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Rm³ \n§tfmSp ]dªXv XohWvSnbn sXWvSn¯ncnbp¶
cWvSp sIm¨p§sf c£n¡m³ {ian¨
IYbmWv. F¶m Fsâ ho«nte¡v
AdnbmsX hcnIbpw AdnbmsX t]mhpIbpw sNbvX Hcp¯nbpWvSmbncp¶p.
Rm³ Hcp ]gbIme \mbÀ Xdhm«nse k´XnbmWv.
A\yPmXn¡msc ]pdw ]Wn¡ÃmsX ASp¡f¸Wn¡v
A¶v Ibäp¶Xv Fsâ A½bv¡v
CjvSanÃmbncp¶p. B ImeL«¯nsâ
{]tXyIXsbt¶mWw, aäpÅhcn \n¶v
H¶pw hm§n¡gn¡p¶Xpw Fsâ
A½bvt¡m, hey½bvt¡m CjvSambncp¶nÃ.
B Imew R§Ä a¡Ä hfÀ¶tXmsS
CÃmXmhpIbpw sNbvXp. F¦nepw ]gb ImcWh·mÀ
"ASp¡fip²n', ]gb t]mse Xs¶ Im¡m\mWv
CjvSs¸Sp¶Xv F¶v A½ Ft¸mgpw
]dbpambncp¶p. hÀj§tfsd IS¶pt]mbn.
A½ tcmKnWnbmbn InS¡sb icWw {]m]n¨ Imew.
CXv 1995se kw`hamWv. A½sb XriqÀ tImþHm¸tdäohv
tlmkv]näenÂ\n¶p aS¡nsb¦nepw
\Ãh\mb tUmIvSÀ Sn.sF.cm[mIrjvWsâ
{]tXyI taÂt\m«¯n NnInÕ ho«n¯s¶
\S¡p¶p.
Hcp Znhkw AXncmhnse ssieP Fgpt¶äp t\m¡pt¼mÄ
]SnhmXn¡ Idp¯psaenªv £oWn¨hibmb
Hcp kv{Xo \n¡p¶p. {]mbw GXmWvSv 30þ35
hcpw. ""tN«m H¶v Fgpt¶tä;
tKän Btcm \n¡p¶p ''.
Rm³ Fgpt¶äv tKänte¡p sN¶p.
""Ft´...?.''. `mcybpw IqsS tKänte¡p
h¶ncp¶p. ""AIt¯¡p hcq''.
CXmWv Fsâ BZys¯ {]XnIcWw F¶dnbmhp¶
`mcy Xs¶ C¯hW Ahsf AIt¯¡p hnfn¨p.
AhfpsS hnhi`mhw IWvSm Ignªcm{Xn Blmcw Ign¨n«nsöpw
FhnsStbm InS¶v Dd§nþ Dd§msX, cm{Xn
Ign¨pIq«nbXmsW¶pw, GsXmcmÄ¡pw
a\ÊnemIpw. "hni¡p¶hsâ ap¼nÂ
ssZhw t]mepw A¸¯nsâ cq]¯nte {]Xy£s¸Smhq'
F¶ kn²m´w icn¡pw ]cn]men¡p¶hcmWv
Rm\pw `mcybpw. ssieP AhtfmSv hcm´bn Xs¶
Ccn¡m³ ]dªn«v NmbsbSp¡m³
t]mbn.
Rm\htfmSv \msShnsSbm, hosShnsSbm Fs¶ms¡
tNmZns¨¦nepw H¶n\pw IrXyambn D¯cw
X¶nÃ. anWvSmsX apJw Ip\n¨ncp¶tXbpÅq.
]¨ »ukpw ]¨v t_mÀUdpÅ apWvSpw
cWvSmw apWvSpamWv thjw. kzm`mhnI \ndw Idp¸mWv.
AXnsâ IqsS £oWn¨p saenªXnsâ Idp¸pIqSnbmbt¸mÄ
icn¡pw Hcp Ahi. CXn\nsS ssieP Nmbbpw cWvSp aq¶v
CÍvenbpsaSp¯p h¶p.
""AhfmZyw Blmcw Ign¡s«; Rm³ tNmZn¡mw.
tN«³ t]mbn ]Ãp tX¨p Nmb IpSn¡v''.
`mcy ]dªXptI«v Rm³ AIt¯¡p t]msb¦nepw
AI¯ncp¶v P\eneqsS Ahsf¯s¶ {i²n¡pIbmbncp¶p.
apä¯pÅ ss]¸p Xpd¶v hmbpw apJhpw
IgpIn AhÄ BÀ¯ntbmsS Nmbbpw CUvUenbpw Ign¨p.
""cWvSv CÍen IqSn Xcs«''. AhÄ
thWvS F¶p Xebm«n. `mcy \nÀ_Ôn¨t¸mÄ,
]ns¶ aXn F¶p am{Xw ]dªv s¹bnsäSp¯v
ss]¸n t]mbn hoWvSpw, t¹äv IgpIn Cdb¯p
h¨p. AhfpsS ssIbnepÅ sNdnb ¹mÌnIv
IhÀ Cdb¯ph¨v ]n¶m¼pdt¯¡p
t]mbn. AhnsS IWvSXmb NqseSp¯v Bcpw ]dbmsX Xs¶
apäaSn¡m³ XpS§n. apäaSn¨tijw
t\sc ASp¡fbn Ibdn ssiePbpsS IqsS \n¶v
]m{X§Ä IgpIm\pw ASp¡f hr¯nbm¡m\pw
XpS§n. CXn\nsS ssieP anXambn tNmZn¨ Nne tNmZy§Ä¡v
AhÄ anXambn¯s¶ D¯c§fpw \ÂIp¶pWvSmbncp¶p.
ssiePbpw Ahfpw AI¯p Ibdnbt¸mÄ Rm³
hoWvSpw hcm´bn h¶v AhfpsS t]mfn¯o³
IhÀ \nhÀ¯n t\m¡n. AXn AhÄ
C«ncp¶ t]mes¯ asämcp ]¨ »ukpw
]¨¡cbpÅ apWvSpw cWvSmw apWvSpambncp¶p.
IqSmsX asämcp sIm¨p t]mfn¯o³ IhdnÂ
s]mXnªv Ipsd ]¯pss]k Xp«pIfpw Ccp]Xp
ss]km Xp«pIfpw am{Xw.
A¶v km[mcW¡mÀ ]n¨ \ÂInbncp¶Xv
]¯p ss]km¯p«pIfpw 20 ss]km¯p«pIfpambncp¶Xn\mÂ
ChÄ ]n¨sbSp¡pIbmbncpt¶m Fs¶\n¡p
kwibw tXm¶n. ]t£, AsXÃmw AtX]Sn Rm³
s]mXnªp h¨v AIt¯¡p t]mbn.
Rm³ Ipfn Ignªv sdUnbmt¸mtg¡pw `mcy
t{_¡v ^mÌpambn, ]XnhnÃmsX Fsâ
apdnbnte¡p h¶p. "ssU\nwKv lmÄ AhÄ
hr¯nbm¡ns¡mWvSncn¡pIbmWv'
F¶v ap³ hmNIhpambmWv `mcy ap¶nse¯nbXv.
A¶v ho«n Øncambn DWvSmbncp¶
tPmen¡mcn CÃmbncp¶p. AhÀ \m«nte¡p
t]mbXv XteZnhkamWv. tPmen¡mcn hcp¶Xpw t]mIp¶Xpw
ssieP t\m¡mdnÃ. Fs¶bpw Ip«nIsfbpw
AXp _m[n¡mdpanÃ. "BcpsWvS¦nepw
Csænepw tImc\v Ip¼nfn Iªn'
F¶p ]dªv F¶pw ASp¡fbn Ibdp¶Xv
ssieP apS¡mdnÃ. ""AtXbv Rms\m¶pw
]dªnÃ. AhÄ FÃmw X\nsb sN¿p¶p.
\Ã hr¯nbpWvSv. Cu ImWp¶ t]msebÃ.
]t£ \mSpw hoSpw tNmZn¨Xn\v D¯cw ]dbp¶nÃ.
"]ns¶ ]dbmw tN¨o' F¶p am{XamWhfpsS
adp]Sn. ]nt¶bv, AhfpsS t]mfn¯o³ IhdnÂ
Cu C«ncn¡p¶t]mse Xs¶ Hcp ]¨
»ukpw apWvSpamWpÅXv. IWvSn«v FhnSpt¯tbm
bqWnt^mw t]mse...'' Rm\pw AXp IWvSp F¶v AhtfmSp ]dªnÃ.
""hà Pbneo¶pw h¶Xmbncn¡ptam?''
`mcy kwibw {]ISn¸n¨t¸mÄ, "Gbv
AsXm¶pw Bbncn¡nÃ' F¶v Rm³ ]dsª¦nepw
bqWnt^mw IWvSv, Fsâ kwibhpw A§s\ Xs¶bmWv
t]mbXv.
A½bpsS tcmKmhØ aqÀÑn¡pIbmbncp¶p.
Rm\pw ssiePbpw eohnembn«v amk§Ä cWvSp
aq¶mbn. Fsâ Cfb½mh\pw aq¯½mh\pw
aäp _Ôp¡fpw ho«n kµÀiIcmbn
\ntXy\bpWvSv. tPmen¡mcn Hcp amkt¯¡p
hcm\mhnsöp ssiePesb hnfn¨p ]dªp.
]t£, Cu h¶p Ibdnb kv{Xo tPmen¡mcnbpsS
Ipdhv `wKnbmbn ]cnlcn¡p¶pWvSmbncp¶p.
kpan{X F¶mWv AhÄ t]cp ]dªXv. ]t£, AhÄ
kpan{XbÃ, Hcp {InkvXob bphXnbmWv F¶v AhfpsS
]e s]cpamä¯nepw F\n¡p tXm¶nbncp¶p.
"amÀ¡w' IqSnbXmIpw F¶v ssieP ]dªp.
F\n¡pw ssiePbv¡pw aXtam PmXntbm Hcn¡epw
{]iv\ambn«nÃ. BsI A¯cw Imcy§fnÂ
Aev]w ImÀ¡iyw DWvSmbncp¶ A½ InS¸nepambncp¶p.
F´n\[nIw ]dbp¶p, Ipd¨p Znhk§Ä
sImWvSv AhÄ ho«nse AwKambn¯ocpIbmbncp¶p.
anXamb kw`mjWw; anXamb Blmc coXn. H¶pw adp¯p
]dbm\nÃm¯ \ni_vZXbpw kuayXbpw. ]Xps¡¸Xps¡
A½bpsS Imcy§fpw AhÄ Xs¶ t\m¡m³
XpS§n. A½bv¡p FXnÀs¸m¶pw
CÃmXmbn. Cuizcm aämcpsS ssIbnÂ\n¶pw
shÅw t]mepw hm§n¡gn¡m¯ A½bv¡v
acp¶pw Blmchpw \ÂIp¶Xv Ahfmbn amdn. AXv
Hcp \ntbmKw t]mse, R§Ä t\m¡n \n¶p. Hcp
amkw Ignªv Fsâ A½ acWs¸«p.
CXn\nsS AhfpsS bqWnt^mw amän, ho«nse {Ukpw kmcnbpw
\ÂInbncp¶p. AhÄ Xs¶bmWv AXymhiy¯n\v
ISbn t]mIp¶Xpw ho«pImcy§Ä
\S¯p¶Xpw. A½ acWs¸«Xnsâ
]ntäZnhkw cmhnse, Fgpt¶äv ]men\p t]mb kpan{Xsb,
]ns¶ R§Ä CXphsc IWvSn«nÃ.
ho«n \n¶v H¶pw FSp¯n«nÃ.
AhfpsS ]¨ »ukpw NnÃd ss]kbpw Ipsd¡meambn
R§Ä kq£n¡p¶p. ]tcmÄ Ignªv
AhÄ Pbnente¡p Xs¶ aS§ntbm; AtXm A½bv¡pthWvSn
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