hoSpsh©ncn¸v

 

`mKw c­v

 

 

In®bn \n¶v shÅsamgn¨v I¿pw apJhpw IgpIn Xncnªt¸mtg¡v tacn Im¸nbpw ]elmchpw taibn h¨v imeo\bmbn ASp¡f hmXn¡ \n¡p¶p. A¨³ Ahsf H¶p IqSn t\m¡nt¸mbn. C{Xbpw t\cw hnizman{Xsâ Nmcn{Xt¯ Ae¨pe¨ aZmekbmb DÀhin Xs¶ BtWm ChÄ Ft¶mÀ¯pt]mbn. F´p kuµcyhpw apJIm´nbpw \njvIf¦XbpamWv B apJ¯v. apJ¯ns\m¯ icochpw. \à s]m¡hpap­v. BdSn s]m¡apÅ A¨sâ Igpt¯mfw F¦nepw AhÄ hcpw. CXpt]mse hnP\hnZqcamb Hcp DÄ{]tZi¯v Xmakn¡p¶ Cu s]¬Ip«n Hcp \mS³ kpµcnbmsW¶v ]db¯nÃ. h«apJhpw sImgp¯ icochpw shfp¯ \ndhpamWtÃm \m«nte kuµcyw. ChÄ¡msW¦n apeIfpw N´nIfpw Hgn¨m sImgp¸pw apgp¸pw asä§panÃ. kvIqfn ]Tn¨ncp¶ Ime¯v Hm«¯nepw Nm«¯nepw anSp¡mbmbncp¶ncn¡Ww A¨³ a\kntemÀ¯p. \nd¯n\v ]t£ Ipdshm¶pw CtÃepw apJw GXmbmepw h«apJaÃ.  \à A¨S¡apÅ thjamWv AhÄ [cn¨ncn¡p¶Xv. shÅ ]mhmSbpw »ukpw. Hcp Xeap­pIqSn C«m I\ymadnbamsW¶v tXm¶pw. tacn. adnbw. H¯ t]cv. A¨sâ DÅn AhtfmSv  AanXamb XmÂ]cyhpw AhfpsS kman]y¯n ISp¯ kt´mjhpw tXm¶n. B kuayXbpw apJIm´nbpw DÅnte¡v H¸nsbSp¡m³ B lrZbw sh¼n.

 

"R§Ä ]mh§fm tIt«m At¨m. henb Im¸nsbm¶pw CÃ.. A¨\ncnt¡". sasà ]p©ncn¨psIm­v tacn ]dªp.

 

"CXp{K³ k¡mcambncn¡p¶tÃm"... Itkcbn Ccp¶psIm­v A¨³ ]dªp.

 

"tacn Im¸n IpSn¡p¶ntÃ".

 

"Rm³ ]ns¶ IpSnt¨mfmw At¨m".  apJwIp\n¨p ASp¡fhmXn¡ HXp§n\n¶psIm­v _lpam\t¯msS tacn ]dªp.

 

"A§s\bmsW¦n Rm\pw Im¸n IpSn¡p¶nÃ". A¨³ sasà Itkcbn \n¶v Fgpt\¡m³ `mhn¨p. ImatZhnbmb tacn ]p®yhXnbmb adnbambn amdnbt¸mÄ A¨sâ hm¡pIÄ¡pd¸p h¶p. s]cpamä¯n sNmSnsNmSn¸p­mbn.

 

"At¿m A§s\ ]dbtà A¨m, Rm\pw CXm hcp¶p". tacn Nncnt¨m­v thKw t]mbn Hcp ¥mkn Im¸nbpambn hmXn¡ h¶p \n¶p. A¨³ Itkcbn Xncn¨ncp¶n«htf t\m¡n Hcp IpkrXntbmsS Nncn¨p.. \njvIf¦amb B Nncn tacnbpsS DÅn ]Xnªp.

 

Cu A¨³ Hcp XamipImc\mWtÃm. cmhnte A½nWnt¨S¯nbpsS hoSpsh©ncn¡m³ t]mbt¸mÄ hndsImSnt¨m­ncp¶ tNS¯n AhtcI­v thhemXn ]nSnt¨mSn hoWImcyhpw cmhnse I]ymcptN«³ IpÀ_m\¡nsS sNbvX a­¯c§fpsams¡ A¨³ kckambn hnkvXcn¨p. tacn IpSpIpSm¶v Nncn¨p.

A¨sâ Nne XamipIÄ tI«v Nncn¨p Nncn¨p I®n I®ncp h¶p. PohnX¯n BZyambmWv A¨·mtc Nncnbpw Ifnbpw XamipapÅ a\pjycmbn tacn ImWp¶Xv. Cu A¨³ {]tXyIn¨pw. F{X ASp¸t¯msSbmWv s]cpamdp¶Xv.

 

"A¨s\sâ D­ CjvSansöm tXm¶pt¶. H¶p sXm«p t]mepanÃtÃm." tacn ]cn`hn¨p apJp hoÀ¸n¨psIm­v ]dªp.

 

"Np½m s]W§msX taco. Rm³ Cu Acnbp­ apgph³ ASnt¨¡mw. C{Xbpw t\cw hmbn shÅw hnt«m­v Ccpt¶¨v Rm\nXp Xn¶msX t]mIptam taco." A¨³ Hcp D­ FSp¯p Xn¶psIm­p ]dªp.

 

shÅw hn«Xv Cu D­ I­n«mtWm Ft´m, tacn a\kntemÀ¯p.

 

"Rm\mtW¦n H¯ncn kwkmcn¨p. C\n tacn \nsâ hntij§Ä ]d. AXptIÄ¡m\tà Rm\n§p h¶Xv. F§s\b­v ChnSpt¯ PohnXw".

 

A¨³ Hmtcmtcm Imcy§Ä tNmZn¨p. kzXth kwkmcn¡phm³ anSp¡mbmb tacn H¯ncn hntijw ]dªp. A¨³ {i²tbmsS FÃmw tI«ncp¶p Im¸nIpSn¨p. kabw IS¶p t]mbXv c­p t]cpw AdnªnÃ. tacn¡v A¨t\mSv H¯ncn ASp¸w tXm¶n.

 

"A¨m C¨nsc IqSn Im¸n FSp¡t«". tacn tNmZn¨p.

 

"th­ tacn. Hcp ¥mkv shÅw IqSn X¶m aXn".

 

tacn HmSn t]mbn shÅhpambn h¶p. ¥mkv \o«nbt¸mÄ tacnbpsS It¿Â Hcp apdnhnsâ ]mSv I­v A¨³ tNmZn¨p.

 

"CsX¶m ]än taco."

 

"]iqt\ amäns¡«m³ t]mb¸w ]ip Ibdpw sh«nt¨mSo¸w ]pdtI HmSo hoWXm."

 

"F¶n«v."

 

"hoW¸w ssIt¿Â Hcp I¼p sIm­p hcªp.  IsÃmcªp sXmtSse Iptd sXmen t]mbn."

 

"F¶n«v acp¶p hÃXpw tXt¨m."

 

"]¨acp¶p tX¨p. sXmtSte HW§n. It¿te C¸gpw IÃn¨m InS¡pt¶". tacn Ip\nªv A¨sâ ASpt¯¡v ssI\o«n apdnhv Xncp½ns¡m­v ]dªp.

A¨³ I¿n ]nSn¨p apdnhn XtemSns¡m­v ]dªp.

 

"icnbm".

 

]s£ B kzcw CSdnt¸mbn. kwkmc¯nsâ Hgp¡n asäm¶pw Nn´n¡msX

apdnhn XtemSnbXmWv. ]t£ {]Yakv{Xokv]Ài\¯nsâ BLmXw A{]Xo£nXambncp¶p. Hcp s]®nsâ I¿mWv Xm³ ]nSn¨ncn¡p¶sX¶ t_m²yw h¶t¸mÄ Id­Sn¨Xpt]mse A¨sâ ssIIÄ XcnXcn¨p. hnbÀ¸v s]m«n. izmtkmÝmkw [rXpKXnbnembn. A¨³ I®pbÀ¯n tacntb t\m¡n. C¡sc \S¡p¶ sImSp¦mänsâ bmsXmcdnhpw B X¦apJ¯nÃ. taibn ap«pIfq¶n I®pIÄ Xmgv¯n atätXm kzÀ¤temI¯nse¶ t]mse B X¦¡pSw \n¡p¶p. tXmfnen«ncp¶ ap­v hgpXn taibn ]Xn¨ncn¡p¶p. Ip\nª Igp¯nÂ\n¶v apt¼m«v NmSn¡nS¡p¶ AhfpsS XmenamebpsS Aät¯ Ipcniv \nÝeambn Xq§n¡nS¡p¶p. B Ipcninsâ ]Ým¯e¯n AhfpsS arZpekvX\§Ä AhfpsS izmtkmÝmk¯nsâ Xmf¯n DbcpIbpw XmgpIbpw sN¿p¶p.  Xsâ Is¿¯pw Zqc¯v Hcp tPmSn Nph¶p XpSp¯ Np­pIÄ Ft´m RpWªnd¡p¶p.

 

atätXm temI¯nse¶v A¨³ IcpXnb B kzÀ®ta\nbpw Xobn DcpIpIbmbncp¶p. IÀjI\mb `À¯mhnâ ]cp¡³ ssI_ew am{Xw Adnªn«pÅ B ta\nbn shbnepw a®pw ]äm¯ sh®bn hmÀ¯ Ickv]Àiw Ipfncp tImcn. ]pcpj·mcn \n¶v ]cp¡³ hm¡pIÄ am{Xw tI«n«pÅ AhÄ¡v Hcp kn\nam\St\t¸mse A´kpw tXPkpÅ HcmWnsâ kvt\labamb hm¡pIÄ IpfnÀ½ ]IÀ¶p. Ahsâ XamipIÄ Ahsf hfsc¡mew IqSn s]m«n¨ncn¸n¨p. AhfpsS lrZb¯nepw hnImc§fpsS thentbäw BÀ¯Sn¡pIbmbncp¶p. A¨sâ kv]Ài\taätX AhfpsS apJw XpSp¯p. izmtkmÝmkw [rXnKXnbnembn. B kz]v\\nanjt¯ AhÄ RpWªnd¡n.  sasà AhÄ I®pIÄ DbÀ¯nbt¸mÄ A¨sâ I®pIfpambn CSªp. Hcp \o­ \nanjw kvt\lw XnfsªmgpIp¶ c­v tPmSn I®pIÄ BenwK\w sNbvXp. s]s«¶v AhÄ {]Xo£n¡msX s]m«nsbmgpInbXv c­p XpÅn I®p\ocmbncp¶p.

 

A¨\m¡®oÀ I­tX Ipät_m[t¯msS ssIIÄ ]n³hen¨p.

 

tacn A¨sâ ssIIfn Ibdn ]nSn¨p kz´w I¿nsemXp¡n¡n tX§temsS hnfn¨p.

 

"tPmk¨m. Fs¶ hnSÃv."

 

"\osb´m Icbp¶Xv. Rms\s´¦nepw sXäv sNbvtXm."

 

"CÃ". tacn A¨sâ ssIIÄ Xsâ Ihnfn AaÀ¯n.

 

"Fsâ tamfv Icbm"sX. A¨³ sasà ssI¸¯nsIm­v AhfpsS I®oscm¸n.

 

tacn B ssIIÄ ]nSn¨p Xsâ Npa¶p XpSp¯ Np­neaÀ¯n. A¨³ sasà Ahsf ASpt¯m«v hen¨p. tacn ASps¯¯nbt¸mÄ A¨³ AhfpsS \áamb DZcw ssIIÄsIm­v Npän aSnbnencp¯n.. tacn ssI¸¯nIÄ A¨sâ tXmf¯q¶n A¨sâ Np­pIfn aµambn Npw_n¨p. A¨³ Ahsf h«w ]nSn¨p ssIIÄsIm­v sasà AhfpsS ]pdw XtemSn.  NpSpNpw_\§Ä Ihnfnepw I®nepw s\änbnepw sXcpsXsc¸Xn¸nt¨m­hÄ tNmZn¨p.

 

"tPmk¨t\ A¨sâ A½ F§\m hnfn¡pt¶."

 

"tPmkvIp«o¶v."

 

"Rm\pw tPmkq«n¶v hnfnt¨mt«". B Npa¶pNp­pIÄ Cu¼ns¡m­hÄ tNmZn¨p.

 

"Bw. \o F´n\m apt¼ Ictª."

 

"a\Ênsem¯ncn kt´mjamIp¼w F\n¡§s\bm. I®ocv s]mSnbpw"

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tX§ns¡m­v AhÄ ]dªp. F¶n«hÄ sasà A¨sâ Np­pIfn Np­aÀ¯n \m¡psIm­v Ahsâ Np­pIfpsS CSbn NnIªp. kt¦mNt¯msS A¨sâ hmbv sasà ASÀ¶p. B hmbnte¡v tacn \m¡v CgªpIbän h{IXtbmsS tPmkq«nbpsS hmbn ]cXn\S¶v ]\n\oÀ Du¼m³ XpS§n..

 

s]¬kv]Ài\kpJ¯nsâ sImSpapSnIÄ ]Sn]Snbmbn IogS¡ns¡m­ncn¡p¶  A¨t\m \nanjwtXmdpw hnImc hn{`m´nbneacpIbmbncp¶p. B kpµcns¸®v aSnbnencp¶v AhfpsS sImgp¯pcp­ amZf\mc§mIÄ Xsâ s\©neaÀ¯nbt¸mÄ lrZbw s]m«ns¯dn¡psa¶v tXm¶n. N¦Sn¸nsâ apg¡pw sN­ sIm«p¶ t]mse sNhnbn apg§n.¯pS§n. AhfpsS Hmtcm NpSpNpw_\hpw Xobn Nps«Sp¯ ]fp¦pap¯pIÄt]mse lrZb¯n Bªp]Xn¨p. AhfpsS \mhnse ]\n\oÀ RpWªnd¡nbt¸mÄ Xe¡p a¯p]nSn¨pt]mse tXm¶n. Imamthi¯nsâ Dcp¡pIbdpIÄ Hmtcm Rc¼nepw hcnªpapdpIn.

 

A§v Xmsg \cI¯nsâ AÔImc¡q«n Hcp tNc¸m¼v ]pfªpIpXn¡m³ XpS§n. ssZht¯bpw bpàntbbpw A\pkcn¡m¯ Ah³ s]m§nbSn¡phm³ XpS§n. A­Àshbdnsâ \mcpItf XÅns¸m¡n tfmlbnÂIqSn Hcp s]®nsâ ASn¯pSbn BªacpIbmWv B aqÀJ³. AXn\pÅn Xnf¡p¶ NqSpemhm ]X¨ps]m§p¶p. icoc¯n sam¯w Imamthi¯nsâ NpSv Cc¨pIbdp¶p.. A¨³ Ahtf X¶nte¡v hcnªpapdp¡n.

 

AhÄ Np­pIÄ Ahsâ Np­nÂ\n¶pw sasà AIän Ihnfn Dckns¡m­v sNhnbn tNmZn¨p.

 

"tPmkq«ns¡t¶ CjvShmtWm".

 

"H¯ncn."

 

"F{X CjvShm".

 

A¨³ AhfpsS apJw I¿nseSp¯v BÀ¯mÀ¯v Ihnf¯pw, Np­nepw,  Igp¯nsâ CSp¡nepw D½ sh¨psIm­v ]dªp.

 

"Ct{Xw".

 

AhÄ sasà aSnbnÂ\n¶v Gäp. Ahsâ I¿n ]nS¨p. A\pkcWbpÅ B«n³Ip«ntbt]mse Ah³ Ahtf A\pKan¨p InS¸papdnbnte¡v. AI¯pIbdn.

 

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InS¸papdnbn I«nen\Sp¯v AhÄ Ah\`napJambn tNÀ¶p \n¶n«p tNmZn¨p.

 

"\ap¡p hoSp sh©ncn¡t­."

 

"thWw."

 

Ahsâ Dd¨ N¦n IqSn ssI DuÀ¯ns¡m­hÄ tNmZn¨p.

 

"sh©ncn¡m³ shÅw sIm­p¶n«pt­m." sasà AhfpsS ssIIÄ Xmtgm«v DuÀ¶nd§n.

 

"D­v". Ah³ kzÂ]w hndbtemsS ]dªp. AhfpsS ssI tfmlbpsS Acbv¡p IognepÅ XSn¸n t]mbSnªp. sasà AhnsS XShns¡m­hÄ ]p©ncn¨p. At\zjn¨ tZhhn{Klw Is­¯nbt¸mft¯ IpkrXn¨ncn.

 

"F¶m ]ns¶ \ap¡§v sh©ncn¨mtem." hntamN\¯n\mbn Aednadnbp¶ B sImSpwImänsâ Xe¸¯v arZphmbn H¶hÄ I¿aÀ¯n.. Ahsâ icncamsI tImcn¯cn¨p. kncIfnÂIqSn an¶Â ]mªp. s]s«¶hfn \n¶v Ah³ ]nt¶m«v henªp.

 

"tPmkq«o, F¶m ]än." tacn BImwjtbmsS tNmZn¨p. A¨sâ apJsaÃmw shfp¯p shfdnbncn¡p¶p. AhfpsS I®pIÄ sasà Xmtgbv¡nd§n. tfmlbnte XSn¸p t]mbn. AhnsS Hcp sNdnb \\hpw. tacn¡p Imcyw a\knembn.

 

"tPmkq«o, Ipfnapdn ChnSp­v IgpIn¡fbmw".

 

tPmkq«n A¼c¶v hnfdn I®pw Xmgv¯n \n¡p¶ I­v tacn ASpt¯¡v sN¶v ssI]nSn¨p ss[ct¯msS ]dªp.

 

"C§p hm. AI¯pt]mbn A­ÀshbÀ DucnbnSv. Rm\n¸w hcmw."

 

tacn ASp¡fbntet¡mSn. Hcp ¥mkv ]mseSp¯v ASp¸¯v h¨p. ASp¸n Bfn¡¯p¶ Xo\mf§Ä AhfpsS DÅn s]mcnbp¶ Imamánt]membmbncp¶p. tPmkq«nbpsS Ip®bpsS I\hpw apgp¸pw arKob_ehpw Ahfpsb ssIbnenSªt¸mÄ AhfpsS ]qdnte ]mepw Xnf¨p ]X¨p s]m§m³  XpS§nbXmbncp¶p. sRcn]ncnsImÅp¶ B I®bpsS Xnft¸ä ssI AhÄ sasà Np­nte¡aÀ¯n. \jvSs¸« B \nanjt¯ I¿nsemXp¡phm\pÅ Bthit¯msS.

 

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¥mkn NqSp]mepambn InS¸papdnbnse¯nb¸w A¨\hnsSbnÃ. IpfnapdnbnepanÃ. tacn hcm´bnend§n t\m¡nbt¸mÄ I¿n IpSbpw ]nSn¨v bm{XbmIm³ \n¡p¶ A¨t\bmWv.  A­ÀshbÀ Npcp«n asä I¿nepap­v.

 

"tPmk¨³ t]mIphmtWm". ¥mkv tai¸pd¯v h¨n«v ]qapJt¯¡v h¶v tacn tNmZn¨p.

 

"AsX". tacnbpsS apJ¯pt\m¡msX A¨³ ]dªp.

 

"Ft¶ C{X shdp¡m³ Rm³ F´p sXäv sNbvXp".

 

"Rm\tà sXäv sNbvXXv. F\p¡p tacntbmSv shdps¸m¶pw CÃ".

 

tacn¡p Ic¨nsemXp¡m³ IgnªnÃ. AhÄ XqWnt\mSv H«n\n¶p tX§eSn¨p Icªp.

 

"C§s\ Icbsà tamtf" thZ\\ndª kzc¯n A¨³ bmNn¨p.

 

"CXv sXämWv. AXpsIm­mWv."

 

tPmk¨sâ kzc¯nte ZpJadnªv tacn I®pbÀ¯n, I®p\oÀ XpS¨n«p im´ambn ]dªp.

 

"icnbm A¨³ ]dªXv. A¨³ s]mbvt¡m. ]t£ C§s\ ]nW§nt¸mbm F\n¡v kln¡m\mhnÃ"

 

A¨\htf t\m¡n. Hcps]mSn kvt\l¯n\mbn sI©n bmNn¡p¶ B I®pIfn t\m¡n ]änsöv ]dbm³ A¨\v \mh\§nbnÃ.

 

"icn GXmbmepw hoSp sh©ncn¨n«p t]mImw". A¨³ kmhImiw ]dªp.

 

"Bs«". tacn {]kmZt¯msS ]p©ncn¨p.

 

"Rm³ t]mbn cq]¯nsâ ap¼n Xncn I¯n¡mw. Fsâ s]m¶¨\tÃ, Rm³ C\n thsdm¶pw tNmZn¡nà kXyw. Rm\o ]mev FSp¯pt]mbntÃ. A¨s\m¶v IpSn¡t¶".

 

"Bs«. IpSnt¨¡mw."

 

A¨³ ¥mkv taSn¨p IpSn¨p. sNdpNqSpÅ ]m AI¯v sN¶t¸mÄ Ft´m Hcp kpJhpw DWÀhpw tXm¶n. h¶ptIdnbt¸mÄ ]cy¼d¯p sh¨ncp¶ l¶m³shÅIp¸nbpw {]mÀ[\m]pkvXIhpsaSp¯v tPmk¨³ AIt¯¡v Ibdnt¡m­v hm¨n t\m¡n. kabw ]{´­cbmbn. Xmakn¨p. hÀ¯am\w ]dªncp¶t¸mÄ kabw t]mbXdnªnÃ. s]s«¶nhnSp¶nd§Ww. A¨³ a\knÂ

IcpXn.

 

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