Isithombe: wase-Australia.
Empilweni yethu kuhlala kunencwadi ekhethekile, bona ukuthi kungani siyithole ngesikhathi esithile futhi esichazayo ebukhoneni bethu, ngoba indaba yaso isixhuma nathi njenganoma iyiphi enye, ngoba isenza sihambe futhi samukele okungaziwa. Ngokwami, leyo ncwadi ingukuthi UNkulunkulu Wezinto Ezincane, ngu-Arundhati Roy, owabika nge-Booker Award yombhali ngo-1997, wathengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-8 futhi wahunyushwa ngezilimi ezingama-42. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva, kodwa ngaphandle kokushiya iNdiya, URoy ushicilela incwadi yakhe entsha ethi, The Ministry of Ultimate Happiness.
U-Arundhati Roy: ukuphuthuma naphakade
Yize u-Arundhati Roy ethathe iminyaka emine ukubhala inoveli yakhe yokuqala (1992 - 1996), ngaphezu kwesisodwa uzwakale ethi empeleni wayeyibhala impilo yakhe yonke. Ngoba yize ubuqiniso bemilingo kanye nokungajwayelekile okukhohlise iNtshonalanga, uNkulunkulu Wezinto Ezincane ungaphezu kwakho konke isithombe sansuku zonke somndeni waseSyria-wamaKrestu ovela esifundazweni saseKerala esishisayo lapho umlobi akhokhela khona ukuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe, yize lokhu kuzokwenza thatha iminyaka engama-35 yokulinda. Futhi manje, sekungama-20 ngemuva kwemiklomelo eminingi nempumelelo, lapho sinezindaba zezinto ezintsha okungezinye zazo Ababhali baseNdiya abadume kakhulu (futhi abanonembeza).
Futhi kungukuthi eminyakeni engama-20 edlule uRoy uphile egxile kwamanye amaphrojekthi afanayo, ikakhulukazi izishoshovu: ukulahlwa kwezivivinyo zenuzi ezenziwa nguhulumeni waseNdiya esifundazweni saseRajasthan (okuholele ku-The End of Imagination, enye yezindatshana zakhe eziningi), amadokhumentari aphathelene nabashokobezi baseMaoist, ukulahlwa kobuzwe bamaHindu, ukuvikelwa kwamalungelo abesifazane ezweni elingalingani nelakhe ngisho nezitatimende ngohlangothi olumnyama lukaGandhi amabhamuza phakathi kwemikhakha elondolozeka kakhulu eNdiya. Kepha akekho noyedwa, ngisho nommeli wakhe wezincwadi, owayenuka ukuthi inoveli entsha isiqala ukupheka engqondweni yombhali.
"Angazi ukuthi ngiqale nini ukuyibhala, ngiqonde ukuthi yinto esoteric," kuqinisekisa uRoy The Guardian muva nje, yize ngaso sonke isikhathi wayecacile ukuthi "wayengafuni uNkulunkulu Wezinto Ezincane 2".
Incwadi entsha ka-Arundhati Roy, The Ministry of Ultimate Happiness, icubungula umhlaba we hijra, lezo ezibhekwa njenge- abantu bobulili besithathu, abekade bethandwa ngenxa yesikhundla sabo njengabeluleki bamakhosi amakhulu kepha njengamanje bacindezelwe ezwekazini laseNdiya lapho amalungelo e-LGBT engasunguliwe ngokuphelele. I-protagonist, u-Anjum, ungowesifazane we-transgender okuthi, ngemuva kokuhlala emphakathini wama-hijra phakathi kobuphofu e-Old Delhi, anqume ukuhlala emathuneni futhi aqale ukuqala kwendawo yokuhlala lapho bonke abambalwa baseNdiya bangena khona: kusuka abanye badlulisa abantu baye kulabo abaziwa njengabangenakuthintwa, okuyisigaba esiphansi kunazo zonke sohlelo oludumile lwe-caste ezweni lase-Asia, okwenza kube negalari yezinhlamvu ezimibalabala nezinamahaba ezibonisa izintshisekelo zikaRoy nothando lwakhe ngeNdiya, lelo lizwe elimmele «Umfudlana wobumbano».
Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva, inoveli yesibili ka-Arundhati Roy izoshicilelwa ngoJuni 6, ngenkathi izofika eSpain ngo-Okthoba isuka e-Anagrama. Emashumini amabili eminyaka okuholele embuzweni wokuthi i-autoa izoyizwa kakhulu ezinyangeni ezizayo: Kungani kunencwadi eningi engamanga futhi sonke lesi sikhathi senoveli entsha?
"Ngoba umehluko phakathi kwezinganekwane nezinganekwane ukuthi okokuqala kudinga ukuphuthuma, kanye nephakade lesibili," kuzomtshela uRoy.