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MmWpw tfma½]pw h^a]psX N*w kjn]pÅ Hm«w N*v D_s¡ In^n¨p. DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯pfp*v Ak^psX A^]n A^ªm\w tbms` NnX¡p¶ NmjvI tWm¡n Mm³ sd©nt`¡p tbm]n^p¶p. kn^nª A^s¡«nWp Smsj sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNÄ¡nX]n D´n Wn¡p¶ sW]v bq_v. hmVm^\ SXn¨ hv{SoNapsX bq_v AXnk]äns` sNmjp¸p Nm^\w fp¶n Wn¶p Nm\m³ kas^ sI_pSm]n^n¡pw. F¶m tfma½]ptXSv A§sW B]n^p¶nÃ. Ak^psX bqÀ¨m Nm`pNÄ¡v CX]n Wn¶pw fpNant`¡v ^*p kn^ Woa¯n kyàfm]n Nm\mw. sWXpsN bnaÀ¶ sW¿¸w tbms`. bqÀ¨m`nsâ CX]n Wn¶pw S` Wo«n tWm¡p¶ N´nWv H^p {btSyN I´w Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. ASnWp Smsj bnaÀ¶n^n¡p¶ t]mWn Ua§Ä. tfma½ A^]n Ipäp bn\ªp NnX¶n^p¶ tSmÀ¯p fp*v Ajn¨p S`]n B\p§Ä sN«p¶Sp tbms` Ipän sN«n. S`]n sN«mWm]n ssNNÄ D]À¯n]t¸mÄ Ak^psX C_pNn] »uhnWpÅn Wn¶pw fp`NÄ bp_t¯¡v ImXpw F¶v FWn¡p tSm¶n. tWÀ¯ »uhnsâ Sp\n]n SÅn Wn¡p¶ fp´n^n sM«pNÄ¡p I¯p NnX¡p¶ksâ Np® tbm`pw D]À¯m³ DÅ N^p¯p*v. “”Fs´m^p tWm«fmXm sWXp Np®³ hmt_… N®p sNm*v Sn¶v SoÀ¡pftÃm Wo Fs¶?’ AkÀ b_ªp. F¶n«v sfsà Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p Wn¶p. sd©n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ Fsâ SmapNan frUp`fm] ssN¸¯nNÄ sk¨v Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Mm³ AkapsX A^s¡«n ssNNÄ Ipän¸nXnIv F¶nt`¡Xp¸n¨p. Fsâ CXSp ssN kn^`pNÄ AkapsX APmVfm] tNmS Im`nt`¡v– Wpjªp N]_n. k`Sp N^w AkapsX CXSp SpXs] Ipän bn¶n`qsX AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX bqÀkm]n F¯n¨p. Fsâ Np® tfma½]psX sW]v SpXNÄ¡nX]n sNmXnf^w tbms` Wn¶mXn. AkÀ »uhnsâ NpXp¡pNÄ Ajn¨p. ^*p k^n¡ I¡NÄ tbms` Fsâ fpO¯nWp fp¶n AkapsX fp`NÄ. Ipk¸p N`À¶ {du¬ Wn_¯n`pÅ fp`¡m¼pNan {Shn¨p´n Wn¡p¶ fp´n^n k`n¸w DÅ fp` sM«pNÄ. Mm³ AkapsX k`s¯ fp` sM«nt`¡p Fsâ f`À¶ Ip*pNÄ AXp¸n¨p. Fsâ Ip*pNÄ kn_¡p¶p*m]n^pt¶m? Mm³ B tS³ fp´n^n Fsâ km]v¡pÅn`m¡n Wmkp^¨p Wp\ªp. AkÀ Fsâ S`fpXn]n AÅn bnXn¨p Wn¶p. CtS hf]w Ak^psX I´n knXkn C^p¶ Fsâ ssN kn^`pNÄ NqSn Spa]n `maWw SpX§n]n^p¶p. f_pN¿m Mm³ AkapsX tSWn WWªp NpSnÀ¶ bqÀ Ua§sa Smt`m`n¨p kn_¨p Wn¶ AkapsX N´n M^Xn. fUm`hm]m] B sW]v¡nakn SXn¨n AWnÀkIWo]fm] ^Sn hpO¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NojX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. “”Fsâ sbm¶p tfmtW…im.. k`n¨q¼n NpXns¡Xm… Fsâ sfm` NXn¨p b_ns¡Xm …..Bim…im… ]v Nj¸³ Sms]mao ….’ Sq§n NnX¡p¶ ftä fp`]n MknXn bnjnªpsNm*v– AkÀ b_ªp. Mm³ Fsâ CXs¯ ssN kn^ Ak^psX NqSn Spa]nt`¡v Np¯n N]än… f_pN¿ns` ^*p kn^`pNÄ ASntWmsXm¸w Ss¶ Fsâ ^Sn _m\n]psX H`n¡p¶ bq_nt`¡pw NX¯n]n^p¶p. tfma½ Wn¶p bpaªp. AkÄ Fsâ fpOw fp`]n Wn¶pw knXÀ¯n CXt¯ fp`]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n. Mm³ Fsâ km] b^fmkVn Sp_¶v AkapsX fp` fpjpkWpw km]v¡pÅn B¡pkm³ BÀ¯nt]msX s{lfn¨p. B sNmjp¯p^p* tbmÀ fp`]psX H^wlw fm{Stf Fsâ km]v¡pÅn N]_n]pÅq. Mm³ ASp Ik¨p Sn¶pk³ SpX§n. “”Sns¶Xm tfmsW…. Du¼n Hmiv… im.. Du¼n NpXns¡sâ sbm¶p hmt_…. B]¿m…. ]mi§sW… A§sW Ss¶Xm…..’ AkÄ k`Sp Nm D]À¯n Mm³ C^p¶ sd©n k¨p. Fsâ ssN kn^`pNÄ At¸mjpw AkapsX tNmS¯n`pw bqän`pw WnÀ¯msS N]_n C_§pN]m]n^p¶p. Wn]{´\w kn«v Ip^¯pkm³ SpX§n] AkapsX fpSp bq_n Wn¶pw sNmjp¯ NXn skÅw AkapsX CXt¯ Nm`nsâ DÄSpX]n`qsX H`n¨n_§n… Mm³ Fsâ CXt¯ ssN sd©nWv fpNan sbm¡n sk¨n^p¶ tfma½]psX sNmjp¯ SpXs] Ipän bp_Nn`qsX AkapsX f`Uzm^¯n Fsâ Iq*p kn^ NX ks^ N]än AfÀ¯n. f_p ssN fp¶nt`¡v FXp¯ Mm³ ASp ko*pw AkapsX bq_nWpÅn fq¶p kn^ NX¯n bn̳ tbms` BªXn¨p. tfma½]psX bq_n Wn¶pw sNmjp¯ fUK`w bq¡pän tbms` Fsâ sW©t¯¡pw AkapsX SpX]nt`¡pw S_]nt`¡pw sS_n¡p¶p. “”At¿m…t]m….’ tfma½ A`_n knan¨p…. “”Fsâ Biv…..Fsâ bq_nt¸m sbm«psfXm …. im..imiv… S^n¨p sbm«pt¶ ….. sbm`]mXn tfmtW…. imiv…. Wnsâ H^p ….. ssN…. At½….’
“”fn*msS Wns¡Xn sSknXnÈn… Nt*mXo Wnsâ fpSp bq_p Ip^¯p¶Sv….’
H^p BÀ¯ WmUt¯msX tfma½ Fsâ tft`¡v A`¨p ko\p. Fsâ S`fpXn NXn¨p k`n¨p. sd©n dm`³hv sI]vS Mm³ AkapsX bqän b^fmkVn lànt]msX kn^`m«w SpXÀ¶p. tfma½¡p skXn sbm«n H`n¨p. AkÀ Fsâ tSman NnX¶p NnS¨p sNm*v Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨p sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. “”Fs´m^p BW b_n]mXm WnW¡v Fsâ fps¯…’
‘ Np¯n C^p¶v Duwdn NpXn¡v Fsâ sW]v bq_o…’ Mm³ b_ªp sNm*v AkapsX bq_pw tNmSkpw Fsâ kn^`pNan Wn¶pw tfmIn¸n¨p.
AkÄ Fsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n Np¯n C^p¶p. Mm³ Fsâ Nm`ns` SÅ kn^ Ak^psX bq_nsâ Smsj F¯n¨p. tfma½ Nm`pNÄ Nk¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sk¨v Skas] tbms` Fsâ Nm kn^`n C^p¶p. AkapsX kn§p¶ bq_nt`¡v Fsâ Nm`ns` SÅ kn^ NX¶p. AkÀ Fsâ Np®]n Ip*fÀ¯n km] Sp_¶ tlgw ASp fpjpkWm]n km]nt`¡v NX¯pkm³ SpX§n. Fsâ Np® fNpXw Ak^psX A®m¡n S«n]Sv FWn¡v co sI¿m³ Njn]p¶p*v. Fsâ Np®]psX k`n¸¯n`pw Woa¯n`pw FWn¡v Ai¦m^w tSm¶n. fp¡m emPw fm{Stf tfma½]psX km]v¡N¯pÅq. F¶m Nan ko^¯n]m] tfma½ bn·m_n]nÃ. AkÄ S` Smtj¡p SÅn]t¸mÄ A®m¡pw NX¶v tfma½]psX Njp¯nWpÅnt`¡v Fsâ Np® h©^n¡m³ SpX§n]Sv Mm³ AÛpSt¯msX tWm¡n C^p¶p. “”Biv… Fs´m^p hpOfms\³s_ ePkmsW… Fsâ sbm¶p kmbq_o…’ Mm³ bpaªp Np¯n. tfma½ SÅn] N®pNÄ D]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n.
Mm³ A¶v ks^ A_n]m¯ Ft´m H¶v sSm«_n]pN]m]n^p¶p. tfma½ Fsâ D*Nan bnXn¨p sNm*v fpOw H¶p NqXn F¶nt`¡v– SÅn. Fsâ sWXpko^³ sNm¼³ bqÀ®fm]pw B fpSpNj¸n]psX km]¡pÅn`m]n. AkapsX SXn¨p f`À¶ Ip*pNÄ Fsâ b_n]psX NX]v¡Â F¯n]t¸mÄ ASnsâ fNpXw AkapsX sSm* Npjn]n NX¶v kn§pN B]n^p¶p. GSmWpw sh¡âpNÄ A§sW Ss¶ AkÀ C^p¶t¸mÄ FWn¡v bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ Njn]msS B]n. skXn sbm«nt¸m]n. Ak^psX S` Ipän bnXn¨p Np®]nt`¡v tIÀ¯v Mm³ C^p¶p kn_¨p. Fsâ Np®¸m AkapsX sSm*]n NqXn tWs^ k]änt`¡v tbm]n¡m\ptfm F¶p Mm³ In´n¨p. Mm³ AkapsX S`]n Wn¶pw bnXn kn«p. tfma½ Fsâ Np® fpjpk³ km]v¡pÅn Wn¶pw Du^n FXp¯t¸mÄ H^p SpXw sNmjp¯ skÅw AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v k¶p. AkÄ Ipf¨p tbm]n^p¶p. S_]nt`¡v f`À¶v Nm`p Wo«n C^p¶p NnS¨p “”sim! … FWn¡v lzmhw fp«nt¸m]n… sb^p¼m¼nsW knjp§p¶ tbms` D*tÃm Xm. im…. Fsâ sSm* sbm«ns]¶m tSm¶ps¶.’ AkÄ sSm* SXkn. AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw H`n¨ F³s_ Np®¸m`pw AkapsX DfnWo^pw N`À¶ sNmjp¯ fn{lnSw Njp¯n NqXn fp`Nant`¡v HjpNp¶p… Mm³ AÛpSt¯msX tfma½s] A_n]pN B]n^p¶p. Nj¸naNn] Cu fUm`hs] F´m Mm³ sIt¿*Sv? tfma½]pfm]n F´p sI]vSm`pw F{S tW^w AkapsX H`n¡p¶ sNmjp¯ NXn bqän b®n f_n¨m`pw fSn]mknà F¶v– FWn¡v tSm¶n. Ak^psX NnS¸v fm_n]n«nÃ. Mm³ S_]nt`¡v C_§n AkapsX AXp¯n^p¶p. B SpXp¯ NknapNan Mm³ H^p Npªp fp¯w sNmXp¯p. “”Fsâ sbm¶p tfmsa…’ tfma½s] Mm³ hvtWin¡m³ SpX§nt]m F¶v tbm`pw FWn¡v tSm¶n.
In`t¸mÄ KoknSw NTNant`¡mÄ knIn{Sfm\v. W½psX FÃmw DÅn B^pw Sn^n¨_n]m¯, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv W½Ä fm{Sw A_n]p¶, ^ihyfm]n f^\w ks^ sNm*p WX¡p¶ H^p kyànSzw Wfp¡v Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw D*v. DÅns` B kyàns] bp_s¯Xp¡m³ W½Ä tbm`pw fXn¡p¶p, e]¡p¶p. F¶m`pw ASm\v ]TmÀ° “”Mm³’. MmWpw Wn§apw W½Ä Hmt^m^p¯^pw. AX¡n bnXn¨ B kyànSzs¯ H^n¡Â Wn§Ä bp_¯p k^pkm³ AWpkUn¨m bns¶ Wn§Ä knIm^n¨m tbm`pw ASp f_]v¡m³ Njn]nÃ. Wn§Ä Wn§am]n Ss¶ Kokn¡p¶p F¶pÅ tdmVyw S^p¶ Bßknlzmhw ASp AknlzhWo]fm\v.
N¼n NT¡nX]n tkUm´w kna¼n]Sà . In` Nm^y§Ä A§sW B\v. b_]msS tbmNm³ Njn]nÃ. CWn b_]pkm³ tbmNp¶ hwek§ant`¡pÅ H^p sI_n] bm`w.
M§Ä ^*p tb^pw Du\v Njn¨p. AVnNw Bt^mXpw hwhm^n¡m¯ {bNrSn B]n^p¶p Mm³. F¶m MmWpw tfma½]pw Hmt^mt^m Nm^y§Ä km tSm^msS hwhm^n¨p. FWn¡v tfma½t]mXv {b\]w H¶pw B]n^p¶nÃ. bs£ ASntW¡mÄ H^pbmXv BjfpÅ H^p dÔw M§Ä¡nX]n CSnWNw ^qbs¸«n^p¶p. kÀg§am]n b^nI]fpÅ W¶m]n b^hvb^w fWÊn`m¡p¶ hpir¯p¡sa tbms` B]n^p¶p M§Ä. Du\v Njn¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ emÀ¤ksâ tI«³ F¯n. f\n fq¶mNp¶p. “”Bim hm_nt¸mÄ D®p¶tS DtÅm?’ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ Ct¸mÄ F¯n]sS DÅp tI«m… k^pfmW hÀ«ncn¡äp Nn«nt]m?’ tI«³ N¿n`n^p¶ NX`mhpNÄ Nm\n¨v In^n¨p “”hm_v b_ªm bns¶ Nn«mSn^n¡ptfm?’
Mm³ ssN NjpNn SpX¨v NX`mhpNÄ FÃmw b^ntlmVn¨p. t_g³ NmÀZnsâ tNm¸n D*m]n^p¶Sn tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B\v Mm³ AkÀ ^*p tb^psX]pw {bm]w A_n]p¶Sv. tI«Wv 74, tfma½¡v 56.
Mm³ tI«tWmXv b_ªp, “”tI«m, H^p blpknsW km§p¶SnsW¡mÄ WÃ tks_m^p Nm^yw D*v. Cu b_¼v F{S Ø`w D*v?’
“”80 shâv’ tfma½]m\v f_pbXn b_ªSv.
Mm³ SpXÀ¶p “”sI_pNnX £o^ NÀgNÀ¡m]n H^p fnWn cmw SpX§pkm³ H^p b²Sn b©m]¯n D*v. b`nl CÃmsS km]vb `en¡pw. H^pfn¨p Wm`p blp¡sa km§mWpw sSmjp¯p WnÀ½n¡mWpw DÅ b\w b©m]¯v S^pw. sI_n] Sk\Nam]n Sn^nsN AX¨m fSn. Wà k^pfmWw D*m¡mw.’
AkÀ ^*p tb^pw Fs¶ tWm¡n C^p¶p. Mm³ DÅn tbm]n Fsâ dmPn Wn¶pw ASnWpÅ A¸vant¡g³ tcmw FXp¯p sNm*v k¶p. “”tI«m, CSp Wà b²Sn B\v. Np_¨p b\w MmWpw CXmw. Fs¶ NqXn b¦man B¡n]m fSn. hÀ¡mÀ DtUymPس B]Sp sNm*v FWn¡v tW^n«p WX¯m³ Njn]nÃ. Wn§Ä¡v Fs¶ knlzmhw Ds*¦n Mm³ CSv sl^n]m¡n S^mw’
tI«³ b_ªp, “”hm_nsW M§Ä¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw k`n] Cãfm. C¶v ^mkns` CkÄ Ft¶mXv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp hm_ntWmXv Øn^fm]n CknsX Ss¶ Smfhn¡pkm³ b_]m³.’ Mm³ tfma½s] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÀ NphrSnt]msX N®n_p¡n. tI«³ SpXÀ¶p “”bs£ hmt_ H^p {blvWw D*v. M§apw CknXps¯ b©m]¯p {bhnZâv fp^an]pw S½n A{S ^h¯n AÃ. M§apsX Nm^yw Bs\¦n Ak³ ASp fpX¡pw’
AsSWn¡v bpSn] A_nkm]n^p¶p. fp^an CknXps¯ làWm] H^p bmÀ«n tWSmkm\v. “”F´m fp^an]pfm]n {blvWw?’ H¶p fXn¨ tlgw tI«³ b_ªp, “”H^n¡Â H^p {blvWw D*m]n. CkÄ H^p N¼n¸m^ FXp¯v Aksâ S` AXn¨p sbm«n¨p.’
tfma½ CXsb«p ‘ sk_pw {blvWw Aà hmt_. tW^s¯ hm_v k¶t¸mÄ CknsX N*ntà h^as]? Akap fp^an]psX Npän B\v. Mm³ Aksa b_ªp kn`¡n. ASp tImUn¡m³ k¶ Ak³ Fs¶ tkly F¶p knan¨p. N¿n Nn«n]sSXp¯p Mm³ Aksâ f*¡p Im¼n. Wm\t¡Xv tbXn¨v Ak³ A¶v ASp tNshm¶pw B¡n]nÃ. Cu b^nh^¯p k^ptNw CÃ. bs£ M§ÄNv Fs´¦n`pw Nm^yw b©m]¯n Ds*¦n Ak³ AsSÃmw fpX¡pw.’
“”hm^fnÃ’ Wfp¡v tWm¡mw F¶p b_ªp Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. tfma½ tI«Wv tIm_p kna¼n. F´m]m`pw Mm³ Ak^psX ^*p tb^psX]pw Hs¸ms¡ km§n b©m]¯n F¯n.
b©m]¯v shs{N«_n¡p emÀPk³ tI«sâ]pw tfma½]psX]pw Atb£ sNmXp¯n«v Nm^y§Ä sbs«¶v Wo¡pkm³ AeyÀTn¨p. At±iw H^p Wà fWpgy³ B\v. Fs¶ k`n] Nm^ykpw B\v. sl^n]m¡mw F¶p_¸v S¶p.
Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ {bhnZâv fp^an Fsâ tfl¡Xp¯p k¶p. c]`n {bhnZânsâ H¸p tk\w. A]mÄ c] Fsâ tfl¸p_t¯¡v F_nªp. “”hpWnÂ, Wo Bt^mXv tImUn¨n«m Cu emÀ¤ksâ tb^n C{S]pw k`n] b²Sn¡pÅ lpbmÀl sI]vSSv?’
“”AkÀ¡v AÀiS D*v {bhnZsâ.. Ø`w D*v, W½psX `nÌn DÅ NÀgNWpw B\v.’
“”hpWns` Wo NqXpS kna]tÃ, Wo]nt¸m AknsX B\v sbm_pSn Fs¶ms¡ Mm³ A_nªp. B sbm`]mXn WnW¡p S^p¶sSms¡ Wo km§nt¡m. bs£ b©m]¯v sI`kn Wo Nan¡*’
AknsX D*m]n^p¶ BÄ¡ms^Ãmw M§sa tWm¡n Wn¸m\v. FWn¡v In`t¸mÄ Nt{*mÄ tbmNpw. hoWmkpw. tk*.
Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS C_§n HmcohnWp bn¶n DÅ fq{S¸p^]nt`¡v WX¶p.
“”hpWns`, Wo CSnWp hfmVmWw b_ªn«p tbm]m fSn’ A]mÄ Fsâ bp_sN k¶p. Fsâ S`¡pÅn H^m]n^w NX¶`pNÄ fqan SpX§n]n^p¶p. Mm³ fq{S¸p^¡v AN¯p N]_n fq{Sw Hjn¡m³ SpX§n. fp^an]pw Fsâ H¸w ANt¯¡v N]_n. MmWpw A]mapw fm{Sw. Mm³ fq{Sw Hjn¨p Np® AN¯m¡n hndv C«p Sn^nªt¸mÄ Fsâ fp¶n A]map*v. fpO¯v H^p kga³ In^n.
A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp “”Wo b_s]Xm hpWns`, tfma½ WnW¡v AkapsX bq_p S¶m? Wns¶ Mm³ Sp`]v¡psfXm Sms]mao’
H^p fn¶Â tbms` D]À¶ Fsâ ssN A´^o£¯n A^nkmÄ BNrSn]n I`n¨p. Aksâ Nknapw sIkn]pw tI^p¶nX¯p Fsâ ssN¸¯n, IpänN tbms` bSn¨t¸mÄ Aksâ N®n B]n^w kn¹k W£{S§Ä.
S` f^kn¨p Wn¶p tbm] fp^an Aksâ ssN sNm*v knhn tNÄ¡p¶ sIkn sbm¯n bnXn¨p. Mm³ CXSp NmÂbmUw S_]n Du¶n k`SpNm ka¨p koln Aksâ CXt¯ km^ns]ÃpNÄ sM^n¡p¶ H^p sbÀscÎv s_u*v iuhv Nn¡v– sI]vSp.
CSpks^ Wn§tamXp Fs¶ Np_n¨p b_]m¯ H^pbmXv Nm^y§an H¶m\v Fsâ A`fm^]n Mm³ hq£n¨n«pÅ H^p N^ms« »m¡v– sSÀZv Zm³ sdÂäv.
Ak³ A`¨p SÃn S_]n ko\p.
Mm³ A`_n “”FXm NjptkÀX tfmsW… t]mÀ W¯n³ C³ {c*v Hmcv fo ]q »Zn {bn¡v…W¯nRv… Wnsâ Wm_n Sq_n] kn^«v CknXs¯ bmk§tamXv fSn. Fs¶ WnW¡_n]nà Fsâ dm¡v{Pu*v WnW¡_n]nà Ikn«n F¨n`m¡pw bp*¨n tfmtW’ Mm³ Nm`p]À¯n]t¸mÄ Ak³ S_]n NnX¶v ssN Nq¸n. Mm³ bp_t¯¡n_§n H^p lzmhw k`n¨p kn«p.
fp^an CknsX H^p k`n] tWSmkm\v. Ak³ Fs¶ bm^vXn¡ms^ kn«v– Sn^n¨p b\n]pw. tbXn CÃ. bs£ Cu kN A`s¼ms¡ WnÀ¯n A½¡v km¡pw sNmXp¯n«m\v Mm³ B`¸pj]n Wn¶pw Ct§m«p k¶Sv. CknsX FÃmk^psX]pw fp¶n Mm³ H^p hmVp B\v. ASp sNm*p Ss¶ B\v fp^an sIm_n]m³ k¶Spw. {blWw SoÀ¡\w. Mm³ tbm¡än Wn¶v tcm¬ FXp¯v fp^an]psX bmÀ«n]psX B`¸pj KnÃm sh{N«_n Nrgvt\«sW knan¨p. fp^an]pfm]n D*m] {blvW§Ä b_ªp. FÃmw tN« tlgw fp^an]psX N¿n tcm¬ sNmXp¡m³ Nrgvt\«³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ Sn^nsN fq{S¸p^]n N]_n]t¸mÄ fp^an AknsX Ipf^pw Im^n S_]n C^p¶v sW©p SXkpN]m\v. Mm³ A]mÄ¡p tWs^ tcm¬ Wo«n. A]mÄ km§n. “”sl^n Nrgvt\«m …’ Fs¶ms¡ Nps_ {bmklyw b_ªp. CX¡v AÛpSt¯mXpw e]t¯mXpw Fsâ fpO¯v tWm¡p¶p*v. “”H^p {blvWkpw CÃm’ F¶v b_ªp tcm¬ N«p sI]vSv Fsâ N¿n S¶p. Fsâ Wo«n] N¿n bnXn¨v A]mÄ Fjpt¶äp. “”Nrgvt\«Wpfm]n C{S AXp¸w hpWn`nWv Ds*¶v Ft¶mXv b_]m³ tf`m]n^pt¶m?’ Mm³ f_pbXn b_]msS Hmcohnt`¡v tbm]n. Nrgv–t\«³ ko*pw Fs¶ knan¨p. “”hpWns` Wo B_p fmhw B]n ko«nt`¡v k¶n«nà F¶v Wnsâ Aѳ b_ªp. sl^n]mt\m?’
“”tbmNm³ bän]nà tI«m’
“”H¶pw b_]*. Wmsa Wo CknsX F¯\w. MmWnt¸mÄ Wnsâ A½s] knan¨n^p¶p. WnW¡v AÑWpfm]n DÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {blvW§Ä FWn¡_n]mw. bs£ Wnsâ A½ hpOfnÃmsS C^n¡p¶ H^p hv{So]tÃ?’
“”Mm³ skÅn]mjvI tbmNmw tI«m’
“”bänÃ. Wmsa Ss¶ Wo Sn^n¡\w. H^mjvI CknsX Wn¶n«v tbm]m fSn. Wmsa Wo ko«n D*mkpw F¶p Mm³ Wnsâ A½]v¡v km¡p sNmXp¯n«p*v. Sn^ns¨m¶pw b_]*’ NmÄ NXv B]n.
Nrgv–t\«³ A§sW]m. knan¡*m]n^p¶p. CWn]nt¸m Wmsa tbmt] bäq.
fp^an k¶p c] FXp¯p sNm*v tbm]n. bns¶ FÃmw sbs«¶m]n^p¶p. A¶p Ss¶ ASv A{bqkv B]n. hÀ¡mÀ B¸ohn`pw fn¶Â tkPS]n Nm^y§Ä WX¡pw. Nmt\* ^oSn]n N*mÂ. Mm³ In´n¨p In^n¨p.
H^mjvI¡Nw cmÀfnWpÅ b\w `en¡pw. At¸mtj¡pw Mm³ Wm«n tbm]n«p k^mw. tfma½s] bn^n]m³ fWÊp k^p¶nÃ. Mm³ ^*p tdm«n tkmZvN km§n. C¶v ^m{Sn BtQmgn¡\w. cmw dnhnWhv tfma½]psXSp fm{Sw AÃ. FtâSpw NqXn B\v. Wà `mew D*mkpw F¶v FWn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ko«nt`¡v WX¶p. BtQmgnt¡* ^m{Sn B\v. fWÊv– Wn_s] tfma½]psX sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ…
Mm³ ko«n F¯pt¼mÄ AknsX fpä¯p fq¶p tbÀ Wn¶p hwhm^n¡p¶p*v. tfma½]pw emÀ¤tk«Wpw fsäm^p hv{So]pw. tfma½]psX fpOw tUgyw sNm*p Ipk¶n^n¡pN]m\v. “”Wos]m¶p AXs§Xn tfmat½’ emÀ¤tk«³ b_]p¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v Nm^yw AtWzgn¨p. k¶ hv{So emÀ¤tk«sâ sb§Ä B\v. C¶p¨¡v emÀ¤tk«³ kntÃKv B¸ohn tbm]t¸mÄ sb§apsX ko«n tbm]n^p¶tÃm. Aan]³ AknsX D*m]n^p¶nÃ. bpÅn¡m^³ t`m_n ss{ZkÀ B\v. tNm]¼¯q^n Hm«w tbm]n^n¡p¶p. AkÀ Ct¸mÄ k¶Sv emÀ¤tk«tWmXv Np_¨p b\w NXw km§m³ B\v.
tfma½ Ft¶mXv b_ªp, “”C¶v ^mkns` hm_v At§À¡p kaw knä ssbh b©m]¯n Wn¶pw km§n sNmXp¯ntÃ? ASv At§^v AktamXv– b_ªp. A_nª bmsX ASp H¸n¡m³ k¶Sm CkÄ.’
“”FXn Wo AN¯p tbm’ tI«³ b_ªp. tfma½ AkapsX I¡ sNmSw Ikn«n Np`p¡n ANt¯¡v bmªp “”hmt_ Aan]Wpw Ckapw kmXN ko«n`m Smfhw. kmXN sNmXp¡m³ ssbh tImUn¨p DXf k^pw. ASp sNmXp¡mWm CkÄ ssbh tImUn¡p¶Sv’ B hv{So H¶pw fn*msS S` Np¼n«p Wn¶p. AkÀ hwhm^n¡s« F¶p N^pSn Mm³ ANt¯¡v NX¶t¸mÄ D½_s¯ KWm` kjn tfma½ bp_t¯¡v Aks^ tWm¡n Wn¡p¶Sv N*p. KWm` N¼n]n ssN bnXn¨v fp`NÄ N¼nt]mXv tIÀ¯p sk¨m\v WnÂbv. bSnkv tbms` »uhnsâ]pw `p¦n]psX]pw AXn]n H¶pw CÃ. SXn¨p sNmjp¯ I´n NpX§Ä bn¶n SÅn Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX bn¶n F¯n Km¡n sk¨p Wn¶p tImUn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”F´m tWm¡ps¶?’
“”AkÄ¡v F{S ssbh At§^p sNmXp¡pw F¶_n]t*?’ Mm³ tfma½]psX fp*nWp fpNan NqXn AkapsX knXÀ¶ tNmSIm`n Np® tIÀ¯v Spap¼p¶ k]_n Ipän bnXn¨p. ^*p kn^`pNÄ tfma½]psX Wm^§m k«w DÅ sbm¡nan C_¡n Ca¡n. “”Ip½mSn^n hmt_, tlme tbms«’
At¸mjm\v Mm³ AknsX k¶ hv{Sos] sl^n¡pw H¶p tWm¡n]Sv. skap¯ Wn_w. 45þ50 k]Êp*mkpw. emÀPk³ tI«sW tbms` Ss¶ sf`nªp Wo* l^o^w. sf`nª sb®p§tamXv FWn¡v– k`n] Sm¸^yw H¶pw Cà bs£…. Fsâ sSm* k^*p. AkapsX sf`nªp Wo* l^o^¯n AhmfmWyfm]n fpj¨p Wn¡p¶ k`n] b¸m] fpjp¸pÅ fp`NÄ. I´nNÄ Bs\¦n ASnsâ fq¶n^«n-! tfma½t]maw k^nsæn`pw AkapsX fp`]pw tNmSkpw GNtUlw tfma½]psXSnsâ A{Ss]ms¡ k^pw. F¶m l^o^¯nWv k®w CÃm¯SnWm B fpjp¯p Spap¼p¶ fp`Napw I´n NpX§apw FXp¯p D´n Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ A_n]msS b_ªp tbm]n. “”Fs´m^p tNmSfmXo Wnsâ Wm¯qWv?’ tfma½ bp_Nn`qsX N¿n«v bmâv–hv Nq«n bnXn¨v Fsâ D*NÄ bnjnªp… ‘Biv…’ tkUW sNm*v Mm³ ImXnt¸m]n
AkÀ bnXn kn«p. Mm³ AkapsX sNmjp¯ I´n]n AXn¨n«v b_ªp, “”sb®nsâ H^p Ahq]!’
“”Ahq] H¶pw CÃ. Akav fp«³ I^¡v Ss¶]m. Ft¶mXv sN_pkms\¦n`pw B Nm^y¯n Mm³ Aksa h½Sn¨p. bs£ f¨n]m Xm. sb_¯nÃ. AStà AkapsX sN«nt]m³ Aksa]pw Naªn«v C§sW N* Sfnj¯nNsa Nm\m³ tbmNp¶Sv!’
“”Hmtim A§sW Bt\m? Nn«ptfm?’
Mm³ hvs{X]näm]n«v A§p tImUn¨p. “”WnW¡p tkt\m?’ tfma½ A§sW tImUn¡pw F¶p Mm³ N^pSn]nà “”Fs¶ AkÄ¡v Sos^ N*qXm. WnW¡v Fsâ fp¶n sk¨v Aksa b®m³ bäptfm?’
Mm³ tfma½s] sN«n bnXn¨p. AkÀ b_ªp. ‘ Mm³ C¶v AktamXv– CknsX Wn¡m³ b_]mw. Wfp¡v AkÄ ka]ptfm Fs¶m¶v tWm¡mw. emÀ¤tk«³ A_n]^pSv.’ Mm³ S` Np`p¡n ko*pw tlme]psX Spap¼n Wn¡p¶ fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n. tfma½ SpXÀ¶p, “”bs£ Wo Akapfm]n F´p sI]vSm`pw ASv– Fsâ N¬sk«¯n tk\w. bns¶ H^n¡`pw AkÄ Fs¶ e^n¡m³ ssV^ys¸X^pSv’
“”Fs´¦n`pw WX¶m AsÃ?’ Mm³ b_ªp. “”ASp Wnsâ fnXp¡v’ F¶pw b_ªv tfma½ bp_t¯¡n_§n. Mm³ fp_n]n N]_n {Zhv fm_n. `p¦n]pw dWn]Wpw C«p.
Mm³ Sn^nsN F¯pt¼mÄ AkÀ fq¶p tb^pw D½_¯v C^n¡pN]m\v. tfma½ tlmet]mXv hvtWit¯msX Hs¡ hwhm^n¡p¶p*v. tlme]psX fpOs¯ tlmN emkw fm_n]n«p*v. tI«Wpw im¸n B]n C^n¡p¶p. Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ tfma½ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp,
“”tlmte CSm\v hpWn hmÀ. tI«³ b_ªntÃ?’ tlme Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. fpjp¯p f`À¶ k`n] Ipk¶ Ip*pNÄ SpXp¯ H^p bqÀ SXw tbms`. fpO¯v sFlz^ys¯¡mÄ NqXpS H^p bq^ skXn]psX emkw. “”tlmet]mXv C¶nknsX Wn¡m³ b_ªp Mm³. AknsX Hä¡tÃ?’
Mm³ FÃmkt^mXpfm]n cmÀfnsâ ht´mg kÀ¯fmWw b_ªp. ASn Wn¶pw k^m³ tbmNp¶ `mes¯ Np_n¨p b_ªt¸mÄ tlme]psX fpO¯p sSanª Ahq] emkw Mm³ s{l²n¨p. “”hm_nknsX Smfhn¡m³ k¶Sv tI¨n]psX emPyw’ tlme tfma½s] tWm¡n fpW sk¨p b_ªp. tfma½ ASp ssf³Zv sI]vSnÃ.
“”tI«m… Wfp¡n¶v H¶v AXn¨p sbman¡\w. Mm³ ^*p cpÄ tdm«n tkmZvN km§n. tfma½ tI¨o Wn§Ä sb®p§Ä AXp¡a]n tbm]n NXn¨p b_n¡m³ Fs´¦n`pw D*m¡q’
Nq«¯n Wmsa Wm«n tbmN\w F¶pw H^mjvI Njntª Sn^nsN k^p F¶pw b_ªt¸mÄ tfma½]psX fpOw kmXn. Mm³ tfma½s] tWm¡n N®X¨p hfmVmWn¸n¨p. tI«³ ¥mÊpw skÅkpw FXp¡m³ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n.
tfma½ Fjpt¶äv AN¯p tbm]n H^p `p¦n]pw »uhpw FXp¯p sNm*v k¶v tlme¡v sNmXp¯n«v b_ªp. “”FXn Wo Sp\n fm_n CSp DXpt¯m. Wnsâ Sp\n AN¯nt«t^ Wmsa ^mkns` NjpNmw’ tlme ASp km§n fp_n]nt`¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ AkapsX bn¶ns` Spap¼p¶ sNmSw tWm¡n C^p¶p. bmâohv C«n«p*v DÅnÂ. F¶n«pw Spap¼p¶ BW sNmSw! Fsâ Np«³ AW§n. tfma½ b_ªp. “”FXn sbt® WnW¡p S^m³ {dm]pw sK«n]pw H¶pw CÃ. Mm³ AsSm¶pw CXm_nà F¶p WnW¡_n]mt`m’
Fsâ fp¶n sk¨p tfma½ CSp b_]pw F¶v tlme {bSo£n¨nÃ. AkÄ sM«n Sn^nªp tfma½s] tWm¡n. AkapsX tWm«w tfma½]psX Nqä³ sW]v fp`Nant`¡m]n^p¶p. Ak^psX »uhn sSanªp Np¯n SÅn Wn¶n^p¶ fp` sM«pNan AkapsX N®pX¡n. tWm«w N* tfma½ A_n]m¯ emk¯n Ssâ H^p fp` sM«n bnXn¨v hz]w M^Xn kn«p. tfma½ b\n SpX§n. Mm³ CSv tWm¡p¶pt*m F¶v AkÄ Fs¶ H¶p I^nªp tWm¡n. B tWm«w {bSo£n¨ Mm³ Aksa tWm¡msS Fsâ N®pNÄ tfma½]psX I¡ fp`Nan D_¸n¨v Fsâ Ip*p NXn¨p. tlme fp_n]n N]_n kmSn AX¨p. Fs¶ tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨n«v tfma½ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. tI«³ ¥mÊpw skÅkpfm]n k¶v Ft¶mXv Hjnªp NnX¡p¶ fp_n]n C^n¡mw F¶p b_ªp. B fp_n]n C¶s` ^m{Sn WX¶ hwek§Ä Fsâ fWÊn fn¶n f_ªt¸mÄ Np® sbm§nt¸m]n. Mm³ `p¦n fX¡n Np¯n Np¸nNapw B]n B fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p. M§Ä cmfnsW bän hwhm^n¨p sNm*v skÅfXn SpX§n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI«³ bSnkv tbms` fqs¶®w b¨¡v kn«v bX]¸ tfmZn`m]n. Mm³ BUy sb¤pw N¿n bnXn¨v tWm¡n C^p¶p.
H^p f\n¡qÀ Njnªp Nm\pw M§Ä hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ tfma½ N¿n H^p t¹än bpjp§n] N¸]pfm]n F¯n. bn¶ms` tlme]pw. N¿n fo³ N_n. AXnsbman! tlme {Zhv fm_n]n^p¶p. tfma½]psX »uhpw `p¦n]pw. `p¦n sbm¡nanWp fpNan N]än sk¨m\v DXp¯n^p¶Sv. tfma½]psX »uhv AkÄ¡v `qhm\v. F¶p sk¨m N¿pw k®kpw `qhv. bs£ AkapsX fpjp¯p^p* b¸m] fp`NÄ Nm^\w »uhnsâ fp³emPw k`nªp fp_pNn Ss¶ C^p¶p. tfma½]psX N¿n DÅ Gäkpw sI_n] »uhv B\v AsS¶p tSm¶p¶p. ^*p tb^pw Npan Njnªn«p*v. ASm\v C{S]pw sskNn]Sv . tfma½]pw tkgw fm_n]n«p*v. tfma½ bq_nWv sSm«p fpNan sk¨m\v `p¦n DXp¯n^n¡p¶Sv. bn¶n Wn¶v tWm¡n]m Ak^psX Wn_ªp sNmjp¯ I´nNapsX fpNÄ emPkpw tNmS Im`nsâ fpNaäkpw Nm\mw. `p¦n¡pÅn Wn_ªn^n¡p¶ D^p* SpXNÄ. Nãn¨p fp«nWp Smsj ks^t] Ak^psX `p¦n C_¡w DÅp. NpWnªp N¸ S_]n sk¨t¸mÄ Ak^psX fmUN fp`NÄ »uhn Wn¶pw bp_¯p ImXpw F¶v– FWn¡v tSm¶n. Mm³ B k^n¡¨¡Nan tWm¡n Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨Sv tlme N*p Nm\pw. tlme fo³N_n S_]n sk¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v bp_w Sn^nªm\v Wn¶Sv. fp` Nm\m³ Njnªnà bs£ AkapsX `p¦n Wn_ªp Wn¶ tNmS ewPn Mm³ tWm¡n C^p¶p tbm]n. AXn]n bmâohv Cà Ct¸mÄ. Hmt^m sI_n] AW¡¯n`pw AkapsX fpjp¯ sNmSw skÅw Wn_¨ d`q\pNÄ tbms` Spap¼p¶Sv Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯n. ^*p tb^pw C^p¶p. tfma½ tI«sâ hfob¯v C^p¶t¸mÄ tlmet]mXv Mm³ “”C^n¡p’ F¶p b_ªv Fsâ AXp¯v ssN Nm\n¨p. MmWn^p¶ sshZn tlme]pw C^p¶p. H^p ssN Wn`¯p Np¯n A`vbw I^nªm\v C^n¸v.
“”tI«³ F{S\w B]n?’ tfma½ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. Mm³ 5 F¶v BwPyw Nm\n¨p. tfma½ Wà NXp¸¯n Hs^®w Hjn¨p tI«sâ N¿n bnXn¸n¨p. “”tI¨n]pw Hs¶mjn¨p AXn¡p tI¨o. C¶v Wfp¡v ht´mg¯nsâ Unkhw AsÃ?’ Mm³ b_ªp. tI«³ D_s¡ In^n¨p. “”CkÄ Cu hmVWw km]n sNm*m As¸m Ss¶ lÀ±n¡pw’
“”Bt\m tI¨o’ Mm³ tImUn¨p “”km]n hmVWw sNm*m tI¨n lÀ²n¡ptfm?’ tlme Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”FWn¡nSv bänà hmt_. tU CkÄ AXn¡pw. Hjn¨p NpXns¡Xn Wm\n¡msS’
Mm³ Ss¶ Hs^®w Hjn¨v tlme¡v sNmXp¯p. tlme tI«sW tWm¡n. tI«³ Hmcv B]n SpX§n]n^p¶p. A]mÄ Ip½m C^p¶p In^n¡p¶p.
“”tI«m … C¶v tfma½ tI¨ns] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^p½n sNmXp¡p¶ntÃ?’ Mm³ In^nt]msX tImUn¨p. At¸mÄ tfma½ b_ªp ‘ C¶v Fsâ tI«sW MmWm Sn^p½n sNmXp¡p¶Sv bmkw H^pbmXv WX¶p £o\n¨p’ “”FXn tlmte Mm³ AXp¡a]n H^p bm{S¯n skans¨® FXp¯p sk¨n«p*v. Wo AsSm¶v FXpt¯m*v kt¶.’ tlme Hä k`n¡v N¿n C^p¶ ¥mhv Nm`n B¡n AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n.
tfma½ tI«Wv H^p sb¤v NqsX sNmXp¯ tlgw bm]]n NnX¯n. A]mÄ Fs´ms¡t]m bp`¼p¶p*m]n^p¶p. tdmVw D*v.
tlme N¿n H^p bm{Sw skans¨®]pfm]n k¶n«v tImUn¨p, “”””C{S]pw F® tkt\m?”
“”””dm¡n A§nsW Ss¶ A§p sk]v¡mw FXn.’
tlme C^p¶t¸mÄ Mm³ ko*pw Hjn¨v sNmXp¯p “”At¿m hmt_ tk*. Mm³ Hs^®sfms¡s] AXn¡s¯mÅq.’ Mm³ Wn^vdÔn¨nÃ.
tfma½ F¶ FXp¯v tI«sâ Nm`p Sn^pfm³ SpX§n. A]mapsX sf`nª Nm`pNan`pw SpXNan`pw Ak^psX ssNNÄ Cjªp. MmWpw tlme]pw tWm¡n C^ns¡ tfma½ Ak^psX `p¦n sbm¡n SpXNÄ¡v fpNan B¡n A]mapsX hfobw M§Ä¡p bp_w Sn^nªp bm]]n Np¯n C^p¶p A]mapsX SpXNÄ SXkn. Mm³ tfma½]psX Sma¯n BXp¶ sNmjp¯ tNmSkpw Smjv¯n DXp¯n^p¶ `p¦n¡p fpNan Nm\p¶ tf I´nNapw tNmS¨m`pw kn^nª A^s¡«pw tWm¡n Fsâ ssN Fsâ `p¦n¡pÅn NX¯n sk«n]mXn Wn¶ Np®]n bnXn¨p. tfma½ AknsX F´m\v sI¿p¶Sv F¶v tfma½]psX kn^nª I´nNÄ Nm^\w Nm\pkm³ Njn]p¶nÃ. Mm³ H^p Ng\w N¸ FXp¯v tlme¡v– sNmXp¯p. AkÄ ASv km§n AkapsX SXn¨p sNmjp¯ tIm^ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n sk¨p NXn¨p.
“”Cu tlme]psX Ip*v Wà k`pSm\v Asà tI¨o’ Mm³ tfma½t]mXv b_ªp. AkÀ Sn^nªp tWm¡msS “”AkapsX Ip*p fm{Stf hm_nWp k`pSm]n tSm¶n]ptÅm? AkÄ¡p SXn Csæn`pw tNmSkpw sfm`]pw Hs¡ FWn¡pÅ A{S]pw D*v. hm_v N*ntÃ?’ tlme Iqant¸m]n.
Mm³ tlme]psX fp`]nt`¡v C^p¯n tWm¡n AkÄ ssN S* sNm*v ASv f_¨p. “”Bt\m?’ F¶p tImUn¨p sNm*v Mm³ AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p fmän tWm¡n b_ªp. “”sl^n]m tI¨o… Fs´m^p k`p¸fm Cu fp`NÄ¡v’ Mm³ CSv b_ªt¸mÄ tlme]psX »uhnWv fp¶n fp` sM«pNÄ fp¶nt`¡v D´n k¶p . AkÄ¡p S^n¨p SpX§n F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.
tfma½ Fjpt¶äv tI«sâ A¸p_¯v M§sa AenfpOn¨ ^oSn]n C^p¶p. `p¦n sIm^n¨p N]än Nm`p Nk¨m\v C^p¶Sv. tfma½]psX CZv[`n bq_nsâ bnaÀ¶n^n¡p¶ Im`n Wn¶pw bqÀ Ua§Ä bqkv tbms` knXÀ¶n^p¶p. CSapNÄ¡p WXpkn {Shn¨p Wn¡p¶ N´v. Mm³ Fsâ Np® sSm`n¨p bnXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv `p¦n¡pÅnÂ. tlme]pw Cu NmjvI N*n^p¶p. AkÄ tfma½t]mXv Ft´m b_]pkm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ B\v ASv hwekn¨Sv. tfma½ tI«sâ `p¦n Ajns¨Xp¯p ! hz´w tI«sâ Np® N* tlme fpOw fmän¡aªp. “”F´m tI¨o Cu Nm\n¡p¶Sv?’ AkÄ tfma½t]mXv tImUn¨p. tfma½ B sf`nªp Wo* Np® F¶ bp^«n] ssNNÄ sNm*v sSm`n¨p.
“”Wo F´mXo sNm¨p sb\vbntÅs^ tbms`? Mm³ Fsâ sN«nt]msâ Np® Asà SXkp¶Sv? ASnWp WnWs¡´m?’
“”AÃ tI¨o hm_nknsX C^n¡pt¼mÄ…’
‘ASp sNmÅmw…. hms_´m Np® CÃm¯k³ Bt\m’
“”F]v– AÃ’ F¶pw b_ªv Mm³ `p¦n¡pÅn Wn¶pw Fsâ ko^sW bp_s¯Xp¯p.
tfma½]pw tlme]pw ASnt`¡p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Ak³ H¶p NqXn WnkÀ¶v Wn¶p.
“”F¶m H^p b_n]m hmt_ hm_nsâ?’ tfma½ BUyw Nm\p¶ tbms` km Sp_¶p. “”CsS¶m bo^¦nt]m?’
“”fqXn sk]v¡v hmt_’ tlme b_ªp.
Mm³ Sp\n C«p fqXn. bs£ bnXn kn«nÃ.
“”WnW¡v F´nsâ {bm´mXo. C§sW H^p b_n Wfps¡ms¡ N\n Nm\m³ Nn«ptkm?’ tfma½ tUgys¸«p “”ASp N*t¸m Ss¶ Fsâ bqän Ca¡w SpX§n’ AkÀ H^p ssN sNm*v N´n bnXn¨p k`n¨p. f_pN¿n tI«sâ sbm§m¯ Np®.
“”Nj¸v hin¡p¶nà hmt_. Wn§Ä ^*p tb^pw H¶p N®Xt¨ms\’ F¶p b_ªv B SXn¨n Nj¸n AkapsX `p¦n Du^n Naªp. F¶n«p tI«sâ tft`¡v N]_n C^p¶p. tfma½ AkapsX bnaÀ¶ bq_p sNm*v A]mapsX F®]n fp§n] SpXNan tIÀ¯p^¨p. Mm³ sk«n]mXp¶ Np®]pfm]n tlmes] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ S^n¨n^p¶p Cu NmjvI Nm\pN]m\v.
H^p fpjp {em´ns] tbms` tfma½ F® fpjpk³ tdmVw sN«p_§p¶ tI«sâ bp_t¯t¡mjn¨p. F¶n«v AkÀ »uhv Du^n fmän. tfma½]psX sNmjp¯p SXn¨ fp`NÄ bp_t¯¡v– ImXn BXn. sNmjp¸p fpän Nj¸v fq¯ B sW]v bp*¨n AkapsX Wn_fmwh tfWn B sf`nª fWpgysâ bp_¯n«p_¨p Nfnjv¶v NnX¶p A]mapsX fpNanÂ. Nm`pNÄ Nk¨p sk¨v A]mapsX D_¸nÃm¯ Np® Ak^psX sbm«n H`n¡p¶ bqän sk¨p_¨p.
Mm³ Fsâ `p¦n]pw dWn]Wpw Du^n fmän. bqÀ® WPvW³ B]n Mm³ Fjpt¶äp Wn¶v– Cu NmjvI tWm¡n Np® sSm`n¨Xn¨p. Fsâ Np®]n Ss¶ tWm¡n NnX¶v tI«sâ bp_¯p bq^n«p D^¡pN]m\v tfma½ sbm`]mXn. Nj¸n Np¯n bpa]v¡p¶ B fmUN _m\ns] tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp, “”””Fs´m^p sNmSw tI¨o…. tfma½ tNmS_m\o… Mm³ Wn§sX sNmSw H¶v AXp¯p Nm\s«.”
Mm³ km\w AXn¨p sNm*v Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v Ak^psX hfobw Nm`p Nk¨p Np¯n C^p¶v Np® N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np`p¡n. tlme¡v Fsâ Np® fpjp¸v Nm\pkm³ Njn]p¶ ^oSn]n B\v Mm³ C^p¶Sv.
AknsX WX¡p¶Sv hzbvWtfm hSytfm F¶_n]msS tlme S` kn_¸n¨p. AkÄ tfma½t]mXv A`_n “”WnÀt¯Xn Ak^mVn Wnsâ Nmf tb¡q¯v’ Mm³ sM«n tbm]n.
tfma½¡v Np`p¡fnÃ. AkÀ sNmSw ssN sNm*v knXÀ¯n A]mapsX Np®bp_¯p N]_n C^p¶v B«pNÃn A^n]m«pw tbms` Ak^psX sNmjp¯p knXÀ¶ A^s¡«v N_¡n D^¨p. Mm³ tfma½¡v sSm«Xp¯m]n WnkÀ¶v Wn¶p. “”tim… FWn¡v Cu hm_nsâ Np® Nn«n]n^ps¶¦n ssUktf…’ tfma½ Fsâ Np® tWm¡n km bnaÀ¯n Wmkp skan]nt`¡n«p “”””B…B..” Ak^psX km] Fsâ Np®s] knjp§pkm³ AXp¯p.
CSntWmXNw fpjp {em´n B] tlme ImXn Fjpt¶äp tkmZvN]psX Np¸n FXp¯v Fsâ S`¡v bn¶n AXn¨p….

Kok³ Ds*¦n SpX^pw….