hmb\ CjvSambn¯pS§p¶ Hcp {]mbw ap¼s¯ XeapdbnÂs¸« Ip«nIÄ¡pWvSmbncp¶p. hmb\bpsS B L«¯n A]kÀ¸I (detective) IYIfpw t\mhepIfpambncn¡pw GsdbnjvSw. hmb\bpsS kzm[o\wsImWvSv NnesXms¡ Ip¯n¡pdn¡m\pÅ B{Klhpw DWvSmbn¡qsS¶nÃ. As¶mcn¡Â Hcp H¼Xmw¢mÊpImc³ cNn¨ A]kÀ¸IIYbn \ns¶Sp¯ Hcp hmIyJÞamWv Cu teJ\¯n\p ioÀjIambns¡mSp¯ncn¡p¶Xv.
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XpS¡¡msc kw_Ôn¨nSt¯mfw hmb\bneqsS hm¡pIfpsS Hcp alm{]fb¯n AhÀ sN¶ps]Sp¶psWvS¦nepw kq£vaamb AÀ°¯n Imcy§Ä a\Ênemhm³ XmaksaSp¡psa¶Xv Hcp hkvXpXbmWv. A]kÀ¸IIY Bthit¯msSsbgpXp¶ H¼Xmw¢mÊpImc\v AÀ°adnªv ]Z§Ä {]tbmKn¡m³ IgnbWsa¶nÃ. "PUw' F¶m AtNX\icocsa¶mWÀ°sa¶v AbmÄ¡dnbnÃ. AbmfpsS IYbnse PUw "\SptdmUn¡nS¶p ]nSbm³' ImcWaXmWv! AXp Ip«nIÄ¡p ]äp¶Xv. apXnÀ¶hÀ AÀ°adnbmsX hm¡pIÄ {]tbmKn¡p¶tXm? GtXm Hscgp¯pImc³ Xsâ cN\bn C§s\sbmc_²w FgpXn¸nSn¸n¨Xns\¡pdn¨v FhnsStbm hmbn¨n«pWvSv. Fgp¯pImc³ IYmIr¯mWv. FgpXnbXv \mev]tXmfw sImÃwap¼v. kn.hn. cma³]nÅsbt¸mepÅ Fgp¯pImcpsS cN\mcoXn¡p {]`mhw s]mbvt¸mbn«nÃm¯ AhØ. IYmIr¯v Xsâ sNdpIYbn C§s\sbmcp hmIysagpXnþ ""AhÄ DjvWojw s]m¡n Ipªn\p kvX\yw sImSp¯p.'' kvX\yw, ape¸memsW¶p \ap¡dnbmw. Fgp¯pImc\pw sXäp ]änbn«nÃ. "DjvWojw' F¶ ]Z¯nsâ AÀ°w Xe¸mhv F¶msW¶t±l¯\dnbnÃmbncp¶p! kv{XoIfpsS ta¡p¸mbamWv AsX¶t±lw IcpXn. \nÊt¦mNw B ]Za§p {]tbmKn¡pIbpw sNbvXp!
]sWvSmcp aebmfm[ym]I\v Hc_²w ]nWªXns\¡pdn¨v tI«n«pWvSv. kw`han§s\: ]mT`mKw H¶p hmbn¨pt\m¡nbn«v ¢mÊn t]mIp¶ kz`mhw Cu kmdn\nÃmbncp¶p. \à "hmNI¡kÀ¯p' Imc\mbncp¶XpsImWvSv Ip«nIfpsS ap¼n ]nSn¨p\n¡m³ hnjaanÃmbncp¶p. Hcn¡Â, ]pXnsbmcp KZy]mTw ]Tn¸n¡m³ XpS§nbXp Xs¶ Ip«nIfnsemcmsfs¡mWvSv BZy JÞnI hmbn¸n¨psImWvSmWv. Ip«n hmbn¨ Iq«¯n Hcp ]ZapWvSmbncp¶pþ "Ab:]nÞw' JÞnI hmbn¨n«v B Ip«n Ccp¶p. At¸mÄ, Hcp¯s\gpt¶äp \n¶p tNmZn¡pIbmWv, ""kmtd, Cu Ab:]nÞsa¶p ]dªmse´m?'' kwKXnsb´msW¶p kmdn\dnbnÃmbncp¶p. Adnbnsöp ]dbp¶Xp £oWamWv. kmdv Kuch¯n tNmZn¨p: ""BÀ¡mSm kwibw? Fgpt¶äp \n¡v'' kwibw tNmZn¨h³ Ipät_m[t¯msS Fgpt¶äp \n¶p. ""Ab:]nÞsa¶mse´msW¶p t]mepw Adnbm³ hs¿¦n \osbm¶pw ]Tn¡WvSm!'' kmÀ ]dªp \nÀ¯pt¼mÄ ¢mkv \ni_vZambncp¶p. C{X "\nÊmc'amb Hcp hm¡nsâ AÀ°adnbnÃtÃm X§Äs¡¶ hnjaw Ip«nIÄ¡v. kmdnsâ `mKy¯n\v, s_ÃSn¨p At¸mÄ. Ipds¨ms¡ BßmÀ°XbpWvSmbncp¶p Cu A[ym]I\v. ]ntä¶v ¢mkn sN¶n«v At±lw. ""Ab:]nÞsa´msW¶v C¶se tNmZn¨XmcmSm?'' F¶t\zjn¨p. kwib¡mc³ Fgpt¶äp XeIp\n¨p \n¶t¸mÄ kmÀ ]dªp: ""FSm, Absʶp ]dªm Ccp¼v. Ab:]nÞsa¶p h¨m Ccp¼pWvS. a\Ênemtbm?'' kwKXn ip`w.
A¡mesams¡ t]mbvadªtÃm. A¶s¯ A[ym]Iscbpw hnZymÀ°nIsfbpw t]msebpÅhcà C¶t¯Xv. hnÚm\hnkvt^mS\¯nsâ Cu ]pXpImeL«¯n A[ym]Itc¡mÄ F{Xtbm ap¼nÂ, Adnhp tXSn¸nSn¡m³ tijnbpÅ, AXn\v FÃm kuIcy§fpapÅ, hnZymÀ°nIÄ ¢mÊnencn¡p¶pWvSmhpsa¶p \mtamÀ¡pI. km[yXIsf Bthmfw {]tbmP\s¸Sp¯m³ A[ym]I³ {ian¡p¶nsæn anSp¡cmb hnZymÀ°nIfpsS ap¼n AbmÄ¡p ]cnlmk]m{Xambn \nÂt¡WvSn hcpsa¶pd¸v. F¦nepw, A[ym]I\p {]Xo£bv¡p hI \ÂIp¶p. Nne A\pIqeLSI§fpapsWvS¶p \ap¡dnbmw: H¶mw¢mÊpapXÂ, bmsXm¶padnbnsænepw ASp¯ ¢mÊnte¡p Ibäw In«mhp¶hn[w DZmcamb \bamWtÃm kÀ¡mÀ "Bizmkk½m\'ambn Ip«n¡p \ÂInhcp¶Xv. ]mTyhnjb§fnsem¶ns\¡pdn¨pw Imcyambn H¶padnbmsX ]¯mw¢mÊphscsb¯p¶ Ip«n¡v Hcp]nSn B\pIqey§fpsS ]cnKW\bn B IS¼bpw \njv{]bmkw IS¶pIqSm\mhpsa¶ Imcyw \aps¡Ãmadnbmw. Fgp¯p]co£bv¡pÅ AanX{]m[m\y¯nsâ Aimkv{XobX a\Ênem¡n, \nc´caqey\nÀ®b (Continuous evaluation) ¯n¡qSnbpw hnZymÀ°nbpsS ka{Kamb IgnhpIÄ thWvShn[w Af¶n«mWtÃm A[nIrXÀ Ahs\ Adnhnsâ "\ndIpS' am¡n amänbn«v PohnX¯nsâ alm{]hml¯nte¡v Hgp¡nhnSp¶Xv!