Rebirth of India: Superior

The Lutyens Community they are talking about is the core area of ​​the New Delhi government designed and built by British designer Edwin Lutyens in the early 20th century. In addition to the extremely magnificent office buildings built for the British imperial government, there are also Constructing a residential complex of single-storey villas with crisp white facades surrounded by verdant gardens, the This community is the most prestigious area in New Delhi. There are very few houses for sale because most of the houses here are provided for senior government officials to live in. This is because it is 1990 now and it is impossible to buy one in 2016. There used to be One real estate agent said, "If the Lutyens property was sold, the queue would be two kilometers away."

Even at this time, it was impossible for Shakru to buy those eight-category single-story villas. He could only buy double- or three-story villas later built on the edge of this community. (In India, the power of a politician in Delhi can be measured from the location where he lives. The Real Estate Department divides real estate into eight categories, of which category eight single-story villas are the highest and are reserved for ministers and other top leaders. Former Prime Ministers and former Presidents, as well as their spouses, can live here until their death).

Facts have proved that Ashfakeyu did have a good relationship with the director of the Real Estate Department. Under his operation, he actually got a house for Shakru in Lutyens. This is a very good house. A beautiful three-story European-style villa with a large lawn courtyard outside.

Although it is only a three-story villa, it is in Lutyens after all, so it will not lose its status no matter where it is said. Therefore, Shaklu is very satisfied. The only thing that is a bit disharmonious is the large diesel generator and several Huge water tank, but these two things are essential when living in New Delhi or in India. (The shortage of electricity and water in India is so serious that everyone can hardly imagine it. I will specifically design a plot to talk about these two things later.)

Since I bought a villa this time, I couldn't deal with it as before. I had to hire a large number of servants. This is not a luxury for Shakru. The reason has been explained before. India's caste system has already penetrated into everyone's mind. In the bone marrow, even a servant has a rank The work is strict and the division of labor is clear. The cook is not responsible for serving the dishes, the person serving the dishes does not bother to clean the yard, and the person sweeping the yard cannot clean the toilet. In short, it is obvious that one person's work must be divided into several people, so there will be a situation. There are a lot of servants, but fortunately everyone's wages are not high.

As for the original maid, Miss Charles, since Shakru was walking around all day and refused to give Charles any chance, the Shukla couple found a reason to send her to England for a trip. In fact, Shakru He also understood what Shukla and Shire meant, but he had no idea of ​​marrying Shire. It was not that he minded Shire's experience, but that he had no feelings for Shire, and in order to develop in India in the future, he must A high-caste wife, but this is not something to rush, just take your time.

Not long after I bought the house, I caught up with the New Year. This New Year is the traditional Chinese Spring Festival rather than the Indian New Year, because unlike China, India starts the New Year on October 31 every year and celebrates it for five days in total. Shaklu spent the whole year at Sanyi's house. (I will describe it in detail in the related works)

Unknowingly, it has been more than half a year since I came to India. I have gone from being heavily in debt and being forced into marriage to now being a little successful and no longer having to worry about money. Generally speaking, my life now is better than before I was born again. Have a better life. But I don’t know why, every time I toss and turn in the dead of night, I always feel an indescribable sense of loss and sadness in my heart. And today, on this festival celebrated by all Chinese people around the world, this feeling is even more intense.

Shakru, who was in an extremely depressed mood, drove around randomly in New Delhi. Gradually, he drove away from the city. Perhaps it was the fresh air in the suburbs, or maybe it was the absence of such noisy and irritable crowds. Shakru's His mood gradually started to get better, but just when he was about to go home When I was walking, I suddenly found a bus rushing out from the corner in front, and then two figures were pushed from the door. The two people made a huge noise when they landed, which shows how powerful the push was. This bus did not stop, but accelerated and drove away.

Although Shaklu wanted to catch up with the weird bus, he thought that the two people who had just been pushed off might be injured, so he drove over, intending to see their situation and ask what happened. Something happened. When he drove closer, he realized that the two people who were pushed down were two young people, a boy and a girl. The boy had a bruised nose and face, and was covered in scars, while the girl was unconscious with torn clothes.

Before Shakru could ask, the boy struggled and shouted: "Help! Help! We were robbed! Please take us to the hospital."

Shakru got out of the car to help lift the injured girl and asked, "Excuse me, what's going on? Were you robbed by the bus just now?"

The boy explained: "The thing is like this, my name is Knight, and this is my girlfriend Pandey, we are both students of the Department of Medicine at Delhi University. We were in the mall tonight after watching a movie because we couldn't catch the bus. , so we got on the black bus you just saw. In addition to the two of us, there were seven men on the bus. Not long after we got on the bus, they started to touch Pandy. I stood up and reprimanded them. , but they knocked him to the ground."

At this point, Knight's expression became extremely painful: "Then they tied me up with ropes and locked me in the cab, and then they took turns to bully Pandi in the back... I heard Pandi begging for mercy, cursing and screaming, but they didn't care at all, they just bullied Pandi. In the end, they stripped us naked and pushed us out of the car!"

PS: This incident is true. It happened in 2012, and it had a huge impact at the time. In view of the fact that some book friends in the book review area recently expressed their desire to see such a plot, and this kind of thing has almost become a label in India, so I can't help but write about it, so I brought the incident forward.

In addition, I don't quite understand some of the comments. Some people say that I am writing about the dark side of India, and I am blackening India. I don't have a comprehensive understanding of this country and nation, and I wantonly express my own opinions. But what I want to say is that no matter what country or nation you are in, as long as you do something wrong, why should you be afraid of people saying it? Polluting the environment, racial discrimination, and frequent rapes are all right things? Don't let people say it? It's really interesting! Mobile phone users please visit http://m.piaotia.net