\½psS kÔym{]mÀ°\bv¡v Hcp {Iahpw Nn«bpw thWw. Aev]w IqSn kPohamIWw. km_phpw ssj\nbpw Ipd¨p \mfmbn B{Kln¡p¶ Hcp ImcyamWv. Nne {ia§Ä ap¼v \S¯pIbpw sNbvXn«pWvSv. ]t£, Ip«nIÄ ]et¸mgpw thWvS t]mse klIcn¡mdnÃmbncp¶p. ]Ånbn IpÀ_m\bv¡p Km\§Ä ]mSn¯pS§nbXpsImWvSv C\n AhÀ thWvSt]mse klIcnt¨¡pw F¶v tXm¶p¶p. B tXm¶Â sXänbnÃ.
{]mÀ°\ Ipsd¡qSn kPoham¡p¶Xns\¡pdn¨v km_p Ip«nIfpsS A`n{]mbamcmªp. "Nm¨sâbpw A½bpsS A`n{]mbw BZyw ]d. ]ns¶ R§Ä ]dbmw' tkm_p ]dªp.
"\½psS {]mÀ°\mcoXnbnse {][m\{]iv\sa´msW¶p ]dbmtam?' km_p tNmZn¨p.
"]ehnNmcw' Ip«nIÄ H¶S¦w H¶n¨p¯cw ]dªp. AhÀ¡v A¡mcy¯n kwibtabnÃmbncp¶p!
"]ehnNmcw DWvSmIp¶sX´psImWvSm?'
"{i²¡pdhpsImWvSv' jn_p D¯cw ]dªt¸mÄ aäpÅhÀ AXns\ ]n´m§n.
"{i²¡pdhv hcm\pÅ ImcWsa´msW¶p ]dbmtam?'
BÀ¡pw D¯cw ]dbm\nÃmbncp¶p. At¸mÄ km_p Xs¶ ImcWw ]dªpXpS§n.
"Hcp kocnb IWvSpXoÀ¶ DSs\tbm, AXsæn Fs´¦nepw {]iv\s¯¡pdn¨v BtemNn¨psImWvSncn¡pt¼mtgm Bhmw {]mÀ°\bv¡pÅ hnfn hcp¶Xv'
"At¸mÄ \½psS a\Êv Hcn¡epw {]mÀ°\bv¡mbn Hcp§nbn«pWvSmhnÃtÃ?' ssj\n \nco£n¨p.
"AXp Xs¶. kocnbense kw`h§tfm BtemNn¨psImWvSncp¶ {]iv\§tfm asämcp kocnb t]mse a\ÊneqsS HmSns¡mWvSncn¸pWvSmIpw. AXn\nSbn¯s¶ {]mÀ°\bpw \mw sNmÃn¯oÀ¡p¶p.'
"CXns\´mWp ]cnlmcw?' ssj\n Bcmªp.
"{]mÀ°\bv¡p ap¼v Aev]t\cw au\ambncn¡pI. Asæn Hcp \à Km\w ]mSns¡mWvSv a\Êns\ Hcp¡pI.'
"kzbwt{]cnX{]mÀ°\ sNmÃns¡mWvSv {]mÀ°\IÄ Bcw`n¡p¶Xpw \sÃmcp coXnbtÃ?' s\_phnsâ Cu A`n{]mbhpw FÃmhÀ¡pw CjvSambn.
"C\n \n§Äs¡s´¦nepw kPj³kv ]dbm\ptWvSm?' km_p tNmZn¨p.
"FÃm Znhkhpw A½btà {]mÀ°\ eoUv sN¿p¶Xv? C¶p apX R§Ä Hmtcmcp¯cmbn amdnamdn eoUv sNbvXmtem?' Ip«nIÄ tNmZn¨p.
"sImÅmw. \à A`n{]mbw. Hmtcm BgvN Hmtcmcp¯À eoUp sN¿pI. CXphsc A½ eoUp sNbvXXpsImWvSv F§s\ {]mÀ°\ \bn¡Wsa¶v \n§Ä¡p a\Ênembn¡mWpatÃm?'
"DÆv. ]t£ ]ehnNmcw. AsXmgnhm¡m³ asä´mWp amÀ¤§Ä?' Ip«nIÄ tNmZn¨p.
"ap«pIp¯n \n¡pI. I®pIÄ AS¨p]nSn¡pI. ssIIÄ Iq¸n¸nSn¡pI. CsXms¡ \ÃXmWv' ssj\n ]dªpsImSp¯p.
"ssIIÄ Iq¸n¸nSn¸n¡p¶Xv at\mlcamb Hcp BZchmWv. ssZhXncpap¼msI \mw GIm{Kambn \nesImÅp¶p F¶Xnsâ ASbmfamWXv' km_p hniZoIcn¨p.
ss__nÄ hmb\bv¡ptijw hmbn¨ `mKs¯¡pdn¨v FÃmhcpw Fs´¦nepw Bibw ]¦phbv¡Wsa¶pw Xocpam\ambn.
BZyw Hcp Km\w, ]ns¶ {XnkÔymP]w, sXm«p]n¶mse P]ame. AXn\ptijw ss__nÄ hmb\, hmb\sb ASnØm\am¡n kzbwt{]cnX{]mÀ°\, ]ns¶ kam]\Km\w þ C§s\ kÔym{]mÀ°\bpsS {Iaw \nÝbn¨pIgnªt¸mÄ km_p AXn{][m\amb Hcp Imcyw Ip«nIfpsS {i²bnÂs¸Sp¯n.
"]WvSv, R§fpsSsbms¡ sNdp¸¯n ]Ånbn kÔymaWn ASn¡pt¼mtg ho«n {]mÀ°\bv¡ncn¡pambncp¶p.'
"C¶nt¸mÄ AsXms¡ amdnbntà Nm¨m?' jm_phnsâ Iaâv.
"F´m kwibw? \½Ä Xs¶ ]et¸mgpw Sn.hn. bnse ]cn]mSnIÄ¡\pkcn¨v {]mÀ°\bpsS kabw amäns¡mWvSncn¡p¶p.'
"IrXyamb Hcp kab¯v {]mÀ°\ sNmÃp¶Xv \ÃXmWv. AXp \S¡psa¦nÂ' ssj\nbpsS A`n{]mbw.
"\ap¡v B ]gb \Ã ]Xnhv aS¡ns¡mWvSp h¶mtem?' km_p tNmZn¨p.
Ip«nIÄ ]ckv]cw t\m¡p¶XpIWvSt¸mÄ km_phn\pw ssj\n¡pw Imcyw a\Ênembn. Sn.hn. bnse Nne ]cn]mSnIÄ ImWm\mhmsX hcptam F¶mbncn¡Ww AhcpsS i¦.
"cm{Xn GgpaWn¡pÅ kocnb ImtWWvS F¶p h¨m Imcyw Ffp¸ambn.'
"Rm³ F´mbmepw sdUn' ssj\n C§s\ ]dªt¸mÄ Ip«nIÄ¡pw ]n´m§msX \nhr¯nbnsöp h¶p.
"CutimbpsS am\k]p{X·mcmIm³ thWvSn' "am\k]p{Xn'bpw aäpw \½Ä C\n ImtWsWvS¶p hbv¡m³ t]mhpIbmWv. \n§fpsS k¦Sw amdm³ Nm¨³ Nne amÀK§Ä IWvSph¨n«pWvSv.' km_p C§s\ ]dªt¸mÄ Ip«nIÄ¡v Bizmkambn. ImcWw Nm¨\pw A½bv¡pw CsXms¡ ]dbp¶Xv X§fpsS \·bv¡pthWvSnbmsW¶v B sIm¨panSp¡·mÀ¡dnbmambncp¶p. kocnb {`aw hfcmsX t\m¡nbm ]Tn¡mt\sd kabw In«psa¶pw AhÀ¡dnbmambncp¶p.
"kocnb ImWm\mhmsX hcp¶Xn \n\¡p hnjaaptWvSm ssj\o?' km_p kzImcyambn tNmZn¨p. "F\ns¡´p hnjaw? \½psSbpw Ip«nIfpsSbpw PohnXw IqSpX kpµcamIpt¼mÄ Rm³ kt´mjn¡pIbtà thWvSXv' ssj\nbpsS ]IzXbmÀ¶ B \nco£Ww km_phns\ Gsd kt´mjn¸n¨p.
A§s\, ]p¯³]d¼n IrXyw Ggp aWn¡p Xs¶ A¸\pw A½bpw Ip«nIfpw {]mÀ°n¡m³ Ccp¶pXpS§n. ss{]w ssSan an\n kv{Io\n\p ap¼n Ccn¡msX, CutimbpsS XncplrZbcq]¯n\p ap¼n Ccp¶pXpS§n. ap¼p \nÝbn¨ {]Imcw {]mÀ°\ Ip«nIÄ Hmtcmcp¯cmbn eoUp sNbvXp. Km\§Ä at\mlcambn Be]n¨p. kzbwt{]cnX{]mÀ°\bn Ip«nIÄ AhchcpsS Ignh\pkcn¨v ]¦ptNÀ¶p. ap«nt·Â \n¶pw ssIIÄ Iq¸n¸nSn¨pw, I®pIfS¨p]nSn¨pw, ]ehnNmc§sf B«n¸mbn¨p. kÔym{]mÀ°\ Gsd kPohambtXmsS B IpSpw_¯nse ]IepIÄ¡pw kÔyIÄ¡pw Gsd hnip²nbpw `wKnbpw ssIh¶p XpS§n.
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