¡p¶ Sn^¡n`m]n^p¶p. Aksa N* A½ In^n¨p.

“”Wo D_§nt¡mt«¶v knIm^n¨m D\À¯mSn^p¶Sv.. tIm_v Njn¡pt¶m Im] NpXn¡pt¶m..?”

Aksam¶pw b_ªnÃ. hpfSn Im] D*m¡n ASv fNÄ¡v WÂNnsNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”F¶n«v Wo F´v So^pfmWn¨p.?””

AkÄ H^n_¡v Im]NpXn¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”A½]psX Cãw tbms` WX¡s«, Mm³ S¿m_m..” ASv tN«Spw hpfSn ht´mgw AenW]n¨v tfmsa sN«n¸nXn¨v Ipwdn¨p. DÅns` Woä AX¡n k]v¡mWkÄ bmXpsb«p.

“”tfmta.. Wnsâ]¨³ kas^ WÃkWm\v.. Wnsâ fp¶pw bn¶pw N*v sNmSn bnXn¨Sm\v At§À¡v.. A¨sW ht´mgn¸n¨m Wfp¡v Pp\tf D*mkq..” b_ªn«v hz]w Blzhn¨v hpfSns]m^p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.

A¶v sskNpt¶^w A¨³ k¶t¸mÄ WµW A¨sâ fp¼n sbXmsS WX¶p. Aksa

H¶p ^*v {bmklyw A¨³ AtWzgn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p bs£ AkÄ A¨sâ A^nNnt`¡v tbm]tS CÃ. ^m{Sn hwekn¡m³ tbmNp¶SnsWbän HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ AkapsX DX`msN kn_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A¨sâ NqsX F§sW NnX¡pw..? C^p«¯v N®pfX¨v NnX¶v sNmXp¡mw. F´v tk\sf¦n`pw A¨³ sI]vtSms«.. A½]pw H¸w D*mNptfm..? AkÄ¡v HmÀ¡m³ NqXn Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ.

^mSn Bim^¯n¶v tlgw hpfSn fNapsX fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p. N«n`n C^n¡p¶ fNsa B A½ Np_¨p tW^w tWm¡nWn¶p. hmVm^\ fNÄ fnZn]pw tXm¸pfm\v ko«n CXm_v bSnkv. C¶kÄ Ip^nUm_m\v C«n^n¡p¶Sv. AktamXv ASp fmän H^p ssWän A\n]m³ b_ªmt`m¶v hpfSn In´n¨p. bns¶ N^pSn tks*¶v. At§^v Ip^nUmÀ Ajn¨v dp±nfp«s«.!

“”Wo M§apsX fp_n]nt`¡v km A¨³ AknsX Nm¯n^n¡p¶p..”

ASv tN«Spw AkapsX DsÅm¶v Nman. A½t]mXv h½Sn¨t¸mÄ Nn«n] ssV^ysfm¶pw Ct¸mÄ Nn«p¶nÃ. Ssâ irU]fnXn¸v {NfmSoSfm]n D]^p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp. A½ tbm]n«pw AkaknsXWn¶pw AW§n]nÃ.

A¨sâ fp_n]n Wn¶pw A½]psX tfmta F¶pÅ knantN«v AkÄ sfsà Ssâ fp_n]n Wn¶pw bp_¯n_§n A¨sâ fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. AN¯v Wn¶pw A¨tâ]pw A½]ptX]pw kÀ¯fmWw tNÄ¡mw.. fp_n]psX kmSn`n F¯n]Spw AkapsX N¿pw Nm`pw kn_¡m³ SpX§n. Sm³ kmSn¡ F¯n] knk^w A_nªSv tbms` Ak^psX hwhm^w Wn¶p. ANt¯¡v Nms`Xp¯v sk¡mWpÅ ssV^yfnÃmsS AkÄ Wn¶p.

fNÄ kmSn¡ Ss¶ Wn¡pN]ms\¶_nªSpw A]mÄ sI¶v kmSn fpjpkWm]n Sp_¶p.. Wm\n¨v S`Smjv¯n Wn¡p¶ fNsa A]mÄ AXn fpS fpXnks^ knXÀ¶ N®pNtamsX tWm¡n. bns¶ AkapsX ssN bnXn¨v ANt¯¡v k`n¨p. A_p¡m³ sNm*ptbmNp¶ BXnsWt¸ms` AkÄ A¨sâ NqsX ANt¯¡v WX¶p.

N«n`nWXps¯¯n]Spw A]makapsX ssN kn«p. AkÄ bSps¡ A½s] H¶p tWm¡n. At¸mjSm A¨³ A½]psX ssN bnXn¨v kmSn¡t`¡v WX¡p¶p.

em^ys] bp_¯m¡n kmSn`X¨v SjpSn«v Sn^nª A]mÄ fNtamXv b_ªp.

“”A½s] Wfp¡v Wmsa W½psX H¸w Nq«mw… C¶kÄ Wnsâ fp_n]n NnX¡s«.”

ssUktf..! A¨WnsS¶pw SpX^mWmt\m b^nbmXn..? Ssâ AXpt¯¡v k^p¶ A¨sâ N®ns` Sna¡w N*Spw AkÄ S` Smjv¯n Wn¶p. bmUhvbµWw AXps¯¯n Wn¶Spw DÅw NnXpNnXp¯p.

fNsa tUit¯¡v k`n¨n«]mÄ Btklt¯msX sN«n¸p\À¶t¸mÄ AkapsX

tUifmhN`w S^n¨ptbm]n. A]mapsX B{Nm´w bnXn¨ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX fpO¯mNfmWw HmXn WX¶p. Njp¯n fpOfn«p^¨ A]mÄ AkapsX PÔw fq¡nt`¡v k`n¨p N]än AknsXs]m¶v W¡n. DĸpaNt¯msX S` sI^n¨ AkÄ A¨sâ N¼n¡p® Ssâ Wmen]n Np¯ns¡mÅp¶Sv A_nªp.

fp`NÄ bnXn¨v sM^n¨ A]mÄ Ss¶ Gs_ sNmSn¸n¨n^p¶ I´n]n AfÀ¯n Nl¡n. “”Biv..’ Fs¶m^p tkUWn¡p¶ hz^w Akan Wn¶p]À¶p. AtSmsX A]mÄ I´n W¶m]n Djnªv sNmXp¯v Ns¿Xp¯p.

sNm¨psb®m\v, tbm^m¯SnWp fNapw.! B{Nm´w Nm«p¶Sv W¶Ã. W¶ms]m¶v hpOn¸n¨v sNmXp¯m hztfU]m F¶pw SWn¡nkÄ kj§n¯^pw.! A{S]pw In´n¨Spw A]maksa bSps¡ sdÍnt`¡v C^p¯n. NqsX]n^p¶psNm*v AkapsX Ip*n Ipwdn¨p. B bknj¨p*pNÄ bSps¡ km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp. ASntWmsXm¸w Ip^nUm_nWp fpNan`qsX fp`Nta]pw SjpNn.

hf]w Na]msS A]maksa sdÍnt`¡v bSps¡ f`À¯n¡nX¯n. Wm\w sNm*v Iqan] AkÄ AknsX¡nX¶ A¨sâ bpSs¸Xp¯v fpOt¯¡n«v hz´w fpOw f_¨p.

A¨³ Ssâ Ip^nUm_nsâ tXm¸v D]À¯pN]ms\¶v fWÊn`m]tSmsX AkapsX l^o^w kn_¨p. N®pNÄ C_p¡n]X¨v NnX¶n«pw AkÄ DÄt{b^\]n A¨sâ ssNNÄ bnXn¨psk¨p.

fNÄ hiN^n¡p¶nsöv fWÊn`m]Spw A]mÄ d`fm]kapsX ssN knXpkn¨v A^ sbm¡n¸nXn¨v tXm¸p]À¯n. AtSmsX AkÄ AX§n¡nX¶p. D]À¯pwtSm_pw skap¯ Wmen]pw sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]pw Urlyfm]n k¶p. k]_nWpw fpNant`¡v D]À¯n] tXm¸v skap¯ {dm¡pÅn koÀ¸pfp«n¡nX¡p¶ fp`NÄ¡v fpNant`¡]mÄ Ip^p«n k¨p. F¶n«v bmânsâ kÅn]n bnXn¨p k`n¨v `qhm¡n ASpw SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX Du^ns]Xp¯p. skÅ]n Wo`¸q¡apÅ bm³_n]pw skap¯ {dm]pfn«v Njp¯nt`¡v Ip^p«nk¨ tXm¸pfm]n fpOw f_¨p NnX¡p¶ Ssâ hpµ^n¡p«ns] B A¨³ N®nfjv¡msS Wnfng§tamaw tWm¡nWn¶p. AkapsX CXSqÀ¶ skap¯ SpXNÄ N*m BÀ¡m]m`pw SpX¡v k]v¡m³ tSm¶psf¶v A]mÄ¡v tSm¶nt¸m]n.

AkapsX SpXp¯ tfWn]nt`¡]mÄ fpOfXp¸n¨p. A^s¡«n bnXn¨v sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n Ss¶ BUyw Ipwdn¨p. C¡nan]m] Aksam¶v CaNn¯pap¼n.

sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n Wmkn«na¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ C¡nansNm*v bpaªptbm]n. {dm]psX fpNanÂNqXn ^*p fp`Napw bnXn¨v sM¡n sM^n¨ A]mÄ bn¶nt`¡v N¿n«v {dm Ajn¨pfmän. Wà k`p¸fpÅ, fpNant`¡p]À¶v Nq¼n Wn¡p¶ skap¯ fp`NÄ A]mÄ¡p fp¶n AWmkrSfm]n.

B^pw ssNkaw C«n«Ã C{S]pw k`pSm]sS¶v AkapsX DX]m¯ fp`NÄ N*t¸mÄSs¶ A]mÄ¡v kyàfm]n. sNmSnt]msX A]mÄ Aks] bSps¡ sSm«pjnªp. ^*p ssNsNm*pw HmfWn¨p. Skn«pWn_¯n`pÅ kr¯¯n A]mÄ kn^`psNm*v k«w k^¨p. ASnWp WXpkns` sI_n] sM«pNÄ bnXn¨]mÄ sM^Xn. Cu hf]s¯Ãmw Nojv¨p*v NXn¨pbnXn¨kÄ hin¨v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. A¨WkapsX CXs¯ fp`¡®n WmkpsNm*v W¡n]Spw Aksam¶p bnX¨p.

H^p fp`¡®v km]n`m¡n Wp\]pt¼mÄ ftäfp` A]mÄ bnXn¨p sM^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Hmt^m fp`]pw fm_nfm_n Wp\ªt¸mÄ A¨³_ DfnWo^nWm AkapsX fp`¯X§Ä WWªp NpSnÀ¶p. CX¡v A¨sâ bÃkapsX fp`¡®n sNm*Spw CSpks^ AW§msS NnX¶p^p¶ AkÄ A¨sâ S`bnXn¨v làn]m]n fp`]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n. fNÄ¡v hpOn¡p¶ps*¶_nª A]mÄ km]n sNmÅmkp¶ A{S]pw k`ns¨Xp¯v I¸n k`n¨p. ASkÄ¡v hin¡m³ Njn]p¶Sn`pw A¸p_fm]n^p¶p. A¨sâ AXn]n NnX¶kÄ bpaªp.

A]mapsX ssN AkapsX fnWphfmÀ¶ k]_nsW SjpNn Smtj¡n_§n. sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n C¡nan]n«psNm*v bm³_n]psX DÅnt`¡v WpjªpN]_n. bq_n sSm«Spw Aksam¶v sM«n]Sv A]ma_nªp.

B ^Sn]m^mfw fpjpk³ A]mÄ ssN¸¯n]ns`mSp¡n. ASnsâ AXnkm^fmsN WWªn^n¡p¶p. B kjpkjp¸n b^Sns¡m*n^n¡p¶SnWnX]n kn^s`m¶v DÅnt`¡v N]än tWm¡n. N]_p¶nÃ.! Ssâ tfmanSpks^ kn^`ptbm`pw N]än tWm¡n]n«nsöv A]mÄ¡p_¸m]n. Fs´m^p fp_p¡w. N´n bnXn¨v sM^Xn]Spw AkÄ SpXNÄ C_p¡n¸nXn¨p.

fp`Nan Wn¶pw Smtj¡njª A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AkapsX k]_nWp fpNans`¯n. sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]pw b^nh^kpw W¡n¯pX¨v bm³_n]n bq_nWp fpNan`m]n AfÀ¯n]p½ k¨p. WWkn Wmkp fp«n¨v ^pIn]pw tWm¡n. bns¶ Smfhn¨nÃ. bm³_n bnXn¨v SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX Smtjm«v Du^ns]Xp¯p.

Fs´m^p Nmjv¨!. Njp¯nWp Smtj¡v bqÀ® WPvWfm] fNapsX skap¯p SpXp¯ tUiw A]mÄ knhvf]t¯msX tWm¡nWn¶p. SpX]nXp¡n AÂbw koÀ¯p´n] bqÀ¯Xw N*]mapsX km]n skÅfq_n. AXp¸n¨p k¨n^p¶ SpXNÄ k`n¨N¯n]t¸mÄ H«n¸nXn¨p Wn¡p¶ bqÀIp*pNÄ¡nX]n fpNant`¡v S`Wo«n Wn¡p¶ sNm¨p N´pw Urlyfm]n. ^*v SpXNan`pw D½k¨v A]mÄ bqÀ¯X¯nt`¡v fpOfXp¸n¨p.

H^p bp^pgsâ BUy IpwdWw AkapsX t]mWoSXw Gäpkm§n. AknsX sfm¯w fpOfn«p^¨ A]mÄ N´ns`m¶v AfÀ¯n W¡n. Wmkv N´n S«n]Spw Aksam¶v sM«nkn_¨p.

bq_nSapNÄ knXÀ¯n¸nXn¨v N´n W¡m³ SpX§n]tSmsX AkÄ sManbn^n sNm*p. A¨sâ S` bnXn¨fÀ¯n Nm`n«Xn¨p.

“”Biv… A¨m.. F´m]o sI¿t\..” BUyfm]n AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw lÐw bp_t¯¡p k¶p.

A]maSnWp f_pbXn b_]msS fpOw bq_n`n«p^¨p. bqÀIm`n`qsX Nojäw fpS fpNant`¡v b`]mkÀ¯n W¡n. N´pfpNpaw Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`m¡n Wp\ªp. AkÄ hpOw sNm*v bpa]mWpw A¨sâ S`]n bnXn¨v fm´mWpw SpX§n. C{S]pw hpOw Nn«p¶ GÀ¸mXm]n^ps¶¦n A¨Wp Sm³ Fs¶ Nm`N¯n sNmXpt¯sW..!

“”A¨m.. tkPw tkPw Biv.” AkÄ A_n]msS b_ªptbm]n.

AtSmsX A]mÄ¡mtklfm]n. bq_p sfm¯f]mÄ km]nt`s¡Xp¯v I¸n k`n¨p. ^*v kn^`psNm*v bq_nSÄ knXÀ¯n¸nXn¨v Wm¡v NqÀ¸n¨v DÅnt`¡v N]äm³ {lfn¨p. N´n sSm«psNm*pÅ Wmknsâ B I`Ww Akan knhvtcmXW§Ä hrãn¨p. ASnWnsX A¨sâ H^pssN AkapsX I´n¡Xn]n`qsX N¿n«v bnXn¨v sM^n¡p¶pfp*m]n^p¶p. AkÄ W¶m]nSs¶ tSsWmjp¡m³ SpX§n. HjpNnk^p¶ tSsWÃmw A¨³ NpXn¨n_¡pN]ms\¶v fWÊn`m]tSmsX AkapsX l^o^sfm¶v sk«nkn_¨p. WXp fpNant`¡p]À¯n] AkÄ A¨sâ S` fpjpkWm]n DÅnt`¡v N]ämsW¶k®w bqänt`¡fÀ¯n.

fNÄ knNm^fqÀ¨ tWXpN]ms\¶p fWÊn`m¡n] A]mÄ ASntkPw Wmkv I`n¸n¨p. WXp ka¨v kn_¨ AkÄ SaÀ¶v ko\p. A¨sâ S`]n`pÅ AkapsX bnXn A]ªp. BUyfm]Wpekn¨ ^SnfqÀ¨]psX hwSrbvSn]n AkÄ SaÀ¶p NnX¶v NnX¡pt¼mÄ A]mÄ Wn`¡msS HjpNnk^p¶ tSsWÃmw H^p SpÅntbm`pw Na]msS W¡n¡pXn¡p¶ Sn^¡n`m]n^p¶p.

SpX]nXp¡nÂWn¶v fpOfp]À¯n] A]mÄ AktamsXm¸w sI^nªp NnX¶v bSps¡ B fpO¯v Wn¶pw bpSs¸Xp¯v fmän. Wm\¯n sbmSnª bp©n^nt]msX Aka¨sW tWm¡n. AkapsX HmfW¯fpÅ fpOw A]mÄ ^*v ssNNam`pw tNm^ns]Xp¯p. Ip*n Ss¶ AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.

C{S]pw Btkl¯n A¨Wksa Ipwdn¡p¶Sv BUyfm]n«m]n^p¶p. B{Nm´w bnXn¨ A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AkapsX fpO¯msN HmXnWX¶p. AkapsX Nojv¨p*]mÄ km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp. Wmkv AkapsX Wmkpfm]n bn\ªt¸mÄ hz´w bqÀt¯Wnsâ hzmUpw AkÄ¡v bnXnNn«n.

A]mÄ¡v £f Wãs¸«Sptbms` tSm¶n. Njp¯n Ip^p«nk¨n^p¶ AkhmWs¯ khv{Skpw A]mÄ S`kjn Du^ns]Xp¯p. AkapsX fpNant`¡fÀ¶v NnX¶v bq*X¡w sN«n¸nXn¨v B Njp¯n fpOffÀ¯n. As¸mtj¡pw kn]À¯p SpX§n]n^p¶ AknsX]msN A]mÄ W¡n¯pX¨p. AtSmsX

Akapw A¨sW sN«n¸nXn¨p.

fp`NÄ Np_¨p tW^w k`n¨o¼n] A]mÄ ko*pw Aksa D\À¯ns]Xp¯p. AkapsX fpNanÂWn¶p]À¶v hz´w khv{Skpw A]mÄ Ajns¨_nªp.

fp«pNm`n Wn¡p¶ A¨sâ Np® N*kÄ bN¨p. Fs´m^p k`n¸w.! F{St]m Sk\ B fXn]n SmWn^p¶n^n¡p¶p. At¸msjm¶pw C§sWs]m^p hmVWw AknsX DÅSm]n tbm`pw tSm¶n]n«nÃ. k®w fm{Sfà Wà Woakpw.! CsS§nsW Ssâ DÅnt`¡v N]_pw?. AkÄ¡v e]fm]n. As¸mtj¡pw A¨WkapsX SpXNÄ bnXn¨N¯n¡jnªn^p¶p.

AN¯nk¨ SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v A]mÄ N]_n]n^p¶p. fNapsX WWkpÅ bqänt`¡]mÄ Np®]Xp¸n¨p. Np® N´n sSm«Spw ASnsâ {bN¼Ww AkapsX tfWn]n`mNfmWw bXÀ¶v N]_n. bqÀ¨m`n`qsX Np®]]mÄ AfÀ¯n]p^¨p. Np®¯p¼n`msN tS³bp^*p. AkÄ N®X¨v Nojv¨p*v NXn¨p bnXn¨p. N´n fp«ns¡m*pÅ B D^] AkÄ¡v A{S]pw hpOfm\v h½mWn¨Sv. A¨³ Ct¸msjm¶pw ASv WnÀ¯^ptS F¶kÄ B{Pin¨p. bt£ AkapsX]m B{Pi¯nWp AÂbm]ptÊ D*m]n^p¶pÅq. N´ntWmX¸tW^w NqXn Nn¶m^w b_ª Np® sbmXp¶sW bNpSnt]maf§v ANt¯¡v N]_n.

“”it½…” AkÄ bnXªptbm]n. Ssâ bq_msN sbm«n¡o_n]Sptbms`]m\v AkÄ¡v tSm¶n]Sv.

NWymIÀ½w teUn¨v DÅnt`¡v N]_n] Np® A]mÄ Np_¨p tW^w AW¡msS k¨p. Caw IqXpÅ AkapsX C_p¡fpÅ bq_nWpÅn Sn§n sM^nªn^n¡pN]m\v A]mapsX Np®. fNapsX N®nÂWn¶pw NpXpNpXm skÅsfm`n¡p¶Sv N*tSmsX AkapsX fpNant`¡fÀ¶v NnX¶v sN«n¸nXn¨v ^*v Nknan`pw D½k¨v Blzhn¸n¨p.

“”BUys¯ tkUWt] D*mNq tfmta.. Np_¨pNjnªm Wà hpOfm]n^n¡pw.”

“”hm^fnèm A¨³ sI]vtSmaq.” A§nsW b_sª¦n`pw Aka¨sW fpNanÂWn¶v D]^m³ h½Sn¨nÃ. sN«n¸nXn¨v Ss¶ NnX¶p.

A]mÄ bSps¡ Du^n]Xn¡m³ SpX§n. Fs´m^p ssXäv.! fNapsX ho`p sbm«n¡m³ NjnªSm\v Ssâ KoknS¯ns` Gäkpw k`n] emPysf¶v A]mÄ¡v tSm¶n. BUyfmUyw fpjpkWm]pw DÅnt`¡v N]ämsS, N]_n] emP¯n«v fm{Sfm\]mÄ AXn¨Sv. Np_¨p Njnªv sI_pSm]n A]kp k¶t¸mÄ fp¡m emP¯n`¸p_w DÅnt`¡v N]än]Xn¡m³ SpX§n.

“”CWn N]ätà A¨m.. DÅns`knsXt]m fp«p¶p.” Np®]psX SÅn¡]äw hin¡k¿msS AkamsN kn½nãs¸Xp¶p*m]n^p¶p.

Ssâ Np® bqÀ®fm]pw DÄs¡mÅmWpÅ kymbvSn AkapsX sNm¨p bq_nWnsöv B A¨Wp fWÊn`ms]¦n`pw A]mapsX

Np®¡Sv H«pw fWÊn`m]nÃ. Ak³ bpSn] Bj§Ä SoÀ¯v I^n{Sw Np_n¡mWpÅ ky{PS]n B N¶n¸qÀ Np¯n¯pa¨v {VpSPSn]n Ss¶ I`n¡m³ SpX§n. CXs¡Ãmw NXks^ DÅns`¯n]t¸mÄ AkÄ¡v koÀ¸v fp«ns]¦n`pw kas^ tkP¯n Ss¶ AkaSntWmXv sbm^p¯s¸Xm³ SpX§n. BUys¯ Sk\ C¯n^n tkUW]p*mNpsf¶v AkÄ¡v A_n]mfm]n^ps¶¦n`pw C{S]pfp*mNpsf¶v AkÄ {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. In`t¸mÄ A¨sâ hmVWw k`p¸w NqXn]SpsNm*mNmw C§nsWs]¶v AkÄ Blzhn¨p. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ AkÄ¡pw Npt_sÈ hpOw k¶p SpX§n. AkÄ A¨sâ fpOw bnXn¨v fp`]nt`¡fÀ¯n.

A]mÄ AkapsX fp`¡®pNÄ fm_nfm_n Wp\]pt¼mÄ Smsj A]mapsX I´n Wà hvboZn Ss¶ I`n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A]mÄ BªXn¡p¶Sv SpXÀ¶psNmt*]n^p¶p. AkapsX bq_t¸mjpw A¨sâ Np®s] C_p¡n¸nXn¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. B CXp§n] kjn]n`qsX H^p bn̬ N\s¡ A]mapsX ko^ t]m²mkv ASntkPw h©^n¨p sNm*n^p¶p. CX¡kapsX I´n¡Xn]n`qsX N¿n«v I´n bnXn¨v sM^n¨pX¡mWpw A]mÄ f_¶nÃ.

SWn¡v tbmkm_ms]¶v tSm¶n]Spw A]makapsX fpNan Wn¶p]À¶v C^pkl¯pw ssNNÄ Np¯n b_¶Xn¨p. fNapsX N¶n¡an]m\nsS¶ In´ A]mapsX fWÊnsâ knUq^S]nÂtbm`pw At¸mÄ CÃm]n^p¶p. A©m_p Sk\ NqXn BªXn¨v AkapsX fpNant`¡fÀ¶v N£§Ä¡nX]n`qsX N¿n«v k^nªp fp_p¡n. bq_nsâ AXn¯«ns`¯n] Np® sk«n sk«n kn_¨p. Ioäns¯_n¨p AkapsX bq_nWpÅnt`¡v…. A¨sâ Np®]psX {bN¼Ww bq_nWpÅn SpX^p¶ AtS hf]¯p Ss¶]m\v Akapw ^SnfqÀ¨]ns`¯n]Sv. tkUW¡nX]n`pw k¶ B hpO¯n Aka¨sW fp_p¡n¸nXn¨v NnX¶p. bq_p Wn_ªv Nknªv I´n]nXp¡n`qsX Smtj¡v HjpNp¶S_nª WnÀkrSn]n AkÄ N®pNaX¨v f]§n.

Np_¨ptW^w fNapsX fpNan Ss¶ NnX¶ A]mÄ NnS¸v bqÀ®fm]pw AkhmWn¨t¸mÄ AkapsX ssNNÄ knXÀ¯n fpNant`¡p]À¶p. Np® bq_nWpÅn k¨vSs¶ Ip^p§n ASnWp fp³tb bp_¯p ImXn]n^p¶p. Np®]psX NX]v¡Â bän¸nXn¨ ^àf]mÄ N*p. bmkw.. Npt_ tkUWn¨p Nm\\w. BUy hwtemP¯nsâ B`hy¯n N®X¨p NnX¡p¶ fNsa A]mÄ AÂbtW^w tWm¡nWn¶p. F¶n«v dmSv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

fq{Ssfmjn¨v, Np® W¶m]n NjpNn dmSv_qfn Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡n_§n] A]mÄ N*Sv N®nWp i^w bN^p¶ hpµ^fm] Nmjv¨]m]n^p¶p.!

SWn¡v bp_w Sn^nªpWn¶v {ZÊv V^n¡m³ SpX§p¶ fNÄ. AkapsX B skap¯p^p* Np*n N*Spw A]mapsX Np®¯p¼nt`¡v ko*pw ^àw C^¼n¡]_n.

AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶]mÄ Np*n]n bnXns¨m¶v SjpNn. bn¶n tIÀ¶pWn¶v H^p ssNsNm*ksa sN«n¸nXn¨v ftä ssNsNm*]mÄ CXm³ SpX§n] tXm¸v Du^n sdÍnt`¡v Ss¶]n«p. Ssâ fp*pw A]mÄ b_ns¨_nªp. AtSmsX bmSn sbm§n] Np® AkapsX I´n]nXp¡n fp«nWn¶p.

Hs^SnÀ¸pw {bNXn¸n¡msS A¨sâ ssNNan AkÄ HSp§nWn¶p. AkapsX bn³Njp¯n Wn¶v fpXn fmän] A]mÄ AknsX AfÀ¯n D½k¨p. AkÄ¡v C¡nan]m]n Njp¯v sI^n¨p. A]mapsX ssNNÄ ^*pw fp`Nant`¡v Wo*p. sNmSn]X§m¯tbms` fp`Na]mÄ bnXn¨v sM^n¨p. I´n]nXp¡n D^p½n]p^p½n Np® eofmNm^w bq*Spw A]makapsX SpX Np_¨N¯n CX]nt`¡v Sn^pNnk¨v sI_pSm]n AW¡m³ SpX§n. Np_¨ptW^w fNsa Wn¶ Wn¸n k*nsN«n] tlgw A]mÄ sdÍn sNm*psI¶n^p¯n. F¶n«kapsX Iq*pkn^ bnXn¨v km]n`n«q¼n.

B AkØ]n`pw AkÄ¡v In^nk¶p. A¨WnsS´nsâ tNXm\v. sNm¨p Np«nNtat¸ms` kn^`v Wp\]p¶p.! A¨WkapsX S` bnXn¨v Ssâ Np®]nt`¡v AXp¸n¨t¸mjm\v AkÄ¡v Nm^yw bnXn Nn«n]Sv. AkÄ A¨sâ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n. CSnsâ bNpSns]¦n`pw km]n N]_n]m fSn]m]n^p¶p. bSps¡]kÄ ASnsâ NX¡Â bnXn¨v Ip*v At§m«Xp¸n¨p.

Np®¯`¸ns`m¶v D½k¨SnWptlgw AkÄ bSps¡ fNpXw km]n`m¡n H¶p Wp\ªp. A]mÄ hpOw sNm*v fpNant`¡v D]À¶ptbm]n. A¨sâ Np® AkÄ W¶m]n Du¼ns¡mXp¯p. km]nt`¡v N]ämkp¶nXt¯maw N]än AkÄ Du¼nk`n¨p. AkapsX Caw IqXpw kjpkjp¸pfpÅ km]n NnX¶v Np® bpa]pt¼mÄ A]mÄ hzÀ¤w Nm\pN]m]n^p¶p. k`Sp ssNsNm*v AkapsX WPvWfm] Ipf`n SjpNn] A]mÄ CXSp ssNsNm*v fp`Nsa Smt`m`nt¨mfWn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AkhmWw AkÄ¡v km] NXªSpw AkÄ fSn]m¡n A¨sW tWm¡n.

“”fSn]¨m.. km] Nj]v¡p¶p.”

ASv tN«Spw A]maksa sdÍnt`¡v f`À¯n¡nX¯n. AkapsX fpNant`¡f^m³ SpX§n]Spw Aka¨sW SXªp.

“”CWn]n¶v tkt\m A¨m.. FWn¡v AknsXs]ms¡ Wo_n]n«v k¿..” Aka¨sâ N¿n fp_p¡n¸nXn¨p.

A]mÄ¡kapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ bmkw tSm¶n. Ct¸mjpw Wà tkUW]p*mNpw. ASpfmSn^n Sm§`tà Sm³ Sm§n]Sv. fNams\¶pw AkapsX BUytkjvI]ms\¶pw Nan]psX AkhmW¯n Sm³ f_¶ptbm]n^p¶p. A]mÄ Np®]n SjpNns¡m*v AkapsX AXp¯v Ss¶ NnX¶p. skÅw tbmNmsS Np®]nWn SmknÃ. At¸mjm\]mÄ¡v AkapsX sk®¡p*n HmÀ½ k¶Sv.!

“”tfmsam¶v

Nfnjv¶v NnXt¶.. Np_¨p tW^w fSn.” f`À¶v NnX¡p¶ AkapsX NmSn`]mÄ b_ªp.

AkamUyw N^pSn]Sv A¨Wv SpX¡v k]v¡mWmNpw F¶m\v. Nfnjv¶v NnX¶p sNmXp¯ AkapsX I´n knXÀ¯n¸nXn¨v NqSnsfm«n kn^`psNm*v b^Sn]t¸mjm\v AkÄ¡v Nm^yw bnXnNn«n]Sv. SX]t\m tk*t]m F¶_n]msS AkÄ Npj§n.

I´n]nXp¡n`msN kn^t`mXn¨v A]mÄ B sk®¡p*n]n D½ k¨v Smsj bqÀ¯pa fpS I´n]nXp¡msN W¡nt¯mÀ¯n. Caw Skn«p Wn_fpÅ NqSnsfm«nt`¡v Sp¸n WXpkn^ DÅnt`¡v N]än Np_¨p tW^w I`n¸n¨p. F¶n«kapsX SpXNÄ H¶pNqXn knXÀ¯n k¨v I´n]nt`¡v Np® AXp¸n¨p. I´n]nXp¡n NqSn¯pat]mXv tIÀ¯v k¨v sfsà Np®]fÀ¯n. S`¸v N]_n]Spw AkÄ bnXªp]À¶p.

“”A§nsWs]m¶pw N]_nÃ]¨m.. Fs´m^p k`p¸fm\Sv.” A¨sâ Np® k`pSm]Sn AkÄ¡fÀgw.!

“”A¨sWs´¦n`pw {Notfm ftäm bp^«n]n«v sI¿v.” AkÄ Np*n sbm¯n¸nXn¨v NnX¶p.

ASv N*]mÄ¡v In^n ks¶¦n`pw A]mÄ F\oäv tfl]psX k`n¸v Sp_¶p. S`]n tS¡p¶ bm^Iq«v F® N¿ns`Xp¯p. sdÍnt`¡v N]_n AkapsX sbm¯n¸nXn¨ N¿]mÄ bnXn¨p fmän. F® I´n]nXp¡nt`¡v Hjn¨v kn^`pN]än W¶m]n bmNfm¡m³ SpX§n. AktamXv NqSn fhn`pNÄ W¶m]n A]¡m³ b_ªSpw AkÄ A]¨p sNmXp¯p. Np® bnXn¨]mÄ I´n]nXp¡n k¨fÀ¯n]Spw F®]n kjp¡n Smsj bq_n sI¶v N]_n]Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p.

“”iu..” Aksam¶v WXp ka¨p. Wo_n] bq_v NqXpSÂ Wo_n.

“”A¨m _q«v fm_n.. FXp¡¨m..”

ASv tN«n«pw A]maknXp¶v Du^ns]Xp¯nÃ. F´m]m`pw N]_nt¸m]n. F¶m`knsX]n«v Np_¨ptW^w AXn¡mw F¶p N^pSn] A]mÄ bn¶n`qsX AkapsX bqänt`¡v Ss¶ AXn SpX§n. Np® bq_n N]_pt¼mÄ AkapsX sk®¡p*n]n Wmen sI¶nXn¨v CaNn¯pap¼n. Wà IqXpÅ Npan^v A]mapsX Wmen]nt`¡v AXn¨p N]_n.. iu.. Fs´m^p hpOw.! AkapsX C^pkl¯pw ssNNÄ Np¯n A]mÄ BªXn¨p SpX§n. Np® CXSXknÃmsS AkapsX ssXäm] bq_n N]_n]n_§n.

Np® bn¶n`qsX N]_p¶Snsâ hpOw AkÄ¡pw fWÊn`m]n¯pX§n. AkÄ fp¶n`qsX N¿n«v N´n bnXn¨v sM^Xn. {UpSPSn]n I`n¡p¶ Np®]nt`¡v N´v AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p. Gs_ tW^w B ^oSn]n SpX^m³ AkÄ¡v NjnªnÃ. AkÄ¡v ko*pw skXnsbm«n.

F¶n«pw A]mÄ AXn WnÀ¯n]nÃ. SWn¡v H^p {bmklyw tbm]SpsNm*v DXsWs]m¶pw

skÅw k^nsöv A]mÄ¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. AÂbtW^w NqXn Njnªn«m\v A]mÄ¡v AkapsX NqSns]Np_n¨v HmÀ½ k¶Sv. AtSmsX A]mÄ bqän Wn¶pw Np® Du^ns]Xp¯p.

H^p ssNsNm*v I´n knXÀ¯n¸nXn¨v Np®¯`¸v NpSnsfm«n fp«n¨v bSps¡ Smtjm«fÀ¯n. bqÀt¯Wn Npan¨ Np® F®tS¨ Np*n]nt`¡v k`n] {b]mhfnÃmsS NX¶p. N]_pwtSm_pw Np®]n Wà IqXWpeks¸«p. Np®]psX NXks^ DÅns`¯n]Spw Du^ns]Xp¯v ko*pw AXn¨p N]än. Np*n¡pÅns` IqXn`qsX Np® ASnsâ {b]m\w SpX§n.

Fs´m^p bSpbSp¯ Np*n.! AkapsX Np*n¡v C{S]pw hpOw S^m³ Njn]psf¶v A]msam^n¡`pw N^pSn]n^p¶nÃ. Sm³ Fs´m^p emPykmWm\v. HmfWn¨p kaÀ¯n] fNapsX Np*n]n A]mapsX Np® CX SXknÃmsS N]_n]n_§ns¡m*n^p¶p.

tkUW fm_n]tSmsX Akapw CXs¡Ãmw I´n sbm¡ns¡mXp¯psNm*v A¨sW him]n¨p. AtSmsX A]makapsX fpNan Wn¶p]À¶v C^pkl¯pw ssNNÄ Np¯n BªXn¨p. A¨sâ Np®]psX Sm[Ww I´n]n làn {bmbn¨tSmsX AkÄ {Ntf\ SaÀ¶p.

CX]v¡]mÄ Smtj¡v tWm¡n]Spw Hmt^m AXn¡Wph^n¨pw CaNn¯pap¼p¶ I´n¡pX§Ä A]mÄ N*p. AtSmsX Btklw N]_n] A]mÄ b_¶Xn¨p.

N«n`nsâ N^¨n D¨¯n`m]n. ASntWmsXm¸w I´n]n Wmen sI¶Xn¡p¶ lÐkpw fp_n¡pÅn A`]Xn¨p. bm`p Ioäm_m]Spw Wm`©v AXnNqXn BªXn¨v Np® NXks^ Np*n]nt`¡Xn¨p N]än AkapsX bp_t¯¡fÀ¶v NnX¶v ^*v ssNsNm*pw k^nªp fp_p¡n. h©n]n dm¡n]pÅSv fpjpk³ AkapsX Np*n¡pÅnt`¡]mÄ Im¼n… Aksa A\¨p bnXn¨v Npt_tW^f]mÄ NnS¨psNm*n^p¶p.

Np*n¡pÅn`n^p¶ Np® Ip^p§n]Spw A]mÄ AkapsX fpNan Wn¶pw C_§n¡nX¶p. fWÊnWpw l^o^¯nWpw H^p·mUw.! CWns]¶pw GSv ^oSn]n`pw SWn¡v tfmsa b®mw. Nfnjv¶v NnX¡p¶ AkapsX I´n]ns`m¶v SjpNn]n«v A]mÄ N«n`n Wns¶\oäp. D_¡w k^p¶nÃ. H^p ]p²w K]n¨ `i^n]n`m]n^p¶p fWÊv. kmSn Sp_¶v bp_t¯¡n_§n]Spw fp¶n em^ys] N*]mÄ H¶p sM«n.! bns¶ kas^ Nqam]n b_ªp.

“”AkÄ¡v k]än`p*mNmsS Wo {l²nt¨m\w.. Mm³ DÅnt`¡m\v kn«Sv.. Wmsa f^p¶v tfXn¡m³ HmÀ½n¸n¨m fSn.”

ssUktf.. C§nsWs]m^kØ H^½¡pw k^p¯tÃ.. {bmÀ°n¨n«v hpfSn fp_n¡pÅnt`¡v tWm¡n. kmXn] tI¼n³S*p tbms` Nfnjv¶v NnX¡p¶ fNsa hpfSn N*p. Hä tWm«¯n Ss¶ tfmapsX Np*n]n`pw N]än]n«ps*¶v hpfSn¡v fWÊn`m]n.!

(SpX^t\m.?)

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