Bt]mIp¶ am\ys\ \n§fdnbpw. am\yX F.]n.F BWv. F¶ph¨m F_u BhtdPv.
hgnh¡nse sjÍnÂ, D¨shbnteev¡p¶ sIm¨n¡mb t]mse, ]f]fm¶p Xnf§p¶ ImÀ ]mÀ¡p sNbvXn«v kz´w Øm]\¯nte¡p NS]Sm¶v \SIbdnt¸mIp¶ B _lpam\ys\¸än¯s¶ ]dªXv.
cWvSp \neIfpÅ Øm]\¯nsâ Xncps\änbn¯s¶ AXnsâ hnemkw hnekp¶p.
"A´¸mbokv t\gvknwKv tlmw.'
Øm]\w BbXnsâ cPXPq_nen sImWvSmSnbXpw AXnt\mS\p_Ôn¨pWvSmb Ii]nibn sImWvSm«¡mcn \ne¯v Imepdbv¡m¯ NneÀ ASnsImtWvSmSnbXpw Ignª \hw_dnemWv. Ct¸mÄ a\ÊnembsÃm Ibdnt¸mbXv Cu HmWwtIdmaqebnse A£cadnbmhp¶ A©p iXam\¯n\v tUmIvSdpw hnZyIÄ ]eXpw ssIhiapWvSmbn«pw Fgp¯pw hmb\bpw ]nSnIn«m¸pÅnIfmb _m¡n sXm®qä©p iXam\¯n\pw Um¡n«dpamb `njKzc\msW¶v.
At±lw Cu `qanbn hnknänwKv hnkbpambn {]Xy£s¸«n«v sImÃw F¬]Xp Ignªp. tZmjw ]dbcpXsÃm, s]cpamä¯nse NpdpNpdp¡pw hÀ¯am\¯nse ]ncp]ncp¸pw {i²n¨m C¸dªXv shÅwtNÀ¡m¯ IÅamsWt¶ BÀ¡pw tXm¶q. ]ªns¯m¸n sh¨t]mse \cIbdnb XebmWv Zriyamb Htc Hcp sXfnhv. Xe IWvSn«v kwibw Xocp¶nsæn ZqscbpÅ ]«W¯nse kÀ¡mcmip]{Xnbn \n¶v Ccp]¯©p sImÃw ap¼v ASp¯q¬ ]än ]ncnª A´¸mbn F¶p t]cpÅ Hcp No^v saUn¡Â Hm^okÀ A¶papX C¶phsc JPm\bn \n¶v s]³j³ hm§p¶psWvS¶v tcJIÄ t\m¡n t_m[ys¸Smw.
BÄ kpµc³, kpapJ³, hr²tImaf³. tX¨pan\p¡nb \of¡¿³ shÅjÀ«v. Xnf§p¶ Idp¯ ]mâvkv. ]t£ Hcp t]mcmbva. BÄ \á]mZ\mWv. Imep t]mbmepw taen ]mZpI§Ä AWnbnsöp sshZyimkv{X¯nsâ Imep]nSn¨v ZrV{]XnÚ FSp¯n«pÅh³. sNcn¸pImWpItbm sNcns¸¶p tIÄ¡pItbm sNbvXm sh«nbn« hcn¡¨¡t]mse A´¸mbn Nnet¸mÄ \ne¯p hosW¶phcpw. Cu Zpc´w kw`hn¡mXncn¡m\mWv A´¸mbnbpsS I¬kÄ«nwKv apdnbpsS IhmS¯n Hcp kvs]jy Aä³Usd kvs]jyembn ]p«¸v sNbvXncn¡p¶Xv.
DtZymKt¸cv kven¸À Aä³UÀ F¶msW¦nepw, I£n an¡ kab¯pw kveo¸nMv Aä³Udmbn tPmen sN¿p¶Xv ]eh«w IsWvS¦nepw IWvS a«v A´¸mbn \Sn¡mdnÃ. ap¸¯naq¶psImÃw kÀ¡mcm^okn Aä³Udmbn tPmen sNbvX taev]Snbm\v Dd¡aÃmsX asäm¶pw hiansöv A´¸mbn¡v Adnbmw.
A´¸mbn¡p sNcn¸phntcm[w DSseSp¯Xv At±l¯nsâ \à {]mb¯nemsWt¶mÀ¡Ww. A¶phsc hneIqSnb ImepdIfpw sebvkpÅ jqkpIfpw Cu am\y]mZ§Ä¡p \nÀ_Ôambncp¶p. \½psSsbms¡ A½b½q½mcpw A¸\¸q¸·mcpw bphXobphm¡m·mcmbncp¶ Imew. tdUntbm, Idâv, t^m¬, {^nUvPv, Ìu, Ip¡À XpS§nb Cw¥ojv ]ntÅcv ChnsS ssI t]mbn«v Imept]mepw Ip¯nbncp¶nà A¶v. shÅw tImcn Iªnh¨pw hndIp s]dp¡nbpw ASp¸v I¯n¨pw HÃn De¡sImWvSv s\Ãv Ip¯nbpw AcIÃn apfIc¨pw as®® hnf¡nsâ shfn¨wIWvSpw AhÀ Pohn¨ncp¶ Imew. sU¦p¸\n, Fen¸\n, ]£n¸\n XpS§nb ioa¸\nItfm I{Xo\, do¯, aÀKco¯ XpS§nb Npgen¡mäpItfm _µv, lÀ¯mÂ, ]WnapS¡v, _¡äp]ncnhv, sImSn]nSn¯w apXemb hnIk\{]hÀ¯\§tfm A¶pWvSmbncp¶nÃ.
sh_vsskäpIsf Ipfw Ie¡p¶ sshdkpIsft¸mse hIp¸pIsf sNfn¡pgnIfm¡p¶ _lp. a{´namtcm kzÀ®¯nS¼pw ]©temlhn{Klhpw cmbv¡pcmam\w amän adn¨v aSnioe hoÀ¸n¡p¶ am\yX{´namtcm CÃmXncp¶ Imew.
B Ime¯v \½psS A´¸mbn shdpw A¸m¯n¡cn Bbncp¶p. X¨¦cn, cma¦cn, an{X¡cn, I¡cn, Dan¡cn, ss]k¡cn, sN½\mIcn, Icnt¡m«¡cn F¶nXymZn IcnIsfms¡ \m«n Icn¡s¸Sp¶Xn\papt¼ A¸m¯n¡cn ChnsS Adnbs¸«ncp¶p. ]«W¯nse kÀ¡mcmip]{Xnbmbncp¶p A¶v A´¸mbn F¶ A¸m¯n¡cnbpsS {`aW]Y¯nsâ tI{µ_nµp.
Hcp Zpjv{]`mX¯n A¸ânsskänkv F¶ GSmIqS¯nsâ thZ\sImWvSv aSp¯ bphmhmb aIs\bpw Iq«n Hcp Ic{]amWn A´¸mbnbpsS ho«nse¯n.
sIm¼pw sImgepw h¨v bphtZl¯nsâ \mep]mSpw ]cntim[n¨v t_m[ys¸«Xn\ptijw A¸m¯n¡cn DhmN:
""\msf cmhnse Ct§m«p hm...!''
""At¶camtWm NnInÕ...?''
""sXmS¡w At¶cam...!''
""Hm...!''
A\pkcn¨tà ]äq. ]ntä¶pw sN¶p.
hoWvSpw ]cntim[\! Xte Znhkt¯Xp t]mse Xs¶. HSphn ]dªp:
""Hm¸tdj³ thWw. F\n¡p \qdp cq]bpw!''
""I¯ow \qepw kqNosams¡ Bip]{XoentÃ...? ]ns¶´n\m cq]m...?''
""AsX\ns¡mÅ ]Snbm...!''
]Sn BZyw ]nSn F¶ ]Sn s]Sen¡v Hcp s]S sImSp¡m\mWp tXm¶nbXv. F¦nepw sImSp¯nÃ. thsd A¸m¯n¡cnsb IWvSv Imcyw km[n¨p.
HcmgvN Ignªp. Bip]{XnbnÂ\n¶p h¶ hgn Hcp ]äw \m«pImÀ A´¸mbnsb XSªp\nÀ¯n. A´¸mbn A´wt]mb Ip´w t]mse A´n¨§s\ \nev¡pt¼mÄ hgnh¡n ASp¸pw AXnt·Â tZmi¡Ãpw IWvSp. sXm«Sp¯v Hcp ]gb taibpw Itkcbpw. tai¸pd¯v Hcp ]m{X¯n Ipg¨ tKmX¼pamhpw N¸m¯n¸eIbpw Dcp«ptImepw.
""F´m Imcyw?'' A¸m¯n¡cn tNmZn¨p.
""Icn Ccp¶ms«. \ap¡v Icnbm¯ N¸m¯n DWvSm¡n¯n¶n«p t]mImw.''
A¸ânsskänknsâ A¸³ I¯ns¨dnª hmWwt]mse apt¼m«p Ibdn h¶n«v s]m«n.
At¸mÄ Iq«¯n \n¶ asämcp¯³ KpWvSpt]mse s]m«ns¯dn¨p:
""]cs¯tSm N¸m¯n!''
KXy´canÃmsX A´¸mbn N¸m¯n ]c¯nsb¶p am{Xaà ASp¸n Xo]nSn¸n¨v Ah NpSpIbpw sNbvXp. Np«Xp Np«Xv X«n¸dn¨v P\w Xn¶p. ]cn]mSnbpsS Ahkm\w lmcmÀ¸Wambncp¶p. tNdpw sNfnbpw Icnbpw a®pw]pcWvS Ccp]¯nsbm¶v sNcn¸pIÄ ]gb Ibdn sImcp¯pWvSm¡nb Blmcw A´¸mbnbpsS Igp¯neWnbn¨Xv hninjvSmXnYnbmb km£m A¸ân sskänkv Xs¶.
lmcw DucmsX Xs¶ A´¸mbn HmSn. \m«pImÀ Iqhn. AXn\ptijw \mfnXphsc A´¸mbn ]Sn tNmZn¨n«nÃ. ]mZpI§Ä AWnbpItbm N¸m¯n Xn¶pItbm sNbvXn«panÃ.