CSpks^ ht¸mÀ«v sI]vS Wn§Ä¡v H^m]n^w Wµn..SpXÀ¶pw ASv {bSo£n¨psNm*v SpX^p¶p…

tNmt«jvhn F¯n]t¸mjpw tKmhq«n]psX fWhv N`pgnSfm]n^p¶p. kyàfm] So^pfmW§sam¶pw FXp¡m³ Njn]m¯ AkØ. Z]mW]psfm¯pÅ Wnfng§Ä Aksâ fWhn`qsX NX¶ptbm]n. AkÄ St¶mXv kÃmsS AXp¯n^n¡p¶p. AknsXWn¶pw tbm^pt¼mÄ KWm`NÄ¡^nNn Ss¶ AkÄ tWm¡n C^p¶Sv Ak³ HmÀ¯p. Wm\kpw sI_p bp©n^n]pw N`À¶ AkapsX fpOemkw. ssUk¯nsâ hrãnNan Gäkpw hpµ^fm]Sv AkapsX B fpOfms\¶p AkWp tSm¶nt¸m]n. WPvWfm] tUi¯p fªp¯pÅnNÄ ko\tbms` Aksâ l^o^w tNm^n¯^n¨p. bs£…..fWhnsâ GtSm tNm\n Han¨n^p¶ ^mVnN]psX fpOw Aksâ DÅn sSanªpk¶p. Ssâ ^mVnN tI¨n..sbm¶qhv….Ak^psX AkØ AksW AhzØWm¡n. Cs¸m Cu eqfn]n AkÀ¡p Sm§m]n Sm³ fmt{S DÅp. Ssâ l^o^¯nWmVyfm]n IqXpbNÀ¶ ^mVnN]psX fpOw N®o^m Wn_]p¶Sv AkWp h¦Â¸n¡m³ tbm`pw Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. F´m]m`pw Nm`w SWn¡ptk*n N^pSnsk¨^n¡p¶sS´ms\¶p Nm`w Ss¶ sSan]n¡s« F¶ In´]n Ak³ NnX¶p. Ft¸mtjm Ak³ Wn{U]nt`¡v kjpSnko\p.

AsS hf]w Z]mW sdZv[n N®pNÄ Sp_¶p NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. N®n`pw fWhn`pw Ipäpw fpjpkWpw tKmhq«n fm{Sw. tKmhq«n]psfm¯pÅ Hmt^m Wnfng§apw AkapsX DÅn`qsX NX¶ptbm]n. sN«n¸nXn¨p ssd¡n ]m{S sI]vSSpw Sot]ä_n`n^p¶Spw S«pNX]n k¨p*m] hwekkpw FÃmw. AkapsX fpO¯v Wm\w N`À¶ bp©n^n knXÀ¶p. AkÄ AXp¯pÅ S`]n\ AkapsX sWt©mXp tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p. AkÄ N®pNaX¨p. tKmhq«ns] B\v Sm³ sN«n¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶Sv F¶v AkÄ hz]w In´n¨p. tKmhq«ns] C§sW sN«n¸nXn¨p KoknSNm`w fpjpk³ Kokn¡m³ Njnªn^ps¶¦n F¶kapsX fWw Bln¨p. F¸tjm Wn{Um tUkn Aksa]pw NXm£n¨p.

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bntä¶v ^mkns` 11 f\n]m]t¸mjm\v tKmhq«n¡v ^mVnN]psX NmÄ k^p¶Sv. Ak³ Ssâ NmdnWn Zmämhv sI¡v sI¿pN]m]n^p¶p. H^p A^ f\n¡q_nWpÅn Ss¶ tcmfm`näohv FÃmw SoÀ¯p sbm¶qhnsW ZnhvImÀKv sI¿msf¶v tZmÎÀ b_ªSm]n ^mVnN AktWmXv b_ªp. ASWph^n¨p tkPw Ss¶ tKmhq«n c]Âhpfm]n l^mSnWmXpt¯¡p sI¶p.

“”l^t¯«….Cu c]Âhv Mm³ ¢n]À sI]vSn«p*v…H¶v t{NmÊv sI¡v I]tSm…bns¶ Mm³ timhvbnä ks^ H¶v tbm]n«p k^mw. sbm¶qhnsW Cs¸m ZnhvImÀKv sI¿pw. Mm³ D¨ Njnªp kt¶¡mw.”” Ak³ c] l^¯nsW G`vbn¨psNm*p b_ªp.

“” Bs«Xm..Wo tbm]n«p

km..Mm³ tWm¡ns¡mÅmw..”” l^Sv In^n¨psNm*v f_pbXn b_ªp.

tKmhq«n sbs«¶v Ss¶ AknsXWn¶pw C_§n. timhvbnä`n F¯n]t¸mtj¡pw tcmÀfm`näohv FÃmw SoÀ¯p ^mVnN]pw sbm¶qhpw s_Zn B]n^n¡p¶p. tKmhq«n XmN-vhn knan¨m\v k¶Sv. sbm¶qhnWv bWn B]SnWm ssd¡n tbmN*m F¶kWv tSm¶n. tKmhq«ns] N*t¸mtj¡pw sbm¶qhv HmXnk¶v Aksâ tWs^ ssNWo«n. Ak³ B NpªnsW tNm^n FXp¯p Nknan H^p IpwdWkpw WÂNn.

“”bWns]ms¡ tbm]n Fsâ sbm¶qhv fnXp¡n]m]n. CWn Wfp¡v ko«n tbmt]¡mw.AsÃ..sbm¶qhv F´v b_]p¶p..”” Ak³ In^n¨psNm*v tImSn¨p.

AkÄ S`]na¡n Nm\n¨p. F¶n«v Aksâ tSman`qsX N¿n«v AksW C_p¡n sN«n¸nXn¨n^p¶p. Ak³ ^mVnNs] {l²n¨p. AkapsX fpO¯v H^p sSan¨fnÃm¯tbms` AkWp tSm¶n. H¶pw fn*p¶pfnÃ. AkÀ timhvbnä`nWv skan]n k¶p. tKmhq«n sbm¶qhnsW]pw sNm*v XmN-vhn]n N]_n. ^mVnN bn¶ms`]pw. ]m{S¡nX]n`pw ^mVnN H¶pw hwhm^n¨nÃ. AkapsX fpO¯v Ft´m kngffpÅSptbms` AkWp tSm¶n. AtàSsâ ^mVnN tI¨n A§mWÃm. F´m]mapw ko«ns`¯n]n«p tImUn¡mw F¶v AkWpw In´n¨p.

ko«ns`¯n]t¸mtj¡pw sbm¶qhv Aksâ fXn]n C^p¶p hpOfm] Wn{U]nt`¡v ko\n^p¶p. Ak³ XmN-vhn ImÀKv WÂNn. ^mVnN H¶pw fn*msS kmSn Sp_¶p ANt¯¡v tbm]n. tKmhq«n _qfnt`¡v tbm]n tbm¶qhnsW sdZv[n NnX¯n sWän]n kmÕ`ybqÀkw H^p IpwdWkpw WÂNn. Ak³ imant`¡v k¶p sI]_n C^p¶p. At¸mtj¡pw ^mVnN AN¯pWn¶pw {ZÊv fm_n k¶p. tWÀ¯ H^p ssWän B\v AkÄ DXp¯n^p¶Sv.

“”Wo]n^n¡p..Mm³ tbm]n Njn¡msWs´¦n`pw D*m¡mw.”” Pu^kt¯msX A{Sfm{Sw b_ªp AkÄ ANt¯¡v tbm]n. tKmhq«n¡p Bt`mIn¨n«v H^p bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. C¶s`ks^ Fsâ ^mVnN tI¨n C§sW AÃm]n^p¶p. Ss¶ Nm\pt¼mÄ Ss¶ B hpµ^ fpOw knX^p¶Sm\v. bs£ Cs¸m…ht´mg¯nsâ tW^n] H^p N\nN tbm`pw B fpO¯nÃ. NmÀtfQw k¶p f_¨tbms` B fpOw C^p*n^n¡p¶p. Ssâ ^mVnN tI¨n H^n¡`pw C§sW BNm³ bmXnÃ. B fpOs¯ ht´mgw kos*Xp¡m³ Ss¶s¡m*v Njn]p¶sSms¡ sI¿pw. Ak³ fWÊn D_¸n¨p. Ak³ IpkXpNÄ k¨v bSns] AXp¡a]nt`¡p Wo§n. ^mVnN b¨¡_n A_n]pN]m\v. Ak³ bSps¡ AkapsX bp_Nn`m]n Wn¶p. Aksâ ssNNÄ AkapsX CXp¸n`qsX AkapsX k]_n Ipän bnXn¨p. Ak³ Aksâ fpOw AkapsX WPvWfm] tSman tIÀ¯pk¨p. AkÄ ASv {bSo£n¨n^p¶p F¶tbms` AW§n]nÃ. H¶pw b_ªpfnÃ.

“”F¶m

Fsâ ^Vq«n¡p bäns]..^mkns` fpS SpX§n]Sm\tÃm Cu fpOw koÀ¸n¨n^n¡Â. Fsâ fWhv l^n¡pw tWmkp¶p*v t«m Cu C^p* fpOw Nm\pt¼m..Fs´ms*¦n`pw Ft¶mXv b_]¯ntà Fsâ ^mVnN sNm¨nWv..Fsâ ^mVntNsX ht´mg¯nWp F´pw sI¿ntà Mm³..bns¶´m…”” Ak³ hvtWibqÀÆw AkapsX tSman fpOfp^vhns¡m*p b_ªp..

ASpw Akan fmäsfm¶pw D*m¡n]nÃ. AkÄ {bSnN^n¡msS Ss¶ C^p¶p. AkapsX Cu sb^pfmäw AkWp Sm§mkp¶Sn`pw B¸p_fm]n^p¶p.

“”CWn Fs¶ Nm\p¶Sv ht´mgftàMm³ sbm]vs¡mÅmw..CWn l`ys¸Xp¯mWm]n k^p¶nÃ.””Ak³ At{Sw kngft¯msX b_ªp AkapsX k]änt·`pÅ bnXn A]¨p. Ak³ Sn^n]m³ emkn¨t¸mtj¡pw ^mVnN Aksâ tWs^ Sn^nªn^p¶p. AkWp Ssâ sW©v bna^p¶tbms` tSm¶n. Ssâ ^mVnN tI¨nsX N®pNÄ Cu_Wm]n^n¡p¶p..fnjnWoÀ¡\§Ä C«pkojmWm]n sk¼n Wn¡p¶p. B N®pWo^nsâ Nm^\w AkWp fWhn`m]nÃ. B h¦XSn^]Xn¡p¶ ^mVnN]psX fpOw Aksâ fWhns` fsäÃm In´Nsa]pw fm]n¨p Naªp. Ak³ ssNNam AkapsX fpOw tNm^n FXp¯p Aksâ fpO¯nWv tWs^ B¡n. Bt¸mtj¡pw H^p SpÅn N®pWoÀ Aksâ ssNkn^`pNan`qsX DuÀ¶n_§n. Aksâ N®pNapw A_n]msS Wn_ªptbm]n.

“”F´v bäns]Xm Fsâ ^mVp«n¡p…F´nWm N^]ps¶… Cu tKmhq«n CknXpÅt¸mÄ Fsâ ^mVq«n]psX N®v Wn_ªsS´nWm..”” Ak³ ssNkn^`pNam AkapsX fnjnWoÀ¡\§Ä SpX¨psNm*p tImSn¨p. Aksâ km¡pNan h¦Xw Saw sN«nWn¶n^p¶p.

ASpfSn]m]n^p¶p AkapsX DÅn bnXn¨pWnÀ¯n]n^p¶ UpxO¯nsâ A\ sbm«ns]mjpNm³. AkÄ Aksâ sW©n AkapsX fpOw tIÀ¯v AksW ssNNam k^nªp fp_p¡n. Aksâ sW©n Np¯ns]mjpNn] fnjnWoÀ¡\§Ä A¾ SpÅnNam]m\v AkWp tSm¶n]Sv. Aksâ sW©Nw sbmÅn¡p¶tbms`.AkWpw Aksa N^§am bp\À¶p.

“”bäp¶nà tKmhq«n FWn¡v..bänÃ…Cu t`mN¯n fsä´pw…fsä´pw Mm³ tks*¶psk¡mw…Fsâ sbm¶qhnsW]pw tKmhq«ns]]pw Hjn¨v. FWn¡_n]mw…H^n¡`pw B{Pin¡m³ bmXnÃm¯Sm. tKmhq«n]psX hvtWiw MmsWm^n¡`pw AÀin¡m¯Sm…F¶m`pw FsâNqsX C§sW C^n¡pt¼m..Cu sW©ns` IqXp¸än Fs¶ C§sW IpänbnXn¨n^n¡pt¼m A_n]msS]mt\`pw MmWm{Pin¨p tbmNpkm tKmhq«n…CWn]o K·w fpjpk³ CSv Nn«\sf¶v.””
AkapsX N®ot^msX]pÅ km¡pNÄ S_ªpN]_n]Sv Aksâ fWÊn`m\v. Aksâ sW©n ^mVnN]psX N®o^nsâ Hjp¡v NqXn]Sv Ak³ A_nªp. AsSm^p A^pkntbms` HjpNpN]m\v. H^m]phpsNm*p H^mÄ

N^]p¶Sv Np_¨p Wnfng§Äs¡m*p AkapsX N®pNan`vWn¶p DÛkn¨Sm]n AkWp tSm¶n. A_n]msS]mt\`pw Ssâ Bs^ms¡t]m A]n Sm³ H^pbmXv hvtWin¨ Ssâ ^mVnNt¨¨n,,Ssâ l^o^¯nWv IqXv bNÀ¶ sb®v,,Ssâ fp¶n`n^p¶p N^]p¶Sv Aksâ FÃm hiW hofNÄ¡pw B¸p_fm]n^p¶p.

Ak³ AkapsX fpOw Aksâ ssNNp¼nan`m¡n. hpµ^fm] B fpOw fpjpk³ N®pWo^m\v. N^ªpN`§n] N®pNÄ sI_pSm]n Ipk¶n«p*v..ASn ftWmi^fm]n FjpSn]n^p¶ N×gn b^¶p NnX¡p¶p. B fpOw Aksâ N®pNan`pw fmäfp*m¡n. ^*pSpÅn N®pWoÀ AkapsX fpOt¯¡v C«pko\p.

“”ASnWnt¸m Fsâ ^mVq«n C§sW N^]m³ fm{Sw F´m D*mt]..Cu tKmhq«n]psX NqsX¯s¶]tà Fsâ ^mVq«n DÅSv. bns¶´m…tU..Cu N®n sbmXn]p¶ Hmt^m SpÅn N®pWo^pw Cu tKmhq«osX irU]¯n sbmXn]p¶ tIm^]m…ASpsNm*p Fsâ ^mVq«n CWn N^]Ãv.”” Ak³ Aksâ kn^`pNam AkapsX N®pWoÀ H¸ns¡m*p b_ªp. AkÄ Aksâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. H^n¡`pw käm¯ hvtWi¯nsâ D_k ASn Ds*¶p AkÄ¡p tSm¶n. H^p hvtWi¡X`ptbms`…F{S bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n]n«pw A_n]msS AkÄ knSp¼n tbm]n. AkÄ ko*pw ln^hv Aksâ sW©nt`¡v Im]v¨p.

“”FWn¡_n]nà tKmhq«n..tbXn]m FWn¡v. tKmhq«n F¶n`vWn¶pw AN¶p tbmNptkm¶p tbXn]m..BÀ¡pw kn«psNmXp¡m³ fWhWpkSn¡p¶nÃ. C¶s` tKmhq«ns]]pw Z]mWs]]pw H^pfn¨§sW N*t¸m….FWn¡_n]nà tKmhq«n..MmsWs´ms¡]m In´n¨p Nq«p¶sS¶p. Wn§Ä S½n Wà tIÀ¨]ms\¶p Mm³ Ss¶]m b_sª..bs£..bs£ fWhWpkSn¡p¶nà tKmhq«n Wns¶ kn«psNmXp¡m³..WnWs¡m^n¡`pw H^p dmVyS Bk\w F¶v Mm³ B{Pin¨n«nà tKmhq«n. bs£ Wnsâ hvtWiw AXp¯_nªt¸m, Wnsâ N^§Äs¡ms*s¶ tIÀ¯pWnÀ¯n]t¸m, MmsWm^p sb®tà tKmhq«n, B{Pin¨p tbm]n Mm³. Ft¶mXv £fn¡q tKmhq«n..Cu hvtWi¯nWp bN^fm]n tKmhq«ns]tbms` hvtWin¡m³ FWn¡_n]nÃ. tKmhq«n¡ptk*n Fsâ Kok³ Ss¶ S^mw Mm³..Fs¶ kn«p tbmNmSn^p¶m fm{Sw fSn…”” knSp¼ns¡m*m\v AkÄ ASv b_ªSv. AkapsX B Hmt^m km¡pNan`pw DÅ AktWmXpÅ hvtWiw F{S k`pSms\¶v AkWp tSm¶n.

AkapsX ssNNÄ Ss¶ k^nªp fp_p¡p¶Sm]n Ak³ A_nªp. ssNkn^`pNans` WO§Ä tbm`pw Ssâ fmwh¯nt`¡p Bjv¶n_§p¶Sptbms`.B ssNNÄ¡v k`m¯ H^p làn Ds*¶kWv tSm¶n. bs£ ASn St¶mXpÅ hvtWifm\v. Ss¶ BÀ¡pw kn«psNmXp¡nà F¶ So^pfmWfm\v B bnXp¯¯nÂ.

“”F¶m Cu tKmhq«n]m b_]pt¶..CWn W½sa S½nÂ

bn^n¡m³ f^\¯nWp fmt{S hmVn¡q. Fsâ sb®m ^mVq«n.. CWn]o N®pNan Wn¶pw H^p SpÅn N®pWoÀtbm`pw sbmjn]^pSv. A§sW D*m]m AsSsâ b^mK]vfm…”” AkapsX fpOw Aksâ N^§an tNm^ns]Xp¯m\v Ak³ ASv b_ªSv.

Aksâ B km¡pNan Aksâ D_¨ So^pfmWfm]n^p¶p D*m]n^p¶Sv. Aksâ fWÊn At¸mÄ fsäm¶nWpw ØmWfp*m]n^p¶nÃ. H¶nsW¡p_n¨pw Ak³ HmÀ¯nÃ. fWÊn ^mVnN]psX In^n¡p¶ fpOw fm{Sw.

“”As¸m Z]mW…””AkapsX B hz^¯n sI_n] H^p e]w N`À¶n^p¶p.

“”At¿..MmWpw Z]mW]pw Wà hpir¯p¡Ä fm{SftÃ..AtàSs¶ MmsW§mWm Aksa B{Pin¡pN..ASv bmXpt*m..Fsâs]ms¡ ssUkSp`yWm] scÀ\m*hv hm_nsWs]ms¡ FWn¡§sW tkUWn¸n¡m³ bäptfm. hzÀ¤¯ns` A½fmÀ Ft¶mXv £fn¡ptfm…A§msWm¶qÃ..AkapsX BsN]pÅ {c*v MmWm..At¸m Ft¶mXv Np_¨p hzmS{µyw FXp¡p¶p Fs¶ DÅp. ASnWp Fsâ ^mVnN sNm¨p N^]*…””

Aksa Blzhn¸n¡mWm]n ASv b_sª¦n`pw Aksâ DÅn Wq_m]n^w tImUy§Ä D]À¶p. ASnWpÅ D¯^§sam¶pw Aksâ b¡Â D*m]n^p¶nÃ. SmW_n]msS Ss¶ GtSm Wnfng¯n fpa¨psbm´n] Z]mWt]mXpÅ Cãw Ak³ fWÊn Ss¶ AXn¨fÀ¯n. Ssâ fp¶n Ss¶ H^pbmXv hvtWin¡p¶ Ssâ ^mVnN tI¨n…Sm³ ssNkn«m B^pw Sp\]nÃmsS sbm¶qhnsW]pw sNm*v F§sW Kokn¡pw. F¶m Z]mW A§sW AÃ. Mm³ Aksa Cãs¸«m fäp b`t^mXpw sI¿p¶ sSämNpw. SmWnsæn`pw AkÄ¡p Gäkpw Wà KoknSw Ss¶ Nn«pw. ASnWpÅ h¼¯pw FÃmw AkÄ¡p*v. H^pbmXv hvtWin¡p¶ H^ѳ D*v. Aksâ fWÊn Ak³ So^pfmWw FXp¯n^p¶p. ASnsâ dm¡nb{Stft¶m\w Aksa S¶nt`¡v NqXpS`m]n AXp¸n¨p.

^mVnN Cs¸m tKmhq«n]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m\v. Aksâ Blzmh kIW§Ä l^n¡pw Akan fmäw k^p¯n. N®pNan fnjnWoÀ¡\§apsX Hjp¡v Wn¶p. F¦n`pw fpO¯v B bj] sSan¨fnÃ.

“”Fsâ ^mVq«n]psX kngfw fm_nt]m…”” kmÕ`ybqÀkw ASptImUn¡pt¼mÄ Aksâ ssNkn^`pNÄ AkapsX NknÄSX§an`qsX St`mXns¡m*n^p¶p. AkÄ Aksâ fm_nt`¡v ko*pw Imªp. AknXfm\v AkapsX kmhw…Ft¸mjpw AknsX Imªp_§mWm\v AkÄ¡nãw F¶ ^oSn]nÂ..

“”CWns]§pw tbmk* tKmhq«n. FWns¡t¸mjpw Fsâ tKmhq«ns] Nt*m*n^n¡\w..H^p Wnfngw tbm`pw Nm\mSn^n¡m³ FWn¡v k¿..”” AkÄ H^p sNm©t`msX b_ªp.

“”At¿..AtS§sW]m l^n]mkpN..W½sa¶pw Nm\p¶Stà …bns¶´m..”” Ak³ AkapsX fpXn]njNan St`mXns¡m*p

b_ªp.

“”As¸m tKmhq«n¡v Fs¶ kn«ptbmNp¶Sn H^p kngfkpfnÃ…?”” b^nemkt¯msX]pÅ AkapsX tImUyw.

“”MmsW´nWm kngfn¡ps¶….Fsâ ^mVq«ns] Mm³ kn«ptbmNp¶nÃtÃm. Fsâ ^mVq«ns] Nm\\sf¶v tSm¶pt¼m H¶v N®X¨m fSn FWn¡v. As¸m Fsâ fWÊnsâ N®v Sp_¡pw. AknsX FknsX tWm¡n]m`pw Cu fpOftÃ..Fsâ ^mVnN]psX fpOw.”” tKmhq«n]psX B km¡pNÄ AkapsX N®pNsa ko*pw Cu_W\n]n¨p.

“”CWn Fsâ hpµ^n¡p«n]psX fpOs¯ bp©n^n Sn^n¨pNn«m³ Cu tKmhq«n F¶Sm sI¿t* Fsâ ^mVq«n.”” AkWksa C_p¡n bp\À¶psNm*p tImSn¨p.

AkÄ Aksâ fm_n Wn¶pw S`]p]À¯n Aksâ fpO¯nWv tWs^]m¡n. AkapsX N®pNan H^p WkkVpknsâ Wm\w Np¯ns]mjpNp¶Sv Ak³ N*p. kÃms¯m^p knNm^ Sn^]na¡w ASn D*m]n^p¶p. t{bfsf¶ Gäkpw hpµ^fm] knNm^w.

“”F¶m Mm³ b_]s«..”” Wm\t¯msX]pw ASn`pb^n sNm©t`msX]pfpÅ AkapsX tImUyw. AkÄ AkapsX ssNkn^`pNam Aksâ gÀ«nsâ d«\n M^Xn sNm*n^p¶p Wm\w f_]v¡m³ F¶tbms`. AkÄ N®pNÄ D]À¯n AksW tWm¡n. Aksâ fpOs¯ sI_p bp©n^n ko*pw AkÄ¡v Wm\w h½mWn¨p. AkÄ Iq*pkn^ bSps¡ AkapsX SpXp¯ Ip*pNan sSm«pNm\n¨p. AkWp Nm^yw fWhn`ms]¦n`pw ASv bp_¯pNm\n¡msS Aksâ ssNkn^`pNÄ B bknjmV^§an¡qXn HmXn¨p.

“”F´m CknsX…”” AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n]m\v Ak³ tImSn¨Sv.

fWhn`mNm¯tbm`pÅ Aksâ tImUyw tN«v AkÄ NbXtUgyt¯msX fpOw koÀ¸n¨p.

“”At¿mXm..Fsâ fp¯nWp F´m tk*sS¶p FWn¡_n]mw”” B km¡pNÄs¡msXm¸w Aksâ AV^§Ä Akant`¡Xp¯p. AkÄ N®pNÄ AX¨p B WWp¯ AV^§apsX hvb^vlW¯nWm]n fpOw AkWnt`¡v tIÀ¯p. AkapsX bknj Ip*pNÄ kn_sNm*n^p¶p. H^p WWp¯ hvbÀlWw AkapsX Ip*pNan AkÄ A_nªp. Ak³ AkapsX NojvIp*v Aksâ AV^§am AfÀ¯n. fnjnWo_nsâ D¸p^hw N`À¶ B hzmSv Aksâ WmknsW Dt¯Kn¸n¨p. CsSms¡]ms\¦n`pw AkWn `kt`lw tbm`pw Nmfw D\À¶n^p¶nÃ. hvtWiw fm{Sw. {b\]w fm{Sw. AkÄ¡pw Aksâ AV^§Ä Aksâ hvtWi¯nsâ fVp^fm\v WÂNn]Sv. f^\w ks^ C§sW C\bn^n]msS Wn`v¡m³ Njnªn^ps¶¦n F¶v AkÄ Bln¨ptbm]n. Cu Wnfngw tKmhq«nt]msXm¸w H^p ln`]m]n SoÀ¶n^ps¶¦n F¶ptbm`pw AkapsX fWhv B{Pin¨p. A{S¡v S^anSfm]n^p¶p Aksâ Ip*pNapsX hvbÀlWw. t`mN¯n fsäm¶nWpw S^m³ Njn]m¯ hvtWi¯nsâ DuÀKw ASn Ds*¶p AkÄ¡p tSm¶n. AkÄ

AksW làfm]n k^nªp fp_p¡n ko*pw ko*pw Akant`¡Xp¸n¨p. Aksâ ln^hn AkapsX ssNNam AfÀ¯n, H^n¡`pw B AV^§an Wn¶pw tfmIWw `en¡mSn^n¡m³ Ft¶m\w.

sbm¶qhnsâ N^¨n tN«m\v ^*ptb^pw D\À¶Sv. AkÄ tkPw Ss¶ AkWn`vWn¶pw AXÀ¶pfm_n _qfnt`¡v WX¶p. tKmhq«n]pw bp_sN tbm]n.

“”At½…””sbm¶qhv N®pNÄ Sn^pfn N^]pN]m\v…

“”A½ CknXps*Xm tfmap… dm..”” AkÄ B NpªnsW ssNNam tNm^ns]Xp¯p. sbm¶qhv AkapsX tSmant`¡v Imªp.

At¸mjm\v bp_Nn Wn¡p¶ tKmhq«ns] sbm¶qhv Nm\p¶Sv. sbs«¶v Ss¶ H¶v NpS_n AkÄ tKmhq«n]psX tft`¡v ImXn. Aksâ Njp¯n`qsX ssNNÄ C«p Aksâ tSman S`sk¨p AkÄ NnX¶p.

“”A¦nansâ sbm¶qhv bWns]ms¡ tbm]n fnXp¡n]m]n. Wmsa fpS h-vNqan tbm]n W¶m]n bYn¡\w..””Ak³ AkapsX fpXn]njNan St`mXnsNm* b_ªp.

“”tKmhq«ns] N*m sb®nWv bn¶m^pw tk*..Cu f½n tbm`pw bn¶kÄ¡p AWy]m..AsÃXo Np_¼o…”” ^mVnN sbm¶qhnsâ bp_¯p S«ns¡m*p b_ªp.

“”ASpbns¶ Cu sbm¶qhv A¦nansâ NqXn]m… Asà sbm¶qhv…””Ak³ B NpªnsW SjpNnsNm*p b_ªp. ASnWpÅ D¯^sft¶m\w sbm¶qhv Aksâ Nknan H^p IpwdWw WÂNn.

sbm¶qknsW]pw Smt`m`n¨psNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ hf]w tbm]S_nªnÃ. tKmhq«n km¨n tWm¡n]t¸m 1.30 Njnªn^p¶p. hf]w tWm¡n] ^mVnN]pw A¼^¶p tbm]n.

“”At¿m..e£\w D*m¡n]nÃ. tlm..tKmhq«n¡v knl¡p¶p*mNpw AsÃ..”” AkÄ ImXn Fjpt¶äpsNm* b_ªp.

“”FWn¡v knlt¸m¶qÃ.. Mm³ tbmNpkm tI¨n..D¨Njnªp k^msf¶p b_ªm Hmcohn Wn¶pw C_§ns]..Mm³ bp_¯q¶p Njnt¨mamw.”” ASpw b_ªp ^mVnN]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.

F¶m AkapsX fpOw knk^v\fm]n^p¶p. ASpks^ D*m]n^p¶ ht´mgw Ft§m HmXn f_ªtbms`. AknsX UpxO¯nsâ Wnj b^¶n^p¶p. sbs«¶v hwekn¨ B fmä¯n Ak³ AÛpSs¸«p. ASnsâ Nm^\¯n¶m]n Aksâ fWÊn Sn^ªp. sbs«¶v Ss¶ ASnsâ Nm^\w AkWp fWhn`m]n. Sm³ tI¨n F¶v knan¨SnWm`m\v Cu km«w. Ak³ sbm¶qhnsW N®pNÄs¡m*p Iq*n Nm\n¨p. sbm¶qhknsX DÅSpsNm*m\v F¶v b_]\ tbms`.

“”ASnsW´m…CWn Akapw A_nt]*StÃ….”” b^nemkt¯msX]pÅ ^mVnN]psX lÐfp]À¶p.

“”F¶m l^n Fsâ ^mVnN sNms¨…”” Ak³ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.

sbs«¶v sbm¶qhv Aksâ tSman Wn¶pw S`]p]À¯n AksW tWm¡n.

“”At¿..Cu

A¦nÄ f½ns] F´m knant¨..^mVnN sNms¨t¶m..At¿..”” B Npªp lnlphiKfm] ^oSn]n AksW Nan]m¡p¶ tbms` b_ªp. ^mVnN]psX fpOw Wm\¯m Smjp¶Sv Ak³ N*p.

“”ASv sbm¶qhnsâ f½n Cs¸m H^p sNm¨nsWtbms`]m..ASpsNm*v A§sW knan¡p¶Stà WÃSv. W½psX ^*ptb^psX]pw ^mVnN sNm¨p..”” Ak³ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp. sbm¶qhpw AksW tWm¡n In^n¨p.

“”F¶m A¦nÄ tbms« tfmsa..H^pbmXv b\n]p*v A¦nanWp.”” Ak³ B NpªnNkn`pNan St`mXnsNm* b_ªp.

“”tk*…A¦nÄ Cs¸m tbmk*… sbm¶qhnWv A¦nansâ NqsX C^n¡\w.”” AkÄ sNm©ns¡m*p kngft¯msX b_ªp.

“”At¿mXm…A¦nanWp tbm]n tKm`n sI¿t*..F¶m`tà sbm¶qhnWv Nan¸m«§apw DXp¸pNapw Hs¡ tfXn¨pS^m³ ssbh Nn«ptkmÅq..A¦nÄ Cs¸m tbm]n«v sbm¶qhnsW Nm\m³ HmXn HmXn k^pw..bns¶´m…tfmant¸m f½n]psX NqsX tbm..”” Ak³ B Npªnsâ sW_pN]n Ipwdn¨p.

“”tKmhq«n..AXp¯ sImÆmjvI sbm¶qhnsâ dÀSvtZ]v B\v. sbm¶qhnWv H^pbmXv h½mW§apw sNm*v k^\w…Asà sbm¶qhv..”” ^mVnN sbm¶qhnsW tKmhq«n]psX ssNNan`vWn¶pw km§ns¡m*p b_ªp.

“”Bim…ASv W½pNv sbman¡\w. Atà sbm¶qhv…”” Ak³ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.

B Npªp ASnWpS^sft¶m\w S`]na¡n. Ak³ ^mVnNs] H¶qsX tWm¡n. ssdNv FXp¡m¯SnWmÂHmt«m knan¨m\v Ak³ tbm]Sv.

]m{S]n`pXWoaw Aksâ fWhv In´NapsX infm`]w N]_nsNm*n^p¶p. Njnª Np_¨p Wnfng§Ä….ASv SWn¡p h½mWn¨Sv tkUWNamt\m AtSm ht´mgfmt\m F¶kWv fWhn`m]nÃ. “” Wo F´pt±l¯n`m\v ^mVnNt]mXv F§sWs]Ãmw b_ªSp. Z]mWt]mXpÅ Cãw WnW¡v IpäpfpÅks^ In`t¸m tkUWn¸nt¨¡mw..Bt¸m ^mVnN]pfm]pÅtSm…^mVnN Wns¶¡mÄ {bm]fpÅ hv{So]m\v..H^½]m\v… fsäm^p bp^pgsâ em^y B]n^p¶ hv{So B\v..Wn§apsX dÔw AwPoN^n¡m³ Wns¶ hvtWin¡p¶ Wnsâ IpäpfpÅkÀ¡p hmVn¡ptfm…hzÀ¤¯ns` A½fmÀ¡p hmVn¡ptfm…AtSm Aks^Ãmw kngfnt¨ms« F¶mt\m..”” Aksâ fWhn`n^p¶p Bt^m f{´n¡p¶tbms`..AsSÃmw Ak³ AktWmXv Ss¶ tImUn¡p¶ tImUy§am]n^p¶p. H¶nWpw D¯^fnÃ. Bt`mKn¡pwtSm_pw Aksâ S` sk«n¸na^p¶tbms` AkWp tSm¶n. l^o^kpw fWÊpw H^ptbms` Sa^p¶p. So^pfmW§sam¶pw FXp¡m³ hmVn¡p¶nÃ. FÃm tImUy§Ä¡pfpÅ D¯^w CWn Nm`¯nWp fm{Stf WÂNm³ Njn]q..Asæn Nm`¯nWpw ASoSfm] ssUk¯nWp fm{Sw..

Hmt«m¡m^Wv b\w WÂNn Hmcohnt`¡v

N]_pt¼mjpw tKmhq«n]psX fWhv fsäknsXs]ms¡t]m h©^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. C¶nWn hzØSt]msX b\n FXp¡m³ Njn]nsöv AkW_n]mw. CWn A`vbsf¦n`pw Aksâ fWhnWv BlzmhtfNm³ Aksâ DÅn`pÅ hwPoS¯nWv fm{Stf Njn]q.. Cs{S]pw sbs«¶v tNmt«jvhn F¯\w F¶ In´t]msX Ak³ l^SnWXpt¯¡p WX¶p. Ft´m c] sI¡v sI¿pN]m]n^p¶ l^Sv tKmhq«n ANt¯¡v k¶t¹m H¶v bp©n^n¨p. h¦Xw Saw sN«nWn¶ Aksâ fpOemkw l^¯nWp sbs«¶v fWhn`m]n.

“”F¶m tKmhq«n..F¶m bän.. Wos]¶m kÃmSn^n¡ps¶..”” l^Sv A`vbw BÝ^yt¯msX tImSn¨p.

“”G]v H¶qà l^t¯«. H^p S`tkUW..F´ms\¶_n]nÃ. H¶v NnX¡\w. F´m]m`pw C¶v tks_ kÀ¡v H¶pfnÃtÃm..Mm³ sbm]vt¡ms«..”” Ak³ H^p bp©n^n fpO¯pk^v¯n b_ªp.

“”ASnsW´m..Wo knt«m..tbmNp¶ kjn¡v kà Xm»ävhpw tfXn¨p Njn¡p. Wà £o\fp*p Wnsâ fpO¯v. “” A¿mÄ hvtWit¯msX b_ªp.

tKmhq«n bns¶ H¶pw b_]m³ Wn¶nÃ. Bt^mXpw H¶pw hwhm^n¡m³ Ak³ B{Pin¨nÃ. H^p bp©n^n fm{Sw f_pbXn]m]n WÂNn Ak³ Sn^nªp WX¶p.

Ak³ dpsÅävsfXp¯p hmVm^\]n`pw kas^ tkP¯n`m\v tbm]Sv. F{S]pw sbs«¶v fWhnsW H¶v lm´fm¡\w. kas^ tkN¯n`vSs¶ Ak³ tNmt«jvhn F¯nt¨À¶p. _qw Sp_¶p Ak³ k]`nWpsfXp¯p thmc]n k¶n^p¶p. bns¶ hwPoSfm]n^p¶p..fWhnsW sSm«p\À¯p¶ hwPoSw. B hwPoS¯nWpw UpxO¯nsâ Cu\fm]n^p¶p. B hwPoS¯n `]n¨ Caw Nmäv tbm`pw Aksâ fpXn]njNan St`mXn Aksâ fWhnsW lm´fm¡m³ him]n¨p. F¸tjm Aksâ N®pNapsX em^w NqXp¶Sv Ak³ A_nªp…

…..

HmcohnWpfp¶n Nm_n k¶n_§n Z]mW ANt¯¡v IpkXpNÄ sk¨p..ht´mgkpw DÕmikpw Wn_ªSm]n^p¶p AkapsX WX¯w Ss¶. ssNNÄ koln Ip*n H^p fqan¸m«pfm]n NX¶pk^p¶ Z]mWs] AÛpSt¯msX]m\v Ssâ Hmcohn _qfnt`¡v tbmNpN]m]n^p¶ l^Sv N*Sv.
Fs´m^p fmäw.. A]mapsX fWhv b_ªp.

“”im]v l^t¯«…PpZv BcväÀWq¬..”” AkÄ H^p bp©n^nt]msX l^¯ntWmX]n b_ªp..

“”PpZv BcväÀWq¬ fmZw..,”” Ak³ H^p bp©n^n]psX AN¼Xnt]msX¯s¶ f_pbXn WÂNn. F´m\v Cu fmä¯nWv Nm^\w. Cu DÕmi¯nWp Nm^\w..ASnWpÅ D¯^w tKmhq«n Bs\¶v AkW_n]mfm]n^p¶p.

“”AsS l^t¯«…Fs¶ CWn fmZw F¶v knan¨ptbmN^pSv…tb^v knan¨ fSn..b_tª¡mw. “” AkÄ A`vbw Nant]msX b_ªp.

ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n l^Sv H¶v In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.

“”tKmhq«n F´ns]…AN¯mt\m..”” AkÄ tKmhq«n]psX NymdnWnt`¡v tbmNmWm]n emkn¨psNm*p b_ªp.

“”CknXnà Z]mW…Np_¨p fp¼v tNmt«jvhnt`¡p tbm]n. Wà S`tkUW B]n^p¶p. H¶v NnX¡\w F¶v b_ªm tbm]Sv..”” Ak³ b_ªp..

AkapsX fpO¯v sbs«¶v h¦Xw Wnj`n¡p¶Sv A¿mÄ N*p..

“”Mm³ tNmt«jvhnt`¡p tbmNpkm l^t¯«..”” A{Sfm{Sw b_ªp AkÄ Sn^nªpWX¶p. kas^ tkP¯n`m\v AkÄ ss{Zkv sI]vSSv.

H¶v him]n¡mtWm ln{hqln¡t\m tbm`pw AknsX B^pfnà Fsâ tKmhq«n¡v..””AkÄ hz]w b_ªp.

tNmt«jvhn k¶n_§n NSNn bnXn¨t¸mÄ Ss¶ ASv Sp_¶p. ASv Im^n]ns« D*m]n^p¶pÅp..AkÄ ANt¯¡v NX¶p. thmc]n k]`nWpw sN«n¸nXn¨p D_§p¶ tKmhq«ns] sbs«¶pSs¶ AkapsX W]W§Ä Sn^n¨_nªp. KWm`NÄ¡pÅn¡qXn A^n¨n_§p¶ hq^yNn^\¯n Aksâ fpOw hzÀ\w tbms` Sna§p¶Sm]n AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. AkÄ bSps¡ WX¶pk¶v AkW^nNn`m]n C^p¶p. AkapsX ssNkn^`pNÄ Aksâ fpXn]njNan b^mSn WX¶p.

“”tKmhq«n…”” AkapsX NnanWmUw Aksâ NmSpNan A`]Xn¨p..Ak³ bSps¡ H¶W§n.

“”tKmhq«n”””” ko*pw AkapsX lÐw Aksâ NmSpNan {bSnVzWn¨t¸mÄ Ak³ N®pNÄ bSps¡ Sp_¶p. fp¶n H^p fm`mO]ptXSptbm`pÅ hpµ^ W]§am\v Aksâ N®pNan BUyw bSnªSv. ASv Z]mW Bs\¶v Sn^n¨_nªt¸mÄ Ak³ bSps¡ Fjpt¶äp.

“”F¶mXm Fsâ tKmhq«n¡v bäns]””.. AkÄ Aksâ Nknan ssN tIÀ¯psNm*p tImSn¨p.

“”G]v..H¶pfnÃ..H^p sI_n] S`tkUW..H¶v NnX¶Sm..””Ak³ b_sªm¸n¨p.

Z]mW]psX hm¶nVyw Aksâ fWÊn e]fm\v Wn_¨Sv. AkapsX Cãw Ak³ AXp¯_nªSm\v. AkapsX AXp¯n^n¡pt¼mÄ A_n]msS Bt\`pw DÅn fqXnk¨ AktamXpÅ Cãw bp_¯pk^ptfm F¶k³v e]s¸«p.

AkÄ Aksâ sWän]n ssN sk¨v tWm¡n.
“”G]v..bWns]m¶pfnÃ.. F¶m`pw sI_n] H^p IqXp*v.MmsWm^p IqXv Nm¸n]nXmw..ASv NpXn¡pt¼m FÃmw sbm]vs¡mÅpw. “”AkÄ ASpw b_ªp AXp¡a]nt`¡p tbm]n.

tKmhq«n AkÄ tbmNp¶Spw tWm¡n H¶pw fn*mWNmsS C^p¶p. AtÃ`pw Ssâ fWhn`pÅ UpxO§Ä Bt^mXpw b_]m³ Njn]nÃ. ASnsWm^p {bSnknVn SWns¡m^n¡`pw Ns*¯mWpw Njn]nÃ.

sbs«¶pSs¶ Z]mW N¿n H^p ¥mhv Nm¸n]pfm]n k¶p.

“”tfm³ CSptkPw A§v IqtXmsX NpXnt¨m..H¶v Dgm_mkpw”” AkÄ B ¥mhv Aksâ ssNNan G`vbn¨psNm*p b_ªp.

Ak³ AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡msS ASv tfXn¨p. bSns] Ipt*mXv tIÀ¯v NpXn¨n_¡n. CSpks^ D*m]n^p¶t¸ms` AÃ. AktamsX´pb_]m\sf¶p AkWp A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. F¶m Z]mW]psX fnjnNÄ tKmhq«n]psX fpO¯v fm{Sfm]n^p¶p. AksW b^nI^n¡pt¼m Aksâ NqsX C^n¡pt¼m kÃms¯m^p BWµw AkÄ¡p tSm¶n.

bs£ F¶t¯]pw tbms`]à tKmhq«n Cs¸m F¶kÄNv tSm¶n. fpO¯v H^p sSan¨fnÃ. Ft´m kngfw DÅn S_ªp NnX¡p¶Sptbms`. knk^v\fm] tKmhq«n]psX fpOw tbm`pw Akan H^p Woä`pakm¡n.

“”F¶mXm bäns]..Wnsâ fpOsf´m kÃmSn^n¡ps¶..”” AkÄ A`vbw h¦Xemkt¯msX tImSn¨p.

“”G]v …H¶qÃXn..H¶v NnX¶ fSn..Wo sbm]vt¡m..””Ak³ ¥mhv tXdnan k¨psNm*v b_ªp. Aksâ fWÊn F§sW]pw Z]mWs] AknsXWn¶pw Hjnkm¡\w Fs¶ D*m]n^p¶pÅp..

“”tKmhq«n C§sW C^n¡pt¼m Mm³ Ft§m«v tbmkm³..km..Fsâ fXn]n S` k¨v NnXt¶m..”” AkÄ hvtWibqÀÆw b_ªp.

ASkWv hzoN^n¡pkm³ Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ..

“”C§p km Fsâ tKmhq«n”” F¶pw b_ªp fXn¨pWn¶ tKmhq«ns] AkÄ ssNNam d`fm]n Aksâ ln^hn bnXn¨p fXn]nt`¡v NnX¯n. AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX AkapsX ssN kn^`pNÄ Aksâ ln^hnÂNqXn HmXn¨p. Aksâ fpXn]njNan AkapsX kn^`pNÄ HjpNnWX¶p. tKmhq«n A_n]msS Ss¶ fnjnNÄ AX¨ptbm]n. AkapsX SjpN`nWv Ft´m fm{´nN làn]ps*¶v AkWp tSm¶nt¸m]n. A{S]v¡v hpOUm]Nfm]n^p¶p B SjpNÂ. Ipäpw fqXÂfªp Wn_]p¶tbms`…A´^o£¯n`qsX HjpNn WX¡p¶tbms` AkWp tSm¶n.

sbs«¶v Aksâ NknapNan Ft´m H^p WWp¯ hvbÀlWw Ak³ A_nªp. fmÀVkfpÅ Ft´m H¶v. AsSm^p fm]m {bb©w SWn¡p Ipäpw SoÀ¡p¶Sptbms`. N®pSp_¶p tWm¡m³ fWhv sk¼p¶ps*¦n`pw l^o^¯nWv B hpOw Wãs¸Xp¯m³ k¿m¯tbms`. B hvb^vlW¯nsWm¸w H^p IpXpWnlzmhkpw Ak³ A_nªp. Bs^]pw {efn¸n¡p¶ S^¯n`pÅ hpPÔw Ak³ AWpekn¨p. Fs´ms¡t]m Ssâ fpO¯pNqXn Cjªp WX¡p¶Sptbms`..FÃmw b_ª_n]n¡m³ Njn]m¯ AWpeqSn]m\v. l^o^w fpjpk³ Npan^\n]p¶p.

sbs«¶v FknsX Wnt¶m Nn«n] làn]n Ak³ fnjnNÄ Sp_¶p ln^hv tWs^]m¡n.Aksâ fpOt¯mXp tIÀ¶v Z]mW]psX hpµ^ fpOw. Ak^psX fq¡pNÄ b^hvb^w D^pfn]n^p¶p. AkapsX Wnlzmhw Aksâ AV^§an bSnªn^p¶p. N®pNÄ b^hvb^w tNmÀ¯p. tKmhq«n]psX fWhv H^pWnfngw lqWyfm]n. ASpks^ D*m]n^p¶ FÃm In´Napw {blvW§apw Ak³ f_¶p. FXp¯ So^pfmW§apw

AWpekn¨ fWhnsâ t¢l§apw Ak³ f_¶p. AkapsX AV^§Ä AktâSpfm]n CjpNn tIÀ¶t¸mÄ CSpks^ AWpekn¨sSm¶pw H¶pfà F¶kWv tSm¶nt¸m]n. A{S]v¡v irUyfm]n^p¶p B AV^§apsX `]Ww. Ssâ NojvIp*n fpÃsfm«pNÄ sfm«pNÄtbm`pÅ bÃpNapsX frUpkm] hvbÀlWw Ak³ A_nªp. Aksâ Wmknt`¡v hzmUpÅ AkapsX DfnWoÀ HjpNn]n_§n..

F¸tjm fWÊn fn¶nf_ª ^mVnN]psX fpOw Aksâ fWÊn ]mTmÀTy tdmVw Sn^n¨psNm*pk¶p. B H^p Wnfng¯n Ak³ bnXsª\oäp. Ak³ làfm]n NnS¨ptbm]n^p¶p. Aksâ A{bSo£nS tkÀbmXn Z]mW]pw sM«ntbm]n^p¶p. F´m\v hwekn¨sS¶v tKmhq«n¡v ASpks^]pw fWhn`m]nÃ. Aksâ fpO¯pw B sM«Â {bNXfm]n^p¶p. Z]mW]psX BVm^§am\v Ss¶ Ipwdn¨psNm*n^p¶sS¶p H^p Nn¯t¸msX Ak³ fWhn`m¡n.

“”F´m Z]mW..F´m Cu Nm\nt¨..”” Ak³ A`vbw tUgyt¯msX]m\v ASv tImSn¨Sv.

“”F´m tKmhq«n. MmWtÃ…Wos]sâ tKmhq«n]tÃ..bns¶´m..”” Aksâ lЯns` NXp¸kpw Aksâ A¼^¸pw AkapsX DÅn sI_n] H^p kn§`p*m¡n. A`vbw kngfw N`À¶ hz^¯n`m\v AkÄ ASv tImSn¨Sv.

“”Fs´ms¡]m Z]mW Cu b_]pt¶. Wo F´m\v b_]p¶sS¶v In´n¡p¶pt*m.”” Ak³ fWhn`mNm¯ tbms` tImSn¨p. AkapsX N®pNÄ Cu_\mWn]p¶Sv Ak³ N*p.

sbs«¶v Z]mW HmXn k¶p AksW sN«n¸nXn¨p. Aksâ tSmant`¡v AkÄ S` Im]v¨p. AkWn H^p sM«`m\v ASp*m¡n]Sv. Aksa bnXn¨p fmäm³ AkWp NjnªnÃ.

“”F´m tKmhq«n..Fsâ tKmhq«n]m]SpsNm*tà Mm³ A§sW sI]vtS. Fsâ fWhv tKmhq«n¡_n]ntÃ..”” AkÄ knSp¼ns¡m*m\v ASpb_ªSv. AkapsX N®pWoÀ Aksâ sW©n WWkv bXÀ¯n.

“”Fs´ms¡]mXo sbs® Wo]o b_]pt¶. Mm³ A§sW BNmtkm..Wnsâ bm¸t]mXv FWn¡§sW H^p sSäv sI¿m³ bäptkm..”” B km¡pNan AktamXpÅ Aksâ kmÕ`yw Wn_ªn^p¶p.

“”H¶pk_n]nà tKmhq«n. FWns¡m¶pf_n]nÃ…H¶pw A_n]ptNw tk*m..H^p Nm^yw fm{Sw..tKmhq«ns] f_¡m³ Cu K·s¯Wn¡p Njn]nÃ. A{S]v¡v KokWm FWns¡sâ tKmhq«ns]..WnW¡ptk*n]m tKmhq«n Mm³ Fs¶ Ss¶ fmän]Sv..Wnsâ hz´fm¡m³ tk*n]m Mm³ hz]w fm_n]Sv. Fs¶ tk*m¶p fm{Sw b_]tà tKmhq«n..Fs¶ CãkÃm¶p fm{Sw b_]tÃ…hin¡m³ Njn]nà FWn¡Sv. B^p k¶m`pw H^mÄ¡pw Mm³ kn«psNmXp¡nà Fsâ tKmhq«ns]…”” AkÄ ssNNÄ d`s¸Xp¯n H¶pNqXn AktWmXp tIÀ¶m\v ASv b_ªSv. Cu K·¯n`Ã..H^pK·¯n`pw AksW kn«psNmXp¡nà F¶ D_¸v

B ssNNan D*m]n^p¶p.

“”FWn¡m]sæn bns¶´nWm Fsâ fp¶n kt¶..Mm³ tbm`pf_n]msS Fsâ fWÊn N]_ns]…Mm³ H^pbmXv hzbvWw N*ptbm]n tKmhq«n….tKmhq«n¡v Fs¶ tkt* bns¶ Cu Z]mW CÃ. tKmhq«n]nÃmsS Mm³ Kokn¡nà …f^n¨pNa]pw tKmhq«n Mm³..hSyfm]n«pw…Fâ½]ms\ hSyw…Kokn¡nà Mm³..”” AkÄ Aksâ fm_nÂNnX¶p sbm«n sbm«n N^ªp.

AkapsX B km¡pNÄ Np´fpWtbms`]m\v Aksâ DÅn S_ªpN]_n]Sv. Sm³ AkapsX hvtWiw Wn^hn¨m AkÄ hz]w KoknSw AkhmWn¸n¡pw. AkapsX A½s] sSm«m\v hSyw sI]vSn^n¡p¶Sv. H^n¡`pw Aksa A§sW f^\¯nWp kn«psNmXp¡m³ AkWp Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. Z]mWt]mXv F¸tjm tSm¶n] Cãw, DÅn AXn¨fÀ¯n] B Cãw AkapsX km¡pNam FÃm tk`ns¡«pNapw sbm«n¨p bp_¯pk^p¶Sm]n Ak³ A_nªp. Ak³ tbm`pf_n]msS Aksâ ssNNÄ Aksa Ipän¸nXn¨n^p¶p. Aksa AktWmXv tIÀ¯pWnÀ¯n]n^p¶p.

sbs«¶v ^mVnN]psX km¡pNam\v Aksâ fWhn`qsX NX¶ptbm]Sv. ^*ptb^pw Ht^tbms` Ss¶ hvtWin¡p¶p. Hmt^m knV¯n ^*ptb^pw SWn¡p tk*s¸«kÀ..Bs^]pw hzoN^n¡mtWm Wn^hnNmtWm Njn]p¶nÃ. Z]mWt]mXv ^mVnNs] Np_nt¨m ^mVnNt]mXv Z]mWs] Np_nt¨m b_]m³ hmVn¡nÃ. ^*ptb^psX]pw hvtWiw A{S]v¡v So{kfm\v. Aksâ N®pNÄ Wn_]p¶Sv Ak³ A_nªp. Nm`w SWn¡pfp¼n H^p¡n] Cu b^o£]n Sm³ tSmäptbmNp¶Sm]n AkWp tSm¶n. F´psI¿\sf¶_n]msS Aksâ fWhv Npjªp f_n]pN]m]n^p¶p.

At¸mjpw Z]mW]psX N®pNan`vWn¶pÅ N®oÀ {bkmiw Wn¶n^p¶nÃ. Aksâ sW©n NnX¶p AkÄ knSp¼pN]m]n^p¶p. Ak³ Aksa Blzhn¸n¡ms\t¶m\w AkapsX fpXn]njNan St`mXn..l^n¡pw Sm³ Bs^]m\v hvtWin¡p¶Sv..B^psX NqsX Kokn¡mWm\v B{Pin¡p¶Sv. Ak³ Aksâ fWÊntWmXv Ss¶ H^m]n^w k«w tImSn¨p. bs£ ASnWpÅ D¯^w AksWknsX]pw Ns*¯m³ NjnªnÃ. CtSknsXs¨¶khmWn¡pw F¶kWv H^p ^qbkpw Nn«n]nÃ. Cu Wnfngw SWns¡m¶p {em´p bnXn¨ptbm]n^ps¶¦n F¶ptbm`pw Ak³ Bln¨ptbm]n.

Z]mW Aksâ sW©n Wn¶pw S` D]À¯n Aksâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. AkapsX N®pNÄ AkÄ SpX¨p.

“”C¶s` Mm³ A½t]mXv b_ªn^p¶p tKmhq«ns] bän. tKmhq«n]psX NqsX Koknt¨ms« F¶WpkmUkpw tImSn¨p…As¸m A½s]¶ b_sª¶_n]ptkm… Fsâ tfmsa tKmhq«ns]tbms` hvtWin¡m³ fämÀ¡pw Njn]nÃm¶p..”” AkÄ H^p sNm©t`msX]m\v ASv b_ªSv. AkÄ ko*pw Aksâ fm_nt`¡v Imªp.

CktamXv Mm³

F´pb_]\w.. Cu hvtWi¯n`vWn¶pw F§sW Hjnªpfm_m³ hmVn¡pw…Aksâ fWhn`p]À¶ B tImUyw N®pWo^vSpÅnNam]m\v skan]n k¶Sv. Culz^m..F´nWn§sW H^p b^o£\w”” Ak³ ssUks¯ knan¨ptbm]n.

F{S tW^w AkÀ A§sW b^hvb^w bp\À¶p Wn¶p F¶kW_n]nÃ. tKmhq«n Ss¶ Aksa AkWn`vWn¶pw AXÀ¯nfmän. F¶n«v AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.

“”CWn Z]mW N^]Ãv..Cs¸m ko«nt`¡p sbm]vt¡m..F¶n«v tks_m¶pw Bt`mIn¡msS W¶m]n NnX¶p_Rv..FÃmw As¸m l^n]mNpw..”” Ak³ AkapsX Nknan St`mXn..

“”bns¶s]..Wmsa Mm]_mjvI AsÃ. Hmcohv CÃtÃm. ASpsNm*p Wmsa Fs¶ k]`n³ km]n¡m³ bmXn¸n¡mtkm..””Wm\w N`À¶ AkapsX tImUyw.

“”Wmsa Np_¨p b\n]p*v Z]mW..Nps_ A`¡msWms¡ D*v…bns¶m^p UnkhfmNmw.”” Ak³ ASv Wn^hn¨psNm*p b_ªp.

“”As¸m Fs¶ bXn¸n¡msf¶p b_ªSv…Fs¶ CãfÃm¯sNm*tà A§sW b_]pt¶. “”AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_]m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p.

AkapsX Cu hvtWiw N*nÃm¶p WXn¨mÂ, ASn Wns¶Ãmw Hjnªpfm_n]mÂ…AkÄ b_ª km¡pNÄ Aksâ fWhn`qsX NX¶ptbm]n. A§sW H^n¡`pw hwekn¡m³ bmXnÃ. Ak³ DXsW AkapsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p. F¶n«v bSps¡ Nknan St`mXn….

“”FWn¡o hpµ^n¡p«ns] CãfÃm¶p B^m b_sª…Wos]sâ KokWtÃXo sbs®…”” AkWSp b_]pt¼mÄ Ak³ DÅn N^]pN]m]n^p¶p..fWw Wo_n¸pN]pN]m]n^p¶p. Bt^msXms¡ Mm³ WoSn bp`À¯pw F¶ tImUyfm]n^p¶p Aksâ DÅn dm¡n.

“”hSyw…”” AkÄ sI_p Wm\t¯msX tImSn¨p.

“”hSyw….tfmant¸m sbm]vt¡m…Mm³ Wmsa Ss¶ Cu hpµ^n¡p«n]psX AXpt¯¡v kt¶¡mw”” Ak³ AkapsX fpXn]njNÄ fmXn HSp¡ns¡m*p b_ªp.

“”A§m\nt¸m Cu hpµ^n¡p«n]psX AXpt¯¡v k^*…Cu hpµ^n¡p«n Fsâ tKmhq«n]psX AXpt¯¡v kt¶¡mw..””AkÄ sI_p In^nt]msX b_ªp.

Ak³ H¶v In^n¡pN fm{Sfm\v sI]vSSv..

“”AtS]v…FWns¡m^p Nm^yw b_]mWp*v…””AkÄ fpOw Smjv¯n AktWmXv tIÀ¶v Wn¶psNm*v b_ªp..

CWns]´m F¶ AÀ°¯n Ak³ AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n..

AkapsX Wo¡w sbs«¶m]n^p¶p. FÃmw fWhn`m¡p¶SnWpfpt¼ AkapsX ssNNÄ Aksâ tSman`qsX Ipän¸nXn¨p B bknjmV^§Ä Aksâ BVm^§tamXv tIÀ¶n^p¶p. Aksâ Ip*pNan AkapsX Ip*pNÄ sNm*v NknS FjpSp¶Sv Ak³ A_nªp. AkapsX Wmkp Ssâ DfnWo^nsâ hzmSv Sn^]pN]m\v. Np_¨p Wnfng¯nWp tlgfm\v AkÄ

kn«pfm_n]Sv. AkapsX fpO¯v Wm\w N`À¶ bp©n^n]m]n^p¶p. H^p Wn_ª N`ym\sb®nsâ Wm\w…

“”CSv tW^s¯ bqÀ¯n]m¡m³ h½Sn¡m¯SnWp..”” ASpw b_ªp AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v bp_t¯¡p HmXn…Ak³ H¶pw sI¿mWmkmsS hvSwen¨p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”C¶t¯¡v CSv fSn…Wmsa tks_ tk\w tKmhq«n..”” AkhmWfm]n In^n¨psNm*v ASpw b_ªp AkÄ Nm_n N]_n tbm]n…

CSv Nm`¯nsâ F´v S^¯n`pÅ b^o£\fm\v…ssUkw b^o£\§Ä S^pt¼mÄ ASnWpÅ Dbm]kpw S^psf¶v fS_½ b_ªSv Ak³ HmÀ¯p. CknsX…Cu b^o£¡v F´pbm]fm\pÅSv..F´m]m`pw ^*ptbs^]pw tkUWn¸n¡m³ SWn¡p Njn]nÃ. ASnWpÅ Dbm]w Nm`w SWn¡p fp¶n AkS^n¸n¡p¶ks^ C§sW Ss¶ fpt¶m«p tbms« F¶kWv So^pfmWn¨p. Asæn ^*ptb^pw CS_nªp Ss¶ sk_p¡s«…Ak³ b`Spw In´n¨p hz]w Blzhn¸n¡m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw tkUWNÄ fWÊn kn§`p*m¡ns¡mt* C^p¶p.

B Unkhw SÅnWo¡n]Sv F§sWs]¶ptbm`pw AkW_n]nÃ. fWhfmVmWfm]n H¶p_§m³ hmVn¨nÃ. ^m{Sn]n`pXWoaw fWhv In´NapsX ssN`mhw N]_ns¡m*n^p¶p. N®pNan Wn{U]psX em^w N]_n]Sv tW^w bp`^m_m]t¸mjm\v. Ft¸mjm\v D_§n]sS¶ptbm`pw AktWmÀ½]nÃ.

l^o^¯n F´nsât]m em^w bnXns¨Xp¯p ASv AtdmVfÞ`¯n Wn¶pw tdmVfÞ`¯nt`¡p IpkXpNÄ sk¨t¸mjm\v Ak³ N®pNÄ bSns] Sp_¶Sv. BUyw AksWm¶pw fWhn`m]nÃ. fq¡n AXn¨pN]_n] b^nfa¯nsâ]pw WWPvWfm] k]än AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶ frSp`S]psX]pw AWpekw N®pNÄ Sn^pfn ko*pw tWm¡m³ AksW t{b^n¸n¨p.

H^p sM«t`msX]m\v Ak³ ASv N*Sv. Ssâ tSmtamXv tIÀ¶v Ss¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p_§p¶ Z]mW.. H^p fm`mO]psX {be]p*m]n^p¶p AkapsX fpO¯v. AkapsX fq¡pw Ip*pNapw Aksâ SmXn]n fp«n]m\n^p¶n^p¶Sv. AkapsX IpXp Wnlzmhw Ak³ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. H^p `p¦n fm{Sfm\v Ssâ tkgw..AkapsX k`SpN^w Ssâ WPvWfm] k]_n Inän]n^n¡pN]m\v.

CkansS§sW CknsX Cs¸m..F§sW CkÄ AN¯pN]_n. Sm³ C¶s` tZmÀ t`m¡v sI]vSnÃm]n^pt¶m..Aksâ In´NÄ b`kjn¡p Sn^nªp. F¦n`pw Akan`vWn¶pw H¶XÀ¶pfm_m³ Aksâ l^o^w knʽUn¨p. F¦n`pw fWhnsâ IXp`S kos*Xp¯v AkapsX ssNNÄ Ak³ fmän.. At¸mtj¡pw AkÄ N®pNÄ Sn^pfn Sp_¶p. H^p Wn_ª bp©n^n]m\v AkÄ BUyw tKmhq«n¡v sNmXp¯Sv.

“”F¶mXm…W«p¨ ks^]mt\m NnX¶p_§ps¶..ASpw NSNv tbm`pw AX¡m*v.. Bt^`pw k¶p Fs´¦n`pw sNms*m]m`vtbm`pw H¶pw A_n]nÃ…””

AkÄ b_ªp.

As¸m Sm³ NSNv AX¨n^p¶nÃ..As¸m hf]w D¨]mt]m…Ak³ t¢m¡nt`¡p tWm¡n. 11 f\n Njnªn^p¶p.

Ak³ DXsW Fjpt¶äp H^p Xn gÀs«Xp¯n«p.

“”D_§p¶ N*m DXsW NqsX tN_n NnX¡pkmt\m tkt*..WnWs¡s¶ knan¨pNqXm]n^pt¶m..”” Ak³ A`vbw tUgyt¯msX B\v ASv b_ªSv..

“”ASnsW¶m…F¶m]m`pw W½Ä H^pfn¨p NnX¡*StÃ…bns¶´m..”” AkapsX hz^¯n b^nekw {bNXfm]n^p¶p..

“”tU sbs®…WnW¡v Np_¨p NqXp¶p*v tNt«m..”” Ak³ ko*pw A`vbw NXp¸t¯msX b_ªp.

AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_]p¶Sv Ak³ N*p..fjknÃptbms` sSanªn^p¶ B fpOw knkÀ®WfmNm³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. ASv AkWn`pw tkUW D*m¡n. Ak³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p Aksa tSman bnXn¨p Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. bSns] Nknan St`mXn..

“”IqXm]n b_ªSà tfmsa…F¶m`pw tks_ Bs^¦n`pw Ct§m«p k¶m…ASv W½Ä HmÀ¡t*..FÃm¯nWpw H^p hf]fp*tÃm…ASpks^ H¶pw tk*…Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSm..CWn N^]*…”” Ak³ b_ªp..

AkÄ AksW SÅn fmän..
“”At¿….f\¡p¶p sI¡m…tbm]n bÃptS¡p…MmWt¸mtj¡pw H^p Im] D*m¡mw…bns¶ WnW¡v tk*n H^p hmVWw sNm*pk¶n«p*v..”” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp AXp¡a]nt`¡p WX¶p.

B…CWn Ft¶`pw Bks«…k^p¶Sv k^pt¶X¯p sk¨v Nm\mw F¶ ^oSn]n AkWpw dmSv_qfnt`¡p N]_n. Sn^n¨pk¶t¸mtj¡pw Z]mW tXdnan Im]]pw H^p t¹äpw sk¨n^n¡p¶p. AXp¯v H^p sbmSn]pfp*.. AksW N*t¸mÄ AkÄ sbmSn]jn¨p ASn`p*m]n^p¶p tUml bm{S¯nt`¡v kna¼n..

“”Fsâ Pp^pknWp tk*n Pp^pU£n\]m]n Fsâ ssNsNm*p Mm³ D*m¡n] tUml]pw I½´n]pw. tfm³ k¶p Njn¡p.”” AkÄ AksW £\n¨psNm*p b_ªp.

Ak³ H^p bp©n^nt]msX Nth^]n C^p¶p. Njn¡m³ SpX§n] Aksâ ssNNan bnXp¯fn«p AkÄ SXªp. F´ms\¶pÅ Aksâ tWm«¯nWv H^p bp©n^n h½mWn¨v AkÄ AkapsX k`SpssN sNm*v B tUml A`vbw fp_ns¨Xp¯p…

“”Mm³ km^nS^mw Fsâ tKmhq«n¡v..”” ASpw b_ªp AkÄ Aksâ km]nt`¡v tUml k¨p.. A_n]msS Ss¶ Ak³ km] Sp_¶p ASv hzoN^n¨p. km]n sSm« AkapsX ssNkn^`pNÄ¡t\m AtSm B tUml¡mtWm Cu hzmSv F¶kWv Sn^n¨_n]mWm]nÃ. F¸tjm “” Cu sb®nsS¶m sI¿ps¶ “” F¶v fWÊn tImUns¨¦n`pw AkapsX hvtWi¯nsâ Bjw AksW kÃmsS koÀ¸pfp«n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX fnjnNan Wn¶pÅ t{bfbqÀkfm] tWm«w tbm`pw AkWp Sm§m³ Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ.

e£\ tlgw k]`n³ km]n¡m³ bXn¸n¡pt¼mjpw Aksâ fWhv bS_p¶Sv Ak³ A_nªn^p¶p. Hmt^m tWm«pNapw AkÄ¡v b_ªpsNmXp¡pt¼mjpw AkapsX N®pNÄ {b\]tSmsX Aksâ fpO¯v fm{Sfm]n^p¶p. AkÄ AXp¯pÅ Hmt^m Wnfngkpw A_n]msS Sm³ fsäÃmw f_¡p¶Sm]n AkWp tSm¶n. Z]mW AknsX Wn¶pw tbm]t¸mjpw knVn CWn]pw SWn¡ptk*n F´m\v N^pSnsk¨n^n¡p¶Sv F¶ tImUyw Aksâ DÅn dm¡n]m]n.

bntä Unkhw hmVm^\ tbms` NX¶ptbm]n. Hmcohn ^mVnNt]mXv AVnNw H¶pw hwhm^n¡m³ Ak³ Wn¶nÃ. sImkmjvI ^mkns` c] tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶t¸mjm\v ^mVnN At§m«v NX¶pk¶Sv.

“”F´m tKmhq«n..^*p Unkhfm]n Mm³ {l²n¡p¶p..H^p sSan¨fnà fpO¯v. Ft¶mXpw H¶pw fn*m³ k^p¶nÃ..F¶m bäns].”” AkÄ kngft¯msX tImSn¨p.

“”G]v …H¶qÃXm..^mVnN]v¡p tSm¶p¶Sm. “” Ak³ hmVm^\ tbms` b_ªp.

AkÄ bns¶ ASnsW¡p_ns¨m¶pw b_ªnÃ..

“”AtS]v…C¶v sbm¶qhnsâ sdÀ¯tZ B\v..f_¡*m…sskNn«v W½p¡v H^pfn¨p tbmNmw..Np_¨p hmVW§apw tfXn¡mWp*v..tks_ Bt^mXpw b_ªn«nÃ..W½Ä fm{Sw fSn. MmWpw tKmhq«n]pw sbm¶qhpw..””AkÄ b_ªp..

l^n¡pw Bt¸mjm\v sbm¶qhnsâ sdÀ¯tZ]psX Nm^yw Ak³ HmÀ¡p¶Sv..

“”fv.. l^n ^mVq«n..W½p¡v H^pfn¨p tbmNmw..”” Ak³ fpOs¯m^p bp©n^n k^p¯n b_ªp.

AkÄ Sn^nªp WX¶p. AkapsX fpOw knk^v\fm]n^p¶p..tKmhq«n¡v Ft´m hwekn¨n«ps*¶p AkÄ¡p tSm¶n.

sskNn«v tKmhq«n]psX NqsX ssd¡n`n^p¶p tbmNpt¼mjpw AkapsX DÅn H^pbmXv tImUy§ap*m]n^p¶p..

“”F´m tKmhq«n…F¶m bäns].. Ft¶msX´m H^N¨tbms`..”” Xu\n ssds¡mSp¡n C_§p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ tImUn¨p. AkapsX kngfw B N®pNan {bNXfm]n^p¶p. ASnsâ C^panf Ak³ N*p.

“”F´v…H¶qà ^mVq«n… Wnt¶mXv FWn¡N¶n^n¡m³ bäptfm…WnW¡v tSm¶p¶Sm…”” Ak³ kngfw bp_¯pNm\n¡msS In^nt]msX b_ªp.

bns¶]kÄ H¶pw tImUn¨nÃ. tgm¸n N]_n H^p tN¡pw sbm¶qhnWm]n Np_¨p Nan¸m«§apw tfXn¨p. tKmhq«n]pw AkÄ¡m]n ftWmi^fm] H^p DXp¸v tfXn¨p..Np_¨p Nant¡m¸pNapw..

AkÀ ko«nt`¡p ]m{S SpXÀ¶p. ^mVnN]psX H^pN¿n hmVW§apw f_pssN sNm*v tKmhq«n]psX k]än`pw Ipän bnXn¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Np_¨pUq^w bn¶n«t¸m AkÄ AktWmXv Nps_ NqXn tIÀ¶n^p¶p. tKmhq«n]psX fWhv koÀ¸pfp«pN]m]n^p¶p.

^mVnN]psX]pw Z]mW]psX]pw fpOw fm_nfm_n fWÊn sSanªp.

sbs«¶m\v ASv hwekn¨Sv..FSns^ H^p Xn¸À tkP¯n k¶Sv fm{Stf AkWv HmÀ½]pÅp. l^o^w fpjpk³ tkUWn¡p¶p*v..fq¡n tIm^]psX PÔw AXn¨pN]_p¶p*v. Ak³ N®pNÄ Sp_¶p..t_mZnWp sshZn ss{ZtWKnWXp¯m]m\v Sm³ NnX¡p¶Sv. Ipäpw Ab^nInS^m] BapNÄ . sbs«¶v Aksâ AtdmVfWhn Wn¶pw Bt^m f{´n¡p¶tbms`..”” ^mVnN””…Ak³ FÃmw f_¶p tks¨jpt¶äp. N®pNÄ Wm`v bmXpw b^Sn.. AsS…AknsX t_mZnWp WXpkn`m]n ^à¯n Npan¨pNnX¡p¶ Ssâ ^mVnN…Ak³ HmXn AkapsX ln^hv Aksâ fXn]n`m¡n. AkapsX N®pNÄ sI_pSm]n In½n]X]p¶p*v.

“”tKmhq«n..”” AkapsX sSm*]n Wn¶pw kn_]t`msX B lÐw bp_¯pk^p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”H¶qÃXm…Fsâ ^mVq«n¡p H¶qÃ..H¶pw bäm³ Cu tKmhq«n h½Sn¡nÃ..””Ak³ ANkapsX Nknan St`mXn b_ªp. Aksâ N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”Bt^`pw sbs«¶v H^m¼p`³hv knan¡v…¹ohv..”” Ak³ Ipäpw NqXn]n^n¡p¶kt^mXv N®ot^msX ]mKWm hz^¯n tN\p..

“”knan¨n«p*v”” Bt^m b_ªp..

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“”Fs´ms¡]m ^mVq«n Cu b_]pt¶..WnWs¡m¶qÔ”..tKmhq«n Aksa tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p.

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SpX^pw……..