Daddal Kaadina Mouna
₹240.00
Author: Shashiraj Kavoor
ದಡ್ಡಾಲ್ ಕಾಡಿನ ಮೌನ’ ಕಿರು ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶಶಿರಾಜ್ ಅವರು ಕೊರಗ ಸಮುದಾಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕಾರ್ಯದ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ನಡೆಸಿ, ಆಧುನಿಕತೆಯ ಸಂಕ್ರಮಣಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿನ ಕೊರಗರ ಬದುಕಿನ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅದರ ಜೊತೆಗೆಯೇ ತುಳುವ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯ ಗುತ್ತುವಿನಂತಹ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ಆಡಳಿತದ ಚೌಕಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ದೈವಾರಾಧನೆಯ ಸ್ವರೂಪ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೂಡಾ ಪೋಣಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕೆಲವು ದಶಕಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ತುಳುನಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತಹ ವಿದ್ಯಮಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಕುರಿತ ಕೆಲವು ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ನೋಟಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಕಥಾ ಸಂವಿಧಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರಿಕೊಂಡಿವೆ. ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಕಡೆ ಆಧುನಿಕ ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯು ಬಂದ ಬಳಿಕವೂ ದೇಸಿ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ವೈದ್ಯಪದ್ಧತಿ ಮತ್ತು ನಂಬಿಕೆಗಳು ಕ್ರಿಯಾಶೀಲವಾಗಿ ಇರುವುದರ ವಾಸ್ತವದ ಚಿತ್ರಣವೂ ಅನಾವರಣವಾಗಿದೆ. ಒಂದು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ಒಳಗಿನ ಧನಾತ್ಮಕ ಮತ್ತು ಋಣಾತ್ಮಕ ಅಂಶಗಳು ಏಕಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಕ್ರಿಯಾಶೀಲವಾಗಿ ಇರುವ ವೈರುಧ್ಯದ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಕೊರಗಸಮುದಾಯದ ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣ ಭಾವನೆಗಳ ತೊಳಲಾಟವನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಬಹುದು. ಕುಲಸಂಬಂಧಿ ಆಚರಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಲೂ ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ಅಮಾನವೀಯ ಅಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ತೊಡೆದುಹಾಕುವ ಮನೋಧರ್ಮವು ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
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