N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp«n]n«m^pw Sp_¡p¶pfnÃ.
‘Xn tkPw C§v tbm^v, AkÀ In`t¸m Cs¸m N]_n k¶m W½sa N*m bnXn¡pw’
Aksasâ ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨p, M§Ä N]_n] DXsW AkÄ kmSn Npän C«p. AkapsX sdZn MmWpw Akapw NqsX NnX¶p. hnwPnÄ sdZv B]SnWm H^mÄ¡v knlm`fm]n NnX¡msfWvNn`pw ^*v– tb^v– NnX¡pt¼mÄ Wà CXp§n] tbms`]m\v. HmXn k¶Snsâ]pw sk{bma¯nsâ]pw c`fm]pÅ NnS¸v H¶]ªp SpX§n.Akapw MmWpw b^hvb^w fpOw tWm¡n NnX¶p .Aksa tWm¡n Mm³ H¶v bp©n^n¨p. AkapsX fpO¯v kn^nª bp©n^n hmkVmWw H^p sbm«n In^n B]n fm_n.
‘iv.. iv.. si´mXo?’
NnS¸X¡n bnXn¨p Mm³ tImUn¨p
“” hmUm fSn.. dmdp hmUm fSn”” CSpw b_ªp AkÄ ko*pw WnÀ¯m³ BNmsS In^n SpXÀ¶p. AkapsX In^n]pw tfZ¯nsâ AkØ Hs¡ HmÀ¯t¸mÄ FWn¡pw In^n k¶p
‘i i fSns]Xo, bmkw ASnWp A{S k]Êm]ntÃ, A§sW Nms`ms¡ sbm¡n Wn¡m³ Njn]m¯Sv sNm*tÃ’
‘k]Êm]m AX§n HSp§n C^n¡\w, CSv bntÅs^ fpjpk³ DbtUln¡pN]pw F¶n«v sI_p¡³fms^ sNm*v– Nan¸n¡`pw.. B SÅ W½psX cpZv AXn¨p fmän Asà AkapsX fäkWv sNmXp¡m³ sk¨Sv… F¶n«v AkÄ¡v hmUm fSn F¶v… FXn Wfp¡v Wmsa Akt^mXv tbm]n b_ªv– sNmXp¯mt`m, B sbmhngsâ tb^v fngnW_n F¶m\v, AÃmsS hmUm F¶v AÃm¶v… iii’
AkÄ Ss¶ b_ªv– Aksas¶ In^n¨v sNm*n^p¶p.
‘ F´mXo WnW¡v In^n H¶pw k^p¶ntÃ, AtSm CWn Wo]pw ‘hmUm’]psX Bamt\m? ‘
‘ tbmXn AknXp¶v… CWn Fs¶ Sn¶m³ km’
‘ B.. Wo AÃsÃm., WnW¡v dm¡n`pw NqXn tN_n]m Asà GWt¡Xv fm_p.. i i i.. FXn Cs¶s´m FWn¡v Wà Unkhw B\v– tNt«m’
‘fv? AsS´m? ‘
‘ tW^s¯ sSm«v fp¼n Wn¶v H^p¯n “”C¡m… Wn¡v dm¡n`pw NqXn sI]vSv Sm, Wn¡v hin¡\nÃn¡m””¶v, Cs¸m AknsX H^p¯n “”hmUm fSn dmdp bä\nÃm”” ¶v, C§Ws¯ sFäwhv Hs¡ Nm\mWpw tNÄ¡mWpw bns¶ emPyw tks*! i i ‘
‘tbmXn’ Mm³ H¶v fpOw NW¸n¨p.
‘ As¨mXm bn\§sÃXm I¡s^, Mm³ Sfml b_ªSv AsÃ.. FXo Mm³ H^p Nm^yw tImUn¡s«? ‘
‘fv.?’
‘ l^n¡pw Wo]pw sN«nt]mWpw dm¡n`Xn Dt*mXn? ‘
‘ Wo NnX¶p_§nt], Bsa bn^m´m¡mWm]n«v… ‘
AkapsX tImUyw tN«v Wm\w ks¶¦n`pw ASv bp_¯v– Nm\n¡msS tUgyw AenW]n¨v sNm*v– Mm³ b_ªp.
‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv