താജ്മഹൽ 2 [Rajeesh] 481

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqÀ\ WPvW]m\v. c`eq]ngvYfm] F®¸mXw Fs¶ms¡ b_]p¶Sv fpwSmhnsâ Hs¡ bp_w emPfm\v. SqskÅ Wn_w. Wà sNmjp¯ l^o^w. N_p¯v CXSqÀ¶ fpXn Fsâ CXSpNan tIÀ¶vWn¡p¶p.

bÀ± C«p fm{Sw Mm³ N* sfm©¯n¡p«n. Fsâ Nm`nWnX]n bqÀ\ WPvW]m]n.

AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Fsâ Np®]psX NojvemP¯p hvb^vln¡p¶p*v. AknsX A`vbw WWkpw Wà IqXpw DÅSnWm Np® Wà N¼n]m]n Wn¡p¶p. ASnt`]v¡v CX]v¡nsX làn]m]n k¶Xn¡p¶ fpwSmhnsâ lzmthmJzmhkpw AksW kÃmsS fq¸n¡p¶p.

F¦n`pw fpwSmhv F¶ I^¡nsâ em^w Fsâ CXw Nm`nsW tkUWn¸n¡p¶SnWm Mm³ H¶v AW§n¡nX¶p.

fpwSmhv H¶v M«n F¶n«p B fnjn]n\NÄ bs¿¸s¿ Sp_¶p. AkÄ BUyw N* NmjvI Fsâ fpjp¯p Wn¡p¶ N¼n¡p«sW]m\v.

AkapsX Ipk¶ AV^§anÂH^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p. F¶n«p bSns] AkÄ H^p tNm«pkm C«p. fpwSmhnsâ km]n Wns¶¯n] B IqXp Nmäv Fsâ Np®s] sk«nkn_¸n¨p. AkÄ B tNm«pkm]v¡p tlgw AkapsX WmkpsNm*v H¶v Ip*p WW¨p. bns¶ Fsâ Np®]psX Sp¼¯p B Ip*pNÄ sNm*v H^p fp¯fn«p.

‘Fjpt¶täm?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘B^v? MmtWm AktWm?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘Ak³ Fjpt¶sä¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. C]mÄ Fjpt¶än«p Nps_ tW^fmt]m F¶m tImUn¨Sv.’ AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡ns¡m*p tImUn¨p.

‘Cà Cs¸m Fjpt¶tä DÅp. Wnsâ sN«nt]m³ tbmNpt¼m knan¨p\À¯n]Sm…’

‘At¿m… C¡ tbmt]m? hf]sf{S]m]n?’

‘hf]w F{S]m]m F´m? Wo Np_¨p tW^w NqsX NnX¡p.’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘A¿Xm… M§Ät¡ Np_¨p b^nbmXnNÄ Hs¡ D*v. Wn§sa tbms` fXn]·m^m]n Kokn¡`Ã. AsS§Wm A¶UmW¯nWp fm{Sw A¼`¯n tbmkp¶ Wn§tamsXms¡ ssUks¯]pw {bmÀ°Wt]]pw bäns]ms¡ b_ªm S`]n tN_ptkm?’ AkÄ sbs«¶v Fjpt¶äp fpXn bn¶nt`]v¡v sN«ns¡m*p b_ªp.

‘Hm… Mm³ C§sWms¡]m…’ fpwSmhnsâ fpjp¯ fp`Nant`¡pw kXn¨p kr¯n]m¡n sk¨ N£§ant`¡pw tWm¡ns¡m*p Mm³ b_ªp.

‘AsS… C§sWms¡ Ss¶]m\v. H^p AXp¡pw In«]pfnÃm¯ KoknSw. NÅp NpXn, hnP^äp k`n. H¶pw tk* fq{Ssfmjn¨n«p NjpNpN tbm`pw CÃ. B NmsX¦n`pw kXn¨p kr¯n]m¡n sk¨qsX?’ Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v Iq*n AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘F¶n«p C¶s` Cu NjpNm¯ Np® sSm`n¨p sk¨v Du¼n]tÃm C]mÄ. As¸m Cu A_s¸m¶pw N*nÃtÃm…?’ Fsâ tImUy¯nWv f_pbXn b_]msS AkÄ Sn^nªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv