Kufika isikhathi lapho ubuKhesari buqala ukuzala ukunganeliseki nemicabango yelinye izwe okungenzeka iqale ukubamba. Impela, lapho lokho obekungaba umbono oqinisekisayo kuba yinto ecasulayo nsuku zonke.

Ukwehla kwaqala ngokuvota kwaseGujarat lapho abafana benhlabathi bengakwazi ukweqa uhhafu wendlela, banqotshwa ukuzimisela okusha kuKhongolose ukuthola abangani kanye nezibalo ebezingacatshangwa ngaphambili. Ngempela, ukube iCongress kanye ne-NCP bebenokuqondana, kungenzeka ukuthi ulahlekelwe yikhaya likaMnu Modi.

Khona-ke ukunqotshwa kwephalamende okudabukisayo e-Alwar, Ajmer, Gorakhpur, Phulpur, Araria-kwesula ama-smiks aqhoshayo kuma-visa abusayo. Futhi akukho lutho uMnu Amit Shah noMnu Modi ababengakwenza e-Karnataka okuletha isabelo sevoti esilingana neseNkongolo eholwa ngu-Rahul, noma bahumushe idlanzana elingamaphesenti angamashumi amathathu nesithupha lamavoti e-Bharatiya Janata Party libe yiningi elilula. Ezifundeni ezingamashumi amabili noma ngaphezulu lapho uMnu Modi ayekhankasa khona ngamandla nangengqondo, wawina eziyisithupha kuphela.

Futhi manje uchungechunge lwezinqumo eziyishumi nane zakamuva, ezisabalele ngezibalo zabantu kanye nezwe, kufanele ziqinisekise kunoma yimuphi umbukeli ongaziwa wesimo sezepolitiki ukuthi inkathi ye-Modi-Shah ibhekene nokuthile okungaphezu kwama-pinpricks enhlanhla. Ngokusobala kunokuthile okuzamazama komhlaba okuqhubekayo, futhi kufanele kusize uguquko lwenkambu yesafroni iqhubeke nokufisa lezi zenzakalo njengokuzikhandla okuyize kukaDavid omncane osazophinde apheshulwe ukuduma kukaGoliyati. Lokho kulandisa, uma ukuqaphelile, kuyaqhubeka nokwamukela, ngokubanzi, ukusakazwa okuwusizo ngeziteshi zemidiya ezinobungane nezitolo ezibona ekuweni okungenzeka kombuso amathemba okuba nezithiyo ezinkulu engcebweni yabo yebhizinisi. Isizathu sokuthi kungani ingqikithi ye-colossus engenakunqotshwa kufanele igcinwe isakazwa; umqondo wukuthi uquqaba lwabantu luxwayiswa ngamathemba esiphithiphithi uma lesi sakhiwo sehla. Umcabango wokuthi ukuvuka okusha okuqhubekayo manje kungase kumise ukudluliswa kwengcebo yezwe okungenamingcele isuka emphakathini iye ekuphathweni kwangasese, futhi ibuyisele emuva isiphithiphithi samasiko esibalwe ukwehlisa izingqinamba zokuziphilisa ngokusebenzela ukubusa kodlame okuhlala kumaphakathi kuyasabisa. amakilasi amasha ama-yuppy kanye namazwi awo athandwayo kwabezindaba. Ukulondolozwa kwesizinda somnotho ngokwedlulele kunesidingo esikhulu sokuhlangana ndawonye kwezepolitiki okuhambisanayo—uhlaka lwemibono olusetshenzelwa kangcono uKhesari kunokuba kube ngababusi bentando yeningi abangcwele kunawena ukwethembeka kwabo kwiRiphabhulikhi Yomthethosisekelo kungase kubonakale kungaphezu kokukhonza nje ngomlomo. noma iqhinga lokugunyaza mbumbulu. Kunokwesaba emoyeni ngomcabango wokuthi inkulumo Yamalungelo ingase ithole ukuphila okusha futhi, uma u-2019 ephazamisa inqola yama-apula, abuyisele uquqaba olukhulu ekubaleni ukwakhiwa kwenqubomgomo. I-India ingcono kakhulu iyekwe kwiphesenti elilodwa manje abanikazi bamaphesenti angamashumi ayisikhombisa nantathu omcebo kazwelonke. “Isikhathi samanje” akumele sivunyelwe ukuthi sonakaliswe wukukhathazeka ngokulingana, ngisho nangemibandela yenhlalonhle-yenkolo namasiko.

Imiphumela ye-bypoll, nokho, isongela ukukhulula labo ilungelo lobunikazi eliyisidingo nje nesidabukisayo-okwamanje. Uma eKairana, amaDalit avotele nezitha zawo, amaJats, kanye namaJats avota ne-bête noire yabo, amaMuslim, umcimbi ngokusobala ubuyinto engaphezulu kwezibalo ezihlangana ndawonye ngokuyalelwa abaholi abahahelwayo: kwakuyisimemezelo esivela umkhakha wokuthi ama-chicaneries angenangqondo kanye nezimangalo ezingenalutho nezingenasici zibe nosuku lwazo. Abantu kuyo yonke ibhodi babonakala bezimisele futhi bekulungele ukubuyisela iRiphabhulikhi, uma ngempela izinhlaka zezombusazwe ezibamele zibonisa ubuhlakani bokuthi zingaphuthelwa izinkuni zezihlahla.

Ngokungangabazeki i-onus kanye ne-opprobrium iwela ku-Indian National Congress. Futhi kufanele kubaxake kakhulu abakwa-Messrs Modi kanye no-Shah ukuthi lo mkhomo olele wamandla kuze kube manje kufanele uthole ukuthakatha nokuqashelwa okusha maqondana nezidingo zesikhathi esingokomlando. U-Rahul Gandhi odelelwa kakhulu ubonakala engelona iqiniso nje kuphela ukuthi akahloniphisanga inhlangano kanye nabakhulumeli bayo eqenjini elibukhali elilwa kodwa waphinde wancenga ama-scion amadala asebenzisa izindlela ezithule okuthi uma isikhathi sifika kuningi okudingeka kunikezwe ukuze kuzuzwe okuningi. Lokhu kuthenwa kanye nokuvuselelwa komcabango sekuvele kunikeze inhliziyo kwamanye amabutho ezombusazwe okuzabalaza kwawo ezindaweni zawo kuhlala kuqinile futhi kuvuma ngokwemibono. Ukuthi “Abaphikisayo” bayenqaba ukuwela ogibeni olubekwa nsuku zonke iziteshi zabezindaba egameni lesigaba esinqumayo sokuthi umqhudelwano ozayo uzoba phakathi kwabantu ababili kunokuba kube nemibono emibili ehlukene yokuthi ingahlenga futhi iphathwe kanjani iRiphabhulikhi kuveza ushintsho oludingekayo. ekuhlakanipheni kwentando yeningi kanye nokwehliswa kwemisebenzi. Iningi lalabo abamele abavoti abangaba ngamaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha nanhlanu sebebonile ukuthi uma behluleka okhethweni lukazwelonke oluzayo, imithetho nezinhlaka zoMbuso zingashintsha kangangokuthi kungase kube mancane amathuba okuthi babuye babuye. Njengoba nje inkulumo-ze yabezindaba izosenza sikholwe ukuthi leli “qembu lama-ragtag” kanye “nesixuku esikhulu”—imisho ephakamisa ukuhlonishwa okukhulu lapho abathembekile kwabezindaba bebamba khona umbono wentando yeningi emele—iqiniso liwukuthi bafuna ukuhlangana hhayi nje ukuze zisindise kodwa zisindise umbuso.

Ngempela, uma lokho kuwukuqonda kweChandrababu Naidu, i-KCR, i-Mamata Bannerjee, kanye no-Naveen Patnaik futhi, kufanele balungiselele ukweqa imikhuba emidala nobutha futhi badlale indima yabo ekuguquleni amaNdiya angamashumi ayisishiyagalombili ekhulwini. .

Ezinyangeni ezisele Okhethweni, nakuba inkulumo ethi "Modi magic and charisma" ingeke ibe nomsindo, "izimo zenhloso" zifana nokuthi umbuso uzoba nzima ukuthola izindlela zokubuyiswa; usizo lwalo kungase kube ukukhahlela impi, ukuzama okuthile okungaphezu “kwesiteleka sokuhlinzwa”, kusihlaze ekuzinikeleni “kobuzwe” nokunye. Ukungashiyi ngaphandle inqubo evamile yokusebenza ye I-Hindutva's isiphithiphithi samasiko. Umuntu angalokotha athi konke lokhu kungase kungasebenzi njengoba izibalo ze-Oppositional zithola imizwa entsha evela kukhemistri ezwakalayo yokuguqulwa okuhlangene. Kodwa ungawubukeli phansi uMbuso, ikakhulukazi lapho ubuswa amandla ezombusazwe adonsa umoya emandleni awo okuphoqelela nawobuqili.

Uma abantu besesimweni sabo kanye nobuholi Bamaqembu Aphikisayo emiqondweni yabo, konke kusazohamba kahle ngeRiphabhulikhi.

Lezo zigidi ezilele zingcwatshwe futhi zixubene nomhlaba kaMama waseNdiya—ikakhulukazi amaSulumane namaKrestu—zifanele ukuzwa izindaba ezinhle ezinsukwini nezinyanga ezizayo, njengoba kwenza ezinye izigidi ezigeleza umlotha futhi zingcwelise imifula nezilwandle zethu.

Badri Raina, owafundisa izincwadi zesiNgisi eNyuvesi yaseDelhi iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane futhi manje osethathe umhlalaphansi, ungumlobi nembongi evelele. Umhlaziyi owaziwayo kwezepolitiki, amasiko kanye nomphakathi, ubhale okunconywe kakhulu I-Dickens kanye ne-Dialectic of Growth. Incwadi yakhe, I-Underside of Things—I-India kanye Nomhlaba: Ingxubevange Yesakhamuzi, 2006-2011, yaphuma ngo-August 2012. Ngemva kwalokho wabhala ezinye izincwadi ezimbili, Umbono wase-India Okunzima Ukuwehlula: IRiphabhulikhi Iqinile futhi I-Kashmir: I-Noble Tryst in Tatters.

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