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3 Kuttichathan Essays (Malayalam)

Author: Abraham Thomas Kovoor Translation and Editing: Joseph Edamaruku First edition: 1982 First IAP ebook edition : 2020 Published by Indian Atheist Publishers (Malayalam Division) For ordering copies of print edition of the Complete works of Kovoor in Malayalam language (Published by Indian Atheist Publishers) send SMS or Whatsapp message to : +91 97111 88940 Email: IAP@rationalsts.net Copyright © 2020 by Indian Atheist Publishers Except brief quotations for book reviews or critical appraisals, no part of this book may be uploaded, posted, forwarded, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

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F{_lmw tXmakv tImhqÀ P\\w 1898 G{]n 10þ\v tIcf¯nse XncphÃbv¡Sp¯pff s\Sp{¼¯v. amÀtXm½m k`bpsS Øm]Icnsemcmfpw hnImcn P\dmepambncp¶ Abv]p tXmam I¯\mcpsS H³]Xp a¡fn F«mas¯bmÄ. 1919þ kv¡qÄss^\ ]mkmbn. 1921þ _wKmfnse skdm¼qÀ tImtfPnepw 1923 apX sIm¡¯bnse _wK_mkn tImtfPnepambn bqWnthgvknddn hnZym`ymkw. 1924þ ]pXp¸Ånbnse C«n PUvPnbpsS ]p{Xn A¡ (Ipª½)bpambn hnhmlnX\mbn. GI ]p{X³ Gdokv tImhqÀ ]mcoknse tkmÀt_m¬ kÀhIemimebn _tbm kb³kv s{]m^kdmbncp¶p.

1925þ tImgt©cn sslkv¡qfn A[ym]I \mbn. 1927þ tIm«bs¯ kn.Fw.Fkv. tImtfPn kkyimkv{X A[ym]I\mbn tNÀ¶p. 1928þ Pm^v\m tImtfPn A[ym ]I\mbn {ioe¦bnse¯n (A¶v kntem¬).

XpSÀ¶v kntem¬ ]ucXzw kzoIcn¨p. 1943 apX 1947 hsc Kmfnse dn¨va­vv tImtfPn A[ym]I³. 1947 apX 1953 hsc ehv\nbbnse skâv tXmakv tImtfPn kkyimkv{X hIp¸nsâ A[y£³.

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a\ximkv{X¯n X¸c\mhp¶Xv C¡me¯mWv. 1953þ ]pXpXmbn Bcw`n¨ tXgvkvdd¬ tImtfPn t_m«Wn s{]m^kdmbn. 1959þ dn«bÀ sNbvXXn\p tijamWv bpànhmZn kwLw {]hÀ¯\§fn kPohamIp¶Xv. A¡mew apX 1978þ acn¡p¶Xphsc At±lambncp¶p {ioe¦m bpànhmZnkwL¯nsâ {]knUâv. sImfwt_mbnse tImhqcnsâ hoSmbncp¶p kwL¯nsâ BØm\w.

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DÅS¡w 1. _metbmKoizc³ 11 2. hk´dmhphnsâ DbnÀs¯gpt¶åv 24 3. XmSnhmem _m_ 30 4. Imin ]Þnäv 33 5. Hcp I]S Un{Kn¡mcsâ IY 36 6. Ivfm§v \Znbnse Pew 47 7. KohÀKokv klZm 51 8. knÂhnbm \Zmen\n 58 9. Nne Ubdnçdn¸pIÄ 60 10. tPmXvkyZzo]v 81 11. aX§fpsS D¨tImSnkt½f\w 94 12. X«n¸pIÄ ]ehn[w 100 13. lmcnbänsâ t{]Xw 107 14. FÃm `mjIfnepw kwkmcnç¶ tUmIvSÀ 115 15. kzÀKw]qInb ]ptcmlnX]Xv\n 124 16. XSnà NpSpIm«n 130 17. Ip«n¨m¯³ 138 18. i¦nen sshch³ 150 19. `qX_m[ 167 20. asämcp `qX_m[bpsS IY 182 21. hnip² bqZmbpsS ImapIn 187 Ip«n¨m¯³

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22. ]p\ÀP·w 208 23. hÅt¯mÄ IhnX Hcp a{´ambn amdpì 228 24. ajnt\m«w 245 25. teUoh­À 258 26. BZy`mcybpsS t{]Xw 269 27. ]nimNnsâ t{]ateJ\§Ä 275

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{ioe¦bnse (A¶v kntem¬) {]kn²oIcW§fn \mÀknkqkv F¶ XqenIm\ma¯n teJ\§Ä FgpXnbncp¶ F.Sn.tImhqcnsâ teJ\§Ä At±l¯nsâ icnbmb t]cn CSdpIv ]cn`mjs¸Sp¯n BZyw {]kn²oIcn¡p¶Xv 1962 emWv. XpSÀ¶v 1963 PqWn tIm«bs¯ Hcp thZnbn tImhqcnsâ bpànhmZn F¶ \nebnepÅ C³Uybnse BZys¯ {]kwKw CSadpIv kwLSn¸n¨p. B aoänwKnsâ thZnbn CSadpIv, hÀ¡n im´nØm³ (kntem¬ dmjWenÌv Atkmkntbjsâ BZy {]knUâv), F.Sn.tImhqÀ, A¡m tImhqÀ (tImhqcnsâ ]Xv\n) F¶nhÀ.

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1 _metbmKoizc³ ASp¯Ime¯v Ipg¸¯nemb C³Uy³ ssZ h§fn HcmfmWv _metbmKoizc³. Un ssh³sseäv anj³ F¶dnbs¸Sp¶ Hcp tem I kwLS\bpsS A²y£\mbncpì At±lw.

Atacn¡¡mcnbmb Hcp bphXnsb hnhmlw sNbvXXns\ XpSÀ¶v Cu ssZh¯ns\Xnsc At±l¯nsâ amXmhv tIkpsImSp¯Xv ASp ¯Ime¯mWv. Atacn¡, {^m³kv, Im\Um, PÀ½\n XpS §n temI¯nse {][m\ cmPy§fnseÃmw A t±l¯n\v A\pbmbnIÄ D­mbncpì. Ct¸m gpw Ipsdsbms¡bmfpIÄ Cu ssZh¯n hnizknçìs­¶mWv ]dbs¸Sp¶Xv. 1972 þ emWv _metbmKoizc³ Hcp IÅ ¡S¯p tIkn ]nSn¡s¸«Xv. AtX¸än bp.

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“_metbmKoizc\pw ]mÀ«nbpw sUÂln hnam\¯mhf¯n h¶nd§nbt¸mÄ tbmKo izcsâ s]«nIÄ Xpdì ImWn¡Wsa¶v I kväwkpImÀ Bhiys¸«Xn\v BZyw hgns¸ «nÃ. Xpdì ImWn¡msX s]«nIÄ hn«psIm Sp¡nsÃì iTn¨t¸mÄ Hcp s]«n Xpdì Im Wn¨p. AXn `IvXn]camb eLpteJIfpw ]pkvXI§fpw aäpw am{Xambncpì. asämcp s]«n Xpd¡m³ Bhiys¸«t¸mÄ AXnsâ Xm t¡m ImWp¶nsömbn. Xmt¡m Atacn ¡bn adìsh¨p t]mbncn¡bmsWì ]d ªp. IkväwkpImÀ B s]«n Icphn«p Xpdì.

“AXn D­mbncp¶Xv 6 e£w cq]m hne hcp¶ hntZi \nÀ½nXamb hm¨pIÄ apXem bhbpw kzÀWm`cW§fpw Id³kn t\m«pI fpw Bb IÅ¡S¯p km[\§fmWv. B s]«nbpw km[\§fpw AhÀ IkväUnbn F Sp¯p. ta¸dª km[\§sfÃmw ‘Un ssh³ _m¦nÂ’ `IvXP\§Ä \nt£]n¨n«p ÅhbmsWì ]dbp¶ \nebn At±ls¯ Ip«n¨m¯³

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Adkväp sN¿mtam, tIkn {]Xnbm¡mtam F¶Xp {]iv\ambn. Atacn¡bn \nìw 350 A\pbmbnIfpambn Hcp NmÀt«Uv hnam\ ¯n tbmKoizc³ h¶Xv ‘lwk Pb´n’ {] amWn¨v \S¯p¶ Hcp {XnZn\ B²ymXvanI tIm¬{^³kn\mWv. Ignª sNmÆmgvNbm Wv IÅ¡S¯p km[\§Ä IkväwkpImÀ ]nSns¨Sp¯Xv. B km[\§Ä F§s\ ssI Imcyw sN¿Wsa¶ Imcyw IkväwkpImsc Ipgbvçì. C¡mcy¯n th­ FÃm \S] SnIfpw bYmkabw FSpçsaì tI{µa{´n KtWiv ]dªp. AXn\nSbn _metbmKo izc³ A²y£X hln¨ {XnZn\ ‘lwk Pb ´n tIm¬{^³kv’ C¶se sUÂlnbn kam]n¨p. Hcp e£¯ne[nIw t]À tIm{^³kn XSn¨pIqSnbncpì. AXns\¯nb 300þ¸cw `IvXcmb hntZinIÄ lcnZzmcn te¡v ]pds¸«ncnçIbmWv. AhnsS 15 Znhkw Xmakn¨Xn\ptijta AhÀ X§fpsS \mSpI fnteç aS§pIbpÅq.”

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(bp.F³.sF., 11þ 11þ 1972) t{]memÂknwKv dmh¯v Fì t]cmb Cbm fpsS Øm\t¸cv ‘_metbmKoizÀ ]calwk kZvKpcp almcmPv’ F¶mWv. kZvKpcp tZhn lwk almcmPnsâ ]p{X\mWnt±lw. tZh lwk alm cmPv Hcp AhXmcambncp¶t{X. At±l¯nsâ ]p\chXmcamWv _metbmKo izc³ F¶v AhImis¸Spì. ap¼v At±l ¯nsâ A\pbmbnIÄ sUÂlnbnse ‘\h`m cXv ssSwkn’sâ Hm^okv ssItbdn GXm­v Hcp e£w cq] hne]nSn¸pÅ km[\ kma {KnIÄ \in¸n¨p. Hcp t]meokpImc³ DÄ s¸sS 20 t]À¡v Cu B{IaW¯n ]cp t¡ÂçIbpw sNbvXp. AXn\p kÀ¡mÀ bm sXmcp \S]Snbpw FSp¯nÃ.

Cu kw`hs¯¯pSÀ¶v _metbmKoizc\v A\pIqeamtbm {]XnIqeamtbm bmsXmcp hmÀ¯bpw {]kn²s¸Sp¯p¶nsÃs¶mcp s]m Xp[mcWbnembncpì sUÂlnbnse ]{X §Ä. AXv ]n¶oShÀ amän.

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sUlvdmUq¬ XmgvhcbnemWv _metbmKo izcsâ P\\w. ASp¯ Imewhsc At±lw sUlvdmUqWnse skâv tPmk^v ]_vfnIv kv¡qfnse Hcp hnZymÀ°nbmbncpì. At±l ¯nsâ B²ymXvanI {]hÀ¯\§Ä HgnhpZn hk§fn HXp¡n \nÀ¯nbncnçIbmbncp ì A¶v. _meKpcp {]ikvX\mbn«v GXm\pw hÀj §tf Bbn«pÅq. sUÂlnbnse C³UymtK än\p kao]w \S¶ Hcp B²ymXvanI tafbn At±lw {]`mjWw \S¯ns¡m­ncp¶t¸mÄ A¶s¯ Iym_n\äv a{´nbmbncp¶ sI.sI. jm DÄs¸sSbpÅ ]e {]apJ hyIvXnIfpw _meKpcphnsâ ap¶n kmjvSmwK{]Wmaw sN¿pIbp­mbn. Cu cwKw Hcp t^mt«m {Km^À ^nenanteç ]IÀ¯n. _metbmKoiz csâ A\pbmbnIÄ kwLSn¸n¨ B²ymXvanI tafbv¡v hntZi¯p\nìÅ A\pbmbnIÄ NmÀ«À sNbvX Pwt_msPäv hnam\§fnemWv F¯nt¨À¶Xv. Ikväwkv A[nIrXÀ ]nSns¨ Sp¯ ]Whpw ]­hpw kzmanPn¡v A\pbm Ip«n¨m¯³

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bnIÄ \ÂInbXmsWìw AXp Unssh³ _m¦nsâ NpaXe hlnç¶ s]¬Ip«nsb Gån¨XmsWìw Unssh³ sseäv anj³ Hcp XSkhmZap¶bns¨¦nepw Ikväwkv A[nIr XÀ¡Xp hnizk\obambnÃ. AXn\v aqì Imc W§fmWpÅXv. (1) Unssh³ _m¦nsâ NpaX e hlnç¶ s]¬Ip«n \ÂInb C\hnhc¸ «nIbpw s]«nbnep­mbncp¶ km[\§fpw X½n s]mcp¯s¸Sp¶nÃ. (2) Id³knt\m«p IÄ XpSÀ¨bmb \¼dpItfmSp IqSnbXmbXp sIm­v AXv ]ecnÂ\nìw kw`mh\bmbn In«nbXmbncn¡m\nSbnÃ.(3) kzmanPnbpsS C³ Uym¡mc\mb Hcp {]apJ injy³ hne]nSn¸p Å kzÀW]­§Ä Atacn¡bnÂ\nì hm §nbXnsâ ckoXv Ikväwkv A[nIrXcpsS ssIbn In«nbn«p­v. “\yqsUÂln, 13þ 11þ 1972. Ikväwkv A[n IrXÀ 6 e£w cq]bpsS hkvXp¡fpambn ]nSn IqSnb _metbmKoizcs\ Adkväv sN¿Wsa ìw At±l¯nsâ ]mkvt]mÀ«v d±m¡Wsa ìw P\kwLw Fw.]n. Hmw {]Imiv XymKn, Ip«n¨m¯³

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{]apJ Bcy kamPw t\Xmhpw ap³ P\kw Lw Fw. ]n. bpamb cmwtKm]m jm hmem, knJv {_ZÀlpUv CâÀ \mjWensâ sNbÀ am³ _£n PKtZhv knwKv F¶nhÀ Hcp {] kvXmh\bneqsS Bhiys¸«p. _metbmKnbp sS hbkns\ (14) kw_Ôn¨v kq£vaambn a\knem¡m\mbn At±ls¯ hnZKv[cmb tUmIvSÀamcpsS ]m\ensâ ]cntim[\bv¡v hnt[bam¡Wsaìw AhcpsS A`yÀ°\ bmWv.” (bp.F³.sF.)

IpSnb\pw sImet¡kn {]Xnbpw “\yq sUÂln 28þ 11þ 1972. _metbmKnbpsS ]nXmhpw k`bpsS Øm]I\pamb lwkcm PmknwKv Hcp aZy]m\n Bbncpì. Hcp Znhkw C³UybnÂ\nìw A´À[m\w sNbvX B a\pjy³ ]n¶oSv C³Uybn {]Xy£s¸«Xv Ip«n¨m¯³

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lcnZzmcnse Hcm{iam[n]Xnbmbn«mWv. Ktlm Zc `mcysb sImes¸Sp¯nb tIknepw _me tbmKnbpsS ]nXmhv {]Xnbmbncps¶¦nepw tImSXn kwib¯nsâ B\pIqeyw \ÂIn Abmsf hn«bçIbmWp­mbXv. “c­p `mcyamcnembn \mev BWpw Hcp s]®pw P\n¨Xn HSphnes¯ k´XnbmWn Xv. ]nXmhpXs¶bmWv Cu aIs\ Hcp Znhy \mbn Ahtcm[n¨Xs{X.” (bp.F³.sF.)

samgn tcJs¸Sp¯m³ Ignªn«nà “\yqsUÂln, 29þ 11þ 72. tIkn _me tbmKoizcs\ t\cn«p tNmZyw sN¿m³ Ikväw kv A[nIrXÀ¡v CXphsc Ignªn«nsöv a{´n sI.BÀ.KtWiv C¶v temIv k`bn k½Xn¨p. Cu amkw 22, 23 F¶o XobXnI fn _metbmKoizcs\ tNmZyw sN¿p¶Xn\v Ip«n¨m¯³

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c­p {ia§Ä \S¯nsb¦nepw hyXykvX ImcW§fm Ah c­pw k^eambnÃ.

“Ikväwkv BIvSnse 108þmw hIp¸\pkcn¨v Aknkväâv Ikväwkv IfIvSdpsS ap¼msI Cu amkw 21þmw XobXn t\cn«v lmPcmIWsa¶v _metbmKoizc\v ka³kv Ab¨ncpì. tIkv kw_Ôamb samgn tcJs¸Sp¯p¶Xn\pth ­nbmbncpì ka³kv Ab¨Xv. F¶m AXn\p adp]Snbmbn \hw_À 22þmw XobXn AtimIv tlm«enÂsh¨v _metbmKoizc\n \n¶v samgnsbSp¡mhp¶XmsW¶v At±l¯n sâ A`n`mjI³ AdnbnçIbpw CXnt\mSv Ikväwkv A[nIrXÀ tbmPnçIbpw sNbvXp. A§s\ \nÀ±njvS Znhkw sshIn«v Bdc aWn¡v _metbmKoizc³ lmPcmbn. Fkv. F³.an{i Fw.]n., kp{]ow tImSXnbnse Hcp ko\nbÀ AUzt¡äv, ssh.Fkv.almP³ Fw. ]n., Fkv.F³. _njvSv Fw.]n. A`n`mjI·m cmb I¨mÀ ap¡ÀPn XpS§n F«pt]cpw At± lt¯msSm¸ap­mbncpì.

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“`cWLS\bnse CXp]Xmw hIp¸\pkcn¨v Hcp {Ia{]iv\ap¶bn¨v an{i Ikväwknsâ ap¼m I samgn sImSp¡m³ _metbmKoizc³ _m[yØ\söv Nq­n¡mWns¨¦nepw GsX ¦nepw Ipäw sNbvXXmbn Btcm]n¡s¸« Xnsâ ASnØm\¯neà _metbmKoizc\n \nìw samgnsbSpç¶sXì Ikväwkv If IvSÀ adp]Sn \ÂIn. Cu L«¯n samgnsbSp çt¼mÄ X§fpsS km¶n[yw thWsaìw, tS]vdn¡mÀUdn AXp tcJs¸Sp¯Wsaìw an{i Bhiys¸«p. CXp c­pw Ikväwkv A[n IrXÀ A\phZn¨nÃ. Ahkm\w samgn tcJs¸ Sp¯nbnÃ. \hw_À 23þmw XobXn hnNmcW \S¯m³ k½Xn¨psIm­p _metbmKoizc sâ A`n`mjI\n \nìw Hcp I¯v Ikväwkv A[nIrXÀ¡v In«n. ]s£ _metbmKoizc\v kpJansöv Adnbn¨XpsIm­v B Znhkhpw samgnsbSp¸v \S¶nÃ.” (bp.F³.sF.) AXn\ptijw _metbmKn¡v ]mivNmXybm {Xm\phmZw \ÂIp¶ ]mkvt]mÀ«v ]nSns¨Sp Ip«n¨m¯³

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¯p Fìw AXn\p ]ndsI B ]mkvt]mÀ«v d±m¡msX AtX]Sn aS¡ns¡mSps¯ìw ]{XhmÀ¯ hì. “]mkvt]mÀ«v ]nSns¨Sp¯ hnhcw Adnbm\m bn anjs\ kao]n¨ bp.F³.sF. {]Xn\n[n¡v adp]Snbmbn tbmKoizcs\çdn¨pÅ hmÀ¯ IÄ {]kn²oIcn¨m hmÀ¯m GP³kns¡ Xnsc \S]SnsbSpçsa¶ `ojWnbmWv In«n bXv.” (bp.F³.sF.) “\yqsUÂln 7þ 12þ 1972. _metbmKoizcs\ tNmZyw sN¿p¶ \S]Sn ]qÀ¯nbmbncnç¶ Xmbn B`y´c Imcy kla{´n sI. kn.]m´v temIvk`bn shfns¸Sp¯nbncnçì. “_metbmKoizc³ Hcp k\ymknbsÃìw shdpw IÅ¡S¯pImc\msWìw Abmsf ITn\ambn in£n¡Wsaìw FÃm km[p¡ fptSbpw k\ymknamcptSbpw \ma¯n Xm³ Ip«n¨m¯³

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{]Jym]nçìsh¶v Imjmb hkv{X[mcnbmb {_lvam\µ³ {]kvXmhn¨p. “{]mbw At\zjn¨v ]dbp¶Xn\pÅ \S]Sn CXphsc Kh¬ saâv FSp¯n«nsöv hn. ]n. kmt¯bpsS tNmZy¯n\p¯cambn a{´n hy IvXam¡n.”

Adkväv sN¿Ww “\yqsUÂln, 24þ 12þ 1972. _metbmKoiz ct\bpw AbmfpsS A\pbmbnItfbpw Ad kväv sN¿Wsa¶mhiys¸«psIm­v sUÂln bqWnthgvknän hnZymÀ°nIfpsS Hcp {]Xn \n[n kwLhpw XeØm\s¯ GXm\pw bph P\ kwLS\IfpsS {]Xn\n[nIfpw C¶v {][m \a{´nbpsS hkXnç ap¼n Hcp {]IS\w \S¯n. ]n¶oSv AhÀ {][m\a{´n¡v Hcp sat½mdmÞw \ÂIn.” C{Xsbms¡bmbn«pw _metbmKoizcs\ P bnen ASbv¡m³ Kh¬saâp `bs¸«p.

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S\Ifpambn Cu tbmKn¡v _Ôap­mbncp ¶Xmbncn¡mw AXn\p ImcWw. Kh¬saâv Fs´¦nepw \S]SnsbSp¯m AXp lnµpaX hnImc§sf {hWs¸Sp¯nbXmbn AhÀ {]N cn¸nçambncpì.

GXmbmepw Ct¸mÄ _metbmKoizcsâ ]q¨p ]pd¯mbncnçIbmWv. `IvX·mÀ Xs¶ ssZhs¯ ssIshSnªncnçì.

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2 hk´dmhphnsâ DbnÀs¯gpt¶åv 1965þ ]qs\bn \S¶ Hcp kw`hw A¶ s¯ ]{X§Ä dnt¸mÀ«v sNbvXncp¶Xv C§s\ bmWv: “48 Imc\mb hk´dmhp Hcp {]tal tcmKn bmbncpì. 1965 P\phcn 6þmw XobXn At±l ¯n\p s]s«ì s\©pthZ\ A\p`hs¸« Xns\ XpSÀ¶v ]«W¯nse Hcp t\gvknwKv tlmante¡p amän. A[nIw XmaknbmsX At± lw A´cn¨p. lrZb¯nsâ Ne\w \nì t]mbXp sIm­mWv acWw kw`hn¨sX¶v tUmIvSÀ kÀ«nss^ sNbvXp. sshIpt¶cw dmhphnsâ ktlmZc·mÀ arXtZlw Gäp Ip«n¨m¯³

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hm§n Hcp SmIvkn¡mdn ho«nteç sIm­p t]mbn. “\Kc¯n\p shfnbnepÅ tdmUv Ipìw Ipgnbpambn InSçIbmbncpì. h­n Ipep §p¶Xn\nSbn arXtZl¯nsâ Xe SmIvkn bpsS hmXnen ap«n. s]s«¶v arXtZlw ssI Nen¸n¨p. ktlmZc·mÀ DSs\ Xs¶ SmIvkn t\gvknwMv tlmanteç Xncn¨p hn«p. c­p Znh k§Äçtijw hk´dmhp kpJambn Bip ]{Xnbn \nìt]mbn.” aXhnizmknIÄ ]dbp¶Xpt]mse Poh³ F¶Xp icoc¯n \nì `n¶amb Hcp BXv amhsöv CXv sXfnbnçì. BXvamhv icocw hn«t¸mgmWv hk´dmhp acn¨sX¦n Ipsd ¡gnªp h­nbn InS¶v arXtZlw A\§n bt¸mÄ AXp Xncn¨phì Fì IcptX­n hcpw.

Poh³ F¶Xv ssPhtImi§fn \Sç¶ \nc´camb cmk{]{InbIfpsS BsI¯pI am{XamWv. ssPhtImi§fnse ime{Zh¯n (Cytoplasm) ImWs¸Sp¶ antämtIm¬{Unb Ip«n¨m¯³

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(Mitochondria) F¶ X´p¡Ä t]msebpÅ hkvXp¡Ä A\h[n F³sskapIfpsS klm bt¯msS icoc¯nse Kvfqt¡mkv, sImgp ¸pI-Ä, s{]m«o³ apXembhbnÂ\nìw izk\ {]{InbbpsS ^eambn Hcp {]tXyI coXnbn epÅ DuÀÖw þ Poh³ þ DåmZn¸nçì. Cu cmk ]cnWma§fpsS ^eambn AUnt\m kn³ ss{St^mkvt^äv F¶ hkvXphp­mIp ì. t]inIfpsS kt¦mN hnImkhpw, \mUnI fpsS {]hÀ¯\hpw {]mW{InbIfpw CXns\ B{ibn¨ncnçì. A§s\ Poh³ F¶Xv ]c aambn izmk{]{Inbsb Ahew_nçì. c­m at¯Xnsâ hncmaw BZyt¯Xnsâ Ahkm\ hpamWv. izk\w F¶Xv Hcp sagpIpXncn I¯p¶ XnÂ\nìw H«pw `n¶aÃ. c­pw PmcWamWv. H¶v asäm¶nt\¡mfpw thK¯n kw`hnç ì Fì am{Xw. sagpIpXncnbpsS thK¯nep Å PmcWw (I¯Â) aqew AXneS§nbncn ç¶ sslt{Um ImÀ_¬ CwKnemavf hmXI hpw (ImÀ_¬ UtbmIvsskUv) Pe_mjv] Ip«n¨m¯³

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hpw Bbn amdpIbpw NqSpw shfn¨hpw, AXm bXv DuÀÖhpw, D¸mZn¸nçIbpw sN¿pì.

Hcp PohnbpsS Imcy¯nemsW¦n {]Imi ¯n\pw shfn¨¯n\pw ]Icw Poh³ F¶ DuÀÖw \nÀ½n¡s¸Spì. sagpIpXncnbnse sslt{Um ImÀ_¬ cmk hntbmP\w kw`hnç¶nÃmsb¦n ho­pw I¯n¡mw F¶Xpt]mseXs¶ PohhkvXp hn\v \miw kw`hn¨n«nÃm¯ arXicocs¯ ]p\ÀPohn¸n¡mw FìÅXv Akm[yaÃ. I ¯p¶ Hcp sagpIpXncn sISp¯pt¼mÄ NqSpw {]Imihpw AXnÂ\n¶v thÀs]Sp¶nÃ. ho ­pw I¯nçt¼mÄ Ah Xncn¨p {]thinç ìanÃ. {]XypX, I¯pI F¶ cmk{]{Inb bpsS ^eambn Ch c­pw D­mIpIbmWv. acWw kw`hnçt¼mÄ Poh³ icoc¯n \n¶v thÀs]Sp¶nÃ. ho­pw I¯nçt¼mÄ Ah Xncn¨p {]thinçìanÃ. bpK§fmbn ]ecpw ]dbpIbpw hnizknçIbpw sN¿pì s­¦nepw ‘acWt¯msS icoc¯nÂ\n¶v BXvamhv hn«p]ncnbpì’ F¶Xn\v imkv{Xob Ip«n¨m¯³

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amb sXfnhpIÄ HìwXs¶ \mfnXphsc e`n ¨n«nÃ. ]Xnt\gp Znhkambn achn¸n¨ \nebnen cp¶ Fdp¼pIÄ tlaµ\n{Z (Hibernation) t]m sebpÅ HchØbnÂ, Xm¡menI Kp]vX ssNX\ymhØ (Suspended animaton)bn B bncps¶¦n _kmdnÂ\nìw In«p¶ Nob hogm¯ am«nd¨nbpw AtX ØnXnbn emsW¶v IcptX­nhcpw. AXpw Poh\pÅ Hcp ]ip hnsâ icoc¯n H«n¨p tNÀ¡mhp¶XmWv. DW§n arXmhØbnse¯nb ‘bokväv’ hm bpiq\yamb ]m{X§fn hÀj§tfmfw X s¶ No¯bmImsX kq£n¡mw. AXn Hcp \pÅv ]©kmc emb\nbntebv¡n«v A\pIqe amb Xm]\nebn kq£nçIbmsW¦n Ah hfcpIbpw s]cpIpIbpw sN¿pw. bYmÀ°¯n N¯ Pohnsb ]p\ÀÖohn ¸n¡m³ km[yamtWm F¶ tNmZy¯n\p¯cw Akm[yaà Fì Xs¶bmWv. Ip«n¨m¯³

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1963þ  ]oäÀ sktÃÀkv Ggp XhW arXn bSªp. Hmtcm XhWbpw Hcp CeIvt{SmWn¡v t]kvta¡dnsâ klmbt¯msS ]p\ÀÖo hn¨p. ]s£ Hmtcm {]mhiyhpw Hmtcm hyIvXn Xzt¯msS AbmÄ DbnÀs¯gpt¶äp Fì hmZnç¶Xv XnI¨pw _meniambncnçw.

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3 XmSnhmem _m_ ZnhyiIvXnIÄ Ds­¶v AhImis¸«ncp¶ _m_mamcn {]apJ\mWv XmSnhmem _m_m F¶dnbs¸«ncp¶ skbvZv bqk^en Aen_ lZqÀ. At±l¯n\v C³UybpsS hnhn[ `mK §fnembn Bbnc¡W¡n\v A\pbmbnIÄ D­mbncpì. tcmK§Ä t`Zs¸Sp¯pI, _m[sbmgnçI a\xkam[m\w \ÂIpI, k´m\hcw \ÂIpI, XpS§nbhbn XmSnhmem_m_m Akm[mc Wamb kmaÀ°yw {]ISn¸n¨ncpì. Ip­vf F¶ Øe¯pImc\mb bqk^en¡v ZnhyZÀ i\w D­mbXv 24 hÀj§Äç ap¼mWs{X. Hcp Znhkw sshIpt¶cw Aen {Kma¯nsâ GIm´amb Hcp `mK¯pIqSn \SçIbmbn cpì. s]s«¶v BImiw Dcp­pIqSp¶Xpt]m se tXm¶n. taL§Ä¡nSbn \nìw Xe Ip«n¨m¯³

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¸mhp [cn¨ XmSn¡mc\mb HcmÄ Cd§n hì.

At±lw skbvZns\ A\p{Kln¨p. Aì ap X skbvZv tcmKnIsf kpJs¸Sp¯m\pw AZv`pX§Ä ImWn¡m\pw XpS§nbs{X. 1974 G{]n 22þmw XobXnbnse ]{X§fn Cu _m_sb kw_Ôn¨p h¶ hmÀ¯ Xmsg tNÀçì: “D¯tc³Uybnse {]kn²\mb XmSnhmem _m_msb¶ skbvZv bqk^en _lZqdns\ skj³kv tImSXn aqì sImÃs¯ ITn\ XShn\p in£n¨ncnçì. _m_sb Hcp ]mgv kn Xsâ ho«nte¡v £Wn¨p ho«nepÅhsc _m_mbv¡p ]cnNbs¸Sp¯n. AhnSs¯ kv{XoIfn ]eÀçw t{]X_m-[bps­¶v _m_ ]dªp. AXp amämsa¶bmÄ Dd¸p\ÂIp Ibpw sNbvXp. “_m_ _m[bps­¶v hn[n¨Xn Ahnhm lnXbmb Hcncp]XpImcnbpw s]Spì. cm{Xn tbmKnhcy³ Ahsf kao]n¨p. F¶m A hÄ hg§mXncp¶t¸mÄ _ew {]tbmKn¨v B Ip«n¨m¯³

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bphXnsb _m_m ASp¡f `mKt¯¡v hen ¨ng¨p. F¶n«pw hg§mXmbt¸mÄ I¯nsbSp ¯hsf Ip¯n. \nehnfnbpw _lfhpamb t¸mÄ ]mÀknbpw aäwK§fpw DWÀì kw`h Øes¯¯n _m_msb ]nSn¨psh¨p.”

CXmWv t{]mknIyqj³ NmÀÖv.

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4 Imin ]Þnäv “alm_oÀ imkv{Xn F¶ B[ymXvanI ]Þn X\v _nÀ_w skj³kv tImSXn 4 hÀjw ITn \XShpw 500 I. ]ngbpw hn[n¨ncnçì.

‘Imin]Þnäv’ F¶dnbs¸Sp¶ Cu Znhy³ dmw ]pdmäv ]«W¯nse ]e am\yIpSpw_§fp ambn B²ymXvanI _Ôw ]peÀ¯n¯pS§n bn«p hÀj§Ä ]eXmbn. ‘NmÞn]Yw’, ‘Ko Xm]Yw’XpS§nb ]qPIÄ hn[nbmwh®w \S ¯nsImSpç¶Xn\p £Wnç¶X\pkcn¨mWv At±lw B IpSpw_§Ä kµÀinç¶Xv. ChnSs¯ Hcp sdbnÂth kvtäj³ amkvädpw `mcybpw Cu B[ymXvanI Kpcphnsâ injy KW¯n s]«hcmWv. At±lw ChnsS h¶m kvtäj³ amkvädpsS hkXnbnemWv Xmakw. amkvädpsS hnhml {]mbsa¯nb ]p{Xnbn Cu Kpcp henb IuXpIhpw Xmå cyhpw {]ZÀin¸n¨p. AhÄ almamb ({io Ip«n¨m¯³

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]mÀhXn) bpsS AhXmcamsWìw AhÄ inhs\ (Cuizcs\) bÃmsX aämtcbpw tkhn bv¡m³ CSbm¡cpsXìw ANvO\½amsc k\ymkn HmÀ½n¸n¨psIm­mWncp¶Xv. X\n ¡v AknwK©n DÅ hkvXphIIÄ injy cmb amkväÀçw aäpw Zm\w \ÂIm\mWp Xm \pt±inç¶sXìw k\ymkn kqNn¸n¡mXn cp¶nÃ. B s]¬Ip«nbpsS B[ymXvanI ssN X\y hÀ²\hn\p k\ymkn InSç¶ apdnbn B Ip«nbpw InSìd§phm³ kqN\ \ÂIn bXp k\ymknbpsS henb Hcp Ir]mISm £ambn Ip«nbpsS ANvO\½amÀ IcpXpI Xs¶ sNbvXp. 1958 Pq¬ 27 þ\p k\ymkntb bpw bphXntbbpw ImWmXmbn. hnhcw kvtä j³ amkväÀ t]meokn Adnbn¨p. 12 Znhkw IgnªXn\p tijamWv k\ymknsb Abm fpsS dmw]qcnepÅ Krl¯n \nì t]meo kn\p ]nSnIn«nbXv. AhnsS Cu s]¬Ip«n bpap­mbncpì. Cu k\ymkn¡v Hcp `mcy bpw 4 a¡fpw D­s{X. tIkn Cu s]¬Ip «nsb hnkvXcn¨t¸mÄ k\ymknbpsS apdnbn Ip«n¨m¯³

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InS¡m³ XpS§nb \mÄ apX inh\pw ]mÀ hXnbpsa¶ \nebn At±lw Cu _menI bpambn ssewKnI kwkÀKw ]peÀ¯nbncp ì Fì _menI samgnsImSp¯p. F¦nepw AXns\ Xm§m³ aäp kzX{´amb sXfnhnÃm ¯Xn\m ‘\ymbhncp²ambn kwkÀKw sN bvXp’ F¶ Ipäw Øm]n¡s¸«nÃ. _menIsb tamjvSn¨p sIm­pt]mb Ipä¯n\p am{Xam Wp in£ \ÂInbXv. k\ymkn Xsâ `mKt¯ ç F³.kn.aPpwZmÀ F¶ AUzt¡äns\ GÀ s¸Sp¯n, hotdmsS hmZnçIbpap­mbn.”

1959 Pqsse amk¯nse lnµpØm³ kväm³tUÀUn h¶ Hcp hmÀ¯bmWnXv. Imin ]Þnäv F¶ Cu Znhys\¸än CXn\p ap¼v C³Uy³ ]{X§Ä Fs´Ãmw AZv`pX hmÀ¯IfmWv {]kn²oIcn¨sX¶v Rm³ HmÀ çì. ]e Znhykn²nIfpw Ct±lw AhImi s¸SpIbpw sNbvXncpì. ]e Znhy·mcpw Znhy Xz¯nsâ BhcWw amänbm Imin ]Þnäp amcmbn amdpw.

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5 Hcp I]S Un{Kn¡mcsâ IY C³Uybnse AÔhnizmknIfpsS B[p\nI BNmcy\mbncpì cmPØm³ bqWnthgvknän bnse F¨v.F³. _m\ÀPn. AhnSs¯ ]mcm sskt¡mfPn hIp¸nsâ Xeh\mbncpì At± lw. ]p\ÀP·w, ]mcmsskt¡mfPn, C{µnbmXo XÚm\w XpS§nbh {]Ncn¸nçIbmbncpì At±l¯nsâ tlm_n. a{´hmZw sIm­p ]m¼nsâ hnjw Cdç¶hÀ¡v 10000 cq] sImSp¡msa¶v At±lw 1968þ {]Jym]n¨p.

Nne a{´hmZnIÄ shÃphnfn kzoIcn¨Xmbn {]Jym]n¡s¸«p. At¸mtgçw Fkv.]n.kn.F. ¡mÀ CSs]«XpsIm­v ]co£Ww \S¶nÃ.

1968 Pqsse amk¯n C³Uybnse FÃm hÀ¯am\ ]{X§fnepw {]m[m\yw sImSp¯v Ip«n¨m¯³

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Hcp hmÀ¯ tNÀ¯ncpì, tdm_À«v sI¶Un bpsS LmXIs\ì kwibn¡s¸Sp¶ knÀ lmsâ a\kv A]{K^nç¶Xn\p th­n F¨v.F³. _m\ÀPn Iment^mÀWnbmbnteç t]mIpì F¶v. knÀlm³ Hcp¯tcmSpw kw kmcnç¶nsÃìw AXpsIm­v DSs\ sNì tNcWsaìw Iment^mÀWnbmbnse t]meokv No^v _m\ÀPnsb Adnbn¨n«ps­ìw dnt¸mÀ «n XpSÀì ]dªncpì. _m\ÀPn C§s\ sbmcp £Ww X\nç In«nbXmbn cmPØm³ bqWnthgvknän sshkv Nm³kesd FgpXn AdnbnçIbpw sNbvXp. {][m\ a{´nbpsS {]tXyI \nÀt±ia\pkcn¨v B bm{XbvçÅ ¢nbd³kv C³Uym Kh¬saâv \ÂInbn«p s­ìw B I¯nep­mbncpì. BKkvän knÀlms\ _m\ÀPn ]cntim[n¨p Fìw ]{X§fn hmÀ¯ hì. cmP-Øm³ bqWnthgvknänbnse ]mcmssk t¡mfPn hn`mKw XXzimkv{X hIp¸nt\mSv _Ôs¸Sp¯nbmWv {]hÀ¯nç¶Xv. XXzim kv{XhIp¸nsâ Xeh\v _m\ÀPnbpsS Cu Ip«n¨m¯³

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AhImihmZ¯n kwibw tXm¶n. At±lw temkv B©Âknse Ipämt\zjW hn`mK¯n sâ t]meokv No^n\v CXnsâ bmYmÀ°yw Xnc¡ns¡m­v Hcp Is¯gpXn. sk]väw_À 12þmw XobXn temkv B©Âknse Ipämt\z jW hn`mK¯nsâ sU]yq«n IamâÀ AXn\p adp]Sn Ab¨p. AhÀ _m\ÀPnsb £Wn¨nt« bnà Fìw F¶m knÀlm\pambn kwkm cn¨v ]p\ÀP·t¯çdn¨v sXfnhp tiJcn ¡m³ A\phmZw \ÂIWsaì ImWn¨v _m \ÀPn \nch[n I¼n ktµi§Ä Ab¨n«p s­ìw A¯cw Imcy§Ä knÀlmsâ AtämÀWnbpambn BtemNn¨v \nivNbn¨psIm Åm³ AhÀ adp]Sn sImSp¯n«ps­ìw AXn hyIvXam¡nbncpì. Cu I¯p In«nb DSs\ XXzimkv{X hIp¸nsâ Xeh³ sshkv Nm³kesd hnhcw Adnbn¨psh¦nepw bqWn thgvknän A[nImcnIÄ _m\ÀPnbpsS t]cn \S]Snsbmìw FSp¯nÃ.

Cu kab¯n\pÅn bqWnthgvknän {Km âvkv I½oj³ ]mcm sskt¡mfPn bqWnäns\ Ip«n¨m¯³

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hnebncp¯ns¡m­v Xbmdm¡nb dnt¸mÀ«v bq Wnthgvknänç e`n¨p. aqì {]apJ s{]m^ kÀamÀ DÄs¸« bp.Pn.kn. I½nän Cu ]mcm sskt¡mfPn bqWnäp ]ncn¨phnSWsa¶mWv \nÀt±in¨Xv. Cu bqWnäv \S¯nsb¶v AhIm is¸Sp¶ KthjW§Ä A¡mZan¡v taJ ebn A\pI¼bmWv D­m¡nbncnç¶Xv. ]mcmsskt¡mfPn Hcp imkv{Xasöv hyIvXam¡nbtXmsSm¸w AhÀ aäp Nne Imcy§ fpw ]pd¯psIm­phì. 1966 G{]n amk ¯nÂ, hnÀPo\nb bqWnthgvknänbnse kv ¡qÄ Hm^v saUnkn\nse s{]m^kÀ Bb Cbm³ kväoh³k¬, C³Uybnse bqWnthgv knän {Kmâvkv I½oj³ sNbÀam\v _m\ÀPn bpsS KthjW {]hÀ¯\§sf¸än Hcp I¯ b¨p. ]mcmsskt¡mfPnkväpIfpsS CSbnepw aäp ]ÞnX·mcpsSbnSbnepw _m\ÀPnbpsS ‘KthjW’¯nepÅ kXykÔXbn kwib hpw tamiamb A`n{]mbhpw BWv DÅsX¶v AXn hyIvXam¡nbncpì. asämcp s{]m^k dpsS t]cn _m\ÀPn Nne ]{X§fn {]kn Ip«n¨m¯³

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²oIcn¨ncp¶ teJ\§sf¸än B s{]m^kÀ ]cmXn sImSp¯n«pÅ hnhchpw bp. Pn. kn. bpsS dnt¸mÀ«nep­v. cmPØm³ bqWnthgv knänbnse ]mcmsskt¡mfPn hn`mK¯nsâ D]tZiI kanXn bwK§Ä _m\ÀPn \S ¯p¶ XmWXcw {]NcW coXnbn AXr ]vXn tcJs¸Sp¯pIbpw bqWnthgvknänbpsS A´kn\v AXv £Xap­m¡nbXmbn bp. Pn. kn. Soant\mSv ]dbpIbpw sNbvXp. _m\ÀPn bpsS ]cntim[\mcoXn imkv{Xobambncp¶n sÃìw AhÀ ]dªp. cmPØm³ bqWnthgvknänbnteXpt]mse Hcp ]mcmsskt¡mfPn bqWnäv XpS§p¶ Xn\pÅ \nÀt±i§fpw A¯cw \nÀt±i§Ä \ÂIp¶Xn\p ]änb hnZKv²·mcpsS t]cp Ifpw Bhiys¸«psIm­v 1968 s^{_phcn bn Im¬]qÀ bqWnthgvknän sshkv Nm³ keÀ _m\ÀPn¡v Hcp Is¯gpXn. _m\ÀPn DSs\Xs¶ Im¬]qÀ bqWnthgvknänbpsS t] cn Hcp I½än D­m¡n dnt¸mÀ«v Ab¨p. bp.

Pn. kn. Sow CXp ]pd¯psIm­ph¶t¸mÄ Ip«n¨m¯³

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cmPØm³ bqWnthgvknän A[nImcnIÄ A¼ cìt]mbn. Xm³ A¯c¯nsemcp I½änsb \nban¨n«nsöv Im¬]qÀ bqWnthgvknän sshkv Nm³keÀ shfns¸Sp¯n. Cu I½än bpsS {]hÀ¯\ dnt¸mÀ«v {]kn²oIcn¡cp sX¶v bqWnthgvknän \nÀt±in¨psh¦nepw _m\ÀPn AXp {]kn²oIcn¨p. bp. Pn. kn. I½än Pbv]qcnÂsh¨v _m\À PnbpsS {]hÀ¯\§sf¸än ]TnçIbp­mbn. hfsc A{i²tbmSpIqSn Xbmdm¡nb Iptd dnt¸mÀ«pIÄ þ F®¯nepw KpW¯nepw Ah tamiamWv þ am{Xta AhnsS D­mbncpìÅq F¶v AhÀ I­p. ]mcmsskt¡mfPn, C{µn bmXoXÚm\w, aZy¯n\v a\pjya\knsâ ta epÅ kzm[o\w, akvXnjv¡mXoX kvacW, ]m¼pISn XpS§nbhbpsS Imcy¯n _m\À Pn \S¯nbn«pÅ ]T\§sfÃmw Aimkv{Xob amsW¶v I½än¡v t_m[yambn. AXpsIm­v, ]änb Hcp a\ximkv{X hIp¸v cq]w {]m]nç ¶Xphsc ]mcmsskt¡mfPn hIp¸nsâ {]hÀ Ip«n¨m¯³

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¯\w \ndp¯Wsa¶v bp.Pn.kn. I½än ip ]mÀi sNbvXp. _m\ÀPn, X\nçs­¶v AhImis¸Sp¶ tUmIvSÀ _ncpZhpw Ir{XnaamWv. sFIy\mSp Ifnse ‘_yqtdm Hm^v lbÀ FPyqt¡j³’ cmPØm³ bqWnthgvknän¡v Ab¨ I¯n B tUmIvStdäv \ÂInb “\otbmämdnb³ tImtfPv” Un{Kn \ÂIm³ A[nImcapÅ Øm ]\asÃì hyIvXam¡nbn«p­v. Idkvt]m­³ kv tImgvkphgn tUmIvStdäpw CXc _ncpZ§ fpw \ÂIp¶ Hcp I]S Øm]\amWXv. 1965 Unkw_À 22þmw XobXn _m\ÀPn Hcp kv{Xosb ln]vt\mss«kp sN¿p¶ Hcp Nn{Xw ‘Spamsdm’ F¶ {]kn²oIcW¯nsâ ]¯mw hmey¯n (1963) DÄs¸sS ]e ]{X§fnepw h¶ncpì. AXn s{]m^kÀ anÂdnbmensâ ]S¯nsâ Øm\¯v _m\ÀPnbpsS ]Sw H«n¨v do tIm¸n sNbvXv C³Uybn {]kn²oIcnç IbmWv sNbvXXv. Cu hnhcw s{]m^kÀ Ip«n¨m¯³

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dnbm cmPØm³ bqWnthgvknänsb Adnbn ¨n«p­v.

Atacn¡³ sFIy\mSpIfnÂ\nìw Nne ^ut­j\pIÄ klmb hmKvZm\w \ÂInbn «ps­¶v At±lw sshkv Nm³kesd FgpXn Adnbn¨ncpì. C³Uybnse bp. Fkv. FUyq t¡j\ ^ut­j³ At\zjn¨n«v _m\ÀPn ]dbp¶ Xc¯nepÅ Øm]\§sf¸än bm sXmcdnhpw In«nbnÃ. _m\ÀPn Ir{Xnaambn \nÀ½n¨XmWv Cu I¯pIsf¶v A§s\ sXfnªp. XXzimkv{XhIp¸nsâ Xeh³ hnh cw sshkv Nm³kesd Adnbn¨p.

1963þ BWv _m\ÀPn hIp¸p Xeh\mbn cmPØm³ bqWnthgvknänbn ]mcmssk t¡mfPn Un¸mÀ«vsaâv XpS§nbXv. ]p\ÀP· ¯n\p imkv{Xobamb sXfnhpsImSp¡m³ I gnbpw F¶v _m\ÀPn {]Jym]n¨XpsIm­v tem Ihym]Iamb {]kn²n At±l¯n\p­mbn.

At±l¯nsâ I¿n sXfnhpt­m CÃtbm F¶dnbmsX Xs¶ hnizmknIÄ _m\ÀPnç Ip«n¨m¯³

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kvXpXn ]mSn. aq¶mw ]©hXvkc ]²Xnbn Cu bqWnän\v H¶ce£w cq]m A\phZn¨p. kw`mh\IÄ kzoIcn¡m\pw bqWnthgvknän At±l¯n\p kzmX{´yw \ÂIn. aXhnizm knIÄ \nÀtem]w ]Ww sImSp¯p _m\À Pnsb klmbn¨p. ]s£ Ahbvs¡mìw IrXyamb hchp sNehp IWçItfm tcJItfm Cà F¶v bp. Pn. kn. Sow ]dbpì.

Cu bqWn äpsIm­v Fs´¦nepw {]tbmP\anÃm¯ \ne bv¡v AXp \ndp¯n Ifbm³ kwØm\ K h¬saâv Hcn¡Â bqWnthgvknänsb D]tZ in¨ncpì. 31-þ1þ 1969þ F¨v.F³. _m\ÀPn \S¯ns¡m­ncp¶ ]p\ÀP· KthjW¯n sâ {]tbmP\s¯¸än At\zjn¨p dnt¸mÀ«p sN¿m³ Hcp aq¶wK¡½änsb bqWnthgvknän {Kmâvkv I½oj³ \nban¨p.

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s{]m. Fkv. ]mÀ°kmcYn.

2) DXvIÂ bqWnthgvknänbnse a\xim kv{X s{]m^kÀ BÀ. dm¯v.

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3) sUÂln bqWnthgvknänbnse a\xim kv{X s{]m^kÀ tUm. F¨v.kn. KmwKpen F ¶nhcmbncpì I½änbwK§Ä. “_m\ÀPn KthjW]cambn C{µnbmXoXm \p`h§Ä tiJcn¨n«pÅ dn¡mÀUpIÄ XpO hpw, A\hew_\obhpambn ImWpì. Ahbv ¡SnØm\ambn tiJcn¨psh¨n«pÅ sXfnhp IÄ {i²m]qÀÆw tiJcn¨n«pÅhbmbn tXm ì¶nÃ. Hcp \nKa\¯n\v Ahiyw Bhiyam b sXfnhpIfmWhbnsemìw CÃm¯Xv. 1963þ Cu Un¸mÀ«psaâv Bcw`n¨Xn\pti jw 700 ]p\ÀP·t¡kpIÄ dn¡mÀUm¡o«p ­v. Ahbn 30 F®w am{Xta At\zjW¯n \mbn FSp¡m\pt±in¨n«pÅq. Ahbn sh tÆsd At\zjWw \S¯n dn¡mÀUm¡nbXv 3 F®w am{XamWv. B dn¡mÀUpIÄ Hìw Xs¶ BcptSbpw Kuchamb {i² AÀlnç ¶hbÃ, FÃmw D]cn]vfh§fmWvv”- F¶mWv Cu aq¶wK I½nän A`n{]mbs¸«Xv. Cu Un ¸mÀ«psaânsâ {i² apgph\pw tI«ptIÄhn Ifmb IYIÄ tiJcnç¶Xnembncpì. sh Ip«n¨m¯³

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dpw {]NcW¯n am{XamWv _m\ÀPn {i²n ¨ncp¶Xv. AXv B Un¸mÀ«psaânsâ A´kn t\bpw kÂt¸cnt\bpw {]XnIqeambn _m[n ¨n«pÅXmbpw I½än Nq­n¡mWn¨p.

CXnsâsbms¡ ^eambn cmPØm³ bqWn thgvknän ]mcmsskt¡mfPn hIp¸p ]ncn¨p hn«p.

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6 Ivfm§v \Znbnse Pew It¯men¡À eqÀ±v Pehpw lnµp¡Ä KwKm Pehpw hnip²ambn IcpXpì. _-p²aX-¡mÀ çw apkveo§Äçsams¡ C¯cw Nne tI{µ §fp­v. sImemew]qcnse ¢m§v \Znbnse shůn\v tcmKia\ iIvXnbps­¶v Hcp hmÀ¯ 1961þ {]Ncn¨p. CXp kw_Ôn¨v {]kv {Skväv Hm^v kntem¬ \ÂInb Hcp hmÀ ¯bmWv Xmsg sImSpç¶Xv. “aebmbpsS Xoc¯pÅ Ivfm§v F¶ Ø e¯v Hcp Acp hnbnse Pew Ct¸mÄ hnhn[ Xcw tcmK§Ä ian¸n¨p sIm­ncnçì. C³ Uy, Xmbveâv, tlmt¦m§v F¶nhnS§fnte ¡v Cu Pew Ct¸mÄ sIm­pt]mbvs¡m­n cnçì, Ab¨psIm­ncnçì. Hcp amk¯n \p ap¼pam{Xta AcphnbpsS kn²n I­p ]nSn Ip«n¨m¯³

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¡s¸«n«pÅq. IìImenIÄ¡v shÅw sImSp ¡m\pw Ahsb Ipfn¸n¡m\pw DÅ B Ø ew Cì hÀWi_famb ISIfpw, eLp ]m\o b kvämfpIfpw km[\§Ä sIm­p\Sì hnÂç¶hcpw t]m¡äSn¡mcpw DÅ Hcp hen b It¼mfambn amdnbncnçIbmWv. “Cu AcphnbpsS tcmKia\ iIvXnsbç dn¨v At\zjn¡m³ t]mb Øes¯ Hcp ]{X teJI\v Acphnbnse¯m³ AhnSs¯ P\ ¡q«w henb {]Xn_Ôambncpì. GXm­v 3000 ImdpIÄ t\cs¯Xs¶ AhnsS F¯p Ibpw AhsbÃmw AhnsS C«ncnçIbpw sNbvXXpsIm­v Cu ]{XteJIsâ Imdv hf sc Zqsc ]mÀç sNt¿­nhì. Imdn \n¶nd §n shůn\Sps¯¯m³ X\n¡v 6 aWn ¡qÀ th­nhì F¶v teJI³ ]dbpì. Cu Acphnbnse Pe¯n\v tNmç\ndamWv. “Cu Pew `cWnIfnem¡n tlm§vtIm§n se Xsâ _Ôp¡Ä¡v Xm³ Ab¨pshìw IqSpX Pew Ab¨psImSp¡Wsa¶v AhÀ Ip«n¨m¯³

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Xt¶mSv Bhiys¸«ncnçIbmsWìw Hcp ssN\okv kv{Xo ]dªp. ¢m§n Hcp XoÀ °mS\w \S¯nb tijw Z£nW aebmbnse Hcp aqIbmb _menIbv¡v kwkmcn¡m³ Ign bpì F¶ IY Cu Acphnbnse kµÀiIÀ ]dbpì­v. Fgpt¶Â¡m\mhm¯h®w X sâ ImÂap«pIÄ hfsc ZpÀ_eambncpì F ìw F¶m Acphnbnse Pe¯n Ipfn¨ tijw X\n¡v Fgpt¶Â¡m\pw \S¡m\pw ssk¡nfn khmcn sN¿m\pw Ignbpì F ìw Hcp hr²³ ]dbpì. ¢m§n\Sp¯pÅ kznä¬lmw XpdapJ¯v ASp¯ Hcp I¸ense C³Uy³ bm{X¡mÀ Cu Acphnbnse Pew C³Uybnteç sIm­pt]mbn«p­v. \nch[n XmbveâpImÀ X§fpsS ^vfmkvçIÄ \ndsb shÅw AhcpsS \m«nteç sIm­pt]mhpI bpw sNbvXncpì.” tdma³ It¯men¡cptSXpt]mse {]NcW k{¼Zmb§Ä hiapÅhcÃ, atejybnse _p²aX¡mcpw apkveo§fpw. AXpsIm­v A [nIImew Cu hnip² Pe¯nsâ hnip²n Ip«n¨m¯³

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\ne\n¶nÃ. Ct¸mÄ Hcp¯cpw ¢m§v \Znbn se Pew FSp¯p sIm­pt]mbn tcmKia\w \S¯p¶nsömWv ASp¯ Ime¯v aebm bn \nì In«nb dnt¸mÀ«pIfnepÅXv.

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7 KohÀKokv klZm temI¯nsâ ]e`mK¯pw Bcm[n¡s¸«ncp¶ Hcp ‘hnip²³’ BWv skâv tPmÀÖv AYhm KohÀKokv klZm. tIcfobÀ¡v Cu ]cnip² t\mSpÅ `IvXn hfsc IqSpXemWv. {_n«ojv Zzo]pIfpsS c£mIÀXrXzw hlnç ¶Xv At±l amsW¶v Cw¥ojpImÀ ZrVambn hnizknçì. tPÀÖv F¶ t]cpXs¶ {_n«o jv cmPIpSpw_¯n ]eÀçw D­mbncpì. bp²Ime§fn {_n«ojv tk\bpsS \mbI Xzw hlnç¶Xp t]mepw skâv tPmÀÖm sW¶v AhÀ IcpXpì. PÀ½\n, {^m³kv, djy, {Kokv XpS§nb ]mivNmXy tZi§fnepw Cu ]pWy]pcpjsâ \mat[b¯nepÅ \nch [n tZhmeb§Ä Cìw ImWpì­v. t]Àjy, C³Uy, sbdpitew XpS§nb ]uckvXytZi §fnse {InkvXym\nIfpw hfsc `IvXn ]qÀh Ip«n¨m¯³

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amWv skâv tPmÀÖns\ kvacn¡mdpÅXv. At±l¯nsâ PohnXt¯mSv _Ôs¸Sp¯n \nch[n IYIÄ ]dbs¸Spì­v. \qäm­pI tfmfw ]g¡apÅhbmWv Ahbn ]eXpw. AXn {][m\s¸« H¶v At±lw Hcp kÀ¸ s¯ sIm¶ IYbmWv. Hcp cmPy¯nsâ Xe Øm\ \KcntbmSp tNÀìÅ \ocpdhbn D{K\mb Hcp hymfw (Dragon) hìIqSn. ]« WhmknIÄ shÅw tImcphm³ hcpt¼mÄ Ahsc ]nSn¨p `£nçIbmbncpì AXnsâ sXmgnÂ. `b¦c\mb B hymfs¯ sImÃp hm³ BÀçw Ignhp­mbncp¶nÃ. AXpsIm ­v cmPmhpw P\§fpw IqSn, Hmtcm a\pjy s\bpw th­{X Blmckm[\§fpw IqSn \n ivNnX kab¯v \ÂImsa¶v hymft¯mSp hm KvZm\w sNbvXp. AXp \ÂIpt¼mÄ hymfw \ocpdhbnÂ\n¶v amdpw. P\§Ä shÅw tIm cns¡m­v t]mIpIbpw sN¿pw C§s\ Ipsd \mÄ XpSÀì. hymf¯n\v CcbmIm\pÅhsc Hmtcm ho«nÂ\n¶v sXcsªSpçIbmWv ]Xn hv. A§s\ Hcp Znhkw cmPmhnsâ GI Ip«n¨m¯³

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]p{Xnsb hymf¯n\p \ÂtI­n hì. a\kn Ãm a\tkmsSbmsW¦nepw cmPmhv aIsf Ab ¨p. hymf¯nsâ BKa\hpw Im¯v \nklmb bmb B s]¬Ip«n IcªpsIm­v \nÂç t¼mgmWv skâv tPmÀÖv AXphgn sNÃp¶Xv. At±lw s]¬Ip«ntbmSv Icbp¶Xnsâ Imc Ww Xnc¡n. AhÄ hniZambn AXp ]dªp tIĸn¨p. [oc\mb B ]Sbmfn hymfs¯ FXncnSm³ Xocpam\n¨p. hymfhpw skâv tPmÀÖpambn D{Kamb Hcp kwL«\w \Sì. Nne ]gb ]m«pIfn B cwKw hÀWn¡s¸«n«p­v. GXmbmepw Ahkm \w hymfs¯ At±lw sImì. A§s\ Hcp \Kc¯nse P\§sfbpw cmPmhnsâ kpµcn bmb aItfbpw skâv tPmÀÖv c£n¨p. IrX ÖXm \nÀ`c\mb cmPmhv hne]nSn¸pÅ k½m \§Ä ]eXpw \ÂInsb¦nepw At±lw A sXmìw kzoIcn¨nÃ. {InkvXym\nbmb X\n¡v {InkvXphnsâ iIvXnsIm­mWv kÀ¸s¯ sImÃm³ IgnªsXìw AXpsIm­v cmPm hpw {]PIfpw {InkvXpaX¯n tNcWsaìw Ip«n¨m¯³

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At±lw D]tZin¨p. A§s\ At\Imbncw t]À Aì {InkvXpaXw AwKoIcn¨p F¶mWv IY. \nehnencnç¶ IYIfn {]m[m\yaÀln ç¶ aäp NneXv skâv tPmÀÖnsâ cIvXkm £nXzs¯çdn¨pÅXmWv. hnizkvX\pw [oc \pamb Hcp ]«mf DtZymKس F¶ \nebn N{IhÀ¯nbpsS {]tXyI {]oXn¡v At±lw ]m{Xo`qX\mbncpì. F¦nepw N{IhÀ¯n {In kvXym\nIsf ]oUn¸nçhm³ XpS§nbt¸mÄ {InkvXym\nbmb tPmÀÖv {]Xntj[n¨p. Ip]n X\mb N{IhÀ¯n At±ls¯ XShnem¡n. `ojWnsIm­pw `b¦c§fmb aÀ±\ apdIÄ sIm­pw hmKvZm\§Ä sIm­pw At±l¯n sâ a\kp amäphm³ {ian¨psh¦nepw Hìw IgnªnÃ. Hcn¡Â At±l¯nsâ sXmenbp cnçIbpw sh«n\pdp¡n sN¼p]m{X¯nen«v hdpçIbpw sNbvXp F¶mWv sFXnlyw. aq ì {]mhiyw At±lw acWs¯ Pbn¨v N{I hÀ¯nbpsS ASp¡Â sNìhs{X. aÀ±nXcmb {InkvXym\nIÄ¡v hensbmcp Bthihpw Ip«n¨m¯³

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{]tNmZ\hpambncpì KohÀKoknsâ IY F ¶Xv \nkwibamWv. KohÀKokv klZtbmSp {]mÀ°n¨Xnsâ ^eambn tcmKim´n e`n¨n«ps­¶v AhIm is¸Sp¶ ]etcbpw Rm³ I­n«p­v. Fsâ P·Øeamb XncphÃmç kao]¯pÅ FS Xzm]Ån KohÀKokv klZmbpsS {][m\ tZhmeb§fn H¶mWv. CS¸Ån, ]pXp¸Ån, apXet¡mSw XpS§nb Øe§fnepÅ skâv tPmÀÖnsâ ]ÅnIfpw {]kn²§fmWtÃm.

Acphn¯pd, aWÀImSv, XpS§nb Nne tZhme b§Ä At±l¯nsâ \ma¯nesænepw B kvacWç {]m[m\yw Iån¨p t]mcpì. CXn\p ]pdsa aät\Iw tZhmeb§fn skâv tPmÀ Önsâ s]cp¶mÄ hn]peambn BtLmjn¨p hcpì­v. CXn CS¸Ånbntebpw FSXzmbn tebpw s]cp¶mfpIÄ¡v ]ckv]c _ÔapÅ Hcp IY ]dbs¸Spì. CS¸Ånbnencnç¶ Hcp {]XnabmWs{X FSXzmbn sIm­phì Øm]n¨ncnç¶Xv. AXpt]mse Xs¶ Acphn ¯pd ]Ånbnse {]Xna \nebv¡Â \in¨ Ip«n¨m¯³

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t¸mÄ AhnsS \n¶v sIm­ph¶XmsWìw ]dbs¸Spì. GXmbmepw Cu c­p {]XnaI fpw t]Àjy³ inåIem amXrIbnepÅXmWv. skâv tPmÀÖnsâ a²yØXbn {]mÀ °nçIbpw At±l¯n\v hgn]mSpIÄ \ÂIp Ibpw sN¿p¶Xn tIcf¯nse {InkvXym\n IÄ ap³]´nbnemWv \nÂç¶Xv. kÀ¸mcm[ \bv¡v {]NmcapÅ tIcf¯n kÀ¸m´I \mbn Adnbs¸Sp¶ skâv tPmÀÖnsâ kvac W¡v {]m[m\yw e`n¨Xv kvacWobamWv. Cu ]pWyhmsâ PohnXs¯¸än hfsctb sd KthjWw \S¶n«p­v. dh. AÂ_³ _Sv fÀ, s{]m^kÀ _dn, ZeKmbn XpS§nbhÀ ]e ]pXnb kn²m´§fpw Bhnjv¡cn¨p. ] s£, B[p\nI KthjI·mÀ Ct¸mÄ Ak µnKv²ambn sXfnbn¨ncnçì, skâv tPmÀÖv Fs¶mcmÄ Pohn¨ncp¶nt«bnà F¶v. aX aÀ± \ Imes¯ BthiIcamb Hcp sI«pIYbm Wv AsX¶mWv Ncn{XImc·mcpsS ]£w. C t¸mÄ tdma³ It¯men¡m kapZmbw AXIp«n¨m¯³

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wKoIcnçIbpw ]pWyhmf·mcpsS enkvän \n ìw B t]cv amäpIbpw sNbvXncnçì. ] s£, tIcf¯nse ]ÅnIfn \nìw skâv tPmÀÖv Ct¸mgpw _lnjvIrX\mbn«nÃ. Bfp IfpsS hnizmk¯n henb BLmXta¸n ¡msX B hnip²s\ {ItaW amäm\mWv ]cn ]mSn. \qdp hÀjw Ignbpt¼mtgçw B t] cn Hcp ]Ånbpw ImWpIbnÃ.

Pohn¨ncp¶n«nÃm¯ KohÀKokv klZmbp sS a²yØXbn tcmKim´n e`n¨htc¸än aXhnizmknIÄs¡´mWv ]dbm\pÅXv?

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8 knÂhnbm \Zmen\n “ssItcJIÄ t\m¡n ^ew ]dbp¶ ]Xnhp am{Xta \½psS \m«nepÅq. F¶m Imensâ ]mZ§fnse tcJIÄ t\m¡n {]hN\w \S ¯p¶ Hcp kv{Xo Cäenbnep­v. Cu sXmgn sIm­v \à k¼mZyhpw AhÀ D­m¡ns¡m ­ncnçIbmWv. Hcp kuµcyhÀ²I tjm¸n se tPmen¡mcnbmWhÀ. AhnsS¯s¶bm WhÀ Xsâ ]mZtcJm imkv{Xs¯mgnepw \S ¯ns¡m­ncnç¶Xv. AhnsS XeapSn t-_m_v sN¿nç¶Xn\pw aäpw hcp¶ kv{XoIfmWv ^okp sImSp¯p \Zmen\nsbs¡m­v X§fp sS ImÂhcIÄ ]cntim[n¸n¨v `mhn ]dbnç ¶Xv. Npacn Xmsg `mK¯pÅ Hcp sNdnb InfnhmXnen\Sp¯v `mhn Adntb­hÀ Ccpì sIm­v hes¯ \Kv\]mZw B InfnhmXnen Ip«n¨m¯³

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IqSn AIt¯ç sh¨p sImSpçì. B ]mZ tcJIÄ \Zmen\n ]cntim[n¨v `mhn {]hNnç IbmWv coXn. A§s\ ]mZtcJIÄ ImWn¨p sImSp¡m³ X§fpsS Dugw Im¯ncnç¶ kv{XoIsf AhnsS ImWmw. Xm³ Cu ]mZtc Jmimkv{XhnZy ]Tn¨Xv a²y B{^n¡bnse Hcp hr²tbmKnbn \n¶msW¶v \Zmen\n ]dbpì.”

CXv 1973 amÀ¨v 25þmw XobXn tdmbn«À dnt¸mÀ«v sNbvXn«pÅ Hcp hmÀ¯bmWv. s\än, I£w, hbdv, Kply`mK§Ä XpS§n icoc ¯nsâ FÃm `mK§fnepw tcJIÄ D­v.

AXp ]cntim[n¨p `mhn {]hNnç¶hcpw D ­msbì hcpw!

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9 Nne Ubdnçdn¸pIÄ ]{X]wIvXnIfn ImWp¶ IuXpIIcamb hmÀ¯IÄ sh«nsbSp¯v AXn\v ASnçdn¸p IÄ FgpXn hbvç¶Xv tImhqcnsâ Hcp tlm_nbmbncpì. C¯cw Ubdnçdn¸pI fn \nìw sXcsªSp¯XmWv Xmsg sImSp ç¶ `mK§Ä.

{]mÀ°\ ^ens¨t¶m? “imcocnIambn £oWnXs\¦nepw BXvaob ambn Dt·jhm\mbn tXmakv IÀ±n\mÄ Iqsd C¶se kntemWn Xncns¨¯n. h¶ DS³ At±lw ]dªp: kntem¬ P\X F\nç th ­n hfsc {]mÀ°n¨p ImWWw. AÃm¯ ]£w Fsâ \m«nse C{Xtbsd \à BfpI fpsS CSbnte¡v Rm³ Xncns¨¯pIbnÃm Ip«n¨m¯³

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bncpì. Bdpamkw ap¼v FIypsa\n¡Â Iu¬kn NÀ¨Ifn ]s¦Sp¡m\mbn IÀ±n \mÄ Iqsd kntem¬ hn«XmWv. tdman F¯n A[nI Znhkw Ignbpw ap¼v At±lw tcmK_m[nX\mbn Bip]{Xnsb A`bw {]m]n ¨p. tcmKapIvX\mb tijw Ipd¨p Znhk t¯¡v At±lw Iu¬kn tbmK§fn ]s¦Sp¯p. ]s£, ho­pw tcmK_m[nX \mbn kznävkÀe³Un Bip]{Xnsb icWw {]m]n¨p.” (kntem¬ sUbven andÀ) kntem¬ P\XbpsS {]mÀ°\bmWv Xs¶ tcmKhnapIvX\m¡nbsX¶v IÀ±n\mÄ Iqsd ]dbps¶¦nepw, B {]kvXmh\bpsS kXymh Øtbbpw BXvamÀ°Xtbbpw ]än R§Ä kwibmep¡fmWv. kntemWnse Xsâ A\p bmbnIfpsS {]mÀ°\bpsS tcmKim´n iIvXn bn At±l¯n\p hnizmkap­mbncps¶ ¦n sshZyNnInXvkmÀ°w Bip]{XnIsf A `bw {]m]nç¶Xn\p]Icw X\nçth­n Iq« {]mÀ°\ \S¯p¶Xn\v Xsâ FÃm CShI Ip«n¨m¯³

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¡mtcmSpw tdmanÂ\n¶v At±l¯n\v A`yÀ °n¡mambncpì. {]mÀ°\bmtWm sshZy Nn InXvkbmtWm GXmWv kntemWn Xncns¨ ¯m³ At±ls¯ klmbn¨sX¶Xv Ct¸mÄ hnhmZ]camb hkvXpXbmWv. tdmansebpw kzn ävkÀeânsebpw hnZKv[ sshZyNnInXvkbm Wv Xsâ Pohs\ c£n¨sX¶v IÀ±n\mfn\v D¯at_m[yaps­¦n Xs¶bpw, tcmKhnap IvXnbvçÅ _lpaXn Xsâ IpªmSpIÄ¡v \ÂIm³ At±lw {]ZÀin¸nç¶ Bthiw a\knem¡m³ {]bmkapÅ kwKXnbÃ. B IpªmSpIfpsS F´pw hnizknç¶ ioe s¯ B{ibn¨mWsÃm, IÀ±n\mfnsâ PohnX kÔmcWhpw kpJkuIcy§fpw {]ikvXn bpw A[nImchpw IpSnsImÅp¶Xv. eqÀ±nse I\ymamXmhnsâ t{Kmt«mbv¡v (Ir {Xna Kpl) kao]apÅ Acphnbnse Pe ¯nsâ ZnhyiIvXnsb¸än {]NcW§fmcw`n ¨n«v 180 hÀj§fmbncnçì. Acphnbnse Pe¯nsâ tcmK \nÀ½mÀÖ\ iIvXnbn {`an¨v temI¯nsâ \m\m`mK§fn \n¶v Ip«n¨m¯³

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eqÀ±nse¯p¶ hnizmknIfmb XoÀ°mSI cnÂ\n¶v I¿pw IWçanÃm¯ hn[¯n [\w kw`cn¡m³ It¯men¡m aX¯n\p Ign bpì.

Btdgp hÀj§Ä¡nSbn 55 t]Àç­mb A[nIrXambn sXfnbn¡s¸« AZv`pX tcmK im´nsb¸än AhÀ henb {]kn²oIcWw \S ¯pìs­¦nepw, AtX Imebfhn AhnsS ¡nSì acn¨ Bbnc¡W¡n\mfpIsf¸än Hc £cw t]mepw an­mdnÃ. eqÀ±nse AZv`pX tcm Kim´nbpsS CcpfSª hi§sf¸än t]m¸n \pw IÀ±n\mf·mÀçw aäpw Adnbmhp¶Xn\m emWv AhÀ Cu h©\¡v hnt[bcmImsX sshZy NnInXvksb B{ibnç¶Xv. Kuchc amb tcmK§Ä _m[n¨ XoÀ°mSIsc hmf­n bÀamÀ hnZKv[NnInXvkbv¡mbn kao]apÅ Bip]{XnIfnte¡v clkyambn IS¯ns¡m ­p t]mIp¶ hnhcadnbmhp¶ t]m¸pw IÀ±n \mf·mcpw AhcpsS Bbpknt\bpw BtcmKy s¯bpw hnip² amXmhns\ F§s\ hnizkn t¨ånbvçw?

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]utcmlnXy tbmKyXIÄ “anj\dn kv¡qfpIfnÂ\nì hnZym`ymkw k¼mZn¨hcmWv C¶v \s½ `cnç¶Xv. AhÀ henb _p²aX¡mcmsW¶hImis¸Spì s­¦nepw AhÀ¡v kXy¯n _p²aXw F´msW¶dnªpIqSm F¶v, sIe\nbbnse hnZymeImc kÀhIemimebn sNbvX Hcp {]kwKat[y kntem¬ kÀhIemimebnse ^ntemk^n s{]m^kdmb tUm.sI.F³. Pb XneI³ {]kvXmhnçIbp­mbn.” (kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv, 11þ 7þ 1966) Cu bqWnthgvknän s{]m^kdpsS A`n{]m b¯n kntemWn CXphsc D­mb Bdp {][m\a{´namcn kÀ tPm¬ sIm«e hmem am{Xta cmPyw ‘`cn¡m³’ AhIminbmbpsÅ ì tXm¶nt¸mIpì. ImcWw aäv A©v {][m\ a{´namcpw Hcn-¡esæn asämcn¡Â anj \dn ]Ån¡qS§fn ]Tn¨hcmWv. _p²aXw icn¡v ]Tn¨hcmbncn¡Ww kntemWnse {] Ip«n¨m¯³

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[m\a{´namsc¶v bpt­m?

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BXvaob iIvXnIÄ “BXvaob iIvXnIfn \apçÅ hnizmkw £bn¨p hcnIbmsW¶Xv thZ\mP\IamWv. BXvaob iIvXn th­{X hnIkn¨n«pÅ HcmÄ-¡v Cu temI¯v Akm²yambsXm ìanÃ.” (e¦mZzo]v, 9þ10þ1966) `uXnIhmZnIfmb Atacn¡¡mcpw djy ¡mcpw imkv{XhnÚm\ap]tbmKn¨v N{µ\n Cd§pwap¼v ]uckvXytZi§fnse kn²·m cpw tbmKnIfpw AhcpsS B²ymXvanI iIvXn D]tbmKn¨v N{µ\n Cd§psa¶v \ap¡v XoÀ ¨bmbpw {]Xo£n¡mw.

I«cmKa ssZh¯nsâ A\mØ “]m\apctXm«pap\ hnhnt[mt±i klIcW bqWnb³ hI henb _kv Hcp hr£¯n Ip«n¨m¯³

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CSn¨v Ipf¯n hoWXp \nan¯w Ignª i\nbmgvN bqWnb\nse 11 Poh\¡mÀ acnç Ibpw 38 t]À¡v KpcpXcamb ]cp¡p]äpIbpw sNbvXp. AhscÃmhcpw I«cmKabnte¡v XoÀ °mS\w t]mIpIbmbncpì.” (ssSwkv Hm^v kntem¬) “kuIcyZm\ kuP\y sshZytkh\ klm b kanXn, C¡gnª I«cmKaXoÀ°mS\ Ime ¯v F®mbncw XoÀ°mSIsc NnInXvkn¨p.

AhnsSbp­mb Hcp Xo]nSp¯¯n kanXn hI 1000þ ]cw cq]m hne]nSn¸pÅ D]IcW §Ä \jvSs¸«p.” (kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv) Xsâ `IvX·mÀçw klmbnIÄçw kw c£Wacpfm³ I«cmKassZh¯n\v HìIn iIvXnbnÃ. Asæn ssZhw A¡mcy¯n A\mØ {]ZÀin¸nçì. almsshZy\mb kp{_lvaWy\v kuJyZm\ tUmIvSÀamcpsS klmbw BhiyamsWt¶m?

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{]tNmZ\mkcWn “A´ÀtZiob ‘{]ikvX’cmb Hcp X«n¸pIm c\pambn \S¯nb A`napJ kw`mjWs¯ ¸än Hcp ]{X{]hÀ¯I³ FgpXpì: Abmfp sS InS¡bvç kao]w taita tbip{Inkv Xphnsâ Hcp Iodnb Nn{Xw D­mbncpì.

Rm³ B Nn{Xw t\mç¶Xp I­ B X«n¸p Imc³ Nn{Xw I¿nseSp¯psIm­v C§s\ ]d ªp: ‘kvt\lnXm, CXv Fìw Fsâ IqsS bpÅXmWv. Rm³ Pbnenembncnçt¼mgpw ]pd¯mbncnçt¼mgpw Bip]{Xnbnepw ]pd ¯pw, ]ns¶ Duln¡m³ h¿m¯ ]teS§fn epw, Cu Nn{Xw Fsâ IqsSbp­v.” (kntemsUbven andÀ). {InkvXphnsâ Cu Nn{Xw þ Cu c£mI hNw þ Bbncnçtam, B X«n¸pImc³ PbneS bv¡s¸Sm\nSbmb Ipä§Ä sN¿p¶Xn\p th­ {]tNmZ\w \ÂInt¸m¶Xv?

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BIÀjW heb¯nÂs]« ssZhw “ac¯nÂ\n¶v Hcm¸nÄ]gw `qanbn ]Xn ç¶Xp I­ Hcp a\pjy³ ]dªp: B ]g¯nsâ ]X\w t\mçI. AXn\p ]n¶n Hcp iIvXntbm \nbatam D­v. Rm\Xn\p {Kmhntäj³ Fì t]cnSpì. CXpt]mepÅ Hcp \nco£WamWv, Cu {]]©¯nsâ ]n ¶n Hcp ssZhs¯ {]XnjvTn¡m³ a\pjy\v t{]cIambXv.” (dh. s{^Uv UnknÂhm, sUbven andÀ) ssZh¯ns\ AXnsâ Bcm[\m ]Zhnbn \nì {`jvS\m¡m\pÅ hqÄhn¨v _nj¸nsâ BtcmKyIcamb bXv\w t]msem¶mWv taåd ªXv. BtcmKyIcsaì ]dbm³ ImcWw, Cu k¦åw, _p²nbpw {]ÚbpanÃm¯ Hcp k¦å ssZh¯ns\ Bcm[\m]qPmZnIÄ sIm ­v {]oWn¸n¡m³ {ianç¶Xn\p ]Icw IqSp X kabhpw ]Whpw a\pjytkh\]camb Ip«n¨m¯³

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Imcy §Ä¡v sNehgn¡m³ klmbnçsa¶ Xp Xs¶.

BIÀjWw, \nbaw, iIvXn XpS§nbh AtNX\§fmIbm Ahbv¡v Xet¨mdnÃ.

AXpsIm­pXs¶ a\kpw _p²nbpanÃ. B IÀjW iIvXnsbtbm hnZypNvOIvXnsbtbm Bcm[nçhm³ _p²nbpÅhcmcpw Xbmdmhp IbnÃ. AXpt]mse, {Kmhnän t]mse _p²nbn Ãm¯ iIvXnIÄçw _p²nbpÅ a\pjy\pw X½n CS\nebmbn t£{X§fpw ]ÅnIfpw, {]XypåmZ\£aaÃm¯ e£¡W¡n\p ssh ZnIcpw BhiyanÃ. {Kmhnän, \nbaw, iIvXn XpS§nbhsb AhbpsS ]gb t]cn Xs¶ Adnbs¸Sm³ hnt«¡cptXm? Ahbv¡v ssZh sa¶ t]cp \ÂIn F´n\hsb ]hn{XoI cn¡Ww? ssZhsa¶ am{´nI]Zw \ne\ndp¯n kz´w \ne\nåns\ \ymboIcn¡m\pÅ ]ptcm lnX hÀK¯nsâ BImw£bpsS ^ew am{X amWv ssZhw.

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ssZh¯n\p \ntcm[\mÚ “sImfwt_m Unkv{SnIvSv tImSXnbn P UvPn F³.F.Un. Fkv. hnPbtiJc ap¼msI sP.Fkv. s^ÀWmt­m F¶bmÄ A`qX]qÀ hamb k{¼Zmb¯nepÅ Hcp A\ymbw ^b sNbvXncnçì. sImfw_nse BÀ¨p _nj¸pw, tIm¯tl\ sk. eqjnbkv ]Ån hnImcn dh. ^mZÀ eqjnb³ sjanUnäpamWv tIknse {]XnIÄ. hmZnbpsS (s^ÀWm­kn sâ) Ip«nsb Úm\kv\m\w sN¿m³ ^mZÀ eqjnb³ hnk½Xn¨Xv, tdma³ It¯men¡m hnizmka\pkcn¨v Ip«nsb hfÀ¯ns¡m­ph cm³ X\nbvçÅ AhImi¯nsâ \ntj[am sW¶v hn[nIå\bp­mIWsa¶XmWv A\ym bkmcw.” (kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv) tImSXnbn hnNmcWbnencnç¶ Imcyam Ibm R§Ä hnaÀi\§Äs¡mìw Xbmdm Ip¶nÃ. GXmbmepw, ssZh¯ns\Xnsc Hcp \ntcm[\mÚ t\Sm³ R§Ä s^ÀWm Ip«n¨m¯³

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t­msb D]tZinçì. \ntcm[\mÚ kÀh iIvXsâ temI¯nse GPâns\Xntc F¶ Xn\p ]Icw kÀhiIvXsâ t]cn Xs¶bm Is«.

Hcp _nj¸nsâ A\p{KliIvXn “apXphmfn hmÂt¡gvkv F³Pn\obdnwKv hÀ¡vknse \mhnI anj³ hI kväyphÀ«v kn. t\mIvkv 3 F¶ ]pXnb sNdpI¸ens\ sImfw _nse _nj¸mb ssdäv dh. lmtcmÄUv Unkq k C¶se A\p{KlnçIbp­mbn.” (kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv) sNdpI¸ensâ DSaIÄ, _nj¸nsâ A\p{K l¯n\p ]pdsa AXv icn¡v C³jqÀ sN¿pI F¶ IqSpX IcpXepw FSp¯n«pÅXmb dnbpì.

enwKhpw IÀ½hpw “CNvOm\pkcWw B¬k´m\§sftbm s]¬Ipªp§sftbm P\n¸nçI km[yam Ip«n¨m¯³

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tWm? djy³ imkv{X A¡mZanbnse s{]m^ kÀ t_mdnkv AkvämtdmUv CjvS k´m\ e_v[n e£oIcn¨v BZys¯ NphSphbv]pIÄ \S¯nbncnç¶t{X. KÀ`mib¯n {]thin ç¶ DåmZ\ _oPtI{µ¯ns\ \nivNnX am{X bnepÅ sXÀa tjm¡n\p hnt[bam¡nbm Wt{X k´XnbpsS enwK\nÀWbw km[nç ¶Xv.” (ams©kväÀ KmÀUnb³) P\nbv¡m\ncnbvç¶ inip BWmbncn¡ Wtam, s]®m¡Wtam F¶v a\pjy\v \nÀ Wbnçhm³ km[nç¶ ]£w, enwK\nÀW b¯n\m[mcambn hnizkn¡s¸Sp¶ ]qÀh P·IÀ½¯nsâ IY F´mIpw?

Ipcninsâ IY {InkvXp Xs¶ c­pXhW kµÀin¨Xmbpw, Xsâ heXp `pP¯nt·Â IpcniSbmfw ]Xn ¨Xmbpw Hcph³ AhImis¸«ncnçì. CtX ¸än FskIvkn tdmw_v t^mÀUnse hnImcn Ip«n¨m¯³

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bmb Im\ {^m³knkv sshäv C{]Imcw ]d bpì: “B {]kvXmh\ kXyamsW¶v F\nç d¸p­v. {InkvXphnsâ CuZrikµÀi\§Ä D­mImdps­ìw Ah AXy´w hniz k\ob amsWìw F\n¡dnbmw. heXp`pP¯n Ipcn iSbmfw ]Xnbv¡s¸« B a\pjy³ Hcp {S¡v ss{Uhdmb BÂ{^Uv t_mÀ«³ (37) BWv.” (hos¡âÀ) kmbn_m-_bpsS AZv`pXIÀ½§sf¸änbp Å AhImihmZs¯t¸meÃmsX BÂ{^Uv t_mÀ«\v Xsâ I¿nse IpcniSbmfhpw hnImcnbpsS ØncoIcWhpw A\pIqehmZ§ fmbn«p­v.

{]hN\w BXvalXybvç ImcWambn “admWnse sImsXankv s]tä (72) sI«n ¯q§n acn¨ncnçì. s]täbv¡v Hcp No¯ ¡mew Bk¶amsWìw, B L«¯n Hcp Ip«n¨m¯³

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ikv{X{Inb th­nhcpsaìw tPmXvky{]hN \ap­mbncp¶Xmbn arXtZl]cntim[\m th fbn NneÀ ]dªp. Cu {]hN\s¯¸än ]cn{`m´\mb s]tä BXvlXy sNbvXp.” (kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv) ]uc·mÀ¡v tZmjIcamb BNmc§fpw \S]SnIfpw \ntcm[nçIsb¶Xv Hcp t£a cmjv{S¯nsâ NpaXebmWv. B tPmXvkysâ h©\mXvaIamb {]hN\w \nan¯asæn s]tä Cìw Pohn¨ncnçambncpì. `mhnbnse B]¯pIsf¸än {]hNnç¶ tPmXvky·mscbpw e£Ww t\m¡n `mhn^ e§Ä ]dbp¶hscbpwt]mse, ssZhtIm] t¯bpw \nXy\cIs¯bpw]än ]dªv hnizm knIsf `bs¸Sp¯p¶ aX{]kwKIscbpw sImebv¡v ImcWamb Ipä¯n\v t{]mknIyq«v sNt¿­XmWv.

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BXvamhn\v {]Xn^ew “acWthfbn icoc¯nÂ\n¶v thÀ s]Sp¶Xmbn a\pjyicoc¯n Hcp BXvamhv IpSnsImÅpìs­ìÅXn\v imkv{Xobamb sXfnhpIÄ lmPcmç¶ hyIvXnt¡m kwLS \bvt¡m sImSpçhm³th­n 1951þ acn¨ AcntkmW¡mc\mb sPbnwkv InUv Xsâ hnÂ]{X¯n c­p e£w tUmfÀ \o¡n sh¨ncnçì.”

“Cu c­pe£w tUmfdn\hImis¸Sp¶ At]£IÄ, 1967 amÀ¨v 6 apX ap³K W\m{Ia¯n ]cnKWnç¶XmsW¶v PUvPn tdm_À«v satbgvkv {]Jym]n¨ncnçIbmWv.” C\nbpw AhImimt]£mkaÀ¸W¯n\v kabaps­¶v, BXvamhn hnizknç¶ aX§Ä {i²n¡Wsa¶t]£nçì. ]nimNp imkv{X¯nepw _mt[m¨mS\¯nepw {]tXyI sshZKv[yw t\Snbn«pÅ kntemWnse {In kvXy³ ]ptcmlnX·mcpsS {i² C¡mcy¯n {]tXyIw £Wn¨psImÅs«.

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A\p{Kl¯n\v Im³Unbnte¡v “tZiob Kh¬saânse a{´namscbpw aäwK§sfbpw A\p{Kln¡m³th­n FÃm aXm[y£·mcpw hcp¶ BgvN Im³Unbn k¶nlnXcmIp¶XmWv.” (sUbven andÀ) Imcy§Äç IqSpX Dd¸phcp¯m\mbn ap³IcpXset¶mWw tZiob Kh¬saâv Icp WmKmembnÂsh¨v ‘sItlmw_Iw Imcy’ F¶ ]nimNp\r¯w \S¯n¨v ]nimNp¡fpsS A\p{Klhpw k¼mZn¨n«p­v.

C{Xbpsams¡ A\p{Kl§Ä k¼mZn¨n«pw tZiob Kh¬saâv C{XthKw `£y{]Xn kÔnsb A`napJoIcn¡m³ ImcWsa´mWv? A\p{Kl§fpsS iIvXn sISp¯m³ Khsaân Hcp ‘tPm\m’ Ds­¶mtWm?

BbpÀthZhpw a{´hmZhpw A\pcm[]pcs¯ BbpÀthZmip]{Xnbn tcmKnIÄçÅ NnInXvkbpsS Hcp `mKamWv Ip«n¨m¯³

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c£mIhN§Ä þ XInSv þ Fì ImWpì.

Bip]{Xnbnse tcmKnIfn ]etcmSpw, Bip ]{Xn Poh\¡mcn NneÀ AhnsS {]mIvSokp sN¿p¶ Hcp XInsSgp¯pImcsâ tkh\§Ä D]tbmKn¡m³ Bhiys¸Spì­t{X. B tk h\§Ä¡v {]tXyI ^okpw sImSp¡Ww. Cu XInsSgp¯pImc³ ]e tcmKnIÄçw Hcp ieyhpw, F¶m NneÀ¡v BizmkImcW hpw BsW¶v tcmKnIfnsemcmÄ ‘ssSwkv Hm^v kntemWn’t\mSp ]dªp. (ssSwkv Hm^v kntem¬) \mS³ sshZy·mÀ \mS³ sshZyk{¼Zmb a\pkcn¨v tcmKnIsf NnInXvknç¶ Øm]\ §fmWv, BbpÀthZmip]{XnIÄ. XInSpIÄ, _m[sbmgn¡Â XpS§nb a{´hmZa{´§Ä ¡v C³UybnÂ\nìÅ HcndçaXnbmb B bpÀthZt¯¡mÄ ]g¡hpw AhImi§fp ap­v. sshtZiobamb kzm[o\iIvXn sIm­v hfÀ¨ apcSn¨ \½psS kwkvImc¯nsâ Hcp `mKamWv a{´hmZX{´§Ä! \mw Hcp kzX{´ Ip«n¨m¯³

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cmjv{Sambncnç¶ C¶v Hcp ]qÀhnI kwkv ¡mcs¯ ]p\cp²cnt¡­Xv \½psS IÀ¯ hyamWv! \½psS \mS³ Bip]{XnIfnse ¦nepw AXp \S¡s«. AXnsâ ^eambn Chn Sps¯ acW\nc¡v hÀ²nt¨¡mw. AXpsIm s­´v? acnç¶hÀ AhcpsS tcmK{KkvX amb icocw ]cnXyPnçs¶ì am{Xw! XnI¨pw ]p¯³ icoc§fn AhÀ ]p\ÀP·saSp¯p sImÅpw! IqSmsX P\demip]{Xnbnse hmÀ UpIfn AhcpsS \nKqV am{´nIhnZy {]mIv Sokp sN¿m³ aX]ptcmlnX·msc A\ph Zn¡msa¦nÂ, \mS³ am{´nIsc BbpthZm ip]{XnIfn {]mIvSokv sN¿p¶Xns\´psIm ­v A\phZn¨pIqSm?

_p²k¶ymknbpw NnInXvkbpw “Bip]{Xn A[nImcnIÄ C¶sehsc AXymk¶mhØbn Fì ]dª ]cw]qPy Aap\pKma cmPKpcp {iohn]mknbpsS tcmK \ne kzåw sa¨s¸«n«p­v. Atacn¡bn NnIn XvkmÀ°w cmPKpcphns\ kz´w sNehn Ip«n¨m¯³

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sIm­pt]mImsa¶v c­v DZmc aXnIÄ t\c s¯ ]dªXmWv. ]s£, Kpcphnsâ Ct¸mg s¯ ]cn]qÀW hn{iamhØbnÂ\nìw amäp ¶XnepÅ A]ISkm[yX ]cnKWn¨v {]kvXp X \nÀt±iw \nckn¡s¸SpIbmWp­mbXv. cmPKpcphnsâ kXzc tcmKhnapIvXn¡v P\ §Ä ]qPIÄ \S¯Wsa¶v AJne kntem_p²aX tIm¬{Kkv A`yÀ°n¨ncnçì.”

(Zn k¬, 6. 10. 1967) B[p\nI sshZyimkv{Xa\pkcn¨pÅ NnIn XvkbpsS ^eambn cmPKpcphn\v Bizmkap s­¶dnªv R§Ä kt´mjnçì.

AtXkabw ‘kÀhtcmKhnapIvXn’¡mbpÅ _p² aX tIm¬{Kknsâ ‘NnInXvkm]²Xn’ R§ sf AZv`pXs¸Sp¯pì.

\b\tcmKhpw IÀ½hpw AtimI IcpWmcXv\w {]Jym]n¨p: Hcmfn sâ I®n\p ImgvN \jvSs¸Sp¶Xv Ahsâ tbm AhfpsStbm IÀ½^eambmWv... AÔ Ip«n¨m¯³

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·mcpsS t£amt\zjWw FÃmhcptSbpw Npa XebmWv.” (ssSwkv Hm^v kntem¬) temIsam«p¡v \b\tcmKimkv{XÚ·mÀ AÔXçÅ bYmÀ° ImcWs¯¸änbpÅ Cu ]pXnb I­p]nSp¯¯n\v (IÀ½^ew) h¼n¨ {]kn²oIcWw \ÂtI­XmWv. AÔ ·mÀ¡v ImgvN hos­Sp¡m\pÅ I®p tUm IvSÀamcpsS {ia§Ä bYmÀ°¯n IÀ½ kn²m´¯n\p hncp²amsWìÅ kXyw A hÀ AdnbpIsb¦nepw sN¿s«.

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10 tPmXvkyZzo]v “Ignª BKkväpamk¯n ‘hot¡gvkv thÄUv’ F¶ ]c¼cbn _n._n.kn. sSen hnj³ \nÀ½n¨ Hcp ^nenw {]ZÀin¸nçI bp­mbn. ‘tPymXnjZzo]v’ F¶ t]cnepÅ B ^nenw kntemWn\v tZmjIcambncnçì. kn temWns\¸än sXsænepw AdnhpÅ Cw¥ojv kv{Xo]pcpj·msc B ^nenw sR«n¸nçIbp ­mbn. kntem¬ImscÃmw P\\w apX ac Ww hsc AhcpsS PohnX¯nse Hmtcm Ne\ hpw tPmÕys¯ Bkv]Zam¡nbmWv \S¯p ¶sX¶ hnizmkamWv, {]kvXpX ^nenw Zrjv Sm¡fn P\n¸n¨Xv. B Nn{X¯n ]s¦Sp¯ Hcp tPmÕy³, {][m\a{´n UUven tk\m Ip«n¨m¯³

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\mbI GsX¦nepw {]iv\w kw_Ôn¨v Xocp am\saSpç¶Xv ap¸tXm AXne[nItam tPm Õy·mcpambn BtemNn¨tijamsW¶v \nÀ _Ô]qÀhw hmZn¨p. aäp a{´namÀçw C{X bpw Xs¶ tPmÕy D]tZjvSm¡fps­¶v B tPmÕy³ AhImis¸«p. kntem¬ P\X bn Hcp hn`mK¯n\nSbn tPmÕy¯n\p kzm[o\iIvXnbps­¶ hkvXpX A\ntj[y amWv. ]s£, B hn`mKw kntemWn \yq\ ]£¯nsemcp \yq\]£w am{XamsW¶ k Xyw {]kvXpX ^nenw kaÀ°ambn Hfn¨p sh¨ncnçì. ^nenan {]Xy£s¸« ap³ a {´n cXv\Ibpw þ At±l¯n\v cmjv{S¯nsâ c£nXmsh¶ \nebn tim`\amsbmcp `mhn s{]m^kÀ `qeXmknwlfm Nn{X¯n {]hNn ¨n«p­v þ AXn ]s¦Sp¯ kp{]kn²\mb Hcp ]o³kv tIm¬kepw (A`n`mjI {]ap J³) ^nenw {_n«ojv Sn.hn. bn {]ZÀin ¸nçwap¼v AXnsâ {]km[nXcq]w I­ncp s¶¦n AXn ]s¦Spçambncpt¶m Fì Rm³ AZv`pXs¸Spì.”

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(kn.Un.kn. 14þ6þ 1943) Hcp P\X (cmjv{Sw) F¶ \nebn kn tem¬ImscÃmw e£Ww ]d¨nepImcnÂ\nì amÀKZÀi\w sImÅp¶XmbpÅ hkvXpX¡v _n._n.kn. {][m\yw \ÂIp¶Xns\¸än kn.Un. kn.bpsS e­³ teJI³ kw{`m´\mbncn ç¶Xmbn tXmìì. e£Ww ]d¨nÂImsc kao]n¡m¯hcmbn Xs¶t¸mse {]_p² cmb Npcp¡w NnecpÅ ØnXn¡v kntem Wns\ tPmÕy Zzo]mbn Nn{XoIcn¡cpXmbn cps¶¶v teJI\v A`n{]mbapÅXmbn tXmì ì. ]t£, \½psS {][m\a{´namcpw a{´n amcpw PUvPnamcpw A`n`mjI {]apJcpw, sk \äÀamcpw “PohnX¯nse FÃm Ne\§Äçw tPmÕy·msc B{ibnç¶h”cpsS Iq«¯n embncns¡ \oXnt_m[apÅ BÀs¡¦nepw _n._n.kn. sb hnaÀin¡m\mhptam? “_-p²sâ D]tZi§Ä IeÀ¸nÃmsX {]mIv X\kwip²ntbmSpIqSn XnI¨pw A[nIrXcq] ¯n \njvIÀj]qÀhw ]peÀ¯pIbpw ]cnc Ip«n¨m¯³

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£n¡bpw sN¿s¸Sp¶ cmPysa¶ \nebn kntem¬ {]kn²amWv. \nÀ±njvSamb [À½ ZqX C³kvänäyq«nsâ inemØm]\w sshIn«v 4.30 sâ ip`aplqÀ¯¯n \S¯s¸Sp¶ XmWv.” (Aen tdm_À«vk¬, kntem¬ sUbven \yqknÂ) tdm_À«vkWnsâ A`n{]mb¯n tPmXvky hpw ip`aplqÀ¯hpw IeÀ¸nÃm¯Xpw {]mIv X\kwip²ntbmSp IqSnbXpw XnI¨pw A[nIr Xhpw Bb _p²aX¯nsâ {][m\ LSI§ fmWv! “kckzXn tZhnbpsS Hcp {]Xna kÀkndn Un. tUmbvk bqWmhmlqWnbm Znshbnen Hu]NmcnIambn A\mhcWw sNbvXp. ]qPy hnizZ¯Xotdm XZhkc¯n k¶nlnX\m bncpì. tl s^ÀWmt­m Z¼XnamcmWv {]Xna kw`mh\ sNbvXXv.” (kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv) Ip«n¨m¯³

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Ignª 26 hÀj§fmbn -_p²aX kamP ¯nsâ {]knUâmb kÀ kndn Un. tUm bvk, ]qPy hnizZ¯Xotdm, tl s^ÀWm t­m Z¼XnIÄ F¶nhcpsS kwbpIvX ]cn {ia§Ä kntemWn _p²aX¯nsâ ‘{]m IvX\ kwip²n’ ]cnc£nçhm³ klmbnç ¶Xn\v DZmlcWamWv Cu kckzXn {]Xna. hn{Klmcm[\ imizXoIcn¨mWv C§s\ kw ip²n ]cnc£nç¶Xv. Chsbms¡ IeÀ¸n Ãm¯ _p²aX¯nsâ `mKamsW¶mbncn¡ Ww, tdm_À«vk¬ hnizknç¶Xv!

_Zpcmkv A\pcm[]pc¯pÅ {ioalmt_m[n hnlmc ¯nsâ inem Øm]\w 1966 s^{_phcn 17þmw XobXn \S¯s¸«p. XZhkc¯n hnlmca lmtZhn skmsskän {]knUâv anknkv {io Z¯m PbtImSnbpw hmPncmcab kLXp] ØmbI I´kanXybmbpsS HmWddn JPm³ Pn anknkv BÂ_À«v {]Xncnknwlbpw DÄ s¸sS Bbnc¡W¡n\p `IvXP\§Äç­m Ip«n¨m¯³

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b Hcp Zriy¯nsâ ZrIvkm£n hnhcWw ‘_p kvänÂ’ {]kn²oIcn¨ncnçì. “kabw cmhnse 8. 15 BIm³ t]mIpì. kqcycivanIfpsS I®©nç¶ {]`m]Sew {]`mX¯nepw kmbwkÔybnepsat¶mWw im´ioXfambn. aµamcpX³ hoin. Ben eIÄ km[p, km[p, km[p F¶v aµkzcw Be]n¨p. taLiq\yamb BImi¯n R §Ä kqcys\ I­nÃ. ]ns¶tbm, im´ioX famb kzÀWhÀWamb h¼n¨ N{µ_nw_ amWv ImWs¸«Xv... XpSÀ¶v kqcy³ Npän¡d §m³ XpS§n. BZyw kmh[m\ambn. ]ns¶ {`aWthKw hÀ²n¨phì. kqcy³ thK¯nÂ, IqSpX thK¯nÂ, Id§n. {`aWthKX \nan¯w ZrjvSm¡fpsS I®n\v thZ\ A\p` hs¸«p. GXm\pw an\näpIÄçÅn kqcy³ AZv`pXP\Iamb hn[¯n \oe hÀWw ]q ­p. \oecivanIÄ `qanbn ]Xn¨p. kIeXpw kqcysâ B \oe\ndw {]Xn^en¸n¨p. aqì an\nän\pÅn \oe\ndw amdn, Npa¸v, shÅ, Hmd©v F¶n§s\ hnhn[ hÀW§Ä {]Xy Ip«n¨m¯³

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£s¸«p. AtX, _p²aX ]XmIbpsS \m\m hÀW§Ä H¶n\p]pdsI asäm¶mbn {]Xy £o`hn¨p... CXv ImWm³ `mKyap­mbm acWwhsc AXv A\pkvacnç¶XmWv.” kqcy\v kw`hnç¶ F´pw B kab¯v kqcy³ {]Iminç¶ temI¯nsâ `mK§fn seÃmw Hcpt]mse ImWs¸tS­XmWv. temIsam«pçÅ imkv{XÚ·msc kw_Ôn¨nS t¯mfw kqcysâ {`aWw þ h«wNpä þ tPym Xnimkv{X]cambn hfsc {]m[m\yapÅ Hcp kwKXnbmWv. A{]ImcapÅ Hcp {]Xn`mkw kucbqYs¯ am{XaÃ, `qan DĸsSbpÅ £oc]Ys¯bpw _m[nç¶XmWv. kntemWn \v AbÂ]¡t¯m AXy´w hnZqccmPy§ fntem 1967 s^{_phcn 17þmw XobXnbp­mb kqcysâ Cu h«w Npäens\¸än Hìw dnt¸mÀ «p sN¿s¸«n«nÃ. At¶Znhkw A\pcm[]p c¯p k¶nlnXcmbncp¶ am\knI XIcmdp kw`hn¨ `IvXP\§sfmgn¨v kntemWnse CX Ip«n¨m¯³

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c`mK§fn aämcpwXs¶ kqcy_nw_¯n \nìw _p²]XmIbpsS hÀW§Ä {]kcnç ¶Xp ImWpIbp­mbnÃ. A\pcm[]pc¯v Aì kt½fn¨ am\knI sshIey§Ä¡nc bmb kv{XoIÄçw ]pcpj·mÀçw BXva\n jvTambn C{]Imcw Nne A\p`h§Ä D­mb Xmbn tXm¶nbXÃmsX kqcy{`aWw kw_Ôn ¨v hkvXp\njvTamb A\p`h§fpw sXfnhpI fpw bmsXmìanÃ. AtXm ^m¯nabpsS B hnÀ`mh¯n kqcy³ AXn\p Npäpw Id§n sbìÅ tdma³ It¯men¡cpsS AhImi hmZs¯ Ipd¨phbv¡phm³ Cu ‘ZrIvkm £nIÄ’ {ian¡bmtWm?

‘t]mb’ Zn\w “t]mb’ Ah[nZnhkw C¶sebmbncps¶ ¦nepw `qcn]£w _-p²aX¡mcpw C¶v ‘t]m b’Zn\ambmNcn¡bmWv. _-p²kwLmwK§Ä C¶se ‘t]mbZn\’ambmNcn¡m¯Xn\m hf scb[nIw t£{X§fn C¶se aX]camb IÀ½mNcW§Ä Hìap­mbncp¶nÃ. CXp Ip«n¨m¯³

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t]mepÅ sXäv BhÀ¯n¡mXncn¡m³ th­n _p²kwLS\IÄ Cu {]iv\w B`y´ca{´n Imcymeb¯nsâ {i²bvç hnjbo`hn¸nç saì {]Xo£n¡s¸Spì.” (ssSwkv Hm^v kntem¬, 19þ5þ1966) ‘t]mb’Zn\w N{µ³, kqcy³, `qan, F¶nh bpsS Bt]£nI Øm\s¯bpw \netbbpw B{ibn¨mWncnç¶sX¦nepw, kntemWn kwLmwK§fpsS B`y´c Imcymeb¯nsâ A`n{]mbs¯ B{ibn¨mWs{X Xocpam\n¡ s¸Sp¶Xv. kqcysâbpw N{µsâbpw `qanbp sSbpw ØnXn tPymXnimkv{X]camb IWç Iq«epIfpsS ASnØm\¯n IWniambn \nÀWbn¡mhp¶XmWv. ]s£, kwL¯nsâ bpw B`y´c a{´n Imcymeb¯nsâbpw A`n {]mb§Ä CXpt]mse \nÀWbnçI km[y aÃ. taådªXpt]mse ‘t]mb’Zn\w Cc«n ¡m³ ImcWw CXmWv. C{]ImcapÅ Cc«n¸pIÄ kw`hnçt¼mÄ AXn\p ]cnlmc sa´mWv? c­p Znhkhpw Ip«n¨m¯³

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‘t]mb’ Ah[nbmbn {]Jym]n¡Wsa¶XmWv R§fpsS \nÀt±iw. ‘t]mb’Zn\§Ä hÀ²n ç¶Xn\\pkcn¨v \½psS P\§Ä¡v \nÀhm W kn²nbvçÅ Ahkc§fpw hÀ²nçw.

N{µsâ KXnbpw `mh§fpa\pkcn¨v ‘t]mb’ BNcn¡Wsaì hfsc \nÀ_ÔapÅhÀ sdbnkvtImgvknepÅ hm\ \nco£WtI{µw kµÀin¡cpsX¶v R§Ä iIvXnbmbn D]tZ inçì. AhÀ A{]Imcw kµÀin¨m Ahn sS Ign¨pIq«p¶ GXm\pw an\näpIÄçÅn ]e {]mhiyw ‘t]mb’ BNcnt¡­nhcpw.

hn[nsb tXmånçI “P\demip]{Xnbnse \yqtdmfPn¡Â hmÀ Un InS¶ncp¶ ankkv F³. s^ÀWmt­m hnZypNvOIvXn \nebvçI \nan¯w Ccp¼p sIm­pÅ Ir{Xna izmktImi¯nsâ {]hÀ ¯\w\n¶v ]tcXbmbn. ASnb´ncmhiy§Ä ç]tbmKn¡¯¡ hn[¯n Hcp P\tdäÀ IcpXep­mbncps¶¦n- Zb\obamb Cu ac Ip«n¨m¯³

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Ww Hgnhm¡s¸Smambncps¶¶v tUmIvSÀamÀ A`n{]mbs¸«p.” (kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv) ankkv s^ÀWmt­mbpsS PmXI¯nepw lkvXtcJbnepw DÅXpt]msebpw apÖ· IÀ½^ea\pkcn¨pw AhÀ B {]tXyI Znh kwXs¶ acnt¡­Xmbncps¶¦n Hcp Icp X P\tdäÀ D­mbXpsIm­v Ahsc c£n ¡m³ Ignbpambncpt¶m?

tPmÕy\v {]hNn¡m³ Ignªnà “sImfw_n Pwt]« sXcphnse 16 hb kpImcnbmb {Xn]pc kpµcn IoS\min\n {Zmh Iw IpSnbvçI \nan¯w C¶se acn¨p. P\ d Bip]{XnbnÂh¨v knäns¡mtdmWÀ F. F¨v. Fw. \S¯nb A]arXyp hnNmcW (C³ Izkväv) thfbn {Xn]pckpµcnbpsS ]nXm hmb Fkv. BÀ. ]Wn¡À tPmXvkyamWv Xsâ sXmgnse¶v ]dªp. aIfpsS acWka Ip«n¨m¯³

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b¯v ]Wn¡À Xsâ sXmgn kw_Ôn¨v ]pd ¯mbncp¶s{X. aIÄ ]Tn¯¯n hfsc Xå cbmbncpì. Xsâ ]p{XnbpsS acWw {]hNn ¡m³ X\nç IgnªnsÃìw ]Wn¡À ]d ªp.”

(Zn k¬) A\ycpsS k´m\§fpsS `mhn^e§Ä {]hNnç¶Xn\ÃmsX kz´w Ip«nIfpsS Imcy¯n tPmÕy·mÀ¡v ]Ww In«mdnÃ.

IWniamb `mhn^e§Ä “hnhml Znhkw {]hNnçIsb¶Xv ]ecpw hnNmcnçw t]mse A{X Ffp¸amb ImcyaÃ. h[phnsâtbm hcsâtbm icoc e£W§Ä apJw, sXmgnÂ, kaql¯nepÅ Øm\w, kz`mhw, IpSpw_ ]mc¼cyw XpS§nbh {]h NnçI IqSpX {]bmkIcamWv. ]s£, Rm³ CXpw CXntesdbpw Imcy§Ä {]hNn ç¶XmWv. Gähpw IWniambpw anXamb ^okn\pw.”

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(kntem¬ sUbven \yqknse ]ckyw) sXäp ]äpIbnsöv C{Xam{Xw hnizmkhpw Dd¸papÅ Cu tPmÕys\, ]mhs¸« hnizm knIsf ]än¨v ‘anXamb ^okv’ k¼mZnç ¶Xn\p ]Icw tPmÕy·mÀs¡Xnsc Rm³ sNbvXn«pÅ BPoh\m´ shÃphnfn kzoIcn¨v k½m\¯pI k¼mZn¡phm³ R§Ä £Wn ¨psImÅpì. AZv`pXkn²nIsf¸än Abmfp sS acWwhsc R§Ä {]Xn^ew IqSmsX ‘kn tem¬ dmjWenkväv Aw_mknUdnÂ’ ]c kyw {]kn²oIcn¡msa¶v Dd¸pw \ÂIpì.

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11 aX§fpsS D¨tImSnkt½f\w “_u², apkveow, lnµp, kn¡v, _lmbn, skm cmjv{Snb³ aXt\Xm¡·mÀ, {]kvXpX aX§Ä DÄs¡mÅp¶ al¯mb XXz§sf¸än aXhn izmkhpw `IvXnbpw DÅhÀ IqSpX t_m[ hm·mcmIWsa¶v Blzm\w sN¿pì. B lzm\w \S¯nbXv, sIm¡¯bnÂh¨p IqSn b temI B²ymXvanI D¶XXe kt½f\¯n emWv. CZw {]Yaambn«mWv A¯csamcp kt½f\w \S¯s¸«Xv. X§Ä X½n C{X am{Xw km[Àayap­mbn«pw hnhn[ aX§fpsS D]tZi§fpsS icnbmb AÀ°s¯¸än C{X Ip«n¨m¯³

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am{Xw sXäp[mcWIfpw AÚXbpw X·qew aX§Ä X½n C{X henb AI¨bpw DÅXv \nÀ`mKyIcamWv. hnhn[ aXm\pbm bnIÄ AhcpsS aX§fpsS A{]amZnXzs¯ ¸än Ipd¨pw A\y aX§fnse kZv`mh§ sf¸än IqSpXepw Nn´nç¶]£w temI P\ Xbv¡nSbn IqSpX ]ckv]c [mcW D­m Ip¶XmWv.” (Zn k¬, HIvtSm_À 1968) “P\§Ä¡nSbn sFIyw hcp¯m³ aXw klmbn¨p. aXs¯¸än NÀ¨ sNbvXt¸mÄ BfpIÄ X½n A`n{]mbhyXymkap­msb ¦nepw sFIyhpw D­mbncpì. CXn\p Imc Ww, FÃm aXt\Xm¡·mcpw kvt\l¯nsâ bpw ]ckv]c [mcWbptSbpw, klnjvWpXbp tSbpw ktµiw {]kwKn¨XmWv. hmZ{]XnhmZ §Ä¡XoXamb kmÀh{XnI kXy§sf¸än AhÀ {]kwKn¨p F¶mWv aXkt½f\ hmÀ jnI¯n ]qPyZo] N{µhnae alm\mb Xotdm {]kvXmhn¨Xv.” Ip«n¨m¯³

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(kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv, 20þ 11þ 1968) kt½f\w kwLSn¸n¨hsc R§Ä A`n\µnçì. AhcpsS {ia§Ä a\pjy³ Xsâ Ab¡mcs\ ktlmZc\mbn IcpXp ¶Xn\v CSbmçsaì {]Xo£nçì. AtX kabw, Cu `qtKmf¯n {]IrXn hn]¯p IfpĸsS atäXp ImcW§Ä \nan¯ap­mbn «pÅXn IqSpXembn \ckwlmcap­mbn«p ÅXv aX¯nsâ t]cnemsWìÅ kXyw Ahtijnçì.

GXhkc¯nepw Iq«s¡meIÄç ImcW amI¯¡ hn[¯n C¶v C³Uybpw ]mIn Øm\pw X½nepw C{kmtbepw Ad_n cmPy §fpw X½nepapÅ hntZzjw {][m\ambpw aX hyXymk§Ä \nan¯amWv. AXn\m sXämb aX§fpsS A\pbmbnIÄ icnbmb aX¯n tNc¯¡h®w GXp aXamWv icnsbì I­p]nSn¡m\mbn ‘aX tIm¬{^³kv’ Hcp kwbpIvX ]T\w \S¯p¶ ]£w AXp IqSpX ep¯aambncnçw. ]s£, C{]ImcapÅ kXy Ip«n¨m¯³

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aXmt\zjWw FÃm aX§fpw sXämsWìÅ I­p]nSp¯¯n ]cyhkm\n¡mhp¶XmWv. B I­p]nSn¯w aXtIm¬{Kknsâ BXy ´nI e£yamb temI kam[m\hpw sFIy hpw ssIhcn¡m³ klmbtaIpw. CXn\p]Icw AhcpsS Dt±iyw ]ckv] capÅ {]iwk aptJ\ sXämb aX§sf imizXoIcn¡bmsW¦n kam[m\¯n\pw sF Iy¯n\pw ]Icw acn¨psIm­ncnç¶ aX§ sf ]p\cp²cn¡bmbncnçw ^ew. ]camÀ°¯n GsX¦nepw c­p aX§Ä Hcpt]mse icnbpw kXyhpamhpI km[yaÃ.

ImcWw, AhbpsS D]tZi§Ä X½n tbm Pn¸nÃ, Ah hyXykvXamWv. hnhn[ aX§Ä FÃmw Htc ssZh¯m {]tNmZnXamhpI km [yaÃ. ImcWw hnhn[ kapZmb§sf hn`n¶ amb atXm]tZi§Ä aptJ\ ]cnXm]Icamb Ipg¸¯nem¡n, a\pjyhÀK¯n\nSbn cIvX s¨mcn¨n D­mçhm³ IcpWm\n[nbmsbm cp ssZhw XbmdmhpIbnsöXpXs¶. ‘FÃm Ip«n¨m¯³

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aX§fpsSbpw ktµiw H¶msWìw, FÃm aX§fpw FÃm P\§fptSbpw CSbn kam [m\hpw sFIyhpw’ D­m¡m³ {ians¨ìw ]dbp¶Xv, XnI¨pw kXyhncp²amWv. Hmtcm aX¯nsâbpw {]tXyIamb kz`mh hntijw Hmtcmìw X½nepÅ hyXymk§fmWv. FÃmh cptSXpw s]mXpkXy§fmsW¦n hyXykvX \mat[b§sf´n\mWv?

aXhpw k·mÀKhpw “Hcp aXhpw a\pjys\ Xn·sN¿m³ ]Tn ¸nç¶nÃ. {]XypX, FÃm aX§fpw a\pjy\v B[ymXvanI t]mjWw \ÂIpì; Ahsâ a\kns\ euInIImcy§fn \nìbÀ¯m³ klmbnçì F¶v, D¶XXe kt½f\¯n {]nbm\µ almtXc {]kvXmhn¨p.”

(Zn k¬, \hw_À, 1968) (AtX kt½f\¯nÂ) “]qPyZo] tim`N {µhnae alm\mbI Xotdm {]kwKn¨p: FÃm aX§fpw a\pjys\ \·sN¿m\pw am\y\mbn Ip«n¨m¯³

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cn¡m\pw, cmPy¯ns\mcp t\«amIm\pw ]Tn¸n çì.” (kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv, 20þ 11þ 1968) Cu almXotdmamcpsS {]kvXmh\ItfmSv Rm³ iIvXnbpIvXw hntbmPnçì. Ipf ¯n Ipfnç¶ kv{XoIfpsS hkv{Xa]lcn ¡bpw, ac¯n IbdnbncpìsIm­v Ah cpsS \Kv\icoc§Ä Hfnªpt\mçIbpw sNbvX ssZh¯nsâ (IrjvW³) {]hr¯n a\pjy\v “B²ymXvanI t]mjWw \ÂIm\pw Ahs\ euInI¯nÂ\nìbÀ¯m\pw” klm bnç¶XmtWm? C{]ImcapÅ {]hr¯nIÄ a\pjy\n ImahnImcw Dt¯Pn¸nçIbpw Ahsâ BXvamhn\p]Icw Ahsâ P\t\{µn bs¯ DbÀ¯pIbpw sN¿pItbbpÅpsh¶v almXotdm a\knem¡nbm sImÅmw. ssZh§fpsS Zpjn¨Xpw A\oXn]chpamb {]hr¯nIÄ¡v F{X DZmlmcW§Ä thW sa¦nepw D²cn¡mw.

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12 X«n¸pIÄ ]ehn[w “kZmNmc hncp²amb hn[¯n BbpÀthZ ]cky§Ä sN¿p¶ BbpÀthZuj[ \nÀ½m Xm¡sf t{]mknIyq«v sN¿m\pÅ km[yXI sf¸än \nbahIp¸v DtZymKØ·mcpambn NÀ¨ \S¯pIbmsW¶v BtcmKya{´n Imcymebw AJne kntem¬ BbqÀthZ Iu¬knens\ Adnbn¨ncnçì. C³UymKh¬saâv C¡mcy ¯n F´p \S]SnIfmWv ssIs¡m­n«pÅ sXìw kntem¬ Kh¬saâv ]TnçIbmWv. sXäp[mcWmP\Iamb ]cky§Ä hfscb [nIw Ipg¸§Ä¡v ImcWamçìs­¶v B bpÀthZ tIm¬{Kkv BtcmKy a{´n Imcym ebs¯ [cn¸n¨n«p­v.” (kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv) Ip«n¨m¯³

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h©\mXvaIhpw hgnsXänç¶Xpw Bb {]NcW§fnÂ\n¶v ]uc·msc kwc£n¡m\p Å {ia¯n R§Ä Kh¬saâns\ A`n\ µnçIbpw Kh¬saân\v ]n´pW \ÂIpI bpw sN¿pì. \nÀ±njvSamb \nba\nÀ½mWw BbpÀthZ Huj[§fpsS Imcy¯n am{X ambn HXp¡n\ndp¯msX taådª tPmÕy tâXp t]mse h©\m]camb FÃm ]cky§ sfbpw \nba¯nsâ ]cn[nçÅn sIm­p hcWsa¶v R§Ä Kh¬saânt\mSp \nÀ_ Ô]qÀhw Bhiys¸Spì.

C¯cw X«n¸p ]cky¯nsâ asämcp km ¼nÄ Xmsg sImSpçì: “\n§Ä¡v Fs´¦nepw `mctam, {]iv\ §tfm, tcmKtam Ds­-¦n R§Ä \n§Ä çth­n {]mÀ°n¡Wsa¶m{KlantÃ? Fgp XpI: {InkvXy³ t{]bÀ ¢_v, t_mIvkv 34953 C/o kntem¬ sUben andÀ.” (kntem¬ sUbven anddnse ]ckyw) Ip«n¨m¯³

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{InkvXy³ {]mÀ°\m ¢ºnsâ {]mÀ°\ IÄ D±njvS ^e{]ZamIpìt­m F¶v, imkv {X]ptcmKXnçth­nbpÅ kntem¬ Atkm kntbjs\sIm­v imkv{Xob ]co£Ww \S ¯n¡Wsa¶v R§Ä Kh¬saânt\mSmhiy s¸Spì. AhcpsS {]mÀ°\IÄ D±njvS ^eZm bI§fsöv sXfnbn¡s¸Sp¶ ]£w, h© \mXvaIamb {]NcWw aptJ\ s]mXpP\s¯ NXnç¶Xn\v -¢ºns\Xnsc t{]mknIyqj³ \S]SnIÄ ssIs¡mtÅ­XmWv.

t]m¸nsâ {]Jym]\w “IpÀ_m\bnse A¸¯nepw hoªnepw tb ip{InkvXphnsâ Xncpicochpw cIvXhpw kXy ambpw kmc{`Xambpw km¶n²yw sN¿pì s­¶v, h¯n¡m³ Iu¬knensâ 4þmw kt½ f\¯n\p sXm«pap¼v t]m¸v {]kn²oIcn¨ Hcp Nm{InI teJ\¯n BhÀ¯n¨p {]Jym]n ¡s¸«ncnçì.” (e­³ sUbven andÀ) Ip«n¨m¯³

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t]m¸nsâ B {]Jym]\s¯ hgnsXänç¶ ]cky§fpsS hÀK¯nÂs¸Sp¯Wsaì R §Ä Kh¬saânt\mSv -\nÀ_Ô ]qÀhw Bh iys¸Spì. kntemWnse FÃm tdma³ It¯m en¡m ]ÅnIfnepw\n¶v IpÀ_m\bn ]hn {XoIrXamb hoªnsâbpw A¸¯nsâbpw km¼nfpIÄ Kh¬saâv tiJcnt¡­Xpw Ahbn a\pjyamwk¯ntâtbm, cIvX¯n tâtbm Awiam{XIÄ ImWs¸Spìt­m F ì Kh¬saâv A\enkväns\s¡m­v ]cntim [n¸n¨v dnt¸mÀ«v hcpt¯­XpamWv. dnt¸mÀ«p IfpsS ^ew \ntj[mXvaIamsW¦n kn tem¬ ]uc·mÀIqSnbmb It¯men¡m k`mw K§sf h©n¨ Ipä¯n\v IpÀ_m\ \S¯nb sshZnI·msc Kh¬saâv t{]mknIyq«v sNt¿ ­XmWv.

asämcp h©\ “sSet^m¬ {]mÀ°\mebw. {]mÀ°\bn eqsSbpÅ klmbw \n§Ä¡mhiyapt­m?

Ds­¦n cmhnse 6 aWnçw cm{Xn 8 aWn Ip«n¨m¯³

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çw CSbn 88685 tet¡m 717162 tet¡m t^m¬ sN¿pI.” (kn. Un. F¶nse ]ckyw) CXm, Kh¬saâv \nb{´nt¡­ thsdmcn \w h©\. “kÀhcmPhmknssXew. \n§fpsS hnja {]iv\w F´pamIs«, Ignbpsa¦n CXp tk hnçI. tkhn¨m \n§Ä¡v F´nt\bpw A`napJoIcn¡mw... CX{X kp\nivNnXamWv. ]co£n¨v A\p`ht_m[yambn«pÅXmWv... \n §fpsS BtWm s]t®m Bb kplr¯nsâ Øncw t{]aw k¼mZnç¶Xn\v, thÀs]« IpSpw_§sf imizX kvt\l¯n Hcpan¸n ç¶Xn\v, i{Xp¡sf an{X§fmç¶Xn\v, ]co £Ifnepw CâÀhyqIfnepw hnPbnç¶Xn\v, _nkn\kv ]ptcmKXn¡v, hyhlmc§fn hnP bnçhm³, kz]v\§Ä k^eamIp¶Xn\v. aqì Znhkap]tbmKn¨m AZv`pXIcamb ^ ew kp\nivNnXw. Ip¸n H¶n\v hne cq] 25. £p{Z IÀ½§Ä \nan¯apÅ tZmj]cnlm Ip«n¨m¯³

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c¯n\v R§Ä sXmhn \S¯ns¡mSpçì. `mhn ^e§Ä ]dbpw. PmXI§sfgpXpw. Tk XvIhn & hmkvIhn. tPymXnjhpw a{´hmZhpw kw_Ôn¨v R§fm km[yaÃm¯sXmì anÃ. UbdIvSÀ, BÀ. F. Fkv. shcod, {io knh skmsskän Hm^v Smenkvam³kv & Nmwkv.”

(Zn k®nse ]ckyw, 7þ6þ1967) “Rm³ ]Tn¨Xn{]ImcamWv: _n³dmWnbnse bpw sh­mknsebpw apJykwLS\m \mbI \mb ]qPy{io kpawKe Xotdmhn \n¶p c£mIhN§fpw XInSpw F«p hÀjw Rm³ ]Tn¨p... Hcp e£¯nÂ]cw BfpIÄ Fsâ Cu AhImihmZ¯n\v km£yw hlnçì...

Rm³ GÂç¶ am{´nI IÀ½§sfÃmw bYm hn[n Rm³ Xs¶ HcmgvNçÅnÂ, sNbvXpXoÀ çì. \n§fpsS _nkn\tkm Irjntbm I ­p]nSn¨v hnPbn¸n¡m³ F\nç Ignbpw... tPmen In«p¶Xn\v, hyhlmc§fn hnPb ¯n\v, ]co£ ]mkmIp¶Xn\v, \n§fpsS Ip«n¨m¯³

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t{]a`mP\¯nsâ lrZbw A]lcnç¶Xn\v, DbÀ¶ DtZymKØ·mcpsS {]oXn t\Sm³, hnhml§Ä Ffp¸w \S¯n¡m³, asäs´ ¦nepw ta· thWsa¶v Rm³ IcpXp¶nÃ.” (kntem¬ sUbven anddnse ]ckyw) F{Xsb{X ]cky§Ä! F{Xsb{X X«n¸p IÄ!!

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13 lmcnbänsâ t{]Xw 1968 P\phcn H¶v. IÂInss¨ F¶ Øes¯ skâv tXmakv tImtfPnse A¡u­âv sekn A`bhÀ²\bpw AbmfpsS ktlmZc\pw t]m eokv DtZymKØ\pamb tam¬Sn A`bhÀ² \bpwIqSn Fs¶ ImWm³ hì. IÂInss¨ bnse Iqhc sXcphn\p kao]w hknç¶ Hcp apçhIpSpw_s¯ ‘_m[n¨ncn綒 Hcp t{] X¯nsâ IY ]dbpIbmbncpì AhcpsS Dt± iyw. \à \nebn Ignªncp¶ Hcp apçh IpSpw_ambncpì AXv. B ho«nse Hcp s]Ip«n AhnNmcnXambn acn¨p. XpSÀ¶v Ahfp sS t{]Xw c­p ktlmZcnIÄç _m[n¨p. A Xn CfbhÄ¡v 19 hbkv hcpw. aq¯hÄç ct­m aqt¶m hbkv IqSpX ImWpw. AhÄ hnhmlnXbmWv. Ahsc _m[n¨ncnç¶ t{]X Ip«n¨m¯³

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s¯ Hgn¸n¡m³ AhcpsS ]nXmhv I­am\w ]Ww sNehm¡nt\m¡n. a{´hmZw, IqtSm{Xw, {]mÀ°\, hgn]mSv XpS§nbh sIms­mìw {]tbmP\ap­mbnÃ. Ct¸mÄ B IpSpw_w GXm­v Zmcn{Zy¯nsâ h¡n F¯nbncnç ì. F§s\sb¦nepw Ahsc klmbn¡m³ Hçtam F¶dnbm\mWv A`bhÀ²\ ktlmZ c·mÀ h¶Xv. Cu t{]X_m[sb kw_Ônç¶ apgph³ hnhc§fpw B IpSpw_mwK§fn Hmtcmcp ¯cpsS ASp¯p\nìw tiJcnt¡­XpsIm ­v Ahsc Iq«ns¡m­phcm³ Rm³ \nÀt± in¨p. F\n¡v HgnhpÅ Hcp XobXnbpw Rm³ ]dªp. t{]Xw _m[n¨ s]¬Ip«nItfbpw AhcpsS amXm]nXm¡·mtcbpwsIm­v IrXyZnhkw A `bhÀ²\ ktlmZc·msc¯n. AhtcmsSm¸w skâv tXmakv tImtfPnse sI. F³. Pbknw sKbpap­mbncpì. t{]Xw _m[n¨ s]¬Ip«n IfpsS apJ¯p kw{`ahpw `oXnbpw \ngen¨ncp Ip«n¨m¯³

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ì. CSbv¡nsS AhÀ \Sp§p¶Xpw ImWmam bncpì. Dd¡¯nÂ\ns¶WoäXpt]mse apSn IÄ ]dìw hkv{X§Ä Deªpw ImWs¸«p.

AhtcmSp kµÀiIapdnbn Ccn¡m³ ]d ªn«v PbknwKns\bpw s]¬Ip«nIfpsS ]n Xmhnt\bpw Ip«ns¡m­p Rm³ apIfnes¯ \nebnteç t]mbn. B IpSpw_¯nep­mb kw`hhnImk§sf¸än ZoÀLambn AhÀ kw kmcn¨p. AXnsâ Npcp¡w CXmWv: kmam\yw Pohn¡m³ kuIcyapÅ IpSpw_ ambncpì AhcptSXv. GXm\pw amk§Äç ap¼v B ho«nse lmcnbäv F¶ bphXn s]s« ì ]\n]nSn¨p InS¸nembn. Nne NnInÕIÄ sNbvsX¦nepw {]tbmP\w D­mbnÃ. Ahfp sS \ne \mÄtXmdpw tamiambnhì. At¸mÄ Nne Ab¡mcpsS \nÀt±i{]Imcw Ahsf Kh¬saâmip]{Xnbn sIm­pt]mbn. ]cn tim[\bn AhfpsS cIvX¯n hnjw IeÀ ¶ncnç¶Xmbn I­p. A[nIw Ignbp¶Xn\p ap¼v AhÄ acn¨p. arXtZlw ho«n sIm­p Ip«n¨m¯³

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h¶Xn\ptijw ¯n AS¡n.

IÂInss¨

s]mXpivaim\

Cu acW¯n BIpeNn¯cmbncp¶ ho«p ImÀ¡v H³]Xmw Znhkw asämcp BLmXw IqSn GÂt¡­nhì. lmcnbänsâ aq¯ k tlmZcnbpsS H¶c hbkmb Ip«n Ifn¨p sIm ­ncp¶t¸mÄ hoWp apdnhp]än. Ahs\ DS s\ Bip]{Xnbnem¡n. A¶p sshIpt¶cw IpSpw_mwK§Ä A¯mg¯n\ncnçt¼mÄ ap ¯Èn ]dªp: “lmcnbäv acn¨n«v C¶v H³]Xmw Znhk amWv. AhfpsS BXvamhn\p \nXyim´n In «m³ C¶v A¶Zm\w \St¯­Xmbncpì. A Xv sN¿m¯Xn\v AhÄ ]Iho«nbXmWv Ip«n bpsS hogvN.” CXv Bcpw Imcyambn FSp¯nÃ. FÃmhcpw InSìd§n. lmcnbänsâ t\sc aq¯ ktlm Zcn tkmamhXnbpw AhfpsS aq¯ktlmZ cnbpw Htc apdnbnemWv InSìd§nbXv. Ip«n¨m¯³

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]mXncm Ignªt¸mÄ AXn`b¦camb Hcp AeÀ¨ tI«v ho«nepÅhscÃmw DWÀì.

Npäpw I«]nSn¨ Iqcncp«v. AhÀ hnfçsIm fp¯n. ho­pw AtX AeÀ¨! tkmamhXnbpw ktlmZcnbpw InSìd§nb apdnbnÂ\n¶mWv i_vZw tI«Xv. AXpsIm­v FÃmhcpw At§m «v HmSn. icocsaÃmw hnd¸n¨p I¿pbÀ¯n¸nSn¨p sIm­v \nÂç¶ tkmamhXnsb I­v AhÀ sR«n. BfpIsf I­t¸mÄ tkmamhXn ]d ªp: “Rm³ lmcnbämWv. Fsâ BXvamhns\¸än \n§Ä¡mÀçw {i²bnÃ. C\n ChnsS\n¶v Hcp Poh\pw sImt­ Rm³ t]mhpIbpÅq.”

DSs\Xs¶ am{´nIs\ hnfn¡m³ Bfp t]mbn. AbmÄ hcp¶Xphsc AhÄ B apdn bn \Sì XpÅpIbpw NmSpIbpw BfpIsf `ojWns¸Sp¯pIbpw sNbvXp. am{´nI³ h¶v {]iv\wh¨p t\m¡nbn«v CXp lmcnb Ip«n¨m¯³

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änsâ t{]Xw Xs¶bmsW¶v Dd¸n¨p ]dªp. _m[sbmgn¡m³ AbmÄ Nne IÀ½§Ä B cw`n¨p. IÀ½§Ä¡nSbn AbmÄ tkmamh XntbmSp tNmZn¨p: “\n\ç hn«pt]mImtam?”

“Rm³ t]mImw.” tkmamhXn ]dªp.

“F\ns¡mcp tImgn_ enbn«m aXn.” CX\pkcn¨v a{´hmZn Hcp tImgnsb Adp ¯v DSt\ _en sImSp¯p. AXpIgnªt¸mÄ tkmamhXn XfÀìInSì. Aå t\cw Ignªv DWÀ¶t¸mÄ AhÄ ]gb tkmamhXnbmbn ¡gnªncpì. ]t£, asämcp Ipg¸¯nsâ Bcw`w At¸mÄ Xs¶ I­p. tkmamhXn bpsS apdnbn InSìd§nbncp¶ aq¯ktlm Zcn Nne {]tXyI tNjvSIÄ ImWn¡m³ XpS §n. Aåw Ignªt¸mÄ tkmamhXn ]dªn cp¶Xpt]mse ]dbm\mcw`n¨p. a{´hmZn ho­pw IÀ½§Ä Bcw`n¨p. ] t£, ^ew D­mbnÃ. GXm\pw aWn¡qdpIÄ Ip«n¨m¯³

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Ignªt¸mÄ tkmamhXnbnepw t{]X_m[ bpsS e£W§Ä ImWs¸«p. B ktlmZcn amcn amdnamdn t{]Xw sskzchnlmcw \S¯n. {]ikvXcmb ]e a{´hmZnIsfbpw IqtSm {X¡mtcbpw hcp¯n. AhÀ ]dª IÀ½§ sfÃmw \S¯nt\m¡nbn«pw {]tbmP\ap­mbn Ãs{X. C{Xbpw tI«t¸mÄXs¶ F\n¡v Imcyw GXm­v ]nSnIn«n. H¶c hbkmb Ip«n hoWp apdnhp]änbt¸mÄ AÔhnizmknbmb ap¯ Èn AXn\p \ÂInb hymJym\amWv Cu bph XnIfn t{]X_m[bp­mIm³ ImcWw. tkmamhXnsb apIfnteç sIm­phcm³ Rm³ Bhiys¸«p. c­p aqì an\näpIÄ¡ Iw ANvO³ Ahsf Iq«ns¡m­phì. I«n en InS¯n Rm³ Ahsf ln]vt\mss«kv sNbvXp. B \n{Zbn Rm³ tNmZn¨ tNmZy §Ä¡v AhÄ \ÂInb adp]Sn Fsâ kwi bw icnbmsWì hyIvXam¡n. ln]vt\mknkv apdbn Rm³ tkmamhXn¡v ss[cyw \ÂIn. lmcnbänsâ t{]Xw tkmamhXnsb _m[nç Ip«n¨m¯³

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IbnsÃì am{XaÃ, AXp IÂInss¨bn hcnIt]mepansöv Rm³ AhtfmSp ]dªp.

AhÄ AXp hnizkn¨p. tkmamhXn ln]vt\m «nIv \n{Zbn \nìWÀ¶t¸mÄ Rm³ Ahsf Xmgs¯ \nebnte¡v Ab¨p. F¶n«v Ahfp sS ktlmZcnsb hcp¯n. Ahtfbpw ln]v t\mss«kv sNbvXv Rm³ \nÀt±i§Ä \ÂIn. C\n Hcn¡epw t{]X_m[bp­mhpIbnsà ì ]dªv Rm³ Ahsc hn«p. hÀj§Ä ]eXpIgnªp. ]n¶oSv CXphsc B IpSpw_ ¯n C¯cw {]iv\§Ä Hìw D­mbn«nÃ. `qXw, t{]Xw, ]nimNv, ssZhw XpS§nb k¦ åkrjvSnIsf¸änbpÅ aqVhnizmk§Ä DÅ hÀçam{Xw D­mIp¶ Hcp am\knItcmK amWv tkmamhXnçw ktlmZcnçw ]nSns] «Xv. CXpt]mse F{Xtbm BfpIÄ \½psS {Kmam´c§fn AÔ hnizmk§fpsS XShd Ifn Ignbpì!

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14 FÃm `mjIfnepw kwkmcnç¶ tUmIvSÀ temI¯nsâ FÃm `mK§fnepambn 2800þ ]cw `mjIÄ kwkmcn¡s¸Spìs­¶v IW ¡m¡s¸Spì. C³tUmþ bqtdm]y³, bqdmÄþ BÄSmbnIv, It¡jy³, ssN\okv, _m³Sp, {ZhoUnb³ Fì XpS§n ]{´­v `mjmtKm {X§fmbn Ahsb XcwXncn¨n«pap­v. C{X tbsd `mjIÄ HcmÄ¡p ]Tn¡m³ Ignbpsa ¶v BÀs¡¦nepw hnizkn¡m³ Ignbptam? _lp`mjm ]ÞnX·mÀ F¶dnbs¸Sp¶hÀ t]mepw At©m Btdm {][m\ `mjIÄ am{X ta ]Tn¨n«pÅq.

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F¶mÂ, temI¯nepÅ GXp `mjbnepw kwkmcn¡m³ Ignbpsa¶v AhImis¸Sp¶ Hcmsf 1967þ Rm³ I­pap«pIbp­mbn. Hcp Ah[n Znhkw Rm³ Aekambn Ft´m hmbn¨psIm­p InSçIbmWv. s]s«¶v sSe t^m¬ s_ÃSn¨p. tUmIvSÀ Sn.Fkv. hn{IaknwKmWv adphi ¯p\n¶v kwkmcn¨Xv. At±ls¯ F\nç t\cs¯ ]cnNbap­mbn cp¶nÃ. AXpsIm­v kzbw ]cnNbs¸Sp¯ns¡m­mWv At±lw kwkmcw Bcw`n¨Xv. kuIcyapÅ Hcp Znh kw Fs¶¡­p kwkmcn¡m³ At±l¯n \m{Klaps­¶v Adnbn¨t¸mÄ Rm³ Hcp XobXn \nivNbn¨p ]dªp. A¶s¯ kw`m jW¯nÂ\nì Xs¶ \à {]mIvSokpÅ Hcp tUmIvSdmWv hn{IaknwKv F¶v F\n¡p hyIv Xambn. c­p Øe¯mbn c­p Unkv]³k dnI-Ä At±lw \Ã\nebn \S¯nhcpì ­t{X!

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]dª XobXnçXs¶ tUmIvSÀ knwKv Fs¶ ImWm³ hì. sshZyimkv{XcwK¯p Å Xsâ A\p`h§sf¸änbmWv At±lw A[nIw kwkmcn¨Xv. Rm³ CSbv¡nsS Nne tNmZy§Ä tNmZn¨p. Fw._n._n.Fkv. _ncpZ tabpÅqsh¦nepw NnInÕmimkv{X¯n A t±l¯n\p \à sshZKv[yaps­ì ÅXn\v B D¯c§Ä sXfnhmbncpì.

R§Ä kwkmcn¨psIm­ncnç¶Xn\nS bn s]s«¶v tUmIvSÀ knwKnsâ `mhw amdn.

Ft´m AKm[ambn BtemNnç¶Xpt]mse At±lw Ipd¨pt\cw au\ambncpì. F¶n«v Fsâ t\sc Xncnªp tNmZn¨p: “ankväÀ tImhqÀ, Fs¶ \n§Ä {i²nt¨m? kwkmc¯n\nSbn F¶n `mhhyXymkw h¶Xp It­m? km[mcW a\pjycnÂ\n¶v F\ns¡mcp amäantÃ?” sXcpsXscbpÅ Cu tNmZyhpw `mhhyXym khpw F¶n IuXpIapWÀ¯n. hnZym`ymk hpw NnInXvkmss\]pWyhpapÅ Cu a\pjy Ip«n¨m¯³

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sâ `mhhyXymk¯n\pÅ ImcWw F\n¡v At¸mÄ hyIvXambnÃ. F¦nepw Rm³ ]d ªp: “\n§fn Hcp hyXykvXXbpw Rm³ I­n ÃtÃm. kwkmc¯n \nì Xm¦Ä Hcp \à tUmIvSdmsWìam{Xw F\nç a\knembn.”

“AXÃ, ankväÀ tImhqÀ,” At±lw ]dªp.

“Rm³ aäp a\pjycnÂ\nìw hfsc hyXykv X\mWv. CXv F\nç am{Xta Adnbmhq. Fsâ s]cpamäw, kwkmcw XpS§nbh km[mcW a\pjycptSXpt]mse AÃ.”

Rm³ {i²n¨psIm­ncpì. At±lw XpSÀ ì: “Fw._n._n.Fkv. ]mkmbXn\ptijw C³ Uybnse _mwKvfqÀ \Kc¯n Rm³ Ipsd ¡mew Xmakn¨p. {]kn² lrt{ZmK hnZKv[ \mb tUmIvSÀ dmhphnsâ Iogn ]cnioe\w \S¯pIbmbncpì Rm³. CXn\nSbn Hcp tbmKnbpsS ASp¯v tbmKmk\§fpw ioen Ip«n¨m¯³

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¨p. tbmK[ym\¯n Rm³ B\µw Is­ ¯n. AXphgn ]cmiIvXnbpsS {]tXyI A\p {Klhpw F\nç e`n¨p. knwlfhpw Cw¥ojpw am{Xta F\n¡dnbmambncpìÅq. F¶mÂ, Cu ]cmiIvXnbpsS A\p{Klw tbmK[ym\w hgn e`n¨tXmsS temI¯nse GXp `mjbpw kwkmcn¡m³ F\nç Ignhp e`n¨p. AXmWv aäp a\pjycnÂ\nìw hyXykvX\mhm³ Imc Ww.” tUmIvSÀ knwKv ]dªp\ndp¯n. GXm bmepw At±l¯n\v temI¯nse FÃm `mj Ifpw kwkmcn¡m³ Ignbpsa¶v hnizkn ¡m³ F\nç IgnªnÃ. At±l¯nsâ Ah ImihmZw ]co£Whnt[bam¡m³ Rm³ Xocpam\n¨p.

“Ct¸mgpw Xm¦Ä¡v FÃm `mjIfpw kwkm cn¡m³ Ignbptam?” Rm³ tNmZn¨p.

“Ignbpw.” hn{IaknwKv ]dªp. “Xm¦Ä ]d bp¶ GXp `mjbnepw kwkmcn¨p tIĸn ¡mw.”

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“icn, F¦n Ad_n¡n Ipsd hmNI §Ä ]dbWw.” Rm³ hmbSbvç¶Xn\pap¼v At±lw Ad _n`mj ]dbm\mcw`n¨p. A©pan\näp Ignªn «pw At±lw \ndp¯nbnÃ. ‘aXn. aXn’sb¶v ]e h«w ]dªt¸mgmWv At±lw Ahkm\n¸n ¨Xv. “C\n lnµnbn Hì kwkmcnçI.” Rm³ \nÀt±in¨p. DSt\ At±lw lnµn ]dbm³ XpS §n. AXp \ndp¯n¡n«m³ \t¶ ]mSps]tS ­nhì. “kzmlnen `mjbn Hì kwkmcnçI.” bmsXmcp aSnbpw IqSmsX tUmIvSÀ hn{Ia knwKv B{^n¡³ `mj ]dbm³ XpS§n.

Aåw Ignªp Rm³ tNmZn¨p: “C\n aebmf¯n Hì kwkmcnçtam?”

‘Hmtlm Bhmw’ Fì ]dªpsIm­v At± lw aebmf¯n kwkmcn¡m\mcw`n¨p.

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A©pan\näpt\cw XpSÀ¨bmbn kwkmcn¨Xn \ptijw Fsâ t\sc Xncnªp tNmZn¨p: “ankväÀ tImhqÀ, Fs¶¸än \n§Äs¡´p tXmìì?” “\n§Ä Hcp tUmIvSdmbXpsIm­v Rm³ Xpdì ]dbmw.” Rm³ ]dªp. “Xm¦Ä Hcp at\mtcmKnbmWv.” CXptI«v tUmIvSÀ hn{IaknwKv AÔmfn¨p.

Rm³ XpSÀì: “Xm¦Ä sshZyimkv{X¯n _ncpZw t\Snb BfmsW¦nepw km[mcW a\p jyÀs¡¶t]mse at\mtcmKw _m[n¨n«p­v. \n§Ä ]dªsXmìw bYmÀ°¯n B `mjIfmbncp¶nÃ. Ad_nIv, lnµn, kzmlnen XpS§nb `mjIsfmìw F\n¡dnbnsænepw HcmÄ kwkmcnç¶XptI«m AXv GXp `mjbmsW¶p a\knem¡m³ F\nç Ign bpw. \n§Ä ]dªsXmìw B `mjIfsÃì tXm¶nbXpsIm­mWv aebmf¯n ]dbm³ \nÀt±in¨Xv. sImfwt_mbnemWv Xmaknç¶ sX¦nepw Fsâ amXr`mj aebmfamWv. Ip«n¨m¯³

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Xm¦Ä A©p an\näpt\cw ]dª ‘aebm f’¯n Hcp aebmf]Zwt]mepw CsÃìÅ XmWv bmYmÀ°yw. ‘skt\mt¥mknb’ (Xenoglossia) F¶ am\knI tcmKamWv \n§Ä¡v.” hn{IaknwKv, _mwKvfqcn Xmaknç¶ Ime¯mWv tbmK[ym\s¯ kw_Ôn¨pÅ aqVhnizmk¯nÂs]«Xv. tbmK[ym\w ioen ¨m GXp `mjbpw kwkmcnçhm\pÅ Ign hp­mIpsa¶v At±lw sXäp[cn¨p. B [mc WtbmsS [ym\w XpSÀ¶ knwKn\v Ipsd¡mew Ignªt¸mÄ B Ignhv X\n¡v ssIhì shì tXm¶n. ]e `mj¡mcmb BfpIÄ hknç¶ _mwKvfqÀ \Kc¯nÂh¨v ]e `mj IfnepÅ hmNI§Ä At±lw ]TnçIbpw sNbvXp. AXpsIm­mWv ]e `mjIÄ kwkm cn¡m\pw A§s\ aäpÅhsc [cn¸n¡m\pw IgnªXv. CXv ssZhnIiIvXnbmsW¶v hniz kn¨ncp¶hÀ¡v AtX¸än At\zjn¡m³ Xmåcyw D­mbncp¶nÃ. AhÀ Hcp AÀ²ssZ hambn knwKns\ Bcm[nçIbmWv sNbvXXv. Ip«n¨m¯³

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NnInÕbnepw hmb\bnepw {i²n¨ncp¶Xp sIm­v Cu tcmKw Hcp ]cn[nhn«v At±l ¯n hfÀ¶nà Fìam{Xw. aäp at\mtcmK §Ä t]mseXs¶ {]m[m\yaÀlnç¶XmWv skt\mt¥mknbbpw. Adnbm¯ `mjIfn kwkmcn¡m\pÅ ‘`mjmhcw’ ssZhw sImSp çsaì hnizknç¶hcn ]eÀçw C¯cw tcmKw D­mImdp­v. ‘adp`mj’ ]dbm³ Ign hps­¶v AhImis¸Sp¶ ]e kv{Xo]pcpj ·mcpw bYmÀ°¯n Cu at\mtcmKw _m[n ¨hcmWv. NnInÕn¨m AhcpsSsbms¡ ‘`m jmhcw’ CÃmXmIpw.

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15 kzÀKw]qInb ]ptcmlnX]Xv\n 1942 G{]n amk¯nse Hcp ZnhkamWv Xncp hÃbnÂh¨v Fsâ A½ (amÀt¯m½m k` bnse hnImcn P\dmÄ Bbncp¶ tImhqÀ Abv]ptXm½m I¯\mcpsS `mcy) A´cn¨Xv. Rm³ Aìw {ioe¦bnemWv. hnhc¯n\v F\n ç I¼nbSns¨¦nepw ]¯p Znhkw Ignªm Wv In«p¶Xv. c­mw temIalmbp²w \Sì sIm­ncp¶ B kab¯v P¸msâ t_mw_m {IaWw aqew C³Uymþkntem¬ sSe{Km^nIv kÀhokv Ipg¸¯nembncp¶XmWv I¼n Xma kn¡m³ ImcWw. A½ acn¨n«p ]¯pZnhkw Ignª \ne¡v Ah[nsbSp¯p \m«n t]mbn«p Imcyansöv Ip«n¨m¯³

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Rm³ IcpXn. ASp¯ Ah[nt¡ hcnIbpÅq F¶v ho«nte¡v FgpXn AdnbnçIbpw sN bvXp. GXm\pw amkw IgnªmWv Rm³ Xncp hÃbnepÅ Fsâ ]nXrKrl¯nse¯nbXv. A½bpsS Ahkm\Ime kw`h§tfbpw ac Wt¯bpw ihaS¡nt\bpw aäpw ]än aq¯k tlmZc\pw _Ôp¡fpw hnkvXcn¨v Ft¶mSp ]dªp. AXn Hcp IY Fsâ a\kn X«n.

A½bpsS ihkwkvImcw Ignªv GXm\pw aWn¡qdpIÄ¡Iw, Fsâ ktlmZcsâ aIÄ B³ tImhqÀ XncphÃbnepÅ apgph³ kpdn bm\n {InkvXym\nIfpsSbpw {i²bmIÀjn¨p.

AhÄ BImit¯ç t\m¡nbt¸mÄ A½ bpsS BXvamhv kzÀKt¯¡v t]mIp¶Xp I­p. ihw FSp¯psIm­pt]mb I«nensâ Ccphi¯pw NndIpÅ shÅ hkv{Xw [cn¨ amemJamÀ ]nSn¨ncpìhs{X. NneÀ sagpIpXn cnbpw I¯n¨p]nSn¨ncpì. Im¡epw Xebv ¡epw c­p amemJamÀ shÅn IpcnipIfpw hln¨psIm­p \n¶ncpì.

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Cu ZnhyZÀi\w e`n¨ B\ns\ R§fpsS \m«pImÀ Hcp ]pWyhXnsbt¸mse IW¡m ¡n. FÃm Znhkhpw sshIpt¶c§fn `IvX P\§Ä R§fpsS ho«n IqSn ]m«pw {]mÀ °\bpw \S¯nhì. Cu kµÀ`¯n B³ BImit¯çt\m¡n kzÀK¯nse ImgvNIÄ hnkvXcn¨p ]dªncpì. P\§Ä `b`IvXn ]qÀhw Cu IYIÄ tI«phì. B\n\v Ft´m A]mIXbps­¶v F\nç hyIvXambncpì.

AhÄ¡v Ft´m at\mtcmKaps­¶v Rm³ IcpXn. Ah[n Ignªv Rm³ {ioe¦bvç t]mcp ¶Xn\pap¼v B\nsâ tcmKs¯¸än Rm³ tN« t\mSp ]dªp. Ahsf Ct¸mtg NnInÕn¨n sæn Ipg¸amIpsaìw tN«\v hntcm[ansà ¦n Rm³ sImfwt_mbn sIm­pt]mbn tUmIvSsds¡m­p ]cntim[n¸n¡msaìw ]d ªp. henb `IvX\mbncps¶¦nepw Fsâ A`n{]mb¯n Ft´m Ig¼ps­¶v At±l ¯n\p tXm¶n. B\ns\ FsâIqsS Ab¨p.

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sImfwt_mbn sIm­ph¶v Ahsf hnZ Kv[\mb Hcp tUmIvSsd Rm³ ImWn¨p. ssh Zy]cntim[\bn sXm­bnepÅ ]mcmssX tdmbnUv {KÙnçÅ XIcmdmWv B\nsâ tcm K ImcWsaì hyIvXambn. kz´w ap¯Èn bpsS BXvamhnt\bpw amemJamtcbpw BIm i¯n ImWm³ Ahsf klmbn¨Xv Cu {KÙnbpsS XIcmdmWv. CXn\v aäpNne ]ivNm ¯e§Ä IqSnbp­v. hfsc sIm¨pIp«nbmbn cp¶ Imew apX kzÀKt¯bpw \cIt¯ bpw acWm\´c PohnXs¯bpw ]än AhÄ tI«ncpì. hnImcn P\dmfmbncp¶ ap¯Ès\ Hcp ]pWymXvamhmbn«mWv ho«pImcpw \m«pIm cpw IcpXnbncp¶Xv. At±l¯nsâ ]Xv\nsb ¸änbpw GXm­v CtX at\m`mhambncpì B fpIÄ-¡v. AXpsIm­v ]pWyhXnbmb ap¯ Èn kzÀK¯nÂXs¶ t]mIpsa¶v ]mhw B³ hnizkn¨ncpì. A¯cw BfpIfpsS BXvam ¡sf shÅ tae¦n [cn¨ amemJamÀ kzÀK ¯nte¡v FSp¯psIm­p t]mIpsaìw A hÄ tI«ncpì. t\sc adn¨v No¯a\pjycpsS Ip«n¨m¯³

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BXvam¡sf Hcn¡epw Ahkm\n¡m¯, Nm Im¯ ]pgphpw sISm¯ XobpapÅ \cI¯n en«v ZÞn¸n¡m³ hmepw sIm¼papÅ ]nim Np¡Ä hen¨psIm­pt]mIpsaìw AhÄ ]Tn¨ncpì. ssZhhpw amemJamcpw \à a\pjycpsS BXvam¡fpw hknç¶Xv `qanç apIfnepÅ kzÀK¯nemsWìw \cIw `qanç XmsgbmsW¶pamWv km[mcW hnizmkw. C sXÃmw B\nsâ Xet¨mdn Nne Nn{X§Ä hc¨ncpì. ssXtdmbnUv {KÙnçÅ {]tXyI NnInÕ \ÂInbXn\p ]pdta AhÄ¡v Im Õy¯nsâ Ipdhv ]cnlcn¡m\pÅ acpì sImSp¡m\pw tUmIvSÀ \nÀt±in¨p. GXm\pw amks¯ NnInÕ Ignªt¸mÄ AhÄ ap¯ ÈnbpsS BXvamhns\ ImWmXmbn.

B³ tIcf¯n Xncns¨¯n Ipsd \mfp IÄçtijw hnhmlnXbmbn. BtcmKyapÅ a¡fpw `À¯mhpsam¯v AhÄ kpJambn Pohnçì.

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A¶v, Rm³ {ioe¦bn sIm­pt]mbn NnInÕn¸n¨ncp¶nsæn at\mtcmKnbmbn A hÄ PohnXw \bnt¡­nhcpambncpì. Znhyi IvXnIfpÅ Hcp ]pWyhXnbmbn tIcf¯nse {InkvXym\nIÄ Ahsf _lpam\nçambncp ì F¶ Imcy¯nepw F\nç kwibanÃ.

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16 XSnà NpSpIm«n Kmfnse dn¨va­v tImtfPn Rm³ A²ym]I \mbn tPment\mç¶ Imew. hÀjw 1946. sabv amk¯nse Hcp i\nbmgvN. -¢mkp Ignªp ho«nteç t]mIm³ Rm³ XbmsdSpçt¼mÄ PbknwKv Fsâ ASp¯phì.

“F´mWv?”- Rm³ tNmZn¨p.

“Fsâ ]nXmhv Hcp Kh¬saâv DtZymKØ \mWv” - AbmÄ kzbw ]cnNbs¸Sp¯n.

“At±l¯nsâ ]yqWns\ Hcp t{]Xw _m[n¨n cnçì. Bdpamkwap¼v acn¨pt]mb Hcp ao³ ImcnbpsS t{]XamsW¶mWv ]dbp¶Xv.” PbknwKnt\mSv hniZambn Imcy§Ä ]d bm³ Rm³ \nÀt±in¨p. “Fsâ hoSn\v A¸pd ¯mWv AbmfpsS hoSv. ]oäÀ F¶mWbm Ip«n¨m¯³

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fpsS t]cv. tPmenbn hfsc hnizkvX\mbn cpì. ASp¯ Ime¯mWv AbmÄ IeymWw Ign¨Xv. AXn\ptijamWv t{]Xw _m[n¨Xv. Ct¸mÄ AbmfpsS \ne hfsc tamiamWv.” ]ntä¶v RmbdmgvNbmbXpsIm­v Pbknw Knt\msSm¸w sNÃmsa¶v Rm³ k½Xn¨p.

AXncmhnse Fs¶ Iq«ns¡m­pt]mIm\mbn PbknwKv F¯n.

KmÀ þ sImfwt_m tdmUnÂ\nìw Hcp CS hgn \o­pt]mIpì. AXnsâ Hcp AcnInem Wv {]kn²amb XSnà NpSpImSv. ]I t]mepw ]nimNp¡Ä \r¯w sN¿p¶ ØeamsW¶m Wv \m«pImcpsS hnizmkw.

R§Ä ISìsNÃpt¼mÄ ho«phcm´bnse Hcp kväqfn ]oäÀ CcnçIbmWv. R§Ä ASp¯psN¶n«pw AbmÄ Fgpt¶ÂçI tbm Ku\nçItbm sNbvXnÃ. aZy]n¨v atZm ·¯\mbXp t]msebmWv Ccn¸v. Rm³ Abm tfmSv ]eXpw tNmZn¨p. ]t£, AbmÄ bm sXmcp D¯chpw ]dªnÃ. PbknwKv Abm Ip«n¨m¯³

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fpsS `mcysb hnfn¨p. kpµcnbmb B bphXn DSt\ Cd§nhì. AhtfmSv kw`h§sf¸än Rm³ Bcmªp.

“Ignª G{]n 19þmw XobXn cm{Xn 8.30þ \mWv kw`hw.” B kv{Xo D­mb Imcy§Ä ]dªp. “cm{Xn 8.30 Bbt¸mÄ as®® XoÀ ì. Rm³ sN¶v At±lt¯mSv hnhcw ]d ªp. DSt\Xs¶ as®® hm§m³ t]mbn.

Xncn¨phcp¶ hgn¡mWv t{]Xw IqSp¶Xv. Fs¶ IeymWw Ign¨psIm­ph¶n«v Ipdt¨ Bbn«pÅq. AXpsIm­v Cu NpSpImSns\¸än F\n¡v AdnhnÃmbncpì. t\ct¯ hnhcw ]d bmXncp¶Xn\v BZyw Fs¶ imkn¨p. AXpI gnªv Hcp Hme¨q«pw sI«ns¡m­v Cd§n. Cu apäw Ignªt¸mÄ apX ]mSns¡m­mWv t]mbXv. At§m«pt]mbt¸mÄ Ipg¸w Hìw D­mbnÃ. Ct§m«p t]mcpt¼mÄ hgnçh¨v Nq«v XoÀìt]mbn. B CShgn apgph³ Icnbn eIfmWv. Ccp«n At±lw hcpt¼mÄ ]pd InÂ\nì asämcp ImÂs¸cpamäw tI«v Xncn Ip«n¨m¯³

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ªpt\m¡n. ASp¯ kab¯v KÀ`t¯msS acn¨ ao³ImcnbpsS t{]Xw At±l¯nsâ ]pdtI IqSn. At±lw thKw \S¶t¸mÄ t{]X hpw thKw \Sì. HmSnbt¸mÄ AXv ]pdtI HmSnsb¯n. Hcphn[w apä¯pIbdn Xncnªp t\m¡nbt¸mÄ AXns\ I­nÃ. h¶]msS InX¨psIm­v Cu hnhcw ]dªp. AXp ]d ªpXocp¶Xn\papt¼ At±lw ab§nhoWp. apJ¯v shÅw Xfn¨t¸mÄ DWÀì. ]t£, B kv{XobpsS i_vZ¯nemWv kwkmcn¨Xv.” XpSÀì­mb IYbpw AhÀ ]dªp. `b hnlzebmb B kv{Xo ]oädnsâ ANvOs\ hnfn¨p.

ASn sImSp¯m Nne t{] X§Ä hn«pamdpw Fs¶mcp hnizmkap­v.

AX\pkcn¨v AbmÄ hSnsbSp¯v ]oädns\ XÃnt\m¡n. {]tbmP\samìw D­mbnÃ. ]ntä¶v AbmÄ a{´hmZnsb hcp¯n ‘sXm hnÂ’* \S¯n. B kab¯v t{]Xw ]dªp: “Rm³ acn¨pIgnªv Fsâ `À¯mhv c­maXpw IeymWw Ign¨p. Fsâ NpSe Ip«n¨m¯³

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Bdm³ B ZpjvS³ Im¯p\n¶nÃ. Ah\n t¸mÄ c­mw `mcybpsam¯v kpJnçIbmWv. Fsâ sIm¨p§sf Ah³ ZpxJn¸nçìt­m F¶dnbm\mWv Rm³ h¶Xv.” ‘sXmhnÂ’ \S¯nbXpsIm­v bmsXmcp {]tbmP\hpw D­mbnÃ. Ignª aq¶mgvN bmbn AbmfpsS ØnXn hfsc hjfmbncpì.

Isd Ignªp hcmsaì ]dªn«v R§Ä PbknwKnsâ ho«nte¡v t]mbn. At±l¯n sâ A½ DuWv Xbmdm¡nbncpì. DuWp Ign ¡m\ncp¶t¸mÄ tI« IYIÄ Rm³ ]dªp.

AXp ]dªpXocp¶Xn\pap¼v PbknwKnsâ A½ ]dªp: “F\n¡nt¸mÄ Imcyw a\knembn. \½psS enÃnsbbmWv ]oäÀ I­pt]Sn¨Xv. Ah\v t{]XwIqSnsb¶v1 tIs«¦nepw C§s\bmWv kw`hsa¶v Rm³ Adnªncp¶nÃ.”

“BcmWp enÃn? Ahsc¡­v ]oäÀ t]Sn¨ sX§s\?” - Rm³ Xnc¡n.

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“enÃn ChnSs¯ the¡mcnbmWv.” B A½ ]dªp. “\n§Ä ]dª coXnbn B cm{Xn bn HmSnh¶Xv AhfmWv.” F\n¡v IuXpIhpw AZv`pXhpw tXm¶n. B the¡mcnsb Hì hnfn¡m³ Rm³ ]dªp.

DSt\Xs¶ Ahsf ASp¡fbnÂ\nìw AhÀ hnfn¨psIm­phì. Rm³ tNmZn¨t¸mÄ enÃn ]dªp: “A¿m, Fsâ Øew amçXpssdbmWv. knwlf]pXphÀjw {]amWn¨v Ah[nsbSp¯v Rm³ G{]n 11þ\v ho«nÂt]mbn. 19þmw Xob XnbmWv Xncn¨ph¶Xv. AhnsS\nìw cmhnse t]m¶m sshIpt¶cw 5þ\v ChnsS hcmw.

AX\pkcn¨v Rm³ t]mì. ]t£, _kv tI Smbn ]e Øe§fnepw InSì. AXpsIm­v Ggc IgnªmWv Rm³ XSnÃbn h¶Xv. _ knÂ\n¶nd§nb F\n¡v B NpSpImSphgn hcm³ `bambncpì. tdmUn Häbv¡v \n ¡m\pw t]SntXm¶n AXpsIm­v CShgnç Ibdn ac¯nsâ Nph«n \nì. tdmtU Ip«n¨m¯³

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t]mIp¶hÀ¡v ImWm³ ]mSnÃm¯ hn[amWv Rm³ \n¶Xv. B hgn¡v Bsc¦nepw h¶m ]pdtI t]mcmsaì IcpXn. GXm­v Ac aWn ¡qÀ A§s\ \n¶t¸mÄ ]oäÀ ISbn t]m Ip¶Xv I­p. AbmÄ Xncn¨phcp¶Xphsc Rm³ t\m¡n\nì. shfn¨hpw sIm­p t]mb ]oäÀ Ccp«¯mWv Xncn¨ph¶Xv. AXpsIm­v H¶n¨pt]mcm³ aSntXm¶n. Ipd¨p ]pdInembn Rm³ \Sì. s]s«¶v ]oäÀ Xncnªpt\m¡n.

F\nç hÃm¯ t]Sn tXm¶n. Rm³ Ahn sS\nì. At¸mÄ AbmÄ HmSn. ]pdsI Rm \pw HmSn. ChnsS h¶t¸mÄ Rm\nt§m«p Ib dn. cm{Xn h¶Xn\v A½ hgç ]dªt¸mÄ D­mb kwKXn Rm³ ]dªncpì. ]t£, C§s\bmWv ]oäÀ t]Sn¨sXìw t{]Xw IqSn bsXìw Rm³ Adnªncp¶nÃ.” cm{Xnbn Hcp ]pcpjsâ IqsS Häbvç \S ç¶Xv A]ISamsWìÅ kv{XoklPamb t_m[w sIm­mWv enÃn AIì \S¶Xv. AXv KÀ`t¯msS acn¨ ao³ImcnbpsS t{]XamsW Ip«n¨m¯³

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¶v AbmÄ IcpXn. PbknwKnsâ hoSnsâ t\ sc h¶t¸mÄ AhÄ Ibdnt¸mbn. ]oäÀ ho «n sNì Xncnªpt\mçt¼mÄ ]pdtI h¶ t{]Xw A{]Xy£ambncnçì! ‘t¥mtkmemenb’(Glossolalia) F¶dnbs¸Sp ¶ at\mtcmKamWv ]oäsd _m[n¨ncnç¶sX ¶v F\n¡v hyIvXambn. Cu tcmKw _m[nç ¶hÀ aäpÅhcpsS hyIvXnXzhpambn CW§n t¨cpw. ao³ImcnbpsS i_vZ¯nemWv AbmÄ kwkmcn¨ncp¶Xv. DuWpIgnªv R§Ä ]oädpsS ho«n t]m bn. D­mb kw`h§Ä ]oäsdbpw `mcysbbpw ]dªp a\knem¡n.

A§s\ ]oädpsS tcmKw t`Zs¸«p. XSnà NpSpIm«n¡qSn GXv ]mXncm{Xn¡v \S¡m\pw AbmÄ¡nt¸mÄ `banÃ.

*sXmhnÂ-þ Hcp Xcw a{´hmZw Ip«n¨m¯³

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17 Ip«n¨m¯³ Btdm¬knwKvslbpsS ho«n Ip«n¨m¯³ D­m¡nb Ipg¸§Ä NnÃdbÃ. AbmÄt¡m `mcy t]mUnlmant¡m aIÄ t{]ahXnt¡m F«pamk¡mew kzØambn InSìd§phm³ km[n¨nÃ. A©p{]mhiyw AhÀ ‘sXmhnÂ’ \S¯nt\m¡n. bmsXmcp {]tbmP\hpw In«n bnÃ. D]{Zhw XpSÀìsImt­bncpì. ho«n AhnShnsS a®pw IÃpw NnXdnbnSp I, Iew, ]nªmWw, ¥mkv, Sw_vfÀ, ]vtfäv XpS§nbh s]m«nçI, hnf¡qXn sISp¯pI XpS§nbhbmbncpì Cu Ip«n¨m¯sâ Øn cw ]cn]mSnIÄ. Hcn¡Â t{]ahXn Dd§n¡nS çt¼mÄ AZriyamb Ic§Ä AhfpsS apSn apdn¨pIfªp. BImi¯nÂ\n¶v CSbv¡nsS I¯pIÄ hoWpsIm­ncpì. B ho«nse I\ Ip«n¨m¯³

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apÅ ]e hkvXp¡fpw hmbphn ]dì\Sì.

Aeamcnbn AS¨p h¨ncp¶ XpWnIÄ Ij WwIjWambn apdnªpInSì. `n¯nbn Nne AZv`pXIcamb Fgp¯pIÄ {]Xy£s¸ «p. Xnfbvç¶ Iªnbn a®v ImWpI ]Xn hmbn. tImkvKmambnse Un. ssh. dmWmknwKvsl bmWv Cu hnhc§Ä Fsâ {i²bnÂs]Sp ¯nbXv. 1968 \hw_À 25þmw XobXn Rm\pw Fsâ `mcy Ipª½bpw Btdm¬knwKvsl bpsS ho«nteç Xncn¨p. hnhcadnªv GXm \pw ]{X{]Xn\n[nIfpw R§tfmSp tNÀì. R §Ä¡mÀçwXs¶ hgn \nivNbanÃmbncpì.

AXpsIm­v antKmUm almhnZymeb¯nsâ ap¼n ImÀ \nÀ¯n. Btdm¬ knwKvslbpsS Øeamb ]\mephmbnteçÅ hgn Xnc¡n.

B hnZymeb¯nsâ {]n³kn¸mÄ KpWtiJc bpw At±l¯nsâ kplr¯v ]n. hocknw Kvslbpw R§tfmsSm¸w ]\mephmbnte¡v t]mì. anKvtUm PwKvj\nÂ\nìw ]\mephm tdmUnte¡v Xncnªv ImÀ apt¶m«pt]mbn. G Ip«n¨m¯³

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Xm­v 3 ssa Ignªt¸mÄ Hcp Nmb¡ SbpsS ap¼n BÄ IqSn\nÂç¶XpI­v R§Ä h­n \nÀ¯n. Btdm¬knwKvsl bpsS ho«nse `qX_m[ ImWm³ Ab {Kma §fnÂ\n¶v h¶hcmWhÀ. B Nmb¡SbpsS kao]¯v CShgnbneqsS sNdnb Hcp s\¸m Shpw dºÀ tXm«hpw ISìth­nbncpì B ho«nse¯m³. ]{X§fn ]Sw I­n«p­mbn cp¶XpsIm­v NneÀ Fs¶ Xncn¨dnªp. Ip«n ¨m¯s\ ]nSn¡m\mWv Rm³ h¶ncnç¶sX ¶v a\knem¡n Ahcpw R§tfmsSm¸whì. ]mS¯pIqSnbpÅ bm{Xbv¡nSbn c­v A« IÄ Ipª½bpsS Imen ISn¨p. R§tfm sSm¸w h¶ncp¶ {KmaoW kv{XoIÄ AsXSp ¯pIfsª¦nepw `qXs¯ ]nSnç¶Xn\pÅ Fsâ {ia¯n\v `qX¯nsâ Xncn¨Snbmbn«mWv AhÀ AXp I­Xv. IrXyw 8.30þ\v BtdmknwKvslbpsS ho«nse¯n. dºÀac§Ä \ndª Hcp ]d¼nsâ \Sp¡m Wv Btdm¬knwKvslbpsS hoSv. ]WnXocm¯ Hcp sNdnb sI«nSw. apä¯p sN¶t¸mį Ip«n¨m¯³

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s¶ IcnsIm­v `n¯nbn FgpXnbncnç¶Xv R§fpsS {i²bnÂs]«p. knwlf`mjbnep Å B Ipdn¸nsâ AÀ°w C{]ImcamWv: ‘Cu ho«n `qX_m[bp­v.’ c­pamkw ap¼v `qXwXs¶bmWv AsXgpXn bsX¶v Btdm¬ knwKvsl ]dªp. ho«n\I ¯pw AXpt]mse Nne Ipdn¸pIÄ D­mbncp ¶Xv ImWm³ AbmÄ R§sf AIt¯ç £Wn¨p. Rm\pw Ipª½bpw AIt¯ç Ibdn. ]{X{]Xn\n[nItfmSpw aäp kplr¯p¡ tfmSpw ]pds¯ apdnbnencnçhm³ Rm³ \nÀ t±in¨p. ]pcbv¡Is¯Ãmw knwlf en]nIÄ Icnbp]tbmKn¨v FgpXnbncnç¶Xv ImWmam bncpì. ]t£, A£c hSnhpIÄ ]eXpw icn bmbncp¶nÃ. hymIcW sXäpIfpw D­mbncp ¶p. CSbv¡nsS Nne Cw¥ojv A£c§Ä XeIogmbpw adn¨pw FgpXnbncnç¶Xpw F sâ {i²bnÂs]«p. lnµn, aebmfw, Xangv, {^ ©v XpS§nb `mjIsfmìw AhnsS FgpXnbn cp¶nÃ. Aåkzåw knwlf `mjbpw Nne Cw Ip«n¨m¯³

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¥ojv A£c§fpw am{Xta Cu `qX¯n\v \niv NbapÅpsh¶v Rm³ a\knem¡n.

Cu kabw ]pd¯v BfpIÄ Xn§n¡qSn s¡m­ncpì. Ahsc \nb{´nçI Ffp¸asà ¶v F\nç tXm¶n. Rm³ `qXs¯ ]nSnç¶ tXm, `qXw Fs¶ ]nSnç¶tXm ImWm\pÅ BImw£bmbncpì AhÀ¡v. F¦nepw Rm³ ]pd¯psN¶v BfpIÄ Ipd¨pkabt¯¡v ]pcbnS¯nsâ ]pd¯pt]mbn \n¡Wsaì ]dªt¸mÄ AhÀ klIcW_p²ym A\pk cn¨p. BfpIÄ ]pd¯pt]mbn Ignªt¸mÄ AIs¯ apdnbn h¨pXs¶ Rm³ F³Iz bdn Bcw`n¨p. Ipª½, XnsÃIcXv\w, antKm Um hnZymeb¯nsâ {]³kn¸mÄ F¶o aqì t]sc Rm³ ASp¯p \ndp¯nbncpì. B ho«nse aq¶v AwK§tfmSpw Rm³ amdnamdn kwkmcn¨p. kz´w I®psIm­v I­XÃmsX aämcpw ]dªp tI« Imcy§Ä ]dbcpsX¶v Bcw`¯n¯s¶ Rm³ ]dªncpì.

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“GXm\pw amk§Äçap¼mWv Cu D]{Zhw XpS§nbXv. BZyw hoSnsâ X«nÂ\n¶v a®v XmsghoWp. Ipsd Znhk§Ä Ignªt¸mÄ a®n\p]Icw sNdnb IÃpIÄ hogphm³ XpS §n. CjvSnIbpsS GXm­v ]IpXn hep¸w hcp¶ IÃpIÄ C§s\ hoWn«p­v.” B tdm¬knwKvslbpw t]mUnlmanbpwIqSn Imcy§Ä hnhcn¨p: “]n¶oSv ]nªmW¸m{X§Ä kzbw ]d¡m³ XpS§n.

Aeamcnbn ]q«nh ¨ncp¶ ]m{X§Ät]mepw C§s\ ]pd¯p hì.

Hcp¯cpw ASp¡fbn CÃm¯ kab ¯v Ie§Ä ]pdt¯¡v Fdnbs¸«p. aIÄ t{]ahXn FhnsS t]mIpìthm AhnsSsb Ãmw sN¶v `qXw ieyw sNbvXp. ImäSn¨p hnf çIÄ sISmXncnçhm³ hmXnepIfpw P\me Ifpw AS¨ncnçt¼mÄt]mepw AZriy\mb HcmÄ h¶v hnf¡qXn sISp¯p¶Xmbn A\p` hs¸«n«p­v. {]kn²cmb IämUnbamsc* R §Ä sIm­p hì. A©p{]mhiyw ‘sXm hnÂ’ \S¯nt\m¡n. aqì Znhkw ap¼mWv Ip«n¨m¯³

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Hcp ‘sXmhnÂ’ \S¶Xv. bmsXmcp {]tbmP \hpw AXpsIm­v D­mbn«nÃ. A©p {]mh iyw `qXw t{]ahXnbpsS apSn apdn¨pIfªp.” t]mUnlman s]«nXpd¶v ISemkn s]mXn ªph¨ncp¶ apSns¡«v R§sf ImWn¨p. Hcp hnKv D­m¡m³ th­{X apSn D­mbncpì B sI«nÂ.

‘Idn¡¯nsIm­mWv `qXw Cu apSn apdn ¨Xv’ F¶v t]mUn lman ]dbpì. apSn apdn¨p I¯n Xmsgbn«t¸mgmWv AhÄ AXdnbp¶Xv. “R§Ä HmSns¨¶t¸mÄ apdnª apSnbpw I ¯nbpw Xmsg InS¶ncpì. ASp¡nh¨ncp¶ Fsâ kmcnIfpw t{]ahXnbpsS t{^mçI fpw `qXw Iodn¡fªp. B kmcnbpsS IjW §fp]tbmKn¨v ]mhIfpw Pm¡änsâ amXrI bpw `qXw D­m¡n h¨ncnç¶Xpw I­p. apfIv, D¸v, tX§ XpS§nbh Hcp Znhkw Xd bn FSp¯p hnXdn. Iªn¡e¯n a®pw IÃpw I­XpsIm­v Nne Znhk§fn Blm cw Ign¡msX InSçhm³ \nÀ_ÔnXcmbn.

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Hcp Znhkw t{]ahXnbpsS ap¼nencp¶ tNmäp ]m{Xw Xms\ DbÀìt]mbn. Aeamcnbn \n ìw ImWmXmb Nne km[\§Ä ]n¶oSv X «n³]pd¯p\n¶pw Is­Sp¯p. `qXw D­m ¡nb ]mhItfmSv R§Ä F§s\ s]cpam dWsa¶ \nÀt±i§fpw `qXw FgpXnbnSpIbp ­mbn.” “t{]ahXn AhfpsS A½mh³ dmWmknwKv slbpsS ho«n t]mbt¸mÄ `qXw Ahtfm sSm¸w t]mbn. t{]ahXnsb DS³ Xs¶ Ahfp sS ho«nte¡v Xncn¨v Ab¨nsæn `n¯nbn h¨ncnç¶ t¢m¡v XIÀçsa¶v Hcp `ojWn ¡¯v dmWmknwKvslbpsS tai¸pd¯v ImW s¸«p. B ho«nse Ip«n¡v ]m sImSp¡m\p] tbmKn¨ Ip¸n s]m«nçIbpw Ip«nsb I«nen \n¶v XÅnbn«v sImÃm³ {iançIbpw sN bvXp. Ddbv¡m³ h¨ncp¶ dºÀ]men dºÀ çcphnsâ tXmSn«v Hcn¡Â D]tbmKiq\y am¡n. Cu `qX_m[ ImWm³ h¶hcpsS t\ scbpw Hcn¡Â ItÃdp­mbn.”

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ChtcmSv hniZambn kwkmcn¨t¸mÄ aäp Nne Imcy§fpw Rm³ a\knem¡n. BtdmknwKvslbv¡v 60þDw, `mcybv¡v 54þDw hbkp hoXw D­v. 1948þ emWv AhÀ hnhmlw sNbv XXv. a¡fnÃm¯Xn\m {]khn¨v ]Xn\©p Znhk¯n\pÅn amXmhpt]£n¨ Hcp Ip ªns\ t{]ahXnsb¶v t]cn«phfÀ¯n. 12 h bkpÅ B s]¬Ip«n¡v ASp¯Imew hsc Cu hkvXpX AdnªpIqSmbncpì. kv¡qfn tem AbÂ]¡t¯m, AhÄ¡v A[nIw Iq«p Imcp­mbncp¶nÃ. kztX aµ_p²nbmb t{]a hXn ]Tn¯¯nepw hfsc ]ndtIm«mbncpì. 12 hbkp­mbncpìsh¦nepw aq¶mw ¢mknem Wv AhÄ ]Tn¨ncp¶Xv. F«pamkw ap³]v Hcp Znhkw kv¡qfnÂ\n¶v IcªpsIm­hÄ h ì. kl]mTnIÄ ]dªv AhÄ Xsâ bm YmÀ°yw AdnªXmWv ImcWw. Ip«nIÄ \p W ]dªXmsWìw t{]ahXn AhcpsS kz ´w ]p{XnbmsWìw AhÀ ]dªpt\m¡n. ]t£, ]n¶oShÄ kv¡qfn t]mbnÃ. AXn\p tijamWv B ho«n `qtXm]{Zhw D­mbXv. Ip«n¨m¯³

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Rm³ t{]ahXnsb Häbvç hnfn¨v Imcy §Ä tNmZn¨t¸m-Ä AhÄ Xs¶bmWv CsXm s¡ sNbvXsX¶v Xpdì]dªp. C\n taen CXv BhÀ¯nçIbnsÃìw F\n¡v hmç Xì. Rm\pSs\ ]pd¯psN¶v AhnsS IqSnbn cp¶htcmSp ]dªp: “CìapX _mt[m]{Zhw D­mIpIbnÃ.

FÃm Ipg¸§Äçw ImcWw Cu ho«nse Xs¶ am\knItcmKnbmb HcwKamWv. C\n taen CXmhÀ¯nçIbnsöv tcmKnbmb B AwKw F\n¡v hmç X¶n«p­v. AXv \nd thäs¸Sm¯ ]£w B Bsf Hcp at\mtcmK NnInÕIs\ ImWnçItb th­q. BtdmknwKvsl IämUnbamÀ¡v shdpsX Bbncw cq] sImSp¯p.” ]{´­p hbkphsc kz´w F¶v IcpXnbn cp¶ ANvO\½amÀ bYmÀ°¯n Xsâ ANvO\½amcsöv Adnªt¸mÄ t{]ahXn ç­mb am\knI XIcmdmWv Ipg¸§Ä D­mçhm³ AhÄç t{]cW \ÂInbXv. Ip«n¨m¯³

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Ahsf B {]mb¯nepÅ Ip«nIfn \n¶Iän hfÀ¯nbXpsIm­v Ir{Xnaamb Hcp kzmÀ° X t{]ahXnbn hfÀì. ]Tn¯¯n tami ambncp¶Xp sIm­v {]mbwIpdª Ip«nIfpsS IqsS ]Tnçhm³ AhÄ \nÀ_ÔnXbmbn.

B Ip«nIsft¸mse s]cpamdphm\mWv AhÄ {ian¨Xv. kz´w apSn apdn¨v Gsg«phbkpÅ kl]m TnIsft¸msebmIphm³ {iançIbmbncpì t{]ahXn. am\knIambn hfÀ¨sb¯mXncp¶ B Ip«n ]mhIsf Xmtemençhm³ CjvSs¸ «ncpì. ]{´­p hbkpÅ Hcp s]¬Ip«n ]mhIsf Xmtemenç¶Xv XnI¨pw A\mim kyambn«mWv {]mbapÅhÀ IcpXnbXv. kmcn Iodn ]mhbp­mçhm³ t{]ahXn {ian¨Xv AaÀ¯s¸« Hcp B{Klw km[nç¶Xn\p th­nbmWv. Cu ]ivNm¯esaÃmw Iptd¡qSn hniZambn Rm³ Btdm¬ knwKvslsb ]dªp a\knem¡n. AhcpsS {i²bpw kvt\ lhpamWv t{]ahXn¡v Bhiysaì Rm³ ]dªp.

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Cu kw`hw \S¶n«v Ct¸mÄ 5 hÀjw Ign ªncnçì. B ho«ntem t{]ahXnt¡m ]n¶o sSmcn¡epw `qtXm]{Zhw D­mbn«nÃ.

*sXmhn þ a{´hmZw

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18 i¦nensshch³ Pm^v\mbpsS sXç`mK¯v kntem¬ h³Ic bnÂ\nì thÀXncnªpInSç¶ Hcp sNdnb Zzo]mWv a­bn¯ohv. Npcp¡w IÀjIcpw Ipd¨p apçhcpaÃmsX A[nIamfpIÄ Ahn sS XmakanÃ. ]pIbnebmWv {][m\ Irjn.

IcbnÂ\nì \mepssa am{Xta AIeapÅq.

F¦nepw a­bn¯ohnse BfpIÄ temI¯n sâ CXc`mK§fnÂ\nì thÀXncnªmWv Ign bp¶Xv. AhscÃmw, {]tXyIn¨v kv{XoIfpw Ip«nIfpw Pm^v\mbnse \ÃqÀ I¯kzmant£ {X¯nse hmÀjntImÕhw Im¯ncnçw. \Kc PohnX¯nsâ ]In«pIÄ ImWp¶Xn\pth­n AhÀ kntem¬ Icbn F¯p¶ Ahkcw.

1932þse G{]n Ah[n¡me¯v ISenepw D¸pshůnepw hfcp¶ kkyamXrIIÄ tiJcnç¶Xn\pth­n Rm³ Cu Zzo]n Ip«n¨m¯³

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se¯n. AhnsS A¡me¯p­mbncp¶ GI th\¡me hkXn Xmak¯n\pth­n Rm³ t\cs¯ GÀ¸mSp sNbvXncpì. {]kn² hnZym`ymk hnZKv[\mb s\hn³kv skÂh ZpscbpsS hIbmbncpì AXv. Zzo]nsâ sXç hi¯p ISen\`napJambn«mWv B sI«nSw ØnXnsN¿p¶Xv. Xoc¯n\pw, Aåw AIse ISen DbÀì \nÂç¶ ]hng¸päp \nc bvçw CSbnepÅ Bgw Ipdª Pe`mKw IS kv\m\¯n\pw IS PohnIsf th« bmSm\pw ]änb Øeambncpì. `mcybpw ]p{X\psam¯v D¨bvç ap¼pÅ kabw Cu ISen Rm³ Ipgn¨pIq«nbncpì.

D¨bpd¡w Ignªv Ahsc _wKvfmhnem¡n bn«v Zzo]nsâ ]e `mK§fnepw Npän\Sì Imgv NIÄ I­p. CXn\nSbn AhnSs¯ Hcp \m«p`mjm²ym]I\pambn ]cnNbs¸Sm³ F\n ¡hkcw e`n¨p. B Zzo]n jÀ«n«p \Sç¶ GI a\pjy\mWv AbmÄ. amÀ¡Þp F¶m Wv t]À. B Zo]nse P\§fpsS kmaqlyPohn Xs¯¸än R§Ä kpZoÀLambn kwkmcn¨p.

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AXn\ptijw R§fpsS Xm¡menI hkXn bn h¶v amÀ¡Þp ]et¸mgpw kplrZvkw `mjW¯n GÀs¸«ncpì. Hcn¡Â ]W¸ncn hn\pÅ Hcp ckoXp_pçambn«mWv h¶Xv. G Xm\pw BgvNIfmbn B Zzo]ns\ ieys¸Sp ¯ns¡m­ncnç¶ ]nimNns\ HmSnç¶Xn\p th­n \ÃqÀ t£{X¯n\Sp¯p\nìw Hcp tbmKnsb hcp¯n bÚw \S¯m³ Dt±in ¨mWv ]W¸ncnhv \S¯p¶sXìw AbmÄ ]dªp. Cu ]nimNns\ ]e Øe¯ph¨pw ]ecpw ]e cq]¯n I­n«p­s{X. ‘i¦nen sshch³*’ Bbn«mWv NneÀ Cu ]nimNns\ I­Xv. NnecpsS ap¼n tamln\nbpsS cq] ¯nepw CXp {]Xy£s¸«p.

“Hcp Znhkw cm{Xnbn ASp¡fhis¯ apät¯¡nd§nb Hcp kv{Xo apä¯n\Sp¯pÅ sX§nsâ Nph«n Hcp kv{Xo \nÂç¶Xp I ­p.” amÀ¡Þp ]dªp. “HmÀ½iIvXn \jvS s¸« kv{Xo sX§n\Sp¯p I­ cq]s¯ A\p Kan¨p. Ipsd sN¶t¸mÄ s]s«¶v B cq]w A{]Xy£ambn. aq¶v aWn¡qÀ IgnªmWv Ip«n¨m¯³

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AhÀ¡v HmÀ½iIvXn Xncn¨pIn«nbXv. ]t£, Aì apX Ahsc ]nimNp _m[n¨ncnçì. `qX¯nsâ i_vZ¯nemWv AhÀ kwkmcnç ¶Xv. ]nimNp _m[n¨hsft¸mse s]cpamdpI bpw sN¿pì.” thsdbpw DZmlcW§Ä A bmÄç ]dbm\p­mbncpì. asämchkc¯nÂ, ]pIbne hbenÂ\nìw cm{Xnbn ho«nteç aS§nb Hcp sNdp¸¡m c³ CShgnbnÂh¨p kpµcnbmb Hcp bphXn sb I­pap«n. hgnsXän AhnsS hì tNÀ¶ XmsWìw hoSphsc IqsS sNÃWsaìw A hÄ AbmtfmSv A`yÀ°n¨p. kpµcnbmb B s]®n\p klmbw sN¿m³ AbmÄç Xmåcy ta D­mbncpìÅq. Ccphcpw kwkmcn¨p sIm­v IpsdZqcw \Sì. CSbvçh¨v AhÄ A{]Xy£bmbn. F¦nepw AhfpsS i_vZw AbmÄç tIÄ-¡mambncpì. Xm³ GtXm b£nbpsS hmbnemWv AIs¸«ncnç¶sX¶v At¸mgmWv AbmÄç a\knembXv. t]Sn¨v AbmÄ ho«ntet¡mSn. Hcphn[w ho«nse¯nb Ip«n¨m¯³

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AbmÄ G§eSn¨psIm­ncpì. s]s«¶v t_m[w sI«p hogpIbpw sNbvXp. ]ntäì cmhnsebmWv AbmÄç kzt_m[w Xncn¨p In«nbXv. GgphbkpÅ Hcp s]¬Ip«n Hcp Idp¯ ]«nsb apä¯ph¨p I­p. AhÄ Hcp Isà Sp¯v B ]«nsb Fdnªt¸mÄ AXv ‘i¦nen sshch’sâ cq]w {]m]n¨n«v HmSnadªp. ‘ssh ch’sâ teml¨§ebpsS i_vZw tI«v B Ip«n t]Sn¨pt]mbn. Aì apX AhÄç kwkmciIvXn \jvSs¸«p.

“Zzo]nse {]mbapÅ BfpIsfÃmwIqSn Ign ªbmgvN Hcp tbmKw tNÀ¶v Cu ]nimNns\ HmSnç¶Xn\pth­n \ÃqÀ t£{Xkao]¯p \n¶v Hcp tbmKnsb hcp¯n bÚw \S¯ Wsaì -\nivNbn¨ncnçIbmWv. AZv`pXiIv XnIfpÅ Cu tbmKn hÀj¯n c­pamkta \Ãqcn ImWpIbpÅq. _m¡n kab¯v inh \Sn]mZw (BZwaqSn), I«mcKa, Xncps¡Xoizcw Ip«n¨m¯³

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F¶o Øe§fn X]kp sNbvXpsIm­ncn çIbmWv ]Xnhv.” k¦åkrjvSnIfmb ]nimNp¡sf HmSnç¶ Xn\pth­n \S¯p¶ bÚ¯n\v Hcp ss]k t]mepw sImSp¡cpsX¶mWv Fsâ A`n{]mb saì Rm³ amÀ¡Þphnt\mSv Xpdì ]d ªp. F¦nepw Rm³ a­bn¯ohnÂ\nì t]mIp¶Xn\p ap¼mWv bÚsa¦n AXp ImWm³ F\nç Xmåcyaps­ìw Abmsf Adnbn¨p.

HcmgvNbvçtijw amÀ¡Þp _wKvfmhn hì ]dªp, ASp¯ RmbdmgvN bÚw \S ¯p¶Xn\pÅ kÖoIcW§Ä \Sçì Fìw aqì t]À tbmKnsb sIm­phcp¶Xn\v Pm^v\mbvç t]mbn¡gnªp Fìw.

B RmbdmgvN t\cs¯Xs¶ D¨bqWp Ignªv Rm³ bÚw \S¯p¶ ho«nteç sNì. kv{XoIfpw Ip«nIfpaS¡w [mcmfamfp IÄ B ho«n IqSnbncpì. {]tXyIambn \nÀ ½n¨ Hcp taÂçSbpsS IognemWv XmSn \o«n Ip«n¨m¯³

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hfÀ¯nb tbmKn Ccnç¶Xv. aªhkv{Xw, cp{Zm£ame, `kvaw hmcn¸qinb s\än¯Swþ Hät\m«¯n Hcp k\ymknbmsWì tXmì ¶ coXnbnemWv AbmfpsS Ccn¸v. ap¼n c­p ]n¯fhnfçIfpw, hnhn[Xcw [m\y§ fpw ]q¡fpw \nd¨ \nch[n sNdnb ]m{X§ fpw. heXp hi¯v aqì IÃpIfn DbÀ¯n h¨ In®¯n\p Xmsg GXm\pw Nnc«IÄ ASp ¡nh¨ncnçì. A©pIp¸nIfnembn s\¿v, shfns¨®, ISesb®, ths¸®, Cen¸sb ® F¶nhbpw IcpXnbncpì.

Xangnepw kwkvIrX¯nepapÅ ivtfmI§Ä sNmÃns¡m­mWv tbmKn ]qP XpS§nbXv. Hcp aWn¡qdne[nIw CXp \o­p \nì. AXp Ignªp tbmKn I®S¨p [ym\¯n Ccpì. \Ãqcn \nìw h¶ncnç¶ Hcp Aknkväâv Aåw IÀ¸qcw FSp¯p I¯n¨v tbmKnbpsS \m¡nÂh¨p. s]s«¶v Hcp XoPzme AbmfpsS hmbnÂ\nì ]pds¸«p. B Pzme sI«t¸mÄ _m¡n hmbn Ahtijn¨ncp¶ IÀ¸qcw sXm«Sp¯p­mbncp¶ In®¯nteç sXdn¸n Ip«n¨m¯³

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¨n«p. aqì{]mhiyw I¯p¶ IÀ¸qcw C§s\ tbmKnbpsS \m¡nÂh¨p. At¸msgÃmw XoPzm e ]pds¸SpIbpw sNbvXp. ‘lc ltcm lc lcn’ F¶v P\§Ä `Khms\ kvXpXn¨p sIm ­ncpì.

Cu {]IS\¯n\ptijw tbmKn AKm[amb [ym\¯n apgpInbXp t]mse ImWs¸«p. N {¼w ]Snªncp¶ AbmÄ ssIhncepIÄ sIm ­v ImÂhncepIfn _eambn ]nSn¨ncpì.

Aåw Ignªv Rms\mgnsI AhnsSbp­mbn cp¶ GI jÀ«p [mcnbmb amÀ¡Þphns\ tbmKn ASp¯p hnfn¨v Xsâ heXp ssIbnse \mUokv]µ\w ]cntim[n¡m³ Bhiys¸«p.

GXm\pw sk¡âpkabs¯ ]cntim[\bv çtijw amÀ¡Þp ]dªp: ‘kzmanbpsS \m Uokv]µ\w \ne¨p’ XpSÀ¶v {]mbapÅ HcmÄ IqSn ]cntim[n¨p. Abmfpw k½Xn¨p, \mUo kv]µ\w \nìt]msb¶v. XpSÀ¶v Rm\pw A bmfpsS ssIbn ]nSn¨p t\m¡n. At¸mÄ hfsc ZpÀ_eamb coXnbn \mUnanSnç Ip«n¨m¯³

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ì­mbncpì. {ItaW AXp Ipdbp¶Xmbn F\nç tXm¶n. s]s«¶v AXp ]qÀWambpw \ne¨p. Ipd¨pkabwIqSn Rm³ ssIbn ]nSn¨psIm­ncpì.

A©pan\näv Ignª t¸mÄ ho­pw \mUokv]µ\w A\p`hs¸«p.

Cu {]ZÀi\w Ignªt¸mÄ tbmKnbpsS Aknkväâv In®¯nsâ IognepÅ Nnc«bv¡v Xo sImSp¡m³ ]dªp. Ip¸nIfn IcpXn bncp¶ A©pXcw F®Ifpw AbmÄ In® ¯n Hgn¨p. Nnc« I¯m³ XpS§n. tbmKn aqì sNdp\mc§IsfSp¯p a{´w sNmÃnbXn \ptijw apdn¨v AXnen«p. In®¯nse F® Xnf¨p XpS§nbt¸mÄ, ‘i¦ncnsshch’sâ D] {Zh¯nÂ\nì hnapIvXcmIWsaìÅhÀ ap t¶m«phcm³ AbmÄ Bhiys¸«p. Iq«¯n Gähpw {]mbapÅ BÄ apt¶m«p sN¶p tbm KnbpsS ap¼n ap«pIp¯n \nì. Xnf¨psIm ­ncp¶ F®bpsS apIfn tbmKn ]Xps¡ ssIsXm«p. s]mÅnbns«¶t]mse s]s«ì ssI hençIbpw atä ssIsIm­v ssIbn ]änb F® XpSbvçIbpw sNbvXp. Hì c­p Ip«n¨m¯³

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{]mhiyw CXmhÀ¯n¨p. AXn\ptijw In® ¯nÂ\nìw Aåw F®sbSp¯p hr²sâ s\änbn sXm«p. XpSÀ¶v AhnsS IqSnbncp ¶hcn Rms\mgnsI FÃmhcptSbpw s\än bn ssXete]\w \S¯s¸«p. BZyL« ¯n Xnf¨ F®bpsS apIfn am{Xw ssI sXm«ncp¶ tbmKn Iptd¡gnªt¸mÄ ssI¸ ¯n apgph³ Xnfbvç¶ F®bn apç¶Xp ImWmambncpì. CXv A¼c¸nç¶ Hcp Imgv NbmsWì ]dtb­XnÃtÃm. Cu kab¯v ‘lc ltcm lc lc’ F¶ i_vZwsIm­v A´co£w apJcnXambncpì.

Xo sISp¯n. tbmKn k©nbnÂ\nìw \¶m bn an\p¡nb Hcp Nnc«sbSp¯p ap³]n Ian gv¯nh¨p. Hcp sNdnb Ip¸nbn XoÀ° Pe hpw, Ggp Nn¸nIfpw ]pds¯Sp¯p. Nnc«bpsS apIfnÂ, Hcp Nn¸n \Sphnepw _m¡n Bsd®w AXn\p Npän\pambpw \nc¯n.

“Cu Øe¯v D]{Zhw sN¿p¶Xv Hcp `qX asÃì Rm³ I­p]nSn¨ncnçì.”þ tbmKn Ip«n¨m¯³

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]dªp. “BWpw s]®pambn Ah Gsg® ap­v. FÃm¯n\pw Hcpt]mse iIvXnbp­v.

Cu Nnc«bn h¨ncnç¶ Ggp Nn¸nIfn B `qX§sf Rm³ Bhmln¨ncnçì. Ah bpsS ta Rm³ XoÀ°w HgnçIbpw a{´w sNmÃpIbpw sN¿pt¼mÄ Cu Zzo]v hn«pt]m Im³ XbmdpÅh Xmsghcpw. GsX¦nepw Xm sg hcm¯ ]£w B `qX¯n\v Cu Zzo]v hn«p t]mIm³ a\knsömWv AÀ°w. A§s\ hcp¶]£w IqSpX iIvXamb Hcp bÚw IqSn ASp¯pXs¶ \St¯­n hcpw.

C{Xbpw ]dªn«v GXm\pw XpÅn XoÀ°w hoXw Hmtcm Nn¸nbnepw Hgn¨p. AZv`pXIc saì ]dbs«, B Nn¸nIsfÃmw Nen¡m³ XpS§n. ]Xps¡ FÃmw Xmtgç h¶t¸mÄ tbmKn ]dªp, FÃm ]nimNpIfpw Zo]p hn«p t]msb¶v. cm{Xn c­paWntbmSpIqSnbmWv NS§pIsf Ãmw XoÀ¶Xv. Zzo]p \nhmknIfpsS {]Xn\n[n sb¶ \nebn amÀ¡Þp Hcp ]W¡ngn Ip«n¨m¯³

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tbmKnç \ÂIn. ]nimNp¡sf HmSn¨v a­bn ¯ohn kam[m\ap­m¡nbXn\v AbmÄ tbmKnç {]tXyI \µnbpw tcJs¸Sp¯n. ]ntä Znhkw Pm^v\mbvç t]mIp¶Xn\pap¼v tbmKn ]e hyIvXnIÄçw ZÀi\w \ÂIpI bpw AhcpsS k½m\§Ä kzoIcnçIbpw sNbvXp. hfsc hnPb`mh¯nemWv ]ntäì amÀ¡ Þp Fsâ ASp¯ph¶Xv. “Ct¸mÄ tbmKnamcpsS ZnhyiIvXn a\knem tbm?” amÀ¡Þp tNmZn¨p. “CXn\p imkv{Xw F´p hniZoIcWw \ÂIpw? F§pw sXmSm sX B Nn¸nIÄ Nnc«bvç apIfn¡qSn Nen ç¶Xp I­t¸mÄ `qXKW§Ä Ds­ì hyIvXambntÃ? GXp hkvXp¡tfbpw Nen¸n ¡m³ Ahbvç Ignbpw. Xm¦fpsS imkv{Xw sIm­v Xnfbvç¶ F®bn ssI ap¡mtam?

B tbmKoizcs\t¸mse BÀ¡mWv \mUokv ]µ\w \ndp¯m³ Ignbp¶Xv? AZv`pXkw`h §sfçdn¨p KthjWw \S¯p¶ Hcp hy Ip«n¨m¯³

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IvXn F¶ \nebn C¶s¯ A\p`h§fn \n¶v ]nimNp¡tfbpw AhbpsS iIvXntb bpw]än At§bvç­mbncp¶ Ahnizmkw amdnbncnçatÃm?”

Rm³ tNmZn¨t¸mÄ amÀ¡Þp ]dªp, tbmKnç sImSp¯ ]Wk©nbn 501 I. D­mbncpìsh¶v, tbmKhnZybpsS t]cp ]d ªp \S¯nb \nkmcamb aqì {Sn¡pIÄ¡v C{Xbpw henb XpI sImSp¯Xv a­¯ camsbì Rm³ ]dªp. icoc¯n\pw a\ kn\pw \à ]cnioe\w \ÂIp¶ k{¼Zm bamWv tbmKw. AXp ]Tn¡mt\m, ]Tn¨m {]m_ey¯n hcp¯mt\m bmsXmcp Znhy iIvXnbpw BhiyanÃ. bÚ¯nsâ \S¯n ¸n\p {][m\ t\XrXzw \ÂInb \me©pt]sc hnfn¨m tbmKn ImWn¨ hnZyIsfÃmw kuP \yambn ImWn¡msa¶v Rm³ amÀ¡Þp hnt\mSp ]dªp. AbmÄ k½Xn¨pt]mbn. ]ntä Znhkw Fsâ the¡mc³ ]¿\v C ¡mcy¯n Ipd¨p tPmen sNt¿­nhì. Hcp Ip«n¨m¯³

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Nnc«bpsS ]pds¯ \mcp NoIn¡fªn«v km³Uvt]¸ÀsIm­v ¥mkpt]mse AXp an\p ¡m³ ]dªp. ISÂXoc¯p\n¶v Ggp Nn¸n IÄ Rm³Xs¶ s]dp¡nsbSp¯v AXnsâ NphSv tX¨pan\p¡n. Hcp IqSv IÀ¸qchpw G Xm\pw sNdp\mc§Ifpw IcpXn. sshIpt¶cw A©paWn¡v amÀ¡Þphpw GXm\pw IÀj IcpwIqSn AhnsShì. tbmKn sNbvXXpt]m se Rm\pw Xdbn N{aw ]Snªncpì. Hcp sagpIp Xncn Rm³ ap¼n I¯n¨ph¨p. Hcp kväuhpw Aepan\nbw sIm­pÅ Hcp In®hpw Ipsd shfns¨®bpw heXp hi¯p h¨p. Hcp sNdnb Ip¸nbn asämcp {ZmhIhpw IcpXn. Rm³ Fsâ ]qPm {]ZÀi\w XpS§nbXv \o«nb \m¡n I¯n¨ IÀ¸qcw h¨psIm­m Wv. GXm\pw \nanjt\ct¯¡v hmbnÂ\nìw ]pdt¯¡v Pzme ]pds¸«p. tbmKnsbt¸mse Xs¶ Rm\pw CXp aqì {]mhiyw ImWn¨p.

XpSÀ¶v Fsâ \mUokv]µ\w ]cntim[n¡m³ Rm³ amÀ-¡Þphnt\mSv Bhiys¸«p. A©p Ip«n¨m¯³

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an\näpt\ct¯ç Rm³ \mUokv]µ\w \ndp ¯n. amÀ¡Þphpw aäpÅhcpw AXp ]cntim [n¨p Xr]vXns¸«p. Cu kabw Fsâ the¡m c³ kväu I¯nçIbmbncpì. In®¯n shfns¨®sbmgn¨v Rm³ kväuhnsâ apIfn h¨p. F® NqSmbt¸mÄ Rm³ sNdp\mc§m apdn¨v AXnen«p. Aåkab¯n\pÅn F® Xnfbv¡m³ XpS§n. heXpssIsIm­v Rm³ Xnf¨ F®bn ssIsXm«p. DSs\ Xs¶ CS XpssIsIm­v XpSbvçIbpw sNbvXp. ]e {]mhiyw CXmhÀ¯n¨Xn\ptijw Fsâ ssI ¸¯n Rm³ Xnf¨ F®bn ap¡n. AXn \ptijw an\p¡nb Nnc«sbSp¯v Rm³ Ian gv¯nh¨p. kzÀW¸Wn¡mÀ I½en IÃp]Xn ç¶Xpt]mse Ggp Nn¸nIfpw AXnsâ apI fnÂh¨p. Rm³ t\cs¯ IcpXnbncp¶ Ip¸n bnÂ\nìw Aåw {ZmhIw B Nn¸nIfn Hgn¨ t¸mÄ AhsbÃmw NençIbpw Nnc«bn \n¶v DbcpIbpw ]Xps¡ Xmtgm«p hcnIbpw sNbvXp. Ip«n¨m¯³

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amÀ¡Þphpw Iq«pImcpw AZv`pXs¸«pt]m bn. Rm\pw Hcp tbmKnbmsW¶v AhÀ BZyw IcpXnbncn¡Ww. B tbmKntbm Rmt\m sN bvXsXmìw ZnhyiIvXnsIm­Ã Fìw Nne \nkmc hnZyIfmWv Ahsbìw Rm³ Ahsc ]dªp a\knem¡n. Nn¸nIfn Rm³ Hgn¨ {ZmhIw \mc§m\ocmWv. tbmKn AXpXs¶ tbm hn\mKncntbm XoÀ°PeamsWì ]dªv D]tbmKn¨p Fì am{Xw. Nn¸n ImÕyw ImÀ _tWämWtÃm. sNdp\mc§m \ocnepÅ kn{Sn Iv BknUv AXn hogpt¼mgp­mIp¶ cmk {]hÀ¯\¯nsâ ^eambn ImÀ_¬ ssUHm IvsskUnsâ IpanfIÄ ]pds¸Spw kq£va§ fmb Bbnc¡W¡n\v IpanfIÄ C§s\ ]pd ¯phcpt¼mÄ Ah Nn¸nIsf Nnc«bnÂ\n¶v DbÀ¯pIbpw Nen¸nçIbpw sN¿pw. ]t£, KpcpXzmIÀjWw sIm­v Ah ]Xps¡ Xmtgm «p t]mcnIbpw sN¿pw. Xnfbvç¶ F®bn ssI apç¶Xpw hmbnÂ\n¶v XoPzme ]pds¸ Sphnç¶Xpw \mUokv]µ\w \ndp¯p¶Xpw CXpt]mse Nne imkv{Xob hnZyIÄsIm­m Ip«n¨m¯³

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Wv.* AdnhnÃm¯hsc ]änç¶Xn\p Nne k¶ymknamÀ imkv{Xob kn²m´§Ä F§ s\ Zpcp]tbmKs¸Sp¯psaìÅXn\v \à DZm lcWamWnXv. ]mivNmXycmPy§fn- imkv{Xo b kn²m´§Ä NneÀ tamjW¯n\pw sIm Åbvçw sIme]mXI¯n\pw D]tbmKn¡m dp­v. AdnhnÃm¯hsc ]än¡m³ imkv{Xob hnZyIÄ D]tbmKnç¶Xpw Hcp Xcw sImÅ bmWv.

*]e s{]m^jW amPnçImcpw cwK¯pImWn¡mdp Å hnZyIfmbXpsIm­v AXv {]kn²oIcn¡cpsX¶v tImhqÀ UbdnbpsS Cu `mK¯v Ipdns¸gpXnsh¨n cnç¶XpsIm­v AXv hn«pIfbpì. þCSadpIv

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19 `qX_m[ 1963 \hw_À amk¯nse Hcp shÅnbmgvN. sImfwt_mbnse sXgvkvä¬ tImtfPnse k b³kv Atkmkntbjsâ kt½f\w Fsâ A²y£Xbn \SçIbmWv. kntem¬ bq Wnthgvknänbnse KWnXimkv{X s{]m^kÀ BWv {]m[m\ {]kwKI³. At±lw Xsâ {]kwK¯nsâ apJhpcbn Rm³ ]nSn¨n «pÅ Nne Ip«n¨m¯·msc]än A\pkvacnçI bp­mbn AXv R§fpsS Hcp hnZymÀ°nsb BIÀjn¨p. tbmKw Ignªv aäp Ip«nIÄ IfnØet¯ çw ho«nteçw HmSnbt¸mÄ B hnZymÀ°n Fsâ apdnbnte¡mWv h¶Xv. inhtemK³ F¶mbncpì AbmfpsS t]cv.

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“kmÀ, au­v ehn\nbmbn Hcp _m[bp ­v.” inhtemK³ ]dªp. “Fsâ A½mhsâ hoSmWXv. c­pamkambn D]{Zhw XpS§nbn«v. {Ku­nÂ\nìw henb IÃpIÄ Xs¶¯ms\ DbÀìh-¶v kzoIcWapdnbn hogp¶Xv Bfp IÄ I­n«p­v. FÃm hmXnepIfpw P\epIfpw AS¨n«ncnçIbmsW¦nÂt]mepw IÃpIÄ A I¯phì hogpw. FXntebmWv IÃpIÄ hcp ¶sXì am{XadnªpIqSm. B ho«nse AÄ tkjy³ ]«nbpsS Hcp Im Xs¶ `qXw XÃn sbmSn¨p Ifªp. Ip«nIfpsS Xebpw ]e t¸mgpw GdpsIm­v apdnªn«p­v. a{´hm ZnIsfbpw ajnt\m«¡mscbpw AhÀ kao ]n¨p. {]tbmP\s¸«nÃ. `qX_m[ amämsaì ]dªv Hcn¡Â Hcp ]ptcmlnX³ hì. Abm fpw ]cmPbs¸«p. A§v C¡mcy¯n Hcp A t\zjWw \S¯nbm sImÅmw.” inhtemKsâ A½mhsâ hnemkw Rm³ hm§n. c­pZnhk¯n\ptijw Rm³ inh temKsâ A½mhsâ ho«nse¯n. tKän¦Â sN¶t¸mÄ AÄtkjy³ ]«n Ipcbv¡m³ XpS§n. AXp sRm­n \Sç¶XpI­t¸mÄ ss[cy]qÀhw AI¯psNì tImfnwKvs_ Ip«n¨m¯³

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ASn¨p. Krl\mY³ ]pd¯phì. Rm³ At± ls¯ kzbw ]cnNbs¸Sp¯n. sN¶ Bh iyw ]dªt¸mÄ ho«pImÀ tNmZn¨p: “Cu kw`hw \n§Ä F§s\ Adnªp?

R§Äç Nne sNdnb {]bmk§Ä D­mbn FìÅXp t\cmWv. R§fpsS ASp¯ Nne _Ôp¡fpw kplr¯p¡fpta CXdnªn«p Åq.” inhtemK³ ]dªmWv hnhcw AdnªsX ì Rm³ ]dªp. “F\n¡v C¯cw tIkp IÄ At\zjnç¶Xv Hcp tlm_nbmWv. C¯ cw tIkpIÄ¡v ap¼p Rm³ At\zjn¨p ]cn lmcw I­n«p­v.”

“F´mWv \n§fpsS NmÀÖv?”- Krl\mY³ tNmZn¨p.

“Hcp NmÀÖpw th­”- Rm³ ]dªp.

“Rm³ sNdp¸w apX tI«phcp¶ C¯cw IYIÄ icnbmtWm AÃtbm FìÅ Fsâ ]co£W¯nsâ `mKw am{XamWnXv. Fsâ Ip«n¨m¯³

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Adnhn\pth­n am{Xw sN¿p¶ Cu tPmenç Rm³ F´n\p {]Xn^ew hm§Ww?” Krl\mY\v AZv`pXambnt¯m¶n, Cu kw kmcw. At±lw Fs¶ apdnbnteç £Wn¨p.

AhnsS Hcp I«nen\Snbn c­n©p I\¯n epÅ saä InSç¶Xv Fs¶ ImWn¨pXì.

B IÃpIfn sNfn ]pc­ncnç¶Xv Rm³ {]tXyIw {i²n¨p. “c­p amkw ap¼v Cu ]pcbv¡I¯p hogm³ XpS§nb IÃpIfn NneXp am{Xam WnXv.” an. GentbkÀ ]dªp. “BZys¯ IÃp hoWXv Fsâ A½bpsS ASp¯mWv. kzoIcWapdnbn AhÀ thZ]pkvXIw hmbn ¨psIm­ncnçIbmbncpì. the¡mcn s] ®pw Cu kab¯p apdnbn D­mbncpì.

AXn\ptijw FÃm apdnIfnepw IÃpIÄ ho Wn«p­v. cm{Xn ]Xns\m¶v aWn hsc CXp ­mIpw. cm{Xn 11þ\pw cmhnse 7 aWnçw CS bn Hcn¡epw CXp­mbn«panÃ. Ct¸mÄ cm {XnbmIp¶Xn\pap¼v P\epIfpw hmXnepIfpw AS¨v `£Ww IgnçIbpw t\cs¯ InS çIbpw sN¿pì. F¶n«pw 11 aWnhsc Cu ieyw D­mIpì.

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“Hcp Znhkw R§fpsS AÄtkjy³ ]«n bpsS Hcp Im HSnªpI­p. asämcp Znhkw 3 hbkpÅ Fsâ aIfpsS Xebn Hcp IÃp hoWp. Fsâ aq¯ B¬Ip«nsb CXn\nSbn Ft´m XÅnbn«p. Ahsâ Xebnse apdnhv c ­p Øe¯v Xp¶ns¡t«­nhì. Nnet¸mÄ apdnbn ]Whpw hogpw. Nnet¸mÄ Hä\mW b¯p«pIfmsW¦n aäp Nnet¸mÄ ISem kn s]mXnªXmWv hogpI. AsXÃmw Rm³ tiJcn¨ph¨ncpì. “\me©pZnhkwap¼v A¼esKm­bnÂ\n ìw Nne a{´hmZnIsf hcp¯n. AhÀ Nne ]qPsbÃmw \S¯nbXn\ptijw B \mWb §sfÃmw sIm­pt]mbn. ]t£, GXm\pw Znh k§Ä Ignªt¸mÄ AXp ho­pw XpS§n.

“Rm³ R§fpsS ]Ånbnse A¨s\ hcp ¯n {]mÀ°n¨p t\m¡n. Hcp hntijhpw D­m bnÃ.

“Nne kplr¯p¡fpsS \nÀt±i{]Imcw Rm³ ajnt\m«¡mcnsb kao]n¨p. AhÀ ajnt\m¡n ]dªXv Ipsd hÀj§Äçap¼v Cu ho«nÂh¨p KÀ`nWnbmb Hcp kv{Xo acn¨n «ps­¶pw AhcpsS t{]XamWv Cu D]{Zh Ip«n¨m¯³

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saÃmw sN¿p¶sXìamWv. ]t£, Cu sI«n S¯nsâ DSaØ ]dbp¶Xv AhÀ sI«nSw ]Wnbn¨Xn\ptijw A§s\sbmcp acWw ChnsS D­mbn«nsömWv. “F\n¡v C¯cw GXp ]co£Wt¯bpw ss[cy]qÀÆw sNdp¯p \n¡phm³ Ignbpw.”

–AbmÄ XpSÀì. “F¶m F\n¡v `mcybp tSbpw Ipªp§fptSbpw Imcy¯nemWv hnj aw. AhÀ t]Sn¨ncnçIbmWv. hoSnsâ Hcp `mK¯pw AhÀ Häbvç t]mhpIbnÃ. AhÀ cm{Xnbn kz]v\w I­p sR«nbpWcpw. Fsâ Cfb Ip«n¡v 12 Znhkw {]mbta DÅq. Fsâ `mcy Cfb Ipªnsâ Imcy¯n `bs¸«ncn çIbmWv. Ip«nIsf I\apÅ IÀ«³ sIm­v ad¨mWv InS¯p¶Xv. AÄtkjy³ ]«nbpsS Im HSn¡m³ Ignbpt¼mÄ AXn\v Ip«nI tfmSv F´mWv sNbvXpIqSm¯Xv?” At¸mÄ DuWnsâ kabw AXn{Ian¨ncpì. sshIpt¶cw `mcybpambn h¶v IqSpX A t\zjWw \S¯msaì ]dªv Rm³ t]mbn. sshIpt¶cw 6 aWn¡v Rm\pw Ipª½ bpwIqSn AhnsS sNì. hfsc XWp¯ Hcp Ip«n¨m¯³

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kzoIcWamWv At¸m-Ä e`n¨Xv. bmsXmcp ^o kpanÃmsX `qX_m[ Hgn¡m³h¶ Ft¶mSv Aåw \ock`mh¯n Krl\mY³ ]dªp: “Ignª aqì Znhkambn R§Äç bm sXmcp ieyhpw D­mbncp¶nÃ. ]t£, D¨ bvç \n§Ä t]mbXn\ptijw ho­pw IÃp hogm³ XpS§n. F´mWv A§s\ kw`hn ¨Xv?” GentbkdpsS a\xØnXn F´msWì a\ knem¡m³ hnjaw D­mbncp¶nÃ. Fs¶bpw Hcp a{´hmZnbmbn«mWv AhÀ IcpXnbXv. `qX s¯s¡m­v IsÃdnbn¨Xv Rm\msWìw A Xp \ndp¯nsbì ]dªv t]scSp¡m\mWv Rm³ {ianç¶sXìw AhÀ sXäp[cn¨p. “hnjan¡m\nÃ.” - Rm³ ]dªp. “Ignª c­p aqì Znhkambn `qXw hn{iasaSpçI bmbncp¶ncn¡mw. `qX_m[ Ft¶çambn A hkm\n¸n¨nt« Rm³ ChnsS \nì t]mIpì Åq.”

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cm{XnbmIp¶Xn\pap¼v Rm³ B ]pcbnS ¯n Hcp hnZKv[ ]cntim[\ \S¯phm³ Xocpam\n¨p. apÅpthenbpsS ASp¯v Icn¦Â NofpIÄ a®Snªp InSç¶Xp Rm³ I­p. ]pcbv¡I¯pI­ IÃpIÄ CXnÂ\n¶v FSp ¯XmsW¶v a\knembn. Ab¡mÀ¡v BÀ s¡¦nepw GentbktdmSv hntcm[apt­m F ¶v Rm³ Xnc¡n. Ab¡mcpambn hfsc tbmPn¸nemWv Ignbp¶sX¶v GentbkÀ ]d ªp. ]pcbnS¯nsâ AcnInepÅ sX§n³ tXm¸neqsS R§Ä \Sçt¼mÄ Hcp kv{Xo Ft´m hoSn\pNpäpw CSp¶Xpw Rm³ I­p. sI«nSapSaØbmWv AsX¶v GentbkÀ ]d ªp. cm{Xnbn `qX§Ä ho«n IS¡mXncn ç¶Xn\pth­n hoSn\p Npäpw AhÀ ISpIv hnXdmdp­v. ISpIp hnXdp¶Xn\p aotXIqSn `qX§Ä ISçIbnsöv kntemWn Hcp hnizmkap­v.

ASp¡fhi¯v Hcp`mK¯v hmg¸n­nsIm ­v \nÀ½n¨ Hcp sNdnb IqSmcw Fsâ ZrjvSn bnÂs]«p. sX§nsâ Ipcpt¯me, IapIn³ Ip«n¨m¯³

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]qhv F¶nh sIm­v AXv Ae¦cn¡s¸«n cpì. c­p Znhk§Äç ap¼p \S¶ a{´hm Z¯n\pth­n D­m¡nbXmWv AsX¶v Krl \mY³ hyIvXam¡n. Cu a{´hmZIqSmc¯n Nne a¬hnfçIfpw ImWs¸«p. sI«nSapSa Ø h¶v AXns\Ãmw Xncn sImfp¯nbn«p t]mbn.

C{Xbpambt¸mtgçw cm{Xnbmbn¯pS§nb Xn\m Rm\pw Ipª½bpw ho«nteç t]m bn. ho«nse apdnIsfÃmw ]cntim[n¨p. c­p the¡mcnIÄ Cu kabw ASp¡f apdnbpsS P\epIÄ ASbvç¶ tPmenbn hym]rXcm bncpì. P\epIfpsSbpw hmXnepIfptSbpw shântej³ apgph³ Xhn«p \nd¯nepÅ ISemkpsIm­v aqSnbncnç¶Xpw I­p. B ho«n IpSpw_ \mY\p ]pdsa F{X AwK§ fps­¶v Rm³ Xnc¡n. Krl\mY³, Krl \mYsâ ]Xv\n, At±l¯nsâ A½, a²yhb kvIbmb Hcp the¡mcn, 13 hbkpÅ asämcp the¡mcn F¶n{Xbpw t]cmWv AhnsS D­m bncp¶Xv. Ahsc Hmtcmcp¯tcbpw R§Ä Ip«n¨m¯³

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Häbvç hnfn¨p kwkmcn¨p Ipdn¸pIÄ Xbm dm¡n. `qX_m[ kw_Ôn¨v Ahcn Hmtcm cp¯cpw kz´w I®psIm­v I­ Imcy§ fmWv {][m\ambn Ipdns¨Sp¯Xv. Cu kwkm c¯n \nìw ]Xn\©p Znhkt¯mfambn Krl\mY {]kh¯n\p th­n ¢n\n¡n B bncpì F¶dnªp. At¸mgpw `qtXm]{Zhw D­mbns¡m­ncpì.

FÃm AwK§fpambn kwkmcn¨p Ipdn¸p IÄ Xbmdm¡nbXn\p tijw Rm³ FÃmh tcbpw kµÀiI apdnbnteç £Wn¨p. “\n §sfÃmhcpw hnZym`ymkapÅhcpw Imcy§Ä a\knem¡m³ IgnhpÅhcpambXpsIm­v Rm³ Fsâ A`n{]mb§Ä Xpdì ]dbmw. apä¯p\nt¶m ]d¼nÂ\nt¶m IÃpIÄ X\n sb DbÀìh¶v ]pcbv¡I¯p hoWp Fì IcpXphm³ Hcp \ymbhpanÃ. AXpt]mse Xs¶ sNdnb Zzmc¯neqsS henb IÃpIÄ hì hoWp Fì ]dbp¶Xpw icnbÃ.”

Rm³ hniZoIcn¨p.

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“IÃv, \mWb§Ä XpS§nb km[\§Ä FdnbpIbpw sIm­ph¶nSpIbpw sN¿p¶ Xn\v icociIvXn {]tbmKnt¡­n hcpw. t{]X §tfm ]nimNp¡tfm BWv CXp sN¿p¶ sX¶v Rm³ IcpXp¶nÃ. Xet¨mdnsâbpw \m UnIfpsSbpw klmbanÃm¯ bmsXmìw kz bambn Hìw sN¿p¶nÃ. AXpt]mse Xs¶ CsXmcp i{Xp sN¿p¶XmsWìw Rm³ hnNm cnç¶nÃ. ImcWw i{Xp¡Ä Hcn-¡epw ]Ww FdnbpIbnsÃìÅXmWv. 11 aWnçw 7 aWn çw CSbv¡v D]{Zhw D­mbncp¶nà FìÅ XnÂ\nìw B kab¯v Dd§p¶ HcmfmWv CXp sN¿p¶sXì hyIvXamWv. AXp t]mse Xs¶ P\epIfpw hmXnepIfpw AS¨n«Xn\p tijw IÃphcpì FìÅXpsIm­v ho«n\I ¯pXs¶bpÅ HcmfmWv CXp sN¿p¶sX¶v Rm³ Dulnçì.

“C¯cw kw`h§Ä Hcp Øe¯p am{Xaà \Sç¶Xv. temI¯nse FÃm `mK¯pw Hm tcm t]cn C¯cw kw`h§Ä Adnbs¸Sp ì. km[mcW¡mÀ ]dbp¶Xv, CXv AZriy \mb GtXm Hcp PohnbmWv sN¿p¶sX¶m Wv. imkv{Xobamb At\zjW¯nsâ Ipdhp sIm­mWv A¯cw hnizmk§fp­mIp¶Xv. C¯cw Imcy§fn At\zjWw \S¯p¶ Ip«n¨m¯³

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Hcp hnizmkn¡v AXv GsX¦nepw Xc¯nepÅ AZriyiIvXnbpsS {]hÀ¯\amsWì tXm ¶nbm At\zjWw XpScpIbnÃ. F¶m ]nimNp¡fntem t{]X§fntem ssZh¯ntem hnizmkanÃm¯ Rm³ AsXmcp a\pjysâ {] hÀ¯\amsWì IcpXnbmWv {]hÀ¯\w \oç¶Xv. Ct¶hsc F\n¡mImcy¯n Ign bmsX h¶n«nÃ. am\knItcmKnIfmb a\pjy cmWv CsXÃmw sN¿p¶sXìÅXmWv Fsâ A\p`hw. Ip«nIÄ apX {]mbapÅhÀ hsc C¯cw am\knItcmK¯n\p hnt[bcmImdp ­v. ]t£, A[nIhpw Iuamc{]mb¯nepÅ s]¬Ip«nIfmWv CXp sN¿mdpÅXv. c­p Ip«nIfpsS A½bmb Hcp kv{Xo Hcn¡Â C¯cw tcmK_m[nXbmbn kz´w ho«n `qX _m[bp­m¡nbXmbn F\n¡dnbmw.

“Cu ho«n Krl\mYbpw Cfb c­p Ip«n Ifpw Hgn¨v Bsc¦nepamImw Cu `qXambn {]hÀ¯nç¶Xv. `mcysb Hgnhmç¶Xv AhÀ ¢n\n¡n Bbncp¶ kab¯pt]mepw AXp ­mbn FìÅXp sIm­mWv. IrXyambn B fp]dªm NneÀ hyIvXnIsf ITn\ambn in £n¡mdp­v. ChnsS \n§Ä th­{X hnZym k¼¶cpw am\knItcmKs¯ AXnsâ icnbm b AÀ°¯n ImWm³ IgnhpÅhcpambXp sIm­v Rm³ Bsf ]dbmw. \n§fpsS the Ip«n¨m¯³

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¡mcn Cfb s]¬Ip«nbmWv Cu ]Wnsb Ãmw sN¿p¶Xv. ]t£, C¡mcy¯n\v Ahsf in£nçItbm ]ncn¨p hnSpItbm sN¿cpXv. AhÄ Cu {]hr¯nbn D¯chmZnbÃ. Zbm ]qÀhamb s]cpamäamWv AhÄ¡mhiyamb NnInÕ.”

Rm³ C{Xbpw ]dªp\ndp¯nbt¸mÄ Kr l\mYsâ amXmhv AXns\ FXnÀ¯p. “B s]¬Ip«n Fsâ ASp¯p \nÂçt¼mÄ X s¶ Nne IÃpIÄ ]pcbv¡I¯p hoWn«p­ tÃm.” - AhÀ ]dªp. “Cì ]I AhÄ ap ä¯mbncp¶t¸mgpw ItÃdp­mbn.”

“C¯cw tcmKnIfpsS Hcp {]tXyI kmaÀ °yamWXv.” - Rm³ ]dªp. “Atijw kwi bw P\n¸n¡msX CXp sN¿phm³ Ignbpw.” “icn, CXdnbphm³ {]bmkanÃtÃm” - an. G entbkÀ ]dªp. “\msf Ahsf Fsâ k tlmZcsâ ho«nte¡v Ab¡mw. Ipsd Znhkw Ahsf AhnsS Xmakn¸n¡mw. At¸mÄ AXn sâ ^ew AdnbmatÃm.”

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“AXp \Ã \nÀt±iamWv.” - Rm³ ]dªp.

“At¸mÄ R§Ä t]mIs«. A©mdp Znhkw Ignªv hnhcw Fs¶ t^mWn H¶dnbnç atÃm.”

R§Ä ImdnsâbSpt¯ç \Sì. “AhÀ ¡v C¡mcy¯n hnizmkamsb¶v F\nç tXm¶nbnÃ. Hcp ]t£, AhÀ B s]¬Ip«n sb amän Xmakn¸ns¨ìw hcnÃ.” - Ipª½ ]dªp. icnbmsW¶v F\nçw tXm¶n. Rm³ an. G entbkdns\ hnfn¨v B s]¬Ip«nsb apät¯ ¡v Ab¡m³ ]dªp. AhÄ h¶t¸mÄ Xd bn Hcp hr¯w hncÂsIm­v hc¨n«v AhnsS A\§msX \n¡m³ ]dªp. B \nÂ]n Rm³ Ahsf tNmZyw sNbvXt¸mÄ AhÄ Ipä§Ä Gäp ]dªp. ISbn sIm­p t]m Im³ sImSp¯ ]W¯nÂ\n¶msWs{X A hÄ ]Ww Fdnbms\Sp¯Xv. apä¯n\Sp¯p Å then¡Â\nìw IsÃSp¯v ASp¡fbn hndIn\Snbn BWv kq£n¡mdpÅsXìw Ip«n¨m¯³

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AhÄ k½Xn¨p. ho«nse {]mbapÅhscÃmw Hcp Znhkw ¢n\n¡n t]mIp¶ kab¯mWv Nqensâ ac¸nSnsIm­v, sI«nbn«ncp¶ AÄtk jy³ \mbbpsS ImsemSn¨sXìw AhÄ k ½Xn¨p. C\nbpw C¯cw ]WnIsfmìw sN¿ cpsXìw hìt]mbXns\mìw Ahsf in£n çIbnsÃìw Rm³ ]dªp.

Gentbkdpw aäpw Fsâ \nÀt±ia\pkcn¨p s]cpamdn. AtXmsS B ho«nse `qX_m[ Ah km\n¨p. c­phÀjwIqSn B s]¬Ip«n Ahn sS bmsXmcp Ipg¸hpw IqSmsX tPmen t\m¡n bncpì.

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20 asämcp `qX_m[bpsS IY kntemWnse Aemhm F¶ Øes¯ Hcp `h\¯n 1966þ D­mb `qX_m[ Zzo]nep Å apgph³ P\§fpsSbpw {i²bmIÀjnç Ibp­mbn. ChnSs¯ ]{X§Ä AXnsâ AZv `pX hmÀ¯Ifpambn«mWv ]pd¯p hìsIm ­ncp¶Xv. Aemhmbnse ]nimNp_m[bpsS hnhcw ‘khmkm’ F¶ kn tem¬ ]{X¯nÂ\n¶m Wv Rm³ AdnªXv. ‘k¬’ ]{X¯nsâ {]Xn \n[nbmb U_vfnbp. F. KpWhÀ²\bpw, almcmJnapÅ bnse tUmIvSÀ Pn\nZmkpsam cpan¨v Rm³ B `h\¯nse¯n. B ho«nse AwK§sf Hmtcmcp¯scbmbn Hcp apdnbn Ip«n¨m¯³

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hnfn¨v kw`h¯nsâ hniZmwi§Ä tNmZn¨p.

Krl\mY\mb Pn. Fw. eqhnkv A¸plman ]d ªXv H¶chÀj¯n\pap¼v At±l¯nsâ Ip«n¡v s]s«¶v t_m[t¡Sp­mbtXmsSbm Wv {]bmk§Ä t\cn«p XpS§nbsX¶mWv. _m[sbmgn¡m³ At±lw {ians¨¦nepw km [n¨nÃ. B ho«nse iey§Ä ASn¡Sn hÀ²n ¨phì. B`cW§fpw ]Whpw A{]Xy£ ambn. hmXnentâbpw AeamcnbptSbpw Xm t¡m ImWmXmbn. `n¯nbn Xq¡nbncp¶ Nn{X§Ä AhcpsS I¬pap¼nÂh¨pXs¶ Xm sg hoWp XIÀì. ]Xns\mìamkw am{Xw {]m bapÅ Hcp Ip«nsb InS¸dbnÂ\n¶v FSp¯p sIm­pt]mbn ASp¡fbntem apät¯m CSpI bpw Cu ]nimNp ]Xnhm¡n. a{´hmZnIÄçw ]ptcmlnX·mÀçw aäpambn A¿mbncw cq]m hsc A¸plman sNehm¡n. ]t£, `qX_m[ amdnbnÃ.

Krl\mYbmb t__nt\mWbvç ]dbm\p ­mbncp¶ IY asäm¶mWv. AhÀ ]mNIw Ip«n¨m¯³

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sNbvXpsIm­ncnç¶Xn\nSbn Ie§fpw, ]m{X§fpw A{]Xy£ambn. Ch ]n¶oSv ]d ¼n InSì In«n. ASp¸¯ph¨ncnç¶ Ie ¯n a®pw IÃpw aäpw AhÀ ]et¸mgpw I ­p. AhÀ BsI `bhnlzebmbncpì. Ah cpsS aq¯]p{X³ Nn¯{`aw ]nSns]«hs\ t¸mse Nnet¸mÄ Dd¡¯nÂ\nìWcpIbpw _lfw D­mçIbpw sNbvXphì. ho«pImÀ Ahs\ \nb{´Whnt[b\m¡nbt¸mÄ hmfpw ]cnNbpw [cn¨ ]nimNp¡sf I­pt]Sn¨mWv Ah³ _lfw h¨sXì ]dªp. B ho«nse c­p s]¬Ip«nIsfbpw Rm³ tNmZyw sN bvXp. Ahkm\w F\nç a\knembn AXn aqì Ip«nIfmWv Ipg¸w D­m¡nbsX¶v. `qX t{]XmZnIsf¸än aäpÅhÀ ]dªptI« IY IÄ B Ip«nIfpsS a\kn krjvSn¨ aXn{`a amWv CXn\p ImcWw. AhÀ At_m[mhØ bn Im«n¡q«nb hnIrXn¯c§fmWv AhnsS D­mbXv. AXn Hcp Ip«n Ignª ]co£ bvs¡gpXnb D¯c¡Semkv GXm\pw \mfp IÄçtijw ho«nÂ\nìXs¶ In«n. Hcp Znh Ip«n¨m¯³

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kw B Ip«n kv¡qfn t]mbn«v XncnsI F ¯nbnÃ. ho«pImÀ Xnc¡nbn«v Hcp Adnhpw In«nbnÃ. ]¯p Znhkw Ignªt¸mÄ Im³ UnbnÂ\nìw Hcp I¯pIn«n Ahs\ sNì sIm­phcWsa¶v. AhnSwhsc F¯nbsX §s\sb¶v Ah\v \nivNbap­mbncp¶nà t{X! GXm\pw Znhk §Äçtijw Cu Ip«n ho«nÂ\nì c­pssa AIsebpÅ Hcp h\¯n AIs¸«p. AhnsSbpw sNì tNÀ ¶sX§s\bmsW¶v Ah\p \nivNbap­m bncp¶nÃ. AhnsS\n¶v Ah³ ]cn{`at¯msS ho«ntet¡mSn. C§s\ \nch[n kw`h§Ä B amXm]nXm¡Ä thZ\tbmsS Fs¶ [cn¸n ¨p.

Cu Ip«nIsf Rm³ ln]vt\m«n¡v \n{Zbvç hnt[bcm¡n. AhcpsS a\knsâ D]t_m[a Þe¯n `qXt{]XmZnIsf¸än ISìIqSnbn cp¶ sI«pIYIfmWv Cu aXn{`a¯n\p Imc Wsa¶v F\nç a\knembn. `qXt{]XmZnIÄ Hìw CsÃìw Ah shdpw k¦å§fmsW ìw Ahsc ]dªp a\knem¡n. A§s\ B Ip«n¨m¯³

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ho«nse ]nimNp_m[ Ahkm\n¨p. 1966 Un kw_À amk¯nemWv Rm³ B ho«n sN¶Xv. Cìhsc AhnsS ]n¶oSv ]nimNp _m[ D­mbn«nÃ.

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21 hnip² bqZmbpsS ImapIn “ltem, ltem! ankväÀ tImhqcmtWm?” “tbkv, tImhqcmWv kwkmcnç¶Xv.” “KpUv tamWnwKv ankväÀ tImhqÀ” - t^m Wn¡qSn At±lw ]cnNbs¸Sp¯n. “F.kn.

FÂ. A_bkpµcsas¶mcmfmWv kwkmcnç ¶Xv. \n§Ä Fs¶ Adnbpsa¶v tXmì¶nÃ.

Fsâ `mcybvç Ignª c­pamkambn kpJ anÃ. Ahsc \n§sf Hì ImWn¡Wsaì IcpXpì.” “an. A_bkpµcw, \n§Äç sXänt¸mbn.”

Rm³ \nklmbX shfns¸Sp¯n. “Rm³ Hcp tUmIvSdÃ.”

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“CÃ F\nç sXänbnÃ.” - At±lw ]dªp.

“CsXmcp at\mtcmKamWv.” “AhÀ¡v Cw¥ojdnbmtam?”

“Adnbmw.” “icn, F¦n \msf cmhnse 9.30 \v hcnI.” A_bkpµcw dn«bÀ sNbvX Hcp em³Uv I ½ojWdmWv. 1962þ 60þmas¯ hbknemWv At±lw DtZymK¯nÂ\nì ]ncnªXv. Kntem Wnse cmjv{Sobhpw kmaqlyhpamb cwK§ fn hfsc kzm[o\iIvXnbpw {]mamWnIXzhp apÅ Hcp IpSpw_¯nse AwKamWv At±lw. ]dªXpt]mse ]ntä¶v IrXyw 9.30þ\p X s¶ At±lhpw sNdp¸¡mcnbmb `mcybpwIq Sn hì. anknkv A_bkpµcs¯ apdnbnem ¡nbn«v Rm³ ankväÀ A_bkpµchpambn ho Snsâ c­mw \nebnte¡v t]mbn. Hcp \o­I YbmWv At±l¯n\p ]dbm\p­mbncp¶Xv. “sPdo³ Fsâ c­mas¯ `mcybmWv. aSm dmbnemWv AhcpsS hoSv. Fsâ BZy`mcy, Ip«n¨m¯³

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djybn kntemWnsâ Aw_mkUdmbncp¶ kp`KvknµvslbpsS ktlmZcnbmbncpì. Hcp Ip«nbp­mbXn\ptijw AhÀ A´cn¨p.

Ipsd¡gnªv B Ip«nbpw acn¨p. R§Ä¡v Ct¸mÄ c­pIp«nIfp­v. aqì hbkpÅ Hcp s]¬Ip«nbpw ]Xns\mìamkw {]mbapÅ H cm¬Ip«nbpw. “c­pamkw ap¼v Hcp agbpÅ Znhkw aäp tPmensbmìanÃmsX Ccp¶XpsIm­v R§Ä Hcp Sw_vfÀ {]iv\w t\m¡n.” -A_bkpµcw XpSÀì. “ap¼pw Hcn¡Â R§Ä CXp t\m ¡nbn«p­v. F apX CkUv hscbpÅ Cw¥o jv A£c§Ä DuWp taibn Hcp hr¯ ¯n tNmçsIms­gpXn. AXnsâ \Sphn Hcp Sw_vfÀ Iangv¯nsh¨n«v Rm\pw sPdo\pw Htcm ssIbv AXn h¨psIm­v {]mÀ°n¨p.

GXm\pw an\näpIÄçtijw Sw_vfÀ Nen ¡m³ XpS§n. Ipsd Ignªt¸mÄ AXnsâ thKX hÀ²n¨p. Sw_vfÀ kv]Àin¨ A£c §Ä apdbvç ISemkn FgpXn. “BZyw Sw_vfÀ Nen¸n¨ BXvamhv ]tcX \mb {][m\a{´n Fkv.U_vfnbp.BÀ.Un. _ ­mc\mbIbptSXmWv. At±lw R§fpsS H cp IpSpw_kplr¯mbncp¶XpsIm­v R§Ä Ip«n¨m¯³

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\nch[n tNmZy§Ä tNmZn¨p. AXns\Ãmw Ir Xyamb D¯cw In«pIbpw sNbvXp. “R§Äç t\cs¯ ]cnNbanÃm¯ Hcp tXmakv Un knÂhbpsS BXvamhmWv c­m aXp h¶Xv. R§Ä At±lt¯mSv A[nIsam ìw tNmZn¨nÃ. aq¶maXv amUw _q¬hmänsâ BXvamhv hì. `À¯mhpXs¶ Ahsc shSn h¨p sIm¶XmsW¶v AhÀ ]dªp. \memaXv FÂ. F¨v. ta¯m\µbpsS BXvamhv hì.

At±lw acnç¶Xn\pap¼v Nne _p²aX kw LS\Ifn R§Ä H¶n¨p {]hÀ¯n¨ncpì. ap¼v F\n¡v Adnªp IqSmbncp¶ ]e hnhc §fpw At±l¯nsâ BXvamhv F\nç shfn s¸Sp¯n¯ì. än.bp. UnknÂhbpsS BXvam hmWv ASp¯Xmbn h¶Xv. Rm³IqSn AwKambncp¶ cmjv{Sob I£nbpsS t\Xm¡·m cn Hcmfmbncpì At±lw. R§Ä hfsc ASp¯ kplr¯p¡fpambncpì. BdmaXp h¶ BXvamhv R§fpsS asämcp IpSpw_ kplr¯mbncp¶ kn.än. Pb kpµc¯ntâXm Wv. At±lw sPdot\mSv ]dªp, Fsâ Btcm Ky¯n {]tXyIw {i²n¡Wsa¶v.

“R§Ä ho­pw Sw_vfÀ {]iv\w t\m¡m³ XpS§n. BZyw h¶Xv hnjvWphmWv. R§Ä At±lt¯mSv NneXp tNmZn¨t¸mÄ At±l Ip«n¨m¯³

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s¯ kwibnç¶sX´msW¶v Xncn¨p tNmZn ¨p. I«mcKatZhnbmWv ]n¶oSv {]Xy£s¸«Xv. c­pamk¯n\Iw I«mcKahsc XoÀ°bm{X \S¯Wsa¶v AhÀ D]tZin¨p.

“Ahkm\w hnip² bqZmbpsS BXvamhm Wv {]Xy£s¸«Xv. At±l¯n\pth­n Hcp kzÀWtamXncw sPdo\v \ÂIWsa¶v B BXvamhv Ft¶mSmhiys¸«p. tNçs¯cphn epÅ skâv B³kv ]Ånbn Ccnç¶ At± l¯nsâ {]Xnabvç Iosg sPdo\pth­n asämcp tamXncw h¨n«ps­ìw hnip² bqZm bpsS BXvamhv ]dªp. AhnsS sN¶v {]Xn abpsS ap¼n sagpIpXncn I¯n¨ tijw tamXncw FSp¡Wsaì \nÀt±iw D­mbn. “]ntä Znhkw skâv B³kv ]Ånbnse¯n hnip² bqZmbpsS {]Xnabvç ap¼n R§Ä sagpIpXncn I¯n¨p. ]t£, ]dªXpt]mse tamXncw AhnsS I­nÃ. sPdo\v henb \ncm ibmbn. Xncn¨p t]mcpt¼mÄ Rm³ ]dªp, Sw_vfÀ {]iv\whgn HcmXvamhnt\bpw taen hnfn¨phcp¯­m F¶v.

“F¶m Rm³ AdnbmsX sPdo³ Aì cm{Xnbn Hcp Sw_vfÀ {]iv\w t\m¡n. hnip ² bqZm Xs¶ {]Xy£s¸«p. ]dªXpt]m Ip«n¨m¯³

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se tamXncw hbv¡m³ IgnbmXncp¶Xn\m tJZaps­ìw Rm³ IqsS D­mbncp¶XpsIm ­mWv A{]Imcw sN¿mXncp¶sXìw B BXvamhv ]dªp. AXpsIm­v ]ntä¶v Fs¶ ¡qSmsX ]Ånbn sNÃm³ \nÀt±inçIbpw sNbvXp. “]ntä Znhkw Ahfpw kpJanÃm¯ Hcp ktlmZc\pwIqSn ]ÅnbnÂt]mbn. AhÄ {]mÀ°nçIbpw sagpIpXncn I¯nçIbpw sNbvXp. hfsc t\cw Im¯p\n¶n«pw tamXncw In«nbnÃ. I®otcmSpIqSn {]mÀ°n¨n«pw {]tbm P\ap­mbnÃ. tamXncw IqSmsX ]Ånhn«pt]m IpIbnsöv AhÄ iTn¨p. Ahkm\w k tlmZc\pw ss{Uhdpw IqSn _eambn Ahsf ]nSn¨p Imdn Ibäns¡m­p t]mcpIbmbncp ì. “ho«n h¶t¸mÄ apX AhÄ Hcp {`m´n bpsS a«nemWv. Ft¸mgpw hnip² bqZmsb¸än bmWp kwkmcnç¶Xv. AhÄ KÀ`nWnbmsW ì Ignª aq¶mgvNbmbn ]dbm³ XpS§nbn «v, H³]Xp amkw KÀ`aps­¶mWv AhImi s¸Sp¶Xv. ]t£, AXnsâ Hcp e£Whpw Im Wm\nÃ. Fsâ c­mas¯ Ip«nbpsS P\\ ¯n\ptijw R§Ä X½n bmsXmcp ssew Ip«n¨m¯³

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KnI_Ôhpw ]peÀ¯mdnÃ. Rm³ Hcp {hXsa Sp¯phcnIbmWv. “Cu Nn¯{`aw amäp¶Xn\pth­n Ignª c­pamk¯n\pÅn ]e Øe¯pw Rm³ Ahsf sIm­pt]mbn. AhfpsS ktlmZc³ sIm¨n¡msUbnepÅ {]kn²amb Hcp I t¯men¡m]Ånbnepw sIm­pt]mbn. IqSp X tamiambn«mWv Xncn¨ph¶Xv. “Fsâ Nne kvt\lnX·mcpsS \nÀt±ia\p kcn¨v \mbI I­n F¶ Øe¯pÅ asämcp ]Ånbnepw Rm³ Ahsf sIm­p t]mbn. Hcp {]tbmP\hpw D­mbnÃ. sZam¯tKmU F¶ Øe¯pÅ Hcp {]iv\¡mcnbpsS ASp¯p t]mbn. ‘IepIp amcnP’ Fs¶mcp s]¬ ]nim Nnsâ ZrjvSnbmWv sPdosâ tcmK¯n\p Imc Wsaìw AXn\p {]Xnhn[nbmbn Nne ]qPIÄ \S¯Wsaìw AbmÄ ]dªp. AXn\pÅ ^okv sImSp¯p ]qP \S¯n¨p. ]t£, sPdo sâ ØnXnbn bmsXmcp amähpw D­mbnÃ. ]ma³ISbnepÅ Hcp IämUnbsb ]ns¶ Rm³ I­p. Fsâ BZy`mcybpsS t{]XamWv Ipg¸ap­mç¶sX¶v AbmÄ ]dªp. Cu BXvamhns\ Hgnç¶Xn\v a{´iIvXnbpÅ Hcp F® XcnIbpw Hcp am{´nI¨cSv sPdosâ Ip«n¨m¯³

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ssIbn sI«pIbpw sNbvXp. CXpw {]tbmP \clnXambn. “]n¶oSv amcnlm\mbnepÅ {]kn²amb Hcp {]iv\¡mcnbpsS ASp¯v Ahsf sIm­p t]mbn. B kv{Xo ‘ARvP\w Fenb’* t\m¡n s-¡m­v R§fpsS hoSnsâ Hcp hnhcWw \ÂIn. AXp an¡hmdpw icnbmbncpì. R§ fpsS Hcp i{Xp ‘IeptZmZmÄ’ Fs¶mcp {]tXy I hnjw sPdo\p sImSp¯n«ps­ìw AXp OÀ±n¸n¨pIfbmsaìw AhÀ ]dªp. AXn s\mcp {]Xn^ehpw \nivNbn¨p. B kv{Xo F t´m acpì sPdo\p \ÂIn. AhÄ OÀ±nç Ibpw sNbvXp. ]t£, tcmKw AtX \nebn XpSÀ¶tXbpÅq. “h«mebnepÅ Hcp tdma³ It¯men¡m ] Ånbn ]ns¶ t]mbn. CXp km¯msâ ]Wn bmsWì ]dªp ]ptcmlnX³ Ipsd hnip ²Pew AhfpsS Xebn XfnçIbpw Ipcniv s\änbn sXmSoçIbpw sNbvXp. AXpsIm ­pw tcmKw t`ZambnÃ.

“Sw_vfÀ {]iv\¯n I«mc tZhn \nÀt±in ¨X\pkcn¨v Rm³ Ahsf I«mcKa t£{X ¯n sIm­pt]mbn. ]qPmkab¯v AhÄ-¡v Cf¡ap­mbn. Xncn¨ph¶t¸mÄ km[mcW Ip«n¨m¯³

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\nebnembncpì. ]t£, Hcp Znhkw Ignª t¸mÄ Ipg¸w ho­pw Bcw`n¨p.

“Ahkm\ambn aqìZnhkw ap¼v amäse F ¶ Øe¯p \nìw GXm\pw IämUnbamsc sIm­ph¶v Hcp cm{Xn apgph³ ‘sXmhnÂ’ \S ¯n¨p. ‘sXmhnÂ’ kab¯v sPdo³ IämUnb amcpsSIqsS XpÅn. B kab¯v AhÄ Bcm sW¶v IämUnbamÀ tNmZn¨p. Fsâ BZys¯ `mcybmsW¶mbncpì adp]Sn. Hcp tImgn¸qh sâ tZlt¯¡v amdns¡mÅmsa¶v t{]Xw k½Xn¨p. AhÄ AXn\ptijw Hcp aWn¡q tdmfw t_m[wsI«p Xdbn InSì. cmhnse sPdo³ km[mcW \nebnembncpì.

“Rm³ IämUnbamsc AhÀ Bhiys¸« ]Ww \ÂIn ]ncn¨b¨p. AhÀ t]mIpt¼mÄ B Iq«¯nÂs]« Hcp sNdp¸¡mc³ Ft¶mSp ]dªp. C\n Fs´¦nepw Ipg¸ap­mIp¶ ]£w X§sf ImWWsa¶v. C¶se apX sPdo³ ho­pw Icbm\pw KÀ`s¯¸än kwkm cn¡m\pw Bcw`n¨p.”

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C{Xbpw tI«pIgnªt¸mÄ Xmsg sN¶v `mcysb apIfnte¡v Ab¡m³ Rm³ ]d ªp. Fsâ `mcy Xmsg sN¶v sPdos\ hnfn ¨psIm­ph¶v tkm^mbn Ccp¯n. Ibdnh cpt¼mÄ sPdo³ Ft´m AhyIvXambn apdpapdp¯psIm­ncpì. hfsc B[p\nIamb co Xnbn hkv{X[mcWwsNbvX B kv{Xo, b YmÀ°¯n \må¯n\mep hbkpImcnbm sW¦nepw hfsc sNdp¸ambn tXm¶n. ]qh¼g ¯nsâ \ndapÅ, BtcmKyhXnbmb Hcp kpµ cn. ^mj\_nÄ Bbn tXmìsa¦nepw Ipeo \X s]cpamä¯n Zriyambncpì.

Rm³ sPdot\mSv kmhImihpw kulrZ ]qÀhhpw kwkmcn¨v AhcpsS a\kv km{µ am¡n eLphmb ln]vt\mknkn\v hnt[bbm ¡n. AhÀ kwkmcn¨p XpS§n: “Fsâ hoSv aSmdmbnemWv. AhnsSbpÅ tIm¬shânem Wv ]Tn¨Xv. It¯men¡cÃm¯ hnZymÀ°n IÄ AhcpsS aX]T\¯ntem {]mÀ°\bn tem ]¦ptNcWsa¶v \nÀ_ÔanÃmbncps¶ Ip«n¨m¯³

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¦nepw Rm³ Iq«pImtcmsSm¯v AXn kw_ Ôn¨ncpì. Rm\pw `À¯mhpw _p²aX¡m cmWv. Fsâ `À¯mhnsâ c­mw hnhmlam WnsX¦nepw Fsâ BZyhnhmlamWv. R§Ä ]ckv]cw hnizkvXX ]peÀ¯p¶ Z¼Xnamcm Wv. Fsâ c­mas¯ Ip«nbpsS P\\¯n\p tijw C\nbpw Ip«nIÄ ths­ì R§Ä Xocpam\n¨p. Fsâ `À¯mhn\v Fs´¦nepw kw`hn¨pt]mbm F\n¡v Ip«nIÄç th­ {X hnZym`ymkw sImSp¡m³ IgnbmsXhcpw FìÅXp sIm­mWXv. ]qPmapdntbmSp tNÀ ìÅ apdnbnemWv At±lw Ct¸mÄ Dd§p¶ Xv. Ip«nIfpsS IqsS Rm³ asämcp apdnbnepw InSçw. “]qPmapdnbn _p²`Khmsâ Hcp {]Xnabp ­v. AXnsâ Hcp hi¯v hnjvWphnsâbpw a dphi¯v I«mcKatZhnbpsSbpw {]XnaIÄ h¨ncnçì. Cu {]XnaIÄç ap¼n Hcp F®hnf¡v cmhpw ]Iepw I¯ns¡m­ncn Ip«n¨m¯³

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çì. Znhkhpw R§Ä hn{Kl§Ä¡v ]q ¡Ä AÀ¸nçì. “km¼¯nIambn R§Ä \à \nebnemWv. Fsâ `À¯mhv aX`IvX\mb Hcp \à a\pjy \mWv. R§Ä aäp aX§sfbpw _lpam\nç ì. ‘t]mb’* Zn\¯n R§Ä t£{X¯n t]mIpw. “Rm³ Xs¶ Sw_vfÀ{]iv\w t\m¡nb t¸mÄ hnip² bqZm Ft¶mSv ]e Imcy§fpw ]dªp. AsXmìw `À¯mhnt\mSv ]dbcpsX ¶v \nÀt±inçIbpw sNbvXp. At±lw Fs¶ t{]ançìs­ìw Ignª P·¯n Rm³ At±l¯nsâ `mcybmbncpì Fìw apäpapÅ Imcy§fmWh. B P·¯n Fsâ t]cv tdm kv Fìw At±l¯nsâ t]cv tdmfnZtddp F ìw Bbncpì. ASp¯ P·¯nepw At±l ¯n\v Fsâ `À¯mhmbncn¡m³ B{Klap ­v Fìw Adnbn¨p.

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“Sw_vfÀ {]iv\¯n\ptijw skâv bqZm an¡ cm{Xn Ime§fnepw h¶v FsâIqsS InS ìd§pambncpì. `À¯mhp ]pd¯pt]mbncp ¶ Nne Znhk§fn skâv bqZm ASp¡f bnÂ1h¶v Fs¶ Ipfnapdnbnte¡v hnfn¨psIm ­pt]mbn BenwK\w sN¿pIbpw t{]a{]IS \§Ä \S¯pIbpw sNbvXncpì. Nne Ahk c§fn At±lw imcocnI _Ô¯nteÀs¸ SpIbpw sNbvXp. A[nIw thZ\n¡m¯ coXn bn At±lw Nnet¸mÄ Fs¶ ISn¨n«p­v.” bmsXmcp aSnbpwIqSmsX sPdo³ _vfukn sâ ]n³ Ducn AhfpsS amdnepÅ IpcnimIr XnbnepÅ ]mSv ImWn¨pXì. heXp I¿n Hcp ISnbpsS ]mSpw ImWm\p­mbncpì.

AhÄ XpSÀì: “At±l¯n\v Ft¶mSp henb Zbbp­mbncp¶XpsIm­v Rm\t±l s¯ CjvSs¸«p. hfsc kpµc\mWv At±lw. {]Xnabn ImWp¶XnÂ\nìw hfsc hyXy

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kvXamWv cq]w. `wKnbmbn tjhv sNbvXmW t±lw \Sç¶Xv. “Rm³ Cu hnhc§Ä `À¯mhnt\mSp ]d ªm- At±lw Fsâ Igp¯p sRcnçsa¶v Hcn¡Â ISemkn FgpXn¯ì. Hcp Znhkw Fsâ hnhmltamXnchpw I½epIfpw amän. aq¶hkc§fnembn Bbnchpw ]Xn\mbnchpw F®qdpw cq] At±lw Fsâ XebnW¡ogn h¨p.”

C{Xbpw ]dªXn\ptijw sPdo³ Icbm³ XpS§n. F´n\mWv Icbp¶sXì tNmZn¨ t¸mÄ AhÄ ]dªp: “Fsâ {]khw Asp ¯p. F\n¡nXv H¼Xmw amkamWv. Rm³ {]k hnçt¼mÄ B Ip«n Fsâ `À¯mhntâXsà ¶v Adnbpw. ]ng¨ Ip«nbp­mIp¶Xn t`Zw acnçIbmWv.” Rm³ Cu kabw Ahsf ln]vt\m«nIv \n{Z bnÂ\nìWÀ¯n. Fsâ `mcybpsS IqsS Xmg Ip«n¨m¯³

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s¯ \nebnteç hn«p. A_bkpµct¯mSv apIfnteç hcm³ Rm³ Bhiys¸«p.

At±l¯n\p Rm³ 1964 P\phcn 12þmw XobXnbnse ‘kntem¬ H_vkÀhÀ’ ]{X¯n sâ Hcp {]Xn \ÂIn. ]Sp¡bn C¯c¯n epÅ Hcp tIkv Rm³ At\zjn¨ hnhcw A Xn dnt¸mÀ«p sNbvXncpì. acn¨pt]mb ImapIsâ BXvamhv cm{XnIme§fn eX F s¶mcp s]¬Ip«nsb kµÀinç¶Xmbn B Ip«ns¡mcp ambnI {`aap­mb hnhcambncp ì AXv. A_bkpµcw AXp hmbn¨p Ign ªt¸mÄ At±l¯nsâ `mcybpsS tcmKhpw CXpt]mepÅXmsWìw AXn\p¯chmZn A t±lw Xs¶bmsWìw Rm³ ]dªp. Cu Btcm]Ww At±ls¯ sR«n¨p. Rm³ Xp SÀì ]dªp: “\n§Ä c­pt]cptSbpw a\kv AÔhnizmk§fpw k¦å§fpw sIm­v \nd ªncnçIbmWv. BXvam¡fps­ìw Sw_vfÀ {]iv\w, ‘]vfms©äv’ F¶nh hgn Ah kwkm cnçsaìw IcpXp¶Xpw A_²amWv. sPdo Ip«n¨m¯³

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sâ a\kv Ie§nbXv Sw_vfÀ {]iv\w sIm ­mWv. sNdp¸w apX Xs¶ ]nimNv, a{´w, ]qP, _m[sbmgn¡Â XpS§nbhsb¸änbpÅ IYIÄ tI«phfÀ¶ \n§sft¸mepÅhÀ s] s«¶v anYym{`a§Äç hiwhZcmbnt¸mIpw. sPdo³ AhcpsSXs¶ k¦å§fpsS Hcp Cc bmbn¯oÀì Ft¶bpÅq. “\n§Ä c­pt]cptSbpw hncepIÄ Sw_vf dn h¨ncp¶t¸mÄ, sPdosâ amwkt]inIfp sS sskt¡mtamt«mÀ {]hÀ¯\w sIm­mWv Sw_vfÀ Nen¨Xv. cm{Xnbn AhÀ Häbvç Sw _vfÀ {]iv\w t\m¡nbt¸mgpw Sw_vfÀ Nen¨p FìÅXn \n¶mWv AXp a\knem¡nbXv. “_­mc\mbsI, amUw _q¬hmäv XpS§n bhcpsS BXvam¡Ä Sw_vfdn hìshìw AhÀ D¯cw \ÂInsbìw Hs¡ \n§Äç tXm¶nbXmWv; bmYmÀ°yaÃ. Sw_vfdnsâ Ne\¯n\v D¯chmZn sPdo\mWv. AhcpsS t_m[a\knsâ AdnhpIqSmsX D]t_m[a\ Ip«n¨m¯³

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kmWv AhcpsS t]inIsf \nb{´n¨Xv. Ah cpsS ZpÀ_eamb a\kn- CXp henb Ne\ §fp­m¡n. ]tcXmXvam¡Äçw ZpÀ`qX§Ä çapÅ ZpjvSiIvXnsb¸än AhcpsS a\kn D­mbncp¶ k¦åhnizmkw Sw_vfÀ {]iv\ thfbn Ahsc Rc¼ptcmKnbm¡n amän.

“Hcp k¦åIYm]m{Xamb hnip² bqZmbp ambpÅ ssewKnIm\p`qXnIÄ, sshImcnIamb AkwXr]vXn A\p`hnç¶ BtcmK ZrVKm {Xbmb Hcp sNdp¸¡mcnbpsS B{Kl]qÀ¯o IcWamWv. “Sw_vfÀ {]iv\w t\m¡nbXp apX AhÀ Hcp at\mtcmKnbmbn¯oÀ¶ncpì. hkvXp\n jvTambncp¶nà k¦åIYm]m{Xamb skâv bq ZmbpsS kµÀi\w. t{]aw, KÀ`[mcWw, ]Ww \ÂIÂ, tamXncw \ÂIÂ, ASp¯ P·¯nse hnhml hmKvZm\w XpS§nbhsbÃmw Ahcp sS ambnI {`a§fmWv. hnhml tamXnchpw I½epw \jvSs¸Sp¯nbXpw icoc¯n ISn¨ Ip«n¨m¯³

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]mSpIÄ D­m¡nbXpw AhcpsS hnLSnXam b hyIvXnXzamWv. “Xm¦sft¸mse hnZymk¼¶\mb HcmÄ Cu tcmK¯n\v Hcp a\ximkv{XÚsâ klm bw tXSmsX, ZpÀtamlnIfmb a{´hmZnIfptS bpw ]ptcmlnX·mcpsSbpw \nÀt±ia\pkcn¨v {]hÀ¯nçIbpw ]Ww \jvSs¸Sp¯pIbpw sNbvXXv IjvSambnt¸mbn. Kh¬saâns\ kw _Ônç¶ Imcy§Ät]mepw hnhcwsI« {] iv\¡mtcmSp tNmZn¨p \nivNbnç¶ DtZymK Ø {]amWnamcmb kplr¯p¡fn \n¶mbn cn¡mw Xm¦Ä¡v CXn\v t{]cW In«nbXv. sP do\v icnçw am\knI tcmKamWpÅXv. BXv am¡tfm hnjtam Hìw AXn\p ImcWaÃ. \n §Ä klIcnç¶]£w Cu Ipg¸§sfÃmw Rm³ CìXs¶ Ahkm\n¸n¡mw. \n§Ä C ìapX {hXw Ahkm\n¸nçI. Hcp `À¯m hnsâ ISa \nÀhln¡pI. sNdp¸¡mcnbmb H cp `mcybpsS sshImcnIamb A`nemj§Ä \ntj[nç¶Xv icnbÃ. \n§Ä c­maXp hn Ip«n¨m¯³

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hmlw sNbvXXv \n§fpsS {]mb¯nepÅ Hcp kv{Xosb Bbncps¶¦n Cu Ipg¸§sfm ìw D­mIpambncp¶nÃ.

“IqSpX Ip«nIÄ Bhiyansöv tXmì s¶¦n AXn\pÅ amÀKw {hXaÃ; IpSpw_m kq{XW ¢n\n¡nsâ klmbamWv. Hcp sNdp¸ ¡mcnsb hnhmlw sNbvXn«v {hXsaSp¡m³ t]mbXv XnIª kzmÀ°XbmWv. “sPdo\v \à k·mÀKt_m[hpw `ÀXrkvt\ lhpw CÃmbncp s¶¦n AhÀ A\mimky amb amÀK§fneqsS k©cnt¨s\. am\knI amb Hcp kwXr]vXnçth­nbmWv D]t_m[ a\kv skâv bqZmsb kzoIcn¨Xv.” Fsâ \nÀt±i§f\pkcn¨p {]hÀ¯n¡m sa¶v A_b kpµcw hmKvZm\w sNbvXp. At± ls¯ Xmgs¯ \nebnte¡b¨n«v Rm³ sP dos\ hfn¸n¨p. Fsâ `mcy Ahsc I«nen InS¯n. KmVamb ln]vt\m«nIv \n{Zbnem¡n bXn\ptijw Rm³ AhtcmSp ]dªp: Ip«n¨m¯³

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“skâv bqZmbmWv Ct¸mÄ \n§fpsS ap ¼n \nÂç¶Xv. CXv Fsâ Ahkm\s¯ kµÀi\amWv. KpUv ss_! Rm³ t]mIpì.” sPdosâ At¸mgs¯ apJ`mhw ^nenan ]IÀt¯­Xmbncpì. k¦åImapIs\ hn«p ]ncnbm³t\c¯pÅ B `mh{]IS\w ]IÀ ¯m³ Iymad Xbmdm¡n hbv¡m¯Xn F\n ç a\kvXm]w tXm¶n. Rm³ XpSÀì ]d ªp: “skâvbqZm \nsâ KÀ`¯nÂ\nìw At±l¯nsâ iniphnt\bpwsIm­p t]mhp IbmWv. At±lw C\n Hcn¡epw \ns¶ kµÀ inçIbnÃ. \n§fpsS `À¯mhv \n§sf B XvamÀ°ambn kvt\lnçw. \n§Ä c­pt] cpw Ip«nIfpsam¯v kt´mjambn Pohnçw.”

GXm\pw kabw Ignªv A_bkpµcw kw Xr]vXbmb sPdo\psam¯v AhcpsS ho«nte çt]mbn. Hcp amk¯n\ptijw Ft¶mSp \µn ]dbm\mbn AhÀ hì. kwkmcat²y Rm³ ]dªp, Cu IY {^m³kv, Cäen, kvs] Ip«n¨m¯³

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bn³ XpS§nb cmPy§fnse ]{X§fn- {]kn ²oIcnç¶Xv {]tbmP\Icambncnçsa¶v.

AXn\v AhcpsS A\phmZw Rm³ tNmZn¨p.

“B cmPy§fn {]kn²oIcnç¶Xnsâ {]tXyIX F´mWv?” sPdo³ tNmZn¨p.

“AhnsSsb§m\pw Bbncps¶¦n \n§Ä Hcp ]pWyhXnbmbn Bcm[n¡s¸Spambncp ì.”

*ARvP\w Fenbþ ajnt\m¡p¶Xnt\mSv kmayapÅ Hcp {]iv\k{¼Zmbw. *t]mbþ kntemWnse Hcp hntij Znhkw.

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22 ]p\ÀP·w ]Xn\©p hbkmb t{]a Fkv.Fkv.FÂ.kn. ]co£bn H¶mw ¢mkn ]mkmbn. _p²na Xnbpw [\nIIpSpw-_¯n P\n¨hfpamb t{] a XpSÀì {]oUn{Kn ¢mkn tNÀì ]Tn¡ Wsa¶v slUv amkväÀ¡v {]tXyI Xmåcyap ­mbncpì. At±lw B hnhcw t{]abpsS ]n Xmhns\, [\nI\pw BbpÀthZ sshZy\pamb Pkvän³ s]tccsb, FgpXnbdnbn¨p. ankväÀ s]tcc B \nÀt±iw kt´mj]qÀhw kzoIcn ¨p. t{]abpsS A½ Ipsd ap³t] acn¨pt]m bncpì. AS¡hpw HXp¡hpw DÅ t{]asb kv¡qfnse A²ym]IÀçw hnZymÀ°nIÄçw hfsc CjvSambncpì. kntemWn slkv¡qfpItfmS\p_Ôn¨m Wv {]n Un{Kn ¢mkpIÄ \S¯p¶Xv. t{]a {]n Ip«n¨m¯³

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Un{Kn ¢mkn tNÀ¶v Ipd¨p Znhk¯n\Iw B kv¡qfn bphmhpw kpapJ\pw Bb Hcp ]pXnb A²ym]I³, kncn kÂKmtUm, Øew amdn hì. t{]abpsS ¢mkv So¨À kncn kÂKmtUm B bncpì. B ¢mkn am¯amänIvkv FSp¯ Xpw At±lw Xs¶. B hnjb¯n AhÄ Aåw ]nt¶m¡amsWì a\knem¡nb At± lw BgvNbn c­p Znhkw kv¡qÄ hn«Xn\p tijw kv¡qfn h¨v AhÄ¡v kuP\yamb Syqj³ sImSp¡msat¶äp. AhÄ¡p am¯am änIvknepÅ ]cnÚm\hpw bphmhmb Syqj³ amkvädnepÅ Xmåcyhpw Hcpan¨p hfÀìhì.

Znhk§Ä t]mIpt´mdpw Syqjsâ ssZÀLyw IqSnhì. AhÄ kv¡qfn hcp¶Xpw t]mIp ¶Xpw Cfb ktlmZcs\m¶n¨mbncpì. Xncn sI t]mIm³ Xmaknç¶ Znhk§fn A h³ ]cmXns¸Sm³ XpS§n. AXn\m Syqj³ Znhk§fn Xm³Xs¶ Ahsf ho«n sIm ­m¡msa¶v kÂKmtUm Gäp.

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]pXnbXpw hnetbdnbXpamb Nne ]pkvXI §Ä kÂKmtUmbpsS Is¿mt¸mSpIqSn t{]a bpsS ]¡Â ImWm\nSbmbXv kl]mTnIÄ ¡nSbn kwkmchnjbambn. {ItaW Cu kwkmcw aäv A²ym]IcptSbpw slUv amkv ädptSbpw sNhnbnÂs]«p. Syqj³ aXnbm ¡m³ slUvamkväÀ kÂKmtUmsb \nÀ_ Ôn¨p. t{]abpsS ANvOs\ kao]n¨v Syqj³ XpSÀ ìsIm­p t]mtI­ Bhiyw kaÀ°n¡m³ hnjmZaKv\amb lrZbw kÂKmtUmsb t{]cn ¸n¨p. A§s\ slUvamkvädpsS \nÀ_Ô {] Imcw hnZymeb¯n \nÀ¯em¡s¸« Syqj³ ]nXmhnsâ A\phmZt¯mSpIqSn Krl¯n ]p\:cmcw`n¨p. Kpcphpw injybpw Krl\mY s\ a\km A`n\µn¨p. AhÀ ]ckv]cw k½m \§Ä ssIamdm³ XpS§n. amkväÀ hne]nSn¨ Nne km[\§Ä sImSp¯t¸mÄ injy kpK Ô{Zhy§Ä ]pc«nb ssItekpIÄ {]Xnk ½m\ambn \ÂIn. Ip«n¨m¯³

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Hcp Znhkw t{]a kv¡qfnembncp¶t¸mÄ kÂKmtUm ho«n sNì s]tccsb I­p. kw`mjW¯n\nSbnÂ, t{]asb Xm³ hnhm lw sN¿m\m{Klnç¶Xmbn AbmÄ At±l s¯ Adnbn¨p. F¶m AhfpsS Hc½mhsâ aI\v Ahsf hnhmlw sNbvXpsImSp¡msa ¶v Xm³ t\cs¯Xs¶ hmçsImSp¯ncp¶ Xn\m AXv km²yasöv s]tcc _lpam\ ]qÀhw amkväsd Adnbn¨p. \ntj[cq]¯nep Å Cu adp]SntI«v amkväÀ Icªp t]mbn.

AXpI­v a\kenª ]nXmhv Xm³ HìIqSn BtemNn¨v HcmgvNbv¡Iw Ahkm\ Xocpam \w Adnbn¡msa¶v k½Xn¨p. X¡mew Syq j³ \ndp¯nhbv¡m³ ]dªp.

Aì sshIn«v Syqj³ amkväsd¸än F´`n {]mbamWpÅsX¶v ANvO³ aItfmSv tNmZn ¨p. “At±lamWv kv¡qfnse Gähpw \à So¨À. Im³Un F¶ \Kc¯nepÅ ]pcmX\ hpw Ipeo\hpamb Hcp IpSpw_amWv At±l ¯nsâ XdhmSv” F¶mbncpì t{]abpsS adp ]Sn. amkväsd¸än Pkvän³ s]tcc IqSpX Ip«n¨m¯³

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At\zjnçIbpw aIÄ¡v A\pcq]\mb hc \mbncnçw Abmsf¶v XoÀ¨s¸Sp¯pIbpw sNbvXp. aqì Znhk¯n\Iw ANvOsâ k½ Xw tcJs¸Sp¯nb Hscgp¯v amkväÀ¡p In«n.

XmaknbmsX hnhml\nivNbhpw \Sì. hnhml\nivNbt¯mSpIqSn t{]abpsS hn Zym`ymk¯n\p hncmaan«p. kv¡qfnse A¨S ¡¯n\v AXmWv \ÃsX¶v slUvamkvädpw k½Xn¨p. hyk\t¯mSpIqSnbmsW¦nepw G I ]p{XnbpsS hnhmlw s]tcc AXymUw _cambn sIm­mSn. H«[nIw {]ikvX hyIvXn IÄ B Ahkc¯n k¶nlnXcmbncpì.

1955 amÀ¨pamk¯nemWv hnhmlw \S¶Xv. kv¡qfn\Sp¯pXs¶ Hcp \à hoSv hmSI bvs¡Sp¯v \hZ¼XnIÄ ip`{]Xo£Itfm SpIqSn Zm¼Xy PohnXw Bcw`n¨p. B[p\nI coXnbnepÅ ho«pkmam\§sfms¡ hm§n.

B Øe¯v ss]¸v CÃmbncpì. Hcp Ce Iv{SnIv ]¼v Øm]n¨v ss]¸phgn shÅw ASp ¡fbnteçw Ipfnapdnbnteçw sIm­pt]m Ip«n¨m¯³

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Im³ GÀ¸mSpsNbvXp. hoSpw ]cnkc§fpw BIÀjIambn kq£nç¶Xn Krl\mbnI {]tXyIw {i²n¨p. \mfpIÄ ISìt]mbn.

Xsâ BZys¯ ]u{Xsâ P\\w {]Xo£n ¨ncpì Pkvän³ s]tcc.

Zn\§Ä BgvNIfnteçw BgvNIÄ amk§fnteçw amk§Ä hÀj§fnteçw \o­p. t{]abv¡v Bhiy amb F´pw `À¯mhv kt´mj]qÀhw sImSp ¯ncpì. Hs¶mgn¨v.

FÃm kv{XoIfpw B{Kln ç¶ Htcma\ Ipªv! aqì hÀjs¯ Zm¼ Xy PohnX¯n\ptijw, \ncmicmb s]tcc 1958þ  Hcp tPmÕysc hcp¯n. {Kl\nebpw aäpw ]cntim[n¨Xn\ptijw 1959 Pqsse amk ¯n t{]abv¡v Hcp s]¬Ip«n P\nç¶Xn\v tbmKaps­¶v tPmXvkyÀ Adnbn¨p. ]t£, B {]hN\w k^eambnÃ.

AXn\ptijw ARvP\w t\mç¶Xn k aÀ°bmb Hcp kv{Xosb s]tcc hcp¯n. Cu Xdhm«n k´XnIfp­m ImXncn¡m³. ‘sP’ Ip«n¨m¯³

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F¶ A£c¯n Bcw`nç¶ t]cpÅ Hcp bphmhnsâ ANvO\pw s]tccbpsS ASp¯ _Ôphpamb HcmÄ Hcp b{´w ho«nsâ ]cnk c¯n Ipgn¨n«n«ps­¶v AhÄ ARvP\w t\m¡n ]dªp. CXp kXyamsW¶v s]tcc XoÀ¨bm¡n. t{]asb IeymWw Ign¨psImSp ¡msa¶v Xm³ Gäncp¶ bphmhnsâ t]cv ‘sP’ F¶ A£c¯nemWv XpS§p¶Xv. Ah sâ ANvO³ Xsâ `mcybpsS ktlmZc\p amWv. Cu Xdhm«n k´XnIÄ CÃmXncp ¶m AhÀ¡tà em`w? thsd sXfnsh´p thWw? ap¶qä¼Xpcq] sNehm¡nbm Cu _m[ Hgn¨psImSp¡msa¶v B kv{Xo Gäp. AXn \mbn Znhkhpw \nivNbn¨p. a{´hmZ¯n\p th­ kmam\§sfms¡ Hcp¡n. \nivNnX Znh kw B kv{Xo c­pt]tcmsSm¶n¨phì. Nne ]qPIsfms¡ \S¯nb tijw Hcp I¿n ]´hpw atä¡¿n ]q¡Ä \nd¨ Hcp tX§m apdnbpambn hoSn\pNpäpw aqì {]mhiyw {]Z £nWw sNbvXv Ingt¡`mK¯v GgSn AIse Ip«n¨m¯³

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Hcp Ipgn Ipgn¡m³ \nÀt±in¨p. Ipgn Dt±iw aq¶Sn Xmgv¶t¸mÄ AhÄ AXn ssIbn«v X¸n t\m¡n. \men©p\ofhpw Hcn©phymk hpapÅ Hcp Ipg shfnbnseSp¯p. I­p\n ¶hcpsS km¶n²y¯n AXp Xpdì. A XnÂ\n¶v Ipd¨papSn, HscÃn³ IjWw, F s´ms¡tbm Ipdn¨ncp¶ Hcp sN¼pXInSv apXembh ]pds¯Sp¯p.

D]{Zhw CtXmSpIqSn XoÀì Fìw Hcp hÀj¯n\Iw t{]abv¡v Hcp Ip«nbp­mIpsaìw B KrlØsc A hÄ [cn¸n¨p. taådª tPmÕyw, ARvP\w, a{´hmZw Chbv¡nSbn t{]abpsS apJ¯v ]pNvOckw \ngenç¶ Hcp ]p©ncn X§n \nÂç¶Xv kq £va ZrçIÄ¡v Zriyambncpì. c­p hÀj§ÄIqSn ISìt]mbn. t{]abp sS tZl¯n amXr Xz¯nsâ Hcp e£Whpw I­nÃ. Hcp Znhkw AhfpsS A½bpsS ktlmZcn Ahsf ImWm³ hì. kmam\yw hnZym`ymkw kn²n¨n«pÅ AhÀ hnZKv[\mb Ip«n¨m¯³

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Hcp tUmIvSsd ImWm³ t{]asb D]tZin¨p. t{]abmIs« Hcp adp]Snbpw ]dbmsX apJw Xmgv¯n \n¶tXbpÅq. Cu D]tZiw BhÀ ¯n¡s¸«t¸mÄ AhÀ-¡v Hcp adp]Sn F¶ Xn IqSpX Xt¶mSmbn«pXs¶, “`À¯mhn sâ klIcWanÃmsX tUmIvSÀ¡v F´p sN ¿m³ Ignbpw?” Fì t{]a a{´n¨p. A{]Xo £nXamb Cu adp]Sn B kv{Xosb BivNcy `cnXbm¡n. AhÀ t{]asb ASp¯p ]nSn¨ncp ¯n kam[m\n¸n¨v Xebn XtemSns¡m­v AhfpsS Zm¼XyPohnXs¯çdn¨v Hmtcmì tNmZn¡m³ XpS§n. eÖtbmSpw I®otcmSpw IqSn t{]a \ÂInb adp]SnIfnÂ\n¶v hnhm lw Ignªv Bdp hÀjamsb¦nepw Ahfpw `À¯mhpw CtXhsc aäp Z¼XnIsft¸mse km£m Zm¼XyPohnXw A\p`hn¨n«nà F¶v AhÀ¡v {Kln¡m³ Ignªp.

Cu kw{`aP\Iamb hmÀ¯ kz`À¯mhp hgn AhÀ t{]abpsS ANvOs\ [cn¸n¨p. aIfpsS Cu ]cnXm]ØnXn At±ls¯ AXy Ip«n¨m¯³

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´w thZ\n¸n¨p. Nne kvt\lnX·mtcmSmtem Nn¨tijw ho­pw s]tcc Hcp am{´nIs\ kao]n¨p. C¯hW Ip«nIfp­mIm³ th­n bÃ; `À¯mhns\ hioIcn¡m³ th­n.

AbmÄ A¼Xpcq] hm§n GXm\pw XpÅn F® sImSp¯p. AXv Hcp b{´¯n AS¨p t{]abpsS Igp¯n [cn¡Wsaì ]dªp.

AhfpsS `À¯mhns\ am{XaÃ, GXp bphm hnt\bpw hioIcn¡m³ X¡ am{´nIkn²nbp ÅXmWv B F® Fìw AXn\m AXp [cn ¨psIm­v aäp bphm¡fpsS kao]¯p t]mIm Xncn¡m³ {]tXyIw {i²n¡WsaìwIqSn A bmÄ \nÀt±in¨p. am{´nI³ ]dªXpamXncn sbÃmw t{]a sNbvXp. ]t£ Bdpamk¡mew Cu ]co£Ww \S¯nbn«pw `À¯mhnsâ a t\mtcmK¯n Hcp hyXymkhpw D­mbnÃ.

Cu kµÀ`¯n Hcp kvt\lnXsâ D]tZi {]Imcw Pkvän³ s]tcc Fs¶ kao]n¨p. 1962 s^{_phcnbn Rm³ bqtdm¸n Hcp ]cy S\w Ignªp aS§nb DSs\bmWv At±lw F Ip«n¨m¯³

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s¶ hì I­Xv. kw`h§fpsS ]qÀWhnhcw {i²n¨p a\knem¡nbXn\ptijw, t{]atb bpw Iq«n c­paq¶mgvN Ignªv Hcp Znhkw hcm³ Rm³ ]dªp. Ignbpsa¦n AhfpsS `À¯mhns\ sIm­phccpXv. s]tcc t]mbXn \ptijw, HcXymhiy kwKXnsb¸än kwkmcn ¡m³ Fs¶ hìI­m sImÅmsa¶v Rm³ kÂKmtUmbv¡v FgpXn. AXnÂ{]Im cw AbmÄ 1962 s^{_phcn 27þ\v Fs¶ hì I­p. c­p aWn¡qÀt\cw \o­p\n¶ kw`m jW¯nÂ\n¶v Xmsg ImWp¶ hnhc§Ä Rm³ a\knem¡n: kÂKmtUm amXm]nXm¡fpsS GI k´m\ ambncpì. Hcp {]kn² h¡oembncpì Abm fpsS ANvO³. aI³ P\n¨v c­p hÀjw Ign ªt¸mÄ ssSt^mbvUv ]nSns]«v ANvO³ acn ¨p t]mbn. A½ kpPmXbmWv Abmsf hfÀ ¯nbXv. `À¯mhnsâ AImeacW¯m ZpxJnXbm b kpPmX apgph³ {i²bpw hmXvkeyhpw a Ip«n¨m¯³

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I\n tI{µoIcn¨p. Ip«nbmbncp¶t¸mÄ th e¡mtcmsSm¶n¨pt]mepw ]gIm³ AhÀ Ah s\ k½Xn¨nÃ. kv¡qfn tNÀ¯ Znhkw Xp S§n Bdmw kvämâmÀUn F¯pwhsc AhÀ aIt\msSm¶n¨v kv¡qfn t]mhpIbpw kv ¡qÄ hnSp¶Xphsc AhnsS¯s¶ Ign¨p Iq «pIbpw ]Xnhmbncpì. {]mbambXn\ptij hpw aIs\ kzbw Du«n. Ah³ tImtfPn tNcp¶Xphsc aI\pw A½bpw Htc I«nen InSìd§n. tImtfPv tlmkväen tNÀ¶ t¸mÄ kÂKmtUm A½sb hnNmcn¨v Dd¡ anÃm¯ ]e cm{XnIfpw Ign¨pIq«nbncpì. Hgn hpIme¯v ho«n hcp¶ Ahkc§fn ]g b ]Xnh\pkcn¨v A½tbmsSm¯pXs¶bmbn cpì Ahsâ Dd¡w. Xsâ ‘Ipªv’þCt¸mÄ ]qÀWhfÀ¨ {]m]n¨ bphmhvþ Xsâ AcnIn InSìd§nbnà F¦n B amXrlrZbw AXy [nIw thZ\b\p`hnçpambncpì. Npcp¡ ¯nÂ, A½bvç aIt\bpw aI\v A½tbbpw IqSmsX Ign¨pIq«m³ Akm²yambn¯oÀì.

Ip«n¨m¯³

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_n. Fkvkn. ]mkmbtijw A½sb ]cn ªv AIse FhnsSsb¦nepw tPmençt]m Im³ kÂKmtUm CjvSs¸«nÃ. AXn\m kz ´w Øe¯n\Sp¯pXs¶ Hcp kv¡qfn A ²ym]I tPmen AbmÄ kzoIcn¨p. Xsâ i¼ f¯nÂ\nìw Hcp ss]kt]mepw sNehm¡m sX apgph³ XpIbpw A½sb GånçIbmbn cpì aIsâ ]Xnhv.

1953þ lrZbkvXw`\w aqew kpPmX s]s« ì acn¨p. A½bpsS acW¯n\ptijw aI\v PohnXw `mcambn tXm¶n. AbmÄ kv¡qfn \n¶v \o­ Ah[nsbSp¯p. ASp¯ _Ôp an{XmZnIfnÂ\nìIqSn AbmÄ Hgnªp\nì.

BXvalXysN¿m³t]mepw ]et¸mgpw Btem Nn¨p. lrZbmephpw \Ãh\pw Bb slUv am kväÀ asämcp kv¡qfnte¡v amäw In«p¶Xn\v Abmsf klmbn¨p. A§s\bmWv AbmÄ t{]a ]Tn¨ncp¶ kv¡qfnse¯nbXv. ]pXnb kv¡qfn {]n Un{Kn BZyhÀj¯n se ¢mskSp¡m³ AbmÄ \nivNbn¡s¸«p.

Ip«n¨m¯³

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tPmenç lmPcmbn BZys¯ Znhkw Xs¶ slUvamkväÀ Abmsf B ¢mknte¡v Iq«n s¡m­p t]mbn. B ¢mkv kÂKmtUmsb ho­pw kt´mjhm\m¡n. AbmfdnbmsXX s¶ AbmÄ¡v Dt·jhpw kwXr]vXnbpw A \p`hs¸Sm³ XpS§n kv¡qfpw ]cnkc§fpw AbmÄt¡ähpw CjvSs¸«p. au\ambncnç¶ kz`mhw amdn. FÃmhtcmSpw kckambn kw`m jWw sN¿m³ XpS§n.

F´mbncpì s]s«ì­mb a\x]cnhÀ¯ \¯nsâ clkyw? BZyambn ]pXnb ¢mkn {]thin¨t¸mÄ Xsâ A½bpsS apJNvOm bbpÅ Hcp s]¬Ip«nsb AbmÄ ImWm³ CSbmbn. Ahfmbncpì t{]a. acn¨pt]mb A½bpsS cq]kmZriyw t{]abn I­ k KmtUmbpsS D]t_m[a\kv B kv¡qfnt\ bpw ]cnkc§tfbpw aäv A²ym]Itcbpw CjvSs¸Sm³ At±ls¯ t{]cn¸n¨p. t{]a¯m t{]cnX\mbà t{]abv¡v Syqj³ sImSp¡msa¶v AbmÄ GäXv. a\kn Hfn Ip«n¨m¯³

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ªp InS¶ncp¶ amXrk¼À¡m`nemjambncp ì Abmsf B s]¬Ip«ntbmSSp¸n¨Xv. Zm¼ Xy kpJa\p`hn¡m\à AbmÄ hnhmlw sN bvXXv; {]XypX amXr`mh\tbmSpIqSn Hcpan¨p Xmakn¡m\pw Hcpan¨p ibn¡m\pw th­nbm Wv. Imam`nemjt¯mSpIqSn Ahsf kv]Àin ç¶Xp t]mepw \njn²ambn AbmfpsS a\kv IcpXn. kÂKmtUm t{]asb \nÀhymPw kvt\ ln¨p; ]p{X\v A½tbmSpÅ kvt\lw! c­mgvN Ignªv t{]a ANvOt\msSm¶n¨v Fsâ Xmak Øe¯phì. Fsâ `mcy ANv Os\ lmfn Ccp¯nbn«v t{]asb Fsâ ss{]häv dqante¡v sIm­phì. AhfnÂ\n¶v AhcpsS Zm¼Xy PohnXs¯¸än Iptd¡qSn hnhc§Ä {Kln¡m³ F\nç Ignªp. kvt\lk¼¶\pw Zbmephpambncp¶ `À ¯mhns\ AhÄ AXy´w kvt\ln¨ncpì.

AhtfmSmtemNn¡msXtbm AhfpsS CwKnX ¯n\p hncp²amtbm bmsXmìw AbmÄ {]hÀ¯n¨ncp¶nÃ. apgph³ i¼fhpw Ahsf Ip«n¨m¯³

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G¸n¨v Xsâ kz´w sNehn\p th­Xv tNm Zn¨p hm§nçIbmbncpì AbmfpsS ]Xnhv. c­pt]cpw Htc I«nenemWpd§pI; `À¯mhv ss]Pma [cn¨v, `mcy ss\ävKu¬ C«v. Ggp hÀjs¯ hnhmlPohnX¯n\nSbn c­p t] cpw ]ckv]cw \Kv\cmbn I­n«nÃ. {Ukv sN ¿p¶Xn\v {]tXyIw {]tXyIw AdIfmWv AhÀ D]tbmKn¨ph¶Xv. ‘A½’ F¶mWv `À ¯mhv Ahsf hnfn¨ncp¶Xv Hcp Ip«nç th ­n AhÄ AXy[nIw B{Kln¨ncpì. F¦n epw, `À¯mhv AhfpsS B{Klw \ndthäp¶ Xn\v Hìw sNbvXnÃ. ]t£, At±l¯n \n¶v hnhml tamN\w t\Sn asämcp `À¯m hns\ kzoIcnçI F¶ kwKXn BtemNn ¡m³t]mepw AhÀ XbmdmbnÃ. Nne cm{XnI fn `À¯mhpambn can¨Xmbn AhÄ kz]v\w ImWpIbp­mbn«p­v.

Fsâ D]tZi¯n\nSbn Rm³ AhtfmSv C§s\ ]dªp: “ssewKnI_Ôs¯ atäXp imcocnImhiy§tfbpw amXncn IW¡m¡n Ip«n¨m¯³

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bm aXn. `£Ww Ign¨p hni¸p amäp¶Xp amXncn, shÅwIpSn¨p Zmlw amäp¶XpamXncn ssewKnImImw£sb kv{Xo]pcpj·mÀ ]ckv] cw Xr]vXns¸Sp¯pì. F¶m `£Ww, ]m \w, hnkÀÖ\w apXemb aäp imcocnImhiy §fn \n¶v ssewKnImhiy¯n\v Hcp hyXym kap­v. c­p hyIvXnIÄ X½n CXn\mbn CSs]tS­Xn\m sskzcPohnX¯n\pw kmap ZmbnI LS\bvçw th­n a\pjyÀ Nne N« §fpw \oXnIfpw \S¸m¡nbn«p­v. A{]Imc apÅ sshhmlnI N«§fpw BNmc§fpw Hmtcmtcm hn[¯nemWv. F¶m Cu N«§ fpw BNmc§fpw ssZhIånX§fÃ; a\pjy \nÀ½nX§fmWv. AXn\m Ahsb ssZhnI ambn IcpXm\mhnÃ. “ssewKnIamb B{Kl¯nsâ km^ey¯n \v `mcybvçw `À¯mhn\pw Hcpt]mse AhIm iap­v. \nt¶mSpÅ `À¯mhnsâ s]cpamäw At±l¯nsâ a\kn HfnªpInSç¶ am Xr`mh\bm _Ôn¡s¸«ncnçIbmWv. a\x Ip«n¨m¯³

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imkv{Xadnbmhp¶ Hcp amXmhv Abmsf _m eyw apXÂt¡ hfÀ¯nbncpì F¦n A bmÄ \n\¡v Hcp km[mcW `À¯mhmIpambn cpì.

“Cu `mh\sb AbmfpsS a\knÂ\n¶p kaqew ]dns¨dnªnsænÂ, AbmÄ \nt¶m Sp ImWnç¶ kvt\lw Hc½tbmsS¶Xpt]m sebÃmsX `mcytbmsS¶Xpt]mse BIpI bnÃ. Cu ØnXn A\p`hnt¡­n h¶ thsdm cp Z¼XnIsf F\n¡dnbmw. hnhml¯n\pti jhpw B `À¯mhv A½tbmsSm¶n¨pÅ ib \w XpSÀìhì. `mcy asämcp apdnbnepw InS ì. HSphn B \nÀ`mKyhXn¡v Hcp am\kn Imip]{Xnsb A`bw {]m]nt¡­nhì.

“AXn\m AbmfpsS a\kpamän hnhml PohnXw hnPb {]Zamt¡­ `mctadnb Npa Xe \o Xs¶ GsäSp¡Ww. Cì apX Fsâ D]tZiw A\pkcn¡msa¦n B sXämb `mh \ amäm³ km[yamIpsa¶v Rm³ Dd¸pXcpì.

Cu Ggp hÀjw AbmÄ \ns¶ hnjbmk Ip«n¨m¯³

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IvXntbmSpIqSn kao]nçsa¶v \o Bin¨p.

C\n B Imcy¯n ap³ssIsbSp¯p {]hÀ ¯nt¡­Xv \nsâ apdbmWv. AXn kt¦mN s¸Sm\nÃ. AXv \nsâ AhImiamWv. “]t©{µnb§Ä hgn Hcmfn hnjbmk IvXn P\n¸n¡mw. \o Aåw _p²n]qÀhw {]hÀ ¯n¨m \nsâ `À¯mhn\pw B B{Klw P\n¸n¡m³ Ignbpw. `À¯mhnt\msSm¶n¨p klib\w sN¿pt¼mÄ `mcy DSps¯mcp§n Ccnt¡­ BhiyanÃ. hkv{X[mcW¯n\v \n§Ä c­pt]cpw {]tXyI apdnIÄ D]tbm Knt¡­ BhiyanÃ. `À¯mhnt\mSv ssewKn Iambn F´pImcyhpw ]dbp¶Xn\v `mcybv¡ hImiap­v. At±l¯nsâ tZl¯n GXp `mKt¯bpw GXhbht¯bpw kv]Àinç¶ Xn\pw XtemSp¶Xn\pw `mcybvç XSkanÃ. ib\apdnbpsS GIm´Xbn kt¦mNw Xosc Dt]£n¨v `À¯mhnsâ ssewKnImImw£sb DWÀ¯m³ \o Xp\nbWw. \nsâ A{]Imc apÅ {]hr¯nIÄ aqew At±l¯nsâ D] Ip«n¨m¯³

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t_m[a\kv \o A½bsÃìw `mcybmsWìw sXfnhmbn {Kln¡pw. CìXs¶ \o CXn\p k¶²bmIptam? BIpsa¦n Hcp hÀj¯n \ptijw Fs¶ hì ImWWw.” `mhnbnteçÅ Nne \nÀt±i§Ä IqSn kzoIcn¨Xn\ptijw t{]a Xsâ ]nXmhnt\mSp IqSn Xncn¨pt]mbn.

1964 P\phcnbn Hcp ]pXphÀj kµÀ i\¯n\p t{]abpw `À¯mhpw Fsâ ho«n hì. AhÀ X\n¨mbncp¶nÃ. t{]abpsS I ¿n BtcmKyhm\mb Hcm¬Ipªpw D­m bncpì. Rm³ Ahs\ FSp¯p aSnbnÂh¨p Xmtemenç¶Xn\nSbn t{]abpsS apJt¯ ç t\m¡n.

AhfpsS \ndªp\n¶ \b\§fnÂ\n¶v IrXmÀ°XbpsSbpw IrXÚXbpsSbpw c ­p XpÅnIÄ an\p¯ IhnįS§fn ¡qSn HgpIn. Ip«n¨m¯³

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23 hÅt¯mÄ IhnX Hcp a{´ambn amdpì aebmfnIfpsS kvarXnaÞe¯n F¡me hpw X§n\nÂç¶ at\mlcamb \nch[n IhnXIÄ hÅt¯mÄ cNn¨n«p­v. ‘kmlnXy aRvPcn’, ‘aKvZe\adnbw’, ‘_Ô\Ø\mb A\ncp²³’ XpS§nb At±l¯nsâ IrXn IÄ hmbn¨n«nÃm¯ aebmfnIÄ Ipdhmbncn çw. D¯aamb IhnX F¶Xn\p ]pdsa, ]nim Np¡sf HmSnç¶Xn\pw ‘IqtSm{Xw’ FSpç¶ Xn\pw ]änb a{´§ÄIqSnbmWv B IhnX IÄ FìÅ ‘clkyw’ A[nIamcpw Adnªn Ip«n¨m¯³

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cnçIbnÃ. kntemWn h¨mWv F\n¡Xp a\knembXv. Hcp hmcm´y¯n Rm\pw Ipª½bpw ISp\mbsIbn R§fpsS kplr¯v Fw.kn. t]mfnsâ AXnYnIfmbn XmaknçIbmbncp ì. AhnSs¯ Kh¬saâv IbÀ ^mIvSdnbp sS amt\Pcmbncpì t]mÄ. R§Ä A¯mgw Ign¨p sIm­ncnçt¼mÄ Zqsc Hcp hmZytLm jw tI«p. “kncntk\bpsS ho«n IqtSm{Xw FSp¡m \pÅ a{´hmZw XpS§n.” t]mÄ ]dªp.

Rm³ AXnsâ hnhc§Ä t]mfnt\mSp tNmZn ¨p.

IbÀ ^mIvSdnbn Hcp tPmen¡mc\mbncp ì kncntk\. Ggp amk§Äçap¼v AbmÄ ç Nn¯{`aw D­mbn. s]s«¶mbncpì Cu amäw. CSbv¡nsS AbmÄ A{IamkIvX\pw A\nb{´nX\pambn ImWs¸«p. ]t£, ^mIvS dnbn hcpt¼mÄ hn\b ioe\pw \ni_vZ\p ambncpì. am\knItcmKnbmbncpìsh¦nepw Ip«n¨m¯³

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AbmÄ ^mIvSdnbn t]mhpIbpw i¼fw ]äp Ibpw sNbvXp. Hcp Znhkw ]Xnhpt]mse cmhnse Ggpa Wn¡v AbmÄ ho«n \nì t]mbn. sshIp t¶cw BdpaWnhsc AbmfpsS `mcy tacn IcpXnbXv, kncntk\ ^mIvSdnbnemsW¶mbn cpì. ]Xnhp kabw Ignªn«pw AbmÄ aS §nhcmXncp¶t¸mÄ AhÀ At\zjWw Bcw `n¨p. At¸mgmWv Adnbp¶Xv kncntk\ A¶v ^mIvSdnbn sN¶nt«bnsöv. tacn ]ntä Znh kw ISp\mbsI apgph³ Abmsf Xnc¡n.

GXm\pw Znhk§Ä Ignªn«pw kncntk\ sb¸än bmsXmcp hnhchpw In«msX h¶t¸mÄ tacnbpw ktlmZc³ t{]acXv\bpw IqSn Pmbn embnse Hcp {]iv\¡mcs\ sNìI­p. Z£n Wbpw ^okpw \ÂInbn«v AhÀ D­mb hnhc §sfms¡ ]dªp. kncntk\ FhnsSbmsW ¶mbncpì AhÀ¡v Adntb­Xv. ‘ARvP\w Fenb’ t\m¡nbn«v {]iv\¡mc³ ]dªp. kn cntk\ ISen NmSn acn¨pt]msb¶v. tacnbpw Ip«n¨m¯³

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ktlmZc\pw Xo{hamb ZpxJt¯msS Xncn¨p t]mbn. AhcpsS _Ôp¡Ä IS¯oc¯v kncntk\bpsS ihicocw Icbv¡Sp¯n«p t­m F¶v ]e Znhkhpw ]cntim[n¨p. ihw In«nbnsænepw, t{]Xw tacntbbpw Ip«nItf bpw D]{Zhn¡mXncnç¶Xn\mhiyamb acWm \´c{InbIsfÃmw AhÀ \S¯n.

Bdp amk§Äçtijw Hcp kp{]`mX ¯n kncntk\ AbmfpsS hoSnsâ hcm´ bn InSç¶Xp ImWs¸«p. `À¯mhp Xncn¨p h¶Xn tacn kt´mjn¨p. F¦nepw AbmÄ ç Nn¯ {`aw ]nSns]«ncnçì F¶dnª t¸mÄ AhÄç henb hnjaw tXm¶n. Xncn ¨pw adn¨pw tNmZn¨n«pw Ignª Bdpamk ¡mew FhnsSbmbncpìsh¶v kncntk\bn \n¶v a\knem¡m³ AhÀç IgnªnÃ. F Ãm tNmZy§Äçw au\ambncpì D¯cw.

IqSpX kaÀ°\mb Hcp {]iv\¡mcs\ I­p kncntk\bpsS Nn¯{`aw amäp¶Xn \pÅ amÀKw BcmbWsa¶v t{]acXv\ ]d Ip«n¨m¯³

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ªp. tacnbpw AbmfpwIqSn \ptKtKmU F¶ Øe¯p t]mbn {]kn²bmb Hcp e£W¡m cnsb I­p. ]Xnhpt]mse shänebn ]Ww h¨v AhÀ Z£nW \ÂIn. tacntbmSv e£W ¡mcn kw`h§sfÃmw tNmZn¨p a\knem¡n.

AXpIgnªv ‘ARvP\w Fenb’ t\m¡nbn«v AhÀ ]dªXv kncntk\bpsS ^mIvSdnbn tPmenbpÅ GtXm aebmfn sNbvX IqtSm{X ¯nsâ ^eamWv AbmfpsS D·mZsa¶mWv. B IqtSm{Xw FSp¡m³ Hcp aebmfn a{´ hmZnt¡ IgnbpIbpÅqshìw AhÀ ]dªp. ap¶qdpcq] sImSpçsa¦n AXn\p ]änb Hcmsf GÀ¸mSp sNbvXpsImSp¡msaìw B e£W¡mcn Gäp. tacnbpw t{]acXv\bpw IqSn BtemNn¨v B hyhØ k½Xn¨p. ap¸ Xp cq] At¸mÄ Xs¶ AhÀ AUzm³kmbn sImSpçIbpw sNbvXp. R§Ä ISp\mbsI bn sN¶ i\nbmgvNbmWv IqtSm{XsaSp ¡m³ \nivNbn¨ncp¶Xv. A¯mgw Ignªv Rm\pw t]mfpwIqSn hÀ ¯am\w ]dªp sIm­v kµÀiIapdnbn Ip«n¨m¯³

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Ccnçt¼mgpw kncntk\bpsS ho«nÂ\n¶v hmZytLmjw tIÄ¡mambncpì. bm{´nIam bn kwkmc¯n ]¦psIm­ncps¶¦nepw F sâ {i² apgph³ IqtSm{Xw FSpç¶ IÀ½ ¯nembncpì. AXp ImWWsaìÅ B{Klw A\nb{´nXambt¸mÄ Rm³ t]mfnt\mSp ]d ªp, kncntk\bpsS hoSphsc Hì t]mbm sImÅmsa¶v. cm{Xn ]Xns\mì aWn Ignªncpì. R §Ä c­pt]cpw IqSn At§m«p Xncn¨p. s\ tKmws_m tdmUneqsS GXm­v aqì ^À temwKv \S¶v R§Ä kncntk\bpsS ho«nse ¯n. IqtSm{Xw FSpç¶Xp ImWm³ AhnsS [mcmfw BfpIÄ IqSnbn«p­v. R§fpw Ah cpsS IqsS sNì\nì. t]mfns\ I­t¸mÄ Btcm c­p kväqfpIÄ sIm­p h¶v R§Ä ¡v Ccn¡m³ Xì.

I¯n¨ph¨ Hm«phnf¡nsâ ap¼n N{¼w ]SnªncnçIbmWv a{´hmZn. shfns¨® sbmgn¨p I¯n¨ \nch[n Zo]§Ä B {]tZ Ip«n¨m¯³

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i¯v shfn¨w hoinbncp¶p. apä¯v c­p NXpc{i hmc Øew shfp¯ ASbmfan«v thÀXncn¨n«p­v. B NXpc¯nsâ \mep aqeIfnepw ]pXnb a¬Ie§fn sX§nsâ ]qçeIÄ h¨ncnçì. Acfn, apà XpS§n ]ePmXn ]q¡Ä Xdbn NnXdn¡nSçì.

Npc­nb tX§, s\Ãv, tNmdv, ]gw, sN¯n ¸qhv, iwJv F¶nh ]e ]m{X§fnembn h¨ncn ç¶Xpw ImWmambncpì. hmZyhpw Xmfhpw iwJ\mZhpw apdpIn h¶ tXmsSm¸w a{´hmZnbpw AbmfpsS c­p k lmbnIfpw Hcp ]pkvXI¯n t\m¡n a{´w sNmÃm³ XpS§n. i_vZtLmjwsIm­v a{´ §Ä hyIvXambn tIÄ¡m³ Ignªnsænepw F\nç ]cnNnXamWv AsXì tXm¶n, Rm³ kväqfnÂ\ns¶gpt¶äv a{´hmZnbpsS ]pdIn t]mbn\nì. hÅt¯mfnsâ ‘aKvZe\adnbw’ F¶ JÞImhyw hnSÀ¯nh¨v AhÀ ]mSpI bmWv!

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F«p aWnç XpS§nb B IÀ½w Bcw`n ¨n«v At¸mÄ \mepaWn¡qÀ Ignªncpì.

ImgvN¡mcmbn h¶ncp¶ kv{XoIfpw Ip«n I fpw \t¶ £oWn¨p Ignsª¶v AhcpsS tNjvSIfnÂ\n¶v hyIvXambn. apä¯phc¨n cp¶ NXpc¯nsâ Hcä¯v a{´hmZn¡v A`nap Jambn Ccp¶ncp¶ kncntk\ Iangvì InS¶v Dd§pì. aäp NneÀ Dd¡w Xq§pì.

GXm­v Hcp aWnbmbt¸mÄ a{´hmZnIfpw klmbnIfpw Fgpt¶äp \nì XpÅm³ XpS §n. CSbv¡nsS Nne A«lmk§fpw iwJp hnfnIfpw sIm­v AhÀ Dt¯P\w sImÅp ¶Xp ImWmambncpì. GXm\pw kabw C§ s\ D·¯amb {]IS\w \S¯nbXn\ptijw Hcp ssIbn ]´hpw adpssIbn IapInsâ ]qçebpambn \n¶v {][m\ a{´hmZn Aedn: “hoSn\p ]Snªmdp\n¶v A©p Ih¸mSv AIse Hcp hmgbpsS ASp¯p\n¶v aqì Ih ¸mSv hSç amdnbn«mWv IqtSm{Xw Ipgn¨n«ncp ¶Xv.” Ip«n¨m¯³

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{][m\ a{´hmZnbpsS i_vZw tI«p kncn tk\ DÄs¸sS Dd§n¡nSç¶hscÃmw Fgp t¶äp. a{´hmZn XpÅns¡m­v apt¼ t]mbn. hmZy¡mÀ, ]´¡mÀ, ImgvN¡mÀ XpS§n AhnsS bp­mbncp¶hscÃmw ]pdsI sNì.

Rm\pw t]mfpw B Iq«¯n IqSn. hoSnsâ ]Snªmdp`mK¯v AbmÄ A©p Ih¸mSv Afì. B ]d¼n \n¶ncp¶ \nch[n hmg Ifn H¶nsâ Nph«nÂ\n¶v BZyw aqì Ih ¸mSpw ho­pw aqì Ih¸mSpw IqSn Af¶v A bmÄ Hcp Øew \nivNbn¨p. Hcp ]qP \S¯n bXn\ptijw a{´hmZnIfpsS klmbnIfn HcmÄ thhn¨ tNmdv AhnsS hnXdnbn«v Hcp a¬sh«n sIm­phcm³ \nÀt±in¨p. B {]tXyI Øe¯n\v ]¯Sn AIet¯¡v B fpIsf amän. a{´hmZnIfpw hmZy¡mcpw ]´w ]nSnç¶hcpw am{Xw AhnsS \nì.

Cu kab¯v Btcm HcmÄ kncntk\sb ]nSn¨psIm­ph¶v ASps¯mcp kväqfn Ccp ¯n. t\cs¯ ASbmfs¸Sp¯nb Øe¯p Ip«n¨m¯³

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\n¶v IqtSm{Xw Ipgns¨Sp¡m³ {][m\ a{´ hmZn Xsâ klmbnIfnsemcmtfmSv Bhiy s¸«p. AbmÄ Iå\b\pkcn¨v B Øew Ipgn¡m³ XpS§n. H¸w hmZytaf§Ä apg¡m \mcw`n¨p. {][m\ a{´hmZn D¨¯n a{´ §Ä sNmÃns¡m­ncpì. ]pd¯v F´p kw` hn¨mepw, Ipgnbn \Sç¶Xv {i²n¨psIm ÅWsa¶v Rm³ t]mfnt\mSv ]dªp.

GXm\pw an\näpt\cw Inf¨n«pw IqtSm{Xw In«nbnÃ. ]Sn ªmtdm«v c­Sn \o«n Ipgn¡m³ {][m\ a{´hmZn \nÀt±in¨p. AhnsSbpw Iq tSm{Xw ImWmsXh¶t¸mÄ AbmÄ-¡v Aåw \ncmibp­mbXpt]mse tXm¶n. Aåw Nn´n ¨Xn\ptijw BZyw ASbmfs¸Sp¯nb Øe ¯pXs¶ Xmgv¯n Ipgnçhm³ AbmÄ \nÀ t±in¨p. AXpw ]cmPbs¸«t¸mÄ a{´hmZn H cp IpSw shÅw B Ipgnbn Hgn¨p. Hcp ssI bn ]´hpw atä ssIbn IapInsâ ]qçe bpambn AbmÄ aqìh«w B Ipgn¡v Npäpw HmSn\Sì. AXn\ptijw Iptd¡qSn Xmgv¯n Ip«n¨m¯³

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B Øew Infbvçhm³ AbmÄ Bhiys¸ «p.

CXphsc Inf¨psIm­ncp¶bmÄ £oWn¨p FìtXm¶n bt¸mÄ asämcmÄ Xq¼ hm§n Ipgn¡m³ XpS§n. At¸mÄ hmZytaf§Ä¡v iIvXnIqSn. {][m\ a{´hmZn aWn Inep¡n s¡m­v kncntk\bpsS Npäpw HmSm³ XpS§n.

CSbv¡nsS AbmÄ iwJ\mZhpw DbÀ¯nbncp ì. aäpÅhcpsSsbÃmw {i² At§m«pXncn sª¦nepw Rm\pw t]mfpw IpgnbnÂXs¶ {i ²tI{µoIcn¨ncpì. a®psh«p¶ BfpIfpsS hkv{X§Ä¡nSbnÂ\n¶v Ft´m Hcp km[\w Ipgnbn hogp¶Xv R§Ä I­p. Xq¼ s]s« ¶v Xmgv¶XpsIm­v AsX´msW¶v a\knem çhm³ IgnªnÃ. Hcp an\näp Ignªt¸mÄ a{´hmZn XpÅ \ndp¯n. Inf \nÀ¯m³ A bmÄ Bhiys¸«p. ‘Hcp tImgnsb sIm­ph cs«’ - a{´hmZnbpsS \mhnÂ\n¶v B i_vZw ]pd¯ph¶ DSs\ AbmfpsS klmbn Hcp tImgnbpamsb¯n. AXnsâ Xebnepw Imen Ip«n¨m¯³

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epw AbmÄ ]nSn¨p. AXpsIm­v AXn\v A\ §phmt\m i_vZnçhmt\m Ignªncp¶nÃ. a{´hmZn Hcp a{´w sNmÃnbn«v B PohnbpsS Xebd¯p tNmc B Ipgnbnte¡v Hgp¡n. Hcp sNdp\mc§bpw B IpgnbpsS apIfnÂh¨v apdn¨p. tacnbpsS ktlmZc³ t{]acXv\tbmSv ASp ¯phcm³ a{´hmZn ]dªp. AbmÄ ASp ¯psN¶t¸mÄ a{´hmZn Xsâ ssIbnep­m bncp¶ hnip² PewsIm­v t{]acXv\psS ssI IgpIn. “IpgnbnepÅ CfInba®p apgph³ ssI sIm­p ]pds¯ Sp¡Ww.” a{´hmZn ]dªp. `b`IvXn]qÀhw t{]acXv\ Ip\nªv B Ipgn bn InS¶ CfInb a®v ]pds¯Sp¯p. A tXmsSm¸w hmg¸g¯nsâ hen¸¯nÂ, \o­v Dcp­ Hcp km[\w IqSnbp­mbncpì! GItZ iw A©n©p \ofhpw c­n©p I\hpap­m bncpì AXn\v. a{´hmZn AsXSp¯p ]cntim [n¨Xn\p tijw ]dªp: Ip«n¨m¯³

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“Cu ho«nep­mb kÀhIpg¸§Äçw Imc Ww CXmWv. F«p amkw aps¼¦nepw CXnhnsS Ipgn¨n«ncn¡Ww.” AhnsS¡qSnbncp¶hÀç ImWm³ AbmÄ AXv hn«psImSp¯p. Icn]nSn¨ Xhn«p\ndambn cpì AXn\v. a®n hfsc \mfpIfmbn InS¶ Hcp km[\amsW¶ Imcy¯n kwibw D­mbncp¶nÃ. kncntk\bpsS ap¼n N{¼w]Snªncpì sIm­v IqtSm{XapÅ sN¼pNpcpÄ Xpd¡m³ a{´hmZn {ian¨p. ]t£, km[n¨nÃ. Hcp Npän Itbm I¯ntbm sIm­phcWsa¶v AbmÄ Bhiys¸«p. tacn Hcp Idn¡¯n sIm­ph ì. AXpsIm­v Ipsdt\cw Ip¯ns¸mfn¨Xn \ptijamWv a{´hmZn¡v AXp Xpd¡m³ Ign ªXv. GXm\pw AØn¡jW§Ä, Hcp ]Ãv, hmbn¡m\mhm¯ GtXm en]nIfn FgpXn b Hcp sN¼pXInSv, Ipd¨p XeapSn, ]gb Hcp XncphnXmwIqÀ N{Iw, Hcp tImgnbpsS sIm¡v F¶n{Xbpw km[\§fmWv AXn D­mbncp Ip«n¨m¯³

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¶Xv. Ch tacntbbpw t{]acXv\tbbpw kncn tk\tbbpw a{´hmZn ImWn¨p. F¶n«v AsX Ãmw ]gbXp t]mse NpcpfpIfn AS¨psIm ­v AbmÄ ]dªp: “Cu IqtSm{Xw Rm³ sIm­p t]mbn \in¸n¡mw. aqì Znhkw ssh Ipt¶cw IrXyw Bdp aWn¡v Cu Ipgnbn IÀ¸qcw I¯n¡Ww. B kab¯v Rm³ ho «nÂh¨v ]qP \S¯ns¡mÅmw.”

P\¡q«w a{´hmZnbpsS AZv`pXIcamb I gnhns\¸än kwkmcn¨psIm­p ]ncnªpt]m bn. t{]acXv\bpsS ssIbn \n¶v _m¡n Ccp¶qsägp]Xp cq] IqSn hm§n a{´hmZnIÄ `mÞw apdp¡n. ]t£, B kab¯v AhÀ¡v kz´w ho«nte¡v t]mIm³ Ignbpambncp¶nÃ.

AXpsIm­v FhnsSsb¦nepw InSç¶Xn\v Hcp Øew AhÀ At\zjn¨p. Cu kab¯v Fsâ \nÀt±ia\pkcn¨v t]mÄ IbÀ^mIvSdn hI sjUn InSì sImÅm³ a{´hmZnI tfmSv ]dªp. kt´mjt¯msS AhÀ ^mIvS dn sjUnte¡v hì.

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hfsc kulmÀ±]qÀhamWv Rm\pw t]mfpw aebmfnbmb B a{´hmZntbmSp s]cpamdnb Xv. klmbnIÄ FÃmw £oWn¨pd§nsb¦n epw AbmÄ R§tfmSv kwkmcn¡m³ Xmå cyw {]ISn¸n¨p. IqtSm{Xw FSpç¶ hnZybn Rm³ Hcp hnZKv[\msW¶v Abmsf [cn¸n ¡m³ F\nç Ignªp. ‘aKvZe\adnbw’ Imhyambncpì AbmfpsS a{´saì Rm³ a\ knem¡nsbìIqSn Adnªt¸mÄ ]mhw a{´ hmZn FÃmw Xpdì ]dªp. Abmfn \n¶v F\nç In«nb hnhc§Ä Xmsg sImSpçì: a{´hmZnbpw AbmfpsS c­p klmbnIfpw aebmfnIfmWv; hmZy¡mcpw aäpw kntemImcpw. kntem¬ImÀ¡v A©p cq]bmWv Cu tPmen¡v Hcp Znhks¯ Iqen. ImgvN¡mcmb BfpIsfsb¶t]mse ChcpsSbpw I®psX än¨mWv IqtSm{Xw FSp¡mdpÅXv. Cu sXm gn FÃm Znhkhpw In«pIbnÃ. ]¶n¸nSnb F¶ Øe¯v IìImen¸pÃv Irjn sNbvXm Wv AhÀ Pohnç¶Xv. IqtSm{XsaSp¡mt\m a{´hmZw \S¯mt\m GÀ¸mSv sNbvXpsImSp Ip«n¨m¯³

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ç¶ {]iv\¡mcnç ]¯p iXam\w I½o j³ \ÂIWw. A¶v BfpIsf ImWn¨Xpt]mepÅ Ccp] ¯©p sN¼pNpcpfpIÄ, FÃv, apSn, ]pÃv, XInSv XpS§nbh \nd¨v AhÀ Ipgn¨n«n«p­ t{X. IqtSm{XsaSpçt¼mÄ, Iptd¡meambn Ipgnbn InSç¶sXì tXmì¶Xn\p th ­nbmWv Ipgn¨nSp¶Xv. IqtSm{Xw FSpt¡­ Bhiyw hcpt¼mÄ AXn Hsc®w Ipgns¨ Sp¯v IqsS sIm­pt]mhpIbmWv ]Xnhv. Iq tSm{XsaSpç¶Xn\v Ipd¨pZnhks¯ Xmakaps­¦n t\cs¯ Xs¶ B ]d¼n F hnsSsb¦nepw AXp sIm­p sNì Ipgn¨nSpw. ]n¶oSv AXp am´nsbSpçw. FÃm Øe¯pw CXn\p kuIcyamhpIbnÃ.

A§s\bpÅ Ø e¯v BfpIfpsS {i² aäp Zn¡nte¡v Xncn¨v Ipgnbn sN¼pNpcpÄ CSpItb \nhr¯nbp Åq. A§s\bpÅ Ahkc¯nemWv Ipgn bn shÅw Hgn¡mdpÅsX¶v AbmÄ ]d ªp. AhÀ Xmaknç¶ {]tZi¯p apgph³ Idp¯ Ip«n¨m¯³

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a®mWv. AXnemWv IqtSm{X§Ä Ipgn¨n«ncnç¶Xv. sN½®p \ndª Øes¯ a®nÂ\n¶v Ipgns¨Spç¶ IqtSm{X¨pcpfn Aåw sN½®p ]änbncn¡m³ th­nbmWv sh Åsamgnç¶Xv. Pohn¡m³ th­nbpÅ AS hmWnsX¶v B km[p k½Xn¨p.

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24 ajnt\m«w 1963 G{]n 20. AZv`pXIcamb Hcp hmÀ¯ bpambn«mWv A¶s¯ ‘kntem¬ sUbven \yqkv’ ]{Xw ]pd¯ph¶Xv. ‘X«ns¡m­pt]m b s]¬Ip«nsb I­p]nSn¡m³ ajnt\m«¡m c³ klmbn¨p’ F¶v henb Xes¡«n tNÀ ¯ncp¶ hmÀ¯bpsS BZys¯ JÞnI C{] Imcambncpì: “X«ns¡m­pt]mb Hcp s]¬Ip«nsb ajn t\m¡n I­p]nSn¨ncnçì. s]¬Ip«ntbbpw sIm­pt]mb SmIvknbpsS \¼dpw AXp t]m b hgnbpw ajnt\m«¡mc³ IrXyambn ]d ªphs{X. sImfwt_mbnse BIvSnwKv No^v aPnkvt{S«mb tk\mXncmPmbpsS tImSXnbn h¨mWv t{]mknIyq«À Cu IY shfns¸Sp¯n bXv. amS¼n¯ob tdmUn Xmak¡mcmb Ip«n¨m¯³

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IpamcXpwK, AacXpwK F¶o bphm¡Ä tNÀ ¶mWv 15 hbkpÅ s]¬Ip«nsb X«ns¡m­p t]mbXv. {]kvXpX tdmUn¯s¶ Xmaknç ¶ aebmfnbpw IÅpjm¸pSabpamb C.]n.

Fkv. cmasâ ]p{XnbmWv _menI.” ajnt\m«¯nsâ AZv`pXiIvXnbn hnizkn çhm³ CXp ]etcbpw t{]cn¸n¨p. ajnt\m«w AÔhnizmkamsW¶v IcpXnbncp¶hÀ A¼ cìt]mbn. ]uckvXy\mSpIfpsS AZv`pXIc amb t\«§fn hnizmkanÃm¯ ‘\mS³[zc’ amsc Ifnbm¡ns¡m­p ]e teJ\§fpw CtX¯pSÀ¶p ]pd¯p hì. c­paqì Znhk §ÄçÅn kntem¬Zzo]n H«msI CXp kwkmchnjbambn.

Cu hmÀ¯bpambn NneÀ Fs¶ kao]n¨p: aäp NneÀ t^m¬ sNbvXp. hmÀ¯bpsS kXymhØ Xnc¡nbdnbWsa¶v thsd NneÀ FgpXn AbçIbpw sNbvXp. G{]n 26þmw XobXn Rm³ At\zjWw Bcw`n¨p.

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amS¼n¯obtdmUn \n¶mWtÃm s]¬Ip «nsb X«ns¡m­pt]mbXv. Rm³ Imdn B Øet¯ç ]pds¸«p. AhnsS \à ]cnNban ÃmXncp¶XpsIm­v B tdmUn BZyw I­ Hcp Nmb¡SbpsS ap¼n Imdp \ndp¯n hnh cw Xnc¡n. Hcp aebmfnbmb cmLh\mbncpì ISbpSaس. asämcp aebmfnsb ]cnNb s¸Sm³ CSbmbXn AbmÄ kt´mjn¨p.

Fsâ Bhiyw tI«t¸mÄ cmLh³ klmbn ¡m³ Xbmdmbn. SmIvknbpsS \¼À ]dªp sImSp¯ ajnt\m«¡mcs\ cmLh\v ASp¯ ]cnNbaps­ìw, IqsS AhnSwhsc hcmsa ìw AbmÄ ]dªp. AX\pkcn¨v R§Ä c­mfpwIqSn Imdn ajnt\m«¡mcsâ ho«n teç Xncn¨p. AhnsS\nìw c­pssa Zqsc knÂh³ kvan¯v sXcphnemWv ajnt\m«¡m c³ Xmakn¨ncp¶Xv. hgnçh¨v cmLh³ AbmfpsS IY apgp h³ ]dªp. amS¼n¯ob tdmUnepw kao] {]tZi§fnepw Xmaknç¶ aebmfnIsfÃmw H¯pIqSp¶ Hcp ØeamWv cmLhsâ Nmb Ip«n¨m¯³

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¡S. aebmfnIfpsS hIbmbn c­p IÅpjm ¸pIfpw B sXcphnep­v. AXn Hì tamjv Sn¡s¸« s]¬Ip«nbpsS ]nXmhmb cmatâ XmWv. Nmb¡SbnÂ\nìÅ hcpam\wsIm­p cmLh\pw AbmfpsS kntem¬Imcnbmb `m cybvçw c­p Ip«nIÄçw Pohn¡m\pÅ hI In«pw. C³Uybnte¡v ]Ww Ab¡m³ \nhr ¯nbnÃm¯XpsIm­v ‘cmPy’¯pÅ `mcybv çw a¡Äçw Hìw Ab¨psImSp¡mdnÃ.

Nmb¡Sbvç ]pdsa asämcp hcpam\amÀKw IqSnbp­v cmLh\v þ a{´hmZw. Hcp aebmfn bmbXpsIm­mWv a{´hmZw sNbvXv Ipd¨p ]Ww D­m¡m³ X\nç Ignbp¶sX¶v A bmÄ ]dªp. aebmfnIsfÃmw \Ã a{´hmZn IfmsW¶mWv kntem¬ImcpsS hnizmkw.

X«ns¡m­pt]mIs¸« s]¬Ip«nbpsS ANv O\mb C.]n. Fkv. cma\pw cmLhsâ ]cnN b¡mc\mWv. aebmfnbmb cma³ Xsâ aebm fn `mcybpw aqìIp«nIfpsam¯v amS¼n¯ob tdmUn\p kao]apÅ Hcp ho«nemWv Xmakn¨n cp¶Xv. cmasâ aq¯ aIÄ Ab¡mc\mb Ip«n¨m¯³

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IpamcXpwK\pambn {]Wb¯nembncpìht{X. ho«pImÀ CXn\v A\pIqeambncp¶nÃ. A½ bpw ANvO\pw Hcp hnhml k¡mc¯n ]s¦Spç¶Xn\p t]mb X¡w t\m¡n, P\p hcn 21þmw XobXn AhÄ Abmfpsam¯v Hfn ¨p t]mhpIbmWp sNbvXXv. amXm]nXm¡Ä ]e Øe¯pw Ip«nsb A t\zjn¨p. Ahkm\amWv Adnbp¶Xv Ipamc XpwK\pw Øe¯nsöv. Abmfpw Ahfpw Iq Sn Øew hn«XmsW¶v AhÀç a\knembn. ]t£, Ft§m«mWv AhÀ t]mbsXìam{Xw ]nSnIn«nbn«nÃ. At¸mgmWv ajnt\m«¡mc³ ]m¸phnsâ ASp¯pt]mbXv. At±lw Ipam cXpwK\pw s]¬Ip«nbpw t]mb SmIvknbpsS \¼dpw, AXp t]mb hgnbpw ajnt\m¡n ]d ªpsImSp¯phs{X. A§s\ s]¬Ip«ntb bpw Abmtfbpw ]nSn¨p. IpamcXpwKsâ hoSn \Sp¯p\nì hfsc Zqsc sImStl\ F¶ Ø e¯mWv s]¬Ip«nbpw IpSpw_hpw ]n¶oSv Xmakam¡nbsXìw cmLh³ ]dªp.

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SmIvknbpsS \¼dpw AXpt]mb hgnbpw ajnt\m¡n ]dª ]m¸p F¶bmsf¸änbpw cmLh³ kwkmcn¨p. AbmÄ Hcp kntemImc³ BsWìw sXmgnensâ kuIcy¯n\p th­n aebmfnbpsS t]cp kzoIcn¨XmsW ìw cmLh³ ]dªp. aebmfw FgpXmt\m hmbn¡mt\m AdnªpIqsS¦nepw A\mbmk ambn kwkmcn¡m³ AbmÄç Ignbpas{X. ]Xn\©p an\näpsIm­v Fsâ ImÀ kn h³ kvan¯v sXcphn ajnt\m«¡mc³ ]m¸p hnsâ ]Sn¡Â F¯n. thsd aqì ImdpIÄ At¸mÄ AhnsS ]mÀçsN¿pì­mbncpì. ‘s{]m^kÀ ]m¸p’ F¶v Cw¥ojnepw aebmf ¯nepw Xangnepw FgpXnb Hcp t_mÀUv Ahn sS h¨ncpì. Rm\pw cmLh\pw hcm´bn \nì kzoIcW apdnbnteç ISì. kv{XoI fpw ]pcpj·mcpambn hfscb[nIamfpIÄ A hnsS Im¯ncnçì­mbncpì. tIcf¯nse Hcp \m«p¼pd¯pImcnsbt¸mse hkv{X[mc Ww sNbvX Hcp kv{XobmWv AXnYnIsf kzoIcn¨ncp¶Xv. AXv ]m¸phnsâ `mcybmsW Ip«n¨m¯³

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ìw AhÀ kntem¬Imcn Xs¶bmsWìw cm Lh³ ]dªp. B kv{Xo kµÀiIcpsS {]iv \§Ä tNmZn¨p a\knemçIbpw, ]m¸phnsâ ASp¯psNÃpt¼mÄ BNcnt¡­ acymZIfpw \ÂtI­ {]Xn^ehpw aäpw F´msWì ]d ªp sImSpçIbpw sNbvXpsIm­ncpì. CS bv¡nsS AhÀ ]m¸phnsâ apdnbnteçt]m Ipw. AbmfpsS ap¼n I¯n¨ph¨ncnç¶ \nehnf¡nsâ Xncn\o«pI, AXn F® Hgn çI XpS§nbhbvçth­nbmWv AhÀ A t§m«p t]mbncp¶Xv. AXn\nSbn Abmfp ambn Ht¶m ct­m hmçIÄ kwkmcnçI bpw sN¿pw. cmLh\v ]m¸phpambn ASp¯p ]cnNbap ­mbncp¶XpsIm­v F\n¡v ‘Iyq’ A\pkcn ¨p Im¯p\nÂt¡­nh¶nÃ. jqkv Agn¨n«p Ibdns¨Ãm³ AbmÄ ]dªp. Rm³ cmLh s\ A\pKan¨p. ]¯p NXpc{ibSn hnkvXmcap Å Hcp sNdnb apdnbnte¡mWv R§Ä IS¶ Xv. icnbmb shântej³ CÃm¯XpsIm­v B \«p¨kabw t]mepw Ccp«p X§n\n¶ncp Ip«n¨m¯³

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ì. apdnbpsS H¯\SphnepÅ {XntImWmIr XnbnepÅ IpgnbnÂ\nìw IÀ¸qcw I¯p¶ Xnsâ ]pI Dbcpì­v. Cu IpgnbpsS ]mÀiz §fn tX§m, AhÂ, Acn, ]eXcw ]g§Ä, ImbvIÄ F¶nh IpìIqSn¡nSçì. shäne, ]m¡v F¶nhtbmsSm¸w Z£nW h¨ t\m«pI fpw NnÃdIfpw HccnInteçamän Iq«nbn«ncnç IbmWv. Nhdpt]mse \nkmcambn«mWv ]Ww AhnsS ssIImcyw sN¿p¶sXì tXmìw AXpI­mÂ. apdnbpsS Hcp aqebn N{¼w ]SnªmWv s{]m^kÀ ]m¸p Ccnç¶Xv. XmSn bpw XeapSnbpw hfÀ¯nb AbmÄ tZlamk Iew `kvaw ]qinbncnçIbmWv. I­m Hcp henb k\ymknbmsWt¶ tXmìIbpÅq. ]m ¸phnsâ ap¼nencnç¶ Hcp sNdnb s]«n¡I ¯mWv AZv`pXiIvXnbpÅ ajn Ccnç¶Xv F¶v cmLh³ ]dªp.

Rm\pw cmLh\pw AhnsS sN¶ncnç t¼mÄ ]m¸p asämcmÄçth­n ajn t\m¡n s¡m­ncnçIbmbncpì Fì ]dªtÃm.

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ap¼nencnç¶ s]«nbpsS Zzmc¯neqsS kq£n ¨p t\m¡ns¡m­mWv AbmÄ D¯cw ]dªn cp¶Xv. h¶bmÄ t]mbn¡gnªt¸mÄ ]m¸p cmLhsâ t\sc Xncnªp Nncn¨p. At¸mÄ am{Xta AbmÄ ]cnNb`mhw ImWn¨pÅp. cm Lh³ DSs\Xs¶ Fs¶ ]m¸phn\v ]cnNb s¸Sp¯n. Cw¥ojp]{X§fn teJ\w FgpXp ¶ Hcp s{]m^kdmWv Rm³ Fì tI«t¸mÄ ]m¸p hn\oX\mbn sXmgpXp. kabw ]mgm¡msX ]m¸p Xsâ AZv`pX hnZysb¸än Ft¶mSp ]dbm³ XpS§n. lmdp aWokv s]tcc F¶mbncpì AbmfpsS icn bmb t]cv. ]m¸psh¶ t]cp sImSp¯Xv Abm sf ajnt\m«hpw a{´hmZhpw ]Tn¸n¨ aebmf Kpcp¡·mcmWv. Ip¶wIpfw kztZinIfmb Ir jvW¸Wn¡À, Ipamc¸Wn¡À, ZmtamZc¸Wn ¡À, tKmhnµ¸Wn¡À F¶nhcmWv ]m¸phn sâ Kpcp¡·mÀ. c­mw temIalmbp²Ime ¯v AhÀ \mept]cpw kntem¬ hn«v \m«nte ¡v t]mbn. ]e tamjWt¡kpIfpw Xm³ a Ip«n¨m¯³

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jn t\m¡n sXfnbn¨n«ps­¶v ]m¸p AhImi s¸«p. cma\pw `mcybpwIqSn Xs¶ kao]n¨ t¸mÄ aIsf X«ns¡m­pt]mb Imdnsâ \¼ dpw AXpt]mb hgnbpw Xm³ ajnt\m¡n ]d ªpsImSps¯ìw AbmÄ ]dªp.

Cu kab¯v Rm³ t]m¡änÂ\nìw A ©pcq]bpsS Hcp t\m«p ]pds¯Sp¯v aS¡n CSXpI¿n h¨p. ajn t\m¡n AXnse \¼À ]dªm sImÅmsa¶v Bhiys¸«p. c­p an\näp t\cw s]«nbpsS Zzmc¯neqsS kq£n ¨pt\m¡nbn«v ]m¸p Id³knt\m«nsâ \¼À ]dªpXpS§n. Rm³ s]³knepw ISemkpw cmLhsâ I¿n sImSp¯n«v AsXgpXnsbSp çhm³ ]dªp. Hcp ]cntim[\bvçth­n Rm\pw Ubdnbn AXp Ipdn¨p. ]m¸p ]d ª \¼À 8/45þ90283 BWv. ]dªpIgnª DSs\ ]m¸p \¼À Ipdnt¨m Fì tNmZn¨p. D sƶv ]dªt¸mÄ B t\m«v sImSp-¡m\ bmÄ ]dªp. ]t£, Rm³ AXp hnSÀ¯n ¡mWn¨tXbpÅp. G/51þ398415 Bbncpì F Ip«n¨m¯³

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sâ ssIbnencp¶ t\m«nsâ \¼À. km[mcW ¡msct¸mse Rm³ t\m«v ]m¸phnsâ I¿n sImSp¯ncps¶¦n sRmSnbnSbvçÅn A Xp amän AbmÄ ]dª \¼dpÅ t\m«v Fsâ I¿n Xcpambncpì. t\m«nsâ \¼À ]dª Xn X\nç t\cn« ]cmPbt_m[¯nÂ\nì ]m¸p hnapIvX\mIp¶Xn\v Im¯p\n¡msX Rm³ cmLhs\bpw hnfn¨psIm­v ]pd¯p hì. ‘D¨kab¯v ajn t\m¡nbm Nne t¸mÄ C§s\ ]ämdp­v’ F¶mbncpì C¡m cy¯n cmLhsâ {]XnIcWw. ]m¸phnsâ ASp¯p\nìw IqSpX sXfnhv In«m³ km[yasÃì a\knem¡nb Rm³ ]ntäZnhkw cmhnse tIkt\zjWw \S¯nb {Km³Uv]mkv t]meokv kvtäj\nse¯n hnhc §Ä Xnc¡n. AhnSs¯ t]meokv Hm^okÀ ]dªXnsâ Npcp¡anXmWv: 1953 P\phcn 21þmw XobXn cmhnse 10.30 \m Wv s]¬Ip«nsb X«ns¡m­pt]mb hnhcw t]meokn dnt¸mÀ«psNbvXXv. kwibn¡s¸ Ip«n¨m¯³

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Sp¶ BfpsS t]cpw AhÀ ]dªp. DSt\X s¶ AhnsS\nìw kntemWnse FÃm t]meo kv kvtäj\pIfnteçw hbÀsekv ktµi §Ä \ÂIs¸«p. A¼esKm­ F¶ Øe ¯pIqSn Kmfnteç t]mIpt¼mÄ AhnSs¯ t]meokv, s]¬Ip«ntbbpw c­p ]pcpj·msc bpwIqSn AdkvävsNbvXp. ]ntä Znhkw Ahsc {Km³Uv ]mkv kvtäj\n sIm­phì. SmIv knbpsS \¼tdm aäp hnhc§tfm Hcp¯cpw t]meokn\p \ÂInbncp¶nÃ.

Aì sshIpt¶cw Rm³ s]¬Ip«nbpsS ]nXmhmb C. ]n. Fkv. cmas\ AhcpsS ]pXn b hkXnbn sNì I­p. ajnt\m«¡mc \nÂ\n¶mWv SmIvknbpsS \¼À AdnªsX ¶ hmÀ¯ h¶sX§s\bmsW¶v Rm³ tNm Zn¨p.

“AXp R§Ä a\x]qÀhw t{]mknIyq«sd s¡m­p ]dbnçIbpw Hcmsfs¡m­v dnt¸mÀ «psN¿nçIbpambncpì.” cma³ ]dªp: Ip«n¨m¯³

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“aebmfntbmSp Ifn¨m \ÃXsöv Ah sc a\knem¡m³ AXnt\¡mÄ ]änb hgn F´mWv kmÀ? ]ns¶ AXpsIm­p ]m¸phn \p hà {]tbmP\hpw D­mIps¶¦n R §Äç kt´mjhpamWv.”

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25 teUoh­À Atacn¡bnse dn¨va­n anknkv kn. Un. t^m­m F¶ h\nXbv¡v AZv`pXiIvXnbpÅ Hcp IpXncbp­mbncpì. ‘teUoh­À’(Lady Wonder) F¶dnbs¸«ncp¶ B IpXnc, a\pjy cpsS tNmZy§Ä a\knemçIbpw D¯cw ]d bpIbpw sN¿psa¶v A¶v ]{X§fn hmÀ¯ hì. 1929þ ‘tPÀW Hm^v A_vt\mÀa Bâv tkmjy sskt¡mfPn’ F¶ amknI bn (Vol. 23, pp 449-466) Uyq¡v bqWnth gvknänbnse tUm. sP._n. ssd\pw ]Xv\n tUm. eqknbmssd\pw IqSn B IpXncbpsS AZv`pX iIvXnsb¸än Hcp teJ\w FgpXn. AtXmSp IqSn teUoh­À temI{]kn²bmbn¯oÀì.

B teJ\¯nÂ\nìw Hcp `mKw ChnsS D²cn ¨psImÅpì: Ip«n¨m¯³

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“ChnsS hnhcn¡s¸Sp¶ ]co£W¯n\p hnt[bbmb teUoh­À F¶dnbs¸Sp¶ aq ì hbkpÅ IpXnc, hnÀPo\nbmbnse dn¨va ­n anknkv kn. Un. t^m­mbptSXmWv. B cptSbpw \nÀt±iw IqSmsXXs¶ `mhnImcy §Ä {]hNn¡m\pw sNdnb KWnX {]iv\§Ä ssIImcyw sN¿m\pw tNmZy§Äç _p²n]qÀ hambn D¯cw \ÂIm\pw Cu IpXncbvç Ign bpw FìÅ dnt¸mÀ«nsâ ASnØm\¯nemWv R§Ä ]co£W¯n\p apXnÀ¶Xv. “1927 Unkw_À 3þmw XobXnbmWv R§Ä ]co£Ww Bcw `n¨Xv. 1928 P\phcn 15þ\Iw Bdp Znhk§Ä Cu ]co£W¯n\v R§Ä sNehgn¨p. anknkv t^m­mbpsS ho«n H³ ]XSn hoXnbpw ]{´­Sn \ofhpapÅ Hcp sS ânÂh¨mWv ]co£Ww \S¯nbXv. c­p Znh kw s{]m^kÀ hneyw aIvUuKmfpw Hcp Znh kw Unt{Smbnäv kv¡qfnse Aknkväâv kq{] ­v tPm¬ F^v. tXmakpw R§fpsS ]co£ W¯n ]s¦Sp¯ncpì.

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“a\pjycpsS tNmZy§Äç teUoh­À D ¯cw ]dbp¶Xv \apç a\knem¡m\mIm¯ sSen¸Xn¡v amÀK¯neqsS a\knepÅ Imcy §Ä {Kln¡m³ Ignbp¶XpsIm­mWv. Cu ]co£W¯n Hcn¡Ât]mepw teUnh­À ]cmPbs¸«n«nÃ. asämcp kn²m´¯n\pw Cu Ignhv hniZoIcnçhm³ IgnbpIbnÃ.”

Uyq¡v bqWnthgvknänbnse a\ximkv{X h Ip¸nse KthjI·mcpsS ]co£W ^eambn anknkv t^m­mbpsS IpXncbv¡v ]clrZb Úm\w Ds­ì sXfnªp F¶mWtÃm CXn sâ Npcp¡w. ‘sse^v’ amknI DÄs¸sS temI ¯nse ]e {][m\ ]{X§fpw Cu hmÀ¯ bv¡v henb {]m[m\yw \ÂIn {]kn²oIcn¨p.

‘Ne©v’ (Challenge) amknIbn h¶ Hcp dn t¸mÀ«nÂ, h[n¡s¸« Hcp Ip«nbpsS ihw I ­p]nSn¡m³ Cu IpXnc klmbn¨ IY hÀ Wn¨ncpì. dn¨va­nse ‘\yqkv eoUÀ’ ]{Xw Cu IpXncbpsS AZv`pXIcamb Ignhns\¸än DZmlcW§ÄklnXw At\Iw teJ\§Ä {]kn²oIcn¨ncpì. {^m¦vfn³ Un. dqkv sh Ip«n¨m¯³

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äv Atacn¡³ {]knUâv Øm\t¯ç aXvk cn¨t¸mÄ At±lw Pbnçsa¶v Cu IpXnc {]hNn¨phs{X. {Sqam\pw tXmakv Uyqbnbpw X½n aXvkcn¨t¸mÄ Uyqbn ]cmPbs¸Sp sa¶v teUoh­À BÀt¡m adp]Sn sImSp ¯p. slhnshbväv Nm¼y³ jn¸p aXvkc¯n sP\n S®n, Pm¡v sU_vknsb tXmånçsa ìw ap³Iq«n ]dbm³ CXn\p Ignªp! C Xns\ms¡ ]pdsa tamjvSn¡s¸« hkvXp¡Ä I­p]nSn¡m\pw ImWmXmb a\pjycpsS I hw hos­Sp¡m\pw teUoh­À ]et¸mgpw t]meokns\ klmbnçIbpw sNbvXncpì! tUmIvSÀ ssd³ AhnsSs¨ì ]co£Ww \S ¯nbXn\ptijw H¶ce£¯nÂ]camfpIÄ AhnsSsb¯n IpXncbnÂ\nìw {]iv\]cnlm cw t\Snsb¶mWv IW¡m¡s¸Sp¶Xv. teUoh­dns\¸änbpÅ AZv`pXhmÀ¯IÄ tI«t¸mÄ \yq tPgvknbnse Hcp s{]m^kdm b tPm¬kv ImÀt\bv¡v CsXmì ]co£W hnt[bam¡Wsaì tXm¶n. dn¨va­nse saâ kv ¢ºnsâ sNbÀam\mb sUmWmÄUv t{Kbp Ip«n¨m¯³

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sam¯v At±lw Hcp sshIpt¶cw anknkv t^mWmbpsS ho«nse¯n. At¸mgpw [mcmf amfpIÄ AhnsS XSn¨pIqSnbncpì. Xncç Ipdbp¶Xn\pth­n AhÀ Im¯ncpì. Ah km\w Ahcpw sSân Ibdn. bqWnt^man« DbÀ¶ Hcp t]meokv Hm^okdpw anknkv t^m ­mbpw IpXncbpw am{Xta AhnsS At¸mÄ D­mbncpìÅq.

Cw¥ojv A£c§Ä hcnhcnbmbn sIm¯n h¨n«pÅ Hcp taibpsS ap³]nemWv teUnh ­À F¶ IpXnc \n¶ncp¶Xv. a\kn Ccnç ¶Xv sSen¸XnIv iIvXnaqew AdnªXn\p ti jw teUoh­À aqçsIm­v Hmtcmtcm A£ c§fn sXmSpsaìw B A£c§Ä Iq«nhm bn¨m- D¯camIpsaìw anknkv t^m­m ]dªp. kvImÀt\bvç ap¼p sN¶ t]meokv Hm^o kÀ Hcp _m¦p sImÅsb kw_Ôn¨ hnhc §Ä Adnbp¶Xn\v jn¡mtKmbnÂ\nìw h¶ Xmbncpì.

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“alXo, Rm³ h¶sX´n\msW¶v Adnbm tam?” t]meokv Hm^okÀ IpXnctbmSp tNmZn ¨p. CXn X\ns¡mcp ]¦panà F¶a«n an knkv t^m­m IpXncbpsS ]pdInteç amdn.

IpXnc taibnepÅ Y.E.S. F¶o A£c§ fn bYm{Iaw aqç ap«n¨p.

“Rm³ C¡mcy¯n F´psN¿Ww?” hn Imc`cnX\mbn t]meokv Hm^okÀ tNmZn¨p.

IpXnc A£c§fpsS apIfnteç Xe sIm ­psNì. W.O.R.K. F¶o A£c§fn b Ym{Iaw AXp aqç ap«n¨p. “teUoh­À, Rm³ ]e tNmZy§Ä tNmZn ç¶Xp £an¡Ww.” t]meokv Hm^okÀ bmN\mkzc¯n XpSÀì: “B sImÅ¡mc³ Ct¸mÄ FhnsSbmWv?” IpXnc Xncnªv C.H.I. F¶o A£c§fn sXm«p. CHICAGO (jn¡mtKm) F¶ Øet¸ cmWv kqNn¸nç¶sX¶v At±l¯n\p tXm ¶n.

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“henb D]Imcw. CsXsâ tPmen hfsc eLps¸Sp¯nbncnçì.” Hm^okÀ teUnh ­dn\p \µn]dªn«v t]mbn. anknkv t^m­m Cu kabw s{]m^kÀ kv ImÀs\tbmSp tNmZy§Ä tNmZn¨psImÅm³ ]dªp.

“Rm³ F§s\bmWv ChnsS h¶Xv?” teUoh­À Xe DbÀ¯n. GXm\pw sk¡ âpIÄçtijw C.A.R.F¶o aq¶£c¯n- AXv aqç ap«n¨p.

“Rm³ ImdnemWv h¶sX¶v teUoh­À ]dªXv AZv`pXIcambncnçì.” kvImÀs\ ]d--ªp: “]t£, F\ns¡mcp tNmZyap­v. Rm \Xp ]dbmsXXs¶ sSen¸XnIv coXnbn A Xp a\knem¡n D¯cw ]dªm sIm Åmw.” anknkv t^m­m Aåw i¦n¨p\nì. F¶n«v Hcp ISemskSp¯v ssIbn sImSp¯n«v ]d ªp: “\n§fpsS tNmZyw CXn FgpXpI. te Uoh­À AXp ImtW­.”

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kvImÀs\ tNmZyw FgpXn. ]t£, anknkv t^m­m ImWm¯ hn[w ad¨p]nSn¨mWv At± lw FgpXnbXv. anknkv t^m­mbpsS apJw hnfdnbXv kvImÀs\ ImWmXncp¶nÃ. ss[cyw hnSmsX AhÀ IpXnctbmSv D¯cw ]dbm³ Bhiys¸«p. IpXnc A£c§fpsS apIfn Xe sIm­psNs¶¦nepw H¶nepw kv]Àin¨n Ã. kvImÀs\bv¡v Imcyw hyIvXambn. At±lw t{KtbmSv hÀ¯am\w ]dbms\¶a«n Xncn ªp. anknkv t^m­mbv¡v hmbn¡¯¡hn [w At±lw ISemkv AhcpsS t\sc Xncn¨m Wv ]nSn¨ncp¶Xv. “Fsâ Xmakw FhnsSbmWv?” CXmbncpì tNmZyw. anknkv t^m­m tNmZyw hmbn¨n«v ]Xps¡ ]pdtIm«pamdn. teUoh­À ho­pw Xe Nen ¸n¨p. N.E.W.Y.O.R.K. (\yqtbmÀ¡v) F¶o A £c§fn Hs¶m¶mbn AXv aqçap«n¨p.

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“AZv`pXIcw.” kv¡ms\ ]dªp. “Rm³ \yqtbmÀ¡nemWv Xmaknç¶sXì teUoh ­À a\knem¡nbtÃm.” hmkvXh¯n kv¡mÀs\ \yqtPgvknbnem Wv Xmakn¨ncp¶Xv. ]t£, At±lw \ÂInb hnknänwKv ImÀUn \yqtbmÀ¡v F¶mWv FgpXnbncp¶Xv. anknkv t^m­mbpsS ^okv A©p tUmfÀ \ÂInbn«v At±lw t{Ktbbpw hnfn¨psIm­p Øewhn«p. \yqtPgvknbn sN¶Xn\ptijw anknkv t^m­mbpsS ]clrZbÚm\apÅ IpXncbp sS clkyw XpdìImWn¨psIm­p kvImÀs\ Hcp teJ\sagpXn {]kn²oIcn¨p. AXn \n ìw Hcp `mKw D²cn¡mw. “anknkv t^m­m FÃmbvt¸mgpw Hcp sNdn b Nm« ]nSn¨ncpì. AXv Nen¸n¨mWv AhÀ IpXncbvç \nÀt±iw \ÂIn bncp¶Xv. IpXnc Hmtcm A£c¯nepw aqç ap«nç¶Xn\p ap ¼v AhcpsS kqN\ {i²nç¶Xp I­p. IpXn cbpsS I®pIÄ XebpsS hi§fnembXp Ip«n¨m¯³

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sIm­v AXn\v IpsdsbÃmw ]pdtIm«p {i²n ¡m³ Ignbpw. Nm«bpsS Ne\w hgn \nÀt±iw \ÂIp¶ kab¯v anknkv t^m­m IpXnc bpsS ]pdIn 60 Un{Kn amdnbmWv \nÂç¶ Xv. Nm«bpsS BZys¯ Ne\w ImWpt¼mÄ IpXnc Xe DbÀ¯pw. c­mas¯ Ne\¯n\v AXv A£c§fpsS apIfnte¡v Xe \o«pw. ho­pw Nm« Nen¸nçt¼mÄ A£c§fpsS apIfneqsS AXv Xe \o«m³ XpS§pw. Bh iyapÅ A£c¯n\p apIfn Xe hcpt¼mÄ Nm« AhÀ {]tXyI coXnbn Nen¸nçw. A t¸mÄ IpXnc B A£c¯n aq¡v kv]Àin çw. A§s\ Hs¶m¶mbn BhiyapÅ A £c§fnseÃmw kv]Àin¨pIgnbpt¼mÄ Ah cpsS \nÀt±ia\pkcn¨pXs¶ IpXnc amdn\n çw. hfsc\mfs¯ ]cnioe\w sIm­mWv an knkv t^m­m IpXncsb Cu hnZy ]cnioen ¸n¨sXì hyIvXamWv. “Ir{Xna¡mcnbmb Cu kv{XobptSbpw ]cn ioe\w kn²n¨ AhcpsS IpXncbptSbpw kq {Xw a\knem¡m³ Uyq¡v bqWnthgvknän Ip«n¨m¯³

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bnse a\ximkv{Xhn`mK¯nsâ Xeh\mb hn eyw aIv UuKmfn\pw IgnbmsX t]mbXn F\n¡v AZv`pXanÃ. F¶m Pohimkv{Xw ]Tn¨ tUmIvSÀ sP._n. ssd\v, IpXncbpsS I ®pIÄ XebpsS hi¯mbncp¶XpsIm­v ]p dIn \Sç¶ kw`h§fpw ImWm³ Ignbp sa¶v HmÀ½n¡m³ km[n¡mXncp¶Xn AZv`p Xw tXmìì.” s{]m^kÀ tPm¬ kv¡mÀs\bpsS teJ\w shfnbn h¶tXmsS teUoh­À F¶ IpXn cbpsS sSen¸XnIv iIvXn Ahkm\n¨p. ]t£, AXn\pap¼pXs¶ anknkv t^m­m Pohn ¡m³ BhiyapÅXp k¼mZn¨p Ignªn cpì.

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26 BZy`mcybpsS t{]Xw 1963 Unkw_À amk¯nse XWp¸pÅ Hcp cm{Xn. Rm³ aqSn¸pX¨v Dd§pIbmWv. ]«n bpsS \ndp¯msXbpÅ Ipc tI«mWv Dd¡w sXfnªXv. tKän Btcm X«nhnfnç¶Xp tI«v Rm³ Fgpt¶äp sNì.

“F´mWv?”- tKäp Xpd¡msX Rm³ hcm´ bn \nìsIm­p Xs¶ tNmZn¨p.

“R§Ä A§sb ImWm³ h¶XmWv.”]pd¯p\n¶v HcmÄ ]dªp.

“F´mWv Imcyw?”- Rm³ Xnc¡n.

“Fsâ `mcysb Hcp t{]Xw _m[n¨ncnç ì.”- AbmÄ Zb\obamb i_vZ¯n ]d Ip«n¨m¯³

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ªp. “A§v R§fpsS hoSphsc Hìhc Ww. Rm³ tKäp Xpd¶v Ahsc hcm´bnte¡v £Wn¨p. AXnsâ hniZmwi§Ä AhÀ ]d ªp. t{]Xw _m[n¨n«pÅ kv{Xo At¸mÄ G gp Ip«nIfpsS A½bmbncpì. F«masXmcp Ip«nsb AhÄ KÀ`w [cn¨ncnçIbmWv. A bmfpsS c­mw hnhml¯nepÅ `mcybmWXv. c­pIp«nIfpÅt¸mÄ BZy`mcy acn¨p. B `mcybpsS t{]XamWv Ct¸mgs¯ `mcysb _m [n¨ncnç¶Xv. cm{Xn hfscbmbXpsIm­v At¸mÄ tcmKn sb ]cntim[n¡m³ kuIcyansÃìw cmhnse AhscbpwsIm­v hcm\pw Rm³ \nÀt±in¨p.

AX\pkcn¨v cmhnse F«caWn¡v AhÀ t{] Xw _m[n¨ kv{Xotbbpw sIm­phì. c­pt]À B kv{Xosb _eambn ]nSn¨ncp ì. AhcpsS ]nSnbnÂ\n¶v IpXdnamdm³ {ian çIbpw ]ndp]ndpçIbpw sNbvXpsIm­ncp ¶ B kv{Xo ImgvN¡mÀ¡v Hcp IuXpIambn Ip«n¨m¯³

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cpì. [mcmfamfpIÄ Cu _lfw I­psIm ­v HmSn¡qSn. Rm³ Ahcn Hcp¯tcbpw sKbnän\I¯p IS¡m³ A\phZn¨nÃ.

Rm³ Ipª½sb hnfn¨v Hcp apdn Hgn¨n Sm³ ]dªp. Hcp knKcäptIkpw \ofapÅ Hcp NcSpwIqSn IcpXns¡mÅWsaìw Rm³ \nÀt±in¨p. Cu kaba{Xbpw tcmKnbpw BÄ ¡mcpw Fsâ hoSnsâ hcm´bnembncpì. tcmKn D¨¯n i]n¡m\pw IqSpX _lfw hbv¡m\pw Bcw`n¨p. apdn Xbmdm¡Â c­p aqì an\näpsIm­v Ignªp. R§Ä tcmKn sb AIs¯ apdnbnteç amän. AhnsS Hcp I«nen Ahsc Ccp¯n. Ipª½ t\cs¯ IcpXnbncp¶ NcSnsâ Hcäw t{]Xw _m[n¨n cp¶ kv{XobpsS ssIbn sI«n. atäbäw tai ¸pd¯p h¨ncp¶ Hgnª knKcäptIkn\p Ånepw _Ôn¨p.

“Cu NcSphgn t{]Xs¯ Cu knKcäptIkn te¡v Rm³ amäm³ t]mhpIbmWv.”- Rm³ Ip«n¨m¯³

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]dªp. “]ns¶ Hcn¡epw Cu kv{Xosb D] {Zhn¡m³ AXn\p IgnbpIbnÃ.”

“Fs¶¦nepw IqSn\p ]pd¯nd§pt¼mÄ Rm³ Chsc ]nSnçw.”- t{]Xsa¶ a«n tcm Knbmb kv{Xo ]dªp.

“CÃ, AXp km[nçIbnÃ. Cu knKcäp tIknem¡n \ns¶ hfsc Zqsc Rm³ aebm bnte¡v Abçw. kntem¬ Zzo]n Ds­ ¦n am{Xta Chsc _m[n¡m³ \n\ç Ign bq.”

C{Xbpw ]dªp IgnªXn\ptijw Rm³ ]nimNns\ Hgnç¶Xn\p Nne a{´§Ä sNm Ãn. sNdp¸¯n tIcf¯n h¨p ]Tn¨n«pÅ Nne aebmfw ]m«pIfmbncpì Fsâ a{´ §Ä. Rm³ Ip©³\¼ymcpsS XpÅÂ]m«p Ifpw aäpw ]mSpt¼mÄ B a{´iIvXnsIm­v t{]Xw _m[n¨ kv{Xo sRfnbpIbpw ]ncnbp Ibpw sNbvXpsIm­ncpì. Rm³ AhcpsS s\änbn AaÀ¯n¸nSn¨t¸mÄ AhÀ im´ bmbn.

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“Cu NcSphgn B Iq«nteç amdpI.”Rm³ t{]Xt¯mSv ]dªp. “Hcp \nanj¯n\p Ån hn«pamdWw.” Rm³ \ni_vZ\mbn \nì. tcmKn At¸mÄ XfÀì InSç Ibmbncpì. s]s«ì NcSp h en¨p. ASp¯ \nanjw B kv{XobpsS apJ¯v Hcp im´X ImWs¸«p.

Rm³ Ipª½tbmSv Hcp Xos¸«n sIm­p hcm³ ]dªp. AhÀ s]s«¶v Xos¸«nbpam sb¯n. Rm³ Xos¸«nt¡mepc¨v kv{XobpsS ssIbn sI«nbncp¶ NcSnsâ \Sp`mKw I ¯n¨p. knKcäptIkpambpÅ _Ôw Aäpho Wt¸mÄ Rm³ ]dªp: “Cu IqSn\pÅnepÅ t{]X¯n\v C\nbpw AhfpsS icoc¯nteç aS§nhcm³ \nhr ¯nbnÃ. Rm³ B IqSv ap{Zh¨v AXns\ ae bmbnte¡v Abçw.” tcmKn Hìw kw`hn¡m¯ a«n \mW t¯msS Fgpt¶äp. Znhk§tfmfw Blmcw Ip«n¨m¯³

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Ign¡msX £oWn¨ncp¶ AhÀ¡v Rm³ c­p aÄ«nsshäan³ KpfnIIÄ sImSp¯p. C \n Hcn¡epw t{]X_m[ D­mhpIbnsöpw Rm³ ]dªp. Cu kw`hw Ignªn«vv GXm ­v A©phÀjambn. ]n¶oSv B kv{Xo¡v Hcn ¡epw t{]X_m[ D­mbn«nÃ.

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27 ]nimNnsâ t{]ateJ\§Ä 1962 Pq¬ 1þ\p cmhnse Im¸n Ign¨v Rm³ ho«nsâ ap¼n h¶ncpì. {]`mX]{X§Ä Hmtcm¶mbn FSp¯pt\m¡n. A´m cmjv{Sob {][m\yapÅ hmÀ¯IsfmìanÃmXncp¶Xp sIm­v Rm³ Aekambn t]PpIÄ adn¨p. A t¸mgmWv Hcp t]Pn hfsc {]m[m\yw sImSp ¯p tNÀ¯ncp¶ Hcp hmÀ¯ {i²bn s]«Xv. ‘]nimNv s]¬Ip«n¡v t{]ateJ\§Ä Abçì’ F¶mbncpì henb A£c¯n Xes¡«v. Rm\Xv {i²m]qÀhw hmbn¨p. ZoÀ Lamb B hmÀ¯bpsS Npcp¡w Xmsg tNÀ çì: Ip«n¨m¯³

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_pem¯n kn³lf t]meokv kvtäjsâ A XnÀ¯nbnÂs¸« sd«nbmf F¶ Øe¯v Un. ]n. A¸plman F¶ BfpsS ho«nemWv kw` hw \Sç¶Xv. `mcy, aq¶v B¬a¡Ä, c­p s]¬a¡Ä C{Xbpw t]cmWv Krl\mYs\ Iq SmsX B ho«nepÅXv. CXn ]Xn\mdp hb kpÅ ambt\mW F¶ s]¬Ip«n¡mWv {] WbteJ\§Ä In«p¶Xv. hnhcadnªv AX t\zjn¡m³sN¶ ]{X{]hÀ¯Isâ t\sc Hcp sN¯pI¯n Nodns¨ì. Hcp P\egnbn B I¯n X«nbXpsIm­v At±lw c£s]«p.

Npcp«n¡q«nb Hcp I¯pw At±l¯nsâ ]pd In hoWp. Cu ]nimNns\ Hgn¡m³ IämUn bamÀ {ian¨n«pw km[n¨nÃ. ASp¯Ime¯v AXnsâ D]{Zh§Ä ASn¡Sn hÀ²n¨phcnI bmWv. 1962 P\phcnbnemWv B ho«n ]nimNnsâ D]{Zhw XpS§nbXv. AXv BZyw Aeamcbn \nì Ipsd ]Ww A]lcn¨p. Ipd¨p Znhk §Ä Ignªt¸mÄ ItÃdp XpS§n. Itkc Ifpw taiIfpw adn¨nSpI, ]m{Xw s]m«nçI, Ip«n¨m¯³

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`n¯nbn Nn{X§Ä hcbvçI XpS§nb i ey§Ä A[nIw XmaknbmsX Bcw`n¨p. CXn \nsS Hcp Znhkw Cu ]nimNv AhcpsS tdj³ ImÀsUSp¯v Iodn¡fªp. AXpsIm­p {] Xnhmctdj³ hm§m³ \nhr¯nbnÃmsX A hÀ hnjançIbmWv. aäp Nne AZv`pX§fpw Cu ]nimNv sN¿pI bp­mbn. cmPys¯Ãmw aXvky¯n\v £maap ­mbncp¶ kab¯v \à ‘IchmfIcy’ ao³ Cu ho«n ImWs¸«p. ]t£, Bcpw AsX Sp¯v Idnh¨nÃ. ASp¸¯v Acnbn«m ]e t¸mgpw tNmdv hfsc¡qSpX ImWpw. Nne kab§fn GtXm AZriyIc§Ä XhnsbSp ¯p tNmdp hnf¼p¶Xv I­n«ps­¶v anknkv A¸plman ]dbpì. ]m{X¯nÂ\n¶v tNmdv DbÀ¶v GtXm AZriyamb hmbn adbp¶ A\p`hw AhÀç­mbn«p­s{X. ho«n hcp ¶ AXnYnIÄ¡v AZv`pXIcamb hn[¯n Hmd©v, tkmU, knKcäv XpS§nbh \ÂIm³ hsc Cu ]nimNv Xbmdmbn. B hI km[\ §Ä AXnYnIfpsS ASpt¯¡v Dcp­phcp¶ Ip«n¨m¯³

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Xmbn«mWv ImWs¸SmdpÅXv. ]t£, Ah FhnsS\n¶mWv hcp¶sX¶v Hcp¯cpw I­n «nÃ.

A¸plmanbpsS aIÄ ambt\mWbv¡v {]W bteJ\§Ä sImSpç¶Xpw C§s\ Xs¶ bmWv. I¯pIÄ an¡t¸mgpw AhfpsS ASp ¯phì hogpIbmWv ]Xnhv. Nnet¸mÄ Xebn WbpsS Iosg\nìw I¯pIÄ In«pw. Hcn¡Â Cu s]¬Ip«n¡v kpJanÃmsX h¶t¸mÄ ]e amXncn BbpÀthZacpìIÄ ]nimNv Ahfp sS ASp¯p sIm­phì h¨p. ]t£, AhÄ AsXmìw D]tbmKn¨nÃ. Hähcbn« FIvkÀ sskkv ]pkvXI¯nsâ XmfpIfnemWv {]W bteJ\§sfÃmw FgpXs¸«ncp¶Xv. Knwlf `mjbnemWv FgpXnbncp¶sX¦nepw hmbn ¡m³ hfsc _p²nap«mbncpì. Nne I¯p Ifn Ip«nIÄ hc¨Xpt]mepÅ Nn{X§fpw ImWs¸«p. Hcn¡Â Hcp ]{X{]hÀ¯I\pw C¯c¯nsemcp I¯pIn«n. Hcp apdnbnÂ\n ìw asämcp apdnbnte¡v Hcp Sn³ ]uUÀ X\n sb ]dìt]mIp¶Xpw Hcp ]m{Xw ]©kmc Ip«n¨m¯³

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Xdbn hnXdp¶Xpw At±lw I­p. Cu ]{X{]hÀ¯Isâ _mKnÂ\nìw GXm\pw ^vfmjv _Ä_pIÄ ]nimNv tamjvSnçIbpw sNbvXp. Cu ho«nse ItkcIfpw aäp]IcW §fpw Nnet¸mÄ ]nimNv FSp¯psIm­p t]m Ipw. Ab ]¡s¯ Nne ho«p]IcW§Ä AhnsS sIm­ph¶nSmdp­v. cm{XnbnÂt¸m epw sskzcyambn AhnsS InSìd§m³ ]nim Nv A\phZn¡mdnÃ. AI¯p\n¶S¨ncnç¶ hmXn Nnet¸mÄ kzbw Xpd¡s¸Spw. Bfp Isf Nnet¸mÄ ]pdt¯¡v hen¨ngbvçw. Hcp cm{Xnbn Cu ]nimNv A¸plmanbpsS `mcy bpsS ap¼n {]Xy£s¸«v Ahsc apät¯ç hnfn¨p. AhÀ apä¯p sN¶t¸mÄ AXv A{] Xy£ambn. Dd§n¡nSç¶hcpsS Igp¯n\p t\sc I¯ntbm aqÀ¨bpÅ Bbp[§tfm Nn et¸mÄ h¨ncnç¶Xv ImWmw. IämUnbamÀ h¶v a{´hmZw \S¯nbn«v aqì Znhkt¯¡v Cu D]{Zhw \nì. ]t£, \memw Znhkw AXp ho­pw Bcw`n¨p.

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Cu hmÀ¯ hmbn¨t¸mįs¶ AXv kvIn tkmt{^\nb (Schizophrenia) F¶ at\mtcmKw _m[n¨ BcptStbm ]WnbmsW¶v F\nç tXm¶n. hnImchnNmc§fpw {]hr¯nbpw X½n epÅ _Ôw \ne\ndp¯m³ Ignbm¯ Hcp Xcw {`m´amb a\xØnXn¡mWv kvIntkmt{^ \nb Fì ]dbp¶Xv. GXmbmepw Cu kw`h hpambn _Ôs¸« ]{X{]Xn\n[nsb I­p]n Sn¨v hnhcw Xncç¶Xn\v Rm³ \nivNbn¨p. ]ntä Znhkw Xs¶ At±ls¯ I­v hnhc §Ä Xnc¡n. ]{X¯n h¶Xn¡qSpX hn hc§sfmìw At±l¯nÂ\nì In«nbnÃ. F -¦nepw FsâIqsS C¡mcy¯n At\zjWw \S¯m³ hcmsa¶v At±lw k½Xn¨p.

Pq¬ A©mwXobXn Cu tIkv At\zjnç hm³ Rm³ ]pds¸«p. sImfwt_mbnÂ\nì ap¸¯naqì ssa AIeap­v sd«nbmfbnte ¡v. c­p ]{X{]hÀ¯Icpw Hcp t^mt«m{Km ^dpw Fsâ ]Xv\nbpsam¯v Fsâ Imdnembn cpì bm{X. D¨Ignªv aqìaWntbmSpIqSn R§Ä Øes¯¯n.

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R§Ä sNÃpt¼mÄ GXm­v ap¶qtdmfw BfpIÄ AhnsS Npän \nÂçì­mbncpì.

Rm³ BZyambn, c­p ]d¼n\v ]pd¯nd§n \n¡Wsa¶v BfpItfmSv At]£n¨p. A¸p lmanbpsS IpSpw_¯nepÅhtcmSv ho«n\p Ån Xs¶ \nìsImÅm³ ]dªp. BfpIÄ hfsc klIcW_p²ntbmSpIqSn Fs¶ A \pkcn¨p. AXp Ignªv Rm³ IpSpw_mwK §sfsbÃmw ]cnNbs¸«p. “\n§fn Hmtcmcp¯tcmSpw Häbvs¡mä bvç kwkmcn¡Wsa¶v F\n¡m{Klap­v.”Rm³ ]dªp. “apä¯pÅ B sX§nsâ XW en Rm³ Ccn¡mw. {]mbapdbv¡v Hmtcmcp ¯À At§m«p hcWw.” “icn, A§s\ sN¿mw.” A¸plman ]d ªp. R§Ä¡ncn¡m\pÅ Itkcbpw aäpw At±lw sX§nsâ XWen sIm­p h¶n«p.

Rm³ Ipª½sb hnfn¨psIm­v AhnsS sN ¶ncpì. A¸plman apX B IpSpw_¯nep Ip«n¨m¯³

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Å FÃm BfpItfmSpw Rm³ kwkmcn¨p.

Ipª½ AsXÃmw Ipdns¨Sp¯p.

B IpSpw_¯nsâ Ncn{Xw, IpSpw_Iel §Ä, i{Xp¡Ä, InSaXvkc§Ä, hyIvXn{] iv\§Äþ A§s\ ]eXpw Rm³ tNmZn¨p.

Iq«¯n Cu ]nimNp_m[bpsS hnhc§fpw tiJcn¨p. Hmtcmcp¯cpw t\cn«p I­n«pÅ hnhc§fÃmsX ]dªptI« hnhc§Ä ]d bm³ Rm³ Btcbpw A\phZn¨nÃ. AZriy Ic§Ä Blmcw Ign-ç¶tXm tai, Itkc XpS§nb km[\§Ä amäs¸«tXm AXnYnIÄ ¡v Hmd©v, knKcäv XpS§nbh hnXcWw sNbv XtXm Bb IYIÄ Ahcmcpw ]dªnÃ. ]nimNv FgpXnsbì ]dbp¶ t{]ateJ\ s¯¸än BZyta F\nç kwibap­mbncp ì. IpSpw_mwK§fn Hmtcmcp¯scs¡m ­pw Hmtcm ISemkn Rm³ AhcpsS ssI¸ Sbn Nne hmIy§Ä FgpXn hm§n¨p. A Xn HcmÄ¡v A£cm`ymkw D­mbncp¶nÃ.

F¦nepw knwlfen]nIÄ hnIrXambn FgpXp Ip«n¨m¯³

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hm³ Ignªncpì. ]t£, GsX¦nepw AÀ° apÅ hmIytam, hmçIÄ Xs¶tbm AXn D­mbncp¶nÃ. skt\mt¥mknb F¶dnbs¸ Sp¶ HcpXcw am\knI hn{`m´n _m[n¨ Bfp IÄ, X§Ä¡dnªpIqSm¯ `mjIfn Fgp Xmt\m hmbn¡mt\m {ian¡mdp­v þ Ht¶m ct­m hmçItfm, Hcp hmIyiIetam. A¯ c¡mÀ ]dbp¶Xpw FgpXp¶Xpw \nehnencp ¶tXm \nehnencnç¶tXm Bb Hcp `mjbp asÃì ImWmw. A¸plmanbpsS a¡Äç In «nb {]WbteJ\§fpw C¯c¯nÂs]«h bmbncpì. Cu ]cntim[\bnÂ\nì {]Wb teJ\§Ä FgpXnb Bsf F\nç a\kn embn. “taen CXmhÀ¯n¡cpXv.”- Rm³ B BtfmSv ]dªp. “C\n Hcn¡ÂIqSn CXp kw`hn¨m Rm³ hnhcw aäpÅhtcmSp ]d bpw.”

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“C\n Hcn¡epw Rm\§s\ sN¿nÃ.”- B BÄ F\nç hmç Xì. “Cu ho«nepÅ aäm tcmSpw CXp ]dbcpXv.” “CÃ.” Rm³ k½Xn¨p.

Cu At\zjW¯n\v GXm­v aqì aWn ¡qÀ kabw FSp¯p. A{Xbpw t\cw A£a cmbn thenç ]pd¯p\n¶ncp¶ P\§sf Rm³ AI¯p hnfn¨p. Ipg¸w hcp¯nh¨ B tfmSp sNbvX {]XnÚ A\pkcn¨v kw`h ¯nsâ hniZmwi§fnteç IS¡msX Rm³ C§s\ ]dªp: “imkv{Xob amÀK¯neqsS ]nimNp_m[ Rm³ Ahkm\n¸n ¨ncnçì. C\n Cu ho «n Ipg¸ap­mhpIbnÃ. C¯cw Imcy§ fn IämUnbamcpsS a{´hmZw sIms­mìw {]tbmP\ ap­mImdnÃ.”

A¸plmanbpsS aq¯ ]p{X³ tUmfnkv kn Mvsl R§Ä sNbvX D]Imc¯n\p \µn ]d Ip«n¨m¯³

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ªp. AhÀ \ÂInb eLp`£Ww Ign¨v R §Ä kt´mjt¯msS aS§n. \me©p Znhkw Ignªv Rm³ Fsâ ho«n se hcm´bn hn{ian¨psIm­ncnçt¼mÄ Hcp ImÀ \ndsb BfpIÄ apä¯p h¶nd§n.

ImÀ \ndp¯nb DSs\ c­pt]À Hcp kv{Xosb AXn \nì _eambn ]nSn¨nd¡n. B kv{Xo bpsS XeapSn Nn¶n¨nXdn¡nS¡pIbmWv. ]nSn hnSphn¨v B kv{Xo HmSm³ {iançì. Cu _lfw I­v Rm³ Cd§ns¨ì. A¸plman bpsS `mcy anknt\mWbmbncpì _lfwIq«p ¶ kv{Xo. aIÄ ambt\mWbpw aI³ tUm fnkv knMvslbpwIqSn Ahsc _eambn ]nSn¨v hcm´bnteç sIm­phì. B kv{Xo icocw IpSbpIbpw Xe IdçIbpw _lfwIq«p Ibpw sNbvXpsIm­ncpì. GXm\pw an\näp IÄçtijw AhÀ t_m[wsI«p hoWp. “kÀ, A§v R§fpsS ho«nse ]nimNp_m [ Ffp¸¯n Ahkm\n¸n¨p.”- tUmfnkv knMvsl ]dªp. “AXn ]ns¶ AhnsS Hcp Ip«n¨m¯³

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D]{Zhhpw D­mbn«nÃ. ]t£, B ]nimNv C t¸mgpw R§fpsS ho«n¯s¶bp­v. C¶se AXp R§fpsS A½sb _m[n¨p.”

C{Xbpw tI«t¸mÄ F\nç Imcyw hyIvX ambn. Rm³ ambt\mWsb ASp¯phnfn¨p ]dªp: “\n\ç Rm³ X¶ hmKvZm\w ewLn ¡msX \nhr¯nbnÃ. \nsâ A½sb c£n ¡m³ AXp am{XamWv amÀKw. Ignª \mep amk¡me¯n\pÅn \n§fpsS ho«n \S¶ kw`h§fpsS bmYmÀ°yw Ahsc ]dªp t_m[ys¸Sp¯nbmte Cu Ipg¸w Ahkm\n çIbpÅq. AXv A½tbmSp ]dbp¶Xn \n\¡v hntcm[ap­mhpIbnsÃì IcpXpì.”

AXp ]dbm³ ambt\mW A\phZn¨p. Ipsd Ignªt¸mÄ anknt\mW DWÀì. AhcpsS am\knI\ne GXm­v t\scbmsbì tXm¶n bt¸mÄ Rm³ im´ambn AhtcmSv hnhc §Ä ]dªp. at\mtcmKw sIm­mWv Ahcp sS aIÄ ambt\mW Ir{Xnaambn Hcp ]nimNp _m[ krjvSn¨sXìw `mhnbn AXp­mhp Ip«n¨m¯³

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IbnsÃìw A¡mcy¯n AhÀ F´psN¿ Wsaìw Rm\hÀ¡v D]tZiw \ÂIn. hfsc kt´mjt¯msSbmWv AhÀ Xncn¨pt]mbXv. anknt\mWbv¡v F§s\bmWv ]nimNp_m [bp­mbsXì hmb\¡mÀ¡v kwibw tXm ¶mw. km[mcWbmbn IämUnbamÀ ]nimNp ¡sf Hgnçt¼mÄ ASp¯ ac¯ntet¡m GsX¦nepw arK¯ntet¡m t]mIm³ Ah tbmSv \nÀt±in¡mdp­v. Cu kwKXn anknt\m WbpsS a\kn InS¶ncpì. Rm³ AhcpsS ho«nse D]{Zhw Hgn¨t¸mÄ A§s\sbmìw ]dªnÃ. AXpsIm­v ]nimNv ho«nÂXs¶bp s­¶v anknt\mW IcpXn. B hnNmc¯nsâ ^eambn, B ]nimNv AhcpsS icocs¯¯ s¶ _m[n¨Xmbn AhÀç tXm¶n. A§s\ bp­mb am\knIhn{`m´nbmbncpì AhcpsS tcmKw. kXyw a\knembt¸mÄ AhcpsS am\ knI\ne icnbmhpIbpw sNbvXp.

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