A§nsW ^*p fq¶p fmhw NX¶p tbm]n. t_mhn]psX NnX¸p fm¯¨sâ NqsX]m]n. A¶½¡v kngfw tSm¶mSn^n¡m³ A]mÄ CX]v¡p A¶½t]]pw b®n. b`t¸mjpw t_mhn]psX fp¶n k¨v Ss¶.

dw¥mkns` k^kv sI`kv N\¡pNÄ fp_n]n k¨v A¶½t]mXp Znh-vNhv sI]vSp sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ A]mÄ t_mhns] knan¡pw.

AkÄ fp_n]nt`¡v k¶m A]mÄ N®psNm*p BwPyw Nm\n¡pw. Ipk«nt`¡v k^m³. AkÄ tfl¡Xn]n Wq*p N]_n Nth^]n C^n¡p¶ A]mapsX fp*p kNªp fmän gZn¡pÅn Wn¶pw Np® bp_s¯Xp¯v ASnsW fq¡n tIÀ¯v k¨v f\¡pw. bns¶ Wm¡pWo«n A]mapsX Np®]psX AXn]n W¡n B k`n] fNpXw bSps¡ km]n`m¡n Du¼n¯pX§pw.

fm¯¨³ Pu^kt¯msX N\¡pNÄ tWm¡pN]pw Nm^y knk^§Ä A¶½t]mXp tImUn¨_n]pN]pw sI]vSpsNm*n^n¡]m]n^n¡pw.

A¶½¡v BUysfms¡ In^n k^pfm]n^p¶p.

CX]v¡p A]mÄ fp¶nt`¡v Wn^§n]n^n¡pw. ASp t_mhn¡v D*NÄ W¡pkmWpÅ hnPvW`m\v. AkÄ A]mapsX Hmt^m D*Nsa]pw km]v¡pÅn FXp¯v Sp¸Â tIÀ¯v kjp kjp¸m¡n “”¹w.. ¹w”” F¶v k`n¨p knXpw.

In`t¸mÄ A]mÄ dp¡v FXp¯v ssN]n bnXn¨v ^*p Nm`pw tfl¸p_¯v N]än k¡pw. At¸mÄ t_mhn Ipk«n C^p¶v ^*p ssNsNm*pw A]mapsX I´nNÄ knXÀ¯n bnXn¨v BÀ¯nt]msX A]mapsX BhWw Wm¡v ka¨v Ipk«n Wn¶v A*nNapsX NXks^ W¡n tSmÀ¯pw.

A]mapsX NqSnUzm^¯nsâ UlNsa SÅ kn^`pNÄ sNm*v AN¯n bnXn¨v Wmkv NqÀfn¨v ASnt`¡p NX¯n W¡pw

F¶m`pw N\s¡Ãmw So^p¶ks^ A]mÄ skÅw Na]nÃ. f\nNapw PpUkpw fm_n fm_n AksasNm*v W¡n¨p sNm*n^n¡pw. bns¶ N\s¡Ãmw tWm¡n Njnªv dp¡v AX¨p k¨v t_mhns] bnXns¨jpt¶`vbn¡pw. AkÄ A]mapsX fXn]n C^p¶p A]msa sN«n bnXn¨p D½ k¡pw.

In`t¸mÄ AkÄ FWn¡v NpXn¡\w F¶v kmln bnXn¨v A]mapsX Np®]n Wn¶pw bm`v Du¼n NpXn¡pw.

“”FXo H^p Unkhw F{S {bmklyfms\Xo Fsâ bm`v Wo Du¼n]pw b®n]pw FXp¡pt¶, FWn¡v k]Êm]Xo.”” A]mÄ b_]pw.

“”bnt¶… k]Êm]n«mt\m Hmt^m Sk\]pw C{S]pw bm`v sIm^p¡p¶Sp?”” Akapw knXnÃ.

AkÄ¡v sf³hhv BNpt¼mÄ A¶½]psX Dujfm\v. t_mhn]psX fp`Nsa NXn¨p k`n¨p NpXn¡pt¼mÄ A¶½ A]mapsX Np® Du¼ns¡mXp¡pw.

bns¶ AkapsX fp¶n k¨v A]mÄ A¶½s] b®pw.
A¶½]pw fm¯¨Wpw b^hvb^w Wm¡pNÄ I¸nNpXn¨psNm*v NnX¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ Ak^psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n C^p¶v B SXn¨ Np®s] Wm¡v Wo«n W¡n SpkÀ¯n Du¼ns¡mXp¡pw. In`t¸mÄ H^p ssN Wo«n kn^`pNÄ sNm*v A¶½]psX N´v M^Xn sNmXp¡pw.

bns¶ A]mÄ A¶½s] SNÀ¯v b®p¶Sp Ssâ sNm¨p fp`NapsX sM«pNÄ M^XnsNm*p tWm¡n C^n¡pw.

A]mÄ¡v k^m_mkpt¼mÄ A]mÄ knan¨p tImUn¡pw, “”FXo WnW¡v tkt\mXo?””

Dw…. F¶v b_ªp Ak^psX Nm`pNÄ¡p CX]nt`¡v S` Wo«pw. A]mÄ Ssâ Np® A¶½]psX bqän Wn¶pw k`ns¨Xp¯v AkapsX km]nt`¡v k¨v sNmXp¡pw. AkÄ ASnsW Ip*pNÄ sNm*v AfÀ¯n Du¼n ssN sNm*v sM¡n bnjnªv A]mapsX AkhmW SpÅn lp¢kpw kXns¨Xp¯v NpXn¡pw. lp¢s¯¡mÄ AVnNw A¶½]psX bq_ns` sNmjp¯ skÅfm]n^n¡pw AkÄ NpXn¨n_¡p¶Sv. bq_n Wn¶pw km]nt`¡v fm_p¶Sv Ssâ Np®]n A]mÄ¡v AWpeks¸Xm_nÃ. AtS IqXv, AtS C_p¡w.

bnjnªv k`n¨p NpXn¡p¶Snsâ hpOw tks_]pw.

ASnWp tlgw A¶½]pw fpS`man]pw sN«n¸nXn¨p D_§n¯pX§pw. At¸mÄ AkÄ bSps¡ tKm\n¡p«n]psX fp_n]nt`¡v tbmNpw.

t_mhn¡v sf³hhv BNpt¼mjm\v NqSn]n b®p¶Snsâ hpOw G_p¶Sv. tKm\n¡p«n]psX 15 k]Êv Np® ASnWp bmNkpw B]n^p¶p.

AkÄ H^p Wm\kpw CÃmsS Aksâ fp³bn k¨v Ss¶ tIm^ bp^* bmZv Ajn¨pfmän NnX¡]n GsS¦n`pw bj] Sp\n kn^n¨v ASnWp fpNan Nfnjv¶p NnX¡pw. tKm\n Ssâ Np® AkapsX D^p* I´n¡nX]n N]än AkapsX fp`Nsa ^*p ssN sNm*pw bnjnªv sNm*v bSps¡ b®n SpX§pw. CX¡v AkÄ S` Sn^n¨v Aksâ km]nt`¡v Ssâ Wm¡p Wo«n sNmXp¡pw. Ak³ ASv I¸nNpXn¡pw.

sf³hhv DÅ hf]¯p AkapsX NqSn¡p IqXv NqXpS`m\v F¶v AkWp tSm¶n.

GSm]m`pw C{S]pw IqXpw C_p¡kpw H^p bq_n Nn«nà F¶v tKm\n¡p«n¡v tSm¶n.

In`t¸mÄ Npanfp_n]n fp«v Np¯nWn¶v Ak³ km]nt`¡v Bªp b®p¶Sv BhzUn¨psNm*v Ssâ sSm* Sp_¶p sNmXp¯v Ak³ Ioäp¶ lp¢w fpjpk³ A¸msX NpXn¨n_¡pw.

ASv AkWp kas^ Cãfm\v. t_mhn]psX S`]n bnXn¨p AkapsX fpOw Ssâ AXnk]_n AfÀ¯n b®p¶Snsâ hpOw H¶v tks_. Aksâ Np® A®m¡n fp«pt¼mÄ Hm¡mWw k^msS tWm¡mWpw AkÄ bYn¨p.

AkapsX S` ^*p ssN sNm*pw bnXn¨v Np® AkapsX km]nt`¡v sNmXp¯v B«n B«n b®n b®nsNm*v , AkhmWw k^m_mkpt¼mÄ, Np® fpjpk³ AkapsX sSm*]nt`¡p SÅn tNän AkapsX S`]n AfÀ¯n bnXn¨v sM«n sM«ns¡m*p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ssâ Np®¸m`v AkapsX km]nt`¡v So^pw ks^ Ioän Hjn¡pt¼mÄ Nn«p¶ Nn«p¶ B AWpeqSn. B…. im…..Ak³ hzÀPw Nm\pw.

fpS`man Ø`¯nsæn AkÄ tKm\n]psX NqsX]m\v D_§pN.

tkW`kVn Njnªp. h-vNqÄ Sp_¡m_m]n.

km¡v sNmXp¯ tbms` t_mhn¡v H^p Wà tdm^vZnRv h-vNqan A]mÄ AZvfng³ tfXn¨p sNmXp¯p. Aksa sNm*ptbmNp¶Snsâ St`¶v Wà SNÀ¸³ b\n]m]n^p¶p. H^p A¼SpNm^Wpw bSnWm`pNm^n]pw Nan¡p¶ tbms`]Ã; ]pk fnTpW§sa tbms`]m\v AkÀ b®nSNÀ¯Sv.

bntä¶v ^mkns` Ss¶ fm¯¨³ t_mhns] tNm¬skân tIÀ¡m³ sNm*ptbm]n. tbmNp¶SnWp fp³bv t_mhn tKm\n¡p«n]psX fp_n]n k¶p. Ak³ kngfn¨v C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”””tKm\n¨m Mm³ tbmNpkms¶,” F¶v b_ªp AksW sN«nbnXn¨p Ipwdn¨p. AkÄ Ssâ Wm¡vsNm*v Aksâ Ip*n b^Sn]t¸mÄ Ak³ fW¸qÀkw km]v– Sp_¶nÃ. AkapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”””Wo Fs¶ f_t¶¡v”.

“”CÃ, FWn¡§sW f_¡m³ bäptfm. Fs¶ BUyw sSm« BatÃ. B hpOw f^n¡ptkmaw f_¡nÃ. Mm³ tbms«. bns¶ CXs¡ms¡ Mm³ k^pw At¸msjms¡ FWn¡v CksW tk\w’

F¶v b_ªp sd^vfqX]psX fpNan`qsN Aksâ Np®s] AfÀ¯n sM¡n. F¶n«v In^n¨p sNm*v HmXn tbm]n.

sskNn]n«p H^p NmÀ k¶ lÐw tN«v A¶½ HmXn sI¶v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ k¶Sv H^p XmN-vhn B\v. ASn Wn¶pw kÀ¡n C_§n bn_sN H^p fp¸Sp fp¸¯©p {bm]w Nm\p¶ sb®pw. ASnWp bn_sN H^p b¯p bSnfq¶p k]ÊpÅ sNm¨pw.

“”””fpS`man CÃnt]m CknsX?”, kÀ¡n tImUn¨p.

“”Cà t_mhns] tNm¬skân knXpkmWm]n tbm]Sm. Cs¸m k^pkm]n^n¡pw.’

“”At¿m Ak^v tbmt]m.’ k¶ hv{So h¦Xt¯msX b_ªp.

“”B^m? A¶½ tImUn¨p.

“”Ckav _mtiÂ, Fsâ sb§am, t_mhosX A½¨n. CSv hnhn`n, AkapsX Smsjt]mÅ sNm¨m. Akav tbmNp¶SnWp fp³bv H¶v Nm\m³ k¶Sm. bns¶ WnW¡pw H^pfmhw Wm«n tbmN\sf¶v fpS`man b_ªp. B hf]t¯¡v k¨v kna¼m³ Bsa tk\w F¶v b_ªn^p¶p. ASv sNm*v sNm*pk¶Sm Cks^.’

^msi`nsW N*t¸m A¶½]psX DsÅm¶p Nman. A{S FXp¸pw skap¸pw DÅ Wà I^¡v. Ip^p* fpXn]pw Wà fpOkpw. Wà kXnskm¯ l^o^kpw. fpS`man Cksa FXp¯p SpX§n]m Fsâ Nm^yw Np´fmkptfm. A]mav FXp¡pw F¶SnWv H^p hwl]kpw CÃ

AN¯p Wn¶v tKm\n¡p«n Aks^ tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv

sNm¨p sb®v sNmÅmftÃm. t_mhn]psX AWn]¯n Bt\`pw Wà fpjp¸pÅ l^o^w. AkapsX Xo gÀ«vWp fpNant`¡v Sp_n¨p D´n Wn¡p¶ fp`Nan`m\v Aksâ N®v BUyw tbm]Sv.

t_mhns]¡mÄ Wà skap¸v–. AkapsX NphrSn Wn_ª N®pNÄ N*t¸mÄ AkWp ht´mgfm]n. Cksa sf^p¡m³ AVnNw hf]w tk*. Np® BÀ¯nt]msX knjp§p¶ ssX¸v B\v.

F¶m AkapsX SÅs] N*t¸mjm\v Aksâ N®pNÄ l^n¡pw SÅnt¸m]Sv.

F¶m I^¡m– C{S k]ÊpÅ sb\vbntÅ^psX SÅ]ms\¶v b_]ptN`. A{S Bä³ I^¡v. fp`NÄ A¶½tIX¯n]psX A{S k`n]SÃ. Ck hm^n¡v fpNant`¡v hpµ^fm]n D^p*p Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶p. B HSp§n] k]_pw kn^nªp^p* I´n]pw skapskap¯ Wn_kpw. Ip^p* CXSqÀ¶ fpXn]pw. AsSms¡ N*t¸mtj Aksâ Np® D\À¶p.

Cu Bân]psX ssf^p ks^ Ip^p*v NmXpbnXn¨Smkpw. AknXs¯ B f\w H¶v f\¯p tWm¡m³ bäptfm.
Wà bqämkn]psX]pw fq{S¯nsâ]pw tkÀ¸nsâ]pw H^p h½n{l PÔfm]n^n¡pw. B….. im ….AtSmÀ¯t¸mÄ Aksâ fq¡v knXÀ¶p.

N*n«v AkapsX N´pNÄ WÃ Ipk¶p SpXn¨Smkpw. WÃ k`n] I¡ Ipatbms`…. k`n¨p NpXn¡mWpw Wm¡p Ipjän SjpNmWpw F´v ^hfm]n^n¡pw. At¸mtj¡pw Aksâ Np® H`n¸n¨p sNm*v kXn]m]n. bt£ fpS`man sSmXm³ h½Sn¡ptfm.

sb®nsW tk\sf¦n Nn«pfm]n^n¡pw. b\n bYn¸n¡pkm³ kn«p S^pfm]n^n¡pw. t_mhns] tbms`. F¶m Cu SÅ ASnWp h½Sn¡ptfm.

Fs¶ms¡]m]n Aksâ In´NÄ.

H^p A^ f\n¡q_nWpÅn fm¯¨³ F¯n. _mti`nsW N*t¸mtj A]mÄ¡v– N¼n]m]n.

“”Hm Cksa]mt\m Wo b*v Ct§m«v sNm*pk^mw F¶v b_ªSv.’ A]mÄ kÀ¡nt]mXp tImUn¨p.

“”AsS fpS`mao. A¶v sb«¶v CkapsX sN«v D_¨p. bns¶ A¶½s] B fmhw Ss¶ Ct§m«v sNm*pk¶tÃm. A¶v fpS`man S¶ b\w sNm*m\v Cksa sN«n¨p kn«Sv. A¶v CkÄ¡v bSnsW«p k]Êv. Wà sI_p¡³ B]n^p¶p. F¶m A©p sNmÃw Njnªt¸m Ak³ S«nt¸m]n. bns¶ Ckapw ^*p bntÅ^pw Fsâ S`]n`m. fpS`man]psX him]¯n Njnªp tbmNpN]m. CWn t_mhn sNm¨nsWt¸ms` Cu hnhn`nt]w H¶v N^ tNän knX\w. ASnWm Mm³ Ct§m«v sNm*ptbms¶.’

“”B tWm¡s«. FÃmw b_ªp sNmXp¯n«p*tÃm.’

“”DtÆ. A¶½ CÃm¯ Np_kv A_n]n¡¯nÃ. bns¶ A¶½ k¶m`pw Cks^ H¶v tWm¡nt¡m\w.’

“”l^n tWm¡s«’.

F¶v b_ªp fm¯¨³ fpNant`¡v N]_n tbm]n. bp_sN N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A¶½]pw.

“”B Wà skÅ`pkm tbm`s¯ I^¡nsW]m\tÃm Nn«n]Sv. CWn W½sa Hs¡ tk* F¶v k¡ptfm.’ fp_n]n F¯n] DXsW A¶½ tImUn¨p.

fm¯¨³ Aksa H^p ssN sNm*v A\¨v bnXn¨p AkapsX CXs¯ fp`]n AfÀ¯n sM¡ns¡m*v b_ªp.

“”””FXo, Wns¶ knXp¶ {blvWfnÃ. A§sW Bs\¦n B t_mhns] F´nWm Mm³ b_ªp kn«Sv. Nnap´p sb®m]n^p¶ntÃ.

B^v k¶m`pw Wo CknsX¯s¶ D*mNpw.

“”””bpSn] I^¡nsW knan¡s«. Cs¸m Ss¶ SpX§mftÃm. Nwdn]m]n«p*mNpftÃm.”

“”””B …. knan. bns¶ B sNm¨nsW tk*.”

“”””AsSWn¡_n]mw. bns¶, Aksa sI¡Wv sNmXps¯¡s«? Cs¸m Ss¶ SpX§nt¡ms«.”

“”””B sNmXpt¯¡v. sI¡³ b\n bYn¸n¡m³ sNmÅmw. tkPw S¿m_m¡ns¡mÅm³ b_tª¡v.”

“”””Dw… sI¡³ Ct¸mtj H`n¨p SpX§n]n«p*mNpw.” F¶v b_ªp A¶½ Ipk«nt`¡v– tbm]n. ssZWnwPv _qfn _mti`pw tfmapw Nm¯p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

A¶½ tKm\n Np«ns] knan¨p.

“”””FXm CknsX kt¶, Cu tfmsa W½psX FtÌäv– Hs¡ H¶v Nm\n¨p sNmXpt¯, F¶n«v hnhn`ns] tWm¡n b_ªp.
tU CSv tKm\n¡p«n, Wà hvtWifpÅ b¿Wm. t_mhn]pw CkWpw Wà Nq«m]n^p¶p. AkÄ tbm]Sn k`n] h¦X¯n`m. CWn Wn§Ä ^*ptb^pw Wà Nq«mN\w. tNt«m”.

Aks^ ^*ptbs^]pw bp_t¯¡p W]n¨v– sNm*v tbmNpt¼mÄ A¶½ tKm\nt]mXv bSps¡ b_ªp.

“”””Nps_ Njnªp k¶mfSn.” AkWv Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n.

“”””sb®nsW tk* tbms` ka¡m³ SpX§nt¡m. fpS`man b_ªn«p*v t_mhns]t¸ms` Cksa]pw tkPw S¿m_m¡n sNmXp¡m³..” ASv tN«t¸mÄ Ss¶ Aksâ Np® SpXn¡pkm³ SpX§n.

Ak³ fp³tb WX¶p. bp_sN hnhn`n]pw.

Sn^n¨p k¶v- ^ti`ntWmXv A¶½ b_ªp.

“”””fpS`man¡v Wns¶ W¶m]n bnXn¨p. ASm\v– DXsW knan¸n¨Sv. sb®v H^p SXÊfmk*tÃm F¶v N^pSn]m\v Aksa tKm\n ]psX NqsX A]¨Sv. CWn fpS`man Wns¶ H¶v l^n¡pw b^nI]s¸Xs«.”

“”””At¿m tI¨o FWn¡v tbXn]mNp¶p.”

“”””F´nWmXo tbXn¡ps¶. ^*p bntÅs^ D*m¡n]StÃ. As¸m FÃmw A_n]mftÃm”.

“”””tI¨o, As¸m. fpS`man¡v”. AkÄ bmSn]n WnÀ¯n.

“”””B ASv Ss¶. fpS`man¡v Wns¶ tk\w. C¡m^y¯n fpS`man A§Wm. F{S Nn«n]m`pw fSn]mknÃ. Wo km.”

F¶v b_ªp Aksa]pw Nq«n A¶½ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm¯¨sâ fp_n]n F¯n.

fm¯¨³ ¥mhn ^*p sbPv Hjn¨v bSps¡ ^pIn¨psNm*v C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

_mti`pw A¶½]pw N]_n k¶t¸mÄ b_ªp.

“”””B km Wo bt* CknsX kt^*Sm]n^p¶p.”

“”””GSm]m`pw Cs¸m Nn«n]tÃm, CWn bj] N\s¡ms¡ ^*p tb^pw NqXn SoÀt¯m”. A¶½ A`vbw b^nekt¯msX b_ªp.

“”””FXo CkapsX tfmtam?’

“”””Aksa tKm\n¡p«n FtÌäv– Nm\n¡m³ sNm*ptbm]n.
Wn§av Nant¨m AkÀ Ct¸msjm¶pw k^¯nÃs¶.” F¶v b_ªp AkÄ Ipk«nt`¡v– tbm]n.

“”””km CknsX C^n. fm¯¨³ _mti`nsâ ssNbnXn¨v NnX¡]n C^p¯n. Wo C{S hpµ^n Bs\¶v A_nªn^p¶nÃ. A_nªn^ps¶¦n A¶v kn«p Na]pfm]n^p¶nÃ.”

^mti fpXn HSp¡n k¨v In^n¨p. “”””Nan]m¡tà fpS`mao”.

A]mÄ ¥mhv tXdnan`n k¨v Aksa A\¨v bnXn¨p. AkapsX fpXn fmXn HSp¡n AkapsX Ip*n Ipwdn¨p. A]mapsX lzmhw f\¯t¸mÄ AkapsX bq_p WWªp SpX§n. A]mÄ AkapsX Nojv Ip*v km]ns`Xp¯p Wp\ªp. A]mÄ Wn_p¯n]t¸mÄ AkÄ A]mapsX Ip*v Ssâ Ip*pNÄ sNm*v k`n¨p I¸n. AtSmsX fm¯¨sâ Nt{*mÄ kn«p. A]mÄ AkapsX hm^n]psX S`¸v– k`n¨p fmän AkapsX hpµ^³ fp`Nan AfÀ¯n sM¡n.

“”””B…… bSps¡”.

“”””Wo CsSms¡ H¶v Ajn¡v. Wnsâ sfm` l^n¡v Nm\s«”.

AkÄ Wm\t¯msX Ssâ s»uhv Ajn¨p. bns¶ bn¶nt`¡v– ssN Wo«n {dm]pw Ajns¨Xp¯p.

H^p CXnkpw k^m¯ AkapsX fp`Nsa A]mÄ ^*p ssNsNm*pw Btklt¯msX sM¡n hpOn¨p. bns¶ fpOw AXp¸n¨p AkapsX CXt¯ fp`]psX NW¯p knXÀ¶ N®v km]nsX¯p k`n¨p NpXn¨p.

AkapsX tf`mhN`w S^n¨p N]_n. H^p fp` N®v NpXn¨p fSn]m]n A]mÄ Ip*v fmän]t¸mÄ AkÄ Ssâ k`t¯ fp` bmSn]pw A]mapsX km]nt`¡v Ssâ ssN sNm*v k¨v sNmXp¯p. F¶n«v A]mapsX S`]n SXknsNm*v– A]mapsX Ip*nsâ]pw Wmknsâ]pw N`mkn^pSv BhzUn¨p.

A]mÄ¡v– CWn]pw knhvS^n¡mWv £f CÃm]n^p¶p. A]mÄ Ssâ ssN`n Ajns¨_nªp. F¶n«v b_ªp.

“”””Wo Cu Sp\ns]ms¡ Ajn¨p Natª F¶n«v sNX¡v”

AkÄ Fjpt¶äp Ssâ hm^n]pw bmkmX]pw Ajn¨p fmän. F¶n«v K«n fm{Sfm]n A]mapsX AXp¯v NnX¶p. AkapsX skapSv SpXp¯ l^o^w N*t¸mÄ fm¯¨Wp Ssâ ko\p Nn«n] emPy¯n knlzmhw k¶nÃ. A]mÄ Aksa Bªv bpÂNn. bns¶ bSnkv tbms` Ssâ Wm¡v sNm*v AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv IpXp bnaÀ¯n AkapsX km]nt`¡v Ssâ kjp kjp¯ SXn¨ Wm¡v NX¯n. AkapsX km]v– Wmäw A]mapsX fpO¯Xn¨p.

sNmÅmw. A¶½]psX tbms` kan¨ WmäfÃ. CSv t_mhn t]¡mÄ hpµ^³ f\fm\v. t_mhn¡v A¸w bpan¨ Wmäfm]n^p¶p. AkapsX bq_nWm]n^p¶p hpµ^fm] f\w.

^mti A]mapsX Wm¡v k`n¨p NpXn¨p. A]mapsX Sogv\fm] km]vWmäw Aksa NqXpS D·¯]m¡n. AkapsX N´v NWw k¨v D\À¶p. AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw fUK`w DuÀs¶mjpNn.

ASnWnsX fm¯¨³ Ssâ ssN AkapsX K«n¡pÅnt`¡v NX¯n. AkapsX N´n St`mXn. AkapsX fUK`w A]mapsX kn^`pNsa WW¨p. AkÄ BsN M^nbn^n sNm*p.

A]mÄ Fjpt¶äv C^p¶v AkapsX K«n Ajns¨Xp¯p. AkÄ Wm\w sNm*v fpOw ssN sNm*v f_¨v I´n sbm¡n sNmXp¯p. A]mÄ Btklt¯msX AkapsX Nm`pNÄ AN¯n k¨v AkapsX N_p¯ CXSqÀ¶ ssf^n Ssâ fpOw AfÀ¯n. AkÄ Np\p§n In^n¨p.

“”””At¿ fpS`mao. tk* tk*”.

“”””MmsWm¶v hzmUv tWm¡s«Xo. sNmÅmftÃm, F¶m f\fm Wnsâ bq_nWv!.”

“”””At¿ F¶Sm fpS`mao”

A]mÄ AkapsX N_p¯ t^mf^mKnNÄ Wn_ª skap¯p SpXp¯ bq_n fq¡p^¨p f\¯p. F¶n«v ^*p SÅ kn^ sNm*pw AkapsX bq_nsâ Ip*pNÄ AN¯n bnXn¨p AkapsX Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶ Ipk¶ N´n Wm¡fÀ¯n W¡n.

“”””B Fsâ fpS`mao B F¶m Cu sI¿pt¶ B…. B….” ^mti bnXªp.

CSv t_mhn]psX bq_p tbms`]Ã. CSnWp Wà kmXn] sI¼N¸qknsâ f\fm\v. NqsX fq{S¯nsâ WpWpWpWp¯ f\kpw. A]mapsX Np® sM«n¸nX¨p. A]mÄ Wm¡v Wo«n Wo«n W¡n. AkapsX Np`¨p Wo* N´n Ip*v tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p k`n¨p NpXn¨p. _mti NnX¶p bpa]pN]m]n^p¶p. AkÄ Ssâ I´n sbm¡n SÅn. bns¶ Ip*p NXn¨fÀ¯n A]mapsX S`]n ssN ^*psNm*pw bnXn¨v AfÀ¯n SÅn I´n B«n sNm*v Ssâ bq_v A]mapsX fpO¯v D^¨p.
“”B ….im…. lv…. lv ….fv ….fv “” AkÄ A_n]msS Af_nsNm*n^p¶p.

AkapsX bq_n Wn¶pw AkapsX skÅw Ioän sS_n¨p. ASp fpjpk³ A]mÄ W¡n NpXn¨p. AkapsX bq_nsâ PÔw fq¡psNm*v– k`ns¨Xp¯p BhzUn¨p.

bns¶ hmkVmWw AkapsX skap¯p frUp`fm] SpXNan W¡n SpX¨v W¡n SpX¨v bSps¡ fpNant`¡v k¶p AkapsX ^*p fp`Nsa]pw tIÀ¯p bnXn¨v ^*p fp`sM«pNan`pw fm_n fm_n Ip*fÀ¯n k`n¨p. F´v bSp bSp¸m\v CkapsX fp`NÄ¡v! ASn sI_n] Mmk bj§Ä tbms`]pÅ N®pNapw. A]mÄ k`n¨p k`n¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NpXn¨p. A]mapsX Sp¸Â B fp`Nan H`n¨p bXÀ¶p.

bn¶oXv A]mÄ _mti`nsâ Nkna¯p ^*p ssN sNm*pw tIÀ¯v bnXn¨v AkapsX Ipk¶ SXn¨ Nojv Ip*v km]ns`Xp¯v NpXn¨p. Ssâ Wm¡v AkapsX km]nt`¡v NX¯n. AkÄ ASv I¸n sNmXp¯p. At¸mtj¡pw A]mÄ¡v hin¡m³ k¿mSm]n. A]mÄ f`À¶p NnX¶p. F¶n«p Aksa Ssâ fpNant`¡v k`n¨p NnX¯n. AkapsX I´nNan ^*p ssN sNm*pw AfÀ¯n Npj¨v sM¡n. Wà D^p* bSpbSp¯ Np*n. _mti`nWpw AX¡m³ bäm¯ knNm^fm]n. AkÄ Wm\w f_¶p. A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ km]v¡pÅn`m¡n I¸n. bns¶ AkapsX Wm¡v A]mapsX km]nt`¡v sNmXp¯p. AkapsX km]v–Wmäw BhzUn¨p sNm*v A]mÄ B Wm¡p I¸n k`n¨p.

bns¶ bSps¡ Aksa C_¡n NnX¯n AkapsX ssN FXp¯v Ssâ sK«n]psX fpNan k¨p. AkÄ ASn bnXn¨p sM¡n. AknsX fpj¨p Wn¡p¶ A]mapsX Np®]n bnXn¨t¸mÄ AkÄ In^n¨p.

“”””F´mXo In^n¡ps¶?”

“”””WÃ fpjp¯Sm\tÃm.”

“”””F¶m Wo Fsâ sK«n Ajn¨p tW^n«v tWm¡nt¡m.”

AkÄ Fjpt¶än^p¶p A]mapsX sK«n]psX fpNÄ kl¯v bnXn¨v Smjv¯n. ASnWpÅn Wn¶pw fm¯¨sâ Np® hX NpXªp Fjpt¶äp Wn¶p. AkÄ ssNsNm*p km]sbm¯n.

“”””F⽨nt] CsS¶Sm” F¶v b_ªp NpXpNpsX In^n¨p.

“”””Wo ASo bnXn¨p Np`p¡Xo”.

AkÄ Ssâ skap¯p SpXp¯ ssN¸¯nsNm*p A]mapsX Np®]n bnXn¨p. ASn Wn¶pw H`n¨n_§n] fUK`w AkapsX ssN]n bXÀ¶p. AkÄ H^p ssN sNm*v fpXn fmXn HSp¡n ftä ssN sNm*v A]mapsX Np® Np`p¡n.

“”””tWm¡n Nan¡msS km]ns`Xp¡Xo”

“”””Duw…. Duw” AkÄ A¸w fXn¨p.

fm¯¨³ AkapsX S`]n bnXn¨v AfÀ¯n Ssâ Np®t]mXv AXp¸n¨p. AkapsX fpOw A]mapsX Np®]n AfÀ¶p. A]mapsX Np®]psX f\w AkapsX fq¡n AXn¨p. fq{S¯nsâ]pw kn]À¸nsâ]pw NqXn¡pjª Wmäw AkapsX bq_nsW {Shn¸n¨p. AkapsX N´v SXn¨p koÀ¯p. AkÄ fXn NqXmsS km]v Sp_¶v A]mapsX fUK`¯n Npan¨p Wn¡p¶ Np® km]v¡pÅns`Xp¯p . kjpkjp¸pÅ B Np®]psX hzmUv BhzUn¨psNm*v S` tft`m«pw Nojvt¸m«pw B«n Du¼n SpX§n.

“”B…. A§nsW Du¼Xo. Wm¡p sNm*v Ipjän Du¼Xo”” A]mÄ b_ªpsNm*n^p¶p.

_mti A]mapsX Np®]psX S`¸¯v Ssâ Wm¡p sNm*v DjnªpsNm*v Ip*fÀ¯n Du¼ns¡mXp¯p. “”B…. im….. A§nsW A§nsW k`n¨p Du¼Xo Fsâ sbmt¶…. B…… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B….”” fm¯¨³ _mti`nsâ km]psX IqXpw Wm¡nsâ SXk`pw N®X¨v NnX¶v BhzUn¨p.

“”B….. Duw….Wo sNmÅmw. CWn Wo tN_n sNX¡v””.

AksasNm*v Ssâ D*f\nNan]n`pw NqSn¯pa]n`pw W¡n¡\sf¶v B{Pifp*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw fm¯¨Wv AX¡m³ bän]nà Ssâ Np® Cu skap¯p SpXp¯ hpµ^n]psX fm´an^nsâ Wn_kpw frUpSzkpw DÅ bqän N]äm³ VrSn]m]n.

fm¯¨³ _mti`nsW f`À¯n NnX¯n AkapsX fpNant`¡v N]_n. AkapsX Nm`nsâ CX]nt`¡v Nm`pNÄ NX¯n Ak sNm*v AkapsX Nm`pNÄ AN¯n. _mti tbXnt]msX A]mapsX NknapNan ^*p ssN sNm*pw bnXn¨p sNm*v b_ªp, “”bSps¡ tNt«m.””

“”B Wo tbXn¡msSXo. CSv WÃ Caw bqän`pw N]än]n«pÅSm. Ak³ tN_nt¡mapw.””

A]mÄ Ssâ Np® ssNsNm*p FXp¯p AkapsX N´n AfÀ¯n D^¨p.

“”B…. Dw….. tlm ….F¶m hpOfm…. bSps¡ tNänt¡matW””

AkÄ Ssâ Nm`pNÄ fX¡n sbm¡nk¨p. AkapsX SpXNÄ A]mapsX I´n]psX ^*p kl§an`pw AfÀ¶p.

‘Wo Ss¶ k¨v St¶”” A]mÄ AX¡n¸nXn¨psNm*v b_ªp.

AkÄ ssN Wo«n A]mapsX fpjp¯ Np® bnXn¨v AkapsX bq_nsâ NkmX¯n k¨v sNmXp¯p.

fm¯¨³ bSps¡ Ssâ Np®]psX fNpXw AkapsX bqänt`¡v NX¯n. bns¶ AkapsX km]nt`¡v Ssâ Wm¡p NX¯n. Wm¡p N]äp¶ AtS tSmSn bSps¡ Np® AkapsX bqänt`¡v N]än.

“”””Duw… Duw…” AkÄ M^§n. AtSmsX A]mapsX Np® AkapsX bqänt`¡v N]_nt¸m]n.

AkÄ km] A]mapsX km]n Wn¶pw fmän A`_n¡^ªp.

“”F⽨nt], FtâSv No_ns¸manªp tbm]tÃm””.

“”Wnsâ F¶mSmXo No_n]Sv?”” A]mÄ AW§msS Wn¶p sNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”B…. B….. fpS`mao……”” AkÄ S` B«n sNm*v M^§n N^ªp. B….. B…..””

AkapsX bq_v A]mapsX SXn¨ Np®s] Bk^\w sI]vSp Njnªn^p¶p. B {Shn¡p¶ Np® AkapsX bq_nsâ ANw SmapNan sskUypS S^wP§Ä sS_n¸n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”””b_]Xo, Wnsâ F¶Sm No_n]Sv”

AW§msS Wn¶ A]mapsX Np®]psX hpOw BhzUn¨p sNm*v AkÄ A]mapsX fpO¯v tWm¡n.

“”””b_]Xo Wnsâ F¶Sm No_n]Sv.”

“”””Fsâ” AkÄ WnÀ¯n.

“”””Wnsâ?’

“”””Fsâ bq_v”

A]mÄ D_s¡ In^n¨p. _mti Wm\n¨p. A]mapsX S` k`n¨Xp¸n¨v A]mapsX Njp¯n fpOw AfÀ¯n.

“”””Cs¸m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tkUW]pt*m?’

“”””CÃ.”

“”””F¶m Mm³ b®n¯pX§s«?’

“”””B….. bSps¡”

A]mÄ ssN Ipk«nt`¡v Wo«n AkapsX ^*p I´nNan`pw bnXn¨p sNm*v bSps¡ bSps¡ B«n B«n b®nSpX§n.

B fpjp¯ Np® N]_n C_§pt¼mjpÅ hpOw AWpekn¨p sNm*v AkÄ A]mapsX S`]n bnXn¨v B fpOw Ssâ fpOt¯mXp AXp¸n¨p A]mapsX km]nt`¡v Ssâ Wm¡v N]änsNmXp¯p. A]mÄ ASv k`n¨p NpXn¨p sNm*v Bªp Bªp b®n SpX§n. AkÄ ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw A]mapsX t^mfw Wn_ª bp_¯v St`mXn sNm*n^p¶p. AkapsX bq_nsâ NknapNÄ A]mapsX Np®s] AfÀ¯n SjpNn.

“”””B im F¶m hpOfm fpS`mao” AkÄ Wm¡v bp_s¯Xp¯v A`_n.

“”””F¶m C_p¡fmXo Wnsâ bq_nWp”. A]mÄ ssN AkapsX I´n]n Wn¶pw FXp¯v AkapsX fp`NÄ Nl¡n sM^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.

“”””B… B… fpS`mao”, AkÄ bns¶]pw A]mapsX km]nt`¡v Wm¡v NX¯n Spjªp. AkapsX I´n tft`m«v sbm¡n SÅn. A]msa ^*p ssN sNm*pw AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p. AkÄ ^SnfqÀ¨]psX bm^fy¯ns`¯n. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ A]mapsX I´n¡p fpNan bn\¨p k¨v Bªv SÅns¡mXp¯p. sbs«¶v sM«n kn_¨p sNm*v A]msa k^nªp fp_p¡n. AkapsX BUys¯ SNÀ¸³ ^SnfqÀ¨.

fm¯¨³ AkapsX Wm¡v k`n¨p NpXn¨psNm*v Ssâ Np® AkapsX bqänt`¡v BªXn¨p. AkÄ¡p k^p¶SntWmsXm¸w A]mapsX Np®]n Wn¶pw sNmjp sNmjp¯ lp¢w AkapsX bq_nt`¡v Ioän sS_n¨p. Aksa k^nªp fp_p¡n.

“”””F¶m bq_mXo Wnsâ. Fsâ Np® N*n¨ptbm]tÃm.”

A]mÄ NnS¨p sNm*v AkapsX tUit¯¡v Imªp.

“”Fsâ bq_tà No_nsbmanªSv””

“”””Bt\mXo , WnW¡v hpOn¨ntÃmXo,” A]mÄ AkapsX fpO¯v fpOw AfÀ¯n tImUn¨p.

“”Fsâ sbmt¶, BUyfm]n«m C{S hpOw Nn«n]Sv””. AkÄ
A]mapsX lzmh¯nsâ f\w BhzUn¨psNm*v b_ªp.

A]mÄ Wm¡p Wo«n ka¨v AkapsX fpOt¯mXv AXp¸n¨t¸mÄ Akapw Wm¡p Wo«n ka¨v ASnsW SjpNn bp\À¶p. A]mÄ B Wm¡p I¸n k`n¨p. av…. av… F¶ lÐw fp_n]n fpj§n. AkapsX fpOw fpjpk³ A]mapsX Sp¸Â sNm*v NjpNn] tbms`]m]n.

A]mÄ sN«n bnXn¨p sNm*v Ss¶ bSps¡ AkapsX fpNan Wn¶pw C_§n NnX¶p. B k`n] Np® AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw DuÀ¶p ko\p. AtSmsXm¸w A]mapsX lp¢kpw AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw HjpNn C_§n AkapsX I´nNapsX knXkn`qsX NnX¡ kn^n]nt`¡v bXÀ¶p.

AkÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^nªp NnX¶v sN«n bnXn¨p.

A]mÄ AkapsX frUp`fm] bp_w SjpNn.

AkÄ A]mapsX N£¯nt`¡v Ssâ fpOw AfÀ¯n B Sogv\ PÔw fq¡nt`¡v k`ns¨Xp¯p.

AkÀ bSps¡ f]¡¯nt`¡v ko\p.

“”B.. im… ^*p tb^pw b®n SaÀt¶m.””

A¶½ NSNp Sp_¶p sNm*v AN¯p N]_n k¶p.

^mti bnXsªjpt¶äp bpSs¸Xp¯v Ssâ WPvWS f_¨p.

fm¯¨³ A¶½]psX ssN bnXn¨v k`n¨Xp¸n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”””F¶m bq_mXo, CkapsX. Fsâ Np® N*n¨p tbm]n.”

“”””Hm… F¶Sm…. CkapsX tfmÄsX bq_nsW¡m C_p¡sfm¶pw ^*p sbä CkapsX bq_nWv Nm\¯nÔ

A¶½¡v Ssâ Ahq] f_¨p k¡m³ hmVn¨nÃ.

^*p ssNsNm*pw bpS¸v SmXn¡Xn]n bnXn¨psNm*n^p¶ ^mti ASp sN«v sM«t`msX fm¯¨sâ fpOt¯¡v e]t¯msX tWm¡n.

fm¯¨³ D_s¡ In^n¨p. F¶n«v AkapsX tSman SjpNn sNm*v b_ªp.

“”””Hm ASv hm^fm¡*, t_mhns]]pw Mm³ sI]vSn«p*v. F¶m H^p Nm^yw, ASv AkapsX Cã{bNm^w fm{Sfm. tk\sf¦o AktamXv– tImUn¨p tWm¡v. Ft¶mXv Fs´¦n`pw knt^mVfpt*m F¶v.”

A¶½ b_ªp “”””knt^mVtfm, B… im….., sb®nWv fpS`mans] kn«p tbmNm³ fWÊnÃm]n^p¶p. bXn¸pw tk* H¶pw tk*, fpS`maosX NqsX sNX¶m fSn F¶m Akav Ft¶mXv b_ªSv.
WnW¡v tSm¶p¶p*mkpw Cu BW Np® AkapsX bqän F§nsW N]_n F¶v. AsSms¡ W½sX fpS`man N]äns¡mÅpw. CWn hnhn`n]m”

_mti bns¶]pw sM«n. AkapsX fpOs¯ emkfmäw N*v fm¯¨³ Aksa St¶mXXp¸n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”””FWn¡v Cu sI_p bq_pNan H¶pw k`n] Sm¸^yfnsÃt¶. FWn¡v Wn§sa tbms`]pÅSv fSn.”

ftä ssN sNm*v A]mÄ A¶½s]]pw NnX¡]n k`n¨n^p¯n.

“”””CWn Wn§Ä ^*p tbs^]pw H¶n¨p Nan¡\w. F´m?”

^*p tb^pw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

“”””F¶SmXo bq_nNsa, bäptfm¶v?”

^ti S` NpWn¨n^p¶p. A¶½ b_ªp

“”””ASnsW´m fpS`man M§sa ^*ptbs^]pw H¶n¨p Nant¨m.”

“”””B….. ASv fSn. Mm³ H¶v Npan¨p bp_¯p tbm]n k^mw. C¶v ^m{Sn Wn§Ä ^*p tbs^]pw FWn¡v fm_n fm_n Nan¡\w.

“”””B bns¶ B sb®nsW B sNm¨sâ NqsX NnX¯nt¡m. Hä¡v NnX¶v- kÃSpw N*p tbXn¡*.”

“”””At¿m fpS`mao B sI_p¡³?.” _mti tImUn¨p.

“”””AsSm¶pwWotbXnt¡*,t_mhns]b®nbYn¸n¨vFWn¡ptk*nbmNs¸Xp¯nFXp¯n]SvAkWtÃ.”

A]mÄD_s¡In^n¨p.H¸wA¶½]pw.

^mtiÂØÏ]m]nC^p¶t¸mÄA¶½b_ªp.

“”””WotkPwSp\ns]ms¡DXp¯psNm*vIpk«nt`¡v–km.fpS`manSn^n¨pk^p¶SnWpfp³bvA¯mjwD*m¡\w.”

A¶½bp_¯n_§ntbm]t¸mÄ_mtiÂbSps¡Ssâkhv{S§Äb_p¡nFXp¯vNpanfp_n]nt`¡vtbm]n.
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