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Muhupenyu hwedu panogara paine bhuku rakakosha, tarisa chikonzero nei takariwana pane imwe nguva uye inotsanangura nguva muhupenyu hwedu, nekuti nyaya yaro inobatana nesu seasina mumwe, nekuti inoita kuti tifambe tichimbundira izvo zvisingazivikanwe. Kwandiri, iro bhuku riri Mwari Wezvinhu zvidiki, naArundhati Roy, iyo yakashuma iyo Booker Award yemunyori muna 1997, yakatengesa anopfuura mamirioni masere emakopi uye yakashandurwa mumitauro makumi mana nemaviri. Makore makumi maviri gare gare, asi asina kusiya India, Roy anoburitsa bhuku rake idzva, Ministry of Ultimate Mufaro.
Arundhati Roy: kukurumidza uye nekusingaperi
Kunyangwe Arundhati Roy atora makore mana kunyora runyorwa rwake rwekutanga (1992 - 1996), kanopfuura kamwe akanzwikwa achitaura kuti anga achinyora zvese hupenyu hwake hwese. Nekuti kunyangwe hazvo mashiripiti echokwadi uye exoticism akanyengedza West, Mwari weZvinhu zvidiki ari pamusoro pezvese zvifananidzo zvezuva nezuva zvemhuri yeSyria-yechiKristu kubva kunzvimbo dzinopisa dzeKerala kuburikidza nemunyori uyo anopa mutero kune zvaakaona, kunyangwe izvi Zvichizo tora makore makumi matatu nemashanu ekumirira. Uye ikozvino, makumi maviri mumashure memubairo wakawanda uye kubudirira, kana tiine nhau dzezvinhu zvitsva izvo ndeimwe yazvo Vanyori vakakurumbira veIndia (uye nehana).
Uye ndezvekuti mukati memakore makumi maviri apfuura Roy akararama akanyudzwa mune mamwe mapurojekiti akafanana, kunyanya vanoita zvematongerwo enyika: kushorwa kweyedzo yenyukireya yakaitwa nehurumende yeIndia mudunhu reRajasthan (izvo zvakatungamira kuThe End of the Imagination, imwe yenyaya dzake zhinji), zvinyorwa pamusoro pemagandanga eMaoist, kutsoropodzwa kwerudzi rwechiHindu, kudzivirirwa kwekodzero dzevakadzi munyika isina kuenzana saiye uye kunyange zvirevo nezverimwe divi rerima raGandhi iro yakasimudza blister pakati pezvikamu zvinonyanya kuchengetedza zveIndia. Asi hapana munhu, kunyangwe iye mumiriri wezvekunyora, akanzwa kuti nyaya nyowani yakanga yotanga kubika mundangariro dzemunyori.
"Handizive kuti ndakatanga riini kunyora, ndinoreva, zvakanyanya esoteric," Roy akasimbisa The Guardian munguva pfupi yapfuura, kunyangwe panguva dzose aive akajeka kuti "aisada Mwari Wezvinhu zvidiki 2".
Bhuku idzva raArundhati Roy, The Ministry of Ultimate Happiness, delves into the world of hijra, vanoonekwa se vanhu vebonde rechitatu, vaimboyemurwa nechinzvimbo chavo sevanachipangamazano kumadzimambo makuru asi parizvino vakadzvinyirirwa muIndian subcontinent uko kodzero dzeLBBT dzisina kusimbiswa zvizere. Iye protagonist, Anjum, mukadzi ane transgender uyo, mushure mekugara munharaunda yenzvimbo dzevamwari pakati pehurombo muOld Delhi, anosarudza kugara kumakuva uye otanga ipapo kutanga kwenzvimbo yekugara inokodzera vese vashoma veIndia: kubva kune vamwe vanhu vanochinja-chinja kune avo vanozivikanwa sevasingabatwe, echeloni yakaderera pane inozivikanwa sisitimu yenyika yeAsia, ichipa girazi remavara ane mavara uye anodhura anoratidza zvido zvaRoy uye rudo rwake neIndia, iyo nyika inomiririra iye «rwizi rwekubatana».
Makore makumi maviri gare gare, bhuku rechipiri raArundhati Roy richaburitswa muna Chikumi 6, richizosvika kuSpain muna Gumiguru kubva kuAnagrama. Makumi maviri emakore anotungamira kumubvunzo uyo autoa uchanzwa zvakanyanya mumwedzi iri kuuya: Nei bhuku rakawandisa risiri rekunyepedzera uye nguva yese iyi yenoverengeka nyowani?
"Nekuti musiyano uripo pakati pezvisiri zvekufungidzira uye zvekunyepedzera ndezvekuti yekutanga inodaidzira kukurumidzira, uye nekusingaperi kwechipiri," Roy achamuudza.