ഒരു ഡൽഹി കഥ (അവസാന ഭാഗം) 1578

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fs¶ bn¶n Wn¶pw ^*p SpXNan`pw bnXn¨ sbm¡n Fs¶ Du^ns]Xp¯p. f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ Skas] tbms` Mm³ ]mUknsâ N¿n`n^p¸m]n. B Nnaksâ làn]n Mm³ l^n¡pw AÛpSs¸«p. B hf]¯v BUn sI_pSm]n In\p§n SpX§n]n^p¶p, Aen BUns] Fsâ AXpt¯¡v sNm*v k¶p. Mm³ AksW sNm©n¨p. Aksâ In\p§  Np_ªt¸mÄ Mm³ ko*pw AksW sdZn`n^p¯n NmftNanNant`¡v Sn^n¨p tbm]n.
AXp¯ Dujw ]mUkntâSm]n^p¶p A]msas¶ sdZn NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n Fsâ bn¶n`qsX Fsâ bqän {btkln¨p. A]mÄ AXn SpX§n]t¸mÄ Fsâ fp`NÄ BXpkm³ SpX§n. Aen tkPw Ss¶ Fsâ fp`Nan bnXp¯fn«p Nmlm¡mWm^wen¨p. ASnsâ B«w Wn_p¯n. Fsâ I´n]n N¿v sNm*v AXn¨p Np_¨p frPo]fm]n Ss¶ ]mUkv A]mapsX SmÞkw SpXÀ¶v. A]mapsX AXn]n Fsâ I´n Ipk¶p SpX§n ko*pw hpO¯nsâ Wnfng§Ä. Np_¨v hf]¯nWpÅn Ss¶ Mm³ SaÀ¶p. SpX§n At¸mjm\v ]mUkv A]mÄ Ssâ Np® sNm*v Fsâ sNmS¯nt`¡v N]äm³ H^p {lfw WX¯n]Sv, F¶m ASv knc`fm]n. ]mUknsâ NqSn t{bfw Mm³ fWhn`m¡m³ SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p. ^*p k«w {lfn¨n«pw ]mUknWv– fp¶n Fsâ NqSn¡kmXw Sp_¡m³ NjnªnÃ.]mUkv A]mapsX dmPn Wn¶pw fqZv–hnsâ `q{dn¡âv bp_s¯Xp¯t¸mÄ Fsâ NqSn tbman]m\v tbmNpN]ms\¶v GNtUl Vm^\ FWn¡v k¶p
Mm³: “” FWn¡v tkUWs]Xp¡pN]ms\¦n Mm³ h½Sn¡nÔ”
]mUkv:””tddn Mm³ {lfn¡s«. ASnWp tlgw W½p¡v fWÊn`m¡mftÃm WnW¡v tkUWn¡ptfm AtSm hpOn¡ptfms]¶v “”
CSv tN«v Aen Np`p§n In^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
Mm³:”” FWn¡v tkUWn¨]mÄ Mm³ N^]pw ASv N*p BUn]pw N^]pw bns¶ Aksâ N^¨n`X¡msS W½p¡v SpX^m³ Njn]pN]nà ASm\v Mm³ b_]mWpÅ Nm^\w””
]mUkv In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp “”Wo N^]nà tddn tbXn¡*””
Fs¶ sdZn Wm¡m`ns] tbms` Wn_p¯n]n« A]msasâ sNmSw sbman¨ W¡m³ SpX§n. hpON^fm] B Wnfng¯n B KÃnsâ S\p¯ hvbÀlkpw Mm³ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. kn^`pNan bän] sK A]msasâ NqSn¡pÅnt`¡pw bNÀ¶p. Mm³ b^fmkVn NqSn `qhv B¡n A]mtamXv hiN^n¨p. A]mÄ B kn^ NqSn]n`n«v I`n¸n¡m³ SpX§n. F¶n Wn¶pw sI_n] Mm_¡§Ä k^m³ SpX§n. At¸mÄ Aen Fsâ fp¶nt`¡v k¶p. Ak³ Fsâ N¿nsâ CX]nt`¡v N]_n¡nX¶p. Mm³ Aksâ Np® ko*pw Du¼m³ SpX§n. ]mUkv ^*mfs¯ kn^`pw Fsâ NqSn¡pÅnt`¡v N]än]Sv sI_n] tkUWt]msX Mm³ A_nªp. ^*p kn^`pNapw Fsâ NqSn]n`v NnX¶v I`n¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ FWn¡v tkUW tSm¶n N¼nNp«³.sWäv