Mm³ tWs^ Fsâ ko«nt`¡m\v tbm]Sv. hf]w A©^]mNp¶p. tkPw Npans¨m^p§n tfma½]psX ko«nt`¡v sI¶p. fp³kl¯p Ss¶ emÀ¤k³ tI«³ Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p. cmfnsâ b\n¡pÅ BUys¯ sI¡v Wmsa Nn«pw F¶p b_ªt¸mÄ emÀ¤k³ tI«Wv ht´mgfm]n.
“”””tI¨n FknsX tI«m?”
“”””AkÄ bn¶m¼p_¯p*v. blp sSmjp¯p sN«m³ DÅ Ø`w H¶v sI¯n b_n¡m³ H^p b\n¡m^sW WnÀ¯ns]¡pkm. Akav {l±n¡¯nÃ. Ak³ ^mkns` fpS Wn¶v sI¯n b_n¡m³ SpX§n]Sm. Njn]m_m]n. hms_m¶p tWm¡nt¡. Mm³ Nks` tbm]n H^p Np¸n km§o«v k^mw.”
“”””sl^n tI«m. FknsX]m sSmjp¯p sN«m³ Dt±ln¡p¶Sv?”
“”””bp_NnÂ. hm_v tbm]n tWm¡v”
tI«³ As¸m Ss¶ bp_t¯¡v WX¶p Njnªp. Mm³ koXnWv AN¯p N]_n AXp¡a kjn bn¶m¼p_¯v C_§m³ WX¶p. AXp¡a]ns` kmSn F¯n]t¸mÄ B\v B NmjvI N*Sv. tfma½ kmSn`nWp bp_¯v Sn®]n f`À¶§sW NnX¶v km^nN km]n¡pN]m\v. bSnkv tbms` »uhpw `p¦n]pw Ss¶ tkgw. Nm`pNÄ ^*pw Wo«n Np_¨v AN¯n sk¨v knlm`fm]m\v NnX¸v. `p¦n]psX H^p bman Sp_¶v Sn®]v¡v Smtj¡v NnX¡p¶p. k`Sp Nm bqÀ®fm]pw WPvWw. B skap¯p sNmjp¯ SpX N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡v Np® sbm§n. bnXn¨v AN¯p N]än IqXm]n«v H^p b\n sNmXp¡mw F¶p N^pSn sfsà Mm³ bp_t¯¡n_§m³ SpX§n. At¸mjm\v N*Sv, Na sI¯n b_n¡m³ k¶ Nnak³ b_¼n Wn¶v tfma½]psX SpX N*v Np® bnXn¨p M^Xp¶p. N¿n C^n¡p¶ km^nN]psX f_kn tfma½]v¡v A]mÄ tWm¡p¶Sv Nm\m³ Njn]nÃ. A¼Xm! H^p FÃpw tSm`pw B] Nnak¨m^m\v. Mm³ bp_t¯¡n_§n. Fs¶ N*p sM«n] A]mÄ Np®]n Wn¶v bnXn kn«v, tWm«w fmän Nna]v¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n]nÃ. Fs¶ N*t¸m tfma½ In^n¨p. “”””F´mXm C{S]pw sskNn]Sv?”
“”””ASp b_]mw. ASnWp fpt¶ tks_m^p Nm^yw A_ntªm? tI¨n C§sW sSmX]pw Nm\n¨v f`À¶p NnX¡p¶Sv sNm*m\v A]mapsX b\n So^m¯Sv. Ak³ Fsâ I^¡nsâ sSmX tWm¡n Np® sSm`n¡pkm^p¶p. H¶v sbm«n¡s«?” Mm³ tfma½]psX Nm kl¯v Sn®]n C^p¶p.
“”””Bt\m? Mm³ N*nÃXm” tfma½ `p¦n tWs^ k`n¨nXm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ ssN sNm*v SXªp.
“”””A]mav H¶v tWs^ N\s«s¶”
“”””tbmXm AknXp¶v”
“”””Wn¡v tI¨o. CsSms¡ H^p ^hftÃ. AkWv H^p b\n sNmXp¡mw Mm³”
Mm³ A]mtamXv knan¨p tImUn¨p “”””tI«m Njntªm?”
“”””Njnªp hmt_” A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””tI«³ H¶nRv– kt¶”
AXp¡a N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpä¯p Wm`©p kmj¡p`NÄ NnX¸p*v. ASp Iq*n Mm³ b_ªp “”””tI«m, Cu sNm`s]ms¡ H¶v FXp¯v Sn®]n sk¨v, Im¡v sNm*p fqXn sN«ns]¡p. ^m{Sn kÆm NXn¡pw”
tfma½ In^n¨p sNm*v NnX¶v km]W SpXÀ¶p. A]mÄ Hmt^m Np`]m]n FXp¯v Sn® bp_¯p k]v¡pN]m\v. tfma½]psX Sp\n fqXm¯ sNmjp¯ sW]v SpX Han¨p tWm¡n B bmkw NpXn¨n_¡p¶p*v. Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n]nÃ. tfma½]psX SpX]nt`¡v ssN FXp¯p sk¨v Mm³ b_ªp, “”””tI¨o CsS¶m CknsX Ipk¶p NnX¡ps¶?” tImUn¨Spw Mm³ tfma½]psX DÄ SpX]n H^p bn¨p sNmXp¯p. tfma½ ImXn Fjpt¶äp “”””FknsX?”
skap¯ SpX]n Mm³ bn¨n] CXw At¸mtj¡pw Ipk¶p. ASp Nm«n Mm³ b_ªp. “”””tU CknsX”
SpX]psX DÄemPw B]Sp sNm*v tfma½ Nm`v AN¯n, f`À¯n sk¨p.
“”””CknsX S_]n k¶p NnX¶n«v Fs´¦n`pw NXn¨Sm]n^n¡pw. kà kngfpÅ {bm\nNapw B]n^n¡ptkm?”
Mm³ H¶p NqXn N]_n C^p¶v, tfma½]psX Nms`Xp¯v Fsâ fXn]n Wo«n sk¨p. F¶n«v Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n C^p¶t¸mÄ tfma½]psX k`Sv SpX Fsâ fXn]n`pw, CXSp Nm Fsâ bp_Nn`pw B]n. Nna]v¡m³ k¶ tI«³, Mm³ B fmUN Nj¸n]psX sW]v fpän] Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n C^p¶v AkapsX SpX SXkp¶Spw Nl¡p¶Spw N*p Nnan tbm]n Wn¶p.
Fsâ fXn]n C^n¡p¶ tfma½]psX SpX Nm\n¨p sNm*v Mm³ A]mtamXv b_ªp. “”””tI«m, CsSm¶v tWm¡nt]. Fs´¦n`pw kngw DÅ Kokn NXn¨Smt\m?”
A]mÄ sM«nt¸m]n. “”””H¶v k¶v tWm¡v tI«m]o” tfma½]pw eoSnt]msX¶ tbms` b_ªp.A]mÄ Fsâ fp¶n k¶v fp«v Np¯n Wn¶v Ak^psX sNmjp¯p^p* SpX]nt`¡v BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n. Mm³ bn¨n] Ø`w A]msa Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. “”””NÃn¸v Ds*¶m\v tSm¶ps¶. tI«³ H¶v sM¡n tWm¡nt]”
A]mÄ kn_]v¡p¶ ssNNÄ sNm*v tfma½]psX SpX]n bnXn¨p. Mm³ ssN fmän. ssN Du¶n C^n¡p¶Sv tbms` Fsâ k`Sp ssN Mm³ tfma½]psX AN¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n bqäntWmXv tIÀ¯v S_]n Np¯n. sfsà kn^`pNÄ sNm*v `p¦n¡nX]n`qsX tfma½]psX bq_nsâ km]n SXkn. H`n¸v SpX§n]n«p*v.tfma½]v¡v Fsâ fXn]n C^n¡p¶ Ak^psX SpX]v¡p Smsj N¼n]m] Np¶]psX fpjp¸v AWpekn¡m³ bäp¶p*v.
“”””Nj¸pt*m tI¨o” Fsâ tImUyw tN«v A]mÄ AÔmanIv M§sa tWm¡n. “”””Wà Nj¸ps*Xm” AkÀ b_ªSv Ft¶mXms\¦n`pw M§Ä ^*p tb^psX]pw fpOw tfma½]psX SpX]n Cj]p¶ A]mapsX ssNNan B\v.
“”””NXn]pt*m tI¨o?”
tfma½ D_s¡ In^n¨p
Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]mtamXv tImUn¨p, “”””{blvWw kÃSpw Dt*m tI«m?”
“”””F]v–… CSv– Np_¨p tW^w SXkn]m fSn hmt_… sl^n]m]n tNmapw.”
A¿Xm… sNaksâ H^p bp¯n. “”””Bt\m? F¦n bns¶ tI«³ tbm]n dm¡n DÅ sNm` FXp¯p sk]v. Mm³ SXkns¡mXp¡mw.”
At§^psX fpOs¯ Wn^ml H¶p Nmt\*Sv Ss¶]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ tfma½]psX SpX SXkm³ SpX§n. tfma½ A]mÄ tNÄs¡ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. “”””tim B tI«m]n SXkn]t¸mÄ Fs´m^p hpOkm^p¶p. Fsâ bq_p S^n¨p tbm]n. At§^p sI]vSSv tbms` Fsâ sSmX Nl¡n bnXn hmt_…. Cu hm_nWv H¶pf_n]nÔ
fq¸n`m³ fn¡km_pw N¿n`n^n¡p¶ bjs¡m` sNm*v– Fs¶ S`]v¡Xn¨p sNm¶n«v Cksa ANw sbm_w b®n Imkpw.
tfma½]psX `p¦n¡Xn]n bqän sSm«n^p¶ Fsâ kn^`pNsa kjpkjp¸pÅ Ak^psX bqÀ tS³ WW]v¡p¶p*v. CSm\v tfma½]n Mm³ Gäkpw Cãs¸Xp¶ H^p Nm^yw. GSp hf]¯pw b®m³ S¿m_m\kÀ. Nj¸nsâ H^p NXÂ.
At¸mtj¡pw tI«m]n kmj¡p` Hs¡ sN«n fqXn CWn F´m sIt¿t* F¶ emk¯n M§sa tWm¡n.
“”””tI«³ sbm]vt¡m. CWn Ft´`pw b\n Ds*¦n Mm³ knan¸n¡mw”
fWÊnÃm fWtÊmsX B bmkw C_§n WX¶p. tfma½ In^n¨p. “”””ASp tbms«, hms_´m\mtkm C¶v k^m³ sskNn]Sv? b©m]¯n “”b\n’ kÃSpw D*m]n^pt¶m?”
At¸mjm\v hSy¯n Mm³ b_]m³ k¶ Nm^yw HmÀ¯Sv. tf^n]psX ko«n tbm]Spw AknsX WX¶Spw hwhm^n¨Spw FÃmw Mm³ tfma½t]mXv b_ªp. FÃmw tN«v tfma½ Fjpt¶äp. Ft¶mXv b_ªp, “”””tf^n¡p«ns] FWn¡_n]mw. A¸p_s¯ h^a b_ªp tN«n«p*v. tW^n«vN*n«nÃ. Wo F´v Dt±ln¨m AktamXv CknsX k^m³ b_ªSv?”
“”””Ip½m H^p ^hw.”
“”””Wo C{Ss]ms¡ Nm\n¨n«pw, Aksa AknsX sk¨v b®n]n«m\v CknsX k¶v Ft¶mXv b_ªsS¦n FWn¡v tUgyw kt¶sW. bs£ Fsâ Np«³ A§sW sI]vSnÃtÃm” AkÀ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨v Nkna¯v H^p½ S¶p. “”””Wo b_]v WnW¡v F´m\v Dt±lw? Aksa b®m³ tk*n Bt\m k^m³ b_ªSv? hSyw b_s]Xm”
tf^n]psX sbm¡nan Np® tNän]Sv HmÀ¯p tbm]n. b®mSn^n¡m³ bäm¯ H^p I^¡m\v. GSv. bs£ Fsâ fWÊn fsäm^p Nm^yw D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ASv tfma½t]mXv Sp_¶p b_ªp.
“”””tI¨o, ASà Nm^yw. Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tI¨n {l²n¨p tNÄ¡\w. Mm³ tI¨nt]mXv C§sWms¡ sI¿p¶Sn FWn¡v H^p Nm^yw HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ h¦Xw D*v. emÀPk³ tI«sâ Nm^yw. hwPSn At§À¡v k]Êm]n. tI¨nt]mXv Cs¸m bpÅn¡m^Wv Nmfw H¶pw Cà SmWpw. bs£ Wfp¡v tf^ns] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kas¨Xp¯p tI«Wv sNmXp¯m ASp sNm*v H^pbmXv Pp\§Ä D*v.”
tfma½ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p. Mm³ SpXÀ¶p. “”””tI«Wv sb®p§tamXv Cs¸m Sm¸^yw Dt*m Fs¶m¶pw FWn¡_n]nÃ. At§À¡v skÅfXn fm{Sw fSn. bt£ W½psX fp¶n sk¨v tI«³ tks_m^p sb®nsW b®n]m bns¶ Wfp¡v hzmS{´yw B]tÃm. Fsâ NpätdmVkpw fm_n¡n«pw. WX¡ptfm F¶_n]nÃ. tI«³ Cs¸m k^pw. Mm³ tI«tWmXv b_]pw C§sW H^p hv{So k^pw, Ak^v {bmÀ°n¨m NpXpwd N`iw Hs¡ fm_pw Fs¶ms¡. dm¡n k^p¶nX¯p sk¨p Nm\mw”
tfma½]psX hwl]w fsäm¶m]n^p¶p. “”””Akav k¶nsænt`m?”
Mm³ bpÑt¯msX In^n¨n«v B_m³ S¼p^mWns` Z]t`mPv AXn¨p “”””Akav k^pw. Im¯·mÀ Aksa CknsX k^p¯pw”
“”””Biv sl^n]m. Wo Wnsâ Np«n¨m¯sW AkÄ¡v Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯n«tà k¶Sv!… ASp Mm³ f_¶p tbm]n” M§Ä In^n¨p.
tI«³ Np¸ns]ms¡ km§n F¯n. Mm³ Nm^y§Ä Hs¡ b_ªp. As¸m tI«³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp “”””M§av S½n kj¡pw SÃpw bnXn]pw Hs¡ D*m]n^p¶p. bs£ hSyw b_]mftÃm. hm_v Cu ko«n Nm`p Np¯n]SnWp tlgw CknsX Wà ht´mgkpw hfmVmWkpw Hs¡ B\v hmt_. As¸m bns¶ Wfp¡v Cu {NnhvSymWnNsa Hs¡ knan¨v {bmÀ°n¸nt¡* Nm^yw Dt*m?”
“”””tUmgw H¶pw CÃm¯ Nm^yw Asà tI«m. tI«Wm]n«v CWn fpX¡w b_]*. AS§p WX¡s«” tI«³ h½Sn¨p “”””hm_v b_ªm bns¶ FWn¡v A¸o`pt*m? WX¡s«. bs£ Mm³ ^s*®w AXn¡pw. ASp tk*m¶v b_]^pSv.”
“”””^t* ^s*®w” F¶p b_ªn«v Mm³ Fsâ ko«nt`¡v sI¶p.
tcms\Xp¯p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ 6 fnhv NmÄ D*v. tf^n¡p«n Bkt\ F¶v {bmÀ°n¨p sNm*v Sn^nsN knan¨p. tf^n¡p«n Ss¶.
“”””tf^n tI¨o, Mm³ Npan¡pkm]n^p¶p”
“”””Mm³ Nps_ {bmklyw knan¨p hmt_. C¶v Ft¸mjm kt^*Sv?”
“”””7 f\n Njn]pt¼m km tI¨o. Ø`w A_n]mtfm?”
“”””hm_nsâ koX_n]mw. ASnWXp¯pÅ koXtÃ?”
“”””AtS. bns¶ tI¨o, NpXpwd N`iw Hjnkm¡m³ DÅ {bmÀ°W Bs\¶m Mm³ tfma½t]mXv b_ªn^n¡p¶Sv. tI¨n A_nªp sI]vtSm\w”
“”””ASp W¶m]n. Asæn B hv{So h½Sn¡nÃ. Ak^v hm_nWv k`n] l`yw B]Sp sNm*m Mm³ CSnWp k^mw F¶v N^pSn]Sv. FWns¡t´m hm_ntWmXv f_ps¯m¶pw b_]m³ tSm¶o`” sbm`]mXn sNm©m³ DÅ b^nbmXn B\v.
“”””bns¶ tI¨o, Mm³ tI¨n]psX ko«n k¶t¸mÄ WX¶ Nm^yw H¶pw CknsX b_]tÃ. {btSyNn¨pw ftä Nm^yw”
“”””GSp ftä Nm^yw?” AkÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv In^n¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p
“”””Np® Nm\n¨p S¶ Nm^yw”
“”””HmÀfn¸n¡msS Fsâ sbm¶v hmt_. N*p Mm³ kn_¨p tbm]n.”
“”””AStÃ. Fsâ Np® Mm³ tI¨n¡v N¼n B¡n Nm\n¨n«pw, tI¨n]psX kX]n sSm«n«pw tbm`pw tI¨n¡v H¶pw tSm¶o`tÃm. f^ymU DÅ hv–{SoNÄ A§sW]m AÃmsS Cu tfma½s] tbms`…””
Ak^psX bqäns` b©m^]Xn¡v Mm³ sNmXp¯ F«nsâ H^p b\n B]n^p¶p ASv. CWn sNm©m³ k^nÃ. tcm\v sk¨p.
Mm³ Sn^nsN tfma½]psX ko«n tbm]n tI«tWmsXm¸w C^p¶v H^p sb¤Xn¨p. tfma½ Npan¡pN]m\v. NrSyw Gjp f\n B]t¸mÄ H^p Hmt«m k¶ lÐw tN«v MmWpw tI«Wpw fp¶nt`¡v sI¶p. Hmt«m]n Wn¶pw tf^n C_§n. skap¯ I«]pw fp*pw Ss¶ tkgw. tf^n¡v bn¶mt` Wn½n]pw C_§n. b*m^w. Cksa sNm*p k^* F¶v b_]m³ f_¶p. AknsX sk¨p N*t¸mÄ Wn½ns] Mm³ A{S {lUn¨n^p¶nÃ. As¸m H^p fpgnª ssWän]n B]n^p¶p. Cs¸m Ip^nUmÀ B\v. Npan¨p kr¯n]m]n H^p§n]n«p*v. Wo* fpOw , k`n] N®pNÄ, C^pWn_w. Wo* fpXn bn¶n knXÀ¯n C«n^n¡p¶p. Ip^nUmÀ `qhv B]SnWm cnPÀ A{S fWÊn`mkp¶nÃ. bNv–tg fp`]pw I´n]pw Hs¡ A{S k`pSà F¶v Fsâ FNv–hv–t_ N®pNÄ fWÊn`m¡n. SXn¨ Ip*pNÄ AkÄ¡v H^p sI_n] Nj¸n `pNv sNmXp¡p¶p*v. At{S DÅp. GNtUlw ftignsâ {bSnNm^¯ns` Kn³hn. Fsâ ssXbv AÃ. Fsâ Np® N¼n]m¡m³ tk* kNs]m¶pw AkÄ¡nÃ. tf^n]psX Nm^yw A§WÃ. sNmjp¯ Np*n]pw SpX]pw WX¡pt¼mÄ CaNp¶Sv H^p shm]¼³ NmjvI]m\v.
^*p tb^pw ANt¯¡v N]_n. Mm³ tI«sW b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. tf^n tI«tWmXv hwhm^n¡pt¼mÄ Wn½o Fs¶ AXnfpXn tWm¡p¶Sv CXwN®n`qsX Mm³ N*p.
tf^n b_ªp “”””GsS¦n`pw fp_n¡pÅn C^p¶v {bmÀ°W sI¿mw.”
M§Ä hmVm^\ C^p¶v skÅfXn¡m_pÅ fp_n AN¯p kr¯n]m¡n C«n«p*v. tI«³ b_ªp, “”””ANs¯ fp_n]nt`¡n^n¡mw. CknsX huN^y§Ä Hs¡ Np_km\v”
tf^n Fs¶ tWm¡n, “”””em^y]pw eÀ¯mkpw fm{Sw fSn {bmÀ°W]v¡v. hm_v sbm]vt¡maq”
f]n^v. bns¶ Wnsâ Cu I¡ sNmS¯n b®m³ Wnsâ S´ k^ptkmXo Ak^mSo… fWÊn In´n¨p. bs£ tI«³ b_ªp “”””At¿m hm_v tbm*. hm_pw M§apw H^p NpXpwdw tbm`m. M§Ä¡v H^p Wà Nm^y¯n Wn¶v hm_nsW Hjnkm¡m³ bäptN`.”
tf^n Fs¶ tWm¡n. “”””hms_m¶p kt¶. FWns¡m^p Nm^yw b_]mWp*v” MmWpw tf^n]pw bp_t¯¡n_§n Wn¶p.
“”””F´m Nm^yw?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””hmt_, hm_nWv kngfw H¶pw tSm¶^pSv. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hm_v C^p¶m Cu {bmÀ°W WX¡nÔ
“”””AsS´m?”
“”””B hv{So¡v Ak^psX eÀ¯mkntWmXv Sm`vb^yw D*m]m fm{Stf Ak^psX Nmfw kn«p fm_q. ASnWp In` {Nn]NÄ Hs¡ D*v. hm_n^p¶m AkÀ¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw AsSm^p dp²nfp«mNpw. ASpsNm*m”
“”””A§sW H^p dp²nfp«pw BknÃ. Wn§sa CknsX sNm*p k¶Sv MmWtÃ? Fsâ fp¶n sk¨p sI¿m³ bäp¶Sv sI]vSm fSn”
“”””hmt_, hm_v Mm³ b_]p¶Sv H¶v fWÊn`m¡q”
tf^n H^p knV¯n`pw kj§p¶nÃ. Mm³ b_ªp. “”””Hm.. Wn§Ä Ft´m DXm]n¸v b^nbmXn Nm\n¨n«v {bmÀ°W F¶p b_]m³ DÅ b^nbmXn B\tÃ? B bmk§sa bän¡m³ Fap¸w B\tÃm”
tf^n]psX fpOw Ipk¶p. “”””hms_¶m Cu b_]pt¶? CSv– hSyfpÅ Nm^yfm. In` {Nn]Nan Sp\n Hs¡ Ajnt¡*n k^pw. b^hvb^w AkÀ¡v BNÀg\w tSm¶n¡pkm³.” Fsâ fWÊn `Íp sbm«n. tf^n SpXÀ¶p “”””hm_n^p¶m AkÀ¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw ASp bän F¶p k^nÃ.
W]¯n Wn¶ms` Nm^yw WX¡q F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. “”””Hmtim… ASp b_]t*? Mm³ knIm^n¨p tf^n tI¨n Fs¶ HjnkmNpkms\¶v. bt£ tI¨o, Mm³ C^p¶nsæn B tI«³ C^n¡nÃ. tbXn]m. Mm³ H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw. Cs¸m AN¯p N]_n Np_¨p tW^w C^n¡mw. tI¨n Cs¸m b_ª {Nn] SpX§pt¼mÄ Mm³ A§p tbmt]¡mw. ASp tbms^?”
tf^n ASp h½Sn¨p. M§Ä ANt¯¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ tI«³ tImUn¨p “”””F´m hmt_ Fs´¦n`pw {blvWw Dt*m?”
“”””F]v– H¶pà tI«m, ANt¯¡n^n¡mw” M§Ä fp_n]nt`¡v N]_m³ SpX§pt¼mÄ tfma½ bn¶n Wn¶pw AXp¡a kjn Npan Njnªv ANt¯¡v k^p¶p. skap¯p sNmjp¯ tUi¯v, fp`]n Ipän H^p tSmÀ¯p fm{Stf DXp¯n«pÅq. ASms\¦n A§pw C§pw F¯p¶nÃ. Nãn¨p bq_p f_]v¡pw F¶p b_]mw. fpXn fsäm^p tSmÀ¯n sbmSnªv NpXpfn tbms` S`]v¡p fpNan sN«n sk¨n^n¡p¶p. “”””B Cks^¯nt]m?” tfma½ tImUn¨p. H^p AWy bp^pgWm] Fsâ fp¶n B_Xn sbm¡kpw sNmjp¯ tfWn]pw DÅ B sWXpko^³ fUm`h Cu tkg¯n k¶p Nqh`nÃmsS Wn¡p¶Sv N* tf^n]pw Wn½n]pw AÔman¨p Wn¶p tbm]n.
tfma½ Sp\n fm_m³ Ak^psX fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶t¸mÄ Mm³ B sW]v tNmS¯nsâ B«w tWm¡n Ip*p WW¨Sv Wn½n {l²n¨p. tI«Wpw tf^n]pw Wn½n]pw fp_n¡pÅn N]_n C^p¶p. Mm³ tbm]n koXnsâ fp¶n`s¯]pw bn¶n`s¯]pw NSNpNÄ AX¨p Npän C«p bq«n. Mm³ Sn^nsN fp_n]n F¯n]t¸mÄ tfma½]pw fp_n]n F¯n]n«p*v. tfma½ H^p N_p¯ »uhpw bpSns]m^p NÅn `p¦n]pw DXp¯n^n¡p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpXn IoNn sN«n sbms«ms¡ sSm«v H^p hpµ^n Np«n B]n^n¡pkm Fsâ ssSNnakn I^¡v.
tf^n tI«sW S_]n kn^n¨n^p¶ bm]]n C^p¯n. tI«Wv FSnÀ kl¯p tfma½s]]pw. tI«³ gÀ«pw `p¦n]pw B\v V^n¨n«pÅSv. ^*p tbÀ¡pw CX]n`m]n tf^n fp«p Np¯n C^p¶p.ssN ^*pw tfÂs¸m«m¡n N®pNÄ AX¨v Ft´m f{´n¡p¶p. tf^n]psX bn¶n Ft´m H^p sI_n] bphvSNw Sp_¶p bnXn¨v Wn¡pN]m\v Wn½n. Mm³ CsSÃmw tWm¡n Ipf^pw Im^n C^p¶p. tf^n N®p Sp_¶p tfma½s] tWm¡n b_ªp. “”””N®X¨p {bmÀ°nt¨maq.”
tfma½ N®X¨p ssNNÄ Nq¸n C^p¶p. tf^n tI«sW tWm¡n]t¸mÄ tI«Wpw A§sW Ss¶ C^p¶p. Wn½nt]mXv b_ªp , “”””Wn½o… skÅw”
Wn½n bphvSNw S_]n sk¨v Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶v bSps¡ b_ªp “”””^*p tbÀ¡pw Hmt^m ¥mhv skÅw sNmXp¡\w. H¶v FXp¯p S^mtfm?”
Mm³ lÐw D*m¡msS Fjpt¶äv AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p. Wn½n]pw bp_sN k¶p.
“”””hm_n¶v– ko«n k¶t¸mÄ…””
AkÄ b_]p¶Sv tN«p Mm³ tImUy emk¯n tWm¡n . H^p In^nt]msX AkÄ b_ªp… “”Mm³ N*p !”
“”””F´v?”
AkÄ N®pNÄ Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v Wo«n. “”””ASv–”
Mm³ WnÊm^fm¡n In^n¨p. “”””Hm ASmt\m k`n] Nm^yw?”
AkÄ Wm\t¯msX b_ªp “”””C{S]pw k`n] Nm^yw Mm³ CSv ks^ N*n«nÔ
Mm³ ^*p ¥mhv skÅw FXp¯v AkapsX ssNNan sNmXp¯p sNm*v b_ªp, “”””As¸m sI_n] Nm^y§sams¡ N*n«p*v ?-”
AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp. “”””tbm hmt_.. CSptbm`pÅ {bmÀ°WNan N*n«p*v … AÃmsS…””
“”½½w…”” MmsWm¶v C^p¯n fqan.
AkÄ Sn^nsN fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. I´n SÅn bnXn¨v B«n B\v WX¯w. Mm³ AkapsX I´n]n H^p AXn sk¨p sNmXp¯p. AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v Sn^nªp tWm¡n. Mm³ b_ªp, “”””tf`m H^nX¯pw Hanªp tWm¡^pSv”
AkÄ In^n¨p. sNm¨p sbm`]mXn. S^t¡XnÃ. M§Ä fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n. Mm³ NSNX¨p sNmap¯n«p. tf^n BknsX fq¶v sfjpNpSn^nNÄ sNmap¯n sk¨p. Wn½n ss`äv Hmcm¡n. k`n] sfjpNp Sn^nNam\v. fp_n]n skan¨fp*v. tf^n ^*p tbt^mXpw skÅw NpXn¡m³ b_ªp. AkÀ NpXn¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Wn½n ¥mhpNÄ km§n H^p fq`]n sk¨p. AkÀ Wm`p tb^pw k«fn«v C^p¶p.
tf^n tfma½t]mXv tImUn¨p “”””WnW¡v Wnsâ eÀ¯mkntWmXv hvtWiw Dt*m?”
“”””bn¶nÃmsS?” tfma½ Sn^n¨p tImUn¨p
“”””Dt*m CÃt]m F¶v b_]\w” tf^n lÐw D]À¯n
“”””D*v”
“”””At±is¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo Vn¡^n¡m_pt*m?”
“”””CÔ
“”””CtÃ? hSyw b_]\w” tf^n b_ªp
“”””CÃ. ASnsâ Bklyw k¶n«nÃ. tI«³ Mm³ b_]p¶SnWv f_ps¯m¶pw b_]nÔ tfma½ AenfmWt¯msX b_ªp. FWn¡v In^n k¶Sv b\ns¸«v AX¡n.
“”””Wn§Ä S½n DÅ Um¼Sy dÔw H^pbmXv {blvW§Ä Wn_ªSm\v F¶v FWn¡v skanbmXp*m]n. ASp So^pkm³ In` NÀf§apw {Nn]Napw Wn§Ä sIt¿*Sp*v.” tf^n b_ªp
Mm³ Bt`mIn¨p, Cu kN sbm«¯^§sams¡ Cu Wm«n³bp_Sm]Sv sNm*v WX¡p¶p. tks_ kà Ø`¯pw B]n^ps¶¦n tf^ns] Wm«pNmÀ Ft¶ bªn¡ns«sW.
“”””Wo Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tbms` sI¿\w.” tf^n C§sW b_ªn«v tI«Wv tWs^ Sn^nªp. “”””Wn§Ä FjptWäv Wn`v¡p”
tI«³ F\oäp. “”””gÀ«pw fp*pw Du^n fäq”
tI«³ Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”””Mm³ tbmt\m tI«m?” tfma½]m\v f_pbXn b_ªSv “”””hm_v tbm* hmt_. tI«Wv hm_nknsX Ds*¦n H^p ssV^yfm. bns¶ tI«³ CknsX F¶pw bqhm]n Sp\n]pw f\n]pw CÃmsS b_n]pw Nm\n¨p NnX¡p¶Sv hm_v Nm\p¶StÃ. tI«m Du^v tI«m” H¶v WnÀ¯n]n«v tfma½ tf^n]psX fpO¯p tWm¡n b_ªp “”””tI«sâ Np® Ckapfms^m¶p Nm\s«” .tf^n Iqan.
tI«³ fp*pw gÀ«pw Du^n fmän. sK«n CÃm]n^p¶p. WoafpÅ bs£ k®w Np_ª Np® Sq§n NnX¡p¶p. ASnWp bn¶n Mm¶p NnX¶mXp¶ D*NÄ.
tf^n]pw Wn½n]pw ASnt`¡v tWm¡p¶nÃ. tf^n tfma½t]mXv b_ªp “”””WnW¡v Wnsâ eÀ¯mknsW Dt¯Kn¸n¡m³ Njn]ptfm?”
tfma½ hwl]t¯msX tImUn¨p, ‘ F´v H¸n¡m³ Njn]ptfm¶v?”
Wn½n In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp “”””H¸n¡m³ AÃ. Dt¯Kn¸n¡m³. F¶p sk¨m CSv D]À¯m³”
“”””Hmiv… Ft´m¶v tf^n¡p«o Wo Cu b_]p¶Sv? Np® N¼n]m¡m³ bäptfm F¶v f^ymU¡v tImUn¨m tbms^?”
FWn¡v CsSms¡ H^p tNmfZn B]n«m\v tSm¶n]Sv. B tSm¶Â As¸m Ss¶ fm_n. Wn¡p¶ tI«sâ fp¶n fp«p Np¯n] tfma½ tI«sâ Np® hz´w km]v¡pÅn B¡n. WsÃm^p NmjvI Ss¶ B]n^p¶p AsS¦n`pw tfma½ ASp km]v¡pÅn sk¨v Du_n]n«pw tI«sâ Np® sbm§n]nÃ. AW¡w tbm`pw CÃ. Np_¨p tW^w Du¼n]n«v tfma½ ko*pw S_]n C^p¶p. tf^n¡p«ns] tWm¡n b_ªp “”””CSp sbm§nà tf^o.”
tf^n b_ªp. “”””AsSms¡ sbm§pw. Wo sI¿p¶Snsâ Npj¸fm. hmkVmWw sI]vSp tWm¡v”
“”””At¿m.. Mm³ k`n] km]ns`Xp¸pNm^n H¶pw AtÃ. FWn¡v C§sWms¡s] A_n]q. k]hm]ntà FWn¡v” tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n N®n_p¡n sNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp.
Mm³ CXsb«p. “”””tf^n tI¨n H^p k«w H¶v sI]vSp Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯m tfma½ tI¨n¡v bYn¡mfm]n^p¶p.
tf^n Fs¶ tUgyt¯msX tWm¡n. “”””Mm³ ho^n]hv B]n b_ªSm tI¨o. tI«³ bmkfm. H¶p him]n¨p sNmXp¡ps¶”
tf^n b_ªp, “”””hm_v fn*mSn^n” F¶n«v tfma½t]mXv b_ªp “”””Wnsâ sN«nt]msâ hmVWw Wn½n sbm¡n S^pw. bs£ ASnWp tlgw DÅ {Nn]NÄ Wo Ss¶ sI¿\w. h½Snt¨m?”
tfma½ S`]m«n. tf^n Wn½ns] tWm¡n. Wn½n H^p fXn]pw NqXmsS tI«sâ fp¶n fp«p Np¯n. fNapsX {bm]fpÅ H^p sb®v Ssâ Np®]psX fp¶n C^p¶t¸mÄ tI«³ bN¨p tbm]n. bs£ A]mapsX Nnak³ Np® H¶v ko§n]Sv Mm³ s{l²n¨p. Mm³ tI«sâ fpO¯p tWm¡n N®pNÄ AX¨p, hm^fnà F¶ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
bns¶ N* NmjvI Wn½ns] Np_n¨pÅ Fsâ Vm^\NÄ Sn^p¯p¶ S^¯n DÅSm]n^p¶p. AkÄ H^p ssN sNm*v tI«sâ Np®]n bnXn¨p sSm`n¨p. f_p ssN sNm*v D*NÄ bnXn¨p. ^*p {bmklyw Np® sSm`n¨Xn¨t¸mÄ Ss¶ ASnWp k®kpw Woakpw sk]v¡m³ SpX§n. Wn½n Np®]n Wn¶v bnXn kn«v DÅw ssN W¡n SpX¨n«v N¿nt`¡v ^*p k«w Sp¸n. DfnWo^n NpSnÀ¶ ssN sNm*v ko*pw tI«sâ Np® sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. Cu NmjvI N*n^p¶ Fsâ Np® sk«n kn_¨v Fjpt¶äp. As¸m CSnWm\v tf^n Cksa NqsX sNm*p WX¡p¶Sv. tI«sâ Np® N¼n B]n^p¶p. AkÄ Np®]psX NX fpS sSm¸n ks^ AfÀ¯n W¡n SpX¨p. tI«³ Nt{*mÄ tbm]n Wn¡pkm\v. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv tfma½]psX AXp¯p sI¶p Wn¶p. “”””tfma½ tI¨o… N*ntà Wn½n sI¿p¶Sv? tI¨n ASp tbms` sI]vSp bYn¡v”
Wn½n tI«sâ fNpXw Ip*pNÄ¡v CX]n`m¡n AfÀ¯n sM^n¨p. Wn¶ Wn¸n tI«sâ D¸qän Wn`¯p Wn¶pw sbm§n sbm]n. tfma½]v¡v hin¡m³ NjnªnÃ. AkÀ Fsâ tWs^ Sn^nªv Fsâ `p§n]psX CX]n Wn¶pw Np® bp_s¯Xp¯p. Fsâ sk«n kn_¨p Wn¶ sNmXnf^w sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ `p¦n]pw dWn]Wpw Du^n Naªp.
tI«sâ Np® Wn½n]psX km]v¡pÅnt`¡v N]_pt¼mÄ Fsâ Np® tfma½]psX A®m¡n F¯n]n^p¶p. tf^n tfma½]psX tSman bnXn¨p “”””tfmat½.. Wo F´m Cu sI¿p¶Sv? Wo sI¿p¶Sv bmbw B\v”
ASp tN«v N®p Sp_¶v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B\v tI«³ A]mapsX em^y Fsâ Np® k`n¨q¼n NpXn¡p¶Sv N*Sv. H^p Wnfngw ASp tWm¡n]n«v tI«³ ssNNÄ sNm*v Wn½n]psX fpXn]njNan St`mXn. AkapsX sIkn]n bnXn¨p sfsà k`n¨v, sIkn¡pÅnt`¡v H^p kn^ NX¯n sfsà Ca¡n. Wn½n S`]na¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BMv– Du¼n. Fsâ fWÊv f{´n¨p… “”tI«³ bp`n]m]n^p¶tÃ-!”
tfma½ km]n Wn_ªn^p¶ Fsâ Np® Ak^psX A®m¡n Np¯n SÅn N]än. ssXäv B] NqSn]n N]_p¶ coÂ.
tf^n ko*pw tfma½t]mXv b_ªp “”””tfmat½ tk*m”
tfma½ Fsâ Np® Ak^psX km]n Wn¶v k`n¨q^n. sNmjp¯ DfnWo^n Npan¨p Wn¡p¶ Fsâ tWXpko^³ Np®]nt`¡v tf^n BÀ¯nt]mXpw Ahq]t]mXpw NqXn tWm¡n.
tfma½ tf^nt]mXv Io_n “”””FXn Nq¯n¨o, Wnsâ fäksa sNm*v WnW¡v Fsâ sN«nt]msâ Np® Duwdn¡mw. ASn`v Wnsâ bqäns` bmbw Cà AsÃXn b«n Hm¯ksa? Mm³ Cksâ Np® sk¨p Nan¨m WnWs¡´mXo Ak^mSo St´¸®n…””
tf^n sS_n tN«v bN¨p tbm]n. Wn½nt]mXv b_ªp. “”””Wn½o… fSn. km Wfp¡v tbmNmw”
tI«³ Wn½n]psX S`]n`pw Njp¯n`pw Hs¡ ssNNÄ HmXn¡pN]m\v. tf^n b_ªsSm¶pw Wn½n tN«Sv tbm`pfnÃ. tfma½ Fjpt¶äv FWn¡v hfobw Wn¶v Wn½n]psX km]ns`Xp¸v tWm¡n. tI«³ H^p ssN Wn½n]psX S`]n`pw f_p ssN Njp¯n`pw frUpkm]n bnXn¨p. SmXn]n bnXn¨v Wn½n]psX km] sfm¯fm]n Sp_¶v sk¨n«v tI«³ Wn¶p sNm*v Wn½n]psX km]n Ssâ A^s¡«na¡n b®m³ SpX§n. 74 k]ÊpÅ B Nnaksâ Np®¸jw Wn½ns]¶ 22 Nm^ns] NojX¡n]n^p¶p. Mm³ tfma½]psX `p¦n sbm¡n Ak^psX sNmjp¯p^p* I´n bmanNÄ¡v fpNan sS^p¯p sk¨v. Fsâ Np® Ak^psX sNmS Im`n N]än sk¨v Ca¡n. At¸mjpw M§Ä ^*p tb^pw tI«Wpw Wn½n]pw tIÀ¶v sI¿p¶ Nj¸³ km]ns`Xp¸v tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
Wn½n bn·m_m¯Sv N* tf^n Fjpt¶äv sI¶v Wn½n]psX tSmapNan bnXn¨v k`n¨p. “”””F\oäv kmXo”
Np® km]v¡pÅn Ss¶ sk¨p sNm*v AkÄ tI«sâ A^s¡«n Ipän k^nªp bnXn¨p. tf^n ko*pw d`w {bt]mPn¡p¶Sv N* tI«³, Wn½n]psX S`]n Wn¶pw k`Sp ssN FXp¯v koln tf^n]psX sINn«¯nWns«m¶p sbm«n¨p. tf^n N_§n S_]n ko\p tbm]n. Nmfw fq¯v NnakWv {bm´mt]m?
A]mÄ M§sa {l²n¡p¶Sv tbm`pw CÃ. Wn½ns] bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p tI«³ AkapsX Ip^nUm_nsâ iqNn bnXn¨p b_ªp “”””WnW¡v F´nWm tfmta Sp\n?”
AkapsX Ip*n`pw Nknan`pw Hs¡ tI«sâ tSWpw DfnWo^pw N`À¶v WWªn^p¶p. tI«³ AkapsX NknapNapw Ip*pNapw W¡n SpX¨p. A]mÄ ASp sI¿p¶Sv Nm\m³ Ss¶ H^p N` B]n^p¶p. hmkVmWw… hvtWit¯msX… dipfmWw tSm¶n sbm]n. tfma½ In^n¨p sNm*v Fsâ Nknan WpÅn “”””N*p bXns¡Xm… WnW¡v Ft¸mapw sk{bmaw AsÃ?” Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tfma½s] k«w bnXn¨v Ak^psX Ip*pNÄ BÀ¯nt]msX Wp\ªp. tfma½ Fsâ NmSn b_ªp, “”””NnXs¡Xm…”” Mm³ S_]n f`À¶v NnX¶p. tf^n AXn sNm*v H^p kl¯p NnX¸p*v. ko*pw Aks^ SX]m³ ssV^yw k¶p Nm\nÃ.
Wn½n hz´fm]n Ss¶ AkapsX tXm¸pw bmâvhpw Du^n fmän. tI«³ tWm¡n Wn¶sS DÅp. H^p S^¯n`pw H^p VrSn]pw bpÅn¡m^³ Nm\n¨nÃ. {dm]pw bmâohpw C«p Wn¡p¶ Wn½ns] tI«³ Np® Djnªp sNm*v tWm¡n Wn¶p. tfma½ Fsâ AXp¯v Wn`¯n^p¶p. Fsâ Np® ko*pw IqXpÅ km]nt`¡v N]än.
Wn½n tI«sâ N¿n`n^n¡p¶ Np®]nt`¡v BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n.Wo*p sf`nª Np®]ms\¦n`pw ASnsâ fNpXw Wà k®fpÅSm\v. ASv– t_mhv Wn_¯n SpXp¯p Sna§p¶p. Wm^§m tbms` D^p* B fNpX¯n Wn½n]psX Wo* kn^`pNÄ Cjªp. tI«³ AktamXv– b_ªp “”””ASpw NqXn Ajn¨p fmäp tfmta… fmf³ H¶vNm\s« hpµ^n¡p«ns]”
Sn^pkW´bp^w emPs¯ms¡ {bm]w B]ks^ fmf³ F¶m knan¡m_v bSnkv. Wn½n {dm Du^n fmän. Hm_©nsâ fpjp¸pÅ Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶ sI_n] fp`NÄ. ASn {Shn¨p Wn¡p¶ {du\v Wn_fpÅ Npªp fp`¡®pNÄ. kXnskm¯ sf`nª l^o^w. Wo* Nm`pNÄ. Wn½n NpWnªp Wn¶v bmâohv Du^n]t¸mÄ SpXp¯ I´n NpX§Ä¡v WXpkn t^mfw Wn_ª Npªp bq_p Mm³ Wn`¯p NnX¶p N*p. AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw H`n¨ NXn skÅw SpXNsa WW¨n^p¶p. bqÀ® WPvW]m] Wn½ns] tI«³ sN«n¸nXn¨v AkapsX Ip*pNÄ k`n¨p NpXn¨p. tI«sâ Np® AkapsX SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX bq_n D^¨p NX¶v I´nNÄ ¡p Nosj F¯n. tI«³ ^*p ssN sNm*pw AkapsX I´n Npj¨pX¨p. sNmSw bnaÀ¶v sk¨v sNmS Im`n`pw NqSn Spa]n`pw kn^ HmXn¨p Wn¶v Np® AkapsX bqän D^¨p sNm*n^p¶p. AkÄ SpXNÄ AXp¸n¨v tI«sâ Np® C_p¡n. .. “”””Biviv… fmfm…””
MmWpw tfma½]pw tf^n]pw CsSms¡ N*v S^n¨n^p¶p tbm]n. Mm³ tfma½t]mXv b_ªp, “”””sNmSw Sm tI¨o..” tfma½ Fsâ fpNan k¶v Fsâ fpO¯p sNmSw bnaÀ¯n C^p¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX sW]v fpän] I´n bmanNÄ AN¯n, NqSn W¡m³ SpX§n. “”””Biviv… Fsâ sbm¶p tfmsW… Nj¨p sbm«ps¶Xm.. B…iviviv… F´mXm Cu sI¿pt¶… it½… im… it¿m… NqSn]n Wm…Wm¡v tNän b®pt¶mXm sbm¶v Np®Np«m.. im.. A§sW B… tNän Cat¡Xm…”” tfma½ C^p¶v A`_ns¡m*v A^s¡«v Ca¡n BXn. Mm³ B sW]v bqänt`¡v Fsâ km] sNm*p tbm]n. “”””imiviv… N´v NXn¨p k`ns¡Xm tfmsW.. A§sW.. im.. A§sW k`n¨p NpXn Wo…”” Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak^psX bqänWpÅnt`¡v Fsâ WoafpÅ Wmkv– d`¸n¨p N]än W¡n b®n. tfma½]v¡v D_k sbm«n. “”””Biviv…..” AkÀ H^p klt¯¡v f`À¶p ko\p.
Mm³ tfma½]psX bp_t¯¡v N]_n Ak^psX »uhv k`n¨p No_n I¡ fp`NÄ bp_s¯Xp¯p Nl¡n k`n¨p NpXn¡m³ SpX§n. tfma½ Fsâ S` bnXn¨v B sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ¡nX]n AfÀ¯n. F¶n«v AkÀ Fs¶]pw bnXn¨v H¶v f_nªt¸mÄ Mm³ Ak^psX Nojn B]n. tfma½ Ak^psX SXn¨ sW]v SpXNÄ AN¯n Fsâ Np®]n C^p¶p. WWªp NpSnÀ¶ B bqänt`¡v Fsâ Np® Duan]n«p. H^p {em´ns] tbms` tfma½ Fsâ Np®¸p_¯n^p¶p sbmSn¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. Hmt^m AXn]n`pw Fsâ Np®]psX NX ks^ Ak^psX bqänt`¡v N]_pw. bns¶]pw AkÀ sNmSw D]À¯n fNpXw ks^ skan]n C_¡n ko*pw AXn¡pw. Ak^psX I¡ sNmSw Fsâ A^s¡«n k®mXn¡pt¼mÄ D*mNp¶ ¹Nv ¹Nv lÐw B fp_n]n Wn_ªp.
Mm³ S` I^n¨p tWm¡pt¼mÄ KWm` bXn]n H^p Nm`p N]än sk¨v Wn¡p¶ Wn½n]psX sbmanª bqÀ km]nt`¡v Np® N]än, KWm`]n bnXn¨p Wn¶v b®p¶ emÀ¤k³ tI«sW B\v N*Sv. Wn½n]psX fpOw N*m A_n]mw AkapsX KoknS¯n AkÄ C{S]pw hpOw AWpekn¨n«nà F¶v. Wn½n tI«sâ Njp¯n Ipän bnXn¨p sNm*v AkapsX A^s¡«na¡n AXn¨p.
Mm³ tfma½t]mXv b_ªp. “”””NqSn Nk¨p SmXo…”” tfma½ Fjpt¶äv S_]n fp«p Np¯n Wm`p Nm`n Wn¶v A^s¡«v bn¶nt`¡v D]À¯n Ak^psX sW]v sNmSw bnaÀ¯n Wn¶p. kn^nªp Wn¶ B NqSn bqkv Mm³ BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n. Ak^psX bn¶n fp«p fX¡n Nm`N¯n Wn¶ Mm³ Fsâ Np® sSm`n¨p bnXn¨v fNpXw Ak^psX NqSn Npjn]n tIÀ¯p sk¨p. tI«Wpw Wn½n]pw b®p¶Snsâ tkPS Np_¨v, Fsâ Np® tfma½]psX sNmSw bnaÀ¯n hmkVmWw N]_p¶ NmjvI N*p. bn¶n Wn¶pw tI«³ b_]p¶Sv tN«p “”””AXn¨p tbman¡v hmt_ AkapsX BW sNmSw”
tfma½ N®pNÄ C_ps¡ AX¨p bnXn¨p. Np®]psX fNpXw N]_n Njnªt¸mÄ Mm³ sfsà AW¡n AXn¡m³ SpX§n. “”””Biviv… hmt_… bq_o tfmsW … Sms]mao…BAiviv… Fs´m^p sNm¼³ Np®]mXm Wnsâ…iqHm… tNäv.. CWn]pw tNäv… B]]iviviv…”” tfma½ A`_n knan¨p…Mm³ Ak^psX I´n¸manNÄ ssN sNm*v Npj¨v B fpjp¯ sNmS¯n k`nªXn¡m³ SpX§n. sNmjp¯p sW]v Wn_ª tfma½]psX tfWn Hmt^m AXn¡pw D`ªmXn. tfma½ hpOw sNm*v Wo_n. CSp N*v im`naNn] Wn½n tI«sW]pw k`n¨p sNm*v bm]nt`¡v ko\p. bm]]n f`À¶p NnX¶ AkÄ Nm`pNÄ NkIv D]À¯n sk¨t¸mÄ AkapsX HmfW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bq_p tI«Wv fp¶n km Sp_¶p sk¨p. AkapsX Sp_¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX fm_t¯¡v Cjªp N]_n] tI«sâ km]v¡pÅn B SpXp¯ fp`¡®pNÄ…. bq_n D½ sk]v¡p¶ Np®…. fp` Du_n sNm*n^ns¡ Ss¶ tI«³ ssN sNm*v Ssâ Np® bnXn¨v AkapsX bnaÀ¶ bqänWv fpNan D^]v¡m³ SpX§n. Wn½n bm]]n NnX¶v bm¼nsW tbms` bpaªp. fm_n Wn¶pw sbm§n] tI«³ AkapsX H^p Nm`p]À¯n A]mapsX tSman sk¨p. ftä Nm bm]]n Wo«n sk¨t¸mÄ Wn½n]psX tSWq_n k^p¶ bqÀ Uzm^w Sp_¶v k¶p. tI«³ H^p ssN sNm*v AkapsX bqÀ SXw knXÀ¯n sk¨v, {Shn¨p Wn¶ Npªp N´nsW Ssâ Np® sNm*v SÃn. Np®s] H^p N¼v tbms` bnXn¨v A]mÄ AkapsX N´nsW Bªmªp SÃn. ASnWp tlgw Np®]psX fNpXw AkapsX N´n tIÀ¯p sk¨v D^¨p sNmXp¯t¸mÄ Wn½n]psX km] Sp_¶p tbm]n… N®ns` Nrgv\f\nNÄ tfÂs¸m«p]À¶p… “”tNäv fmfm…” tI«sâ Np® bmªp N]_n]t¸mÄ Wn½n BÀ¯p knan¨p… hpOw sNm*v. “”””Fsâ Npªp tfmta… hpOfpt*mXo… Wnsâ Caw bqän Cu fmfsâ fpSp Np® tN_pt¼mÄ … b_s]Xn I¡^ Np«o…””
Wn½n H¶pw fn*p¶nÃ. kÃm¯ H^p AkØ]n B]n^p¶p AkÄ. AkapsX Hmt^m t^mf¯n`pw At¸mÄ NmfUmiw fm{Sw Bs\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. Mm³ Fsâ tfma½ bq_n]psX tNm¯n b®n SÅn. Mm³ tfma½]psX fpSpNn NXn¨p… “”Biviviv… NXns¡Xm.. NXn¨p b_nt¡Xm Fs¶ sNm`Np®³ hmt_…. Biviv….” Fsâ Np® H¶p sk«n. Mm³ tfma½s] bq*X¡w bnXn¨p. Fsâ Np® Ak^psX NqSn]n C^p¶p SpXn¨p. Fsâ Np®¸m AkapsX NqSn]n`qsX k³NpX`nt`¡p tbm]n«p*mNpw F¶p tSm¶nt¸m]n. SaÀ¶n^p¶p Mm³ At¸mta¡pw. tfma½]pw. Nfnjv¶p NnX¶ tfma½]psX bp_¯p NnX¶p Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ Wn½n]psX km] sbm¯n bnXn¨v AkapsX bqän A_ªp N]äns¡m*n^n¡p¶ tI«sW]m\v. Wn½n]psX Wo* WO§Ä tI«sâ bp_w fm´n sbman¡p¶p. ^*p Nm`pNÄ sNm*pw A]msa k^nªn^n¡p¶p AkÄ. tI«³ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX km]v¡Nt¯¡v SÅn N]än]t¸mÄ B sNm¨p sbm`]mXn BÀ¯nt]msX Du¼n k`n¨p. tI«Wpw skXn sbm«n… A]mÄ AkapsX Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯n Du_n. Np® Du^n FXp¯t¸mÄ Wn½n]psX SpXn¡p¶ bq_n Wn¶pw sNmjp¯ Np®¸m bp_t¯¡v HjpNn.
Mm³ tf^ns] tWm¡n. tf^n CknsX WX¶sSm¶pw tWm¡msS H^p fq`]n Ip^p*p NqXn fp«pNan fpOw NpWn¨n^n¡p¶p. Mm³ sfsà Fjpt¶äv tf^n]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v Ak^psX AXp¯n^p¶p. “”””tI¨o… tI¨n¡v kngfw Bt]m? C§sW BUyfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Bt\m H^p AWpekw?”
tf^n H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.Mm³ tf^n]psX tSma¯p ssN sk¨v Ft¶mXv tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p sW_pN]n H¶p Ipwdn¨p. sWän]n Wn¶pw Ak^psX N®pNant`¡pw Nknan`qsX Ip*nt`¡pw Fsâ Ip*p Wo§n]t¸mÄ tf^n NpS_n fm_m³ tWm¡n. bs£ Mm³ bnXn kn«nÃ. “”””tk* hmt_… Fs¶ knt«t^. hm_nWpw A]mÄ¡pw Bkly¯nWpÅSv B]n F¶v FWn¡_n]mw. CWn]nt¸m F´nWm hmt_ Fs¶ NqXn?”
CSp tN«t¸mÄ FWn¡v tkUW tSm¶n bt£ tf^n]psX ssN Fsâ Np®]n AfÀ¶Sv Fs¶ A¼^¸n¨p. “”””hm_nsâ Cu Np® N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ Mm³ sNmSn¨Sm\v. H^pbmXv B{Pin¡pN]pw sI]vSp. bNv–tg tk*. C¶v BUyfm]m\v Wn½n Fs¶ VnQ^n¨Sv. bp^pg·ms^ Dt¯Kn¸n¡m³ Wn½n fp³bpw s{lfn¨n«p*v. bs£ H^p b^nVn kn«v AkÄ tbm]n«nà C¶v ks^. Cu Nnak³ C§sW Aksa tWXn¡a]pw F¶p Mm³ hzbvW¯n tbm`pw N^pSo`.” Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ Wn½n emÀ¤k³ tI«sâ t^mfw Wn_ª fm_n S` Im]v¨p NnX¡pN]m\v. tfma½ Fjpt¶äv bp_t¯¡v tbm]n. fq{Sw Hjn¡m³ B]n^n¡pw. Mm³ tf^nt]mXv b_ªp. “”””tI¨n tbXn¡*. CknsX WX¶sSms¡ N*ntÃ. MmWpw SaÀ¶p. tfma½]psX NqSn]n H^pbmXv tW^w b®n]ntÃ. Np® tkUWn¡p¶p.” tf^n, Ak^psX N¿n C^p¶ F³s_Np¶ sfsà SXkn S¶p. Ak³ sfsà sfsà knX^m³ SpX§n.
“”””tf^n tI¨n km” Mm³ sbs«¶v Aks^]pw Nq«n fp_n¡v bp_¯n_§n. tW^w bmSn^m Njnªn^n¡p¶p. AXp¡a]n F¯n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Wn¶p. H¶pw fn*msS tf^n]psX fp*v b_ns¨Xp¯p. fp«nWp Smsj F¯p¶ H^p AXn¸mkmX D*v. ASpw Mm³ I^Xv k`n¨q^n. “”””hmt_…””
“”tI¨n H¶pw b_]*. FWn¡v tI¨osX Cu sNmjp¯ tNmSkpw koÀ¯ bq_pw D^p*pWn_ª sW]v sSmX]pw Hs¡ H¶p N*m fSn. km Fsâm¸w” Ak^psX ssN bnXn¨v Mm³ bp_¯n_§n Npan fp_n]n F¯n]t¸mÄ tfma½ AknsX S_]n C^p¶v bq_p NjpNp¶p. bqÀ\ WPvWWm] Ft¶msXm¸w H^p I« fm{Sw V^n¨p Wn¡p¶ tf^ns] AkÀ H¶p tWm¡n. H^p N¸n skÅw FXp¯v AknsX C^p¶p Ss¶ Fsâ Np® thm¸n«v NjpNn. “”””sNmS¯n B]n^p¶tÃm CSp ks^” tfma½ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.F¶n«v tf^ns] tWm¡n b_ªp. “”””Sn^nªp Wns¡Xo Nq¯n¨o”
tf^n kÃmSms]¦n`pw Mm³ tf^ns] bp_w Sn^n¨p NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n. tfma½ skÅkpw thm¸pw FXp¯p tf^n]psX tNmSkpw bq_pw NjpNn. W¶m]n thm¸v tS¨ kn^ tf^n]psX PpU¯n NX¶t¸mÄ AkÄ “”””imAB…iviviv”F¶p knan¨p. Mm³ Fsâ Np® AkapsX km]v¡pÅnt`¡v sk¨p. tfma½]psX kn^ bn¶n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶pw tf^n]psX Spap¼p¶ tNmS¯nsâ NqSn Spa]n`pw Fsâ Np® fp¶n NqXn tf^n]psX km]n`pw b®m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ tf^n]psX bq_p tWm¡n tfma½ b_ªp. “”””CkapsX NpªmXv WWªp hmt_”.
“”””tWm¡s«” Mm³ tf^n]psX km]n Wn¶pw Np® Du^n bn¶nt`¡v sI¶p. kn^nª B skap¯sNmSw N*t¸mÄ hin¨nÃ. NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n, sNm`¨ Np® AkapsX bq_nt`¡v N]äpt¼mÄ Wn`¯n^p¶ tfma½ Fsâ D*NÄ km]n`n«p I¸m³ SpX§n. I´nNÄ Sm§n bnXn¨p sNm*v Mm³ tf^ns] b®n. Np®]v¡v Wà tkUW D*v. bs£ Nm^yw B¡o`. tf^n sbs«¶v Ss¶ tcmfnt`s¡¯n. Mm³ AkapsX I«]v¡pÅn ssN C«v fp`Nan bnXn¨p sNm*v b®pt¼mÄ Fs´¶nÃm¯ H^p hpOw. H^p¯ns] b®pt¼mÄ tks_m^p¯n D* W¡p¶Snsâ H^p hpOw. ASpw ^*p fUm`h sNmS_m\nfmÀ…
bs£ knhvS^n¨p b®\w Fs¶m¶pw tSm¶n]nÃ. Fsâ Sm`vb^y¡p_kv tfma½ fWÊn`m¡n F¦n`pw Mm³ AXn WnÀ¯n]nÃ. tf^n Npanfp_n]ns` hvamdn bnXn¨p Wn¡pN]m\v. tfma½ fpt¶m«mMv tf^n]psX Ip*pNÄ Du¼n NpXn¨p.Mm³ tf^n]psX skap¯ tNmS¯n Fsâ ssN sNm*v BªXn¨p Ipk¸n¨p. Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯ns¡m*v tf^n B Wn¶ Wn¸n AkapsX A^s¡«v N_¡n AXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p* sNmSw N_§n k^p¶ NmjvI Fs¶ sN«p sbm«n¨p Naªp. Mm³ {btSyNn¨p H¶pw sIt¿*n k¶nÃ. Fsâ Np® tf^n]psX bqänt`¡pw Ip^¯n. Mm³ Aksa AfÀ¯n tIÀ¯p bnXn¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX SpXNÄ kn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. bq_nsâ tblnNÄ Fsâ Np®s] fp_p¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
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