fq¶pSk\ fp§nWnkÀ¶v
hvWmWt¯msXm¸w
Pu^ns] fWhn h¦Â¸n¨v
hmftkU¯ns` NmftUkf{´w 7 Sk\ D^pknXm³ SpX§n.

“”Wtfm ePktU Nmf tUkm] {lo
hÀÆ KW {bn]m] hÀÆ KW hwtfmiWm] tKym` tKym` {btKym` {btKym`….””

AtShf]w NojvtÈ^n fW]n A½pknsWm¸w D_§pN]m]n^p¶ Pu^n]psX hzbvW¯nt`¡v Wn_bp©n^nSqkn AWn NX¶pk¶p.

hoSs] kloN^n¨tbms`…

bq¯pSanÀ¯pWn¡p¶ B^mf¯nWpÅn Wn¶psNm*v AWn Pu^ns] fmXnknan¨p.
GjjNpÅ fm^nknÃntW¡mÄ tSÖthmsXWn¡p¶ AWn]psX AXpt¯¡v Pu^n bSns] WX¶pk¶p.
sWän]n Im`n¨ Nae¯nsW f_¨pbnXn¨psNm*v AWn AkapsX sWän]n Ipwdn¨t¸mÄ Wn{U]nÂWn¶pw Pu^n sM«ns]jpt¶äp.

NnS¡p¶irU]s¯ AkÄ k`SpssNsNm*v AfÀ¯nbnXn¨p.

“”tUko, MmsW´m Cu N*Sv.””
AXp¯pÅtfl]psX fpNanÂk¨ f¬NqK]nÂWn¶pw H^p¥mhv skÅsfXp¯pNpXn¨psNm*v AkÄ hz]w tImUn¨p.

“”A]msasâ N×p³bn k¶m fpO¯ptWm¡n Sp¸pw. A{S¡v tUgy*v.””

“”At½ Wm^m]\
tUko Wm^m]\
`£vfn Wm^m]\
et{U Wm^m]\.””

Wmfw Kbn¨psNm*v Pu^n ko*pw bpS¸v S`kjnfqXn.

A´nt¨m¸pfm]n fX§n] A^p\³ bSnkptbms` Nnjt¡ Km`N¯n`qsX ANt¯¡p{btkln¨v Wn{U]n Wn¶pw Pu^ns] S«n knan¨p.

l^o^fmhN`w tkUWtSm¶n] Pu^n A`vbtW^wNqsX fnjnNÄ Sp_¶v N«n`n f`À¶pNnX¶p.

NpanNjnªv fp_n]nt`¡pk¶ A½pknsâ tkgwN*v Pu^ns]m¶v bN¨p.

skÅfp*pw N_p¯ NpÀ¯]pf\nªv k`SpssN¿nÂsN«n] N_p¸pw Ipk¸pw Wn_fpÅ Im^XpNapfm]n, fpO¯v N®X k¨v ASnsW Ssâ Iq*pkn^ sNm*v ØmWw l^n]m¡n Pu^ns] tWm¡nWn¡pN]m]n^p¶p A½p.

H^pWnfngw h¨nUmWµ³ k¶pWn¡p¶tbms` tSm¶n] Pu^n A½pknsâ N®pNant`¡p hq£n¨ptWm¡n.

“”sNmÅmtfm Put^y¨n..””

“”CsSknX¶m A½p..””
hwl]t¯msX Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”CSsâ NpÀ¯]m\v. bns¶ fp*v fp¯Èsâ, in in in..””

“”Wos]´nWm Ct¸mÄ CSn«v WX¡ps¶?
WnW¡v tks_s]m¶pfntà fv .””

“”Mm³ Ip½m C«Sm, H^m{Piw H^m\m]n WX¡m³.””

“”A§sW]n¸ sâ tfmav B\mtN*.
tbm]n s{ZÊv fmänkm..””

“”Put^y¨n… “”
A½p Np\p§n Wn¶p.

“”sIýq..”” Pu^n Aksa So£v\fm]n tWm¡n

A½p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^nªpWX¶p.

NpanNjnªv Pu^n IµWNaÀ Ukm\n]pXp¯v {dÒbp^w lnkt£{S¯nt`¡ptbm]n.

bXnªms_ WX]n`qsX NX¶v d`n¡`nsW k`Spkl¯m¡n AkÄ {lotNmkn`nWpÅnt`¡pNX¶v fimtUksW sSmjpSv P\bSn¡v tS§]pX¨v bp_¯pk¶p.

NmÂNjpNm³ A¼`Npa¯nt`¡v C_§n] Pu^n N¸Xkn`n^n¡p¶ AWns] N*Spw sb«¶v bn´n^nªp WX¶p.

“”G]v–, H¶pWn¡q..””

AWnknan¨t¸mÄ Sn^nªptWm¡msS AkÄ Wn¶p.

“”H¶pSn^nªptWm¡q Np«o…””

Pu^n Sn^nªpWn¶v AWns] tWm¡n.
Wo`Wn_fpÅ A]mapsX Nrgv\f\nNÄ AksatWm¡n bp©n^nsbmjn¨p.
H^pWnfngw A]mtamXpÅ tUgyw Ft§mt«m HmXns]man¨p.

“”F´m knant¨..””

“”G]v–, sk_psS, SWn¡v Cu Umk\n W¶m]nt¨^p¶p*v.””

“”Hm, Sm¦vhv G«m..,
ASpb_]mWmt\m Fs¶ knan¨Sv–.?””
A]mapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”G]v– AÃ..!””
bp©n^n¨pSqknsNm*v AWn b_ªp.

“”bns¶ ?..””

“”MmsWm^p _othÀ¨v WX¯p¶p*v.
fWpgysâ fWhnsW¸än. SWn¡v ASns`ms¡ Sm`vb^yw Ds*¶v A_n]m³ Njnªp.””

“”DÆv, B^m b_tª, MmsWm^pbmXv CãvXs¸Xp¶ H^p kng]fm\v ASv.””

“”W½p¡v W½psX fp³K·w B^m]n^p¶p, F§sW]m\v f^\s¸«Sv, Fs¶ms¡ A_n]m³Njn]pw. Fsâ A_nkn H^map*v. fm{´nNWm\v. At±is¯ sI¶pN*m Pu^n]psX fp³K·w B^m]n^p¶ps]¶v A_n]mw.””

“”DtÆm, FknsX]mG«m At±iw.?””
BNmw£t]msX Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”sWÃn¡p¶v F¶ sI_n] kW¯nWpÅn`m. Mm³ CX¡v tbmNm_p*v.””

“”fv, F¶m Mm³ tbmt«, fW¡`v Sn^¡pw.””

“”Hm, B]nt¡ms«, AXp¯ Afmkmhn¡v Mm³ tbmNp¶p*v knt^mVfnæn Wfp¡v H^pfn¨ptbmNmw.””

AWn S{´¯n`qsX Pu^n]psX fWhnt`¡v N]_n¡qXn.

“”Hm, tbmNmw..””

Pu^n N×_]p¶Sv bp©n^nSqknsNm*v
AWn tWm¡nWn¶p.

NojvtÈ^n]nt`¡v sI¶pN]_n] Pu^n D½_¯v– Nm`pwWo«n]n^n¡p¶ Ssâ fq¯ÑsW N*p.

“”´m sskNnt] ?..””
Nth^]n Wn¶pw WnkÀ¶n^p¶v Sn^ptfWn tImUn¨p.

“”H¶pÃym fp¯Èm,””
Pu^n fpOt¯¡ptWm¡msS ANt¯¡p N]_nt¸m]n.

bs£ AsStkP¯n Sn^n¨pk¶v Sn^ptfWn]psX Nm¨pk«n Im^pNth^t]mXv tIÀ¶n^p¶p.

“”fp¯Èm, Wn¡v hoS]psX kosXm¶v Nm\\w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ¶p*v. Wfps¡m¶v tbm]mt`m..?””

“”tk*.””
Hälzmh¯n Sn^ptfWnb_ªp.

“”AsS´m..?””

“”Wo BklyfnÃm¯ Nm^y¯ns`m¶pw S`]nX^pSv. CWn]Sà f_n¨ms\¦n WnW¡v dmwPvaqÀ¡vSs¶ Sn^nsN tbmNmw.””

“”fp¯Èm, Mm³ ,ASpbns¶””
fpOw N_p¸n¨psNm*v Pu^n Wn`¯pWn¶psfjpt¶äv ANs¯¡ptbm]n.

AXp¡a]n Nm^ys¸« b\n]n`m]n^p¶ AwdnNInät]mXv Ssâ Bklyw A_o¨p.

“”AknsX C¸ Wm^m]\km^y^pw, At±i¯nsâ em^y]pw fm{Stf DÅq.
H^p fNWp*m]n^p¶Sv NjnªUnkhw.
NrSyfm]nb_ªm dmwPvaqÀ¶v tfmav k¶Unkhw A¸q¸³¡mkn H^p frStUiw N*ntÃ, H^p sI_p¸¡m^sâ ASv hoS]psX htimU^Wm\v Np«³.””

Inä]psX km¡pNÄtN« Pu^n A¼^¶p Wn¶p.

“”fmWhnNfm]n Ft´m Npj¸w *m]n^p¶p. tZmÎs_ Hs¡ Nm\n¨p At¸msjm¶pw Npj¸Ãy, sb«¶v ko«o¶v C_§ntbmNpw, CSnWpfp¼v H¶p^*pSk\ BßiSy¡v {lfn¨p¶v tN«n«p*v. AÃ, tfmÄ¡v F§sW Cks^s]ms¡ A_n]m..?””

AwdnNInä]psX tImUy§Ä¡pÅ f_pbXnsNmXp¡msS Pu^n AXp¡a]nÂWn¶pw bn³k`nªp.

D¨e£\w Njn¨n«v Pu^n dm¡\n]n`n^p¶v CSpk^]p*m] hwek§Ä Hmt^m¶m]n HmÀs¯Xp¯p.

fj SpÅnNam]n eqfn]nt`¡v bSn¡m³ SpX§n.
NmÀtfQ§Ä kn®nsW fqXn fWhnsW Cu_W\n]n¡p¶ A´o£w hrãvXn¨p.

Caw¦mäv fqkm*³fmknsW SjpNn dm¡\n]nt`¡v HjpNns]¯n.

sW_pN]n sN«nk¨ Ssâ fpXn]njNÄ Pu^n bSns] Ajn¨n«p.

HmXnsâ fpNan bSn¨ fj¯pÅn dm¡\n]n`qsX £\n¡msS ANt¯¡p{btkln¨v AkapsX fpO¯pbSn¨p.
sb«¶pÅ St`mX`n l^o^fmhN`w Npant^Nn.

hÔymhf]w ks^ fj sb]vSpsNmt*]n^p¶p.

bs£ Pu^n]psX In´ sb«¶pÅ fp¯Ñsâ fmäs¯¡p_n¨m]n^p¶p.

“”fp¯ÈWv ´m bäns] ?, C§sW]ÃtÃm t¶mXv hwhm^n¡m.””

AkÄ hz]w tImUn¨psNm*v fp_n]nt`¡v Fjpt¶äptbm]n.

fp_n]n Sn^¡n« In{Sw k^]n`m]n^p¶p
A½p.

In{S¯nt`¡v hq£n¨ptWm¡n] Pu^n ASptbms`s]m^p hwekw WX¶Sm]n HmÀ¯p.

Wm`pemPkpw IpäpfSnÂsN«n] Npa¯n H^mÄ Nfjv¶pNnX¡p¶p.
Npa¯nsâ fpNÄemP¯v K`s¯ hvbÀln¡msS Wn¡p¶ H^p^qbw.

“”Cu hwekw WÃ N*pb^nI]w *tÃm..?
´m A½p CSv. “”

hwl]t¯msX Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”Put^y¨n, CSv sSt¡X¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Npa¯n H^mÄ f^n¨p NnX¶ntÃ, ASm\v Mm³ k^¨Sv.””

“”At¸mÄ Cu ^qbw.””

“”B..””
A½p ssNf`À¯n.

“”WnW¡v tks_s]m^p bXkpw Nn«n]ntà k^¡m³. Asæns` fWpgy³ sX³gWXn¨pWX¡m.””

Np_¨ptW^w A½pkntWmsXm¯v hwhm^n¨n^p¶v £o\n¨ Pu^n N«n`nt`¡v f`À¶p NnX¶p.

sskt{dg³ tfmZn`m]n^p¶ Ssâ tcm\n skan¨w N*t¸mÄ Pu^n tcms\Xp¯ptWm¡n.

AMvK`n tNmanRv.

“”sit`m AMvK`n, km«v F hÀss{bhv.””

“”im,Pu^n Hmt^mSn^¡n sb«ptbm]n. Fsâ F³tPKv–sfâm\v Cu Mm]_mjv¨. FÃmwsb«¶m]n^p¶p.
k^m³ bänÃy¶_n]mw. F¦n`pw Wnsâ {bmÀ°W NqsX]p*mN\w.””

“”Hm, SoÀ¨]m]n«pw.””
N«n`nÂWn¶psfjpt¶äv Pu^n Nnjt¡ Km`Ns¸man¡Xpt¯¡v k¶pWn¶p.
fj¡v H^pfmäkpfnà sI_n]SpÅnNam]n sb]vSp sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”Wnsâ N_p¯^qbs¯ Nt*m Wo ?””
b^nimh^qb¯n tImUn¨ AMvK`n]psX tImUy¯nWv Pu^n ASpks^]pÅ Nm^y§Ä CXfp_n]msS b_ªpsNmXp¯p.

“”´m]m`pw hq£n¡\w AbNXw NqsX]p*mNpw GSpkntVW]pw””

“”Mm³ {l²n¡p¶p*v AMvK`n. H¶pw hwekn¡nÃym, CWn H^p fmhftÃHÅp.””

AMvK`nt]mXv hwhm^n¨psNm*n^n¡p¶SnWnX]n`m\v A½p C^n¡p¶ Nth^]psX tWs^fp³bn`pÅ A`fm^]psX N®mXn]nt`¡v Pu^n ]mUrÝnNfm]n tWm¡n]Sv.

B Nmjv¨N* AkapsX irU]hvbµW¯nsâ tkPS NqXn.
AMvK`nt]mXv hwhm^n¡m³ km¡pNÄ¡ptk*n b^Sn.
sSm*]ns` K`mwlwkän k^*p.
N®pNan C^p«pN]_m³ SpX§n.
Nmjv¨ f§n]tbms` tSm¶n] Pu^n fnjnNÄ k`wssNsNm*v Sn^p½n.

f_pS`¡Â AMvK`n Pu^ns] Wo«nknan¡p¶Sv AkÄ tNs«¦n`pw Njp¯nWv Bt^m bnXnfp_p¡n]Sm]n AWpeks¸«Nm^\w lÐn¡m³ NjnªnÃ.

ko*pw AkÄ N®mXn]nt`¡v tWm¡n.

A½p Nth^]n C^n¡p¶ps*¦n`pw A`fm^]psX N®mXn]n AkapsX ØmWw lqWyfm]n^p¶p.

bp_¯v fj]psX làn{bmbn¨pk¶p.
fn¶`nsâ skan¨w Sp_¶n«Km`N¯n`qsX ANt¯¡v {btkln¨p.

fj]psX lànNqXn]Nm^\w sskUypSn dÄdpNÄ CX¡v fn¶nNan¡m³ SpX§n.

Pu^n bSns] A½pknsâ AXpt¯¡v I`n¨p.

At¸mjpw AkÄ In{S¯n fpjpNn]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
Pu^nko*pw N®mXn]nt`¡v tWm¡n.

A½pknWv {bSndnwdfp*m]n^p¶nÃ.

F´m\v hwekn¡p¶sS¶v fWhn`mNm¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Pu^n bSns] AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.

e]w Nm`nsâ sI_pkn^`n Wn¶v sW_pN]ns`¯n.
Du_nk¶ DfnWoÀ k`n¨n_¡nsNm*v AkÄ In{Sw k^¨psNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ A½pknsâ tSman kn_¡p¶ ssNNÄsNm*v hvbÀln¨p.

DXsW Sn^nªptWm¡n] A½pknWpbN^w fpO¯v ^àw H`n¨n_§n Wn¡p¶ h¨nUmWµ³.
sWän]psX CXSpemPw fpjpkWpw ^à¯m fqXn]n^p¶p.

tQm^fm] CXn]pw fn¶`pw, NqsX làfm]Nmäpw NojvtÈ^nfW¡v fpNan SmÞkfmXn.

h¨nUmWµsWN*Spw Pu^n N«n`nt`¡v sS_n¨pko\p.

“”CSpNt*m Pu^n.””
S`psX bn³emP¯v k`SpssNsNm*v H¸ns]Xp¯ IpXp^àw Pu^n¡v fp³bnt`¡v Wo«nbnXn¨psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.

“” CSnWv bN^w tImUnt¡t*, Mm³ Fs¶¡mtas_ hvtWin¨ Fsâ hoSs] b¨¡v e£n¨ W^temKnNtamXv.””

A]mÄ b_ªkhmWn¨Spw. Pu^n D_s¡ Wn`knan¨p.

lÐw tN«v l¦^³Sn^ptfWn]pw AwdnNInä]pw fpNans` fp_n]nt`¡v HmXnk¶p.

“”´m… ´mbänt]…””

l¦^³Sn^ptfWn k¶t¸mtj¡pw Pu^n]psX tdmVw Wln¨n^p¶p.

“”A_n]nÃym fp¯Èm, sb«¶v Put^y¨n …””
A½p sS§n¡^ªp.

“”Mm³ b_ªSm BklyfnÃm¯ Nm^y§anÂtbm]n S`]nX^psS¶v.””
tUgyt¯msX Sn^ptfWn b_ªp.

AwdnNInä t`m«]n skÅsfXp¯v AkapsX fpOt¯¡v sSan¨p.

bSns] fnjnNÄ Sp_¶SÃmsS f_ps¯m¶pw Pu^n b_ªnÃ.

“”´m AÑm *mt]..?””
t`m«]pfm]n Wn¶ Inä tImUn¨p.

AXªpNnX¶ Pu^n]psX N®pNÄ Sn^ptfWn Sp_¶ptWm¡n]n«v b_ªp.

“”fv… t´m N*v tbXn¨Sm. “”

A½pknsâ fnjNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶SpN* Inä Aksa fmt_mXv tIÀ¯pbnXn¨v hfmVmWn¸n¨p.

“”tfmav kÃSpw Njn¨m]n^pt¶m AwdntN..””
N«n`n C^p¶psNm*v So^ptfWn tImUn¨p.

“”Im]]pw b`im^kpw Njn¨p. A¯mjw Njn¨n«nÃym.””

“”fv “”

Sn^ptfWn Pu^n]psX sWän]n bnXn¨psNm*v h^hzSns] {bmÀ°n¨p.

]m NpwtUwUp Spgm^ im^Vkam
]m lp{e khv{SmWzoSm
]m ko\ k^UwZ fmwZnSN^m
]m tlzS bUvfmhWm..
]m {dÒmIqrS lwN^ {berSn en:
tUsskÊUm bqKnSm.
hm fmw bmSp h^hzSn ePkSo
WntlygKmZym bmim

bSns] D_¡¯nt`¡v kjpSnko\ Pu^ns] bpS¸psNm*v bpS¨v NnX¯n AkÀ Smtj¡v C_§nt¸m]n.

^m{Sn]psX fim]fw SpX§n]Wnfngw Nnjt¡ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Km`N¯nWXp¯v H^p fq§ k¶n^p¶p.
Njpt¡m`nsâ fpNan Wn¶v ln¡m^w fo«p¶lÐw tN«v A½p sb«s¶jpt¶äp tWm¡n. AknIm^nSfm]n H¶pSs¶ AkÄ¡v Nm\m³Njn]m¯SpsNm*v AkÄ ko*pw Wn{U]nt`¡v ko\p.
Pu^n]psX hzbvW§ant`¡v C_§ns¨Ãm³ Nm¯v kn®ns` N_p¯tfQ§Ä H^p§nWn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

bm`bqknsâ]pw A^an]psX]pw PÔ¯nsWm¸w Caw¦mäpw Pu^n]psX fWhpfm]n Njnªptbm] H^p ^m{Sn]nt`¡pI`n¨p.

knKWfm] bmXk^¼n`qsX WX¶pk^nN]m]n^p¶ tPmbn]psX AkhmW ^m{Sn]nt`¡m]n^p¶p Pu^n]psX fWhpfm]n GtSmlànF¯nt¨À¶Sv.

sWÂk]`nsâ fVy¯n ØnSnsI¿p¶ bXpNqä³ A^]m`nsâ Ipk«n hpµ^n]m] H^p sb¬Np«n Wn¡p¶Sv N* tPmbn Ssâ ssN¿n`pÅ tXmÀ¨v AkapsX fpOt¯¡Xn¨p.

fªWn_fpÅ tXmÀ¨nsâ skan¨¯n B sb¬Np«n]psX fpOw Pu^n]psX fWhnt`¡pbSnªp

A½p.

SpX^pw…