जब दोस्ती जन्म लेती है, तो कोई जन्म प्रमाण पत्र जारी नहीं होता। वहाँ कुछ भी ठोस नहीं होता। बस एक ऐसा अहसास होता है कि आपकी जिंदगी बदल गई है और बिना किसी अतिरिक्त प्रयास के आपके अंदर प्यार और परवाह करने की क्षमता जादुई रूप से बढ़ गई है। यह ऐसा है जैसे आपके पास एक छोटा सा कमरा हो और कोई आपके साथ रहने आ जाए। लेकिन तंग या भीड़भाड़ होने के बजाय, वह जगह और फैल जाती है, और आपको ऐसे कमरों का पता चलता है जिनके बारे में आपको तब तक पता ही नहीं था जब तक कि आपका दोस्त आपके साथ रहने नहीं आया था।
No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There is just a feeling that your life is different and that your capacity to love and care has miraculously been enlarged without any effort on your part. It's like having a tiny apartment and somebody moves in with you. But instead of becoming cramped and crowded, the space expands, and you discover rooms you never knew you had until your friend moved in with you.
No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There is just a feeling that your life is different and that your capacity to love and care has miraculously been enlarged without any effort on your part. It's like having a tiny apartment and somebody moves in with you. But instead of becoming cramped and crowded, the space expands, and you discover rooms you never knew you had until your friend moved in with you.
ऐसा लगता है कि जिंदगी बेमतलब नहीं है, बल्कि वह इतनी अर्थपूर्ण है कि तालमेल बिठाने और समझने के लिए उसके अर्थ का बार-बार गला घोटना पड़ता है। कहानी को आगे बढ़ाने के लिए।
Life, it seems, is not meaningless but, rather, so full of meaning that its meaning must be constantly murdered for the sake of cohesion and comprehension. For the sake of the storyline.
Life, it seems, is not meaningless but, rather, so full of meaning that its meaning must be constantly murdered for the sake of cohesion and comprehension. For the sake of the storyline.
मुझे बाइक रेसिंग की सबसे अच्छी बात यह लगती थी कि यह कोई मुख्यधारा का खेल नहीं था। मेरे आदर्श खुद के दम पर मुकाम हासिल करने वाले लोग थे। वहाँ कोई कोच नहीं थे, कोई ट्रेनिंग सेंटर नहीं थे, और गिने-चुने प्रायोजक थे। ट्रेनिंग के दौरान होने वाली राइड्स सिर्फ बाइकों की चर्चा तक सीमित नहीं होती थीं। इस तरह मुझे कई राइडर्स को जानने का मौका मिला, सिर्फ एक अच्छे स्प्रिंटर या अच्छे क्लाइंबर के रूप में नहीं, बल्कि ऐसे इंसानों के रूप में जिनके विचार मुझसे अलग थे, जिनके काम मुझसे अलग थे, और जिनके सपने मुझसे अलग थे।
What I loved about bike racing was that it was not a mainstream sport. My heroes were self-made. There were no coaches, no training centers, and only a handful of sponsors. Training rides were not totally devoted to bike talk. I got to know a lot of riders this way, not just as good sprinters or good climbers, but as people who had ideas different from mine, jobs different from mine, and dreams different from mine.
What I loved about bike racing was that it was not a mainstream sport. My heroes were self-made. There were no coaches, no training centers, and only a handful of sponsors. Training rides were not totally devoted to bike talk. I got to know a lot of riders this way, not just as good sprinters or good climbers, but as people who had ideas different from mine, jobs different from mine, and dreams different from mine.
इसलिए मैंने एक रूपरेखा (आउटलाइन) तैयार की। खैर, आप जानते ही हैं, दिन बीतते जाते हैं और मैं कुछ नहीं लिख रहा हूँ क्योंकि वह पूरी रूपरेखा मेरे सामने रखी हुई है। यह ऐसा है जैसे आप जिस यात्रा पर जाने वाले हैं, उसका हर ब्रोशर आपको मिल जाए और रास्ते के हर एक कदम की बारीक से बारीक जानकारी आपको पहले से ही पता हो। खैर, मुझे पूरा शक है कि इसके बाद आप वाकई कार में बैठकर सफर पर निकलेंगे भी। यानी, जब सब कुछ आपके सामने पहले से ही तय है, तो फिर इतनी माथापच्ची करने का फायदा ही क्या है?
So I made an outline. Well, you know, days are going by, and I am not writing anything because this thing is laid out in front of me. It's as if you get every brochure for a trip you are going to go on and you get the minutest details of every step along the way. Well, I really doubt you're going to then get in the car and go. You know, it's like, why bother if it's all laid out in front of you?
So I made an outline. Well, you know, days are going by, and I am not writing anything because this thing is laid out in front of me. It's as if you get every brochure for a trip you are going to go on and you get the minutest details of every step along the way. Well, I really doubt you're going to then get in the car and go. You know, it's like, why bother if it's all laid out in front of you?