kÂam\p ^mcnkn (d)

 “kÂam³ Fsâ IpSpw_mwKw t]msebmWv.” \_n (kz).

kXyw tXSn XoÀYbm{X \S¯nb Hcp IYbmWnXv. AÃmlphns\ At\zjn¨p sIm­pÅ bm{X kÂam³ Xs¶ ]dªp XpS§p¶p:

"Rm³ Ckv^lm³Imc\mb Hcp t]Àjy³ bphmhmbncp¶p. Fsâ {Kma¯n\v P¿m³ F¶p t]À. Fsâ ]nXmhv {Kma¯eh\mbncp¶p. almk¼¶³, AXyp¶X³…Rm³ P\n¨Xv apX kÀÆtc¡mfpw At±lw Fs¶ CjvSs¸«pt]m¶p. Znhkw sNÃpt´mdpw Ft¶mSpÅ hmÂkeyw IqSn¡qSn h¶p. AXv Fs¶ ho«pXS¦enem¡p¶ ØnXn hscsb¯n... bphXnIsf Im¯pkq£n¡pw t]mse Fs¶bpw ]pd¯p hnSmsX kwc£n¡pIbmWv.

Rm³ Aánbmcm[IcpsS aX¯n {]mhoWyw t\Sn. R§fpsS Bcm[\maqÀ¯nbmb AántZhsâ hnizkvX ]cnNmcI\mbn \nban¡s¸«p. AhnSps¯ Xo \mfw cm]I sI«pt]mImsX kwc£nt¡­ NpaXe ]qÀ®ambpw F\n¡mWv. Fsâ ]nXmhn\v I\¯ hcpam\w t\Sn¯cp¶ Hcp henb `pkz¯p­mbncp¶p. AXnsâ Imcy§Ä s¡Ãmw At±lw Xs¶bmbncp¶p taÂt\m«w hln¨ncp¶Xv.

Hcp Znhkw., Fsâ ]nXmhn\v t]mbnt\m¡m³ km[n¡m¯hn[w tPmen¯nc¡p­bn. Fs¶ hnfn¨n«v ]nXmhv ]dªp: "aIt\, C¶v tXm«¯n t]mIm³ ]äm¯ Xnc¡mWtÃm F\n¡v. AXvsIm­v F\n¡v ]Icambn B IrXyw \o \nÀÆln¡Ww…’

Rm³ ]pds¸«p… hgnbn Hcp IrkvXy³ NÀ¨v Fsâ ImgvNbnÂs]«p. AXn \n¶v {]mÀY\mkzc§Ä ]pdt¯s¡mgpIns¡m­ncp¶p. AXv Fsâ {i²bmIÀjn¨p.

IrkvXym\nIsf Ipdnt¨m CXc aXhnizmknIsf Ipdnt¨m F\n¡dnhp­mbncp¶nÃ. \o­Imew P\k¼À¡anÃmsX ho«pXS¦enembncp¶tÃm Rm³… Rm³ NÀ¨n\pÅn {]thin¨p. AhcpsS IÀ½§Ä t\cn ImWpIbmWv e£yw.

Rm³ FÃmw kmIqXw ho£n¨p. AhcpsS {]mÀY\ Fs¶ lTmZmIÀjn¨p. F\n¡v IrkvXpaXt¯mSv ISp¯ B`napJyw tXm¶n. Rm³ Nn´n¨p. "ssZhamWv kXyw… R§fpsS hnizmkmNmc§sf¡mÄ D¯aamWnXv.'

]nXmhnsâ kz¯v t\m¡m³ t]mImsX kqcymkvXabw hsc Rm\hnsS Xs¶ sNehgn¨p. Rm\htcmSv tNmZn¨p: "\n§fpsS aX¯nsâ ASnØm\w F´mWv…? \n§fn \n¶v hnÚm\w IcØam¡m\pw {]mÀY\bn ]¦v sImÅm \pw F\n¡v XmÂ]cyap­v…’

At±lw k½Xn¨p. Rm\hnsS tkhI\mbn. F¶m A[nIw Ignbpw ap¼v F\n¡v ]nSnIn«n, AbmÄ IÅk\ymknbmsW¶v. ImcWw P\§tfmSv Zm\[À½§fpsS KpWKW§Ä {]kwKn¡pIbpw AhcpsS ssZhamÀ¤¯n sNehgn¡p¶ Imiv kz´w Ioibnem¡pIbpw sN¿p¶bmfmbncp¶p AbmÄ. km[p¡Ä¡v \ÂtI­ Cu kz¯v sIm­v AbmÄ k¼¶\mbn. Ggv henb ]m{X§Ä \ndsb kzÀ®w AbmÄ kzcq]n¨p.

Rm³ At±ls¯ hÃmsX shdp¯p. A[nIw Ignbpw ap¼v AbmÄ acn¨p. IrkvXobscÃmw ihkwkvImc¯n\mbn F¯nt¨À¶p. B kabw Rm\htcmSv ]dªp:

"Cu a\pjy³ hmkvXh¯n almtami¡mc\mbncp¶p. P\§tfmSv Zm\[À½§sf¡pdn¨v AbmÄ hmtXmcmsX D]tZin¡pw. AXv tI«v \n§Ä \ÂIp¶ kw `mh\IÄ AbmÄ kz´w kz¯m¡n sh¡pIbpw sN¿pw. km[p¡Ä¡v Hcp NnÃn¡miv t]mepw AbmÄ sImSp¯n«nÃ.’ BfpIÄ tNmZn¨p: "AXv \o F§s\bdnªp?!’ "AbmfpsS k¼¯v Rm³ ImWn¨p Xcmw’

Rm³ Øew ImWn¨p sImSp¯p. shÅnbpw kzÀ®hpw \nd¨ Ggv h³]m{X§Ä In«n. AhÀ Bt{Imin¨p.

"Cbmsf kwkvIcn¡p¶ {]iv\tabnÃ…!’

AhÀ ihw Ipcnin sI«n IsÃdnªv Nn¶`n¶am¡n. AbmfpsS Øm\¯v a sämcp ]ptcmlnX³ DS³ Xs¶ Ahtcm[nX\mbn. At±lw alm\mb Hcp {]]©XymKnbpw ]mc{XnINn´bn apgpInb Bfpambncp¶p. cm]I t`Zat\y At± lw Bcm[\bn Xs¶.

Rm³ Abmsf AXy[nIw kvt\ln¨p. \o­Imew At±l¯nsâ IqsS Rm³ hkn¨p… Ahkm\w, acWh{I¯nse¯nb kabw Rm\t±lt¯mSv tNmZn¨p: "\n§fpsS Imetijw Rm\mscbmWv A\pIcnt¡­Xv.’

At±lw ]dªp: "Iptª…Fsâ PohnXcoXnbn Xs¶ Pohn¡p¶ Hcmsf am {Xta Rm³ Andbq. aukzn F¶ Øe¯mWbmfpsS hmkw. thZ{KÙamb ss__nfnse ktµi§sfm¶pw amän¯ncp¯msX PohnX¯n ]IÀ¯p¶bmfmWhÀ. AXvsIm­v \o At§m«v s]mbvs¡mÅpI…!’

]n¶oSv Rm³ aukzn \m«nte¡v bm{Xbmbn. \nÀ±njvS hyànbpambn kÔn¨p. AhnsS hcm\p­mb FÃm ImcW§fpw tIĸn¨t¸mÄ At±lw ]dªp: "\o ChnsS Xmakn¡pI.’ Rm³ AhnSps¯ At´hmknbmbn…AhcpsS PohnXcoXn F\n¡v \t¶ CjvSs¸«p.

A[nIw Ignbpw ap¼v Xs¶ AewL\obamb acWw Abmsf tXSnsb¯n. XÕabw Rm³ ]dªp:

"AÃmlphnsâ hn[nbnXm F¯nbncn¡pIbmWtÃm… Fsâ AhØIsfÃmw \n§Ä¡dnbpIbpw sN¿mw. C\n Rm³ BcpambmWv _Ôs¸tS­sX¶v ]dªpX¶mepw…’

At±lw ]dªp: "aIt\...! \mw Pohn¨t]mse PohnXw \bn¨ HcmÄ "\Êo_o³’ F¶ Øe¯p­v. \obt§m«v s]mbvs¡mÅpI…’

At±l¯nsâ acWm\´c NS§pIÄ¡v tijw Rm³ B kmXznIs\ tXSn ]pds¸«p. Ahcpambn kÔn¨ tijw Rm³ FÃm Imcy§fpw hniZambn ]dªpsImSp¯p. Ft¶mSv Fsâ Kpcp IÂ]n¨Xpw Ahsc [cn¸n¨p. At±lw AhnsS Xmakn¡m³ Ft¶mSv Bhiys¸« {]Imcw Rm\hnsS Xmakn¨p XpS§n. At±lhpw kXykÔ\mbncp¶p. Rm³ _Ôs¸«v A[nIw Ignbpw ap¼v AhÀ¡pw acWsa¯n. acWmk¶\mb At±lt¯mSv Rm³ tNmZn¨p:

"Rm³ F´pt±in¨mWv k©cn¨psIm­ncn¡p¶sX¶v At§¡dnbmatÃm…. B e£y{]m]vXn¡mbn C\n Rm\mscbmWv kao]nt¡­Xv….?’

AhcpsS {]XnIcWw. "Ip«o.. \s½t¸mse Pohn¡p¶ Htcsbmcmsf C\n `qapJ¯v tijn¡p¶pÅq. At±lw XpÀ¡nbnse A½qcn¿xbnemWv. Ahcpambn _Ôs¸SpI…!’ Rm³ A½qcn¿xbnte¡v bm{Xbmbn…]ptcmlnXs\ ImWpIbpw BKat\mt±iyw Adnbn¡pIbpw sNbvXp.

At±lw {]XnIcn¨p. "\o ChnsS Xmakn¨psImÅpI.’

At±lhpw Fsâ ]qÀÆKpcp¡sft¸mse Xs¶ \njvIma IÀ½nbmbncp¶p. A hÀ Fs¶ A²zm\n¡m³ ]cnioen¸n¨p. Rm³ Ipsd ]ip¡fpsSbpw Hcm«n³]ä¯nsâbpw DSabmbn¯nÀ¶p. \o­ Ime¯n\v tijw At±lhpw AÃmlphnsâ hnfn¡p¯cw \ÂtI­ kabw h¶p. At¸mÄ Rm³ tNmZn¨p: "C\n Rms\´p sN¿Ww…?’

At±lw ]dªp: "aIt\... C\n kwip²amb PohnXw \bn¡p¶ Hcmfpw `qanbnepÅXmbn F\n¡dnbnÃ. ]t£…,Ad_nIfpsS \m«n Hcp {]hmNI³ hcm³ kabaSp¯ncn¡p¶p. C{_mlow \_nbpsS aXw Xs¶bmWv AhcpsS aXw… ]n¶oSv At±lw kz´w \mSpt]£n¨v asämcp \m«nte¡v lnPvdx t]mhpw. Cu´¸\IfpsS \mSmWXv. ]md¡q«§fpÅ `q{]tZiw…AhÀ¡pÅ Nne hyàamb ASbmf§Ä Rm³ ]dªpXcmw.

H¶v: AKXnIÄ¡v \ÂIp¶ Zm\[À½§Ä, kzZJx At±lw kzoIcn¡pIbnÃ.

c­v: _lpam\mÀYw \ÂIp¶ hkvXp¡Ä(lZn¿x) kzoIcn¡pIbpw D]tbmKn¡pIbpw sN¿pw.

aq¶v: AhcpsS c­v NpaepIÄ¡nSbn {]hmNIXz ap{Zbp­mbncn¡pw. \n\¡v B \mSv I­p]nSn¡m³ Ignbpsa¦n s]mbvs¡mÅpI..’ At±lw ]dªp \n À¯n.

B \à a\pjy³ acWs¸« tijhpw Rm³ A½qcn¿bn Xs¶ Xmakn¨p. B bnS¡v AXphgn Hcp I¨hS kwLw h¶p. IÂ_v tKm{X¡mcmb Ad_nIfmbncp¶p AhÀ.

Rm³ ]dªp: '\n§fpsS cmPyt¯¡v Fs¶ sIm­v t]mbm Fsâ ]ip¡fpw B«n³]ähpw \n§Ä¡v \ÂImw…’ AhÀ k½Xn¨p. Rm³ hm¡v ]men¨p. Fsâ kz¯p¡Ä Rm\hÀ¡v \ÂIn. R§Ä bm{Xbmbn…

aZo\bpsSbpw imansâbpw CSbnepÅ Hcp Øew. hmZnÂJpdm, AhnsS sh¨v AhÀ Fs¶ h©n¨v Hcp PqX\v hnäp. Rm\bmfpsS ]cnNmcI\mbn IgnªpIq tS­n h¶p. Ipd¨v Ime§Ä¡v tijw At±l¯nsâ ]nXrhy]p{X³ kulrZ kµÀi\mÀYw AhnsSsb¯n. _\qJpssdf¡mc\mbncp¶p AbmÄ. At±lw Fs¶ hne sImSp¯p hm§n. Rm\bmfpsS IqsS bkvcn_nse¯n.(aZo\bpsS ]gb t]À) Fsâ Kpcp ]dªpX¶ncp¶ Cu¯¸\Ifpw aäp hntijW§fpsaÃmw Rm\hnsS I­p. kXy{]hmNIs\ Im¯v Rm\hnsS Xmakn¨p.

AtXkabw \_n(kz) a¡bn CkvemanI {]t_m[\w \S¯p¶p­mbncp¶p. ]t£…, ASna¨§ebn _ÔnX\mb Rm\sXm¶pw AdnªtXbnÃ.

A[nIw IgnªnÃ. \_n(kz) aZo\bnte¡v h¶p.

Hcp Znhkw.. bPam\sâ Cu¯¸\t¯m«¯n tPmen sN¿pIbmWv Rm³. bPam\³ Xmsg Ccn¡p¶p­v. XÕabw AbmfpsS Hcp ]nXrhy]p{X³ h¶v ]d ªp:

"tI«ntÃ… Hukpw JkvdPpw FÃmw Jp_mCÂ X¼Sn¨ncn¡pIbmWv. AhnsS Hcp a¡m \nhmkn F¯nbncn¡p¶p. \_nbmsW¶mWbmfpsS hmZw, hnVvVnIÄ..!’

B hm¡pIÄ Fsâ IÀ®]pS§fn X«n {]I¼\w sIm­p. Fsâ icoc¯n\msI hndb _m[n¨ t]mse….

Cu¯¸\bpsS D¨nbn \n¶v bPa\sâ Xebnte¡v \new ]Xn¡psa¶v Rm³ `bs¸«p. H«pw kabw IfbmsX Rm³ HcphnZw NmSnbnd§n. Rm³ BKXt\mSv tNmZn¨p:

"F´mWv \n§Ä ]dªXv…!’

Fsâ _²¸mSv I­v tZjys¸« bPam\³ Fs¶ iànbmbn {]lcn¨p…AbmÄ ]dªp: "\n\s¡´mWtSm CXn Imcyw…? t]mbn \nsâ tPmen sN¿v….!’

A¶v sshIpt¶cw tiJcn¨p sh¨ncp¶ Imc¡bpsaSp¯v Rm³ ssZhZqXs\bpw tXSn ]pds¸«p. \_nsb I­p Rm³ ]dªp:

"\n§Ä Hcp \à a\pjy\msW¶v Rm³ tI«n«p­v. \n§tfmSv _Ôs¸«v Zcn{Z cmb Ipsd BfpIfpap­tÃm…. CXv Rm³ AKXnIÄ¡v Zm\w (kzZJx) sN¿m\mbn \o¡nsh¨ncp¶XmWv… AXv \ÂIm³ Gähpw AÀlXs¸«hÀ \n§fmsW¶v Rm³ a\Êem¡p¶p….’ Rm³ AXv At±l¯nsâ ASpt¯¡v \o¡nsh¨p sImSp¯p.

At±lw ASp¯pÅhtcmSmbn ]dªp: "Ignt¨mfq…’

At±lw AXv sXm«tXbnÃ. AXv {i²n¨ Rm³ a\Ên IW¡pIq«n. Kpcp ]dªncp¶ aq¶v ASbmf§fn \ns¶m¶v ]peÀ¶ncn¡p¶p. {]hmNI³ kzZJx `£n¡pIbnÃ.. Rm³ Xncn¨p \S¶p. Ipd¨v IqSn Cu¯¸gw kwLSn¸n¡Ww. C\nbpw Nne Imcy§Ä IqSn sXfnbn¡s¸tS­Xp­tÃm.

CXn\nsS \_n(kz) Jp_mC \n¶v aZo\bnte¡v amdn¯makn¨p. X¿mdm¡n sh¨ncp¶ Cu¯¸ghpambn Rm³ AhcpsSbSpt¯¡v bm{Xbmbn. AhnsS sN¶v Rm³ ]dªp.

"AhnSp¶v kzZJx `£n¡nsödnªp. CX§bpsS _lpam\mÀYw sIm­ph¶XmWv kzoIcn¨mepw…!; \_nbXv kzoIcn¡pIbpw A\pNctcmsSm¸w `£n¡pIbpw sNbvXp. Rm³ BßKXw sNbvXp. CXm c­mat¯Xv...!!

asämcp Znhkw Rm³ \_nbpsS ASp¯p sN¶p. P¶¯pÂ_JoC Hcp kzlm_nsb adhv sN¿p¶ NS§nembncp¶p AhÀ. c­v jmfpIÄ sIm­v icocw ad¨n«p­v. A`nhmZyw sNbvXtijw Rm³ Ahsc H¶p hew sh¨p. {]hmNIXzap{Z Npaenept­m F¶v t\m¡Ww.

Dt±iyw a\Ênem¡nb AhÀ jmÄ Npaen \n¶v \o¡w sNbvXp. Rm³ \Ãh ®w t\m¡n. At¸mgXm B t{ijvSamb Npaen Jm¯ap¶p_pƯv({]hmNIXzap{Z) hyàambn InS¡p¶p. Rm³ Ahsc Xncn¨dnªp Ignªp. F\n¡v kzbw \nb{´n¡m\mbnÃ. sIm¨pIpªns\t¸mse tX§ntX§n¡cªp sIm­v B ap{Zbn Rm³ XpcpXpsc Npw_n¨p.

AhnSp¶p tNmZn¨p:"F´m…! \n§Äs¡´p]än?’

Rms\sâ apgpNcn{Xhpw Ahsc tIĸn¨p. FÃmw tI«t¸mÄ AhÀ¡v henb IuXpIw tXm¶n. Xsâ A\pNcÀs¡Ãmw AXp tIĸn¨p sImSp¡m³ AhnSp¶p XmÂ]cys¸«p. Rm³ FÃmw AhÀ¡v hniZoIcn¨p sImSp¯p. tI«hscÃmw Gsd AÂ`pXs¸SpIbpw kt´mjn¡pIbpw sNbvXp.

kÂam\pÂ^mcnkn(d)hnsâ ta AÃmlph \n¶pÅ im´nbp­mhs«. Bao³.