kÃms¯m^p NmjvI Ss¶ B]n^p¶p ASv. tdmVw tN«v D_§p¶ eÀ¯mknsâ fpNan Ssâ I¡ sNmSw bnaÀ¯n AfÀ¶v C^p¶v– sNmjp¯p kn^nª A^s¡«v tfma½ B«pNÃn fmkm«pw tbms` N_¡n D^]v¡p¶p. Nj¸v fq¯ B fpSp bp*¨n Ak^psX fpO¯nWv fp¶n Wn¶p sk«n]mXp¶ Fsâ N¼n Np®]n Wn¶pw H`n¨n_§p¶ sSanª Np® tS³ tWm¡n km] f`Às¡ Sp_¶p Wm¡v bp_t¯¡v SÅn H^p ^m£hns] tbms` Fsâ Np® fNpXw km]nt`¡v knjp§pkm³ Njp¯p Wo«n. sW]v fpän] B fUm`h Nnakn]psX l^o^w SpÅ bWn k¶Sp tbms` kn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. b^nh^w f_¶p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p Mm³.
Fsâ bn¶n tlme]psX A`À¨. S`]n H^p sb^p¸v. Bt^m NqXw sNm*v AXn¨Sv tbms`. Mm³ Ø` Nm`tdmVw Sn^nsN bnXn¨v tWm¡pt¼mÄ. tlme FWn¡p bn¶n S_]n f`À¶v NnX¡pN]m\v. Wn` knan¨p sNm*v tfma½ ImXn Fjpt¶äp bN¨p Wn¶p. H^p Wnfngw F´m\v hwekn¨Sv F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ.
tfma½]psX IqXpÅ km]nt`¡v kn_]v¡p¶ Np® N]äm³ S¿m_m]n Wn¶ Fsâ S`]v¡p bn¶nÂ, tlme S_]n C^p¶ tkmZvN Np¸n FXp¯v koln AXn¨Sm\v. F¶m tI«sâ tUi¯v tfma½ Nfnjv¯n] F® S_]n bXÀ¶n^p¶p. ASn Ikn«n] tlme, Nm`p sS¶n f`À¶v Ws«ÃnXn¨p S_]n ko\Sm\v. AXn Fsâ S`]n sNms*¦n`pw AkapsX dm`³hv tbm]SnWm AXn]psX NmYnWyw Np_km]n^p¶p. emPyw! sl^n¡pw sNm*n^ps¶¦n S` bnaÀ¶v tbmtN*Sm]n^p¶p. Mm³ In´n¨p.
tfma½ tI¨n Fs¶ km^n¸p\À¶p sNm*v S_]n NnX¡p¶ tlmes] ^q£fm]n tWm¡n. tlme]pw M§sa tWm¡n. bqÀ® WPvW^m]n Ssâ fp¶n Wn¡p¶ Nmf tNmf^§sa N*t¸mÄ tlme]psX N®pNan e]w Wn_ªp. tfma½ B`_n “”sbm`]mXn tfmsa… F´nWmXn Wo Fsâ sI¡sW AXn¨Sv? Ck³ Wnsâ km]nt`¡ÃtÃm Fsâ A®m¡nt`¡tà Np® SÅn]Sv? sNmÃpsfXn Wns¶ Mm³.’ tfma½ Ak^psX eof³ Nm`p sbm¡n Aksa Ikn«m³ Hm§n. D]À¯n bnXn¨ tfma½]psX k`Sp Nm`nsâ sW]v SpX Np`p§n. Mm³ H^p ssN sNm*v Ak^psX SpX]n bnXn¨v, f_p ssN fX¡pNÄ ko\ A^s¡«n Ipän, F¶nt`¡Xp¸n¨p b_ªp. “”tI¨o… FWns¡m¶pw bän]nÃ’ tfma½ Fsâ N®pNan tWm¡n . F¶n«v AkapsX D]À¶ Nm`p sk¨v Fs¶ Ipän bnXn¨p. Fsâ fpOw ssNNÄ¡pÅn B¡n tfma½ FsâIp*pNÄ k`n¨q_n. Ak^psX Wo* Wmkv H^p bm¼nsW tbms` Fsâ km]nt`¡v Cjªp N]_n. Mm³ Fsâ Ip*pNÄ sNm*p Ak^psX Wmkp sbmSnªp k`n¨p NpXn¡pkm³ SpX§n. tfma½ Ak^psX sNmjp¯ SpX]n AÅn bnXn¨n^p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ N^w k`ns¨Xp¯v k`s¯ fp`]n sk¨p. Mm³ fmkv Npj¡pw tbms` B I¡ fp` MknXns¡m*v Ak^psX Wmkv Mm³ k`n¨p NpXn¨p. B_Xnt]maw D]^w DÅ B sWXpko^³ I^¡nsâ D´n Wn¶ bq_n Fsâ Ip«p bjp¯ N¼n¡p® Np¯ns¡m*p. B Wn¸n Ss¶ tfma½s] WnÀ¯n b®m³ Mm³ B{Pin¨p bs£ S_]n F® B\v. dm`³hv sSän tbmt]¡mw. Mm³ tfma½s] Ipän]n^p¶ ssN A]¨p. Fsâ km]n Wn¶pw WmskXp¯ tfma½ tlmet]mXv b_ªp. “”FXn Ak^mVn Nq¯n¨n…. CkWv Fs´¦n`pw bän]n^ps¶¦n Wns¶ Mm³ sk«n sNm¶p NatªsW. fm¸p b_s]Xn.’ tlme S_]n NnX¶p sNm*p Ss¶ Ft¶mXv b_ªp , “”hmt_ Fsâ tI«sâ fp¶n sk¨p Ss¶ Cu hv{So C§sW Hs¡ sI]vSt¸mÄ Fsâ Wn]{´\w kn«p tbm]n. Ft¶mXv £fn¡\w….’
Mm³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡n^p¶p. tSman bnXn¨p tlmes] S_]n tWs^ C^p¯n. tfma½]pw AknsX Ss¶ C^p¶p. tfma½ ssN Wo«n Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨p sSm`n¨p sk¨v D*Nan F® tS]v¡m³ SpX§n. Fsâ Np®]psX fNpXw Ipk¶p SpXp¯p Sna§p¶p*m]n^p¶p. tfma½ Fs¶ S_]n f`À¯n NnX¯n. Fsâ H^p kl¯p tfma½]pw f_pkl¯v– tlme]pw C^n¡p¶p. ^*p tb^psX]pw N®pNÄ Fsâ Np® fNpX¯nÂ. tfma½ Fsâ tft`¡v Imª tlgw Ak^psX N¿n C^p¶ Fsâ sSm`nª Np® fp` sM«n D^]v¡pkm³ SpX§n. Ak^psX F®]n fp§n WWª I¡ fp`]n Fsâ Np® D^]pt¼mÄ Mm³ hpOw sNm*v N®X¨ptbm]n. tfma½ ^*p fp`Napw ssN sNm*v Sm§n Fsâ N¼n Np® Ak^psX fp`¨m`n sk¨v, B eofmNm^fm] sW]v fp`NÄ sNm*v Fsâ Np® sbmSnªp bnXn¨p. Mm³ f`À¶v NnX¶p sNm*p Ss¶ Ak^psX bm¡pX§sa b®m³ SpX§n. “”tI¨o…. F´m CSv?… tlme tImUn¨p. tfma½ H¶pw fn*msS {bkÀ¯n SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ tfma½]psX fp`]nXp¡n Bªp b®ns¡m*p tlmet]mXv b_ªp… ‘hm^fnà tlmte… tI¨n¡v Nj¸v fq¯p tbm]Sv sNm*tÃ?’ Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp. “”tfma½ tI¨o… Cu tlme F´m C§sW? Nj¸v F´ms\¶v tbm`pw A_n]ntÃ?’ tfma½ Fsâ Nm`³ Np® Ak^psX fp`NÄ¡nX]n sM^n¨p sk¨v S` D]À¯n M§sa tWm¡n. “”AkÄ¡v AS_n]mfm]n^p¶p F¦n AkapsX sN«nt]m³ bm*n bq_p tSXn tbmkpfm]n^pt¶m?’ tlme]psX S` NpWnªp tbm]n. AkÄ Fjpt¶äv NnX¸v fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. MmWpw tfma½]pw Fjpt¶äp. tUiw fpjpk³ F®]m\v. hf]w ^m{Sn 12 BNp¶p. “”Wfps¡m¶v Npan¨mt`m? tfma½ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. Fsâ ssN bnXn¨v tfma½ fp¶n WX¶p. Ak^psX sNmjp¯p^p* sNmSw Sma¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpÅp¶Sv tWm¡n Mm³ bp_sN]pw. SXn¨n Bs\¦n`pw tfma½]psX kXnkpNapw kakpNapw GsSm^p B\ntW]pw tfmin¸n¡p¶Sm\v F¶v Mm³ In´n¨p. H^p k`n] sNm¡tNma Np¸n tbms`]pÅ kXnkv. M§Ä AXp¡a kmSn Sp_¶v bn¶m¼p_t¯¡v C_§n. BNml¯nWp Nosj B ^Sn _m\nt]msXm¸w Wq dÔw CÃmsS Wn¡pt¼mÄ AknsX NnX¯n AkapsX A^pf tNmS¯n b®n]mt`m F¶p Mm³ N^pSn. tfma½ Fs¶ km^n¸p\À¶p. “”Wns¶ Mm³ NXn¨p Sn¶s«Xm sI¡m…?’
Mm³ AkapsX fp` sM«n M^Xn. “”Biv…’ AkÄ Npan fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n . Mm³ kmSn¡ tWm¡n Wn¶p. tfma½ skÅw tNm^n S` kjn Hjn¡pN]m\v. Mm³ AXp¯p sI¶v– AkapsX fp¶n Np¯n]n^p¶v bqän fpOw AfÀ¯n tfma½ Nm`pNÄ Nk¨p sk¨p. Fsâ bp_t¯¡pw skÅw Hjn¨p. Mm³ Wmkp sNm*v Ak^psX bq_nSapNÄ¡nX]n Wn¶pw fp´n^n N´v sSm*ns]Xp¯p k`n¨p NpXn¨p. AkÀ Fsâ fpOw SÅn fmän. Fsâ S` fpXn]n bnXn¨v Fs¶ sbm¡n WnÀ¯n Fsâ sW©n thm¸v tS]v¡m³ SpX§n. MmWpw tfma½]psX fp`¡pX§an thm¸v bS Nq«n Npj¨p. “”Sn^nªp WnÃv tI¨o… fpSpN¯p thm¸v tS]v¡s«…’
‘A¿Xm… Mm³ Sn^nªp Wn¡pt¼m WnW¡nSp Fsâ tNmS¯n sk]v¡m³ AsÃ?’ Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v tfma½s] bp_w Sn^nªp WnÀ¯n fpSpN¯pw I´n]n`pw SpXNan`pw W¶m]n thm¸v tS¨p. ASnWp tlgw Fsâ sk«n]mXp¶ Np® Ak^psX tNmS Im`n AfÀ¯n Mm³ Aks^ bn¶n Wn¶pw Ipän bnXn¨p. H^p ssN sNm*v fp`Nan`pw f_p ssN sNm*v Ak^psX CZv[`nbq_n`pw Nl¡n. tfma½ sNmSw bn¶nt`¡v SÅn, H^p Nm D]À¯n hvamdn sk¨p. Mm³ Fsâ tNm` sNm¼sW Ak^psX bnaÀ¶n^p¶ bqÀ km]n fp«n¨p. AWpkmUw tImUn¡m³ Wn¡msS Ak³ bq_p Sp^¶v ANt¯¡v Duan]n«p. Mm³ tfma½]psX sbm¡n sk¨ SpX]n`pw Sq§n]mXp¶ fp`]n`pw bnXn¨p sNm*v B fpSp bqän Bªmªp b®n. “”Cu {bm]¯n`pw Fs´m^p H`n¸mXo Wnsâ I¡ bqänÂ… sbm`]mXn tfmsa…’
‘CSptbm`pÅ bm¼³ b_n N]_n]m GSp bqÀ BXm Sms]mao Ip^¯ms¯ …. Hmiv… Biv…. b®n sbmant¡Xm… Biv At½…’
Mm³ Ak^psX SpX]n Wn¶pw ssN FXp¯p tNmS¯n BªXn¨p. “”Biv..’ tfma½ knan¨p… ‘H¶qsX AXnt¡Xm ASp tbms`…’ Mm³ AkapsX Np`p§p¶ sW]v I´n]n ko*pw b`Sk\ AXn¨p. B skap¯ sNmSw AXn sNm*v– Ipk¶p… ‘sbm¶p tfmtW… Fs´m^p hpOkmXm….Bivivi…’ ‘Nj¸n Nq¯n¨o…’ Mm³ bqän Np® NX ks^ N]än AXn SpXÀ¶p… tfma½]psX bq_p sbm«n H`n¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ Wn¶p kn_¨p. bs£ Mm³ WnÀ¯n]nÃ. SaÀ¶ tfma½ hv–`mdnt`¡v Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p. tNmS¯n NqXn b®\w F¶p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ tfma½ SaÀt¶m F¶p hwl]n¨v Mm³ Np® Du^n FXp¯p. “”WnW¡p tbm]nÃtÃm Xm…’
‘hm^fnÃ… dm¡n Wfp¡v AN¯p sI¶n«mkmw.’ Mm³ b_ªp. M§Ä Npan Njnªp SpkÀ¯n. “”FXm Wo ANt¯¡v sIÃp. Mm³ H¶v N¡qhn tbm]n«v k^mw.’
Mm³ In^n¨p “”Sq_n W¶m]n sNmSw Njnkns] k^mkq… Fsâ Np®]n So«w B¡^pSv’
“”AsS´mXm Fsâ So«w WnW¡v A_¸mt\m?’
Mm³ Aks^ sN«n bnXn¨p. “”Fsâ tfmat½… Wns¶ tbms`m^p I^¡nsâ tUi¯p Wn¶pw So«w tbm`pw sk_psS Na]m³ CÃXo’
tfma½ Fs¶ tSmÀ¯pXp¸n¨p. “”tfm³ tbm. tlme AknsX F´p sI¿pkm F¶_n]nÃ. Aksa C§sW sk_p¸n¨p kn«m sl^n]mknÃ. Wo tbm]n AktamsXm¶v hwhm^n¡q. Mm³ tkPw k^mw.’
Mm³ fp_n]nt`¡v NX¡pt¼mÄ tlme N«n`n Nfnjv¶p NnX¡pN]m\v. `p¦n¡pÅn ^*p cpXvdmÄ sk¨Sv tbms` Fjp¶p Wn¡p¶ Np*n f`NÄ. AkapsX sf`nª l^o^¯n ASv Sos^ t]mKn¡m¯ H^p cnänRv B]n^p¶p F¦n`pw GsSm^p B\m]n bn_¶kWpw B I´n f`NÄ¡nX]n fpOw bqjv¯m³ sNmSn tSm¶nt¸mNpw.
Mm³ AXp¯n^p¶p knan¨p. “”tlme tI¨o…’
AkÀ fpOw sbm¡n Fs¶ tWm¡n. tNmbw sNm*v– kn_]v¡p¶ tIm^ Ip*pNÄ. “”Njntªm ^*nsâ]pw Nqs¯ms¡?’
Mm³ I½Â WXn¨p. “”ASp bns¶, tlme tI¨o… tfma½ tI¨n]psX tNmSkpw sfm`]pw Hs¡ NqXn N*t¸mÄ.. bänt¸m]n’ Mm³ b¨¡v b_]p ¶Sv tN«t¸mÄ tlme H¶p bS_n F¦n`pw AkapsX tWm«w Mm³ DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯nt`¡v H¶p tbm]Sv Mm³ s{l²n¨p. Mm³ SpXÀ¶p “”F¶m H^p Nj¸n]m tfma½… sim! HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ ko*pw Np® N¼n Bkp¶p. Ak^psX H`n¡p¶ bqän Np® AXn¨Xn¨p F{S tW^w tkt\`pw NnX¡mw.’ Mm³ tSmÀ¯p Nq«n Fsâ Np® H¶pjnªp. “”sNmSn]mkp¶p’
“”Cs¸m sNmSn So^pw ks^ Aks^ b\n]n«tà hm_nt§m«p k¶Sv? Mm³ lÐw tN«p bp_¯p k¶t¸mÄ N*p Npan fp_n¡pÅn ^*pw NqsX b_n]pw bq_pw sNm^p¡p¶Sv.’ tlme tNmbt¯msX tImUn¨p “”F¶n«pw sNmSn Bkpt¶m ?’
tlme N*n^n¡p¶p. Hm, ASnWnt¸m F´m…
‘Npanfp_n]n Mm³ tfma½ tI¨ns] b®n bs£, skÅw tbm]nà tlmte’ Mm³ Fsâ k`Sp ssN¸¯n tlme]psX CXt¯ I´n]psX fpNan sk¨p. Fs´m^p fmÀVkw! tlme ASp s{l²n¨nà F¶p tSm¶n. AkÄ tImUn¨p “”AsS´m?’
“”ASp bns¶…’ Mm³ H¶v WnÀ¯n. tlme N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv KnÚmht]msX Fsâ N®pNan tWm¡n. Mm³ AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p* tNmS¯n sk¨ ssN H¶fÀ¯n. sim! Spap¼p¶p! skÅw Wn_¨ d`q\p tbms`.
“”b_… Aksa A{S]pw b®n]n«pw WnWs¡´m skÅw tbmNms¯?’ tlme A£ft]msX tImUn¨p. FWn¡nt¸mÄ tk\sf¦n tlmes] b®m³ tk*n dm¡n sk¨p F¶p b_]mw. bs£ NÅw b_]m³ tSm¶n]nÃ. Mm³ tlme]psX `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn B sNmjp¯p^p* sk® sNmS§an ssN knXÀ¯n sM^n¨p. tlme A^s¡«v H¶v Ca¡n Nm`pNÄ Np_¨v AN¯n sk¨p. “”b_s]Xm…’ AkÄ AkapsX bq_p sf¯]n tIÀ¯v AfÀ¯pN]ms\¶v AkapsX A^s¡«nsâ I`W¯n Wn¶pw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ b_ªp, “”tfma½ tI¨n b_ªp AN¯p N]_n]n«mkmw dm¡n F¶v. M§Ä CknsX NnX¶p sI]v–sSmt« Cu ^m{Sn? tlme tI¨n D_§nt¡maq. tI¨n¡v l`yw D*m¡msS Mm³ Aks^ sNm\]v¡mw.’
AkapsX sNmSw Nl¡n MknXn sNm*n^p¶ Fsâ ssN AkÄ tNmbt¯msX S«n fmän. Mm³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v f`À¶p NnX¶p. Aksa tIÀ¶. tlme]pw f`À¶v NnX¶p. »uhnWpÅn fpj¨p Wn¡p¶ N¹§ fp`NÄ. Np¯jnª `p¦n kn^nª A^s¡«nt`¡v C_§n NnX¡p¶p. HSp§n] ImXm¯ k]_n BjfpÅ sbm¡nÄ Npjn. Fsâ Np® D\À¶v FjptWäv tSmÀ¯n NqXm^w AXn¨p.
tfma½ fp_n]nt`¡v NX¶p k¶v NSNX¨p Npän C«p. tfma½]pw H^p tSmÀ¯p fm{Stf DXp¯n«pÅq. fp`N¨ tbms` Ipän] B tSmÀ¯p bs£ Ak^psXI´n]psX Nm emPw ks^t] C_¡w DÅp. sNmjp¯p^p* sW]v sNmSw bn¶nt`¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p. ASnWp Smsj Ak^psX SXn¨p^p* SpXNÄ bqÀ®fm]pw WPvWw. M§Ä¡v bp_w Sn^nªp Wn¶v– fsäm^p tSmÀs¯Xp¯p fpXn SpX¡pN]m\v tfma½. M§Ä ^*ptb^pw B sNmjp¯ fUm`hs] tWm¡n NnX¶p.
tfma½ M§apsX NnX¸v tWm¡n b_ªp “”AÃm Wn§av ^*pw NqXn Cu N«n`n NnX¶m Mm³ bns¶ FknsX NnX¡pw?’
“”tI¨n tk\sf¦n CknsX NnXt¶m. Mm³ S_]n NnXt¶mam’ Mm³ b_ªp
“”tk* , S_]n Mm³ sNX¡mw’ F¶p b_ªp tfma½ N«n`nWXn]n Wn¶pw H^p bm] k`ns¨Xp¯p S_]n kn^n¨p. NpWnªp Wn¶v bm] kn^n¡pt¼mÄ B eof³ Np*n M§Ä¡v tWs^ bnaÀ¶v SÅn. kn^nª I´n bmanNÄ¡v Smsj Fs¶ fmXn knan¡p¶ NXnSXw. Mm³ ssN F¯n¨p tfma½]psX tNmS¯n SXkn
“”””tI¨o… W½Ä Npanfp_n]n sk¨p sI]vSSv tlme tI¨n N*p”
“”””Bt\m tlmte, F§sW D*m]n^ps¶Xn?”
tlme AkÚt]msX b_ªp “”””bnt¶… Wnsâ sNm\ tfmlfmNptfm?” tlme]n Wn¶pw A§sW H^p tImUyw Mm³ {bSo£n¨nÃ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tfma½ ss`äv A\¨p bm]]n NnX¶p. fp_n]n Nq^n^p«v. H¶pw Nm\m³ k¿. tfma½ S_]n NnX¶p sNm*v H¶pw fn*msS Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨p k`n¨p. Mm³ Smtj¡n_§n. AkÀ Fs¶ k^nªp fp_p¡n. C^p«n M§apsX ho¡m^§Ä tlme tNÄ¡p¶p*v F¶pÅ tdmVyw Fs¶ NqXpS D\À¯n.
Mm³ tfma½s] f`À¯n NnX¯n Ak^psX fmUN SpXNÄ AN¯n B NXnfpän] bq_n kn^`v N]än Ca¡n. tfma½ SpXNÄ D]À¯n AN¯n sk¨p S¶p. Mm³ Smtj¡n_§n tS³ Wn_ªp Spap¼p¶ bqänt`¡v Wm¡n«na¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ b«n skÅw NpXn¡p¶Sv tbm`pÅ lÐw fp_n]n Wn_ªp. tlme NnX¡p¶ N«n`n Ca¡w. tfma½ hpOw sNm*v sI_pSm]n fqap¶p*v. Mm³ D]À¶v tfma½]psX sW©nt`¡v NnX¶p. H^p ssN sNm*v H^p I¡ fp` Nl¡n. AXp¯ fp`]n fpOw AfÀ¯n sM«p NXn¨p k`n¨p. “”imivivivi..’ tfma½ Fsâ S`]n bnXn¨fÀ¯n sk¨p. Cu hf]w Fsâ fpjp¯ Np®¸m¼p tfma½]psX bqänt`¡v Cjªp N]_n. Mm³ Fsâ ssNNÄ Ak^psX sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNsa AfÀ¯n Ak^psX l^o^t¯mXv tIÀ¯p. Np® NX ks^ N]än AXn¡m³ SpX§n. Fsâ A^s¡«v Ak^psX DÄSpX]n k¶nXn¡pt¼mÄ D*m] lÐw Fs¶ f¯p bnXn¸n¨p. Mm³ WnÀ¯msS BªXn¨p. “”Bivivivi…Biviv …tfmsW..B… B.. A§sW..im.. A§sW AXns¡Xm… im]¿v–…imiv…’ tfma½ bp`¼n.
sbs«¶v fp_n]n {bNmlw b^¶p. tlme ss`äv C«Sm\v. Mm³ AXn WnÀ¯n]nÃ.
f`À¶p ko\ Skas] tbms` NnX¡p¶ tfma½s]]pw Ak^psX H`n¡p¶ bqän sNmSnt]msX b®p¶ Fs¶]pw tWm¡n AkÄ Wn¶p.
“”F´nWmXo… Biv B… F´nWmXo ss`äv… C«Sv… imiviv… AXn¡v tfmtW.. i§sW.. im… ss`äv A\¨p tbm]n NnXt¡Xn ..im…’ b®p¶SnWnX]n`pw Nj¸n tfma½ tlmet]mXv b_ªp… Fsâ AXn]psX tkPS Np_]p¶p F¶p tSm¶n]t¸mÄ tfma½ Smsj Wn¶pw Ak^psX sNmjp¯ sNmSw sbm¡n tft`¡v AXn¡m³ SpX§n.
“”Mm³ CSv Nm\m³ H¶pw Aà ss`äv C«Sv. Wn§Ä F´p tkt\`pw B]nt¡m. Mm³ fq{Sw Hjn¨n«p k^mw.’ tlme NSNp Sp_¶v C_§nt¸m]n. M§Ä b®`nsâ AXp¯ Q«¯nt`¡v NX¡m³ H^p§n.
tlme Sn^nsN F¯pt¼mÄ AkapsX N®pNÄ¡v knlzhn¡m³ Bkm¯ H^p Nmjv¨ kn^p¶m]n^p¶p AknsX. AkapsX lzmhw Wn¶p tbm]n.
N«n`n ssNNÄ Du¶n Nm`p Nk¨p NpWnªp Wn¡p¶ Mm³. Fsâ bn¶n fp«p Np¯n C^p¶v BÀ¯nt]msX Fsâ NqSn W¡n SpX]v¡p¶ tfma½… tfma½]psX N¿n C^p¶p kn§p¶ Fsâ sWXpko^³ Np®. tlme Cu NmjvI N*v hvSÏ]m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶p tbm]n. tfma½]psX Wmkv– Fsâ NqSn Spa]n S^p¶ hpO¯n Fâ N®pNÄ AXªn^p¶p.
tlme NSNX¨p sftà k¶v N«n`n Fs¶ tWm¡n C^p¶p. AkapsX N®pNan Nmfw C^¨p N]_p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. Mm³ ssN D]À¯n AkapsX f`À¶p SpXp¯ Ip*pNan sSm«p. AkÄ AW§n]nÃ. Mm³ B tIm^ Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n. Fsâ Iq*p kn^ AkapsX km]v¡pÅnt`¡v NX¯n AkapsX Wmkn St`mXn. Fsâ kn^ fpjpk³ Mm³ AkapsX km]v¡pÅn N]än. Fsâ kn^`pNan tfma½]psX bqÀ tSWnsâ WWkp*m]n^p¶p. tlme Fsâ kn^`n AkapsX Woa³ Wmkp sNm*pjnªp. NXn fq¯p Wn¡p¶ H^p sbm`]mXn]psX emkw AkÄ¡t¸mÄ D*m]n^p¶p.
AkÄ Wn`t¯¡n_§n tfma½]psX AXp¯n^p¶p. tfma½ Aksa tImUy emk¯n tWm¡n.
“”tI¨n H¶p fm_n C^ps¶’
tfma½ Fs¶ kn«p fm_n. NpWnªp Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ Fsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p N]_n] tlme tI¨n, AkapsX ssN sNm*v bnXn¡msS, km] Sp_¶v Fsâ Np® fNpXs¯ knjp§n…. Fsâ Np® sk«n kn_¨p. Mm³ sNmSnt]msX Nm¯n^p¶ bq_n AkapsX A®m¡nt`¡v Fsâ Np® N]äp¶p… ASpw Mm³ Bklys¸XmsS Ss¶. Mm³ WnkÀ¶p Wn¶p tlme Fsâ Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨v S_]n D¸qän D]À¯n Np¯n C^p¶v Wmkp sNm*v Fsâ N¼n Np® AfÀ¯n W¡n. tfma½ Fjpt¶äv Fsâ A^]n ssN Ipän Ak^psX fp`NÄ Fsâ tUi¯v AfÀ¯n CSp tWm¡n Wn¶p. Mm³ tlmes] tSman bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. AkÄ M§apsX fp¶n Wn¶p sNm*p »uhnsâ NpXp¡pNÄ knXÀ¯n. Sq§n]sS¦n`pw fpjp¯ fp`NÄ. AhmfmWy k`n¸w DÅ Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶ sM«pNÄ. AkÄ `p¦n]psX Np¯jn¨p. sim! kas^ HSp§n] k]À. ASnWp Smsj knXÀ¶ A^s¡«v. BjfpÅ sbm¡nÄ Ipjn. sf`nª l^o^w Bs\¦n`pw sNmjp¯p^p* tgt¸m¯ SpXNÄ. ASnWv CX]n WoafpÅ bqÀ¨m Bj¯nt`¡v tbmNp¶p. A¼`¯n sNm¯n sk¨ ln¸w tbms` tSm¶n FWn¡v. Mm³ tfma½s] tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p sNm*v AkapsX Ipäpw H^p k«w WX¶p. fpjp¯ Spap¼p¶ sNmS¯n Mm³ H¶v sSm«p tWm¡n. Fs´m^p fmÀVkw! tfma½]psX I´n NpX§Ä¡pÅ N^p¯nÃ. CaNn BXp¶ I¡ k`n¸w DÅ I´nNÄ. tfma½ Fs¶ AkapsX bn¶n tIÀ¯p WnÀ¯n. Fsâ Np® AkapsX tNmS Im`n fp«n]t¸mÄ tlme H¶p kn_¨p. Mm³ AkapsX N£t¯¡v ssNNÄ N]än Ipän bnXn¨v AkapsX Njp¯n Ip*p tIÀ¯v k`n¨q¼n. A]ª fp`NÄ Nl¡n sM^n¨p. H^p ssN Smtj¡v tbm]n bqän AfÀ¯n bnXn¨t¸mÄ AkÄ H^p Nm`p]À¯n N«n`n sk¨p bq_p Sp_¶p. AkapsX DÄSpXNan N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NXnskÅw H`n¨p WWªn^p¶p. Mm³ Fsâ kn^`pNÄ sNm*v– AkapsX bqÀ bmanNÄ Sp_¶p bnXn¨p. H^p sNm¨p Npªnsâ Np® tbms` Woaw DÅSm]n^p¶p tlme]psX N´v. Mm³ ASn M^Xn k`n¨p. “”Fs´m^p k`n] N´mXo WnW¡v…’ tlme Wn¶p kn_¨p.
tfma½ tlme]psX fp¶n tbm]n Wn`¯p Np¯n C^p¶p. “”tW^m\sÃmXn tlmte… CsS´m Nt´m Np®]m?’ AkapsX SpX]n SXkn] tfma½ Ssâ Wmkp Wo«n tlme]psX N´n H¶p W¡n. tlme NpS_m³ s{lfns¨¦n`pw Mm³ bnXn fp_p¡n. Fsâ Np® AkapsX sNmS Im`nt`¡v– Np¯n N]än D^¨t¸mÄ AkÄ A§msS Wn¶p. tfma½ Ak^psX fpOw bqÀ®fm]pw tlme]psX bqän tIÀ¯p sk¨v W¡n N]än. “”Biviv…..’ tlme ssN bn¶n F¯n¨v AkapsX sNmS¯n Np¯n sNmÅp¶ Fsâ Np® N]v¡pÅn B¡n.
“”Biviv…. tI¨n bq_n.. FXn… ANt¯¡v Wm¡v tNän Ws¡Xn I¡ bq_n…imiviv… hmt_…imiviv.. hm_nsâ Cu fpjp¯ bjw FWn¡pw NqsX Smt]m…imiviv..’ Mm³ AkapsX S` Sn^n¨p bnXn¨v tIm^ Ip*pNÄ k`n¨q_n. tfma½ Fjpt¶äv tlmes] N«n`n NnX¯n. F¶n«v Ft¶mXv b_ªp “”b®n sNm¶pNas]Xm hmt_ Aksa.’ Mm³ tlme]psX H^p Nm`p k`n¨v N«n`nWp bp_t¯¡n«n«v AkapsX fpNan N]_n NnX¶p. Nk¨p sk¨ bqän Fsâ Np® Np¯n Smjv¯n. “”Biviv.. hmt_ bSp…bSps¡.. Biv.. At½.. Fsâ bq_p sbman]ps¶….’
Mm³ Fsâ Np® NX ks^ N]än BªXn¨p
“”Biviv… At½… Ft´m¶v Np® CSv … imiviv…’
AkapsX bq_p f`skÅw Ip^¯m³ SpX§n
“”hmt_.. WnÀ¯tÃ..imiviv.. sNm\ … sNm\¡v hmt_.. imiviv.. Fs¶ H¶v sbm`]mXo¶p knan Fsâ hmt_’
“”sNm\¨p sNmÃpsfXn sbm`]mXn Nj¸n Wns¶’ Mm³ b_ªt¸mÄ AkÄ Fsâ tSman NXn¨p.
Mm³ AkapsX S` sf¯]n AfÀ¯n bnXn¨v H^p Nm S_]n Np¯n Wn¶p b®n. AkapsX sNmjp¯ bqäns` IqXv Fs¶ {em´³ B¡n. Mm³ tfma½s] tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”tI¨o… Wnsâ sW]v–sNmSw sbma¯n CkapsX fpO¯p tN_n C^n Wo’
tfma½ N«n`n N]_n ^*p ssN sNm*pw Ssâ sNmjp¯p^p* I¡ sNmSw bnaÀ¯n bnXn¨v tlme]psX fpOt¯¡n^p¶fÀ¶p. “”Wm¡v tNän Fsâ NqSn Ws¡Xn A_pkm\n¨n…’
tlme]psX WoafpÅ Wmkv tfma½]psX f`Uzm^¯n NqXn Sp^¶v N]_n “”imiviv… i§sW.. im..’ tfma½ Ak^psX bnaÀ¶ sNmSw tlme]psX fpO¯v AfÀ¯n A^s¡«v N_¡n hpOn¨p.
tlme]psX bq_p sbm«n skÅw bp_t¯¡v Ioän. Fsâ A^s¡«v WWªp NpSnÀ¶p… H^p fn¶Â tbms` FsâNp®¸mÂtlme]psXbqän`qsXP^vebm{S¯nt`¡vbmªp.SaÀ¶ptbm]Mm³N«n`nt`¡vf`À¶pko\p….FsâAXpt¯¡vtfma½]pw.BWN]_n]N^n¼n³NmXvtbms`NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶ptlme….

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