മരുഭൂമിയിലെ മഴത്തുള്ളികൾ [സാക്ഷി .എസ്‌ . ആനന്ദ്]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sos^ Nm\m³ Njn]mSn^p¶ GNtUl H¶^ fmh¯nWp tlgw, F³s_ _qfnWXp¯pWn¶p fm_n]pÅ fsäm^p Nk`]n k¨p ]mUrInN]m MmsWm^p WmÄ AksW N*pfp«n. fmWhnNkpw…Bt^mPyb^fm]pw…kas^ £o\nS³ B]n^p¶k³ !. “”Aan]m “”F¶ knan¡¸p_w H¶pw hwhm^n¡m³ Njn]msS Ak³ kn§ns¸m«n .MmWksWs]m¶p hfmVmWn¸n¡m³ W¶m]n kn]À¯p. N^¨n`nW¸p_w , Ssâ kÀ¯fmW Nm` Up^nSþUp^khv–TNÄ knk^n¨p…Fs¶ kngfn¸n¡mtWm fpjn¸n¡mtWm DÅ {lfw WX¯msS…,M§Ä sI]vSp sNmXps¯¶p b_ª him]§Ä¡v Wµn]pw , dp²nfp«v tW^ntX*n k¶ Akhv–T¡v £fmb\kpw WX¯n, A_dn]psX fp´n] Nm_n`n^p¶k³ Np_¨p tW^w FWn¡m]n In`kn«p. bns¶….

“”I§mSo AXp¯ skÅn]mjvI Mm³ `okv tImUn¨n«p*v. ss{ZkÀ tKm`n NqXn sI¿p¶SnWm fpS`man D¨Sn^nsª¦n`pw FWn¡v AkVn St¶¡pw.A§sWs]¦n Wfp¡v B Unkhw AXn¨p sbman¡\w !….W½Ä AWpekn¨ kngf§Äs¡ms¡ B Hä Unkhw sNm*v {bSnknVn Ns*¯n W½¡v B^pfmXn¡\w !…..k^s« AXp¯ BjvI Nm\mw…””

CSpw b_ªk³ k*n]pXp¯p tbm]n. {bSo£ CÃm]n^ps¶¦n`pw …..M§aksW Nm¯p .B iSemPyWv km¡pw bm`n¡m³ NjnªnÃ.

bns¶]pw b` Unkh§an`pw kn`bnXn¸mÀ¶ b`S^w k*nNan sS^pkn`qXk³ Io_n¸m]p¶ M§Ä N*p . S½n N*m H^p “”im]v “”b_]p¶SnW¸p_w H^p NqXn¡mjv¨¡pw ASv Nasfm^p§n]n^p¶nÃ. ko*pw N*pfp«`pNtam ?….Npl`mtWzg\§tam H¶pfnÃm¯ kn^hfm] Nps_t]s_ ^mkpbN`pNÄ ….Fs¶ tkUWn¸n¨p NX¶p tbm]n. {bhoSWpfm]pÅ dÔ¯n³s_ tk^äp !…CWns]m^p hu{iUw AkWpfm]v bp`^m³ hmVyS Sos^]nà , Ak³ W¶m]n^n¡s«…Fs¶m^p {bmÀTW fm{Sfm]n Bl]pw {bSyml]pw AN¶n^p¶ H^p kymjmjvI sskNn«m\v , Fs¶ sM«n¨psNm*v tim«Â DhvfmWn]m]nt`¡v Ak³s_ k^kv !.

“”Aan]m …C¶v ^m{Sn Fsâ tdmhpw hwQkpw Dw_ ¡m]n huUn]n tbmNpN]m …AknsX tKm`n¡m^v fm{Stf D*mkq . FWn¡v fä¶mÄ tKm`n¡v N]_n]m fSn . Mm³ Wmsa bp`Às¨ _qfns`¯mw ….Ct¸mÄ tbms« …CSv b_]mWm]n Wns¶ Nm\m³ Ct¸mÄ k¶Sm “”.

CSv b_ªp {bhn NmÀ fq¸ns¨Xp¯p hv–T`w kn«p .””CWn Mm³ H¶nWpw Cà ,”” F¶ {bOymbWt¯msX Ak³ bqÀ®fm]n bn·m_n ….M§apw bns¶ H«p Wn^vdÔn¡mWpw tbm]nÃ.
CWn H^n¡Â¡qXn , A½s] knan¨p N®v Wn_]v¡m³ SmWnà , F¶v {bhoS³ VrV{bSnÚ FXp¯t¸mÄ…
“”H¶v tW^n tbm]n N*p A¶s] hfmVmWn¸n¡v Aan]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv