hnWnfNan N*n«ntÃ? FknsX F¦n`pw H^p sNm`bmSNw WX¡p¶p. Wm]NWm] tbm`ohv HmcohÀ ASv AtWzgn¡p¶p… NvssafmN-vhn H^p XzntÌmXp NqXn ASn knUàfm]n dp²nb^fm]n {bSns] Ns*¯p¶p. M§Ä tbm`ohpNmÀ¡v CSp Nm\pt¼mÄ sl^n¡pw In^n]m\v k^m_v. Nm^\w, tN^am tbm`ohnsâ H^p shä¸v sk¨v, Ø`w Fhv sF B\v hmVm^\ ss{NfpNan C³skÌntPänwPv HmcohÀ. Np_¨p {bfmUfm] tNhv Bs\¦n hn sF t]m, Zn ssk Fhv bn t]m AtWzgn¡pw. k`n] knkmUw DÅ tNhv Bs\¦n fm{Stf H^p hv–sbgy Xow D*m¡n AtWzgn¡pN]pÅq.

CSnsâ {blvWw F´ms\¶v sk¨mÂ, H^p k`n] IÀ¨ H¶pw Bkm¯ H^p ss{Nw H^p Fhv sF AtWzgn¡pt¼mÄ, A]mÄ¡v , fpNan b_ª hnWnf]ns` Wm]NsW tbms` Cu tNhnsâ bn¶ms` f\w bnXn¨p WX¡m³ Njn]nà Ft¸mjpw. hf^w SX]m³ tbm\w, ASnÀ¯n SÀ¡w SoÀ¡\w, NmfpNtWmsXm¸w Hant¨mXn tbm] N`ym\ sb®nsW N*p bnXn¡\w, t_mZn Sn^¡v NqXn]m {XmcnNv knXm³ tbm\w, siÂfäv bnXn¡\w, f{´n B kjn F§mWpw tbm]mt`m b^nbmXn¡v k¶mt`m Fhv–tNmÀXv sNmXp¡\w, fm` sbm«nt¨mXp¶ksâ bp_sN HmX\w, sb®p§sa ^m{Sn tcm¬ sI¿p¶ksW N*p bnXn¨p knan¨p k^p¯n kn^«\w, AXnbnXn H¯p SoÀ¸m¡\w, DÕk¯nWpw sb^p¶manWpw AknsX tbm]n sManªp Wn¡\w, BW CXªm skXn¡m^sW knan¡\w…. CsSÃmw Njnªp Nn«p¶ hf]¯p tk\w hnWnf]ns` Wm]NsW tbms` sNm`t¡hv AtWzgn¨p {bSns] bnXn¡m³. thSp^mf¿À tbm]n«v H^p hn sF Zn fqh tbm`pw Bkm³ B bmkw Fhv sF ¡v Njn]m_nÃ. B{Piw CÃmªn«Ã. hf]fnÃ. ASpsNm*p Ss¶ M§Ä , hwekw WX¶v, F{S]pw sbs«¶v tNhnWp Sp¼p*m¡m³ {lfn¡m_p*v. bns¶t¯¡p fmän sk¨m In`t¸mÄ WX¶nà F¶p k^pw.

Mm³ Fhv sF Wkmhv Ai½Uv. Ct¸m CknsX “”sF^mkS¡pjn’ tÌgWn Fhv sF. Ct§m«p k¶n«v 6 fmhw B]ns« DÅp. AknkminS³. Sm^StfyW ss{Nw t_äv Np_ª H^p tbm`ohv tÌg³ B\v CSv. InÃ_ AXnbnXn, skÅfXn¨p bm¼m]k·m^psX tgm, InÃ_ tfmg\w, Np_¨p NÅkmäv … CsSms¡t] DÅp Cu Hm\w tN_m fq`]n Fs´¦n`pw ss{Nw B]n«v. ASp tbm`pw eq^nemPkpw kà b©m]¯p sf¼À fm^pw k¶v H¯p SoÀ¸m¡m_m\v bSnkv. H^p Fhv sF s] hwdÔn¨nXt¯maw hzØfm]n tKm`n sI]vSp l¼aw km§m³ bän] H^nXw. tdm_Xn¨p SpX§n. H^p `m¯n ImÀKnWp tbm`pw kNp¸nà CknsX.
A§sW]n^ns¡ H^p Unkhw tW^w b^b^m skap¯t¸mÄ ASp hwekn¨p….

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^m{Sn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sb]vS fj]psX Npan^n fqXn¸pS¨p D_§pN]m]n^p¶p Mm³. tcm\nsâ _nwPv… N®p Sn^p½n tWm¡n]t¸m siZv tNm\vÌdnÄ hpVo_m\v.
“”””F´m hpVos_ ^mkns`…?” IXtkmsX tImUn¨p
“”””hmt_… hms_m¶v sbs«¶v s_Zn]m]nt¡m… M§Ä hm_nsâ ko«n 10 fnWnänWpÅn F¯pw”
“”””I`¼m*v Nm^yw b_s]Xm”
“”””hmt_… sNm`-! H^p¯sW B^m*v AXn¨p sNm¶v bp¯³tNm« N`p¦nWXp¯pÅ km^n¡pjn]n C«ns«m*v. Cs¸m tcm\v k¶Sm tÌgWnt`m«v. Mm³ C_§pw fp³tb hm_nsW ^*p k«w knan¨m]n^p¶p. hm_v tcms\Xp¯nÃ.”
“”””D_¡w B]n^ps¶Xm. tN«nÃ. H^p Nm^yw sI]v. Wn§Ä Ct§m«v k^*. hvtbm«nt`¡v knt«m. Mm³ ssd¡n F¯ns¡mamo. Npan¡\w”
“”””sl^n hmt_… tkPw k^s\…”” Ak³ tcm¬ sk¨p.
b*m^w! CSnt¸m CknsX B^v Bs^ sNmÃmWm… Mm³ N*nXt¯maw Cu Wm«n DÅSv fpjpk³ f*·m^pw f\p¡qh³ fm^pw B\v. fn¡km_pw hnän]n Wnt¶m ftäm kà sNmt«g³Nm^pw sNm*n« lkw B]n^n¡pw. lkw! b\n]m]n! Ct¸m Ss¶ fpNan Wn¶v knan k^pw, {bSns] bnXnt¨m F¶p tImUn¨psNm*v.
sbs«¶v Npan¨p ]q\ntcmfpw C«p Mm³ dpÅäv FXp¯p bp¯³tNm«]nt`¡v kn«p.

Wà BÄ¡q«w D*v. A_nªkÀ A_nªkÀ ko*pw k^p¶p. BÄ¡ms^ tbm`ohv HSp¡n WnÀ¯n]n«p*v. lkw N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n CSv H^p WX]v¡p tbmNnsöv. N®pw fq¡pw sIkn]pw H¶pw CÃ. fp_n¨p fmän]n«p*v. km]n Wn¶pw tIm^ H`n¨p N_p¯p N« bnXn¨n«p*v. Njp¯n`pw sW©¯pw k]_nWp k`Sp kl¯m]n N^ansâ emP¯pw Np¯p Nn«n]n«p*v.
hpVoÀ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”””Bsa Sn^n¨_ntªm?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””Cà hmt_… fpOw sk«n No_n]n«p*v Sn^n¨_n]mSn^n¡m³. tUi¯p tbjvhpw sF Zn NmÀZpw H¶pw CÃ. C³NzÌv Cs¸m Njn]pw. Bav NqXp¶SnWv fp³bv Wfp¡v sbmÌv tfmÀ«¯nWv A]¡mw. Bs^¦n`pw Ds*¦n tfmÀ¨_n]n k¶p Sn^n¨_n]s«”
Mm³ tdmZn]psX AXp¯p sI¶v Np¯n]n^p¶p. hqgvffm]n tWm¡n. hpVoÀ C³NzÌv FjpSpN]m\v. F Fhv sF ^tfl³ tI«³ At¸mjm\v AknsX F¯n]Sv. H^p Hmt«m]nÂ. ^tfl³ Fsâ AXp¯p k¶n^p¶p. “”””sb®p¼ntÅsX ko«o tbm]n^p¶p hmt_. Ct¸mjm F¯m³ bän]Sv. thm_n”
“”””hm^fnÃ… N*n«v F´p tSm¶p¶p ^tftl«m?”
25 kÀgs¯ hÀkohp*v ^tftl«Wv. tdmXn]psX NnX¸v {l²n¨p tWm¡n bpÅn b_ªp. “”””CknsX C«p sNm¶SÃ hmt_… bns¶ fq¡pw sIkn]pw N®pw sk«n]n^n¡p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm¶SnWp tlgfm.. tIm^ H`n¨n«nÃ… AsSm^p bNv–tg CknsX sNm*n« tlgw Bkpw sk«n]Sv. WQ§an tIm^¸mtXm Ajpt¡m H¶pw CÃ. As¸m f¸nXn¯w D*m]n¡m\nÃ.”
“”””ASp MmWpw {l²n¨p. gÀ«nsâ d«³ H¶pw bn¶n]n«pw CÃ. NtÅm f]¡p f^pt¶m sNmXp¯p f]¡n]n«p Np¯n sNm¶Sm.” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””hmVyS]p*v” ^tfl³ S` Np`p¡n “”””hm_v Cksâ {Zhv {l²nt¨m?”
bmâpw gÀ«pw B\v. tcmÀfÂ. Nm`n s`SÀ »mNv gqhv. “”””s]hv” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””GtSm sh]nÂhv FN-vhnNyq«okv Bkm³ hmVyS D*v” ^tfl³ b_ªp
“”””H^p Nm^yw sI]v… ^tftg«³ CknsX NqXn Wn¡p¶kt^msXms¡ H¶v tImUn¡v… Cu tkg¯n H^p¯sW Cu b^nh^¯v FknsXs]¦n`pw AXp¯ Unkh§an Nt*m F¶v”
^tfl³ Fjpt¶äv BÄ¡q«¯nWnX]nt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ tcms\Xp¯v hn sF s] knan¨p Nm^yw b_ªp. hn sF Wà fWpgyWm. NXpwbnXn¯w Ds*s¶ DÅp. At±iw FÃmw {l±n¨p tN« tlgw tbmÌv tfmÀ«w C¶v Ss¶ WX¯n sskNpt¶^w {bUfmtWzg\ _nt¸mÀ«pfm]n hn sF Hmcohnt`¡v sIÃm³ b_ªp. fsäs´¦n`pw kntlgw D*m]m A_n]n¡\w F¶pw. Bwdp`³hv F¯n. hpVo_pw ^*p tbm`ohpNm^pw Bwdp`³hn tdmZn]pfm]n Sm`qNv Blpb{Sn]nt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ ssd¡nsâ Imkn tbm`ohv ss{Zks_ G¸n¨p Ko¸nsâ No km§n A]mtamXv ssd¡pfm]n tÌgWnt`¡v sbm]vtNmam³ b_ªp. MmWpw ^tftl«Wpw tNm\vÌdnÄ ftigpw fm{Sfm]n hvtbm«nÂ.
At¸mjm\v sF^mkS¡pjn b©m]¯ns` {bSnb£ tWSmkv Chim¡v S^N³ AknsX F¯n]Sv. tWs^ In^n¨p sNm*v Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p. “”””Wkmhv hmt_… CknsX C§sW H^p hwekw C¶v ks^ WX¶n«nÃ. W½psX tbm`ohv tÌg³ D_§n NnX¡pkm]n^p¶p. hm_v k¶Snsâ sFlz^yw N*ntÃ… CWn]nt¸m FÃmw Dgm_mkpw”
“”””H^p¯³ I¯p f`¨Smt\m Chim¡v tI«m sFlz^yw?” Mm³ tImUn¨t¸mÄ A]mÄ H¶p b^p§n
“”””At¿m … A§sW b_ªSÃ… M§anSv– H^p hwekw B¡pw… ‘sF^mkS¡pjn b©m]¯ns` {NfhfmVmWw SNÀ¶p. b©m]¯p {bhnZâv UpÈmhWNp_p¸v– ^mKn sk]v¡pN’… F§Wp*v hmt_…”” Chim¡v In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp
“”””As¸m Wmsa iÀ¯m B]n^n¡pw?” Mm³ bpÑt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”””im… tWm¡s« hmt_… F´m]m`pw hm_nsâ b\n WX¡s«… k^ntWXm bntÅs^… bmÀ«n Hmcohn tbm]n IÀIn¡mw” A\nNsa]pw Nq«n B sIä tbm]n. CksWms¡ F´p Nn«n]m`pw ASn ^m{ão]w N`¡n NpXn¡\w. bq_ntfm³.
At§^p tbm]t¸mÄ Ss¶ AXp¯ N£n k¶p. b©m]¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sf¼À lnOÞn¸nÅ. Xn]m³ e^\ b£fm\v.
“”””S^N³ kÃSpw b_ªp hm_nsW sIm_ntªm?”
“”””F]v–… At§^v Nm^yw A_n]m³ k¶Sm”
“”””H¶pw b_]tà hmt_… Ft´`pw tImUn¨m AkntXw CkntXw sSmXmsS Ft´`pw b_ªm fSn. hm_nWv CknXs¯ Sn^¡v Njntªm?”
“”””F´m Nm^yw?”
“”””ASv– bnt¶… hm_v H¶v {bhnZânsâ koXv ks^ k^\w. Sn^¡v Njnªp fSn. Nq«nsNm*v sIÃm³ Fs¶ A]¨Sm… k*n sNm*p k¶n«p*v. sbs«¶n§p Sn^n¨p tbm^mw…””
“”ASymklyw Bt\m?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””A§sW]m b_ªSv…””
Mm³ ^tflsW knan¨v b^nh^w H¶v A^n¨p sb_p¡\w F¶v b_ªp. Mm³ tkPw k^msf¶pw.
lnOÞn¸nÅ NmÀ ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp. {bhnZânsâ ko«nt`¡v At§^pw MmWpw ]m{S Sn^n¨p.
AknsX F¯pt¼mÄ {bhnZâv UpÈmhWNp_p¸v– tI«³ fpä¯p Ss¶ Wn¸p*v. Mm³ Nm_n Wn¶n_§n]Spw Fsâ ssN bnXn¨p Nq«n ANt¯¡v WX¶p. M§Ä hzoN^\ fp_n]n C^p¶p. 75þ80 k]Êp*mkpw At§À¡v. bs£ Bt^mPy¯nWp Np_skm¶pfnÃ. cpÄ Ng*n]m\v.
“”””B^m hmt_ I¯k³?” At§^v eoSnt]msX tImUn¨p
“”””B^m\v F¶v A_n]nÃ. tI«³ F´nWm sX³g³ AXn¡p¶Sv?”
f_pbXn b_ªSv AN¯p Wn¶pw Im]]pfm]n k¶ {bhnZânsâ em^y ftÞmU^n]½]m\v. “”””At§À¡v dobn NqXn hmt_… ChimNv S^N³ CSp b©m]¯p foän§n kng]w B¡pw F¶pw Ct§^psX {bhnZâv Nth^ sS_n¸n¡pw F¶pw Hs¡ ^mkns` sf¼À _mti`v tcm\v sI]vSp b_ªp. ASp tN«t¸m SpX§n]Sm Cu sSPa]Xn”
ftÞmU^n]½ NpWnªp Im] s{X Xot¸m]n sk¨p. fm_¯p Wn¶pw ØmWw fm_n] hm^n]psX fpNanÂ, C_¡n sk«n] »uhn Sn§n kn§p¶ skap¯p sNmjp¯ fp`NapsX SÅn¨]pw H^p kn^ Woa¯n »uhnWv fpNan Nm\mkp¶ fp`¨m`pw tWm¡mSn^n¡m³ NjnªnÃ. sFlz^yw Spap¼p¶ fpOw Bs\¦n`pw sNmjp¯p SXn¨p Wn_ª B l^o^w Ak^psX fVyk]Ên`pw B\p§apsX D_¡w sNXp¯pw. »uhn sbmSnª k`s¯ fp` bqÀ®fm]pw hm^n¡p skan]n`m\v. AkÀ bp©n^nt]msX Im]¡¸v FXp¯v Fsâ tWs^ Wo«n. Mm³ Ak^psX fpO¯p tWm¡n frUpkm]n bp©n^n¨ tlgw ko*pw fp`]nXp¡nt`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Ak^psX Ipk¶p f`À¶ Ip*pNÄ A_n]msS AN¶p tbm]n. Bs\m^p¯³ b¨]v¡v Ssâ I¡ fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ, ASpw hz´w eÀ¯mknsâ fp¶n skIv tWm¡n]t¸mÄ bmk¯nsâ SXn¨ SpXNÄ¡nX]n H^p Nn^pNn^p¸v D*m]n¡m\pw!
AkÀ {bhnZânsâ bn¶nt`¡v fm_n Wn¶v hm^n tWs^]n«p.
Mm³ b_ªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”””ASnWp sX³g³ H¶pw AXnt¡* tI«m… Mm³ CknXntÃ… Mm³ tWm¡n N*p sI¿mw. tI«³ _n`mN-vhv sI]v”

lnOÞn¸nÅ N¿Xn¨p “”””Cs¸m tI«Wv hfmVmWw B]tÃm… Mm³ At¸mtj b_ªSm Wkmhv hm_v FÃmw tk* tbms` sI]vSv tNhv sSan]nt¨mapw F¶v”
“”””{lfn¡mw tI«m” Mm³ b_ªp
UpÈmhW¡p_p¸v H^p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p. “”””sSan]n¡\w hmt_… CSv Ftâ]pw NqXn H^p Bklyfm. M§Ä hm_nWv H^p Pweo^ hzoN^\w S^pw”
“”””AWptfmUWt]mPw B\v Np_p¸v– tI«³ Dt±ln¨Sv” lnOÞn¸nÅ Sn^p¯n.
Mm³ In^n¨p
“”””hm_v {bmSÂ Njn¨p Nm\nÃtÃm… CknXp¶v Njn¡mw” ftÞmU^n]½ b_ªp
“”””tk*… Mm³ C_§s«… AknsX sI¶v Np_¨p b\n]p*v”
“”””Njn¨n«v sbm hmt_… WÃ skÅ]¸w D*v” ftÞmU^n ko*pw..
{bhnZâpw b_ªp, “”””CkapsX ssN¸p\yw Abm^fm\v hmt_. hm_v ^*¸w Sn¶n«p tbm”
Mm³ ftÞmU^n]psX N®n tWm¡n sfsà Ips*m¶p WW¨p… Fsâ N®pNÄ Ak^psX fVyk]Ên`pw Wn_]ukWw {Shn¡p¶ IqXpÅ tUi¯p NqXn Cjªp. bq_nsâ ØmWSv tWm«w D_¸n¨p Mm³ b_ªp… “”A¸w Sn¶m³ FWn¡v k`n] sNmSns]ms¡ B\v.. bt£ Cs¸m F§sW BhzUn¨p Sn¶pw? Mm³ H^p Unkhw k^mw tI¨n]psX A¸w knhvS^n¨p H¶v Sn¶m³…””
ftÞmU^n]psX ssN¸¯nNÄ Ak^_n]msS Ss¶ hm^n¡p fpNan`qsX bq_nsW f_¨p tbm]n. Ipk¶p SpXp¯ NknapNÄ kn_]v¡p¶Sp Mm³ kyàfm]n N*p. sK«n¡pÅn Fsâ Np® ftÞmU^ns] H^p tWm¡p Nm\m³ F¶ tbms` Np¯n bpaªp. ssXäv B]Sp sNm*v FWn¡v Np® tkUWn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. lnOÞn¸nÅ]pw.
ftÞmU^n]psX tWm«w Fsâ Nm¡n bmâhnWv fp¶n sSanªp Nm\p¶ fpj]n`m\v F¶p N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v Aks^ AknsX Ss¶ bnXn¨p NnX¯n A®m¡nt`¡v Np® Np¯n Ca¡m³ B\v tSm¶n]Sv.
Mm³ lnOÞn¸nÅs] tWm¡n tImUy emk¯n sI_pkn^ D]À¯n Nm«n.
“”””tXm]v–`äv AN¯p*v hmt_..” lnOÞn¸nÅ b_ªp.
“”””FXn hm_nWp tXm]v–`äv Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡v…”” {bhnZâv ftÞmU^nt]mXv b_ªn«v Fs¶ tWm¡n… “”ANt¯¡v sIt¶m hmt_… hz´w koXm¶v N^pSn]m fSn”
Mm³ ftÞmU^n]½]psX bn¶ms` WX¶p. Nhkp hm^n¡pÅn SpÅn Spap¼p¶ k`n] sNmSw. SÅn sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶ B I´n]n H^p AXn sNmXp¡m³ ssN S^n¨p. AN¯p ssZWnRv _qfnWXp¯pÅ sI_n] tXm]vs`änsâ NSNv ftÞmU^n Ss¶ Sp_¶p S¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡p¶nÃ. fpOw NpWn¨m\v Wn¡p¶Sv. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WWªp f`À¶ NojvIp*v sI_pSm]n kn_]v¡p¶p*v. bvamÌnNv kmSn DÅ sI_n] tXm]v–`äv B\v. ftÞmU^n hz´w fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n kmSn¡ Ss¶ Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n]m Ak^psX tUi¯p S«pw F¶v B Nj¸n sbm`]mXn¡v W¶m]n A_n]mw. Mm³ AXpt¯¡v sI¶v ANt¯¡v tWm¡n. Woa¯n`pÅ H^p sI_n] tXm]v–`äv. NSNnW¸p_w H^p kmgv tdhn³ ASnW¸p_w H^p ]qt_mby³ t¢mhäv. Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_msS ftÞmU^n]½]psX kas^ AXp¯p sI¶v Wn¶v b_ªp. “”””Sos^ sI_n] tXm]v–`äv B\tÃm.”
AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n “”””hm_nWv Npan¡m³ AÃtÃm”
“”””ASÃ… FWn¡v fq{Sw Hjn¨m fSn. Mm³ Bt`mIn¨Sv C{S]pw CXp§n] H^p tXm]vs`äns` t¢mshän C^p¶v tI¨ns] tbms` H^p sNmjp¯p sW]v Wn_ª hv{So F§sW fq{Sw Hjn¡pw F¶m…””
“”lv..” ftÞmU^n WXp§nt¸m]n. Ak^psX Njp¯n`pw Ip*nWv fpNan`pw kn]À¸p sbmXnªp H^p fm{S sNm*v. IqXmkp¶p*v fpSpbq_n.
Mm³ H^p Nqh`pw CÃmsS SpXÀ¶p, “”””CSn tbm]n^p¶m H^p sb®nWv f^ymU¡v H¶v hpOfm]n Nk¨p sk]v¡m³ tbm`pw bänÃtÃm”
ftÞmU^n ssN¸¯n sNm*v Ip*pw Njp¯pw SpX¨p kn]À¸p Wo¡n. SXn¨ ssN D]À¯n]t¸mÄ b¸X k«¯n N£¯n »uhv WWªn^n¡p¶Sv N*p. Sn^ns¨m¶pw b_]p¶nsæn`pw, Fsâ hwemg\w tN«v, AkÀ Ssâ SpX]nXp¡n Wp^]v¡p¶ NXnskůnsâ Nj¸v sl^n¡pw BhzUn¡p¶p*v.
Mm³ ko*pw b_ªp “”””kà bo¡n^n sb®p§Ä¡pw Bs\¦n dp²nfp«p*mknÃ. tI¨ns] tbms` k^n¡ I¡ b^pk¯n DÅ k`n] sNmSkpw CSp tbms` sNmjp¯p^p* sSmX]pw Hs¡ DÅ sb®p§Ä¡v H¶v Nk¨n^p¶p bq_v NjpNm³ tbm`pw CXw CÃm F¶m b_ªSv. sim! sbXp¡m³ fp«n]n«v Fsâ Np® sbma]p¶p. tI¨n H¶p fm_ns]… Mm³ ANt¯m«v N]_s«. tI¨n CknsX Wn¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ tN_n]m Cu D^p*p SÅn Wn¡p¶ sfm`s]ms¡ Fsâ sW©n Afp§n sM^nªfÀ¶v DXªp tbmNpw.”
sM«n sS_n¨p sNm*v AkÀ kmSn¡ Wn¶v fm_n Wn¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ AN¯p N]_n NSNX]v¡m³ tW^w Akt^mXp b_ªp “”””Mm³ Hjn¨n«p tkPw k^mw. CknsX Ss¶ Wn¡t\”
NSNv AX¨p N¼n]m] Np® bp_s¯Xp¯t¸mÄ Fs´m^p Blzmhw. Np_¨p skÅw Hjn¨p Np®s] S\p¸n¨t¸mÄ ASp Smjv¶p. Mm³ fq{Sw Hjn¨p.
Nj¸v fq¯ sW]v NpänNÄ FWn¡v F¶pw H^p i^fm]n^p¶p. Nmfw A\ sbm«n Wn¡p¶ H^p¯ns] N*m FWn¡v As¸m Ss¶ Sn^n¨_n]m³ bäpw. bns¶ B skXnNpän ASv– GSp {bm]¯n DÅSms\¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ H^p Sos¸«nsNmÅn D^¨v ASnWXp¯v C«ns« Mm³ AknXp¶v tbmNq. ImXn tN_n Nan¡p¶SnsW¡mÄ tWm¡n]pw b_ªpw Akapfms^ fUw sbm«n¨p sfsà hf]w FXp¯p Sn¶p¶Sm\v FWn¡nãw.
Mm³ fq{Sw Hjn¨p Njnªp NSNp sI_pSm]n Sp_¶p. ftÞmU^n Nm¯p Wn¸p*v. A`vbw Sp_¶ NSNn`qsX Mm³ tImUn¨p “”””CknsX C^n¡p¶ thm¸v Mm³ Dbt]mPnt¨ms«?”
BkÀ In^n¨p “”””ASnsW´m”
“”””AÃ… Np® NjpNm³ B]n^p¶p. tI¨n fpOw NjpNp¶ thm¸ms\¦n tk* F¶v N^pSn” b_]pt¼mÄ Ak^psX Nknansâ kn_] N* Mm³ Np® bnXn¨pjn]pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”””hm_v Dbt]mPnt¨maq. hm^fnÔ
Nm emPw Sp_¶ NSNv ko*pw AX]v¡msS Mm³ bmâvhpw sK«n]pw fp«äw C_¡n sk¨n«v Np® FXp¯p kmgv tdhnWn sk¨p thm¸n«v Djnªp. Mm³ Im^n] NSNnsâ CX]n NqXn Aks^ tWm¡n. ftÞmU^n imant`¡pÅ kmSn`n Bs^¦n`pw k^p¶pt*m F¶v CX]v¡nsX tWm¡p¶p*v. BNmwg fq¯ Nj¸pä N®pNÄ Im^n] NSNnWv CX]nt`¡v k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ AkÀ¡v Nm\pkm³ sNmXp¡msS Np® f_¨p Wn¶p. NphrSnt]msX Mm³ ftÞmU^n]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. NojvIp*v NXn¨o¼n Wn¡pN]m\v bq_n. Njp¯p Wo«n Ns®¯n¨p tWm¡pkm³ {lfn¡p¶p*v. thm¸n«v Djnªt¸mÄ ko*pw Np`¨ Fsâ Np® Mm³ Aks^ Nm\n¨nÃ. Nm¯n^n¡s« Np_¨p tW^w A`pkm Nj¸n.
AknsX Sq¡n]n^p¶ tSmÀ¯p Mm³ FXp¯p Smsj C^p¶ d¡äns` skůnt`¡n«p.
“”””At¿m tI¨o… tSmÀ¯p Smsj skůn ko\p sbm]n. H¶p SpX]v¡\ftÃm FWn¡v…””
“”Mm³ tks_ H^p tSmÀ¯nt¸mÄ sNm*p k^mw” AkÀ b_ªp.
“”””Hm tks*s¶… tI¨n]psX hm^n¯p¼v– H¶nt§m«v Wo«nt]… ASp fSn”
ftÞmU^n AÔman¨p tbm]n.
“”””Sm tI¨o… hm^fnÃ. Mm³ Np® W¶m]n NjpNn]n«p*v. skÅw SpX¨m fSn. tkPw Sm. FWn¡v tbmNmWpÅSm”
kn_]v¡p¶ ssNNtamsX ftÞmU^n Ak^psX hm^n]psX fp´m\n]psX Sp¼v NSNnWXp¯p k¶v FWn¡v tWs^ Wo«n.
Mm³ ASn bnXn¨p k`n¨v Fsâ Np® SpX¨p. ftÞmU^n hm^n fm_¯p Wn¶pw DuÀ¶p tbmNmsS fp_p¡n bnXn¨p.
Aks^ sM«n¨p sNm*v Mm³ NSNp bqÀ®fm]pw Sp_¶p. Fsâ bqÀ® kaÀ¨s]¯n WnkÀ¶p Wn¡p¶ Np® Mm³ Ak^psX hm^n¯p¼p sNm*p {l²n¨p hmkVmWw SpX¨p. hp¶¯p sI]vS Np®]psX SpXp¯p Ipk¶ fNpX¯n H^p SpÅn NXn skÅw Du_n k¶p Sna§n Wn¶Sp N*t¸mÄ Ak^psX fm_nXw D]À¶p Sm\p. ftÞmU^n]psX ssNNÄ A]ªp tbm]n. Mm³ hm^n bns¶]pw k`n¨t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX »uhn sbmSnª fpjp¯ fp`NÄ bqÀ®fm]pw hm^n¡p bp_¯m]n. sI_pSm]n SÅn], kl§an sNmjp¸p fX¡pNÄ DÅ k]_n Npjnªp b^¶ sbm¡nanWp sSm«p Smsj sk¨m\v hm^n Np¯n]n^n¡p¶Sv. »uhnWpÅn D]À¶p Smjp¶ fmUN fp`¡pX§Ä. ftÞmU^n]psX NmfUmiw BÀ¯`¡p¶ N®pNÄ¡v fp¶n Wn¶v Mm³ Nqh`nÃmsS Ak^psX hm^n sk¨v Fsâ D*NÄ SpX¨p.ASnWp tlgw AkapsX BÀ¯n bq* N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n Mm³ fNpX¯n Sna§n Wn¶ k`n] WoÀ¯pÅn H¸ns]Xp¯p. Nhkphm^n]n B WoÀ¯pÅn H^p WWkpÅ kr¯fm]n bXÀ¶p.
“”””Sm¦vhv tI¨o” Mm³ sK«n]pw bmâvhpw k`n¨p N]än, gÀ«v C³ sI]vSp sdÂänsâ iqNv C«p. ftÞmU^n fm_v f_]v¡pkm³ f_¶v hm^n N¿n Ss¶ bnXn¨p Wn¸m\v. BUyfm]n Bkpw C§sW H^p AWpekw. bq_nt¸mÄ AkapsX sNmjp¯ DavSpXNan`qsX D^pÄ sbm«n H`n¸n¡p¶p*mk\w.
Mm³ Ss¶ Ak^psX fp´m\n fm_t¯¡v C«p sNmXp¯t¸mÄ B\v ftÞmU^n]½]v¡p hztdmVw ko\Sv.
“”””As¸m Mm³ F¶m kt^*Sv? tI¨osX A¸w Sn¶m³?” In^nt]msX Mm³ tImUn¨p. AkÀ H^p bSnWm_pNm^n]psX Wm\t¯msX S` NpWn¨p Wn¶p bp©n^n¨p. Mm³ imant`¡v WX¶p.
lnOÞn¸nÅt]msXm¸w Nm_n N]_pt¼mÄ ftÞmU^n bqfpO kmSn¸Xn]n Im^n Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. hm^n¯p¼p Ipt*mXv tIÀ¯v……..

sNm` WX¶ hvtbm«n F¯n]t¸mÄ ^tfl³ N¿n H^p bvamÌnNv Nk_pfm]n k¶p. Nk_nWpÅn H^p fqÀ¨]pÅ N¯n. tIm^¸mXp*v.
“”””N`p¦nWv AXn]n Wn¶v Nn«n]Sm\v hmÀ. fq¡pw sIkn]pw H¶pw Nn«n]nÃ. tSm«nt`¡v F_nªSmkpw. N¯n tSmXnsâ kl¯p Wn¶m Nn«n]Sv.”
“”””HmsN.. cnwPÀ {bn³_v Wv A]¨p tWm¡mw. F´m]m`pw W¶m]n. tks_ Fs´¦n`pw? Wm«pNm^n Wnt¶m ftäm?”
“”””GNtUlw CSp tbms` H^p¯sW H^mjvI fp³bv Nk`]ns`ms¡ In`À N*n«p*v. C]mamt\m F¶v D_¸nÃ. bs£ Ak³ Nk`]n`pÅ tPmknµsâ Im]¡X]v¡p bn¶n`pÅ fp_n]n kmXN]v¡v Smfhn¡pkms\¶m A_n]m³ NjnªSv. hm_v k¶n«v tbm]n tWm¡mw F¶p N^pSn.”
“”””sl^n tbm]n tWm¡mw”
Ko¸nsâ Imkn ftignWv sNmXp¯n«v k*n FXp¡m³ b_ªp. Mm³ fp¶n N]_n.^tfl³ bn¶n`pw. k*n sF^mkS¡pjn Nk`]nt`¡p bmªp.
tPmknµtâSv H^p kas^ sI_n] Im]¡X]m\v. Im]]pw kX]psfms¡s] DÅp. D¨]v¡v Du\p*mkpw. k`n] Pp\sfm¶pfnÃ. MmWpw ^tflWpw ANt¯¡v N]_n. ftigv AXp¯pÅ fäp NXNan ^tfl³ GÂbn¨ In` Nm^y§Ä AtWzgn¡m³ tbm]n. tPmknµ³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sSmjpSp Wn¶p. A_pbSp Njnª H^p IX¨ kr²³.
“”””^*p Im]” ^tfl³ b_ªp
A]mÄ Im] AXn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ ^tfl³ tImUn¨p, “”””CknsXm^p b¿³, b¯n^pb¯©p k]ÊpÅ H^p b¿³ kmXN]v¡v Smfhn¡p¶pt*m tPmknµm?”
“”””At¿m hmt_… ASv H^mjvIt¯¡v k¶p Smfhn¨Sm… tbm]n«v F«p b¯p Unkhw B]n”
“”””Bt\m… ASp W¶m]n” ^tfl³ In^n¨p. “”””FknX¯p Nm^Wm?”
“”””F_\mNpa¯p F§m*v DÅSm hmt_… A_n]nÃ. kmXN]v¡v fp_n Dt*m F¶v tImUn¨p k¶p. Hjnª H^p fp_n CknsX D*v. CknsX t`mZvsKm¶pw CÃtÃm hmt_… Mm³ B fp_n kmXN]v¡v sNmXp¡m_p*v Bs^¦n`pw Bkly¡m^v k^pt¼m.”
“”””F¶m`pw tb^pw B{ÍÊpw Hs¡ km§n sk]v¡t*? k^p¶k³ Wn§taw sNm¶p NX¶mt`m?”
“”””B{ÍÊp km§n sk¨n«p*v hmt_… FXns]… Wo F´nt]… H¶nt§m«v kt¶” A]mÄ ANt¯¡v tWm¡n Wo«n knan¨p. AN¯p Wn¶pw H^p Wm`vb¯©p Njnª sWXpko^³ A¡¨n bp_t¯¡p k¶p. »uhpw `p¦n]pfm\v tkgw. fmX³ sfm`. fpjp¯ sNmSw. kn^nªp Smjv¶ sbm¡nansW¡mÄ H^pbmXv Smjv¯n B\v `p¦n DXp¯n^n¡p¶Sv. kl§apw k]_pw CXp¸pw bqÀ®fm]pw WPvWw. SpXp¯ NknapNÄ. Sp_¶n^n¡p¶ SXn¨ Ip*pNÄ. fpO¯p kÃm¯ H^p NXn sSanªp Nm\mw.
“”””em^y]m hm_·mt^… NWN`S” tPmknµ³ b_ªp. “”””FXo … CknsX Smfhn¨n^p¶ b¿sâ kn`mhw Np_n¨p sk¨n«ntÃ. B bphvSNw Cs§Xps¯”
AkÄ Sn^nªp WX¶t¸mÄ D^p* I´nNÄ BXn D`]p¶Sv N*p. `p¦n]psX tg¸n Wn¶pw knXÀ¶ sNmS¨m B\v NWN`S]v¡v F¶v Fsâ tbm`ohv N®pNÄ N*p bnXn¨p. bNv–tg sNmSw tWm¡p¶Sn AÃtÃm tbm`ohv N®pNÄ tk*Sv!
NWN`S sNm*p k¶ bphvSN¯ns` B{ÍÊp tWm¡n ^tfl³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. “”””CSp NÅ B{Íhm hmt_”
“”””slXm… Sm³ Aksâ W¼À km§nt]m tZm?” Mm³ A`vbw lÐw D]À¯n tPmknµtWmXv tImUn¨p
“”””D*v hmt_… B N`*_n FjpSo«p*v”
Mm³ Fjpt¶äv N`*_n tWm¡n. gnKp F¶v FjpSn Smsj H^p sfmssd W¼_pw.
tcm¬ FXp¯p Z] sI]vSp. …. AXnsbman! Cu W¼À Wn`kn`nÃ-!
^tfl³ Io_n. “”””N*ksWs]ms¡ tNän Smfhn¸nt¨mapw… kn`mhkpw CÃ W¼_pw CÃ. bns¶ Ft´m¶v Du¼mWmXm Sms]mao Wo fp_n kmXN]v¡v sNmXp¡p¶Sv?”
“”””Ak³ S¶Sv Mm³ FjpSn sk¨p. ASnWnt¸m Ffm³ Ft¶mXv F´nWm IqXmkp¶Sv? Mm³ F´v sSäp sI]vSp?”
^tflsâ N`n¸v bp_¯p k¶p. “”””Wo sI]vS sSäv Mm³ b_ªp S^mw Sms]mao. tN_Xm k*o`v.”
“”””At¿m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hm_½ms^… At§s^ sNm*p tbmktÃ. tks_ H^p W¼_pw NqXn Ak³ S¶n«p*v.” NWN`S CSpw b_Mv ANt¯¡v tbm]n H^p Sp*v NX`mhpfm]n k¶p ^tflsâ N¿n sNmXp¯p. Mm³ sfsà Wo§n AkapsX bn¶nt`¡v Wn¶p. “”””ASp sNmÅmw Asà ^tflm… eÀ¯mknWv H^p W¼À …em^y¡v tks_ W¼À”
^tfl³ In^n¨p sNm*v AkÄ sNmXp¯ W¼À Z] sI]vSp. “”””CSp hzn¨v Hmcv B\v hmt_… AsS´m Xo Ak³ WnW¡v fm{Sw tks_ W¼À S¶Sv?”
“”””ASv–… hmt_… A_n]nÃ. Ak³ S¶p. Mm³ km§n sk¨p. knan¨p tWm¡n]nÔ
“”””hmt_… H^p Wnfngw” ^tfl³ Fs¶ knan¨p fmän WnÀ¯n. “”””hmt_ Mm³ Cu W¼À s{Xhv sI¿m³ A]¨p sNmXp¯n«p*v. `£\w sk¨p tWm¡pt¼mÄ CSp I¯k³ Ss¶]m. hmt_… Cu sb®p¼nÅ]v¡v Ft´m A_n]mw… hm_v tbjvh\`m]n«p H¶p tImUn¨mÂ….”
“”””^tftl«³ Ss¶ tImUn¡v”
“”””sb®p§tamXv FWn¡v bmXm hmt_… B Nm^y¯ns`ms¡ hm_m\v sdÌv. hm_v Aksâ fp_n H¶v b^ntlmUn¡v. Aks^ ss`äm]n«p H¶p kn^«n tImUyw sI]vSm Fs´¦n`pw Ds*¦n C§p tbm^pw. tPmknµsW Mm³ CknsX WnÀ¯nt]¡mw”
“”””Bs«…””
Mm³ NWN`St]mXv b_ªp. “”””Ak³ Smfhn¨ fp_n FWns¡m¶p Nm\\w.”
“”””ASnsW´m hmt_” tPmknµ³ b_ªp
^tfl³ tPmknµsW SXªp. “”””Sm³ FknsX tbm\p? AsSms¡ Ssâ em^y Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡pw. Sm³ CknsX Wn¡v. FWn¡v In`Sv tImUn¡mWp*v.”

NWN`S Fs¶]pw Nq«n DÅnt`¡v WX¶p. AX¨n« H^p fp_n Sp_¶p. hmfmWyw kr¯n]pÅ H^p fp_n. H^p N«nÂ, H^p tfl, H^p Nth^, H^p sI_n] sgÂcv. Mm³ fp_n fpjpk³ tWm¡n. H¶pw N*nÃ. NWN`S kmSn`nWv bp_¯p Wn¡pN]m\v.
“”””Ct§m«v tN_n kmXo… Cu sgÂcv Sp_t¶”
AkÄ AN¯p k¶p sgÂcv Sp_¶p. AN¯p Nps_ bj] UnWb{S§Ä fm{Stf DÅp. Mm³ AktamXv– tIÀ¶v AkapsX bn¶n tUi¯p fp«msS Wn¶v sg`vcnWNw tWm¡n.
“”””NWN`sS…”” Mm³ knan¨p
AkÀ S` Sn^n¨p tWm¡n Fs¶. “”””Wo Npan¡m_ntà Xo? Fs´m^p Wmäfm…””
“”At¿m Mm³ Npan¨Sm hmt_ ^mkns`”
AkapsX sNmjp¯p N_p¯ Ip^p* fpXn tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp. “”””Wo Cu fpXn H¶v fp¶nt`¡ns«…””
“”F´nWm hmt_ … Fsâ fpXn]mt\m Wm_p¶Sv? Mm³ bp_¯n_§n Wnt¶mam”
“”””b_]p¶Sv tNÄs¡Xo… fpXn H¶v fp¶nt`¡v FXp¯nXv”
AkÄ F® bp^«n sNmjp¸n¨p sk¨ fpXn sfm¯fm]n FXp¯p tSmanWv– fpNan`qsX fm_t¯¡n«p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bn¶n sk«n C_¡n] »uhnWv fpNan AkapsX kn^nª bp_w fp¡m`pw WPvWfm\v. fª N`À¶ skap¯ sSm`n¸p_¯v kn]À¸pf\nNÄ… W¡n FXp¡m³ B\v tSm¶n]Sv. Mm³ ssN¸¯n sNm*v Ak^psX bp_¯p Wn¶pw kn]À¸p kXns¨Xp¯p. Fsâ ssN sSm«t¸mÄ NWN¯nsâ tUiw AXnfpXn H¶p kn_¨Sv Mm³ Nm^yfm¡n]nÃ. WWª ssN¸¯n AkapsX fpO¯nWp tWs^ bnXn¨p Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””Npan¨n«mt\m Wo C{S]pw kn]À¡p¶Sv?”
NWN`S Wm\t¯msX In^n¨p. fpSp bq_nNapsX Wm\w Nm\m³ WÃ tI`m\v. Nmfw {Shn¡p¶ Wm\w.
Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS ssN Sn^nsN FXp¯p f\¯p tWm¡n. bps¶Ãnsâ f\w. Mm³ AkÄ tWm¡n WnÂs¡ Fsâ ssN¸¯n W¡n Wp\ªp. NWN`S F´p b_]\w F¶_n]msS Wn¶t¸mÄ Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””Wns¶t¸ms` H`n¡p¶ sb®p§Ä Unkhkpw Wm`p tW^w Npan¡\w. kÃm¯ H`n¸v Ss¶ WnW¡v. N*ntà »uhv N£¯pw sfm`]n`pw Hs¡ WWsªm«n C^n¡p¶Sv…. Wm`p tW^w Npan¡\w tNt«m”
“”””Cu hm_v… tlm!”
“”””Mm³ b_sªs¶ DÅp. Wnsâ Cãw tbms` sI]v. Wnsâ tUi¯nsâ Cu bpjp§n FXp¯ Wmäw B\p§Ä¡v bnXn¡nÃ. Fs¶ tbms` Aà FÃmk^pw. FWn¡v bns¶ Cu Wmäkpw H`n¸pw H^pbmXpÅ sb®p§sa e]¦^ Cãfm. FÃmÀ¡pw Cãs¸XnÃtÃm. ASp sNm*p b_ªSm\v. Wo h¦Xs¸X*.” NWN`S]psX Njp¯pw bp_kpw k]_pw ko*pw WWªp.
Mm³ Aksa tWm¡n sNm*v Nth^]n sI¶n^p¶p. AkÄ sfsà WX¶v Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶v tfl]psX fq`]n I´n Im^n Wn¶p. A§sW Wn¶t¸mÄ AkapsX sNmS¯nsâ kXnkv FWn¡v sl^n¡pw Nm\mw.
“”””F´m]n^p¶p CknsX Smfhn¨ b¿sâ tb^v–?”
“”””gnKp”
“”””sNm¨n¡m^³ Ss¶]mt\m?”
“”””A§sW]m\v M§tamXv b_ªSv”
“”””C§sW DÅ Du^pw tb^pw A_n]m¯k·ms^ ko«n tNän Smfhn¸n¨m Ak·m^v DÅ fpS`pw sNm*p tbmNpw. A_n]mtfm?”
“”””Wfps¡m^p k^pfmWfm hmt_… bns¶ sNm*p tbmNm³ CknsX sfmSs`m¶pw CÃ hmt_”
“”””Wo Ss¶ H^p D{P³ sfmS`tà Fsâ NWNs½…””
“”tbm hmt_…”” NWN`S AkapsX sNmSw H¶v Ca¡n. tfl]psX fq` AkapsX sNm¯nWpÅnt`¡v Np¯n N]_n…
“”Mm³ Nm^yfm]n«v b_ªSm… sI_n] sI¡·mÀ¡v Wnsâ Cu sfm`]pw sNmSkpw Hs¡ N*m bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ bänÃ. hSyw b_… H^p¯Wpw Wnt¶mXv tImUn¨ntÃ?”
“”””F´p tImUn¨ntà ¶v?”
Mm³ Fjpt¶äv NWN`S ]psX NmSn ^ihyw tbms` b_ªp, “”””Wnsâ bqän C«p b®m³ tImUn¨n«ntà ¶v?”
“”””HÈv-… Ft´m¶v hmt_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Cu b_]p¶Sv…”” NWN`S AkapsX SXn¨ SpXNÄ tIÀ¯p^¨p. Mm³ ko*pw Nth^]nt`¡n^p¶p.
“”””bns¶ gnKp F´nWm WnW¡v fm{Sw Aksâ W¼À S¶Sv? hSyw b_]v”
“”””At¿m A§msWm¶pw Cà hmt_… Ak³ Wà sNm¨³ B]n^p¶p. Ft¶mXv k`n] Nm^yw B]n^p¶p. Ft¸mjpw AXp¡a]n Hs¡ k¶p Wn¡pw. Fs¶ him]n¡pfm]n^p¶p. Wn`w SpX]v¡m³ Hs¡”
“”””Bt\m… Wo F§sW]m Wn`w SpX]v¡m_v?”
NWNw fWÊn`mkm¯Sv tbms` tWm¡n
“”””S_]n C^p¶mt\m NpWnªp Wn¶mt\m F¶v?”
“”””ASnt¸m FÃmk^pw SpX¡p¶Sv F§sW]m … ASptbms` Ss¶”
Mm³ b_ªp, “”””H^p Nm^yw sI]v… CknsX H¶v S_]n C^p¶v SpX]v¡p¶ tbms` H¶p Nm\nt¨”
“”””F´nWm hmt_?”
“”””b_]p¶Sv sI]v BUyw. Aksâ fp¶n SpX¨ntÃ? MmWpw NqXn H¶v Nm\s«”
AkÄ S_]n Np¯n C^p¶v ssN sNm*v S_ SpX]v¡p¶ tbms` Nm\n¨p
“”””C§Wmt\m Wo B sI¡sâ fp¶n C^p¶Sv? `p¦n sbm¡n tNän sk]v–s¡Xn…””
NWN`S Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶ fp_n]psX kmSn`nt`¡v tWm¡n. Mm³ FjptWäv kmSn AX¨p Npän C«p.
NWN`S ko*pw Fjpt¶äv `p¦n Smsj Wn¶pw k`n¨p N]än fp«nWp fpNan F¯n¨p. skap¯p sNmjp¯ NmÂk®NÄ…AkÄ C^n¡m³ SpX§tk Mm³ b_ªp, “”””Ft´ms¶Xo sNm¨p sb\vbntÅs^ tbms` Wm\w? sNmt_ NqXn At§m«v– sbm¡n sk]v. Mm³ Nm\«v Wnsâ sSmXs]ms¡.”
NWNw fXn¨p Wn¶t¸mÄ Mm³ AkÄ Nm\vsN bmânWv fpNan NqXn Fsâ N¼n]m] Np® bnXn¨v Djnªp. AX¨n« fp_n¡pÅn H^p ]pk hpµ^³ Ssâ sNmjp¯p fnWp¯ SpXNÄ Nm\pkmWm]n Nm¯p Wn¶v Np® bnXn¨fÀ¯p¶ Urlyw N*m NWN`Ss] tbms`m^p Nj¸n]psX bq_v bpa]pw F¶v FWn¡p_¸m]n^p¶p. AkÄ hmkVmWw bns¶]pw `p¦n D]À¯n…. Mm³ Bklys¸«¯nsW¡mÄ…. D^p*p sNmjp¯p sW]v Wn_ª F¶m BNrSns]m¯ kn^nª SpXNÄ. Fs´m^p fnWphfpÅ skap¯ IÀ½w… AkÄ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n S_]nt`¡v fp«pNÄ Np¯n SpXNÄ tIÀ¯p sk¨n^p¶p.
“”””CSv Ft´m¶v C^p¸v NWNw…Nm`v Nk¨p sk]v¡v Wo…””
AkÄ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n bq_v f_]pw knVw `p¦n sS^p¯p sk¨n«v Nm`pNÄ b^fmkVn AN¯n sk¨v Fsâ fp¶n C^p¶p. Nm`vfp«pNan AfÀ¶t¸mÄ fp`NÄ fp¡m`pw »uhnWv fpNan`qsX bp_t¯¡v D´n. Mm³ B Ahp`efm] NmjvI N*mhzUn¨p.
“”””Wo C§sW Hs¡ C^p¶n«pw Ak³ Wns¶ H¶pw sI]vSntÃ?”
NWN fpOw Smjv¯n. At¸m Ft´m WX¶n«p*v.
Mm³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSmapNan bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. AkÄ ko*pw tfl]n Im^n Wn¶p. `p¦n I´n ]psX Aäw ks^ D]À¶p Ss¶ C^p¶p. Mm³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v ssN sNm*v Njp¯n`pw fp`]psX fpNÄ emP¯pw sbmXnª kn]À¸p N\§Ä kXns¨Xp¯p f\¸n¨p. “”””Fs´m^p Wmäfm Xo”
“”””A{S Wmäw Bs\¦n bns¶´nWm ko*pw ko*pw sI¿p¶Sv?”
“”””FWn¡o Wmäw tk\w. ASp sNm*v” Mm³ Ak^psX BjfpÅ sbm¡nant`¡v kn^ NX¯n. “”””Wnsâ sbm¡nanWpÅn tbm`pw kn]À¸\tÃm Xo… tUiw fpjpk³ sbm«n H`n¡p¶ C§sWm^p¯ns] Mm³ CSv ks^ N*n«nÃ.”
“”””Cu hm_v Fs´m^p kÀ¯fmWfm… Cu hwhm^w tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ bq_v tIm^p¶p.”

Fsâ tcm¬ _nwPv sI]vSp. ^tfl³ B\v “”””F´m ^tftl«m”
“”””hmt_ W¼À s{Xhv sI]vSp. Aksâ tb^v gnKp AÃ. dndn³. F¶p fm{Sfà Aksâ S´¸Xn tcmÀ«v sNm¨n tÌgWn Wm`p Unkhw fp³bv H^p fm³ fnÊnRv tNhv c] sI]vSn«p*v…. AknsX F§sW? B sb®pwbnÅ kÃSpw St¶m hm_nWv… iiiv… knk^§Ä kÃSpw St¶m F¶v?”
“”””CÃ… St¶mapw.”
“”””hm_v knlUfm]n tImUn¨n«v k¶m fSn. A_nªnXt¯maw I¯k³ H^p sb_¸m\v”
“”””HmsN”
tcm¬ sk¨p NWN¯nsâ fp`¡pX§ant`¡v tWm¡n Mm³ Ip*p NXn¨p.
“”””b_]v”
“”””hmt_ AksW¸än H¶pw A_n]¯nÃ. bt£ Ak³ Fsâ Nps_ tcmt«m FXp¯p…. hm_v At§t^mXv b_]^pSv… 2000 ^qb]pw FWn¡v S¶p…””
“”Nan¨ntÃ?”
“”””CÃ hmt_…””
“”ASp Ip½m b_]pkm… Ft¶mXv b_s]Xo”
“”””CÃ hmt_.. hSyfm]pw Nan¡pw F¶p Ss¶]m MmWpw N^pSn]Sv. bt£…””
“”bt£…?”
“”””B f]n^sâ Np® sbm§p` hmt_… Ak³ H^p Unkhw Fs¶ CknsX NnX¯n GSms*ms¡ sI]vSp. AkhmWfm FWn¡v fWÊn`m]Sv Aksâ Np® sbm§nà F¶v”
“”””Np® F\o¡m¯k³ F´p sI¿mWm Wns¶?”
“”””AkWp sNmSw W¡\w hmt_… Ft¸mjpw Mm³ Aksâ fpO¯v C^n¡\w. NqSn¡N¯p Wm¡v tNän Ca¡p¶Sm\v AkWv Ft¸mjpw b^nbmXn”
Mm³ In^n¨p… “”Wo sI¡sW sNm*v NqSn Soän¨p F¶Rv b_ªm tbmt^?”
“”””tbm hmt_… FWn¡nãfÔ
“”””bq_v Sn¶p¶Sv Cãfmt\m?”
Mm³ AktamXp tIÀ¶p Wn¶v SXn¨ SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v ssN NX¯n. NWN`S Nm`pNÄ AN¯n Wn¶p S¶p. DÄSpX]n`qsX HjpNn Fsâ ssN AkapsX Nk]v¡nX]nt` t^mf Nq«n F¯n. hfr²fm]n kaÀ¶p Wn¡p¶ N«n]pÅ Ip^p* t^mf§Ä…. Mm³ f_p ssN sNm*v sdÂänsâ d¡nÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ajn¨p bmâvhnsâ ip¡pw hoºpw Ajn¨p. sK«n¡pÅn Wn¶pw Np`¨ sSm`n]nÃm¯ Np® bp_s¯Xp¯p.
Fsâ Wo*p fpjp¯ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n NWNw H^p lÐw bp_s¸Xpkn¨p. “”””ÊvÊvÊvÊv…..”
AkapsX bqäns` WWªp NpSnÀ¶ fpXnNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v kn^ N]än Mm³ bq_nsâ bnaÀ¸n sWXpsN SjpNn… “”sim… hmt_…””
Mm³ Nj¸n NWN`S]psX tSWn Npan¨ bqän Wn¶pw Nm^]v¡m b^pkw DÅ N´v tSm*n FXp¯p kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n sk¨p bnjnªp. Mm³ b_]msS Ss¶ AkÄ H^p Nm`p]À¯n tfl]psX fpNan sk¨p bq_v sbman¨p Wn¶p. AkÄ Fsâ Np®]n bnXnIv AkapsX bqänt`¡v AXp¸n¨t¸mÄ… Mm³ tImUn¨p… “”b®t\m?”
“”””b®n sNmsÃs¶… C§sWm^p Np® Mm³ B]pÊn N*n«nÃ… b®v– hmt_…””
“”sl^n… H^p Nm^yw NqXn b_]v… Bs^ Nm\mWm Ak³ Cu Wm«n k¶Sv?”
“”””GtSm H^p sb®nsâ koXv N*p bnXn¡m³… FWn¡_n]nÃ… tNän Sm” Mm³ Np® AkapsX N´n fp«n¨p^¨p…
“”GSp sb®v?… b_ªntà Ak³?”
“”””B FWn¡_n]nÃ… GtSm H^p In{S… C§sW Np® bqän D^¨p sNmÃtà sbmt¶… H¶v ANt¯¡v tNäv.. Fsâ bq_v sM^p¡n Wn_]v¡pw Wnsâ Cu Nm`³ Np®… tNäv…””
“”fsäm¶pw Ak³ b_ªnÃ?”
“”””hm_nsâ Np®]ms\ hSyw… tks_m¶pw b_ªnÃ…””
Mm³ bnt¶m«p fm_n sK«n]pw bmâvhpw k`n¨p N]än sdÂ_v C«p. NWN`S bq_pw Nk¨p tfl¸p_¯n^p¶p tWm¡pN]ms\s¶. H¶pw b_]msS Mm³ NSNp Sp_¶v bp_¯n_§n, NWN`Ss] tWm¡n b_ªp… “”tNän Ca¡m³ Mm³ CWn]pw k^pw… Cs¸m hf]w CÃ sbmt¶…””
bn\§n] fpOt¯msX Ip*p tNm«n AkÄ lÐw Smjv¯n b_ªp… “”tbmXm b«n..” Mm³ In^n¨p… Akapw.
fp¶n F¯n]t¸mta¡pw ^tflsâ kmXvhm¸n tcmÀ«v sNm¨n tÌgWn Wn¶pw DÅ dndnsâ tcmt«m Nn«n. fm³ fnÊnRv b^mSn]n Aksâ Aѳ sNmXp¯ tcmt«m. ASp tPmknµsW]pw NWN`Ss]]pw Nm\n¨v Ak³ Ss¶]m\v CknsX Smfhn¨n^p¶ gnKp F¶v D_¸m¡n.
Fsâ W¼À N`*_n FjpSn C« tlgw M§Ä AknsX Wn¶v C_§n.
ftigv Sm`qNv Blpb{Sn]nt`¡v Ko¸v bm]n¡pt¼mÄ N\N`S b_ªsSÃmw Mm³ ^tfltWmXv knlUfm]n b_ªp. A]mÄ In` tbm]nâpNÄ tbm¡äv Z]_n]n tWm«v sI]vSp. Mm³ ^tfltWmXv tImUn¨p “”””At¸mÄ F§sW]m ^tftl«m… CSp ks^”
^tfl³ Ssâ tbm¡äv Z]_n ko*pw Sp_¶p.
“”””hmt_… ^mkns` 5.45 Wp shmsshän]n bm`p sNmXp¡m³ tbm] hv{SoNam\v BUyfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv frStUiw N*Sv. 6 f\n¡v tÌgWn knk^w Nn«p¶p. 6.30 HmXv NqXn tbm`ohv bmÀ«n Ø`s¯¯p¶p. 7.30 Wp C³NzÌv bqÀ¯n]m¡n tdmZn tbmÌptfmÀ«¯nWv Sm`q¡v Blpb{Sn]nt`¡v A]¨p. bt^S³ H^mjv¨ kmXN]v¡v Smfhn¨ Ø`¯p Wn¶pw A]mÄ kymK tb^n`pw kymK sFZ³_nän ]n`pw B\v Smfhn¨n^p¶sS¶pw. Xn]m³ Cu Wm«nt`¡v k¶Sv In{S F¶p tb^pÅ H^p hv{Sos] AtWzgn¨ms\¶pw fWÊn`m]n. Xn]msâ sfmssd W¼À t{Xhv sI]vSSn Wn¶pw A]mÄ tcmÀ«v sNm¨n Wnkmhn Bs\¶pw, tb^v dndn³ F¶ms\¶pw, 25 k]ÊpNm^³ Bs\¶pw kyàfm]n. tks_s´¦n`pw Mm³ kn«p tbm]n«pt*m hmt_?”
“”””D*tÃm… Aksâ Np® sbm§m¯ Nm^yw…”” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””ASp bns¶… AkWp In`t¸mÄ B sb®p¼ntÅ N*t¸mÄ sbm§n Nm\nÃ… Sm¸^yw D*m]n Nm\nà F¶m\v Mm³ Dt±ln¨Sv”
ftigm\v f_pbXn b_ªSv, “”””Sm`vb^yw CÃmsS Bt\m ^tfl³ hmt_ Ak³ B tI¨osX BhW¯n Wm¡n«na¡m³ tbm]Sv?”
MmWpw ^tflWpw In^n¨p.
tcmÀ«v sNm¨n tÌgWns` Fhv sF dnKp but`mhv Fsâ hpir¯m\v. Mm³ AksW knan¨p Nm^y§Ä FÃmw b_ªp. dndnsâ ko«n tbm]n Aksâ fp_n H¶p S¸\w F¶v Mm³ dnKpkntWmXv {btSyNw b_ªp. Ak³ tk*Sv sI¿mw F¶v D_¸p S¶p.
Ko¸v Sm`q¡v Blpb{Sn]n F¯n. hpVoÀ AknsX Wn¸p*v. k¶v h`yq«v sI]vSp. “”””hmÀ… tbmÌptfmÀ«w Njn]m³ A¸w sskNn. f\kma³ tZmÎÀ dmwPvaq^n tbms]¡pkm. sfZn¡Â sNmtaKns` tcm^³hnNv hÀK³ godm tKm\nsW B\v Nn«n]Sv AkhmWw. Ct¸m Njntª DÅp. tZmÎÀ AN¯p*v. hms_m¶p N*p tWm¡v.”
“”””Bsa§sW hpVos_?” Mm³ tImUn¨p… In` tZmNv–XÀfmÀ _nt¸mÀ«v BNp¶SnWp fpt¶ H¶pw b_]m_nÃ.
“”””sfmX]m hmt_… Fs¶ Cs¸m H¶p ImXn¨tS DÅp…””
“”F´nWv?”
“”””tdmZn sNm*p k^m³ t`äv B]n Fs¶ms¡]m B hv{So b_]p¶Sv”
“”””ASp bns¶… I¯m Asà tdmZn sNm*p k^m³ Njn]q F¶v b_]m³ tf`m]n^pt¶m WnW¡v?” Fsâ tImUyw tN«v hpVoÀ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp… “”hm_v tW^n«§p b_tªs^… M§Ä tÌgWnt`m«v tbms« hmt_..?”
“”””HmsN… k¶ Bwdp`³hn Ss¶ sbm]vt¡m. M§Ä hn sF t]]pw N*nt« k^p… AknsX Ft´`pw kntlgw Ds*¦n Wo knan¡v”
hpVoÀ Sn^nªp WX¶t¸mÄ ^tfl³ AksW knan¨p WnÀ¯n. “”””hpVos_… Cu I¯k³ sF^mkS¡pjn]n k¶Sv GtSm H^p In{Ss] AtWzgn¨m\v… ASv B^ms\¶v H¶v S¸\w. hv–sbgy {dm©ns` hmdpkntWw Nq«n Wo H¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N_§ns¡m.”
“”””N_Nväv… Zq Umäv!” MmWpw b_ªp.
Mm³ tZm. godm tKm\nsâ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n. H^p Wm`vbSp k]Êp tSm¶n¡p¶ ¢dv sNm¨½ ssXbv H^p Bân. fpOw Wn_s] tf¡¸pw, Ip*n NXpw Ipk¸v `nbvÌn¡pw, Éokv s`hv »uhpw…. Fsâ ssX¸v Aà Cu tI¨n. H^p sb®nsâ Iq^nà Cu kN BânfmÀ¡v. ANt¯¡v N]_n k^p¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n N¿n H^p sbW bnXn¨v, ASnsâ Aäw Ip*n Np¯n bnXn¨v, N_§p¶ Nth^]n A`vbw sI^nªp, Nm`nt·Â Nm`p N]än Im^n C^p¶v god Fs¶ NuSpNt¯msX tWm¡n.
Mm³ bp©n^n¨p “”””PpZv BcväÀ Wq\v.. fmw ….Mm³ Fhv sF Wkmhv Ai½Uv.”
“”””PpZv tfmÀ\nwPv… Mm³ godm tKm¬…. C^n¡q”
Mm³ C^p¶p. “”””tZmÎÀ… tbmÌptfmÀ«w NjnªtÃm… _nt¸mÀ«v Nn«m³ hf]w FXp¡pw F¶_n]mw. Ccv ]q tZm¬ ssf³Zv… Sm¦apsX HdvhÀtkg³hv H¶p b_]mtfm Ft¶mXv? AtWzg\¯nWv him]w BNpfm]n^p¶p.”
god In^n¨p… “”him]¯nWv him]w Sn^n¨pw {bSo£n¡mtfm?”
“”””SoÀ¨]m]pw”
AkÄ ko*pw In^n¨p. Wn^s]m¯, Sp¼¸q Wn_fpÅ bÃpNÄ… “”Mm³ sk_psS b_ªSm… FWn¡v Wn§Ä F´p him]w sI¿mWm… HmsN tNÄ¡p.. H^p ^*n©p koSn DÅ N¯n sNm*v fq¶p Np¯pNÄ l^o^¯n D*m¡n]n«p*v. BUyt¯Sv ss__v Adv–Xf³ G^n] CÂ… ASp N^an k`n] H^p fp_nkv D*m¡n]n«p*v. CâÀ\ »oZn§pw. hin¡m³ Njn]m¯ tkUW B fp_nkv sNmÃs¸«]mÄ¡v WÂNn]n^n¡\w.”
AkÄ tfl¸p_¯n^p¶ si]À ¢n¸v FXp¯v Ssâ hv–ss{Xäv sI]vSn« fpXn S`]v¡v bn¶nt`¡v ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw fmXn HSp¡n ¢nbv sI¿m³ SpX§n. hv–`okv s`Êv »uhv B]SnWm kXn¨p kr¯n]m¡n] skap¯ N£w W¶m]n Mm³ N*p. Fsâ tWm«w N* god hz´w N£t¯¡v H¶v tWm¡n]n«v hmkVmWw B\v fpXn ¢n¸v sI]vSSv. AkapsX fpO¯p Nmfw Aà AenfmWw B\v FWn¡v Nm\m³ NjnªSv. Mm³ tWm«w fmän.
“”””^*mfs¯ Np¯p Njp¯n`m\v. Nt^mänXv BÀ«_ns] bqÀ®fm]pw fp_n¨ H^p sb^vscÎv Ìmdv–! S`t¨m_nsâ CXSp kls¯¡pÅ ^à {bkmiw bqÀ®fm]pw Wn¶p. H^p AÀV f^\w F¶p b_]mw…””
Njp¯nsâ CXSp kl¯v Bj¯n`pÅ fp_nkv Mm³ {l²n¨n^p¶p.
“”””fq¶mfs¯ Np¯m]n^n¡\w f^\ Nm^\w. km^ns]ÃnWv CX]n`qsX irU]¯n Bjv¶n_§n] B Np¯p sNm* fm{S]n Ss¶ irU]w Wn¶p. hZ³þsZSv”
AkÄ SpXÀ¶p. “”””BUys¯ ^*p Np¯pNÄ Vm^maw B]n^p¶p H^p fWpgysW sNmÃpkm³. bt£ Np_¨p hf]w FXp¡pw f^n¡m³. fq¶mfs¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nps¯m^p gpkÀän ¡p tk*n sI]vSSmkmw. f^\w D_¸m¡pkm³.”
Mm³ Fsâ H^p hwl]w tImUn¨p, “”””Fs´¦n`pw f]¡p f^p¶p sNmXp¯n«mt\m tNm` sI]vSSv?”
“”””Bfml]¯n fUyw D*m]n^p¶p. Aakv Np_t¨ DÅp. hm¼nÄ FXp¯n«p*v. `mdv sXÌv Njn]s«. Fs´¦n`pw tcm_n³ N*âv D*m]n^pt¶m F¶_n]mw. ASnWp Ss¶]m\v hmVyS. Nm^\w, l^o^¯n fäp fÀVW§tam bmXpNtam H¶pw CÃ. fq¡pw sIkn]pw Hs¡ fp_n¨Sv f^\¯nWp tlgfm\v. GNtUlw C¶s` ^m{Sn 10 f\nt]msX]m\v f^\w WX¶n^n¡p¶Sv.”
“”””sl^n tZmÎÀ… Sm¦vhv”
Mm³ Fjpt¶Â¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ C^n¡pkm³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
“”””fsäm^p Nm^yw D*v. sNmÃs¸«]mÄ¡v GNtUlw 3 kÀgw fp³bv H^p boWÎvXfn sI]vSn«p*v!”
Mm³ A¼^¶p tbm]n. boWÎvXfn F¶m `nwP tJUw. Np® fp_n¨p fmäns]¶v-!
“”””As¸m A]mÄ¡v.. bt£ C³NzÌv sI]vSt¸mÄ `nwPw D*m]n^p¶tÃm…””
“”B… ASp Mm³ fp_n¨p Sn¶p-! Wkmhv… boWÎvXfn sI]vS tlgw `nwPw Sn^nsN ko*pw Sp¶n tIÀ¯n«ps*tXm.. Fs´¦n`pw AbNX¯n bän]Smkmw… `nwP fmä lhv–{S{Nn] sI]vS tlgw fWÊp fm_n]Smkmw… b` hmVySNÄ D*v”
“”””A§sW sI]vSmÂ… ko*pw Sp¶n tIÀ¯mÂ… A]mÄ¡v D±m^\w `en¡ptfm tZmÎÀ?”
god sbm«n In^n¨p… “”CWn]nt¸m D±m^\w `en¨n«p Nm^yw kÃSpw Dt*m? f^n¨p tbm]ntÃ?-”
MmWpw In^n¨p tbm]n “”””ASÃ… Kokn¨n^p¶t¸mÄ?”
“”””hmVyS Np_km\v”
“”””sl^n tZmÎÀ… fsäs´¦n`pw?”
“”””f^\Nm^\w Mm³ b_ªtÃm… knUàfm] N^§Ä B\v CSp sI]vSSv. H¶pNn H^p s{bmcg\ NnÃÀ, Asæn H^p tZmÎÀ”
“”””ASp Mm³ In´n¨n^p¶p” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””PpZv. ]q BÀ hvfmÀXv sU³”
“”””sl^n tZmÎÀ Mm³ C_§s«”
“”””VrSn]pt*m?”
“”””D*v. hn sF t] Nm\\w. Fhv bo Hmcohn`pw tbmNmWp*v”
“”””C^n¡p… Fs´¦n`pw NpXn¨n«v tbmNmw.” AkÀ sfmssd tcm\v FXp¯v Bs^t]m knan¨p ^*p Kyqhv sNm*p k^m³ b_ªp.
“”””Wkmhv fm^oZv Bt\m?”
“”””AÃ.”
“”””Ft¶mXv tImUn¡p¶ntÃ?”
“”””tZmÎÀ knkminS B]n^n¡pftÃm”
AkÄ In^n¨p, “”””B]n^p¶p. Cs¸m AÃ. bn^nªp”
“”””Hmiv..”
god Fjpt¶äv AknsX D*m]n^p¶ H^p A`fm^ Sp_¶v Ft´m tWm¡n. sk_psS]m… AkapsX cpÄ tdmZn Fs¶ H¶v Nm\n¡m³. D^p¸Xn sNmÅmw… bm`nsâ Wn_w… SXn¨ SpXNÄ… gntcm\v hm^n]n Wn_ª I´nNpX§Ä… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn^nª koSn]pÅ A^s¡«v… b^¶ k]À… Bt^mPyfpÅ l^o^w. SXn¨SÃ… sf`nªSpfÃ.. AkÄ H^p c]Â FXp¯p tWm¡pN]m\v.. Sn^nªt¸mÄ H^p fp` hm^n¡p skan]nÂ! Nq¼n] Sq§n] … Wo`w fm§m tbm`pÅ fp`NÄ… hm^ns] Np¯n SÅp¶ fp`sM«pNÄ… sSm* k^am³ SpX§n. CkÄ b\n]p*m¡pw!
H^p b¿³ ^*p ¥mhv Kyqhpfm]n k¶p. D]^w Np_ª, tNm`³ fpXn]pÅ, skÅm^w NÃpNÄ tbms` N®pNÄ DÅ H^p sI_n] b¿³. N*m H^p bSnWm_p k]tÊ tSm¶p. fol]pw SmXn]pw H¶pfnÃ.
“”””hm_nWp sNmXp¡q” god AktWmXp b_ªp. H^p ¥mhv Ak³ FWn¡v S¶p.
god Sn^nsN k¶v FWn¡v AXp¯pÅ Nth^]n Nm`nWv fpNan Nm`p N]än C^p¶p. b¿³ N¿n`n^p¶ ¥mhv god]psX tWs^ Wo«n]t¸mÄ ¥mÊn Wn_ªn^p¶ Kyqhv A`vbw Spap¼n. Kyqhv god]psX D]À¯n sk¨ NmÂbmU¯n Np_¨p ko\p.
god]psX fpOt¯¡v tNmbw C^¨p N]_n. b¿sâ N®pNan e]w…
“”F´m lp¸q CSv? H^p Nm^yw WnW¡v f^ymU]v¡v sI¿m³ A_n]nÃ! Fsâ Nm`v kr¯ntNXm¡n Wo. Wns¶s]ms¡… ipw… sbs«¶v Nvao³ sI]v”
AkÄ Aksâ N¿n Wn¶v ¥mhv km§n. Ak³ fp«p Np¯n S_]n C^p¶p. S_ SpX]v¡m³ Bs\¶m\v Mm³ knIm^n¨Sv. F¶m Ak³ ^*p ssN sNm*pw godm tKm\nsâ Nm`n NnX¶ sI^n¸v {l²t]msX Du^n FXp¯p. Fsâ S`]n CXn sk«n¡p¶ NmjvI]m]n^p¶p bns¶. Ak³ AkapsX s`SÀ sI^n¸v, ^*p ssN sNm*pw bnXn¨v ASn bän bnXn¨ Kyqhv W¡n FXp¡pkm³ SpX§n.
“”””F´m tZmÎÀ CSv–?”
AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n “”””F´m Npj¸w? Ak³ Ajp¡m¡n]Sv Ak³ Ss¶ kr¯n B¡s«”
lp¸p god]psX sI^n¸v fpjpk³ W¡n SpX¨p kr¯n]m¡n.
“”””As¸m Fsâ Nm kn^`pNan bän]tSm?” god lp¸pkntWmXv tImUn¨p. Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n] tlgw Ak³ ssNNÄ ^*pw Wn`¯p Np¯n, b«ns] tbms` god]psX skap¯ NmÂbmUw W¡pkm³ SpX§n. kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n Wmkv– N]än Ak³ Ipjäp¶Sv N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n CSv AkWv Øn^w b\n Bs\¶v.
“”””fmZw BÄ Np_¨p sZmfnWâv B\tÃ?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
god bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp. “”””A§sWs]m¶pw CÃ. Ckm³ Fsâ ss{Zk_m… AkWv CsSms¡ B\v tk*Sv. l¼aw Mm³ sNmXp¡m_nÃ. Ak³ Cãt¯msX sI¿p¶Sm”
“”””Nm`p fm{Stf W¡m_pÅp? AtSm Wnsâ bq_pw W¡n¡ptfm Wo CksW sNm*v?” AktamXpÅ hN` dipfmWkpw Naªp Mm³ b¨]v¡v tImUn¨p.
god Nqh`nÃmsS C^p¶p. hm^n D]À¯n fp«p ks^ N]än sk¨p. skap¯ hpµ^fm] N\¦m`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmjp¯ Nm k®]pw.
AkÄ Fs¶ sNmSn¸n¡p¶ H^p tWm«w tWm¡n. “”””F´m Wkmhv… ss{X sI¿pt¶m?”
“”””tk* godm.. Wo Fsâ ssXbv AÔ Mm³ AkapsX Ai¦m^w CXn¨p Smjv¯m³ B\v ASv b_ªSv.
“”””Mm³ GsSm^p B\nsâ]pw ssXbv B\v Wkmhv… CksW N*ntÃ… Mm³ sfWvhhv BNpt¼mÄ Dbt]mPn¡p¶ bmZv tbm`pw Ck³ sNmSnt]msX W¡pw.”
A_t¸msX Mm³ B b«n Njptk_ns] tWm¡n. B\p§apsX sk` Na]n¡m³ C_§nt¡mapw Hmt^m^p¯·mÀ!
“”””cmâhn WÃStà Wkmhv… scängv N`À¶ cmâhnNÄ?”
Mm³ AksW Ss¶ tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Ak³ AkapsX Nm kn^`pNÄ Hs¶m¶m]n Du_pN]m\v. Np® km]ns`Xp¡p¶ tbms`…
“”F´m\v Wkmhnsâ {bn]s¸« shN-vhv sbmhng³? Ft¶msXm¸w Bs\¦nÂ?”
“”””Wns¶ Wm`p Nm`n WnÀ¯n Wnsâ Cu Spap¼p¶ sNmSw sbma¶p sk¨n«v Wnsâ S` S_]n Ikn«n bnXn¨v tNm¯n`Xn¡p¶Sv”
Mm³ b_ªSv tN«v lp¸p S` D]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”””sl^n¡pw? Fs¶ A§sW Hs¡ sI¿ptfm? tkUWn¸n¡ptfm”
“”””tkUWn¸n¡t*?”
“”””tk\w… FWn¡v H^p B\nsW A_n]\w. B\nsâ N^p¯_n]\w… WkmhnsW N*t¸mtj Mm³ fWÊn D_¸n¨ Nm^yfm\v ASv–. FWn¡v fXp¯p Cu KmSn Sp¸`v W¡nNsa..” AkÄ lp¸pknsâ km]n Wn¶pw Nms`Xp¯v Aksâ S`]n Ikn«n SÅn. Ak³ bnt¶m«v Bªp tbm]n. Aksâ N®pNan Mm³ Ft´m H^p tkUW N*p.
god Ft¶mXv b_ªp… “”Mm³ CksW b_ªp knXpw C¶v Ss¶. Wo Fs¶ Wnsâ NqsX Nq«mtfm? F´nWpw Mm³ Wnsâ NqsX Wn¡mw. NmfpNn]pw em^y]pw H¶pw B¡*. Wnsâ sk¸m«n B¡n]m fSn Fs¶. Wo Bt`mIn¨p b_ªm fSn.” god Fsâ tcm¬ km§n ASn Wn¶pw AkapsX tcm\nt`¡v C^p fnhv NmÄ sI]vSp. “”””W¶m]n Bt`mIn¨p b_ªm fSn. b«nNsa kaÀ¯n fSn]m]n. CWns]¦n`pw FWn¡v H^p sb®m]n Kokn¡\w Xm. ASnsâ hpOw A_n]\w FWn¡v”
Mm³ AkapsX sWän]n H^p½ sNmXp¯n«v AknsX Wn¶pw C_§n. lp¸pknsâ Wn_ª N®pNÄ Fsâ fWÊnsW Np¯n tWmkn¨p.
Ko¸n N]_n. tZmÎÀ b_ª Nm^y§Ä ^mtftl«tWmXv b_ªp.
hn sF Hmcohns`¯n At±it¯mXpw ASp ks^]pÅ Nm^y§Ä knlUoN^n¨p. 24 f\n¡q_nWpÅn tNhnWp Sp¼p*m¡\w F¶m\v At±iw b_ªSv. WX¶ tbms` Ss¶. AknsX Wn¶pw C_§n MmWpw ^tflWpw ftigpw H^p tim«`n Du\v Njn¡pkm³ N]_n.
“”””hmt_.. hm_v B tZmÎÀ god]psX ss{Zks_ Nt*m?” ^tfl³ tImUn¨p
“”””N*p. F´m tImUn¡m³?”
“”””Aà hmt_… M§Ä N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡pt¼mÄ Ak³ Ak^psX Nm_nsâ Ìn]_n§n H^p bmâohv kn^n¨p sk¨n«v ASp W¡n SpX]v¡pkm”
FWn¡v AÛpSw H¶pw tSm¶o`.
“”””god F§sW D*v hmt_? FWn¡v Nm\m³ bäo`”
“”””S^t¡XnÔ Cu tNhns` {bSns] N*p bnXn¡m³ bän]nà F¦n`pw F§sW F¦n`pw C¶v N\n N*ksW N*p bnXn¨p sNm*v k¶v N«n`nsâ Nm`n sN«n CX\w. F¶pw Nm\m³. A½mSn^n H^p Unkhw B]nt¸m]n C¶t¯Sv. ^tflsâ tcm¬ AXn¨p. tcm_³hnNv C Wn¶m\v.
“”””sl^n hmÀ… sl^n hmÀ… Mm³ Fhv sF t]mXv b_]mw… Sm¦v ]q hmÀ” In^n¨p sNm*v ^tfl³ tcm\v N«v sI]vS tlgw Ft¶mXv b_ªp.
“”””hmÀ… W½Ä tcm_³hnNv C A]¨ N¯n]psX cnwPÀ {bnâv– Nn«n. hmÀ H¶v Fhv bn s] knan¨p b_ªmÂ, BVmÀ NmÀZv Zmä tWm¡n Bsa sbm¡m³ DÅ sbÀfng³ Nn«pw. W½Ä H¶pw A_n]* Fhv bo Hmcohn Wn¶v tcm_³hnNv t`¡v H^p cmN-vhv A]¨m Ak^v Ss¶ Zmä FXp¯p S^pw.”
Mm³ Fhvbns] knan¨p. hn sF b_ªp Nm^y§Ä Fhv bn A_nªn^p¶p. Mm³ Bklyw b_ªp. At±iw tk*Sv sI¿mw F¶v b_ªp.
Nm^y§Ä IXbsX WX¶p bns¶. H^p f\n¡q_nWNw kn^`X]maw GSksâ Bs\¶v A_n]m³ bäpw.
sfmssd`n tcmÀ«v sNm¨n tÌgWns` Fhv sF dnKp but`mhnsâ kmXvhm¸v sftÊKv Nn«n. fq¶p Wm`v koZnt]mNÄ B\v. dndnsâ ko«n Aksâ fp_n]n Wn¶p Nn«n] H^p sf½_n NmÀZn D*m]n^p¶ koZnt]mhv. Nm^y§Ä knlUoN^n¨p H^p sftÊKpw dnKp A]¨n«p*v. Sm¦vhv b_ªp _nss¹ sI]vSp.
At¸mjm\v hpVo_nsâ tcm¬ FWn¡v k¶Sv.
“”””b_]v hpVos_”
“”””hmt_… In{S Fs¶m^p F_\mNpa¯p bYn¨ sb®nknsX D*v… bt£… AsSm^p tZmÎ_m hmt_. tks_]pw ^*p In{S fm^p*v. ASn H^p¯n PÄcn`m\v… bns¶ DÅSv H^p F«mw ¢mÊn bYn¡p¶ sNm¨m… Mm³ Cu lkw N* b^nh^¯pÅ In{S fm^psX Nm^yfm b_ªSv… tkm«Àhv `nÌv tWm¡n]m sfm¯w 36 In{S D*v W½psX b©m]¯n … F§sW FknsX SpX§pw hmt_?”
“”””Wo SpX§*. WnÀ¯ns¡m. B tZmÎÀ In{Ss] hvsNIv sI]vSp sk]v. M§Ä DXsW F¯pw.”
Mm³ ^tflsW tWm¡n N®n_p¡n… “”Np«n tZmÎ_m !”
^tflWpw In^n¨p “”””ASp W¶m]n… Wfp¡v tbm]n f^p¶v FjpSnt¨¡mw”
ftigv M§sa fm_n fm_n tWm¡n… “”F´m Nm^yw?”
“”””Wo k*ns]Xv ftilm” Mm³ b_ªp
In{S F¶ sb®nsW Sn^¡n B\v dndn³ sF^mkS¡pjn]n F¯n]Spw, Han¨p Smfhn¨Spw. dndnsâ f^\w NrSyfm]n iyqf³ AWm«fn A_n]mkp¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Bt^m B\v WX¸n`m¡n]Sv. Cs¸m Wfp¡v fp¶n In{S F¶ tZmÎÀ k¶p Wn¡pt¼mÄ BWµ`Ïn¡v tks_´p tk\w? BËmUn¸n³ BËmUn¸n³… cnwPÀ {bnâv _nhÄ«v Nm¯p WnÂt¡*n k¶nÖ
ftigv tbm`ohv Ko¸v ssh_³ C«p bm]n¨p… sF^mkS¡pjn]nt`¡v…

lkw Nm\s¸« Ø`¯p Wn¶pw A^ Nnt`mfoäÀ fm_n]m\v
“”””fmtÌjvhv Wjv–hnwPv timw”
H^p sI_n] Hä Wn` sX_hv sN«nXw. M§Ä sIÃpt¼mÄ hpVoÀ ssd¡n AknsX Wn¸p*v, fcvXn]nÂ.
Ko¸v Wn¶t¸mÄ Ak³ k¶v Aä³gWm]n Wn¶p. “”””F´mXm… Wnsâ tZmÎÀ Dt*m AN¯v?”
“”””CknsX D*m]n^p¶p hmt_… Cs¸m Du\v Njn¡m³ ko«nt`¡v tbm]n. A^ f\n¡qÀ Njn]pt¼mÄ F¯pw”
“”””AtSm AkÄ B kjn fp§ptfm?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””Cà hmt_… Øn^w Cu hf]¯m\v AkÄ D®m³ tbmNp¶Sv. Nm_nÂ. hm_v k^pw F¶pÅSp sNm*m Mm³ CknsX Wn¶Sv. AkapsX bn_sN Mm³ hv–sbgy {dm©ns` hmdpknsW kn«n«p*v. fp§m³ H¶pw bänÃ. Ckamt\m hmt_ sI]vSSv?”
Mm³ Ko¸nWp bp_¯n_§n. “”””AktamXv– tImUn¨p tWm¡msfXm” Mm³ fq^n WnkÀ¯n b^nh^w tWm¡n. Ipäpw bmXfm\v. AXps¯§pw tks_ koXnÃ.
“”””FXm hpVos_… C§sW Bapw tb^pw CÃmSnX¯mt\m H^p WjvhnRv timw WX¯p¶Sv?”
“”””ASp bns¶ hmt_… Cu In{S tZmÎÀ H^p bt^mbNm^n]m… Cu bmXs¯ms¡ b\ns]Xp¡m³ k^p¶ bmk§am\v Ck^psX sbgy³_v–hv. N¬hÄt«gWv 25 ^qbs] km§q. sNmXp¡p¶ f^p¶pNapw kn` Np_ª KW_nNv sfZnhn³hv B\v. AkÀ CsSm^p thkWw tbms`]m hmt_ sI¿p¶Sv”
“”””F´mXm hpVos_ H^p AWpN¼Ww? WnW¡v b^nI]fpt*m Cksa?”
hpVoÀ H^p f§n] In^n In^n¨p. “”””Cà hmt_, CknsX AXps¯ms¡ sI_pSm]n H¶v AtWzgn¨t¸mÄ Nn«n] knk^§am CsSms¡. FÃmÀ¡pw k`n] hvtWifm hmt_ AktamXv–. tZmÎÀ sNms¨¶m Wm«pNm^v b_]p¶Sv”
Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. Ko¸nsâ bn¶nt`¡v sI¶t¸mÄ ANSv– AhzØWm]n C^n¡p¶ ^tflsW N*p.
“”””F´m ^tftl«m … H^p sX³g³?”
“”””Ft´m hmt_.. FknsXt]m Ft´m H^p tbm^m]vN.”
“”””sSan¨p b_ em]n”
“”””Cs¸m b_ªm In`t¸m f*¯^w B]nt¸mNpw hmt_. tWm¡s«… Mm³ b_]mw”
“”””sl^n” Mm³ ko*pw bmXt¯¡v tWm¡n Wn¶p
^tflsâ fWÊn Ft´m NpXp§n]n«p*v. A]mapsX C{S]pw kÀgs¯ hÀkohnsâ Pp\w F´ms\¶v sk¨mÂ, Mm³ Nm\m¯Sv b`Spw A]mÄ Nm\pw F¶pÅSm\v. FWn¡v H^p bmY bphvSNw B\v Xn]m³. F´m]n^n¡pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^tfl³ Ct¸mÄ In´n¡p¶Sv? Mm³ ko*pw Ko¸nWmXpt¯]v¡v F¯n. ^tfl³ sWän]n ssNkn^`pNÄ AfÀ¯n N®pNÄ AX¨p NpWnªn^n¡p¶p. Mm³ hpVo_nsW AXpt¯¡v knan¨p. sNmÃs¸« dndnsâ W¼À hpVo_nWv sNmXp¯n«v b_ªp… “”FXm… CSm I¯ksâ W¼^m. Cs¸m hzn¨v– Hmcv B\v. Wo sshdÀ shÃns` sd¶ns] knan¨v CSnsâ `mÌv s`mt¡g³ H¶v FXp¸nt¨”
hpVoÀ sshdÀ shÃn knan¨p. sd¶n]pfm]n hwhm^n¨v Fsâ tcm\n tWm¡n dndnsâ W¼À b_ªp sNmXp¯p. sd¶n Sn^n¨p knan¡mw F¶p b_ªp. ^*p fnWnänWpÅn sd¶n hpVo_nsW knan¨p. sd¶n b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡p¶SnWnsX hpVoÀ DfnWo^n_¡p¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p. tcm\v sk¨ tlgw Ak³ b_ªp… “”hmt_… Cs¸m Mm³ knan¨ XkÀ s`mt¡g³ Ss¶]m. C¶s` ^m{Sn 10.35 Wp CknsX sk¨p Ss¶ dndnsâ tcm¬ hzn¨v Hmcv BkpN]pw sI]vSp. bns¶ Hm\v B]n«nÃ.”
Mm³ tImUn¨p “”””CsSms¡]mt\m Wo b_ª “”tZmÎÀ sNm¨nsâ’ bt^mbNm^§Ä?”
Ak³ H¶v bS_n. “”””Aksa N*m b_]nà hmt_. H^msa sNmÃm³ S¡ Bt¦m¶pw AkÄ¡v Csöm FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv N*t¸mÄ”
Mm³ ko*pw ^tflsW tWm¡n. CsSms¡ tN«n«pw ^tflWv emk kySymhw H¶pw CÃ. Ct§^nSv F´p tNm¸m Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv…. Mm³ Sn^n¨pw f_n¨pw In´n¨p. sbs«¶m\v Fsâ fWÊn B sNmÅn]m³ fn¶n]Sv… ‘gnäv..! Mm³ F´m CSp tW^s¯ Bt`mIn¡mSn^p¶Sv???’
^tfltWmXv tImUn¨p, “”””^tftl«m… Wn§Ä N¯n]psX Nm^yw Bt\m In´n¡p¶Sv?”
^tfl³ sM«n Fs¶ tWm¡n AtS F¶p S`]m«n. FWn¡v S` N_§p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n.
Mm³ hpVo_nsâ N¿n Wn¶v Fsâ tcm¬ Sn^nsN km§n tZmÎÀ godm tKm\nsâ W¼À Z] sI]vSp.
“”””it`m Zn]À” god]psX SaÀ¶ lÐw
“”””godm… Mm³ H^p Nm^yw tImUn¡m³ B\v knan¨Sv… ^*n©p koSn DÅ N¯n sNm*p Np¯n , F¶tà Hmt«mbvhn ]n N*Sv?”
“”””AtS… F´m Nm^yw?” god ho^n]hv B]n
“”””D_¸mt\m?”
“”””FWn¡v D_¸pÅ Nm^y§Ä fm{Stf Mm³ b_]m_pÅq Wkmhv”
“”””sl^n godm… dp²nfp«n¨Sn £fn¡\w… Fs´¦n`pw A_n]m³ Ds*¦n CWn]pw Mm³ knan¡pw”
“”””Mm³ Wnsâ H^p knan Nm¯n^n¡p¶p Nq«pNm^m…”” AkÄ In^n¨p.
Mm³ tcm\v N«p sI]vSp. tdmZn]psX AXp¯p Wn¶pw Wfp¡v Nn«n] N¯n GNtUlw H^n©p koSns] DÅp. At¸mÄ ASpbt]mPn¨Ã sNm` WX¯n]n«pÅSv. bs£ k`n] {blvWfnÃ. GNtUlw {bSn]psX AXp¯p Ss¶]m\v M§Ä Ct¸mÄ DÅSv. sSankpNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D*m¡mkp¶sS DÅp.
^tfl³ Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp… “”N¯n]psX sshhv fm{Sw Aà hmt_ {blvWw. B cnwPÀ {bnâv Cu sb®ntâSv AsænÂ? H^p sb®nWv Hä]v¡v CSp sI¿pkm³ dp²nfp«m\v. ASp fm{Sw AÃ, AkÄ C¶nknsX tKm`n¡pw k¶p… bSnkv hf]¯p Ss¶ D®m³ tbmkpN]pw sI]vSp. H^p sNm`bmSNw sI]vS tlgw H^p sb®nWv H^n¡`pw sSm«Xp¯ Unkhw Ss¶ AkapsX hzmemknN KoknS¯nt`¡v fX§n tbmNm³ Njn]nÔ
^tfl³ b_ªSp hSyw B\v. ASm\v fWlmhv{Sw.
“”””hm_v kngfn¡*. F´m]m`pw In{S tZmÎs_ Wfp¡v H¶p Nm\mw. k¶Nm^ytfm sNm`]psX Nm^ytfm b_]msS Wfps¡m¶v hwhm^n¨p tWm¡mw?”
Mm³ fqan tN« tlgw hpVo_ntWmXv tImUn¨p “”””FXm… CknsX Cu tZmÎÀ tZmÎÀ fm{Stf DÅp? tks_ Ìmcv H¶pw CtÃ?”
hpVoÀ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp, “”””D*v hmt_… H^p Aä³ZÀ D*v. tWjvhv H¶pw AÃ. AkÀ AN¯p*v. fpäv– hmVmWfm… hm_v tkt\Â H¶v “”tN_n’ tWm¡v”
^tflWpw ftigpw CSp tN«v In^n¨p. Mm³ hpVo_nsâ tNma_n bnXn¨p NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n fpSpNn H^Xn sNmXp¯p. “”””Ca¡msSXm”
In^n¨p Njnªp ^tfl³ tImUn¨p “”””Dt*mXm hpVos_… Wo hm_nsW km^m³ b_ªSmt\m?”
“”””km^m³ b_ªSm\v, bt£ H^p hv{So D*v ^tfl³ hmt_… AkÀ AN¯p*v”
^tfl³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp… “”hmt_… H¶p tN_o«p km… hm_v fm{Sw tbm]m fSn. Nm^yw b_]*. hm_nsâ tcm\n dndnsâ tcmt«m CtÃ?”
“”””HmsN.. Xm ftitg… Ko¸nsâ Zmgn H^p skÅ Xo gÀ«v D*v…ASv Cs§Xps¯…””
Nm¡n DXp¸v kn]À¯p fpgnªp SpX§n. Mm³ Ko¸nWpÅn Ft¸mjpw ^*p DXp¸v tks_ sk]v¡m_p*v. fcvXn CXm³.
ftigv DXps¸Xp¯p S¶t¸mÄ Mm³ AknsX Wn¶p Ss¶ Nm¡n gÀ«v Du^n fmän XogÀXv V^n¨p.
ftigv b_ªp… “”Ipų B]n«p*v hmt_. Nm¡n bmâpw skÅ XogÀ«pw Wà fm¨m”
hpVo_nWv H^p tcm\v k¶p. hmdpkm\v. In{S tZmÎÀ ko«n Wn¶v C_§n]n«p*v. 15 fnWnänWpÅn CknsX F¯pw.
Mm³ ¢nWn¡nsâ tPäv NX¶v ANt¯¡v WX¶p. fp³kmSn Sp_¶p NnX¡pN]m\v. hnäu«n Nps_ Nth^NÄ D*v. imÄ Ss¶]m\v tZmÎ_psX N¬hÄ«nRv _qw. AknsX]pw B^pfnÃ. k`Sp kl¯pÅ fp_n]n cm³ N_§p¶ lÐw tNÄ¡mw. Mm³ At§m«p sI¶v Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶ kmSn`n`qsX ANt¯¡v tWm¡n.
fp_n]n D*m]n^p¶ hnwPnÄ N«n`n H^p¯n Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p_§p¶p*v. DXp¯n^n¡p¶ skÅ hm^n SpXNÄ¡v fpNant`¡v N]_n NnX¡p¶p. ASnWp Smsj H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b¨ Wn_fpÅ AXn¸mkmX. H^p Nm`p fX¡n sk¨v NnX¡p¶ AkapsX I´n¡pX§Ä ^*p Np¶pNÄ tbms` D]À¶p Wn¡p¶p. H^p ssN l^o^¯nWXn]n Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`m\v. skap¯p sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ N*t¸mÄ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n H^p S^n¸v tSm¶n FWn¡v. C§sWm^p¯n CknsX bq_pw bnXn¨p NnX¶n«mt\m Mm³ C{S]pw tW^w sk_psS skan]n Wn¶p sk]n`p sNm*Sv?… Npt_¡qXn fpt¶ N]_n kt^*Sm]n^p¶p.
Mm³ Sp_¶p NnX¶ NSNn ^*p k«w fp«n. B^v tNÄ¡m³! I¯ D_¡fm\v sbm`]mXn. Mm³ làn]m]n NSNn AXn¨p. AkÄ sM«n Fjpt¶äp tWm¡n Fs¶.
“”””B^m… F´p tk\w?”
“”””tbm`ohm…””
Fsâ Nm¡n bmâhnt`¡pw {du\v gqhnt`¡pw tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÄ sM«n bnXsªjpt¶äp. hm^n k`n¨v skÅ »uhnWpÅn Sn§n Wn_ªp SÅn Wn¡p¶ k`n] fp`NÄ f_¨psNm*v tSmat¯¡n«p.
“”””F´m hmt_…?” AkÄ Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p. Wm`vb¯©p k]sʦn`pw D*mkpw. C¶p sbXp¶sSÃmw A½m]nfm^m\tÃm F¶p In´n¨p sNm*p Mm³ Aksa AXnfpXn H¶p tWm¡n. D]^w Np_km\v. k« fpOw. b^¶ k`n] Ip*pNÄ. D^p*p SÅn] fp`NÄ… fp¶nt`¡v ImXn] k]_ms\¦n`pw A^s¡«nsâ koSn Nm^\w Wà kXnkp*v. tWÀ¯ hm^n]psX D®n]¸¯nsâ k`p¸fpÅ sbm¡nÄ sSanªp Nm\mw. »uhnsâ ssNNÄ¡v C_¡w kas^ Np_km\v. sNmjp¯p^p* fmwhafm] ssN¯*NÄ.
“”””tZmÎÀ CsÃXo CknsX?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””D®m³ tbm]n hmt_” AkÄ km¨n tWm¡n “”””Cs¸m F¯pw. hm_n^n¡p”
“”””Wnsâ tbs^´pkm?”
“”””`£vfn ¶m hmt_”
“”””Ft´m¶v `£vfn? fpjpk³ tb^v b_s]Xo. t_g³ NmÀZn DÅSv”
“”””`£vfn Wm]À”
Mm³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v lÐw Smjv¯n bp©n^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp. “”””C§sW NSsNms¡ Sp_¶p f`À¯n C«n«v CSp tbms` tdmVw tN«v NnX¶p_§n]m CknsX Nų tN_pftÃm `£vfo”
AkÄ In^n¨p. “”””H¶p f]§nt¸m]n hmt_… hmVm^\ D_§m_nÔ
“”””AsS¶m bän? Wm]^v tI«³ C¶s` ^m{Sn D_¡os`?”
“”””tÈm.. F´m hmt_ tZmÎs_ Nm\m³? hm_nWv hpOfntÃ?”
“”””Wnsâ tZmÎs_ sb®p Nm\m³ k¶Sm Mm³”
“”””Bt\m hmt_? Mm³ tZmÎs_ tcm\n knan¡mw”
Mm³ In^n¨p… “”Wns¶ N*t¸mÄ CWn]nt¸m tZmÎs_ Nm\t\m F¶m Mm³ Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv”
“”””sbm hmt_ Nan]m¡msS.. Mm³ tZmÎs_ knan¡mw”
“”””tks*Xo… Akav k^pt¼m k^s«…Mm³ Wnsâ tZmÎt_ sN«m³ k¶sSm¶pw AÃ. Wo Ct§ms«m¶p tWm¡nt]” Mm³ tbm¡än Wn¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sfmssd FXp¯v dndnsâ tcmt«m Aksa Nm\n¨p. sfmssd AkapsX SÅn Wn¶ fp`]psX Nm¼n Np¯n AfÀ¯n bnXn¨m\v Mm³ AktamXv hv{NoWn tWm¡pkm³ b_ªSv. “”””CksW N*n«pt*m CknsX§mWpw?”
`£vfn hv{NoWnt`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ sfmssd H¶p NqXn hm^n¡p fpNan`qsX fp`]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n. AkÄ fm^n¡a]ptfm F¶v tWm¡n]Sm\v. Akav AW§msS Wn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Fsâ Np® sb^pNm³ SpX§n.
“”””CÃ hmt_.. fp³bv N*n«nÃ. B^m CSv?”
“”””CSm\v sI¡³… Wnsâ tZmÎs_ sN«m³ tbm\k³” Mm³ sfmssd Sn^nsN FXp¯p.
“”””Bt\m… tWm¡s« hmt_.. H¶qsX Nm\s«”
Mm³ AktamXv– tIÀ¶v Wn¶v sfmssd ko*pw Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. C{¸mklyw Mm³ sfmssd bnXn¨n^p¶ ssN kn^`pNÄ sNm*v AkapsX fp`]n SjpNn sNm*v, AkapsX tSmat¯¡v sW©p tIÀ¯m\v Wn¶Sv. AkÄ sfmssd`nt`¡v Ss¶ hq£n¨p tWm¡n Wn¶p. Mm³ AkapsX I´n]psX sshZnt`¡v Fsâ bmâhnWv fp¶ns` fpj tIÀ¯p sk¨t¸mÄ `£vfn]psX Ip*pNÄ kn_]v¡m³ SpX§n.
“”””N*n«pt*m… sl^n¡v H¶v HmÀ¯p tWm¡nt]…”” Mm³ AkapsX NmSnt`¡v Ip*pNÄ AXp¸n¨p f{´n¨p. `£vfn AkapsX Nm`pNÄ AXp¸n¨v SXn¨ SpXNÄ tI^v¯n_p¡n sk¨p.
“”””C]mamt\m F¶_n]nà hmt_ Wm`©p Unkhw fp³bv CknsX CSp tbms`m^mÄ k¶n^p¶p. GtSm sfZn¡Â s_bv Bs\¶m tSm¶p¶Sv. ASv C]mamt\m F¶v sl^n¡v HmÀf k^p¶nÃ.”
hSyw B]n^n¡pw.CSv H^p bmhvtbmÀ«v sshhv tcmt«m]psX h-vNm³ B\v. bmhvtbm^v«v tcmt«m tWm¡n H^mapsX fpOw sFZänssc sI¿p¶Sv hmVm^\¡mÀ¡v dp²nfp«m\v.
sbs«¶m\v ^tfl³ At§m«p HmXn N]_n k¶Sv. H¶pw A_n]m¯ tbms` Fs¶ tIÀ¶v Wn¶ `£vfn ^tflsW N*t¸mÄ sbs«¶v AN¶p fm_n.
Mm³ ^tflsW tImUy emk¯n tWm¡n. ^tfl³ Fs¶]pw `£vfns]]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n]n«v Ft¶mXv b_ªp. “”””hmt_… hms_m¶v kt¶”
Mm³ C_§n sI¶p. “”””F´m ^tfsl«m”
M§Ä fpät¯¡n_§n. “”””tcm_³hn¡n Wn¶v knan k¶p. cnwPÀ {bnâv…””
“”CkapsX Ss¶ AtÃ?… In{S]psX?” Mm³ DtPzUt¯msX CX]v–¡v N]_n tImUn¨p
“”””AÃ hmt_… ASv … Chim¡v S^Nsâ]m… W½psX b©m]¯v {bSnb£ tWSmkv Chim¡v S^Nsâ!”
Fsâ lzmhtNml¯n D*m]n^p¶ AkhmW N\w km]pkpw km]n`qsX bp_t¯¡p tbm]n. H^p k`n] lzmhw FXp¯n«v Mm³ tImUn¨p… “”DÅSmt\m? D_¸n¡mtfm?”
“”””BVmÀ NmÀZv NÅw b_]nsæn A]mapsX ssNt^O]m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N¯n]n DÅSv!” ^tfl³ D_¸n¨p b_ªp.
“”””At§s^s¡m*v C§sW H^p {No]s]ms¡ H¸n¡m³ bäptfm ^tflm…””
“”hmt_, tNmfman Nan¨p WX¡pkms\¦n`pw Ak³ Bsam^p kng K´p B\v. W½psX UpÈmhW¡p_p¸v tI«³ S^NsW tbXn¡p¶Sv sk_psS AÔ

UpÈmhW¡p_p¸v F¶p tN«t¸mÄ Fsâ fWÊnt`¡v ftÞmU^n]½ fp`Napw Np`p¡n HmXn k¶p. As¸m Ss¶ H^p Ikn«pw sNmXp¯v Sn^nsN HmXn¨p kn«n«v Mm³ ^tfl³ b_]p¶Sv {l²n¨p.

“”””bs£ ASà hmt_… Mm³ tW^s¯ b_ªntà … Mm³ Bt`mIn¨psNm*n^p¶ Nm^yw N¯n]psX sshhv fm{Sw AÃ. C{S]pw knUàfm]n H^p sNm` WX¯p¶]mÄ cnwPÀ {bnâv DÅ N¯n AknsX Dtb£n¨p tbmNptfm? ASpw Wfp¡v Fap¸¯n N*p bnXn¡m³ Njn]p¶ H^nX¯v?”
“”””sWkÀ”
M§Ä hwhm^n¨p sNm*p WnÂs¡ H^p BÄt«m NmÀ AknsX k¶p Wn¶p. ASn Wn¶pw H^p sb®v C_§n. B Nm_nWp bn¶ms` H^p ssd¡n hmdpkpw F¯n. hpVoÀ bp_¯p Wn¶pw Fs¶ tWm¡n ssN D]À¯n Nm\n¨p. CSm\v tZmÎÀ In{S. AkapsX fpOw N*t¸mÄ Mm³ DÅnsâ]pÅn PqZfm] H^p Ai¦m^t¯msX In^n¨p. hpµ^n]m] H^p ]pk tZmÎÀ S^p\n. H^p ssXäv Ip^nUmÀ B\v tkgw. N¿n ÌShvtNmbv. kXnskm¯ sf`nª l^o^w. Sna§p¶ C^p Wn_fpÅ IÀ½w. knXÀ¶ k`n] N®pNÄ. dp²n]psX `£\fm] k`n] sWän. tbm`ohnsW N*n«pw AkapsX fpOt¯¡v {btSyN emk kySymhtfm A¼^s¸m H¶pw {bNXw Bkm¯Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p.
“”””k^\w tZmÎÀ… M§Ä Nm¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ Wkmhv Ai½Uv. CknXs¯ Fhv sF ]m\v.”
“”””N]_n k^q hÀ” Fsâ fpO¯p tWm¡n b_ªn«v AkÄ ANt¯¡v– tbm]n. AkapsX Nqh`nÃm]vf]pw S¿ms_Xp¸pw Fs¶ ASnl]n¸n¨p. Cu sFlz^yw Spap¼p¶ fpO¯nWp bn¶n H^p sNm`]man Ds*¶v knlzhn¡pN {b]mhw.
Mm³ hpVo_nsW]pw hmdpknsW]pw AXpt¯¡v knan¨v F{S]pw sbs«¶v ChimNv S^NsW hvtbm«p sI¿mWpw Nn«n]m DX³ Fs¶ knan¡mWpw b_ªp. AkÀ ^*ptb^pw ASnWm]n tbm]n.
^tfl³ tÌgWn knan¨v tNm\vÌdnÄ hnÔpkntWmXv F{S]pw sbs«¶v fmtÌjvhv WjvhnRv timfn F¯pkm³ b_ªp. hv{SoNsa tImUyw sI¿pkm³ kWnSm tbm`ohnsâ hmfobyw tk\w. A_Ìv s_t¡mÀZv sIt¿*n k¶m`pw tk\w. MmWpw ^tflWpw ANt¯¡v N]_n. In{S AkapsX Nth^]n Fs¶ tWm¡n C^n¡p¶p*v. Mm³ FSns^ DÅ Nth^]n C^p¶p. AXp¯pÅ Nth^]n ^tflWpw. fq¶p tb^pw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. sI_n] sb®m\v. NqXnt¸m]m H^p 26 k]hv D*mkpw.

Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS tcm¬ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FXp¯v dndnsâ tcmt«m Aksa Nm\n¨p. WnÀknNm^fm] AkapsX fpOw Fs¶ ht´mgn¸n¨p.
“”””C]msa A_n]psfm?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””CÔ
“”””H¶pNqXn Bt`mIn¨p tWm¡v tZmÎÀ”
“”””Cà A_n]nÔ
“”””C¶s` ^m{Sn C]mÄ CknsX D*m]n^p¶ntÃ?”
“”””CknsX D*m]n^p¶p F¦n Mm³ A_n]pw F¶v b_]ntà hm_ntWmXv?”
b¨ sS_n]m\v Wm¡n k^p¶Sv. Zn Kn bn ]psX hÀ¡p`À HmÀ¯t¸mÄ Nt{*mÄ sI]vSp.
^tfl³ CXsb«p. “”””sNmt¨… A_n]mkp¶ Nm^y§Ä sbs«¶v b_ªm M§Ä¡pw dp²nfp«nà sNm¨nWpw dp²nfp«nÃ. Ck³ C¶s` ^m{Sn CknsX k¶p F¶pÅSnWv M§apsX N¿n sfmssd s`mt¡g³ s_t¡mÀZv D*v”
In{S tfl¸p_t¯¡v ssNfp«pNÄ Du¶n fpt¶m«mªn^p¶v b_ªp. “”””CknsX? Cu fp_n¡pÅn k¶p F¶mt\m s_t¡mÀZv? H^mÄ bp_¯pÅ t_mZnt`m bmXt¯m k¶n^p¶m`pw Cu s`mt¡g³ Asà Nm\n¡pN?”
“”””Hmtim… sNm¨p bYn¨n«p k¶n^n¡]m\tÃ? Wns¶ sNm*p b_]n¸n¡m³ M§Ä¡_n]mw” ^tflsâ lÐw NW¯p. “”””Cu tcmt«m]n DÅk³ C¶s` ^m{Sn I¯p. I¯Sà sNm¶p. AStWzgn¡m³ B\v M§Ä CknsX k¶Sv. sNm¶Sv Wo]ms\¶_n]mw. F´nWv? F§sW ? F¶p fm{Sw b_ªm fSn”
AkÄ lm´fm] fpOt¯msX ^tflsW tWm¡n b_ªp “”””fnÌÀ HmcohÀ… b_]n¸n¡mw F¶v Wà Bßknlzmhw Wn§Ä¡ps*¦n Wn§Ä¡v ASnWp {lfn¡mw. bt£ FWn¡n]msa A_n]nà F¶v Mm³ b_ªmÂ… ASp Ss¶]m\v Fsâ D¯^w”
“”””FXo… kWnSm sbm`ohv Cs¸m k^pw. Wns¶ tÌgWn sNm*p tbm]n Sp\n]nÃmsS WnÀ¯n N^]n¨nsæn Fsâ tb^v F Fhv– sF ^tfl³ F¶Ã”
BkÄ b_ªp, “”””tb^v b_ªSp W¶m]n. Cu kn^«v Wn§Ä kà bmkw hv{SoNtamXpw sI`km¡q fnÌÀ. Fs¶ Cu bXn¡v bp_t¯¡v sNm*p tbmN\w F¦n Wn§apsX N¿n sSankv tk\w. B^psXs]¦n`pw sfmssd s`mt¡g³ fSn]mknà ASnWv F¶v Mm³ Wn§Ä¡v b_ªp St^*tÃm?”
Mm³ AkÀ ^*p tb^psX]pw hwemg\w NuSpNt¯msX tN«n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AktamXv– Gäpfp«n fWÊp SaÀ¶ ^tfl³ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. “”””hms_´m H¶pw fn*mSn^n¡p¶Sv?”
Mm³ ^tflsW tWm¡n H¶p bp©n^n¨ tlgw b_ªp “”””Mm³ F´p fn*mWm… tZmÎÀ sNm¨p b_]p¶Sn Nm^yfntÃ… B dndnWpfm]n tZmÎs_ N\Îv sI¿mWpÅ F´p sSankm ^tftl«sâ N¿n`pÅSv?”
^tfl³ Fs¶ hwl]t¯msX H¶p tWm¡n. bns¶ B b^p¡³ fpO¯v NuSpNw Wn_ª H^p NphrSn sSanªp k¶p. Mm³ ^tflsâ N®pNan tWm¡n Fsâ ^*p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®pNapw AX¨p Sp_¶p.
“”””tZmÎÀ bX sk«n N]_pN]tà ^tftl«m… Wn§Ä C§sW SX]tÔ F¶n«p Mm³ In{Ss] tWm¡n Fsâ sfmssd tcm\nsâ Pm`_n Sp_¶v, H^p koZnt]m Hm¸\v sI]vSv Aksa Nm\n¨p. In{S]psX fpO¯p Wn¶v H^p fm{S sNm*v Koksâ IqXv fmªp tbm]n. AkÄ Fsâ sfmssd hv{NoWnt`¡v tWm¡n hvSÏ]m]n C^p¶p. fpjpkWpw Nm\n¡msS Mm³ sfmssd bn³k`n¨p ^tflsâ N¿n sNmXp¯p. A]mÄ B koZnt]m tWm¡n. H^p B\pw sb®pw tIÀs¶Xp¯ hzNm^y Wnfng§apsX H^p 3 fnWn«pÅ koZnt]m. In{S]pw dndnWpw-! {c©v NnÊn SpX§n, km]ns`Xp¸p ks^ F¯p¶ H^p Infn«³ sFäw. “”””^s*®w NqXn D*v.. ssÉZv sI]vSp tWm¡v tI«m”. bns¶ Hs^®w AkÀ ^*p tb^pw NqXn Npan¡p¶Spw fq¶mft¯Sv In{S Aksâ bp_¯p N]_n C^p¶p sbmSn¡p¶Spw. Wà ss`äpÅ FJv Zo koZnt]mNÄ. AkÄ A_n]msS FXp¯n«pÅSms\¦n`pw fpO§Ä kas^ kyàw.
Wo* koZnt]mNÄ HmXn¨p N* ^tfl³ In{Ss] tWm¡n Ip*p NXn¨p… “”Wo sNmÅmftÃmXo tfmta… Ck³ Wns¶ C{Ss]ms¡ sI]vSn«pw WnW¡v CksW A_n]nà AtÃ? … ASp tbms«… hm_nWv CtSknXp¶p Nn«n?”
bns¶ b_]mw F¶p Mm³ BwPyw Nm«n , In{St]mXv b_ªp. “”””At¸m F§Wm fmZw… b_ªp SpX§pktÃ?”
In{S H¶pw fn*msS S` Np¼n«n^p¶p.
“”””tk\sf¦n k¡o`nsW knant¨maq” ^tfl³ b_ªp.
“”””tk*” In{S D_¨ hz^¯n b_ªp.
bp_¯v H^p Hmt«m k¶p Wn¶p. ASn Wn¶pw tNm\vÌdnÄ hnÔp C_§n ¢nWn¡nWv– ANt¯¡v N]_n k¶p. H¸w ftigpw.
In{S FÃmks^]pw H¶p tWm¡n. “”””Mm³ Ss¶]m\v dndnsW sNm`s¸Xp¯n]Sv. Mm³ Npäw h½Sn¡p¶p” AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Npäw h½Sn¡p¶Sv sNm*m]nÃtÃm tZmÎt_…”” ^tfl³ b_ªp. .. “”””F´nWv Ft¸mÄ FknsX F§sW Fs¶Ãmw knlUfm]n b_]\w”
“”””NqXpS H¶pw FWn¡v b_]mWnÃ. Wn§Ä Ss¶ b_tªmaq. Mm³ h½Sn¡mw”
^tfl³ Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ bp_t¯¡n_§n tcms\Xp¯v hn sF s] knan¨p Nm^y§Ä FÃmw knlUoN^n¨p. At±iw Ft¶mXv b_ªp, “”””Wkmhv… C{S sbs«¶v Ss¶ H^p ÌmânwPv _nhÄ«v D*m¡n]Sv kas^ Wà Nm^yw Ss¶]m\v. Npä h½Sw DÅSv sNm*v A_hv_v t^Os¸Xp¯mWpw SXÊfnÃ. bt£ hvtbm«n Wn¶v `en¨ N¯n]n DÅ Chim¡nsâ cnwPÀ{bnâv H^p N¬cypg³ Bs\¦n ASp NqXn H¶p Nv–ao]À sI]vS tlgw A_hv_v t^Os¸Xp¯n]m fSn. S¡m`w tZmÎs_ Nq«n tÌgWnt`¡v sbm]vt¡maq. sk¨p Smfhn¸n¡*. hv{So]m\v. {l±n¡\w. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ctfmg\Â s{dNv Zu\v D*mkm³ Akh^w D*m¡^pSv.”
“”””sl^n hÀ.. fWÊn`m]n”
“”””Wkmhv… Chim¡v– S^NsW NÌZn]n FXpt¯maq. tbm]nâv– Xp tbm]nâv A]msa tImUyw sI¿\w. A]mÄ¡v SoÀ¨]m]pw CSn b¦p*mkpw F¶m\v FWn¡v tSm¶p¶Sv. H^p sb®v Hä]v¡nSp sI¿pkmWpÅ hmVyS kas^ Np_km\v”
“”””hÀ… A§sW sI¿mw”
“”””fsäs´¦n`pw kntlgw Ds*¦n knan¡v. CknsX hn F½nsâ H^p b^nbmXn D*v C¶v ^m{Sn. ASp sNm*v FWn¡n¶v k^m³ Njn]nÃ. bns¶, CWn CSn k`n] tNmw¹nt¡g³hv D*mNpw F¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ. F´p Nm^yw Ds*¦n`pw Wkmhv Fs¶ knant¨maq”
“”””hÀ.. HmsN hÀ”
“”””bns¶… skÂZ³ Wkmhv. Nobv Cäv Abv. tNhv W¶m]n Ss¶ s{c]nw sI¿\w. tNmXSn]n Wfp¡v £o\w D*mk^pSv tNt«m”
“”””hÀ.. Sm¦v ]q hÀ… W¶m]n sI¿mw hÀ.”
hn sF tcm\v sk¨t¸mÄ Mm³ hpVo_nsW knan¨p Chim¡v S^Nsâ Nm^yw AtWzgn¨p
hpVoÀ b_ªp “”””fm^N tNmfZn B\v hmÀ… S^N³ Wmsa fpSÂ Wn^mim^w NnX¡m³ tbmNpkm W½psX tbm`ohv tÌg³ bXn¡Â… sNm`]mans] N*pbnXn¡m¯ tbm`ohv AWmØs¡Sns^”
“”””AXnsbman! Bant¸m FknsX D*v?”
“”””tÌg³ WX]n Ss¶ D*v. Wmas¯¡pÅ H^p¡§Ä sI¿m³… b´`pw fäpw”
“”””Wo A]mtamXv ANt¯¡v N]_n Fsâ fp_n]n C^p¶v kn{lfn¡m³ b_]v. M§Ä Ct¸m F¯mw.”
“”””AknsX´m]n hmÀ”
“”””k¶n«p b_]msfXm”
Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n In{S]psX Ipf`n ssN sk¨p b_ªp “”””]q BÀ A*À A_Ìv Wu. M§Äs¡m¸w k^q”
FÃmk^pw bp_¯n_§n. hnÔp In{S]psX ssN¯*]n frUpkm]n bnXn¨n«p*v. ftigv Ko¸v tÌäv sI]vSp. bp_t¯¡v k¶ `£vfn, ¢nWnNv bq«n Smt¡m In{S]psX N¿nt`¡v sNmXp¯t¸mÄ ^tfl³ ASp km§n. In{S]pw hnÔpkpw ^tflWpw Ko¸nsâ bn¶n N]_n. Mm³ fp¶n`pw. Ko¸v tÌgWnt`¡v Sn^n¨p.
Ko¸n`n^ns¡ Mm³ In{St]mXv Chim¡v S^NsW A_n]ptfm F¶p tImUns¨¦n`pw AkÄ Fsâ tImUy¯nWv f_pbXn H¶pw S¶nÃ. Mm³ WnÀdÔn¨nÃ.
tÌgWn F¯n]t¸mÄ Chim¡v S^N³ Fsâ fp_n]n C^p¶v hpVo_ntWmXv Npl`w b_]pN]m\v. Mm³ tWs^ N]_n A]mapsX AXp¯pÅ Nth^]n C^p¶v–, tbm¡än Wn¶v tcms\Xp¯v, tbm`ohnWv Nn«n] N¯n]psX tcmt«m Chim¡nsW Nm\n¨p. A]mÄ¡v sM«Â Han¸n¡pkm³ NjnªnÃ. hÀss{bhv F`sfâv Wãs¸XmsS C^n¡m³ tk*n]m\v Mm³ H^p km¡v tbm`pw fn*msS A]msa B In{Sw Nm\n¨Sv. AtSäp. bs£ sbs«¶v Ss¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpOw hzmemknNfm¡n A]mÄ tImUn¨p. “”””F´m hmt_ CSv?”
Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n bpÑt¯msX H¶p In^n¨n«v fp_n¡v bp_¯n_§n. At¸mtj¡pw ^tflWpw hnÔpkpw NqXn In{Ss] AN¯pÅ fp_n]n C^p¯n]n^p¶p. hnÔpknsW]pw tNm¬ÌdnÄ Kn¡ntfmta]pw In{S]v¡p Nmk WnÀ¯n ^tfl³ Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”””hmt_ S^N³…?”
“”””Ak³ b_]pw. Nps_ Nan¨nt« b_]q. bNv–tg Nan¡m³ Wfp¡v hf]w CÃ. ^tftl«³ Aksâ AXpt¯s¡m¶p sIÃv. tkPw tk\w. b_]m_mkpt¼mÄ Fs¶ knan¡v. C¶p ^m{Sn A`vbw sskNn B]m`pw hm^fnÃ. C¶v Ss¶ A_hv_v t^Os¸Xp¯\w”
^tflWv Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n. Wmat¯¡v sk¨mÂ, fpNan DÅ GsS¦n`pw hm_·mt^ CSnsâ s{NZnäv– ssiKm¡v sI¿pw. W½Ä Nãs¸«Sv sk_psS BNpw.^tfl³ bns¶ H¶pw Bt`mIn¨nÃ. Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n Chim¡v S^Nsâ sIkn¡Ãp tWm¡n Hs^®w sbm«n¨p. S^N³ sIkn]pw sbm¯n S_]nt`¡v ko\p.
“”””SÃtà ^tflm… ^tfl³ hmt_… SÃtÃ… Mm³ b_]mw” S^Nsâ km¡pNÄ tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n . hpVoÀ A]msa bnXns¨jpt¶`vbn¨p Nth^]n C^p¯n. H^p Nth^ k`n¨v A]mÄs¡Sns^ C«p MmWpw C^p¶p.
S^N³ b_ªp… “”hmt_ hm_v Nm\n¨ tcmt«m]n DÅ N¯n FtâSv Ss¶]m. bs£ C¶s` ASv FknsXt]m Wãs¸«p. Mm³ A^]n Sn^pNn sk]v¡m_pÅ N¯n]m. C¶s` ko«n Sn^nsN F¯n]t¸mÄ ASp Nm\mWnÃ. Mm³ b_]p¶Sv hSyfm hmt_. GksW¦n`pw ASp sk¨p kà tk*mUoWkpw Nm\nt¨m hmt_?”
hpVoÀ A]mtamXv b_ªp “”””F]v– … tk*mUoWw H¶pw Nm\n¨nÃ! C¶s` km^n¡pjn]n NnX¶p f`¨k³ Cu N¯n sNm*m f^n¨Sv. A¨m]sâ ssXw-! CWn Cs¸m Wn^mim^w H¶pw NnX¡*. S^N³ A¨m]³ Ss¶]m H¶mw {bSn”
“”””hmt_-! ISn¡tÔ S^N³ sW©¯p ssN sk¨p tbm]n “”””I¯k³ B^ms\¶p tbm`pw FWn¡v Cu Wnfngw ks^ A_n]¯nÃ. FWn¡_n]m¯ H^p¯sW MmsW´nWm hmt_ sNmÃpt¶?”
Mm³ b_ªp… “”Sm³ H¶p HmÀ¯p tWm¡nt]… N¯n FknsXsk¨m Ft¸mam Wãs¸«Sv F¶v”
“”””hSyfm]pw FWnt¡mÀ½ Cà hmt_”
Mm³ Fjpt¶äv S^NsW]pw Nq«n In{S C^p¶ fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p.
“”””tZmÎt_… fn*mSn^p¶n«p Nm^yfnÃ. NTs]ms¡ M§Ä Ss¶ D*m¡ns¡mÅmw. Wo]pw Chim¡v S^NWpw {bSnNamkpw. ^*nWpw fnWnfw H^p Kokb^y´w km§n S^m³ H^p bmXpfnà FWn¡v”
Chim¡v S^N³ Wn`knan¨p tbm]n “”””At¿m CSm tZmÎ^v sNm¨tÃ…? Fsâ sbm¶p hm_½ms^ FWn¡v CSnsW¸än H¶pf_n]¯nÃ. sNmt¨… Wos]¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶p b_… Fs¶ F´nWm sNm`]v¡v sNmXp¡p¶Sv? Mm³ WnW¡v F´p t{Umiw sI]v–sSXo tfmta?”
In{S Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n b_ªp
“”””A]mÄ¡v H¶pw A_n]nÃ. H^p b¦pfnÃ. Mm³ FÃmw b_]mw”
hpVo_pw Kn¡ntfmapw NqXn Chim¡nsW bp_t¯¡p sNm*p tbm]n. fp_n]n MmWpw ^tflWpw hnÔpkpw fm{Sfm]n In{St]msXm¸w.
In{S b_ªp,
“”””dndnsW FWn¡v boKn ¡p bYn¡p¶ Nmw fpSÂt¡ A_n]mw. sfZn¡Â s_bv Bs\¶v b_ªm\v Fs¶ b^nI]s¸«Sv. Aksâ huµ^ykpw BNÀgNfm] sb^pfmäkpw Hs¡ Nm^\w sbs«¶v Ss¶ M§Ä {b\]¯n B]n. FÃm AÀT¯n`pw M§Ä AXp¯p. bs£ Ak³ Fs¶ ISn¡pN]m]n^p¶p F¶p Mm³ bn¶oXm\v A_nªSv. Ft¶msXm¯pÅ koZnt]mhv Ak³ MmW_n]msS hq£n¨n^p¶p. ASp Nm\n¨v Ak³ Fs¶ dvamNvsf]n sI¿pkm³ SpX§n. b\¯nWp tk*n b`À¡pw Ak³ Fs¶ NmjvIsk¨p. F_\mNpa¯v A_n]s¸Xp¶ H^p bn¼v B]n^p¶p dndn³.” In{S]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. hnÔp H^p ¥mhv skÅw FXp¯p sNmXp¯t¸mÄ AkÄ ASv NpXn¨p. H¶p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p tlgw SpXÀ¶p.
“”””H^p kÀgt¯maw Ak³ ASp SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ Nm`p bnXn¨tb£n¨n«pw A]mÄ bn·m_n]nÃ. koZnt]mhv sWän CXpw F¶p b_ªt¸mÄ AksW AWph^n¡msS FWn¡v tks_ kjn]p*m]n^p¶nÃ.

H^p Unkhw Mm³ Wm«n Wn¶pw F_\mNpat¯¡v s{X]nWn tbmNpt¼mÄ H^msa b^nI]s¸«p. Mm³ Fsâ knVn HmÀ¯p Wn^ml]m] Mm³ s{X]nWn Wn¶p ImXn BßiSy sI¿m³ Sp\nªt¸mÄ ssUkUqSsW tbms` ¶v Fs¶ ssN bnXn¨p KoknS¯nt`¡v fX¡n sNm*p k¶ B fWpgyWm\v Fs¶ dndnsâ ssNNan Wn¶v tfmIn¸n¨Sv”
“”””F§sW? B^m]n^p¶p A]mÄ?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Mm³ Smfhn¨n^p¶ cv–amänt`¡v At±iw b_ª {bNm^w Mm³ dndnsW knan¨p k^p¯n. Fsâ {bSnNm^w Mm³ WX¸n`m¡n. AkWp Mm³ D_¡¯n shtZg³ sNmXp¯ tlgw AkWp boWÎfn sI]vSp `nwPw fp_n¨p fmän!”
“”22 cosf]n sF^mkS¡pjn’ Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp. Fsâ `nÌn DÅ hN`fmW tWjvhpfms^]pw t`Zn tZmÎÀfms^]pw As¸m Ss¶ sk«n fmän. BsN¸msX DÅSv H^p Np®]m\v–. ASp N^¡m^p sNm*ptbm]m bns¶ Kokn¨n^p¶n«p Nm^yfnÃtÃm. tZmÎÀ godm tKm\nsWs]m¶pw knlzhn¡m³ bänÃ. Np® fm{Sw Bknà sbm`]mXn A_pt¯m*v tbm\Sv-!
^tfl³ AktamXv– tImUn¨p, “”””Wo Cu “”At±iw At±iw’ F¶p b_]p¶ tUi¯nWp tb^ntÃ?”

“”””fmÌÀ !” In{S b_ªp

“”””fmÌt_m? AsSms¡ H^p tb^mt\m? ]TmÀ° tb^v b_s]Xo” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^tfl³ ko*pw.
“”””fmÌÀ Ft¶ FWn¡_n]q. At±iw B^ms\t¶m F´p sI¿p¶p Ft¶m GSp Wm«pNm^³ Bs\t¶m FWn¡_n]nÃ.Cu hwek¯nWp tlgw AkWp tdmVw k¶t¸mÄ fmÌÀ Ss¶]m\v AksW Nm^y§saÃmw V^n¸n¨Sv. Aksâ tJUn¨ `nwPw {bnhÀkv sI]vSSpw AksW timhvbnä`n F¯n¨Spw fmÌÀ B\v. CWn H^n¡`pw Fs¶ Nm\m³ {lfn¡^psS¶pw AktWmXp b_ªn^p¶p At±iw”
“”””F{S Wmam]n Cu hwekw WX¶n«v?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””fq¶^ kÀgfm]n.” AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Ct¸mjpw fmÌ_pfm]n AXp¸w Ds*m WnW¡v?”
“”””D*v. tNm*mÎv sI¿m_p*v At±iw”
“”””C{S Wmam]n«pw WnW¡v A]mapsX ]TmÀT tb^_n]ntÃ?”
“”””Mm³ b`k«w tImUn¨n«p*v. bNv–tg At±iw b_]nÃ. At±iw Ft¶mXv b_ªn^p¶p Fs¶¦n`pw dndn³ CSnWp {bSnNm^w sI¿m³ k^psf¶v. fmÌÀ b_ªSp {bNm^w B\v Mm³ Cu Wm«nWvbp_¯p Ss¶ H^p ¢nWn¡pfm]n HSp§n NqXn]Sv. WjvhnRv timw SpX§pkm³ FÃm him]§apw sI]vSp S¶Spw At±ifm\v”
“”””hm¼¯nNw?”
“”””AtS”
“”””H^p Nm^ykpfnÃmsS H^mÄ Wns¶ F´nWp C{S]pw him]n¡\w?”
“”””At±iw F¶n Wn¶pw Sn^nsN {bSo£n¡p¶ Ht^ H^p Nm^yw Mm³ bmk§Ä¡v tk*n Cu WjvhnRv timw WX¯\w F¶pÅSp fm{Sw B\v”
^tflsâ £f sN«p. “”””ASv F¶m¦n`pw Bks«. Cs¸m F´nWm AksW sNm¶Sv? sNmÃ\fm]n^p¶p F¦n A*n sk«n] Unkhw Ss¶ AksW S«n¡a]m³ tf`m]n^pt¶m”
In{S ASnWp f_pbXn WÂNn]nÃ. AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”””Wm`p Unkh§Ä¡p fp³bv Ak³ Fsâ WjvhnRv timfn k¶p. B hwekw Njnªv 2 kÀgt¯maw Ak³ {Xoävsf³än B]n^p¶p F¶pw AkWnt¸mÄ H^p bpSn] fWpgy³ Bs\¶pw ASnWp Wµn b_]pkmWpw sI]vS sSäpNÄ¡v fm¸v b_]pkmWpw k¶Sms\¶pw b_ªp. AkWv fmÌs_ tW^n Nm\\w F¶pw Ak³ b_ªp. FWn¡v fmÌs_ At§m«v tNm*mÎv sI¿m³ Njn]nÃ. At±ifm\v Fs¶ Nm\m³ k^m_pÅSv. tcm¬ knan¨m`pw At±iw sWäv NmÄ fm{Stf sI¿m_pÅq. Mm³ CsSÃmw b_ªn«pw Ak³ knlzhn¨nÃ. C¶s` ^m{Sn Ak³ ko*pw k¶p…. Ak³ H^`vbw tbm`pw fm_n]n«nsöpw Fsâ KoknSw Ak³ ko*pw H^p W^Nw B¡pw F¶pw FWn¡p_¸m]n^p¶p. AkWp Mm³ fUy¯n N`À¯n sNmXp¯p. tdmV^inSWm] AksW Mm³ Ss¶]m\v N¯n sNm*v Np¯n sNm¶Sv. N^an`pw, sW©n`pw, Njp¯n`pw. tks_ kjn CÃm]n^p¶p Fsâ fp¶nÂ. tdmZn Nm_n N]än Mm³ Ss¶]m\v N`p¦nsâ AXp¯pÅ km^n¡pjn]n sNm*p tbm]n NaªSv.”
AXnsbman NT! CSp knlzhn¡\w F¦n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ kÃ…. F´m]m`pw tk*o` , tbm`ohpNm^³ Bk^pSm]n^p¶p.
Mm³ AktamXv– bns¶ SÀ¡n¡pkm³ Wn¶nÃ. H¶p fm{Sw tImUn¨p, “”””tZmÎÀ b_ªsSÃmw Mm³ skÅw sSmXmsS knjp§m³ S¿mÀ. Hä]vs¡m^p sb®v H^p¯sW sNm¶p sNm*p tbm]n kjn]n Naªp Fs¶ms¡ Mm³ knlzhn¡mw. Hä tImUyw… WnWs¡knXp¶p Nn«n, Chim¡v S^Nsâ N¯n?”
In{S]n H^p b^p§Â Mm³ {bSo£n¨p F¦n`pw ASp*m]nÃ. AkÄ b_ªp. “”””Mm³ AknsX tdmZn Dtb£n¨p k^m³ tk*n fm{Sw B\v tbm]Sv. Bsamjnª Ø`w B]Sp sNm*m\v bp¯³ tNm« N`p¦nsâ AXpt¯¡v tbm]Sv. Mm³ Nm^v WnÀ¯n ]t¸mÄ Chim¡v S^N³ B t_mZn`qsX WX¶p kXp¶Sv N*p. A]mÄ fp*jn¨p sN«n]t¸mÄ A^]n Wn¶pw Smsj ko\Sm\v B N¯n. A]mÄ fUy `i^n]n B]n^p¶p F¶v tSm¶n. A]mÄ tbm]n Njnªm\v Mm³ tdmZn Dtb£n¨Sv. A]mapsX N¯n FXp¡pkm³ FWn¡v Dt±lyw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. bNv–tg ASn H^p cnwPÀ {bnâv Ds*¦n tbm`ohnsW Np_¨p Wmsas¡¦n`pw kjn Sn^n¨p knXmw F¶p Mm³ N^pSn.”
“”””C¶s` ^m{Sn F{S f\n¡m Wo frStUiw AknsX sNm*p tbm]n«Sv?”
“”””12 f\n Njnªp”
“”””sk«ns]Xp¯ fq¡pw sIknNapw?”
“”””ASp Mm³ Sn^nsN k^p¶ kjn b©kXn bm`¯nWp fpNan Wn¶v bpj]nt`s¡_nªp”
“”””sNm` sI¿m³ Dbt]mPn¨ B]pVw?”
“”””H^p N¯n B]n^p¶p. ASpw Mm³ bpj]nt`¡v Ss¶ F_nªp.”
Nn«m³ dp²nfp«m\v. bpj]n Wà Hjp¡pÅ hf]fm\v.
MmWpw ^tflWpw bp_t¯¡n_§n. ko*pw ChimNv S^Nsâ AXps¯¯n.
^tfl³ b_ªp “”””S^Nm, fWpgysW sfWs¡Xp¯n¡^pSv–. C¶s` Wo bp¯³tNm« N`p¦nsâ AXp¯v FknsXs]¦n`pw tbmt]m?”
S^N³ H¶p bSp§n… ImXn Fjpt¶äv ^tflsâ N¿n bnXn¨p… “”At¿m hmt_… tbm]n^p¶p… ^m{Sn… Mm³… hmt_ Wmän¡^pSv… Mm³ W½psX kWnSm sf¼À hpfm_m\n]psX ko«n H¶p tbm]n^p¶p”
“”””ASnWp hpf_m\n e^\ N£n sfwd_tà ? AknsX B hf]¯v C]mÄs¡´m Nm^yw?” Mm³ At§t^mXv tImUn¨p
Chim¡v Wm\t¯msX S` NpWn¨p… “” bgv–Xv! As¸m lXm¦nWv tbm]Sm\v” ^tfl³ b_ªp.

Mm³ ^tfltWmXv hpfm_m\ns] Ct§ms«m¶p knan¸n¡m³ b_ªp. sSankpw FXp¡mw…. hpf_m\n Nm\m³ Ss¶ H^p H¶^ `p¡v B\v. skXnf^p¶p tbms`m^p sFäw. N*m Ss¶ Np® sbm«n sS_n¨p tbmkpw. thmf_m\n , sNmS _m\n, tfm`_m\n, sNmS_m\n, sSmX_m\n Fs¶ms¡ b` b` tb^pNan Wm«ns` bp^pg·mÀ¡nX]n A_n]s¸Xp¶ H^p Kokn]m\v B N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmVN¯nX¼v… sW©p bnX]v¡p¶p-!

^tfltWmXv Fcv sF BÀ S¿m_m¡m³ b_ªn«v Mm³ ho sF s] knan¨v A_Ìv t^Os¸Xp¯pkm³ tbmNp¶ Nm^yw b_ªp. At±iw AWpkmUw S¶p. Np_¨p tW^w Njnªt¸mÄ _q_ Fhv bn e^SvI{µ³ hm_pw NaÎÀ tKmhcv A`Nv–hv hm_pw tW^n«p knan¨v AWptfmUn¨p. sI_n] Nm^yfà Fs¶ tbms` H^p Fhv sFs] hwdÔn¨v. Hä Unkhw sNm*v tNhv sSan]n¡p¶Sv tN^am sbm`ohnWv bpSpfs]m¶pw Asæn`pw sF^mkS¡pjn tbms`m^p hn t{PZv tÌgWn Wn¶pw A¯^¯n H^p Fcngy³hn fpNan C^n¡p¶kÀ {bSo£n¡m_nÃ. Fsâ hÀkohv dp¡n H^p k`n] fpS¡q«m\v Cu tNhv. {bSn Npä h½Sw WX¯n]Sv k`n] H^akn M§sa him]n¨n«pw D*v.
C§sW Hmt^m¶p In´n¨n^n¡ptdmÄ Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v hpfm_m\ns]]pw Nq«n tNm\vÌdnÄ Kn¡ntfmÄ k¶p. Hm_©p hm^n]n Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶ sNmSn¸n¡p¶ fmVNSzkpw Nmf^hw Spap¼p¶ B`hyw bq* N®pNapw N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ A*n S^n¨p. Sos^ sI_n] ssNNapÅ C_pNn] Wo` »uhn Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶ fp`NapsX Im`v hpSm^yfm] hm^n]n NqXn kyàfm]n Nm\mw. ASptbms` Ss¶ fX¡pNÄ kojm¯ b^¶ k]_pw Wà kymhfpÅ BjfpÅ sbm¡napw. AkÄ hm^n DXp¯n^n¡p¶Sv Wm\w f_]v¡m³ Bt\m AtSm l^o^w {bUÀln¸n¡mWmt\m F¶p Mm³ In´n¨p. Ip½mSà Ft¸mjpw C`£Wn K]n¡p¶Sv. SpXÀ¨]m]n fq¶mw Sk\]m\v b©m]¯p sf¼À BNp¶Sv. KWthkW¯n DÅ fnXp¡v sNms*m¶pw AÃ. AkÄ ssN bnXn¨v tkm«p tImUn¨m sNmXp¡mSn^n¡m³ B\m]n bn_¶ H^p¯Wp Njn]nÃ. FSnÀ ØmWmÀTn tbm`pw CkÄ¡v tkm«p sI¿pw F¶m\v N^¡¼n.
Kn¡n tfmtamXv tbmNm³ b_ªp. C^n¡m³ b_ªnà hpf_m\nt]mXv. AknsX Wn¡s«. cpÄ sshhn Nm\mftÃm AkapsX NXsªXp¯ sW]v tfWn. Wà kn^nkpÅ A^s¡«pw tSmapNapw. hvss{S\S Np_ªsS¦n`pw NXn fpän] fpOemkw. F{S k`n] Np®s]]pw sbmSnªp bnXn¡m³ Njn]p¶ k`n], Wn_kpÅ Ip*pNÄ. bnXn¨p km]n sNmXp¡m³ tSm¶nt¸m]n.

Fsâ tWm«w BhzUn¨p Ss¶]m\v bq_n]psX Wn¸v.

NqXpSÂ BhzUn¡m³ hf]fnÃ. tWs^ Nm^y¯nt`¡v NX¶p.
“”””C¶s` ^m{Sn Chim¡v S^N³ Wn§apsX ko«n k¶n^pt¶m?”
“”””DÆv hmt_” AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””F´nWm k¶sS¶v tImUn¡p¶nÃ. Ak³ Ft¸mjm tbm]Sv?”
“”””12 f\n B]n¡m\pw hmt_. Np_¨p ^m{ão] Nm^y§Ä IÀ¨ sI¿mWm k¶Sv. fj D*m]n^p¶p. ASm bpÅn tbmNm³ Smfhn¨Sv”
Mm³ bp©n^n¨p sNm*p tImUn¨p, “”””CWn fj sb¿pt¼mÄ MmWpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^t«? Fs´¦n`pw IÀ¨ sI¿mw Wfp¡pw” Mm³ AkapsX N®pNan tWm¡n Ip*p NXn¨p
AkÄIn^n¨p
“”””hpf_m\n Hä]v¡t\m Smfhw?”
“”””Aà hmt_… eÀ¯mkp*v. fNÄ bm`m]n`m. F³{X³hv sNm¨n§nWv… AknsX timÌ`n Wn¶p bYn¡p¶p”
“”””eÀ¯mkv ko«n DÅt¸mjmt\m IÀ¨s]ms¡?”
“”””C¶s` At§^nÃm]n^p¶p hmt_. SrÈq^v tbm]Sm. C¶v Nm`¯m\v k¶Sv”
“”””Hm… Ct§m«n^n” Mm³ Nth^ Iq*n b_ªp. AkÄ AkapsX kn^nªp SÅn] sNmSw Nth^]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n.
“”””C¶v ^mkns` AknsX H^p¯³ I¯p NnX¶Sv A_nªntÃ?”
“”””A_nªp hmt_”
“”””^m{Sn Fs´¦n`pw lÐtfm ftäm tN«m]n^pt¶m?”
“”””CÃ hmt_”
“”””HmsN… AsSÃmw tbms«… Mm³ Sp_¶§p tImUn¡mw. hpf F´nWm Cu Nnak³ S^NWpfm]n sI¿pt¶, IÀ¨? W½sams¡ Cu Wm«n CtÃ? C]msas¡m*p WnW¡v F´mkmWm?”
AkÄ ASv Sos^ {bSo£n¨nÃ.
“”””FknsX sk¨p N*m`pw Mm³ hpfs] tWm¡pw. W½sa H¶p ssf³Zv sI¿¯p tbm`pw CÃtÃm”
“”””hm_v tWm¡p¶Sv MmWpw N*n«p*v.” AkÄ Wm\t¯msX b_ªp.
“”””Chim¡v C¶s` Wns¶ sl^n¡pw Snt¶m?”
“”””t¿m hmt_..”
“”””b_s]Xo… Wfpt¡m emPyfnÃ. N*k³ sI]vS NTs]¦n`pw H¶p tNÄ¡s«”
“”””hmt_… At§s^ sNm*v H¶pw WX¡s¯m¶pw CÃ. sSm«pw f\¸n¨pw C^p¶n«v tbmNpw. b©m]¯p Nm^y§ans`ms¡ H^p DbNm^n B]Sp sNm*v hin¡p¶Sm. tbm^m¯SnWv C¶s` Wà cnäpw B]n^p¶p. Wm`p Nm`n`m tbm]Sv. hSyw b_ªm ^mkns` H^p¯³ I¯p NnX¡p¶p F¶p tN«t¸mÄ A]mav km^n¡pjn]n ko\p I¯p F¶m Mm³ knIm^n¨Sv”
“”””A]mav tbm]t¸mÄ fj D*m]n^pt¶m?”
Mm³ Fjpt¶äv AkÄ C^p¶ Nth^¡Xp¯p sI¶v, tfl¸p_t¯¡v N]_n C^p¶p. Fsâ dq«n« Nm`p sNm*v AkapsX sNmjp¯ NmÂk®]n H¶p hvbÀln¨p. hpf Nm`p fmän]nÃ.
“”””CÃ hmt_. bp_¯p tPäv ks^ MmWm sNm*m¡n]Sv. AknXp¶v WX¶p tbm]n”
“”””tbmNp¶Sv Wo Nt*m?” tImUn¨p sNm*v Mm³ AkapsX D^p* ssN¯*]n`qsX kn^ Sp¼v Cj¨p. AkapsX ssNNan f\`p km^n]n«Sv tbms` t^mfm©w D*m]Sv Mm³ sNmSnt]msX N*p.
“”””Mm³ tWm¡n Wn¶p hmt_. bs£ Np_¨p WX¶n«v A]mÄ Sn^nªp tWm¡n fp*v– Ajn¨p Nm\n¨p Fs¶. bns¶]pw Mm³ AknsX Wn¶m A]mav tbmknÃ. ASp sNm*p Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n NSNX¨p. ASpfÃ, AknsX H^p Nm_v NnX¸p*m]n^p¶p. ASn C^p¶kÀ N*p Nm\pw S^N³ tI«³ fp*jn¨p Nm\n¨Sv. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASp sNm*pw NqXn]m Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n]Sv. b^nI]fpÅ Bs^¦n`pw Bs\¦n Wm\t¡XtÔ
Fsâ S`]n sNmÅn]m³ fn¶n
“”””Nm_n C^p¶]msa Wo Nt*m?”
“”””C^p«tà hmt_… fpOw N*nÔ
“”””Nm_n H^p sb®m]n^pt¶m?”
“””” ^*p tbÀ D*m]n^p¶p. H¶v H^p sb®ms\¶p tSm¶p¶p”
Fsâ Nm`pNant`¡v H^p S\p¸v A^n¨p N]_n
“”””F´m hmt_”
“”””H¶pfnÃ… hpf bns¶ F´v sI]vSp?”
“”””F´v sI¿m³… Mm³ D_§n hmt_”
“”””kn^`n«p NXn fmänt]m?”
“”””H¶p tbm hmt_”
Mm³ fpOw NpWn¨p hpf]psX sIkn¡v hfobw F¯n sfsà b_ªp. “”””W¼À S¶n«p tbm\w… ASymklyw k^pt¼mÄ Mm³ knan¡pw.”
AkÄ b_ª W¼À Mm³ sfmssd`n thkv sI]vSn«v H^p fnhv NmÄ sNmXp¯p. “”””CSm\v Fsâ W¼À. ASymklyw hpf]v¡m\v k^p¶sS¦n knan¡m³ fXn¡*”
AkÄ bp©n^n¨p
“”””F¶m fpjp¯ sNmSfmXo WnW¡v… CsSms¡ sk_psS Nnak·mÀ¡v sSm«p W¡m³ sNmXp¯p KoknSw Wln¸n¡*…””
Mm³ AkapsX ssN bnXn¨v Fsâ bmâhnWv fp¶ns` fpj]nt`¡v sk¨p. AkapsX ssN kn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AXªp NnX¶ imcv tZm_nt`¡p tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp. “”””Bs^¦n`pw Nm\pw hmt_”
“”””N*m FWn¡v f]n^m\v. WnW¡v tbXn]pt*m”
“”””hm_pÅt¸mÄ Mm³ F´v tbXn¡m³? Wfp¡v Nm\mw hmt_… Mm³ knan¡mw”
AkÄ bmâv–hv Nq«n Fsâ Np®]n H¶v AfÀ¯n. Wà d`fpÅ ssN. Mm³ AkapsX »uhnWv fpNan`qsX kn^`pNÄ HmXn¨p. kn^`n SXª {Shn¨p Wn¶ k`n] fp`sM«n bnXns¨m¶p M^Xn.
“”””ÊvÊvÊv…”” hpf_m\n]psX N®pNÄ AXªp tbm]n
Mm³ Sn^nsN Nth^]n k¶n^p¶t¸mÄ AkÄ Fjpt¶äp. Fs¶ tWm¡n BÀ¯n bnXn¸n¡p¶ H^p In^n]pw In^n¨psNm*v AkÄ Spap¼p¶ sNmSw Np`p¡n bp_t¯¡p WX¶p tbm]n.
^tfl³ N]_n k¶p. “”””hmt_… fKnhvt_«nsW knan¨n^p¶p Mm³. H¼Sp f\n Bkpw bpÅn ko«ns`¯m³. At¸mtj¡pw sNm*p sIÃm³ b_ªp {bSns]. NÌZn]n kn«p S^pw.”
Ct¸mÄ hf]w B_mNp¶sS DÅp. In{St]mXv Np_¨p Nm^y§Ä NqXn tImUn¡mWp*v. Mm³ NymdnWn Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡n_§n]t¸mÄ H^p F³coÂZv dpÅäv tbm`ohv tÌgsâ fpät¯¡v k¶p Wn¶p. Mm³ fp¶ns` {PnÃn`qsX bp_t¯¡p tWm¡n.

Wà D]^kpw H¯ SXn]pfpÅ Bt^mPykmWm] H^p ]pkmkv dpÅäv HSp¡n WnÀ¯n Ìm³Zv CXp¶Sp N*p. kr¯n]m]n A`¡n tS¨ skap¯ A^ss¡ gÀ«pw N_p¯ bmâvhpw. Nm`n Sna§p¶ N_p¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv s`SÀ gqhv. N«n fol. bsä sk«n HSp¡n] fpXn. hpfpOWm] B fWpgy³ ANt¯¡v N]_n k¶v bm_mkv Wn¶ sbm`ohpNm^tWmXv Fhv sF s] tImUn¨p.
Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n ssN D]À¯n N]_n k^m³ b_ªp. Fs´¦n`pw b^mSn]pfm]n k¶SmNpw. A]mÄ Fsâ fp¶n k¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p sNm*v ssN Nq¸n. H^p sNm¨p Np«n]psX WngvNa¦S Wn_ª bp©n^n B]n^p¶p ASv. Cu t`mNs¯ Ss¶ Nojvs¸Xp¯pkm³ Njn]pw A]mapsX Cu fWÊnsâ DÅn Wn¶p k^p¶ bp©n^n¡v Fs¶Wn¡p tSm¶n. Mm³ A_n]msS Ss¶ A]mÄ¡v H^p ihvSUmWw h½mWn¨p tbm]n.
A]mÄ Fsâ N®pNapsX Bj¯nt`¡v tWm¡n FWn¡v tgNv im³Zv S¶p. frUp`fm] bSpbSp¯ A]mapsX ssN¸¯n Fsâ Sj¼n¨ b^p¯ ssN¡pÅn sb« H^p tfQw tbms`]m\v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv. ssUk¯nsâ ssN tbms`.
“”””F´m Nm^yw?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””Fhv sF Wkmhv Ai½Uv?” frUpkm] F¶m Bßknlzmhw Spap¼p¶ lÐw.
“”””AtS”
“”””PpZv CukvWnRv hÀ… FWn¡v hm_ntWmXv H¶p hwhm^n¡\w.”
“”””k^q…”” Mm³ NymdnWnt`¡v N]_n . bn¶ms` A]mapw.
Mm³ C^p¶n«v A]mtamXv b_ªp. “”””C^n¡p”
A]mÄ C^p¶nÃ
“”””C^pt¶maq… F´m tb^v?”
“”””Fsâ tb^v {bhàfà hÀ” A]mÄ C^p¶p “”””In{Ss] FWnt¡m¶p Nm\m³ Njn]ptfm?”
“”””Wn§Ä In{S]psX?…”
“”””B^pfÃ. hm_nWv In{St]mXv H¶p b_]mtfm… fmÌÀ k¶n«p*v F¶v”
Fsâ k]än Wn¶v H^p tPmaw Njp¯nt`¡v D]À¶p k¶v H^p fm{S lzmhw SXÊs¸Xp¯n!
“”””fmÌÀ!”
Fsâ A¼^¸v N* B fWpgy³ bp©n^n¨p sNm*p b_ªp.
“”””At¸m In{S hm_ntWmXv Fs¶ Np_n¨v Ft´m b_ªn«p*v. ASp W¶m]n. fpOkp^ Hjnkm¡mftÃm”
A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p
“”””CknsX WX¶sSÃmw FWn¡_n]mw. CSntWmXNw hm_ntWmXv In{S Npäw FÃmw h½Sn¨n«p*mkpw F¶pw Mm³ {bSo£n¡p¶p. sl^n]tÃ?”
“”””AtS” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””tbm`ohv k¶mÂ, bnXn¡s¸Xpw F¶p tSm¶n]m F´p b_]pw F¶v In{S Ft¶mXv b_ªn^p¶p. bs£ hÀ, CSp sI]vSSv In{S AÃ. Mm³ fm{Sw B\v dndnsW sNm¶Spw, lkw Dtb£n¨Spw FÃmw.”
fmÌÀ bmâv–hv D]À¯n thmN-vhnWpÅn Wn¶pw s`SÀ D_]pÅ H^p N¯n bp_s¯Xp¯p tfl¸p_¯p sk¨n«v N¯n D_]n Wn¶pw Du^n. ^*n©p koSn]pw A^]Xn Woakpw DÅ H^p _mwtdm ssXbv tk« N¯n (i*nRv ssWcv).
“”””CSpbt]mPn¨m\v tNm` WX¯n]Sv. tcm_³hnNv sXÌv WX¯n]m Sm¦Ä¡Sv tdmVyw BNpw. Fs¶ Nm\\w F¶ Bklykpfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np_¨p Unkh§Ä¡v fp³bv dndn³ In{Ss] hfobn¨n^p¶p. In{S ASv Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ Ss¶]m\v C¶s` dndnsW knan¨v Wjv–hnwPv timfn k^m³ b_ªSv. f]¡p f^p¶p N`À¯n] fUyw A]msa sNm*p NpXn¸n¨Spw Cu N¯n Dbt]mPn¨v A]msa sNm¶Spw MmWm\v. lkw Dtb£n¡m³ tbm]t¸mÄ B\v H^p fWpgy³ H^p hv{Sos] tWm¡n fp*p^nªp Nm\n¡p¶Sv N*Sv. A]mapsX A^]n Wn¶pw Smsj ko\ N¯n Dbt]mPn¨v frStUi¯nsâ fq¡pw sIkn]pw A^nªSpw tbm`ohv Nm\¯¡ knV¯n B N¯n Dtb£n¨Spw MmWm\v.”
AÛpSt¯msX Mm³ A]msa tN«n^p¶p.
“”””In{S¡nSn H^p hm£n]psX b¦p fm{Stf DÅp. MmWm\v FÃmw sI]vSSv. f^nt¡*k³ Ss¶]m\v f^n¨Spw. FWn¡v NpätdmVw CÃ. In{St]mXv Mm³ b_]mw FWns¡Sns^ hm£n b_]pkm³. hm_nWv Fs¶ A_Ìv sI¿mw”
fmÌÀ Fjpt¶äv Wn¶p.
tlgw A]mÄ Ssâ sFZn NmÀZv Fs¶ Nm\n¨p. A]mapsX tb^v Fs¶ Sos^ BNÀgn¨nÃ. fmÌÀ Ss¶]m\v A]mÄ¡v– tI^p¶ tb^v.
Mm³ N*Sn sk¨v Gäkpw dp²nfmWm] Npäkman B]n^p¶nà fmÌÀ. bt£ fWÊn Gäkpw W·]pÅ Npäkman B]n^p¶p At±iw. A]mÄ AknsX k¶nÃm]n^p¶p F¦n H^pbt£ H^n¡`pw Mm³ A]msa Ns*¯pfm]n^p¶nÃ. Sq¡pf^w `en¨m`pw In{S A]mapsX b¦v M§tamXv– b_]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. A]mÄ¡v– hz´{´Wm]n F¶pw Kokn¡mfm]n^p¶p.
At±is¯ N*t¸mÄ In{S sbm«n¡^ªp tbm]n. fmÌÀ Aksa fmt_mXp tIÀ¯p.
fKnhv–t{X«nsâ AXps¯¯n ^*p tb^psX]pw ImÀKv goäv Nm\n¨p ^*p Unkht¯¡v tbm`ohv NÌZn]n km§n. Aks^ tÌgWnt`¡]¨p Mm³ ko«n F¯n dnKp but`mhnsW knan¨v dndnsâ ko«n Wn¶pw In{S]psX koZnt]m Ns*¯n FWn¡v A]¨p S¶SnWv Wµn b_ªp.
knlm`fm]n H¶p Npan¨p. fWÊp Wn_s] fmÌ_m]n^p¶p. H^pbmXv W·]pÅ B fWpgy³ FWn¡v H^n¡`pw f_¡pkm³ Njn]m¯ H^p AÛpSfm]n fm_n.
Npan Njnªp k¶p tcm¬ FXp¯p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Wm`p fnhv NmapNÄ…
ftÞmU^n…
NWN`S…
godm tKm\v…
bns¶… hpf_m\n

(AkhmWn¨p)