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UMMADE MOORIKKUTTAN AUTHOR KARUMBAN

CSv Mm³ FjpSp¶ BUys¯ NT]m\v. b¡ N¼n Aà . £fn¡\w.Mm³ Cu FjpSp¶Sv Fsâ ko«n WX¶ hwekfm\v. Nps_ k^vg§av¡p fp¼m\v. ko«n M§Ä Wm`p tbs^ DÅp. Mm³ D¸]pw,D½n]pw, bns¶ C¡]pw. D¸ PÄcn`m\v tKm`n sI]vSn^p¶Sv. D½ ko«n HSp§n WnÂNp¶p. C¡m¡v F´p tKm`n B\v F¶v FWn¡_n]nÃ. Ft´m N¨kXw Bs\¶v fm{Sw A_n]mw. Mm³ tNmtaKn Wn¶v Njnªp ko«nt`¡p k^nN]m]n^p¶p. C¶v Ft´m Nm^\¯m H^p hv–ss{XNv Nn«n. ASpsNm*v Wà Ip«p sbmÅp¶ hf]¯m\v WX¡p¶Sv. ko«n k¶t¸mÄ C¡msX ssd¡v bp_¯p C^n¡p¶p*v. 2 tb^pw Wà D_¡fm]n^n¡pw Cu sk]n`¯v F¶v knIm^n¨p Mm³ bSns] kmSn Sp_¡m³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ t`m¡v B\v. Mm³ bp_Np kl¯p NqsX sI¶v kmSn Sp_¶v AN¯p N]_n. ko«n BsN 3 fp_nNap*v. Mm³ D½msX fp_n]psX AXp¯v sI¶t¸mÄ fp_n]n D½ Np\p§n In^n¡p¶ lÐw tNÄ¡mw . Mm³ knIm^n¨p D¸ knan¡p¶Sv B]n^n¡pw F¶v. AkÀ F´v b_ªm\v In^n¡p¶Sv F¶_n]m³ Mm³ sIkn kmSn¡ k«w bnXn¨p. In^n fm{Stf DÅp. Np_¨p tW^w A§sW Wn¶t¸mÄ :””B……….H¶v bs¿ I¸n NpXnt¡Xm “” F¶v D½ b_]p¶Sv tN«v. At¿ …..D¸s] knan¡p¶Sv Aà C¡ AN¯p*v F¶v FWn¡v fWhn`m]n. FÃmks^]pw knanIv Nq«n]mt`m F¶v BUyw HmÀ¯p. bns¶ tSm¶n ASnsâ Np_¨n FWn¡pw NpXpwd¯nWpw NqsX Bs\¶v. Mm³ k¶ kjn]n`qsX Ss¶ bp_¯p C_§n. F¶n«p {c*n sI¶v tNmanRv sd AXn¨p. “” D½ kmSn Sp_¡p “” F¶v knan¨p b_ªp. A`vbw Njnªm\v D½ k¶Sv. “”Fsâ sbm¶v C¶v tW^s¯ B\tÃm””. D½ b_ªp. Mm³ AN¯p N]_n. “”D½ F´m kmSn Sp_¡m³ SmfhnsJ”” Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”Wà IqXtà MmsWm¶p Npan¡m³ SpX§pk^p¶p”” D½ Ft¶mXv NÅw b_ªp. Npan¡msW¶ f«n D½ fp_n]nt`¡p tbm]n. Mm³ Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡p tbmNp¶SnWv fp³bv C¡msX fp_n]nt`¡p tWm¡n. H¶pw A_n]m¯ bmkmsStbms` D_¡w WXn¨p NnX¡p]m\v. Mm³ fp_n]n N]_n {cgv B]n bp_¯p k¶p. b`b` In´NÄ sNm*v Fsâ S` Wn_ªn^p¶p. F´m]m`pw CSv BUyfm]n«Ã F¶v FWn¡p_¸m]n. F´m b^pbmXn F¶v H¶v A_n]\w F¶v Mm³ fWhn`p_¸n¨p. ASnWpÅ Hmt^m b^nbmXnNapw Bt`mIn¨p NnX¶p. hf]w Njnªp tbm]n. D½ knan¡p¶Sv tN«v Mm³ D_¡¯n Wn¶v FjptWäp Mm³ D½ Nm¸n S]m_m¡n]Sv NpXn¨n^p¶p. bns¶ Np_¨p tW^w Xokn ]pw N*n^p¶p. ^m{Sn. B]n A¯mjw Hs¡ tW^s¯ Njn¨p. C¡ k¶t¸mÄ sskNn. C¡ D¨Njnªp tbm]Sv_nªnÃ. Sn^nsN fp_n]n sI¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv MmWn§sW Bt`mIn¨p NnX¶p. At¸mam\v H^p dp²n tSm¶n]Sv. Mm³ tkPw D¸ km§n S¶ tcm\n H^p 128 Kndn sf½_n NmÀZv C«p k¨v. Wmsa CSv D½msX fp_n]n k]v¡\w. Mm³ D_¸n¨p.A§sW Hmt^m¶v Inµn¨p D_§nt¸m]n.bntä¶v ^mkns` FjptWäp Mm³ s_Zn B]n. C_§p¶SnWp fp¼p sfmssd k¿v¡m³ H^p b²Sn C«p. “”D½ FWn¡v sNm*ptbmNm³ Np_¨p S\p¯ skÅw tk\w”” D½ skÅw FXp¡m³ tbm]t¸mÄ Mm³ D½msX fp_n]n B^pw Nm\m¯ knV¯n tcm¬ k¨p . bns¶ skÅkpw km§n tbm]n. sskNpt¶^w ks^ F§sW B\v Wo¡n]Sv F¶v FWn¡_n]nÃ. tNmtaKv Njnªp Mm³ bSnkn`pw tW^t¯ ko«n F¯n. C¡sX k*n CÃ. Mm³ AN¯p sI¶t¸mÄ D½ Xokn Nm\p¶p.””sbmt¶msa Wo tW^s¯ B\tÃm””D½ b_ªp. “” D½ NpXn¡m³ Smt]m”” Mm³ sNm©n b_ªp. D½ AXp¡am]nt`¡p tbm] S¡w Mm³ tcm¬ FXp¯p. D½ sNm*v k¶ skÅkpw NpXn¨p {cgv BNms\¶p b_ªp Mm³ fp_n]n N]_n. koZnt]m Ss¶ Wn¶n^p¶p. Mm³ tXm]v–`än N]än siZvshäv FXp¯p Np¯n. BUyw H¶pfnÃ. H^p Wm`^ f\n¡qÀ Njnªm\v fp_n]n C^aW¡w k^p¶Sv. D½ AN¯p N]_n N«n`n N]_n C^n¡pN]m\v.D½ tcm¬ FXp¯p Bs^t]m knan¡p¶p. “”it`m,FknsX]m…….tkPw km…….kmSn AX¨n«nà ……AX]v¡m³ f_¡tÔ” A½ tcm\n`nsX C¡t]mXv b_]p¶p. D½ Bav sNmÅmt`m Mm³ HmÀ¯p. Np_¨p fnWnäv Njnªp ..C¡msX ssd¡nsâ hu*v tN«p. NTmWm]N³ k¶p.C¡ kmSn Sp_¶p .”” Np«m ,kmSn AX]v¡p”” D½ lrwP^t¯msX b_ªp. “”D½msX fq^nNp«³ F´m Wn`vNs\, km.”” C{S]pw b_ªp D½ 2 ssN]pw Wo«n bnXn¨p . C¡ N«n`nt`¡v FXp¯p Hä Im«w. D½ Ifd^w bXnªm\v C^n¡p¶Sv. C¡ D½msX fXn]n S`]pw k¨v NnX¡pN]m\v. D½ C¡msX S`fpXn]n`qsX kn^ HmXn¡pN]m\v. C¡ D½msX fp`]nt`¡pw tWm¡n C^n¡pkm]n^p¶p. D½ sfsà sWän]psX sNmap¯pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Ajn¨p, F¶n«p D½ ssN sNm*v k`t¯ fp` FXp¯p bp_t¯Nn«p. F{S k^vg§av¡p tlgfm\v Mm³ D½msX fp` Nm\p¶Sv. ASv H^p I¡ tbms` k`pSm]n^p¶p. ASv ks^ D½msX fXn]n H^p bkn{S tbms` NnX¶n^p¶ C¡ sfsà km Sp_¡p¶Sv FWn¡v koZnt]m CSv kyàfm]n Nm\mw, C¡ Wmkp sfsà D½]psX fp`sªXp¸n k¨v W¡m³ SpX§n. AtSmsX D½ C¡msX S`]n bnXn¨p D½msX fm^s¯¡p AfÀ¯n . C¡ D½msX B sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ km]n FXp¯p I¸m³ SpX§n. D½ C¡msX N®nt`¡v tWm¡p¶p*v. D½msX fpa]v¡pan f_ª C¡ N®v AX¨n^n¡pkmt\m AÃt]m F¶v tbm`pw A_n]nÃ. C¡ D½msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp`NÄ k`n¡pt¼mÄ D½]psX Ip*pNÄ A`vbw knUÀ¶n^p¶p. k^vg§av¡p fp¼p MmWpw C¡]pw KokmfrSw WpNÀ¶p. B fp`NÄ C¶v C¡ NmfmÀ¯nt]msX WyqW]p¶Sv. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ ASpks^ AX§n^p¶ C¡msX fp`NÄ D½msX sNmjp¯p SXn¨ fp`]n N]_n bnXn¨p. C¡ ASv bnXn¨p Sn^n¡mWpw AfÀ¯mWpw SpX§n]tSmsX D½]psX Ip*n Wn¶pw tWÀ¯ In` lÐ§Ä k¶Sptbms` tSm¶p¶p. C¡msX b^m{Nfw N*m D½msX fp`NÄ fpjpkWm]n knjp§m³ DÅ b²Sn Bs\¶v tSm¶pw. bs£ D½msX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ C¡msX N¿n sSän Nan¨p. ASpks^ SpX¶ C¡msX fp` I¸Â Wn¶p. C¡ WnÀ¯n]t¸mÄ ASpks^ ^¯n]m{S]n B]n^p¶ D½ C¡msX tWs^ tWm¡n tImUn¨p:””Ft´……… Np«Wv fSnt]m””. “”Akt`PmWpw N]_n k^ptfm””C¡ tImUn¨p.ASnWp F¶pw knUymeymh dÔp H¶pw CÃmt`m”” D½ f_pbnXn]pw WÂNn. sF¡ F´m]m`pw D½msX fp`]n bnXn¡m³ fpSnÀ¶nÃv`. bns¶ Mm³ N*Sv C¡ N«n`n FjptWäp Wn`vNp¶Sm\v. C¡ C«n^p¶ Xn gÀ«v Du_n F_nªp . At¸mtj¡pw D½ ^*p N¿pw sbm¡n bnXn¨p. C¡ NpWnªp D½msX sWän sfsà sbm¡n Du_n Wm«n . D½ C«n^n¡p¶ N_p¯ {dm Nm\mw D½msX H^p fp` bp_¯pw Hs^®w AN¯pw B\v. C¡ Sp Du_n fmän. F¶n«p Ft´m. D½t]mXv b_ªp. ASv tN«Spw D½ C^p¶p D*m]n^p¶ bmâohpw Du^n fmän. D½ hz´w fNsâ fp¼n bqÀ\ WPv–W]m]n C^n¡p¶ NmjvI N*p Fsâ N®v SÅn.. bns¶ Dw½ H^p Wm\kpw CÃmsS H^p H^p W`vNm`ns] tbms` N«n`n Wn¶p. C¡ D½msX AXp¯v k¶p C^p¶p. D½]psX Sq§n NnX¡p¶ fp`NÄ NWX` tSWo¨]psX NqXp f^¯n Wn¶v Sq§n NnX¡p¶Sv tbms` D*v. C¡ D½msX 2 fp`]n`pw bnXn¨p k`n¡m³ SpX§n.Mm³ knIm^n¨p C¡ WnÀins]¶p. FknsX C¡Nv knXm³ H^p b^nbmXn]pw CÃ. A§sW C^n¡pt¼mam\v H^p knan:””FXn sbs® , Wo AknsX F¶m b\n]”” D½]m\v tXm]v–`än N]_n]n«v A_ f\n¡qÀ Njnªp. Mm³ sbs«¶v. Npan¨p bp_¯n_§n. ssZWn§v iman D½ Nm¸n k¨n^p¶p. Mm³ ASv Njn¨p.Mm³ CX]v¡p D½s] tWm¡n. H^p fmäkpw CÃmsS B\v D½ C^n¡p¶Sv. B koZnt]m N*SpsNm*p fm{Sfm\v CsSms¡ knlzhn¡p¶Sv. Csæn CsSm¶pw Mm³ H^n¡`pw knlzhn¡nÃ. A§sW e£\w Njn¨ tlgw Mm³ Sn^n¨p fp_n]nt`¡p tbm]n. kmSn AX¨p Mm³ N«n`n NnX¶p. F¶n«p koZnt]m s_hyqtf sI]vSp. C¡ D½]psX 2 fpaNsa]pw bnXn¨p k`n¡pN]m\v. N*n«v H^p N_k Nm^sâ t_mÄ C¡ sI¿p¶Sv F¶v tSm¶p¶p. Ft´m C¡ b_]p¶p*v . bs£ tNÄ¡¯nÃ. C¡ D½s] N«n`n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv 2 s_u*v WX¯n¨p. H^nX¯p sN«p¶Sptbms` Nm«n. F¶n«p C¡]pw Wm`v Nm`n Wn¶p. D½msX fpaNam\v Sq§p¶Sv F¦n C¡msX Np«³ Smtj¡v F¶m A`vbw fpt¼m«p SÅn Wn¡p¶p. C¡]psX Wn`¸p N*n«v. H^p fq^ns]t¸ms` D*v.. Ab¸jm\v D½ C¡s] fq^n¡p«³ F¶v knan¨Sp Hm^vf k¶Sv. At¸mÄ CSm\v Nm^yw. C¡ sfsà D½msX Ipäpw WX¶p f\w bnXn¨p. F¶n«p A½]psX fp`]n`pw k]_n`pw Hs¡ W¡n. bns¶ ko*pw A½]psX bp_Nn k¶p D½]psX bq_n Wmkp sNm*v W¡n. D½ H¶v bnXªp. C¡ D½msX bp_t¯¡p ImXn N]_n F¶n«p H^p ssN sNm*v Np«sW D½msX bq_n k¨v sfsà SÅn ,sfsà Np«³ D½msX DÅn N]_n]Spw.D½ fpt¼m«v Imªp NnX¶p. C¡ D½msX DÅn W¶]n AXn¡m³ SpX§n. C¡msX 2 ssNNapw D½]psX fp`]n bnXn¨p AfÀ¯p¶p*v. D½ N®pNÄ AX¨p C¡sX AXn ¡p AWph^n¨p NnX¡pN]m\v. “”D½m…… k^p¶p*v”” C{S]pw b_ªp C¡ Mm_¡t¯msX bm D½msX DÅn Hjn¨p. F¶n«p C¡ D½msX fpNan NnX¶p. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ D½msX bp_¯p Wn¶v C¡ fm_n NnX¶p. D½ S` sfsà C¡msX sW©¯v k¨p NnX¶p. D½msX fp`NÄ C¡msX sshZn fp«n NnX¡p¶p. D½ C¡msX sWªtSmsX kn^`pNÄ HmXn¡pN]m\v ,C¡msX sW©¯v fpjpk³ t^mf§Ä B\v. D½ H^p t^mf¯n bnXn¨p H¶v k`n¨p. C¡ “”B”” F¶v b_ªp. CSv Njnªp D½ C¡msX fpNan N]_n NnX¶p. C¡msX Ip*n D½ sNmXp¯p. C¡]pw Sn^n¨p D½s] Ipwdn¨p. A§sW Ipwdn¨p D½ Smtjm«v Wo§n C¡msX sW©n Hs¡ D½ k¨p. D½ Fjpt¶än^p¶p F¶n«p C¡msX Np«sW bq_nt`¡v N]än SpÅm³ SpX§n. A§sW SpÅpt¼mÄ D½msX fp`NÄ NnX¶p BXn D`ªp. A§sW SpÅn SpÅn D½ C¡msX tf`nt`¡p Imªp. C¡msX A^ H¶v sbm§p¶Sv N*p. C¡ 2Bw {bmklyw D½msX bqän bms`mjn¨p. C¡msX sIkn]n D½ Ft´m b_ªp. ASv tN«p C¡msXfpOw kÃmsS kngmUn¨p. F´ms\¶p fm{Sw fWhn`m]nÃ. C¡ A§sW NnXt®m*v D½msX fp`NÄ NpXn¨p. Np_¨p Njnªp C¡ N«n`n Wn¶v FjptWäp S_]n Wn¶v F¶n«p D½msX Nm`n bnXn¨p k`n¨p.. “”AN¯p D½”” C¡ b_ªp. ASv sN«vXSpw D½ 2 Nm`pw AN¯n D½msX bq_p C¡m¡v Nm\n¨p. C¡ XnS_]n Nm`p Np¯n Wn¶p F¶n«p D½msX bq_n W¡m³ SpX§n. C¡msX Wmkp AknsX sI¶Sv D½ sManbn^n sNm*v. D½ C¡msX S`]n bnXn¨p At§m«v tIÀ¯v k¨v. Np_¨p Njnªp C¡ ko*pw Np«sW FXp¯p D½msX bqkn k¨v AXn¡m³ SpX§n .C¡msX Hmt^m AXn¡pw D½msX fp`NÄ sS_n¨p BXpN]m]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv N*p Wn]{´\w tbm] C¡ ImXn D½msX fp`]n bnXn¨p Ht^hf]w ASv bo¨Wpw D½msX bqkn AXn¡mWpw SpX§n. D½ S` H^p klt¯¡v sI^n¨p Ip*pw NXn¨p AknsX NnX¶p. D½s] Nan¨p sNm*n^p¶ C¡ Np_¨p Njnªp D½msX fm_nt`¡v Imªp. C¡msX sW©n D½msX fp`NÄ sM^nªp. C¡ bm`v Hjn¡m³ sbm¡nkms\¶p fWhn`m]n. A§sW C¡ C¶v fq¶mwSkW]pw D½msX DÅn bm`v Hjn¨p. C¡ bns¶ N«n`n N]_n bpS¸pw C«p 2 tb^pw ASnsâ AXn]n tNänbnXn¨p NnX¶p. At¸mjpw C¡msX Ip*pNÄ D½msX Ip*n Du¼n I¸p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A§sW 2 tb^pw D_§n. bns¶ Mm³ koZnt]m HmXn¨p. 2 f\n¡nÀ Njnªp.C¡ FjptWäv Npan¨p s{ZÊpw fm_n bp_t¯¡p tbm]n. bn¶ms` D½]pw. _qw kr¯n]m¡n Npan¨p {ZÊv Hs¡ fm_n fnXp¡n]m]. A§sW C¡mtXw D½mtXw Nan Mm³ N*p.bn³tf sf½_n NmÀZv FXp¯p hq£n¨p k¨p. At¸mtj¡v ^m{Sn B]n^p¶p. C¡ ko«n k¶p. D½ Zn¶À kna¼n. M§Ä e£\w Njn¡pt¼mÄ. “”sbmt¶msa D¸ 2 Unkhw Njnªp k^pw tNt«m””. D½ b_ªp. “”Bt\m D½”” Mm³ tImUn¨p. Mm³ C¡msX tWs^ tWm¡n C¡m¡v H^p kngfw. At¸mam\v tW^s¯ C¡msX fpPKw kmUn]¯nWs] Nm^\w fWhn`m]Sv.. bns¶ Mm³ tbm]n NnX¶p. F¶m`pw C¡]pw D½]pw FWn¡v Inµn¡m³ bäp¶nÃ. CsS§sW SpX§n Mm³ HmÀ¯p. A§sW NnX¶p D_§n.2 Unkhw NjnªpD¸ k¶p . At¸mjm\v FWn¡v Blzmhw B]Sp. koZnt]m A¸sW Nm\n¨mt`m F¶v HmÀ¯p. tk* NpXpwdw 2 BNpw. A§sW FÃmw AX¡n MmWn^p¶p. Unkh§Ä Hmt^m¶v Njnªp b^o£ Njnªp AkVn]m]n. A§sW D¸ k¶n«v 2 fmhw BNm^]n. Wmsa D¸ tbmNpw. Mm³ CWn ko*pw WX¡m³ C^n¡p¶ Nm^y§Ä HmÀ¯p. A§sW D¸ tbm]n bntä Unkhw. MmWpw A½]pw AXp¡a]n sI_n] b\n B]n^p¶p. sbs«¶v D½ S` N_§n ko\p. Mm³ C¡s] knan¨p k^p¯n. C¡ k¶p D½s] FXp¯p Nm_n N]än. MmWpw NqsX timhvbnä`n tbm]n. tZmÎs_ Nm\n¨t¸mÄ “”tbXn¡msWm¶pfnà ….ko«nt`¡p H^mÄ NqXn k^p¶p*v””. Fsâ D½q …..C¡msX Npªm\v D½msX k]änÂ. M§Ä Sn^n¨p k¶t¸mÄ C¡ F´ns¡t]m {cqXvhv Hs¡ km§n D½s] Soän. Mm³ D¸s] knan¨p b_ªp. bmkw D¸ knIm^n¨p ASv D¸sXSms\¶p. CSv bs£ M§Ä¡v 3 tbÀ¡v fm{Stf A_n]q. A§sW Ss¶ C^n¡s«.A§sW fmh§Ä Njnªp D½m¡v H^p sb¬ Npªp D*m]n.C¡]m\v NpªnsW BUyw FXp¯Sv. D½msX fq^nNp«³ D½m¡v sNmXp¯ NnXmkv.