Ipdph¨³ A]IS\ne XcWw sNbvXt¸mÄ FÃmhcpw Bizkn¨p. lrt{ZmK hnZKv[\mb tUm.tPmÀPv tP¡_v ]dªp:
""anÌÀ hÀKokv, \n§Ä¡v \n§fpsS A¸¨s\ XncnsI In«nbncn¡p¶p. s{]bvkv Z temÀUv. ssZhw c£n¨p F¶p ]dªm aXn. A{X kocnbkmbncp¶p, At±l¯nsâ \ne. C{Xbpw {]mbambntÃ. {In«n¡Â tÌPn \n¶v c£s]Spsa¶v Rm³ hnNmcn¨ncp¶nÃ''.
At±lw Xsâ I®Sbv¡nSbneqsS IpªphdoXnsâ apJt¯¡pw tPm¬ hÀKoknsâ apJt¯¡pw amdn amdn t\m¡n. ""]t£ hfsc {i²n¡Ww. Hcp Xc¯nepapÅ kvs{Skv sImSp¡m³ ]mSnÃ. sS³j³ {^o Bbncn¡Ww, Ft¸mgpw At±lw. F¦n At±lw Ipsd¡mew IqSn Pohn¡pw''.
tUm.tPmÀPv tP¡_v H¶p ]p©ncn¨p. At±lw XpSÀ¶p:
""\n§Ä¡v \n§fpsS A¸¨s\ Ipsd¡mew IqSn ImWmw. Mvlmþ \msf sF.knbphnÂ\n¶v UnkvNmÀPv sN¿mw. F¶mepw HcmgvNIqSn ChnsS tlmkv]näen InS¡Ww; R§fpsS H_vkÀthj\nÂ. H.sI.''
At±lw ]dªp \ndp¯n. ASp¯ tcmKn¡mbn At±lw s_Ãn hnceaÀ¯n.
IpªphdoXpw tPm¬ hÀKokpw tUm.tPmÀPv tP¡_nsâ apdnbn \n¶nd§n. ]pd¯v hcm´bnse Itkcbn Im¯ncp¶ sNdnbm³ hÀKokpw ssiePbpw hnhcadnbm\mbn AhcpsS apJt¯¡p t\m¡n. hey¸¨³ kpJw {]m]n¨phcp¶psh¶dnªt¸mÄ AhcpsS apJ¯pw Bizmk¯nsâ {]ImitcWp¡Ä.
a¯mbn¡v kt´mjw sImWvSv XpÅn¨mSm³ tXm¶n. Xm³ apJm´camWv A¨mb³ hogm\nSbmbXv F¶ Ipät_m[w Ct¸mgpw Abmsf ImÀ¶p Xn¶p¶pWvSmbncp¶p.
sF.kn.bphnsâ hmXn Xpd¡m\mbn AhÀ hcm´bn Im¯ncp¶p. apä¯p hncn¨ncn¡p¶ Nc¡ÃpIfn a[ymlv\kqcy³ I¯nsbcnªp. AhnsS Hcp SmIvkn¡mÀ h¶p \n¶p. IpªphdoXnsâ a{Zmkn ]Tn¡p¶ s]¬a¡Ä sUbvknbpw enkpw h¶XmWv. s{Sbn\n h¶ AhÀ tÌj\nÂ\n¶pw ]nSn¨XmWv B SmIvkn. tUmÀ Xpd¶v AhÀ Cd§p¶XpIWvSv tPm¬ hÀKokv AhntS¡p sN¶p. AbmÄ ln¸v t]m¡änÂ\n¶pw t]gvskSp¯v Xpd¶v SmIvkn¡mc\v AbmfpsS Iqen sImSp¯p. AhÀ DtZzKt¯msS tPm¬ hÀKoknsâ apJt¯¡p t\m¡n. tPm¬ hÀKokv ]dªp:
""hey¸¨\v Aev]w BizmkapWvSv. A]IS\ne amdnsb¶mWv tUmIvSÀ ]dªXv. I®p Xpd¶t¸mÄ \n§sf Xnc¡n.''.
AXp tI«t¸mÄ CcphcpsSbpw I®p \ndªp. ""hcq. Ct¸mgv kµÀi\¯n\pÅ kabamIpw. '' AhÀ tPm¬ hÀKokn\p ]n¶mse hcm´bnte¡p Ibdn. AhnsS UmUn¡pkao]w sNdnbm³ hÀKokns\bpw ssiePsbbpw IWvSv AhÀ AZv`pXt¯msS t\m¡n.
AhcpsS t\m«w IWvSv sNdnbm³ hÀKokv s]§·mtcmSp ]dªp: ""\n§fv t\m¡WvS ]ntÅsc. CXv ssieP. Fsâ tKÄ {^WvSv. \n§¡p thWsa¦nev ssiePt¨¨n F¶p hnfn¡mw''.
AhÀ Ccphcpw Hcp ]p©ncntbmsS \n¶p. adp]Snsbm¶pw ]dªnÃ. ssieP AhÀ¡Sp¯psN¶v AhcpsS Icw{Kln¨p. At¸mÄ sNdnbm³ hÀKokv Nncn¨p. ""Fsâ s]§·mcm. sUbvknbpw enkpw. `mhnbnev ssietPsS \m¯q·mcv''.
At¸mÄ sF.knbphnsâ ASªp InS¶ hmXn Xpd¶p. kµÀiIkabambncn¡p¶p. AhÀ AI¯p Ibdn. 14þmw \¼À s_Un\cnInse¯n. Ct¸mÄ Ipdph¨sâ HmIvknP³ IpgepIÄ amänbn«pWvSv.
sIm¨pa¡sf IWvSt¸mÄ Ipdph¨³ Xsâ ZpÀ_eamb heXpssI A\¡n. AhÀ cWvSmfpw tNÀ¶v hey¸¨sâ Icw {Kln¨p. Ipdph¨sâ I¬tImWpIfneqsS I®oÀIW§Ä HgpInbnd§n. B ZpÀ_eamb Icw hnd¨p. I®oÀIW§Ä IWvSt¸mÄ AhÀ cWvSmfpw hnXp¼nt¸mbn.
Ipdph¨³ Ft´m ]dbm³ NpWvS\¡p¶Xpt]mse tXm¶n. B s\©nSn¸v hÀ²n¡p¶Xpt]mse tPm¬hÀKokn\p tXm¶n.
""hey¸¨\v \à sImdshmsWvS¶m tUmIvSdm ]dªXv. \msf ChvsS¶v UnkvNmÀPv sN¿pw. hey¸¨s\´n\m k¦Ss¸Sp¶Xv. R§sfms¡ ASp¯ntÃ?''.
klmbnbmbn sXm«Sp¯p \n¶ t\gvkv hr¯nbpÅ tIm«¬ sImWvSv Ipdph¨sâ IhnfneqsS Hen¨nd§nb I®oscm¸n.
Ipdph¨³ ]p©ncn¡m³ {ian¨p. HcphcWvS Nncn B apJ¯p sasà ]c¶p. s\©nSn¸nsâ Xmfw km[mcW KXnbnembn. ""hey¸¨³ hn{iant¨mfq. R§sfms¡ Ft¸m gpw ]pd¯v ImhsemWvSv''. tPm ¬ hÀKokv hoWvSpw Ipdph¨s\ Bizkn¸n¨p.
D¨shbn Nmªt¸mÄ Bip]{Xn apä¯v \ngepIÄ hoWp. kqcyXm]¯n\v Aev] ia\w IWvSp.
IpªphdoXv Ft´m AKm[amb Nn´bnemWvSncn¡pIbmWv. AbmfpsS a\kv A{]m]yamb GtXm aWvUe§fneqsS k©cn¡p¶pWvSv. A¸s\Xntc sIm Sp¯ h¡o t\m«okv ]n³ hen¨mtem F¶mWv Ct¸mgs¯ BtemN\. A¸sâ a\Êns\ Aev]w t]m epw thZ\n¸n¡cpsX¶tà tUmIvSÀ ]dªXv. A¸sâ a\Ênsâ ]ncnapdp¡w Ab ªp In«m³ AXv klmbn¡mXncn¡nÃ.
apäs¯ Nc ]mXbn asämcp SmIvkn¡mÀ h¶p \n¶t¸mgmWv AbmÄ Nn´bn \n¶pWÀ¶Xv. Imdnsâ tUmÀ Xpd¶v dmtlepw AbmfpsS cWvSp s]¬a¡fpw Cd§nh¶p. dmtl Du«nbnse kvIqfn sN¶v Ahsc Iq«n h¶XmWv. AhcpsS acWmk¶\mb hey¸¨s\ Hcp t\m¡p ImWm³.
IpªphdoXnsâ a\Êv AkzØambn. dmtlens\bpw Ip«nIsfbpw ImWpt¼mÄ A¸³ apJw Xncn¡ptam? Bip]{Xn¡nS¡bn A\mhiyamb \mSI§Ä Act§dptam? IpªphdoXv FWoäp sN¶p. dmtlepw Ip«nIfpw s̸pIÄ Ibdnh¶p.
Ip«nIÄ cWvSmfpw HmSnh¶v UmUnbpsS Icw{Kln¨p. tPm¬hÀKokpw ktlmZcnamcpw AXpIWvSp \n¶p. AhÀ BZyambn ImWpIbmWv B Ip«nIsf.
Ahcpw X§fpsS A\nb¯namctà HcÀ°¯nÂ. X§fpsS UmUnbpsS cà¯n ]nd¶hÀ. ]mhw Ip«nIÄ Ahsc´p ]ng¨p?
tPm¬hÀKokv kmhImiw ASp¯psN¶v AhcpsS Icw{Kln¨p.
""hcq a¡sf. \n§fv bm{X sNbvXp £oWn¨p h¶XtÃ? v\½psS apdoev t]mbm \n§Ä¡v Hmd©p Pyqkv Xcmw.''. tPm¬ hÀKokv ]p©cntbmsS ]dªp.
""sNÃq a¡sf. t]mbn apJw IgpIn {^jv Bbn hcq.'' dmtl ]p©ncntbmsS Ahsc t{]mÕmln¸n¨p.
""a½n IqSn hcq''. AhÀ sI©n.
dmtlent\mSmbn tPm¬hÀKokv ]dªp:
""hcq, a½o. AhÀ¡v Iq«mbn''. F¶n«v Xsâ ktlmZcnamtcmSmbn samgnªp.
""\n§fpw hcq.''.
AhÀ hcm´bneqsS apt¶m«p \o§p¶Xv IpªphdoXv \nÀ¶ntaj\mbn t\m¡n \n¶p.
s\ev]mS§Ä¡¸pds¯ ac¡q«§Ä¡nSbnte¡v kmbmÓkqcy³ adbm³ sh¼pIbmWv. sFknbphnte¡pÅ sshIpt¶cs¯ kµÀi\ kabamWv.
dmtlen\pw Ip«nIÄ¡psam¸w tPm¬ hÀKokv AI¯p IS¶p. tPm¬hÀKokv Ahsc hey¸¨sâ s_Ín\cpInte¡v B\bn¨p.
Ip«nIsf F´p ]dªv ]cnNbs¸Sp¯Wsa¶ Nn´bnembncp¶, tPm¬ hÀKokv. AbmÄ Aev]w ]cp§n.
Ipdph¨³ I®p Xpd¶p InS¡pIbmbncp¶p. AbmÄ dmtlensâ apJt¯¡v kq£n¨p t\m¡n. XpSÀ¶v Ip«nIfpsS t\tc t\m«w h¶p. hey¸¨sâ apJs¯ `mhw sImWvSv dmtlens\bpw Ip«nIsfbpw Xncn¨dnªXmbn tPm¬hÀKokn\p a\Ênembn.
Bcpsam¶pw kwkmcn¨nÃ. AhÀ¡nSbn au\¯nsâ Nne´n he s\bvXp. Ip«nIÄ sXÃp `b¸mtSmsSbmWv \n¡p¶sX¶v AhcpsS apJs¯ kw{`aw IWvSmednbmw.
Ipdph¨³ hoWvSpw Xsâ ImgvNiàn Ipdª I®pIÄ sImWvSv Ahsc t\m¡n dmtl F´p tNmZn¡Wsa¶ ktµl¯n \n¶p. tPm¬ hÀKokv hm¡pIÄ¡mbn a\Êp]cXn.
ASp¯ \nanj¯n Ipdph¨sâ apJ¯v Fs´ms¡tbm hnImc§Ä Ibdn h¶p. s\©nSn¸p hÀ[n¨p. AbmÄ adphit¯¡v apJw Xncn¨p.
dmtl Ip«nIfpsS ssI]nSn¨v sF.kn.bphnsâ hmXn e£yam¡n apt¶m«p \o§n.
AhfpsS a\kv hÃmsX tX§p¶pWvSmbncp¶p. htcWvSXnÃmbncp¶psh¶v Hcp \nanj¯n dmtlen\p tXm¶n.