N¼nNp«³.sWäv k*n ko«pka¸nt`¡v N]än. NqsX knbnWpw. fpä¯v fq¶v Nm_pNÄ. Hs^®w sd³hv. “”””sbman¨p tfmsW…”” Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp. sb\vNp«n]psX AÑWv dmÀ tim«Â dnhnWÊv B\v. dm¡n b_]*tÃm. fpXnª NmlpNm^³.
M§Ä Nm_n Wn¶n_§pt¼mÄ, hnävHu«n H^p sb\vNp«n M§sa tWm¡n In^n¨p Wn¸p*v. “”Culz^m! CSm\kÄ-!’ C{S sbs«¶v Nmt\*n k^pw F¶v N^pSn]nÃ. hmVm^\ Im] sNm*p k^pt¼mÄ Asà sb®nsW Nm\pN? hnWntfs`ms¡ A§sW]tÃ. H^p hqIW Nn«n]n^ps¶¦n tÉm tfmgWn Nm_n Wn¶pw C_§mfm]n^p¶p. CSnt¸m Mm³ CkapsX koXpw Nm_pw Hs¡ tWm¡n km]pw sbman¨p Wn¡p¶ Fs¶]m\v CkÄ BUyfm]n Nm\p¶Sv. AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. MmWpw.
“”””N]_n k^q A¦nÄ… Bân.. k^q…”” AkÄ M§sa ANt¯¡v £\n¨p “”””Fsâ f½n]psX A½mk³ sSm«¸p_s¯ ko«n`m Smfhw. A½mk³ Ct§m«p k^pkmWm]n C_§n]t¸mÄ fpä¯p Wn¶ sS§n Wn¶pw H^p tS§ S`]n ko\p. f½n]pw ZmZn]pw AknsX tbm]n^n¡pkm.”
AXnsbman. Mm³ Nms`Xp¯p Np¯n]t¸mÄ Nm^\kÀ¡v Ss¶ b\n Nn«n.
AkÄ tcms\Xp¯v ZmZns] knan¨p M§Ä F¯n] Nm^yw b_]pt¼mÄ Mm³ Aksa tWs^ sImtÆ H¶p tWm¡n. C§sW H^p hpµ^ns¸®nsW Mm³ Fsâ KoknS¯n N*n«nÃ. Wo` NpÀ¯]pw skÅ s`¤nRv–hpw B\v tkgw. hv{XNv¨À Fs¶ms¡ b_ªm Fâ sbm¶½¨o H^p ^£]pfnÃ. Abm^w. sk® tbms` skap¯ Wn_w. H¶p sSm«m tIm^ sS_n¡pw. knXÀ¶ k`n] N®pNÄ. fpXn]njNÄ SjpNp¶ Nknan Wp\¡pjnNÄ fn¶n f_]p¶p. Ipk¶p SpXp¯ A`vbw f`À¶ tIm^ Ip*pNÄ. knXÀ¶ tSmapNÄ¡v Smtj¡v Wo*p bn\ªp NnX¡p¶ fpXn]n Np_¨p NaÀ Hs¡ sI]vSn«p*v. tbm^nWv knan¡p¶ NqÀ¯ fp`NÄ. l^o^t¯mXv H«n NnX¡p¶ Wo` NpÀ¯ AkapsX A^s¡«nsâ kXnkv D_s¡ D_s¡ knan¨p b_]p¶p. AkapsX sf`nª l^o^¯ns` knXÀ¶p b^¶ A^s¡«nWp Smsj AkapsX Wn_ª I´n NpX§Ä H^p Swdp^p tbms` … sim! s`¤nRv–hn sbmSnª kXnskm¯ D^p* SpXNÄ. H^p tbW]pw tb¸_pw Nn«n]m Cu hvtbm«n Mm³ Cksa Np_n¨p NknS Fjp¯pw… CWn NknS k¶nsæn tbm`pw H^p N¼n¡T D_¸m]pw FjpSpw…
“”km]X¨p sk]v–s¡Xm” knbn³ Fs¶ WpÅn.
AkapsX ZmZn]pw f½n]psf¯n. “”””A¸p_s¯ bm¸sâ S`]nÂ…”” AkapsX ZmZn b_ªp So^pw fpt¶ Fsâ Aѳ CXsb«p… “”b_ªp, b_ªp… tfmav b_ªp. H¶pw bän]nÃtÃm AsÔ
“”””Nm^yfm]n H¶pfnÃ. emPyw”
f½n Aksa]pw Nq«n ANt¯¡v tbm]n. “”””foWpknsW N¼nNp«³.sWäv