The beautiful novel written by Rasheed Parackal vividly explains the relation between nature and man. The life of a person from childhood to his young age is depicted in the novel in which the nature get united with human hearts. The life cycle of a person is closely linked to nature.
The love, affection and quarrel between the relatives of the boy named Sameer, the pond, the mango tree in their courtyard, the lantern etc. symbolises the past generation. People lived in joint families got split into nuclear families which shows the end of old culture. The boy who started his life with past generation has now got placed to a new style and order where there occurs disturbance in the relationship between man and nature. The story includes two life stages and we can see the transformation that takes place in the treatment of nature by man. The new generation tries to destroy the pond and the organisms in that particular ecosystem. The mother nature is suffering beyond endurance for the sins committed by her children.
The life'e feelings and emotions of migrant Keralite workers were also depicted in the novel through the character Sameer who travels to Gulf for a job;The workers who works hard in a strange land for their families. The struggle between society and culture can be seen throughout the novel. The transforming culture is a common theme in Rasheed's novels. The man who lived depending on nature at the early stages of life began to show the signs of change. This drastic change resulted in the transformation of human culture.
ARUN ANILKUMAR
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