“aäpÅhÀ \ntj[nIfmbt¸mÄ Xm¦Ä
hnizkn¨p….AhÀ
AÚcmbt¸mÄ Xm¦Ä Úm\nbmbn. aäpÅhÀ NXn¨t¸mÄ hnizkvXX sXfnbn¨p…FÃmhcpw
]n´ncnªt¸mÄ Xm¦Ä apt¶m«v Xs¶ Kan¨p”.
Dadp_v\pÂJ¯zm_v(d).
lnPvdx hÀjw H¼Xv…
Hctd_y³ cmPmhv Ckvemw ]pÂInbncn¡pIbmWv…
hfsc¡mew Ckvemans\Xnsc {]hÀ¯n¨ tijapmb Xnf¡amÀ¶ kw`hw….\_n(kz)bpambn
Iptd aÕcn¨tijw hn\bm\znX\mbn IogS§nbhÀ. Ncn{X¯nsâ CS\mgnIfnÂ
[À½njvSs\¶v t]cv tI« ]nXmhnsâ ]p{X³.
]nXmhn\v tijw AZn¿v, Xz¿v
tKm{X¯nsâ t\XrXzw GsäSp¯p…tKm{X¡mÀ¡v
e`n¡p¶ bp²apXen \n¶v ImÂ`mKw `cWm[n]\v \ÂIm³ \m«p\S¸\pkcn¨v AhÀ
Xocpam\n¨p.
dkqepÃmln(kz) kXyamÀ¤ {]t_m[\w
\S¯pIbmWv. Atd_y³ tKm{X§Ä H¶n\v ]ndsI H¶mbn AhcpsS ]n¶n AWn\nc¡p¶p.
\_n(kz) X§fpsS Bib§Ä¡pÅ iànbpw B[n]Xykm[yXbpw AZn¿n\v XethZ\mbn. B
apt¶ä¯n Xsâ A[nImcw Xs¶ sXdn¨pt]mhpsa¶v At±lw IW¡pIq«n. \_n(kz)bpsS
t\XrKpWw Xsâ cmP]Zhn¡v ISp¯`ojWnbmbn AbmÄ a\Ênem¡n. A¡mcW¯m Xs¶ Xm\nXphsc
ImWpItbm ASp¯dnbpItbm sN¿m¯ \_n(kz)tbmSv AbmÄ¡v hÃm¯ ]Ibpw
i{XpXbpapmbn. A§s\ Ckvemansâ i{Xphmbn GItZiw Ccp]Xv hÀjw At±lw Pohn¨p….
F¦nepw Cuam\nsâ s]m³IncW§Ä Xsâ XaÊv apänb lrZbs¯ Ahkm\w {]Imi]qcnXam¡pI
Xs¶ sNbvXp.
AZn¿nsâ CkvemwaXmtÇjW¯n\v
AhnkvacWobamb Hcp ]Ým¯eapv….
kz´w A\p`h§Ä At±lw Xs¶ hniZoIcn¡p¶p.
"Ad_nIfn sh¨v \_n(kz)tbmSv
Gähpw IqSpXÂ hntZzjapmbncp¶h\mWv Rm³…ImcWw
Fsâ P\Xbnse Imcy{]m]vX\pw t\Xmhpambncp¶p Rm³. AtXmsSm¸w Hcp IrkvXym\nbpw.
Fsâ P\X¡v e`n¡p¶ K\oa¯v kz¯n \n¶v ImÂ`mKw Rm³ hkqem¡nt¸m¶p. aäv `cWm[n]·mcpw
Cu kz`mh¯n \n¶pw hn`n¶ambncp¶nÃ.
BbnS¡mWv \_n(kz)sb Ipdn¨v
tIÄ¡m\mbXv. Rm³ At±ls¯ hÃmsX shdp¯p. A\pZn\w apl½Zv(kz) iànbmÀÖn¨p hcp¶Xv
Rm\dnªp. At±l¯nsâ ssk\nI kwL§Ä Ing¡pw ]SnªmdpsaÃmw ]Stbm«w \S¯ns¡mncn¡pIbmWv.
AXn\nsS Fsâ H«I]meI\mb ASnasb ASp¯p hnfn¨n«v Rm³ ]dªp:
"Ffp¸¯n \bn¡mhp¶ XSn¨ Ipsd
H«I§sf ASnb´ncambn Hcp¡n\nÀ¯pI….
Ah F\ns¡t¸mgpw D]tbmKn¡m³ ]mI¯n ASp¯pXs¶ Dmbncn¡Ww. C\n apl½Znsâ hÃ
ssk\yhpw Cu cmPy¯v ImseSp¯psh¨m thKw Fs¶ hnhcw [cn¸n¡Ww.
Hcp kp{]`mXw. Fsâ ASna
HmSn¡nX¨v h¶v ]dªp: "{]t`m…apl½Znsâ
ssk\yw Cu cmPy¯v Nhn«nbm sN¿m³ Dt±in¨Xv Ct¸mÄ sNbvXv sImÅpI.’
CXv tI«v Rm³ NqSmbn. "XÅbnÃm¯h³, F´mWv Imcyw sXfn¨p ]dbq.’
Zqsc IpSnepIÄ¡nSbneqsS \nch[n
]XmIIÄ ]d¶p Ifn¡p¶Xv Rm³ Ip. AXns\¡pdn¨t\zjn¨t¸mgmWdnªXv AXv apl½Znsâ
ssk\yamsW¶v.
DSs\ Rm³ ]dªp: "Rm³ Xt¶mSv ]dªncp¶
H«I§Ä thKw F¯n¡pI…!’
Rm³ thKw Fsâ IpSpw_mwK§sf
hnfn¨phcp¯n. R§fpsS FÃmsaÃmamb \mSphnt«mSWw.
R§Ä io{Lw H«I§sf sXfn¨p.
imamWv e£yw. AhnsSbpÅ IrkvXobcpsS IqsS kpc£nXambn Xmakn¡mw.
hfsc [rXnbnembncp¶p R§fpsS ]emb\w…AXpsImv
Xs¶ IpSpw_mwK§sfÃmw kwL¯neptm F¶pd¸phcp¯m³ Ignªncp¶nÃ. A]IS taJe XcWw
sNbvXv Ignªp. BscÃmw kwL¯nepv F¶dnbm³ Rm³ Xncnªpt\m¡n.
At¿m…
Hcafn ]änbncn¡p¶p. Hcp ktlmZcn R§fpsS IqsS ]pds¸«n«nÃ. Ahcpw Xz¿v
tKm{X¡mcmb aäpÅhcpw \m«n Xs¶ IpSp§nbncn¡pIbmWv…
]t£, F\n¡v aS§m³ Hcp \nÀÆmlhpanÃ.
hcp¶nS¯v sh¨v ImWmw F¶v IcpXn Rm\pw IqsSbpÅhcpw imante¡v bm{X XpSÀ¶p.
IrkvXob kplr¯p¡tfmsSm¸w AhnsS IgnªpIqSn.
Fsâ ktlmZcn¡v Rm³ `bs¸«Xv Xs¶
kw`hn¨p. apl½Znsâ Aiz`S·mÀ R§fpsS \mSv Iogvs¸Sp¯pIbpw Fsâ ktlmZcnbS¡w
]escbpw AdÌv sNbvXv bkvcn_nte¡v sImv t]mhpIbpw sNbvX hnhcw tijw Rm\dnªp.
]nSn¡s¸« kwLw aZo\x ]ÅnbpsS
hmXn¡ \n¡pIbmWv. XÕabw \_n(kz) AXphgn h¶p. At¸mÄ Fsâ ktlmZcn Fgpt¶äv
\n¶v ]dªp:
"AÃmlphnsâ ZqXsc…
Fsâ ]nXmhv acWaSªp. Fsâ kwc£I³ \mSphnSpIbpw sNbvXp. AXvsImv AhnSp¶v
ImcpWyw ImWn¨mepw.’
\_n(k) tNmZn¨p: "BcmWv \nsâ
kwc£I³….?'
AhÄ ]dªp: "AZn¿p_v\p lmXnw….!’
\_n(kz) {]XnIcn¨p: "AÃmlphnsâ
Zo\n \n¶v HmSnbIep¶h\mWh³…?’
asäm¶pw ]dbmsX \_n(kz) IS¶p
t]mbn. ]ntäZnhkw AhÀ AXphgn h¶ kab¯pw ktlmZcn A{]Imcw ]dsª¦nepw \_n(kz)
AXv {i²n¨nÃ. \_n (kz)ASp¯ Znhkhpw AhcpsS ASp¡eqsS h¶p. cv Znhks¯ {iaw
\njv^eambXn\m \ncmibmb AhÄ H¶pw annbnÃ. XÕabw \_ntbmSv Imcyw ]dbm³ ]ndInÂ
\ns¶mcmÄ Ahsf D]tZin¨p. A§s\ \_n(kz)sb kao]n¨v AhÄ ]dªp:
"AÃmlphnsâ ZqXsc…
Fsâ ]nXmhv acn¨p t]mbn…
kwc£nt¡h³ \mSpIS¡pIbpw sNbvXp…
AXvsImv Ft¶mSv IcpW tXm¶nbmepw…!’
\_n(kz)bpsS {]Xyp¯cw: "icn…
A§s\bmhs«…!’
AhÄ ]dªp: "imanemWv Fsâ aäv
IpSpw_¡mÀ Ct¸mgpÅXv. AXvsImv AhcpsSbSpt¯¡v t]mIm³ A\phZn¨mepw…!’
\_n(kz)]dªp: "t]mImw…]t£,…[rXns¸SmXncn¡p¶XmWv
KpWw…\ns¶ imanse¯n¡m³
hnizkvXcmb BfpIsf e`n¡p¶Xv hsc Im¯ncn¡pI…Bsf
In«nbm Fs¶ hnhcw Adnbn¡pI....!’
\_n(kz)Øew hn«t¸mÄ AhÄ
tNmZn¨p:
"Bcmbncp¶p Ft¶mSv Imcyw ]dbm³
Bhiys¸« B hyàn?'
adp]Sn: "AXv Aen¿p_v\pA_oXzmen_v(d)BWv.’
AhÄ AÂ]Znhkw IqSn AhnsS Xs¶ Xmakn¨p. AXn\nSbn Xsâ \m«n \n¶v imante¡v
t]mIp¶ Hcp kwLw AXphgn h¶p. AhÀ hnizkvXcmbncp¶p.
AhÄ \_n(kz)bpsSbSp¯p sN¶p ]dªp:
"XncpZqXsc…!
Fsâ \m«pImcmb Hcp bm{XmkwLw ChnsSsb¯nbncn¡p¶p. Ahsc F\n¡v hnizmkamWv…!’
\_n(kz) Fsâ ktlmZcn¡v [cn¡m\pÅ
hkv{X§Ä, Hcp H«Iw, bm{X¡mhiyamb sNehpIÄ FÃmw \ÂIn Ahsf bm{Xbb¨p.
AZn¿v XpScp¶p: "apl½Znsâ ssk\yw
Fsâ ktlmZcnsb ]nSn¨ tijw AhfpsS FÃm hnhc§fpw R§Ä At\zjn¡p¶pmbncp¶p.
AhÄ Xncn¨p hcp¶Xpw Im¯v R§fncp¶p. apl½Znt\mSv Rm³ ISp¯ i{XpX ImWn¨n«pw
Fsâ ktlmZcn¡v At±lw C{Xb[nIw ImcpWyw sNbvXpsImSp¯p F¶v tI«t¸mÄ
hnizkn¡m³ IgnªnÃ.
Hcp Znhkw Rm³ IpSpw_hpsam¶n¨ncn¡pIbmbncp¶p.
At¸mÄ Hcp kv{Xo H«I¯n R§fpsS hoSv e£yam¡n hcp¶Xv Ip. Rm³ hnkvabt¯msS
]dªp: "AXm…! AXv AhÄ
Xs¶, lmXnansâ ]p{Xn…?
Fsâ ktlmZcn…!’
h¶v Ibdnb DS³ AhÄ tIm]t¯msS ]dªp:
"IpSpw_ _Ôw hntÑZn¨ t{Zmlo…!!
\nsâ amXmhn¶v ]nd¶hsf Dt]£n¨tà \o `mcysbbpw a¡sfbpw Iq«n Øew hn«Xv…?!!
"Rm³ ]dªp:
"Fsâ s]m¶p ktlmZcn…!
A§s\sbm¶pw ]dbcpXv…!’
Rm³ Ahsf ]eXpw ]dªp km´z\s¸Sp¯ns¡mncp¶p.
A§s\ Ahkm\w AhÄ im´bmbn. \S¶ kw`h§sfÃmw Hs¶mgnbmsX ]dªpX¶p. At¸mÄ Rm³
tI«sXÃmw XoÀ¯pw icnbmbncp¶p F¶v t_m[ys¸«p.
AXoh_p²nimen\nbmb AhtfmSv Rm³
tNmZn¨p:
"Abmsf Ipdn¨v \nsâ A`n{]mbw
F´mWv?’
AhÄ ]dªp:
"Fsâ A`n{]mb¯n \o F{Xbpw s]s«¶v
At±lhpambn _Ôs¸SpIbmWv thXv….ImcWw
At±lw Hcp {]hmNI\msW¦n F{Xt\cs¯ AhtcmSv _Ôs¸«pthm A{Xbpw t{ijvSX¡v \o
AÀl\mbn¯ocpw… C\n At±lw
Hcp cmPmhmsW¦n \o AhcpsS ap¼n \nµy\mhpIbpanÃ. ImcWw \obpw Xz¿v
tKm{X¯nsâ A[n]\mbncp¶tÃm.’
AZn¿v ]dbp¶p: Rm³ sshImsX Xs¶
bm{Xbmbn…kpc£nXXz¯n\v
HutZymKnI tcJIsfm¶panÃmsX bm{X…
C{Xbpw \nÀ`b\mbn ]pds¸Sm³ ImcWw \_n(kz)bpsS Hcp hm¡mbncp¶p. AhnSp¶v ]dªncp¶p:
"Hcp Znhkw AZn¿p_v\plmXnw
FsâbSp¯v hn\bm\znX\mbn F¯pw.’
Rm³ aZo\bnse¯n…At¸mÄ
\_n(kz)]Ånbnepv. Rm³ t\sc sN¶v A`nhmZy§fÀ¸n¨p.
\_n(kz) tNmZn¨p: "\n§fmcmWv…?'
Rm³ ]dªp: "AZn¿p_v\plmXnw.’
CXv tI« DSs\ AhnSp¶v Fgpt¶äv
Fsâ ssI ]nSn¨v ho«nte¡v Iq«ns¡mpt]mbn. hgnat[y \ncmew_bpw A_ebpamb
Hcp kv{Xo \_n(kz)sb A`napJoIcn¨p. Hcp ]n©pss]Xepw AhcpsS IqsSbpv. AhÀ
\_n(kz)tbmSv Nne Bhiy§Ä DWÀ¯n¨p. AsXÃmw k{i²w tI« tijw \_n(kz) FÃmän\pw
]cnlmcapm¡ns¡mSp¯p. CsXÃmw I Rms\sâ a\Ên ]dªp:
"tlbv…CsXmcp
cmPmhà F¶ Imcyw Dd¸mWv…’
Fsâ ssI ]nSn¨v AhÀ hopw
\S¶p. R§Ä ho«nse¯n…Cu¯¸\tbme
\nd¨ Hcp XpIÂ joäv hncn¨v X¶n«v \_n(kz) ]dªp:
"CXn Ccn¡q…’
Rm³ Ccn¡m³ aSn¨p.. Rm³ ]dªp:
"A§v Ccn¡pI….’
AhcpsS adp]Sn: "AÃ, Xm¦Ä
Ccn¡q.’
Rm³ A\pkcn¨p. AhÀ shdpw XdbnÂ
Ccp¶p. ImcWw asäm¶v \ne¯v hncn¡m³ B ho«nepmbncp¶nÃ.
Rm³ BßKXw sNbvXp:
"CXv Hcp N{IhÀ¯nbpsS kz`mhta
AÃ…’
tijw AhÀ Ft¶mSv tNmZn¨p:
"AZn¿p_v\plmXnw, aXw
\njn²am¡nbn«pw P\§fpsS kz¯nsâ ImÂ`mKw \n§Ä hkqem¡nbncp¶ntÃ…’
Fsâ adp]Sn: "AsX, FSp¯ncp¶p.’
A§s\ At±lw ssZhZqX\msW¶v F\n¡v
t_m[ys¸«p. \_n(kz) ]dªp:
"`mhnbn Ckvemante¡v \m\m`mK¯v
\n¶pw k¼¯v {]hln¡pIbpw kz ¯n\v Bhiy¡mcnÃmsX hcnIbpw sN¿pw. AZn¿v…,
Ckvemw ]pÂIp¶Xn\v Xm¦Ä¡pÅ XSÊw apkvenwIfpsS F®¡pdhpw i{Xp¡fpsS _mlpeyhpambncn¡mw.
F¶m CdmJnse JmZnkn¿bn \n¶v H«I¸pd¯v GImIn\nbmbn Hcp kv{Xo IAv_m
aµnc¯nse¯n Bcm[\mIÀ½§Ä \S¯p¶ ØnXn hntijw kwPmXamhpw. AÃmlphÃm¯
asämcmsfbpw `bt¡ Npäp]mSv A¶pmIpIbnÃ.
AÃtbm AZn¿v…,
Ckveman \n¶v Xm¦sf ]n´ncn¸n¡p¶Xv Hcp ]t£, cmPy`cWw AhÀ¡nsö tXm¶embncn¡pw.
F¶m Hcp Imcyw Rm³ Dd¸n¨p ]dbmw. CdmJnse _m_n \m«nse [hfs¡m«mc§Ä
apkvenwIÄ¡p Iogvs]«psh¶pw InkvdbpsS (kokÀ) \n[nt]SI§Ä AhcpsS
I¿neWnªpsh¶pw tIÄ¡m³ A[nIw Im¯ncnt¡n hcnÃ.’
Rm³ tNmZn¨p: "InkvdbpsS \n[nt]SI§Ä?’
AhÀ ]dªp: "AsX, InkvdbpsS \n[nIÄ
Xs¶.’
]n¶oSv F\n¡[nIw Nn´nt¡n h¶nÃ.
Rm³ kXyhnizmknbmbn amdn.
AZn¿p_v\plmXnw(d) apkvenambn
ZoÀLImew Pohn¨p.
At±lw ]dbpambncp¶p:
"\_n(kz) ]dª aq¶p Imcy§fnÂ
cs®w ]peÀ¶ncn¡p¶p. JmZnkn¿bn \n¶v Hcp kv{Xo GImIn\nbmbn \nÀ`bambn
IAv_bn ]qÀ® kpc£nXXzt¯msS F¯nt¨À¶Xv Rm³ Incn¡p¶p. InkvdbpsS
sIm«mchpw \n[nIfpw ]nSns¨Sp¯ BZyssk\y¯n Cu hn\oX\pw AwKambncp¶p. Hcp
Imcyw IqSn C\n _m¡nbpv. AÃmlphmWv kXyw, AXpw ]pecpsa¶v F\n¡pd¸pv.’
]peÀ¶v ImWm³ _m¡nbps¶v
AZn¿v(d) ]dª B Imcyw alm\mb Jeo^ Dadp_v\pA_vZnÂAkokv(d)hnsâ Ime¯v km£m¡cn¡s¸«p.
apkvenwIÄ apgph\pw k¼¶cmbn¯oÀ¶p. Jeo^xbpsS {]Xn\n[nIÄ sXcpthmc§fneqsS
hnfn¨p tNmZn¨p \S¶p. kImXnsâ kz¯p hm§m³ AhImis¸« Zcn{ZÀ h¶p hm§ns¡mÅpI.
]t£, Hä a\pjy\papmbncp¶nÃ.
alm\mb \_n(kz)bpsS Xncpsamgn
A§s\ A£cw {]Xn ]peÀ¶p. AZn¿p_v\plmXnw(d)hnsâ km£nsamgnbpw H«pw sXänbnÃ.
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