Shake up your story | Raghava KK

Translator: Anqi Feng Reviewer: Ann Lee

Hi everyone.

哈嘍，大家好。

I'm an artist and a dad -- second time around.

我系一名藝術家，亦系一位爹地。第二次當爹地了。

Thank you.

多謝。

And I want to share with you my latest art project.

我想同大家分享我最新嘅藝術項目。

It's a children's book for the iPad.

系為iPad設計嘅一款小兒書。

It's a little quirky and silly.

有少少搞怪，有少少傻。

It's called "Pop-It,"

佢叫做“泡泡書”

And it's about the things little kids do with their parents.

系關於細路仔同佢地嘅父母一齊做嘅嘢。

(Music)

（音樂）

So this is about potty training --

所以，呢個就系關於上廁所嘅“訓練”啦——

as most of you, I hope, know.

我希望，大家都知啦。

You can tickle the rug.

你可以玩小地毯。

You can make the baby poop.

你可以幫BB仔便便。

You can do all those fun things.

你可以做所有呢地有趣嘅事。

You can burst bubbles.

你可以嘟爆滴泡泡。

You can draw, as everyone should.

你可以畫畫，大家都可以。

But you know, I have a problem with children's books:

不過，你知啦，我對小兒書有個想法：

I think they're full of propaganda.

我覺得入邊太多宣傳啦。

At least an Indian trying to get one of these American books in Park Slope, forget it.

最起碼，一個印度人去買上流社會嘅美國書籍，算了吧。

It's not the way I was brought up.

呢種唔系我長大嘅方式。

So I said, "I'm going to counter this with my own propaganda."

所以，我就講：“我要用我自己嘅宣傳去對抗。”

If you notice carefully,

如果你細心嘅睇下，

it's a homosexual couple bringing up a child.

呢果系一對男同性夫妻同一個細路仔。

You don't like it?

你唔中意？

Shake it, and you have a lesbian couple.

搖下，依家變成佐女同性夫妻啦。

(Laughter)

（笑……）

Shake it, and you have a heterosexual couple.

搖下，依家又變成異性夫妻啦。

You know, I don't even believe in the concept of an ideal family.

你知嘅，我唔相信有么嘢系叫做理想家庭嘅。

I have to tell you about my childhood.

我想話卑你知，我嘅童年。

I went to this very proper Christian school

我去佐一個很好嘅基督教學校。

taught by nuns, fathers, brothers, sisters.

老師系修女，神父，兄弟，姐妹。

Basically, I was brought up to be a good Samaritan,

基本上，佢地希望我成為一個很善良的人。

and I am.

事實上都系咁。

And I'd go at the end of the day to a traditional Hindu house,

每日晚上，我去到一個傳統的印度教會。

which was probably the only Hindu house

系一個伊斯蘭教興盛的街區里，

in a predominantly Islamic neighborhood.

果間或者就系唯一一間印度度教會。

Basically, I celebrated every religious function.

基本上，我會慶祝所有嘅宗教慶典。

In fact, when there was a wedding in our neighborhood,

事實上，如果隔壁有人結婚，

all of us would paint our houses for the wedding.

我都所有人都會為果個婚禮粉刷我地間屋。

I remember we cried profusely

當夏日同我地一齊玩嘅果地羊仔，

when the little goats we played with in the summer

變成佐蓋澆飯，

became biriani.

我記得我地都哭地好慘。

(Laughter)

（笑……）

We all had to fast during Ramadan.

齋月果陣時，我地都要食齋。

It was a very beautiful time.

果段時間很美好。

But I must say,

但系，我要講，

I'll never forget, when I was 13 years old, this happened.

我唔會旺季，我13歲果時，發生嘅事。

Babri Masjid --

巴布里清真寺——

one of the most beautiful mosques in India,

印度最靚嘅一間清真寺之一，

built by King Babur, I think, in the 16th century --

我想，系16世紀由巴布爾國王建造嘅，

was demolished by Hindu activists.

佢被印度教活躍分子摧毀佐。

This caused major riots in my city.

呢件事系我嘅城市裡造成佐好大嘅動亂。

And for the first time,

第一次，

I was affected

我被呢種族群暴亂，

by this communal unrest.

所影響。

My little five-year-old kid neighbor

我隔壁嘅細路仔，5歲，

comes running in,

沖佐入來，

and he says, "Rags, Rags.

佢同我講，“Rags, Rags”

You know the Hindus are killing us Muslims. Be careful."

”你知唔知印度教滴人系度傻梗我地穆斯林啊，小心滴！“

I'm like, "Dude, I'm Hindu."

我就好似，“呃，我系印度教嘅。”

(Laughter)

（笑……）

He's like, "Huh!"

佢就好似，“啊！”

You know, my work is inspired

你知，我就系受呢地事情所激發，

by events such as this.

做出呢個項目。

Even in my gallery shows,

系我嘅畫廊展示入邊，

I try and revisit historic events

我都努力重新演繹歷史時間，

like Babri Masjid,

就好似巴布里清真寺，

distill only its emotional residue

提煉出佢嘅情感沉澱，

and image my own life.

再想像出我自己嘅生活。

Imagine history being taught differently.

想下，如果歷史唔系甘教嘅。

Remember that children's book

記得我本小兒書嘛？

where you shake and the sexuality of the parents change?

當你搖下，父母嘅性別會轉變？

I have another idea.

我仲有個想法。

It's a children's book about Indian independence --

呢個系一本小兒書，關於印度獨立——

very patriotic.

好愛國嘅。

But when you shake it, you get Pakistan's perspective.

當你搖下，你會有巴基斯坦人嘅角度。

Shake it again, and you get the British perspective.

再搖下，你又有英國人嘅角度。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

You have to separate fact from bias, right.

系啦，你要將事實同偏見分開。

Even my books on children

我嘅小兒書，

have cute, fuzzy animals.

有好得意，毛茸茸嘅動物。

But they're playing geopolitics.

不過，佢地玩梗地緣政治。

They're playing out Israel-Palestine,

佢地扮演佐以色列-巴勒斯坦。

India-Pakistan.

印度-巴基斯坦。

You know, I'm making a very important argument.

你知道嗎，我做梗一個很重要嘅宣言。

And my argument [is]

就系，

that the only way for us to teach creativity

教導如何創新嘅唯一方式，

is by teaching children perspectives

系最初嘅階段，

at the earliest stage.

就系教卑佢地不同嘅角度。

After all, children's books are manuals on parenting,

畢竟，小兒書就系大人教導細路仔嘅手冊，

so you better give them children's books that teach them perspectives.

所以你最好卑佢地果地可以教佢地由不同方式睇問題嘅小兒書。

And conversely,

相反，

only when you teach perspectives

只有你教佢地不同角度，

will a child be able to imagine

細路仔先會有能力去想像，

and put themselves in the shoes

去切身體會，

of someone who is different from them.

同佢地唔一樣嘅人系點想問題嘅。

I'm making an argument that art and creativity

我要宣稱，藝術同創新，

are very essential tools in empathy.

系培養同情，同感，同理入邊好重要嘅部份。

You know, I can't promise my child

你明白，我唔可以保證我嘅子女，

a life without bias --

可以完全無偏見——

we're all biased --

我地所有人都有偏見——

but I promise to bias my child with multiple perspectives.

但系，我可以保證，我嘅子女可以從多重角度睇問題。

Thank you very much.

非常感谢。

(Applause)

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