A½¨n]ms\ hSyw, Cu NT Fsâ ]TmÀ° KoknS¯n hwekn¨SÃ. C§sW H^p WmXpfnÃ, kyànNapw Cà , Mm³ tbm`pw CÃ. cpÄ Nů^w B\v. ASp sNm*v CSpw tImUn¨v Fsâ ko«nt`s¡m¶pw k^^pSv.

NT SpX§mw…..

Wm«n FWns¡m^p NÅskXn shä¸p*v. sIss¶ C Wn¶pw `oknWv Wm«n F¯pt¼mÄ Fsâ sf]n³ b^nbmXn AkapsX bqän bm`p Nm¨Â B\v. sb®nsâ tb^v hpWnS, bt£ Cu NT Aksa Np_n¨Ã. hpWnS Fsâ NpXpwdkoXnWp AXp¯m\v Smfhw. ^*p kÀgw fp³bv ]mUrÝnNfm]n FWn¡v kaªp k¶Sm\v. AkÄ¡v k]hv 22 eÀ¯mkpw B]n bn\§n CknsX]m\v Smfhw. Fsâ Np®]n BUyfm]n N]_n C^p¶p sbmSn¨p hpOn¸n¨p S¶Sv hpWnS]m\v. AtSmÀ¡pt¼mÄ Ct¸mjpw N¼n Bkpw. Cs¸m Mm³ Wm«n F¯n]n«v ^*p Unkhw B]n. I^¡nsW H¶p tbm]n Nm\mWpw b®mWpw NjnªnÃ. Sn^¡m]n^p¶p. AkÄ Fsâ ko«n bp_w b\ns¡ms¡ k^m_p*v. Mm³ k¶ tlgw CknsX§pw N*nÃ. Bt^mXpw Mm³ tImUn¡mWpw Wn¶nÃ.
Fsâ tb^v kngv\p. Mm³ sIss¶ F]ÀtbmÀ«n C`{În¡Â sXNv–Wog³ B]n tKm`n sI¿p¶p. kÀg¯n ^*p {bmklyw Wm«n k^m_p*v. ko«n AÑWpw A½]pw AWn]Wpw.
^mkns` D_¡w F\oät¸mÄ fpS hpWnSs] H¶p Nm\m³ H^p sNmSn. AkapsX ko«n Akapw AkapsX A½]pw fm{Stf DÅp. H¶p tbm]n tWm¡mw. SÅ AknsX Csæn H^p b\n]pw WX¯n Sn^n¨p k^mftÃm.
gZn Du^n fmän, H^p `p¦n]pw gÀ«pw V^n¨v Mm³ ko«n Wn¶n_§n. bSps¡ NmjvINsams¡ N*p WX¶v hpWnS]psX koXnWXps¯¯n. H^p Hm` tfª sI_n] koXm\v. fpä¯pw b^nh^¯pw Bs^]pw Nm\mWnÃ. fp³kls¯ kmSn Sp_¶n«n«pÅSv sNm*v, ko«n Bap*v F¶p fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ fpät¯¡v N]_n. Bs^]pw Nm\mWnÃ

“”””BantÃ?” Mm³ D_s¡ knan¨p tImUn¨p.
AW¡sfm¶pw CÃ. koXpw Sp_¶n«p SÅ]pw tfmapw Du^p sS*m³ tbmt]m. Mm³ bSps¡ N_§n koXnsâ bn¶nt`¡v sI¶p. ko*pw knan¨p, “”””CknsX B^pfntÃ?”
“”””B^m AknsX?” bp_¯pÅ Npanfp_n]n Wns¶m^p lÐw. hpWnS]psX A½]m\v. Wmlw! SÅ CknsX D*v! em^Sn F¶m\v Ak^psX tb^v , bs£ Wm«pNmÀ knan¡p¶Sv bqSW F¶m\v. fqtl« hzemkw Nm^\w Nn«n] tb^v B]n^n¡\w. F´m]m`pw Wm«pNmÀ knan¨v knan¨v Cs¸m ASv Ak^psX hz´w tb^m]n fm_n. Bs^¦n`pw A§sW knan¡p¶Sn AkÀ¡v ]msSm^p AhzmemknNS]pw tSm¶m_nÃ.
“”””MmWm, kngv\p… kXt¡Sns`…””
“”B tfmtWm… Bim..” AkÀ bp_t¯¡v k¶p. Sp\n A`¡pN]m]n^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶p tSm¶p¶p. N¿n`n^p¶ H^p Sp\n bnjnªp sNm*m\v k¶Sv.
“”””bpÅ F¸ k¶v? sNmt_ Wmam]Ã N*n«v…””
“”^*p Unkhw B]n”
“”””Fs´^v Ct§m«m¡ F_§n]Sv?”
“”””Mm³… sk_psS.. CSp kjn tbm]t¸mÄ H¶p N]_ns]s¶ DÅp… hpWnSs] At§ms«m¶pw N*nÃ?”
“”””AkanknsX CÃ. bpÅ C^n¡o… Mm³ Cu Sp\n H¶v tfm_n]n«v sk¡w k^mw. Im] NpXn¨n«v tbm]m fSn” CSpw b_ªv AkÀ ko*pw Npanfp_n]nt`¡v N]_n.
b¯_pbSp k]Ên NqXpS D*mkpw bqSW]v¡v. b*v CkÀ CknXps¯ H^p ss{ZknRv h-vNqÄ B]n^p¶p F¶v tN«n«p*v. k]Êpw {bm]kpw Hs¡ B]Sp sNm*v sgZn N]_nNm\pw. Ct¸mjpw tfmlw H¶pw AÃ. sNmjp¯p fpän] l^o^w. tS§m b^pkw DÅ DXªp Spap¼p¶ fp`NÄ. ImXn] k]_n H^p D®n]¸w N]än sk]v¡m³ bmN¯nWv Npjn]pÅ sbm¡nÄ. bn¶n I^pkw Nfnjv¯n]Sv tbm`pÅ SÅn sS_n¨ sNmSw. bs£ FWn¡v Cu sW]v NnaknNan k`n] Sm¸^yw H¶pw CÃ. b®pkms\¦n C_pNn] bq_pÅ hpWnSs] tbm`pÅ N^n¡v b^pk¯n`pÅ Nj¸nNsa b®\w. Asæn bns¶ B b\n¡v tbmN^pSv F¶m\v Fsâ H^p ss`³. Mm³ tbmNmw F¶p N^pSn]Sm\v. bs£ In`t¸mÄ hpWnS DXsW k¶mt`m F¶ In´ sNm*v Mm³ AknsX Sn®]nt`¡n^p¶p. Wm`©p Sm_mkpw tNmjnNapw Hs¡ AknsX sNm¯n sb_p¡n WX¡p¶p*v.
“”””At¿… f¡av Sn®tf C^n¡pkmt\m.. AknsXms¡ Ajp¡m]n^n¡pw. Sp\n Io¯]mkpw. AXp¡sat`m«p tN_n C^n¡o” bqSW Npanfp_n]n Wn¶pw C_§n k¶p b_ªp. Aks^ tWm¡n] Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n. Np_¨p fp³bv N*t¸mÄ `p¦n]pw »uhpw fm_s¯m^p tSmÀ¯pw D*m]n^p¶p. Cs¸m BsN¸msX H^p fmäw. tkgw ASp Ss¶. bs£ fm_¯p tSmÀ¯nÃ. »uhnsâ fpNan`s¯ ^*p iqNv kn«p NnX¡p¶p…. BhmfmWyfm]n fpjp¯ fp`NÄ Sn§n sM^p§n bp_t¯¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p… Wo*, BjfpÅ fp`¨mÂ… sbm¡nan Wn¶pw A©p kn^ Smjv¯n DXp¯n^n¡p¶ `p¦n bnaÀ¯n, N]än Np¯n, CXSv Nm`pw SpX]pw fp¡m`pw bp_¯p Nm\mw…. SÅ CsS´p emkn¨m… AkÀ AtS bXn Wn¶v A]]n Sp\n kn^n¡p¶p. ssN D]À¯n]t¸mÄ kn]À¯p WWª N£¯p »uhnsâ S¿Â A`vbw kn«n«pÅSv Nm\mw.
“”””tN_n C^n¡o… Mm³ Im]¡v skÅw sk¡mw”
ko*pw b_ªp sNm*v B sNmjp¯ bq_n Fs¶ NX¶v AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_n. NqsX MmWpw. AknsX NnX¶ H^p Wn_w f§n] ¹mÌnNv Nth^ Iq*n¡m«n AkÀ Ft¶mXv C^n¡m³ b_ªp. Mm³ C^p¶p.
“”””hpWnS FknsX tbm]Sm?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””At¿m f¡av N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_nªntÃ? AkX sN«nt]m³ k¶v Aka knant¨m*v tbm]n. sNmt_ Wmam]n…””
Wn^ml tSm¶n. “”””Hmiv… MmW_nªnÃ… W¶m]n… AkÀ S½n`pÅ {blvW§Ä Hs¡ SoÀt¶m?”
“”””B.. BÀ¡_n]mw… Ak³ k¶v knan¨v, Akav tbm]n. AkanknX F{S Wmsa¶p sk¨v Hä]v¡n^n¡pw? sNm¨p sb®tÃ?” AkÀ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp
“”””kngv\pNpªp N`ym\w H¶pw Njn¡\ntÃ?” AkÀ Im]¡pÅ skÅw AXp¸n sk¨n«v Fsâ tWs^ Sn^nªp Wn¶v tImUn¨p.
“”””tWm¡p¶p*v A¡m” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””tWm¡n tWm¡n tW^w Na]Ãv… Cu {bm]¯n sN«\w. CWn]pw k]Êm]n tbm]m bns¶ Fs´^nWv?”
Mm³ In^n¨p
“”””In^n¡m³ b_ªSÃ. C¸ bpÅ]v¡v sN«m³ bän] {bm]w B\v. l^o^w H¡ kaÀ¶v Wà kn^nªv…. C¸ sN«n]m bpÅ]v¡v hpOn¡mw.” CSpw b_ªv AkÀ Fs¶ AXn fpXn tWm¡v `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn Nk]v¡nX]n sIm_nªp. bqäns` t^mf¯n `p¦n D_]p¶ lÐw Mm³ tN«p F¶p tSm¶nt¸m]n FWn¡v. Nm`nWnX]n H^p AW¡w. bqSW bq_v sIm_n]p¶ N¿nt`¡v Mm³ tWm¡n C^p¶p tbm]n. “”””bpÅ C^n¡o… Mm³ H¶v sbXp¯n«v sk¡w k^mw. fp«o«p k¿!” Fsâ fpO¯p tWm¡n b_ªn«v AkÀ C_§n Npan fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. Ak^psX Np`p§n sS_n¡p¶ I¡ sNmSw tWm¡n F´p sI¿\w F¶_n]msS C^p¶p tbm]n Mm³. Fs¶ Nm\n¡m³ tk*n Ss¶]m\v fpSp sbm`]mXn bq_v sIm_nªSv. H¶v tbm]n tWm¡n]mt`m. bän]m fq{Ssfmjn¡p¶ ho³ Nm\mftÃm. Npanfp_n¡Xp¯p Ss¶ H^p Nn\À D*v. Mm³ sfsà F\oäv, Nn\_nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p. Npanfp_n kmSn AX¨n«nÃ. AN¯p Wn¶pw fq{Sw Ioän sS_n¨p S_]n kojp¶ lÐw tNÄ¡mw. Nn\änWpÅnt`¡v tWm¡m³ F¶ kymtKW AkntX¡v sI¶ Mm³ Npanfp_n]psX kmSn kjn ANt¯s¡m¶p F¯n k`nªp tWm¡n. `p¦n A^ ks^ sS^p¯p N]än sk¨v, sW]v sNmSw bnaÀ¯n sk¨n^n¡p¶ bqSWs] N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ Nm`nWnX]n ^àt]m«w NqXn. Np® fpjp¯p k¶p. B sNmjp¯p^p* skap¯ SpXNÄ¡v Fs´m^p NWw! H¶p NpWnªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ I´n Im`nWXn]n B fpjp¯ bq_nsâ bmanNÄ N*p.B bmanNÄ¡nX]n Wn¶pw fq{Sw làn]n Ioäp¶p. Hjn¨p Njnªv AkÀ d¡än Wn¶v skÅw FXp¯v bq_v NjpNm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ fm_n Nn\_ntWmXv tIÀ¶v Wn¶p. bp_¯n_§n]t¸mÄ Fs¶ N* AkÀ In^n¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p, “”””F´v?… bpÅ]v¡v sbXp¡t\m?”
“”””tk… tk*… Mm³ sk_psS… Nn\À H¶v tWm¡m³… k¶Sm”
“”””St¶? Mm³ knIm^n¨v sbXp¡m³ k¶Sms\¶v. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tks\m¦n tN_n sbXps¯mao…”” CSp b_ªp sNm*v AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n, WWª ssNNÄ Ak^psX sNmjp¯p^p* I´nNan Sn^p½n SpX¨p. SpX¨p Njnªt¸mÄ `p¦n Nq«n, sNmSw H¶v bnaÀ¯n AX¨n«v AkÀ ANt¯¡v WX¶p.
fq{Sw Hjn¡m³ H¶pw Wn¶nà Mm³. bnt¶! 90 Zn{Pn]n sk«n]mXn Wn¡pt¼mjm\v sbXp¡m³ b_]p¶Sv. `p¦n Np® tIÀ¯p sk¨n«v fX¡n Np¯n]n^n¡p¶SnWm N¼n AXn¨Sv bp_¯_n]nÃ.
Mm³ Ak^psX bp_sN AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_n ko*pw. AkÀ FWn¡v Im] S¶p.
“”””bpÅ FkX tKm`n sI¿\? f{Umhn`m?”
Mm³ AtS F¶v S`]m«n.
“”””AknX Hä]v–¡m\m sbm_pSn?”
“”””AtS”
“”””Akav tbms]¸n¶ CkX MmWpw Hä]v¡v S¶… F´v Im] NpXn¡m¯? b©m^ sNm_ªp tbm]m?”
“”””CÃ.. WÃ Im]”
“”””C¸j¯ sb\vbntÅ^¡v Im] CXm³ tbm`pw A_nªqX” AkÀ In^n¨p.
Mm³ Im] NpXn¨n«v Fjpt¶äp. “”””sl^n A¡m… F¶m Mm³ C_§s«… tW^w C^p«n SpX§n”
Mm³ F\oät¸mÄ Ak^psX fpOs¯ In^n fmªp. Mm³ kmSn¡t`¡v WX¶p. “”””Nptª… H^p sI_n] ssN him]w sI]vSn«v tbm..” Mm³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n. AkÀ b_ªp, “”””ANs¯ fp_n]n H^p kmjs¡m` C^ns¸m*v. bjp¯p SpX§n. AsSm¶v FXp¯v sN«n Sq¡\w. k`n] sNm`]m, Mm³ Hä]v¡v bnXn¨m Fâ WXp sk«pw. bpÅ AsSm¶v Sq¡n S¶n«v tbm]o”
f_pbXn¡v Nm¯p Wn¡msS AkÀ ANt¯¡v– WX¶p. Mm³ bn¶ms` sI¶p. b_ªSv tbms` H^p k`n] tW{´¡p` fp_n¡pÅn H^p fq`]v¡n^n¡p¶p. f¨n Wn¶pw Sq¡n C«n^n¡p¶ H^p N]_n ASp sN«n CX\w. Mm³ Np`]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v ASp FXp¯p sbm¡m³ SpX§pt¼mÄ, bqSW Fsâ AXpt¯¡v HmXn k¶v Fsâ tUi¯p tIÀ¶v Wn¶v NpWnªp bj¡p`]n bnXn¨p. “”””At¿m, Npªv Hä]v¡v bnXn¡*. k`n] sNm`]tÃ. MmWpw NqX bnXn¡mw.” Sq§n NnX¶ N]_nt`¡v Np` tbmNpt¼mÄ Fsâ ssNfp«v bqSW]psX fpjp¯ fp`]n S«n. Mm³ ssN bn³k`n¡pw fp³tb AkÀ B fp` Fsâ ssNfp«nt`¡v tIÀ¯fÀ¯n, Np` sbm¡n. B sW]v fpän] fp`]psX fpjp¸pw frUp`S]pw AfÀ¶t¸mÄ Fsâ Np® ko*pw sbm§m³ SpX§n. “”””B N]_p bnXn¨v CSnt`m«§p sN«v tfmtW… sNm` Mm³ Sm§n bnXnt¨mam… C§sW kl¯p Wn¶m bmXm… Mm³ Cu sNm`]pw bnXnt¨m*v C§sW Wn¡mw. tfm³ Fsâ sbm_Nv kl¯v Wn¶v B N]_p k`n¨p Sq¡v.”
Ak^psX klt¯m FSnÀ klt¯m Wn¶m FWn¡v Fap¸¯n sI¿mkp¶ H^p b\n]m\v CSv–. bt£ Np`]pw Sm§n, sNmSw SÅn Wn¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqSWs] bn¶n Wn¶v H^p Km¡n sk]v¡m³ Nn«n] Akh^w sk_psS Na]*tÃm. Wà NpXw Nfnjv¯n] tbm`pÅ sNmSfm\v. Mm³ Ak^psX bn¶nt`¡v tIÀ¶p Wn¶v, ssNNÄ Aks^ Ipän Np`]psX fpNÄ emP¯p bnXn¨p N]_ntWmXv AXp¸n¨p. Fsâ N¼n Np® bqSW]psX AhmfmWy k`p¸w DÅ sNmS¯nsâ Im`nt`¡v– tIÀ¯fÀ¯n. tim! Fs´m^p hpOw-! sWXpsN Wn¶ Fsâ Np® Ak^psX I´n knXknt`¡v Np¯n AfÀ¶p N]_n. SÅn Wn¶ I´n b´pNÄ tf`vtbm«p sbm§n AfÀ¶p…
“”””sNm` sbm¡n tNän k`n¨p sN«v tfmtW…tim! FWn¡v Nj]v¡p¶p… ssN… ssN Nj]v¡p¶p…””
Mm³ N]_p sN«msS, `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn Ak^psX I¡ sNmS¯n tIÀ¶ Np®, A^s¡«na¡n AfÀ¯n D^¨p sNm*n^p¶p.
Np® sNmS Im`nt`¡v– H¶v NqXn BªfÀ¯n]n«v Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”””Nj]v¡p¶pt*m A¡m…. ssN?”
“”””bns¶ Nj]v¡mSn^n¡ptkm bpsÅ…. H^v Af_³ sNm`]tà sbm¡n bnXnt¨¡\Sv–…. Fs´m^p k`n] bjw Fâ sbm¶v S¼p^msW…””
Mm³ Fsâ Npän SmXn Ak^psX C_¡n sk«n] »uhnWv fpNan WPvWfm] tSman H¶v D^¨p. Nj¸nsâ sNmXpfpXn N]_n] bqSW Wn¶ Wn¸n Ak^psX I¡ sNmSw bnaÀ¯n bn¶nt`¡v SÅn sfsà A^s¡«v B«n.
Mm³ N]_n NpXp¡n«v, bqSWt]mXv b_ªp, “”””H¶qsX sbm¡n tNäv bqSW]¡m…””
AkÀ kmj¡p` H¶p NqXn sbm¡m³ DÅ emk¯n , Nm`pNÄ Np_¨p NqXn AN¯n sk¨v, D¸qän D]À¯n, Nm kn^`pNan Wn¶v b_ªp,
“”””FWn¡v Ct{Sw sbm¡n bnXn¡msW bäq… CWn tfm³ ASv tNän tNm^p¯v sk]v…ivivivÊvÊvÊv…””
H^p ssN sNm*v I^Xv k`n¨p sNm`]psX S*nt`¡v N]äpt¼mÄ f_p ssN Mm³ Smtj¡v sNm*p k¶v bqSW]psX CXt¯ I´n]n bnXn¨p sNmS Im`v bnaÀ¯n. Fsâ Np® ko*pw AfÀ¯n]t¸mÄ Ak^psX `p¦n, sNmS¯nsâ knXknt`¡v Sn^pNn N]_n.
Np`]psX S*v Np^p¡nt`¡v NX¯n Sq¡n C«p. H^p Wnfngw NqXn Np`]n bnXn¨p bqSW A§sW Wn¶p… sNmS¯n Fsâ Np®]psX hpOw AWpekn¡m³ F¶ tbms`.
“”””sim! £o\n¨p tbm]n Mm³” Mm³ sWän]ns` kn]À¸v SpX¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””bpÅ C^n¡o… H¯n^n sk{lfn¨n«v tbmkmw” fp_n]n NnX¶ H^p bj] hnwPnÄ N«n Nm\n¨v AkÀ Ft¶mXv C^n¡m³ b_ªp.
FWn¡ms\¦n Aks^ tNm¯n sk¨p fSn]m]nÃ. {bm]w Ds*¦n F´m… Ct{Sw Nj¸pÅ H^p¯ns] ssbh sNmXp¯m tbm`pw Nn«nÃ.
Mm³ Fsâ `p¦n H¶v Ajn¨p sN«n. sbs«¶m\v sN«n]sS¦n`pw Fsâ sk«n]mXp¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpjp¯ Np® AkÀ H^p tWm¡p Nm\p¶ S^¯n B\v Mm³ ASp sI]vSSv. ASnWp tlgw Ak^psX fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n Wmkv– sNm*v Ip*pNÄ H¶v Djnªp Mm³ N«n`nt`¡v C^p¶p.
bn¶nt`¡v ssNNÄ Np¯n A`vbw Imªm\v Mm³ C^p¶Sv. Fsâ Np® `p¦n]n SoÀ¯ NqXm^w bqSW H¶v N®v Wn_s] Nm\s«….
“”””At¿mXm f¡ta… Np® N¼n B]n tbm]Ã…-!” AkÀ A§sW b¨]v¡v b_]pw F¶v Mm³ knIm^n¨nÃ. AkÀ Fsâ `p¦n]ns` NqXm^w tWm¡n Wn¶v »uhnWv fpNan NqXn k`s¯ fp` sM«n bnXn¨p Sn^p½n DX¨p sNm*p b_ªp
“”””Nãw S¶ tN«m… Ct{Sw k`n] H^p b_n N¼n B]n«v ASnWv tN_m³ bän] WsÃm^p bq_v CknX CÃmS tbm]Ã… C¸ hpWnS CknsX§mWpw H*m]n^pt¶, bq_pw sbma¯n ImXn ASnt`m«§p tN_nt]sW”
Mm³ In^n¨p, “”””ASnWv CSnt¸m sbm§n]Sv hpWnSs] N*n«ÃtÃm”
“”””B…ASv tW^v S¶ tN«m… bn¶ CSn¸ Fs´^nWv F\oäv Wn¡\?”
“”””ASv W½ant¸m B sNm` FXp¯v sbm¡n]ntÃ? As¸m Fsâ Np® bqSW A¡sâ sW]v sNmS¯nsâ Im`nt`¡v– tN_n]m^p¶p…Np® tNm¯n N]_n]Sv A¡³ A_nªntÃ?” MmWpw b¨]v¡v S«n kn« tlgw Mm³ `p¦n Nq«n bnXn¨p Np® Djnªp.
“”””Bim… Mm³ A_nt]¡ sI]vSv. bs£ Mm³ knIm^n¨v bpÅ]v¡v A_n]msS bän]Sms\¶v”
b_]pt¼mapw Ak^psX N®pNÄ Mm³ Djn]p¶ Np®]n Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. AXp¯ bXn F§sW Ikn«\w F¶mt`mIn¨p tWm¡n Mm³.
“”””F´m]m`pw Mm³ CknsX Cs¸m k¶Sv sNm*v A¡sâ sNm` Sq¡n CXm³ bän]tÃm…. F¶m¸ns¶ Mm³ C_§s« A¡m…””
Np®]n Wn¶v bnXn kn«v Mm³ Fjpt¶äp.
“”””At¿… Ft´^¸o CSv? C§W b_n]pw sNm`¸n¨p bnXn¨m\m kjot`m«v F_§m³ tbm\Sv? Bs^¦n`pw N*m tfmlw b_]pw. bpÅ AknX C^n¡o… sNm_¨p Njnªv tbmkmw”
“”””ASv sl^n]mkq` A¡m… CSnWn Ct¸msjm¶pw Sm^pw F¶p tSm¶p¶nÃ. CknsX A¡sW]pw tWm¡n C^p¶m Mm³ In`t¸m Wn§sa tN_n kÃSpw sI]vSp Na]pw. ASp sNm*m tbmNmw F¶v knIm^n¨Sv”
bqSW In^n¨p. “”””ASv bpÅ F¶ Nan]m¡m³ b_ªStÃ… F¶t¸ms`m^p sNakns] sNm*v tfmsW tbms`m^p¯Wv F´mkmWm?”
“”””A¡³ tbXn¡*. Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSm. Mm³ A¡sW H¶pw sI¿q`.” Ak^psX fpOw H¶p kmXn] tbms`. Mm³ ko*pw tImUn¨p, “”””A¡m… A¡sâ tb^v em^Sn F¶tÃ? bs£ FÃm^pw A¡sW F´m bqSW F¶p knan¡ps¶?”
“”””ASv tfmsW… sI_p¸¯nt` FÃm^pw knan¡\Sm…””
“”F¶m`pw… Fs´¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm^yw Nm\pftÃm… H¶v b_ªp Sm A¡m”
“”””k`n] ^ihy Nm^yw H¶pw Aà f¡sa… sI_p¸¯nt` Fâ sfm` H^pbmXv k`pSm]n^p¶v… bqSW FÃm^v¡pw sfm` sNmXp¯p WX¶ H^p¯n AsÃ? ASpsNm*v bqSsW tbm` k`n] sfm` Bt]m*m]n^n¡pw…”” AkÀ In^n¨p..
“”””Bt\m… Ct¸mÄ DÅSnsW¡mapw k`pSm]n^pt¶m sI_p¸¯nÂ?”
“”””AÃ bpsÅ… C¸ k]hm]¸ CSv bnt¶w k`pSm]n. A¸n Fs´^nWv C¸ Fâ sfm`s] bän]¡ tImUn¡\Sv?”
“”””A¡sâ sfm`]pw sNmSkpw Cu fX¡p ko\ k]_pw sNmjp¯ sSmX]pw Np® tNän Ca¡m³ bmN¯nWv k`n] sbm¡napw Hs¡ NqsX N*t¸mÄ N¼n B]nt¸m]n. ASp sNm*p tImUn¨Sms\. s£fnt¨s^. CWn tImUn¡q`”
Ak^psX Ip*pNÄ kn_¨p tbm]n. “”””bpÅ tImUn¡\Sv sNm*v FWn¡v sNmj¸w H¶pw CÃ. F¶m`pw Np® F´nWv A¸o H^p sb®nâ sbm¡nan tNän Fa¡\Sv? bqän`m NqSo`m H¡ tNän]m tbms^? ASv ^*pw tbm^¦n AkÄsX km]v¡Nt¯m«v sk¨p sNmXp¯m tbmt^? sk_psS AkntXw CkntXw H¡ FXp¯v skIv H^¨p Np® bm`v bmjn Na]* tN«m…””
“”ASv bns¶ A¡sâ sbm¡nav N*t¸m tSm¶n]Sv b_ªSm… A¡³ bn\§msS, H¶v AXpt¯m«v kt¶… Mm³ B sbm¡nsam¶v tWs^ Nm\s«” Mm³ ko*pw N«n`nt`¡n^p¶n«p Aks^ AXpt¯¡v knan¨p.
“”””Cu sNm¨nsâ H^p Nm^yw!… CSn`n¸ C{S Nm\m³ Fs´m¶n^n¡\Sv?” C§sW b_ªp sNm*v AkÀ Fsâ fp¶n k¶p Wn¶p. sbm¡nansW¡mÄ H^pbmXv Smjv¯n DXp¯n^p¶ `p¦n Mm³ b_]msS Ss¶ AkÀ Nps_ NqXn bnXn¨p Smjv¯n A^s¡«n WnÀ¯n. fpt¶m«p ImXn], kl§an sW]v sNmjp¸p Wn_ª fX¡pNÄ ko\, k]_n kn]À¸nsâ tW^n] WWkp*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ H^p ssN Ak^psX k]_nsâ kl¯p sk¨v, Fsâ kn^ B fX¡pNÄ¡v CX]nt`¡v NX¯n. “”””Fs´m^p Bjfm A¡m Wn§apsX sbm¡nanWv…”” CSpw b_ªp Mm³ Fsâ k`Sp ssN¿ns` Iq*p kn^ B sbm¡nanWv ANt¯¡v N]än. kn^`nsâ ^*mfs¯ fX¡p ks^ Ak^psX sbm¡nanWpÅn B]n. Ak^psX CXp¸n C^p¶ Fsâ CXSp ssN¸¯n¡p fpNan AkÀ Ak^psX kn_]v¡p¶ ssN sk¨p. Cs¸m Mm³ Ak^psX sbm¡nan Wmkv– N]än Ca¡pNt]m, sbm¡nan Wn¶v ssN FXp¯v Ak^psX `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn NXn fq¯ bqän bnXn¨p MmknXpNt]m sI]vSm AkÀ FSnÀ¡nà Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. bs£ tk*… Np_¨p NqXn hpOn¸n¨m Ak^v Ss¶ b_]pw H¶v b®n sNmXp¡m³… tWm¡s«. Mm³ Ak^psX tUi¯p Wn¶pw ssNNÄ FXp¯p. Nj¸v fq¯p sbm«n Wn¶ bqSW Fs¶ tNmbt¯msX tWm¡n]Sv Mm³ N*nsöv WXn¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”””A¡m… FWn¡v H^p Im] NqXn S^mtfm?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
Fsâ tImUyw AkÀ¡v Sos^ bnXn¨nsæn`pw AkÀ AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p. Du_n k¶ In^n AX¡n bnXn¨p sNm*v Mm³ AkÀ¡v bn¶ms` WX¶p. AXp¡a]n sI¶v Ft´m bn_pbn_p¯p sNm*v AkÀ Im] bm{Sw AXp¸n sk¨p So Nq«n, ASnt`¡v bms`mjn¨p. Mm³ Ak^psX AXp¯p sI¶v tWm¡n Wn¶p. AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡p¶nÃ.
“”””A¡m…”” Mm³ knan¨p
“”””Fs´^v?”
“”””A¡³ `p¦n]psX AXn]n bmkmX DXp¡m_ntÃ?”
“”””H*Ã… DXp¡m_p*v”
“”””F¶n«v Cs¸m `p¦n¡Xn]n H¶pw DXp¯ns«söp tSm¶p¶tÃm” Mm³ b_ªp… bqSW]psX fpOs¯ tNmbw fm_n NphrSn sSan]p¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p.
sI_ns]m^p In^nt]msX AkÀ b_ªp, “”””AsS§sW WnW¡v fWÊn`m]n? Wo Fsâ `p¦n D^nªp tWm¡n]m?”
“”””AS_n]m³ `p¦n D^nªp tWm¡*tÃm. tW^s¯ Fsâ Np® Cu sNmS Im`n Mm³ H¶v tNän sk¨StÃ? At¸mtj FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n”
“”””fWÊn`ms]¦n bn¶ Fs´^nWv tImUn¡\Sv?”
Mm³ Ak^psX bn¶nt`¡v fm_n B sNmS¯n Np® tIÀ¯v Wn¶p. sfsà Ak^psX kn]À¸p WWª N£§an`qsX Fsâ ssNNÄ NX¯n »uhnWv fpNan`qsX fp`Nan frUpkm]n SjpNn.
“”””A¡m…””
“”F´mXm f¡sa…””
“”A¡sâ sNmS¯n Np® D^¨p Wn¡pt¼mÄ Fs´m^p hpOfm…”” Ak^psX »uhnWv fpNan b^Sn WX¶ Fsâ kn^`pNÄ fp`sM«n S«n]t¸mÄ AkÀ H¶p bnXªp. Mm³ B fpjp¯ fp´n^n sM«n bn¨n k`n¨p.
“”””ÊvÊvÊv…. FXm…. f¡sa… S^n¸n¡msSXm A¡sW…””
“”A¡m….”
“”””F´mXm…””
Mm³ Ak^psX SpXNan bnXn¨p `p¦n k`n¨p sbm¡n I´n¡v fpNan sk¨p. sfsà Smtj¡v DuÀ¶n_§n] Mm³ bqSW]psX skap¯p sNmjp¯p^p* sW]v SpX]n sN«n bnXn¨p. H^p tW{´ kmj]psX k`n¸w Hmt^m SpX]v¡pw Ds*¶v FWn¡p tSm¶nsbm]n. bqSW]psX CXt¯ SpX]n sN«n bp\À¶ Fsâ Ip*pNÄ SpX]psX sNmjp¸v D^hn FXp¯p. SXn¨ SpXNan fpOkpw Ip*pw tIÀ¯p_¨p fpNant`¡v Wo§n] Mm³ Ak^psX I´n NpX¯n km] Sp_¶v NXn¨p. tWmkn¡msS, bs£ AfÀ¯n…
bm{S¯n C^p¶ bm`v bqSW AXp¸nt`t¡mjn¨p So sNXp¯n, Fsâ DXp¸n bnXnIv Fs¶ k`n¨p sbm¡n WnÀ¯n. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ Nmf¡Xn fq¯v Wn¶v NnS]v¡p¶ sW]v Nj¸n I^¡nsW B\v N*Sv. Mm³ Aks^ tWm¡n sNm*v Fsâ gÀ«pw, bns¶ `p¦n]pw Ajn¨p fmän bqÀ® WPvWWm]n B ^Sn_m\n]psX fp¶n Wn¶p. BÀ¯nt]msX Fsâ sk«n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn_¨p Wn¶ sNm¼sW tWm¡n bqSW Wmkv– sNm*v Ip*p SpX¨p.
“”””sim! F{S Wmam]n CSv fmSn^n H^p sNm¼³ Nj N*n«v… Wo F¶ CSv tNän H¶v sNm\¨p sNm¶v Nas]Xm Njptk_o…”” AkÀ Wn¶ Wn¸n `p¦n b_ns¨_nªp. SpX]nXp¡n SÅn Wn¡p¶ bqÀ SXw. sWXpsN bnaÀ¶ B sW¿¸¯nsâ bnaÀ¸n Wn¶pw SÅn Wn¡p¶ WWkpÅ N´v… b®m³ tk*n fm{Sw hrãn¡s¸« , Cu {bm]¯n`pw tSWq_n H`n¡p¶ H^p I¡ bq_v…. “”””A¡m…”” Fsâ ssN Ak^psX bq_nsW sbmSnªp. kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n bqSW]psX kjpkjp¸pÅ N´v sS¶n Nan¨p.
“”””Nj¨p sbm«ps¶Xm f¡sa… ÊvÊvÊv…. Wo ^*v kn^`v tNän H¶v Fa¡n Sm…iviviv…”” bqSW Nm`v Nk¨p Wn¶p
Mm³ Ak^psX bqÀkm]nt`¡v ^*p kn^`pNÄ NX¯n. kÃm¯ Hjp¡v. sNmjp¯ tS³ bq_n Wn_]p¶ tbms`. bqSW Fsâ Np® bnXn¨p sSm`n¨p. Np® sbm¡n bnXn¨n«v, f_p ssN sNm*v D*NÄ Djnªp.
“”””ANt¯m«v tbmkmw f¡sa… N«n`n sNX¯n b®n Sm Wo FWn¡v–…””
Fsâ Np®]n Wn¶v bnXn knXmsS B fpSp Nj¸n ANt¯¡v WX¶p. H^p »uhv fm{Sw V^n¨p WX¡p¶ Ak^psX SÅn Spap¼p¶ sNmSkpw sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNapw tWm¡n skÅfn_¡n Mm³ bn¶ms` WX¶p. fp_n¡pÅn F¯n]t¸mÄ AkÀ Fs¶ N«n`n C^p¯n. Fsâ fp¶n Wn¶v, »uhv Ajn¨p fmän b_ªp… “”NpXns¡Xm… Wo bqSW]psX sfm` NpXo…””
CXnªp Sq§n]sS¦n`pw AhmfmWy k`p¸fpÅ B I¡ fp`NÄ Mm³ MknXn DX¨p. fp` Nm¼pNan`pw fp`NÄ AN¯n sk¨v fp` Im`n`pw Mm³ DfnWo^v Nq«n W¡n SpX¨p. sM«pNÄ NXn¨p k`n¨p NpXn¨p…. “”””iu… fnXp¡³ S¶ bpsÅ… iviviv.. sfm` …k`n¨p NpXn f¡ta…imiv.. NXn¨p b_o…””
AkÀ Fs¶ SÅn N«n`nt`¡v f_n¨n«p. N«n`n C^p¶ bqSW Fsâ sk«n]mXn Wn¶ Np«sW W¡n SpX]v¡m³ SpX§n. sNmjp¯ Sp¸Â N¿n sS¨n«v AkÀ Fsâ Np® sSm`n¨Xn¨t¸mÄ Np®]psX fNpXw Ipk¶p koÀ¯p. ssN sNm*v Np® AXn¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ AkÀ Fsâ D*NÄ km]v¡pÅn`m¡n Wmkv– sNm*v Djnªp. … hzÀ¤w N*p tbm]n.
“”””A¡m… A¡sâ bq_v Fsâ km]nt`m«v sk¨p Sm…””
Np® km]n`n« bqSW Ak^psX SpXNÄ AN¯n Fsâ tft`¡v N]_n Sn^nªp NnX¶v, bnaÀ¶ bq_v Fsâ km]nt`¡fÀ¯n. I¡¡p^p fpjp¸pÅ Ak^psX kjp kjp¯ tSWn fp§n] N´v Mm³ Du_n NpXn¨t¸mÄ bqSW Fsâ SpXNan ssN¸¯n sNm*v BªXn¨p. A¶v ks^ A{S]pw ^pIn]pÅ bqÀ Wo^v– Mm³ ^pIn¨n«nÃ. N´n Mm³ ko*pw AfÀ¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NXn¨p k`n¨t¸mÄ bqSW Fsâ fpO¯p Wn¶pw sNmSw D]À¯n klt¯¡v C_§n Naªp.
“”””C§sW hpOn¸n¡msSXm sbm¶p tfmtW… FWn¡v C¸ tbmt]sW…. Wo sNXt¶m. Mm³ Cu bm^]n tNän H¶v sbmSn¡«v …””
ko*pw Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v N]_n] bqSW Nj¸n, Nm`p Nk¨p sk¨v H^p Skas] tbms` Fsâ Np®]n AfÀ¶p. A]ª bq_ms\¦n`pw Fsâ Np®]psX k®w Nm^\w A]kp tSm¶n]nÃ.
“”””sâ f¡ta… Cu {bm]¯n`n¶v ks^ Mm³ Ct{Sw fpjp¯ H^p Np® bqän tNän Nan¨n«nà Xm…. imiv… Fs´m^p hpOw F⽨o…. it¿m… ÊvÊvÊv….iviviv…””
bqSW bp`¼ns¡m*p sbmSn¨p. Hmt^m sbmSn¸n`pw Ak^psX I¡ fp`NÄ BXn Nan¨p.
AVnN tW^w sbmSn¨p Nan¡m³ bqSW]v¡v B]nÃ. AkÀ SaÀ¶v Fsâ sW©t¯¡v ko\p. Np® Du^n FXp¡msS Ss¶ Mm³ f_nªv Ak^psX fpNan N]_n. eof³ SpXNÄ Mm³ ssNNÄ sNm*p Nk¨p bnXn¨p. ko*pw bqSW]psX bqän Np® NX ks^ N]än AXn¨p.
“”””hpOn¡pt¶mXo… bqSW bp*¨o…?”
“”””Wnsâ tW{´¸jw tbm`s¯ b_n tN_n]m bns¶ hpOn¡qs`Xm Sms]mao…. sI`¡msS A_ªp tNäv bq_ntfmsW…iviviviviviv…BBimBB”
“”””tNän S^pktÃXo… fpSp Nj¸n sbm`]mXo…””
“”ivivivim.. A§sW… A§sW S¶Xm… BªXn¨p Sm…. CWn]pw…iviviv”
Mm³ Np® Du^n FXp¯v, bqSWs] tWm¡n b_ªp, “”””Wm`p Nm`n Wns¡Xo… Wnsâ sNmS¯nsâ fp_p¡w NqXn Mm³ H¶v b®n tWm¡s«”
bqSW fp«p Np¯n Nfnjv¶p sNmSw sbm¡n bnaÀ¯n sk¨p NnX¶p. Ak^psX bqän Wn¶pw tS³ kXns¨Xp¯p Mm³ B NqSn Spa]n sS¨n«v, Iq*p kn^ Np¯n Ca¡n.
“”””kn^`v tNämS Np® tNän No_Xm…””
Ak^psX Spap¼p¶ I´n]n BªXn¨n«p Mm³ Np®]psX fNpXw NqSn Spa]n sk¨fÀ¯n. bqäns` tSWnsâ kjp¸n Np® ANt¯]v¡v sS¶n Wo§n. bqSW lzmhw kn«p.
Mm³ fp«pNm`n Wn¶v, Ak^psX A^s¡«n bnXnIv Bªp b®n.
“”””AXns¡Xm… A§W S¶… Cu bqStWX sNmSw N*m Wo…. CSp tbms`m^p sNmSw WnW¡v hzbvWw Nm\m³ Nn«ptkmXm… b_s]Xm Sms]mao… imAiviv… b_s]Xm… Fs´m^p Np®]mXm… Wo Fâ sNmSw C¶v No_n… iviviviviv…Na]ptkm”
bqSW b_ªSp hSyfm]n^p¶p. t`mNs¯ H^p bq_nWpw bqSW]psX NqSn S^p¶ hpOw S^m³ bänÃ
“”””b®n sNmÃp bpsÅ… Cu bqSsW Wo FXpt¯mXm… F¶pw k¶v CSp tbms` b®n SmXm bq_n Sms]mao…iviviv”
Fsâ sN«p sbm«n. AkhmW SpÅn ks^]pw bqSW]psXNqSn]nÂHjn¨n«pMm³Np®Du^pt¼mÄ,knNhn¨n^p¶BSpa]nÂWn¶pwFsâskap¯bm`vskan]nt`¡vHjpNp¶SvN*p.NqSnAt¸mjpwSpXn¡p¶p.Mm³bqSW]psXkn]Àt¯m`n¨tfWn]nt`¡vbäntIÀ¶vNnX¶p.Fs¶C_psNbp\À¶bqSWA¡³Ak^psXSXn¨Ip*pNÄsNm*vFsâIp*pNsasbmSnªp….
^m{SnÂWn`mk¯pko«nt`¡vWX¡pt¼mÄFsâfWÊnÂhpWnSD*m]n^p¶nÃ.Mm³A¶vks^Nan¨n«pÅH^psb®nsâ]pwtbt^mfpOtfmD*m]n^p¶nÃ.
bqSW….bqSWfm{Sw….

SpX^nÃ,Ct{SDÅp.