ഒരു വിജൃംഭിച്ച കഥ [മന്ദന്‍ രാജാ]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¸w F¯m³ bäq ..
Nk`]n Wn¶pw dhn_§n tWs^ sk¨v bnXn¡pkm\v sNbn {loN` . N¿ns` NX`mhv sbmSn]n foWpÅSv sNm*mt\m AtSm sNbn {loN`]psX Np*n]na¡w Nm\mWmt\m F¶_n]nà fq¶m`v B¬b «nNapw bp_sN WX¸p*v .

“” Cs¶¶m {lo¡p«ns] .. hpµ^³ k¶nÃt]m ?’N¿m`¡¸p_s¯ Npän¡m¸nt¯m«¯o¶p F dn dpg_]psX S` sbm§n ….

“” Nkt`Â D*v dpgs_ ….sI¯n So^m_mt]m? “”

“” Hm ….””

‘ Bkly¯nWp bÅt]mt*m?’

‘ B .. bÅ Nm^\w H¶pw Nm\m³ k¿ {loNs` …’ dpg_]psX A¸p_¯p Wn¶pw hn kn Npªn^mf³ S`]p]À¯n

‘ tbm ..H¶v ^mfm … “” dpg_ Wm\w sNm*v Iqan ^mfsW tWm¡n b_ªp … ASv N* {loN`¡v N¿m`¡¸p_w F´m\v WX¡p¶sS¶_n]m³ KnÚmht]_n

“” MmsWm^p hm^n km§n .. F§sW]ps*¶p tWm¡nt¡ dpg_m”” b_ªSpw sNbn {loN` sbmanªp NnX¡p¶ N¿m`]psX kl¯qsX A¸p_s¯¡v ImXn …
tN bnt]mXp {lwP^n¡mWm]n H^p Wnfngt¯¡v S`]p]À¯n] ^mf³ S³s_ b\n]nt`¡v ko*pw NX¶n^p¶p … {loN` C¸p_¯v ImXn]Spw “”At¿m “” F¶ knant]msX dpg_ ^mf³s_ km]n Wn¶pw S³s_ A^s¡«v sbm¡n ImXns]jpt¶äp ..^mfmWsS NnX¸v NnX¶tS]pÅq … B^pw sNmSn¡p¶ sNbn {loN`]psX N®pNÄ F¦n`pw S³s_ Np®s] Smt`mXns]¦n AsSm^p Blzmhftà …

Npªn^mf³s_ Np¶n¡p^p tbms`]pÅ `PmWn Wn¶pw sNbn]psX N®pNÄ tbm]Sv At¸mjpw ssN`n Smtj¡v CXmsS AÔman¨p Wn¡p¶ dpg_]psX bq_nt`¡m\v

‘ bÅ sI¯n¡jnªpsk¶v b_ªn«v bÅ]nt¸mjpw D*tÃm dpg_ ?’ “” S³s_ Bfthm¬ kWm´^§Ä tSm¡p¶ NmXns`¡p tWm¡n]m\v sNbn b_ªsS¶v A_nªt¸mÄ dpg_ sb«¶v S³s_ fp*v Smjv¯n]n«p .

‘ {lo¡p«n …ko«nt`¡v MmWpfp*v tNt«m …ekmWnt¨¨ns] Nm\* Nm^yfp*v …’
“” Npªn^mfm Wo]ntSm¶p bnXnt¨ …’ dpg_ sI¯nsk¨ bpÃpsN«nWXps¯¡v sI¶p b_ªp..Npªn^mf³ fWhnÃmfWthmsX dpg_]psX S`]nt`¡v bpsÃXp¯p sk¨v sNmXp¯p ..

‘ CsS¶v fpS`m SpX§ns] F³s_ dpg_m….. “”

‘ sNmt_ Wmam]n ..M§av ^*mapw Ft\w sSmt\w CÃmsS C^n¡pktà …. I¯m Ioªp tbm\ hmVWftà dpg_m H¶v Sm¶pw b_ªp sNmt_ Wmam]n F³s_ sbm_sN NqXn]n«p …. bns¶ bmkw tSm¶n MmWpf§p h½Sn¨p … Ak³ b_ª tbms` I¯m Ioªp tbmNp¶ hmVWftà .sk_psS bq«n s¡«n sk¨ns«¶m Nm\n¡mWm …. BÀt¡`pw DbN^n¡ps¶ DbN^n¡s« ..Asà N¼nNp«³.sWäv