മദിരാക്ഷി [Mango]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶tÃ? em^y]m hmt_…. tW^s¯ H^p em^y]pw ASn ^*p bntÅ^pw D*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX sNm\kSnNm^w sNm*v Mm³ Aksa Naªp. bns¶ Nps_ Nm`w sb®pw sbX]pw H¶pw CÃmsS WX¶t¸mam Cksa Nm\p¶Sv. Fsâ H^p AN¶ dÔ¯n DÅ sb®m. St´w StÅw I¯p. B^pw CÃm*m]t¸m Mm³ Cksa A§p sN«n. ASm M§Ä S½n Cu {bm] kySymhw. AkÄ¡v 35 Njnªnt« DÅp”
Hm bnt¶… k`n] HuUm^yw sI]vS tbms`]m\v sNaksâ Z]t`mPv… CSp tbms`m^p sfmS`nsW S^¯nWv Nn«n]t¸m A§p sbm¡n. At{S DÅp. sk¨p Sns¶Xm Sn¶v… K½¯p PSn bnXn¡q` Wo sNa«v sNakm. Caw Np® N]t_* bq_n W^¡p® tNäp¶ t{Umin. Ip½mSmt\m CkÄ¡v Cu NXn `p¡v.
ASnWnsX ^*p Nnt`m b©hm^ Wm`p `näÀ tSWn N`¡n ASp km^n tS¨p tfmXn bnXn¸n¨ b^nI]fnÃm¯ H^p lÐw bn¶n Wn¶pw tN«p…
“”B`ohnsâ WmsXknsX]m?”
CSm^¸m F¶p N^pSn Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ t{bw Who_nsâ fpOemkkpfm]n fnãÀ fmÌÀ! B… k` F_nªp-

fmÌ_psX N®p sNm*v AkÄ¡v C¡nan Bs]¶v tSm¶p¶p. kn^nª A^s¡«v N«na¸Xn]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n , H^p bmU¯ns` SÅ kn^`m f_p bmU¯n sIm_nªp sNm*v B`ohv b_ªp, “”””Sn^pkÔ

Asæn`pw Sn^pkám^n A¨m]¯n sb\vbntÅs^ Nm\m³ H^p kn^p¶m\v. Wà bm`nsâ Wn_kpw, sNmjp¯ l^o^kpw km tSm^m¯ hwhm^kpw… bns¶… ASp tbms«.

`mhÀ tI«³ Fs¶ Iq*n B`ohntWmXv b_ªp, “”””Cu tfmWm CknsX Wn¡m³ k¶Sv… InNnÕs¡”
AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n ss`äm]ns«m¶v In^n¨p. MmWpw. “”””Du\v Nm`mt]mXo?”
“”””At¿m Np_¨p hf]w FXp¡pw tI«m]o… Wn§Ä C^n¡v Mm³ sbs«¶v sl^n]m¡mw. Ct¸m tNmjns] sNm¶sS DÅp” B`ohv b_ªp

“”””tk*” `mhÀ M§sa tWm¡n “”””hm_½m^v km… Nk`]v¡Xps¯m^p gm¸p*v. WÃ e£\fm. skXn C_¨n Mm³ b_ªp sk¨n«p*v. WÃ fp´n^n NÅpw. Wfp¡v AknsX tbm]n Njn¡mw”
“”””gnäv!” fmÌ_psX BßPSw Np_¨p `uZv B]nt¸m]n. kngfw Nm\pw. IqXv C_¨n DÅ skXn CknsX DÅt¸mÄ gm¸n tbm]n skXnt]äp f^n¨ GtSm {bm\ns] bmk¯nWv ^pIn BhzUn¨p Sn¶m³ Njn]nsöv FWn¡_n]mw. Mm³ BlmsW tWm¡n. Blm³ fmÌs_ tWm¡n H^p Dua In^n bmhm¡n. M§Ä Nms_Xp¯p Nk`]nt`¡p Sn^n¨p.
Wà e£\w B]n^p¶p. FWn¡p tk*n {btSyNw Caw NÅv b_ªp sk¨n^p¶p `mhÀ tI«³. bs£ Mm³ NpXn¨nÃ. N^ansW tbXn¨Ã. NÅnsâ fWw FWn¡v bt* CãfÃ. hvbn^näv tk\sf¦n`pw NpXn¡pw Mm³. N¼nNp«³.sWäv