ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Malcolm London - Poet, performer, activist
Young spoken-word poet Malcolm London has been called the "Gil Scott-Heron of this generation" (by Cornel West). His feisty, passionate performances take on the issues of the day, including the Chicago education system in which he grew up.

Why you should listen

This poet wields a dynamic spirit for speaking engagements utilizing his feisty and passionate performances as words of encourage for next generations to tell their stories. In 2011, Malcolm London won the Louder than a Bomb youth poetry slam in his native Chicago, scooping the top award as both individual performer and with a team. The poet, performer and activist has performed on stages throughout his home city as well as across the United States. A member of the Young Adult Council of the prestigious Steppenwolf Theater, London brings vim and vigor to his energetic performances tackling tough contemporary issues head-on. He wrote & directed a spoken word0infused play responding to the Zimmerman verdict called Two Years Later, and 

London attends University of Illinois at Chicago & is a member & co-chair of BYP100 Chicago Chapter, a national organization of black activists & organizers. Deeply interested in working on ways to improve the national education system, London regularly visits high schools, youth jails, colleges and communities to work with students on writing workshops and performances. London is currently devoted to being a youth advocate & coordinator of The Know Your Rights Project out of Northwestern Law School, a project dedicated to educating young people on their rights within the juvenile justice system, & continuing his work as teaching artist on staff at Young Chicago Authors, a program working to transform the lives of young people by cultivating their voices through writing, publication and performance education. His work has been featured on national outlets including CBS, NPR, The Huffington Post, The Root, and the Chicago Tribune.

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Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground"

मैल्कम लंदन: "हाई स्कूल में ट्रेनिंग ग्राउंड"

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युवा कवि, शिक्षक और कार्यकर्ता मैल्कम लंदन उच्च विद्यालय के मोर्चे तर्ज पर जीवन के बारे में भावप्रवण कविता पाठ करते हैं. उन्होंने "किशोरावस्था के महासागरों" के बारे में कहते हैं जो स्कूल में आते हैं "लेकिन, तैरना कभी नहीं सीखते" की "मर्दानगी का मजाक पिता के बिना पले पुरुषों द्वारा उड़ाया जाता है". सुंदर, गेय, द्रुतशीतन.
- Poet, performer, activist
Young spoken-word poet Malcolm London has been called the "Gil Scott-Heron of this generation" (by Cornel West). His feisty, passionate performances take on the issues of the day, including the Chicago education system in which he grew up. Full bio

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At 7:45 a.m., I openखुला the doorsदरवाजे के to a buildingइमारत
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07:45 पर मैंने एक इमारत के लिए दरवाजे खोल दिए हैं.
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dedicatedसमर्पित to buildingइमारत, yetअभी तक only breaksटूट जाता है me down.
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निर्माण के लिए समर्पित दरवाजे अभी तक केवल मुझे तोड़ देते हैं.
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I marchजुलूस down hallwaysHallways cleanedसाफ किया up after me everyप्रत्येक day
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मैं हॉल के रास्ते से गुजरता हूं
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by regularनियमित janitorsJanitors,
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जो चौकीदार रोज साफ करते हैं
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but I never have the decencyशालीनता to honorआदर theirजो अपने namesनाम.
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लेकिन मुझमैं उनके नाम का सम्मान करने के लिए शालीनता नहीं है.
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Lockersलॉकर्स left openखुला like teenageकिशोर का boys'लड़कों' mouthsमुंह
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लाकर्स खुला छोड़ दिया है, जैसे खुला रह जाते हैं लड़कों के मुंह
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when teenageकिशोर का girlsलड़कियाँ wearपहन लेना clothesवस्त्र that coversकवर
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जब लड़कियाँ पहनती हैं वस्त्र
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theirजो अपने insecuritiesअसुरक्षा but exposesउजागर everything elseअन्य.
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जो केवल असुरक्षा के कुछ अंग छिपाने के लिये बने हैं.
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Masculinityमर्दानगी mimickedमजाक उड़ाया by menपुरुषों who grewबढ़ी up with no fathersपिता की,
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मर्दानगी का मजाक पुरुषों द्वारा उड़ाया जो बिना पिता के साथ बड़े हुए हैं.
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camouflageछलावरण wornपहना by bulliesBullies who are dangerouslyखतरनाक armedसशस्त्र
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बदमाश छलावरण पहने हैं जो खतरनाक हथियारों से लैस हैं
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but need hugsHugs.
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लेकिन उनको गले लगने की जरूरत है.
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Teachersशिक्षकों paidभुगतान किया है lessकम से than what it costsलागत them to be here.
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शिक्षक यह उनके यहां होने की लागत से भी कम का भुगतान किया जाता है.
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Oceansमहासागरों of adolescentsकिशोरों come here to receiveप्राप्त करना lessonsपाठ
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किशोरों के महासागरों सबक प्राप्त करने के लिए यहां आते हैं
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but never learnसीखना to swimतैरना,
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लेकिन, तैरना कभी नहीं सीखते.
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partअंश like the Redलाल Seaसमुद्र when the bellघंटी ringsके छल्ले.
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जब लाल सागर घंटी बजती है
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This is a trainingप्रशिक्षण groundभूमि.
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यह एक प्रशिक्षण जमीन है.
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My highउच्च schoolस्कूल is Chicagoशिकागो,
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मेरा हाई स्कूल, शिकागो है
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diverseविविध and segregatedजुदा on purposeउद्देश्य.
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विविध और अलग अभिप्रायपूर्वक.
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Socialसामाजिक linesपंक्तियां are barbedकंटीले wireतार.
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सामाजिक लाइनों कांटेदार तार हैं.
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Labelsलेबल like "Regularsनियमित" and "Honorsसम्मान" resonateresonate.
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"नियमित" और "सम्मान" की तरह के लेबल गूंजते हैं.
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I am an Honorsसम्मान but go home with Regularनियमित studentsछात्रों
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मैं एक ऑनर्स हूँ लेकिन मैं नियमित छात्रों के साथ घर जाता हूँ
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who are soldiersसैनिकों in territoryक्षेत्र that ownsमालिक them.
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जो उस क्षेत्र में सैनिक हैं और उनके मालिक हैं.
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This is a trainingप्रशिक्षण groundभूमि to sortतरह out the Regularsनियमित
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यह एक प्रशिक्षण जमीन है, नियमित को ऑनर्स से अलग करने के लिए.
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from the Honorsसम्मान, a reoccurringReoccurring cycleचक्र
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यह एक चक्र है
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builtबनाया to recycleअपनी बात दोहराना the trashकचरा of this systemप्रणाली.
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इसे प्रणाली का कचरा पुनरावृत्ति करने के लिए बनाया गया है.
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Trainedप्रशिक्षित at a youngयुवा ageआयु to capitalizeकैपिटल,
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कम उम्र में फायदा उठाने के लिए प्रशिक्षित
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lettersपत्र taughtसिखाया now that capitalismपूंजीवाद raisesउठाता you
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पत्र पढ़ाया जाता है कि पूंजीवाद आपको जन्म देता है
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but you have to stepकदम on someoneकोई व्यक्ति elseअन्य to get there.
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लेकिन तुम वहाँ तक पहुँचने के लिए किसी और पर कदम रखना है.
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This is a trainingप्रशिक्षण groundभूमि where one groupसमूह
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यह एक प्रशिक्षण जमीन है, जहां एक समूह
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is taughtसिखाया to leadनेतृत्व and the other is madeबनाया गया to followका पालन करें.
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को नेतृत्व करने के लिए सिखाया जाता है और दूसरे को पालन करने के लिए सिखाया किया जाता है.
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No wonderआश्चर्य so manyअनेक of my people spitथूक barsसलाखों,
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कोई आश्चर्य नहीं है, मेरे लोग सलाखों को थूकते हैं.
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because the truthसत्य is hardकठिन to swallowनिगलना.
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क्योंकि सच्चाई को निगलना मुश्किल है
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The need for degreesडिग्री has left so manyअनेक people frozenजमे हुए.
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डिग्री के लिए जरूरत ने कई लोगों को जमे हुए छोड़ दिया गया है.
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Homeworkहोमवर्क is stressfulतनावपूर्ण,
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होमवर्क तनावपूर्ण है,
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but when you go home everyप्रत्येक day and your home is work,
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लेकिन आप हर दिन घर जाओ और अपका घर अपका काम है,
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you don't want to pickचुनना up any assignmentsकार्य.
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आप किसी भी कार्य को लेना नहीं चाहते.
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Readingपढ़ने textbooksपाठ्यपुस्तकों is stressfulतनावपूर्ण,
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पाठ्य पुस्तकें पढ़ना तनावपूर्ण है,
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but readingपढ़ना does not matterमामला when you feel
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लेकिन पढ़ने से भावनाओं के ऊपर कोई फर्क नही होता,
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your storyकहानी is alreadyपहले से writtenलिखा हुआ,
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आपका वृत्तांत पहले से ही लिखा है,
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eitherभी deadमृत or gettingमिल रहा bookedबुक.
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या तो मृत या तो आरक्षित.
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Takingलेने testsपरीक्षण is stressfulतनावपूर्ण,
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परीक्षा तनावपूर्ण हैं,
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but bubblingBubbling in a ScantronScantron does not stop
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लेकिन एक Scantron में बुदबुदाना
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bulletsबुलेट from burstingजला.
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गोलियां फोड़ना बंद नहीं करता है.
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I hearसुनो educationशिक्षा systemsसिस्टम are failingअसफलता,
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मैंने सुना है शिक्षा प्रणाली असफल हो रहे हैं,
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but I believe they're succeedingसफल at what they're builtबनाया to do --
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लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि वे जो वे करने के लिए बने हैं वे उसमें सफल रहे हैं
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to trainरेल गाडी you, to keep you on trackधावन पथ,
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आपको प्रशिक्षित करने के लिए, आप रास्ते पर रखने के लिए,
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to trackधावन पथ down an Americanअमेरिकी dreamख्वाब that has failedअनुत्तीर्ण होना
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एक अमेरिकी सपने पर नज़र रखने के लिए
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so manyअनेक of us all.
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जो हम में से कई लोगों के लिए असफल हो गया है.
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(Applauseप्रशंसा)
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(तालियां)
Translated by Kankana Shukla
Reviewed by Omprakash Bisen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Malcolm London - Poet, performer, activist
Young spoken-word poet Malcolm London has been called the "Gil Scott-Heron of this generation" (by Cornel West). His feisty, passionate performances take on the issues of the day, including the Chicago education system in which he grew up.

Why you should listen

This poet wields a dynamic spirit for speaking engagements utilizing his feisty and passionate performances as words of encourage for next generations to tell their stories. In 2011, Malcolm London won the Louder than a Bomb youth poetry slam in his native Chicago, scooping the top award as both individual performer and with a team. The poet, performer and activist has performed on stages throughout his home city as well as across the United States. A member of the Young Adult Council of the prestigious Steppenwolf Theater, London brings vim and vigor to his energetic performances tackling tough contemporary issues head-on. He wrote & directed a spoken word0infused play responding to the Zimmerman verdict called Two Years Later, and 

London attends University of Illinois at Chicago & is a member & co-chair of BYP100 Chicago Chapter, a national organization of black activists & organizers. Deeply interested in working on ways to improve the national education system, London regularly visits high schools, youth jails, colleges and communities to work with students on writing workshops and performances. London is currently devoted to being a youth advocate & coordinator of The Know Your Rights Project out of Northwestern Law School, a project dedicated to educating young people on their rights within the juvenile justice system, & continuing his work as teaching artist on staff at Young Chicago Authors, a program working to transform the lives of young people by cultivating their voices through writing, publication and performance education. His work has been featured on national outlets including CBS, NPR, The Huffington Post, The Root, and the Chicago Tribune.

More profile about the speaker
Malcolm London | Speaker | TED.com