D\À¶p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ fp_n]n Mm³ fm{Stf DÅp. {em´fm] D_¡w B]n^p¶p. bp_¯p Sq¼m lÐw tNÄ¡mw. KWm`]n`qsX tWm¡n]t¸mÄ emÀ¤k³ tI«³ b_¼n Npjn sk«pN]m\v. fj¡pjn B]n^n¡pw, AtSm Fs¶ sNm¶p Npjn¨p fqXm³ Bt\m Ft´m! Fjpt¶äv AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶p. tfma½s] Nm\\w. tI«³ Fs´¦n`pw {blvWw D*m¡nt]m F¶_n]\w. tfma½ {bmS D*m¡pN]m\v.
“”Bim hm_v Fjpt¶täm? Mm³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Wà D_¡w B]n^p¶p. ASm knan¡mSn^p¶Sv’ Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS sd©n C^p¶p. AkÀ H^p ¥mhv N«³ Im] sNm*p k¶p tfltf sk¨p. Mm³ sfsà tImUn¨p ,’C¶s` ^m{Sn]n WX¶SnsW bän tI«³ Fs´¦n`pw tImUnt¨m?’
tfma½ In^n¨p “”hm_v tbXn¡*. At§À¡v H^p S^n tbm`pw tdmVw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. ATkm Fs´¦n`pw Ns*¦n tbm`pw, hzbvWw Bs\¶p N^pSnt¡mapw’ F¶n«v AkÀ sfsà b_ªp “”As¸m Np«Wv tbXn D*v !’
“”CWn]nt¸m tbXn¨n«p Nm^yw CÃtÃm’ Mm³ ssN Wo«n tfma½]psX sNmjp¯p^p* fp`]n St`mXn. H^p kn^ sNm*v Ak^psX fp` sM«n kr¯w k^¨p. AkÀ H¶pw fn*msS Sn^nsN tKm`n sI¿m³ tbm]n. Mm³ AXp¡a kjn bp_t¯¡n_§n. D_s¡ knan¨p, “”tIt«m…’ A]mÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n “”Um k^p¶p hmt_’ Sq¼m AknsX sk¨v A]mÄ Fsâ AXps¯¯n. “”tI«³ C¶s` bqhm]n NnX¶p D_§n¡aªp … Wà Bam’ A]mÄ I½t`msX In^n¨p. “”kÃt¸mjpw Hs¡ A§sW bäpw hmt_. hm_n¶v– b©m]¯v B¸ohn tbmk*mt]m?’ bmkw. A]mÄ¡v H¶pw HmÀ½ Cà F¶v FWn¡p fWÊn`m]n. “”tbm\w. tI«³ H^p b¯p f\n Bkpt¼mÄ At§m«p k^q blpknsâ VW him]w Wfp¡v C¶p Ss¶ s_Zn B¡m³ tWm¡mw.’ tI«Wv ht´mgw B]n. M§Ä Nm¸n NpXn Hs¡ Njnªv, Mm³ Npan¨p s_Zn B]n tbmNm³ tW^w tfma½ fp_n]nt`¡v k¶p. “”D¨¡v– D®m³ k^ptkm?’
Mm³ Aks^ Ipän bnXn¨v SXn¨p f`À¶ Ip*pNÄ km]v¡pÅn B¡n I¸n k`n¨p. ssNNÄ sNm*v Ak^psX sNmjp¸v Wn_ª I´n NpX§Ä sM^n¨v Npj¨p. tfma½ Fsâ Njp¯n Ipän bnXn¨v Ak^psX Wmkv Fsâ km]v¡pÅnt`¡v SÅn N]än. Fsâ km]v¡pÅn tfma½]psX Wmkv bm¼nsW tbms` Cjªp. Fsâ Ip*p NXn¨o¼n. FWn¡p sWm´p. Mm³ Aks^ SÅn fmän. Nj¸naNn] B fmVN¯nX¼v Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p NnS¨p. “”tI«³ A¸p_¯p*v’ Mm³ b_ªp. “”Wo]tà Fs¶ N]_n bnXn¨Sv?’ AkÀ tImUn¨p. “”Wo D¨¡v k^\w. b®m³ AÃ. D®m³’ Mm³ h½Sn¨p. C_§n Hmcohnt`¡v tbm]n.
A¶v WÃ Sn^¡m]n^p¶p. bs£ fWÊv– CknsX AÃ. H^p sX³gWpw CÃmsS N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tfma½s] knhvS^n¨v H¶v– b®\w. Fsâ fWÊn ASm]n^p¶p. A§sW In´n¨n^n¡pt¼mÄ emÀPk³ tI«³ AknsX F¯n. bpÅn¡m^Wv ssKkkaw knä kN]n AknsX Wn¶pw Nn«m³ D*m]n^p¶ NpXnÈnN Mm³ km§n sNmXp¯p. blpknsW km§pkm³ DÅ VWhim]w WmÂbSnWm]n^w ^qb bmÊv B¡n sNmXp¡\w F¦n kntÃKv Hmcoh_psX N¿n Wn¶pw k^pfmW hÀ«ncn¡äpw km§n k^\w F¶p Mm³ b_ªp. Mm³ Ss¶ kntÃKv Hmcohn knan¨v Cu Nm^yw hwhm^n¨p. HmcohÀ ^*p f\ns¡ F¯pÅp AknsX. FWn¡v H^p sFZn] tSm¶n. Mm³ tI«tWmXv b_ªp. “”tI«³ kntÃKv Hmcohn tbmNp. Mm³ FÃmw b_ªn«p*v. HmcohÀ k^m³ Np_¨p sskNpw. F¶m`pw tI«³ At±is¯ N*v– hÀ«ncn¡äv km§n]ns« k^mkq. bn¶t¯¡p sk¨m WX¡nÃ. ASp Nn«n]m Wmsa Ss¶ Mm³ Ffu*v bmhm¡n S^mw’
“”Nm¯p Wn`vNp¶sSm¶pw {blvWw Aà hmt_. Mm³ ASp km§n k^mw. kntÃKv Hmcohnsâ AXp¯v Fsâ sb§apsX koXp*v. AknsX]pw H¶p N]_mw. Aan]³ Nps_ Wmam]n At§m«p knan¡p¶p ^s*®w AXn¡m³.. i i’ A]mÄ In^n¨p. “”Fsâ sbm¶p tI«m, skÅfXn¨n«p kntÃKv Hmcohs_ tbm]n Nm\^pSv. At±is¯ N*SnWp tlgw tk\sf¦n tI«³ cnäv B]nt¡m. tI«³ k^m³ sskNpw F¶v– Mm³ D®m³ tbmNpt¼mÄ tfma½ tI¨nt]mXv b_tª¡mw’
“”bs£ Mm³ sb§apsX ko«n tbmNpw F¶v hm_v AktamXv– b_]*. Akapfm^p S½n fpXnª Wm¯q³ tbm^m\v’
“”sl^n tI«m’ Mm³ h½Sn¨p.
A]mÄ tbm]SnWp bn¶ms` coÂZv kÀNv Ds*¶pw b_ªv MmWpw C_§n. {PmfthkN³ B]n tKm`n sI¿pt¼mÄ C§sW Nps_ huN^y§Ä D*v. ASymklyw Dj¸m³ bäpw. Mm³ tWs^ tfma½]psX ko«nt`¡v– sk¨p bnXn¨p.
C¶`s¯ Nan¡v tlgw tfma½]n H^pbmXv fmä§Ä D*m]n«p*v. tUgyw Hs¡ Np_ªp. bs£ Mm³ A_n]m¯ H^p Nm^yw Akan hwekn¨n^p¶p. H^pbmXv– Wmam]n Np® N]_msS Nj¸v Nq«n sk¨n^p¶ H^p skXn¸p^ B]n^p¶p tfma½. ASnWm\v Mm³ C¶s` So sNmap¯n]Sv. hzStk Nps_s]ms¡ WPvWS {bUÀln¸n¡p¶ H^p sI_n] FN-vhndngWnÌm ]n^p¶ tfma½ C¶v fpS ASnWv H^p ASnÀ¯n]pw sk]v¡msS B]n^p¶p. Ft¸mjpw NXn fq¯ Wmkp sNm*v Ip*pNÄ W¡n SpX¡pw. ssNNÄ fn¡km_pw `p¦n]psX fpNan NqXn bqän bnXn¡pw. fp` Nml¡pw. CsSms¡ fp³bpw sI¿m_ps*¦n`pw Ct¸mÄ B^psX fp¶n`pw Wn¶p sI¿pw. CsSms¡ Mm³ bn¶oXpÅ Unkh§an fWÊn`m¡n] Nm^y§Ä B\v. kjnt] b_]mw knlUfm]n.
Mm³ ko«ns`¯pt¼mÄ tfma½ bn¶m¼p_¯v C^p¶p Sp\n A`¡pN]m\v. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXp¡a]n Wn¶v Mm³ ASp tWm¡n. H^p b¨ »uhv B\v V^n¨n^n¡p¶Sv. Sos^ sI_n] H^p »uhv. tfma½ V^n¡pt¼mÄ ASnWv {dm F¶ tb^m\v NqXpS tI^pN Fs¶Wn¡p tSm¶n. tfma½]psX sshZv tbmhm\v FWn¡v Nm\m³ Njn]p¶Sv H^p SdqNv NÃnsâ fpNan C^p¶v fp¶n DÅ hnfâv Sn«]n Sp\n sk¨v Sn^p½p¶p. `p¦n Aà A^s¡«n Ipän]n^n¡p¶Sv– H^p tSmÀ¯m\v. Bk^psX skap¯ SpXNÄ bNpSn]pw bp_¯p Nm\mw. Ct¸mÄ Ak^psX fp¶nt`¡v sI¶m km bnaÀ¶ bq_p Nm\mw Fs¶Wn¡p tSm¶n. Mm³ fp_n]n tbm]n {Zhv fm_n H^p `p¦n FXp¯pXp¯p ko*pw AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶p. Mm³ k¶Sv tfma½ A_nªn«nÃ. Mm³ AXp¡a kmSn kjn bp_t¯¡v C_§m³ SpX§pt¼mÄ B\v H^p hv{So lÐw tN«Sv. Sn®]n Bt^m C^n¸p*v. Nm\m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. “”tU tI¨o, At§m«p tWm¡nt]…’ B lÐw tfma½t]mXv b_ªp. tfma½ kmjNq«¯nWv A¸p_¯pÅ Fsâ ko«nt`¡v tWm¡n. AknsX _qcv b\n¡v k¶ ^*p dwPman sI¡·mÀ tfma½]psX C^n¸pw tWm¡n Wn¸m\v. D{P³ SpX]pw fp`]pw Hs¡ Nm\mftÃm. “”cm-! Sms]manNsa… Wn³s_ SÅ]psX bq_p Nm\m³ Wn`vNpkmt\mZm fm]n^pNsa.’ tfma½ bp`]m«v SpX§n. bmkw sI¡·mÀ HmXn ko«n N]_n¡aªp. ko*pw In^n¨p sNm*v hv{So lÐw “”Ak·mÀ¡v fSn]m]n !’
Mm³ sfsà AXp¡a fpät¯¡v C_§n. “”Bim hms_¯nt]m? tfma½ tImUn¨p. Mm³ H¶p In^n¨n«v AknsX C^p¶ hv{Sos] tWm¡n. Fs¶ N*v– AkÀ Fjpt¶än^p¶p. tfma½ b_ªp, “”CSp h^a]m hmt_. W½psX ko«nWp bn_Nn Smfhn¡p¶…’ FWn¡_n]nÃ. F¶n«pw Mm³ “”Hm ASpsl^n’ F¶p b_ªp.
“”Mm³ CknsX Hä¡v C^n¡p¶Sv N*n«v AkÄ sk_psS k¶Sm. M§Ä Ct¸mÄ hm_nsâ Nm^yw b_]pkm]n^p¶p.’ Mm³ Sn®]nt`¡v C^p¶p sNm*p h^as] tWm¡n tImUn¨p “”Fsâ Nm^ytfm?’
“”AsSs¶, CkÄ¡v hm_ntWmXv b©m]¯ns` F´mt*m Nm^yw tImUn¡m³ D*v. Wo tImUnt¡Xn. hmÀ W½psX hz´w Bam’
h^a¡v S¿Â b\n B\v. t£f b²Sn]n b\w AX¡p¶SnsW bän Ft´m tImUn¨p. Mm³ h^as] tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. H^p A©Xn D]^tf D*mkq. H¯ SXn. fp*pw »uhpw tkgw. fm_n tSmÀ¯n«v f_¨n«p*v. C^pWn_w. fp`NÄ A{S k`pSÃ. F¶m`pw AhmfmWy Np*n. AkÀ Sn®]n C^p¶t¸mÄ fp*n fqXn] SpXNÄ¡v Wà fpjp¸pw tg¸pw Ds*¶p fWÊn`m]n. 40 Wp fpNan {bm]w Nm\pw.
Mm³ Akt^mXp b_ªp. “”t£f sbWvgWpÅ b\w AX¡m³ Njn]pw. Wn§Ä¡v F{S k]Êm]n?’ WmÂb¯m_p Njnªp. AkÄ b_ªp. ’55 k]ÊnWpÅn {bm]w DÅkÀ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AX¡m³ bäpw’ Mm³ b_ªp. F¶n«p tfma½s] tWm¡n tImUn¨p “”CknsX Bs^]m tI¨n SÅ¡p knan¨Sv?’
tfma½ In^n¨p. “”hm_nsâ ko«n b\n¡p k¶k·mÀ Mm³ CknsX C^p¶t¸mÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n Sn¶p¶p!.. sS_n b_]t* bns¶?’
Fsâ fWÊn fsäm^p In´ B]n^p¶p. h^a f^ymU¡v fqXn bpS¨p Sp\n Hs¡ DXp¯n«ps*¦n`pw, AkapsX fpOw knan¨p b_]p¶p H^p Nj¸n Bs\¶v. fmWyS]psX fpOwfqXn Bt\m F¶v H¶_n]m³ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p.
Mm³ tfma½s] tWm¡n b_ªp “”ASp bns¶ tI¨n]psX Cu C^n¸v N*m B^m]m`pw tWm¡n tbmNpw’ tfma½ S` I^n¨p Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n. Mm³ N®n_p¡n Nm\n¨p h^a Nm\msS. tfma½¡p Nm^yw bnXnNn«n. “”Hm bns¶ .. H¶p tbm hmt_. k]Êm] Fs¶ tWm¡n]n«v F´p sI¿mWm.. AsÃXo h^sa?’ h^a H¶pw fn*msS C^p¶p. “”hm_nWv A_n]tkm? Ckav Npan¡m³ tW^w CkapsX N¿m`bp_¯p CknXpÅ hN` tNm\]·m^pw bm¯p Wn¡pw. CkapsX Npan Nm\m³. Npanfp_n Ds*¦n`pw Nn\än³ N^]n bn_¶ bXn Wn¶v Npan¨ms` CkÄ¡v SrbvSn Bkq’ h^a CSp Sos^ {bSo£n¨nÃ. AbfmWw sNm*v AkapsX S` NpWnªp tbm]n. “”F´m tI¨o CSv? hm_nknsX C^n¡pt¼mÄ… Ip½mSm hmt_’ h^a Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ In^n¨p. “”Hm ASnWnt¸m F´m. Sp\n CÃmsS sk]n`¯p Wn¶v Npan¡p¶Sv H^p hpOfm’
tfma½ ssN NjpNn DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯n I´n Nq«n bnXn¨v SpX¨p sNm*v MmWn^p¶ Sn®¡p tWs^ WX¶p k¶p. “”hm_ntWmXv Mm³ H^p ^ihyw b_]mw’ F¶v b_ªpsNm*v AkÀ k`Sp Nm sbm¡n Sn®]n Fsâ hfobw NmÂbmUw sk¨v NpWnªp “”H^n¡Â H^p¯³ N¿m` ImXn Cksa N]_n bnXn¨p!’ CSp b_]m³ H^p Nm`p Sn®]n N]än sk¨p tfma½ NpWnªp Wn¶t¸mÄ AkÀ DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯nsâ bmanNÄ knXÀ¶p. tfma½]psX sNmjp¯ I¡ bq_v Fsâ fpO¯nWp tWs^ fp¶n bnaÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. h^a¡pw ASp Nm\mw F¶_n]msf¦n`pw Mm³ tfma½]psX bqän Wn¶pw Ns®Xp¯nÃ. k`n] bq_nSapNapw I¡^ N´pw bp_t¯¡v S` Wo«n Wn¸p*v. Mm³ ASp tWm¡n C^p¶v fqan. h^a Nm\vsN Mm³ ssN sNm*v `p¦n ¡p fpNan NqXn Fsâ N¼n Np® H¶pjnªp kn«p. F¶n«p h^as] tWm¡n tImUn¨p “”Bt\m? A§sW D*mt]m?’ AkÄ H¶pw fn*msS NpWnªn^p¶p. A§sW kn«m bänÃtÃm. Mm³ ko*pw tfma½]psX bq_nt`¡v tWm¡n tImUn¨p, “”tI¨n¡v Cu bqt_m¶p kXn¨p sk¨p NqsX? A¸Xn t^mfw B\tÃm.’ tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n “”sNmÅmw’ F¶v BwPyw Nm\n¨n«v b_ªp “”Hm kXn¨p sk¨m bns¶ e]¦^ NXn]m hmt_. Mm³ sk«ms_ DÅp. Wos]mXn?’ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ h^at]mXv tImUn¨p. hwPSn b´n]à F¶p h^a¡v fWÊn`m]n. “”Mm³ tbmNpkm tI¨o.’ AkÄ Fjpt¶äp.
tfma½ Nm`p Smjv¯n tWs^ Wn¶p. “”FXn tbmNm³ k^s«. FWn¡v Wnsâ H^p him]w tk\w.’
“”F´m tI¨o?’ h^a tImUn¨p
tfma½ AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_n. NqsX MmWpw. “”tN_n kmXo..’ tfma½ h^as] knan¨p. Akapw ANt¯¡v N]_n. Mm³ sd©n C^p¶p. tfma½]psX b²Sn F´ms\¶v A_n]nÃ.
“”Wo CknsX C^ps¶ h^sa’ AXp¡a]n NnX¶ sI_n] Ìqan h^a C^p¶p. FWn¡v bp_w Sn^nªm\v AkapsX C^n¸v. AkapsX fp¶n sI¶p bp_w Sn^nªp Wn¶ tfma½, “”FXo.. Fsâ NqSn]n kÃm¯ WoäÂ.’ F¶pw b_ªp DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯p A^ ks^ sbm¡n sk¨p NpWnªp Wn¶p ^*p ssN sNm*pw BWI´nNÄ bnaÀ¯n bnXn¨p “”Wos]m¶p tWm¡nt].. NqSn Spa]n fp_nkv kÃSpw Dt*m F¶v’ h^a Sn^nsªs¶ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ tfma½]psX kn^nª sW]v–sNmSw tWm¡n Ip*p WW¡p¶Sm\v N*Sv. AkÄ Iqant¸m]n. “”H¶p tWms¡Xn f]ns^.. Mm³ F{S tW^w C§sW Wnsâ fp¶n sNmSw sbman¨p Wn¡\w?’ tfma½ tImUn¨p. “”CknsX fp_nskm¶pw CÃ’ F¶p b_ªp h^a tSmÀ¯p Smjv¯n CXm³ SpX§n. Mm³ CXsb«p. “”fp_nkp*mkpw h^sa. tI¨n sk_psS b_]nÃtÃm’ M§apsX ^*p tb^psX]pw sb^pfmäkpw kÀ¯fmW¯nsâ ^oSn]pw tN« h^a¡v BsN¸msX Øn^dp²n Wãs¸Xp¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n. tfma½ Np*n]pw bnaÀ¶v NpWnªp Ss¶ Wn¸m\v. Mm³ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. “”H¶pNqXn AXpt¯¡v tWm¡n]m fp_nkpt*m F¶p Nm\m³ Njn]pw’ F¶p b_ªp Mm³ Ìqan C^p¶ h^a]psX ^*p ssN b¯nNapw sbm¡n tfma½]psX sNmjp¯p^p*p bn¶nt`¡v SÅn Wn¶ I´n NpX§apsX fpNan sk¨p sNmXp¯p. tfma½t]mXv b_ªp, “”tI¨o sNmSw H¶pNqsX bp_Nnt`¡v SÅn h^a tI¨n]psX fpO¯nsâ AXp¯p sk¨p sNmXp¡q. F¦n Asà AkÀ¡v tWs^ Nm\m³ bäq’ tfma½ Ak^psX I¡ sNmSw bn¶nt`¡v Hä SÅÂ. tfma½]psX tNmSkpw bq_pw h^a]psX fpO¯v H¶p S«n. h^a S` fmän. “”H¶p tkPw tWms¡Xo. C§sW NpWnªp Wn¶v FWn¡v WXp Nj¡p¶p.’ Mm³ N_§n tfma½]psX sshZn F¯n. tfma½]psX ssN bnXn¨p. tfma½ ^*p ssNNam`pw Fsâ A^s¡«n Ipän bnXn¨v Fs¶ sshZn WnÀ¯n. “”CknsX fp_nskm¶pw Cà tI¨o’ h^a ko*pw b_ªp. tfma½¡p tUgyw k¶p. “”Cksa sNm*v– bä¯nÃ. f^f*n. hmt_ dp²nfp«mknsæn hm_nsWm¶p tWm¡mtfm?’
Mm³ tfma½]psX ssN knXpkn¨p bp_Nnt`¡v sI¶p. h^at]mXv Fjpt¶Â¡m³ b_ªn«v Mm³ B Ìqan C^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv h^a CsSms¡ N*v– A´w kn«v Fsâ hfob¯p Wn¶p.
Mm³ ^*p ssN sNm*pw tfma½]psX skap¯p^p* k`n] I´nNapw sNmjp¯ SpXNapw SXkn St`mXn. F¶n«p B I´n NpX§sa bnaÀ¯n sk¨p t_mhv Wn_¯n DÅ PpU Uzm^w AXp¯p tWm¡p¶Sv tbms` Fsâ fq¡v sNm*v D^¨p. tfma½ Nm`pNÄ Nk¨p sk¨p S¶p.
NqSn¡v Smsj bnaÀ¶ bq_nt`¡v Mm³ tWm¡n. Ak^psX bq_¸w tSWn fp¡n FXp¯v tbms` WWªn^p¶p. “”tI¨o H¶p NqXn NpWnªp A`vbw NqXn sNmSw sbm¡n sbma¯n Wn¡mtkm? Mm³ tImUn¨p.
tfma½ ssNNÄ ^*pw Wn`¯p fp«n¨v NmÂfp«v fX¡msS Nm`N¯n NpWnªp Wn¶p.
“”fp_nskm¶pw Nm\m³ CÃ. ^mkns` sNmSw NjpNn]t¸mÄ Bt\m tI¨n¡v Wo_n]Sv?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”Bw…’ tfma½ b_ªp.
“”Np*n NjpNm³ tW^w tI¨n tNmS¯nsâ ANt¯¡v F¶p sk¨m Cu NqSn tSma ]nt`¡v kn^ N]än AsÃ? WOw sNm*n«p*mkpw’ ko«½]m] H^p hv{So AXp¯p Wn`vbp*v F¶pÅ H^p In´]pw CÃmsS]m\v Ftâ]pw tfma½]psX]pw hwhm^w. “”ASp Mm³ F¶pw kn^ tNmS¯nsâ AN¯p N]än Ss¶]m hmt_ NjpNp¶Sv. WOw sNm*p fp_n]nÃ’ tfma½ b_ªp.
“”H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw tfma½ tI¨o. Mm³ Cu NqSn Spa]n W¡mw. FknsX W¡pt¼mÄ B\v Wo_p¶Sv– F¶v tI¨n b_ªm fSn.’ f_pbXn¡v Nm¯p Wn¡msS Mm³ Ak^psX NqSn W¡n SpX¡m³ SpX§n. ^*p SpXNan`pw Fsâ ssNNÄ sNm*v– Ipän bnXn¨v Aks^ F¶nt`¡v AXp¸n¨p bnXn¨p. Fsâ fpOw Ak^psX AhmfmWy k`n¸w DÅ I´n bmanNÄ¡nX]n fp§n. Fsâ Wmkv– Ak^psX bn¶n`qsX tNmS¯n Wn¶pw bq_nt`¡v C_§n. ¹Nv ¹Nv lÐt¯msX Mm³ Ak^psX bq_n Wn¶pw sbm«ns]m`n¨ tS³ W¡n NpXn¨p sNm*n^p¶p. CsSms¡ N*v h^a Wn¶p kn]À¯p. tfma½ b_ªp…’Bim B…hm…hmt_ … Biv… bq_p W¡*…. bqän tkUW…B..]qiq… bqän tkUW Cà bq_m hmt_..’
Mm³ h^a¡v Nm\pkm³ bmN¯n tfma½]psX sNmSw bnaÀ¯n sk¨v , S_]nt`¡v C_§n C^p¶v tfma½]psX N´v Cu¼n NpXn¨p. h^as] H¶p tWm¡n] tlgw tfma½]psX bqänt`¡v ^*p kn^ N]än Ca¡n. “”Fsâ sbm¶p hmt_…bq_p Sn¶*.. Bim…im… kn^`n«p Ca¡msS hmt_… C§sW sI]vSm FWn¡v S^n¸v CaNpw F¶p b_s]Xn h^sa hm_ntWmXv’
h^a Fsâ tSma¯p ssN sk¨p. Mm³ Sn^nªv Aksa tWm¡n. Fsâ fpOw fpjpk³ tfma½]psX bqÀ tSWn WWªn^p¶p.
“”AknsX tks*¶v tI¨n b_]p¶p…’ h^a fXn¨v fXn¨p Ft¶mXv b_ªp.
“”sNmSw fm{Sw W¡n]m fSnt]m tfmta’ Mm³ tfma½t]mXv tImUn¨p.””fSntfmsW’tfma½b_ªp’dp²nfp«nsænÂNqSn¡pÅnt`¡vWms¡m¶ptNäv.AknsXfp_nkpt*mF¶vtWm¡mt`m’
Mm³Ak^psXNqSn]nÂko*pwWmkpfp«n¨t¸mÄ,h^aH¶pwfn*msSAknsXWn¶pwC_§nAkapsXko«nt`¡vHmXntbm]n.
AkapsXHm«wN*tfma½]pwMmWpwD_s¡D_s¡In^n¨p.
SpX^pw…