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मुझे इटैलिक्स (तिरछे अक्षर) बहुत पसंद हैं, है न आपको?

I adore italics, don’t you?

I adore italics, don’t you?

दुनिया का प्रबंधन इतने बुरे तरीके से किया गया है कि समझ ही नहीं आता कि शिकायत किससे की जाए।

The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

हालाँकि सुबह के धुंधले प्रकाश में कभी-कभी वह कमरा ऐसा लगता था जैसे किसी ऐसे इंसान की तरह जो परेशान और आहत हो—जिसने हज़ारों बार अपना धर्म बदला हो, लंबी आह भरी हो, खुद को खींचा हो, गुलाटी मारी हो, उठकर बैठा हो, मुस्कुराया हो, लेट गया हो, पैर फैलाए हों और संदेहों के बोझ से मर गया हो। लेकिन ऐसा नज़ारा सिर्फ घर की साफ-सफाई करने वाली नौकरानियों और भोर की धुंधली किरणों के लिए ही आरक्षित था।

Although there were moments even still in the grey glint of morning when the room had the agitated, stricken appearance of a person who had changed his creed a thousand times, sighed, stretched himself, turned a complete somersault, sat up, smiled, lay down, turned up his toes and died of doubts. But this aspect was reserved exclusively for the housemaids and the translucent threads of dawn.

Although there were moments even still in the grey glint of morning when the room had the agitated, stricken appearance of a person who had changed his creed a thousand times, sighed, stretched himself, turned a complete somersault, sat up, smiled, lay down, turned up his toes and died of doubts. But this aspect was reserved exclusively for the housemaids and the translucent threads of dawn.

क्या रंगों का बदलना लाज़मी है?

Must colour change?

Must colour change?

वहाँ कुछ पल के लिए ऐसी खामोशी छा गई – जितनी देर में कोई देवदूत धीरे से उड़ते हुए गुज़र जाए।

There was a pause – just long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly.

There was a pause – just long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly.

हर करोड़पति को पके हुए सेब बहुत पसंद होते हैं।

All millionaires love a baked apple.

All millionaires love a baked apple.

बिना किसी भेद-भाव के हर किसी के प्रति सहानुभूति रखना बहुत कमज़ोर कर देने वाला स्वभाव है।

To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating.

To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating.

मुझे अपने यहाँ का साधारण पादरी कुछ-कुछ नपुंसक और दबी हँसी हंसने वाले व्यक्ति का मिला-जुला रूप याद आता है।

I remember the average curate at home as something between a eunuch and a snigger.

I remember the average curate at home as something between a eunuch and a snigger.

दूर क्षितिज पर लाल चिमनी वाले जहाज़ यानी स्टीमर बिन्दुओं की तरह बिखरे हुए थे, और तितली के पंखों जैसे पालों वाली नावें, जिन्हें सुस्त हवा बहाकर ला रही थी, किसी अयोग्य युवा नाविक को वापस तट की साधारण ज़मीनी हकीकत में पहुँचा रही थीं।

Boats with crimson spouts, to wit, steamers, dotted the skyline far away, and barques, with sails like the wings of butterflies, borne by an idle breeze, were bringing more than one ineligible young mariner back to the prose of shore.

Boats with crimson spouts, to wit, steamers, dotted the skyline far away, and barques, with sails like the wings of butterflies, borne by an idle breeze, were bringing more than one ineligible young mariner back to the prose of shore.