""¢mÊn samss_Ât^m¬ sImWvSph¶Xn\v Hcp Ip«nsb kmÀ C¶p ]pd¯m¡n'' sshIpt¶cw kvIqÄ ho«p h¶ jn_p C§s\sbmcp hntijw ]¦ph¨pt¸mÄ km_phpw ssj\nbpw sXsÃm¶¼c¶p t]mbn. jn_phnsâ {]mbta ImWq B ]¿\v. F¶p h¨m ]¯phbÊv! Ah³ t^msWSp¯psImWvSpt]mb hnhcw ho«pImÀ Adnªp ImWnÃ. kvIqfpIfn samss_en\p \ntcm[\hpw\nb{´WhpapsWvS¶p ho«pImÀ¡dnbmambncn¡pw. ]t£, Ip«nIÄ AsXm¶pw Imcyam¡Wsa¶nÃ. IpkrXn H¸n¡m³ AhÀ¡p hncptXdpw.
samss_ Cs¶mcp Ifn¸m«wt]msebmbn amdnbncn¡p¶p. Hmtcmcp¯cpsSbpw t]m¡än sImWvSp\S¡mhp¶ Hcp]IcWambn t^m¬ amdpsa¶v AXp IWvSp]nSn¨ {Klmws_Ât]mepw IcpXnbncn¡nÃ.
s]mXpØe§fnÂ\n¶p sImWvSv samss_eneqsS hnfn¨pIqhn kwkmcn¡p¶hsc ImWpt¼mÄ km_p Nnet¸mÄ A¼c¶pt]mImdpWvSv. NneÀ _kpbm{XbnepS\ofwbm{X¡msc ieyw sNbvXpsImWvSv samss_eneqsS D¨¯n kwkmcn¡p¶XptIÄ¡mw. HSphn GsX¦nepsamcp tÌm¸n Chcnd§nt¸mIpt¼mÄ bm{X¡mÀ¡v kam[m\amIp¶p. ieysamgnªXnsâ kam[m\w!
GXmbmepw km_p samss_ÂFSp¯n«v aq¶mep hÀjta BbpÅp. bm{Xbn D]Imcs¸Spw F¶ptXm¶nbXpsImWvSmWv AsXSp¯Xv. km_phnsâ t^mWn A[nIw AUvPÌpsaâpIsfm¶panÃ. DÅXv Hcp sNdnb tSmÀ¨pam{Xw. _m_phnsâ Hcp kvt\lnX\v CubnsS Hcafn]än. AbmfpsS samss_ FhnsStbm \jvSs¸«p. t^m¬ \jvSs¸«tXmsSm¸w AXn tkhv sNbvXph¨ncp¶ At\Iw \¼dpIfpw \jvSs¸«p. ImcWw, B \¼dpIÄ an¡Xpw AbmÄ Ubdnbn Ipdn¨ph¨n«nÃmbncp¶p. kvt\lnX\v C§s\sbmcp A_²w ]nWªXp apX km_p samss_en tkhv sNbvX \¼dpIsfÃmw Ubdnbn Ipdn¨n«p XpS§n. hà hnt[\bpw t^m¬ \jvSs¸«m AtXmsSm¸w \¼dpIfpw\jvSs¸ScpXsÃm. samss_epÅhÀ {i²nt¡WvS Hcp {][m\ImcyamWnsX¶v A§s\ ssj\n¡pw a\Ênembn.
km_phnsâ Ip«nIÄ X½n Hcp Znhkw Hcp NÀ¨bpWvSmbn. samss_Ât^mWnsâbpw em³Uv t^mWnsâbpw kuIcy§fpw AkuIcy§fpambncp¶p NÀ¨mhnjbw. NÀ¨ NqSp]nSn¨t¸mÄ km_phpw AhtcmsSm¸w tNÀ¶p. "BÀ¡pw ieyamIm¯coXnbn em³Uv t^m¬ D]tbmKn¡mw. AtXkabw. samss_eneqsSbpÅ kwkmcw ]eÀ¡pw AtcmNIatb¡pw'þ km_p A`n{]mbs¸«t¸mÄ s\_p A¸dªXns\ kt¸mÀ«p sN¿p¶ coXnbn C§s\ ]dªp: ""em³Uv vt^m¬ Zpcp]tbmKn¡m\pÅ km[yX hfsc IpdhmWv. ImcWw AXncn¡p¶Xv FÃmhcpw s]cpamdp¶ Hcp apdnbnembncn¡pw. AXà samss_ensâ IY. BÀ¡pw FhnsS h¨pw F§s\thWsa¦nepw AXp]tbmKn¡mw.'' At¸mÄ km_p ]dªp samss_ t]mse em³Uv t^m¬ BtcmKy¯n\p lm\nIcaÃ, Bsc¦nepw tamjvSn¨psImWvSpt]mIpsa¶ `bhpw thWvS. kpc£nXXzamWv AXnsâ {][m\KpWw.~
~~Hcmfpambn FhnsSh¨v Ft¸mÄ thWsa¦nepw _Ôs¸Smw F¶XmWp samss_ensâ Hcp henb kuIcyw. Cu kuIcyapÅXpsImWvSv _m¯vdqante¡p hsc samss_epambn Ibdp¶hcpWvSv. AXn¯ncn A[nI¸ätà F¶p Ip«nIÄ ktµln¨p.
"" AtX F{X \ÃXmsW¦nepw H¶pw Hcp “"lcambn amdmXncn¡pIbmWp \ÃXv. H¶nt\mSpw AUn£³ thWvS'' þ CXp hniZoIcnI¡m³ km_p Hcp Xami¡Y Ip«nItfmSp ]dªp. Znhkhpw aWn¡qdpItfmfw samss_en kwkmcn¡mdpWvSmbncp¶ Hcp am\y³ Hcn¡³ tcmKw _m[n¨v acWmk¶\mbn. A´nam`nemjambn Htcsbmcp Imcyw am{Xta AbmÄ Bhiys¸«pÅp."acn¨pIgnbpt¼mÄ Xsâ samss_Ât^m¬ aämcpsaSp¡msX ihs¸«nbn Xs¶ ht¨¡Ww.' AbmÄ acn¨pIgnªt¸mÄ _Ôp¡Ä A§s\Xs¶ sNbvXp. AXn\p ]t£ AhÀ ]dª \ymboIcWw asäm¶mbncp¶p. tN«³ \cI¯nemWpt]mbsX¦n AhnSps¯ hntij§fpw kzÀ¤¯nemWpt]mbsX¦n AhnSps¯ hntij§fpw \ap¡dnbmatÃm F¶v?
samss_en\v C§s\bpapWvSv Hcp KpWw F¶p Xamicqt]W km_p ]dªt¸mÄ Ip«nIÄ s]m«n¨ncn¨p t]mbn.
kvt\lanÃm¯ IpSpw_§fnse Ip«nIfmbncn¡Ww samss_ensâbpw CâÀs\änsâbpsams¡ Zpjn¨ {]tem`\§fn AXnthKw IpSp§nt¸mIp¶Xv.samss_ hm§ns¡mSp¡m¯Xn\pw AXp Xncn¨p hm§nbXn\psams¡ Ip«nIÄ BßlXysN¿p¶ImeamWnXv."" B Ip«nIsfms¡ Hcp ]t£ amXm]nXm¡fnÂ\n¶v thWvS{Xkvt\lw In«m¯hcmbncn¡pw. X§Ä¡p In«m¯ kvt\lwsamss_eneqsS kplr¯p¡fn \n¶p "]nSn¨phm§m\mbncn¡pw AhÀ {ian¨Xv. AXn\p XSÊw h¶t¸mgmbncn¡pw AhÀ kzbw ad¶p acWw hcn¨Xv.' km_p C§s\ ]dªt¸mÄ AXn kXyapsWvS¶p ssj\n¡pw tXm¶n. Ip«nIÄ¡pw.
amXm]nXm¡fpw ho«pImcpambn \à _豈 DÅhÀ C¯cw A]IS§fn hoWpt]mInà F¶v km_phpw ssj\nbpwIp«nIsf HmÀ½n¸n¨p. Bhiy§Ä¡pw AXymhiy§Ä¡papÅXmWp ]Ww, AÃmsX, BÀ`mS§Ä¡pÅXà F¶p km_phpw ssj\nbpw Dd¨p hnizkn¡p¶p. AXpsImWvSv samss_en\pthWvSnsb¶Ã BhiyanÃm¯ BÀ`mS§Ä¡pthWvSnsbm¶pw ]Ww sNehgn¡m³ AhÀ X¿mdà ]pXnbXcw samss_epIsf¡pdn¨pÅ hntij§Ä tIÄ¡pt¼mÄ Ah kz´am¡m\mbn AhÀ HmSmdpanÃ.
""\mw X½nepÅ _Ôhpw ASp¸hpw kvt\lhpambncn¡Ww \s½ \bn¡p¶iàn. At¸mÄ C¯cw sIm¨psIm¨p {]tem`\§Äs¡m¶pw \s½ tXmev]n¡m\mhnÃ'' km_phnsâ Cu hniZoIcWw ssj\n¡pw Ip«nIÄ¡pw CjvSambn. kvt\lamWv bYmÀ° iàn. AhcXpad¡msX a\Ên Ipdn¨n«p. A\pZn\w B hm¡pIÄAhÀ¡p iàn ]IÀ¶psImWvSncp¶p.