میں ایسے لوگوں کی تعریف کرتی ہوں جو پرسکون اور دھیمی زندگی کے عادی ہوتے ہیں۔ وہ کسی مرتبان میں رکھی شہد کی طرح اپنے اندر سمائے رہتے ہیں اور بس سکون سے جیتے ہیں۔ ایسے کسی شخص کا آس پاس ہونا بہت زبردست لگتا ہے، آپ کو ہمیشہ لگتا ہے کہ آپ ان پر بھروسہ کر سکتے ہیں۔ آپ کہیں بھی جا کر واپس آ سکتے ہیں، اپنا ذہن اور اپنے بال کاٹنے کا انداز یا اپنی سیاست بدل سکتے ہیں، اور جب آپ یہ سب الٹ پلٹ کام کر چکتے ہیں، تو ادھر ادھر دیکھتے ہیں کہ وہ وہیں موجود ہیں، بالکل ویسے ہی، پرسکون بیٹھے ہوئے۔
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being.
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being.
اگر کوئی ایسا خیال جس کا وقت آ گیا ہو، اس سے زیادہ طاقتور کوئی چیز نہیں، تو اس خیال سے زیادہ ہر جگہ پھیلا ہوا کچھ نہیں جس کا وقت جانے کا نام ہی نہیں لیتا۔
If there's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come, there is nothing more ubiquitously pervasive than an idea whose time won't go.
If there's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come, there is nothing more ubiquitously pervasive than an idea whose time won't go.
طاقت کسی کو خوش کرنے کے دباؤ سے آزاد رہنے کا نام ہے۔
Power is the ability not to have to please.
Power is the ability not to have to please.
اگر کسی کو حالات بدلنے ہوں تو اسے ہنگامہ کرنا پڑتا ہے اور دنیا کی توجہ اپنی طرف کھینچنی پڑتی ہے۔
If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world.
If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world.
جب سے سکلا کا سامنا چیریبڈس سے ہوا ہے، تب سے 'مرد کی دنیا' اور 'عورت کی جگہ' ایک دوسرے کے سامنے کھڑی ہیں۔ ... اگر عورتوں کے پاس صرف ایک 'جگہ' ہے، تو ظاہر ہے کہ باقی کی پوری دنیا کسی اور کی ہوگی، اور یوں خدا کی غیر موجودگی میں، وہ مردوں کی ملکیت بن جاتی ہے۔
Man's world' and 'woman's place' have confronted each other since Scylla first faced Charybdis. ... if women have only a place, clearly the rest of the world must belong to someone else and, therefore, in default of God, to men.
Man's world' and 'woman's place' have confronted each other since Scylla first faced Charybdis. ... if women have only a place, clearly the rest of the world must belong to someone else and, therefore, in default of God, to men.
اساطیر (میتھالوجی) کشش ثقل کی طرح ہیں، جو بسا اوقات تکلیف دہ لگتی ہے، لیکن معاشرے کو جوڑے رکھنے کے لیے ضروری ہے۔
Mythology is like gravity, inconvenient at times, but necessary for cohesion.
Mythology is like gravity, inconvenient at times, but necessary for cohesion.
عام رجحان یہ نہیں ہے کہ شادی کو بچانے کے لیے کسی اور جگہ تسکین تلاش کی جائے، بلکہ یہ ہے کہ اس شادی کو ختم کر کے ایک نئی شادی رچائی جائے جو پہلے والی کی کمیوں کو پورا کر سکے۔
The common impulse is not to sustain a marriage by finding satisfaction elsewhere, but to end the marriage and set up a new one which will provide the comfort lacking in the first.
The common impulse is not to sustain a marriage by finding satisfaction elsewhere, but to end the marriage and set up a new one which will provide the comfort lacking in the first.
جب تک میں وہی ہوں جو میں ہوں اور جو محسوس کرتی ہوں وہ دل سے محسوس کرتی ہوں — پوری شدت، ایمانداری اور سچائی کے ساتھ — تب تک میں کچھ بھی نہیں ہوں۔ مجھے قصوروار محسوس کرنے دیجیے... مجھے پڑھانے کی کوشش مت کیجیے... مجھے بچائیے مت۔
Unless I am what I am and feel what I feel - as hard as I can and as honestly and truly as I can - then I am nothing. Let me feel guilty ... don't try to educate me ... don't protect me.
Unless I am what I am and feel what I feel - as hard as I can and as honestly and truly as I can - then I am nothing. Let me feel guilty ... don't try to educate me ... don't protect me.
میتھ، لیجنڈ اور رسومات... کا مقصد پرانے نظام کو جوں کا توں بنائے رکھنا ہے۔ یہی وجہ ہے کہ وہ تبدیلی کا مقابلہ کرنے میں بالکل ناکام اور الٹا نقصان دہ ثابت ہوتے ہیں، کیونکہ تبدیلی اساطیر کی دشمن ہے۔
Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth.
Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth.
عظیم مصنفین ہمیں صرف اپنی تخلیقات نہیں دیتے، بلکہ چیزوں کو دیکھنے کا ایک نظریہ بھی بخشتے ہیں۔
Great writers leave us not just their works, but a way of looking at things.
Great writers leave us not just their works, but a way of looking at things.
طاقت کوئی ایسی چیز نہیں جسے خریدا یا مال کی طرح رکھا جا سکے۔ لیکن اگر آپ یہ مان لیں کہ یہ ایسی ہی کوئی چیز ہے، تو اسے کھونے کا خوف لاحق ہو جاتا ہے۔ میرا خیال ہے کہ یہی خوف ہماری دوہری تقسیم والے معاشرے میں مستقبل کی تباہیوں کے اتنے تاریک تخمینے لگائے جانے کی ایک بڑی وجہ ہے۔ موجودہ طاقتور لوگ، جو مفادات کی اس خلیج کو برقرار رکھنا چاہتے ہیں، یہی توقع رکھتے ہیں کہ کوئی بھی نیا نظام اس نظام کو الٹ دے گا جس نے انہیں اقتدار بخشا ہے؛ کہ پچھلے آگے ہو جائیں گے اور آگے والے پیچھے، ہر طرف کردار بدل جائیں گے، مرد غلام بن جائیں گے اور عورتیں مالکن، ایک ایسے انقلاب میں جو خود اپنے ہی دعووں کی ضد ہوگا۔
power is not a thing to be owned. But if you believe that it is such a thing, losing it becomes a possibility to fear. That fear, I think, is one reason for the dark projections of a catastrophic future that are so widespread, in our dual society. The present powerful, being committed to polarization, expect that any new deal will overturn the one that set them in authority; that the last shall be first and the first last, role reversal everywhere, men as slaves, women as masters, in a revolution of contradiction.
power is not a thing to be owned. But if you believe that it is such a thing, losing it becomes a possibility to fear. That fear, I think, is one reason for the dark projections of a catastrophic future that are so widespread, in our dual society. The present powerful, being committed to polarization, expect that any new deal will overturn the one that set them in authority; that the last shall be first and the first last, role reversal everywhere, men as slaves, women as masters, in a revolution of contradiction.
ہم ایک ایسی دوہری الجھن میں پھنسے ہیں جہاں ہم سے نہ صرف یہ توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ ہم عورت ہونے کی وجہ سے خود کو کمتر سمجھیں، بلکہ اس لیے بھی کہ ہم بوڑھی ہو چکی ہیں۔
We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old.
We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old.
اگر ہر قوم کو ویسی ہی حکومت ملتی ہے جس کی وہ مستحق ہے، تو ہر نسل بھی وہی تاریخ لکھتی ہے جو اس کے اپنے عالمی نظریے سے میل کھاتی ہے۔
If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world.
If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world.
طاقتور لوگ ہر قسم کی قانون شکنی سے بچ نکلتے ہیں۔ یہ اس بات کو ثابت کرنے کا ایک طریقہ ہے کہ وہ ہم عام لوگوں سے الگ اور برتر ہیں۔
Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us.
Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us.
انفرادی کوششیں جب اتنی زیادہ ہو جائیں کہ معاشرے کو متاثر کریں، تو وہ سماجی تبدیلی کی شکل اختیار کر لیتی ہیں۔
Individual advances turn into social change when enough of them occur.
Individual advances turn into social change when enough of them occur.
حوصلہ اور مزاح تنہائی کا بہترین علاج ہیں۔
Humor is an antidote to isolation.
Humor is an antidote to isolation.
انتشار سے بچنے کے لیے ہم بہت سی ناگوار باتیں برداشت کرتے ہیں۔ ہم ہمیشہ سے ایسا کرتے آئے ہیں۔
We put up with a lot to be saved from chaos. We always have.
We put up with a lot to be saved from chaos. We always have.
میرے ساتھ ساٹھ سال کے قریب پہنچنے کا یہ مسئلہ ہے: میں ہر صبح اٹھ کر سوچتی ہوں کہ میں ابھی اکتیس سال کی ہوں۔
I have a problem about being nearly sixty: I keep waking up in the morning and thinking I'm thirty-one.
I have a problem about being nearly sixty: I keep waking up in the morning and thinking I'm thirty-one.
شاعر تہذیب کے خمیر کی طرح ہوتے ہیں۔
Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.
Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.
کار کی اگلی مسافر والی سیٹ کو پیچھے سرکا کر اور گلভ باکس کھول کر، میں ایک بڑے اور موٹے گتے کے تختے کے سہارے بیٹھ جاتی ہوں۔ یہ اتنا بڑا ہے کہ اس پر میز کا ایسل، میرا بڑا پیلیٹ اور پانی کا برتن رکھا جا سکتا ہے۔ سردی مجھے گھر میں قید نہیں کر پائے گی!
By setting the passenger seat of my car far back, and opening the glove compartment, I nestle in a very large sheet of thick fiberboard. It's big enough to hold a table easel, my big palette and a water container. Winter is not going to lock me indoors!
By setting the passenger seat of my car far back, and opening the glove compartment, I nestle in a very large sheet of thick fiberboard. It's big enough to hold a table easel, my big palette and a water container. Winter is not going to lock me indoors!
جو لوگ زندگی سے مایوس ہو جاتے ہیں، وہ زیادہ دن زندہ نہیں رہتے۔
those who despair of life are not long for it.
those who despair of life are not long for it.
طاقت کو ایک ایسی ملکیت سمجھنے کا خیال، جسے بینک میں جمع کیا جا سکے اور ضرورت پڑنے پر نکالا جا سکے، ایسے معاشرے کے لیے بہت آسان ہے جس کے اصول سرمایہ دارانہ مالیاتی طریقوں سے پیدا ہوئے ہیں۔
The idea of power as a possession, whose asset can be banked and drawn on when needed, comes easy to a society whose rules grow out of the methods of finance capitalism.
The idea of power as a possession, whose asset can be banked and drawn on when needed, comes easy to a society whose rules grow out of the methods of finance capitalism.
ہم بڑی عمر کی وہ عورتیں جو یہ جانتی ہیں کہ ہم کوئی ہیروئن نہیں ہیں، اپنی چھوٹی بہنوں کو کم از کم اتنا تو بتا ہی سکتی ہیں کہ ہم نے کیا سیکھا ہے اور ہم نے کس طرح ترقی کی ہے۔
We older women who know we aren't heroines can offer our younger sisters, at the very least, an honest report of what we have learned and how we have grown.
We older women who know we aren't heroines can offer our younger sisters, at the very least, an honest report of what we have learned and how we have grown.
सार्वजनिक जीवन और कार्यक्षेत्र में महिलाओं की प्रगति में सबसे बड़ी बाधा यह रही है कि उन्होंने ख़ुद इस बात को मान लिया कि वे इस दुनिया के लिए बनी ही नहीं हैं।
The greatest barrier to women's advance in the public world of action has been their acquiescence in the idea that they don't belong out there.
The greatest barrier to women's advance in the public world of action has been their acquiescence in the idea that they don't belong out there.
टेलीविज़न। इसने बाहरी दुनिया को देखने के हमारे नज़रिए को पूरी तरह बदल दिया है। हालांकि हम इस बात को जानते हैं—और समाज, परिवार और व्यक्ति की मानसिकता पर इसके प्रभावों के अनगिनत विश्लेषणों से हमारा सामना भी होता रहा है—फिर भी मुझे नहीं लगता कि हम इसके सूक्ष्म प्रभावों की गहराई को पूरी तरह समझ पाए हैं, जिन्हें हम 'धीमी गति से असर करने वाले वायरस' कह सकते हैं। ये न सिर्फ हमारे देखने के ढंग में उतरते हैं, बल्कि हमारे सोचने और काम करने के तौर-तरीकों को आपस में इस तरह पिरोते हैं कि वे हमारे विचारों को सही ठहराते हैं, हमारे कार्यों को दिशा देते हैं और साथ ही कई तरह के रिश्तों को उलझाते या बाधित भी करते हैं।
television. It has changed the way that we perceive the world out there, and though we know that - have indeed been bombarded with analyses on the consequences for society, for the family, and for individual psychology - I don't believe that we have yet begun to appreciate the reach of its subliminal effects, of what we might call 'the slow viruses.' They not only get into our ways of seeing, they pervade the ways in which we weave our perceptions together into patterns that support and explain our thinking and our doing and both direct and hinder various kinds of relationships.
television. It has changed the way that we perceive the world out there, and though we know that - have indeed been bombarded with analyses on the consequences for society, for the family, and for individual psychology - I don't believe that we have yet begun to appreciate the reach of its subliminal effects, of what we might call 'the slow viruses.' They not only get into our ways of seeing, they pervade the ways in which we weave our perceptions together into patterns that support and explain our thinking and our doing and both direct and hinder various kinds of relationships.
सिद्धांतों और वैचारिक प्रणालियों के बीच हज़ारों सालों से बहस होती आई है, और इसके बावजूद हम और हमारे पूर्वज अलग-अलग विचारों वाली इस दुनिया में जीने में कामयाब रहे हैं। दार्शनिक विवादों से अक्सर मछली या वाइन के दामों पर कोई असर नहीं पड़ता।
Creeds and causal systems have argued with each other for millennia, and even so we and our ancestors have managed to live in a world of differing opinions. Philosophical disputes don't often affect the price of fish or wine.
Creeds and causal systems have argued with each other for millennia, and even so we and our ancestors have managed to live in a world of differing opinions. Philosophical disputes don't often affect the price of fish or wine.
शायद ही ऐसी कोई संस्कृति होगी जहाँ यह विचार पैदा न हुआ हो कि भूतकाल का कोई दौर आज के समय से ज़्यादा बेहतर था।
Few cultures have not produced the idea that in some past era the world ran better than it does now.
Few cultures have not produced the idea that in some past era the world ran better than it does now.
जानवरों का अचरज... आना-जाना, बिल्लियाँ, कुत्ते, एक दूध देने वाली बकरी, मुर्गियाँ और गिनी फ़ाउल, इन सबको सामान्य मान लिया गया था, मानो इंसान का मक़सद सृष्टि के बाकी जीवों के साथ दोस्ताना मेल-जोल के साथ रहना हो, न कि शहर की किसी अपार्टमेंट इमारत की चौदहवीं मंज़िल पर अकेलेपन में सिमट कर रहना, जहाँ जानवर सिर्फ़ चिड़ियाघर में सलाखों के पीछे दिखाई देते हों।
The surprise of animals... in and out, cats and dogs and a milk goat and chickens and guinea hens, all taken for granted, as if man was intended to live on terms of friendly intercourse with the rest of creation instead of huddling in isolation on the fourteenth floor of an apartment house in a city where animals occurred behind bars in the zoo.
The surprise of animals... in and out, cats and dogs and a milk goat and chickens and guinea hens, all taken for granted, as if man was intended to live on terms of friendly intercourse with the rest of creation instead of huddling in isolation on the fourteenth floor of an apartment house in a city where animals occurred behind bars in the zoo.
समाज को कला से जिसकी उम्मीद होती है... वह यह है कि कला एक शुरुआती चेतावनी प्रणाली की तरह काम करे।
what society requires from art ... is that it function as an early warning system.
what society requires from art ... is that it function as an early warning system.
मुझे ऐसे लोग बहुत पसंद हैं जो आत्ममंथन और शांत जीवन के लिए बने होते हैं। वे किसी जार में भरी शहद की तरह अपने भीतर टिके रह सकते हैं और बस वैसे ही रह सकते हैं।
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be.
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be.
प्रतिक्रिया, कार्रवाई नहीं होती—यानी वह सचमुच रचनात्मक नहीं होती।
reaction isn't action - that is, it isn't truly creative.
reaction isn't action - that is, it isn't truly creative.
एक इंसान के रूप में बड़ा होना जीव विज्ञान से ज़्यादा सामाजिक रिश्तों पर निर्भर करता है। परिवार के भीतर आपसी जुड़ाव से हम जो सीखते हैं, वह उन जन्मजात प्रवृत्तियों (इंस्टिंक्ट्स) की जगह ले लेता है जो जानवरों के व्यवहार को तय करती हैं; जो यह सवाल खड़ा करता है कि आख़िर ये आपसी रिश्ते कितने आज़माने लायक या बेहतर हैं?
Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?
Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?
जब वे सारे मूल्य और मानक जिनके ख़िलाफ़ आप आवाज़ उठाना चाहते हैं, उन्हीं पारंपरिक माध्यमों में रचे-बसे हों, तो आप अपनी सोच को कैसे समझा सकते हैं या पारंपरिक तरीकों से अपने सिद्धांतों को कैसे साबित कर सकते हैं? आज विज्ञान और नई तकनीकें यह दावा करना पसंद करती हैं कि वे 'पार्श्व सोच' (लैटरल थिंकिंग), यानी डेटा को देखने और जोड़ने के नए तरीकों को बढ़ावा देती हैं—लेकिन हर व्यवस्था में एक ऐसी आंतरिक प्रतिरोधक क्षमता होती है जो उन चीज़ों को स्वीकार नहीं करती जिन्हें उसके नियमों के आधार पर पहले से प्रोग्राम न किया गया हो।
How can you communicate your thoughts or demonstrate your hypotheses by conventional means when all the values and standards that you want to challenge are built into those means? Science and new technology today like to declare that they encourage 'lateral thinking,' new ways of seeing and putting data together - but all systems have an inbuilt resistance to what has not been programmed into them through the premises on which their rules are based.
How can you communicate your thoughts or demonstrate your hypotheses by conventional means when all the values and standards that you want to challenge are built into those means? Science and new technology today like to declare that they encourage 'lateral thinking,' new ways of seeing and putting data together - but all systems have an inbuilt resistance to what has not been programmed into them through the premises on which their rules are based.
महिलाओं के बीच के प्रेम को दो बराबरी के लोगों के बीच के प्रेम का आदर्श रूप माना जाता है, और शायद यही इसकी सबसे बड़ी खूबी है।
Love between women is seen as a paradigm of love between equals, and that is perhaps its greatest attraction.
Love between women is seen as a paradigm of love between equals, and that is perhaps its greatest attraction.
अविश्वास के ख़िलाफ़ ठोस कदम उठाना ज़रूरी होता है, और जो लोग शासन के अधीन हैं, उनकी तरफ़ से उठाया जाने वाला असरदार कदम कोई अकेला या छिटपुट प्रयास नहीं होता, बल्कि वह सामूहिक और बार-बार किया जाने वाला प्रयास होता है।
Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.
Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.
चाहे वर्ग और नस्ल के बीच कितने भी मतभेद क्यों न हों, हर जगह शीर्ष पर बैठे लोग आख़िरकार पुरुषवादी ही होते हैं।
Whatever class and race divergences exist, top cats are tom cats.
Whatever class and race divergences exist, top cats are tom cats.
यह गुमनाम लेखकों (घोस्ट राइटर्स) के ज़रिए ही संभव हो पाता है कि जो लोग अपनी बात खुलकर नहीं कह पाते, उनके पास ज्ञान का जो अनमोल खज़ाना होता है, वह दुनिया तक पहुँच पाता है।
it is through the ghost [writer] that the great gift of knowledge which the inarticulate have for the world can be made available.
it is through the ghost [writer] that the great gift of knowledge which the inarticulate have for the world can be made available.
कला एक ढाँचा है, एक तरह की जीवंत बेल है, जिस पर सामूहिक सपनों को आकार दिया जा सकता है।
Art is a framework, a kind of living trellis, on which public dreaming can shape itself.
Art is a framework, a kind of living trellis, on which public dreaming can shape itself.
जो समस्या किसी दुविधा की तरह सामने आती है, वह एक मनहूस सलाह साथ लाती है: यानी कुछ करने के बजाय सिर्फ बहस करना।
a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.
a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.
सफलता के जो नियम ताक़तवर लोगों द्वारा बनाए जाते हैं, वे कमज़ोर लोगों के लिए कभी मार्गदर्शक नहीं बन सकते।
The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful.
The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren't powerful.
यही ताक़तवर लोगों की असली ताक़त होती है—चीज़ों को परिभाषित करने की, उन्हें आकार देने की, और यह कहने की कि 'दुनिया ऐसे ही चलती है।' यह बहुत बड़ी ताक़त है। कमज़ोर लोगों के पास जो ताक़तें हैं, उनमें से सबसे पहली ताक़त मैं यह मानती हूँ कि वे ताक़तवर लोगों की बातों पर आँख मूंदकर यक़ीन न करें।
This is the power of the powerful to define, to structure, to say, 'This is the way the world works.' It's enormous power. Among the powers of the weak, I think the first one is the power not to believe the powerful.
This is the power of the powerful to define, to structure, to say, 'This is the way the world works.' It's enormous power. Among the powers of the weak, I think the first one is the power not to believe the powerful.
आज के समय में ज़्यादातर लोग जिस परिवार में या जिस पारिवारिक माहौल में रहते हैं, वह पारंपरिक एकल परिवार से भी छोटा होता है। कमाने वाले पिता दिन भर घर से बाहर रहते हैं, बच्चे बाहर स्कूलों में पढ़ते हैं, और पैसे कमाने वाली लगभग सभी महिलाओं को अपनी आजीविका के लिए घर से बाहर जाना ही पड़ता है।
Today, what most people live in, or with, is the less-than-nuclear family. Working fathers are absent from home during most of the day, the children are schooled outside it, and practically all women who work for money must go outside to earn their living.
Today, what most people live in, or with, is the less-than-nuclear family. Working fathers are absent from home during most of the day, the children are schooled outside it, and practically all women who work for money must go outside to earn their living.
अगर इतिहास सचमुच आज की दुनिया में कोई मायने रखता है, तो इस बात को ज़्यादा समर्थन नहीं मिलता। माना कि अतीत एक अलग देश है, लेकिन अगर ऐसा है भी तो वहाँ कोई यात्रा करना नहीं चाहता।
If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.
If history is really relevant in today's world, the proposition doesn't command much respect. Perhaps the past is a different country, but if so no one much wants to travel there.
क्या कोई विवाद में पड़े बिना उस पर विचार कर सकता है?
Can one consider controversy without falling into it?
Can one consider controversy without falling into it?
संकट हमें बुलाकर नहीं मिलते, वे ख़ुद-ब-ख़ूद आ जाते हैं।
We don't get offered crises, they arrive.
We don't get offered crises, they arrive.
भले ही हमारे पास ज़्यादा कवि न हों, लेकिन जितने भी हैं, वे हमारी ज़रूरत से कहीं ज़्यादा हैं, क्योंकि हम तो एक भी कवि के लायक नहीं हैं। हम अपनी ही मूर्खता और कविता के प्रति अपनी अज्ञानता के कारण अपना ही नुक्सान कर रहे हैं।
Though we do not have many poets, we certainly have more than we deserve, for we deserve none at all. It is ourselves that we are hurting by our stupidity and ignorance of poetry.
Though we do not have many poets, we certainly have more than we deserve, for we deserve none at all. It is ourselves that we are hurting by our stupidity and ignorance of poetry.
जब तक मिक्स्ड ग्रिल और कंबाइन सलाद लोगों को पसंद आते रहेंगे, तब तक संकलन (एंथोलॉजी) भी यक़ीनन लोकप्रिय बने रहेंगे।
As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in favor.
As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in favor.
यौन संबंधों को महज़ शारीरिक आनंद की परिभाषा में सीमित नहीं किया जा सकता, इसे सिर्फ़ एक शारीरिक ज़रूरत नहीं समझा जा सकता क्योंकि यह लंबे समय से इंसानों के बीच एक गहरे और आत्मीय जुड़ाव का प्रतीक रहा है।
Sex cannot be contained within a definition of physical pleasure, it cannot be understood as merely itself for it has stood for too long as a profound connection between human beings.
Sex cannot be contained within a definition of physical pleasure, it cannot be understood as merely itself for it has stood for too long as a profound connection between human beings.
मैं इस बात को लेकर आश्वस्त नहीं हूँ कि दुनिया में कितने "पाप" ऐसे हैं जिन्हें मैं सही मानूँगी। परिस्थितियों के बदलने से कई चीज़ें बेअसर हो जाती हैं। लेकिन मैं ऐसी किसी भी चीज़ की कल्पना नहीं कर सकती जो उन लोगों द्वारा बच्चों के साथ किए गए विश्वासघात और शोषण से ज़्यादा नीच और पापपूर्ण हो, जिन्हें उनकी देखभाल करनी चाहिए थी।
I am not sure how many "sins" I would recognize in the world. Some would surely be defused by changed circumstances. But I can imagine none that is more irredeemably sinful than the betrayal, the exploitation, of the young by those who should care for them.
I am not sure how many "sins" I would recognize in the world. Some would surely be defused by changed circumstances. But I can imagine none that is more irredeemably sinful than the betrayal, the exploitation, of the young by those who should care for them.