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N¼nNp«³.sWäv sWÂh¬ NpªnWv .. Cs¸m Wns¶ N*v Cãs¸«Sv W½psX emPyw ..Rm ..Mm³ kÃSpw Njn¡m³ D*m¡s« Wo sIÃv . “”””””

hm_m fpXn]pw tSmÀ¯ns¡m*v Nn¨Wnt`¡v tbm]t¸mÄ foWp dmSv_qfnt`¡v N]_n .dmSv_qfns` S_]n`msN fpXnNÄ ..bns¶s]t´m hvsf`pw .. A½s]]pw Cu hvsf B]n^p¶tÃms]¶kÄ HmÀ¯p .Xm¸n`pw Hs¡ fpXn]njNÄ N*t¸mÄ Ak³ BWn]psX fp_n]nt`¡v Ss¶ tbmNm³ So^pfmWn¨p .

k`Spkl¯m]m\v BWn]psX fp_n , sSm«Xp¯m\v f\kmasâ]pw f\km«n]psX]pw fp_n .. BWn]psX fp_n]nt`¡v N]_mWm]n SpX§n] foWp imant`¡v tWm¡n . Wo* thmc]n Nm`v Wo«n]n^p¶p Xnkn Nm\p¶ BWntfmÄ . ASnsWSns^]pÅ sI]_n`n^p¶p Xot¸m]n sk¨n^n¡p¶ In¡³ Nms`Xp¯p NXn¨pb_n¡p¶ sWÂh¬ . fps«m¸fpÅ bmkmX¡v SmsjNm\mkp¶BWn]psX sNmjp¯ NmÂk®]n`pw sS_n¨pWn¡p¶ fp`Nan`pfm\v sWÂhsâ Ns®¶p H^p sM«t`msX foWp N*p .

Zn{Pn¡v bYn¡p¶ sb®m\v ..C¸jpw A^¸mkmX]ns«m*v WX¡p¶p

“””” BWo ..BWntfmsa “”‘ foWp D_s¡ knan¨t¸mÄ BWns]jpt¶äp . Xot¸m]n]ns` bvtaän Wn¶v k_p¯ Nlpk*n]pw FXp¯pkm]n`nt«m*v WX¶p k^p¶ BWns] N*p foWpknWv N`n]X¡mWm]nà … AkÄ sWÂhsW tWm¡n .. Sn^nªp tWm¡n BWn]psX bn¶jNv BhzUn¡p¶ A]mÄ¡n«p sIs¶m^p Ikn«v sNmXp¡mWmkÄ¡v tSm¶n … sWÂh¬ foWpknsâ tWs^ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ {Nq²]m]n A]mtaSt¶ tWm¡n …SÅkn^`pw Iq*pkn^`pw Nq«nfp«n¨p hq¸À F¶v b_ªn«v bns¶]pw BWn]psX I´n]nt`¡v tWm¡n] sWÂh³ Nms\ Ss¶ AkÄ “”””eq “”‘ F¶v Wn`t¯¡v Sp¸n

“””””” F¶ tI¨n ?”’

“”‘ WnW¡v AXp¡ta At½sWs]m¶v him]n¡¯ntÃ? b¯pbSnsW«p k]Êm]ntà ..CWow CsSms¡ b_ªpS^mt\m ?”’

“””” Hmtim … tI¨n k¶ptN_n] DXsW e^n¡m³ SpX§nt]m ..tI¨n¡nãw CsàM§a§p sbmt¡mamw .Asæn`pw Nq«pNm^nNsams¡ b_ªSm … CWn tI¨n Nmlnsâ ip¦v Nm\n¡p¶v “”””

Aksas]´p b_ªp hfmVmWn¸n¡psf¶_n]msS foWp Npj§n .

BWns]t´m bn_pbn_pt¯m*v AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]t¸mÄ foWp Npan¡mWm]n ANt¯¡v N]_n ..

NpanNjnªp bpSns]m^p Ip^nUm_pw C«v fpXn IoNpt¼mÄ AkÄ N®mXn]n Ss¶ tWm¡n . b

sWÂh¬ hpµ^Wm\v ..bs£ Cu hzemkw .A]mapsXs]m¸w F§sW Kokn¡pw Nm`§tamaw ? SmsWs´`pw b_ªmt`m {bkÀ¯n¨mt`m AS½s]]pw AWn]¯nt]]pfm]n^n¡pw dmVn¡pN .A]msa´p tkt\`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv