ചെന്നൈയിൽ ഒരു മഴക്കാലം 111

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp³bv Ss¶ Mm³ sI]vSp SoÀ¡p¶SnWm Df im¸n]m]n^p¶p.
MmWpw k`y dp²nfps«m¶pw CÃmsS Ss¶ Fs¶ G`vbn¨ b\nNÄ sI]v–Sp SoÀ¯p sNmXp¯p. UnWkpw Df]psX NqsX hf]w sI`kjn¡m³ bäp¶SnsW¡mÄ k`n] tfm«ntkg³ tks_ tkt\m!

Dfmftilz^n A¿À N`ym\w NjnªSm\v. eÀ¯mkv GtSm {Xmk fmPhnWn tcmt«m{PmcÀ. H³bSmw ¢mhn bYn¡p¶ H^p fNWp*v. Df]v¡v fp¸¯ns]«p k]hps*¶p Mm³ H^p sM«t`msX B\v A_nªSv. N*m fp¸Sn`VnNw H^n¡`pw tSm¶nÃ. {bm]¯ntâSm] H^p AX]makpw B IÀf¯n CÃ. bj] WXn lm^U]psX H^p fpOJm] B\v Df]v¡v. A©Xn Wm`n©p sbm¡w, H¯ k®wþ Sos^ sf`nªn«Ã, F¶m SXn¨Sms\¶pw b_]m³ H¡nÃ. H^p tUkln`vbw tbms` DÅ kakpNÄ. sW©ns` tPma§Ä kas^ k`pSsæn`pw WnkÀ¶p Wn¡p¶p. Wo* ssNkn^`pNÄ, Nm`pNÄ, Wà D^p* tg¸v DÅ bn³emPkpw SpXNapw.

C{S]pw {l²t]msX tWm¡mWpw kn`]n^p¯mWpw DÅ ssV^ykpw hf]kpw Mm³ Unkh§Ä FXp¯m\v D*m¡n]Sv. Fsâ kÀ¡n SrbvS]m] Df NqXpS hzmS{´yt¯msX hwhm^n¡mWpw CXbj¡mWpw SpX§n. Hmcohn Mm³ Df]psX sbäv B]n A_n]s¸Xm³ AVnNw WmsaXp¯nÃ.

b`t¸mjpw Fsâ sZh-vNn Df k¶p kÀ¡v Znh-vNhv sI¿pt¼mÄ Ak^psX PÔw sNm*v f¯pbnXn¨n«p*v. Ak^psX sW©ns` knXkp N*p Fsâ bmânWN¯v Ca¡w k¶n«p*v. Df Sn^nªp WX¡pt¼mÄ NXsªXp¯ B bn³emPw N*v Npan^ptNm^n]n«p*v.

H^p Unkhw CSptbms` Df]psX ftWmim^nS BhzUn¨v GtSm H^p UnkmhzbvW¯n fpjpNn C^n¡pt¼mÄ B\v sfh©_n H^p tWm«ncnt¡g³. lpe B\v. “”WX¡nà tfmtW”” F¶v.

Fsâ tWm«w AkÄ Nt¿msX bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p. H^p I½t`msX Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”F´v WX¡nsöm lpe b_]pt¶?””

“”Mm³ CSv sNmt_ N*Sm. Cu Hmcohn DÅ H«pfn¡ b¿³fm^pw Dfs] fp«n tWm¡n]n«p*v, AkÀ Bt^w AXp¸n¨nÃ. H^p fmtWKÀþAhnÌâv dÔw B]n fm{Sw tfm³ CSnsW N*m fSn. sk_ptS hzbvWw N*p skXn SoÀ¡*.””

NjpS hN` fqZpw Naªp. FWn¡ksa sNmÃm³ DÅ tUgyw B\v k¶Sv. A`vbw hzmS{´yt¯msX hwhm^n¡m³ Akh^w sNmXp¯m sb®v St` tN_n C^n¡p¶p. hz´w Nm^yw tWm¡n C^p¶m fSns]¶p b_ªmt`m F¶p BUyw N^pSn. bns¶ H^p f]¯n Zo sI¿p¶Sm\v WÃsS¶v tSm¶n.

“”At¿m A§sW H¶pw Cà lpem. Mm³ sk_ptS Wm«ns` Hmt^m Nm^y§Ä HmÀ¯v..””

“”Dw.. ASv kyàfm]n Nm\m³ D*v. tfmtW tZkntZ, Wo Fs¶ bän¡*m «m””

A¸jm\vMm³Smtjm«vtWm¡n]Sv.bmâvH^pNqXm^wsN«n]n^n¡p¶p.sb«¶vMm³dmPvFXp¯vfXn]nÂsk¨vC^p¶p,sfh©_nÂlpe]v¡vH^pI½n]hvssf`nA]¨p.AkÄSn^n¨pH^pIn^n¡p¶hvssf`n]pw.

Nm^y§apsXNnX¸vGNtUlwC{S]pwB]t¸mÄB\vFWn¡vN¯n]Sv,H¶p{lfn¨mÂIn`t¸mlpes]ka]v¡mw.Nm^ywAkapsXtdm]v{c*pwB]nN`ym\wD_¸ns¨¦n`pwsb®nWvFt¶mXvsI_n]H^pCa¡wSpX¡wfpSt`D*vF¶vA_n]mfms]m^p¶p.Nm\mWpwS^t¡XnÃ,St`ÂBkpwF¶tbXn]pwtk*.H¯mÂH¯p.