Inothi elifushane, elibhalwe ngomshini langena ngaphansi komnyango wami emvilophini evaliwe liqinisekisa isikhathi sami sokuhlangana ne-Gravest Internal Security Threat. Bengilokhu ngilindile izinyanga ukuthi ngizwe kubo. Bekufanele ngibe se-Ma Danteshwari mandir e-Dantewada, e-Chhattisgarh, nganoma isiphi izikhathi ezine ezinsukwini ezimbili ezinikeziwe. Lokho bekuwukunakekela isimo sezulu esibi, ukubhoboza, ukuvinjelwa, iziteleka zokuthutha kanye namabhadi. Incwadi yayithi: “Umbhali kufanele abe nekhamera, i- tika kanye nekakhukhunathi. I-Meeter izoba nekepisi, isi-Hindi Outlook umagazini kanye nobhanana. Inombolo yomthetho: Namashkar Guruji."
Namashkar Guruji. Ngazibuza ukuthi ngabe uMeeter noGreeter bazobe belindele indoda. Futhi noma kufanele ngizitholele amadevu.
Kunezindlela eziningi zokuchaza i-Dantewada. I-oxymoron. Kuyidolobha lasemngceleni elisenkabeni yeNdiya. Ingumsuka wempi. Kubheke phansi, ngaphakathi kwedolobha.
Ithunzi Elibomvu: Imigubho yekhulunyaka yokuvukela kwe-adivasi e-Bastar; Isibhamu esiqinile esandleni
EDantewada, amaphoyisa agqoka izingubo ezivamile kanti amavukela-mbuso agqoka umfaniswano. Unsumpa wejele usejele. Iziboshwa zikhululekile (amakhulu amathathu azo eqa ejele elidala lasedolobheni eminyakeni emibili edlule). Abesifazane abadlwenguliwe basesitokisini samaphoyisa. Abadlwenguli bethula izinkulumo esitolo.
Ngaphesheya komfula i-Indravati, endaweni elawulwa amaMaoists, indawo amaphoyisa ayibiza ngokuthi 'Pakistan'. Lapho izigodi azinamuntu, kodwa ihlathi ligcwele abantu. Izingane okufanele zibe sesikoleni ziyaganga. Emadolobheni amahle asehlathini, izakhiwo zesikole zikakhonkolo ziye zaqhunyiswa zahlala ziyinqwaba, noma zigcwele amaphoyisa. Impi ebulalayo eqhubekayo ehlathini iyimpi uHulumeni waseNdiya aziqhenya ngayo futhi enamahloni ngayo. I-Operation Green Hunt imenyezelwe futhi yanqatshelwa. P. Chidambaram, ungqongqoshe wezangaphakathi waseNdiya (kanye no-CEO wempi), uthi ayikho, ukuthi iwukudalwa kwezindaba. Kodwa nokho izimali ezinkulu zabelwe yona futhi amashumi ezinkulungwane zamasosha abuthelwa kuyo. Nakuba inkundla yezempi isemahlathini aseCentral India, izoba nemiphumela emibi kithi sonke.
Uma izipoki ziyimimoya ebeleselayo yomuntu othile, noma into ethile, engasekho, mhlawumbe umgwaqo omkhulu wemizila emine owela ehlathini uphambene nesipoki. Mhlawumbe yinkomba yalokho okuseza.
|
Abamelene nabo ehlathini abafani futhi abalingani cishe ngazo zonke izindlela. Ngakolunye uhlangothi kukhona ibutho elikhulu lezempi elihlome ngemali, iziqhumane, abezindaba, kanye nesiphithiphithi samandla Anamandla Asafufusa. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izakhamuzi ezivamile ezihlome ngezikhali zendabuko, zisekelwa ibutho lama-Maoist guerrilla eligqugquzelwe kakhulu elinomlando ongavamile nonobudlova wokuvukela umbuso. Ama-Maoist kanye nama-paramilitary bayizitha ezindala futhi bake balwa nezithombe ezindala zomunye nomunye izikhathi ezimbalwa ngaphambili: U-Telangana ngawo-'50s; I-West Bengal, i-Bihar, i-Srikakulam e-Andhra Pradesh ngasekupheleni kwawo-'60s kanye nama-'70s; bese futhi e-Andhra Pradesh, Bihar nase-Maharashtra kusukela kuma-'80s kuze kube manje. Bajwayelene namaqhinga omunye nomunye, futhi baye bafunda izincwadi zokulwa zomunye nomunye eduze. Isikhathi ngasinye, kwakubonakala sengathi amaMaoist (noma ama-avatar awo angaphambili) ayengahlulwanga nje kuphela, kodwa ngokoqobo, aqothulwa ngokomzimba. Isikhathi ngasinye, baye bavela kabusha, bahleleka kakhulu, bazimisela kakhulu futhi baba nomthelela kunangaphambili. Namuhla ukuvukela umbuso sekuphinde kwasakazeka emahlathini anothile ngamaminerali aseChhattisgarh, eJharkhand, e-Orissa naseNtshonalanga Bengal—izwe lakubo ezigidini zezizwe zaseNdiya, izwe lamaphupho emhlabeni wezinkampani.
Kulula kunembeza okhululekile ukukholelwa ukuthi impi yasehlathini iyimpi phakathi kukaHulumeni waseNdiya kanye namaMaoist, abiza ukhetho ngobuqili, iPhalamende ihlathi lezingulube futhi aphumele obala asho inhloso yawo yokuketula umbuso waseNdiya. Kuhle ukukhohlwa ukuthi abantu bezizwe eCentral India banomlando wokumelana owandulela uMao emakhulwini eminyaka. (Yiqiniso lelo lelo. Ukube bebengekho, bebengeke babe khona.) AmaHo, ama-Oraon, amaKol, amaSanthal, amaMunda namaGond ahlubuke izikhathi eziningana, ngokumelene namaNgisi, ngokumelene nama-zamindars kanye ababolekisa ngemali. Izihlubuki zachotshozwa ngonya, kwabulawa izinkulungwane eziningi, kodwa abantu abazange banqotshwe. Ngisho nangemva kweNkululeko, abantu bezizwe babesezinhliziyweni zokuvukela umbuso okwakungachazwa ngokuthi amaMaoist, esigodini saseNaxalbari eNtshonalanga Bengal (lapho igama elithi Naxalite—manje elisetshenziswa ngokushintshana nelithi 'Maoist'—livela khona). Kusukela lapho, ipolitiki yamaNaxalite ihlanganiswe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nokuvukelana kwezizwe, okusho okuningi ngezizwe njengoba ikhuluma ngamaNaxali.
Ukuhlala: Abantu basesigodini saseKudur babhikishela idamu laseBodhghat: 'Akusilo elonxiwankulu, iBastar ingeyethu.
Leli fa lokuvukela lishiye ngemuva abantu abathukuthele abahlukaniswe ngamabomu futhi bakhishwa inyumbazana uhulumeni waseNdiya. Umthethosisekelo waseNdiya, okusekelwe ekuziphatheni kwentando yeningi yamaNdiya, wamukelwa yiPhalamende ngo-1950. Kwakuwusuku oludabukisayo kubantu bezizwe. UMthethosisekelo wagunyaza inqubomgomo yobukoloni futhi wenza uMbuso waba ngumgadi wezizwe zezizwe. Ngokuphazima kweso, lashintsha lonke uhlanga lwesizwe lwaba abafokazana ezweni labo. Kwabancisha amalungelo abo endabuko okukhiqiza amahlathi, kwenza yonke indlela yokuphila ibe ubugebengu. Ukuze bathole ilungelo lokuvota, laphuca ilungelo labo lokuphila nesithunzi.
Ngemva kokubaphuca umhlaba futhi abaqhubekisele ekusweleni kwabo, ngokukhohlisa okunonya, uhulumeni waqala ukusebenzisa indlala yabo ngokumelene nabo. Isikhathi ngasinye lapho idinga ukususa inani elikhulu labantu—amadamu, imisebenzi yokunisela, izimayini—yayikhuluma “ngokuletha izizwe endaweni evamile” noma ukubanika “izithelo zentuthuko yesimanje”. Emashumini ezigidi zabantu abafudukisiwe ngaphakathi (ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-30 ngamadamu amakhulu kuphela), ababaleki 'benqubekelaphambili' yaseNdiya, iningi labo ngabantu bezizwe. Uma uhulumeni eqala ukukhuluma ngenhlalakahle yezizwe, sekuyisikhathi sokukhathazeka.
Ukuzwakalisa ukukhathazeka kwakamuva kuvele kungqongqoshe wezasekhaya uP. Chidambaram othi akabafuni abantu bezizwe abahlala “kumasiko agcinamagugu”. Inhlalakahle yabantu bezizwe ayizange ibonakale ibalulekile ngesikhathi esebenza njengommeli webhizinisi, emele izimfuno zezinkampani ezimbalwa ezinkulu zezimayini. Ngakho kungase kube umqondo ukubuza ngesisekelo sokukhathazeka kwakhe okusha.
Usuku lweBhumkal: Ubuso nobuso "Ngosongo Lokuphepha olukhulu lwase-India".
Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule noma ngaphezulu, ohulumeni baseChhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa kanye neWest Bengal basayine amakhulu e-MoUs nezindlu zezinkampani, ezibiza izigidigidi zamaRandi, zonke ziyimfihlo, ezimbonini zensimbi, izimboni ze-sponge-iron, izimboni zikagesi, izindawo zokuhluza i-aluminium, amadamu nezimayini. Ukuze ama-MoU ahumushele emalini yangempela, abantu bezizwe kumele basuswe.
Ngakho-ke, le mpi.
Uma izwe elizibiza ngentando yeningi limemezela obala impi ngaphakathi kwemingcele yalo, ibukeka kanjani leyo mpi? Ingabe ukumelana kunethuba? Kufanele? Obani amaMaoists? Ingabe bangama-nihilist anobudlova abagqugquzela umbono oyisidala kubantu bezizwe, bebafaka ekuvukeleni okungenathemba? Yiziphi izifundo abazitholile kulokho ababhekana nakho esikhathini esidlule? Ingabe umzabalazo wezikhali awunayo intando yeningi? Ingabe i-Sandwich Theory—yezizwe ‘ezivamile’ ebhekene nengxabano phakathi koMbuso namaMaoist—inembile? Ingabe 'ama-Maoist' kanye 'nama-Tribals' yizigaba ezimbili ezihluke ngokuphelele njengoba kwenziwa? Ingabe izithakazelo zabo ziyahlangana? Ingabe kukhona abakufundile komunye nomunye? Ingabe sebeshintshile?
Kuthe sekusele usuku ngihambe kwafona umama ezwakala ukuthi unobuthongo. “Bengicabanga,” esho, ngomzwelo womama ongavamile, “okudingwa yileli zwe uguquko.”
Isihloko esiku-inthanethi sithi iMossad yakwa-Israel iqeqesha amaphoyisa angama-30 asezikhundleni eziphezulu ngamasu okubulala okuhlosiwe, ukuze le nhlangano yamaMaoist “ingabi nakhanda”. Kunenkulumo emaphephandabeni mayelana ne-hardware entsha ethengwe kwa-Israel: izitholi ze-laser, okokusebenza kwezithombe ezishisayo kanye nama-drones angenamuntu, adume kakhulu ebuthweni laseMelika. Izikhali eziphelele ongazisebenzisa ngokumelene nabampofu.
Ukuhamba ukusuka eRaipur ukuya eDantewada kuthatha cishe amahora ayi-10 unqamula ezindaweni ezaziwa ngokuthi 'zigcwele iMaoist'. Akuwona amazwi angenandaba lawa. 'Infest/infestation' kusho izifo/izinambuzane. Izifo kufanele zelashwe. Izinambuzane kufanele ziqedwe. Ama-Maoists kufanele asuswe. Kulezi zindlela ezinwabuzelayo, ezingenacala, ulimi lokuqothulwa kwabantu selungene embhalweni wethu wamagama.
Ukuze kuvikelwe umgwaqo omkhulu, abezokuphepha 'bavikele' umkhawulokudonsa omncane wehlathi nhlangothi zombili. Ngokuqhubekayo, i-raj ye-'Dada log'. Abazalwane. IComrades.
Emaphethelweni eRaipur, kunebhodi elikhulu elikhangisa iVedanta (inkampani ungqongqoshe wethu wezangaphakathi ake asebenza nayo) Isibhedlela Somdlavuza. E-Orissa, lapho kunezimayini ze-bauxite, iVedanta ixhasa ngezimali inyuvesi. Kulezi zindlela ezinwabuzelayo, ezingenacala, izinkampani zezimayini zingena emicabangweni yethu: Iziqhwaga Ezimnene Ezikhathalela Ngempela. Kubizwa nge-CSR, Ukuzibophezela Komphakathi Kwenkampani. Ivumela izinkampani zezimayini ukuthi zifane nomlingisi odumile kanye nongqongqoshe omkhulu we-NTR, owayethanda ukudlala zonke izingxenye zezinganekwane ze-Telugu-abafana abalungile nababi, bonke ngesikhathi esisodwa, ku-movie efanayo. Le CSR ivala ezomnotho ezesabekayo ezisekela umkhakha wezimayini eNdiya. Isibonelo, ngokombiko wakamuva we-Lokayukta wase-Karnataka, ngethani ngalinye lensimbi embiwa inkampani ezimele, uhulumeni uthola isamba esingu-Rs 27 kanti inkampani yezimayini yenza ama-Rs 5,000. Emkhakheni we-bauxite ne-aluminium, izibalo zimbi nakakhulu. Sikhuluma ngokugetshengwa emini kwaze kwafika izigidigidi zamarandi. Kwanele ukuthenga ukhetho, ohulumeni, amajaji, amaphephandaba, iziteshi ze-TV, ama-NGO kanye nezinhlangano zosizo. Sithini isibhedlela somdlavuza ngezikhathi ezithile lapha noma laphaya?
Angikhumbuli ngibona igama lika-Vedanta ohlwini olude lwama-MoU asayinwe uhulumeni waseChhattisgarh. Kodwa ngisontekile ngokwanele ukuba ngisole ukuthi uma kunesibhedlela somdlavuza, kufanele kube khona intaba ye-bauxite eyisicaba endaweni ethile.
|
Sidlula eKanker, edume nge-Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College ephethwe nguBrigadier BK Ponwar, uRumpelstiltskin wale mpi, othweswe umsebenzi wokuguqula amaphoyisa akhohlakele, abushelelezi (utshani) abe ama-commando asehlathini (igolide). "Yilwa ne-guerrilla njenge-guerrilla", isiqubulo sesikole sokuqeqesha impi, sipendwe emadwaleni. Amadoda afundiswa ukugijima, ukushibilika, ukugxumela futhi ehle izindiza ezinophephela emhlane, ukugibela amahhashi (ngesizathu esithile), ukudla izinyoka nokuphila ehlathini. U-brigadier uyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuqeqesha izinja zasemgwaqweni ukulwa 'namaphekula'. Amaphoyisa angamakhulu ayisishiyagalombili athweswa iziqu esikoleni sokuqeqesha impi njalo ngemva kwamasonto ayisithupha. Kuhlelwa izikole ezifanayo ezingamashumi amabili kulo lonke elaseNdiya. Amaphoyisa kancane kancane aphendulwa ibutho. (EKashmir, kungenye indlela. Ibutho liguqulwa libe ibutho lamaphoyisa eliqumbile, elilawulayo.) Sibheke phansi. Phendukezelwe. Noma kanjani, Isitha ngabantu.
Sihambile isikhathi. U-Jagdalpur ulele, ngaphandle kwamaqoqo amaningi ka-Rahul Gandhi ecela abantu ukuthi bajoyine i-Youth Congress. Uke waya kuBastar kabili ezinyangeni ezedlule kodwa akakasho lutho olutheni ngempi. Cishe kubi kakhulu ukuthi iNkosana Yabantu ingagxambukela kulesi sikhathi. Abaphathi bakhe bezindaba kumele ngabe sebelubeke phansi unyawo. Iqiniso lokuthi iSalwa Judum - iqembu eliqaphile elixhaswe nguhulumeni elibhekene nokudlwengula, ukubulala, ukushisa imizana nokuxosha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu ezindlini zabo - liholwa nguMahendra Karma, i-MLA yeCongress, alikutholi okuningi. dlala ekusakazweni okuhlelwe ngokucophelela okuzungeze u-Rahul Gandhi.
Ngafika e-Ma Danteshwari mandir kahle ngesikhathi sokuqokwa kwami (usuku lokuqala, umbukiso wokuqala). Nganginekhamera yami, ukhukhunathi wami omncane kanye ne-ka powdery ebomvu esiphongweni sami. Ngazibuza ukuthi ngabe ukhona yini ongibhekile futhi ohlekayo. Akuphelanga mizuzu emingaki umfana omncane weza kimi. Wayephethe ikepisi nobhakha wesikole. Ucwebe izinzipho ezibomvu ezinziphozweni zakhe. Asikho isiHindiOutlook, akunabhanana. “Nguwena lo ongena?” wangibuza. Ayikho i-Namashkar Guruji. Ngangingazi ukuthi ngithini. Wakhipha ugwayi ephaketheni lakhe wanginika lona. Lathi, “I-Outlook iyafana (ayikwazanga ukuthola Outlook). "
“Kanti ubhanana?”
“Ngizidlile,” kusho yena, “ngalamba.”
Ngempela wayewusongo lwezokuphepha.
Kusho ubhaka wakhe UCharlie Brown-Akuyona i-blockhead yakho evamile. Wathi igama lakhe uMaNtu. Ngokushesha ngathola ukuthi i-Dandakaranya, ihlathi engangizongena kulo, laligcwele abantu abanamagama amaningi kanye nezimpawu eziwuketshezi. Kwakufana ne-balm kimi, lowo mbono. Kuthandeka kanjani ukunganamathela kuwe, ube omunye umuntu isikhashana.
|
Sahamba saya esitobhini samabhasi, imizuzu embalwa nje ukusuka ethempelini. Kwase kugcwele. Izinto zenzeka ngokushesha. Bekunamadoda amabili agibele izithuthuthu. Kwakungekho ngxoxo—ukubheka nje ukuvuma, ukushintsha kwesisindo somzimba, ukuvuselelwa kwezinjini. Ngangingazi ukuthi siyaphi. Sadlula emzini kaNsumpa Wamaphoyisa (SP), engawubona ekuhambeleni kwami kokugcina. Wayeyindoda eqotho, i-SP: “Yabona Nkosikazi, uma ngingagwegwesi le nkinga ngeke ixazululwe yithina amaphoyisa noma amasosha. Inkinga ngalaba boHlanga abawuqondi umhobholo. Ngaphandle uma behaha, alikho ithemba ngathi. Ngitshele umphathi wami ukuthi, susa amandla futhi esikhundleni salokho ngifake i-TV kuwo wonke amakhaya. Konke kuzolungiswa ngokuzenzakalelayo.”
Ngokuphazima kweso sase sigibela siphuma edolobheni. Awukho umsila. Kwakuwuhambo olude, amahora amathathu ngewashi lami. Yaphela kungazelele muntu, emgwaqeni ongenamuntu onehlathi nhlangothi zombili. Wehla uMenzi. Nami ngenzile. Amabhayisikili ahamba, futhi ngathatha ubhaka wami ngalandela usongo oluncane lwezokuphepha lwangaphakathi ngangena ehlathini. Bekuwusuku oluhle. Iphansi lehlathi laliwukhaphethi wegolide.
Ngemva kwesikhashana savela osebeni olumhlophe, olunesihlabathi somfula oyisicaba obanzi. Ngokusobala yayifunzwe imvula enkulu, ngakho-ke manje yayisiyisicaba sesihlabathi, phakathi nendawo iwumfudlana, ijule emaqakaleni, kulula ukuwela kuwo. Ngaphesheya kwakukhona 'Pakistan'. “Lapho phandle, nkosazane,” u-SP ongumakadebona wayethe kimi, “abafana bami badubula babulale.” Ngakhumbula ukuthi siqala ukuwela. Ngasibona emibonweni yesibhamu yephoyisa—imifanekiso emincane endaweni, okulula ukuyicosha. Kodwa uMangtu wayebonakala enganakile, futhi ngathatha iseluleko kuye.
Silinde kwelinye ibhange, ngehembe eliluhlaza okotshani elishoyo Ama-Horlicks!, kwakunguChandu. Usongo lwezokuphepha olundala kancane. Mhlawumbe amashumi amabili. Wayenokumamatheka okuhle, umjikelezo, ithini lejeri elinamanzi abilisiwe kanye namaphakethe amaningi amabhisikidi e-glucose, evela eQembu. Sabamba umoya futhi saqala ukuhamba futhi. Umjikelezo, kwavela, kwakuyi-herring ebomvu. Umzila cishe wawungakwazi ukujikeleza ngokuphelele. Sakhuphuka amagquma futhi sehla ezindleleni ezinamatshe sigudla amawa ayingozi. Wathi engasakwazi ukuyiqhuba uChandu wawuphakamisa umjikelezo wawuthwala ekhanda sengathi awusindi lutho. Ngaqala ukuzibuza ngomoya wakhe womfana wasesigodini owayemangele. Ngathola (kamuva kakhulu) ukuthi wayekwazi ukuphatha zonke izinhlobo zesikhali, “ngaphandle kwe-LMG”, wangazisa ngenjabulo.
|
Amadoda amathathu amahle, agcwele izimbali egqoke iziphandla zawo ahamba nathi cishe isigamu sehora, ngaphambi kokuba izindlela zethu ziphambanise. Ekushoneni kwelanga, izikhwama zabo zamahlombe zaqala ukukhala. Babenamaqhude, ababewayise emakethe kodwa abakwazanga ukuwadayisa.
UChandu ubonakala ebona ebumnyameni. Kufanele ngisebenzise ithoshi lami. Amakhilikithi aqala phezulu futhi maduzane sekukhona i-orchestra, i-dome yomsindo phezu kwethu. Ngiyafisa ukubheka esibhakabhakeni ebusuku, kodwa angilokothi. Kufanele ngigcine amehlo ami ebheke phansi. Isinyathelo esisodwa ngesikhathi. Gxila.
Ngizwa izinja. Kodwa angikwazi ukusho ukuthi bakude kangakanani. Isimo sezwe siyahamba. Ngiyeba ukubuka isibhakabhaka. Kungenza ngijabule. Ngethemba ukuthi sizoyeka maduze. “Maduze,” kusho uChandu. Kuvele kube ngaphezu kwehora. Ngibona imifanekiso yezihlahla ezinkulukazi. Siyafika.
Umuzi ubonakala uvulekile, izindlu ziqhelelene. Yinhle indlu esingena kuyo. Kunomlilo, abanye abantu bahlezi. Abantu abengeziwe ngaphandle, ebumnyameni. Angikwazi ukusho ukuthi bangaki. Ngingakwazi nje ukuzikhipha. Ukububula kuzungeza. Lal Salaam Kaamraid(Isibingelelo Esibomvu, Comrade). Lal Salaam, ngithi. Sengikhathele kakhulu. Umama wekhaya ungibizela endlini anginike ukhari wenkukhu ophekwe kubhontshisi oluhlaza kanye nelayisi elibomvu. Okumangalisayo. Ingane yakhe ilele eduze kwami, amaqakala akhe ayisiliva abenyezela ekukhanyeni komlilo.
Ngemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa, ngiqaqa isikhwama sami sokulala. Kungumsindo ongavamile, i-zip enkulu. Kukhona ofaka umsakazo. Isevisi ye-BBC Hindi. I-Church of England ihoxise izimali zayo kuphrojekthi ye-Vedanta ye-Niyamgiri, icaphuna ukucekelwa phansi kwemvelo kanye nokuphulwa kwamalungelo esizwe sama-Dongria Kondh. Ngizwa izinsimbi zenkomo, ukufinyila, ukushoshozela, ukuhuba izinkomo. Konke kuhamba kahle ngomhlaba. Amehlo ami avale.
Sivuke ngehora lesihlanu. Ekuhambeni kwesithupha. Emahoreni ambalwa, siwela omunye umfula. Sihamba emadolobheni amahle. Idolobhana ngalinye linomndeni wezihlahla ze-tamarind eziwubhekile, njengenqwaba yonkulunkulu abakhulu, abanomusa. Imnandi, i-Bastar tamarind. Ngo-11, ilanga seliphakeme, futhi ukuhamba akujabulisi. Sima esigodini ukuze sidle isidlo sasemini. UChandu ngathi uyabazi abantu balapha endlini. Intombazane enhle esencane idlala ngaye. Ubukeka enamahloni, mhlawumbe ngoba ngikhona. Isidlo sasemini yipapaya eluhlaza ne-masoor dal, nelayisi elibomvu. Futhi upelepele obomvu. Sizolinda ilanga lilahlekelwe ukushuba kwalo ngaphambi kokuba siqale ukuhamba futhi. Sithatha isihlwathi ku-gazebo. Kunobuhle obuyisipele mayelana nendawo. Konke kuhlanzekile futhi kuyadingeka. Ayikho imfuhlumfuhlu. Isikhukhukazi esimnyama sehla senyuka odongeni lodaka oluphansi. Igridi yoqalo iqinisa imishayo yophahla lotshani futhi iphindwe kabili njengendawo yokugcina izinto. Kukhona umshanelo wotshani, izigubhu ezimbili, ubhasikidi womhlanga olukiwe, isambulela esiphukile kanye nenqwaba yamabhokisi amakhadibhodi ayisicaba, angenalutho, kathayela. Kukhona okungidonsayo. Ngidinga izibuko zami. Nakhu okuphrintwe ekhadini: I-Ideal Power 90 High Energy Emulsion Explosive (Class-2) SD CAT ZZ.
Siqala ukuhamba futhi cishe ngehora lesibili. Esigodini sizohlangana noDidi (Sister, Comrade) owaziyo ukuthi isinyathelo esilandelayo sohambo sizoba sini. Chandu akakwenzi. Kunomnotho wolwazi futhi. Akekho okufanele azi konke. Kodwa lapho sifika esigodini, uDidi akekho. Azikho izindaba zakhe. Ngiyaqala ngqa ukubona ifu elincane lokukhathazeka phezu kukaChandu. Okukhulu kuhlezi phezu kwami. Angazi ukuthi yiziphi izinhlelo zokuxhumana, kodwa kuthiwani uma zonakele?
Spare Beauty: Amabhodwe, izibhamu, ama-jhillies… Yonke into kulezi zindawo ihlanzekile futhi iyadingeka
Sipake ngaphandle kwebhilidi lesikole elingasahlali muntu, bude buduze nedolobhana. Kungani zonke izikole zedolobhana zikahulumeni zakhiwe njengezisekelo zikakhonkolo, ezinezivalo zensimbi zamafasitela nezicabha zensimbi ezigoqekayo? Kungani ungathandi izindlu zasemakhaya, ezinodaka notshani? Ngoba ziphindwe kabili njengezindlu zamasosha kanye nezindawo zokuhlala. “Ezigodini zase-Abujhmad,” kusho uChandu, “izikole zinje….” Uklwebha ipulani lokwakha elinegatsha emhlabeni. Ama-octagon amathathu anamathele komunye nomunye njengekhekheba lezinyosi. "Ngakho bangadubula kuzo zonke izinhlangothi." Udweba imicibisholo ukuze acacise iphuzu lakhe, njengomfanekiso wekhilikithi—isondo lenqola yomdlali oshayayo. Abekho othisha kunoma yisiphi isikole, kusho uChandu. Sebebaleke bonke. Noma usuwaxoshile? Cha, sijaha amaphoyisa kuphela. Kodwa kungani kufanele kufike othisha lapha, ehlathini, lapho bethola amaholo abo behlezi emakhaya? Iphuzu elihle.
Ungazisa ukuthi lena 'indawo entsha'. Iphathi isanda kungena.
|
Kufika abantu abasha abangaba ngu-20, amantombazane nabafana. Ebusheni babo nasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-20. UChandu uchaza ukuthi leli yiqembu lezempi elisezingeni lesigodi, iqembu eliphansi kakhulu lesigaba samasosha samaMaoist. Angikaze ngimbone onjengabo ngaphambili. Bagqoke ama-sari nama-lunge, abanye bagqoke ukukhathala okufiphele okuluhlaza okotshani komnqumo. Abafana bagqoka ubucwebe, izigqoko. Ngamunye wabo unesibhamu esilayisha umlomo, esibizwa ngokuthi a bharmaar. Ezinye futhi zinemimese, izimbazo, umnsalo nomcibisholo. Umfana oyedwa uphethe udaka olungahluziwe olwakhiwe ngepayipi elisindayo le-GI elingamamitha amathathu. Igcwele isibhamu nezinhlamvu futhi isilungele ukuxoshwa. Yenza umsindo omkhulu, kodwa ingasetshenziswa kanye kuphela. Noma kunjalo, kuyawathusa amaphoyisa, asho agigitheke. Impi ayibonakali ihamba phambili ezingqondweni zabo. Mhlawumbe kungenxa yokuthi indawo yabo ingaphandle komuzi weSalwa Judum. Basanda kuqeda umsebenzi wosuku, besiza ukwakha uthango ezungeze imizi ethile ukuze izimbuzi zingangeni emasimini. Bagcwele ubumnandi nelukuluku. Amantombazane ayazethemba futhi alula nabafana. Nginenzwa yalolu hlobo lwento, futhi ngihlabeke umxhwele. Umsebenzi wabo, uChandu uthi, uwukugada nokuvikela iqembu lamadolobhana amane noma amahlanu nokusiza emasimini, ukuhlanza imithombo noma ukulungisa izindlu—ukwenza noma yini edingekayo.
Namanje akekho uDidi. Okufanele ngikwenze? Lutho. Linda. Siza ngokusika nokucwecwa.
Ngemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa, ngaphandle kokukhuluma okuningi, wonke umuntu uwela emgqeni. Kuyacaca ukuthi siyahamba. Konke kuhamba nathi, ilayisi, imifino, amabhodwe namapani. Siphuma enkompolo yesikole bese singena ehlathini. Esikhathini esingaphansi kwesigamu sehora, sifika endaweni esizolala kuyo. Awukho nhlobo umsindo. Ngemizuzu emingaki wonke umuntu usesakaze amapulastiki aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i-'jhilli' etholakala yonke indawo (ngaphandle kwayo ngeke kube khona Revolution). UChandu noMangtu bahlukaniselana eyodwa bese bangikalele eyodwa. Bangitholela indawo engcono kakhulu, eduze kwedwala elimpunga elingcono kakhulu. UChandu uthi usethumele umlayezo kuDidi. If uyayithola, uzofika kuqala ekuseni. Uma eyithola.
Igumbi elihle kakhulu engake ngalala kulo, esikhathini eside. Indawo yami yangasese ehhotela lezinkanyezi eziyinkulungwane. Ngizungezwe yilezi zingane ezingajwayelekile, ezinhle ezinezikhali zazo ezifuna ukwazi. Bonke bangamaMaoist ngokuqinisekile. Bazofa bonke? Ingabe isikole sabo sokuqeqesha impi yasehlathini? Futhi izibhamu ezinophephela emhlane, izithombe ezishisayo kanye nezitholi ze-laser?
Kungani kufanele bafe? Okwani? Ukuguqula konke lokhu kube imayini? Ngikhumbula ukuvakashela kwami ezimayini zensimbi ezivulekile eKeonjhar, e-Orissa. Kwakukhona ihlathi lapho. Futhi izingane ezinjengalezi. Manje izwe selifana nesilonda esibomvu, esibomvu. Uthuli olubomvu lugcwalisa amakhala akho nasemaphashini. Amanzi abomvu, umoya ubomvu, abantu babomvu, amaphaphu nezinwele zabo zibomvu. Usuku lonke nobusuku bonke amaloli agijima emadolobheni awo, ebhampa, izinkulungwane nezinkulungwane zamaloli, ayisa insimbi echwebeni iParadip esuka lapho ezoya khona eChina. Lapho iyophenduka izimoto nentuthu kanye namadolobha azumayo aqubuka ngobusuku obubodwa. 'Izinga lokukhula' elishiya osomnotho bephefumula. Ngezikhali zokwenza impi.
Wonke umuntu ulele ngaphandle kwabalindi abathatha amashifu ehora nesigamu. Ekugcineni, ngiyakwazi ukubuka izinkanyezi. Lapho ngiseyingane ngikhulela osebeni lomfula iMeenachal, ngangivame ukucabanga ukuthi umsindo wezinyendle—owayehlale uqala ukuhwalala—kwakuwumsindo wezinkanyezi ezihamba phezulu, zilungiselela ukukhanya. Kuyangimangaza ukuthi ngikuthanda kangakanani ukuba lapha. Ayikho enye indawo emhlabeni engingathanda ukuba kuyo. Kufanele ngibe ubani namuhla ebusuku? U-Kamraid Rahel, ngaphansi kwezinkanyezi? Mhlawumbe uDidi uzofika kusasa.
Bafika sekuntambama. Ngibabonela kude. Cishe abangu-15 kubo, bonke begqoke imifaniswano eluhlaza okotshani, begijima beza ngakithi. Ngisho ukude, indlela abagijima ngayo, ngiyabona ukuthi yibo abashaya kanzima. I-People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA). Okwakhe izithombe ezishisayo kanye nezibhamu eziqondiswa nge-laser. Obani isikole sokuqeqesha impi yasehlathini.
|
Baphethe izibhamu ezinkulu, i-INSAS, SLR, ezimbili zinama-AK-47. Umholi waleli qembu uComrade Madhav osebe neQembu kusukela eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye. Uvela e-Warangal, e-Andhra Pradesh. Uphatheke kabi futhi uyaxolisa ngokwedlulele. Kube nokungaxhumani okukhulu, usho njalo, okuvamise ukwenzeka. Bekufanele ngifike ekamu elikhulu ngobusuku bokuqala. Othile ulahle induku endaweni yokudluliselwa kwehlathi. Ukwehla kwesithuthuthu bekufanele kube endaweni ehluke ngokuphelele. “Sikwenze walinda, sakwenza ukuthi uhambe kakhulu. Sagijima indlela yonke ngesikhathi kufika umyalezo wokuthi ulapha.” Ngathi kulungile, ukuthi ngizile ngizilungiselele, ukulinda futhi ngihambe ngilalele. Ufuna ukuhamba ngokushesha, ngoba abantu ekamu babelindile, futhi bekhathazekile.
Uhambo lwamahora ambalwa ukuya ekamu. Sekuqala ukuhwalala sifika. Kunezigaba eziningana zabalindi kanye nemibuthano egxilile yokuzulazula. Kumele kube namaqabane ayikhulu akleliswe emigqeni emibili. Wonke umuntu unesikhali. Nokumamatheka. Baqala ukucula: Lal lal salaam, lal lal salaam, aane vaale saathiyon ko lal lal salaam (i salute ebomvu kumaqabane asefikile). Iculwa kamnandi, sengathi ingoma yesintu ekhuluma ngomfula, noma ukuqhakaza kwehlathi. Ngengoma, ukubingelela, ukuxhawula, nesibhakela esigoqwe. Wonke umuntu ubingelela wonke umuntu, uyabubula u-Lalslaam, mlalslaa mllaslaam….
|
Ngaphandle kwe-jhilli enkulu eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka endlaleke phansi, cishe amafidi ayi-15 isikwele, azikho izimpawu 'zekamu'. Lena inophahla lwe-jhilli futhi. Yigumbi lami lasebusuku. Kuphakathi kokuthi ngiklonyeliswa ngezinsuku zami zokuhamba, noma ngitotoswa kusenesikhathi ngalokho okwakuseza. Noma kokubili. Noma ngabe yikuphi kwakuyisikhathi sokugcina kulo lonke uhambo ukuthi ngibe nophahla phezu kwekhanda lami. Esidlweni sakusihlwa ngihlangana noComrade Narmada, ophethe iKrantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (KAMS), onenani ekhanda lakhe; UComrade Saroja we-PLGA omude njenge-SLR yakhe; UComrade Maase (okusho ukuthi Intombazane Emnyama ngesiGondi), naye onenani ekhanda lakhe; UComrade Rupi, umthakathi wezobuchwepheshe; UComrade Raju, ophethe isigaba ebengihamba kuso; kanye noComrade Venu (noma uMurali noma uSonu noma uSushil, noma ngabe yini ongathanda ukumbiza ngayo), ngokusobala umkhulu kunabo bonke. Mhlawumbe ikomidi eliphakathi, mhlawumbe nepolitburo. Angitshelwa, angibuzi. Phakathi kwethu sikhuluma isiGondi, isiHalbi, isiTelugu, isiPunjabi nesiMalayalam. NguMaase kuphela okhuluma isiNgisi. (Ngakho-ke sonke sixhumana ngesi-Hindi!) U-Comrade Maase mude futhi uthule futhi ubonakala kufanele abhukude phakathi kobuhlungu ukuze angene engxoxweni. Kodwa ngendlela angigona ngayo ngiyabona ukuthi ungumfundi. Nokuthi uphuthelwa ukuba nezincwadi ehlathini. Indaba yakhe uzongitshela kamuva. Lapho engithemba ngosizi lwakhe.
Kufika izindaba ezimbi, njengoba kwenzeka kuleli hlathi. Umgijimi, 'namabhisikidi'. Amanothi abhalwe ngesandla ephepheni, agoqwe futhi ahlanganiswe abe izikwele ezincane. Kukhona isikhwama esigcwele kubo. Njengama-chips. Izindaba ezivela yonke indawo. Amaphoyisa abulale abantu abahlanu esigodini sase-Ongnaar, abane bamasosha kanye nesakhamuzi esisodwa esijwayelekile: uSanthu Pottai (25), uPhoolo Vadde (22), uKande Pottai (22), uRamoli Vadde (20), uDalsai Koram (22). Kungaba izingane endlini yami yokulala egcwele izinkanyezi izolo ebusuku.
Bese kufika izindaba ezinhle. Iqembu elincane labantu abanensizwa eyisidudla. Usekhathele naye, kodwa kubukeka kusha. Wonke umuntu uyabathanda futhi uyaphawula ngokulingana. Ubukeka enamahloni futhi ejabule. Ungudokotela ofike ezohlala futhi asebenze namaqabane ehlathini. Isikhathi sokugcina udokotela evakashele eDandakaranya eminyakeni eminingi edlule.
Ubuciko Bemidlalo: Amalungu e-Chetna Natya Manch, uphiko lwamasiko lweqembu, elinde emaphikweni
Emsakazweni kunezindaba mayelana nomhlangano kangqongqoshe wezangaphakathi nezindunankulu zezifundazwe 'ezithintwe iLeft-Wing Extremism'. Ongqongqoshe abakhulu baseJharkhand naseBihar bayadelwa futhi abakaze baye. Wonke umuntu ohlezi eduze komsakazo uyahleka. Ngesikhathi sokhetho, bathi, ngesikhathi somkhankaso, futhi mhlawumbe ngemva kwenyanga noma ezimbili uhulumeni ebunjiwe, osopolitiki abavamile bonke basho izinto ezinjengokuthi “AmaNaxals izingane zethu”. Ungasetha iwashi lakho ohlelweni lokuthi bazoshintsha nini imiqondo yabo, futhi bakhulise amazinyo.
Ngethulwa kuComrade Kamla. Ngitshelwa ukuthi akumele ngenze lutho ngihambe ngisho ngamamitha amahlanu ukusuka ku-jhilli wami ngaphandle kokumvusa. Ngoba wonke umuntu uyaphazamiseka ebumnyameni futhi angalahleka kakhulu. (Angimvusi. Ngilala njengogodo.) Ekuseni uKamla ungipha iphakethe le-polythene eliphuzi elinqanyulwe ikhona elilodwa. Yake yaqukatha i-Abis Gold Refined Soya Oil. Manje kwase kuyi-Loo Mug yami. Akukho okumoshekayo emgwaqeni oya kuRevolution.
(Ngisho namanje ngicabanga ngoComrade Kamla ngaso sonke isikhathi, nsuku zonke. Uneminyaka engu-17. Ufaka isibhamu sokuzenzela enqulwini. Futhi umfana, yeka ukumamatheka. Kodwa uma amaphoyisa ehlangana naye, azombulala. Angase amdlwengule kuqala. Akukho mibuzo ezobuzwa. Ngoba uwusongo Lwezokuphepha Lwangaphakathi.)
Ngemva kokudla kwasekuseni, uComrade Venu (Sushil, Sonu, Murali) ungilindile, ehlezi ephambanise imilenze e-jhilli, efuna umhlaba wonke njengothisha wesikole wasemaphandleni obuthakathaka. Ngizothola isifundo somlando. Noma, ngokunembe kakhudlwana, isifundo ngomlando weminyaka engu-30 edlule ehlathini laseDandakaranya, esifinyelele umvuthwandaba ngempi egubhayo namuhla. Ngokuqinisekile, inguqulo ye-partisan. Kodwa-ke, yimuphi umlando ongewona? Kunoma yikuphi, umlando oyimfihlo kumele udalulwe obala uma kufanele kubangwe, kuqophiswe, esikhundleni sokuthi kuqanjwe amanga nje, okuyinto eyenzekayo manje.
|
UComrade Venu unendlela ezolile, eqinisekisayo kanye nezwi elipholile eliyothi ezinsukwini ezizayo, livele esimweni esizongiqeda amandla. Namuhla ekuseni ukhuluma amahora ambalwa, cishe ngokuqhubekayo. Ufana nomphathi wesitolo omncane onenqwaba yokhiye ongavula ngabo inkimbinkimbi yamalokha agcwele izindaba, izingoma kanye nemininingwane.
UComrade Venu wayekwelinye lamaqembu ayisikhombisa ahlomile awela i-Godavari esuka e-Andhra Pradesh futhi engena ehlathini laseDandakaranya (DK, e-Partyspeak) ngoJuni 1980, eminyakeni engu-30 edlule. Ungomunye wabangamashumi amane nesishiyagalolunye bokuqala. Babengamalungu e-People's War Group (PWG), iqembu le-Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) noma i-CPI(ML), amaNaxalite okuqala. I-PWG yamenyezelwa ngokusemthethweni njengeqembu elihlukile, elizimele ngo-Ephreli ngalowo nyaka, ngaphansi kwe-Kondapalli Seetharamiah. I-PWG yayinqume ukwakha ibutho elimile, elalizodinga isisekelo salo. I-DK yayizoba yileso sizinda, futhi lawo maqembu okuqala athunyelwa ukuze abone kabusha indawo futhi aqale inqubo yokwakha izindawo zabashokobezi. Inkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nokuthi amaqembu amaKhomanisi kufanele abe nebutho elimile, nokuthi 'ibutho labantu' liwukuphikisana ngokwemibandela, iyindala. Isinqumo se-PWG sokwakha ibutho savela ekuhlangenwe nakho kwayo e-Andhra Pradesh, lapho umkhankaso wayo othi 'Land to the Tiller' waholela ekungqubuzaneni okuqondile nabanikazi bezindlu, futhi kwaholela ohlotsheni lokucindezelwa kwamaphoyisa iqembu elikuthola kungenakwenzeka ukumelana ngaphandle kokuqeqeshwa. ukulwa namandla ayo.
(Ngo-2004, i-PWG yayisihlangene namanye amaqembu e-CPI(ML), i-Party Unity (PU) kanye ne-Maoist Communist Centre (MCC)—esebenza ingxenye enkulu e-Bihar nase-Jharkhand. Ukuze ibe yilokhu eyikho manje, Iqembu lamaKhomanisi lase-India-Maoist.)
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
Nikela
