ITheku linesikhathi eside ngokwendawo yalo enhle nezindawo ezingamagugu, ezicebile, abantu abahlukahlukene, umuntu ngamunye enza umlando wakhe. Lezi zakhiwo zixoxa indaba yezepolitiki, ezenhlalo nezomnotho ezidale izinkumbulo nezifundo ezibalulekile emlandweni.
Ngenkathi abokufika abangamaNdiya befika eThekwini, akubona bonke ababenenhloso yokuba yizisebenzi ezingabhalisiwe. UMnumzane Gurusamy Veerasamy, owaziwa ngo-G.V. UNaidu, weza eThekwini njengosomabhizinisi efuna amathemba angcono. Wakha indlu oGwini Olusenyakatho (North Coast) okuyiminyaka ithatha amehlo ezivakashi ezidlulayo. Nanamuhla lesi sakhiwo sisamile, yize sehla, futhi sesiphenduke ingqophamlando eThekwini futhi saziwa njengendlu eyakhiwa uG.V. Naidu.
Kwakungubani uG.V. Naidu?
UG.V. Naidu wayengusomabhizinisi waseSouth India owafika eThekwini ngo-1920 futhi waba ngowokuqala waseNdiya ukuhamba ngomkhumbii- Queen Elizabeth II. Wafika eThekwini njengosomabhizinisi ukuzozibandakanya emkhakheni wempahla, imfuyo kanye nebhusha. Wahlala eMngeni Road kodwa wakha indlu yasolwandle endaweni yaseCasuarina Beach, amakhilomitha ambalwa enyakatho noMdloti River. Indlu yokuqala ukwakhiwa lapho kwakungo-1926. UMnumzane G.V. Naidu ubenendawo engaphezulu kwamahektare angu-100.
Indlu
Lendlu ibizungezwe izihlahla zeCasuarina, futhi yakhiwe ngokhuni njengendlu eyodwa eyisitezi ekuqaleni, inengadi enkulu yophahla. Yayinamakamelo okulala ayisithupha, amagumbi okulala amabili namakhishi amabili nezindlu zokugezela ezimbili. Kwakukhona umpompi wamanzi ne-generator, eyayingaphesheya kwe-M4 eyakhiwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Lendlu ibinamafasitela anezingilazi ezimthofu. Iminyango yendlu yayinezithombe zemikhumbi, kanti izindlu zangasese zane-Victorian Style, okuveza ukuthi uMnumzane Naidu wayephila impilo yobukhazikhazi, ngokungafani nozakwabo abafika eThekwini bezosebenza njengezisebenzi ezingenamali.
Lendlu bekuyindlu yokuqala futhi kuleya ndawo ukuba nocingo olukhanya amalambu. UMnumzane Naidu ubambe yonke imibuthano yomndeni wakhe kule ndawo futhi waphinde wathola izivakashi eziningi ezidumile zaseSouth India eminyakeni edlule. Kwakukhona namahlumela ama-movie kule ndawo; edume kakhulu okwakuthiwa yi-Heart of the Matter, eyaqoshwa ngo-1980. Ibhishi lapho bekukhona lendlu belaziwa nge- G.V.’s Channel.
Namuhla indlu icekelwe phansi futhi ingxenye idilikile, kepha izinsalela zisenesikhumbuzo sikaG.V. Umndeni kaNaidu ongafuni ukuthengisa umhlaba, njengoba ubalulekile ngokomlando nengesikhumbuzo somndeni.
Umthombo: The Independent on Saturday, 19 March 2011
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