tfma½]psX {em´v
NfâpNÄ¡pw t{bmÕmiW¯nWpw Wµn.
SpX^p¶p…
Mm³ tfma½s] b®nt]m CÃt]m? FWn¡p tbm`pw ASp SoÀ¨s¸Xp¯m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. Sp\n Du^msS b®m³ Njn]pw F¶pÅSv Fsâ ss`wPnN In´Nant`¡v– bpSn] skan¨w kojv¯n] A_nkm]n^p¶p. Ahv{S{bÚ³ Fs¶ms¡ sN«ns« DÅp. Cs¸m N®mXn]n tWm¡n]m FWn¡p Nm\mw H^p Bhv{S{bÚ Npfm^sW.
AknsX C^n¡m³ fWÊp k¶nÃ. tbjvhpw FXp¯p bp_t¯¡v C_§n. NX]n tbm]n H^p bm]v¡äv hnP_äv km§n. bpN]pw kn«p bSps¡ Sn^nsN WX¡pt¼mÄ Fsâ fWÊn fpjpk³ tfma½]psX l^o^w B]n^p¶p. AkÀ `p¦n bp_¯p NqXn Fsâ Np® bq_nt`¡v Smjv¯pt¼mÄ AkapsX sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ bnjnt]*Sm]n^p¶p. AÔman¨p tbm] fWÊn In´mtlgn D*m]n«p tkt*? Asæn`pw Fsâ ^*p ssNNapw sNm*v Mm³ Ak^psX I´n¸manNÄ AN¯n bnXn¨n^n¡pN B]n^p¶tÃm. A©p fnWnäv tbm`pw Wo*p Wn¡m¯ Nan B]n^ps¶¦n`pw W¶m]n B]mhs¸«p. C{Ss]ms¡s] WX¡s¯mtÅm? fWÊ_nªp H¶p b®m³ S^msS sbm`]mXn Fs¶ Du¼n¡ptfm Fs¶m^p hwl]w D*v. C§sW Hmt^m¶p In´n¨v ko«n Sn^nsN F¯n. tI«Wpw tfma½]pw D½_¯n^¶p Im] NpXn¡p¶p. tfma½ `p¦n fmän tks_ D*p¯n«p*v. Fs¶ N*Spw, ‘AtÃ.. Mm³ Im] C«p k¶t¸mÄ hm_nsW N*nÃ. CSnknsX tbm]Sm H¶pw fn*msS? hm_n^n¡p Mm³ Im] FXp¯n«p k^mw.’ CSpw b_ªp tfma½ Fjpt¶äp ANt¯¡v tbm]n. Ct¸mÄ Ak^psX khv{SVm^\¯n In` fmä§Ä D*m]n^p¶p. »uhv ASp Ss¶ Bs\¦n`pw `p¦n kas^ sI_pSm\v. bj]Sms\¶p tSm¶p¶p. A^s¡«nWpw H^pbmXv Smjv¯n B\v DXp¯n«pÅsS¦n`pw fp«nWv Np_¨p Smsj ks^ fm{Stf ASnsâ C_¡fpÅp. SXn¨p skap¯ N\wNm`pNÄ fp¡m`pw bp_¯p Nm\mw. Spap¼p¶ k]_pw A^s¡«pw bqÀ®fm]pw Nm\m³ Nj]pw. BKmWpdmip B] H^p sb®pwbnÅ Ss¶. Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp. tWXpko^³ Nj¸n.
AkÄ sNm*p k¶ Im] Mm³ NpXn¨p. WÃ Im].
emÀPk³ tI«³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp, ‘hm_v bp_t¯¡p tbm]t¸mÄ hm_nsâ ko«pXfس tPmbn]mlm³ k¶n^p¶p. Wmsa sNm*p b\n So^nÃmt{S. HmXv fm{Sw Aà {Ukn¨ Njpt¡ms`ms¡ fmä\w. H^mjvI FXp¡pw. hm_nWv CknsX H^mjvI Wn`vNmtfm F¶p tImUn¡mWm k¶Sv. hm_ntWmXv tImUn¡msS Mm³ AS§v h½Sn¨p’ tI«³ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p, ‘hm_nWp {blvWw H¶pw CÃtÃm AsÃ?’ Mm³ fmWy³ B]n. ‘At¿m ASp Wn§Ä¡p k`n] dp²nfp«mkntÃ? H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw. Mm³ tI«Wv H^p kmXN S^mw.’ tI«³ In^n¨p. ‘AsSm¶pw tk* hmt_. FWn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ht´mgtf DÅp’
‘ASp bänà tI«m.’ Mm³ tbjvhn Wn¶pw B]n^w ^qb FXp¯p tI«sâ N¿n bnXn¸n¨p. ‘tI«³ CSp km§\w’ A]mapsX em^ys] tNm\¡m³ tbmNp¶Snsâ H^p NpätdmVw Fsâ fWÊn FknsXt]m D*m]n^p¶p. AS§p fm_pftÃm. AN¯p Wn¶pw k¶ tfma½ CSp N*p. AkÀ k¶p A]mapsX N¿n Wn¶pw B b\w bnXn¨p km§n. ‘hmt_ Ct§s^ ssbh G¸n¨m As¸m Ss¶ Np¸n km§m³ tbmNpw. CSp Mm³ hq£nt¨mamw’ AkÀ ssbh]pw km§n DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. tI«sâ fpOw f§n. Mm³ ko*pw H^p Aªq_nsâ tWms«Xp¯p tI«sâ N¿n sNmXp¯p. ‘CSp kmXN AÃ. tI«³ tbm]n ^*p Np¸n FXp¯p km. _w fSn. Wfp¡v ^m{Sn AXn¡mw’ b^fmWµw! tI«³ dWn]Wpw C«p Nk`]nt`¡p tbm]n. H^p Wnfngw AknsX C^p¶ tlgw Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n. Ct¸mÄ Cu ko«n MmWpw H^p fUm`h Nj¸n]pw fm{Sw.
tfma½ AXp¡a]n B\v. Mm³ AXp¡a kmSn`n Im^n Aks^ tWm¡n Fsâ bmSn N¼n B] Np® M^Xn Wn¶p. tfma½]psX tWÀ¯ »uhn NqXn fp` sM«nâ kr¯w kyàfm]n Nm\mw. fp´n^n k`n¸w DÅ fp` Nm¼v NÃn¨p fp¶nt`¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p. AkÀ tS§m A^¡pN]m\v. A^¡pt¼mÄ fpt¶m«pw bnt¶m«pw BXp¶ sb^pwI´nNÄ. kn^nª A^s¡«v. `p¦n¡pÅn Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶ SXn¨p^p* SpXNÄ. NXn¨p b_n¨p Sn¶m³ tSm¶n FWn¡ks^.
‘tI«³ Nk`]nt`¡p tbm]n’ Mm³ b_ªp. AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n]nÃ. ‘tI¨o…’ Mm³ knan¨t¸mÄ AkÀ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Mm³ `p¦n¡pÅn Wn¶pw Np® bp_t¯s¡Xp¯p Nm\n¨p. ‘tkt*?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n AkÀ D_s¡ In^n¨p. ‘CSp NjpNmsS WX¡pkmt\m kr¯n tN«ksW?’ At¸mjm\v Mm³ ASp s{l²n¨Sv. Fsâ Np®tf fpjpk³ Np®¸m D\§n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p. At¶^w tfma½]psX `p¦n tf DÅ sbmSn¸p Njnªv A¸msX C_§n bp_t¯¡v tbm]StÃ. NjpNm³ f_¶p. tdmVw tkt*?
AkÀ H^p sfm´ skÅw FXp¯p S¶p. ‘WsÃm^p H`n¸³ Np®]m Wnsâ. ASp kr¯n]m]n sNm*p WX¡m³ BUyw bYn¡v Wo. Um NjpNv’
Mm³ sfm´ km§n bp_t¯¡p tbmNm³ SpX§n. ‘bp_¯p tbm*. AknsX Wn¶p NjpNn]m fSn. Wnsâ Np® sSm`n¨p sfm´¡pÅnt`¡p C_¡v.’ AkÀ Ak^psX ^*p N¿pw CXp¸n Np¯n H^p fpS`mans] tbms` Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p. D´n] k^n¡ I¡ fp`NÄ H¶p NqXn SÅn bnXn¨v A`vbw sManªm\v Wn¸v.
Mm³ Fsâ Np® H^p ssN sNm*v sSm`n¨p bnXn¨p f_pN¿n C^p¶ sfm´]ns` S\p¯ skůnt`¡v C_¡n. Wà hpOw. ‘CWn Np® sk¨p Wo B skÅw N`¡v’ AXp¯ HmÀZÀ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv h¼m_n Skn C«na¡p¶ tbms` Mm³ sI]vSp. AkÀ H^p tSmÀs¯Xp¯p Fsâ tWs^ F_nªp. ‘SpX¨p kr¯n Bs¡Xm hmt_’ sfm´ tfl¸p_¯p sk¨p Mm³ tSmÀs¯Xp¯p Np® W¶m]n SpX¨p. tfma½ tfltf Wn¶pw B sfm´ FXp¯v ASn Wn¶pw Mm³ Np® NjpNn] skÅw Ak^psX km]nt`¡v Hjn¨v NpXn¨p. AÔman¨p tbm]n Mm³. dipfmWw sNm*mt\m Nmfw sNm*mt\m F¶_n]nÃ. Fsâ Np«³ ImXn F\oäv– h`yq«v AXn¨p Wn¶p tbm]n AkapsX Np®Umiw N*n«v. N¼n Np®]pw bnXn¨p Wn¶v Mm³ b_ªp. ‘tI«³ k^pw fpt¼ H¶p Sm tI¨o’ AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n ‘FXm, Cu kN tbXn¯q_nNsa Fsâ Nk¡nX]n Mm³ N]äm_nÃ. WnW¡v ssV^yw Ds*¦n At§^v CknsX DÅt¸mÄ Fs¶ b®m³ km. Wo b_]p¶Sv FÃmw Mm³ sI¿mw. NÅskXn sk]v¡m³ GSp b«n¡pw bäpw. ASo tfma½]psX AXp¯p WX¡nÃ.’
‘FWn¡v ssV^yw CÃmªn«Ã. tI«³ N*m {blvWw BNntà tI¨o?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¶v– Ak^psX bq_p sIm_nªp. ‘N*m {blvWw BNpw. ASnsâ S^¯n ASp sI¿p¶Sv Wnsâ fnXp¡v. F´m]m`pw Han¨n^p¶v b®m³ FWn¡v Sos^ SmÂb^yfnÃ’ AkÀ SpXÀ¶p ‘WnW¡v B\¯w Dt*m F¶p Mm³ tWm¡s«. GSp sb®pw sNmSn¡p¶ H^p Nm`³ Np® WnW¡p*v. bs£ ASp fm{Sw tbm^ hmt_. sk_pw S_]n Fs¶ SÅn C«v, Fsâ S` S_]n Ikn«n bnXn¨v Fsâ sNmSw No_n b®m³ WnW¡v Njn]\w. ASnWv Np®¡p_¸v fm{Sw tbm^m. I¦nWv D_¸v tk\w.’ CSpw b_ªv AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n Ak^psX fp` Nl¡n sM^n¨p. »uhnWv fpNan NqXn fp` sM«p WpÅn k`n¨p. f_pN¿m bq_p MknXn Npj¨p. ‘FXm Sm]mao, Nj¸v fq¯p Wn`vNpN]m Mm³. Fsâ fpSp bqän Wnsâ Caw Np® NX ks^ N]än Ca¡m³. bm`n WWª Wnsâ hmVWw Fsâ I¡ tNmS Spa]n BªXn¸n¡m³. tNmS¯n Wn¶pw ASv k`n¨q^n FXp¯v A®m¡v sbm«pw ks^ Du¼m³. Mm³ CSnsWms¡ sNmSn¨v BÀ¯nt]msX C^n¡pkm. bs£ C§sW Han¨n^p¶p Nan¡m³ DÅ Dt±lw sk¨v Wo CWn Fsâ AXp¯p k¶m Mm³ Wnsâ b_n sk«n b«n¡v sNmXp¡pw’ AkÀ H^p {em´ns] tbms` Wn¶v NnS¨p. C§sW H^p Nj¸ns] Mm³ A¶mav ks^ h¦`vbn¨n«p tbm`pw CÃm]n^p¶p.Ct¸mÄ Cksa b®m³ Nn«n]m tbm`pw CkÄ Fs¶ b®n sNm¶pNa]pw F¶v FWn¡p tSm¶n. NX`p tbms` Bj¯n Nj¸pÅ bq_n B\v. Ck^psX Nj¸v SoÀ¯p sNmXp¡\w. AhmfmWyfm] Bt^mPyw Cu {bm]¯n`pw AkÀ¡v D*v. Nn«n]m b®n f^n¡mw. ‘tI¨o, Wo tWm¡nt¡m. Wns¶ Mm³ tNm\]v¡pw. Fsâ b_n sbm«ns¯_n¡pw ks^ Wns¶ Mm³ tNm\]v¡pw.’ BSv-fknlzmht¯msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ CSp b_]p¶Sv tN«t¸mÄ AkÀ H¶p bp©n^n¨p.
fpä¯p Nm`W¡w tN«p. ‘At§^p ks¶¶v tSm¶p¶p. hm_nknsX Cu sd©n k¶n^n¡v. C§sW Wn¶m `p¦n¡pÅn Np® N¼n B]n C^n¡p¶Sv At§^p Nm\pw.’ Mm³ Sotfl]psX sd©n C^p¶p. tI«³ AXp¡a]nt`¡v k¶p. ‘hm_nknsX C^n¡pkmt\m? Mm³ N^pSn ko*pw bp_t¯¡p tbms]¶v.’ N¿n`n^p¶ NkÀ tI«³ tfl¸p_¯p sk¨p. ^*p cpÄ. H^p bm¡äv fn¨À.
‘Wn§Ä ^*pw ko*pw NpXn¡m³ DÅ b^nbmXn Bt\m?’ tfma½ tS§m A^¡p¶SnWnX]n tImUn¨p. ‘hÔy hf]¯v AXp¡a]n C^p¶v NpXn¡*. Wn§Ä fp¶n`s¯ fp_n]nt`¡v C^pt¶maq’ tfma½ CSp b_ªt¸mÄ B\v Mm³ hf]s¯ bän tdmVkm³ B]Sv. B_^ BNp¶p. Wmsa Sn¦amjv¨ B\v. tKm`n¡p tbmtN*Sm. CSp sfm¯w NpXn¨m In`t¸mÄ ^mkns` S` sbm§nÃ. ‘tI«m Wmsa b©m]¯n tbmtN*StÃ. Mm³ ^s*®tf AXn¡p¶pÅq. tI«³ bqhm]nt¡m.’ tI«³ Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n ‘Hm.. Hä¡v bqhm]m F´m H^p ^hw?’ M§Ä ^*p tb^pw H^p Np¸n]pw skÅkpw Hs¡ FXp¯v fp¶ns` fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. fq¶v fp_nNÄ B\v B ko«n D*m]n^p¶Sv. H¶n Mm³, fsäm¶n AkÀ ^*ptb^pw. fq¶mfs¯ fp_n]n H¶pw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. N«n tbm`pw. fp_n]psX H^pemP¯p H^p KWm` D*v. tI«³ ASp Sp_¶n«p. F¶n«p M§Ä fp_n]psX WXpkn S_]n C^p¶p. tI«³ ¥mÊn _w Hjn¨p. At¸mta¡pw tfma½ H^p bm{S¯n k_p¯ foWpw B]n k¶p. f_pN¿n H^p Np¸n D*v. N£Sv H^p bpÂbm] Ip^p«n sk¨n«p*v. ‘Bim Wn§Ä sk_pw S_]n C^pt¶m?’ CSpw tImUn¨p sNm*v– AkÀ bm] KWm`]psX emP¯v Ipf^nWXv tIÀ¯v kn^n¨p. bm] kn^n¡m³ NpWnªt¸mÄ Ak^psX eof³ fp`NÄ Sq§n BXp¶p*m]n^p¶p. tI«Wv bp_Nn B]SnWm FWn¡v fm{Stf Nm\m³ Nj]q. At¸mam\v Mm³ ASv s{l²n¨Sv. »uhnsâ Wm`p iq¡pNan fpNan DÅ ^s*®w Ajn¨n«n^n¡p¶p. Asæn Ss¶ Cu »uhv A_pkm\n¨n]psX fp`]psX bNpSn fm{Stf f_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶pÅq. Ct¸mÄ fp¡m`pw skan]n B\v fpNan NqXn. »uhnWpÅn sM§n kn§n C^n¡p¶ k¼³ fp`NÄ dm¡n]pÅ iqNv sbm«n¨p bp_¯p ImXpw F¶v– FWn¡p tSm¶n.
KWm`]pÅ Ipf^n Im^n AkÀ B bm]]n Nm`p Wo«n C^p¶p N¿n DÅ Np¸n Sp_¶p. VWz´n^w Npj¼nsâ irUyfm] PÔw fp_n]n Wn_ªp. tI«³ Sn^nªv– Aks^ tWm¡n. ‘Wo CknsX C^p¶v Npj¼p tS¡m³ tbmNpkmt\m?’ tfma½ `p¦n D]À¯n SpXNapsX bNpSn ks^ B¡n sk¨n«v b_ªp, ‘Fsâ Nm`ns`ms¡ Wà tkUW D*v fWpgym. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn§Ä F´m]m`pw CknsX C^p¶p NpXn¡pktÃ? CX¡v Fsâ Nms`m¶v Sn^p½n sNm*v NpXnt¨maq. At§t^mXv H¶p b_]q hmt_’ AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n.
‘SXkn sNmXp¡v tI«m…’ Mm³ b_ªp ‘Nm`nWv Nj¸p*mkpw.’ A]mÄ H¶pw fn*msS ¥mhv Nm`n]m¡n AXp¯Sv Hjn¨p. ‘tU Wn§Ä SXkn]nsæn Mm³ hm_nsW sNm*p SXkn¡pw. B sNm¨Wv tbm`pw fWÊn`m]n Fsâ Nj¸v’ tI«³ fpOw NXp¸n¨v C^n¡pN]m\v. Hä k`n¡v AXp¯Spw A]mÄ Nm`n]m¡n. tfma½ SpX]n AXn¨p Smaw bnXn¨v C^p¶p. Hmt^m AXn]n`pw B sNmjp¯ SpX Spap¼p¶Spw tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp. ‘Mm³ CknsX C^n¡p¶Sv {blvWw Bs\¦n Mm³ A¸p_t¯¡v tbmNmw tI«m’ tI«³ Nãs¸«p fpOs¯m^p In^n k^p¯n. ‘Hm bnt¶. Fsâ fp«n A`vbw Npj¼p tS]v¡p¶SnWp hms_´nWm bp_¯p tbmt\? At§^p tS¨p S^pw.’
‘Sn^p½n sNmXp¡v tI«m’ F¶p b_ªpsNm*v Mm³ Np¸n FXp¯p ¥mhpNÄ ko*pw Wn_¨p. Fsâ ¥mÊn fm{Sw skÅw Hjn¨p. tks_ kjn CÃm¯Sp Nm^\w ASpw NqXn AXn¨n«v tI«³ tfma½]psX tWs^ Sn^nªn^p¶p. tfma½ `p¦n A`vbw NqXn sS^p¯p N]än Nm`pNÄNv CX]nt`¡v Sn^pNn sk¨v Nm`N¯n C^p¶p sNmXp¯p. F¶n«p Npj¼v N¿n FXp¯v k`Sv– bmU¯n Wn¶pw fp«p kjn SpX]psX bNpSn ks^ Hjn¨p. ‘sSmX]n Wn¶pw bmU¯nt`¡v Sn^p½ns].’ tI«³ ^*p ssNNam`pw Sn^p½n SpX§n. “”SpX””¡v bN^w tfma½ “”sSmX”” F¶p b_ªSv FWn¡v A§p Cãs¸«p. tI«sâ ^*p ssN¸¯n tIÀ¶m`pw tfma½]psX H^p SpX]psX bNpSn Ipäakv tbm`pw NkÀ BknÃ. Mm³ ¥mhv N¿n FXp¯v FSnÀ kl¯pÅ Ipf^n Im^n C^p¶v– Cu ho³ BhzUn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ A]mtamXv b_ªp ‘tI«m… sSmX W¶m]n Nl¡n Sn^p½\w. F¦nt` Nm^yfpÅp.’ tfma½]pw b_ªp ‘sl^n]m… sSmX W¶m]n AfÀ¯n tk\w SXkm³.’ F¶n«v AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p, ‘Fsâ sSmX¡p NWw NqXpS Bt\m hmt_?’ B tImUyw Mm³ {bSo£n¨nÃ. F¦n`pw Mm³ Akh^¯nWv H¯p]À¶p. ‘F]v– NqXpS H¶pw AÃ. C{Ss]ms¡ tkt* sb®p§am]mÂ?’ tI«³ H¶pw fn*msS NpWnªn^n¡pN]m\v. tfma½ b_ªp ‘F¶m`pw FWn¡v In`t¸mÄ tSm¶pw Fsâ sSmX]pw tNmSkpw Hs¡ H¯n^n k`pSms\¶v.’ CSpw b_ªp tfma½ CXs¯ Nm fX¡n Np¯n sk¨p. Ct¸mÄ FWn¡v fX¡n sk¨ Nm`nsâ bn³ SpX I´n ks^ Nm\mw. ‘Nm`p Wo«n sk]v–s¡Xn.’ tI«³ fp^*p. ‘ASnWp Wn§Ä k`Sp Nm Asà Sn^pfpt¶? ‘ A]mÄ d`fm]n tfma½]psX CXSp Nm`pw k`n¨p Wo«n sk¨n«v ASn`pw Npj¼p tS¨p. ‘tU fWpgym, Wn§Ä C§sW tfm´ C_¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^n¡ptkm¶pw tk*. Fsâ sSmX N*m hm_nWp Np® sbm§ptkm¶pw CÃ. Asà hmt_?’ Mm³ In^n¨p. ‘tI«³ W¶m]n H¶v Djnªp sNmXp tI«m. W½Ä C{S]pw AXp¸¡m^tà Cs¸m? Mm³ Ns*¶p sk¨p {blvWw H¶pw CÃ’ Mm³ tfma½t]mXpw b_ªp ‘tI¨n H^p Nm^yw sI]v. bm]]n f`À¶v NnX¡v–. At¸mÄ tI«Wv SXkmWpw Fap¸w D*tÃm’ tNÄt¡* Smfhw tfma½ f`À¶p NnX¶p. Nm`pNÄ Np_¨p AN¯n sk¨p. `p¦n Np_¨p NqXn sbm¡n. Ct¸mÄ gZn C«Sp tbms` B\v tfma½]psX `p¦n. AkÄ k`Sp ssN sk¨p `p¦n bq_nsW sbmSn]pw tbms` bnXn¨p. F¶m AkÀ `p¦n bnXn¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶Sv Asöpw Ak^psX CZv[`n bq_nsW bq*X¡w bnXn¨p Nl¡n hpOn¡pN]ms\¶pw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. FWn¡p bp_w Sn^nªn^p¶m\v tI«³ AkapsX Nm`p Sn^p½p¶Sv. ASnWm A]mÄ¡v Fs¶ Nm\m³ Njn]nÃ. bs£ Mm³ CSv N*v BhzUn¨p C^n¡pkms\¶v– A]mÄ¡p W¶m]n A_n]mw. CSnWnX]n tfma½ ‘kÃm¯ sW©v F^n¨nÂ’ F¶pw b_ªp H^p ssN sNm*v H^p ssN sNm*v sW©n SXkm³ SpX§n. H¶p ^*p k«w SXkn] tlgw AkÄ H^p fp`]n ssN sk¨v fp` làn]m]n MknXn bnjnªpsNm*n^p¶p. Fs´m^p NmjvI! eÀ¯mknsW sNm*p Nm`p SXkn¡p¶ hf]¯pw fUm`hm]m] B sW]v I^¡v H^p AWy bp^pgsâ fp¶n f`À¶p NnX¶v H^p ssN sNm*v bq_pw f_p ssN sNm*v fp`]pw sM^n¨p Npj¨v ^hn¡p¶p -! Mm³ Fsâ `p¦n bmanNÄ AN¯n N¼n]m] Np® skan]n FXp¯v tfma½ Nm\vsN sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. tfma½ S` sI^n¨p BÀ¯nt]msX Fsâ Np® tWm¡n f`À¶v NnX¶p. AkÀ Wmkp bp_t¯¡v– Wo«n Ssâ Ipk¶p SXn¨ Ip*pNÄ W¡n SpX¨p. ‘fSn]tÃm AsÃ?’ tI«³ tImUn¨p. ‘Nm`nsâ bp_Np klw NqXn’ F¶pw b_ªp tfma½ Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p. D]À¶p Wn¡p¶ I´n NpX§Ä. I´n fm{Stf `p¦n f_]v¡p¶pÅq. bnWv SpXNÄ bqÀ®fm]pw WPvWw. H¶v– AXp¯p Nm\\w. Mm³ ko*pw H^p ¥mÊn _w Hjn¨v Fjpt¶äv tI«sâ AXps¯¯n. ‘Um tI«m… bnXn¸n¡v’ Mm³ sNmSn¨ Fsâ ssS Nnakn sW]v sbm`]mXn Fsâ H^p ssN¸mXNs`! AkapsX CXs¯ bn³ SpX]n H^p f_pNv–. ^*pw N`vbn¨v Mm³ ASn sSm«p ‘tI«m CknsX Ft´m bän C^n¡p¶p’ A]mÄ sM«nt¸m]n. ‘AsSm^p f_pNm hmt_’ tfma½ b_ªp. Bt\m F¶v tImUn¨p sNm*p Mm³ ASv WpÅn FXp¡m³ tWm¡n. ‘sim! tWmkn¡msS hmt_’ ,tfma½.
tI«³ At¸mta¡pw Wà cnäv B]n^p¶p. BXp¶p*v. SXkp¶SnWpw d`w CÃ. H¶p NqXn sNmXp¯m kojpw. ‘tI«m hmVWw SoÀ¶p. Mm³ AXp¡a]n tbm]n ftä Np¸n FXp¯p k^mw.’ Mm³ AXp¡a]nt`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm]n. Np¸n FXp¯p Sn^nsN k¶t¸mÄ N* NmjvI-! tfma½]psX `p¦n A^ªm\w tbms` NnX¡p¶p. tI«³ tfma½]psX SpXNÄ¡v fpNan C^p¶v skap¯p sNmjp¯ sNmSw fpjpk³ Npj¼n«p SXkp¶p. AkapsX D^p*p SXn¨ SpXNÄ¡v fpNan C^n¡p¶ sf`nª B fWpgy³ fUy `i^n]n BXp¶p*v. Mm³ Np¸n]psX AX¸v Sp_¶v A]mapsX A^nNn sI¶p. tfma½]psX H^p ssN AkapsX l^o^¯nWXn]n B\v. sbm`]mXn N´v M^XpN]ms\¶p tSm¶p¶p. A^s¡«v Sma¯n AW§p¶p. ‘tI«³ Wà bqhm]tÃm. CWn tk*m]n^n¡pw’ Mm³ b_ªp.
‘Wo tbmXm f]ns^’ Npjª km¡pNÄ. Mm³ In^n¨p. F¶n«p Np¸n A]mapsX Ip*n fp«n¨p sNmXp¯p. “”tI«³ NpXn tI«m’ A]mÄ ^*p NknÄ C_¡n]t¸mÄ Ipf¨p. Np¸n]n Wn¶pw fUyw tfma½]psX I´nNan ko\p. “”At¿’ F¶p b_ªp Mm³ tfma½]psX I´nNpX§Ä ssN sNm*v SXkn. tdmVfnÃm¯ B fWpgy³ ASpw tWm¡n AkapsX SpX]n C^n¡pN]m\v. tfma½ Sn^nªp tWm¡n b_ªp. “”ASp hm_v SpXt¡*. emÀPk³ tI«³ W¡n NpXnt¨mapw’ Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n. “”tfma½ b_ªSp tN«nsÃXm Sm]mao? AkapsX tNmS¯n ko\ NÅv W¡n NpXns¡Xm. Mm³ A`_n. A]mÄ Ak^psX bp_¯p Wn¶pw C_§n Nm fp«n C^p¶v B sW]v–Np*n W¡pkm³ SpX§n. Mm³ Np¸n]n Wn¶pw ko*pw fUyw AkapsX I´n]n Hjn¨p. tfma½ In^n¨p sNm*v CSp tWm¡n NnX¶p. Mm³ tfma½]psX A^nNn C^p¶v– AkapsX S` Fsâ fXn]n sk¨p. AkÄ Fsâ `p¦n¡pÅn ssN C«v– Fsâ N¼n Np® bnXn¨p sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. tfma½ emÀ¤ksâ fpO¯v tWm¡n b_ªp, “”I´n bp_¯p fm{Sw AÃ. NqSn knXkn`pw NÅp ko\n«p*v. sbma¶p sk¨p W¡n SpX]vNv emÀPPtk«m.’ F¶n«v Ft¶mXv b_ªp, “”bmk¯nWv bäp¶nà hmt_. Fsâ sNmSw hms_m¶v sbma¶p bnXn¨p sNmXp¯m At§À¡v AsSm^p him]w B]n^n¡pw’ Mm³ ko*pw Fjpt¶äv tI«sâ AXp¯p sI¶v tfma½]psX fpjp¯ sNmSw ^*p ssN sNm*pw bnaÀ¶p bnXn¨p sk¨p. “”Ws¡Xm CkapsX So« Npjn’ “”H¶p Ip½mSn^n hmt_ So«w H¶pw Cà AknsX. AsSms¡ kr¯n]m]n kn^`n«p NjpNo«m Mm³ Ct§m«p k¶Sv’ tfma½ b_ªSv hSyw B]n^p¶p. Wà t_mhv Wn_¯n`pÅ f`Uzm^w. A]mÄ AknsX Wmkn«v Ipjäp¶p. tdmVw Csæn`pw W¡m³ A_n]mw.
ko*pw tfma½, “”Ct§^nSv F´m sI¿pt¶? C§Wmt\m sNmSw W¡p¶Sv? hms_m¶p Nm\n¨p sNmXpt¯.’ AkÀ fp«p Np¯n sNmSw sbma¶p Wm`p Nm`n Wn¶p S¶p. H^p SXn¨ blpknsW tbms` AkÀ Wn¡p¶p. tUi¯p »uhv fm{Stf DÅp. “”tI«m, C§sW AÃ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw, F¶p b_ªp Mm³ A]msa fmän C^p¯n. tfma½]psX bp_Nn fp«p Np¯n Wn¶ Mm³ NpWnªp AkapsX tNmS bmanNÄ¡nX]n fpOw AfÀ¯n. ^*p ssN sNm*pw I´n bnaÀ¯n sk¨v Fsâ Wmkp Mm³ Wo«n AkapsX NqSn Spa]n fp«n¨p kn_¸n¨p. tfma½ H¶p sManªp “”Biv… hmt_’ Mm³ Fsâ Wmkv B Spa¡pÅnt`¡v Np¯n N]än Ipjän. “”Biv… Fs´m^p hpOfmXm Sms]man hmt_… bq_pw NqXn Sns¶Xm Nq¯n¨n tfmtW…’
NqSn]n Wn¶pw Mm³ Smtj¡v– W¡n C_¡n Wmkv AkapsX bnaÀ¶n^p¶ bqänt`¡v N]än. “”f`À¶v NnXt¡Xm Bim…’ tfma½ A`_n. Mm³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n f`À¶p NnX¶p. AkÄ WWªp NpSnÀ¶ bq_v Fsâ fpOt¯¡v AfÀ¯n. “”N´v I¸n k`nt¡Xm hmt_…’ Ak^psX N´nWv b_t§*n]psX k`n¸w D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ASp km]v¡N¯m¡n k`n¨p NpXn¨p. At¸mtj¡pw emÀPk³ Npjªv bm]]n ko\n^p¶p. tfma½ Fjpt¶äp. »uhv AkÀ k`n¨p No_n F_nªp. f¯§m fp`NÄ Np`p§n BXn. AkÀ Fsâ bp_t¯¡p N]_n Fsâ Np®tf C^p¶p. ¹Nv Fs¶m^p lÐt¯msX Fsâ Np® B fmUN_m\n]psX bqänt`¡v NX¶p. Np®]n Np¯n C^p¶ AkÀ H^p {em´ns] tbms` kn^nª A^s¡«p]À¯n sbmSn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ hpOw sNm*v– bpaªp. “”B… BªXn¡v.. BªXnt¡Xn sW]v– Nnako…’
‘F´mXm Sms]mao, Cu Nnakn]psX fpSp bq_nWv Wns¶ hpOn¸n¡m³ b«nsÃXm…. Biv… At½… Fs´m^p fpjp¯ Np®]mXm bq_ntfmsW WnW¡v…. Nj¨p tN_ps¶Xm’ Ak^psX bqän Wn¶pÅ H`n¸v Fsâ A^s¡«msN WW¨n^p¶p. “”Bim…’ H^p Wn`knant]mXv NqXn AkÀ Fsâ sW©nt`¡v A`¨p ko\p. “”tbms]mXn WnW¡v–?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”tbms]Xm… WnW¡p tbm]ntÃ?’
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Mm³ Aks^ bm]]n NnX¯n Ak^psX S` AknsX NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶ emÀ¤ksâ fm_¯p sk¨p. “”NmÂfp«p Np¯n sNmSw D]À¯n NnX¡v– tfma½ tI«¯n…’ Mm³ b_ªSv tbms` AkÀ NnX¶p. I´n f` tbms` D]À¶p Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ Np_¨p Npj¼v FXp¯v Ak^psX NqSn Spa]n tS¨p. “”b¶ bq_n tfmsW… Wo Fsâ sNm¯n`Xn¡m³ tbmNpkmt\m.’
“”AtSXo Ak^mVo. fn*msS NnXt¶m\w’ “”tks*Xm C¶nWn tk*m.’ Mm³ AkapsX bn¶n Fjpt¶äv Wn¶p. H^p Nm`p sNm*p AkapsX S`]n Ikn«n S` emÀ¤ksâ sW©n tIÀ¯p sk¨n«v AkapsX sW]v Np*n]n sbmÅp¶ H^p AXn sNmXp¯p. N^ªp tbm]n bmkw. Fsâ Np®]psX S¡man fNpXw B NqSn Spa]n sk¨fÀ¯n. Npj¼nsâ Hjp¡n Np® sS¶n ANt¯¡v Wo§n. H^p bn̳ tbms` Fsâ Np® Ak^psX sW]v Np*n]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]än AXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkapsX S`]n Wn¶pw Nm`p fmän Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”F§sW Ds*Xn?’
“”Fs´m^p hpOfmXm hmt_… Wo fnXp¡³ Bs\Xm. BªXnt¡Xm Np«m… FWn¡v Cu Np® CWn F¶pw tk\sfXm. Fs¶ Wo Wnsâ sk¸m«n Bs¡Xm sbm¶p tfmsW… BAiv… I¡^ Np®]mXm…. Fsâ sNmSw F§sW Ds*Xm?’
“”sW]v sNmSw AsÃXo bq_n tfmta… Biv… FWn¡v k^ps¶Xo.’
“”Hjnt¡Xm… fpjpkWpw Hjnt¡Xm… Fsâ NqSn Wn_s¡Xm sbm¶p tS³ Np® tfmtW..’
Mm³ Np®¸m AkapsX sNm¯n Wn_¨p. AkÄ AkapsX NqSn Uzm^¯n sk¨p Fsâ Np® sM^n¨p bnjnªp. Np® Du^n]t¸mÄ SaÀ¶p Mm³ f`À¶p ko\p.
A¶p ^m{Sn Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨v tfma½ AknsX Ss¶ NnX¶p_§n. tdmVw sN«p_§p¶ Ak^psX eÀ¯mknsâ sSm«Xp¯v–.

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