Anecdotes of Abi and Vetri

TVET - IAS Abiyum Vazhakkarignar Vetriyum - Part 1

Abi wakes up after a few hours and feels her head throbbing. She turns on the other side and feels momentary loss to find the bed otherwise empty. She then realises that it's her father's house and slowly everything rushes back. Tears come down again and she closes her eyes leaning on the head board. Padma walks in softly and sees that Abi is awake.

Pad: Abimma! Poi bathroom poittu moonji kazhuvittu vaa! Juice kondu vanthirukken. Romba neram thanni kudikkama thalai valikkum.

Abi comes back from the bathroom and the juice reminds her of the time she treated Vetri in the same room. Tears prick the back of her eyes. She drinks the juice.

A: Appa engamma? Ellarum sappteengala?

Pad: Naan, periamma, Appa moonu perum unakkaga wait panromda! Nee keezha variya? illai ingaye kondu varattuma?

A: Illaimma! Naan keezha varen!

She goes down and they all eat silently. SN goes up with Abi to her room.

SN: Abimma! Marunthu sapptiya? Intha! Solluma! Eppadi irukka?

A: (sighs) puriyalaippa! Eppadi feel panrenne puriyalai! Ithellam oru kanavu! Itho ezhunthuduven! Ezhunthathum vetri kooda ethavathu sandai poduvennu than thonuthuppa! (cries)

SN hugs her and says soothing words.

SN: Kannama! Azhuthudu da! Manasula irukkara vali konjam poruthukka mudiyum. Rendu moonu naal ethuvum yosikkathe. Ozhunga sappidu! Eppo thookam varutho thoongu! Appuram enna panrathunnu yosikkalam. Ippo naan vena inga irunthu velai seyyattuma?

A: Appa! Sorryppa! Ennala than neenga intha case edutheenga! Ungalukku ippadi agiduchu!

SN: Illaima! Ithula un thappu enna irukku. Naan innamum nee avar kolai pannalainnu nambinathu sari thannu thonuthu! Avaru yaarukkagavo intha pazhi ethukittu irukkaru!

A: Appa! Venampa! Intha pechai edukkatheenga! Naan enakkaga illainnalum kuzhanthaikkaga yosikkanum. Innikku ennamo thookam thookama varuthu! Naan konja neram thoongaren.

SN: Sarimma! Appo naan velilaye velai seyyaren. Ethavathu venumna koopidu.

Abi wakes up around 5 pm and goes out of the room after freshening up. She hears sound from Varsha and Surya's room and hears her name taken.

Sur: Abikkitta naan pesaren. Naan solrathu sarinnu ava othuppa! Ippo intha nilamaila avalukku intha kuzhanthai thevaiya? Athuvum antha kolaikaranoda kozhanthai! Already kolikaran pondatti ivalai ellarum pesuvanga! Athai kooda divorce vangi sari pannidalam. Kuzhanthai! Venave venam Varsha.

Var: Ennanga ithu? Athukkaga kuzhanthai azhikkalama? Athu periya paavam! Erkanave enna paavam pannomo namakku illai! Antha kolaikaranukku ithonnu ninaichathu kuzhanthai undagiduchu! Ithula intha paavam veraya?

Sur: Athukkaga avan pullaiyai pethu namma veetula valakka solriya? Enakku avan kozhanthai valaruthunnu ninaichale pathikkittu varuthu.

Var: Namma veetu kuzhanthainnu ninaichukkunga! En avan kuzhanthainnu ninaikkareenga?

Sur: Enga ponalum antha kuzhanthaiyai kolaikaran kuzhanthainnu thane solluvanga? Vera eppadi solluvanga? Judge veetu kuzhanthainna solluvanga? Chitappa perayum illai nethikku mothama azhichuttan? Venam venamnu evlo sonnen! Intha Abi kettala? Illai chitappa than kettaara? Ippo enna achu? Kolaikaran kuzhanthaiyai namma vettula vechu valakkanum. Ithu vera!

Abi recoils listening to this and walks back to her room. She is in deep thought and takes her laptop and does some research.

Next morning after breakfast, Abi says that she wants to talk to everyone.

A: Appa! Naan enna panrathunnu mudiveduthutten.

SN: Abi! avasarappattu mudivedukkathemma! Athuvum emotional statele ethuvum yosikkathe.

A: Illaippa! Naan UPSC exam ezhutha poren!

Per: Appadinna ennamma?

A: Athu IAS, IPSnnu agarathukku. Naan IAS kku exam ezhuthi agaporen. Enakku porakkara kozhanthai oru IAS officeroda kozhanthainnu per vanganum. Athoda, ennala mudinja alavukku ellarukkum nallathu seyyanum. Athukkaga naan intha mudivukku vanthirukken.

SN: Romba santhoshamda! Nee ippadi yosikkarathai kekka romba perumaiya irukku! Sari! Ethavathu coaching class visarichu vechirukkiya illai naan visarikkattuma?

A: Appa! Naan inga padikka porathillai! Naan veliyurla poi padikka poren. Inga iruntha enakku manasu nimmathiya irukkathu! Naan ithaiyellm vittutu vera oorukku poi padikka poren. Angeye exam ezhuthavum poren.

Per: Ennada ippadi solra? Ippo vera nee masama irukka! Nee eppadi samalippa? Padma! Neeyum Varshavum inga samalinga! Naan venna Abi kooda irukken.

A: Illai periamma! Inimel naan ethayum thaniya senju pazhakkika poren. Ithu naan thernthedutha vazhkai! Naan than ithai samalikkanum. Naan pathukkaren. Neenga yaarum vara venam. Naan Hyderabad pogapporen.

SN: Abimma! Yosichu mudivedu da! Avasarappadathe. Nee venumna chennaila irunthu padi da! Oru avasaramna naanga iruppom.

A: Illaippa! Naan inimel orutharai sarnthu irukka koodathunnu mudivu eduthirukken. Innikku naan oru koloikaran pondatti. En kozhanthai oru kolaikaran kozhanthai! Athu ennodave irukkattum. Enakkum en kozhanthaikkum oru nalla adaiyalatha uruvakkittu naan varen. Unga veetu ponnu IAS officer perumaiya solla vechittu varenpa. Ungalukku naan ippo porathu manasukku kashtama irukkum. Ana ennai pathi kavalai padatheenga! Naan ennaiyum kuzhanthaiyayum kattayam nalla pathuppen.

SN: Sarimma! Hyderabadla engamma poppora? Veedu pakka vendama? Kudithanathukku saman ellam venum. Ticket vangittiya first?

A: Athellam periya vishayam illaippa! Naan ticket vangiyachu! Anga airbnbla oru veedu pathirukken! Ennoda US friends sila peru irukkanga! Anga poi mathathu ellam naan pathukkaren. Neenga kavalaippadatheenga. Naan anga poi en puthu phone number anupparen. Ethavathunna koopidaren.

Sur: Ippo ethukku Abi intha avasara padara? Antha Vetriya vidamattennu ithe mathiri than pidivatham pidiche! Athu ethula mudinjathunnu paathiya? Avan oru kolaikaraannu avane othukittan.

A: Naan ippavum solren Vetri kolai pannala! Ithu vera yaaraiyo kappatha thappai othikittaru. Vetri panna thappu en nambikkaikku drogam pannathu than. Kolai illai! Namnbikkai drogam apdingarathu enakku pazhagi pochu anna! Appavum neengalum Vetri mela poi case potteenga! Ungalai nambi intha veetukku vanthen! Appo Sakthiya kalyanam pannanumnu mirattineenga! Ippo Vetriyoda drogam! Naan perusa nambura ellarum ippadi nadanthukkaranga! Athanala naan inimel ennai mattumthan namba poren. Naan nalaikku kilambaren.

Pad: Kannamma! Ivlo seekiram poganumada? Oru rendu naal kazhichu poda!

A: Illaima! Enakku inga iruntha nadanthathai pathi than nyabagam varuthu! Ovvoru idathulayum Vetriyoda nyabagam than irukku. Evlo seekiram puthusa oru idathukku poreno avlo enakku nallathu. Naan ungakitta kattayam adikkadi pesuven. Naan IAS clear pannittu inga vanthu paappen. Athu varaikkum konjam wait pannunga! Naan velinattukku padikka poirukkennu ninaichukkunga!

Next morning Abi takes leave from everyone at home and asks them not to come to see her off in the bus stand. She takes a bus to Chennai and goes to the Central Railway Station. There, she finds her train to Hyderabad and takes her seat. When the train is just leaving the station, a woman of her age comes running and climbs and sits next to her. The new lady (NL) quickly takes a shawl out of her bag and covers herself from head to waist and keeps checking out of the window. NL  turns to Abi when the train crosses Villivakkam.

NL: Intha train Arakkonathula nikkuma?

A: Nikkathu. Next Sulurupettai than! 6 manikku pogum.

NL: Appada! Nalla velai! En peru Viji! Unga peru?

To be continued.

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