{_®sâ Ncn{X¯nsâ DįpSn¸pIÄ kz´w s\©n Gäphm§nbh\mbncp¶p \¼ymcvamjv. {_®sâ sFXnlyame F¶p]dbmw. Ncn{XmXoXImew apXtebpÅ Ncn{X¯nsâ km£n. arZphpw XmfmßIhpambpÅ NphSpIÄ sh¨v At±lw {_®\nte¡v Znhtk\ h¶p. Hmtcm ap¡nepw aqebnepw Ncn{X¯nsâ Xo¨qSpd§p¶ km£y§Ä Xncªp. aebmfw A[ym]I\mb At±lw tIcfNcn{XamWv ]Tn¸n¨ncp¶Xv.

At±l¯nsâ I®pIfpw apJhpw {]mbs¯ Ft¸mgpw NXn¨psImWvSncp¶p. hyXykvXhpw {]hN\mXoXhpamb aplqÀ¯§fn Bdpamkw apX Adp]Xp hbÊphsc At±l¯n\v {]mbw tXm¶n¨ncp¶p. cWvSphÀjw ap¼v Rm\t±ls¯ ho«nÂt]mbn IWvSncp¶p. F¬]XpIÄ IS¶ {]mb¯nsâ {]kcn¸n\nSbn At±lw Fs¶ t\m¡n AXncä kt´mjt¯msS Nncn¨p. Bdpamkw {]mbamb Ipªnsâ Nncn.

"Abe¯pho«nÂ' F¶mbncp¶p At±l¯nsâ ho«pt]cv. F.sI.Pn.bpsS IpSpw_¡mc³. sFdWnIsfs¡mWvSpWvSm¡nb PohnXambncp¶p At±l¯ntâXv. tPmenbn {]thin¨ XkvXnIbnÂXs¶bmbncp¶p At±lw dn«bÀ sNbvXXv. IqsSbpWvSmbncp¶hcn ]ecpw {]n³kn¸Âamcmbn. CuhI Imcy§Ä At±lw {i²n¨nÃ. \jvSt_m[¯ntâXmb bmsXm¶pw At±l¯n Ahtijn¨nÃ. cm¸IepIsf XnIª {]kmZhm\mbn At±lw t\cn«p. \¼ymcvamjnsâ XkvXnIbnte¡v ap¼v N§¼pg At]£n¨ncp¶p. ]t£, kmt¦XnIamb GtXm Nne ImcW§ÄsImWvSv At±l¯n\v AXv e`n¨nÃ.

Hcp]mSv Úm\apsWvS¦nepw ]et¸mgpw XnIª AÚm\nsbt¸mse At±lw s]cpamdnbncp¶p. Im¼kv apgph³ At±ls¯¡pdn¨v IYIfpw A]hmZ§fpapWvSmbncp¶p. Xs¶¡pdn¨pÅ IYIÄ At±lw \nemhnsâ {]ImiapÅ I®pIfpambn tI«p\n¶p. ]et¸mgpw H¶pw]dbmsX Dds¡ s]m«n¨ncn¨p.

a{Zmkv kwØm\¯nsâ `mKambXpsImWvSv {_®\n Xangpw sXep¦pw I¶Ubpw aebmfhpw kwkmcn¡p¶ {]n³kn¸ÂamÀ amdnamdnh¶p. Hcn¡Â sXep¦\mb Hcp s{]m^kÀ {]n³kn¸embn h¶p. At±lw ag IWvSn«pWvSmbncp¶nÃ. AXpsImWvSv am\s¯mcp ImÀtaLw IWvSm At±lw aWnbSn¨v tImtfPv hn«p. Hscmä agbn tIcfw ap§nt¸mIpsa¶mbncp¶p At±l¯nsâ `bw. At±lw ]ncnªp t]mbt¸mÄ tImtfPnepÅhscms¡ ZpxJn¨p. At±lw k½m\n¨ agbn \\ª Ah[n Zn\§Ä ]ecpw \µntbmsS HmÀ¯p.

djybnse aebmfnbmb Aw_mknUdmbncp¶ hyànbpsS AtX t]cpÅ {]n³kn¸Â tImtfPn \nch[n XamiIÄ krjvSn¨p. henb IgnhpIfpÅ B a\pjy\v tImtfPv Hcp Ifn¸m«wt]msebmbncp¶p.

\¼ymcv amjnsâ hnhmlw Ignªn«v hfsc Ipd¨v Znhk§tf Bbncp¶pÅp. IrXyw 3.55þ\v {]n³kn¸Â ]yqWns\ hn«v \¼ymcvamjns\ hnfn¸n¨p. \¼ymcvamjv {]n³kn¸ensâ apdnbn lmPcmbn. ""Fs¶ hnfnt¨m?'' amjnsâ tNmZyw.

""Rm³ amsj hnfn¸n¨pthm?'' {]n³kn¸ensâ adptNmZyw. \¼ymcvamjv Bdpamkw {]mbapÅ Ipªnsâ I®pIÄ angn¡th {]n³kn¸ensâ {]Jym]\w: ""hnhmlw Ignªn«v C{Xbpw Znhk§tf Bbn«pÅp F¶ \ne¡v \n§Ä 3.55 \v ap¼v Øewhn«ncn¡psa¶v Rm³ hnNmcn¨p.'' a[phn[pImes¯¡pdn¨pÅ {]n³kn¸ensâ ^enX {]tbmK§fnsem¶mbncp¶p AXv. {_®³ tImtfPn tNcp¶Xn\v ap¼v ]qs\bnse anenädn A¡mZanbn ¢À¡mbn \¼ymcv amjv tPmen sNbvXncp¶p. CtX tPmen ap¼v N§¼pgbpw sNbvXncp¶p.

Sn_äns\bpw AÀPâo\sbbpw Ipdn¨v, lnameb¯nsâ aªpdª \nKqVXIsf¡pdn¨v \¼ymcvamjv kwkmcn¨psImWvSncp¶p. Sn_änse emaamsc¡pdn¨pÅ Gähpw B[nImcnIamb AdnhpIÄ At±l¯n\pWvSmbncp¶p. kmlknIXbpsS BImi¸c¸pIsf¡pdn¨v \nc´cw kwkmcn¨psImWvSncn¡pt¼mgpw At±lw kzbw DÅnte¡v HXp§n.At±lhpambn Nncn¨pÃkn¨v _o¨n t]mIth R§Ä kl{]hÀ¯IÀ IYbpWvSm¡n. \¼ymcvamjv _o¨nse¯nbm ao\pIsfms¡ ]pd¦Sente¡v aS§p¶p. ImcWw \¼ymcv amjnsâ ao³sImXn.

GsXmcp hS¡³ ae_mdpImcs\t¸mse ao³ amjn\v Poh\mbncp¶p. ISenepw ]pgbnepapÅ GsXmcp aÕy¯nsâbpw Cw¥ojnepw aebmf¯nepapÅ t]cpIÄ amjn\v lrZnØambncp¶p.

1948þ KmÔnPn acn¨p. tdUntbmhn hmÀ¯ h¶p. KmÔnPn acn¨psh¶ ZpxJhmÀ¯ amjns\ Btcm Adnbn¨p. DSs\ amjnsâ Iaâv: ""GXv KmÔn?''

IYtI«v tImtfPpapgph³ Nncn¨p. X\n¡pNpäpw Nncn¨p\n¡p¶ {]nbs¸«hcpsS CSbneqsS Bdpamk¡mcsâ Nncnbpambn \¼ymcvamjv IS¶pt]mbn. ]qs\bn Xmakn¨ncp¶t¸mÄ Xm³ KmÔnPnbpambn ]e Znhk§fnepw kwkmcn¡mdpsWvS¶pw At±l¯nsâ {]mÀ°\mtbmK§fn XpSÀ¨bmbn ]¦psImWvSncp¶psh¶pw \¼ymcvamjv BtcmSpw ]dªnÃ.

Xsâ sNdnb ho«n \nc´cw ieyapWvSm¡nbncp¶ Hscensb \¼ymcvamjv sIWnh¨p]nSn¨p. cm{Xn bn sIWnhogp¶ i_vZw amjv tI«ncp¶p. ]peÀ¨bn kt´mjt¯msS i{Xphns\ ImWm³ At±lw Fens¸«n¡cnInse¯n.

\njvIf¦amb I®pItfmsS Fen At±ls¯ t\m¡n. ]ns¶ KmÔnPnbptSXpt]mepÅ hnSÀ¶ sNhnIÄ IqÀ¸n¨p.

amjn\v KmÔnPnsb HmÀah¶p. hnSÀ¶p IqÀ¸n¨ sNhnIÄ At±l¯nsâ kzØX sISp¯n. Fensb sImÃp¶Xns\¡pdn¨v Nn´n¨t¸msgms¡ At±lw XfÀ¶v IqSn\cnsI Ccp¶p.

Hcn¡Â Un¸mÀ«vsaâv sse{_dnbn Hcp ]pkvXIsaSp¡m\mbn \¼ymcvamjv IS¶ph¶p. R§ft¸mÄ NqSp]nSn¨ NÀ¨bnembncp¶p. amjv kmIqXw R§sf t\m¡n.

""CXv amjn\v a\Ênemhp¶ hnjbaÃ. tdmbnbpsS dmUn¡Â lyqa\nkamWv hnjbw. XoÀ¯pw s]mfnän¡Â''. amsj AhKWn¨v Al¦mct¯msS R§Ä ]dªp.

""Fw.F³. tdmbnsb¡pdn¨mtWm \n§Ä ]dbp¶Xv?'' Gsd kabw Ignªv amjv tNmZn¨p.

""AsX''

""Hm, Abmfpw AbmfpsS saIvkn¡³ ssh^pw Rm\pw tNÀ¶v ]ps\bnse Hcp XpWn¡SbnÂ\n¶v XpWnhm§m³ t]mImdpWvSmbncp¶p.''

Bdpamkw {]mbapÅ Ipªnsâ NncntbmsS amjv ]dªp. ]ns¶ R§sf hn«v ]pdt¯¡v \S¶pt]mbn.

Hcp i_vZhpw ]n¶oSv R§fnÂ\n¶v ]pd¯ph¶nÃ.