从锡克教圣地到混乱的街头，抗议者勇敢面对德里警方 一群示威者将一座被称为古尔杜瓦的礼拜场所作为集结点，在此准备他们艰难的尝试——试图到达新德里被封锁的抗议现场。
From a Sikh Sanctuary to Chaotic Streets, Protesters Brave Police in Delhi A group of demonstrators used a house of worship known as a gurdwara as a staging ground before their long-shot effort to reach a locked-down protest site in New Delhi.
这些年轻男女是学生、律师、农场工人、医生、工程师——他们是自新德里实施封锁以来，规模最大的反政府示威群体，也是最接近抗议现场的一群人。
The young men and women were students, lawyers, farm hands, doctors, engineers — the largest group of anti-government demonstrators to come anywhere close to a protest site in New Delhi under lockdown on Saturday.
该抗议群体最终将壮大至约300人，他们前一天晚上聚集在一座锡克教寺庙——即古尔杜瓦——希望警方不会在此神圣空间采取行动。
The group of protesters, which would ultimately grow to about 300 people, had gathered the previous night at a Sikh temple, known as a gurdwara, and was hoping that the police would not take action against them in that sacred space.
随着印度因批评者称其为“有政治动机的选民名单修订”而陷入动荡，抗议者们周六清晨寻找一种方式，以覆盖大约1000码（约914米）从寺庙到抗议现场的距离。
With India in turmoil over what critics have called a politically motivated revision of the nation’s voter rolls, protesters early on Saturday looked for a way to cover the approximately 1,000 yards between the temple and the protest site.
他们的目标：在不与数千名对抗议采取零容忍态度的安保力量发生冲突的情况下，到达被称为Jantar Mantar的抗议现场。
Their goal: to reach the site, known as Jantar Mantar, without clashing with thousands of security forces who were showing zero tolerance for the protests.
许多抗议者是被称为“蟑螂人民党”（Cockroach Janta Party）的Z世代运动的支持者，他们曾从比哈尔邦和旁遮普邦等偏远农村乘坐火车和公交车数小时，最终抵达斯里班格拉萨希布古尔杜瓦内的大理石庭院。还有些住在新德里的人则步行数英里前来。
Many of the protesters, supporters of the Gen Z movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party, had traveled for hours on trains and buses from far away villages in states like Bihar and Punjab, before finally reaching the marbled courtyard inside the Sri Bangla Sahib gurdwara. Others who lived in New Delhi walked several miles.
来自德里郊外、仅使用单名“西姆兰”的26岁律师表示，她在前往古尔杜瓦的途中曾两次被警察拦下，但被允许继续前行。“我感觉自己像是自己国家里的罪犯，”她说。
Simran, a 26-year-old lawyer from the outskirts of Delhi who goes by only one name, said she was stopped twice by the police on her way to the gurdwara, though she was allowed to continue. “I felt like a criminal in my own country,” she said.
周六早上，男性警察进入寺庙，但因该地的敏感性而很快离开，他们只是对一群抗议者怒视了一番；而几名女警察则在寺内来回踱步。
On Saturday morning, male police officers walked into the temple but then walked out because of the sensitivity of the place, after doing little more than glaring at a group of protesters, while a couple of female police officers paced inside.
最终，双方达成了妥协。古尔杜瓦官员向警方承诺，他们不会在场内允许任何形式的抗议。但他们也不会允许任何人被拘留。
Eventually, a compromise was reached. Gurdwara officials promised the police that they would not allow any form of protest inside the premises. But they also would not permit anyone to be detained.
“在外面你们想怎么做就怎么做，”寺庙的一位官员对抗议者说。“在里面要保持完全的庄重。”随着时间一分一秒地过去，抗议者们耐心地等待着，头上系着布条，这是该敬拜场所的规定。他们没有正式的领导人，但一些年轻活动家承担起了协调角色，以决定抗议者何时以及如何撤离。
“Do whatever you want outside,” one official at the temple told the protesters. “Maintain complete decorum inside.”As the clock ticked, protesters waited patiently with pieces of cloth tied around their heads, as is the rule inside this place of worship. They lacked formal leaders, but some young activists took on a coordinating role to determine when and how the protesters should move out.
许多人似乎在联系其他抗议者，以追踪蟑螂人民党领袖阿比吉特·迪普克的下落，他曾号召举行此次大规模抗议。
Many appeared to be calling other protesters to track the whereabouts of Abhijeet Dipke, the leader of the Cockroach Janata Party, who had called for the large protest.
在两名学生骑摩托车进行侦察后，抗议者们一致认为，古尔杜瓦的3号门最有希望。该方向的警力相对较弱。
After two students carried out a reconnaissance mission on motorcycles, the protesters agreed that gate No. 3 of the gurdwara was most promising. The police presence was lighter in that direction.
“我们想在这里等待更多抗议者加入后再行动，”32岁的博士生布什拉·雷赫曼说，她曾在2019年反对有争议的公民权法的抗议中遭受催泪瓦斯。“我知道我们会被拘留。但我们必须在专制政府面前展示抵抗。”一些抗议者围坐成圈，商量着周密制定的行动计划。
“We want to wait for more protesters to join us here before we move,” said Bushra Rehman, 32, a Ph.D. student who had endured tear gas during the 2019 protests against a contentious citizenship law. “I know we will be detained. But we must show resistance in the face of an autocratic government.”Some protesters sat in a circle to huddle over the carefully thought out move.
“无论警察把我们拦在哪里，我们就在那儿蹲着，”来自首都贾米亚米利伊斯兰大学的德语专业学生阿卜杜拉·汗，23岁，对小组说。“而且绝不使用任何暴力。”大约上午10点30分，满怀激情的人群开始向外移动，涌入主街道，高喊反对总理纳伦德拉·莫迪和印度首席选举委员加内什·库马尔的口号。一些人用手机连接的相机和自拍杆记录了抗议场景。
“We will just squat wherever the police stop us,” Abdullah Khan, 23, a German studies student from Jamia Millia Islamia, a university in the capital, told the group. “And no violence at all.”At about 10:30 a.m., the crowd, full of gusto, started making its way out and spilled into the main street, chanting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gyanesh Kumar, India’s chief election commissioner. Some captured the protests with cameras and selfie sticks attached to mobile phones.
“你们的时间到了，”他们喊叫道。“收拾行李滚蛋吧。”随后，他们用一个绰号嘲讽选举委员。“加努，完蛋了兄弟，”一位抗议者说道。
“Your time is done,” they shouted. “Pack your bags.”Then, they mocked the election commissioner by a nickname. “Gyanu, it’s done bro,” said one poster.
抗议者的游行刚进行几百码，前往康诺特广场的道路上警察的存在感就增强了。康诺特广场是市中心的一个主要购物区，位于前往詹塔尔曼塔尔的必经之路。
Just a few hundred yards into the protesters’ march, the police presence increased at the road leading to Connaught Place, a major shopping district in the city center that is on the way to Jantar Mantar.
慢慢地，警察的包围圈收紧了。在措手不及之后，警察呼叫增援，将游行者堵在原地。
Slowly, the police circle tightened. After being caught off guard, officers called for reinforcements and stopped the marchers in their tracks.
抗议者们开始高声喊口号。警察们一个接一个地把男子拖上一辆等待送往拘留中心的巴士。一些抗议者试图逃跑，警察展开追捕，但成效有限。
The protesters chanted louder. Officers started dragging men, one by one, into a bus waiting to take them to a detention center. Some of the protesters made a run for it, and the police gave chase, with limited success.
大约30名抗议者被送上一辆巴士，另外30人被送上另一辆。一组女警对把一名女性拖上巴士表达了满意。一些抗议者设法逃脱了。
About 30 protesters were sent away in one bus, and 30 more in another. A group of female police officers expressed satisfaction over dragging a woman onto one of the buses. Some protesters managed to get away.
最终，没有人到达詹塔尔曼塔尔：那里就像一个堡垒。这对抗议者来说并不意外，因为他们从一开始就知道形势不利于他们。他们已经做好准备，可能会被阻止、被拖走和被拘留——而这正是许多人的遭遇。
In the end, no one made it to Jantar Mantar: It’s a fortress. This did not come as a surprise to the protesters, who knew from the start that the odds were not in their favor. They were prepared to be stopped, dragged and detained — which is exactly what happened to many of them.
尽管如此，一些人认为，至少展示了他们抵抗政府的意愿，这就算是一种成功。他们说他们会继续尝试重新集结。
Still, some saw success in at least demonstrating their willingness to resist the government. They said they would keep trying to regroup.