Imew 1994. CXv PÀ½\nbnse {][m\ \Kc§fnsem¶mb sImtfm¬. aªp IeÀ¶ agbpw agIeÀ¶ aªpw hogp¶ \hw_À amk¯nse IpfncpÅ Hcp a[ymÓw. sImtfmWnse tUmw temI{]ikvXamb ]ÅnIfn H¶mWv. tUmw, shdpsamcp ]ÅnbÃ. km£m "ssZhmebw'. Hcp ssZhmeb¯n\I¯p Xs¶ ]e ssZhmeb§Ä. GXp `mK¯pIqsSbpw IS¡mw. GXp`mK¯pIqsSbpw Cd§mw. GXpZnibnte¡v \o§nbmepw {]mÀ°\mapdnbpw Aįmcbpw ImWmw. temI{]ikvX Nn{XImc·mcpsS ss__nÄ Nn{X§fpw temI{]ikvX IemImc·mcpsS cN\mssh`hhpw \ndª kzÀ¤Xpeyamb Hcp {]mÀ°\maµncamWv tUmw.
Rm³ PÀ½\nbn F¯nbXv C´y³ XotbäÀ At§m«p ]cnNbs¸Sp¯m\pw PÀ½³ XotbäÀ Ct§m«p ]Icm\pamWv. Hcp XotbäÀ FIvkv]ocnb³kv. IqsS tdUntbm \mSI§fneqsS Hcp ssP{Xbm{Xbpw.
hnhn[ cmPy§fnse \mSI{]hÀ¯IcnÂ\n¶v R§Ä 25 t]cmWv tUm¨pshsà (PÀ½³ tdUntbm) \S¯p¶ \mSImibhn\nabIym¼n F¯nbXv. aq¶pamkw sImWvSv PÀ½\n GXmsWvSmcp Hm«{]Z£nW¯neqsS IWvSp XoÀ¡msa¶ BibmWv F¶n \ndªp\n¶ncp¶Xv. AXpsImWvSp Xs¶ Hcp \nanjw t]mepw apdnbn AS¨ncn¡msX Rm³ ]camh[n Npän¡d§ns¡mWvSncp¶p. bm{Xbv¡p XSÊambn \nev¡p¶ ag AhnsS Hc\p{Klambncp¶p. ImcWw, ]ecpw ag IqkmsX \nc¯neqsS \S¡p¶Xp Rm³ IWvSp. F\n¡msW¦n ]tWvS, ag \\bp¶Xv CjvSamWv. AhnsS ]t£, ]ecpw, ag \\ªXv HmhÀtIm«pw, sXm¸nbpw ^pÄIthÀUv KuWpsams¡ AWnªpsImWvSmbncp¶p F¶Xv Rm³ ad¶p. Rm\nsXm¶panÃmsX, agb¯p \S¡p¶Xp IWvSt¸mÄ AhÀ IuXpIs¸«pImWpw. ]ecpw Fs¶ AÛpXt¯msS t\m¡p¶Xpt]mepw Rm³ Adnªn«nÃ.
Rm³ tUmanse¯n. AXv km[mcW ]XnhpÅ {]mÀ°\mkabw Ignªmbncp¶p F¶v ]n¶oSv a\Ênembn. {]mÀ°\mkabw t\m¡msX Xs¶ Häs¸« hyànIÄ AhnsS kZmkabhpw DWvSmIpw. s\mth\bpw Znhy_enbpw IpÀ_m\bpsams¡ Øncambn Aä³Up sN¿p¶hÀ DÅXpt]mse, CsXm¶panÃm¯ kabw t\m¡n AįmcbpsS sXm«p ap³]neÃmsX, GsX¦nepw Hcp Hgnª aqebn Häs¸« _©n hfsc \ni_vZambn {i²tbmsS XnIª [ym\¯n {]mÀ°n¨ncn¡p¶hsc \ap¡v ImWmw.
IuXpIhpw AÛpXhpw IeÀ¶ a\tÊmSpw angntbmSpwIqSn kIeXnte¡pw It®mSn¨v tUmansâ hnkvXrXamb AI¯f¯neqsS Rm³ {]mÀ°\m\nÀ`cambn¯s¶ \S¶p. lnµphmb Rm³ {InkvXobmNmcm\pjvTm\§tfmsS Aįmcbv¡v ap¼neqsS {]mÀ°\m\nÀ`cambn \S¶p F¶p ]dbp¶Xv AkXytam s]mfnhmt¡m AÃ. AI¯p IS¶m Bcpw ssIIq¸nt¸mIpw; AXmWv tUmanse \ni_vZX, "BÄ¡q«¯nepw GIm´X' Fs¶ms¡ ]dbp¶Xv tUmanse {]mÀ°\mlmfn \ap¡p e`n¡pw. AhnsS \ndªp\nev¡p¶ \ni_vZX \½psS ImXn FÃm {]mÀ°\ma{´§fpw aµw aµw a{´n¡p¶Xmbn \ap¡p tXm¶pw. B \ni_vZXbn {]mÀ°\bÃmsX asäm¶pw \ap¡v tXm¶nà F¶XmWv tUmansâ {]tXyIX.
Hcp lmfnÂ\n¶p asämcp lmfnte¡pw AhnsS\n¶v thsdmcp lmfnte¡pw A§s\ sNdpXpw hepXpamb ]e ]e {]mÀ°\mlmfn \mw F¯nt¨cpwhn[amWv tUmansâ B´cnIcq]Iev]\. sNdpXpw hepXpamb FÃm lmfnepw hr¯nbpw `wKnbpapÅ _©pIfpw Ahbv¡pap¶n AXXp lmfn\\pkrXamb AįmcIfpapWvSv. Cu D]lmfpIsfÃmw {][m\ {]mÀ°\meb¯n\p NpäpamWv F¶XmWv asämcp {]tXyIX.
Rm³ \S¶p\S¶v Hcp {]mÀ°\mlmfnse¯n. AhnsS BcpanÃ. Aįmcbpw _©pIfpw iq\yw. ]t£, B iq\yXbnepw ssZh¯nsâ \nZm´ \ni_vZX \ap¡\p`hs¸Spw. IrjvW\pw {InkvXphpw H¶mIp¶Xv AhcpsS \ni_vZamb ]p©ncnbnemWv F¶v F\n¡p ]et¸mgpw tXm¶nbn«pWvSv. AtX, At\Iw Hmf§Ä krjvSn¡m³ Ignbp¶, At\IaS§v AeIÄ krjvSn¡m³ Ignbp¶ ssZh¯nsâ \ni_vZamb Nncn Rm\hnsS¡WvSp. Aįmcbn \n¶v {InkvXp Nncn¡p¶p. Rm³ lmfn Ipsd¡qSn hnimeambn It®mSn¨p. GXmWvSv \Sp¡mbn, A[nIw {]ImianÃm¯ HcnS¯v Hcp _©n Hcp PÀ½³Imcn kz´w izmkKXnbpsS Ne\wt]mepw AdnbmsX {]mÀ°\bn apgpIn ap«pIp¯nbncn¡p¶p. Rm³ kzm`mhnIambpw Ahsc {i²n¨p. B AcWvS shfn¨¯n AhcpsS kpµcamb apJ¯v [ym\¯nsâ \nÀhrXn {]ISambncp¶p. amXmhmb tacnbptSXpt]mepÅ an\p¡amÀ¶ apJw. \oWvSphfªp]pfªv tXmfneqsS HgpInhoWpInS¡p¶ apSn. s]mXpsh PÀ½³ kv{XoIÄ ZrVKm{Xcpw kpµcnIfpamWv. Cu kv{Xo¡p Ipsd¡qSn Znhyamb kuµcyapWvSv. AhÀ Npäp]mSpIÄ Adnbp¶nÃ. Rm³ Ahsc {i²n¡p¶p F¶Xpw AhÀ Adnbp¶pWvSmbncp¶nÃ.
kXy¯nÂ, AhcpsS {]mÀ°\bn ]¦psImÅpwamXncn Rm\pw I®pIfS¨v ap«pIp¯n Hcp _©n\cnIn Ccp¶p. "AXyp¶X§fn ssZh¯n\p kvXpXn' F¶ kvXpXnhm¡v Fsâ NpWvSnepw a{´ambn XoÀ¶p. Aev]wIgnªv Rm³ I®pXpd¶p t\m¡pt¼mÄ F\n¡p ]n¶nencp¶ B kpµcn AįmcbpsS ap¶nse¯n ap«pIp¯n \akvIcn¡p¶Xp IWvSp. \akvIcn¨p Xncnªpt\m¡nbtXmsS Fs¶ AhÀ IWvSp. Rm³ AhcpsS apJhpw AdnbmsX {i²n¨pt]mbn. IcªpXpSp¯ncn¡p¶p. I®oÀ At¸mgpw [mc[mcbmbn HgpIp¶pWvSv. Rm³ t\cs¯ Ahsc IWvSt¸mgpw AhÀ IcªpsImWvSncn¡pIbmbncp¶p F¶v F\n¡p a\Ênembn. ]t£, {]ImianÃm¯Xn\m At¸mÄ Rm³ AhcpsS I®ocp IWvSncp¶nÃ.
Fs¶¡WvSXpw AhÀ I®oÀ XpSbv¡m³ hn^eambn {ian¨p. ]t£, AsXmcp s]m«n¡c¨nembn amdpIbmbncp¶p. Rm\pw F´mWp sNt¿WvSsX¶dnbmsX Fgpt¶äv k¦St¯msS Ahsc t\m¡n. "What happened' AdnbmsX tNmZn¨pt]mbn. You lost your relatives or valuables?
Fsâ tNmZywtI«v AhÀ kwkmcn¡m\mImsX Xebm«pI am{Xw sNbvXp. AhÀ ]Ån¡p ]pdt¯¡p \S¶t¸mÄ Rm\pw Ahsc A\pKan¨p. R§Ä tUman\p ap¶n GXmWvSv ]¯pan\n«v t\cw Hcpan¨v kwkmcn¨p\n¶p.
PÀ½³ImÀ s]mXpsh [\nIcmWv. hfsc hr¯nbmbpw Uokâmbpw Pohn¡p¶hcmWv. Cw¥ojv FÃmhÀ¡pw hianÃ. Cw¥ojv D¨mcWcoXnbpw bqtdm]y³ D¨mcWcoXnbpw hyXykvXambXn\m kam\XbpÅ hm¡pIÄ t]mepw ]ckv]cw a\ÊnemInÃ. F¶ncp¶mepw AhcpsS anXamb Cw¥ojv Úm\hpw Fsâ Aev]amb PÀ½³ Úm\hpw h¨v R§Ä kwkmcn¨p. AhcnÂ\n¶p In«nb AdnhpIÄ Fs¶ sR«n¨p. AhÀ¡v km¼¯nI_m²yXIfnà F¶p am{Xaà k¼¶bpamWv. _Ôpan{XmZnIÄ¡v H¶pw kw`hn¨n«nÃ. cWvSp Ip«nIÄ; Ahcpw kpJambncn¡p¶p! At¸mÄ ]ns¶ ChÀ AWs]m«nsbmgpIn \nehnfn¨Xv? AtX; acWs¸«hÀ¡pthWvSnbpÅ Hcp HmÀ½Zn\ambncp¶p AXv. AhcpsS ¢mkvtaämbncp¶ Hcp kplr¯ns\ HmÀ¯pt]mbn; B HmÀ½ IemimemPohnXs¯bpw ]n¶oSpÅ PohnXm\p`h§sfbpw Ahcn DWÀ¯n.
FÃm kpJ§fpw DsWvS¶v \mw IcpXp¶XtÃ; ]Whpw ]ZhnbpaÃsÃm kpJw! PohnXw BÀs¡¦nepsams¡ {]tbmP\s¸SWw. Rm³ klmbn¨ ]ecpw, kvt\ln¨ ]ecpw c£s¸«nÃ; AXhcpsS hn[nbmbncn¡pw; ]t£, F\ns¡´n\o AÚmXk¦Sw F¶v Rm³ HmÀ¯pt]mbn. FÃmw Cu Aįmcbv¡pap¼n Rm³ kaÀ¸n¡p¶p. Ah\hs\¡pdn¨ÃmsX aäpÅhÀ¡pthWvSn¡cbp¶ B PÀ½³Imcn Fs¶ kam[m\n¸n¨p; ]et¸mgpw Rm³ Icªn«pÅXv F´n\msW¶v F\n¡dnhnÃmbncp¶p... aäpÅhÀ¡pthWvSn Icbm\pÅ Hcp a\Êv F¶pw DWvSmItW F¶p {]mÀ°n¨v IcªXmWs{X AhÀ!!