ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn^p²fm]n ^*pkÀgs¯ CXtka¡ptlgfm\v, F«mw ¢mhv b^o£ Njnªp Mm³ Wm«ns`¯p¶Sv. Njnª skt¡gWv AÑsâ kntUl ]m{S]pw A½]psX Sn^¡pNapw Nm^\w FWn¡v k^m³ NjnªnÃ. tfQ H^pbmXv kaÀ¶n^n¡p¶p; l^o^¯n fm{Sw. fWÊv Ct¸mjpw bj] Np«n]ptXSv Ss¶. AkÄ ¹hv H¬ b^o£ FjpSn]n^n¡p¶p. Wm«ns`¯n]m Hmt^m Wm«pkjn]n`qsX]pw k]`n_¼pNan`qsX]pw Fsâ ssNbnXn¨pWX¡p¶ B bj] sb®v. knlm`fm] b_¼pNan A§n§m]n D*m]n^p¶ Hmt^m koXpw AknXs¯ BapNapw AkÄ¡v DÅwssN]ns` sWÃn¡]m]n^p¶p. MmsWm^n¡`pw N*n«nÃm¯ AknXs¯ Smfh¡ms^Ãmw AkapsX km¡pNan`qsX Fsâ AXp¸¡m^m]n. Hmt^m kÀgkpw AknXs¯ kntlg§Ä AkÄ FWn¡v Abv–tZäv sI]vSpS^pfm]n^p¶p. f^\§apw knkmi§apw, F´nWv, AknXs¯ sNm¨pbn\¡§Ätbm`pw (AknsX k`n] bn\¡§Ä H^n¡`pfp*m]n«nÃ) ASnÂs¸Xpw. ZÂin]ns` Fsâ hv–Nqan bYn¯¡m^yw HjnsN fsäs´¦n`pw hibmYnNtamXv hwhm^n¨Nm^yw Fsâ HmÀ½]n`nÃ. ASpsNm*pwNqXn]mkpw Ftâ]pw tfQ]ptX]pw Cu WmXv FWn¡{S {bn]s¸«Sm]Sv. D¨¡v Wm«ns`¯n]UnkhwSs¶ Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨v B sNm¨p{Pmfw fpjpkWpw WX¶pSoÀ¯p. hÔy¡ptlgw £o\n¨pko«ns`¯n] Ft¶mXkÄ b_ªp, “”””A½ Wnsâ tck_nävhv FÃmw D*m¡n]n^n¡pw. tkPw Npan¨pkm”. A½m]n]psX bmIN¯nNkn Mm³ k]__n]msS Njn¨p; Wm«n`m]n^n¡pt¼mÄ AsS¶pw A§sW]m\v. fpNan`s¯ Wn`]ns` ^*psdZv_qfpNans`m¶v AkaptXSm\v. Mm³ k^pt¼mÄ ASnWXp¯ fp_n]m\v FWn¡m]n AkÄ H^p¡m_pÅSv. D_§pwfp³bv bSnkptbms` Aksasâ fp_n]ns`¯n. “”””WnW¡v £o\w Nm\pw. Wmsa Cu Wm«ns` In` kntlg§Ä, Wo]nSpks^ N*n«nÃm¯Sv, H^pbt£ MmWpw Cu]Xp¯ Nm`¯pfm{Sw Ns*¯n]Sv, Nm\n¨pS^mw. D_§nt¡maq, PpZvssWäv”. AkÄ AkapsX fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n.

^mkns` F«pf\n¡v tfQ Fs¶ Np`p¡n]p\À¯pN]m]n^p¶p. “”””A½]v¡n¶v hv–Nqan hv–sbgy Nv–amÊp*v. tkPw km”. Mm³ sbs«¶v Npan¨ps_Zn]m]n Smsjs]¯pt¼mÄ A½m]n hv–Nqant`¡ptbmNm³ S]m_m]n Wn¡]m\v. A½mk³ hz´w dnhnWÊv hwdÔfm] ]m{S]n`m\v; AXp¯ ^*mjvI SfnjvWmXntâ]pw NÀ\mXN¯nsâ]pw knknV Ø`§an`m]n^n¡pw. AkapsX tI«³ WP^¯ns` {blhvSfm] F³KnWo]_nRv tNmtaKns` timÌ`n`pw. A½m]n tkPw M§apsX {bmS kna¼n, ]m{Sb_ªptbm]n. A½m]n]psX bmIN¯ns` ssN¸p\yw Btkmaw BhzUn¨p Mm³ {bmS Njn¨p. A½m]n]psX bqt´m«¯ns` Hmt^m sIXn]pw AksaWn¡v Nm\n¨pS¶p. A½m]n]psX bmIN¯nt`]pw, bYn¸n¸nt`]pwtbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv