^mkns` eÀ¯mknWpÅ sdZvtNmcn]pfm]n _qfns`¯n] AWpbf B Nmjv¨ N*v A¼^¶p. eÀ¯mknsW sN«n¸nXn¨v NnX¡p¶ fNÄ.!

CkanSv Fs¸m k¶v NnX¶p.? Cu]nsX]m]n sb®nWv Np_p¼n¯n^n NqXp¶p*v. GSv tW^kpw AÑsW Ipän¸nXn¨m\v WX¸v. Cs¸m NnX¸pw SpX§n.

H^p WnfngfkÄ fNapsX B NnX¸v hmNqSw tWm¡n Wn¶p. {bm]w SnNª sb®m\v bmSn SpX]pw bp_¯v Nm\n¨v AÑsâ fm_n bq¨¡p«ns] tbms` bSp§n¡nX¡p¶Sv.

“”F\os¡Xo F\o¡m³.. F\oäp tbmXo.. WnW¡n¶p ¢mhntÃ.?” I´n¡ns«m¶p sNmXp¯p.

I´n NnX¶v Np`p§n]SÃmsS Aksa\oänÃ. fm{Sfà H^p Nms`Xp¯v AÑsâ SpXNÄ¡v fotS¡v fX¡n sk¡pN]pw sI]vSp. AtSmsX fnZn H¶pNqXn fpNant`¡p]À¶p.

SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v tWm¡n] AWpbf fq¡¯v kn^Âk¨p. sb®v bmân]pw C«n«nÃ.! SXn¨ bq_p fpjpkWpw Nm\mw. SpXNan sM^nªv SÅn Wn¡p¶p. skap¯ {bS`¯n N_p¯ Npän t^mf§Ä sSanªv Nm\p¶p. H^mjv¨ fp¼v kXn¨Smk\w. Ssâ tfmav fpjp¯ sb®ms]¶v AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. Asænt` SXn¨ {bNrSfm.. FÃmw Wà tbms` kaÀ¶p. ¹hv XpknWm\v bYn¡p¶sS¶v b_ªm Bs^¦n`pw knlzhn¡ptfm.? AÑsâ sIáp«n¡v Np«n¡an Ct¸mjpw kn«v fm_n]n«pfnÃ. WPvWfm] DįpX]n Ss¶ H^p WpÅv sNmXp¯p.

“”Wnt¶mXv Mm³ b_ªn«ntÃXo D_§pt¼mÄ bmân]n«v NnX¡\sf¶v..”

“”At¿.. A½¡v CSp tWm¡`mt\m b\n.?” AkÄ tUgy¯n fnZn Smjv¯n sdÍn Wn¶n_§n I´n]pw Np`p¡n Hät¸m¡v. kmSn NX¶Spw SpX]nXp¡v Djn]p¶Sv N* AWpbf In^n¨p. tkUWn¨p Nm\pw.

tNmcn tfl¡v fpNan sk¨kÄ KWkmSns`Ãmw f`Às¡ Sp_¶p..

koXnWp bn¶n tSmXm\v. ASnW¸p_w knlm`fm] k]Â. CX]v¡paa k^¼pNan Np`¨p WnÂNp¶ sS§n³ ssSNÄ. C¶s` fj sb]vSSpsNm*v f^§saÃmw WWªp NnX¡p¶p. S\p¸pÅ Caw sS¶Â DÅnt`¡Xn¨Spw AkapsX DÅw NpanÀ¶ptbm]n.

bpSn] koXpsk¨n«v H^p fmhw Njnªp. Ct¸mjpw bp_s¯ Nmjv¨NÄ AkÄ¡v bpSpf]pÅSm\v. S_km«ns` Sn§n sM^nª A´^o£¯n koÀ¸pfp«n¡nX¶ C¶s`NÄ Akant`t¡mXns]¯n. hmVyfm]n^p¶n«pw knKt]«WnãfÃm]n^p¶p S_kmXv kn«p tbm^m³. AkhmWw Ssâ Wn^´^fm] WnÀdÔ¯nWv knKt]«Wv kjt§*n k¶p. CSm\v Sm³ N* hzbvWw. CSm\v Sm³ B{Pin¨ hzÀ¤w. SmWpw knKt]«Wpw ^*p f¡apw fm{SfX§p¶

sNm¨p koXv. AkÄ Sn^nªv knKt]«sW tWm¡n. tfmsa\oäv tbm]tSmsX SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v ssNNapw Sn^pNn sI^nªp NnX¶m\p_¡w.

“”knKt]«m… knKt]«Wm\v CSnsWms¡ kaw sk¨p sNmXp¡p¶Sv.. fXn]n`n^p¯n sNm©n¡p¶sSms¡ WnÀ¯m³ hf]fm]n.”

“”””Akav NpªtÃXo..” A]mÄ N®p Sp_¶p.

“”knKt]«Wnt¸mjpw Akav sNm¨p Npªm.. FWn¡kav {bm]w SnNª Npªm.. F\o¡v tNmcn S\p¡pw.”

AkÄ eÀ¯mknsW bnXn¨v F\o¸n¨v tNmcn N¿n sNmXp¯Spw bp_¯v ssd¡v k¶p Wn¡p¶ lÐw tN«p. Wµp Kn½n tbm]n k¶p. AkWv Im] FXp¯p sk¨n«nÃ. AkÄ VrSn]n AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.

‘C¶v tW^s¯ NjntªmXm..” fN³ AXp¡a]ns`¯n]Spw AkÄ Sn^¡n.

“”fhns`m¶pw CWn k`pSmNmWnÃt½.. ASpsNm*nWn Np_¨p Nan¨m fSns]¶p s{X]nWÀ b_ªp.” Wtµgv ssNfp«v bSps¡ fX¡n D^p*v N]_p¶ fhn`v A½¡v Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p.

AkÄ¡Sv N*v In^nk¶p. C¶shâv fhn`v bnXn¨v fnÌÀ tbmªn¡^]ms\¶v ko¼na¡p¶ ^wPfm\v AkÄt¡mÀ½ k¶Sv. AkÄ fpãn Ip^p«n AknsX tWm¡n Hä¡p¯v.!

“”At½…” N^ªSv bs£ Akam]n^p¶p. ssN NpXªpsNm*kÄ Smtj¡n^p¶p.

Ak³ sbm«n¨n^n¨p sNm*v A½s] F\o¸n¨v ssN SXkns¡mXp¯p.

Kn½n tbmNp¶SnWv fp³bv Aksâ tUiw F{S thmcväm]n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ D_¨ bm_tbm`ms]¶v AkÄ Sn^n¨_nªp. knKt]«sW tbms` Ss¶ hpµ^Wpfm\k³. ftä ssNsNm*kÄ Aksâ S` NpWn¨pbnXn¨v sWän]n Ip*fÀ¯n.

f¡Ä¡v sNm*p tbmNmWpÅ D¨ e£\w VrSn]n S¿m_m¡pt¼mjm\kÄ¡v Ajnªp NnX¡p¶ fpXn H^p l`yfm]n tSm¶n]Sv. Wmlw.. ¢n¸v dmSv_qfn Wns¶Xp¡m³ f_¶p. AkÄ N_n fqXnsk¨v AXp¡a]n Wn¶n_§n dmSv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

Wµp Cs¸m Npan¡m³ tN_n]tS]pÅq.. AkÄ kmSn`nWp fp«n.

“”F´mXo.. MmWnt¸msjm¶pw C_§¯nà Wo tk\sf¦n DÅn Wn¶v Npant¨m.” tUgyfpÅ hz^w.

“”Fsâ ¢n¸p*knsX AsSm¶v FXp¯pSmXm..”

“”A½]m]n^pt¶m..” AkWpXsW kmSn Sp_¶p.

ANt¯¡p tWm¡n] AkapsX N®pNÄ S_¨Sv Ak³ DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯v fp*nsâ fp³emP¯m]n^p¶p. D]À¶v NqXm^fXn¨p Wn¡pN]m\knXw.! AkÄ sbs«¶p Ss¶ tWm«w bn³k`n¨p.

Ck³ hz]wtemPw sI¿pN]m]n^pt¶m,

C{S]pw fpjp¯n^n¡m³.! {bm]w AStÃ.. In`t¸mÄ B]n^n¡pw. H^p N¿n F®¡p¸n]pfp*v.! AkÄ¡v In^nk¶p.

“”B timan`p*v.” AkÄ Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p.

Ak³ N¿p]À¯n ¢ns¸Xp¡m³ {lfn¨Spw tSmÀ¯v fp*v Ajnªv ko\Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p.

A^s¡«nt`¡v tWm¡n] AkÄ N®p fnjn¨p.! F®¡p¸nsNm*v Np® f_¨p bnXn¡m³ {lfn¨k³ VrSn]n fps*Xp¯v Ipän.

H«pw I½`nÃmsS A½¡k³ ¢ns¸Xp¯v sNmXp¯v kmSn`X¨p.

]m{´nNfm]m\kÄ Sn^nªSv. N*Sv knlzhn¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. Aksâ AÑtâSntW¡mÄ Woakpw k®kpw.!

B kn{ef¯n Wn¶pw bp_¯v NX¡msWt¶m\w AkÄ S`NpXªp. Culz^m.. Cs¶´m C§sW.? ^mkns` N\nN*Sv tfmapsX bq_v. Cs¸m tU tfmsâ Np®.! Aksâ fp*pXp¡mWpÅ sk{bmaw HmÀ¯Spw AkÄ¡v In^n k¶ptbm]n. In^n¨psNm*kÄ fpXn Ip^p«n ¢n¸v sk¨p.

‘At½.. ssd¡nWv sI_ns]m^p b\n]p*v.. H^p Xp Suhâv f\ohv AÑsâ N¿n Wn¶v Chv¡n¯m..” Npan Njnªp k¶ Wµp AkapsX N¿n Sq§n. Akat¸mjpw AXp¡a]n S¶m]n^p¶p.

Akakâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Aksâ fpO¯v Sm³ Np® N*Snsâ I½Â `kt`lw tbm`pfnÃ.! Ssâ]pÅn Wn¶ms\¦n AsSm«v fm]p¶pfnÃ. bmXpsb«kÄ In^ns]mSp¡n.

“”WnWs¡´mXm AÑtWmXv tW^n«v tImUn¨mÂ.?”

“”AÑsâ bp¶m^ tfmap*tÃm H^p¯n.. Akav tImUn¨m Aѳ H¶pw fn*msS F{S tk\sf¦n`pw sNmXp¡pw.. Mm³ tImUn¡pt¼mjm\v AÑWv bnlp¡v.. tbm^m¯SnWv Npt_ tImUy§apw.”

Ak³ b_ªSn`pw Nm^yfps*¶kÄ¡v tSm¶n. sk_psS]ÃtÃm AkÄ¡ÑtWmXn{S Cãw.! CkWms\¦n St¶mXm\v NqXpS AXp¸w. fn¡ NpXpwd¯n`pw A§nsW S¶m]n^n¡pw. Hs¶mjn¨v. f¡Ä ^*pw S½n WnÊm^ Nm^y§Ä¡v tbm`pw Ft¸mjpw kj¡m\v. _ntfm«nWp tk*n, BUyw Npan¡m³ tk*n, F¶p SpX§n F´p Nm^y¯nWpw fp«³ kj¡v. Cks^´m C§sWs]¶v In´n¨n«p*v. F¶m\v Culz^m ^*pw tI«Wpw AWn]¯n]pfm]n sb^pfm_m³ bYn¡p¶Sv.

“”AÑtWmXv tImUnt¡*.. Fsâ N¿n`p*v Mm³ S^mw.. Wo tbm]n s_Zn]m]n«p km..”

“”Sm¦vhv At½..” AkapsX A^s¡«n Ipän¸nXn¨k³ Nknans`m^p½ sNmXp¯v fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p.

tR.. CSv bSnknÃm¯Sm\tÃm Ft¶mÀ¯kÄ Aksâ tbm¡v tWm¡n Wn¶p. D½ sk¨SÃm]n^p¶p Aksa A`«n]Sv. A^]n`pÅ B

bnXp¯fm]n^p¶p.!

k*n¡v b\ns]m¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p. A½s] bän¨ ht´mg¯n ssNsNm*v fpXn tNmSns]mSp¡n fqan¸m«pw bmXn S` Np`p¡ns¡m*k³ kmSn Sp_¶v _qfnt`¡v N]_n]Spw H^p Wnfngw km]pw sbman¨v Wn¶ptbm]n.!

Ssâ sdÍn`n^p¶v Ko³hv V^n¡m³ SpX§p¶ {bn]. Ko³hv fpt«matf N]än]n«pÅq.. SpXNapw bmân]pw skan]nÂ..

AkÄ sbs«¶v sdZvgoäv k`n¨v A^emPw f_¨p.

“”WnWs¡´mXm tZm_n fp«o«v k¶mÂ.?” AkÄ ^q£fm]n AksW tWm¡n.

St¶¡mÄ fq¶v k]ÊnWv Ca]Sm\v. F¶m`pw FXm tbmXms¶ÃmsS knan¡nà bq_ntfmÄ.

“”fp«o«v k^m³ CSv Wnsâ _qfmt\mXo..? Wnt¶mXm^mXo CSnWNt¯¡v tN_m³ b_ªSv.. C_§nt¸mXo..” Ak³ Nt¿m§ns¡m*v AkapsX tWs^ sI¶p.

“”Fsâ Ko³hm^mXm Wnt¶mXv CknsX sNmXp¶nXm³ b_ªSv.. FÃm]nX¯pw S¸n]n«m Mm³ Ct§m«v k¶Sv, As¸m tU CknsX NnX¡p¶p.”

Hm§n] ssN Sm\p. C¶s` fj sb¿m³ SpX§n]s¸m HmXns¨¶v Ssâ Ko³hpNÄ FXp¯Sm\v. ASnWnX]n sb«SmNpw AkapsX Ko³hv. Ak³ A`fm^¡v fp¶n sI¶v N®mXn]n tWm¡n S` IoNm³ SpX§n.

AkÄ sdZvgoäv fmän Ko³hv k`n¨p N]äp¶Sv Ak³ N®mXn]n`qsX N*p. B skap¯ SpXNÄ¡v Wà fm¨m\v bn¦v Wn_¯n`pÅ bmâns]¶v Ak³ HmÀ¡mSn^p¶nÃ.

kmSn Npän]nXm³ tSm¶mSn^p¶ Wnfngs¯ {bmNns¡m*kÄ F\oäv AkWv bp_w Sn^nªp Wn¶v Ko³hnsâ d«³hn«p.

ASpw N*psNm*m\v Ak³ Sn^nªSv. Ko³hnWp bn¶ns` D^p*v sNmjp¯ I´n¡pX§an Aksâ N®pNÄ S_¨p. Cu]nsX]m]n sb®nsâ Np*n]pw fp`Napsfms¡ Wà k`p¸w NqXp¶ps*¶v AkWp tSm¶n. kÃktâw ssNkafpt*m Btkm.? XogÀ«kÄ H¶pNqXn k`n¨n_¡n]n«pw B kn^nª I´n¡pX§apsX Nm emPw tbm`pw f_ªnÃ. Ak³ tbm`pf_n]msS, B{Pin¡msS, A^s¡«ns`m^mÄ S`sbm¡n.!

GSv Wà Np*n N*m`pw S`sbm¡n tWm¡p¶ Np® Nm^\w Ak³ hinsN«n^p¶p. “”NÅ dZpkm.. ASv Wnsâ hz´w sb§am\v.. At½w sb§taw Sn^n¨_n]m³ kNSn^nknÃm¯k³’ AkWm dZpk¡ns«m¶p sNmXp¯p. AXn Nn«n]Spw Ak³ bqÀÆmVnNw lànt]msX c\w knXÀ¯n]mXn. AtSmsX AkÄ Nm\psf¶v tbXn¨v Ak³ Sn^nªp Wn¶p. sgÍn]pw C«n«nÃ.!

AkÄ tbm]Spw H^p kj¡nWm]n NmtSmÀ¯k³ sI_p In^nt]msX {ZÊv V^n¡m³ SpX§n. A½¡kÄ ssXäv {ZÊv

CXp¶tS CãfÃ. C¶kÄ h-vNqant`¡v tbmNp¶Sv Ko³hpw XogÀ«pfn«v.!

C_¡w Np_ª tgmÀ«pw `¤n³hpw, fp«nWp sSm«pSmsj C_¡fpÅ Hä t{cm¡psfÃmw ko«n`nXm³ H^p fXn]pfnÃkÄ¡v. fp`]pw SpX]psfÃmw sSanªp Nm\p¶ {ZÊnXpt¼msjÃmw A½]psX N¿o¶v Wà Io¯ Nn«pw. bs£, AÑWkÄ¡v Ft¸mjpw Sm§pw S\`pfm]n Wn¡pw.

FÃm Nm^y¯n`pw AÑsâ Wà ht¸mÀ«m\v AkÄ¡v. bp_¯p tbmNpt¼mÄ In`t¸msjms¡ A½ b_]p¶ {ZÊnXpw. bs£, ko«n`kÄ¡v bqÀ® hzS{´yfm\v. kjs¡m¶pw tNÄ¡m¯Sn AkWSnl]w tSm¶n.! Dw.. Aѳ tbm]n«nÃtÃm ASm\v. A½¡_n]mw b_ªn«pw k`n] Nm^yfnsöv.

f¡apsX dmPn Xncn³ tdmN-vhv sk¨p Njnªv Blzmht¯msX]n^n¡pt¼mjm\v tNmanwPv sd lÐn¨Sv. f¡apsX Nq«pNm^ms^¦n`pfmNpsf¶v N^pSn AWpbf sI¶v fp³kmSn Sp_¶p. In^n¨p sNm*Sm hqh³ Wn¡p¶p. tKm`n¡p tbmNp¶ kjn]m\v. tSmans`m^p dmPpfp*v.

“”Wµq«³ tbmt]mXo..”

AkapsXs]m^p Wµq«³. sb®p¼nÅs¡´m WX¶p tbm]m`v..? Aksâ A^¡v Ipän¸nXn¨v sNm©ns¡m*v tbmNp¶sSm¶v Nmt\*Sm\v.!

“”Ak³ tbm]tÃm tI¨o..” A§sW b_]mWm\v tSm¶n]Sv.

“”Aksâ h-vNq«_tà Cu NnX¡pt¶..?” ASv tN«n«pw hqhsWm^p hwl]w.

“”Ak³ Nq«pNm^sâ h-vNq«_nWp bn¶n tN_n]m tbm]Sv.” CX¡§sW tbmkm_pÅSpsNm*v {b]mhs¸tX*n k¶nÃ. ssUktf AkWns¸m bp_t¯¡v ImXmSn^p¶m fSn]m]n^p¶p.

“”Hmcohns`¯m³ Cs¸mtj sskNn.. kà Hmt«m]pw Nn«ptfm¶v tWm¡s«.”

hqh³ Wn^mlt]msX Sn^nªv WX¶p. sÈm.. Ipų sI_p¡sâ bn¶n AksW sN«n¸nXn¨v hkm^n sI¿mWpÅ tfmifm\v sbm`nªSv. A¨m]³ H¶mw Sn]Sn ko«n`p*mNnÃ, At¶^w AksW ko«nt`¡v £\n¡\sf¶v N^pSn]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. hm^fnÃ, CWn]pw hf]fp*v. t_mZnt`¡n_§n]Spw Ht^mt«m Uqs^ Wn¶pw k^p¶SkÄ N*p.

hqh³ N®n Wn¶pw f_]ptkmaw tWm¡n Wn¶ AWpbf tPänW^nNn {loKs] N*Spw DÅnt`¡v N]_n.

“”Akav ]q\ntcmfn`m\tÃm.. WnWs¡´mXo h-vNqan`n¶v kà t{bm{Pmfpfpt*m.?” fNÄ Ko³hnXp¶SntWmXv H«pw SmÂb^yfnÃmSn^p¶ AWpbf sSÃv CuÀgyt]msX]m\v tImUn¨Sv.

“”AsSms¡]p*t½.. Mm³ k¶n«v b_]mw.”

AÑWn_§p¶Spw Nm¯v AÑsâ fp_n¡p fp¶n A£f]m]n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶

{bn], Nq«pNm^n tPän Nm¯pWn¡p¶ps*¶_nªSpw kmSn`n fp«msWm^p§pN]m]n^p¶p. At¸mtj¡pw knK]³ kmSn Sp_¶v bp_t¯¡n_§n.

“”AÑm tbms«.. D½..” AkaÑsW sN«n¸nXn¨v Nknan fp¯w sNmXp¯p.

ASpw N*p sNm*m\v Wµp _qfn Wn¶n_§n]Sv. sN«n¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶ N¿Sm AÑsâ I´n]nt`¡v Wo§n AknsX SjpNp¶p. Ak³ NuSpNt¯msX ASp tWm¡n.! Hm.. tbjvshXp¡mWm\v.

tbjvhv tbm¡än Wn¶pw k`ns¨Xp¯n«kÄ GSmWpw tWms«Xp¯v Sn^nsN AÑsâ N¿n sNmXp¯v ftä Nknan`pw AfÀ¯ns]m^p½ WÂNn In^n¨p sNm*v bp_t¯t¡mXnt¸m]n.

CsSÃmw N*v sWän]n N¿pw sk¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p AWpbf. sb®v F{S Nmlm\v FXp¯sS¶v tbm`pw tWm¡msS tfmav sNmXp¯ D½]pw BhzUn¨p Wn¡p¶ H^ѳ.! AfÀgt¯msX AfÀ¯n¨kn«n AkÄ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n.

A½]psX B tbm¡v N*v WµpknWv In^nk¶p. Cu]nsX]m]n AÑWpw fNapw k`n] AXp¸¯n`m\v. A½¡Sv Nm\pt¼mÄ AhiyS]ps*¶v tSm¶n]n«p*v. thmc]n`n^p¶v Xnkn Nm\pt¼mÄ Sm³ A½]psX fXn]n`m\v NnX¡pN. AkapsX S` ASnWp fp³tb AÑsâ fXn]n ØmWw bnXn¨n«p*mNpw. b`t¸mjpw AkÄ AÑsâ fXn]n`n^p¶mNpw Xnkn Nm\pN. ASv Nm\p¶Spw A½]psX tUgyw bp_¯p ImXpw.

“”FXo NjptS.. tbm¯ptbms` kaÀ¶p.. Ct¸mjpw Caa¡p«n]m¶m knIm^w.. Wnsâ {bm]¯n Fsâ NÃym\w Njnªn^p¶p.. A_nt]m WnW¡v..? knKt]«m.. Wn§an§sW sNm©n¨n«m sb®n§sW kgamNpt¶.. Np_s¨¦n`pw {l²n¡p¶pt*m Aksa.. tWm¡nt¡ H¯ sb®m]n.”

ASv tNÄ¡p¶Spw AkaÑsâ Njp¯n Ipän¸nXn¨v fp¯w sNmXp¡pw. AÑWpw ASptbms` AkÄ¡v fp¯w sNmXp¯v A½s] H¶pNqXn tUgyw bnXn¸n¡pw. AÑsâ fp¯fm\v ^hw. Aѳ Nknan AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¡p¶SntWmsXm¸w fq¡nt`¡v lzmhw Bªv k`n¡p¶ lÐkpw tNÄ¡mw..

CX]v¡nX¡v A^t§_m_pÅ B WmXNkpw HmÀ¯k³ DÅn In^n¨p sNm*v ssd¡nsâ Imkns]Xp¡m³ fp_n]nt`¡v Ss¶ N]_n.

A½]n¶v fqtZmcn`m\v. CWn sskNn]n«v Nmlv km§mw. Imkn]pw kn^`n N_¡ns¡m*k³ bp_t¯¡n_§n]t¸mÄ AÑsâ Nm_v tPäv NX¶v tbmNp¶Sv N*p. AÑWn¶v tW^s¯]m\tÃm.. hmVm^\ Sm³ tbmNp¶ hf]¯v Aѳ Npan¡p¶tS]p*mNq..

ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSSpw AWpbf HmXn]n_§n Aksâ]Xpt¯¡v k¶v– tbm¡än Nmlv Sn^pNn.

“”Wns¶]m

hqhsâ NqsXs]§mWpw CWn N*m A¶t¯msX Wnsâ ssd¡v Mm³ kn¡pw b_tª¡mw..”

AkWSv tN«Spw sM«n. As¸m A½]sSÃmw {l²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.! Aѳ tbm]SpsNm*mNpw A½]n§sW D_s¡ b_ªSv. Aѳ tNÄs¡ A½ Ss¶ H^p sI_n] kj¡ptbm`pw b_]m_nÃ.

“”Wo Cu kjn¡v tbmN*.. Akat§m«v tbm]n«p*v.. Wm^m]t\«sâ Im]¡X]psX ASnt` knt«m..” AkÄ fNWv WnÀt±lw WÂNn.

AkWv In^nk¶p.

“”Culz^m.. Fsâ Npªnsâ tf H^p¯otXw N®psbXtÃ..” ssd¡v fpt¶ms«Xp¯Spw A½]psX lÐw bn¶ms` k¶p.

Cu At½sX H^p Nm^yw.. A½]psX Cu {bmÀ°W Nm^\fm\v SmWn¶pw NWyNWm]n Njn]p¶sS¶v AkWp tSm¶n. sb®v F´ms\¶pw AkapsX Nm`n¶nX]n H^p hzÀ¤fps*¶pw A_nª tlgw sSm«p St`mXmWpw D½sk¡mWpsfms¡ b`t^]pw Nn«n]n«ps*¦n`pw b®m³ H^p¯nt]w Nn«m¯Sn kas^ Wn^ml tSm¶n]n«p*v. Bâns] ka¨p k^nN]m]n^p¶p. Cu]½ Nm^\w ASpw WX¡psf¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ. bp_s¯ms^®w tbm`pw Nn«msS k^p¶SpsNm*mNmw Cu]nsX]m]n ko«ns` Ak]n`dnÄ bq_pNsa¡p_n¨v CX¡nX¡v In´ k^p¶Sv.! AkWm In´Nsa B«n¸m]n¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v ssd¡nsâ hvboZv Nq«n.

k¶ ^*v Hmt«m]n`pw Bap*m]n^p¶SpsNm*v WnÀ¯n]nÃ. dhv tÌm¸ns`¯m³ CWn]pw bSnW©v fnWpt«maw WX¡\w. hqh³ WX¯¯nWv hvboZv Nq«n]Spw sbs«s¶m^p Nm_nsâ tim\Xn tN«v AkÄ Sn^nªp tWm¡n. knK]³.

A]Âb¡¯v Smfhfm]n«v H^p fmht¯mafms]¦n`pw Sm³ tbmNp¶ hf]s¯m¶pw Ct§s^ CSpks^ N*n«nÃ. ASpsNm*p Ss¶ “”l^ns¡m¶v’ b^nI]s¸Xm³ CSpks^ Njnªn«nÃ. hqh³ k*n¡v ssN Nm\n¨p.

k*n WnÀ¯n] knK]³ Ns¿¯n¨v fp³tZmÀ Sp_¶psNmXp¯p.

AkÄ hoän N]_n]n^p¶v tZmÀ AX¨Spw l^n¡v AXªnsö f«n knK]³ G´n k`nªv H¶pNqXn Sp_¶X¨p. AkapsX fp`Nan ssNfp«v W¶ms]m¶v AfÀ¯n]n«m\v ssN Sn^ns¨Xp¯Sv.

H¶v hwl]n¨ AkapsX fpO¯v sbmXp¶sW NŨn^n sfm«n«p.

AkaS_n]\w F¶ Dt±l¯n Ss¶]m\v knK]WSv sI]vSSv. CknsX k¶ hf]¯pSs¶ Cksa {l²n¨n^p¶p. N*mt` A_n]mw fpän] CWfms\¶v. sf`nªp\§n ImNm³ KokWnÃm¯ tKmÀKv AXn¨p sNmXp¯n«v CkÄs¡´mNmWm\v. Ssâ em^y]psX A{S]pw tbms^¦n`pw H^p tI©v B^m\v B{Pin¡m¯Sv. fp«ntWm¡p¶Sv sM«n¨psNm*v Ss¶]m]mt`m.?

“”tKmÀsK´mXo

Wns¶ H¶pw sI¿m_ntÃ..? H¶nWpw H^pXkpw bän]n«nÃ.” AkapsX NqÀ¯v Wn¡p¶ fmÀ¡WnNant`¡v tWm¡n skÅfn_¡ns¡m*m]n^p¶p B tImUyw.

Aka{S¡pw {bSo£n¨nÃ. Wm\w sNm*v SpXp¯v A_n]msS Ip*v NXn¨ptbm]n. C{S]pw Sp_¶v tImUn¨ ØnSn¡v CWns]t´m¶v Wm\n¡m³.

“”Hm F¶m b_]mWm.. At§À¡v k`nknsâ AhpOw bt*]pÅSm.. F§nsWt]m ^*v sNm¨p§ap*m]n.” Aksam^p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.

C^ sNm¯n] ht´mg¯n A]maq_n¨n^n¨v bn¶n k¶ k*n¡v N]_nt¸mNm³ sshZv sNmXp¯p. SWn¡v tbmNm³ A{S VrSns]m¶pfnÃ.! Akat¸mÄ A]msa¯s¶ {l²n¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

N*m Wµq«sâ tI«Wms\t¶ tSm¶q. Wà N«n fol]pw N^p¯pä tdmZn]pw. B kn^nª sW©nt`¡kÄ sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n. CSp tbm`pÅ]msa Ss¶]m\v NnX¡]n C^]m]n Nnt«*Sv. N®pNÄ N®pNapfm]n DX¡n]t¸mjpw AkÄ tWm«w bn³k`n¨nÃ.

knNm^ hmP^w Sn^SÃp¶ B fnjnNÄ A]mant`¡mjv¶n_§n. B Ip*pNÄ kn_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AV^ssfTpW¯nWp tk*n]pÅ Umifm\sS¶v H^p Wnfngw A]mÄ¡v tSm¶nt¸m]n. Akant`¡mªv Ip*n fp¯w k]v¡msWm^p§n]Spw Aka]msa SÅnfmän. Bs^¦n`pw N*mÂ.!

“”fpt¶m«p tWm¡n k*nt]mXn¡v fmtg.. CSv sbmSp t_mZm\v.” AkÄ In^n¨p. ASpw sNmÃp¶ In^n.

Ckans` Cu hvss{S\ PÔfm]n^n¡pw Ssâ Nt{*mÄ NaªsS¶v A]mÄ¡v tSm¶n. f¯pbnXn¸n¡p¶ f\w.! b^tklt¯msX fnX]n_¡n] knK]³ ss{ZknwPn {l²]À¸n¨p.

Akat¸mjpw A]mapsX emk§Ä BhzUn¨p sNm*v In^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AXp¯ H¶mw So¿Sn ^m{Sn. H¶pNn fN³ Asæn Aѳ. ^*ms`m^mÄ Cu hqhsâ sdZv_qw N*n^n¡pw.! AkÄ Ips*m¶v WW¨p.

C¶v sIXn¡v WW¡mWpfnÃ, Asæn AsS¦n`pw sI¿mfm]n^p¶p. sskNpt¶^s¯ ho^n] NjnªSpw bp_¯n_§n]Sm]n^p¶p AWpbf. C¶pw fjt¡map*v. fmWt¯s¡m¶v tWm¡n]n«v AkÄ koXnWp bn¶m¼p_t¯¡v WX¶p. Nm`pNÄ I`n¨Sv tSmXnWXpt¯¡m]n^p¶p.

HjpNp¶ tSmXnsâ NaNam^k§Ä¡pw fosS Np^pknNapsX N`bn` lÐw D]À¶p tN«Spw AkÄ fpNant`¡p tWm¡n.

tSm«nt`¡v Imªp Wn_s] tS§Napfm]n Wn¶n^p¶ sS§nsâ Hm`¯p¼¯v AhwOyw Np^pknNÄ NqXpNq«n]n^p¶p. B¬NnanNaptX]pw sb¬NnanNaptX]pw NqXpNÄ. Hm`Wm^psNm*pw sWtÃm`sNm*pw D*m¡n]k.

sb¬NnanNapsX NqXpNÄ Nm\mWm\v Gs_ I´w. BW]psX

Sp¼nss¡ fmSn^n Wo*p NnX¡p¶ NqXnsâ kmSnÂ. B¬NnanNaptXSmks« H^p fWpgysâ {Nf¯n`VnNw Sp_¶ fq¡ptbms` ^*v k`n] Uzm^§Ä. WXp¡v bm`w tbms` tSm¶n¡p¶ Nnan¡n^n¡mWpÅ Ø`kpw.

F{S B]n^w Wm^pNÄ sNm*mNpw Ak NqXpSoÀ¯n^n¡p¶Sv.?. ASpw C{S]pw ftWmi^fm] ^oSn]nÂ.

W^¨ BNml¯nWp Nosj AsSm^p ftWmi^ Urlyfm]n^p¶p. C¶v AVnNsfm^nX¯pw Nm\m¯ Urlyw.!

“”¹pw..”

skůnt`¡mt^m ImXn] lÐw tN«kÄ Sn^nªp tWm¡n. hqhsâ fN³ tKmhcv. Wµpknsâ bpSn] Nq«pNm^³.

H¶pNqXn fp§n WnkÀ¶ tKmhcv Ssâ tSm«pk^¼ns` fm`mOs] tWm¡n H¶p In^n¨p. Akapw fµihn¨p.

“”Wµp kt¶m tI¨o..” Ak³ B^mªp.

“”CsÃXm.. h-vNq«_nsWt´m b\n]ps*¶p b_ªn^p¶p.. In`t¸mÄ Smfhnt¨¡pw.” AkÄ Np^pkn¡qXpNant`¡v Ss¶ tWm«w Sn^n¨p.

Njnª H^p fmh¡m`fm]n Ssâ Øn^w km\Wm]nN tSm«pk^¼ns` fm`mO]ms\¶v Ak³ ^ht¯msX HmÀ¯p. Ai¦m^t¯msX fpNant`¡p]À¶v Wn¡p¶ fmÀ¡WnNam h¼¶fm] fp¶jNpw, WX¡pt¼mÄ SmamßNfm] I`WwsNm*v hfr²fm] bn¶jNpw B^ptX]pw irU]fnXn¸v fm{SfÃ, `nwPfnXn¸pw Nq«m³ tbm¶Sm\v.! A½]pw tfmapw H¶nsWm¶p sf¨w. {bn] ka]p¶ ssX¸ms\¶v N*mt` A_n]mw. fp«ntWm¡mWpÅ ssV^yfnÃm¯Sv Wµp hpir¯m]SpsNm*p fm{Sfm\v.

l^o^kXnkv sfm¯w kyàfmNp¶ B Ipk¶ ssWän]nt`¡v Ak³ sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n. N*psNm*p Ss¶ H^p km\f§v hfÀ¸n¨mt`m. sWs©m¸w skÅfpÅSnWm Aks^m«v Nm\¯pfnÃ. In´ A{S]pfmNp¶SnWp fp³tb Aksâ ssN fp*nWnX]nt`¡v Wq*v N]_n]n^p¶p.

f¡Ä ¢mhp Njnªv k^m_m]n«p*v. Nmjv¨ N*Sp fSn]m¡n AkÄ Sn^nªv WX¡mWmªSpw fpä¯v ssd¡v k¶p Wn¡p¶ lÐw tN«p.

Wµp Cs¸m k¶v tSm«nt`¡v ImXpw. ASnWp fp¼v Aksâ At½sX bqän skÅw Ioän¡\w. tKmhcv Np`p¡`nWp hvboZv Nq«n. WX¶N`pt¼mÄ Urlyfm] CaNn¯pap¼p¶ I´n¡pX§ant`¡v Ss¶ {l² tN{µoN^n¨Spw IoäpN Ss¶ sI]vSp.. tSm«ns` b^ foWpNÄ Np®¡v Ipäpw BWµ Wr¯fmXn.

^mkns` dmSv_qfn Npan. sskNo«v tSm«n ImXn¡pan. Wµp tSmÀ¯pfps*Xp¯v tSm«nt`¡v WX¶p. Wmas¯ t{bm{PmfnsW¡p_n¨v tKmhcntWmXv hwhm^n¡pN]pw tk\w. Njnª Mm]_mjv¨ Aksâ A¸³ timhvbnä`n`m] Nm^\w b*m^fX§n. Wmsa]m £o\w SoÀ¡\w. {bSo£n¨

tbms`Ss¶ tSm«n AkWp*m]n^p¶p. AkWp Ipäpw b^ foWpNapw.!

fN³ Npan]pw Im]NpXn]pw Njnªv ssds¡Xp¯v tbm]SnWp bn¶ms` fmWw {b£pÐfm]Spw AWpbf fpät¯¡n_§n.

Cu sbs®m¶v k¶pNn«n]m fSn]m]n^p¶p. NpX]pw sNm*ptbm]n«nÃ. AkÄ t_mZnt`¡v N®]¨Spw H^p Nq«w Np«nNÄ h-vNqav kn«p k^p¶Sv Nm\m]n. AkÀ¡nX]n fNsa b^Sn]Spw DÅn tcm¬ lÐn¨Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p.

Nq«pNmt^msXm¸w N_§n] Wµp ^m{Sn F«pf\n¡m\v ko«nt`¡v Sn^n¨Sv.

bSnknÃmsS tPäv Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶Sv N*Spw AÑsWt§ms«¦n`pw tbm]SmNpsf¶v N^pSn ssd¡pfm]n tWs^ fpät¯¡v N]_n] AksW k^tkäSv hnäu«n A¦`mt¸msX Wn¡p¶ A½]m]n^p¶p.

fNsW N*Spw AWpbf HmXn C_§n Aksâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”Wns¶ Mm³ F{S knans¨Xm.. Wos]´mXm tcms\Xp¡mtª..?”

Ak³ tcms\Xp¯p tWm¡n. C^pbSv fnhvtNmÄ.! tcm¬ ssh`ân`m\v.

“”h-vNqav kn«s¸m AkapsX H^p tcm¬ k¶Sm\v Nq«pNm^n]psX dÀSvtZ bmÀ«n¡v tbmNpkm¶pw b_ªv.. tbmN*m¶v b_ªt¸m Akav b_]pkm AÑtWmXv ^mkns` b_ªn«ps*¶pw Aѳ k¶v Nq«nt¡mapsf¶pw.. AÑWnSpks^ k¶n«nsÃXm.. AÑsW knan¨n«pw Nn«p¶nÃ.. H¶p sIsÃXm.. tbm]n Aksa Nq«ns¡m*pkm..”

“”Ft¶s¡m*p k¿.. Aѳ k¶n«v sbmt¡mapw..” Ak³ ssd¡n Wn¶n_§n.

AWpbf Aksâ N¿n bnXn¨p. “”H¶p sIsÃXm.. Cs¸mtj F«pf\n Njnªp.’

‘Aѳ N]_q^n kn«StÃ.. AWpekn¡s«.” Ak³ A½]psX ssN bnXn¨pfmän.

“”B^Wpeknt¡s«¶v..? Akav Wnsâ AWn]¯n NqXn]m\v.”

A½]psX N®ns` Sos¸m^n N*Spw Ak³ A]ªp.

“”GSm\o dÀSvtZ Nq«pNm^n.?”

“”Wo]_n]pw fm].”

Aksâ]pÅn sI_ns]m^p hvtcmXWw WX¶p. fm]t]¡mÄ AkapsX {dUÀ ftigntWmXm\v AkÄ¡v AXp¸w.! Cu hf]¯v Aksâ ko«n S§p¶Sv A{S b´n]Ã. Ssâ emkfmäw A½ A_n]mSn^n¡m³ {lfn¨p sNm*k³ ssd¡nt`¡v N]_n. ssd¡v fpäw NX¶v t_mZnt`¡v N]_n NpSn¨p.

H^n¡Â Aksâ ssd¡n tN_n]SnWv SmWksa H¶pbtUln¨Sm\v, tk*n]n^p¶nà F¶p tSm¶nt¸m]n.

“”Wo]pw Wnsâ tPÄ{c*vhpfm]n N_§m_p*tÃm.. MmsWs´¦n`pw b_ªn«pt*m..? tf`m Fsâ C¯^w Nm^y§an CXsbXm³

kt¶¡^pSv..’ H^p Nqh`pw NqXmsS]m]n^p¶p AkapsX f_pbXn.

tk`n]n NnX¡p¶ bm¼nsWs]Xp¯v tSma¯v k]v¡p¶Sm\v sb®nsâ hzemkw. N*ms`m^p in¸n `p¡m\k³. fpXn]pw SmXn]psfms¡ Wo«n kaÀ¯n. F´p N*n«m\mtkm sb¬Np«nNÄ Aksâ bn¶ms` WX¡p¶Sv.! Ak³ hvboZv H¶pNqXn Nq«n.

Nm_nWXp¯v A£ft]msX {bn]s] Nm¯p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p ftigv. AkapsX S´ k^m³ H³bSp f\ns]¦n`pfmNpsf¶v AkapsX hwhm^¯n Wn¶pw {Pin¨Sm\v. CWn]pw AkÄ sskNn]m ¹m³ Ioänt¸mNpw.!.

t_mZn Wn¶pw AÂbw Smjv¨]n`m]n^p¶p Aksâ koXv. AknsX Wn¶pw tWm¡n]m koXnsâ fpäs¯´m\v WX¡p¶sS¶ptbm`pw Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. fpä¯p Wn¶pw H^p Wnj bXn N]_n k^p¶Sv N*Spw Ak³ {l²n¨p. {bUobm\v. tbm] Nm^yw WXt¶m Btkm.?

“”F´ms]Xm..?” {bUobv AXps¯¯n]Spw Ak³ DtUzPt¯msX tImUn¨p.

“”AkaSv SpÅntbm`pw dm¡nsk¡msS NpXn¨n«p*v.. fm]t]mXv ]m{S b_]p¶Sv tN«p.. Cs¸m k^pw.”

ftignWv {SnÃXn¨p. CWn sI_n] FSnÀ¸v tbm`pw Nm\nÃ.. CSptbms` F{Ss]®¯nsW k*n]n N]än]n«p*v.

“”Ft¶¡qXn H¶v b^nP\ns¡Xm.. B fnWntfmsa¯s¶ Wos]Wn¡v S¶nÃ.. ASv tbmt«¶v k]v¡mw.. bs£.. CSv..” {bn]]psX sk®¡p*n fWSm^n sSanªSpw {bUobnWv b_]mSn^n¡m³ NjnªnÃ.

I¦nsâ Atb£ tN«v Ak³ DÅn Du_n¨n^n¨p. fnWntfmsa b®n]Sv b¨¡m]n^p¶p. Aksa CkWp sNmXp¡m³ {lfn¨n^ps¶¦n sb®v diaw kt¨sW.! CsS´m]m`pw A§nsW]p*mNnÃ. bs£, hf]fm\v {blvWw.

“”tU Akav k^p¶p*v.. Wo Np_¨¸p_¯v Nmk`v Wn¡v.”

{bn] AXps¯¯n]Spw Aksâ irU]fnXn¸v NqXn. CSpks^ H¶p½sk¨n«p tbm`pfnÃ. ASp sNm*p Ss¶]m\v CktaSv ssX¸ms\¶v A_n]msS tbm]Spw fp³N^pSs`Xpt¡*n k¶Spw.! BUyfm]n ssNsk¡m³ tbmNpN]m\v.

“”MmsW{S tW^fm]n sk]näv sI¿p¶p.. Wfps¡m¶v fn*n]pw b_ªpfn^n¡m³ CWns]knsX tW^w.. Wo tkPw Nm_nt`¡v tN_v.” Ak³ dmNvtZmÀ Sp_¶p bnXn¨p.

AkÄ Ipäpsfm¶v tWm¡n. Np_¨¸p_¯v {bUobv S§sa Ss¶ tWm¡ns¡m*v Wn¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.

“”Bs^¦n`pw k¶m hqIW S^m³ AktWmXv b_ªn«p*v.”

bns¶ AkÄ hwl]n¨p Wn¶nÃ. bmSn]Xª fnjnNtamsX hpOfpÅ `i^n]n AkÄ Nm_nt`¡v N]_n.

DÅns` ko^yw

{bkÀ¯n¨p SpX§n]Sv AkapsX N¬tbmaNan Wn¶v Ak³ km]n¨n^p¶p. AkWpw B{Nm´t¯msX DÅnt`¡v N]_n.

t_mZv sshZn ssd¡v WnÀ¯n] Wµp {bUobnsW N*Spw im]v b_ªv k*n]n Wn¶n_§n. sSm«¸p_¯v NnX¡p¶ Nm_n Baps*¶kW_nªp. skÅfXn]mNpw. DÅn In^n¨psNm*k³ fm]]psX ko«nt`¡pÅ kjn]nt`¡v C_§msWm^p§n]Spw Aksâ Nm`pNÄ H^p Wnfngw WnÝ`fm]n Wn¶p..

hf]w Nat]s*¶v N^pSn Aksa hoänt`¡v f`À¯n¡nX¯n] ftigv tXm¸v k`n¨p]À¯n {dm¡v fpNant`¡v Ip^p«nsk¨p. {dm Ajn¡p¶Sv _nhv¡ms\¶v tSm¶n] Ak³ fmwh tPma§sa tfmIn¸n¡mWm]n D]À¯n k]v¡msWm^p§n]Spw £\tkP¯n tZmÀ Sp_¶v ANt¯¡v k¶ H^p ssN Aksâ bnX`n¡v bnXn¨v sbm¡n]Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p.

ftignsW AXn¡mtWm§n] N¿n {bUobv N]_n¸nXn¨p.

“”H^p hoWp*m¡^pSv.. Wm_p¶Sv Wnsâ sb§av S¶m]n^n¡pw.!” bnXn¨ N¿nsâ N^p¯v fWÊn`m]Spw bnXp¯w kn«v H^Xn bnt¶m«v fm_n] {bUobv N^pSt`msX Wn¶p.

ftignsW fpt¶m«v SÅn] Wµp {bUobnsW ^q£fms]m¶v tWm¡n]n«v {bn]s] k*n]n Wn¶v k`n¨n_¡n.

^s*®w sbm«n¡mWm\v tSm¶n]Sv. AkapsX S` NpWn¨pÅ Wn¸v N*Spw Ak³ Wn]{´n¨p. Sm³ k^m³ AÂbw NqXn Smfhn¨n^ps¶¦nÂ.-! AtSmÀ¯Spw Sn^nªk³ Ak³fms^ tWm¡n.

^*nWpfp*tÃm sb§³fm^v. Sn^n¨v b\n Mm³ S¶n^n¡pw.! DÅn {bSnÚ FXp¯k³ AkapsX N¿pw bnXn¨v ssd¡nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p.

“”Mm³ k^m³ Np_¨qsX Smfhn¨n^ps¶¦n F´m\v hwekn¡pN F¶_nt]m.? AtS¡p_n¨v kà tdmVkpfpt*m WnW¡v.?” AkWv b_]mSn^n¡mWm]nÃ.

“”WnW¡v Smfhn¨v k¶m tbm^m]n^pt¶m..” AkapsX Wmkv Npjªn^p¶p. “”B hpOsfm¶_n]m³ F{SWmams]¶_nt]m Mm³ B{Pin¡p¶p.”

Ak³ sM«nt¸m]n.! tN« Nm^yt¯¡mÄ AksW sM«n¨Sv Wmknsâ Npj¨n`m]n^p¶p. WX¯¯nWpw Ft´m H^p b´ntNXv.! CkÄ NpXn¨n«pt*m.?

“”Wos]´mXo NpXn¨Sv hSyw b_.?” AkapsX Nknav bnXn¨k³ Ssâ tWs^ Sn^n¨p.

“”shkW¸v.’

shkWt¸m..? AkWkapsX km] H¶v f\¯p tWm¡n. tkmZv¡ fnN-vhv sI]vSn«p*v AkWp_¸m]n.!

Ak³ Sn^nªv ftigntW]pw {bUobntW]pw tWm¡n. Ak^Sm Ft´m b_ªv In^n¡p¶p.

“”sJ.. WsÃm^p Akh^fm\v Wãs¸«Sv.. FtâSv Njnªm WnW¡pNqXn

sg]À sI¿mWn^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p Mm³.” b_ªtS HmÀ½]p*m]n^p¶pÅq.. Du^¡v Nn«n] Ikn«n AXp¯pÅ Ko¸nsâ tdm\än sI¶m\k³ ko\Sv. sM«n¯n^nª {bUobnsâ sINnX¯pw Nn«n Hs^®w.

sIkn]ns`m^p fqa fm{Sw.! sIkn]pw sbm¯n¸nXn¨v N®pSp_n¨v {bUobv Smtj¡n^p¶p.

N¬fp¶n ftignsW tdm\än Wn¶pw k`n¨v Smtj¡nXp¶Spw Ikn«n¡q«p¶Spsfm¶pw {bUobnsâ {l²]n sb«nÃ. Aksâ {l² fpjpk³ sbm¯n¸nXn¨n^p¶ N¿nt`¡v bX^p¶ WWkn`m]n^p¶p.

ftignsW kn«v Sn^nª Wµp {bUobntW]pw W¶m]n sb^pfm_n.. AkhmWw ftignsâ sW©nWp fpNan Nms`Xp¯psk¨v fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.

“”FXm bp`]mXn tfmsW.. CSnknXw sNm*v SoÀs¶¶v N^pS*m.. Wn§¡pfp*tÃm sb§³fm^v.. Wos]ms¡ sI¿m³ {lfn¨ AtS ^oSn]n Ss¶ f_pbXn Mm³ S¶n^n¡pw.”

tN«sS´ms\¶v Sn^n¨_n]m³ tbm`pw Njn]msS sIkn]pw sbm¯n¸nXn¨v S_]n Ip^p*v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p At¸mjpw {bUobv. Wµp tbmNp¶Sv N*t¸mjm\k³ sIkn]n Wn¶pw Ns¿Xp¯Sv. ssN Wn_s] tIm^.!

“”Ak^v WnW¡v S¶Sv shkW¸m]n^p¶nÃ.. fUyw N`À¯n]n^p¶p.” b_ªp sNm*k³ ssd¡n N]_n ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp.

sk_psS]à S`¡pÅn Hmaw sk«p¶Sv. ftignWn«v ^s*®w sNmXp¯Sv W¶ms]¶v At¸mÄ AkÄ¡pw tSm¶n. A_nªpsNm*v kj§mWn^p¶Sm\v Ak³ ISn]n`qsX NkÀs¶Xp¡m³ {lfn¨Sv.

ssd¡n N]_n]Spw kojm³ tbm] Aksa Ak³ Sm§n¸nXn¨p.

“”l^n¡v bnXn¨n^n¡v kojpw..” AkapsX ^*v N¿pw bnXn¨v Ssâ A^]n Ipän¸nXn¸n¨k³ bSps¡ k*n fpt¶ms«Xp¯p.

Aksâ]pÅn At¸mjpw AkÄ b_ª kmIN§Ä fpj§ns¡m*n^p¶p. Aks^ fm{Sw Npäw b_ªn«v Nm^yfnÃ. Ckapw ASv B{Pin¨n^p¶p. B hpOsfm¶_n]m³ F{S Wmam]n sNmSn¡p¶psk¶m\v CkÄ b_ªSv.! tbm¡än`n^p¶ tcm¬ lÐn¨Spw Ak³ sshsZmSp¡n k*n WnÀ¯n.

A½.!

N®p Sp_¶v tWm¡n] Akapw N*p hv{NoWn A½]psX In{Sw. B AkØ]n`pw AkÄ sM«n.

“”b_]tÃXm..” Akaksâ k]_n fp_psN bnXn¨p. AkÄ¡SntW Njn]pfm]n^p¶pÅq..

Ak³ bn¶nt`s¡m¶v {l²n¨n«v tNmÄ Aäâv sI]vSp.

“”Aksa Nt*mXm..? AÑWns¸m k¶tS]pÅq.. MmWÑsW b_ª]¡t\m.?” A½]psX hz^¯ns` tkk`mSn Ak³ Sn^n¨_nªp.

“”tk*t½.. Aksasâ

AXp¯p*v.. M§av e£\w Njn¨nt« k^q.. Smfhn¨m A½ NnXt¶maq..”

“”skan]n sk¨ktamXv SÃpNqXtÃXm.. CknsX k¶n«v F´m¶v sk¨m`m]nt¡m..”

AkWv In^n]Ã, hiSmbfm\v tSm¶n]Sv.

“”skan]n`kÄ Fsâ NpªWn]¯n]m\v.. H^p tbm_ tbm`ptf¡msS N®ns` Nrgv\f\n tbms` Mm³ tWm¡pw.. Akav {c*vhntWmXv hwhm^n¡pN]m\v.. l^n]t½..”

“”AkapsX hwhm^w CWn]pw SoÀ¶ntÃ.. C§nsWs]m^p sb®v..” b_ªp SoÀ¶Spw A½]psX tcm¬ N«m]n.

Blzmht¯msX tcm¬ tbm¡änt`¡n«k³ k*n fpt¶ms«Xp¯p. koXnsâ H^p Smt¡m Ssâ tbjvhn e{Ufms\¶v A½¡_n]mw. ^m{Sn sskNn ko«ns`¯p¶ tkaNan A½s] dp²nfp«n¡mSn^n¡mWm\v A§nsW sI]vSSv. F¶m`pw A½t]mXv b_]msS§sW]m.

Wmsas]m^p So^pfmWsfXp¡\w. Asæn sb®v DXsW k]_v koÀ¸n¡pw. H^p hwl]kpw tk*.! F´m]m`pw Cu b^pk¯n A½]ksa Nm\*. Wmsa hztdmV¯n H¶pbtUln¨p tWm¡mw. bj] hzemkw Ss¶]ms\¦n A½t]msXÃmw Sp_¶p b_]pN Ss¶.

t_mZv sshZn H^p S«pNX N*Spw Ak³ k*n WnÀ¯n. k]_v N¯n¡map¶p*v. ko«n tbm]n CWn Sn¶m³ bänÃtÃm.

“”WnWs¡s´¦n`pw tkt\mXo..” k]_n bnXn¨n^p¶ AkapsX ssN knXÀ¯n fmäp¶SnWnX]n Ak³ tImUn¨p.

“”H^p ZdnÄ Hmws`äv.” Hmws`änsâ WÃ f\w AkapsX WmhnN bnXns¨Xp¯n^p¶p.

tR.. As¸m S«pNX]n Wn¶pw WtÃm\w S«n b^nI]fp*v.! sI_p In^nt]msX]k³ Aksa ssd¡n Wn¶n_§m³ him]n¨p.

“”Wo]nknsX ssd¡n Im^n Wn¶m fSn.. Mm³ sNm*p k^mw.” Ak³ NX]nt`¡v sI¶p. {bm]fm] ^*ptbÀ Nth^]n C^p¶v Njn¡p¶p*v. fäm^pfnÃ.

AkÄ¡v Hmws`äpw SWn¡v tdm«n]pw N¸]pw km§n k^pt¼mjpw AkÄ ssd¡n Im^n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

Hmws`äv Njn¡p¶SntWmsXm¸w Aksâ t¹än N¿n«kÄ CX¡nX¡v km^n¯n¶p. skÅfXn¨SpsNm*mNpw Cu BÀ¯ns]¶kWp tSm¶n.

“”CWn tkt\mXo..?”

tks*¶kÄ S`]m«n. t¹än`n^p¶ ^*v NmXfp«]pw Akam\v Sn¶Sv. Aksâ Cã knekfm]n^p¶p ASv. Ak³ Fs«®w NqXn km§n bNpSn AkÄ¡v sNmXp¯p.

Ns¿ms¡ NjpNn] tlgfk³ sfmssd`n tWm¡n. f\n H¼S^t] B]n«pÅq. b¯p f\ns]¦n`pw BNmsS ko«nt`¡v sI¶m A½s] AenfpOoN^nt¡*nk^pw. ssd¡n F®]p*v.

kaª kjnt] koXv bnXn¡mw.

koXnWXps¯¯n]Spw Ak³ k*n WnÀ¯n H¶v ko£n¨p. tPäv AX¨n«p*v. fp³kl¯v ss`äv N¯n¡nX¸ps*¦n`pw AN¯v Hmcms\¶Sv N*v Ak³ Blzhn¨p. AÑWpf½]pw sshZm]n«ps*¶p tSm¶p¶p. Csæn Cksa Cu tNm`¯n N*m A½s¡´m]m`pw hwl]w tSm¶pw.

ssd¡n Wn¶n_§msS tPäv bSps¡ Ikn«n¯p_¶v fpät¯¡v N]_n.

ssd¡n Wn¶pw Aksa C_¡n]t¸mjm\kWv H^pNm^yw fWÊn`m]Sv. AkÄ¡v l^n¡v Wn¡mWpw k¿. Wn¶v BXp¶p. Cu tNm`¯ns`§mWpw A½ N*m Wà ^hfm]n^n¡pw.

AkapsX A^]n Ipän¸nXn¨v Sm§n]k³ hnäu«nt`¡v N]_n]Spw fj sb¿m³ SpX§n]Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p. emPyw tW^t¯ sb¿mSn^p¶Sv. Blzmhw sNm* Ak³ Aksa Ipf^nsâ fq`]n Im^nWnÀ¯n]n«v tbjvhn Wn¶v Smt¡ms`Xp¯v kmSn Sp_¶p. bp_s¯ ss`äv Hmcm¡n ANs¯ ss`än«v Sn^nªSpw AkaSm sI^nªv kojm³ SpX§p¶p. sbs«¶ksa Sm§n¸nXn¨k³ DÅnt`¡v N]än.

S§Ä k¶Sv D_§n]n«nsæn A½]_nªpNm\pw. F\oäv k^mSn^p¶m fSn]m]n^p¶p. C^¼n]mÀ¡p¶ fj]psX B^kw {lkn¨v Aksa dm`³hv sI]vSv bnXn¨k³ kmSn`X¨v t`m¡v sI]vSp. sbs«¶ksa fp_n]n sNm*psI¶p NnX¯mWpÅ ky{PS]n NpWnªk³ AkapsX I´n]n bnXn¨v sbm¡n tSmant`¡v NnX¯n AkapsX fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. AtSmsX AkÄ N®pNapw AX¨p

fpXnª sk]näv.! BUyfm]m]n^p¶p AkapsX em^w Ak³ A_n]p¶Sv. Wà bSp bSp¸pÅ I´n. AkapsX I´n]n Aksâ ssN A_n]msS fp_pNn]Spw ^mkns` Ak³ lmhn¨ Np® AksW b^nihn¨psNm*v ko*pw S`]p]À¯n. Ak³ sI_p In^nt]msX ASmhzUn¡pN]pw sI]vSp.

sdÍnt`¡ksa NnX¯n] Ak³ Ft´m H^p himWpeqSn]n AkapsX gq Ajn¨v N«n`nWp Smtj¡n«p. S`]\ sI^nªm\n^n¡p¶sS¶v N*v S` sbm¡n¸nXn¨v ASpw l^n]m¡n. CsSÃmw bmSn tdmVt¯msX AkamhzUn¡p¶ knk^w Ak³ A_nªnÃ. bpSs¸Xp¯k³ S«n¡pXªv Aksa bpS¸n¨Spw Aksâ ssN bnXn¨kÄ Ssâ tUit¯¡v k`n¨n«v Njp¯n Ipän¸nXn¨p.

Ak³ sM«t`msX fpOfp]À¯n tWm¡n]t¸mjpw AkÄ N®X¨p Ss¶ NnX¡pN]m\v. AkapsX ssNNÄ knXÀ¯n]k³ tUi¯p Wns¶\o¡m³ {lfn¨Spw Aksâ tNma_n bnXn¨kÄ k`n¨Xp¸n¨v Nknan Ip*fÀ¯n.

BUyfm]n sb§an Wn¶v Nn«n] IpwdWw H^p sb§Ä B§a¡v sNmXp¡p¶ ^oSn]n`pÅSm]n^p¶nsöv AkapsX ho¡m^¯nÂ

Wn¶pw Ak³ A¼^t¸msX Sn^n¨_nªp. AkWkapsX fpOw {l²n¨p.

N®X¨m\v NnX¡p¶sS¦n`pw B N¬tbmaNÄ¡pÅns` Nrgv\f\nNapsX I`Ww Ak³ km]n¨_nªp. Ak]ns` ^SnUmi Smaw Ak³ N*_nªp. kn_]mÀ¶ Ip*pNan Wn¶v Ssâ Nknant`¡v bNÀ¶ tS³WWkv Ak³ AWpekn¨_nªp. {NfmSoSfm]n D]À¶v Smjp¶ fm_nX§Ä sNmSn bnXn¸n¨psk¦n`pw hw]fWw kos*Xp¯v bpS¸p k`n¨k³ Njp¯pks^ bpS¸n¨v sdÍn Wns¶\oäp.

sb®v W¶v bs£, sb§am]nt¸m]n.! H^p sWXpkoÀ¸n«v kmSn¡t`¡v WX¶p.

kmSn`nWXps¯¯n]Spw fj H¶pNqXn làn {bmbn¨Sv AkW_nªp. Nm`pNÄ H^p Wnfngw WnÝ`fm]n. tSmapNÄ fm{Sw sI^n¨v N«n`nt`¡v tWm¡n. knNm^kpw kntkNkpw AÂb tW^tf Gäpfp«n]pÅq. S£\fp*m] A^s¡«ns` {bN¼Ww ASnsWm^p So^pfmWfp*m¡n. ]m{´nNfms]t¶m\w Aksâ ssNNÄ kmSn`X¨v Npän]n«p.

kÀ²n¨ irU]fnXnt¸msX AkÄ¡^nNnt`¡v WX¶p. N«n`nW^nNn AkapsX Nm¡`m]n sI¶p Wn¶v BbmUIq[sfm¶v ko£n¨p.

N®X¨v S` H^pklt¯¡v sI^n¨v f`À¶m\v NnX¸v. lzmhPSn¡Wph^n¨v bSps¡ D]À¶v Smjp¶ fm_nX§Ä N*v Akap_§nt]m F¶v hwl]ns¨¦n`pw sgZv[n¡pÅn bnX¡p¶ bu^pgw AksW bn´n^n]m³ AWpkUn¨nÃ. Aksâ ssNNÄ sfsà AkapsX Nm`n sSm«v bpS¸n bnXn¨k³ bSps¡]Sv k`n¨pfmän. AtSmsX Aksam¶naNn]Sv Ak³ {l²n¨p.

sdÍnt`¡v N]_n AkapsX kl¯m]n sI^nªp NnX¶ Ak³ bSps¡]ksa sN«n¸nXn¨p. AkaW§n]nÃ. fnXn¡p¶ irU]t¯msX frUpkm]n Nknans`m^p½ sNmXp¯p. AkapsX Ip*ns`m^p bp©n^n kn^ntªm.? AkWm Ip*n`pw Ipwdn¨p. bns¶ fXn¨p Wn¶nÃ, NojvIp*ksâ km]ns`¯n.

NojvIp*v H¶v Wp\ªSpw AkWv t^mfiÀgfp*m]n.! kn_]mÀ¶ ssN At¸mtj¡pw fm_nX¯n`psf¯ns`¯n]n^p¶p.. Ip*pNÄ I¸n Wp\ªSnsWm¸w XogÀ«nWp fpNan`qsX fp`Napw bnXn¨v sM^n¨p.

fUyt¯¡mÄ hpOfpsÅm^p `i^n WmZnM^¼pNan bX^p¶Sv {bn] A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkÄ fnjn Sp_¡msS f]¡¯ns`t¶m\w NnX¶p.

XogÀ«nWXn]n`qsX N]_n] ssN {dm]ptX]pw DÅnt`¡v Wqjv¶v N]_m³ SpWnªSpw ASpks^ AW§msS NnX¶n^p¶ AkÄ Aksâ N¿n AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p. AtSmsX F\oän^p¶v AkapsX ^*p N¿pw knXÀ¯nk¨k³ XogÀ«v fpNant`¡p]À¯n. D]À¯pwtSm_pw skap¯ Wmen]pw sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]pw Urlyfm]n k¶p. k]_nWpw fpNant`¡v D]À¯n] gÀ«v skap¯ {dm¡pÅnÂ

koÀ¸pfp«n¡nX¡p¶ fp`NÄ¡pw fosS Njp¯nt`¡k³ Ip^p«n k¨p.

{dm]v¡v fpNant`¡v Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fmwhaS]n N®pNÄ DX¡n]Spw Ak fpjpkWm]n Sp_¶p Nm\mWpÅ ky{PS]n AkapsX WXp bnXn¨p]À¯n] Ak³ bn¶nt`¡v N¿n«v sNmap¯jn¡m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw WX¶nÃ. tUgyw bnXn¨ Ak³ Aksa Nfnjv¯n]n«v {dm Ajn¨v fmäpN Ss¶ sI]vSp.

Wà fnWphfmÀ¶ bp_w SjpNn]n_§n] ssN sNmSnt]msX sNmjp¯ CXp¸n bnXns¨m¶v sM^n¨n«v D^p*v D]À¶p Wn¡p¶ I´n¡pX§sa SjpNn¸nXns¨m¶v sM¡n. Fs´m^p bSpbSp¸v.! Ko³hnWp bp_¯p NqXn sM¡n]n«p Ss¶ C§nsW]ms\¦n DÅn F´m]n^n¡pw AkØ.! AS_n]mWm]n Ko³hnsâ DÅnt`¡v ssN NX¯m³ tWm¡ns]¦n`pw ssXäv Nm^\w N]_n]nÃ.

AtSmsX]k³ Aksa ko*pw f`À¯n]n«p. H¶v Im©mXn] fp`NÄ SpÅn kn_¨v Wn¶p. ssUktf..! Ct{Sw k`pSm]n^pt¶m Ckao sN«ns¸mSnªpsNm*v WX¶n^p¶Sv.? skapskap¯ fp`NÄ¡v WXpkns` Skn«p Wn_fmÀ¶ sI_n] sM«pNÄ N*Spw bnXn¨v SjpNmWÃ, NXn¨p Sn¶mWm\v tSm¶n]Sv. tWs^ AkntX¡v fpOffÀ¯n.

fp` sM«n Aksâ Ip*fÀ¶Spw Aksam¶v bpaªp. AksWm¶v Wp\ªp.

“”iv.!” Akaksâ Njp¯n Ipän¸nXn¨p.

Ak³ S`]p]À¯n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ N®X¨p Ss¶]m\v NnX¡p¶sS¦n`pw B Ip*n kn^nª NŸp©n^n AksW Npan^\n]n¨p. NÅn FÃmw BhzUn¡pN]m\v.

H^p fp` bnXn¨v sM^n¨k³ ftäSv km]n`n«q¼n. ^*p fp`Napw fm_nfm_n BÀ¯nt]msX I¸n k`n¨p.

fp`Nan Wn¶pw Smtj¡njª Aksâ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX k]_nWp fpNans`¯n. sbm¡nÄIpjn]pw b^nh^kpw W¡n¯pX¨v Ko³hn bq_nWp fpNan`m]n AfÀ¯n]p½k¨p. Ko³hnsâ d«³hn`ksâ ssN SXªp.

d«³hv Du^n] Ak³ hnºv Smtj¡v k`n¨Spw ^mkns` N* bn¦v Wn_fmÀ¶ bmân Urlyfm]n k¶p. AXnkls¯ WWkv N*Spw fnX]n_¡n] Ak³ VrSn]n Ko³hv k`n¨p Smjv¯n. ASv SpX]nXp¡n`qsX SpXNan`qsX N\¦m`n`qsX Du^ns]Xp¯p.

CXSqÀ¶ SpXNsa ^*v ssNNam`pw SjpNns¡m*k³ bmân]n bq_nWp fpNan`m]n AfÀ¯n]p½k¨p. bns¶ Smfhn¨nÃ. bm³_n bnXn¨v SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX Smtjm«v Du^ns]Xp¯p.

Fs´m^p Nmjv¨.! Njp¯nWp Smtj¡v bqÀ® WPvWfm] AWn]¯n]psX skap¯p SpXp¯ tUiw Ak³ knhvf]t¯msX tWm¡nWn¶p. SpX]nXp¡n Wà skap¯v koÀ¯p´n] bqÀ¯Xw N_p¯ Npänt^mf§amÂ

A`¦^n¨v Wn¡p¶Sv N*v km]n skÅfq_n. ko«n hzÀ®w sk¨n«m\v Sm³ Wm«n S¸n WX¶Sv.!

WnfngtW^w sNm*k³ Ssâ {ZÊv fpjpkWpw Ajn¨pfmän AkapsX SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v fpOfXp¸n¨p. koÀ¯p´n] Db^nS`¯n Ss¶ Ip*fÀ¯n. B frUp`S]n fp¯fnXm³ Ss¶ Fs´m^p ^hw.! fq¶m`p Sk\]k³ hvtbm©n AfÀ¯n]p½ k¨p. Aksam¶v bpaªv Aksâ S`]n SjpNn.

bq_n Wn¶pfpÅ D³fmUPÔw f¯pbnXn¸n¨Spw AXp¸n¨psk¨ SpXNÄ k`n¨N¯n] Ak³ tS³ Ipjn]n Ip*fÀ¯n Wmkv Wo«ns]m¶v W¡n.

“”lv…” Akan Wns¶m^p lo¡m^fpSnÀ¶p.

f\w fm{SfÃ, ^pIn]pw sNmÅmsf¶ksâ fWw f{´n¨p. AkapsX bªn¡p*n tNm^n¸nXn¨v sM^n¨k³ bq_p sfm¯w W¡nt¯mÀ¯n. CSapNsa St`mXn] Wmkv DÅnt`¡v bpaªv N]_m³ SpX§n]tSmsX S`]n`pÅ AkapsX bnXp¯w fp_pNn. N´pfpNpaw Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`m¡n Wp\ªSpw ^*v ssNsNm*pw S` bnXn¨kÄ bqänt`¡fÀ¯n. AtSmsX]k³ bq_p sfm¯fm]n km]nt`s¡Xp¯v I¸n k`n¨p. NnWnªn_§n] tS³ SpÅnNÄ Wà hzmtUmXp NqXn Ss¶ NpXn¨n_¡n.

In_nSpX¨v SpX]nXp¡n Wn¶pw fpOfp]À¯n] Ak³ AWn]¯n]psX Nm`pNÄ bnXn¨v W¶m]n AN¯nsk¨v AN¶ SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v N]_n¡nX¶p. sk«n kn_¡p¶ Np® bnXn¨k³ bqÀ¨m`n`n«v AfÀ¯n]p^¨p. Np®¯`¸n tS³ bp^*Spw DÅnt`¡fÀ¯n. Np® kjn]_n]msS sS¶nt¸m]n.

Ak³ l^n¡v Smtj¡v tWm¡n Np®]psX S` bnXn¨v knXknt`¡v W¶m]n Sn^pNnsk¨v ko*pw AfÀ¶p. C¯k\ bq_nSapNsa knNhn¸n¨psNm*v bNpSnt]maf§v DÅnt`¡v N]_n.

“”Biv…” H^p hz^w Akan Wn¶pSnÀ¶p. AkamhzUn¨Smt\m tkUW]ptXSmt\m F¶kWv Sn^n¨_n]m³ NjnªnÃ.

F¦n`pw H^p Nm^yw Ak³ Sn^n¨_n]pN Ss¶ sI]vSp. DÅnt`¡v Ct¶ks^ H¶pw tN_n]n«nÃ. Fs´m^p ssXäv.!

Ak³ A^s¡«v sfsÃs]m¶v sbm¡n¯mjv¯n]Spw AkanÂWn¶pw ko*pw AtS hz^fpSnÀ¶p.

AkapsX tfWn]nt`¡v AfÀ¶v NnX¶ Ak³ fpO¯v AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨v Ip*pNÄ A¸msX knjp§n NXn¨p k`n¨p. AkapsX km]ns` ^h§sa fpjpkWm]pw k`n¨qäns]Xp¯v NpXn¨p. ^*v fp`Nta]pw Bªmªv Nl¡ns¡m*v fp`sM«pNsa km]n`n«v I¸n. bns¶]k³ sfsà sfsà A^s¡«v sbm¡n]Xn¡m³ SpX§n. Np® AkapsX bq_nWNt¯¡v Sn§n sM^nªv N]_n]n_§ns¡m*n^p¶p.

bq_v AÂbsfm¶v A]sªSpw Ak³

Bsªm¶p SÅn Np® fpjpkWm]pw bq_nWN¯m¡n. H¶p bpaª AkapsX ssN sdZvgoän fp_pNn. fpNan`pÅSv tI«³ Ss¶]ms\¶v D_¸p k^p¯msWt¶m\w N®p Sp_s¶m¶v tWm¡n]n«kÄ ko*pw N®X¨p. B kjpkjp¸mÀ¶ C_p¡fpÅ bqän Aksâ Np® {VpSPSn]n I`n¨p sNm*n^p¶p.

AXn]psX hvboZv NqXn]t¸mÄ AkÄ A_n]msSt¶m\w Nm`pNÄ H¶pNqXn knXÀ¯nsk¨p. AtSmsX AkWkapsX fpNan Wn¶p]À¶v C^pkl¯pw ssNNÄ Np¯n BªXn¨p. B D`¨n`n SpÅn kn_¡p¶ fp`¡pX§Ä i^fpÅ Nmjv¨]m]n^p¶p. AkapsX bqän bpSn] Hma§apw bpSn] Bj§apw SoÀ¯v Aksâ Np® kas^ tkP¯n N]_n]n_§ns¡m*n^p¶p.

“”¹Nv.. ¹Nv.. ¹Nv..” Npt_sÈ lÐfpSnÀ¶p SpX§n]Sv Aksâ NmSnWp Npan^m]n A`]Xn¨p.

BUyfm]n«ms\m^p bq_v Nn«p¶Sv ASpw sb§apsX Nnap¶v bq_v.! Npan^v tNm^n] Ak³ B C_p¡fpÅ sk®¸qän NXks^ N]_p¶ f«n BªXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. Smtj¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Np®]psX NXemPw AkapsX koÀ¯p´n] {bS`¯n sI¶v fp«p¶ {Shn¸n¡p¶ Nmjv¨]m\k³ N*Sv.

ASkWn H^p {btSyN Btklw Wn_¨p. AkapsX SpXNÄ H¶pNqXn k`n¨N¯n N]_n]Sv tbm^m F¶ f«n BªmªXn¨p.

Np®¯p¼nt`¡v hpOw sb^p¯v k¶Spw Ak³ b_¶Xn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”im…” Aksâ km]n Wns¶m^p lÐfpSnÀ¶p.

Wm`©Xn NqXn BªXn¨v AkapsX fpNant`¡fÀ¶v NnX¶v N£§Ä¡nX]n`qsX N¿n«v k^nªv fp_p¡n. bq_nsâ AXn¯«ns`¯n] Np® sk«n sk«n kn_¨p. Ioäns¯_n¨p ANt¯¡v… KoknS¯n BUyfm]m\v C§nsWs]m^p hpOw AWpekn¡p¶Sv. ASpw hz´w sb§an Wn¶v.! bq_p Wn_ªp Nknªv bp_t¯s¡mjpNpt¼mÄ NnS¨p sNm*k³ AWn]¯n]psX tfWn]n SaÀ¶v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

Akapw B Wnfng§an H^p Sqk`v tbms` BNml¯v b_¶p WX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.. ASnsâ AkhmWw SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX H`n¨n_§p¶ WWknsâ C¡nan]n fSnf_¶v f]§n tUi¯v NnX¡p¶ tI«tW]pw Wn{UmtUknt]]pw H^pfn¨v bpÂNn.

làfms]m^p CXnsk«n]Spw Ak³ N®p Sp_¶p. AkWt¸mjpw AkapsX Njp¯n fpOffÀ¯n sN«n¸nXn¨v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. hztdmV¯nt`¡v k¶Spw sM«n¸nXsª\oäv {ZÊv V^n¨p.

Ckta]pw Fs´¦n`psfm¶v DXp¸n¡\ftÃm Ft¶mÀ¯v A`fm^ Sp_¶ Aksâ N®n AkapsX fnZn DX¡n. ASms\ap¸w. fnZns]Xp¯v N«n`nt`¡v N]_n] Ak³ Aksa]Sv V^n¸n¨v Njp¯n Ip^p«nsk¨n^p¶

XogÀ«pw k`n¨n_¡n, bpSs¸Xp¯v Njp¯pks^ bpS¸n¨m\v fp_n]n Wn¶n_§n]Sv. bp_s¯ WnlÐS]n Blzmhw sNm* Aksâ Nm`pNÄ hz´w fp_n]nt`¡v I`n¨p.

^mkns` A`m_w AXn¨Spw Hmcm¡n ko*pw fqXn¸pS¨p. F«p f\n¡v A½ k¶v kmSn`n fp«n]t¸mjm\v D\À¶Sv. Wà £o\w. C¶v Kn½n tbm¡v WX¡psf¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ. St`¶v ^m{Sn]ns` ^wP§saÃmw H^p I`¨n{S¯ns`¶ tbms` DÅn HmXn f_ªSpw F\oäv kmSn Sp_¶k³ bp_¯n_§n.

“”Wos]´mXo C§nsW WX¡pt¶.. Nm`nsW´m kt¿..?” A½]psX hz^w. AXp¡a]n Wn¶m\v.

DÅns`m^p sNmÅn]m³ fn¶n. Aksa F§nsW AenfpOoN^n¡psf¶v b^Sns¡m*k³ Np_¨ptW^w Wn¶tlgw sfsà AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.

AXp¡a]ns`¯n]Spw Akan_§n dmSv_qfnt`¡v tbmNp¶Sm\v N*Sv. WX¯¯nWv Ft´`pw Npj¸fpt*m.? G]v.. Npj¸sfm¶pfnÃ. SmWn«p sNmXp¯ fnZn]pw XogÀ«pw Ss¶]m\v tkgw.

NjnkSpw Akan Wns¶mjnªp fm_n]k³ WX¶p. Akapw Ss¶ ssfâv sI¿m¯Sv AkWmtlzmhtfNn.

tKmhcnsâ tNmÄ k¶Spw ssd¡nsâ Imkn]pw FXp¯³ bp_t¯¡n_§n. hpir¯p¡apfm]n hf]w In`kjn¡pt¼mjm\v fsäm^p In´ Aksâ DÅnt`s¡¯n]Sv. H¶v WXp§n] Ak³ DXsW ko«nt`¡v fX§n.

tPäv NX¡p¶SnWp fp³tb Aѳ Nm_pfm]n bp_t¯¡n_§p¶Sp N*p. A½]pfp*v. A½]ksW tWm¡n.

“”Npt««sâ tfmsa Blpb{So AZvfnäm¡n]n«p*v. M§at§m«v tbmNpkm. {bn] k^p¶nÃm¶v b_ªp. M§av k^p¶Spks^ Wos]t§m«pw tbmN^pSv.” A½ Hälzmh¯n`m\Sv b_ªSv.

“”lm^ns] Cu hf]¯p Ss¶ {bhk¯nWm]n AZvfnäm¡n]Spw W¶m]n. {bn] tbmNmSn^p¶Spw W¶m]n.” BßPSt¯msX ssd¡n Wn¶n_§n] Ak³ hnäu«nt`¡v N]_n.

kmSn Sp_¡m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw AN¯pWn¶pw t`m¡v sI]vSn^n¡p¶Sp N*v tNmanwPv sdÃn kn^`fÀ¯n.

{bn] k¶v kmSn Sp_¶p. fpOw ¾mWfm\v. N®pNÄ N®pNapfm]pX¡n. AkapsX tWm«w tW^nXmWmkmsS AkWm\v fpOw NpWn¨Sv. BUyfm]n NpätdmVw tk«]mXn. Aksa f_nNX¶k³ DÅnt`¡v tbmNmWmªSpw Akaksâ N¿n bnXn¨p.

“”FWnt¡m tdmVfp*m]n^p¶nÃ.. tI«Wpw A§Wm]n^pt¶m.? Mm³ tI«sâ AWn]¯n]tÃ.. W½Ä S½n A§nsWs]ms¡ sI¿m³ bmXpt*m.?”

(SpX^pw)

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