Kwayaka: Nguva dzeMari
New Delhi, India - Kurume 30th, 2020: Yakasiiwa Connaught Nzvimbo panguva yekuvharwa nekuda kwekuvharirwa Covid 19, imwe yenzvimbo huru dzebhizinesi, dzekutengesa uye dzemari muNew Delhi, India.
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Ndiani anogona kushandisa izwi rekuti "ndaenda kuhutachiona" izvozvi pasina kudedera zvishoma? Ndiani anogona kutarisa chimwe chinhu zvakare - mubato wegonhi, makadhibhokisi, bhegi remuriwo - asingazvifungidzire achizara neaya asingaonekwe, asina kufa, asingararame ane mapedhi ekuyamwa akamirira kuzvisungirira pamapapu edu?
Ndiani angafunga nezvokutsvoda mutorwa, kusvetukira mubhazi kana kuti kuendesa mwana wake kuchikoro asinganzwi kutya chaiko? Ndiani angafunga nezvemafaro akajairika orega kuongorora njodzi yawo? Ndiani pakati pedu asiri quack epidemiologist, virologist, statistician uye muporofita? Ndeupi wesainzi kana chiremba asiri kunamatira chishamiso pachivande? Ndeupi muprista asiri - muchivande, zvirinani - kuzviisa pasi pesainzi?
Uye kunyangwe hutachiona huchiwedzera, ndiani aisagona kufadzwa nekuwanda kweshiri dziri mumaguta, mapikoko achitamba pamharadzano dzemigwagwa uye kunyarara kuri mumatenga?
Huwandu hwenyaya dzepasi rose svondo rino hwakakwira vanopfuura miriyoni. Vanhu vanodarika zviuru makumi mashanu vatofa. Kufungidzira kunoratidza kuti nhamba iyi ichakwira kusvika kumazana ezviuru, pamwe zvichitowedzera. Hutachiona hwafamba zvakasununguka munzira dzekutengeserana uye dzimbahwe repasi rose, uye hurwere hwakaipisisa hwaunounza mukumuka kwahwo hwakavharira vanhu pasi munyika dzavo, maguta avo nedzimba dzavo.
Asi kusiyana nekuyerera kwemari, hutachiona uhu hunotsvaga kuwedzera, kwete purofiti, uye, saka, nekusaziva, kune imwe nhanho, yakadzora kutungamira kwekuyerera. Yakanyomba kutonga kwekubuda kwevanhu munyika, biometric, kuongorora kwedhijitari uye mamwe marudzi ese e data analytics, uye yakarova zvakanyanya - kusvika parizvino - munyika dzakapfuma, dzine simba zvakanyanya pasirese, zvichiunza injini ye capitalism kumisa. Kwekanguva zvichida, asi kwenguva yakareba zvakakwana kuti isu tiongorore zvikamu zvayo, tiongorore uye tisarudze kana tichida kubatsira kugadzirisa, kana kutsvaga injini iri nani.
Mamandarin ari kubata denda iri vanofarira kutaura nezvehondo. Havatomboshandisi hondo sedimikira, vanorishandisa sezvariri. Asi dai yaive hondo chaiyo, saka ndiani angave akagadzirira zviri nani kupfuura iyo US? Dai dzisiri masiki nemagirovhosi zvaidiwa nevarwi vepamberi, asi pfuti, mabhomba akangwara, mabunker mabhazi, ngarava dzepasi pemvura, ndege dzehondo nemabhomba enyukireya, paizova neperevedzo here?
Husiku nehusiku, kubva pakati penyika, vamwe vedu vanotarisa Gavhuna weNew York's mapepanhau mapfupi ane mafaro anonetsa kutsanangura. Isu tinotevera nhamba, uye tinonzwa nyaya dzezvipatara zvakawandirwa muUS, zvevanobhadharwa mari shoma, vanamukoti vanoshanda zvakawandisa vachigadzira masiki kubva mumabhini emarara nemabhachi emvura, vachiisa zvese panjodzi kuunza rubatsiro kune vanorwara. Nezve nyika dziri kumanikidzwa kukwikwidza kune mumwe nemumwe kune ventilators, nezve dambudziko ravanachiremba pamusoro pemurwere anofanirwa kuwana mumwe uye anosiya kufa. Uye isu tinofunga isu pachedu, โMwari wangu! Ichi chi America! "
Njodzi yacho inokurumidza, chaiyo, epic uye ichizaruka pamberi pameso edu. Asi hazvisi zvitsva. Ndiko kuparara kwechitima chave nemakore chichifamba munjanji. Ndiani asingayeuke mavhidhiyo e "kuraswa kwevarwere" - vanhu vanorwara, vachiri mumachira avo emuchipatara, vakashama, vachiraswa zvisina tsarukano mumakona emigwagwa? Magonhi echipatara agara akavharwa kuvagari vemuUS vane rombo rakanaka. Hazvina basa kuti vanga vachirwara sei, kana kuti vakatambura zvakadini.
Zvirinani kwete kusvika zvino - nekuti ikozvino, munguva yehutachiona, hurwere hwevarombo hunogona kukanganisa hutano hwevanhu vakapfuma. Uye zvakadaro, kunyangwe izvozvi, Bernie Sanders, senator uyo akashinga kurwisa hutano kune vese, anoonekwa seanopokana mukuda kwake kuWhite House, kunyangwe nebato rake.
Uye zvakadini nenyika yangu, nyika yangu yakapfuma, India, yakamiswa pane imwe nzvimbo pakati pehudzvinyiriri uye zvechitendero fundamentalism, caste uye capitalism, inotongwa nevari kure-kurudyi nyika dzechiHindu?
Muna Zvita, apo China yairwisa kubuda kwehutachiona muWuhan, hurumende yeIndia yanga ichitarisana nekumukirana kukuru nemazana ezviuru zvevagari vayo vachiratidzira vachipokana nerusarura rusarura rwevaMuslim. mutemo wevagari yakanga ichangopfuura muparamende.
Mhosva yekutanga yeCovid-19 yakataurwa muIndia muna Ndira 30, mazuva mashoma mushure memuenzi anoremekedzwa weRepublic Day Parade yedu, Amazon sango-anodya uye Covid-denier. Jair Bolsonaro, akanga abva kuDelhi. Asi paive nezvakawanda zvekuita muna Kukadzi kuti hutachiona hugarwe muhurongwa hwebato riri kutonga. Paive nekushanya zviri pamutemo kweMutungamiriri wenyika, VaDonald Trump, kwakarongwa svondo rekupedzisira remwedzi. Akange akwezvwa nechivimbiso chevateereri ve1m vanhu munhandare yemitambo mudunhu reGujarat. Zvose zvakatora mari, uye nguva yakawanda.
Kwakazove nesarudzo dzeMusangano weDelhi idzo Bharatiya Janata Party yaizorasikirwa kunze kwekunge yasimudzira mutambo wayo, izvo zvarakaita, kuburitsa hutsinye, husina kuvharirwa nhimbe yechiHindu, yakazara nekutyisidzira. chisimba chenyama uye kupfurwa kweโvatengesiโ.
Zvakarasika zvakadaro. Saka ipapo pakava nechirango chaifanira kupihwa kumaMuslim eDelhi, avo vaipomerwa mhosva yekuzvidzikisira. Mhomho dzakashongedzerwa dzevaHindu vakasvinurira, vachitsigirwa nemapurisa, vakarwisa maMuslim munzvimbo dzevashandi vekuchamhembe-kumabvazuva kweDelhi. Dzimba, zvitoro, mamosque nezvikoro zvakapiswa. VaMuslim vanga vakatarisira kurwiswa vakarwa zvakare. Vanhu vanopfuura makumi mashanu, vaMuslim nevamwe vaHindu, vakaurayiwa.
Zviuru zvakatamira mumisasa yevapoteri mumakuva emo. Mitumbi yakachekwa yainge ichiri kuburitswa mumambure akasviba, anonhuwa apo vakuru vehurumende vakaita musangano wavo wekutanga nezveCovid-19 uye maIndia mazhinji akatanga kunzwa nezvekuvapo kwechinhu chinonzi sanitiser yemaoko.
March aive akabatikanawo. Vhiki mbiri dzekutanga dzakatsaurirwa kubvisa hurumende yeCongress mudunhu reIndia reMadhya Pradesh uye nekuisa hurumende yeBJP panzvimbo yayo. Musi waKurume 11 World Health Organisation yakazivisa kuti Covid-19 raive denda. Mazuva maviri gare gare, munaKurume 13, bazi rezvehutano rakati corona "haisi dambudziko rehutano".
Pakupedzisira, muna Kurume 19, mutungamiriri weIndia akataura kurudzi. Akanga asina basa rakawanda remumba. Akakwereta bhuku rekutamba kubva kuFrance neItaly. Akatiudza nezve kudiwa kwe "kufambidzana munharaunda" (zviri nyore kunzwisisa kune nzanga yakanyura mutsika) uye akadana zuva re "nguva yekudzoka vanhu" munaKurume 22. Haana chaakataura nezve izvo hurumende yake yaizoenda. kuita mudambudziko, asi akakumbira vanhu kuti vabude pamavharanda avo, nemabhero ekurira uye varove mapoto nemapani kuzokwazisa vashandi vehutano.
Haana kutaura izvozvo, kusvika panguva iyoyo, India yanga ichitumira kunze magiya ekudzivirira nemidziyo yekufema, pachinzvimbo chekuichengetera vashandi vehutano veIndia nezvipatara.
Hazvishamisi kuti chikumbiro chaNarendra Modi chakagamuchirwa nemufaro mukuru. Paiva nemaforamu ehari, kutamba kwenharaunda uye midungwe. Hazvina zvakawanda zvekugarisana. Mumazuva akatevera, varume vakasvetukira mumadhiramu endove inoyera yemombe, uye vatsigiri veBJP vakaita mabiko ekunwa weti yemombe. Kuti zvisaitwe, masangano mazhinji echiMuslim akazivisa kuti Wemasimbaose ndiye mhinduro kuhutachiona uye akadaidzira kuti vanotenda vaungane mumamosque muhuwandu.
Musi waKurume 24, na8pm, Modi akaoneka paTV zvakare kuzivisa kuti, kubva pakati pehusiku zvichienda mberi, India yese ichave pasi lockdown. Misika yaizovharwa. Zvifambiso zvese, zvevoruzhinji kana zvepachivande, hazvitenderwe.
Akati akanga ari kutora ichi chisarudzo kwete bedzi somutungamiriri wehurumende, asi somukuru wemhuri yedu. Ndiani mumwe angasarudza, pasina kubvunza hurumende dzenyika dzinofanira kutarisana nekudonha kwechisarudzo ichi, kuti nyika yevanhu 1.38bn inofanira kuvharirwa pasi nekugadzirira zero uye nechiziviso chemaawa mana? Nzira dzake dzinopa fungidziro yekuti mutungamiriri weIndia anofunga nezvevagari sehondo ine utsinye inoda kuhwandirwa, kushamisika, asi isingavimbike.
Takavharirwa pasi isu. Vanamazvikokota vakawanda vezvehutano nevanoongorora zvirwere vakafarira danho iri. Zvimwe vakarurama mudzidziso. Asi chokwadi hapana kana mumwe wavo anogona kutsigira kushaikwa kwenjodzi kwekuronga kana kugadzirira kwakashandura kuvharika kukuru kwepasirese, kwechirango kuita zvakapesana chaizvo nezvazvaiitirwa kuita.
Murume anoda zvemaspectacles akasika mai vezviso zvese.
Sezvo nyika inotyisa yakatarisa, India yakazviratidza mukunyadziswa kwayo kwese - kusaenzana kwayo kwehutsinye, kurongeka, kugarisana uye kwehupfumi, kusava nehanya kwake nekutambura.
Iko kukiya kwakashanda sekuyedza kwemakemikari kwakangoerekana kwavhenekera zvinhu zvakavanzika. Sezvo zvitoro, maresitorendi, mafekitori uye indasitiri yekuvaka yakavharwa, sezvo vapfumi nevepakati vakazvivharira mumakoroni ane magedhi, maguta edu nemaguta akatanga kuburitsa vagari vekirasi yavo yevashandi - vashandi vavo vanobva kune dzimwe nyika - sekuwanda kusingade.
Vazhinji vakadzingwa nevashandirwi vavo nevaridzi vedzimba, mamiriyoni avarombo, vane nzara, vane nyota, vaduku navakuru, varume, vakadzi, vana, vanorwara, mapofu, zvirema, vasina kumwe kwokuenda, vasina zvifambiso zvavose zvinooneka; akatanga a kufamba kwenguva refu kumba kumisha yavo. Vakafamba kwemazuva vakananga kuBadaun, Agra, Azamgarh, Aligarh, Lucknow, Gorakhpur - mazana emakiromita kure. Vamwe vakafira munzira.
Vaiziva kuti vaidzokera kumba kwavo zvaigona kuita kuti nzara inonoke. Pamwe vaitoziva kuti vanogona kunge vakatakura utachiona uhu, uye vaizotapurira mhuri dzavo, vabereki vavo nanasekuru nanasekuru kumusha, asi vaida chose chimedu chekuziva, pekugara uye chiremerera, pamwe chete nechikafu, kana rusiri rudo.
Pavaifamba, vamwe vakarohwa zvine utsinye uye vakanyadziswa nemapurisa, avo vaipomerwa mhosva yokuvarambidza kusvika pamba. Majaya akaitwa kugwadama uye matatya achisvetuka mumugwagwa mukuru. Kunze kweguta reBareilly, boka rimwe rakaunganidzwa pamwe chete rikanyudzwa pasi nekemikari pfapfaidzo.
Mazuva mashomanana gare gare, kunetseka kuti kutiza vanhu yaizoparadzira hutachiona kumisha, hurumende yakavhara miganhu yenyika kunyangwe kune vanofamba. Vanhu vakanga vafamba kwemazuva vakamiswa uye vakamanikidzwa kudzokera kumisasa mumaguta avakanga vangomanikidzwa kubuda.
Pakati pavanhu vakura zvakamutsa ndangariro dzokutamiswa kwavagari vemo muna 1947, apo India yakakamurwa uye Pakistan yakaberekwa. Kunze kwokuti kubuda uku kwazvino kwakakonzerwa nokukamukana kwemapoka, kwete chitendero. Kunyange zvakadaro, ava vakanga vasiri varombo veIndia. Ava vaive vanhu vaive (kusvika izvozvi) vachishanda muguta nedzimba dzekudzokera. Vasina mabasa, vasina pokugara uye vakanga vasina tariro vakaramba vari mavakanga vari, mumaguta pamwe chete nomumaruwa, umo nhamo huru yakanga ichikura nguva refu iyi ngwavaira isati yaitika. Mazuva ese aya anotyisa, gurukota rezvemukati menyika Amit Shah akaramba asipo paruzhinji.
Pakatanga kufamba muDelhi, ndakashandisa chidhinda chemagazini yandinogara ndichinyora kuti ndityaire kuenda kuGhazipur, pamuganhu weDelhi neUttar Pradesh.
Chiitiko chacho chaiva cheBhaibheri. Kana kuti zvimwe kwete. Bhaibheri harina kukwanisa kuziva nhamba dzakadai seidzi. Iko kuvharika kwekumanikidza kusimuka kwemuviri kwakakonzera zvakapesana - kudzvanywa kwemuviri pamwero usingafungidzike. Izvi ndezvechokwadi kunyangwe mumataundi nemaguta eIndia. Migwagwa mikuru ingave isina chinhu, asi varombo vanovharirwa mudzimba dzakamanikana mudzimba dzine zvitangwena nezvitangwena.
Vese vaifamba vandaitaura navo vainetsekana neutachiona. Asi yakanga isiri yechokwadi, isinganyanyi kuvapo muupenyu hwavo pane kushaya mabasa, nzara uye mhirizhonga yemapurisa. Pavanhu vose vandakataura navo zuva iroro, kusanganisira boka revasoneri vechiMuslim avo vakanga mavhiki mashoma apfuura vakapukunyuka kurwisa kwaipesana nevaMuslim, mashoko omumwe murume akandinetsa zvikuru. Aiva muvezi ainzi Ramjeet, uyo aironga kufamba nzira yose kuenda kuGorakhpur pedyo nemuganhu weNepal.
"Pamwe Modiji paakafunga kuita izvi, hapana akamuudza nezvedu. Pamwe haazive nezveduโ, akadaro.
โIsuโ zvinoreva vanhu vanosvika 460m.
Hurumende dzehurumende muIndia (sekuUS) vakaratidza mwoyo wakawanda uye kunzwisisa mudambudziko. Masangano evashandi, vagari vemo nemamwe mapoka ari kugovera chikafu nechimbi chimbi. Hurumende yepakati yakanonoka kupindura zvikumbiro zvavo zvekushaya mari. Zvinoratidza kuti homwe yemutungamiri wehurumende yeNational Relief Fund haina mari iripo. Panzvimbo iyoyo, mari kubva kune vanoshuvira zvakanaka iri kupinda mune imwe isinganzwisisike nyowani PM-CARES homwe. Pre-package chikafu chine chiso chaModi pavari chatanga kuoneka.
Pamusoro peizvi, mutungamiriri wehurumende akagovera mavhidhiyo ake eyoga nidra, umo morphed, animated Modi ane muviri wekurota anoratidza yoga asanas kubatsira vanhu kubata nekushushikana kwekuzviparadzanisa nevamwe.
Iyo narcissism inoshungurudza zvakanyanya. Pamwe imwe yeasanas inogona kunge iri chikumbiro-asana umo Modi anokumbira mutungamiriri weFrance kuti atibvumire kudzoreredza pane inonetsa Rafale fighter jet dhiri uye tishandise iyo โฌ 7.8bn nenzira dzinodiwa dzechimbichimbi kutsigira mamirioni mashoma vanhu vane nzara. . Chokwadi maFrench achanzwisisa.
Sezvo kuvhara kunopinda musvondo rechipiri, cheni dzekutengesa dzadambuka, mishonga nezvinhu zvinokosha zviri kupera. Zviuru zvevatyairi vemarori zvichakamisikidzwa mumigwagwa mikuru, nezvokudya zvishoma nemvura. Zvirimwa zvakamira, zvave kuda kukohwewa, zviri kuora zvishoma nezvishoma.
Dambudziko rehupfumi rasvika. Dambudziko rezvematongerwo enyika riri kuenderera mberi. Vezvenhau vemazuva ano vakaisa iyo Covid nyaya muchikamu che24/7 chepfu inorwisa-Muslim. Sangano rinodaidzwa kuti Tablighi Jamaat, rakaita musangano muDelhi kuvharwa kusati kwaziviswa, rave "super spreader". Izvi zviri kushandiswa kuita chiseko uye kuita madhimoni. Inzwi rakazara rinoratidza kuti maMuslim akagadzira hutachiona uye vakahuparadzira nemaune semhando yejihad.
Dambudziko reCovid richiri kuuya. Kana kuti kwete. Hatizivi. Kana uye pazvinoitika, tinogona kuva nechokwadi kuti zvichagadziriswa, nerusaruro rwese rwuripo rwechitendero, dzinza neboka zvakazara munzvimbo.
Nhasi (Kubvumbi 2) muIndia, kune zviuru zviviri zvakasimbiswa zviitiko uye makumi mashanu nevaviri vafa. Chokwadi idzi nhamba dzisingavimbike, zvichienderana nemiedzo mishoma. Maonero enyanzvi anosiyana zvakanyanya. Vamwe vanofanotaura mamiriyoni ezviitiko. Vamwe vanofunga kuti mutero uchave wakaderera. Tinogona kusamboziva iwo chaiwo contours yedambudziko, kunyangwe parinotiwira. Chatinoziva ndechekuti kumhanya kwezvipatara hakusati kwatanga.
Zvipatara zvehurumende zveIndia nemakiriniki - izvo zvisingakwanise kurarama nevana vangangosvika miriyoni vanofa nechirwere chemanyoka, kushaya chikafu chinovaka muviri uye nedzimwe nyaya dzehutano gore rega rega, nemazana ezviuru zvevarwere vechirwere cherurindi (chikamu chechina chezviitiko zvepasirese), vane anemia yakawanda. uye vanhu vanoshaya chikafu vari panjodzi yehuwandu hwehurwere hudiki hunoratidza kuvauraya - havazokwanisa kurarama nedambudziko rakafanana nezviri kutarisana neEurope neUS izvozvi.
Kwese hutano hwehutano hwakamira kana kushoma sezvo zvipatara zvakapinzwa basa rehutachiona. Nzvimbo yekushungurudza yenhau yeAll India Institute of Medical Sayenzi muDelhi yakavharwa, mazana evarwere vegomarara vanozivikanwa sevapoteri vekenza vanogara mumigwagwa kunze kwechipatara chikuru ichi vanodzingwa semombe.
Vanhu vacharwara vofira kumba. Tingasaziva nyaya dzavo. Dzinogona kusatombova nhamba. Tinogona chete kutarisira kuti zvidzidzo zvinoti hutachiona hunofarira kutonhora kwemamiriro ekunze ndezvechokwadi (kunyangwe vamwe vaongorori vakakanda kusahadzika pane izvi). Hakuna kumbove nevanhu vakashuva zvisina musoro uye zvakanyanya kupisa, kuranga Indian chirimo.
Chiiko ichi chakaitika kwatiri? Ivhairasi, hongu. Iri uye pacharo harina kupfupika kwetsika. Asi zvechokwadi zvinopfuura utachiona. Vamwe vanotenda kuti inzira yaMwari yokuti tipengenuke. Vamwe kuti izano reChinese rekutora nyika.
Chero zvazvingave, coronavirus yakaita kuti vane simba vapfugame uye kumisa nyika senge pasina chimwe chingaite. Pfungwa dzedu dzichiri kumhanya nekudzoka, tichishuvira kudzokera kune "zvakajairika", tichiedza kusona ramangwana redu kune yedu yekare uye kuramba kubvuma kuputika. Asi kuputika kuripo. Uye pakati pekuora mwoyo kunotyisa uku, zvinotipa mukana wekufunga zvakare muchina wezuva redooms watakazvivakira isu. Hapana chinhu chingave chakaipisisa kupfuura kudzokera kune zvakajairika.
Nhoroondo, denda rakamanikidza vanhu kuti vasiyane nezvakaitika kare uye kufungidzira nyika yavo patsva. Uyu haana kusiyana. Iyo portal, gedhi pakati peimwe nyika neinotevera.
Tinogona kusarudza kufamba nepakati payo, tichikwevera zvitunha zvekusarura kwedu uye ruvengo, avarice yedu, mabhanga edu e data uye pfungwa dzakafa, nzizi dzedu dzakafa uye matenga anopfungaira shure kwedu. Kana kuti tinogona kufamba nepakati zvishoma, nekutakura zvinhu zvishoma, takagadzirira kufungidzira imwe nyika. Uye vakagadzirira kuirwira.
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Arundhati Roy ndomumwe wevanonyanya kutaura uye vanyori munyika yanhasi. Ushingi hwake, njere, uye kunzwisisa kwake zvinoshamisa. Bhuku rake razvino, "My Seditious Heart" inoshamisa, muunganidzwa wemakore makumi maviri ezvinyorwa / zvinyorwa. Zvakakodzera kuverenga nekudzidza kubva mubhuku guru iri, rinopfuura mazana masere emapeji. Anoziva zvaari kutaura nekuita paanopedzisa chinyorwa ichi โโฆ akagadzirira kufungidzira imwe nyika. Uye vakagadzirira kuirwira. "