BWWv NT]psX ^*mw emP¯nt`]v¡v NX¡pN]m\v. BUy emP¯n S¶ FÃmknV hiN^\kpw. t{bmÕmiWkpw CWn]pw S^psf¶p {bSo£n¡p¶p. sSäpNapw Np_kpNapw. Ds*¦n hU]w £fn]v¡pN. NTs]¡p_n¨pÅ Aen{bm]§Ä WnÀUm£\yw Sp_¶_n]n¡pN. ASp CWn]pÅ ^IWNÄ¡v {btImUWfmkpw F¶pÅ Nm^yw b_]mS_n]pftÃm. CWn H^p {bVmW Nm^yw þ “”C³shhpw scängnhkpw’ {bVmWfmkp¶ Cu NTNÄ. A¯^w NTNÄ b^nInSfmkm¯k^pw , ASn Cãkpw Sm`vb^ykpw CÃm¯k^pw U]kpsI]vSv km]n¡msS CSnÂWn¶pw CknsXk¨v Ss¶ bn·m_\sf¶v Atb£n¨p sNmÅp¶p.
BWµv t{bw.
knVp tZmÎÀ Ft¶mXv A§sW b_]m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ sbs«¶v AktamXv tImUn¨p.
“”””F´pkmXo… Wo b_]m³ tbmNp¶Sv Wnsâ tNmtaKnt`]pw timÌ`nt`]pw tNmþsZ³hpw, bmthjvÊpw s`Nv¨t_Êpw… tZmÎhpw Hs¡ tN_n Wns¶ Nan¨ Nm^y§amt\m Wo b_]m³ tbmNp¶Sv??
“”””AknXps¯ B^pw Fs¶ A§sW tN_n Nan¨ns«m¶pfnÃ. Fs¶ Fsâ KoknS¯n CSpks^ Nan¨tSm Asæn Nan]v¡m³ {lfn¨tSm.. BsN 2 tbs^]pÅq… – ”
“”””ASms^ms¡]mXo B 2 fim·mÀ !…….”
“”””Mm³ ASnsW¡p_ns¨Ãmw Wn§Ä¡v W¶m]n tdm²yfmkpw knVw FÃmw Wà knlVfm]nSs¶ b_ªp S^mw. bt£ Ct¸mjÃ. bn¶oXv…
F³_ b^ntlmVWNsams¡ Njnªv!. Ct¸mÄ BUyw W½Ä k¶Nm^yw WX¡s«. ASpNjnªmkmw dm¡ns]ms¡ tbms^ ….?”
“”””F¶m FÃmw Wnsâ Cãkpw So^pfmWkpw tbms`]mNs«…..Wo]tà tZmÎÀ, M§Ä sk_pw tbgy³_vhp fm{Sftà Ct¸mÄ. Bt« Ct¸mÄ CknsX Wo F´pkm sI¿pkm³ Dt±ln]v¡p¶Sv ” F¶p H^psI_p WnÊim]St]msX b_ªp.
“”””Mm³ b_ªn^p¶ tbms` BUyw FWn]v¡v tI«sâ ss`wPnNmk]k§saÃmw Sp_¶pN*v b^ntlmVn]v¡\w. ASpNjnªv CkapsX]pw . ASnWptlgw, ASnsâ _nhÄ«_nªSnWp tlgw. dm¡n {Xoäpsf³_pNsa¡p_n¨v Wfp¡p bn¶oXp So^pfmWn]v¡mw. l^n ASnWp BUyw tI«³ Sp\ns]Ãmw Ajn¨v fmän F³_ N¬hÄ«nRv tXdnanWp fp³bn k¶pWnt¶ tkPw!”’
FWn]v¡kapsX fp³bn bn_¶bXn k¶pWn¡p¶SnWp Wà ht´mgw fm{Stf DÅm]n^p¶p F¦n`pw ASp bp_tf Nm\n]v¡msS H^psI_p I½Â fpO¯v k^p¯nsNm*v… sI_p Wm\t¯msX AktamXp tImUn¨p
“”””Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ Ajn¡\tfm..! ”
“”””bn¶ÃmsS!. tI«³ Fsâ fp¶n`m\p Wn¡p¶Sv… F¶ tSm¶Ã§p fmäv…GtSm H^p tZmÎ_psX fp³bn Wn¡pkm F¶pfm{Sw In´n¨m fSn ! Mm³ tI«³_ sb§ams\t¶m, tI«³ Fsâ hz´w tI«Wms\t¶m… F¶pÅ tSm¶sÃm¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bmXnÃ. tI«³ tks_ GtSm H^p Ab^nInSWm] tZmÎ_psX fp³bn`m\p Wn¡p¶Sv F¶pfm{Sw In´n]v¡pN! F´nWm CWn]o Wm\w !.. Wm\w fmän Sp\n]q^n ssNsN«n Wnt¶m…”
Mm³ CS]pw Hs¡ AkapsX WmknÂWn¶p tN«pNjnªt¸mÄ bns¶ F³_ AenW]sfms¡ WnÀ¯n sfsà Sp\ns]Ãmw Ajn¨pNaªv AkapsX fp³bnÂ… Fsâ hz´w sb§Ä tZmÎÀ knVpknsâ fp¶n AkapsX b^ntlmVWNÄ¡m]n UnPwd^Wm]n Wn¶psNmXp¯p.
Sm³ b_ª Nm^y§Ä A\pknX sSän]nà F¶p fWÊn`m¡n] knVp, AksaN*p cpÄ N¼n]n Wn¶mXn] Fsâ fpjpNp® tWm¡n ASnl]s¸«v Fs¶]pw Fsâ Np®t]]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n… knlzhn]v¡mWmkm¯knVw AÂepS¯n I½n In^nt¨m*p b_ªp.
“”””tI«³ tI«sâ hmVWs¯¡p_n¨v C{S]pw k`y fpjp¯Sv…. SXn¨Sv. D^p*Sv. Wo*Sv… Fs¶ms¡ ko¼p b_]p¶Sv tNs«¦n`pw hSy¯n Mm³ CSv C{S]pw fpjp¯Sms\¶v knIm^n¨n^p¶nà tNt«m… Mm³ F³_ bYWNm`¯v Npt_t]s_ hmVW§Ä N*n«p*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw C{S]pw k`pSv CSv BUyfm]n Nm\pN]m tNt«m…! ‘
“”””Wo Cu hmVWw…hmVWw F¶n§sW b_]msS ASnsâ l^n]v¡pÅ tb^p b_s]Xo. F¶mt` FWn¡Sv l^n]v¡v DÄs¡m*v… ht´mgn]v¡mWpw AenfmWn]v¡mWpsfms¡ bäp.”
“”F¶m tI«³ b_ ASnsâ l^n¡pÅ tb^v. sbWosht¶m… AtSm… `nwPsft¶m… ‘
“”AsSm¶pfà ASnsâ l^n]v¡pÅ tb^p… WnW¡S_n]mw… Wo]Sp fW:bqÀÆw b_]m¯Sm.. Wo b_ªntÃ`pw Mm³ b_]mw. M§apsX hmVW¯n³_ l^n]v¡pÅ tbÀ “”Np®’ Wn§aptXSnsâ A_n]mtfm…?””””
”Cà b_v ”NÅw !… F¦n`pw b_]mw… bq_p… F´pkm.. bqÀ… Np®]pw bq_pw. CWn bq_nWpÅn C^n]v¡p¶ Wn§apsX H^phmVWfp*v. ASnsâ tb^_n]mtfm… ASm\p N´v……. CWn dm¡n hmVW§apsX tb^pNÄ Mm³ bp_tN b_]mw. C§sW Hs¡t]…. CWn CSnsâ tb^pNÄ b_]m³ bmXpÅq tNt«m……. tZmÎt_!””””
”F¶m l^n.CWn A§sW]mt«.. CWn tI«³ tZmÎ_pw Mm³ tbgy³_pw Bkmw. CWn tI«³ b_ Mm³ tNÄ¡mw !… ‘
”’FWns¡m¶pw b_]mWnÃ. WoSs¶ b_]pNt]m sI¿pNt]m Hs¡ sI¿v… MmWnknsX C§sW F{S tW^w tk\sf¦n`pw Wnt¶mamw… tZmÎÀ N`vbnt¨maq… ‘
“”F¶m Mm³ b_]mw… tI«sâ hmVWw, Aà Np® Mm³ fp³bv H^n]v¡Â N*Sm … Np_¨v Uqs^ Wn¶v…At¶ MmWSv H¶p tWm«fn«Sm… Fs¶Nn`pw Cu eofsW H¶p AXp¯pWn¶v Nm\\sf¶v. bt£ A¶pw Cu Np®]v¡v C{S]vs¡m¶pw k`n¸fnÃm]n^p¶p. bns¶ Mm³ tImUn¡s« tI«m … A¶nSn³_ bNpSnt]matf k`n¸fpÅm]n^p¶psk¦n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bns¶ F§sW]nSp N`ym\w Njnªt¸mtj]v¡pw C{S k`n]Sm]n !..CkapsX hmVW¯n Aà .CkapsX bq_n N]_n C_§n… C§sW Nan¨p Nan¨v… ‘ F´pkm tI«m Wn§Ä Ft¸mjpw C§sW sI¿p¶SnsW b_]p¶Sv. ”
“”””b®Â.
“”B Ft¸mjpfn§sW b®n b®n]mt\m tI«m .. tI«sâ Np® C§sW C{Ssbs«¶v eofmNm^Wmt].. AtSm C¶p^mkns` tI«³ Fsâ {ZÊnÂ
sIs¿mjn¨v sbms` fmÌÀtdäv..F´pkm Wn§aSnWp b_]p¶Sv. ASp sI¿p sI]vSmt\m ….? “”
”km\fXn “”
”AtS. km\fXn¨v, km\fXn¨mt\m…..tI«m CSn§sW C{S k`pSm]Sv !…. ‘
“”CsSm¶pw sNm*sÃXo… CSn{S k`pSm]Sv. CSp bm^¼^yPp\fm\p tfmta… bm^¼^yw !..Wo W½psX ZmZn]psX Np® N*n«nÃtÃm. Wo AsSm¶p Nm\\w !…BUyw ‘
“”Mm³ ASpw N*n«p*v ASymklyw. ASpw k`pSm… F¶m`pw C{S]v¡nà tI«m… bm^¼^yw sNm*v k`pSmk\sf¦n tI«³ W½psX f½osX bqän Npt_ Nan¨n«pÅStÃ… f½osX bqsä{S k`pSm…. F¶ns«´m, Fsâ bqäS]pw k`pSmkmª…!””””
”F¶m Wnsâ bqs_m¶p Nm\n]v¡v MmWSv tWm¡n]n«p b_]mw !””
“”A¿X NÅm… tk` fWÊn`n^n¡t«… Fâ¸w A§Wn¸w Nm\*v…. ASpNm\m³ tks_m^map*v, ASp Nm\m³ CkapsX B§a]p*v! A]mÄ¡pfm{Stf MmWnSp Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡pN]pÅp””””
”’F¶n«p Wo ASp CSpkt^]pw Nm\n¨psNmXp¯n«ntÃ…?””””
”’ bns¶ Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡msS.Mm³ tW^t¯ b_ª 2 Ban H^mÄ A]mam..””
”’bns¶ fsäm^mÄ B^mXo…..?””
”ASp Ct¸mÄ Mm³ b_]m³ SpX§n]m Ct¸man§sW fnssh`ptbms` BNmlt¯]v¡v N¼n]m]n Np`¨p Wn¡p¶ tI«sâ Cu hmVWw CWn]pw N¼n]m]n Np`¨v SmsW lp¢w Ioäm³ SpX§pw. MmWSnWp fp³tb Np_¨v bm km\fXn¨v N_s¶Xp¡t«… ‘
F¶p b_ªv knVp tZmÎÀ sfsà Fsâ sWXpwNp®]n H¶p sI_pSm]n St`mXn St`mXn. N¼n]m]n AkÄ¡ptWs^ SpXn¨p]À¶p Wn¶ Fsâ fpjpNp®
ssNskÅ]ns`Xp¯v… sI_pSm]n sI_pSm]n ASnsâ ]SmÀ° hpOw kn^`n`pw fWÊn`pw AWpekn¨psNm*p Ss¶ sfsà sSm`n¨Xn]v¡m³ SpX§n ASv AWpekn¨v Mm³ Bkt« ASnt`s_ hpOw AWpekn¨v… ss`wPnNhpOw sNm*v sbm_pSnfp«n N®X¨v sM^nbn^nNtamsX “”Rm””… F¶ knNm^hpOw bp_s¸Xpkn¨v F^nkpNXn¨v Nmfhz^fp]À¯n NXn¨pbnXn¨p Wn¶f^m³ SpX§n. F¶m Fsâ.
hpO§sa C^«n¸n]v¡pw knVw..Fs¶ sNmÃmsW¶ knVw !.. DÅ b^nbmXn]m]n^p¶p SpXÀ¶kÄ sI¿m³ SpX§n]Sv . Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨v St`mXn]pw Np`p¡n]pw km\fXn¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hpOn¸n¨psNm*n^p¶ AkÄ sbs«¶v AXp¯pN*v H^p I]_nt`]v¡v C^p¶n«v Fap¸¯nWm]n Ft¶mXv fsäm^p I]_n C^n]v¡pkm³ b_ªn«v. H^p ssNsNm*v Fsâ Np®]n St`mXn hz]w hpOn¨v FWn¡p hpOw bNÀ¶pS^pt¼mÄ Ss¶ ftä ssNsNm*v F³_ 2 krgv\h©nNapw bnXn¨p M^Xn Fs¶ NqXpS hpOn¸n]v¡Â SpXÀ¶p. A§sW sI¿p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ Ft¶mXq sfsà tImUn¨p .
“”tI«m F§Wp*v?… MmWn§sW bnXn]v¡pt¼mÄ WÃ hpOw tSm¶p¶pt*m…. ‘
WÃ hpOw tSm¶p¶p*v tfmsa….
”B….A§sW bnXn]v¡v….. FWn¡p B….A§sWSs¶…..B….. “”
knVp Fsâ Np® ssN¿n`n«v sSm`n¨psk¨v Np`p¡n sI_päm]n km\fXn¨psNm*v…..
”Mm³ N*t¸mÄ DÅSntW¡mÄ…..
Fsâ N¿n C^p¶v CSv ko*pw kaÀ¶tÃm… tI«³ CksW´m Soän sNmXp¡p¶Sv…. CkWn§sW ka^m³…?”””” ‘Wns¶tbm`pÅ hpµ^n sb¼pÅm^psX A¸kpw Np*n]pw fp`Napw Ss¶t] DÅp…CkWp e£\fm]n«v…. AÃmsS MmWnkWp tks_´p sNmXp¡mWm…””””
“”ASnsâ NqsX (Np® Np`p¡n km\fXn¨psNm*v Cu ssNkakpw NqXn ! AtÃ…? ‘ “”ASp N`ym\¯nWptlgw Mm³ bqÀ®fm]n WnÀ¯n]n^p¶Sm.bt£ ,Wo k¶SnWptlgw FWn]v¡Sv bns¶]pw SpXt§*n k¶p. ‘
“”AsS´m tI«m A§sW b_ªp, Mm³ k¶SnWptlgw bns¶ tI«sW´m CknsX {btSyNn¨v hwekn¨Sv ?… C{S]pw fpjp¯ hmVWw Aà Np®..CkapsX bq_nWpÅn F§sW N]_pw tI«m…Cu BWNp® ASnWpÅn N]_\sf¦n ASpw CSptbms` fpjp¯ H^p BWbq_m]n^n¡pftÃm…! ‘
DXsW ASp tN« tgÀan ”’BWNp® tN_m³ BWbq_pSs¶ tk\sf¶v H¶pfnsÃXo…Wn³_ D_p¼p bq_n`pw ASp W¶m]n Spaªp N]_pw Wo ASp Nm`N¯nk¨v sNmXp¯v W¶m]n Sp_¶v k¨v C^p¶m fm{Sw fSn !. ASp hpOfm]n ASnWpÅnt`]v¡v A§W§v N]_ntbm]vsNmÅpw. ‘
“”At¸mÄ CSv CSnWN¯v A§W§v Spaªv..N]_n, Wn_ªn^p¶p Nan]v¡pt¼m A{S]v¡p Wà hpOw Nn«ptfmXo.”” ”Nn«pw !. CtàWo H¶v ASv b^o£n¨_nªp tWm¡q tfmsa…At¶^w A_n]mw, M§Ä b_]p¶sSms¡ tW^mt\m Fs¶ms¡..” “”””FWn¡_n]mw tfmsa… CsS´nWpÅ bp_¸mXms\¶v, CsSms¡ tN«v Wn³_ tI«³ Fs¶ Nan¡mWpw …..WnW¡v A]msa sNms*s¶ Nan¸n]v¡mWpw tk*o]tÃ..tfmsa Wo Cu b^o£\§sams¡ b_]p¶Sv. AsSt¶mXv tk* tfmta !. .”
DXsW Mm³ b_ªp. “”””FXo Wo tImUn¨ntÃ… Wo k¶SnWptlgw {btSyNn¨v CknsX F´m hwekn¨Sv..FWns¡´m km\fXn NqXn]Sv Fs¶ms¡ ?…FXo tfmta… Wns¶ N*m CsSm¶pfnÃmsS MmsW§sW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hin¨n^n]v¡pw F³_ sbm¶ptfmta… Wns¶ HmÀ¯pw N*pw Mm³ km\fXn¨p Imkm_m]n !…. WnW¡_nt]m……? “”
“”””AsS´m tI«m… MmWS¡p hpµ^n]t\m..? A{S]v¡v shN-vhn]mt\m…? ‘
“”AsS Wo A{S]v¡v I^¡m\v. sk_pw I^¡Ã. Wà H¶m´^w N¼n I^¡v !… tbmt^. Rm …. CWn Wo, kmINfXn WnÀ¯n…. H¶pNn Wo]Sv Wnsâ A¸¯n tNäv… AtàWo]Sv tkPw tkPsfm¶v bnXn¨p k^p¯n Sm !…
“”””FWn]v¡v tI«sâ shf³ H¶p k^p¯n N*pw, sSm«ptWm¡n]pw. W¶ms]m¶p b^ntlmVn¨p tWm¡\w…… ASn MmWn§sW bnXn]v¡p¶Sv ,tI«Wp tkPw tk\sf¦n Mm³ tkPw Ss¶ k^p¯n S^mw. .” F¶p b_ªv AkapsX ssNskÅ]n`n«v Np_¨v hvboZn ssNI`n¸n]v¡m³ SpX§n. F¶m CSp b_ªv Gs_ Njn]p¶SnWp fp³tb…sbs«¶p… “”””Èo” ¶v AkapsX
ssNskÅ]n`n^p¶v Np®¸m tft`]v¡v Ioän. Ioän] bm Bkt«…. tWs^ knVpknsâ fpOt¯]v¡m]n^p¶p ko\Sp fpjpk³ !…””””At¿ ‘ F¶p b_ªv AkÄ ssN FXp¯t¸mtj]v¡pw B sNmjp¯ lp¢w fpjpk³ knVpknsâ fq¡n`pw Ip*n`pfm]n bp^*n^p¶p. MmWSpN*p In^n¨p… tgÀan sbm«nsbm«n]pw…
sbm«n¨n^n¨ tgÀan knVpkn³ I½`pw bN¨n`pw hw{efkpw N*p b_ªp. “”””Wo CWn ASp b^n{efn¨v Sqs¯Xp¡pkmWpw…SpX¨pfmäpkmWpw H¶pw fnWs¡X*m.. AS§sWSs¶ Wm¡v Wo«n W¡ns]Xp¯v NpXnt¨mXo… WÃ knämfnWm !…
”F§sW, NpXn]v¡msWms¡ Wà tXÌmt\mXo… tWm¡t«.. ‘ F¶p b_ªpsNm*kÄ Ssâ Ip*n`pw ASnWptft`]pw bän]n^p¶sSms¡ Wm¡pWo«n W¡n NpXn]v¡m³ SpX§n….Npt_t¨]m]n !..W¡n NpXn]v¡mWmkm¯Sv S³_ kn^`pNan bän¨v kXns¨Xp¯p b_ªp.
”CSnWp bl¸v Np_km\tÃm. F¦n`pw tXÌv ,Npj¸fnÃ. WÃ ^pIn]p*nSnWp, Mm³ CsSÃmw H¶p W¡n Sn¶psNmÅs« ! ‘ CSp b_ªv… knVp ,AkapsX ssN¿n`pw fpO¯pw D*m]n^p¶Sp fpjpkWpw W¡n NpXn¨p Njnªt¸mtj]v¡v .tgÀan b_ªp .
”ASp SoÀs¶¦n tfmsa Wo H^p Nm^yw sI¿v… dm¡n DÅSv. Wnsâ tI«³_ Np®]n bän]n^n]v¡p¶Sv NqXn AknXp¶§v. tW^n«v sSm`n¨v W¡n NpXns]Xo… ‘
”Mm³ tI«sâ Np® D_n©mtWm… ASmt\m tI¨n b_]p¶Sv….!””””
“”AtS… BUyw Wo]Sv km]n ks¨m¶v W¡n tWm¡n bns¶ tXÌv Cãs¸s«¦n ASp km]n`n«v D_p©n]m fSn !… Wo tI«sâ Np® D_p©n]m bN^w tI«³ WnW¡p. Wnsâ bqÀ W¡n S^pw tNt«m… ‘
knVp. Wm\t¯msX , “”A§sW tI«³ FWn¡p bqÀ W¡n S^t*m !…. ‘
“”bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ W¡nS¶m fSnt]m…? ‘ Mm³ ASptN«v “”AsS´mXo… Wo Aksa sNm*v W¡n]v¡Åm .. Mm³ WnW¡v W¡n S¶m F´m Npj¸w !… “”
knVp Wm\t¯msX… ”tI«³ FWn¡p W¡n S¶m bns¶ Nan]v¡p¶Sn F´m {blvWw. S¡m`w W½Ä S½n AsSm¶pw tk*m.. tI«Wp tI¨n D*tÃm…. Ct¸mÄ S¡m`w Wn§Ä S½n Nan !… Mm³ tWm¡t«… Wn§sX Nan. ASp Njnªp dm¡n Wfp¡p bn¶oXv So^pfmWn]v¡mw !”
CSp b_ªv knVp sfsà bm`pbp^*v Np® km]n`m¡n W¡n tXh_n]m³ SpX§n. F¶n«v sfsà S`]p]À¯n Wm\t¯msX M§sa tWm¡pt¼mÄ tgÀan AktamXp b_ªp.
“”””Wm\ns¡*…tfmap ASp km]n`m¡n D_p©n tWm¡n tXÌ_nªm..! ”
DXsW bp©n^nt]msX knVp “”””tI¨n CSp NpXn]v¡m_pt*m…? ”
bnt¶… sk_ptS C^n]v¡pt¼msjÃmw Fsâ b\n CStÃ… Wà ^hftÃ… bt£ … C§sW]Ã. Np® km]n`m¡n Wà N¼n]n Ss¶ Du¼pw! F¶n«§sW k^p¯n bm`p NpXn]v¡pw . F¶n«v tI«³ ASnsâ NqsX FWn¡p bq_n kn^`n«v Ca¡n]pw NqXn S^pw… F´p hpOfms\¶_n]mtfm At¸mÄ…. Wfp¡p b®p¶Snsâ AtS {Snà Ss¶ Nn«pw. Cu b\n]n !…. bt£ CsSm¶pfà Wfp¡p b®`ntW¡mÄ hpOw Nn«p¶ tks_m^p b\n ]p*v, ASv CSn`p ^hfm…Wo CsSm¶pw sI]vSn«ntÃ… CSpks^ !…”
“”Hm…Wnsâ sgKptk«³ Cu hpOsfms¡ FWn]v¡v W¶m]n S¶n«p*v… Fs¶sNm*]msX Np® Du¼n]v¡pw. F¶n«v A]mÄ Sn^n¨v Fsâ bq_pw W¡n S^pw. CSpSs¶ A]mapsX Øn^w b\n !…. ‘
“”Wn§Ä H^pfn¨p S`Sn^nªp NnX¶v Ht^hf]w W¡`pw Du¼`pw WX¯n hpOn]v¡m_pt*m…””
”]q fo³ “”””hnN-vhhn\]¬”…?
“”AtS””
‘””Mm³ ASnsW¡p_n¨v tN«n«pÅSpw bYn¨n«pÅSpw AÃmsS… CSpks^ sI]vSptWm¡o«nÃ. gKpknWp AsSm¶pw CãfÃm¯Sp Ss¶ Nm^\w !… “”
t] ”Wn§Ä b^hvb^fpÅ Cu D_p©`pw W¡`pw….. NpXn]v¡`pw Hs¡ DÅm…Np® bq_n tNän]pÅ b\nNsam¶pw CSpks^ WX¯n]n«ntà !… ‘
”Wnsâ Atà tI«³ !…A]mÄ¡v CSnWpÅ ssV^ysfm¶pw ASnÃ. BUyw H^p{bmklyw ,Np® CSnÂtNämWpÅ Wà {lf§sams¡ WX¯n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ FWn¡p W¶m]n tkUWn¨v… Mm³ Np_s¨m¶v Wn`knan¨p. At¸mÄ ASn tbXn¨v… Wnsâ Hm« H^pbmXv sI_pSm….ASp k`pSmks«…F¶n«v N`ym\w Njnªn«v Wfp¡p AsSms¡ sI¿mw F¶p b_ªv… bns¶ F³_ SpX]v¡nX]n`pw fq`¯n`psfms¡]m]n b^nbmXnNÄ WX¯n skÅw Na] WX¯pN]m Ct¸mÄ b\n !… ‘
“” Ct¸mjpw Wn§aSp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpX^p¶pt*mXo… ‘
“”Hm.. Øn^w ASm]t¸mÄ MmWSn fXp¯v, Ct¸mÄ At§m«p tbmNmt_]nÃ. ASp Nm^\w ssgKp F{S]pw sbs«¶v Ct§m«v k^\sf¶pw b_ªn^n]v¡pN]m\p. ‘
Mm³ “”F¶ns«´m WoA]msa Ct§m«v knan]v¡m¯…… sbs«¶p Ss¶ kt¶mam³ b_, ‘
“”ASp tI«m…. Wn§sX fp³bn Ak³ CSnWm]v k^m³ e]¦^ I½Â… AtàFt¶ Ak³ kt¶sW. ‘
“”M§anknsX sI¿p¶ Nm^yw Ss¶]tà Ak³ k¶m AkWpw sI¿m³ tbmNp¶Sv. bns¶´nWm Ak³ I½p¶Sv F¶p tImUn]v¡v ! tk\sf¦n k¶n«v ^*p Nq«À¡pw NqXn CknsX FÃmw H^pfn¨p sI¿msf¶p b_ ‘
“” AsS§sW WX¡pw !..Fs¶tbm`mt\m CkÀ S½n !…” sgÀan ‘ Wns¶¡man`pw Hm¸\pw. N¼Wn]pfm M§Ä S½n !…ASns`m¶pw Wo tbXnt¡t*Xo…”
“”””Hm¸s\¶p b_ªm ..? F§WpÅ dÔfm Wn§Ä S½n !..?”
sgKptk«³ Wnt¶mXnSpks^
“”””At¸mÄ Fs¶¡p_ns¨m¶pw Wnsâ b_ªn«ntÃ…? ”
“”””CsÃXo…Wo b_ !… Wn§Ä S½n F§sW]m………..?”
“”””MmWnWn Wnt¶mXv Sp_¶p b_]mftÃm….. Wo Dt±ln]v¡p¶ dÔw Ss¶ !… N`ym\w Njn]v¡m_m]n«pw Wnsâ ho`psbm«n]v¡m³ ssV^yfnÃm¯
sgKptk«³..16þBfs¯ k]Ên Np¯nsbm«n¨v Nan SpX§n]Sm Fsâ Cu bq_n !…ASnWptlgw FWn¡nSpks^ CuNm^y¯n b«n\n !.. NnXt¡*n k¶n«nà . ”
“”””Wnsâ Cu knKptk«³ A_n]msSt]m !..? ”
“”””AsÃXn Fsâ ho`p sbm«n¨Sv sgKptk«³ Bs\¦n`pw. fp_s¨_p¡³ F¶Wn`]n knKptk«Wpfm]n AXp¸fp*m]n^p¶SnWm ho sbm«n AVnNw Njn]msS C]mapw Fs¶ Nan]v¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. bns¶ b^hvb^w A_n]msS 2 tb^pw Npt_Nm`w Fs¶ fm_n]pw Sn^nªpw A_ªp b®n. F¶m H^p Unkhw ]mUyInN]m.2tb^pw CS_n]pN]pw , fWÊn`m¡pN]pw sI]vSSnWptlgw bns¶ 2tb^pw NqXn Wà A*Àh³Zn§n H^pfn¨v tIÀ¶m]n^p¶p bn¶s¯ Nan
!………..
“”””H^pfns¨¶p b_ªm !..AsSm¶p knlUfm]n b_s]Xo… ‘
AsSms¡ Wo N*n«ntÃ… »q cn`nfns`ms¡ !..AsStbms`Ss¶. AsSms¡ FÃmw WÃ knlUfm]nSs¶ bns¶ b_ªp S^mw !…. BUyw Wo Wn³_ fp¶n`n^n]v¡p¶ Wnsâ tI«³ B kma³ Np® H¶p sSm`n¨v km]n`n«v Du¼nNpXn]v¡v… WnW¡p WÃ ^hw Nn«pw !… ”
“”””skÅw tbm]n kmXn] tI¼n` tbms` SaÀ¶p NnX¶ tI«sâ Np® Um Nt*m..tI¨n ko*pw N¼n]m]n eof³ PU tbms` Np`¨p]À¶v Wn¡p¶Sv !.” “”””ASmXo…ASnsâs]m^p Pp\w !..Wo Ip*n k¨v Xpäv{dgv tbm`Sp D^t¨m*n^n]v¡msS…B N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpjpN¼n Np® km]n k¨v At§m«v Bªpk`n¨v Du¼nNpXns]Xo sbt®… F¶n«v Du¼n fWÊn`m¡v.Wn³ gKptk«³_]pw Cu fpjpkma³ N¼nNp®]pw S½n Du¼pt¼mÄ DÅ kySymhw !..”
tgÀan]psX Cu ^oSn]n`pÅ hwhm^kpw sb^pfmäkpw. fäp t{bmÕmiW§apw sNm*mkmw “”””tWm¡t«” F¶pÅ b_¨nt`msX knVp sfsà cpÄ N¼n]n B]n^p¶ Fsâ sWXpwNp® km]nt`]v¡p sSm`n¨ptNän Du¼m³ SpX§n !.. Mm³ ko*pw ASnhpO¯nsâ b_pUoÊ]n b_¶p]^m³ SpX§n. b_ª_n]n]v¡m³ Njn]m¯ Wn_ª NmfhpO¯m Mm³ NnX¶v sM^nªf^mWpw. fqamWpw. bpa]mWpw SpX§pt¼mÄ knVp ASnWWph^n¨v ASnlÎfm]n Np® km]n fpjpkWm]n«v Wn_¨p tNän Bªv Du¼nk`n¨p Fs¶ NqXpS hpOn¸n]v¡Â SpXÀ¶p. Cu hf]w Nth^]n Nm`p]À¯n k¨v Im^n]n^p¶ knVkpw lÎfm] NmfhpO¯m`pw `i^n]m`pw. BhzUn¨v Bªv Np® Du¼p¶SnWnX]n kÃm¯ BNmlt¯mXpw… AblЧtamXpw. D]À¯n Np¯nk¨n^p¶ Nm`pNÄ sfsà sfsà ANäm³ SpX§pN]pw. ASnsWm¸w f_ªn^p¶ AkapsX SpXNapw SpXNapsX hwPf Ø`§apw Npt_tÈ]m]n {bSy£ys¸XmWpw SpX§n ! A§sW…knVpknsâ A^]ns` h-vNÀ«nsâ C^pSp¼pNapw…. knXÀ¶p fm_n , AkapsX A^s¡«n AkapsX knlp² fUWsI¸p f_¨p NnX¶ t_mhv gÍn Nm\m³ SpX§n. ASpNqXn N*tSmsX AkapsX km]n`n^p¶ Fsâ Np® H¶pNqXn N¼n]m]n … km]n`n^p¶p sk«nkn_¨p.
Cuhf]w knVpkn³ BªmªpÅ Np® Du¼Â Nm^\w …Aksas¶ NmfN`]psX D¯wP {lwPw§an F¯n¨p. Mm³ GNtUlw ^SnfqÀÑ]psX k¡ns`¯pN]pw…. FWn¡v Fs´¶nÃm¯ H^p kÃm¯ hzÀ¤o] hpO¯nt`]v¡v Mm³ {btkln¡pN]pw sI]vSp . FWn¡nt¸mÄ Ss¶ h-vN`Ww hwekn]v¡pw. Fs¶Wn]v¡v D_¸m] hf]¯v, sbs«¶v Mm³ knVpkntWmXv “”””WnÀ¯v…”” F¶p b_]pN]pw, sbs«¶v ASptN«v sM«n] knVp…DXsW ASp WnÀ¯pN]pw km]n Wns¶sâ N¼nNp®s] tfmIn¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSp. bp_¯m] N¼nNp® ssN¿ns`Xp¯p B«nsNm*p Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”Aà tfmap ko*pw Np® Du¼n F³ bms`Ãmw NpXn¨p SoÀ¡mWmt\m ¹m³ !.. ?””””
”Aà MmWm hpO¯n A§W§p SpXÀ¶p tbm]Sm… F´m tI«m…….F´m tkt* ………? “”

“”Aà Wn§Ä 2 sb®p§Ä Npt_tW^fm]n CknsXs¶ N¼n]Xn¸n¨v fUm`hNam]n^n]v¡pt¼mÄ MmsW´n¶p Fsâ bms`Ãmw Wns¶ sNm*p sk_ptS NpXn¨v SoÀ¸n¨v tkÌm¡n Na]p¶Sv. ASn`pw WÃSv ASv, ]msSm^p Dbt]mPkpfnÃmsS sk_psS S^nÈm]n NnX¡p¶ tfmÄsX A¸¡pjn]v¡pÅnÂ
tNän skÅw Na]p¶StÃ?. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A§Wm]m FWn]v¡pw AsSm^p hpOfmkpw, fm{Sfà tfmÄ¡pw…B{Piftà CSpkt^]pw ho`psbm«msS Dbt]mPlqWyfm]n NnX¡p¶ tfmsX A^pf t]mWn]psX ho`psbm«n¨v ASn`nSptNän H¶p Nan]v¡\sf¶v. Nq«¯n`§sW ASp WX¡pN]pw sI¿pw….tbms^ AStà WÃSv. bm`p sk_ptS km]ns`mjn¨v bmjm¡n Na]p¶Sn`pw ….?””
“”tI«³ b_]p¶sSms¡ l^n. bt£ ,{blvWw F´ms\¶p k¨mÂ… tI«³ `nwPw C{S k`pSm]Sm.{bVmW {blvWw!, ASnsâNqsX Fsâ t]mWoUzm^kpw H^pbmX§v sI_pSm]ntbm]n. tI«³ Cu eof³ UP Fsâ hmfmW¯nt`]v¡ N]_pt¼mÄ AsSÃmw sbm«nsbmanªp No_ntbmNntÃ….tI«m, FWn¡nWn]pw CSpsNm*v sbXp¡pN]pw fäpw sIt¿*StÃ. ASpNjnªv FWn¡nSp sNm*ptbm]n än¨v CXmsWm¶pw k¿!”
“”””AsSm¶pfnÃ, Wnsâ bq_p No_msSSs¶ MmWnSv ASnWpÅn Wà {eUfm]n N]änS^msfXo… WnW¡p tWmkmsS AXn¨p S^mw. CSv ASnWN¯v C_pNn]fÀ¶v tN_n I`n]v¡pt¼mÄ Wo hzÀ¤w Nm\pw sbt®…Mm³ D_¸pS^mw.”
“”””F´m]m`pw, ASnt¸mÄ tk*…. tI«³ BUyw tI«¯ns] Nan¨v… skÅw Naªv CSnsâ Cuk`n] N¼ns]m¶v Np_¨n«v ,AXp¯ N¼n]v¡v Wfp¡p bns¶ b^o£n]v¡mw. Ct¸mÄ CSp WX¡t« FWn¡nSp tW^n«p Ss¶ W¶m]ns«m¶p Nm\\w Wn§sX `nwP t]mWn Nan !” Fsâ sWXpwNp® N¿n`n«v Np`p¡n HmfWnt¨m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
DXsW tgÀan. ‘ AsS´mXo… Wnsâ bqÀ¨pjn Ct¸mjpw knX^msS… A§sWSs¶ C^n]v¡p¶Sv. {btSyNn¨v Wo timÌ`n`pw fäpw Smfhn¨n«pw !. ASpfà Wo hz]wtemPw sI]vSv hz]w hpOn]v¡`pw H¶pfnÃm]n^pt¶m..?”
ASp tI¨n… kn^`pfm{Sfn«v hz]wtemPsfms¡ kÃt¸mjpw WX¯pw. bns¶ timhvS`n sb®p§Ä S½n W¡`pw D_p©`pw Hs¡ WX¯pw F¶ÃmsS… ASnWN¯v Ft´`pw tNänNanNsams¡ Np_km]n^p¶p.” Mm³ “”””Wo tks_m^mapfm]pw NqXn Nan WX¯n]n«p*v F¶tà tW^t¯ b_ªSv… A]mapw Wnsâ hmVW¯n Np® tNän]n«ntÃ..?” “”””Hm.. ASp tks_]m^m…W½psX hz´w ZmZn Ss¶]m tI«m B BÄ !… ZmZn ASv Mm³ sfZnhnWp tbmNp¶SnWp fp³bm]n^p¶p sI]vSSv. ASnWm A¶p Mm³ tbXn¨v ZmZns] sNms*¶p Fsâ ho`psbm«n¨nÃ. bN^w ZmZn]¶v Fs¶ fsäÃmw sI¿pN]pw… Fsâ f`Uzm^¯nsâ ho`psbm«n¨v AknsX b®pN]pw sI]vSp. ”
“”””ZmZn Wns¶ Øn^w Nan]v¡pfm]n^pt¶m…? ”
“”””Cà tI«m… Mm³ sfZnhnWp tIÀ¶tlgw CX]v¡nX]v¡v `oknWp ko«n k^pt¼mÄ fm{Sw !……….
bt£ Cu tI«³ Nm^\fm ZmZn Fs¶ Nan]v¡m³ CX]m]Sv !..”
“”””AsS´m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ?…..Wn§Ä S½n Ct¸mjpw NanNapt*m…? ”
“”””ASp. H^pUnkhw Mm³ bp_¯p tbm]n fX§n k^pt¼mÄ f½osX fp_n]n Ft´m e]¦^ lÐw !…Mm³ BNmw£t]msX f½osX KWm` AÂbwSp_¶v DÅnt`]v¡p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ sM«nt¸m]n -! AknsX f½n]pw tI«Wpw NqXnNnX¶v e]wN^ b^nbmXn…! MmWSp tWm¡n hpOn¨p kn^`n«p Wn¶p . At¶^w AknsX ASmSos^ {bSo£n]v¡msS ZmZn! sSm«pfp¶nÂ. MmWknsX ko*pw sM«n¯^n¨v… bN¨p Wn¡pt¼mtj]v¡pw ZmZn Fs¶ sbm¡ns]Xp¯v sskZqfn sNm*n«p Njnªn^p¶p. bns¶ F´m AknsX AXp¯ _qfn f½n]pw tI«Wpw b®n hpOn¨p NnX¡pt¼mÄ sSm«Xp¯ fp_n]n MmWpw ZmZn]pw !.. b®n hpOn]v¡p¶p. A¶pWX¶Sv tI«³ A_nªn^p¶nsæn`pw FÃmw f½n bns¶ A_nªn^p¶p. bns¶ F{SWmÄ F{S NanNÄ!… Mm³ bns¶ sfZnhn³ bqÀ¯n]m¡n tWs^ Ct§m«p k¶SnWm ASnWptlgw M§Ä¡p bns¶ Nan]v¡m³ Njnªn^p¶nÃ.”
“”””f½n A_nªn«v… bns¶´m]n !… bns¶ tks_ {blvW§sam¶pw D*m]nÅ…?”
“”””tks_´pkm {blvWw !…. f½n]pw M§sam¸w NqXn !. ASpSs¶ bns¶ D*m]Sv. tIä³ timÌ`n Njn]pt¼mÄ Mm³ `oknWp k^p¼w -… M§Ä fq¶ptb^pw NqXn Nan S¶m]n^p¶p Nan -!..”
F§sWHs¡… Wn§Ä fq¶ptb^pw tIÀt¶m… sNmÅmfsÃm…b_… tNÄ¡t« .. ?
“”””AsSÃmw knlUfm]n«v Mm³ bns¶ NTtbms` b_ªpS^mw. bN^w !.. sgÀan]pw sgKptk«Wpw S½n`pÅ NanNapw… tI«³ f½ns] F§sW sshhm¡n Nans¨¶pÅ Nm^y§apw b_ªpS¶m fSn …Ct¸mÄ BUyw Wn§sX Nan WX¡t«… AtàMm³ sk_ptS N¼n]m¡n sNm*pk¶ Cu N¼n Wãs¸Xpw !. ASp tbmNp¶SnWpfp³tb tkPw Nan SpX§v -. FXo Wo tkPw B {ZsÊms¡ Ajn¨p Naªm¶v. bn_¶bXn Wnt¶… Wns¶ A§sW Mm³ Hä]v¡v b`Sk\ Nm\pN]pw Nan WX¯pN]pw fäpw sI]vSn«ps*¦n`pw … tI«sWm¸w !… Wn§Ä 2 tb^pw NqXn H^pfn¨v Sp\n]nÃmsS ,bn_¶bXn Wn¡p¶Sv. CSpks^ Nm\m³ Njnªn«nÃ… tkPw A§sWm¶v Wnt¶… 2 tbt^]pw H^pfn¨p Mm³ A§sWm¶p Nm\t«… F¶n«v 2 tb^pw NqXn B sdÍnt`m«v NnX¶p W¶m]ns«m¶v b®nSNÀt¯… MmsWm¶p Nm\t« tkPw!…. ”
Mm³ DXsW “”””AkÄ¡p Ajn]v¡m³ In`t¸mÄ fXnNm\pw !…tfmapSs¶ At§m«p sI¶p AsSÃmw H¶jn¨p fmänsNmXpt¯….” “”””l^n…. F¶m Mm³ him]n]v¡mw … fpt¶m«p k¶p WnsÃXo” F¶p b_ªv fp¶n k¶pWn¶ sgÀan]psX ssWän iq¡na¡n, knVp fpNanÂNqXn Du^n FXp¯p. AXn]n tgÀan N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N_p¯ gÍn]n`pw {dm]n`pw !.. “”””Wo ko«n CsSm¶pw CXo`nÃm]n^p¶p AtÃXo… bns¶ CSp ko*pw Ft¸mÄ SpX§n !..” F¶p b_ªv {dm]psX ip¡oa¡n {dm]pw. Smtj]v¡p k`n¨q^n FXp¯v gÍn]pw D^nªp fmän Aksa³_ em^yt]]pw Fs¶tbms` bqÀ® WPvW]m¡n WnÀ¯n. ASnWptlgw sgÀan]psX sNmjp¯ fp`Nan bnXn¨p sMknXn
“”””CsS´pkmXo…Wà D^p*v. Fs¶¡man`pw fpjp¯ fp`Nam\tÃm…” F¶p b_ªv…AkapsX fp`Nan`pw ASnWptlgw AkapsX l^o^w fpjpkWpw bnXn¨p sMknXpkmWpw St`mXpkmWpw Hs¡ SpX§n –
tgÀan]psX fp`Nan`pw k]_n`pw sbm¡nÄ¡pjn]n`psfms¡ SXkn]pw sMknXn]pw Btkmaw ^hw WpNÀ¶tlgw AkapsX Wo* kn^`pNÄ Smtj]v¡ Wo§n AkapsX A^s¡«ns`¯n , A^s¡«nÂ.. SpX]nXp¡ns` hwPfØmW¯v sI^¨v kXn¨v ¢o³ tgkm¡n k¨n^p¶ sW¿¸w sbms` SXn¨p]À¶p WWkmÀ¶p Wn¶ tgÀan]psX skÅ`pk No_n knVp sfsà St`mXn. F¶n«p b_ªp.
Nm`N¯nk¨p WnsÃXo ,Wnsâ A¸¨m W¶m]n kn^nªv… bnaÀ¶p No_n Wn¡s« !. MmWSv Sp_¶v ANkpw bp_kpsfms¡ knhvS^ns¨m¶v Nm\s«Xo…”
CSptN« DX³ Ss¶ sgÀan AkÄ b_ª tbms` Nm`Nänk¨p Wn¶psNmXp¯p. bnaÀ¶N¶v IpN¶ fmwhkpw Npjn]pw AN¨paNapw N´pw FÃmw {bUÀln¸n¨p Wn¶ sgÀan]psX ftWmi^fm] SpXp¯ fpjp bq_n AÂbtW^w tWm¡nWn¶v ewPn BhzUn¨p Wn¶ knVp bns¶ {Ntf\ ASn St`mXmWpw kn^`SnWN¯p tNän WWkn`n«v Ca¡n.B WWkv kn^`n FXp¯v b^ntlmUn]v¡p¶ tbms` f\¯pw W¡n]pw Hs¡ ^hn]v¡mWpw SpX§n]n^p¶p. AkapsX kn^ {bt]mP¯nWWph^n¨v. sgÀan Nm`pNÄ ko*pw H¶pNqXn AN¯nk¨p sNmXp¯v. bqÀ bqÀ®fm]n Sp_¶p Nm\n¨v SÅn k¨p H^enhm^nNs]t¸ms` Wn¶p sNmXp¯p . bnaÀ¶N¶n^p¶ AkapsX sW¿¸¯n Wn¶näp ko\psNm*n^p¶ sNmjp¯ tS³ SpÅnNÄ knVp kn^`ns`Xp¯v W¡nNpXn¨p. ASnWptlgw sgÀan]psX A¸¡pjn]n kn^`n«p Np¯mWpw Ca¡mWpw. sSm`n]v¡nX]n SÅn Wn¶n^p¶ N´nsW sM^Xn DX]v¡mWpw Hs¡ SpX§pt¼mÄ sgÀan..hpOw fq¯v M^§mWpw. bpa]mWpw ho¡m^§Ä bp_s¸Xpkn]v¡mWpw SpX§n^p¶p. CsSms¡ kas^tW^w N*p Wn¶ Mm³ hinsN«p HXp¡w b_ªp.
“”””Fsâ knVptfmsa Wo C§sW Wn¶p M§sa N¼n]Xn¸n¨p sNmÃmsS H¶pNn B bqs_m¶v W¡n Sn¶v..AtàB {ZsÊms¡ H¶jn¨v fmän CknsXks¶m¶v NnX¶p Ss¶. CWn]pw M§sa C§sW b^o£n]v¡msS !..”
“”””tI«m… Mm³ Wn§sa ^*ntW]pw H¶pw l^n]v¡v sI¡p sI]vSv b^ntlmVn¡pN]Ãm]n^pt¶m…CWn fSn !.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI¨n AknsX NnXt¶… F¶n«p tI«³ tN_n Nan SpX§n]vt¡m.MmsWm¶p Nm\s« Wn§sX N¼nNanNsams¡…”
“””” Mm³ tN_n NnX¡mw ,sgÀan fpNan tN_t«… At¶^w WnW¡p WtÃm\w Nan Nm\pN]pw sI¿mw. M§Ä¡p fWÊp SoÀ¯v hpOn¨p Nan]v¡pN]pw sI¿mw…!” F¶p b_ªv Mm³ sdÍn tN_n NnX¡pN]pw sgÀan Fsâ fpNan A^s¡«nWptfs` N]_n C^n]v¡pN]pw sI]vSp. At¸mÄ Fsâ fpjp Np® N¼n]m]n fpNant`]v¡p]À¶p Wn¶n^p¶p. knVp Ss¶ HmXn k¶p..2 kn^`pNÄ sNm*v sgÀan]psX bqÀ Uzm^w knNÊn¸n¨v , AkapsX hz´w tI«sâ B N¼nNp® bnXn¨v sfsà AkapsX {c*nsâ t]mWn¡pjn]nt`]v¡p bnXn¨p k¨p sNmXp¯kÄ knlp² sNmXn Wm«Â NÀ½w WX¯n. Np_¨v `qhm]n^p¶ Npjn B]n^p¶SnWm`mkmw k`y {b]mh§sam¶pw NqXmsS B sWXpwNp® B sWXpk^n]³ bq_nt`]v¡v…sk®]n N¯n N]_p¶ tbms` sbs«¶v A§sW]§p N]_n tbm]n !. bns¶ sgÀ`n]psX Dujfm]n^p¶p … AkÄ H^p hÀ¡ÊpNm^ns]t¸ms` Fsâ Np®]v¡p fpNan`n^p¶v. sbm§n]pw Smjv¶pw … D]À¶pImXn. knVpknsW sNmSn¸n¨v, Wm\n¸n¨v… b®n SNÀ¯v sbm^pSnsNm*n^p¶p. bns¶ AknsXm^p tbm^m«fm]n^p¶p. Np®]pw. bq_pw S½n`pÅ knlp². ]p²w ! A^s¡«ns` hzÀ¤eqfn]ns`…UnkyUzm^¯nWpÅn Np®]pw bq_pw tIÀ¶p WX¯p¶ fÕ^ UzÔ]p²w !..Fsâ hz´w sb§sa hm£n]m¡n , H^p b¦man]m¡n WnÀ¯n sNm*v. M§Ä sbm^pSn Wo§n. knVpkmNt«…. H^p hm£n F¶SnW¸p_w !. H^p him]n]pw H^p b¦man]pw. F¶ tbms` {Ntf\ fm_n ,
Fsâ em^yt]mXv tIÀ¶n^p¶v.Aksa sN«n¸nXn]v¡mWpw Ipwdn]v¡mWpw SpX§n H^p `hvdn]³ C\]m]n fm_nNjnªn^p¶p. ASpNjnªv AkÀ sfsà b^hvb^w fm_nX§an St`mXmWpw… fpjp¯ fp`NÄ bnXn]v¡mWpw… sMknXn]pX]v¡mWpw ASnsWm¸w ho¡m^§apSnÀ¯v fpt¶_mWpw SpX§n]n^p¶p. CsSÃmw N*v Fsâ knNm^§Ä N¯nbX^m³ SpX§pt¼mtj]v¡pw. tgÀan]psX fp`NÄ knVptfmÄ sMknXp¶Sp kn«v km]n`m¡n D_p©n NpXn]v¡`nt`]v¡v fm_n]n^p¶p.
MmWpw sgÀan]pfm]§sW b®nNh_n…fpt¶_nsNm*n^n]v¡pt¼mÄ ,ASpN*v NXnN]_n hfWn` ssNknXm³ SpX§n] knVp. sgÀan]pfm]n UoÀQIpwdW§Ä bNÀ¶n«kapsX fp`NÄ NXn¨p_p©n NpXn¨n«v. M§sat¸ms` Wnlzmh§apw BNml§apw bp_s¸Xpkn¨psNm*v. M§apsX tNao tN{µ¯ns` ,`nwPþt]mWo hwPf ØmW¯v W¡nSpX¨v S¶v M§apsX NmftNanNsa him]n¨p sNm*n^p¶p.
Fsâ sb§apsX C¯^w NmfbNXW§Ä N*v.. sgÀans]sbms` FWn]v¡pw NmfknNm^w C^«n¨p. knNm^w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fq¯v sgÀan Fsâ A^s¡«n`n^p¶v bq_n«v sbmSn¨Xn¨v Nh_n f_n]pt¼mÄ…Mm³, hpOw fq¯v hinsN«v. sgÀans] sN«n¸nXn¨v ,W¡nSpX¨v knNm^w sNm*p bpa]p¶ Fsâ hz´w htimU^ns] sfsà Fsâ AXpt¯]v¡p bnXn¨p k`n¨v AXp¸n]v¡m³ {lfw SpX§n BUyw Fsâ AXpt¯]v¡v k^m³ Ak S¿m_m]nsæn`pw……
Fsâ lÎfm] k`n]n AkÄ Fsâ fm_n k¶p kojpN]pw Fsâ IpXpIpwdW§Ä¡p f_pbXn]m]n Aksas¶ Sn^n¨p Ipwdn]v¡pkmWpw SpX§n -. MmWkapsX S¯½ Ip*pNÄ km]n`m¡n k`n¨p_p©n NpXn¨p…. bn¶kapsX fpOsfm«msN IpXpIpwdW§Ä sNm*p Wn_¨v….AkapsX fpOw fpjpk³, Fsâ DfnWo^n Npan¸n¨p. Sn^ns¨s¶ ASptbms`Ss¶ hvtWin¨v AWpN^n¨ knVp… HXpkn lzmhw fp«n fpOw D]À¯n fm_pt¼mÄ MmWkapsX fp`NÄ SpX§n Smtjm«v AkapsX l^o^w fpjpk³ D½k]v¡pN]pw H¸w tXm¸nsâ d«³hpNÄ Ajn]v¡mWpw SpX§n Njnªn^p¶p.
tXm¸nsâ d«Wjn¨ Mm³ ASp Sp_¶n«v Caw t_mhv {dm]v¡p fpNan`qsX AkapsX ssN¿n sNmÅm¯ fpjp¯ Wn_kmÀ¶ fp`Nsa ssNNan`n«v sM^n¨p DX¨p. ko*pw Mm³ knVpknsâ fpOfmsN AfÀ¯n Ipwdn]v¡pt¼mÄ iq¡jnª tXm¸v AkÄSs¶ Du^n Wn`t¯]v¡nXp¶Sp fWÊn`m¡n] Mm³ sbs«¶v AkapsX dm¡ns` {dmiq¡n ssNk¨v bns¶ ASna¡mWm]n bn¶s¯ {lfw !, ASn`pw AksaWn]v¡v Btkmaw hiN^\w Sn^n¨p S¶p. ASnsâ ip¡v AkÄ Ss¶ Ca¡nfmän Fs¶ him]n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ bn¶Sv sk_ptS Du^n Wn`t¯]v¡n«p. ASnWptlgw bn¶kapsX fp`Nan`m]n F³_ {l² fpjpkWpw !, skap¯p SpXp¯v ASnhpµ^n B] Fsâ htimU^n]psX sNmjp¯ fp`Napw. skap¯p SpXp¯v ,D^p*v k`y SmjnNNpX§Ä sbms` D]À¶p Wn¶n^p¶p. BUyfm]n WPvWfm]n N*v. kas^ Nm`§am]n Nm\m³ BÀ¯nbq*v Nm¯n^p¶ MmWks] H^p A^pfNpªnsW Ft¶m\w sfsà St`mXmWpw… St`mXn fXp¯t¸mÄ bn¶Sn bnXn¨p sM^n]v¡mWpw… {Ntf\ Aks] ssNNp¼nan`n«p sMknXnDX]v¡pN]pw sI]vSt¸mÄ F^nkp NXn¨ tbms` AkÄ Wn¶p bnX]mWpw… bpa]mWpw SpX§n !, knVpknsâ fp`NÄ fm_n fm_n bnXn¨pX¨v hpOw WpNÀ¶psNm*v MmWkapsX k]_n`pw sbm¡nan`pw WPvWfm] fäp emP§an`pw W¡n hpOn¸n]v¡mWm]n^p¶p {lfw fpjpk³. MmWSn H^pb^nVnks^ knK]n¨p ! .B hpO§an fpjpNn AkÄ NnX¶p bnXªp Np_pNpt¼mÄ sfà MmWkapsX fp`Nan Hmt^m¶m]n km]nt`]v¡v {btkln¸n¨v , sI_p bpan]pÅ fm¼jw D_p©n NpXn]v¡p¶ tbms` sI_pSm]n NXn¨v -… Du¼n. D_p©n NpXn]v¡m³ SpX§n!.. timHm… Fs´m^p hpOw-. knVptfmÄ¡pw, FWn¡pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ……. MmW§sW AkapsX D^p* fÂtPmkm fmwhfm¼jw D_p©n NpXn]v¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ Fsâ ssNkn^`pNÄ AkapsX N\wNm`n Wn¶pw tft`]v¡v sI_p SXk`m]n h©^n]v¡pkm³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. FWn]v¡v klwkU]m]n. FÃmw FWn¡p hfÀ¸n¨v…
Fs¶ hvtWin¨v… Nmfn¨v… sN«nbnXn¨v kntV]]m]n Wn¶ Fsâ sNm¨p sb§sa …ASptbms`Ss¶ Sn^n¨v hvtWin¨v…`man¨psNm*pSs¶ Fsâ Wo* ssNkn^`pNÄ A^n¨^n¨v AkapsX sNmjp¯ N\wNm`pw NX¶v….AkapsX Wo` imcv
tNÀ«nWpÅnt`]v¡v {btkln¨v SXn¨p^p*v SpXNsa SjpNn A`]pN]m]n^p¶p. C¡nanfq¯v Akat¶^w Fsâ sNm¨p ssNtNm«n NnX¶p bnXªp.MmWksa Bªv AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨psNm*v… fp`NÄ BÀ¯nt]mXv D_p©n NpXnt¨m*v… sfsà sfsÃ]m]v.. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX C_pNnbän NnX¶ sNm¨p bmâohnWp fpNan`qsX AkapsX WWkmÀ¶ sW¿¸¯n St`mXn. knVp… Fsâ sW©n NnX¶p bnXªv. NpS_n f_n]pt¼mÄ… MmWknXp¶p kn^ fmän {Ntf\ Ak b³_ohnWN¯qsX ANt¯]v¡p {btkln¸n¨v…tW^n«v AkapsX fUK`¯m NpSnÀ¶ ¢o³ tgkv A¸¯X¯n St`mXm³ SpX§n. tim… ssUktf…. F´p hpOw -… Fsâ sbm¶psb§apsX Wo* ¢o³ tgkv A¸¡pjn!… F{SWmam]n. Sm³ H¶p Nm\mWpw… -!… H¶p St`mXmWpw sNmSn¨v Bln¨ B… sbm¶p fq{S¡pjn. F¶pw ^m{Sn]n NSNv bqÀ®fm]n AX]v¡msS Np¯n]n^p¶p fq{Ssfmjn¨v… lÐw sNm*kÄ F¶pw Ss¶ ASnt`]v¡ BNÀgn¸n¨v… Ss¶ sNmSn¸n¨v. Ss¶ ASp Nm\mWpw ASn W¡mWpw… ASnÂWn¶p Ioäp¶ skÅw NpXn¸n]v¡mWpw t{b^n¸n]v¡p¶ AkapsX SpX]nXp¡ns` B Unky hmVWw!. SWn]v¡v. F{S]pw sbs«¶v ASp W¡mWpw..Sn¶mWpw. ASn Wn¶pk^p¶ skÅw NpXn]v¡mWpw sNmSn]m]n!…. fpjp¯ fp`NÄ fm_nfm_n km]n`n«p I¸n NpXn]v¡p¶p*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw !. Mm³ Fsâ {l² fpjpk³ Fsâ Npªpsb§apsX SpX]nXp¡ns` B sNm¨p hzÀ¤¯n tN{µoN^n¨n^n]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p. MmWkapsX t^mfmktlgfm] B Wo* fmwhIm`n ssNk¨p tNm_n….hpOw tN_n] knVp FWn]v¡m]n Nm`pNÄ ANän S¶t¸mÄ Mm³ sfsà Fsâ ssNkn^s`m¶v Npt_sl]m]n AN¯]v¡ N]än. AkapsX fmwhbpgvb¯n`pw. ASpNjnªv ASnsâ k^¼n`pw. sMm_nkpNan`psfÃmw Wà kjpkjp¯ knNm^ tS³ Npj¼v Wn_ªpWn¶n^p¶SnWm Fsâ kn^`nWp ANt¯]v¡v N]_ntbmNpkm³ H^p {b]mhkpw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. Nm`N¯n knXÀ¶, bq_¸¯nt`]v¡v N]_n] kn^`pNÄ sNm*p MmWSnWpÅn`msN H¶na¡n. kn^`pNÄ Ipjän f_n¨p. knlp± tS³ NWn]n Wn¶pft¸mÄ NqXpS tS³ DuÀ¶n_§m³ SpX§n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX hzÀ¤ B^mf¯ns` …hzÀ¤o] tS¦Wn fp¯nNpXn]v¡m³ BÀ¯nbq*v Mm³ hzÀ¤{btklW¯nWp Fap¸¯nWp H^p… SXÊfm]n fp¶nÂWn¶ imcvh-vNÀ«v Ajn¨p fmäm³ NYnW{b]SvWw WX¯pt¼mÄ Ft¶mXv N^p\ tSm¶nt]m… Nmfw fpänt]m. knVp tkPw A^]nÂWn¶pw ASjn¨p fmän Fs¶ him]n¨p. bns¶ F³ ASnhpµ^n sb§apsX ASnhpµ^ l^o^¯v B sNm¨v gÍn fm{Sfm]n!…. BsN Ht^ H^p khvSw. FWn¡SpwNqXn Ajn¨p Naªv Aksa b^nbqÀ® WPvW]m¡n WnÀ¯m³ ASn]m] B{Pikpw Vn_pSn]pfm]n -! AkapsX A^s¡«n C _pNnbän NnX¶ B sNm¨p gÍn … Mm³ sfsà sfsà Smtj]v¡v DuÀ¯nk¨n«v AkapsX sW¿¸¯n`msN sMknXpN]pw kn^`n«na¡pN]pw. bn¶m fmwh¡pjn¡p tft`]m]n S`]p]À¯n Wn¶ hmfmWyw k`y N´psfm«nsW kn^`n`n«v sM^XpN]pw sI]vSp .
NmfhpO¯mÂ. kn_bq*sâ ssNNan NnX¶p bnXªp D`ªpsNm*n^p¶ Fsâ sb§Ä knVp At¸mÄ. knNm^mtklt¯msX KÂbW§apSnÀ¯v “”””tI«m…. F³_tI«m..At]m . FWn]v¡p k¿…Rv.Rm…” Fs¶ms¡ tN\p b_ªv..N^]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Nm`pNÄ H¶pNqXnANän. Np_¨pNqXn knNm^kSn]m]n Wn¶ AkapsX hzÀ¤NkmX¯nWpÅns` fmwh¨m`nWpÅn N´nsfm«nsW kn^`m sM^Xn ^hn¸n]v¡p¶SnsWm¸w Mm³ ^*p kn^ H^pfn¨p tNän Ca¡n.fUn]v¡m³ SpX§n! ASnWpÅn Wn¶t¸mÄ “”””¢o¡v. ¢n¡v”…. F¶ {lk\fVp^ hz^w bp_s¸Xp¶p*m]n^p¶p. H¸w knVpkn³_… WWp¯ tS§`pNapw-!… AkapsX fmwh¡pjn]v¡pÅns` fUK` fn{lnS{UmkNw kn^`ns`Xp¯p W¡nNpXn¨v ^pIn]_nª FWn¡p bn¶Sv tW^n«v AkapsX A¸¡o_n Wn¶p W¡ntWm¡n l^n]v¡pÅ ^pIn]_n]m³ SnXp¡fm]n. F¦n`pw ASnWpw Mm³ Ss¶ fp³ ssN FXp¡msS… Aksa sNm*pSs¶ ASv b_]n¨v…. AkÄsX bq_nsâ ^pIn]_nªv ASnWptlgw Aksa b®n hpOn]v¡pN. ASm]n^n]v¡pw WÃSv F¶v Fsâ fWÊp b_ªp. ko*pw F³s_ emPyw tWm¡t\…
F³ fWÊp km]n¨v tbms` knVptfmÄ. knNm^w hin]v¡k¿msS.hpOw fq¯v ko*pw… “”””tI«m… Rm…§m…” F¶pÅ knSp¼`pNÄ SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”””F´m tfmta.. F´pbän…. F´m..” “”””tim..
FWn]v¡p k¿. FWn]v¡v ks¿sâ tI«m… FWn]v¡nWn hin]v¡m³ k¿….”
“”””F´p bän Fsâ tfmap..F´m tk*Sv… b_ -……”
hpOw fq¯v …hinsN«v knSp¼t`msX “”””FWn]v¡v k¿ tI«m]n. hpOw fq¯v…. FWn]v¡p k¿…. FWn¡nWn C§sW hin]v¡m³ k¿. tI«sâ Np® AknXp¶v Du^n Fs¶ AknsXknsX¦n`pw NnX¯n Fs´¦n`pw sI]vSp Fs¶ W¶ms]m¶v hpOn¸n¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv S^qt¶… ¹ohv…” A{S]pw B]t¸mtj]v¡pw. FWn]v¡pw bns¶ Wn]{´n¨p Wn¡m³ {b]mhfms\¶v tdm²yfm]n !. fUWt¯³ sbmjn]v¡p¶ knVptfmapsX frUpl^o^w H^pkl¯v. f_pkl¯kapsX temPmklyw tN\p tImUn¨pÅ bpaªp f_n]Â! CSnWnX]v¡v Mm³. CWn Aksa AWpekn]v¡m³ k¨p SmfÊns¡*m F¶p_¨p Sn^pfmWn¨v…
fpt¶m«v tbm]n. kÀg§am]n B{Pin¨v… fWÊnsâ AXn¯«n ^ihyfm]n sNm*pWX¶ Aen`mg§Ä bqk\n]m³ tbmNp¶ VWy Wnfngw- Unky fpiqÀ¯w – MmWkapsX fUWsI¸n Wn¶pw S¡m`t¯]vs¡s¶ k®w,
ssNkn^s`Xp¯v Du_n¡pXn¨psNm*v… Aksa H¶msN ko*pw sN«n¸nXn¨v Bªpbp\À¶p… tUifmhN`w ko*pw AfÀ¯n]p½k¨v W¡n tSmÀ¯n. A\sN«nWnÀ¯n]n^p¶ knNm^§apsX lÎfm] Nps¯mjp¡v!…. A^s¡«nWp Smtj]v¡v C_¡nk¨n^p¶ NXpw t_mhv gÍn, Smtj]v¡v SÅn C_¡n. NmÂNam skan]nt`]v¡v Du^nfmän M§Ä em^ym eÀ¯m¡·ms^tbms` b^nbqÀ® WPvW]m]n Wn¶n«v… “”””Zn]À, ¹ohv … ¹ohv ..¹ohv tä¡v fo äp ]pkÀ
sdÍpw Bâv c¡v fo Bhv f¨v ]q Nm³…” F¶p knVp knSp¼n N^]m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ bns¶ SmfÊn]v¡m³ Nq«m¡n]nÃ. MmWksa ssNNam tNm^ns]Xp¯v Fsâ sdÍqfnt`]v¡p WX¶p…. Fsâ bn_tN tgÀan]pw-. AknsX sdÍn Fsâ sb§sa Smjv¯n]n«v M§apw NqsX N]_n. AknsX Fsâ KoknS¯nsâ “”bpSns]m^p A²ym]w’ B^wen]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p. bpSn] A²ym]w… (bpSn] ) AXp¯ `¡¯nÂ
ASnWm]n Nm¯n^n]v¡pN. knlUfm], knlUoN^\§tamsX Wn§Ä¡p fp³bn FÃmw…. AWmk^\w sI¿s¸XpN]m]n!.
tZmÎÀ knVpknsâ NmfpN³ sgKp knKpkn³_]pw tgÀan]ptX]pw WnÀdÔ¯mÂ… Aksa tSXn F¯p¶p. ASnWptlgw AkapsX f½…
sgÀan]psX f½!…. SpX§n] b`^pw…… FÃmkt^]pw Nm\mWm]n Nm¯n^n]v¡mw ……….!
AXp¯ A²ym]w. A¯^w H^p “”FN-vhhokv ‘ B]n F{S]pw sbs«¶v Wn§apsX fp³bn F¯p¶Sm]n^n]v¡pw. ASnWm]n FÃmknV hiN^\kpw t{bmÕmiWkpw WnÀtÃmew WÂNpN. sSäpNÄ NX¶pNqXn]n«ps*¦n hU]w £fn]v¡pN! Aen{bm]§Ä Sp_¶v FjpSpN. –

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