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sk«n fm` ..sk«nfm` C_§mWpt*m… “”
“” tI¨ns] B siuhnwPv Hs¶mSp¡n sk¡v Ban_§n k^s« … “”
sk«nfm` `£yfm¡n bmªp k^p¶ “” tk\n’ ]psX Nnan Ip®m¼v hmdp tZm_n Wn¶v N_§n sNm*v IpäpfpÅ NnanNsa tWm¡n
‘ skXn Bt\m “”
“” em – sWsâ A½]mXm skXn ..AktamXv– tbm]n tImUn¡Xm Wm_n “”
fo³Nm^n sN bn emÀPkn A`pfnWn]s¨^pkw k`n¨p Smtj¡v sk¨n«v NÅnfp*v N]än¡p¯n hmdqsW tWm¡n ..C^p* Na_pÅ emÀPkn]psX sNmjp¯ SpX]ns` b«n NXn¨ bmXnt`¡v tWm¡n hmdp bm³_v sbm¯n bnXn¨p ( A_n]msS Bt\`pw AksWm¶p sbm§n]mt`m ?)
‘ sk«n ….fm`m Bt\m¶p tImUn¨Sm F³s_ tI¨n ..’
“” Wn³s_ tImUo^v FWn¡v fWhn`mNp¶p*v … `mÌv tÌm¸v– AtÃXm Ip®mt¼ CSv ..CWow GSp sNm\m¯ns`¡m CWn]o dhp tbmNps¶ ? Wo FXp¯p tImUn¡mWpw fm{Sw “”
Ip®m¼v hmdp ko*pw Ft´m b_]mWmªn«v tk*m¶p sk¨p
]msSm^p Wm\kpw Dap¸pfnÃmsS hmdp tk*m¶p skt¨¦n sN bn emÀPkn B^ms\¶v Duin¡mkp¶sS DÅq …
“” Im`¡pXn I´¡v tbm]t¸m .. IµW tI`pÅ sb®nsW Nt* Mm³ .. “”
Nk`]ns` BÂf^¯nWp A¸p_¯pÅ gm¸n Wn¶v WmX³ bm«n³s_ lot`mjpNn]t¸mÄ sN bn {loN` Sn^nªp Wn¶p
“” Wos]¶m tWm¡pkm {loNs` …Um C¯n^n Ima]m .. WtÃm\w k^ªp A^¸v tS¨p sk¡v … C¯n^n Wm^§mWo^pw NqXn tIÀ¯v A^¸v Npjt¨m .. MvPm f_n¨nXpt¼m C¨n^n Np^pfpaNv sbmXow N_ntk¸nt`w.. NqXn]nt«m tNt«m “”
bn. bn. hpµ^³ km]n`qsX skÅtfmjp¡ns¡m*v b_ªp .
km]ns` skÅw sk«nfm`]ns` Gäkpw hpµ^n]m] Aksâ em^y sN bn {loN`s] N*n«Ã tNt«m… ASv sskNn«v Ima Nq«n Npj¨Xn¡p¶tSmÀ¯m …F¶m ImsasX Nm^yw HmÀ¡msS Ss¶ km]n Sp¸`w C_¡n sNm*v dn Zn Umfptk«³s_ NX]n fq¶m`v tb^v Wn¸ps*¶ Nm^yw bn bn hpµ^³ f_¶p tbm]n^p¶p ImsasX Nm^ytfmÀ¯t¸mÄ .A¡m^yw HmÀ¯t¸mÄ bnbn hpµ^³ N¿ns` dmPpw c]`pw N£Sns`¡v sk¨n«v N¿n`n^p¶ Nm`³ NpX WnkÀ¯n em^ys] IqXn¸n¨p .
“” F´nWm tI«m NpX ..sk]nt`m¶pw CÃtÃm .”” sNbn {loN` sfmjnªt¸mÄ bnbn hpµ^³ hvtWifpÅ eÀ¯mkv B]n .
“” Wot]m¶mfsS b\ns]ms¡ sI]vSp N_p¯v N^nkman¨n^n¡pkm ..sNmtXw sNm*v tbm]m fSn “”
sNbn {loN` fpt¶m«p WX¶tbmÄ Im]¡X]ns` fnWn§m¶s¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv IqXpÅ D*³sbm^n km]n`n«p NXn¨p k`n¨p sNm*n^p¶ tNlk³ BIm^y³ hpµ^sW A_ªp {bmNn
“” B f]n^³s_ sNmX H^qhw Mm³ N¯n¨p Na]pw .’
“” Cu sNmsXsX sFSniyw F¶Sm BIm^ym ? Aà Cu tNmX B^m N*p bnXnt¨ ?’ H^p N®v sNm*v BIm^ytWw f_p N®v sNm*v AXp¡a]n Wmat¯¡pÅ fmkm«n sNm*n^p¶ S¦½s¨¨n]psX sfm`]nt`¡pw tWm¡n sNm*v tNm¦®³ Adp tImUn¨p .
“” Wnâ½sX AXp¯v tbm]n tImUn¡Xm N®v sbm«m “” sNbn {loN`]psX sNmjp¯ l^o^w Nm\mWmkmsS kngfn¨n^n¡p¶ BIm^y³ N]À¯p .
koSn]pÅ b¨sdÂäns` AX¡m ¡¯n Nm\pw knVw fp*v b_n¨pXp¯v Adp AIm^yWp tWs^ AXp¯p
“” N®v sbm«³ S³s_ NmÀt¶m^p ..b¶osX tfmsW ‘
‘ Zm ..Zm .. tNm¦®m .. AX§X sNm¨sW .. ktÃmw fpap§o«v tbmNm³ tWm¡v”” fmkm«ns¡m*n^p¶ S¦½ AkWp tWs^ Sn^nªp
‘ tI¨n b_tªm*v Mm³ kn«p ..Asà Cu b¶osW Mm³ bqant]sW ..””
‘ B Wo tMm«pw “” BIm^y³ H^p Nqh`pw NqXmsS Im] DuSn]qSn NpXnt¨mt*m*n^p¶p
“”Wmsa tUml]ntà tI¨o … AtSm A¸w Bt\m …tI¨osX A¸w B\v tNt«m WÃSv–“” Adp AXp¡a kmSn¡ Wn¶v S¦½s] b©m^ AXn¨t¸m hmdq³s_ bäp km§n sNm*n^p¶ Xn bn k_oSv fm¸na {bmNn
-!Fk³ Ft§m«m tWm¡ps¶¶p A_n]pkm^ps¶ H^p sS_n F¦n`pw b_]m^p¶p ..CSnt¸m F§Wm ..H^p N®v .. NUans¡ms“pw .. ftä N®v Ss¦sX Nm`nsâsX .. 56763…. … ..B tbm …sk_psS F¶m¯nWm sX³g³ AXn¡ps¶ … W½t¡m Nm\mWpÅ t]mPfnà ..N*mt`m«p tbm§ptkw Cà … AksW¦n`pw sbm§s« –
‘ Nm]`^nN¯v k`s]_nªt¸m….’
“”””‘ fn*mSn^n]Xm bqs_’ “””” gm¸nt`¡v tWm¡n Ip®m¼v H¨¯ns`m^p Nqk`pw sS_n]pw NqsX]m]t¸mÄ gm¸ns` bm«v Wn`¨n«v bN^w sNmXp§ÃqÀ e^\n¸m«m]n.
‘ GSkWmXm Wm_n Cu H bn WtXlsW sIm_n]m³ k^pt¶ ….GSkWmt\ kmXm f]ns^ .. dmXm'””””
gm¸o¶v C_§n k^p¶ tNm`¯nsâ tb^m\v H bn WtXl³ . B_Xns¡m¯ sbm¡w .. sf`nªsS¦n`pw N^p¯pä l^o^w . gÀ«n³s_ Gäkpw HXpkn`s¯ d«¬ fm{Sw C«n«p*v .. dm¡n CXm¯Sà .. Cà .. Nm^\w WtXl³ b*v fpSt` H^p d«sW CXqk¶Sv Nm^\w WtXl³s_ em^y bn bn tNmfakÃn A]mÄ¡v H^p d«sW bnXn¸n¡m_pÅq.. WtXl³ S`]ns` tSmÀ¯pfp*v Ajn¨p koln ko*pw sN«n , F¶n«v A^]ns` fp*jn¨v ko*pw Np¯n …AXn k¶m` fp*q^n tbmN^pStÃm … Nm^\w WtXlWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv sK«osX A`ÀKn DÅSm … CXqÃm ..
WtXl³s_ k^kv N* Ip®m¼v SpX]ns`m¶p fm´n … F¶n«v BÂf^¯n³s_ A¸p_¯pÅ N¿m` fm« ImXn N]_n Hä Hm«w sk¨v sNmXp¯p .. Hm«w H bn s] tbXn¨Ã tNt«m … Npan¡m³ fp«n]n«m …ASns` AÂbw tbm]m ho³Npaw B]n ….Wn_s] hoWpNÄ DÅ Npaw
‘ HmXnt¡mXm Wm_n …sWsâ Hm«w Mm³ WnÀ¯pw ..H^qhw ‘ H bn WtXl³ bp_No¶v knan¨p b_ªSv Ip®m¼v tNt«m Btkm …
‘ Wo F¶m tbmNms¯ …sbms¡mXn {loNs`’ sN bn {loN` A¸p_t¯¡v fm_n Wn¡p¶Sv N* bnbn hpµ^³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v bmsª¯n .
‘ hpµt^«m … Aan]sW NqXn knant¨m*v km … sk_psS kj¡p*m¡mWm]n«v CknsX WnÀ¯* “”
bn bn hpµ^³s_ fpOw N_p¯p.Ak³ Sn^nªp H bn WtXl³s_ tWs^t]m¶p tWm¡n ..
“” F´mXm Nm«v fm¡msW tWm¡n tbXn¸n¡ps¶? knant¨m*v tbmXm Wn³s_ A¨nt]w Nq«n .. sbt¦m´³..eq “” H bn Wo«n¯p¸n]t¸mÄ hpµ^³ {loN`s]w knant¨m*v tkPw WX¶p
‘ B HmXnt¡mXm Wn³s_ N^nf´n sN«nt]mtaw sNm*v …. HmXv …HmXn sI¶v– sfmaNpw D¸pw Nq«n Djnªp Sp¸n AXp¸n`nXv ..em ‘ WtXl³s_ H¨ bSnkn`pw sbm§n]t¸mÄ sN bn {loN` Sn^nªp Wn¶p …AkapsX N®n Wn¶v bp_s¸« So¡p´w GäSpw H bn WtXl³ sW©pw Sn^p½n Sn^nªp tWm¡msS b\nØ`t¯¡v NpSn¨p
b\nØ`w F¶v b_ªm Wn§Ä Dt±ln¡p¶ b\nØ`w Aà … Hbn]psX St` sN«n]n^n¡p¶ tSmÀ¯pfp*v b\n]mWpÅSpfÃ….. bs£ WtXl³s_ b\n¡m tSmÀ¯v– tk\w SmWpw ..
“” FXm H bn…… H^p NmKm doZn Ss¶Xm ?’ C sN hp{dp H bns] N*p ‘ssN”” ssNfm_n .
“” tKm¡s_m¶pfnÃtÃm hp{dptk “” Hbn , N¯n¨ fp_ndoZn hp{dpknWv sNmXp¯n«v S`]ns` tSmÀ¯pfp*v H¶v koln , bns¶ Wn`¯p kn^n¨p hp{dpkn³s_ Ø`¯n^p¶p ..
‘ FXm H bn H^p cpÄ doZn SmXm DtÆ “”
‘”” tKm¡_nÃm¯ ssN¡v fp_n doZn fSn “” H bn fXn¡p¯n Wns¶m^p doZns]Xp¯v N¯n¨p Bªp k`n¨p .
fq¶mw k`n¡v H bn N¿Xn¨t¸mÄ hp{dpkn³s_ N®v fnjnªp ..
As¸m fWhn`m]tÃm … H bn ]psX b\n]pw b\n B]pVkpw ? F¶m sl^n¡pfpÅ b\n]m]pVw CSà tNt«m …AS_n]t\ Cu Nan N*p Wn¶n«v Nm^yfnà …
ASnWv sNbn {loN`]psX bp_sN sk¨p bnXn¡\w ..F¶m`tà Np*n Nm\m³ bäq ……thm_n Nan Nm\m³ bäq …
Nan¡aw Njnªp A¦¯«nt`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv C_§mw .. H¯n^n A¦tkm¶pw Cà .. sI_ns]m^p…. b¨]Ãm¯ , F¶m AVnNw bjp¡m¯Spfm] A¦w.
sk«nfm` F¶ {bNrSn ^f\o]fm] Ø`w ( hminSyw Bs\¶v tSm¶n]m NqS_ {Pmfw F¶v knan¡mw ) .. fq¶p f`NÄ¡v WXpkn`m\m {Pmfw … AXp¯pÅ b«\w A³btSmaw Nnt`mfoäÀ ANs` . AknsX¶p ^mkns`]pw sskNn«pw ^*p dhpNÄ ..Hs^®w BW k*n .. ASv W½psX RQA hn bn HuS ]psX N^p\]n Nn«n]Sm\v
hq^y³ F¯n tWm¡m³ fXn¡p¶ , H^p Wnj {btUlfm\m {Pmfw . GSm*v Aªq_n Smsj k^p¶ KW§sa DÅq B {Pmf¯n ..ASv sNm*v Ss¶ FÃmkÀ¡pw At§m«pfnt§m«pf_n]mw … Ak^psX l^o^hzemk lmhv{S§apw DĸsX .
Cu sk«nfm`m {Pmfw F¶v b_ªm A_n]p¶SntW¡mÄ NqXpS fsäm^p tb^n`m\m {Pmfw A_n]s¸Xp¶Sv . CWngy bp^w.. Nm^\w Cu {Pmf¯n DÅks^ÃmkÀ¡pw Ss¶ CWngy D*v ..FÃmkÀ¡pw CWngy D*mkpw ..bs£ CknsX ..sN bn, .H bn, bn Fhv F¶n§sW … AÃmsS Nnw NmUÀgn]m³, tKm\n hn³ , h®n `nt]m¬ F¶n§sW NXn¨m sbm«m¯ CWngy Cà … Hbn ..F bn Fw bn CSyUn hn¼nÄ CWngy`pNÄ ..ASv b{S¯ns`ms¡ k¶n«p*v SmWpw …{bpNrSn ^f\o]fm] {Pmfw Bs\¦n`pw Ct§m«v b«\kmhnNÄ H¶pw A§sW k^m_nà .. dhv hÀkohv Np_kv ..fm{Sfà BsN]pÅ tim«Â B\v W½Ä fpt¶ N* Xn bn k_oSv fm¸na]psX Im]¡X ….ASv NqXmsS H sN hpPp\³s_ b`I^¡v boXnN , sN sN `o`]psX S¿Â NX , ASntWmXv tIÀ¶v Ak^psX sN«nt]m³ F dn AtlmN³s_ S¿ÂNX]pw doZn sS_p¸pw .. bns¶s]m^p tbmÌv– Hmcohpw . CSv Ss¶ {PmfkmhnNÄ¡v Vm^maw . H^p {Pmf¯n Hjn¨v NqXmWmkm¯ tks_m¶v NqXn D*nknsX … ASv bs£ sfmssd hÀkohv B\v(N¿ns`Xp¯p tSm*p¶ Np{´m*w Aà ) ..Xn sK NpªWn]³ …dmÀdÀ …Ak^psX sN«nt]mÄ hnbn ^mK½ .( tWm¡* …
sb®p§Äs¡ DÅq hÀkohv … ..bns¶ AkÀ¡v sfmssd`pw Cà ..AkÀs¡¶Ã Cu {Pmf¯n BÀ¡pw sfmssdt`m tcmt\m Cà …BsN tbmÌv– Hmcohn H^p `m³Zv– tcm¬ D*v )
CWn]o {Pmf¯n tk*Sv A¼`kpw bÅn]ptfms¡]m\v .. Ak^k^psX ko«n`pw fWhn`pfm\v CknsX A¼`kpw bÅnNapw DÅsS¶SnWm k`n]Npj¸§t`m¶pw Ss¶ Ck^psX KoknS¯n`nà … bns¶ C`£³ {bOymbn¡pt¼mÄ NX¶p k^p¶ RQA hn bn HuS]m\v bns¶]pÅ {blvWw.ASpw k`n]{blvWw H¶pfà ….BWk*n¡v bN^w tkm«psNmXp¡p¶Sv sNm*v bpÅow im¸n
Wfp¡Âbw hvboZn WX¡mw ..F¶ms` sNbn {loN`]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¸w F¯m³ bäq ..
Nk`]n Wn¶pw dhn_§n tWs^ sk¨v bnXn¡pkm\v sNbn {loN` . N¿ns` NX`mhv sbmSn]n foWpÅSv sNm*mt\m AtSm sNbn {loN`]psX Np*n]na¡w Nm\mWmt\m F¶_n]nà fq¶m`v B¬b «nNapw bp_sN WX¸p*v .
“” Cs¶¶m {lo¡p«ns] .. hpµ^³ k¶nÃt]m ?’N¿m`¡¸p_s¯ Npän¡m¸nt¯m«¯o¶p F dn dpg_]psX S` sbm§n ….
“” Nkt`Â D*v dpgs_ ….sI¯n So^m_mt]m? “”
“” Hm ….””
‘ Bkly¯nWp bÅt]mt*m?’
‘ B .. bÅ Nm^\w H¶pw Nm\m³ k¿ {loNs` …’ dpg_]psX A¸p_¯p Wn¶pw hn kn Npªn^mf³ S`]p]À¯n
‘ tbm ..H¶v ^mfm … “” dpg_ Wm\w sNm*v Iqan ^mfsW tWm¡n b_ªp … ASv N* {loN`¡v N¿m`¡¸p_w F´m\v WX¡p¶sS¶_n]m³ KnÚmht]_n
“” MmsWm^p hm^n km§n .. F§sW]ps*¶p tWm¡nt¡ dpg_m”” b_ªSpw sNbn {loN` sbmanªp NnX¡p¶ N¿m`]psX kl¯qsX A¸p_s¯¡v ImXn …
tN bnt]mXp {lwP^n¡mWm]n H^p Wnfngt¯¡v S`]p]À¯n] ^mf³ S³s_ b\n]nt`¡v ko*pw NX¶n^p¶p … {loN` C¸p_¯v ImXn]Spw “”At¿m “” F¶ knant]msX dpg_ ^mf³s_ km]n Wn¶pw S³s_ A^s¡«v sbm¡n ImXns]jpt¶äp ..^mfmWsS NnX¸v NnX¶tS]pÅq … B^pw sNmSn¡p¶ sNbn {loN`]psX N®pNÄ F¦n`pw S³s_ Np®s] Smt`mXns]¦n AsSm^p Blzmhftà …
Npªn^mf³s_ Np¶n¡p^p tbms`]pÅ `PmWn Wn¶pw sNbn]psX N®pNÄ tbm]Sv At¸mjpw ssN`n Smtj¡v CXmsS AÔman¨p Wn¡p¶ dpg_]psX bq_nt`¡m\v
‘ bÅ sI¯n¡jnªpsk¶v b_ªn«v bÅ]nt¸mjpw D*tÃm dpg_ ?’ “” S³s_ Bfthm¬ kWm´^§Ä tSm¡p¶ NmXns`¡p tWm¡n]m\v sNbn b_ªsS¶v A_nªt¸mÄ dpg_ sb«¶v S³s_ fp*v Smjv¯n]n«p .
‘ {lo¡p«n …ko«nt`¡v MmWpfp*v tNt«m …ekmWnt¨¨ns] Nm\* Nm^yfp*v …’
“” Npªn^mfm Wo]ntSm¶p bnXnt¨ …’ dpg_ sI¯nsk¨ bpÃpsN«nWXps¯¡v sI¶p b_ªp..Npªn^mf³ fWhnÃmfWthmsX dpg_]psX S`]nt`¡v bpsÃXp¯p sk¨v sNmXp¯p ..
‘ CsS¶v fpS`m SpX§ns] F³s_ dpg_m….. “”
‘ sNmt_ Wmam]n ..M§av ^*mapw Ft\w sSmt\w CÃmsS C^n¡pktà …. I¯m Ioªp tbm\ hmVWftà dpg_m H¶v Sm¶pw b_ªp sNmt_ Wmam]n F³s_ sbm_sN NqXn]n«p …. bns¶ bmkw tSm¶n MmWpf§p h½Sn¨p … Ak³ b_ª tbms` I¯m Ioªp tbmNp¶ hmVWftà .sk_psS bq«n s¡«n sk¨ns«¶m Nm\n¡mWm …. BÀt¡`pw DbN^n¡ps¶ DbN^n¡s« ..Asà N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv {lo¡p«n .””
“” Dw .Dw …. Cu b«mbNÂ b_¼n sk¨v Ss¶ tkt\m … ko«n sk¨v tbmt^ ?’
“” AsSt]mÅq {lo¡p«n ….. Ak³s_ H^p Nm`osW knäv …ASv sNm*kWv bpÃp sNm_¨p fSn]m^p¶p .. ^*p tb^pw NqXn sI¯o¸ hf]w sNmt_ dm¡n k¶p … As¸m bns¶ hf]w Na]mWm]n …””
“” Dw .Dw “”
‘A½m]n …. ‘ Ss¶ N*p HmXn k¶ fmapknsW sNbn {loN` km^ns]Xp¯p … dmPn Wn¶pw _h-vNv bm¡äv FXp¯p AkapsX N¿n sNmXp¯p ..
“” ekmWnt¨¨n …. “” dpg_ Wo«n knan¨p sNm*v koXn³s_ bp_Nnt`¡v WX¶p … bp_t¯¡n_§n k¶ S³s_ Wm¯q³ bn bn tNmfakÃn]psX N¿nt`¡v sNm*v k¶ fo³ sNmXp¯n«v sNbn Sp\n fm_mWm]n ANt¯¡v WX¶p ..
‘ hzbvtW ….. Wn³s_ bXp¯w FknXw ks^]m]n …’
“” F«p Njnªp dpg_t¨¨n …. Cs¡mÃw H³bSnt`¡m …’
‘ Rm … Ckav fmt{S Cu kÀgw K]nt¨mÅq dpg_m ….. F¶m`pw sN«n¨p knXmWm tWm¡ps¶ … Wnsâ A_nkn Wà bYn¸pw tKm`ow Hs¡]pÅ kà bnsÃ^ptfmt* b_ tNt«m …’
“” FWn¡nt¸m N`ym\sfm¶pw tk*t½ … bYn¸v Njnªn«v fSn ….””
“” hzbvW¡pªnsWt´m^w bYn¡\w? “”
‘ bs¯¦n`pw tkt* dpg_t¨¨n Cu Nm`¯v “”
‘ Nm`¯Ã ^m{So`v ….. b¯p Njn]m³ tWm¡n Wn¶m fq¡n bÃv k^pw … F³s_ km]o¶v H¶pw tNÄ¡Ãv tNt«m …. Cu Npwe¯n WnW¡v bs¯m³bSv BNpkm ..F«p Njnsª¶v ..F{S sNmÃw bYn¨Xn F«n Ss¶ …? .. ‘ Xn bn ekmWn hzbvW]psX BSmfmenfmWSnWp £Sw G¸n¨p … fWhn³s_ DÅns`äp km§n] Wn\kpfm]n bn bn hzbvW S³s_ fwPaw km^nNsNm*v fm_nXw ( b¨]n sfm` F¶v b_]pw ) AfÀ¯n bp_tf knSp¼ns¡m*v ANtf sbm«n¨n^n¨p sNm*pw ANt¯t¡mXn S³s_ sdZnt`¡v Nfnjv¶p ko\p , G«ns` {Now Na_pÅ ]q\ntcmw gÀ«ns` sfm`NÄ sdZn AfÀ¶tSmsX S`]n\t]mXv Nn¶m^w sImÃn …( hpOftà ?””)
hzbvW S`]n\]psX AXn]n Wn¶v kmXn] H^p Nym^_v FXp¯p bpÑt¯msX ASnsW tWm¡n b_ªp ..
‘ CWn WnW¡v kn{lfw “” Akam Nym^_v FXp¯v k`ns¨mt^_v sNmXp¯p .. KWm`]n`qsX ASv sI¶v , A`¡p NÃnsâ A¸p_¯n^p¶p fo³ sk«p¶ bn bn tNmfakÃn]psX fp¶n km`m«n Wn¡p¶ ssNh_nsâ AXp¯v k¶p ko\p …. ssNh_pXsW fo³ S` AknsX]n«p bnbn hzbvW]psX Nym^äv W¡nt¯mÀ¯n , ASns` tS³ fm{Sw ^pIn¨p bp_w Nm`v sNm*v S«n s¯_n¸n¨p , B ^pIn Wmkn N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶pw tbmNmSn^n¡mWm]n fo³ S` AknsX]ptb£n¨p tNm`m]nt`¡v fX§n .
fo³ N*m knXmsS Ipän bm«n Wn¡p¶ ssNhÀ bn³km§n]Sn³s_ Nm^\f_n]msS bn bn tNmfakÃn km sbman¨p .
‘ tlym …Na]*m]n^p¶p… C¸ N`ym\w WX¡nÃtÃm
..H^p fq¸nWp Na]ptNw sI]vSp “” bn bn hzbvW ssN kn«p tbm] Nym^änsW Np_nt¨mÀ¯p kngfn¨p NnX¡]n NnX¶p D^p*p f_nªp
‘ Wo tI«sW F§mWpw N*m^pt¶m {loNs` ?’ fo³ sk«p¶ bn bn tNmfakÃn]psX fp¶ns` A`¡p¡Ãn , Ct«m*v tbm] {dm]pw bmân]pw Np¯n bnjn]m³ k¶ {loN` d¡äns` skůn {dm]pw bmân]pw fp¡n skÅw Smsjs¡mjn¨tS ssNhÀ ^wP{btklw sI]vSp Ssâ Umiw fmän
“”sÈXm …. CSnWp fo³skÅw tk* …. ASnWm¯p F¶m C^p¶n«m b¨skÅw NpXn¡ps¶ ?’ tNmfakÃn DkmI
‘ WtXl³ tI«³ sNm*v k¶Stà ..ASv sNm*m .ssNh_p sK«ow {dm]pw bnjnª skÅw NpXnt¨ ?’
AN¯p Wn¶pw hzbvW C_§nk¶p HSp¡p¡Ãn C^p¶p …
“” F\oäv sbmXn …F¶v sk¨m tI«³ Wnsâ {dm]pw sK«ow Sn¶pktà …b«n¡v Umin¨n«m ‘
‘ FXnt] ..knl¡p¶p … Ft´`pw Sm …”” WtXlsâ Npjª lÐw bn¶n tN«v tNmfakÃn bp_tNm«p tWm¡n . N¿m` ImXn¡X¶p ASnWNw AXp¡akl¯p F¯n]n^p¶p Hbn WtXl³ … WtXlsW N*Spw hzbvW ANt¯¡v k`nªp .
‘ Wà foWm\tÃmXn …. fhm`s]m¶pw tbm^«msS ..b¨¡p Sn¶\w ‘
WtXlsâ tWm«w Ssâ sSmX]nt`¡ms\¶p N* sN bn {loN` A]msa H¶v ^q£fm]n tWm¡n]n«p FXp¯p Np¯n] ssWän Smtj¡v bnXn¨n«p …
‘ FknsX]m]n^p¶p fWpgym Wn§anSv ks^ … tbm]n«v ^*p Unkhfm]tÃm ….. B koXv AXp¡ns¸_p¡n]nt«m ?’ bn bn tNmfakÃn fo³ NjpNn ANt¯¡v N]_n .
‘ Fs¶ sNm*v Ss¶ bäpsk`m … Bt^`pw NqsX km ..Wmsa Ss¶ sI]vtS¡mw “”
WtXlWv AknsX AXp¯m]n H^p koXp*v … sk_psS NnX¡pkm\v ..WtXlWv kn]À¸nsâ AhpOw DÅSnWm Aan]sâ NqsX em^y ko«n Ss¶]m\v Smfhw . Aan]³ bnbn hpµ^Wv ASn fp_pfp_p¸v Dt*`pw dm¡n]mÀ¡pw ASnà …
‘ fo³ N_n sk¨n«p fSnt]m tIm_v ?’
“” Hm ASnWnWow hf]w bnXn¡pw …Wo HÅ
N_n Nq«n tIm_v ska¼p “” hf]w A©mNp¶tS DÅq … WtXlWv Bim^Nm^y¯n NrSy WngvYs]m¶pfnà .
‘ WÃ F_¨n Haat¸m F¶m¯nWm fo³ … Wo C¨nt^w NqsX tfm^v Nq«m³ Hjnt¨ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv shm ¸sW “” bn¶m¼p_s¯ N«na]n k«w Sn^nªp N_§n]n^p¶ WtXlsâ fp¶nt`¡v hzbvW tIm_v kna¼n]t¸mÄ gÀ«nWpÅn Sn§n sM^p§p¶ sfm`]n tWm¡n WtXl³ skaafn_¡n …ko«n cmtWm H¶pw CÃm¯SnWm A`vbw Nmäpw skan¨kpw tN_mWm]n bnbn hzbvW AXn]ns`m¶pw CXm_nà ….. bp_¯p tbmNpt¼mjpw Bt^`pw WnÀdÔn¨mt` HÅq …..gÀ«nWpÅn sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fp` sM«n tWm¡n WtXl³ Nªn skÅw k`n¨p NpXn¨p … “” tdw “”
“” F_¨nt]m ..ASnt¸m FknXp¶m F_¨n ? Wos]¶m Cu b_]pt¶ WtXlm ?’ Xn bn ekmWn AN¯pWn¶pw C_§n k¶p b`N sd©n`n^p¶p ..
hzbW]psX sNmjp¯ Nm`n tWm¡n]n^p¶p tIm_pw tfm^v Nq«mWpw sk«n knjp§p¶ WtXl³ ekmWn]½ k¶n^p¶Sv N*nà .
‘ sWt¶mXp Mm³ b_ªn«ntà sNms¨ B¼ntÅ^v k¶n^p¡pt¼m Np«n¸mkmtXw Ct«m*v kt¶¡^psS¶p … F«n`m bYn¡ps¶¦n`pw bs¯m¼Sm sWsâ {bm]w …..
“” ASv tN«tS hzbv-W fpOsfm¶p k{Nn¨n«v ANt¯¡v N]_n tbm]n .
‘ FXm WtXlm …. Aks¡m^p sI_p¡³ tk\w …sWsâ A_nkn ,.. ktÃm^psfmt*m ?’
‘ B …. sN dn tPmb³ fSnt]m … b«\¯n GSm*v b^nbmXn]m …dq«ogtWm A§sWt]Sm*m b_sª …. ‘
‘ GSv ? B I{b¯`]tWm ? AkWm dmÀdÀ NpªWn]sâ sb§sX fNWtà …””
‘ ASnsW¶mXn tNmfaw …AkWnt¸m b` ^oSn]n`pw fpXn sk«pw …dq«ogWm ..dq«og³ .WviFw “” AkhmW käpw km]nt`¡n«p WtXl³ G¼¡w kn«p
‘ Ahf]¯v Bt\mXn sNXs¶m_§pt¶ ?’ hzbvW]psX fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n NqK]¸msX km]nt`¡v Nfnjv¯n WtXl³ AkapsX NnX¸mhzUn¨p …
fwPaw km^nN]ns` tWmk`ns` BUy^m{Sn Bt`mIn¨p f]§nt¸m] hzbvW A]mapsX tImUyw tN«nà .. fps«m¸w Wn¡p¶ bmkmX]psX AXn]ns` sNmjp¯ NmÂk®]pw D]À¶p sbm§p¶ sfm`Napw tWm¡n skÅfn_¡n] WtXl³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p . N¿n`n^p¶ NqK]ns` dm¡n k¶ skÅw AkapsX tft`¡v Hjn¨p
‘ sJ ..F¶m]nSp tI«m ?’ hzbvW fpOs¯ skÅw SpX¨p sNm*v F\oäp ..{Now NaÀ ]q\ntcmw gÀ«n skÅw ko\p WWªp AkapsX fp`¡®pNÄ skankm]t¸mÄ hoWn]À WtXlWpw F\oäp . KqWn]À WtXl³ Ssâ sfm`]nt`¡v tWm¡n skÅfn_¡p¶Sv N* hzbvW Wm\w sNm*v Iqan AknXw f_¨p .
‘ ssN fmäXn …Nmäv sNm*m sb«¶v H\§pw “”
‘ A§sW C¸ H\¡* ..tI«³ tI¨osX H\¡n]m fSn ..”” hzmbvW sNmjp¯ SÅn] Np*n]pw Ca¡n bp_t¯¡n_§n N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv
“” C¨n^n S\p¯ tfm^pw skÅw
Cs§Xps¯ {lo¡p«n “” tNm`m]n Wn¶pw bn bn hpµ^sâ lÐw tN«t¸mÄ Hbn WtXl³ ko*pw N¿m` ImXn A{bSy£Wm]n
‘ Bs* … At§^v bnt¶w tbm]n … CWn]nt¸m skap¸m³ Nm`¯p tWm¡n]m fSn “” bnbn tNmfakÃn Skn¡\ sNm*v bp_w sIm_ntªm*n_§n k¶p
‘ Aan]Wmt\m tI¨n . …At§Às¡s¶ tbXn]m … Fsâ S`sk«w N*m As¸m HmXnt¸mNpw ..ininin “” sfm´]ns` tfm^pw skÅw km§n¡pXn¨p sNm*v bnbnbn hpµ^³ sNbn {loN`s] tWm¡n In^n¨p ..
‘ tim …Wo Fs¶ Nm\* skgfnt¨m {lo¡p«n …… ^m{So ^*p Unkhs¯ tNXp SoÀ¯p tI«³ Nan¨p S^mw sbms¶ ….D½ “”
gÀ«q^p¶SnWnsX ANt¯¡v N]_n k¶ {loN`s] bnXn¨p fXn]n`n^p¯n bnbn hpµ^³ sNm©n
‘ hm^fnà tI«m …. tI«Wpw skgfw B]n Nm\pftà …. F¶pw Nant¨¨p “”
‘ tim ..hm^fnà {lo¡p«n …”” ssWän]psX fp¶ns` hndv Smtj¡qÀ¯n bnbn AkapsX sfm` km]nt`s¡Xp¯p .. fpjp¯ tdm* km]nt`¡v sk¨ F`ns] tbms` A]mapsX N®pNÄ bp_t¯¡v SÅn ..
‘ tfm¡v B{Piw Nm\pw ..tkt\ bnXnt¨m …’
hpµ^³ Ssâ bmânsâ hndv Sp_¶p ^*^]n©p WoafpÅ Ssâ ^mhm]pVw …. thm_n k{Km]pVw skan]nt`s¡Xp¯p .
“” At¿m … C¸ tk* tI«m ..^m{Sn]mNs« …’ {loN` Ssâ tfmSn^kn^`nsâ Woa¯n`pw k®¯n`pfpÅ k{Km]pVs¯ tWm¡n sWXpkoÀ ¸n«p
“” F¶m sl^n …^*p Unkhs¯ sNmSn tfm¡v Nm\psf¶p A_n]mw ASv sNm*v b_ªSm “”
^m{Sn H¶^ fnWnäv Wo* Af_n¨]psX]pw fqan¨]psX]pw lÐ tNm`mi`§Äs¡mXpkn bnbn hpµ^³ fq{Ssfmjn¡mWn_§n … koXn³s_ sS¡pklt¯¡v WX¶p AknsX k^m´]n Wn¶psNm*v Ss¶ fpäs¯ fpÃ]nt`¡v Wmta¡pÅ hu^eyw Wo«ns]mjn¨p sNm*v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ H^p tSmÀ¯pfp*v WX¶p k^p¶Sv N*p Wn¡_n dm¡nfq{Ssfmjn¨p sNm*v ImXn ANt¯¡v N]_n .
tSmÀ¯v tWs^ WX¶p sS¡v emPs¯ KWm`]n bSns] S«p¶ lÐw , ASn`pw D¨¯n fnXn¡p¶ Ssâ irU]fnXn¸n`pw bnbn tN«p ..
AknsX Ssâ tI¨n bnbn tNmfakÃn Asà …. tR ..AkninSw …. B\p§Ä kmjp¶ Cu ko«n sk_psfm^psb®m] tNmfakÃn , SmWpaat¸mÄ Ss¶ C{S tgm Bt\ …
bnbn]psX ^àw Sna¨p f_nªp … bnbn ASn H^p ^qb]psX Im]s¸mXn Sqkn]n«v ANt¯¡v NX¶p Ssâ fp_n]n N]_n kmSn Npän]n«p
‘ FXn …. tI¨n]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv KWm`]n Bt^m S«p¶p …””
‘ tR ..Wn§aSv N*p Ct§m«p sbmt¶m ….B^m ASv “” sNbn {loN` ImXns]jpt¶äp ss`än«p .
‘ dm tWm¡mw tI«m ..””
‘ tk* …. ktÃm N¡mtWm tfm«n¡mtWm k¶Smkpw …. Akav sNX¶m bns¶ Nm`t¯ F¡s¯mÅq .AkWnt¸m sbmt¡mapw ….tfmav km ..^*p Unkhs¯ tNXv H¶v sNm*v SoÀ¶nà FWn¡v “” bnbn hpµ^³ Im]s¸mXn]psX NqsX A¸w b©m^ NqXn]n«v sNbn {loN`s] N«n`nt`¡v NnX¯n …. ^*p fnWp«nWp tlgw ko*pw bnbn hpµ^Wv fq{S l¦ tSm¶n . ..tSmÀ¯p fp*v AknsX]p*mNptfm F¶ tbXn]n l¦s] Wn]{´ns¨¦n`pw N`l`m] fq{S l¦ fq`w A]mÄ bp_t¯¡v tbmNm³ WnÀdÔnSWm]n …
“” imkq ….. s`k³ tbm]n … ‘ ko*pw fpäs¯ fpáv hu^eyw WÂNn sNm*n^p¶ bnbn H^b lÐw tN«v sIkn Woa¯n bnXn¨p
“” Bivihv ..iq …. fSn ..fSn … Bivihv ..’
“” tR .. CSStà …N¶n fmh¯n ssNh_nsâ Nq«n WXp¯p Wn¶pw tNÄ¡p¶ AsS lÐw … knX^pSksW …. ko*pw Sna¡p¶ ^àw
‘ FXn B N¯n Cs§Xps¯ “” Sna¨p Sqkp¶SnWp fp³tb bnbn hpµ^³ ANt¯¡v N]_n sNbn {loN`t]mXv Af_n
km sbman¨p Wn¡p¶ {loN`s] fm_n NX¶p S`]n\]psX AXn]n Wn¶pw bnbn hpµ^³ Ssâ k{Km]pV t¯¡mÄ H^n©p NqXn k`n¸fpÅ tbWm N¯ns]Xp¯p Wo«n bnXn¨p sNm*v bnbn tNmfakÃn]psX kmSn`n S«n ..
‘ tI¨n ..FXn tI¨n Sp_¡Xn kmSn “”
sb«¶v ANs¯ sM^¡kpw fqa`pw Wn¶p ..kmSn`nsâ HmXm¼Â FXp¡p¶ lÐw tN«t¸mÄ bnbn hpµ^³ b¯p km^ fm_n Wn¶p Wo«n bnXn¨ N¯n]pfm]n ..
‘ tIm_p*p Njnªt¸m fm§m bqamWm sWt¶mXp N¯n tImUnt¨ ..ASnWnt¸mjmt\m Wo N¯ow sNm*v k^pt¶ ‘ Ajnªp`ª fpXn]pfm]n C_§n k¶ tNmfakÃn ssWän]psX fpNans` d«¬ C«p
‘ FknsXXn Wnsâ fäk³ ? ‘
‘ tI«Wv WÃ bqhm …. tI«m … AÃ Wo F¶m¯nWm tI«sW knan¡ps¶ … kj¡pw At`mtiymw tk*m¶v sk¡mWm tI«³ Wo H_§n Njnªp k^pt¶ ..Wmsa Nm\mw ..tbm]n sNXs¶m_§m³ tWm¡v “”
tNmfakÃn Sn^nªp kmSn`X¡m³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ bnbn hpµ^sâ ^àw Sna¨p Sqkn skan]nt`¡v sS_n¨p
‘ C_¡n koXXn A]msa “” knK]ns] tbms` sNbn {loN`s] Sn^nªp tWm¡n bnbn hpµ^³ N¯nsNm*v fq¡v sIm_nªp
‘ k¶m Wo F¶m sI¿qXm Nm«p fm¡mtW … A¨otWw knant¨m*v tbm]n sNXs¶m_§Xm sbs¦m´m “” N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv AN¯p Wn¶pw H bn ]psX lÐw tN«t¸mÄ …*n tbm] A®msW tbms` Sqkn] ^àw ANt¯¡v Sn^n¨n«v bnbn hpµ^³ Ssâ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n …ASntWmXNw Ss¶ sNbn {loN` fp_n]n N]_n]n^p¶p ..
‘ Fs¶ ..tbXn ,..¨n«m ..Aan]³ …. C§sW …. F´m ..s` … sÈm “””” hpµ^³ Ssâ B\¯ s¯ dipfmWn¨p sNm*v sbmSs¸Xp¯p fqXns¸mSnªp sNbn]psX tWs^ Sn^nªp NnX¶p
””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
‘ FXm ..Wo tI«sW Nm\pkmt\ Smjs¯ koXv AXn¨p km^m³ MmWpw At½w NqsX tbms\m*v …At§ms«m¶p k^m³ b_tªs^ ….. B bns¶ …C¶s` AknXps¯ N¿m` sN«n . … S¦¸³ tfln^nsW N*m Ak^psX Nq`n sNmXpt¯s^ …… sfm« kn¡pt¼m St¶¡mw “”
“” Hm …’ tI¨n ssbh NXw km§n]m S^psf¶v bn bn hpµ^Wv A_n]mw … b¯p f\n]psX BWk*n k^pt¼mÄ sf]n FXp¡mWm]n bn bn hpµ^³ Wo«n k`n¨p WX¶p … Nk`]n sk¨v gm¸ns` N_n¡m^sW N*t¸m Ss¶ Hbn Aan]sW Smj¯p ko«nt`¡v sIÃm³ b_]m³ b_tªÂ¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSp …
A¶v sf]n`VnNw CÃm]n^p¶p … CWngy bp^¯p AtÃ`pw sZ]n`n sf]n`pNÄ k^m_nà SmWpw … Hbns] tbms` bnbn hpµ^Wv Io«pNan]à bTyw ….. f_n¨v– , hmVm^\ Wm]N·ms^ tbms` dp²nfm·m^psX sIhpNan]m\v … b\n SoÀ¶tS k_oSv fm¸na]psX Im]¡X Sn®]n sIÊv b`N Wn^¯n sk¨v A¶t¯¡pÅ C^s] tSXn C^n¡p¶ Hm hn HmfW¡p«sâ AXpt¯¡v Wo§n ….. sk_psS Aà b´]¯nWm\v Nan ….. H^p D*³ sbm^ow skÅw Np_s¨m^p Imt]w ….. ^*p Imt]w D*³sbm^ow b¯pfnWp «nWpÅSn tbm] bn bn hpµ^³ skaps¡ In^n¨p sNm*v ko«nt`¡v k¨pbnXn¨p .
‘ Smj¯p koXv AXn¨pNjpNn Njntªm hpµ^m …. ‘ N¿m`¡¸p_¯p Wn¶pw F dn dpg_]psX]psX]pw bns¶ hnkn Npªn^mfsâ]pw S`NÄ sbm§n
“” A_n]nà dpg_m ….At½w tI¨n]pw NqsX tbm]ns«m*v ‘
tNmfa kÃn]pw shm¸tWw NqsX S]v¡mWm¶pw b_ªp sNsN `ot`sX AXpt¯¡v tbmNp¶ N*tÃm “”
– Wmlw bnXn¡m³ …. fo³ Nq«msWms¡ Nq«n fq¡pw fps« Sn¶ns«m^p D_t¡mw NqXn Njn¡m³ k¶Sm^p¶p ..CWot¸m Ss¶ ska¼n D®t\mtÃm …… A^ntfXn¡p¶kWv ska¼n S^m³ CknXm^pfntà ….””
N¿pw …*n]pw fm{Sw hz´fm]n NjpNp¶, kn]À¸nsâ AhpOfpÅ bn bn hpµ^³ Smsjs¯ ko«nt`¡v sk¨v bnXn¨p ….St`¶v sN«n]p]À¯n] N¿m`]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv sshZns` CXnª kjn]n`qsX bnbn NmXv bnXn¨p NnX¡p¶ fpät¯¡v N]_n …. koXnsâ bXnªm_v emPt¯¡v Wo§n] bnbn hpµ^³ ANs¯ fp_n]n Wn¶pw sM^§p¶ lÐkpw ho¡m^§apw tN«v A¼^¶p …St`¶v Sqkn tbm]SnWm ^àw Sna¡m³ D*m]n^p¶nà …. sIkn Woa¯n NqÀ¸n¨p hpµ^³ bn¶m¼p_s¯¡v Wo§n ..AknsX]ms^]pw Nm\msS f_p sshZnt`¡v Wo§n]t¸mÄ A]mapsX lzmhw lzmhw tWs^ ko\p … ssWän Np¯n Np´n¨n^p¶p fpäs¯ bÅNÄ b_n¡p¶ {bm\t{b]hzn sNbn {loN` … {loN` fp¯m\v …. AkÄ shm¯m\v … S¦¡pXw ….. Aksa kojv¯msWm¶pw BÀ¡pw bäqà ….sâ {lo¡p«n ….. bnbn hpµ^³ ht´mgt¯msX fpt¶m«p Wo§n]t¸mÄ AkhmWs¯ ^àw bäp¶ tbms` Sna¨p A]msa bnt¶m«v k`n¨p …. {lo¡p«ns]¶ knan N\vY ¯n Np^p§n k]_n`qsX]n_§n , tWÀ¯ Nojvlzmhfm]n Smtj¡v tbm]n ….
At¸mÄ B^v …ASnWpÅn ….
fmÀÖm^sW tbms` B Km^sW bnXn¡m³ bnbn b½n¸½n B sshZnt`¡v sI¶p .. FÃm NT]ns`]pw tbms` KWm`]psX knXkv AknsX A]msa Nm¯n^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p ….. B bjpSn`qsX ssft{NmfmN-vhv … sJ thm_n tWm¡n] bnbn hpµ^³ sM«n A©Xn F«n©v bnt¶m¡w fm_n ..
‘ A½t]m ….. tR … A½]o {bm]¯n …..sJ … B^m\Sv NqsX]pÅSv ….A_n]mWpÅ kmMvJ sNm*v fm{Sw A©Xn F«^]n©p fpt¶m«p tN_n bnbn bns¶]pw tWm¡n …
‘ ekmWn …..tfmsa … F¶m Du¼`mXn …sWsâ tfmsa NqXns]m¶p bYn¸n¨p sNmXp¡Xn C§sW Du¼m³ …Aiv …. WÃ ^hw ‘ N®X¨v ekmWn]psX km]nt`¡v Np® AXn¨p sNmXp¡p¶ Aan]³ Hbn WtXlsW N*p bnbn hpµ^³ ASn Pweo^fm]n sM«n … bns¶s]m¶pNqXn tWm¡n ko*pw ASnt`s_ Pweo^fm]n sM«n
‘ Ip½m N®X¨v Wn¡msS Fsâ tfms` bnXn¡X sI_p¡m … sWt¶mXp Mm³ tW^s¯ km^m¼_ªStà …..’
‘ Wà Nt¸w b¶n¡_ow gm¸o¶v tfXnt¨m*p k¶ns«m*v …. C¶s¯]m …ASnWtà Smfhnt¨ .. sb\§tà ekmWo …..’
‘ Bim ..Bt\m …. ‘ tN«t¸mÄ Xn bn ekmWn ekmWn]psX km]n`q_n] DfnWoÀ A]mapsX Np® ]n`qsX HjpNn . .
H^p N_p¯ AXn¸mkmX fm{Sw V^n¨p N]_pbmNn] N«n`n C^n¡p¶ ekmWn]psX tSman H^p ssN bnXn¨p sNm*v ftä ssN S`fpXn Np¯n bnXn¨p Ssâ Np®]nt`¡v AfÀ¯pN]m\v H bn. lzmhw fp«n km]v sbman¨ ekmWn A]mapsX Np® km]n Wns¶Xp¯t¸mÄ ASnsâ Woakpw k®kpw N*p bn bn WtXl³ sM«n … hz´w A¸³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv f^n¨t¸m tbm`pw bnbn Ct{Sw k`n] sM«Â WX¯n]n«nà … CsSm^pfmSn^n Hmª ^m{ão]¡mt^w NX¯n sk«p¶ sM«Â … Aan]³ H bn]psX F«n©v Woakpw ASnsWm¯ k®kpw DÅ Np® N*p Aan]³ bn bn]psX ^*^ C©p Np® .. Hä]Xn¡v Ht¶fp¡m C©nt`¡v B]n … bnbn hpµ^³ en¯n]n bnXn¨p fp_psN N®X¨p …B hµÀe¯nWp tI^p¶ dmNv{Pu*v fyqhnNv D*m]n^pt¶Â bmXnt]sW ..
‘ As½ …. CknsX bnXn¨§p NpWnªp Wns¶ … ‘ Hm bn ekmWnt]mXv b_]p¶ lÐw tN«v bnbn WnÝ`Wm]n Wn¶ptbm]n .
‘ FXm … FWn¡v k]hv A¼¯n]©m]n …. sWW¡v fp¸s¯«pw … sWsâ b¯pbSntWjp kÀgw fp³tb Wo N* ekmWn]à CSv … Mms¦X¡mw …..Wo AXn¨m fSn …..’
‘ A¶pw C¶pw A½¡v k]hv bSnsW«m ….. C¸apw hzbvtW tbms`]tà bq_n^n¡ps¶ ..Wà ssXäv .. tNmfa¯nWp tbm`pw Ct{Sw fp_p¡fnà …’
“” ASo tNm]w Wo sUkthmw Np¯nt¡äp¶ sNm*tà …… bns¶ Wnsâ sUkhw sIÃpw tSm_pw k®w NqXpkm¶m tSm¶pt¶ ….. t{bw Who_nWv {bm]w NqXpt´m_pw I´w NqXp¶ tbms` sWsâ tNm]¯nWm {bm]w NqXpw tSm_pw k®w NqXps¶ ….. Aiv … tN_n WtXlm ..AXnt¨m …sfmt` bnXnt¨m*pw sI¿v ..Bivihv .. As½ …As½ …Alviivh …””
ekmWn]psX ho¡m^kpw hpO¯n fp§n] N^¨n`pw sbm§n]t¸mÄ bn bn hpµ^³ en¯n]n fpãn Ip^p«n]nXn¨p t^mgw bSns] {bNXn ¸n¨p … ( Asæn ssN tkUWn¡pw )
– A½s]¶m b\n]m Cu sI¿pt¶ … {bm]w Ct{Sw B]n«pw …sI¿p¶tSm tbm^mªn«v … Nm_nNqkp¶p ….{lo¡p«n F§mWpw tN¡qt¶mÅ knIm^w tbm`pfnà . …Aà ..A½s]¶m B b_sª …. A¸ Cu b^nbmXn Aan]³ tW^s¯ sSmX§oSmt\m … At¿m ..A¸ tI¨osX N`ym\¯nWpw fpt¶ ….tR …- bnbn hpµ^³ bns¶]pw frUpkm]n Ssâ t^mgw en¯n]nt`s¡mjp¡n …
“” Wos]m¶p tN_n sbmSn¨p SmXn ekmWn ….F{S Wmam]n sWsâ sbmSn N*n«v ?’
– tR C]msa¶m Cu b_]pt¶ ? B^psX sbmSns] bän]m C¸_]ps¶ …..Rm ..gm¸o¶v km§n] Nt¸w b¶n¡_ow B]n^n¡pw ….AÃmsSs]¶m sbmSn]m ……. Aà ..Aan]³ F¶ Dt±l¯n`m At½sW tN_n FXn ekmWn Fs¶ms¡ knan¡ps¶ …. Aà AsSm¶p tImUn¡t\mtÃm….. F´v tSm¶nkmthmw BNmt¶m …… A½¡nknsX tImUn¡mWpw b_]mWpw Baps*¶v AksW Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡\w -!
t^mgw AÂbw NqXn D¨Øm]n B]Sv sNm*v bnbn hpµ^³ KW`jn]n bnXn¨p k`n¨p …bj] NSNv S\p¸pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv IqXpw Hs¡t]äSv– fq`w fp_psN AXªnt« D*m]n^p¶pÅp ..ASnWm H^p N®N`w fm{Stf Sp_s¶mÅq ….. ASn`qsX ANt¯¡v tWm¡n] bnbn sM«n …ko*pw ko*pw sM«n ..
N]_p bmNn] N«n`n f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ Aan]³ H bn ]psX fpNant`¡v H^p Nm sbm¡n Nk¨p sk¡m³ SpX§p¶ Xn bn ekmWn …
A½s]¶m b\n]m Cu Nm\n¡pt¶ …. Njnª]mjvI b_¼o¶pÅ bXkv H¶v Nm`p sbm¡n tN_o«p fhn`p tN_o¶pw b_ªp Hä sNX¸m]n^p¶p …… ^qbm b¯n^pbSv D_pby]m sNm«³Ip¡mUow fÀ½\ow km§n] CW¯n tbms] …..A½]msSm¶ptfmÀ¡msS C§sWs]ms¡ sI]vSn«v CWow fhn`v tN_n]m …Fsâ b«n ….Fsâ b«n tfXn¨p sNmXp¡pw fÀ½m\n …. Bim ..Ft¶mXm Nan – bn bn fW¡\¡n B kN]n`pÅ `mew N\¡p Nq«n …
H bn WtXlsâ tft`¡v SXn¨ Nm`pNÄ Nk¨p , bq_ns`m¶p Sn^p½n ekmWn A]mapsX tNm]¯nt`¡v C^p¶p … Nm^n^p¼p tSm¡p¶ N^pt¯msX , bm¼³ bm`¯nsâ D_t¸msX Wn¡p¶ tNm]w bq_nWpÅnt`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ bn ekmWn H¶pf_n .”” fvt_ “”
‘ Bivihv ….. ekmWn….. A§sW sbmSn¡Xn …sWsâ fNÄ C§sW sbmSn¡m_nà …. Ak¡v k]_Âbw NqXpS`tà ….^*p sbmSn sbmSn¡pt¼m sNS¸m….Wo]o {bm]¯n`pw ….F¶m sbmSn]m …. bqs_m¶p C_p¡n bnXnt¨¨p sbmSn …””
‘ Bivivivhv …F¶m C_p¡fm f]nt^ …. Wo Ip½m f`¶p sNX¡msS Fsâ sfm` Sn^p½nt]mX¡v …sMs«ms¡ S^n¨p sbm«pkm “”
– Bim …. Aan]³ Ip½m sNX¡pkmt\m …. H^p b\ow sI¿qsk`m …C§Ws¯ H^p f\sNm\m©³ Aan]sW B\tÃm FWn¡v Nn«n]Sv ….. fpXn]msW sNm*v -! bn bn bns¶]pw H bns] {bmNn …- H^p kN¡pw sNmÅm¯ Aan]³ –
“” As½ …. Njnªntà CSv ks^ …… “” NSNn S«ns¡m*p sNbn {loN`]psX tImUyw tN«t¸mÄ bnbn hpµ^³ bns¶]pw sM«n …
“” sNm_¨qsX H*v tfmsa ……. Wo B kls¯ emPw NqXns]m¶p kr¯n]m¡v …A¸jt¯Wpw ‘A½ k^mw …H¶n¨p Bim^w Njn¡mw …””
“” F¶m MmWSv kr¯n]m¡s« …. A½]nSv Njntª¨pw k¶m fSn “”
sNbn {loN` b_ªp tbm]t¸mÄ bnbn hpµ^³ lzmhw tWs^ kn«p ….. bSns] bp_Nnt`¡v tbm]n F¯n tWm¡n {loN` AknsX kr¯n]m¡m³ SpX§p¶Sv N*p bnt¶w lzmhw tWs^ kn«p –
tim ..^£sb«p ….{lo¡p«n A½ fp_n¡Nw kr¯n]m¡pkm¶m N^pSns]¡ps¶ ….-
“” tim ….Fsâ Nm`v …Fsâ Nm`v Bivihv …. Fsâ Nm`v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms]Xm WtXlm ….ASn³s_sX Wo sfm` NpXn¡m³ tWm¡pkmt\m ..Bivihv .. NXn¡tà … Bivihv ..NXn¡tÃXm b«n Bivihv …””
– b«n Aan]³ …. Aksâ A®m¡nt`¡v B b¶n¡_n FXps¯mjn¡t½ ..skl¶n«mkpw b¶ NXn¡ps¶ ….CksW¶m b«osX K·fmt\m –
ANs¯hwekw F¶Sms\¶v A_n]mWm]n bn bn H^p N®X¨v ANt¯¡v tWm¡n.
N]_p bmNn] N«n`nsâ CX]ns` N]_p AN¶tSm ftäm Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p ekmWn]½]psX H^p Nm Smtj¡v tbm]n«p*v … C¸ ekmWn]½ bqÀ\ WPv–W]m\v ….AkÄ Hbn]psX tft`¡v NnX¶psNm*p Nm k`n¨p sbm¡m³ tWm¡p¶p*v ..B hf]¯m\v ekmWn]psX bq_nt`¡v f^pfN³ Hbn Smtj¶v AXn¨p sNmXp¡p¶Sv …ekmWn]psX k`n] sfm` A¸msX km]nt`¡v SÅnt¡än Hbn N®pw Sp_n¨p NnX¡p¶p*v ..
– Cu f]n^³ It¯m …sNm¡ns`mSp§p¶Sv sNm¯n]m tbms^ … fWpgyWnt{Sw B{Nm´w bmXnà …Aan]³ F§mWpw lzmhw fp«n I¯p tbm]m .. bns¶ fmkpw SXn … bqKm^n ..AX¡v ..tim …. Ft´m^w sI`km …… sS*n H^p b\n¡pw tbmNptk` … Nm NmlnWpbNmt^mfnà ….. -! bnbn Aan]³ Hbn ]psX bSnWm_Xn]´n^¯nsâ In`kv ks^ Nq«n … ssNkn^`n Nq«n]n«p NqXm¯SnWm Nm kn^`n`pw Nq«n PUvPU N\vYWm]n .G§n ….§o ..§o ..
“” F¶m b\n]m Cu Nm\nt¨ ….sWsW¡v tbmNpt¼m C§Ws¯ thmt¡Xv DÅSm bt* ….FWns¡m¶pfm]nà ekmWn ….. Wo Ct§m«p NpWnªp Wn¡v …C¸ SoÀt¯¡mw …””””
“” im …. skÅw tbmNpt¼m FWn¡v At{Sw shmNfm WtXlm …FWn¡nWow k¿ …””
-! Ck^nsS¶m Cu b_]pt¶ …. skÅw tbms]t¶m … sbm_Nns` Hm`o¶p skÅw k^mWm]n Hmhn«n«p*v … ASm^n¡pw ….. ASv sbm_Nns` ko¸]nt`¡tà … fp_ot¡mt*m]n ko¸ skt¨m …..Aà skÅw tbm]m A½s¡¶ …..ko¸ Wn_ªm F¶ hpOfm Cu Nn«ps¶ ….-! bnbns¡m¶pw fWhn`m]nÃ
“” Ai ..knXXm WtXlm … Fs¶s¡m*v k¿ ….Mm³ km]o sk¡mw …Ct§m«p Sm “”
– km]n sk¡mtWm …Aan]³ Nt¸w b¶n¡_ow tfXn¨ Nq«¯n fp_p¡m³ ktÃmw tfXn¨pNm\pw …. A½]nX¡v fp_p¡m_pÅStà …. AÃm …C¸ fp_p¡n]m … Bim^w Njn¡pt¼m Nat]*n k^ntà … Njnªn«p fp_p¡n]m tbms^ … –
“” FXm WtXlm … H¶mfsS Wnsâ sNm]w km]n sNmůnà ….bns¶ Wo shmNw tN_pt¼m SÅn S^pw .. lzmhw fp«pw .. Wo CSv ssN bnXn¨p Na “”
ANt¯¡v tWm¡n] bnbn , Hbn ]psX Np®fNpXw ekmWn]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv km]n`n^p¶p sk«n kn_¡p¶Sv N*p bnt¶m¡w fm_n
– Soä NpXn ..k`n ..D_¡w fm{Sw ….. Ckm³ Sn¶p¶sSÃmw Ct§m«mt\m tbmNps¶ … sS*ns] b«n\n¡nX\w ^*mjvI – bnbn So^pfmWn¨p_¨p
“” sWsâ Nm^yw Njn]pt¼m CsSmÅ Sm\tÃm …CWn WtXlsâ b«n k^pw .. b«n “” Np® sSm`n¨Xn¨p sNm*v , kmSn Sp_¶n_§n tbmNp¶ ekmWns] tWm¡n Hbn fp_pfp_p¯p …
WtXlsâ skÅw tbmNmWpÅ H¶^ fnWp«v hf]w bnbn AknsX sk]n_v sI]vSp ..H¶^ Njnªp .^*t^w fq¶t^w Njnªp .A©m]n«pw Np`p¡Â SpX^p¶SÃmsS Np®]n Wn¶pw bm k^p¶Sv Nm\msS bnbn Wn^mlWm]n …
– hf]¯nsâ kn`]_n]m¯ sS*n ….. H¶v sb«¶m«mXm sS*n ..Fsâ {lo¡p«n AknsX skl¶n^n¡pkm^n ¡pw – bnbn ]psX N®n Wn¶pw skÅw k¶p ..
“” Wo k^ps¶mt*m WtXlm … dm¡ns]mtÅmÀ¡nknsX skls¡ms¶m*v “””” Xn bn ekmWn ko*pw kmSn¡ {bSy£ s¸«p
“” tbmXo H¶v NjptkÀX tfmsa … bm`v tbmNmsS§Wm A®m¡nt`¡v F_§pt¶ …”” Hbn]psX tUgyw N*p ekmWn]½ Np`p§n¨n^n¨p . Np`p¡¯n Ak^psX sfm` Np`p§p¶Sv N*p Hbn]psX Np®]pw In^n¨p ….
‘ H¶v kmXn ekmWn …C¸ So^pw ..H^©p fnWp«v “”
– CWow A©p fnWpt«m …. A½s] Ak³ sS_n b_ªn«pw A½s¡m^p Np`pt¡mfnÃtÃm In^n¨Sv N*ntà ….-
H¶v NqXn tWm¡mw AkWp bm`v tbmNptfm¶p …. Fs¶¡mapw {bm]w B]ntà ..ASmkpw bm`v tbmNmWn{S Smfhw … AsSms¡ sI_p¸¡ms^ N*p bYn¡Xm Aan]m …… H¶v sSm`n¨p … At§m«v tNän ^*Xn …. At{Sw Smfhtf
HÅq …. Nm^y§Ä bX bXm¶p SoÀ¡\w …. CSv Ip½m sb®p§sa fXp¸n¡m³ tk*o«v -! bnbn hpµ^Wv Ssâ ÌmfnW]n AÛpSw tSm¶n .. ssN fX¡n Ak³ Ssâ fhn`n H¶v Nt¿mXn¨p ..
“” tI«m k^pt¶mt*m .. knl¡p¶p …””
– ssUktf … {lo¡p«n]psX lÐftà ASv …… AkWnt¸mjpw Np® AN¿o bnXnt¨m*v C^n¡pkmt\m …. ti ..tbm]n Nm\pw …. hf]w b¯p b{´*p fnWp«p B]n … MmsWms¡ Bt\ C¸ Wmt`m At©m {bmklyw Nant¨tWw … – bn bn ANt¯¡v tWm¡n ko*pw …Aan]sâ ÌmfnW]nÃm]vfs] {bmNn …
‘ – CsS¶m Cu sIä Nm\n¡pt¶ ….. Bim^w Njn¡m³ knan¡m³ k¶ {lo¡p«ns] tWm¡n B sIä Np® Np`p¡n Nm\n¡pt¶m ? –
“” Wo]n§p tN_n km … H^©p fnWp«v ..CSv SoÀ¯n«v tbmNmw “” H bn Aksa tWm¡n b_ªt¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv bn bn ¡v tUgyw k¶p
“” em ….. Wnsâ A¨ns] tbm]n knan¡X b«n ..sS*n … NjptkÀX tfmsW “”
– tR AXnsbman …. Fsâ {lo¡p«n AXnsbman … AkapsX AXp¯m Aksâ Nan ….Aksâ Np®]n tbm`pw tWm¡msS Asà Io¯ knant¨ …- bn bn¡v Ssâ {lofSn {lo¡p«n]n AenfmWw tSm¶n … AsS Wnfngw Ss¶ b«n tfm§p¶ H^p lÐw sN«k³ ko*pw At§m«v tWm¡n …
“” knXXm b«n ..Fs¶ …Aiv .. b«n “” ANt¯¡v tWm¡n] bnbn sM«n]nà … Nm^\w sM«Â FÃmw Ss¶ tÌm¡v SoÀ¶n^p¶p …
sNbn {loN`]psX H^p ssN fX¡n bp_tNm«p sk¨v , en¯n]nt`¡v tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n]n^n¡pN]m\v Hbn WtXl³ …A]mÄ AkapsX ssWän Smtj¶p tft`¡v sbm¡n . .sNmjp¯ N\w Nm`pNaqw NX¶p ssWän tft`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ b«m¸N skan¨¯n , N`ym\w Njnªn«v WmanSp ks^ {bn]Sf]psX WPv–WS N*n«n«nÃm¯ bnbn hpµ^³ AkapsX sNmjp¯ SpX]pw f¬N`w Nfnjv¯n sk¨n^n¡p¶Sv tbms` bp_tNm«p SÅn Wn¡p¶ Np*n]pw N*p km sbman¨p …
– sJ ..Cks¡m^p sK«n]n«p NqsX …fWpgysW Wm\w sNXp¯mWm]n«v .. H^p sK«n tbm`pw km§ns¡mXp¡m³ bänt]`m¯ sN«nt]m³ B\v SmsW¶p Aan]³ HmÀ¡ntà … NjnªSnsâ fp¶n`s¯ hw{Nm´n¡v sK«n Wms`®fm km§ns¡mXp¯ -! bnbn S` NpXsªm*v ANt¯¡v tWm¡n Wn¶p
“” Bivihv …Fsâ fp` bnXn¨p sM^n¡msSXm Nm`fmXm ..Aivlv .. A§sW sI¿sÃXm sS*n …””‘
{lo¡p«n ]psX N^¨n tN« bnbn DÅ ^àw H^p knVw Sna¨p … B Sna¡`n Ak³ ANt¯¡v tbmNmWm]n NpSn¨t¸mÄ B\v , Ssâ ^*^]n©p k{Km]pVw Np`¨p sbm§n]Sv {l²n¨Sv …. Ak³ Aa¶p tWm¡n …tR … fq¶^]n©v ….. sNmÅmt`m koZnt]m¬ …..ASpw sNmt_ tW^fm]n C§sW Wn¡p¶p …… Ak³ bSns] KW`n`nsâ AXpt¯¡v Wo§n ..
“” Bivihv … knXXm b«n …Fsâ Np*n sM^n¨p DX¡msSXm sS*n …””‘
ASv tN« Hbn AkapsX sNmjp¯ Np*n bp_tNm«p Sn^n¨p sk¨ N¿n bnXn¨p sNm*v Ss¶ f_pssN sNm*v sM¡n¡pj¡m³ SpX§n …
“” tfmsa …. Ak³ k¶ntà …. FXm WtXlm ..k¶p Sn¶n«p tbmXm “”
– At¿m – ‘A½ …. A½m]nt§m«mt\m k^pt¶ ….As½ Aksa ^£n¡t½ …B Nm«masâ bnXn]n Wn¶pw Fsâ {lo¡p«ns] ….-! sNdn ekmWn]½ Aksa ^£n¡p¶Sv tWm¡n Wn¶ bnbn hpµ^³ A½]t§m «p k^p¶Sv N*p sIkn Woa¯n bnXn¨p N®v k«¯n`m¡n At§m«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n ./
“” Rm … sSmX§nt]m …AtÃ`pw F´nWXn {lo¡p«n Cu sb\¡w …. Aksâ N¿o¶v ^*p sS_ow tN«v .. d`{bt]mtPmw WX¯n]mt` sWW¡v skÅw tbmNqtÅm ….tR … tU ….. Mm³ Njn¡m³ tbmNpkm ….””””
“” sb\¡fmt\m As½ .. Cu Wm_osW sNm*v skÅfXn WnÀ¯n¡m³ HÅ b^nbmXnÃm]n^pt¶m …. AStàMm³ CSnWNw At½sW C_¡n kn«n«p tN_n sbmSnt¨sW ..F¶ Nm_nsIw Nqkns¨fm]n^p¶p ….. FXm WtXlm …. WnW¡v Mm³ S^t\ Wnsâ Cu skÅfXn WnÀ¯\w bäptfm “”
-! Bim … Aan]sâ skÅfXn WnÀ¯m³ DÅ b\n]m^p¶p Asà ..{lo¡p«n sNmÅmt`m …AtÃ`pw Fsâ {lo¡p«n NpXpwd hvtWifpÅkam ..At½w b_]m_p*v -! bnbn hpµ^³ Ssâ em^ys] HmÀ¯p Duäw sNm*p
“” Hm Ak³ … ^s*®w AXn¡p¶Sm WÃSv …. WtÃm\w W¡n¯^pw ..sWsW¡v .B f\sNm\m©sW sNm*v H¶pfmN¯nà F¶½¡_n]mw ….. ASv sNm*tà Mm³ WtXlsW fp«n¨p Ss¶ “””” ekmWn]½ In^n¨p
“” Wn¶v sNm\¡msS tbm]n ktÃmw M®Xn ..Cksa MmWq¡n sNm¶nt« k^p¶pÅq …”” Hbn WtXl³ ekmWns] HmXn¨t¸mÄ bnbn At§m«v tWm¡n
“” Bim ..F¶m`sSm¶p A_n]t\mtÃm WtXlm …tfmsW .. sNm¨p Njptk_n ….””
-! {lo¡p«n sNmÅmw … Aksâ km]n tWms¡ms*m¶p tWm¡nt¡ ..Aan]³ At½ b_ª sS_ns]ms¡ AksW {lo¡p«n b_]p¶p*v …A§sW tk\w hvtWifpÅ f^pfNÄ ..Bim … A½s¡¶m]m`pw … {lo¡p«ns] Cãs¸Xpw -! bnbn t^mfm©N©pNWm]n ANt¯¡v tWm¡n .
“” B NXn¡sÃXn bnlmtI Bivihv “”
hpµ^³ WnÀ¶ntfgWm]n ANt¯¡v tWm¡n …H bn WtXlsâ Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p k`n¡pN]m\v {loN` …
– A§sW tk\w … NXn¨p b_ns¨Xp¡Xn tfmsa –
Np`¨ Np®]n bnXn¨p Smtj¡v sM^n¨p {loN` A]msa b^klWm¡n ….
– f]ns^m
Xn¨p Na {lo¡p«n … sb«s¶m^mk ly¯nWp DbN^nt¡`m¯ hmVWw A]ms¡´nWm … {lo¡p«osX Cu tI«sâ Hs¡]mt\ C¸ b^nbmXn SoÀt¯sW ….- bnbn em^y¡v fWhm DbtUlw sNmXp¯p …
“” NpXn¡X …k`n¨p NpXn¡X … Bivihv “” ssWän]psX bn¶pNÄ Du^n k`n] sNmjp¯ fp` WtXlsâ km]nt`¡v SÅn sNmXp¯p sNm*v {loN` Aksâ Np® sSm`n¨Xn¨p …..WtXl³ AkapsX fp`¡®v D_p©n k`n¨p NpXn¡m³ SpX§n …
‘ Bivihv … WtXlm ..tfmsW ….. ‘
‘ Fsâ {lo¡p«n …. Wos]¶m C§sW bn\§pt¶ … ekmWn¡v tbm`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_n]mt½` ..MmWm sWsâ ho`psbm«ns¨¶v …… “”
“” ifv….ASv sNm*sÃXm tfmsW .. .. ..Cu Np® N]_n] hpOw fWÊn DaaSv sNm*tà Np«m ….Mm³ Wo Nm\n¨p S¶ f¡p\sâ fp¶n Njp¯p Wo«n sNmXps¯ …Cu hpOw F¶pw Nn«m³ tk*n ……Biv …WtXlm …. Fsâ bq_v S^n¨p sbm«pkm …Wos]m¶p W¡n SmXm Np«m …””
bnbn tWm¡n WnÂs¡ … sNbn {loN` ssWän Du^n]n«v sdZnt`¡v NnX¶p …AkapsX Nm`pNÄ Ssâ tSmant`¡v sk¨v Nm`nânX]nt`¡v NnX¶p sNm*v Hbn WtXl³ Smtj¶p tft`¡v W¡n]t¸mÄ {loN` bpaªp tbm]n … AkÄ fpNant`¡v sbm§n Ssâ tSsWmjpNp¶ bq_p Aksâ km]nt`¡v SÅns¡mXp¯p
‘ F¶m ^pIn]m tfmsa …. Wns¶ Ak³ sl^n¡pw hpOn ¸n¡p¶pt*m ?’
‘ FknXp¶v … A]mav Np¶n¡p^p tbms`]pÅ hmfmWw tNän ^*Xn AXn¡pw …Fsâ fp`sM«nWp ASn`pw Woaw D*v … .Bivh .””””
.sN bn {loN`]psX fp`NÄ ^*p ssN sNm*v Nl¡n Npj¨p sNm*v H bn WtXl³ AkapsX bq_p Sn¶m³ SpX§n … A]mapsX S`fpXn]n sS^p¸nXn¨p , f_p ssN sNm*v bq_nSÄ kNªp fmän , H bn]psX km]nt`¡v bq_p SÅn sNmXp¯p {lo¡p«n bpaªp sNm*n^p¶p .
.””””.Sm ..CWns]Wn¡v km]nt`¡v SmXm Np«m ..F{S Wmam]n Sn¶n«v …FXm Np«m ..Wnsâ]o HXp¡s¯ NpXns]m¶p WnÀ¯p …. Nj¨p sbm«n .. kn^`v tNän fSn]mNmsS Wnsâ AXpt¯¡v k^pt¼m bpan¨ NÅnsâ f\w ….F§sW]mXm Mm³ bns¶k^pt¶ ..FWn¡mt\ Wnsâ Ip*p I¸n¡pXn¡msS hptOmw Nn«nà …””
‘ WnÀ¯mXn tfmsa …Wn]t§m«p Du¼p ..Aiv ..F¶m hpOfm …””
bnbn hpµ^sâ N®pNÄ Wn_ªp ..Aan]sâ NpXn WnÀ¯m³ tk*n Ssâ {lo¡p«n Nan¡p¶ Cu WmXNtfmÀ¯p bnbn AenfmW bpaNnSWm]n …-! bmkw {lo¡p«n ..NpXpwds¯ Ct{Sw hvtWin¡p¶pt*m ….tI¨n]nSp Nm\\w ..tI¨n¡v tk*n]tà AkÄ —
‘ NpWnªp Wn¡Xn tfmsa … sWsâ bn_tN NqXn sI¿pt¼m WÃ shmNmfm …F¶ Np*n]mXn … sNmjp¯ Np*n …. “”
‘ Òvfv … NpWnªp … tNm¯n tNä^pSv tNt«m ..C¶mav Np¯n tNäm³ tWm¡n]n«p Mm³ sb« bmXv …. .Bivi .. As½ … tI«m … tN_n ..AXn tI«m … Hm ..f]n^³ tI«m … AXn …””””
sNbn {loN`]psX Nmfw N]_n] N^¨n tN«v bnbn ko*pw Hanªp tWm¡n .. KW Ajn]n bnXn¨p NpWnªp Wn¡pkmWv {lo¡p«n … sSm«p fp¶n AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ BXn¡an¡p¶p . ..fp`NÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ipk¶p SpXp¯n«p*v … fp`sM«v Wo*p SXn¨n^n¡p¶p …. AkapsX k]_n H^p ssN bnXn¨p , Fw,Bs« ssN sNm*v sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ sM¡n¡pj ¨p sNm*v Aan]³ H bn]psX fpjp¯ Np® {loN`]psX bq_nt`¡v N]_p¶p NmjvI bnbn tWm¡n¡*p … {loN` N`§p¶ N®pNtamsX A]msa Sn^nªp tWm¡n Ip*n Ipwdn¨p …AkÄ H^p ssN Smtj¡v sNm*v tbm]n …AkapsX N´n St`mXn …
“” Bivihv ..AXn sbms¶ ..F{S Wmam]n … Wo NpXn WnÀ¯n]m Fsâ bq_p sWW¡v sUkthmw Nn«pw ..NqXm*v
..CWow bpSn] bq_p Nn«pw sWW¡v …. Bivihv .. tfmsW …AXn ..Bivihv …””
{loN` bq_n AfÀ¯n Sn^p½ns¡m*]mapsX AXnNÄ F«p km§n …
“” B.Bivivlv .. tbmNpkm .tI«m …Bivihv ..tfmsW … Fsâ sfm` bnXn¡v Np«m …Bivivivhv …””
“” FXn f]nt^ ..FWn¡v k^pt¶Wp fpt¶ Naªm sNmÃpw Mm³ At½tWw f^ptfmtaw \v …Bivihv ..k^pkm FWn¡pw …””
– {lo¡p«n … Na]tà tfmsa ..fp_ps¡ bnXnt¨m .. NpXpwd¯nWv tk*n]tà … Na]tà -! bnbn NpXpwd¯nWv tk*n DÅp^pNn {bmÀ°n¨p
“” Wo NpXn WnÀ¯pkmt\ bpSn] bq_p Nn«pw …WnÀ¯ptkm ?’
‘ Wo Nm^yw b_ {lo¡p«n “”
“” W½sX hzmbvW¡v N`ym\mt`mIW WX¡p¶ntà …sb®nWv Ct¸mtj Wà Nj¸m .. Fsâ tI«sW tbms` H^p f¡p\sW B\v Nn«p¶sS¦n AkapsX KokntSmw bmjm]n ….. MmWSv A½t]mXv b_ªt¸m A½]m b_sª …WtXlsW sNm*v ho`v sbm«n¸n¡mw .F¶v . Wo ho`v sbm«n¨ sb®p§saÃmw ^mKNpfm^nfms^ tbms`]m kmjps¶¶p ..fm{Sfà … N`ymt\mw sb«¶v WX¡p¶p … Ftâw F{S N`ym\mt`mIW Njnªp Wn¶¸am Mm³ Wns¶ sNm*v Nan¸nt¨ … sb«¶v Ss¶ Fsâ N`ymt\mw WX¶ntà ?’
‘ Hm …ASv Wns¶ Nan¨p sNmSn So^m¯ sNm*m {lo¡p«n …. Wnsâ bq_ns` skÅw NpXn¨p fSn]m]nà … B sfm` H¶qXn NpXn¡s« “”””
‘ Hm …A{S k`y bp¶m^tfm¶pw tk* ….F¶n«mt\m ..Nm\pt¼m Nm\pt¼m …sbt¦m´³ Fs¶ms¡ b_ªp tI«sW Nan]m¡ps¶ …Fs¶ Nm\pt¼m DÅ tWm«w N*m fSn ..h¦Xw k^pw… bns¶ N^nf´o¶pÅ knaow ..MmW{S tfmlfmt\m ?'””
“” tfmlfmt\mt¶m …. hn`nfm WXnfm^v fm_n Wn¡pw Wo¿v ..{lo¡p«n .. sWât{Sw Np*o]pw sfmt`w Imt´mw skap¸pw HÅ sb®p§ao sk«nfmt`Â Ht*m “”””
“”F¶n«mt\m tI«³ …””
‘ Wo N^]mSXn sbm«n ..ASksâ N®n sbmXn]nXm³ Asà …. “”
‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv iw ..FWn¡v tSm¶n …””
“” iw … Aksâ fp¶n sk¨v Wo]pw Fs¶ tUgy¯n B\tÃm tWm¡ps¶ … Aà ..ASv tbms« .. hzbvtWsX hos`¶p sbm«n¡mw …””
‘ bän]m C¶v Ss¶ …. Asà Akav Nm`pw Nk¨p sb®v Nm\m³ k^pt¼m Wn¶m Wfp¡m Wm\t¡Xv .. Fsâ Cu sbm¶p Np® tN_n]m Akav ^*q¶mjvI Njnªmt` Nm`p AXp¸n¨p sk¡q ..D½ “”
{loN` D½ sk¡p¶ lÐw tN«t¸mÄ h¦Xn¨p bnbn hpµ^³ AknXp¶n_§n WX¶p …
– As¸m … FÃm^pw NqsX A_ntªm*m\tà …. C¶v ^m{Sn … hzbvWtfmsX NqsX]pw …GXm …Hm bn … ..Wnsâ … . k^¨Sv F³s_ ….. k^¨m]n^pt¶Â ..-!
bn bn Wn^mlWm]n C_§n WX¶t¸mÄ B\v AÛpSs¸Xp¯p¶ H^p Nm^yw Ak³ Sn^n¨_nªSv …
-! ]qt_¡m -! bnbn hpµ^³ B CXkjn]n sk¨v SpÅn¨mXn … Cu ht´mgw FÃmt^w A_n]n¡m³ Ak³ sk¼Â sNm*p ..
AknsX sI¶v Ak^psX fp_n]n Hanªp tWm¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ sbm§n] Ssâ k{Km]pVw CtSks^ Sm¶n«nà ….ASnt¸mjpw knKrwen¨p Wn¡p¶p … b*nSp tbms` H¶v k¶Sm]n^p¶p ….. Cuä F¶ hnWnf]n go` Nf`imhsW sN«n bnXn¨t¸mÄ …. A¶pw CtS tbms` sNmt_ Njnªm Sms¶ .. hpµ^³ CSv b¦p sk¡m³ bän] BansWt]mÀ¯p fWÊn A`ªpSn^nªp …
– hmdp ..Ip®m¼v hmdp … Nnan …AkWmNpt¼m ^*p fq¯Sv km§ns¡mXp¯m fSn …F´pw b_]mw …. b«\¯n¶v H_ km§ns¡m*p k¶p S¶Sv AkWm\v N`ym\w Njnª hf]Sv ….. H_ Du^n]q^n tbmNp¶Sv sNm*v H¶n«tS DÅq … FN-vhvb]_n Njnª H_ B]n^n¡pw …ASm Du^n tbm^ps¶ –
bn bn Hmt^m¶mt`mIn¨p Wm ¡k`]nt`¡v HmXn
“” B Ip®m¼nsW Nt*m ?’!
dhv k¶p NnX¡p¶Sv N*p , bnbn k_oSv fm¸na]psX NX]n hmdpknsW Sn^¡n .
‘ Ak³ tU … gm¸o Nm\pw hpµ^m F´nWm ?’
Nm^yw b_]m³ Wn¡msS bnbn hpµ^³ gm¸nt`t¡mXn .
‘ F´m hpµt^«m Cu Nm\n¡pt¶ ?’ hmdpknsâ fp¶n`n^p¶ NÅpw NpXw N¿ns`Xp¯t¸mÄ hmdp {Nq²Wm]n bn bns] tWm¡n
“” “” tI«m …. ^*p Nt¸w ^*p N_ow .. sbmSnsªXpt¯m …. hmdptk .. H^p sNmtXmw NqXn tkt\mXm ?’
hmdpknsâ N®pNÄ fnjnªp … bnbn hpµ^³ Ft´`pw Nm^y hm²y¯nsW NÅp tfXn¨p S^m_pÅq ….. CSnWp fp³bpw A§sW]p*m]n«p*v
tSm«n_¼ns` NÃpwbp_¯p Nm`pw Wo«n]n^p¶p Nma H`¯n]Spw , b¨¡¸ tS§]n«p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv tkkn¨Spw , Sn¶v H^p NknÄ NÅv NpXt¯msX NpXn¨p hmdp G¼¡w kn«p
‘ sI`t¸m B fp_osX Bkpw …. AknsX Wà bn¡¸m]n^n¡pw … sI` fp_ns]ms¡ A§sW]m ..C¶map Mm³ Ìm³Zns` foWs] sNm*v tbm]n t`mZvKn`n«p Nan¨p … F¶m ÌmfnW B^ps¶t¶m ..ASo bns¶ Aksa Ss¶ b`]nX¯pw sNmt*m]n Mm¦an¨ns«m*v …bs£ At{Sw ÌmfnW H*m]n«nà …CWow Aksa AknsX Ss¶ H¶qsX sNmt*m]n tWm¡\w “””” hmdp Nma]n_¨n NXn¨p k`n¨p
bn bn Aan]³ H bn WtXlsâ Smjs¯ ko«n`m\v hweksfs¶ b_ªpÅq hmdpkntWmXv ….. Aan]sâ NpXn WnÀ¯m³ tk*n {lo¡p«n Nm\n¨ SymPw b_ªnà …Asæn`pw AkapsX NpXpwdhvtWiw
fäpÅks^ A_n]n¡*tÃm H^p ssN sI¿p¶Sv f_pssN A_n]*m¶tà –
“” ASÃXm hmdp … sbm_¯p Wn¶v N*n«pw Fsâ tNm]w C¸apw Sm¶n«nà ..tU ..C¸jpw “” bnbn hpµ^³ fp*n NqXn fq¶^]n©p k{Km]pV¯n bnXn¨p tWm¡n hwl] Wnkm^\w WX¯n
“” tI«m …. ASv WÃSm . ..sb®p§¡v ASm Cãw … sNmt_ tW^w sI]vSp sNmXp¡\w . ..Mm³ b*v dvÌm³Zn sk¨p ….””
“”ASv koXv hmdp …. As¸m sNmt_ tW^w B]n«pw Smjmt¯m*p Mm³ Aan]³ H bn s]¡mÄ tNf³ Asà … Aan]Wv tbm]n«pw CtSks^ Fsâ Sm\nÃsÃm “”””
hf]w NqXpSÂ tk\w Fs¶ms¡]pÅ NmfmIm^y³ hmdpknsâ tktUmb tUlw ASnWNw bSnWm_mfSpw tN« bnbn hpµ^³ Ssâ ÌmfnW sSan]n¡m³
H^kh^w FknsX]m\¶p In´n¨n^ns¡ hmdpknsâ tSs·mjn
‘ hpµt^«m ….. Wà skXnNsa Nan¨m Ak^v W½¡v ÌmfnW Dt*m¶p b_]pw … tI¨n Hs¡ tks_ Nan¨n«nÃm¯SnWm tI«sâ ÌmfnWs] A_n]q ..skXn Bt\ Ak^v b`Spw N*ns«mÅSm]Sp sNm*v AkÀ¡v N_Îv A_n]mw “”””
Aan]³ H bn ]psX fp¶n NnX¶p sManbn^n sNmÅp¶ {lo¡p«n]psX fpOw N]_n k¶t¸mÄ NpätdmVw fm_n Ssâ B\¯w sSan]n¡mWm]n bnbn hpµ^sâ NÅv Sna¨p …( ^àsfms¡ CSnWNw NÅm]n fm_n]n^p¶p )
“” FknsX Nn«pw skXn ?’
‘ AsSms¡]p*v …Mm³ knIm^n¨m WX¡m¯ Nm^yfmt\m …. bs£ Ø`w ..ASm\v {blvWw ..FknsX sNm*v k^pw … Rm ..Nn«n ….. tI«m …. tI«³ Smj¯p ko«ns` Smt¡m`v FXpt¯m*v km … B fp_o`n«p Nan¡mw … As¸m fp_osX Bs\¶pÅ Int´w fm_pw …tI«³ tbm]ms« …. tbm]n H^p b¯^ BNpt¼m Smj¯p ko«nt`¡v km “”””
bn bn NpX¯ns` AkhmW SpÅn]pw km]nt`¡v Cän¨p ko«nt`¡v fX§n N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv …
‘ As½ … Smj¯p koXnsâ Smt¡m`ns§Xpt¯ ?’
‘ F¶m¯nWmXm ASnt¸m ?’
“” sNmt_ btj Sbm`p^p¸XnNÄ C^ns¸m*v … b^ntlmVW¡v Bav k^pt¼m AsSms¡ AknXp¶v fmä\w … Smj¯p ko«nt`¡v fmäo«v b^ntlmVW Njn]p¼ Sn^n¨p sNmt*m]m fSotÃm …””
ekmWn]½ AN¯p Wn¶v Smt¡m FXpt¯m*v k¶t¸mÄ {loN` HmXn k¶p
“” tI«³ Ft¸m k^pw …
sNX¡ps¶Wv fpt¶ k^ptfm? tI«WnÃmsS FWnt¡m_¡w k^nsöv tI«W_n]¯ntÃ..””
Smt¡m`pfm]n C_§p¶ bnbn hpµ^sâ bp_sN sNbn {loN` HmXnk¶p…
‘ b\n Njn]\w.. sI`t¸m tbm`Às¨]mkpw’
Ssâ ÌmfnWm]n bpaNw sNm*v skXnt] Nan¡p¶Sv fWhn N*p sNm*v hpµ^³ b_ªp.
“”iw… sl^n ..tI«m.. .’ sN bn {loN`fWt¡m«NÄ sN«n sNm*v Sn^n¨p WX¶p
“” Wo Ft§m«mXm Cu tW^¯p?’
hq^y³ bXnªm_p k¶m bp_¯n_§m¯ hpµ^³ k^p¶Sv N* Hbn WtXl³ koXnsâ bp_Nn`qsXtbmNmWpÅ kjn NX¡msS AknsX Wn¶p..
“”C¨n^n b\n]p*v….””
hpµ^³ tbmNp¶Sv tWm¡n Wn¶n«v Hbn tW^m] kjn¡v ko«nt`¡v sk¨p bnXn¨p….
bnbn hpµ^³ tWs^ Nk`]ns`¯n]sS Ip®m¼nsW N*p Smt¡m G¸n¨p..
“” tI«m…. tI«³ ko«nt`¡v sbmt¡m….. b¯^ BNpt¼m k¶m fSn.. AtÃÂ BÄ¡m^p Nm\pw””
“” Mm³ ko«n b_ªn«mXm kt¶.. CWn At§m«v tbmN¯nÃ…. H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw… tbm̸ohn C^n¡mw…””
tbmÌv Hmcohv Sp_¶p GN Ìmcv B] bnbn hpµ^³ N®X¨p…. bns¶ N®v Sp_¶t¸mÄ hf]w b¯p f\n..
Cs¸m tbm]mt`m Smjs¯ ko«nt`¡v… Nk`]ns`§pw BanÃ…
bnbn AXnk¨Xn sk¨p fpt¶m«v WX¶p ..Smjs¯ ko«nt`¡v Sn^n]p¶nXw k¶t¸mÄ AksWm¶p Wn¶p….
-C¶v bän]m hzbWs] Nan¡msf¶v b_ªtÃm ..ASpw WX¶p Nm\ptfm…-
H^p_¡w Njnªt¸mÄ ko*pw ^*^]n©m]m k{Km]pVs¯ H¶p Sn^p½n tWm¡n] bnbn Ft´m t{b^\ sNm*v ko«nt`¡v NpSn¨p.. Aan]³ Hbn]psX Øn^w kjn]m] bp_Nns` tSm«w kjn A]mÄ koXnsâ bp_Nns`¯n
sk«sfm¶pw ko«n`nà … bp_Nns` fp_n]m\v hzbvW]psX .. bn bn AXnsk¨Xn sk¨v ASnsâ AXps¯¯n
‘ tI«m … tk* …Bkq …tkUWs]Xp¡p¶p …””
‘ C¨n^ow NqXnt] DÅp tfmsa ..tI«³ tfmÄsX sfm` I¸n¯^mw ..A¸w tkUW tbmNpw ..’
‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv .. Bt\m ..F¶m ^*pw I¸ns¡m … BÊv … sfm¯w No_ns]¶m tSm¶pt¶ .. At¿m Du^tà …AXn¡sà ..At¿m ..bnt¶w Du^tà … At¿m ,., bnt¶w AXn¡tà …Du^sà ..AXn¡sà …Biv …Wà hpOw AXn¡v ..Du^v ..AXn¡v …A§sW ..Wà tI«³ ..sfm` NpXn¡v ..Bivilvihv ..””
KW`nsâ bman]n bnXn¨p k`n¨ bnbn hpµ^Wv fp¶n NmjvI]psX N¼n kmSm]Ww fp_ps¡ Sp_¶p .. bp¸m]]n NnX¡pN]m\v hzbvW AkapsX Nm`pNÄ ANän , ASnWnX]n NnX¶p sNm*v Hbn WtXl³ AkapsX fpjp¯ sfm` km]nt`¡v sk¨v k`n¨p NpXn¡p¶p ..
“” tI«m …Bivihv … AXn …. CWow F¶pw tk\w tI«m Cu hpOw ..Bivihv “”
‘ S^mXn thm¸W tfmsa …F¶pw AXn¨p S^mw sWW¡v…F{S Wmam]n sNmSn¡p¶ Sm sWsâ ]o sfm` .. “”
‘ Dw ..tI«sâ tWm«sfms¡ Mm¦m\p¶p*m^p¶p…sNmSn]³ …k`n¨p NpXn … “”
“”F¶n«mt\m Wo Nm\pt¼m HmXnt¸mNps¶ ?’
“” ASn¸ FÃm^ptXw fp¶n sk¨v tI«³ A§sWms¡ tWm¡pt¼m ?’
“” Òvfv … MmWnknsX FÃmt^w Nan¨ns«m*v “”
“” AsSms¡ MmWn¶sà A_n]pt¶ “”
“” Òvfv … sWWs¡m¶p Nm\n¨m F¶m^p¶p .. tNXm]n tbmNp¶ hmVWsfm¶pw AÃtÃm ..””
“” Dw … NjnªmjvI tI«³ fpÅm³ Wn¶t¸m Mm³ Np^psfmaNv b_n¡m³ F\ns] tN_n]ntà ..A¶v Mm¦*m^p¶p tI«sâ Cu tNm]w “”””
“” ipw …. ASv Mm³ sWs¶ fWxbqÀÆw Nm\n¨Stà shm¸sW … Wo Np«n¸mkmtXw C«Snsâ tfman tN_n]t¸m …sW³s_ Cu bq_p ks^ Nm\m^p¶p …””
tI«Wv Nm\n¨p S^m³ tk*n]tà Mm³ H^p Nm`p tfman`s¯ bXn]nt`¡v tNän skt¨ …””
“” tim … A¶v Wnsâ tI¨ns] Nan¨t¸m sWsâ]o bq_m MmtWmÀt¯ ..tim … “”
¹Nv ¹qNv bn bn hzbvW ]psX sW]vfpän] A^s¡«n H bn]psX A^s¡«v AXn¡p¶ lÐw fp_n]n Wn¶pw bp_t¯s¡mjpNn
‘ FXn ..Wos]m¶p fp«n Wns¶ ..””
‘ F§sW]m tI«m …?’
“” b«n Wn¡p¶ tbms` ….””
“” C§sW Bt\m ..Biv .As½ ..As½ …..Wn¶n«p tNäv Alvihv “”
Wm`v Nm`n N«n`n Wn¶ hzbvW]psX bq_nt`¡v Hbn Ssâ Np® CXn¨p N]än]t¸mÄ bn bn hzbvW hpOw sNm*p Nm_n ..sb«¶m fp_n Sp_¡p¶ lÐw tN«v bnbn hpµ^³ BNmwgt]msX tWm¡n .
‘ F´pkmXn Nm_n Nqkpt¶ … bntÅs^m¡s]mÅ koXm ….. tI«sW¦n`pw AtSmÀf tkt* N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv ?’
kmSn Sp_¶p Aks^ lNm^n¡p¶ bnbn tNmfakÃns] N*v bnbn hpµ^³ AkhmWs¯ sM«`pw sM«n … sM«`pNÄ Gäp km§m³ bnbn ]psX KoknSw bns¶]pw dm¡n
“” Wnsâ bmSma bq_p tbms`]Ã GkÄsX. WÃ fp_p¡fm ..A¸ tNäpt¼m C¨n^n H¨]pw ditamsfms¡ H*mNpw …””
“” Bw …. Fsâ bmSmaw B¡n]Sv Wn§av S¶tà fWpgym ….. At½sX hwdÔ¡m^³ Bs\¶_nªn«pw Mm¦`ym\¯nWp h½Sn¨Sv Wn§sW BW¸_n N*n«v Ss¶]m …. Fs¶ sNm*v Ss¶ bänÃmt¯m*m Mm³ {loNt`w Cu¸anktaw kn«p S¶Spw …As¸m Fsâ .. bmSmaw Asà …’
“” ..tim Wo N^]msS At§m«v sIÃv tNmfaw ..CSv Njnªn«v Mm³ k¶p sWW¡v AXn¨p S^mw …””
“” iw … Ckant¸m Sa^pw ..F¶n«p Wn§av k^q¶p b_ªp kmSn`n Im^n {loN`]n^ns¸m*v Ak¡pw sNmXp¯n«tà Wn§sas¶ tSXn k^q …’
‘ tI¨ns]m¶p tbm H¶v …AXn tI«m ..F³s_ sfm` bnXnt¨m*v AXn “”
hwhm^§apw kmU§apw tN«v bnbn hpµ^³ SaÀ¶p .. bs£ Ssâ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n] bnbn BËmUIn¯Wm]n . Np® ko\pw knKrwen¨p Wn¡p¶p … D¨¡v fq¶^]ns©¦n Cs¸m fqt¶ fp¡m .. bnbn Aa¶p tWm¡n ..Nn_pNrSyw … AXntbman
-! ipw … bnbn]psX ÌmfnW Nm\n¨p S^mw f¡sa ….- F{S]pw sb«¶v Ssâ ÌmfnW sSan]n¡mWm]n bnbn hpµ^³ k¶ kjnt] Sn^nt¨mXn
bnbn Smj¯p ko«ns` fpät¯¡v s{d¡n«p Wn¶ lÐw tN«v AN¯p Wn¶v H^mÄ fp*p km^n¸nXn¨p HmXn]n_§n k¶p … A]mÄ NXn¨p bnXn¨n^n¡p¶ gÀ«v bn bn hpµ^sW N*p km sbman¨t¸mÄ Smsj ko\p …
“” ASv ..bns¶ ..tI«m …. Mm³ ..tI«³ k^msWmÅ hf]w sfWs¡Xp¯*tÃm F¶pw N^pSn .bns¶ …””
Ip®m¼p hmdp S` sIm_nªp ..
“” sIÃp tI«m … hmVWw ANs¯m*v …. skXns]m¶pfà tNt«m …. W½sX dhns` Øn^w ]m{S¡m^n]m ..sIÃv ..tI«m sIÃv “”
Nmlv fpX¡n]kWv fpt¶ Nan¨Snsâ tUgy¯n bn bn Io¯ knan¡pt¶Wpw fpt¶
hmdp A]msa ANt¯¡v SÅn kn«p
bnbn fnXn¡p¶ irU]t¯msX , Ssâ fp*pw Du^ns]_nªp ANt¯¡v HmXn¡]_n N]_n
ANt¯¡v N]_n] bnbn]psX fp¶nt`¡v C^pWn_¯n`pÅ H^p hpµ^n H^p bmkmX sNm*v tUiw f_¨p k¶p … ‘ d ..d .d …””
Aksat´m b_]m³ k¶t¸mÄ … knKrwen¨ Np® Smjv–t¶Wp fpt¶ Ssâ ÌmfnW sSan]n¡mWm]n bnbn ]ksa B N«n`nt`¡v SÅn]n«p … C^pWn_¯n`pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
N¼nNp«³.sWäv , fmSaWm^§mk`n¸fpÅ fp`s]m¶pw A]mapsX N®n sb«nà … sdZnt`¡v ko\v sb®nsâ tUi¯v Wn¶pw bmkmX , k`ns¨_nªp bnbn Ssâ A^s¡«p Smjv¯n …
Ssâ fqt¶ fp¡m C©p k{Km]pVw Hä]Xn¡v AkapsX bq_nt`¡v CXn¨p N]än N®X¨p sNm*v bnbn SWs_ ÌmfnW kmapsX tfs` sSan]n¡m³ SpX§n …..
Ip®m¼p hmdp Ssâ ÌmfnW H^p k«w Nm\n¨Sv sNm*pw … ANt¯¡v N]_n]n_§p¶ fqt¶fp¡m`n©p k{Km]pVw Ssâ bq_n AknsXknsXs]ms¡ D^hp¶Sv sNm*pw AkÄ¡v ko*pw tbmNm_m]n
“””” BivisshKvN`vKivNaaKvZv;;hvKÅ;ANvfÂZv AivKvhv¡g “”
Ssâ Njp¯n Sq§n sb®v Fs´ms¡t]m AblÐw bp_s¸Xpkn¡p¶Sv tN«t¸mÄ bnbn N®v Sp_¶p tWm¡n ….
:”” AKvivivivhv¡sKhv–Zv¡ ` dmd d d AÖvhvÖv–hv “”‘
N®v Sp_n¨p GSms*ms¡ b_]m³ {lfn¡p]m\kÄ ….
-!. Culz^m …..Ssâ k{Km]pV¯nWp Ct{Sw ÌmfnWt]m …. Ct{Sw d`tfm ..ASv Sm§mWmkmsS AkÄ f^\lzmhw k`n¡p¶p …. sI`t¸m DÅn sNX¶k³ bnt¶w k`pSm]n Nm\pw … AkapsX PÀebm{Sw Spa¨p N]_n A¶ Wma¯n`qsX sSm*]n fp«n¡m\pw ..ASmkpw AkÄ Fs´ms¡t]m lÐw tNĸn¡ps¶ ..-!
bnbn bns¶]pw AXn¡m³ SpX§n
“” Bºgvim Aºmivlv º d “” sb®v Aksâ S`]n bnXn¨p k`n¡pN]m\v ..
– CSv ASv Ss¶ … AkÄ¡v Ssâ k{Km]pVw Sm§m³ bäp¶nà … f^\sk{bmaw Ss¶ ….. Cu Culz^m …. CkapsX f^\¯nWp D¯^w b_t]*n k^ptfm -!
Hä Wnfngw sNm*v bnbn]psX fWhnt`¡v bn hn Np«³ bnÅ]psX fol]pw kn`§pw tN_n k¶p …. Sm³ sNm`t¡hn {bSn]m]m B^v {lo¡p«ns] tWm¡pw …ASpw sb®v tNhn ..sb®nsW Nan¨p sNm¶ Npä ¯nWv A_hv_v sI]v–Sm D*mkp¶ Wm\t¡Xv …Culz^m ….
“””” Aºmemgmdv Aºmivi ºmdv “” sb®v AXn]n NnX¶p bns¶]pw bp`¼ns¡m*v AkWn]n«p` ¨t¸mÄ bnbn bns¶s]m¶pw In´n¡m³ Wn¶nà .. Hä k`n¡v Smjvsâ k{Km]pVw k`n¨q^n … fp*pw km^n¨pän sNm*p bp_t¯¡v bmªp …
bp_¯p doZn]pw bpNt¨m*p Wn¶ Ip®m¼p bnbn]psX Hm«w N*p A¼^¶p
“” F¶ bän tI«m ? tR “”‘
“” Fs¶ Sm§m³ Ak¡v bäqÃXm …… Akant¸m I¯p Nm\pw … Wo]pw HmXn ^£sbt«m tkt\ …”” bnbn HmXp¶SnWnsX .. . St`¶v sN«n] N¿m` ImXn¡X¶Spw CX]n km^n]n« b¨ f®v D_¨n«nÃm¯SnWm bnbn hpµ^³ fp¶n`pwbn¶ms`NÃpwf®psfms¡]pwNqsX]pwko\p..D^p*pbnXs¨jpt¶äbnbnhpµ^³sIkn]nÂf®vNm^\wIp®m¼pb_]p¶SvtN«nÃ
“”””tI«m..ASk¡vshmNwtN_pt¼mb_]p¶Sm…Akavfn*qÃ..Duf]m..Duf…””””
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