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akXnbnÂ
Xncns¨¯nbn«pw hni¸pw Zmlhpw tXm¶nbnÃ
F\n¡v. Imepw apJhpw IgpIm³t]mepw a\ÊnÃmsX
a«p¸mhn sN¶ncp¶p. t]m¡pshbnteäp
Xfcp¶ ISÂ AIse ImWmw. Fsâ ]n¶msebpWvSmbncp¶p
kmbwImäv. F¶n«pw tZlamkIew hnbÀ¯p.
PeIp´fw t]mse \oWvSapSnbn \\hv. AsXm¶padnbmsX,
Fs¶ ad¶p Rm\ncp¶p. AÚmX{[ph§fnÂ
Ddªpt]mbncp¶pa\Êv. F\ns¡´mWp
kw`hn¡p¶Xv? ~H¶pw AdnbnÃ. atbman
h¶p hnfn¨t¸mgpw Rm\§s\¯s¶
]dªp: ~H¶pw AdnbnÃ.
\ndª ]m\]m{XapWvSmbncp¶p atbmanbpsS ]¡Â.
]gp¯ap´ncnbpw ssXcpw tNÀ¯pWvSm¡nb
kzmZnjvTamb kÀ_¯v. AhÄ ]dªp: ""
adnbw CsXm¶p IpSn¡q. £oWw amds«.''
H¶pw thsWvS¶v BwKywImWns¨¦nepw AhÄ
amdnbnÃ. atbmanbpsS \nÀºÔ¯n\p
his¸tSWvSn h¶p. ]m\obw apgph³ IpSn¨p.
DÅn XWp¸p\pcªp. Hcp \nizmkw DWvSmbn.
Rm³tNmZn¨p: ""atbman, \o icn¡pw tbiphns\
ImWpIbpWvSmtbm? ''
""CÃ adnbw.''
""B angnIfpsS Xnf¡w. apJ{]kmZw. B aq¡.v
AXp \oWvStXm IpdnbtXm? H¶pw IWvSntÃ?''
""A{Xsbm¶pw hyàambn IWvSnÃ.
\½Ä Zqc¯sà \n¶Xv.''
"" AtXbtX. hfsc Zqc¯mbncp¶p \½Ä.
t\cs¯ HmSns¨¶ncps¶¦nÂ,
ASp¯p\n¶p ImWmambncp¶p. AXn\p IgnªnÃtÃm.
\½psS DZmko\X. ChnSp¶nd§nbXp Xmakn¨v.
\½Ä cWvSpt]cpsSbpw A\mØIpd¨pIqSnt¸mbn.
sÈm! ''
atbman anWvSnbnÃ. A\pI¼tbmsS Fs¶
t\m¡n Htc \nev]v. Rm³ tNmZn¨p:'' \o tI«ntÃ
atbman, B hm¡pIfpsS Icp¯v! tPmÀ±msâ
im´Kw`ocamb Hgp¡pt]mse. Hcn¡epw ad¡m³
Ignbm¯ hN\§Ä..''
""icnbmWv.''
""aäpÅhcn ZpjvShnNmc§Ä
DWÀ¯p¶Xt]mepw ]m]amWs{X! F{Xtbm ]pcpj·mcmWv
Fs¶ t\m¡n ZpÀhnNmc§fn apgpInbn«pÅXv!
Fsâ tIi`wKnbpw apJ{iobpatà AXn\pImcWw?
hmkvXh¯n Ahsc ]m]¯nte¡p \bn¨Xp
Rm\Ãtbm? Fsâ kuµcyw? Fsâ amZIXzw?
\o ]dbq. BIbm Rm\pw ]m]n\n.''
"" A§s\sbm¶pw hnNmcn¡cpXv adnbw.
kuµcyw ssZh¯nsâ Zm\w. AtXmÀs¯´n\m
a\Êp]q®m¡p¶Xv?''
""\o ]td¶Xp icnbmbncn¡mw atbman. F¶mÂ
]coi·mcpw imkv{Xnamcpw A§s\bÃtÃm
hnNmcn¡p¶Xv. AhcpsSsbms¡ ZrjvSnIfnÂ
]m]¡\nbÃtbm kv{XoIÄ? ]dbq atbman, \½sfms¡
s]®mbn¸nd¶Xpw Pohn¡p¶Xpw alm]m]amtWm?''
""F\ns¡m¶pw AdnªpIqSm. A¯cw
Imcy§Ä Adnbm\pw hnNmcn¡m\papÅ _p²nsbm¶pw
F\n¡nÃ.''
""F\n¡v Ccn¡s¸mdpXnbnÃ
atbman. hln¡m\mhm¯ hnNmc§Ä Fs¶
sRcp¡p¶p. \osbmcp]Imcw sN¿v. Fsâ
Cu apSnb{Xbpw ]tä apdn¨pIfbq. Cu ]pcnIs¡mSnbpw
\oe¡®Ifpw C\nthWvS. \nsâ I®v \n\¡v
CSÀ¨hcp¯ps¶¦nÂ, AXp Npg¶pIfbpI.
I®pÅhfmbn \in¡p¶Xnt\¡mÄ
F{Xtbm \ÃXmWv, I®nÃm¯ \nXyPohnXw..
C§s\ tbip ]dªXptI«Xtà \obpw? Fsâ
Cu ssIIfpw ip²aÃtÃm. Cu ssIsImWvStÃ
]e [\hm·mcpsSbpw aSnine Rm³ kzoIcn¨n«pÅXv.
Cu ]m]¯nsâ Ic§Ä apdns¨dnbmsX F\n¡p
kam[m\anà atbman.''
BßkwLÀj¯m henªpapdpIpIbmbncp¶p
Rm³. amwkt]inIfpw cà[a\nIfpw hnd§en¡p¶p.
AXp kln¡m\mImsX Xebn Ip¯n¸nSn¨v,
apSnhen¨p]dn¨v, D·mZt¯msS Rm³
]pe¼n”:""t]ms«. FÃmw Xpeªpt]ms«.
Cu apSnbpw, Cu I®pw apJhpw, FÃmw ]m]`mcw. Chsbm¶pw
F\n¡pthWvS. thWvS.. thWvS..''
atbman Fs¶ XSªp. _eambn Fsâ ssIbn IS¶p]nSn¨psImWvSv
imkn¨p:"" AcpXv. F´mWo ImWn¡p¶Xv?
C§s\bptWvSm Hcp {`m´v!
]mt]mw ]ptWymw Hs¡ \nÝbn¡p¶Xv Ah\h³
Xs¶bmtWm? \ndp¯v. thWvSmX\w ImWn¡mXncn¡v.''
AhfpsS _enjvTamb Ic§fn Rm³ HXp§nt¸mbn.
IÀ¡iamb hm¡pIfn Rm\msI XfÀ¶p.
atbman Fs¶ ]nSn¨pInS¯n. XqhÂhnidnsbSp¯p
hoins¡mWvSv AhfSp¯ncp¶p.
Iptdt\cw Rm³ I®S¨p InS¶p. ]n¶oSv atbman
A¯mgw hnf¼nbt¸mÄ t]mbncp¶v teiw
\pÅn¯n¶p. InS¸dbn sN¶pInS¶Xpw,
I®Sªv Dd¡¯nte¡p Iq¸pIp¯n.
AXohim´ambn Keoe¡SÂ ab§n¡nS¶p.
btlmhbv¡p {]nb¦camb Xns_cymkv ISÂ. ]qÀÆ]nXm¡·mcpw
{]hmNI·mcpw, Xoc¯nd§n ]mZw IgpIn Ibdnt¸mIp¶p.
hnft¡´nb ]¯p I\yIamÀ KeoeKm\w
]mSn Ahsc A\pKan¡p¶p.
Hcp¶mÄ Keoe¡SÂ
tImcn¯cn¡pw
HcmÄ XncIÄ¡paosX
\S¶phcpw.
sh¬taL§Ä XmWnd§n
Ahs\ FXntcev¡pw.
aKvZebnse s]¬sImSnIÄ
ISen \o´n¯pSn¡pw.
sh¬\pcbn shÅnao\pIÄ
CfInadnbpw
hesbdnbm³ ap¡phÀ
ad¶p\nev¡pw.
s]mSp¶s\ ISen N{IhmXanfIn. NpänbSn¡p¶
sImSp¦mäv! cm{Xn apgph³ ISÂ CfInadnªp.
\nebv¡m¯ Cc¼w. ]peÀs¨, Xnf¨padnbp¶
ISen\paosX, XncameIÄ Nhn«nsaXn¨v,
HcmÄ \S¶phcnIbmWv. ZoÀLImb\mb HcmÄ.
\oWvSapSnbpw IpdnbXmSnbpapÅ bphXzw. DuX\ndapÅ
]pX¸v. hmÄap\t]mse \oWvSp hcp¶ ZrjvSnIÄ...
Dd¡wsR«n Rm³ Fgpt¶äncp¶p.
FhnsS ISÂ? FhnsS ISen\paosX \S¶phcp¶h³?
H¶panÃ. cm{Xn ]caim´w. IWvSsXÃmw
ambnIamb I\hv. ASp¯InS¡bn AÃenÃmsX
\n{ZsImÅp¶ atbman. H¶p hnfn¨Xpw AhÄ
]nSsªgpt¶äp.
""F´m adnbw? F´p ]nWªp?''
""~ Hcp kz]v\w IWvSp. Keoe¡SÂ..''
''\ÃXv. AsXmcp Zpkz]v\aÃtÃm. F¶pw
ip`kqNIamWv Keoe¡SÂ.''
DÅpXpd¶v AhÄ ]p©ncn¨p. AsX\n¡v
BizmktaIn. atbman ]dªp: InSt¶mfq ]pecphm³
C\nbpw cmthsdbpWvSv.''
AhÄs¡mcp ]p©ncn k½m\n¨psImWvSv
Rm³ InS¶p. ]ns¶ KmV\n{Z.
cmhnse DWÀ¶t¸mÄ \à Dt·jw.
Ipfn¨pthjwamdn AWnsªmcp§n. Blmcw Ign¨p.
Xw_pcpFSp¯v cmK§Ä ao«n. Bkm^nsâ
am³t]ScmKw. AXptIÄ¡m³ Btcm hcp¶psWvS¶
tXm¶Â.Bsctbm kzoIcn¡phm³ Hcp§nbncn¡p¶t]mse
kabw t]m¡n.
a²ymÓ¯n\p apt¼ hmXnev¡Â
ap«ptI«p. hmXnÂXpd¶t¸mÄ
Ibdnh¶Xv FÂtZmbpw tImclpw. Ahsc kzoIcn¨v
Ipiew ]dªp. A½ dmtl FhnsSbmsW¶v
FÂtZmtbmSpXnc¡n. Ah³ ]dªp:
""A½ \ktd¯nse adnbant\msSm¸w
I^À\lqansemWvSv. tbiphns\bpw amXmhns\bpw ]cnNcn¨v
AhtcmSpIqsS IgnbpIbmWv.''
AXp tIÄ¡sh, DÅnsemcp CuÀjy.tbiphns\bpw
amXmhns\bpw ]cnNcn¨psImWvSp Pohn¡p¶
dmtl `mKyhXn. AXpw CubpÅhÄ¡v Akm²yambXv
F´psImWvSmWv? hnNmcs¸«p Rm\ncns¡,
tImclv ]dªp:
"" Hcp Imcyw Adnbn¡m\mWv R§Ä h¶Xv.
AXp tIÄ¡pt¼mÄ adnbw kt´mjn¡pw.
''
""tM? F´m F\n¡p kt´mjn¡m³?''
""tbip aKvZebn hcp¶p, \msf''
""tM! icntbm Rm\o tIÄ¡p¶Xv!''
""hmkvXhw. At±lw I^À\lqansemWvSv.
\msf sshIn«v ChnsS hcpw.''
""hfsc kt´mjw. Cu ho«n Rm³
A¯mgw Hcp¡mw. tbiphns\bpw injy·mscbpw
ChnsS kzoIcn¡mw. AhÀ¡pthWvSn A¸hpwao\pw,
tX\pw]mepw, hoªpw ]g§fpw Hcp¡nsh¡mw.
A¯mg¯n\p £Wn¨m hcntÃAt±lw?''
""A§s\ Hchkcw In«m³ {]bmkw...''
""av? F´m tImclv?''
""tbip ChnsS hcp¶Xv, ]coi{]amWnbmb intamsâ
AXnYnbmbn«mWv.\msf A¯mghncp¶n\mWv
tbiphns\ AbmÄ £Wn¨ncn¡p¶Xv.''
""F¶m Rm\pw hcpw intamsâ `h\¯nÂ.
tbiphns\ ImWm³. IWvSp hµn¡phm³.''
""AXp km[n¡pw adnbw. hncp¶pimebnÂ
sN¶maXnbtÃm.''
""\n§Ä h¶p hnhcw Adnbn¨Xp \¶mbn.
cWvSpt]À¡pw \µn.''
FÂtZmbpw tImclpw bm{X]dªnd§n. Rm\pSs\
atbmansb kao]n¨p.
""atbman, tbip aKvZebn hcp¶p. \msf.
\msf sshIo«v.''
""\ÃImcyw. \ap¡v ASp¯p\n¶p
ImWWw..''
""]coi{]mamWn intamsâ ho«nemWp hcp¶Xv.
A¯mghncp¶n\v tbiphns\ AbmÄ £Wn¨ncn¡p¶p.
atbman¡dnbntà intamsâ `h\w?''
""Adnbmw... ]ns¶..''
""F´m atbman?''
""HÅXp ]dªm, B intam³ Hcp Iuie¡mc\m.
\m«n s]cpabpÅhtcmsSms¡ N§m¯w
IqSpw. {]amWnamsc ]m«nem¡pw. FÃmw kz´w
XmÂ]cy¯n\v. tbiphns\ hncp¶n\p £Wn¨Xpw
A¯cw KqVe£yt¯msSbmIpw. bmsXmcp kwitbmanÃ.''
""Hs¡ atbmanbpsS tXm¶embncn¡mw.''
""Rm³ ]dªXv ]«W¯n s]mXpth
tIÄ¡p¶Imcyw. Adp¯ssIbv¡v D¸ptX¡p¶h\Ã
intam³. ''
""F´pamIs«. AbmÄ¡v AbmfpsS
t]m¡v. tbiphns\ImWm³ Ahkcw In«nbmaXn
F\n¡v.''
""AXp km[n¡pw. \ap¡p t\cs¯ t]mImw.''
AXn\pÅ Hcp¡§fn R§Ä apgpIn.
AXnYn]qPbv¡pÅ ]cnafssXew X¿mdm¡n.
PSamwkn tNÀ¯
ta·tbdnb kpKÔssXew. at\mlcamb kv^SnI`cWnbnÂ
AXp \nd¨ph¨p. AWnªpt]mIm³ hkv{X§Ä
shSn¸m¡nsbSp¯p.
]nä¶mÄ Fgpt¶äXv aWhm«nbpsS
a\tÊmsS ]pfIaWnªv. apSnIgpIn kpKÔw ]pI¨p.
hmk\ss¯ew ]pc«n s\Sp¶s\ NoInhnSÀ¯n.
ARvP\wsImWvSp Is®gpXn. AgImbn NpWvSpan\p¡n.
tamSnbmbn hkv{Xw[cn¨p. \ne¡®mSnbnÂ
]eh«w t\m¡n aXnhcp¯n.C\n {]nbam\ksâ
k¶n[nbnte¡v t{]a`mP\s¯t¸mse.
]«W¯nse cmP]mXbv¡p kao]w, [\hm·mÀ
]mÀ¡p¶ H¶mw sXcphnembncp¶p intamsâ
hkXn. \S¶pt]mIm\pÅ Zqcw. R§Ä Hcp§nbnd§pt¼mÄ
kmbw kÔy. \nemhp ISen hoWenbp¶p. hgnhnf¡pIfnÂ
Xncn sXfnbp¶p. Xncs¡mgnª hgntb R§Ä
\S¶p. DÃmk]qÀÆw [ndpXn ]nSn¨mbncp¶p
Fsâ \S¸v IqsSsb¯m³ atbman _²s¸«p.
A§mSns¯cp IgnªXpw, hndIpsI«pIÄhln¡p¶
Hcp ]äw IgpXIsf sXfn¨psImWvSv \mepjWvU·mÀ.
hgn\ndªmWv IgpXIfpsS hchv. R§sf IWvSv,
jWvU·mÀ hgn\Sphn I®pwangn¨p\n¶p.
]tcXmßm¡fpsS apJambncp¶p AhÀ¡v.
IgpXIfpw \Sbnf¡msX hgnbn aW¸n¨p\n¶p.
apt¶m«p \S¡m³ \nhr¯nbnÃmsX
atbman hnfn¨p ]dªp: ""tl IgpX¡mtc,
R§Ä¡p IS¶pt]mIWw. IgpXIsf Hcphit¯s¡m¶v
HXp¡n \ndp¯v.''
F¶n«pw IgpXIÄ¡pw IgpX¡mÀ¡pw
A\¡apWvSmbnÃ. Rm\htcmSp sI©n: ""}R§Ä¡v
AXymhiyambn t]mIWw. Zbhp sNbvXp \n§Ä hgnapS¡mXncn¡v.''
AXp tI«v IgpX¡mÀ ]ckv]cw t\m¡n Nncn¨p.
HcpXcw sImSpa¨ncn. ""Zbthm? F´p Zbhv?
Cu IgpXItfmSp t]mepw Zbhnà R§Ä¡v.
]n¶btà \nt¶mSv.''
""\osbmcp s]®tÃ. AWnsªmcp§n
FhntS¡m kÔyab§nb¸w? BWp§sf
]m«nem¡m³ Cd§nbXtÃ. AhnsS
\nÃv. AhnsS \nÃpIptdt\cw. R§sfm¶p
ItWvSms« \nsâ apJhpw apSnbpsams¡.F´m
Hcp aWw \nsâ tZl¯o¶v. aq¡p aZn¡p¶p.''
AhcpsS B`mkhÀ¯am\w Fs¶ sNmSn¸n¨p.
Rm³ ]ndp]ndp¯p. hgnXSbm³ h¶ ]nimNp¡Ä...
sh{]mfs¸«v Rm³ atbmantbmSp ]dªp: ""CXp
hÃm¯ IjvSambtÃm atbman. \½sf§s\
apt¶m«pt]mIpw? t\cw sshIp¶p...''
AhÄ IogvtaÂt\m¡n BtemNn¨p. ]ns¶
aSnioesbSp¯v GXm\pw \mWb§Ä h¨p\o«n
jWvU·mÀ¡v.""CXm .CXphm§n
thKw Øew hnSv.''
B Iuiew ^en¨p. IgpX¡mÀ HmSn h¶v \mWbw
ssI¸än. AhÀ DÕmlt¯msS Dgt¡mÂNpgän
IgpXIsf BªSn¨p. ]pfªpsImWvSv IgpXIÄ
hgnamdn\S¶p. R§Ä thKw AhnSw hn«v apt¶m«p\o§n.
Bizmkt¯msS Rm³ atbmansb ]pIgv¯n:
""GXmbmepw \nsâ _p²n^en¨p.'' ]p©ncn¨psImWvSv
atbman Fsâsbm¸w \S¶p.
hgn s]mXpsh hnP\ambncp¶p. Iptd sN¶Xpw s]mSp¶s\
Häss¡b\mb HcmÄ R§fpsS ap¼nÂ
h¶ps]«p. {`m´amb thjhpw `mhhpw. \choW
XmSnbpgnªv Abmsfs¶ XSªp\ndp¯n.
Imepdbv¡msX \n¶v Fs¶ tNmZyw sNbvXp.
""\otbXmWp s]t®? ]d. Cu kÔybv¡p \osbhnsSbm
t]mIps¶? ]d. \o ItWvSm Fsâ aIsf? AhfpsS t]cp Io\.
]Xn\mep XnIªt¸mÄ Ahsf ]nSnt¨mWvSpt]mbXm
s]g¨Iq«À. XSbm³ sN¶ Fsâ HcpssIbv
AhÀ sh«nsbdnªp. Ahfnt¸mÄ Pohn¨ncpt¶
\nt¶t¸mse kpµcnbmbncpt¶s\. CtX{]mbw. CtX
BIrXn. \ns¶ IWvSn«v Iot\sS apJÑmbbpsWvS¶m
F\n¡p tXm¶ps¶. \osbsâ tamfpXs¶bm.
Hcp kwitbmanÃ. \o Fsâ IqsS t]mcv. aSn¨p\n¶m
\ns¶ Rm³ ]nSnt¨mWvSpt]mIpw. \o hm tamsf. \o
hm..''
AbmfpsS apJ`mhhpw hÀ¯am\hpw Fs¶ DtZzKs¸Sp¯n.
atbmanbpsS adhn Rm³ ]Xp§n\n¶p. AhÄ
Fs¶ ]nSn¨phen¨v thKw apt¶m«p \S¶p.
R§fpsS ]ndtI ]mªphcm³ ]cn{ians¨¦nepw
AbmÄ hoWpt]mbn. AbmfpsS \nehnfn Imän ebn¨p.
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