Complex sentence: The local bigwig JP (Ponvannan) treats the whole village almost like his bonded labourers, and he is irked by the newfound freedom that the villagers and their children seem to enjoy.
Split into simpler sentences: The local bigwig JP (Ponvannan) treats the whole village almost like his bonded labourers. And he is irked by the new-found freedom that the villagers and their children seem to enjoy.