ചെന്നൈയിൽ ഒരു മഴക്കാലം 111

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C³ K]n tcmÀ ssIÂZv t`dÀ?”” Df In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

hSyw b_ªm k]hp tImUn¨SÃmsS tks_ H^£^w FWn¡v fWhn`m]nÃ. NXpN«n Cw¥ogv C§sW I_b_m k^pktÃ!

“”thm_n Df, A]mw tWm«v sk^n PpZv C³ Cw¥ogv..”” Mm³ S` sIm_nªp.

“”Hm Umäv–hv HmÄss_äv. sF kmhv KÌv NnZnRv. tfmÌv Hmcv AkÀ Fwt¹m]ohv tZm*v hvbo¡v Cw¥ogv– skÂ. tZm*v k_n, sF kn hvbo¡v tÉm {cw Wu. B³Zv kn kn dn kÀ¡nRv XpsPUÀ C³ Un NfnRv t{bmKÎvhv, thm ]q kn sPäv F Im³hv äp t`¬ PpZv Cw¥ogv.””

FWn¡v Aks^ A§nãfm]n. huµ^yw fm{Sw AÃ, Fsâ Np_kpNÄ Sn^n¨_nªp ASn Fs¶ him]n¡m³ DÅ B fWhpw Fs¶ H¯n^n BNÀgn¨p. Fsâ t{bmKÎpNÄ Ck^psX NqsX B\tÃm Ft¶mÀ¯t¸m kÃms¯m^p ht´mgkpw Bßknlzmhkpw tSm¶n.

“”Sm¦vhv Df. sF Nm*v sk]näv äp kÀ¡v knSv ]q. Ccv sF tPäv F Im³hv sF kn Xo¨v ]q f`]maw HmÄthm.”” AsSknXp¶m k¶sS¶v H^p sFZn]]pw CÃ. F¶m`pw b_ªt¸m WsÃm^p tNm\vcnZ³hv.

Df In^n¨p. “”Sm¦vhv tZknZv. ssd Un tk sF A{bognt]äv ]pkÀ Hm\Ìn.”” AkÀ ssN Wo«n Fsâ tSman S«n.

ASnWpw fm{Sw Mm³ H¶pw sI]vSnÃtÃm Ft¶mÀ¯v Mm³ bp_¯n_§n. F¶m`pw BUy foän§n Ss¶ tf`ptUymPØs], ASpw Cu H^p hpµ^ns] C{¼hv sI]n¨tÃm Ft¶mÀ¯v Mm³ fWhn SpÅn¨mXpN]m]n^p¶p. Fsâ _qwtfäv hmPÀ CSpN*v tImUn¨p, “”F´mXm ssft^ Ct{Sw ht´mgw?”” H¶pfnsöv– Mm³ tSmap]À¯n Nm\n¨p. Cu sS*nt]mXv b_ªm bns¶ Ak³ sNmafm¡pw.

Sn^n¨v sZh-vNn F¯n]t¸mÄ lpe]psX H^p “”im]v”” NqXn. Mm³ _nss¹ sI]vSp. bns¶ AkapsX kN Wq_pNq«w tImUy§Ä. ko«n Bs^ms¡]p*v, F´m bYn¨Sv, sIss¶ Cãw Bt]m, Sfnjv WX·m^n Bs^]m\v NqXpS Cãw, tckss_äv e£\w F´m\v Fs¶ms¡. Np_¨p tW^w fn*n]t¸m MmWpw ASv F³tKm]v sI¿m³ SpX§n. bns¶ tKm`n¡nX]n CX¡nsX Imäv sI¿p¶Sv M§Ä H^p bSnkm¡n.

CX]v¡v NWns]]pw {bn]s]]pw Imäv kjn fp«m³ Mm³ {lfns¨¦n`pw C^pk^pw lpe]psX A{S]pw AXp¯nÃ. F¶m`pw A§sW kn«psNmXp¡m³ Mm³ S¿m_Ãm]n^p¶p.

t{bmKÎv fmtWKv–sfân Df FWn¡v {X]nWnwPv S^m³ SpX§n. Unkhkpw sNmt_ t`OW§apsX `n¦v A]¨p S^pw, ko«n sI¶p km]n¡m³ In` bphvSN§apw. Df kÀ¡v sI¿p¶ t{bmKÎnsâ sI_n] In` Xmh-vNpNÄ FWn¡v Assʳ sI]vSv S^mWpw SpX§n. fn¡Spw sZZv–ss`WnWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv