kXykÔXbpsS hne

]«W¯n XpWn¡S \S¯pIbmWv AIv_À. Hcp Znhkw AIv_dnsâ ISbn Hcp sNdp¸¡mc³ tPmenbt\zjns¨¯n. Fsâ t]cv Pam Zmcn{Zyw sIm­v s]mdpXnap«n h¶XmWv. hÃtPmenbpw X¶m D]Imcambn.

""Mm, tPmen Xcmw. ]t£, kXykÔambn tPmen sNbvXnsæn B \nanjw \ns¶ Rm³ ]ncn¨p hnSpw.'' AIv_À ]dªp.

Pam AXv AwKoIcn¨p. tPmen¡p tNÀ¶p. Hcp \mÄ [\nIbmb Hcp kv{Xo AIv_dnsâ ISbn Ibdn. AhÀ hneIqSnb at\mlcamb Hcp ]«pkmcn XncsªSp¯p. ""lm, Fs´mcp`wKn F\n¡nXpaXn. hne F´pXs¶bmbmepw icn'' AhÀ ]dªp. AIv_dn\v kt´mjaambn \sÃmcp I¨hSw \S¶tÃm. ]t£, Pam s]s«¶v ]dªp: C¯m; B kmcn FSpt¡­... ]g¡w ImcWw AXÂ]w ]nªnbn«p­v.

CXp tI«t¸mÄ B kv{Xo B kmcn amän thsdm¶p hm§n. Xncn¨v t]mbn. BZyw FSp¯ kmcntb¡mÄ hneIpdªXmbncp¶p ]n¶osSSp¯Xv.

AIv_dn\v h¶ tZjyw ]dbm\pt­m? AbmÄ Pament\mSv IbÀ¯p: ""lpw AhÀ hneIqSnb kmcnhm§pt¼mÄ \osb´n\m XSªXv'' Pam ]dªp: apXemfnbtà ]dªXv kXykÔambn tPmensN¿Wsa¶v. AXp sIm­mWv Rm³ A§s\ ]dªXv.

""FSm... Ft¶mSv Ifhp ImWn¡cpsX¶m Rm³ ]dªXv. \ns¶t¸mepÅ a­·msc tPmen¡v \nÀ¯nbm I¨hSw s]mfnbpw, thKw Øew hnt«m.''

Pam F{X At]£n¨n«pw Iq«m¡msX AIv_À Abmsf tPmenbn \n¶p ]dªphn«p.

]ntäZnhkw apX AIv_dnsâ ISbn Xnc¡p IqSm³ XpS§n. [\nIcmb ]ecpw hneIqSnb ]«phkv{X§Ä hm§m³ AhnsS hcm³ XpS§n. AtXmsS AIv_dnsâ em`hpw hÀ²n¨p.

A§s\bncns¡bmWv, ap¼v Pam DÅt¸mÄ ]«pkmcn hm§m³ h¶ kv{Xo ho­pw h¶Xv. h¶bpSs\ AhÀ tNmZn¨p: FhnsS \n§fpsS B ]gb tPmen¡mc³? AIv_À Nncn¨psIm­v ]dªp. ""Rm³ Ahs\ ]dªphn«p. Ah\p I¨hSw sN¿ms\m¶pw AdnbnsÃt¶.. shdpw a­\m...''

CXp tI«t¸mÄ B kv{Xo k¦St¯msS ]dªp. ""AXp IjvSambn B tPmen¡mc³ ImcWamWv \n§fpsS Cu IS¡v C{Xt]cpw {]ikvXnbpw e`n¨Xv. A¶v AbmÄ ]dª ImcWatà Rm³ B kmcn hm§mXncp¶Xv. AXn\v tijw Rm³ Fsâ ]cnNb¡mtcmsSÃmw \n§fpsS kXykÔXsb Ipdn¨v ]dªp. Xp WnIÄ¡v hÃtISpw Ds­¦n ISbnse BfpIÄ Xs¶ ]dªv Xcpw F¶v tI«t¸mÄ FÃmhÀ¡pw kt´mjambn. A§s\bmWv AhscÃmw ChnsS h¶v hkv{Xw hm§m³ XpS§nbXv''

AXptI«t¸mÄ AIv_À angn¨v \n¶pt]mbn. kXykÔXbpsS hne AbmÄ¡v a\Ênembn. AbmÄ ho­pw Pamens\ ISbnte¡v hnfn¨p hcp¯n. Pamen\v kt´mjambn AIv_dpw Pamepw kXykÔambn I¨hSw XpSÀ¶p. ho­pw A`nhr²nbnte¡v IpXn¨p.