sskZp ssJÀ(d)

“sskZv, \n§fn AÃmlphpw dkqepw CjvSs¸Sp¶ c­v Imcy§fp­v, hnthIhpw ]IzXbpw.” apl½Zv \_n(kz).

P\§Ä hnhn[bn\w hnf\ne§fmWv. Ccp­bpK¯n D¯acmbhÀ Ckvem an {]thin¨ tijhpw D¶XÀ Xs¶. alm\mb Hcp kzlm_nbpsS XoÀ¯pw hn`n¶amb c­p Nn{X§Ä \mw ChnsS ImWm³ t]mhp¶p. H¶v Pmlnen¿¯nsâ IchncpXmsW¦n Ckvemansâ I\ImwKpenIÄ at\mlcambn tImdnbn«XmWv atäXv. BZyt¯Xv _\qBandn s]« Hcmf \n¶v ssi_m\n \nthZ\w sN¿p¶p:

ITn\amb hcĨ A\p`hs¸« Hcp hÀjw… Irjnbpw I¶pImenIfpw \in¨pXpS§n. KXy´canÃmsX R§fpsS tKm{X¡mc\mb HcmÄ lodx F¶ Øet¯¡v IpSpw_ktaXw amdn¯makn¨p. At±lw Xsâ IpSpw_s¯ AhnsS \À¯nbn«v ]dªp: "Rm³ hcp¶Xv hsc \n§Ä ChnsS Xs¶ D­mbncn¡Ww….’

At±lw bm{X ]dªnd§n…k¼¯v hÃXpw IcØam¡nbn«ÃmsX ho«nte¡v aS§p¶ {]iv\ansöpw km[n¨nsæn acWamWv A`nImaysa¶pw At±lw Xocpam\n¨pd¡pIbpw i]Yw sN¿pIbpw sNbvXp. AXymhiyapÅ hkvXp¡Ä Hcp Ioibnem¡n AbmÄ \S¶p XpS§n. A¶v Ccp«pthmfw \S¯w XpSÀ¶p.

kÔy ab§n. ap¼neXm Hcp sSâv.. kq£n¨p t\m¡n…X¼n\v kao]w Hcp IpXnc¡p«nsb sI«nbncn¡p¶p. AbmÄ BßKXw sNbvXp: CXv Xs¶bmbncn¡s« XpS¡w…

]Xp§ns¨¶v IpXnc¡p«nsb Agn¨v apXpInte¡v ImseSp¯psh¡m\mWv {iaw… s]s«¶v ]ndIn \ns¶mcp i_vZw: "IpXncsb sXm«pt]mIcpXv….’

At±lw shdpw It¿msS Xncn¨p\S¶p. AXn\v tijw XpSÀ¨bmbn Ggv Znhkw shdpw \S¯w am{Xw. Ahkm\w At±lw Hcp H«Ita¨nÂ]pds¯¯n. sXm«Sp¯mbn Hcp XpI sSâpap­v. AXnsâ hen¸hpw hnkvXrXnbpw \à {]Xm]w hnfn¨dnbn¡p¶p­v.

At±lw IW¡p Iq«n. Cu ssaXm\nbn tabp¶ Hcp H«I¡q«ap­mIpatÃm. Cu X¼n\v Hcp DSaØ\pap­mIpw.

kqcy³ AkvXan¡mdmbncn¡p¶p. At±lw IqSmc¯n\pÅntes¡m¶v I®b¨p. a²y`mK¯mbn Hcp ]Sphr²³ Ccn¸p­v. hr²sâ {i²bn s]SmsX ]Xp§n¸Xp§ns¨¶v AbmfpsS ]n¶n Ccn¸pd¸n¨p.

A[nIw IgnªnÃ. kqcy³ ]Snªmsd N{Ihmf¯n Dufnbn«p Ignªp. B kabw ap¼v I­n«nÃm¯ hn[w `oamImc\pw BPm\p_mlphpamb Hcp IpXnc¡mc³ AhnsSsb¯n.  \à BtcmKyhpw DbchpapÅ IpXnc¸pd¯mWv hchv. AbmfpsS Ccp`mK¯pw Hmtcm ASnaIÄ \S¡p¶p. IqsS \qtdmfw s]¬ H«I§fpw ap¼n asämcp Iqä³ H«Ihpw. sSân\Sp¯ph¶v H«I¡qä³ ap«pI¯n. Npäpw aäv H«I§fpw.

XSn¨ Hcp H«Is¯ Nq­ns¡m­v Aiz`S³ HcSnatbmSp ]dªp. Cu H«Is¯ Id¶v hr²\v ]m \ÂIpI.

ASna Hcp ]m{Xw \ndsb ]m Ids¶S¯p hr²sâ ap¼n sh¨n«p Øew hn«p. ]m{XsaSp¯v hr²³ Ht¶m ct­m Cd¡v IpSn¨n«p­mhpw…AbmÄ ]m{Xw Xmsg h¨p. ]Xnbncn¡p¶bmÄ htbm[nIsâ {i²bn s]SmsX ]m ]m{Xw ssI¡em¡n Hähen¡v apgph\pw IpSn¨p XoÀ¯p.

`rXy³ Xncn¨ph¶p ]m{Xw FSp¯p sIm­pt]mbn. AbmÄ Xsâ bPam\t\mSp ]dªp:

"{]t`m… At±lw AXv apgph\pw IpSn¨ncn¡p¶p….’

Aiz`S³ k´pjvS\mbn… AbmÄ ]dªp:

"Hcp H«Is¯ IqSn Id¶p sImSp¡q.’

ASna A{]Imcw sNbvXp. hr²³ Hcnd¡v am{Xw IpSn¨v ]m{Xw Xdbn sh¨p. apgph³ IpSn¨m AhÀ¡p hà kwibhpw D­msb¦ntem F¶v `b¶v Rm\sXSp¯v ]IpXn am{Xw IpSn¨p….

tijw AbmÄ atä `rXyt\mSv HcmSns\ Adp¡m³ D¯chn«p. AbmÄ B«nd¨n thhn¨v hr²s\ `£n¸n¨p. £p¯S§nsb¶p I­t¸mÄ Abmfpw `rXycpw IqSn `£n¡m³ XpS§n.

tijw AhscÃmw i¿bn KmV\n{Zbnem­p. D¨¯n IqÀ¡w hen DbÀ¶p… CXv Xs¶bmWv \à kµÀ`w… Rm³ H«I¡qäsâ _Ô\w Agn¨p amän. ]pd¯pIbdn apt¶m«p sXfn¨p. AXnsâ IqsS aäv H«I§fpw bm{Xbmbn…

A¶p cm{Xn apgph\pw bm{X.. t\cw ]peÀ¶p Ignªp. Rm³ Npäpw It®mSn¨p.. CÃ.. Bcpw Xs¶ ]n´pScp¶nÃ.

Rm³ io{Lw H«I§sf sXfn¨p. GItZiw ]IÂ ]IpXn F¯nbncn¡p¶p. Rm³ shdpsX H¶p Xncnªpt\m¡n.

AXm… A§v Zqsc s]m«p t]mse Ft´m H¶v… AÂ]w Ignªt¸mÄ AsXm¶pIqSn hepXmbn. Rm³ Iq£n¨p t\m¡n. IpXnc¸pd¯v AXnthKw hcp¶ Hcp tbm²mhmWXv…. AbmÄ Xsâ t\À¡v IpXn¨v h¶psIm­ncn¡pIbmWv.

Fsâ ssIbnepÅ H«I¡q«§fpsS DSabmWbmÄ F¶v s]s«¶vXs¶ Rm³ Xncn¨dnªp. AbmÄ Ifhv t]mb Xsâ H«I§sf At\zjn¨v hcnIbmWv.

Rm³ c­pw IÂ]n¨v H«Is¯ Xf¨p… Bh\mgnbn \n¶v Hckv{Xw hens¨Sp¯p. hnÃv Ipe¨v PmKcqI\mbn \nÂ]mbn. H«I§sfÃmw Fsâ ]n¶nemWv. Fsâ X¿msdSp¸p I­n«mhWw AbmÄ Zqsc sh¨v Xs¶ IpXn¡v IsnªmWn«p. AbmÄ Dds¡ hnfn¨p ]dªp:

"Fsâ H«Is¯ thKw Agn¨v hnSpI’

Rm³ hnfn¨p ]dªp:

"km[yaÃ….. hni¶ps]mcnbp¶ Ipsd kv{XoIsfbpw hn«mWv Rm³ hcp¶Xv. AhÀ lodxbnemWpÅXv. H¶pIn `£Ww, Asæ acWw, CXmsWsâ {]XnÚ.’

BKX³ tIm]m{Im´\mbn hnfn¨p ]dªp.

"X´bnÃm¯h³, acymZ¡v H«Is¯ Agn¨phnSp¶XmWv \ÃXv. Asæn acW¯ns\mcp§ns¡mÅpI'.

Rm³ Xd¸n¨p ]dªp: "Agn¨p hnSp¶ {]iv\tabnÃ…!’

At±lw ]dªp: "F¦n \o \in¨Xv Xs¶..! "tijw Akv{XhnZybnepÅ Xsâ {]mhoWyw sXfnbn¡ms\¶h®w AbmÄ ]dªp:

"B H«I¯nsâ aq¡pIbÀ DbÀ¯n¡mWn¡pI…!’

Rm³ A{]Imcw sNbvXp. AXn aq¶v sNdnb hfb§fp­mbncp¶p. AbmÄ tNmZn¨p:

"AXnteXv hfb¯neqsSbmWv icw ]mbnt¡­Xv?’

a²y¯nepÅ hfb¯nte¡v Rm³ hnc Nq­n. AbmÄ \n¡p¶nS¯v \n¶p Xs¶ A¼v sXmSp¯p hn«p…

IdIvSv.! hfbw ]nSn¨v AXn sIm­ph¶v sh¨ t]mse..! ]ns¶bpw. AXm c­pw aq¶pw {]mhiyw AbmÄ Akv{X{]tbmKw \S¯n. AsXÃmw apSn\mcng hyXymks¸SmsX hymkw Ipdª B a²yhfb¯neqsS Nodn¸mªp IS¶p t]mbn.!

AP¿\mb As¼bv¯p hnZKv[\mWv Fsâ {]XntbmKnsb¶v Rm³ a\Ênem¡n… Abmsf FXncnSp¶Xv BßlXym]camWv. FSp¯p]nSn¨ncp¶ A¼v Bh\mgnbn Xs¶ \nt£]n¨v Rm³ hn\bm\znX\mbn \n¶p.

AbmÄ Fsâ ASp¯p h¶p. Fsâ hmfpw hnÃpw ]nSns¨Sp¯v Kw`ockzc¯n ]dªp:

"Ibdq Fsâ ]n¶nÂ…!’

AXÃmsX \nÀÆmlanÃtÃm. R§Ä bm{Xbmbn.

AbmÄ tNmZn¨p: "Rm³ \ns¶ F´v sN¿psa¶mWv \o hnNmcn¡p¶Xv.?!’

Rm³ adp]Sn ]dªp:

"Fsâ Poh³ A]IS¯nemsW¶p Xs¶…!’

tXcmfn At\zjn¨p: "F´mW§s\ Nn´n¡m³…?’

Rm³ ]dªp: "Rm³ \n§fpsS kz¯n AXn{Iaw Im«n \n§sf _p²nap«n¨tÃm… Ct¸mgmsW¦n Rm³ \n§fpsS ]nSnbnepamWv. AXn\m Fsâ Nn´ \ymbw Xs¶.’

At±l¯nsâ adp]Sn:

"\n§Ä C¶se cm{Xn aplÂlnensâ (Xsâ ]nXmhv) IqsS `£n¡pIbpw IpSn¡pIbpw sNbvXbmfsÃ. ]ns¶bpw Rm³ \n§sf h[n¡psa¶v hnizkn¡p¶pt­m…?!’

aplÂlnse¶v tI«bpS³ Rm³ tNmZn¨p:

"sskZpÂssJ (A`ymknbmb sskZv) BtWm Xm¦Ä?’

adp]Sn: "AsX’

Rm³ ]dªp: "F¦n \n§fn \n¶v \à kao]\w am{Xsa Rm³ {]Xo£n¡p¶pÅq.’

At±lw ]dªp: "Xm¦Ä C\n `bs¸tS­XnÃ…!’

R§Ä AbmfpsS hmkØe¯v Xs¶ Xncns¨¯n… At±lw ]dªp: "Cu H«I¡q«w FtâXmbncps¶¦n ]qÀ®ambpw \n\¡v Xcpambncp¶p. ]t£, CsX sâ ktlmZcnbptSXmWv. AXvsIm­v \o ChnsS \n¡v…Rm³ Hcp sImÅ¡mbpÅ X¿msdSp¸nemWv… AXpIgnªv \n\¡mhiyapÅXv \ÂImw…!’

AÂ]w Znhkw IgnªtXbpÅq.._\q\pssaÀ tKm{X¡mÀ Xmakn¡p¶ {Kmaw At±lw sImÅ sNbvXp. GItZiw \qdv H«I§Ä At±lw ]nSns¨Sp¯p. Ah ]qÀ®ambpw F\n¡p\ÂIpIbpw kpc£nXXz¯n\mbn Ipd¨pt]sc Fsâ IqsS Ab¡pIbpap­mbn… Rm³ Fsâ IpSpw_w Xmakn¡p¶ lodxbn kkt´mjw Xncns¨¯n…

CXmbncp¶p sskZpÂssJensâ Pmlnen¿mPohnXw.

Ckveman h¶ tijw AhcpsS Ncn{Xw Ncn{X{KÙ§Ä A\mhcWw sN¿p¶Xv ImWpI….

ap¯p\_n(kz)sb Ipdn¨v tIÄ¡m\nSbmb sskZv, Xsâ P\Xbn \n¶v D¶Xcmb t\Xm¡sf hnfn¨v tNÀ¯ tijw Xt¶msSm¸w aZo\bnte¡v hcm\pw \_n (kz) sb ImWm\pw £Wn¨p. At±ls¯ Hcp henb P\¡q«w A\pKan¨p. kp Àdp_v\p kZqkv, amenIp_v\pPpss_À, Bandp_v\pPpssh³, F¶nhcpw aäpw Iq «¯nep­v.

AhÀ aZo\bnse¯n… akvPnZp¶_hnbpsS ASp¯v hml\§Ä \nÀ¯n…]Ånan¼dn \n¶v JpXzp_ \nÀÆln¨psIm­ncn¡bmbncp¶p \_n (kz) At¸m Ä…. B hm¡pIÄ AhcpsS lrZb§fn Bªp]Xn¨p. {]hmNt\mSv apkv enwIÄ¡pÅ BZchpw _lpam\hpw B hm¡pIÄ Ahcn Dfhm¡p¶ {]Xn^e\hpw AhcpsS A¨S¡hpw im´XbpsaÃmw \hmKXsc BÝcy`cnXcm¡n.

]pd¯v h¶p\n¶ BfpIsf I­ \_n(kz) hnizmknItfmSv ]dªp:

"\n§Ä Bcm[n¡p¶ DÊtb¡mÄ Rm\mWp¯a³, \n§fpsS Bcm[\maqÀ ¯nbmb Idp¯ acp¡¸ens\¡mÄ \n§Ä¡p]Imcs¸SpI Rm\mWv.’

\_n(kz) bpsS hm¡pIÄ sskZpÂssJensâbpw Iq«pImcpsSbpw lrZb§fn hyXykvX {]XnIcW§fmWpfhm¡nbXv. NneÀ kXyt_m[\w DÄs¡m­p… aäp NneÀ Al¦mct¯msS ]pdw XncnªpIfªp.

Iq«¯nse kpÀdp_v\p kZqkn\v \_n(kz)bpsS P\k½Xnbpw AXyp¶XØm\hpw ZÀin¨ am{Xbn ISp¯ Akqbbp­mbn. AbmÄ Bi¦tbmsS IqsSbpÅhtcmSv ]dªp: "Ad_nIsf apgph³ AS¡n `cnt¨¡mhp¶ Hcp a\pjys\bmWv ChnsS ImWp¶Xv. AXvsIm­v Rm³ Hcn¡epw AbmfpsS IognemIm³ Xmev]cys¸Sp¶nÃ…!’

AbmÄ kndnbbn t]mbn Xe apWvU\w sNbvXv IrkvXpaX¯n AwKambn. F¶m sskZpÂssJen\pw IqsSbpÅhÀ¡pw asämcp ImgvN¸mSmbncp¶p D­mbncp¶Xv.

dkqepÅmln(kz)JpXzp_x Ignªv an¼dn \n¶nd§n. XÕabw sskZv apkv enwIfpsS CSbnte¡v sN¶p\n¶p. \à kuµcyhpw Akmam\y DbchpapÅ Hcp BPm\p_mlphmbncp¶p At±lw. IpXnc¸pd¯p Ibdnbncp¶m At±l¯n sâ Im `qanbn kv]Àin¡pambncp¶p.

hSnshm¯ BImchpambn \n¶tijw {]uVamb i_vZ¯n At±lw ]dªp:

"apl½Zv…! AivlZpAÃm…. …. …….’

\_n(kz) At±l¯n\v A`napJw \n¶v tNmZn¨p:

\n§fmcmWv…?

BKX³ ]dªp:

"aplÂlnensâ ]p{X³ sskZpÂssJÂ…!’

CXp tI« am{Xbn \_n(kz) {]XnIcn¨p:

"AÃ, \n§Ä sskZpÂssJÀ(\·bpsS sskZv) BIp¶p. \n§sf ae{¼tZi¯v \n¶v ChnsS F¯n¡pIbpw \n§fpsS lrZbs¯ Ckveman\v ]mIs¸Sp¯pIbpw sNbvX AÃmlphn\v kÀÆkvXpXnbpw….!’

AXn\v tijw At±lw sskZp ssJÀ(d) F¶ t]cn Adnbs¸«p. ap¯p\_n(kz)bmWv C§s\ ]p\À \maIcWw sNbvXXv.

\_n(kz) Ahscbpw Iq«n ho«nte¡v \S¶p. IqsS Dadp_v\p J¯zm_v(d)hpw aäv kzlm_nIfpw D­v. ho«nse¯nbt¸mÄ \_n(kz) sskZpÂssJdn\v Nmcnbncn¡m³ Hcp XebnW \o¡nsh¨psImSp¯p…!

]t£…, AÃmlphnsâ XncpZqXcpsS ap¼n Nmcnbncn¡m³ Hcp hn[¯nepw sskZv(d)hnsâ a\Êv A\phZn¨nÃ. At±lw XebnW Xncn¨psImS¯p. alm\mb \_n(kz) AXv c­v {]mhiyw IqSn sskZn\v \ÂIpIbp­mbn. At¸msgÃmw At±lw AXv _lpam\]pcÊcw \nckn¨p.

FÃmhcpw Ccp¶t¸mÄ \_n(kz) ]dªp:

"sskZv…! Ft¶mSv KpW§Ä {]IoÀ¯n¡s¸« Bscbpw Rm³ \nco£n¨p t\m¡nbt¸mÄ AhÀ A{Xs¡m¶pansöv t_m[ys¸«XmWv A\p`hw. F¶m AXn\]hmZambn Rm³ \n§sf am{Xta I­n«pÅq…!’

\_n(kz) XpS˦p:

"sskZv…! Xm¦fn AÃmlphpw dkqepw CjvSs¸Sp¶ c­v Imcy§fp­v….!’

sskZv(d): "FXmWh XncpZqXtc…?!’

\_n(kz): "]IzXbpw hnthIhpw…!’

sskZv(d): "AÃmlphpw dkqepw CjvSs¸Sp¶ hntijW§Ä \ÂInb AÃmlphns\ Rm³ kvXpXn¡p¶p…!’

sskZv(d) XpSÀ¶p: "AÃmlphnsâ ZqXsc…! A§v ap¶qdv Aiz`S·msc Fsâ IqsS Ab¨pX¶mepw…! Rm³ tdman t]mbn I\¯ k¼¯v ]nSn¨p sIm­v hcp¶ Imcyw Rmt\äncn¡p¶p…!’

CXv tI«t¸mÄ At±l¯nsâ a\¡cp¯n \_n(kz)¡v henb aXn¸p­mbn. AhnSp¶v ]dªp:                

"\n§sf Rm³ k½Xn¨ncn¡p¶p sskZv…! \n§Ä [oc³ Xs¶bmWv…!!’ A§s\ sskZnt\msSm¸w h¶ncp¶ apgph³ t]cpw kXyhnizmknIfmbn amdn.

alm\mb sskZpÂssJÀ(d)hpw Iq«pImcpw \PvZnse X§fpsS \m«nte¡v aS§m³ X¿msdSp¯p. AhÀ¡v bm{XmawKfw t\À¶ tijw \_n(kz) ]dªp:

"Fs´mcp a\pjy\mWt±lw…! aZo\bn ]SÀ¶p]nSn¨ t¹Kn \n¶v c£s¸«m al¯mb CXnlmkw At±l¯m hncNnXamIpambncp¶p…!!’

aZo\m ap\Ædbn A¶v `b¦c ]\n ]SÀ¶ncn¡pIbmbncp¶p….alm\mb ssk ZpÂssJÀ(d) F¶n«pw aZo\ hn«nÃ. At¸mtg¡pw At±ls¯ ]\n_m[n¨p Ignªncp¶p. At¸mÄ At±lw Iq«pImtcmSv ]dªp:

"\n§Ä F{Xbpw thKw ssJkv tKm{X¡mcpsS \m«n \n¶v t]mhpI… A§s\ ]dbm³ ImcWw Rm\pw Ahcpw Pmlnen¿¯nse anYym`nam\¯nsâ t]cn ]ckv]cw t]mcSn¨hcmbncp¶p. AÃmlphmWv kXyw…! C\n Rm³ acWw hsc Hcp apkvenapambn Gäpap«pIbnÃ…!!’

hµycmb sskZpÂssJÀ(d)Xsâ \m«nte¡pÅ {]bmW¯nemWv. F¶m ]\n At±ls¯ A\p\nanjw hcnªp apdp¡ns¡m­ncn¡pIbmWv. At¸mgpw kz ´w P\Xsb ImWpIbpw Ahsc Ckvemante¡v £Wn¡pIbpw sN¿Â AhcpsS lrZb¯nse AS¡m\mhm¯ A`nemjamWv. 

At±lhpw acWhpambn aÕcw \S¶psIm­ncn¡pIbmWv…A[nIw XmaknbmsX CXnlmk]pcpj³ acW¯n\v IogS§n. AhcpsS CkvemanI {]thi\¯n\pw A´yizmkw hen¡p¶ kab¯n\panSbn Hcp sXäpt]mepw kw`hn¨n«p­mbncp¶nÃ. AXn\pÅ kµÀ`hpap­mbncp¶nÃtÃm…! AÃmlp Ahsc Xr ]vXns¸Ss«. Bao³.