Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Nhoroondo: Mahathir akaberekerwa kumba kwevabereki vake munharaunda yevarombo yeAlor Setar, guta guru renyika yeKedah, British Malaya, musi wa10 Chikunguru 1925. Baba vake, Mohamad, vaiva vorudzi rwechiMalay nechiIndia; amai vake, Wan Tempawan, vaiva muMalay. Madzitateguru aMahathir asiri echiMalay, ayo akaramba achinyararira munguva yebasa rake rezvematongerwe enyika, chinhu chinozivikanwa nemakurukota makuru matanhatu eMalaysia. Asi chimwe chinhu chokuberekwa kwaMahathir chakamusiyanisa nevamwe vashanu: haana kuberekerwa mumhuri yakakurumbira kana kuti ine mukurumbira mune zvechitendero kana zvematongerwe enyika. Mohamad akanga ari mukuru wechikoro uyo aiva nehupfumi hwakaderera zvaireva kuti vanasikana vake vakanga vasingakwanisi kunyoresa kuchikoro chesekondari, nepo Wan Tempawan aingova nehukama huri kure nenhengo dzeumambo hweKedah. Vose vakanga vakaroorana kare; Mahathir akaberekwa aine vana vatanhatu vokurera uye vaviri vakakwana. Chirango chakatemwa nababa vake chakamusunda kufunda, uye akaratidzira fariro shomanene mumitambo. Akakunda chinzvimbo muchikoro chesekondari cheChirungu chakasarudzwa, achinge ava kutaura Chirungu zvakanaka pamberi pevezera rake vechikoro chepuraimari. Zvikoro zvainge zvakavharwa panguva yaitonga Japan muMalaya muHondo Yenyika II, akatanga bhizimisi duku, kutanga kutengesa kofi uye gare gare pisang goreng (banana fritters) nezvimwe zvekudya. Pashure pehondo, akapedza chikoro chesekondari aine mamakisi akanaka uye akanyoresa kuti adzidze mushonga paKing Edward VII College of Medicine muSingapore. Mukoreji akasangana nomudzimai wake womunguva yemberi, Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, mumwe mudzidzi wezvokurapa. Mushure mokunge Mahathir apedza kudzidza, akashanda sachiremba mubasa rehurumende asati aroora Siti Hasmah muna 1956 ndokudzokera kuAlor Setar gore rakatevera kuti azotanga basa rake. Akanga ari chiremba wokutanga wechiMalay mutaundi racho, uye akabudirira. Akavaka imba huru, akaita bhizimisi mumabhizimisi akasiyana-siyana, uye akahaya murume wokuChina kuti amutyaire muPontiac Catalina yake (vatyairi vakawanda panguva iyoyo vaiva vaMalay). Iye naSiti Hasmah vakava nomwana wavo wokutanga, Marina, muna 1957, vasati vava navana vatatu...  Mubvunzo: Chii chakaita kuti apinde mumabhizimisi maduku?
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