sNms*]pfm]n shmÅn Njnªv Mm³ Sn^n¨v `mdnt`¡v fp§n. sb®pwbnÅ Ft¶mXv hwhm^n¡p¶Sn³s_ CX]n H^p A^`näÀ skÅw fp\p§n Nm\pw. AsSÃmw sbXp¯p Na]psf¶v Mm³ N\¡pNq«n. `mdnsâ KW kjn tWm¡n]m Zn¸mÀXvsfâv Hmcohpw tXm]v`äpw dÔn¸n¡p¶ CXWmjn Nm\m³ Njn]pw. Mm³ B kjn hmNqSw ko£n¨psNm*n^p¶p.
Fsâ bj] Ptkg\ kng]fm] Hanªp tWm«¯nt`¡v Fsâ bt©{µn]§sa GtNmbn¡pkm³ Mm³ {lfn¨p.
sNms¡{S sNmaw N*Sm.
AVnNw sskNmsS ^pIn tI¨n fµw fµw Np\p§n Np\p§n tXm]v`änâXpt¯¡v tbmNp¶ Urlyw Fsâ N®pNant`¡v F¯n. Fsâ hn^Nan ^àw C^¨pN]_n.
Ak^v tXm]v–s`än N]_n H^p N¡qhnsâ fp_n]n N]_n]SnWp sSm«v bn¶ms` MmWpw tXm]v–s`änWpÅn N]_n.
f]n^v.
Ak^v N]_n]Sv C´y³ hvssä N¡qhn`m]n^p¶p. bmÀ«og³ kjn F¯nk`nªp tWm¡n]m H¶pw Nm\m³ bänÃ.
F´m]m`pw k¶v–. tWm¡nNa]mw.
Mm³ sfsà Ak^v N]_n] fp_n]psX CXs¯ klfpÅ fp_n]n N]_n. AknXps¯ N¡qhn Nm`psk¨p Du¶n sfsà bmÀ«ogWnt`¡v S`]n«p.
WÃ tXm¸v kyq.
^*v N^n¡v sk«n sk¨tbm`p*v. Ip^nUm_ms]m*v FXp¯v Nm\mw. tks_m¶pw ¢n]À AÃ.
Mm³ Sn^n¨v Smtjm«v C_§n.
H^p AX¡n¸nXn¨ In^n.
Fsâ WÃ Kok³ Fsâ km]oNqXn C_§n N*w kjn HmXn.
“”””FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p k^psf¶v”
tNm¸v. A¡³ W½Ä bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p.
bt£ sS_n BÃ. In^n]m\v
Blzmhw.
F´v sI¿\w?
Wn¡t\m AtSm fp§t\m.
“”””tfmtW knlzm, sWsâ WÃ hf]w AXp¯v k¶tZ]v. Wo H¶v F_nªm sfmS`v N¿o Wn¡pw”
AkhmWw AkapsX N¿o¶v Nn«ptfm?
“”””Wn¶v tWzm¡v”
lzmhw AX¡n¸nXn¨v (tXm]v`äv AtÃ, AtSm*m) Mm³ sNmt* k^p¶Spw Nm¯v kmgv–tdhnsâ A^nNn ssN Du¶n Wn¶p.
km]sbm¯n In^nt¨m*v sNmt* C_§nk¶p.
“”F´m]n^p¶p BPftWmt±lw?””, Fsâ tSman S«n AkÄ B^mªp.
“”C§sW H¶v AXp¯pNn«m³”” F¶pwb_ªp MmWks^ Ipän k^nªp.
BUysfm¶p bS_ns]¦n`pw Ak^pw Fsâ CXp¸nt`¡v ssNNÄ bm]n¨v C_psN bp\À¶p. B em^n¨ Np*nNan H^p N¿pw, f_pssN N£¯n`qsX Ak^psX fp¯napw Mm³ ØmWw D_¸n¨v.
tXm]v`änsâ NSNp Sp_¶m\v NnX¡p¶Sv. Zn¸mÀXvsfân B^pfnÃm¶_n]mw . F¶m`pw Sp_Êm] Ø`¯v C§sWms¡ sI¿p¶Snsâ Int¯mtUzPw Fsâ irU]s¯ bSnkn`pw NqXpS Dt¯Kkm³ B¡n.
sNmt* Fsâ A^]nÂWn¶v H^p ssN FXp¯v, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kas^ b\ns¸«v ASv M§apsX l^o^§apsX WXp¡v sNm*v k¶p.
“”kÃmsS fnXn¡p¶p*tÃm?””
bns¶ Wns¶tbms`m^p I^¡nsW AXpSn§sW Nn«n]m Np®¡v fm{SfÃtÃm ht´mgfp*mNpN.
Ak^v fpOsfms¡ tS¨v kr¯n]m¡n `nbvÌnNvÄsNÃmw SpX¨m\v– C_§n k¶Sv. Bs^]pw N¼n B¡p¶ fpOfms\¶pw b_]qà . bs£ Fs¶ N¼n]m¡p¶ fpOfm]n^p¶p Ak^ptXSv . Wà F® N_p¸v.
tW^s¯ Nm\n¨ Wm\sfms¡ Ct¸mjpw Nmt\*nk^pw F¶v N^pSn] FWn¡v sSän. H«pw Cf In½msS sNmt* Fsâ N®pNant`¡v HäptWm¡nsNm*n^p¶p. bSps¡ B N®pNÄ Ipf¡p¶Sm]n FWn¡v tSm¶n.
kWyfm] Btklt¯msX Aks^s¶ ko*pw AXp¸n¨p.
Fsâ k`y½¨n b*v Mm³ NpXpwd¯v sIÃpt¼mÄ FWn¡v tk*n CÍ`n bpjp§pfm]n^p¶p. Wà f]¯nÂ, H«pw NÃn¸nÃmsS, D½sk¡m³ tSm¶p¶ CÍ`n.
sNms*]psX NknapNÄ ASn`pw frUp B]n^p¶p. Ak^psX NmSnsâ Aäw sSm«v Ip*pNapsX AXn ks^ Fsâ AV^§Ä A^n¨p WX¶p .
Aks^sâ S` ssN¡`m¡n Fs¶ A¼^n¸n¨psNm*p BUyw Fsâ sW_psN]n D½sk¨p. Fsâ tfl]n bän¸nXn¨ kn]À¸v W¡n FXp¯p. Fsâ Njp¯n fpOw bqjv¯n sI_pIp¼W§Ä kÀgn¨p.
B IpwdW Vm^ Fsâ CXs¯ sIkn]n AkhmWn¨p. kas^ bSps¡, bSnª hz^¯nÂ, tImUn¨p, “”””tNm*w Dt*m ssN]nÂ?”
Ct{Sw fpt¶m«v tbmkpsf¶v A¯n¸m_ A½¨n]mt\ Mm³ Wn^o¨nÃ]n^p¶v. At¸mjm tNm*w.
“”””CÔ
“”””Wmsa tfXnt¨m*v k^ptfm?”
“”””D_¸m]pw”
Aks^ knXm³ Mm³ ssNNÄ A]¨p.
bns¶]pw Fs¶ A¼^n¸n¨psNm*v Aks^s¶ SÅn kmgv–tdhnâXpSv FX¯n¨p.
Fsâ tf¨p*nsW Ak^psX WUofpO¯nWpÅn`m¡n. hzoN^\¯nWv Nm¯n^n¡msS Ak^psX Wmkpw Fsâ km]nt`m«v Duan]n«n_§n.
H^p AWpeqSn.
b*v– In©pknsâ km]n Mm³ Wm¡v sNm*v ÚmW¸mW FjpSn]n«p*v. At¸msjm¶pw Nn«m¯ AWpeqSn.
Nan A_n]mkp¶ sb®nsâ Njnkv.
AkÄNv tk*Sv F´mt\m ASv bnXns¨Xp¡mWpÅ Njnkv.
CWn Ck^mNptfm Mm³ b*v– c]À km^nN]n km]n¨ AW´n^kWv Nan bYn¸n¨ A½m]n?
H«pw Afm´n¡msS MmWpw AsS Wm\]¯n Sn^n¨Xn SpX§n . bªnsN«ptbm`pÅ Ak^psX Np*nNÄ ^*pw Mm³ DjpSp f_n¨p. Aks^t¶mXv ko*p AXp¯p. H^p ssNsNm*v Np*n Sm§n, f_pssNsNm* MmWk^psX CXp¸n bnXn¨v H^p bn¨v sNmXp¯p. Ak^psX sSm*]n Wn¶p\À¶ PUvPUw Fsâ A¶Wma¯nt`¡v A`nªn_§n.
AV^bmW¯nÂWn¶v H^p sh¡âv _Ìv FXp¯n«v Aks^sâ NojvIp*v km]n`m¡n . C¯k\ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ Dujfm]n^p¶p.
Ak^psX Hmt^mbÃpw Mm³ F®n. Ak^psX Wm¡nsW Wà tbms` SjpNn. bns¶ H^p f`vbnXp¯fm]n^p¶p AkÀ S½n .
HXpkn ^*mapw t¯mÂknh½Sn¨ knXkm§n.
Ak^psX IqXv Wnlzmhw Fsâ SmXn]n S«n fm_nt`¡Xn¨psNm*n^p¶p. B ZnhwdÀ hÔy]nÂ, Aks^t¸ms`m^p bªns¡«nsW bnXnt¨m*v Wn`v¡psWsâ hpOw H¶v tks_Ss¶]m]n^p¶p.
CSnWnX¡v Fsâ ssNNan H¶v Ak^psX Ip^nUm_nsâ AXn]n`qsX N]_n tWÀ¯ bmâv fm{Sw f_]m]n«pÅ Ak^psX Np*n]n F¯n]n^p¶p.
“”””knXp¶ntÃ?”
“”””F´v?”
“”””Fs¶”
“”””^m{Sn]n Mm³ ko«nt`m«p k^t\m?”
“”””tk* knlzm. Mm³ Smfhn¡p¶Sv H^p ^*pfp_n cv`män`m\v. Wns¶ Bs^¦n`pw N*m bns¶Sv fSn, hz^yw tbmNm³”
“”””F¦n Wmsa, emen k^ntÃ?”
Fsâ emen knan AkÀ¡v Wt¶ tdmVns¨¶p tSmWp¶p. Sn^nª NymdnWnt`¡v tbmNpt¼mjpw Ak^psX Np*n]psX B«w Mm³ {l²n¨p.
slXm, Cks^ Mm³ CSnt{Sw Wmam]n«v hvsN¨v sI]vSnÃtÃm.
ko«n hzÀ\w sk¨ns«´nWv Wm«n tSXn WX¸q.
fimfpWn knlzmfn{SsW {bt`men¸n¨v Sbw fpX¡n b®n] tfWN¡v D*m] AsS knK]{lo`mayS A¶v timÌ`nt`¡v WX¶ptbm]t¸mÄ Fsâ WX¯nWp*m]n^p¶.
CWn sNms*s] Nan¡m³ tNm*w H¸n¡\w. CknsX AXp¯pÅ sfZn¡Â tgmbv–hn bm^shätfmÄ km§m³ sI¶m`pw Wq_p tImUy§am. At¸mjm PÀcWnt^mVnS D_.
Cu H^p Nm^y¯nWv H^p b_n]tWw knlzhn¡mWpw bänÃ. HXpkn NmänÃm¯ ssh¡nan Nmäpw Wn_¨p Mm³ dÀZn]nt`m«v Bªv Ikn«n .
tNmtaKn Wn¶pw Np_¨Ns` B\v– dÀZn. ASymklyw kn`¡p_kn hmVm^\¡mÀ¡v tgm¸nwPv sI¿m³ bäp¶ Ø`w. Fsâ S`]ns` k^]ptXSmt\m F¶_n]nÃ, FÃm sfZn¡Â tgm¸n`pw Wà Sn^¡v.
f]n^v.
H^pbmXv Nyq Wn¶v H^½mk³ Wn¡p¶ NX]n Wn¶v Mm³ hmVWw H¸n¡m³ tWm¡n.
“”””GSv tk\w?”
“”””fqZv–hv”
“”””ASn GSv tk\w?”
Culz^m. tZm«Zv, Sn³, {PqkvZv Fs¶ms¡ tN«nt« DÅp. Pp\w F´ms\¶v A_n]nÃ.
“”””BUyfm]n«mt\m?”
AsS F¶v Mm³ S`]m«n.
A½mk³ tfm\ Nm\ns¨m^p In^n]pw bmhm¡n, H^p bm¡äv_v tZm«Zv FWns¡Xp¯p S¶p. ssbh]pwsNmXp¯p l^w kn«Sv tbms` Mm³ Sn^n¨v tNmtaKn F¯n.
D¨Njnªv H¶pw Njn¨n^p¶nÃ. tWs^ timÌÂ sfÊnt`m«v bnXn¨p. AksX H\¡ s_m«n]pw D^pa¦nj§nsW F§msWms¡mt]m sNm`s¸Xp¯n] H^p N_n]pw. k*n Sn^n¨p Mm³ Øn^w tbmkm_pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv cpXvbm¯ns`¯n. AknsXms¡ HXp¡s¯ Sn^¡v. k*n ko*pw Sn^n¨p. Fs¶]pwsNm*v dn Fhv F ssh¡nÄ tNmtaKnsâ dmNv tPäv `£yfm¡n bmªp. AknXp¶v {dZv Hmws`äv N]än. H^p IqXv Im] NpXn¨.
Sn^nsN ssh¡nÄ D^p«n timÌ`nt`¡v Sn^n¨p.
tNmtaKnsâ dmNv tPänt`¡v kjn Wt¶ C^p*Sm\v. tNmtaKns` sXNv–WnNÄ ÌmcpNapsX]pw dmIv–`À s{bmch_pfm^psX]pw NzmÀt«jv–hv CknsX]m\v. t_mZn³s_ C^pkl¯pw f^§apw hv{Xoäv ss`äpw.
bntÅ^psX `tkjvhv tNmÀ\À B\v CknXw. AtSm*v Mm³ Np_¨v bSps¡ WX¶p. UÀltW hpOw, F¶m\tÃm. A§sW b` hoWpw N*v Mm³ timÌ`n F¯n.
hosW¶p sk¨m sI_n] S¸`pw bnXn¡`pw D½sk¸psfms¡ SNrSn]m]n WX¡p¶p. CSn`pw Nj¸pÅ Xowthms¡ “”””Ht]m” _qwhv FXp¯p BÀfmUn¡pN]m\v bSnkv.
sNmt*]pw A§sWms¡ sNm*v tbmtN*n k^ptfm?
Nmlv sI`km\v.
“”””F¨n F¸jpw F¨n S¶tZ]v”
bns¶ NmlpsI`kpÅ b\n AsÃ.
Sn^n¨v _qfns`¯n, tNm*w bntä¶v CXmWpÅ tdmN-vhn_nsâ CX]nt`¡v Sn^pNn, N«n`nt`¡v Mm³ f_nªp.
fWt¡m« sN«m³ Nmlp sI`kv CÃtÃm.