New Delhi - Ngesikhathi uRamgopal Varma evakashele eTaj ngemuva komhla zingama-26/11, wasolwa ngokuzitika ngezokuvakasha zamaphekula. Ngenkathi umqondisi we-Bollywood ephoqelekile
ukucacisa ukuthi kwakuyinto yokugcina emqondweni wakhe, kukhona ngempela uhlobo oluncane lwabesilisa nabesifazane abachitha imali nesikhathi bevakashela izindawo ezihlaselwe ukwesaba. Izindawo zokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu, izindawo ezihlaselwe imicibisholo, izindawo ezihlaselwe imibango, ziyazithanda.
Intatheli ezimele ezinze eMumbai u-Kenneth Lobo, 27, unomuthi wokuvakashela lezi zindawo. Uke waya e-Colombo ngemuva kokudubula kwe-LTTE ngo-2006 naseKashmir izikhathi ezimbili ngonyaka ofanayo. Uphinde waya eHyderabad ngonyaka odlule ngemuva nje kokuthi idolobha linyakaziswe ukuqhuma kwamabhomu.
Manje uhlela ukuvakashela ePakistan ngoFebhuwari wonyaka ozayo futhi unephupho lokunyonyoba e-Afghanistan aphinde aphile. ULobo uthi uhlatshwa umxhwele indlela abantu basedolobheni noma bezwe abasebenzelana ngayo nezivakashi phakathi nezikhathi ezinzima kangaka, indlela ababhekana ngayo nesimo esithinta ukuphila kwabo. “Umuntu uyaqaphela-ke ukuthi ukuphila kunezincazelo ezihlukene kanjani, ukusonteka nokuphendukela kukho,” usho kanje.
Uchwepheshe wezifo zengqondo u-Avdesh Sharma uzama ukuchaza ingqondo yezivakashi ezinjalo. “Kwabanye abantu, ukuvakasha okunjalo kujabulisa njengokugxuma nge- bungee, ukujaha ukuba sendaweni lapho okungekho muntu ongakwenza. Laba bantu bathanda ukuphonsela inselelo futhi baziphushe ngaphezu komkhawulo.
Bacabangisisa ngakho ngaphambi kokuba bakwenzele ukuzijabulisa. Kodwa ngeke kuthiwe abanazwelo ngoba basuke bezozibekela inselelo,” usho kanje. Abasebenzi bezokuvakasha bathi ezokuvakasha zamaphekula zihlala ziwukhiye ophansi futhi zikhethiwe. Akekho u-opharetha onikeza "iphakheji yamaphekula".
Kodwa labo abasebhizinisini bahlongoza ukuthi bathole imibuzo kubantu abathanda ukuhamba endaweni yakamuva ehlaselwe amaphekula ukuze bazizwele isipiliyoni mathupha.
U-Yogesh Shah we-Backpacker & Co uthi kunezinhlobo ezimbili zabantu: eyodwa, ehlala ekhaya ngenxa yokwesaba ukuhlaselwa kwamaphekula kanye nababili, abaphumayo ukuze babone ukuthi ingxabano imayelana nani. UTej Lalvani 34, usesigabeni sesibili. Eminyakeni eyisikhombisa eyedlule uLalvani, isikhulu esiphezulu sebhizinisi esizinze eLondon, wayevakashele indawo ye-9/11 eNew York. “Ngikhumbula ukuhamba ngendiza kwakumisiwe futhi kwakunokuqapha okukhulu. IMelika yayisesiphithiphithini. Uma kubhekwa isimo, bengingalukhansela kalula uhambo lwami. Kodwa kwadingeka ngihambe njengoba ingxenye yami ngifuna ukuyobona ukuthi izinto zihamba kanjani.”
Manje uLalvani uhlelelwe ukuvakashela eMumbai ngoDisemba 22 futhi into yokugcina emkhathazayo yisici sokuphepha. “Ngazi abantu abaningi abahoxise uhambo lwabo lokuya e-India ngemuva kokubulawa kwabantu eMumbai. Nokho-ke ngisahlela ukuvakashela idolobha,” usho kanje. Eseyingane, u-Lalvani wachitha isikhathi esiningi e-Taj endala ayibheka njengekhaya. “Kunesizathu esinamandla sokuza ukuzobona ukuthi kuqhubeka kanjani,” usho kanje.
