മദിരാക്ഷി [Mango]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bpÅn]psX fnN-vhnRv ^oSn. F¶n«p Ip*n tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p sNm*v Du_n NpXn¨p H^p hnbv.
At¶^w Bt^m k^p¶ NmÂs¸^pfmäw tN«p Mm³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ ssf¡nÄ BlmWm\v.
“”””ZmÀNv ssWäv” A´nb{S¯nsâ b{SmVnbÀ Nw s{bmss{bäÀ Nw t`ON³, ZmÀNv ssWäv– ssf¡nÄ Blm³. M§Ä fq¶p tb^pfm\v Cu Wm«ns` tb^ptN« NpXn]·mÀ.
“”””Bim… tW^s¯ SpX§nt]m fmÌs_? Xm fmt¦m… Wo]pw NpXn¡pkmt\m? Wnsâ AÑtWmXv b_]\w, N^ap sbm«n Imkpt¼m kmÀ¯ Fhv¢qhokm]n ZmÀNv ssWänWp Ss¶ S^\w F¶v”
“”””thmZm]mtXm b{S¡m^m” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””F¶m sNmÅmw… fmÌs_.. FWn¡pw Hs¶mjnt¨.. bq¡akpw b¨¡_n]pw H¶pw tk*m.. NÅpw skÅkpw fm{Sw fSn” fmÌÀ Wm^§m,C©n,fpaNv,bpSnW CsSms¡ fUy¯n tIÀ¡p¶SnsW Blm³ b_]m_pÅSv bq¡afnX F¶m\v. fmÌÀ Hjn¨p sNmXp¯ ¥mhv Wn¶ Wn¸n Hä k`n¡v Nm`n]m¡n Blm³ tImUn¨p “”””F´nWm sbs«¶v k^m³ b_tª?”
fmÌÀ Nth^]nt`¡v ssN Iq*n]t¸mÄ Blm³ C^p¶p. fpOs¯ Pu^kw A{S bSnkpÅSÃ. At±iw Fs¶]pw BlmsW]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n]n«v b_ªp SpX§n. “”””Cksâ Nm^yfm… fmt¦m]psX. b¯WwSn« tNm¶n¡Xpt¯m^p sskUy³ D*v. F´m*v Nm«pf^ps¶ms¡ A^¨p N`¡n H^p b^nbmXn]m. bs£ hwPSn e]¦^ FcvcNväokv Bs\¶m\v Mm³ A_nªSv. W½psX Fs½tÃ]psX AWn]³ tKm\n¡p«n]psX N^ap bjp¯t¸mÄ Ct§^psX AXp¯m sNm*p tbm]Sv. fq¶p fmhw InNnÕ. tKm\n¡p«n Cs¸m H^p cpÄ Wn¶Xn¡pw! N^mams\¦n ZdnÄ hv–t{XmRv”
Fsâ fWÊn`pw fpO¯pw B]n^w fjknÃpNÄ H^pfn¨p kn^nªp.
“”””bt£ H^p {blvWw D*v” fmÌÀ SpXÀ¶p “”””Cu b_]p¶ sskUy³ GSm*v Nm«p fq¸Wm. Nm«n`m Smfhkpw. Ip½m sI¶m At§^p W½sa InNnÂhn¡pN tbm]n«v AXp¸n¡pN tbm`pw CÃ.”
“”””bgv–Xv !” ssf¡nÄ Blm³ In_n tNm«n.
“”””As¸m bns¶ F´p sI¿pw fmÌs_?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””tNm¶n]n DÅ H^p `mhÀ A¨m]³ D*v. A]mÄ¡v Cu b_]p¶ fq¸³ sskUyWpfm]n Wà AXp¸fm. At§^m\v Cs¸m CknsX k^pw F¶v Mm³ b_ª N£n. Cs¸m F¯pw. At§^v knIm^n¨m Wfp¡v fmt¦ms] AknsX sNm*p tbm]n InNnÂhn¡mw. Ck³ ko*pw NpXn SpX§m³ tk*n H¶pw AÃ. C¶s` Cksâ AWn]³ tZmÎs_ Mm³ N*n^p¶p. CWn]nt¸m CSp kgamkpNs] DÅp¶m Ak³ b_]p¶Sv. Wfp¡v Wm«p f^p¶v H¶p ss{X sI]vSp tWm¡mw. F´m]m`pw tUmgw H¶pw k^nÔ
“”””ASp sl^n]m… Wfp¡v H¶v {lfn¡mw N¼nNp«³.sWäv