Mm³ `n³hn xxx bpj¡^, Fsâ BUys¯ NT]m\nSv. Mm³ sNm¨n]ns` In`s^ tbms` H^p sI_n] Hm¬ss`³ tNmÄ tPÄ B\v. Fsâ InÃ_ In`kpNÄ¡m]n Mm³ B tKm`n sI¿p¶p. Cu NT]n tNmÂtPÄ F¶ Wn`]n KoknS¯n b^nI]s¸« ^hvW]psX]pw KnWn]ptX]pw AWpek§Ä D*v. Wfp¡nX]n Vm^maw Ns¡mÄZpNÄ D*v. b` hvSoNÄ¡pfm{Pmiw D*v hz´w eÀ¯mknsâ hm¶nVy¯n bän]m A]msa ipfn`nt]äv sI]vSpsNm*v fsäm^p bp^pgWpfm]n shN-vhv sI¿pN F¶Sv. bs£ b`À¡pw ASv b_]mtWm ASnsâ H^p hpOw A_n]mtWm bäp¶nÃ. fmäw k^pw {Xm³hvsKâpNsa tbms` Nt¡mZpNapw hfqi¯n hz]w {bOymbn¨v fpt¶m«v k^pw. A_n]ms`m NT ssX¸v sI]vSp*m¡mWpÅ km]n¨v Aen{bm]w A_n]n¡pN.

Bßmkpw,fµ³ ^mK]pw, `qhnc_pw, ZmÀ¡v t`mZpw, fXn]Wm] SWnWmXWpw, sd©fn³ t{dm]pw, fmwtPm]p, F.sN.FIpw, hMvKpthW]psfms¡ hq¸À NTNsajpSn SNÀ¡p¶. dn³hns], Ahp^sW tbms` In`À NfsâjpSn t{bmÕmin¸n¡p¶ Cu sshän NT FjpSp¶SnWp ht´mgw. ssNknXsÃ. tbm^m]vfNÄ D*mNpw bs£ Wn^mls¸Xp¯^pSv.

NT Wm]N³ ^tfl³ b_]p¶ ^oSn]n`m\v FjpSp¶Sv.

Mm³ ^tfl³. f`t]m^¯v H^p cmw iuhp*v NqXmsS AXp¯pÅ H^p sI_pb«\¯n hz´fm]n H^p `mdv WX¯p¶p. A¨Wpw A½]pw Cà H^p hsimU^n]m\v b_]mkp¶ dÔw. Mm³ H^p knkmiw Njns¨¦n`pw H^p kÀgw BNpt¼mtj¡pw AkÄ fsäm^p¯sâ H¸w Hant¨mXn. ^hvW ASm]n^p¶p AkapsX tb^v. AkÄ¡v tNmtaKn bYn¡p¶ Nm`t¯ In` ss`WpNÄ Hs¡ D*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX KqWn]À B]n^p¶ H^p b¿Wpfm]n lm^o^nN dÔkpw D*m]n^p¶p. ASp Njnªm\v Fs¶ sN«n]Sv. bns¶ Um C¸w AKp F¶ H^p t{chvdp¡v {c*pfm]n AXp¯p. hwPSn AkÀ Hant¨mXn tbm]n Wm`©p Unkhw Njnªt¸mÄ Fsâ H^p Xow Aks^ sNm¨n]n Wn¶pw sbm¡n.

Mm³ AknsX¡v sI¶p. C^pk^pw BsN tbXn¨m]n^p¶p C^p¶Sv. Mm³ bs£ Akt^mXv Gäkpw fmWyfm]n Ss¶ sb^pfm_n. Nm^y§Ä tW^s¯S¶v Ft¶mXv Sp_¶p b_]mfm]n^p¶p F¶v b_ªp. hwhm^n¨t¸mÄ fWÊn`m]n Ak³ Bsam^p Wà b¿Wm\v Fsâ em^y]psX Nj¸m\v AksW CSnWp t{b^n¸n¨sS¶v. Aksâ]pw AkaptX]pw ko«pNms^ knan¨p knk^w b_ªp. C^p Nq«^pw Hjnkm¡ns]¶v N*t¸mÄ Mm³ Ss¶ fp¶n«v Wn¶v Ak^psX knkmiw WX¯ns¡mXp¯p. AkapsX hzÀ®kpw fäpw AkÄ¡v Ss¶ Sn^n¨p WÂNn. AkWp S^t¡XnÃm¯ H^p tKm`n]p*v sNm¨n]nÂ. CX¡v Mm³ AksW knan¡m_p*v. Csæn Ak³ Fs¶ knan¡pw. kntlg§Ä b¦psk¡pw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CX¡v Akapfm]pw hwhm^n¡pkm³ SpX§n. M§Ä bj]vSp sbms` Wà {c*vhv B]n. b^hvb^w F´pw Sp_¶p b_]p¶ AXp¸fm]n M§Ä¡v.

Ak^psX knkmiw Njnªp GSm*v H^pkÀgw Njnªp AkÀ¡v Np«nNÄ B]nà F¶ H^p kngfw Ak³ b_ªp. tZmÎÀfmÀ In` {blvW§Ä Hs¡ Ds*¶v hqIn¸n¨p.

Njnª Hm\¯nWp Aks^ Mm³ ko«nt`¡v knan¨p. ^hvW¡v H^p fXn k^m³. F¶m AKpknWp fXns]m¶pw D*m]nÃ. Ak³ k^msf¶v b_ªp. Mm³ AkÀ¡v tk* cpÍv H^p¡msf¶v N^pSn]Sm\v At¸mÄ Ak³ b_ªp tk* ^tftl«m M§Ä k¶n«v H^pfn¨v sk¡msf¶v.

A§nsW D{SmX¯nsâ A¶p sskNo«v AkÀ k¶p. ^hvW A`vbw NqsX SXn¨p hpµ^n]m]n^n¡p¶p. sNm¨n]n tbm]Snsâ BNpw A`vbw cmg³ Hs¡ AkapsX FXp¸n`pw WX¸n`pw D*v. WÃtbms` bän¡nX¡p¶ s`¤vhn³hv. I´n bj]Sn`pw kn^nªn^n¡p¶p. l^o^w H¶pNqsX fmUNSzw k¶n^n¡p¶p. tXm¸nsâ bp_t¯¡v sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ. bpgv A¸v {dm B]n^n¡pw ASm\v C{S]pw sS_n¨p Wn`vbv.
AKpkosâ tkgw H^p sskäv Ko³hpw Ipk¶ XogÀ«pfm\v. hvssb¡v sI]vSn«pâv fpXn. AkÄ¡v {bm]w 32 B]n b¿Wp H^p 26 Nãnk^pw.
“”im]v ^tftl«m..”” Nm_n Wn¶pw C_§n Ak³ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p.
“”Bim Wo BsN tfmtZ¬ B]n^n¡p¶tÃmXo ^hvtW”” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”bns¶ AÃmsS sNm¨n]n tbm]m sNm¨n¡m^n Atà AKp”” ASpb_ªv AkÄ In^n¨p.
Fsâ AXps¯¯n AkÄ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p. FWn¡v AÂepSfm]n.
AkapsX sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ Fsâ tf AfÀ¶p. Fsâ fq¡n Wà shânsâ f\w.
knXpkn¨v ANt¯¡v sNm*ptbm]n ^*msa]pw.
“”^tftl«³ SXn NqXn]n«p*v””
“”sb®nÃmSn^n¡sà At¸mÄ Wà ^pIn]pÅSv k¨p*m¡n Njn¡p¶Snsâ]m””
“”ASv hSyw. tI«³ ^£s¸«p MmWm AWpekn¡ps¶ C¸w”” AKp Fs¶ ht¸mÀ«v sI]vSp.
“”tU ^tftl«m ^*mapw NqsX k¶p tN_n]s¸mtj Fs¶ Nan]m¡m³ SpX§nt]m?””
“”thm_n ZmÀanwPv bn\§tÃXm.”” Ak³ sNm©ns¡m*v Aksa tIÀ¯p bnXn¨v Nknan Ip¼n¨p.
AkÄ Sn^n¨p. Mm³ sfsà AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.
Im] CXm³ SpX§n. AkÀ Ip¼W¯n`m]n^p¶n^n¡\w. CX¡v Ft´m In` diaw tNÄ¡p¶p*v.
Mm³ Im] s_Zn]m¡n dnh-vNäpw sNm*p sI¶p.
^*mapw thmc]n NnX¶p bn¨pw fm´pw WX¯p¶p.
“”it`m¬ Im] NpXn¨n«v BNmw dm¡n”” Mm³ b_ªp.
Fsâ bj] em^y]m]n^p¶ ^hvW]n Wn¶pw AkÄ kÃmsS fm_n]n^n¡p¶p.
Im] NpXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dnh-vNäpw Njn¨p C^p¶p. kntlg§Ä A_n]mkp¶sSmsN Bs\¦n`pw tcmÀf B]n In` tImUy§Ä. CX¡v AkÄ¡v sNm¨n]n tbm]t¸mÄ D*m] fmä§sa bän]pw b_ªp. H^p tKm`n¡v tbm]Spw ASp bmSn]n C«p tbm¶Spw b_ªp.
“”fXn¨n]ms\s¶…AkÀ HmXn¨p kn«p””
“”Hm bns¶ fXn¨n. AkÀ S^p¶ l¼a¯nWpÅ tKm`nt] Mm³ sI]q. Wnsâ tbms` AÔ”
“”Dw tbm¯v tbms` b\ns]Xp¯ms` kÃSpw Nn«q F¶v F¶m bYn¡pN. ASv fm³Ên`m¡\sf¦n S`¡N¯v BapSmfhw tk\w””
“”F¶m Wo Fsâ S`¡N¯v tN_n Smfhnt¨mXm”” ASp b_ª AkÄ AksW bn¨m³ SpX§n.
“”^tftl«m CkÄsX hzemkw N*sÃm. Ft¸mjpw Fs¶ Db{Ukn¡pw. ^tftl«Wpw Cu Db{Ukw hin¨n^p¶p AsÃ. ASsà Fsâ S`]n k¨p S¶Sv””
“”tbm«Xm hvtWiw sNm*sÃ..”” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”A§nsW b_ªp sNmXp¡v ^sftl«m.. Mm³ Wnsâ AXp¯n^n¡p¶nà Fsâ ^tftl«sâ AXp¯n^n¡m³ tbmkm””
AkÄ Fsâ AXp¯v k¶n^p¶p. F¶n«v Fs¶ tIÀ¯p bnXn¨v H^p D½]pw k¨p. FWn¡v ASv A{bSo£nSfm]n^p¶p.
“”F¶mt` tbmNp¶ks^ ^tftl«Wpw Wo]pw Nq«m]ns¡m…MmsWm¶v fq{Sw Hjn¡s«”” Ak³ b_ªp.
kmgv _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.
“”^tftl«Wp Cu ko«n Häs¸X tSm¶p¶p*mNpw AsÃ?”” AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”ti]v CsÃXm””
“”F´m bns¶ sN«mªSv?””
“”ASv Wns¶ A{S]pw Cãfm]n^p¶p””
“”Ft¶mXv tUgyw CsÃ?””
“”F´nWv ‘
‘Mm³ A§nsW sI]vSSn””
“”Wo Cãs¸Xp¶ BÄs¡m¸w Kokn¡pkm³ B{Pin¨p ASn Mm³ F´nWp tUgys¸X\w?””
“”F¶m`pw..Wm\t¡Xv Hs¡ B]nsÔ”
“”ti]v AsSm¶pw Nm^yfnÃ. Bs« Wo im¸n]sà Aksâ H¸w?””
“”Dw…bs£””
“”F´mXm H^p bs£?””
“”b_]mw Ct¸m CsSms¡ H¶v fm_n]nXs«””
“”Um B _qfn sbmt¡maq””
AkÄ dmPpsfXp¯v M§apsX bj] sd{Zqfnt`¡v WX¶p. Mm³ Nn¨\n N]_n.
AKp At¸mtj¡pw dm{Sqfn Wn¶pw k¶p.
“”^tftl«m Wà docnsâ f\w k^p¶p*sÃm Nn¨\n Wn¶pw””
“”B Np_¨v k^«n.””
“”F¶m bns¶ sskNpt¶^w ks^ B¡* Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ Njn¡mw.””
“”Um Cu `p¦n FXp¯v DXp¡v”” Mm³ AkWp `p¦n WÂNn.
`p¦ns]m¶pw Däp¡m_nà sdÀfpZ]ms¶ lo`w.
“”sNm¨n]n sI¶m sNm¨n¡m^³ B]nt¡m CknsX k^pt¼mÄ fp*mNmw””
Ak³ ASp fm_n.
At¸mtj¡pw AkÄ H^p ssWäv {ZÊpw C«v k¶p.
“”^tftl«m Ct¸mjpw Fsâ {dgpw Hs¡ hq£n¨p k¨n^n¡ms\m?””
“”ASknsX¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmäm³ tSm¶n]nÃm…km Wfp¡v e£\w Njn¡mw””
AkÄ t¹äpNÄ FXp¯pk¨p. M§vÄ fq¶v tb^pw C^p¶p.
AKp dmPn Wn¶pw H^p knh-vNn]psX Np¸ns]Xp¯v fq¶v ¥mhn Hmt^m sb¤v Hjn¨p. ^hvW fUybn¡pkmWpw SpX§n]n^n¡p¶p.
“”H^p {c*v PÄcn Wn¶pw k¶t¸mÄ sNm*pk¶Sm.”” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”CkÄ F¶v SpX§n CSv?””
“”At¸mÄ ^tftl«Wp A_n]nà CkÄ¡v CSv tNmtaKn bYn¡pt¼mtj D*v””
“”Ds*mXm””
“”Dw bns¶ CÃmsS..””
“”At¸mÄ CknsX Wo F§nsW?””
“”^tftl«m sI«Wp sb®p§sa bän A_n]nÃ. Mm³ ^tftl«sâ em^y]m]n^n¡pt¼mjpw Njn¡m_p*v. ho{N«m]n«m¶v fm{Sw””
“”AsS§nsW?””
“” hqhn]mân]psX dyq«n bmÀa_n sb®p§Ä¡v NÅv hss¹ D*v. Ak^psX fm{Sfà b` CX¯pw D*v. bns¶ CX¡v Ck³ sNm*p S^pfm]n^p¶p.””
“”f\w CÃm]n^p¶p””
“”AsSms¡ M§Ä sb®p§Ä¡v In` ho{N«pNÄ D*v. b_ªpS^¯nÃm””
AkÄ Häk`n¡v NÅv AN¯m¡n F¶n«v In^nSpX¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”WÃ N¸mhnän]m”” AKp In^n¨p.
“”N^apkmXpsfXm””
“”AkÄ Fsâ N^am A§nsW H¶pw kmXnÃms¶””

e£\w Njnªp M§Ä A`vb hf]w änkn N*n^p¶p. Xnkn]ns` hN` ImW`pNan`pw Hm\¯nsâ HmÀ½NÄ F¶pw b_ªv WXnfm^psX SÅpNÄ.

“”tim tdm_p Wfp¡v NnX¡msfXm””
ASp b_ªv ^hvW Fjpt¶äp. Wm`p sbPv AXn¨n«pw AkÄ¡v ]msSm^p Np`p¡kpw CÃ.
sd{Zqw Mm³ tW^s¯ s_Zn]m¡n]n^p¶p. NnRv sshhv B\v N«nÂ. knkmi¯nsâ hf]¯v {btSyNw S¿m_m¡n]Sm]n^p¶p.
AkÄ AXp¯ fp_n]n Wn¶pw ^*p S`]n\ FXp¯pk¶p. CSnWnX]n Mm³ H¶v dm{Sqfn tbm]n k¶p. AkapsX Ipk¶ bmân AknsX NnX¡p¶p. Ft´m sbs«¶v AsSXp¯v f\¡pkm³ FWn¡v sSm¶n. iu fq{S¯nsâ]pw fUK`¯nsâ]pw h½n{l PÔw. Fsâ em^y]m]n^n¡pt¼mÄ C{S]pw PÔw D*m]n^p¶nà F¶v Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp. Mm³ AkapsX bmân]n W¡n. Wà tXÌv. AKp emPykm³ Ss¶.
“”^tftl«m sbs«¶v km H^p Nm^yw Dâv”” AkÄ b_ªp.
Mm³ tkPw bmân Sn^n¨v AknsX C«p F¶n«v bp_¯v k¶p. At¸mjp*v
H^p sfjpNp Sn^n N¯n¨p k¨p. WÃ hpPÔw b^¶p IpänWpw.
AkÄ dm{Sqfn N]_n sbs«¶v bp_¯pk¶p.
“”Biv ^tftl«m Mm³ H^p Nm^yw b_ªm h½Sn¡ptfm?””
“”b_””
“”C¶v ^tftl«³ CknsX NnX¡\w M§Äs¡m¸w”” AKp Fsâ ssNbnXnIv N«n`nt`¡z`n¨p.
“”Ip½m NÅpNpXn¨n«Spw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CSpw b_]sÃ.Mm³ A¸p^s¯ fp_n]n NnXm¡mw AKq””
“”AsS ^tftl«³ M§Äs¡m¸w NnXN\w”” ^hvW]pw b_ªp.
“”AsS§nsW l^n]mNpw?””
“”AsSms¡ l^n]mNpw ^tftl«³ CknsX NnX¡v”” ASp b_ªv ^hvW Fsâ tft`¡v AkapsXH^p Nm FXp¯pk¨p. At¸mjm\v Mm³ {l²n¨Sv H^p ssbKmf]pw {c*n d«³hpÅ H^p tXm¸pw fm{SfmÃmsS AkÄ AXn]n H¶pw C«n«nÃ.
Mm³ AknsX NnX¶p. Fsâ AenfpOfm]n ^hvW NnX¡p¶p AkapsX bn¶n`m]n AKpkpw. C^pk^pw FWn¡v AenfpOfm\v.
“”F§nsW D*v sNm¨n ss`cv?””
“”ASv tImUn¡mWpt*m Ft©m]v sI¿pN]sÃ. sskcv hzm¸nwPv Hs¡ Ct¸mÄ bpSpf]nÃmSm]n.””
“”Bim sNmÅftÃm””
“”M§Ä CX¡v ss{X sI¿m_p*v.. CkÄ¡v k`y Sm`vb^yfms\s¶””
“”F´v””
“”hzm¸nwPv ‘ AkÄb_ªp.
“”A§nsW Asà Um CsSms¡ C§sW k`pSm]Sv”” Ak³ CSnWnX]n AkapsX fp`]n bnXn¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”tim H¶v Ip½m C^n AKp. ss`cv Hä¡p®]n Nan¨v SoÀ¡mWpÅSà BtQmgn¡mWpÅSm””
AkÄ b_ªSv tN«v FWn¡v Fs´m knlzhn¡m³ B]nÃ.
“”Ct¸mÄfWhn`m]nsà ^tftl«Wv. CkÄ CSntWmXNw 9 tb^pfm]n FN-vhvtIÚvIv sI]vSn«pâv. ‘
‘AsSms¡ tdm_sÔ”
“”tdmt_m Fsâ ^tftl«m ASnsâ H^p ^hw tks_]m””Btklt¯msX ^hvW b_ªp.
“”Um tWm¡v ^tftl«m CkÄsX H`n¨p Nt*m”” AKp AkapsX bmânsâ fp³ kl¯v bXÀ¶ sI_n] WWkv Nm\n¨p b_ªp.
“”^tftl«sâ Np®]pw sbm´n]n«ps*Xm AKq Um tWm¡ns¡.”” AkÄ A{bSo£nSfm]n Fsâ fq*nWnX]n N¿n«v Np®]n bnXn¨p. Fsâ bj] em^y]m¬ F{St]m Sk\ AkÄ Np®]n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p. Du¼n]n^n¡p¶p. Aksa Nan¨n^n¡p¶p F¶m`pw CsSm^p bpSn] AWpekfm]n FWn¡v tSm¶n.
“”ti]v F´m CSv”” Mm³ sbs«¶v AkapsX N¿n bnXn¨p.
“”F´v ^tftl«sâ Np® bnXn¨tSm. ^tftl«³ tks_ sN«m¯ ØnSn¡v Ct¸mjpw AkÄ¡v AkNmls¸« Np®]m””
AKp ASp b_ªv In^n¨p.
“”Nm^yw At§m«v Sp_¶v b_]mw. M§Ä Häs¸«t¸mÄ ^tftl«³ NqsX Wn¶p. tI«³ tks_sb®p sN«pw F¶ N^pSn]Sv F¶m ASp*m]nÃ. fm{Sfà sI«vWp CktamXv Ct¸mjpw hvtWikpw Nmfkpw Dsâ¶v M§Ä¡_n]mw. At¸m M§Äsam^p So^pfmWw FXp¯p””
“”F´v?””
“”tI«Wpw NqsX Cksa Nan¡m³ S^msf¶v””
“”FXm Wo Fs´ms¡]m b_]p¶Sv””
“”tI«sâ em^y]m]n^p¶t¸mÄ Mm³ Cksa Nan¨n«p*v. HXpkn hz´fm¡n. Fsâ em^y]m]n^n¡pt¼mÄ sI«Wpw Nan¡m³ AkNmlfq*v””
AKp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hälzmh¯n ASp b_ªp.
“”AsKmASv l^n]mknÔ”
“”Hs¡ l^n]mw tI«³ CsSm¶v I¸ns¡”” F¶n«v AkapsX gÀ«nsâd«³hv Du^n fp`Nsa bp_s¯¡v C«p.

tim AsSm^p NmjvI]m]n^p¶p CknsX 32 dn sshhv D*]n^p¶Sm Cs¸mÄ Um 34 Zn sshhn Wà sNmjp¯p fpjp¯ k`n] fp`NÄ B]n^n¡p¶p. Wn¸nÄ k`n¸w k¨v Wà d`w k¨p Wn¡p¶p.
AkÄ Fsâ fpO¯v Ssâ ^*p fp`Nsa]pw k¨v AfÀ¯n. Wà bªntbm`p*v ASv.
Mm³ A_n]msS km] Sp_¶p. AkÄ ASn H¶nsW km]n k¨p AfÀ¯n S¶p. BÀ¯nt]msX Mm³ ASnsW I¸nk`n¨p.
“”Biv A§nsW WÃ tbms` I¸nk`n¨p NpXns¡sâ ^tftl«m”” AkÄ b_ªp.
Mm³ fp^*psNm*v ASv I¸n. AkÄ Fsâ fq*v Du^n. Np®s] gÍn]n Wn¶pw bp_s¯Xp¯p. gÍn Mm³ Nm`pNÄ sNm*v Du^n¡aªp.
“” Biv NXn¨v k`n¡v ^tftl«m…Zm AtKm sWtSm¶v N*v NnXNN tkPw H¶v W¡n¯mXm””
“”C¸w W¡n¯^msfXo”” Ak³ AkapsX Smtj¡v Wo§n. F¶n«v B ssbKf Du^n¡aªp. ^hvWsX sNmjp¯p^p*v Wà sk® SpXNÄ Mm³ N*p. H^p kÀgw sNm*v AkapsX l^o^w BsN fm_n]n^n¡p¶p. Hä t^mfw tbm`pfnà SpXNans`m¶pw. AsSÃmw kmN-vhv sI]vSp Naªn^n¡p¶p.
“”AtKm Mm³ b_ªn«nsà Nm`p W¡n] tlgw fSn Np*ns]¶v””
Ak³ AkapsX Nm¡ sI¶n^p¶p. F¶n«v Nm`pNan D½sk¡pkm³ SpX§n. Ak³ AkapsX kn^`pNÄ W¡n Wp\]p¶p. »q cn`nfpNan N*n«ps*¶SÃmsS CSv BUy AWpekw B]n^p¶p FWn¡v. AkapsX B Nm`vbmU§Ä W¡n Ak³ sfsà bn¶n F¯n. ^*p I´nNan`pw Ak³ D½sk¨p Npt_ tW^w Mm³ At¸mjpw AkapsX fp`Nsa I¸ns¡m*n^p¶p. AkÄ hpOw tNmâv In` lÐ§Ä bp_s¸Xpkn¨psNm*n^p¶p.
CX¡nsX Mm³ F¯n tWm¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp.
“”^tftl«Wp Nm\t\m Ak³ Np*n W¡p¶Sv””
“”Dw”” Mm³ fqan
AkÄ Wm`p Nm`n Wn¶p. A¸vjpw Ajnª gÀ«v AkapsX tfWn]n Dâm]n^p¶p. AkapsX I´n¡pX§Ä N*v Fsâ N®p SÅn. ASv k`pSmkpN fm{Sfà Wà tg¸pw k¨n^n¡p¶p. CsSRvWsW hwekn¨p F¶v Mm³ AÂepäs¸«p.
AKp ^hvW]psX bp_Nn C^p¶p .
“”^tftl«Wp Nm\p¶pt*m?”” AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Dw””
“”AKq sNmSw sbman¨v NqSn Ws¡Xm”” AKp ^hvW]psX sNmjp¯p^p* I´nNsa knXÀ¯n. H^pbmXv WmapNÄ¡v tlgw
^hvW]psX bq_pw NqSn]pw Mm³ N*p. Ak³ sNmSw sbman¨p AknsX f\¯p.
“”Dw hq¸À f\fm ^tftl«m Cu Nq¯n¨n]psX Np*n¡v”” AKp b_ªp. Mm³ CSpks^ AkapsX Np*n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f\¯n«p*m]n^p¶nÃ.
“”AKq ^tftl«Wp Fsâ Np*n]psX f\w A_n]nÃ.””
“”Bim Csà H¶v f\¯v tWm¡v tI«m”” AKp b_ªp.
Mm³ A_n]msS fpOw AkntX¡v AXp¸n¨p. Nqj¨¡]psX tbms` Wà f¯Xn¸n¡p¶ PÔw Fsâ fq¡nt`¡v AXn¨p N]_n.
“”F§nsW D*v Fsâ sNmS¯nsâ f\w ^tftl«m”” ^hvW tImUn¨p.
“”sNmÅmw””
“”AkÄ NjpNmsS k¨n^n¡mÀ¶p. ASm C{S f\w AkWpw fpOw AXp¸n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“” Ip½m f\¯m fm{Sw tbm^ H¶v W¡n ^pIn tWm¡v ^tftl«m.. F{S tbÀ sNmSn¡p¶Sms\t¶m Fsâ NqSn H¶v W¡m³”” ^hvW A`vbw AenfmWt¯msX b_ªp.
“”ASp tW^m tI«m M§apsX hzm¸nwPv {Pq¸ns` sb®p§Ä¡v ks^ CkapsX NqSn W¡m³ B{N´fm””
AKp AkapsX NqSn H¶qsX knXÀ¯n. {du¬ Wn_fmÀ¶ bp_w emP¯nWpÅn Wà Im¼¡m Wn_w. Fsâ em^y]m]n Kokn¨t¸mÄ H¶pw C§sW H^p hwPSns] bän In´n¨n^nt¶CÃ. A_¸m]n^p¶p SmWpw F¶m Cs¸mÄ
FWn¡pw Ft´m H^p BNÀg\o]S tSm¶n.
Mm³ AkapsX NqSn]n D½k¨p bns¶ W¡m³ SpX§n.
A^fpÅ Fsâ Wm¡v f`Uzm^¯n NphrSnNm\n¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ ^hvW Ssâ I´n C«v H¶v k«w N_¡n.
WÃtbms` Wo«n Mm³ W¡n. CX¡v bq_nsâ CSÄ ks^ F¯n Fsâ Wm¡v.
“”Biv ^tftl«m AKpkntW¡mÄ W¶m]n tI«³ W¡p¶p*tÃm.””””
AkÄ b_ªp. CX¡v AKp Fsâ S` fmän AkWp W¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“” im…WnÀ¯tà ¹ohv”” AkÄ b_ªp.
At¸mtj¡pw AKp W¡m³ SpX§n. AkÄ Ssâ Nm D]À¯n AkWp H^p sSmjn sNmXp¯p.
“”Zm b«o ^tftl«³ W¡n]m fSn C¶v Wo fm_n NnX¡v”” Ak³ AWph^\t]msX fm_n.
“”Dw tkPw W¡v ^tftl«m..”” AkÄ sNm©n.
Mm³ AkapsX I´nNan bnXn¨p. Wà tbms` H¶v Nl¡n. F¶n«v sNmS¨m`n fpOw AXp¸n¨p AkapsX f`Uzm^w knXÀ¶p. Mm³ W¡pkm³ SpX§n. b_ª_n]n¡m³ bäm¯ H^p AkØ]n`m^p¶p As¸mÄ ASnWmÂ
fSnf_¶p Mm³ ^hvW]psX f`Uzm^w W¡n.

“”Zm B dmPn Wn¶pw FXp¡v”” AkÄ b_ªp. AKp sbs«¶v dmPv Sp_¶p F¶n«v ASn Wn¶pw ssiio sI^n¸v FXp¯p. Ipk¶ Wn_fmÀ¶ ASp Nm\m³ Ss¶ Wà ^hfp*v. AkapsX N`pNan A\n]n¨p F¶n«v hv{Xm¸v C«p.

“”^tftl«m C§v km”” AkÄ knan¨p Mm³ AWph^\t]msX fp¼nt`¡v F¯n.
AKp Ssâ {ZsÊms¡ Du^n¡aªv WPvWWm]n^p¶p. At¸mjm\v Mm³ Aksâ Np® {l²n¨Sv. Fsâ tbms` Aà sf`nªp Woa¯n`m\v. FsâSv A{S]pw Woafnà Wà SXn]p*v.
“”AKp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ b_ªnsà ^tftl«sâ fgv–_qw Np®]ms\¶v.””
“”sNmÅmw W½psX `n³hn CSp N*m knXnÔ”
“”AkÄ fm{Stfm At¸mÄ B bm¸¨³ fpS`man]psX sskcv t{Phn]mânt]m””
“”tim AkÀ¡v B\p§Ä tbm^msS C¸w Wà b«nNsa tNm*m\v Nan¸n¡p¶sS¶m tN«Sv””
MmWpw AkWpw fp«n Wn¶pw `n³hn M§apsX fp¼n Wm`p Nm`n Wn`vbm\v. AkÄ Fsâ]pw AKpknsâ]pw Np®Nsa ssN¿ns`Xp¯v Np`p¡n.
F¶n«v ^*n`pw D½k¨p.
“”Dw Cs¶Wn¡v CSp ^*pw sNm*pw Nan¨p hpOn¡\w””
AkÄ ^*p Np®Nsa]pw fm_n fm_n Du¼n. F¶n«v CX¡v ^*ntW]pw km]ns`Xp¯p Du¼n.
Aksâ Np®]pw Fsâ Np®]pw fÂh^n¨p AkapsX km]v¡N¯v NnX¶v bpaªp.
H^p tklys] tbms`t]m Asæn Wo`¨n{S Wm]nN ^hvW.
A`vb hf]w Du¼n]tlgw AkÄ b_ªp.
“”^tftl«³ Fsâ bqän tNä\w Ck³ Fsâ NqSn]n`pw”” ASp b_ªv AkÄ Fs¶ bnXn¨v f`À¯n NnX¯n. F¶n«v Fsâ tft`¡v H^p bm¼nsW tbms` Cjªp N]_n. Fsâ Ip*pNsa AkÄ I¸nk`n¨pNpXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkapsX Wm¡v Fsâ km]v¡vN¯v C¡nanNq«n. F¶n«v C^p kl¯pw Nm`pNÄ Np¯n F¶n«v AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p*v fmhafm] sbmÀ fp`Nsa fpO¯v AfÀ¯n. SpXÀ¶v Sm]v`ân Asæn K¸mWohv Wq_p fhmKv sI¿p¶ks^ tbms` l^o^w ka¨v Smsj Np® ks^ Djnªp. fp`sNm*pÅ B fhmKv kÃm¯ H^p ^Sn AWpekfm]n tSm¶n.
ASv A`vb hf]w sI]vSp CX¡v AkÄ Fsâ km]n fp`NÄ Sn^pNn Mm³ I¸nk`n¡pkm³ SpX§n]SnWnX]n AkÄ H¶v bp_Nnt`¡v Sn^nªp.
F¶n«v AkÄ Aksâ fpOs¯¡v Sp¸n.Ak³ ASv Btklt¯msX W¡n¡pXn¨p.
“”FXm tWm¡n Wn¡msS Fsâ bq_p H¶v W¡ns]”” AWph^\t]msX Ak³ AkapsX bq_p W¡n.
“”Dw CWn ^tftl«sâ Np® H¶v Du¼n]tlgw bqän k¨pSm””
AkapsX BMvK tN«Spw Np®s] sbs«¶v AKp km]ns`Xp¯v Du¼pkm³ SpX§n.
FWn¡Sv BUymWpekw B]n^p¶p. ^hvW AX¡w Wm`p hv{SoNÄ Fsâ Np® Du¼n]n«ps*¦n`pw BUyfm]m\v H^m\v Np® Du¼p¶Sv. ASpw bj] em^y]psX Ct¸mjs¯ eÀ¯mkv Fsâ Np® Du¼p¶p. AktWmXv Fsâ Np® Du¼n hz´w em^y]]psX bqän k¨p sNmXp¡pkm³ b_]p¶p AkÄ.
tim Bt`mIn¨t¸m FWn¡v kÃm¯ knNm^w k¶p. Mm³ AkapsX fp`Nan NXn¨p.
“”im bSps¡ ^tftl«m Btklw NqXn]m sbs«¶v tbmNpw”” Ak H^p NphrSn In^n In^n¨p.
“”thm_n””
“”Dw CWn tkUWn¸n¡^pSv tNt«m. Zm b«o Du¼n bm`pk^p¯m³ Wn¡msS tNänk¨pSmXm.”” AkÄ b_ªSpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AksWsâ Np®s] AkapsX bqän k¨p. NrSyfm]n ASnsâ Uzm^¯n Ss¶]m\v Ak³ k¨Sv.
“”PpZv tdm]v…CkWnSv lo`fm]n Ct¸mÄF{S AWph^\]pÅkWm Fsâ eÀ¯msk¶v tWm¡v ^tftl«m….in Cuhv thm hzoäv”” ‘ AkÄ b_ªptNm*v AXn]nt`¡v H¶v AfÀ¶n^p¶p.
“”^tftl«Wp AWph^\ Sos^ CÃm]n^p¶p”” AkÄ In^n¨p.
Fsâ Np® AWm]mhw AkapsX kjpkjp¯ fUWsI¸nt`¡v N]_n. ^hvW]psX bq_nWp bj] fp_p¡w Cà Ct¸mÄ F¶v Mm³ fWÊn HmÀ¯p.
AkÄ Fsâ A^s¡«n bmSn ka¨ l^o^kpfm]n Nan¡m³ SpX§n. H^p Smaw k¶t¸mÄ AkÄ WnÀ¯n.
“”FXm CWn Wnsâ tNm¸v Fsâ NqSn]n tNäv””
“”l^n””
Ak³ AkapsX I´n knXÀ¯n NqSn]n Np®s] Sn^pNn.
“”bSps¡ sNäv b«n”” AkÄb_ªp. Ak³ bSps¡ {l²t]msX N]än.
^hvW]psX bqän Fsâ Np®]pw NqSn]n AKpknsâ Np®]pw. AkapsX NqSn]n Wn¶pw Aksâ Np®]psX {bgÀ Fsâ Np®]n `en¨p.
AkÄ H^p Sma¯n A^s¡«v I`n¸n¡pkm³ SpX§n. Mm³ fp`Nsa I¸nk`n¡pkmWpw.
MmWpw AkWpw Ip½m Np® k¨v AW§msS NnX¸m\v. ^hvW¡m\v cpÄ Nt{*mÄ AkapsX A^s¡«nsâ {btSyN I`W¯n Fsâ Nq® bqän`pw Aksâ Np® NqSn]n`pw N]_n]n_§p¶p. CkÄ¡nsS§sW sI¿m³ BNp¶p F¶v Mm³ AÂepäs¸«p.

“”^tftl«³ Ct¸mÄ F´m At`mIn¨Sv F¶v Mm³ b_]s«””
“”F´m?””
“”Fsâ bj] ^hvW Ss¶]ms\m CSv F¶sÃ. Fsâ DÅn C§sW H^p hv{So D*m]n^p¶p ^tftl«m. NmfhwSrbvSns]¶Sv C¯^w In`Sp NqsX Ds*¦ns` FWn¡mNq F¶v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. ASptNmâm\v Mm³ CksW sS^sªXp¯v tbm]Sv.”” A^s¡«nsâ I`W tkPS kÀ²n¸n¨v AkÄ b_ªp.
kÃm¯ H^p hpOfms\Wn¡v sSm¶n]Sv. Fsâ Np® NXks^ bp_t¯¡pw bns¶ ko*pw ANt¯¡pw tbmNp¶pâv. Aksâ Np®]pw A{bNm^w NqSn]n ANs¯¡pw bp_s¯¡pw tbmNp¶p. AkÄ hpOw tNmâv Np_pNp¶p*v.
AKp AkvapsX I´ns] bnXn¨v DX¡p¶p*v.
“”CWn Wn§Ä AXn¡v”” CX¡v AkÄ b_ªp.
Mm³ AXn]n NnX¶v A^s¡«v I`n¸n¨v AXn¡m³ SpX§n. AKpkpw bp_Nn AXn SpX§n.
“”Biv Biv. At½ Biv Fs¶ WÃtbms` hpOn¸n¡v B.. ‘
‘Biv C¶mXo bq_o”” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”Mm³ fmZ¯nsâ NqSn tbman¡pw””
“”Biv F¶m sbman¨v Nm\ns¡Xm bq_n tfmtW”” AkÄ b_ªp
Ak³ hvboZv Nq«n AXn¨p. ^*p bp^pgWfÀ¡nX]n hm³kn¨m]n NnX¶v hpOn¡pN]\v Fsâ BUy em^y ^hvW. AkapsX kWyfm] Nmf¯nsâ A`s]m`n Mm³ B fpO¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*p. Mm³ fp`Nsa Nl¡n sM^n¨p. AKp AkapsX I´nNsa]pw.
“”D…Fsâ bq_p sbman]t« ^tftl«m’
“”Mm³ sbman¡pw ^hvWm Wo H^p D{P³ skXn]m]n fm_ns]Xo””
“”Dw Mm³ skXn]m\v ^tftl«m…Nj¸v fm_m¯ skXn””
“”Fsâ ^hvW fmZ¯nsâ Nj¸v SoÀ¯v sNmXp¡v ^tftl«m”” AKp b_ªp.
“”FWn¡v Nj¸v fm_m³ b` Np®v tk\sfXm eÀ¯mkv b«o””
“”F{SNp®v tNän]`pw ht´mgtf DÅq…Wo Fsâ fmZfm\v Mm³ Wnsâ AXnf eÀ¯mkp””
“”Biv ^tftl«m tN«nsÃ..Biv Fsâ eÀ¯mknWp Mm³ B^psX NqsX NnX¶m`pw hs´mgfm¶v””
“”Dw..””
“”^tftl«m Mm³ skXn]m]Sn kngfw Dt*m””
“”CsÃXo Wo skXn]mtN*kamXo Nj¸n bm_q …WnW¡v Npt_ Np®NÄ CWn]pw Ak³ sNm*¯^s«Xo””
“”Biv Fsâ ^tftl«m…D½ D½””AkÄ FsâfpO¯v D½NÄ tNmâv fqXn””
“”fmZtf..k^m_m]n..B””
“”Biv ^tftl« FWn¡v k¶q…..AKnb«o FWn¡v ks¶Xm k¶q””
AksâNp® AkapsX NpX`nt`¡v bm`entgNw WX¯n. AkapsX l^o^w sbs«¶v sk«nkn_¨p. bq_p Ip^p§n. Fsâ Np®s] AkÄ h-vNzohv sI]vSp.
Fsâ Np®]pw AkapsX bqän bm`entgNw WX¯n.
AkÄ sbs«¶v f`À¶pNnX¶p. Nm`pNÄ ANän.
“”b«o UmWnW¡pÅSv””
AkÄ AktWmXv Ssâ bqävt`¡v Iq*n b_ªp.
Ak³ sbs«¶v BÀ¯nt]msX Fsâ lp¢w HjpNp¶ Ak`psX bqän fpOw AfÀ¯n. Fsâ bm`pw AkapsX fUK`kpw NÀ¶fn{hnSs¯ W¡n NpXn¡mâv SpX§n. AkÄ Fsâ Np®s] W¡n kr¯n]m¡zmWpw.
Ak Nm`pNÄ A`vbw sbm¡n NqSn]n Wn¶pw H`n¨n_§p¶ hz´w Np® bm`pw Ak³ W¡ns]Xp¯p.
kWyfm] hwSrbvSn AkapsX fpO¯v Mm³ N*p.

SpX^pw
Cãfms]¦n b_]pN AXp¯ ASnTn ^tflsâ sb§am\v.
Wn§apsX hz´w `n³-hn