“”Fsâ A¸q…C§sW ^*p knNrSnNÄ Wnsâ dÔp¡am]nt¸m]tÃm… Nãw…Wo km… Cks^s]ms¡ Nt¿msX ko«n G¸n¡\w… Asæn CkäNÄ CSn`pw k`pSv sI]vSp Nq«pw…”” ^mQk³ Wm]^psX Iq^ Ngm]w tbXn¨p A¨pkpw hpVn]pw WnÊim]St]msX fpOt¯mXp fpOw tWm¡n…

“”AÃ F´m Xo¨t_ Cu kjn¡v…Np«nNÄ Fs´¦n`pw….? ‘

“”b_]p¶sSm*v H¶pw tSm¶^pSv ^mQk³ Wm]s^… H¶pNn Wn§Ä Cu Np«nNapsX hzemkw tWs^]m¡pN…Asæn h-vNqan knXmSn^n¡pN…””

“”Xo¨À F´m D*m]sS¶p b_]p…tUko… Wo `£vfns] knan¨p H¶v C{SXw k^m³ b_..”

“”””C¶s` timwkÀ¡v– sI¿m¯SnWv Mm³ Wn§apsX tfmta H¶v SÃn… ASnWp {bSnNm^w sI¿m³ Fs¶ ISn¡pjn Npjn¨p kojv¯m³ {lfn¨p Ckapw hpVn]pw NqsX… Cu A¸p N*nÃm]n^ps¶¦n MmWnt¸mÄ ASn kot\sW…””

ASp tN«Spw ^mQk³ Wm]À Iq^ FXp¯p…A¨p Øn^w AXkv b]än…AÑsW sN«n¸nXn¨p A`_n N^ªp… AtSm*v AkÄ¡pÅ ln£ H^p sIkn bnXp¯¯n AkhmWn¨p… F¶m hpVn¡v `£vfn]psX N¿n Wn¶pw S`§pw kn`§pw Nn«n…

“”Aѳ PÄcn¶p C§p k^s«… b_ªv sNmXp¡p¶p*v Mm³… B A¸pknsW N*p bYns¡Xm…^mtVXv¯n]psX emPym Ak³…””

“”B fSn `¨p…CWn StÃ*…CWn Ak³ A§sWm¶pw sI¿nà Atà hpVn…Asæn`pw AksW fm{Sw F´nWv b_]p¶p…. CknsX Wn¡tà I«¼n¡Ãym\n…”” A¨pknsâ S`¡v H^p Nnjp¡v sNmXp¯v sNm*v ^mQk³ Wm]À b_ªp…

“”kmUkpw knhvSm^kpsfms¡ Njnsª¦n FÃm^pw k¶p kÃSpw Njn¡m³ tWm¡v…tfmtW A¸q…Wo]pw km..A½m]n sNmj¡« D*m¡n]n«p*v…”” tUkn FÃmks^]pw e£\¯nWp £\n¨p..

“”””tk* GX¯n… Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ k]_p Wn_ªp…””

“”Fsâ `£vfn… Wo C§sW SpX§n]mt`m… AkÀ sNm¨pNp«nNÄ AtÃ…ASv knXv k¶p Njn¡m³ tWm¡v FÃm^pw…””

tUkn]psX £\w hzoN^n¨p A¸p DÄs¸sX FÃm^pw {bemSe£\w Njn¡m³ ANt¯¡p WX¶p… H^mÄ Hjn¨v…hpVn…Ak³ kmlnt]msX Sn^n¨p WX¶p…

“”At¿m `£vfn… hpVns] C§p knan¡v…A¨q…tbm]n AksW Nq«n km…””

“”tk* GX¯n…Np«nNÄ B]m C{S¡v Np_p¼v bmXnÃ…Ak³ tbms«…””

ko«nt`m«v Sn^n¨p WX¡pt¼mÄ hpVn]psX Npªn¡®pNan A¸pkntWmXpÅ AfÀgw Ban¡¯pN]m]n^p¶p….

“”””A¸¨n… hpVn FknsX? N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ‘

“”hpVn tbm]tÃm A¨q… Wns¶ knan¨ntÃ?”

“”””CÃtÃm…””

“”F´p bän..? ^*p tb^pw bn\§nt]m? ‘

“”CÃ.ssih-vNqan F¯n]Sn bns¶ hpVn¡v Ft¶mXv bj] Nq«nà A¸¨n..AkWnt¸m bpSn] Npt_ Nq«pNms^ Nn«otÃm…ipw…””

“”ASv Fsâ Nm´m^nNp«ns] Aksâ knNrSn¯^§Ä¡v bj] tbms` Nn«m¯tSm*mkpw..H^p {bm]w B]t¸mÄ Wnsâ knNrSn Np_ªp…. AkWv NqXn]nt« DÅq…F¶mtkm AksWm¶p W¶mkm…”” “”AksW Mm³ W¶m¡ns]Xp¡mw s«m A¸¨n…”” `£vfn]psX Nknan H^p WpÅpw sNmXp¯v A¨p h-vNqant`¡v HmXn… `£vfn A¨pknsâ Hm«w N*p In^nt¨m*v AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n…

A¨pkpw hpVn]pw Ct¸mÄ H¼Smw ¢mÊn`m\v..A¨pknsâ knNrSn Hs¡ Np_ªp.. Npªp NphrSnNsams¡ Nm\n¡psf¦n`pw bYn¡m³ dip fnXp¡n]m]n..hpVn bj]Sn`pw k`n] knÃWpw B]n.. h-vNqans`¯n ¢mÊns`m¶pw A¨p hpVns] N*nÃ… Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ {Pu*n H^p diaw tN«p… tWm¡n]t¸mÄ hpVn Ak^psX ¢mÊv–tfäv ^mip`pfm]n kj¡p*m¡p¶p… ^*p tb^pw NqXn At§m«pw Ct§m«pw AXn¡p¶Sv N*v A¨p tbXn¨p…Bs^ms¡ CXsb«n«pw AkÀ AXn WnÀ¯n]nÃ… HXp¡w siZvfmgv k¶v– ^*p tbÀ¡pw N\¡nWv sNmXp¯p…hpVn]psX ]q\ntcmw fpjpk³ Ian bp^*n^p¶p… ¢mÊn C^n¡pt¼mÄ A¨pknWv e]¦^ h¦Xw tSm¶n…hpVns] FÃmk^pw Npäw b_]p¶Sv tN«v AkÄ BsN AhzØ]m]n…h-vNqÄ kn«p hpVn]psX NqsX ko«nt`¡p tbmkpt¼mÄ A¨p CX¡nX¡v hpVns] tWm¡n..Ak³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ…

“”hpVo…Cu gÀ«v– B ssb¸n H¶v NjpNns¡m…A¸¨n N*mÂ…””

“”N*m ko\Sms\¶v b_]pw…AknsX D*m]Sp ktÃmw b_ªm Wnsâ km]n bÃp*mknÃ… tN«tÃm…””

“”Mm³ b_]p¶nÃ… hpVn F´nWm kj¡p*m¡ns]?” “”””AsSms¡]p*v… Wo A_nt]*..”

“”””B]nt¡ms«.. hpVn¡v Ct¸mÄ Ft¶mXv bj] Nq«nÃ..” A¨p b^nekw Nm\n¨p..

“”””B CÃ… Wo]nt¸m k`y hSyemf]tÃ… B A¸pknsâ bmS bn´pXÀ¶v…””

“”hpVn¡pw Cu kj¡pw knNrSn]pw Hs¡ WnÀ¯n Wà Np«n B]n¡qsX? A¸¨n¡v Wà kngfw D*v. ‘

“”huN^yfnÃ… Wo]m^mXn Fs¶ DbtUln¡m³..? Wo Wnsâ Nm^yw tWm¡n]m fSn..”

bns¶ A¨p H¶pw fn*n]nÃ… ko«ns`¯n tf`v NjpNn timwkÀ¡v– sI]vSp SpX§pt¼mtj¡pw tUkn A¨pknsW knan¨p..

“”””A¨q… timwkÀ¡v– bns¶ sI¿mw A¸¨n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv W½tamXv At§m«v sIÃm³ b_ªp..”

A¨pknsâ DsÅm¶p Nman…AknsX sI¶t¸mÄ A¸ptk«Wpw ^mV A¸¨n]pw DÄs¸sX FÃm^pw D*m]n^p¶p…sbs«¶m\v AkÄ hpVn]psX AÑsW N*Sv..

“”””dm`³fmf Ft¸mÄ k¶p? ‘

“”Mm³ D¨s¡¯n tfmta..A¨p C§Xp¯p km…””

FÃm^pw h-vNqan WX¶Sv A_ntªm F¶ tbXn A¨pknsâ fpO¯p*m]n^p¶p…B^ptX]pw fpO¯p H^p ht´mgw CÃ…hpVn]ms\¦n S` NpWn¨p Wn¡p¶p… AkÄ kn_¨p kn_¨p dm`³fmf]psX AXpt¯¡v tbm]n…

“”Cs¶´m tfmta h-vNqan WX¶Sv?”

“”””A…ASv.. dm`³fmf..Mm³ C¶v AknsX F¯n]t¸mÄ sskNn]n^p¶p…””

“”A¨q.. NÅw b_ªm AXn¨p tSm`v sbman¡pw Mm³…F´m D*m]Sv F¶v dm`³ fmft]mXv b_..hpVn Wns¶ H¶pw sI¿nÃ.. AÑWm b_]pt¶… “” AÑsâ lÐw D]À¶t¸mÄ A¨p e]¶p…hpVns] tbXn¨p AkÄ¡v H¶pw b_]mWpw NjnªnÃ… A¨pknsâ N®p Wn_ªp k¶p…

“”AkÄ b_]nà k`y½mtf…AXn D*m¡p¶Sv hpVn Bs\¦n`pw FÃmw D*m¡n sk¡p¶Sv Ckam..sb¬Np«nNÄ B]m Np_¨p AX¡kpw HSp¡kpw tk\w…ASnÃm¯Snsâ Np_km..^mip Fsâ Nq«pNm^sâ AWn]Wm…CkÄ AktWmXv sNm©n¡pj]m³ tbm]n«mt{S Ak³ Cãm b_tª…ASnsâ tb^n kj¡p*m¡m³ hpVn]pw…^mip`nsâ A½ b_]p¶Sv tN«v Fsâ sSm`n]p^nªp tbm]n… “” A¸pknsâ km¡pNÄ tN«v A¨p sM«n…NqXpS Bt`mIn¡p¶SnWp fp³tb tUkn]psX ssN A¨pknsâ tUi¯p ko\p…

“”F^\w sN«kta…Wo W¶m]n F¶v N^pSn]Sm… CSnsâ H^p Np_kv NqXnt] D*m]n^p¶pÅq…””

“”sSm«p tbmk^pSksa…”” hpVn tUkn]psX N¿n N]_n bnXn¨p..

“”””Wn§Äs¡ms¡ H^p knIm^w D*v.. t`mNs¯ Gäkpw k`n] fmWyÀ CkWpw Cksâ Nq«pNm^pw Bs\¶v..Cksâ km¡v tN«v hSymkØ Fs´¶v tbm`pw Sn^¡msS A½m]n A¨pknsW SÃn..A¨pknsW shäv B¡n sNmXpt¡m F¶v tImUn¨SnWm Mm³ ^mip`nsW SÃn]Sv..A¨pknWv Cu Nm^y§sam¶pw A_n]nÃ…FXm A¸q…Wnsâ Nq«pNm^sâ AWn]tWmXv sI¶v b_.. f^ymU¡v WX¶ntàAk³ F\oäp WX¡nsöp…””

FÃmw tN«t¸mÄ A¸pknWv e]¦^ NpätdmVw tSm¶n…A¨p N^ªp sNm*v ko«nt`¡v HmXn..

“”””`£vfn…W½psX tfmsâ Np_kpNÄ fm{Stf Wo N*pÅq…sSäv N*m {bSnN^n¡m³ DÅ Aksâ fWÊv N*nÃ…hpVn AN¯p sbmt¡maq…””

Sn^n¨p ko«nt`¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ A¨pknsâ fWÊn A¸p b_ª N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km¡pNÄ fpj§n… A¸ptk«³ Ss¶ A§sWm^p sb¬Np«n B]m\tÃm N*Sv Ft¶mÀ¯v AkÄ kn§ns¸m«n…A½ SÃn]SnsW¡mÄ Aksa tWmkn¨Spw B km¡pNÄ B]n^p¶p…B^v Fs´ms¡ b_ªm`pw Ssâ Nan¡q«pNm^³ Ssâ H¸w Ds*t¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ A¨pknsâ fWÊv S\p¯p… ko«n F¯n]Spw dps¡Ãmw FXp¯p sk¨v A¨p N«n`nt`¡v ko\p…Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ AkapsX sW_pNn Bt^m St`mXn..tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A½ Wn_ª N®pfm]n A¨pknsW tWm¡p¶p…

“”A½t]mXv £fn¡v tfmta…”” AXp¯ Wnfngw A¨p A½s] sN«n¸n¨p N^ªp…

“”A½]psX tfmav H^n¡`pw Io¯ Bkn`y s«m…”” tUkn A¨pknsâ fqÀ²mkn Ipwdn¨p…

“”Bs^s´ms¡ b_ªm`pw A½ CWn sâ A¨psW hwl]n¡nÃ…””

e£\w Njn¨v A½s] sN«n¸nXn¨p sNm*v A¨p D_§n…bntä¶v D_¡w D\À¶t¸mÄ N* Nmjv¨ N*v A¨p D_s¡ Wn`knan¨p….

A¨pknsâ N^¨n tN«v tUkn HmXn k¶p…

“”F´m A¨q…?”

“”””At½… tU…””

“”Hm ASmt\m… hm^`y s«m…ASv A¨p k`y Np«n B]Sm…”” tUkn A¨pknsW bp\À¶p sNm*v b_ªp…

“”CWn bj] tbms` HmXn¨mXn WX¡msWm¶pw bmXnÃ…Np_¨v HSp¡¯ns`ms¡ WX¡\w…tNt«m Nm´m^n…”” A¨pknsâ fpO¯p Wm\w knXÀ¶p…

H^mjvI Njnªv Gjmw WmÄ A¸¨nfm^pw A½m]nfm^pw FÃmw A¨pknWv ssN Wn_s] h½mW§Ä sNmXp¯p…A¸p Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p…A¨p fpOw sk«n¨p…A¨pknWv A¶s¯ b^nekw fm_n]n«nÃm]n^p¶p…sbs«¶m\v A¨p {l²n¨Sv… hpVn fm{Sw k¶n«nÃ…A¸¨nt]mXv tImUn¡m³ AkÄ¡v Wm\w B]n… bntä¶v h-vNqan tbm]t¸mÄ hpVn ¢mÊn Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p…hpVn tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A¨pknWv Ft´m Wm\w k¶p…hpVn A_nªp Nmt\m…

“”A¨q…C¶s` FÃm^pw D*m]n^pt¶m BtQmg¯nWv?” A¨p BsN kÃmSm]n…AkÄ hpVn]psX fpO¯p tWm¡msS tImUn¨p…

“”FÃm^pw D*m]n^p¶p… hpVn F´m k^ms¯? ‘

“”fW¸qÀkw k^m¯Sm…B A¸pknsW N*m FWn¡v tUgyw k^pw…kÃSpsfms¡ b_]pw…A¶p Wns¶ A§sW b_ªt¸mÄ Aksâ N^\w tWm¡n H¶p sbm«n¡m³ tSm¶n]Sm FWn¡v..”

“”””F´m hpVn CSv…A¸ptk«³ W½sa¡mÄ A©p k]Êv fq¯StÃ…A§sWms¡ b_]mtkm..?”

“”””Nãw… Wm\fpt*mXn WnW¡v? k]_p Wn_¨p Nn«n]n«v AkapsX H^p N¸ptk«³…”” At¸mtj¡pw ¢mÊn Xo¨À k¶p… sskNn«v ¢mÊv– kn«p H^pfn¨p tbmkm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A¨p hpVns] Nm¯p Wn¶p…

“”A¨q… Wo sbmt¡m… Mm³ Np_¨v tW^w Nan¨n«v k^mw..”

“”””hpVn… b^o£ AXp¡m_m]ntÃ..ASp Njnªn«v Nan¡mw.. Wo km… “”

“”WnW¡v b_ªm fWhn`mkntà A¨q…Wo sbmt¡m Mm³ kt¶mamw..” hpVnt]mXv SÀ¡n¨n«v {bt]mKWw Csö_n]mkp¶tSm*v A¨p ko«nt`¡v WX¶p…tbmNp¶ kjn¡m\v A¸pknsâ koXv…AknsX F¯n]Spw ^mV A¨pknsW knan¨p..

“”””tfmta A¨q..Wo Hät¡ DÅq? hpVn FknsX?”

“”””Ak³ Nq«pNm^psX H¸w {Nn¡äv– Nan¡m³ tbm]n A¸¨n..”

“”””tfmav km… A¸¨n I¡ k_p¯p sk¨n«p*v…WnW¡v k`y CãtÃ.. Np_¨v sNm*p sbmt¡m.. kt`y«Wpw I¡ F¶v sk¨m KokWm… “” A¨p ^mV]psX £\w hzoN^n¨p… ^mV AkÄ¡v Np_¨v I¡ k_p¯Sv sNmXp¯p..

“”””A¸¨n… hq¸À B]n«p*v…A¸¨n]psX ssN¸p\yw Mm³ h½Sn¨p S¶p..”

“”””tfmav WtÃm\w e£\w Hs¡ Njn¡\w s«m… ka^p¶ {bm]m.. bns¶ A¨q… WnW¡v A¸pkntWmXv tUgyw Dt*m? B ^mip`nsâ G«³ AK]v A¸pknsâ k`n] hpir¯m…AkWm\s{S tfmta Np_n¨v CÃm¯sSms¡ b_ªSv…ASnWv tlgw A¸p AkWpfm]n«pÅ Nq«v kn«p… “”

“”FWn¡v A¸ptk«tWmXvtUgyw H¶pfnà A¸¨n”

“”””bt£ tfmav AksW N*m H¶p In^n¡p¶p tbm`pw Cà F¶v A¸p b^nekw b_ªp…””

“”ASv Mm³ fWÊv sNm*v A_n]m¯ Nm^y¯nWv A¸ptk«³ Npäs¸Xp¯n]t¸mÄ h¦Xm]n..”

“”””AkWv ASn NpätdmVw D*v..tW^n b_]mWpÅ fXn sNm*v tfmtamXv thm_n b_]m³ Fs¶ G`vbn¨n^n¡y..”

“”””hm^`y..CWn Nm^yw A_n]msS Bs^]pw Npäs¸Xp¯^pSv b_ªm fSn… A¸ptk«³ Ft¸mjm F¯m?”

“”””Ak³ k^m_mkps¶ DÅq..”

“”””Mm³ WX¡s«.. A½ AtWzgn¡p¶p*mkpw…A¸ptk«tWmXv FWn¡v bn\¡w H¶pfnà b_tª¡q A¸¨n… “”

“”sl^n tfmta..”

A¨p ko«nt`¡v WX¶p…Np«nNsaÃmw tbm]n Njnªn^p¶p.. Bsamjnª CXkjn B]Sp sNm*v A¨p tkPw WX¶p…sbs«¶v ^*p ssh¡nÄ A¨pknsâ fp¶n k¶p Wn¶p…

“”^mipÂ…””

“”F´m AlzSn tfmta Wnsâ tdmZn PmÀZv NqsX]ntÃ?” ^mip`pw Aksâ S` sS_n¨ Nq«pNm^pw A¨pknsW kaªp… AkÄ hN` ssV^ykpw FXp¯v HmXm³ SpX§n]Spw ^mip AkapsX N¿n bnXp¯fn«p…

“”i..A§W§p tbm]mt`m… Wns¶ H¶p tWm¡n]m Fs¶ sNm¶p Na]psf¶m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B b¶ hpVn]psX eog\n…””

“”^mipÂ… Fs¶ knXv..¹ohv…””

“”NnX¶p bpa]msSXo… tU Cu tI«·mÀ¡v NqXn Wns¶ sl^ns¡m¶p b^nI]s¸X\ft{S…Mm³ Ak^psX B{Piw WX¯ns¡mXp¡msf¶p km¡pw sNmXp¯p…””

“”Zm ^mips`… CkÄ H¼Sn Bs\¶§p knlzhn¡m³ bäp¶nÃ…Wfp¡v Cu CXkjn]n Wns¶m¶p fm_n Wn¶v Cksa h¡^n¡mw…F´m…”” A¨p tbXn¨p D_s¡ Wn`knan¨p… ^mip AkapsX km sbm¯n…

“”AsSms¡ sl^n..bt£ CkapsX Ip*n`pw Nknan`pw H^p AX]maw FWn¡v kojv¯\w… AsSsâ kmln]m…”” ^mip bNt]msX AkapsX N®nt`¡p tWm¡n…

A¨p WnÊim]]m]n hN` ssUk§ta]pw knan¨p…A¨pknsâ C^pNknapw ssNsNm*fÀ¯n ^mip AkapsX Ip*pNÄ `£yfm¡n fpOw AXp¸n¨p….

(SpX^pw….)