A§s\ Hcp Ah[n¡mehpw IqSn.

aplvkn³ Fw.

  A¶v Rm³ ]Ånbnte¡v IbdnsN¶t¸mÄ AhÀ Bdv t]À h«ancp¶v Fs´ms¡tbm FgpXpIbmWv. Fs´¶dnbm\pÅ DÂIWvTbpw AZv`pXhpw Fs¶ AhÀ¡nSbn Ccp¯n.
"\n§sf´m sN¿p¶Xv?' þRm\htcmSv tNmZn¨p
""R§Ä t{]mPIvSv Xbmdm¡pIbm'' AhÀ GIkzc¯n adp]Sn ]dªp.
""At¸m kvIqsfm¶pw AS¨ntÃ?'' Rm³ ho¬S¬pw tNmZn¨p.
""CÃ, \msfbpw IqSn D¬Sv''
shdpsX BtemNn¨v sXÃpt\cw Rm\hÀ¡nSbn Ccp¶p. F\n¡htcmSv kÃ]n¡Wsa¶p¬Sv. ]t£, F´v kÃ]n¡pw. shdpsX kÃ]n¡pI F¶ hnImcs¯ Rm³ Fs³d a\Ên \n¶pw hens¨dnªn«v hÀjw Ipd¨mbn. c¬Sv hÀjw ap¼v F\n¡v Fw.Sn.hmkptZh³ \mbcpambn t\cn _\v[s¸Sm³ Ahkcw e`n¨t¸mÄ At±lan§s\ ]dªncp¶p: ""Fgp¯ns³d ]Wnbmbp[hpw ]Wn¯chpw `mjbmWv PohnXsa¶ kXys¯ t\m¡n. ImWpIbpw aplqÀ¯§Ä I¬sS¯pIbpw Nne tNmZy§Ä kaql¯ns³d ap¼nte¡v Fdnªv sImSp¡pIbpw sN¿pI. AXn\m Cu Ip«nIfpambpÅ kÃm]¯n\v F\n¡v c¬Sv e£y§fp¬Smbncp¶p; H¶pIn kaql¯nte¡v tNmZy§fnSpI. Asæn Cu Ip«nIÄs¡¦nepw....
A§s\ Cu Ip«nItfmSv Rm³ tNmZn¨p:
""\n§Ä¡v shdpsX hÀ¯am\w ]dªncn¡m³ XmÂ]cyap¬tSm?'
""D¬vSv'' Htc kzc¯n AhÀ AhcpsS Bthiw DWÀ¯n.
F¦n hm \ap¡v AÂ]w amdnbncn¡mw F¶v ]dªv Rm\hsc hnfn¨p.
]t£, AhÀs¡s´m¡tbm AkzkvYX Ds¬S¶v F\n¡v a\Ênembn. Fs³d IqsS hcp¶hÀs¡Ãmw "Ip¶¯v Im¡'bpsS ]oSnIbn \n¶pw anTmbn hm§n¯cmw. F¶v ]dªt¸mÄ AhcpsS apJw {]k¶ambn. ]t£, _lv\mw F¶ anSp¡³ hnizkn¨nÃ. Ah³ Iq«pImÀ¡nSbn "Ip¯n¯ncp¸v' D¬¬Sm¡nbt¸mÄ H¶v I®ndp¡n t]Sn¸n¨v AS¡n \nÀ¯pI F¶XÃmsX asämcp hgnbpw F\n¡p¬Smbncp¶nÃ.
A{]kIvXamb kwkmc¯n XpS§nb R§fpsS kw`mjW¯ns³d "k¯' DÄs¡m¬SXv Fs³d Hcp tNmZyw apXembncp¶p.
Rm³ tNmZn¨p: ""\n§fo Ah[n¡mew F§s\ Nnehgn¡m\mWv Dt±in¡p¶Xv?''
AhÀ Hmtcmcp¯À¡pw hyXykvXamb A`n{]mb§fmbncp¶p D¬Smbncp¶Xv.
hkow: F\n¡v aZvdkbn ]co£bp¬Sv. \¶mbn ]Tn¡Ww.
kmanÂ: Rm³ am§ ]dn¡m³ t]mIpw
_lv\mw: Cw¥ojv tIm¨nwKv, sKbnw, tlmwhÀ¡v F¶nhsbms¡ sN¿m\mWv B{Klw.
kmenlv: Rm³ \¶mbn {In¡äv Ifn¡pw. ]ns¶ ]pgbn t]mbn NmSpw.
\ZoÀ : F\n¡v hncp¶v t]mIm³ Hcp]mSnS§fp¬Sv. ^pSv_mfpw {In¡äpsaÃmw Ifn¡Ww. ]ns¶ F´m sNt¿¬SsX¶dnbnÃ.
blvb: Fs¶ JpÀB³ ]Tn¡m³ sI.kn. ^u¬tSj\n tNÀ¯psa¶mWv D¸bpw D½bpw ]dªXv. ]t£, F\n¡v Cu "]q«n\v' Ipd¨v ]Wap¬Sm¡Ww. Rm³ ]{XanSm³ t]mIpw. ]ns¶ Hcp \o´Â tIm¨nwKn\v t]mIp¶p¬v.
]n¶oSv Rm³ AhtcmSv tNmZn¨Xv acwIbdens\ Ipdn¨mbncp¶p. blvltbbpw kmenlns\bpw Hgn¨v \nÀ¯nbm aämÀ¡pw acw Ibdm\dnbnÃ.
Rm³ hnjbw amän.
\n§fn BÀs¡ms¡ \o´edbmw. AXnepw blvbbpw kmenlpw am{Xw Bizmkw. ]t£, ]ecpw {ian¡Wsa¶ B{Klw {]ISn¸n¡m\pw ad¶nÃ.
""\n§Ä "amSv' I¬n«pt¬m?''
""amtSm! AsX´mWv? BSv, amSv F¶Xnse amSmtWm?''
CXmbncp¶p AhcpsS adp]Sn. At¸mÄ Rm³ ]dªp sImSp¯p.
"th\ Ime¯v ]pg häpt¼mÄ D¬SmIp¶ Ic`mK¯n\mWv "amSv' F¶p]dbp¶Xv. ]¬Sv Rm³ hfsc sNdpXmbncp¶ Ime¯v sIm¨p InWdpIÄ Ipgn¨pw, sXm«p Ifn¨pw BkzZn¨ncp¶p IfnbnSw. ]t£, Hcp bm{X Ignªv Xncns¨¯nbt¸mtg¡pw Rm\pw \n§sf t]mse \nÊlmb\mbncp¶p.''
tNmZyw tNmZn¡ms\Sp¯ kabt¯¡mÄ Ahsc HXp¡n \nÀ¯m\mWv Nnehgn¨Xv. kabw AXn{Ian¨ncn¡p¶p. ]eXpw tNmZn¡m\p¬Svv. ]t£, tNmZn¨sXÃmw "ImXem'sW¶v tXm¶n. R§Ä \nÀ¯n. t]mIp¶Xn\v ap¼v Fs³d Ioibn \n¶pw Hcp kwJy A§s\ Hcp Ah[n¡me¯n\mbn kaÀ¸n-¨p.