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Lakshmi Pratury: The lost art of letter-writing
Lakšmi Praturi (Lakshmi Pratury): Izgubljena umjetnost pisanja pisama
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Lakšmi Praturi sjeća se izgubljene umjetnosti pisanja pisama i dijeli niz poruka koje joj je njen otac napisao prije nego što je umro. Njen kratki ali iskreni govor možda vas inspiriše da i vi nešto napišete.
Lakshmi Pratury - Connector
Lakshmi Pratury is the host of The INK Conference and was the co-host of TEDIndia 2009. Full bio
Lakshmi Pratury is the host of The INK Conference and was the co-host of TEDIndia 2009. Full bio
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So I thought, "I will talk about death."
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Pa, mislila sam: "Govoriću o smrti."
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Seemed to be the passion today.
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To je, izgleda strast danas.
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Actually, it's not about death.
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Ustvari, govor nije o smrti.
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It's inevitable, terrible, but really what I want to talk about is,
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Ona je neizbježna, užasna, ali
ono o čemu zaista želim da govorim je,
ono o čemu zaista želim da govorim je,
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I'm just fascinated by the legacy people leave when they die.
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fascinirana sam onim što ljudi
ostave za sobom kada umru.
ostave za sobom kada umru.
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That's what I want to talk about.
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To je ono o čemu želim da govorim.
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So Art Buchwald left his legacy of humor with a video
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Tako je Art Bahvald ostavio
za sobom duhoviti video
za sobom duhoviti video
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that appeared soon after he died, saying,
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koji se pojavio ubrzo nakon što je umro,
u kojem kaže,
u kojem kaže,
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"Hi! I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died."
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"Zdravo, ja sam Art Bahvald, i upravo sam umro."
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And Mike, who I met at Galapagos, a trip which I won at TED,
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A Majk, koga sam upoznala na Galapagosu,
na putovanju koje sam osvojila na TED-u,
na putovanju koje sam osvojila na TED-u,
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is leaving notes on cyberspace where he is chronicling
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ostavlja poruke na sajber prostoru
na kojem piše hroniku
na kojem piše hroniku
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his journey through cancer.
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o njegovom životu sa rakom.
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And my father left me a legacy of his handwriting
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A moj otac mi je ostavio svoje rukopise,
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through letters and a notebook.
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pisma i sveske.
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In the last two years of his life, when he was sick,
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Za poslednje dvije godine
svog života, dok je bio bolestan,
svog života, dok je bio bolestan,
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he filled a notebook with his thoughts about me.
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ispisao je svesku svojih misli o meni.
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He wrote about my strengths, weaknesses,
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Pisao je o mojoj snazi, slabostima,
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and gentle suggestions for improvement,
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i blagim savjetima o napretku,
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quoting specific incidents, and held a mirror to my life.
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navodeći specifične događaje, i
pružajući mi ogledalo mog života.
pružajući mi ogledalo mog života.
01:15
After he died, I realized that no one writes to me anymore.
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Nakon njegove smrti, shvatila sam
da mi niko više ne piše.
da mi niko više ne piše.
01:20
Handwriting is a disappearing art.
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Pisanje je umjetnost koja nestaje.
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I'm all for email and thinking while typing,
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Ja sam za e-mail i razmišljam dok kucam,
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but why give up old habits for new?
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ali zašto zbog novih navika odustajemo od starih?
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Why can't we have letter writing and email exchange in our lives?
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Zašto ne bismo imali pisma
i razmjenjivali e-mail-ove?
i razmjenjivali e-mail-ove?
01:33
There are times when I want to trade all those years
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Ponekad želim da mijenjam sve godine
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that I was too busy to sit with my dad and chat with him,
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kada sam bila isuviše zauzeta da
sjedim i ćaskam sa svojim ocem,
sjedim i ćaskam sa svojim ocem,
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and trade all those years for one hug.
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i mijenjam sve te godine za jedan njegov zagrljaj.
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But too late.
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Ali, prekasno.
01:51
But that's when I take out his letters and I read them,
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Ali tada, izvadim njegova pisma i pročitam ih,
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and the paper that touched his hand is in mine,
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i papir koji je dotakao njegovu ruku je u mojoj,
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and I feel connected to him.
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i osjetim se povezanim sa njim.
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So maybe we all need to leave our children
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Tako da, možda svi treba da ostavimo našoj djeci
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with a value legacy, and not a financial one.
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vrijednu zaostavštinu, ali ne onu finansijsku.
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A value for things with a personal touch --
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Vrijednu stvar sa ličnim dodirom -
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an autograph book, a soul-searching letter.
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autobiografsku knjigu,
pismo u kojem tražimo dušu.
pismo u kojem tražimo dušu.
02:17
If a fraction of this powerful TED audience
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Ako bi mali dio ove moćne TED publike
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could be inspired to buy a beautiful paper --
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želio da kupi lijep papir -
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John, it'll be a recycled one -- and write a beautiful letter
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Džone, biće reciklirani papir
-- i napisao lijepo pismo
-- i napisao lijepo pismo
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to someone they love, we actually may start a revolution
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nekome koga voli, mi bismo,
ustvari započeli revoluciju
ustvari započeli revoluciju
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where our children may go to penmanship classes.
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koja bi natjerala našu djecu
da odu na časove lijepog pisanja.
da odu na časove lijepog pisanja.
02:33
So what do I plan to leave for my son?
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Šta ja planiram da ostavim svom sinu?
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I collect autograph books, and those of you authors
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Skupljam autobiografske knjige, a autori tih knjiga
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in the audience know I hound you for them --
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koji su u publici, znaju da sam ih
uznemiravala za knjige --
uznemiravala za knjige --
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and CDs too, Tracy.
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i CD-ove takođe, Trejsi.
02:44
I plan to publish my own notebook.
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Planiram da objavim svoju knjigu.
02:48
As I witnessed my father's body being swallowed by fire,
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Dok sam gledala kako tijelo moga oca
guta plamen,
guta plamen,
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I sat by his funeral pyre and wrote.
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na sahrani sam sjela na lomaču i zapisala.
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I have no idea how I'm going to do it,
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Nemam ideju kako ću to da uradim,
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but I am committed to compiling his thoughts and mine
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ali posvećena sam da sastavim
negove misli sa svojima
negove misli sa svojima
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into a book, and leave that published book for my son.
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u knjizi, i da ostavim
tu objavljenu knjigu svom sinu.
tu objavljenu knjigu svom sinu.
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I'd like to end with a few verses of what I wrote
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Voljela bih da završim sa nekoliko stihova
koje sam zapisala
koje sam zapisala
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at my father's cremation.
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kada su kremirali mog oca.
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And those linguists, please pardon the grammar,
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A vi lingvisti, oprostite na gramatici,
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because I've not looked at it in the last 10 years.
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zato što to nisam čitala deset godina.
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I took it out for the first time to come here.
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Po prvi put ih čitam ovdje.
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"Picture in a frame, ashes in a bottle,
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"Slika u okviru, pepeo u boci,
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boundless energy confined in the bottle,
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bezgranična energija zatvorena u boci,
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forcing me to deal with reality,
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tjera me da se izborim sa stvarnošću,
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forcing me to deal with being grown up.
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tjera me da se izborim sa tim da sam odrasla.
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I hear you and I know that you would want me to be strong,
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Čujem te i znam da želiš da budem jaka,
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but right now, I am being sucked down, surrounded
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ali sada sam usisana dolje, okružena
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and suffocated by these raging emotional waters,
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i ugušena ovim razjarenim talasima emocija,
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craving to cleanse my soul, trying to emerge
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žudeći da pročistim svoju dušu,
pokušavajući da se ispenjem
pokušavajući da se ispenjem
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on a firm footing one more time, to keep on fighting and flourishing
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na čvrstoj osnovi još jednom, da nastavim
da se borim i cvjetam
da se borim i cvjetam
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just as you taught me.
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kao što si me naučio.
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Your encouraging whispers in my whirlpool of despair,
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Tvoji ohrabrujući šapati u mom vrtlogu očaja
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holding me and heaving me to shores of sanity,
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drže me i pružaju utočište na obali razuma,
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to live again and to love again."
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da ponovo živim i volim.
04:02
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lakshmi Pratury - ConnectorLakshmi Pratury is the host of The INK Conference and was the co-host of TEDIndia 2009.
Why you should listen
After two decades in marketing, venture capitalism and social entreprenuership, Lakshmi Pratury turned her focus toward linking her home country of India more tightly with the American community. Her firm, Ixoraa Media, runs meetings and events to spark dialogue and make connections. In 2009, she co-hosted TEDIndia and saw such a warm response to the conference that she founded The INK Conference, in partnership with TED, that would pick up where TEDIndia left off. Watch the INKTalks channel to see some of the brilliant ideas shared at the INK Conference. Pratury blogs at Lakshmi's Lounge.
She worked at Intel for 12 years as a marketer and evangelist, then moved to a VC firm, Global Capitalist Partners. At GCP, she focused on connecting India's legendary software-development community with US tech. She began to focus more strictly on relationship-building with her move to the America India Foundation, where she founded the AIF's Digital Equalizer program, offering technology education to some 80,000 children and 2,000 teachers in India. She also launched the AIF Summit for social entrepreneurs from India.
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