HmÀ¡p¶ntà B Imhyw? aebmfnbmsW¦n ad¡m\mInÃtÃm. A{Xta Bß\nµtbmsSbÃmsX sNmÃm\mInÃtÃm. F¶ncn¡epw sNmÃmXncn¡m\mInÃtÃm. ImcWtam? A{Xta BßmÀ°amWm IhnX. GX¶tÃ? asäm¶paÃ. 'IpSnsbmgn¡Â'. FgpXnbXv sshtem¸nÅn {io[ctat\m³. B tat\m³, Xsâ BßIY A\pjvTp¸nem¡n \o«n¸mSnbt¸mÄ Bbnt]mbXmWv B Imhysa¶v kn²m´n¨ncn¡p¶ ]ÞnX·mcmsc¦nepw C¡me¯papsWvS¦n lm! IjvSw.

B tat\m\v F¶Ã; AXsæn tNem«v ANypXtat\m\v F¶paÃ; AXpasæn then¡I¯v i¦c³ ANypXm\µ\v F¶paÃ; aebmfnbmtWm, Ahs\Ãmw tNcpaXv. A{Xta BßmÀ°w! BgkXyw.
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Pmfn¨v Icªv Cu¨chmcyÀ Cd§pw. jmPn Icp¬ s]¿n¨ agbnte¡v. At¸mÄ AI¯v ANypXtat\m³ BßIhnX sNmÃpIbmWv. sshtem¸nÅn {io[ctat\m³ sNmÃnb AtXhcn. AtX BßmÀ°X. AtX BgkXyw:
".....Rm\n\n tase§s\
I®mSn t\m¡pw?"

DZmlcWw ]g©\msbt¶m? Fgp]XpIfpsS NqcSn¡ps¶t¶m? sskhnIN{µt\bpw `mkpcN{µt\bpw am\¯p ImWps¶t¶m? ]Ým¯e kwKoXsat¶mWw thWpKm\w tIÄ¡mdmIps¶t¶m, A{Xta Im¸\nItam? tImSntbcnbnse _meIrjvW·msc t]meokv CSn¨p NX¡p¶Xv hnizkn¡m\mIp¶nsÃt¶m? ]nWdmbnbnse hnPb·mÀ tNmc¡dbpÅ Ip¸mbhpambn \nbak`bn sN¶p \n¡p¶ hn¹hcwKw IWvSv hndsImÅps¶t¶m? A{Xta Ahnizk\obtam ? F¦n hm, D]abpsS B\pImenIt¯¡v hm.

CXm t\m¡v, AtX taSbnÂ, \mepw Iq«n apdp¡n C¼¯n tafw Iq«n asämcmÄ B\µmXntcIt¯msS hmgp¶p. At¸mgXm, hmkcs¯mgnemfnIÄ, aqe¼Ånbn \n¶v, sN§d\n¶v, FcbmwIpSn \n¶v, aqcym«v \n¶v, Bdf¯p\n¶v, ap¯§bn \n¶v, Cs¶Sp¯p\n¶v F¶nà F§p\ns¶s¡tbm h¶v hmXnen ZrUwZrUw ap«p¶p. hmgpt¶m\ptWvSm sa¯ ssIhnSp¶p? CÃ. AaÀ¶ncn¡p¶p. F¶mtem Ignbp¶nÃ. a\atÃ. AXnsemcmibw. Fgpt¶Â¡msa¶v. hmXn Xpd¡msa¶v. hmkcs¯mgnemfnIÄs¡m¸w tNcmsa¶v. As¶mcn¡Â F.sI.Pn \S¶t]mse AhÀ¡p ap¶n \S¶v Ahsc \bn¡msa¶v. A§s\bhtcmsSm¸w ]mS¯v F¯msa¶v. BZyw A[nImcw sIm¿msa¶v. ]n¶oSmImw s]m¶mcys\¶v. A{Xbpw Bin¨v
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"Rm\ntases§s\ I®mSn t\m¡pw"?.

t¢mk¸v: asäÃm hcnIfpw ad¶mepw Cu Fgp¯mf³ B hcn sNmÃns¡mtWvSbncn¡pw." sNäbmw hnS³ Rm\n\ntase§s\ I®mSn t\m¡pw" Adnbpt¶mÄ¡dnbmw. B BgkXyw. BßIhnX l l!