Chapter Title : ചെന്നൈയിൽ ഒരു മഴക്കാലം

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