ചെന്നൈയിൽ ഒരു മഴക്കാലം 2 827

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ZnNm{bnt]m. W½sX ssXämWn¡ns` b¿³.’

‘Hmiv, AksW FWn¡nãm. ssXämWn¡v sNmt_ {bmklyw N*n«p*v.’

AXnsbman. At¸m hwhm^w {Xm¡v fmän¸nXn¡m³ Im³hv H¯p, Mm³ fWÊn N^pSn.

‘NÅo! ssXämWnNv fpjpk³ hnWnft]m, AtSm In` hoWpNÄ fm{Stfm? 😉 ‘

‘tbmXm sS*o! :p ‘

‘Ft´? Mm³ B hoWpNÄ fm{Stf N*pÅq, ssXämWnNv fpjpk³ CSpks^ N*nÃ’

‘A¼X NÅm, ASp N*m tbmt^?’

‘tNäv kn³sÉäv Sp\n CÃmsS NnX¡\ ho³ N*p F{S{bmklyw Nt{*mÄ tbm]n«ps*¶_nt]m 😀 ‘

‘Fsâ Ss¶ tbm]n«p*v, bns¶]m H^p b¿³ B] WnW¡v 😉 Fs´m^p NnÊnRv B\v!’

‘{c©v NnÊnsâ hpOw tks_ Ss¶]m, Atà lpem?’
Mm³ Ip½m H^p Iq* F_nªp tWm¡n.

‘Btkm, FWn¡_n]nÃ.’

Cu sb®v CWn bmkw tbms` WXn¡pN]mt\m, AtSm B^pw Ipwdn¨n«ntÃ?

‘AsS´m? CSpks^ {c©v {lfn¨n«nÃ?’

‘{c©Ã, Nkna¯ptbm`pw tW^mw k®w H^p½ Nn«n]n«nÃ. NmÀ¯n¡nWv CsSm¶pw CãfÃ, tUi¯p sSm«pÅ GÀ¸mXv Hs¡ N`ym\w Njnªp fSn F¶m\v Aksâ ss`³. AÃm¯kÀ tklyNÄ B\t{S.’

‘Fs´m^p Dua]m\v Wnsâ NmÀ¯nNv!’

‘A§sW H¶pw b_]^pSv t«m..’

‘bn¶ÃmsS! t{bfn¨p WX¡\ Nm`w B\v KoknS¯n Gäkpw ^hN^w. Bkp¶t{Sw AÀfmUn¡msS bns¶ F´v tS§]v¡m\v Wnsâ tdm]v{c*v F¶pw b_ªp Wn¡t\?’

‘FWn¡v B{Piw CÃmªn«ÃtÃm..’

B sb®ntWmXv FWn¡v hiSmbw tSm¶n. bmkw, CSnsâ KoknSw tNmªm«]m]Sp Ss¶.

‘lpte, Wo tWm¡n]m WnW¡p sNmÅmw. ftWmi^fm] H^pbmXv AWpek§am\v WnW¡v Wãfmkp¶Sv. H^p {c©nsâ hpOw A_n]m¯ sb\vNp«nNÄ C¡m`¯v D*mkpsf¶p tSm¶p¶nÃ.’

Np_¨ptW^t¯¡v lpe H¶pw f_pbXn b_ªnÃ. A`vbw Njnªt¸mÄ AkÄ tImUn¨p:
‘A{S]v¡v hpOw Bt\m Ip*n D½ sk]v¡p¶Sv?’

‘hnWnf]ns` hoWpNÄ Nm\pwt¼m lpe]v¡v Fs´ms¡t]m tSm¶m_ntÃ, H^p {btSyN hpOw?’

‘D*v..’

‘ASnsâ Wq_n^«n B\v tW^n«p AWpekn¡pt¼mÄ.’

‘tZknZv F{Stbs^ C§sW D½ sk¨n«p*v?’

‘A§sW tImUn¨mÂ.. hv–NqÄ Nm`w fpSÂ D*v, Npt_ tbÀ’

‘WÃ FN-vhvbo^n]³hv D*tÃ? 😀 ‘

‘ASymklyw.. 😉 ‘

‘F¶mÂ.. FWn¡pw H^p {c©nsâ hpOw A_nªm sNmÅmw F¶p*v..’

AXn¨p tfmtW!

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