iqRÈnf
- krqfr isMG duwgl
 

(1917)
iksy smyN sfihqkfrF dy jnm leI jLrKLyjL smJy jfx vfly poTohfr dy ielfky dy ipMz Dimafl, iËlHf rfvlipMzI ivwc srdfr jIvn isMG duwgl dy Gr krqfr isMG duwgl df jnm hoieaf. aYm ey aMgryËI dI ividaf hfsl krky Ausny CyqI hI afl ieMzIaf ryzIE dy aiDkfrI vjoN kMm krnf ÈurU kIqf. 1942 qoN 1966 qwk Auh lgfqfr ryzIE nfl juiVaf irhf aqy bqOr zfierYktr afkfÈvfxI syvf-mukq hoieaf. ryzIE dI syvf inBfAux qoN ielfvf Ausny rfsLtrI pwDr dy hor vI keI adfiraF ivc smyN smyN ijLMmyvfrI vfly ahuidaF ‘qy kMm kIqf. Auh nYÈnl buwk trwst df skwqr (1966-73), slfhkfr sUcnf qy pRsfrn mMqrflf (1973-76) aqy rfj sBf df mYNbr vI irhf. duwgl bhu-ivDfeI lyKk hY aqy kivqf, khfxI, nftk aqy vfrqk lyKx dy Kyqr ivwc AusdIaF aihm pRfpqIaF hn. pr pMjfbI khfxIkfr vjoN AusdI iewk ivwlKx pCfx hY. AusnUM afDuink inwkI khfxI dy nksL svfrn vfly pihly moZI kQfkfrF ivc snmfnXog sQfn hfsl hY.
krqfr isMG duwgl afpxy pihly khfxI-sMgRih ‘svyr-sfr’ nfl hI sQfpq kQfkfr bx igaf sI. pMjfbI khfxI ivc mnoivigafn aMqr-idRsLtI df smfvysL krnf AusdI vwzI pRfpqI smJI jFdI hY. AusdIaF khfxIaF ivwc pihlI vfr mnuwKI mn dIaF aMdrlIaF hnyrIaF prqF nUM bfrIkI nfl vyiKaf jfx lwgf. Ausny zUMGI mnoivigafnk sUJ nfl mnuwKI ivhfr ipwCy kfrjsLIl pRyrkF nUM smiJaf/smJfieaf. BfvyN krqfr isMG duwgl ÈurU ÈurU ivwc ‘klf klf leI’ dy iswDFq df pYrokfr sI, pr CyqI hI AusdIaF khfxIaF ivwc ‘klf smfj leI’ dy iswDFq df smfvyÈ vI ho igaf aqy Aus ny afpxIaF khfxIaF ivwc bdl rhy Bfrq dI qkdIr nUM vI pRgqIvfdI AuqÈfh nfl icqiraf. gux aqy igxqI ivwc Auh pMjfbI ivwc sB qoN vwD khfxIaF ilKx vflf lyKk igixaf jFdf hY. poTohfrI BfÈfeI rMg ivc rMgI hoeI aqy inwky inwky duhrfAupUrn vfkF aqy vfkMÈF dI srodI jVq vflI AusdI ivlwKx ilKx- ÈYlI Ausdf ivsLysL pCfx-icMnH hY.
Aumr dy ies pVfa AuWqy vI Auh khfxIaF ilKI jf irhf hY. AusdI khfxI rcnf df vyrvf ies pRkfr hY: svyr sfr- 1941, ipwpl pwqIaF- 1942, kuVI khfxI krdI geI-1943, zMgr-1944, kwcf duwD-1945, awg Kfx vfly- 1948, nvF Gr-1950, nvF afdmI-1951, lVfeI nhIN-1952, Puwl qoVnf mnHF hY-1953, krfmfq-1957, gOrj-1958, pfry mYry-1960, iewk iCwt cfnx dI-1960, sBY sFJIvfl sdfiex- 1966, mfjHf nhIN moieaf-1971, sunfr bMglf-1976, Zoieaf hoieaf bUhf-1978, iekrfrF vflI rfq-1979, iqrkflF vyly-1983, hMsf afdmI-1986, pYxgy vYx zUMGy-1993, BfbI jfn-1995, mOq iewk guMcy dI-1995, imwtI muslmfn kI-1999[ Ausdy khfxI sMigRh ‘iewk iCwt cfnx dI’ nUM 1965 ivwc sfihq-akfdmI purskfr pRfpq hoieaf.

khfxI bfry:
‘iqRÈnf’ nF dI khfxI ivwc awj dy bhu-cricq muwdy ‘BrUx-hwiqaf’ nUM Poks ivwc ilafAux dy nfl nfl ajoky aiq-afDuink afKy jfx vfly smfj ivwc vI mrd dI DONs aqy srdfrI dy hvfly nfl aOrq dI hIx aqy vsqU-hoNd df ibrqFq isrijaf igaf hY. afKx-vyKx nUM asIN iewkIvIN sdI ivwc pRvyÈ kr gey hF. aOrq dI qrwkI aqy afËfdI dI muhfrnI vI rtI jf rhy hF. ies ivwc aMiÈk scfeI vI hY. khfxI dI muwK-pfqr rjnI pVHI ilKI hY aqy afpxI mrËI dy vr nUM pRfpq skx dI Ausny afËfdI vI hfsl kr leI hY. pr ies sB kuJ dy bfvjUd bwcf pYdf krn aqy mF bxn dy AusdI iËMdgI dy sB qoN mhwqvpUrn ÌYsly df aiDkfr Ausdy afpxy kol nhIN. Ausdf pRymI-pqI prqUl hI aslI ‘mYijstRyt’ hY jo rjnI dI mF bxn dI ‘Ìirafd’ nUM suxn qoN ienkfrI hY aqy kyvl ‘nr-bwcy’ dI prbl cfhq aDIn afpxI hox vflI bwcI nUM kuwK ivwc kql kIqy jfx df ‘ÌYslf’ suxfAuNdf hY. muhwbq dy jËby ivwc iBwjy hoey aOrq mrd ivwc BfvyN brfbrI aqy iewk dUjy dI iewCf df siqkfr krn dI Bfvnf dy hox dI afs kIqI jf skdI hY pr iewQy ieh vyiKaf igaf hY ik mrd aOrq dI muhwbq nUM vI afpxy ihqF leI vrq jFdf hY. ‘Bfvuk-ÈoÈx’ df iÈkfr rjnI prqUl dI muhwbq dy huMgfry vjoN hI afpxy Gr pYdf hox vflI bwcI nUM nf cfhuMidaF hoieaF vI grBpfq rfhIN Éqm kr lYNdI hY aqy iËMdgI Br leI bFJ ho jFdI hY. grBpfq df ieh gunfh aqy axjMmI bwcI leI aMdry ipaf rih igaf mmqf df aiqRpq jËbf Ausdy leI Aumr Br leI sMqfp, pIVf aqy pCqfvy df kfrn bx jFdf hY. Auh nf cfhuMidaF hoieaF vI ‘pqI dI ÉuÈI leI’ ieh gunfh kr bYTdI hY.
‘mrd’ prqUl rjnI df pRymI-pqI hox dy bfvjUd Aus aMdrly ËÉmI jËibaF dy AumVdy qUÌfn nUM smJx qoN asmrQ hY. grBpfq krvf ky afeI pqnI dI ËÉmI mfniskqf nUM smJx qoN asmrwQ aqy AusnUM DIrj dyx dI loV nUM asloN axgOilaF krky klwb cly jfx vflf prqUl pQrfey jËibaF vflf ivakqI lwgdf hY. rjnI leI afpxI hox vflI DI nUM kuwK ivwc hI kql krvf afAuxf ijwQy AusdI iËMdgI dI sB qoN mhwqvpUrn aqy duKdfiek Gtnf hY EQy prqUl vfsqy ieh iblkul iewk sfDfrn gwl lwgdI nËr afAuNdI hY. duwgl ny iewk ‘mrd’ lyKk hox dy bfvjUd aOrq mn dI sMvydnf nUM bVI bfrIkI nfl smiJaf aqy pyÈ kIqf hY.
krqfr isMG duwgl iewk mnoivigafnI vFg mnuwKI mn dIaF pycIdgIaF nUM smJdf hY. rjnI df Aumr Br leI bFJ hoxf BfvyN dovF jIaF nUM afpxy pfp dI imlx vflI rwbI-sËf ijhf lwgdf hY pr lyKk kyvl ies gwl AuWqy Poks krn dI bjfie rjnI dy mnoXQfrQ nUM pyÈ krn vwl vDyry ruicq hY aqy ies prkfr khfxI nUM rumFitk aqy afdrÈk rMg ivwc rMgx qoN bc jFdf hY. AusdI XQfrQvfdI idRÈtI rjnI aMdr psry mmqf dy aiqRpq iÉlfa nUM pCfxdI hY. ies iÉlfa nUM Brn leI Auh skUl ivwc dfÉl hox afeIaF kuVIaF dy nF afpxI ‘axjMmI DI’ ‘iqRÈnf’ dy nF `qy rwKdI hY; AuhnF nUM ‘iqRÈnf’ pukfr ky mfnisk skUn anuBv krdI hY. iesqrHF afpxI ‘gvfcI DI’ dy ichry nUM skUl dIaF kuVIaF ivcoN lwBx df Ausdf Xqn BfvyN ‘aMbF dI BuwK aMbfkVIaF nfl lfhux df’ qF qrlf ijhf hI jfpdf hY pr aiqRpq rih gey afpxI mmqf dy qIbr jËby dI iqRpqI leI Ausdf ieh Xqn Bfv-ivrycn df kfrj krdf hY aqy Ausdy mfnisk sMquln nUM bxfeI rwKx ivwc shfeI vI huMdf hY.
ivaMg dI qyË Dfr nfl smfj dIaF Êlq kImqF nUM inÈfnf bnfAux df hunr krqfr isMG duwgl bfÉUbI jfxdf hY. prqUl df ‘mYijstRyt’ hoxf aqy ‘AusnUM ‘iensfÌ df rÉvflf’ afKxf aijhf ivaMg hY jo kyvl rjnI dI pIVf nUM hI Ëbfn nhIN idMdf (ijsdIaF ‘ÌirafdF’ ies ‘mYijstRyt’ ny axsuxIaF krky AusdI DI nUM AusdI kuwK ivwc kql krvf dyx df ‘hukm’ suxfieaf hY) sgoN prqUl nUM aOrq dIaF ‘PLirafdF’ nUM axgOly krn vfly smuwcI mrd jfq dy pRqIinD vjoN pyÈ krdf hY. iesqrHF hI rjnI dy pyt ivwc pldy BrUx nUM grBpfq krdy smyN kUVy aqy guwdV vFg ‘vYkXUm’ kr lYx df ichn aOrq dI kUVf-krkt aqy guwdV vflI ivaMg-hoNd df sUck bx jFdf hY. ieh duKFqk-ivaMg aOrq dI ‘guwdV-hoNd’ dI QF AusdI mfnvI hoNd nUM qslIm krn dI duhfeI hY.
khfxI df nF ‘iqRÈnf’ vI aiqRpqI aqy mmqf dI axbuJI ipafs df hI sUck hY.

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“ies qoN pyÈqr ik jo kuwJ krnf hY mYN ÈurU krF, qusIN jy kuwJ puwCxf hoey, koeI suafl?” lyzI zfktr ny ivvhfrk Aus qoN puwiCaf.
“koeI nhIN.” rjnI ny gwco-gwc afvfË ivwc ikhf, “pr jo kuwJ mYN krn jf rhI hF ies leI mYnUM afpxy afp qoN nÌrq hY.”
EpRyÈn QIeytr ivwc kuwJ icr leI ÉfmoÈI Cf geI.
“quhfnUM lgdf hY ieh jo kuwJ krn df PYslf hoieaf hY, qusIN Aus leI iqafr nhIN?” Jwt ku bfad lyzI zfktr ny svfl kIqf.
“nhIN, mYN iqafr hF. mMYN bs ieqnf kihxf cfhuMdI hF- mYN ies nUM ipafr krdI hF. bytI hY qF kI?”
lyzI zfktr Pyr ÉfmoÈ ho geI. ijvyN jwko-qwk ivwc hovy.
“ÈurU kro.” rjnI dIaF plkF ivwc hux awQrU zlHk rhy sn, “zfktr, ÈurU kro. mYN iqafr hF, mYN.”
kuJ icr leI iÌr ÉfmoÈI.
“ies nUM spYkUlm kihMdy ny, mYN ieh cVHfvFgI.” hux zfktr bolI. “qusIN vyKxf cfhogy?”
“nhIN.” rjnI ny isr ihlfieaf.
“koeI suafl?”
“pIV bhuq hovygI?” rjnI ny puwiCaf.
“nhIN drd nhIN hovygf, bs kuwJ ku qnfa ijhf mihsUs hovygf”, lyzI zfktr dIaF awKF ivwc rjnI leI aMqF dI hmdrdI sI. jdoN Aus iehdI bFh PVI qF rjnI nUM lwgf ijvyN Auhdy hwQ XÉ TMZy hox. Auhdy zfktrI CVF vrgy TMZy.
“mYN hux bwcydfnI dy mUMh qy iewk tIkf lfvFgI……” lyzI zfktr bol rhI sI.
rjnI byihs lytI, AuhdIaF awKF dy sfhmxy Auhdy lwK suÌny ijvyN nIly afkfÈ ivwc iJliml qfiraF vFg itmkdy iewk iek krky Cup rhy hox.
prqUl nfl Auhdf prnfieaf jfxf! ikqnI bdmgËI hoeI sI. pr afÉr Aus afpxI gwl mnf leI sI. afpxy mnpsMd vr leI sB nUM rfËI kr ilaf sI. Pyr AuhnF dy Pyry hoey! hfey ikqny cfvF nfl Aus ivafh kIqf sI! AuhnF dI suhfgrfq! hnImUn! prqUl dI positMg. AunHF df invyklf Gr. Auhdf mF bxn df PYslf. AuhdI god df Biraf jfxf…
“…bs hux pMj imMt lwgxgy. pIV iblkul nhIN hovygI……” lyzI zfktr bol rhI sI.
ikqnI KuÈ sI rjnI. ijvyN DrqI AuWqy Auhdy pYr nf lwg rhy hox. pr ieh prqUl skrIinMg dI ikAuN rwt lfey hoey sI. Aus nUM qF bs mF bxnf sI. prqUl jdoN kMm qy clf jFdf sI, ieqnI vwzI koTI ijvyN AusnUM Kfx nUM pYNdI hovy. Aus nUM qF bs mF bxnf sI. Aus nUM qF bs iewk bwcy nfl Kyzxf sI. Auhdf mn pricaf rhygf.
“……quhfzy isrÌ awT hÌqy hoey ny. koeI Éqry dI gwl nhIN. jy iewk do hÌqy hor ho jFdy qF muÈkl bx skdI sI……” lyzI zfktr mrIË df Drvfs bMnHf rhI sI.
skrIinMg, skrIinMg, skrIinMg, AuTdy bYTdy skrIinMg. prqUl dI muhwbq, Auh hfr ky rfËI ho geI sI. kI Ìrk pYxf sI? Auh Ébry, qfvlf sI ieh jfxn leI ik bytf hovygf ik bytI. dIvfnf!
“……aMzf bwcfdfnI dI dIvfr nfl lwgf huMdf hY.” lyzI zfktr kol bYTI afpxI gwl jfrI rwKy hoey sI, “asIN Aus nUM vYkXUm kr lvFgy. vYkXUm quhfnUM pqf hI hY nf? bs ijvyN kflIn qoN qusIN guwdV nUM vYkUXm kr lYNdy ho. mYN vlfieq ivwc vyiKaf hY, AuWQy sVkF dI DUV, sVkF dy kOhQr nUM vI vYkXUm krdy ny…
bytI sI. bytI sI qF kI? pr prqUl df mUMh ikAuN lih igaf sI ieh sux ky? pIlf-BUk ichrf. Auh qF bytI leI AuzIk rhI sI. bytI hovygI, afpxy vIry nUM iKzfieaf krygI. AuhdIaF GoVIaF gfx vflI BYx…
vIrf hOlI hOlI af
qyry GoiVaF nUM Gfh.
“koeI qklIÌ qF nhIN?” lyzI zfktr ny rjnI qoN shfnBUqI vjoN puwiCaf.
rjnI ny afpxI CfqI AuWqy hwQ rwiKaf hoieaf sI. ijvyN Auhdy sIny ivwc ktfr lwgI hovy. prqUl bytI leI iqafr nhIN sI. Aus nUM qF bytf cfhIdf sI. bytf kI qy bytI kI? AunHF dy bwcf af irhf sI, Auh zYzI mMmI bxn vfly sn!
“jy koeI qklIÌ hovy qF mYnUM dwsxf.” lyzI zfktr bol rhI sI. “hr roË ies qrHF dy kys krIdy ny, kdI koeI ivgfV nhIN ipaf. bs ijvyN koeI duwD ivwcoN mwKI kwZ dyvy.”
pr prqUl dI iËwd. Gr awTy pihr godgmfh ipaf rihMdf, “mIaF, jy qYnUM byty df ieqnf ÈONk hY qF aglf bytf pYdf kr lvFgy, qUM iewk vrHf AuzIk kr lY.” rjnI AuhnUM smJFdI. “jy Pyr bytI af geI?” prqUl lfl-pIlf hoieaf awgoN kihMdf. rjnI kol iesdf koeI jvfb nhIN sI. isvfey awQrUaF dy. isvfey hwQ joVn dy. “mYnUM ies bwcI nfl ipafr ho igaf hY.” Auh muV-muV prqUl nUM kihMdI. pr Auh kMn nhIN Dr irhf sI.
“zfktr mYN ies df nF iqRÈnf rwiKaf ey. mYN iesnUM aMqF df ipafr krdI hF. myrI lfzlI bwcI. myrI jfn df tukVf!”
“hux qF…”
lyzI zfktr kuwJ kih rhI sI ik rjnI Pyr afpxy vihx ivwc vih geI. hr vyly ÉÌf-KÌf. hr vyly Auhdf nwk ciVHaf hoieaf. afÉr Auh ibnF rjnI dI rËfmMdI dy vYlPyar sYNtr qoN qrIk lY afieaf. prqUl dI iËwd. rjnI nUM hfr ky hiQafr suwtxy pey.
“…jy quhfnUM ieh Èwk hY ik ieMJ krn qoN bfad Pyr quhfzy koeI bwcf nhIN hovygf, qF iesdf koeI zr nhIN hY.” lyzI zfktr mrIË nUM insicMq kr rhI sI. “grB qoN Cutkfrf pfx leI ieh sB qoN syP qrIkf hY…”
rjnI sux QoVHf rhI sI. Aus nUM hux lwg irhf sI ijvyN Auhdy aMdroN pfsy df sonf ipGl ky bUMd-bUMd vih inkilaf hovy. AuhdIaF awKF iBV geIaF. cwkr-cwkr. hnyrf-hnyrf. rjnI nUM prqUl Xfd af irhf sI. nvF-nvF mYijstRyt kcihrI ivwc koeI mukwdmf sux irhf hovygf; iewk iDr dI Pirafd qy dUjI iDr df jvfb. Pyr vkIlF dI bihs. qy nOjvfn mYijstRyt df ÌYslf. iensfÌ df rKvflf.
ies qoN pyÈqr Aus Èfm prqUl Gr apiVaf. rjnI vYlPyar sYNtr qoN ivhlI ho ky af cuwkI sI. ÈFq, azol. prqUl ny AuhdI kMz vfly pfisEN AuhnUM bFh ivwc vlHyt ky Auhdy hoTF nUM cuMm ilaf.
“mYnUM lyzI zfktr ny tYlIPon qy ds idwqf sI.” kihMdy hoey KuÈ-KuÈ Auh afpxy kmry ivwc kwpVy bdlx leI clf igaf.
rjnI Auhdy leI cfh iqafr krn leI nOkr nUM kih rhI sI.
cfh pI ky prqUl klwb jfx leI iqafr ho igaf.
“awj nhIN prqUl.” rjnI ny ikhf.
“qUM Qwk geI jfpdI eyN. koeI gwl nhIN. lyzI zfktr qF kih rhI sI ik sPfeI qoN bfad mYzm cMgI BlI hY.”
“mYN TIk hF, prqUl myrI jfn. qUM klwb awj iekwlf hI ho af.”
rjnI klwb nhIN geI. sfrI Èfm ruaFsI-ruaFsI lfan ivwc bYTI akfÈ vwl vyKx lwgdI. Aus nUM lwgdf ijvyN koeI nÊmf hvf ivwc qr irhf hovy. iBMnI-iBMnI koeI KuÈbU ijvyN kdI swijEN, kdI KwibEN af ky AuhnUM tuMbdI jf rhI hovy. iJliml krdI koeI ikrn zuwb rhy sUrj dI lflI ivwc ivlIn ho rhI sI.
bYTI-bYTI rjnI Ébry Qwk geI sI. Auh aMdr kmry ivwc plMG `qy jf peI. sfhmxy kMD `qy lwgy klMzr ivwc gulfbI-gulfbI gwlHF, iKV-iKV hws rhy bwcy nUM vyK ky iewk JnF awQrUaF dI AuhdIaF awKF ivwcoN vg inklI. dohF hwQF Bfr ijvyN iewk bwcf Auhdy vwl GsUwtI krky af irhf hovy. rjnI Puwt-Puwt roeI. kurlf-kurlf AuWTI. myrI bwcI! myrI iqRÈnF! muV-muV pukfrdI qy Cwq vwl vyKdI. PirafdF krdI. muV-muV kihMdI, myrI bytI qUM mYnUM muafÌ kr dy. myrI lfzlI, qUM mYnUM jo sËf dyxI hY byÈwk dy. mYnUM mnËUr hY. bs iewk vfr qUM mYnUM ‘aMmI’ kih ky pukfr. qUM mYnUM mfÌ kr dy. kdI afpxI cuMnI nUM vilwas idMdI, kdI plMG dI cfdr nUM mckoVdI, rjnI ikqnf icr kurlFdI rhI. ikqnf icr hfVHy kwZdI rhI.
rjnI ieMJ byhfl ho rhI sI ik AuhnUM bfhr prqUl dI kfr dI afvfË suxfeI idwqI. klwb qoN prq afieaf sI. Auh qfvlI-qfvlI ÊuslKfny ivwc clI geI. ikqnf icr afpxy mUMh qy pfxI dy iCwty mfrdI rhI.
guslKfny ivwcoN inklI Auh iÈMgfr myË dy sfhmxy jf KloqI.
gol kmry ivwc jdoN afeI, prqUl ny iewk nËr AuhnUM vyK ky ikhf, “ieh qyrIaF awKF lfl ikAuN ho rhIaF ny, zfrilMg?”
iPr afp-hI-afp kihx lwgf, “Èfied svyr dI tYnÈn krky.” qy iPr Auh dovyN Kfx dy kmry vwl cly gey.
ieMJ jfpdf hY rjnI-prqUl dMpqI nUM kudrq ny mfÌ nhIN kIqf. iewk vrHf, do vrHy, iqMn vrHy, cfr vrHy, pMj vrHy Auh AuzIk-AuzIk Qwk lwQy, rjnI Pyr mF nhIN bx skI.
nF rjnI muV mF bx skI nf rjnI afpxI bwcI nUM Bulf skI. TIk Aus idn jdoN Aus ny afpxI sÌfeI krvfeI sI, rjnI hr vrHy pUjf pfT krfAuNdI. ÊrIb bwicaF ivwc miTafeI, Pl, kwpVy vMzdI. sfrf idn ruaFsI-ruaFsI, AuhdIaF plkF iBwj-iBwj jFdIaF.
ieMJ ivhlI bYTI-bYTI, Zyr sfrI pVHI, iËlHy dy ieqny vwzy aÌsr dI qRImq, rjnI ny kfrporyÈn dy skUl dI nOkrI kr leI. bwicaF nUM pVHfAux ivwc Auhdf mn pricaf rhygf. nfly Auh qF skUl dy hr tIcr qoN vwD pVHI sI. iewk awD vrHf qy rjnI nUM skUl dI muwK-aiDafpkf bxf idwqf igaf.
hux pVHfAux dy nfl-nfl rjnI ny skUl dy pRbMD dI iËMmyvfrI vI sMBfl leI. kfrporyÈn nfl, srkfr nfl icwTI pwqrI, tIcrF df sihXog, bwicaF dIaF loVF. skUl dy dfÉly……
bwcIaF nUM dfÉl krn vyly iewk idn bVI idlcsp Gtnf hoeI. koeI mfqf ipqf afpxI bwcI nUM dfÉl krfAux afey. bwcI ijvyN hwQ lfieaF mYlI hovy, qy Auhdf nF aYvyN hI kuwJ sI.
“ieh qusIN bwcI df nF kI rwiKaf ey? jy bdlxf cfho qF hux vylf hY, bdl skdy ho. skUl dy rijstr ivwc drj nF sfrI Aumr clygf.” hsUM-hsUM ichrf, rjnI ny bwcI vwl vyKdy hoey Ausdy mfipaF nUM ikhf.
mfpy muwK-aiDafpkf dI gwl sux ky socF ivwc pY gey. iewk dUjy vwl vyKx lwgy. AuhnF nUM koeI nF ijvyN nF suwJ irhf hovy.
Pyr bwcI dI mF iewkdm bolI, “quhfzI bwcI df kI nF ey?”
“iqRÈnF! myrI bwcI df nF iqRÈnF ey.” aiqaMq ipafr ivwc rjnI awBVvfhy bolI.
“qF iÌr iehdf nF vI iqRÈnF hI drj kr idE.” bwcI dy ipqf ny ikhf.
qy ieMj KuÈ-KuÈ hwsdy-hsFdy Aus bwcI df dfÉlf ho igaf.
muwK-aiDafpkf rjnI dI afdq, dfÉl krn vyly ijs bwcI df nF Aus nUM nF jcdf, Auh bwcI dy mfipaF nUM Xfd krfAuNdI, “jy qusIN nF bdlxf cfho qF hux vylf hY, bdl skdy ho. skUl dy rijstr ivwc drj nF sfrI Aumr cwlygf.”
qy aksr mfpy siqkfr vjoN muK-aiDafpkf nUM kihMdy, “jo nF quhfnUM cMgf lgdf hY AuhI rwK idE.”
rjnI nUM qF ‘iqRÈnF” nF cMgf lgdf sI. qy nvIN dfÉl hoeI bwcI df nF iqRÈnF rwK idwqf jFdf.
krdy krdy Aus skUl ivwc Zyr sfrIaF kuVIaF df nF ‘iqRÈnF’ drj ho igaf. rjnI dIaF bytIaF! iksy nUM iqRÈnF kih ky pukfrdI qy Auhdf vfqslX zuwlH-zuwlH pYNdf. Auhdy mUMh ivwc mfiKAuN vrgf suafd Gul-Gul jFdf.
hr klfs ivwc iewk qoN vDIk kuVIaF df nF Aus skUl ivwc iqRÈnF sI. cOhF pfsy iqRÈnF hI iqRÈnF huMdI rihMdI. rjnI mYzm dIaF bytIaF!