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fmaq«n bqÀ¯n]m¡m¯Sn £f tImUn¨psNm*v Cu sI_pNT B^wen¡s«…

CSv H^p fVp^ {bSnNm^fm\v.

Fsâ Gäkpw k`n] l{Spkpw Ct¸mjs¯ Fsâ Gäkpw AXp¯ hpir¯pfm] KnWogntWmXpÅ fVp^ {bSnNm^w.

ko«n Wn¶v F³{X³hv tNm¨n§nWp SÅn kn«t¸mÄ Mm³ H«pw {bSo£n¨Sà C{S]pw WsÃm^p F©nWo]_nwPv tNmtaKn AZvfng³ Nn«m³ fm{Sw _m¦v Mm³ tWXpsf¶v.

Wm«pNm^psX]pw ko«pNm^psX]pw BUys¯ AwPoNm^t¯msX Mm³ C`t{Îm\nN-vhv B³Zv N½yq\nt¡gWn AZvfng³ FXp¯p.

H^p knVw bYn¸nÌpNÄ fm{Sw bYn¸n¡p¶ B tNmtaKn H^p fim A`¼Wm]n tNmtaKv ss`cv AXn¨p sbman¡\sf¶ Up^pt±lkpfm]n AknsX F¯n] Fs¶ BUy Unkhw Ss¶ SNÀ¯pNaªp.

sI¶v N]_n]Sv KnWognsâ fp¶nÂ.

Ak³ sM«n F¦n`pw Aksâ fpO¯p H^p Blzmhw, AXp¯v Wn¡p¶ AÑsW tSm*n B bm¡p¸n FWn¡v tWs^ kn^ Iq*n.

‘AÑm… ^Kogv’.

Wm«ns` ASymklyw fmWyWm] ^mQtk«Wv Ssâ fNsW Fsâ H¸w G¸n¡m³ NjnªSn b^nbqÀ\ hwSrbvSn B]n^p¶p. B bm¡p¸ns] Fs¶ tbms` A`vbw Np^p¯w sN«ksW¦n`pw ASymklyw Nm^y knk^fpÅksW G¸n¨m ASpw Wm«pNm^³ bns¶ H«pw tkk`mSns¸XmsS A_dn¡X NX¶p tbm]n tKm`n sI¿mw F¶v ^mQtk«Wv A_n]mfm]n^p¶p.

A§sW M§sa Ht^ timÌÂ fp_n]nt`¡v s_¡f³Zv sI]vSp fmän ^mQtk«³ Ø`w kn«p.

DÅn Wn_s] N`n¸v B]n^pt¶`pw ^mQtk«tWmXv F§sW bänÃm¶v b_]pw. ASpsNm*p Mm³ B Up^´w fn*msS S`]nt`än.

Npan¨p s_Zn B]n ¢mÊnt`¡v sI¶Spw Fsâ fqZv Hmcv Hs¡ fm_n. ¢mÊns` sb¬bntÅ^n GSm*v bNpSnt]makpw CXnsk«v I^¡pNÄ. fp³ sd©n C^n¡m³ KnWp… KnWognsW A§sW]m\v MmWpw ko«n`pw Hs¡ knan¡p¶Sv, Ak³ WnÀdÔn¨p. Mm³ Ak³ b_]p¶Sv ssf³Zv sI¿msS Np_¨qsX bn¶n`pÅ sd©n tbm]n^p¶p. AkWpw fWÊnÃm fWtÊmsX Fsâ AXp¯v k¶n^p¶p. CksW CWn F{S Nm`w hin¡\w Ft¶mÀ¯v FWn¡v Wà tUgyw k¶p.

Bav b© bmkfm\v, km tSm^msS hwhm^n¡ptNw sI¿pw. bs£, fpXnª tbXn]m\v. bYn¸nÌp, bns¶ tW^m]SÃm¯sSm¶pw At§m«v Uin¡nÃ. ASm\v ¹hv Xp kn FWn¡v AktWmXpÅ N`n¸v.

AXn¨p sbman¨p WX¡p¶ Nm`¯m\v frUp`, H^p sNmSn]m]n fWÊn N]_n]Sv. Wà H¯ I^¡p. skap¯ Wn_w, H¶v fp«n sl^n]m]n k¶Sm]n^p¶p. At¸mjm\v ‘Ck³… Cu Wm]nsâ tfm³…’ ^mQtk«m Ft¶mXv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv £fn¡p , Ck³ CX]n N]_p¶Sv.

BÄ¡v frUp`t]mXp Unky {b\]w B]n^ps¶¶p tSm¶p¶p. Mm³ Wm«ns` Fsâ I¦v Nq«pNm^³ fnTptWmXv Cksa¸än Imäv sI]vSSv bns¶ Fsâ Pm`_n]ns` Wà AXnsbman koZnt]mhv AX¡w sNm*v Nm\n¨p.

Cu ssf^³ F§sW Fsâ tcm¬ fp¡n Fs¶m¶pw H^p bnXn]pw CÃ. F´m]m`pw Blm³ Fsâ ss`³ Wà ^oSn]n sbm«n¨p S¶p. F¶n«p Blm³ frUp`s]s¡m*v hSyw sI¿n¨p. DÅn Nan¨Sp AkWms\¶v Ft¶mXv b_]^psS¶v.
frUp`]psX W·]v¡p tk*n]m\p KnWp C{S SymPt¯msX Cu knk^w A_n]n¡p¶sS¶p.

frUp`s] ^*p fpjp¯ sS_nNÄ b_ªt¸mÄ Cu knk^sfms¡ f\n f\n tbms` bp_¯pk¶p… H¸w Wà AÊ`v N^¨n`pw. bns¶ Cu sb®nsâ km`n bnXn¨p Sq§n WX¡m³ CãfÃm¯SvsNm*v B AVym]w AknsX AkhmWn¸n¨p.

bs£, BlmWnt¸mjpw A_n]nà t«m Mm³ CsSms¡ A_nª Nm^yw. B f*³ AenW]w Nm\pt¼mÄ FWn¡v B N\¡pän AXn¨p sbm«n¡m³ tSm¶pw.

A§sW Unkh§Ä NX¶ptbm]n. tNmtaKn ASymklyw A`¼pw fäpfm]n AXnsbman]m]n tbm]n.

timÌ`n _mPn§nsâ hf]sfms¡ Njnªt¸mÄ bns¶ tKman B]n^p¶p.
bns¶ W½psX NTmWm]NWpw Bav tfmlfà t«m… BÄ¡v Fs¶t¸ms`m^p AÊ`v N¼Wn CÃm¯SpsNm*v Wln¨ptbm]Sm\v. C{¼qkv B]n k^p¶p.

A§Wm\v BUys¯ skÅfXn hf]w. A`vbw fUy `i^n]n B]t¸mjm\v Fsâ tcm\n H^p NmÄ k^p¶Sv. b^nI]fnÃm¯ W¼À B]SnWm Mm³ B _qfn Wns¶jpt¶äp bp_t¯¡p WX¶p. NmÄ Aä³Zv sI]vS Mm³ tcm¬ sIkn]nt`¡v tIÀ¯v. Fsâ sIkn]n Bt^m Ipwdn¨Sptbm`m\v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv. A{S]pw fVp^fm] lÐw.

‘it`m’

B hz^w BhzUn¨p f_pbXn b_]m³ tbm`pw Mm³ f_¶p.

‘it`m… ^Kogv…’

AÂb hf]w Njnªn«pw f_pbXn tNÄ¡mSm]t¸mÄ ko*pw B fmhvf^nN lÐw. B Np]n WmUw tbm`pÅ lЯnsâ DXf]v¡v Fsâ tb^v A_n]msf¶p Ss¶ Fs¶ NpanÀ sNmÅn¸n¨p.

‘Biv… B^m?’ Mm³ A`vbw B`hyt¯msX]m\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.

‘^Kogv… Mm³ ^mVnN]m\v’ f_pbXn k¶p.

‘^mVnN?’ H«pw b^nI]fnÃm¯ B tb^ntWmXpÅ hwl]w Fsâ lЯn D*m]n^p¶p.

‘^Kogv… Mm³ KnWpknsâ A½]m\v ^mVnN… Aksâ tcm\n knan¨n«p Nn«pt¶]nÃ, tfm³ FknsX]m? AkWp H¶v sNmXp¡mtfm?’ H«pw CXtka]nÃmsS B fVp^ lÐw HjpNn.

‘Hmiv… Wn§am]n^pt¶m? Ak³ Fsâ NqsX D*v. H¶pw bän]n«nà N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn§Ä F´nWm AksW C§sW Nq«n`n« tbms` kaÀ¯ps¶? AtSm*tà AkWpw Wn§Ä¡pw Hs¡ C{S tbXn?’
fUy `i^n]nÂB]n^p¶ Mm³ B Hjp¡n A§sW A§v hwhm^n¨p.

‘i i…’ {bSo£n¡m¯ ftWmi^fm] B In^n FWn¡pw kÃm¯ ht´mgtfNn.

‘Mm³ CknsX Hä]v¡mX sI_p¡m… At¸mÄ bns¶ Ft´`pw Bt`mIn¨p sX³g³ AXn¡t*? tfm³ AkWp H¶v sNmXpt¯… ^mQtk«³ b_ªn^p¶p ^Kognsâ H¸fm DÅSv tbXnt¡* Nm^ytf Csöv. F¶m`pw Ct{Sw tW^w B]n«p knan¨n«p Nn«mSn^p¶t¸mÄ tbXn]m]n. bns¶ ^mQtk«sW]pw knan¨n«v Nn«p¶nÃ… At¸mjm Wnsâ W¼À DÅSv HmÀ½ kt¶…’ AkÄ b_ªp.

‘AtSSm]m`pw W¶m]n… tI¨nsX W¼À FWn¡v Nn«n]tÃm…’

‘Bim… ^mQtk«³ b_ªn^p¶p Wo Bsam^p kn^pS³ Bs\¶v, Ct{Sw {bSo£n¨nÃ…’

‘Hmtim… As¸m CWn tfmsW Fsâ NqsX WnÀ¯m³ tbXn B]n^n¡pftÃm?’

‘Dw… sI_ns]m^p tbXn SpX§n. Ft´m {blvW¯n`m\tÃm DÅSv AStà Ak³ tcm¬ FXp¡m¯Spw Mm³ b_ªn«pw AkWp tcm¬ sNmXp¡m¯Spw’

‘Biv… C¨n^n {blvW¯n`m… CknsX sI_ns]m^p skÅfXn bmÀ«n]…Bav AXn¨p cnävB]n NnX¡pkm…’ fUy `i^n]n B]n^p¶ Mm³ B huirU hwemg\w W¶m]n«v SpXÀ¶v sNm*ptbmkmWpÅ SnXp¡¯n Fs´ms¡t]m hwhm^n¨p.

‘sâ Nrgv\m… ^Kotg, Nan b_]tà tfmtW…’ ^mVnN]psX lЯn H^p b^n{efw.

‘i i… tbXn¡* tI¨n, M§Ä C¯n^n skÅfXn¡pkm. Ak³ Ip½m M§apsX AXp¯p k¶n^ps¶s¶ DÅp. ASnsâ f\w tcm\n`qsX Wn§Äs¡ms¡ Nn«ptkm¶v tbXn¨p Bav tcm¬ Hs¡ _qfn bq«n skt¨¡pkm… F´nWm tI¨n C§sWms¡ tbXn¸n¨p kaÀ¯nt]¡ps¶?’ B b^n{efw fmämWm]n Mm³ b_ªp.

‘ASpsNms*´m… Wns¶t¸ms` kga³ B]nÃmt`m. Nq«pNm^sâ A½t]mXm Wo C§sWms¡ hwhm^n¡ps¶¶v tdmVfpt*m? MmWpw Wnsâ A½]tÃ…?’

‘i i… A§sW Ipapkn Fsâ A½]mk*. AtÃ`pw A½]mkmWpÅ {bm]sfm¶pw ^mVntN¨n¡v CÃ. Mm³ N*n«pÅStÃ… Ct¸mjpw sI_p¸w’

‘Zm Zm… fSn fSn Aksâ b©m^]Xn. Fsâ tfmsâ {bm]tf DÅq… AÃ, Wo F¸jm Fs¶ N*Sv? Mm³ CSpks^ Wns¶ N*n«nÃmt`m?’

‘Dw… Nm\m³ sNmÅmkp¶ks^ Hs¡ B¬bntÅÀ tWm¡n sk¡pw. bns¶ Fs¶ ^mVntNIn¡v CWn knlUfm]n«v Nm\mtÃm’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Dw… fSn fSn. Wo AkWp sNmXpt¯… Wnt¶mXv AVnNw hwhm^n¨m l^n]mknÃ’ AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv MmWpw In^n¨p. Mm³ tcm¬ sNm*ptbm]n KnWpknWv sNmXp¯p.

NnX¶t¸mÄ D_¡w k¶nÃ. fUy `i^n]n B]n^ps¶¦n`pw KnWpknsâ A½t]mXv Fs´ms¡]m\v hwhm^n¨Sv.

Mm³ tcm¬tWm¡n. b{´*^ f\n. kmXvhmbv Sp_¶p. ^mVnN]psX s{bmssc tWm¡n. cpÄ sshhv tcmt«m]m\v. FWn¡v N¼n]m]n.

b`t¸mjpw N`ym\ koXpNan sk¨v ^mVnNs] N*n«p*v. AkapsX fpjp¸pw. hm^n]n bp_¯p Nm\p¶ CXp¸psfms¡ b`t¸mjpw Fsâ Np®s] Np`¸n¡m³ Nm^\w B]n«p*v. bs£ H¯n^n I^¡pNÄ¡nX]n H¶v fm{Sfm]n^p¶p As¶ms¡. ^mQtk«sâ em^y]m\v AsSs¶ms¡ A_n]msf¦n`pw A{S {l²n¨n^p¶nÃ.

Ct¸mÄ KnWpknsâ A½]ms\¶v A_nªSn`Ã, Ak^psX A{S]pw AXp¸t¯msX]pÅ hwhm^w, KnWpkpfm]n kas^ tW^s¯ Ss¶ AXpt¡*Sm]n^p¶p Fs¶m^p tSm¶Â.

Mm³ AkapsX s{bmssc`n foZn] BZv sI¿mWm]n FXp¯p.

‘tfmsW KnWp, Wo Sp`¨ frUp`]v¡p bN^w Wnsâ A½s] Mm³ FXp¡pkmX ssft^…’

Fsâ tcm\n D*m]n^p¶ Np_¨p shN-vhv koZnt]mhvMm³ AkÄ¡p A]¨p. Hmt^m¶pw Abv–t`mZv Bkp¶Sv tWm¡n Mm³ Np® St`mXn. fUy `i^n]n B]n^p¶SnWm ASv k^p¯nt]¡mkp¶ Bb¯p Mm³ In´nt¨ CÃ.

^*p fqs¶®w Abv-t`mZv B]t¸mjm\v Mm³ ASv N*Sv. Aks]Ãmw sZ`nkÀ Bkp¶p. AVnNw sskNmsS Ak _oZv BkpN]pw sI]vSp. Mm³ sM«n. sWäv HmcvsI]vSv. tcm¬ Uqt^]vNv sk¨p.

bntä¶v KnWp knan¡p¶Sv tN«m\vMm³ Fjpt¶äSv. Ak³ s_Zn B]n tNmtaKnt`¡v tbmNm³ H^p§n]n^n¡p¶p.

‘Mm³ CsÃXm…Wo sbm]vt¡mC¶v’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Biv… Wo C¶v k^nÃm¶v FWn¡p_¸m]n^p¶p’ Ak³ ASpw b_ªp tbm]n.

Mm³ tcm¬ FXp¯p.
^mVnN t»m¡v sI]vSp Nm\ptfm?

Mm³ sWäv Hm¬ sI]vSp. AkapsX Imäv FXp¯p. tUgyw Nm\n¨pÅ Nps_ hvssf`n. bns¶ H^p sftÊKpw.

‘Fsâ fN³ BkmWpÅ {bm]tf WnW¡pÅq… f_¡*. S`v¡m`w Mm³ ^mQtk«tWmXv b_]p¶nÃ. CWn C§sW D*mk^pSv’ ASm]n^p¶p sftÊKv.

Mm³ Aksa knan¨p.

‘^mVntN¨n thm_n…Mm³ Imäv fm_n A]¨Sm\v’ H¯n^n tW^s¯ _n§nWp tlgw AkÄ FXp¯ DXsW Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Asöp FWn¡v W¶m]n«v A_n]mw. ASv tbms«… CWn D*mk^pSv. Aà C¶v tbm]ntÃ? KnWp Dt*m AXp¯v?’ Wà tUgy¯n`m]n^p¶p f_pbXn.

‘KnWp tbm]n.tI¨n tUgys¸XtÃ… tI¨n ko«n Hä]v¡tÃ… CsSms¡ tI¨n¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tks_ FknXp¶pw Nn«nÃtÃm, A§sW A]¨Sm… Mm³ knIm^n¨p Cãkpsf¶v’

‘Hmtim… tks_ H^p Up^pt±lkpw Cà tÃ? FWn¡v Nm\m³ A]t¨¡p¶p.’

‘Hmiv… thm_n. CWn tf`n D*mknÃ’ Mm³ ASv b_ªp tcm¬ sk¨p.

bns¶ ASnsW bän Mm³ Bt`mIn¨nÃ. bs£, AkÄ GsS¦n`pw ^oSn]n fX§n k^psf¶v FWn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p.

Wm`mw Wman H¯n^n sskNn AkapsX sftÊKv.

‘Ct¸mjpw D_§n]ntÃ? AXp¯ k`]nX`nWp {lfn¡pkmt\m?’

‘H^p k`]nX`pw CtÃ… W½psX Hs¡ k`]n B^v kojmWm\v’

‘Hmiv… KnWpF´m b^nbmXn?’

‘Wn§sX tfm³ C^p¶p bYn¡pkm… F´m sNmXp¡t\m?’

‘At¿m tk*. Mm³ knan¨Sm… WnW¡v bYn¡m³ H¶pfntÃ?’

‘FWn¡nt¸m bYn¡m³ huN^yfnÃ… Fs´?’

‘Biv Cu ssXfn Sos^ huN^yw D*mknÃtÃm… k` CXt*?’

‘Fsâ sbm¶p tI¨n, Mm³ Cs¸m tI¨ns] At§m«v dp²nfp«ns¨m¶pfnÃtÃm? bns¶ F´nWm Ft¶mXv C§sW Ct§m«p k¶p AbkmUw b_]pt¶?’

‘Hm… C{S ho^n]hv B¡*… Mm³ tbmt]¡mw’

‘Biv ASm WÃSv’

AkÄ bns¶ fn*n]nÃ… Nps_ sskNn]t¸mÄ Mm³ H^p Sp*v AkÄ¡]¨p.

‘Hmiv… tW^s¯ k`n] Znfm³Zv Nm\n¨ Bav ^m{Sn]m]t¸mÄ tk*m¯ In´NÄ k¶p tÃ?’ AkapsX _nss¹.

‘ASÃ… tW^s¯ KnWp D_§n«nÃ. Ak³ N*ms`m¶v tbXn¨n«m’

‘Hm’

‘Biv… Aà Wo]n§sW bmSn^m{Sn kmXvh¸ns`ms¡ Ipän¡_§n]m ^mQtk«³ bnXn¡ps`?’

‘Hmtim Fs¶ Wo F¶pw ^mQtk«sW ^mQtk«³ F¶pw AsÃ?’

‘ASv W½psXAXp¸w sk¨n«v…’

‘Ft¶¡mÄ fp³tb WnW¡p ^mQtk«tWmXv AXp¸w D*m]n^p¶tÃm?’

‘ASptbm`mt\m CSv?’

‘½vfv…’

‘Ft´m¶v Dw, tImUn¨SnWv _nss¹ Nn«n]nÃ…’

‘Hm… At§^p CsSm¶pw tWm¡m³ tbm\nÃ. bns¶ Mm³ A§sW tk`n ImXp¶ Nq«¯n`pw AÃ’

‘DtÆ… F¶n«m\tÃm fNsâ {bm]fpÅ H^p¯³ A]¨ koZnt]m Hs¡ tWm¡n kn^`n«Sv’

‘tbmXm… Mm³ kn^`ns«m¶pfnÃ’

‘bns¶ bjfmt\m C«Sv–?’

‘tbmXm’

‘b_ I¡t^…’

‘I¡^t]m A¿Xm…’

‘F´m, Fsâ I¡^]tÃ?’

‘AÃ Mm³ ^mQtk«sâ I¡^]m’

‘i i… A{S I¡^]m]tSm*mkpw Wns¶ CknXm¡n A]mav A¡s^ tbm]Sv’

ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ tUgys¸«pÅ hvssf`n A]¨p.

‘in in… I¡^ Cs¸m A]¨ koZnt]m Nt*m?’

‘½vfv..’

‘Cãmt]m?’

‘Dw…’

‘FWn¡v C§WpÅ koZnt]m B\v Cãw ssf {c*v–hv tim«v tfmw’

‘ASv A_n]mw…’

‘F§sW?’

‘CsSms¡ N*n«m\tÃm Cs¸m C§sW tk*m¯ In´Nsams¡’

‘F§sW?’

‘At¿mXm… A_n]ntÃ…?’

‘CÃ…’

‘F¶ A_n]*’

‘i b_ I¡t^’

‘Wnsâ sdÌv {c*nsâ A½]m\v Mm³ F¶v kà knIm^kpw Dt*m?’

‘sdÌv {ct*m? Cu bmÂNp¸nt]m?’

‘bmÂNp¸nt]m?’

‘Biv Wnsâ tfmsW M§Ä knan¡p¶ tb^m… At½sW Nm\\w F¶v b_ªp N^]p¶ bm¡p¸n’

‘tbmXm Fsâ tfmsW Nan]m¡*’

‘sl^n, Cs¸m tks_m^p bm¡p¸n D*v CknsX… ASpw KnWpsâ A½s] Nm\\w F¶v b_ªp N^]pkm’

‘???’

Mm³ sbs«¶v dmSv–_qfn N]_n ss`äv C«p. `p¦n fmän Np® sSm`n¨p H^p tcmt«m FXp¯p A]¨p.

AkÄ ASv _oZv sI]vSp. ssX¸nwPv F¶v Nm\n¨p. Mm³ irU]fnXnt¸msX Nm¯n^p¶p.

‘C§sW N^]p¶ bm¡p¸n Bt\m Fsâ tfmsW Nan]m¡p¶Sv?’

B _nss¹ Fsâ Np®s] H¶pNqXn N¼n]m¡n.

‘in in… F¦n N^¨n`v fmän Sm…’

‘Mm³ F§sW fmämWm?’

‘AkWp Wns¶ N*m fm_pw’

‘A¿Xm A§Wnt¸m fm_*’

Mm³ AtSmsX Np® sSm`n¨p AXn¡m³ SpX§n.

‘H¶v Nm\n¨p SmXn… Ck³ Wn`knan¨p N^]pkm’

‘A§Wnt¸m Nm\*’

FWn¡v At¸mtj]v¡pw £f CÃmSm]n^p¶p. Mm³ AksaNmÄ sI]vSp. AÂb tW^w Njnªm\vAkÄ NmÄ FXp¯Sv.

‘F´nWm knan¡ps¶?’ FXp¯bmsX AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘H^p tcmt«m A]¨p SmXn WÃ fqZn`m Mm³ AXn¡pkm…’

‘tU tbms]… tfmlfm CsSms¡’

‘CtÃÂ Wo H¶v WtÃm\w N¼n b_.Mm³ H¶v Na]s«Xn’

‘tcm¬ skt¨… KnWp tN«m bns¶ Mm³ Sq§n¨mtk*n k^pw’

‘bnt¶… AksW§mW_n]mWm Akâ½t]mXm Mm³ N¼n b_]ps¶¶v’

‘¨n… Wo sk¨n«v tbm. kr¯nsN«k³’

‘ZnH¶v b_s]Xn. Mm³ H¶v AXn¨p Na]s«’

‘Dw…’

‘Cu Dw tNÄ¡mWà b_, Mm³ Wm«n k¶m At§m«v k^pw. FWn¡v NnX¶v S^qtÃ…?’

‘F´nWp?’

‘Wns¶ b®m³’

‘Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶v sk¨n«p tbms]…’

‘Fsâ Np® Du¼n¯^t\… Biviviv Wnsâ km]n`n«v AXn¡m³ F´v hpOm]n^n¡pw’

‘¨n tbmXm… Mm³ sk¡pkm’

‘sk¡tÃ… Wnsâ bqs_m¶p W¡m³ S^ntÃ?’

‘Cu sI_p¡Wv H^p Wm\kpfntÃ?’

‘AknsX W¡p¶Sv A{S tfmlw Nm^ymt\m?’

‘Cu kr¯nsN« koZnt]m Hs¡ N*n«m A§sWms¡ tSm¶pt¶… AsSm¶pw B^pw sI¿q`’

‘^mQtk«³ sI¿nsöv sk¨p FWn¡v sI¿m³ bmXnsöpt*m? W½Ä tW^n«v Nm\p¶ A¶v Ss¶ ^mVntNsX AknsX Mm³ W¡pw… t^mffpt*m AknsX?’

‘Dw’

‘iq… As¸m Wà f\fp*mkpw… Mm³ C]mÄsX Nm`nWnX]n Wn¶v km]v FXp¡qÃ’

‘½vfv’ B lЯn H^p bS_ DÅSv FWn¡v fWhn`m]n. AknsX fj sb]vSp SpX§n Fs¶Wn¡p fWhn`m]n.

‘kn^`n«p AtÃXm?’

‘½vfv’

‘hpOfpt*m?’

‘Dw’

‘AXn¡s«?’

‘Aiv’

‘^mVnNm’

‘Biv’

‘Mm³ AXn¡pkmXn’

‘½vfv’

‘hpOfpt*mXn?’

‘½vfv’

‘Biv Biv’

‘Dw’

‘k^m_mt]m Zn sbs®?’

‘Dw’

‘DÅns`mjn¡s«Mm³?’

‘Dw…’

Mm³BªXn¨p…

‘^mVnNm… FWn¡v Ct¸m k^psfXn… WnW¡v k^m_mt]m…’

‘Biv…’ B lÐkpw bS_p¶ps*s¶Wn¡p fWÊn`m]n. AÂb hf]w sNm*v Fsâ Np®¸m Ioäns¯_n¨p.

‘Biviv… ^mVnNm… FWn¡v k¶p…’

‘Biv… ½vfv’ f_pemP¯p Wn¶pw fmhvf^nN lÐw.

‘Biv… kt¶mXn WnW¡v…’

‘½vfv tbm]n’

‘hpOnt¨m?’

‘Dw…’

‘D½’

‘D½’

‘CWn tkt\m? W¡n¯^t\m?’

‘tk*… k¿’

‘sl^n D_§nt¡m… ^mkns` knan¡mw’

‘Dw…’AkÄ tcm¬ sk¨p.

MmWpw BsN £o\n¨n^p¶p. Mm³ dmSv–_qfn Wn¶n_§pt¼mÄ KnWp H¶v AW§n¡nX¡p¶p. Ak³ FÃmw Hanªp tNt«m Fs¶Wns¡m^p hwl]w tSm¶n. Mm³ tcm¬ tXdnan sk¨v tbm]n NnX¶p. CWnAk³ A_nªn«ps*¦n ASv Aksâ A½ Ss¶]ms\¶v Ak³ A_n]s«… ASm\v FWn¡v tk*Sv.

Mm³ D_¡w WXn¨p. H¯n^n tW^w Njnªn«pw Ak³ AW§n]nÃ. FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sms\¶p N^pSn sfsà D_¡¯nt`¡p kjpSn kojpt¼mjm\v Ak³ bpSt¸msX bSps¡ Fjpt¶Â¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*Sv.

Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv lzmhw bnXn¨p NnX¶p. Ak³ kas^ sfsà WX¶p tXdnanWp AXps¯¯n. bSps¡ Fsâ tcm¬ FXp¯p ko*pw sdZnt`]v¡v tbm]v NnX¶p. tcm¬ bpS¸nWpÅn`m¡n.

Ck³ bYn¨ Nų Ss¶, Fsâ tcm¬ Fsâ AWpkmUw tImUn¨p tbm`pw CSpks^ Ak³ FXp¯n«nÃ. F¶n«pw BlmWv t`m¡v Hs¡ Sp_¡mWmNptfm F¶v Mm³ hwl]n¨p. H¯n^n tW^fm]n«pw bn¶oXv H^p AW¡kpw N*nÃ. Mm³ Ft¸mtjm D_¡¯nt`¡v kjpSn ko\p.

Mm³ Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ KnWp dmSv–_qfnÂB]n^p¶p. tXdnan tWm¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ C¶s` tcm¬ k¨ AsS sbmhngWn B]n^p¶p. Aa¶p fp_n¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶p, fnXp¡³.

A¶v ¢mÊn`n^n¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ {c*vhntWmXv b_ªp. ‘H^p CXnsk«v Bân kaªn«p*v… C¶s` Mm³ D_§nà tfmsW… iq H^p Nj¸n bq_n’

‘Zm W¼À SmXm…’ H^p¯³ b_ªp.

‘BUyw FWns¡m¶p Nan]v¡m³ Nn«s« Zm, bns¶ W¼À Aà B I^¡nsW Ss¶ Wfp¡v Du¡mtÃm’ ASv b_]pt¼mÄ Mm³ KnWpknsW HanªptWm¡n. Ak³ {l²n¡m¯Sp tbms` dp¡n Ft´m tWm¡n C^n¡p¶p.

‘Zm… Fsâ tcm\n ssbh CÃ. Wo tcm¬ H¶v S^ptkm? Sn^n¨p knan¡m³ b_ªn«v sbs«¶v sk]v¡mw.’ Mm³ b_ªp.

Ak³ tcm¬ Wo«n.

Mm³ Aksâ tNm*mÎn Wn¶pw ‘A½’ F¶ tNm*mÎnt`]v¡v knan¨p.

‘Biv tfmtW…’

tcm¬ FXp¯ DXsW AkapsX lÐw.

‘Zn bq_n CSv MmWm ^Kogv. Wo Fsâ tcm\nt`¡v knan. ssbh SoÀ¶p’ Mm³ b_ªp.

AkÄ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp. Mm³ NmÄ inÌ_n Zn`oäv sI¿msS Ss¶ AkWp Wo«n.

H¯n^n tW^w Njnªm\vAkapsXtcm¬ k^p¶Sv.

‘Wo F´m Nm\nt¨? Sfml Nan¡pkmt\m?’

tcm¬ FXp¯ DXsW AkapsX lNm^w. Mm³ In^n¨p.

‘A§sW Wnsâ W¼À Mm³ N*k^psX tcm\ns`ms¡ thkv sI¿n¡ptfm, ASv Fsâ _qw tfäv B\v. H^p bmk¯mWm… Mm³ knan¨ DXsW W¼À Zn`oäv sI]vSp.’

Ak³ tNÄs¡Mm³ b_ªp.

‘bns¶… Wmsa M§Ä Wm«nt`¡v k^p¶p*v. fq¶p Unkhw `okv B\v. FWn¡v Wns¶ b®\w. Mm³ F´m]m`pw ko«n k^pw, H^p§n Wnt¶ma\w’

AkÄ b_]p¶sSm¶pw
tNÄ¡msS KnWpknsW tNĸn¡mWm]n Mm³ b_ªp. F¶n«p tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp.

‘Zm Mm³ fä¶mÄ ko«nt`¡v k^p¶p*v tNt«m… A¶v knan¨t¸mWnsâ A½ b_ªn^p¶p ko«nt`¡v k^\sf¶v. Wnsâ A½ Fs¶ N*n«nÃtÃm’

AkWp fWÊn`mNp¶ps*¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_nªpsNm*v Ss¶ Mm³ b_ªp. bmkw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

frUp`]psX Nm^y¯n FWn¡v AktWmXp*m]n^p¶ FÃm tUgykpw Wq_p C^«n]m]n Sn^n¨p sNmXp¡m³ NjnªSn Mm³ fWw Wn_ªp ht´mgn¨p.

Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ KnWp k^m´]n Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p. Aksâ fpOw N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v In^n k¶p.

‘FknsX tfmsW Wnsâ A½…’

Mm³ k^m´]nt`¡v N]_ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.

‘Wo C^n¡v. A½ AXp¡a]n`m…’

Ak³ b_ªpsNm*v Fs¶ ANt¯¡v £\n¨p

‘At½… ^Kogv k¶p’

B b_¨n`n`pÅ Aksâ SaÀ¨ Mm³ {l²n¨p. SoÀ¯pw H^p Nq«ns¡mXp¸pNm^sâ t_mant`¡v fmt_*n k¶ AkØ, ASpw hz´w A½s] hz´w Nq«pNm^Wv.

sbs«¶v ^mVnN k¶p.

H^p k]`äv hm^n]m]n^p¶p AkÄ V^n¨n^p¶Sv. skap¯ k]À Nm\mw. kn]À¯p WWª N£w fpjp¯ fp`. FWn¡v N¼n]m]n.

‘tI¨n C{S Énw B]n^pt¶m? tcmt«m]n H^p SXn¨n Bs\s¶ tSm¶q’

‘tbmXm… SpX§n Aksâ Sfml’

^mVnN A_n]msS b_ªptbm]n. SoÀ¯pw AbfmWnSWm]n tUgy¯n Wn¡pN]m\v KnWp.

‘tfm³ C^n¡v Mm³ Im] FXp¡mw’

^mVnN sbs«¶v B hµÀew fmämWpw AknXp¶v fm_mWpfm]n b_ªp.

‘tk* tI¨n, FWn¡v tI¨nsX Kyqhv fSn’

Mm³ D_s¡ b_ªp. ^mVnN Sn^nªp Fs¶ tUgyt¯msX tWm¡n.

‘F´m tI¨n Kyqhv CtÃ? D*m¡m³ MmWpw si`vbv sI¿mw’

Mm³ At§m«v WX¶psNm*p b_ªp. ^mVnN tUgyt¯msX Fs´ms¡t]m tPmãn Nm\n¨p. FWn¡v In^n k¶p. Mm³ ^mVnN]psX CaNn]mXp¶ Np*nNÄ bn´pXÀ¶v AXp¡a]ns`¯n.

‘Wo Fs´ms¡]m b_]pt¶? KnWp CknXps*¶v tdmVfpt*m?’

AkÄ lÐw Smjv¯n b_ªp.

‘Hm B bm¡p¸n¡vH¶pw fWÊn`mknÃ. B]m`pw Ak³ H¶pwb_]nÃ’

‘Èv… sfsà b_…’

AkÄ b_ªp. Mm³ Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p.

‘F´v f\w B\v WnW¡v. FWn¡v b®m³ tSm¶p¶p’

AkÄ NpS_n fm_n.

‘tbm… bns¶ Bkmw. KnWp D*v ¹ohv ‘

AkÄ Smjv¶ lЯn sN©n.
FWn¡v In^n k¶p.

‘sl^n’

Mm³ imant`¡v tbm]n. KnWp tUgy¯n Ss¶ C^p¶p Ft´m km]n¡p¶p.

‘Zm… Wnsâ A½ b_]p¶p C¶v Ft¶mXv CknsX Smfhn¡m³…Mm³ Wn¡s«…?’ Mm³tImUn¨p.

‘WnW¡v ko«n tbmt*?’ Ak³ tImUn¨p.

‘bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv koXv… Wns¶ tbms` bm¡p¸n Aà Mm³. FWns¡knsX`pw NnX¶m fSn.’

‘B Wo Ft´`pw sI¿v’

WnÊim]S]pw tUgykpw N`À¶ hz^¯n Ak³ b_ªp.

D¨]v¡v e£\w Njn¡mWn^p¶t¸mÄ MmWpw ^mVnN]pw AXp¯m\v C^p¶Sv. Mm³ AkapsX k]_n St`mXn. FSnÀ kl¯n^n¡p¶ KnWpknWv M§Ä Fs´ms¡t]msI¿p¶psk¶v fWhn`m¡mw bs£ F´v sI¿p¶p F¶v fWÊn`mNnÃ.

Mm³ hnbv Du^n Np® bp_¯n«p. ^mVnN]psX ssN Np®]n bnXn¸n¨p. AkÄ FWn¡v sfsà AXn¨p S¶psNm*p e£\w Njn¨p.

bSps¡ B]n^ps¶¦n`pw ^mVnN]psX N¿psX IqXpw frUp`S]pw bns¶ KnWpknsâ fp³bn`n^p¶pÅ Nan]psX {SnÃpw Fsâ Np® sbs«¶v Ioän¨p.

AkÄ hm^n¯p¼psNm*p FÃmw SpX¨p.

^m{Sn b{´*p f\n]m]t¸mÄMm³ Fjpt¶äp. ^mVnN NnX¡p¶ _qfnt`]v¡v WX¶p. KnWpknsâ fp_n]nt`]v¡p Mm³ bman tWm¡n. skan¨fp*v. D_§n]n«nÃ,

C¶v AkWp D_§m³ Njn]nÃ. FWn¡pw bänÃ….

bns¶ Aksâ A½ ^mVnN]v¡pw bänÃ.

AkÄ Fs¶ Nm¯p NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

Mm³ AkapsX tft`¡v ko\p.

Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p k`n¨p. AkapsX hm^n fmän. »uhnWv fpNan`qsX fp`NÄ bnXn¨p Nl¡n. ^mVnN bpaªp. »uhv Mm³ k`n¨p sbm«n¨p. skap¯{dm]n sk® bm`vNpX§Ä.

{dm sbm«n¨t¸mÄ ASnsâ ipNv ^mVnN]psX bn³emP¯p H^p tbm_`p*m¡n.

B sk®¡pX§Ä Fsâ ssNNan sM^nªp. fp` sM«pNÄ sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶p.

Mm³ Hmt^m fp`Napw km]n`m¡n fSnk^ptkmaw NpXn¨p. bns¶ Mm³ Fjpt¶äp Fsâ gÀ«pw bmâpw gZn]pw Du^n.

Fsâ N¼n Np® AkÄ¡p tWs^ Np`¨p Wn¶p.

^mVnN]psX hm^n]pw AXn¸mkmX]pw bm³äohpw Mm³ Du^ns]Xp¯p.

KnWpknsâ A½]psX NmXv bnXn¨ bq_nsâ f\w Fs¶ {em´v bnXn¸n¨p. Mm³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ AN¯n, B t^mf¡mXv kNªp fmän ^mVnN]psX Nm«p bpgvb¯nt`]v¡v fpOw tIÀ¯p.

AkapsX bq_nSapNÄ Mm³ W¡n WW¨p, N´p NXn¨p I¸n.

AkÄ f^\ sk{bmasf¶ tbms` bnXªp.

Mm³ Wm¡v B bq_p bnaÀ¯n DÅnt`]v¡v N]än B bqÀ en¯nNÄ W¡n kXn¨p. bns¶ bSns] WmkpsNm*v ^mVnNs] b®m³ SpX§n.

AkÄ hz´w fN³ AXp¯ fp_n]n`ps*¶p tbm`pw f_¶p Wn`knan¡m³SpX§n.

Mm³ Fsâ Iq*pkn^ AkapsX Np*n]n N]än]n_¡mWpw SpX§n.

^mVnN N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm`pNÄ sNm*vFsâ S` C_p¡n¸nXn¨p bnXªp. AVnN tW^w bnXn¨p Wn¡m³AkÄ¡m]nÃ. Fsâ km]nt`]v¡v tS³ Ip^¯n AkÄ SaÀ¶p ko\p.

Mm³ Fjpt¶äp Iq*p kn^ AkapsX km]n sk¨p. AkÄ ASv Cu¼n. Mm³ AsSXp¯p Fsâ Np® AkapsX km]n sk¨psNmXp¯p. AkÄ ASn H¶v D½ sk¨p bns¶ km]n`m¡n Du¼m³ SpX§n.

Mm³ AkapsX km]ns` FÃm emP§ant`¡pw Fsâ Np® I`n¸n¨p.

Np® W¶m]n WWªt¸mÄ Mm³ Du^ns]Xp¯p. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ ko*pw AN¯n F¶n«p bq_nt`¡v Fsâ Np® Np¯n]n_¡n.

bSps¡ AXn¡m³ SpX§n. B bq_nsâ kjpkjp¸pw IqXpw Fs¶ kÃmsS hpOn¸n¨p. AkapsX kn]À¸p f\fpÅ N£§av Mm³ W¡n kXn¨p. fp`NÄ I¸n k`n¨psNm*p Aksa b®n.

‘fSns]Xm… DÅn Hjnt¡*… FWn¡v tbXn]m’ AkÄ b_ªp.

Mm³ Np® Du^ns]Xp¯p N«n`n C^p¶p AkÄ Fjpt¶äp Fsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p.

Fsâ Np® km]n`m¡n S` fp³tbm«pw bnt¶m«pw I`n¸n¡m³ SpX§n. fmhvf^nNfm] B Npj`q¯n Mm³ fSnf_¶p. Mm³ AkapsX fpXn]n St`mXn. AkÄ Fsâ N®pNant`]v¡v tWm¡ns¡m*p AkapsX tkPS Nq«n.

Fsâ M^¼pNÄ k`nªp fp_pNn. AkapsX km]v {bt]mPw hin¡mWmNmsS Fsâ Np® AkapsX km]nt`]v¡v bm Ip^¯n.

Fsâ Np® Smjp¶Sv ks^ AkÄ km]v FXp¯nÃ.

{ZÊv Hs¡ FXp¯p bqÀ\ WPv–WWm]n Mm³ fp_n]nt`]v¡p fX§pt¼mÄ KnWpknsâ _qfnsâ kmSn sbs«¶v AX]p¶Sv N*p.

Aksâ _qfn At¸mjpw ss`äv A\ªn«nÃm]n^p¶p…