രമേശന്റെ അദിഥികൾ കഥ 1 961

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CX¡v Akapfm]pw hwhm^n¡pkm³ SpX§n. M§Ä bj]vSp sbms` Wà {c*vhv B]n. b^hvb^w F´pw Sp_¶p b_]p¶ AXp¸fm]n M§Ä¡v.

Ak^psX knkmiw Njnªp GSm*v H^pkÀgw Njnªp AkÀ¡v Np«nNÄ B]nà F¶ H^p kngfw Ak³ b_ªp. tZmÎÀfmÀ In` {blvW§Ä Hs¡ Ds*¶v hqIn¸n¨p.

Njnª Hm\¯nWp Aks^ Mm³ ko«nt`¡v knan¨p. ^hvW¡v H^p fXn k^m³. F¶m AKpknWp fXns]m¶pw D*m]nÃ. Ak³ k^msf¶v b_ªp. Mm³ AkÀ¡v tk* cpÍv H^p¡msf¶v N^pSn]Sm\v At¸mÄ Ak³ b_ªp tk* ^tftl«m M§Ä k¶n«v H^pfn¨v sk¡msf¶v.

A§nsW D{SmX¯nsâ A¶p sskNo«v AkÀ k¶p. ^hvW A`vbw NqsX SXn¨p hpµ^n]m]n^n¡p¶p. sNm¨n]n tbm]Snsâ BNpw A`vbw cmg³ Hs¡ AkapsX FXp¸n`pw WX¸n`pw D*v. WÃtbms` bän¡nX¡p¶ s`¤vhn³hv. I´n bj]Sn`pw kn^nªn^n¡p¶p. l^o^w H¶pNqsX fmUNSzw k¶n^n¡p¶p. tXm¸nsâ bp_t¯¡v sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ. bpgv A¸v {dm B]n^n¡pw ASm\v C{S]pw sS_n¨p Wn`vbv.
AKpkosâ tkgw H^p sskäv Ko³hpw Ipk¶ XogÀ«pfm\v. hvssb¡v sI]vSn«pâv fpXn. AkÄ¡v {bm]w 32 B]n b¿Wp H^p 26 Nãnk^pw.
“”im]v ^tftl«m..”” Nm_n Wn¶pw C_§n Ak³ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p.
“”Bim Wo BsN tfmtZ¬ B]n^n¡p¶tÃmXo ^hvtW”” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”bns¶ AÃmsS sNm¨n]n tbm]m sNm¨n¡m^n Atà AKp”” ASpb_ªv AkÄ In^n¨p.
Fsâ AXps¯¯n AkÄ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p. FWn¡v AÂepSfm]n.
AkapsX sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ Fsâ tf AfÀ¶p. Fsâ fq¡n Wà shânsâ f\w.
knXpkn¨v ANt¯¡v sNm*ptbm]n ^*msa]pw.
“”^tftl«³ SXn NqXn]n«p*v””
“”sb®nÃmSn^n¡sà At¸mÄ Wà ^pIn]pÅSv k¨p*m¡n Njn¡p¶Snsâ]m””
“”ASv hSyw. tI«³ ^£s¸«p MmWm AWpekn¡ps¶ C¸w”” AKp Fs¶ ht¸mÀ«v sI]vSp.
“”tU ^tftl«m ^*mapw NqsX k¶p tN_n]s¸mtj Fs¶ Nan]m¡m³ SpX§nt]m?””
“”thm_n ZmÀanwPv bn\§tÃXm.”” Ak³ sNm©ns¡m*v Aksa tIÀ¯p bnXn¨v Nknan Ip¼n¨p.
AkÄ Sn^n¨p. Mm³ sfsà AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.
Im] CXm³ SpX§n. AkÀ Ip¼W¯n`m]n^p¶n^n¡\w. CX¡v Ft´m In` diaw tNÄ¡p¶p*v.
Mm³ Im] s_Zn]m¡n dnh-vNäpw sNm*p sI¶p.
^*mapw thmc]n NnX¶p bn¨pw fm´pw WX¯p¶p.
“”it`m¬ Im] NpXn¨n«v BNmw dm¡n”” Mm³ b_ªp.
Fsâ bj] em^y]m]n^p¶ ^hvW]n Wn¶pw AkÄ kÃmsS fm_n]n^n¡p¶p.
Im] NpXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv