{_®³ tImtfPn Fsâ A[ym]I PohnXw XpS§p¶Xv 1960 embncp¶p. Im¯pInS¶Xv A\p`h§fpsS ISÂ. Fsâ PohnXs¯bpw cmjv{Sobs¯bpw Gähpw IrXyambn cq]s¸Sp¯p¶Xv ae_mÀ PohnXhpw {_®³ tImtfPpamWv. Hcp hyànbpsSbpw kzm[o\hpw D]tZihpw C¡mcy¯n DWvSmbn«nÃ. I®ocpw tNmcbpw hoW Ncn{X¯nsâ CS\mgnIfnÂ\n¶v PohnX¯nsâ DuSphgnIfnte¡v A{]Xo£nXamb A\p`h§Ä HgpInh¶p. B {]hml¯n ]et¸mgpw Rm³ HgpInt¸mbn.
XetÈcnbnse Hcp tlmantbm tUmIvSsd Rm³ ]Xnhmbn kµÀin¨ncp¶p. XnI¨pw AÛpXIcamb hyànXzw Im¯pkq£n¡p¶ tUmIvSÀ F¶n hnkvabhpw IuXpIhpw hfÀ¯n. Fsâ AkpJ§Ä Gähpw \nÊmcamb Nne Huj[hnZyIÄsImWvSv tUmIvSÀ kpJs¸Sp¯n. Hcn¡Â Rm³ ChnsS sNÃpt¼mÄ acWmk¶\mb Hcp Iym³kÀ tcmKn tUmIvSdpsS NnInÕbnepWvSv. Xmakw tUmIvSdpsS ho«nÂ. \ap¡v At±ls¯ A_vZpÄ aPoZv F¶p hnfn¡mw. (icnbmb t]cÃ).
tUmIvSdpsS hoSv acWmk¶cmb ]e tcmKnIÄ¡pw A`bambncp¶p. tUmIvSdpsS ho«n tUmIvSdpsS `mcybpw a¡fpapWvSmbncp¶p. \nch[n Xnc¡pIÄ thsdbpapWvSmbncp¶p. ChÀ¡nSbnemWv acWw AcnInse¯nb tcmKnIÄ ip{iqjn¡s¸«ncp¶Xv. thZ\bIäm³ Gähpw DNnXamb NnInÕm k{¼Zmb§fnsem¶mWv tlmantbm F¶v tUmIvSdpsS NnInÕ \nÈ_vZw sXfnbn¨p.
A_vZpÄ aPoZns\ ip{iqjn¡m³ At±l¯nsâ Hc\nb³ IqsSbpWvSmbncp¶p. aPoZn\v aqt¶m \mtem ¢mknsâ ]Tn¸v. IjvSn¨v hmbn¡m\dnbmw. A¼¯nb©v hbÊv tXm¶n¡pw. NSpeamb kw`mjWcoXnbmbncp¶p At±l¯ntâXv. hfsc¡pd¨v aebmfw hm¡pItf At±lw ]dªncp¶pÅq.
Rm³ Hcp Znhkw A_vZpÄ aPoZns\ ]cnNbs¸«p. acWw hfsc ASps¯¯nbn«pw At±lw ImWn¡p¶ \nÊwKXbpw DujvafXbpw AÛpXmhlambncp¶p. BZyambn ]cnNbs¸Sp¶ Hcmfnt\mSv ImWn¡p¶ kvt\l _lpam\§Ä At±lw Ft¶mSv ImWn¨p.
ASp¯ XhW t]mbt¸mÄ Rm³ At±l¯n\v hmbn¡m\mbn aebmf¯nse Gähpw A\p`hk¼¶\mb Fgp¯pImc³ ssh¡w apl½Zv _jodnsâ Hcp ]pkvXIw \ÂIn. CXphtc¡pw At±lw Hcp ]pkvXIhpw hmbn¨ncp¶nÃ. hmbn¡m\dnbp¶ GhÀ¡pw _jodns\ CjvSs¸Sm\mhpsa¶v F\n¡dnbmambncp¶p.
B {]Xo£tbmsSbmWv Rm³ ASp¯ XhW sN¶Xv. ]pkvXIw hmbnt¨m F¶v Rm³ tNmZn¨p. Cu ]pkvXI¯nsâ hmb\sb¯pSÀ¶v At±lw aäp ]pkvXI§Ä Bhiys¸Spsa¶v Rm³ hnNmcn¨p.
BZyw Fs¶ IWvSt¸mÄ A_vZpÄ aPoZnsâ apJ¯v A¼c¸mbncp¶p. ]n¶oSXv t£m`ambn amdn. ]pkvXIw At±lw F\n¡pt\sc hens¨dnªp. Cu ]pkvXI¯n ]dbp¶ A\p`h§fmtWm C{X al¯mbsX¶v At±lw tNmZn¨p. A\p`h§sf¶m F´msW¶v Xm³ ImWn¨pXcmw F¶mbn A_vZpÄ aPoZv. £oWw hym]n¨ icochpambn At±lw Fgpt¶äncp¶p. ]ns¶ jÀ«qcn tai¸pd¯n«p. A_vZpÄ aPoZv Xncnªp\n¶p.
Hcp sR«temsS At±l¯nsâ icoc¯nsâ ]pdw`mKw Rm³ IWvSp. AXn \ndsb sh«nsâbpw Ip¯nsâbpw IeIfmbncp¶p. s\SpsIbpw IpdpsIbpw DÅh. acW¯nsâ Gähpw ASp¯ Xoc§Ä F{Xtbm ap¼v At±lw IWvSn«psWvS¶v F\n¡p a\Ênembn. hÃms¯mcp XIÀ¨tbmsS Rm³ At±l¯n\p ap¶n \n¶p.
""Cu apdnhpIÄ t_mws_bpsS k½m\amWv. FÃm cmjv{Sob ]mÀ«nIfpsSbpw ASbmf§Ä Fsâ ]pd¯pWvSv.'' At±lw ]dªXv Cu coXnbnsem¶pambncp¶nÃ. ]s£, AXnsâ AÀYw C§s\bmbncp¶p.
A_vZpÄ aPoZv ]«nWnsImWvSv XfÀ¶v sNdnb hbÊn t_mws_bnte¡v hWvSn Ibdn. AhnsS "\mcnbÂhme'bmbn. Hmtcm cmjv{Sob]mÀ«n¡mbn XÃpImc\mbn.XÃpsImSp¯p. hm§n. acW¯nsâ Bg¸c¸pIÄ¡v PohnXt¯mfw AKm[Xbnsöv A_vZpÄ aPoZv Adnªp.
""F\n¡pthWvSn Rm³ Hcp Ddp¼ns\t¸mepw thZ\n¸n¨n«nÃ. Bscbpw XÃnbn«nÃ...'' A_vZpÄaPoZv ]dªp. At±lw Fs¶ tdmUnte¡v £Wn¨p. \mjWÂ sslthbneqsS IS¶pt]mIp¶ hml\§Ä t\m¡nsImWvSv R§Ä\n¶p.
""Cu hcp¶ hml\§fn BZys¯ \mjW s]Àanäv temdn¡v Rm³ ssIImWn¡pw. At¸mÄ Fs¶¡pdn¨v IqSpX a\ÊnemIpw.''
A_vZpÄ aPoZv ]dªp.
Ipd¨pkabw \n¶t¸mÄ \mjW s]Àanäv temdn h¶p. A_vZpÄ aPoZv B temdn¡v ssI ImWn¨p. At±l¯n\pap¶n kU³ t{_¡n«v temdn \n¶p. ss{UhÀ temdnbnÂ\n¶v NmSnbnd§n kemw h¨p. cWvSpt]cpw Nncn¨psImWvSv Ipiew ]dªp. At±l¯nsâ A\phmZt¯msS temdn IS¶pt]mbn.
""CXv Hcp \mcnbÂhmembpsS PohnXamWv. FÃm \mjW s]Àanäv temdn¡mscbpw Rm³ Adnbpw. H¶pIn Rm³ Ahsc XÃnbn«pWvSmIpw. Asæn AhÀ Fs¶....''
At±l¯nsâ hm¡pIfn H«pw KrlmXpcXzw DWvSmbncp¶nÃ.
cWvSp amkw Ignªt¸mÄ A_vZpÄ aPoZv acn¨p. tUmIvSÀ aäv tcmKnIfpsS thZ\Ifnte¡v Dufbn«p. ip{iqjn¡m³ \n¶ A\nb³ Xncn¨pt]mbn.
Fsâ a\Ên A_vZpÄ aPoZnsâ ]pd¯p tImdnbn« t_mws_bpsS cmjv{Sob am¸v sXfnbp¶p. cmjv{Sob¯nsâ asämcÀYw. A\p`h§fpsS asämcp hymJym\w.... |