Vultures of Kerala-36

I¯nsIm­v Ip¯nbpw Ipcnip hc¨pw ssZhs¯ Bcm[n¡p¶hÀ

Hcp ]{XhmÀ¯bn \n¶p Xs¶ XpS§mw. 2011 HtÎm_À 12\v am[ya§fn I­XmWo hmÀ¯. {InkvXpaX¯nse Hcp hn`mK¯nÂs¸« c­pIq«À X½nepÅ XÀ¡¯nemWv tIcfm sslt¡mSXn Hcp \nco£Ww t\SnbXv. “ssZh¯nsâ t]cnepÅ kz¯nsâ ssIhi¯n\pw B[n]Xy¯n\pw th­nbpÅ t]mcm«amWv \S¡p¶Xv.” Hcp aXhn`mK¯nÂs¸« c­p hnaX Iq«À “H¶n¨p t]mIm\mh¯ hn[w AI¶p t]mhpIbmsW¶v” sslt¡mSXn hnebncp¯n. “euInI Imcy§fn B[n]Xyw Øm]n¡m\pÅ t]mcm«amWv \S¡p¶Xv. hnizmknIsf IqSpX {[qhoIcn¡mt\ CXp]Icn¡q.” tImSXn Xpd¶p ]dªp. “A`n{]mb hyXymkw BibkzmX{´y¯nsâ `mKambn AwKoIcn¨m t]mepw ssZhk¶n[nbn ]ckv]cw t]mcSn¡p¶Xn\v \ymboIcWanÃ. kz¯v IqSpt¼mÄ ]nSnhenbpw IqSpsa¶XmWv A\p`hw. Ccp Iq«À¡p hyhlmcPzcw _m[n¨ncn¡pIbmWv.” A§s\ t]mbn \oXn\ymb tImSXnbpsS \nco£W§Ä. tImSXn AXnsâ D¯chn AÀ°i¦bv¡nSw sImSp¡m¯ hn[w FgpXn: “Bcm[\m kzmX{´y¯nsâ hym]vXn F{X hepXmbmepw A{Ia amÀ¤w shSnªv kulmÀ±hpw kmtlmZcyhpw \ne\n¯m³ `cWLS\b\pkcn¨v Hmtcm ]uc\pw _m[yXbp­v.” “P\m[n]Xy hncp²hpw, ss{IkvXh hncp²hpamb \S]SnIÄ aqew tImSXnsb {]tIm]n¸n¡p¶hÀ aX, Bcm[\m kzmX{´yw Xs¶ CÃmXm¡psa¶pw” tImSXn HmÀ½s¸Sp¯n. (CXmWv am[ya¯n I­ hmÀ¯). c­v hncp² hn`mK¡mÀ X½nepÅ hg¡v cayXbnem¡m³ Hcp a{´nk` D]kanXn Xs¶ ]eh«w {ian¨n«pw h©n Xncp\¡cXs¶ \n¡pIbmWv. Hcn©p t]mepw apt¶m«p t]mIm³ Ignbp¶nÃ. Ahcpambn ]nW§n t]mcm\pw Ignbp¶nÃ. ImcWw, B aX hn`mK¯nÂs¸«hÀ A{Iamkàcmbmtem? cmjv{Sob sshcmKyapÅhcmbmtem? `cn¡p¶ kÀ¡mcns\Xn cmbmtem? AhcpsS thms«Ãmw \ãs¸«mtem? \nbaw \S¸nem ¡mt\m \oXn\nÀÆlWw {]mhÀ¯n¡am¡mt\m {]bmks¸Sp¶p. ImcWw, AhscÃmw \nba¯n\v ]pdt¯m \oXn\ymb kwhn[m\¯n \¸pdtam BsW¶ tXm¶emWv ]eÀ¡papÅXv. GXm\pw BgvNIÄ¡p ap¼v AhÀ apãnNpcp«n ap{ZmhmIyw hnfn¡p¶Xpw Ahsc \nb{´n¡p¶ t\XrXzw ]«nWn InS¶v FXnÀ¸v {]ISn¸n¡p¶Xpw P\w I­XmWv. C§s\sbms¡ sN¿pt¼mgpw DÅXp ]dbWatÃm. AhscÃmw ssZh{]oXn¡pw A\p{KlhÀj ¯n\pambn {]mÀ°\IÄ DcphnSp¶p; ap«n¸mbn At]£n¡p¶p; D]hmkw A\p`hn¡p¶p. AsXÃmw I­v I®n \n¶pw tNmc [mc[mcbmbn HgpIp¶ {InkvXphnsâ {IqinX cq]wþ AXpw P\§fnhnsS Nm\ Zriy§fn ImWpIbp­mbn. sshZnIÀ hsc s]meoknsâ em¯nbSntbäv AhcpsS (Xncp)hkv{Xw s]m¡n¸nSn¨v HmSp¶Xv Nm\epIfn I­Xv ad¡mdmbn«nÃ. “BÀ¡pth­n, F´n\p th­n” C¡q«À C§s\sbms¡ sN¿p¶p.

tIcf¯nse s]meokv sdt¡mÀUv ]cntim[n¨m Htc aX¯nse Cu hncp² hn`mK¡mÀ s]meokv km¶n[y¯n “Bcm[\” \S¯p¶Xmbn tcJs¸Sp¯nbn«p­v. em¯nbpw tXm¡pw Pe]oc¦nbpw {Kmss\Upw Ds­¦nte AhÀ¡v Cuizcmcm[\ \S¯m\mhq F¶Xv \nÀ`mKyIcamWv. “ktlmZcsâ sXäpIÄ £an¡Wsa¶v” At]£n¡pt¼mÄ Xs¶ ktlmZcsâ N¦n I¯nIp¯nbnd¡m³ ap\Iq«p¶XmWv Iãw. I¯n sIm­v Hä¡p¯v Ip¯pIbÃo¡q«À sN¿p¶Xv; Ip¯n\p tijw B I¯n sIm­v Ipcnip hc¨v Ip¯nb `mKs¯ \mep IjW§fm¡n apdn¨v Ifbp¶p. A§s\bmWv Bcm[\ \S¯p¶Xv t]mepw!

1956 tIcfw cq]w sIm­t¸mÄþ AXn\p tijw H¶p c­v ZiI§Ä hsc ChnsSsbmcp hÀ¤ob elftbm aXkwLÀjtam D­mbncp¶nÃ. F¶mÂ, 1970Ifn 90 Znhk¯nsemsc®w hoXw ImWm³ XpS§n. ]n¶oSXv \mepZnhk¯nsem¶pw Ahkm\aXv ]et¸mgmbpw Ct¸mgXv Hmtcm aXhn`mK¯nÂs¸«hÀ X½n X½nepambn F¶Xv hnNn{Xambn tXm¶ntb¡mw. ]t£, AXmWXnsâ kXyw. PmXnþaX hn`mK§Ä¡v sXcsªSp¸nepw Øm\mÀ°n \nÀ®b¯nepw thm«nepw `cW¯nepw {]m[m\yhpw AXn{]m[m\yhpw AanX {]m[m\yhpw h¶tXmsS Ahcpw \nba§Ä ewLn¡m\pw \oXnhyhØsb A«nadn¡m\pw XpS§n. C¶v, PmXntbbpw aXt¯bpw AhKWn¨v BÀ¡pw `cn¡m\mhn sö HchØmhntijw D­mbncn¡p¶p. B ØnXn hntij¯n kwLÀj§Ä \S¯p¶hÀ¡pw I¯nsIm­v Ip¯n Ipcnip hcbv¡p¶hÀ¡pw kwc£Ww sImSpt¡­Xmbpw hcpw.

Hcp aX¯nÂs¸« c­v hncp²hn`mK¡mÀ I¯n¡p¯v \S¯p¶Xv I­p\nev¡m³ km[mcW¡mÀ AiàcmWv. ]t£, AXn\v t\XrXzw sImSp¡p¶hsc ImWpt¼mÄ AhtcmSv XnIª AhÚbmWv A\p`hs¸Sp¶Xv. AhcmtWm Bßm¡msf c£s¸Sp¯n ssZhk¶n[nbnse¯n¡p¶Xv? AhÀ, ssZht¯bpw aXt¯bpw hnizmkt¯bpw Ahtlfn¡p¶p. F¶n«pahÀ Kncn {]`mjWw \S¯p¶p km£m km¯m³ Xs¶ thZw {]kwKn¨mepw AXv C{Xbv¡v ItTmcambncn¡nÃ.

k`m Ncn{X¯n thZkm£nIÄ, càkm£nIÄ, hnip²À, ]pWymßm¡Äþ ChscÃmw AhcpsS hnizmkw kwc£n¡m\mbn Pohn¨hcmbncp¶pþ acWw ssIhcn¨hcmbncp¶p. hkvXphIIÄ ]nSns¨Sp¡m\pw kz¯v k¼mZn¡m\pambn Xncphkv{Xw AWnbp¶hÀ ]p¡q«n P\n¨v hmbphn Xq§n¡nS¶v acWw {]m]ns¨mcp Zcn{Zs\ A\pKan¡p¶hÀ Xs¶bmtWm? B alXvhyànXz¯nsâ t]cn \nbaewL\w \S¯p¶Xpw AXn\v t{]cn¸n¡p¶Xpw F{X D¶Xcmbmepw ssZh\nµbmWv. ih kwkvImcw \S¯m\mhmsX a\pjysâ arXtZlw ihs¸«nbnÂ\n¶v sXdn¨phoW kw`hw hsc D­mbn«p­v. ]e hÀj§Ä ]g¡apÅ Cu k`m XÀ¡§Ä ]dªpXoÀ¡m³ IgnbmsX ]ckv]cw sXdnb`ntjIw sN¿p¶hcpsS \mhpIÄ ssZhIoÀ¯\w sNmÃp¶Xv ImWpt¼mÄ/ tIÄ¡pt¼mÄ AXnt\¡mÄ henb ssZh\nµbpt­m F¶pw Nn´n¨p t]mIp¶p. ]t£, Ahcn NneÀ Cu `qanbnse cmPm¡·mcmWv. cmjv{Sob kzm[o\w th­pthmfapÅhcmWv. `cWm[nImcnIsf aptÅ \nÀ¯m³ IgnhpÅcmWv. {Iakam[m\ \nesb XInSw adn¡m³ iànbpÅ hcmWv. ]Ws¡mgp¸pw aÊn iànbpw A[nIambn«pÅhÀ Bßob t\Xm¡fpw B[ymßnI ]nXm¡·mcpamWv. AXpsIm­p Xs¶bhÀ ]nimNnsâþkm¯msâþ k´Xn ]c¼cbnÂs¸«hcm sW¶v Bsc¦nepw ]dªm AXv AhnthIamsW¶mt£]n¨v ]dªhsc hIhcp¯m³ AhÀ X¿mdmtb¡pw. Ahkm\w “AhnsS” sNÃpt¼mÄ A¡q«À \nXym\µw A\p`hn¡ptam \cImán¡ncbmhptam F¶v I­dnbmw.