Cu kmlNcy¯n Rm³ F§s\ AhnhmlnX\mbn Ignbpw? aqfn Rm³ k½Xw.
AtXmsS s]®t\zjWw Bcw`n¨p. ZÃmf·mÀ ]e h«w ho«n Ibdnbnd§n. XpS¡w tIaambncp¶p. ]ns¶ Xmt\ sI«S§n. Bsc thWsat¶m, F§s\bpÅhsc thWsat¶m F\n¡p \nÝbanÃ. ]{X§fnse hnhml¸cky§fneqsS I®pIÄ Acn¨p\S¶p.
HcpamXncn t`Zs¸« hoSpIfnse s]¬sIm¨p§Ä¡v sF.F. Fkv... sF.]n.kv... AsXm¶pw Xcambnsæn tUmIvSÀ... F©n\nbÀ... AXpw H¯nsæn _m¦v Hm^nkÀ... tImtfPv eIvNdÀ.. AXn\nSbn km[phmb F\ns¡hnsSNm³kv?
thWvS. AÀln¡p¶Xtà B{Kln¡mhq. Iptd¡qSn Xmtgm«p t]mt¶ms«. CS¯c¡mcpsS CSbnte¡v. AhnsSbpw Ipg¸w. hntZi§fn tPmenbpÅhcpsS ]pd¸mSv hcp¯n h¨ hn\ NnÃdsbm¶paÃ. AhÀ hcp¶p. s]®pImWp¶p. HcmgvNbv¡pÅn IeymWhpw \S¡p¶p. Häbvt¡m, Cc«bvt¡m aS§p¶p. tijw `mK§Ä Bcdnbp¶p. F¶mepw s]¬]nÅmscms¡ A¡cbnte¡pI®p \«mWncn¸v.
DtZymKØItfm?
AhnsSbpw c£bnÃ. ImWm³ sImÅmhp¶hsc ]dªpd¸n¨ph¨ncn¡pItbm, X¸ns¡mWvSpt]mIpItbm sNbvXncn¡p¶p. C\n Ipsd IdhamSpIÄ am{Xw _m¡n.
F¶m ]ns¶ hà tImtfPv IpamcnIfmbmtem?
Xct¡SnÃ. AXpw t\m¡mw.t\m¡n.

]eXn\pw t{]a¯nsâ Ipcp¡nÂs¸«v Ducnt¸mcm³ ]äp¶nÃ. am{Xaà ]e A½amcpw ]dbp¶p. ""At¿m... AhfpIpªÃntbm... hcp¶ taS¯n ]Xn\©p XnIbt¯bpÅp... hÃXpw \me£cw ]Tn¡s«...''
hnhmlw shdpw ]pÃmsW¶pIcpXnbncp¶ F\n¡v a\:{]bmkw t\cn«p. am{Xaà Fs¶¸än kzbsamcphnebncp¯Â \S¯p¶ GI kµÀ`¯n\p ap¼n Rm³ AÔmfn¨p \n¶p. NneÀ XdhmSnsâ ASnthcphsc tXmWvSnsbSp¯p ]cntim[\ XpS§n. NneÀ¡v i¼fw am{Xw Adnªm aXn. NneÀ¡v aZy]m\w, ]pIhen XpS§nbh ]msS Hgnhm¡Ww. hÃt¸mgpw Aev]w "tkh'am{Xta DÅpsh¦n kln¡msa¶p ]dªhcpapWvSv.
kwKXn C{Xt¯mfsa¯n hgn ap«n \n¶p. h©n Ct¸mgpw Xncp\¡c¯s¶. Rm³ £oWn¨p.
C\n ag¡mew Ignbs«. BImiw sXfnbs«. ]q¡Ä hncnbs«. At¸mgmImw IeymWw. A§s\ kam[m\n¡pt¼mgmWv tem\¸³tN«³ hcp¶Xv.
""apä¯p apÃ\n¡pt¼mÄ F´n\m Im«p]q¡Ä tXSn \mSp\osf Aebp¶Xv...''
""Imcyw sXfn¨p ]d tem\m¨m...'' A½bv¡p XnSp¡ambn.
"" \½psS A¡sc Ahdm¨sâ tamfv I{Xo\m½ tImtfPp ]Tn¯hpw Ignªv \n¡phm... ]qhp t]msemcp s]®v. Hcp a\pjysâ apJ¯p t\m¡ptIem...FÃm RmbdmgvNIfnepw CSZnhk§fnepw ]Ånbn t]mIpw.... ho«ptPmenIÄ H¶m´cambn sN¿pw... X¦¯nsâ \ndw... \à BtcmKyw.... \ymbambXpIbpw In«pw... CXv Rm³ icnbm¡n¯cmw...''
Fsâ a\ÊnsehnsStbm aªp ags]bvXp. lrZb¯nÂ\ns¶mcp Ipªmä¡nfn NndIphncn¨p ]d¡p¶p. Ah I{Xn\m½bv¡p Npäpw {]Z£nWw h¨v Bbncambncw A\p`qXnIsf sIm¯ns¸dp¡n tiJcn¨psImWvSp Xncn¨p lrZb¯nte¡v ]d¶ph¶v NndsImXp¡p¶p. kzÀ®¯qhepIÄ tImXnan\p¡p¶p.
sXmgnsem¶panÃmsX \m«neqsS \S¶Ime¯p I{Xn\m½ Fsâ kz]v\ambncp¶p.AhfpsS Hcp t\m«¯n\mbn, Hcp hm¡n\mbnsImXntbmsS F{Xtbm XhW Rm³ ]n¶mse \S¶ncn¡p¶p. As¶m¶pw I{Xo\m F¶n I\nªnÃ. am{XaÃ, Ahkc¯n\v ASp¯p In«nbt¸mÄ eLphmbn H¶p]tZin¡pIbpw sNbvXp:
""shdptX hmbn t\m¡n kabw IfbmsX ]d¼pInf¨v DÅ kab¯v \mepaqSv I¸sb¦nepw am´nbnSv...!!
A¶s¯ I{Xo\m½ hoWvSpw a\Ênte¡pw PohnX¯nte¡pw IS¶p hcp¶p. hn[n tem\m¨sâ cq]¯n Fs¶bpw I{Xn\ms½bpw Znhykvt\l¯m _ÔnXcm¡p¶p.
F\n¡p{]mbw A[nIw Bbnhcp¶XpsImWvSmhmw A½bv¡pw FXnc`n{]mbw H¶panÃmbncp¶p. s]®pw IpSpw_hpw tamiaÃ. s]®pho«pImÀ¡v Hscmä UnamtâbpÅp. apS§msX D®m\pw DSp¡m\pw sImSp¡Ww. _m¡nsbms¡ hn[nt]mse hcpw. AtX, _m¡nImcy§Ä AhÀ hn[n¡p hn«psImSp¯n«v
ssIbpwsI«n amdn \n¶p.
XobXn \nÝbn¨p.
apä¯p ]´epbcp¶Xpw t\m¡n Rm³ Ah[nsbSp¯p ho«nencp¶p. a[phpw hn[phpw a\Ênsemcp¡n. FhnsSbpw ]q¡Ä. Ft¸mgpw kpKÔw. lrZbanSn¸v {ZpXKXnbnÂ.
Cu kµÀ`¯nemWv HcÚmXsâ I¯v F\n¡p In«p¶Xv. AbmsfgpXnbncn¡p¶p:
""kqlrt¯,
hn\b]qÀÆw Rms\mcp kXyadnbn¡s«. I{Xo\m½ Fsâ {]mW\mWv. Ahsf hnhmlw Ign¡p¶XneqsS Xm³ Fsâ kz]v\§sf h[in£bv¡phn[n¡pIbmWv. Cu \m«n thsd F´pam{Xw s]¬Ip«nIÄ. X\n¡v R§sf Hgnhm¡cptXm...?''
kw`hn¡m¯ Imcy§fpsS t]cv AÛpXw F¶Ã. kw`hn¡m¯ Imcy§Ä kw`hn¡pt¼mgmWv AXns\ AÛpXw F¶p hnfn¡p¶Xv.
AXpsImWvSv Rm³ AÛpXs¸«p.
]n¶oSv A[nI\mÄ Ignbpw ap¼v F¶pw Xm§mbncp¶, XWembncp¶ A½ Hcp ]pecnbn Fs¶ Bizkn¸n¨v Hcp shÅcn{]mhmbn ]d¶pt]mbn.
HSphn Rm\pw hnhmlnX\mbn.
Ct¸mÄ hÀj§Ä¡p tijw Rm³ `mcybpsam¯p \m«nse¯nbXmWv.
A½ Dd§p¶ a®n Hcp \nanjw ap«pIp¯n \n¶p {]mÀ°n¡Ww. AXpam{Xta Dt±yin¨n«pÅp.
At¸mÄ hoWvSpw HcÛpXw.
]Ånbn IpÀºm\ Ignªnd§pt¼mÄ Rm³ I{Xo\m½sb IWvSp.
AhÄ {]uVbmb Hcp kv{Xobmbn amdnbncn¡p¶p. Ahsfs¶ t\m¡n hn\b]qÀÆw H¶p ]p©ncn¨p. ]t£, I¬tImWpIfn AScm³ sh¼p¶ \oÀap¯pIÄ.
AXp BÀ¡pthWvSnbmWv?
kXyw ]dªm F\ns¡m¶pw a\ÊnemIp¶nÃ.