Ngibonga iCharles Veillon Foundation ngokungihlonipha ngendondo ye-European Essay Award ka-2023. Kungase kungabonakali ngokushesha ukuthi ngijabule kangakanani ngokuyithola. Kusengenzeka nokuthi ngiyathokoza. Okungijabulisa kakhulu ukuthi kuwumklomelo wezincwadi. Hhayi ukuthula. Hhayi ngenxa yesiko noma inkululeko yamasiko, kodwa eyemibhalo. Okokubhala. Nokubhala uhlobo lwezindatshana engizibhalayo futhi engizibhale eminyakeni engama-25 edlule.
Bafake imephu, igxathu negxathu, ukwehla kweNdiya (yize abanye bekubona njengokunyukela) ku-Majoritarianism yokuqala bese kuba yi-fascism egcwele ngokuphelele. Yebo, siyaqhubeka nokuba nokhetho, futhi ngenxa yaleso sizathu, ukuze kutholakale indawo ethembekile, umlayezo weQembu elibusayo i-Bhartiya Janata Party of Hindu supremacism uye wasakazwa ngokungakhathali kubantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.4. Ngakho-ke, ukhetho luyinkathi yokubulawa kwabantu, ukudlwengulwa kwabantu nokushaya amakhwela nezinja - isikhathi esiyingozi kakhulu kubantu abayingcosana baseNdiya, ikakhulukazi amaSulumane namaKrestu.
Akusebona abaholi bethu kuphela okufanele sibesabe, kodwa ingxenye yonkana yabantu. Ukuvinjelwa kobubi, ukujwayela kobubi manje sekuyabonakala emigwaqweni yethu, emakilasini ethu, ezindaweni eziningi zomphakathi. Imithombo yezindaba evamile, amakhulukhulu eziteshi zezindaba zamahora angu-24 asetshenziselwe imbangela ye-fascist majoritarianism. Umthethosisekelo waseNdiya ubekelwe eceleni ngempumelelo. Ikhodi Yenhlawulo YaseNdiya iyabhalwa kabusha. Uma umbuso wamanje uzuza iningi ngo-2024, maningi amathuba okuthi siwubone uMthethosisekelo omusha.
Kungenzeka ukuthi inqubo yalokho okubizwa โngokwahlukanisaโ - ukuhlelwa kabusha kwezifunda - noma ukuhlukunyezwa njengoba kwaziwa e-US, kuzokwenzeka, kunikeze izihlalo eziningi zephalamende kulezo zifundazwe ezikhuluma isi-Hindi eNyakatho ye-India lapho i-BJP. inesisekelo. Lokhu kuzodala ukucasuka okukhulu ezifundazweni eziseningizimu futhi kunamandla okwenza i-balkanise India. Ngisho noma kwenzeka kungenzeki ukuthi kuhlulwe okhethweni, ubuthi be-premacist bujula futhi bubeke engcupheni zonke izikhungo zikahulumeni okuhloswe ngazo ukwengamela amasheke namabhalansi. Njengamanje, abekho, ngaphandle kweNkantolo Ephakeme ebuthaka futhi ebukelwa phansi.
Ake ngiphinde ngibonge ngalo mklomelo obaluleke kangaka kanye nokuqashelwa komsebenzi wami - nakuba kufanele nginitshele ukuthi umklomelo wempilo yonke wenza umuntu azizwe emdala. Kuzofanele ngiyeke ukuzenza sengathi angiyena. Kuyindida enkulu ngezindlela ezithile ukuthola umklomelo weminyaka engu-25 yokubhala isexwayiso mayelana nendlela esasibheke kuyo - lokho akuzange kunakwe, kodwa kunalokho ngokuvamile kwakugconwa futhi kugxekwe abashisekeli benkululeko nalabo ababezibheka โnjengabathuthukayoโ nabo.
Kodwa manje isikhathi sokuxwayisa sesiphelile. Sisesigabeni esihlukile somlando. Njengombhali ngiyethemba ukuthi ukubhala kwami โโkuzofakaza ngalesi sahluko esimnyama esiqhubekayo empilweni yezwe lami. Futhi ngethemba ukuthi umsebenzi wabanye abafana nami uyaqhubeka, kuzokwaziwa ukuthi akuthina sonke esivumelana nokwenzekayo.
Impilo yami njengombhali wendatshana ayizange ihlelwe. Kwenzeka lokhu nje.
Incwadi yami yokuqala kwaba UNkulunkulu Wezinto Ezincane, inoveli eyanyatheliswa ngo-1997. Lokho kwenzeka kwaba unyaka wama-50 iNdiya yakhululeka ngaphansi kobukoloni baseBrithani. Kwase kudlule iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili iMpi Yomshoshaphansi yaphela futhi ubukhomanisi baseSoviet bangcwatshwa emvithini yempi ye-Afghan-Soviet. Kwaba yisiqalo somhlaba we-unipolar owawubuswa yi-US lapho ubunxiwankulu bungumnqobi ongaphikiswa. I-India yazihlanganisa ne-United States futhi yavula izimakethe zayo ukuze ibe yimali yebhizinisi.
Ukwenziwa kwangasese kanye nokulungiswa kwesakhiwo bekuyihubo lemakethe yamahhala. U-India wayethatha indawo yakhe etafuleni eliphezulu. Kodwa kwathi ngo-1998 kwaqala ukubusa uhulumeni wamaHindu oholwa yi-BJP. Into yokuqala eyayenza kwaba ukwenza uchungechunge lwezivivinyo zenuzi. Babingelelwa abantu abaningi, okuhlanganisa ababhali, abaculi nezintatheli, ngolimi olunonya, lobuzwe obunonya. Okwamukeleka njengenkulumo yeningi kwashintsha kungazelelwe.
Ngaleso sikhathi, njengoba ngisanda kuwina uMklomelo ka-Booker wenoveli yami, ngangikade ngingaqondile ngiphonswe njengomunye wamanxusa amasiko e-New India anonya. Ngangisesembozweni somagazini abakhulu. Ngangazi ukuthi uma ngingasho okuthile, kwakuzothathwa ngokuthi ngivumelana nakho konke lokhu. Ngaqonda-ke ukuthi ukuthula kwakufana nepolitiki njengokukhuluma. Ngaqonda ukuthi ukukhuluma kwami โโโโkwaba isiphetho somsebenzi wami njengenkosi yezinganekwane zomhlaba wezincwadi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaqonda ukuthi uma ngingabhalanga engikukholelwayo kungakhathaliseki imiphumela, ngangizoba isitha sami esikhulu futhi ngangingeke ngiphinde ngibhale.
Ngakho-ke, ngabhala, ukuze ngisindise isiqu sami sokubhala. Indatshana yami yokuqala, Ukuphela komcabango, yanyatheliswa kanyekanye komagazini ababili abakhulu abasakazwa ngobuningi, Outlook futhi Ngaphambili. Ngokushesha ngabizwa ngokuthi imbuka futhi ngimelene nezwe. Ngathola lezo zithuko njengokuhlonishwa, okungengaphansi kwe-Booker Prize. Kwangifaka ohambweni olude lokubhala, mayelana namadamu, imifula, ukufuduka, ukuhlukaniswa kwezigaba, izimayini, impi yombango - uhambo olwajulisa ukuqonda kwami โโfuthi lwahlanganisa izinganekwane zami nezingelona iqiniso ngezindlela ezingeke zisahlukaniswa.
Ngizofunda ingcaphuno emfushane kwenye yezindatshana ezisencwadini yami Azadi, okumayelana nendlela lezi zincwadi eziphila ngayo emhlabeni. Kubizwa โUlimi Lwezincwadiโ:
โNgesikhathi izindatshana zishicilelwa okokuqala (okokuqala emaphephandabeni asakazwa ngobuningi, kwalandela kwi-inthanethi, futhi ekugcineni njengezincwadi), zazibukwa ngezinsolo ezimbi, okungenani kwezinye izindawo, ngokuvamile yilabo ababengavumelani ngisho nokuphikisana. ipolitiki. Ukubhalwa kwakuhlala ku-engeli kulokho okuvame ukubhekwa njengezincwadi. Ukunganeliseki kwaba ukusabela okuqondakalayo, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwe-taxonomy-ithambekele, ngoba abakwazanga ukunquma kahle ukuthi yini lena - ipheshana noma i-polemic, ukubhala kwezemfundo noma ubuntatheli, i-travelogue, noma i-adventurism ecacile nje?
Kwabanye, kwakungamane nje kubalwe njengokubhala: โO, uyekeleni ukubhala? Silindele incwadi yakho elandelayo.โ Abanye babecabanga ukuthi ngiyipeni nje lokuqashwa. Zonke izinhlobo zokunikezwa zangifikela: โSithandwa, ngithande leya siqephu osibhale emadamini, ungangenzela eyodwa ngokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane?โ (Lokhu kwenzekile ngempela.) Ngafundiswa kanzima (ikakhulukazi ngamadoda asezingeni eliphezulu) mayelana nendlela yokubhala, izifundo okufanele ngibhale ngazo, kanye nephimbo okufanele ngilithathe.
Kodwa kwezinye izindawo โ ake sizibize izindawo ezikude nomgwaqo omkhulu โ izindatshana zahunyushelwa ngokushesha kwezinye izilimi zamaNdiya, zanyatheliswa njengamapheshana, zasakazwa mahhala emahlathini nasezigodini zemifula, emizaneni eyayihlaselwa, emakhempasi amanyuvesi lapho abafundi babefunzwa khona. phezulu kokuqanjelwa amanga. Ngoba laba bafundi, abaphuma phambili, sebevele beculwa umlilo obhebhethekayo, babenombono ohluke ngokuphelele wokuthi izincwadi ziyini noma okufanele zibe.
Lokhu ngikubalula ngoba kungifundise ukuthi indawo yemibhalo yakhiwe ngababhali nabafundi. Yindawo entekenteke ngandlela thize, kodwa engabhubhi. Uma iphukile, siyayakha kabusha. Ngoba sidinga indawo yokukhosela. Ngiwuthanda kakhulu umqondo wezincwadi ezidingekayo. Izincwadi ezinikeza indawo yokukhosela. Indawo yokukhosela yazo zonke izinhlobo.โ
Namuhla kuyinto engacabangeki ukuthi noma iyiphi i-media media e-India, bonke abahlala ezikhangisweni zezinkampani, bangashicilela izindatshana ezifana nalezi. Eminyakeni engu-20 edlule, imakethe yamahhala kanye ne-fascism kanye nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-free press, kuhlangene ndawonye ukuletha i-India endaweni lapho ingeke yabizwa ngokuthi intando yeningi.
NgoJanuwari walo nyaka kwenzeke izinto ezimbili ezibonisa lokhu ngendlela okungekho okunye okungenzeka ngayo. I-BBC yasakaza idokhumentari enezingxenye ezimbili ebizwa I-India: Umbuzo we-Modi, futhi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, ifemu encane yaseMelika ebizwa ngokuthi i-Hindenburg Research egxile kulokho okwaziwa ngokuthi isishoshovu esidayisa isikhashana sashicilela lokho manje okwaziwa ngokuthi i-Hindenberg Report, ukudalula okuningiliziwe kobubi obushaqisayo mayelana nenkampani enkulukazi yase-India - iqembu le-Adani.
Umzuzu we-BBC-Hindenburg uvezwe abezindaba baseNdiya njengokusho okuthile ekuhlaseleni imibhoshongo engamawele yaseNdiya - uNdunankulu Narendra Modi kanye nosozimboni omkhulu waseNdiya, uGautam Adani, obe, kuze kube muva nje, umuntu wesithathu ocebe kakhulu emhlabeni. Amacala abathweswe wona awona ubuqili. Ifilimu ye-BBC ifaka uModi ekulweni nokubulawa kwabantu abaningi. Umbiko we-Hindenburg usola u-Adani ngokudonsa "icala elikhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni webhizinisi". Ngo-Agasti 30, i-Guardian futhi Izikhathi Zezezimali izindatshana ezishicilelwe ezisuselwe emibhalweni yokubeka icala etholwe Umklamo Wokubika Ubugebengu Obuhleliwe kanye Nenkohlakalo eqhubeka ifakazela uMbiko wase-Hindenburg.
Ama-ejensi ophenyo aseNdiya kanye nabezindaba abaningi baseNdiya abasesimweni sokuphenya noma ukushicilela lezi zindaba. Uma abezindaba bakwamanye amazwe benza, kulula ke, esimweni samanje se-pseudo hyper-nationalism, ukuyiveza njengokuhlasela ubukhosi baseNdiya.
Isiqephu 1 sefilimu ye-BBC Umbuzo we-Modi imayelana ne-pogrom emelene namaSulumane yango-2002 eyaqubuka esifundazweni saseGujarat ngemva kokuba amaSulumane ethweswe icala ngokushiswa kwenqola yezitimela lapho kwashiswa khona amaHindu angama-59 ephila. UModi wayeqokwe - engakhethwanga - ungqongqoshe omkhulu wezwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwesibhicongo. Le filimu ayikona nje ukubulawa kwabantu, kodwa futhi uhambo lweminyaka engu-20 ezinye izisulu ezilwenzile ngohlelo lwezomthetho lwase-India lwe-labyrinthine, begcina ukholo, benethemba lobulungisa nokuziphendulela kwezombusazwe.
Kuhlanganisa nobufakazi bofakazi bokuzibonela, obudabukisa kakhulu u-Imtiyaz Pathan, owalahlekelwa amalungu omndeni wakhe ayishumi โesibhicongweni saseGulbarg Societyโ lapho abantu abangu-60 babulawa khona isixuku, kuhlanganise nowayeyiLungu LePhalamende u-Ehsan Jaffri owanqunywa izitho zomzimba futhi washiswa ephila. Ubeyimbangi yezepolitiki kaModi futhi ubekhankase ngokumelene naye okhethweni lwakamuva. Kwakungesinye sezibhicongo eziningana ngendlela efanayo ezenzeka ngalezo zinsuku ezimbalwa eGujarat.
Okunye ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi - okungekho efilimini - ukudlwengulwa kweqembu lezigelekeqe uBilkis Bano, 19, kanye nokubulawa kwamalungu omndeni wakhe angu-14 okuhlanganisa nendodakazi yakhe eneminyaka emithathu ubudala. Ngo-Agasti odlule, ngoSuku Lwenkululeko, ngenkathi uModi ekhuluma nesizwe ngokubaluleka kwamalungelo abantu besifazane, uhulumeni wakhe, ngalo lolo suku, wabaxolela abadlwenguli ababulala uBilkis nomndeni wakhe ababegwetshwe udilikajele . Babechithe isikhathi esiningi beboshiwe ngaphandle kwe-parole. Futhi manje sebengamadoda akhululekile. Babingelelwe ngezikhonkwane ngaphandle kwejele manje sebengamalungu ahlonishwayo omphakathi futhi bashiyelana inkundla nosopolitiki be-BJP ezinhlelweni zomphakathi.
Ifilimu ye-BBC yembula umbiko wangaphakathi owagunyazwa iHhovisi Lase-British Foreign Foreign Office ngo-April 2002, kuze kube manje umphakathi awukawuboni. Umbiko wokuthola iqiniso ulinganisela ukuthi โokungenani abantu abayizi-2,000 2014โ babulewe. Ibize lesi sibhicongo ngokuthi i-pogrom eyayihlelelwe ngaphambili eyayinazo โzonke izimpawu zokuqothulwa kohlanga.โ Ithe abantu abathembekile babazisa ukuthi amaphoyisa ayalelwe ukuthi ehle. Umbiko ubeke icala ngqo emnyango kaModi. Ngemuva kwe-pogrom yaseGujarat, i-US yamnqabela i-visa. UModi wanqoba ukhetho kathathu elandelana futhi wahlala engungqongqoshe omkhulu waseGujarat kwaze kwaba ngu-XNUMX. Ukuvinjelwa kwahoxiswa ngemva kokuba uNdunankulu.
Uhulumeni wakwaModi uyivimbile le filimu. Yonke inkundla yezokuxhumana ihambisane nokuvinjelwa futhi yehlise zonke izixhumanisi nezinkomba kukho. Kungakapheli amasonto ikhishiwe ifilimu amahhovisi e-BBC azungezwe amaphoyisa agasela nezikhulu zentela.
Umbiko we-Hindenburg usola iQembu le-Adani ngokubandakanyeka โohlelweni lokukhohlisa amasheya kanye nohlelo lokukhwabanisa lokubalwa kwezimaliโ, okwathi - ngokusebenzisa amagobolondo asogwini lolwandle - lenze inani eliphakeme kakhulu lezinkampani ezisohlwini olubalulekile futhi lenyusa inani eliphelele likasihlalo walo. Ngokombiko, izinkampani eziyisikhombisa ezisohlwini luka-Adani zibiza ngokweqile ngaphezu kuka-85%. Modi and Adani Sekungamashumi eminyaka sazana. Ubungane babo bahlanganiswa ngemuva kwe-2002 Gujarat pogrom.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ingxenye enkulu ye-India, kuhlanganise nenkampani yase-India, yasabeka ngenxa yokwethuka ekubulaweni kwabantu obala nokudlwengulwa kwenqwaba yamaSulumane okwakudlalwa emigwaqweni yasemadolobheni nasezigodini zaseGujarat yizixuku zamaHindu ezazifuna โukuziphindiselelaโ. UGautam Adani wema eduze kukaModi. Eneqembu elincane losozimboni baseGujarati wasungula inkundla entsha yosomabhizinisi. Bagxeka abagxeki bakaModi futhi bameseka njengoba eqala umsebenzi omusha wezepolitiki njenge-โHindu Hriday Samratโ, uMbusi Wezinhliziyo ZamaHindu. Ngakho-ke kwazalwa lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi i-Gujarat Model "yentuthuko": ubuzwe obunobudlova bamaHindu obuqashwe yimali yenkampani enzima.
Ngo-2014, ngemuva kwamahlandla amathathu njengongqongqoshe omkhulu waseGujarat, uModi waqokwa njengondunankulu waseNdiya. Wandizela emcimbini wakhe wokufunga eDelhi ngendiza yangasese enegama lika-Adani libhalwe emzimbeni wonke wendiza. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye yokubusa kukaModi, u-Adani waba yindoda ecebe kakhulu emhlabeni. Umcebo wakhe ukhule usuka ku-$8 billion wafinyelela ku-$137 billion. Ngo-2022 kuphela, wenze ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-72, okungaphezu kweholo elihlanganisiwe lezigidigidi eziyisishiyagalolunye ezizayo emhlabeni zihlanganisiwe. I Iqembu le-Adani manje ilawula izikhumulo zemikhumbi eziyishumi nambili ezibalela ukuhanjiswa kuka-30% wempahla yase-India, izikhumulo zezindiza eziyisikhombisa eziphethe u-23% wabagibeli bezindiza zase-India, kanye nezindawo zokugcina izimpahla ezibamba ngokuhlangene u-30% wokusanhlamvu kwaseNdiya. Ingumnikazi futhi isebenzisa izizinda zikagesi ezingabakhiqizi abakhulu bakagesi wangasese wezwe.
Yebo, uGautam Adani ungomunye wabantu abacebe kakhulu emhlabeni, kodwa uma ubheka ukukhishwa kwabo ngesikhathi sokhetho, iBJP akuyona nje eyaseNdiya, kodwa mhlawumbe neqembu lezombusazwe elicebe kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngo-2016 i-BJP yethula uhlelo lwamabhondi okhetho ukuvumela izinkampani ukuthi zixhase amaqembu ezepolitiki ngaphandle kokuthi ubunikazi bawo buvezwe esidlangalaleni. Sekuyiqembu elinesabelo esikhulu kunazo zonke soxhaso lwezinkampani. Kubukeka sengathi imibhoshongo engamawele inegumbi elingaphansi elivamile.
Njengoba u-Adani emi ngakuModi ngesikhathi sakhe sokudinga, uhulumeni waseModi ume ngaku-Adani futhi wenqabile ukuphendula nowodwa umbuzo ophakanyiswe ngamalungu aphikisayo ePhalamende, waze wachitha izinkulumo zabo emlandweni wephalamende.
Ngenkathi i-BJP kanye no-Adani beqongelela ingcebo yabo, embikweni oshaqisayo i-Oxfam ithe i-10% ephezulu yabantu baseNdiya ibamba ama-77% omcebo wezwe lonke. Amaphesenti angu-2017 omcebo owenziwe ngo-1 uye kwabacebe kakhulu ku-670%, kanti amaNdiya ayizigidi ezingu-1 ahlanganisa ingxenye empofu kakhulu yabantu abone kuphela ukwanda kwe-XNUMX% yomcebo wawo. Ngenkathi i-India ihlonishwa njengamandla ezomnotho anemakethe enkulu, iningi labantu bayo liphila ebuphofini obucindezelayo.
Izigidi ziphila ngokudla okulethwa ngamaphakethe anobuso bukaModi obubhalwe kuwo. I-India iyizwe elicebe kakhulu elinabantu abampofu kakhulu. Omunye wemiphakathi engalingani kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngezinhlungu zayo, i-Oxfam India nayo ihlaselwe. Futhi i-Amnesty International kanye nenqwaba yamanye ama-NGO anezinkinga eNdiya baye bahlukunyezwa ukuze bavale.
Akukho kulokhu okwenze noma yimuphi umehluko kubaholi bentando yeningi yaseNtshonalanga. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ze-Hindenburg-BBC, ngemuva kwemihlangano "efudumele nekhiqizayo", uNdunankulu uModi, uMongameli uJoe Biden kanye noMongameli u-Emmanuel Macron bamemezele ukuthi i-India izothenga izindiza ezingama-470 ze-Boeing ne-Airbus. UBiden uthe isivumelwano sizodala amathuba emisebenzi aseMelika angaphezu kwesigidi. I-Airbus izonikwa amandla yizinjini zeRolls Royce. "Embonini ye-aerospace yase-UK ephumelelayo," kusho uNdunankulu uRishi Sunak, "isibhakabhaka siwumkhawulo."
NgoJulayi uModi waya e-US ohambweni loMbuso kanye naseFrance njengesivakashi esiyinhloko ngoSuku lwe-Bastille. Ungaqala nokukukholelwa lokho? UMacron noBiden bamjikijela ngendlela ehlazo kakhulu, bazi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi lokhu kuzokwenziwa igolide elimsulwa lomkhankaso okhethweni lukazwelonke lwango-2024 lapho uModi ezongenela ihlandla lesithathu. Ayikho into abebengeke bayazi ngalendoda abayangayo.
Bebezokwazi ngeqhaza likaMnu Modi ku-Gujarat pogrom. Babezokwazi ngokujwayelekile amaSulumane akhuluma ngakho esidlangalaleni lynched, indlela amanye ama-lynchers ahlangatshezwa ngayo u-a ilungu wekhabhinethi kaMnu. Modi kanye nenqubo enzima yokuhlukaniswa kwamaSulumane kanye ne-ghettoization. Babezokwazi ngokushiswa kwamakhulu amasonto yiziqaphi zamaHindu.
Babezokwazi ngokuzingela osopolitiki abaphikisayo, Abafundi, izishoshovu zamalungelo abantu, abameli futhi izintatheli, abanye babo baye bathola eside izigwebo zasejele, mayelana ukuhlaselwa on amanyuvesi ngamaphoyisa kanye nabasolwa ngokuba ngabashisekeli bobuzwe bamaHindu, i ukubhala kabusha yezincwadi zomlando, i ukuvinjelwa kwamafilimu, lo vala shaqa we-Amnesty International India, i ukuhlasela emahhovisi e-BBC aseNdiya, izishoshovu, izintatheli kanye nabagxeki bakahulumeni babekwe endaweni engaqondakali izinhlu ezingenampukane kanye nengcindezi yezifundiswa, kokubili Indian futhi Ngaphandle.
Bebezokwazi ukuthi i-India manje isikleliswe emazweni ayi-161 kwangu-180 I-World Press Freedom Index, ukuthi izintatheli eziningi ezingcono kakhulu zaseNdiya ziye zaxoshwa kwabezindaba ezivamile nokuthi izintatheli zingase zibe ngaphansi kwesimiso sokulawula sokuhlola lapho indikimba eqokwe uhulumeni izoba namandla okunquma ukuthi imibiko yabezindaba kanye nokuphawula mayelana nohulumeni kuyiqiniso yini. mbumbulu noma edukisayo. Nomthetho omusha we-IT oklanyelwe ukuvala ukuphikisa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Babezokwazi mayelana nezixuku zamaHindu eziqaphile eziphethe inkemba, ezinobudlova ezihlale zihlaba umkhosi ngokubhujiswa kwamaSulumane nokudlwengulwa kwabesifazane abangamaSulumane.
Bebezosazi ngesimo saseKashmir, esaqala ngo-2019 sabhekana nezinyanga ukunqanyulwa kokuxhumana - ukuvalwa kwe-inthanethi okude kakhulu embusweni wentando yeningi - futhi izintatheli zakhona zihlukunyezwa, ziboshwe futhi ziphenywe ngemibuzo. Akekho umuntu ekhulwini lama-21 okufanele aphile ngendlela aphila ngayo, efake isicathulo emphinjeni.
Bebezokwazi ngoMthetho Wokuchitshiyelwa Kobuzwe owaphasiswa ngo-2019 owawucwasa ngokusobala amaSulumane. imibhikisho ukuthi kuthintekile nokuthi leyo mibhikisho yaphela kanjani ngemuva kokuba inqwaba yamaMuslim wabulawa ngonyaka olandelayo izixuku zamaHindu eDelhi (okwenzeka, kwenzeka ngesikhathi uMongameli uDonald Trump esedolobheni ohambweni lombuso, futhi angakhulumanga lutho ngalo). Bebezokwazi ukuthi amaphoyisa aseDelhi aphoqa kanjani izinsizwa ezingamaMuslim ezilimale kabi ebezilele emgwaqweni ukuthi zicule iculo lesizwe laseNdiya ngenkathi beziqhulula zibakhahlela. Omunye wabo washona kamuva.
Babezokwazi ukuthi ngesikhathi esifanayo babelanda uModi, amaSulumane ayenjalo abaleke idolobhana elise-Uttarakhand enyakatho ye-India ngemuva kokuthi ontamolukhuni bamaHindu abadlelana ne-BJP bemake o-X eminyango yabo futhi babatshela ukuthi bahambe. Kunenkulumo evulelekile ye-Uttarakhand โengenamaSulumaneโ. Bebezokwazi ukuthi ngaphansi kweso likaModi, izwe laseManipur eNyakatho neMpumalanga yeNdiya sehlele impi yombango ewubuqaba. Kuye kwenzeka uhlobo lokuhlanzwa kohlanga. Lesi sikhungo sihlangene, uhulumeni wezwe unesandla, abezokuphepha bahlukene phakathi kwamaphoyisa nabanye ngaphandle kochungechunge lwemiyalo. I-inthanethi isikiwe. Izindaba zithatha amaviki ukuthi zihlungwe.
Noma kunjalo, amandla omhlaba akhetha ukunikeza uModi wonke umoya-mpilo awudingayo ukuze acekele phansi inkundla yezenhlalo ashise iNdiya. Kimina, lolu wuhlobo lokucwasa ngokwebala. Bathi bangamademokhrasi, kodwa bacwasa ngokwebala. Abakholelwa ukuthi โamaguguโ abo okuzisholo kufanele asebenze emazweni angewona abelungu. Yindaba endala kunjalo.
Akunandaba. Sizolwa eyethu impi - futhi ekugcineni sizolinqoba izwe lethu. Kodwa-ke, uma becabanga ukuthi ukuhlakazwa kwentando yeningi eNdiya ngeke kuthinte umhlaba wonke, kufanele babe nenkohliso ngempela.
Kubo bonke abakholelwa ukuthi i-India isabusa ngentando yeningi - lezi yizigameko ezimbalwa ezenzeke ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. Yilokhu ebengikusho uma ngithi sesidlulele kwesinye isigaba. Isikhathi sezixwayiso sesiphelile, futhi kumele sesabe izigaba zabantu njengoba sesaba abaholi bethu:
EManipur lapho kuqubuka khona impi yombango, amaphoyisa, ahlangene ngokuphelele, anikele abesifazane ababili esixukwini ukuze babukiswe benqunu esigodini base bedlwengulwa yiqembu lezigelekeqe. Omunye wabo wabuka umfowabo omncane ebulawa phambi kwamehlo akhe. Abesifazane abangamalungu omphakathi owodwa nabadlwenguli bamile kubadlwenguli baze bagqugquzela amadoda abo ukuthi adlwengule.
E-Maharashtra isikhulu se-Railway Protection Force esihlomile sehla emhubheni wesitimela, sadubula abagibeli abangamaSulumane futhi sinxusa abantu ukuthi bavotele uModi.
Umqapheli wamaHindu odume kakhulu, ovame ukuthwebula izithombe exoxa nosopolitiki abaphezulu kanye namaphoyisa, ucele amaHindu ukuthi abambe iqhaza emashi yezenkolo endaweni enabantu abaningi abangamaSulumane. Ungumsolwa ophambili ecaleni lokubulawa kwezinsizwa ezimbili zamaSulumane ezaboshelwa emotweni zashiswa ziphila ngoFebhuwari.
Idolobha laseNuh lihlangana neGurgaon, lapho izinkampani ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe zinamahhovisi azo. AmaHindu ohambweni ayephethe izibhamu ezingontuluntulu nezinkemba. AmaSulumane azivikela. Ngokubikezelwa, le mashi iphele ngodlame. Kwabulawa abantu abayisithupha. I-imam eneminyaka engu-19 ubudala yabulawa embhedeni wayo, i-mosque yakhe yacekelwa phansi futhi yashiswa. Impendulo yombuso kube wukuqothula zonke izindawo zokuhlala zamaSulumane ezimpofu kakhulu nokwenza amakhulu emindeni abaleke ukuze asindise izimpilo zawo.
Undunankulu akukho angakusho ngalokhu. Yisikhathi sokhetho. NgoMeyi ozayo kuzoba nokhetho lukazwelonke. Konke kuyingxenye yomkhankaso wokhetho. Sibhekelwe ukuchitheka kwegazi okwengeziwe, ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi, ukuhlasela ngamafulege angamanga, izimpi zokuzenzisa nanoma yini ukuze siqhubekisele phambili ukuhlukanisa abantu vele abahlukene.
Ngisanda kubuka ividiyo encane epholile eqoshwe ekilasini lesikole esincane. Uthisha wenza ingane eyiSulumane ime eduze kwedeski lakhe futhi ucela bonke abanye abafundi, abafana abangamaHindu, ukuba beze ngamunye ngamunye bamshaye ngempama. Uyala abangakamshayi ngokwanele. Isenzo esithathwe kuze kube manje ngesokuthi amaHindu akulesi sigodi kanye namaphoyisa bacindezele umndeni wamaSulumane ukuthi ungawabeki amacala. Imali yesikole yomfana oyiSulumane isibuyisiwe futhi ukhishiwe esikoleni.
Okwenzekayo eNdiya akulona uhlobo oluxekethile lwe-inthanethi ye-fascism. Yinto yangempela. Sesiphenduke amaNazi. Akubona abaholi bethu kuphela, hhayi nje iziteshi zethu ze-TV namaphephandaba, kodwa nengxenye enkulu yabantu bethu futhi. Inani elikhulu phakathi kwamaHindu angamaNdiya ahlala e-US naseYurophu naseNingizimu Afrika asekela ama-fascists ngokwepolitiki kanye nangokwezinto ezibonakalayo. Ngenxa yemiphefumulo yethu, neyezingane zethu nezingane zezingane zethu, kufanele sisukume. Akusho lutho ukuthi siyehluleka noma siyaphumelela. Lowo mthwalo wemfanelo awukho kithi eNdiya kuphela. Maduze, uma uModi ewina ngo-2024, zonke izindlela zokuphikisa zizovalwa. Akekho noyedwa wenu kuleli hholo okumele enze sengathi awazi ukuthi kwenzekani.
Uma ungivumela, ngizophetha ngokufunda isigaba sendatshana yami yokuqala, Ukuphela Kokucabanga. Kuyingxoxo nomngane mayelana nokwehluleka - kanye ne-manifesto yombhali wami siqu.
โNgathi noma yikanjani okwakhe kwakuwumbono wangaphandle wezinto, lokhu kucabanga ukuthi umkhondo wenjabulo yomuntu, noma ake sithi ukugcwaliseka, usufinyelele umvuthwandaba (futhi manje okufanele udlule) ngoba wawela โempumelelweniโ ngephutha. Kwakusekelwe enkolelweni engacabangeki yokuthi ingcebo nodumo kwakuyizinto eziyimpoqo zamaphupho awo wonke umuntu.
Usuhlale isikhathi eside kakhulu eNew York, ngimtshelile. Kukhona eminye imihlaba. Ezinye izinhlobo zamaphupho. Amaphupho lapho ukwehluleka kungenzeka khona. Mhlonishwa. Ngezinye izikhathi kuwufanele ukulwela. Imihlaba lapho ukuqashelwa kungekona ukuphela kwesilinganiso sokukhalipha noma ukubaluleka komuntu. Kunamaqhawe amaningi engiwaziyo nengiwathandayo, abantu ababaluleke kakhulu kunami, abaya empini usuku nosuku, bazi kusengaphambili ukuthi bazohluleka. Yiqiniso, 'abaphumeleli' kancane ngomqondo onenhlamba kakhulu waleli gama, kodwa awafezeki nakancane.
Ukuphela kwephupho okufanele ube nalo, ngamtshela ukuthi, ukuphupha uphila usaphila futhi ufe kuphela lapho ufile. (Isayensi? Mhlawumbe.)
'Okusho ukuthini ngempela?' (Amashiya agwadule, ecasukile.)
Ngazama ukuchaza, kodwa angenzanga umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu ngakho. Kwesinye isikhathi ngidinga ukubhala ukuze ngicabange. Ngakho ngambhalela phansi e-napkeni yephepha. Nakhu engikubhalile: Ukuthanda. Ukuthandwa. Kuya ungalokothi ukhohlwe ukungabaluleki kwakho. Ukuze ungalokothi ujwayele ubudlova obungakhulumeki kanye nokwehluka okuyinhlamba kwempilo okuzungezile. Ukufuna injabulo ezindaweni ezidabukisayo. Ukuphishekela ubuhle endaweni yayo. Ukuze ungalokothi wenze lula lokho okuyinkimbinkimbi noma kube nzima lokho okulula. Ukuhlonipha amandla, ungalokothi amandla. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukubuka. Ukuzama ukuqonda. Ukuze ungalokothi ubheke eceleni. Futhi ungalokothi, ungalokothi, ukhohlwe."
Ake ngiphinde ngibonge ngokuhlonishwa kwale ndondo. Ngiyithandile ingxenye yengcaphuno yomklomelo ethi, "U-Arundhati Roy usebenzisa indaba njengendlela yokulwa."
Kungaba ukugabadela, ukuzidla, ngisho nesiphukuphuku sombhali ukukholelwa ukuthi angawushintsha umhlaba ngokubhala kwakhe. Kodwa kungaba buhlungu uma engazamanga nokuzama.
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