താജ്മഹൽ 2 [Rajeesh] 479

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BUyw Wo Wnsâ bmân Du^v.’ Mm³ b_ªp.

AkÄ Fjpt¶äp. bÀ± sbm¡n. AkapsX bmâohv Du^ns]Xp¯p. F¶n«p tXdnan sk¨p. Mm³ AkapsX bÀ± A^s¡«p ks^ sbm¡nsk¨p Aksa Fsâ fXn]nt`¡v C^p¯n. AkÄ Fsâ Np® bnXn¨p AkapsX bq_nt`¡v Sn^pNn sk¨p. AkÄ AfÀ¶n^p¶p. Fsâ Np® fpwSmhnsâ bqänt`¡v N]_n.

AkÄ C^n¡m³ C¯n^n dp²nfp«n. A`vbw tkUW]pw bns¶ Np® fpjpkWm]n DÅn`mNm¯Snsâ dp²nfp«pw AkÄ¡p*v. F¦n`pw AkÄ A§sW C^p¶psNm*v tUml Fsâ km]nt`]v¡v k¨v S^m³ SpX§n. Mm³ AkapsX fp`NÄ bnjnªpw Aksa CX]v¡nsX Fsâ Np®]n Ca¡n C^p¯n]pw BhzUn¨psNm*v cpZv Njn¨p. Akapw Njn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

‘fSnt]m?’AkÄtImUn¨p.

‘Dw…fSn . CWn Nan¡mw?’ Mm³tImUn¨p.

‘Hm Cu sNmSn]³. ssN NjpNo«p tbms^?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘Biv fSn ‘ Mm³ b_ªp.

AkÄ Fsâ Np®]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp. F¶n«p ssNNjpNn. MmWpw ssN NjpNn. AkÄ bÀ± Du^n sk¨v k¶p. B SqskÅ l^o^¯n skap¯ {dm fm{Sw. In{S¸\nNapÅ B {dm]n fpwSmhnsâ skap¯p sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ ASn ftWmi^w.

Mm³Aksa sbm¡n FXp¯p… imans` Ipk^n Aksa tIÀ¯v sk¨v Ipwdn¡pkm³ SpX§n. fpwSmhnsâ tS³ Ip*pNapsX fmVp^yw Mm³ k`n¨p NpXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. Mm³ H¶v km]v FXp¯t¸mÄ H^p Wnlzmht¯msX AkÄ knan¨p.

‘^Kotg«m…’

‘F´m Fsâ sfm©¯n¡p«o?’

‘FWn¡v ^Kotg«³H^p hSyw sI]vSp S^ptfm?’

Mm³ H^p hwl] emk¯n Aksa tWm¡n. AkÄ fpOw fmän.

‘Fs¶ Cãfms\¦n fSn. CWn Asæn Mm³ tImUn¨ Nm^yw sdÌv {c*ntWmXv b_]nsÃs¶¦n`pw hSyw sI]vSp Sm…’ Fsâ ssNNan H^p sNm¨p Np«ns]t¸ms` Sm§n¡nX¶ AkÄ b_ªp.

Mm³ AkapsX Ip*n H¶v Ipwdn¨p.

‘gdoÀ Fsâ sdÌv {c*v Ss¶… ASpsNm*m\tÃm FWn¡v Wns¶ Nn«n]Sv. bs£ CWn Wo Njnªnt« AkWpÅq… Wo Fsâ hz¯tÃ? F´ms\¶p sk¨m b_tªmaq… Cu sfm©¯n¡p tk*n F´pw Mm³ sI]vSp S^pw.’ Mm³ b_ªp.

AkÄ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p.

‘FWn¡v tk*n H¶pw sI¿*… H^p Nm^yw sI¿mSn^p¶m fSn’ B hz^¯n H^p sNm©Â D*m]n^p¶p.

‘F´m¶v b_s]Xn tf¯¨n… C§sW sX³g³ AXn¸n¡msS…’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘AtS]v… C¡ Wfp¡v tk*n H¯n^n tNm*w km§n sk¨n«p*v. ^mKotg«³ ASv Dbt]mPn¡mSn^p¶m N¼nNp«³.sWäv