tKmhq«n

CsSsâ BUy NTm hw^wefm\v. ASpsNm*pSs¶ sSäpNÄ H^pbmXv D*mkpw. £fn¡pN. Cãs¸«m b_]pN, SpX^mw….

hq^y³ bSps¡ knXkm§n C^p«n\v kjnfm_nsNmXp¡p¶p. Ipk¶ BNml¯nsâ kn^nfm_n`qsX b£nNÄ S§apsX NqXpNant`¡v tIt¡_p¶ NmjvI ASnftWmi^fm\v. tKmhq«n]psX N®pNÄ B huµ^yw H¸ns]Xp¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Ssâ AVzmW¯nsât]m emPy¯nsât]m c`sft¶m\w Nm`w SWn¡p k¨pWo«n] tS]n` FtÌän`m\v Ak³ Wn¡p¶Sv. {bNrSn]psX Gäkpw hpµ^ fpOfm] k]Wm«n`m\n FtÌäv. huµ^y tUkS]m] {bNrSn]psX sWänSX¯ns` hpµ^fm] sbm«ptbms`. tKmhq«n ASnsâ ewPn DÅpsNm* l^n¡pw BhzUn¡pN]m\v. hq^ysâ A{SSs¶ tSKhzfm]n^p¶p Aksâ fpOkpw.

CSv tKmhq«n]psX NT]m\v. kÀ°fmWNm`¯pWn¶pw eqSNm`¯nt`¡p tbmt]¡mw. Nm^\w NT Ft¸mjpw BUyw fpSt` b_]p¶Sm\v hpµ^w. tKmhv F¶ tKmhq«n hpµ^Wm]n^p¶p. CWn fWhm\v huµ^y¯nsâ Aakv tNm F¦n Ak³ H^p huµ^y tUkWm]n^p¶p. Nm^\w fäpÅk^psX kngf§Ä N*p Wn¡mtWm him]v¡mSn^n¡mtWm AkWp Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. hzÀPw ,ASm]n^p¶p Aksâ koXnsâ tb^v. l^n¡pw AsSm^p hzÀPw Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. AksWtbms` H^pbmXv AWmUvÀ bYn¡pN]pw D_§pN]pw Hs¡ sI¿p¶ hzÀPw. fm`mOfmÀ A]n hvtWit¯msX `man¡m³ ssUk¯nsâ f\km«nfmÀ. ASm]n^p¶p tKmhq«n]psX NpXpwdkpw. ssN¡pªm]n^n¡pt¼mÄ kjns]m^¯pWn¶pw Nn«n]Sm\ksW AknXps¯ A½fmÀ¡v. B Npªnsâ HmfW¯w N*p AksW knan¡m³ HmfW¯fpÅ tb^m]n«m\v AksW tKmhq«n F¶v knan¡p¶Sv.

Cs¸m Ak³ kaÀ¶p H¯ H^p bp^pgWm]n C^n¡pkm\v. hzÀ¤¯ns` A½fm^psX him]t¯msX RA ks^ bYn¨p. H^p tKm`n CSpks^]pw B]n«nÃ. F¶m AkWp Njn]p¶Sptbms` AknXps¯ b_¼n b\ns]ms¡ FXp¯v A½fms^ him]n¡pw. Cu lm^o^nN A²zmWw Aksâ l^o^¯n`pw D_¸pw d`kpw WÂNn.
NT CknsX Wn¶pfm\v SpX§p¶Sv. bSnkptbms` tKmhq«n b_¼n sI_n] b\nNan GÀsb«nsNm*n^n¡p¶p. hn. sÌÃ]psX ‘tKmhq«n F¶ knan]m\v AksW D\À¯n]Sv. B knan]n Ss¶ AktWmXpÅ kmÕ`ykpw hvtWikpw sSanªn^n¸p*. 60 tWmXXp¯v {bm]fpÅ hnÌÀ B\v hn. sÌÃ.

tKmhq«n: F¶m sÌÃmtf.
hn.sÌÃ: Wo tkPw fU_nsâ _qfnt`¡v sIÃp. Wns¶ AtWzgn¡p¶p.
ASv b_]pt¼mÄ hnÌ_nsâ fpOs¯m^p bp©n^n D*m]n^p¶p.
tKmhq«n: F¶m sÌÃmtf. F¶m Nm^yw.
hn.sÌÃ: AsSms¡ D*v. Wo sIÃp.

bns¶ In`t¸m M§Äs¡Ãmw sI`kv sI¿mWpÅ sNmtam¡pw. Wo tbmXm Np«m.
tKmhq«n Nm^yw fWhn`mNvmsS Wn¶p. F¶m]m`pw tbmNmsf¶v knIm^n¨ Ak³ fU_nsâ _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

tKmhq«n Im^n]n^p¶ NSNv Sp_¶p AN¯p N]_n. Ak³ A§sW]m\v, AknsX hÀk hzmS{´kpfp*p. AknsX AknXps¯ FÃmk^psX]pw A½]m] hn. sSt^h Nth^]n C^n¡p¶p. 65 {bm]w k^pw. hntÌjvhv AX¡w FÃmk^pw A½ F¶m\v Aks^ knan¡p¶Sv. fp¼n`m]n 50 tWmXv {bm]fpÅ H^mÄ. N*mt` A_n]mw, Wà GtSm Nymgv Xofm\v. fp*pw H^p skÅ NpÀ¯]pfm\v tkgw. tSKhzfmÀ¶ fpOw.
tKmhq«n: F¶mt½ knan¨Sv
hn. sSt^h: Zm, CSm\v bpSnt]X¯n scÀ\m*hv F¶ scÀ\m*hv hmÀ.
tKmhq«n A]msa tWm¡n WsÃm^p In^n bmhm¡n.
fUÀ SpXÀ¶p,
W½psX Bkly§apsXs]Ãmw {bVmW hvtbm\vhÀgnbv kin¡p¶Sp Ct±ifm\v.tN^aw fpjpkWm]n H^pbmXv dnhnsWÊv Hs¡ DÅ Bam\v. M§Ä Wnsâ Nm^yw hwhm^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Ct±i¯nsâ H^p N¼Wn]n Wnsâ tKm`n¡m^yw l^n]m¡msf¶p b_]pN B]n^p¶p.
ASv tN«t¸mÄ tKmhq«n]psX fpO¯p H^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p. At±iw bp©n^n¡p¶ fpOt¯msX tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n.
,tKmhq«n GSpks^ bYn¨p,
RA Cw¥ogv B]n^p¶p,”” Ak³ f_pbXn b_ªp.
fv”” H¶v fqan]n«v At±iw SpXÀ¶p.
H^p Nm^yw sI¿q, tKmhq«n sWNvÌv mon_fy Fsâ ko«nt`¡v k^q. Fsâ F_\mNpas¯ Hmcohnt`¡v H^p Ahn. fmtWKs^ Bklyfp*v. FN-vhvtbmÀ«nRv Nm^y§sams¡ AknsX]m\v ssNNm^yw sI¿p¶Sv. tKmhq«n ASnsâ Nm^y§sams¡ tWm¡n]m fSn. CSm\v Fsâ NmÀZv”” At±iw AkWptWs^ B NmÀZv Wo«n. Ak³ ASv knW]bqÀÆw tfXn¨p.

“”H^pbmXv Wµn]p*v hmÀ. M§satbms`]pÅ At´kmhnNapsX Hs¡ KoknSw A§]psX Nm^p\yfm\v. bns¶]pw A§v M§sa CSptbms` Hmt^mknS¯n him]n¡p¶p.””
Aksâ km¡pNan At±it¯mXpÅ Wµn {bNXfm]n^p¶p.

“”ssUkNm^p\yw sNm*v H^pbmXv h¼Sp*v. ASv fsäm^mapsX ht´mg¯nWpw NqXn DbN^n¡pt¼mÄ At¸mjm\v B hz¯nsWm^p AÀTw D*mkp¶Sv. sNmXp¡pwtSm_pw ASv NqXs¯ DÅq.””
At±iw f_pbXn b_ªp. “”F¶m hnÌÀ, Mm³ C_§pkm\v. bns¶m^n¡Â k^mw””
“” F¶m A§sW]mks«”” hnÌÀ f_pbXn b_ªp.
“”tKmhq«n, Wt½m¡s¸m DXsW Nm\mw. AXp¯ Sn¦Ä ko«nt`¡v tbms^.””
“”l^n hmÀ”” Ak³ ht´mgt¯msX b_ªp.
At±iw Ssâ {bu[n knant¨mSp¶ BR\ kn N]_n ]m{S A]n.
“”F´mXm, ht´mgmt]m”” fUÀ bp©n^nt]msX

AktWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”bn¶ÃmsS As½. H¯n^n, Wn§sas]ms¡ bn^nt]*n k^qt`m Ft¶mÀ¡pt¼mjm H^p sI_n] kngfw””
“”hm^nÃXm, At±iw Wà fWpgyWm. At±i¯nWnãsb«m Wnsâ emkn thcv B\v. em^y f^n¨Sm. B\pw sb®pfm]n Ht^ H^p tfmÄ fm{Sw. Wo AknsX sI¶v Np^p¯t¡sXm¶pw Nm\n¡msS Kokn¨m fSn.C{SNm`kpw Wns¶ Wn]{´n¡mWpw b_ªpS^mWpw M§saÃmw D*m]n^p¶p. Wo CSpks^ M§Ä b_ªSnWv FSn^m]n H¶pw sI]vSn«nÃ. CWn Wo Wns¶ hz]w W]n¡\w.VymWkpw {bmÀ°W]pw fpX¡^pSv””

B ‘A½ AksW hvtWit¯msX DbtUln¨p.
“” Cà As½. Wn§Äs¡s¶ A_n]ntÃ. BÀ¡pw tUmgw k^p¶sSm¶pw Mm³ sI¿nÃ.’A½ ssV^yfm]n^n¡p.”” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”AÃm, F´m M§Ä¡pÅ sI`kv.””
fU_nsâ tImUyw.
F´m A½¡v tk*Sv””
“”tks_ H¶pw tk*. C¶v sskNn«v M§Ä¡v Im¸`o¶p AXnsbman H^p eànPmWw bmXn¯¶m fSn.”” fUÀ bp©n^nbqÀkw f_pbXn b_ªp.
“”ASv Wfp¡v l^n]m¡mw””
Ak³ ASpw b_ªp Aksâ _qfnt`¡v tbm]n.

Aksâ fWhv fpjpk³ ht´mg¯nsâ Sn^]m]n^p¶p. sI¶sS Ak³ NnX¡]nt`¡v ko\p Bt`mIW]n B*p. Ssâ C{S]pw Nm`s¯ KoknS¯nWnX]n FÃmw Ssâ A½fm^psX km¡Wph^n¨m\v Kokn¨Sv. tNmtaKv KoknS¯nWnX]n k¶ FÃm t{bfmey^vTWNapw Sm³ hvtWibqÀÆw Wn^hn¡pN]m\v sI]vSSv. Sm³ Nm^\w Cu NpXpwd¯nWpw Ssâ A½fmÀ¡pw H^p AbfmWkpw G¡^pSv F¶v N^pSn. CWn]pw A§sW Ss¶ B]n^n¡pw. Ssâ DÅn sbm§n k^p¶ NmfmhànNsa Ak³ F¶pw AXn¨fÀ¯n. ASnsW¶pw AksW him]n¨Sv Aksâ VymWkpw {bm^vTW]pfm\v.AXn¨fÀ¯s¸« knNm^§Ä fWhv bp_wSÅn]m ASv fim {ba]w tbms` B]n^n¡pw F¶ hSyw AkWpw A_n]mw.FÃmw Wn]{´n¡m³ làn WÂNm³ Ak³ fWhp^pNn {bmÀ°n¨p.

Ak³ tfl]n e{Ufm]n k¨n^n¡p¶ Ssâ bmSn KokWm] k]`n³ FXp¯v km]n¡m³ SpXRn. Aksâ B hwPoSw fWpgyÀ¡v fm{SfÃ, {bNrSn¡p Ss¶ Dt¯KWfm]n^p¶p. Fhv. Fhv. FÂ.hn cpÄ fmÀt¡msX bmhm]t¸mÄ A½fmÀ bn^nkn«p tfXn¨psNmXp¯Sm\v B k]`n³. Nm^\w AkWp hwPoSt¯mXpÅ AenWntklw A{St¯maw D*m]n^p¶p.

b_ªtbms` Ss¶ Ak³ sskNn«v Im¸`n k¨v ASnftWmi^fm] eànPmWw bmXn. A¶v tks_ H¶pw tk* BÀ¡pw. A§v `]n¨n^pt¶mapw.

H^mjvI Njnªp. AkWp tKm`n¡m]n tbmtN* Unkhfm]n. FÃmkt^mXpw ]m{Sb_ªp. A½fm^pw Np«nNapw AksW N®ot^msX B\v ]m{S B¡n]Sv. Bklyfm] s{ZÊpw Ssâ FÃmfm] k]`nWpw Ak³ FXp¯n^p¶p.

tbmNm³ tW^w fUÀ WÂNn] Np_¨p ^qb]pw.
CWn Ssâ Hä¡pÅ KoknSw SpX§pkm\v.ASpks^ Ssâ NqsX Wn¶ FÃmks^]pw Ak³ Wµnt]msX HmÀ¯p. SWn¡p h¼mUn¨p tWXns¡mXp¡pkm³ H^p NpXpwdfp*v, Ss¶t¸ms` AWmT^m] Np_¨p Np«nNÄ D*v. dÊn`n^n¡pt¼mÄ b`knV¯n`pÅ In´NÄ AkWn`qsX NX¶ptbm]n.
AkWp scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâ koXv Ns*¯m³ {b]mhs¸tX*n k¶nÃ. knan¨ Hmt«m¡m^³ Ss¶ NrSyfm]n AksW AknsX sNm*pkn«p. AknsX FÃmk^pw dipfmWt¯msX Nm\p¶ Bam]n^p¶p scÀ\m*hv. {bu[n knant¨mSp¶ H^p k`n] sNm«m^Sp`yfm]n^p¶p B koXv. k`n] tPäpw knlm`fm] bqt´m«kpw k`n] fpäkpw.
tPänWp fp¶n Wn¶t¸mÄ Ss¶ shNyq^nän k¶p .
B^m””
“”Mm³ tKmhv. scÀ\m*hv hmÀ b_ªn«v k¶Sm. “”Ak³ scÀ\m*hv hmÀ S¶ NmÀZv Nm\n¨p.
shNyq^nän AksW ANt¯¡v NXSnkn«p. “”sI¶v sdÃXn¨m fSn.hmÀ AknXp*v.””
tKmhq«n A]mÄs¡m^p bp©n^n h½mWn¨v ANt¯¡v N]_n. Ak³ knlm`fm] B koXnsâ fp¶ns`¯n sdÃfÀ¯n. Ak³ Ipäpw ko£n¨p. Ct{Sw k`n] H^p koXv Ssâ KoknS¯n N*n«nÃ.
sb«¶v sNm«m^hmUrlyfm] B koXnsâ kmSn Sp_¡s¸«p. kmSn Sp_¶ Bsa Ak³ tWm¡n. Aksâ l^o^¯n H^p S^n¸Wpeks¸«p. Fs´m^p huµ^yw. t`mN¯p C§sW]pw hpµ^nNapt*m. H^p Xn gÀ«pw {So tcmÀ¯pw B\v tkgw. tdmdv sI]vS hpµ^fm] fpXn. Sna¡fpÅ N®pNÄ, Wo* fq¡v, Bs^]pw sNmSn¸n¡p¶ S^¯n`pÅ Ip*pNÄ. AkWp Ss¶ Ss¶ ssNkn«ptbmNptfm F¶v tSm¶n. AkWp H¶pw fn*m³ Njn]p¶nÃ.
“”B^m, F´v tk\w”” AkapsX NnanWmSsf¯n.
Ak³ sb«¶v b^nh^tdmVw kos*Xp¯p.
“”F´m, Ssâ km]n Wm¡ntÃ. SmWnSpks^ sb®p§sa N*n«ntÃ. tNm`n Sp\n Ipänsk¨m`pw skÅfn_¡nWn¡p¶ H^p kÀPw.””
AkapsX B km¡pNÄ l^n¡pw Aksâ DÅn Ss¶ sNm*p.
“” £fn¡\w fmZw, Mm³ scÀ\m*hv hmÀ b_ªn«v k¶Sm. tb^v tKmhv.””Ak³ b_sªm¸n¨p.
“”fv, Mm³ b¸s] knan¡mw. CknsX Wn¡v.””AkÄ ASpw b_ªp tUgyt¯msX ANt¯¡v tbm]n.
tKmhq«n¡v kngffm\v tSm¶n]Sv. BUyfm]m\v H^mÄ Ssâ fpO¯ptWm¡n C§sW b_]p¶Sv. Aksa tWm¡nWn¶ hf]s¯ Ak³ lbn¨p. Sm³ F{Stbs^ N*n«p*v. CSpks^ Ssâ fWhv ssNkn«n«nÃ.
F¶n^p¶m`pw A¸tW^w tWm¡nWn¶SnWp C§sW IqXmkWvsX Bklyfpt*m..Aksâ fWhn`qsX b`knV In´Napw NX¶ptbm]n.
“”B, tKmhq«n B]n^pt¶m. AkÄ tKmhv F¶v b_ªt¸m Mm³ knIm^n¨p tks_ Bt^m

B¶p. “” scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâ tImUyfm\v AksW D\À¯n]Sv.
tKmhq«n At±is¯ tWm¡n H¶v bp©n^n¨p.
“”St¶mXv AkÄ tUlys¸Xpskm ftäm sI]vtSm, tUgyt¯msX]m ANt¯¡v tbm]Sv,
At±iw sI_p In^nt]msX B\v ASv tImSn¨Sv.
“”Cà hmÀ, A§sWs]m¶pfnÔ” Ak³ F§sWt]m b_sªm¸n¨p.
Ft´`pw b_ªn«pt* Ss¶ ASv Sm³ fWÊn k¡*. B\pw sb®pfm]n Ht¶]pÅq. ASpsNm*v A`vbw `man¨n«p*v. NqXmsS A½]nÃmsS kaÀ¶ Np«n]tÃ. AtSm*m\v.””
At±i¯nsâ km¡pNÄ bp©n^nt]msX B\v Ak³ hzoN^n¨Sv.
“”Sm³ tN_n km,
At±iw AksW knan¨p ANt¯¡v WX¶p. tKmhq«n At±is¯ AWpPfn¨p AN¯p {btkln¨p.scÀ\m*hv H^p k`n] shän]n C^p¶p AktWmXv C^n¡mWm]n BwPyw Nm\n¨p. tKmhq«n AXp¯pÅ fsäm^p shän]n C^p¶p.
“”tPmfSo, ^*p Im],”” At±iw ANt¯¡v tWm¡n knan¨pb_ªp.
Sm³ `tPKv Hs¡ B]m\v k¶Sv AsÃ. H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw. W½p¡v N¼Wn kN tNmt«jvhv D*v. ss{Zkt_mXv Ss¶ AknsX B¡m³ b_]mw. AknsX Ssâ `tPKv Hs¡ sk¨v A]mÄ Ss¶ Hmcohn sNmt*mknt«mapw. Mm³ fmtWKs^ knan¨p b_tªmamw. bns¶ Sm³ tNmt«jvhn Hä]v¡v Smfhnt¡*n k^pw. Hmcohn ÌmcpNapsX FÃmw koXv CknXXp¯m]SpsNm* B^pw tNmt«jvhv ]qhv sI¿p¶nÃ. AknsX H^p ssd¡pw D*v. tKmhq«n ASv FXpt¯maq.”” At±iw b_ªp WnÀ¯n.
A¸tj¡pw tPmfSn I]]pfm]n k¶p. H^p 45 k]hv tSm¶n¡p¶ hv{So. AkÀ Im] sk¨v ANt¯¡v tbm]n. tKmhq«n sbs«¶v Ss¶ Im] NpXn¨p AknXp¶p C_§m³ S¿m_m]n.
“”^mKm”” scÀ\m*hv Wo«n knan¨p.
50 k]hp tSm¶n¡p¶ H^mÄ At§m«v k¶p. gÀ«pw fp*pfm\v tkgw.
“”B ^mKm, CSv tKmhq«n. W½psX Hmcohn bpSpSm]n tKm`n¡p k¶Sm. Wo AksW tNmt«jvhv Nm\n¨n«v Hmcohn knXp””.
At±iw ^mKtWmXm]n b_ªp. F¶n«p tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n SpXÀ¶p. “” tKmhq«n, CSv ^mK³, CknXps¯ ss{ZkÀ B\v. C]mapsX NqsX tbm]m fSn.””
“” l^n hmÀ”” tKmhq«n WµnhqINvfm]n H^p bp©n^n h½mWn¨p ^mKWv bp_sN WX¶p. ^mK³ Nm_n N]_n ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp. tKmhq«n ^mKsWm¸w s{c*n N]_n. NmÀ bSps¡ AknsX Wn¶pw Wo§n.
scÀ\m*hv ANt¯¡v N]_n. At¸mjm\v Z]mW( ASm\v fNapsX tb^v) Smtj¡v k¶p. “”A]mav tbmt]m””
F´m tfmsa. H^mÄ ko«n k^pt¼mÄ H¶v N]_n C^n¡m³ b_ªqsX WnW¡v””
scÀ\m*hv hvtWibqÀÆw fNtamXv b_ªp.
“”F¶m Mm³ kmjs] tbmNp¶ks^s]Ãmw knan¨n^p¯n

h¡^n¡mw, F¶m fSnt]m…
AkÄ ^hn¡m¯ f«n b_ªp.
At¿m. Wnt¶msXm¶pw b_ªntÃ. ASv tKmhq«n]m tfmsa. bmkm\v. H^WmT³. W½sX hntÌjvhnsâ B{lf¯n`m kaÀs¶.””
ASptN«t¸mÄ FknsXt]m H^p Woä AkÄ¡Wpeks¸«p…………………

….. tKmhq«n Nm_n C^p¶p bp_s¯ NmjvINÄ Nm\pkm]n^p¶p.
“”F´mtXm H¶pw fn*msS C^n¡ps¶. ss{ZtkjvhntWmXv fn*qs`”” bp©n^n¨psNm*m\v ^mK³ ASv tImSn¨Sv.
“”G]v, H¶qà ^mtK«. Mm³ Ip½m bp_s¯ NmjvINsams¡ Nm\pkm]n^p¶p. FWns¡´nWm fn*m³ fXn. MmsWms¡ scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâs]ms¡ Nm^p\y¯n CknsX F¯n Wn¡p¶Sm.””
“”Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSm. AtÃ`pw At±iw kas^ Wà fWpgyWm. tfman¨ns^ tUgy¡m^n]m. hq£n¨p CXsb«mfSn. F¶m`pw Ft¶mXv k`n] Cãfm. Mm³ sI_p¸w fpSt` Nm\p¶ Np«n]tÃ. Fsâ sN«n]kapw AknsXSs¶]m b\n. N*p Nm\pw, tPmfSn.”” A]mÄ b_ªp WnÀ¯n.
“”B, N*m]n^p¶p. tI¨n]m Im] Ss¶.”” tKmhq«n f_pbXn b_ªp.
M§Ä sI_p¸w fpSt` CknsX]m kaÀs¶.Fâ¸Wpw AkapsX A¸Wpw CknXmÀ¶p b\n. bns¶ M§Ä S½n A§v t{bfn¨p sN«n.””
A¸tj¡pw k*n H^p sN«nX¯nWv fp¼n F¯n. ASymklyw k`n¸fpÅ H^p tNmt«jvhv. “”CSm\v tKmhq«n¡v Smfhn¡mWpÅ Ø`w. C_§nt¡m”” ASpw b_ªp ^mK³ k*n]n Wn¶n_§n.
^mK³ Ss¶ tNmt«jvhv Sp_¶p Smt¡m tKmhq«ns] G¸n¨p.
AN¯p FÃm huN^ykpfp*v.Np¡v sI¿mWpÅSX¡w. FÃmw kr¯n]m]n Ss¶]m\v NnX¡p¶Sp. ASpsNm*v Npj¸fnÃ.””
tKmhq«n AN¯pN]_n. knlm`fm] imapw fq¶p fp_nNapw. FÃmw dm{Sqw AämsIXv B\v. Wà kr¯n]pÅ fp_nNÄ. tKmhq«n H^p fp_n Sp_¶p dmPv ASn k¨v C_§n.””
“”ssd¡nsâ Nm^yw ktÃmw b_ªm^vt¶m hm_v.”” ^mK³ tImUn¨p.
ASv Ft¶mXv Dbt]mPnt¨mam³ b_ªm^v¶p.””Ak³ f_pbXn WÂNn.
H^p bj] dpÅäv B\v. sshZn D*v. No fmtWK^psX N¿n Nm\pw. hmÀ b_ªn^n¡pw Nm^y§Ä. tKmhq«n km, W½p¡n_§mw””
^mK³ ASpw b_ªp skan]nt`¡n_§n. tKmhq«n tZmÀ t`m¡v sI]vS C_§n.
AknXp¶v Uq^w Np_km]n^p¶p Hmcohnt`¡v. sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkÀ Hmcohn F¯nt¨À¶p. H^p ^*pWn` sN«nXw.kas^ bpSn]Sm\v. ^mKWpw tKmhq«n]pw Nm_n Wn¶n_§n ANt¯¡v NX¶p. Hmcohnsâ ANw kas^ ftWmi^fm]n^p¶p. ^mK³ B]n^p¶p fp¶n WX¶n^p¶Sv. A]mÄs¡Ãmw b^nInSsf¶tbms`. sbs«¶v AkÀs¡Sns^ H^p 28 k]hp tSm¶n¡p¶ hv{So k¶p. Nm\m³

ewPn]pÅ C^pWn^t¯mXv NqXn] hv{So. hm^n]m\v tkgw. k`n] fm_nXkpw fp´n] I´nNapw B hv{So]psX l^o^s¯ ftWmi^fm¡p¶p.AkÄ ^mKsW N*p H¶v In^n¨p.
“” F´m ^mtK«m, Ct§ms«ms¡ C_§m³.””
AkapsX lÐSkpw ftWmi^fm]n^p¶p.
CSv tKmhq«n. CknsX bpSn] tKm`n¡m]n k¶Sm\v. “” ^mK³ tKmhq«ns] Iq*n b_ªp. At¸mjm\v AkÄ bp_Nn Wn¡p¶ tKmhq«ns] Nm\p¶Sv. Np_¨p hf]w AkÄ AÛpSt¯msX tWm¡n Wn¶p. BsN H^p A´man¨ Wn`vbv.
“”F¶mXn, C§sW km]pw sbman¨p Wn¡p¶Sv.”” ^mKsâ B km¡pNam\v AkÄ¡v tdmVw sNmXp¯Sv.
ASv…H¶pfnÃ. l^Sv G«³ b_ªm^v¶p bpSn] Ahn. fmtWKÀ k^psf¶v. AkÄ ASpw b_ªp I½n]tbms` tbm]n.
“”CknXps¯ Ìmcm. thmcn]. bmkfm, H^p sbm«nsb®p. CknsXÅk^pw H^p NpXpwds¯ AwP§sa tbms` B\v. ASpw b_ªp ^mK³ H^p _qfnsâ kmSn Sp_¶p. fpNan`m]n fmtWKÀ Fs¶jpSn]n^n¡p¶Sv tKmhq«n km]n¨p.AN¯p Nth^]n`m]n H^p 35 tWmXXpSv {bm]fpÅ H^mÄ. Nm\m³ C^pWn_w. sI_n] Ng*n.
“”B ^mtK«m, N]_n C^n¡v. CStà tKmhq«n. scÀ\m*hv hmÀ knan¨n^p¶p. C^n¡v tKmhq«n”” At±iw bp©n^n¨psNm* b_ªp. Wà hufyfmÀ¶ hwhm^w. tKmhq«n fWÊn In´n¨p.
“”F¶m l^s¯, Mm³ tbms]¡pkm. B dpsÅänsâ No tKmhq«ns] G¸ns¨¡v””
ASpw b_ª ^mK³ bp_t¯¡v tbmNmWn_§n.
“”B ^mtK«m, hmÀ b_ªn^p¶p.”” l^Sv f_pbXn b_ªp. ^mK³ bp_t¯¡v tbm]n.

“”bns¶ tKmhq«n CSnWp fp¼v kÀ¡v sI]vSn«pt*m.””
“” Cà hmÀ. BUyfm]m\””v. Ak³ Ssâ hn .kn l^¯nsW G¸n¨p.
“”FsXm, Fs¶ hms_ Fs¶m¶pw knant¡*.l^Sv F¶v knan¨ fSn. Atàtk*. Sm³ ]Rv AsÃ. FÃm^pw knan¡p¶ tbms` l^t¯«³ F¶v knan¨ fSn. CknsXÅk^pw A§sW]m. B^pw hmt_ knans]m¶pw CÃ. “”l^Sv bp©n^n¨psNm*m\v ASv b_ªSv.
tKmhq«n ASnWp f_pbXn Ft¶m\w H¶v bp©n^n¨p. k¶t¸mÄ thmcn] l^t¯«³ F¶v knan¨tSmÀ¯p.
FÃv`mk^pw Ak^k^psX tKm`n W¶m]n sI¿pw . ASpsNm*v H^p {blvWkpw BÀ¡pw CÃ. AÃm, Sm³ Z]mWs] b^nK]s¸«]n^pt¶m,”” l^Sv tImUn¨p.
“” Z]mWt]m, ASm^m..”” tKmhq«n fWhn`mNm¯ tbms` tImUn¨p.
“”scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâ tfmav. “”
Hm, B Np«ns] N*n^p¶p ko«n sk¨v.””
“”N*t¸m F´v tSm¶n”” l^Sv BNmwgt]msX tImUn¨p. bns¶ SpXÀ¶p. “”tks_m¶pw tSm¶^pSv tKmhq«n. Mm³ FÃmt^mXpw C§sW]m. kas^ {co B\v. Ss¶ WsÃm^p {c*v A]n

tSm¶p¶SpsNm* tImUn¨Sm.””
tKmhq«n H¶v bp©n^n¨p.
“” ASnsW´m l^t¯«, Mm³ Z]mWs] N*t¸m tks_ H¶pw tSm¶n]nÃ. Nm\m³ Wà ewPn DÅ Np«n. At{S DÅp.””
ASv tN«v l^Sv H¶v In^n¨p. Sm³ FN-vhv{Xm Zohâv B\tÃmsX, B. F´m]m`pw hpµ^n]m\v F¶v tSm¶n]ntÃ. F¶m AktamsXm^p 10 fnWp«v hwhm^n¨ ASv fm_n¡n«pw. hzemkw A{S¡v WÃSm. FÃm BjvI]pw Ct§m«v HmZnän§nWm]n k^pw. Ft´`pw Nm^\w b_ªp tUgys¸Xpw. ASpsNm*v BUytf b_ªSm. H¶v tWm¡n]n^pt¶m.””

tKmhq«n f_pbXn Ft¶m\w H¶v In^n¨p. AknsX ko«n k¨v WX¶ hwekw Aksâ fWÊn`qsX NX¶ptbm]n.
tKmhq«n km.. Mm³ FÃmt^]pw H¶v b^nI]s¸Xp¯mw”” ASpw b_ª l^Sv FjptWäp. tKmhq«n l^¯nsâ bp_sN WX¶p…..

thmcn] HmXn]m\v Ìmcvhnsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶Sv. AknsX sfm¯w B_v tb^mWpÅSv. thmcn], ^mVnN, Imt¡m,t{Shy, kÀPohv bns¶ byp\v tddn. CSn CWn b_t]*Sv ^mVnNs] Np_n¨m\v. H^p AXnsbman Bân. NXsªXp¯ l^o^w. Wà fpXn.sbm¡kpw ASnsWm¯ k®kpw. BsN sfm¯w GsSm^m\nsâ]pw fWhna¡m³ tbm¶ H^p ^we.thmcn] HmXn ^mVnN]psX AXp¯m\v k¶Sv.
“”Fsâ tI¨o, bpSn] Ahn. fmtWKs^ Nt*m.Fsâ sbmt¶m. Ns®Xp¡m³ tSm¶nÃ. F¶m H^p Pvamf_m sI¡Wv. “” thmcn] NnS¨psNm*m\v ASv b_ªSv.

ASnWp Wo FknXp¶p N*p”” h^nS knlzmhw k^m¯tbms` tImUn¨p.
“”Cs¸m ^mtK«³ CknsX sNm*v kn«t¸mÄ N*Sm. N*t¸m Fsâ Nnan tbm]n. BsN I½n F¶v b_ª fSn]tÃm.””thmcn] H^p sWXpkoÀt¸msX b_ªp.
h^nS ASnWp¯^fm]n H¶v In^n¨p. At¸mtj¡pw At§m«v l^¯pw tKmhq«n]pw NX¶p k¶p. tKmhq«n]psX fpO¯v F¸jpfpÅ hpµ^fm] B bp©n^n]pfp*v.
“”AtS, W½psX Cu NpXpwd¯nt`¡v bpSns]m^mapw NqXn NX¶pk¶n^n¡]m\v. tKmhq«n”” l^Sv tKmhq«ns] FÃmkÀ¡pfm]n b^nK]s¸Xp¯ns¡m*p b_ªp. l^Sv Hmt^m^p¯s^]m]n tKmhq«n¡v b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. HXpkn thmcn]s]]pw ^mSnNs]]pw b^nI]s¸Xp¯n.
“”CSv thmcn], Cu N¼Wn]ns` Gäkpw hpµ^n]m¶p hz]w knIm^n¡p¶ Np«n]m. ASnWpfm{Sw H¶pfntÃ`pw Ai¦m^¯nWv H^p Np_kpfnÃ.”” l^Sv In^n¨psNm*m\v ASv b_ªSv. bns¶ FÃmk^psX]pw Nq«¨n^n.thmcn]]psX kN Cãs¸Xm¯ f«n l^¯nsW tWm¡n H^p sNmªWw Np¯pw.
“”CSv ^mVnN, M§apsX Hs¡ N®nWp NpanÀf WÂNp¶ BsN NqXn]pÅ H^p Bân bohv.”” l^Sv ^mVnNs] tWm¡n b_ªp.
Hm, hpOn¸n¡tà fmsg”” ASpw b_ªp ^mVnN tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n.tKmhq«n^mSnNs]]pwtWm¡nH¶vIn^n¨p.At¸mjm\v^mSnNs]tKmhq«nl^n¡pw{l²n¡p¶Sv.AksâDÅnÂF´nsâHs¡t]mSn^]Xn¡pNB]n^p¶p.

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