BMH Connect Second Issue

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Short story competition - Malayalam
2 nd Prize
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AhtfmSv-- D­mbncpnÃ. sNdp¸w apXÂ AhÄs¡pw AbmÄ A]cnNnX\mbncpp. A½bpw
Xm\pw am{XapÅ Hcp temIt¯¡v £Wn¡s]SmsX B{Kln¡s¸SmsX ISp hcp HcmÄ.
B Znhkhpw s]s«pÅ AbmfpsS hchv Ahsf AkzØbm¡n. Iuamc¯nsâ \mfpIÄ
Imev]\nIXbpsS temI¯n BkzZn¡p B ]Xn\mdpImcn¡v PohnX¯nsâ \Ã
\mfpIsfÃmw aWemcWy¯n hnbÀs¸mgp¡n IpSpw_¯n\p th­n Iãs¸Sp kz´w
]nXmhnsâ D¯chmZn¯¯nsâ tNmZywsN¿epIÄ AkzØX Dfhm¡n.
Apw AbmÄ AhfpsS Imcy¯n thhemXns¸«p. Hcp k-vIqÄ Ip«nbpsSXmb \njvIf¦Xt¡m
Ipdp¼pIÄt¡m A¸pdw Fs´Ãmtam t\Snsbtm Adnbmsatm DÅ Al¦mc¯nsâ
`mhambncpp AhÄ¡v. Iq«pImtcmtSm¸apÅ kab§fpw k-vIqfnses¡pw ]dªv
FhnsSsbms¡tbm Npän¡d§p ]IepIfpambncpp AhfpsS ImgvN¸mSn B\µw. F´pw
]dªv Ifn¸n¡mhp Hcp Ifn¸mhbmbncpp AhÄ¡v A½. AÑ\mIs« hÃt¸mgpw hcmdpÅ
Hcp hncppImc\pw.
kabw Ignªn«pw AhÄ Xncns¨¯nbnà Av ho«nÂ. At\zjn¨nd§nb AbmfpsS ssIImepIÄ
hndbv¡m³ XpS§n. ]Iens\ cmhnsâ \ng hngp§nbt¸mgpw AhÄ ho«nse¯nbnÃ. Av
k-vIqfn sNn«nÃ, FhnsSsb D¯cw BÀ¡pw \ÂIm\pambnÃ.
]nXmhnsâ CSdp ]mZ§fpw \ndª angnIfpw BIpes¸« a\Êpw B cmhn hn§embv
\nesIm­p. aIsf ImWmXmsbmcp ]nXmhnsâ thZ\ B cm{Xnbn agbmbn s]bvXnd§n.
Fpw AbmtfmSv AhÄ HcI¨tbmsS am{XamWv s]cpamdnbXv. AhfpsS ImgvN¸mSnÂ
A½sbbpw Xsbpw Hä¡m¡n FhnsStbm kpJtemep]XbpsS aSn¯«n Bekys¸«p
Ignbpsmcmfmbncpp AbmÄ. Fpw Xs Häbv¡m¡p HcmÄ am{Xw. FmÂ
Np«ps]mÅp shbnenepw Iã¸mSpIÄ¡nSbnepw Ign¨p Iq«nb kl\¯nsâ AbmfpsS
]Ie´nIÄ AhÄ¡v A\yambncpp. Fpw AhfpsS IfnNncnIÄ kz]v\w I­pd§nb
B ]nXmhv As¯ cm{Xn Dd§nbnÃ.
aIfpsS Xntcm[m\w ]{X§Ä BtLmjam¡n. ImWmXmb ]Xn\mdpImcnsb¡pdn¨v IYIÄ
]eXpw hp. ImapI\pambn Hfnt¨mSnsbpw Imashdnbcm B{Ian¡s¸s«psaÃmw IYIÄ
Nabv¡s¸«p. At\zjW§Ä ]ptcmKan¡th tNmZywsN¿epIÄ ]nXmhntebv¡pw hncÂNq­n.
aIfpsS ImWmXmIepambv ]nXmhn\v _Ôaps­ hmZ§Ä kaImeo\ hmÀ¯IfpsS
ASnØm\¯n kaqlw GsäSp¯p. HSphn sXfnhpIfnÃmsX B ]Xn\mdpImcnbpsS icocw
Agp¡pNmen \nv- In«nbt¸mgpw IpähmfnIfpsS kwib¸«nIbn B ]nXmhnsâ t]cpw
FgpXnt¨À¡s¸«p. Ipämtcm]nX\mb ]nXmhnsâ ZpJhpw AbmfpsS Iã¸mSpIsft¸mse
ASn¨aÀ¯s¸«p. At\zjW§Ä ]ptcmKan¡th kz´w aIfpsS acW¯n kwibn¡s¸«
B ]nXmhv aIfpsS thÀ]mSnsâ ZpxJw DÅnsemXp¡n GIm´XbpsS, acW¯nsâ
temIt¯¡v bm{Xbmbn. AbmfpsS acWhpw hmÀ¯bmbn. Ipät_m[¯m PohXymKw
sNbvX IpähmfnbpsS BßlXysb t]cnÂ.
aIfpsS PohnXw kz]v\w I­, AXn\mbn kzbw adv Iãs¸« AbmfpsS XymKw \ndª Zn\§Ä
Bcmepw kvacn¡s¸«nÃ. kz´w aIÄt]mepw AXv Xncn¨dnbmsX bm{Xbmbn. aIfpsS \ã¯nÂ
a\w s\m´v PohXymKw sNbvX B ]nXmhnsâ a\kns\ kaqlhpw tNmZyw sNbvXp. ImamÀ°nbpsS
Ipät_m[tam F t]cnÂ.
FÃmhcmepw ASn¨aÀ¯s¸«v B ]nXmhnsâ s\m¼c§Ä shdpw KZvKZ§fmbv
AhnsSsb§pw amsämen sIm­p.