Mm³ {bSne. AÑWpw A½]v¡pw M§Ä fq¶p f¡am\v. MmWm\v Gäkpw Ca]Sv. Mm³ , ¹hv Xq b^o£ Njnªp F³{X³hnWv S¿ms_Xp¡p¶ hf]¯v WX¶ H^p hwekw B\v CknsX b_]mWpÅSv.
Aѳ, hÀ¡m À DtUymPس B]n^p¶p. sb³g ³ B]n. A½]v¡v tKm`n H¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p. M§Ä fq¶p f¡anÂ, Gäkpw fq¯Sv H^p tI¨n. {be. tI¨n, Fw. hn. F. Njnªv H^p kÀgw fp¼v knkminS B]n. Ct¸mÄ, eÀ¯mknsWm¸w Atf^n¡]nÂ. tI¨n¡pw AknsX tKm`n D*v. ASnWp Ca]Sv H^p tI«³ {bSogv–. tI«³, Fw.dn.F. Njnªv H^p dmw¥qÀ N¼Wn]psX sNm¨n Hmcohn  fmÀ¡änwPv fmtWK^m]n tKm`n sI¿p¶p.
tI¨n¡v C^pb¯n B_p k]Êv. tI«Wv C^pb¯n Wm`v k]Êv. FWn¡v bSntWjp k]Êpw D*v. MmWpw tI«Wpw S½n Gjp k]Ên³s_ kySymhw D*v. Fs¶ Ad²¯n F§mWpw {bhkn¨Sv Bt\m F¶v tImUn¨v In` hf]¯v Mm³ A½s] Nan]m¡pfm]n^p¶p.
HXpkn F³s_ lÃyw hin¡m³ k¿msS H^n¡Â A½ ASv h½Sn¨p. Ad²¯n bän]Sm\v F¶v. CWn Np«nNÄ tk* F¶ So^pfmW¯nÂ, tk* fp³N^pSt`msX Njn]p¶SnWnsX, FÃm fp³N^pS`pNapw SNÀ¯v sNm*v, Mm³ K·w FXp¯Sm\v F¶v A½ h½Sn¨p. ASv F§sW bän F¶v Mm³ b`Sk\ tImUn¨v A½s] lÃyw sI]vSpsNm*n^p¶p. HXpkn A½ B hwekw Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ tk*msS D*m]Sms\¦n`pw, A½]v¡v fq¶p f¡an Gäkpw Cãw Fs¶ B]n^p¶p. MmWpw A§sW Ss¶ A½s] hvtWin¨n^p¶p.
hmVm^\ sb¬Np«nNÄ¡v AÑtWmXv B\v hvtWiw. bs£, FWn]v¡v NqXpS hvtWiw A½t]mXm]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*m\v B ^ihyw A½ Ft¶mXv b_ªSv. tI«³ KWn¨SnWp tlgw, A½ tNm¸À Xo Dbt]mPn¨n^p¶p. bt£, Aѳs_ AXn]n  ASv F§sWt]m ØmWw fm_nt¸m]n. A§sW]m\v F³s_ DÛkw.
Mm³ Nm\m³ S^t¡XnÃm¯ cnP_ms\¶p Nq«pNm^nN Ä b_]pfm]n^p¶p. AVnNw SXn¨ l^o^w AÃ. F¶m sf`nªn«pw AÃ. A©Xn ^*n©p sbm¡w, ASnsWm¯ k®w, tfmlfÃm¯ fpjNapw. Wà skap¸v– Asæn`pw, Mm³ hmfmWyw skap¯n«p B\v.
A½]pw AÑWpw S½n Ct¸mjpw Wà PphvSn WX¡m_p*v. fn¡ Unkhkpw ^m{Sn ASn³s_- tfa§apw, sI_n] M^¡§apw Hs¡ Ak^psX fp_n]n Wn¶pw tNÄ¡m_p*v. AsSm¶p tW^n Nm\\sf¶v FWn¡v Wà tfmiw D*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw CSpks^ ASnWp bän]n«nÃ. {lfn¡mªn«Ã. f_n¨v, Ak^psX fp_n]psX NSNn H^p sI_n] hpgn^w tbm`pw Ns*¯m³ Njn]m¯Sm\v Nm^\w. Smt¡m bjpSnÂ, Ft¸mjpw AN¯p Smt¡m Wn_p¯n]n^n¡p¶ Nm^\w B kjn]pw fmÀ¤w CÃm]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv
shN-vhnsW¡p_n¨v H¶pw A_n]m¯ FWn¡v, Ct¸mÄ ^*p kÀgfm]n shN-vhn Wà Sm`vb^yw B\v. F³s_ H^p Nq«pNm^n Pm]{Sn B\v ASnWp Nm^\w. AkapsX ln£\w Nn«n]Sn bns¶ B\v Mm³ AÑW½fm^psX fp_n]n Hanªp tWm¡m³ {lfn¨p SpX§n]Sv. Mm³ ¹Êv k®n (+1) bYn¡m ³ tIÀ¶t¸m Ä Nn«n] Nq«pNm^n, Pm]{Sn, shN-vhn³s_ H^p DhvSmUv B]n^p¶p. Akam\v Fs¶ IqXm¡n FXp¯Sv–.
¢mÊn`pw, dm¯v _qfn`pw Hs¡ k¨v AkÄ Fs¶ tun` sI¿pfm]n^p¶p. sI_n] tSmSn fp`]n bnXp¯w B]n«m\v SpX¡w. bns¶ AkÄ F³s_ Nm`n³s_ CX]n ssN sNm*v sM¡mWpw, sM^XmWpw Hs¡ SpX§n. ¢mÊn C^n¡pt¼mÄ, AkÄ sZhv¡nWp AXn]n`qsX F³s_ SpX]nXp¡n SjpNn Fs¶ Dt¯Kn¸n¡pfm]n^p¶p. HXpkn h-vNqan hf^w DÅ H^p Unkhw, AkÄ Fs¶ AkapsX ko«n Nq«ns¡m*p tbm]n. A¶v Mm³ BUyfm]n shN-vhn³s_ fm]nN t`mN¯v B_mXn.
AkapsX AÑWpw A½]pw tKm`n¡v tbmNp¶SnWmÂ, AkapsX ko«n bN B^pw D*mNm_nÃ. AkÄ¡v H^p tI«³ DÅSv, dmw¥q^n bYn¡p¶p. A§sW B Unkhw AkÄ Fs¶ hzÀ¤w Nm\n¨p. ASv bns¶]pw CXs¡ms¡ BkÀ¯n¨p. bs£, H^p bp^pgtW]pw Mm³ CSpks^ F³s_ l^o^¯n  sSmXm³ AWpkUn¨n«nÃ. B{Piw D*m]n^p¶p F¦n`pw, tbXn fq`w ASnWp {lfn¨n«nÃ.
AkÄ b`t¸mjpw FWn¡v In` N¼n bphvSN§Ä sNm*v S^pfm]n^p¶p. AsSÃmw AkapsX tI«³s_ bj] Na£³ AkÄ AXn¨p fmän]Sv B]n^p¶p. ASn b` NTNapw, B\pw sb®pw S½n C\ tI^p¶Spw, Sp\n CÃm¯ WPvW In{S§apw FÃmw D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ AsSms¡ ko«n sNm*v k¨v ^ihyfm]n km]n¡pfm]n^p¶p.
A§sW]n^ns¡, M§apsX ¹Êv 2 bYW¯n³s_ AkhmW hf]¯v, {NnhvSpfÊv skt¡gWv, Pm]{Sn]psX tI«³ tPmNp skt¡gWv k¶p. A¶v, A]mÄ Pm]{Sn]psX ho sbm«n¨p. B NT AkÄ b_ªt¸mÄ fpS Mm³ Aksa Ahq]t]msX tWm¡n SpX§n. A¶v fpS FWn¡pw F³s_ tI«sW ka¨v F³s_]pw ho sbm«n¨v ASn³s_ hpOw A_n]\sf¶ tfmiw làn]m]n fWÊn Wm¼n«p.
ko«n Smsj]pw, fpNan`pw ^*p sdZv_qfpNÄ koSw D*v. fp³tbms¡, MmWpw tI«Wpw fpNans` ^*p fp_nNapw Dbt]mPn¨n^p¶p. Smsj H¶n AÑWpw A½]pw. ^*mft¯Sn tI¨n]pw B\v NnX¶n^p¶Sv. tI¨n]psX NÃym\w Njnªv tbm]t¸mÄ F³s_ NnX¯ Smjs¯ fp_n]n B]n. A¶v A½]psX Nan F§sW]pw Hanªp tWm¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*n^p¶ SnWmÂ, Mm³ ASv Cãs¸«n^p¶p. bs£, tI«sW ka]v¡m³ {lfw SpX§n]Sv fpS N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ ko*pw F³s_ fp_n fpNant`¡v fmän.
A§sW Mm³ F³s_ tI«sW ka¡p¶SnWp b²SnNÄ Bhq{S\w sI]vSp SpX§n. Mm³ F³s_ tkg¯n In` kn«pkojvINÄ sI]vSp SpX§n. ko«n shN-vhn B]n khv{Sw V^n¡m³ SpX§n. bs£, A½, SpX¡¯n Ss¶ F³s_ B B{Pi¯n³s_ Nqs¼mXn¨p.
“”””FXo, CSv F´v tkgfmXo? CknsX Wo fm{SfÃ, tks_ B\p§Ä D*v F¶v f_¡*.”
“”””CknsX tks_ B^m At½? F³s_ tI«Wpw AÑWpw fm{Sftà DÅSv.?”
“”””Aks^´m B\p§Ä AsÃ? Aks^ FÃmw Sp_¶p Nm\n¡t\m?”
“”””CSv F´m At½? FWn¡pw C§sW DÅ tkg§Ä CXm³ B{Piw D*mN¯ntÃ?”
“”””AsSms¡ B\p§apsX fp³bn  tk*. AX§n HSp§n Njntªma\w.”
A§sW Mm³ B {lfw Dtb£n¨p. F¦n`pw tI«sW {bt`men¸n¡mWpÅ {lfw SpXÀ¶p. bs£, tI«³ ko\nÃ.
B hf]¯v, tI¨n PÀen\n B]n^p¶p. AkÀ {bhkw AknsX Ss¶ B¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p. him]¯nWp A½]pw AÑWpw Atf^n¡]nt`¡v sIÃ\w F¶v WnÀºÔw bnXn¨p. G{bn BUyw B\v {bhk So]Sn. At¸mtj¡v AkÀ sIÃ\w. B hf]¯v, FWn¡v b^o£ Njnªv h-vNqÄ AX¡pw. At¸mÄ ko«n Ft¶]pw tI«sW]pw B¡n]n«p tbmNm³ So^pfmWn¨p.
sbs«¶v Ss¶ bmÊvtbmÀ«pw knh]pw Hs¡ l^n]m¡n. FWn¡v ko«pNm^yw tWm¡p¶SnWp H^p {X] S^p¶SnWp tk*n, sIss¶]n knhm C³_ÀkyqknWp M§sa SWn¨m¡n AkÀ tbm]n. B Wm`p Unkhkpw Mm³ F³s_ tI«sW {bt`men¸n¡p¶ S^w khv{S§Ä V^n¨p. bs£ tI«³s_ AXp¯v ASpw Ioänt¸m]n. H¶pw WX¶nÃ. F¦n`pw, {bSo£¡v kN WÂNp¶ In` hqIWNÄ Mm³ {l²n¨p. Mm³ A_n]msS In` hf]¯v tI«³ Fs¶ {l²n¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp.
Mm³ hmVm^\ ko«n bj] h-vNqÄ ]q\ntcmfn³s_- fnZn]pw, gÀ«pfm\v Dbt]mPn¡p¶Sv. tI«sW Nm\n¡mWm]n Mm³ gÀ«n³s_ fpNans` d«³hpNÄ Sp_¶nXpw. Smsj]pw ASptbms` Ss¶ sbm¡nÄ bp_¯p Nm\¯¡knVw Sp_¶p CXpfm]n^p¶p. Ip^p¡¯nÂ, fp`NÄ k^p¶ B emPs¯ ^*p d«³hpNÄ, fm{Sfm\v CXp¶Sv. ASptbms` Ss¶, fnZn]ns` hnºpw CXm_nÃ. B knXkn`qsX AN¯pÅ bmâohv Nm\pfm]n^p¶p. CX]v¡p H^n¡Â tI«³ ASnWp Fs¶ kj¡pw b_ªp.
“”””FXo, WnW¡v Cu Sp\n DXp¡pt¼mÄ ASn³s_ Npän]pw sNmap¯psfms¡ tWt^ sImtÆ C«pNqsX?”
“”””Hm….. ko«n Wn¡pN]tÃ. CknsX tI«³ fm{Sftà DÅq. bns¶´m?”
“”””F¶m`pw f_]v¡*sSms¡ f_]v¡t*?”
“”””Hm ……. C§sW Hs¡ fSn tI«m. ATkm N*m`pw F³s_ tI«Wtà N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm\p¶Sv. ASv hm^fnÃ.”
bns¶ tI«³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ. A§sW Wm`v Unkhw Njnªv AkÀ Sn^nsN F¯n. knhm Nn«n] knk^w tI¨ns] A_n]n¨p. ^*p Unkhw Njnªv tI¨n, AÑWpw A½]v¡pfpÅ s¹]n³ Xn¡äv Hm¬ss`³, B]n tI«Wv sf]n sI]vSp sNmXp¯p. FWn¡v b^o£ fmÀ¨v 27 Wp Njn]pw. fmÀ¨v 31 Wp AkÀ¡v tbmN\w. A§sW B Unkhw F¯n. AkÀ sWXp¼mtÈ^n]n Wn¶pw Updm]v kjn Wyqt]mÀ¡nt`¡v tbm]n. MmWpw tI«Wpw Sn^nsN ko«n F¯n.
AÑWpw A½]pw CWn fq¶p fmhw Atf^n¡]nÂ. MmWpw tI«Wpw fm{Sw ko«nÂ. B fq¶p fmhkpw FWn¡v tI«sW hz´fm¡n hN` hzÀ¤§apw Nm\\w. ASnWpÅ kjnNÄ Mm³ Bt`mIn¨v SpX§n. ^*p fq¶p Unkhw hmVm^\ tbms` NX¶p tbm]n.
Ct¸mÄ, Mm³ In` Unkh§anÂ, tI«³s_ tgmÀ«vhpw, XogÀ«pw Hs¡ FXp¯p ko«n CXpfm]n^p¶p. ASv N*n«v tI«³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ. Ct¸mÄ, tI«³ Fs¶ ko«ptKm`n]n him]n¡m_p*v. A§sW H^mjvI Njnªv H^p Unkhw tI«³, HmcohnÂWn¶pw Sn^nsN F¯n]Sv Np_¨v kngft¯msX B]n^p¶p. Mm³ Nm^yw Sn^¡n.
“”””F´m tI«m fpO¯v H^p km«w? Mm³ tI«Wv CãfnÃm¯Sv Fs´¦n`pw sI]vtSm?”
“”””At¿m tfmta, Wo H¶pw sI]vSnÃ.”
“”””bns¶´m H^p kngfw?”
“”””ASv tfmsa FWn¡v M§apsX siZvBcohn H^mjvIs¯ s{X]nWnwPv D*v. ASnWp tbmNmSn^n¡m³ bä¯nÃ.”
“”””ASnsW´m. tI«³ tbmN\w.”
“”””tfmsa Wns¶ FknsX B¡n]n«p Mm³ tbmNpw? Wns¶ Hä]v¡v CknsX Wn_p¯m³ bänÃtÃm.”
“”””ASnWp Fs¶ Hä]v¡v CknsX Wn_p¯\sf¶v B^m b_ªSv?”
“”””bns¶ Wo F´v sI¿pw?”
“”””MmWpw tI«³s_ NqsX k^pw. FWn¡v dmw¥qÀ Hs¡ Nm\mftÃm. H^mjvI Wfp¡v AknsX AXn¨psbman¡mw.”
“”””tfmsa, AknsX ASnWp huN^yw Dt*m F¶v Mm³ H¶v Sn^¡s«.”
“”””tI«m, Mm³ AknsX tI«³ S§p¶ _qfn Ss¶ Wnt¶mamw. bN tI«³ s{X]nWn§nWp tbmNpw. Mm³ AknsX Wn§apsX fp_n]n C^p¶p bYn¡mw.”
“”””At¿m! At¸mÄ Wn³s_ H^mjvIs¯ ¢mÊv tbmNntÃ?”
“”””ASv hm^fnà tI«m. Mm³ B^psX F¦n`pw ssN¿n Wn¶pw tWm«v km§n bYn¡mw.”
“”””GSm]m`pw Mm³ H¶v AtWzgn¡s«.”
“”””AtWzgn¡m³ H¶pw CÃ.”
“”””ASÃ tfmsa, bNÂ Mm³ Nm\nÃtÃm. At¸mÄ Wns¶ hp^£nSfm]n FknsX Wn_p¯pw?”
“”””AsSms¡ Wfp¡v tWm¡mw tI«m.”
bns¶ tI«³ SXÊw H¶pw b_ªnÃ. AXp¯ Unkhw ^mknt` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ss¶ tI«³ dmw¥qÀ Bcohn knan¨p Nm^yw Sn^¡n. N¼Wn Nm¼Ên Ss¶]pÅ sPÌvsiuhn H^p _qw Nn«pw. AknsX Ss¶ B\v s{X]nWn§pw.
ASv tN«t¸mÄ tI«Wv hfmVmWw B]n. FWn¡v ASnt`s_ ht´mgw. MmWpw tI«Wpw H^mjvI H^p fp_n]n Smfhn¡m³ tbmNp¶p. ASnWnsX Mm³ tI«sW kjnsSän¨p l^n]m¡pw.
A§sW H^mjvI Njnªv dmw¥qÀ tbmN\w. Sn¦Ä fpS skÅn ks^ A©v Unkhfm\v s{X]nWnwPv. tI«³ lWn]mjvI sskNn«s¯ sNm¨ptkan – dw¥qÀ s{X]nWn {SoX]À F.hn. ]n ^*p SSvNm Xn¡äv sl^n]m¡n. M§Ä tIÀ¯`]n Wn¶m\v s{X]nWn N]_p¶Sv. ^m{Sn F«p f\n Njnªt¸mÄ k*n k¶p. M§Ä s{X]nWn N]_n. H^p fnZn dÀ¯pw , H^p A¸À dÀ¯pfm\v Nn«n]Sv. Mm³ A¸À dÀ¯n  NnX¡msf¶v b_ªp.
M§Ä s{X]nWn N]_n]t¸mÄ, Smjs¯ dÀ¯v — Hjnªp NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. B hoäns` BÄ F_\mNpa¯p Wnt¶m ftäm N]t_*Sm]n^n¡pw. FSns^ DÅ dÀ¯pNan DÅ BapNÄ NnX¶p Njnªn^p¶p. M§Ä AknsX C^p¶p. M§apsX dmPv FÃmw hoän³s_ AXn]n N]än k¨p. M§Ä Np_¨p hf]w NqXn AknsX C^p¶p. Mm³, tI«³s_ fpSpNn F³s_ H^p fp` AfÀ¯n k¨p sNm*m\v C^p¶Sv.
k*n]psX Np`p¡¯nÂ, F³s_ fp`, tI«³s_ fpSpNn D^ªpsNm*n^p¶p. AtSmsX F³s_ fp`¡®v d`w k¨v D]À¶p k¶p. ASn³s_ N«n tI«³s_ fpSpNn D^ªp SpX§n]t¸mÄ, tI«Wv ASv fWÊn`m]n. AtSmsX tI«³, Hjnªp fm_m³ {lfn¨p. bs£, Mm³ kn«psNmXp¡m³ H^p¡fÃm]n^p¶p. Mm³ tI«³s_ fpSpNnt`¡p NqXpS AfÀ¶p .
Mm³ H^p s`¤n³hpw, NpÀ¯]pfm\v V^n¨n^p¶Sv. gmÄ CÃ. gmÄ CÃm¯SnWmÂ, fp`¡®n³s_ fpj¸v bp_tf Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. NÃptbms` UrZfm] fp`¡®v tI«³s_ fpSpNn D^ªt¸mÄ, F³s_ l^o^¯n H^p S^n¸v AWpeks¸«p SpX§n. Mm³, F³s_ S`, tI«³s_ tSmant`¡v tIÀ¯p k¨p.
“”””F´m tfmsa D_¡w k^pt¶m? D_§\sf¦n NnX¡mw.”
“”””CÃ tI«m. D_¡sfm¶pw k^p¶nÃ.”
“”””bns¶´m Wo NnX¶Sv?”
“”””ASv bns¶ tI«³s_ tSman C§sW NnX¡m³ Wà hpOw.”
“”””sl^n sl^n. D_¡w k^pt¼mÄ b_]\w.”
“”””Wfp¡v C§sW C^p¶p D_§mw. ‘
“”WX¶Sv Ss¶. Cu hoän³s_ DXf F_\mNpa¯p Wnt¶m, B`pkm Wnt¶m N]_pw. A]mÄ¡v hoäv Hjnªp sNmXpt¯ bäq.”
“”””ASpks^ FWn¡v F³s_ tI«³s_ AXp¯v C§sW C^n¡mftÃm.”
bns¶ B^pw H¶pw b_ªnÃ. Mm³ tI«³s_ fpSpNn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AfÀ¶p NnX¶p. A§sW NnX¶psNm*v Mm³ tI«³s_ tSmanWp fpNan`qsX Smtj¡p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ tI«³, bmâvhn³s_ fp¶ns` fpj ssN sNm*v HSp¡p¶Sm\v N*Sv. F³s_ fWÊn H^m]n^w N¼n¯n^nNÄ H¶n¨p N¯n] Sna¡w Mm³ A_nªp. tI«³ F³s_ kjn k^p¶p*v. CWn AVnNw dp²nfp«v CÃmsS FWn¡v F³s_. tI«sW kojv¯mw. Mm³ ht´mg¯n B_mXn. Mm³ tI«³s_ Njp¯nWp bp_Nn F³s_ Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.
bs£ F³s_ ht´mg¯nWp k`n] B]pÊv D*m]n^p¶nÃ. k*n, H³bSp f\n B]t¸mÄ F_\mNpa¯v F¯n. At¸mÄ, B hoän³s_ AkNmln N]_n k¶p. H^p {bm]fm] A¦nÄ. A§sW M§Ä M§apsX dÀ¯pNan N]_n. A¸À dÀ¯nÂ, N]_m³ tI«³ Fs¶ him]n¨p. tI«³, F³s_ s`¤n³hnWpÅn sM^nªp AfÀ¶n^p¶ F³s_ I´n]n Sm§n fpNant`¡v D]À¯n S¶p.
Mm³ BUyfm]n«m\v C§sW H^p ^m{Sn s{X]n³ ]m{S. tI«³, Smjs¯ hoän N]_n Wn¶psNm*v F³s_ dÀ¯n  goäv kn^n¡m³ him]n¨p. FÃmw Njnªv Mm³ NnX¶p. tI«Wpw gosäms¡ kn^n¨n«p NnX¶p. Mm³ AXp¯ Unkhs¯ b^nbmXnNÄ F§sWs]ms¡ Bs\¶v In´n¨p NnX¶p. bs£ H^p sFZn]m]pw Nn«n]nÃ. A§sW In´n¨p NnX¶ Mm³ F¸tjm D_§nt¸m]n.
bns¶ D\À¶Sv ^mkns` N`bn` lÐw tN«t¸mjm\v. s{X]n³ GtSm H^p tÌgWn Wn_p¯n]n^n¡p¶p. Vm^maw BapNÄ AknsX C_§p¶p. dw¥qÀ F¯n F¶v knIm^n¨p MmWpw sbs«¶v Smsj C_§n. At¸mjm\v– tI«³ b_]p¶Sv,
“”””tfmsa CSv sN. BÀ. bp^fm\v. Wfp¡v AXp¯ tÌgWn B\v C_t§*Sv” F¶v.
Mm³ sbs«¶v sXm]n`än tbm]n«v k¶p. s{X]n³ GSm*v b¯v fnWnt«maw AknsX NnX¶p. k*n kn«t¸mÄ tI«³ M§apsX dmPpNsams¡ FXp¯p kmSn`nWp AXp¯v sNm*v k¨p.
bt¯m bSnWt©m fnWn«v Njnªv s{X]n³ fsäm^p tÌgWn Wn_p¯n. M§Ä AknsX C_§n. ASv dw¥qÀ Ntâms׳_ B]n^p¶p. AknsX Wn¶pw H^p Bt«m]n M§Ä tI«³s_ N¼Wn]nt`¡v tbm]n. A^ f\n¡qÀ Uq^w D*m]n^p¶p. AknsX sI¶v tI«³ _nt¸mÀ«v sI]vSp. b¯p fnWn«pNÄ Njnªt¸mÄ _qw AWpkUn¨p Nn«n. A§sW M§Ä _qfn tbm]n. dmPpNÄ AknsX k¨n«v M§Ä AknsX DÅ cpZv–tNmÀ«n  tbm]n e£\w Njn¨p. tI«Wv AXp¯ Unkhw B\v s{X]nWnwPv SpX§p¶Sv. _qfn Fs¶ B¡n]n«p tI«³ Bs^t]m N*n«v k^mw F¶v b_ªp bp_t¯¡p tbm]n.
Mm³ F³s_ sb«n]n Wn¶pw Sp\nNsams¡ FXp¯p Ipk^n`pÅ A`fm^]n k¨p. bns¶, fp_n]psX kmSn AX¨p Npän C«n«v, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p tSmÀ¯pw FXp¯p Npan¡m³ tbm]n. S\p¯ skůn Npan¨p Njnªt¸mÄ l^o^¯nWp Wà Dt·gw tSm¶n. Mm³ Npan Njnªv F³s_ Sp\nN Ä AknsX Ss¶ C«n«v, tSmÀ¯v fm{Sw DXp¯psNm*v bp_¯v k¶p. F³s_ A^]v¡p fpNan bqÀ®fm]pw WPvWw B]n^p¶p.
bns¶ AXnkhv{S§Ä CÃmsS, H^p fnZn]pw gÀ«pw fm{Sw FXp¯p V^n¨p. bSnkptbms` gÀ«n³s_ WXp¡pÅ ^*p d«³hpNÄ fm{Stf C«pÅq. fp`NapsX SpX¡kpw, sbm¡napw bp_¯v Nm\mw. fnZn]psX hnºv bNpSn fm{Sw C«p. {l²n¨m ANw Nm\m³ bäpw.
Np_¨v Njnªt¸mÄ tI«³ Sn^nsN k¶p. Mm³ NSNns` fp«v tN«v B^ms\¶v tImUn¨p, tI«³ Bs\¶v D_¸m¡n]n«m\v NSNp Sp_¶Sv. ASv tI«³ tW^t¯ tbm]t¸mÄ b_ªn^p¶p. NSNp Sp_¶ Fs¶ N*n«v tI«³ AÛpSs¸«p tWm¡n. Mm³ Npan Njnªn«v, fpXn H¶pw sI¿msS knXÀ¯n C«n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. I´n ks^]pÅ Wà hfr²fm] fpXn]psX Sp¼n Wn¶pw SpÅn]m]n skÅw Cäv ko\psNm*n^p¶p.
“”””tfmÄ Npans]ms¡ Njntªm?”
“”””Rm…… MmsWm^p Npan A§v bmÊm¡n. Ct¸mÄ WÃ hpOw. £o\w FÃmw fm_n.”
“”””F¶m MmWpw H^p Npan WX¯mw.”
ASv b_ªpsNm*v tI«³ C«n^p¶ gÀ«v– Du^n Nth^]n C«p. bns¶, H^p `p¦n FXp¯p DXp¯psNm*v, bm³_pw Du^n C«p. F¶n«v, tSmÀ¯pw FXp¯v dm¯v–_qfn N]_n. Mm³ N«n`n N]_n NnX¶p. fp_n]nÂ, H^p ZdnÄ tNm«v N«n`pw, H^p tfl]pw, ^*p Nth^Napw B\v cÀ\n¨ À B]n D*m]n^p¶Sv. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ tI«³ Npan Njnªv C_§n k¶p. Mm³ N«n`n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp tI«³ Ajn¨n« Sp\nNapw FXp¯p, Sp\n NjpNmWm]n dm¯v _qfnt`¡v– tbm]n.
“”””tfmsa Wo F´v sI¿m³ tbmNp¶p?”
“”””tI«m Mm³ CSv NjpNn CXm³ tbmNp¶p.”
“”””F³s_ Sp\n Wo CknsX Ct«s^. ASv Mm³ NjpNns¡mav`mw.”
“”””Hm ….. Mm³ NjpNn]m skap¡¯nÃm]n^n¡pw. AStà Nm^yw?”
“”””Wo F´m tfmsa Cu b_]p¶Sv? Wo NjpNn]m skap¡¯nà F¶v Mm³ b_tªm?”
“”””Asæn bns¶ Mm³ NjpNn]m F´m Npj¸w?”
“”””Npj¸w H¶pw D*m]n«Ã. ko«n`pw F³s_ Sp\n Mm³ Ss¶ Atà NjpNp¶Sv. ASv sNm*m Mm³ b_ªSv.”
“”””Mm³ NjpNn]m F´v bäpsf¶v tWm¡s«. Cãs¸«nsæn bns¶ Mm³ NjpNn¶nÃ. ASv tbmt^?”
“”””Wn³_Xp¯v SÀ¡n¡m³ Mm³ CÃ.”
“”””F¶m sbm¶ptfm³ AknsX AX§n C^n.”
A§sW Mm³ Sp\n]pfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm]n. tI«³s_ Sp\n d¡än C«n«v, Mm³ F³s_ Sp\n Ìm³Zn Wn¶pw FXp¯p. sbs«¶v F³s_ ssN¿n Ft´m kjpkjp¸v tSm¶n. Mm³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ, Mm³ Ajn¨n«n^p¶ t{dÊn]_n³s_ N¸n skap¯v, fp«]psX skÅ tbms` Ft´m bän C^n¡p¶p. Mm³ ASv sSm«v f\¸n¨p. H^p kÃm¯ f\w. FWn¡v Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n. tI«³ F³s_ {dm]v¡pÅn tI«³s_ bm AXn¨p Hjn¨Sm\v. Mm³ F³s_ ssN¿n bän]Sv W¡n. H^p b¨ sk*]v¡m]psX ^pIn.
Mm³ {dm]psX N¸n Wn¶pw fpjpk³ W¡n NpXn¨p. ASn F³s_ kn]À¸pw bän]n^p¶p. FWn¡v ht´mgw sNm*v C^n¡m³ k¿mSm]n. GtSm b^hy¯n b_]p¶Sv tbms`, “”ht´mgw sNms*Wn¡v C^n¡m³ kt¿. MmWn¸w fmW¯v ImXnt¡_pw’ F¶ AkØ B]n^p¶p FWn¡v.
tI«Wv Ft¶mXpÅ ftWmemkw fm_n]n^n¡p¶p. AsænÂ, F³s_ Sp\n FXp¯p ASn AXn¨v Hjn¡pfm]n^pt¶m? Fs¶ HmÀ¯v B]n^n¡pw Np`p¡n]Sv–. CWn tI«sW F³s_ Nm`n³s_ CX]n B¡m³ dp²nfp«v D*mNnÃ. Mm³ H¶v Sn^nªp kmSn`nt`¡v tWm¡n. tI«³, Nth^]n C^p¶psNm*v F³s_ {bkÀ¯nNÄ tWm¡p¶p. Mm³ tWm¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ, tI«³ sbs«¶v Sn^nªn^p¶p ssN¿n C^p¶ tb¸À tWm¡n.
tI«³s_ sK«n]pw, dm¯v _qfn D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ASv FXp¯v f\¸n¨p. H^pS^w f¯p bnXn¸n¡p¶ f\w. kn]À¸pw, fq{Skpw, bns¶ tkt_ Fs´ms¡t]m NqXn¡`À¶ H^p f\w. Mm³ ASv W¶m]n f\¯p. ASv NjpNmsS AXn¨p fmän]mt`m F¶v tbm`pw tSm¶n. Mm³ Sp\n fpjpk³ d¡än WW¨p k¨n«v, thm¸v FXp¡mWm]n bp_¯v k¶p. tI«³, F³s_ fpO¯v tWm¡msS, H^p kan¨ fpOkpfm]n C^p¶p.
Mm³ sbs«¶v thm¸pw FXp¯v tbm]n Sp\n NjpNn. Mm³, tI«³ F³s_ fp`NÄ Nm\¯¡knVw tI«³s_ tWt^ Ss¶ Sn^nªn^p¶m\v NjpNn]Sv. Mm³ gÀ«n³s_ fpNans` d«³hv CXm¯SnWmÂ, NpWnªv C^p¶p NjpNpt¼mÄ, fp`¨m`pw, fp`NapsX fpNÄem-Pkpw W¶m]n Nm\mw. Mm³ C«n^p¶ fnZn HSp¡n sk¡msWm¶pw fnWs¡«nÃ. ASpsNm*v Ss¶, SpXNapw, W¶m]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.
CX]v¡p Nm`pNÄ AN`pt¼mÄ, bm³_n]psX f_knÃmsS NanØ`kpw Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. tI«³, tb¸_n tWm¡p¶Sm]n emkn¨psNm*p, F³s_ tgm Han¨p tWm¡p¶Sv FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Sp\nNÄ FÃmw thm¸n«v MknXn NjpNn]n«v, Sp\n km^n d¡än C«psNm*v– Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. AtSmsX tI«³ dm¯v_qfn Wn¶pw N®pNÄ bn³k`n¨p.
bns¶ Mm³ tI«³s_ tWt^ Sn^nªp Wn¶psNm*v Ss¶ Xm¸n Wn¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv skÅw FXp¯p Sp\n W¶m]n D`¨p NjpNn. NpWnªpWn¶v– NjpNpt¼mÄ tI«³s_ tWm«w F³s_ S¦¡pX§an B]n^p¶p. FÃmw Njnªv, Mm³ Sp\nNÄ fp_n]nsX kl¯pÅ dm¡\n]n sNm*vsI¶v kn^n¨p. Sn^nsN fp_n]n k¶p. CWns]´v F¶v Bt`mIn¨v sNm*v N«n`n³s_ H^ä¯v NnX¶p.
hf]w At¸mÄ bSnsWm¶p Njnªnt« D*m]n^p¶pÅq. e£\w Njn¡m³ CWn]pw ^*p f\n¡qÀ Njn]\w. Mm³ sbm¡napw Nm\n¨p sNm*v NnX¶p. CX]v¡p Nm`pNÄ AW¡pt¼mÄ fnZn ØmWw fm_pw. tI«³ F´v sI¿\sf¶v A_n]msS sManbn^n sNmÅp¶p. CX]v¡p hin¡m³ k¿msS tI«³ Fjpt¶äp. At¸mÄ, tI«³ DXp¯n^p¶ `p¦n]psX fp¶n H^p NqXm^w H^p Wnfngw N*p. sb«¶pSs¶ tI«³ ASv f_]v¡m³ tk*n fp*v fX¡n Np¯n. F¶n«v dm¯v_qfn tbm]n.
A©p fnWnäv Njnªm\v bp_¯v k¶Sv. tI«³ FWn¡v tk*n A¶s¯ ^*mfs¯ bm`entgNw WX¯n F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. bns¶ tI«³ bp_t¯¡v tbm]n. AXp¯ Wo¡w F§sW]m]n^n¡\w F¶v Bt`mIn¨psNm*v NnX¶ Mm³ H¶v f]§n. bns¶, H^pf\n BNm_m]t¸mÄ tI«³ knan¨Sv tN«m\v D\À¶Sv.

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