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kmSn Sp_¶ f³hqÀ bp_¯p Wn¡p¶ WoWs]¡*p A`vbw bN¨p. AkWp k]Êv 28 Bs]¦n`pw CSv ks^ C¯^w hmiI^y§Ä tW^n«nÃm¯ H^p bmkfm]n^p¶p. fm{SfÃ, Aksâ fWhn`pÅ skXn h¦`vb§Ä¡Wph^n¨pÅ H^p ^qbfm]n^p¶nà WoW]ptXSv. Ak³ km]n¨ N¼n bphvSN§anÂ, Ak³ N* gNo` hnWnfNan Hs¡ t`mZvKpNan tbmkp¶ tkly F¶v sk¨mÂ, NXpw Wn_¯n`pÅ `nbvÌn¡v C«, tf]vNvbv km^n bqln], S`]n fpøqkv sk¨, k]_p bNpSn]pw bp_¯p Nm\n¡p¶ hm^n DXp¯ H^p hv{So B]n^p¶p. F¶m WoWs] N*m Ct¸mÄ tNmtaKn tbmNm³ C_§n] H^p sb\vNp«ns]t¸ms` D*m]n^p¶p. H^p Nmhz Xn gÀ«pw Ko³hv– tkgw. i]v ioÂhv C« sI^p¸v. dyq«nbmÀ`_n tbmkm_ps*¶Sv AkapsX hvs{X]vä³ sI]vS fpXn]n Wn¶pw tg¸v sI]vS bp^nN¯n Wn¶pw kyàw. F¶m tf¡¸v kas^ Np_t¨ D*m]n^p¶pÅp. fpøqkv tbm]n«v H^p sfm«p N½Â tbm`pw Be^\fm]n«p AkapsX l^o^¯n D*m]n^p¶nÃ.

f³hqÀ H¶pw fn*msS ‘bps¶Ãp N* F`ns]t¸ms`’ Wn`vNp¶Sv N* WoW]pw H¶v bN¨p. “”Òvfv. Mm³ WoW. hmw Np«n b_ª… “” Np¸n¨nÃp sbm«pw tbms`]pÅ AkapsX fVp^ hz^w tN«t¸mjm\v f³hq_nâv tdmVw Sn^n¨p Nn«n]Sv. Cksa C§sW bp_¯p WnÀ¯n]sS´nWv? Bs^¦n`pw N*n^ps¶¦nÂ?

“”thm_n WoW. Mm³ sbs«¶v WoWs] N*t¸m… bvaohv Nw C³. ANt¯¡v k^q”” AkÄ H^mlzmht¯msX ANt¯¡v k¶p. Ak³ kmSn AX¨p Npän]n«p. CWn Np_¨p hf]w M§apsX t`mNw.

“”ssWhv äp foäv ]p fnÌÀ…. “” AkÄ Wo«n¸nXn¨ ssNNant`¡v f³hqÀ Aksâ ssNNÄ WÂNn. AkWp sbs«¶v tgm¡v AXn¨ tbms` tSm¶n. A{S]v¡v fmÀUkw. A{S]v¡v hpOfpÅ S\p¸v. AkapsX Wp\¡pjnNÄ Nm«n]pÅ bp©n^n. AkapsX WWkmÀ¶ t_mhm¸q tbms` DÅ IÀfw, kaNn`p¡w tbms` DÅ lÐw… “”thm_n Sm¦apsX tb^v… “” H¶pw fn*msS bN¨p Wn¶ AktWmXp AkÄ bns¶]pw tImUn¨p. “”Hm. thm_n WoW. Fsâ tb^v f³hv… sF fo³, sI_n]m³””. AkÄ bns¶]pw Wp\¡pjn Nm«n In^n¨p. “”NÅt¸s^ms¡ BUytf HmÀ¯p sk¡t*… “” F¶n«p bSps¡ Aksâ Nknan H¶v S«n.

AkWpw AkapsX NqsX In^n¨p. “”FWn¡nsSm¶pw A{S b^nI]w CÃ. C¶nknsX NpXp§n tbm]v iÀ¯m Nm^\w. bns¶ hmw Np«n Ssâ tcmt«m Nm\n¨t¸m… Fs¶¦n`pw CsSms¡ sI¿\sf¦n Ss¶t¸ms` H^msa CWn Nn«psf¶v tSm¶n]nÃ. At¸mÄ H¶v tWm¡msf¶p knIm^n¨p””. {blwh CãsbXm¯ hv{SoNsa ssUkw CWn]pw hrãn¨nÃm¯SnWm ASkÄ¡p N¼nNp«³.sWäv