F³s_ tb^v KntKm fmSyp , f`]mahnWnf]n hwknVmWhim]n ]psX Np¸m]fn«v kÀgw ^*p Njnªp. CSpks^ Nm^yfm] dÔ§sam¶pw hnWnf]n D*m¡ns]Xp¡pkm³ hmVn¨nÃ. hnWnf H^p bmgWm]n fWÊn N]_n]Sv sNmt*m Wmsa H^p k`n] hwknVm]NWmNpw F¶ D_¨ knlzmhw DÅSp sNmt*m Aà Cu H^p coÂZnt`¡v C_§n¯n^n¨Sv. Uqs^ Wn¶v fm{Sw Nm\pN]pw B^mVn¡pN]pw sI¿p¶ hnWnfm W£{S§sa AXp¯v Nm\\sf¶v H^p `£yw fm{Sw. Njnª ^*v kÀg¯nWnX]v¡v f`]maw hnWnf]ns` H«pfn¡ Sm^§sa]pw AXp¯pWn¶v F¦n`pw H¶v Nm\pkm³ hmVn¨p. kÀg§am]n Cu ^wP¯v CXbjNp¶ hi{bkÀ¯N^n Wn¶pw C¡nans¸Xp¯p¶ H^pbmXv NTNapw , NpSnNm sk«nsâ]pw , bm^ b\n]psX ]pw , NqsX Wn¶v ISn¨ Wm]Ntkgw S«ns]Xp¡p¶ Sm^RapsX]pw H^pbmXv NTNÄ tNÄ¡pkm³ hmVn¨p. b` NTNapw fWÊn N^pSn] kn{Pi§Ä SNÀ¶ptbmNp¶Sm]n^p¶p. lm`oW huµ^yw Spap¼nWn¡p¶, km]v Sp_¶m kÅpkWmX³ emg b_]p¶ W½psX {bn]Wm]nNfmÀ , hwknVm]N³ N«v b_ªm AsS km]v sNm*v sI¿p¶ fsä b\n]pw H^pbmXv tNÄ¡pkm³ hmVn¨p , hnWnf ]n`v b*v D*m]n^p¶ fmUN WXn]psX fq{Sw NpXn¨ hq¸À Sm^w , A_n]s¸Xp¶ A½ WXn]psX fp`]v¡v– CX]n S` sk¨v NnX¡pkm³ tk*n F´nWpw S¿m_m]n Wn¶n^p¶

fsäm^p hq¸À Sm^w , fNapsX {bm]fpÅ WXn ]psX AXnkhv{Sw tfmãn¨p bnXn¡s¸« imhy WX³ , bpSp fpO WXn]psX Npan ho³ Nm\pkm³ tk*n ^*p Wn` sN«nX¯nsâ fpNan k`nªp N]_n] fsäm^p Sm^w , Zm³hv Nm^n]m] {bfpO WXn NqsX Nan¡p¶ sb¬ Np«nNapsX NqsX I«n AXn WX¯p¶Spw
… A§sW b_ªm`pw b_ªm`pw So^m¯ hwek§Ä H^pbmXv D*v.

hnWnfm huirU Nq«m]vf]n Hjnkm¡pkm³ hmVn¡m¯ H¶m\v fUyw. bpSn] d豈 D*m¡p¶SnWpw bj] d豈 Wn`WnÀ¯p¶SnWpw fUyw H^p ASymklyQXNfm\v. Fs¶t¸ms`m^p SpX¡¡m^³ hzmemknNfm]pw b`t¸mjpw fUys¯ Nq«pbnXn¨v b` dÔ§apw D*m¡pkm³ {lfn¡m_p*v. BjvI]n H^p Np¸n F¶ N\¡nWv FWn¡v b`s^]pw SrbvSns¸Xpt¯*Sm]n k^m_p*v. bp_¯pWn¶v H^mÄ tWm¡n Nm\p¶Sptbms` hnWnfm^wP¯v hwknVm]NtWm b\w fpX¡p¶ WnÀ½mSmkntWm k`n] t_mÄ H¶pfnÃ. b\w fpX¡p¶ WnÀ½mSmkntWmXv tbm`pw BÚmbn¡m³ NjnkpÅ bp`nNÄ Vm^maw D*v f`]mahnWnf]nÂ. {bSy£¯n Cu bp`nNÄ¡v FXp¯pb_]¯¡ tbt^m Nm\pkm³ k`n] huµ^ytfm H¶pw D*mNm_nÃ. hnWnfmI^n{Sw FjpSs¸Xpw tbmÄ ASn³ H^p Sman`pw Cks^ bän b^mfÀlw tbm`pw D*mNnÃ. H^p hnWnf Ft¸mÄ _n`ohv sI¿\sf¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASnWp hmt¦SnN {bkÀ¯Ns^ kn«p sNmXp¡t\m tk*t]m F¶pw GsSms¡ Sm^§Ä B\v ASn AenW]nt¡*Sv F¶pw Cu bp`nNÄ¡v H^p Vm^\ D*mNpw . bXk`§NÄ F¶ Ab^Wmf¯n`m\v C¡q«À A_n]s¸Xp¶Sv. A¯^¯ns`m^p bXk`§ t] Im¡n`m¡m³ b`t¸mjpw MmWpw Np¸n]pfm]n tbm]n«p*v. W½apsX Dt±lysfs´¶v W½sa¡mÄ kyàfm]n«v fWÊn`m¡m³ NjnkpÅ Bam\v Cu bXk`§ NÄ. H^p WÃNm`w {bSo£n¨psNm*v Mm³ k«wIpän b_¡p¶ bXk`§]psX tb^m\v , hpNpfm^³. Bav FjpbSpNapsX AkhmWw f`]ma hnWnf]n tf¡¸v BÀ«nÌm]n k¶Sm\v. NpSnNm sk¸nsW Np_n¨pw
In^n¨psNm*v Njp¯_¡p¶ Spw
NqXpS bYn¨tSmsX hpNpfm^³ f`]mahnWnfs] bn¶nÂWn¶v Wn]{´n¡p¶ bXk`§ Nan H^mam]n fm_n. F¬bSpNÄ fpS C¶pks^ hpNpfm^sâ ssN l^o^¯nÂNqXn Cjªp WX¡m¯ H^p WXn f`]ma¯n D*m]n«nÃ. hnWnfm kykhm]w bn¶n Wn¶v Wn]{´n¡pN]m\v BapsX tKm`ns]¦n`pw Ct¸mjpw bpSpSm]n k^p¶ Wm]nNfm^n Sm`vb^yw tSm¶pN]ms\¦n Aks^ H¶v sSm«pSt`mXmWpw Ssâ CwPnS¯nWv klw kU B¡pkmWpw tk*n bpSn] In{S§apsX shänt`¡v hpNpfm^³ £\n¡s¸Xm¯ASnTn]m]n NX¶p sIÃm_p*v. SsâSs¶ lpbmÀl]n B In{S¯n kÀ¡v sI¿p¶ tf¡¸vfmsâ ssN]n Wn¶pw tf¡¸v sb«n tfXn¨p sNm*v hpNpfm^³ gq«nwPv Ø`t¯¡v NX¶p sIÃm_p*v. SpX¡¡m^n Nam] WXnfmÀ b`t¸mjpw tbXnt]msX]m\v hpNpfm^sâ shänt`¡pÅ k^knsW Nm\p¶Sv. l^o^¯nsâ GSp emP¯p NqXn]m\v A]mapsX ssN Sn^]pkm³ tbmNp¶Sv F¶v AkÀ¡v W¶m]n«_n]mw.

H^p Mm]_mjvI Unkhw Mm³ bXk`§ hpNpfm^sW Nm\p¶SnWptk*n In_]³ tNm«pÅ A]mapsX ko«nt`¡v sI¶p. ssN]n A]mapsX {bn]s¸« {dm³Zv B] Km¡v ZmWn] N^pSn]n«p*v . bpSn] GsS¦n`pw H^p In{S¯n hwknVmWhim]n]m]n A]mapsX lpbmÀl]n N]_n¸äpN F¶Sm\v {bVmW `£yw. H¸w fUyw S`]v¡v bnXn¨p Njn]pt¼mÄ hnWnfm^wPs¯ In` IqX³ NTNÄ b`t¸mjpw A]mÄ b_]m_p*v. bXk`§ hpNpfm^tWmXv hiN^n¡pkm³ SpX§n]n«v kÀgw ^*v Njnsª¦n`pw H^pfn¨n^p¶v fUybn¡mWpÅ hzmS{´yw S¶n«p*v F¦n`pw A]mapsX kyànb^fm] kntlg§Ä tImUn¡pkmWpÅ ssV^yw FWn¡v CSpks^ D*m]n«nÃ. F¬bSpNapsX AkhmWw b\n Njn¸n¨Sv B]n«v tSm¶p¶ H^p bj] tfmZ C^pWn` ko«n`m\v hpNpfm^sâ Smfhw. B ko«n b` Sk\ tbm]n«ps*¦n`pw CSpks^ hµÀlNÀ AÃmsS fäms^]pw AknsX N*n«nÃ. A]mapsX em^y f¡Ä SpX§n] Nm^y§Ä FÃmw FWn¡v AÚmSfm\v. FWn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm{Sfà Ft¶msXm¸w A]mtamXv hiN^n¡p¶ A]mapsX lpbmÀl]n hnWnf]n Wn`Wn¶ptbmNp¶ b`À¡pw AÚmSfm\v A]mapsX kyànb^fm] Nm^y§Ä. A]mapsX kyànb^fm] Nm^y§Ä¡v CknsX {bhàn]nà F§sW]pw A]mav fptOW Nm^yw hmVn¡pN F¶Sv fm{Sfm\v Fsâ `£yw.

tcm\n knan¨v fp³NqÀ AWpfSn tWXn] tlgfm]n^p¶p Fsâ hµÀlWw ASpsNm*ms\¶v tSm¶p¶p Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ fäp hµÀlNÀ B^pw Ss¶ CÃm]n^p¶p. F³s_ BPfWw {bSo£n¨ fUy h¡m^¯nWv DÅ dm¡n In«k«§Ä FÃmw Ss¶ H^p¡n sk¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p A]mav. tW^n«v Nm\pt¼mÄ bXk`§ Ft¶m hpNpfm^³ Ft¶m knan¡pkm³ hmVyw AÃm¯SnWm , “” Blm³ “” F¶ Hä km¡n knan¡m_v bSnkv. Mm³ fm{Sw Aà Fsâ hi {bkÀ¯N^pw.

“” Blm³ C¶v Ft§m«pw C_§n Ctà “”

H^p SpX¡w Nn«m³ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

A¸ hf]w Bt`mIW]n fpjpNn]n«v– f_pbXn.

“” C¶v knf`nsâ bX¯nsâ bqK B\v AdmUn sk¨v sskNpt¶^w At§m«v tbmN\w “”

knf WtXl³ , FWn¡v A_n]mw A]msa. CSnWv fp³bv H^p bXw sI]vSp. bmSn kjn]n fpX§n. WnÀfmSmkv Np¯v bma FXp¯p. Ft´m tNhpw Wn`Wn¡p¶p*v. AsSms¡ Blm³ CXsb«v HSp¡n F¶pw tN«n^p¶p. CSnt¸mÄ bpSn] DXm]n¸pw sNm*m\v k^kv. C¯k\ B^m\mtkm Np¯v bma FXp¡p¶Sv.
Fsâ In´ NmXv N]_n] hf]w Blm³ fUyw ^*p ¥mhn Hjn¨p.

Np¸n GNtUlw bNpSn B]t¸mÄ Mm³ Fsâ BPfW Dt±lyw FXp¯v bp_¯n«p.
“” BlmsW knf hm_nsâ bX¯n AhnÌâ B]n«v H^p Im³hv Nn«m³ kjn Dt*m “”

“” Wo CSv ks^ B^psX Nm`nsâ CX]n B]n^p¶p f]ns^ , tW^ps¯ b_ªp Nq«m^pt¶m “”

Blm³ hzÂbw N`n¸n`m\v.

fUyw hn^Nan bnXn¨p SpX§n.
Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS Wn¶p. fuWw Ss¶ WÃSv.
A¸tW^s¯ WnlÐS]v¡p tlgw Blm³ b_ªp ,

“” sskNpt¶^w knf`nsW Nm\pt¼mÄ Wn³s_ Nm^yw Mm³ H¶v hwhm^n¨p tWm¡s« , l^n]mkpN]ms\¦n Wmsa¯s¶ Wo s`mt¡gWn F¯\w , hnWnf]psX BUy sgZyqÄ fq¶m_n`m\v . ^m{Sn]n F´m]m`pw Mm³ Wns¶ knan¡mw “”

Blm³s_ km]nÂWn¶pw A{Ss]¦n`pw tNÄ¡pkm³ hmVn¨Sv k`n] bp\yfms\¶v fWÊn N^pSn. NjnkpsSan]n¨ Z]_ÎÀ H¶pfà knf WtXl³. F³s_ `£ykpw hnWnf bYWw AÃm¯SnWm Wfp¡v knf WtXlâv H^p bXw B]m`pw fSn.

bNpSn]m] Np¸n]pw sNm*v
Blm³ bSps¡ Nth^]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp ,
“” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¦n l^n , FXm Hs¡ BkpN]ms\¦n Mm³ ^m{Sn knan¡mw Wo Ct¸mÄ
sbm]vt¡maq “”.
BlmtWmXp ]m{S b_ªv AknsX Wn¶pw C_§n.

At¸mjm\v H^p bj] hpir¯n³s_ tcm¬ k¶Sv . hpir¯v F¶v b_ªm hnWnfm^wP¯v F¯n]tlgw b^nI]s¸« Bam\v , tb^v AknWmlv. Np_¨pNm`fm]n tNm¬XmÎv H¶pfnÃm]n^p¶p
. AksWm^p bpSn] tgmÀ«v cn`nw hwknVmWw sI¿p¶p , ASn³s_ Bkly¯nt`¡v H^p Nymf_ hwQXn¸n¨p sNmXp¡pkmWm\v knan¡p¶Sv . hnWnf]nt`¡pw ho^n]`nt`¡v BklyfpÅ Nymf_ kmXN]v¡v sNmXp¡p¶ tK¡dv A¨m]sW W¼À Mm³ AkWp sNmXp¯p . Mm³ NqXn sIÃpN]ms\¦n NqXpS huN^yfmNpw F¶v Ak³ b_ªSWph^n¨v Mm³ Xu\n sk]näv sI]vSp.
A`vbhf]¯nWpÅn AknWmlpw WnÀ½mSmkv F¶v tSm¶n¡p¶ fsäm^mapw , NqsX tf¡¸v fm³ UmhWpw D*m]n^p¶p. UmhsW FWn¡v b` hnWnfNapsX]pw shän sk¨v N* fp³b^nI]fp*v. A]mÄ H^p hzS{´ tf¡¸v fm³ H¶pfà b`^psX]pw Ahn̳_v B]n«m\v kÀ¡v sI¿m_pÅSv. Umh³ MmWpfm]n b^nI]w bpSp¡n.
BknWmlv Fs¶ s{bmZyqh _nWv
b^nI]s¸Xp¯n . tNmjt©^n Nm^³ thkyÀ, ]q FÊn B]n^p¶p 20 kÀgw. N*ms`m^p A_pbSnWv fpNan {bm]w W^¨ SmXn]pw fol]pw , Wà hwhm^w Wà sb^pfmäw. s{bmZyqhÀ F¶ Wn`]n A]mÄ FWn¡v fSn¸v D*m¡n.
thkyÀ A¨m]³ Ss¶ B\v k*n HmXn¡p¶Sv , AknWlv– fp¶n`pw MmWpw UmhWpw bn¶n`pw B]n«v B]n^p¶p ]m{S.
CX]v¡v Ft¸mtjm bn¶nt`¡v Sn^nªp sNm*v Ft¶mXm]n thkyÀ tImUn¨p ,

“” KntKm]v¡v hnWnf]n Wà bnXn ]m\tà “”
Fs¶¸än AknWmlv sbm¡n AXn In^n¡pN]m\v Fs¶Wn¡p fWÊn`m]n.
F³s_ f_pbXn Mm³ H^p In^n]ns`mSp¡n.
A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p ..
“” emkn]n H^p hnWnfs]Xp¡\sf¶v FWn¡v B{Pifp*v “”

FWn¡v ASv H^p hvbmÀ¡v B]n tSm¶n. bnXn¨p N]_m³ H^p bnXn kÅn Nn«n] tSm¶Â.

“” ASnsW´m\v hmiI^yw H¯pk^nN]ms\¦n Wfp¡v FÃmw l^n]m¡mw “”

A`vbw knW]¯n N`À¶ f_pbXn Mm³ WÂNn.

“” F´pNm^yw sI¿pt¼mjpw sbÀscÎv B]n^n¡\w ,
ASpsNm*pSs¶ Nzmanän]n H^p kn«pkojvI]v¡pw S¿m_à “”

BUyfm]n H^p ^wPt¯¡v NX¶pk^p¶ FÃmk^psX]pw Øn^w Z]t`mPv B\nSv. AkhmWfmNpt¼mÄ F§sWs]¦n`pw CsSm¶p SoÀ¯m fSn F¶m]n NnX¸mXw ks^ b\]w sk¡p¶ AkØ D*mNpw. In`À Cu N]¯n Wn¶pw Wo´n ^£s¸«pv tbmNpw. In`À fp§n¯mjpw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hnWnf A§sW]m\v. fnW_ km«_n Npan¨psNm*n^p¶ hq¸ÀSm^s¯ Nn\À skÅw NpXn¸n¨ Sm^fm\v hnWnf.
CsSm¶pw N* AWpekw Csæn`pw H^pbmXv tN« AWpekw DÅSnWm knW]t¯msX H^p fqa fm{Sw Mm³ WÂNn.

“” Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ H^p tgmÀ«v cn`nfnWv fqkn Nymf_ Bklyw Cà F¶v FWn¡v W¶m]n«_n]mw , bt£
F´m\v Nm^yw ? “”

tImUy ^qtb\ thkyÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“” Nzmanän “”

Mm³ f_pbXn WÂNn.

M§Ä Wm`v tb^pw NqXn tK¡dv A¨m]³ s_ Hmcohn tbm]n tgmÀ«v cn`nfnWv Bklyfm] Nymf_ dp¡v sI]vSp. Mm³ CSnWv fp¼v kÀ¡v sI]vS bX¯nt`¡v CknsXWn¶pfm\v Nymf_ FXp¯Sv. ASn³s_ H^p b^nI]w k¨v BklyfpÅ Nymf_ Np_ª kmXN]n AknsXWn¶pw FXp¡pkm³ hmVn¨p. WnÀfmSmkpw AknWmlpw ht´mg¯n`m]n. Hä H^p WndÔW fm{Sw C«p,
H^mjvIsNm*v Sn^nt¨Â¸n¡\w.
AknWmlnWv bqÀ®h½Sw. So]Sn DÄs¸sX]pÅ Nm^y§Ä knlUfm]n bn¶oXv A_n]n¡msf¶v b_ªv M§Ä AknsX Wn¶pw C_§n.

At¸mjm\v AknWmgv b_]p¶Sv, Ak³s_ tgmÀXv cn`nfns` Wm]nN]psX hv{No³ sXÌv AknsX AXp¯v H^p tim«`n k¨v WX¡p¶p*v. AkÀ CWn At§m«p tbmkpN]m\v. Sm`vb^yfps*¦n MmWpwNqXn sIÃpkm³ b_ªp. tbm]n«v k`n] ASymklyw H¶pfnÃm¯SnWm Ak^psX NqsX NqXpkm³ So^pfmWn¨p.

A`vbhf]¯nWpÅn M§Ä tim«`nt`¡v sI¶p.

AknsX¯s¶ dm_pw D*v. Wfp¡v BklyfpÅ hmVW§Ä _qfnt`¡v F¯n¡msf¶v thkyÀ A¨m]³ b_ªSWph^n¨v M§Ä tim«`nt`¡v sI¶p.

M§sa AknsX C_¡n]tlgw thky_pw tf¡¸v fm³ UmhWpw
NqXn Ft§mt«m tbm]n.

AknsX _nhbvgWn M§sa sk]näv sI]vS H^p A½]pw fNapw D*m]n^p¶p. fNÄ¡v GNtUlw 18 k]Êv {bm]w k^pw. HätWm«¯n FWn¡p fWÊn`m]n B sb¬Np«n
AknWmlnsâ tgmÀ«v cn`nfns` Wm]nN]m\v.
Ip^nUmÀ B\v V^n¨n^p¶Sv , AkapsX A½ F¶v tSm¶n¨ hv{So H^p hm^n ]pw.
SnN¨pw fmWyfm] khv{S Vm^\w.

M§sa N*t¸mÄ hoän Wn¶pw A½]pw fNapw Fjpt¶äv Wn¶v sSmjpSp.
fp³b^nI]w DÅSnWm AknWmlv In^n¨psNm*v hwhm^w B^wen¨p.

“” H^pbmXv hf]fmt]m k¶n«v “”

“”AtS hmÀ k¶n«v H^p f\n¡q_n`VnNw B]n “”

sb¬Np«n]psX A½ B\v f_pbXn b_ªSv.
AknWmlv Fs¶]pw AkÀ¡v b^nI]s¸Xp¯n

“” CSv KntKm , W½psX tgm«v cn`nfn hiN^n¡p¶p*v. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hnWnf]n Ahn̳_v Z]_ÎÀ B\v “”

hnWnf F¶v tN«t¸mÄ A½]psX]pw fNapsX]pw N®n H^p Sna¡w D*mNp¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p.

AkÀ kas^ Sm`vb^yt¯msX F³s_ AXp¯pk¶v hwhm^n¨p.

“” hmÀ F³s_ tb^v sNm¨½n\n, fNapsX tb^v AWpg.
Cs¸mÄ Pks×âv tNmtaKn Zn{Pn¡v tIÀ¶p .. h-vNqan N`mSn`Nkpw B]n^p¶p “”

Hälzmh¯n sNm¨½n\n C{S]pw b_ªv WnÀ¯n.

fNsa N*SntW¡mÄ FWn¡v Cãs¸«Sv A½]m\v. W½psX tPmU]ns` ^MvKnb\n¡^psX em^y bmÀkSn s] tbms` WsÃm^p CXnsk«v I^¡v. Bkly¯n`VnNw fp³Sq¡kpw bn³ Sq¡kpw sNmjp¯ tdmZn tg¸pw DÅ H^p CXnsk«v hmVWw.

AkÀ hwhm^n¨ WnÀ¯n]nX¯v Wn¶pw Mm³ SpX§n ,

“” Np«n]psX Aѳ F´p sI¿p¶p “”
tImUyw A½t]mXv B]n^p¶p F¦n`pw D¯^w S¶Sv fNam\v

“”Aѳ Updm]n`m\v “”

A½]v¡v bän] fNam\v F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. hmVm^\ C¯^w hmiI^y§an N*pk^m_pÅ sb¬Np«nNsat¸ms` Wm\kpw hwhm^n¡mWpÅ tbXn]pfnÃ. AenW]n¡m³ NjnkpNqXn Ds*¦n Ip^p§n]Sv H^p hnWnf]ns`¦n`pw sshZv t_mÄ
F¦n`pw Nn«pkmWpÅ hmVyS]p*v F¶v Mm³ fWÊn N^pSn.

“”AWpg Wr¯w ¢mhn¡`m]n bYn¨n«pt*m “”
“”D*v hÀ Njnª 12 kÀgfm]n Mm³ ¢mhn¡Â Zm³hv bYn¡p¶p “”

“”Hm At¸mÄ Wmt`m At©m k]hpÅt¸mÄ Zm³hv bYn¨p SpX§nt]m “”

BÝ^yt¯msX]pÅ F³s_ tImUyw tN«v sNm¨½n\n tI¨n CXsb«p ,

“” AsS hmÀ AkapsX B_mw k]hpfpSÂ bYn¨ SpX§n]Sm\v Njnª fmhw 18 SnNªp “”

At¸mÄ 18 Njnªp. hnWnf]n 18 Njn]pN F¶Sv b`SnWpfpÅ sbÀ fngWm\v , Mm³ fWÊn N^pSn.

“” At¸mÄ FÃmknV emkpN§apw AVnNw Smfhn¡msS hnWnf]psX dnPvh{NoWnt`¡v k^s« F¶v Blwhn¡p¶p “”

A½s]]pw fNsa]pw tWm¡n H^p Blwh Mm³ tWÀ¶p.

Dt±ln¨tbms` F³s_ Blwh ^*ptbÀ¡pw Cãfm]n F¶v Ak^psX fpOemk¯n Wn¶pw Mm³ km]ns¨Xp¯p.

At¸mtj¡pw _nhbvgWn Wn¶pw _qfnsâ Smt¡m tfXn¨p sNm*v AknWmlv– At§m«v k¶p.
_qw W¼À 208. `ncväv kjn tbmN\w. M§Ä Wm`v tb^pw NqXn `ncväv
t`¡v N]_n.
`ncvän Fsâ sSm«p fp¶n B]n«m\v AWpg Wn¶Sv.
AknWlv sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]psX AXp¯v `ncvänÂ
Fs´ms¡t]m hwhm^n¨p sNm*v Wn¡pN]m\v.
Mm³ B hf]w AWpgs] AXn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpXn H¶v tWm¡n , sNm¨p sNmÅmw.

CX SqÀ¶p Sn§n] fpXn I´n Njnªv Smtj ¡v Wo*p NnX¡p¶p.
b¨ skans¨® ]psX f\w fq¡nt`¡v AXn¨p tN_p¶v.
C«n^n¡p¶ Ipk¶ Wn_¯n Nhkv sk¨ Ip^nUmÀ l^o^¯nÂ
W¶m]n H«n NnX¡p¶p. Ip^nUm_nsâ bmâv H^p s`¤n³hv tfmZ B\v, A^s¡«v fpS Smtj ¡v DÅ kXnkv ASv W¶m]n bp_¯v Nm\n¡p¶p*v. Zm³hv Nm^n B]Sv sNm*v B]n^n¡mw C{S l^o^ kXnkv. k`Sv fp` tXm¸nsâ fpNan NqXn bp_t¯¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p. H^p 34 sshhv Nm\pw. ka^pkm³ CWn]pw hf]w NnX¡pN B\tÃm.

Cksa Hs¡ bXk`§ hpNpfm^³ s_ ssNt`¡v Nn«n]m WOkpw fpXn]pw F¦n`pw dm¡n k¨m sNmÅmw.
At¸mtj¡pw `ncväv ^*mw Wn`]ns`¯n]n^p¶p.
_qw W¼À 208 t`¡v M§Ä Wm`ptb^pw NqXn tbm]n. AknWmgv– _qw Sp_¶p M§sa ANt¯¡v £\n¨p.
kr¯n]m]n shäv sI]vSn^n¡p¶ H^p tbmÀgv– fp_n Ss¶]m\Sv , {cnZvKv Fhn sX`nkng³ fpS`m] huN^y§Ä FÃmw Ss¶]p*v. N]_n sI¶Sv H^p `nknRv G^n]]nt`¡m\v , AknsXWn¶pw sdZv_qfnt`¡v H^p NÀ«³ C«v f_¨n«p*v.
`nknRv G^n] ]n Np_¨VnNw thmc Hs¡ C«v W¶m]n shäv sI]vSn«p*v.
hz´w ko«n F¶ AVnNm^t¯msX AknWmgv Xnkn Hm\m¡n sk¨p.
GgymsWäv fqkohv tbm¡n^n^mK hnWnf WX¡p¶p.
C^n¡m³ fXn¨p fm_n Wn¶n^p¶ sNm¨½n\n tI¨nt]mXpw AWpg t]mXpw A`vbw hvtWiw N`À¶ lmhW]n Ak³ b_ªp ,
“” B thmc]n C^n¡m³ Wn§tamXv Mm³ {btSyNw b_t]* Nm^yfpt*m ? “”
ASv tN« fm{S]n AkÀ ^*ptb^pw H^p In^n bmhm¡n
sNm*v thmc]nt`¡v C^p¶p.

Ak^psX NqsX AknsX C^n¡m³ tbm] Fs¶ kn`¡ns¡m*v AknWmgv b_ªp ,
“” KntKm Wfp¡v Nymf_ H¶v shäv sI¿mw k^q “”
“” l^n “”

Mm³ AknWmlnsâ bn¶ms` sdZv _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.
NXpwIpk¸v Wn_¯n`pÅ NÀ«³ fmän M§Ä sdZv_qfnt`¡v {btkln¨p.
H^p {So ÌmÀ tim«`ns` A´ÊnWv tIÀ¶knVw Ss¶]m\v sdZv_qw {NfoN^n¨n^n¡p¶Sv.
hnWnf]pfm]n dÔs¸« IÀ¨NÄ¡v tbm`pw sN . bn t`mZvKv tbms`]pÅ Nq_ shä¸pNÄ H^p¡n¯^p¶ s{bmZyqhÀ fm^n Wn¶pw AknWlnsâ s{bmZyqhÀ sk_psfm^p tgmÀ«v cn`nfnWv tk*n C{S]VnNw ssbh fpX¡pkm³ S¿mÀ B]tÃm Ft¶mÀ¯v FWn¡v AÛpSw tSm¶n. At±is¯ bän NqXpS A_n]pkmWpw hnWnf]psX fmhvf^nN t`mNs¯¸än H^p Vm^\ sNmXp¯v NqsX NqXn]m emkn]n H^p {bt]mKWw D*mt]¡msf¶pw FWn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSm¶n.
sdZv_qfns` Ghn Hm¬ B¡n sNm*v AknsX H^p tXdnan k¨n^p¶ dmPn Wn¶pw NmtWm³ 7 —Zn ]psX Nymf_ ]pw B¸nansâ `m¸pw FXp¯v sdZv t`¡v sk¨p AknWmgv. F¶n«v sdZn I^nªp NnX¶p sNm*v Nymf_ shäv sI¿m³ SpX§n. F¶n«v Ft¶mXv B]n b_ªp ,

“” Wo H¶v ss`äv A¸v sI¿q “”

fp_n]psX H^p fq`]v¡v k¨n^n¡p¶ tdmN-vhv Iq*n¡m«n]m\v Ak³ ASv b_ªSv.
Mm³ At§mt«¡v sI¶p B tdmN-vhv FXp¯v tXdnan k¨v Sp_¶p ,
F¨v Fw kn ss`äv sâ H^p sI_n] tfmZ ASn D*m]n^p¶p.
ASv FXp¯v N\£³ sNmXp¯t¸mÄ Bt^m k¶p tNmanwPv sdÃXn¨p.

“” thkyÀ A¨m]³ B]n^n¡pw ASv Wo sI¶v tZmÀ Sp_¶p sNmXp¡v “”

sdZn NnX¶psNm*v AknWmgv b_ªp.

`nknRv _qfnt`¡v k¶t¸mÄ sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]pw AWpg ]pw tbm¡n^n^mK hnWnf]n fpjpNn]n^n¡pN]m\v.
AkÀ¡v fpOwsNmXp¡msS Mm³ tWs^ tbm]n tZmÀ Sp_¶p.
thkyÀ A¨m]Wpw NqsX tf¡¸v UmhWpw D*v. Umhsâ N¿n H^p sb«n C^n¡p¶Sv N*p , tf¡¸v tdmN-vhv B]n^n¡mw ASv F¶v Mm³ Duin¨p.
tZmÀ Sp_¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v thkyÀ A¨m]³ tImUn¨p ,

“” F´m]n Nm^y§sams¡ shäv sI]vtSm ?

“” FÃmw Hs¡]m\v “”

Mm³ f_pbXn WÂNn.
AkÀ ^*p tb^pw ANt¯¡v N]_n Mm³ NSNv AX¨p.

thkyÀ A¨m]sW N*t¸mÄ fp³ b^nI]w DÅSptbms` sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]pw AWpg ]pw thmc ]n Wn¶pw H¶v Fjpt¶äp.

“” C^n¡v– C^n¡v dipfmWw fWÊn fm{Sw fSn , C§sW Fjpt¶äv WnÂt¡* Bklysfm¶pfnà “”

Aks^ tWm¡n A]mÄ b_ªp.

Umhsâ N¿n Wn¶pw sb«n km§n bnXn¨ tlgw Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p ,
“” FknsX W½psX hwknVm]N³ ? “”

“” AN¯p*v Nymf_ shäv sI¿p¶p””

Sn^nªpWn¶v UmhsW tWm¡n]n«v ,

“” Umhm .. hf]w Na]* Wn³s_ b\n]m]pV§Ä Hs¡ FXp¯p tkPw b\n SpX§nt¡maq “”

CSpw b_ªv N¿n N^pSn]n^p¶ sb«nSp_¶v H^p sI_n] tdmN-vhv FXp¯v Umhsâ N¿n sNmXp¯p.

tf¡¸v tdmN-vhv B]n^p¶p ASv.
MmWpw UmhWpw NqXn sdZv _qfnt`¡v tbm]n. AknsX AknWmgv ss`äpw Nymf_]pw DÄs¸sX FÃmw shäv sI]vSn^p¶p. Nymf_]psX s`³hntW hwdÔn¨ In` sX¡Wn¡Â hwl]§Ä Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p ¢n]À sI]vStlgw UmhsW tWm¡n Ak³ b_ªp ,

“” Umth«m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Aksa X¨¸v– sI¿p¶SnWv fp¼v H¶v ^*v ÌnÂhv FXp¡\w “”

“” B]nt¡ms« “”

Sn^nªp Wn¶v Ak³ Ft¶mXm]n b_ªp ,

“” Wo Aks^ ANt¯¡v knan¨p sNm*v k^q “”

Mm³ `nknRv _qfnt`¡v k¶t¸mÄ N* NmjvI sM«n¨p.

thkyÀ A¨m]³ H^p tdm«n lnkmhv FXp¯v tXdnan sk¨n^n¡p¶p. NqsX ¥mÊpw skÅkpw D*v. AWpg ]pw sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]pw CSv N* emkw WXn¡msS hnWnf]n fpjpNn C^n¡pN]m\v. A¨m]Wn Wn¶pw
A`vbw fmWyS Mm³ {bSo£n¨n^p¶p bs£ ASv D*m]nà F¶v Mm³ fWÊn N^pSn.
^*p hv{SoNapsX fp³bn`n^p¶v NpXn¡p¶Sv F´v fmWyS]m\v .
B ^wPt¯¡v NX¶pk¶ Ft¶mXv A]mÄ tImUn¨p ,
“” KntKm tk\sf¦n Hs¶mjn¨v NpXnt¨maq “”
“” tk* hÀ “”

“” Wn§sa ANt¯¡v knan¡p¶p “”

AWpg s] tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp.

Aks^ ^*p tbs^]pw Nq«n Mm³ _qfnt`¡v k¶p. At¸mjpw thkyÀ A¨m]³ AknsX]n^p¶v fUybmWw SpX^pN]m\v.
“” tfmsa Wfp¡v X¨ ¸nÃm¯ H¶v ^*v ÌnÂhv tk\w “”

Umh³ AWpg t]mXv b_ªp.

“” Sm³ H¶v kmgv _qfn tbm]n fpOw H¶v NjpNn km “”

AknWmlv b_ªSp tN« AWpg kmgv _qfnt`¡v tbm]n.

AknsX]p*m]n^p¶ H^p sI]À Iq*n¡m\n¨v sNm¨½n\n tI¨nt]mXv At§m«v C^n¡mw F¶v Mm³ b_ªp.
N¿n D*m]n^p¶ dmPv S_]n sk¨n«v AkÀ B sI]_nt`¡v– C^p¶p.
fpOw H¶v NjpNn AWpg sbs«¶v Ss¶ k¶p.
A½ ]psX N¿n D*m]n^p¶ dmPn Wn¶pw H^p Xk Akav Ss¶ FXp¯v fpOs¯ skůpÅnNÄ H¸n FXp¯p.
fpXn CjNan bän bnXn¨ skůpÅnNÄ Aksa NqXpS hpµ^n B¡n.
C^p Wn_w fm{Sw DÅq F¦n`pw H^p sFlz^yw Wn_ª fpOw B]n^p¶p AkaptXSv.
Mm³ ss`äv Hm¬ sI]vSp.
AknWmgv Nymf_ Hm¬ B¡n hv{No³ hqw sI]vSp. Mm³ H¶v tWm¡n D_¸v k^p¯n.
AWpg t]mXv– A¸w fp³tbm«v N]_n Wn¶v sNmÅpkm³ b_ªp.
Cs¸mÄ sk«w AkapsX fpOt¯¡v W¶m]n AXn¨p N]_p¶p. sk«¯nWv So{kS NqXn]n«v Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p AkapsX N®n skÅw Wn_ªn^n¡p¶v.
Mm³ ss`änsâ So{kS A¸w Np_¨p. kas^ tkP¯n AknWmgv H¶v ^*v ÌnÂhv FXp¯p.

“” CWns]m^p sI_n] X¨¸v– BNmw “”

UmhtWmXv Ak³ b_ªp.

N¿n N^pSn]n^p¶ tf¡¸v tdmN-vhv Sp_¶v Umh³ AWpg ]psX fpO¯v sI_pSm]n tf¡¸v C«p.
Cu hf]w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv thkyÀ A¨m]³ ^*v sb¤v kn«p sNm*v bSps¡ _qfnt`¡v N]_n k¶p .
A]msa N*p sNm*v
sI]_n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶Â¡m³ emkn¨ sNm¨½n\n tI¨ns] tSma¯p bnXn¨p bSps¡ A]mÄ C^p¯ns¡m*v A]mav b_ªp ,
“” fpt¶ Mm³ b_ªm]n^p¶p C{S]pw dipfmWw H¶pw tk* F¶v “”
F¶n«v H^p kga³ In^n In^n¨p.
thkyÀ A¨m]³ BamsN fm_n]n^n¡p¶p. CSpks^ N* fWpgyWm]n^p¶nà A]mÄ A]mapsX N®ns` fpO¯pw FÃmw H^p kÃm¯ ^u{US Wn_ª tWm«fm\v.
tcmt«m gq«v WX¡p¶Sv ko£n¨p sNm*v A]mÄ sdÍnt`¡v bSps¡ C^p¶p.
sI_n] ^oSn]n X¨¸v Hs¡ C«v H¶v ^*p tcmt«m NqXn kas^ tkPw AknWmgv FXp¯p SoÀ¯p.

“” CWn Wfp¡v fsäm^p tNmÌyqw V^n¨v sNm*v H¶v ^*v ÌnÂhv FXp¡mw “”

AknWmgv AWpg t]mXv b_ªp.

AkÄ A½]psX ssN]n N^pSn]n^p¶ dmPv tfXn¨v tXdnan k¨v AXp¯ {ZÊv Sn^ªp. dmPn Wn¶pw H^p fª¡aÀ dWn]Wpw Wo` Ko³hpw bp_s¯Xp¯p. ASv V^n¡p¶SnWv tk*n dmSv_qfnt`¡v tbmNm³ Sn^nªp ,
C{S]pw tW^w H¶pw fn*msS tcmt«mgq«v N*psNm*n^p¶ thkyÀ A¨m]³ AWpg t]mXv b_ªp ,
“” tfmsa.. A¨m]âv sb«n]n`v tfmÄ¡v bän] H^p {ZÊv C^n¸p*v,
F³s_ Npªp tbm]n AsSm¶p C«v sNm*v k^q “”

UmhtWmXv B]n b_ªp ,

“” Umh… Wo B sb«n Ct§m«v FXp¯psNm*p k^q “”

Umh³ `nknRv _qfn Wn¶pw sb«n FXp¯p sNm*pk¶p ASv Sp_¶p H^p NkÀ FXp¯v AWpg ¡v ssN fm_n.
AkÄ B NkÀ AknsX Wn¶psNm*p Ss¶ Sp_¶p tWm¡n.
H^p Éokv–s`hv sN«pÅ Ipk¶
dWn]Wpw fp«nWp fpNan ks^ fm{Sw Wn¡p¶ H^p bmkmX]pw B]n^p¶p ASnÂ.
H^p khv{Sw N*v Mm³ H¶p sM«n . F´m]n^n¡pw AkapsX A½]psX _n]m£³ F¶ A_n]p¶SnWp tk*n Mm³ Aks^ H¶v bman tWm¡n . Ak^psX AkØ]pw fsäm¶pfm]n^p¶nà , fpO¯v H^p sM«Â D*v. B Wnfngw H¶pw FSnÀ¯v b_]pkm³ hmVn¡m¯ H^p WnÊim] AkØ]n B]n^n¡mw AkÀ. CsSms¡ F{S N*Sm F¶ emk¯n`m\v Umh³. SnN¨pw s{bmcg\ B]n CSnsW Hs¡ hfobn¡mWm\v AknWmgnsâ So^pfmWsf¶v tSm¶p¶p , fm{Skpfà Ak³ At¸mjpw Nymf_]psX hqw s`³hpw t»m¡v s`³hpw tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“” FWn¡v CSv V^n¡pkm³ A`vbw dp²nfp«p*v “”

A¸tW^s¯ WnlÐSs] teUn¨psNm*v AWpg b_ªp.

“” H^p tfmtZ¬ sb¬Np«n]psX tkgfms\¶v NpªntWmXv Mm³ BUytf b_ªn^p¶tÃm ? N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”

tImUyw A¨m]sâ Sm\v.

“” A¶v Npªpw Npªn³s_ A½]pw Hs^SnÀ¸pw b_ªn^p¶nà , Ct¸mÄ FSnÀ¡p¶Sv S´]v¡v bn_¡m]vN Atà “”

A¨m]³ A¸w Pu^k¯n Ss¶]m\v.

“”fm{Skpfà AZzm³hm]n 25,000 ^qb]m\v F®n tfXn¨n^n¡p¶Sv
NpªÃ Npªn³s_ A½ “”

Bt^mb\ l^§Ä AXp¯_n]pkm³ Ss¶]m\v A¨m]sâ So^pfmWw . sNm¨½n\n tI¨n H¶pw b_]pkm³ Njn]m¯ H^p AkØ]n`m\v . Ak^psX N®v Wn_ªn«p*v.
ho³ kgamNp¶Sv FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.
Cus]m^p ^wP¯v fVyØS]v¡v {lfn¨v A¨m]sâ knt^mVw bnXn¨pbäm³ Mm³ Dt±ln¡p¶nÃ.

C{StW^kpw fuW¯n`m]n^p¶ AknWmgv A½t]mXpw f¡tamXpw B]n b_ªp ,

“” CSv H^p tfmtZ¬ sb¬Np«n]psX NT]ms\¶v M§Ä BUytf b_ªn^p¶p , A¸hz¸w tfmtZ¬ khv{S§Ä V^nt¡*n k^pw F¶pw b_ªn^p¶p “”

“” l^n]m\v hÀ tfmtZ¬ khv{Sw F¶v tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ N^pSn]Sv dWn]Wpw Ko³hpw Bs\¶m\v “”
AWpg b_ªp.
“” tfmsa.. dWn]Wpw Ko³hpw tfmtZ¬ khv{Sw B]n^p¶p H^p 35 sNmÃw fp¼v “”
Umh³ b_ªp.
sNm¨½n\n tI¨n sI]_n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äv fNapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. AkapsX tSman ssNsk¨p sNm*v b_ªp ,

“” C¯k\tS¡v F³s_ tfmav CsSm¶p C«v sNm*v k^q “”

A½]n Wn¶pw A§sWs]m^p b_¨n AkÄ {bSo£n¨n^p¶nà F¶v fpOemk¯n Wn¶pw fWÊn`m]n .
sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]psX WnÊim]S HmÀ¯v FWn¡v A`vbw kngfw tSm¶n. H^pbt£ AZzm³hm]n tfXn¨ 25,000 ^qb Ak^psX ssN]n Wn¶pw sI`km]n tbm]n¡m\pw. Ct¸mÄ CSv AkhmWn¸n¨v CknsX Wn¶pw C_t§*n k¶m B SpN Sn^nsN sNmXpt¡*nk^pw. ASpsNm*m]n^n¡mw C§sWs]m^p H¯pSoÀ¸nWv AkÀ S¿m_m]Sv .
A½ h½Sn¨p F¶v A_nªtSmsX A¨m]³ NqXpS DuÀKhz`Wm]n Nm\s¸«p. sdZn D*m]n^p¶ sb«n]n Wn¶pw H^p tb¸À FXp¯v A]mÄ D]À¯n¡m\n¨p.
F¶n«p b_ªp ,

“” CSv F´ms\¶v A_n]ptfm ?
F³s_ tgmÀ«v cn`nfn hiN^n¡msf¶v b_ªp Wn³s_ A½ H¸n« S¶ tb¸_m\v “”

DXp¯n^p¶ fp*v fX¡n¡p¯n A]mÄ sdÍn Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp,
V^n¨n^p¶ gÀ«v Du^n sdZnt`¡v C«p.
fX¡n¡p¯n] H^p fp*v fm{Sfm\v Ct¸mÄ A]mapsX tkgw.
F¶n«v sNm¨½n\n tI¨ns] tWm¡n b_ªp ,
“” Wn§Ä¡v S¶Sv C^pb¯¿m]n^w Bs\¦n Mm³ Wãb^nim^ tNhv sNmXp¡p¶Sv 25 `£¯nWv B]n^n¡pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv , ASv HmÀ¯m WÃSv “”

25 `£w Fs¶ms¡ tN«t¸mÄ B bmkw A½]pw fNapw W¶m]n tbXn¨p.
Wn_ª N®pNapfm]n B sb¬Np«n A]mav WÂNn] {Zhpfm]n kmgv _qfnt`¡v tbm]n .
hSy¯n Cu hwPSnNÄ H^p fW{b]mhw D*m¡ns]¦n`pw k^p¶Sv Nm\pkm³ BNmw£]p*m]n^p¶p.

“” F´m KntKm tbXn¨p tbmt]m ? ,
Mm³ C§sW]m\v sNmXp¯ Nmlp fpS`m¡pkm³ FWn¡v W¶m]n Ss¶ A_n]mw “”

A¨m]³ Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp.

Mm³ fpO¯v H^p In^n k^p¯pkm³ {b]mhs¸«p.

AknWlnWv CSns`m¶pw k`n] Sm`vb^yw Ds*¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ. Ak³ At¸mjpw Nymf_]psX sX¡Wn¡Â kl§apw ss`änsâ sX¡W¡Â Nm^y§apw tWm¡p¶ Sn^¡n`m\v.
WnlÐS]n B] ^wPw H¶p fmäns]Xp¡pkm³ tk*n Mm³ bSps¡ sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]psX AXp¡t`¡v_ sI¶n«p bªp ,

“” tI¨n `nknwPv _qfnt`¡v tbm]n C^pt¶m , CknsX FÃmw Njn]pt¼mÄ MmWv k¶p b_]mw “”

sbs«¶v B hv{So FWn¡v tWs^ sbm«n sS_n¨p.

“” Fsâ NpªnsW Sp\n Ajn¨p Wo Hs¡ Nm\pt¼mÄ Mm³ F´v hfmVmW¯n`m\v A¸p_¯v tbm]n C^nt¡*Sv “”

S`]v¡v AXn Nn«n] H^p co`nwPv B]n^p¶p FWn¡v Ak^psX B km¡pNÄ.
CSpw b_ªv en¯n]nt`¡v Im^n S`NpWn¨v Wn¡pN]m\v AkÀ.

CsSm¶pw Nm^yfm¡msS A¨m]³ AXp¯ sbPv ¥mhns` ¡v Hjn¨p.
Mm³ AknWlnsâ AXp¯v sI¶v C^p¶v bSps¡ tImUn¨p ,
“” Wo F´m\v CSn H¶pw b_]m¯Sv, H^p A½ ]psX]pw fNapsX]pw N®oÀ sbmjn¨p Wo F´v D*m¡n]n«v Nm^yfnà “”
Ak³ Fs¶ tWm¡n bpÑt¯msX b_ªp ,
“” Wo C{S Wmapw Ip^¡m³ Bt\m hnWnfm F¶pw b_ªp WX¶Sv , CSà CSnsâ A¸p_w WX¡pw hnWnf]n .. A_n]ntà ?””

FWn¡v D¯^w D*m]n^p¶nÃ.

sl^n]m\v , hnWnf C§sW]m\v.
Sm¸^yw CÃm¯ Nmjv¨NÄ ¡v tWs^ N®v AX¡pN, FSnÀ ¯n«v Nm^yfnÃ. FSnÀ¡p¶ BÄ Häs¸Xpw.
Mm³ A{S WÃSÃm¯ `£yw sk¨v Ss¶ B\v hnWnf]nt`¡v C_§n Sn^n¨Sv.
Hjp¡nWv H¸w Wo´n tbmkpN.
H^p sbPv FXp¯v A¨m]³ UmhWv tWs^ Wo«n ,
AfrSv tbms` A]mÄ knW]t¯msX ASv km§n NpXn¨p.
AtS ¥mhn³s_ AXp¯ Dujw AknWgv B]n^p¶p.
AkWpw S³s_ NXf WnÀkin¨p.
Ip^p¡¯n MmWpw sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]pw AWpg ]pw HjnsN dm¡n FÃm^pw fUyw ^pIn¨p Njnªp.

“” Akav kmSn AX¨p tbm]n«v Nps_ tW^w B]tÃm .. “”

thkyÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A¨m]³ A£fWm]n b_ªp.
A]mav bSps¡ Np¸n]pfm]n FjptWäp.
tk¨p tk¨v WX¶p en¯n]n Im^n Wn¡p¶ sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]psX AXp¡t`¡v k¶p.
“” SpÅn ^pIn tWm¡ps¶m .. ? “”
hzmemknNfm]pw ASv Cãs¸Xm¯ tbms` AkÀ fpOw Sn^n¨p.
A¨m]³ d`fm]n CXSpssNsNm*v Ak^psX fpOw bnXn¨p S³s_ AXpt¯¡v tIÀ¯pWnÀ¯n , WnlÐfm]n AkÀ {bSnt^mVn¡m³ {lfn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p .
Aks^ S¶nt`¡v AXp¸n¨p WnÀ¯n d`fm]n Np¸n km]nt`¡v k¨p sNmXp¯p.
skÅw tbm`pw tIÀ¡msS H^p sbPv F¦n`pw ANt¯¡v tbm]n Nm\pw. Hm¡mWn¡m³ k¶
Ak^psX Njp¯nWp Np¯n¸nXn¨p sNm*v A¨m]³ b_ªp ,

“” Njptk_n tfmsa.. H^p SpÅn F§mWpw Smsj tbm]m Wns¶ CknXn«v– Ikn«n Nq«pw , H^p Wm]ns³_ tfmWpw tImUn¡m³ k^nà “”

Fs¶ tWm¡ns¡m*m\v A]mÄ ASv b_ªSv.

H¶pw hwekn¡m¯ f«n B hv{So hm^n¯`¸p sNm*v fpOw SpX¨p.

kmgv _qfnsâ kmSn bSps¡ Sp_¡p¶ lÐw tN«v MRÄ At§m«v tWm¡n .

H^p sN«v fm{Sw fpNan DÅ Éokv s`Êv dWn]Wpw fp«nWp fpNan ks^ fm{Sw F¯p¶ , C_pNn NnX¡p¶ bmkmX ]pw V^n¨v sNm*v AWpg k¶p.
A`vbw fp¼pks^ N*n^p¶ WmX³ sb¬Np«n]psX emkw BsN fm_nt¸m]n^n¡p¶p.
AkÄ¡v H^p fmVNSzw k¶n^n¡p¶p.
Akav bSps¡ bSps¡ fp³bnt`¡v– WX¶p k¶p. N¿n A`vbw fp³bv V^n¨ Ip^nUmÀ Du^n
bnXn¨Sv D*m]n^p¶p.
sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]psX N®n Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ HjpNn kojp¶Sv Mm³ N*p.
DÅn Wn¶pw k¶ H^p PUvPUw bp_t¯¡v tNÄ¡mSn^n¡m³ AkÀ hm^n¯`¸p sNm*v
km]v sbm¯n .
SÅ s] fUyw NpXn¸n¨v Njnªv , Ajnªptbm] fp*v fp_p¡n DXp¯p sNm*v Wn¶ A¨m]³
Cu Nmjv¨ N*v N®v SÅn.
fp*v H¶p fX¡n Np¯n A]mÄ bSps¡ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p ,
Fs´¦n`pw Ct¸mÄ hwekn¡pw F¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n.
“” im .. CSv F§sW]m tfmsa l^n]mNp¶Sv “”

bp_¯v N* AkapsX »m¡v
{dm ]psX kÅn bnXn¨p sNm*v A]mav b_ªp.
l^n]m]n^p¶p , Akav V^n¨n^p¶Sv hv{Xm¸v DÅ hmUm {dm B\v. B]SnWm fpNan H^p sN«v fm{Sw DÅ tXm¸v V^n¨n^n¡p¶ SnWm {dm ]psX ^*p kÅn ]pw bp_¯v B]n.
C§sW H^p khv{Sw CknsX k¶p V^nt¡*n k^pw F¶v B sb¬Np«n hzbvW¯n tbm`pw knIm^n¨p Nm\nÃ.
CWn F´v sI¿pw F¶v WnÊim]S AkØ]n B sb¬Np«n M§sa tWm¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv .
F³s_ N®nt`¡pÅ B Np«n]psX tWm«w hin¡m³ k¿msS Mm³ S`NpWn¨p.
CWn]pw b¨¡v Wn¶v CknsX WX¡p¶Sv Nm\pkm³ hmVn¡nà F¶ D_¨ tdmVyfpÅSnWm kas^ sbs«¶v Ss¶ H^p sbPv Hjn¨v Mm³ AN¯m¡n.
At¸mtj¡pw tf¡¸v fm³ Umh³ lÐn¨p SpX§n]n^p¶p.

“” tfmsa .. tcmt«m gq«nWv k^pt¼mÄ C§sW DÅ {dm H¶pw V^n¡m³ bmXnà , CWn]nt¸mÄ kÅn CÃm¯Sv H¶pw tbm]n km§n k^m³ hf]fnà .. tfmav CSv A§v Du^n fmänt¡m .. Atàb*v fn{Sm Np^y³ tcmt«m gq«v WX¯n Wm\w sN«Sv tbms` BNpw “”

b_]p¶Sv sIä¯^fm\v F¦n`pw H^p ^£nSmkn³s_ N^pSt`msX]m]n^p¶p Umh³ ASv b_ªSv.
sNm¨½n\n tI¨n]psX S` AbfmWem^¯m NpWnªn^p¶p.
WnÊim] B]n A½s] tWm¡n]n«v CWn Nm^yfnsöv fWÊn`m]n B sb¬Np«n Sn^nsN dm¯v_qfnt`¡v WX¶p.
CWn]pw A¸tW^s¯ Nm¯n^n¸v tk*nk^pw F¶p fWÊn`m¡n] Mm³ H^p sb¤v NqXn Hjn¨p NpXn¨p.
At¸mtj¡pw A¨m]³ sdZns` S`]\ Im^n k¨p sNm*v bSps¡ NnX¶p Njnªn^p¶p.
bn¶oXt§m«v BNmw£]psX Wnfng§Ä B]n^p¶p F´m]m`pw NjnªSk\ tbms` C¯k\ AWpg kmgv _qfn Wn¶pw C_§n k^pkm³ AVnNw hf]w tk*n k¶nÃ.
Du^n fmän] N_p¯ {dm AkapsX k`Sv N¿n Ip^p«n bnXn¨n^p¶p.
{dm ]psX Sm§v CÃm¯ AkØ]n 34 sshhv fp`NÄ WX¡pt¼mÄ Np`p§n Nan¡p¶Sv tbmÄ FWn¡v tSm¶n.
^*v sbPnsâ `i^n Fs¶]pw fVn¸n¨p SpX§n.
Np`p§n Nan¡p¶ AkapsX fp`NÄ Fs¶ F´ntWm fmXn knan¡p¶ tbms` tSm¶n. Mm³ bSp¡v– AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. N¿n Ip^p«n bnXn¨n^p¶ {dm ¡v tk*n ssN Wo«n.
Fsâ N®nt`¡v H¶v
U]Wo]fm]n tWm¡n] tlgw AVnNw FSnÀs¸m¶pfnÃmsS Ss¶ Akav B {dm Fsâ N¿nt`¡v S¶p.
Fhn ]psX S\p¸n`pw AkapsX tf Ip*pNÄ W¶m]n kn]À¯n^p¶p.
Fsâ N¿nt`¡v k¶ B {dm Mm³ N¿n sk¨v bSps¡ sM^n¨p , sI_n] H^p WWkv D*v ASnWv.
A¸w fp³bpks^ hUmIm^w {bhwPn¨p WX¶n^p¶ F³s_ fmäw dm¡n]pÅks^ AÂepSs¸Xp¯n F¶p Mm³ N^pSn.
bt£ BÀ¡pw Fs¶ {l²n¡pkm³ hf]fp*m]n^p¶nà FÃmk^psX]pw N®pNÄ AWpg ]n`v B]n^p¶p.
Akav bSps¡ hv{NoWnsâ fp¶n k¶p Wn¶p.
AkapsX N®n Ct¸mÄ fp³bp N* N®o^n³ WWknÃ.
Mm³ ss`äv Hm¬ sI]vSp. F¨v Fw kn ss`änsâ skÅ skan¨w fp_n fpjpk³ b^¶p.
Umh³ tkPw Aksa sX¨¸v– WX¯n. C¯k\ A]mapsX N¿n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D*m]n^p¶ buIv t_mhv buZ_n fp§n tWs^ tbm]Sv sW©nsâ emP¯v B\v.
Np_¨p NqXn Njp¯v C_¡fpÅ tXm¸v B]n^p¶p F¦n AkapsX fp` sk«v– bp_¯v kt¶sW.. –
fp` ]psX fpNan Hs¡ Umhsâ ssN Cjªp WX¶p.
sNm¨½n\n tI¨n Cu NmjvI WnÀknNm^]m]n tWm¡n Wn¡p¶p.
thkyÀ A¨m]sW At¸mtj¡pw fUy¯n³s_ `i^n SaÀ¯n]n^p¶p.
AknWmgv At¸mtj¡pw Nymf_ shäv sI]vSn^p¶p.

“” ^*p ssN Smtj¡v sk¨v Nq«n¸nXn¨v k`SpemPt¯¡v fpOwSn^n¨p Wn¡pN “”

Ak³ AkÄ¡v Nymf_]n NqXn WnÀt±lw WÂNn.
B b_ª sbmhng³ AkÄ¡v kyàfm]n fWÊn`m]nsöv fpOemk¯n Wn¶pw Mm³ km]ns¨Xp¯p.
F³s_ emP¯pWn¶pw him]w Nn«p¶SnWv fp³bv Ss¶ A¨m]³ lÐn¨p SpX§n]n^p¶p .

“”tfmsa .. bq_nsâ fpNan ^*p N¿pw Nq«n sbm¯n bnXn¨p k`t¯m«v fpOw Sn^n¨p Wn¡pN .. ASm\v Z]_ÎÀ hm_v b_ªSv Cs¸m fWÊn`mt]m ? “”

B H^p hUÊn b¨¡v sS_n ]pw k¶p SpX§n F¶v Mm³ fWÊn`m¡n.

A¨m]³ s_ emP¯pWn¶pw sbs«¶p*m] sS_n Aksa H¶v sM«n¨p.
Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n t«m Ft´m AknWmgv Dt±ln¨ sbmhngWn Ss¶ sbs«¶v AkÄ Wn¶p.
kas^ tkP¯n`v H^p Urlyw Ak³ Ssâ Nymf_]nt`¡v bNÀ¯n.

DXsW k¶p A¨m]³ Nfâv ..

“” b_t]*Sv tbms` b_ªt¸mÄ sNm¨nWv Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n “”

( SpX^pw