ചെന്നൈയിലെ ഒരു ദിവസം [ഋഷി]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A½¨nt] sNX¶p Spap¼n¨pÅ Ak^sX WX¯w!
D¦aps¡¶ tk\w? tim H^p sNm¨p sb®nsWt¸ms`]pÅ Ak^psX hz^w. Mm³ Nu*_n ssN¿q¶n Im^n fpt¶m«mªp.
D¦apsX Np^Â KmWNn]½mkpsX tbm`n^n¡v–. Ip½m sk¨pNm¨n.
A¸Xn]m. B fpOw knXÀ¶p.
bm«p bXn¨n^p¡m At¡?
F¸Xn sS^n©nSv–? Ak^pw fpt¶m«mªp Wn¶p.
WÃ C¼fpÅ hz^w (Fsâ Sfnjv t{d¡v Zu\mkp¶p). B sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ fpt¶m«v SÅp¶p. AkÀ lzmhw k`n¡pt¼mÄ B fp`Nap]^p¶p. hnWnfmknt`SmkSv– ss{X b®n]n^p´m….
D¦aps¡¶ sS^n]pw? N\kWv– A´ ssXfnt` CsSm¶pw bpXn¡mSv–. AkmÄ tbm]m¨v–. F¶psX ssXfpw… sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ bns¶]pfp]À¶p Sm\p.
tWm¡n]t¸mÄ hpµ^n]¡sâ N®pNÄ Wn_ªpSpap¼n B N®X f§p¶p..
A¡m… MmWk^psX sNmjp¯ Ipf`n kn^`pNafÀ¯n. FW¡v– f`]maw fyqhnNv– Z]_Î_pfm]n sNm©w N\Nv–gWn_p¡v–. tN«p bm^`mw. tNm_Ên bmX_Sv–¡v– Im³hv– ss{X b®`mw. sfmssd W¼À NpXps¦.
ASnWNw Mm³ Nu*_nsâ bn¶ns`¯n.
Ak^psX sNmjp¯ bp_¯v St`mXn.
^*v NXv–s`äv–! h-vNqÄ bntÅ^v..
A¡³ sM«n.
hm^fnÃ. Mm³ N®n_p¡n.
lm¸nXÀSv–t¡m bm]v¡v b®_pSpt¡m? Mm³ ^*pw N`vbn¨p tImUn¨p.
sNm¨p sb¼ntÅ^v–. hm¸nXÀSv–¡®m.
A¡³ NpWnªv– NXv–s`äpNÄ FXp¯t¸mÄ B sNmjp¯ I´nNÄ Fsâ bp_wssN]n`p^p½n. H¶fÀ¯n]t¸mÄ Wà thmcväv–. AkÀ¡v fWÊn`m]n¡m\pw. H¶pw b_ªnÃ. Np® kXn]m]n¯pX§n. td¡_osX g«_p k`n¨p Sm¯n AknXn«§p sb^pfm_n]mt`m¶pks^ tSm¶n. AXp¯p Wn¶m ssNsk¨ptbmkpw. AtSm*v– bcpw Im]]pfm]n Nu*_nsâ A¸p_¯p sI¶p. k]_nsâ N¯`X§n]t¸mÄ Aks^ tWm¡n.
Aks^m¶p In^n¨p. D¦apsX tbs^¶Sv–?
^kn. A¡]ptXtSm?
kmh´n. ^ko.. A´ fyqhn¡v– Z]_ÎÀ…
sfmSsà Ak^psX AÊnÌânsW bmÀ¡`mw. Aks^ Wm³ tcm¬ b®n tN¡v–t_³… H^p fnWnäv…
NqsX¸Yn¨ H^p¯³ C¸jv– bX§an Ahn̳_v Nymf_mfmWm\v–. tNmtaKo¶v– Hant¨mXn C³Ìnäyq«n tIÀ¶k³. ko«pNm^_nª¸tj¡pw sNmÃsfm¶v– Njnªp. AksW N_¡n.
f¨m³hv–.. ftä….HXp¡w Np¸n h¡^n¡msf¶v– b_ª¸w C¸js¯ H^p sXNv–tWm fyqhn¡nsâ k`y DhvSmUnsW fp«n¸n¡m¶ktWäp.
Mm³ Sn^n¨p td¡_ot¡_n. A¡m, H¶p^*p bm«v– s_t¡mÀZv b®`mfm?
h^n, F¶ ÌpZnt]m tbm\fm?
Mm³ In^n¨p… AsSm¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv