ചെന്നൈയിൽ ഒരു മഴക്കാലം 2 827

N¼nNp«³.sWäv thmc]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äv Fsâ fpOw tNm^ns]Xp¯v sWän]n AfÀ¯n D½sk¨p.

‘Fs´ms¡]mXm Wo sI]vtS? l^n¡pw tdmVwsN«ptbm]n. KoknS¯n Ct¶ks^ Ct{Sw hpOw AWpekn¨n«nÃ. bmâns]ms¡ WWªp NpSnÀ¶pNm\pw.’

‘CsSms¡ F´v! CWn]tà l^n¡pw hpOw. km, sdZv_qfn tbmNmw.’

‘At¿m, C¶v FWn¡nWn Sm§m³ bäpw F¶p tSm¶p¶nÃ. C¸tj N¿pw Nm`pw SaÀ¶ f«m. tks_m^p Unkhw Bkmt«m. thm_n tZknZv..’

AXnsbman. sbm¡n] sXâv H¶p Smjv¯n sN«m³ CWn]n¶v ssN¸\n Ss¶ l^\w.

Mm³ F\oäv H^p XogÀ«v FXp¯n«v hnP^äpw N¯n¨p AknXn^p¶p. lpe dmSv–_qfn tbm]n fpOw NjpNn k¶p.
‘F¶m tbms«? Wmsa Nm\mw.’

‘Wn¡v, Smsj ks^ MmWpw k^mw.’

s̸pNÄ C_§n Smsj F¯m_mkpt¼mÄ lpe Ft¶mXv tIÀ¶p Wn¶p. bmân At¸mjpw D]À¶pWn¡p¶ fp³emP¯v N¿fÀ¯n SjpNn.
‘CksW Mm³ AXp¯ Sk\ l^n]m¡p¶p*v.’

hnP^äp f\fpÅ Fsâ Ip*n Ip*fÀ¯n Aksam¶p Wp\ªp. ‘Sm¦vhv tZknZv, CSv Mm³ f_¡nÃ.’

lpe WX¶ptbmkp¶Spw tWm¡n N¼n]m]n Mm³ AknsX Wn¶p. hnP^änsâ Aä¯v tIm^ bXÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. Ip*p sfsà SpX¨v Mm³ tft`m«v tN_n]t¸mÄ sSm«Xp¯ cv–amäns` I^¡v AknsX Wn¡p¶p. t_mhv `nbvÌn¡v Hs¡ C«v skap¯p SpXp¯ H^p sb®v. Ft¶w tWm¡n]m\v Wn¸v. Ip*n H^p In^n]p*v. MmWpw tWm¡n H^p In^n bmhm¡n.

AkapsX tWm«w Fsâ bmân DX¡nt]m Fs¶m^p hwl]w.

‘tkm tPÄ{c*v ti Nym? fhvSv Bkmhv ti Chv–No.’

NÀ¯mtk inµn. CWn CSpw bYn¡t\m!