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tkmWnbpsS tPjvTsâ `mcybmWv an\n. an\n¡v ap¸¯n H¶v hbÊv {]mbapv. Hcp Ip«nbpv BitamÄ. \memw ¢mÊn ]Tn¡p¶p. an\n \à XSn¨ icocamWv. shfp¯ \ndw \à kpµcnbmWv. kmcnbpw »ukpamWv thjw. en]vÌn¡v C«t]mse BsNSnIÄ sNa¶XmWv. Im ]gb kn\nam\Sn joesb t]mencnípw. BitamÄ Hcp IpkrXn IpSp¡bmWv. sIm¨p\Sn t__n imen\nbpsS tN«¯nbmt¶ tXm¶pIbpÅq.

tkmWnbpsS tN«³ _Êv IÎdmWv. sI.Fkv.BÀ.Sn.kn. bnÂ. Ct¸mÄ aq¶p amkambn Xncph\´]pc¯mWv tPmen. tkmWn¡v ho«n A¸ëw A½bpw am{Xsa DÅq. FÃmhcpw Hcp ho«nemWv Ignbp¶Xv.

A¶v RmbdmgvN Bbncp¶p. Ime¯v A¸ëw A½bpw ]Ånbn t]mbn. tN«¯nsb tkmWn tN¨n F¶mWv hnfn¡p¶Xv. Ah³ ASp¡fbn sN¶p. tN¨n At¸mÄ ASp¡fbpsS \new XpWn \\¨p XpSípIbmbncp¶p. Fà RmbdmgvNbpw sN¿p¶ ]Wn. Ip´n¨ncn¡p¶ tN¨nbpsS kmcn tIÁn XpSív tase Ip¯nbncn¡p¶p. Ip´n¨ncnp¶t¸mÄ XpSIÄ cpw ]qÀ®ambpw \áambn ImWmambncp¶p. Ih¨ncn¡p¶ AhfpsS DÅnse jÍnbpw ImWmw. Cfw shÅ \nd¯nepÅ B jÍn ]qdns\ s]mXnªncn¡p¶p. Xhf Ip´nbncn¡p¶t]mse ]qÀ jÍn¡pÅn ]pdt¯¡v D´n \n¡p¶p. tkmWn AXp Ip. CSív tN¨n Ahs\ GdpI®n«p t\m¡p¶Xpw Ah³ Ip. tkmWn BZyambn«mWv Hcp s]®nsâ XpSIÄ ImWp¶Xv. Ct¸mÄ B CdpInb XpSbnSp¡pw ImWmw. Ah³ BÀ¯ntbmsS tN¨nbpsS IhínSbn t\m¡n\n¶p. AhÄ Ipd¨pIqSn Ih¨ncp¶p sImSp¯p. At¸mÄ tkmWn¡p tXm¶n AhÄ Xs¶ ImWn¡m³ Xs¶bmWv Cu]Wn F¶v. Ahsâ kmam\w ssIen¡pÅn DbÀ¶p XpS§n. XSn¨pbÀ¶v \à I¼nt]membn. Ah\v tN¨nbpsS B \áamb XpSIfpw jÍnbpw It¸mÄ hÃmsX Imaelcn aq¯p. Ah³ HmÀ¯p F´p sN¿Ww. tN¨nbpw Xs¶s¡mv Du¡n¡phm³ BWv B{Kln¡p¶Xv. Ct¸mÄ tIdn¸nSn¨m k½Xn¡pw. Ah³ Iq«pImc³ sImSp¯ Hcp sIm¨p]pkvXIw hmbn¨Xv HmÀ¯p. tN«¯nb½sb Ifn¡p¶ A\pPsâ IY, Ah\v B IhnX iIew HmÀ½bn h¶p.

"tN«¯nb½sb A½bmbn ImWWw, tN«\nÃm¯t¸mÄ XÅnbn«q¡Ww'

an\n Ip\nªncp¶p \new XpS¨p. AhÄ¡v hoÀ¸pap«pIbmbncp¶p. Ct¸mÄ AhÄ BsI ISntIdn \n¡pIbmWv. F§ns\sb¦nepw AëPs\ hfím³ Xocpam\n¨p. Ah³ ImWphm³ thnbmWv AhÄ Ih¨ncn¡p¶Xv. AhÄ HmÀ¯p F´mWv tkmWn aSn¡p¶Xv. Xm³ k½Xn¡msX hcpsat¶mÀ¯mtWm. AhÄ XpSíp¶Xn\nSbn AëP³ tkmWnbpsS Acs¡«nte¡v t\m¡n. Ahsâ kmam\¯nsâ `mK¯v ep¦n DbÀ¶p \n¡p¶Xv AhÄ Ip. an\n tImcn¯cn¨p. AhfpsS IqXnbpw ]qdpw sNmdnªp tIdpIbmbncp¶p. an\n Hcp AShp ]bÁn. AhÄ Adnbm¯ `mh¯n kmcn Ipd¨pIqSn tIÁn sh¨p. Im Iptd¡qSn Ih ]pf¯nh¨p. F¶n«hÄ hnfn¨p.

tkmWn C§phs¶Sm. Ah³ F¯n. \o Cu shÅw Ifªn«v C¨sc \ÃXn§vv Hgn. tkmWn tN¨nbpsS XpSIfn BÀ¯ntbmsS t\m¡n. Ah³ {Xni¦p kzÀ¤¯nembncp¶p. Ah³ HmSnh¶v _¡Áv FSp¯psImp t]mbn.

_¡Ápambn t]mIpt¼mÄ tkmWn Nn´n¨p. tN¨n XoÀ¨bmbpw Xs¶ ImWn¡m³ thnbmWv XpSbpw ]qdpw \áam¡n Ccp¶p Xcp¶Xv. C\n ]mgm¡nbm ]Wn \S¡nÃ. ss[cyambn Fs´¦nepw sN¿Ww. Ah³ shÅw amdn ASp¡fbnteív sNì. AXv tN¨nbpsS ASp¯v sh¨n«h³ ]dªp.

Xcq tN¨n Rm³ XpSímw. Ah³ tN¨nbpsS XpWnbn ]nSn¨p.

thSm Rm³ sXmSt¨mfmw. tN¨n Ahsâ I¿n ]nSn¨p. Ah³ Adnbm¯ `mh¯n tN¨osS apebn X«n. At¸mÄ tN¨nív `mhhyXymkw H¶pw InÃ. tkmWn hn§ns]m«pIbmbncp¶p. Ah³ ss[cyt¯msS an\nbpsS heXpapebn IS¶p ]nSn¨p. tN¨n AXpt]mse Ccp¶p sImSp¯p. Ah³ atÁ apebnepw ]Sn¨p sRcn¨p. an\n Imaw XpSníp¶ apJt¯msS Ahs\ t\m¡n. tkmWn¡p ss[cyambn. Ah³ Ip¯nbncp¶p Ahsf sI«n¸nSn¨p. BsI«n¸nSp¯w Ahsf {hofmhnhibm¡n. tkmWn XpSIÄ¡nSbneqsS ssIIS¯n Xncp½n sR¡n. an\n AdnbmsX Ih AIÁnt¸mbn. Ah³ XpSbnSp¡n ssI F¯n¨v B XSn¨p´nb ]qdn ]nSn¨v sR¡nbaÀ¯n. sImXntbmsS AhÄ {]bmks¸«v Ahsâ CdpInb sjÍnípÅn \n¶pw sjÍnbpsS ap³his¯ hnShn¡qSn kam\w ]pds¯Sp¡m³ {ian¨p. sjÍnbn CdpInbncp¶ B ]n¼ncnb³ I¼nkam\w Hcp Xc¯nepw ]pds¯Sp¡m³ AhÄ¡v IgnªnÃ. AhÄ ]ns¶ XpWn¡p¯gn¨v jÍnbpsS CemÌn¡n\nSbneqsS ssIIS¯n. B s]cp¼m¼p t]mepÅ Fcns]mcnb³ kam\w ]pds¯Sp¯p. AhÄ AXnsâ Xebn ]nSn¨v \me©mhÀ¯n hmWaSn¨p. At¸mÄ tkmWn Ip¯nbncníp¶ Xsâ tN¨nbpsS XpSbnSp¡n ss\tem¬ jVn¡nSbneqsS ssIIS¯pIbmbncp¶p. Ah³ hncnª Btdmk¸qhnsâ CXfn cp hncepIÄ tNÀ¯p]nSn¨v sRcSn. ]ns¶ B \\hpÅ ]qÁn³Nmen hncÂtIÁn. tkmWn tN¨nbpsS apJ¯v t\m¡n. tN¨nbpsS I®pw apJhpw ImawtIdn Nph¶p XpSp¯ncp¶p.

slsâ tkmWo. an\n s\SphoÀ¸n«p.

"tN¨o.... \ap¡v Fsâ apdnb t]mImw'

cpt]cpw Fgpt¶Áp. AhÀ apdnbnse¯n. I«nen Ccp¶hÀ hnImcthit¯msS sI«n¸nSn¨p. tkmWn tN¨nbpsS cp apeIfpw »uknë ]pd¯pIqSn sR¡ns¡mSp¯p. an\n AëP\v kuIcy¯n\mbn Nmªv Ccp¶psImSp¯p. tkmWn heXpI¿psImv apeIfn amdn amdn ]nSn¨psImvv Ip\nªv Im ]mZ¯n¦Â \n¶pw kcnbpw ASn¸mhmSbpw H¶n¨p]nSn¨v DbÀ¯n. AXp sXdp¯v AhÄ Acbn sh¨p. F¶n«h³ Ip\nªv ap«papX B cv ]m¯pSIfnepw D½sh¨p. Ahsâ apJw AhfpsS XpSIfnepw XpSbnSp¡nepw sjVnbn s]mXnª kam\¯nepw Dckpt¼mÄ an\n tImÂabnÀsImv aZw s]m«n\n¶p. AhÄ A§ns\ Ccp¶v BXShensâ kpJw \pIÀ¶p IpSn¨p.

tkmWn Nmªv Ip\nªncp¶v XpSIfn sasà ISn¨p. apJw BtNÀ¶ XpSbnSp¡n ]qgv¯nsh¨h³ BXSn¨p´nb ]qdn C«v Dc¨p. jVníp ]pdsa Xs¶ AXnsâ Nmen AaÀ¯n Inkv sNbvXp. an\n I«nen Ccp¶p sRfn]ncnsImp.

"tlm....tiym...aXos¶' Fs¶ms¡ ]pe¼ns¡mncp¶p.

tkmWn I«nenÂ\n¶pw Fgpt¶Áv AhfpsS sjVn DucnamÁn. Ah³ Ip\nªv BXpSIÄ cpw ]nSn¨IÁn hgphgp¸pÅ B sNa¶ ]qÁn \¡n. AXnsâ t]mfIsf ]Xnsb hmbnseSp¯v N¸n. AXnsâ DÅnteív \m¡v NpgÁnt¡Án. an\n Im IqSpX AIÁnt¸mbn. AhÄ s\SphoÀ¸n«p.

"tiym...aXos¶' AhÄ ]dªp. tkmWn ]¯p \nanjt¯mfw BÀ¯ntbmsS \¡ns¡mncp¶p. an\nív ]qÁn Ft´m Npc¯n hcp¶Xp t]mse. AhÄ BsI NqSp]nSn¨v \n¡pIbmWv. F¶pw Im¨nsImSp¡p¶ AhfpsS tN«sâ A`mhw, C¶v Hcpamkw XnIªp. \mfpIfmbn AhÄ Ig¸papÁn \n¡pIbmWv. AëP\msW¦nepw tkmWnbpsS InS¸dbn IS¶v BXpWn ]nSn¨pamÁn Ahsâ Acs¡«nse NnanÁ³ Ip®sb Du¼nsbSp¯v I¼nbm¡n Ih¨ncp¶v s]mXn¨v kpJn¡m³ ]eh«w B{Kln¨n«pÅXmWv. Ignª BgvN Hcp Znhkw cm{Xn AhÄ Ahsâ apdnbpsS hmXp¡Â hsc F¯nbXmWv. ]ns¶ Xncnªp \S¶p. A¶v jm¼q Ip¸n ]qÁn XncpIn IbÁnbmWv ISn XoÀ¯Xv. Ip¸nbpsS hmbv sImv A¶v ]qdnsâ sskUv Dcªv sXmens]m«n. aq{Xsamgnípt¼mÄ cpaq¶v Znhkt¯ív henb \oÁembncp¶p. ]n¶osS¶pw icnív hncen«nf¡p¶ps¦nepw Hcp kpJw In«p¶nÃ. CXm Ct¸mÄ Xsâ kz]v\¯nse cmPmhv bYmÀ°ambn Xsâ ]qdnsâ km{amPy¯n sNt¦m \m«m³ t]mIp¶p. B In¶cnsh¨ XIÀ¸³ Ip® AgIpÅ Icp¯³ De¡¡p®.

tkmWn AhfpsS ]qdnsâ DÅnte¡v \m¡n«v Ii¡n. ]qÁnëÅn ]dbm³ h¿m¯ HcpXcw B\µhpw sNmdn¨epw an\n¡v Aë`hs¸«p.

"aXn s]ms¶' an\n AëPsâ Xe ]nSn¨pamÁn. tkmWn FWoÁpv Ahsâ ssIen ]dn¨p Ifªp. Xnc¡n«v an\n Xs¶ Ahsâ jVn Ducn¡fªp. B Ipe¨p \n¡p¶ ]n¼ncnb³ km[\w AhÄ heXp I¿n ]nSn¨p. ]Xnsb sXmen¨pw ASn¨pw an\n AëPsâ kam\w Ip ckn¨p. tkmWnbpw Ibdp s]m«n¨v \n¡pIbmbncp¶p. Ah³ I«nensâ hnfp¼nte¡v Xsâ tN«¯nb½sb \nc¡nbncp¯nbn«v \Sphv Ip\n¨v Ih¨h³ Xdbn \n¶p. \Sphv tN¨nbpsS Acs¡«nte¡v tNÀ¯p. an\n XpSIÄ AImhp¶ A{X AI¯nsh¨p. tkmWn B ae.À¶p Xpd¶ sN¼qÁnte¡v Ahsâ Ip®bpsS Xe tIÁn. an\n At¸mÄFÃmw ad¶v AhfpsS Acs¡«v apt¼m«v XÅn. tkmWnbpw XÅn. Ahsâ Imcncp¼p Ip® AhfpsS s]mfnªncp¶ ]qdnte¡v DuÀ¶p Ibdn. B hgp¡epÅ ]qÁn Ah³ \Sphp Ipep¡n Ip® IpXn¸n¨v tIÁpIbpw hen¡pIbpw sNbvXpsImncp¶p. tkmWn tN¨nbpsS Acs¡«ns\ ssI NpÁn¸nSn¨p. an\n AëPsâ N´nIfnepw h«w ]nSn¨p. ]ns¶ AhÀ aÂkcn¡bmbncp¶p. tkmWn Cu temIw ad¶p. Ah³ hnImc¯nsâ thentbÁ¯n Xsâ tN«sâ `mcybpsS ]qÁnte¡v IS¯n sh«n. an\n Hcp ImatZhXsbt¸mse ]d¶Sn¨p. Bhnb{´¯nsâ ]n̬ t]mse tkmWnbpsS Ccp¼p ZÞv an\nbpsS tdmk¸q ]qÁn AXnthKw Ibdnbnd§n. ASn aq¯t¸mÄ an\n I«nen \n¶pw N´n s]m¡n¸nSn¨p. AhÄ \ne¯p Imeq¶n N´n s]m¡n \n¶p. tkmWn ASn¡p¶Xns\m¸w Ahfpw Xm§ns¡mSp¯p. cpt]cpw aÂkcn¨p tNÀ¶v H¶mbn \n¶hÀ Acbnf¡n D{K\mbn Im¨n. Ahsâ ]m NoÁmdmbn. Ah³ \¶mbn hen¨pw tIÁnbpw ]WnXp. an\nbpw H¶nepw ]pdIneÃmbncp¶p. AhÄ Cdp¡n¸nSn¨v icnípw Im¨n. HSphn Ahsâ I«¸m AhfpsS ISnbnfInb ]qÁn Hen¨p NmSn. At¸mtgípw an\n¡pw tX³ Hen¨p Ignªncp¶p. AhcpsS æn æep¡Â kh[m\¯nembn. AXp sasà \n¶p. cpt]cpw kwXr]vXn sImÅpIbmbncp¶p.

]m NoÁn¨mSn¡gnªt¸mÄ tkmWn¡v HcXcw \mWw tXm¶n. tN«sâ `mcy¡n«mWv tIdn ]WnXXv. Hcp IpÁt_m[w tXm¶n¨p Ah\v. tkmWn sh¡Idn sh¨Xpt]mepÅ ]qÁnëÅn \n¶pw Ip® DucnsbSp¯p. At¸mgpw Ahsâ Ip® XfÀ¶ncp¶nÃ. AXv sNa¶p XpSp¯v I¼nbmbn¯s¶ \n¶p. an\n Ih¨p Xs¶ Ccp¶p. B s]mf¶ Cdp¡apÅ ]qÁnte¡v tkmWn t\m¡n. NppIÄ ]nfÀ¯n ]£n¡pªv hm hnSÀ¯nbXp t]mse AXv AI¶ncn¡pì. B IqXnbpsS XnpIÄ cpw IhnfpIÄ t]mse ]qdnsâ Xmsg XpS tNcp¶nS¯v XSn¨p \n¡p¶pv. ]qÀ XSn¨p \n¡pì. AhnsS\n¶pw IqXnhscbpÅ Nmev \¶mbn ASp¯v CdpInbncn¡pì. B XpSIÄ It¸mÄ tN«¯nb½sb Hì Adp¡phm³ tXm¶n Ah\v. Ah³ AhfpsS apJt¯ív t\m¡n. AhÄ NpIÄ ISn¨p ]nSn¨p sImv sasà Nmªv Ahsâ apJt¯ív t\m¡n. tkmWn¡v Hcph«w ]m NoÁnbXmbn tXm¶nbnÃ. Ahsâ NnanÁ³ Ip® De¡ ]cph¯n ]qÁntem, Ipnbntem, tIdn H¶pIqSn ]®ns¡mSp¡phm³ X¿mdmbn \n¡pIbmWv. tkmWn kzbw Ahsâ Ip®bn heXp I¿v sImv ]nSn¨v sXmen¨p. A§ns\ sXmen¨v hfb¯n AaÀ¯n¸nSn¨v sImvv sXmen Xmtg¡v AaÀ¯n¸nSn¨v Ah³ \nì. Ahsâ Ip®bpsS aIpSw IqSpX càw XpSn¨v Hm´v Xe Nph¸n¨v \n¡p¶Xpt]mse hoÀ¯p\nì. an\n A§ns\ Ih¨ncpì sImv AëPsâ Ih¡nSbn t\m¡n. B tNmcapÁnb ]Wnbmbp[w \mhn sh¨v Cu¼phm³ AhÄ sImXn¨p. tkmWn an\nbpsS Ih ]pf¯nb XpSbnSp¡n t\m¡n. AhfpsS NppIÄ hnSÀ¯nb tdmk¸q ]qÁn \nìw ap¼v Ah³ tImcn Hgn¨ I«¸m HgpIn CÁp hcp¶pmbncpì. an\n ]qdn«v ]Xnsb Nen¸n¨p sImpw Ccpì. sh«n¨psImpÅ ]Wn. ao³ sNInf Xpd¶S¡p¶Xp t]mse AhfpsS ]qdnsâ t]inIÄ Nen¨p sImncpì. AtXmsSm¸w IptdsÈ ]m CÁp hogpìmbncpì. AXv ]Xnsb HgpIn IqXnbpsS hnShneqsS Hen¨v I«nen ]Xn¨p. tkmWn cpw I¸n¨v Xsâ tN¨nsb hopw sI«n¸nSn¨p. Ah³ BÀ¯n sImÅpIbmbncpì. Ah³ AhfpsS Ih¨p sh¨ XpSbnSp¡n I«nent\mSv tNÀ¶p \nì. heXp I¿nse Nqp hncepw, \Sp hncepw, tamXnc hncepw Iq«n aqì hncepIÄ Hcpan¨v B sN¼qÁnte¡v XncpIn IbÁn. Ah³ \mephit¯¡pw Id¡n, AXnëÅnen«v am´n. B ]Wn AhÄ¡v {`m´nf¡n. aqì hncepIÄ Npcp«nt¡Ánbpff B ]Wn. AhÄ BsI a¯p]nSn¨p kpJn¨p. an\n I«nensâ CgpIbn \nìw Ipn s]m¡n¸nSn¨. tkmWn \mepan\ntÁmfw I¿n«v Id¡n Ii¡ns¡mSp¯p. an\n Ima{`m´v ]nSn¨v XpÅnt¸mbn. XÃpsImv \SpshmSnª ]m¼v ]nSpbp¶Xpt]mse klnsI«hÄ ]ncnªp, sRfn]ncnsImp. AhÄ ]qdn«v ap¡nap¡n¸nSn¨p. CSXp I¿v sImhÄ AëPsâ aq¯p\n¶ kam\¯nsâ Xebn ]nSn¨p. cp hncepIÄ tNÀ¯vv AhÄ aIpS¯n Dckn, InÅn, sNmdpIn.

tkmWn ]ns¶ XnSp¡¯n ]qÁn \nìw ssI hen¨v AhfpsS Acbn ssI NpÁn FWo¸n¨p. s\mSnbnSbn kcnbpw ]mhmSbpw »ukpw {_bnkndpw Agn¨p amÁn, Ahsf I«nen ]nSn¨v I«nenë IpdpsI InS¯n. an\n BapeIfpambn IhbIÁn I«nen IpdpsI InS¶p. tkmWn AhfpsS ]qÁn Ip® ap«n¨ph¨v ]Xnsb A\¡ns¡mv, AhfpsS \m`nbnte¡v tNÀ¶p\n¶v cpapeIfpw cv ssIIfnen«v AaÀ¯n sRcn¨p. apesR«pIÄ amdnamdn sRcpSn. AXnsâ A{K¯n hnc sXm«v Id¡n. an\n¡v klnsISpIbmbncp¶p. Aan«v s]m«n¨nXdp¶Xpt]mse AhfpsS icoc¯nse ]caskÃpIfpw hnIkn¨v XpSn¨pWÀì. hnImc¯Åem AhÄ ]cnkcw adì Ifªp.

"slsâ.... tamt\...Hì thKw... F\n¡p klnsISpì' an\n ]dªp.

tkmWn Hcp apebn am{Xw ]nSn¨v atÁ I¿v hopw s]mfnªncn¡p¶ AhfpsS ]qÁn tIÁn am´ns¡mSp¯p. AhÄ¡v \¶mbn ISnbnfIn Ignsª¶v tkmWn¡v a\Ênembn. an\n Ducbn«v sh«¨v AhfpsS ]qdv Ahsâ aqì hncepIfnte¡pw XÅpIbpw hen¡pIbpw sNbvXpXpS§n. ]ns¶ tkmWn Xmakn¨nÃ. Ah³ Ipe¨p\n¶ NnanÁ³ Ip® ISnbnfInb tN«¯nb½bpsS amf¯nte¡v XncpInt¡Án. Ah³ BsI ]n¼ncnbnembncpì. Ah³ AhfpsS tate¡v Nmªp InSì. cv Imepw \ne¯q¶n Ahsâ tN«¯nb½bpsS ]qÁnëÅnte¡p Bªmªv XÅns¡mSp¯p. {I¦v jm^vÁvt]mse Ahsâ De¡ AhfpsS hgphgp¸neqsS kpJs¯ hnXdns¡mv kpKabm{X XpSÀì. tkmWn ]¯pan\ntÁmfw \nÀ¯msX Im¨ns¡mSp¯p. C¯hW Ah³ kv]oUn ]Wn]Án¨p. an\n I«nen Xmtg¡v Xq¡nbn«ncp¶ ImepIÄ DbÀ¯n I«nensâ hnfp¼n æ¯n. AhÄ Im¸mZw A§ns\ I«nengpIbn Nhp«n hncnbn¨v InSì sImSp¯p. \Sp hncnªv ]qÀ \¶mbn ]nfÀ¶ncpì. AhÄ ]qdpsImv \¶mbn ASn¡m³ XpS§n. FÃmw ad¶hÄ æn I«nenen«pc¨p, s]m¡nbpw Xmgv¯nbpw AhÄ \¶mbn ASn¡m³ XpS§n. ASp¯ cp \nanj¯nëÅn an\nbpsS ]qÁn \nìw NqSv emh s]m«nsbmgpIn. AhfpsS aZ\Pe¯n Ipfn¨v At¸mgpw tkmWn \ndp¯msX ASn¨p sImncpì. an\n¡v C¯hW ]m t\cs¯ NoÁn. AhÄ Acs¡«v Xmgv¯n A\§msX InSì Ifªp. DSs\ tkmWn B ]qÁn \nìw Ip® hen¨qcnsbSp¯p. Ah³ tN«¯nb½bpsS Im cpw s]m¡n Xsâ cp tXmfnepw sh¨p. Ct¸mÄ AhfpsS IqXn Ahsâ Ip®bpsS t\À¡mbncp¶p. Dgp¶phS t]mencp¶ B aeZzmcw In«v Ah\v kln¨nÃ. ]Xnsb Ah³ Ip® aIpSw sh¨v AhnsS H¶aÀ¯n. an\n ]nSªp

"At¿m AhnsS th tams\... B IqXnbnse DujvafX {Kln¨ tkmWnbptm hnSp¶p. HscmÁ {]mhiyw aXn tN¨o.... Ah³ sI©n. an\nív Ipn¸Wn ]p¯ncnbsænepw, Xsâ `À¯mhntâXnt\¡mÄ agp¯ Cu enwK¯nt\mS¸w `bw. Imcyw a\Ênem¡nb tkmWn AhfpsS KpZw H¶p abs¸Sp¯n FSp¡mëÅ {ia¯nembn. hncepsImsm¶p sXm«t¸mtg an\n AhnSw Cdp¡n¸nSn¨p. tkmWn ]Xnsb ]g¨¡ ]cph¯nencp¶ AhfpsS ]qdn \n¶v A¸w aZ\¡pgs¼Sp¯v IqXnbnen«v XShm³ XpS§n. Bhnc {]tbmKw GÁp. an\nbpsS IqXn Agbm³ XpS§n.. ]ns¶ A[nIw kabw thn h¶nÃ,tkmWn¡v \njv{]bmkw Xsâ cp hncepIÄ kv{Iq ]ncn¨p IbÁp¶ t]mse B IqXnbnte¡v IbÁmëw Cd¡mëw k[n¨p. tN¨n Ahsâ hncepIfnteív Xsâ KpZw sImv XÅm³ XpS§nbt¸mÄ Ahë a\Ênembn tN¨nbpsS FXnÀs¸Ãmw amdnsb¶v. ]ns¶ Xmakn¨nà Ah³ Xsâ I¼n¸mc NqSpÅ B IqXnbnte¡v {]thin¸n¨p. Cdp¡apÅ B aeZzmc¯nse sRcp¡w Ahë ]IÀ¶ Aë`qXn AhÀ®\obambncpì. tN¨nbpsS tX§Â tI«t¸mÄ Ah³ \nÝe\mbn.\nì. Ahsâ s]cpwIp®bpambn B IqXn ]qÀ®ambpw s]mcp¯s¸«p Ignªnsöv Ahë a\Ênembn. X¡mew B B\¸dnbpsS XmU\ta¡m³ an\nbpw X¿mdÃmbncp¶p. AXn\m AhÄ Xsâ IqXn Cdp¡nbpw hnSÀ¯nbpw Ahsâ Ip®sb ]ngnbm³ XpS§n. B {]tbmKw GsXmcp ]pcpjt\bpw \njv{]bmkw kvIen¸n¡m³ t]m¶XmWv. ]s£ tkmWn AXnë X¿mdÃmbncp¶p. an\n IqXn H¶p hnSÀ¯nb Xm¸n\v Ah³ aIpSw hsc Xsâ Ip® hen¨qcn. A§ns\ H¶pcmhÀ¯n Ignªt¸mÄ an\n icn¡pw KpZssaYp\¯n\v sdUnbmbn¡gnªp.

tkmWn IpXn¨psImhfpsS IqXnbn XIÀ¯Sn¨p. IqXn¡pÅn \n¶pw aÀ½c i_vZw tIÄ¡mambncpì. Ahsâ Ip® aeZzmc¯nsâ `n¯nIfn Dckp¶ kzcw. an\nbpw Fs´¶nÃm¯ Hcp AhmNyamb cXnck¯n ab§n¡nSì. A\pP³ Imev cpw tXmfnen«v IqXnbnen«Sn¨pXcp¶Xnsâ B kpJw AhÄ A`nam\t¯msS BkzZn¨p. AhÄ B kpJw s\m«nëWªv BtLmjn¨p. AhfpsS a\Êv \ndsb XnIª kwXr]vXn Dmbn. Ahsâ tN«³ F{X Ifn¨n«pw Ct¸mÄ AhÄ¡v e`yamb Cu kpJw In«nbn«nsöv an\n HmÀ¯p. an\n¡v tkmWnbn \à aXn¸v tXm¶n. \à `wKnbmbn Du¡p¶ Ahs\ Hcn¡epw CW ]ncnbnbcpXv F¶hÄ Xocpam\n¨p. tN«³ Ds¦nepw Znhkw Hcp XhW hoXsa¦nepw AëPsâ Cu De¡¡p® AhfpsS ]qÁnepw IqXnbnepw tIÁn¨v Ifn¸n¡Wsa¶v AhÄ XoÀ¨s¸Sp¯n. tkmWn tN«¯nb½bpsS FÃm kpJhpw Ip. F{X B\µw Cu Ifnsb¡pdn¨h³ Ct¸mÄ Adnªp. Ahsâ icocw BsI ]q¯peªp. Rc¼pIÄ henªv apdpæIbmbncpì. apJs¯ t]inIÄ henªv apdpIn. Ah³ kvIe\¯nsâ h¡n F¯n. Ah³ sImSpwImÁnsâ thKXbn \¶mbn tIÁnbpw hen¨pw ]WnXp. Ahsâ DIÄ cpw AhfpsS N´nIfn h¶Sn¨psImncp¶p. HSphn Ahsâ t`mKmbp[¯n \nìw ]m NoÁn. AXv AhfpsS aeZzc¯nëÅn tX³ ag sNmcnªp. Ahfpw Ahëw B [\yamb \nanjs¯ kzbw Bcm[n¨p. C§ns\ Hcp \nanjw PohnX¯n Ft¸mgpapmIm\mbn AhÀ Bin¨p.

tkmWn Ahkm\ XpÅn Ip®¸mepw tN«XnbpsS IqXn¡pÅn CÁp hogm\mbn Ip® apgph³ AhfpsS aeZzmc¯nëÅn tIÁnsh¨p \nì. ]ns¶ Ah³ AhfpsS cp ImepIfpw tXmfn \nìw FSp¯v Xmgv¯nbn«p. CXn\nSbn Ah³ Ip® Ducn. an\n A§ns\ Ih¨v I«nen InSì. AhÄ \à kt´mjt¯msS, sNdpNncntbmsS tbm²mhmb AëPsâ apJt¯¡v t\m¡n¡nSì. tkmWn Ip\nªv B cp apeIfpw sRcn¨p, ]ns¶ ape¡®pIfn sRcpSn. tase InSì BNppIfn D½ sImSp¯p.

"tN¨o FWo¡v.......' Ah³ AhfpsS I¿n ]nSn¨phen¨v Fgpt¶Â¸n¨p. AhÄ A§ns\ I«nen Ccpì.

"tN¨o........aXnbmbntà ?' .... tkmWn tNmZn¨p.

tams\ [mcfw....PohnX¯n BZyam... Ct{Xw kwXr]vXn.....'

"t\tcm tN¨o!!!!'

"AtX tkmWo... \o Fs¶ hÃt¸mgpw C§ns\ klmbn¨pXmSm. \o Fs¶ ImWmsX shdpsX hmWw hn«p Ifbpw. Rm³ hgpXn\n§mbpw jmw]q I¸nbpw Hs¡ IS¯n ]Wns¸Spw. C\napXÂ \ap¡v klIcn¨p \o§mw'

"\Ã sFUnbm tN¨o Rm³ k½Xn¨p. \ap¡v Cu klIcWkwLw cPnÌÀ sN¿tWm'

"tamt\....CXm ChnsS F¸w thtWepw cPnÌÀ sNbvtXm' an\n AhfpsS ]qÀ sXm«pImWn¨psImv ]dª. tkmWn Hcn¡Â¡qSn IhbIÁn Ccp¶ncp¶ tN¨nbpsS ]qÁn ap¯w sImSp¯p. ]ns¶ AhÄ Fgpt¶Áv \n¶v s{UÊv AWnbm³ XpS§n. tkmWn thKw sjVnbpw ep¦nbpw AWnªv InS¸papdn¡v ]pd¯p ISì. Ah³ t¢m¡n t\m¡n hnfn¨p ]dªp.

"tN¨o ...thKw... ]Åose Ignªn«v t\cambn'

an\n thKw {UÊWnªv ASp¡fbn F¯n, XpWnsbSp¯v \new XpS¨p XpS§nbt¸mtgçw A¸ëw A½bpw sIm¨ptamfpw F¯n¡gnªncp¶p. an\nbpsS GIaIÄ BitamÄ. \men ]Tnç¶ AhÄ kpµcnXs¶.

(XpScpw)