N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶p NqXn Ca¡n]n«p kn^Â Du^ns]Xp¯p Bâns] tWm¡nsNm*p W¡n SpX¨p. F¶n«p b_ªp. WÃ ^pIn tI¨o.
Wo`p Wm\w sNm*p Iqant¸m]n. ko*pw H^p 10 fnWnäp NqsX AaskXp¯p. ASnWnX]n A]mapsX ssN bSn]m¯ H^p Ø`kpw Wo`pknsâ l^o^^¯n CÃm]n^p¶p. At¸mam\p AOn`³ H^p Nm^yw N*Sp. Wo`pknsâ SpX]n NqXn bqän Wn¶p sNmjp¯ skÅw HjpNn. C_§p¶p. Wo`pknsW N*m tkt_ GtSm t`mN¯n`m\p Wn¡p¶sS¶p tSm¶ntbmNpw.
”AaskXp¯p Njnªp”. tSmfm¨sâ lÏw tN«p Wo`p N®p Sp_¶p tWm¡n. F¶n«v Ssâ Nm`nsâ CX]n NqXn HjpNn k^p¶ fUK`kpw tWm¡n SpX¡t\m tk*t]m F¶p l¦n¨v AOn`sW tWm¡n. AOn`³ N®X¨p tk* F¶v BPyw Nm\n¨p. Wo`p S_]n NnX¶ Ssâ Ip^nUmÀ FXp¡pkm³ {lfn¨p. At¸mÄtSmfm¨³ kn`¡n. ”l^o^¯nWp bp_s¯ A askXpt¸ NjnªpÅp, CWn ANs¯ AaskXp¡\w”.
Wo`p H¶pw fWhn`mNmsS AOn`sW tWm¡n. AkWv Nm^yw fWhn`m]n. tSmfm¨Wv Ct¸mÄ Bâns] b®\sf¶p.
”ASnsW´v FXp¯p sNmÅp, bs£ F´p sNm*m\p AaskXp¡p¶Sp.” AOn`³ tSmfm¨tWmXv tImUn¨p.
”Bim sdÌv tImUyw Zm, CSp Nt*m ? CSp sNm*m\p AaskXp¡p¶Sp.” F¶p b_ªp sNm*p tSmfm¨³ Ssâ fp*p Ajn¨p fmän Nm`nsâ CX]n knlz^qbw {bmbn¨p NnX¡p¶ Ssâ 7 C©p WoafpÅ N_p¯ Np® FXp¯p Wo`pknsâ tWs^ Wo«nbnXn¨p. ASp N^ªp SpX§n]n^p¶p. Wo`p ASn H^p kÃm¯ emkt¯msX Ns®Xp¡msS ASn Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p. bmkw C¯^w H^p Np® BUyfm]n«mkpw Nm\p¶Sv.
”CSp sNm*§nsW]m Nn^mS³tI«m AaskXp¡p¶Sp?” AOn`³ kas^ Wngv–Na¦St]msX tImUn¨p.
”AtSm.. CsSXp¯p Wnsâ BâosX {SntNm\ tUml]n C«v ANt¯¡p N]äpN]pw C_¡pN]pw sI]vSm\p AaskXp¡p¶Sp.” tSmfm¨³ b_ªp.
Wo`p CsSms¡ tN«p In^n SpX§n]n^p¶p. In^n¡pt¼mÄ Wo`pknsâ D^p* fp`NÄ Spap¼p¶Sp Nm\m³ WÃ ^hfp*m]n^p¶p.
”Np_¨p tW^w AaskXp¯p Njn]pt¼mÄ CSn Wn¶p Wà lp²fm] tUmlfmkv k^pw, ASp Wnsâ Bân b_]p¶nX¯p Hjn¨p sNmXp¡pw. F¶n«p Wnsâ Bânt]mXv tImUn¡\w tUmlIpXm³ C{S]pw fmkv fSnt]m F¶p…” ASv b_ªv tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsW NnX¸_]nt`¡v WX¯n¨p.
Wo`pknsâ WPvWfm] WX¸v Nm\m³ Wà ^hfm]n^p¶p. WX¡pt¼mÄ Hs^®w fpNant`¡pw Hs^®w Smtj¡pw F¶ ^oSn]n CaNpN]m]n^p¶p Wo`pknsâ k`n] Np*n. ASp tWm¡n tSmfm¨³ ”ASyp{P³” F¶ ^oSn]n kn^`pNÄ sNm*p BPyw Nm\n¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv