Chapter Title : ചെന്നൈയിൽ ഒരു മഴക്കാലം

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

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. HmcohnÂ