अमेरिकन संस्कृति में ढल जाना ब्रेनवाश (दिमाग धोने) का एक बहुत ही असरदार तरीका है। अब मैं इसके बारे में ज़्यादा जानता हूँ, लेकिन उस दुनिया से खुद को अलग करना बहुत मुश्किल है जिसके बारे में आपको यह बताया गया हो कि वह धरती का सबसे महान देश है।
American acculturation is a very powerful form of brainwashing. I know more about it now, but it's very difficult to move away from a world that you've been told was the greatest country on earth.
American acculturation is a very powerful form of brainwashing. I know more about it now, but it's very difficult to move away from a world that you've been told was the greatest country on earth.
मैं हमेशा इस बात को लेकर चिंतित रहता था कि अहंकार के साथ अक्सर बेईमानी और बनावटीपन भी आ जाता है। इसलिए मैंने अपनी आत्मकथा को जितना संभव हो सके उतना तथ्यात्मक, सटीक और भावनाहीन रखने की कोशिश की, और पाठकों पर छोड़ दिया कि वे खुद तय करें कि क्या हुआ था। और सच कहूँ तो, मैं कविताएँ भी इसी तरह लिखता हूँ। मैं पाठक के सामने सिर्फ़ वह अनुभव रखना चाहता हूँ, उस पर अपनी कोई टिप्पणी नहीं थोपना चाहता। इसलिए मैंने एक ऐसी शैली अपनाई जिससे मुझे उम्मीद थी कि मैं ऐसा कर पाऊँगा।
I was always worried about the dishonesty and meretriciousness that often accompanies ego. So I tried to make the memoir as factual and accurate and as unemotional as I could, and let readers make their own judgments on what happened. And, in fact, that's how I write poetry. I'm trying to present the reader with the experience itself, not with my commentary on it. So I adopted a style that I'd hoped would let me accomplish that.
I was always worried about the dishonesty and meretriciousness that often accompanies ego. So I tried to make the memoir as factual and accurate and as unemotional as I could, and let readers make their own judgments on what happened. And, in fact, that's how I write poetry. I'm trying to present the reader with the experience itself, not with my commentary on it. So I adopted a style that I'd hoped would let me accomplish that.
इस अनुभव ने मुझे सिखाया कि कैम्ब्रिज की शिक्षा का सार दो मुख्य सवालों पर टिका है: इसका क्या मतलब है? आपको कैसे पता?
The experience taught me that the essence of a Cambridge education centers on two questions: What does it mean? How do you know?
The experience taught me that the essence of a Cambridge education centers on two questions: What does it mean? How do you know?
जब मैंने लॉ स्कूल छोड़ा, तो मैं सरकार के साथ, टैक्स पॉलिसी के क्षेत्र में काम करना चाहता था। मुझे ट्रेजरी के इंटरनेशनल टैक्स काउंसिल के कार्यालय में अपनी मनपसंद नौकरी मिल गई। मैं दुनिया बदलने के पक्के इरादे के साथ वहाँ पहुँचा था। लेकिन मुझे बहुत जल्दी समझ आ गया कि दुनिया को इससे कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता। और जो झूठ और भ्रष्टाचार मैंने वहाँ देखा, उसे मैं सहन नहीं कर पाया। मुझे अहसास हुआ कि मेरी माँ के परिवार और उन सीनेटर्स व अधिकारियों में सिर्फ़ इतना ही फर्क था कि वे लोग सूट-बूट पहनते थे।
When I left law school, I wanted to go into the government, into the tax policy area. I got the job that I wanted in the International Tax Council's office in Treasury. I arrived determined to change the world. But I discovered very quickly that the world couldn't care less. And I couldn't stomach the lying and stealing that I witnessed. I realized that the only difference between my mother's family and the senators and administrators that I was working with was that the latter wore suits and ties.
When I left law school, I wanted to go into the government, into the tax policy area. I got the job that I wanted in the International Tax Council's office in Treasury. I arrived determined to change the world. But I discovered very quickly that the world couldn't care less. And I couldn't stomach the lying and stealing that I witnessed. I realized that the only difference between my mother's family and the senators and administrators that I was working with was that the latter wore suits and ties.
मैं एक बूढ़ा आदमी हूँ, और जो कुछ मैं समझ पाया हूँ, उसे खुलकर रखना चाहता हूँ। "ट्रेटर" (गद्दार) जैसी कविताओं के ज़रिए मैं अपनी भावनाओं, अपने विश्वासों और दुनिया की अपनी समझ को टटोल रहा हूँ, यह परख रहा हूँ कि क्या वे सच में सही हैं। ताकि जब आप अपनी बंदूक मियान में रख लें (यानी ज़िम्मेदारी पूरी कर लें), तो खुद से यह फैसला कर सकें कि आपमें थोड़ी भी ईमानदारी बची है या नहीं। यही मेरे लिए मायने रखता है। इसीलिए मैंने यह कविता लिखी। अगर मैं वैसी कविता नहीं लिख पा रहा हूँ, तो इसका मतलब है कि मैं कहीं न कहीं कुछ गलत कर रहा हूँ।
I'm an old man, and I want to lay out what I think I understand. With poems like "Traitor," I'm examining my feelings, my convictions, my understanding of the world, and testing whether they're really true. So that when you hang your holster up, you can make a judgment on whether you have any integrity at all. That's what I care about. That's why I wrote it. If I can't write that poem, then I've got it wrong somehow.
I'm an old man, and I want to lay out what I think I understand. With poems like "Traitor," I'm examining my feelings, my convictions, my understanding of the world, and testing whether they're really true. So that when you hang your holster up, you can make a judgment on whether you have any integrity at all. That's what I care about. That's why I wrote it. If I can't write that poem, then I've got it wrong somehow.