Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

sIkn]n bSps¡ f{´n¨p. ASnWNsfÃmw Mm³ W¶m]n Nm\\sf¶v AkÄ¡p tfmifps*¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. MmsWsâ ^*pssNsNm*pw AkapsX bqÀ¨p*pNÄ sfsà knXÀ¯n. Smsj]äs¯ Sp_¶ km]pw hvbµn¡p¶ ASnsâ N\vYkpw Mm³ tWm¡n]n^p¶p. ""fpNaäwks^ Sp_¶ptWm¡v"" AkÄ b_ªp. Fsâ ssNNÄ ASnsâ fpNaäwks^ bqÀ\fm]n knXÀ¯n. l^n¡pw H^p Smf^¸q Ss¶. fpNaäw Ipk¶ SXn¸nWnX]n kr¯mNrSn]n S`]p]À¯nWn¶ t_mhsfm«n Mm³ kn^`nsâ AäwsNm*v D^hn. AkÄ¡v C¡nan]mkpwtbms` tSm¶n. Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp, ""ASn Wnsâ kn^`pNÄsNm*v ko\ km]n¡\w"". f\nhmÀ ASv sI¿p¶Sv N*SpsNm*v MmWpw ASptbms` sI]vSp. Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n] AkapsX A^s¡«v CX]v¡nsX fpNant`¡p]À¶p. bmSn]Xª N®pNtamsX Aksasâ fpOw bnXn¨p fp`NÄ¡ptf k¨p. sS_n¨pWn¡p¶ AkapsX fp`NÄ¡ptf fpOfp^]v¡p¶ FWn¡m]n AkÄ Km¡änsâ iq¡pNÄ Ajn¨pS¶p. AkÄ s{d]vhns]À C«n«nÃ. Fsâ Ip*pNÄ fp`¡®n tIÀ¯pk¨p AkÄ b_ªp, ""D_n©n¡pXn¡v"". Fsâ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX fp`¡®pNÄ fm_nfm_n D_n©ns¡m*n^ns¡, Aksasâ k`SpssNbnXn¨p sb^pkn^ sfm«n`pw Iq*pkn^`pw WXpkn^`pw bq_nsâ km]n`pw k¨p. AkamUyw sI]vSpNm\n¨tbms` MmWpw sI]vSp. {Ntf\ AkapsX A^s¡«v tkP¯n D]À¶pSmjm³ SpX§n. AkapsX tWÀ¯ M^¡§Ä bSnªSpw bns¶ D_s¡]pÅSpfm] Wn`knanNam]n fm_n. AkÄ¡v tWmkpsf¶ eoSn]n bq_nÂWns¶Xp¯ Fsâ ssN AkÄ d`fm]n bnXn¨knsX k¨p. AkapsX l^o^w A£^mÀ°¯n kn_¨pSpÅpN]m]n^p¶p. bq_nWNs¯ Fsâ kn^`pNsa AkapsX fmwhtblnNÄ làn]m]n sM¡p¶Spw GtSm bpSn], kjpkjp¸nÃm¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hvO`Ww AkapsX]pÅnÂWn¶v {hkn¡p¶Spw FWn¡_n]mw. bns¶ dmVs]mjnª WmPNWyNs]t¸ms` Fs¶ tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p Akam Nth^]n Im^n¡nX¶p. Npt_¡jnªp, A^]v¡ptft` Ip^p«nk¨ bmkmX]pw, knXÀ¶ Nm`pNapw, WPvWfm] fm_nXkpfm]n bmSnSp_¶ N®pNtamsX, ssN]ns` sb^pkn^ Ip*nÂtIÀ¯p skÅw tk\sf¶kÄ