മയ്യഴിപ്പുഴയുടെ തീരങളില്‍ - M Mukundan

There is no protagonist in this novel. If there is one, that is Mayyazhi herselt. Mayyazhi/Mahe, the Frech colony in the British India.

It is the story of Mayyazhi, the വെള്ളക്കാര്‍ who were there for generations, the localites who don't consider them as invaders but as born rulers, the വെള്ളക്കാര്‍ who gave them an option of choosing between French/Indian citizenship, the natives who wonder what is the meaning of freedom and wonder from whom they need it.

Mayyaziyude Kathakaran tells us their freedom striggle and once they got it how they lost their muse for life. They didn't know what to live for next. One went to the same building the French ruled them and set up a similar Govt, one chose French citizenship as he realised he wasn't fighting the French but the colonioalism and his fight was the nedd of the time, and the one who was the most promising of them all stood standing staring at the life that betrayed him.


It's so touching, so tragical. A true masterpiece, don't miss it.