Njengoba manje i-Jaipur Literary Festival (JLF) e-London isiphelile, umuntu udinga izinsuku ezimbalwa ukuze azindle ngalokho umuntu akufunde ngempelasonto eshubile ephithizela ngemibono nezingxoxo ngezihloko eziningi ezididayo. I-ZEE JLF eBritish Library eLondon isiyisizinda esiqinile nesamukelekayo ekhalendeni lonyaka lase-UK. Umkhosi wokubhala, owaqala e-Jaipur eminyakeni eyishumi edlule njengomkhosi oyingqayizivele wokubhala ngeNingizimu Asia, unwebe ukufinyelela kwawo ngohlelo lwamazwe ngamazwe olusakazwa ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene njenge-Belfast, Houston, New York, Colorado, Toronto, ne-Adelaide. Abathandi bamagama nezincwadi bayakwazi ukubalekela izingcindezi zokuphila kwabo kwansuku zonke ukuzwa inqwaba yababhali abadumile bekhuluma ngezincwadi zabo futhi beshintshana ngemibono ngezindaba ezibalulekile kithi sonke futhi bahlaziye ukubaluleka nomthelela wezenzakalo zomlando.
I-ZEE JLF wumgubho ojabulisayo wezincwadi, izinkondlo, umdanso, ezobuciko kanye nezemidlalo. Ngingengeza elinye igama ukuchaza iZEE JLF eLondon kulo nyaka - kuyaduduza. Isizathu salokhu siwukuthi namuhla, lapho umuntu echayeka emithonjeni yezindaba enenzondo nasezingxoxweni zansuku zonke, kwakududuza ukuthola ukuthi kusenabantu abakholelwa enkululekweni yokukhuluma, ukuzwana, nokuba nobunye. Ngisho nasezingxoxweni nasezingxoxweni nezikhulumi ezazibambe imibono ephikisayo, iphimbo lalikhuluma futhi alizange lingene ekuhlaselweni kwabantu okunonya njengoba sekuyinsakavukela emidlalweni eminingi ye-TV.
Uhlelo lwesithupha lwe-ZEE JLF eBritish Library luqale ngoLwesihlanu ngenkulumo yokuvula enesihloko esithi “Imagining Our Worlds,” eyethulwa ngabaqondisi ababambisene noMkhosi uNamita Gokhale kanye noWilliam Dalrymple, uMdidiyeli weFestival kanye noMqondisi Ophethe weTeamwork Arts uSanjoy K Roy, oyiNhloko yeLabhulali yaseBrithani. U-Executive Roly Keating, kanye noKhomishana Omkhulu waseNdiya e-UK HE Ruchi Ghanshyam.
UGokhale uthe uMkhosi ube nomthelela “entweni eguqulayo,” okwenzeka e-India yanamuhla lapho intsha yakuleli igqugquzeleka ukuthi ilalele izingqondo ezinhle zase-India – “Yindawo lapho i-India icabanga khona ngokuzwakalayo,” kusho yena. UDalrymple ubabaze ukuthi bekumangaza kanjani ukubuka ukukhula kwalo Mkhosi, eveza ukuthi uthole ukwehla okungaphezu kwesigidi oshicilelweni lwakamuva eJaipur. U-Roy ubonge igalelo lezincwadi ekudalweni kozwela nokulingana emhlabeni, eqaphela ukuthi izincwadi ziphinde zihlangane nezwe lanamuhla lokuhlukana okukhulayo. UKeating, ekwazisa kakhulu ukubambisana phakathi kweBritish Library noMkhosi, wathi “ukulingana bekungeke kusondele.” U-Ghanshyam uzwakalise ukuthi izehlakalo ezinjengalezi zithuthukisa kanjani ukuqonda ngendawo nabantu emgubhweni wezincwadi nababhali kanye “nokuphila ngokwako.”
Ukunyamalala. Isithombe © Rita Payne
Inkulumo yosuku, ethi, “Okwamadolobha Nombuso,” ibibhalwe ngu-Tristram Hunt, uMqondisi we-V&A kanye nalowo owayeyiLungu lePhalamende lezabasebenzi, lapho ebexoxa khona ngencwadi yakhe ethi, “Amadolobha Ayishumi Awenza Umbuso.” U-Hunt ukhulume ngoshintsho enkulumweni yakamuva emayelana nobukoloni: “Ingozi manje ukuthi njengoba singena olimini lwamacala kanye nokuxolisa okusemthethweni, isikhala sokwahlulela esingokomlando esigodliwe sinciphile. Kudingeka siyeke ukusondela embusweni mayelana nokuhle noma okubi futhi sicabange ngokukhalipha nangokubuza mayelana nezixakaxaka zawo, njengoba eziningi zazo zisenathi.”
Engxoxweni eyalandela, umbhali nosomlando uShrabani Basu baxoxa ngencwadi kaHunt kanye noMbuso Okhazimulayo kaShashi Tharoor. Maqondana nomnyakazo wakamuva wokuqeda amamnyuziyamu amakholoni, u-Hunt ukhulume nodlame lwezepolitiki lwakudala kanye nokungalingani kwezomnotho kwamanje okuzungeze ukwakhiwa kwalawa maqoqo. U-Tharoor uphakamise ukuthi kumayelana nokuthi izinto eziningi zomlando ezifana nalezi zikhonjiswe kumnyuziyamu ngaphandle kokuvunywa komongo wekoloni.
Njengenjwayelo, kwaba inselele ukunquma ukuthi iyiphi imihlangano okufanele uye kuyo. Ukukhetha kwakubanzi futhi kunzima ngoba ngokuvamile izikhathi ezahlukene umuntu ayefisa ukuya kuzo ziba ngesikhathi esisodwa. Ukuthambekela kuwukudonsela kumaseshini ezindikimba lapho umuntu enentshisekelo ekhethekile. Omunye wangigqamisa ngoba ubedingida udaba olubalulekile ukuze sisinde - iThe Vanishing - lapho abalondolozi bemvelo, uPrerna Bindra, uRuth Padel, kanye noRaghu Chundawat, babexoxa nombhali nentatheli, uJohn Elliott. Bakhulume ngokulinganisela okunengozi phakathi kwesintu nemvelo namahlathi anciphayo njengoba edayiswa ukuze athuthukiswe okunomthelela omubi ezilwaneni zasendle. Cishe eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule, kulinganiselwa ukuthi bekunamahlosi asendle angu-100,000, kodwa ngo-2010, sase silahlekelwe ngaphezu kwama-95% enani lamahlosi asendle emhlabeni ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuzingela ngokungemthetho kanye nokulahlekelwa indawo yokuhlala. Endabeni yaseNdiya, okuyikhaya lamahlosi asendle angama-60% emhlabeni, imizamo yokongiwa kwemvelo ibe nempumelelo ethile njengoba inani lamanje lilinganiselwa ku-2,200. Nokho, umuntu akanakukwazi ukuzithela ngabandayo. Kwakudumaza ukuzwa ngoRuth Padel ukuthi lapho ezwakalisa ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngokunyamalala kwezilwane zasendle eNdiya kosombusazwe omkhulu waseNdiya, impendulo yakhe ebhuqayo kwaba ukuthi izilwane zasendle azinawo amavoti. Waveza iphuzu elibalulekile lokuthi ukuba khona kwezingwe zasendle kuwuphawu lwehlathi elinempilo. Ngaphandle kwamahlathi, okungamaphaphu omhlaba, umthelela emvelweni nasesintu uyoba yinhlekelele.
Sesivele sibona umthelela omubi wokulimala kwemvelo okwenziwa abantu. Izikhulumi zivumile ukuthi inkinga enkulu wukuhlanganisa imiphakathi yasendaweni okungenzeka ukuthi ibulewe yizilwane zasendle noma ihlaselwe yona. Kwaphakanyiswa ukuthi ikhambi kungase kube ukunikeza isinxephezelo kubantu bendawo noma ukubenza bakwazi ukuhlomula ngokwezimali kwezokuvakasha. Izikhulumi ziphinde zavumelana ngokuthi i-eco-tourism iyona ndlela eya phambili nokuthi kungenzeka kulethe izinguquko ezisheshayo ngezinqubomgomo ezifanele.
Kuvala ukwamukela ukusuka kwesokunxele kuye kwesokudla - uWilliam Dalrymple, uNamita Gokhale, uSanjoy Roy kanye noMat Reed, oyi-CEO, i-Aga Khan Foundation UK. Isithombe © Rita Payne
Ukuboniswa kokuhlukahluka kwezihloko ezihlanganisiwe kwakuyiseshini ethi “The Billionaires: Looking in Indian Elite James Crabtree kanye no-Avi Singh” engxoxweni noMukulika Banerjee. UCrabtree, umbhali wencwadi ethi “The Billionaire Raj – A Journey Through India’s New Gilded Age,” ukhulume ngokujabulisayo mayelana nokuhlangana kwakhe nabantu abacebile kakhulu baseNdiya, abafana no-Ambanis noVijay Mallya, ngenkathi ecwaninga incwadi yakhe. Inhloso yakhe kwakuwukuthola ukuthi bangobani, bayenza kanjani imali yabo, nokuthi bacabangani ngabo. UCrabtree uthi cishe bonke bazizwa bengaphathwanga kahle abezindaba futhi babonakala behluleka ukuqaphela amagalelo ababenzile empumelelweni yomnotho waseNdiya. Liyanda inani losomabhizinisi manje abathenga abezindaba ukuze bakwazi ukulawula indlela ababhekwa ngayo emphakathini.
NgoMgqibelo, izethameli zanqwabelana kumaseshini kuzo zonke izindawo ezi-3 ezincane zefestivali. Kuseshini ethi “Umshini Wofuzo,” owathola umklomelo kaNobel kanye noMongameli weRoyal Society uVenki Ramakrishnan uxoxe ngencwadi yakhe yakamuva noRoger Highfield weSayensi Museum eLondon. URamakrishnan waphawula ukuthi ukuze isayensi ichume, kufanele ivumele futhi ikhuthaze inkululeko yokucabanga nokukhuluma.
Ku-“Masala Shakespeare,” u-Jonathan Gil Harris uxoxisane ngencwadi yakhe entsha ebungaza uhlobo oluncane lwesinema yesi-Hindi eyaduma ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970/80s: abajabulisi besixuku ababebiza “amafilimu ama-masala,” ngoba baxuba inhlekelele namahlaya, ubuqiniso nokungaphezu kwamandla. -isenzo esiphezulu, konke kuphawulwe ngengoma nomdanso. Umbhali udweba umugqa ocacile kusukela kulesi sitembu sesikhathi emuva ku-Shakespeare, ulimi lwakhe lokudala lwalungamasiko ngendlela efanayo namafilimu e-masala.
Iseshini ethi “The Islamic Enlightenenment: Faith and Reason” ibe nengxoxo phakathi kukaChristopher de Bellaigue, umbhali nentatheli esebenze kakhulu emhlabeni wonke wamaMuslim, kanye nomqondisi woMkhosi uWilliam Dalrymple, ngesihloko sokungezwani phakathi kokholo nokucabanga kulo lonke. umlando wezwe lamaSulumane. U-De Bellaigue ugqamise izinguquko ezibalulekile zomlando zezenhlalo, ezombusazwe, nezobuchwepheshe ezenzeka kuwo wonke umlando wasekuqaleni wesimanje kanye nokuhwebelana okwenzeka phakathi kwezwe lamaSulumane nomhlaba waseNtshonalanga.
Kwi-“The Begum,” abahleli bomhlangano u-Deepa Agarwal, uNamita Gokhale, Tahmina Aziz Ayub, kanye noMuneeza Shamsie bakhulume nomengameli uMaha Khan Philips ngoBegum Ra'ana Liaqat Ali Khan, iNkosazana yokuqala yasePakistan phakathi nekhulu lama-20 - isishoshovu. , olwela amalungelo abantu besifazane, osiza abantu, isazi semfundo ephakeme, usopolitiki, isazi nomama. Encwadini entsha, umbhali wasePakistan u-Tahmina Aziz Ayub nomlobi waseNdiya u-Deepa Aggarwal bahlangane ngamasiko ahlukene. ukusebenzisana kwemingcele ukuxoxa indaba ethokozisayo yalo mfanekiso womlando.
Amanye amaseshini ngoMgqibelo ahlanganisa: “Imisebenzi Yobuciko Ekhohliwe Yobuciko BamaNdiya Yenkampani YaseMpumalanga India” (Malini Roy, Yuthika Sharma, Katherine Butler Schofield, noRosie Llewellyn-Jones engxoxweni noWilliam Dalrymple); “U-Eve Wayenamahloni: Indlela Ubulungisa Obehluleka Ngayo Kwabesifazane” (u-Helena Kennedy, u-Avi Singh, noSunita Toor engxoxweni noBee Rowlatt); “I-Tagore ne-Bengal Renaissance” (u-Reba Som no-Bashabi Fraser engxoxweni no-Somnath Batabyal); “Amagama Ayikho Konke Esinakho” ( uAnjali Joseph, uLijia Zhang, noRomesh Gunesekera engxoxweni noCatharine Morris); "#Tharoorisms" (Shashi Tharoor engxoxweni noPragya Tiwari); "UMallika Victoria: Empress of India" (uMiles Taylor noShrabani Basu engxoxweni noVayu Naidu); “Imihlangano Enemibhalo Yesandla Ephawulekayo” (uChristopher de Hamel wethulwa nguWilliam Dalrymple); kanye nethi “Amritsar kanye Nokubulawa Kwesiguli” (u-Anita Anand noKim A. Wagner engxoxweni no-Navtej Sarna).
Abanye bathi ukuhlotshaniswa komcimbi ohlonishwayo neqembu lezindaba le-ZEE kunikeza ukwethembeka esiteshini sezindaba esisolwa ngokubika ngokuhlukanisa. Nokho, akukho ukuphika ukuthi i-Jaipur Literature Festival e-India iyinto yemibhalo yomhlaba wonke, njengoba isingathe izikhulumi ezingaphezu kuka-2,000 futhi yamukele abathandi bezincwadi abangaphezu kwesigidi abavela emhlabeni wonke kule minyaka eyishumi edlule.
E-London, i-ZEE JLF eBritish Library iletha amanani afanayo awomhlaba wonke, entando yeningi, futhi abandakanyayo omkhosi wonyaka wokubhala we-Jaipur e-UK. Kuyithuba lokuzwa ochwepheshe abasezingeni eliphezulu becobelela ngolwazi lwabo ngezihloko ezihlukahlukene njengokusongela amahlosi nokuthi yini eyenza osozigidigidi baseNdiya baphawule. Umuntu akusadingeki ukuthi aye e-Jaipur ukuze achayeke ezingxoxweni nezingxoxo ezishukumisayo, eziyinselele, nezibonisa ukuqonda. Kukhona wonke amathuba okuthi noma ngabe ukuphi emhlabeni, umkhosi wokubhala owaziwayo uzofika endaweni eseduze nawe.
