Ingabe yindlu noma ikhaya? Ithempeli eliya eNdiya entsha, noma indawo yokugcina impahla yezipoki zayo? Selokhu u-Antilla efika ku-Altamount Road eMumbai, eveza imfihlakalo nengozi ethule, izinto azifani. “Silapha,” kusho umngane owangiyisa lapho, “nika inhlonipho kumbusi wethu omusha.”

U-Antilla ungowendoda ecebe kakhulu yaseNdiya, u-Mukesh Ambani. Ngangike ngafunda ngalokhu, indawo yokuhlala ebiza kakhulu eyake yakhiwa, izitezi ezingu-27, izindawo zokupaka izimoto ezintathu, amakheshi ayisishiyagalolunye, izingadi ezilengayo, amagumbi okudlala ibhola, amagumbi esimo sezulu, izindawo zokuzivocavoca, indawo yokupaka izimoto ezitezi eziyisithupha kanye nezisebenzi ezingama-600. Ayikho into eyayingilungiselele utshani obuqondile - udonga olukhuphukayo lotshani oluxhunywe kugridi yensimbi enkulu. Utshani babomile bungamapheshana, izingcezwana ziwile zaba ama-rectangles ahlanzekile. Ngokusobala, “ukwehla” kwakungazange kusebenze.

Kodwa "ukukhuphuka" kuye. Kungakho esizweni esino-1.2bn, abantu baseNdiya abacebe kakhulu abayi-100 banempahla elingana nekota yomkhiqizo wasekhaya.

Igama emgwaqeni (nakwiThe New York Times) liwukuthi, noma okungenani laliwukuthi, ama-Ambani ayengahlali e-Antilla. Mhlawumbe akhona manje, kodwa abantu basahleba ngezipoki namabhadi, i-vastu ne-feng shui. Ngicabanga ukuthi konke kuyiphutha likaMarx. I-Capitalism, wathi, "... ihlanganise izindlela ezinkulu kangaka zokukhiqiza kanye nokuhwebelana, kufana nomthakathi ongasakwazi ukulawula amandla ezwe eliphansi ambize ngeziphonso zakhe".

E-India, ama-300m ethu angamalungu esigaba esiphakathi esisha, esingemva “kwezinguquko” - imakethe - siphila ngokubambisana nezipoki zabalimi abangu-250,000 abacwile ezikweletini abazibulele, kanye no-800m abampofu. futhi aphucwe izwe ukuze asenzele indlela. Futhi abaphila ngemali engaphansi kwamasenti angama-50 ngosuku.

UMnu Ambani yena ngokwakhe ubiza ngaphezu kuka-$20bn. Unengxenye enkulu elawulayo ku-Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), inkampani enemali yemakethe engu-Rs2.41tn ($47bn) kanye noxhaxha lwezintshisakalo zamabhizinisi omhlaba. I-RIL inamaphesenti angama-95 e-Infotel, emasontweni ambalwa edlule yathenga ingxenye enkulu eqenjini lezindaba eliphethe izindaba zethelevishini neziteshi zokuzijabulisa. I-Infotel ingumnikazi welayisensi kazwelonke ye-broadband ye-4G kuphela. Uphinde abe neqembu lekhilikithi.

I-RIL ingenye yezinkampani ezimbalwa, ezinye eziphethwe imindeni, ezinye ezingekho, eziphethe iNdiya. Abanye abanye ngoTata, Jindal, Vedanta, Mittal, Infosys, Essar kanye noReliance (ADAG), umfowabo kaMukesh u-Anil. Umjaho wabo wokukhula usukapakele kulo lonke elaseYurophu, e-Asia emaphakathi, e-Afrika naseLatin America. Isibonelo, amaTatas aphethe izinkampani ezingaphezu kwekhulu emazweni angama-100. Zingezinye zezinkampani ezinkulu zamandla kagesi ezizimele zaseNdiya.

Njengoba ubunikazi obuhlukahlukene bamabhizinisi bungakhawulelwe yimithetho “yevangeli le-gush-up”, uma unokuningi, ungaba nokuningi. Khonamanjalo, amahlazo ngemuva kokukhwabanisa adalule, ngemininingwane ebuhlungu, ukuthi izinkampani zibathenga kanjani osopolitiki, amajaji, izikhulu kanye nemithombo yezindaba, zichithe intando yeningi, zigcine imikhuba yazo kuphela. Izinqolobane ezinkulu ze-bauxite, i-iron ore, uwoyela negesi yemvelo ebiza izigidigidi zamaRandi zathengiswa ezinkampanini ngemali encane, kwadelela ngisho nokucabanga okusontekile kwemakethe yamahhala. Izinkumbi zosopolitiki nezinkampani ezikhohlakele zisebenzisane ukuze zingabukeli phansi inani lezinqolobane, kanye nenani langempela lemakethe lempahla yomphakathi, okuholele ekuthathweni kwezigidigidi zamarandi emali yomphakathi. Bese kuba nokuphucwa umhlaba - ukuxoshwa kwemiphakathi ngenkani, kwezigidi zabantu izindawo zabo ezithathwa nguhulumeni bese zinikezwa izinkampani ezizimele. (Umqondo wokungephulwa kwempahla yomuntu siqu awuvamile ukusebenza empahleni yabampofu.) Sekuqubuke ukuvukela kwabantu abaningi, abaningi babo behlomile. Uhulumeni uveze ukuthi uzothumela amasosha ukubavimbe.

Izinkampani zinesu lazo elinobuqili lokubhekana nokungaboni ngaso linye. Ngephesenti elincane lenzuzo yabo baphatha izibhedlela, izikhungo zemfundo kanye nama-trust, abuye axhase ngemali ama-NGO, izifundiswa, izintatheli, amaciko, abenzi bamafilimu, imikhosi yezincwadi ngisho nemibhikisho. Kuyindlela yokusebenzisa izinhlangano ezisiza abampofu ukuheha abenzi bemibono emkhakheni wabo wethonya. Ekungeneni kokujwayelekile, ukwenza ikoloni, ukuze ukuphonsela inselelo kubonakale kungenangqondo (noma njenge-esoteric) njengokuthi "iqiniso" eliyinselele ngokwalo. Kusukela lapha, isinyathelo esisheshayo, esilula sokuthi “ayikho enye indlela”.

Ama-Tatas aphethe ama-trust amabili amakhulu kunawo wonke e-India. (Banikele ngo-$50m kuleso sikhungo esiswele i-Harvard Business School.) AbakwaJindals, abanesandla esikhulu kwezokumbiwa phansi, insimbi namandla, baqhuba i-Jindal Global Law School, futhi maduzane bazovula iSikole Sohulumeni Nenqubomgomo Yomphakathi i-Jindal. Ixhaswe ngenzuzo evela kusikhondlakhondla sesoftware i-Infosys, i-New India Foundation inikeza imiklomelo nobudlelwano kososayensi bezenhlalo.

Ngemva kokusebenza ngendlela yokuphatha uhulumeni, amaqembu aphikisayo, izinkantolo, abezindaba kanye nemibono ekhululekile, okusamele kubhekwane nakho uthuthuva olukhulayo, usongo “lwamandla abantu”. Uyifuya kanjani? Ubaphendula kanjani ababhikishi babe izilwane ezifuywayo? Ukuvala kanjani ukufutheka kwabantu futhi ukuqondise emigwaqweni eyimpumputhe? Inhlangano elwisana nenkohlakalo ikakhulu esezingeni eliphakathi, elwela ubuzwe eNdiya eholwa ngu-Anna Hazare iyisibonelo esihle. Umkhankaso wezindaba wansuku zonke, oxhaswe yinkampani umemezele ukuthi "izwi labantu". Ibize umthetho obukela phansi ngisho nenhlese esele yentando yeningi. Ngokungafani nenhlangano ye-Occupy Wall Street, ayizange iphefumule ngokumelene nokuthengiswa kwangasese, ukubusa kwezinkampani noma "izinguquko" zezomnotho. Abasekeli bayo abakhulu bemithombo yezindaba baphendule ngempumelelo ukugqama emahlazweni amakhulu enkohlakalo futhi basebenzise ukuxova umphakathi kosopolitiki ukuze bacele ukuthi kuphinde kuhoxiswe amandla okuzikhethela kuhulumeni, ukuze kwenziwe izinguquko ezengeziwe kanye nokuthengiswa kwangasese.

Ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili yalezi “zinguquko” kanye nokwanda okumangalisayo kodwa okungenamsebenzi, iNdiya inezingane ezingondlekile kakhulu kunanoma iyiphi enye indawo emhlabeni, futhi abantu abaningi abampofu ezifundazweni zayo eziyisishiyagalombili kunamazwe angu-26 ase-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara ehlangene. Futhi manje inkinga yezezimali emhlabeni wonke iyavala. Izinga lokukhula lehle lafinyelela kumaphesenti angu-6.9. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamanye amazwe kuyaphuma.

Kwatholakala ukuthi abangcwabi bangempela bobungxiwankulu abawona amalungu kaMarx aguquguqukayo kodwa okhadinali bawo abakhohlisayo, abaguqule imibono yabo yaba ukholo. Babonakala benobunzima bokuqonda iqiniso noma ukubamba isayensi yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, ethi, kalula nje, ukuthi ubunxiwankulu (kuhlanganise nezinhlobonhlobo zamaShayina) bubhubhisa iplanethi.

I-"Trickle down" yehlulekile. Manje “ukuqhuma” kusenkingeni nakho. Njengoba izinkanyezi zakuqala zibonakala esibhakabhakeni esimnyama sase-Mumbai, onogada abagqoke amahembe elineni acwebezelayo anama-walkie-talkies acwebileyo bavela ngaphandle kwamasango avimbelayo ase-Antilla. Izibani ziyavutha. Mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sokuthi izipoki ziphume zidlale.

Umbhali ungumbhali wencwadi ethi 'UNkulunkulu Wezinto Ezincane'. Incwadi yakhe entsha ithi 'Broken Republic' 

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