kÀg¡m`¯nsâ k^k_n]n¨v bpSpfj SnfnÀ¯p sb]vSpsNm*n^ns¡]m\v BSn^ D_¡sf\oäSv. fp_n]n`pw N®¯pw emPs¯Ãmw C^p«ms\¦n`pw fj]psX lo¡m^ lÐw AkÄ¡v tNÄ¡mw.

AkÄ NmtSmÀ¡pN]m]n. I^ km^ns]_n]pt¼ms`]m\v skůpÅnNÄ HmXn³ bp_¯v k¶p kojp¶Sv. Wà Nmäpw kolp¶p*v.

KW AX¨n«n^n¡p¶sSm¶pw NmänWp {blvWfÃ, IpkÀ Njpt¡m`ntWmXv tI^p¶ emP¯pNqsX Cu_³Nmäv fp_n¡pÅnt`¡v AXn¨p N]_p¶p. D_¡¯n Wn¶pw D\À¶Sms\¦n`pw sbmXp¶sW DÕmikSn]m]n¯oÀ¶p BSn^. AkÄ A§nsW]m\v. fj AkÄs¡¶pw H^p {btSyN AWpeqSn WÂNn]n^p¶p.

AkÄ ^mtK«sâ ssN knXÀ¯nfmän Fjpt¶äp. ss`än«t¸mÄ N_*nÃ. kmSn`p Sp_¶v tNm`m]ns`¯n. SnfnÀ¯v sb¿pN]m\p fj. AkapsX fWÊv Np«nNsatbms` SpÅn¨mXn. ASnsâ `i^n]n S\p¸v kNk]v¡msS fpät¯¡kÄ FXp¯p ImXn.

tW^w skap¯v SpX§n]n«nÃ, ASpsNm*pSs¶ Ss¶]m^pw Nm\nà F¶kÄ¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p. AkÄ fSnf_¶v fj]¯v ImXn¡an¨p. fq{Ssfmjn¡m³ fp«ps¶¶v tSm¶n]t¸mÄ ssWän sbm¡n fpä¯pSs¶ Hä]n^p¯w. fjskůnt`¡v lvÀÀÀ…. F¶ lЯn Ioän¨p kn«p.

BSn^]psX knkmiw Njnªn«v kÀgw H¶p NjnªtS]pÅq… k`n] l^o^kpw NpXk]_psfms¡]pÅ ^mKsW AkÄ¡v Hä tWm«¯nt` bnXn¨n^p¶nÃ. bt£, AWn]¯nfmÀ fqs¶®fm\v Smsj Wn¡p¶Sv. ASpsNm*pSs¶ ko«pNm^psX WnÀdÔ¯nWv AkÄ¡v kjt§*n k¶p. Asæn C^pbSmfs¯ k]Ên fp¸¯nWm`pNm^sâ em^y]mtN*n k^nÃm]n^p¶p.

H^p Nm^y¯n AkÄ ht´mgkSn]m]n^p¶p. A½m]n]½]nà F¶ Nm^y¯nÂ.! tNmtaKn bYn¡p¶ AWn]Wpw A¨Wpw fm{Stf ko«n`pÅq.. H^Wn]¯n]pÅSv BUytf N`ym\w NjnªSnWm kÃt¸mjpsfm¶v k¶n«ptbmNpw A{Sfm{Sw.

tW^w skap¯p SpX§p¶p. AkÄ fj¡pan fSn]m¡n ko«nt`¡v N]_n. _qfns`¯n]Spw N_*v k¶p. AkÄ WWª ssWän]pw bmkmX]pw Ajn¨v _qfnsâ fq`]nt`¡n«p. bm³_n]kÄ ko«n V^n¡m_nÃm]n^p¶p, {dm]pw Ajn¨v b^nbqÀ® WPvW]m]n Wn¶v S` SpkÀ¯m³ SpX§n. ^mtK«sWm¶v N®pSp_¶v tWm¡n]n«v Sn^nªp NnX¶v ko*pw D_§n.

AkÄ tks_ ssWän FXp¯\nªp.

“”^mtK«m F\o¡p¶ntÃ..” AkÄ A]msa Np`p¡n knan¨p.

A]mÄ f`À¶v NnX¶v tNm«pkm]n«Spw AkÄ bpS¸v k`n¨p fmän. DÅn Sp\n]pw tNm\mWpsfm¶pfnÃ, SpXNÄ¡nX]nÂ

Iq*p kn^`nsâ Woakpw SÅ kn^`nsâ k®kpfpÅ sNm¨p hmVWw S` Wo«n Wn¡p¶p. ASv N*kÄ¡v In^n k¶ptbm]n.

N`ym\w Njnªv C{S]pw Wmapw Sm³ knIm^n¨n^p¶Sv FÃm bp^pg³fm^ptX]pw hmVW¯nWv C{S]pw k`n¸tf Nm\q F¶m]n^p¶p. bt£, Njnªmjv¨ Npanfp_n]psX sNmap¯v tNXpk¶S_n]msS kmSn Sp_¶Spw Sm³ sM«n bp_tNm«v Wn¶ptbm]n. Ssâ fpjp¯ hmVWkpw N¿n bnXn¨v Wn¡p¶ ^mtKgv.! bSnsWt«m bs¯m³btSm k]tÊ AkWp Nm\q.. bt£, Nm`nsâ CX]n`pÅ hmVW¯nsâs]m^p k`n¸w Ct¸mjpw N®n Wn¶pw fm]p¶nÃ.

ASnWp tlgw Ssâ fpOt¯¡k³ l^n¡p tWm¡n]n«nÃ, AksW Nm\pt¼mtj SWn¡p In^n k^pw. AkWSv N*v S`Smjv¯pw. ^mtK«sWt¸ms`]à AWn]³ ^mtKgv. hpfpOWm\k³. GSv sb¬Np«n]pw sNmSn¨ptbmNp¶ BNm^ fnNkpw AkWp*v.

^mtK«³ F\oäSpw AkÄ F¶t¯]pw tbms` A¨sâ fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p.

^mkns` F«pf\n¡v fp³bv bp_¯p tbmNp¶]mam\p ^mtK«³. A¨Wms\¦n ASn ^mkns` Ss¶ H^p dmPpw N£¯psk¨v C_§pw. bmÀ«n]psX t`m¡Â sh{N«_n]m\v N£n. D¨]v¡v k¶m k¶v. Asæn ^m{Sn {bSo£n¨m fSn. fn¡km_pw ^s*®w koln]n«mNpw k^p¶Sv. F¶m`pw bpÅnt]s¡m*v H^p l`ykpfnÃ. tfmta F¶p knan¨v k`n] hvtWikpfm\v. k^pt¼mÄ Fs´¦n`pw kna¼n sk¨p sNmXp¯m fSn. ASpw Njn¨v NnX¶p_§nt¡mapw bmkw..

A¨sâ fp_n]psX kmSn`n fp«nknan¨v A¨tW]pw D\À¯n]n«m\v AkÄ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]Sv.

^mtKgnWpÅ {bmS kna¼ns¡mXp¡pt¼mjm\v AkÄ¡v tUisfm«msN Npan^p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n]Sv. bWn k^p¶Snsâ `£\fms\¶v tSm¶p¶p. bpSpfj WW]m³ bmXnsöv HmÀ¡m¯Snsâ Npj¸w. fm{SfÃ, Npt_tW^w ImXn¡an¡pN]pw sI]vSp. _qfn sI¶v tfl]ns`Ãmw tWm¡n. bWn¡pÅ f^p¶v fm{Sw Nn«n]nÃ.

tNmtaKnt`¡v tbmNmWm]n ^mtKgv ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSSpw AkÄ HmXn fpät¯¡n_§n. BSn^ fp¶nt`¡v ImXn]Spw Ak³ ssd¡v Hmcv sI]vSp.

“”Wnsâ N¿n bWn¡pÅ f^p¶v kÃSpw C^n¸pt*m.?” AkÄ NnS¨psNm*v tImUn¨p. ^*mjv¨ fp³bv Ak³ tZmÎs_ N*Sv AkÄ¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p.

^mtKgv bWn¡pÅ f^p¶pw FXp¯v sNmXp¯n«m\v tNmtaKnt`¡v tbm]Sv.

BSn^ At¸mÄ Ss¶ H^p PpanN Njn¨p. bns¶ D¨]v¡v Du\nWptlgw Hs^®w NqXn Njn¨p. kÃm¯ £o\w tSm¶n] AkÄ _qfn sI¶v NnX¶p. NnX¶Spw f]§nt¸m]n.

^mtKgv

tNmtaKv kn«p k¶t¸mÄ bSnknÃm¯knVw koXv fqNfm]n^p¶p. Asæn A]Âb¡s¯ Bs^¦n`psfms¡]m]n«v BSn^ tNm`m]n hwhm^n¨psNm*v Wn¸p*mNpw. Np«nNapw Npt_ fpä¯p*mNpw. C¶mt^]pw Nm\mWnÃ. Ak³ fp³kls¯ kmSn Sp_¶v ANt¯¡v N]_n. tWs^ _qfnt`¡v sI¶v {ZÊv fm_n fp*pXp¯p. BSn^s] AXp¡a]n`pw Nm\mªt¸mÄ Ak³ Bl¦]n`m]n. CWn bWn NqXn]n«v Blpb{Sn]ns`§mWpw tbmt]m.? Ak³ tI«sâ _qfnsâ kmSns`m¶v Sp_¶v tWm¡n. imkq.. BSn^ N«n`n NnX¸p*v. Ak³ DÅnt`¡v N]_n.

N«n`nWXpt¯¡v sI¶v sWän]n ssN sk¨p tWm¡n. sI_n] IqXp*v. bt£, Sm³ sSm«Sv AkÄ A_nªnsöv tSm¶n. SWn¡v bWn]ps*¶v b_ªt¸mÄ tZmÎÀ Np_n¨p S¶ PpanN]m\v. ASp Njn¨n«mN\w CkÄ C§nsW f]§n¡nX¡p¶Sv.

^mtKgv Aksa BbmUIq[w H¶p tWm¡n. bmSn]N¶ Wn`]n`m\p Nm`pNÄ. skap¯ N\¦m`pNsa A`¦^n¨p NnX¡p¶ skÅns¡m`phv. tWm«w SpXNans`¯n]Spw Ak³ fnX]n_¡n. k®fpÅ SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v N]_n¡nX¡p¶ ssWän AksW {bt`men¸n¡m³ tbm¶Sm]n^p¶p. B koSnt]_n] A^s¡«v Ssâ A^s¡«n CX]v¡nX¡v I`Ww hrãn¡m_pÅSv AksWm^p Wnfngw HmÀ¯p tbm]n. fpNant`¡v D]À¶v Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ lzmhPSn¡Wph^n¨v D]À¶v Smjp¶Sv Aksâ lzmhPSn Nq«n.

Sm³ H^pbmXv B{Pin¨n^p¶ B S¦tfWn]nSm Wo*p WnkÀ¶v f`À¶v NnX¡p¶p. ssN sWän]n Wn¶pw Nknan`qsX bSps¡ Smtjm«n_§n AksW sNmSn¸n¨n^p¶ fm_n S§nWn¶p. F¶n«pw AkÄ A_nªnÃ.

ssN k¶ Akh^w bmjm¡n¡qX.! bns¶m¶pw In´n¡msS bSps¡ fpOw NpWn¨v BSn^]psX SpXp¯ Nknans`m¶p Ipwdn¨p. B {Shn¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`Nan kn_]mÀ¶ ssNNam bSps¡s]m¶v sM¡n. BSn^ A_n]msSm¶p sM^§n.

fp`]ns` bnXp¯w AkÄ Sn^n¨_n]pNSs¶ sI]vSp.

BSn^ CS_n]^pSv. Ak³ ssN bn³k`n¡msWm^p§n. bt£, Akaksâ N¿n AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p.!

BSn^ A_nªn^n¡p¶p. b^nekfnsöv fm{SfÃ, AkÄ¡v h½Skpfm\v.! ht´mgt¯msX]k³ fp`]n ko*pw sM¡n. ^*p fp`Napw fm_nfm_n Nl¡n.

Ak³ NpWnªkapsX Ip*n Ipwdn¨Spw Wn]{´\w kn« AkÄ Aksâ Njp¯n`qsX ssN Ipän¸nXn¨v St¶mXXp¸n¨p.

AkWp {em´v bnXn¡p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n. Sm³ Gs_ Wmam]n B{Pin¡p¶ sb®nWv St¶mXpw AWp^mPw!. A§nsWs]m¶v ^mtKgv H«pw {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. G«¯n]½]m]n k¶

WmÄ fpS F{St]m Sk\ HmÀ¯v N¿n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p. St¶¡mÄ ^*v k]Êv fm{Stf NqXpS Nm\q AkÄ¡v.. Npt_ fpt¼ N]_n fpt«*Sm]n^p¶p.

Aksâ Wn]{´\w Aäp. Ak³ BSn^t]msXm¸w N«n`n N]_n¡nX¶p. At¸mjpw N®X¨p NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p BSn^. bWn]psX NmYnWyw Np_ªn«ps*¦n`pw AkÄ tW^n] f]¡¯n`mt\m F¶kWv tSm¶msS]pfn^p¶nÃ.

Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p NnX¶psNm*k³ Nknan`pw Ip*n`pw fp`Nan`pw k]_n`pw SpXNan`psfms¡ SXkm³ SpX§n. ]msSm¶pf_n]m¯Sptbms` fnjnNaX¨v NnX¸m\v BSn^. Akans` WnÝ`emkw h½S¯nsâ sSankms\¶v AkWp tdmVyfm]n.

bns¶]k³ H¶pw tWm¡n]nÃ. {Pi\n bnXn¨ bntÅÀ¡v I¡¡q«m³ Nn«n]Sptbms` AkapsX fpO¯pw Njp¯n`psfÃmw Ak³ fpOfn«p^¨p. fp`NÄ Sp_¶p Nm\mWpÅ sNmSn]p\À¶Spw Ak³ ssWän]psX hnºjn¨p. N_p¯ t{dhn]_nWp fpNant`¡v Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶ skap¯ fp`¡pX§Ä N*Spw Aksâ km]n skÅfq_n. {dm]v¡v DÅnt`¡v
ssN NX¯n] Ak³ ^*p fp`Napw k`n¨v bp_¯n«p.

sIs´§n³ N^n¡ptbm`pÅ fp`NÄ.! sI_n] fp`¡®nWp Ipäpw Skn«p Wn_fpÅ kr¯w. Ak³ H^p fp` bnXn¨v sM^n¨psNm*v ftä fp`¡®v km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp.

“”im..” BSn^]nÂWn¶v A_n]msSm^p lÐw bp_t¯¡v k¶p. Akaksâ S`]ns`m¶v SjpNnt]m..?

^mtKgnsâ ssN AkapsX fp`Nsa kn«v bSps¡ Smtj¡v Wo§n. k]_nsW AÂbtW^w SjpNn] ssN sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n C¡nan]n«psNm*v ko*pw Smtj¡v I`n¨p. SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v N]_n]n^p¶ ssWän]pw Nq«n hwPfØmWs¯ fmwhaS]n bnXn¨k³ bnSp¡n. BSn^]n knNm^w bq¯p`ªp. AkÄ SpXNÄ C_p¡n¸nXn¨p.

AtSmsX Ak³ AkapsX ssWän]pw bmkmX]pw fpNant`¡v sS_p¯p N]äm³ SpX§n. N]_pw tSm_pw skap¯ NmÂk®NÄ Urlyfm]n k¶p. SpXNans`¯n]Spw sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ SXkns¡m*p Ss¶ ssWän D]À¯n sbm¡napw Nm\p¶ ^oSn]n A^¡v fpNant`¡v sS_p¯v k¨p.

SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v tWm¡n]Spw Aksâ sSm*]n`qsX DfnWo^n_§n. D]À¶v CÍ`n tbm`n^n¡p¶ ^SotN{µw.! ASn Fjp¶p Wn¡p¶ N_p¯ Npänt^mf§Ä.

Aksâ ssN ASn`fÀ¶p. kn^`pNÄ AknsX SjpNns¡m*v Ft´m b^Sm³ SpX§n. CSapNÄ¡nX]ns` tWÀ¯ tWÀt^O]n fnWp¯ N´v AÂbw bp_t¯¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p. H^p sI_n] sI¼^¯n sfm«nsâ SpXn¸pw Woakpw. C^p kn^`pNam Ak³ ASn bnXn¨v bSps¡ k`n¨p tWm¡n.. ASv _ºÀ

Ngv\w tbms` bp_t¯¡v Wo*p. bnXnkn«Spw CSapNÄ Np_¨N¶p. AkWm knXkn`qsX WXpkn^ N]än H¶p Ipjän. N®X¨p NnX¶ BSn^ H¶p bnXªp.

fp*nWN¯v Np«³ kn_anbnXn¡m³ SpX§n]Spw Ak³ fp*v b_ns¨_nªp. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ bnXn¨v W¶m]n AN¯nsk¨v AN¶ SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Ak³ N]_n¡nX¶p. sk«n kn_¡p¶ Np® bnXn¨k³ bnaÀ¸n`n«v W¶m]n D^¨p. AkÄ hpOw hin¡k¿msS bpaªp.

AksWm¶v AfÀ¯n]Spw Np® kjn]_n]msS kngfn¨p Wn¶p. Aksâ BUys¯ Nan]ms\¶v AkÄ¡p_¸m]n. AkÄ H¶pNqXn SpXNÄ AN¯ns¡mXp¯p. F¶m`pw bnXn¨v k]v¡msWm¶pw tbm]nÃ. Ak³ Ss¶ sI¿s« F¶ f«n NnX¶p.

Ak³ l^n¡v Smtj¡v tWm¡n Np®]psX S` bnXn¨v bqÀUzm^¯nt`¡v Smjv¯nsk¨v ko*pw AfÀ¶p. C¯k\ bNpSnt]maf§v DÅnt`¡v N]_n.

“”iu…” AkapsX km]n Wns¶m^p lÐw bp_t¯¡v k¶p. bNpSn N]_n]t¸mtj¡pw bq_p Wn_ªSp tbms`]m\v AkÄ¡v tSm¶n]Sv. C{S]pw Nm`w A{S]pw tbm`pw N]_n]n«nÃ.! Ak³ Du^ns]Xp¯v ko*pw AXn¨t¸mÄ Np®]psX NXks^ DÅns`¯n. B SÅn¡]ä¯nsâ h½À±¯m AkÄ¡msN koÀ¸v fp«n.

^mtKgv A^s¡«v D]À¯n]pw Smjv¯n]pw AXn¨p SpX§n. AkapsX kjpkjp¸mÀ¶ C_p¡fpÅ bqän kas^ tkP¯n Np® N]_n]n_§ns¡m*n^p¶p. t]mWo en¯nNsa knNhn¸n¨p sNm*pÅ Np®]psX N]_n]n_¡w AkÄ¡v h½mWn¨ hpOw sI_pSÃm]n^p¶p. hpOw NqXnk¶Spw AkÄ ^mtKgnsâ fpOw bnXn¨v fp`]nt`¡fÀ¯n.

fp`]n sI_pSm]ns«m¶v NXn¨ Ak³ fp`¡®pNÄ fm_nfm_n Wp\ªpsNm*v A^s¡«v kas^ tkP¯n I`n¸n¨p. CX¡kÄ I´nsbm¡n fpNant`¡v AXn¨p sNmXp¯Spw Ak³ fSnf_¶ptbm]n.! N¶n¡an]m]SpsNm*v AkWp NqXpS bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ NjnªnÃ.

^*pfq¶p Sk\ NqXn BªXn¨v bq*X¡w k^nªp fp_p¡n. bq_nsâ AXn¯«ns`¯n] Np® sk«n sk«n kn_¨p. Ioäns¯_n¨p ANt¯¡v… bq_p Wn_ªp Nknªv bp_t¯s¡mjpNpt¼mÄ NnS¨p sNm*k³ tI«¯n]psX tfWn]n SaÀ¶v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

BSn^ knNm^ fqÀ¨]n F¯n]n^p¶nÃ. F¦n`pw Aksâ b\n Aksa ^hn¸n¨n^p¶p.

bN hf]fm\v. A¨tWm A]¡mt^m k^mWnX]p*v. kmSn`ms\¦n Npän]n«n«pfnÃ. AtSmÀ¯Spw Ak³ tkPw Ssâ Np«sW AkapsX Nans¨¸n Wn¶q^ns]Xp¯p. Du^n]Spw bm`p Np_¨pNqXn bp_t¯s¡mjpNn. Ssâ fps*Xp¯v ^mtKgv AkapsX t]mWofpOw AfÀ¯n¯pX¨psNm*v

Akan Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp.

^mtKgv Fjpt¶äv fm_n]Spw BSn^ fp`NÄ {dm]v¡pÅnt`¡v N]än ssWän]pw bmkmX]pw k`n¨n_¡n WPvWS f_¨p. ^mtKgv AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. AkÄ At¸mjpw fnjnNÄ AX¨ Wn`]n`m]n^p¶p.

“”^mtKgv sbm]vt¡m.. FWn¡v Npj¸sfm¶pfnÃ.” AkÄ N®pNaX¨p NnX¶m\p b_ªSv.

^mtKgv bns¶]knsX Wn¶nÃ. fp*v k`n¨pNp¯n Ak³ Ssâ fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. BSn^¡v St¶mXv tUgysfm¶pfnÃ. ASksW kÃmsS BËmUn¸n¨p.

BSn^]pw kÃm¯ ht´mg¯n`m]n^p¶p. SWn¡v ^mtKgntWmXv hvtWifps*¶v Ak³ fWÊn`m¡n¡jnªp. `en¨ Akh^w bmjm¡msS Ak³ Ss¶ temPn¡pN]pw sI]vSp. ^SnfqÀÑ]ns`¯m³ Njnªnsæn`pw Aksâ `nwPd`w Abm^w Ss¶, Wà Woakpw k®kpw!. Ssâ t]mWn¡Nt¯¡v Sn§n sM^nªm\Sv N]_n]n_§n]Sv. S¶nt`¡p*m] Aksâ Hmt^m NpSn¸n`pw DÅnt`¡v `nwPw Spaªv N]_pN]m]n^p¶p. B hpO `i^n]n hz]w f_¶v NnX¶p tbm]n. CX¡v knNm^w fq¯v Sm³ NnX¶v sManbn^nsNm*Spw hpOw hin¡k¿msS ln^hn«p^¨Spw fpOw sI^n¨v S`]n\]n SÅn¸nXn¨Spw NXn¨p k`n¨SpsfÃmw Ak³ N*n^n¡pw. sJ… tk*n]n^p¶nÃ. Np_s¨ms¡ AX¡kpw HSp¡kpw {bNXn¸n¡\fm]n^p¶p.

F§sW HSp§m³ Njn]pw.? Sm³ kà NtÃm f^tfm H¶pfÃtÃm..? knkmiw Njnªn«v kÀgw H¶p Njnªp. ASnWnX]n ^mtK«Wn Wn¶v Wmt`m At©m Sk\ fm{Sfm\v ^SnfqÀ¨ tWXn]n«pÅSv. A]mÄ¡ms\¦n Ip®n¸jw Spa]nt`¡v N]_pw fp³bv Ss¶ skÅkpw tbmNpw.

F{S Wman§sW H^kØ hin¨p Njn]pw.? At¸mjm\v ^mtKgnWp S¶ns`m^p tWm«fps*¶v fWÊn`mNp¶Sv. N^p¯Wm] ]pkmkv, tNmtaKv Npfm^³. Ss¶ AXp¡a¸\nNan tbm`pw him]n¡pkm³ fWÊpÅk³. B dÔw kaÀ¯ns]Xp¡m³ Sm³ B{Pin¨p.

Ssâ bn³emPw N*k³ CX¡v skÅfn_¡p¶pt*m Fs¶m^p hwl]fm\v BUyw tSm¶n]Sv.

AtSmsX AksW knNm^w sNmÅn¡mWm]n Wn`¯n^p¶psNm*v b\nNÄ sI¿pt¼mÄ sWän NmÂfp«nWp fpNant`¡v N]änsk¨v SpXNÄ fp¡m emPkpw Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. A_n]msS¶tbms` ssWän]psX hnºjn¨n«v fp`NapsX fpNÄ emPkpw Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. AsSÃmw N*ns«¦n`pw Ak³ Ss¶ N]_n¸nXn¡s« F¶m]n^p¶p knIm^w.

bt£, ]mUrÝnNfm] In` hµÀe§an fp`Nan`pw I´n]n`psfÃmw Nt¿m l^o^ emP§tam D^hn]SÃmsS, Aksâ emP¯pWn¶pw {bSo£n¨ A{Ss¡m¶pw WX¶nÃ.

tI«sWt¸ms` AWn]Wpw

H^p fcvcWm]n^n¡ptfm F¶m\p hwl]n¨Sv.! AkWp St¶mXv B{Pifpt*m F¶Spw fsäm^p hwl]fm]n^p¶p. ^*p Vm^\Napw C¶p Sn^p¯s¸«p. H^p bWn k¶Sv ASnsWms¡ Nm^\fm]n. Aksâ b^nI]fnÃm]vf]pw BUy tkjv¨ B]Spw sNm*mNpw sbs«¶v skÅw tbm]Sv. hm^fnÃ, CWn Ft¸mjpw Akh§ap*m¡n AksWs¡m*v Nan¸n¡\w.

bWn Np_ª¶v tSm¶p¶p. S`]v¡p*m]n^p¶ em^w Ct¸mjnÃ. NnX¡]n ssN Np¯n AkÄ Fjpt¶äp. AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¡pt¼mj_nªp. ^mtKgv StâSnWN¯v Wnt£bn¨ bm SpX]n`qsX H`n¨n_§p¶p. AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_msS fpät¯¡n_§n dmSv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

B ^m{SnsNm*v BSn^]psX bWnfm_n. bWn fm{SfÃ, AkapsX fWÊn Wmtas_]m]n Sn§n¡qXn Wn¶n^p¶ NnX¸_ ^ihy§ta¡p_n¨pÅ kn½nã§apw kns«mjnªp. SWn¡v ^mtKgnsW hz´fm]n `en¨n^n¡p¶p F¶ knlzmh¯n F¯nt¨À¶n^p¶p AkÄ.

F¦n`pw AkÄs¡m^p hwl]w.! HmÀ¡m¸p_¯v ko\pNn«p¶ Akh^§Ä fpSs`Xp¡p¶ In` bp^pg³fm^p*v. A¯^¡m^Wm]n^n¡ptfm ^mtKgpw.? hwl]w d`s¸«t¸mÄ AsSm¶p b^o£n¡m³ Ss¶ AkÄ So^pfmWn¨p.

^mkn`s¯ AXp¡a¸\nNsaÃmw AkÄ Fap¸w SoÀ¯p.

^mkns` ^mtK«³ tbm] DXsW ^mtKgnWpÅ {bmS`pw ssZWnwPv tXdnan fqXnsk¨v AkÄ Ssâ fp_n]n tbm]n N«n`n N]_n fnjnNaX¨psNm*p NnX¶p.

Npan Njnª ^mtKgv ssZWnRv _qfns`¯n. SWn¡p Njnt¡*Sv t¹än`m¡n fqXnsk¨n^n¡p¶p. At¸mÄ tI«¯nt]m.?

hmVm^\ Sm³ Npan Njnªp k^p¶ fp_¡v BSn^ Njn¡mWpÅSpfm]n F¯pN]m\p bSnkv. bSnkp sSän]Sv AksW hwl]m`pkm¡n!. AXp¡a]n tWm¡n. _oZnwPv _qfn`pw tWm¡n. BSn^]nÃ.

Ak³ tI«sâ sdZv_qfns`¯n. Aksâ NmÂsb^pfmäw tN« BSn^ fnjnNÄ tIÀ¯X¨p NnX¶p.

“”bWn fm_n]nsÃ..?” tImUn¨psNm*k³ AkapsX sWän]n ssNsk¨p tWm¡n. sWän]n fm{SfÃ, Njp¯n`pw ssWän¡nX]n`qsX ssN NX¯n]pw Ak³ IqXpt*m F¶p tWm¡n.

Aksâ hmfobyw At¸mÄ fm{Sw A_nª WmXy¯n BSn^ sfsà N®p Sp_¶psNm*p b_ªp.

“”bWnfm_n.. F§sW fm_mSn^n¡pw.. ASptbm`pÅ b\n]tà Wo C¶s` Nm\n¨Sv.. Bs^¦n`pw B ^wPw N*n^ps¶¦n Fsâ AkØ F´m]n¯o^psf¶v Wo HmÀt¯m.?”

At¸mÄ fäpÅkÀ Nm\p¶Snt` tI«¯n¡v kngffpÅq. F¶m`nWn kmSn`Xt¨¡mw. f_pbXn b_]msS Ak³ sI¶v koXnWp fp³klt¯]pw bn_Nnt`]pw

kmSn`pNaX¨v Npän]n«v Sn^ns¨¯n. N«n`n AVnNm^t¯msX C^p¶psNm*v b_ªp.

“”kmSn`pNsaÃmw AX¨p.. CWn AtSmÀ¯v tbXnt¡*.”

^mtKgv S¿m_m]n«m\v F¯n]n^n¡p¶sS¶v BSn^]_nªp. Akaksâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.

“”Mm³ Wnsâ tI«sâ em^y]tÃ.. C§nsWs]ms¡ sI¿mtfm..?”

“”sI¿mSn^n¡m³ Mm³ b^fmkSn {lfn¨p.. bt£ tSmäptbm]n tI«¯o..”

“”Wo Fs¶ sSm«t¸mÄ MmWpw tSmäptbmNpN]m]n^p¶p.” b_ªpsNm*kÄ Aksâ ssNS`w bnXn¨v ASn H^p hvtWi IpwdWw WÂNn. {b\]w bq¡p¶ bqf^fm]n BSn^ fm_pN]ms\¶_nª ^mtKgv AkÄ¡^nNn NnX¶v Aksa sN«n¸p\À¶p. sWän]n`pw Ip*n`pw Ipwdn¨p. Ss¶ sWt©mXX¡n¸nXn¨p sNm*pÅ AkapsX]m NnX¸n Ak³ knNm^mtkl¯n`m]n. Aksâ ssNS`w AkapsX bp_¯pWn¶pw Notjm«n_§n. fmwhafm] BSn^]psX WnSwd tPma§Ä Ak³ bnXn¨pX¨p.

I´n]ns` bnXp¯w Akan`pw NmfmPvWn]p\À¯n. Ak³ H^p fp*v fm{Sfm\v V^n¨n^p¶Sv. fp*v Np¯n¯pa¨v Aksâ B]pVw Ssâ SpXNan S«p¶p. BSn^ ASn N]_n¸nXn¨p. N^p¯pä kXntbms` Wn¡p¶ ASnWp fpjp¯ G¯]v¡mt]maw k®kpw Woakpw. AkÄ fp*nWpÅnt`¡v ssN NX¯n Np«sW bp_s¯Xp¯p. A{PemP¯v tS³ sbmXnªp Wn¡p¶p. AkaSv kn^`psNm*v SpX¨p Naªp. F¶n«Sn bnXn¨v bSps¡ km\fXn¡m³ SpX§n. Np«³ bqÀÆmVnNw lànt]msX Wo*p Np`¨p ln^Êp]À¯n.

^mtKgnsâ ssN AkapsX fp`Nsa bnXn¨pX¨p. AXnk]_pw NX¶v bq_n SjpNn]t¸mÄ BSn^]n knNm^w bq¯p`ªp. Akaksâ Njp¯n`pw Nknan`pw fpOfn«p^¨p. B`nwPW§apw BtÇg§apw Wo*ptbm]n..

bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ Njn]msS k¶t¸mÄ AkWksa f`À¯n¡nX¯n. ssWän]psX hnºv Du^ns¡m*v fp`NÄ ^*pw bp_s¯Xp¯p. At¸mjpw Aksâ fp¶n bqÀ® WPvW]m]n, WqÂdÔfnÃmsS NnX¡m³ AkÄ¡v fXn]m]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*m\kÄ sWän Du^ns¡mXp¡mSn^p¶Sv. H^p fp`¡®v km]n`m¡n Wp\ª Ak³ ftä fp`¡®v kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n`m¡n sM^Xn.

“”im…” BSn^ knNm^mtkl¯m NnX¶v bpaªp.

Aksâ ssN AkÄ V^n¨n^p¶ ssWän]pw bmkmX]pw sbm¡n A^]nt`¡v Ip^p«nsk¨p. sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ¡nX]ns` fVp^s¨¸n bnXn¨v bnSp¡n. fmwhaS]n sM¡n¡an¨p. kn^`pNÄ sNm*v k^¼pNsa AN¯n sI¼^¯n sfm«n bnXn¨v sM^Xn. kjpkjp¸pÅ bqÀIm`n`qsX kn^t`mXn¨v WXpkn^ DÅnt`¡v N]än bSps¡ ANt¯¡pw

bp_t¯¡pw I`n¸n¨p.

Akan Nmfw APvWn]m]n Kz`n¨p Njnªn^p¶p. Akaksâ ssN bnXn¨pfmän NmSn f{´n¨p.

“”kn^`p tk*.. Wnsâ hmVWw fSn.. ASv N]_pt¼mÄ Fs´m^p hpOfms\t¶m..”

AkÄ SpXNÄ W¶m]n AN¯nsk¨p. Ak³ SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v N]_n]n^p¶v Np® bnXn¨v bqÀ¨m`n`n«v W¶m]n D^¨p. SpÅn¸nXªptbm]n BSn^. AkÄ¡m D^h A{St]s_ ^hn¨p. bnaÀ¸nWNt¯¡v Np® Sn^pNnsk¨v Ak³ Smtjm«fÀ¶p. N´nsW bnaÀ¯n t]mWo en¯nNan h½À±w sI`p¯ns¡m*pÅ B SÅn¡]ä¯n AkÄ hz]w f_¶v Wn`knan¨ptbm]n. Ssâ fpO¯nWp tWs^ k¶ Aksâ Nknan bnXn¨v AkÄ D½sk¨v koÀ¸pfp«n¨p.

“”Fs´m^p fp_p¡fm sbt® Wnsâ bq_nWv.. tI«³ sI]vSp S^m_ntÃ..?” Du^n AXn¨psNm*k³ tImUn¨p.

ASnWkÄ f_pbXn b_]msS Aksâ S` bnXn¨kÄ fp`]nt`¡mjv¯n. fp`NÄ k`n¨p NpXn¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ Smsj Aksâ I´n Wà hvboZn I`n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

Np_¨ptW^w Njnªt¸mÄ AkapsX l^o^w Ip«v bjp¡m³ SpX§n. b®v hpOw Nn«n] sb®v AksW sN«n¸nXn¨p. Aksâ bp_¯v AkapsX WO§Ä bSnªp. AtSmsX Ak³ AXn]psX hvboZv Nq«n.. b®p¶SnWnX]n Ss¶ Aksâ Njp¯n`qsX N¿n«p bnXn¨kÄ Aksâ fpO¯v IpwdW§ÄsNm*v fqXn.

C¯k\ ^mtKgnsâ tSt^m«w Npt_t]s_ tW^w Wo*pWn¶p. fp`NÄ bnXn¨v sM^n¨v BªXn¨ ^mtKgv CX¡nsX I´n¡Xn]n`qsX N¿n«v Np*n bnXn¨v sM^n¡mWpw f_¶nÃ.

B hpO¯n fSnf_¶ AkÄ S¶m`mNpwknVw A^s¡«v fpNant`¡v sbm¡n]Xn¨p. AtSmsX ^mtKgv AkapsX fpNan Wn¶p]À¶v C^pkl¯pw ssNNÄ Np¯n b_¶Xn¨p… ASkÄ¡v Sm§mWmkp¶Sn`pw A¸p_fm]n^p¶p, AkÄ sdZvgoäv Nq«n¸nXn¨v Nm`n«Xn¨p. AkapsX A^s¡s«m¶msN kn_¨p.

BSn^ Ct¶maw AWpekn¨n«nÃm¯ hpOhmP^¯nt`¡v {btkln¡p¶ Wnfng§am]n^p¶p ASv. tfWn]ns` Hmt^m t^mfNqb§an`pw sbm«n¯^n¸v sb^pNn. knNm^ fqÀ¨]psX Nm\m¡]§ant`¡v B*ptbmNp¶ Wnfng§am hÀÆkpw knhvf^n¨v D]À¶v sbm§pN]m]n^p¶p AkÄ. ASnsâ AkhmWfkÄ kmXn] tI¼n³ S*ptbms` SaÀ¶v NnX¶p.

AkapsX NpSn¸v SoÀ¶n«pw AktâSv SoÀ¶n^p¶nÃ. AkWt¸mjpw N®pwbq«n BªXn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AkhmWs¯ NpSn¸pw NpSn¨k³ AkapsX fpNant`¡v ko\v k^nªp fp_p¡n. Ssâ bq_nWpÅn`n^p¶v Np® sk«n sk«n kn_¡p¶Spw IqXpbm`v CXSXknÃmsS Ioäns¯_n¡p¶Spw

SaÀ¶p NnX¡pt¼mjpw AkÄ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

B knhvf] `i^n]n fSn f]§pt¼mjpw Aksâ A^s¡«nsâ I`Ww SoÀ¶n«nà F¶kÄ¡v tSm¶n. ASt¸mjpw sI_pSm]n«v CaNns¡m*n^p¶p.

tI«¯ns] W¶m]n b\nª ^h¯n ^mtKgv NnX¶p. N^p¯Wm] B\nsâ ko^yw AWpekn¨_n]pN]pw ^SnfqÀ¨]ns`¯pN]pw sI]vSSn`pÅ BivamUt¯msX Akapw NnX¶p. AkWp Fjpt¶Â¡m³ Njn]m¯knVw ssNNm`pNam dÔn¨v B NmSnt`¡kÄ Ip*Xp¸n¨p.

“”C§nsWs]m^p hpOw Mm³ Ct¶maw AWpekn¨n«nÃ.”

AkWpw b_]mWp*m]n^p¶p.

“”Fsâ BUymWpekfm]n^p¶p C¶s` WX¶Sv.. bs£ l^n¡pÅ hpOw A_nªSv Ct¸mjm\v.”

“”WnW¡v fSn]mt]m.?” BSn^ AktWmXv tImUn¨p.

“”fSn]m]n.” Ak³ sfmjnªp.

“”tI«¯n¡v fSn]mt]m.?”

“”FWn¡pw fSn]m]n.” AkÄ In^n¨p. bt£, Np® t]mWn]n Wn¶pw Du^ns]Xp¡m³ AWpkUn¡msS AksW sN«n¸nXn¨p Ss¶ NnX¶p.

bmÀ«n Hmcohv hwdÔfm] In` NX`mhpNÄ f_¶p sk¨SpsNm*m\v hpNpfm^³ Wm]À¡v Sn^n¨v ko«nt`¡v kt^*n k¶Sv. ko«ns`¯n]Spw koXntWmXv tIÀ¶v fpäs¯m^p tS§ ko\p NnX¡p¶Sp N*p. hzmemknNfm]pw A]masSXp¡m³ AXpt¯¡p sI¶p. At¸mjm\p ^mKsâ fp_n]n Wn¶v H^p Np\p§n¨n^n]pw lo¡m^ lÐkpw tN«Sptbms` A]mÄ¡v tSm¶n]Sv!. NmtSmÀ¯t¸mÄ AN¯p WX¡p¶sS´ms\¶v A]mÄ¡v kyàfm]n fWÊn`mNpN]pw sI]vSp.

bt£, ^mKsW SmWnt¸mÄ Nk`]n sk¨v N*Sm\tÃm. bn¶m^m\v Aksâ fp_n]nÂ.!? A]mapsX N®pNÄ tWs^ Ca]fNsâ ssd¡n`m\v sI¶pX¡n]Sv. At¸mÄ Ak³ tbm]n«nÃ. Ak³ tbmNp¶SnWp fp³bv fämt^]pw AkÄ _qfn bnXn¨v N]äm³ kjn]nÃ.. A]mÄ AÂbtW^w SmX¡v N¿pw sNmXp¯v fpä¯n^p¶p.

kn]À¸m_n] tlgfm\v BSn^]ksW Ssâ tUi¯pWn¶pw hzS{´Wm¡n]Sv. Ak³ Fjpt¶äv dmSv_qfnt`¡v tbm]n. H^n¡Â NqXn Npan¨tlgfm\v ^mtKgv Sn^n¨n_§n]Sv.

l^o^w kr¯n]m]n hq£n¡p¶ Aksâ hzemkkpw AkÄ¡nãs¸«p.

^mtK«Wp A§nsW]pÅ bSnkpNsam¶pfnÃ. ^mkns` tbmNpw fp³bv H^p Npanfm{Sw. ^m{Sn Sn^ns¨¯n]m ssNNm`pNÄ NjpNn e£\kpw Njn¨v, A¶s¯ k^pfmWw F®n¯n«s¸Xp¯mWn^n¡p¶p. ASpw Njnªv NnX¡m³ k^pt¼mtj¡pw Sm³ In`t¸mÄ H^p D_¡w Njnªn^n¡pw. ASns`m¶pw ^mtK«Wp b^mSn]nÃ. NnX¶mÂ

H¶p sN«n¸nXn¡\w fp`Nsa bnXns¨m¶p bo¨\w. b\n]p¶ Unkhfms\¦n hmfmWsfm¶p Nm\\w. In`t¸mÄ bn¨ns¸man¨v hmfmW¯n³_ ANkpw bp_kpsfÃmw H¶p tWm¡ns]¶n^n¡pw. bns¶ skÅw Na]ptkmaw Ip®n¸jw DÅnt`¡v N]än GSms*ms¡…

ASnsWÃmw kn^p²fm\p ^mtKgv. sWt©mXX¡ns¡m*pÅ H^p sN«n¸nXp¯w fSn tf`msN tNm^n¯^n¡m³.! kn^`pNapw Ip*pw tfWn]n`nj]pt¼mÄ fWÊn kn^n]p¶Sv Fs´¶nÃm¯ H^mWµfm\v. Aks]Ãmw Sn^n¨_n]mWpw AWpekn¨_n]mWpw knkmitlgw H^p kÀgw tk*nk¶p.

^mtKgv tNmtaKnt`¡v tbmNmWn_§n]t¸mÄ bSnknÃm¯knVw BSn^ sP]väp ks^ sI¶p. Aksâ ssd¡v N®n Wn¶pw f_ªSnWp tlgfm\kÄ AknsX Wn¶pw Sn^n¨ptbm]Sv.

Np_¨¸p_¯v fm_nWn¶v hpNpfm^³ Wm]À CsSÃmw Nm\p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A]mÄ¡v Nm^y§Ä GSm*v bnXnNn«n.

BSn^ tNm`m]nt`¡v N]_n]t¸mjm\v A¨³ k^p¶Sv N*Sv. bSnknÃmsS B hf]¯v A¨sW N*kÄ H¶v bNs¨¦n`pw ASv fpO¯v k^mSn^n¡m³ {l²n¨p. Aksam^p sI_n] bp©n^n Ip*¯v k^p¯n.

“”Np_¨v skÅw C§Xpt¯ tfmta..” A]maksa f_nNX¶v DÅnt`¡v N]_nt¸m]n.

emPyw. A¨³ Np_¨p fp³bv k^mSn^p¶Sv. Asæn hzÀ¤¯ns` N«p_p¼mt]sW. AkÄ DÅns`m¶v In^n¨v AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p. skÅsfXp¯v k¶t¸mtj¡pw A¨³ ko*pw tbmNmsWm^p§n bp_t¯¡n_§p¶Sm\v AkÄ N*Sv. N¿ns`t´m tb¸_pfp*v.

AkapsX N¿n Wn¶pw ¥mhv km§n NpXn¡pt¼mÄ A]mÄ BbmUIq[sfm¶v ko£n¨p. WsÃm^p Nan Njnª `£\w tfWn]n`p*v. A]mapsX tWm«¯ns` b´ntNXv Aksam«v Sn^n¨_nªSpfnÃ. A¨³ bp_t¯¡n_§n]Spw AkÄ ¥mhpfm]n AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.

A`¡`pw Npan]psfÃmw D¨]m]t¸mtj¡pw Njnªp. Du\p Njnªv AÂbw NnX¡mw F¶p N^pSn]t¸mjm\v A¨³ ko*pw k¶Sv. kÃt¸mjptf A¨³ Du\pNjn¡m³ k^m_pÅq. BSn^ A¨Wp Njn¡mWpÅSpw kna¼ns¡mXp¯v AXp¯v Ss¶]n^p¶p. A¨sâ bm{Skpw NjpNnsk¨n«v _qfnt`¡v tbmNmsf¶m\kÄ N^pSn]Sv.

AÂbw Njns¨¶p k^p¯n A]mÄ ssN NjpNn tNm`m]nt`¡n_§n. b^nh^sfÃmsfm¶v ko£n¨p. DÅnt`¡v N]_n kmSn`X¨p Npän]n«p.

Ssâ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n] A]mÄ sdÍn C^p¶p. A]mÄ¡v C^n¸p_¡p¶nÃ, F\oäv fp_n]n At§m«pw Ct§m«pw WX¶p.

“”tfmta BSnt^…”

AkÄ NnX¡msWm^p§pt¼mjm\v A¨sâ

knantN«Sv. F\oäv A¨sâ fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p.

“”F´m¨m..?” f`À¶v NnX¡p¶ A]mapsX fpOt¯¡kÄ tWm¡n.

“”NmÂfp«nsWms¡ e]¦^ tkUW.. H¶p SXkn¯m tfmta..” A]mÄ DXp¯n^p¶ fp*v NmÂfp«nWp fpNant`¡p]À¯nsk¨p.

A¨sâ fpOs¯ tkUW]psX emkw AkÄ Sn^n¨_nªp. AkÄ sdÍn A]mapsX Nm¡`m]n C^p¶p.

“”””A¨Wo bmÀ«o bmÀ«o¶v b_ªv f^n¨p WX¶n«m Nm`nsWms¡ tkUW.. CXs¡ms¡ H¶v kn{lfn¨pNqsX..”

A]maSptN«v In^n¨p. bmÀ«n Hmcohn kn{lfw Ss¶]m\v b\ns]¶v CkÄ¡_n]nÃtÃm…

BSn^ A¨sâ Nm`pNsa fp«pfpS Notjm«v AfÀ¯n¯Xkm³ SpX§n. Np_¨v hf]w SXkn]SnWv tlgw AkÄ tWm¡pt¼mÄ A¨WSm Sp\n ko*pw fpNant`¡v N]äp¶p. A¨sâ Nm¡n {XuhÀ N*Spw AkÄ¡v Wm\fm]n.

“”Np_¨pNqXn fpNant`¡v tfmta…” A]mÄ b_ªp.

BSn^ A¨³ b_ªSptbms` fpNant`¡pw SXkm³ SpX§n. bt£ AkÄ At§m«v tWm¡msS]m\v Ct¸mÄ sI]vSSv.

AkapsX fmÀ±kfm] ssNNÄ SpXNsa SjpNpt¼mÄ {Xuh_nWpÅns`m^mÄ bSps¡ D\^pN]m]n^p¶p.

A¨sâ SpXNÄ kn_¡p¶Sm]n ssNNan AWpeks¸«t¸mjm\kÄ fpOfp]À¯n tWm¡n]Sv. N®X¨v bnXn¨v sManbn^n sNmÅp¶ A¨³.! NqXm^fXn¨p Wn¡p¶ {XuhÀ.! AkÄ H^p sM«t`msX ssN bn³k`n¨p.

A]mÄ N®pSp_¶p. Ss¶ hwl]t¯msX ko£n¡p¶ f^ptfmsa A]mÄ N*p. AkÄ F\o¡m³ SpX§n]Spw B ssNNan`]mÄ N]_n¸nXn¡pN Ss¶ sI]vSp.!

“”tfmta.. Wo]pw ^mtKgpw NqXn ^mkns` sI]vSsSÃmw MmW_nªp.. FWns¡ms^SnÀ¸pfnÃ.. bt£, kÃt¸mjpsfm¶v Cu A¨tW]pw Wo b^nP\n¡\w.” Aksa k`n¨]mÄ Ssâ]Xp¯n^p¯n.

kna_n skap¯p tbm]n^p¶p AkÄ. AkapsX N¿ns` bnXn A]mÄ At¸mjpw kn«n^p¶nÃ. BSn^ A¨sâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡mWmNmsS S`]pw NpWn¨n^p¶p.

A]mapsX kntkNdp²n D\À¶p. Akam sM«`n Wn¶pw D\^p¶SnWp fp³tb Nojvs¸Xp¯\w. Asæn ssNkn«ptbmNpw. A]maksa tUit¯¡v k`n¨n«v Nknan AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.

WX¡p¶sS´ms\¶pÅ Sn^n¨_nkn bN¨ptbms]¦n`pw. AkapsX fWÊnsâ bmS]n`à l^o^w tbm]Sv.

B Hs^mä IpwdW¯m bpaNnS]m]n BSn^. Ss¶ k^nªp fp_p¡p¶ ssNNapsX làn AkÄ Sn^n¨_nªp. F¶m`pw Ssâ A¨sâ {bm]fpÅ H^mapfm]n F§sW.?

B

In´ DÅnt`s¡¯n]t¸mtj¡pw AkapsX Nojv¨p*]mapsX km]ns`¯n¡jnªn^p¶p. A]maSv D_p©n k`n¨p NpXn¨p. fp`NÄ bnXn¨v sM^n¨pX¡m³ NqXn SpX§n]tSmsX AkapsX fWÊpw b^nbqÀ®fm]n A]mÄ¡p fp¶n NojX§n¡jnªn^p¶p.

sI_p¯pWn¸nsâ `£\§Ä Akan Nm\mªtSmsX A]mapw DÕmi¯n`m]n. Aksa f`À¯n¡nX¯n] A]mÄ ssWän {lfs¸«v Njp¯n`qsX Du^ns]Xp¯p.

skap¯ {dm¡pÅn koÀ¸pfp«n¡nX¡p¶ fp`NÄ. {dm]psX fpNanÂNqXn ^*p fp`Napw bnXn¨v sM^n¨v A]mÄ bn¶nt`¡v N¿n«v {dm Ajn¨pfmän. Wà k`n¸fpÅ BNrSns]m¯ fp`NÄ A]mapsX fp¶nt`¡v SpÅn¯pap¼n.

ASpN*]mapsX km]n skÅfq_n. Wmkv Wp\ªpsNm*]mÄ AkntX¡v fpOfXp¸n¨p. H^p fp`¡®v km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp. ftä fp`]]mÄ bnXn¨v Nl¡n sM^n¨p.

Cu hf]s¯Ãmw Nojv¨p*v NXn¨pbnXn¨kÄ hin¨v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Hmt^m fp`]pw fm_nfm_n Wp\ªt¸mÄ A]mapsX DfnWo^nWm AkapsX fp`¯X§Ä WWªp NpSnÀ¶p. CX¡]mÄ sI_pSm]ns«m¶v fp`¡®n NXn¨Spw CSpks^ AW§msS NnX¶p^p¶ BSn^ A]mapsX S`bnXn¨v làn]m]n fp`]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n. AtSmsX A]mÄ km]n sNmÅmkp¶ A{S]pw k`ns¨Xp¯v I¸n k`n¨p. ASkÄ¡v hin¡m³ Njn]p¶Sn`pw A¸p_fm]n^p¶p. A]mapsX AXn]n NnX¶kÄ bpaªp.

A]mapsX ssN BSn^]psX fnWphfmÀ¶ k]_nsW SjpNn Smtj¡n_§n. sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n kn^`ns«m¶v N_¡n]n«v bmkmX]psX DÅnt`¡v WpjªpN]_n. Npänt^mf§Ä A]mapsX N¿n SXªp. B ^Sn]m^mfw fpjpk³ A]mÄ ssN¸¯n]ns`mSp¡n. ASnsâ AXnkm^fmsN WWªn^n¡p¶p. kn^s`m¶v DÅnt`¡v N]än Ipjän]Spw AkÄ SpXNÄ C_p¡n¸nXn¨p.

fp`Nan Wn¶pw Smtj¡njª A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AkapsX k]_nWp fpNans`¯n. sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n Wmkn«na¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ C¡nansNm*v bpaªptbm]n.

A]mÄ bns¶ Smfhn¨nÃ, bmkmX¨^Xjn¨v ASpw NmÂbmU§an`qsX Du^n¡aªp. f^pfNapsX skap¯p SpXp¯ WPvW tfWn]nt`¡]mÄ H^p Wnfngw tWm¡n]n^p¶ptbm]n. A]mapsX tWm«w tW^nXmWmkmsS AkÄ N®X¨p Naªp.

Ssâ fp*pw {Xuh_pw Du^n¡aª A]mÄ AkapsX SXn¨ SpXNÄ bnXn¨N¯n ASnWpÅnt`¡v fpOfXp¸n¨p.. N_p¯ Npänt^mf§am A`¦^n¨v skap¯v SpXn¨p Wn¡p¶ bq_n AfÀ¯ns]m^p½ sNmXp¯p. AknsXs]m¶msN A]mÄ fpOfn«p^¨p. AkÄ C¡nansNm*v bpaªp. AkÄs¡m^pbmXv Cãfm]n A¨sâ B {bkr¯n.

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W¶m]n hpOn¸n¨m fm{Stf AkÄ bqÀ® h½St¯msX CWn]pw SWn¡v kj§n¯^q F¶]mÄ¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p.

H«n¸nXn¨p Wn¡p¶ bqÀIp*pNÄ¡nX]n fpNant`¡v S`Wo«n Wn¡p¶ N´v N*Spw A]mÄ Wmkv b^¯n¸nXn¨v ASns`m¶v AfÀ¯n W¡n. Wmkv N´n S«n]Spw Aksam¶v sM«nkn_¨p.

BUyfm]n«m]n^p¶p AkapsX bq_ns`m^mÄ W¡p¶Sv. A¨sâ A^fpÅ Wmkv bq_nWpÅn bpaªp Nan¡pt¼mÄ B bpSn] hpO¯n AkÄ fSnf_¶ptbm]n..

“”lv…” fpaNp NXn¨Sptbms`m^p lÐw AkapsX km]n Wn¶pSnÀ¶p.

bq_nSapNÄ knXÀ¯n¸nXn¨v N´n W¡m³ SpX§n]tSmsX AkÄ sManbn^n sNm*p. BSn^]psX hN` Wn]{´\§apw sSän. A]mapsX S` bnXn¨kÄ bqänt`¡fÀ¯n.

“”Biv… A¨m.. Fs´m^p hpOw.” Aka_n]msS b_ªp tbm]n.

AtSmsX A]mÄ¡mtklfm]n. N´pfpNpaw Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`m¡n Wp\ª A]mÄ DÅnt`¡v Wmkv NqÀ¸n¨p N]än]n_¡m³ SpX§n]tSmsX AkÄ hpOw sNm*v bpa]mWpw A]mapsX S`]n bnXn¨v fm´mWpw SpX§n.

CX¡]mÄ lzmhsfXp¡m³ tk*n fpOsfm¶p]À¯n]Spw ^h¨^Xv fp_nª AkÄ A]mapsX S` bnXn¨v ko*pw bqänt`¡v Smjv¯n.

“”WnÀ¯sÃ]¨m.. tkPw tkPw W¡v..” AkÄ knan¨p Nqkn]Spw A]mÄ Ns¿¯n¨v AkapsX km]sbm¯n]Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p. Bs^¦n`pw fpä¯v k¶mÂ..

km] sbm¯n] ssN Sn^n¨p k¶Sv AkapsX I´n]psX AXn]nt`¡m\v. ^*v ssNsNm*pw I´n bnXn¨v sM^n¨psNm*m]n^p¶p bn¶oXpÅ bq_p W¡Â. bq_p sfm¯f]mÄ km]nt`s¡Xp¯v I¸n k`n¨p. AkÄ W¶m]nSs¶ tSsWmjp¡m³ SpX§n. HjpNnk^p¶ tSsWÃmw A]mÄ W¡n¡pXn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

hpOw sNm*kÄ Nm`n«Xn¨p. AkÄ¡v NqXpS bnXn¨v Wn¡mWm]nÃ. l^o^sfm¶v sk«nkn_¨p. WXp fpNant`¡p]À¯n] AkÄ A]mapsX S` fpjpkWm]n DÅnt`¡v N]ämsW¶k®w bqänt`¡fÀ¯n.

AkÄ knNm^fqÀ¨ tWXpN]ms\¶p fWÊn`m¡n] A]mÄ ASntkPw Wmkv I`n¸n¨p. WXp ka¨v kn_¨ AkÄ SaÀ¶v ko\p. A]mapsX S`]n`pÅ AkapsX bnXn A]ªp. So{kfm] hpOmWpeqSn]psX hwSrbvSn]n AkÄ SaÀ¶p NnX¶v NnS¡pt¼mÄ A]mÄ Wn`¡msS HjpNnk^p¶ tSsWÃmw H^p SpÅntbm`pw Na]msS W¡n¡pXn¡p¶ Sn^¡n`m]n^p¶p.

SpX]nXp¡n Wn¶pw fpOfp]À¯n] A]mÄ, ssNNÄ ^*pw sdÍnt`¡v f`À¯nsk¨v NnX¡p¶ BSn^s] tWm¡n. AkÄ Wm\n¨ptbm]n.

Fs´Ãmfm\p Sm³ Nm«n¡q«n]Sv. A¨Wp lzmhw fp«ptfm F¶ptbm`pw HmÀ¯nÃ.

A]mÄ AkapsX kl¯v NnX¶v B ssN bnXn¨v Np®]nt`¡v sk¨p. AkÄ bSps¡ km\fXn¨p SpX§n]tSmsX Ak³ bqÀÆmVnNw làn {bmbn¨p. AtSmsX f^ptfmapsX S` bnXn¨]mÄ Np®]nt`¡Xp¸n¨p.

AkÄ¡v Nm^yw fWÊn`ms]¦n`pw Ct¶maw Akam b\n sI]vSn«nÃm]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw Ss¶ CSpks^ W¡n hpOn¸n¨ A¨sW bn\¡m³ AkÄ H^p¡fÃm]n^p¶p.

f`À¶v NnX¡p¶ A]mapsX Np® BNmlw fps« D]À¶v Wn¶p. ^mtKgntâSntW¡mÄ k`pSms\¶v Hä tWm«¯nt` AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m]n. Akam temPUÞnsâ NX]v¡Â bnXn¨v sfsà H¶p bnjnªp. sNmSnskÅw Sp¼n sbmXnªSpw AkÄ fXnNqXmsS WmkpsNm*SnsW W¡ns]Xp¯p. A]mÄ bpaªptbm]n.

fNpXw km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp SpX§n]tSmsX A]mÄ hpOw sNm*v fpNant`¡v D]À¶ptbm]n. A]mapsX Np® BSn^ W¶m]n Du¼ns¡mXp¯p. km]nt`¡v N]ämkp¶nXt¯maw N]än AkÄ Du¼nk`n¨p. AkapsX Caw IqXpw kjpkjp¸pfpÅ km]n NnX¶v Np® bpa]pt¼mÄ A]mÄ Ns¿¯n¸nXn¨v fp`NÄ Nl¡pN]m]n^p¶p. km]nt`¡v Ss¶ Ioäpw F¶p k¶tSmsX A]makapsX S` bnXn¨p]À¯n.

BSn^s] f`À¯n¡nX¯n SpXNÄ k`n¨N¯ns¡m*v AkapsX fpNant`¡]mÄ k`nªp N]_n. Ssâ Np® N¿ns`Xp¯v ASnsW bq_nsâ bnaÀ¸nt`¡v Smjv¯nsk¨v sfsà SÅn. bq_v BsN skÅw Wn_ªSnWm A]mapsX Np® k`n] {b]mhfnÃmsS ANt¯¡v N]_n.

bq_nsâ AXn¯«n Np¯nWn¶Spw h½À±¯m Aksam¶v bnXªp. ^mtKgntâSntW¡mÄ d`kpfp*v A¨sâ Np®s¡¶v AkÄ¡v tSm¶nt¸m]n.

A]makapsX fpNant`¡fÀ¶v NnX¶v Ip*pNsa NXn¨v k`n¨p. AkapsX km]ns` ^h§sa fpjpkWm]pw k`n¨v NpXn¨p. ^*v fp`Nta]pw Bªmªv Nl¡ns¡m*v fp`sM«pNsa km]n`n«v I¸n.

bns¶ A]mÄ sfsà sfsà A^s¡«v sbm¡n]Xn¡m³ SpX§n. ^mtKgnsâ Np® N]_n]t¸mÄ Nn«n]n^p¶Snsâ bSnfX§v hpOw AkapsX bq_v AWpekn¨p.

A]mapsX AXn]psX hvboZv NqXn]t¸mÄ AkÄ Nm`pNÄ H¶pNqXn knXÀ¯nsk¨p sNmXp¯p. NqXpS huN^yw Nn«n] A]mÄ BªXn¡m³ SpX§n. NmfknNm^¯m AkÄ sM^nsbm^n sNm*p.

“”tim A¨m AXn¡¨m.. Wm¶m]n«Xn¡v..” ^*p f¡ta¡mapw fnXp¡Wm] A¨sW AkÄ I´n]n AXn¨v t{bmÕmin¸n¨p.

“”im..im.. W¶m]n«Xn¡msfXn tfmta.. tim Fâolz^m MmsWs´m^p

emPykmWm..” Culz^ knlzmhfnÃm¯ A]mÄ A_n]msS b_ªptbm]n.

f^pfNapsX AXn ko*pw I´n]n Nn«n]tSmsX A]makapsX fpNan Wn¶p]À¶v C^pkl¯pw ssNNÄ Np¯n BªXn¨p. bq_p Sn§n Wn_ªpsNm*v kas^ hvboZn Ss¶ Np® N]_n]n_§n. A]mÄ H^p Wnfngw tbm`pw Wn¯msS BªXn¨psNmt*]n^p¶p. Akapw CXs¡Ãmw I´n sbm¡ns¡mXp¯psNm*v A]msa him]n¨p.

“”tim tkPw AXn¡¨m FWn¡v kÃmSmkp¶p..”

“”FWn¡pw k^m_ms]Xn tfmta… Wnsâ bq_nWv C{S fp_p¡fp*mNpsf¶v Mm³ N^pSn]tS]nà tfmta… tim… tim.” A]mÄ bp`¼ns¡m*v BªmªXn¨p.

“”CSm ks¶Xn tfmta.. FWn¡v k¶q..”

“”FWn¡pw k^p¶¨m.. fpjpkWpw DÅnt`s¡mjn¡¨m…”””” A]mapsX N¿n bnXn¨kÄ fpNant`¡v k`n¨n«v Njp¯n k^nªp fp_p¡n.

fq¶m`Xn NqXnt] A]mÄ¡Xn¡m³ NjnªpÅq. Ioäns¯_n¨p AkapsX bq_nWpÅnt`¡v… A]mapsX Np®]psX {bN¼Ww bq_nWpÅn SpX^p¶ hf]¯p Ss¶]m\v Akapw ^SnfqÀ¨]ns`¯n]Sv. hfmWSNanÃm¯ B hpO¯n Aka]msa fp_p¡n¸nXn¨v NnX¶p. bq_p Wn_ªv Nknªv I´n]nXp¡n`qsX Smtj¡v HjpNp¶S_nª WnÀkrSn]n AkÄ N®pNaX¨v f]§n.

Np_¨v Njnªv NnSs¸mSp§n]t¸mÄ A]makapsX fpNan Wn¶n_§n kl¯m]n NnX¶p. N®X¨p NnX¡p¶ BSn^]psX fpOt¯¡]mÄ tWm¡n. AkapsX ssN bnXn¨]mÄ hz´w sW©nt`¡v tIÀ¯p. AtSmsX AkÄ N®p Sp_¶p.

“”WnW¡v A¨tWmXv tUgyfpt*m tfmta..?”

“”Cèm.. AtSmÀ¯v A¨³ kngfnt¡*.” A]mapsX D_¸nWp tk*n B fpO¯kÄ AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.

A]mÄ Blzmht¯msX Akta]pw sN«n¸nXn¨v Ipwdn¨p. CWns]¶pw D¨¡v Du\pNjn¡m³ Sm³ ko«n`p*mNpw F¶]mÄ bp©n^nt]msX HmÀ¯p.

AkÄ F\oäv {ZÊv V^n¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mjm\v A¨sâ ko^yw SpX]n`qsX H`n¨n_§p¶Sv fWÊn`m]Sv. SpXw N\¡nWm\p A¨³ AXn¨p N]än]sS¶v tSm¶p¶p. AkaSv kn^`psNm*v kXns¨Xp¯v A¨sâ Ip*n tS¨p sNmXp¯p. A]maSv sWm«n Wp\]p¶Sv AkÄ ^ht¯msX tWm¡nWn¶p.

At¸mjpw AkÄs¡m^p hwl]w DÅn dm¡n]m]n^p¶p. Sm³ PÀen\n]m]m B^m]n^n¡pw Npªnsâ]¨³.? F´m]m`pw ^mtK«WmknÃ, ASp_¸m\v. AkÄ DÅn In^n¨p.