cm{XnbpsS I\¯ \ni_vZXsb Iodnapdn¨psImWvSv Hcp \nehnfn DbÀ¶p. B Zo\tcmZ\w tI«v {KmalrZbw \Sp§n. Dd¡w sR«nbpWÀ¶ ]ecpw I¯n¨ Nq«pIäbpambn \m«phgnbnte¡nd§n. ss[cyimenIfÃm¯hÀ Xn®bnepw apd¯pand§n\n¶v i_vZw tI« `mKt¯¡p sNhn h«w ]nSn¨p.
Nq«pIäbpw Nn½n\n hnf¡pambn Cd§n¯ncn¨hÀ sh«phgnbneqsS Nmcmbjm¸n\Spt¯¡p \o§n. AcWvS shfn¨¯n hgnbn IqSn \n¡p¶ BÄcq]§sf IWvSp.
sN½®n aeÀ¶p InS¡p¶ BÄcq]¯n\v A\¡anÃ. s\©n³IqSn\p Xmsg hbdn\p apIfnembn«mWv Ipt¯äncn¡p¶Xv. Nq«p shfn¨¯n tNmc hmÀ¶p hoWv a®p \\ªXv hyàambn ImWmw.
BfpIÄ ]ckv]cw IpipIpip¯p. AS¡w ]dbp¶hÀ hmkphnsâ t]cp hen¨ngbv¡p¶pWvSv. s\ÃpIp¯pImcn IeymWnbpsS aI³ hmkp. Ah\mWp Ip¯nbXv. Nmcmbjm¸nse hm¡p XÀ¡¯n\pw ASn]nSn¡pw tijw ]pfn¨ sXdnbpambn hgnbnte¡nd§nbXmWv Ip¯psImWvSh³. Ah³ tKmKzm hnfn¨t¸mÄ hmkp tIm]w sImWvSp Pzen¨v ]n¨m¯nbpambn tdmUnte¡p NmSnbnd§pIbmbncp¶p. Hä¡p¯v. ]n¨m¯n ]nSntbmfw Bgv¶nd§n. Ip¯psImWvSh³ HceÀ¨tbmsS ]nt¶m«padnªp. Ah³ \m«pImc\Ã. AXpsImWvSv Bsf Xncn¨dnªn«nÃ.
I¯n hen¨qcn hmkp hgnbn \n¶p NmSn ]mShc¼neqsS HmSn Ccp«n adªp. C\n F´p sN¿pw? t]meoknednbnt¡tWvS? NneÀ AS¡w ]dªp. hcs«. t]meokp h¶m jm¸pImc\S¡w km£nIsf¡qSn ]nSn¨v tÌj\n sImWvSpt]mIpw. ]ns¶ kXyw sXfnbn¡m³ \nc]cm[nIÄ hsc CSnsImsWvS¶p hcmw.
]t£ Adnbn¡mXncp¶m AXpw IpäIcatÃ? cWvSpt]À dm´Â hnf¡pambn SuWnse t]meokv tÌj\nte¡p bm{Xbmbn. F´pw hcs«, F¶ ss[cyamWv Ahsc apt¶m«p \bn¨Xv. Nnet¸mÄ km£n \nevt¡WvSnhcpw. hmkp Ip¯p¶Xp IWvShÀ ]ecpWvSv. kÔyapX jm¸nencp¶p IpSnbmbncp¶p hmkp. Ip¯psImWvSh³ bmZrÑnIambn Ibdn h¶Xv. Ah³ hmkphnsâ _©n h¶ncp¶v Nmcmb¯n\v HmÀUÀ sImSp¯Xv AbmÄ¡v CjvSs¸«nÃ. AXns\s¨mÃn H¶pw cWvSpw ]dsª¦nepw hnev]\¡mc³ CSs]«v BKXs\ asämcp _©nte¡v amän Ccp¯n.
Nmcmbw aq¯t¸mÄ Ah³ hmkphns\ hmIv icw sImWvSp t\cnSm³ F¯nbXmWv. ]ns¶ H¶pw cWvSpw ]dªp Xs¶ hg¡mbn. ASn]nSnbmbn. XSkw \n¡m³ h¶hÀ¡pw hoXw In«n. hnev]\¡mc³ hoWvSpw CSs]«v cWvSpt]scbpw ]nSn¨pamän.
SuWnse {][m\ duUnbmb hmkphns\ shÃphnfn¡m³ Hcp hc¯³ h¶m hIh¨p sImSp¡m³ ]äptam? AXmWv hmkphnsâ \ymbw. elcn \pcªt¸mÄ cWvSmfpw hoWvSpw tImÀ¯p. AXmWv I¯n¡p¯n Iemin¨Xv.
cm{Xn apgph³ hben\¡scbpÅ Hcp s]m´¡m«n Hfn¨ncp¶ hmkp cmhnse t\sc t]meokv tÌj\n sN¶ lmPcmbn.
tNmc ]pcWvS ]n¨m¯nbpw hkv{X§fpw sXfnhmWv. t]meokpImÀ¡v ]Wn Ffp¸ambn. {]Xn kzbw Ipäw k½Xn¨ncn¡p¶p. t]mcm¯Xn\v hyàamb sXfnhpIfpapWvSv. Nmcmb¡Sbnse hnev]\¡mc\pw GXm\pw IpSnb·mcpw km£nIfmbpWvSv.
hmkp t]meokn\p IogS§nsb¶ hmÀ¯ tI«v \m«pImcn NneÀ t]meokv tÌj³ ]cnkc¯v ImgvN¡mcmbn F¯nbn«pWvSv. AhÀ AIt¯¡v F¯nt\m¡p¶pWvSv. Ibdns¨Ãm³ ]eÀ¡pw `bamWv. t]meokpImÀ Ahsc AhKWn¨p.
aIs\ AdÌp sNbvX hnhcadnªv IeymWn Aeapdbn«v HmSnsb¯n. F{Xbmbmepw s]ä XÅbpsS a\kv thZ\n¡mXncn¡ptam?
ImgvN¡msc XÅnamän AhÄ `b¸mtSmsS tÌj³ hcm´bnte¡p Ibdns¨¶p. F¶n«v, Hcp {`m´nsbt¸mse IcªpsImWvSp hnfn¨p ]dªp: ""sâtamt\! H¶pw sN¿tÃ. Gamt\! Ah\_¯w ]äoXmcn¡pw. Ahs\ Hcp t\m¡p ImWm\\phZn¡tW Fsâ s]m¶pw sImSt¯ amt\!''.
AIs¯ Agnbn« apdnbn AWvSÀshbÀ am{Xw [cn¨v Ipähmfnbmbn \n¶ hmkp XÅbpsS Aeapd tI«p.
""Cu XÅbvs¡´nsâ tISm. s]g¨p s]än«v, \m«mscs¡mWvSp samtgm³ ]dbn¨n«v, AhÀ¡p ap¶nev ]cnlmk]m{Xam¡o«v Ct¸m XÅ tam§p¶p''.
hmkp ]Ãndp½n. XÅ aqew X´bnÃm¯h³ F¶v F{X hnfntI«ncn¡vWp Xm³.
IeymWn hoWvSpw Aeapdbn«p _lfw h¨p.
""t]m XtÅ! _lfw Iq«mWvSv. C\ot¸m aIs\ tImSXoev lmPcm¡pw. At¶cw XÅbv¡p h¶p ImWmw. t]m..t]m..''.
Hcp t]meokpImc³ IeymWnsb imkn¨p. AbmÄ BtcmsS¶nÃmsX ]dªp: "" tams\ t\tcsNmtÆ hf¯mWmbvcv¶v. Ct¸m XÅ sIS¶v tam§o«v Imtcym¶pÃ. Ct¸m XÅ t]m''. AbmÄ hoWvSpw IeymWnsb ]dªp hnSm³ {ian¨p. _lfw tI«v C³kvs]IvSÀ Cd§nh¶p. AbmÄ IeymWnsb ASnapSn t\m¡n. apjnª P¼dpw apWvSpw. \ndw a§nb Hcp CucngtXmÀ¯v taÂapWvSmbn C«ncn¡p¶p. B apJs¯ ssZ\yX IWvSt¸mÄ C³kvs]IvSÀ¡v a\ÊenhptXm¶n.
AbmÄ Ip«³]nÅ t]meoknt\mSp ]dªp: ""Cu XtÅ hnfn¨psImtWvSmbn Ahs\ H¶v ImWnt¨¡v. C\n XÅ aIt\ IWvSnsöp thWvSm.''
Ip«³]nÅ X\n¡p ]n¶mse hcm³ IeymWntbmSv BwKyw ImWn¨p.
Ccp¼gnbpsS CSbneqsS IeymWn AIt¯¡p ]mfn t\m¡n. apdnbpsS Hcp aqebn Ip¯nbncn¡pIbmbncp¶p hmkp. Bf\¡w tI«p hmkp XebpbÀ¯n t\m¡n. hmkphn\p tZjyw h¶p. Xs¶ \mWw sISp¯m³ XÅ h¶ncn¡vWp.
""F´n\v XtÅ \n§fv h¶ncn¡vWvXv. Rm³ Nt¯m¶dnbmt\m. t]m Fsâ ap¼o¶v''. hmkp tIm]w sImWvSp Pzen¨p.
IeymWn CucngtXmÀ¯nsâ Xp¼psImWvSp I®p XpS¨p tÌj\p ]pdt¯¡nd§n....
B tIkn hmkphn\v Poh]cy´w XShn\v in£ In«n. Ah³ sk³{S Pbnenembn. aIsâ in£mhn[n tI«p IeymWn t_m[w sI«pt]mbn. FhnsStbm, Ft¸mtgm Hcp \nanj¯n IeymWnbpsS a\Ênsâ ka\ne sXän.
Ct¸mÄ IeymWn ]Wns¡m¶pw t]mWnÃ. Ft¸mgpw Fs´¦nepw ]ndp]ndp¯§s\ \S¡pw. IeymWnbpsS IpSn XmakanÃmsX \\sªmen¨v PoÀ®n¨p. IeymWnbpsS InS¸v ]Ån¡hebn Ipdph¨³ ]Wn Ign¸n¨ Ipcnip]ÅnbpsS hcm´bnemWv. ]I GsX¦nepw ]oSnI¯n®bn Imepw \o«n Ip¯nbncn¡pw. CSbv¡nSbv¡v BtcmsS¶nÃmsX shdpsX Nncn¡pw. F¶n«v ]ndp]ndp¡pw.
""Ah\v XtÅ thsWvS¦n thWvS. F\n¡pw Ahs\ thWvS. Imcyw XoÀ¶ntÃ. AXn\nt¸m F´n\m hg¡v?...''.
Bsc¦nepw Fs´¦nepw hm§n¨psImSp¯m Xn¶pw. Csæn A§s\ ]ndp]ndp¯Ip¯nbncn¡pw. Xosc hni¸p kln¡h¿msX hcpt¼mÄ IÃp¦se ]Sn¸pc IS¶p sNÃpw. apäw Npän ASp¡fs¡«n\Sps¯¯pw. BtcmSpw H¶pw tNmZn¡nÃ. A§s\ AhnsS t\m¡n \n¡pw.
IeymWn Ft¸m h¶mepw Blmcw sImSpt¯¡Wsa¶p adnbm½s¸§Ä ASp¡f¡mcnIÄ¡p \nÀt±iw sImSp¯n«pWvSv. AhÀ {]mXtem Iªntbm ]pgpt¡m F´msW¶ph¨m B kabs¯ Blmcw sImWvSpt]mbn sImSp¡mw.
BtcmsS¶nÃmsX H¶p Nncn¨v In«nb Blmcw Ign¨p ]m{Xw IgpIn Xn®bn h¨p IeymWn Cd§n \S¡pw. AhÄ t]mIp¶Xpw t\m¡n ASp¡f¡mcnIÄ aq¡¯p hnc hbv¡pw.
""F§s\ \S¶ s]®m. Ct¸m tImew IWvSntÃ. Hmtcm P·§fsS hn[n. AÃmsX´p ]dbm\m. ssZhw X¼pcm\v FÃmw ItWvSmWvStÃbncn¡v¶Xv''.
ASp¡f¡mcnIfpsS hm¡pIÄ A\mYambn Aeªp.
Ipdph¨\v a\Ên F¶pw Hcp ImcapÅmbn IeymWn Ahtijn¨p. AbmfpsS a\kv Ipät_m[w sImWvSp ]pIªp. Imew apdnhpIÄ DW¡ntÃ?
~Hcp Znhkw a¯mbn SuWn t]mbn«p XncnsI h¶t¸mÄ B hmÀ¯ sImWvSp h¶p.
Ipdph¨³ ]pds¯ NmcpItkcbn InS¶p ab§pIbmbncp¶p. a¯mbnbpsS ImÂs¸cpamäw tI«v sR«n DWÀ¶p.
""hmkp Pbneo¶v h¶ns«mWvSv A¨mbm. Ahsâ Pbn in£ Ignªt{X. cmhnse _knev h¶nsd§ot¸m IS¡mscÃmw t\m¡n \n¶t{X. sshZycm Ft¶mSp ]dªXv. Rm³ sXc¡ot¸m kwKXn sicnbm''. a¯mbnbpsS hm¡pIÄ apgph³ Ipdph¨³ tI«nÃ. tIÄ¡m\pÅ a\xkm¶n[yw \jvSs¸«ncp¶p.