In a remote village in India, there is a local woman: she is not surprisingly ordinary, the traces of time erodes her face, and her rickety figure tells the hardships of the years.
Like many old Indian women, she has dark and yellow complexion and rough palms. She will forget to be in the crowd at a glance.
And she is the wife of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-Jasubenda.
It was only 53 years of marriage, until the 45th year after marriage, Jasubunda was not known to the world; In the long life, her husband slowly climbed to the pinnacle of power and nobility, but Jasubunda kept the widow of his life for half of his life, struggling to let down Ended youth and life.
53 years of marriage, 3 months of companionship
In 1950, Modi was born in a low caste family in India, living in poverty and low status.
My father is a peddler who sells tea by the train station, and my mother is a rural woman who doesn't know a big character.
Modi has suffered from poverty and injustice since he was a child, and he is determined to change his life and change the rules of society. Like a god-given halo, Modi firmly believes that he will embark on the road of politics and stay in the annals of history, although he was born in a humble background.
But his parents, a pair of middle-aged men who have been ravaged by life and become numb, don't think so. Step by step not to starve to death is their greatest pursuit in their entire life.
So, according to the custom, they made a marriage contract for Modi when he was 13 years old. The other party was Jasubunda, a girl from the same poverty in the village. Five years later, when the two were of the right age, they entered into marriage naturally. Unveiled the chapter of Jasubenda's tragic life.
Modi
On the wedding night, Modi told his wife Jasubenda: joined the "Indian National Volunteer Service Group" when he was 8 years old. According to the group rules, he abstained from sex and dedicated his country to the country.
What kind of organization is this "Indian National Volunteer Service Corps"? This organization was established in 1925,With absolutely loyal and obedient Indian teenagers as a team, we will uniformly train weapons such as sticks, daggers, and javelins, while imparting knowledge of Indian traditional culture. The purpose is to engage in political struggle and violent resistance.
To put it bluntly, it is a politician who is the first to mess with the situation.
And the doctrine of this organization is not to smoke, not to drink, not to eat meat, and to abstain from sex for life.
Jasubenda seems to understand the doctrine and ideals of her husband, but instinctively he will become a great man.
In the third month after marriage, Modi left his new wife and embarked on a journey alone in pursuit of ideals and reforms.
has gone 45 years. During this period, Modi returned home many times, but never visited his wife ; everyone only knew that he was a single revolutionary, but they didn't know that in a remote mountain village, a woman's youth and tears were drying up.
One-person marriage, who is the culprit
In the 10th year after Modi left home, he was promoted from the regular member of the volunteer group to the regional cadre of the organization;
Modi's 17th year after leaving home , Appointed by the organization, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party;
Modi became the branch secretary of the organization in the 20th year after leaving home;
Modi became the general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 30th year after leaving home;
Modi In the 45th year after leaving home, he won the general election and has served as Prime Minister of India.
During the half-century of Modi's dedication to politics, Jasubunda has been married and living alone in the remote mountains. The only opportunity for her to meet her husband is through TV news.
Through the small electronic screen, she can see her husband swearing Fang Qiuzhi complacently; she is happy and excited for her husband, but completely forgets this man. Apart from a piece of identity, she has nothing to do with herself.
2014,Modi represented the Democratic Party in the prime minister's election. You need to truthfully report your marital relationship on the election application form.
Helpless, Modi can only fill in "married" in the marital status column. So far, Modi, who has been regarded as a "political bachelor" by Indian nationals, has been known of hidden marriage for half a century; ironically, in filling in the spouse’s current residence and status quo, Modi wrote "nothing." Know".
After 45 years, Jasubunda, who was finally recognized by her husband, cried with excitement. She said in an interview with reporters: As long as he calls me, I will come back to him at any time.
Poor, sad and ridiculous woman! Although she married Modi, she never understood his husband.
Modi, a politician called god-like by the Indians, exchanged his life with politics in the morning. Between his heart and mind, there is only power and ambition, and there is no room for his children's personal affection.
Even so, Jia Su Benda has no complaints. A month before Modi’s election, Jasubunda did not eat rice, did not wear shoes, and went to the temple to pray and pray every day; even on the day of the election, she went to the polling place where she was located and voted for the sacred vote. To her husband Modi.
This woman living in the shadows has dedicated her whole life to her husband; but her husband dedicated herself to this country.
This reminds me of Bai Yuting in "The Mansion Gate", who loves the actor Wan Xiaoju, but because of the distance between her family, she can't stay together. In the end, Bai Yuting married Wan Xiaoju's photo and spent her life.
And Jia Su Benda, married to her husband’s beliefs and ideals, has been lonely for half a lifetime, and has nowhere to rely on.
"The Great Mansion Gate" Bai Yuting
The life of the ridiculous "First Lady"
Sure enough,Modi did not take Jasubenda to his side.
As Modi succeeded in running for prime minister, Jasubunda's life became troublesome but humorous.
As soon as the identity of the prime minister's wife was exposed, a large number of media surrounded the old woman in this village. In desperation, this 60-year-old lady can only live in a more remote elder sister-in-law's home;
According to the regulations of the Indian government, the wife of the prime minister must be accompanied by 12 national security personnel. Thus, a very ironic scene appeared:
Jasubenda went to the market to buy things, followed by a group of men in the black; went to the fields to graze cattle and farm, surrounded by a group of men in the black.
What’s more ridiculous is that Jasubunda’s monthly pension is only 14,000 rupees, which is more than 1,200 yuan; and the bodyguard who protects him day and night earns several times her salary.
Originally, Jasubenda’s salary was only enough to eat, drink, and support himself, but now he has to feed and drink more than a dozen bodyguards every day, making his life even more stretched.
So, Jasubenda wrote a three-page application requesting the removal of her security behavior. In the application form, she wrote:
When I stepped on the tricycle, the bodyguard was sitting in the air-conditioned car to follow. Is my safety guaranteed?
Such a lively picture, thinking about it, it feels ridiculous and desolate.
After waiting for most of my life, my husband's wish was finally fulfilled. I wanted to spend my old life together as a family, but I didn't want to remain in name.
And the inconvenience and irony brought by this "first lady" halo, they surround him day by day, making the old man feel uneasy.
Similarities in history
Where the wheels of history turn, there will always be similar traces.
In our country, there have been men and women with similar experiences. They are Mr. Lu Xun, a frequent visitor to Chinese textbooks.With his wife Zhu An.
In 1901, 23-year-old Zhu An was married to Lu Xun. She has never seen this man, let alone whether she understands the knowledge and ideals of her future husband.
And Lu Xun is also extremely dissatisfied with this spouse who is ignorant of big words and has little feet. Helplessly, due to his filial piety to his widow mother, he still acquiesced to this marriage. Later, he said to others:
She is my mother's wife, not my wife. This is a gift from my mother, and I can only support her properly. Love is something I don't know.
On the first day of the wedding, Lu Xun cried wet his quilt; on the second day, Lu Xun moved to his study; on the third day, he went to the East alone and left this A well-known newlywed wife.
So far, Zhu An, like the later Jiasubunda, has started a life of vacant house for half of his life.
Facing her ideal husband, Zhu An once said this: I am like a snail, crawling up from the bottom of the wall little by little. The climb is slow, but one day I will climb to the top of the wall.
Perhaps, it was this belief that made people like Zhu An, Jasubenda and others look up at the man's direction firmly and persistently during the long night of their lives.
However, none of them could wait for the day when the snail climbed to the top of the wall.
Modi abstained all his life, dedicated to the country and politics; and Mr. Lu Xun, who also had a country in mind, gave his student, Xu Guangping, a little bit of warmth.
They are worthy of the world and not worthy of the people, but after all they have lost the person who looked up to them.
The status of Indian women is low,Everyone knows. In recent years, many film and television works and social events have revealed to us the cultural roots of this dirty feudalism.
Even in today’s Indian society, women in the family are just fertility tools, and their status is not as good as a cow capable of plowing; and in India, where boys are prevalent, 1 million girls die every year;
Women in theschool will be suddenly harassed by the social men who rushed into the school gate during campus activities, while the security guards and police on the side will be indifferent;
Women walking on the road will be insulted and will be ridiculed by men of all walks of life : The traditional good girl should not go out in the middle of the night and should not integrate into modern society; according to surveys, a woman is attacked every 20 minutes in India.
And the wife of Indian Prime Minister Modi, Jasubunda, is also a part of the sadness born in this twisted country.
She was born without belief and self. From her father to her husband at home, her husband is her only hope and support.
She does not need her own ideals, nor her own life. She devoted her time and love to the unattainable man, and he nodded her head away, and she would be happy for half a lifetime.
Prime Minister Modi once declared in the election that he "will save the daughters of India"; but his wife, an ordinary woman who has been waiting for her life but hopeless, who should be rescued?
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