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रूस की सबसे बड़ी कमज़ोरियाँ उसका लचीलापन न होना और ऊर्जा संसाधनों पर अत्यधिक निर्भरता है।

Russia's main weaknesses are inflexibility and dependence on energy resources

Russia's main weaknesses are inflexibility and dependence on energy resources

धर्मनिरपेक्ष (सेक्युलर) यूटोपियावादियों ने भी लगभग वही बात कही, बस उन्होंने समीकरण से बाइबल को बाहर कर दिया। धार्मिक और धर्मनिरपेक्ष दोनों समूहों ने एक-दूसरे को हमसफर के रूप में पहचाना। वे आपस में समाचार पत्रिकाओं (न्यूज़लेटर) का आदान-प्रदान करते थे और एक-दूसरे से ऐसे सवाल पूछते थे, जैसे—"अगर आप 800 लोगों के लिए खाना बना रहे हैं, तो इस्तेमाल करने के लिए सबसे अच्छा सूप पॉट कौन सा है?" उनके बीच इस तरह के व्यावहारिक संबंध थे।

The secular utopians basically said the exact same thing, they just took the Bible out of the equation. The religious and the secular groups recognized each other as fellow travellers. They exchanged newsletters and asked each other questions like, "What's a good soup pot to use if you're making dinner for 800 people?" They had these practical connections.

The secular utopians basically said the exact same thing, they just took the Bible out of the equation. The religious and the secular groups recognized each other as fellow travellers. They exchanged newsletters and asked each other questions like, "What's a good soup pot to use if you're making dinner for 800 people?" They had these practical connections.

मैंने ऐसे दो उदाहरणों का अध्ययन किया जिनमें एक समुदाय ने आश्चर्यजनक रूप से एक ऐसे पहले से बसे हुए गाँव में अपना डेरा डाला, जिसे किसी अन्य पूर्ववर्ती समूह ने बसाया था। रैपाइट्स एक जर्मन सहस्राब्दीवादी (millenarian) संप्रदाय थे, जिन्हें मैं अपनी कहानी से ज़्यादातर बाहर रखती हूँ, भले ही वे बेहद आकर्षक हों, क्योंकि उनका ध्यान दुनिया को बदलने के बजाय मुक्ति पाने और दुनिया से कटकर रहने पर था, जो मेरे द्वारा लिखे गए अन्य समूहों से बिल्कुल अलग था।

There are two instances I studied in which a community moved, amazingly, into an preexisting village built by other, earlier communalists. The Rappites were a German millenarian sect I mostly leave out of the story, even though they are fascinating, because they're focused on salvation and retreating from the world, as opposed to transforming it, like the other groups I write about.

There are two instances I studied in which a community moved, amazingly, into an preexisting village built by other, earlier communalists. The Rappites were a German millenarian sect I mostly leave out of the story, even though they are fascinating, because they're focused on salvation and retreating from the world, as opposed to transforming it, like the other groups I write about.

फ्रेंच यूटोपियावादी चार्ल्स फूरियर और रॉबर्ट ओवन दोनों का यह साझा सपना था कि पूरा का पूरा शहर एक ही इमारत में समा जाए। ओवन ने जिसे "पैरेललोग्राम" (समानांतर चतुर्भुज) कहा, उसका डिज़ाइन मूल रूप से एक ऐसी बड़ी इमारत का था जिसमें एक विशाल प्रांगण के इर्द-गिर्द पूरा शहर बसा हो। फूरियर की योजना वर्सेल्स जैसी एक विशाल संरचना बनाने की थी जिसे उन्होंने "फैलेस्ट्री" कहा। दोनों ही मामलों में उनके पास ऐसे वास्तुशिल्पीय सपने थे जिन्हें आज हम पूरी तरह से अनाकर्षक मानते हैं।

The vision shared by both [French utopian] Charles Fourier and Robert Owen was for an entire town to fit into one structure. Owen's design for what he called a "parallelogram" was essentially to have a whole city in one building, laid out around a huge quadrangle. Fourier's scheme was to build a massive Versailles-like structure that he called a "phalanstery." In both cases they had these architectural dreams that we now recognize as pretty unappealing.

The vision shared by both [French utopian] Charles Fourier and Robert Owen was for an entire town to fit into one structure. Owen's design for what he called a "parallelogram" was essentially to have a whole city in one building, laid out around a huge quadrangle. Fourier's scheme was to build a massive Versailles-like structure that he called a "phalanstery." In both cases they had these architectural dreams that we now recognize as pretty unappealing.

प्रबोधन काल (Enlightenment) का यह विश्वास कि हर दशक के साथ चीजें थोड़ी बेहतर हो रही हैं, अब संभालना मुश्किल हो गया था। लोगों को एहसास हो गया था कि अभी-अभी एक ऐसा युद्ध हुआ है जो 1812 के युद्ध से भी बदतर था, और क्रांति से भी ज़्यादा भयानक था; यह साफ दिख रहा था कि हालात लगातार बेहतर नहीं हो रहे थे।

The Enlightenment faith that things are getting a little bit better each decade becomes difficult to support. People recognized that there had just been a war that was worse than the war of 1812, and worse than the Revolution; things were clearly not getting better and better.

The Enlightenment faith that things are getting a little bit better each decade becomes difficult to support. People recognized that there had just been a war that was worse than the war of 1812, and worse than the Revolution; things were clearly not getting better and better.

यूटोपियाई कथाएँ (फिक्शन) सचमुच बहुत उबाऊ होती हैं। मुझे उनमें से बहुत सी पढ़नी पड़ी हैं, और वे इतनी मज़ेदार नहीं हैं। लेकिन ऐतिहासिक दस्तावेजों के रूप में वे मुझे बेहद आकर्षक लगती हैं। केबेट [इकारिया के संस्थापक और यूटोपियाई उपन्यास 'ट्रैवल्स इन इकारिया' के लेखक] 1830 के दशक में लिख रहे हैं, और एक आदर्श समाज के बारे में उनके विचार उस दौर के बारे में बहुत कुछ बयां करते हैं। लेकिन उनकी किताब अपने आप में बेहद खराब है।

Utopian fiction is really boring. I had to read a lot of it, and it's not that much fun. But they're fascinating to me as historical documents. Cabet [Icaria's founder and author of the utopian novel, Travels in Icaria], is writing in the 1830s, and his idea of the perfect society reveals a lot about his time. But his book is uniquely bad.

Utopian fiction is really boring. I had to read a lot of it, and it's not that much fun. But they're fascinating to me as historical documents. Cabet [Icaria's founder and author of the utopian novel, Travels in Icaria], is writing in the 1830s, and his idea of the perfect society reveals a lot about his time. But his book is uniquely bad.

ओनेडा परफेक्शनिस्ट्स और कुछ अन्य लोगों का मानना था कि नारीवाद, दासप्रथा का उन्मूलन, और ऐसे ही अन्य मुद्दे जिन्हें वे अपने तरीके से आगे बढ़ा रहे थे (बिना समुदाय के बाहर के लोगों से मेल-जोल बढ़ाए), वे सब टुकड़ों में किए जाने वाले सुधार भर थे। यही बात एक यूटोपियावादी को यूटोपियावादी बनाती है—यह विचार कि वे बिल्कुल शून्य से एक पूरी नई दुनिया रचने जा रहे थे।

The Oneida Perfectionists, along with some of the others, believed that feminism, and abolitionism, and other causes that they pursued in their own way without participating with other people outside of their communities, were all piecemeal reforms. That's what makes a utopian a utopian, this idea that they were going to create a whole new world from scratch.

The Oneida Perfectionists, along with some of the others, believed that feminism, and abolitionism, and other causes that they pursued in their own way without participating with other people outside of their communities, were all piecemeal reforms. That's what makes a utopian a utopian, this idea that they were going to create a whole new world from scratch.

मैं 20वीं सदी के कम्यूनवाद (सामूहिकता) और वैकल्पिक समुदायों, यानी 60 और 70 के दशक में कम्यून की बाढ़ में बहुत दिलचस्पी रखती थी। इसी ने मुझे वापस 19वीं सदी की ओर ला खड़ा किया। यह देखकर मुझे हैरानी हुई कि 20वीं सदी के मुकाबले 19वीं सदी में कहीं अधिक यूटोपियाई (आदर्शवादी) विचार मौजूद थे, जिन्हें मैं अपने शब्दों में बयां कर सकती हूँ। न सिर्फ़ ये विचार बेहद चरम पर थे, बल्कि हैरान करने वाली बात यह थी कि लोग इन्हें अपना भी रहे थे।

I was really interested in 20th century communalism and alternative communities, the boom of communes in the 60s and 70s. That led me back to the 19th century. I was shocked to find what I would describe as far more utopian ideas in the 19th century than in the 20th century. Not only were the ideas so extreme, but surprising people were adopting them.

I was really interested in 20th century communalism and alternative communities, the boom of communes in the 60s and 70s. That led me back to the 19th century. I was shocked to find what I would describe as far more utopian ideas in the 19th century than in the 20th century. Not only were the ideas so extreme, but surprising people were adopting them.

यह बेहद चिंता का विषय है क्योंकि नस्लवाद, स्त्री-द्वेष और लोगों को हाशिए पर धकेलने को लेकर कई लोगों ने ऐसी बातें कही हैं और ऐसे काम किए हैं जो बेहद घृणित हैं—यह बात अब पूरी तरह सच साबित हो रही है, जिसे बेनकाब करने और लोगों को इसके बारे में शिक्षित करने में मैंने अपने जीवन के पिछले 21 साल बिताए हैं। मौजूदा समय में यह श्वेत राष्ट्रवादियों के लिए किसी सपने के सच होने जैसा है।

It's a cause for great concern because a lot of people have said and done repulsive things in terms of racism and misogyny and marginalizing people - it's really come to fruition, something I've spent the last 21 years of my life trying to expose and educate people on. This really is kind of a dream scenario for white nationalists at the moment.

It's a cause for great concern because a lot of people have said and done repulsive things in terms of racism and misogyny and marginalizing people - it's really come to fruition, something I've spent the last 21 years of my life trying to expose and educate people on. This really is kind of a dream scenario for white nationalists at the moment.

जहाँ तक शिकागो का सवाल है, हमारा शहर नस्लवाद को ध्यान में रखकर डिज़ाइन किया गया था, जहाँ एक्सप्रेसवे और ट्रेन की पटरियों के ज़रिए रिहायशी इलाकों को विभाजित किया गया था। यहाँ तक कि हाइलैंड पार्क जैसे उपनगरों का भी यह पुराना इतिहास रहा है कि उन्होंने यहूदी और अश्वेत लोगों को दूर रखा। वह इतिहास, जो हमेशा से मौजूद था, अब मौजूदा सामाजिक और राजनीतिक माहौल के कारण छिपकर रहने के बजाय खुलकर सामने आ गया है।

As far Chicago, our city was designed with racism in mind, with neighborhoods segregated by expressways and train tracks. Even suburbs, like Highland Park, have long histories of barring Jewish and black people. That history that has always existed has come out of the shadows because of the social and political climate.

As far Chicago, our city was designed with racism in mind, with neighborhoods segregated by expressways and train tracks. Even suburbs, like Highland Park, have long histories of barring Jewish and black people. That history that has always existed has come out of the shadows because of the social and political climate.

तेहरान में, ईरान बंधक संकट के 444 दिन दुनिया की ऐसी पहली घटना थी जिसमें आप सीधे लाइव घटनाओं को अपने लिविंग रूम में देख सकते थे। अब, दुनिया की हर घटना अपने आप में और एक मीडिया इवेंट के रूप में सामने आती है।

In Tehran, the 444 days of the Iran Hostage Crisis was the first world event in which you could literally have live events beamed into your living room. Now, every world event plays out on its own, and as a media event.

In Tehran, the 444 days of the Iran Hostage Crisis was the first world event in which you could literally have live events beamed into your living room. Now, every world event plays out on its own, and as a media event.

जिस पल आप कोई तस्वीर खींचते हैं, आप जिस भी चीज़ की तस्वीर ले रहे हैं उसे अतीत के हवाले कर देते हैं, क्योंकि वह खास पल अब दोबारा नहीं आ सकता, वह इतिहास बन जाता है। मैं जिस फोटोग्राफी को जीता हूँ, वह एक निश्चित समय और स्थान पर होती है, जो लोगों के जीवन के वास्तविक पलों को दर्शाती है। एक तरह से मैं खुद को इतिहासकार समझता हूँ, लेकिन उस अर्थ में नहीं। इतिहास अक्सर दूर बैठकर लिखा जाता है, और शायद ही कभी उन लोगों के दृष्टिकोण से जो उसे झेलते हैं।

The moment you make a photograph you consign whatever you photograph to the past as that specific moment no longer exists, it is history. The photography that I practice takes place in a specific time and place, depicting real moments in people's lives. In some ways I think of myself as a historian, but not of the word. History is most often written from a distance, and rarely from the viewpoint of those who endured it.

The moment you make a photograph you consign whatever you photograph to the past as that specific moment no longer exists, it is history. The photography that I practice takes place in a specific time and place, depicting real moments in people's lives. In some ways I think of myself as a historian, but not of the word. History is most often written from a distance, and rarely from the viewpoint of those who endured it.

"50 के दशक में जब मैं बड़ी हो रही थी, तब मैंने कभी "महिला फिल्म निर्देशक" के बारे में नहीं सुना था, इसलिए मैंने इसे एक विकल्प के रूप में कभी नहीं सोचा। लेकिन मैं भाग्यशाली थी कि 60 के दशक के अंत और 70 के दशक में, नारीवादी आंदोलन की वजह से, महिलाओं ने उन सभी क्षेत्रों में कदम रखना शुरू कर दिया जो पहले उनके लिए बंद थे और फिल्म निर्माण भी उनमें से एक था।"

When I was growing up in the '50s, I had never heard of a "woman film director," so I did not consider it as an option. But I was fortunate that in the late-'60s and '70s, because of the feminist movement, women were stepping into all sorts of careers that had been closed to them in the past and film was one of them.

When I was growing up in the '50s, I had never heard of a "woman film director," so I did not consider it as an option. But I was fortunate that in the late-'60s and '70s, because of the feminist movement, women were stepping into all sorts of careers that had been closed to them in the past and film was one of them.

मॉन्ट्रियल एक अनोखा शहर है, जहाँ वास्तुकला और इतिहास की बेहद दिलचस्प कहानियाँ हैं, और यह यूरोप तथा उत्तर अमेरिका का एक अजीब सा मिश्रण है। यह पूरी तरह कनाडा नहीं है और न ही पूरी तरह अमेरिका, और इसमें एक साफ़-सुथरा यूरोपीय अहसास झलकता है। यह एक बेहद, बेहद दिलचस्प शहर है।

Montreal's a unique city, very fascinating stories of architecture and history, and it's this sort of bizarre mixture of Europe and North America. It's not quite Canada and it's not quite America, and it's definitely got this very Euro feel to it. It's a very, very interesting city.

Montreal's a unique city, very fascinating stories of architecture and history, and it's this sort of bizarre mixture of Europe and North America. It's not quite Canada and it's not quite America, and it's definitely got this very Euro feel to it. It's a very, very interesting city.

लॉन्ग आइलैंड में बॉक्सिंग का एक पुराना इतिहास रहा है। बडी मैकगिर्ट और गेरी कूनी को गुजरे काफी वक्त हो गया है, लेकिन आप जानते ही हैं कि अब यहाँ बॉक्सिंग का एक तरह से पुनरुत्थान (कमबैक) हो रहा है। हम लगातार वहाँ अपने शो आयोजित कर रहे हैं - पैरामाउंट में होने वाले स्टार बॉक्सिंग शो ने पिछले कुछ सालों में भारी भीड़ जुटाई है और आज वहाँ बहुत से उभरते हुए प्रतिभावान खिलाड़ी हैं। अब आपको ऐसे कई जिम देखने को मिल जाएंगे जहाँ पेशेवर और मुकाबले के लिए तैयार फाइटर्स ट्रेनिंग करते हैं।

Boxing on Long Island - there is history there. It's been a while since Buddy McGirt and Gerry Cooney, but you know, we are in kind of a resurgence now. We are putting our show there constantly - Star Boxing shows at the Paramount have drawn big crowds over the years and there is a lot of up and coming talent there now. You see more and more gyms with competitive professional fighters.

Boxing on Long Island - there is history there. It's been a while since Buddy McGirt and Gerry Cooney, but you know, we are in kind of a resurgence now. We are putting our show there constantly - Star Boxing shows at the Paramount have drawn big crowds over the years and there is a lot of up and coming talent there now. You see more and more gyms with competitive professional fighters.

मैं साफ देख रहा हूँ कि अमेरिका तीन बड़े झटकों के बोझ तले चरमरा रहा है। पहला है 9/11 का हमला और आतंकवाद का खतरा, जो सीरिया, इराक और अन्य जगहों पर आज भी बहुत बड़ा है। दूसरा है 2003 का इराक युद्ध जो विफल रहा, जिसमें भारी कीमत चुकानी पड़ी और बहुत से लोगों की नजरों में अमेरिका की विश्वसनीयता को मिट्टी में मिला दिया। ओबामा ने इसे कुछ हद तक सुधारा है, लेकिन वे जख्म बहुत गहरे हैं। और तीसरा, बैंक डूब गए, पूरे रियल एस्टेट बाज़ार के पैरों तले ज़मीन खिसक गई।

I really see the U.S. staggering under the burden of three blows. One is 9/11 and the threat of terrorism, which is still huge in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere. The second is the failed 2003 war in Iraq, which cost so much and ruined America's credibility in the eyes of so many. Obama has repaired it to some extent, but those scars are deep. And then, thirdly, banks failed, the whole real estate market had the carpet pulled out from under it.

I really see the U.S. staggering under the burden of three blows. One is 9/11 and the threat of terrorism, which is still huge in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere. The second is the failed 2003 war in Iraq, which cost so much and ruined America's credibility in the eyes of so many. Obama has repaired it to some extent, but those scars are deep. And then, thirdly, banks failed, the whole real estate market had the carpet pulled out from under it.

तालिबान के दोबारा उठ खड़े होने और मजबूत होने की कहानी उन जगहों से शुरू होती है जहाँ उन्होंने 2001 के बाद शरण ली थी। और जब तक वे नेतृत्व और प्रशिक्षण केंद्र अफगानिस्तान से बाहर बेखौफ होकर काम करते रहेंगे, तब तक यह संघर्ष खत्म नहीं होगा।

The story of Taliban recovery and resurgence begins in the places where they took refuge after 2001. And as long as those leadership structures and training structures operate outside of Afghanistan with relative impunity, the conflict will continue.

The story of Taliban recovery and resurgence begins in the places where they took refuge after 2001. And as long as those leadership structures and training structures operate outside of Afghanistan with relative impunity, the conflict will continue.

कनाडा के इतिहास की सच्चाई यह है कि दुनिया द्वारा मांगे जाने पर हमने हमेशा महत्वपूर्ण काम करने की इच्छा दिखाई है: द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध में लड़ना, कोरिया में, बाल्कन में जहाँ हम आक्रामक सैन्य अभियानों में शामिल थे, और अफगानिस्तान में जहाँ हमने अपनी क्षमता से बढ़कर योगदान दिया है।

The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in World War II, in Korea, in the Balkans, where we were involved in offensive military operations, and in Afghanistan, where we have made disproportionate contributions.

The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in World War II, in Korea, in the Balkans, where we were involved in offensive military operations, and in Afghanistan, where we have made disproportionate contributions.

जिस समय राजा राममोहन राय के दिनों में इस देश में अंग्रेजी शिक्षा की शुरुआत हुई थी, तब मोहम्मडनों (मुसलमानों) ने इसे स्वीकार नहीं किया था... उन्होंने अंग्रेजी शिक्षा को तो अपनाया ही नहीं, साथ ही वे उस संस्कृति से भी कट गए जिसे उनके पुरखों ने आगे बढ़ाया था। परिणाम यह हुआ कि जहाँ हिंदुओं ने जीवन में तरक्की की, सरकारी नौकरियां हासिल कीं और वे तमाम चीजें पाईं जिन्हें लोग जीवन में अहमियत देते हैं, वहीं मुसलमान इन सब से वंचित रह गए और धीरे-धीरे स्वदेशी आंदोलन के समय दोनों समुदायों के बीच एक तरह की दूरियाँ और अलगाव पैदा हो गया।

In the days of Ram Mohan Roy when English education was introduced in this country, the Mahomedans did not accept it... They did not accept English education and at the same time they were divorced from the culture which their fathers had advanced. The result was that whereas the Hindus got on in life, got into government employment, got many things which people value in life, the Mahomedans were left without it and gradually there came to be a sort of estrangement between the two nationalities at the time of the Swadeshi movement.

In the days of Ram Mohan Roy when English education was introduced in this country, the Mahomedans did not accept it... They did not accept English education and at the same time they were divorced from the culture which their fathers had advanced. The result was that whereas the Hindus got on in life, got into government employment, got many things which people value in life, the Mahomedans were left without it and gradually there came to be a sort of estrangement between the two nationalities at the time of the Swadeshi movement.

हम यह नहीं भूल सकते कि हम एक साम्राज्य के साये में जी रहे हैं और कई सालों से जीते आ रहे हैं। हम यह भी नहीं भूल सकते कि भारत के विभिन्न प्रांत धीरे-धीरे एक-दूसरे के करीब आ रहे हैं और हमारे बीच एक नई राष्ट्रीयता पनप रही है जिसमें न केवल अलग-अलग प्रांत बल्कि संपूर्ण भारत शामिल है; और हम इस बात को नहीं भूल सकते कि हमारे हित, यहाँ तक कि हमारे स्वार्थी हित, हमारी उम्मीदें और हमारी महत्वाकांक्षाएं इस साम्राज्य के हितों से अटूट रूप से जुड़ी हुई हैं।

We cannot forget that we live and have been living for many years in the midst of an empire. We cannot forget that the different provinces of India are gradually coming closer to one another and a new nationality which comprises not only the different provinces but the whole of India is growing up in our midst and we cannot forget that our interests, even our selfish interests, our hopes, our ambitions are indissolubly connected with the interest of the empire.

We cannot forget that we live and have been living for many years in the midst of an empire. We cannot forget that the different provinces of India are gradually coming closer to one another and a new nationality which comprises not only the different provinces but the whole of India is growing up in our midst and we cannot forget that our interests, even our selfish interests, our hopes, our ambitions are indissolubly connected with the interest of the empire.