ABERRATION [Film Technology]

­­­­­­ABERRATION 

[Film Technology]

Light inter-reflecting between the various individual lenses in a camera lens system, resulting in reduced image contrast [image contrast]and spurious light patches, veiling etc. considerably reduced by surface coating of lenses ,and by electronic flare correction circuits. In video. If open up a lens fully [maximum aperture] for minimum depth of field or when shooting under low light conditions, picture definition and tonal clarity may deteriorate as various defects appear [flare/aberrations]. Another name is flare. Geometrical optics predicts that rays of light emanating from a point are imaged by spherical optical elements as a small blur. The outer parts of a spherical surface have a focal length different from that of the central area, and this defect causes a point to be imaged as a small circle. The difference in focal length for the various parts of the spherical section is called spherical aberration. If, instead of being a portion of a sphere, a concave mirror is a section of a paraboloid (see Parabola) of revolution, parallel rays incident on all areas of the surface are reflected to a point without spherical aberration. Combinations of convex lenses and concave lenses can help to correct spherical aberration, but this defect cannot be eliminated from a single spherical lens for a real object and image. The result of differences in lateral magnification for rays coming from an object point not on the optic axis is an effect called coma. [Coma is a lens aberration where by rays from different sections of the lens meet at different points. This can be corrected by using a compound lens with different elements of different types of glass. ]If coma is present, light from a point is spread out into a family of circles that fit into a cone, and in a plane perpendicular to the optic axis the image pattern is comet-shaped. Coma may be eliminated for a single object-image point pair, but not for all such points, by a suitable choice of surfaces. Corresponding, or conjugate, object points and image points, free from both spherical aberration and coma, are known as aplanatic points, and a lens having such a pair of points is called an aplanatic lens. Astigmatism is the defect in which the light coming from an off-axis object point is spread along the direction of the optic axis. If the object is a vertical line, the cross section of the refracted beam at successively greater distances from the lens is an ellipse that collapses first into a horizontal line, spreads out again, and later becomes a vertical line. If, for a flat object, the surface of best focus is curved, the situation is described as curvature of field. Distortion arises from a variation of magnification with axial distance and is not caused by a lack of sharpness in the image. Because the index of refraction varies with wavelength, the focal length of a lens also varies and causes longitudinal or axial chromatic aberration. Each wavelength forms an image of a slightly different size, giving rise to what is known as lateral chromatic aberration. Combinations of converging and diverging lenses, and of components made of glasses with different dispersions, help to minimize chromatic aberration. Mirrors are free of this defect. In general, achromatic lens combinations are corrected for chromatic aberration for two or three colours.

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ABEL GANCE [Film Technology]

ABEL GANCE

[Film Technology]

Although Abel Gance, as early as 1927, used the Polyvision process to expand, by triptych, the screen image to three times its normal size, and American companies experimented with wider film gauges in the late 1920s, it was not until 1952, with This is Cinerama, that wide-screen again attracted the film industry’s attention. Gance, Abel (1889-1981), French film director, who was profoundly influential, both as an innovator and as a technician, in the field of film-making. Born in Paris, Gance was attracted initially to the theatre (he was an admirer of Sarah Bernhardt). A self-taught man of genius, he quickly took to writing scenarios and making films, and his early creations, such as Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowful Mother, 1917; remade in 1932) and La Dixième Symphonie (Tenth Symphony, 1918), are characterized by a delirious imagination and exceptional visual perception. He took the revolutionary use of montage introduced by D. W. Griffith and pushed it to extreme limits in J'Accuse (1918; I Accuse), which was remade in 1937, and in the powerful and melodramatic La Roue (The Wheel, 1922). On the latter, he was credited with raising cinema to the status of an art form. Gance was a far-reaching pioneer: he invented new filmic techniques, such as mounting the camera on a sledge or a horse, [sledge camera mounting, horse camera mounting]the use of multiple superimpositions, rapid cutting, and the triple screen (a forerunner of the wide-screen format). He also predicted the introduction of sound. His most celebrated film is the full-length lyrical silent epic, Napoléon Vu par Abel Gance (Napoleon as Seen by Abel Gance, 1927). In 1980 Francis Ford Coppola presented the newly rediscovered film with accompaniment by a 60-piece orchestra, and it is now regularly screened to capacity audiences. Gance's later films included La Tour de Nesle (The Tower of Nesle, 1954), and Austerlitz (1960; The Battle of Austerlitz), but they met with little success. His last years were marred by disillusionment, and he died almost forgotten by the French cinema industry to which he had contributed so much. Gance was, however, made an Officier of the Légion d'Honneur, a Commandeur of the Ordre National du Mérite, and an Officier des Arts et des Lettres. He took the revolutionary use of montage introduced by D. W. Griffith and pushed it to extreme limits in J'Accuse (1918; I Accuse), which was remade in 1937, and in the powerful and melodramatic La Roue (The Wheel, 1922). On the latter, he was credited with raising cinema to the status of an art form. Gance was a far-reaching pioneer: he invented new filmic techniques, such as mounting the camera on a sledge or a horse, the use of multiple superimpositions, rapid cutting, and the triple screen (a forerunner of the wide-screen format). He also predicted the introduction of sound. His most celebrated film is the full-length lyrical silent epic, Napoléon Vu par Abel Gance (Napoleon as Seen by Abel Gance, 1927). In 1980 Francis Ford Coppola presented the newly rediscovered film with accompaniment by a 60-piece orchestra, and it is now regularly screened to capacity audiences.

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Njan Enna Mahaan Short Story

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Rm³ Fsâ At\z-jWw XpS-§n-bn«v Zi-I-§Ä A[n-I-am-bn. Ignª \qäm-­n HcmÄ kXys¯ At\z-jn¨v ]co-£-W-§Ä \S-¯n-bn-«p-s­¶v Ah-Im-i-s¸«v ]pkvX-I-sa-gp-Xn-bn-«p-­v. ]co-£-W-^-e-ambn Is­-¯nb kXy-§Ä A\n-tj-[y-§-fm-sW¶v At±lhpw \ntj-[y-§-fm-Wm¶v Rm\pw Ah-Im-i-s¸-Sp-¶p. Fsâ At\z-j-W-§Ä At±-l-s¯-t¸se kXys¯ tXSn-b-sÃ-¦nepw  Fsâ At\z-j-W-¯nsâ al-Xz-s¯-¸än t_m[y-s¸-Sp-¯m³ A¡mcyw HmÀ½n-¸n-¨p-sh-t¶-bp-Åq.

Rm³ Hcp alm-\m-sW¶v Ct¸mÄ t_m[y-am-bn-tÃ? aämcpw ]d-ªn-sÃ-¦nepw Fsâ al-Xz-s¯-¸än Rm³ Xs¶ ]d-b-W-a-tÃm! adn-¨mWv Xm¦Ä hnNm-cn-¡p-¶-sX-¦nepw Fs¶ Hcp al-m-\mbn ImW-W-sa¶v Rm³ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-¶p. F\n-bv¡p-th­n Rm³ Xs¶ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡-W-a-tÃm. al-Xz-¯nsâ \nÀÆ-N\w tNmZn-¡-cp-Xv. F\n-¡-d-nbn-Ã. Adn-b-W-sa¶v F\nbv¡v Dt±-Èhpan-Ã. al-Xz-s¯-¡p-dn-s¨-¶Ã H¶n-s\-¡p-dn¨pw Ad-nb-W-sa¶v F\n¡v Dt±-È-an-Ã. ]s£ FÃmw Andbmw F¶v Rm³ `mhn-¡p-Ibpw \Sn-¡p-Ibpw sN¿pw. Fsâ ]c-a-Úm-\s¯ s]cp-¸n¨pw h{Io-I-cn¨pw {]I-Sn-¸n-¡p-t¼m-gpÅ `mh-\-S-\-§Ä I­v A´whnSp¶ ]mh-§-fm-WtÃm D]-Po-h-\-¯n-\pÅ Fsâ Cc-IÄ.

Rms\mcp _p²n-Po-hn-bm-sW¶v Xm¦Ä Hcn-bv¡epw ]d-bn-söv F\n-¡-dn-bmw. F¶m Rm³ ]d-bpw. ]d-bp-sa¶v am{X-aà Fs¶ _p²n-Po-hn-bmbn AwKo-I-cn-¡-W-sa¶v Rm³ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-Ibpw sN¿pw. Xm¦Ä Hcp kmZm Pohn-bm-sW¶v th­n h¶m k½-Xn-¨p-X-cp-sa-¦nepw Hcp _p²n-Po-hn-bm-sW¶v Rm³ Hcn-bv¡epw k½-Xn-¡p-I-bn-Ã. P·-\m Hcp alm\pw _p²n-Po-hn-bp-amb Rm³ F§s\ Xm¦sf AwKo-I-cn-bv¡pw? AÃ! F´n\v AwKo-I-cn-bv¡-Ww?

Hcp-]s£ Xm¦Ä Hcp ]WvUn-X-\m-bn-cn-¡mw. Xm¦fpsS Adnhv FtâXn-t\-¡mÄ Bbn-c-an-c-«n-tbm-f-sa-¦n-ep-ap-­m-bn-cn-bv¡mw. Xm¦-fpsS hnZym-`ym-k-tbm-Ky-X-IÄ Ftâ-Xn-t\-¡mÄ ]Xn-·-S§v D¶-X-§-fm-bn-cn-¡mw. F¶p IcpXn Ah-sbms¡ Rm³ AwKo-I-cn-bv¡-W-sa-¶p-t­m? (A-§-s\-sbms¡ Xs¶-bm-sW¶v F\nbv¡v Adnbmsa-¦nepw aämcpw AdnbmXncn-¡m\pw Xm¦sf AwKoI-cn¡mXncn-¡m\pw th­-sXms¡ Rm³ sNbvXn-«p-­v. Ct¸m-gpw sN¿p-¶p-ap-­v.) Xm¦-fpsS Poh-Im-cp-Wy-{]-hÀ¯-\-§fpw Zo\-Z-bm-ep-Xbpw ]e-h«w t\cn I­v t_m[y-s¸-«n-«p-Å-Xm-sW-¦nepw Xm¦Ä Hcp {Iqc\pw lo\\pw BsWt¶ Rm³ ]d-bq. (Fsâ {Iqc-Xbpw lo\-Xbpw ad¨p hbv¡m³ Gähpw \à hgn Xm¦sf A§s\ Nn{Xo-I-cn-¡p-I-bm-W-tÃm!). AXn-\m Xm¦Ä Hcp almt\m _p²n-Po-hntbm Asöpw Rm³ alm-\mb _p²n-Po-hn-bm-sW¶pw Ct¸mÄ Xm¦Ä¡p t_m[y-am-bn-¡m-Wp-a-tÃm!

Fsâ At\z-j-W-§Ä kXys¯ Is­-¯m³ th­n-bà F¶p Rm³ t\ct¯ ]d-ªp-h-tÃm. {]tXy-In¨v H¶n-t\bpw Is­-¯p-hm-\-Ã. shdptX Hc-t\z-j-Ww. At{X-bp-Åq. Fs´-¦nepw Hcp Is­-¯-en-\pÅ {ia-¯n-em-sW¶v hcp-¯-W-a-tÃm. C§-s\-bm-Ip-t¼mÄ F´n-s\-¡p-dn-¨-t\z-jn-¡p¶p F¶v Bsc-¦nepw tNmZn-¨m Xcm-Xcw t]mse F´n-s\-¡p-dn¨pw ]d-bmw. Xcm-Xcw t]mse F¶p Rm\p-t±-Èn-¨Xv, tNmZn-¡p-¶-bm-fn\v GXp hnj-b-¯n-emWv Aev]hpw AdnhnÃm-¯Xv F¶v X{´-]qÀÆw a\-Ên-em¡n B hnj-sb-s¯-¸än kwkm-cn-¡pw. aäp-Å-h-cpsS Adn-hn-Ãmbva a\-Ên-em-¡m³ Rm³ anSp-¡-\m-W-tÃm. Fsâ DÅn Ds­¶v Rm³ hniz-kn-¡p¶ A\-´-hn-im-e-amb Úm\-km-K-c-¯nsâ AeÀ¨ Rm³ Ahsc tIĸn-¡pw. AXp-tI«v H¶pw a\-Ên-em-Im¯ ]mh-§Ä Rm³ Hcp alm\pw _p²n-Po-hn-bp-am-sW¶v hnNm-cn-¨p-sIm-Åpw. (A-hÀ¡p am{X-aÃ, BÀ¡pw a\-Ên-em-¡m³ am{Xw Rm³ D­m-¡p¶ tImem-l-e-¯n H¶pw ImWn-söv F\n¡p am{Xta And-bmhq F¶mWv Fsâ hnizm-kw. B hnizm-ks¯ Bcpw adnIS-¡-cp-sX¶v Rm³ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-¶p.) Fsâ Úm\-km-K-c-¯nsâ AeÀ¨-bpsS {]Xn-[z\n Ah-cn Ah-km-\n-¡p-¶-Xn\p apt¼ Ahsc Rm³ D]-Po-h-\-¯n-\pÅ Fsâ Cc-I-fm¡n amäp-Ibpw sN¿pw.

F´mWv Xm¦Ä Btem-Nn-¡p-¶-sX¶v F\nbv¡p a\-Ên-em-bn. Xm¦-fpsS ho«n Ib-dn-h¶v CsXm-s¡-¸-d-bm³ Rm³ Bsc¶pw F´mWv Imcy-sa-¶p-atà Nn´n-¨Xv? Xm¦Ä Hcp Imcyw HmÀ¡-Ww. Xm¦Ä Hcp CcbmWv. Fsâ D]-Po-h-\-¯n-\pÅ Hcp Øncw Cc am{Xw! hÀj-§-fmbn Fsâ Hcp Cc-am-{Xw. th­..-th-­.. Ct¸mÄ t]gvkv Xpd-¡-­. [rXn-bn-Ã. X¡mew Rm³ ]d-bp-¶Xp tI«ncp¶m am{Xw aXn.

Rm³, Fsâ BZys¯ At\z-jWw \S-¯n-bXv Iptd Zi-I-§Ä¡p ap¼m-Wv. A¶v F\n¡v Ipªn-ss¡-Ifpw Ipªn-¡m-ep-I-fp-amWv D­m-bn-cp-¶-Xv. Ah-sIm­v Rm³ At\z-jWw \S-¯n-bXv A¶s¯ sIm¨p hoSnsâ ]n¶m-¼p-ds¯ a¬Np-acnsâ tImtWm-Sp-tNÀ¶ sIm¨p Ipgn-I-fn-em-bncp-¶p. B At\z-j-W-^-e-ambn Rm³ Is­-¯n-bXv ]pd-tIm«p \S-¡p¶ sNdnb Pohn-I-sf-bm-Wv. B Ipgn-bm-\-IÄ Ft¶mSp ]d-ªp:

""R§-sf-t¸mse ]pd-tIm«p \S-¡p-I. ]pd-tIm«p \S-¶m Ncn-{X-¯n-eqsS k©-cn-¡mw. Ncn-{X-¯n-eqsS \S-¶m A\m-Zn-bmb Ime-¯n-eqsS ]n¶n-tebv¡v bm{X sN¿mw. \nsâ bm{Xbpw A\m-Zn-bm-bn-cn-¡pw. A\m-Zn-bm-b-Xn-\m \nsâ bm{X A\-´-hp-am-bn-cn-¡pw.''

Rm³ P·\m _p²n-Po-hn-bpw alm-\p-am-sW-¦nepw AhÀ ]d-ª-Xnsâ s]mcpÄ F\n-¡n¶pw a\-Ên-em-bn-«n-Ã. s]mcp-f-dn-ªn-sÃ-¦nepw ]nt¶m«p \S-¡p¶ Ipgn-bm-\-Kp-cp-¡-·m-cpsS D]-tZiw Rm³ DÄs¡m-­p. A¶p apX Rm³ ]pd-tIm«p \S-¡m³ XpS-§n. Ncn-{X-t¯bpw Ime-t¯bpw ]än Ipgn-bm-\-Kp-cp-¡-·mÀ ]d-ªXv AtÈjw a\-Ên-em-bn-sÃ-¦nepw ]pd-tIm-«p-am{Xw k©-cn¨p ioen¨ F\n¡p apt¼m«p k©-cn-¡p-¶-hsc shdp-¸m-Wv. apt¼m«p Nn´n-¡p-¶-h-tcbpw shdp-¸m-Wv. ]pd-tIm«p t\m¡m³ am{Xw Ign-bp¶ _p²n-Po-hnbpw alm-\p-amb F\n-¡p-ap-¶n AhÀ shdpw a­-·mcpw lo\-·m-cp-am-Wv. apt¶m«p \S-¡m\pw Nn´n-bv¡m\pw Ign-bp¶ Xm¦-tfbpw Rm³ A§s\ Xs¶-bmWv ImWp-¶-Xv.

]n¶o-SpÅ Fsâ ]co-£-W-§Ä \S-¶Xv bp.-]n.-Fkv kvIqfnsâ NmWIw sagp-Inb \ne¯pw ]qgn \ndª ssaXm-\-¯p-am-bn-cp-¶p. A{im´]cn-{ianbmb-Xn-\m ]co-£-W-§Ä hÀj-§-tfmfw \o­p. F¶m {][m\ ]co-£Ww \S-¶Xv Fsâ ico-c¯nse t]inIÄ Dd-bv¡p-Ibpw tcma-cm-Pn-IÄ hf-cp-Ibpw sNbvX Ime-L-«-¯n-em-Wv. B A\z-jWw Fsâ icoc-¯n Xs¶ Bbn-cp-¶p. AXnsâ ^e-ambn Is­-¯nb kXy-§Ä F\nbv¡v kt´m-jhpw kwXr-]vXnbpw \ÂIn-sb-¦nepw Fsâ At\z-j-W-§Ä asämcp Xe-¯ntebv¡v Xncn-¨p-hn-Sm³ Rm³ Xocp-am-\n-¨p. AXn-te-bv¡mbn s]¬Ip-«n-I-fpsS aq{X-¸p-c-bpsS hmXn-en sNdnb Zzmc-§Ä krjvSn-¡p-Ibpw kuIcyw In«n-b-t¸m-sgms¡ DÅn Ibdn Hfn-¨n-cp¶v A\z-jWw \S-¯p-Ibpw sNbvsX¦nepw At\z-j-W-Iu-XpIw Xosc-bn-Ãm¯ B s]¬Ip-«n-IÄ slUvam-Ì-tdmSv ]cmXn ]dªv Fsâ At\z-j-W-Iu-Xp-Is¯ \in¸n¡m³ {ian¨p. At\z-j-W-hm© Xosc-bn-Ãm¯ slUvam-ÌÀ NqcÂ{]-tbm-K-¯n-eqsS Fsâ B A\z-j-W-Iu-Xp-Is¯ \in¸n¨p-. Ct¸mÄ Xm¦Ä Btem-Nn-¨-sX-´m-sW¶v F\n¡p a\-Ên-em-bn. AXp icnbmsW¶v XXv¡mew Rm³ k½-Xn-¡p-¶p. Xm¦Ä Hcp a­\pw lo\-\p-am-sW-¦nepw hÃ-t¸m-gp-sa-¦nepw Xm¦-sf AwKo-I-cn-bv¡m-\pÅ HuZmcyw Rm³ ImWn-¡-W-atÃm! A¶v Rm³ \memw ¢mÊn \n¶v A©mw ¢mÊn-tebv¡v Ib-dn-bn-cp-¶p. P·-\m _p²n-Po-hnbpw alm-\p-amb aIs\ a\-Ên-em-¡m³ Ign-bm¯ Fsâ krjvSn-IÀ¯m-¡Ä kvIqfnse Fsâ A\z-j-W-]-c-¼-c-IÄ Ah-km-\n-¸n-¡p-hm³ Xocp-am-\n-¨p. AXn\v AhÀ Is­-¯n¸dª ImcWw Ah-cpsS {Iqc-X-tbbpw lo\-X-tbbpw [z\n-¸n-¡p-¶-Xm-Wv. ]Xn-\mdmw hb-Ên A©mw-¢m-Ên-se-¯n-bXv ]T-\-¯n F\nbv¡p Ign-hn-Ãm-¯-Xp-sIm-­m-sW¶v B lo\À ]dªv {]N-cn-¸n-¨p. sXmgn ka-c-§Ä sNbvXv KpcpXzw \jvS-s¸« Kpcp-¡-·mÀ A²ym-]-I-s¯m-gn-I-fmbn A[x-]-Xn-¨-Xp-sIm­v _²n-Po-hnbpw alm-\p-amb Fsâ Úm\s¯ ]co-£m-t]-¸-dn Is­-¯m³ A²ym-]-I-s¯m-gn-em-fn-IÄ¡v Ign-bm-¯-Xp-sIm-­m-sW¶p ]dbm³ Fsâ krjvSn-IÀ¯m-¡Ä¡p Ign-ªn-Ã. At¸mgpw Rm³ Ipgn-bm-\-Kp-cp-¡-·m-cpsS D]-tZiw HmÀ¯p-sh-¦nepw AhÀ ]d-ª-Xnsâ s]mcpÄ am{Xw a\-Ên-em-bn-Ã.

A§s\ Fsâ ASp¯ At\z-j-W-amb "B{inXXzw' F¶ ]pcp-jmÀ°w Rm³ XpS-§n. henb ]WvUn-X\pw Fgp-¯p-Im-c\pw alm-\p-am-sW¶p aäp-Å-hÀ hniz-kn-¡p-Ibpw ]d-bp-Ibpw F¶m A§-s\-b-söv Rm³ hniz-kn-¡p-Ibpw sN¿p¶ Hcm-fnsâ ho«n-emWv Rm³ Fsâ B{inXPohnXw XpS-§n-b-Xv. AbmÄ F\n¡p D]-Po-h\w X¶p. H¶pw shdpsX kzoI-cn-¡p¶ Iq«-¯n-eà Rms\¶v Xm¦Ä¡-dn-bm-a-tÃm. (F´pw shdptX kzoI-cn-¡p-Itbm Cc-¶p-hm-§p-Itbm ]nSn-¨p-]-dnt¨m CsÃ-¦n Is«-Spt¯m am{Xta ioeap-Åq-sh¶v F\n¡p am{Xta And-bmhq F¶mWv Fsâ hnizm-kw. B hnizm-ks¯ adn IS-¡-dp-sX¶v Rm³ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-¶p.) AXn\p asäm-cp-]-Im-c-ambn Rm³ AbmÄ¡v kmln-Xy-¯nepw hnÚm-\-¯nepw ]pkvX-I-§Ä cNn¨psImSp-¯p. Ah {]kn-²o-I-cn¨v AbmÄ Iq-Sp-X {]kn-²-\m-bn. Iptd hÀj-§Ä AhnsS Ignªp t]mbn. Ct¸mÄ ]d-ªXv Xm¦Ä hniz-kn-¨n-«n-söv F\nbv¡p a\-Ên-em-bn. ]s£, Xm¦Ä hniz-kn-¡-W-sa¶v Rm³ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-¶p. AbmÄ¡p aZyw hm§epw hnSp-]-Wn-bp-am-bn-cp¶p Fsâ Ahn-Ss¯ tPmen-I-sf¶v Nne Akq-b-¡mÀ ]d-ªp ]c-¯n-bXv Xm¦Ä HmÀ¡p-I-t]mepw sN¿-cp-Xv. Fsâ ]mWvUn-Xy-¯nepw al-Xz-¯nepw Akq-b-]q­ AbmÄ Fs¶ \µn-bn-ÃmsX ]pd-¯m-¡nsbt¶ Xm¦Ä Icp-Xmhq. At¸mÄ Rm³ ]gb Ipgn-bm-\-Kp-cp-¡-·msc HmÀ¯p. Imcy-ap-­m-bn-«-Ã. shdpsX HmÀ¯p-sh¶v am{Xw. Ah-cm-WtÃm ]pd-tIm«p am{Xw \S-¡m\pw Nn´n¡m\pw ]Tn-¸n-¨-Xv.

Xm¦Ä Ct¸mÄ Ft´m ]d-bm³ {ian¨p-h-tÃm. th­. Ct¸mÄ H¶pw ]d-b-­. shdpsX tI«n-cp-¶m am{Xw aXn. Hmtcm-cp-¯À¡pw Hmtcm ka-b¯v Hmtcm IÀ½-ap-­m-Ip-a-tÃm. Ct¸mÄ Rm³ ]d-bp-¶Xv tI«n-cn-¡pI F¶-XmWv Xm¦-fpsS IÀ½w AYhm hn[n. Xm¦Ä Fsâ Hcp Cc-bm-sW¶ Imcyw ad-¡-­.

]n¶oSv Rm³ At\z-jWw \S-¯n-bXv kmln-Xy-c-N-\-bn-em-bn-cp-¶p. B At\z-j-W-¯nsâ ^e-ambn [mcmfw IY-Ifpw Ihn-X-Ifpw teJ-\-§-fp-sa-gp-Xn. kmln-Xy-c-N-\- D¯-tcm-¯cw ]ptcm-K-an-¨psIm­n-cns¡ s]s«-s¶mcp Znhkw Fgp-¯n-\n-S-bn A£-c-§Ä Xmfn \n¶v Fgp-t¶äp \n¶p. Ah Ft¶mSp ]d-ªp:

""\o R§sf sImÃp-I-bm-Wv.''

""Rmt\m?''

""AsX. R§Ä Hcp-an¨p tNÀ¶m hm¡p-Ifpw hm¡p-IÄ Hcp-an¨p tNÀ¶m hmN-I-§-fp-ap-­m-Ip-sa¶v \osbm-gnsI GXp sIm¨p Ip«n-¡p-a-dn-bmw.""

""Rm\pw hmN-I-§Ä Xs¶-bmWv Fgp-Xp-¶-Xv.""

""sshIey-apÅ Poh-\n-Ãm¯ hmN-I-§Ä. BZyw a\-Ên DÄs¡m-Å-Ww. KÀ`-Ø-iniphns\-t¸mse ]cn-N-cn-¡-Ww. Nm]n-Å-bm-bn-t¸m-ImsX t\m¡Ww. Ime-sa-¯pt¼mÄ Poh-t\msS R§Ä ]pd-¯p-h-cpw. BZyw \o \nsâ a\-Ên-tebv¡p t\m¡p-I.. AhnsS Hcp KÀ`-Ø-inip Dt­m-sb-¶v.''

Rm³ t\m¡n. H¶pw I­n-Ã. ho­pw t\m¡n, a\-Ên hà KÀ`-hp-ap-t­m-sb-¶v. H¶pw I­n-söp am{X-aà A£-c§Ä Fgp-t¶äp \n¶v ]d-ª-sXm¶pw F\n¡p ]qÀ®-ambn a\-Ên-em-b-Xp-an-Ã. F¶mepw Rm³ At\z-jWw XpS-cm³ Xs¶ Xocp-am-\n-¨p. (F´n-se-¦n-ep-sams¡ At\z-jWw \S-¯p-¶p-sh¶v hcp-¯n-¯oÀ¡-W-a-tÃm. F¶m-età Xm¦-sf-t¸m-se-bpÅ Cc-IÄ F¶pw Fsâ D]-Po-h-\-¯n-\m-bn- Im-WpIbpÅq.) A§s\ hntizm-¯cIrXn-IÄ ]nd¶p hoWp. AXnsâ KpWhpw al-Xzhpw a\-Ên-em-¡m³ Ign-bm¯ {]km-[-I-·mÀ Ahsb Xncn-ªp-t]mepw t\m¡n-bn-Ã.- Xm-¦Ä Ct¸mÄ Nn´n-¨Xv F´m-sW¶v F\nbv¡p a\-Ên-em-bn. -A-§s\ Nn´n-¡-cp-sX¶v Rm³ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-¶p. Ipgn-bm-\-Kp-cp-¡-·m-cpsS ]mX ]n´p-S-cp-¶-h-\mWv Rms\¶v Xm¦Ä HmÀ¡-Ww. Fsâ IrXn-I-fpsS al-Xz-s¯-¸än a\-Ên-em-¡m³ Ign-bm¯ ]ma-c-·mÀ {]km-[-I-·m-bn-cp-¶m hmb-\-¡mÀ¡v F§s\ hntizm-¯-c-Ir-Xn-IÄ e`n-¡pw?

 F´n-\mWv Ct¸mÄ t]gvkv FSp-¡p-¶Xv? Fs¶ s]s«¶v Hgn-hm-¡m-\m-W-tÃ? C¶v F\nbv¡v A{X [rXn-sbm-¶p-an-Ã. F\nbv¡p [rXn-bn-Ãm-¯-Xp-sIm­v Xm¦fpw [rXn ImWnbv¡m³ ]mSn-Ã. Xm¦Ä Fsâ shdpw Hcp Cc-bm-sW-¶ Imcyw ad-¡-­.

Fsâ At\z-jWw asämcp Xe-¯n-tebv¡v Rm³ amän. hnhm-l-¯n-eqsS Zm¼-Xy-s¯-¡p-dn-¨pÅ At\z-j-W-am-bn-cp¶p ASp¯ hnj-bw. P·-\m _p²n-Po-hnbpw alm\pw am{X-aÃ, Rm³ kpµ-c-\p-am-Wv. Fsâ kuµ-cy-¯n-\p-ap-¶n Xm¦fpw kI-e-]p-cp-j-{]-P-Ifpw shdpw aÀ¡-S-§-fm-sW¶v Rm³ ]d-bpw. (Xm¦fpw A§s\ Xs¶ ]d-b-W-sa¶v Rm³ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-¶p.) Cu temI-¯nse kIe kv{XoIfpw shdpw _p²n-iq-\y-Ifpw alXzw Aev]w t]mep-an-Ãm-¯ \nÀ¤p-W-I-fpam-sW¶v Rm³ a\-Ên-em-¡n-bXv Fsâ Cu At\z-j-W-¯n-eq-sS-bm-Wv. Fsâ al-Xzhpw _p²n-Po-hn-Xzhpw kuµ-cyhpw I­v A]-IÀj-Xm-t_m[w ]q­ kv{XoIÄ H¶-S¦w F¶n \n¶v HmSn-sbm-fn-¡p-I-bm-Wp-­m-b-Xv. CSbv¡v Rm³ Hcp kXyw ]d-bmw. Fsâ D]-Po-h-\-¯n-s\mcp Cc-bm-bn-¯oÀ¶ Xm¦-tfmSv Hcp kXy-sa-¦nepw ]d-bm-\pÅ HuZmcyw Rm³ ImWn-bv¡-W-a-tÃm! Fsâ Cu ]pXnb At\z-jWw XpS-§p-¶-Xn\p ap¼pw ]e {]mhiyw ]e kv{XoI-tfbpw I­p {`an-¨p-h-imbn Rm\-h-cpsS ]pdtI Npän-¯n-cn-ªn-«p-­v. ]s£, Bcpw Fs¶ H¶p Xncnªp t\m¡nbnsöp am{X-a-Ã, Fs¶ B«n-¸m-bn-¡p-Ibpw sNbvXp. AXv F´p sIm­m-sW¶v As¶ms¡ F{X Btem-Nn-¨n«pw F\nbv¡p a\-Ên-em-bn-Ã. Nne-t¸mÄ Ipgn-bm-\-Kp-cp-¡-·mÀ¡v AXnsâ Imc-W-a-dn-bm-am-bn-cnbv¡mw. Mm.. Hcp Imcyw.. ..  Rm³ Ct¸mÄ ]dª kXys¯ aäm-tcmSpw ]d-b-cp-sX¶p am{X-a-Ã, Xm¦Ä t]mepw Ct¸mÄ apX AXv HmÀ¡cpsX¶v Rm³ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-¶p. Cu \nÀ_-Ôw Xm¦Ä ]ment¨ ]äq F¶pw Rm³ \nÀ_-\v[n-¡p-¶p. F´m-bmepw P\-\-tijw Bdp-Z-iI§Ä ]n¶n-«-t¸mgpw Rm³ alm\pw _p²n-Po-hnbpw kpµ-c\pw am{X-a-à \nÀ_-ÔnX{_Ò-Nm-cn-bp-ambn XpS-cp-¶p. Xm¦Ä Ct¸mÄ a\-Ên Nncn-¨p-sh¶v F\nbv¡p a\-Ên-em-bn. AXv B kv{XoI-fpsS \nÀ`m-Kys¯ HmÀ¯m-sW¶v Rm³ hniz-kn-¡p-¶p. A§s\ Xs¶ hniz-kn-bv¡m³ Rm³ Xm¦-tfbpw \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-¶p.

FÃm At\z-j-W-§-fp-tS-bpw Ah-km\w B[ym-ßn-IX-bm-sW¶v Xm¦Ä¡-dn-bn-söv F\n-bv¡-dn-bmw. F¶m AXmWv i-cn, B[ym-ßn-I-X. cmjv{So-bw, ]{X-{]-hÀ¯-\w, tPymXnjw A§s\ Iptd Xe-§-fn- At\z-jWw \S-¯n-bn-«mWv _p²n-Po-hnbpw alm-\p-amb Rm³ B[ym-ßn-I-X-bn-te-bvs¡-¯n-b-Xv F¶v Xm¦Ä HmÀ¡-Ww.

kzbw t\Xm-hmbn {]Jym-¨p-sIm­p Xs¶-bmWv Rm³ cmjv{So-b-¯n At\z-jWw Bcw-`n-¨-Xv. F¶p IcpXn kz´w ]mÀ«n-bp-­m¡n Fs¶m¶pw Xm¦Ä hnNm-cn-bv¡-cp-Xv. Rms\mcp _p²n-Po-hn-bmb alm-\m-W-tÃm! AXp-sIm­v Hcp henb ]mÀ«n-bn Xs¶ A§p tNt¡-dn. F¶nt«m? kzbw {]Jym-]nX t\Xm-hmb F\n-bv¡p-th­n Rm³ Xs¶ ap{ZmhmIyw hnfn-¨p. Rm³ Xs¶ Npa-sc-gp-Xn. F¶n«pw ]mÀ«n-bnse henb t\Xm-¡-·mÀ P·-\m _p²n-Po-hnbpw alm-\p-amb Fs¶ sk{I-t«-dn-sb-än\p ap¶nse ka-c-§Ä¡p Ip¯n-bn-cp¶v ap{ZmhmIyw hnfn-¡m\pw em¯n-¨mÀÖn XÃp-sIm-Åm\pw, _Ên\p IsÃ-dn-bm\pw \nÀ_-Ôn-¨p. P·-\m _p²n-Po-hnbpw alm-\p-amb Fs¶ shbnep sImÅm\pw icoc-a-\§n ]Wn-sb-Sp-¡m\pw In-«n-söv Xm¦Ä¡v ]t­ And-bm-a-tÃm.

kz´-ambn ]{Xap-­m¡n kzbw ]{Xm-[n-]-cm-bn-s¡m­p Xs¶-bmWv Rm³ ]{X-{]-hÀ¯\w Bcw-`n-¨-Xv. aäp-]-{X-§-sf-t¸mse hmÀ¯-IÄ ka-b-¯n\p Is­-¯m-\pÅ kwhn-[m-\-§n-Ãm-Xn-cp-¶-Xp-sIm­v Rm³ Xs¶ hmÀ¯-IÄ krjvSn-¨p. _p²n-Po-hnbpw alm-\p-amb F\nbv¡v AsXmcp henb Imcy-a-söv Xm¦Ä¡-dn-bm-a-tÃm. Rm³ krjvSn¨ hmÀ¯-IÄ kaq-l-¯n henb Ne-\-§Ä krjvSn-¨p-sh-¦nepw Fsâ Ne-\-tijn Iptd-\m-f-t¯bv¡v CÃm-Xm-bt¸mÄ ]{Xhpw \n¶p-t]m-bn. Xm¦-sf´m Nncn-¨Xv? Nncn-bv¡-cp-Xv. Fsâ hmÀ¯-I-Ä krjvSn¨ Ne-\-§fp-sS- iàn Xm§m³ Ignbm¯ Nne hnUvVn-IÄ Fsâ he-t¯-apf-¦m-ense Hcp AØn-bn hnÅ-ep-­m¡n F¶p am{Xw Icp-Xn-bm aXn.

A§s\ ]e-Xe§-fnse At\z-j-W-§Ä¡p-tijw Xs¶-bmWv Rm³ B[ym-ßn-I-X-bn-se-¯p-¶-Xv.

]­v Ipgn-bm-\-Kp-cp-¡-·mÀ ]d-ª-Xnsâ s]mcpÄ F\n-bv¡n¶pw a\-Ên-em-«n-söv Rm³ ]d-ª-tÃm. Ah-c-ÃmsX asämcp Kpcp-hn-Ãm¯, P·-\m _p²n-Po-hnbpw alm-\p-amb Rm³ Fs¶ Xs¶-bmWv kzbw Kpcp-hm-bn¡-­v B[ym-ßn-I-X-bn-tebv¡pw IS-¶-Xv. apSn hfÀ¯n. XmSn hfÀ¯n. Imjmbw DSp-¯p. AÀ°w a\-Ên-em-bn-sÃ-¦nepw Iptd kwkvIr-X-tÇm-I-§Ä ImWmsX ]Tn-¨p. kz´w ]À®imebn-Ã-¯-Xn-\m Hcp temUvPn apdn-sb-Sp¯v ]À®imebp­m-¡n. s]s«-s¶mcp B[ym-ßn-I-Kpcp Ah-X-cn-¨n«pw \m«p-\-S-¸p-t]mse `à-P-\-§Ä HmSn-¡q-Sn-bn-Ã. AXp-sIm­v F\n-bv¡p-th­n Rm³ Xs¶ t\m«o-k-Sn¨p hnX-cWw sNbvXp. F¶n«pw henb ^e-ap-­m-bn-Ã. Nne Zcn-{Z-hmkn `à-·mÀ h¶v k¦-S-§Ä ]d-ªp. ]Icw Rm³ Iptd kwkvIr-X-tÇ-I-§Ä sNmÃn. F\nbvt¡m AhÀt¡m AÀ°w a\-Ên-em-bn-Ã. e£-§fpw tImSn-Ifpw Z£n-W-bmbn {]Xo-£n-¨n-cp¶ F\nbv¡p ap¶n AhÀ A©n-tâbpw ]¯n-tâbpw t\m«p-IÄ ImWn-bv¡-bn«p Øew hn«p. F´n-\-[n-Iw? HSphn apdn-hm-SI sImSp-¡m-\n-Ãm-Xm-b-t¸mÄ temUvPp-Sa apdn ]q«n Fs¶ ]pd-¯m-¡p-¶Xp hsc B At\z-jWw XpSÀ¶p.

A§s\ AYhm F§-s\tbm Rm³ D]-Po-h\¯n\mbn Cc-]n-Sn¯w XpS§n kplr-t¯.. AÃm.. Rm³ Ct¸mÄ Xm¦sf kplrt¯ F¶p hnfnt¨m? A§s\ hnfn-¨-Xn £an-¡-Ww. Imc-Ww, Xm¦Ä Fsâ kplr-¯-Ã. Xm¦-sf-¶Ã Hcm-fpw Fsâ kplr-¯-Ã. F\nbv¡p kplr-¯p-¡-fn-Ã. Cc-I-tf-bp-Åq. Xm¦Ä DĸsS FÃm-hcpw Fsâ Cc-IÄ am{X-am-Wv. Fsâ D]-Po-h-\-¯n-\pÅ shdpw CcIÄ.

Xm¦Ä Ct¸mÄ kabw t\m¡n-bXv F´n-\m-sW¶v F\n-bv¡-dn-bmw. Iptd t\c-ambn Rm³ am{Xw kwkm-cn-¡p-¶-Xp-sIm-­-tÃ. Xm¦Ä Ft¶mSv H¶pw ]d-tb-­-Xn-Ã. Rm³ ]d-bp-¶Xp tIÄ¡pI am{Xw sNbvXm aXn. Xm¦Ä Fsâ Cc-bm-sW¶v ad-¡-cpXv tImt«m. _p²n-am\pw alm-\p-amb Rm³ Xm¦-tfmSp kwkm-cn-¡p-¶Xp Xs¶ Xm¦Äs¡mcp tbmKy-X-b-tÃ!

F´m-bmepw Hcp HuZmcyw IqSn Rm³ Xm¦Ä¡p Xcp-¶p. AÃm,, Hcp Cc-bpsS am\-Ên-Im-hØ IqSn Rm³ IW-¡n-se-Sp-¡-W-a-tÃm.

Xm¦Ä¡v Ft¶m-sS-s´-¦nepw ]d-bm-\p-s­-¦n Ct¸mÄ ]d-bmw. CXm.. Fsâ ssIbn-en-cn-bv¡p¶ Cu Ip¸n-bnse ]m\obw Rm³ IpSn-¡p-¶-Xn-\n-S-bnse Hcp s\mSn-bnS Xm¦Ä¡p Rm³ HuZm-cy-ambn Xcp-¶p.

Xm¦Ä H¶pw ]d-ªn-Ã-tÃm. Hm..! Ft¶mSp kwkm-cn-bv¡m-\pÅ alXzw Xm¦Ä¡n-söv Xm¦Ä¡p Xs¶ Adnbmsa¶v Rm³ hniz-kn-bv¡p-¶p!

Rm\n-t¸mÄ IpSn-¨Xv aZy-am-sW-¶m-bn-cn¡pw Xm¦Ä hnNm-cn-¡p-¶-Xv. F¶m A§-s\-b-Ã. AsX-´m-sW¶v Xm¦-f-dn-b-W-sa¶v F\nbv¡p \nÀ_-Ô-an-Ãm-¯-Xn-\m ]d-bp-¶n-Ã.

Xm¦sf Rm³ C¶p apX tamNn-¸n-¡p-I-bm-Wv. Fsâ Øncw Cc-bpsS Øm\¯p \n¶v Ønc-ambn tamNn-¸n-¡p-¶p. Xm¦sf am{X-aà Fsâ FÃm Cc-I-tf-bpw.

\msf apX Rm³ Xm¦sf ImWn-Ã. Xm¦Ä Fs¶-bpw. Xm¦sf am{X-aà aäp Cc-I-tfbpw Rm³ ImWn-Ã. AhÀ Fs¶-bpw. AXn-\m \ap¡p bm{Xm-samgn sNmÃmw.

AXn\p ap¼v Hcp Imcyw IqSn. \msf apX Fs¶ ImWm-Xm-Ip-t¼mÄ Rm³ Hcp _p²n-Po-hnbpw alm-\p-am-bn-cp-¶p-sh¶v Xm¦fpw aäp Cc-Ifpw ]c-kv]cw ]d-bp-sa-s¶-\n-bv¡-dn-bmw. ]c-am-ßm-hn ebn-¨-h-t\mSv kl-Xm-]-ambn Hcp `wKn-hm-¡m-bn-s«-¦nepw A§s\ ]d-bpw. ]s£, Xm¦fpw aäp Cc-Ifpw A§s\ ]d-b-cp-sX¶v Rm³ \nÀ_-Ôn-¡p-¶p. c­p Imc-W§fp­v. H¶v, A§s\ ]d-ª-Xp-sIm­v ]tc-X-s\´p ^ew? c­v, Rm³ Hcp alm\pw _p²n-Po-hn-bp-am-sW¶v Ct¸m-gpw hniz-kn-bv¡p-¶p.

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