N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSm¶n.. AkÄ hpOw sNm*v– bpaªp. sbs«¶v AN¯v Wn¶v ‘H^p Im] D*m¡m³ C{S hf]tfm’ F¶ knan k¶tSmsX B ^h¨^Xv fp_nªv Mm³ Im]]pfm]n ANt¯¡v tbm]n, CsSm¶pw A_n]msS _n]mhv Smsj W¡n sNm*n^p¶p.
A§sW tNmtaKv tZ]psX Unkhw k¶p. H^p knVw W¶m]n Ss¶ _ntiÀh sI]SSv sNm*v– M§Ä Wà Bß knlzmh¯n B]n^p¶p. XogÀ«pw Ko³hpw A\nªv sbÀcw sI¿mw F¶m]n^p¶p So^pfmWn¨n^p¶Sv. sÌcn]psX Ko³hv bmâv A^ H¶v ssXäv B]n^p¶pskWvNn`pw F§sW Hs¡t]m k`n¨v tNän. ASn Fsâ I´n H¶v NqsX bp_t¯¡v– SÅn Wn¡p¶ tbms` tSm¶n¨p. Xo gÀ«v _n]mhn¡ sNm*v– S^psf¶v b_ªn«v `mÌv Wnfngw B\v sNm*v S¶Sv, h-vNn³ Nat_mXv hmfyw DÅ Wn_¯nÂ, sI_n] H^p XogÀ«v. ASnsâ C_¡w Fsâ bmân H¶v sSmXp¶ ks^ fm{Stf Nm\q F¶p_¸v.
‘tI«m.. t_mg³ tI«m… tks_ XogÀ«v Dt*m?’
‘CSnWv– F´m Npj¸w’
‘CSv tWm¡nt], bmânsW sSmXp¶ A{S C_¡sf DÅp’
‘ASv tbms^, k]À H¶pw Nm\p¶nÃtÃm’
‘ASv Cs¸m AsÃ, W½Ä Nan¡pt¼m CSv F´m]m`pw sbm§pw, FÃmw Nm\pw… bns¶.. Wà ssXäpfm CSv ‘
‘ bns¶ Wnsâ kX Smsj C^n¡p¶kÀ H^p fn¶m]w tbms` N*m F´m, ‘ ASv b_]pt¼m bpÅn]psX N®v Fsâ sS_n¨v Wn¡p¶ fp`Nsa sNm¯n b_n¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp.
‘ ASv fm{Sw AÃ, CSnsâ Wn_w tWm¡nt], W½Ä BUyw Wn¡pN fm_nWv fpNan H^p Sp\n C§sW bnXn¨tÃ, As¸m Nm\p¶kÀ¡v tSm¶pw Mm³ H¶pw C«nÃ, BsN B Sp\n bnXn¨p Wn¡pN Bs\¶v’
‘Fsâ sbms¶, B Sp\n As¸m Ss¶ Na]ntÃ, As¸m FÃmkÀ¡pw fWÊn`m]n sNmÅpw ASv Wo C« {Zhnsâ Wn_w A§sW B]Sv sNm*ms\¶v.. Wo Cu `mÌv ssXw sI_n] sI_n] Nm^y¯n b^mSn]pw B]n k^tà sbt®, Cs¸m W½sa knan¡pw, s_Zn B]n Wn¡v ‘
Np_¨v Njnªv M§Ä¡p tÌKn N]_mWpÅ AWu¬hvsfâv k¶p. “”AXp¯Sm]n sf¡mWn¡Â 4¯v C]À ÌpZ³hv, t_mgWpw hwQkpw AkS^n¸n¡p¶ hnWnfmänNv Zm³hv…
NÀ«³ C«n^p¶ tÌKnt`¡v M§Ä N]_n, ÌmÀ«n§v sbmhngWn shäv sI]vSn^p¶p. Mm³ WXp¡pw Fsâ Ipäpw fäpÅk^pw A§sW B]n^p¶p C^p¶Sv, H^p Sp\n sNm*v– tf`msN Ipän fm_nWv fpNan bnXn¨n«p*v. NÀ«³ bSns] D]À¶v SpX§n. NÀ«³ D]^pt¼mÄ Ss¶ bm«v t¹ sI¿m³ b_ªn^p¶pskWvNn`pw H^p lÐkpw tNÄ¡m³ CÃ. AtSmsX Nm\nNan Wn¶v Nqk`pw Nfâv AXn]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv