Mm]_mjvI sskNpt¶^w 4f\n¡p Ss¶ F_\mNpaw {bhv–¢ºn hminSy IÀ¨ B^wen¨p. hminSy IÀ¨ bpt^mPfn¡p¶p.
knkmUfm] fol tWmk`nsW Np_n¨m\v IÀ¨.
tWmk`nsW AWpNq`n¨pw {bSnNq`n¨pw IÀ¨ bpt^mPfn¡pN]m\v. HXpkn`m\v ]pkNk]n{Sn]m] s`¨pknsW hwhm^n¡mWm]n £\n¨Sv.

”fol F¶ tWmk H^p Wà N`mhrãn]ms\¶v FWn¡v Aen{bm]fnÃ. km]W¡m^ns]¶ Wn`]n Cu tWmk H^p Wà hminSyhrãn]söp Ss¶]m\v Fsâ Aen{bm]w…” D_¨ lЯn `¨p ASv b_]pt¼mÄ {bhv ¢ºn iÀgm^kw D]À¶p.

”Mm³ SpX^s«… F¶m fol]ns` b^mfÀl¯nsâ tb^n hfqi¯n kÀ¤o]S b^¯p¶Sm\v In`^psX hfobWw. knlzmhs¯ Abihn¨p F¶v b_ªv {bSntgVn¡p¶kÀ H^p inZ³ AK* WX¸m¡pN]m\v. ASv Cu hfqi¯ns` fShingv\pS]v¡ptWs^]pÅ skÃpknan]m\v. Fsâ A_nkv l^n]ms\¦n Cu tWmk`nÌpw Cu {bSntgV¡m^psX ^m{ão]knlzmhnSs¶]m\v… bns¶´nWm\v hpir¯p¡sa… Wfps¡Sns^ CknXps¯ A£^§Ä tbm`pw lÐn¡p¶p F¶v Wn§Ä {bI^n¸n¡p¶Sv… bphvSNw N¯n¡pkmWn_§p¶kÀ BUyw B tWmk l^ns¡m¶v km]n¨v fWÊn`m¡pN… km]n¡pt¼mÄ fWÊn`mkpw AsSm^p sbm«tWmk Bs\¶pw ASnsW N¯n¨v ASv {blhvSfmt¡* H^p Nm^ykpw CÃms]¶pw…. CsSm^p sbm«tWmk Bs\¶Sv Fsâ fm{Sw Aen{bm]fm\v. fsäm^mÄ¡v ASv W¶m]n tSm¶pfm]n^n¡pw… bs£ MmWkt^mXv AXn¨fÀ¯n b_]nà CSv sbm«tWmk Bs\¶v… Bkngv–¡m^ hzmS{´y¯nsâ ASnÀk^¼pNÄ WnÝ]n¡p¶kÀ Ht¶mÀ¡\w CSn`pw A¸p_w Bl]§Ä C¶`Nan f`]ma hminSy¯n D*m]n«p*v… HmÀ¡\w… HmÀ¯m W¶v… HXpkn`m]n knWoSfms]m^p Atb£fm{Sw… H¶pw Cu Wm«ns` fShmtimU^ys¯ iWn¡p¶ S^¯n`mk^pSv… W½psX Ai¦m^§Ä¡v {bNrSntbm`pw Sn^n¨Xn S¶psNm*n^n¡p¶ Cu hf]¯v W·]psX WoSnkmiN^m]n Wfp¡v bpWÀknIn´Wt¯msX Kokn¡mw… Wµn Wfhv–¡m^w…”
s`¨p C^n¸nX¯nt`¡v WX¶t¸mÄ fpSnÀ¶kÀ DÄs¸sX]pÅ hUhv Fjpt¶äv Wn¶v N¿Xn¨p.

”Np«n… sfm«dm`psâ tfmatÃ…” {bhv–¢dnsâ tPänWXpt¯¡v Sn^nsN ko«n tbmNpkmWm]n F¯n]t¸mÄ bn¶n Wns¶m^p tImUyw. `¨p Sn^nªptWm¡n.
AÑsW B^m C^«t¸^n«v knan¨sS¶ tUgyfm]n^p¶p AkÄ¡v.
”tfmÄ¡v A¦nansW fWÊn`m]ntÃ… Mm³ tKmÀKvNp«n §sX bm_fX{Pmf¯ns` tNdnÄ Xnkn Hm¸t_äÀ… A_n]ntà Fs¶…”

Hm…. CSn]mtWm… tfmapsX NmfpNsW sNms¶¶v b_ªv tbm`ohnsâ hwl]Urãn]n`pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tKmÀÖv Np«n…

s`¨p In^n¨p. ”Hm… A_n]nà M§sX ko«n Xnkn]nÃ…”
”Xnkn]nsÃt¶m Cu Nm`¯v GSv ko«n`m tfmta Xokn]nÃm¯Sv… sk_ptS Wp\b_]tÃ…” tKmÀÖvNp«n k`SpN®v sI_pSm]X¨v In^¨p.

”hSyfm b_sª… M§saÃmw ko«n H¯ptI^pt¼mÄ l^n¡pw c®n]m… At¸m… XnknNm\msWm¶pw tW^wÃym…” s`¨p Ur[fm]n b_ªp.

”Rm… tfmÄ H^p im³Zv–hw tPÄ B\¶v {bhwPw tN«t¸mÄ A¦nanWv fWÊn`m]n. F¶m sI¿mWm… FWn¡p*v ^s*®w… fq¯kÄ¡v cmgWpw Nmt^ymw… Ca]sSm^p bphvSN¸pjp…” tKmÀÖv Np«n SmXn¡v ssNsNmXp¯p Wn¶p.

ASv N*t¸mÄ s`¨pknsâ fWÊn tKmÀÖv Np«nt]mXv sI_ns]m^p Cãw tSm¶n. sNm¨pNp«nNapsX fWÊpÅ k`ns]m^p fWpgy³.

”AtS… `¨q«n Hä]v¡m… km… A¦nansâ Ko¸n tbmkmw… ko«n sNm*m¡mt«m… H¶v sk]näv sI¿v… MmWÃ_InÃ_ bÀt¨hnwPv WX¯o«v Um Ct¸m k^mw… Um B NnX¡p¶Sm A¦nansâ Ko¸v… tfmÄ ASn tbm]n^pt¶m…” tKmÀÖvNp«n Iq*nNm\n¨p. dhv Nn«n ko«n sIÃpt¼mtj¡pw C^p«psf¶SnWm tKmÀÖvNp«n]psX £\w hzoN^n¨v `¨p Ko¸nWp tWs^ WX¶p.

^m{Sn.
sW·m_]ns` kmXNkoXv.
^m{Sn 10 f\n¡m\v Wo`pkpfm]n AOn`³ ko«ns`¯n]Sv. Nn^mS³ tSmfm¨sâ sXÌv ss_ZnwPn Ws¶ £o\nS]m\v Wo`p Bân. Npanfp_n]n tbm]n k¶v sbs«¶v NnX¶p AkÀ.
AOn`Wv CSpks^ Np®¸m tbm]n«nÃ.
AXn¨pNa]m³ Ak³{lfn¨nÃ. ^m{Sn]n N«n`n NnX¶pÅ AXn]m\v AOn`Wv Gs_ {bn]s¸«Sv.

GSmWw f\n¡q_pNÄ¡v fp³bv WX¶ Hmt^m Wnfngkpw AOn`sâ fWÊn`qsX NX¶ptbm]n.

Wo`p Bân Nn^mS³ tSmfm¨sâ N¿n Wn¶pw Ssâ gÍn S«n¸_n¨p k`ns¨_nªSpw B gÍn Sm³ FXp¯Spw ASnsâ fVyemPw W¶m]n blf]fpÅ fUK`¯m Wn_ªn^p¶Spw AOn`³ HmÀ¯p.
tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsâ Nm`pNapsX Woafa¡m³ SpX§n. tX¸nsâ H^äw Wo`pknsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`pw fsä Aäw bmU¯n`pw bnXn¨p Aa¶p. At¸mÄ ko*pw Wo`pkn Wn¶pw H^p hoÂNm^fp]À¶p. AOn`³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Nm`nâv CX]n tX¸p bnXn¨n^n¡p¶ kn^`pNan WXpkn^ Wo`pknsâ bq_nWpÅnt`¡p N]än k¨n^n¡p¶p. bns¶ A]mÄ B kn^`n«p Wo`knsâ bqän Ca¡m³ SpX§n.

”AOn`m Nn^mStWmXv AknXp¶p kn^s`Xp¡m³ b_… FWn¡v kÃmSmkp¶p”. Wo`p AOn`tWmXv b_ªp. ASptN«v In^n¨psNm*p Nn^mS³ tSmfm¨³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶p NqXn Ca¡n]n«p kn^Â Du^ns]Xp¯p Bâns] tWm¡nsNm*p W¡n SpX¨p. F¶n«p b_ªp. WÃ ^pIn tI¨o.

Wo`p Wm\w sNm*p Iqant¸m]n. ko*pw H^p 10 fnWnäp NqsX AaskXp¯p. ASnWnX]n A]mapsX ssN bSn]m¯ H^p Ø`kpw Wo`pknsâ l^o^^¯n CÃm]n^p¶p. At¸mam\p AOn`³ H^p Nm^yw N*Sp. Wo`pknsâ SpX]n NqXn bqän Wn¶p sNmjp¯ skÅw HjpNn. C_§p¶p. Wo`pknsW N*m tkt_ GtSm t`mN¯n`m\p Wn¡p¶sS¶p tSm¶ntbmNpw.

”AaskXp¯p Njnªp”. tSmfm¨sâ lÏw tN«p Wo`p N®p Sp_¶p tWm¡n. F¶n«v Ssâ Nm`nsâ CX]n NqXn HjpNn k^p¶ fUK`kpw tWm¡n SpX¡t\m tk*t]m F¶p l¦n¨v AOn`sW tWm¡n. AOn`³ N®X¨p tk* F¶v BPyw Nm\n¨p. Wo`p S_]n NnX¶ Ssâ Ip^nUmÀ FXp¡pkm³ {lfn¨p. At¸mÄtSmfm¨³ kn`¡n. ”l^o^¯nWp bp_s¯ A askXpt¸ NjnªpÅp, CWn ANs¯ AaskXp¡\w”.

Wo`p H¶pw fWhn`mNmsS AOn`sW tWm¡n. AkWv Nm^yw fWhn`m]n. tSmfm¨Wv Ct¸mÄ Bâns] b®\sf¶p.
”ASnsW´v FXp¯p sNmÅp, bs£ F´p sNm*m\p AaskXp¡p¶Sp.” AOn`³ tSmfm¨tWmXv tImUn¨p.

”Bim sdÌv tImUyw Zm, CSp Nt*m ? CSp sNm*m\p AaskXp¡p¶Sp.” F¶p b_ªp sNm*p tSmfm¨³ Ssâ fp*p Ajn¨p fmän Nm`nsâ CX]n knlz^qbw {bmbn¨p NnX¡p¶ Ssâ 7 C©p WoafpÅ N_p¯ Np® FXp¯p Wo`pknsâ tWs^ Wo«nbnXn¨p. ASp N^ªp SpX§n]n^p¶p. Wo`p ASn H^p kÃm¯ emkt¯msX Ns®Xp¡msS ASn Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p. bmkw C¯^w H^p Np® BUyfm]n«mkpw Nm\p¶Sv.

”CSp sNm*§nsW]m Nn^mS³tI«m AaskXp¡p¶Sp?” AOn`³ kas^ Wngv–Na¦St]msX tImUn¨p.
”AtSm.. CsSXp¯p Wnsâ BâosX {SntNm\ tUml]n C«v ANt¯¡p N]äpN]pw C_¡pN]pw sI]vSm\p AaskXp¡p¶Sp.” tSmfm¨³ b_ªp.

Wo`p CsSms¡ tN«p In^n SpX§n]n^p¶p. In^n¡pt¼mÄ Wo`pknsâ D^p* fp`NÄ Spap¼p¶Sp Nm\m³ WÃ ^hfp*m]n^p¶p.

”Np_¨p tW^w AaskXp¯p Njn]pt¼mÄ CSn Wn¶p Wà lp²fm] tUmlfmkv k^pw, ASp Wnsâ Bân b_]p¶nX¯p Hjn¨p sNmXp¡pw. F¶n«p Wnsâ Bânt]mXv tImUn¡\w tUmlIpXm³ C{S]pw fmkv fSnt]m F¶p…” ASv b_ªv tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsW NnX¸_]nt`¡v WX¯n¨p.

Wo`pknsâ WPvWfm] WX¸v Nm\m³ Wà ^hfm]n^p¶p. WX¡pt¼mÄ Hs^®w fpNant`¡pw Hs^®w Smtj¡pw F¶ ^oSn]n CaNpN]m]n^p¶p Wo`pknsâ k`n] Np*n. ASp tWm¡n tSmfm¨³ ”ASyp{P³” F¶ ^oSn]n kn^`pNÄ sNm*p BPyw Nm\n¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASp N*p AOn`Wv Wo`pknsâ fmUN l^o^s¯ bän AenfmWw tSm¶n
fp_n]n F¯n]Spw Wo`p sdÍn C^p¶p. Nn^mS³ tSmfm¨Wv# AXp¯p sI¶p Ft´m b_ªp.
ASp tN«p In^n¨p sNm*p Wo`p b_ªp: ”AOn`m tSmfm¨³ b_ªSv tNt«m AaskXp¡p¶SnWp fp¼p AakptNm Mm³ km sNm*p H¶p sXÌv sI¿\sf¶p. AakptNm l^n¡pw kÀ¡p sI¿p¶pt*m F¶p A_n]mWms\¶p.”

AXp¯ Wnfngw Wo`p tSmfm¨sâ Np® bnXn¨p km]psX AXp¯p sNm*p k¶n«p AOn`sW tWm¡n, F¶n«p Wmkp sNm*p Np®]psX Spa]n H¶p Np¯n F¶n«p bSps¡ Wmkp km]v¡Nt¯¡p k`n¨p. At¸mÄ Np®]n Wn¶p In`´n Wq`p tbms` tSmfm¨sâ Np®bl Wo`pknsâ Wmknt`¡p k`nªp Wn¶p. bns¶ Wo`p Np®]psX fNpXw Wmkp sNm*p H¶p Djnªp. tSmfm¨³ H¶p fp^*p. CsSÃmw Wo`p AOn`sW tWm¡n]m\p sI¿p¶Sp. AkWp tk*n]m\p F¶À°¯nÂ. Aksâ ht´mgSnWp tk*n.

AOn`³ l^n¡p Du¼n sNmXp¡m³ hnPv–W sNmXp¯p. ASp N*Spw Wo`p Np® NX ks^ km]¡pÅn`m¡n. F¶n«p H^p 20 sh¡âp AW¡msS bnXn¨p. F¶n«p Np® bp_t¯¡p k`n¨p. Wo`pknsâ DfnWo^n NpSnÀ¶ Np® Xyqdv ss`änsâ skan¨¯n sk«n Sna§n. bns¶ Bªp Bªp Du¼m³ SpX§n. kÃms¯m^p B{Nm´t¯msX. tSmfm¨³ hpOw sNm*p koÀ¸p fp«pN]ms\¶p AOn`Wp fpOemk¯n Wn¶p fWÊn`m]n. A{S¡pw Pweo^fm]n^p¶p Wo`pknsâ Npj`q¯v. ASntkP¯n Du¼p¶Sp Nm^\w Wo`pknsâ km]n Wn¶p ¥m.. ¥m.¥m..¥m.. ¥m.¥m.. F¶ H¨ D*mkm³ SpX§n. GNtUlw 10 fnWp«v Njnªt¸mÄ tSmfm¨³ Af_n sNm*p kn_¡m³ SpX§n. AOn`Wp fWÊn`m]n tI«³ Wo`p Bân]psX km]n bms`mjn¨p sNmXp¯psk¶p. AkhmWw tSmfm¨³ kn_]`pw Af_`pw Wn¶p. F¶n«pw H^p fnWp«v Njnªn«m\p Np® Wo`pknsâ km]n Wn¶p Du^ns¡mXp¯Sv. ASp Nmt\* NmjvI]m]n^p¶p. Np®]n Wo`pknsâ DfnWo^pw lp¢kpw NqXn Cänäp kojp¶p, NqXmsS Wo`pknsâ km]psX C^p kl§an`pw NqsX Np®bm NnWnªp C_§p¶p. At¸mÄ AOn`Wp fWÊn`]n, Wo`p Bân Np®bm NpXn¨nà F¶p. tSmfm¨³ bSps¡ N«n`nt`¡p ko\p. Wo`p Fjpt¶äp km] NjpNm³ tbm]n. AOn`Wpw NqsX sI¶p.

” Bâo F¶m sbÀtcmf³hv B]n^p¶p, hq¸À, tNt«m” AOn`³ Wo`pknsâ tSman bnXn¨p.

” tbmXm AknXp¶p, Fs¶ sNm*m¶pw b_]nt¡*m.. Hmt^m¶p b_ªp Fs¶ Ca¡n]n«p…” Wo`p dm`pkntWmXv tUgys¸Xpw tbms` tUgys¸«p.

AOn`³ AsSm¶pw Nm^yfm¡n]nÃ. ”tkPw NjpNn km, tSmfm¨³ Bân]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqän tNäm³ s_Zn B]n Wn¡pkms\¶p tSm¶p¶p.”

”ASnWp A]mav¡v Ct¸mÄ bm`p tbm]StÃ]pÅp”

”ASnsW´m, tSmfm¨³ Bân]psX bqän kn^`nXpN]pw W¡pN]pw sI¿mftÃm…” AOn`³ t{bmÕmin¸n¨p.

” Cu sI_p¡sâ H^p Nm^yw, H^p Wm\kpfnÃ…” Wo`p AOn`sW AXn¡m³ Hm§n.

”CWn]nt¸m F¶m Wm\n¡mWm, Bâo Mm³ H^p Nm^yw b_]t«”

”Dw…” Wo`p fqan

”BâosX bq_pw fp`]pw Nm\m³ WÃ ewPn]m tNt«m…”

”F´m.. WnW¡pw Fs¶ Nan¡t\m. H^p hpOn¸n¡Â…”

”Bân¡v Cãfmt\Â Mm³ tkt\Â.in..in..” AOn`³ In^n¨p.

”AsÃXm, tkt\t`m, Mm³ Du¼nsNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ Wo Fâ AknsX]pw CkntX]pw tWm¡n skÅw C_¡p¶Sp Mm³ N*p…”Wo`p ASv b_ªt¸mÄ AOn`³ f_pbXn]nÃmsS Wn¶ptbm]n.

”Wo kngfnt¡*, Wo]sà tSmfm¨sW knan¨p sNm*p k¶Sp. ASpsNm*p Aksâ Nj¸p Bân BUyw SoÀ¯psNmXp¡s«. F¶n«p Wo]pw Bâns] Du¡nt¡m. CWn tkt\ Wn§Ä ^*p tb^pw fm_n fm_n Nan¨m`pw Bân¡v H¶pfnÃ. Wnsâ ht´mgfm FWn¡p k`pSv”.

”Sm¦v–hv Bân… Fsâ bp¶m^ {SntNm\tUml Bâo” AOn`³ Wo`pknsW sN«nbnXn¨p..

Cu hf]w £fWln¨ tSmfm¨³ fp_n]n Wn¶v D_s¡ knan¨p.. ”F´m Bân]pw tfmWpw NqXn AknX§v NqXnt]m Mm³ At§m«p k^t\m…”

”Bâo A]mÄ b®m³ knan¡pN]m.. At§m«p sIÃv” AOn`³ b_ªp.

”F¶ Wo]pw km…” Wo`p AOn`sâ ssN bnXn¨v At§m«v sNm*ptbm]n.

Nn^mS³ tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsW bnXn¨p NnX¯n F¶n«p Ip*n sI_pSm]n Ipwdn¨p. A§sW bSns] fp¯w sNmXp¯p sNm*n^p¶p. bns¶ Nojv¨p*pw tf Ip*pw I¸n k`n¡m³ SpX§n Cu hf]Sp Wo`pknsâ fp`]n C^p¶ tSmfm¨sâ ssN bSps¡ bSps¡ fp`]n sM¡m³ SpXRn tSmfm¨³ Btklw NqXpw tSm_pw fp`]ns` sM¡`nsâ làn NqXn NqXn k¶p.

” Biv… bSns] sM¡v…..FWn¡p tkUWn¡p¶p” Wo`p M^§n.

ASptN«p tSmfm¨³ Fjpt¶äp Nm`pNÄ Wo`pknsâ C^pkl¯pw C«p k]_nWp fpNan C^p¶p. F¶n«p hmkVmWw fp`]n SjpNmWpw sM¡pkmWpw SpX§n. F¶n«p AOn`tWmXv tImUn¨p.
”Zm, C§sW sI]vSm fSnt]mXm…”

AOn`³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ.

Wo`pknsâ fp`NÄ l^n¡pw SjpNmWpw fp`¡®n H^p kn^ sNm*p ASnWp fpNan`qsX Sn^p½m Wpw SpX§n. Wo`p Nm`pNÄ ^*pw D^hn sNm*p sManbn^n sNmÅm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpX§n. AkapsX bq_nâ emP¯pÅ sdZv goäv WWªp C^n¡p¶Sp N*t¸mÄ bqänWpÅn Wn¶pw fUK`w bSps¡ tS³ tbms` H`nIn_§p¶Sp AOn`³ N*p.

AkWv kÃm¯ H^p Btklw tSm¶n, Wo`pknsW fsäm^p¯³ AWpekn¡p¶Sp N*t¸mÄ. tSmfm¨³ Ct¸mÄ Wo`pknsâ fp` I¸nsNm*n^n¡pN]m\p. AOn`³Bân]psX sSm«p AXpt¯¡p sI¶p. At¸mÄ tSmfm¨³ H^p fp`]n sM¡ns¡m*v sNm*p ftä fp`¡®p Wmkp sNm*p sMm«n Wp\ªp sNm*n^p¶p. At¸mÄ Wo`p AOn`sWtWm¡n. Ak³ Ct¸mÄ F§nsW]p*p F¶ ^oSn]n tWm¡n. Wo`p Wm\w sNmt*m Ft´m N®pNÄ AX¨p Naªp. AOn`³ N®nf¡msS Wo`pknsW Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^p¶p. sbs«¶p Wo`pkpw N®p Sp_¶p. At¸mÄ Aksâ tWm«w N*p AkÄ sI_pSm]n bp©n^n¨p.

sbs«¶p Wo`pknsâ km] sbmanªp..B.. Fs¶m^p A`À¨. AOn`³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ tSmfm¨³ Bân]psX Nm`nsâ CX]n C^p¶p k`Sp ssN sNm*p bqÀ sbm¯n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p. ko*pw tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]mapsX WXpkn^ Nm\p¶nÃ. ASp Wo`pknsâ bqänt`¡p N]_n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. B kn^ N]_mWpw C_§mWpw SpX§n.

Wo`p fp¡mWpw fqamWpw SpX§n.. ”B..B..B..B..At½.. FWn¡p k¿m.. .. Fsâ bq_n Ck³ sI¿p¶Sp Nt*mXm. Wo Nt*mXm..imkq…it½..Du.iq…”

GNtUlw F«p b¯p fnWntämaw tSmfm¨sâ kn^`pNÄ Wo`pknsâ bqän NphrSn Nm\n¨p sNm*n^p¶p. CX¡p Wo`pknsâ NqSn]n`pw. sbs«¶p Wo`p WXpkp H¶p D]À¶p sbm§n. Bân]psX bqän Wn¶p bqÀ tS³ bp_t¯¡p Ioän sS_n¨p. tSmfm¨³ ASp fpjpk³ W¡n NpXn¨p. Wo`pknsâ ^SnfqÀ¨ AOn`³ N¬NpanÀs¡ N*p. Wo`pknsâ NnS¸p H¶X§m³ ^*p fq¶p fnWnsäXp¯p. AkapsX SpXNapw A]mapsX ssN¿pw ^SnK`¯m WWªp NpSnÀ¶n^p¶p.

tSmfm¨³ Fjpt¶äp. Wo`pknsâ SpXNÄ ^*pw AN¯nsk¨p. Bim.. Wo`pknsâ N_pN_p¯ bq_nWpÅns` Ipk¸p AOn`³ kyàfm]n
N*p. Nm¡ km sbman¨n^n¡p¶Sp tbms`. AOn`³ ASns`¡p Ss¶ hq£n¨p tWm¡nsNm*n^p¶p.

”Zm..F´p tWm«fmX CSp.. H¶pfnsæn`pw hz´w Bân]psX bqÀ AtÃXm…”

Wo`p b_]p¶Sv tN«v tSmfm¨³ In^n¨p sNm*p Ssâ ^*p kn^`pNÄ sNm*p Wo`pWnsâ bq_p Fs¶ l^n¡pw knXÀ¯n Nm\n¨p. F¶n«p b_ªp. ”Wo WtÃm\w tWms¡Xm.. Um Cu fpNan SÅo Wn¡p¶Sm\p Wnâ BâosX N´p.” A]mÄ N´n bSps¡ sM^Xn. Wo`p hpOw sNm*p bpaªp.

bn¶oXv tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsâ SpXNÄ l^n¡pw k`n¨N¯n bnXn¨p sNm*p bqänt`¡p Ssâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpOw AfÀ¯n W¡m³ SpXRn. BUyw A]mÄ AkapsX bqän fpOw AXp¸n¨p bq_nsâ PÔw BhzUn¨p. bns¶ Wmkp NqÀbn¨p bnXn¨p bq_nsâ CSapNÄNnX]n`qsX Smtj¡pw fpNant`¡pw H^p tWÀ t^O k^¨p. bns¶ ASp N´n F¯n, I¸n k`n¨p. Wo`p S`]n\]n S`]n«p D^p«mWpw fp¡mWpw fqamWpw SpX§n. tSmfm¨³ Ct¸mÄ b«n skÅw NpXn¡p¶Sp tbms` Wo`pknsâ bqän B W¡pN]m\p, kÃmS H^p Bsklt¯msX. Wo`pknsâ lÐw D¨¯n`m]n. A]mÄ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ fpNant`¡p D]À¯n. Ct¸mÄ Wo`pknsâ NqSns¸m«p Nm\mw. Bim..F´p e§n. N_pN_p¯ bq_nWp Smsj Ipk¶ NqSns¸m«p.. ASp CX¡p Ip^p§pN]pw knNhn¡pN]pw sI¿p¶p. A]mÄ ko*pw Wmkp NqÀ¸n¨p Wo`pknsâ NqSn ka]¯nt`¡p Np¯nt¡än. Np_¨p tW^w tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsâ NqSn l^n¡pw W¡n sNmXp¯p.
”B…At½… A§sW W¡v….iq…B..Êv.Êv. Êv…” Wo`p hpO¯n b_ªp.

Ct¸mÄ tSmfm¨sâ km] fpjpkWpw Wo`pknsâ bqän tIÀ¯psk¨p. fUK`w Bªp k`n¨p NpXn¡pN]m\p. A]mapsX fpOw fpjpkWpw
Wo`pknsâ ^SnK`w bp^*n^n¡p¶p. AfrSp NpXn¡p¶Sp tbms` Wo`pknsâ bqäns` tS³ tSmfm¨³ k`n¨p NpXn¨p sNm*n^p¶p, AtS hf]w A]mÄ Ssâ ^*p ssNNapw fp`Nan bnXp¯fn«n^p¶p. B ssNNÄ skap¯p SpXp¯ ^*p fp`Nta]pw sM¡n bnXn¨p sNm*p Iq*p kn^ Dbt]mPn¨p fp`N®pNsa Sn^p½nsNm*n^p¶p. ko*pw Wo`pkn ^SnfqÀ¨]psX `£\§  B^wen¨p SpX§n.

Wo`pknsâ H¨ NqXpS`m]n. BBB..BBB..B..B..B.. tim]v.. At½..Dw..Dw… Êv.. Êv.. iq… tim..A§nsW… A§nsW… I¸p.. NXn¨p bnXo… t^mf¯n NXn¨p k`n¡msS…iq..A§sW..A§sW..A§sW.. k^p¶p. k^p¶p..iq..iq.. k¶p.. k¶p. k¶p. k¶p..k¶p.. B.. B Wo`pknsâ WXp ko*pw D]À¶p sbm§n sM«n kn_¡m³ SpX§n. tSmfm¨³ H^p SpÅn tbm`pw bp_t¯¡p Na]nà F¶ kmlnt]msX bqäns`¡p km] l^n¡pw AXp¸n¨p bnXn¨p Wo`pknsâ NmfK`w fpjpkWpw k`n¨p NpXn¨p. Wo`p NnS¡m³ SpX§n, At¸mtj¡pw tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsâ bqän Wn¶p Ioän] skÅw fpjpk³ NpXn¨SnWp tlgw bq_p Wà tbms` W¡n SpX¡m³ SpX§n. Wo`pkn Wn¶pw H^p UoÀQ Wnlzmhw D]À¶p. F¶n«p AOn`sâ fpOt¯¡p tWm¡n. B tWm«¯n AktWmXpÅ FÃm Wµn]pw D*m]n^p¶p.

NpXn¡pkm³ skÅw tk\w F¶p Wo`p BPyw Nm\n¨p. AOn`³ {cnZvKv Sp_¶p H^p Np¸n skÅ kpfm]n fX§n k¶p. At¸mÄ AkÄ ^*p Nm`pw AN¯nsk¨p N®X¨p NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. B NnX¸p N*t¸mÄ AOn`Wv At¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ss¶ ASnt`¡p Ssâ 12” Np® Hä SÅnWp tNäm³ tSm¶n. F¦n`pw Ak³ Fsâ knNm^w H^p knVw bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n.

Wo`p Fjpt¶äp skÅw km§n fX fXm¶p NpXn¨p. AkapsX l^o^w fpjpk³ kn]À¯n^p¶p, skÅw NpXn¨SnWp tlgw Wo`p Fjpt¶äp fpÅm³ tbm]n, Sp\ns]m¶pw DXp¡msS.

B tbm¡p N*p tSmfm¨³ b_ªp: ”tWms¡Xm, F¶m Np*n]mXm Wnsâ Bân¡p, tim, NXn¨p Sn¶m³ tSm¶pw. C¶p Mm³ Wnsâ BâosX Np*n]pw AXn¨p sbman¨nt« tbmN¯pÅp.”

ASp tN«v AOn`³ b_ªp. ”thm_n tI«m, Bân]psX Np*n C¶p Mm³ S^nÃ, B Np*n]n CSp ks^ B^pw H¶pw sI]vSn«nÃ. ASpsNm*p B Np*n]psX ho Mm³ Ss¶ sbman¡pw.” AOn`³ D_¸n¨p Ss¶]m\v ASv b_ªSv.

Wo`p fq{Sw Hjn¨n«v k¶t¸mÄ AOn`Wpw tSmfm¨Wpw hwhm^n¡p¶Sv N*p.
”F´pkm ^*ptb^pw NqXn H^p ^ihyw…”

”Hiv, H¶pfnà Bâo Nn^mS³ tI«³ tImUn¡pkm BâosX bqän F{S bqX Ds*¶p.in..in…”

”Hiv H^p k`n] tNmsfZn. tkt\ ^*ptb^pw NqXn Fâ Nm`nsâ CX]n C^p¶p F®n tWm¡nt¡m…” Wo`p H^p Nqh`pw CÃmsS b_ªp.

At¸mÄ AkÀ ^*pw Ht^ hz^¯n b^ªp ”HmsN.. ASp M§taäp”

FÃmk^pw sbm«n In^n¨p. At¸mÄ tSmfm¨³ Wo`pkntWmXv knan¨p tImUn¨p: ”tI¨n fpÅnNjnªm.. ??”

” F´m..WnWs¡sâ fq{Sw tkt\m…?”

” sNmÅmw. tk\sft¶m…F¸pw NpXn¨p F¶p tImUn¨m fSn…”

”A¿Xm A¯^w b\ns]m¶pw tk*mt«m…” Wo`p N«n`nt`¡v NnX¶p.
tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsW AXnfpXn H¶p tWm¡nsNm*p Np®]pw Np`¸n¨p Wo`pknsâ l^o^¯nt`¡p k`nªp N]_n AkapsX Ipk¶p AÂbw SXn¨p f`À¶ Ip*pNÄ I¸n k`n¨p NpXn¨p.

Btklt¯msX ^*ptb^pw Ip*pNÄ D_p©nNpXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. tSmfm¨sâ H^p ssN Wo`pknsâ H^p fp`]n`pw fsä ssN AkapsX bqän`pw B\p. AkhmWw ^*ptb^ptX]pw Ip*pNÄ S½n tkÀsb«t¸mÄ NnS¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ko*pw A]mÄ Wo`pknsâ ^*p fp`Napw fm_n fm_n I¸m³ SpX§n. F¶n«p AkapsX bSp bSp¯ D®nNpXk]_n fpOfn«p D^p«n. B k`n] sbm¡nan W¡n SpX¨p. bns¶ Wo`pknsâ t^mf¡mXp kNªp fmän kÕ³ AXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkÄ hpOw sNm*p Ip*p NXn¡pN]pw S`]n«p D^p«pkmWpw SpX§n. F¶n«p kn^`n bän] Wo`pknsâ tS³ ^*p fp`¡®n`pw tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. F¶n«p fp`¡®pNÄ f_n fm_n I¸n k`n¨p. ”AOn`m..FWn¡p k¿Xm.. CktWmXp Fsâ bqän tNän N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXn¡m³ b_s]Xm”

Wo`p hztdmVw W㸫 tbms` b_ªp. ”Nn^mS³ tI«m… Bân b_ªSp tN«ntÃ.. CWn tI«³ N^nw Np®s]Xp¯p BâosX bqänt`¡p N]äq.

ASp tN«v tSmfm¨³ AOn`sW AXpt¯¡v knan¨p. ”Zm..Wo Ss¶ Fsâ Np®s]Xp¯p Wnsâ BâosX bqänt`¡v sk¡v”.

”sk¡t« Bâo…” AOn`³ AWpkmUw tImUn¨p.

”tWm¡n Wn¡msS tkPw FXp¯p sks¡Xm…Smt]mao…” AkÄ A`_n.

AOn`³ sdZnsâ sshZn k¶p sdZnt`¡p Wo`pknsâ A^s¡«nWXp¯m]n fp«p Np¯n C^p¶p. At¸mÄ Wo`pknsW sN«n bnXn¨p NnX¶ tSmfm¨³ ^*p ssN¿pw Nm`pw AkapsX kl§an Np¯n Fjp¶p Wn¶p. AOn`³ ssN Wo«n tSmfm¨sâ Np®]n bnXn¨p Wo`pknsâ N´n C«p D^¨p. F¶n«p Ak³ ASnt`¡v Np® sk¨p. At¸mjpw AOn`³ Np®]ns` bnXp¯w kn«n^p¶nÃ. tSmfm¨³ bSps¡ Wo`pknt`¡v {btkln¡m³ SpX§n. AOn`³ bSps¡ Np®]ns` bnXp¯w A]¨p sNmXp¯p. Np®fNpXw Wo`pknsâ bqänt`¡p Bjv¶n_§n tbmNp¶Sp Ak³ BhzUn¨n^p¶p. B N^nwNp® bNpSn]n NqXpS`pw AkapsX bqänWpÅn`m]n Njnªn^p¶p. CWn Mm³ ssN bnXn¨n^n¡p¶ emPw NqXnt] bqänt`¡p N]_mWpÅp. AOn`³ Ssâ ^*p kn^`pNÄ tSmfm¨sâ Np®]n Wn¶pw knXÀ¯n. ASWph^n¨p tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsâ bqänt`¡p
Np® ko*pw Smjv¯n. At¸mÄ Wo`pkn Wn¶pw H^p N^¨n tN«p. Wo`pknWv tkUWn¡m³ SpX§n. AOn`³ Np®]ns` bnXp¯w H¶p fp_p¡n. AÂbw Njnªp tSmfm¨³ ko*pw Np® Smjv¯m³ SpX§n. Cu {bmklyw tW^s¯ N]_mSn^p¶ emPw AN¯p N]_n. CWn H^n©p NqXns] N]_mWpÅp. tkUW sNm*p Wo`pknsâ km] sbmanªn^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. H^©p fnWnäp tW^t¯¡p tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsW Ipwdn¨p sNm*o^p¶p. F¶n«p ko*pw {lfn¨p tWm¡n tWm ^£. ko*pw A]mÄ AkapsX Ip*n Ipwdn¡pkmWpw fp`]n SjpNpkmWpw SpX§n. Wo`p bSns] _n`mNv–hv B]n. At¸mÄ tSmfm¨³ AOn`sW tWm¡n AÂbw Du^n]n«p Np¯n]t§m«p N]äm³ AOn`³ BPyw Nm\n¨p.

tSmfm¨³ bSps¡ Np® AÂbw Du^n]n«p Wo`pknsâ bqänt`¡p H^p SÅp SÅn F¶n«p Aksa sN«nbnXn¨p. C{bmklyw Wo`pkn Wn¶pw H^p BÀ¯WmUw tN«p. AkÄ A]msa SÅn fmäm³ tWm¡n. tSmfm¨³ kn«nÃ. F¶n«p AW§msS NnX¶p. Wo`p tSmfm¨sW bn¨pN]pw fm´pN]pw Hs¡ sI]vSp. A]mÄ AkanÂWn¶pÅ bnXn knXmsS NnX¶p. Wo`pknsâ FSnÀ¸pNÄ Np_ªp k¶p. AÂbw Njnªp AOn`³ Wo`pknsW S«n knan¨p. ”Bâo tkUW fm_nt]m ?

”tbmXm N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv t{UminNta…Fsâ bq_p No_ns]¶p tSm¶p¶p.” Wo`pknsâ N®v Wn_sªmjpNn.

”thm_n Bâo…tks_ Wnkr¯n]nÃm]n^p¶p. sb®p§Ä¡p Cu tkUW b_ªn«pÅStÃ… tSmfm¨tWmXv AXn¡m³ b_]s«…”

” Dw.. bSps¡ sI¿m³ b_]\w…”Wo`p N®pWoÀ SpX¨p.

” HmsN. Nn^mS³… Bâns] bSps¡ AXn¡t\….”

AOn b_ªSptN«v tSmfm¨³ Ssâ A^s¡«p]À¯n bSps¡ Np® Wo`pknsâ bqän Wn¶pw fNpXw ks^ Du^n Bim.. Wo`pknsâ bqÀtSWn Npan¨v tSmfm¨sâ Np® fp_n]ns` skan¨¯n sk«n Sna§n. ko*pw B N^nw Np® Wo`pknsâ bqänt`¡p Duan]n«p C_§n. sb^p¼m¼v C^ knjp§p¶Sp tbms` tSmfm¨³s^ Np® Wo`pknsâ bqänt`¡p N]_n tbmNp¶Sp H^p {btSyN AWpeqSnt]msX AOn`³ N*p Wn¶p. Wo`pkn Wn¶pw tkUW NXn¨p bnXn¨ M^¡§Ä D*m]ns¡m*n^p¶p.

Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Wo`pknsâ M^¡w H^p bp^pg Wm temPn¡s¸Xp¶Snsâ ho¡m^ lЧam]n fm_n. bvVow…bvVow. bvVow. bvVow.. lÐw sNm*p fp_n]msN Wn_ªp. Akams\¦n ssNNÄ sNm*pw Nm`pNÄ sNm*pw A]msa k^nªp fp_p¡n Ip*n Ipwdn¨p sNm*n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ tSmfm¨³ Wo`pkn`pÅ bnXp¯w knXpkn¨p. ssNNÄ sdZn Np¯nWn¶p. BªXn¨p. sNm*n^p¶p. Wo`p Ssâ ssNNÄ S`¡p bp_Nn sk¨p Ssâ knhvSm^tf_n] N£§Ä Nm\n¨p sNm*p N®X¨p Ip*p NXn¨p tSmfm¨sâ Np® sNm*pÅ bqäns` fÀ±Ww BhzUn¨p NnX¶p. ssNNÄ kn^n¨pbnXn¨n^n¡p¶SnWm At¸mÄ Wo`pknsâ fp`NÄ ^*pw tbm^nWm]n Wn¡p¶Sp tbms` tSm¶n¨p. CSp N*p Btklw fq¯ tSmfm¨³ ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw fp`Nsa sM^n¨pX¨p Bªmªp AXn¨p. ¹¡v..¹¡v.. ¹¡v..¹¡v. ¹¡v..¹¡v.. ¹¡v..¹¡v.. ¹¡v..¹¡v. Ct¸mÄ Wo`pknsâ bqän Wn¶pw sIan]n Ikn«p¶Sp tbms`]pÅ lÐfm\p tNÄ¡p¶Sp. CX¡p AkÄ N®p Sp_¶v AOn`sW H¶p tWm¡n. Ak³ At¸mÄ AXnsbman F¶^oSn]n BPyw Nm\n¨p. Wo`p At¸mÄ AksW Wmkp Wo«n Nm\n¨p. AOn`³ At¸mÄ ssN sNm*p Ssâ Np®]psX emP¯p SXkn Nm\n¨p. Wo`p Wm\n¨p N®X¨p.

Ct¸mÄ tSmfm¨³ AXn]psX tkPS Nq«n. A^s¡«pNÄ S½n Nq«nfp«p¶ GNtUlw 20 fnWptämaw A]mÄ Wo`pknsW temPn¨p. Ct¸mÄ ^*p tb^ptX]pw ho¡m^§Ä kas^]VnNw D¨¯n`m]n. ¹¡v..¹¡v..¹¡v..¹¡v..¹¡v.. Wo`pkn Wn¶pw ^SnfqÀ¨]psX lÐw kas^ D¨¯n`m]n.. iq..tim]v… At½… AOn`m.. Bân¡p k^ps¶Xm. BBB..Cu Bân¡p ks¶Xm… F¶p b_ªp tSmfm¨sW k^nªp fp_p¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sk«n kn_¡m³ SpX§n. AtS hf]w tSmfm¨Wpw Wo`pknsW sN«nbnXn¨p sNm*p AkapsX bqän bm`entgNw WX¯n. tSmfm¨³s^ lp¢w Wo`pknsâ bq_p Wn_ªp bp_t¯¡p H`n¨n_§p¶Sp AOn`³ N¬NpanÀs¡ N*p.
CXp¡nZmw Sp_¶pkn« Wnfngfm\v At¸mÄ AOn`Wv HmÀ½ k¶Sv.

skÅw tbm]n«pw tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsâ bqän Wn¶pw Np® Du^msS ^*ptb^pw sN«nbnXn¨psNm*p N®X¨p GtSm hpOWnÀkrSn]n `]n¨p f]§n NnX¶p. Wo`pknsâ bqän Wn¶pw Np_¨p fp¼p tSmfm¨³ AXns¨mjn¨v bm Wo`pknsâ SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX HjpNn]n_§n sdZn bX^p¶p*m]n^p¶p..

Np_¨v Njnªv tSmfm¨³ Ssâ A^s¡«p]À¯n Ssâ N_p¯ Np® Wo`pknsâ N_p¯ NmXp bnXn¨p NnX¡p¶ sbm´¡m«n Wn¶pw hmkVmWw Du^ns]Xp¯p. Np® Wo`pknsâ bqän Wn¶pw kjpSn]n_§n]t¸mÄ ”¥Nv’ Fs¶m^p H¨ tN«p. ASpNqXn tN«t¸mÄ AOn`sâ Np® C¸w gÍn No_n skan]n k^psf¶p tSm¶ntbm]n. Ct¸mÄ Wo`pknsâ t]mWn AÂbw bnaÀ¶m\n^n¡p¶Sp. tSmfm¨³ AXns¨mjn¨ lp¢w fpjpk³ H`n¨n_§n tbms]¶p tSm¶p¶p.. sdZv goäv fpjpk³ WWªp NpSnÀ¶n^n¡p¶p.

AOn`Wpw tSmfm¨Wpw iman tbm]n^p¶v hwhm^n¡pt¼mÄ Wo`p bqÀ®WPvW]m]n f`À¶v N«n`n NnX¶v f]§pN]m]n^p¶p.

”F§nsW]p*sâ Bân” AOn`³ tImUn¨p.

”tfmsW b` bq_nNta]pw Mm³ Nan¨n«p*p… F¶m`pw CSptbms` H^p bq_ntfmÄ, tim.. bqs_¶v b_ªm Wnsâ BâosX bqÀ Ss¶. Fs´m^p hpOfm.. Ct¸mjpw ASnsâ imt§mkÀ fm_n]n«nÃ. sk_pw ssWhv bªn tbms`]m Wnâ BâosX l^o^w. F{S Du¡n]m`pw fSn. k^ptN`… Wnsâ bq_n Wn¶p HjpNn k^p¶Sp l^n¡pw tS³ Ss¶]m\p bns¶ Fsâ Np®]v¡v Wà k®kpw Woakpw DÅSnWm AkÄ¡v Wt¶ tkUWn¨p. bs£ Wo H^p Nm^yw fWÊn`m¡\w A©v sbän«pw B bq_nWv C{S HSp¡w k^\sf¦n Wnsâ fm½sâ Np® F´v sI_pSm]n«m]n^n¡pw..”
tSmfm¨Wpw AOn`Wpw hwhm^wSpXÀ¶p]

‘ASp l^n..At¸mÄ ^*ptb^pw NqXn CknsX k¶n^p¶p Fs¶ bän AbkmUw b_]pN]m]n^p¶p AtÃ… ” lÐw tN«v AkÀ Sn^nªptWm¡n.
kmSn¡ ssN¿pw sN«n Wo`p Im^n Wn¡p¶p. b^nbqÀ\ WPv–W]m]n. Wo`pknsW N*Spw tSmfm¨³ ImXns]jpt¶äp (Wo`pknsâ {SntNm\ tUmlt]mXpÅ dipfmWw sNm*m]n^n¡pw). At¸mÄ A]mapsX Np® NnX¶p BXn. ASpN*p Wo`p b_ªp..

”Ft´m¶mtX CSp… Wnsâ N^nwNp®]psX B«w CSpks^ Wn¶ntÃ..? ‘

‘ASp tI¨n]psX tUmlN*n«m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ck³ B«w WnÀ¯m¯Sp.”

ASptN«p Wo`p Np`p§n In^n¨p.

HmÀ½NÄ A]kn_¡n AOn`³ ^m{Sn]ns`t¸mtjm D_§nt¸m]n.

tW^w bp`˦p.
Sn¦amjvI]m\v. tNlpkpw lnk]pw hv–Nqan tbmNm³ S¿m_mkp¶p. fpXn]³ D_¡fm\v. N¼n¡p«³ tZm«v sWän k¶ bpSn] tWmk km]n¨v l^n¡pw AXns¨mjn¨v D_¡fm\v. Wo`p CÃm¯SnWm dm`p Wà fqÈm«]n`m\v.

s`¨p bÃptS¨psNm*v tPänWXp¯v Wn¡pN]m\v. At¸mÄ tKmÀKvNp«n Ko¸pfm]n k¶p. s`¨pknsW N*t¸mÄ Ko¸v WnÀ¯n.
”im]v A¦n PpZv–tfm\nwPv…”
”sk^n PpZv–tfm\nwPv s`¨q«n…”
”A¦nsakntX¡m ^mkns`…”
”Mm³ Um CknsX ks^ k¶Sm… Wn§apsX Nnjt¡Sns` ko«n C¶p fpS bpSn] kmXN¡m^v k^p¶p….”
”B^m A¦nta…”
”s`¨p A_n]pw W½psX i^nSm Wm]À… tN«n«ntà shÃp`mÀ AjnfSnt¡hn Njnª hÀ¡m^nsW bnXn¨p`¨ i^nSmWm]À…A¦nam\v koXv F{Pnsfâv sI]vSv sNmXp¯Sv… Ak^v k^pw fpt¶ FÃmw H¶v s_Zn]m¡nXt«… bns¶ dm`p tI«tWmXv CX]v¡v At§ms«m¶v k^m³ b_]v tNt«m…” tKmÀÖv Np«n Ko¸v fpt¶ms«Xp¯p.

”FXo… s`¨q…” A½q½]psX lÐw.

”Wo B sNm`]mant]mXmt\m hwhm^n¡ps¶…”

”sNm`]mant]m… tbm A½qt½ B A¦nam C¶s` F¶n CknsX thcm]ns«¯n¨Sv… sNm`]antbm`pw…”

”CWntf`n B ^m£hsâ k*o tN_pNt]m fn*pNt]m sI]v–tS¡^pSv b_tª¡mw… ” ekmWn]½q½]psX lÐw AÂbw D]À¶ptbm]n.

ASptN«m\v dm`p fp¶ns` k^m´]nt`¡v k^p¶Sv.

”F´m F´m ^mkns` sNakowsNm¨ptfmapw H^p Nlbnl…”

”sNaknt]m… B^mXm sNakn…”

”At¿m… sNakn]à tNmtaKpNpfm^nN S½ns`´m\mtkm H^p Nlbnl…” dm`p ekmWn]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n Nan]m¡n In^n¨p.

”AtS… Ckap b*s¯tbms`sNm¨pNp«ns]m¶pfÃ… kaÀ¶v fp«³sb®m]n. N* sNm`]manNapsX NqsXs]m¶pw Ko¸n tN_n WX¡p¶Sv Mm³ h½Sn¡nÃ. A½ AXp¯nsæn sb¬f¡apsX AVnNm^w A½q½SÅfmÀ¡m…”

ASptN«v dm`p F\nWv ssNsNmXp¯v ekmWn]½]psX fp¶nt`¡v Wn¶v tImUn¨p.
”B^m At½ sNm`]man… Wn§am tKmÀKpNp«ns] sNm`]mans]¶v knan¡p¶Sv H«pw l^n]Ã…”

”AtS… ASv A£´kyfm] sSäm\v….” AkntX¡v lnkmWn ^wP{btklw sI]vSp.

”Wo tbmXo AX]v¡mNp^pko… tkPw H^p§n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hv–Nqan tbmNm³ tWm¡v…” dm`p lnkmWns] ANt¯¡v HmXn¨pkn«p. ASpN*pWn¶ tNlpkpw s`¨pkpw lnkmWns] Nan]m¡n In^n¨p. dm`p ASv {l²n¡msS ekmWn]½t]mXv b_ªp.
”sFKosZ tfmsW sNm¶Sv tKmÀKvNp«n]mt\m em^y]mt\m Fs¶m¶pw Wfp¡mÀ¡pw A_n]nÃ. CWn sNms¶¶p Ss¶]n^n¡s«… hz´w fNsa boZn¸n¡m³ ko«n N]_nk^p¶ H^p¯sW bns¶ F¶m sI¿\sf¶m ekmWn]½ bt_¶Sv… tKmÀKvNp«n sI]vSSv l^nSs¶]m\v…Fsâ Aen{bm]¯n A_n]m³ bmXnÃm¯ sNm¨pNpªp§s` boZn¸n¡p¶ksWs]Ãmw Ip«pNa]\w….”

”IpXmWpw sk«mWpsfms¡ CknsX Wn]tfmw Wn]fbm`N^pw D*v Ak^v sI]v–tSmapw Fsâ f^ptfm³ H¶nWpw tbmk*mt«m…” ekmWn]½]v¡v tUgyw k¶p.

”Wn]fs¯Np_ns¨m¶pw A½b_]*… Wà Wn]ffp*nknsX bs£ sI`Gfm·m^psX*v sI`t¸m N®X¨v Na]pw… K`´_ns`m^p dng¸nsW bnXn¡m³ tbm]ns«´m]n… NqXpS sSankv Nn«o«v A_Ìv sI¿msf¶v… CknsXm^p sb®v GsS¦n`pw H^p¯sW… ASm]Sv b\kpw bnXnbmXpfnÃm¯ H^p¯sW Iq*n AksWs¶ boZn… F¶v b_ªm fSn Ip^p«nNq«n A_Ìv sI]v–tSm*v tbmkpw… Rm… bpÃv… ½sa´nWm CsSms¡ bt_¶Sv… MmWm tKmÀÖvNp«ns] H¶v tWm¡o«v k^mw…”
dm`p Nnjt¡ ko«nt`¡v WX¶p.

tKmÀÖvNp«n AknsX {NfoN^\§saÃmw D_¸v k^p¯n hnäv Hu«ns` NtÊ^]n`n^n¡pN]m\v. dm`pk^p¶Sp N*v tKmÀÖvNp«n In^nt¨m*p tImUn¨p ”sskNns«´m b^nbmXn…”
”iiii ASpsNmÅmtÃm… tW^w skap¯StÃ]pÅp bntÅ^v hv–Nqan tbmNs«, sskNn«m¡* Wfp¡nt¸mtj b^nbmXn]§v SpX§mw…”

”ASnWn¶v–hv–Nqsam¶pw CÃtÃm dm`p… A_nªntÃ… hv–NqapNÄs¡ms¡ AkVn]m… Hm… AsS§Wm Wn§apsX ko«n Xnkn]nÃtÃm AtÃ…”

”ko«n Xnkn]nsöv F§W_n]mw tKmÀÖvNp«n¨m]m…”

”ASn¶sa fq¯tfmav b_ªp. WÃ hminSyNm^n]m\v tNt«m… FWns¡m*v ^s*®w {Nnt]äokm]n H^p Nmt^ymw ASp§sas¡m*v sI¿m³ Njn]nÃ… ASn^n¡s« Wn§sam^p Xnkn km§n¡v… tNdnÄ N\£³ Mm³ S^mw… sZt¸mhnäv H¶pw S^*… F´m.. F´v b_]p¶p…”

”Rm… tWm¡mw… Wo`qtWmsXm¶v Bt`mIn¡s«…” dm`p S`sIm_nªp.

”Hm… ASv fSn ASv fSn… sk_psS Xnkn]psX tb^n H^p NpXpwdN`iw tk*…” Ak^Sv b_]pt¼mÄ koXnsâ tPäv NX¶v H^p NmÀ fpät¯¡v k¶pWn¶p.

CXSpkls¯ tZmÀ Sp_¶p.
Ipk¶Nyq«Nv–hv C« kn`^pNapÅ, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hzÀ®bmUhz^fn«, ssiioÂZv sI^p¸n« H^pNmÂbmUw…
i^nSm Wm]À.
dm`pknsâ N®v SÅnt¸m]n….
”Biv… k^\w k^\w… Mm³ ^mknt`]ns§¯n…” tKmÀÖvNp«n HmXns¨¶v H^p tg¡v im³Zv sNmXp¯p.
”i^nSm… Unhv Cuhv dm`p… ]pkÀ sW]ndÀ… A©v f¡apsX Aѳ…”
”A©v f¡tam…” i^nSm Wm]À dm`pknsâ tfÂNosjm¶v tWm¡n Ip*pNXns¨m^p In^nIn^n¨p.

B In^n H^p Hs¶m¶^ In^n]m]n dm`pknsâ I¦v Spa¨v N]_nt¸m]n.
Sn^nsN fp_n]ns`¯n]t¸mjpw B In^n]m]n^p¶p dm`pknsâ fWÊv Wn_s].
fWÊns` bj]Nm` ^Sn AWpek§Ä A]mÄ A]kn_¡n.

b¯mw¢mÊn bYn¸n¨ hmkn{Sn Xo¨À.

sSm«Xp¯ ko«n`m\v B\v Xo¨_pw eÀ¯mkpw kmXN¡v k¶Sv. F¶m eÀ¯mkv tKm`nsI¿p¶ hÀ¡mÀ Hmcohv AXp¯ KnÃ]n B]n^p¶SnWm At±iw lWn]pw Mm]_ptf ko«n k^q. AÃm¯ Unkh§an SmWm\v Xo¨À¡v Nq«v NnX¡m³ tbmNm³.

AknsX F¯n]m k]_p Wn_s] tIm_pw N_n]pw bYn¡m³ tk* huN^y§apw NnX¡m³ Wà N«n`pw SWn¡v Xo¨À S¶p. tbm^m¯SnWv 30 ^qb Hmt^m Unkhkpw Nk`nWv DÅ Nq`n F¶v sk_psS b_ªp ssN]n S¶n^p¶p .
As¶Ãmw Mm³ Xo¨s_ hz´w A½s] tbm`m\v N*n^p¶Sv. F¶m B NmjvI¸mXnWp kySymhw k^m³ Nm^\w Ssâ sdÌv {c*v llm¦Wm\v.

BUyfm]n Sm³ shNv–hv Nm\p¶Spw Aksâ NqsX ko«n C^p¶v B]n^p¶p AtSm _n] B]n«pw. Ak³ shNv–hv NTNÄ b_ªp S^pfm]n^p¶p. H^n¡Â Ak³ tImUn¨p
WnW¡v l^n¡pw b\n FXp¡p¶Sv Nm\t\m? A`vbw b^nemkt¯msX Sm³ tImUn¨p F§sW? ASnsWms¡ kjn]p*v Wo Fsâ NqsX km.. Ak³ tWs^ Fs¶ sNmXptbm]Sv Aksâ ko«nt`¡m\v. NmXpfpXn] Aksâ koXnsâ bp_Npkhv–t¯msX M§Ä koXnWpÅn N]_n. sI_n] tNmk\n]n`qsX M§Ä fpNan N]_n C^n¸m]n. fp³kl¯p¶p Wn¶pw Aksâ A½ b{Sw NjpNp¶ H¨ tNÄ¡mfm]n^p¶p.

Np_¨ptW^w M§Ä A§sW H¨]pX¡msS C^p¶p. hf]w D¨ B]t¸mÄ Aksâ Aѳ k]`n Wn¶pw b\nNjnª N]_nk¶p. WnW¡v tIm_ptkt*.. Aksâ A½ tImUn¡p¶Sv M§Ä tN«p. A]mÄ H¶pw fnXp¶nÃ. bns¶ H^p bm{Sw Wn`¯v kojp¶ lÐw… bns¶ AXp¡a]n bnXp¯kpw k`n]psX]pw lЧÄ. sJ knXv… BUyw tIm_v Njn¡p… SpX§n] In` lЧÄ. M§Ä BNmwg_]n sdZv–_qfnsâ fpNan tWm¡n]n^p¶p. Np_¨v Njnªt¸mÄ ssWän bmSn sbm¡n] Wn`]n Aksâ A½s] Aѳ At§m«v WX¯ns¡m*p k¶p.

F¶n«v A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp«pNp¯n fp³bn Wn¶psNm*v Aksâ A½]psX Nm`nXNant`¡v fpOw tIÀ¯v W¡p¶p. AkÀ N®X¨v fpOw fpNant`¡v M§apsX tWs^ D]À¯n bnXn¨n^n¡pN]m\v. CX¡nX¡v Ip*pNÄ tkUW sNms*¶k®w NXn¡p¶p*v. SpXÀ¶v F\oäv A]mÄ Ak^psX ssWän bqÀ\fm]pw Du^n Naªp. F¶n«v Aks^ FXp¯v N«n`n NnX¯n. Ft¸mjm\v Sm³ Aks^ l^n¡pw Nm\p¶Sv. Np_¨v C^pWn_w SXn¨ fp`Napw SpXNapw …sNmjp¯ A^s¡«v . A§sW FÃmw sNm*pw H^p Wà l^o^w B]n^p¶p Ak^ptXSv.

A]mÄ Ak^psX Nm`pNÄ ^*pw d`fm]n sbm¡n]N¯n sk¨v ASnWpÅnt`¡v ko*p fpOfn_¡n … AkÀ N«n`n NnX¶p NpS_pN]m\v. d`fm]n AkÀ eÀ¯mknsâ S` Ssâ Nm`pNÄ¡v CX]n Wn¶v fmäm³ {lfn¨n«pw A]mapsX S` AknsX Wn¶pw AW§n]nÃ. A]mÄ AknsX Ssâ fpOw Iqjv¶p C_¡m³ tWm¡pN]pw Wm¡pw bÃpw sNm*v AknsX làn]m]n Cu¼n k`n¡pN]pfm\v sI]vSn^p¶Sv. AkÀ N«n`n NnX¶p bp`¼p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Ak^psX fpOw Ipk¶p SpXp¯n^p¶p. knNm^So{kS sNm*v AkÀ D_s¡ A`_pN]p*m]n. Nm`nsâ CX]n Wn¶pw A]mapsX S` k`n¨v fmäm³ krTm ko*pw {lfn¨p.

F¶m A]mÄ em^y]psX AkØ fWhn`m¡msS Ssâ b\n SpXÀ¶p. HXpkn AkÀ Ssâ bp_w ssN H¨ D*mNmSn^n¡m³ km]n Sn^pNn. H^p 15 fnWnt«maw A]mÄ Ak^psX Nµv k`n¨v Cu¼n. B lÐw Wà D¨¯n S§Ä¡v tNÄ¡mfm]n^p¶p. SpXÀ¶v A]mÄ AknsXWn¶pw fpNant`¡p N]_n Ak^psX sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n Wmkn«v N_¡n. k`n] sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n Sp¸pN]pw ASv bn¶oXv k`n¨v NpXn¡pN]pw sI¿p¶Sv A]mÄ H^pbmXv k«w BkÀ¯n¨p.

bn¶oXv fpNant`¡p N]_n Ak^psX k`n] fp`sM«pNÄ sM^n¨p Nan¨p AtSmsXm¸w k`n] fq¶pkn^`pNÄ AkapsX bq_nt`¡v Bªp N]än. ASv AkÀ¡v W¶m]n tkUWn¨p F¶v tSm¶p¶p. AkÀ D_s¡ N^]pN]pw eÀ¯mknsâ fpO¯v AXn¡pN]pw sI]vSp. AXnsNm*Spw A]mÄ ko*pw A{NfhàWm]n B fp¶v kn^`pNÄ làn]m]n N]äpN]pw C_¡pN]pw sI]vSp. H^p bt£ A]mapsX WOw sNm*v AknsXWn¶pw tIm^ k¶n«p*mkmw F¶pks^ tSm¶nt¸m]n A{S tkP¯n`m\v A]mÄ N]än C_¡n]Sv.

SpXÀ¶v A]mÄ Np® Ak^psX km]n SÅn N]äm³ {lfn¨p. F¶m AkÀ km Sp_¶nà bÃpNÄ Np«n AX¨p NknapNÄ Nq«n sM¡n]n«pw AkÀ Sp_¶nÃ. bn¶oXv A]mÄ Ak^psX Ip*pNÄ Pm[fm]n D½sk¨p. SpXÀ¶v Ak^psX fpO¯p fpjpk³ Ssâ Np®]n«v D^¨p. AkhmWw làn]m]n hzm]temPw sI]vSv Ak^psX km]nt`¡pw fpOt¯¡pw bm Ioän. fpOw SpX¡m³ Aks^ A]mÄ h½Sn¨nÃ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sp\n DXp¡m³ FXp¯ Aks^ Sp\n DXp¡m³ h½Sn¡msS A]mÄ b_ªp.
”C¶v Wo FWn¡v F§sW tIm_v S¶m fSn.” PSn]nÃmsS AkÀ bn_¶ bXns] fpO¯v lp¢kpfm]n eÀ¯mknsâ NqsX WX¶p.

”Nm`v Nk¨p Fsâ fp¼n`n^n¡v… S` Smjv¯n sk¨v sNmSw sbm¡n sk¡m³… Nm`N¯n k¡v…”
SpX§n] WnÀt±l§Ä A]mÄ b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡mfm]n^p¶p. Nps_ Njnªp
”Wo F´m Du¼ms¯ F¶v tImUn¡p¶Spw ^*v AXn]psX]pw lÐkpw tN«p. ASv I´n¡v B]n^p¡psfWv Duin¨p. SpXÀ¶v A]mÄ C_§n tbm]n. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Aksâ A½ sdZv–_qfnt`¡v k¶p. Ak^psX fpOw NjpNn C^p¶p. AkÀ k¶v sI_n] N®mXn Sp*p sNm*v Ssâ Nm`nsâ CXtWm¡n. bn¶oXv ssWän FXp¯n«v bp_t¯¡v tbm]n. S§apw lÐfp*m¡msS bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.

F´m\v AktWmXv b_t]*Sv F¶ Bt`mIW]n B\v Aksâ NqsX WX¶Sv.

B NmjvI N*SnWv tlgw hmkn{Sn Xo¨_nsW Nm\pt¼mÄ `nwPw D²^n¡m³ SpX§n.
F´m Xo¨_n³s^ Wn_w… B Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p k`n¡m³ tSm¶pw… B I´n.. B SpXNÄ F´psNm*pw H^p fp«³ I^¡v. Xo¨À H^p Abv–h^hv Ss¶]m\v. F{S ewPn]pÅ tks_m^p hv{So]pw Cu Wm«ns` CÃ. ^m{Sn]n Xo¨_pw sI_n] ssNNpªpw SmWpw Hä¡m\v B ko«nÂ. H¶v {lfn¨tWm¡mw. fWÊn D_¨p.

Xo¨_psX bNzS]mÀ¶ fpOemkkpw WÃ^oSn]n DÅ CXsbX`pw ^*pfq¶p Unkhw H¶pw sI]m³ NjnªnÃ. ASpfm{Sfà Xo¨s_ Nm\ptdmÄ Ss¶ H^p e]w Ssâ]pÅnÂt#mN]_n k¶p. F¶m Ft¸msj¦n`pw Akh^w Nn«m³ kas^ B{Pin¨p.

H^p dpVWmjvI Unkhw ^*pw N`vbn¨p H^pSn^pfmWw FXp¯p F´m]m`pw C¶v Xo¨s_ Nan¡\w. Xo¨_psX hmVWw A¶p N*tbms` W¡\w. ASnWm]n So^pfmWsfXp¯m\v A¶v Nq«p NnX¡m³ tbm]Sv. sI¶Spw Np_¨v tW^w b{Sw km]n¡pN]pw Np«ns] Nan¸n¡pN]pw sI¿pw Cu hf]¯m\v Xo¨À Npan¡p¶Sv. Npan¡p¶ lÐw bp_t¯¡v W¶m]n tNÄ¡mw. At¸msjÃmw Xo¨À WPv–Wfm] tfWn]n sI¿p¶ Nm^y§Ä Bt`mIn¨n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ thm¸v fp`]n`m]n^n¡pw tS¡p¶Sv Ct¸mÄ skÅw làn]m]n bmkX¡nX]n`qsX Nm`nsâ CX]nt`¡v Hjn¨p.. A§sW A§sW FÃmw fWN®psNm*v N*p.

NpanNjnª Xo¨À Ipk¶ H^p hn¡v Pu¬ B\v C«Sv. As¶ms¡ Pu¬ Wm«n A{S]v¡v {bIm^¯n`nÃ. AXn]n {dm Csöp kyàw. Np«n¡v CX¡nX¡v bm sNmXp¡p¶Sm\v. bns¶ Xo¨À AXp¡a]nt`¡p N]_n]t¸mÄ Np«ns] FXp¯psNm*p bp_sN sI¶p. Xo¨À cpZv D*m¡p¶ Sn^¡n`m\v. Xo¨_psX bp_Nn I´n]pwfp`]pwtWm¡nBhzUn¨pWn¶p.hf]w7f\nB]t¸mÄXo¨Àb_ªptfmsWbYn¡m³hf]fm]ntbm]nbYn¡v.

sI_n]In^nt]msXk¶n^p¶p.C¶vF´m]m`pwXo¨s_Nan¡\wSm³{bSnÚFXp¯p.cpZnWptlgwXo¨ÀN«nÂk^n¡m³_qfnt`¡vN]_n.ÌZntXdnanÂWn¶pwF\oävXo¨_psXbp_sN_qfnt`¡vN]_nsbmXp¶sWkmSnÂAX¨p.sM«nSn^nªptWm¡n]Xo¨À¡vNm^ywbnXnNn«n]nÃ.irU]wFt¸mÄsbm«pwF¶^oSn]nÂfXn¡p¶p.

”AÑm….”BlÐwfp_n]n`msNWn_ªp.

(SpX^pw)