The Lok Sabha constituencies of Mumbai avhareji pamusoro 60 per cent kuvhota pakati 1957 uye 1977. Makore ose ezvematongerwo enyika, kodzero dzevashandi, mibatanidzwa, nhoroondo dzemitemo zvisarudzo, kuwedzera kuziva uye nharo dzepfungwa.
Kuwanda kwenhema dzevakakurumbira "kubuda uko kunovhota" kwakakanganisa muMumbai. Kuvhota kwakaderera nezvikamu zvitanhatu kubva muzana. Hongu, hongu, iko kupenga. Asi dai kuvhota kwakwira, zvingadai zvakaverengerwa muyero yakanaka kumakwikwi ane mukurumbira, 6/26 uye nevezvenhau kukumbira vasinganeti kumuvhoti asingaongi. Vakurudzirwa nemushandirapamwe wenziyo unobva kubhendi rerock rine vavariro yakanaka reBangalore kuti "Nyarara uye uvhote," vazhinji vaAmai baikars vakateerera chikamu chekutanga chete chekurudziro iyoyo. (Sezvakaita vavhoti muBangalore, zvakare.) MuMumbai, kuvhota kwaive ne11 muzana panguva ino kana zvichienzaniswa ne41.41 muzana muna 47.15.
Kuedza kwakanyanya kwevezvenhau kwakatadza kumisa kuderera kwehuwandu hwekuvhota. Kana zviitiko zvinotsigirwa nemakambani uye NGO activism haina kuita zvirinani. Iyo Facebook fraternity, uye e-activism haina kubuda mairi zvakanaka zvakare (inomutsa mibvunzo nezve chaiyo IT kupinda kunyange muguta rakapfuma). Zvakanga zvakadaro kunyange mudunhu rakagamuchira nzvimbo yakawanda uye nguva kupfuura chero ipi zvayo - kumaodzanyemba kweMumbai, iyo yakaona 40.33 muzana yevhoti (2004: 44.22%). Uye mwero waitarisirwa we "kutsamwa pamusoro pe26/11" hauna kuitika zvakanyanya kupfuura zvitudiyo zveterevhizheni. Ikozvino kune kushungurudza kwakafanana pamusoro pe30/04 (zuva rekuvhota). Matunhu mazhinji ekumaruwa muMaharashtra, zvisinei nekudonha kwehama, akaona kuvhota kwakakwira kupfuura Mumbai.
Kunyangwe mushure mezuva rekuvhota, tarisiro yaive yekuti Bollywood yakakwira sei kune dambudziko rekuvhota. Chirungu chikuru chezuva nezuva (kusanganisira nhapwa tabloid neguta rekuwedzera) chaive nezvinhu zvinosvika gumi nerimwe pamapeji masere pane ane mukurumbira, kunyanya Bollywood, kuvhota muMumbai. Iyi yaimhanya nemirwi yemifananidzo, iine vanhu vanosvika makumi mashanu emufirimu wenyika uye vakasiyana nevamwe vane mukurumbira, vachitangisa nemufananidzo mukuru wepeji rekutanga.
Kungoitira kuti izvi zvingove zvakapusa kune vaverengi, zvinhu zvacho zvaimhanyisa misoro inobatsira. "Bollyvote." "Filmdom inopenya munwe nekudada." "City hi-fliers vanobuda kuti vanyore." "Nhai nyeredzi." Uye "Glam quotient: Vakakurumbira veMumbai vanobuda muchimiro." Chimwe chinhu chidiki chakagadzira chirevo chaShilpa Shetty chekuti "sarudzo dzinofanirwa kutorwa zvakanyanya." Akademba kusakwanisa kutevedzera zano iri pachake, ari kuDurban kuIPL.
Mai Shetty havasi vega, zvakadaro. Gurukota rezvekurima reMubatanidzwa, Sharad Pawar, akavhota munharaunda yekutanga, asi akazoenda kuDurban pasati papera svondo. Mutungamiriri wenyika uye angangove Prime Minister aive nebhizinesi rekumanikidza ipapo. Ehe, neiyo IPL. Uye saka akasiya kuti azvitarise pamberi peMumbai kuvhota, achisiya slog pamusoro pevanomuswe.
Chandaifarira, kunyanguvezvo, kwaiva kubhadharisa Lightbulb Brigade paterevhizheni. Mumwe mukurumbira akakurudzira munhu wese kuti avhote. "Ndinovhota gore negore," akadaro nemoyo wose. Makore ose? Oh, maropafadzo edemocracy. Mumwe akataura zviri nani, achiti akavhota "nguva dzese." (Kunyange, kupihwa zera rake, hazvaigona kuve kakawanda.)
Pakazara, maslumdogs anovhota munhamba huru kupfuura chena-ribhoni, mhomho yemwenje yemakenduru inoita. Nhamba yekupedzisira yedunhu iavhareji yekuti zvikamu zvaro zvakasiyana, zvikamu uye mapoka emagariro nehupfumi akavhotera sei. Kunyangwe Malabar Hill ine vavhoti vazhinji varombo. Kazhinji, varombo vanovhota vakawanda. (Vapfumi vanobata hurumende nedzimwe nzira.) Varombo vanowanzoda kushandisa vhoti. Ndiyo imwe chombo chedemocracy yavanowana kushandisa. Asi munyika yose, kwete kuMumbai chete, mamirioni ari kukanganiswa kana sarudzo dzaitwa muna Kubvumbi-Chivabvu. Inguva ino apo matunhu mazhinji anoona kubuda kwavo kukuru kwevashandi vanoenda kune dzimwe nyika. Vashandi ivavo havavhote. Isu tinotora hurongwa hwebvunzo dzechikoro nekoreji tichigadzira mazuva ekuvhota - uye ndizvozvo. Asi haticherechedzi zvirongwa zvekupona kwevarombo.
Muguta rakasiyana-siyana reMumbai, inopfuura hafu yevagari vemo vanogara muzvitangwena uye mumigwagwa. Vazhinji vangavhota havana kunyoresa. Vazhinji vakabvunzwa mamiriro avo. Kunyanya mushure mekuparadzwa kwezvitangwena, kuchinjika uye kutamiswa kwakawanda. Vazhinji, kunyangwe vakanyoresa kuvhota muMumbai, vanowanzo dzokera kumisha yavo (kuMaharashtra kana kumwewo) kana vapihwa zororo - sepakupera kwemazuva mana emazuva ano. Saka kunyangwe kuvhota pakati pevarombo kunokanganisa.
Kubvumbi-Chivabvu ndiyowo nguva yeroorano munzvimbo dzakawanda dzenyika. MuVidarbha, semuenzaniso, vapristi nevazivi venyeredzi vakazivisa kare Kubvumbi 16 (zuva rekuvhota ikoko) serimwe remazuva anofadza kwazvo emichato. Izvo zvinokanganisawo pakuvhota. Vanoona horoscope, maiwe, vanotadzawo nguva imwe neimwe kuzivisa Komisheni yeSarudzo kuti tembiricha ye46 degrees Celsius hairase mazuva akanyanya kunaka ekuvhota. Kumakirasi epakati emudhorobha, ino inguva yezororo. Hapana anoiona senguva yakanaka yekuvhota. Asi neMumbai's Beautiful People, mushure mekurova dundundu pamusoro pekuti "zvinhu zvachinja sei na26/11," pfungwa yekudonha hainzvengeki. Izvo zvakare, zvichipihwa izvo chaizvo, zvakanyanya kuwandisa.
Pane kunyange, pamberi pazvo, kusakendenga kwevakasununguka. Avo vanogona kuputika mukamuri yekudhirowa kana terevhizheni studio vanotsamwira mutero wakakwira uye 26/11. Asi ndiani anoona pasina chikonzero chaicho chekunetsana nemamiriro ezvinhu. Makirasi enzvimbo yekunyaradza aripo uye ari mudhorobha kupfuura ekumaruwa. Ona mutsauko uripo pakati pekuvhota kumaruwa Karnataka neBangalore.
Kune zvakare, kune iyo isiri-comfort zone makirasi, nyaya diki yenyaya. Matambudziko emitengo yechikafu akakwira rinhi, makadhi eBPL, kana quotas, akatonga mishandirapamwe muLok Sabha kana State Assembly polls? Kana izvo zve, hutsanana, mvura, dzimba, kuputswa nemabasa? Kune mamirioni ari muIndia megapolis, sekumwe kumwe, idzi inyaya dzechokwadi. Yave nguva refu kubva chero munhu muMumbai akataura chiono chinosanganisa izvi zvakakosha mupuratifomu yenyika kana maonero. Kukundikana kumwe chete kwakabatsirawo kuburitsa kuvhota kwakaderera mune mamwe maguta uye kunyangwe matunhu ekumaruwa kunze kweMumbai.
Zvine zvakawanda zvekuita nekufa kwezvematongerwo enyika. Kunyangwe iyo BJP's Hindutva crusade uye Shiv Sena's shrillest campaign in the 1980s and 1990s hazvina kukonzera kuvhota kwakanyanya kweMumbai. Kuvhota kwakaderera kwagara kuri mutemo here? Aiwa Paive nemakakatanwa epfungwa pamusoro pezvehupfumi, magariro uye kunze kwenyika. Muguta rino, Krishna Menon akatora JB Kripalani uye George Fernandes akaiburitsa naS.K. Patil. Humwe hunhu hweMumbaikar hwekuita zvematongerwo enyika hwaishamisa.
Bollywood haina kutonga - kunyangwe mafirimu epanguva iyoyo aive nemafungiro akawanda. Chokwadi, mabasa, nzara, migove, mitengo yechikafu inyaya dze'nzvimbo' - kunyangwe dzakanyanya dzemunhu. Iwowo matambudziko akanyanya enyika zvakare. (Gore rapfuura, mitengo yezvokudya yakanga iri nhau yenyika yose.) Mutengo wechingwa kazhinji kazhinji wakabvumikisa mutengo wesimba.
Munguva yazvino, mapoka akawanda ane vavariro yakanaka "yekusimudzira ruzivo" haana kuunza zvematongerwo enyika mukuda kwavo kuvhota. "Vote, you must vote! Don't fail to vote." Kwaani? Yechii? Uye nei? Mumwe mutsoropodzi akafananidza izvi nekukurudzira vanhu kuti vakurumidze kuroora vasingazive kuti vangangove vanaani. Pane dzimwe nguva, mishandirapamwe yakatosimudza pfungwa iyi muvechidiki - yekuvhota kuti unzwe zvakanaka pamusoro pako. Kwete nokuda kwechikonzero chipi nechipi chezvematongerwe enyika. Mamwe emapoka akakumbira vavhoti kuti vatarise nezvevamiriri vega. Kwete nzvimbo yake yezvematongerwo enyika. Saka zvakanaka kana mumiriri wako "akachena" aine genocidal political agenda. Izvi hazvigone kubatsira zvakanyanya nechizvarwa chechidiki chatove depoliticized. Uye kufumurwa zuva nezuva kune vezvenhau kunyomba kwezvematongerwo enyika uye zvese zvinoenda nazvo.
MuMumbai, pamwe, kuvhota kungadai kwakakwira dai hurumende yaVilasrao Deshmukh ichiripo. Imwe yezviito zvekupedzisira zvemurume uyu seMutungamiriri Mukuru kwaive kushanyira Taj Hotel mushure mekurwiswa kwehugandanga nemwanakomana wake mutambi wemufirimu uye ane mukurumbira mugadziri wemufirimu weBollywood, achigumbura munhu wese. Kudai akaramba ari musimba pashure paizvozvo, kuvhota kungadai kwakave kwakakura muguta. Kupikisana neCongress.
Pakupera kwayo, mazinga ekuvhota akadonha muMumbai. Uye kumwewo, zvakare. Chaive chishuwo ipapo, kuona imwe hurukuro paMaharashtra paterevhizheni. Vamiriri vakashamisika kana tarisiro yaVaPawar seMutungamiriri ingamutsa kuzvikudza kweMaharashtrian. Uye kana izvi zvaizoona mubatanidzwa weNCP-Congress uchiwana mibairo mikuru. (Seizvo ongororo yakaitwa negwara rakaratidza kuti yaizoita.) Zvino, mubatanidzwa wacho unogona zvechokwadi kuwana mhindu muHurumende, asi ndicho chikonzero chacho here? Dambudziko: kuderera kwekuvhota munzvimbo dzaVaPawar kumadokero kweMaharashtra kwave kuri, mune imwe nzira, yakatokura kupfuura iyo muMumbai. MuBaramati, kudzikira uku (kuenzaniswa ne2004) kwaive pamusoro pezvikamu zvitanhatu kubva muzana. MuSatara, vanopfuura manomwe muzana. MuSangli vanopfuura masere muzana uye muSolapur vanopfuura gumi muzana. Kana ikoko kuri kuzvikudza, kudada kwokuzvininipisa zvikuru. Edza nyaya, ideology, zvematongerwo enyika uye masheti esarudzo akanaka. Izvi zvinogona kuburitsa vavhoti vakawanda zuva ripi neripi, kuMumbai kana kumwewo.
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