अफ़्रीका उस बच्चे की तरह है जो कुछ भी गलत होते ही तुरंत अपनी दाई (या आया) को पुकारने लगता है। अफ़्रीका को अपने पैरों पर खुद खड़ा होना चाहिए।
Africa is like a child that immediately cries for its babysitter when something goes wrong. Africa should stand on its own two feet.
Africa is like a child that immediately cries for its babysitter when something goes wrong. Africa should stand on its own two feet.
जिन देशों ने सबसे ज़्यादा विकास सहायता जुटाई है, आज वही सबसे बुरी हालत में भी हैं। अफ़्रीका में अरबों रुपए झोंके जाने के बावजूद, यह महाद्वीप गरीब ही बना हुआ है।
The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.
The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.
अफ़्रीका को आधुनिकता की ओर पहला कदम खुद ही उठाना होगा। सोच में बदलाव लाना जरूरी है। हमें खुद को भिखारी समझना बंद करना होगा।
Africa must take the first steps into modernity on its own. There must be a change in mentality. We have to stop perceiving ourselves as beggars.
Africa must take the first steps into modernity on its own. There must be a change in mentality. We have to stop perceiving ourselves as beggars.
विकास सहायता अफ़्रीका की समस्याओं के मुख्य कारणों में से एक है। यदि पश्चिमी देश यह मदद देना बंद कर दें, तो आम अफ़्रीकियों को इसका अहसास भी नहीं होगा। केवल अधिकारियों को तगड़ा झटका लगेगा। यही वजह है कि वे दावा करते हैं कि इस विकास सहायता के बिना दुनिया थम जाएगी।
Development aid is one of the reasons for Africa's problems. If the West were to cancel these payments, normal Africans wouldn't even notice. Only the functionaries would be hard hit. Which is why they maintain that the world would stop turning without this development aid.
Development aid is one of the reasons for Africa's problems. If the West were to cancel these payments, normal Africans wouldn't even notice. Only the functionaries would be hard hit. Which is why they maintain that the world would stop turning without this development aid.
अफ़्रीकियों को आत्मनिर्भर बनने के बजाय भिखारी बनना सिखाया जाता है।
Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent.
Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent.
औद्योगिक देशों में ऐसा महसूस किया जाता है कि विकास सहायता के बिना अफ़्रीका बर्बाद हो जाएगा। लेकिन मेरा विश्वास कीजिए, आप यूरोपीय लोगों के आने से पहले भी अफ़्रीका का अस्तित्व था। और तब भी हमारा हाल इतना बुरा नहीं था।
In the industrial nations, there's a sense that Africa would go under without development aid. But believe me, Africa existed before you Europeans came along. And we didn't do all that poorly either.
In the industrial nations, there's a sense that Africa would go under without development aid. But believe me, Africa existed before you Europeans came along. And we didn't do all that poorly either.
कोई भी किसी अफ़्रीकी को एक सफल व्यवसायी के रूप में देख ही नहीं पाता। मौजूदा स्थिति को बदलने में तभी मदद मिलेगी जब ये सहायता संगठन यहाँ से बाहर निकल जाएं।
No one can really picture an African as a businessman. In order to change the current situation, it would be helpful if the aid organizations were to pull out.
No one can really picture an African as a businessman. In order to change the current situation, it would be helpful if the aid organizations were to pull out.
अफ़्रीका को हमेशा केवल दुखों के महाद्वीप के रूप में दिखाया जाता है, जबकि ज्यादातर आंकड़े बेहद बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर पेश किए जाते हैं।
Africa is always only portrayed as a continent of suffering, but most figures are vastly exaggerated.
Africa is always only portrayed as a continent of suffering, but most figures are vastly exaggerated.
AIDS एक बड़ा व्यापार है, शायद अफ़्रीका का सबसे बड़ा व्यापार। AIDS के डरावने आंकड़ों जितना अधिक सहायता धन और किसी चीज़ से नहीं मिल सकता। यहाँ AIDS एक राजनीतिक बीमारी है, और हमें इसे लेकर बहुत संशयवादी होना चाहिए।
AIDS is big business, maybe Africa's biggest business. There's nothing else that can generate as much aid money as shocking figures on AIDS. AIDS is a political disease here, and we should be very skeptical.
AIDS is big business, maybe Africa's biggest business. There's nothing else that can generate as much aid money as shocking figures on AIDS. AIDS is a political disease here, and we should be very skeptical.
अफ़्रीकी खुद को केवल पीड़ित के रूप में देखते हैं।
Africans only perceive themselves as victims.
Africans only perceive themselves as victims.
चूँकि यह बात स्वीकार्य नहीं हो सकती कि सहायता कर्मी का ड्राइवर केवल अपनी ही आदिवासी भाषा बोलता है, इसलिए ऐसे आवेदक की जरूरत होती है जो धाराप्रवाह अंग्रेजी भी बोल सके - और आदर्श रूप से, जो अच्छे तौर-तरीकों वाला भी हो। नतीजतन, आप देखते हैं कि कोई अफ़्रीकी बायोकेमिस्ट किसी सहायता कर्मी को गाड़ी चलाकर घुमा रहा है, यूरोपीय भोजन बांट रहा है, और स्थानीय किसानों को उनकी नौकरियों से बेदखल कर रहा है। यह सरासर पागलपन है!
Because it's unacceptable that the aid worker's chauffeur only speaks his own tribal language, an applicant is needed who also speaks English fluently - and, ideally, one who is also well mannered. So you end up with some African biochemist driving an aid worker around, distributing European food, and forcing local farmers out of their jobs. That's just crazy!
Because it's unacceptable that the aid worker's chauffeur only speaks his own tribal language, an applicant is needed who also speaks English fluently - and, ideally, one who is also well mannered. So you end up with some African biochemist driving an aid worker around, distributing European food, and forcing local farmers out of their jobs. That's just crazy!