{bn] hpir¯p¡sa, Hjnkm¡mWmkm¯ Sn^¡pNÄ, HutUymPnNfm]pw kyànb^fm]pw, H^p f`skŸm¨n tbms` NX¶pk¶t¸mÄ Mm³ KoksWt¸ms` hvtWin¡p¶ sshän Wn¶v- A¸w kn«v WnÂt¡*n k¶p. F¦n`pw km]W]pw Aen{bm]sfjp¯pw WX¯p¶p*m]n^p¶p. MmWÀin¡p¶Sn NqXpS hvtWikpw b^nP\W]pw S¶psNm*n^p¶ FÃm km]W¡mt^mXpw Fjp¯pNmt^mXpw {btSyNn¨pw Np«³ S¼p^mtWmXpw ssb`n¨m]tWmXpw Cu Wo* CXtka FXp¯SnWm WnÀkymKfm]n £f tImUn¡p¶p. tNm{dm inÂhns` WnVn, lnln^ bpgvbw, ^mKn þ ^m{Sn]psX ^mKNpfm^n Cu fq¶p NTNapw fq¶p Unkh§ans` CXtkaNan sshäns`¯n¡p¶Sm\v. ASnWv WÂNn] hvtWikmÕ`y§sa H^pbmXv kn`fSn¡p¶p. Cu A²ym]w FjpSn¡jnª sf]v C^pbs¯«v fpS Mm³ hKokfm\v. ]m{S¡nX]n `en¨ In` Bl]§Ä bpSpf Wg«vs¸XmsS tbmNmSn^n¡mWm\v– CSv Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ FjpSn]Sv. hvtWimU^§tamsX, Wn§apsX hvfnS. þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ sKÊo´ AhzØ]m]n Sn^nªpw f_nªpw NnX¶p. A¸p_s¯ fp_n]n D_§p¶ fNÄ sZ]vhns] F§sW AenfpOoN^n¡pw F¶ In´ Akan làfm]n k¶p. NqXpS In´n¡pt´m_pw NqXpS e]kpw bn^nfp_p¡kpw Ss¶ NojX¡p¶Spw sKÊo´]_nªp. C¶s` ^m{Sn W£{S KzÃ_n]pXf CÀcmWpfm]n sN«nf_n]pN]m]n^p¶p. tUi¯v H^p Wq f_tbm`pfnÃmsS. ko«n SWn¨m\v. sSm«Xp¯v– A]`v¡m^pfnÃ. B ssV^y¯n ANt¯ kmSn AX¨nÃm]n^p¶p. ^Sn hpO¯n³s_ D¯pwPS]n CX]v¡v N®pNÄ Sp_¶t¸mÄ tIm^f^¨ptbm]n. timÌ`n Wn¶v- k¶ tkg¯nÂ, dm¡v bm¡_pfm]n kmSn¡ bnaÀ¶ Ip*pNtamsX bN¨p Wn¡p¶ sZ]vhn! bs£ e]¶n^p¶n«v Nm^yfnÃ. AkÄ¡v Sm³ fm{Stf]pÅq. SWn¡kapw. fNapsX]ms\¦nÂt¸m`pw Nm`n ko\v fm¸n^¡\w. CWn Aksa Wm\n¸n¡p¶ S^¯n`pÅ H^p Nm^ykpw sI¿pN]nà F¶ D_¸p sNmXp¡\w. B_pf\n Njnªn^n¡p¶p. CWn NnX¡m³ bänÃ. tfmsa Nm\\w. AkÄ D\À¶p Nm\ptfm? C¶nWn GSm]m`pw tim«`ns`¯m³ kas^ sskNpw. fq¶m_ns` Gäkpw {bhn²fm] b©W£{S tim«Â “”U ssiävhn”” ³s_ _nhbvgWnÌpNan H^mam\v sKÊo´ B³{Zqhv. b¯pkÀgfm]n AkÄ AknsX tIÀ¶n«v. bpSpSm]n tIÀ¶ ]pkhpµ^nNsa¡mapw NÌtfjvhvfm]pÅ CXbmXpNanÂ, PÌpNapfm]pÅ C³sä^m£WpNan Ct¸mjpw Gäkptfs_ {l²n¡s¸Xp¶Sv sKÊo´Ss¶]m\v. A¸w SXn¨ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv l^o^fm\v KÊo´]psX. F¶v- N^pSn AfnS k®fnÃ. Bkly¯nWpÅ D]^w k®s¯ tSm¶n¸n¡p¶nÃ. ssN¿n_¡w kas^¡p_ª s»uhv B\v Ft¸mjpw V^n¡p¶SnWm Wo* fmwhafm] ssN¯*NÄ Nmjv¨¡mÀ¡v Bkly¯nWv hpOw WÂNp¶p. Njp¯n_¡w NqXn] s»uhnWptf Ft¸mjpw {Xm³hvb^³äm] hm^n]pXp¡p¶Sv sNm*v UrZS]pw fpjp¸ptf_n] fp`NapsX tWÀ¯ knXkpw Ft¸mjpw bp_¯pNm\mw. S³s_ l^o^¯nWv Ct¸mjpw kh´fm\v F¶v- hm^n]psX {Xm³hvb^Wvhn]n`qsX k]_n³s_ fnWp¸pw frUpSzkpw sbm¡nÄs¡mXn]pw Nm\n¨p sNm*v AkÄ NmjvI¡ms^ A_n]n¨psNm*n^p¶p. ewPn]pÅ CXemPkpw D]À¶ fm_nXkpw kn^nªp^p* WnSwdkpw sKÊo´s] ASymNÀg\o]fm¡p¶Sn fp¼n Wn¶p. hm^n¡pÅn`pw AkapsX tg]vs¸m¯, ewPn]pÅ, SXn¨ SpXNapsX Hu«v– ss`³ bp_¯v fsäm^p knhvf]fm]n. N®pNant` sNm¯nk`n¡p¶ Nm´nNS]n fWÊv bS_m¯ bp^pg·mÀ B^pw Ss¶]p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Wo*, ¢nt]mbm{Xm fq¡v, Ft¸mjpw A¸w knXÀ¶n^n¡p¶ ewPn]pÅ , Ipk¶ AV^§Ä… sKÊo´ fNapsX fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. sZ]vhn I^nªpNnX¶v D_§pN]m\v. Cutlmt] F³s_ tfmÄ, AkapsX fWÊv BÀ{Ufm]n. F³s_ fm`mO¡p«n. AkÄ fNapsX NnX¡]n`n^p¶p. bns¶ AkapsX CXSqÀ¶, AjNmÀ¶ fpXn SjpNn. “”f½o b_, FWn¡v gm¼q³s_ b^hy¯ns`ms¡ AenW]n¡¯ntÃ?”” Njnª Sk\ timÌ`n Wn¶v- k¶t¸mÄ Npan Njnªv S`fpXn knXÀ¯n Wr¯IpkXpNÄ sk¨v AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”gm¼q³s_ b^hy¯n fm{SkÃ,”” A¶v- Aksa tIÀ¯pWnÀ¯n Sm³ b_ªp. “”WnknWpw UpÂO_pw Hs¡ AenW]n¡p¶ bX¯n Ak^psX iot_m]nWm]n AenW]n¡mWpÅ shuµ^yskms¡ F³s_ tfmav¡p*v. bs£ tk*. tfmsa Wà Hs^³KnWo]_m]n Nm\mWm f½n¡nãw,”” A¶v Sm³ b_ªSm\v. hnWnfmenW]s¯t¸m`pw Io¯]m]n B\v A¶v- fNapsX fp¼n AkS^n¸n¨Sv. F¶n«v C¶s` ^m{Sn Sm³ Sp\n]nÃmsS, H^p WPvWWm] bp^pg³s_ tft` ASn{UpSw Wr¯w sk¨v …. sJ…CWn Sm³ F§sW…? sKÊo´]psX SjpN`n sZ]vhn bSns] H¶p`ªp. Nms\¡ms\ AkapsX fnjnNÄ bSns] Sp_¶p k^p¶Sv sKÊo´ N*p. NnX¡]n`n^p¶v- Ss¶ A`ntkmsX tWm¡p¶ A½s] tWm¡n AkÄ bp©n^n¨p. sKÊo´]pw bp©n^n¨p. ASn A¸w U]Wo]S]p*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw. ‘tfmta…”” S`fpXn]n SjpN SpXÀ¶v- AkÄ fNsa knan¨p. “”F´pkm f½o?”” fNapsX hwPoSmßNfm] lÐw AkÄ tN«p. A½]psX N®pNan D_skXp¡p¶Sv sZ]vhn N*p. “”F´pkm f½o CSv? Ft´m bän?”” sKÊo´ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX ssNkn^`pNs`Xp¯v Ipt*mXp tIÀ¯p. sZ]vhn sbs«¶v- Fjpt¶än^p¶p. AkÄ h¦Xt¯msX A½s] tWm¡n. “”tfmsa Wo C¶s` ^m{SoÂ…”” sKÊo´ sbs«¶v- sZ]vhn]psX fpO¯v Wn¶v- tWm«w fmän. AkapsX N®pNans` Wngv¡a¦Ss] AenfpOoN^n¡pN F¶Sv S³s_ NjnknWv A¸p_¯v Bs\¶v sKÊo´]v¡v tSm¶n]n^p¶p. sbs«¶v- S³s_ tSman fNapsX ssN¯`ff^p¶Sv Aksa A¼^s¸Xp¯n. AkÄ tWm«w fNapsX fpOt¯¡v sNm*pk¶p. sZ]vhn ftWmi^fm]n bp©n^n¡p¶mSv– AkÄ N*p. “”f½o,”” AkÄ A½]psX N®pNan tWm¡n knan¨p. AkapsX knan]ns` hvtWi¯nWv fp¼n Kho´ AUvepShvSevV]m]n. Kho´]psX fnjnNÄ knXÀ¶p. Sm³ {bSo£n¨Sv– sk_p¸v, N¯p¶ tUgyw, fp_ns¸Xp¯p¶ Sn^hv¡m^w. bs£ Nn«p¶tSm N^ansW NpanÀ¸n¡p¶ hvtWikpw. “”A¸WnÃmsS f½n Fs¶ Hä¡Ãnt]m ka¯ns]? f½n FWn¡v S¶sSms¡ Gtämw fp´n]StÃ? Wà {ZÊv, Wà tImt¢äv, Wà FKyqt¡g³…”” sZ]vhn H¶p WnÀ¯n Kho´]psX Nknan St`mXn. “”f½n F§sWs]mÅkam]m`pw Cu f½n]m\v Fs¶ CSpks^ Fs´¦n`psfms¡ B¡ns]. ASpsNm*v…”” dm¡n b_]p¶SnWv fp¼v sZ]vhn]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. “”N^ªp knan¨m Mm³ tfmÄsX AXp¯v kt¶. F§sW tfmsa sc]vhv sI¿qt¶mÀ¯v. C¸w tfmÄsX N®o^m\v…F³s_ Cutlmt]…MmsW§Wm Wµn b_]pN Wnt¶mXv, CSv tbms` H^p tfmsa Wo FWn¡v S¶SnWv?”” AkÀ b^hvb^w km^n¸p\À¶v- b^hvb^w em^fn_¡n. “”FWn¡nSptbms` ht´mgw fp¼v D*m]n«nà tfmsa,”” B`nwPW¯n Wn¶v- AN¶t¸mÄ Kho´ b_ªp. “”f½n¡nãvXfpÅSv tbms` Koknt¨m. MmsWm¶nWpw FSn^nÃ. hz]w hq£n¨v, kÃns¡«ptNhns`m¶pw tbm]n kojmsS tWm¡n]m fSn,”” ASv tN«t¸mÄ Kho´]psX DÅn Fs´¶_n]msS H^p tNm^n¯^n¸p]À¶p. Sm³ hz´w fNapsX fp¼n H^p sNm¨pNp«n]m]n¯o^p¶Sv tbms` AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. AkapsX fpOw `ÖsNm*p Smjv¶p. “”sNmÅmtÃm. f½n¡p«n]v¡v F´m Wm\w! CSn¸w CknsX B^m f½n B^m tfmav?”” AkÄ A½]psX SmXn bnXn¨p]À¯n. Kho´ tW^n«v b_ªnsæn`pw S³s_ K·^ihyw sZ]vhn A_nªn^p¶p. f½n¡v bSnW©p k]ÊpÅt¸mÄ B\v Ib`fm] H^p {b\]¯n kojp¶Sv. bmYbphvSN§apw h-vNqÄ Nm¼hns` S\ f^§apsX Nojns` hÃmb§apw BhzUnt¡* {bm]¯n Kho´ PÀen\n]m]n. AS_nª Wnfngw NmfpN³ A{bS£yfm]n. K·WmXm] sSmXpbpj]n Wn¶v- At¸mÄ WmXpkn«Sm\v Kho´]pw A¸Wpw hq^yPn^n]ns`¡v. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AknsX f`fpNan D^pÄ sbm«`n eqfn Wãvs¸«kÀ¡v hÀ¡mÀ WÂNn] eqfn km§n Kho´]psX A¸³ H^p NpXn b\nSp. Kho´ AknsX sZ]vhns] {bhkn¨p. bYW¯n hfÀ°]m]n^p¶ Kho´ ss{bkäm]n b¯mw ¢mhv bmhm]n. {bo Zn{Pn Njnª hf]¯p A¸³ ¹mkn Wn¶v- ko\p WXpskmXnªp NnX¸n`m]n. NpXpwdem^w S¶n`m\v F¶ Sn^n¨_nkv Aksa bYWw Dtb£n¡mWpw H^p tKm`n Ns*¯mWpw t{b^n¸n¨p. b` tKm`nNapsX]pw AkhmWfm\v U ssiävhnt` _nhbvgWnÌv tKm`n AkÄ hzoN^n¡p¶Sv. ASv Ct¸mjpw SpX^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ SWn¡v k]Êv C^pbSv. f½n¡v fp¸¯n B_v. “”tfmsa´m HmÀ¡pt¶?”” Kho´ tImUn¨p. AkÄ bp©n^n¨psNm*v H¶pfnà F¶ AÀ°¯n S`Np`p¡n. “”Nm^yw C¶s`ks^ tW^n«v N*ns«m¶pfntÃ`pw f½n¡v In` Ipän¡anNÄ Hs¡ Ds*¶v- FWn¡v tSm¶n]n^p¶p,”” sZ]vhn bp©n^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. Kho´]psX fpOw BNmw£sNm*v Wn_ªp. `Ö sNm*pw. “”f½o, GSm]m`pw Mm³ f½osX FÃm ^ihy§apw A_nªntÃ? CWn Wfp¡v {co B]n hwhm^n¡mw. Wà NnXp¡³ I¦vhv {c*vhv tbms`,”” Kho´ fNsa `Öt]msX tWm¡n. “”Fs´ms¡]m…Fs´ms¡]m tfmÄ A_ntª?”” sZ]vhn]psX Ip*pNan H^p NphrSn bp©n^n NX¶pk¶p. “”b_ tfmap,”” `Öt]msXs]¦n`pw BNmw£t]msX AkÄ Bklys¸«p. “”BUyw sfmssd`nÂ…”” “”sfmssd`nÂ?”” “”AsS, sI¿m³ bmXnÃm¯Sm\v. F¶m`pw f½osX s{duhnwPv inÌ_n Mm³ H^p Unkhw tWm¡n. Nps_ bpans]mÅ koZnt]mhv. F¶m AsSm¶pfà f½osX tck_näv. ASv H^p tbm¬ tÌm_n sshäv B\v. N¼n¡p«³. ASns` H^mapsX FÃm NTNapw f½n sZu¬t`mZv sI]vSv hq£n¨n^n¡p¶p. F´m B Fjp¯pNm^³s_ tb^v…H^p {btSyN tb^m A]mÄ ]qhv sI¿pt¶…Hm …F´pkm…f_¶ptbm]tÃm …”” Kho´ BNmw£t]msX sZ]vhns] tWm¡n. “”….B Nn«n. I{NkÀ¯n…”” sZ]vhn sbs«¶v- knan¨pNqkn. Kho´]v¡v BUyw AaknÃm¯ KmayS tSm¶n. fäm^pfà hz´w fNam\v S³s_ Gäkpw kyànb^fm], bp_¯p b_]m³ sNmÅnÃm¯ Nm^y§Ä A_nªn^n¡p¶Sv. bs£ fsäm^p bp^pgtWmsXm¸w bqÀ®WPvW]m]n Ss¶ N*SntW¡mÄ kr¯ntNsXm¶pw CSnWnÃtÃm. ASv fWÊn`m¡n]kÄ B\v S³s_ fNÄ. At¸mÄ Cu ^ihyw fNÄ A_nªSn A{S It½* BklyfnÃ. bs£ S³s_ KoknS ^ihy§Ä fNapsX bYn¸nsW , emkns] Hs¡ dmVn¡ptfm? Kho´]v¡v tkk`mSn]m]n. “”tfmsa AsSms¡ H^p ^h¯nWv…kÃm¯ tdm_Xn Hs¡ tSm¶p¼w,”” “”tdm_Xn fm{Sfà f½n¡p«o,”” sZ]vhn]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssN ko*pw Kho´]psX NknÄ tSXns]¯n. “”f½n¡n¸w fp¸¯m_tà {bm]w? Cu {bm]¯n`m Gäkpw NqXpS {blvWw,”” AkÄ H^p NphrSn¨n^n In^n¨p. “”ASpsNm*tà FWn¡n¶s` H^p hq¸À Zq¸À ho³ Nm\m³ emPyw H*ms]?”” Kho´ ko*pw `Öm`pkm]n. “”f½o W½Ä Wà NnXp¡m¨n {c*vhv BNm³ tbmNpkm¶v b_ªnÃt]m? ASv sNm*v Cu Wmt\mw I½`pw H¶pw tk*. bN^w Mm³ tImUn¡pt¶Wv Wà b¨ f`]ma¯n f_pbXn b_ªms«?”” “”Wos]´p tImUn¡m³ tbmNpkm tfmsa?”” Kho´]psX fpO¯v ko*pw b^n{efw bXÀ¶p. “”Cu f½osX H^p Nm^yw!”” sZ]vhn sImXn¨p. “”F´nWm Ct{Sw tbXn¡ps¶? ASpw f½osX FÃm Ipän¡anNÄ¡pw cpÄ b¨s¡mXn Nm\n¡p¶ Fs¶?”” Kho´]psX b^n{efw fm_n. F¶n«v tImUn¡q F¶ AÀ°¯n AkÄ fNsa tWm¡n. “”C¶s` N* BapsX tbs^´m?”” ko*pw `Ö]psX Sn^¯Å AkapsX fpOSn^¼n. “”CÀcm³,”” “”{Nn¡äv Nan¡m^³ CÀcm³ b¯mtWm hnWnfm WX³ CÀcm³ OmtWm?”” “”W£{S KzÃ_n DXf CÀcm³ _mkp¯À,”” “”F¶n«v? A^]ns`m^p A^ªm\w Hs¡ sN«n¯t¶m? AtàNm`n bmUh^sf¦n`pw?”” Kho´ ssWän]psX A^emP¯v bnXn¨p Nm\n¨p. “”Hm, At¸mÄ A^ªm\fm\v. ASv NnXp¡n. H^p Nmt^ymknÃmsS Nk]N¯n sNmXp¡^pSv–. sI`^v b_]pw A¸w W½apw tktlyw S½ns`mÅ Znc_³hv F´pkm¶v. ASns`m¶pw H^p Nmt^ymknÃ. f½n A^ªm\w S¶mt` f½osX tdmZn S^q Fs¶m¶pw A]mtamXv b_ªn«nÃtÃm. f½osX tdmZosX km`yp sk¨v tWm¡p¼w H^p A^ªm\t¯Â H¶pw So^p¶SÃ. bt£ H^p Nm^yskm*v…”” sZ]vhn H¶v WnÀ¯n A½s] tWm¡n. Kho´ BsN A´w kn«n^n¡pN]m\v. fNapsX emg Aksa A¼^¸n¨p. hpµ^n]m] S³s_ fm`mO¡pªÃ, b^nI]kpw AWpekkpfpÅ H^p tklym`]w WX¯n¸pNm^n]m\v hwhm^n¡p¶sS¶v tSm¶nt¸mNpw. “”W½Ä tImUn¡msS Ct§m«v S^p¶k·ms^ fm{Stk AXp¸n¡mkq,”” sZ]nhn A½]psX {bSnN^\¯nWp Nm¯p. “”CÀcm³ AÃmsS tks_…”” Kho´ UpÀº`fm]n Cà F¶ AÀ°¯n S`]m«n. “”H^p S`¡Wkpw CÃm¯ S`]m«`m]nt¸m]tÃm f½o ASv,”” sZ]nhn In^n¨p. “”tbms« AsSms¡ Mm³ bns¶ N*pbnXnt¨mamtk. knIm^\ sI¿msWm¶pkà tNt«m. H^p ^h¯nWv. Cu tKm`ns¡sX ASymklyw bn¨pw fm´pw Hs¡ Nn«m_ntà f½o,”” Kho´ bp©n^n¨p. “”CtÃ?”” sZ]nhn ko*pw tImUn¨p. “”DÆv tfmsa. _nhbvgWnÌv A§sWs]ms¡ tk\w Fs¶ms¡]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmtWKvsf³_v³s_ Sm¸^yw. NqXpS PÌpNsa BNÀgn¡m³. ASnWm Wà tIm^]pw Wo^pfpÅ sb¼ntÅt^¯s¶ CSnt`¡v sh`Nväv sI¿pt¶,”” “”l^n¡pw FÃmw sI]vSpsNmXp¡t\m?”” sZ]vhn H¶naNn]n^p¶p. “”In`À¡v H¶v- sSmX\w. In`À¡v bn¨\w. sI`À¡v sM¡\w. bnXn¨p sNmXp¡\w. km]ns`Xp¡\w. sI`À¡v cpÄ sNmXp¡\w.”” b_ªp Njnªm\v Kho´]v¡v KmayS tSm¶n]Sv. Bt^mXm\v b_ªSv? F´m\v b_ªSv? sbs«¶v- H^p hpOw tSm¶n. bs£ fNtamXv B\v b_]p¶sS¶v- H^p Wnfngw f_¶p. bns¶ HmÀ¯p. Npj¸fnÃ. Ss¶ bqÀ®WPvW]m]n sZ]vhn C¶s` N*StÃ? ASn¡qXpS k^nÃtÃm fsäm¶pw! “”At¸mÄ f½osX sfm` Hs¡ A§sW sNmt_t¸^v sM¡n HX¨n«p*v AtÃ? sk_psS]Ã, Mm³ HmÀ¡ptNw sI]vSp. Wà Njt¸mÅ B\p§sX ssN]psX IqX_n]msS F§Wm f½osX sfm` Ct{Sw k`pSmt] F¶v-!”” GSp km¡pNÄ Dbt]mPn¨v {bSnN^n¡\w F¶v- Kho´]v¡v Sn«fp*m]nÃ. H¶kÄ A_nªp. Sm³ fNapsX km¡pNÄ kÃmsS A§v CãvXs¸Xp¶p! “”f½n FknsX sk¨m sNmXp¡ps¶? Wn§sX s_Ìv _qfnt`¡v Ak^v k^ptkm? Atà Ak^psX _qfn tbmNptkm?”” “”Ak^psX _qfn tbmtN*n k^pw tfmsa?”” `Ö]^ns¨¯n] fpOt¯msX Kho´ b_ªp. “”f½n Gäkpw NqXpS sI]vSp sNmXp¯n«pÅSv F´m?”” Kho´ H^p Wnfngw Bt`mIn¨p. “”km]ns`Xp¡p¶Sm tfmsa. ASm Mm³ NqXpS sI]vSns«msÅ,”” fXn]n`n^p¶ S`]\s] sZ]vhn AfÀ¯n. SpXNapw tIÀ¯p sM^n¨p. AkapsX hpSm^yfm] Xo gÀ« UrZfmNp¶ fp`¡®pNsa Nm\n¨p S¶p. “”km]ns`Xp¡p¼w tf¯v {ZÊv Nm\ptkm f½n,”” “”sbs«¶v- sS^s¡ms¡ Havt`mÀ¡v {ZÊv Ajn¡\w F¶v- WnÀdÔfnÃ. fn¡kÀ¡pw {ZÊv bmXnà km]ns`Xp¡p¼w.”” fXn]n`n^p¶ S`]\]n sZ]vhn]psX ssNNÄ ko*pw AfÀ¶p. Kho´ Nm¬sN AkÄ NÃn¨pk^p¶ fp`¡®pNÄ fm_n fm_n bnXn¨p sM¡n. “”Wn§sX _nhbvgWnÌv Xofn sfm¯w F{S sft¼jvhv D*v f½o?”” “”F«v,”” “”ASn Gäkpw NqXpS Znfm*v HÅ km]ns`Xp¸pNm^n, bns¶ cpÄ Nan¡m³ sNmXp¡p¶kÄ B^m?”” Kho´ ko*pw `Öm`pkm]n. “”ASv Mm³ Ss¶]m tfmsa. FWn¡pÅ FN-vhvbo^n]³hv AknsX C¡m^y¯n tks_ BÀ¡pw CÃ. ASpsNm*v H^p Unkhw b`^ptXw km]n FXpt¡*n k¶n«p*v. cpÄ sNX¶v- sNmXpt¡*ow k¶ns«m*v,”” sZ]vhn bp©n^n¨p. “”F´m tfmsa?”” “”f½n Ak^psX fp_n]nt`¡v km]ns`Xp¡mWpw sNX¶v sNmXp¡mWpw tbmNp¶ ^wPw Ip½m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv HmÀ¡pkm^p¶p,”” Kho´]pw ASpSs¶t]mÀ¯p. fp`NÄ ^*pw W¶m]n Ca¡n, I´nNÄ l^n¡pw Np`p¡n, IqXv bnXn¨ tUikpfm]ÃmsS Sm³ Ft¸msj¦n`pw PÌvNapsX fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n«pt*m? sZ]vhn Fjpt¶äp. “”FknsXt¸mNpkm?”” Kho´ tImUn¨p. “”fpÅ\w f½n. sNmt_ tW^km]n,”” “”f½o MmWn{¸mklyw F´nWm k¶sS¶v- f½n tImUn¨nÃtÃm,”” A¯mjw Njnªv Xo kn]psX fp¼n C^n¡tk sZ]vhn tImUn¨p. “”l^n]m\tÃm, Cs¸m F´n³s_ sks¡gWm?”” D¯^w b_]msS sZ]vhn A¸tW^w sPu^k In´]n`m*p. bns¶ So^pfmWn¨Sv tbms` AkÄ A½s] tWm¡n. “”MmWo b_]m³ tbmNp¶ Nm^yw tN«v f½n tbXn¡pNs]m¶pw sI¿^pSv. A{S hpOskmÅ Nm^yw H¶pkÃ,”” Kho´ l^n¡pw e]s¸«p. “”Nt*m! b_ªp WmskXp¯nÃ, ASnWp fp¼v Ss¶ sSmX§n NTNan]nt`Sv tbms` s^u{Uw eoeÕw eoN^w ^h§sams¡. F³s_ f½n F³s_ t{bm»whv Hs¡ f½nt]mXÃmsS tks_ Bt^mXm FWn¡v hzØkm]n b_]m³ bäpN? A¸w C§sW tbXn¨m FWn¡v b_]m³ bäptkm?”” “”tfmsa sX³gWXn¸n¡msS b_]p¶pt*m Wo?”” “”Mm³ f½osW Npäs¸Xp¯pkÃ,”” {ihz Bt`mIW]v¡v tlgw sZ]vhn b_ªp. “”Asæn Fs¶ KWn¸n¨ tlgw NX¶p Naª B fimsW]pw Npäs¸Xp¯pkÃ. bs£ Nm^yw F´m¶p sk¨m, B Npªv {bm]¯n Wn§¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw tSm¶n] B knNm^knÃt]m, AsSWn¡v A¸w NqXpS`m. A`v¸fÃ. AbNXfmw knV¯n NqXpS`m. sFw F t{Nm\nNv WnwtcmfmWn]m¡v f½o,”” Kho´]psX lzmhPSn kÀ²n¨p. “”F¶v- sk¨p F³s_ bYWs¯, _nh«nsW H¶pw ASv dmVn¡nÃ, f½n tbXn¡p¶ tbms`. Wà H^p tdhv HÅSv sNm*v. bs£ AXn]´n^ InNnÕ Nn«n]ntàMm³ SNÀ¶v- S^n¸\fm]nt¸mNpw. ASnsWmÅ kjn tSXn k¶Sm Mm³. ^*p Nm^y§Ä D*v. H¶v VymWw. hvbn^n¨pkÂ. AknsX sc]n B]m Wà H^p sshNym{XnÌn³s_ AXp¯v…”” KÊo´]psX b^n{efw ko*pw kÀ²n¨p. “”Cu C^pbSmw k]Ên FWn¡v b^nInSfÃm¯ H^p sh£z BNvävfnÃ. C¸¯s¶ tWm¡nt¡ F³s_ {ZÊv F¶Sm¶v! tSmtXsX bNpSn ks^ F¯m¯ h-vNÀ«v. sfm` ^*pw l^n¡v Nm\n¡p¶ C_p¡n¸nXn¨ tXmbv–. AXo bmâv_ow CÃ. {dm]pw CÃ. F¶v- sk¨m FN-vhndngWnÌv. f½n N*ntà CX¡nsX Mm³ sfm`¡t® bnXn¨p sM¡ps¶? Bs^¦n`pw Nm¬sN A§sW Hs¡ sI¿p¼w kÃm¯ NXn]m. bns¶ doÌn]m`nhw…”” “”AsS¶Sm tfmsa?”” “”doÌv F¶v- sk¨m frPw. b«otWw bqs¨tWw Hs¡s¡m*v bq_pW¡n¡pN…”” BUyfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fNÄ B km¡v D¨^n¨t¸mÄ BUyw Kho´ H¶v- sM«n. “”bns¶ C§sWs]ms¡ sS_n b_]pN…bqÀ, Np®, ssf^v, Fs¶ms¡…At¸msjms¡ e]¦^ i^w co sI¿pw. bns¶ s`hvdn]³. {Pq¸v shN-vhv. b»n¡v shN-vhv…H^p Unkhw F{S {bmklyfm N´v sM¡ow bqän sk^`n«pw hpOf_n]pt¶¶v- H^p N\¡pknÃ. ASptbms` Du¡p¶ ho³ Hs¡ sfmssd Nm\pN. B]nW¯n H^p Nm^yw fm{Stk Mm³ sI¿m¯SpÅp. f½n sI¿p¶ H^p Nm^yw?”” “”km]ns`Xp¡p¶Sv?”” Kho´ tImUn¨p. “”sly AsSm¶pkÃ. ASn Fs¶¡jnªp FN-vhvsbÀ«v B]n tks_ B^pw Cà F¶v- Ft¶mXv b`^pw b_ªn«p*v. km]n`pw NqSo`pw bq_n`pw Hs¡ l^n¡pw FXpSnt«m*v.”” S³s_ fNÄ NWyN]öv- fm{SfÃ, Cu Caw {bm]¯nÂ, ss`wPnNS]psX Nm^y¯nÂ, SnNª AWpek h¼¶]m\v F¶v- fWhn`m¡n]t¸mÄ Kho´]psX b^n{em´nt]_n. “”bns¶ F´m ASv?”” AkÄ¡v tImUn¡mSn^n¡mWm]nÃ. “”N¼n km]W,”” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp. “”hSy¯n ASv C³ä_Ìv– DÅ b^nbmXn]mt\m f½o?”” “”bn¶tÃ,”” H¶ptfmÀ¡msS Kho´ sbs«¶v b_ªp. “”f½osX tck_näv ss_äÀ I{NkÀ¯n]mt\m B Fjp¯n tNf³?”” “”Nps_ Wà Fjp¯pNmÀ D*v Nwdn¡p«WnÂ. {Nq^³ F¶ tb^nÂ, hzmfn F¶ tb^nÂ. sNm`sNm¼³ F¶ tb^nÂ, AWhq] F¶ tb^nÂ, bmÀXv\À F¶ tb^nÂ. hvfnS F¶ tb^nÂ. bs£ I{NkÀ¯n FjpSpt¼mÄ ….F´m b_]pN…AsSm^Wpekfm\v…”” Kho´t]mÀ¯p, fNÄ F§sW Cu ^oSn]n B]n¯o^msS]n^n¡pw? kas^ sI_p¸¯ns` ^SnhpO¯nWp AXnf]m]kam\v Sm³. Fs¶¡mÄ Nj¸pw sIm_n¨n`pw kas^¡qXn]kWm]n^p¶p KWn¸n¨ B¸³. S§apsX ^*ptb^psX]pw KoWpNam\v fNapsX ^à¯nÂ. At¸mÄ fNÄ F§sW CSptbms` BNmSn^n¡pw? AXp¯ Unkhw Ss¶ AkVn FXp¡\sf¶pw tNm«]n VymW¯nWv tbmN\sf¶pw Kho´ So^pfmWn¨p. “”Fs´m^p IqXm At½?”” tXm¸n³s_ d«\n ssNsk¨psNm*v sZ]vhn b_ªp. ‘CS§p Du^n¸_n¨p Na]mWm tSm¶pt¶?”” Kho´ In^n¨p. “”ASv Ct«¡pt¶w CXmSn^n¡pt¶w S½n k`y kySymhw H¶pknÃ,”” “”F¶m Mm³ CS§p Du^pkm. Nmäv tN_s« FÃmX¯pw,”” fNÄ tXm¸n³s_ d«WpNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du^pt¼mÄ Kho´]v¡v AkapsX l^o^¯nt`¡v tWm¡mSn^n¡mWm]nÃ. fp`NÄ ^*pw bp_¯p k¶t¸mÄ AkapsX N®pNÄ knXÀ¶p. Wà sS_n¨ UrZfm] fp`NÄ. Caw bn¦v Wn_¯n`pÅ NÃpNÄ¡v Fs´m^p k`n¸kpw D_¸pw! Cu sI_n] {bm]¯n C{S fpjp¯ fp`NÄ F§sW k¶p? N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sf`nª l^o^ {bNrSfm\v sZ]vhn¡v. bns¶ HmÀ¯p, F§sW CSvtbms` fpjp¡mSn^n¡pw? F{S tb^v bnXn¨p Nm\pw? tXm¸v Du^n¡jnªv AkÄ Kho´s] tWm¡n. Kho´]pw fNsa CfNÄ AW¡msS tWm¡n. N®pNans` IqXv AkÀ b^hvb^w A_nªp. fNapsX N®pNÄ NmS^fmNp¶Sv Kho´ N*p. AkÄ A½s] tWm¡n fp`¡ÃpNÄ ^*pw Sn^p½n]pX¨p. bns¶ AV^w NXn¨fÀ¯n. “”f½o!”” NmS^fm] lЯn AkÄ Kho´s] knan¨p. “”F´m tfmsa,”” hz^w b^fmkVn hzmemknNfm¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v Kho´ knantN«p. “”C¸w fWÊn`m]ntà F³s_ AhpO¯n³s_ ho^n]hvsWhv?”” AkÄ ho¡m^fnXp¶ hz^¯n tImUn¨p. “”fp¼n C^n¡p¶Sv hz´w A½]ms\¶v tbm`pw Nm^yfm¡msS Cãwtbms` B\p§av bnXn¨p sM¡n HX¨ fpjp¯ sfmt`w Nm\n¨v…sfm`¡tàHs¡ sM¡n M^Xn… t`mNs¯ Gäkpw Nj¸pNqXn] WnfvtcmfmWn]m¡pNÄ¡v tbm`pw Fât{Sw Nj¸v Nm\nÃ. BwdÀ hvfn¯pw Nm^n B³ sbWntg]pw Wnt¡mÄ Wm^m]nWpw BMvK`oW tKman]pw Hs¡ Fs¶¡mÄ Ft´m^w {bm]skmtÅm^m! F¶n«pw Gäkpw k`n] WnwtcmfmWn]m¡pNam]n t`mNw Nm\p¶Sv Aks^]m. Ak^ms^¦n`pw hz´w At½sX fp¼n C§sW dotikv sI]vSnt«mt*m? f½n¡v C¸w fWÊn`mt]m F³s_ {blvWw?”” Kho´ S`Np`p¡n. GSm*v Wns¶t¸ms` Ss¶]m]n^p¶p tfmsa MmWpw …AkÄ fWÊn b_ªp. “”tfmÄ¡v F³s_ fp¼n C§sW C^n¡p¼w, C§sWs]ms¡ sI¿p¼w ^hw k^p¶pt*m?”” bn¶ntÃ? k^p¶pt*m¶v!”” h-vNÀ«vDu^m³ SpX§ns¡m*v AkÄ tImUn¨p. sZ]vhn h-vNÀ«v Ajn¡psf¶v- AkÄ N^pSn]n^p¶nÃ. GSm]m`pw VymWw NqXn Cu {blvW§Ä Hs¡ fmäpkm³ tbmkpN]m\v. ASnWp fp¼v AkÄ b^fmkVn CãfpÅsSms¡ sI¿s«. sZ]vhn h-vNÀ«v Ajn¨p. AkapsX ftWmi^fm] SpXNan Kho´]psX N®pNÄ Cjªp. Wà WoafpÅ, BNrSns]m¯, fmwhafm] SpXNÄ. Nm\p¶ks^ knhvf]n¸n¡p¶ ewPn]pÅ Nm¸mU§Ä. sZ]vhn A½]psX fp¼n SpXNÄ AN¯n. hz]w SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v tWm¡n. F¶n«v Kho´]psX N®pNant`¡pw. “”f½n¡v Cãfmt]m?”” IqXv Wn_ª, NmS^fm] hz^¯n sZ]vhn tImUn¨p. Kho´]v¡pw AV^w NXn¨fÀ¯mSn^n¡mWm]nÃ. AkÄ D¯^fm]n S`Np`p¡n. “”Fs´ms¡]m Cãfms]?”” “”FÃmw,”” “”F´v FÃmw?”” Kho´ N®pNÄ sNm*v AkapsX fp`Nsa]pw SpXNsa]pw knXÀ¯nsk¨ SpXNÄ¡nX]ns` t^mfmkrSfm] bq_nsW]pw sSm«p. “”l^n¡pw? f½n¡v F³s_ sfm` Cãs¸t«m? Wà tg¸v Hs¡ Dt*m? Wà fpjp¸v Dt*m f½o?”” AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®pNÄ ^*pw fp`Nans`¡v Smjv¯n. fp`NÄ ^*pw sM¡n¡q«n. tkUWn¸n¡p¶ d`w sNmXp¯v l^n¡v Nl¡nSn^p½n. “”f½n¡v F³s_ sfm` Cãs¸Xpkm¶p b_ªm …ASn¸^w tks_ F´m H^p {SnÂ? ASpw f½ns]t¸ms` Wà H^p I^¡v sb®v-!”” “”bns¶ CtSm? CSpw f½n¡v Cãfmt\m?”” Iq*pkn^`nWpw sb^pkn^`nWpfnX]n ^*p fp`¡ÃpNapw bnXn¨p Sn^p½ns¡m*v AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”Wà ^hkntà f½o F³s_ NÃv– ^*pw C§sW NqÀ¯n^n¡p¶Sv Nm\pt¼mÄ?”” AkÄ NÃpNÄ k`n¨pWo«ns¡m*v tImUn¨p. “”F¸jpw C§sW Nj¨pw NXn¨pw C^n¡p¶Sv sNm*m NÃv– ^*pw C§sW Sp_n¨v NqÀ¯v C^n¡ps¶,”” “”CWn Ct§m«v tWm¡nt¡ f½o,”” AkÄ NkNÄ b^fmkVn knXÀ¯n. “”F³s_ bqänt`m«p tWm¡v f½o. Mm³ knXÀ¯n sbman¨p Nm\n¡s«?”” Kho´]v¡v k`msS koÀ¸pfp«n. sSm* k^ap¶Sptbms` tSm¶n. FÃmw hÀ_n]`nÌnNv B]n tSm¶p¶p. sZ]vhn AkapsX AWpkmU¯nWp Nm¯n^n¡msS ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw bq_p knXÀ¯n sbman¨p Nm\n¨p. “”f½n Nt*m CSm F¸jps¯]pw AkØ. C§sW WWªv sbmanªn^n¡pw. Cu {bm]¯n tks_ BÀ¡p*v f½n Ct{Sw k`n] N´v. tWm¡nt¡, CSv Nt*m…”” sZ]vhn kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n Nrh^ns]Xp¯v sM^n¨v Nm\n¨p. “”f½o sfmssd FXpt¯,”” AkÄ tfl¸p_¯p ¹Pv C³ sI]vSv sk¨n^p¶ Kho´]psX sfmssd`nt`¡v tWm¡n b_ªp. “”F´nWm tfmsa?”” tNdnÄ knXpkn¨psNm*v Kho´ fNtamXv tImUn¨p. “”f½n f½osX B sshäv FXpt¯. F´m ASn³s_ tb^v? §vim N¼nNp«³. F¶n«v H^p Wà NTs]Xps¯. f½osX tck_näv ss_äÀ…F¶Sm A]mÄsX tb^v? ^mKmkv? Hm Aà I{NkÀ¯n. B A]mÄsX f½n¡nãvXs¸« H^p NtTsX tb^v b_sª…”” “”ASv …KoknSw hmP^w…”” Kho´ b_ªp. “”Ft´m¶m? KoknSw hmP^w? f½o N¼n¡tTsX tb^m tImUnt¨? AÃmsS Fw Xn kmhptUk³ Wm]À FjpSp¶ shân tWmk AÃ.”” “”Mm³ N¼nNtTsX tb^v Ss¶]m tfmsa b_sª. KoknSw hmP^w,”” Kho´ t{Nmfn N¼nNp«³ F¶v- ssX¸v sI]vSp. thÀ¨v– ]pkÀ tÌm_n]n KoknSw hmP^w F¶pw. sZ]vhn shän]n Imªn^p¶p. fNapsX knXÀ¶v- sbmanª bq_nt`¡v H¶v- tWm¡n]SnWv tlgw AkÄ km]n¡m³ SpX§n. hSolWpw em^y Af`]pw S½n`pÅ hwhm^w. Ak^psX hm¼¯nN {blvW§Ä. ASnWnX]n A]Ãv-kmhn]pw Dä hpir¯pfm] tKmhvfn]psX k^kv. “”At¿…At½ C§sW Sp\ow tNmWmWpw H¶pw CÃmsS b¨¡v bq_pw Nm\n¨n^p¶v- tNÄ¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p NT! CSmt\m f½o N¼n¡T? CSv F´v ^hfm tNÄ¡m³! At¿ H^p Sp\n FXpt¯…A¨·m^psX tami C«p km]nt¡* NT]m CSv. C§Ws¯ sshän CSv tbms` Wà NTNapw k^ptkm? thm_n f½n. Mm³ f½ns] H^p bmXv sSänV^n¨p. tWmd h½mWw ks^ Nn«p¶ ¢mÊnNv hminSyfm\v f½n km]n¡ps¶¶v- Mm³ A_nªnÃ. A_nªnà …B^pw b_ªqw CÃ…”” AkÄ sWXpfpXn tk\pkn³s_ {bhn²fm] hwemg\emPw AWpN^n¨p b_ªp. “”ÌmÀ«nwPv A§sW]m ….Nps_ A§v Njn]pt¼mÄ …’ Kho´ `Öt]msX b_ªp. F¶m hvt{NmÄ Abv sI]vSv Wà ^hfpÅ H^p emPw FXpt¯,”” Kho´ Nps_ tbKpNÄ fpt¼m«v– hvt{NmÄ sI]vSp. “”it½,”” “”F´m f½n ..Nn«n]ntÃ?”” “”Nn«n “” “”bns¶ “”it½”” F¶v- b_ªSv?”” “”ASv tWmk`ns` tkZv km]n¨Sm. Mm³ km]W sSmX§n,”” “”Hm ASm^pt¶m..B km]W sSmX^v,”” “”it½ ….HmÀ¡m¸p_¯m]n^p¶p tUkv Af`]psX Nm`pNÄ ANän tSmant`¡v sk¨p bq_nt`¡v Bjv¶Sv. Ak³s_ B^fpÅ Wmkv bq_n³s_ k¡n HjpNns]¯n] tS³ W¡ns]Xp¯v sNm*v A^nf\nN´n ko\ fo«n]t¸mÄ Af` tUkn³s_ S` làn]m]n bq_nt`¡v Smjv¯n …”” km]n¡pt¼mÄ S³s_ hz^w kn_¡p¶Spw lzmhw {NfmSoSfm]n D]^p¶Spw Kho´]_nªp. At¸mjm\v– AkÄ Nm\p¶Sv, Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n]N¯n sk¨p sZ]vhn N´v Sn^p½n M^XpN]m\v. “”B…”” sZ]vhn]psX Ipk¶ Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¶v- f`À¶p. “”f½o tUkv Aft`sX B^m?”” “”tfmWm tfmta,”” “”skukv- A¸w At½w tfmWpw Bt\m Du¡ps¶? km]n¡v km]n¡v-“” “”Bi…tfmtW …tUkv …it½ ….”” Kho´ km]W SpXÀ¶p. “”…tUkv AkapsX fp`]n Ns¿¯n bnXn¨p Sn^p½n]pX¨psNm*v bq_p I¸n Sn¶p SpX§n. Af`]psX A^s¡«v hpOwsNm*v sbm§nt¸m]n. AkapsX sNmjp¯ Np*n]n AfÀ¯n sM^n¨psNm*p tUkv Np*n bman]n`qsX kn^t`mXn¨p. PpU Uzm^¯n Ak³s_ WXpkn^ H¶fÀ¶t¸mÄ Af` bpaªptbm]n. tUkv AkapsX A^s¡«v tft`¡v sbm¡n bq_n Wn¶v- Smtj¡v BhWw ks^ W¡n. F¶n«v ko*pw bq_p Sn¶m³ SpX§n]t¸mtj¡pw Af` Af` Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v skÅsfmjp¡n]n^p¶p. tUkv bq_ns` skÅw ¢oWmNpw ks^ W¡ns]Xp¯p. Ak^psX NanNÄ N*p Wn¶ tKmhvfn Akh^¯nsWm¯v D]À¶p….”” Kho´ km]WSpXÀ¶t¸mÄ sZ]vhn N´n kn^`pNÄ AfÀ¯n bpa]pN]m]n^p¶p. “”BBAiimivi ….”” sZ]vhn D¨¯n M^§n. AkapsX tUiw kn_¨p. ssN]psX I`Ww l^ tkP¯n`m]n. “”Bivhv…”” ho¡m^¯n³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {bN¼Ww fp_pNn. bns¶ bSns] lm´fm]n. A¸w Njnªv AkÄ dm¯v_qfns`t¡mXn. A¸w Njnªv dm¯v_qfn Wn¶v- Sn^nsN k¶v- sZ]vhn tXm¸pw h-vNÀ«pw ko*pw V^n¨p. “”Ct{Sw ho^n]hv B\v F³s_ {blvWw f½o,”” A½t]mXv tIÀ¶n^p¶v AkÄ b_ªp. “”ASv f½n km]n¡p¶ NTNans`¡mÄ ho^n]hm. C§sW fpt¼m«v– tbm]m CsSknsX sIs¶¯q¶p FWn¡_n]nÃ. ASm Mm³ VymWtkm ssh¡ym{Xnt]m GSv sINp¯msW tkt\`pw Nq«pbnXn¨v CsSm¶p thmÄkv sI¿m³ {lfn¡ps¶,”” “”Wfp¡v tbmNmw tfmsa,”” Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨v Kho´ b_ªp. “”f½o Mm³ H¶v- tImUn¡s«?”” “”tImUn¡v fpt¯,”” “”Mm³ A§sW Hs¡ f½osX fp¼o¶v- sI]vS¸w Fs¶ H¶v- kj¡v b_]m³ tbm`pw f½n…AsS´m?”” Kho´ bp©n^n¨p. “”NÅpNpXn WnÀ¯m³ B{Pin¡pt¶ms^ B^pw kj¡v b_]¯nÃ. b_ªm ASn³s_ BcvXÀ FscNväv sWPäokv B^n¡pw. ASv bSns] bSns] WnÀ¯n¡p¶Sm WÃSv . ASm Mm³ ,”” làfm] H^p hz]wtemP hpO¯n A½]psX IqXv bän sZ]vhn D_§m³ SpX§pt¼mÄ Kho´ A_n]msS bp©n^n¨p. “”NÅn-“” AkÄ hz]w b^nihn¨p. “”ASm^pt¶mXn ssft^ l^ns¡mÅ Nm^\w? Wo Wn³s_ sNm¨n³s_ bq_p tWm¡n skÅfn_¡n hOn¡pkÃm^pt¶mXo? F¶n«v BcväÀ FcNväv tbmhnäokv B¡m³ tk*n]m\v Fs¶ms¡ b¨¡Åw b_]p¶p…!”” Kho´ H^p Nm^yw SoÀ¨s¸Xp¯n]n^p¶p. VymWw NqXn sZ]vhn]psX AfnSfm] Nmfmhàn fm_nt¸mt]¡mw. A§sW H^pbmXv NTNÄ tN«n«p*v. CWn VymW¯nWv hmVn¡p¶nsæn ssh¡ym{Xn]p*v. Wà knUPvU InNnÕsNm*v SoÀ¨]m]pw b^nim^w Nn«pw. ssh¡ym{Xn]pw tSmäptbm]mÂ? F¦n H^p fmÀ¤w, Ht^s]m^p fmÀ¤tf Aktlgn¡p¶pÅq. Ìoc³ tbmansW Nm\pN. Ìoc³ tbmÄ F¶ Fjp¯pNm^sW Nm\pN. dmk³ F¶ Sq`nNm Wmf¯n C´y fpjpk³ A_n]s¸Xp¶ AkmÀZv kn¶À ss_äÀ Ìoc³ tbmÄ. Asæn dmk³ F¶ Sq`nNmWmf¯n FjpSp¶ I{NkÀ¯n F¶ fsäm^p tb^n N¼n¡p«³ sshän NTNÄ FjpSp¶ Ìoc³ tbmansW Nm\pN. S³s_ km«vhmbv {Pq¸n hKokfm]n^p¶ AWpkm\v DUmi^\w. hÀ¤{bSne]pÅ B fm{´nN Fjp¯pNm^Wpfm]pÅ hikmhfm\v AWpknsW ^£s¸Xp¯n]Sv. CtS AkØ]n Wn¶v-. AfnSfm] Nmfmhàn]n Wn¶v-. A]À`*n tWjvhm] AWp C¶v- ht´mgN^fm] H^p NpXpwdKoknSw W]n¡p¶ps*¦n ASnWp Ht^ H^mapsX WnhzmÀ°fm] CXsbX fq`fm\v. ASptbms`AbÀ®. shN-vhnsâFÃm^pInteU§apwb¨skÅwtbms`NpXn¨psNm*vFÃmsh¡*pNan`pwshN-vhvfm{SwIn´n¨pWX¶AbÀ®C¶v-fjknÃntW¡mÄftWmi^fm]H^pNpXpwdKoknSwW]n¡p¶SnWpwNm^\wHt^s]m^mÄfm{Sw. Ìoc³tbmÄ. AÃ,dmk³. AÃ,I{NkÀ¯n.