ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 623

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ¡v H¶n`VnNwk«w k¶psk¶v fpOw N*m`_n]mw. H^p s{d]v–s¡Xp¯pWn¡p¶ A]mapsX A^]n AkÀ Nm`pNÄ Ipän¸nXn¡pw. NpWnªpN£¯n`qsX ssN]n«v A]mÄ Aks^ H^p bqtbms` sbm¡ns]Xp¯p sW©n`fÀ¯pw. ssNNÄ A]mapsX Njp¯n`pw, Nm`pNÄ A^s¡«n`pw Ipän¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶ Ak^psX I´nNÄ bnXn¨pknXÀ¯n, A§sW Wn¶psNm*v A]mÄ Npt_tW^w AXn¡pw. tSman S`Im]v¨pNnX¡p¶ Ak^psX fp`NÄ A]mapsX sW©n At§m«pfnt§m«pfm]n Ak^p^hpw. CX]v¡nsX hvO`Wfp*mkp¶Sv Ak^psX fpOw tWm¡n]m`_n]mw. bns¶, Smsj, tfl¸p_¯p ssNNaq¶nWn_p¯n, bp_Nn`qsX A]mÄ Npt_]Xn¡pw. GNtUlw A]mÄ¡v– k^m_mkpt¼mÄ A]maks^ Nth^]n`n^p¯n fp¶n Wn¡pw. hz´w bq_ns` WWknÂNpSnÀ¶ B Np® SpX]v¡pNtbm`pw sI¿msS Ak^Sv D_n©m³ SpX§pw. Ak^psX S` A^s¡«nt`¡v tIÀ¯fÀ¯n A]mÄ Ak^psX km]n bq_ns`¶tbms` b®pw. Npt_¡jnªp A]mak^psX S`bnXn¨Xp¸n¨p
Np® NXks^ km]nt`¡v Np¯n¡]äpt¼mÄ A]mÄ¡v k¶psk¶v fWÊn`mkpw. AÂbwNjnªp A]mak^psX S`]ns` bnXnknXpt¼mÄ, km]ns` skÅw fpjpk³ NpXn¨n_¡n AkÀ UoÀQlzmhw knXpw. A]mapsX SaÀ¶ Np® bp_s¯Xp¯p, At¸mjpw Cänäpkojp¶ AkhmWSpÅnNapw AkÀ W¡ns]Xp¡pw. bns¶ Ai¦m^sfÃmw lfn¨p A]mam Nth^]n Nm`pNaNän Im^n¡nX¡pw. Aks^\oäp fp*psNm*]mapsX A^s¡«pfpjpk³ SpX¨psNmXp¡pw. B]n^n¸n Ss¶ AkÀ A]mapsX K«n]pw bmâpw SpXks^]nXpw. bns¶ tSmap]À¯n gÀ«nXpw. A]msa\oäp K«n]pw bmâpw fpNant`¡p]À¯pt¼mÄ Ak^]mapsX sdÂäpsN«n gÀ«nsâ d«\nXpw. bns¶ hz´w fp*pXp¯p, »uhn«v A]msa ]m{S]m¡pw. A]mÄ tbm]n¡jnªm Nn«n] tWm«pNÄ A`fm^]nt`s¡_nªp, kmSnÂtbm`pw Im^msS, H^p bjwSp\ntbms` AkÀ N«n`nt`¡v Im]pw. bSnkptbms` Bänt`¡v tbmNmsS AkÀ SaÀ¶p_§pw. fäm^pk^pt¼mjpw AkÀ¡o £o\w N*nt«]nÃ, H^p b¯p {bmklysf¦n`pw AkÀ¡p k¶n^n¡pw. b_ªpNjnª tfQ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Mm³ b_ªp, “”CWn AXp¯]mÄ””. Fsâ Cãf_n]m³ Njn]m¯Snsâ kngft¯msX Aksas¶ tWm¡n.

AXp¯]mÄ SnN¨pw kySyhvSWm] H^mam\v. WmÂbSp k]ÊnWXp¯ H^p fmWy³. hz´w l^o^¯n fäm^pw sSmXp¶Sv A]mÄ¡nãfsöv tSm¶pw. A]mÄ¡v ssbWm¸nÄ Kyqhm\v tI¨n sNmXp¡m_v. NpXn¨pNjnªp A]mÄ Nth^]n Wns¶\oäv Ak^psX »uhpw fp*pw Ajn¨pfmäpw. bns¶ Aks^ tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p Ip*pfpS Smtjm«p Hmt^m Ak]kfm]n D_n©pw. sbm¡nÄ Njn]pt¼mÄ Aks^ tfl]psX k¡n`n^p¯n, N¼nNp«³.sWäv