Gen¡p«n Fsâ ho«n hcpt¼mÄ AhÀ¡v GXmWvSv A³]Xp hbÊv {]mbw hcpw. Idp¯v, IdpIdm Idp¯v s]m¡w Ipdª Hcp amwk]nÞw. C¶s¯ sNdp¸¡mÀ k¦ev]n¡p¶Xpt]mepÅ bmsXmcp "tjbv]p' anÃm¯ ASnapSn Htc h®¯nepÅ Hcp \mecbSn s]m¡¡mcnbmWv Gen¡p«n. tIm«bw PnÃbpsS GtXm `mK¯v Ft¶m P\n¨ Gen¡p«nsb XriqÀ¡v BZyambn Iq«ns¡mWvSp h¶XmcmsWt¶m F¶msWt¶m Gen¡p«n¡v HmÀ½bnÃ.
Gen¡p«n kvIqfn t]mbn«nÃ. HmÀ½ h¨ \mÄ apX Hmtcm ho«n tPmen¡p \n¡pIbmWv. A§s\b§s\ ]e ho«pImcpsSbpw kz´ambn Gen¡p«n hfÀ¶v hepXmbn. tPmen¡p \n¡p¶ ho«n¯s¶ `£Whpw Xmakhpw. `b§fnÃm¯, kwib§fnÃm¯, Ft¸mgpw s]m«n¨ncn¡p¶ kz`mhapÅ Gen¡p«n R§Ä ImWpt¼mÄ Hcp \m«n³]pdw tlm«ense Ipin\n¡mcnbmWv. tlm«Â F¶p ]dªpIqSm; Nmb¡S. \m«n³]pds¯ Hcp km[mcW Nmb¡Sbn A¶v ]WnsbSp¯m In«p¶Xv 500 cq]bmWv. amkw Aªqdp cq]m F¶p IcptXWvSXnÃ. hÃt¸mgpw ctWvSm aqt¶m sImÃw IqSpt¼mÄ In«p¶ XpIbmWo ]dªXv. A¶v ho«pthe¡mÀ¡v 50þ60 cq]tb amki¼fapÅq. CXv 1970 Ifnse IY. sNdnb ISIfnepw GXmWvSnsXms¡¯s¶ Iqen. ]t£, "]Wn' cmhnse GXmWvSv \mev \mecbv¡v XpS§pw. Ahkm\n¡p¶Xv cm{Xn ]¯p ]¯cbv¡pw. CXn A¶mÀ¡pw k¦S§tfm {]Xntj[§tfm DWvSmbncp¶nÃ. Imew A§s\bmbncp¶p. Gen¡p«n¡v tPmenbmWv {][m\w. i¼fw AhÀ¡v {]iv\tabÃ.
Rm\pw Fsâ `mcybpw aX¯nsâbpw PmXnbpsSbpw aäv BNmcm\pjvTm\Iev]\IfpsSbpw aXnepIÄ F¶pw NmSnbn«pÅhcmWv. AXpsImWvSv Xs¶ A¼ew t]mse ]Ånbpw R§Ä¡v ssZhmebamWv. F¶p am{Xaà ]Ånbpw ]Ån¡mcpw A\h[n t]À kplr¯p¡fmbpapWvSv. As¶mcn¡Â ssieP ]Ånapä¯p \n¶v GtXm kplr¯p¡fpambn kwkmcn¡thbmWv Gen¡p«n F¶ Cu km[\s¯ ]cnNbs¸Sp¶Xv.
tlm«Â ]Wn hn«v GsX¦nepw ho«n \n¶m sImÅmsa¶pWvSv F¶p ]dªXnsâ ASnØm\¯nemWv `mcy Gen¡p«nsbbpw Iq«n ho«nse¯p¶Xv. A¶v Fsâ ssiePbv¡v Iq«mbn ho«n asämcp¯nbpWvSv. AXpsImWvSv the¡msc In«m\pÅ Pm{KXbneà Gen¡p«nsb AhÄ kzmKXw sNbvXXv.
`mcy tKäv Xpd¶ i_vZt¯msSm¸w Hcp s]m«n¨ncnbmWv Rm³ AI¯p\n¶p tI«Xv. "sM, CXmcmW¸m, C{X henb Nncn' F¶p Nn´n¨v ]pdt¯¡p t\m¡nbt¸mÄ ssiePbvs¡m¸w hfsc \mfs¯ Hcp kplr¯ns\t¸mse Gen¡p«nbpw Nncn¨pÃkn¨p hcp¶p. R§Ä XriqÀ h¶n«v Hcp sImïntesd kabambn. CXn\nsS Bsc FhnsS h¨p ]cnNbs¸«mepw `mcy AXv ho«n ]dbmdpWvSv. A¶v AhÄ¡v 20 hbtÊ {]mbapÅq. Gen¡p«n¡v A³]Xpw. "ChÄs¡§s\ CXpt]msemcp kplr¯ns\ In«n' F¶mWv Rm³ Nn´n¨Xv. Idp¯ Gen¡p«nbpsS shfp¯ Nncn, Hcp BtLmjamWv. »mIv Hu«v Bbmepw Hcp sNdnb {]Imiw _m¡n F¶t]mse.
"Gen¡p«n Ccn¡v' F¶p ]dªv `mcy t\sc ASp¡fbnte¡p t]mbn. AXmWhfpsS ]Xnhv. Bcp h¶mepw BZyw Nmbtbm asäs´¦neptam sImSp¯ tijta, ]ns¶ hÀ¯am\apÅq. Gen¡p«n ]t£, AhnsS ]pd¯ncp¶nÃ. AhtfmsSm¸w AIt¯¡p h¶p. AI¯v Rm³ Ipªns\ Ifn¸n¨ncp¶ ]mbn bmsXmcp kt¦mNhpw IqSmsX h¶ncp¶v ]eXcw i_vZ¯nepw BwKy¯nepw Fsâ Bdpamkw {]mbamb Ipªns\ Ifn¸n¡m³ XpS§n. Gen¡p«n s]s«¶p Xs¶ R§fpsS kz´ambn amdpIbmbncp¶p. Ip«nIfnÃm¯ AhÀ¡v Fsâ Ipªv s]s«¶p Xs¶ kz´ambn. ]Ånbn h¨v, Ct¸mÄ ]cnNbs¸«Xm. ssieP AXp ]dªt¸mÄ F\n¡p hnizkn¡m\mbnÃ. Gen¡p«n¡v Fsâ IpSpw_hpambn Hcp A³]Xp hÀjs¯ ]g¡hpw _Ôhpw DÅXpt]msebmWv ho«n\I¯v AhÀ s]cpamdnbXv. ]¯p hbÊpapX ]e ]e hoSpIfnepw ISIfnepw \n¶p \n¶v Gen¡p«n XriqÀImcnbmbn amdnbncp¶p.
""ISbn cm{Xn ]Wn Ignªv FhnsSt¸mIpambncp¶p?'' Fsâ tNmZy¯n\v bmsXmcp IqkepanÃmsX DS³ adp]Sn h¶p: ""Rm³ FhnsSt¸mIm³? Rm\hnsS¯s¶ NpcpWvSp IqSn¡nS¡pw. shfp¸m³ Ime¯v Bim³ hnfn¡pw. Fgpt¶äv ]Wow XpS§pw.''
""Bim³ Bcm?''
""Bim³ F¶m Nmb amjv NmbbSn¡p¶bmÄ. Abmfpw AhnsS¯s¶bm sIS¡sW...'' ""Gen¡p«nbpsS `À¯mhv?'' ""At§cv AhnsS ho«n InSt¶mfpw. AsXmcp ]mhm. Nmcmb¯n\pÅ Imiv sImSp¯m AXpw hm§n¡pSn¨v FhnsS¦nepw InSt¶mfpw.''
""Gen¡p«n¡v ]cmXnbntÃ?'' Gen¡p«n hoWvSpw s]m«n¨ncn¨p. ""F´n\v ]cmXn. Hmtcmcp¯À¡v Hmtcm¶m kpJw. \ap¡v iteym¶panÃtÃm.'' Rm\pw Nncn¨pt]mbn. `À¯mhns\ AbmfpsS kpJ¯n\v, ]qÀ® ]n´pWtbmsS hnSp¶ temI¯nse GI `mcybmbncn¡pw Gen¡p«n. Gen¡p«n ho«n InS¡m¯Xn\pÅ ImcWw Fsâ `mcytbmSv clkyambn¸dªp. ""IÅv IpSn¨m ]ns¶ AXnbm\v kvt\l¡qSpXemWv. s]cbv¡I¯p InS¡m³ k½Xn¡nÃ. ]nSn¨phen¨v ]pdt¯¡p sImWvSphcpw. \mep htimw ImSmtW''
hoWvSpw Hcp s]m«n¨ncn. (AbmÄ Hcp Ihntbm IemImct\m Bbncn¡pw F¶v F\n¡p tXm¶n). Gen¡p«n, Fsâ ho«n kz´ambn FÃm Imcy§fpw t\m¡pw. BÀ¡v F´p sN¿Ww sNt¿WvS F¶v Gen¡p«n Xocpam\n¡pw. Ct¸mÄ AhÀ¡v hbÊv 80 IgnbWw. R§Ä F¶pw Gen¡p«nsb¡pdn¨p ]dbpw. Hcn¡Â `À¯mhns\m¸w t]mb Gen¡p«n ]n¶oSv h¶n«nÃ. ]t£, AhÀ Nncn¡p¶Xv F\n¡v Ct¸mgpw tIÄ¡mw.