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]gb sslt¡mSXnbpw ]pXnb sslt¡mSXnbpw sRcn¨aÀ¯nbnS¯mWv kmen \n¡p¶Xv. Hcp Ipªv hcm´bn hncn¨ XpWnbn InS¶pd§p¶p thsdmcp Ipªv H¡¯ncn¡p¶p. s_Uvkpw Nµ\ Xncnbpw DbÀ¯n¸nSn¨v IcbmsX Nncn¡p¶p. k¼¶XbpsS \Sphn C§s\bpw Hcp PohnXtam?

X«n \nc¯nbn«pw Ahtijn¡p¶ B ]gb \oXn]oT¯nsâ _mÀ AtÊmkntbjsâ ]pdIv his¯ hcm´bn \n¶pamWv D¨¯nepÅ Ic¨n tI«Xv. AhntS¡v kaqlw ]mªp hcm´bn InS¶pd§p¶ Ipªv A´yizmkw hen¨v sRcp§n sRcp§n \nÝeambn. AhntS¡v HmSnsb¯nbhÀ FÃmhcpw Htc kzc¯n klX]n¨p "At¿m IjvSw".

"IS¶p t]mSm ]«nIsf". AhÀ Aedn Bt{Imin¨p. h¶hÀ Xo«¯n Nhn«nb Adt¸msS Ad¨p \n¶p.

"ChÄ¡v {`m´m" XtâSt¯msS kpapJ\mb h¡o Xncn¨Sn¨p.

"\nsâ A½bv¡m {`m´v". h¡o DÅv henªv c£s¸«p. t]mIp¶ t]m¡n sImSp¯p.

"sX­nIfmsW¦nepw [n¡mcw It­m? Bcpw Xncnªv t\m¡cpXv, ih§sf".

"\nsâ klmbw Fsâ Hcp ]«nIpªn\pw th­. ihambn«v Ipsd \mdnIfv ht¶¡Wp R§fv sX­nIfà ChnsS F¶pap­mbncp¶p At¸mÄ Hcp ]«nbpw Xncnªp t\m¡nbnÃ. ihambn«v ht¶¡Wp Xn¶m³ C¶m Xn¶Sm \mdnIsf". B«v kln¡m³ h¿msX h«w IqSnbhÀ s]«¶v ]n³henªp. Imen ISn¨m D¸v CSmsX ISn¨v Xq§p¶ hb\mS³ A«sbt]mse Iymadbpambn hoWp In«nb hn`hw \¡n Xn¶phm³ BÀ¯ntbmsS HmSnbWªp.

"s]m¡pw Rm³ XpWn R§Ä \n§fpsS hn¸\ Nc¡Ã". H«pw {]Xo£n¡m¯ {]XnIcW¯nte¡v FSp¯dnbs¸«hÀ \Sp¡t¯msS ]n³hm§n. Ipd¨v t]À AhnlnXw ImWphm³ BÀ¯ntbmsS XpWn s]m¡p¶Xpw t\m¡n BSn IqSn AhnsS \nebpd¸n¨p. AhÄ FÃmhscbpw sXdn hnfn¡m³ XpS§n.

hbdv \ndsb Hcp t\cs¯ Blmcw sImSp¡phm³ IgnªnÃ. F´m sN¿m. FÃmw D­mbn«pw hnIk\¯n\p th­n IpSnbnd§nbXmWv FÃmw t]mbn. Pohn¨ncp¶pt¸m X´ kam[m\w X¶nÃ. H¶ns\ \n§Ä sIm¶p. C\n F´n\m R§sf IqSn sIm¶p Xm. sk³{S tÌj\nte¡v Nodn ]mª t]meokv Po¸v Nhn«n \ndp¯n. Fkv sF Hcp _p²n {]tbmKn¨p. t]meokpImcs\ hn«p. Iq«w IqSn \n¶ h¡oe³amcpsS ss{UhÀamÀ hncp¶v BkzZn¡m³ X¿sdSp¯p.

"IS¶p t]mS ]«n, kpJw At\zjn¡phm³ ht¶¡Wp Hcpsb½m³. C{Xbpw \mfv R§fv ]jvWn InS¶n«v Hcp¯\pw Xncnªp t\m¡nbnà F¶n«v Ct¸m ihw Xn¶³ ht¶¡Wp."kIe \nb{´Whpw hn«v AhÀ s]m«nsXdn¨p. AbmÄ h¶ Fkv FtbmSv hnhcw ]dªp.

"A§s\ hn«m ]änà AhnsS InS¶p \mdnbm Bcm kam[m\w ]dtbt­ F{Xbpw s]«¶v Imenbm¡Ww." Fkv sF Xm¡oXv \ÂIn.

"At§m«v ASp¡phm³ ]äp¶nà kmÀ Ahcv ISn¨v Iodpw hÅns]m«n F´pw sN¿mw." t]meokvImc³ \nklmbX Adnbn¨p.

XpWnbgn¨mSp¶p F¶ hmÀ¯ shůn hoW s]t{SmÄ t]mse ]SÀ¶p. sslt¡mSXnbnte¡v BfpIÄ NmIcbmbn F¯n. ]­s¯ IpSn shÅ kacw t]mse tImSXn hgnIÄ FÃmw \nÝeambn. `qan¡v th­n kacw sNbvXhsc ASns¨mXp¡phm³ Iq«v \n¶Xn\v PmaysaSp¡phm³ h¶ a{´nk`mwK¯n\v Pmayw FSp¡phm³ IgnbmsX KÌv lukn Iq«nse shcphmbn. \n¡s¸mdpXnbnÃmsX t]meokpImÀ c­pw I¸n¨v _ew {]tbmKn¨v ]pd¯m¡m³ apXnÀ¶t¸mÄ Iq«w IqSnb P\w _lfw sh¨p. Hcp c£bpanÃmsX Xe ]pIbp¶ kab¯v NmbIS \S¯p¶ _m_p ]cnNbImc\mb Fkv sFtbmSv AhtcmSv ]dªm A\pkcn¡p¶ AhcpsS ssIbn \n¶pw Øncambn km[\w hm§p¶ kmenbpambn _Ôs¸«m Nnet¸m A\pkcn¡pw. t\sc hnfn¨p cPnkv{Smcpambn _Ôs¸«p. _n sk£\nse euensb DSs\ Xmsg Cd¡n. AXpw _mÀ

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Iu¬knensâ CS\mgnbneqsS AhfpsS ap¶nte¡v C«v sImSp¯p. Ahsc I­]msS hnXp¼m³ XpS§n.

"t\m¡v tN¨n Fsâ Ipªv hnd§en¨v InS¡W It­m. Fs¶ sXcphnend¡nb kÀ¡mcn\pw kaql¯n\pw CXn ]¦p­v. ChÀ am{Xw Fs¶ I­p Hcp t\cw F¦nepw Blmcw sImSp¡phm³ ssIbdnªp \nÂInbn«p­v." t]meokpImÀ H¶p Abªp. c£s¸«p F¶v IcpXnbt¸mÄ

"C\n \n§Ä¡v t]mImw. Zbhmbn t]mIWw. Fs¶ Xs¶ F\n¡v ]nSnIn«p¶nÃ."AhÀ X¡¯n\v c£s¸«p.

Ahcpambn _Ôs¸«hsc X¸pt¼mÄ kac¯n\v t\XrXzw sImSp¯ bYmÀ° I½yqWnÌv ]mÀ«nImc³ Iw ¢À¡v s]m«n hoW t]mse {]Xy£\mbn. AXnepw ssh¸n³Imc\mb NmbISImc³ tPmk^v tN«sâ D]tZiap­mbncp¶p.

"R§fpsS kJmhn\v Chsc \¶mbn Adnbmw aäpÅhÀ amdn \n¶t¸mÄ kac¯n\v t\XrXzw sImSp¯Xv R§fmbncp¶tÃm. \ap¡v t\sc hnSmw \½psS ]mÀ«n Hm^oknte¡v." t\sc Ik_ tÌj\nte¡v satkPv ]mkv sNbvXp. A¿¸³Imhv e£yam ¡n h­n ]mªp. sskd¬ apg¡n hcp¶ t]meokv Po¸v I­t¸mÄ kJmhv Cd§ntbmSn. ]mÀ«n Hm^okns\ Ipdn¨v ap³[mcWbpÅ t]meokvImc³ C¸pds¯ hgnbneqsS ]mªp sN¶v ]nSn¨v hnhcw [cn¸n¨p. kJmhns\ sslt¡mÀ«v ]mÀInwKn\v th­n hfªp ]nSn¡m³ {ian¨ awKf h\¯neqsS Im\bneqsS IS¯n AhcpsS ap¶nse¯n¨p. kJmhns\ I­¸msS B«v XpS§n.

"B h¶qtem tbmKy³ FÃmw icnbm¡n Xcmsa¶v ]dªv kac¯n\nd¡nbXmWv. ]«banÃsb¶dnªn«pw Bsf Iq«phm³ R§sf Fgp¶Ån¨p. AXn\v kam[m\w ]dªn«v \o t]mbm aXn. sslt¡mSXnbn tIkv sImSp¡m³ ap³]´nbnep­mbncp¶p. AXpw \nsâ kJmhv Xs¶ h¶v sI«p Xmen ^okmbn hm§n FÃmw icnbm¡sa¶v ]dªv. F¶n«v F´v In«n."kJmhnsâ s]mSn t]mepanà I­v ]nSn¡m³ F¶ AhØbmbn.

kw`h¯n \n¶pw IcIbdphm³ ASnb´cambn aoänwKv hnfn¨p. FPn, Kh¬saâv ¹oUÀamÀ AWn\ncp¶p. {]iv\ ]cnlmc¯n\v F´v sN¿phm³ Ignbpw. sshImcnIambn CSs¸«m P\w CfIpw. ]ns¶ _wKmÄ t]Sn ImcWw ]¨shÅw I­n­v hnd¡p¶ ]q¨bpsS KXnbmbn.

]ns¶ F§s\ Ahsc A\p\bn¸n¡m³ ]äpw. AXn\v AhcpsS {]iv\w Xncn¨dnbphm³ IgnbWw. AhÀ aqew¼nÅnbpsS AhinjvSamWv. AXv sIm­v H¶pw sN¿phm³ IgnbnÃ. \nbaw adnIS¡phm\pw IgnbnÃ. ]ns¶ F´m hgn. AhcpsS ASnb´c {]iv\w Ibdn InS¡m³ IpSnbtÃ. kÀ¡mÀ sNbvXv hcpt¼mÄ t\cw shfp¡pw. hgnbp­v \½psS kplr¯v {^obmbn \ÂImsa¶v Gän«p­v. {]iv\w ]cnlcn¨Xmbn hmÀ¯ ]c¶p. XSn¨p IqSnb P\w hnPbmchw apg¡n. Ahsc FSp¯p PmY \bn¡phm³ sN¶t¸mÄ

"F\n¡v Hcp¯sâbpw Hmimcw th­. F\n¡v th­Xv \oXnbmWv. AÃmsX BcpsSbpw HuZmcyaÃ. Hcp¯\pw CXv ]dªp htc­."

Iq«w IqSnb P\¯n\v Acniw Ibdn "F¶mepw AhcpsS [n¡mcw It­m".

"IS¶p t]mSm ]«nIsf \ymbw ]dbphm³ ht¶¡Wp sX­nIfv. \n§fv Xnt¶m AhcpsS iÀ±n."

Iq«w IqSnb P\w FÃm¯c¯nepÅ sI«pw apdn¨p sIm­v ]e hgn¡v ]mªp. s\©¯v Nhn«v sImÅpt¼mÄ FÃmhcpw XpÃycmbn Xocp¶p. B amÀ¤ XSk§Ä \oXnbmbn ]peÀt¶m?

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