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N¼nNp«³.sWäv bn¶v bp_¯p tbm_n tkUWs]Xp¡p¶p*v . ASkP\n¨kÄ bp_t¯¡v WX¶p .

“””” tfmsa… Cu In¡³ k_p¯Sv sNm*ptbm]n sNmXp¡v NpªnWv””””

foWp AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶sS hm_ H^p bvtaän In¡³ sI_n] Ng\§Ä B¡n k_p¯Spw hkma]pw b¨fpaNpw A^nªSpw fpNan H^p Wm^§m bmSn]pw NqsX sk¨v sNmXp¯p.

CtStbms`m^p bvtaäv In¡³ A]mapsX fp¶n C^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶tÃm… CsSms¡ Ft§m«v tbmNp¶p. .

“””””” CknsX]n^n¡Xn””””

In¡³ Xot¸m]n sk¨n«v tbmNm³ Sn^nM foWpkntWmXv A]mÄ BÚmbn¨p. sWÂhsâ H¨ sbm§n]t¸mÄ foWp AknsX C^p¶p tbm]n.

“”””””Wo]nWn¸Xns¡ms¶mt*mXn ?”’

foWpskm¶pw fn*n]nÃ

“””” bYn¡pkms\¸Xnt¨m..ASnsWmÅssbhs]ms¡ Mm sfmX¡nt¡mamw “”””

“”‘Cà bYn¡p¶nà “”””

“”‘ iw ..Wos]¶m]n§sWfqXns¸mSnªn^n¡pt¶ ?”””

foWp Smtj¡v NpWnªptWm¡n .

“””””” Wns¶¡m hpÔ^nNsaWn¡n«mªn«Ã ….Wn¶s]Wn¡v tk\w ,AsSm^p kmln]m^p¶p .. Du^Xn B tf¡p¸m]w “”””

foWp A]msa tWm¡n]n«v WntgVmÀ°¯n S`]m«n

“””” CsSsâsNm«m^fms\sâ]nãt¼ms`s]]nknsX WX¡q “”‘

In¡³ Nm`p NXn¨pb_n¨n«v FÃv Wn`t¯¡v Sp¸n sWÂh¬ A`_n .k`n] knUymeymhsfms¡]ps*¶p b_ªns«´p Nm^yw ? hmfmWy f^ymUt]m fmtWjv–thm Cà .. cpZv tkÌv Hs¡ Wn`¯p InS_n¡nX¡p¶p . A]mapsX koXv Bs\¶v b_ªns«´p Nm^yw ? GSm*v sbmSplv–flmWw tbms` .

“””” ASm bvtaän C«m tbms^ ..Asæn Mm³ tks_ bvtaäv sNm*pk^mw “” ^*mfSpw A]mÄ NXn¨Sp¸n]t¸mÄ foWp Fjpt¶äp .

“””” C^n¡Xn]knsX ..Fs¶¸Yn¸n¡msWm¶pw Wo]mam]n«nà . Fsâ]¸Wpsfsâ]¸â¸Wp¼pÅoX¸Wpw C§Ws]]m]n^p¶p f`t^ $#c&&$& “”‘

“”‘ F§sW ? CSptbms` Wn`¯p sksÌms¡ CXp¶tSm ?”’ foWpknsâ bpÑw N*]mÄ¡v N`n k¶p

“””” Zn ..Zn ..Zn f`t^ .. Wos]s¶¸Yn¸n¡* … M§av bm^¼^yfm]n«p M§sX So^pfmW§am WX¯ps¶¶v … H^p¯ow Fs¶e^n¡m³ k^* …CsSsâ koXm ..Mms¼s\]nknsX Sp\n]nÃm*pw WX¡pw “””

– Asæn`pw knk^fnÃm¯kt^mXv b_ªn«pw Nm^yfnÃtÃm …A`vbw kr¯n¡pw sfW¡psfms¡ WX¡m³ b_ªm ASv fWhn`m¡mWpÅ hmfmWyknk^sf¦n`pw tkt* .. FsâkoXm Mm³ Sp\n]nÃmtSw WX¡pw sS_ow b_]pw F¶v b_]p¶ BantWmXv F´v b_ªns«´p N¼nNp«³.sWäv