shŸ«nsâ \of³ Ip¸mb§fWnª Bdp Ipªnss¸X§fpsS AI¼SntbmsS AUz. B\okv t]mÄ tZhmeb¯nsâ {][m\ IhmS¯n AIt¯¡p {]thin¡m\mbn Hcp§n \n¶p. AhÄ¡p ]n¶nembn s]¬Iq«tcmsSm¸w h¶ hncp¶pImcmb BWp§fpw s]®p§fpw.
tZhmeb¯n\pÅn bmKIkwLw hnhml¯ns\mcp¡ambpÅ hnip² KoX§Ä Be]n¨p. tPm¬hÀKokv tIm«pw kq«paWnªv \hhc\mbn Imdn \n¶nd§n. Ahsâ tIm«nsâ t]m¡än Hcp Nph¶ ]\n\oÀ ]pjv]w kpKÔw tNmcmsX B\okv t]mfn\pthWvSn aµlmkt¯msS Im¯ncn¡pIbmWv.
tPm¬ hÀKokn\p ]n¶mse B¬Iq«Às¡m¸w h¶ hncp¶pImcpw _Ôp¡fpw £Wn¡s¸s«¯nb aäv AXnYnIfpw AWn\nc¶p.
aZv_lmbpsS `mK¯p\n¶pw ]utemk¨\pw IpªphdoXpw kmhImiw \S¶ph¶v tZhmeb¯nsâ a[y`mK¯p\n¶p.
""hnhml¯n\mbn h¶hÀ AI¯p {]thin¨ms«''. ]utemk¨³ Aev]w Dds¡¯s¶ ]dªp. At±l¯nsâ IpÀ_m\¡p¸mb¯nse ap¯paWnIÄ Xnf§n.
KmbIkwLw hoWvSpw asämcp Km\¯nsâ ]ÃhnIÄ ]mSm\mcw`n¨p. ""]pXnsbmcp IpSpw_¯n³ IXncpIÄ Dbcp¶p...''. Aįmcbv¡p ap¶nse sagpIpXncnIÄ {]Imiw sNmcnªv DcpIn hogm³ XpS§n. Nph¶ ]«nsâ tZhmebXncioe sasà ]Ip¯p amdn.
tPm¬hÀKoknsâbpw B\okv t]mfnsâbpw PohnX hgn¯mcbn ]pXnsbmcp {]`mXw hncnbpIbmWv. hnhml IÀ½w BioÀhZn¡m\mbn ]utemk¨³ Hcp§n \n¶p. ]utemk¨sâ Ccphi§fnepambn IpÀ_m\¡p¸mb§fWnªv _Ôp¡fmb Bdp sshZnIÀ. A¨³ ]Ånbv¡pÅn IqSn \n¶htcmSmbn ]dªp:
""{]nb ktlmZco ktlmZc·mtc,
\hh[phnsâ Ct§m«pÅ bm{Xbn AhnNmcnXambpWvSmb Nne XSk§Ä ImcWw hnhmlip{iqjIÄ Aev]w sshIn. AXpsImWvSv \jvSs¸« kabw \ap¡p em`nt¡WvSXn\m hnip² IpÀ_m\ DWvSmbncn¡nÃ. hnhmlip{iqjIÄ am{Xambncn¡pw ChnsS \S¡pI''.
At±lw ssa¡neqsS D¨¯n sNmÃn. ""]nXmhnsâbpw ]p{Xsâbpw ]cnip²mßmhnsâbpw \ma¯n kvXpXnbmbncn¡s«''.
hnhmlIÀ½§Ä kamcw`n¨p. hnhmlw F¶ IqZmisb¡pdn¨pw AXnsâ ]cn]mh\Xsb¡pdn¨pw \hZ¼XnIÄ ]pXnb PohnX¯n {]thin¡pt¼mÄ A\pjvTnt¡WvS [À½§sf¡pdn¨pw ]utemk¨³ Hcp eLp{]kwKw \S¯n. A\´cw At±lw D¨¯n C{]Imcw IqZmi hN\§Ä sNmÃn.
""C¶papX acWwhsc kt´mj¯nepw ZpxJ¯nepw k¼¯nepw Zmcn{Zy¯nepw BtcmKy¯nepw A\mtcmKy¯nepw ]ckv]c kvt\lt¯mSpw hnizkvXXtbmSpw IqSn GI a\tÊmsS Pohn¨psImÅmsa¶v Cu hnip² kphntijw km£nbm¡n R§Ä hmKvZm\w sN¿p¶p. Cu hmKvZm\a\pkcn¨v Pohn¡m³ kÀÆià\mb ssZhw R§sf klmbn¡s«''.
tPm¬ hÀKoknsâbpw B\okv t]mfnsâbpw NpWvSpIÄ B at{´m¨mcW§Ä Gäp ]dªp. hnip² {KÙ¯n\p apIfn AhcpsS Ic]Ãh§Ä H¶p tNÀ¶ncp¶p.
A\´cw tamXnc§Ä ssIamdpIbpw Igp¯n an¶p sI«pIbpw ]«nsâ IeymWt¡mSn \hh[phnsâ inckn AWnbn¡pIbpw sNbvXp. km£nIÄ AhÀ¡ncphihpambn \n¶p. sXm«Sp¯mbn IpªphdoXpw kÀÆm`cWhn`qjnXbmbn dmtlepw \nev]pWvSv. dmtlensâ NpWvSpIÄ AhfdnbmsX Xs¶ ]utemk¨³ tPm¬ hÀKokn\p sNmÃns¡mSp¯ at{´m¨mcW§Ä Gäp]dªpsImWvSncp¶p.
ZmhoZv takvXncnbpsS ap¯Ñ³ K{_ntb takvXncn aZv_lmbpsS NphcpIfnepw Aįmcbnepw XoÀ¯ hnip²cpsS cq]§fpw amemJmamcpsS {]XnaIfpw AXn\p km£yw \n¶p. skant¯cnbnse ih¡ÃdIfnsem¶n aIÄ¡p am¸p \ÂIm\mhmsX ZmhoZv takvXncn.
Ccphi§fnepw s\ÂhbepIÄ \thmVsbt¸mse \mWn¨p \n¡p¶ {Kma]mXbneqsS hnhmlkwL¯nsâ hml\hyqlw kmhImiw HgpIn. IÃp¦Â XdhmSnsâ ]Sn¸pcbv¡p ap¶n ImdpIfpw aäp hml\§fpw \nc\ncbmbn \n¶p. IeymWs¨¡sâ Ae¦cn¨ ImdnÂ\n¶pw tPm¬ hÀKokpw B\okv t]mfpw kmhImiw Cd§n.
XdhmSnsâ ]qapJ hmXnen IpªphdoXpw dmtlepw Ahsc kzoIcn¡m³ Im¯p \n¡p¶p. AcnIn sFizcy¯nsâ \ndZo]ambn I¯n¨ \nehnf¡pw tX¨pan\p¡nb Hm«pInWvSnbn Im IgpIm\pÅ shÅhpambn tPm¬ hÀKoknsâ A\nb¯namÀ. ]q¡SIfn \ndsb kuc`yapÅ ]q¡fpambn hncp¶ph¶ Ip«nIÄ, ssIbn cWvSp henb ]qameIfpambn dmtlensâ Ip«nIÄ. \hh[qhc·mÀ¡p \ÂIm\pÅ henb s_ms¡Ifpambn A\pNchrµw.
hncn¸´Â \ndsb hncp¶pImÀ. Ghcpw B\okv t]mÄ F¶ aWhm«ns¸®ns\ IÃp¦Â Xdhm«n kzoIcn¡m³ Hcp§nbncn¡pIbmWv.
]qapJ¸SnIÄ Ibdn h¶ tPm¬ hdpKokns\bpw B\okv t]mfns\bpw IeymW¸´en Xn§n\ndªp\n¶ hncp¶pImÀ IuXpIt¯msS t\m¡n.
IeymW¸´ensâ ]cnkc§fn Xn¡n¯nc¡n \n¶ sNdpankwL§Ä Xdhm«nte¡p IS¶ph¶ ]pXps¸®ns\ ImWm³ XnSp¡w Iq«n.
BNmc{]Imcw hm¡nWvSnbn \n¶p shÅsaSp¯v ImÂIgpIn B\okv t]mÄ AXpambn IÃp¦Â XdhmSnsâ ]qapJ¯p {]thin¨p. hoÂs¨bdn Im¯ncp¶ adnbm½s¸§fpsS Imev]mZ§fn Ccphcpw \akvIcn¨p. ]mZw sXm«p hW§p¶Xn\p apt¼ adnbm½s¸§Ä Xsâ ZpÀ_eamb ssIIÄsImWvSv AhcpsS inckn A\p{KlhÀjw sNmcnªp. IeymWs¸®nsâ aqÀ²mhn Npw_n¨p. B hr²\b\§Ä \ndªp.
hndbmÀ¶ kzc¯n adnbm½s¸§Ä ]dªp.
""C\n \obmWv tamtf, Cu XdhmSnsâ sFizcw. s\\¡v \ÃXp hcs«. \½sS X¼pcm³ IÀ¯mhv s\s¶ kar²amb A\p{Kln¡pw''.
]n¶oSv AhÀ Ip«nIÄ IcpXnbncp¶ amebpw s_ms¡bpw kzoIcn¨v BÄ¡q«¯n\nSbneqsS hncn¨n« ImÀs¸äp hgn IeymWaWvU]¯nte¡p \S¶p.
\of³ hcm´bpsS sXs¡ tImWnse NphÀ Nn{X¯nencp¶v hÀ¡nam¸nf FÃmw ho£n¡p¶pWvSmbncp¶p.
IeymWaWvU]¯n BNmc{]ImcapÅ a[pcw hbv¡Â Ignªv dmtlensâ ssI]nSn¨v B\okpw AhÄ¡p ]n¶mse tPm¬hÀKokpw Ae¦cn¨ aWnbdbn {]thin¨p.
]pd¯v ]´en hncp¶pImÀ¡mbn hn`hkar²aamb kZybpsS hmÀ¸pIÄ Xpd¶p.