hnsäu«nÂ, Nth^]n Im^n¡nX¶v D_§pN]m]n^p¶ Mm³ sbs«¶v- sM«n Fjpt¶äSv– _ºÀ sk«pNm^³ tKmhv– k¶p knan¨t¸mÄ B\\v.
“”””Biv, tKmhv– tI«m, Mm³ Ip½m NnX¶v- D_§nt¸m]n,”
“”””F´nt] tI¨n?”
ANt¯¡v tWm¡n tKmhv– tImUn¨p.
“”””tI¨n A¼`¯n tbm]Sm. F´m tKmhv– tI«m?’
“”””AÃ …H¶pknÃ,”
A]mÄ Wn¶v- b^p§p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ A]mÄ H^p NkÀ bn¼nt`¡v f_¨pbnXn¡m³ {lfn¡p¶p.
“”””F¶Sm ASv? tI¨n¡v sNmXp¡mWmt\\m? C§v St¶s^ Mm³ sNmXpt¯¡mw,”
F³s_ tImUy¯n Bkly¯n NqXpS BÚmlàn]pÅSv sNm*mt\\m F¶_n]nà A]mÄ fXn¨ms\\¦n`pw B NkÀ F³s_ ssN]n S¶p.
“”Mm³ tI¨n¡v sNmXpt¯¡mw,””
tbmNt\\m tk*s]m F¶v- hwl]n¨p Wn¶ A]mtamXv Mm³ b_ªp. Mm³ ASpfm]n ANt¯¡v tbm]n. Sn^n¨p k¶t¸mtj¡pw tKmhv– tbm]n¡jnªn^p¶p.
F´m]n^n¡mw ASnÂ?
Mm³ ANt¯¡v tbm]n sgÂcn Wn¶v- A NkÀ ko*pw FXp¯psNm*v k¶p.
Nth^]n Sn^nsN C^p¶SnWp tlgw Mm³ B NkÀ Sp_¶p.
ASnWpÅn H^p tb¸À NkÀ.
‘_m\ sXNvÌ]nÂhv’ F¶v- ASn FjpSn]n^p¶p.
B NkÀ Mm³ fpNÄemPw No_n Sp_¶p.
DÅn ssN]n«v ASns` hmVW§Ä Mm³ bp_s¯Xp¯p.
Mm³ AUvepSs¸«p tbm]n.
Ipk¸v Wn_fpÅ H^p {dm]pw N_p¸v Wn_fpÅ bm³äohpw!
CSv tKmhv– F§sW?
tKmhv– tI¨n¡v AXnkhv{S§Ä km§ns¡mXp¡pt¶m?
F¶v- sk¨mÂ?
tI¨n A]mtamXv {dm]pw bm³äohpw km§n¯^m³ b_tªm?
hpµ^n]pw hplo`]pw hÀtÆmb^n eà]pfm] H^p S_kmXnsb®m\\v F³s_ tI¨n lm`nWn. ko«n tI¨n]pw tI¨n]psX A½m]n A¨³ tlO^³ W¼ym^pw fm{Sfm\\v Smfhw. tI¨n]psX eÀ¯mkv I{µtlO^³ W¼ymÀ KÀ½Wn]nÂ, td\Â, FwdÊn DtUymPس. Aan]Wv A½]nÃ. htimU^§apw.
Mm³ timÌ`n B]n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ CSv AkVn¡m`w. H¶^ fmhw hpOfm]p*v. tI¨n b`t¸mjm]n knan¡p¶p. C¶s` Aan]³s_ tNmapfp*m]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ So^pfmWn¨Sm\\v tbmt]¡mw. k`n] CtUymPØWm\\v. emkn]n {bt]mKWs¸Xpw. Mm³ k¶ S¡¯nWv A¨³ AXp¯ dÔp¡apsX ko«nt`¡v tbm]n. Nps_ Wmam]n B{Pin¡p¶Sm\\t{S.
_ºÀ sk«pNm^³ tKmhv– tI¨n¡v AXnkhv{S§Ä km§ns¡mXp¡\\sf¦n AkÀ S½n “”WÔ” dÔw Nm\\\\w.
ti]v..ASv WX¡m³ hmVyS]nÃ. tI¨n WÃ skap¯v sNmjp¯v Wm`ptbÀ NqXp¶nX¯v Ft¸mjpw hwhm^kng]fmNm³ S¡ shuµ^ykpw fmUNSzkpfpÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hv{So.
tKmhv– AXp¯v k^pt¼mtj tUi¯v Wn¶v- Wmäfp*mNpw. kn]À¸n³s_ _ºÀ bm`n³s_ , BhnZn³s_s]ms¡….
H^kninS dÔw Bs\\¦n tks_ sNmÅmkp¶ b`^pw AXp¯pw ANs`]pfp*v. At¸mÄ ASnWp hmVyS]nÃ. GSm]m`pw Sm³ CknsX Np_ªSv H^p fmhsf¦n`pfp*v. bSns] N*pbnXn¡mw.
Mm³ AN¯v tbm]n¡nX¶p. A¸w Njnªv D_§ntbm]n. D\\À¶t¸mÄ Wm`pf\. ^*p f\¡qÀ D_§n. Fjpt¶äp bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. tI¨n k¶Sn³s_ `£\\fp*v. ko«nWpÅn H^p “”tI¨n”” f\\w.
Mm³ bp_¯v b_¼nt`¡n_§n. Wn_s] sNmt¡m]pw Nm¸n]pw KmSnf^§apw sS§pNapfm\\v koXnWp Ipäpw. ASv Njnªm\\v _º_pw Np^pfpaNpsfms¡. sbs«¶v b\hmVW§apw ka§apw fäpw hq£n¡p¶ H^p sgZnWXp¯v F¯n]t¸mÄ B^psXt]m bSnª hwhm^w tN«p. fq¡ns`¡pw sfthKv F¯n.
“”tI¨n”” f\\w D*v. tKmhv– “”f\\””kpw.
Mm³ bSns] WX¶v sgZn³s_]Xp¯v bSp§n Wn¶p.
“”CWn]nt¸m F´m sI¿m F³s_ Culz^m…? D®n¡p«³ F´v N^vtSzm Btkm?””
“”lm`nWnt]«n Ft¶¯nWms¶ skgfn¡ps¶? F³s_ sb¼_t¶m¯n km§n . F³s_ ssN¿n S¶pkn«p. A§sW b_ªm D®n¡v Sn^n]ptNs`?””
“”Wo fn*^pSv tKmth. F´m H^v sFZn]! F³äXp¯v b_]^vSv Wo]v.””
“”D®n C¸w H_§pktÃ?””
“”AÃ Sn^pkmSn^ Nan]v¡p\\p! H¶v- tbmt] Wo]v. fWÊfmVmWw tbm]tÃm ³s_ ..Culz^m,””
AXnkhv{S§Ä Ss¶]m\\v kng]w. MmWSv N*p F¶v- tI¨n fWÊn`m¡n. ASv tKmhm\\v F`v¸n¨sS¶pw A_nªp.
“”F¶m Mm³ bqÆm, tNt«m,””
“”H¶v- bnXn¨n«v tbmXm,””
Mm³ C¯k\\ sM«n.
tbXn¨Sv Ss¶ hwekn¡p¶p. tI¨n¡v b\¡m^³ tKmhpfm]n AkninSfp*v. Mm³ bSns] N®pNÄ en¯n]n`qsX Wn^¡n. H^p Np^pfpaNv f^fp*v fp¼nÂ. ASpsNm*v hp^£nSfm]n tWm¡mw.
F³s_ km]v– bnaÀ¶ptbm]n. tI¨n]psX shäv hm^n]psX Sp¼v fm_n Wn¶v- ko\\p NnX¡p¶p. Ipk¶ s»uhv tI¨n Ajn¡p¶p. tI¨n]psX k`n] D^p* SÅn Wn¡p¶ WnSwdw hm^n¡v fpNan`qsX tKmhv– AfÀ¯n sM^n¡p¶p. Ipk¶ s»uÊn³s_ sNmap¯pNÄ Ajn¨p Njnªv tI¨n Ipk¶ {dm]n Wn¶v- skap¯psNmjp¯ Sp_n¨fp`NÄ bp_t¯¡v FXp¯nXp¶p. skap¯ bm Wn_fpÅ fp`NÄ¡v tf tKmhn³s_ N_p¯ b^p¡³ ssNNÄ H^p tI^¸m¼nsWt¸ms` Cjªp N]_p¶p.
A¸w fp¼v tKmhnsW¸än In´n¨ Ajp¡pWn_ª Nm^y§Ä F³s_ fWÊn Wn¶pw tbm]n. F³s_ dÀfpZ]v¡pÅn AW¡w. fp¼ns` NmjvI F³s_ Np®s] d`w sk¸n¨p. A_¸pw Ajp¡pw In´n¨ N¼nNp«³.sWäv