kwLwtNÀ¶p hfcpI, AYhm Iq«ptNÀ¶p hfcpIþIp«nIÄ¡v km_phpw ssj\nbpw ]dªpsImSp¡mdpÅ Hcp hnPba{´amWnXv. kvIqfnepw k¬tU kvIqfnepsams¡ Cu coXn ]n´pScm³ AhÀ Ip«nIsf kvt\l]qÀÆw t{]cn¸n¡p¶p. Iq«pImcpambn s]mXnt¨mdpw IdnIfpw ]¦phbv¡m\pw ]T\¯n ]nt¼m«p \n¡p¶hsc klmbn¡m\psams¡ Ct¸mÄ AhÀ¡v DÕmlambn«pWvSv. BZysams¡ Ip«nIÄ¡v CXn\ev]w aSnbpWvSmbncp¶p. X§Ä¡dnbmhp¶ Imcy§Ä Iq«pImÀ¡p ]dªpsImSp¯mÂ, A§s\ Ahsc t{]mÕmln¸n¨m ]ns¶mcn¡Â AhÀ X§sf IS¯nsh«ntb¡ptam Fs¶mcp `bw km[mcW Ip«nIsft¸mse AhÀ¡pw DWvSmbncp¶ncn¡Ww.
""Nm¨m, R§Ä Iq«pImsc t{]mÕmln¸n¨m AhÀ R§fpsS ap¼n Ibdnt¸mhntÃ?'' F¶v s\_p Hcn¡Â tNmZn¡pI IqSn sNbvXp. At¸mÄ km_p ]dªp: ""ap¼n Ibdnt¸mIm³ IgnhpsWvS¦n Ibdnt¸mIs«. AXn\tà \mw Ahsc t{]mÕmln¸n¡p¶Xv?''
""At¸mÄ R§Ä ]n¶nemhntÃ?''
""CÃ. Iq«pImÀ \¶mbn ]Tn¡pt¼mÄ \n§fpw IqSpXÂ \¶mbn ]Tn¡pw. ImcWw, AhnsS aÕc_p²n DWvSmIpatÃm. aäpÅhtcmSpÅ Akqbbpw Ipdªphcpw.''
""At¸mÄ Akqbbv¡pÅ acp¶mWtà t{]mÕml\w?''
""AsX. Iq«pImÀ \ÃXp sN¿pt¼mÄ, AhÀ anI¨ hnPbw ssIhcn¡pt¼mÄ Ahsc A`n\µn¡pI. \mw Hcmsf t{]mÕmln¸n¡pt¼mÄ AbmÄ¡pw \ap¡pw Hcp ]pXnb F\ÀPn e`n¡p¶p. Akqbs¸Spt¼mgpw A`n\µn¡mXncn¡pt¼mgpw Cu F\ÀPn e`n¡nsöp am{XaÃ, \½psS sS³j³ hÀ²n¡pIbpw sN¿pw.''
""]t£, \½Ä aebmfnIÄ¡v C§s\sbmcp ioeta Csömbn«ntà km_pth«m? Ignbpsa¦n Hcp Ipätam Ipdthm ]dbm\mWv AhÀ¡p XmÂ]cyw'' ssj\n CXp ]dªt¸mÄ km_p {]XnIcn¨Xv C§s\bmbncp¶p. ""Ipähpw Ipdhpw ]dbmw. ]t£ AXn\pap¼v \ÃXp ]dªncn¡Ww. BfpIfpsS s]cpamäcoXnIsf \ap¡p \nb{´n¡m\mhnà ssj\o. ]t£, \ap¡p \½psS sNbvXnIsf \nb{´n¡m\mhpw.''
CShI¸Ånbn Ip«nIfpsS IpÀ_m\bv¡v Km\§Ä Be]n¡p¶Xv km_phnsâ Ip«nIfmWsÃm. hnImcnb¨³ Xs¶bmWv Hcn¡Â Ahsc ]mSm³ hnfn¨Xv. CubnsS ]mSm³ IgnhpÅ Nne Iq«pImsc¡qSn A¨sâ A\phmZt¯mSpIqSn AhÀ KmbIkwL¯nte¡p £Wn¨p. B Ip«nIÄ¡pw AhcpsS amXm]nXm¡Ä¡pw AtXsd kt´mj¯n\p ImcWambn. AXntesd kt´mjw hnImcnb¨\mbncp¶p. A¨³ Ip«nIsf hnfn¨v {]tXyI A`n\µ\adnbn¨p. AXdnª km_p Ip«nItfmSp ]dªp: ""]¦ptNÀ¶p hfcWw F¶p R§Ä \n§tfmSp ]dbmdntÃ? Ct¸mÄ \n§Ä sN¿p¶Xv AXp Xs¶bmWv.''
""]mSm\mbn R§Ä PÌns\bpw BÂ^ntbbpw hnfn¨t¸mÄ AhÀ¡ev]w aSnbpWvSmbncp¶p. A¨³ k½Xn¡ptam F¶mbncp¶p AhcpsS `bw. Imcyw ]dªt¸mÄ A¨\mbncp¶p R§tf¡mÄ kt´mjw'' Ip«nIÄ hnhcn¨p.
]e ]ÅnIfnepw ØnXn CXÃ. KmbIkwL¯nepÅhÀ aäpÅhÀ¡p ]mSm\mbn amdns¡mSp¡mdnÃ. X§fmWp anI¨ KmbIÀ F¶ `mh¯n AhÀ \nXyhpw ]mSns¡mWvSncn¡pw. IgnhpÅ ]eÀ¡pw ]mSm³ Ahkcw e`n¡pIbpanÃ. CsXms¡ \¶mbn Adnbmambncp¶ A¨³ Ip«nItfmSp ]dªp: ""\n§Ä GXmbmepw ]XnhpcoXnIfn \ns¶ms¡ amdn \S¡p¶Xn F\n¡p kt´mjapWvSp Ip«nItf!'' A¨³ Ahsc A\p{Kln¨phn«p.
]pXnbhsc IqSmsX, cWvSp Ip«nIsf¡qSn A¨³ KmbIkwL¯ntes¡Sp¯p. Ct¸mÄ Ip«nIfpsS KmbIkwL¯n sam¯w H¼Xp Ip«nIfmbn. A©v B¬Ip«nIfpw \mep s]¬Ip«nIfpw. KmbIkwL¯n Ip«nIÄ IqSn h¶t¸mÄ s\_phn\pw A\pP·mÀ¡pw DÕmlhpw IqSnh¶p. AX§s\bmWsÃm. ]¦ptNÀ¶p hfcpt¼mÄ DWÀÆpw DÕmlhpw IqSpw.
]¦ph¨p hfcp¶Xnsâ kt´mjhpw DÕmlhpw km_phnsâ ho«n \n¶v AbÂhmknbmb tPmknsâ ho«nte¡pIqSn ]SÀ¶pIgnªncn¡pIbmWv. km_phnsâbpw Ip«nIfpsSbpw IqsS {]`mXkhmcn¡nd§nbtXmsS tPmknsâ {]`mX§fpw Gsd at\mlc§fmbn. aI³ _nPphn\v cmhnse Fgpt¶Â¡m³ aSnbmsW¶mbncp¶p tPmknsâ ]cmXn. tPmkv cmhnse Fgpt¶äp \S¡m³ XpS§nbtXmsS _nPphnsâ aSn sasà sasà amdn¯pS§n. Ah³ shfp¸ns\ Fgpt¶äncp¶p ]Tn¨pXpS§n. Cu Hscmä Imcyw km[n¨p In«nbt¸mÄ ¯s¶ tPmkn\v H¯ncn kam[m\ambn.
Hcp Znhkw F§s\ Bcw`n¡p¶p F¶Xv AXn{][m\amWv. cmhnse Aekambn ZoÀLt\cw InS¶pd§nbm A¶s¯ Znhkw apgph³ Hcp Xcw Bekyambncn¡pw. ]ns¶ Bekyw amäm³ "hÃXpw' Ign¨mtem F¶mIpw BtemN\. "hÃXpw' AI¯mbm ]ns¶ A¶s¯ Znhkw apgph³ t]m¡mbXp Xs¶. CXp tPmknsâ Øncw A\p`hambncp¶p. Ct¸mÄ Ipd¨p\mfmbn AXn\p amäw h¶ncn¡p¶p. DWÀtÆmsS, DÕmlt¯msS Znhk§Ä Bcw`n¨m A¶s¯ {]hÀ¯\§Ä¡p apgph³ DWvSmIpw Hcp Xcw F\ÀPnbpw NpdpNpdp¡pw. Cu kXyw Aev]w sshIn am{XamWtÃm Xm\dnªXv F¶ tJZta tPmkn\pWvSmbncp¶pÅq. AXdnªt¸mÄ km_p ]t£ C§s\bmWp {]XnIcn¨Xv: ""C§s\sbmcp amäw Ct¸msg¦nepapWvSmbXn kt´mjn¡q tPmtk!''
F´ns\bpw, GXns\bpw hfsc t]mknäohmbn ImWp¶ km_phnsâ Cu ioew tPmkn\p ]tWvS CjvSambncp¶p. aäp ]e IpSpw_\mY·mscbpwt]mse, "Rm\pw Fsâ `mcybpw a¡fpw' F¶ CSp§nb Nn´ km_phn\nÃ. ]¦ph¨p hfcp¶ IpSpw_w þ AXmWv km_phnsâ IpSpw_s¯ aäp IpSpw_§fn \n¶p thÀXncn¨p \nÀ¯p¶ Hcp {]tXyIX F¶p tPmkn\p tXm¶n. AXp icnbmbncp¶p Xm\pw. km_phpw ssj\nbpw Ip«nIfpw X§Ä¡pÅsXms¡ aäpÅhcpambn ]¦ph¨psImWvSncp¶p. AXn\Xn\v AhcpsS kt´mjw hÀ²n¨psImWvSncp¶p.