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hnip² kactamþ ‘hnip²cpsS’ kactam?

Hcp kzImcy sSenhnj³ Nm\ense lmkymhnjvImc ]cn]mSn. AXn ss{IkvXh k`bnsemcp hn`mK¯nÂs¸« hr²\msbmcp tae[y£³ s]m«n¡cªpsIms­s´ms¡tbm ]dbp¶p. hfsc {i²n¨n«pw H¶pw XncnªnÃ. IãamWsÃm CsXt¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ BZyt¯Xnepw iàambn thsdmcp hr²]nXmhv Aeapdbn«p Icbp¶Xp I­p. At±lhpw Fs´ms¡tbm ]dªp sIm­ncp¶p. AXpw XncnªnÃ. CsXÃmw I­v s]m«n¨ncn¡p¶ {InkvXphnt\bpw ImWn¡p¶p.

Htc k`bnÂs¸« c­p hn`mK¡mÀ \S¯p¶ kac¯nsâþ \ncmlmc kac¯nsâ `mKambmWm Ic¨nepw aäpw. c­p Iq«À¡pw “{InkvXp\mYs\” Bcm[n¡Ww. AXmWhcpsS Bhiyw. AXn\mbhÀ hgn XSbp¶p, PmYIÄ kwLSn¸n¡p¶p, D¨¯n ap{ZmhmIyw hnfn¡p¶p. B ap{ZmhmIy§fmWv tIÄt¡­Xv. Ak`y `mjbn s]mXnª sXdn Xs¶bmWv apãnNpcp«nb `àÀ hnfn¨p]dbp¶Xv. AXn k`bpsS “Xncphkv{X§Ä” AWnª ]ptcmlnXcpap­mbncp¶p. AhÀs¡Ãmw “ssZhs¯” Bcm[n ¡Ww t]mepw! ssZhs¯ AXntesd Ahtlfn¡m³ BÀ¡mWv IgnbpI?

{InkvXob hnizmkapff aäp k`IfnÂs¸« t{ijvT sa{Xms]meo¯mamcpw sa{Xm·mcpw B “hnip²kacs¯” A\pIqen¨nÃ. AXv “ss__nÄ km£y”¯ns\XncmsW¶pw AXpsIm­p Xs¶ Htc k`bnÂs¸« c­p Iq«tcbpw Hcpabn sIm­phcm³ aäv {InkvXob hn`mKaXtae[y£·mÀ a[yØw hln¡msa¶v ]ebmhÀ¯n ]dªn«pw AXn\v hg§m¯ sa{Xm·mscbpw sa{Xt]meo¯mamtcbpw F´p sN¿Wsa¶dn bmsX \«w XncnbpIbmWv `cW t\XrXzhpw {Iakam[m\w Dd¸mt¡­ DtZymKØhÀ¤hpw. ssZhs¯ Bcm[n¡m³ sh¼Â sImÅp¶ tae[y£·mcpsS hkv{Xw t]mepw “Xncphkv{X” amsW¶XmWv Gähpw henb Xami. “ssZhta, A§sb hmgv¯n kvXpXn¡m\pw Bcm[n¡m\pambn F\n¡v \ÂInb Fsâ \mhpsIm­v Fs´¦nepw Rm³ At§¡v lnXIcaÃm¯ hn[¯n ]dªn«ps­¦n AXp s]mdp¯v Fs¶ kzÀ¤ cmPy¯n {]thin¸n¡m³ IcpW ImWn¡Wta” F¶v A´y IqZmim (tcmKote]\) thfbn sNmÃp¶ B ]ptcmlnX \m¡p sIm­v sXdnhnfn¡p¶Xv tI«t¸mÄ A¡q«tcmSv shdp¸pw hntZzjhpamWv tXm¶nbXv. t\ct¯ ]dª lmkymhnjvImc sSenhnj³ ]cn]mSnbn {IqinX\mb {InkvXphnsâ I®pIfn \n¶pw ]et¸mgpw càw I®p\oÀ IWt¡ XpÅn¯pÅnbmbn hogp¶Xp ImWp¶ GsXmcp t{]jI\pw DÅn Nn´n¡pw: “ChÀ BscbmWv Bcm[n¡p¶Xv?” BÀ¡pthWw ChcpsS Bcm[\? ChÀ {InkvXphns\ Ahtlfn¡pIbtà sN¿p¶Xv?”

hnizmknIsf t\Àhgn¡v \St¯­hÀ Xs¶ \SptdmUn D]tcm[w krãn¨mtem? AXn\nSbn Ass{IkvXh\msbmcmÄ ]dbp¶Xp tI«p. “Cu ]ptcmlnXtcbpw ]ptcmlnX t{ijvT·mtcbpw Bâam³ \nt¡m_mÀ Zzo]pIfnte¡b¨v AhnsSbhÀ Bcm[\ \S¯nbm AhcpsS Bcm[\ Ignªp \m«n Xncns¨¯p t¼mtg¡pw hnizmknIÄ H¶mbn amdnbncn¡p”sa¶v. icnbmWv. Hcn¡semcp Nn´I³ ]dªp: “k`bpsS {]iv\w k`bv¡v shfnbn \n¶pÅhcn \n¶Ã. {]iv\w k`bv¡pÅnepÅhcn \n¶mWvþ k`mhnizmknIfn \n¶mWvþ ]ptcmlnXcn \n¶pw sshZoI tae[y£·mcn \n¶pamWv” F¶v. “\n³ \maw hmgv¯phm\sæn \msh\ns¡´n\v \mYm” F¶v ]mSp¶ \mhpsIm­p Xs¶ \mSp \osf sXdn]dªvþ ]dbn¸n¨vþ A{Iaw ImWn¡m³ t{]cn¸n¨v kacw sN¿p¶XmtWm “kphntijthe”sb¶v aXtae[y£·mÀ Nn´n¡p¶Xp sImÅmw.

]s£, k`mtae[y£·mcpw kaql¯nsâ h³{kmhpIfpsS Iq«¯nÂs¸«hcmWv. AXpsIm­p Xs¶ AhÀ \nba¯n\p apIfnemWv. AhÀs¡Xnsc \S]SnsbSp¡m³ `cWIÀ¯m¡Ä¡m hnÃ. Ahsc kwc£n¡m\pw {Iakam[m\ \ne \ne\nÀ¯m\pw th­n \nban¡s¸Sp¶ t]meokptZymKØÀ Cu AhnizmknIfm bhÀ¡v “Bcm[\ \S¯m\pw hnip² kacw \bn¡m\pambn” ssZhmeb ]cnkc¯v X¼Sn¨p Igntb­n hcnIsb¶p ]dªmÂ? {InkvXp\mYs\ Bcm[n¡m\pw IpÀºm\ AÀ¸n¡m\pw s]meoknsâ em¯nbpw tXm¡pw Pe]oc¦nbpw th­n hcp¶p sh¦nÂ? kwØm\hnIk\¯n\v ]Ww CÃmXncnt¡, \nIpXn ZmbIÀ sImSp¡p¶ \nIpXn¸Ww sXdn ]dbp¶htcbpw apãnNpcp«n ap{ZmhmIyw hnfn¡p¶htcbpw kwc£n¡m\mbn sNehntS­Xmbn hcp¶psh¶Xv IãatÃ? kv{XoIsfbpw Ipªp Ip«nItfbpw hsc s]cphgnbnte¡p XÅnhnSp¶ Cu hnip² kacw sIm­v {InkvXp al¯oIcn¡s¸SpIbmtWm sN¿p¶Xv? CXns\bmtWm kphntijthesb¶v hnfn¡p¶Xv?

]ptcmlnXcpw ]nXm¡·mcpw hnip²kacw \bn¡pt¼mgpw hnizmknIÄ X½n¯½n kulrZw ]peÀ¯p¶psh¶XmWv asämcpXami. c­p hn`mK¯nÂs¸«hÀ X½n hnhml§Ä [mcmfw \S¡p¶p­v. Hcpho«n¯s¶ c­p hn`mK¯nÂs¸«hÀ H¶n¨v `£n¨p Ignbp¶p­v. F´n\[nIw? Hcp Iq«À \S¯p¶ `à IÀ½§fn atä hn`mK¯nÂs¸«hÀ ]s¦Sp¡p¶pap­v. ]ecpw Nn丷mcpw Ipª½amcpw t]c¸·mcpw t]c½amcpw \m¯q·mcpw B§fbpamsW¶ncnt¡ AhÀ thÀXncnªp\n¶v \S¯p¶ hnip² kacw hkvXphIIÄ¡mtWm?þ ]ptcmlnX kwXr]vXn¡mtWm?þ ]ptcmlnX t{ijvT·mcpsS \nÀ_Ô¯n\Sns¸«Xn\memtWm?þ Bfp Ifn¡m\mtWm?þ Bcm[n¡m³ th­nbmtWm? C\nsb¦nepw A¡mcyw Nn´n¨v BfpIÄ¡v DX¸p sImSp¡mXncn¡pI.

\nba¯n\v apIfn \nev¡p¶hÀ¡v In«p¶ kwc£Ww e`yamsW¶ ImcW¯m \nbaw ewLn¡m³ Iq«p\n¡cptXþ “]nXmsh, ChÀ sN¿p¶sX´msW¶v ChÀ¡dnbnÃ. ChtcmSv £ant¡Wta.”