Cu NT]n N¼n CÃ. Sm`vb^yw CÃm¯kÀ km]n¡^pSv. F³s_ A{StfÂ
hvtWin¡]m F¶ NT]n tKmÀUm³ t{dm S¶ Nfân Wn¶m\v Cu
NT¡pÅ Sow fWÊn k^p¶Sv. Mm³ Fsâ ]TmÀ° AkSm^¯nÂ
fpObphvSN Ipf^n {bhn²oN^n¡\w F¶v knIm^n¨ NT]m\v, bs£
F¶ns` Fjp¯pNm^Wv F¶pw t{bmÕmiWw S¶ N¼nNp«³ sshän Ss¶
{bhn²oN^n¡mw F¶v knIm^n¨p. FjpS\tfm tk*t]m F¶ hwl]¯nÂ
Wn¶t¸mÄ FjpSm³ DÅ ssV^yw S¶ fmwtPm¡pw hntfm\¡pw AWp BWµnWpw
DÅ Wµn A_n]n¡p¶p. Egn t{dm, Sm¦Ä FWn¡v FjpSm³ DÅ ssV^yw
Ss¶¦n`pw Sm¦sa Wn^mlsbXpt¯*n k¶Sn h¦Xfp*v.
Wn§apsX Aen{bm]kpw WnÀt±lkpw {bSo£n¨p sNm*v {b\]¯nsâ
ISn]n tSmä FÃmkÀ¡pw hfÀ¸n¡p¶p.
Ahp^³
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bp^pgWn D]^p¶ H^p t^mgfp*v, Ak³ knlzhn¡p¶k^mÂ
ISn¡sbXpt¼mÄ. ASntWmXv Sm^Sfyw sI]pkm³ bäp¶ fsäm^p
tUgykpfnÃ. – HmÀh¬ hvtNm«v NmÀZv (tUÀ Chv F thmÀ«v Hmcv
t_Kv F fm³ co`vhv sk³ io Chv do³ ZnhokvZv tkÀ in tfmÌv–
{XÌZv. Cäv– NwbmÀhv Xp tWm ASÀ B³PÀ þþ HmÀh¬ hvtNm«v
NmÀZv)
fp¶n HmXn WX¶n^p¶ bm]hw kna¼p¶ Bsa knan¨p WnÀ¯n
fq¶mfs¯ N¸v bm]hkpw km§n NpXn¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ B\v
At§m«v WX¶p k¶ WkkVpknsâ Wn_fnjnNapfm]n Fsâ fnjnNÄ
tNmÀ¯Sv. B N®pNan Wn_ªp Wn¶n^p¶ WoÀN\§Ä F´nsW]m\v
hqIn¸n¡p¶Sv. ASv bÝm¯b¯nsâ]mkm³ kjn]nÃ. H^pbt£
Aksam^p¡n] k©W]psX Nq«n Wn¶pw Mm³ b_¶p tbm]Snsâ Wn^ml]mNmw.
Mm³ Njn¨p Njnªp WkU¼SnNÄ¡v BlwhNÄ AÀ¸n¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ Fsâ
fpOt¯¡v tWm¡pkm³ {b]mhs¸XpN]m]n^p¶p. WkU¼SnNÄ¡pÅ
BlwhNÄ AÀ¸n¨SnWv tlgw B b´`n Wn¶pw bp_¯n_§pt¼mÄ AknsX
N* fp_p¡m³ NX]n Wn¶pw ^*v knÂhpw Sos¸«n]pw km§n Mm³
WX¶p. FWn¡v A§sW Øn^w bpNk`n H¶pw CÃ. bt£ {b\]¯nsâ
tb^n Fs¶ ISn¨kt^mXpÅ {bSnNm^w ASnsâ NrSyS]n WX¸m¡m³
bän] Btklw AX§m³ Fsâ DÅnt`¡v FWn¡v ^*v bpN
Bkmint¡*n]n^n¡p¶p. Mm³ hnP^äpfm]n A¼`Npa¯nsâ N^]nÂ
k¶n^p¶p. W«p¨ tW^fm]Sv sNm*v Npa¯nsâ AknXw
lqWyfm]n^p¶p. Npa¯nsâ N^]n BÂf^S\`n C^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm*v Mm³
BUys¯ hnP^äv N¯n¨p. H^p bpN DÅn sI¶t¸mtj¡pw Fsâ
fWÊv HmÀfNant`¡v fp§m³Npjn]nXpN]m]n^p¶p.

{Pmf¯nt`¡pÅ ]m{S FWn¡v F¶pw Cãfm\v, {btSyNn¨pw Fsâ
k`y½]psX fNÄ hvfntSIn AknsX DÅt¸mÄ. hvfntSIn ZdnÄ FwF
Njnªp AkÀ¡v Gäkpw CãfpÅ {bcgWn (Xo¨nwPv) tKm`n
sI]p¶p. A_nkv bNÀ¶p sNmXp¡p¶Sm\v Cu t`mN¯ns` Gäkpw k`n] bp\yw F¶Sm\v bpÅn¡m^n]psX tbmanhn. ASnWv tk*n Ss¶]m\v k`n] l¼aw Nn«p¶ tKm`nNÄ FÃmw bpÃv tbms` k`ns¨_nªp Uqs^]pÅ
H^p h-vNqan Xo¨À B]n tKm`n tWm¡p¶Sv. bYn¨Spw kaÀ¶Spw
FÃmw tN^a¯nWp bp_¯m]Sv sNm*v tI¨n]psX In´mPSnNÄ H¶pw
h¦pInSkpw bn´n^n¸Wpw B]n^p¶nÃ. {Pmf¯n tI¨n]psX
tbÀh\ Na£Wn Wn¶pw bphvSN§Ä km]n¡pN]pw NqXmsS k`y½
hvtWiw Wn_¨p D*m¡n S^p¶ b`im^§Ä Njn¡pN]pw sI]p¶Sv
FWn¡v Gäkpw BWµUm]Nfm]n^p¶p.

{Pmf¯ns` FÃmw FWn¡nãfm]n^ps¶¦n`pw CãfÃmSn^p¶Sv
AknsX]pÅk^psX h¦pInS In´mPSnNÄ fm{Sfm\v. hv{SoNsa Cu
C^pbs¯m¶mw Wqäm*n`pw l¼afnÃm¯ tk`¡m^n B¡p¶Spw
Np«nNsa {bhkn¡mWpÅ sfgn³ fm{Sfm]n Nm\p¶Spw FWn¡v
AwPoN^n¡m³ Njn]m¯ In´mPSnNÄ B\v. ASv tbms` Ss¶
fWpgyfWÊpNsa tk`n sN«n AX¡p¶ KmSnfS In´NÄ Cu bpt^mPfWw
b_]p¶ tN^a¯ns` Cu {Pmf¯n Ct¸mjpw D*v F¶Sv `Ömkifm\v.
bt£ C§¶s¯ Nmt`mInSfÃm¯ In´NÄ D*¦n`pw k`y¨sâ]pw
k`y½]psX]pw hvtWikpw ASv tbms` hvfntS¨n]psX tbjv–h\Â ss`{d_n]nÂ
Wn¶pw bphvSNw km]n¡mw F¶ tdm\hpw FWn¡v {Pmf¯nt`¡pÅ
]m{S]psX HmÀ½NÄ Ft¸mapw Dugvfafm¡n]n^p¶p.
bSnsWm¶mw ¢mhv NjnªpÅ sksNgWv Mm³ {Pmf¯nt`¡v tbm]t¸mam\v
hvfntS¨n BUyfm]n H^mklyw F³s_ fp¶nt`m«p sk¡p¶Sv. N®X
sk¨p b«pbmkmX]pw DXp¯ H^p sf`nª sb¬Np«n]pw hvfntS¨ns] AWpPfn¨n^p¶p.
“”””AKq«m tfmsW.” AÀKp³ F¶ F³s_ tb^nsW AXp¸fpÅkÀ
knan¡p¶ Ip^p¡tb^v knan¨p sNm*v hvfntS¨n SpXÀ¶p. “”””CSv
`£vfn, AXp¯ ko«ns` Np«n]m\v. CkÄ Cs¡mÃw b¯n F¯n
bt£ b¯ns` N\¡pw h]³hpw CkÄ¡v fWÊn`mkp¶nÃ. Wo H¶v-
bYn¸n¨p sNmXps¡Xm.”

“”””tI¨n ASnWv AkÄs¡m^p XyqgWv tbm]m tbms^. FWn¡v bYn¸n¡m³
H¶pf_n]nÃ.”

“”””tfmsW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CknsX DÅks^ Wn¶¡_n]ntÃ. CkÄ b¯mw ¢mhv tSmämÂ
Cksa bns¶ bYn¡m³ knXnÃ. sb«¶v- Ss¶ N`ym\w Njn¸n¨p
knXpw. sb¬Np«nNÄ bYn¡p¶Sv hm¼¯nNdmVyS]m\v F¶m\v
CkapsX AÑsâ kmUw. XyqgWv F´m]m`pw knXnÃ. Wo Njn]pw tbms`
AkapsX hwl]§Ä F¦n`pw SoÀ¯p sNmXp¡v.”

hvfntSIn b_ªm bns¶ FWn¡v FSnÀkm¡v Cà ASv sNm*p Ss¶
NqXpS H¶pw Bt`mIn¡msS Ss¶ Mm³ hwl]w SoÀ¯p sNmXp¡mw
F¶v- h½Sn¨p.

hf]w DÅt¸mÄ hwl]w SoÀ¯p sNmXp¡mw F¶v- b_ªp SpX§n] dÔw bns¶ ¢mhv SpX§n]t¸mapw M§Ä SpXÀ¶p. FÃm
lWn]mjvI]pw Mm]_mjvI]pw F³s_ FWv{X³hv tNm¨nwPv Njnªm bns¶
Mm³ k`y½]psX ko«n imKÀ sk¡m³ SpX§n. sSm«p bn¶ms`
Ss¶ `£vfn]pw. M§apsX DÅn Fs´ms¡t]m Nů^§Ä
DXs`Xp¯p k^p¶p F¶S_n]m³ hvfntSIn¡v tbm`ohnsâ C¦znhngtWm
k¡o`n³s_ hvsb¡pt`gtWm BklyfnÃm]n^p¶p. sSm«p bn¶ms` Ss¶
M§sa hvfntSIn sbm¡n.

hvfntS¨n]psX tImUyw sI]`n M§Ä BUyw H¶pw
kn«pb_ªnsæn`pw tI¨nt]mXv AVnNw NÅw b_]m³ Njn]m¯Sv
Nm^\w Mm³ M§Ä S½n Cã¯n`m\v F¶ Nm^yw h½Sn¨p. CSv
Bt^msX¦n`pw b_]mtWm Asæn Bs^s]¦n`pw A_n]n¡mtWm MmWpw
`£vfn]pw B{Pin¡p¶nÃ. M§apsX hzbv–W§Ä, FWn¡v H^p
F³KnWn]À BNmWpw ASptbms` `£vfn¡v cmg³ ZnsshWn§n tbmÌv–
{PmZvKptkäv BNmWpw DÅ hzbvWw. ASv Njnªp ^*p tb^pw Ak^k^psX
N^n]À D*m¡n F¶n«v t`mNw fpjpk³ N_§\w. Cu B{Pi§Ä
bqk\nªn«p fSn M§apsX hvtWidÔw bp_¯_n]p¶Sv F¶v-
M§Ä¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw WnÀdÔfm]n^p¶p. M§apsX bNzfm] hvtWidÔw N*p hvfntS¨n¡pw ht´mgfm]n.
Nm`I{Nw fpt¶mt«¡v Ss¶ Sn^nªp. CSnWnX]n Mm³ FWv{X³hv
b^o£ bmhm]n FWvKnWo]_nwPv tNmtaKn tIÀ¶n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ
fq¶mw kÀgfm]n. hvfntS¨n]psX N`ym\w Njnªp eÀ¯mknsâ NqsX
Smfhn¡p¶p. s`¨p F¶ `£vfn b¯pw b{´*pw WÃ ^oSn]nÂ
Ss¶ bmhm]n Njnªp. Fsâ k`y¨sâ WnÀt±lkpw lpbmÀl]pw
Nm^\w s`¨pknsW SpXÀ¶p bYn¡m³ AkapsX Aѳ h½Sn¨p.
s`¨pknsW F³s_ tNmtaKv ØnSn sI]p¶ AsS WP^¯n Ss¶]pÅ
kpf¬hv tNmtaKn Zn{Pn¡v tIÀ¯p. M§Ä¡v CWn CX¡nX¡v
Nm\mftÃm. bs£ Ht^ H^p {blvWw F´m\v FWm M§apsX tNmtaKpNÄ
S½n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv 25Nnfn Uq^fp*v. ASv sNm*p Ss¶ Unkhkpw Nm\m³ Njn]nÃ
F¶ h¦Xkpfp*v. bs£ kÃt¸mjpw H^n¡Â Nm\p¶Sn`pw WÃSm\t`m
BjvI]n H^n¡Â Nm\m³ bäp¶Sv. ASv tbms` Ss¶ AkapsX AÑsâ
Im^·mÀ AknsX D*v F¶Sv sNm*v s`¨pknsW]pw sNm*v FWn¡v
AVnNw N_§m³ bän`m]n^p¶p.F§mWpw bnXn¡sb«m s`¨pknsâ
bYWw Ss¶ WnÀ¯nNa]pw. F¶m`pw M§Ä¡v `en¨n^p¶
sI_n]sI_n] Akh^§an Mm³ kas^ h´pãWm]n^p¶p.
Mm³ B{Pin¨ tbms` Ss¶ s`¨p F³s_ AXps¯¯n. t¹hvsfânsâ
hoh¬ k¶t¸mÄ Ss¶ BUyw k¶ N¼Wn]n Ss¶ FWn¡v tKm`n]pw
Nn«n. F³s_ tKm`nNm^yw A_n]n¨t¸mÄ Fs¶¡mapw AVnNw
ht´mgn¨Sv s`¨pkm]n^p¶p. M§Ä M§apsX hzbvW¯nt`¡v Hmt^m
IpkXm]n AXp¯p sNm*n^n¡p¶p.
M§apsX tNmtaKns` BÀXvhvtZ¡v Mm³ s`¨pknsW Nq«n k¶p.
BÀXvhv tZ]psX t{bm{Pmw N½nän]n Mm³ AwPw B]Sv sNm*v
FWn¡v D¨¡v tlgfpÅ PmWtfa]psX bqÀ® D¯^kmUn¯w
D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ s`¨pknsW BZntäm_n]¯n C^p¯n Nq«nWp
F³s_ I¦v t{dm B] knbnsW]pw Nq«n^p¯n Mm³ t{bm{Pmw WX¡p¶
tkUn]nt`¡v tbm]n. knbnWpw MmWpw ¢mÊv– tfäpNapw NqXmsS
timhv_`n _qwtfäpw F¶Sn`pb^n ^*½ sbä htimU^§Ä B\v. H^p
NpXpwd¯n³s_ A¯m\n]mtk* knbnWp tKm`n B]n«nà F¶ H^p h¦Xw
fm{Stf]pÅq. b^nbmXns]Ãmw Njnªp Mm³ Sn^ns¨¯pt¼mtj¡pw
knbnWpw s`¨pkpw htimU^nhtimU^·mÀ B]n fm_n]n^p¶p.
FWvKnWo]_nwPv fq¶mw k^vgw Njnªp Wm`mw kÀg¯nt`¡v
NX¡pt¼mtj¡pw knbnWpw tKm`n]m]n Njnªn^p¶p. M§Ä sscW C]À
timÌ`nt`¡v Smfhw fm_n. sscW C]_n FÃmkÀ¡pw hnwPnÄ
_qfm]Sv sNm*v FWn¡pw knbnWpw tks_ tks_ _qfnt`¡v fmt_*n
k¶p,bt£ ASv M§apsX shuirU¯nsW H«pw dmVn¨nÃ.
Zn{Pn ^*mw kÀg¯nt`s¡¯n] s`¨pknsâ hzemk¯n In`
fmä§Ä FWn¡v Nm\pkm³ hmVn¨p. Nms¨® tS¨p fpXn HSp¡n
sN«n IµWNp_n]pw sSm«p lm`oWSt]msX WX¶ s`¨p Ct¸mÄ gm¼q
C«p bm_nb_¡p¶ fpXn]pfm]m\v F³s_ fp¶n k^p¶Sv.
b«pbmkmX]pw, Ip^nUm_pw C«p fm{Sw Mm³ N* s`¨p Ct¸mÄ
Ko³hpw, fnZn]pw AÃmsS H¶pw V^n¡m_nÃ. N®X fmän
tNm*mNväv s`³hv– B]n. AkapsX tkgknVmW¯n k¶ fmä¯nsW
bän tImUn¨t¸mÄ AkÄ Ft¶mXv C§s¶ f_pbXn S¶p.
“”””AKptk«m tNmtaKn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ fm{Stf]pÅq C§sW WX¡m¯Sv. ASv
sNms*Ãmk^pw Fs¶ ln`m]pPKokn]m]m\v– Nm\p¶Sv. ASp sNm*m\v
AKptk«m Mm³ Cu tkgw sN«n]Sv. tI^s] Sn¶p¶ Wm«n sI¶mÂ
WXpNgv\w Njnt¡s*. bns¶ Ct¸mÄ Atà C§sW WX¡m³
bäpÅq. CWn {Pmf¯nt`¡v Sn^n¨p sI¶m bns¶]pw Mm³
bj]t¸ms` WXt¡*n k^pw.”
F´m]m`pw s`¨pknsâ f_pbXn]n Mm³ bqÀ®fm]sæn`pw bNpSn
SrbvSWm]n. s`¨pknsâ Cu ss`cvhvssä ht¸mÀ«v sI¿m³ tk*n
Nmlv Mm³ sNmXpt¡* AkØ]m]n. FWn¡v Nmlv A{S k`n] {blvWfÃm]n^p¶p. Hs^mä fN³ B]SpsNm*pw sI_p¸w fpSt` A{S
VqÀ¯v CÃm¯Sv sNm*pw AÑWpw A½]v¡pw FWn¡v Nmlv
S^p¶SnWp H^p knt^mVkpw CÃm]n^p¶p. NqXmsS Mm³ Hm¬ss`WnÂ
{co`m³hm]n t{bmKÎpNÄ sI]vSpw Nmlv D*m¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
s`¨pknsâ Cu BlNÄ SoÀ¯p sNmXp¯ns`¦n bns¶ Mm³
F´nWm\v Aksa hvtWin¨Sv.
Unkh§Ä fpt¶m«v tbmNpw tSm_pw s`¨pknsâ hzemk¯nÂ
fmä§Ä k¶p. Ct¸mÄ Aksa knan¨m AkÄ¡v Ft¸mjpw
Sn^t¡mXv Sn^¡m\v. H¶p¦n ss`{d_n]n AsænÂ
Fs´¦n`pw bYn¡mtWm km]n¡mtWm D*mNpw. CsSm¶pfsænÂ
AkÄ¡v D_§mWpÅ tW^fm]n«p*mNpw. s`¨pknsâ AkP\ FWn¡v
h¦Xw D*m¡p¶psk¦n`pw AkapsX hzbv–W§Ä bqk\n]pkm³
tk*n]m\v AkÄ Cu NãsbXp¶Sv. Cu hf]¯v NqsX Wn¶ns`¦n Mm³
Aksa hvtWin¨Sn F´À°fm\pÅSv.
Fsâ sscWÂ C]À ¢mÊv AkhmWn¨p. CWn t{bmKNväv hdvfnäv
sI¿\w bns¶ b^o£. _nhÄ«v k¶p Njnªm bns¶ Mm³ H^p
FwF³hn]n tKm`n¡m^³. s`¨pkpsfm¯pÅ emkn KoknSw hzbvWwN*v
Mm³ F³s_ bn_¶mÄ Unkhw timhv_`n Njn]pN]m]n^p¶p.
sskNpt¶^fm]pw s`¨p Fs¶ H¶v- im¸n d^vSvtZ kngv sI]vSnÃ. tks_
FÃmk^pw kngv sI]vsS¦n`pw Fs¶ kngv sIt]* BÄ kngv sI¿m¯Sv
sNm*v FWn¡v Gäkpw tfmls¸« K·UnWfm]n^p¶p ASv.
ASv NjnªpÅ lWn]mjvI Fs¶ s`¨p knanIp H¶v- Nm\\w
F¶mklys¸«p. Mm³ AknsX F¯n]t¸mÄ s`¨p HmXn k¶v- Fs¶
sN«nbnXn¨p. F¶n«v Ft¶mXm]n.
“”””AXp¯ BjvI tNmtaKn Wn¶pw Np«nNÄ XqÀ tbmNp¶p*v. MmWpw
NqsX sbm]vt¡mt«.”
“”””ASnWv Wo Ft¶msX´nWm AWpkmUw tImUn¡p¶Sv. ko«n AÑtWmXv
Atà tImUnt¡*Sv.”
“”””Aѳ A_nªm Fs¶ tbmkm³ h½Sn¡nÃ.”
“”””Aѳ A_n]msS tbm]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {blvWfmNns`.”
“”””¢mÊns`]pw timhv_`ns`]pw FÃm {c*vhpw tbmNp¶p*v. Mm³
fm{Sw tbmNmsS C^p¶m FÃmk^pw Fs¶ Nan]m¡pw. FWn¡v Ct¸mÄ
tImUn¡m³ AKptk«³fm{Stf]pÅq. Aѳ H^n¡`pw A_n]^pSv”
“”””l^n F¶m Wo sbmt¡m. Ct¸mÄ Asà XqÀ Hs¡ tbm]n AXn¨p
sbman¡m³ bäq.” Fsâ sb®v- XqÀ tbmNm³ H^p ^£nSmkntWmXv F¶
tbms` Ft¶mXv AWpkmUw tImUn¡p¶Sv F³s_ CutPms] l^n¡pw dqÌv–
sI]vSp.
“”””XqÀ tbmNm³ FWn¡v H^p 2000 ^qb tk\w.”
sb«¶v- F³s_ CXsW©n H^p tkUW. At¸mÄ Ft¶mXpÅ
hvtWi¯ntW¡mÄ ssbh¡m]m\v AkÄ Fs¶ knan¨Sv.
“”””Wo Ct¸mÄ H^pbmXv fm_nt¸m]n s`¨p. Mm³ A_n]p¶ bj] s`¨p AÃ
Wo]nt¸mÄ.”
“”””AsS´m AKptk«m A§sW b_]p¶Sv.”
“”””Njnª]mjvI F³s_ K·UnWfm]n^p¶p. Wn³s_ NqsX ASv sI`kjn¡\w
Fs¶{S Mm³ B{Pin¨p F¶_n]mtfm. Aäv–`oÌv H^p tcm¬ tNmÄ
F¦n`pw {bSo£n¨p. F³s_ K·UnWw Wo bqÀ®fm]pw f_¶p.
Ct¸mÄ Wn¶¡v NmlnWp Bklyw k¶t¸mÄ Wo Fs¶
knan¨n^n¡p¶p. hSyw b_ WnW¡v Ft¶mXv Ct¸mapw B bj] hvtWifpt*m. Wo tks_ Bs^s]¦n`pw N*p sk¨n«ps*¦n ASv b_
Mm³ fm_n S^mw.”
“”””AKptk«m sF Bw thm_n. _n]`n thm_n.” N®v Wn_¨p sNm*v s`Ip
SpXÀ¶p. “”””l^n]m\v Mm³ AKptk«sW H^n bmXv iÀ«v sI]vSp. Njnª
BjvI M§Ä¡v tNmtaKn b^o£]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ bYn¡p¶
Sn^¡n ASv kn«p tbm]n. Ft¶mXv £fn¡q AKptk«m. Mm³ F´v
Wym]oN^\w b_ªm`pw F³s_ AKptk«sâ dÀ¯vtZ Mm³ H^n¡`pw
f_¡m³ bmXn`m]n^p¶p. Ft¶mXv £fn¡\w AKptk«m.”
bSw b_ªp N^]p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ AkapsX fpO¯v Ss¶ SÃm³
SpX§n. CSv N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v BsN kngffm]n. Mm³ Aksa bnXn¨p
F³s_ fmt_mX\¨p. AkapsX N®pWoÀ sNm*v F³s_ gÀ«v WWªp.
“”””Fs¶ kn«n«p tbmN^pSv. Fs¶ sk_p¡tà AKptk«m.” Fs¶
sN«nbnXn¨p N^]p¶SnWnX]n`pw AkÄ b_ªp sNm*n^p¶p.
s`¨pknsW kngfn¸n¨Sn Mm³ BsN A¿X¯m F¶m]n. H^p
S^¯n Aksa hfmlzhn¸n¨p sNm*v Mm³ AkapsX fqÀVmkn H^p
IpwdWw sNmXp¯p.
ASv NjnªpÅ BjvI]n FÃmw Wà ^oSn]n Ss¶
tbm]v–sNm*n^p¶p. s`¨pkpfm]n Mm³ Unkhkpw tcm\n hwhm^w
WX¡p¶p. Fsâ s{bmKNväv– Wà ^oSn]n Ss¶ fpt¶m«v
tbmNp¶p.
bntä¶s¯ Mm]_mjvI Mm³ _qfn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^p¶p t{bmsKNväpfm]n
fÃXn¨p tdmÀ AXnIn^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Xq_nWp tbm] s`¨pknsW tcm¬
sI]vSn«v Nn«p¶pfnÃ. hf]w Na]m³ H^p kjn]pw CÃm¯SnWmÂ
Mm³ sXu\n hnWnf¡v tbmNm³ So^pfmWn¨p. Nq«nWp tWm¡pt¼mÄ
B^pfnÃ. knbn³ Wm«n tbm]n^n¡p¶p. Asæn Ak³
kt¶s¶.Ct¸mÄ Nps_ inµn¡mÀ AÃmsS B^pfnÃ. ASv sNm*v
Mm³ Hä¡v tbmNm³ Ss¶ So^pfmWn¨p.
GtSm H^p hnWnf¡v N]_n Mm³ hv{NoWn WX¡p¶Sn `]n¨n^p¶p.
CâÀsk B]t¸mÄ Mm³ bp_t¯¡n_§n. sNu*_n Wn¶pw
Nm¸n tfXn¨p Sn^n¨pWX¡pt¼mÄ fp¶n s`¨pknsâ NqsX
tNmtaKn bYn¡p¶ tKymSn]pw fpOb^nI]fpÅ fäv ^*p
sb¬Np«nNapw. Mm³ tKymSn]psX AXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
“”””im]v tKymSn. At¸mÄ tKymSn C¶v Xq_nWp tbm]ntÃ?”
“”””Xqt_m? F´v XqÀ.” tKymSn BÝ^yt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”””Aà `£vfn b_ªp Cu]mjvI tNmtaKn Wn¶pw Ft´m XqÀ D*v F¶pw
AkÄ ASnWp tbmNp¶p F¶pw b_ªn^p¶p.”
“”””`£vfn H^pbmXv fm_n AÀKp³. bpSn] tdm]v– {c*nsW Nn«n]SnWp
tlgw M§am]n `£vfn¡v k`n] Nq«nÃ.”
“”””bpSn] tdm]v– s{ct*m?”
“”””AsS bp_¯pÅ Bt^m B\v. `£vfns] Nm\pkm³ B]n timhv_`nÂ
b`{bmklyw k¶n«p*v.”
tKymSn b_ªSv tN«t¸mÄ F³s_ irU]w Wn`¨Sv tbms`]m]n. bt£
fq¶fsSm^mapsX km¡v tN«v F³s_ s`¨pknsW Mm³ Aknlzhn¡m³
bmXpt*m. FWns¡m^p So^pfmW¯n F¯m³ bäp¶n`m]n^pWp.
s`¨pknsW tcm¬ sI]vSp tWm¡n, Ct¸mapw b^nVn¡v bp_¯v F¶
Nnansfmjn fm{Sw. ]m{´nNfm]n A¶s¯ Unkhw Mm³ SÅn Wo¡n.
CSnWnX]n`pw b` {bmklyw Mm³ s`¨pknsW tcm\n {lfn¨p
tWmNns]¦n`pw b^nVn¡v bp_¯m\v F¶ f_pbXn fm{Stf `en¨pÅq.
bntä¶v ^mkns` Mm³ tW^w sskNo]m\v Fjpt¶äSv. Fjpt¶äSpw
Mm³ s`¨pknsW tcm¬ sI]vSp. tcm¬ _nwPv sI]p¶p*v bt£ AkÄ
N«v sI]vSp. Mm³ bns¶]pw ss{X sI]vSp sNmt*]n^p¶p. FÃm Nmapw
AkÄ N«v sI]vSp. AkhmWfm]n ss{X sI]vSt¸mÄ tcm¬ hzn¨vZv Hmcv.
Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ km«vhvB¸n s`¨pknsâ sftÊKv.
“”””Mm³ ¢mÊn B\v. ¢mÊv Njnªp ^m{Sn knan¡mw.”
fWÊns` hwl]w fm_msSs]Wn¡v fWÊpOw `en¡nÃ. tNmtaKn A¶v
s{bmKNvän³s_ Ass{bh DÅSv Nm^\w tNmtaKnt`¡v F´m]m`pw tbmN\w.
Mm³ tNmtaKnt`¡v C_§pt¼mÄ knbnWpw k^p¶p. Fs¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*Spw knbn³ Ft¶mXv.
“”””Aan]m F´v bän. fpOw kÃm*n^n¡p¶pktÃm.”
Mm³ FÃm Nm^y§apw knbntWmXv b_ªp. s`¨pknsâ ISn]pw, NÅw
b_ªp XqÀ tbm]Spw,Sn]ä_n sk¨p AkapsX {c*vhv b_ªSpw
FÃmw.FÃmw tN«p Njnªt¸mÄ knbn³ Ft¶mXv.
“”””Zm t{bfn¡pN]ms\¦n ftä BapsX tfs` H^p knlzmhw tk\w, AÃmsS
kjnt] tbmNp¶k^psX km¡pNÄ tN«v WX¡m³ SpX§n]m Wo Wn³s_
KoknSw sNmafm¡pNs] DÅq.”
knbn³ b_ªSv tN«t¸mÄ B\v F¶ns¡m^p hfmVmWfm]mSv.
hvtWi¯nWp BUyw tk*Sv b^hvb^knlzmhfm\v. b^hvb^knlzmhw
Cæn B dÔ¯n N`iw fm{Stf]pÅq. s`¨pknsW hwl]¨SnÂ
h¦Xs¸«p sNm*v Mm³ F³s_ `mdnt`¡v tbm]n.
AXp¯ Wm`©p f\n¡qÀ Mm³ F³s_ s{bmKNväpfm]n fÃn«p
`mdn Ss¶]m]n^p¶p. AkhmWw hÀNyq«v fpjpk³ Nw¹oäv–
sI]vSp hm_nsW Nm\n¨t¸mÄ B\v hfmVmWfm]Sv. bp_t¯¡n_§n]t¸mÄ
WÃ knl¸v. sfÊnsâ hf]w Njnªn^n¡p¶p. ASv sNm*v Mm³
NmâoWn tbm]n Njn¡mw F¶v knIm^n¨p. NmâoWn sI¶t¸mÄ
AknsX knbnWpfp*v. M§Ä ^*p tb^pw NqXn Njn¨p NmâoWnÂ
Wn¶pw bp_¯v NX¶p. M§apsX fsäm^p ¢mhvtfäv B] ftWmKv–
HmXnNnS¨p k^p¶p. ftWmKv– knbntWmXm]n.
“”””Zm knbnsW Wn³s_ s{bmKNvän³s_ hÀNyq«n Ft´m
Npj¸fp*v. Wnt¶mXv k¶v- hÀNyq«v _oAhw»vÄ sI¿m³
fm`Sn Xo¨À b_ªp.”
knbn³ ftWmKnsâ NqsX `mdnt`¡v WX¶p. ftWmKv– knbntWmXm]n b_ªp.
“”””Zm knbnsW Wn³s_ ssN]n sfmssd Ds*¦n AÀKpsâ ssN]nÂ
sNmXpt¯m. Mm³ fm{Stf `mdn`pÅq. Wm^m]t\«³ ASp sNm*v tW^s¯
tbm]n.”
knbn³s_ s{bmKNväv– sI]p¶Sv AZzm³hvZv `mdn B\v.ASn³s_
DÅnt`¡v sfmssdÂtcm¬ Asæn H^p C`t{Îm\nNv DbN^\kpw
{btkln¸n¡m³ bmXn`. A§sW Fs´¦n`pw {btkln¸n¨m B
DbN^\w bnXns¨Xp¡pN]pw NqXmsS eofmNm^fm] ssc³ CuXm¡pN]pw sI¿pw.
B `mdn³s_ Aä³ZÀ B\v Wm^m]t\«³. CSv tbms` `mdnt`¡v
sNm*pk^p¶ sfmssdÂtcm¬ hq£n¡pN bpÅn]m\v.
knbn³ ^*p Wnfngw Bt`mIn¨p F¶n«v tbm¡än Wn¶pw tcm¬
FXp¯p hzn¨v Hmcv– sI]vSp F³s_ ssN]n S¶p. tcm¬ hzn¨v Hmcv
sI]vSSn FWn¡v Ft´m H^p Nů^w f\¯p. knbnWpw ftWmKpw
N¬fp³bn Wn¶pw f_ªt¸mÄ Ss¶ Mm³ tcm¬ Hm¬ sI]vSp.
I¦v t{dm B]SnWm Ak³s_ t`m¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hv{No³ bmÊv–tkÀZv– FWn¡v
fWbmYfm]n^p¶p. B tcm\ns` ^ihy§Ä F³s_ fp¶nÂ
AWmkrSfm]t¸mÄ F³s_ hÀÆWmZnNapw Sa^p¶Sv tbms`]m\v FWn¡v
tSm¶n]Sv.
Mm³ KoksW tbms` hvtWin¨ F³s_ sb®pw F³s_ htimU^ØmWo]Wm] F³s_ BßmÀ° hvtWinSWpw Njnª Nps_ Nm`fm]n Mm³ A_n]msS
dÔ¯n`m\v F¶ khvSpS Fs¶ SNÀ¯pNaªp. s`¨p tNmtaKnÂ
Wn¶pw XqÀ tbmNmWà F³s_ ssN]n Wn¶pw Nmlv km§n]Sv, ASv
knbn³s_ NqsX XqÀ tbmNmWm]n^p¶p. knbnWpw s`¨pkpw NqXn GtSm
A\sN«nsâ N^]n Wn¶pw ASv tbms` Ss¶ GtSm H^p ftWmi^fm] bqt´m«¯nWp WXpkn Wn¶pw FXp¯ H^pbmXv shÂcnNapsX
Nq¼m^fm]n^p¶p Ak³s_ tcm¬ Pm`_n. Mm³ Ak³s_ km«vhvB¸v
Sp_¶p AkÀ S½n`pÅ Imäv fpjpk³ tWm¡n.
AkÀ ^*p tb^pw NqXn Cu b^nbmXn SpX§nNpt_¡m`fm]n. Njnª BjvI]ns`
sftÊKv km]n¨p. H^pfn¨p XqÀ tbmNmWm]n knbn³ `£vfns] WnÀdÔn¡p¶p, `£vfn bNpSn fWÊn ASv Wn^hn¡p¶p.
knbn³: “”””Wo km `N-vhv. Cu BjvI]pw NqXnt] bäpÅq. ASv NjnªmÂ
Mm³ t{bmsKNvän³s_ Sn^¡n BNpw. ASv hdvfnäv sI]vSmÂ
bns¶ timhv_`n Wn¡m³ bänÃ. Wn³s_ ÌZn `okpw
SpX§pw. bns¶ Ft¸mÄ B\v Nm\m³ bäpN F¶pw NqXn A_n]nÃ.”
`£vfn: “”””AsSms¡ l^n]m\v bt£.”
knbn³: “”””H^p bt£]pw CÃ. bns¶ CWn In`t¸mÄ CsSm¶pw WX¶nÃ
F¶v k^pw. In`t¸mÄ B sbm«³ dpKn Wn³s_ ko«nt`¡v sb®v-
Bt`mIn¨p k^pw. ASnWp fpWvbv W½Ä fm{SfpÅ In` hpµ^
Wnfng§Ä. Wo]pw ASv B{Pin¡p¶ntÃ.”
`£vfn: “”””FXm FWn¡pw B{Piw CÃmªn«mt\m. F³s_ Nm^yw WnW¡_n]ntÃ.”
knbn³: “”””hm¼¯nNw Bs\¦n Wn³s_ f®p®n F«nFfntWmXv
tImUn¡v. Ak³ S^pw.”
`£vfn: “”””Dw. tImUn¨p tWm¡mw.”
ASv Njnªp M§Ä N*p fp«n] lWn]mjvI sskNpt¶^w.
`£vfn: “”””hN-vhhv. F³s_ NmfpN³ Ak³s_ NmfpNn¡v AjnªmXm³ Nmlv S¶p.”
knbn³: “”””Wo F³s_ fnXp¡nNp«n]tÃ. D½…”
`£vfn: “”””Zm C¶v WX¶Sv A_n]mtfm. Njnª]mjvI Ak³s_ dÀ¯vtZ
Bs\¶v WnWs¡m¶p HmÀ½n¸n¨p NqXm]n^pt¶m.”
knbn³: “”””Ak³s_ dÀ¯vtZ B]n^pt¶m. Mm³ AksW N*p Np_¨p
Unkhfm]n, ASv sNm*v Mm³ HmÀ¯nÃ.”
`£vfn: “”””ASv sNms*´m]n FWn¡v Npt_ AenW]nt¡*n k¶p. F³s_
tUkn Cu AenW]sfÃmw Mm³ kà hnWnf]n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NmjvI sk¨m Cs¡mÃs¯
DÀkln AkmÀZv D_¸m]n^p¶p.”
Wn_ªp Spap¼n] F³s_ fnjnNÄ bns¶]pÅ A£^§sa F³s_
NmjvI]n Wn¶pw fm]n¨p. B Imänsâ AkhmWt¯¡v F¯pt¼mÄ
AkÀ S½n C¶p ^mkns` WX¶ Imäv N*p.
knbn³: “”””Njnª ^*p Unkhw AXnsbman B]n^p¶p. FWn¡v H^n¡`pw
f_¡m³ bäm¯ hpOw S¶pktÃm.”
`£vfn: “”””tbm AknXp¶v. Fs´ms¡]m\v Fs¶ sI]vSSv. HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ
Ss¶ FWn¡v Wm\w k^p¶p.”
knbn³: “”””Wo]pw tfmlfm]n^p¶nÃ. CWn C§s¶ WX¡nÃ
F¶mt`mIn¡pt¼mÄ B\v H^p kngfw.”
`£vfn: “”””FWn¡nWn]pw tk\w. F³s_ N`ym\w Njnªm`pw Wo CX¡nX¡v
F³s_ AXpt¯¡v k^\w. FWn¡v Wn³s_ NqsX sI]vS hpOw fSn]m]nÃ.”
knbn³: “”””FWn¡pw. bt£ AÀKp³.”
`£vfn: “”””ASv hm^fnÃ. Wo CX¡nX¡v bj] hpir¯nsW Nm\m³
k^pt¼mÄ FWn¡pÅSv S¶m fSn.”
bns¶ Np_¨p tW^t¯¡v sftÊKv H¶pfnÃ. ASp Njnªp knbn³s_
H^p sftÊKv.
knbn³: “”””AkWp Fs´ms¡t]m hwl]fp*v.Wn³s_ tNmtaKns` Bs^t]m Ak³
kos¡³Zn N*p. Mm³ H^p S^¯n hfmVmWn¨n¸n«p*v. Wo
H¶pw kn«p b_t]*.”
Ft¶mXpÅ {bSnt£V¯n `£vfn tcm¬ hzn¨v Hmcv sI]vSSv sNm*v
sftÊKv N*n«nÃ. B sfsÊKnWp km«vhvB¸n ^*p Wo` Xn¡v
fmÀ¡v CÃ.
Mm³ GäkpfVnNw knlzhn¨ ^*p tbÀ Fs¶ tNmfman]m]n N*v
ISn¡pN]m]n^p¶p F¶ khvSpS Fs¶ APmVfm] t{NmV¯ns`¡v W]n¨p.
Ct¸mÄ knNm^w sNmÅpN]Ã kntkNfm\v tk*Sv Fs¶sâ fWÊv
HmÀ½n¸nIp. F³s_ fWÊv {bSnNm^¯nWp tNm¸v Nq«pN]m]n^p¶p.
Mm³ AkÀ S½n`pÅ Imäv fpjpk³ hv{No³tgm«v FXp¯p sk¨p.
B hv{No³tgm«pw Pm`_n]ns` sh`vcnNapw FÃmw Hm«nKn tNdnÄ
Dbt]mPn¨p F³s_ ssN]n`pÅ sb³ss{Zknt`¡v fmän. Mm³ FXp¯
hv{No³tgm«v fpjpk³ knbn³s_ tcm\n Wn¶pw Zn`oäv sI]vSp.
F³s_ fWÊn {bSnNm^¯nWm]pÅ H^p b²Sn ^qbsbXpN]m]n^p¶p.
Mm³ knbn³s_ km«vhvA¸n Wn¶pw `£vfn]psX AÑWv sftÊKv A]¨p.
“”””im]v. F³s_ tb^v knbn³. Mm³ F©nWo]_nwPv tNmtaKn sscW C]À
knUymÀ°n]m\v. Mm³ `£vfn]pw Njnª Np_¨p Nm`fm]n
kn«pbn^n]m³ Njn]m¯ fmSn^n hvtWi¯n`m\v. AkÄ¡v tk*n
Ct¸mÄ fsäm^p N`ym\w Bt`mIn¡^pSv. A§sW sI]v–Sm M§Ä
^KnÌÀ fm^nt]Kv sI]pkm³ WnÀdÔnS^mkpw. Ct¸mÄ FWn¡v
`mdn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmtN* BklyfpÅSv sNm*v Mm³ tcm¬ hzn¨v Hmcv–
sI]pN]m\v.”
CSn³s_ NqsX Ss¶ `£vfn]pw knbnWpw sN«nbnXn¨p Wn¡p¶Spw
Ip*p^p½p¶Spfm] Wm`©p shÂcnNapw A]¨p sNmXp¯p. sftÊKpw
In{S§apw AkapsX AÑWv Nn«n F¶p_¸m]t¸mÄ Ak³s_ tcm¬
cvss`äv tfmZn C«p Mm³ km«vhvB¸n Wn¶pw B sftÊKpw
sfm¯fm]n Zn`oäv sI]vSp. NqXmsS AkapsX AÑsâ tcm¬ W¼À
knbn³s_ tcm\n t»m¡v sI]vSp sk¨p. skXnf^p¶n«p sk¨SnWp
tlgw Mm³ knbn³s_ tcm¬ Hmcv– sI]vSp Mm³ _qfn Ss¶]n^p¶p.
DÅns`^n]p¶ t{NmVw bp_¯v Nm\n¡msS H¶pw hwekn¡m¯ tbms`
Mm³ knbntWmXv sb^pfm_n. ^m{Sn `£vfn Fs¶ knan¨p. AkÄ
bSnkptbms`s]t¶mXv kntlg§Ä Sn^¡n. MmWpw H¶pw hwekn¡m¯ tbms`
AktamXv– hwhm^n¨p. Nů^w GSv ks^ tbmNpw F¶v tWm¡mWm]n Mm³
tKymSns] N* Nm^yw FXp¯n«p.
`£vfn: “”””tKymSn]pfm]n Mm³ Ct¸mÄ AVnNw Nq«nÃ. Mm³ F³s_
{Pq¸n³s_ NqsX]m\v XqÀ tbm]Sv.”
Mm³: “”””FknsX¡m\v– XqÀ tbm]Sv”
`£vfn: “”””Du«n¡v–.”
Mm³ fWÊnÂ: “”””Du«n]n FknsX]m A\sN«v DÅSv. Nů^w b_]pN
Bs\¦n Np_s¨¦n`pw Bt`mIn¨p b_.
Mm³: “”””Wo AknXp¶v FXp¯ tcmt«m Hs¡ H¶v km«vhvB¸n A]¨p Sm.”
`£vfn H^p fnWp«v tW^t¯¡v sfuWfm]n. Bt`mIn¨p sNm*v bSps¡
D¯^w b_ªp.
“”””F³s_ tcm¬ hzn¨v Hmcv– B]n^p¶p. Mm³ ASv sNm*v tcmt«m H¶pw
FXp¯nÃ.”
Mm³: “”””Bs^ms¡]p*m]n^p¶p NqsX.”
`£vfn: “”””AKptk«Wv A_n]nÃ. NqsX bYn¡p¶k^m\v.”
Mm³: “”””Bs^ms¡]m\v F¶v b_.”
`£vfn: “”””F´nWm”
Mm³: “”””AkÀ¡v F´m]m`pw tchvdp¡v Hs¡ D*mkns`. Mm³ F³s_
hpµ^nNp«n]psX tcmt«m Hs¡ H¶v Nm\m³ tk*n]m\v.”
`£vfn S³s_ Nů^w Mm³ N*pbnXnt¨m F¶ hwl]¯n`m]n^p¶p.
Cu hf]w Nů^w Nm\n¨ BÄ¡v NqXpS tImUyw Hjnkm¡mWm]n tUgyw
Nm\n¡pw, ASp Njnªp h¦Xkpw, bns¶ Um¼Sy¯n b^hvb^
knlzmhs¯ bän s`Nv¨_pw S^pw. b¦man]psX k©W N*pbnXn¡m³
DÅ H^p kjn]m\v Cu {bSnN^\w F¶Sv Mm³ H^p fWlmhv{S bphvSN¯nÂ
km]n¨ HmÀ½]p*v. Mm³ {bSo£n¨ tbms` Ss¶]m]n^p¶p
`£vfn]psX {bSnN^\kpw.
“”””AKptk«³ F´m\v Fs¶ knlzmhw CÃm¯ tbms`. AKptk«sâ
sb®v- Bkp¶Spw Nm¯n^n¡p¶ Fs¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C§sW Aknlzhn¡^pSv.
AKptk«Wv knlzmhw Csæn W½p¡v WnÀ¯mw. Mm³
AKptk«sW N*n«pw hvtWin¨n«pfnà F¶v- knIm^n¨p C^p¶p
sNmÅmw.”
Mm³: “”””Wns¶ FWn¡_n]ntÃ. knlzmhw CÃmªn«Ã. F³s_
sb®v- hp^£nS]mt\m F¶_n]m³ B\v. ASv tbms` Du«n]ns` ftWmim^nS]nÂ
F³s_ hpµ^n]psX fpOw Nm\m³ DÅ B{Piw sNm*tÃ.”
`£vfn Wm\t¯msX: “”””ASnWp AkÀ Nmf_]n FXp¯ tcmt«m {bnâv–
FXp¡pt¼mÄ BÂd¯n`m¡n Nm\n¨p S^mw.”
Mm³: “”””B^m Wns¶ Nm\m³ CX¡nX¡v timhv_`n k^p¶ BÄ.”
`£vfn: “”””Fs¶ Nm\m³ B^v k^mW. In`t¸mÄ hSotl«³ B]n^n¡pw.”
hSotl«³ AkapsX fp_sI_p¡³ B\v. b{´*mw ¢mÊnÂ
tSmätSmXv NqXn bYn¯w fSn]m¡n. Ct¸mÄ Wm«n Ss¶ AÂbw
Nrgn, bns¶ Np_¨p kmXN sN«nX§Ä, bns¶ H^p fq¶v- Xq_nÌv
Ct¶mk Hs¡ B]n Wm«n Kokn¡p¶p. ^m{ão] {bkÀ¯Wkpw
hfpUm] {bkÀ¯Wkpw Ds*¦n`pw kas^ WsÃm^p sI_p¸¡m^³ B\v
hSotl«³.
Mm³: “”””hmVm^\ hSotl«³ k^p¶Sv Wo b_]m_p*tÃm. bt£ CsS´m\v
Wo b_]mªSv.”
`£vfn: “”””Mm³ b_ªn^p¶p. In`t¸mÄH^p bt£ f_¶p
tbm]n«p*mNpw.AKptk«m Fs¶ sfÊnt`¡v tbmNm³ knan¡p¶p.
Mm³ sk¡pN]m\v.”
AkÄ F³s_ tImUy§an Wn¶pw ^£sb«p HmXpN]m\v Fs¶Wn¡p
fWÊn`m]n. bt£ AkÄ¡_n]nÃt`m Mm³ AkÄ¡v WsÃm^p b\n
sk¨n«p*v F¶v-. b\n Gtäm CÃt]m F¶_n]m³ Mm³ H^p
tcm¬NmÄ {bSo£n¡p¶p*v.
Mm³ sfÊn tbm]n e£\w Njn¨p k¶p. F³s_ NqsX _qfnt`¡v
knbnWpw k¶p. Ak³ F³s_]pw `£vfn]psX]pw Nm^y§am\v NqXpSÂ
tImUn¨Sv. ASv tN«t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n M§apsX tcm¬
hwemg\w fpjpk³ `£vfn AksW A_n]n¨n«ps*¶v-.
Mm³ Ak³s_ tImUy§Ä¡v fpjpk³ SrbvSnN^fm] ^oSn]n¯s¶
f_pbXn sNmXp¯p. fWÊn Mm³ AktWmXm]n.
“”””tfmsW Mm³ AkÄ¡v WsÃm^p b\n sk¨n«p*v. emPyfps*¦nÂ
WnW¡pw ASns`m^p b¦v Nn«pw.”
Np_¨p tW^w hwhm^n¨n^p¶p knbn³ tbm]n. hf]w Cjªp Wo§n
sNm*n^n¶p. Mm³ {bSo£n¨ tcm¬ k^p¶nÃ. b¯v f\n
Njnªt¸mapw tcm¬ k¶nÃ. Mm³ sk¨ b\n Ioänt¸m]n F¶v-
Ss¶ knIm^n¨p sNm*v Mm³ AXp¯ b\n Bt`mIn¨p sNm*v NnX¶p.
NnX¶t¸mÄ B\v Mm³ tcm¬ f\n AXn¡p¶Sv tN«Sv. FXp¯p
tWm¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ {bSo£n¨ NmÄ Ss¶. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv `£vfn]psX AÑsâ.
bSnkp DbIm^§Ä¡v tlgw `£vfn]psX Aѳ Ft¶mXv
“””” tfmsW tfm³s_ tNmtaKn H^p knbn³ bYn¡p¶pt*m?”
“”””D*tÃm. Njnª sNmÃw ks^ F³s_ _qwtfäv B]n^p¶p. Nym¼hv–
t¹hvsfân Wà tKm`n Hs¡ B]n.”
“”””Aà knbnWpw `£vfn]pw S½n b^nI]w D*mkm³ kà hmVyS]pw Dt*m.”
“”””M§apsX Njnª BÀ«vhv tZ¡v `£vfn k¶n^p¶p. FWn¡v
b^nbmXn]psX IpfS` D*m]n^p¶Sv Nm^\w knbn³s_ H¸fm]n^p¶p
`£vfn. AÃ Fs´¦n`pw {blvWfpt*m.”
“”””G]v H¶pfnÃ. Cu knbn³ BÄ F§sW]m.”
“”””F´m A¦nta Fs´¦n`pw Nm^yfpt*m. H^p N`ym\mt`mIW
f\¡p¶p*t`m. knbn³ W½psX hfpUm]¯n Wn¶Ã.”
“”””A§sW H¶pfnÃ. Mm³ Ip½m tImUn¨p Ft¶]pÅq.”
CSpw b_ªp AVnNw Wo«msS `£vfn]psX Aѳ tcm¬ sk¨p. Mm³
ht´mgw sNms*¶n¡v C^n¡m³ kt¿ F¶khvS]n`m]n^p¶p. Mm³.
Mm³ sk¨ b\n ASv tbms` Ss¶ k^p¶p. `£vfn]psX Aѳ Fs¶
knan¨Sv In` Nm^y§Ä D_¸n¡m³ B]n^p¶p. `£vfn]pw knbnWpw
S½n Fs´¦n`pw dÔw D*mkm³ DÅ hmVyS]pt*m, CWn
FSnÀ¯m knbnWp `£vfns] knan¨n_¡n sNm*p tbmNm¶pÅ
IpäpbmXv Dt*m F¶_n]mWm\v bpÅn Fs¶ knan¨Sv. F³s_ ¹m³
bqÀ®fm]pw WX¡\w F¦n knbn³s_ hfpUm]w NqXn bpÅn A_n]\w.
^m{ão]¯n bpÅn]psX tfÂssN F¶Sv hfpUm] tWSmkv B\v
F¶pÅSm\v. B hfpUm] tWSmkn³s_ fNÄ AWyhfpUm]¡m^sâ NqsX
Hant¨mXn F¶Sv b©m]¯v sf¼_m] bpÅn]psX b©m]¯v {bhnZâv
tfmi§Ä SÃn sNXp¯pw. ASv sNm*v CWn dm¡n]pÅ b\n bpÅn
tWm¡nsNmÅpw. Mm³ ht´mgt¯msX Ss¶ D_§m³ tbm]n.
bntä¶v- sskNpt¶^w Mm³ `£vfns] tcm¬ knan¨t¸mÄ hzn¨vZv
Hmcv. Nm^y§Ä Mm³ knIm^n¨ tbms` Ss¶ tbmNp¶p. `£vfn ko«p
SX¦`n`m]n. H¶pw NqXn D_¸n¡mWm]n Mm³ tKymSns] tcm¬ sI]vSp.
`£vfns] Aѳ k¶v- Nq«n sNm*ptbm]n F¶ ht´mgkmÀ¯]m\v
tKymSn b¦v sk¨Sv.
^*pfq¶v- Unkhw NX¶p tbm]n. `£vfn]pfm]n ]msSm^pknV tNm*mÎpw
bäp¶nÃ. CSnWnX]n knbn³ ks¶t¶mXv– `£vfns] bän
tImUn¨p. AkÄ ko«n Ft´m H^Symklyfm]n tbm]n^n¡pN]m\v
Fs¶³s_ f_pbXn]n Ak³ SrbvS³ AÃm]n^p¶psk¦n`pw Ak³
NqXpSÂ Np¯n tImUn¨nÃ.
skÅn]mjvI sskNo«v Mm³ {bSo£n¨ AXp¯ lpekmÀ¯ ks¶¯n.
sXu\n sk¨p GtSm H^p sb®ntWmXv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Abf^ymU]m]n sb^pfm_n]SnWv knbnWp
Wm«pNm^psX SÃp sNm*v Blpb{Sn]n AZvfnäv– B]n F¶
lpekmÀ¯. I¯Sv NoINsW¦n sNm¶Sv eof³ Ss¶. knbn³ SÃp
sNm*v Blpb{Sn]n Bs]¦n sNmXp¯Sv `£vfn]psX Aѳ Ss¶.
NqXmsS ASv tbm`nhv tNhpw Hs¡ B]n F¶m\v A_nªSv. tNmtaKns` In`
sb\vbntÅÀ ASv N*v knbnsWSn^m]n tNmtaKn`pw Nw¹]âv_v sNmXp¯p.
tNmtaKv knbnsW AtWzg\kntV]fm]n hhvsbâv sI]vSp.
Mm³ F´m]m`pw BßmÀ° Nq«pNm^³s_ NXf Nm\n¡m³ B]n
Blpb{Sn]n tbm]n. IS]m¯ H^p emPw tbm`pfn`m]n^p¶p Ak³s_ tUi¯v.
Nm`nsâ]pw ssN]psX]pw AØnNÄ¡v HXnkp*v. Gäkpw Np_ªSv ^*p
fmhsf¦n`pw AkWp Blpb{Sn]n NnX¡\w. Ak³s_ A½]psX fpOw
NX¶m Np¯n] fmSn^n D*m]n^p¶p. Ak³s_ NqsX WX¶p Mm³
kgamtk* F¶ksâ A½ b_ªt¸mÄ Ak³ N^ªpsNm*v– Mm³ H¶pw
sI]vSn«nà F¶v- kn`bn¨p sNmt*]n^p¶p.
Ft¶mXv sI]vS sIä¯^¯nWp F³s_ {bSnNm^fm\v AksW C§sW
NnX¯n]n^n¡p¶Sv F¶kW_n]\w F¶ms` {bSnNm^w
bqÀ®fmkpN]pÅq. AXp¯ ^*p Unkhkpw Mm³ timhvbnä`n tbm]n
bt£ A½ DÅSv sNm*v AktWmXp H¶pw b_]m³ bän]nÃ. Sn¦amjvI
Mm³ sI¶t¸mÄ A½¡v Ft´m _nt¸mÀ«v tZmÎs_ Nm\n¡m³
tk*ntbmN\fm]n^p¶p. A½ bp_t¯¡n_§n]t¸mÄ knbn³ Ft¶mXv
N^ªpsNm*v–:
“”””Aan]m Wos]¦n`pw H¶v- knlzhn¡v. Mm³ H¶pw sI]vSn«nÃ. B
sb®v- B\v F³s_ tf¯v fp«n]Sv.”
bns¶ Fs´¦n`pw b_]p¶SnWv fpWvbv Mm³ AksW SXªp.
“”””tk* FWn¡_n]mw Wo H¶pw sI]vSn«p*mknà F¶v-. hwekn¨Sv
F´ms\¶v- FWn¡qin¡m³ bäpw.”
Mm³ F³s_ sfmssd bp_s¯Xp¯p. F¶n«v `£vfn]pw AkWpw NqXn
sN«nbnXn¨p Wn¡p¶ tcmt«mNÄ FXp¯p AksW Nm\n¨p. Ak³
Ft´m b_]pkm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ SXªp.
“”””F§sW WnW¡v Ft¶mXv C{S k`n] sIä¯^w Nm\n¡m³ tSm¶n.
H¶v- b_ªn^p¶psk¦n Mm³ fm_n S^pfm]n^p¶t`m. At¸mÄ Fs¶
sk_pw H^p Du¼³ B¡\w. Mm³ sk¨ b\n Ss¶]m\v WnW¡v Nn«n]Sv.
ASnWm]n FWn¡v Cu tcmt«m FÃmw `£vfn]psX AÑWv A]¨p sNmXpt¡*
Nm^yw fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅq.”
knbn³ Nm^y§Ä A_nªt¸mÄ bns¶ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
N®pfX¨p sNm*v NnX¶p. A½ k¶t¸mÄ Ss¶ F³s_
{bSnNm^¯nsâ BUyQ«w knK]N^fm]n bqÀ¯n]m¡n]Snsâ
BËmUt¯msX Mm³ Sn^n¨n_§n.

B N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dpVWmjvI ^m{Sn Mm³ t{bmsKNväv– _nt¸mÀ«v FjpSn
sNm*n^n¶t¸mÄ FWns¡³s_ tcm\n `£vfn]psX AÑsâ tcm¬
k¶p. C{bmklyw At±i¯n³s_ kN k`n] DbIm^w H¶pfnÃmsS bpÅn
Nm^y¯nt`¡v NX¶p.
“”””tfmsW `£vfn b_]p¶p Wn§Ä ^*mapw hvtWi¯n`m\v F¶v-, ASnÂ
kà hSykpw Dt*m.”
hmVm^\ hf]¯m]n^p¶psk¦n Mm³ SoÀ¨]m]pw ht´mgt¯msX
h½Sn¨p sNmXp¯n«p*mkpw. bt£ AkÄ Ft¶mXv Nm\n¨Sv
Bt`mIn¡pt¼mÄ.
“”””At¿m A¦nta M§Ä Wà {c*vhv B\v. AkÄ FWns¡m^p sb§sa
tbms`]m\v. Fs´¦n`pw Npj¸fpt*m?”
“”””G]v– H¶pfnÃ. Mm³ tImUn¨p Ft¶]pÅq.F¶m sk¡s«.”
bn¶s¯ ^*mjvI Mm³ s{bmKNväpfm]n Sn^¡n`m]n^p¶p. HXpknÂ
s{bmKNväv– hdvfnäv sI]vSp, s{bmKNväv– sskk]pw SoÀ¯p Mm³
ko«ns`¯n]t¸mÄ Fs¶ Nm¯v sNm*v H^p N`ym\Np_n]n^n¡p¶p.
`£vfn skZvhv hSogv–.
Mm³ k¶Sn³s_ AXp¯ Mm]_mjvI Ss¶]m]n^p¶p N`ym\w.
N`ym\St`¶v Ss¶ Mm³ `£vfn]psX ko«ns`¯n. FÃmw AkÄ Fs¶
sNm*v sI]n¨Sm\v Fs¶Wn¡v Aksa A_n]n¡\w. bt£ NqsX Ft¸mapw
BÄ DÅSv Nm^\w Aksa FWn¡v Hä¡v Nn«n]nÃ. Mm³ Aksa tbm]n
BlwhNÄ A_n]n¨t¸mÄ tUgyw sNm*v Fs¶ Uin¸n¡p¶
tWm«fm]n^p¶p AkapsX f_pbXn.
Mm³ A¶v ^m{Sn k`y½]psX AXp¯v– Wn¡mWm\v So^pfmWn¨Sv.
k`y½]psX ko«nt`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ fp¶n hvfntS¨n. Mm³
hvfntS¨n F¶v- knan¨p ht´mgt¯msX AXpt¯¡v sI¶t¸mÄ Yt¸
F¶v- sIknXv sbm«p¶ AXn B]n^p¶p f_pbXn.
“”””k`n] B\m\t{S. ssV^yfnsæn t{bfn¡m³ Wn¡^pSv–. AkapsX
AÑsâ fp¶n AkÄ Nm\n¨ ssV^yw tbm`pw Wo Nm\n¨nÃmt`m.
Wns¶ Mm³ C§sW H¶pfà knIm^n¨Sv. hSognWp sN«n
sNmXp¡mWm]n^p¶psk¦n bns¶ Wo F´nWmXm B sb®nWv
hzbv–W§Ä sNmXp¯Sv. Wo tbm. FWn¡v Wns¶ Nm\*.”
Mm³ tbm]n hvfntS¨n]psX tSman ssNsk¨p.
“”””tI¨n £fn¡\w. `£vfn]psX N`ym\w WX¡mWpÅ Nm^\w Ss¶ MmWm\v.”
Mm³ F³s_ sfmssd Sp_¶p `£vfn]pw knbnWpw S½n`pÅ tcmt«mNapw
Imäpw tI¨n¡v Nm\n¨psNmXp¯p. tI¨n ASv tWm¡n
sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ Mm³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”””MmWm\v `£vfn]pw knbnWpw NqXn]pÅ Cu tcmt«m `£vfn]psX AÑWv
A]¨p sNmXp¯Sv. Mm³ Gäkpw knlzhn¨ ^*p tbÀ Fs¶
ISn¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXn¨p Wn¡mWm]nÃ. Mm³ sI]vSSv
sSäm\v F¦n Mm³ `£vfns] knan¨n_¡n N`ym\w s^KnÌÀ
sI¿mw.”
tI¨n Nm¡ NnX¶p N^ª Fs¶ tI¨n
bnXns¨jpt¶Â¸n¨p. F³s_ N®n Wn¶pw H`n¨n_§n] N®pWoÀ tI¨n SpX¨p. tI¨n]psX AXn sNm*v Sn\À¯ F³s_
Nknan tI¨n St`mXn sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Cu tI¨nt]mXv £fns¡Xm tfmsW. tI¨n H¶pf_n]msS Wns¶ SÃn. Wo
sI]vSSn sSänÃ. AkapsX NÀ½c`w B\kÄ AWpekn¡p¶Sv. Wo
ASnWp Wnfn¯fm]n F¶p fm{Sw.”
Mm³ tI¨n]psX fXn]n S` sk¨p NnX¶p_§n. bntä¶v ^mkns`
Mm³ Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ tW^w skap¯n^p¶p. tI¨n f\km«ns] H^p¡mWm]n ^mkns` Ss¶ tbm]n F¶v- k`y½ b_ªp.
N`ym\w WX¡p¶ HmZntäm_n]¯n Mm³ F¯n]t¸mÄ AknsX tI¨n
Fs¶ Nm¯p Wn¡p¶p. hvfntS¨n `£vfnt]mXv knbnsW bän FÃmw
FWn¡_n]mw F¶pw MmWm\v– Aks^ Hän]Sv F¶pw A_n]n¨n^p¶p.
`£vfns] F§sW F³s_ {bSnNm^w A_n]n¡pw F¶ NX¼]pw AknsX
Njnªp Nn«n.
F³s_ {bSnNm^w bqÀ®fmNp¶ Wnfngw, `£vfn]psX Njp¯nÂ
hSotl«³ Sm`n sN«p¶Sv Nm\pkm³ Mm³ tÌKnsâ fp¶nÂ
Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p. CXs¡t¸mtjm M§apsX N®pNÄ CXªt¸mÄ
AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Ft¶mXv fm¸v F¶v- f{´n¨ptkm AtSm
{bSnNm^¯nsâ fqÀVWyS]n FWn¡v tSm¶n]tSm.
F³s_ {bSnNm^w F¶Sv Fs¶ ISn¨ ^*p tbs^]pw D·q`Ww sI]pN
F¶SÃ. `£vfn¡v AkapsX KoknSm{Piw B] sft{Xm WP^¯n H^p
tKm`n¡m^n BN\w F¶ hzbvWw SNÀ¶p. CWn Cu {Pmfw kn«p
hSotl«sâ em^y F¶SÃmsS tks_ H^p tKm`n CÃ. knbnWp Ak³s_
sscW C]À _n¸oäv sIt]*n k^pw. Nym¼hv– t¹hvsfâv Nn«n] tKm`n]n N]_m³ bänÃ. sscW C]À Njnªp GsS¦n`pw H^p
N¼Wn]n Hmcv– Nm¼hv i]À B]n tKm`n¡v N]t_*n k^pw.
Mm³ sI]vSSv l^nt]m sStäm Fs¶Wn¡_n]nÃ. ASn³s_ So^pfmWw Mm³
F³s_ NT tN« Wn§Ä¡v kn«p S^p¶p. ssIWohv SSzIn´N³ B] N\vcyqghv H^n¡Â b_ªSv tbms` {bSnN^¯nWm]pÅ ]m{S
SpX§p¶SnWp fpWvbv ^*p Npjn sk«\w. (dntcmÀ ]q FwdmÀ¡v
]pkÀ tKÀ\n Hmcv _nk©v ZnPv Xq t{Pkv–hv. – N\vcpgyhv). F³s_
C¶sh³hn³s_ Npjn]pw Mm³ sk«n. F³s_ NÀ½c`w FknsXt]m Fs¶
Nm¯n^n¡p¶p. ASv kt^¡pw PpZv ssd.