यदि किसी कानून को चुनिंदा लोगों पर ही लागू किया जाए, तो वह किसी तानाशाही शासन के लिए और अधिक डरावना और कहीं अधिक प्रभावी बन जाता है
A law is always that much more scary and that much more effective for a totalitarian state if it's selectively enforced.
A law is always that much more scary and that much more effective for a totalitarian state if it's selectively enforced.
एक समलैंगिक अभिभावक होने के नाते मुझे या तो रूस से भागना होगा या फिर अपने बच्चों को खोना पड़ेगा
As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children
As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children
डोनाल्ड ट्रंप में यह बौद्धिक क्षमता साफ तौर पर नहीं है कि वे समझ सकें कि वे क्या कर रहे हैं। मुझे लगता है कि उनमें सत्ता हासिल करने के लिए झूठ का सहारा लेने की एक बहुत मजबूत प्रवृत्ति है, और वे यही करते हैं। जब भी वे झूठ बोलते हैं, वे यह कह रहे होते हैं "मैं जब चाहूँ, जो चाहूँ कह सकता हूँ, और आप इसके खिलाफ कुछ नहीं कर सकते।" मुझे लगता है कि वे इस बात को सहज रूप से समझते हैं। सत्ता और हेरफेर की उनकी समझ बेहद मंझी हुई है। इसे धौंस जमाना (बुलिंग) भी कहा जा सकता है। वे एक बेहद माहिर बुलि हैं, लेकिन बुलिंग करना कोई बहुत समझदारी भरी रणनीति नहीं है
Donald Trump clearly doesn't have the intellectual capacity to have a concept of what he's doing. I think he has a very strong instinct for using lying to assert power, and that's what he does. Every time he lies, he's saying "I can say whatever I want, whenever I want to, and there's nothing you can do about it." I think he understands that instinctively. He has a finely honed sense for power and manipulation. Bullying is another way to put it. He's a highly skilled bully, but bullying is not a very sophisticated strategy.
Donald Trump clearly doesn't have the intellectual capacity to have a concept of what he's doing. I think he has a very strong instinct for using lying to assert power, and that's what he does. Every time he lies, he's saying "I can say whatever I want, whenever I want to, and there's nothing you can do about it." I think he understands that instinctively. He has a finely honed sense for power and manipulation. Bullying is another way to put it. He's a highly skilled bully, but bullying is not a very sophisticated strategy.
डोनाल्ड ट्रंप के झूठ पर रिपोर्ट करने का फैक्ट-चेकिंग एक बेहद खराब तरीका है। यह ऐसा है जैसे हम उनके साथ किसी बहस या संवाद में उतर रहे हों। ऐसा लगता है जैसे, वे "ए" कहते हैं, और हम "ए" की जांच करते हैं, लेकिन इससे पूरी बात का संदर्भ गायब हो जाता है। यह कहना कि वे "गलत बयान" दे रहे हैं, इस स्थिति को कवर करने का और भी बदतर तरीका है। यह एनपीआर (NPR) की वह हास्यास्पद नीति है जो उनके झूठ को "झूठ" नहीं कहती। यह वास्तव में बहुत नुकसानदेह है
Fact-checking is a terrible way to report on Donald Trump's lying . It's like we enter into a dialogue with him. It's as though, he says "A," and we check "A," and it gives it no context. Saying that he's "misstating" is an even worse way of covering it. That's NPR's ridiculous policy of not calling his lies "lies." It's really destructive.
Fact-checking is a terrible way to report on Donald Trump's lying . It's like we enter into a dialogue with him. It's as though, he says "A," and we check "A," and it gives it no context. Saying that he's "misstating" is an even worse way of covering it. That's NPR's ridiculous policy of not calling his lies "lies." It's really destructive.
...समलैंगिक विवाह के लिए लड़ने में आम तौर पर इस बात पर झूठ बोलना शामिल होता है कि जब हम विवाह के अधिकार पा लेंगे तो हम इसका क्या करेंगे—क्योंकि हम यह झूठ बोलते हैं कि विवाह की संस्था बदलने नहीं जा रही है, और यह एक सरासर झूठ है। विवाह की संस्था बदलने वाली है, और इसे बदलना भी चाहिए। और फिर से कहूंगा, मेरा मानना है कि इसका अस्तित्व होना ही नहीं चाहिए
... fighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there-because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie. The institution of marriage is going to change, and it should change. And again, I don't think it should exist.
... fighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there-because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie. The institution of marriage is going to change, and it should change. And again, I don't think it should exist.
अपनी तानाशाही के पहले चरण में, व्लादिमीर पुतिन सार्वजनिक स्थानों को नष्ट करने में जुटे हुए थे। पद संभालने के पहले ही दिन, उन्होंने ऐसा कानून पेश किया जिसने चुनावी प्रणाली को सुधारने के नाम पर अगले पाँच वर्षों में उसे पूरी तरह से ध्वस्त कर दिया। इसलिए आज रूस में जो कुछ भी चुनावों के रूप में होता है, उसका वास्तविक चुनावों से कोई लेना-देना नहीं है
For the first stage of his dictatorship, Vladimir Putin was involved in destroying public space. On the first day he was in office, he introduced legislation that reformed and over five years effectively dismantled the electoral system. So anything that passes for elections in Russia today has nothing to do with actual elections.
For the first stage of his dictatorship, Vladimir Putin was involved in destroying public space. On the first day he was in office, he introduced legislation that reformed and over five years effectively dismantled the electoral system. So anything that passes for elections in Russia today has nothing to do with actual elections.
यहाँ अमेरिका में हमारे सामने राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप को लेकर एक समस्या जरूर है जो भाषा का दो अलग-अलग तरीकों से विनाशकारी इस्तेमाल करते हैं। पहला है झूठ बोलना, और शब्दों का ऐसा इस्तेमाल करना जिससे उनका उल्टा अर्थ निकले। जैसे, जब वे रूसी जांच को "विच हंट" (डायन-शिकार) कहते हैं। वे इसे "विच हंट" नहीं कह सकते क्योंकि विच हंट वह चीज है जो कोई शक्तिशाली व्यक्ति किसी शक्तिहीन के खिलाफ करता है। दुनिया का सबसे शक्तिशाली आदमी किसी विच हंट का शिकार नहीं हो सकता
Here in the U.S. we do have a problem with a president Donald Trump who uses language in two distinctly destructive ways. One is to lie, and to use words to mean their opposite. Like, when he calls the Russian investigation a "witch hunt." He can't call it a "witch hunt" because a witch hunt is something that a powerful person does against a powerless person. The most powerful man in the world cannot be the object of a witch hunt.
Here in the U.S. we do have a problem with a president Donald Trump who uses language in two distinctly destructive ways. One is to lie, and to use words to mean their opposite. Like, when he calls the Russian investigation a "witch hunt." He can't call it a "witch hunt" because a witch hunt is something that a powerful person does against a powerless person. The most powerful man in the world cannot be the object of a witch hunt.
मुझे इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं है कि अमेरिकी लोकतंत्र के ताने-बाने को बिगाड़ने के लिए रूस के प्रयास जारी हैं, लेकिन वे व्यवधान डालने के प्रयास हैं। राष्ट्रपति चुनाव में रूसी हस्तक्षेप से जुड़ी खुफिया रिपोर्ट के पीछे का मुख्य तर्क यह है कि रूस ने अमेरिकी जनमत को प्रभावित किया। हमें यह पसंद भले न आए, लेकिन अगर इसने अमेरिकी जनमत को प्रभावित किया है, कम से कम वैध गतिविधियों के रूप में (जैसा कि रिपोर्ट कहती है)—तो इसके बारे में आप कुछ नहीं कर सकते। वह बात गलत और गैरकानूनी तब होती जब इन प्रयासों में प्रत्यक्ष रूप से मिलीभगत (कॉल्यूजन) होती। हम यह नहीं जानते
I have no doubt that there are Russian efforts to disturb the fabric of American democracy, but they're disruption efforts. The working theory behind the intelligence report on Russian interference in the president election is that Russia influenced American public opinion. We may not like that, but if it influenced American public opinion, at least in the guise of legitimate activity - which is what the report says - then there's nothing you can do about that. Where it would be improper and illegal would be if there was actual collusion in those efforts. We don't know that.
I have no doubt that there are Russian efforts to disturb the fabric of American democracy, but they're disruption efforts. The working theory behind the intelligence report on Russian interference in the president election is that Russia influenced American public opinion. We may not like that, but if it influenced American public opinion, at least in the guise of legitimate activity - which is what the report says - then there's nothing you can do about that. Where it would be improper and illegal would be if there was actual collusion in those efforts. We don't know that.
मुझे लगता है कि कुछ लोगों को अमेरिकी संस्थाओं पर बिना ज्यादा जाने-समझे अंधा विश्वास है और वे सोचते हैं कि वे डोनाल्ड ट्रंप के सामने डटकर खड़ी रहेंगी और उन्हें तोड़ा नहीं जा सकता। असल में मुझे लगता है कि लोकतंत्र कोई ऐसी स्थिति नहीं है जिसे परिभाषित किया जा सके और हासिल किया जा सके। कोई भी देश या तो अधिक लोकतांत्रिक हो रहा होता है या कम लोकतांत्रिक। मुझे लगता है कि संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका ने लंबे समय से लोकतंत्र की ओर अपनी इस यात्रा की परवाह नहीं की है। यह कम लोकतांत्रिक होता जा रहा है, और इस समय यह भारी रूप से कम लोकतांत्रिक होने के खतरे में है
I think some people have blind faith in American institutions without knowing a whole lot about them and think they will stand up to Donald Trump and are indestructible. I actually think democracy is not a definable and achievable state. Any country is either becoming more democratic or less democratic. I think the United States hasn't tended to its journey toward democracy in a long time. It's been becoming less democratic, and right now it's in danger of becoming drastically less democratic.
I think some people have blind faith in American institutions without knowing a whole lot about them and think they will stand up to Donald Trump and are indestructible. I actually think democracy is not a definable and achievable state. Any country is either becoming more democratic or less democratic. I think the United States hasn't tended to its journey toward democracy in a long time. It's been becoming less democratic, and right now it's in danger of becoming drastically less democratic.
विपक्ष के लोगों के लिए अपना देश छोड़ना स्वाभाविक नहीं है। यह हमेशा एक व्यक्तिगत त्रासदी होती है||
It's not natural for people in the opposition to leave. It's always a personal catastrophe.
It's not natural for people in the opposition to leave. It's always a personal catastrophe.
पुतिन को अपनी मुखरता और ध्रुवीकरण के लिए एक दुश्मन की, एक 'दूसरे' की जरूरत थी। ऐसे में एलजीबीटी (LGBT) समुदाय बहुत ही मुफीद साबित हुआ: हम एक तरह से उनके सबसे बड़े विदेशी एजेंट हैं।
Putin needed an enemy, an Other, against which to mobilize. LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent.
Putin needed an enemy, an Other, against which to mobilize. LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent.
रूस में कई दर्जन राजनीतिक कैदी हैं। जब मैं यह आंकड़ा बताती हूँ, तो लोग अक्सर बहुत हैरान होते हैं। उन्हें लगता है कि इनकी संख्या इससे कहीं ज्यादा होगी। खैर—लाखों ऐसे लोग हैं जिन्हें कभी निष्पक्ष न्याय नहीं मिला और जो इस राजनीतिक व्यवस्था का शिकार हुए हैं। लेकिन एमनेस्टी इंटरनेशनल की परिभाषा के अनुसार, उनमें से ज्यादातर लोग राजनीतिक कैदी नहीं हैं क्योंकि वे किसी विरोध प्रदर्शन में हिस्सा लेने की वजह से जेल नहीं गए हैं।
There are several dozen political prisoners in Russia. When I cite that number people are often very surprised. They often think there are more. Well - there are hundreds of thousands of people who haven't had a fair trial, who are victims of the political system. But in the Amnesty International sense of the word, most of them are not political prisoners because they are not going to prison for protesting.
There are several dozen political prisoners in Russia. When I cite that number people are often very surprised. They often think there are more. Well - there are hundreds of thousands of people who haven't had a fair trial, who are victims of the political system. But in the Amnesty International sense of the word, most of them are not political prisoners because they are not going to prison for protesting.
व्लादिमीर पुतिन ने 'पुसी रायट' (Pussy Riot) के सदस्यों, अंतरराष्ट्रीय जलक्षेत्र से अगवा किए गए और दो महीने तक जेल में रखे गए ग्रीनपीस के कार्यकर्ताओं, और रूस के सबसे जाने-माने व सबसे लंबे समय से सजा काट रहे राजनीतिक कैदी मिखाइल खोडोरकोव्स्की को इसलिए रिहा किया क्योंकि वह आखिरकार घबराने लगे थे और उन्हें एहसास हुआ कि शायद उनके साथ तस्वीरें खिंचवाने वाला भी कोई नहीं बचेगा।
The reason Vladimir Putin released Pussy Riot, the Greenpeace activists who were kidnapped in international waters and kept in prison for two months, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's best-known and longest-serving political prisoner, was because he finally started panicking and realized that he may not have anyone to take pictures with.
The reason Vladimir Putin released Pussy Riot, the Greenpeace activists who were kidnapped in international waters and kept in prison for two months, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's best-known and longest-serving political prisoner, was because he finally started panicking and realized that he may not have anyone to take pictures with.
रूस में एक और ऐसा कानून विचाराधीन है जिसके तहत "पारंपरिक से अलग यौन संबंधों को बढ़ावा देने" को माता-पिता के अधिकार छीनने का आधार बनाया जा सकता है, और समलैंगिक परिवारों से बच्चों को पूरी तरह से छीना जा सकता है। अंतरराष्ट्रीय दबाव के चलते इस कानून को वापस ले लिया गया, हालांकि यह रोक शायद अस्थायी है। "पारंपरिक से अलग यौन संबंधों को बढ़ावा देने" का असल मतलब क्या है, यह कोई नहीं जानता। और इन सभी कानूनों का मकसद ही यही है। इन्हें जानबूझकर अस्पष्ट रखा जाता है ताकि इनका चुनिंदा और मनमाना इस्तेमाल न सिर्फ मुमकिन हो सके, बल्कि किया जाए।
There's another piece of legislation in Russia that would make "allowing for nontraditional sexual relations" a cause for removing parental rights, and remove children from same-sex families altogether. It was withdrawn, most likely temporarily, under international pressure. What "allowing for nontraditional sexual relations" means, nobody knows. And this is part of the point of all of these laws. They have to be vague to not just enable but require selective enforcement.
There's another piece of legislation in Russia that would make "allowing for nontraditional sexual relations" a cause for removing parental rights, and remove children from same-sex families altogether. It was withdrawn, most likely temporarily, under international pressure. What "allowing for nontraditional sexual relations" means, nobody knows. And this is part of the point of all of these laws. They have to be vague to not just enable but require selective enforcement.
रूसी और अमेरिकी समाजों में बहुत ज्यादा समानताएं नहीं हैं। हाँ, इनके पीछे काम करने वाली मनोवैज्ञानिक ताकतों में कुछ समानताएं जरूर हैं। एक बात जो हम सीख सकते वह यह है कि हालात बहुत तेजी से बदल सकते हैं। और यह विचार कि हम खुद को अच्छी तरह जानते हैं और इस देश में हालात एक हद से ज्यादा खराब नहीं हो सकते—पूरी तरह गलत है।
There's not a whole lot of similarity between the two societies, Russian and American. There are similarities behind psychological forces. One thing we can learn is that things can change pretty fast. And this idea that we know who we are and that things can only get so bad in this country - that's wrong.
There's not a whole lot of similarity between the two societies, Russian and American. There are similarities behind psychological forces. One thing we can learn is that things can change pretty fast. And this idea that we know who we are and that things can only get so bad in this country - that's wrong.
अमेरिका में एक ढकोसला चलता है, जो 'कथित तौर पर निष्पक्ष' यानी 'कहीं से भी न देखने वाले' पत्रकार का ढकोसला है—जो अब किसी तरह ऐसे पत्रकार में बदल चुका है मानो उसका जन्म आज सुबह ही हुआ हो। इसलिए, उसे यह पता नहीं होता कि डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने कल झूठ बोला था या परसों। नतीजतन, वह यह निष्कर्ष निकालता है कि उसे पता ही नहीं कि ट्रंप ने गलती से झूठ बोला या जानबूझकर। आप अनजान होने का नाटक तभी कर सकते हैं जब आपको यह न पता हो कि उसने कल और परसों भी झूठ बोला था। इसलिए, मेरे हिसाब से एनपीआर (NPR) जब यह कहती है कि उन्हें नहीं पता कि ट्रंप जानबूझकर झूठ बोल रहे हैं, तो वे खुद झूठ बोल रहे हैं। हमें इस मामले में थोड़ा और समझदार होना होगा।
There's this American pretense, which is the pretense of the journalist with the view from nowhere - which has somehow morphed into the journalist who was born this morning. So, he doesn't know that Donald Trump lied yesterday, and the day before. So, he concludes that he doesn't know whether Trump lied accidentally or on purpose. You can only pretend not to know that if you don't know that he lied yesterday, and the day before. So, to my mind when NPR says they don't know if he's intentionally lying, they're lying. We have to be smarter about it.
There's this American pretense, which is the pretense of the journalist with the view from nowhere - which has somehow morphed into the journalist who was born this morning. So, he doesn't know that Donald Trump lied yesterday, and the day before. So, he concludes that he doesn't know whether Trump lied accidentally or on purpose. You can only pretend not to know that if you don't know that he lied yesterday, and the day before. So, to my mind when NPR says they don't know if he's intentionally lying, they're lying. We have to be smarter about it.
क्या पश्चिम का प्रभाव रूस पर पड़ने से पहले वहाँ खुलेआम समलैंगिक लोग नहीं रहते थे? नहीं, ऐसा नहीं था। बल्कि सच तो यह है कि हाल तक इस देश में खुलकर जीने वाली इकलौती शख्सियत मैं ही थी। मैं अमेरिका जाकर समलैंगिक बनी। जब मैं गई थी तो चौदह साल की एक भली-भाली सोवियत लड़की थी, और जब लौटी तो एक लेस्बियन बनकर लौटी।
Were there open gays and lesbians before the West started influencing Russia? No, there weren't. In fact, the most out person in the country, until recently, was me. I turned gay in America. I was a nice Soviet fourteen-year-old when I left, and I came back a lesbian.
Were there open gays and lesbians before the West started influencing Russia? No, there weren't. In fact, the most out person in the country, until recently, was me. I turned gay in America. I was a nice Soviet fourteen-year-old when I left, and I came back a lesbian.
अतीत में प्रदर्शनकारियों के साथ क्या हुआ था? मूल रूप से, 2012 में सरकार ने कानूनों में बदलाव करके, किसी भी व्यक्ति को प्रदर्शन के नाम पर गिरफ्तार करना मुमकिन बनाकर, और सिर्फ विरोध प्रदर्शन के नेताओं को ही नहीं, बल्कि आम कार्यकर्ताओं और प्रदर्शनकारियों को भी डराने के लिए जेल में डालकर बड़े पैमाने पर हो रहे विरोध प्रदर्शनों के सिलसिले को रोक दिया था। इससे यह संदेश गया कि जो भी व्यक्ति बिना किसी बड़े आयोजनकर्ता या जाने-माने नेता बने किसी प्रदर्शन में शामिल होता है, वह गिरफ्तारी के जोखिम में है—और सिर्फ गिरफ्तारी ही नहीं, बल्कि रूसी जेल में कई साल बिताने के जोखिम में है।
What has happened to protesters in the past was that, basically, the government in 2012 put an end to a series of mass protests by changing laws, by making it possible to arrest anybody for protests, and by making basically a show of imprisoning not just protest leaders, and not specifically protest leaders, but activists, rank-and-file protest participants. That gets across the idea that anybody who joins a protest without being an organizer, without being a visible leader, risks arrest, and not risks just arrest, but years in a Russian jail.
What has happened to protesters in the past was that, basically, the government in 2012 put an end to a series of mass protests by changing laws, by making it possible to arrest anybody for protests, and by making basically a show of imprisoning not just protest leaders, and not specifically protest leaders, but activists, rank-and-file protest participants. That gets across the idea that anybody who joins a protest without being an organizer, without being a visible leader, risks arrest, and not risks just arrest, but years in a Russian jail.
रूस में जो हो रहा है वह यह नहीं कि आम जनता होमोफोबिक (समलैंगिकों से नफरत करने वाली) है, बल्कि यह है कि क्रेमलिन ने एक युद्ध छेड़ रखा है। आप यह समझाने वाली भली-भाली किताबें बाँटकर युद्ध नहीं जीत सकते कि दूसरा पक्ष वास्तव में उतना बुरा नहीं है।
What's going on in Russia is not that the public is homophobic, but that the Kremlin has unleashed a war. You don't fight a war by distributing well-meaning books about how the other side really isn't so bad.
What's going on in Russia is not that the public is homophobic, but that the Kremlin has unleashed a war. You don't fight a war by distributing well-meaning books about how the other side really isn't so bad.
जब मैं अपनी व्लादिमीर पुतिन की जीवनी के सिलसिले में दुनिया भर में दौरे कर रही थी, जो हर जगह प्रकाशित हुई थी, तो लोग मुझसे पूछते थे, "आप अब तक वहीं क्यों हैं, आपने देश क्यों नहीं छोड़ा?" मैं कहती थी, "मैं यहीं रहूँगी, यह मेरा घर है। उन्हें जाना चाहिए!" यह बात कहना बहुत सुकून देता था। लेकिन अब—वह जीत चुका है। विपक्ष के लोगों के लिए अपना देश छोड़ना स्वाभाविक नहीं होता। यह हमेशा एक निजी तबाही की तरह होता है। और फिर भी उसने लोगों को देश छोड़ने पर मजबूर कर दिया है। वर्तमान स्थिति और देश के भविष्य के बारे में यही सबसे डरावनी बात है।
When I was touring with my Vladimir Putin biography, which was published all over the world, people would ask me, How come you're still there, why haven't you left? I would say, I'm staying, it's my home. He can leave! It felt very good to say that. But now - he wins. It's not natural for people in the opposition to leave. It's always a personal catastrophe. And yet he's gotten people out of the country. That's the most terrifying thing about the current situation, and for the future of the country.
When I was touring with my Vladimir Putin biography, which was published all over the world, people would ask me, How come you're still there, why haven't you left? I would say, I'm staying, it's my home. He can leave! It felt very good to say that. But now - he wins. It's not natural for people in the opposition to leave. It's always a personal catastrophe. And yet he's gotten people out of the country. That's the most terrifying thing about the current situation, and for the future of the country.
जब आप अपनी आजादी खोते हैं, तो आप सबसे पहले और सबसे बढ़कर उन लोगों को चुनने का मौका खो देते हैं जिनकी संगति में आप रहना चाहते हैं।
When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.
When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.
जब आप विपक्ष का हिस्सा होते हैं, तो आप वहीं रहना चाहते हैं। यह आपकी पहचान का एक हिस्सा होता है। देश छोड़ने के बाद आप किसी काम के नहीं रहते। आपको ऐसा लगता है जैसे आप असफल हो गए हैं।
When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed.
When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed.
'पुसी रायट' के मामले में—यह एक शरारत थी! यह एक शानदार, कलात्मक रूप से बेहतरीन शरारत थी। लेकिन उन्हें अंदाजा नहीं था कि उन्हें जेल जाना पड़ेगा! वे कॉलेज की लड़कियां थीं जो दो साल के लिए राजनीतिक कैदी बन गईं। इससे वे उन आम लोगों जैसी बन गईं जो "सिर्फ एक दिन विरोध प्रदर्शन में शामिल होने गए थे" और गिरफ्तार हो गए। उन्हें जरा भी अंदाजा नहीं था कि वे अपनी जिंदगी के बाकी साल दांव पर लगा रही हैं। क्योंकि गुलाग (रूसी श्रम शिविर) में दो साल बिताने के बाद आप कभी पहले जैसे नहीं रहते।
With Pussy Riot - this was a prank! It was a brilliant, artistically gifted prank. But they didn't expect to go to prison! They were college girls who became political prisoners for two years. That makes them very similar to the people who were "just going to a protest one day" and got arrested. They had no idea they were risking the rest of their lives. Because you're never the same after you've spent two years in a gulag.
With Pussy Riot - this was a prank! It was a brilliant, artistically gifted prank. But they didn't expect to go to prison! They were college girls who became political prisoners for two years. That makes them very similar to the people who were "just going to a protest one day" and got arrested. They had no idea they were risking the rest of their lives. Because you're never the same after you've spent two years in a gulag.
आप यह उम्मीद नहीं कर सकते कि जो लोग आज से बीस साल पहले तक एक समुदाय के रूप में वजूद में ही नहीं थे, वे अचानक कोई राजनीतिक आंदोलन खड़ा कर लेंगे। एलजीबीटी समुदाय पर हुआ यह हमला उन लोगों के लिए बेहद चौंकाने वाला था जो खुद को कार्यकर्ता मानते हैं। वे तो मानो बालू के ढेर में खेल रहे थे, और अचानक वहाँ एक टैंक आ धमका! अब वे क्या करते—क्या प्लास्टिक के छोटे से फावड़े से उस टैंक को पीछे धकेलते? लेकिन समलैंगिक प्रचार विरोधी कानून आने के बाद से, लोगों ने सचमुच बढ़कर आगे हिस्सा लिया है, खुद को राजनीतिक रूप से जागरूक किया है, और बहुत तेजी से तरक्की की है।
You can't expect people who didn't exist as a community at all until about twenty years ago to have formed a political movement. This attack on the LGBT community was very shocking to the people who consider themselves to be activists. They're basically playing in the sandbox, and there's a tank coming! And what are they supposed to do - use the plastic shovel to push the tank back? But since the homosexual propaganda legislation, people have really stepped up, educated themselves politically, and grown by leaps and bounds.
You can't expect people who didn't exist as a community at all until about twenty years ago to have formed a political movement. This attack on the LGBT community was very shocking to the people who consider themselves to be activists. They're basically playing in the sandbox, and there's a tank coming! And what are they supposed to do - use the plastic shovel to push the tank back? But since the homosexual propaganda legislation, people have really stepped up, educated themselves politically, and grown by leaps and bounds.
रूस में यदि आप किसी कानूनी रूप से स्वीकृत विरोध प्रदर्शन में भी शामिल होते हैं, तो आप सब दांव पर लगा देते हैं। इससे जोखिम और बढ़ जाता है।
You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes.
You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes.