Hindi → English transcript

We are truly not weak. We just make mistakes in a rush.

Some techniques come in handy.

Suppose there is a paper like that,

और एकदम गहरी सांस लीजिए।

Breathe in so deeply that your chest swells as much as you possibly can.

And then slowly let that breath out. Your mind will instantly detach.

आपका मन एकदम से अलग हो जाएगा।

Then look at it again,

You will get hold of the right thing. It is one thing to make mistakes because

नहीं आता है इसलिए गलती होना अलग बात है।

you do not know. But you know it and still make a mistake— that will never happen.

Namaskar, sir, Jai Gauri Shankar. My name is Mridumalaya Barman.

So sir, my question is, in a small house, with noise and chores...

I mean, studying often becomes a bit difficult. And if our parents do not

और अगर माता-पिता हमारे सपनों को उतना सपोर्ट नहीं करते...

उतना गंभीरता से नहीं लेते, तो अब हम क्या कर सकते हैं?

देखिए मैं बताता हूं।

मैंने एक वीडियो देखा था सोशल मीडिया पे, जो मेरे मन को छू गया था।

एक पिताजी बैलगाड़ी में अपना जो रोजी-रोटी कमाने के लिए...

daily bread… was taking some goods along. And his child, in that bullock cart,

और उनका बच्चा उस बैलगाड़ी में सामान भरा पड़ा था...

it was full of goods… was sitting somewhere on top of the goods.

But what was he doing? He was reading his book. Meaning, he was not worried

यानी वो कम्फर्ट की चिंता नहीं कर रहा था।

कुछ लोग होते हैं कि भाई नींद नहीं आती। क्यों नहीं आती?

Why can you not sleep? “ The room is like this.”

Even if you put that person in a five- star hotel, he still will not

be able to sleep. So this idea that if there is comfort… then ability will come,

तो क्षमता आएगी, ऐसा नहीं है।

that is not true. In our country, in the board exams…

the children who score high marks, who are they? They are from small villages.

छोटे-छोटे गांव के हैं। पहले क्या होता था?

Only kids from big families, big schools. Now it is not like that.

From small families.

Look, I just met some girls from the blind cricket team.

And she came back after winning. When I heard her,

her words were such that they brought tears to my eyes. She has no home,

घर नहीं है, और ब्लाइंड है...

and despite being differently abled, he has reached this point.

So where she was born, where she lived, that did not matter. So we… it is the

comfort zone that makes life…

We should not live under this illusion. Life is made by the way

जीवन बनता है जिंदगी जीने के तरीके से।

When I saw the honorable Prime Minister,

लीडर हैं इंडिया के तो मुझे लगा कि वो बहुत सीरियस रहते होंगे।

लेकिन जब उनसे बातें की न, बातें करके अपने-अपने लगे।

he felt like one of our own. When I heard the advice he gave, I felt, yes,

I can do this. Now I will follow that and in my life I will try to follow