Ndakhulela njengamanye abantwana ezininzi yee- kwi cinema Indian kwaye intshumayelo yam of India, kwaba yinto eningenakukholwa yiyo, ilizwe ezisemagqabini kunye paint motley, iitempile ezintle kunye nenkangeleko engakholelekiyo. Ke ngoko musani ukuthi ndisahlala ndidanile kuhambo oluya kwikomkhulu laseIndiya - uDelhi, kodwa ndiyavuma, ndibone icala lomfanekiso olunemibala. Imimandla ye-rumbat, ngokuqinisekileyo, yandibetha enzonzobileni yomphefumlo, ndothi kwangoko kubakhenkethi, enye indlela ikhawulezileyo ephawulwe apho.
Kodwa asiyi kuba lusizi. I-Indiya yonke intle ngokwenene, inyani yinto entle, kodwa kubantu abaqhelene neMetropoli, le nto inokwenzeka ukuba ayibonakali. Ndahamba nomyeni wam, ngaphandle kokhenketho lomqhubi, ke malunga nendawo esiya kuphila kuyo kwaye yintoni esiyitya ngayo i-India kwangaphambili, kuba i-India ikwilizwe elingaqhelekanga kwaye ayaziwa ukuba wena Ungayithatha, kodwa ukuze utye kwiindawo zokutyela ezisengozini kuthi ayivumeli uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali.
Siye sacinga malunga nendlela yakho emehlweni e-Delhi ngaphambi koko kwaye ndifuna ukwabelana kakuhle ngeempawu zakho ezibonakalayo ezivela kuyo.
Eyokuqala sasiya apho, le yingcwaba likaHumadan, ongumsebenzi wobugcisa we-India, i-mausoleum intle kakhulu ngaphandle nangaphakathi. Yenziwe ngelitye lesanti ebomvu kunye nezinto ezimnyama nemhlophe, zijikeleze ukwakhiwa kweegadi zeentyatyambo ezintle. Umnyango wengcwaba ubiza i-Rupees ezingama-250, indlwana ngaphakathi ihlawulwe, ngoko sasinqunyelwe xa sijonga kuphela. Ewe kunjalo, kunye ne-Taj Mahal, mhlawumbi hayi ukuthelekisa, kodwa ifanelwe yintlonipho nengqwalaselo.
Umtsalane wesibini waseDelhi, esasityelele le ncwadana raj-hitha sisikhumbuzo saMaIndiya, kuhlala kukho abantu abaninzi abangabaphambukeli, amaIndiya nakwezinye izixeko. Intsimi ijikelezwe yinqanawa entle kwaye igcinwe kakuhle imithombo kunye nemithombo yamatye. Kukufutshane yimyuziyam enikezelwe kwintsapho edumileyo yeGandhi.
Ndingathanda ukukhankanya ngamagama amabini malunga ne-zoo e-Delhi. Zingaphezulu kwamawaka amabini izilwanyana ezifuywayo kwindawo enkulu ye-zoo, ehlala kwindawo ebiyelweyo ecwangciswe ngokusondeleyo kangangoko kunokwenzeka kwindalo yesilwanyana esithile. Amarhamncwa abuyiselwe kwaye aphuculwe kakuhle, angoyiki ngokupheleleyo abantu, kodwa endaweni yoko, ngokuchaseneyo, kukhangeleka kwiindwendwe kwiindlovu ezithile zenkawu kunye nendlovu ethile izama ukutsala. Indawo ye-zoo yi-asphal isfalt, naphi na imifuno emininzi kunye nemifuno emininzi, ukuze izilwanyana aziveli iindwendwe ze-zoo aziziva zibubushushu kubushushu obunomsindo. Ungahlala kwi-cafe engaphandle okanye uhlala phantsi komthi wemithi kwibhentshi.
Ukuba ndisavuyela uDelhi, yinto engaqhelekanga kwaye kwangaxeshanye itempile entle yeLotus. Itempile yenziwa ngokupheleleyo imabhothi emhlophe ngendlela yentyatyambo, kuyaphawuleka ukuba umntu onalo naluphi na inkolo unokungena kuwo aze athandaze. Isakhiwo sijikeleze ipaki eluhlaza esiluhlaza esinemimandla ekhathaza ngokucocekileyo kunye nobume obungaqhelekanga ngamahlathi.
Ewe, ekugqibeleni, eyona tempile ndiyibonileyo eDelhi, itempile yaseLakshmi-Naraian, ayithandi nje, ngokungathi kunjalo. Icawe inikezelwe kwiititshala ezininzi zaseIndiya ezichonge izinto ezingaphakathi kwesakhiwo esikwisakhiwo esityebileyo. Isakhiwo ngokwaso, njengoko sisungulwe, singqongwe yindawo yepaki enemithombo yokusebenza kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo ye-Eles yexabiso lendalo kwixabiso lendalo, iinkawu kunye nezinye izilwanyana. Kufuneka ibone indawo entle kakhulu.
