इस्तांबुल... पश्चिम की चट्टान से टकराती पूरब की लहरों की अनवरत गूँज।

Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West.

Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West.

Topic Society & World Society
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 92%

उसकी ज़िंदगी की डोर से संभावनाएँ घड़ी की चेन में लटके हुए तावीज़ों की तरह सुनहरी चमक के साथ झूल रही थीं।

Possibilities swung from the ropes of his life like charms on a watch chain, golden.

Possibilities swung from the ropes of his life like charms on a watch chain, golden.

Topic Life & Existence Destiny
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Literary 92%

आवेगों की जड़ें कभी-कभी तर्कसंगत होती हैं और उनके आगे झुक जाना चाहिए।

impulses sometimes have logical roots and ought to be given in to.

impulses sometimes have logical roots and ought to be given in to.

Topic Society & World Human Nature
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 92%

समय यादों के किनारों को नरम करने या विवरणों को धुंधला करने का काम नहीं करता; बल्कि अगर कुछ करता है, तो उन्हें और तीखा कर देता है। हो सकता है भावनाओं की धार थोड़ी कम हो जाए, लेकिन जगहों और लोगों की यादें नहीं मिटतीं, बशर्ते आप उन्हें संभाल कर रखना चाहें।

Time does not act on memory to soften the edges, blur the details; if anything, it sharpens them. Emotions may lose their acid outlines, but not places and people, not if you wish to retain them.

Time does not act on memory to soften the edges, blur the details; if anything, it sharpens them. Emotions may lose their acid outlines, but not places and people, not if you wish to retain them.

Topic Life & Existence Time as Healer
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 92%

सच्चाई को पहचानने के लिए खुद का सच्चा होना ज़रूरी नहीं है। ठीक वैसे ही जैसे पागलपन को पहचानने के लिए खुद का पागल होना ज़रूरी नहीं है।

You don't have to be sincere yourself to recognize sincerity when you see it. Any more than you have to be insane to recognize insanity.

You don't have to be sincere yourself to recognize sincerity when you see it. Any more than you have to be insane to recognize insanity.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Truth
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 95%

शहीदों के साथ रहना हमेशा से एक असहज अनुभव होता है।

martyrs are always uncomfortable people to live with.

martyrs are always uncomfortable people to live with.

Topic Self & Identity Character
Tone: Cynical Sentiment: Negative Type: Observation 92%

...खतरा तब सबसे ज़्यादा घातक होता है जब वह शालीनता का चोला ओढ़े होता है।

... danger was always at its most lethal when disguised as respectability.

... danger was always at its most lethal when disguised as respectability.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Truth
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Negative Type: Observation 95%

हमारा यह जीवन बस एक बार मिलता है, और हमें इसे अंत तक जीना ही है; इसलिए अगर हमें यह बेमानी लगे, तो हमें खुद ही इसे कोई मायने देने होंगे।

We only have one life to live, and must go on with it to the end, that if we feel it is meaningless, then we ourselves must give it meaning.

We only have one life to live, and must go on with it to the end, that if we feel it is meaningless, then we ourselves must give it meaning.

Topic Life & Existence Meaning of Life
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Philosophical 98%