tUmIvtSgvkv tUmIvSÀ

I\ItN¨n

Fsâ hnhmlw \S¡pt¼mÄ Rm³ t]mÌv {KmUpthj\p

]Tn¡pIbmbncp¶p. Zp_mbn tPmenbpÅ Hcp F©vn\obÀ BWp
IeymWw Ign¨X.v c−p amkw Ignªt¸mÄ Rm³ KÀ`nWnbmbn.
`À¯mhp KÄ^nte¡pw t]mbn. ]ns¶ A½mbn A½bpw Rm\pw
IqSnbmWp KÀ`Ime ]cntim[\¡mbn tlmkv]nÁen F¯nbXv. aZÀv
sIbÀ tlmkv]nÁensâ Iu−dn Rm³ sN¶p. sXÃp
N½temsSbmWp Bip]{Xnbn t]mbX.v ]s£ N½sems¡ AhnsS
sN¶t¸mÄ amdn. Xe§pw hne§pw ]eXcw hbdpIfpambn KÀ`nWnIÄ
Xn§n¸mÀ¡p¶ Hcp kvYeambncp¶p AXv. Ct¸mÄ s]m«pw F¶p
]dªp \n¡p¶ s]cp hbdnIÄ Iyqhn \n¡p¶p. CXpw Hcp
PohnXw F¶ Hcp `mhw AhcpsSsbÃmw apJ¯p ]Xn¨ncp¶p. A½mbn
A½ t]mbn ]Ww AS¨p ImÀUpambn h¶p. tUmISÀ ameXo am[h³
F¶ Hcp t_mÀUnsâ Iogn Rm³ Ccp¶p. \o− Hcp \nc AhnsS
\n¡p¶p−v. ]¯p an\n«p Ignªt¸mÄ Hcp ]m−n¨n I®Sbpw Ac
S¬ Ip−nbpw I¿n ¥hpkpambn ]Sn Cd§n h¶p. sXm«p ]pdInÂ
c−p DW¡ t\gvkpamcpw. Hcp¯n \Ã Hcp Nc¡mWp. ]pcnIw Hs¡
hSn¨p hnÃpt]mse \nÀ¯nbncn¡p¶p. aÁhÄ Hcp D−bmWp. Hcp
]qtSizcn!! I¿nepw Imenepw apJ¯pw Hs¡ aoi! Rm³ kq£n¨p
t\m¡nbXp AhÄ¡p ]nSn¨nÃ. Fs¶ AhÄ cq£ambn H¶p t\m¡n
Rm³ Xe Xmgv¯nbncp¶p.
tUmISÀ ameXn `b¦c tZjy¡mcnbmWp t]mepw. ]s£ AhÀ an¡
kv{XoIsfbpw kpJ {]khw \S¯n¡pw. Hm¸tdj³ hfsc hncfw.
AXmWp AhcpsS ASp¯n{X BÄ¡mcv sNÃp¶Xv, kpJ {]khw
t]mepw Fs´mcp kpJw? BWp§Ä tIdn ASn¨p hbdp hoÀ¸n¨n«p
tXm¶nb hgnt]mIpw. A\p`hnt¡−Xp ]mhw \½fsÃ? kpJ {]khw
F¶p ]dªm A−w ]dnbp¶ thZ\ F¶mWp AÀYw. Fsâ
c−mas¯ {]khw kpJ{]khambncp¶nÃ. Hm¸tdj³ Bbncp¶p.
]s£ Rm³ ]dbpw AXmbncp¶p kpJ {]khsa¶p. Hcp tUmISÀ
\s«Ãnsâ Xmsg Hcp C©£³! ]ns¶ \½Ä H¶padnb− DWcpt¼mÄ
sIm¨p sXm«Sp¯p. A\Xojy amdp¶ Hcp kpJw, Bl!! A\p`hn¨mse
Adnbq. tamÀ^osâ sI«p hnSp¶ B kabw Bl, I©vNmhp telyw
Xn¶t]mencn¡pw. BImi¯p HgpIn \S¡p¶t]mse tXm¶pw.
ASns]mfnbmWp. ]ns¶ hbdp Iodpw. aq¶p Znhkw Hcp Ìn¨v. A{X
Xs¶. ]ns¶ ]Ww CÃm¯hÀs¡ms¡ kpJ {]khw F¶pw ]dªp
\nehnfn¡p¶XmWp \ÃXv. kÀ¡mÀ Bip]{Xow IqSmsW¦n \Ã
kpJw Xs¶! I®o I−hs\ms¡ \½ÄsS ImenânSbn I¿n«p
hnchpw. ap−panà tImtWmanà AdhpImcsâ tait]mse Hcp
taibn ap−pagn¨p InSt¶m Xqdnt¡m, tkmdn {]khnt¨m. A{X
Xs¶. Pohn¨m Pohn¨p kz´w sIm¨ns\ In«nbm In«n. BWp§tf
IÅ ]q-tam·mtc \n§Ä Adnbpt¶m R§Ä A\p`hn¡p¶
Iã¸mSpIÄ!!!!!
A§ns\ Hcp aWn¡qÀ Ignªt¸mÄ Fs¶ AI¯p hnfn¨p. tUmISÀ
{]mYanI hnhc§Ä Xnc¡n. {]mbw, cà {Kq],v sa³kkv sdKpeÀ
BsWm AÃtbm, F¶p emÌn ]pd¯mbn, `À¯mhpt−m IqsS,
kvIq«À HmSn¡ptam CsXms¡ Hcp I¼yq«dn Hcp¯n B ]qtSizcn
Ccp¶p ASn¡p¶p−v. FÃmw ]dªp Ignªt¸mÄ ameXn ]dªp
t]mbn s{UÊv tN©vNp sN¿p Rm³ hcmw. AhÀ Hcp kv{Io\n« apdn
ImWn¨p. Rm³ AIt¯¡p Ibdn. At¸mÄ Xs¶ tUmISÀ ]pXnb
Hcp¯nsb hnfn¸n¨p CâÀdzyq XpS§n. Rm³ NqcnZmdnsâ ]mâvkv Ducn.
P«n DuctWm F¶p kwibn¨p \n¶t¸mÄ tUmISÀ apdnbnse¯n..
Rm³ P«nbn ]nSn¨pw sIm−v tUmISsd H¶p t\m¡n DuctWm F¶
kwib¯nÂ. AhÀ Hcp hncvk `mhw Im«n A£abmbn \n¶p. Rm³
P«n Ducn B taibnte¡p \S¶p.
tUmÎdpsS apJw Idp¯p "Xsâ ASp¯p s{UÊp amdm³ ]dªns«{X
t\cambn ChnsS thsd BÄ¡mcp \n¡p¶p−v"
Rm³ hndbtemsS "Agn¨tÃm tUmISÀ"
tUmISÀ : " Ft´m¶p?! XpWn sam¯w Agn¡p Ip«o. tZl¯p \qÂ
_Ôw ImWm³ ]mSnÃ".
KÀ`nWnbmtbm F¶p t\m¡m³ {_m Agn¡p¶sX´ns\¶p F\n¡p
]nSn In«nbnÃ. ]s£ tUmISÀ Hcp t]meokpImcnsbt¸mse
\n¡pIbmWp. ]ns¶ Rm³ \mWt¡sSms¡ ad¶p. NqcnZmdnsâ
tSm¸p Xebn IqSn Ducn. {_m Agn¨p. Fsâ sIm¨p I¸¡m apeIÄ
\áambn. Acbn Hcp AcªmWw D³Smbncp¶p. AXp Ducm³
{ian¨t¸mÄ AhÀ ]dªp "AXp InSt¶ms« Ipg¸anÃ". Rm³
tUmISdpsS ASpt¯¡p sN¶p. AhÀ sÌXkvtIms¸Sp¯p Fsâ
s\©vNn h¨p. Fsâ s\©vNp ]S ]S ASn¡p¶p. ]I sh«¯nÂ
]qÀ® \ábmbn asÁmcmfnsâ ap¼nÂ, AhÀ Hcp kv{Xo BsW¦nepw
\n¡m³ hÃm¯ N½Â tXm¶n.
AhÀ Ft¶mSp tNÀ¶p \n¡p¶p. AhcpsS DOzmkw Fsâ apJ¯p
]Xn¨p. Hcp IcSn apJw BsW¦nepw AhcpsS {_oXv \Ã kpKÔamWp.
Ge¡ Nh¨Xpt]mse. AhÀ I®pIfm Fs¶ DgnªpsIm−v
sÌs¯Sp¯p Fsâ ]pd¯p h¨p. Rm³ AhtcmSp IqSpXÂ
tNÀ¶ncp¶p. Fsâ apeIÄ AhcpsS I¿pIfn X«p¶p−mbncp¶p.
AhcpsS ¥hpkp amÁnb I¿pIÄ apÅpt]mse ]cp¡\mbncp¶p. Ah
Fsâ apeIfnepw s\©nepw ]cp¡\mbn sXm«psIm−ncp¶p. ]ns¶
F\n¡p Imcyw ]nSnIn«n. AhÀ I¿pIÄ tjhp sNbvXncn¡p¶p.
¥hpkp CSm\mbn«mbncn¡Ww. B tcma¡pÁnIÄ \nc´c tjhnwKv
ImcWw BWp§fpsS ]cp¡³ XmSn t]mse Bbn¡gnªncp¶p. B
apÅpIÄ Fsâ ape¡®pIfn sXm«t¸mÄ AdnbmsX Fsâ
ape¡®pIÄ hepXmIm³ XpS§n. Im¸n¡pcp sR«pt]mse Ah
{ZVambn. Rm³ BsI N½n. B kv{XobpsS kmao]yw Fsâ
ape¡®pIsf {Xkn¸n¡ps¶¶p AhÀ a\Ênem¡ptam
a\Ênem¡nbm F´p sN¿pw Rm³ Nn´n¨p.
C¡nfn Bhpt¶m? AhÀ Xnc¡n. Rm³ Xebm«n.
 "kmcanà BZyw C§ns\bmWp. ]ns¶ bqkvUv Bbns¡mÅpw.
\mWn¨m ]ÁnÃ. te_À dqan Ibdmdmhpt¼mtg¡pw \mWw Hs¡
amdWw. Asæn Xm³ F´n\m \mWn¡p¶X?v X\n¡p \à kuμcyw
Hs¡ D−tÃm " AhÀ ]dªp.
"AXà tUmISÀ, C§ns\ I¼vfoÁv apgphs\ \n¡tWm Ft¸mgpw?"
"hÃm¯ Xnc¡ps−¦n Rm³ \nÀ_Ôn¡nÃ. F¶mepw apeIÄ
ImWWw. apeIÄ I−mse F¶p {]khn¡pw F¶p F\n¡p
Duln¡m³ ]Áp. Cu ]ocoUpw tUÁpw Hs¡ icnbÃm¯hcm
IqSpXepw. AXpaà ape {][m\amWp. ape¡®n kv{Im¨v hoWmÂ
sIm¨n\p ]m sImSp¡m³ ]ÁmsX hcpw. ChnsS apebq«Â
\nÀ_ÔamWp. ape sImSp¡m³ h¿m¯ kpμcnt¡mXIÄ Hs¡ thsd
kvYew t\m¡s« ".
C\n bqdn³ t\m¡Ww. AhÀ Hcp ImÀsUSp¯p. AXnsâ Ìn¡À
hen¨p. t]mbn CXn c−p XpÅn aq{Xw Hgn¡p. Rm³ _mXv dqan\p
t\m¡n. \q _ÔanÃmsX shfnbn F§ns\ t]mIpw? Rm³ Ahsc
kwibn¨p t\m¡n.
AhÀ H¶p Nncn¨p "FtSm Xm³ AXn\It¯m«p c−p XpÅn s]Sp¡v!!!!
C\n shfnbn t]mIm³ kabanÃ. Ft´m¶n{X \mWn¡m³?!
\mWn¡msX ]cn]mSn \S¯nbn«sà hbÀ hoÀ¯Xv? "
Rm³ hnjan¨p c−pXpÅn aq{Xw hcp¯n. AhÀ B ImÀsUSp¯p
A¸ t\cw h¨p. ]ns¶ Hcp \oe \ndambXv Fs¶ ImWn¨p "Hm tI
s{]á³kn Cukv I¬t^wUv , Rm³ Ipsd acp¶p Xcmw ,
`À¯mhnÃtÃm IqsS AsÃ, c−pamkw ]cn]mSn th−! kvIq«dnepw
Ibd− c−p amkw IqSpt¼mÄ hcpI Hms¡"
A§ns\bmWp Rm³ ameXo am[h\pambn ]cnNbs¸«Xv. ]ns¶ AhÀ
Fsâ BZy {]khw \S¯n X¶p. AXp ]dªm Ipsdbp−v.
Ct¸mgXn\p kabaÃ. kpJ {]khambncp¶p. ]ns¶ Rm³ KÄ^nÂ
t]mbn `À¯mhpsam¯v Pohn¡m³ XpS§n.
BZy {]khw Ignªp DSs\ Ip«nIÄ C\n th− F¶p Rm³
Xocpam\n¨ncp¶p. F¶m AXn\p BWp§Ä AtÃ.
ap³Is¿Spt¡−Xv. F¶m FÃm BWp§fpw {]khn¨ ]ntÁ¶p
Xs¶ tIÁm³ ]Ápsa¦n tIÁm³ sdUnbmbn«mWp \S¡p¶Xv.
F¶m hà Ddtbm _eqtWm hoÀ¸n¨p B amcW¯nsâ AÁ¯p
C«n«p tIÁWw F¶ kÂ_p[n AhÀ¡nà Xm\pw! AhfptSXp
s]mfnªmepw FtâXp tIdWw F¶ kz`mh¡mcmWtÃm FÃmhcpw.
AXpaà Cu {]khw Ignªm sa³kkv ]ns¶ Ipsd \mÄ
ImW¯nÃ. apesImSp¸p \nÀ¯nbns« XpS§p. F¶m AXp
hnizkn¡m\pw ]ÁnÃ. Hmtcmcp¯À¡p Hmtcm coXnbmWp. ]s−ms¡
{]khw Ignªp A¼¯mdp Znhkw Igntª `À¯mhnsâ ho«nÂ
t]mIp AXn\m Xs¶ CS¡p Ifn \S¡nÃ. F¶m C¶¯v Imew
C§ns\ H¶paÃ. {]khn¨m ip{iqjs¡m¶pw BcpanÃ.
hbÁm«nbpsS kvYe¯p tlmw t\gvkmWp!!. AhfpamÀ¡msW¦nÂ
i¿mhew_nIfmb A½mh·msc hmWaSn¸n¨pÅ ]cnNbta DÅp .
IpSpw_¯n ]mNIw Xs¶ HcmgvN¡Iw sNt¿−n hcpw. CsXms¡
ImcWw hbÀ NmSpw . s]®p§Ä Iqg¨¡t]mse Bbn¯ocpw.
F\n¡pw A§ns\ ]Án. KÄ^n sN¶t¸mÄ `À¯mhp Fs¶
Xncn¨dnªnÃ. B«n³ IcÄ kq¸pw {_m³Unbpw Hs¡ ASn¨p Rm³
Hcp Nc¡mbn amdnbncp¶p. DW§nb Fsâ Ip−nIsfms¡
amwk`mc¯m I\¯p. apeIÄ U_nÄ hen¸ambn. apJhpw knÔp
tkmas\t¸msebmbn.
Zp_mbn CâÀ \mjW FbÀ t]mÀ«n Ipªpambn Cd§nb Fs¶
I− `À¯mhnsâ I®pIÄ XÅnt¸mbn. At§À ^vfmÁp hsc
acymZ¡p ImÀ HmSn¨Xp Xs¶ AÂ`pXw!!!. ^vfmÁn sN¶bpSs\
At§À Fsâ tams\ H¶p t]cn\pw th−n D½h¨n«p Fs¶
]q−S¡w sI«n¸nSn¨p. Rm³ ]dªp {]s` B{Im\Xw th− t]mbn
hà tIm−w hm§nt¨m−p hm. c−p amkw Ignsª Ifn¡mhq
F¶mWp tZmISÀ ]dªncn¡p¶Xv Fs¶ms¡. ]s£ Bcp
tIÄ¡m³? A¶p shÅnbmgvNbmbncp¶p. ]pÅn¡p Zp_mbn
jn¸n§nemWp ]Wn. ]pÅn Fs¶ Ifnt¨ amdq F¶pw ]dªp
\n¡pIbmWp. At¸mÄ tam³ hnfn XpS§n. Rm³ Ahs\ FSp¯p
]m sImSp¡m³ XpS§n At¸mÄ {]` h¶p ap¶n Ccn¡pIbmWp.
Rm³ ]dªp {]t` amdn t]m, sIm¨n\p ]m sImSp¡pt¼mÄ Bcpw
I−p IqS, sImXn, I®p Hs¡ s]Spw.
{]` ]dbphm " Fsâ s]m¶p tamsf \ns¶ I−n«p ]Xns\m¶p
amkambn. IeymWw Ignª CSbnepw acymZs¡m¶p ImWms\m
Ifn¡ms\m ]ÁnbnÃv. Ct¸mÄ \nsâ apesbms¡ j¡otesS ape
t]mse BbtÃm! Fsâ `mKyw!! Rm³ H¶p It−ms«". Rm³ ]ns¶
H¶pw ]dªnà ]mhw icnbsà IeymWw Ignªp acymZ¡p Hcp Ifn
Ifn¨n«nà F¶XmWp kXyw. ]ns¶ sIms¨§ns\tbm D−mbn. Ah³
BsW¦n A¨s\ sImXn¸n¨p Fsâ apeIÄ amdn amdn IpSn¡m³
XpS§n. H¶p tÌm¡v Xocmdmhpt¼mÄ ASp¯ tKmfw Rm³ hmbnÂ
XncpIpw. F\n¡p A¶p Cãw t]mse ]m D−mbncp¶p.
Bip]{Xnbn ameXo tUmÎdpw B ]qtSizcn t\gvkpw IqSn Fs¶
]iphns\ Id¡p¶t]mse Id¡pIbmbncp¶p BZy \mfpIfnÂ. "Cu
ape¡®n\p \ofta CÃ ]s− Rm³ ]dªXm sh®bn«p ]nSn¨p
]pdt¯¡p \o«Ww F¶p tI«nà Ct¸mÄ t\m¡p sIm¨n\p
IpSn¡m\pw h¿ ]m InS¶p ape \ocpw sh¨p C\n t\m¡nbmÂ
IÃn¡pw", F´n\p ]dbp¶p Fsâ A½bpw A½mbn A½bpw ]ns¶
sIm¨ns\ ImWm³ h¶ XÅamcpw Hs¡ t\m¡n \n¡pt¼mÄ AhÀ
Fs¶ Id¶p ]m FSp¯p sIm¨nsâ \m¡n CÁn¨p. F\n¡p
\mWt¡Sp kln¡m³ IgnªnÃ. ]s£ Ft´m sN¿m³ FÃmw IqSn
apdnbn Ibdn IpÁn ASn¨p Ccn¡pIbsÃ?! Fsâ A½mbn A¸³
t]mepw Hcn¡Â CXp I−p. AXmWp `b¦c N½embXp. At§À
Cfn¨pw sIm−p \n¶t¸mÄ A½m¿½ At§sc XÅn shfnbnem¡n
IXIS¨p `mKyw!! A§ns\ \m«pImÀ sam¯w I− ape C\n AXn\p
A[nImcs¸« Bfpw It−ms«. sIm¨p ape IpSn¨p ape IpSn¨p
Dd¡ambn. G ko dqasà Dd¡w BÀ¡pw hcpw. F\n¡pw h¶p.
At¸mÄ {]` Fsâ sIm¨ns\ ]nSn¨p I«nen InS¯n Fs¶ XÅn
sa¯bn C«p. XpS§n Zm ape IpSn!!!! F\n¡p In¡nfn kln¡m³
h¿. {]t` aXn Rm³ ]dªp. Bcp tIÄ¡m³!! ]pÅn¡mc\pw Ipsd
]m IpSns¨¶m¶mWp F\n¡p tXm¶p¶Xv.
A[nIw Xmakn¡msX Fsâ XpWnsbms¡ ]dn¨p Zqsc¡fªp
U¬e¸v sa¯bn Rm\pw tam\pw ASp¯Sp¯p ]nd¶ ]Sn!! {]`
Fsâ P«n¡I¯p I¿n«t¸mÄ lmhq Fs¶mcp \nehnfn!!
" Ft´ms¶So \nsâ ]qsdms¡ sN¯nb ssIX¨¡ amXncn
Ccn¡p¶tÃm. \nd¨p apÅmWtÃm. CsXms¡ hSn¡m³ \nt¶mSmcp
]dªp"
"Rm³ hSn¨XÃ Ip«m, Bip]{Xn¡mcp hSn¨vXm, {]khn¡m³ t\cw"
{]`¡Xp ]pXnb Adnhmbncp¶p. Rm\pw BZyw H¶p N½n.
{]khn¡m³ AUvanÁmbt¸mÄ t\Àkp Ft¶mSp ]dªp
s{UÊn§n\p sNÃm³! Rm³ IcpXn ]pXnb hà s{UÊpw Xcm\mWp
hnfn¡p¶sX¶p. apdnbn sN¶t¸mÄ c−p aq¶p KÀ`nWnIÄ
\mWn¨p hcp¶p. F\n¡p ]nSnIn«nbnÃ. B ]qtSizcn Xs¶bmbncp¶p
AhnsS. AhÄ Fsâ ASp¯p FÃmw Ducm³ ]dªp. Rm³ Hs¡
Dcnªp. ]ns¶ AhÄ Hcp tjhn§v tdkÀ sIm−p h¶p BWp§Ä
D]tbmKn¡p¶ Xcw! Rm³ ]dªp t»Up amÁsW F¶p. ]ns¶
AhÄ Hcp ]pXnb t»Un«p tkms¸ms¡ ]pc«n {_jp h¨p \\¨p
]Xbm¡n A©vNp an\n«n B IÀ½w XoÀ¯p {]kh¯n\pw
Hm¸tdj\pw ap¼p Ac hSn¡Â \nÀ_ÔamWp.
{]` DSs\ Xs¶ Ip«s\ XÅn¡bÁn ASn XpS§n. Rm\pw
hnImchXnbmbn Ccn¡pIIbmbncp¶p. {]khtijw {kh§Ä
IqSp¶Xn\m \à abapÅ tbm\nbmbncp¶p. F\n¡p AXn\mÂ
BZyIme t`mK§fn A\p`hs¸« thZ\bpw H¶pw tXm¶nbnÃ.
Rm\pw klIcn¨p. HSphn {]` Aadp¶Xp tI«t¸mÄ Rm³ {]`bpsS
Ip«³ shÅw t]mIp¶ B \nanjw t\m¡n XÅnamÁn. Zm InS¡p¶p
s]m³Ip¶w XpShgn ]mem!! {]` Acniw sIm−p XpÅn "` abnsc,
shÅw t]mIp¶ kab¯msWm Xami!!? " {]` XpÅn Bthiw
hcpt¼mÄ ]pÅn Fs¶ B sXdn hnfn¡pw. F\n¡Xp hntcm[anÃ.
"]ns¶, Rm³ ]dªnsà Ddbn«p ASn¡m³!! DSs\ KÀ`ambm ]ns¶
F\n¡p {]bmkamWp. C\n \m«n Rm³ c−p sImÃw Igntª
t]mIp¶pÅp. {]`bpsS IqsS Xmakn¡m\m HmSn h¶X.v F\n¡p h¿
HÁ¡p \m«n InS¡m³. AXpsIm−v s]m¶ptam³ Ddsbms¡ hm§n
hm. _m¡n cm{Xo aXn tIs«m" Rm³ Fgpt\Áp _m{Xqan t]mbn
sUtÁmÄ Hgns¨Ãmw IgpIn hr¯nbm¡n.
Rm³ Nmb Hs¡ C«t¸mÄ IXIn\mtcm ap«n. Xpd¶t¸mÄ A¸pds¯
^vfmÁnse kpss_Zm Bbncp¶p. B ^vfmÁn Rv§Ä c−msf
aebmfnIÄ DÅp. ]ns¶ Hs¡ kn¡pImcpw Xang³amcpamWp.
AXn\m R§Ä henb Iq«mWp , kpss_Z Hcp \mWt¯msS IS¶p
h¶p "\q¬ tjm H¶pw Rm³ apS¡nbnsöp IcpXp¶p" AhÄ Fs¶
InÅn clkyambn tNmZn¨p.
"Hm AXp h¶t¸msg Ignªp!! ]pÅn InS¡pIbm. AXm Nmb
CSmsa¶p Rm³ hnNmcn¨Xv"
"F\n¡p tXm¶n!! AXm h¶t¸msg Rm³ hcmªXv. C¶n\n cm{XoÂ
s]mSn ]qcambncn¡patÃm?! C¶p H¶pw sh¡−. Rm³ tImgnt¡mSp
_ncnbmWn D−m¡n. jm^v^n¨m ]Åo¶p DSs\ hcpw. \n§sf
Un¶dn\p hnfn¡m³ h¶XmWp" At¸mÄ {]` Fgpt\Áp h¶p.
kpss_Z {]`tbmSp "C\n ]ntŨsâ ]«nWn Hs¡ amdnbtÃm?! tam³
FhnsS Rm³ H¶p ImWs«" kpss_Z tams\ FSp¡m³ t]mbn. {]`
tjm¸n§n\p t]mbn. Ipsd Ignªp h¶p Hcp IqSp \ndsb sImdnb³
tIm−hpw hm§nbncp¶p tUm«Uv tIm−wkv!!! CSs¡ms¡ IpcpIpc
Ip¯pIÄ DÅ C\w!! \Ã ckamWp AXp Ibdn Cd§pt¼mÄ!
kzÀ¤¯nse apÅpapcn¡p t]mse Ccn¡pw! IncpIncm Hcp kpJw!!!!.
A§ns\ Hcp amkw \nc´cw ]cn]mSnbmbncp¶p. Fsâ `À¯mhp
Fs¶ GsXÃmw t]mkn t`mKn¡mtam AsXÃmw \S¯n. InS¶pw
Ccp¶pw \S¶pw cm{Xnbn sSdÊn InS¶pw I¡qkn Ccp¯nbpw
Hs¡ {]` Fs¶ cmk{IoU¡p hnt[bbm¡n. kpss_Z D¨¡p
jm^v^n Hmv^okn t]mbm Fsâ ^vfmÁn hcpw. ]ns¶ R§Ä
\pW]d¨nemWp. ]et¸mgpw skIvkpw ]−s¯ IfnIfpw h\nXbnse
IYIfpw ]mNIhpw Bbncn¡pw Cã tKmkn¸p hnjb§Ä. c−p
amkw Ignªt¸mÄ Rm³ ]ocoUvkv Bcw`n¨p. kXy¯nÂ
At¸mgmWp Fsâ DÅp H¶p XWp¯X.v Cu sa³kknsâ Ipg¸w
CXmWp. h¶m {]iv\w, h¶nsæn hcm¯sX´v KÀ`amtbm F¶p
kwibw!! GXmbmepw CXp hsc kpc£bmbtÃm Bhq!! C\n
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sImSp¯p. {]` At¸mÄ ]dbpw Fsâ tamsf CsXms¡ tI«mse
F\n¡p Hcp kpJw hcq. \o IÅw ]dªmepw aXn Fsâ henb
Bibm \obpw kpss_Zbpw IqSn ]®p¶Xv H¶p Hfn¨p ImWm³!.
{]`s¡¶m¯nsâ Ig¸mWp?! s]®p§sfÃmw X½nÂ
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tcmKnIfmb BWp§Ä FgpXn hnSp¶ IYIfmWp. bYmÀ°
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thWw. hÃm¯ hnIrXnbmWp shÅw ASn¨p IgnªmÂ!!
kpss_Z¡msW¦n Xncn¨mWp. AhÄ¡mWp `b¦c ISn.
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kmam\w F{Xbp−v? {]`bpsS kmam\w Rm³ Xn¶mdps−m Fs¶ms¡
AdnbWw. Rm³ FÃmw A§ns\ Xpd¶p ]dbnÃ.
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H¶pw ]Ánà thtW B ho ko Uobn »q CSp I−p InSt¶m
Rm³ ]pd¯mbn. {]` c−p Znhkw Fs¶ D]v{Zhn¨nÃ. ]ns¶
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h¨p shÅw Ifbm³ {ian¨p ]s£ {]`¡msW¦n ss]eÁp t]mepw
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At¸mÄ {]`¡p Rm³ hnc C«p ImWn¡Ww. AXpI−p {]`
X¶¯m³ hmWw hnt«mfmw As{X!! BsI {]iv\w!! Rm³ hmbnÂ
Ip«s\ IbÁn Du¼m³ XpS§n. A§ns\ Ipsd Ipgeq¯p \S¯n.
{]`bpsS Ip®bpsS NpÁpapÅ ]qS aq¡n Ibdnbt¸mÄ F\n¡p
aSp¯p. kmam\w Fsâ A®m¡phsc Cd¡n X¶ncn¡pIbmWp
Bim³ F¶mepw hcp¶nÃ. kvtÁm¡v Hs¡ acp`qanbnse NqSnÂ
Xo˦p ImWpw AXmWp Imcyw.
HSphn Rm³ aSp¯p At¸mgmWp {]` ]dªXp tamtf \o Xncnªp
InS¡p. Rm³ \nsâ N´o sh¨p shÅw Iftªmfmw. F\n¦nÂ
If!! Rm³ Xncnªp InS¶p. {]` Ft¶mSp tNÀ¶p Fsâ N´nbnepw
N´n hnShnepw XpS¡nSbnepw ap«nsâ ]n³ his¯ amwkf `mK¯pw
Hs¡ Dc¡m³ XpS§n. B enwKw IqSpXÂ I¼nbmbn. Hcp XpÅn
shÅw t]mepw hcp¶panÃ. Ipsd t\cw A\¡anÃ. Rm³ IcpXn
Bim³ \nÀ¯n hmWw ASn¡pIbmbncn¡psa¶p. \à Imcyw \S¡s«.
Rm³ B hit¯¡p t\m¡nbsX CÃ. ]mhw tam³ CsXm¶p
adnbmsX kp\n{Z!! tams\ \ob¦nepw X´sbt¸mse Hcp
s]ÀdzÀ«mItÃ! At¸mÄ ho−pw Fsâ Ip−nhnShn kv]Ài\w!!
BsI Hen¸pw IpgIpg F¶ ]cphw!!! Rm³ Xncnªp t\m¡n {]` Ipsd
s]t{SmÄ sPÃnbpambn \n¡p¶p. I¿n henb Hcp t¥m_mbn
FSp¯p Fsâ KpZ¯nepw AXn\p NpÁpw Hs¡ tX¨p "Ft´m¶p {]s`
hr¯ntISp ImWn¡p¶Xv AhnsSms¡ hr¯ntISm "
"an−msX InS¡p tamsf. Rm³ \nsâ Bk\¯n H¶p IbÁm³
t]mIphm. t]Sn¡− t\mhmXncvn¡m\m Cu sPÃn tX¡p¶X.v tamÄ
H¶padnb−m. Xncnªp InSt¶mfq "
{]` sPÃnbpambn Nq−p hnc C«p Fsâ KpZZzmcw hepXm¡m\pÅ
{iaambncp¶p. {]kh kab¯p F\na Ipsd FSp¯XpsIm−v F\n¡p
In¡nfn AÃmsX thZ\ tXm¶nbnÃ. F¶mepw Cu sNdnb Zzmc¯nÂ
{]` F§ns\ kmam\w IbÁpw. AXp \S¡msX ]pÅn
Dt]£n¡psa¶p Rm³ IcpXn.
H«I¯n\p kvYew sImSp¯t]msebmbn Fsâ Imcyw!! {]` {iaw
Dt]£n¨nà F¶p am{Xaà IqSpX hnPbn¡pIbpw sNbvXp. Rm³
AdnbmsX KpZw hepXmIpIbmbncp¶p. c−masXmcp hncepw IS¶p.
{]` AXp IbÁnbpw Cd¡nbpw Ipsd t\cw Ifn¨p. CS¡nsS Xp¸pw
F\n¡p Acniw h¶p. Rms\´m Agp¡p Im\tbm? th−m¯
hr¯ntISp Im«p¶Xpw t]mc, Xp¸pIbpw!! A¸w Ignªt¸mÄ Fsâ
KpZ`mKs¯ t]inIÄ Abªp. {]`bpsS enwKaIpSw AhnsS F\n¡p
kv]Àin¡p¶Xmbn tXm¶n lq Rm³ \nehnfn¨p. ]s£ {]` B aIpSw
IS¯n¡fªp. IÅm!? ]ns¶ Fs¶ IagvXnbn«p I£n ]®Â Xs¶
]®Â. Hcp Xcw arKobamb ]®Â. B cm{Xn Fsâ KpZw \new
]cnim¡n. HSphn shÅw t]mbn. ]ntÁ¶p I¡qkn t]mbt¸mÂ
\à s\m¼cw. AhnsSms¡ Iodn¡mWpw ]ntÁ¶p cm{Xnbpw
CXmhÀ¯n¨p. A¶p {]` Hcp Dd C«ncp¶Xn\m F\n¡{X shdp¸p
tXm¶nbnÃ. {]`¡p Bthiw IqSn h¶p. CsXmcp NXn¡pgnbmbn amdpw
F¶p Rm³ AdnªnÃ. F´n\[nIw ]dbp¶p c−mgv¨s¯ \nc´c
]cn{ia¯m {]` Fsâ KpZhpw Hcp sk¡³Udn ]qdmbn
amÁnsbSp¯p.
(XpScpw Dd¸v) .