NEW DELHI - I-HOROOR eyenzeka eSri Lanka iba yinto enokwenzeka ngenxa yokuthula okungqongileyo. Phantse akukho ngxelo kushicilelo lwamazwe ngamazwe - okanye kwimidiya eqhelekileyo eIndiya, apho ndihlala khona - malunga nento eyenzekayo. Ukusuka kulwazi oluncinci oluhluzwayo, kubonakala ngathi urhulumente waseSri Lankan usebenzisa i-propaganda "yemfazwe yoloyiko" njengegqabi lomkhiwane ukudiliza nayiphi na into efana nedemokhrasi kwilizwe kwaye enze ulwaphulo-mthetho olungabonakaliyo kubantu baseTamil.

 

Urhulumente usebenza kumgaqo wokuba yonke iTamil ingumnqolobi ngaphandle kokuba unobungqina obunye, kwaye iindawo ezihlala abantu, izibhedlele kunye neendawo zokuhlala ziqhunyiswa ngebhomu kwaye ziguqulwe zibe yindawo yemfazwe. Uqikelelo oluthembekileyo lubeka inani labantu abavaleleke ngaphezu kwama-200,000. Umkhosi waseSri Lankan uqhubela phambili, uxhobile ngamatanki kunye neenqwelomoya.

 

Ngeli xesha, kukho iingxelo zokuba "iilali zentlalontle" ezininzi ziye zasekwa ukuze zihlale abantu baseTamil abagxothiweyo kwisithili saseVavuniya naseMannar. I<em>Daily Telegraph yaseLondon inikela ingxelo yokuba ezi lali “ziya kuba ziindawo ezinyanzelekileyo zokubamba bonke abemi ababaleka umlo.” Ngaba le yintetha yeenkampu zoxinaniso?

 

UMangala Samaraweera, owayesakuba ngumphathiswa wezangaphandle waseSri Lanka, uxelele I-Daily Telegraph: "Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo urhulumente waqala ukubhalisa onke amaTamil eColombo ngesizathu sokuba anokuba sisisongelo sokhuseleko, kodwa oku kungasetyenziselwa ezinye iinjongo ezifana AmaNazi ngeminyaka yoo-1930s aza kubhala bonke abemi baseTamil njengabanqolobi.

 

Ngenxa yenjongo karhulumente echaziweyo "yokutshayela" iLiberation Tigers yaseTamil Eelan, oku kudilika kubi kwabemi kunye "nabanqolobi" kubonakala ngathi kubonisa ukuba urhulumente usecicini lokwenza into enokugqibela iyimbubhiso. Ngokutsho koqikelelo lweZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, amawakawaka abantu sele ebulewe. Amawaka angakumbi angxwelerhekile ngokumasikizi.

 

Oko sikubonayo - okanye, kunoko, okwenzekayo eSri Lanka kwaye kufihlwe ngokufanelekileyo ekuhlolisweni koluntu - yimfazwe enqabileyo, evulekileyo yobuhlanga. Ukungohlwaywa apho urhulumente waseSri Lankan ekwazi ukwenza ezi zenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho utyhila ucalucalulo olunzulu lobuhlanga oluye lwakhokelela ekuthotyweni kunye nokwahlukaniswa kwamaTamil aseSri Lanka ekuqaleni. Olo buhlanga lunembali ende, lubandakanya ukucalulwa ekuhlaleni, imiqobo yezoqoqosho, ukutyhoboza nokungcungcuthekiswa. Indalo ekhohlakeleyo yemfazwe yamakhaya eyathatha amashumi eminyaka, eyaqala njengoqhanqalazo olunoxolo, olungenabundlobongela, ineengcambu zayo apha.

 

Kwakutheni ukuze kuthi cwaka? Kolunye udliwanondlebe, uMangala Samaraweera uthe, "Imithombo yeendaba yasimahla ayikho eSri Lanka namhlanje." Uchaze amaqela abulalayo kunye "nokuxhwilwa kweeveni ezimhlophe," okwenze uluntu "lube luloyiko." Amazwi aphikisayo aye axhwilwa aze abulawa. I-International Federation of Journalists ityhola urhulumente waseSri Lanka ngokusebenzisa indibaniselwano yemithetho yokulwa nobunqolobi, ukunyamalala, kunye nokubulawa kwabantu ukuze bathule iintatheli.

 

Kukho iingxelo ezingaqinisekiswanga ukuba urhulumente wase-India uboleka izinto eziphathekayo kunye nenkxaso yempahla kurhulumente waseSri Lankan. Ukuba oku kuyinyani, kuyacaphukisa. Kuthekani ngoorhulumente bamanye amazwe? Phakistan? eTshayina? Benza ntoni ukunceda okanye ukonakalisa imeko?

 

ETamil Nadu, eIndiya, imfazwe yaseSri Lanka iye yaphembelela iimvakalelo eziye zakhokelela ekubeni abantu abangaphezu kwe-10 bazibulale. Umsindo nonxunguphalo lukawonke-wonke – uninzi lwayo lolwenyani, kodwa eminye yayo ngokuphandle ukukhohlisa kwezopolitiko – iye yaba ngumba wonyulo.

 

Kuyamangalisa ukuba le nkxalabo ayihambanga kulo lonke elaseIndiya. Kutheni kukho ukuthula?

 

Ukunikezelwa komlinganiselo wento eyenzekayo eSri Lanka, ukuthula akunakuxolelwa. Okungakumbi ngenxa yembali ende yorhulumente waseIndiya yokungakhathali kungquzulwano, kuqala ethatha icala elinye emva koko. Abaliqela kuthi ebekufanele ukuba bathethe kakhulu ngaphambili, abakwenzanga oko, ngenxa nje yokungabi nalwazi ngemfazwe.

 

Ke ngelixa ukubulawa kusaqhubeka, ngelixa amashumi amawaka abantu evalelwa kwiinkampu zoxinaniso, ngelixa ngaphezulu kwe-200,000 ejongene nendlala, kwaye ukubulawa kwabantu kulindelwe ukuba kwenzeke, kukho ukuthula okufileyo kweli lizwe likhulu. Yintlekele enkulu yokunceda uluntu. Umhlaba kufuneka ungenele. Ngoku. Phambi kokuba kube kade kakhulu.

 

 

UArundhati Roy ngumbhali wenoveli ozinze eNew Delhi. Ungumbhali we "UThixo wezinto ezincinci," kunye nencwadi ezayo yezincoko, "Amanqaku oMmandla kwiDemokhrasi."

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