एथेंस में हुई हर चीज़ शायद इसका एक बेहतरीन उदाहरण है। जब भी इन शहरों में इन सुविधाओं की कोई ज़रूरत नहीं होती, तब भी खेलों के लिए इन्हें बना दिया जाता है; और हर कोई इस बात की कोरी उम्मीद करता है कि इन जगहों का खेलों के बाद क्या इस्तेमाल होगा। अगर ओलंपिक से पहले इसकी कोई मांग नहीं थी, तो उसके बाद भी इसकी कोई मांग नहीं रहने वाली।
Everything in Athens is probably a good example. Any time when there really isn't a need for these facilities in these cities, but they get built anyway for the games, everybody has kind of wishful thinking about what the afterlife of these spaces is going to be. If there is not demand for it before the Olympics, there's probably not going to be demand for it afterwards.
Everything in Athens is probably a good example. Any time when there really isn't a need for these facilities in these cities, but they get built anyway for the games, everybody has kind of wishful thinking about what the afterlife of these spaces is going to be. If there is not demand for it before the Olympics, there's probably not going to be demand for it afterwards.
हर शहर और देश के पास ओलंपिक खेलों की मेजबानी चाहने की अपनी-अपनी अलग वजह होती है।
Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games.
Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games.
बीजिंग इसका एक उदाहरण है, जहाँ ओलंपिक के लिए परिवारों को उजाड़ दिया गया था। लगभग 10,000 परिवारों को वहाँ से हटाना पड़ा था।
Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.
Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.
हम उन दुकानदारों और आम लोगों से बात कर रहे थे जो अब इन इमारतों में रह रहे थे। ओलंपिक विलेज के कई हिस्सों को बाद में रिहायशी मकानों में बदल दिया गया।
We were talking to shop owners or ordinary people who were living in these buildings now. A lot of the Olympic Villages were turned into housing.
We were talking to shop owners or ordinary people who were living in these buildings now. A lot of the Olympic Villages were turned into housing.
मुझे नहीं लगता कि बड़े शहरों में लोगों को इस बात का अहसास भी है कि ये इमारतें कभी ओलंपिक के लिए बनाई गई थीं।
In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics.
In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics.
बार्सिलोना जैसे शहर में भी आज कुछ लोग ऐसे हैं जो नाराज़ हैं, क्योंकि वह वाटरफ्रंट वाला इलाका अब एक बड़ा पर्यटक स्थल बन चुका है, किराए आसमान छूने लगे हैं और उन्हें वहाँ से अपना घर छोड़कर जाना पड़ा।
Even in a city like Barcelona, there are still some people in the city who are angry because that waterfront area is a big tourist destination, and all the rents went up, and they had to move.
Even in a city like Barcelona, there are still some people in the city who are angry because that waterfront area is a big tourist destination, and all the rents went up, and they had to move.
हम जितने भी लोगों से मिले, उनमें से ज़्यादातर का ओलंपिक खेलों से कोई न कोई जुड़ाव था। किसी के पास वहाँ वालंटियर के तौर पर काम करने की कहानी थी, तो किसी के पास इससे जुड़ी यादें थीं। ये खेल इन शहरों की भौतिक और वास्तुशिल्प यादों के साथ-साथ इनकी सांस्कृतिक याददाश्त और पहचान का भी हिस्सा हैं। मुझे लगता है कि हम अपनी इन तस्वीरों के जरिए उसी जगह को टटोलने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं जहाँ ये दोनों दुनियाएँ आपस में मिलती हैं।
So many people that we met had some sort of connection to the [Olympics] games. Some story about how they volunteered there, or some sort of memory of it. It still is in the cultural memory and identity of these cities as much as it is in the physical and architectural memory. It's where these two things overlap, I think, that we're trying to explore with the photos.
So many people that we met had some sort of connection to the [Olympics] games. Some story about how they volunteered there, or some sort of memory of it. It still is in the cultural memory and identity of these cities as much as it is in the physical and architectural memory. It's where these two things overlap, I think, that we're trying to explore with the photos.
अगर रूसी सरकार इसमें लगातार पैसा लगाती रहे, सोची में ही अपनी राष्ट्रीय टीमों को ट्रेनिंग दिलवाए और इसे अपनी शान का प्रतीक बनाकर रखती रहे, तो शायद ऐसा मुमकिन हो। लेकिन मुझे नहीं लगता कि वहाँ रहने वाले किसी भी इंसान ने कभी यह गुहार लगाई होगी कि उनके शहर में 40,000 की क्षमता वाले कई सारे स्टेडियम लाकर खड़े कर दिए जाएं।
If the Russian government continues to pump money into it and makes their national teams train in Sochi and just sort of prop it up as a point of pride, then perhaps. But I don't think anybody living there was begging for multiple 40,000-seat venues to be plopped down in the city.
If the Russian government continues to pump money into it and makes their national teams train in Sochi and just sort of prop it up as a point of pride, then perhaps. But I don't think anybody living there was begging for multiple 40,000-seat venues to be plopped down in the city.
कौन जाने आगे चलकर ज़िंदगी कैसी होगी। मेरा मतलब है कि पहले इन जगहों की कोई माँग नहीं थी। ऐसा तो है नहीं कि लोग पहले सोची की तरफ भागे जा रहे थे; बस उनके पास ज़रूरत के हिसाब से होटल के कमरों और खेल मैदानों की कमी थी। जब हम वहाँ जाएंगे तो इन सब पहलुओं पर गौर करेंगे। लेकिन हम कुछ साल इंतज़ार करेंगे ताकि हालात थोड़े सामान्य हो जाएं।
Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like people were flocking to Sochi before; they just didn't have enough hotel rooms and arenas to fill the need. So that's what we'll look at when we go there. But we'll wait a few years until things kind of return to normal.
Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like people were flocking to Sochi before; they just didn't have enough hotel rooms and arenas to fill the need. So that's what we'll look at when we go there. But we'll wait a few years until things kind of return to normal.
पुतिन के लिए यह सब महज़ दो हफ़्ते के ओलंपिक जश्न की मेजबानी करने और दुनिया को अपनी ताकत दिखाने जैसा है। यह उनके लिए शान की बात है। उनके और रूस के लिए यह जनसंपर्क (PR) का एक बहुत बड़ा हथकंडा है। ऐसे में 50 अरब डॉलर, पर्यावरण को होने वाला नुकसान और किसी छोटे शहर का भविष्य उनके लिए कोई मायने नहीं रखता।
Like for Putin it's really about hosting this two-week [Olympic] party and showing it off to the world.It's a pride thing. It's a big PR exercise for him and for Russia. So, at that point $50 billion and some environmental damage and a small city's future don't really matter.
Like for Putin it's really about hosting this two-week [Olympic] party and showing it off to the world.It's a pride thing. It's a big PR exercise for him and for Russia. So, at that point $50 billion and some environmental damage and a small city's future don't really matter.
सराजएवो जैसे छोटे शहर, जहाँ इतनी तबाही मची, उसके बावजूद वहाँ के लोगों में इस बात का बहुत गर्व है कि ओलंपिक खेल उनके शहर में हुए थे और उन्होंने इसे सफलतापूर्वक आयोजित किया था।
Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and that they did it.
Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and that they did it.