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'ºª ºª ºª' - ºª¥‘Ÿ œ´°Å �‘€°´ ³€ã™� şÒœ‘î œÓ¿şº‘¨ şº‘Ñ€× œ¹³ ×ŞÆ‘� À¬ º‘Ñ™� �¯�€ã ƒ¨™�şîò. "ƒòñÅ 4 À¬ ˜¥ ‚�€Ò ƒ¹° flat À™�æ™� ³–™�Å ×Ì‘°‘..." ‡î �¨¿º‘� ƒà´³ şº‘Ñ´± ³–›� ÃÆòşéò. "Good morning darling... Happy diwali to you ma" ‡òé Ì‘�Óò €��æ™�è ‡ò€î �ì™�™ —�‘èã ÃÆòì ""hmmm... Happy diwali to you da" ‡òì Ãî�şîò.

"�™�ÌÅ ‡à¹³™�êÆ‘... ƒÖÓÆ‘... °€Ò ²º‘×ä �³ÚÀ‘ 4 À¬™� ‡à¹³ œª¨ñ �䢟ª¨ ב ×Ñõ‘..." ‡òé �ÅÀ‘Øò �Ì€Ò ş�ª¨ ƒïşÀÖ ³–›� æƑ³ ‡î Ã¦Ú —œË³ şº‘Ñ€×€Æ ØÒ™�ƺ¦ º¨™€�€Æ ت¨ ‡à¹³ bathroom-™�è —œòì fresh —œË³ —�‘¯¨ �ÅÀ‘ Ãòî‘Ö ‡¯€« —×¢Ÿ™� living room-™� ×¹°‘Ö �°í�è �ÅÀ‘ ÌÀ«€î …ª�‘Ì €×´³ "�ø×´°‘À‘ ºÓ ÜÆ‘÷ù ùñÀ‘Åœ ؼõ«ù ™Ïº ºÌŸÌÀ¢œ œ¿€°ş° �̤�Øîù" —œ‘ÖÓ ‡¯€« —×™� ‚ÌÁ¢Ÿª¥‘è.

"ב ב �¨´°³ …î™� °‘ò... ‚î‘ …î™� ƒ¹° �ø×´°‘À‘ ‡ÖÒ‘Å �€¥Æ‘ş°" ‡î ׎™� ƒà´° ÌÀ«ò ³ ×¹° ş�‘×Å �ÅÀ‘ º™�Å ±ÏŻƳ. "…î™� …ò ½è€ã °‘ò Šœ´± ƒÖÓÆ‘" ‡î ş�èØşÆ‘¨ �ÅÀ‘ Ãò½ �Àѹş°ò. "—�ãÍ �ÖÆ‘« €×şº‘�şÀ" �ÅÀ‘ º‘¦ Áã�, Áã�‘Ë ×´°Ö şº‘ª¨ —�‘±´° ‡¯€«€Æ ŠÏ ø¾ò ‡¨´³ °€Ò …¢�ÇÖ €×´°‘è. �ä™� €°Æ‘Ì‘� ‡ÖÒ‘´€°ÉÅ ‡¨´³ —×¢Ÿª¨ ×¹°³ ל±Æ‘ şº‘¢Ÿ ‡î À�è ¶€î´³, "ƒ¿şº‘ şº‘Ë �䢟ª¨ ƒş°‘ Š¦ ×¹³¥şéò" ‡î bathroom-™�è ½�¹³ —×ä ×ÏÅ şº‘³, Rahul —̦Ƒ €ºóÀ‘ �Ñ°‘ �¬¹³ �ÅÀ‘ �¿º‘ Ãòî‘şÒ ‚�Ñב°Å ב›� °Æ‘Ì‘� ¶òêϹ°‘Ñ.

"ˆË şœ‘Åşºê, �™�ÌÅ ×¹³ µÀø�‘ÌÅ º¯®¦" ‡òì ˜Ø™—�‘¯ş¥ �¿º‘ �ÅÀ‘ �‘ÓÖ Ø๰‘ò ÌÀ«ò. "Come on Varsha." ‡òé‘Ñ Ì‘�Ö �¯ 󑀥ƑÖ. ƒÏ×ÏÅ ºª¨ œÌœÌ™� µÀø�‘ÌÅ —œËş°‘Å. "�™ÌşÀ× Ÿ½´Ì ¿Ì‘¿±Ìø³" ‡î ‚�Ñב°Å —œË°‘Ñ �¿º‘. "ˆòº‘ ‡ò€î À‘±Í Ÿ½´Í ¿Ì‘¿±Ìø³ ş×¯¥‘À‘" ‡î ş�ª� "בƑ¦" ‡òì —ºÏ€À —º‘›� �Í´°‘Ñ �¿º‘.

"œÍ œª¨ñ —̯¨ À´°‘¿½ —�‘æ´±ª¨ ב›ş�‘ ‡ÖÒ‘ÏÅ" ‡òéבşé בÇÖ �ÅÀ‘ şº‘ª¥ şÒù’ÆÅ, "This stuff is good man" ‡î ˜ìÅşº‘³, —°‘¯€¥™�è �‘ÌÀ‘� ƒÌ›�Ƴ. "—�‘¤œÅ wait º¯®›ş�‘" ‡î µ‘ò �¿º‘ �ÅÀ‘ ÌÀ«ñ™� ב›�Æ ³¬À¬�€ã ‡¨´³ �×Ñ�æ™� —�‘¨™� Ì‘�€ÒÉÅ ˜¥ ¶Ï´±şîò. "‡³™� À‘¿»è€ã ƒ—°ÖÒ‘Å" ‡òì �ÅÀ‘ �ê³ œ›ş�‘ó º¥, Ì‘�Ö "�ÅÀ‘, �¿º‘ ƒÖÒ‘° ‡î™� ‡ÖÒ‘À‘ ƒÏ™ş�è... ƒ³ ˜¥ µ‘ò ב›� °Ì ˜¥‘°‘" ‡î —œ‘ÖÕÅ şº‘³ Ì‘�Óò �¯�è şÒœ‘� ºï´°³. "‡òî �¯«‘ Y are you becoming emotional" ‡òéבì �×̳ €�€Æ »¦´³™—�‘¯¨ À‘¦ º¦�äÖ ºª¥‘Ÿ —צ™� ƒÌ›�şîò. �°í�è ÌÀ«ò 1000 בґ Šòì €×´³ ت¨ À‘¦ º¦ ‡ê ×¹³ —�‘¯¨ ƒÏ¹°‘ò. "ˆË ºÌ™�‘ —ת¦, µ‘›� ×̳™�èã ‡ò �לÌÅ" ‡òì �×ò °€ÒÇÖ şÒœ‘� �ª¦şîò. "œÍ °‘ò şº‘¦" ‡òì �×ò ‡î™� "—×—×Ü ş×" �‘ª¦ ت¨ ¯¨Å ºª¥‘Ÿ —צ™� ‹¦î‘ò. "25 ×Æœ‘¢Ÿ …î™�, �×ñ™�Å 21 ×Æœ‘¢Ÿ, ƒòñÅ —̯¨ şºÏÅ �òî —�‘ݹ€°�è À‘±Í œ¯€¥" ‡òì ˜êÆ �¿º‘, �ÅÀ‘ œù’°Å �şİ ×¹³Øª¦Ï¹°‘Ñ. µ‘›�æÅ şºÏ™� —̯¨ —צ, À´°‘¿½, ½öב«Å €×´³/—צ´³ ت¨, Flat-Ö …èã ½è€ãÆ‘Ï™� ŠÏ µÀø�‘ÌÅ —œË³ ت¨ şÀşÒ ×¹ş°‘Å.

Ÿ¥ Ÿ¥ ƒªÓÉÅ, œªïÉÅ, �¿ºÃÅ œ‘¿»¥ °Æ‘Ì‘� ƒÏ¹°³. TV on º¯¬ ت¨ À›�ã ƒ€œÇÖ �€Ì¹°×‘ì ÷”�À‘� breakfast œ‘¿»ªş¥‘Å. "�‘Ñ´°‘şÒ¹³ …î™� °‘ò �ÅÀ‘ rest ƒÖ€Ò" ‡òì ˜ê �ÅÀ‘ €×ÉÅ şœ¹³ œ‘¿»¥ €×´ş°‘Å.
"Happy Diwali to one and all" ‡òì º™�´³ flat Ì‘Àî‘° À‘À‘ÚÅ �°‘ À‘ÁÉÅ …èşã ×¹°îÑ. "�›�‘ øî‘îÅ ‚¢œ‘ À‘Á" ‡òì œÅ¿Ì°‘ÆÀ‘� �ÅÀ‘ ş�ª�, À‘ÁÉÅ �Í´³™—�‘¯¨ ‚� ‚¢Ÿ ‡òé‘Ñ. "tring tring...." phone ŠÓ™� �לÌÀ‘� Š¦ —œòì ‡¨´ş°ò. "Hey bhavani chithi... Eppadi irukkai Happy Diwali" ‡òì ºÆ›�Ì œ¹ş°‘õÀ‘� ˜Øşîò. "×şÌ‘Å ƒòï™� œ‘Æ›�‘ÒÅ ×şÌ‘Å œÍÆ‘... úÅÅÅÅ.. ‡ÖÒ‘ÏÅ —÷ã™�ÆÅ. ƒÏ …›� �™�‘ �ª¥ �¨™�şéò" ‡òì "�ÅÀ‘ …òşî‘¥ °›�¢� ˜¿»¥é‘" ‡î phone-ai �ÅÀ‘ €�™� À‘íêşîò.

TV Ãòî‘Ö —�‘¤œ time —¥¦™ş�ª —œË³ ت¨, À±ÆÅ …«Ú™� ‡òî œ€À™�Ò‘Å ‡òì şÆ‘�´³™ —�‘¯¦Ï¹° �ÅÀ‘Ú™� …°× �¨™�€ã™�è —œòşéò. �™�Å º™�Å ‡ÖÒ‘ÏÅ ×¹³ wish º¯¬ sweets and savouries exchange ‡ÖґŠæ¹³ œ€À´³ œ‘¿»ª¨ æ™�Å şº‘³ À¬ 2 �¦´°³. "�¿º‘ �ÅÀ‘ you both go and sleep for some time" ‡òì ˜ê Rahul �×Ñ�€ã »¦×‘°À‘Ë ³–›� —œ‘òî‘Ñ. �×Ñ�è ‡à¹³ —�‘èãÚÅ º×‘ï ƒÌ¯¥‘׳ ÀéÆ‘� tring tring —œËÆÚÅ œÍÆ‘� ƒÏ¹°³. "ƒş°‘ �ãÅ»ªş¥‘Å" ‡òì �ÅÀ‘ —œ‘ÖÓت¨ phone-‰ �şİ €×´³ ‡›�€ã �×œÌ º¨´±î‘è. �´± ‚´³™� şº‘Ëت¨ ×ÏÅ şº‘³ ƒÌÚ À¬ º´³ �¦´³ ت¥³... "It was a very good diwali" Ì‘�Ö ˜é ‚şÀ‘±¿º³ şº‘Ö �€î×ÏÅ �Í´ş°‘Å.

"ííÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑ ííÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑ" �Ò‘ÌÅ À¬ �¦™� ‡Í¢œÒ‘� ‡à¹° şº‘³, �‘Ö�è °€ÌÇÖ º¥ —À´—°òé �‘Ñ—ºª ‡ò€î Æ°‘Ñ´°´€° …«Ì €×´°³... alarm-‰ off —œË³ ت¨, window blinds-‰ …ÆÑ´±Æ şº‘³, "oh boy, it has snowed heavily last night, ƒ¹° Denver ƒÏ™ş� ƒ›ş� snow Øİ ş�™�ş× ş×¯¥‘Å" ‡òéבşé "Good morning Rahul...." ‡î ‡à¿»şîò. "Good morning sweetheart... Happy diwali to you da" ‡òé Ì‘�Ö "hey we got to call up appa amma right!!!" ‡î ³èä bed-‰ ت¨ ‡à¹°‘Ñ....

"Hello amma, appa, ÌÀ«‘... Happy diwali …›� ‡ÖÒ‘Ï™�Å" ‡òì µ‘ñÅ Ì‘�ÕÅ ˜êÆ şº‘³ "‡ò, Ganga snaanam aacha" ‡òé‘è �ÅÀ‘... ‡òî‘Ö �°í� şÀÖ �¯­€Ì �ª¨ º¨´° æÆØÖ€Ò.....

Responses:

• From: mysore pak (@ dsl-64-34-176-129.telocity.com) on: Mon Nov 12 23:37:33
  
  marundhu
  
  
• From: Siva (@ ) on: Mon Jan 21 12:24:38
  
  very nice, nostalgic story...
  
  
• From: pradeep (@ evrtwa1-ar3-233-090.evrtwa1.dsl.gtei.net) on: Tue Jan 22 01:21:40
  
  Nanna ezhudharaelaey neenga !! Idhaey maari neriya kadhai ezhudhanum...Vazhthukkal...
  
  
• From: pradeep (@ lan-202-144-44-230.maa.sify.net) on: Fri Feb 22 00:34:41
  
  fundu
  
  
• From: lakshmi (@ palo5.pacific.net.sg) on: Fri Oct 17 23:11:29
  
  i want in english by today 4.00p.m.
  
  
• From: Shakthi (@ 203-195-199-244.now-india.net.in) on: Sat Oct 18 00:29:44 EDT 2003
  
  good story omappodi......last line made the punch in ur story.
  
  
  here is the english version of the same..........
  
  
  Deepavali-Short Story
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  thIpAvaLi
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  'pad pad pad' - paddAsu saththam kAthaith thuLaikka lEsAna salippOdu pOrvai san-thu vaziyAka maNi pArkka kaNkaLai idukkinEn. "innum 4 maNi kUda Akalai in-tha flat makkaLukku thUkkam varAthA..." ena kaduppAki izuththu pOrththi thUngka muyanREn. "Good morning darling... Happy diwali to you ma" enRa rAkulin kaikaLukkuL ennai kuRukkik koLLa muyanRu ""hmmm... Happy diwali to you da" enRu munakinEn.
  
  "sIkkiram ezun-thukkaRiyA... illiyA... thalai thIpAvaLi athuvumA 4 maNikku ezun-thu saddunu kuLissuddu vA varshA..." enRa ammAvin kuralai kEddu inimEl thUngka mudiyAthu ena mudivu seythu pOrvaiyai vilakkiyapadi padukkaiyai viddu ezun-thu bathroom-kkuL senRu fresh seythu koNdu ammA munnAl eNNai vessukka living room-kku van-thAl athaRkuL ammA ramaNanai udkAra vaiththu "aSvaththAmA pali vyASaha hanumAmsa vipIshaNaha krupa parasuramassa sapthaithE siranjsIvinaha" solli eNNai vekka AramissuddAL.
  
  "vA vA aduththathu unakku thAn... AnA unakku in-tha aSvaththAmA ellAm kidaiyAthE" ena vampukku izuththa ramaNan mIthu van-tha kOvam ammA pakkam thirumpiyathu. "unakku un puLLai thAn osaththi illiyA" ena kELviyOdu ammA munpu amarn-thEn. "keLari kalyANa vaipOkamE" ammA pAdi miLaku, miLakAy vaththal pOddu kothiththa eNNaiyai oru SpUn eduththu thalai ussiyil vaiththAL. kuLikka thaiyArAka ellAththaiyum eduththu vessuddu van-thathu vasathiyA pOssu ena manasukkuL n-inaiththu, "ippO pOy kuLissuddu ithO odi van-thudaREn" ena bathroom-kkuL pukun-thu veLi varum pOthu, Rahul rediyA paijamA kurthA aNin-thu ammA appA munnAlE AsIrvAtham vAngka thayArAka n-inRirun-thAr.
  
  "Ey sOmpERi, sIkkiram van-thu n-amaSkAram paNNudi" enRu kUvikkoNdE appA ammA kAlil vizun-thAn ramaNan. "Come on Varsha." enRAr rAkul kaN jAdaiyAl. iruvarum paddu sarasarakka n-amaSkAram seythOm. "sIkramEva suputhra prApthiraSthu" ena AsIrvAtham seythAr appA. "EnpA ennai mAthiri suputhri prApthiraSthu vENdAmA" ena kEdka "vAyAdi" enRu perumai pongka siriththAr appA.
  
  "sari saddunu reNdu maththAppu koLuththiddu vAngkO ellArum" enRavARE vAyil ammA pOdda lEhiyam, "This stuff is good man" ena kURumpOthu, thoNdaikkuL kAramAka irangkiyathu. "konjsam wait paNNungkO" ena n-An appA ammA ramaNanukku vAngkiya thuNimaNikaLai eduththu avarkaLukku kodukka rAkulaiyum kUda n-iruththinEn. "ethukku mAppiLLai ithellAm" enRu ammA siRithu sangkOja pada, rAkul "ammA, appA illAtha enakku ellAmA irukkEL... ithu kUda n-An vAngki thara kUdAthA" ena sollum pOthu rAkulin kaNkaL lEsAka paniththathu. "enna kaNNA Y are you becoming emotional" enRavARu avarathu kaiyai pidiththukkoNdu mAdi padikaLil paddAsu vedikka irangkinEn. athaRkuL ramaNan 1000 vAlA onRu vaiththu viddu mAdi padi eRi van-thu koNdu irun-thAn. "Ey parakkA veddi, n-Angka varathukkuLLa ennadA avasaram" enRu avan thalaiyil lEsAka kuddinEn. "sari thAn pOdi" enRu avan enakku "vevev vE" kAddi viddu mINdum paddAsu vedikka OdinAn. "25 vayasAssu unakku, avanukkum 21 vayasAssu, innum reNdu pErum sinna kozan-thaikaL mAthiri saNdai" enRu kURiya appA, ammA sahitham kIzE van-thuviddirun-thAr. n-AngkaLum pErukku reNdu vedi, maththAppu, pushvANam vaiththu/vediththu viddu, Flat-l uLLa puLLaiyArukku oru n-amaSkAram seythu viddu mElE van-thOm.
  
  suda suda idliyum, sadniyum, appamum sAppida thayArAka irun-thathu. TV on paNNi viddu mangkaLa isaiyil karain-thavARu SukamAka breakfast sAppiddOm. "kArththAlEn-thu unakku thAn ammA rest illai" enRu kURi ammA vaiyum sEn-thu sAppida vaiththOm.
  "Happy Diwali to one and all" enRu pakkaththu flat rAmanAtha mAmAvum sIthA mAmiyum uLLE van-thanar. "kangkA SnAnam AssA mAmi" enRu samprathAyamAka ammA kEdka, mAmiyum siriththukkoNdu Aa Assu enRAr. "tring tring...." phone olikka avasaramAka odi senRu eduththEn. "Hey bhavani chithi... Eppadi irukkai Happy Diwali" enRu payangkara san-thOshamAka kUvinEn. "varOm innikki sAyangkAlam varOm sariyA... hmmmm.. ellArum SeLakkiyam. iru ungka akkA kidda kudukkaREn" enRu "ammA unnOda thangkassi kUppidaRA" ena phone-ai ammA kaikku mARRinEn.
  
  TV munnAl konjsa time dedikkEd seythu viddu, mathiyam uNavukku enna samaikkalAm enRu yOsiththuk koNdirun-tha ammAvukku uthava adukkaLaikkuL senREn. akkam pakkam ellArum van-thu wish paNNi sweets and savouries exchange ellAm mudin-thu samaiththu sAppiddu mudikkum pOthu maNi 2 adiththathu. "appA ammA you both go and sleep for some time" enRu kURi Rahul avarkaLai pidivAthamAy thUngka sonnAr. avarkaL ezun-thu koLLavum pavAni iraNdAvathu muRaiyAka tring tring seyyavum sariyAka irun-thathu. "ithO kiLampiddOm" enRu ammA sollividdu phone-ai kIzE vaiththu engkaLai avasara paduththinAL. siththi Aththukku pOyviddu varum pOthu iravu maNi paththu adiththu viddathu... "It was a very good diwali" rAkul kURa AmOthippathu pOl anaivarum siriththOm.
  
  "RRrrrrrrrrrrrr RRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" alAram maNi adikka erissalAka ezun-tha pOthu, kAlkaL tharaiyil pada meththenRa kArped ennai yathArththaththai uNara vaiththathu... alarm-ai off seythu viddu, window blinds-ai uyarththiya pOthu, "oh boy, it has snowed heavily last night, in-tha Denver irukkE ingkE snow viza kEkkavE vENdAm" enRavARE "Good morning Rahul...." ena ezuppinEn. "Good morning sweetheart... Happy diwali to you da" enRa rAkul "hey we got to call up appa amma right!!!" ena thuLLi bed-ai viddu ezun-thAr....
  
  "Hello amma, appa, ramaNA... Happy diwali ungka ellArukkum" enRu n-Anum rAkulum kURiya pOthu "ennadA, Ganga snaanam aacha" enRAL ammA... ennAl athaRku mEl kaNNIrai kaddu paduththa mudiyavillai.....
  
  

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