ചതി – 2 [ചാഞ്ചാട്ടം] 742

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^p¶ {bkmhns] Nq«m³ Wm«pNm^psX]pw dÔp¡apsX]pw SÃm\tÃm. Ak³ DXsW tcm¬ FXp¯p D¸s] knan¨p

“”D¸m Wn§sa Bs^]pw Nm\p¶nÃtÃm þ F´v bän?””

“” Aà As¸m Wo H¶pw A_nªntÃ. M§Ä k^mWm]n Imk¡mXv Wn¶pw bp_s¸Xm³ SpX§n]Sm]n^p¶p. At¸mjtà H^p i`m¡nsâ iÀ¯mÂ. CSv hvt{Xm§v NqXn] CWw B\v tfmtW. e^\ bmÀ«n]psX KnÃm sh{N«_ns] Asà Nmkn¡mÀ sk«n sNm¶Sv. WoÀt¡m`nNsa Hs¡ sNm¶p Nan¨n^p¶ CkÀ ^*p tb^pw Ct¸mÄ fpÀO·ms^ Ss¶ sNmÃm³ SpX§n””.

“”As¸m Mm³ F´v sI¿pw D¸m””

“” tfm³ C¶knsX FknsXs]§n`pw H^p _qw FXp¯p NqXp. H^p Nm^\klm`pw Ct§m«p k^m³ {lfn¡^pSv þ H«pw thcv AÃ. e^\ bmÀ«n¡mÀ {em´v bnXn¨p WX¡pN]m\v””

Ak³ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp hpfn]psX W¼_n knan¨p. Aksâ it`m¡pÅ f_pbXn H^p UoÀQWnlzmhfm]n^p¶p

“”F¶m`pw C¡, C¶v Ss¶ tk\fm]n^pt¶m Cu b¶·mÀ¡p sk«mWpw Np¯mWpw Hs¡….””

“”hm^fnà hpfn, W½Ä C{S]pw Unkhw Nm¯nsÃ. Cu iÀ¯m Njnªm DXsW Wmsa Mm³ b_s¶¯pw. F¶n«p Wfp¡v Wmsa fpS Ss¶ W½psX b^nbmXnNÄ SpX§\w””

“”C¡, Wmsa fn¡km_pw FWn¡v sb^n]Zv–hv Bkpw. cpÄ Nan H^mjvIt¯¡v WX¡nÃ. hm^fnà Fsâ Np«WnRv km… Wfp¡v Ft´`psfms¡ sI¿mw. bns¶ hq£n¡t\ C¡m. Cs¸m kmÀ¯ N*tS]pÅp. CWn]pw sk«pw Np¯pw Hs¡ D*mkpsf¶m tNav¡ps¶. bp_s¯m¶pw AVnNw C_t§*””

CXn sk«n]ksW bm¼p NXn¨ ØnSn]n`m]n bmkw f³hqÀ. “”ssUktf, F¶m`pw W½tamXv Cu sI]vSp tk*m]n^p¶p””. F§sWt]m Ak³ H^p Hmt«m¡m^sW S¸n bnXn¨p.

“”tI«m Uq^s¯m¶pw tbmkm³ bänÃ. H^p 500 ^qb S¶m Cu F]ÀtbmÀ«v t_mZn Ss¶ DÅ GsS¦n`pw tim«`n knXmw. ASnW¸p_w tbm]m b\n Nn«pw””

A§nsW AkÀ AXp¯v Ss¶ DÅ ^*p ÌmÀ tim«`pNan tbm]n tWm¡n. AknsX H¶pw _qw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. ^mkn`s¯ cvss`änWp k¶ fäp ]m{S¡mÀ At¸mtj¡pw _qfpNsams¡ dp¡v sI]vSn^p¶p.

“”tI«³ kngfnt¡*. CknsX AXp¯v H^p t`mZvKv D*v. ÌmÀ H¶pw AsÃt¶ DÅp. Wà kr¯n]pw skXn¸pw Hs¡ D*v. AknsX A§nsW sbs«s¶m¶pw B^pw F¯ns¸XnÃ. _qw D*mkpw””. Ak³ GsSms¡t]m kjnNan`qsX tbm]n AkhmWw H^p t`mZvKnsâ fp¶n kn«p

“”hzÀPw t`mZvKv””.

tWm¡n]t¸mÄ _qw D*v. 2000 ^qbs] kmXN DÅp F/hn _qfnWp. ASymklyw N¼nNp«³.sWäv