Rush Hour E-Book

Nalini Narayan

• Herausgeber: e-galáxia
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 28

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Rush Hour is an adrenaline rush. A young anarchist couple is chased by neo-Nazis and, in the end, they face a gut-wrenching dilemma. With references to social injustices, such as the murder of the indigenous man Galdino, the tale plunges readers into an emotional rollercoaster, challenging convictions and prompting profound reflections on ethics and ideology.

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Nalini Narayan

RUSH HOUR

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Rush Hour

About the author

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Rush Hour

I wondered whether the text was good enough. The pamphlet was meant to be clear: against mandatory voting, against mandatory military service, against the system itself. I had been meaning to socialize more with the politically engaged crowd for quite some time now, but most activist groups in the city of São Paulo were linked to some specific labor union or political party. I wanted to be around people who had the same world views as I did.

I had met Hermes at a meeting of a group called Direct Action and we quickly became close friends with each other. Ever since I lived in Rio, I had libertarian beliefs. I thought that the need that we as human beings nurture of always looking up to some fatherly or authority figure was a symptom of our immature desire of giving away all responsibility over our choices.

To lead a life that was truly authentic, that’s what I craved for. And what was there behind my need for freedom? This I could not tell. Maybe all creatures have this need as a natural impulse. And we humans just got to be exceedingly civilized, too immersed in martyrdom to recognize it. When you are filled with massive doses of Christian guilt, it may be harder to just vigorously exist. I had had the chance to get fully touch with my feelings about the world and things in general when I moved to a different city – paradoxically enough, the more I felt far away from home the more I was able to get closer to my true self. The new book I’d been meaning to write was also a part of this internal revolution.

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Me and Hermes were supposed to meet by 5 o’clock in front of the newsstand,so we would start handing out that pamphlet I had insecurities about. The idea of a world with no military forces maybe would sound too unrealistic to ordinary folks who are used to always play by the rules of a government, no matter what kind of government that is. If people could just understand that we are all part of the same Humanity, there would be no need for the concept of nationality, and, hence, no need for armed forces. And then, instead of leading our small lives the way we do today, we would be able to tackle bigger problems such as preserving nature and humanity itself.

The voting bit was also potentially controversial, even more so after twenty-something years of military dictatorship in Brazil. How would we convince people who had just gotten their voting rights back that not having to vote might also be their right? It feels very uncomfortable as you are disrespected in your choice for abstaining, being a citizen of this country. The candidates are all a bunch of crooks, with implausible proposals. Besides, nothing one is forced to do can be a good thing. I had read some scholars arguing that mandatory voting can be justified as being the means that guarantees a functional State. But I was also against the idea of having a State!