D¨bqWp IgnªpÅ ]Xnhp ab¡¯nembncp¶p Rm³. A{]Xo£nXambmWhfpsS hnfn F¯nbXv.
""AizXnsb FÃmcpw aSp¯q¶m ]dbp¶Xv. A½ IqSnbn§s\ ]dªt¸mÄ F\n¡p ]nSn¨p\n¡m\mhp¶nÃ. Rm³ t]mIpIbmWv.'' tcJbpsS i_vZw Hcp tX§temsS \n¶p.
tcJm cho{µ³.
Ignª IWvSpap«en\v AXn\pap¼pÅ ImgvNbpambn ]¯phÀjs¯ ]g¡apWvSv. A¶v hnIrXn¯c§fpw ZpimTy§fpw sImWvSv hoÀ¸pap«n¡p¶ Ip«nsb NqWvSn¡m«n tcJ ]dªp: tamfmWv. Häbv¡mbXpsImWvSp hÃm¯ ]nSnhminbm. AhfpsS ]nSnhminIÄ ISnbpw ]n¨n¸dn¡epambn tcJbpsS apJ¯v ASbmf§Ä hogv¯ns¡mWvSncp¶p.
tcJsb BZyambn¡WvSXv acnb³ tImfPn h¨mWv. aebmfw ¢mÊn sshtem¸nÅnbpsS IpSnsbmgn¸n¡Â F¶ IhnX ]Tn¸n¨psImWvSncn¡pIbmbncp¶p Rm³. ¢mÊnse aq¶mas¯ \ncbn IhnXbn ebn¨ncn¡pIbmbncp¶ AhÄ s]s«¶mWv tNmZn¨Xv: ""F¶n«pw AbmÄ¡v AhtfmSv kvt\lapWvSmbncp¶p, Atà kmÀ.''
]n¶osSmcn¡Â Ìm^v dqante¡p h¶v Hcp IhnX Fsâ ap¼nte¡p \o«n. ""CXv GsX¦nepw amknIbv¡v Ab¨psImSp¡m³ ]äptam Fs¶m¶p t\m¡mtam? '' kplmkn\n¡p ]pdIn sXsÃmcp `bt¯msSbmWhÄ kwkmcn¨Xv. A¶pw hm¡pIsf ]cnanXns¸Sp¯m\mbncp¶p AhÄ¡njvSw.
F´mbncn¡mw C{Xs]s«s¶mcp Xocpam\saSp¡m³ ImcWw? Fsâ Nn´ ]e hgn¡p Xncnªp. `À¯rho«n \n¶v kz´w ho«nte¡v. AhnsS\n¶v tlmÌente¡v. Hcp]t£ Ct¸mgpw FÃmw a\ÊnsemXp¡n kzbw DÄhenhp \S¯pIbmbncn¡pw AhÄ.
PohnXw Hcp IhnXbmWtà kmÀ.
IhnXsb¶Ã, Imhyw F¶p ]dbq tcJ. Imhyw BkzmZyambncn¡pw.
FÃm IhnXIfpw A§s\bÃtÃm, AhÄ CSbv¡p Ibdn ]dªp.
IhnXbn AäveoÌv kvt\l¯nsâ Hcp Xcns¼¦nepw thtWvS. AhÄ ]et¸mgpw kwkmcn¡mdpÅXpt]mse kvt\ls¯¡pdn¨p hoWvSpw kwkmcn¡m³ XpS§n.
kvt\lw s]®n\gImWv. Rm³ tcJbpsS apJt¯¡p Xs¶ t\m¡nbncp¶p. BÀ{Zamb AhfpsS angnIfn IqSpX \\hp ]SÀ¶p. s]s«¶p Xs¶ ag¡mdp aqSnbXpt]mse apJw a§pIbpw AhÄ GtXm HmÀ½Ifnte¡p hgpXnt¸mIpIbpw sNbvXp.
hÀj§Ä¡ptijw tcJsb IWvSt¸mÄ AhfmZyw ]dªXv C§s\bmbncp¶p:
""hÀ¯am\Imes¯¡mÄ Fs¶ Pohn¡m³ t{]cn¸n¡p¶Xv HmÀ½IfmWv. ssIhn«pt]mb C¶seIsf Xmtemen¡m³ Hchkcw In«pt¼mÄ BÀ¡mWv apJw Xncn¨p\n¡m\mhpI'' AhfpsS apJ¯v {]Xo£IfpsS Hmf§Ä an¶nadbp¶Xp ImWmambncp¶p.
Hcp cWvSmw IWvSpap«ensâ hyXykvXXbmÀ¶ apJw Ahsf HmÀ½bpsS BÂ_¯nte¡p Xs¶ H«n¨p\nÀ¯n. ]XnhphÀ¯am\¯n\nSbv¡mWv AhÄ t]mepadnbmsX AhfpsS a\Êv kpKX\nte¡p t]mbXnsâ NpcpfgnªXv. Hcp]t£ tcJbpsS a\knsâ I®mSnhmXnepIÄ BZyw Xpd¶n«Xv Rms\¶ tPÀWenÌnsâ ap¼nembncn¡pw.
IYbpw IhnXbpambn \S¶ kpKXt\mSv tcJbv¡njvSw IqSn h¶t¸mÄ BZysaXnÀ¯Xv A½bmWv. ]pdsI AÑsâbpw tN¨nbpsSbpw tN«sâbpw hne¡pIÄ. hne¡pIfpsS N§eIÄ¡v F®w IqSn h¶t¸mÄ AhÄ¡p apJw Ip\nt¡WvSn h¶p.
\o Hcp s]®mWv, _ÔphmsWs¶m¶pw hnNmcnt¡WvS. AhfpsS Npäpw h«anSp¶ hm¡pIfpsS aqÀ¨ Ct¸mgpw Xet¨mdnte¡v Bgv¶nd§p¶psWvS¶v tcJ ]et¸mgpw ]dªn«pWvSv. Häbv¡mhp¶hfpsS icocw sIm¯nhen¡m³ F{X IgpI·mcmWnhnsS cm]mÀ¯ncn¡p¶Xv. Ahbv¡p t\sc hntZzj¯nsâ Is®dnªpsImWvShÄ ]dªp: C¶pw s]®nsâ PohnX¯nse AXnÀ¯nIÄ ASbmfs¸Sp¯p¶Xv AhfpsS a\ÊdnbmsXbmWp tIt«m.
FÃm {]Xo£Ifpw \jvSs¸«p F¶p tXm¶nbt¸mgmWv tcJbpsS Ct§m«pÅ bm{X.
IYmImcs\ {]Wbn¨v, IYbneqsS PohnXtcJIÄ hc¨p\ndwsImSp¡ms\mcp§pt¼mgmWv CsXm¶panÃm¯ HcmÄ PohnX¯nte¡p IS¶ph¶Xv. At¸mÄ AhÄ au\s¯ s\t©mSp tNÀ¯p. ]pkvXI¯mfn Hfn¸n¨ ajn¸¨ t]mse, a\Ên kq£n¨ abnÂ]oent]mse AhfpsS {]Wbw Bcpw ImWmsX s]äps]cpIm³ X¡w ]mÀ¯ncp¶p.
Znhk§Ä thWvSnh¶p tcJbv¡p s]mcp¯s¸Sm³. Xsâ A\njvS§sf ]pd¯pImWn¡msX, {]nbXasâ B{Kl¯n\p ap¼n Xs¶ apgph³ kaÀ¸n¨p Ignbpt¼mgpw a\Ênsecnbp¶ NnXbpsS NqSv ]pdt¯¡p {]hln¨nÃ. BsIbpWvSmbncp¶ _nkn\kv s]mfnªt¸mgpw, `À¯mhv IpSpw_hnlnXw s]§Äs¡gpXns¡mSp¯v _m[yX XoÀ¯t¸mgpw XfcmsX Hcp ssI¯m§mbn AhÄ AbmÄs¡m¸w \n¶p. F{Xsb{X thj§Ä sI«nbmtSWvSn h¶p tcJbv¡v. kaql¯n XebpbÀ¯n \n¡m³ Hcp kv{Xosb¶ \nebn tcJbpsS cq]¸IÀ¨IÄ \nch[nbmWv. ]mce tImfPv A[ym]nI, KÌv eIvNdÀ, Syqj³ So¨À, ]pkvXIw hn¡p¶ C³ÌmÄsaâpImcn, kplr¯mb FÂ.sF.kn. GPân\v t]mfnkn ]Sn¨psImSp¡p¶ I½oj³ GPâv XpS§nb tcJbpsS ^vfmjv _m¡pIÄ Ccpfpw shfn¨hpw \ndªXm¡n.
GIm´Xbn hoÀ¸pap«pt¼mÄ GsXmcp kv{Xosbbpw t]mse Ahfpw ]pXnb Iq«pIÄ tXSn. s]s«¶p Xs¶ Hcp]mSp Iq«pImÀ AhÄ¡p NpäpwIqSn. Pkn, tcWpI, im´, \fn\n F¶o Iq«pImcnIsf ]dªb¨ Ipco¸pgtbmSpw, Im«m¡StbmSpw, IS½\n«tbmSpw Bimt\mSpw AhÄ¡Xncä kvt\lambncp¶p. NnXecn¨ ]pkvXI§fpsS \Sphn {]mhpIÄ ImjvTn¨ `n¯nbm Npäs¸«v Nne´nheIfm sI«s¸« Ccp«papdnbn Häbv¡ncn¡p¶ Xsâ ap¼nte¡p hcpt¼msgms¡ AizXn IqsSbpWvSmbncp¶p. Ipªns\bpw H¡¯ph¨v D¨t\c§fn tNmdpambn F¯pt¼mÄ shdpw kulrZ¯n\¸pdw Hcp ]cnKW\ AhÄ {]Xo£n¨n«pWvSmbncp¶ncn¡mw.
Hcn¡Â kl\¯nsâ _en¡Ãn I®ocÀ¨\ \S¯nbhÄ ]dªtXmÀ¡p¶p. ""thWvSmbncp¶p F¶p tXm¶pw Nnet¸mÄ, Häbv¡n§s\... PohnXt¯mSp Xs¶ aSp¸ptXm¶pIbm.'' ]ns¶ a\Êv a\kvXm]¯n\p hgnamdpw. A§s\sbmcp ZnhkamWv tcJbXp ]dªXv:
""tUmIvSÀ t{]amWv IWvSp]nSn¨Xv. tZlw H«pw NqSmImsX t\m¡Ww. kvt\ln¨p am{Xta Ahsf im´am¡m³ ]äpIbpÅq. Asæn Nnet¸mÄ hbeâmIpw. AXv HmÀ½ Xs¶ \jvSs¸Sp¯m³ ImcWamsb¶p hcmw.'' tcJbpsS I®pIfn Cud³ ]SÀ¶ncp¶p. Rm³ AizXnbpsS apJt¯¡p t\m¡n.
A½bpw tamfpw kvt\ls¯ sImXn¡p¶p. "Cukv Znkv sskt¡mfPn¡Â?' tcJ IqSpX kwkmcn¨ncp¶Xv kvt\ls¯¡pdn¨mWv. Ct¸mÄ tUmIvSÀ ]dbp¶p, tamsf kvt\ln¨p am{Xta im´bm¡m³ ]äpIbpÅq F¶v. Fsâ Nn´ ]ehgn¡p Xncnªp. C\n C§s\sbs´¦nepamtWm AhÄ ]pds¸Sm³ ImcWw?
bmZrÑnIambmWv tcJbpsS Ct§m«pÅ hchv. saUn¡Â tImfPnsâ CS\mgnbneqsS AÑs\bpw ssI]nSn¨p h¶t¸mÄ, hfsc ]Xps¡ Fsâ sNhnbn ]dbpIbmbncp¶p:
AÑ\v lotam sN¿p¶pWvSv. AXn\p h¶Xm. amk¯n cWvSpXhW hcWw.
AÑsâ Igp¯nse Icphmfn¸nte¡p Fsâ I®p Xdªp. apSnsImgnªhÀ. Igp¯p Ingn¨p i_vZw \jvSs¸«hÀ, sNmSn s]m«n ae¨hÀ, hncepIÄ apdn¨hÀ, ape apdn¨hÀ A§s\ Hcp ]mSp PohnX§Ä Fsâ a\ÊneqsS Hcp \nanjw IS¶p t]mbn.
ChnsS ASp¯v Hcp ss{]häv I¼\oemWv F\n¡p tPmensb¶p tcJ ]dªt¸mgmWv Rm³ hÀ¯am\¯nte¡p Xncn¨ph¶Xv.
]pXnb Hcp t{]mPIvSpambn«mWv Fsâ Ct¸mgs¯ hchv. tcJbXp ]dbpt¼mÄ \nÝbZmÀVyw AhfpsS apJ¯v Zriyambncp¶p.
F´mWp t{]mPIvSv?
kmaqlnIXn·Ifnte¡p Iq¸pIp¯p¶ km[mcW¡msc tamNn¸n¡m\pÅ Hcp IÀ½]²Xn Kh¬saân\p ap¼n hbv¡Ww. \µn{Kman \S¶ Iq«s¡me, tKm{Ôbnse IpcpXn, sN§d kacw, s]¬Ip«nIfpsS samss_ t{]aw, Im¼kpIfnse aX]cnhÀ¯\w, IÅhmäv, AJÞ]oU\ ]ÀÆ§Ä XpS§n ]eXpw AhfpsS kwkmc¯n DbÀ¶ph¶p.
Fs´ÃmamWv Cu PohnXw ASbmfs¸Sp¯p¶XtÃ? Rm³ tNmZn¨t¸mÄ tcJ s]s«¶v au\nbmbn. Ft´m ]dbm³ aSn¡p¶Xpt]mse, ]mSps]«v Ft´m Hfn¨phbv¡m³ {ian¡p¶Xpt]mse.
AXnsem¶pw A{X Xfcp¶hfà AhÄ. ]ns¶bhÄ¡v F´p ]än DSs\ ]pds¸Sm³...
AhÄ XfÀ¶pt]mIp¶Xv lÀjsâ ap¼n am{XamWv. AbmfpsS hm¡n\p ap¼nÂ, t\m¡n\p ap¼nÂ, Iq¼n hoW Ce t]mse, hmSn hoW ]q t]mse... lÀjsâ Imcyw ]dbpt¼msgms¡ AhfpsS hn¹hw tNmÀ¶pt]mIpIbmWv. C\n lÀj\pambn Fs´¦nepw...? Asæn B t]cp ]dbpt¼msgms¡ AhÄ XfÀ¶p t]mIp¶sX´n\mWv?
BcmWo lÀj³? Hcp]t£ F¶n \n¶pw A§s\ Hcp tNmZyw AhÄ {]Xo£n¨ncn¡nÃ. AXpsImWvSmbncn¡mw AhÄ ]dªXv.
AdnbnÃ! Rm³ ImWp¶ kz]v\§fn apJanÃm¯ Hcp a\pjy³ DWvSmbncp¶p. t]cdnbm¯, \mfdnbm¯ HcmÄ. AbmÄ. Abmsfsâ a\Êdnªp.
h¿! IpSnsbmgn¸nt¨ aXnbmIq! A]qÀ®Xbn Xocp¶ t{]mPIvSpIfm FtâXv. tcJbpsS i_vZw apdnªp.
ab¡¯nte¡p hgpXp¶Xn\pap¼v hoWvSpw s_ÃSn¨p.