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kvIqÄ Xpd¡mdmbm BfpIÄ apl½Zp®ntbmSv tNmZn¡pw: ""F´m apl½Zp®n¡m, bq\nt^msams¡ ASn¸nt¨m? ¢mkn t]mhm\pÅXtÃ...'' apl½Zp®n Nncn¡pw. B Nncnbn tJZ¯nsâ Hcp \ngepapWvSv. Bdmw ¢mkn ]Tn¡p¶ aItfmsSm¸w ¢mkn Ccnt¡WvS ØnXnbmWv apl½Zp®n¡¡p h¶ptNÀ¶n«pÅXv.
aIÄ AÀjnZ aq¶mw ¢mkn ]Tn¡pt¼mÄ XpS§nbXmWv Cu Ccn¸v. AÀjnZ ]Tn¡m³ anSp¡nbmWv. F¶mÂ, kvIqÄ F¶p tI«m AhfpsS apJw Ccpfpw. s\©nSn¸v hÀ[n¡pw. izmkKXn thK¯nemhpw. AXpsImWvSv cmhnse aIsf kvIqfn Ab¡pIsb¶Xv apl½Zp®n¡pw `mcy¡pw at\mhnjaapWvSm¡p¶ ImcyamWv. Cu at\mhnjaw AIäm³ Hscmä hgntbbpÅq: aItfmsSm¸w ¢mknencn¡pI.
D¸ ¢mknepsWvS¦n AÀjnZ kt´mjt¯msS ¢mknencn¡pw. km¼¯nI kuIcyapÅXpsImWvSv apl½Zp®n¡p tPmen¡p t]mthWvS Imcysam¶panÃ. A¸w sshInbpWvSmb GI aIfpsS hnZym`ymk Imew ]mgmbnt¸mhcpsX¶ B{KlamWv AbmÄ¡v. kvIqÄ A[nImcnIfpw A[ym]IcpsaÃmw apl½Zp®ntbmSv A\p`mhw ]peÀ¯p¶hcmWv. ¢mknse Ip«nIÄs¡Ãmw apl½Zp®n Hcp IuXpIamWv. ¢mskSp¡p¶ A[ym]IÀ¡v BZyw Hcp {]bmkapWvSmbncp¶p. ]n¶oSv, GXp {]bmks¯bpw t]mse \nXy]cnNbw sImWvSv AXp amdn.
Ip«n kvIqfn \n¶p t]Sn¨XmWv. AXn\v Hcp a{´hmZnsb IWvSm aXnsb¶v Nnescms¡ ]dªt¸mÄ apl½Zp®n¡pw AXp icnbmsW¶p tXm¶n. a{´hmZn Nne {InbIsfms¡ sNbvXp. {InbIfn ]s¦Sp¯ncn¡pI ]qh³tImgn, tImgnap«, tX§, aªÄs¸mSn, XInSv, km{¼mWn¯ncn F¶nhsbms¡bmbncn¡Ww. a{´hmZw \S¶Xnsâ ]ntäZnhkw AÀjnZ kvIqfn t]mbn. apl½Zp®n kvIqfn\Sp¯v h¶p\nÂt¡WvS Bhiyta DWvSmbpÅq. a{´hmZw ^en¨p F¶pXs¶ FÃmhÀ¡pw tXm¶n. F¶mÂ, cWvSp Znhkw sImWvSv Imcy§Ä ]gb ØnXnbn Xs¶bmbn.
Ip«n¡v GtXm at\mtcmKamWv. Hcp sskIym{Snkväns\ ImWn¡p¶XmWv \ÃsX¶v A[ym]Icpw aäpw D]tZin¨X\pkcn¨v apl½Zp®n aIsf sskIym{SnÌns\bpw ImWn¨p. sskIym{SnÌv Ip«n¡v D¡WvTm tcmK¯n\pÅ acp¶p \ÂIn. AXpsImWvSv ^eansöp IWvSt¸mÄ hnjmZtcmK¯n\pÅ Huj[§fpw \ÂInt\m¡n. Ip«nbpsS ¾m\X {ItaW hnjmZtcmKambn amdm³ km[yXbpsWvS¶p IWvSmbncp¶p Cu Huj[{]tbmKw. F¶mÂ, AÀjnZ hnjmZhXnsbm¶pambncp¶nÃ. kvIqfn \r¯aÂkc¯nepw aäpw AhÄ ]s¦Sp¡pambncp¶p. ho«nse¯nbm AhÄ BËmZhXnbmbncp¶p.
sskIym{Snsb¡mÄ C¯cw tcmK§Ä¡p \ÃXv ¢n\n¡Â sskt¡mfPnbmsW¶v NneÀ A`n{]mbs¸«X\pkcn¨v apl½Zp®n aIsf Xriqcnse {]ikvX\mb Hcp ¢n\n¡Â sskt¡mfPnkväns\ ImWn¨p. Ip«n¡p kvIqÄt^m_nbbmWv. GI aIftÃ, hÃmsX emfn¡p¶pWvSmhpw. AXpsImWvSv ho«n amXm]nXm¡tfmsSm¸w Ccn¡m³ Ip«n B{Kln¡p¶XmWv kvIqfn t]mhmXncn¡m³ ImcWw Fs¶Ãmw At±lw ]dªp. Hcp NnInÂkbpw At±lw ]dªpsImSp¯p. kvIqfn t]mIp¶ t\cambm Ip«nsb apdnbn AS¨nSpI. apdnbn A¸w Ccp«v DWvSmhWw. hnt\mtZm]m[nIsfm¶pw apdnbn ]mSnÃ. C§s\bmbm kvIqfn t]mhmsX ho«nencn¡m³ Ip«n Cãs¸SnÃ. ho«nencp¶n«v henb Imcysam¶pansöp IWvSm Ip«n kvIqfnte¡p t]mbns¡mÅpw. HcpXcw "AthÀj³ sXdm¸n' F¶v CXns\ hntijn¸n¡mw. F¶mÂ, CtXmsS kw`hn¨Xv asäm¶mWv. Ip«n¡p apdnbn Ccn¡m³ t]Snbmbn. "ss¢t{Xmt^m_nb' Fs¶ms¡ ]dbmhp¶ tcmKmhØbnte¡mbncp¶p AhfpsS t]m¡v.
CubhØbnemWv AÀjnZsb sImWvSphcp¶Xv. at\mhniIe\¯neqsS AhfpsS am\knImhØ a\Ênem¡n. sNdp¸w apXte AhÄ¡p amXm]nXm¡Ä X¶n \n¶v AIeptam F¶ `bw DWvSmbncp¶p. ]nXmthm amXmthm ASp¯nÃm¯ Ahkc¯n AhÄs¡mcp kpc£nXXzanÃmbva A\p`hs¸«ncp¶p. C¯csamcp am\knImhØbpÅ AÀjnZbv¡v AkpJw XpS§m³ Hcp ImcWapWvSmbn: aq¶mw ¢mkn ]Tn¡pt¼mÄ Hcp Znhkw ¢mkn h¨v AhÄ¡p s]s«¶v s\©pthZ\ h¶p. izmkw In«msXbmbn, A¸t\cw am{Xw. B kabw AhÄ¡p Xm³ acn¡m³ t]mhpIbmsW¶p tXm¶n. amXm]nXm¡sf DS³ ImWWsa¶p tXm¶n. F¶mÂ, B kabw ¢mkn DWvSmbncp¶Xv AhÄ Gsd `b¡p¶ Hcp A[ym]nIbmWv. AXpsImWvSv AhÄ FÃmw \nÈÐw kln¨p.
kvIqÄt^m_nbbà AhfpsS tcmKsa¶p a\Ênembn. ]pd¯nd§n c£s¸Sm³ {]bmkapÅ Øe¯v AIs¸Sp¶XnepÅ `bamb "AtKmdmt^m_nb'bmWv AhfpsS tcmKw. X\n¡v Fs´¦nepw AkzmØyw tXm¶pt¼mÄ Cd§nt¸mhm³ {]bmkapÅ Øe§fn Ccnt¡WvSnhcpt¼mÄ NneÀ¡v Cu `bapWvSmhpw. `bw XpS§nbm OÀZn, XeNpäÂ, hbdnf¡w F¶nhsbms¡ DWvSmhmw. s\©nSn¸v IqSp¶tXmsS tcmKnbpsS `bw Cc«n¡pw. Cu tcmKapÅhcn IqSpX t]À¡pw ISp¯ `oXn(]m\nIv Aäm¡v)bpsS AhØ DWvSmhmdpWvSv. tcmKn¡v Xm³ Ct¸mÄ acn¨pt]mhpsa¶ tXm¶epWvSmhp¶ AhØbmWv ]m\nIv Aäm¡v.
icoct]inIfn ]ncnapdp¡apWvSm¡nb tijw, aq¶mw ¢mkn h¨pWvSmb B A\p`hw FÃm hniZmwi§tfmsSbpw HmÀabnte¡p sImWvSphcm³ ]dªp. AXn\pÅ {iaw XpS§nbtXmsS AhÄ B[nbpsS e£Ww {]ISn¸n¡m³ XpS§n. izmkKXn thK¯nembn. s\©nSn¸p IqSn. AtXmsS B {iaw \nÀ¯n Ahsf \¶mbn dnemIvkv sN¿n¨p. hn{iamhØbn {]im´Nn¯bmbn B A\p`hw HmÀabnte¡p sImWvSphcm³ ]dªp. CXpXs¶ CShn«v BhÀ¯n¨t¸mÄ AhfpsS AkzØXIÄ Ipdªp. Fkv.Un sXdm¸nbneqsS H¶c amkw sImWvSv AhfpsS AkpJw ]qÀWambpw amdn. AhÄ X\n¨v kvIqfn t]mhm³ XpS§n. Ct¸mÄ AhÄ kvIqfn t]mhpt¼mÄ apl½Zp®n tNmZn¡pw: ""Rm\pw t]mct«?'' AhÄ Nncn¡pw.
aIfpsS ¢mkvapdnbn sNehgn¨ B Imes¯¡pdn¨v HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ Ct¸mÄ kt´mjw tXm¶p¶psWvS¶mWv apl½Zp®n ]dbp¶Xv. FÃm Zpc\p`h§fpw A§s\bmWv. Iptd Ignbpt¼mÄ AXp \n§sf A¸sa¦nepw B\µn¸n¡pw. hnZqcXbn \n¶p tIÄ¡p¶ FÃm iÐhpw kwKoXw t]msebmWtÃm.