Ɖ Gardịn vy on Boris Jonsn in India: flayñ intu trubl
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Friday 22 April 2022)
Ɖ YC PM òt t hv tecn gretr not v Nrendra Modi’z deṃcratic bacslîdñ n hiz rfyzl t spīc ǎt agnst ɖ Ruśn inveźn v Ycren
Frîde 22 Epril 2022
Bî atndñ ɖ inōğreśn v a ny JSB facṭri in Gŭɉrat on Ʈrzde, Boris Jonsn mt hv ʈt h wz līvñ hiz trublz bhnd in Wsminstr. Ẃt harm wz ɖr in gwñ in t bat fr a s’xesfl Britiś biznis ǒnd bî a big Tori donr? Plenti, it trnspîrz. Mr Jonsn wōct intu a mejr hymn-rîts cntrovsi ovr ɖ ys v JSB’z bldozrz in flaṭnñ Mŭzlim homz n bizṇsz in Déli n in stets run bî Indịn prîm̦inistr Nrendra Modi’z Baratīa Jnāta parti.
Mr Jonsn śd nt hv mugd fr ɖ camraz wɖ ɖ mśīṇri yzd t intiṃdet rlijs mnoṛtiz bî a reźīm sīmñli bnt on crietñ a ʈiycratic Hindu stet. Phps h z un’wer v ɖ growñ sns v vulnṛbiḷti flt bî India’z 200 miłn Mŭzlimz. Bt nwn hu z peyñ atnśn cd mis ẃt Mr Modi z abt. H z ɖ onli prsn evr dnaid a YS vīza fr “svir vạleśnz v rlijs frīdm”. Ɖs wz in 2005, aftr h feld, az Gŭɉrat’s ćīf ministr, t stop a siriz v dedli anti-Mŭzlim rayts.
Rlịr ɖs munʈ ɖ YS secṛtri v stet, Anṭni Blincn, sd Wośñtn wz moniṭrñ a rîz in hymn-rîts abysz in India bî “sm guvnmnt, p’līs n prizn ofiślz”. Ɖ YS ofn tecs an instṛmntl aproć in dtrṃnñ ẃɖr hymn-rîts vạleśnz r rezd or oṿlct. India’z deṃcratic bacslîdñ, cupld wɖ Déli’z rfyzl t spīc ǎt agnst ɖ Ruśn inveźn v Ycren, probbli tiltd ɖ scelz in ɖ Ẃît Hǎs. Bt Mr Blincn’z wornñ śd hv bn hīdd bî Mr Jonsn.
Instd v cīpñ hiz distns, Mr Jonsn hugd Mr Modi clos. India z set t b ɖ wrld’z fastist-growñ mejr icoṇmi ovr ɖ nxt tū yirz. Lundn jônz ɖ list v capitlz cortñ Mr Modi, dspt hiz rfyzl t ćūz sîdz ovr Mosco’z inveźn. India’z barġnñpǎr rests on apirñ az a ci elimnt in wstn-léd eḟts t cǎnṭbaḷns Ćîna in ɖ Indo-Psific.
Wn asumśn z ɖt India z so indispnsbl in jiopoḷtics ɖt its partnrz wl nt b ofndd f it olso dīlz wɖ sm v ɖer oponnts. Anɖr z ɖt ɖ cuntri z compitntli guvnd n hz ɖ sośl n ic̣nomic mīnz t acumpliś its poḷsigolz. Ɖ latr z a lîv qsćn. Mr Modi feld t grasp ɖ scel v ɖ Covid pandemic rli on, n hiz mstecs mnt ɖt Déli feld t flfil its obḷgeśn t s’plî Covid vaxīnz t ɖ YY. Last yir, Jrṃni’z ɖen līdr Angela Merkel wundrd f Yṛp hd ŕd in alawñ India t bcm a larj farṃsuticl pṛdysr. Britn’z prîm̦inistr pôntidli dscrîbd India az ɖ wrld’z farṃsi.
Mr Jonsn, hu fesz p’liticl oblivịn ʈancs t hiz ǒn pandemic mstecs, mt envi ɖ endz – f nt ɖ mīnz – v Mr Modi’z rūl. Ɖ Indịn prîm̦inistr hz bn in pǎr sins 2014. Hiz s’xes z bilt on an agresiv asōlt agnst mnoṛtiz, wɖ ic̣nomic poḷsiz ɖt fevr ɖ rić. Mr Modi’z popylist reṗtwar siz him clemñ ɖt ɖ pur r hiz prîoṛti, ẃl dwñ litl t combat iniqoḷtiz. Hiz apil indyrz dspt rîzñ unimplômnt n Covid deʈs. Jujz rerli cnfrunt ɖ guvnmnt. Sivl ssayti oponnts r jeld. Bt Britn z nt India. Ɖ Indịn jrist BR Ambedcar snst a fetl p’liticl flw in hiz felositiznz: ɖ tndnsi twdz hirowrśp, ẃć h sd wz “a śr rod t degṛdeśn n t ivnćl dictetrśp”. In Mr Modi, ɖt proḟsi mt b flfild.
