NpXn`nsâ fp³bn`qsX tNlk³ S`§pw kn`§pw WX¶p. Nps_ tW^fm]n^p¶p A]mÄ CSv SpX§n]n«v. AhzØSt]msX]pÅ A]mapsX WX¯]pw tWm¡n H¶pw fn*msS k^m´]ns` Im\Nw sfjpNn] S_]n IXªn^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p A]mapsX em^y Io^pkpw fNÄ tUkpkpw. hÔy Njnªn^p¶ C^pÄ b^¶p SpX§n]n^p¶ B tW^¯v fp³bns` fp_n]n N¯n¨pk¨n^p¶ fs®® kna¡n Wn¶pfpÅ {bNmlw Nps_s]ms¡ k^m´]nt`¡pw kymbn¨n^p¶p.

“”Aѳ C§sW {bm´v bnXn¨Sv tbms` F´nWm WX¡p¶Sv? sNmt_ tW^fm]tÃm? B H^p sI_p¡³ fm{Stf HtÅm Cu t`mN¯v?’

AÑsâ BVnbnXn¨Sv tbms`]pÅ WX¯ N*p fXp¯ fNÄ tUkp AkhmWw Ssâ fU^hw Wn_ªp Spap¼p¶ Ipk¶p SpXp¯ AV^w t`lw skan]nt`¡v SÅn, koÀ¯ fpOt¯msX tImUn¨p. tNlk³ ASv tN«v WX¯ Sm¡m`nNfm]n WnÀ¯n Aksa H¶v tWm¡n]SÃmsS f_pbXn b_ªnÃ. bs£ A_n]msS sb®nsâ tUit¯¡v UrãnNÄ ko\t¸mÄ A]mÄ¡v ko*pw BVn N]_n. AtSmsX WX¯]psX tkPS NqXpN]pw sI]vSp.

“”Wn§an§sW sk^pNnsWt¸ms` WX¡msS H¶X§v– fWpgym..Wfp¡v tks_ N`ym\w Bt`mIn¡msf¶v..t¿mXn AkÄ¡v {bm]w H^pbmX§v– B]nÃtÃm..Cu In§¯n bs¯m¼Sv k]Êtà BNs¯mÅq..’ em^y Io^p fXpt¸msX, Npäs¸Xp¯p¶ f«n b_]p¶Sv tN« tNlk³ WX¯ WnÀ¯n Aksa ^q£fm]n H¶v tWm¡n.

“”FXn S´]v¡v bn_¡m¯ksa..tNmt\m¯ns` kÀ¯mWw bt_^pSv..CSn¸w F{Smfs¯ N`ym\fmXn Hjnªp tbmNp¶Sv. Wnsâ kÀ¯mWw tN«m tSm¶pktÃm CSnWp fp³bv C§sW WX¶nt« Csöv? tU*v MmsWm^p Ikn«p k¨p S¶m`p*tÃm..’ A]mÄ bÃpNÄ sM^n¨v A{S]pw b_ªn«v ko*pw WX¯ SpXÀ¶p.

AÑWpw A½]pw S½n N`l D*mNmWnX]p*v F¶v fWhn`m¡n] tUkp sfsà Fjpt¶äv Ssâ knXÀ¶p knNhn¨ fpjp¯ I´nNÄ Ca¡n DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. tUgyw tN_n]m AÑsâ km]n Wn¶pw knNXh^hzSn]psX {bkmifm]n^n¡pw D*mNpN F¶kÄ¡_n]mw. Sm³ AknsX¯s¶ C^p¶m AÑsâ sS_nknan¡v QWw Np_]pw; ASv bmXnÃ; AkÄ fWÊn b_ªp. WX¡pt¼mÄ SXn¨p sNmjp¯ SpXNapw I´nNapw S½n D^hp¶Sv Aksa AhzØ]m¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. DÅn N]_n] tUkp fp³bns` fp_n]n AkapsX sNmjp¯ l^o^w sIä]n Im^n C^p¶psNm*v kn^nª I´nNÄ S_]n k¨p.

“”F¶m¸ns¶ Wn§av bmSn^m{Sn ks^ C§sW WXt¶m..AÃbns¶..tbm]k^v tbm]n..ASnWp Ct§^v {bm´pbnXn¨v tS^m¸m^m WX¶n«v Nm^yw Ht*m¶p tImUn¨¸w Fsâ SÅ]v¡pw S´]v¡pw knan¡p¶p..sk_psS]mt\m Wn§av sNm\w

bnXn¡m¯Sv..’ Io^pknsâ tNmbw A\sbm«n HjpNn.

tNlk³ Aksa H¶v tWm¡n]SÃmsS f_pbXn sNmXp¯nÃ. Npt_¡qXn WX¶ tlgw A]mÄ k^m´]n k¶n^p¶p.

“”Wo H^p fp_p¡m³ Cs§Xp¡v’ A¸w AX§n] f«n A]mÄ b_ªp.

DÅn tUkp FÃmw tNÄ¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Aѳ Wà sS_nknan WX¯psf¶v N^pSn DÅnt`¡v tbm] AkÄ¡v A]mÄ ASv sI¿msS S\p¯ f«n hwhm^n¨Sv Wn^ml h½mWns¨¦n`pw {bSo£t]msX AkÄ skan]nt`¡v Ss¶ NmtSmÀ¯p.

em^y fp_p¡m³ sIÃsfXp¯p skän`]n Ip®m¼v tS¨v bm¡v Wp_p¡pNapw bpN]n`]pw k¨p fX¡n ssN]n sNmXp¡p¶Sv ks^ tNlk³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. fp_p¡m³ A\]n Sn^pNn Ik¨v Ipk¸n¨v Wo«ns]m¶p Sp¸n] tlgw A]mÄ Io^pknsW tWm¡n.

“”FXn, B ASn^v tNhv Wfp¡v AWpNq`fm]n knVn¨¶v B b¶ bm¡^³ b_ªSv Wo f_¶p tbmt]m?’ A]mÄ lÐw Smjv¯n tImUn¨p.

“”Ft´m¶m A]mav b_ªSv..Mm³ HmÀ¡p¶nÃ’

“”Wo HmÀ¡¯nÃ… A{S tdmVmftà WnWs¡mÅq..FXo A¶k³ b_ªm^p¶ntÃ..Wo F§m*q¶p sNm*pk¶p kaÀ¯n] Wnsâ hpµ^n tfmav ko«n sN«m¨^¡m]n Wn¡p¶Sv Ak³ Nm\n¨p S^msf¶v..MmWSv A¶{S Nm^yfm]n FXp¯nÃm^p¶p. bs£ Cs¸m FWns¡Ãmw fWhn`m]n k^p¶ps*Xn….’ S`]m«ns¡m*v tNlk³ b_ªp.

“”Wn§av H¶v sSan¨p b_ fWptgsW..’

“”FXn tdmVfnÃm¯ Nq¯n¨n…WnWs¡m^p skkt^mw CÃtÃmXn..b®m³ Nm`pNk¨p sNX¡m³ fm{Sw Ak¡_n]mw…’ Aѳ sS_nknan ko*pw SpX§n]tSmsX tUkp SmÂb^yt¯msX sIknt]mÀ¯p.

“”AWmklyw b_]msS Nm^yw b_ fWpgym’

“”FXn NqSotfmsa Ak³ Wfps¡Sns^ NqtXm{Sw sI]vSn«p*v…fWhn`mt]m? FWn¡v H_¸m..AStÃym Ak³ A¶{S StâXt¯msX A§sW b_ªSv. C¶nt¸mÄ tbm]k^p NqsX Nq«n]m F«mfs¯ Bt`mIW]m A`hn bn^o¶Sv..C§sW tbm]m AkÄsX fq¡n bÃv Nnan¨m`pw N`ym\w WX¡m³ tbm¶nÃ…’ tNlk³ b_ªSv tN«t¸mÄ Io^p fq¡¯v kn^`v k¨v C^p¶ptbm]n. At¸mjm\v Akapw kÀg§Ä¡v fp³bv A]Âkmhn bm¡^³ WX¯n] eog\n HmÀ¯Sv.

“”l^n]m\tÃm ePkmsW..A¶k³ A§sW b_ªSv C¸w FWnt¡mÀ½ H*v..’

“”ASm MmWn{S tWt^mw Bt`mt¨m*n^p¶Sv..AÃmsS Wnsâ St´ ^*mfSv sN«n¡p¶ Nm^yfÃ’

AÑsâ]pw A½]psX]pw hwhm^w DÅn`n^p¶p tNÄ¡pN]m]n^p¶ tUkp WnlÐw In^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. sS_n b_¨n tN«m AkÄ¡v In^nk^pw. ASv tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ Ft´m H^p

{btSyN hpOfm\v. CsSm¶pfà AÑsâ sS_n F¶kÄ¡v A_n]mw. Fs´ms¡]m\v Aѳ tUgyw tN_n]m b_]p¶Sv F¶v b_]m³ bänÃ. hmVm^\ BÄ¡mÀ¡v tN«m A_¸v tSm¶p¶ A¯^w sS_nNÄ bs£ tUkpknWv i^fm]n^p¶p. In` sS_nNÄ tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX SpXp¯ bnaÀ¸nsâ DÅn H^pS^w sIm_n¨n AWpeks¸Xpw; At¸msjms¡ ASnWNw WW]pN]pw sI¿pw.

“”CWn]n¸w F´m W½av sI¿pN? NqtXm{Sw S¶ms\¶v Wn§¡v H_¸v Ht*m?’

“”FXn Wo H^pfmSn^n ftäXs¯ kÀ¯mWw bt_^pSv..bns¶´mXn Ct{Sw Nm\m³ sNmÅmkp¶ W½psX sNm¨nsW B^pw sN«m¯Sv? Mm³ Nãs¸«v hz^p¡q«n k¨n^n¡p¶ Nmlpw hzÀ®kpw NqXmsS Wà l^ot^mw shuµt^ymw AkÄ¡v H*m]n«pw F´m WX¡m¯Sv..tR..’

ASp tN« tUkpknsâ fpOw SpXp¯p. Sm³ hpµ^n]m\v F¶kÄ¡v hz]w A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. bs£ ASv fäms^¦n`pw b_ªp tNÄ¡p¶Sv H^p {btSyN hpOfm\v; AÑsâ km]n Wn¶pSs¶ ASptN«t¸mÄ AkapsX fpOw Wm\w sNm*v SpXp¯p.

“”Rm ASv tW^m..F¶m`pw’ Io^p eÀ¯mknsW tWm¡n.

“”Ft´m¶v F¶m`pw?’

“”CWow CkÄsX KmSN¯nsâ kà sNmjt¸mw Bt\m¶v BÀ¡_n]mw’

“”St´w StÅw B^m¶_n]m¯ AkÄsX KmSNw W¼¡v H*m¡n FXp¡m³ bäptkm..CSv KmStNmw sNmtSmw H¶pfÃ..B b¶¡jptk_n tfm³ GSm*v fp«³ NqtXm{Sw sI]vSv kt¨¡p¶ sNm*m..’ A¡m^y¯n tNlkWv hwl]w D*m]n^p¶nÃ. Io^p Bt`mIWt]msX l^n]m\v F¶ AÀ°¯n S`]m«n.

N`ym\w Njnªp b¯p sNmÃ§Ä Njnªn«pw Np«nNÄ D*mNmsS k¶tSmsX]m\v F«pk]hpNm^n tUkpknsW AkÀ FXp¯v kaÀ¯n]Sv. AÑWpw A½]pw Dtb£n¨ptbm] AkÄ tNlksâ dÔ¯n sb« H^p ko«n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. sI_n] {bm]¯n¯s¶ Wà kaÀ¨ D*m]n^p¶ tUkpknsW AknXps¯ ko«pNm^³ fXn]n`n^p¯n hpOn¡m³ {lfn¡p¶Sv A_nª A]mapsX em^y]m\v tNlktWmXv Aksa sNm*ptbm]n kaÀ¯m³ b_ªSv. A§sW f¡anÃm¯ AkÀ ^*ptb^pw tUkpknsW ko«nt`¡v sNm*pk^nN]m]n^p¶p. tUkpknWv W¶m]n A_n]mfm]n^p¶p tNlkWpw Io^pkpw AkapsX hz´w AÑtWm A½t]m AsöpÅ hSyw. Wà Bt^mPykpw fmUNSzkpw D*m]n^p¶ tUkpknWv AhmfmWy l^o^ kaÀ¨]m]n^p¶p. tNlkWpw Io^pkpw Aksa hz´w fNsat¸ms` Ss¶]m\v N*n^p¶Spw. bs£ tUkp {bm]w A_nªtSmsX bSns] Nmfmhàn¡v AXns¸«p SpX§n]Sv AkÀ A_nªnÃ. AfnS kaÀ¨]pw B^pw tfmin¡p¶ huµ^ykpw Nm^\w Aksa F{S]pw tkPw sN«n¨pknXm³ ^*ptb^pw {lfn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p F¶pfm{Sw.

“”CWn]n¸w

Ft´m sI¿mWm Wn§sX Dt±lw’ Io^p tImUn¡p¶Sv tUkp tN«p.

“”WsÃm^p f{´kmUns] Nm\\w. Ak³ sI]vSv kt¨¡p¶Snsâ tUmgw fmän, f_pNqtXm{Sw sI]vSv AksW fp¨qXpw fpXn¡\w..Ft¶mXv Nan¨m ASv WÃSnWà F¶k³ A_n]pw..A_n]n¡pw Mm³’ bNt]msX tNlk³ b_ªp.

“”f{´kmUns] knan¨m A]mÄ¡v Nmlv sNmXp¡t*’

“”tk*mXo Wo Wnsâ bq_v Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯m fSn..A]mav tNän]n«v Nmlv tfXn¡msS sbmt¡mapw..NqSotfmsX Hmt^mt^m tImUyw..’

“”Wn§¡v h½Sfmt\ Mm³ sNmXpt¯mamw..AÃbns¶..At§^psX kÀ¯mWw tN«m sIm_nªp tN_pw..’ tNlkWv D^pa]v¡v Dt¸^n F¶tbms` Io^p f_pbXn WÂNn.

“”sk_psS AsÃXn Wo f¨n B]nt¸m]Sv..Fs¶s¡m*v Wo NqXpS`v bt_¸n¡*’

“”Wn§¡m sNmj¸w F¶v tZmÎÀ b_ªSnWv Fs¶ f¨o¶p knan¨m kà sNmt\mw Ht*m fWpgym..’

“”sNmj¸w FWns¡m..Ct¸mjpw Wns¶ sbma¯n Mm³ tNän S^p¶nt`ymXn bq_n..F¶n«pw AkÄsX Nm`nsâsXt` kÀ¯mWw tN«nt`ym’

lÐw Smjv¯n]m\v A]maSv b_ªsS¦n`pw tUkp hvbãf]n¯s¶ ASv tN«p. Ssâ hn^Nant`¡v Nmfw Nq`wNp¯n HjpNp¶Sv Aka_nªp. AkÄ knNm^bm^klyt¯msX hz´w AV^bpXw NXn¨v fp`]n ssN]fÀ¯n. sW©p SnNªp kaÀ¶n^p¶, AhmfmWy fpjp¸p*m]n^p¶ AkapsX fp`NÄ s»uhnsâ DÅn koÀ¸pfp«n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”tNän]m fm{Sw fSnt]m..Wn§¡v GSm*v F®w sNm_km]SpsNm*v bnÅm^v– H*mN¯nà F¶t`ym At§^p b_ªSv.. AsSms¡ DÅ B\p§av sI]vSm FWn¡v sNm¨v H*mNpw..ipw..’

“”F¶m¸ns¶ Wm«pNms^ knan¨p Wo b®ns¡Xn..F¶pw NXks^ tNän sNmXp¯m`pw sSN]m¯ sbm`]mXn¨n..’

“”FWns¡m^p sSN]jntNw CÃ. Wn§¡t`ym F{S tNän]m`pw tbm^m¯Sv..dm¡n HtÅmt^ k]hpNm`¯v H_§m³ tbm`pw h½Sn¡mSm At§^psX tb¡q¯v..Fs¶s¡m*v H¶pw bt_¸n¡*’

tUkp Ipf^nt`¡v S`Im^n fp`]n AfÀ¯n sM¡n. Cu AÑWpw A½]v¡pw SmWnknsX Ds*¶pÅ tdmVmsf CÃ. ko«n¯s¶ kmän FXp¡p¶ Im^m]w NpXn¨n«m\v– ^*nsâ]pw hwhm^w. kj¡p*m]m At¸msjms¡ CSv tNÄ¡p¶Sm\v. bs£ F{S tN«m`pw ASv bnt¶w bnt¶w tNÄ¡m³ Ft´m kÃm¯ hpOw. ipw, b_¨n`v fm{Sfmt\m? Aѳ A½s] sI¿p¶Sv Sm³ F{St]m Sk\ N*n^n¡p¶p; NÅpNpXn¨m ^*nWpw H^p tdmtVmfnÃ. {bm´v bnXn¨Sptbm`m AÑsâ sI]v¯v. HmÀ¯t¸mÄ tUkpknsâ bmâohnsâ DÅnt`¡v fUK`w NpSns¨¯n. A½s] Aѳ A§v sNmÃpN]m\v

F¶v ASv N*t¸msams¡ AkÄ¡v tSm¶n]n«p*v. Fs´m^p làn]m\v AÑWv! AkÄ km]n NX¯n] kn^ sI_n] NnSt¸msX bp_t¯¡v NojvIp*v Smtj¡v f`À¯ns¡m*v Du^ns]Xp¯p.

“”B Np«n^mfsW H¶v Nm\\w. AkWv Im¯³ thk H*v..Wmsa]ms«..AÃmsS tks_ kjn]nÃ…’

Aѳ ko*pw hmVm^\ Wn`]nt`¡v hwhm^w fmän]Sv tUkp tN«p. ^*pw NqXn t`mN¯nÃm¯ bpjp¯ sS_nknan b^hvb^w WX¯psf¦n`pw S½n H^n¡`pw bn\¡fnÃ. AsSm^p AÛpSfm\v. hwhm^w tN«m N¯n¡p¯v ks^ WX¡psf¶v tSm¶nt¸mNpw. bs£ FÃmw S\p¡m³ Wnfng§Ä fSn.

“”F¶m tIm_v ska¼mtWm..’ Io^p tImUn¨p.

“”ska¼v–‘

A¯mjw Njnªp NnX¶ tUkpknWv H«pw D_¡w k¶nÃ. Wn`¯v kn^n¨n^p¶ bm]]n AkÄ Sn^nªpw f_nªpw NnX¶p^p*p. AkapsX AhzØS N`ym\w WX¡m¯Sv fq`fm]n^p¶nÃ. ASn AkÄ¡v S^n¼pw kngfw D*m]n^p¶nà F¶Sm\v hSyw. bs£ tNlkWpw Io^pkpw S½n`pÅ f_]nÃm¯ hwhm^kpw NmftNanNapw, kaÀ¶p fpän] Akan Wn]{´\mSoSfm] knNm^§am]n^p¶p hrãn¨n^p¶Sv. ss`wPnN Ak]k§Ä DÄs¸Xp¯n]pÅ tNlksâ sS_nknan Akan làfm] Nmtfms¯KWw D*m¡n. A¯^w sS_nNÄ tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ tUkpknsâ tUiw AXnfpXn S^n¡pw.

{bm]w A_nª WmÄ fpS làfm] bp^pghpOw AkÄ Nfn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASv Hmt^m UnWw NqXpt´m_pw AkapsX DÅn lànt]msX kaÀ¶p b´`n¨p. tNlksâ]pw Io^pknsâ]pw ss`wPnN Ipk]pÅ sS_nknanNapw b^nh^w f_¶pÅ tkjvI]pw fWÊn tNlkWp*m]n^p¶ ØmWw fmäm³ SpX§n]Sv tUkp BUyfmUyw A_nªn^p¶nÃ. sfsà tNlk³ bp^pgSz¯nsâ BÄ^qbfm]n AkapsX fWÊn Aka_n]msS ^qbs¸XpN]m]n^p¶p. Hmt^m ^m{SnNan`pw A]mapsX kWyfm] N^p¯v Sm§mWmNmsS Io^p NnS]v¡p¶Spw M^§p¶Spw tUkpknsâ bqän Wn¶pw tS³ H`n¸n¨p. A¶pw NmfhpO¯nWp fp_knan Nq«p¶ fWtÊmsX NnX¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX NmSpNÄ AXp¯ fp_n]n`m]n^p¶p. sS_nknan WX¯p¶ Unkh§an ^*pwNqXn D_¸m]n dÔs¸Xpw F¶pÅSv AkapsX WnSyb^nI]fm\v. ASv SpX§mWm]n Nm¯v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p AkÄ. A¸w Njnªt¸mÄ AXp¯ fp_n]n Wn¶pw Ak^psX AX¡n¸nXn¨ hwhm^w AkapsX NmSns`¯n.

“”FWn¡v k¿ fWpgm..C¶v tk*’ A½]m\v.

“”Mm³ bSps¡ tNän sI¿msfXn..’

“”{bm]w NqXpt´m_pw Wn§¡v Cu H^p knIm^tf HtÅm..’

“”Wo FksW Nt*m…Wnsâ bqs_mŸw Mm³ ssNsNm*v skÅw Na]t\m…H¶v Nk¨p k¡Xn’ AÑsâ NnS¸v N`À¶ lÐw.

tUkp

Nmf{em´naNn] fWthmsX tkPw Fjpt¶äv, bSp§n¸Sp§n sI¶v Ak^psX fp_n]nt`¡v bman tWm¡n. DÅn C^p«m\v–. F¦n`pw bp_¯pWn¶pfpÅ Wn`mknsâ f§n] skan¨¯n Gs_¡ps_ ^*ptbs^]pw Nm\mw. Aѳ A½s] d`fm]n f`À¯n¡nX¯n Sp\n b_n¨p^n]p¶p. f§n] skan¨¯n A]mapsX fpjp¯ hmVW¯nsâ Wnj Urãn]n sb«t¸mÄ tUkpknsâ tUiw kn_¨p. A_n]msS km] bnaÀ¶ AkÄ¡v DfnWoÀ SmXn]nt`¡v HjpNp¶Sptbms` tSm¶n. Fs´m^p k`n¸fm\v AÑsâ hmVW¯nWv! A]mÄ AsSXp¯v A½]psX SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v k]v¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ tUkpknsâ fpjp¯ fp`NÄ AfnSfm]n D]^v¶pSmjv¶p.

Io^p hpOw N]_n M^§m³ B^wen¨p. ^*ptb^psX]pw NnS¸pw M^¡kpw tUkpknsâ SpX]nXp¡n hvtcmXWw hrãn¨p. AkÄ s»uhnsâ sNmap¯pNÄ Wo¡n fp`NÄ WPvWfm¡n Ak]n làfm]n fÀ±n¡m³ SpX§n. ^m{Sn AkÄ {dm V^n¡m_nÃ. bN fpjpk³ ASnsâ DÅn sM^nªp lzmhw fp«p¶ fp`NÄ¡v ^m{Sn AkÄ bqÀ® hzmS{´yw WÂNpw. bqän `nwPw lànt]msX N]_p¶ ¹Nv ¹Nv F¶ lÐw NmSn F¯n]tSmsX tUkp NnS¨psNm*v bmkmX]psX fpNan`qsX bqän AfÀ¯n¯Xkm³ B^wen¨p. fmwhw fmwh¯n sI¶nXn¡p¶ lÐw Aksa {em´pbnXn¸n¨p. AknsX Wn¶m Wn]{´n¡m³ bämsS tbmNpsf¶v tSm¶n]SnWm AkÄ Sn^nsN bm]]n sI¶pNnX¶v bmâohv Du^n¡aª tlgw sS^psSs^ bqän kn^`pNÄ N]än Ca¡m³ SpX§n. A¸p_¯v Wn¶pw Io^pknsâ M^¡kpw tNlksâ NnS¸pw {lkn¨psNm*v AkÄ hz]wtemPw sI]vSp. H^p ssN fm_nfm_n C^pfp`Nan`pw ftäSv bqän`pw sS^psSs^ I`n¸n¨v AkhmWw AkÄ ^SnfqÀÑ]ns`¯n. skÅw HjpNn C_§n]t¸mÄ tUkp làfm]n NnS¨p. hz]w^Sn k`n] SrbvSn WÂNn]nsæn`pw `en¨ Sm¡m`nN Blzmh¯n AkÄ sfsà D_¡¯nt`¡v kjpSnko\p.

“”CSv NqtXm{Sw S¶m..H^p hwlt]mw tk*. f_pf^p¶v Ftâ H*v..AtSm*v tNlk³ H«pw tbXn¡*’

GSm*v A©Xn D]^kpw N_p¯v SXn¨ l^o^kpfpÅ Np«n^mf³ F¶ Wm«pf{´kmUn SXp¡n H¶naNn C^p¶n«v b_ªp. A¼¯n]©v k]hp {bm]fpÅ A]mÄ {dÒIm^n Bs\¶m\v Wm«pNmÀ knlzhn¨p tbm¶n^p¶Sv. Nps_ Uqs^ A]mÄ¡v H^p em^y]pw fq¶p f¡apw DÅ knk^w BÀ¡pw A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. AtStbms` Ss¶ b^hv{SoNsa temPn¡m³ f{´kmUw A]mÄ H^p f_]m¡p¶ knk^kpw.

“”Aksâ NqtXm{Sw CWn c`n¡^pSv; F§tWw Fsâ tfmÄsX N`ym\w WX¡\w. ASv N*v Aksâ N®v NXn¡p¶Sv FWn¡v Nm\\w. Fs¶ Wln¸n¡m³ tWm¡n] Ak³ fpXnªptbmNm³ HÅ NqtXm{Sw

tks_ sI¿ptkw tk\w’ tNlk³ Ssâ Bkly§Ä A]msa A_n]n¨p.

CsSms¡ F´v F¶ emkt¯msX S`]m«ns¡m*v Np«n^mf³ H^p Nq«w fp_p¡m³ A®m¡n Sn^pNn. F¶n«v bm_¸p_¯v In^« D^]v¡pt¼mÄ `en¡p¶ frUplЯn C§sW b_ªp:

“”Mm³ Wm`v SNnXv Kbn¨p S^mw. ASv Wn§apsX b_¼nsâ Wm`v fq`]v¡pw Npjn¨nX\w. A§sW sI]vSm Ak³ knXp¶ H^p Im¯Wpw Wn§sX b_¼o tN_¯nÃ. bns¶ Ak³ fpXn]m³ tNmjn¯`]n H^p sI]v¯p*v. ASv Aksâ WX]n B^pw Nm\msS Npjn¨n«m fSn..bs£ Nmlv lN`w NqXpw..’

tNlk³ h½Semk¯n S`]m«n.

“”bns¶ tfmÄsX N`ym\w WX¡m³ ^Sn]£ns] {bhmUn¸n¡\w. ASnsWm^p {btSyN bqKs]m*v. tfmsa CknsX sNm*pk¶mt` ASv H¡q..^Sn]£n¡v tfmsa Cãs¸X\w..Cãs¸«m Wn§av fWÊn Nm\p¶SntW¡mÄ Wà Wn`]n Akav N`ym\w Njn¨p tbmNpw..bm¡^Wà t`mNs¯m^p¯³ knIm^n¨m`pw AkÄ¡v bns¶ NqtXm{Sw G¡¯nÃ..AÖmSn sI]v¯m\v Mm³ sI¿m³ tbm¶Sv’

tNlksâ N®pNÄ knXÀ¶p. A]mÄ ko*pw ht´mgt¯msX ln^ÊW¡n.

“”F¶m Cu Io«n HÅ hmVW§apw km§n¨v Wmsa ^m{Sn H^p b¯pf\nt]msX C§p tbm^v..AÀ²^m{Sn¡m\v ]£obqK WX¯p¶Sv. SNnXv Kbn¨Spw tNmjn¯`]pw Wmsa f{´w sI]vSv D*m¡n kt¨¡mw..FÃmw NqXn H^pfn¨v H^p Unkhw Ss¶ sI¿\w; F¶ms` c`n¡q. Wn§av tfmsa CknXm¡n]n«v SNnXpw tNmjn¯`]pw sNm*ptbm]n b_ªSv tbms` Npjn¨nX\w. ASpw bqtKw Njnªm Wn§sX FÃm {blvtWmw fm_pw’

“”ASv fSn..F¶m¸ns¶ MmWt§m«v’ knW]t¯msX tNlk³ b_ªp.

“”l^n..A¸w Wmsa sskNn«v’

“”Hm l^n’

“”bns¶m^p Nm^yw; bqKm hf]¯v tfmav fm{Stf CknsX Nm\mkq. tks_ Bt^`pw AXp¯ps*¦n ]£n {bhmUn¡¯nÃ’ bp_¯n_§n fp_p¡m³ H¶v Wo«n¯p¸n] tlgw Np«n^mf³ b_ªp.

“”tks_ B^pw Nm\¯nÃ. Mm³ tfmsa kn«n«v A§v tbm¯nt`ym’ tNlk³ b_ªp.

“”Rm..Mm³ ASnsâ ^oSn H¶v HmÀ½n¸ns¨s¶ HÅp..F¶m sbm]vt¡m’

S`]m«n] tlgw tNlk³ WX¶pWo§n. A]mÄ tbmNp¶Sv tWm¡n Np«n^mf³ fp*nsâ DÅn`qsX ssNNX¯n AVnNw k`n¸fnÃm¯, SXn¨p Np_pNn] Ssâ hmVW¯n AfÀ¯n¯Xkn. tUkpknsW H^n¡Â A]mÄ N*n«p*m]n^p¶p. A¶pfpS A]mÄ¡v AkapsX knaªp sNmjp¯ l^o^t¯mXv B{Nm´w SpX§n]Sm\v. sbs®m^p skaª I^¡v Ss¶; Aksat¸ms` H^p¯n Cu Wm«n tks_ CÃ. Wmsa Aksa l^ns¡m¶p bqKn¡\w; `nwP¯n AfÀ¯n

SXkns¡m*v A]mÄ fWÊn f{´n¨p.

AXp¯Unkhw ^m{Sn A¯mjw Njnªv WmXv D_¡¯nt`¡v kjpSnko\ hf]¯m\v tNlk³ f{´kmUn]psX ko«nt`¡v Sn^n¨Sv. fWhnÃmfWthmsX tUkpkpw A]mapsX NqsX C_§n. AkÄ¡v N`ym\w WX¡mSn^n¡p¶Sn H«pw kngfw D*m]n^p¶nÃ; bns¶ F´nWm\v f{´kmUw F¶Sm]n^p¶p AkapsX In´. F¦n`pw Ssâ W·]v¡v tk*n]m\v FÃmw F¶v A½]pw AÑWpw b_ªt¸mÄ AkÄ¡v WntgVn¡m³ NjnªnÃ. Aksa Np«n^mfsâ b¡Â B¡n] tlgw SNnXpNapw tNmjn¯`]pfm]n Sn^nsN k¶v Ak Npjn¨n«n«v ko*pw tbm]n AknXps¯ bqK]pw Njnªv Aksa Nq«ns¡m*p k^mWm]n^p¶p tNlksâ ¹m³.

tNlkWpw tUkpkpw sIÃpt¼mÄ Np«n^mf³ kmSn¡¯s¶ Aks^]pw Nm¯v Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p. tUkpknsâ ^qbw ANs` Wn¶v N*t¸mįs¶ A]mapsX `nwPw fq¡m³ B^wen¨p. H^p bj] C_p¡w NqXn] s»uhpw bmkmX]pw V^n¨n^p¶ tUkpknsâ sNmjp¯ ssNNapw sW©ns` fpjp¸pw SpXp¯p hpµ^fm] fpOkpw Np«n^mfsâ fmWhnNWn` sSän¨p. Cksat¸ms` H^p¯ns] Ct¶ks^ SWn¡v Nn«n]n«nà F¶]mÄ BÀ¯nt]msX fWÊn b_ªp. C{S CWn¸pw sNmjp¸pfpÅ fsäm^p sb®v Cu Wm«n tks_ CÃ. sbs®¶v b_ªm Ckam\v!

“”km..ANt¯m«p km’

tUkpknsâ sS_n¨, fpjp¯v Wn¡p¶ fp`Nant`¡pw NXn¨p I¸m³ tSm¶p¶ Ip*pNant`¡pw b^tklt¯msX tWm¡ns¡m*v– Np«n^mf³ b_ªp. Ss¶¡mÄ D]^¡p_kpw AfnSk®kpw N_p¯ Wn_kpw kr¯nsN« ^qbkpfpÅ f{´kmUns] sNuSpNt¯msX tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÄ AÑsâ H¸w DÅnt`¡v {btkln¨p. tUkp BUyfm]n«m]n^p¶p H^p f{´kmUns] tW^n Nm\p¶Sv. AkapsX tUi¯v Wn¶pw kfn¨ kn]À¸v N`À¶ hvss{S\PÔw Np«n^mfsâ Nmfs¯ Ca¡n f_n¨p. A]mÄ B PÔw {em´fm]n k`n¨pN]än.

“”C¶m..b_ª hmVW§Ä FÃmfp*v’ ssN]n D*m]n^p¶ sbmSn Np«n^mfsâ tWs^ Wo«ns¡m*v tNlk³ b_ªp. A]mÄ ASpkm§n b^ntlmVn¨n«v tUkpknsW tWm¡n.

“”tfmav bqKmfp_n]nt`m«v C^n¡v..A¸tj¡pw Mm³ Kbn¨ SNnXpw tNmjn¯`]pw sNm*pk^mw’

A§sW b_ªn«v A]mÄ DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. tUkp tNlksW H¶v tWm¡n] tlgw sfsà bqKmfp_n]nt`¡v N]_n. Ahiyfm], kr¯nsN« H^p PÔw ASnWpÅn Wn_ªp Wn¶n^p¶p F¦n`pw Ft´m H^p BNÀg\w AkÄ¡v B PÔt¯mXv tSm¶n. ASnWpÅn H^p¡n]n^p¶ bqK]v¡pÅ Nakpw kna¡pNapw N_p¯ Wn_fpÅ H^p S`t]m«n]pw fWwfXp¸n¡p¶ PÔt¯msX F^n]p¶ QWfpÅ sfjpNptbms`]pÅ khvSpkpw FÃmw tUkp fm_nfm_n tWm¡n.

eoN^ fpO§apÅ Nps_ eqS§apsX In{S§Ä en¯n]ns`§pw k^¨n^p¶Sv Akan sI_n] eoSn Dakm¡mSn^p¶nÃ. B bqKmfp_n H^p {btSyN t`mNw Ss¶]m\v F¶kÄ¡v tSm¶n.

“”AknsX..B SXp¡n C^pt¶maq’

fp_n]psX DÅn Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ tUkpknsW tWm¡n hmVW§apfm]n Sn^nsNs]¯n] Np«n^mf³ b_ªp. bqK sI]vS SNnXpNapw tNmjn¯`]pw A]mÄ tNlkWv ssNfm_n.

“”CSv NrSyw b{´*p f\n¡v Aksâ koXnsâ WX]n Npjn¨nX\w. SNnXv ASnWp fp³bv tW^s¯ b_ªSv tbms` b_¼nsâ Wm`v fq`]v¡pw CXpN. CknXps¯ bqK So^m³ Wm`©v f\n¡qÀ FXp¡pw. Wn§av ^mkns` k¶p tfmsa sNm*ptbm]m`pw fSn’

CXw N®n«p tUkpknsâ `i^n bnXn¸n¡p¶ l^o^¯nt`¡v tWm¡n Np«n^mf³ b_ªp.

“”ASv hm^fnÃ..Mm³ tbmt]¨p k^mw’

“”F¶m l^n..bSps¡ k¶m fSn..H^p Wm`pf\n F¦n`pfmNpw bqK So^m³..sk_psS H_¡w Na]* F¶v N^pSn b_ªSm’ ^m{Sn sfm¯w Aksa sNmSn So^pwks^ AWpekn¡\w F¶ BÀ¯nt]msX Np«n^mf³ b_ªp.

“”F¶m MmWt§m«v..’ tNlk³ knW]bp^Ê^w A]msa tWm¡n.

“”l^n..FÃmw b_ª tbms` sI¿\w’

“”Hm’

S`]m«n]n«v fNsa tWm¡n N®pNÄ sNm*v ]m{S b_ªn«v tNlk³ bp_t¯¡n_§n. A]mÄ N®n Wn¶pw f_ªt¸mÄ Np«n^mf³ tkPw NSNv DÅn Wn¶pw AX¨p. A]mÄ bqKmfp_n]nt`¡v sI¶t¸mÄ tUkp SXp¡n C^p¶p Ipäpw tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. A]mÄ AkÄs¡Sns^ fsäm^p SXp¡n C^p¶p. F¶n«v N®X¨v GtSm f{´w sImÃp¶Sm]n. tUkp A]mapsX N_p¯v SXn¨ tUit¯¡pw k`n] NpXw tbms`]pÅ k]änt`¡pw tWm¡n. A]mapsX ^qbw In^n]p\À¯n F¦n`pw AkaSv bp_tf Nm\n¨nÃ.

“”Np«n¡v F{S k]hp*v’ f{´w sImÃn] tlgw A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

“”bs¯m¼Sv BNm³ tbm\p’ AkÄ `Öt]msX b_ªp. hwhm^n¡pt¼mÄ DÅ AkapsX Ip*pNapsX fmUN I`Ww tbm`pw Np«n^mfWn Nmf¯n^]na¡w hrãn¨p.

“”Dw..At¸mÄ bSnsW«v Sk\… CSm..Cu fp*v DXp¯v Npa¯n sI¶p fp§n¡pan¨n«v k^q….’

b_ªn«v A]mÄ sI_n] H^p fps*Xp¯v AkapsX tWs^ Wo«n. tUkp ASv km§n] tlgw A]msa tImUyemk¯n tWm¡n.

“”Hm..Npaw koXnsâ sSm«p bn¶n`p*v..Cu kna¡v FXpt¯maq..CknsX tks_ B^pfnÃ. ASpsNm*v tbXn¡msS W¶m]n fp§n Npan¨n«p k^pN..’

H^p sI_n] kna¡v N¯n¨v AkÄ¡v WÂNns¡m*v A]mÄ b_ªp.

tUkp kna¡pw fp*pfm]n skan]nt`¡v C_§m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ

Np«n^mf³ Aksa knan¨p.

“”Npan¡pt¼mÄ tUi¯v khv{S§Ä bmXnÃ. bqÀ® lp²n]n tk\w bqK sI¿m³. Npan¨n«v Cu bpSn] fp*p fm{Sw DXp¯v k^pN….’

S`]m«n] tlgw tUkp skan]nt`¡v C_§n. bmkmX]psX DÅn sS¶n f_n]p¶ AkapsX D^p* I´nNan tWm¡ns¡m*v– Np«n^mf³ Ssâ Np«n^mfsW SXkn. bp_¯n_§n] tUkp koXnsâ sSm«p bn¶n`pÅ Npa¡^]n F¯n kna¡v Wn`¯v k¨p. ^m{Sn]n S\p¯ Nmäv kolp¶Sv AkÄs¡m^p {btSyN hpOmWpeqSn WÂNn. B^pfnsöv A]mÄ b_sª¦n`pw AkÄ IpäpfpÅ Nq^n^p«nt`¡v sk_psS H¶v tWm¡n.

bns¶ V^n¨n^p¶ khv{S§Ä Hs¶m¶m]n Du^m³ SpX§n. AkhmWw W^¨p No_n] bmâohpw Du^n fmän AkÄ bqÀ® WPvW]m]n. WPvWfm] sNmjp¯ l^o^s¯ SjpNn H^p CawNmäv koln]Xn¨t¸mÄ AkapsX t^mf§Ä Fjp¶pWn¶p. bqKmfp_n]psX ^ihy KWm`]n`qsX Np«n^mfsâ N®pNÄ AkapsX kXnskm¯ sNmjp¯ tUiw BÀ¯nt]msX Nm\p¶ knk^w bs£ AkÄ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. A]mapsX N®pNÄ AkapsX s]uÆW¯nsâ bqÀ®Ss] sNm¯nk`n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. sW©n Fjp¶p Wn¡p¶ fp`Napw, fX¡pNÄ ko\ sNmjp¯ k]_pw, kn^nª SpÅn Spap¼p¶ I´nNapw, sNmjp¯p^p* ko«n¯XnNÄ tbms`]pÅ SpXNapw {em´fm] knNm^t¯msX A]mÄ fm_nfm_n tWm¡n. tUkp A]mÄ sNmXp¯ fp*v WnkÀ¯n tWm¡n. fps*¶p knan¡m³ bäm¯ sI_n] H^p khv{Sfm]n^p¶p ASv. H^p k`n] tSmÀ¯nWv hfw. tUkp ASv Ssâ Fjp¶p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ¡v fotSNqXn sN«ntWm¡n. fp`NapsX bNpSn¡v k¨p Ipän]m`pw SpXNÄ bNpSntbm`pw f_]v¡mWpÅ C_¡w ASnWnà F¶kÄ Wm\t¯msX Sn^n¨_nªp. CSpw V^n¨v B NpÅsâ fp³bn tbm]n C^n¡\ftÃm Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ AkapsX fWÊv bnX¨p. l^o^fmsN H^pS^w B`hyw bXÀ¶p bnXn¡p¶Svtbms` AkÄ¡v tSm¶n.

tUkp fp*v AkÄ Du^n k¨n^p¶ khv{S§apsX fosS k¨n«v Npa¯n C_§n S\p¯ skůn sfsà l^o^w Smjv¯n. K`¯n Njp¯äw fp§n AkÄ AÂbtW^w Wn¶p. sbs«¶v GtSm H^p fÕyw Ssâ N´n sNm¯n]Sv Aksa bpaNw sNmÅn¨p. AkÄ SpXNÄ Wt¶ AN¯n ASv ko*pw sNm¯m³ tk*n Wn¶psNmXp¯p. ASv ko*pw ASn¯s¶ sNm¯nt]mt¸mÄ tUkpknsâ ^hWUnNÄ D\À¶p. hzStk skan]nt`¡v ImXn¡nX¡p¶ Ssâ N´v k`n¸w k]v¡p¶Sv tUkp A_nªp. bnaÀ¸nt`¡v sNmjp¯ fUK`w HjpNns]¯p¶Spw AkÄ A_nªp. fÕyw b`Sk\ ASn sNm¯n]n«p tbm]t¸mÄ tUkp ssNWo«n bq_p SXkn. sbs«¶v AkÄ¡v Np«n^mfsW HmÀ½ k¶p. Sm³ sIÃm³ sskNn]m A]mÄ Ct§m«v

kt¶¡ptfm F¶pÅ In´ Aksa D\À¯n. AkÄ skůn fp§ns¸m§m³ SpX§n. bSnsW«v Sk\ fp§n WnkÀ¶n«v tUkp fpXn NpXªv– ASns` skÅw ssNsNm*v Nps_ bnjnªv Naªn«v fpNant`¡v bXnNÄ N]_n. kna¡nsâ hfobw F¯n]t¸mÄ tUkp WWªp NpSnÀ¶ tUit¯¡v B sI_n] fp*v Ipän. B tW^n] skap¯ Sp\n WWªv tUit¯mXv H«n¸nXn¨p. DÅn`pÅ hN`Spw N®mXn]n F¶tbms` bp_¯v Nm\mw. Skn«pWn_fpÅ sI_n] fp`sM«pNÄ Sp\n]n`qsX Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶Sv Akan NXp¯ `Ö Dakm¡n. sJ..A]mÄ FÃmw Nm\pw. bq_nWv fosS H«nWn¶ Sp\n AkÄ ssNsNm*v Ca¡n. SpXNÄ bNpSn]nt`s_ WPvWfm\v–. Cu ^qb¯n A]mapsX fp³bnt`¡v F§sW sIÃpw F¶kÄ AÂbtW^w Bt`mIn¨p. sI¶tà bäq F¶v fWÊn b_ªpsNm*v AkÄ kna¡pw Du^n k¨n^p¶ hz´w khv{S§apw FXp¯n«v koXnsâ fp³bnt`¡v WX¶p.

khv{S§Ä fp³bns` fp_n]n k¨n«p S` NpWn¨v `Öt]msX AkÄ bqKmfp_n]psX kmSn¡ F¯n. kna¡v AkapsX ssN]n¯s¶ D*m]n^p¶p. WWsªm«n] sI_n] khv{Skpw V^n¨v Gs_¡ps_ bqÀ® WPvW]m]n k^p¶ tUkpknsW N* Np«n^mf³ hz]w Wn]{´n¡m³ sb«bmXv A]mÄs¡ A_n]mkq. k^*p\§nt¸m] N\vYw A]mÄ H^pknV¯n WW¨ tlgw Aksa b^tklt¯msX tWm¡n. bq_nsâ emPs¯ Sp\n H«n¸nXn¡msS AkÄ knXÀ¯n bnXn¨n^p¶SnWm AknXsfmjnsN dm¡n FÃmw N®mXn]n`qsX¶tbms` Urlyfm\v. AkapsX sNmjp¯ Nm`pNapw AhmfmWy k®fp*m]n^p¶ SpXNapw Np«n^mfsâ hfWn` SN^m_n`m¡n.

“”kna¡v fmän k¨n«v SXp¡n C^n¡q’ A]mÄ lЯns` NnS¸v Wn]{´n¨v hmVm^\f«n b_ªp.

tUkp khv{S¯nsâ A{Pw b^fmkVn Smtj¡v bnXn¨psNm*v kna¡v Wn`¯v k¨p; F¶n«v sfsà sI¶p SXp¡n I{fw bnXªn^p¶p. A§sW C^p¶t¸mÄ Smsj fp*nsâ ^*{P§apw sfsà AN¶v SpXNÄ GSm*v fpjpkWpw WPvWfms]¦n`pw ASv f_]v¡m³ hmVn¡pfm]n^p¶nÃ. ASpsNm*v AkaSnWp {lfn¨pfnÃ. Ss¶]pfà A]mapsX fp³bn B tkg¯n sI¶tSmsX tUkpknsâ Wm\w Nps_s]ms¡ fm_n¡jnªn^p¶p. AN¶pfm_n] khv{Sw Ssâ bq_v f_¨n«nà F¶_nªn«pw AkÄ A`hffm]n A§sWSs¶]n^p¶p. Wà t^mfkaÀ¨ D*m]n^p¶ AkapsX sNmjpsNmjp¯ N\wNm`pNant`¡v Np«n^mf³ BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n; H¸w AN¶pfm_n] Sp\n]psX DÅnt`¡pw. AkapsX t^mf¡mXv N®n sb«t¸mÄ A]mÄ¡v {em´pbnXn¨ptbm]n. tkPw N®pNÄ AX¨v A]mÄ Ft´m f{´w sImÃm³ SpX§n. tUkp A]msa¯s¶ tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

Cu hf]¯v ko«nt`¡v k¨p

bnXn¡pN]m]n^p¶ tNlk³ sk_psS Np«n^mf³ sNmXp¯ H^p sbmSn Sp_¶v tWm¡n. F´nWm\v A§sW sI]vSSv F¶]mÄ¡v A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. Ft´m H^p hwl]w fWhn`p*m]n tWm¡n]Sm\v. SNnXpNÄ sbmSnªn^p¶ sbmSn]m\v BUyw A]mÄ Sp_¶Sv. tWm¡n]t¸mÄ ASn fq¶p SNnXpNÄ fm{Stf DÅp. A]mÄ ko*pw F®n tWm¡n; Hs^®w Np_kv Ss¶. At¸mĸns¶ Wm`pfq`]v¡pw F§sW Npjn¨nXpw F¶m]n A]mapsX In´. fqs¶®w fm{Sw C«m bqÀ® c`w Nn«nà F¶v fWhv b_ªt¸mÄ,^*mfsSm¶mt`mIn¡msS A]mÄ tkPw Sn^nsN WX¶p. f{´kmUn¡v FXp¯t¸mÄ F®w sSän¡m\pw F¶]mÄ N^pSn. hf]w sskNm³ bmXnÃm¯SnWm Wà tkP¯n¯s¶]]n^p¶p A]mapsX WX¯.

N®X¨v f{´w sImÃn¯oÀ¶ Np«n^fm³ sfsà Fjpt¶äp. tUkpknsâ sNmjp¯ WPvWS N*p fpjp¯v k`pSm] `nwPw tNm\N¯nsâ DÅn Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v ImXn] knk^w B{Nm´¯nWnsX A]mÄ A_nªn^p¶nÃ. Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ A]mapsX fp*nsâ fp³emPw Np´w tbms` WnkÀ¶p Wn¡p¶Sv N* tUkpknsâ fpOw `Ö sNm*v SpXp¯p. AkÄ tkPw ASn Wn¶pw tWm«w fmän¡aªp. Np«n^mf³ ssN]n H^p sI_n] Sp_¶ sb«n]pfm]n AkapsX AXps¯¯n f{´Kbw WX¯n Ipäpw fq¶pSk\ WX¶p. F¶n«v ASv Sp_¶v ASn Wn¶pw N_p¯ Wn_fpÅ H^pS^w sbmXns]Xp¯v AkapsX sWän]n H^p Np_ntbms` k^¨n«v Sn^nsN sI¶n^p¶p.

kna¡pNapsX skan¨¯n H^p kWtUkSs]t¸ms` Nm\s¸« tUkpknsâ kWyfm] shuµ^yw tWm¡n {efw bnXn¨ fWthmsX A]mÄ AXp¯ f{´w sImÃn. bqKmfp_n]ns` PÔkpw A´^o£kpw tUkpknsW fsäm^p t`mN¯nt`¡v W]n¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. ^àw NnWn]p¶ NojvIp*v t`lw bp_t¯¡v SÅn klyfm]n AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n. A]mÄ ko*pw Fjpt¶äv bj]Svtbms` AkÄ¡v Ipäpw WX¶n«v ssN]ns` sb«n]n Wn¶pw IµW Wn_fpÅ H^p {Ukw kn^`ns`Xp¯v AkÄ¡v tWs^ Wo«n.

“”Wmkv Wo«q’ A]mÄ kn_]t`msX b_ªp.

tUkp Ssâ SpXp¯p Ipk¶ Wmkv bp_t¯¡v Wo«ns¡mXp¯p. A]mÄ ASnt`¡v B {Ukw sfm¯w bp^«n.

“”Njnt¨maq’ A]mÄ b_ªp.

tUkp Wmkv DÅnt`¡v FXp¯v ASv ^pIn¨p. sk®]psX hzmUpw sI_n] N]v¸pw D*m]n^p¶ B sNmjp¯ {Ukw DÅnt`¡v C_§n]t¸mÄ hn^Nan BsN H^pS^w S^n¸v bXÀ¶p bnXn¡p¶Sv tUkp A_nªp. Np«n^mf³ ko*pw sI¶n^p¶n«v fsäm^p sI_n] sb«n FXp¯v f{´Kbw SpX§n. tUkp Wmkp Wo«n Ip*v W¡n] tlgw sNmjp¯ ssNNÄ sbm¡n WWª fpXn knXÀ¯n]n«p. Ssâ hn^Nan CSpks^ A_nªn«nÃm¯ H^p bpSn] `i^n

N`^p¶Spw l^o^w NmfhpO¯nWp fp_knan Nq«p¶Spw tUkp A_nªp. {em´fm] hpOw tSm¶p¶ B `i^n hn^Nan bXÀ¶pbnXn¡pN]m\v.

AkÄ A]mapsX AWpfSn tImUn¡msS kna¡n Wn¶pw Np_¨v N^ns]Xp¯v F®]n Im`n¨v N®pNapsX AXn]n tS¨p. l^o^¯nsâ Hmt^m tNmlkpw SpXn¨v sbm«m³ sk¼p¶p*v F¶v tUkpknWv tSm¶n. f{´w sImÃn N®pNÄ Sp_¶ Np«n^mf³ N®n N^ns]jpSn fU^hw fpän] NojvIp*v bp_t¯¡v SÅn Ssâ N®nt`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡p¶ tUkpknsW N*v fSn{eft¯msX Fjpt¶äp. A]mÄ ko*pw AkapsX A^nNns`¯n fq¶p Sk\ Ipäpw WX¶ tlgw AkapsX fp³bn Wn¶v sb«n]n Wn¶pw Np¦pf Wn_fpÅ H^p sbmXn kn^`pNan FXp¯p.

“”CSv WkUzm^§an`pw bp^«\w..Np«n SWns] bp^«ptfm AtSm Mm³ bp^«n S^t\m’ W¶m]n NnS¨psNm*v, kn_]v¡p¶ lЯn A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

tUkp S`]p]À¯n D·mUnWns]t¸ms` A]msa tWm¡n. DÅn sI¶ Wn]{´\mSoSfm]n ss`wPnNmhàn kÀ²n¸n¡p¶ f]¡pf^p¶nsâ bqÀ® Wn]{´\¯n AkÄ F¯n¡jnªn^p¶p.

“”WkUzm^§Ä F¶ms`´m..’ sNm©t`msX, kn^ Du¼ns¡m*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”fq¡nsâ ^*p Uzm^§Ä, sIknNÄ, N®pNÄ, km], bns¶..Smsj..fp³bn`pw bn¶n`pw DÅ…’ Np«n^mf³ b_sªm¸n¨p.

“”b_..fp³bn`pw bn¶n`pw DÅ?’ kn^Â NXn¨v {em´fm] Bhànt]msX A]msa tWm¡n AkÄ tImUn¨p.

Np«n^mf³ kn]À¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p.

“”b_..Smsj GsSms¡ Uzm^§am’ tUkp bqÀ® WPvW§am] sNmjp¯ ssNNap]À¯n t^mfw Wn_ª N£§Ä Nm\n¨v A]msa tWm¡n.

“”fp³bn bq_pw..bn¶n sNmSkpw..’ Np«n^mfWv ASv b_t]*n k¶p. AkapsX huµ^ykpw tIã]pw A]msa fp³sb§pw H^p hv{So]pw f]¡n]n«nÃm¯{S hzmVoWn¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”FÃtXmw Wn§apSs¶ bp^«n S^ptfm..’ sNm©t`msX tImUn¨n«v tUkp bp^pgsâ VfWnNan So bXÀ¯m³ tbm¶ Ssâ NojvIp*v bp_t¯¡v f`À¯n.

Np«n^mf³ làfm]n NnS¨p. ko*pw k^*ptbm] sSm* A]mÄ b\ns¸«p WW¨ tlgw S`]m«ns¡m*v AkapsX tWs^ ssN Wo«n. tUkp ASn bnXn¨v Fjpt¶äp.

“”AknsX..B bm] WnkÀ¯n NnX¡v’

bqKmfp_n]psX Hjnªp NnX¶ knlm`fm] emPw Iq*n A]mÄ b_ªp. sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ Ca¡n WX¶p sI¶v tUkp A]mÄ b_ªSv tbms` sI]vSp. SoÀ¯pw A`hfm]n f`À¶p NnX¶ AkapsX NmXpbnXn¨ fpjp¯ bq_v Sp\n fm_n WPvWf]n^n¡p¶Sv N* Np«n^mf³ A_n]msS H¶v Af_nt¸m]n. SXn¨p sNmjp¯

SpXNapsX CX]n fpNant`¡v SÅn bnaÀ¶v Wn¡p¶ bq_v! tUkp Dt¯KW f^p¶nsâ bqÀ® hzmVoW¯n NmfhpO¯nWptk*n]pÅ {em´fm]n sk¼`n B]n^p¶p. klyfm]n A]msa tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÄ sW©n Wn¶pw fp*nsâ sN«jn¨v knXÀ¯n b^nbqÀ® WPvW]m]n. skÅw WWªv sS_n¨p {Shn¨v Wn¡p¶ fp`Napw ASnsâ Sp_n¨ sM«pNapw, Smsj kn^nªp knlm`fm] k]_pw, k`n] sbm¡napw, D´n Wn¡p¶ NmXpbnXn¨ bq_pw, sNmjpsNmjp¯ SpXNapw FÃmw {em´fm]n tWm¡ns¡m*v– Np«n^mf³ ko*pw Af_n. tUkp SpXNÄ Nk¨N¯n fpNant`¡v sbm¡n N´n hz]w kn^t`mXn¨p. Np«n^mfsâ FÃm Wn]{´\kpw tbm]n¡jnªn^p¶p.

A]mÄ hnµq^w Wn_ª sb«n Smtj¡n« tlgw tlgw AkapsX A^nNnt`¡v fp«pNp¯n WWª fp*v AXn]n Wn¶pw k`n¨q^n fmän. tUkp Ip*v f`À¯n N®nt`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ D·mUw bnXnsb«ksWt¸ms` Af_ns¡m*v B SpXp¯v f`À¶ AV^w BÀ¯nt]msX NXn¨p I¸n. fU^hw Ip^¯ns¡m*n^p¶ ASv A]msa NmfhpO¯vSnsâ D¯pwPlrwP¯nt`¡v k`n¨psNm*v tbm]n. C{S hzmUpÅ Ip*v A]mÄ KoknS¯n BUyfm]n ^pIn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. doZn¡_ bnXn¨ A]mapsX N_p¯ Ip*pNapsX B{Nm´w tUkpknWv Wt¶ hpOn¨p. AkÄ Wmkp Wo«n A]mapsX km]nt`¡v Sn^pNn¡]än.

Cu hf]¯m\v SNnXv km§msW¯n] tNlk³ koXnWp bp_s¯¯n]Sv. Np«n^mf³ Af_p¶Sv tN«psNm*m]n^p¶p A]mÄ koXnsâ fpät¯¡v {btkln¨Sv. Sp_¶pNnX¶n^p¶ kmSn`n`qsX DÅnt`¡v N]_n] A]mÄ bqKmfp_n]nt`¡v tWm¡n. AknsX Naw Hjnªp NnX¡p¶Spw Bt^m NnS]v¡p¶ lÐw tNÄ¡pN]pw sI]vSt¸mÄ fp_n]psX f_pemPt¯¡v A]mapsX N®pNÄ sI¶p. sb^pkn^`n Wn¶pw ln^Ênt`¡v làfm] H^p S^n¸v bXÀ¶p N]_p¶Sv tbms` tNlkWv tSm¶n. Wn`¯v bqÀ® WPvW]m]n f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ Ssâ kaÀ¯pfNÄ! AkapsX sNmjp¯ tUit¯¡v bXÀ¶p N]_p¶ Np«n^mf³. AkÄ Hs^SnÀ¸pw CÃmsS f`À¶p NnX¶v hpOn¡pN]m\v–. ASm\v– tNlksW Gäkpw sM«n¨Sv! AkÄ Wmkv Aksâ km]nt`¡v SÅn¡]äp¶ NmjvI A]mapsX l^o^w SaÀ¯n. Io^p AkapsX Wà {bm]¯nÂtbm`pw CkapsX Gj]`¯v k^nÃm]n^p¶p! C{S Wmapw hz´w fNsat¸ms` N^pSn kaÀ¯n] CkÄ H^p Nmf¸nlmIv B]n^p¶p F¶v Sm³ hzbvW¯n tbm`pw N^pSn]n^p¶nÃ.

In` fp³Nm` In{S§Ä A]mapsX fWÊn`qsX ASntkPw NX¶ptbm]n. Io^p CÃm¯ In` hf]§an AkÄ sI]vS In` Nm^y§Ä B]n^p¶p Ak. H^n¡Â Ssâ AXp¯p k¶v NojvIp*v kn^ sNm*v Smtj¡v f`À¯n “”fp_nªn«pt*m’ F¶v tImUn¨Spw, A^¸mkmX

DXp¯v FÃmw Nm\n¨psNm*v Ssâ fp³bn Np´n¨v C^p¶Spw, Sm³ bp_¯p*v F¶_nªpsNm*v– H^n¡Â tSmÀ¯v fm{Sw DXp¯v f_¸p^]n Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v k¶Spw, In` hf]s¯ NXn fq¯ tWm«§apw Hs¡ H^p I`¨n{S¯n F¶tbms` A]mapsX ftWmfpNp^¯n`qsX NX¶ptbm]n. A¶v AkapsX Ip*nsâ Wn_kpw ASn Wn_ªn^p¶ fU^hkpw DÅn AhzØS D*m¡ns]¦n`pw Aksa fNam]n¯s¶ Nm\m³ SWn¡v hmVn¨n^p¶p.

“”bnXn¨p b\nSp NqtXXm tNlkm Aksa…WÃ Du¡³ D^p¸Xn At`ym…Bt^m NÅskXn k¨p*m¡n] Aksams¡ Wmsa N]_v sbm«n¨p ImXpw..Wo tWm¡nt¡m.. SWns¡m\w Akav Nm\n¡pw..A¶v Soän sNmXp¯v sNmjp¸n¨ Wo Du¼pw..’

H^n¡Â Im^m]w NpXn¨n«v k^p¶ kjn NqsX b\n¡v k^p¶ Np«¸³ A§sW b_ªt¸mÄ Aksâ N^\w SoÀ¯v H¶v sNmXp¯psNm*m\v Sm³ f_pbXn WÂNn]Sv. bs£ Ak³ b_ªSv bqÀ® hSyfm]n^n¡p¶p. N_p¯v N^pkman¨ Np«n^mfmtWmXv tbm`pw Akav Nm\n¡p¶ B{Nm´w N*ntÃ. `p¦n]psX DÅn Ssâ hmVWw C^n¼p`¡ tbms` fq¯v NW¯Sv At¸mjm\v tNlk³ A_nªSv.

“”bq_p W¡n¯m..’

tUkp Np«n^mfsâ S` Smtj¡v SÅns¡m*v In\p§p¶p. tNlksâ N®pNÄ AkapsX sNmjp¯ SpXNapsX CX]nt`¡v sI¶p. Òw..NmXpbnXn¨Sv tbm`m\v AknsX bqX kaÀ¶p NnX¡p¶Sv. Wm]nsâ tfm³ hpOn¡pN]m\v–. A]mÄ kWyfm] bNt]msX tUkpknsâ bq_p W¡m³ Wo§p¶ Np«n^mfsW tWm¡n. bns¶ H^p NpSn¸nWv fp_n]nt`¡v bmªpN]_n. N^p¯Wm] tNlksâ Nm Np«n^mfsâ tUi¯v Dut¡msX bSnªp. A]mÄ H^p b´ptbms` sS_n¨v en¯n]n`Xn¨p ko\p.

sM«nt¸m] tUkp A_n]msS ImXn Fjpt¶äp. en¯n]n S`]Xn¨ Np«n^mfsâ tdmVw At¸mtj tbm]n¡jnªn^p¶p. F¦n`pw H^p Ikn«pNqXn tNlk³ AkWv sNmXp¯p.

“”Akât½sX bqäns` f{´kmUw..Svcq..’

A]mÄ bqK sI¿m³ D*m¡n] Nakpw FÃmw Ikn«n sfSn¨v fUfnaNn] BWs]t¸ms` sk«n¯n^nªv tUkpknsW tWm¡n. kn^ Ip*n`fÀ¯n bqÀ® WPvW]m]n Ss¶¯s¶ tWm¡n Wn¡p¶ AkapsX In{Sw A]man Ht^ hf]w tNmbkpw Nmfkpw Ban¡¯n¨p. C{S fmUN ^qbn\n B]n^pt¶m CkÄ! F´v sNmjp¯v kn^nª l^o^w! SmWnknsX Wn¶n«pw AkÄ¡v `kt`lw `Ö CÃtÃm? BÀ¯nbq* AkapsX N®pNÄ Ssâ tUi¯v Cj]pN]m\v. AN¯n k¨n^n¡p¶ SXn¨p sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ¡nX]n kn^nªp Wn¡p¶ fpjp¯ bq_v. ASn Wn¶pw Smtj¡v sNmjp¯ fUK`w H`n¨n_§p¶p.

“”Wm\w sN«ksa..CSnWmt\mXo Wns¶ Ct§m«v sN«ns]Xp¯Sv..NXn

fq¯ Nj¸n¸q_o..’ AkapsX Nqh`nÃm¯ Wn¸v N*p N`n]pw Nmfkpw N]_n] tNlk³ A`_n.

“”AÑWtà Fs¶ sNm*pk¶Sv..tk*m¶v Mm³ b_ªStÃ’ tUkp A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n Ssâ AV^bpXw klyfm]n bp_t¯¡v SÅn.

“”ASpsNm*v..Wo AkWv Nm`pNk¨p sNmXp¡t\mXo Nq¯n¨n..’

“”bqK sI¿pkm¶p b_ªp sI]vSSm..Fsâ sWän]n Um CSv k^¨p..bns¶ km]n H^p hmVWw S¶p..’

“”km]nt`m..AkWSpw sI]vtSm’

“”ASÃ..Ft´m H^p Npj¼v tbms` DÅ hmVWw. bns¶ Um*v B Z¸n]ns` sbmXn Fsâ FÃm Uzm^§an`pw bp^«\w F¶v b_ªm Fs¶ sNX¯n]Sv..sNX¶ntàAѳ tUgys¸Xpw F¶v knIm^n¨m Mm³ sNXt¶..FWn¡_n]m^pt¶m A]mÄ A§sWms¡ sI¿psk¶v..’ b_ªn«v AkÄ ko*pw kn^ NXn¨p.

“”F¶n«k³ bp^«nt]m’

“”CÃ..Mm³ knIm^n¨p bp^«ps¶Wp fpWvbv C§sWms¡ sI¿\fm^n¡pw F¶v..’

“”NŸ¶n’

tNlk³ bNt]msX Np«n^fsW Bªp Ikn«n. tdmV¯nt`¡v– Sn^nsN k¶ A]mÄ A`_ns¡m*v– ImXn Fjpt¶äp. H^p Nma¡qäsWt¸ms` Ssâ tWs^ k^p¶ tNlksW N*t¸mÄ A]mÄ Wn`knan¨psNm*v C_§nt]mXn. B Hm«w N* tUkp NpXpNpsX In^n¨p.

“”NÅWm A]mÄ’ tNlksW tWm¡n AkÄ sNm©t`msX b_ªp.

“”Wo Aksâ km]nt`m«p Wm¡v tNäp¶Sv Mm³ N*tÃm..A¸w Wo]pw FÃmw A_ntªm*m^p¶p At`ym..’

“”Mm³ A_n]mSm..Aѳ CsSm¶p bp^«n S^ptfm..Csæn bqK c`n¡¯nÃ’ fU^hw Wn_ª Ip*v NXn¨psNm*v tUkp b_ªp. F¶n«v AkÄ NpWnªv hnµq^s¸«n FXp¯v A]mÄ¡v tWs^ Wo«n.

“”WnW¡v Ss¶ bp^«n¡qsX..’ At¸mjpw Aksa {bSnt^mVn¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

“”I´osX FtX sb^«m³ FWn¡v ssN F¯¯nÃ..ASm..’ AkÄ In\p§n.

“”bns¶§WmXo Sq_n¡jnªm Wo NqSn NjpNp¶Sv..ssN F¯msS Bt\m’

“”Ss¶¯m³ bp^«n]m c`w Nn«¯nà AÑm AtSm*m’ In^n¨psNm*v tUkp AXkv fmän.

Nj¸n! AkÄ¡v CaNn Wn¡pN]m\v. sI¿nt¨ AkÄ AX§q. Csæn N*ksâ Np® tNän AkÄ NXn fmäpw. D_¸m\v. Nmf{bm´n]m\v Cu bq_n! tNlk³ AkapsX sNmjp¯ tUit¯¡v tWm¡n fWÊn {em´fm]n f{´n¨p.

“”CSk³ FkntX`pw bp^«n]m^pt¶m’ A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

“”Dw..FÃtXmw bp^«n..CWn Smsj ^*nX¯v fmt{S DÅp..Mm³ NnX¡s«’

sNm©t`msX AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n. f_pbXn¡v Nm¡msS A]mapsX sbm§n Wn¡p¶

`p¦n]nt`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v– tUkp ko*pw bm]]nt`¡v f`À¶p NnX¶p. NnX¶bmsX AkÄ SpXNÄ Nk¨N¯n. B SpXNapsX k®kpw bq_nsâ fpjp¸pw t^mf§apsX DÅn skan]nt`¡v Nm\s¸« N´pw tNlksW {em´pbnXn¸n¨p.

“”A¸w Wo AktWmXv bq_p W¡m³ b_ªtSmXn..’ sbs«¶v HmÀs¯Xp¯v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

tUkp f_pbXn WÂNmsS hz]w fp`sM«n sM^Xns¡m*v A]msa tWm¡pNfm{Sw sI]vSp. Nmfw Aksa AXnfpXn {Phn¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. F§sW]pw hpOn¡\w F¶ Hs^mä In´ fm{Ssf AkapsX fWÊn At¸mÄ D*m]n^p¶pÅq. bnaÀ¶n^n¡p¶ AkapsX SpXp¯ bqän Wn¶pw I´nNapsX DÅnt`¡v fUK`w H`n¡p¶Sv N* tNlk³ Z¸n Uqs^ F_nªn«v Wn`¯v bm]]n C^p¶p. AkapsX fpO¯nsâ kWyfm] shuµ^yw A]msa H^p frPfm¡n fmän. tUkpknsâ S` k`n¨psbm¡n km]nt`¡v A]mÄ Wm¡v SÅn¡]än. ASv N]_n] hf]¯v Ss¶ AkapsX Ip*pNÄ ASv Du¼p¶Sv A]mÄ A_nªp. tUkp Np_pNns¡m*v A]msa sN«nk^nªp. AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ A]mapsX D^p¡ptbms`]pÅ sW©n sM^nªpXªp. AkapsX Ip*pNÄ tNlk³ NXn¨p Sn¶pN]m]n^p¶p. sNmSnSo^pw ks^ ASv I¸n¡pXn¨ tlgw A]mÄ `p¦n]pw A*Àsk]_pw Du^n¡aªp. tks_ khv{S§Ä H¶pw A]mÄ V^n¨n«p*m]n^p¶nÃ. ^m{SnNan H^p Wnj tbms` fm{Sw N*n«pÅ A]mapsX SXn¨ Np®]nt`¡v tUkpknsâ BÀ¯nbq* N®pNÄ Wo*p. ASnsâ fpjp¸v AkapsX N®pNÄ SÅn¨p. tNlk³ AkapsX fpOw bnXn¨v Ip*pNÄ ko*pw BÀ¯nt]msX I¸n. tUkpknsâ Wmkv b`kp^p Du¼n] tlgw A]mÄ Aksa hzS{´]m¡n.

“”b_]Xn..Wnsâ FknsXms¡ AXn¨p S^\w..C¶v Wns¶ Mm³ sbma¶Xn¡pw..Nj¸n¸q_n’

A]mÄ b_ªSv tN«p tUkp l^o^w sfm¯w Np`p¡n In^n¨p. bns¶ ssNNÄ ^*pw tft`¡m¡n t^mfw Wn_ª N£§Ä {bUÀln¸n¨v SpXNÄ AN¯n A]msa tWm¡n C§sW b_ªp:

“”AÑWnãw DÅnXs¯ms¡ tNänt¡m..FknsX tkt\`pw..’

“”Wo F´mXn C§sWm^p eqt`mN Nj¸n B]nt¸m]Sv..tR’ A]mÄ AkapsX Njp¯v W¡n, Nknant`¡v Wmkp N]äns¡m*v tImUn¨p.

“”Wn§av ^*mapw NqXn ^m{So NnX¶v Nm\n¡p¶sSms¡ N*m..’ In^n¨psNm*v tUkp b_ªp.

“”ASv l^n..A¸w Wo M§av Nan¡p¶Sv bm¯v Wn¶v Nm\pfm^p¶p…At`ymXn Nj¸o’

tUkp ko*pw In^n¨p. tNlk³ AkapsX D_¨ fp`NÄ làfm]n DX¨t¸mÄ AkÄ hpOmVnNy¯n M^§n. A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ AkapsX fp`sM«pNÄ sS^psSs^ sM^Xn.

“”AsSm¶p NpXn¡v..WÃ hpOfm NpXn¡p¼w’

AkÄ

A]mapsX S` bnXn¨v fp`]nt`¡v k¨psNm*v b_ªp. tNlk³ B fpjp¯ fp`NapsX sI_n] sM«pNÄ làfm]n I¸nk`n¨p. tUkp hpOw fq¯v Np_pNn Wn]{´\w Wãs¸«ksat¸ms` A^s¡«v tft`¡v sbm´n¨p. tNlksâ Wmknsâ {bt]mPw AkÄ¡v {em´fm] hpOfm\v– WÂNns¡m*n^p¶Sv. A]mapsX km]n Ssâ fp`NÄ fm_n fm_n N]_n C_§p¶Sv tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÄ A]mapsX fpXn]njNÄ SjpNn. tNlksâ DfnWoÀ AkapsX fp`Nsa sfm¯¯n WW¨p NpSnÀ¯n^p¶p.

“”F¶v sSm«mXo Wo M§Ä Du¡p¶Sv bm¯v tWm¡n sSmX§n]Sv’ fp`NtamXv DÅ B{Nm´w sSÃX§n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

tUkp NpXpNpsX In^n¨p.

“”F´mXn sNm¨p bq_n Wo sfm\]v¡p¶Sv..’

“”AÑWv Wm\fntà C§sW sS_n b_]m³’ In^n¡nsX Akav tImUn¨p.

“”WnW¡v Nm`pw Nk¨p bq_pw sbman¨p sNX¡m³ H^p Wmt\mw tk*..bt_¶Sm k`y Nm^yw..bt_Xo..F¶v sSm«m Wo M§sa bm¯v tWm¡m³ sSmX§nt]?’

“”CSv W¡n¯m..F¶ms` b_]q’

tUkp bq_nWv fosS A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨p k¨psNm*v b_ªp. Nmfw sNm*v sPu^kw bq*n^p¶ AkapsX fpOw N*t¸mÄ tNlk³ bqänt`¡v tWm¡n. A]mÄ ssN ASn`qsX sfsà I`n¸n¨p. tNlksâ tUiw kn_¨ptbm]n. A{S]v¡v IqXpw WWkpw B]n^p¶p AkapsX bq_nWv.

“”f`skÅw tbm`m\tÃmXo Wnsâ bqäo¶v H`n¡p¶Sv..’

AkapsX SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v N]_n ASnt`¡v BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n A]mÄ b_ªp. A]mapsX fpOw AkntX]v¡v Smjp¶Sv N* tUkp A^s¡«v sbm¡n SpXNÄ k`n¨N¯n A]msa hzoN^n¨p. H«pw PÔfnÃmsS Wà IqXv kfn¸n¡p¶ AkapsX WWª bqän tNlksâ fpOw AfÀ¶p. UrZfm] fmwhtblnNÄ DÅ A]mapsX fpOhvbÀlWw tUkpknsâ frUp`SNsa Ca¡nf_n¨p. AkÄ ^SnhpO¯nsâ Gjmw hzÀ¤w tW^n Nm\pN]m]n^p¶p. bqän fpOw fp«n¨ tNlk³ ASnsâ PÔw bnXn¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v– lzmhw DÅnt`¡v k`n¨pN]än. fäp PÔw CÃmSn^p¶ ASnWv AkapsX Caw fmwh¯nsâ sI_n] f\w fm{Stf DÅm]n^p¶p. ASn Wn¶pw Sp_¶n^p¶ Ssâ km]nt`¡v fUK`w N]_p¶Sv tNlk³ A_nªp. A^pkn tbms` ASn Wn¶pw H`n¡pN]m\v tS³. tNlk³ BÀ¯nt]msX W¡m³ SpX§n; tUkp D¨¯n M^§ns¡m*v bpa]mWpw.

Wm] skÅw NpXn¡p¶Sv tbms` tNlk³ AkapsX fUK`w W¡n¡pXn¨p. t^mf§apsX fpNan`qsX bq_nsâ Ip*pNapw SpX]nXp¡pw W¡n A]mÄ ASnsâ tN{µ¯nt`¡v Wmkp N]än]t¸mÄ tUkp D¨¯n Io_n. AkÄ ssNNÄ SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v sNm*pk¶v bq_nsâ CSapNÄ f`Às¡ knXÀ¯ns¡mXp¯p.

NXpw Ipk¸v Wn_fpÅ ASnsâ Davfmwhw N* tNlk³ Nmas]t¸ms` fp{N]n«ptbm]n.

“”F¶m bq_mXo WntâSv….WÃ sImk¶ A`pk tbm`s¯ bq_v it½…’

sNmSnt]msX ASnt`¡v tWm¡n sbm«sWt¸ms` A]mÄ b_ªp. ASv tN«p fUfnaNn tUiw sfm¯¯n Ca¡n In^n¡p¶ tUkpknsâ kn^nª I´n¡v H^Xn sNmXp¯n«v A]mÄ fpOw Smjv¯n ASnWpÅn ko*pw W¡m³ B^wen¨p. b^pb^p¯ Wmknsâ làfm] hvbÀlWw tUkpknsâ hN` Wn]{´\§apw sSän¡m³ tbm¶Sm]n^p¶p. AkÄ SpXNÄ AXp¸n¨v A]mapsX ln^Êv ASnsâ DÅn`n«p sM^n¨p. tNlksâ Wmkv DÅnt`¡v bqÀ®fm]n N]_n ANw Ca¡n]t¸mÄ tUkp ko*pw SpXNÄ No_n]N¯n.

“”CknsX..CknsX..’

N´nWptf kn^`v k¨v AkÄ bp`¼n. bq_nsâ bnaÀ¸n Wn¶pw tft`¡v N´nt`¡v tNlksâ Wmkv AfÀ¶p^ªp N]_n.

“”im..F´v hpOw..Òvfw..’ tUkp b^nh^w f_¶p M^§ns¡m*v bq_p b^fmkVn bnaÀ¯n. tNlk³ sS^psSs^, AfÀ¯n, B Cawfmwh¯n W¡ns¡m*v N´v NXn¨p k`n¨p. AVnNw bnXn¨p Wn`v¡m³ tUkpknWv NjnªnÃ. AkapsX bq_v ASnlàfm]n hvO`n¨p.

^SnfqÀÑ bs£ Akan Nmfw Nq«pN]m\v sI]vSSv. tNlk³ fpOfp]À¯n Aksa tWm¡n.

“”fSnt]mXo’ skÅw tbm]tSmsX AkÄ¡v fSnk¶p Nm\pw F¶ Vm^\t]msX A]mÄ tImUn¨p. tUkp Ip*v f`À¯n A]msa tWm¡n]n«v tWs^ Sn^nªp NnX¶v SpXNÄ AN¯nk¨v I´nNÄ bnaÀ¯n.

“”im…..’

AkapsX A]ª sNmSw fp³bn bqkptbms` kn^n]p¶Sv N* tNlk³ A_n]msS Af_nt¸m]n. SpXp¯ WnSwd bmanNapsX WXpkn WWpWWp¯ t^mf§am Ipäs¸« Caw Uzm^¯nsâ AjNv– A]mÄ In´n¨SnWpw fosS B]n^p¶p. tNlk³ fpOfX¨v ASnt`¡v ko\p. A]mapsX Wmknsâ A{Pw Ssâ BhW¯n Cj]p¶S_nª tUkp I´nNÄ b^fmkVn k`n¨p No_n. fUK`w N]_n NpSnÀ¶n^p¶ ASnsâ DÄemPw tNlk³ BÀ¯nt]msX H^p AÂthg³ Wm]]psX N^pt¯msX W¡n. tUkp SpXNÄ AN¯mkp¶{S ANän bq_pw sNmSkpw Ht^tbms` A]mÄ¡v bnaÀ¯ns¡mXp¯p. ^*nX¯pw tNlksâ Wmkv W¶m]n¯s¶ tfªp. Gs_¡ps_ fSnk¶ tUkp, AkhmWw f`À¶p NnX¶v A]mapsX fpjp¯ `nwP¯nt`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v Nm`pNÄ Nk¨p.

“”Nj¸n..D½vf..D½v½’

ko*pw H`n¡m³ B^wen¨n^p¶ AkapsX bqän sS^psSs^ Ipwdn¨psNm*v tNlk³ b_ªp.

AkÄ A]msa k`n¨p tft`¡n«p. F¶n«v A]mapsX sIknNapw Njp¯pw I¸n. Wmkv A]mapsX sIknNan N]än]n_¡ns¡m*v ssN Wo«n `nwP¯n bnXn¨p.

“”tNän¯m…’

A]mapsX

NmSn kn_]t`msX AkÄ f{´n¨p. tNlk³ S`sbm¡n AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. NmfmPvWn sNm*v Ipk¶p SpXp¯n^p¶ AkapsX fpOw kWyfm] temPhpO¯nWp tk*n BÀ¯ns¸Xp¶Sv A]mÄ N*p. Ssâ SXn¨ `nwPfNpXw A]mÄ AkapsX bqän fp«n¨p. tUkp A]msa hzoN^n¡m³ l^o^w Ca¡n SpXNÄ W¶m]n knXÀ¯n. tNlksâ `nwPw AkapsX DÅnt`¡v sfsà N]_n. H^p ho¡m^t¯msX A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ I¸ns]Xp¯ tUkp A]mapsX km]psX DÅnt`¡v Wmkp N]än Ca¡n.

“”fpXnª hpOw..im’

C_pNn] bq_nsâ DÅnt`¡v bSns] SÅns¡m*v tNlk³ bp`¼n.

“”l^n¡v tNän AXn¡v..Òvfw…’ tUkp f{´n¨p.

tNlk³ `nwPw sfm¯w N]än] tlgw Du^n ko*pw N]än. fmwh en¯nNan W¶m]n D^hns¡m*pÅ N]äw A]mÄ¡v {em´fm] hpOfm\v {bUmWw sI]vSSv. tUkpknsâ Ip*pNapw Wmkpw I¸ns¡m*v tNlk³ làfm]n AXn¡m³ SpX§n. tUkp ]msSm¶pw sI¿msS ASnsâ hpOw fm{Sw BhzUn¨v f`À¶p NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. FÃmw tNlk³ hz]w sI]vSp. AkapsX fpO¯nsâ FÃm emP§apw Sn¶psNm*v– A]msa AkÄ WnÀ±]w bnaÀ¶p. sI^n¨pw WnkÀ¯n]pw Nfnjv¯n]pw FÃm knV¯n`pw NnX¯n A]mÄ Aksa temPn¨p. AkhmWw fp«pNan WnÀ¯n bn¶n Wn¶pw sS^psSs^ AXn¨p N]äp¶ hf]¯v ^SnfqÀÑ AXp¡m_m]n F¶]mÄ¡v fWhn`m]n. tkPw `nwPw k`n¨q^n]n«v tNlk³ Aksa f`À¯n¡nX¯n.

“”Dcvcv…F´nWm Du^n]Sv..Np¯nt¡äv’ bpaªpsNm*v tUkp bp`¼n.

“”FWn¡v k^m_m]n..ASmXo bq_n..CWn f`¯n¡nX¯n AXn¡mw’

Sp_¶n^p¶ AkapsX bqänt`¡v tWm¡n A]mÄ {em´sWt¸ms` b_ªp. AkÄ SpXNÄ AN¯n]t¸mÄ, B bq_p kn^n]p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ hfWn` sSän ASnt`¡v ko\v H^p s_u*v NqXn tkPw W¡n]n«v A]mÄ ko*pw `nwPw DÅnt`¡v N]än.

“”Bªp tNäv..im…DuDuDuDuDuDuDu..’

A]msa k`n¨p fpOw I¸ns¡m*v tUkp Io_n. tNlk³ b_¶Xn¨p. A]mapsX làn]pw tkPkpw FÃm hofNapw `wQn¨t¸mÄ tUkpknsâ l^o^w AXnfpXn H^p Sk\ kn_¨p. AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw D^pÄ sbm«n]Sv tbms` K`w HjpNn. tNlk³ A`_ns¡m*v `nwPw k`n¨q^n Np`p¡ns¡m*v– skan]nt`¡v Ioän. Np«n^mfsâ f{´kmU¡a¯n¯s¶ A]mapsX sNmjp¯ lp¢w sS_n¨p ko\p. AkhmW SpÅn]pw ASn Wn¶pw bnjnªv Naª tlgw SaÀ¨t]msX A]mÄ Wn`¯v f`À¶p NnX¶p.

Nps_ tW^t¯¡v C^pk^pw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. B`hyw sSÃX§n]t¸mÄ tUkp Fjpt¶äv AÑsW tWm¡n.

“”NqtXm{Sw

NjnªntÃ..CWn ko«o tbmNmw’ AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”sNm¨pbq_n..Wo Fs¶s¡m*v sI¿n¨p AsÃ..’

“”Aѳ k¶nÃm^pt¶Â A]mÄ sI¿¯nÃm^pt¶m..C¸w Aѳ sI]vS¸w F´v hpOw..Mm³ AÑsW N`ym\w Njnt¨ms«..’ A]mapsX SaÀ¶ `nwP¯n bnXn¨psNm*v AkÄ sNm©t`msX tImUn¨p.

“”e bq_ntfmsa..H^p sSmjn Mm³ k¨pS^pw..CWn NqtXmt{Smw b_ow H¶pfnÃ. Wns¶ GsS¦n`pw H^p¯sWs¡m*v HXsWSs¶ Mm³ sN«n¡pw..B^m]m`pw tk*nÃ..Wns¶ CWn WnÀ¯ns¡m*n^n¡p¶ b^nbmXn CÃ’

“”Mm³ AÑsâ tfmÄ H¶pfÃtÃm..bns¶´m Fs¶ sN«n]mÂ’ fpOw koÀ¸n¨v Ip*v f`À¯n AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n.

“”Wns¶ Mm³..fWpgysW {bm´pbnXn¸n¡p¶ AkapsX H^p tWm«w. Wns¶ HXWXn sN«n¨ns« CWn Nm^yfpÅq..’

A]mÄ Fjpt¶Â¡m³ {lfn¨t¸mÄ tUkp A]msa SÅnf`À¯n¡nX¯n.

“”Bs^ sN«n]m`pw Aѳ FWn¡v CSptbms` sI]vSv S^\w…Csæn FWn¡v {bm´v bnXn¡pw…Cu fpXnª hmVWw Nm^\fm MmWn§sW B]nt¸m]Sv..’

A]mapsX `nwP¯n sS^psSs^ SXkn ASnsW ko*pw D²^n¸n¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp. AkapsX ssN]n Ssâ `nwPw fq¯v fpjp¡p¶Sv tWm¡ns¡m*v– NnX¶ tNlk³ W¶m]n fq¯t¸mÄ ASv bnXn¨v AkapsX Sp_¶n^p¶ km]nt`¡v k¨psNmXp¯p. tUkp BÀ¯nsb^p¯ksat¸ms` ASv fqtXmsX knjp§n..