Anecdotes of Abi and Vetri

TVET - IAS Abiyum Vazhakkarignar Vetriyum - Part 16

AN:- Thank you for your kind and patient support, votes and comments. The incident written here is a mix of few different such slum evictions that happened over the last few decades in Chennai and its outskirts.

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For the next two weeks, Deepthi and Hari stay back. Their innocent love and interactions smoothens some of the rough edges in the renewed relationship of Vetri and Abi. The stories recounted by Deepthi and Hari, not only are informative for Viji, Sudar and Tarun, but also help awaken the buried memories and feelings in Vetri and Abi.

In two weeks time, their household goes back to the four of them and they fall into a comfortable routine. Things seem to be going well for Vetri and he feels that happiness is within his reach. But what is life if it doesn't throw curve balls? Abi and Vetri get yet another curve ball in the form of slum eviction, almost a month after their attack.

Abi is in her office and Kumar comes in and updates her on the court order to evict people from a slum. He tells her that the slum residents are given alternate apartments in the outskirts but they dont want that and are protesting that they won't leave their slum.

Abi: Nammalala court order meeri onnum panna mudiyathu! Athai execute panni thaan aganum! Sari! Court deadline enna? Case yaaru potta? Namma pottoma illa PIL-a? Details kodunga! Amaidhiyana porattam ok thaan! Details padikka oru one hour kodunga! Appuram avunga representative-a meet panren.

After some time while Abi is reading the documents, she gets a call from Vetri.

A: Vetri! Mukkiyama ethachumaa? Illainna appuram koopidariya? Oru mani nerathula oru meeting irukku. Athukku naan details padikkanum.

V: MK Nagar slum clearance meetinga? Naanum innum rendu moonu perum thaan meetingukku varom.

A: Neeyada avunga lawyer?

V: Innikku kathala Poongavanam Annan vanthu ethachum help panna mudiyuma paarunnu kettaru. Ippo avunga unkitta pesa oorvalama varapporatha sonnanga! Athanala naanum kooda varen. Unakku therinjirukkanumnu sonnen.

A: Naan innum padichu mudikkalai! Ana High Courtla eviction stay panna mudiyathunnu case dismiss panni engalukku 3 months deadline kodithirukkanga! Sari! Paakkalam. Ingaye Akkava unakkum sappadu kondu vara sollidaren. Nee varache collect pannikko.

Vetri and two others (L1 and L2) come to meet Abi leading a small procession.

L1: Collector Madam! Naanga 408 kudumbam antha kuppathula irukkom. Enga pasanga anga schoolla padikkaranga. Enga thozhil, velai ellam antha areala thaan. Ippadi thideernu engalai kilambi ponnu sonna enna artham?

L2 (appears to be a respected elder of the group): Athuvum oorukku velila idam koduthirukkeenga. Enga thozhil, pillainga padippu ethirkalam ellame poidum. Neenga koduthirukkara areala vilaivasi romba athigam. Engalukku kattupadi agathu madam.

A: Aiyaa! High Courtla eviction order confirm pannirukkanga! Naanga court ordera meera mudiyathu. Ana ungalukku puthu idathula enna kuraipaadugal irukko, athai engalala mudinja alavukku sari seyya mudiyum. Antha veetukku proper sale deed patta ellam naan evlo seekiram mudiyumo avlo seekkiram ungalukku kidaikkara mathiri seyyaren. Ungalukku puthu edathula vera adipadai thevaigal ennanu sollunga! Nyaymana korikkaigala udane senju tharom.

L1: Athu eppadi madam? Ippo engalukku antha idathula rendu vaarathukkulla school aasupathiri ellam katti tharuveengala? Ithula oru 15 pasanga 10-vathu, 12-vathu paritchai ezhutharanga? Antha pasanga mela padikka entrance examukku thayaragittu irukkanga. Avunga padippu kedaathaa? Avunga ethirkaalam kedathaa?

A: Neenga solra pasanga padippu mukkiyamana prachinai thaan. Exam appavo athukku munnadiyo kaali panna sonna athu sattappadi thappu. Ana ippo thane school thiranthirukku? Athanala antha kaaranam solli extension vanga mudiyathu. Antha colonylenthu higher secondary school konjam thalli thaan irukku. Athayum othukkaren. Ana antha prachinaikku namma oru theervu kandu pidikkalam.