शायद मासूमियत एक ऐसी खाल है जिसे दुनिया की कड़वी सच्चाइयों का सामना करने के लिए खुद से उतार फेंकना ही पड़ता है, ताकि हमारी खाल और ज़्यादा मज़बूत परतों वाली बन सके।
Maybe innocence is a skin you must shed to build layers more resistant to the caustic truths of the world.
Maybe innocence is a skin you must shed to build layers more resistant to the caustic truths of the world.
मैं लिखता हूँ, हर एक वाक्य के लिए संघर्ष करता हूँ, और हर पैराग्राफ के साथ पाठक को बांधे रखने के लिए जूझता हूँ।
I write, fighting for every sentence, fighting to hold the reader with every paragraph.
I write, fighting for every sentence, fighting to hold the reader with every paragraph.
मैं अमेरिकियों को ऐसे अनुभवों से रूबरू कराना चाहता हूँ जिन पर आमतौर पर वे विचार भी नहीं करते। लैटिन अमेरिका के अनुभव, लैटिन अमेरिका के लोग—मैं उन्हें उन लोगों के करीब लाना चाहता हूँ। मैं जानता हूँ कि विभिन्न प्रकार के अमेरिकियों के बीच बढ़ती इन खाइयों और दूरियों को पाटने के लिए मुझे अपनी कला पर बहुत मेहनत करनी होगी। और एक कलाकार का काम यही होता है कि वह ऐसी कृतियों का सृजन करे जो हमारे समय को समझने में हमारी मदद करें।
I want to bring Americans into some experiences they ordinarily would not consider. Experiences in Latin America, people in Latin America, I want to bring them closer to those people, and I know I have to work extra hard at my craft to reach across these increasing chasms, these gaps that exist between different kinds of Americans, and that's the work of the artist, is to create these works that sort of help us understand our time.
I want to bring Americans into some experiences they ordinarily would not consider. Experiences in Latin America, people in Latin America, I want to bring them closer to those people, and I know I have to work extra hard at my craft to reach across these increasing chasms, these gaps that exist between different kinds of Americans, and that's the work of the artist, is to create these works that sort of help us understand our time.
दस्तावेज़ रहित (गैर-कानूनी) प्रवासियों को पिछले कई सालों से निशाना बनाया जा रहा है। ओबामा प्रशासन के दौरान भी बड़ी संख्या में ऐसे लोगों को देश से निकाला गया था। ट्रंप ने बस उसी नीति को कई गुना ज़्यादा आक्रामक बना दिया है। उन्होंने इसे बहुत ज़्यादा कठोर कर दिया है। हमारे सामने ऐसी स्थितियाँ आई हैं जहाँ उन लोगों को भी नहीं बख्शा गया जिन्हें ओबामा प्रशासन के तहत सुरक्षा का आश्वासन मिला था, जिन लोगों से कानूनी रूप से यहीं बसने का वादा किया गया था, वह वादा भी उनसे छीन लिया गया। मैंने कभी ऐसा नहीं सोचा था। मैं कभी कल्पना भी नहीं कर सकता था कि ऐसा हो सकता है।
Undocumented people have been targeted for years now. Even under the Obama administration, there was a really large number of deportations of undocumented people. Trump has just taken that policy and ratcheted it up several notches. He's made it much more intense. We've had situations where people who would have been covered by the Obama administration, people who had been promised a path toward legal residency, had that taken away. I did not imagine that. I could never have imagined that happening.
Undocumented people have been targeted for years now. Even under the Obama administration, there was a really large number of deportations of undocumented people. Trump has just taken that policy and ratcheted it up several notches. He's made it much more intense. We've had situations where people who would have been covered by the Obama administration, people who had been promised a path toward legal residency, had that taken away. I did not imagine that. I could never have imagined that happening.
हम लेखक हैं। हम क्या करते हैं? हम कहानियाँ कहते हैं। हम कहानियाँ गढ़ते हैं। हम कला का सृजन करते हैं।
We're writers. What do we do? We tell stories. We make up stories. We create art.
We're writers. What do we do? We tell stories. We make up stories. We create art.
स्वभाव से, मैं एक बेहद आशावादी इंसान हूँ। इसकी वजह यह है कि मेरे माता-पिता का तीन-तीन बार तलाक हुआ था और मैंने उन सब से पार पाने का कोई न कोई रास्ता ढूँढ़ लिया। मैंने हमेशा सकारात्मक सोच रखकर ही हर मुश्किल से खुद को बचाया है।
I'm, by nature, a really optimistic person. It goes back to my parents having been each divorced three times and my finding some way to survive all that. I always managed to survive by being upbeat.
I'm, by nature, a really optimistic person. It goes back to my parents having been each divorced three times and my finding some way to survive all that. I always managed to survive by being upbeat.
एक लेखक के रूप में हम जो करने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं, वह यह है कि भाषा की संवेदनशीलता, विचारशीलता और अपनी वास्तविकता की एक गहरी व ईमानदार समझ को बचाकर रखें और संरक्षित करें। इसलिए, हमें मूर्खता की इस लहर, सतहीपन की इस लहर, और ट्विटर पर चल रहे उस भयानक कोरस के खिलाफ एक लेखक के रूप में और भी कड़ी मेहनत करनी होगी जहाँ हर कोई एक-दूसरे का अपमान कर रहा है। और अब तो हमारा एक ऐसा 'अपमान-कर्ता-प्रधान' (insulter-in-chief) है, जो लोगों का अपमान करके ही राष्ट्रपति पद तक पहुँचा है।
What we're trying to do as writers is rescue, preserve this space of thoughtfulness of language, of a deeper and more honest appreciation of our reality. And, so, we have to work even harder as writers against this tide of silliness, against this tide of superficiality, against this horrible Greek chorus on Twitter where everyone is insulting each other and now we have an insulter-in-chief, who's risen to the presidency by insulting people.
What we're trying to do as writers is rescue, preserve this space of thoughtfulness of language, of a deeper and more honest appreciation of our reality. And, so, we have to work even harder as writers against this tide of silliness, against this tide of superficiality, against this horrible Greek chorus on Twitter where everyone is insulting each other and now we have an insulter-in-chief, who's risen to the presidency by insulting people.
मुझे बस ऐसा महसूस होता है कि आज कला पहले से कहीं अधिक महत्वपूर्ण है, कला ही वह चीज़ है जो हमें एकजुट कर सकती है, जो अमेरिका को और मजबूत बना सकती है।
I just feel that art is more important than ever, that art is something that can unify us, that can make America stronger.
I just feel that art is more important than ever, that art is something that can unify us, that can make America stronger.
वास्तविक जीवन में, ऐसे दक्षिणपंथी और आप्रवासी-विरोधी कार्यकर्ता मौजूद हैं जो उस संवैधानिक अधिकार को पलटना चाहते हैं जिसके तहत इस देश में पैदा होने वाला हर व्यक्ति अमेरिका का नागरिक बन जाता है। ऐसे कई लोग हैं जिनका मानना है कि इसी वजह से 'एंकर बेबी' (यहाँ पैदा होने वाले बच्चों की नागरिकता) की परिघटना पैदा हुई है। मैं खुद एक एंकर बेबी हूँ। मेरे माता-पिता को इसलिए यहाँ की रेजिडेंसी और नागरिकता मिल पाई क्योंकि मैं, उनका अमेरिकी नागरिक बच्चा, लॉस एंजिल्स में पैदा हुआ था।
In real life, there are right-wingers, there are anti-immigrant activists who want to overturn this constitutional right that we have to become Americans when we're born in this country. There's lots of people who believe that this has led to the phenomenon of the anchor babies. I am an anchor baby. My parents were able to receive their residency and citizenship because, I, a U.S. citizen child of theirs, was born in Los Angeles.
In real life, there are right-wingers, there are anti-immigrant activists who want to overturn this constitutional right that we have to become Americans when we're born in this country. There's lots of people who believe that this has led to the phenomenon of the anchor babies. I am an anchor baby. My parents were able to receive their residency and citizenship because, I, a U.S. citizen child of theirs, was born in Los Angeles.
लैटिना समुदाय में, ट्रंप के चुनाव अभियान को लेकर—तब भी जब यह एक दूर की कौड़ी लग रहा था कि वे राष्ट्रपति चुने जाएंगे—बहुत ज़्यादा बैचेनी, घबराहट और गुस्सा पैदा हो गया था। यह जगजाहिर है कि रिपब्लिकन पार्टी का नामांकन जीतने से पहले ही, पिराता (पार्टियों में लटकाए जाने वाले खिलौने) बनाने वालों ने डोनाल्ड ट्रंप के आकार के पिराता बनाने शुरू कर दिए थे। लोगों के मन में यह भावना घर कर गई थी कि यह एक ऐसा व्यक्ति है जो हमारा अपमान करके, हमें संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका के पतन के लिए जिम्मेदार ठहराकर और हमारी एक खलनायक जैसी छवि बनाकर लोकप्रियता हासिल कर रहा है।
In the Latino community, the Trump campaign, even when it seemed it was a long shot he would be elected president, his campaign itself just caused lots of consternation and nervousness and anger. Famously, piñata makers started making piñatas of Donald Trump, even before he won the Republican nomination. There was this sense that, here's a person who's rising in the polls because he's insulting us, because he's created this scapegoated image of us as the people responsible for the decline of the United States.
In the Latino community, the Trump campaign, even when it seemed it was a long shot he would be elected president, his campaign itself just caused lots of consternation and nervousness and anger. Famously, piñata makers started making piñatas of Donald Trump, even before he won the Republican nomination. There was this sense that, here's a person who's rising in the polls because he's insulting us, because he's created this scapegoated image of us as the people responsible for the decline of the United States.
मैं एक ऐसा व्यक्ति हूँ जिसे यूरोपीय जर्मन इतिहास और यहूदी नरसंहार (Holocaust) में गहरी दिलचस्पी है, और जब मैंने हमारी अपनी लोकतांत्रिक व्यवस्था में वही समानताएँ देखीं, और फिर देखा कि डोनाल्ड के राष्ट्रपति चुने जाने के साथ ये सब चीजें अपनी पराकाष्ठा पर पहुँच गईं, तो यह सब मेरे लिए बर्दाश्त से बाहर था।
I am someone who is fascinated with European German history, the Holocaust, and to see these parallels in our own democratic system, and then to see them come to this absolutely incredible climax, and this fruition with the election of The Donald, it was just too much.
I am someone who is fascinated with European German history, the Holocaust, and to see these parallels in our own democratic system, and then to see them come to this absolutely incredible climax, and this fruition with the election of The Donald, it was just too much.
संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका के बारे में बहुत सी वाकई अद्भुत बातें हैं, खासकर इसकी सांस्कृतिक विविधता और कई अलग-अलग संस्कृतियों को मिलाकर एक लोकतंत्र बनाने का इसका ज्यादातर सफल संघर्ष। इसलिए, एक राष्ट्र के रूप में हमारे पास बहुत बड़ी पूँजी है, हमारे लोकतंत्र को जीवित रखने के लिए हमारे पास भरपूर सांस्कृतिक पूँजी है।
There's a lot of really wonderful things about the United States of America, especially its ethnic diversity and its mostly successful struggle to create a democracy out of many different cultures. So, we have a lot of capital as a people, we have a lot of cultural capital to keep our democracy going.
There's a lot of really wonderful things about the United States of America, especially its ethnic diversity and its mostly successful struggle to create a democracy out of many different cultures. So, we have a lot of capital as a people, we have a lot of cultural capital to keep our democracy going.