सकारात्मक बदलाव लाने के लिए किसी देश पर हमला करने या वहाँ नई सरकार बिठाने की कोई जरूरत नहीं होती।

You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.

You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.

उन्नीसवीं सदी में इंसानियत के सामने सबसे बड़ी नैतिक चुनौती गुलामी थी। बीसवीं सदी में यह तानाशाही के खिलाफ जंग थी। हमारा मानना है कि इस सदी में सबसे बड़ी नैतिक चुनौती पूरी दुनिया में लैंगिक समानता (Gender Equality) के लिए लड़ना होगी।

In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth century, it was the battle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world.

In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth century, it was the battle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world.

अच्छी नीयत रखने वाले अमेरिकियों के मन में भी ऐसा भ्रम बैठा हुआ है कि अफ्रीका हत्याओं और अंग-भंग करने वाली घटनाओं का एक ऐसा काला कुआँ है जिसे कभी सुधारा नहीं जा सकता, चाहे कितनी भी मदद क्यों न भेज दी जाए।

There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in.

There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in.

आम तौर पर, मानवाधिकारों की बात उन्हीं लोगों को सबसे ज्यादा प्रभावित करती है जो पहले से ही मानवाधिकारों की परवाह करते हैं।

In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.

In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.

यह कहीं बेहतर है कि कुछ लोगों की जान अनियमित रूप से बचाई जाए, बजाए इसके कि किसी की भी जान न बचाई जाए।

It is better to inconsistently save some lives than to consistently save none.

It is better to inconsistently save some lives than to consistently save none.

...पर्यावरण संगठन अक्सर जरूरत से ज्यादा डर पैदा करते हैं। उनका रिकॉर्ड बेहद खराब रहा है, इसलिए जनता के बीच से उनका भरोसा उठ चुका है।

...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.

...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.

मैंने अक्सर किसी जगह की कहानी वहाँ के लोगों के जरिए बयां करने की कोशिश की है।

I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there.

I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there.

अगर अमेरिका श्रीलंका और इंडोनेशिया जैसे सुनामी प्रभावित देशों के लोगों की मदद करना चाहता है—साथ ही अफ्रीका के अन्य गरीब देशों की भी—तो एक ऐसा कदम है जिस पर हमारा एक भी पैसा खर्च नहीं होगा और लाखों लोगों की जान बच जाएगी। वह कदम है मलेरिया से तबाह हुए देशों में डीजीटी (DDT) के इस्तेमाल की अनुमति देना।

If the U.S. wants to help people in tsunami-hit countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia - not to mention other poor countries in Africa - there's one step that would cost us nothing and would save hundreds of thousands of lives. It would be to allow DDT in malaria-ravaged countries.

If the U.S. wants to help people in tsunami-hit countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia - not to mention other poor countries in Africa - there's one step that would cost us nothing and would save hundreds of thousands of lives. It would be to allow DDT in malaria-ravaged countries.

दुनिया हर साल पालतू जानवरों के खाने पर 40 अरब डॉलर खर्च करती है।

The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food.

The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food.

बीते 50 वर्षों में जितनी लड़कियाँ सिर्फ इसलिए मार डाली गईं क्योंकि वे लड़कियाँ थीं, उतनी तो 20वीं सदी की सभी लड़ाइयों में कुल मिलाकर सैनिक भी नहीं मारे गए थे। बीसवीं सदी के सभी नरसंहारों में जितने लोग मारे गए, उससे कहीं ज्यादा लड़कियाँ हर एक दशक में इस रूढ़िवादी नरसंहार (gendercide) का शिकार हो जाती हैं। हर दिन बच्चे को जन्म देते समय जितनी महिलाओं की मौत होती है, वह 5 जंबो जेट विमानों में भरी सवारियों के बराबर है... पश्चिम देशों के मुकाबले किसी गरीब देश में माँ बनने पर मौत का जोखिम 1,000 गुना ज्यादा होता है। यह एक अंतरराष्ट्रीय कलंक होना चाहिए।

More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in the 20th century. More girls are killed in this routine gendercide in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the 20th century. The equivalent of 5 jumbo jets worth of women die in labor each day... life time risk of maternal death is 1,000x higher in a poor country than in the west. That should be an international scandal.

More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in the 20th century. More girls are killed in this routine gendercide in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the 20th century. The equivalent of 5 jumbo jets worth of women die in labor each day... life time risk of maternal death is 1,000x higher in a poor country than in the west. That should be an international scandal.

इतिहास का पहिया घूम रहा है और महिलाओं को बोझ ढोने वाले पशु और यौन सुख की वस्तु से पूरी तरह से इंसान बना रहा है।

The tide of history is turning women from beasts of burden and sexual playthings into full-fledged human beings.

The tide of history is turning women from beasts of burden and sexual playthings into full-fledged human beings.

देह व्यापार (sex trafficking) के खिलाफ इस लंबी लड़ाई में, आखिरकार हमारे हाथ एक बड़ी कामयाबी लगी है!

In the long struggle against sex trafficking, we finally have a breakthrough!

In the long struggle against sex trafficking, we finally have a breakthrough!

इतिहास के अधिकांश समय में, नरसंहार सरकार द्वारा की जाने वाली एक आम बात थी जिस पर कोई आँख भी नहीं झपकाता था।

For most of history, genocide was just something governments did and nobody blinked.

For most of history, genocide was just something governments did and nobody blinked.

तस्वीरें आज भी खींची जा रही हैं लेकिन उन्हें दिखाया नहीं जा रहा है। ऐसी ही एक तस्वीर है जिसमें एक कंकाल के हाथ कलाई से बंधे हैं और उसके पैंट अभी भी टखनों के पास हैं; अगर वह महिला थी, तो संभव है कि उसके साथ बलात्कार हुआ हो; अगर वह पुरुष था, तो संभव है कि उसे नपुंसक बना दिया गया हो।

Photographs are still being taken but aren't being shown. There's one of a skeleton bound at the wrists with pants still around its ankles; if it was a woman, she was likely raped; if it was a man, he was possibly castrated.

Photographs are still being taken but aren't being shown. There's one of a skeleton bound at the wrists with pants still around its ankles; if it was a woman, she was likely raped; if it was a man, he was possibly castrated.

हमारी नजर में अमेरिकी शिक्षा प्रणाली की सबसे बड़ी कमियों में से एक यह है कि युवा बिना देश या विदेश की गरीबी को समझे ही यूनिवर्सिटी से ग्रेजुएट होकर निकल जाते हैं।

One of the great failings of the American education system (in our view) is that young people can graduate from university without any understanding of poverty at home or abroad.

One of the great failings of the American education system (in our view) is that young people can graduate from university without any understanding of poverty at home or abroad.

आस्था रखने वाले अमेरिकियों को अफ्रीकी महिलाओं की जान बचाने के लिए उतनी ही मेहनत करनी चाहिए जितनी वे गर्भ में पल रहे बच्चों की जान बचाने के लिए करते हैं।

Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses.

Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses.

मारिजुआना (गांजा) पर प्रतिबंध लगाने का हमारा लगभग एक सदी पुराना प्रयोग उतना ही बुरी तरह विफल रहा है जितना कि (शराबबंदी का) 'प्रॉहिबशन' कानून हुआ था... इसके विपरीत, मारिजुआना को वैध बनाने और उस पर कर लगाने से भारी मात्रा में धन प्राप्त होगा जिसका उपयोग स्कूलों, पुस्तकालयों या शुरुआती बचपन की शिक्षा के वित्तपोषण के लिए किया जा सकता है।

Our nearly century-long experiment in banning marijuana has failed as abysmally as Prohibition did... In contrast, legalizing and taxing marijuana would bring in substantial sums that could be used to pay for schools, libraries or early childhood education.

Our nearly century-long experiment in banning marijuana has failed as abysmally as Prohibition did... In contrast, legalizing and taxing marijuana would bring in substantial sums that could be used to pay for schools, libraries or early childhood education.

अमेरिका की शिक्षा प्रणाली अब अवसर का सीढ़ी कम और एक ऐसी व्यवस्था ज़्यादा बन गई है जो असमानता को एक पीढ़ी से दूसरी पीढ़ी तक पहुँचाती है।

America's education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequity from one generation to the next.

America's education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequity from one generation to the next.

वाम और दक्षिण, दोनों ही पक्षों ने मातृ स्वास्थ्य पर कभी पर्याप्त ध्यान नहीं दिया।

Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health

Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health

खुफिया समुदाय इतना विशाल है कि वॉशिंगटन की कुल आबादी से ज़्यादा लोगों के पास टॉप-सिक्रेट क्लीयरेंस है। मुद्रास्फीति को ध्यान में रखें तो, अमेरिका इस साल अफ़ग़ानिस्तान के युद्ध पर अमरीकी क्रांति, 1812 के युद्ध, मेक्सिको-अमेरिकी युद्ध, गृहयुद्ध और स्पेनिश-अमेरिकी युद्ध—सब पर कुल मिलाकर जितना खर्च हुआ था, उससे भी ज़्यादा खर्च करेगा।

The intelligence community is so vast that more people have top secret clearance than live in Washington. The U.S. will spend more on the war in Afghanistan this year, adjusting for inflation, than we spent on the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War combined.

The intelligence community is so vast that more people have top secret clearance than live in Washington. The U.S. will spend more on the war in Afghanistan this year, adjusting for inflation, than we spent on the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War combined.

आने वाले समय में आपका मूल्यांकन इस बात से किया जाएगा कि आपके कार्यकाल में हुए जनसंहार पर आपने क्या प्रतिक्रिया दी थी।

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch.

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch.

यह रास्ते हमें हमारी क्षुद्रता का अहसास कराते हैं। हम आते-जाते रहते हैं, लेकिन प्रकृति अमर है। यह हमें हमारी औकात दिखाती है और यह रेखांकित करती है कि हम ब्रह्मांड के मालिक नहीं बल्कि इसका एक हिस्सा हैं... इसलिए जब दुनिया बिखरती हुई लगे, जब हम इंसान जहाँ भी कदम रखें तबाही ही मचाते दिखें, तो शायद यह समय प्रकृति रूपी इस विशाल मंदिर में खुद को तरोताज़ा करने का है—और वहाँ, इंसानी दुनिया से दूर, अपनी इंसानियत को फिर से तलाशने का है।

The trails are a reminder of our insignificance. We come and go, but nature is forever. It puts us in our place, underscoring that we are not lords of the universe but components of it...So when the world seems to be falling apart, when we humans seem to be creating messes everywhere we turn, maybe it's time to rejuvenate in the cathedral of the wilderness - and there, away from humanity, rediscover our own humanity.

The trails are a reminder of our insignificance. We come and go, but nature is forever. It puts us in our place, underscoring that we are not lords of the universe but components of it...So when the world seems to be falling apart, when we humans seem to be creating messes everywhere we turn, maybe it's time to rejuvenate in the cathedral of the wilderness - and there, away from humanity, rediscover our own humanity.

अचानक होने वाली हिंसा बहुत तेज़ी से फैलती है।

Random violence is incredibly infectious

Random violence is incredibly infectious

यह बात मुझे हैरान करती है कि लोग आपको लोगों से बात करने, दिलचस्प जगहों पर घूमने और जो चीज़ आपको आकर्षित करती है उस पर लिखने के लिए पैसे देते हैं।

The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just amazed by that.

The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just amazed by that.

पिछले 25 वर्षों में हुए सभी आतंकवादी हमलों और अफ़ग़ानिस्तान तथा इराक के युद्धों में कुल मिलाकर जितने अमेरिकी मारे गए हैं, उससे कहीं अधिक अमेरिकी छह महीनों के भीतर गोलीबारी से होने वाली हत्याओं और आत्महत्याओं में मारे जाते हैं।

More Americans die in gun homicides and suicides in six months than have died in the last 25 years in every terrorist attack and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.

More Americans die in gun homicides and suicides in six months than have died in the last 25 years in every terrorist attack and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.

देखिए, कभी न कभी तो हमें गरीबी की इन गंभीर समस्याओं से निपटना ही होगा। या तो हम शुरुआत में, यानी बचपन में ही कम खर्च पर इनसे निपट लें। या फिर हम इंतज़ार करें औरशोषण के शिकार किसी भटके हुए किशोर को अंत में जेल भेज दें। कुछ हद तक, हमारे सामने यह चुनाव है कि हम प्री-स्कूलों में निवेश करें या जेलों में।

Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end, in infancy. Or we can wait and jail a troubled adolescent at the tail end. To some extent, we face a choice between investing in preschools or in prisons.

Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end, in infancy. Or we can wait and jail a troubled adolescent at the tail end. To some extent, we face a choice between investing in preschools or in prisons.

हर दिन पाँच जंबो जेट विमानों में सवार लोगों के बराबर महिलाएँ प्रसव के दौरान दम तोड़ देती हैं, लेकिन इस मुद्दे पर शायद ही कभी बात होती है।

The equivalent of five jumbo jets' worth of women die in labor each day, but the issue is almost never covered.

The equivalent of five jumbo jets' worth of women die in labor each day, but the issue is almost never covered.

अमेरिकी हवाई हमले... खतरे पैदा करते हैं, खासकर तब जब वहाँ हमारी खुफिया जानकारी कमजोर हो। सबसे अहम कदम यह है—और इसके लिए हमें कूटनीतिक दबाव डालना चाहिए—कि मालिकी पीछे हटें, सुन्नियों के साथ सत्ता साझा करें और सरकार के विकेंद्रीकरण को स्वीकार करें। अगर मालिकी यह सब करते हैं, तो शायद इराक को बचाना मुमकिन हो सके। इसके बिना, हवाई हमले उस देश में बर्बादी का एक और सौदा साबित होंगे जहाँ हम पहले ही बहुत कुछ, ज़रूरत से कहीं ज़्यादा लुटा चुके हैं।

American airstrikes...create risks, especially if our intelligence there is rusty. The crucial step, and the one we should apply diplomatic pressure to try to achieve, is for Maliki to step back and share power with Sunnis while accepting decentralization of government. If Maliki does all that, it may still be possible to save Iraq. Without that, airstrikes would be a further waste in a land in which we've already squandered far, far too much.

American airstrikes...create risks, especially if our intelligence there is rusty. The crucial step, and the one we should apply diplomatic pressure to try to achieve, is for Maliki to step back and share power with Sunnis while accepting decentralization of government. If Maliki does all that, it may still be possible to save Iraq. Without that, airstrikes would be a further waste in a land in which we've already squandered far, far too much.

रिपब्लिकन या राष्ट्रपति पर दोष मढ़ते रहना बहुत आसान है।

It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president

It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president

सैंडी तूफान ने इसलिए इतनी तबाही मचाई क्योंकि जेट स्ट्रीम से जुड़े एक 'ब्लॉकिंग पैटर्न' ने उसे वापस समुद्र में लौटने से रोक दिया था। इस पर बहस जारी है, लेकिन हाल ही में हुए एक अध्ययन से पता चलता है कि आर्कटिक में पिघलती समुद्री बर्फ इस तरह की बाधाओं का कारण बन सकती है।

Sandy was particularly destructive because it was prevented from moving back out to sea by a "blocking pattern" associated with the jet stream. There's debate about this, but one recent study suggested that melting sea ice in the Arctic may lead to such blocking.

Sandy was particularly destructive because it was prevented from moving back out to sea by a "blocking pattern" associated with the jet stream. There's debate about this, but one recent study suggested that melting sea ice in the Arctic may lead to such blocking.

यदि आप सिर्फ तार्किक बातें करें कि लोगों को कांगो की परवाह क्यों करनी चाहिए और वहाँ 50 लाख लोग कैसे मारे गए हैं, तो आम तौर पर लोग बात पर ध्यान नहीं देते। लेकिन एक बार जब आप संवेदनशीलता का रिश्ता जोड़ लेते हैं, तो तार्किक बातें भी मददगार साबित हो सकती हैं।

If you just try to make rational arguments about why people should care about Congo and how 5 million people have died, then people tend not to be receptive. But once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.

If you just try to make rational arguments about why people should care about Congo and how 5 million people have died, then people tend not to be receptive. But once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.

मुझे लगता है कि आशावादी होना खतरनाक है। हालात रातों-रात भयानक रूप से बिगड़ सकते हैं।

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight

थोड़ा सा ध्यान भी बहुत दूर तक असर दिखा सकता है।

A little bit of attention can go a long way.

A little bit of attention can go a long way.

मैंने कहा था कि [डोनाल्ड] ट्रम्प के मतदाताओं को लेकर वैसी ही रूढ़िवादिता नहीं अपनाई जा सकती जैसी किसी और के बारे में।

I said that one can't stereotype [Donald] Trump voters anymore than they can anybody else.

I said that one can't stereotype [Donald] Trump voters anymore than they can anybody else.

हमारे राष्ट्रीय नेता अपनी समझ के अनुसार राष्ट्रीय हितों की रक्षा करने की कोशिश करते हैं। हो सकता है कि वे इसमें असफल हो जाएं, लेकिन कम से कम वे इसे ही अपनी भूमिका मानते हैं। इसके विपरीत, जहाँ हमारे राष्ट्रीय मूल्यों का सवाल आता है, जिसके दायरे में लगभग हर मानवीय मुद्दा आ जाता है, वे पूरी तरह से असफल हो जाते हैं।

Our national leaders tend to try to protect the national interest as they see it. They may screw up in that, but they at least see that as their role. In contrast, where issues of our national values are involved, which covers pretty much any humanitarian issue, they pretty much drop the ball.

Our national leaders tend to try to protect the national interest as they see it. They may screw up in that, but they at least see that as their role. In contrast, where issues of our national values are involved, which covers pretty much any humanitarian issue, they pretty much drop the ball.

क्या अब सिर्फ मौसम (वेदर) की नहीं, बल्कि जलवायु (क्लाइमेट) की भी बात करने का समय नहीं आ गया है?

Isn't it time to talk not only about weather, but also about climate?

Isn't it time to talk not only about weather, but also about climate?

कुछ ऐसे भी मुद्दे हैं जिनसे मैं भावनात्मक रूप से ज़्यादा जुड़ा हुआ महसूस करता हूँ, जैसे चीन, जहाँ मैं कुछ समय तक रहा और काम किया। जब तियानमेन स्क्वायर पर विरोध प्रदर्शन भड़का था, तब मैं वहीं रह रहा था।

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when Tiananmen Square erupted

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when Tiananmen Square erupted

कभी-कभी मेरी इच्छा होती है कि पूर्वी कांगो में कोई भूकंप या सुनामी आ जाए, ताकि आखिरकार उसे वह ध्यान मिल सके जिसकी उसे ज़रूरत है। यहाँ लड़ा जा रहा बर्बर गृहयुद्ध द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध के बाद से सबसे घातक संघर्ष है और इसमें हैती के भूकंप की तुलना में कम से कम 30 गुना ज़्यादा लोगों की जान गई है।

Sometimes I wish eastern Congo could suffer an earthquake or a tsunami, so that it might finally get the attention it needs. The barbaric civil war being waged here is the most lethal conflict since World War II and has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake.

Sometimes I wish eastern Congo could suffer an earthquake or a tsunami, so that it might finally get the attention it needs. The barbaric civil war being waged here is the most lethal conflict since World War II and has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake.

न तो अमेरिका जैसे पश्चिमी दानदाता देश और न ही कैमरून जैसे गरीब प्राप्तकर्ता देश उन अफ्रीकियों की परवाह करते हैं जो गरीब, ग्रामीण और महिला हैं।

Neither Western donor countries like the U.S. nor poor recipients like Cameroon care much about Africans who are poor, rural and female

Neither Western donor countries like the U.S. nor poor recipients like Cameroon care much about Africans who are poor, rural and female

हालाँकि अमेरिकियों ने दारफ़ूर के बारे में सुना है और उन्हें लगता है कि हमें वहाँ कुछ और करना चाहिए, लेकिन वे निष्क्रियता को लेकर राष्ट्रपति से वास्तव में नाराज़ नहीं हैं।

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

समुद्र का बढ़ता जलस्तर भविष्य के तूफानों के दौरान उठने वाली समुद्री लहरों के लिए एक उच्च आधार रेखा तैयार करता है। न्यूयॉर्क सिटी पैनल ऑन क्लाइमेट चेंज ने अनुमान लगाया है कि 2050 तक तटीय जल स्तर दो फीट और इस सदी के अंत तक चार फीट तक बढ़ सकता है।

Rising seas create a higher baseline for future storm surges. The New York City Panel on Climate Change has projected that coastal waters may rise by two feet by 2050 and four feet by the end of the century.

Rising seas create a higher baseline for future storm surges. The New York City Panel on Climate Change has projected that coastal waters may rise by two feet by 2050 and four feet by the end of the century.

संयुक्त राष्ट्र जनसंख्या कोष का कैमरून के कुछ अस्पतालों में मातृ स्वास्थ्य कार्यक्रम है, लेकिन यह इस क्षेत्र में काम नहीं करता है। इसका विस्तार करना मुश्किल है, क्योंकि राष्ट्रपति बुश ने इसके लिए मिलने वाले फंड में कटौती कर दी है।

The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding

The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding

गाँव के ज़्यादातर लोग झाड़ियों में छिपे हुए थे, जहाँ वे दूषित पानी, मलेरिया और कुपोषण के कारण दम तोड़ रहे थे।

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition

हम सभी को खुद से यह सवाल पूछना चाहिए कि हम इन तुच्छ मामलों पर तो ध्यान देते हैं, लेकिन जब दारफ़ूर की बात आती है तो हम आँखें फेर लेते हैं।

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

अब अमेरिका और पूरी दुनिया में 21वीं सदी के गुलामी-उन्मूलन आंदोलन की शुरुआत करने का समय आ गया है।

It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U.S and around the world.

It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U.S and around the world.

करुणा कमजोरी की निशानी नहीं, बल्कि सभ्यता की पहचान है।

Compassion isn't a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization.

Compassion isn't a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization.

कानून मायने रखते हैं, लेकिन आमतौर पर अकेले कानून बदल देने से कुछ हासिल नहीं होता।

Laws matter, but typically changing the law by itself accomplishes little.

Laws matter, but typically changing the law by itself accomplishes little.

خبر رساں اداروں، بالخصوص ٹیلی ویژن نیوز کی یہ خاموشی انتہائی قابلِ مذمت ہے۔

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

یہ تصویریں افریقی یونین کے فوجیوں نے لی تھیں، جنہیں کانگریس کے لوگوں نے بھی دیکھا۔ میں نے سوچا کہ اگر عام لوگ بھی انہیں دیکھ لیں، تو ایک عوامی تحریک اٹھ کھڑی ہوگی۔ پھر کوئی یہ نہیں کہہ پائے گا کہ ہمیں تو معلوم ہی نہیں تھا کہ وہاں کیا ہو رہا ہے۔

The photos were taken by African Union soldiers. People in Congress saw them. I thought if people could see them, there would be public outcry. No one would be able to say, We just didn't know what was going on there.

The photos were taken by African Union soldiers. People in Congress saw them. I thought if people could see them, there would be public outcry. No one would be able to say, We just didn't know what was going on there.

فی الحال کچھ نہ کرنے کی کوئی سیاسی قیمت نہیں چکانی پڑ رہی۔ لوگوں کو صدر بش اور اپنے اراکینِ کانگریس کے خلاف آواز اٹھانی چاہيے۔

There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.

There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.

اسقاطِ حمل کی سیاست نے فریقین کی توجہ اصل مسئلے سے ہٹا دی ہے: اور وہ ہے غریب ممالک میں دائیوں کے کام کو بہتر بنانے، زچگی سے پہلے کی دیکھ بھال اور ہنگامی زچگی کی سہولتوں کے لیے امدادی مہم چلانا۔

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries.

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries.

سری لنکا اور ہنڈرواس جیسے چند ممالک نے زچگی کے دوران ماؤں کی اموات میں کمی لانے میں اہم کردار ادا کیا ہے۔

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

میں بالکل واضح کر دوں کہ میں ایک مضبوط فوج کا قائل ہوں، جو سفارت کاری کی پیٹھ مضبوط کرنے کے لیے ضروری ہے۔ لیکن اس کا مطلب یہ ہے کہ ہمارے پاس سفارتی اور عسکری دونوں طرح کے متوازن اوزار ہونے چاہئیں۔ اس کے برعکس، ہمارے پاس ارب پتی فوج اور فقیر سفارت کاری ہے۔ امریکی محکمہ خارجہ کی فارن سروس میں جتنے لوگ نہیں ہیں، اس سے زیادہ لوگ تو امریکی فوج کے بینڈز میں شامل ہیں—اور یہ سراسر حماقت ہے۔

Let me be clear: I'm a believer in a robust military, which is essential for backing up diplomacy. But the implication is that we need a balanced tool chest of diplomatic and military tools alike. Instead, we have a billionaire military and a pauper diplomacy. The U.S. military now has more people in its marching bands than the State Department has in its foreign service - and that's preposterous.

Let me be clear: I'm a believer in a robust military, which is essential for backing up diplomacy. But the implication is that we need a balanced tool chest of diplomatic and military tools alike. Instead, we have a billionaire military and a pauper diplomacy. The U.S. military now has more people in its marching bands than the State Department has in its foreign service - and that's preposterous.

اگر صدر بش نسل کشی کے معاملے میں سنجیدہ ہیں، تو ان کی فوری ترجیح دارفور کے اس کینسر کو مزید پھیلنے سے روکنا ہونی چاہیے، جس کا مطلب چاڈ اور وسطی افریقی جمہوریہ کو سنبھالا دینے کے لیے فرانس کے ساتھ مل کر کام کرنا ہے۔

If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic.

If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic.

قدامت پسند، جو یہ مانتے ہیں کہ ایڈز سے بچنے کا واحد حل صرف پرہیز کی تعلیم ہے، اور لبرل، جو کنڈوم کی تقسیم پر توجہ دیتے ہیں، دونوں کو یہ بات سمجھنی چاہیے کہ افریقہ میں جس مداخلت کا نتیجہ سب سے زیادہ مؤثر ثابت ہوا ہے، وہ ان میں سے کوئی بھی نہیں... روایت پسند اور مذہبی، دونوں طرح کے دردِ دل رکھنے والے انسانوں کو مل کر ایک مشترکہ لائحہ عمل بنانا ہوگا۔

Conservatives, who have presumed that the key to preventing AIDS is abstinence-only education, and liberals, who have focused on distribution of condoms, should both note that the intervention that has tested most cost-effective in Africa is neither... Secular bleeding hearts and religious bleeding hearts will have to forge a common cause.

Conservatives, who have presumed that the key to preventing AIDS is abstinence-only education, and liberals, who have focused on distribution of condoms, should both note that the intervention that has tested most cost-effective in Africa is neither... Secular bleeding hearts and religious bleeding hearts will have to forge a common cause.

دنیا بھر میں حمل کے دوران ہر سال پانچ لاکھ خواتین موت کے منہ میں چلی جاتی ہیں۔ اس کی وجہ حیاتیاتی مسائل سے زیادہ غفلت ہے۔

Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology that kills them so much as neglect.

Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology that kills them so much as neglect.

اگر مخیر حضرات حقیقی خواتین کے لیے اتنا ہی عطیہ دیں جتنا وہ خواتین کی پینٹنگز اور مجسموں کے لیے دیتے ہیں، تو دنیا میں خواتین کے حقوق کی ایک طاقتور بین الاقوامی تحریک کھڑی ہو سکتی ہے۔

There could be a powerful international women's rights movement if only philanthropists would donate as much to real women as to paintings and sculptures of women.

There could be a powerful international women's rights movement if only philanthropists would donate as much to real women as to paintings and sculptures of women.

کالم شائع ہونے کے بعد ای میلز کا تانتا بندھ جاتا ہے۔ ایک کالم کے بعد مجھے تقریباً دو ہزار ای میلز مل جاتی ہیں۔

The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column.

The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column.

ہر سال پانچ سال سے کم عمر کے 31 لاکھ ہندوستانی بچے موت کے منہ میں چلے جاتے ہیں، جن میں زیادہ تر غربت کی وجہ سے ہونے والی بیماریاں مثلاً دست (اسہال) کا شکار ہوتے ہیں۔

Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea.

Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea.

میں الفاظ کے انتخاب میں بڑی احتیاط برتنے کی کوشش کرتا ہوں۔ میں نے اپنے بلاگ کے ذریعے جس تصور کے خلاف آواز اٹھانے کی کوشش کی ہے، وہ یہ ہے کہ صحافی متکبر ہوتے ہیں اور انہیں قارئین کی کوئی پروا نہیں ہوتی۔

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

یہ واقعی کتنی حیرت کی بات ہے کہ دارفور آج ہر گھر کی زبان پر ہے۔ مجھے اس بات پر دلی سکون ہے۔

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

آج دنیا بھر میں جتنے جنسی غلام ایک جگہ سے دوسری جگہ لائے جاتے ہیں، ان کی تعداد 1790 کی دہائی میں زراعت کے لیے اسمگل کیے جانے والے غلاموں سے دس گنا زیادہ ہے۔

There are ten times as many sex slaves transported around the globe today as agrarian slaves were transported in the 1790s.

There are ten times as many sex slaves transported around the globe today as agrarian slaves were transported in the 1790s.

اچانک ان کے شوہر کی موت ہو جاتی ہے، شاید کوئی بچہ بھی مر جاتا ہے اور ان کے پاس بالکل کچھ نہیں بچتا—اور وہ رات کے وقت صحرا میں سفر کرنے پر مجبور ہوتی ہیں۔

All of a sudden their husband's dead and maybe a child is dead and they have absolutely nothing - and they're heading through the desert at night.

All of a sudden their husband's dead and maybe a child is dead and they have absolutely nothing - and they're heading through the desert at night.

شمسی توانائی مستقبل کی سب سے پرامید ٹیکنالوجیز میں سے ایک ہے، لیکن اس کے باوجود یہ امریکہ کی کل بجلی کا صرف 0.01 فیصد حصہ پیدا کرتی ہے۔ امریکہ شمسی تحقیق کے لیے سالانہ صرف 15.9 کروڑ ڈالر خرچ کرتا ہے—جو کہ عراق میں ہم ہر نو گھنٹے میں اڑا دیتے ہیں۔

Solar power is one of the most hopeful technologies but still produces about 0.01 percent of U.S. electricity. The U.S. allocates just $159 million for solar research per year - about what we spend in Iraq every nine hours.

Solar power is one of the most hopeful technologies but still produces about 0.01 percent of U.S. electricity. The U.S. allocates just $159 million for solar research per year - about what we spend in Iraq every nine hours.

دارفور کا تنازعہ اتنی خطرناک حد تک بڑھ سکتا ہے کہ ہر ماہ ایک لاکھ افراد اس کا لقمہ بن سکتے ہیں۔

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

بس تھوڑی سی مدد، ایک چھوٹی سی سکیورٹی فورس، اور تھوڑا سا کھانا، کئی زندگیاں بچا سکتا ہے۔

Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives

Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives

جب ہم ایسا رویہ اپناتے ہیں جیسے جمہوریت امریکہ اور اسرائیل کے لیے تو اچھی ہے لیکن عرب دنیا کے لیے نہیں، تو ہم خود کو الجھن میں ڈال لیتے ہیں۔ ہم نے بہت طویل عرصے سے عرب دنیا کو صرف تیل کا کنواں سمجھا ہے۔

We tie ourselves in knots when we act as if democracy is good for the United States and Israel but not for the Arab world. For far too long, we've treated the Arab world as just an oil field.

We tie ourselves in knots when we act as if democracy is good for the United States and Israel but not for the Arab world. For far too long, we've treated the Arab world as just an oil field.

جن خواتین کے ساتھ زیادتی ہوئی ہے، ان میں غصے کا جذبہ بھی پایا جاتا ہے۔ اس میں ذلت کا احساس بھی نمایاں ہوتا ہے۔ لیکن یہ حقیقت میں صدمے اور دہشت کی ایک طبی کیفیت معلوم ہوتی ہے۔

There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror.

There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror.

جس چیز نے مجھے سب سے زیادہ جھنجھوڑا، وہ ان والدین سے بات کرنا تھا جن کے گاؤں جلا دیے گئے تھے، جن کے عزیزوں کو مار ڈالا گیا تھا، اور پھر جب مرد کنوؤں پر پانی لینے گئے، تو انہیں گولی مار دی گئی۔

One of the things that really got to me was talking to parents who had been burned out of their villages, had family members killed, and then when men showed up at the wells to get water, they were shot

One of the things that really got to me was talking to parents who had been burned out of their villages, had family members killed, and then when men showed up at the wells to get water, they were shot

وسطی افریقی جمہوریہ کا شمالی حصہ اب جنگ زدہ علاقہ بن چکا ہے، جہاں مسلح گروہوں کے مابین رسہ کشی جاری ہے، جو گاؤں جلا رہے ہیں، بچوں کو اغوا کر رہے ہیں، مسافروں کو لوٹ رہے ہیں اور لوگوں کو بے خوفی سے قتل کر رہے ہیں۔

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

لوگوں کو احساسِ جرم میں مبتلا کرنا کارگر ثابت نہیں ہوتا؛ بلکہ اس سے وہ مزید کترانے لگتے ہیں۔

Guilt-tripping people does not work; they tend to be turned off.

Guilt-tripping people does not work; they tend to be turned off.

میرے خیال میں جب لاکھوں زندگیاں خطرے میں ہوں، تو آپ کو کچھ اصولوں کو بالائے طاق رکھنا پڑ سکتا ہے۔

I think when hundreds of thousands of lives are on the line, you might have to set aside some principles.

I think when hundreds of thousands of lives are on the line, you might have to set aside some principles.

خبر رساں اداروں، بالخصوص ٹیلی ویژن نیوز کی یہ خاموشی انتہائی قابلِ مذمت ہے۔

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible.

اپنے ایڈیٹرز کے نام خط لکھیں، کانگریس کے اراکین کو خط لکھیں، اور اپنے نیوز چینلز کو لکھیں۔

Write letters to your editors, write to your members of Congress, and write to your news stations.

Write letters to your editors, write to your members of Congress, and write to your news stations.

آپ کسی جگہ کی کہانی شاید اس طرح بہتر طریقے سے بیان کر سکتے ہیں کہ کسی چھوٹے سے گاؤں کو ایک ایسے پرزم کی طرح پیش کریں جو اس کلچر کو درپیش بڑے مسائل کو ظاہر کرے۔ مجھے کسی جگہ کے بارے میں جاننے کا یہ بہتر طریقہ لگا، یا کم از کم ایک مختلف طریقہ، نہ کہ صرف صدر کا انٹرویو لینے جانے سے۔ اس لیے میں نے اکثر وہاں کے عام لوگوں کے ذریعے کسی جگہ کی کہانی سنانے کی کوشش کی ہے۔ لیکن میں خود حیران ہوں۔

You could perhaps better tell the story of a place by writing of a tiny village as a sort of prism into the bigger issues the culture was facing. It struck me as a better way to learn about a place, or at least a different way, than just going to interview the president. So I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there. But I'm just amazed.

You could perhaps better tell the story of a place by writing of a tiny village as a sort of prism into the bigger issues the culture was facing. It struck me as a better way to learn about a place, or at least a different way, than just going to interview the president. So I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there. But I'm just amazed.

میرے نزدیک پرامید رہنا خطرناک ہے۔

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic.

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic.

عام طور پر لوگوں کی ساری توجہ اپنے بچوں کو زندہ رکھنے پر مرکوز ہوتی ہے۔

Usually people are very much focused on keeping their kids alive.

Usually people are very much focused on keeping their kids alive.

पत्रकारिता का एक बुनियादी उसूल यह है कि आप झूठ नहीं बोलते। आप कभी झूठ नहीं बोलते।

One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie.

One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie.

डोनल्ड ट्रंप को वोट देने वाले लोगों को खलनायक के रूप में पेश करना ठीक नहीं है।

It's important not to demonize [Donald's] Trump voters.

It's important not to demonize [Donald's] Trump voters.

दुनिया के कई हिस्सों में, एक औरत के लिए सबसे खतरनाक काम माँ बनना है।

In much of the world, the most dangerous thing a woman can do is become pregnant.

In much of the world, the most dangerous thing a woman can do is become pregnant.

सौ साल पहले शायद चीन महिलाओं के लिए दुनिया की सबसे बदतर जगह हुआ करता था। वहाँ पैरों को कसकर बाँधने की प्रथा, कन्या भ्रूण हत्या, रखैल रखने की प्रथा और बाल विवाह जैसी कुरीतियाँ थीं, और आज यह सबसे बेहतरीन जगहों में से एक है। इसलिए मुझे सचमुच ऐसा महसूस होता है कि हम इतिहास के सही पक्ष में खड़े हैं।

China was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide, concubinage, and child marriage, and now it's one of the better places. So I really do feel that we're on the right side of history here.

China was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide, concubinage, and child marriage, and now it's one of the better places. So I really do feel that we're on the right side of history here.

अगर आप किसी गरीब देश के वित्त मंत्री से बात कर रहे हैं, तो नैतिक बातें ज़्यादा असर नहीं करतीं। लेकिन अगर आप उन्हें यह समझा सकें कि यदि वे अपनी आधी आबादी यानी महिलाओं की क्षमता का अधिक प्रभावी ढंग से उपयोग करें, तो उनके देश की विकास दर हर साल 2 प्रतिशत बढ़ जाएगी, तो यह एक ऐसी बात है जिस पर वे ज़रूर विचार करते हैं।

If one is talking to a finance minister of a poor country, moral arguments tend not to get very far. But if you can argue that their country is going to grow 2 percent faster per year if they can just harness the power of the female half of the population more effectively, that is an argument they consider.

If one is talking to a finance minister of a poor country, moral arguments tend not to get very far. But if you can argue that their country is going to grow 2 percent faster per year if they can just harness the power of the female half of the population more effectively, that is an argument they consider.

हम में से ज्यादातर लोग इंटरनेट का इस्तेमाल बेहतरीन जानकारी खोजने के लिए नहीं, बल्कि ऐसी जानकारी चुनने के लिए करते हैं जो हमारे पूर्वाग्रहों को सही साबित करे।

Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices .

Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices .

मुझे लगता है कि [डोनाल्ड] ट्रम्प खुले तौर पर एक संकीर्ण सोच वाले इंसान हैं। उनका नस्लीय इतिहास रहा है।

I think that [Donald] Trump is frankly a bigot. He has a racist history.

I think that [Donald] Trump is frankly a bigot. He has a racist history.

जब एनेस्थीसिया (बेहोशी की दवा) की खोज हुई, तो कई दशकों तक इसे बच्चों को जन्म देने वाली महिलाओं को जानबूझकर नहीं दिया जाता था, क्योंकि ऐसा माना जाता था कि महिलाओं की तो "किस्मत में ही" दर्द सहना लिखा है। मैक्सिको की हुईचोल जनजाति उन चुनिंदा समाजों में से एक थी जिनकी सोच इसके बिल्कुल विपरीत थी। हुईचोल लोगों का मानना था कि प्रसव का दर्द दोनों को मिलकर उठाना चाहिए, इसलिए प्रसव के दौरान महिला अपने पति के अंडकोष से बंधे एक धागे को पकड़े रहती थी। दर्दनाक संकुचन (कॉट्रैक्शन) के हर पल में वह उस धागे को जोरदार झटका देती थी, ताकि पुरुष भी उस दर्द और बोझ को महसूस कर सके। अगर ऐसी कोई व्यवस्था दुनिया में और जगह होती, तो प्रसव के दौरान होने वाली तकलीफों पर यकीनन कहीं ज्यादा ध्यान दिया जाता।

When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few societies to take a contrary view was the Huichol tribe in Mexico. The Huichol believed that the pain of childbirth should be shared, so the mother would hold on to a string tied to her husband's testicles. With each painful contraction, she would give the string a yank so that the man could share the burden. Surely if such a mechanism were more widespread, injuries in childbirth would garner more attention.

When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few societies to take a contrary view was the Huichol tribe in Mexico. The Huichol believed that the pain of childbirth should be shared, so the mother would hold on to a string tied to her husband's testicles. With each painful contraction, she would give the string a yank so that the man could share the burden. Surely if such a mechanism were more widespread, injuries in childbirth would garner more attention.

किम कार्दशियन तलाक ले रही हैं, और वह भी उस शादी के ठीक 72 दिन बाद जिसके बारे में कहा जाता है कि उस पर एक करोड़ डॉलर या उससे भी ज्यादा खर्च हुए थे। ज़रा इस बात को दूसरे नजरिए से देखिए, इतने पैसों से दुनिया भर के गरीब देशों में 200 स्कूल बनाए जा सकते थे, उन बच्चों के लिए जो पढ़ाई के लिए तरस रहे हैं। तब कार्दशियन सिर्फ लोगों का मनोरंजन करने के बजाय दुनिया को बदलने में मदद कर सकती थीं। और वे स्कूल उनकी इस शादी से अनगिनत गुना ज्यादा लंबे समय तक टिकते।

So Kim Kardashian is getting a divorce, 72 days after a wedding that is variously reported to have cost $10 million or more. Just to put that in perspective, that sum could have built 200 schools in poor countries around the world for kids who desperately want an education. Then Kardashian could have helped transform the world, not just entertain it. And the schools would have lasted incomparably longer than her marriage.

So Kim Kardashian is getting a divorce, 72 days after a wedding that is variously reported to have cost $10 million or more. Just to put that in perspective, that sum could have built 200 schools in poor countries around the world for kids who desperately want an education. Then Kardashian could have helped transform the world, not just entertain it. And the schools would have lasted incomparably longer than her marriage.

व्यक्तिगत कहानियों में गजब की ताकत होती है। हम पत्रकार इस बात को सहज रूप से महसूस करते हैं, जिसे अब ब्रेन स्कैन के जरिए वैज्ञानिक भी समझ रहे हैं कि भावुक कहानियाँ लोगों के मन के द्वार खोल देती हैं, और एक बार जब आपसी जुड़ाव बन जाता है, तो लोग तार्किक बातों को भी आसानी से स्वीकार करने लगते हैं।

Individual storytelling is incredibly powerful. We as journalists know intuitively what scientists of the brain are discovering through brain scans, which is that emotional stories tend to open the portals, and that once there's a connection made, people are more open to rational arguments.

Individual storytelling is incredibly powerful. We as journalists know intuitively what scientists of the brain are discovering through brain scans, which is that emotional stories tend to open the portals, and that once there's a connection made, people are more open to rational arguments.

अगर महिलाओं के अधिकारों पर सिर्फ महिलाएं ही बात करती हैं, तो यह मुद्दा शुरुआत से ही असफल माना जाएगा। अगर आप हॉलोकॉस्ट (यातना शिविरों में यहूदियों के नरसंहार) के बारे में सोचें, तो वह सिर्फ यहूदियों का मुद्दा नहीं था। नागरिक अधिकार सिर्फ अश्वेतों का मुद्दा नहीं थे।

If only women are talking about women's rights, then the issue has failed from the start. If you think about the Holocaust, that wasn't just a Jewish issue. Civil rights weren't just a black issue.

If only women are talking about women's rights, then the issue has failed from the start. If you think about the Holocaust, that wasn't just a Jewish issue. Civil rights weren't just a black issue.

महिलाएं कोई समस्या नहीं बल्कि समाधान हैं। लड़कियों की दुर्दशा किसी त्रासदी से कम नहीं, बल्कि यह स्थिति को सुधारने का एक अवसर है।

Women aren't the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity.

Women aren't the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity.

इसलिए हम शुरुआत में ही यह साफ कर देना चाहते हैं: हम आपको एक ऐसे नए आंदोलन से जुड़ने के लिए आमंत्रित करना चाहते हैं जिसका मकसद महिलाओं को आर्थिक ताकत के रूप में उभारकर उन्हें आजाद कराना और वैश्विक गरीबी से लड़ना है। यह बदलाव की प्रक्रिया है—यह खुद को पीड़ित दिखाने का नहीं, बल्कि सशक्त बनाने का नाटक है, एक ऐसा बदलाव जो चंचल किशोरियों को चकलाघरों की दासों से निकालकर सफल बिजनेसवुमन बना देता है। यह कहानी बदलाव की है। यह वो बदलाव है जो पहले से ही हो रहा है, और अगर आप अपना दिल खोलकर इसमें शामिल हों, तो यह और तेजी से आ सकता है।

So let us be clear about this up front: We hope to recruit you to join an incipient movement to emancipate women and fight global poverty by unlocking women's power as economic catalysts. That is the process under way - not a drama of victimization but of empowerment, the kind that transforms bubbly teenage girls from brothel slaves into successful businesswomen. This is a story of transformation. It is change that is already taking place, and change that can accelerate if you'll just open your heart and join in.

So let us be clear about this up front: We hope to recruit you to join an incipient movement to emancipate women and fight global poverty by unlocking women's power as economic catalysts. That is the process under way - not a drama of victimization but of empowerment, the kind that transforms bubbly teenage girls from brothel slaves into successful businesswomen. This is a story of transformation. It is change that is already taking place, and change that can accelerate if you'll just open your heart and join in.

एक बार जब आप सहानुभूति का रिश्ता बना लेते हैं, तो तार्किक बातें उस रिश्ते को और मजबूत करने का काम करती हैं।

Once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.

Once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.

नेताओं से संवेदनशीलता के मुद्दों पर काम करवाने का तरीका यह है कि उन पर राजनीतिक दबाव बनाया जाए। यह नेताओं को आमने-सामने समझाने से ज्यादा, एक ऐसा सामाजिक आंदोलन खड़ा करने की कोशिश है जो उन्हें हमेशा कटघरे में रखे।

The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading leaders directly and more trying to build a social movement that holds their feet to the fire.

The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading leaders directly and more trying to build a social movement that holds their feet to the fire.

हम अमेरिकी, जिंदगी की लॉटरी जीत चुके हैं और हमारे व कालीघाट (कोलकाता) में रहने वाले लोगों के बीच फर्क यह नहीं है कि हम ज्यादा समझदार हैं, न यह कि हम ज्यादा मेहनत करते हैं, और न ही यह कि हम ज्यादा नेकी वाले हैं—फर्क सिर्फ इतना है कि हम ज्यादा किस्मत वाले हैं।

We, as Americans, have won the lottery of life and the distinction between us and people living in Kalighat is not that we are smarter, not that we're harder working, not that we're more virtuous - it's that we're luckier.

We, as Americans, have won the lottery of life and the distinction between us and people living in Kalighat is not that we are smarter, not that we're harder working, not that we're more virtuous - it's that we're luckier.