t]mkväÀ H«n¨p \S¶h³ `mhnbn H«n¡s¸Sm\pÅ t]mÌdnsâ hÀ®Nn{XamIp¶p. CsXms¡ F§s\ H¸ns¨Sp¯p F¶p ]eÀ¡pw Adnbmw. cma³Ip«n cma³ kmdmbn¡gnªm ]ns¶ tNmZyhpanÃ, D¯chpanÃ, Hcp D¯cw am{Xwþ"kz´w Imcyw knµm_mZv' F¶ \mS³ {]tbmKw.
IqsS \S¡p¶Xv D]Poh\¯n\v Ffp¸amÀ¤w IsWvS¯m\mWv. XncsªSp¸pIme¨ncn Nncn¡m³ ]Tn¨m ]©mb¯p ap\nkn¸Â AwK§fmIphm³ Ffp¸w Ignsª¶ncn¡pw. a¡Ä¡v DtZymKw. t]m¡än DbÀ¶p\nev¡p¶ I®S¡qSpw I£¯nse Ubdnbpw aXn, Akm[yImcy§Ä ]eXpw t\SnsbSp¡mw.
IqsS \S¶m F´pIn«psa¶p Nn´n¨ncp¶ IYm]m{X§sf ]pcmW§fnepw ss__nfnepw aäpw \ap¡v [mcmfambn ImWmw. a\pjycpsS kz`mh{]IrXw A§s\bmsW¶p IcpXnbm aXn. ^m. Umanbs\t¸msetbm AÊoknbnse {^m³kokns\bpw ¢mcsbbpwt]msetbm I¡«mbnse aZÀ sXtckmsbt¸msetbm DÅhÀ hfsc A]qÀÆambncn¡pw.
XymK¯nsâbpw kl\¯nsâbpw ]mSp]oUIfpsSbpw alm]mT§Ä \ap¡p ]dªpXcp¶Cu t\m¼pIme¯v, ]oUm\p`hIme¯v, ss__nfn \n¶pÅ cWvSp t]sc \ap¡p {i²n¡mw. {InkvXphN\§Ä tI«pw Ahsâ AÛpX{]hr¯nIÄ t\cn«pIWvSpw IqsS \S¶hcmWv AhÀ. F¦nepw AhcpsS a\ÊnepWvSmbncp¶Xv iàamb kzmÀ°en]vXamb, Hcp Nn´bmWv. IqsS \S¡p¶ R§Ä¡v F´pIn«pw? hoSpw IqSpw FÃmw Cs«dnªv, "Fs¶ A\pKan¡pI' F¶ Blzm\w tI«v IqsS IqSnbhcmsW¦nepw B \S¸n\papWvSv Hcp ]cn[n. sk_Zo]p{X·mÀ F¶mWv AhÀ Adnbs¸Sp¶Xv. bmt¡m_v F¶pw tbml¶m³ F¶pamWv icnbmb t]cpIÄ.
IqsS \S¡m³ XpS§nbn«p aq¶p hÀjambn. CXphsc H¶pw {]Xn^eambn In«nbn«nÃ. \S¶p\S¶p sNcn¸ptXªXp am{Xw. H¶pw In«m³ km[yXbnÃ, aS§nt¸mIp¶XmWp _p²n F¶p hnNmcn¨ncp¶t¸mgmWv, Hcp Znhkw IÀ¯mhp ]dbp¶p: \½Ä Pdot¡m hgn Pdqkteante¡p t]mhpIbmWv. AhnsSbmbncn¡pw s]klm BNcWw. AhnsS h¨v Rm³ \nbaÚ^cntkbkwL¯nsâ ]nSnbnemIpw. AhÀ Fs¶ ]cnlkn¨pw aÀ±n¨pw ]oUn¸n¨pw sImÃpw.
]oU\taäp acWaSbm³ t]mIp¶bmÄ A\pbmbnIÄ¡v F´p \evIm\mWv? km¼¯nIw apgph³ IÅ·mcpsS N{IhÀ¯nbmb bqZmknsâ ]nSnbnembncn¡p¶nSt¯mfw H¶pw {]Xo£nt¡WvS. Øm\am\§Ä hÃXpapsWvS¦n AXp ]t{Xmkpw bqZmkpw IqsS X«nsbSp¡pw. AXpsImWvSv, Ct¸mįs¶ Ibdn¸nSn¡pI. "\ap¡v A½sbbpw IqsS Iq«mw. Hcp kv{Xo IqsSbpÅXp \ÃXmWv.' hnhcadnªt¸mÄ A½bv¡pw DÕmlambn.
aqhcpwIqsS sN¶p IÀ¯mhns\ `àn]qÀÆw {]Wan¨p. hnjbmhXcWw \S¯nbXv A½bmbncp¶p. ""\nsâ cmPy¯nÂ, Fsâ a¡fnsemcmÄ \nsâ heXphi¯pw, A]c³ CSXphi¯pw Ccn¡m³ \o A\phZn¡Ww.''
CutimbpsS apJw Kuch]qÀ®ambn. ""\n§Ä Bhiys¸Sp¶sX´msW¶v. \n§Ä Adnbp¶nÃ. Rm³ IpSn¡p¶ ]m\]m{X¯n \n¶p IpSn¡mt\m Rm³ kzoIcn¡p¶ kv\m\w kzoIcn¡mt\m \n§Ä¡p Ignbptam?''
""Ignbpw, Ignbpw''
""\n§Ä CXp cWvSpw sN¿pw. ]t£ Fsâ CS¯pw he¯pw Øm\§fn Bcv D]hnjvScmIWsa¶p Xocpam\n¡p¶Xv Rm\à Fs¶ Ab¨h\mWv.''
IÀ¯mhp ]dªXnsâ AÀ°adnbmsX AhÀ ]I¨p\n¶p. AhcpsS AÚX AIäns¡mWvSv Ah³ XpSÀ¶p: ""henbh\mIm{Kln¡p¶h³ ip{iqjI\mIWw. H¶ma\mIm\m{Kln¡p¶h³ FÃmhcpsSbpw Zmk\pw. a\pjy]p{X³ h¶ncn¡p¶Xv ip{iqjn¡s¸Sm\Ã, ip{iqjn¡m\pw At\IÀ¡p thWvSn kzPoh³ tamN\{Zhyambn \evIm\pamWv.''
""\½psS t\Xmhmbn IÀ¯mhv AwKoIcn¨ ]t{Xmkns\t¸mepw XgªpsImWvSv koäv ]nSn¡m³ A½sbbpw Iq«n h¶ \n§Ä¡p X¡Xp In«nbntÃ?'' aäp injy·mÀ Ahsc ]cnlkn¨p. AhÀ¡p \mWt¡Sp tXm¶n.
Hcp IY IqsS ]dªv Cu {]IcWw Ahkm\n¸n¡mw. AXv bqZmknsâ IYbmWvþbqZmkv CkvIcnbm¯nsâ IY. blqZkaql¯nse Hcp `oIchmZnbmbncp¶p Ah³. A[nImcw, [\w F¶nhbv¡p thWvSn BÀ¯nbpw AXym{Klhpw Im«n \S¶ Hcp Xo{hhmZn. sk³sl{Zo³ kwLmwK§Ä¡pw ]ptcmlnX{]apJÀ¡pw ]oemt¯mkn\pt]mepw Ahs\ `bambncp¶p. kz´w P\XbpsS c£I\mIm³ btlmh, Xs¶bmWv XncsªSp¯Xv F¶pw Xm\mWv temIc£I\mbn¯ocm³ t]mIp¶sX¶pw Ah³ ]etcmSpw ]dªncp¶p. ]ptcmlnX{]apJÀ Ahs\ ]Ww sImSp¯mWv kzm[o\n¨ncp¶sX¦n ]oemt¯mkv Ahs\ hi¯m¡nbncp¶Xv kpµcnIsf hn«psImSp¯mWv.
{InkvXp Xsâ kz]v\§Ä¡p hnLmXamhpsa¶dnªn«pw Ah³ Hcp "]©]mh' amsW¶dnªtXmsS bqZmkv Hcp kwL«\¯n\pw X¿mdmbnà _dmºmkns\t¸mse Hcp KpWvSmkwLmwKambncp¶ Ah³ kmhImiw {InkvXpkwL¯ns\m¸ambn. kq{X¯n ]Ww k¼mZn¡pIbmbncp¶p Ahsâ e£yw. tbiphnsâ injykaql¯newKambm FhnsSbpw In«pw koäv. AhnsS\ns¶ms¡ ssIbn«phmcmw k¼mZn¡mw. C¡me¯v Ah³ `mcysbbpw a¡sfbpw Dt]£n¨p.
X\n¡v kz¯v H«pw thsWvS¶v Ahsc Adnbn¨p. Çol·mcpsS kwL¯n h¶m Ipd¨p am\w acymZbmbn Pohn¡Wsa¶v AhÀ a\Ênem¡n. X§fnse kaÀ°\pw kwL¯n Imcy{]m]vXnbpÅh\pw F¶v injy·mÀ Xs¶ Ahs\ AwKoIcn¨p. AXpsImWvSmWv AhÀ tNÀ¶v Ahs\ [\ImcyhIp¸nsâ t\Xmhmbn XncsªSp¯Xv. ]Ww Ipd¨pam{Xw sNehp sN¿pI. Ignbp¶{X hcpam\apWvSm¡pI. AXn \n¶p sIm©w sIm©w tamjWw \S¯pI. CXmbncp¶p Ahsâ KqVe£y§Ä. Ahsâ IpX{´§Ä kwLt\Xmhmb B ]©]mhw Adnªncpt¶m Ft´m? A¸w, hoªv, ]m{X§Ä XpS§nb AXymhiyhkvXp¡Ä hm§m³ Bsc¦nepw amÀ¡än t]mbm Xncn¨phcpt¼mÄ IrXyamb IW¡p ImWn¡Wsa¶v Ah³ \nÀt±in¡pI t]mepw sNbvXp.
""Rm³ k\ykn¡m³ t]mhpIbmWv.'' Hcp Znhkw Ah³ {]Jym]n¨p. `£W]m\ob§Ä Poh³ InS¡m³ am{Xw. \½psS IÀ¯mhv F{Xtbm XhW D]hkn¨p {]mÀ°n¡m³ t]mImdpWvSv. F\n¡pw F´psImWvSp h¿? blqZP\XbpsS tamNI\mIm³ t]mIp¶Xp IÀ¯mhmWv F¶p ]ckyambn ]dbpIbpw clky¯n c£Itamlw kzbw GsäSp¡pIbpw sNbvXp Ah³.
]t{Xmknsâ t\XrXz¯nepÅ kwL¯n tNcm³ Hcp ImcWta Ah\v DWvSmbncp¶pÅq. BcpadnbmsX ]WapWvSm¡mw. F{X ]pWymf¯w {]ISn¸n¨mepw Ah³ IÅ\msW¶v ]t{Xmkn\v Adnbmambncp¶p. acn¨hcn \n¶v DbnÀ¸n¡s¸« emkdnsâ `h\¯n \S¶ hncp¶pthfbn aÀ¯m ASp¡f tPmenIfn {i²n¡pIbpw adnbw \mY\pambn kwkmcn¡pIbpw aÀ¯m IÀ¯mhnt\mSp ]cmXns¸SpIbpw sNbvX IY {]kn²amWsÃm. hncp¶mcw`n¨v Ipd¨pIgnªt¸mÄ adnbw \mSIobambn hncp¶pimebnte¡p h¶p. IÀ¯mhnsâ ap¼n ap«pIp¯n AXohlrZyamb ]cnafw ]c¯p¶ Hcp ssXesaSp¯v Ahsâ apSnbngIfnepw ]«p]mZ§fnepw ]qin. kndnb³ Ip¶pIfnepw lnameb³ ImSpIfnepw hfcp¶ Nne ]¨acp¶pIÄ ]dn¨v hmän aodmbpw Ip´pcp¡hpw tNÀ¯p ]cphs¸Sp¯nsbSp¯p \nÀ½n¡p¶Xmbncp¶p B hmk\ss¯ew.
AhnsS \S¡p¶ kw`h§sfÃmw A\njvSt¯msS t\m¡nbncp¶ bqZmkv Aev]w i_vZw DbÀ¯n ]dªp: ""CXp hnäm ap¶qdp Z\mdm In«pw. Icn©´bnemsW¦n Hcp A³]Xp Z\md IqSpXÂ. ChÄ AXv F´n\mWn§s\ ]mgm¡n¡fªXv?''
]t{Xmkn\v bqZmknsâ iImcw H«pw CjvSs¸«nÃ. XXv£Ww adnbw thK¯n AIt¯¡p Ibdn. Ahsf XSªpsImWvSp IÀ¯mhp tNmZn¨p: : ""]mgm¡nsbt¶m?'' ]t{Xmkv BßKXw sNbvXp. aq¶qdp Z\md bqZmkv IW¡n sImÅn¡pw. IqSpX In«p¶ A³]Xv Ah³ kz´w Ioibn HXp¡pIbpw sN¿pw.
bqZmknsâ iImcw IÀ¯mhn\v CjvSs¸«nÃ. ""\o F´n\m Ahsf hnjan¸n¡p¶Xv. AhÄ F\n¡pthWvSn Hcp \à Imcyw sNbvsX¶p hnNmcn¨m aXn.'' tbip BÄ¡q«¯n h¨v Xs¶ ]ckyambn Bt£]n¨Xv bqZmkn\pw CjvSs¸«nÃ. tbiphns\Xntc B \nanjw apX Ah³ a\Ên X{´§Ä sa\bm³ XpS§n. IqsS \S¶m F´p In«psa¶p IW¡p Iq«pIbpw H¶pw In«nbnsæn clky¯n IhÀs¶Sp¡pIbpw sN¿p¶ kz`mhamWv bqZmkntâXv F¶p hnfn¨p]dbm³ tXm¶n ]t{Xmkn\v. IÀ¯mhns\bpw AXnYnIsfbpw HmÀ¯v Ah³ H¶pw ]dªnsöp am{Xw.
BcpsS IqsS \S¶mÂ?
tbip{InkvXp Fs¶mcmÄ Pohn¨ncp¶nsöp ]dbpIbpw FgpXpIbpw ]Tn¸n¡pIbpw sN¿p¶hcpWvSv. {InkvXp Hcp kXyaÃ; Bbncps¶¦n F¶v AhÀ B{Kln¡p¶papWvSv. {InkvXp F¶ kXy¯n\¸pdw C{Xbpw ZmcpWamb Hcp kXyw `qanbnepWvSmbn«nsöXmWv Gähpw henb kXyw. B ZmcpW kXyw Iev]m´§sfbpw IS¶pt]mIp¶ IZ\ambn, ImcpWyambn \s½ ISm£n¡p¶p. Ah³ Pohn¨ncp¶nsöp ]dbp¶hcpsS \mhn³Xp¼nÂt]mepw P\narXnIfnÃm¯ \nXyPohsâ kZzN\§Ä DXnÀ¯v Ah³ \nev¡p¶p. {InkvXp Hcp kz]v\amWv. AÔÀ¡pw _[ncÀ¡pw apS´À¡pw IpjvTtcmKnIÄ¡pw kz]v\w hmKvZm\w sN¿p¶ at\mlcamb kz]v\w. H¶panÃm¯hcpsS Bßobhpw imcocnIhpamb kuJy¯n\v Fs´¦nepw sNbvXm {]Xn^eambn F´p In«psa¶v Ah³ hnNmcn¨tXbnÃ. temI¯nsâ apgph³ Zp:J`mchpw Ipcnim¡n amänbh\mWv {InkvXp. IqsS \S¡m¯hÀ¡pw Ah³ c£bpsS Ipcnip Im«ns¡mSp¡p¶p. ImcWw, IpcninÃmsX IncoSansöv cWvSmbncw hÀj¯n\p ap¼p Xs¶ temIw \s½ ]Tn¸n¨n«pWvSv.
Ah³ thZ\n¡p¶hcpsS thZamWv. thZ§fpsS kmckÀÆkzamWv. temI¯nsâ apgph³ Zp:J`mchpw sImWvSp XoÀ¯ IpcninÂ, Afhä ]oU\§Ä Gäphm§n Imean{Xbmbn«pw acn¡msX acn¨pInS¡p¶ {InkvXp \ap¡p Im«n¯cp¶Xv acWanÃmbvabpsS DbnÀ¸mWv. \ap¡p c£ma{´amWv B thZw. IpcnimtcmlW¯nsâbpw acW¯nsâbpw D°m\¯nsâbpw \nXyc£bpsS thZ]pkvXIamWv aninlm. Cu thZ]pkvXI¯nsâ cN\bv¡p Iq«p \n¶hcmWv ^cntkbcpw \nbaÚcpw ]ptcmlnXcpw bqZmkns\t¸mepÅ D{KhmZnIfpw, IqsS \S¶m F´p In«psa¶ kzmÀ°Nn´bn apgpIn¡gnbp¶ \½fpw.