Cu bmÀ«v Smfhn¨SnWp £f tImUn¡p¶p. Sn^¡pfq`w Mm³ knIm^n¨ At{Sw FjpSm³ Njnªn«nÃ. F¦n`pw FjpSn]Sv CXp¶p. Cu bmÀXv Wn§Ä¡nãs¸Xptfm Fs¶Wn¡_n]nÃ. Nm^\w FWn¡pw k`n] hwSrbvSn tSm¶n]nÃ. F´m]m`pw Wn§apsX Aen{bm]w b_]pN.

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H^p Wnfngw Sm³ H^p Npfnatbms` A´^o£¯n`qsX HjpNn WX¡pkms\¶p Z]mW¡p tSm¶n. A½]psX N^§Ä Ssâ fpXn]njNan St`mXp¶Sptbms`….AkapsX N®pNÄ Cu_W\nªp…tKmhq«n]psX k]`n³ km]W SoÀ¶t¸mjpw AkÄ ASn Ss¶ `]n¨p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. sbs«¶m\v AkÄ¡v hztdmVw ko*pNn«n]Sv. AkÄ N^§am AkapsX fnjnWoÀ SpX¨pfmän. F¶n«v tWm^vf`m]n fpOs¯m^p bp©n^n]pw knXÀ¯n NmanRv sdÃn kn^`fÀ¯n.

k]`n³ Sn^n¨p e{Ufm]n dmPn FXp¯psk¡p¶SnWnX]n B\v tKmhq«n NmanRv sd AXn¡p¶ tN«Sv. sbs«¶v Ss¶ Ak³ NSNv Sp_¶p. H^p Wnfngw Ak³ AÔman¨p tbm]n. fp¶n bp©n^n¡p¶ fpOkpfm]n Z]mW. l^n¡pw H^p tUkS Ss¶. Aksâ fWhv b_ªp.

“”F´m tKmhq«n C§sW fnjn¨p Wn¡ps¶. Ft¶mXv ANt¯¡v N]_m³ tbm`pw b_]p¶ntÃ.”” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v tImSn¨p..

ASksW l^n¡pw sM«n¨p. BUyfm]m\v CkÀ Ss¶ tKmhq«n F¶v knan¡p¶Sv. CSpks^ fäms^]pw tbms` AÃ.tKmhv F¶v fm{Sfm\v knan¨n^p¶Sv. NqXmsS AkapsX knan]n Ft´m H^p {btSyNS DÅSptbms` AkWp tSm¶n.

“”At¿m…thm_n fmZw… fmZ¯nsW N*t¸m…MmsWm«pw {bSo£n¨n^p¶SÃ.. ANt¯¡v k^q fmw..””Ak³ fpOs¯m^p bp©n^n k^p¯n b_ªp.

AkÄ bp©n^n¨psNm*v ANt¯¡v N]_n. AkÄ IpäpbmXpw H¶v Nt®mXn¨p. tKmhq«n FÃmw kas^ kr¯n]psX B\v hq£n¡p¶Sv F¶kÄ¡v tSm¶n. FÃmw ftWmi^fm]v AXp¡ns¸_p¡n sk¨n^n¡p¶p.

“”AsS tKmhq«n…..Mm³ k¶Sv tKmhq«nt]mXv koXpks^ H¶v k^m³ b_]mWm\v. b¸]v¡v AÀsKâm]n Np_¨p c] G`vbn¡mWp*v. Wmat¯¡v tk*Sm\v. “”

“”ASnsW´m fmZw..MmWnt¸m Ss¶ kt¶¡mw. bns¶ CsSs¶ H¶v tcm\n knan¨p b_ªm fSn]m]n^p¶tÃm fmZw. fmZw CSpks^ k¶p dp²nfpt«*n]n^p¶nÃ.”” Ak³ knW]t¯msX b_ªp.

“”tfm³ tcms\ms¶Xp¯ptWm¡v..b¸m knan¨n^p¶p. bs£ Nn«n]nÃ.ASpsNm*m Fs¶ b_ªpkns«””

tKmhq«n A`vbw A¼^t¸msX _qfnt`¡v WX¶p. tXdnan k¨n^p¶ sfmssd FXp¯p tWm¡n. CÃ..ImÀKv SoÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. C¶s` B £o\¯n k¶n^p¶Sv sNm*v tWm¡m³

bän]nÃ. AksWt´m kngfw tSm¶n. Ssâ emP¯pWn¶v bnjkv hwekn¨n^n¡p¶p. Ak³ sfmssd`pfm]n imant`¡v k¶p.

“”thm_n fmZw.. sfmssd`nsâ ImÀKv SoÀ¶n^p¶p. Mm³ A_nªn^p¶nÃ. fmZ¯nWp dp²nfp«m]tÃ….”” Ak³ kngfmbqÀÆw b_ªp.

bns¶…H¯n^n”” AkÄ H¶v In^n¨p.””Cs¸m Fsâ fWhv tKmhq«n¡v fWhn`mknÃ. FWn¡v H^p dp²nfp«nà F¶v fm{Sw fWhn`m¡n]m fSn. SSvNm`w tKmhq«n tbm]n H^pRv..””

tKmhq«n¡v AkÄ b_ªSnsâ sbm^pÄ fWhn`m]nÃ. F¶m`pw Ak³ H¶v bp©n^n¨p.

“”fmX¯nWp Sn^¡ps* sbm]vs¡mÅp. Mm³ Cs¸m Ss¶ kt¶¡mw.”” tKmhq«n sbs«¶v b_ªp.

“”fmZ¯nWp Sn^¡ps*`pw Cs¸m A§sW tbm\nÃ…tfm³ tbm]n {ZÊv fm_v. tKmhq«ns] Nt¿msX Nq«ns¡m*ptbmNmWm Fsâ So^pfmWw”” AkÄ Nan tbms` b_ªp.

tKmhq«n¡v H^pbnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. Ck^psX sb^pfmä¯n`pw hzemk¯n`pw Wà fmäw.H¯n^n AXp¯tbms`]m\v hwhm^n¡p¶Sv. F¦n`pw AkapsX km¡pNÄ¡v Ak³ H^p bp©n^n f_pbXn]m]n WÂNn.

“”fmZw F´m]m`pw MmWpÅt¸m BUy]n«tà Ct§m«v .Mm³ H^p Im] FXp¡mw..””Ak³ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbmNmWm]n Sn^nªpsNm*p b_ªp.

“”At¿mXm…Fs´m^p BUnSy f^ymU…tfm³ tbm]n {ZÊv fm_v…k`y ssNbp\yw H¶pfntÃ`pw H^p Im] MmWp*m¡mw..”” AkÄ ASpw b_ªp bp©n^n¨psNm*v ANt¯¡v WX¶p.
tKmhq«n f_ps¯m¶pw b_]m³ Wn¶nÃ. Ak³ BsN A¼^¸n`m]n^p¶p. AkapsX sb^pfmäw l^n¡pw AksW AÛpSs¸Xp¯n..F´m]m`pw {ZÊv fm_nt]¡mw F¶v In´n¨p Ak³ _qfnt`¡v WX¶p. sbs«¶v Ss¶ {ZÊv fm_n iman k¶p. At¸mtj¡pw Z]mW Im] D*m¡n imant`¡v k¶n^p¶p.

“”NpXn¨p tWm¡v sNmÅmtfm¶p…””AkÄ Im] N¸v Aksâ tWs^ Wo«ns¡m*p b_ªp.

Ak³ H^p bp©n^nt]msX ASpkm§n H^p NknÄ NpXn¨p. Ak³ H^p Wnfngw ASmhzSn¨p NpXn¨n_¡n.

“”fv…. Fsâ sÌÃt½sX N¿o¶v fmt{S Ct{Sw sXtÌmsX H^p Im] Nn«n]n«pÅq. B^m b_sª fmZ¯nWp ssNbp\yw CÃms]¶p..”” Ak³ ko*pw ASmhz¯n¨p NpXn¨psNm*p b_ªp.

“”A{Ss¡m¶qt“pw Sm¦vhv tcmÀ ]pkÀ tNmw¹nsfâ…””

Ak³ ASnsWm¶p bp©n^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp. Aksâ fWÊn kÃm¯ H^mWm´w AkWWpeks¸«p. H^m]n^w bqÀ\ I{µ·mÀ DUn¨p]À¶tbm`m\v AkapsX bp©n^n AkWWpeks¸«Sv..Fs´m^p ftWmim^nS…Ak³ In´n¨p…

sbs«¶v Ss¶ Im] NpXn¨p AkÀ

C_§n. tKmhq«n _qw bq«n ssd¡nWXpt¯¡p WX¶p.

“”AÃ…tKmhq«n CsSknsX tbmNpkm…NmÀ CknXtÃ…””AkÄ hwl]emk¯n tImSn¨p..

“”AÃ fmZw…Mm³ ssd¡nWp k^mw..Sn^n¨p kt^*StÃ..””

“”Sn^n¨p tKmhq«ns] Cu fpäs¯¯n¨m tbms^..AtSm CWn Fsâ NqsX k¶ Mm³ bnXn¨p knjp§ptkm¶p tbXn]pt*m..”” AkÄ A`vbw tUgyt¯msX B\v b_ªSv..

AkWp f_ps¯m¶pw AkapsX fpOw N*t¸m b_]m³ tSm¶n]nÃ. tWs^ tbm]n Nm_n N]_n. AkÄ ASpN*v In^n¨psNm*v k*n FXp¯p.

k*n HmXn¡p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ tKmhq«ns] H¶v tWm¡n. tKmhq«n l^n¡pw hpµ^Wms\¶p AkÄ¡p tSm¶n. Mm³ N*n«pÅSn k¨v Gäkpw hpµ^³. ASv Ft´msNm*m\v A§sW tSm¶n]sS¶p AkÄ¡p fWhn`m]nÃ.

“”tKmhq«n¡v Ft¶mXv tUgyw Dt*m…”” AkÄ sbs«¶v tImSn¨p..

“”tUgytfm…fmZ¯ntWmtXm.. F´nWp…””Ak³ BÝ^yt¯msX tImSn¨p..

“”AÃ..tKmhq«ns] BUyw N*t¸m fpS Fsâ tKmhq«nt]mXpÅ sb^pfmäw l^n]Ãm]n^p¶p. A¶v BUym]n«p tKmhq«n ko«n k¶t¸m Ss¶…”” AkÄ b_ªp WnÀ¯n..

“”G]v…A§msWm¶qà fmZw. Fs´ms¡ b_ªm`pw fmZ¯nsW A¶v N*t¸m Mm³ A`vbWnfngw knIm^n¨Ssæn NqXn, tWm¡n Wn¶ptbm]n..ASv Fsâ sSäv Ss¶]m..F¶v N^pSn Mm³ fmZ¯nsW bän sSäms]m¶pw In´n¨n«nÃ. B hf]¯p fmZw A§sW b_ªSv fmZ¯nsâ fWÊn knlp²n DÅSpsNm*m.. l^n¡pw fmZ¯ntWmXv FWn¡v As¸m dipfmWfm tSm¶n]Sv..”” Ak³ b_ªp WnÀ¯n.

Aksâ km¡pNÄ l^n¡pw Aksa AÛpSs¸Xp¯n. l^n¡pw tKmhq«n Ft´m {btSyNS DÅkWms\¶p AkÄNv tSm¶n. Aksâ hwhm^kpw ASns` knW]kpw H^mtamXpw tSm¶m¯ H^p dipfmWw Akan D\À¯n.

“”AÃ fmZw…
tKmhq«n]psX AV^§an Wn¶pw At{Sw k¶t¸mtj¡pw Z]mW]psX lÐfp]À¶p.
“”H¶v WnÀ¯ptkm tKmhq«n..fmZw… fmZw..fmZw.. Nps_ tW^fm]n tN«v tN«v hin¡p¶p. CWn]pw A§sW knan¨m Mm³ Cu k*n FkntX`pw sNm*nXn¸n¡pw..hSyw..””

tKmhq«n BsN M«ntbm]n^p¶p. sbs«¶v AkapsX lÐw fm_n]t¸m AkWp F´v b_]\w F¶_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.

“”Aà fm….”” At{Sw b_ªt¸mtj¡pw AkÄ tUgyt¯msX AksW tWm¡n. fmZw F¶ km¡v Ak³ sSm*]n Ss¶ knjp§n..

“”Hmcohn FÃmk^pw fmZw F¶tà knan¡p¶Sv..MmWpw AknXps¯ H^p Ìmcv fm{SfsÃ…”” Ak³ F§tWm b_ªp.

“”FWn¡v FÃmt^]pw tbms`]Ã

Cs¸m tKmhq«n…Fsâ Gäkpw AXp¯ {c*v B\v. B tKmhq«n Fs¶ tb^v knan¨ fSn..”” AkÄ sbs«¶v b_ªp.

“”l^n Z]mW….”” Ak³ ASpb_ªt¸m AkÄ In^n¨ptbm]n. AkWpw. bns¶ Np_¨p hf]w H¶pw hwhm^n¨nÃ.AkÄ CX¡v tKmhq«ns] tWm¡pw. In^n¡pw. Ak³ Sn^nIpw..

“”Fs¶ k]`n³ km]n¡m³ bXn¸n¡ptkm tKmhq«n..”” AkÄ sbs«¶v tImSn¨p..

Ak³ H¶v sM«n. AsS Sm³ k]`n³ km]n¨Sv CkÄ tN«n^n¡p¶p. ASmt\m Cu fmä¯nWv Nm^\w. hwPoS¯nWv H^mapsX hzemk¯n Ss¶ fmäw k^p¯m³ Njn]pw..Ak³ b`Spw In´n¨p.

“”tKmhq«n Cs¸m F´m In´n¡ps¶¶p FWn¡_n]mw. Mm³ AknsX k¶t¸m tKmhq«n k]`n³ km]n¡p¶Sv tN«n^p¶p. tKmhq«n¡_nt]m..Fâ½s]¡p_n¨p ASnNw Hm^vfNsam¶pw FWn¡nÃ. FWn¡v 10 k]hpÅt¸mÄ f^n¨SmsWâ½. hf]w Nn«pt¼msjms¡ Fs¶ fp¶n`n^p¯n A½ F¸jpw k]`n³ km]v¡pfm]n^p¶p. A½s]¡p_n¨pÅ HmÀfNan BsN]pÅSv FWn¡m hwPoSfm\v. C¶v tKmhq«n k]`n³ km]n¨psN«t¸m l^n¡pw Mm³ A½s] N*p. A½s]s¶ sSmXp¶tbms` tSm¶n.”” AkapsX hz^w BÀ{Ufmkp¶Sv Ak³ N*p. AkapsX N®pNÄ Cu_W\n]p¶pt*m. AsS …AkÄ N®pNÄ SpX¡p¶p.tKmhq«n]psX irU]¯nsâ AXn¯«n FknsXt]m H^p Woä AWpeks¸«p.Aksa F§sW Blzhn¸n¡\w F¶kW_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.

“”G]v … Z]mW F´nWm kngfn¡ps¶..A½s] Np_n¨pÅ B HmÀf]ntà Z]mW¡v fWÊn St`m`n¡m³. bns¶ fsä´ntW¡mapw Z]mWs] hvtWin¡p¶ b¸]pw..”” Ak³ H¶v WnÀ¯n..F¶n«v ko*pw SpXÀ¶p.
“”FWns¡sâ AÑWpw A½]pw B^m\v F¶ptbm`pw A_n]nÃ. hzÀ¤¯ns` A½fms^Ãmw H¯n^n Fs¶ hvtWin¡p¶p*v. F¶m`pw sWm´p sbä A½]psX hvtWi¯nWp bN^fmknÃtÃm H¶pw..””Ak³ H¶v tWXpkoÀsb«p. Aksâ N®pNan`pw K`N\nN sbmXn]p¶Sv Ak³ A_nªp.

AkÄ¡pw ASpN*t¸m fWÊn kngfw tSm¶n. “”tKmhq«n..thm_n…Mm³ tKmhq«ns]]pw kngfn¸n¨p…””

“”G]v…A§sWs]m¶pfnÃ..”” Ak³ H^p bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp..

“”Mm³ Z]mWs] k]`n³ km]n¡m³ bYn¸n¡mw…hf]w Nn«pt¼mÄ b_ªm fSn…”” Aksâ km¡pNÄ AkapsX NmSpNan bSnªt¸m AkÄ AksW tWm¡n. B N®pNant`¡v AkapsX N®pNÄ bm]n¨p. H^p kÃm¯ ftWmim^nS B N®pNÄ¡pÅSm]n AkÄ¡p tSm¶n. Ssâ irU]¯nsâ Bj§ant`¡v ks^ ASn_§n sIÃp¶Sptbms`…AkapsX DÅn H^p S^n¸Wpeks¸«p.

At¸mtj¡pw AkÀ ko«ns`¯nt¨À¶n^p¶p. fpä¯p

sIXnNan skÅw San¨psNm*n^p¶t¸mjm\v Ssâ fNapsX NmÀ k^p¶Sv scÀ\m*hv N*Sv. ASn tKmhq«ns] N*t¸mÄ l^n¡pw A]mÄ ASnl]n¨p. Nm^\w Z]mWs] At±i¯nWv W¶m]n A_n]mw. AkÄ FÃmt^mXpw AN`w bm`n¨n^p¶p. B^pfm]n H^p {c*vgnbv D*m¡n]n^p¶nÃ. AkÄ Bt^mXpw C§sW AXp¯n^p¶n«nÃ. SmsWmjn¨m dm¡n FÃmkt^mXpw Ss¶ H^pS^w kn^àn B]n^p¶p.

“”CSm…b¸m b_ª Bsa Nt¿msX Nq«ns¡m*p k¶n«p*v..””AkÄ k*n]n Wn¶n_§n tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
tKmhq«n]pw scÀ\m*hv hm_nsW tWm¡n H¶v bp©n^n¨psNm* C_§n.

“”F´m tKmhq«n. sfmssd Hmcv sI]vSn«mt\m NnX¯sfms¡. H^mkly¯nWp knan¡\w F¶v k¨ F´v sI¿pw”” A]mÄ A`vbw tUgyt¯msX B\v ASv b_ªSv.

“”CWn b¸m ASnsâ tb^n Sq§m*m..Mm³ Bkly¯nWp sNmXp¯n«p*v.”” AkÄ tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n H¶v N®n_p¡ns¡m*p b_ªp.

Ssâ fNÄs¡´p bän.. AkÄ H^msa C§sW ht¸mÀ«v sI¿p¶Sv Ss¶ CSmUyfm\v. AkapsX fpOw, sb^pfmäw FÃmw fm_n]n^n¡p¶tbms`…H^p sSanf k¶ tbms` A]mÄ¡v tSm¶n.

“”Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSm…tKmhq«n km.. C^n¡v..””A]mÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”C¶s` tcm\nsâ ImÀKv SoÀ¶n^p¶p..Mm³ {l²n¨SpfnÃ..thm_n hmÀ.”” Ak³ B Nth^]n C^p¶psNm*v b_ªp.

“”ASv hm^fnÃ..””A]mÄ ASpw b_ªp Z]mW]psX tWs^ Sn^nªp.

“”tfmsa..tPmfSnt]mXv ^*p Im] FXp¡m³ b_””

“”At¿m..tk* hmÀ. Mm³ NpXn¨n_§ns] DÅp..”” Ak³ ASv hvtWibqÀÆw Wn^hn¨p.

“”^*p Im] NpXn¨m WnWs¡¶m kà hqt¡Xpw k^ptkm..”” A]mÄ ASpw b_ªp AkWmenfpOfm]n C^p¶p. Z]mW bp©n^n¨psNm* ANt¯¡v tbm]n. tbmNpt¼mÄ AkÄ tKmhq«ns] Sn^nªptWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”AkÄ¡p CsS¶m bän.. C{S ht´mgt¯msX Fsâ tfmsa Mm³ Fsâ tf^n¡p«n tbms]bns¶ N*n«nÃ.. CSv Wos]¶m f^p¶ AkÄ¡p sNmXps¯.. Wnt¶mXv H¶ptbm]n b_]m³ b_ªt¸mÄ Ss¶ fXn Nm\n¨kam… Cs¸m Wns¶ Ct§m«v Nq«ns¡m*p k¶n^n¡p¶Sv.””A]mÄ BÝ^yt¯msX tImSn¨p.

“”FWn¡_n]nà hmÀ..fmZw k¶t¸m Mm³ k]`n³ km]v¡p¶Sv tN«n^p¶p. NqXmsS A½s] Np_n¨pw b_ªp…”” scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâ fp¶n Z]mWs] tbs^Xp¯p knan¡*m F¶kWv tSm¶n. ASpsNm*m\v Ak³ fmZw F¶pSs¶ knan¨Sv.

“”B At¸m ASm\v Nm^\w…Fsâ tf^n¡p«n W¶m]n k]`n³ km]v¡pfm]n^p¶p.

kmtksâ b¯p k]hpk^s] AkÄ¡v B]php*m]n^p¶pÅp F¦n`pw ASpks^ AkÀ b^hvb^w KokWm]n^p¶p. tf^n¡p«n Aksa sbm¶ptbms`]m tWm¡nt]. tf^n¡p«n tbms]bns¶ Fsâ tfmav BsN fm_n. Bt^mXpw k`y fn*m«fnÃ. FÃm¯ntWmXpw tUgyw…tNmtaKn bmXn¡pt¼m tbm`pw AVnNw {c*vhv H¶pfnÃm]n^p¶p..F¸jpw Hä¡n^n¡pw. AsSms¡ fm_m³ tk*n]m dnhnWhv Nm^y§Ä Aksa]pw NqXn G`vbns¨.. Ct¸mjpw CX]v¡p _qfn Hä¡n^p¶p tf^n¡p«nsX k]`nWpw sN«n¸nXn¨n^n¡pw…Cs¶t´m…AkapsX ht´mgw Nm\pt¼m FWn¡pw fWhnsWm^p NpanÀf tSm¶p¶p*v…””A]mÄ ASv b_ªp N®pNÄ SpX¨p..

tKmhq«n Sn^ns¨m¶pw b_ªnÃ. FÃmw sN«psNm*pfm{Sw C^p¶p. At¸mtj¡pw tPmfSn Im]]pfm]n k¶n^p¶p. AkÀ Im] NpXn¨p.

“”B tKmhq«n..Mm³ k^m³ b_ªSv Wmas¯¡ptk* Np_¨p c] G`vbn¡mWm\v. tKmhq«n AsSm¶p tWm¡n Wmsa Ss¶ A]¡\w..MmWSv FXp¯pk^mw”” scÀ\m*hv ASpw b_ªp ANt¯¡v tbm]n. sbs«¶pSs¶ A]mÄ c] sNm*pk¶p tKmhq«ns] G¸n¨p. “”

“”AÃ….tKmhq«n ssdNv sNm*pk¶nà s`…^mK³ bp_¯ptbm]n^n¡pkm\tÃm…Mm³ tfmtamXv b_]mw H¶v sNm*ptbm]m¡m³…”” A]mÄ ANt¯¡v tbmNmWm]n emkn¨psNm*p b_ªp..

“”At¿m tk* hmÀ.. fmZw b_ªn^p¶p Sn^n¨p sNm*pk^msf¶p. F¶m`pw tk*..fmZ¯nsW dp²nfp«n¡*m..CknXXp¯tÃ..t_mZn`n_§n]Â Hmt«m Nn«pw. Mm³ sbm]vs¡mÅmw..””Ak³ ASpw b_ªp ]m{Sb_ªn_§n…

Np_¨p Njnªt¸mjm\v bp©n^nt]msX fqan¸m«pw bXn Z]mW C_§n k¶Sv. AknsX tKmhq«ns] Nm\m¯SpsNm*p AkÄ Ipäpw tWm¡n. AkapsX fpOs¯ ht´mgemkw FknsXt]m HmXn f_ªp…sSanª BNmlw NmÀtfQw k¶pfqXn]tbms` AkapsX fpOw C^p*p…Akan k¶ fmäw scÀ\m*hv {l²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p..

“”F¶m kmtk..F¶m bän WnW¡v..””A]mÄ hvtWibqÀÆw tImSn¨p…

“”tKmhq«n FknsX..””AkÄ tImSn¨p.

“”tKmhq«n tbm]tÃm..ASnsW´m…””

“”tbmt]m..Mm³ Sn^n¨psNm*pknXmsf¶p b_ªSm\tÃm…”” ASv b_]pt¼mÄ AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^p¶p.

“”F´m tfmsa..Ak³ tfmsa dp²nfp«n¡*m F¶v b_ªp Hmt«m knan¨p tbmNpkm]n^p¶p..”” A]mÄ Aksa Blzhn¸n¡ms\t¶m\w b_ªp..

bs£ AkÄ ASptN«nÃ… tUgyt¯msX Nm_nsâ tZmÀ k`n¨pSp_¶p k*ns]Xp¯p AkÄ bmªp tbm]n. CsSÃw N*p H¶pw fWhn`mNm¯ tbms` scÀ\m*hv Wn¶p.

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tNmt«jvhnÂ

k¶n_§n tZmÀ Sp_¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mjm\v H^p NmÀ bmªp k^p¶Sv tKmhq«n N*Sv. Z]mW Bs\¶v fWhn`ms]¦n`pw ASnsâ tkPkpw k¶n_§n] ^oSn]pw AksW A¼^¸n¨p. AkÄ tZmÀ k`n¨pSp_¶p skan]n C_§n..AkapsX fpOw tUgy¯m`pw h¦X¯m`pw Ipk¶n^p¶p. N®pNan N®pWoÀ Wn_ªp Spap¼n Wn¶n^p¶p.

“”F´m tKmhq«n..Mm³ sNm*mknXm\v b_ªStÃ. bns¶ Ft¶mXv H¶v fn*ptbm`pw sI¿m*v F´m Sn^n¨pkt¶…””AkapsX km¡pNan h¦Xkpw tUgykpw A`SÃn Wn¶n^p¶p.

tKmhq«n¡v F´v b_]\w F¶_n]nÃm]n^p¶p..AkapsX Cu emkfmäw Aksâ DÅn b` tImUy§apw D]À¯n. Sm³ Cksa dp²nfp«n¡*m F¶v N^pSn]m\v Hmt«m knan¨p k¶Sv. bs£ Cs¸m…Ak³ b`Spw In´n¨p…

“”AsS…FWn¡_n]mw..Fs¶ BÀ¡pw CãfÃ. FÃmk^psX]pw fp¶n MmsWm^p tUgy¡m^n]pw N^p\]nÃm¯kapw Hs¡ AsÃ. tKmhq«n¡pw MmW§sW]ms\¶p fWhn`m]n. AtàFsâ NqsX k^m³ tKmhq«n¡v dp²nfp«v tSm¶nÃ]n^p¶p…tk*….B^psX]pw hvtWikpw huirUkpw CWn FWn¡v tk*…””AkÄ At{Sw tUgyt¯msX b_ªp tZmÀ k`n¨p Sp_¶p k*n]psfXpSv tbm]n. tKmhq«n AknsX H¶pw fn*mWmkmsS hvSwen¨p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.. AksWm¶pw fWhn`m]nÃ. bt£ AkapsX tUgyw Aksâ fWÊn FknsXt]m H^p Woä`p*m¡n]Sv AkW_nªp.

…….

AsS hf]w ko«ns`¯n Bt^mXpw H¶pw fn*msS _qfn N]_n NSNX¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p Z]mW. AkapsX A½]psX FÃmsfÃmfm] B k]`n³ sWt©mXv tIÀ¯pbnXn¨n«p*m]n^p¶p AkÄ. AkapsX fnjnWoÀ¡§Ä B k]`n³ Gäpkm§n…SWns¡´m\v hwekn¨Sv F¶v AkÄ hz]w In´n¨p…tKmhq«n tbm]t¸m SmWnt{Sw diafp*m¡\fm]n^pt¶m..AtÃ`pw tKmhq«n]psX emP¯p F´m\v sSäv. Ss¶ dp²nfp«n¡*m F¶v N^pSn]m]n^n¡pw Hmt«m knan¨p tbm]Sv. bs£ St¶mXv H¶v b_]mfm]n^p¶ntÃ..Mm³ b_ªSv NqXnt¸m]n..tKmhq«n¡v St¶mXv tUgyw B]n^n¡pw..
AkapsX In´NÄ b`kjn¡p Sn^nªp.
“”AtÃ`pw tKmhq«n SWn¡m^m C{S kngfn¡m³. Ssâ H^p Ìmcv…AkÄ AkapsX fWhp fpjpk³ Sn^ªptWm¡n… tKmhq«n]psX hpµ^fm] In^n¡p¶ fpOw fm{Sw..bs£ F{S Bt`mIn¨n«pw Ak³ SWn¡m^m F¶v fm{Sw AkÄ¡v fWhn`m]nÃ.

Unkh§Ä sNmjnªp..CSnWnX]n ^*pfq¶p {bmknlyw Z]mW Hmcohn tbms]¦n`pw tKmhq«ns] Nm\mtWm hwhm^n¡mtWm {lfn¨nÃ. AkÄ Bt^mXpw tUgys¸XpNt]m hwhm^n¡pN tbm`ptfm sI]vSnÃ. Ft¸mjpw h¦Xw Wnj`n¨n^n¡p¶ fpOemkfm]n^p¶p AkÄNv.

tKmhq«n]psX

fWhn`pw h¦Xw Saw sN«n Wn¶n^p¶p. Sm³ Nm^\w H^mÄ h¦Xs¸Xp¶Sv AkWp hin¡m³ Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. Z]mWs] N*p H¶v hwhm^n¡\sf¶p*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw Aksâ fWÊn Ft´m H^ml¦ tbms`.

As¶m^p skÅn]mjv¨ B]n^p¶p. bSnkptbms` FÃmk^pw tKm`n¯n^¡n`m]n^p¶p. Z]mW k¶p l^¯nsâ N¿n Wn¶pw c]Âhv FÃmw tfXn¨p Ssâ Hmcohv NymdnWn N]_n. tKmhq«n F´m]m`pw C¶ktamXv hwhm^n¡\w F¶p_¨pSs¶]m\v k¶Sv. C¨n^n kj¡v tN«m`pw hm^fnÃ. SmWnknsX DÅSv Ak^vNv h¦Xfms\¦n CknXp¶p tbmkmWpw SmsWm^p¡fm\v.
Ak³ l^¯nsâ NymdnWnt`¡v N]_n sI¶p..

“”l^t¯«…Z]mW tUgy¯n`mt\m..””Ak³ tImSn¨p.

“”Np_¨p Unkh§am]n MmWpw {l²n¡p¶p..Ft´m b´ntNXptbms`. tUgys¸Xp¶ptbm`pfnÃ… AkapsX hzemkfWph^n¨p Bs^¦n`pfm]n WÃ DX¡p*m]n¡m\pw… AtÃÂ Bt^`pw bnXn¨p sbm«n¨n«p*mNpw..”” A]mÄ Nan tbms` b_ªp.

“”F´m]m`pw MmsWm¶v tbm]n Nm\s«””.tKmhq«n ASpw b_ªp Sn^nªp WX¶p.

“”tk`n]n`n^n¡p¶ bm¼nsW FXp¯p gZn¡pÅn sk¡t\m tfmsW..”” A]mÄ H^p Sm¡oSp tbms` b_ªp.

Ak³ ASnsWm^p bn©n^n fm{Sw f_pbXn]m]n sNmXp¯p.

“”tf]v sF Nw C³””
Z]mW S` D]À¯n tWm¡n. kmSn¡ tKmhq«n. AkÄ H¶pw b_ªnÃ. h¦Xfmt\m ht¯mgfmt\m fWhns`¶p AkÄ¡_n]m³ NjnªnÃ. tKmhq«n f_pbXn¡v Nm¯pWn¡msS ANt¯¡v NX¶pk¶p.

“”£fn¡\w Z]mW.. Zm]sW¡p Ft¶mXv tUgyfms\¶p A_n]mw. bs£ Z]mW H^n¡`pw h¦Xs¸«pNm\m³ Mm³ B{Pin¨n«nÃ. A¶v Z]mWs] dp²nfp«n¡*m F¶v N^pSn fm{S Mm³ Hmt«m knan¨p tbm]Sv..ASnsâ tb^n Z]mW kngfn¨n^n¡^pSv..CWn MmWpÅSm\v h¦Xsf¦n Mm³ CknXp¶p sbm]vs¡mÅmw.”” tKmhq«n b_ªp WnÀ¯n..

AkÄ¡v Sn^ns¨m¶pw b_]m³ tSm¶n]nÃ. tKmhq«n Ssâ fp¶n Wn¶v £f tImUn¡p¶p. tKmhq«n CknXpÅSv SWn¡v h¦Xfmt\ CknXp¶p sbm]vs¡mÅmsf¶p b_]p¶p. AkapsX fpOw BÀ{UfmNp¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.. tKmhq«n AkÄ f_pbXn H¶pw b_]m¯SpsNm*p Sn^nªp WX¶p. Ssâ NymdnWn sI]_n k¶n^p¡pt¼mÄ Ak³ b` So^pfmW§apsfXp¯n^p¶p..

sbs«¶m\v Aksâ Nymdnsâ tZmÀ Sp_¶p Z]mW ANt¯¡v NX¶pk¶Sv. AkÄ AkWmenfpOfm]pÅ sI]_n k¶n^p¶p. Ak³ AkapsX fpOt¯¡v UrãnNÄ bm]n¨p. N®n K`N\§Ä Spap¼n Wn¡p¶p. fpO¯v h¦X¯nsâ NmÀtfQ§Ä fqXn]n^p¶p.AkÄ

tKmhq«n]psX N®pNan Ss¶ tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p..

“”Ft¶mXv £fn¡q tKmhq«n.. MmWtà tKmhq«ns] kngfn¸nt¨..MmWtà tKmhq«nt]mXv tUgysbs«..Ft¶mXv tUgy]n^n¡p¶ Mm³ knIm^nt¨..”” AkÄ ASpw b_ª fpOw sbm¯n N^ªp.

tKmhq«n¡v F´pb_]m\sf¶p A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. Ssâ Fw Zn, Cu ØmbW¯nsâ DXf, Ssâ fp¶n`n^p¶p sNm¨pNp«nNapsX WngvNa¦St]msX N^]p¶p. Ss¶ Cs¸m AkÄ Gäkpw AXp¯ H^p {c*v B]n«m\v Nm\p¶Sv F¶kW_n]mw. As¸mÄ AkapsX kngfw fmtä* D¯^kmUnSzw SWnNp*p..
Ak³ sI]_n Wn¶psfjpt¶äp AkapsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”At¿…N^]tÃXo sbs®…H¶qtÃ`pw Fsâ Hs¡ fpS`man¨n AsÃ. Mm³ Gäkpw AXp¯ {c*v B\¶tà b_sª. As¸m Z]mW]psX h¦Xw Fsâ]pw h¦X. Wo N^ªm FWn¡pw kngfmkpw… ASpsNm*p N^¨n WnÀ¯v..”” Ak³ Aksa Blzhn¸nt¨m*p b_ªp.
“”CWn]pw h¦Xms\ H^p Nm^yw sI]v. F¶pw ^mkns` tNmt«jvhn k¶p AknXp¶v Ct§m«pw sskNn«v CknXp¶p At§m«pw Fs¶ sNm*kns«m..As¸m h¦Xw fm_qt`m.”” Ak³ Aksa Nan]m¡n]Sptbms` b_ªp.

“”tbmXm….””AkÄ N®pNÄ SpX¨psNm* fpOs¯m^p bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.

“”Hmiv..In^n¨tÃm..As¸m h¦Xw fm_n]tÃm..CWn tfmav ht´mgt¯msX sbm]vs¡mÅp..””Ak³ In^nt]msX b_ªp.

AkÄ Fjpt¶äp Sn^nªp WX¶p. tZm_nWXps¯¯n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Sn^nªp Wn¶p.

“”AsS..C¶v sskNn«v Mm³ tKmhq«n]psX NqsX] k^pt¶. sskNn«pks^ MmWnknsX D*mNpw. Hmt¡…””AkÄ ASpw b_ªp tbm]n. tKmhq«n H¶v In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.

Ssâ NymdnWnt`¡v tbm] Z]mWs] AÛpSt¯msX]m\v FÃmk^pw tWm¡n]Sv. ht´mgt¯msX In^n¨fpOkpfm]n Z]mWs] ASpks^ AkÀ N*n«nÃm]n^p¶p. Ft¸mjpw tUgys¸Xp¶, Npä§Ä fm{Sw N*pbnXn¡p¶ H^p sb®v. ASm]n^p¶p AkÀ¡v Z]mW. Cs¸m AkapsX {bh¶fm] fpOw. ASnWp Nm^\w tKmhq«n]ms\¶p AkÀ¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. Z]mW NymdnWnt`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ Ss¶ l^Sv tKmhq«n]psX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”F¶mXm..Wo F¶m f^p¶ AkÄ¡v sNmXp¯Sv. BUy]n«m Blm¯n H¶v In^n¨p N*Sv. “” l^Sv ASnl]tSmsX]m\v ASv tImSn¨Sv.

“”Ip½m..hSyw b_ªm MmWpfm]n sI_n] bn\¡¯n`m]n^p¶p. Cs¸m ASv SoÀ¶p.ASnsâ]m..”” tKmhq«n In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”ASnWp bn\§m³ fm{Sw Wn§Ä F¸jm C\§ns]..”” l^Sv AÛpSt¯msX tImSn¨p.

“”AsSms¡ C\§n l^t¯«…””

“”As¸m

A§msWms¡]m]n Nm^y§Ä…”” l^Sv Nan]m¡p¶ ^oSn]n b_ªp..

At¸mtj¡pw ^mVnN]pw At§m«v N]_n k¶p.
“”F§sWs]ms¡ B]o¶p””.. ^mVnN]m\v ASv tImSn¨Sv.

“”G]v…tks_ H¶pfÃ..Cs¸m Ck^v k`y {c*vhv A¶m b_]pt¶ ^mVntN”” l^Sv tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n B¡n] ^oSn]n b_ªp..

“”WX¡s«…WX¡s«..”” ASpw b_ªp Nan]m¡p¶ ^oSn]n H^p In^n]pw h½mWn¨p l^Sv AknsX Wn¶pw tbm]n.

^mVnN tKmhq«ns] Pu^kt¯msX H¶v tWm¡n. “”F¶mXm tfmsW Cu tN¡ps¶..””AkÄ C¨n^n Pu^ktSmsX tImSn¨p.

“”H¶pfnà Fsâ ^mVnN sNms¨..l^s¯«³ Ip½m Nan]m¡n b_ªSm..Ct¸m M§Ä Wà hpir¯p¡am\v. At{S]pÅq..”” Ak³ b_ªp.

“”ASnWp Wos]´nWm tbXn¡ps¶..Wn§Ä S½n Wà tIÀ¨]m..Fs´ms¡ b_ªm`pw Ct{Sw Nm\m³ I´fpÅ sNm¨p Cu Wm«n tks_ CÃ..bns¶ FWn¡nt¸m H^p Sp\]m]n Wo fmt{S DÅp. ASv f_¡mSn^p¶m fSn.”” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*m\v ASpb_ªSv. F¶m`pw ASv Aksâ fWÊn FknsXt]m sNm*p.

“”Ip½m Fs¶ tUgyw bnXn¸n¡^pSv tNt«m..Mm³ fWÊn tbm`pw In´n¡m¯ Nm^y§am Wn§ao b_]pt¶.”” Ak³ A`vbw Pu^kt¯msX b_ªp.

“”Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSmXm sI¡m..Wo ASnt·Â CWn Sq§n NnX¡*m..”” AkÄ ASpw b_ªp bp_t¯¡p tbm]n.

Aksâ fWhn`qsX AkÀ b_ª Nm^y§Ä NX¶ptbm]n. Z]mWs] Np_ns¨ms¡ A§sW B{Pin¡m³ NqXn bmXnÃ. Akapfm]n Nn«p¶ Cu huirUw Ss¶ SmsWms¡ A^vin¡m¯Sm.. Ak³ b`Spw In´n¨p hf]w tbm]S_nªnÃ. sskNpt¶^w FÃmkt^mXpw ]m{S b_ªp hmVm^\ tbms` tbmNm³ SpX§n]t¸mjm\v tKmhq«n “” F¶ knan bn¶n Wn¶pw Ak³ tN«Sv. Z]mW]psX fVp^fq_p¶ hz^fm]n^p¶p ASv.

“”bns¶]pw fp§mWpÅ b^nbmXn]mt\m..””A`vbw kngft¯msX]m\v AkÄ ASv tImSn¨Sv. l^n¡pw Ak³ AkÄ AknsX DÅ Nm^yw f_¶ptbm]n^p¶p.

“”Z]mW CknXpÅ Nm^yw Mm³ f_¶ptbm]n. Mm³ tcm\n knan¡m³ SpX§pkm]n^p¶p.”” Ak³ sbs«¶v b_ªp.

“”AtÃ`pw Wo AsSms¡ f_¡pw..AtÃ`pw MmWm sbm«n. Wns¶ tWm¡n Ct{Sw tW^w CknXn^p¶ Fs¶ b_ªm fSn]tÃm. “” AkÄ A`vbw tUgyw WXn¨psNm*p b_ªp.

“”sk_psS Hmt^m¶v b_ªp kj¡p*m¡msS k^p¶pt*m sbs® Wo..”” Ak³ ASpw b_ªp fpt¶m«p WX¶p .

Wn¡mXm… MmWpw k^p¶p..”” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v ASpw b_ªp Aksâ bp_Nn tSman ssNsNm*p SÅns¡m*v WX¶p.

Ak³

AkapsX Nm_nWXpt¯¡m\v WX¶Sv. ASpfWhn`m¡n] AkÄ AksW bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n.

“”tfmsWt§m«m.. Nm_nWÃ.. tfmsâ ssd¡nWp..Wo tkPw tbm]n k*n FXp¡p tfmsW.””

tKmhq«n H^p Wnfngw hwl]n¨p Wn¶p.

“”W½p¡v Nm_n tbm]m tbms^ Z]mW..AStà WÃSv..”” Ak³ Aksa tWm¡n tImSn¨p.

“”AsS´m Wnsâ NqsX ssd¡n tbm]mÂ..tU..Hä CXn sk¨pS^pw tNt«m. kngfw fm_m³ F´pb_ªm`pw tN¡pw F¶v b_ªn«v. Fsâ H^m{PitÃXm..¹ohv..”” AkapsX sNm©ns¡m*pÅ B km¡pNÄ AkWp Wn^hn¡mWm]nÃ. Ak³ tbm]n dpsÅäv FXp¯pk¶p.. AkÄ bp_Nn N]_n Aksâ tSman ssN sk¨n^p¶p. AksWs´ms¡t]m b_]\sf¶p*m]n^p¶p bs£ Ak³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ..

dpsÅäv k`n] lÐt¯msX AknsX Wn¶pw Aks^]pw kin¨psNm*v bmªptbm]n.
CsSms¡ N*p l^¯pw ^mVnN]pw thmcn]m]pw s{c*n Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p. AkÀ CsSms¡ F´m WX¡ps¶ F¶ emk¯n fpOt¯mXp fpOw tWm¡n Wn¶p.

Z]mW tKmhq«nt]mXv H¯n^n tIÀ¶m\v C^p¶n^p¶Sv. AkapsX fp`NapsX fmÀ±kw Aksâ bp_¯p Ak³ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ^mVnN Aksâ DÅn Sn^nsNmap¯n] knNm^¯nsâ Sn^NÄ Aksâ DÅn BªXn¡m³ SpX§n. Aksâ bp^pgSzw Aksâ fWhnsW Vn¡^n¨psNm*p Fjpt¶äpWn¶p. Sm³ N*n«pÅSn sk¨pSs¶ Gäkpw hpµ^n, l^n¡pw H^p tUkS..AkÄ Ss¶ fp«n]p^pfn C^n¡p¶p. H^p Wnfngw AksWm^mWµw tSm¶n. bs£ CSv Sm³ Gäkpw NqXpS dipfmWnt¡* kyàn]psX fNam\v. Ss¶t¸ms` H^pbmXv tbs^ KoknS¯nt`¡v W]n¡p¶ NpXpwd¯ns` AwPw. Sm³ sI¿p¶ sSäv Ss¶]Ã…Ssâ IpäpfpÅks^ NqsX dmVn¡pw F¶ Sn^n¨_nkv AkWn D\À¶p. Sm³ B sSäv sI]vSpNqXm. Aksâ fWÊn Sn^]Xn¨pk¶ knNm^s¯ Ak³ AXn¨fÀ¯n.

“”Ft§m«m tbmkt*… ASpb_ªnÃtÃm..””Ak³ tImSn¨p.

“”WnW¡nãfpÅ Ft§m«ptkt\`pw sbm]vt¡m..FWn¡v WnâXp¯n^n¡\w…A{Sfm{Sw fSn..””AkÄ Aksâ tSmant`¡v S` k¨psNm*v Np_¨pNqXn AktWmXv tIÀ¶n^p¶m\v ASv b_ªSv. AkapsX km¡pNan H^p t{bfemkw AX§n]n^n¡p¶Sm]n AkWp tSm¶n. bs£ Ak³ H¶pw b_]m³ Wn¶nÃ. ASv In`t¸m Ssâ tSm¶m`mkmw..

“”ASnWp CknsX FWns¡m^p b^nK]kpfnÃ..Wo Ss¶ b_..””Ak³ b_ªp.

“”Ft§m«m tbmkpN…. fv.”” AkÄ A`vbWnfngw Bt`mIn¨p..”” H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw. Wfps¡m^p hnWnf¡v tbmkmw.”” AkÄ sbs«¶v b_ªp.

“”ASv tkt\m..Wo]nknsX FÃmk^pw A_n]p¶ scÀ\m*hv

hm_nsâ tfmam.. W½sa H^pfn¨p C§sW N*m Bt^`pw Fs¶s`ms¡ b_]pw.”” Ak³ ASv Hjnkm¡m³ b_ªp.

“”Ip½m FSn^v b_]tà tfmsW. Mm³ Fsâ {c*nsâ NqsX hnWnf¡v tbmNp¶SnWp Wm«pNmÀs¡´m..k^vg§am]n Sot]ä_n tbm]n H^p hnWnf N*n«v. A§sW Nq«pNms^m¶pw CÃmSn^p¶SpsNm*p tbmkm³ bän]nÃ. Cs¸m Wo]p*tÃm..bns¶ b¸]pw F¸jpw b_]pw Wo tbm]n H^p hnWnf Hs¡ Nms\Xo CknsX Ip½m IX¨pNpSn]n^n¡msS F¶v. ASpsNm*p tfm³ FSnt^m¶pw b_]msS knt«m. “” AkÄ ASpw b_ªp AkapsX ssNNÄ Aksâ k]_n Ipän bnXn¨p.

“”Wo C§sW C^n¡tà sbs®..Bt^`pw N*m Ft´`pw b_ªp*m¡pw.””Ak³ AktamXv H^p Sm¡oSptbms` b_ªp.

“”Wo tWs^ tWm¡n HmXn¡p sI]v¡m. Bt^`pw Ft´`pw b_ªm Mm³ hin¨p. C{SNm`kpw Fsâ KoknSw C^p«v Wn_ªbtbms` B]n^p¶p. Cs¸m Wnsâ NqsX C^n¡pt¼mjm CsSms¡ BhzUn¡m³ tSm¶pt¶. “”

Ak³ bns¶s]m¶pw b_ªnÃ. Ak³ tWs^ tbm]Sv AknXps¯ Gäkpw tb^v tN« H^p Sot]ä_nt`¡m\v. 5.30 \v tgm..AkÀ Xn¡äv FXp¯p AN¯p NX¶p. Gäkpw bp_Nn Ss¶ hoäv Nn«n. AkÄ hoän`n^p¶p AkapsX ssNNÄ Aksâ ssNNan tNmÀ¯v bnXn¨p. AkapsX ln^hv Aksâ tSmant`¡v Im^n k¨m\v AkÄ C^p¶Sv. l^n¡pw ^*p NfnSm¡Ä C^n¡p¶tbms`.

hnWnf SpX§n]t¸mjpw AkWSp BhzUn¡m³ hmVn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Aksâ fWhpw fWxhm£n]pw S½n k`n] Gäpfp«Â WX¡pkm]n^p¶p. hpµ^n]m] H^p sb®v Ss¶ fp«n]p^pfn C^n¡p¶p. AkWp hz]w Wn]{´n¡pkm³ H^pbmXv bmXv sbtX*n k¶p.

hnWnf Njnªp C_§pt¼mjpw AkÄ AkapsX ssNNÄ Aksâ ssNNan Ipän¸nXn¨n^p¶p. hf]w 8.30 B]n^p¶p. AkÀ sbs«¶v Ss¶ AknsXWn¶pw Sn^n¨p.

A¶s¯ ^m{SnNv Wà S\p¸ps*¶p ^*ptbÀ¡pw tSm¶n.

“”tKmhq«n….Cs¸m MmsW{S ht´mgkSn]ms\¶p tKmhq«n¡_nt]m..Fâ½]m]n^p¶p Fsâ Gäkpw k`n] ht´mgw. B kna¡\ªt¸m Mm³ l^n¡pw C^p«n`m]n^p¶p. Cs¸m Wo]ms\sâ kna¡v tKmhq«n. Fsâ fWÊns` C^paNän] kna¡v. “” AkÄ ASpw b_ªp Aksâ k]änt·`pÅ ssN H¶pNqXn d`s¸Xp¯n bnXn¨p.

AkapsX km¡pNÄ Aksâ DÅn Np´fpWtbms` Np¯n¡]_n. AkapsX hvtWiw AksW koÀ¸pfp«n¨p. SmW_n]msS Aksa Cãs¸«p tbmNpt¶m..SmsWXp¯ So^pfmW§Ä , ld²§Ä…FÃmw UpÀd`s¸Xp¶ptkm…Aksâ DÅn H^pbmXv tImUy§Ä D]À¶p.

“”WnÀ¯q….tKmhq«n..k*n WnÀ¯q..””AkapsX

km¡pNams\Wv AksW D\À¯n]Sv.

Ak³ sbs«¶v ssdNv sshZnt`¡p HSp¡n WnÀ¯n.

“”F´m WnÀ¯m³ b_sª”” Ak³ fWhn`mNmsS tImSn¨p.

“”FWn¡v knl¡p¶p. ASv tWm¡v..””AXp¯pÅ H^p S«pNX Nm\n¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp. “”W½p¡knsX¶p Ft´`pw Njn¡mw .Fsâ KoknS¯n S«pNX]n Wn¶v cpZv Njn¨n«nÃ. FWn¡knXp¶p cpZv tfXn¨p S^ptkm..””AkÄ sNm©ns¡m*p tImSn¨p.

Ak³ AkapsX hpµ^ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n H¶v In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.

“”km””Ak³ Aksa]pw Nq«n At§m«v WX¶p. AknsX hmfmWyw Wà Sn^¡p*m]n^p¶p. BsN fq¶m`p sI]À fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅp. FÃm¯n`pw BapNapw. hv{So KW§Ä B^pw Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶nÃ. FÃmk^psX]pw N®v Z]mW]nt`¡ms\¶Sv Ak³ N*p. tKmhq«n HmÀZÀ W`vNpkmWm]n AknsX Np¡v sI¿p¶ BapsX AXpt¯¡v tbm]n.

“”tI«m…^*ptbÀ¡p tUml]pw Hmt^m ZdnÄ Hmws`äpw.”” Ak³ A]mtamXv b_ªp.

CSnWnX]n Z]mW]psX AXpt¯¡v IpkXpNÄ k¨v H^mÄ WX¶p k^p¶p*m]n^p¶p. C^pansâ f_kp bän k^p¶ A]mapsX NjpN³ N®pNÄ AkapsX l^o^s¯ sNmSnt]msX Djn]pN]m]n^p¶p. Z]mW t_mZnWmenfpOfm]n Sn^nªm\n^p¶Sv. ASpsNm*pSs¶ AkÄ¡]msa Nm\m³ NjnªnÃ. A]mapsX kr¯nsN« N^§Ä ftWmi^fm], kn^nªp D´nWn¡p¶ AkapsX I´n¡pX§ant`¡p Wo*p. ASv AkapsX I´n¡pX§Ä¡^nNn F¯n]t¸mjm\v ASv hwekn¨Sv. A]mapsX N^§an làfm] H^p N^w AfÀ¶n^p¶p. Ft´m lÐw tN«m\v Z]mW Sn^nªp tWm¡n]Sv. Ssâ bn¶n Ss¶ bnXn¡mWm]n SpWnª BapsX ssNNan d`fm]n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶ tKmhq«n]psX N^§Ä. A]mÄ tKmhq«ns] N*nÃm]n^p¶p. fpOfp]À¯n tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n] A]mÄ sbs«¶v sM«n. B N®pNan sbs«¶v Ss¶ tbXn]psX emkw DXs`Xp¯p. AsS..^mVnN]psX ko«n k¨v Ss¶ fÀUn¨ AsS BÄ. WmPmImfn]n sbs«s¶m^p kn_] AWpeks¸«p. tKmhq«n]psX ssNNapsX IqXv A]mÄ l^n¡pw A_nªSm\v.

“”H¶ptf b®nXmsS hmÀ. Wmsa Nm`]ns` Wm³ hz´w Du^v¡p Na¼s_ hmÀ..””A]mÄ ]mIWm hz^¯n b_ªp.

“”tfmsW WmPÑmfn…Wnt¶mXs¶ Mm³ b_ªStà CWn Wns¶ Cu Wm«n N*m Mm³ Wnsâ]o Nm`p SÃnt]mXn¡psf¶p. bns¶´nWm bns¶]pw Wo CknsX Ipän Wn¡t\… Cs¸m Wo CknsX sI¿m³ tbm]sS¶m…ASnWÀ°w WnW¡v fSn]m]n«nà F¶tÃ.”” ASpw b_ªp tKmhq«n A]mapsX N^\w tWm¡n H¶v sNmXp¯p. F¶n«v tNma_n bnXn¨p sbm¡ns]ms^_v. WmPÑmfn Wn`t¯¡v SÃn]`¨p

ko\p. A]mÄ tkIv FjptWäp KokWpw sNmt*m«n.

AknXpÅks^Ãmk^pw AÛpSt¯msX]m\v FÃmw tWm¡n Wn¶Sp. Nm^\w WmPmImfns] FÃmk^v¡pw A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. H¶nWpw fXn]nÃm¯ H^p A_p sbj. sb®p§sa sSmX`pw bnXn¡`pfm\v {bVmW b\n.

Z]mW l^n¡pw ASnl]n¨p Wn¡pkm]n^p¶p. tKmhq«n]psX fsäm^p fpOw. H^p bmk¯mWpbN^w NqsX]pÅks^ hw^£n¡m³ tbm¶ H^m\nsâ ]TmÀ° fpOw. tKmhq«n]psX N^p¯p AkÄ¡p ASn`qsX fWhn`m]n. tKmhq«ns] H¶v sN«n¸nXn¨p B NknapNan H^p hvtWiIpwdWw sNmXp¡m³ AkapsX DÅw SpXn¨p. ASpks^ Z]mWs] sNm¯nk`n¨n^p¶ NjpN³ N®pNsaÃmw bn³k`nªn^p¶p. tKmhq«n]psX N^q¯v tW^n N*Sn`pÅ BQmSw. NX¡m^³ tbm`pw dipfmWt¯msX]m\v AkÀ¡p cpZv sNmXp¯Sv.

“”tfmsW´m]m`pw sI]vSSv W¶m]n. H¶qsX sNmXp¡*Sm]n^p¶p. CSksâ Øn^w b^nbmXn B\v. “” NX¡m^Wm\v ASv b_ªSv.

“”fv.. hm^nÃ..CWn N*m sNmXp¡mw. “”Ak³ H¶v In^n¨p

Z]mW sbs«¶v Ss¶ Njn¨p. tKmhq«n bSps¡]m\v Njn¨Sv.

“”F´mXo ..H¶qsX b_]t\m..””Ak³ bp©n^nt]msX tImSn¨p.

“”tk*..WntâSn Wn¶v Njnt¨mamw.””AkÄ Aksâ bm{S¯n Wn¶pw FXp¯p Njn¡pkm³ SpX§n.

“”AÃ..WnWs¡§sW A]msa A_n]mw. Wns¶¡*p A]mÄ H¯n^n tbXn¨tÃm”” AkÄ hwl]t¯msX tImSn¨p.

“”ASv Ak³ H^pUnkhw Cu Nj¸pwsNm*p ^mVnN tI¨osX AXp¯v sI¶m]n^p¶p. As¸m MmWpw NqsX D*m]n^p¶p. A¶v Mm³ ^s*®w sNmXp¯m]n^p¶p.”” Ak³ b_ªp WnÀ¯n.

sbs«¶m\v Aksâ tcm¬ _nRv sI]vSSv. Ak³ sfmssd FXp¯p tWm¡n. ^mVnN tI¨n B\v. Ak³ Aä³Zv sI]vSp.

“”it`m””

“”tKmhq«n..MmWnknsX sh]nâv tf^ohv timhvbnä`n B\v. sbm¶qhnsWm^p bWn. k¶t¸m Cs¶m^p Unkhw CknsX NnX¡s« F¶v tZmÎÀ b_ªp. Ckamt\ CknsX C^n¡sbm_pSn S^p¶nÃ. Wns¶ Ct¸m Nm\\w F¶pw b_ªp dia. Wo bäpsf¦n CknXw ks^ H¶v k^mtfm..”” ^mVnN b_ªp..

“”Mm³ sbs«¶v k^mw. sbm¶qhnWv Npjt¸m¶q`tÃm”” Ak³ A`vbw b^n{eft¯msX tImSn¨p.

“”G]v..tks_ Npjt¸m¶q`.. Wns¶ N*m fSn. “” AkÄ b_ªp.

“”F¶m l^n”” Ak³ NmÄ N«v sI]vSp.

“”FWn¡v ASymklyfm]n timhvbnä ks^ H¶v tbm\w. ^mVnN tI¨osX tfmav timhvbnä`n B\v. tks_ Npjtbmkpsfm¶pfnÃ.Mm³ Z]mWs] ko«n B¡mw.”” Ak³ b_ªp.

“”tk*…MmWpw k^mw.””

sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkÀ e£\w Njn¨p timhvbnä`nt`¡v Sn^n¨p. AknsX AXp¯v Ss¶]m]n^p¶p ASv.

knan¨pb_ªSWph^n¨p ^mVnN skan]n Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p. AkÀ ^mVnN]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.

“”AÃ..fmZkpw D*m]n^pt¶m..””^mVnN Z]mWs] {bSo£n¡m¯tbms` tImSn¨p.

“”fv.. tN«t¸m MmWpw sbm¶p. tfmsa Mm³ N*n«nÃtÃm. “”AkÄ In^n¨p. “”bns¶ ^mVnN tI¨n..tks_ H^p Nm^yw..Fs¶ CWn fmZw F¶v knan¡^pSv. Z]mW F¶v knan¨m fSn. “”
ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n ^mVnN H¶v In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp. H¸w tKmhq«ns] CsSms¡ F¶Sm F¶ f«n tWm¡pN]pw sI]vSp.

_qfn sdZv[n NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p sbm¶qhv. tKmhq«ns] N*t¸m AkapsX B WngvNa¦ fpOw Smf^tbms` knXÀ¶p.

“”A¦nÄ.””..F¶ knant]msX B Npªp AkapsX Npªn¡^§Ä tKmhq«n]psX tWs^ D]À¯n Wn¶p. Ak³ HmXns¨¶p Aksa ssNNan tNm^n FXp¯p.

“”Fsâ sbm¶qhnWv F´m bäns].. bWn bnXnt¨m…””Ak³ B Npªnsâ NknapNan Ipwdn¨psNm*p tImSn¨p.

“”sbm¶qhnWv kmkp k¶p…A¦ns`´m bns¶ sbm¶qhnsW Nm\m³ k^m¯Sv. sbm¶qhv Ft´m^w skgfn¨q¶_nt]m …”” B Npªp Aksâ Nknan D½ sk¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”AStà Cs¸m Fsâ sbm¶qhnsW Nm\m³ Cu A¦nÄ HmXnks¶…”” Ak³ B NpªnsW fXn]n`n^p¯n B sdZnt`¡n^p¶p. sbm¶qhv AkapsX ssNNÄ sNm*v tKmhq«ns] Ipän¸nXn¨p Aksâ sW©n Im^n NnX¶p. sbm¶qhv Z]mWs] tWm¡n. F¶n«v fWhn`mNm¯ tbms` tKmhq«n]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Z]mW]pw Ak^psX hvtWiw N*p N®v Wn_ªp Aks^ Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”tfmÄNv fWhn`mt]m Cu Bân B^ms\¶p””…Ak³ Z]mWs] Nm\n¨psNm*v sbm¶qhntWmXv tImSn¨p. AkÄ Cà F¶ AÀ°¯n S` Np`p¡n.

“”CSm\v A¦nanWpw f½n¡pw Hs¡ ssbh S^p¶ Bân..Wà Bân]m.. tfmsa F´ng«\_nt]m…Bâns] bnXnt¨m..Bân H^pbmXv Nan¸m«§apw fnXm]pw Hs¡ tfXn¨p S^pw.””

At¸mtj¡pw Z]mW sbm¶qhnsW AXpt¯¡v k¶p. Akam Npªnsâ fpO¯ptWm¡n ftWmi^fm]n H¶v In^n¨p.

“”AsS ..sbm¶qhnWv Bân H^pbmXv hmVW§Ä tfXn¨p sk¨n«p*v..BUyw Bâns¡m^p½ Ss¶..””Akam Npªnsâ fpOt¯¡v fpOw AXp¸n¨psNm*p b_ªp. sbm¶qhv tKmhq«n]psX fXn]n C^p¶psNm*pSs¶ Z]mW]psX Nknan fp¯w sNmXp¯p.

“”fnXp¡n Np«n””Z]mW B Npªnsâ Nknan Sn^ns¨m^p fp¯w sNmXp¯psNm*v b_ªp.

“”tfmÄ¡p_t§t*””

tKmhq«n sbm¶qhnsW S`]n St`mXnsNm* tImSn¨p.

“”AkÄ D_§m³. Wns¶ N*nt« D_§q F¶pw b_ªn^n¡pkm]n^p¶p..”” ^mVnN]m\Sv b_ªSp.

“”Cs¸m A¦n k¶ntÃ. CWn Fsâ sbm¶qhv D_§nt¡m t«m””

“”A¦nÄ H^p bm«v bmXn¯¶ sbm¶qhv D_§mw..””AkÄ In\p§ns¡m* b_ªp.

“”At¿..CknXpt¶m.. Cu Bânt]ms¡ A¦nansW Nan]m¡pw. “”

“”bänÃ..A¦nÄ bmXn]mt` sbm¶qhv D_§q..”” AkÄ kmlnbnXn¨psNm*p b_ªp. Ak³ Z]mW]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. AkÄ H¶v bp©n^n¡pN fm{Sfm\v sI]vSSv.

Ak³ B NpªnWptk*n H^p ftWmi^fm] Sm^m«pbm«p kas^ tWÀ¯ lЯn bmXn. Aksâ H^p fqa fSn]m]n^p¶p B Npªnsâ N®pNÄ Wn{U bqNm³.. Aksâ lÐfmVp^y¯n Z]mW]pw ^mVnN]pw `]n¨p tbm]n. tKmhq«n l^n¡pw H^ÛpS fWpgyWm\v F¶nkÀ¡p tSm¶n.

“”tZmÎÀ F´v b_ªp tI¨n”” Ak³ ^mVnNt]mXm]n tImSn¨p.

“”Npjt¸m¶qÃX..sbs«¶v Nm`mkØ fm_n]t¸m D*m]Sm. k¶t¸m WÃtbms` Ip«psbmÅp¶p*m]n^p¶p. H^p tZmhv f^p¶v sNmXp¯t¸m Ss¶ Np_ªp. Cs¸m N*ntÃ. Wmsa tbm] fSns]¶v tZmÎÀ b_ªSpsNm*m..Wn§av sbm]vt¡m. Ct{Sw ^m{Sn]m]ntÃ..”” ^mVnN b_ªp.

sbs«¶v Z]mW]psX tcm¬ _nRv sI¿vSp. bm¸]m\v AsS¶p AkÄ¡p fWhn`m]n. C{StW^fm]n Nm\m¯sNm*p knan¡p¶Sm..AkÄ tcm¬ Aä³Zv sI]vSp.

“”FknXm tfmsa Wo..F{S tW^m]v..”” sc^v\m*hnsâ hz^w.

“”Mm³ timhvbnä`n`m b¸m..W½psX Hmcohns` ^mVnN tI¨osX tfmÄ¡v H^p bWn. Nm\m³ k¶Sm. tKmhq«n]pfp*. Mm³ Aksâ NqsX kt¶mam.. M§Ä Cs¸m Ss¶ C_§pw. “” AkÄ b_ªp.

“”WnWs¡¶p SpX§n Cu lo`§sams¡..”” b¸]psX hz^¯n BÝ^yw.

“”tbm..b¸m..Nan]m¡msS..”” AkÄ ASpw b_ªp tcm¬ sk¨v. AkÄ tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨p. AkWpw.

“”fv…l^n tI¨n. M§Ä C_§pkm. Wmsa tI¨n `okv FXpNv. ZnhvImÀKv sI¿pt¼m Fs¶ knan¡\w. Mm³ k¶p sNmt*mNmw..”” tKmhq«n sbm¶qhnsW sdZv[n NnX¯nsNm*p b_ªp. Ak³ B sWän]n kmÕ`ybqÀkw H^p IpwdWkpw WÂNn.

“”fv.. l^n..Mm³ knan¡mw..”” ^mVnN f_pbXn b_ªp.

“”l^n tI¨n. Ft´`pw Bklyw k¶m knan¨ fSn. “” Z]mW]pw ]m{S b_ªp.

timhvbnä`n Wn¶pw tKmhq«n]pw AksW Ipän¸nXn¨p Z]mW]pw Aksâ dpÅän ]m{S]mkp¶Sv ^mVnN _qfnsâ KWm`]n`qsX tWm¡n

Wn¶p. AkÀ N®n Wn¶pw f_]p¶Spks^ AkapsX N®pNÄ Aks^ bn´pXÀ¶p. Ssâ N®pNan NqXn fnjnWoÀ¡\§Ä HjpNn C_§n]Sv AkÄ A_nªnÃ. bs£ fWhns`knsXt]m H^p tS§Â D]À¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp. AsS´psNm*ms\¶v AkÄ¡p fWhn`m]nÃ. tKmhq«nt]mXv Z]mWs] Np_n¨v A§msWms¡ b_sª¦n`pw tKmhq«n Wãfmkp¶Sv Ssâ irU]w bnaÀ¶p tbmNp¶SnWp Sp`yfms\¶v tkUWt]msX AkÄ A_nªp.

….ssd¡n tKmhq«nt]mXv tIÀ¶v C^n¡pkm]n^p¶p Z]mW. Ct¸mÄ AkÄ NqXpS hzmS{µyt¯msX AksW C_p¡n bp\À¶n^p¶p.

“”tKmhq«n….F¶mXm Wo]n§sW…”” AkÄ hvtWibqÀÆw H^p sNm©t`msX AktWmXv tImSn¨p.

“”F§sW..”” Ak³ fWhn`mNm¯ tbms` tImSn¨p.

“”FÃmÀ¡pw F´nãvXm Wns¶. FWn¡v Ahq] tSm¶pkm Wnt¶mXv. FÃmk^psX]pw irU]¯nt`¡v Bjv¶n_§pktà ..”” AkÄ ASpw b_ªp AksW bn¶sW]pw C_p¡n bp\À¶p. tKmhq«n f_pbXn H¶pw b_ªnÃ. Aksâ DÅn ^mVnN]psX]pw sbm¶qhnsW]pw bns¶ Z]mW]psX]pw fpO§Ä fm_nfm_n k¶p. Aksâ DÅn b` knV¯n`pÅ tImUy§Ä D]À¶p. AkÀ ko«ns`¯nt¨À¶S_nªnÃ. Aks^ N*t¸m shNyq^nän tPäv Hm¸¬ sI]vSp sNmXp¯p. fp¼n Ss¶ Aks^]pw tWm¡n sc^v\m*hv hmÀ Wn¶n^p¶p. A]mÄ tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨p.

“”F§sW hmVn¨tZm Cksa C§sW fmäns]Xp¡m³. “” A]mÄ BÝ^yt¯msX tImSn¨p.

ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n Ak³ H¶v In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.

“” Mm³ C_§s« hmÀ.”” Ak³ ASpw b_¶p tbmNmWm]n emkn¨p.

“”fv.. l^n..”” scÀ\m*hv Z]mWt]]pw Nq«n DÅnt`¡v WX¶p. AkÄ Sn^nªp AksW tWm¡n ftWmi^fm]n H¶v In^n¨p. Ak³ Sn^nIpw. Ak³ tPänWXps¯¯n]t¸mÄ ssd¡v WnÀ¯n B k`n] ko«nt`¡p H¶v Sn^nªp tWm¡n. ASnsâ ^*mw Wn`]n`m]n KWm`¡Xp¯p hpµ^fm] ^*p fnjnNÄ Ak³ N*p. Z]mW]psX hpµ^ fnjnNÄ AksW Ss¶ tWm¡pN]m\v. ASn huirS¯nWpf¸p_w fsät´m Ds*¶p AkWp tSm¶n. Ak³ Ns*¶p fWhn`m]t¸m AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX AksW ssN koln Nm\n¨p. WnÀknNm^St]msX AkWpw. Aksâ fWhv AkWptbm`pw fWhn`m¡m³ hmVn¡p¶*m]n^p¶nÃ.

SpX^pw…