Wake wazibuza ukuthi kwenzekani ngakolunye uhlangothi lwezindela ezingaqondakali zase-Himalaya? Umthwebuli wezithombe ozinze eMumbai, u-Kushal Parikh, uye wazama ukuhlola le mystique futhi wachitha izinsuku ezinhlanu endaweni yokubalekela izindela zase-Tibet. Umphumela wokuhlala kwakhe esigodlweni sezindela kwaba isithombe-indaba ngempilo yezakhamuzi zesigodlo, kanye nezifundo ezimbalwa ezibalulekile zokuphila. UParikh wamangala kakhulu lapho ethola ukuthi akuzona zonke izakhamuzi zesigodlo ezazingamadoda. “Ngahlangana nendela lapho,” kubhala uKushal. “Umyeni wakhe ushone esanda kuzalwa ingane yabo yesibili. Wayedinga indawo yokuhlala futhi isigodlo samamukela. Ibinzana elaliphindaphindwa kaningi lalithi: “Ngiyajabula!”
NgokukaKushal, izigodlo zezindela eNdiya ziyikhaya lezinhlobo ezimbili zabantu: abantu baseTibet abahlukanisiwe nokulawulwa amaShayina, kanye nabaxoshwa emphakathini abanqatshelwe imindeni yabo noma imindeni yabo engasekho. Endlini yezindela, izindela nezindela bathola umndeni omusha. U-Kushal uphendula imibuzo eminingana: