H^p b¨Wn_fpÅ A^¸mkmX]pw, C_pNn] gÀ«pfm]n^p¶p ssgWn]psX tkgw. Wn`¯v Np´n¨n^p¶SnWm`pw ko«n bp^pghm¶nVyw CÃmSn^p¶SnWm`pw bmkmX sS¶nfm_n AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNÄ fp¡m`pw WPvWfm]n^p¶p. Ak N*psNm*m\v imKn DÅnt`¡v N]_n]Sv. B sk®¯pXNapsX UÀlWfm{S]n¯s¶ imKn]psX SXn¨p Np_pNn] Np® fq¯v kXntbms`]m]n¡jnªn^p¶p; H¸w A]mapsX fWhnsâ h´p`nSmkØ bmsX sSäpN]pw sI]vSp.

“”””_tº..F´m HmÄsX H^p sSmX” fWÊn {em´fm]n b_ªpsNm*v imKn A_n]msS Np®]n SXkn. imKns] N* ssgWn A]msa tWm¡n H¶v In^ns¨¶p k^p¯n]n«v fp_n]psX dm¡n emP§Ä NqXn SpX]v¡m³ SpX§n. SpXNant`¡v A]mÄ tWm¡p¶ knk^w AkÄ A_nªn^p¶nÃ. DÅnt`¡v G´n k`nªv tWm¡n bm¯p½ AXp¡a]n`m\v F¶p_¸v k^p¯n]n«v imKn A^nNnt`¡v sI¶v AkapsX SpXNant`¡v tWm¡n.

“”””Asâ sSmX sNmÅmt`m sbs®” BÀ¯nt]msX A]mÄ b_ªp.

ssgWn BUyw V^n¨Sv A]mÄ Wn`w SpX]v¡p¶ Nm^yfm\v b_ªsS¶m\v; bs£ Nm`pNant`¡pÅ A]mapsX {Pi\n bnXn¨ tWm«w N*t¸mÄ, AkÄs¡Ãmw fWhn`m]n. A¶v, S§apsX hpOw fp_n¨SpfpS imKnt]mXkÄ¡v DÅn tUgykpw sk_p¸pfm]n^p¶p. A{S]v¡v hpOn¨p fUn¨p k¶t¸mjm]n^p¶p A]mapsX HXp¡s¯ k^kv. CknsX tKm`n¡v k^m³ h½Sn¨Spw F§sW]pw B hf]¯v A]msa Hjn¨pknXm³ tk*n]m]n^p¶p; ASnt¸mÄ Np^nlm]n^n¡pN]m\v. NXw SoÀ¡m³ Cakp Nn«psf¶_nª A½]m\v b¸s]¡mapw Ct§m«v k^m³ NqXpS WnÀdÔn¨Sv. A½]v¡v F§sW]pw imKn]psX NXw So^\w Ft¶]pÅq. CkntX¡v k^p¶SnWp fp³bv h®n Ss¶ fmän knan¨p WnÀ¯n b_ªSv AkÄ¡v HmÀ½]p*m]n^p¶p:

“”””tfmsa, Wnt¶mXnWn F´pw b_]mkp¶Sv sNm*v bt_km; Wo hq£n¡\w. B imKn Bsam^p sb®pbnXn]Wm\v; Wo tKm`n¡v sIÃmsf¶p b_ªSpsNm*v FWn¡]mÄ lN`w hmkNmlw S^pw; ASpsNm*m, CÃm^ps¶¦n Wns¶ MmWt§m«p knX¯nÃm^p¶p. A]mav Wns¶ sSmXmtWm bnXn¡mtWm k¶m h½Sn¡^pSv. MmsWm^p k`y Hm«w tbmkm. AXp¯ fmhtk k^q. A¸tj¡pw A]mÄsX Nmlv Sn^n¨pf_n¡m³ bän]m bns¶ Wo tbm*. ASpks^ fSn tNt«m; bs£ A]msa hq£nt¨m\w; sbs®¶v k¨m A]m¡v {bm´m; A¶v Wns¶ A]mav tWm¡n] tWm«w Mm³ {l²n¨m^p¶p”

AkÄ A]mÄ b_ªSnWv S`]m«n. H^p fmhw; ASnWNw b¸]v¡v Nmlv Nn«ptfm? B BÀ¡_n]mw. F´m]m`pw fmhw bSnWm]n^w ^qb]m\v Ssâ l¼afm]n imKn b_ªn^n¡p¶Sv. ASn Wn¶pw ^*m]n^w koSw b`nl bnXn¡pft{S. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fs´¦n`pfmNs«. sk_psS ko«n Wn¡p¶Sn`pw WÃSm\v CknsX. Wà C_¨n Nq«n]pÅ Bim^kpw Nn«pw. F¶pw f«tWm dotcm imKn¡v WnÀdÔfm\v–. SpX f_¨ tlgw Akav Wn`w SpX]v¡Â SpXÀ¶p.

“”””Wns¶ sNmt_ fpt¼ Ss¶ dnan¡*Sm^p¶p.” imKn BÀ¯nt]msX b_ªp.

“”””ipw”

ssgWn Fjpt¶äv A]msa tWm¡n AWnãemkt¯msX H¶v fqan]n«v DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. A]msa sNmSn¸n¡m³ Ssâ em^n¨ I´nNÄ W¶m]n Ca¡ns¡m*m\v AkÄ WX¶Sv. ASpN* imKn]psX AkØ NqXpS tfmlfm]n. I´nNÄ¡v Smsj AkapsX sNmjp¯p SpXp¯ N\wNm`pNan`pw D^p* NmÂk®Nan`pw tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]man Nmfw BÀ¯n^¼n.

D®p¶SnWv fp³bv bSnkptbms` A]mÄ fUyw thkn¨n^p¶p; F¶pw D¨]v¡pw sskNn«pw imKn¡v fUyw tk\w. C¶v ssgWn]psX l^o^w AWpekn¡\sf¶ sk{bmaw fq`w Np_¨p NqXpS NpXn¨n^p¶p A]mÄ. D*n«p bm¯p½ Fjpt¶äv tbm] tlgfm\v imKn Fjpt¶äSv. AXp¡a]n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ ssgWn]psX tf`m]n^p¶p A]mapsX N®pNÄ. gÀ«nsâ DÅn D^p*p sS_n¨p Wn¶n^p¶ AkapsX fp`NÄ A]mapsX Np®s] H`n¸n¡m³ SpX§n¡jnªn^p¶p.

A]mapw Ds*jpt¶ät¸mÄ ssgWn k¶p bm{S§Ä sb_p¡n. ssNNjpNn Sn^nª imKn AkapsX sNmjp¯ l^o^¯nt`¡v {em´fm] Btklt¯msX tWm¡n. bmkmX]psX AXn]n D^p*p fpjp¯p Wn¡p¶ I´nNÄ. ASnsâ WXpkn`m\v SmtWs_ sNmSn¡p¶ AkapsX sNmSw. HmÀ¯t¸mÄ imKn]psX t^mf§Ä Fjp¶pWn¶p. bm¯p½ D*n«v S¯n¯¯n fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n¡jnªn^p¶p. ssgWn]psX sNmjp¯ N\wNm`pNans` t^mfkpw, ssNNans` t^mfkpw N*t¸mÄ hzStk t^mf{em´Wm] imKn]psX `nwPw W¶m]n {hkn¨p. Nmfm{em´n A]mÄ NnS]v¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. ssgWn AXp¡a]n Wn¶pw AkapsX Bim^w FXp¯psNm*v k¶v D®mWn^p¶p.

“”””Du\v N]vªp Wo tft¸m«p d^\w; AdX lN`w b\o*v” imKn AkÄ¡v fm{Sw tNÄ¡m³ bmN¯n b_ªp. A]msa tWm¡msS AkÄ fqan. Nnjksâ hqt¡Xv FWn¡_n]mw; bs£ ASv WX¡nsöp fm{Sw. AkÄ fWhn f{´n¨p.

imKn Aksa tWm¡n knjp§n]n«v fpNant`¡pÅ bXnNÄ N]_n. fp_n]ns`¯n] A]mÄ Aksa F§sW Ssâ B{Pi hc`oN^\¯nWv kntV]]m¡pw F¶v In´n¨psNm*v– fp_n]n AhzØSt]msX D`m¯n. ASnWnsX gÀ«v Du^nfmän]n«v A*Àsk]_pw A]mÄ Du^n¡aªp. hzS{´fm] sI_n] SXn¨ Np® ssN`n]psX AXn]n D´n Wn¶Sv A]mÄ Nm^yfm¡n]nÃ. CX]v¡nsX ssgWn k^p¶pt*m F¶]mÄ tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

Du\pNjn¨p bm{S§Ä N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NjpNn] ssgWn, bn³kmSn`pw fp³kmSn`pw AX¨p. bm¯p½ CWn ^*pf\n¡qÀ D_§pw; Øn^w bSnkm\v. D¨]v¡v D_§p¶ lo`w AkÄ¡nÃm]n^p¶p. bs£ CknsX k¶ tlgw D*n«p Ip½m A§sW NnX¡pw. At¸mÄ A¶v h®n]psX NqsX hpOn¨ Wnfng§Ä HmÀ½ k^pw. A¶v fm{Stf A½]pw AWpKWpfnÃmsS b¸s] SWn¨p Nn«n]n«pÅq. bs£ A¶s¯ hwek tlgw S^wNn«pt¼mÄ Hs¡ A½ Nm\msS b¸ Ss¶ b`Spw sI¿m³ SpX§n]n«p*v. H^n¡Â D½ k]v¡p¶Sv AWpK³ Nt*m Fs¶m^p hwl]fp*v. bs£ AkÀ ^*ptb^pw Csæn fm{Stf S§Ä¡v l^n¡v hpOn¡m³ bäq. A¶v Akh^w Nn«n]t¸mÄ C]mÄ k¶p Npafm¡pN]pw sI]vSp. bs£ b¸]v¡v B{Nm´w Nps_ NqXpS`m\v; SWn¡Sv Cãkpfm\v. HmÀ¯t¸mÄ bq_nWNw NXn¡p¶Sv ssgWn A_nªp.

kn]À¸v bXÀ¶n^p¶ fpXn cmWnsâ AXn]n Wn¶v AkÄ Ajn¨p NpXªn«p. Wà C_¡fp*m]n^p¶, Sj¨p kaÀ¶n^p¶ AkapsX tNlm{Pw WnSwd§sa fp«n]p^p½n. ssNNap]À¯n, kn]À¯p NpSnÀ¶ N£§Ä kn^n¨v, AkÄ fpXn Ca¡n. At¸mjm\v imKn fpNant`¡v sIÃm³ b_ªSv AktamÀ¯Sv. AWnãt¯msX Ip*v f`À¯n AkÄ A`hfm]n fpXn k`n¨pkm^ns¡«nk¨p. bns¶ bXnNÄ N]_n. WX¡pt¼mÄ S½n`p^p½p¶ SpXNÄ Aksa AhzØ]m¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

fp_nkmSn¡ Wn¡p¶ ssgWns] N*t¸mÄ imKn]psX t^mf§Ä Fjp¶pWn¶p. A]maksa BUyw Nm\p¶ f«n AXnfpXn Djnªp. gÀ«nsâ knXkn`qsX k]À t`lw bp_t¯¡v Nm\mw. sW©n ]p²¯nWp S¿m_m]n Wn¡p¶Sv tbms`]m\v AkapsX fp`NapsX FXp¸v. SpXp¯ fpOw koÀ¸n¨v, Cãt¡Xv {bNXn¸n¨pÅ B Wn¸v A]msa {em´Wm¡n.

“”””Rm, Öv dt¶m; M½av Nm¯n^n¡m]n^p¶p” AkapsX shuµ^yw tNm^n¡pXn¨psNm*]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””F´v b\n]m” ssgWn tUgyw DÅns`mSp¡n tImUn¨p. imKn]psX N®pNÄ AkapsX kn]À¯p NpSnÀ¶ N£§an Wn¶pw tSWq_p¶ Ip*pNant`¡v fm_n.

“”””M½X WXqsWm^p tdUW; H¶v Sn^p½n¡mWm At¶ dnan¸n¨Sv..Fs´”

“”””FWn¡v Sn^p½m³ A_n]qÃ; A_nªm`pw Mm³ sI¿¯pfnÔ A_p¯p fp_n¨Sv tbms`]m]n^p¶p AkapsX f_pbXn. ASptN« imKn sM«n. bs£ Aksa A§sW knXm³ A]mÄ¡v hmVn¡nÃm]n^p¶tÃm?

“”””Wo ANt¯m«p d^o, M½¡v tds_ sI` Nm^y§apw NqsX b_]m³ H*v” sb®nsâ shuµ^y¯n f¯pbnXn¨n^p¶ imKn b^tklt¯msX b_ªp.

“”””b_tªm, MmWnknsX Wn¶v tNt«mamw”

ssgWn¡v A]mapsX tWm«kpw emkkpw H¶pw CãfmNp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ.
sb®v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Dt±ln¡p¶Sv tbms` Ssâ B{Pi¯nWv kj§nà F¶v tSm¶n]t¸mÄ imKn S{´w fmän.

“”””At¶ M½av tKm`n¡v d¨Sv sbm^ Sq¯pdm^m³ fm{SkÃ, Ft¶w bm¯pt½tWw tWm¡mWs¡m*pw NqXm. AW¡v h¼aw NqXpSÂ sdt\Â b_ªm fSn; bs£ tKm`n FÃmw sI¿\w”

“”””Dt½ Sn^p½m³ FWn¡v Npj¸fnÔ ssgWn A]msa tWm¡msS b_ªp.

“”””M½sa sI¿qà AsÔ

ssgWn Csö AÀ°¯n Ip*v f`À¯n. imKn¡v {em´pbnXn¨ptbm]n B WWkq_p¶ SpXp¯ AV^bpXw skan]nt`¡v knXÀ¶t¸mÄ. fU^hw Wn_ªp Spap¼p¶ ^Sn{em´v D\À¯p¶ Ip*v.

“”””Asâ kmt¸sX NXw Wo dnlm^n¨m So^pw; M½sa AWph^n¨m, Hmsâ NXw M½av f_¡mw; AW¡v fmhw bSnW¿m]n^w l¼tamw S^mw”

NmfknNm^w sNm*v AÔWm]nt¸m]n^p¶ imKn AkapsX tWÀ¡v bpSn] kmPvUmW§Ä k¨pWo«n. ssgWn]psX fpOw SpXp¯p. bq_p W¡ns¡mXp¯ h®nt]mXv DÅn`kÄ¡v t{bfSp`yfm] H^p knNm^w DXs`Xp¯n^p¶p. NXw SoÀ¡m³ hmVn¡msS A]mÄ W«w Sn^n]pN]m\v F¶pw AkÄ¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. CSÃmsS tks_]pw NX§Ä b¸]v¡p*v. Ss¶ F§sW sN«n¡pw F¶v NqsX¡qsX A½]pw b¸]pw NqXn IÀ¨ sI¿p¶Sv AkÄ tNÄ¡m_pÅSm\v. sN«n]nsæn`pw W¶m]n hpOn¨m fSn F¶m]n^p¶p bs£ AkapsX In´. ^*m]n^w ^qb fmh¸`nl]v¡m\v NXw FXp¯n^n¡p¶Sv. ssgWn HmÀ¯p; ASv tks*¶p k]v¡psf¶m\v fq¸o¶v b_]p¶Sv. Nnjksâ bp_w SXkns¡mXp¯m b¸]v¡v F{S ^qb]m `mefmNm³ tbmNp¶Sv; H¸w SWn¡v bSnW¿m]n^w ^qb l¼akpw S^pft{S.

“”””Sn^p½mw” b¸s] HmÀ¯v AkÄ fWÊnÃmfWtÊmsX h½Sn¨p. BÀ¯nt]msX AkapsX SpXp¯ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n imKn AkapsX AXps¯¯n.

“”””Sn^p½n]m fm{Sw tbm^m; Asâ kmt¸sX NXw M½av tds*¶p d]v¡p¶Sv As¶s¡m*p Sn^p½n¡m³ fm{SkÔ A]mapsX lÐw kn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ssgWn sfsà bn¶nt`¡v fm_n.

“”””tks_ F´v sI¿\sf¶m” AkÄ NXp¯ AWnãt¯msX tImUn¨p.

“”””Öv fp_ot`m«v dm fps¯; M½av b_]mw”

H^p Wnfngw ssgWn Bt`mIn¨p; bns¶ ^*pw N¸n¨v A]mapsX knlm`fm] fp_n]nt`¡v AkÄ N]_n. fp_n]n Fhn]psX NpanÀ½ D*m]n^p¶Sv ssgWn¡v Blzmhw WÂNn. IqXpfq`w kn]À¯p WWªn^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p AkapsX l^o^kpw SpX]nXp¡pw. AkÄ N]_n]tSmsX fp_n¡pÅn NXn fq¯ sb®nsâ kn]À¸nsâ fUPÔw Wn_ªp. imKn BÀ¯nt]msX B PÔw DÅnt`¡v k`n¨pN]än.

“”””Öv DÅo d¶¸w Wà f\w; Asâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn]À¸nsâ; M½¡v kn]À¸nsâ f\w sb^p¯nãm” Nmfmtklt¯msX A]mÄ b_ªp.

“”””F´m b_]mWpÅSv; FWn¡v tbm\w” ssgWn VrSns¸«p.

“”””AW¡v Asâ kmt¸sX NXw SoÀ¡t\m?”

AkÄ A]msa tWm¡msS fqan.

“”””F¦o NSNX¨n«p dm”

fq¯v D´n Wn¡p¶ Np®]psX SÅ AkÄ Nm\¯¡k®w Wn¶psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp ssgWn ASv N*p. sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ¡nX]ns` t^mfm¡mXnWp WXpkn fqXn¡nX¡p¶ Npa¯nWpÅn hpON^fm] H^p Ca¡w Aka_nªp; H^p {bm\n bpa]p¶Sv tbms`. bs£ sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkaSp f_nNX¶p.

“”””ASnWp tks_ Bsa tWm¡\w; Mm³ tbmkm” A]mapsX D¶w fWhn`m] ssgWn sk«n¯n^nªv bp_t¯¡v WX¡m³ SpX§n.

“”””Asâ kmt¸sX NXw; bSnW¿m]n^w ^qb l¼aw..” imKn SnXp¡t¯msX Aksa HmÀ½s¸Xp¯n.

“”””FWn¡v Wn§X tKm`n tk*. b¸m km§n] Nmlv b¸m St¶mapw; Mm³ ko«o tbmkm; ipw”

AkÄ kn^nª I´nNÄ Ca¡n sS¶n¨v fp_n¡p bp_¯n_§n. imKn]psX DÅn Nmft¯msXm¸w NXp¯ bN]pw D\À¶p. ipw, HmÄsX H^p Ai¦m^w. F´v sd` sNmXp¯n«m]m`pw CkÄsX bq_pw NqSow SWn¡v tk\w. Ckav lo`mkSn H¶pfÃtÃm; St´sX fp³bn Nm`pw Nk¨pNnX¶p bq_p Soän¨ Nmf{bm´n AsÃ. td*n d¶m Hmsa bnXn¨p d`mÂhwPw sI]vSn«m]m`pw bqSn SoÀ¯nt« SmWX§q. F¦n`pw H^n¡Â¡qXn Aksa hzmVoWn¡m³ Ss¶ A]mÄ {lfn¨p.

“”””Wo Wn¡v; AW¡v M½av C^pbSm]n^w ^qb h¼aw S^mw..tkt\Â CWow Nq«mw”

NnS¨psNm*v A]mÄ knan¨p b_ªp. S¶n A]mÄ ASn]m]n {efn¨n^n¡pN]m\v F¶_nª ssgWn]psX Ai´ AtSmsX ko*pw NqXn. SmsW´p b_ªm`pw C]mav sI¿pw. A{S]v¡v A]mÄ¡v St¶mXv BÀ¯n fq¯n^n¡p¶p. H^p sbs®¶ Wn`]n AkapsX Ai¦m^w BNmlw fp«n.

“”””Wn§apsX H^m{Pikpw WX¡m³ tbm\nÃ; FWn¡v Wn§sa CãfÔ A{S]pw b_ªn«v AkÄ tbmNm³ Sn^nªt¸mÄ imKn]psX hz^w D]À¶p.

“”””Wn¡Xn AdsX; H^p Nm^yw NqXn tN«n«v Öv sbmt¡m”

bp_w Sn^nªp WX¶ AkapsX D^p* I´nNant`¡v tWm¡n]m]n^p¶p A]maSv b_ªSv. ssgWn Wn¶p; bs£ AkÄ Sn^nªptWm¡n]nÃ. At¸mÄ imKn]psX lÐw AkÄ tN«p.

“”””Wnsâ H^p b¸m; Wo]pw HmWpw NqXn A¶v sl]vSsSms¡ M½av tW^n«v N*n^n¡p¶p; Wo sbmt¡m, bt¨¦n Wnsâ Dt½w Cu Wm«pNm^v sfmt¯mw AS_ow”

ssgWn sM«n¯^n¨ptbm]n. A¶]mapsX tWm«kpw emkkpw In` tImUy§apw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ¡pw h®n¡pw hwl]§Ä D*m¡n]n^p¶p F¦n`pw, N*n^ps¶¦n A]maSv b_tªsW F¶v Blzhn¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^*mapw. bs£ A]maSv C§sW H^p Nm^y¯nWm]n ^ihyfm¡n k¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p F¶_nªt¸mÄ ssgWn sM«n. F´v sI¿\w F¶kÄ¡v fWhn`m]nÃ. kas^ k`n] H^p B]pVfm\v A]mapsX b¡`pÅSv–. bs£ fpO¯v ASnsâ WXp¡w Nm\n¡msS AkÄ Sn^nª]msa tWm¡n.

“”””F´pkm Wn§av bt_s¶?” H¶pf_n]m¯ f«n`kÄ tImUn¨p. bs£ AkapsX DÅw bnX]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A½ CS_nªmÂ! AkÄ¡Sv HmÀ¡m³ NqXn Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ.

“”””AW¡v A_n]qà AsÃ? kmt¸w tfmapw NqsX BWNan..bns¶ Wm]Nan..bns¶ bq_p Soän..”

ssgWn l^n¡pw WXp§n. A]mÄ FÃmw N*n^n¡p¶p. CWn D^p*pNan¡m³ bänÃ. bs£ F§sW ^£sbXpw. Hmt^m Wnfngkpw A]mtamXpÅ sk_p¸v NqXpN]m\v. bs£ CSv Ssâ KoknS¯nsâ {blvWfm\v. C]mÄ¡nSv Wm«n bm«m¡m³ bäpw. AtSmsX So^pw Ssâ KoknSw.

“”””F´m C¸w A_n]mw AsÔ

imKn]psX lÐw Aksa D\À¯n. WnÊim]]m]n Aka]msa tWm¡n. fWhnsâ bnX¨n AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`Nan`m\v {bSnc`n¨Sv; Ak AfnSfm]n D]À¶p Smjp¶p*m]n^p¶p. Fhn]psX S\p¸n`pw ssgWn]psX l^o^w kn]À¯p.

“”””kmt¸sX NqsX sl]vSSv M½X NqtXw sl]vSm fSn. HmsW¡mapw d`y Wm]]m M½av. t´?” AkÄ NojX§ns]¶v fWhn`m] imKn H^p knK]n]psX In^nt]msX tImUn¨p. ssgWn¡v f_pbXn WÂNmsS D^pNn Wn¡mtW NjnªpÅp. imKn Ss¶ sSmXp¶Sv AkÄ¡v h¦Â¸n¡m³ tbm`pw SmÂb^yw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. bs£..

“”””bns¶, M½sX dm¡nWp fmäfnÃ; Asâ dmt¸sX NXw M½av f_¡mw. AW¡v F´v sdt\`pw S^ptkw sI¿mw. M½X C¡* shm¯p sfm¯w M½¡v HÅSm. tds_ BÀ¡pw, M½X f¡¡pw CSo¶v M½av H¶pw sNmXp¡qÃ. bt¨ AW¡v S^mw.” Akans` sb®nsW hzmVoWn¡mWm]n imKn kmPvUmW§Ä ko*pw kÀ²n¸n¨p.

ASptN«t¸mÄ ssgWn¡v sI_n] Blzmhw tSm¶n. SmWpw b¸]pw NqXn sI]vSSv k¨p eog\ns¸Xp¯n Ss¶ tSm¶n]Sptbms` A]mÄ Dbt]mPn¡psfs¶m^p e]w AkÄ¡p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ N^pSn]Sv tbms`]Ã, A]man fmWyS]p*v. b\w S^msS Ss¶ Ssâ Ai¦m^¯nWv bN^w tImUn¡m³ A]mÄ¡v bäpfm]n^p¶p. ssgWn kn^`pNÄ Nq«n¯n^p½n, AhzØSt]msX Ip*v NXn¨pkn«p. A]mÄ knK]n¨Sv Aksa A`«p¶p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ SWn¡v CWn A]mtamXv FSnÀ¡m³ bänÃ. A§sW sI¿p¶Sv BßiSy sI¿p¶SnWv Sp`yfm]n^n¡pw. FÃmw b¸m Nm^\fm\v. b¸m b\w km§n]n^p¶nsæn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]ma¶p ko«n k^nÃm]n^p¶p. k¶SpsNm*tà FÃmw N*Sv. tks_ B^psX NqsX]m]n^p¶p Ss¶ N*sS¦n`pw C{S {blvWw CÃm]n^p¶p; CSv b¸]psX NqsX]m\v; B^_nªm`pw SWn¡pw b¸]v¡pw bns¶]o Wm«n Kokn¡m³ H¡nÃ.

“”””tfmav tbXn¡*; M½anSv Bt^mXpw b_]qÃ; bt¨¦n Wns¶ M½¡v sb^p¯v Cãm\v; M½tamXv Öv t`lw hvtWiw Nm\n¨m fSn..”

AkapsX fWÊv km]ns¨Xp¯Sv tbms`]m]n^p¶p A]mapsX hwhm^w. tks_ fmÀ¤w CÃm¯SnWm ssgWn A]mapsX Cã¯nWv kj§m³ fWÊnsW S]m_m¡n. {bm]fp*v F¦n`pw Wà Bt^mPyfm\v NnjkWv; b¸s]¡Ä Bt^mPyw. W^¨ t^mf§apÅ A]mapsX sW©nsâ SÅ AkÄ tWm¡n. Wà D_¨ sW©m\v. ssNNÄ¡pfp*v Wà N^p¯v. b¸s]¡apw Wà Wm] B\t{S A]mÄ. HmÀ¯t¸mÄ AkapsX tUiw S^n¨p. W¡n hpOn¸n¡p¶ Nm^yfm\v A]mÄ hqIn¸n¨Sv. ssgWn]psX sNmjp¯ SpXNapsX CX]n N´v fpjp¯p. tIm^¨p*v fmUNSzt¯msX SÅn AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n. imKn¡v CWn]Sv N*pWn¡mWpÅ N^p¯p*m]n^p¶nÃ; A]mÄ AXpt¯¡v sI¶v Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨v B ^àmV^w km]n`m¡n D_p©n; {em´fm] Btklt¯msX. ssgWn H«pw sI_p¡msS A]mÄ¡v klwkU]m]n Wn¶psNmXp¯p.

“”””Òw..F´v ^phn..Òw”

CX]v¡v AV^w hzS{´fm¡n B{Nm´t¯msX b_ªn«v A]mÄ ko*pfSv km]n`m¡n. AkapsX Ip*v imKn]psX bÃpNapsX CX]n sM^nªp; A]mapsX Wmkv ASnÂWn¶pw fU^hw BÀ¯nt]msX NpXn¨n_¡n. ssgWn N®pNÄ AX¨v A]mtamXv tIÀ¶v Wn¶p. A]msa AkÄ Cãs¸Xm³ SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p. AkapsX sS_n¨ fp`NÄ sW©n AfÀ¶t¸mÄ imKn Ip*n Wn¶pw km] fmän]n«v tkPw sI¶p NSNX¨pbq«n. ln` tbms` Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ ssgWn]psX Ip*nsâ Wn_w A]mÄ I¸n]tSmXpNqXn ^*n^«n NqXn]n^p¶p. imKn AXps¯¯n Aksa tNm^ns]Xp¯v N«n`n NnX¯n. bns¶ `p¦n b_n¨v Ht^_p k¨psNmXp¯p. ssgWn]psX N®pNÄ S£\w Ss¶ A]mapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v Wo*p. k`n] Woafnà F¦n`pw SXn¨v Np_pNn] B Np® AkapsX NmfmPvWns] Ban¡¯n¡m³ Vm^mafm]n^p¶p. N_p¯v Np_pNn] kngfqÀOWm\v AsS¶kÄ¡v tSm¶n. ASnsâ WPvWfm] fpjp¯ S`]psX knXkn`qsX Wq`ptbms` fUK`w Smtj¡v H`n¡p¶Sv N*p Ip*v SÅn Nmfmhànt]msX AkÄ In^n¨p.

“”””Asâs]m^p hn^n”

AkapsX In^n]psX `i^n]n N«n`nt`¡v ImXnko\ imKn B Ip*pNÄ ko*pw I¸ns¡m*v AkapsX km]nt`¡v Wm¡v SÅn¡]än. ssgWn imKns] BhzUn¡m³ SpX§n¡jnªn^p¶p. A]mapsX Np®]nt`¡v AkÄ ko*pw tWm¡n. bqÀ® N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WPvWWm] A]mapsX Ppiyt^mf§Ä bs£ W^¨n^p¶nÃ. Ssâ SpX]n B Np_pNn] fqÀO³ Np¯p¶Sv Aksa C¡nans¸Xp¯n. AkapsX SpXp¯ kUW¯n {em´pbnXn¨Sptbms` W¡pN]pw NXn¡pN]pw Hs¡ sI]vSn«v imKn Aksa knkhv{S]m¡m³ SpX§n.

“”””A¶v M½av Asâ N£w N*v im`naNn]m tbm]Sv..bqX Ht*mXo AdsX?”

AkapsX gÀ«nsâ d«\pNÄ knXÀ¯n AXn]nt`¡v ssN]n«p {dm]psX ip¡v Du^p¶SnWnsX imKn BNm´t¯msX tImUn¨p. ssgWn l^o^w sfm¯¯n Np`p¡n In^n¨p f_nªp. AkapsX sNmjp¯ WPvWS]ns` hvbÀlWw imKns] D·mU¯nsâ bpSn] S`§ant`¡v D]À¯n. A^]v¡v fosS Aksa bqÀ® WPvW]m¡ns¡m*v A]mÄ gÀ«pw {dm]pw Du^n¡aªp.

“”””AÅm, sâ sbs® sÖm^p iq_n Ss¶; iq_nfm^v tbm`pw Asâ fp¼o tSm¡pw..ip½m..”

imKn AkapsX knaªp sNmjp¯ l^o^¯nt`¡v kn{eft¯msX tWm¡n bp`¼n. D^p*p sS_n¨v, sW©p SnNªp kaÀ¶n^p¶ AkapsX fp`Nan`pw, ASnsâ sI_n] sM«pNan`pw, Ak]v¡v Ipäpw kaÀ¶n^p¶ Wo* t^mf§an`pw A]mapsX N®pNÄ {em´fm]n h©^n¨p. k¸p NXn¨v ^*pssNNÄ sNm*pw Aks] fÀ±n¡m³ SpX§n. N^p¯pÅ A]mapsX ssN{bt]mPw ssgWn¡v Wt¶ hpOn¨p. AkÄ ssNNÄ fpNant`¡v kn^n¨pk¨p. AkapsX N£§an kn]À¸nsâ WWkp*m]n^p¶p. Bt^mPykSn]m] knaª sb®nsâ kn]À¸nsâ `i^nbnXn¸n¡p¶ fUPÔw fq¡nt`¡Xn¨t¸mÄ imKn H¶f_n. t^mfw kaÀ¶n^p¶ AkapsX N£¯nt`¡v A]mÄ Nq¸pNp¯n. Wmkn D¸p^hw SXªt¸mÄ A]mÄ A`_ns¡m*v AknXw W¡n¯nfnÀ¯p. ssgWn C¡nan]m]n NpXpNpsX In^n¨v A]mapsX fpOw SÅnfmäm³ {lfn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ A]mÄ t^mfw H¶X¦w I¸n N£w D_p©n k`n¡m³ SpX§n]tSmsX AkÄ M^§m³ SpX§n. imKn B{Nm´t¯msX I¸n k`n¨p; H¸w AkapsX fp`NÄ DX]v¡p¶pfp*m]n^p¶p A]mÄ.

“”””fp` NpXn¡v”

t^mfms¡mSn]Wm] imKn N£§an Wn¶pw fm_p¶nsöv N* ssgWn Nj¸v fq¯v AkhmWw A£ft]msX b_ªp.

“”””Asâ N£¯nWp sb^p¯ ^phn..C§Wmt\ Asâ bq_nsW´v– hmUm^n¡pw”

“”””Sn¶p tWm¡n A_n]\w” CaNn¨n^n¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp. AkapsX fUfnaNn] In^n]n {em´m]nt¸m] imKn B SpXp¯ fpOw bnXn¨v sS^psSs^ Ipwdn¨n«v fp`NÄ km]n`m¡n D_p©n.

“”””Biv..Òvfw….”

ssgWn hpOn¨p bpaªp M^§n. AkapsX bmkmX sS¶nfm_n bmâohv AWmkrSfm]n¡jnªn^p¶p. imKn U]]nÃmsS]m\v AkapsX fp`sM«pNÄ I¸n]Sv. ssgWn¡v tk*n]n^p¶Spw ASpSs¶]m]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp`NÄ A]mÄ NXn¨p b_n¨v Sn¶mÂt¸m`pw AkÄ¡v {blvWfnÃm]n^p¶p. NmfhpOw tkUWt]msX BhzUn¡p¶Sm]n^p¶p AkÄ¡v `i^n. DfnWo^v sNm*v WWªp sS¶p¶ fmwhtPma§ant`¡v Aka]mapsX S` bnXn¨fÀ¯n.

“”””Asâ km¸ At¶ Du¡nt]mXn”

F{S NpXn¨m`pw fSnk^nsöp fWhn`m] imKn A©p fnWnt«maw AkapsX fp`NÄ I¸n¡pXn¨n«p fpOfp]À¯n AktamXv– tImUn¨p.

“”””F¶v b_ªm?” ssgWn¡v B km¡v b^nInSfm]n^p¶nÃ.

“”””Hm AW¡_nªqXmtÃ? Du¡pkm¶p b_ªm Hmsâ Np® Asâ bqäo tNänt]m¶v”

imKn]psX tImUyw tN«Sv ssgWn]psX NmSpNÄ B]n^ps¶¦n`pw {bSnN^n¨Sv AkapsX NXnfq¯ bq_m]n^p¶p. H^p SpXw fUK`w Hä]Xn¡v ASp bp_t¯¡v Ip^¯n. kWyfm] Bhànt]msX AkÄ NojvIp*v bp_t¯¡v SÅn; Csö AÀ°¯nÂ. AXp¯ Wnfngw AkapsX Ip*v imKn]psX km]n¡]_n. GSm*v A©pfnWnäv tW^w ASv I¸n Wo^n_¡n] tlgw A]maksa hzS{´]m¡n.

“”””HmsW´m At¶ Du¡mªSv? Öv td*m¶p b_tªm?”

“”””CÔ

“”””AW¡nãmt\m ASv”

ssgWn fqan]n«v {em´fm] BÀ¯nt]msX A]msa sN«n¸nXn¨v Ip*v A]mapsX SmXn]n AfÀ¯n tft`¡v f`À¯n]p^Ên. A]mapsX sIknNapw Njp¯pw AkÄ NXn¨p I¸n. bqän Np® tN_p¶ In´ Ss¶ Akan {em´fm] Nmfw Wn_¨S_nª imKn AkapsX fpOw W¡ns¡mXp¯p.

“”””Asâ bq_p M½av Sn¶mw”

NnS¨psNm*v AN¶pfm_n] ssgWns] tWm¡n A]mÄ b_ªp.

“”””bmkmtXw gÍow Du^n¯m”

AkÄ In\p§n. SpXNÄ AkÄ Nk¨N¯n k¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. imKn AkapsX bmkmX]psX I^Xq^n, ASv bmâohv hinSw Du^ns]_nªp. ssgWn SpXNÄ No_n]N¯n bq_p knXÀ¯n. bqÀ® WPvW]m] AkapsX sk®¯pXNapsX CX]nt`¡v imKn N]_n. sSm«pfp³bn kn^nªp knXÀ¶n^p¶ fpjp¯, t^mfw Wn_ª bqänt`¡v {em´sWt¸ms` A]mÄ tWm¡n. SXn¨p skap¯ bqÀ Ip*pNsa f_¨n^p¶ t^mf§apsX CX]n`qsX AkapsX knÅ A]mÄ N*p. bq_nWpÅn fsäm^p bq_ptbms` ^*p kl§ant`¡pw kn^nªp ImXn¡nX¡p¶ N´v! imKn b^nh^w f_¶`_nt¸m]n ASnsâ UÀlW¯nÂ.

“”””t¿m D½ tN¡pw” NpXpNpsX In^n¨psNm*v ssgWn b_ªp.

“”””Hmav bm³ bt_Xo..siâp½m Asâ N´nsW´p fp]p¸mXn sbs®..”

A]mapsX hwhm^kpw b^tklkpw ssgWn]psX fU{em´nsâ hofNÄ sSän¨p. kWyfm] temPhpOw tfmin¨ AkÄ In^n¨p bpaªp. imKn B{Nm´t¯msX AkapsX kn^nª N´n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXn¨p Nl¡n]t¸mÄ ssgWn]n Wn¶pw làfm] hpOho¡m^fp]À¶p. _dÀ k`n¨p Wo«p¶Sptbms` imKn N´n bnXn¨p k`n¨p. bqän Wn¶pw Wn]{´\fnÃmsS H`n¡p¶ fUK`w A]mapsX ssNkn^`pNsa WW¨p NpSnÀ¯p.

“”””hpµ^n¸q_v; Asâ sfmiw tbms` Ss¶ hpµ^n]m Asâ bq_pw”

ssgWn kn^ NXn¨v SpXNÄ b^fmkVn AN¯n A^s¡«v sbm´n¨p. bnaÀ¶ bqän Wn¶pw IqXv fpO¯Xn¨t¸mÄ imKn ASnt`¡v ko\v sS^psSs^ Ipwdn¨p. fpO¯v Ipwdn¡p¶Sv tbms` ASnsâ FÃm emP§apw Ipwdn¨v AkhmWw N´v km]n`m¡n A]mÄ D_p©m³ SpX§n.

“”””Diviviviviviviviv”

ssgWn D·mUnWns]t¸ms` D_s¡ M^§n. imKn]psX bÃpNÄ¡nX]n sM^nª N´n Wn¶pw AkÄ¡v So{kfm] hpOfm\v Nn«n]Sv. A{S]pw fpjp¯, hzmUpÅ N´v imKn KoknS¯n ^pIn¨n«p*m]n^p¶nÃ. ddnÄPw Ik]v¡p¶Sv tbms` A]maSv I¸n. AkapsX t^mf§Ä CX]v¡nsX A]mapsX bÃpNapsX knXknt`¡v N]_n SXÊw hrãn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p F¦n`pw DÅnt`¡v Wmkp NX¯n A]mÄ fSnf_¶v AkapsX bq_p W¡n. ssgWn hpO¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn]nt`¡v N]_n. imKn]psX S`]n AkapsX ssNNÄ bSnªp. Nk¨p k¨n^p¶ SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v AkaSv làfm]n AfÀ¯ns¡m*p M^§n.

“”””DuDuDuDuDu..im………………”

AkÄ A]mapsX fpOw bnXn¨v bqän`p^¨p. ^SnfqÀÑ]nt`¡v bmªXp¡pN]m]n^p¶p AkÄ. ssgWn {em´fm]n Fs´ms¡t]m bp`¼n.

“”””BBBBBBBB..it½..Dcvcvcvcvcvcvcvcvcv……………….”

AkÄ sk«nkn_¨p. bqän Wn¶pw fq{Sw ImXp¶Sv tbms` skÅw Ioäns¯_n¨p. imKn]psX km]nt`¡v ko\Sv A]mÄ H«pw knXmsS NpXn¨n_¡n. ASnlàfm] ^SnfqÀÑ]n SaÀ¶ ssgWn f]§nt¸m]n. sb®nWv skÅw tbm]n F¶pN* imKn, AkapsX bq_pw SpXNapw Wm]s]t¸ms` W¡n¯pX¨p. bns¶, AkapsX SpXp¯ fpOw Ssâ b^p¡³ kn^`pNÄ sNm*v. ssgWn sfsà N®v Sp_¶]msa tWm¡n.

“”””Asâ sdÅw tbm]n AsÃ? WtÃm\w hpOnt¨m?”

ssgWn `Öt]msX Nfnjv¶p NnX¶pNaªp. imKn]psX N®pNÄ BÀ¯nt]msX AkapsX bn¶jNn h©^n¨p. sNmjp¯p kXnskm¯ AkapsX bp_w SjpNn¯t`mXn A]mapsX ssNNÄ AkapsX kn^nª I´nNans`¯n. hzÀ®¡pX§Ä tbms` D^p*p fpjp¯v Wn¡p¶ WnSwd§Ä. AkapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨v sIkn W¡n] tlgw A]mÄ C§sW f{´n¨p.

“”””Asâ NqSot¡äns]m Asâ km¸”

“”””CÔ

“”””M½av Asâ NqSn W¡s«”

“”””sÈm..ASv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Io¯]tÃ?” In^n¡nsX AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”””sb®v Sq_p¶ Spa M½¡v {bm´m. W¡s« M½av”

ssgWn fqan. Akan Nmfw ko*pw C^¼n]mÀ¡m³ SpX§n. C]mÄ Fs´ms¡]m\o sI¿p¶Sv? f`Uzm^¯n Bs^¦n`pw W¡ptfm? Jo. A§sW fWÊn b_sª¦n`pw Ssâ sNmSw SpXn¡p¶Sv AkÄ¡_n]m³ Njnªp. sfsà SpXNÄ AN¯n N\wNm`pNÄ AkÄ tft`¡v fX¡n]p]À¯n. imKn AkapsX I´nNÄ¡v hfobsf¯n¡jnªn^p¶p.

AjNnsâ b^ym]§am] B Wn_NpX§ant`¡v A]mÄ tWm¡n. SpÅn¯pap¼p¶ kn^nª I´nNÄ. SpXNÄ AN¯n k¨n^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v AkapsX t^mf¡mXv W¶m]n¯s¶ Nm\mw. imKn I´nNapsX tfÂemPkpw SpXNapsX bp_kpw W¡n. AkapsX sNmSw Nm\m³ sk¼pN]]n^p¶ A]mÄ, ASv sNmSnt]msX hmkNmlw Nm\mWm]n A^s¡«nWv Smsj]pÅ emP§Ä sfm¯w b`]mkÀ¯n W¡n. ssgWn¡v £f Wln¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Ssâ BhW¯n A]mapsX Wmknj]m³ AkÄ {em´fm]n sNmSn¨p. imKn W¡n¯oÀ¯v fpOfp]À¯n]t¸mÄ ssgWn £f]äv kn^ I´nNapsX DÅnt`¡v NX¯n NqSn]nt`¡v NX¯n.

“”””CknXm”

B{Nm´t¯msX AkÄ b_ªp.

“”””AW¡v VrSn B]tÃ? sNmSn¨n”

imKn AkapsX kn^`q^n I¸n]n«v I´nNÄ k`n¨p bnaÀ¯n tWm¡n. H^p sI_n] bqkptbms` kn^nªp k¶ AkapsX BhWw A]mapsX hfWn` bqÀ®fm]n sSän¡m³ tbm¶Sm]n^p¶p.

“”””sâ fps¯, Asâ sNmSw N*n«v M½¡v hin¡m³ d¿”

“”””Snt¶m”

CaNn¨n^n¨psNm*v ssgWn ssNNÄ bn¶nt`¡n«p I´nNÄ k`n¨p bnaÀ¯n. imKn Np_pNns¡m*v ASnWpÅnt`¡v fpOw bqjv¯n. A]mapsX b^p¡³ Wmkv BhW¯n k`nªt¸mÄ ssgWn M^§n. AkÄ Ip*v NXn¨v S` sI^n¨p bn¶nt`¡v tWm¡n. imKn]psX Ng*n¯` I´nknXkn AfÀ¶n^n¡pN]m\v. BhW¯ns` t^mf§Ä NXn¨p I¸ns¡m*m\v A]mÄ NqSn W¡p¶Sv. imKn Iq*pkn^ km]n¡]än WW¨n«v AkapsX A]ª sNmS¯nt`¡v NX¯n. {em´fm] hpO¯n ssgWn Np_pNn. BUyfm]m\v AkapsX BhW¯n A{S Bj¯n kn^`v tN_p¶Sv. imKn kn^ Sp^pSps^ ASn`qsX N]än]n_¡n. AkapsX Spa t`lw knNhn¨t¸mÄ imKn ASnWNw W¡ns¡mXp¯p. ssgWn I´nNÄ b^fmkVn bnaÀ¯n k¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

A]mÄ Np® ssN]ns`Xp¯v AkapsX bn¶nt`¡v N]_n. I´nNÄ¡v fosS F¯n] A]mÄ AkapsX BhW¯n Ssâ `nwPm{Pw fp«n¨p.

“”””DuDuDuDu”
ssgWn `nwPhvbÀlW¯n bpaªv bn¶nt`¡v tWm¡n. imKn]psX SXn]³ Np® Ssâ Uzm^¯n NX¡m³ {lfn¡pN]m\v. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Dcvcv, ASv tN_ptfm? ASv W¶m]n H`n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A]mÄ fUK`w sNm*v AkapsX BhWw WW¨n«v sfsà Smtj¡v Np¯n.

“”””BBBB”

ssgWn D_s¡ M^§n. imKn]psX SXn]³ Np®¯` AkapsX DÅnt`¡v N]_n¡jnªn^p¶p. ASnsW h½À±¯n AkapsX N®pNÄ SÅnt¸m]n; Ssâ sNmSw sbman¨p tN_n]n^n¡pN]m\v Np®. tkUW]pw H¸w {em´fm] hpOkpw. ssgWn kn]À¯p. imKn Np® Du^nfmän]n«v Npjn]nt`¡v tWm¡n.

“”””Asâ Np]n d`pSm]n..Òvfw”

A§sW b_ªn«v A]mÄ ko*pw SÅn. C¯k\ ASv bNpSnt]maw DÅnt`¡v N]_n. ssgWn tkUWn¨v hmfmWyw D¨¯n¯s¶ M^§n]Sv imKn¡v D·mUw kÀ²n¸n¨p. A]mÄ Du^n]q^n N]äm³ SpX§n. sNmSw A]ª]ªp k¶tSmsX AkÄ¡v hpOw NqXn. AkhmWw imKn AkapsX DÅnt`¡v hvO`n¨p. ssgWn]psX sNmSw Wn_ªpNknªp lp¢w Smtjs¡mjpNn.

sSm½³ sM«n¯^n¨v C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p; bs£ A]mapsX fpjp¯ `nwPw ASnsâ bqÀ® D²m^\¯n`pw.

“”””Hmsa M½av bnt¶w Du¡os«m*v; bqän`Ã, NqSo½¡qXn. M½¡v NqSn]m CÌw. F{S sl]vSm`pw HmÄ¡v sSsN]qÃ; AÖmSn sb®m Hmav. C§av Hmsa CWn Nq«ns¡m*v tbmNm*n^n¡p¶Sm WÃSv. Hmav AX§n HSp§n Wn¡qà fmtg”

sSm½³ Nm\msS Np® SXkns¡m*v imKn b_ªp. Aksa H¡p¶nXt¯maw Nm`w b\n]\w F¶ tfmit¯msX]m\v A]maSv b_ªSv. N`ym\w Njnªn«v CSpks^ Hmsa S©¯nWp Nn«n]n«nÃ. A]mapsX skans¸Xp¯`pNÄ tN« sSm½³ Bt`mIW]n`m]n^p¶p. C]mav b_]p¶Sv tW^ms\¦n Aksam^p Nmfm¸nlmIv Ss¶. AkapsX kjnsªmjpNp¶ shuµ^yw N*p tfmin¨m\v AkWksa sN«n]Sv. F¶n«ksa Wn`]v¡v WnÀ¯mWkWv Njn]msS tbm]n^n¡p¶p. F{S b\w fpX¡n WX¯n] N`ym\fm\v. F´v {bt]mKWfm\v SWn¡SpsNm*v D*m]Sv? Aksa¸än Wm«pNm^v b_ªp WX¡p¶Sv SmWpw tN«StÃ? Cu C^n¡p¶Sv H^p `£t¯maw ^qb AkapsX l^o^¯nWv tk*n Naª fWpgyWm\v. Aksat¸ms` H^p sb®nWv tk*n AsSm^p k`n] SpN]Ã. b¨¡^n¼m\v AkÄ. tim, Fs´ms¡]m\v Cu t`mN¯v WX¡p¶Sv. SmWn{SWmapw t_mh½s] AÃmsS H^p sb®nsW sSm«n«nÃ. tfmiw CÃmªn«Ã, fWhnsW ASnÂWns¶ms¡ sf^p¡n fmän WnÀ¯n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. CknsX C]msams¡ hpOn¨p fUn¡p¶p.

“”””F¦n Mm³ C_§s« imKn]ms^; kas^ Wµn” ¥mhn`p*m]n^p¶ fUyw SoÀ¯ tlgw sSm½³ b_ªp.

“”””C§sa´p So^pfmWn¨p?”

“”””Zntkmjvhv sI¿mWm\v So^pfmWw. F´m]m`pw AkapsX ko«pNms^ H¶v N*n«v tbmNmw”

sSm½sâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f_pbXn tN« imKn]psX fWÊn Pp*pNÄ Sp^pSp^m sbm«n. A§sW ssgWn ko*pw ko«n¯s¶ Wn¡m³ tbmNp¶p. AkapsX NqSn Sn¶n«p Nps_ fmh§am]n. Òw, CWn ASv Nn«msWm^p {b]mhkpfnÃ. A]mÄ DÅn b_ªp.

sSm½³ tWs^ H^p tim«`nt`¡v N]_n tIm_p*p. imKnt]mXp hwhm^n¨pw fUybn¨pw hf]w ^*pf\n Njnªn^p¶p. D* tlgw A]mÄ Ssâ FN-vhv ]p kn]n N]_n fUykpw Du\pw WÂNn] £o\w SoÀ¡m³ hoäv WnkÀ¯n, Fhn Hm\m¡n H¶v f]§n; GSm*v H^p f\n¡qÀ tW^w. D_¡w Njnsªjpt¶äv fpOw NjpNn H^p Im]]pw NpXn¨n«m\v– A]mÄ ko*pw ]m{S SpXÀ¶Sv. ssgWn]psX koXnsâ fp³bn A]mapsX k*n F¯pt¼mÄ hf]w Wm`^ Njnªn^p¶p. sSm½³ k*n]n Wn¶pfn_§n AkapsX ko«nt`¡v sI¶p. fp³kmSn Sp_¶pSs¶ NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”””B^pfntà CknsX?” A]mÄ DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n knan¨p tImUn¨p.

A`vbw Njnªt¸mÄ ssgWn fp³bns`¯n. Aksa N*t¸mįs¶ sSm½sâ ftWmWn` sSän. H^p skÅ]n N_p¸v bpÅnNapÅ Ip^nUmÀ B]n^p¶p AkapsX tkgw. tUit¯mXv bän¸nXn¨p NnX¶n^p¶ B khv{Sw AkapsX l^o^s¡mjp¸pw kXnkpw AtSbXnSs¶ Nm\n¨p. sW©n SÅn fpjp¯v Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ. kn]À¯ N£§Ä. sk®Wn_fpÅ sNmjp¯ ssN¯*NÄ. WWkpÅ tIm^ SpXs¨Xp¡m³ hmVn¡p¶ knXÀ¶ NojvIp*v.

“”””t¿m ZmZn.. b¸m, f½n tU ZmZn”

sSm½sW N* ht´mg¯n ssgWn D_s¡ knan¨pb_ªp. h®n]pw em^y]pw bp_t¯s¡¯n. h®n]psX ssNNÄ A_n]msS¶ tbms` ssgWns] fp«p¶Spw, AkÄ ASv sPuWn¡msS Wn¡p¶Spw sSm½³ {l²n¨p.

“”””sSm½¨m]tWm? t¿m tN_n k¶ms«” h®n eàymU^bqÀkw b_ªp. A]mÄ¡v N]_mWm]n klt¯¡v fm_n] h®n]psX tf ssgWn]psX fpjp¯ I´nNÄ AfÀ¶Sv BVnt]msX sSm½³ N*p. tN«sSms¡ l^nSs¶.

“”””FXo Im] FXp¡v; C^n¡v sSm½¨m]m” h®n tkPw Nth^]ns` sbmXn S«n]n«p b_ªp. sSm½³ C^p¶p.

“”””ssgWn tfmsa´m C§p tbm¶Sv? M§tamXv tbm`pw b_]msS”

DbIm^km¡pNÄ¡pw Im]NpXn¡pw tlgw sSm½³ tImUn¨p. ASpks^ bp©n^n¨psNm*v Wn¶ ssgWn B tImUyw tN«t¸mÄ fpOw koÀ¸n¨v Ip*v SÅn h®ns] tWm¡n. h®n Aksa N®n_p¡n Nm\n¡p¶Sv sSm½³ N*p.

“”””tfmsWm¶pw b_ªnÃ^pt¶m A¨m]m?” h®n]m\v AkÄ¡v tk*n hwhm^n¨Sv.

“”””CÃ; AStà MmWnt§m«v– k¶Sv”

“”””Ak³ NÅpNpXn¨p k¶p tfmsa Db{Ukn¡pfm]n^p¶p. Wn§apsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqXm]n^p¶p Smfhw F¦n Hs¡ A¨m]³ tW^n A_ntªsW. Db{Ukw NqXn]t¸mÄ MmWm b_sª AktamXn§p tbm^m³.” h®n b_ªp.

ssgWn]psX fpO¯v kn^nª NŨn^n]n Wn¶pw Ak³ Wp\ b_ªSm\v– F¶v fWhn`m¡m³ sSm½Wv {b]mhfp*m]nÃ.

“”””ASv l^n. F¶m`Sv tfmsat¶mXv b_ªm tbm^m^pt¶m? Mm³ b^ni^n¡mfm]n^p¶tÃm Wnsâ {blvWw”

AkapsX bq_nsâ emPt¯¡v tWm¡n sSm½³ b_ªp. ssgWn ASv {l²n¡pN]pw sI]vSp. A]mÄ sk_psS tWm¡n]Smt\m, B b_ªSnWp kà Uz]mÀ°kpw Dt*m F¶_n]m³ AkÄ sfsà sI¶v A]mapsX fp³bn`n^p¶ Im] ¥mhv NpWnsªXp¯p. Ip^nUm_nsâ DÅn Wn¶pw AkapsX fpjp¯ sk×p`NÄ bmSn]pw skan]nt`¡v ImXn. sSm½³ ASn BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡p¶Sv N*psNm*m\v ssgWn WnkÀ¶Sv.

“”””F¶m tfmav k^pktÃ? Wns¶ Nq«ns¡m*p tbmNmWm Mm³ k¶Sv. CWn tf`n Ak³ Wns¶ Db{Ukn¡nÔ Aksa AwtPmbmwPw tWm¡nsNm*v– sSm½³ b_ªp. ssgWn A½m]n]¸sâ tWm«¯ns` bpSn] emk§Ä Sn^n¨_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASkÄ¡v i^w bN^pN]pw sI]vSp.

“”””F´m]m`pw Akav k¶nt`ym A¨m]m; Np_¨p Unkhw CknsX Wn¡s«. A¸tj Ak³ bYn¡q” h®n tkPw b_ªp. Aksa sNmSnSos^ Du¡\w F¶ sNmSnt]msX A¶v ^mkns`]m\v A]mÄ Uqs^ Wn¶pfpÅ Hm«w Njnªp k¶n^p¶Sv. A¶pSs¶ sSm½³ Aksa sNm*ptbmNm³ k¶Sv A]msa kÃmsS AhzØWm¡n]n^p¶p.

“”””G]v– ASptk*. MmWn{S Uq^w k¶StÃ. tfmav tkgwfm_n km; CWn fm_n]nsæn`pw Npj¸fnÃ. k*n]n`tà tbmNp¶Sv”

ssgWn WnÊim]St]msX h®ns] tWm¡n. bq_pw N£kpw Hs¡ {Now Dbt]mPn¨v kXn¨v h®ns]s¡m*v Soän¡m³ sk¼n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ AkÄ imKns]s¡m*v NqSn]n`pw N]än hpOn¡m³ BÀ¯ns¸Xp¶p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ sSm½³ knan¡pt¼mÄ FSn^v b_]mWpw bäp¶nÃ.

“”””sIÃv tfmsa; tbm]n tkgw fm_n A¨m]sâ NqsX tbm”

l¦t]msX Wn¶n^p¶ Aksa tWm¡n AkapsX A½ b_ªp. h®n F´v sI¿\w F¶_n]msS Npj§n AhzØSt]msX ssNNÄ Nq«n¯n^p½n. sSm½Wv Aksâ AkØ W¶m]n fWhn`mNp¶p*m]n^p¶p. FXm tNmt¸, b\w fpX¡n Cksa MmsWsâ f^ptfmÄ B¡ns]¦nÂ, CWn AkapsX bq_pw sNmSkpw FWn¡pÅSm\v. Fsâ tfmWv tks*¦nÂ, ASpbt]mPn¡m³ FWn¡_n]mw. W¶m]n. sSm½³ fWÊn f{´n¨p.

ssgWn tkgw fm_n k¶t¸mÄ I¦nXn¸v NqXn]Sv h®n¡m\v. H^p bn¦v Ip^nUmÀ B\v AkÄ V^n¨n^p¶Sv. tW^n] Sp\nsNm*pÅ ASnsâ DÅn AkapsX l^o^w Gs_¡ps_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AtSbXn Ss¶ Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. C_pNn] N_p¯ {dm]pw ASn Sn§n Wn_ªn^n¡p¶ fp`Napw hvbãfm]n Nm\s¸«p. fpXn tbm\nssX tfmZ`n sN«n, N_p¸v s`Pn³hpw V^n¨n^p¶ AkapsX sNmjp¯ ssNNÄ GSm*v bqÀ® WPvWfm]n^p¶p. AkapsX l^o^kXnkn {em´pbnXn¨ h®n¡v F§sW]pw Aksa tbmNmsS bnXn¨p WnÀ¯\w F¶p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ F§sW F¶v fm{Sw AkW_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. ssgWn tbmNm³ S]m_m\v F¶ emkt¯msX sSm½sW tWm¡n ssNNÄ sbm¡n fpXn AZvKÌv sI]vSp. t^mfw Naªp SpXp¸n¨ Wn_ª N£§Ä A½m]n]¸³ Nt*ms« F¶ In´t]msX Ss¶]m\v AkaSv sI]vSSv. sSm½sâ hfWn` sSän¡m³ B Hs^mä tUiemkw tk*Sn`pw AVnNfm]n^p¶p.

“”””b¸m, f½n Mm³ tbms«” fpXn]n Wn¶pw ssNfmän]n«p ssgWn ^*ptbt^mXpfm]n tImUn¨p..

“”””tbm]n km tfmsa” AkapsX A½ b_ªp.

“”””H¶v ks¶ tfmsa, b¸m H^p Nm^yw b_]s«” B tkg¯n Aksa N*p fSn{efw bnXn¨p tbm]n^p¶ h®n]m]n^p¶p ASv. AkÄ Aksâ NqsX DÅnt`¡v N]_n.

“”””tbm* tfmsa, FWn¡v Wnsâ bq_p Sn¶\w” DÅnt`¡v N]_n] h®n {em´fm]n b_ªp.

“”””A]mav k¶ntà b¸m, CWn F´v sI¿m³” ssgWn WnÊim]St]msX AksW tWm¡n Ip*v f`À¯n. h®n hin¡mWmNmsS Aksa bnXn¨Xp¸n¨v B f`À¶ Ip*v BÀ¯nt]msX I¸n. Aksâ ssNNÄ AkapsX fpjp¯ I´nNsa sM^n¨pX¨p.

“”””tfmsa km, tbmNmw” DÅns`´m]n^n¡pw WX¡p¶sS¶v Wà tdmVyfp*m]n^p¶ sSm½³ knan¨p b_ªp. ssgWn tkPw h®n]n Wn¶pw AN¶pfm_n bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. AkapsX sS¶p¶ kn^nª I´nNan WnÊim]Wm]n tWm¡ns¡m*v– h®n bn¶ms`]pw.

“”””tfmÄ¡v b¸s] kn«n«p tbmNm³ k`n] kngfm AsÔ h®n]psX I¸`n Ipk¶p SpXp¯p tbm]n^p¶ AkapsX Ip*nt`¡v tWm¡n sSm½³ tImUn¨p. h®n H^p kan¨ In^n]n f_pbXn HSp¡n. ssgWn Ip*v SpX¨n«v dmPv FXp¯v tbmNm³ S]m_m]n.

“”””CWn tfmÄsX b¸m A¨m]Wm\v–; tfmÄsX Nm^ysfms¡ A¨m]³ tWm¡nt¡mapw”

fNsa St`mXns¡m*v ssgWn]psX A½ b_ªp. AkÄ S`]m«n; F¶n«v fWÊn tWm¡n]m fSn]m]n^p¶p F¶v b_]pN]pw sI]vSp.

“”””sI¶p k*nt]Â tN_v tfmsa”

AktamX§sW b_ªn«v sSm½³ h®nt]mXpw AkapsX A½t]mXpw ]m{S b_ªp. F¶n«v k*n]nt`¡v WX¶p tbmNp¶ ssgWn]psX bn¶jNv tNm^n¡pXn¨psNm*v bn¶ms` sI¶p. C_pNn] s`Pn³hnsâ DÅn AkapsX D^p* I´nNÄ b^hvb^w sS¶n f_n]pN]m]n^p¶p. h®n Wn^mlt]msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASnt`¡v tWm¡n Np® SXkn. C¶v ^m{Sn fSnk^ptkmaw AWpekn¡m³ B{Nm´s¸«v– C^n¡pN]n^p¶ Aksâ tfmi§apsX tf AlWnbmSw tbms`]tà sSm½³ k¶n_§n]Sv. k*n Wo§n]t¸mÄ h®n NXp¯ ssW^mlyt¯msX k^m´]n C^p¶p.

Fhn]psX NpanÀ½]n fp³hoän Im^n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ ssgWn]psX l^o^¯nsâ fUPÔw sSm½sW f]¡n. hoän AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶ AkapsX sNmjp¯ SpXNapsX k®w CX]v¡nsX A]mÄ tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””tfmsa, FWn¡v Wnt¶mXÂbw hwhm^n¡\w. F¶n«v fSn ko«nt`¡pÅ tbm¡v. F´pb_]p¶p?” k*n sf]n³ t_mZn F¯n]t¸mÄ sSm½³ tImUn¨p. ssgWn tImUyemk¯n A]msa tWm¡n.

“”””Wfp¡v sXu\n GsS¦n`psfm^p tim«`n S§mw. AknsX]mNpt¼mÄ Bs^]pw e]¡msS Sp_¶v hwhm^n¡mftÃm”

ssgWn]psX irU]Smaw sfsà sSäm³ SpX§n. ZmZn Ssâs]m¸w H^p tim«`n Smfhn¡m³ SmÂb^ys¸Xp¶p. A_n]msS k`Sp Iq*pkn^ AkapsX km]nt`¡v N]_n.

“”””ko«n f½n Sn^¡ntÃ?” AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”””MmsWm^p hpir¯nsW Nm\m³ tbms]¶v b_tªmamw”

ssgWn fqan. AkapsX DÅn sb^p¼_ fpj§p¶ lÐw B^wen¨p Njnªn^p¶p. sSm½³ bman AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. km]n kn^ NX¯n NojvIp*v t`lw Smtj¡v f`À¯n kÃms¯m^p emkt¯msX C^n¡pN]m\v AkÄ. fp`NÄ lzmhPSn¡Wph^n¨v D]À¶p Smjp¶p*v–.

“”””tfmÄ¡v knt^mVfps*¦n tk*; ko«n tbmNmw. bs£ AknsXk¨v Mm³ Dt±ln¡p¶ Nm^y§av b_]m³ huN^yw Nn«nÃ. t_mh½ l`yfm\v”

ssgWn In^n]X¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v A]msa tWm¡n. A½m]n]½s] A]mÄ¡v Cãfà F¶ A_nkv AkÄ¡v Wt¶ hpOn¨p. H^p bq_nWv fsäm^p bq_ntWmXpÅ Wn^´^ ANm^\ ssk^w Ss¶ Nm^\w.

“”””ZmZn]psX Cãw” tWm«w fmän]n«v AkÄ b_ªp.

sSm½³ Aksa H¶v b^o£n¨S]n^p¶p; At¸mÄ imKn b_ª Nm^y§an CWn l¦ tkt* tk*. Ssâ NqsX SWn¨v tim«`n Smfhn¡m³ AkÄ¡v fXn]nÃ. h®n]psX NqsX BW Nan¨ sb®v; imKn¡v hz´w BhWw WÂNn] Nj¸n.

H^p fp´n] tim«`n¯s¶ sSm½³ fp_ns]Xp¯p. AÑWpw fNapw F¶m\v ^KnÌ_n sSm½³ FjpSn]Sv. At¸mjm\v– tim«`nsâ _nhbvgWn D*m]n^p¶kÀ¡v fWhfmVmWw Nn«n]Spw. Ak^psX N®pNÄ ssgWn]psX l^o^s¯ sNm¯n k`n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

fp_n]n N]_n] sSm½³ ssN]n N^pSn]n^p¶ fUy¡p¸n A`fm^]n k¨p.

“”””H¶v Npan¡s«; tfmav Npan¡pt¶m?” DXp¸q^n]n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sSm½³ AktamXv– tImUn¨p.

“”””ko«nt`¡m]Sv sNm*v fm_m³ {ZÊv– FXp¯nÃm^p¶p ZmZn”

“”””ASv hm^fnÃ; Npan¨n«p k¶n«v Smsj]pÅ GsS¦n`pw NXNan Wn¶pw km§mw” ssgWn S`]m«n.

sSm½³ Npan¨p {cgv– B]n bp_¯v k¶p ko*pw tkgw V^n¨p.

“”””F¦n km, Sp\n tfXn¨n«v k^mw”

ssgWns]]pw Nq«n A]mÄ H^p Sp\n¡X]n N]_n. h-vNqÄ ]q\ntcmfn ^*p I^¡p sb¬Np«nNÄ NX]n Wn¡p¶Sv N*psNm*m\v sSm½Wpw Akapw DÅn N]_n]Sv. A¯^w tkg¯n ssgWns] Nm\m³ sbs«¶pSs¶ A]mÄs¡m^p tfmiw D*mNpN]pw sI]vSp.

“”””ssWän fSn ZmZn” ssgWn DÅnÂN]_n]t¸mÄ b_ªp.

“”””Hm ASp tk*; B bnÅm^v– Ct«¡p¶ tbm`s¯ bmkmXt]m ftäm fSn. ssWän Hs¡ k`y½fm^tà CXp¶Sv” sSm½³ b_ªp. ssgWn tWm¡n. sNmjp¯ Nm`pNapw Nm\n¨m\v bntÅ^psX Wn¸v. AkÄ¡v DÅn In^nsbm«n. A½m]n]¸Wv In` cmâhnNsams¡ D*v. AkÄ bmkXNapsX sh£Wnt`¡v WX¶p.

Sp\n km§n fp_n]ns`¯n] ssgWn ASpfm]n Npanfp_n]nt`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ sSm½³ _qw hÀkohv knan¨v tk* Bim^w HmÀZÀ sI]vSp. CWn fäp l`y§Ä H¶pfp*mN^pSv F¶v N^pSn tk*sSÃmw A]mÄ AkÄ Npan¨n«p k^p¶SnWpw fp³tb k^p¯n. ASn Wn¶pw f«³ Ndmdv FXp¯v tfl¸p_¯v k¨v, thmc]nt`¡v f`À¶ sSm½³ H^p sbPv Hjn¨v ASn thmZ]pw sFhpw tIÀ¯p. fp*pfm{Sw V^n¨n^p¶ A]mapsX SXn¨ t^mfmkrSfm] l^o^w bqÀ\ WPvWfm]n^p¶p. sW©n QWfpÅ hzÀ®fm` A]mapsX VW¯nsâ Vm^man¯¯nsâ AX]mafm]n H«n¡nX¸p*m]n^p¶p.

ssgWn Npan Njnªn_§n k¶t¸mÄ sSm½³ fUyw hnbv sI]vSn«v Ndmdv t`lsfXp¯v ^pIn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. bpSn] tkg¯n`ksa N* sSm½sâ hn^NÄ làfm]n D\À¶p. Sp\n¡X]n N* sb¬Np«nNÄ H^p bpÃpfà CkapsX fp³bnÂ. G_n]m bSnWmt_m bSntWtjm k]hv fSn¡p¶ H^p h-vNqÄ¡p«n]m\v C_§n k^p¶Sv F¶]mÄ¡v tSm¶n. C_pNn] skÅ XogÀ«pw Nãn¨v I´nNÄ f_]m³ S¡ C_¡kpw DÅ sI¡v bmkmX]pfm]n^p¶p AkÄ V^n¨n^p¶Sv. sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNÄ fp¡m`pw WPvWw. hÔy Njnªn^p¶SnWm AkÄ fpXn WW¨n^p¶nÃ. tbm\nsX]n A§sW Ss¶ WnÀ¯n sSm½sâ FSns^ NnX¶n^p¶ thmc]n Akan^p¶p. B sNmjp¯ SpXNant`¡v tWm¡mSn^n¡m³ sSm½Wv Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. bmkmX sh`Nväv sI]vSt¸mÄ AkÄ fWÀ¸qÀÆw C_¡w Sos^ Np_kpÅSv sh`Nväv sI]vSSm\v. sb¬Np«nNapsX Nm`pNant`¡v sSm½³ tWm¡n] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm«w AkÄ {l²n¨n^p¶p.

“”””bmkmX]v¡v C_¡w H«pfnà ZmZn..” `Ö WXn¨v AkÄ b_ªp.

“”””hm^fnÃ; CknsX tks_ B^pfnÃtÃm. CWn B^pw k^mWpfnÃ. ^m{Sn Njn¡mWpÅSv Mm³ HmÀZÀ sI]vSpw Njnªp”

SpXNÄ AXp¸n¨v k¨v ssgWn S`]m«n. At¸mÄ A½m]n]¸³ FÃm H^p¡§apw WX¯n¡jnªp. AX¡n WnÀ¯n]n^p¶ NmfmÀ¯n bqÀ® lànt]msX DÅn hXNpX]p¶Sv ssgWn A_nªp. sSm½sâ SXn¨p sNmjp¯ l^o^¯nt`¡v AkÄ tWm¡n. b¸]vt¡m imKnt¡m C{S Wà l^o^fnÃ. sNmjp¯ ssNNÄ sbm¡n si]Àdm³Zv AZvKÌv sI¿p¶ WmtXyW N£§Ä AkÄ A]msa Nm\n¨p. fnWp¯v SpXp¯ B N£§Ä ^*mfSpw N* sSm½Wv tk\sf¦n Sp\n CÃmsS C^n¡mWpw AkÄ¡v fXn Nm\nà F¶W_n]mfm]n^p¶p.

“”””tfmsa Ndmdv” A]mÄ H^p Ndmdv FXp¯v AkapsX tWs^ Wo«n; ssgWn ASpkm§n sfsà Njn¨p. AkaSv Njn¨p So^p¶Sv ks^ sSm½³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

“”””CWn tfmav b_, F´m]n^p¶p Wo]pw AkWpw S½n`pÅ {blvWw. Ak³ fUybn¨p diaw D*m¡nà Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. Wnsâ b¸t]mXv Wo]§sW H^p NÅw b_ªSm\v F¶pw FWn¡_n]mw. Ft¶mXv WnW¡v hSymkØ Sp_¶v b_]mw. AS_n]mWm\v Wns¶]pw Nq«n Mm³ CknsX fp_n FXp¯Sv” AkÄ Njn¨p SoÀ¶t¸mÄ, H¶naNn C^p¶n«v sSm½³ b_ªp.

ssgWn Wmkp Wo«n Ip*v W¡n. F¶n«v t`lw skÅsfXp¯v NpXn¨p.

“”””FWn¡Sv b_]m³ fXn]p*v ZmZn..” AkÄ sfsà fpOkp^]n«p.

“”””fXn¡*, b_tªm. Wo b_]p¶Sv Wfp¡nX]n fm{Stf Wn¡q”

AÂbtW^w ssgWn Wm\n¨v kn^ NXn¨v In´n¨p. AkÄ¡v b_]m³ fXn]pÅ kng]fm\v– hwPSn F¶v sSm½Wv fWhn`m]n. AkÄ hz]w b_]mWm]n Nm¯psNm*v A]mÄ fUyw ko*pw Wp\ªp.

“”””ZmZn, K]vhWv In` {blvW§Ä D*v. MmWSv..” ssgWn AÀt²màn]n WnÀ¯n A]msa tWm¡n.

“”””b_ tfmsa”

“”””b_]mw. K]vh³, AksWm^p tbm¬ AZnNväv B\v ZmZn..”

sSm½³ sM«n. sM«Â f_]v¡msS A]mÄ ssgWns] tWm¡n.

“”””hSyfmt\m tfmsa”

AkÄ S`]m«n.

“”””BUy^m{Sn Ss¶ Fs¶ A¯^w Nps_ koZnt]mNÄ Nm\n¨v….” dm¡n b_]m³ hmVn¡msS ko*pfkÄ WnÀ¯n. sSm½sâ sM«Â kÀ²n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”””F¶n«v? Wo Sp_¶v b_ tfmsa”

“”””Ft¶mXpw b_ªp ASpNm\m³. fWpgy^pw fWpgy^pw NqXn sI¿p¶SÃ, frP§apfm]n sI¿p¶Spw fäp Nps_ kr¯ntNXpNapw Hs¡]pÅ koZnt]mNÄ” ssgWn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NnS¨p. sSm½sâ emkw AkapsX Wm\w fmän. A_n]s« FÃmw; AkÄ fWhn b_ªp.

“”””K]vhWv ASptWm¡n hz]wtemPw sI¿mWm\v Cãw. MmWpfm]n dÔs¸Xpt¼mÄ C_£³ D*mNnÔ

sSm½³ ¥mhv Nm`n]m¡n]n«v H^p sbPv NXp¸¯n Hjn¨v bNpSnt]maw NpXn¨p.

“”””F¶n«v? b_ tfmsa”

“”””Wm¨p_ shN-vhv AkWv bänà ZmZn; Aksâ fWhn`pÅSv sskNrS§am\v. MmWpfm]n dÔs¸Xm³ AksWm^n¡`pw NjnªnÃ. H^p sb®pfm]pw dÔs¸XmWkWv bänÔ

“”””tfmav {lfn¨ntà AksW tWÀkjn¡m¡m³”

“”””{lfn¨p. bs£”

ssgWn A_n]msS AXp¸n¨p k¨n^p¶ AkapsX SpXNÄ AN¶p. bn¦v Wn_¯n`pÅ AkapsX bmâohv sSm½sâ Urãn]n sb«p. A]mÄ¡v Nm^y§apsX NnX¸v kyàfm]n. sNufm^w fpS W¶m]n ^SnhpOw A_nªp kaÀ¶ sb®m\v– ssgWn. K]vhWv sb®nsW tW^n`Ã, hv{NoWn Nm\p¶Sm\v Cãw. ASpw ^Sn sskNrS§Ä sI¿p¶ sb®p§sa.

“”””F§sW {lfn¨p?” AkapsX koÀ¯v Wn¡p¶ bqänt`¡v tWm¡n NnSt¸msX sSm½³ tImUn¨p.

“”””b` ^oSn]nÂ. Ft¶mXv b_ªp Aksâ Wm]s]s¡m*v….” ssgWn knNm^mVnNy¯n NnS¨v sSm½sW tWm¡n. AkapsX SpX W¶m]n AN¶p Njnªn^p¶p.

“”””b_”

“”””ASnsWs¡m*v Fs¶ sI¿n¡m³ Ak³ h½Sw tImUn¨p; AkWv N*p ^hn¡m³. At¸mjm\v– Mm³ ko«nt`¡v tbm]Sv.”

sSm½³ sM«n¯^n¨ptbm]n. Ssâ fNWv C{S k`n] ftWmsskNrSw D*m]n^ps¶t¶m? ssgWn thmc]nt`¡v Im^n N®pNÄ AX¨p. AkapsX bmâohnsâ AXn]ns` WWkv N* sSm½³ Ht^ hf]w ^*p knNm^§apsX bnXn]n`m]n^p¶p. fNsâ ^SnsskNrSw WÂNn] sM«`pw FÃmw Nm\n¨n^n¡p¶ f^pfNtamXpÅ Nmfkpw A]msa sM^p¡n.

“”””tfmÄ¡v tks_ knkmiw sI¿\sf¶ps*¦n A§sW]mNmw” AkapsX PSntNXv fWhn`m¡n] sSm½³ S¡m`w hz´w Nmf lfWs¯¡mÄ AkapsX KoknSfm\v– k`psS¶p fWhn`m¡n b_ªp.

“”””A§sW H¶pfnÃ. ZmZn]pw H¸fp*v F¦ns`Wn¡v tbXn¡msS Kokn¡mw.” N®pNÄ Sp_¶ ssgWn A]msa tWm¡n¸_ªp. sSm½sâ hz¯n AkÄ¡v N®p*m]n^p¶p. K]vhsâ sskNrSw AkP\n¨v B b\¯nsâ hpOt`m`pbS BhzUn¡pN F¶Sm]n^p¶p AkapsX D¶w. sSm½Wpw Gs_¡ps_ ASv fWhn`m]n. sk_psS H^p SymPsfm¶pw sI¿p¶ S^¡m^n]à AkÄ. CknsX hpOfm]n Kokn¨v fäpÅk^pfm]n dÔs¸XpN. ASm\v– AkÄ¡v SpX^m³ {b]mhw CÃm¯Sv. Wà ^oSn]n Du¡n hpOn¡\w AkÄ¡v; H¸w b\kpw tk\w.

“”””tfman§p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ks¶” A]mÄ Aksa knan¨p.

ssgWn Fjpt¶äv A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. A]mÄ Aksa bnXn¨v AXp¯n^p¯n. F¶n«v AkapsX SpXp¯ fpOw Ssâ tWs^ Sn^n¨v ASnt`¡v tWm¡n. ssgWn Ip*pNÄ t`lw AN¯n, km] Sp_¶v k¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p; UmimÀ¯s]t¸ms`.

“”””tfmav NpXpwd¯v Smfhnt¨m. B koXv AkWpw em^y]pw SWn¨v hpOnt¨ms« F¶v N^pSn k¨psNmXp¯Sm\v Mm³. bs£ AkWSnWÀiWÃ. ASpsNm*v MmWSv kn¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p. ASnsâ b`nl fSn WnW¡pw AkWpw BZwd^t¯msX Kokn¡m³. F´m?”

ssgWn bp©n^n¨psNm*v S`]m«n.

“”””tfmÄsX Bklysfms¡ Mm³ tWm¡nt¡mamw” A]mÄ AkapsX NojvIp*n SÅkn^ HmXn¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”””F§sW” ssgWn Ip*v bnap¯n, S`]m«ns¡m*v tImUn¨p; sskklyt¯msX.

sSm½³ Aksa bnXn¨p fXn]nt`¡v C^p¯n. bp_w Sn^nªn^p¶n^p¶ AkapsX sNmjp¯ ssN]n A]mÄ fpOffÀ¯n. ssgWn]n Wn¶pw ho¡m^w D]À¶p. sSm½³ AkapsX S` Smtj¡v sI^n¨v, sIkn]n Ip*pNÄ fp«n¨p.

“”””Wnsâ NXn Mm³ SoÀ¯pS^pw; Wnsâ bqän`pw NqSn]n`pw W¡n Fsâ Np® sNm*v Wns¶ Mm³ hpOn¸n¡psfXn I^s¡”

ssgWn NpXpNpsX In^n¨p. AkÄ C_§n A]mÄ¡v AenfpOfm]n Sn^nªn^p¶p. F¶n«]mapsX N®pNant`¡p tWm¡n. sfsà AkÄ Ip*pNÄ A]mapsX Ip*pNan fp«n¨p. sSm½sâ km]nt`¡v AkapsX NojvIp*v N]_n. Io_ns¡m*v AkÀ b^hvb^w Ipwdn¨p. sSm½WÃ, ssgWn]m]n^p¶p bX W]n¨Sv. AkÄ A]mapsX sIknNapw Ip*pNapw frUpkm]n D_p©n k`n¨p. AkapsX kjpkjp¯ Wmkv Ssâ fpO¯pw Njp¯n`pw Cj]p¶Sv AWpeqSn]psX D¯pwP¯nt`¡v D]À¶psNm*n^p¶ sSm½W_nªp. WmkpWo«n A]mapsX fpOfmsN W¡n] ssgWn]psX DfnWoÀ ASn`msN Wn_ªp.

“”””CWn AkWÃ, ZmZn]m Fsâ eÀ¯mkv. CSms\sâ I¡^¡p«³; Fs¶ F´v tkt\`pw sI]vtSm tNt«m? CãfpÅsSms¡ Fs¶ knant¨m” A]msa sN«n¸nXn¨v sIkn]n AkÄ f{´n¨p.

“”””Nj¸n” sSm½³ b_ªp.

“”””B\v, ASnsW´m”

“”””Wnsâ NqSn Mm³ sbman¡pw”

ssgWn “”Hm bnt¶’ F¶ emkt¯msX Ip*v f`À¯n. sSm½³ Btklt¯msX Aksa bnXn¨v B Ip*v km]n`m¡n D_p©n.

A]mapsX B{Nm´w AX§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Wn^§n Smtj¡n_§n A]mapsX fp³bn Wn`¯m]n C^p¶p. AkapsX ssN A]mapsX fp*nt`¡v Wo*p. ASv ^*p klt¯¡pw AN¯n Nm\m³ sNmSn¨n^p¶ B hmVW¯nt`¡v AkÄ BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n. sSm½sâ fpjp¯ Np® N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Aksa l^n¡pw sM«n¨pNaªn^p¶p. h®nt¡m imKnt¡m CÃm¯{S k`n¸fm]n^p¶p ASnWv. l^n¡psfm^p bp«pNpän. ssgWn]psX ssNkn^`pNÄ ASnsW k`]w sI]vSp. ASnsâ A{Pw sSm`n¨p fpjp¯ `nwPfNpX¯n tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÄ fp«pNm`n Wn¶v ASv km]n`m¡n. sSm½³ bpaªptbm]n; t_mh½ H^n¡Ât¸m`pw sI]vSn«nÃm¯ Nm^yfm]n^p¶p ssgWn sI]vSSv. Hä Wnfngw sNm*v hpO¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn]nt`¡v A]mÄ N]_nt¸m]n. ssgWn]psX frUpkm] km]n A`n]pN]m\v Ssâ `nwPw. ssgWn I¸n.

A]mapsX Np® AXnsSm«p fpXnks^ W¡ns¡m*v AkaSv Du¼n. sSm½³ N®X¨v C^p¶psNmXp¯p; AkÄ¡v fSnk^p¶Sv ks^. AkhmWw kXntbms` Wn¡p¶ Np® hz´{´fm¡n Fjpt¶ä ssgWn A]mapsX fp³bn Wn¶psNm*v knkhv{S]m]n. C_pNn¡nX¡p¶ bmâohv fm{Sw V^n¨v AkÄ A]mapsX fXn]nt`¡v N]_n ko*pw AenfpOfm]n fp«pNan Wn¶p. sSm½sâ km]nt`¡v AkÄ fp`NÄ Sn^pNns¡mXp¯p. sSm½³ fp`NÄ I¸n. D^p*p fpjp¯ tPma§an fm_nfm_n A]mapsX Wmkp bSnªp. sSm½³ sM«v km]n`m¡n W¶m]n k`n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p; hvt{Xm]n`qsX k`n¡p¶Sv tbms`. ssgWn sfsà tft`¡v D]À¶p k]À A]mapsX fpO¯v AfÀ¯n. sSm½sâ Wmkv Ssâ sbm¡nansâ DÅnt`¡v N]_p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp. ko*pw tft`¡v sbm§n fpjp¯ bq_v A]mapsX fpO¯nWp tWs^ F¯n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Wn¶p.

sI_n], WWpWWp¯ t^mf§Ä kaÀ¶ SXn¨p sNmjp¯ SpXNant`¡pw ASnsâ WXpkns` fpjp¯ fpjp¸nt`¡pw sSm½³ tWm¡n. bmâohnsâ AXnklw WWªp NpSnÀ¶n^n¡pN]m\v. knaª sb®nsâ bq_nsâ {efn¸n¡p¶ PÔw! H^pWnfngw AkapsX A^s¡«nsâ AjNv BhzUn¨ tlgw Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨v sSm½³ bqän fpOw AfÀ¯n. AkapsX `i^nUm]Nfm] fUPÔw A]mÄ Btkmaw k`n¨pN]än. bn¶nÂ, AkapsX HSp¡fnÃm¯ I´nNsa A]mapsX ssNNÄ WnÀ±]w DX¨p. bmâohnsâ DÅnt`¡v N]_n] Ak I´nNapsX DÅnt`¡v N]_n b^Sn. Sp\nhinSw bq_p NXn¨p I¸n] sSm½sâ kn^`pNÄ tSXn]Sv N*Snsâ D·mU¯n B]n^p¶p. CawIqXpÅ sNmjp¯ Np_p¡nt`¡v C_§p¶Sv tbms` A]mapsX WXpkn^ AkapsX A]ª sNmS¯nt`¡v hpOfm]n N]_nt¸m]n; imKn]psX Np® N]_n A]ªn^p¶ NqSn]nt`¡v.

“”””DuDuDuDuDucvcvcvcvcvcvcvcv”

ssgWn hpOmVnNy¯n Io_n. AkÄ tft`¡v ko*pw sbm´n Fjpt¶äv sSm½sâ S` thmc]n f`À¯n k¨n«v Nm`p]À¯n SpX]N¯n bq_v A]mapsX fpO¯v fp«n¨p. bns¶ bmâohv AXn]n Wn¶pw kNªpfmän H`n¨psNm*n^p¶ N´v A]mapsX km]nt`¡v k¨psNmXp¯p. AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmjp¯ fUK`w Wmkn bän]t¸mÄ sSm½³ Af_n. A]mÄ Aksa Af_ns¡m*v W¡n. B fpjp¯ N´v A]mÄ B{Nm´t¯msX knjp§m³ {lfn¨p.

hfWn` sSän] ssgWn bmâohv Du^ns]_nª tlgw sSm½sâ km]nt`¡v bq_p fp«n¨p. A]mÄ fSnf_¶p I¸n. AkapsX bq_nsâ DÅnt`¡v WmkpNX¯n Ca¡n, N´v NXn¨p Sn¶ A]mapsX fpO¯v ssgWn bq_n«p^]v¡m³ SpX§n. NXn AkÄ¡v A{S]v¡v Ahiyfm]n¡jnªn^p¶p. fpNan Wn¶pw Smtj¡v tkPw fm_n] AkÄ C´y³ t¢mhän C^n¡p¶Sptbms` A]mapsX fp³bn C^p¶n«v B SXn]³ Np® DÅnt`¡v fp«n¨p. bns¶ ASnsâ fpNant`¡v hz]w AfÀ¶p. AkapsX bq_p Spa¨v ASv DÅnt`¡v N]_n.

^SnSmÞkw. sSm½sâ km]nt`¡v Wmkv NX¯n A]msa C_psN bp\À¶v ssgWn H^p ]{´fm]n fm_n. ASn{UpSfm]n^p¶p AkapsX A^s¡«nsâ I`Ww. C_pNn] bq_p bnaÀ¯n A]mapsX Np® sS^psSs^ N]_n. sSm½Wv Ip½m C^p¶psNmXp¯m fm{Sw fSn]m]n^p¶p. km]n Wmkn«na¡n ASnlàfm]n ssgWn temPn¨p. hpOw fq¯v k¶tSmsX fpOw fmän bÃv NXn¨v AkÄ làn kÀ²n¸n¨p.

“”””B..B..B..” fSnf_¶p hz]w M^§ns¡m*v AkÄ ASnlàfm]n D]À¶p Smjv¶p. ASntkPw {bkÀ¯n¡p¶ ssb`nwPv sfgo³ tbms`. hpO¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn]nt`¡v {btkln¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p AkÄ. kWyfm] ^SnfqÀÑ Ss¶ hfobn¡p¶Sv Aka_nªp. {em´fm] hpOw Ss¶ AXnfpXn NojX¡p¶p.

“”””ZmZn..DuDuDuDuDuDu..im..t¿m..it½..BBBBB…..”

ssgWn A`_n. AkapsX bq_p Ioän. sSm½sâ Np®s] AentgNw sI]vSv thmc]msN WW¨v AkapsX {hksfmjpNn. AkÄ¡v k¶Snsâ bn¶ms` A]mapw hvO`n¨p Njnªn^p¶p. SaÀ¶p tbm] ssgWn NnS¨psNm*v A]mapsX tSmant`¡v ko\p..sSm½Wpw hvO`WmW´^ £o\w fq`w sfsà N®pNÄ AX¨p. ssgWn hmkNmlw C_§n A]mapsX fXn]nt`¡v S`k¨p NnX¶p.