ചെന്നൈയിൽ ഒരു മഴക്കാലം 2 827

N¼nNp«³.sWäv I`n¨p. ^*pssNNapw H^pfn¨v AkapsX Np*ns] AfÀ¯n sM^n¨t¸mÄ lpe]n Wn¶pw H^p ho¡m^ lÐw bp_¯pk¶p. Mm³ AkapsX Ip*pNÄ I¸n k`n¨p. ssNNÄ AkapsX bmânWNt¯¡v Wo§n, k`SpssNkn^`pNÄ AkapsX bmâohnsâ C`mÌn¡v Wo¡n ANt¯¡v NX¡m³ {lfn¨t¸mÄ lpe sb«¶v Fsâ Ip*pNÄ knXpkn¨p.

‘tk* tZknZv’

Aksa Ipän¸n\ª ssNNÄ Mm³ sfsà kn«p. Fsâ fpO¯v Wn^ml]psX H^p Wnj bXÀ¶Sv AkÄ A_nsª¶p tSm¶n.

H^p Wm\¯n NpSnÀ¶ In^nt]msX lpe b_ªp ‘Cs¸m tk* F¶m b_ªSv.’

Fsâ Nknan AfÀ¯n H^p½ S¶v lpe bSps¡ b_ªp, ‘Sm¦v ]p’

`ncvänWXpt¯¡v AkÄ HmXnt¸mNpt¼mÄ Mm³ knan¨ptImUn¨p, ‘C¶v sskNpt¶^w tW^t¯ C_§mtfm?’

AkÄ Sn^nªpWn¶p, Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p. B In^n¡v kÃm¯ klyS.

‘tWm¡mw’ AkÄ lÐfp*m¡msS Ip*pNÄ AW¡n b_ªp.

Sn^n¨p sZh-vNn k¶n^ps¶¦n`pw fWhp Wn_s] lpe B]n^p¶p. A¶v sskNpt¶^t¯¡v In` Nm^y§Ä Mm³ ¹m³ sI]vSp sk¨p.

Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Df Fs¶ Ak^psX Hmcohnt`¡v knan¸n¨p. bpSn] H^p t{bmKÎnsW¡p_n¨p hwhm^n¡mWm]n^p¶p. hmVm^\]n Wn¶pw kySyhvSfm]n kas^ tcmÀf B]n«m\v Df hwhm^n¨Sv. Ft´m FknsXt]m H^p b´ntNXv tSm¶n]t¸mÄ Mm³ tImUn¨p :
‘Fk^nSnRv HmÄss_äv Df?’

‘s]hv tZknZv. Ft´ tImUn¡m³?’

‘AÃ, Df e]¦^ ho^n]hv B] tbms`.’

‘G]v, H¶qÃ, kÀ¡v hvs{XÊv B]n^n¡pw.’

‘Hms¡ sU³’ Mm³ Fsâ sZh-vNnt`¡v Wo§n.

Ft´m {blvWfps*¶p Fsâ fWhpb_sª¦n`pw NqXpS S`bp®m¡m³ Wn¶nÃ. S¡m`w FWn¡v tks_ Nm^y§Ä D*tÃm Bt`mIn¡m³!

Wm`^ B]t¸mÄ ‘tdhvsfân Nm\mw’ F¶p lpe]v¡v sfthKv sI]vSv MmWn_§n. tbm]n H^p hnP^äv N¯n¨p. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Aksa¯n.

‘W½sat§m«m tbmkpt¶ tZknZv?’

‘Fsâ cv–amänt`m«v, Ft´?’

‘As¸m _qwtfäv–hv?’

‘AkÀ F¯pt¼m F«pf\n]mkpw. A¸tj¡pw lpe]v¡v C_§mw.’

H^p Hmt«m bnXn¨p M§Ä cv–amäns`¯n. tZmÀ Sp_¡m³ Smt¡m S¸p¼jm\v– sSm«Xp¯ cv–amänWp fp¶n tcm\n hwhm^n¨psNm*n^n¡p¶ hv{Sos] Mm³ {l²n¨Sv. At§m«p Sn^nªp Wn¡p¶SnWm fpOw N*nÃ. Ko³hpw XogÀ«pw B\v tkgw. ssXäv Ko³hn WnªpWn¡p¶ Np*n N*¸tj Bam^ms\¶p A_n]m³ fWhp sNmSn¨p.

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