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LISTEN TO THE MOUNTAIN, KAVERY NAMBISAN, Major Characters, GRANDMOTHER - ninety year old, great grandmother, wise and sensitive lived in the village all, , her life, great love for nature, birds, fishes, trees, flowers and animals are her, friends, shocked and upset at the plan to build a hotel in Dharmagiri., , NARAYAN ~ School Headmaster, loves the village and the villagers, devoted to the cause, of protecting nature, determined to find a solution., RAMANNA tea-shop owner, concerned about the hotel coming up at Dharmagiri, feels, , that the villagers opinion should have been taken, cannot think of going, against the traditions and beliefs of the villagers., , SAGAR ~ building contractor of Mr Dixit, representative of modern man who looks, down upon the village and villagers. materialistic as well as ambitious. not, concerned about the age old beliefs of the villagers., , DIxIT ~ millionaire industrialist, business minded, does not understand the sentiments, of the villagers,, , Minor Characters, SHASTRI, , KANNAN, RUDRAPPA., , Main Events, Scene 1, % Monologue of the grandmother., %© Grandmother speaks about her village on the slopes of the Dharmagiri hills., % The village set amidst the beautiful Dharmagiri hills abounds in natural beauty., 3 Grandmother had a tough but happy life., %& The river, trees, flowers, birds and animals are all her friends., % Grandmother is distressed on hearing the shocking news from her grandson., Scene 2, %© Sagar, the building contractor, informs the villagers of Dixit's plan to build a five-star hotel, in the village., % Villagers are shocked to hear of the plan., % Villagers cannot accept the idea of a five-star hotel as it would destroy the village., % The villagers feel that there is no need for a multi storey hotel in their village which has a, population of only about 500 people., %& Sagar mocks the villagers calling them ignorant and dumb., % Sagar says that the people who lose their houses will be handsomely compensated., % Dixit is very influential and has clinched the deal to construct the hotel., Scene 3, % Narayan, Ramanna, Kannan, Shastri and Rudrappa meet at the tea-shop to discuss about the, hotel., % Ramanna considers it foolish to build a hotel in their village., % Kannan is of the opinion that a hotel will bring in more tourists and hence more money., % Shastri informs the villagers that it is dangerous to construct a hotel on Dharmagiri., % Dharmagiri cannot support a structure taller than thirty feet., , Scene 4, % Grandmother is worried about what would happen to the animals, birds, trees and the river., % She advises Narayan to speak to the children as tomorrow's world is their world., % She mocks the rich saying “big people with small hearts will swallow this beautiful village, of ours’., Scene, % Children lead by Narayan protest against the construction., & They present a petition to Dixit, % Dixit refuses to budge and calls the petition nonsense., % Landslide occurs in the village killing eleven people including two children,, Climax, Landslide at Dharmagiri, Message, Nature always speaks if we care to listen,