Èuwkrvfr dI rfq hovy aqy tYksI
vfÜy KuÈ nf hox, kdy ho hI nhIN skdf. pr Es idn eys dy Ault ho igaf
jfpdf sI. Edx vI awgy vFg myrf idl ‘zflrF’ nfÜ hwQo pfeI hox leI kfhÜf
ho irhf sI pr zflr myry koÜoN eydF dUr nwsdy sn ijwdF amlI bMdf pfxI dy
koÜoN. kMm nUM pqf nhIN kI goÜI vwjI sI ik Èuwkrvfr dI rfq goiraF dI
‘PrfeIzy nfeIt’ nhIN sI lwg rhI. bYT bYT ky, AuzIk kr kr ky ‘tirwp’
/gyVf lwg irhf sI. hOÜI hOÜI kr ky awDI rfq vI lMG cuwkI sI, Xfr dosq
sYlr Pon qy gwlF kr ky hONslf bnHfeI jFdy sI ik “kMm bws cwl pYxf hY
vyKI cwlIN, kuwJ nf kuwJ qF awgy vFg Gr nUM lY ky hI jfvFgy. bws lwgf
rih mn qkVf kr ky, kuMzI suwtI rwK, koeI nf koeI ‘mwCI’ PsI lY! jy vwzI
‘mwCI’ Ps geI qF smJo ho gey vfry-inafry … nhIN qF CotIaF qF ikqy geIaF
hI nhIN!” pwkf qF pqf nhIN ik Auh afpxy afp nUM qswlIaF dy rhy sn jF
vfikaf hI mYnUM? tYksI df kMm jdoN Gwt hovy qF sfiraF df hI Gwt huMdf hY
byÈrqy iewkf duwkf bMdy df ikqy ‘sUq’ af jfvy!
hor rfqF ivwc qF iewk ‘pwqf’ hI bx jfvy qF mn nUM qswlI ho jFdI hY. pr
EdF qF ieh hr mn dI afpxI afpxI phuMc hY ik ikwQy ku jf ky ‘zwkf’ lwgdf
hY. keI qF rukdy hI nhIN, hwd hI koeI nhIN. KYr myrf mn afpxI hwd
pihcfnx ivwc
keI vfr myrf sfQ dy hI jFdf hY. pr Èuwkrvfr dI rfq mYN
socdf sI ik jy awj hI kMm eydF mMdf cwl irhf hY qF aglf sfrf hPqf lwgdf
eyNvy hI ‘roxf-Doxf’ pvygf. ies leI mn hI mn srIr nfl sulfh kIqI ik
‘kOPI’ vgYrf pI ky awj dI rfq cMgI qrHF ‘gwz’ ky lfeI jfvy. nfÜy
‘vIkieMz’ qy hI kfÌI afsF huMdIaF hn ik sohxy pYsy bx jfxgy. ‘ibwl’
vgYrf qF afey hI rihMdy af, afeI clfeI nfÜ dI nfÜ hI huMdI hY. Gr dI
ikÈq, ibjlI df ibwl, gYs df ibwl, PonF dy ibwl, grOsrI df Krc, afh Krc,
Eh Krc … … … suPinaF `c vI ieh jINdI jfn dy tMty nfÜo nfÜ bMd awKF awgy
rIl vFg crKVI cVHy hI rihMdy af. ieh ibwlF df aijhf ajIb ijhf islislf jo
ik bfhrly mulkF `c jINdy jIa kdy nhIN muwkdf. keI qF jrUrI Krcy hn hI pr
keI asIN vyKo vyKI vI iËMdgI nfÜ nUVy hoey ny.
mOsm suhfvxf sI, bhfr dy idn sn, PuwlF ‘qy jobn sI. idny kosI kosI Duwp
aqy rfq nUM sIq TMzI hvf. kYnyzf dI DrqI Aupr pwCm ivwc vsdy byhwd sohxy
Èihr vYnkUvr dy AuWqr ivwc AuWcy phfVF qy qkrIbn sfrf sfl vsdI brÌ nfÜ
jdoN pYsIiPk smuMdr vloN afAuNdI hvf Kih ky afAuNdI hY qF nfV nfV ivwc
DsdI jFdI hY. ijs idn Duwp inkÜI hovy, lwg irhf hovy ik idn swcIN hI
ciVHaf hY qF sfzy kMm nUM vI Prk pY jFdf hY, mINh kxI vfÜf, iswlHf
iswlHf ijhf idn hovy qF tYksIaF KVHdIaF nhIN. tYksI df kMm keI qrHF dy
hflfq qy inrBr krdf hY. keI vfr goiraF dy keI iqEhfrF qoN bfad, tYks
adfiegI, ‘lONg vIkieMz’ afid dy idnF bfad kMm coKf Gwt jFdf hY. bws
iehnF hPiqaF ivwc keI vfr tYksI dy Krcy hI msF pUry huMdy hn, Gr nUM
KflI jyb kwCF vjfAuNdy hI jfxf pYNdf. keI vfr mn nUM qswlI dyx leI
‘pkOVf-zya’ vI mnfAuxf pY jFdf, Eh eys qrHF ik Pyr socIdf ik clo kMm qF
hY nhIN, Gr idaF nUM Pon kr ky pkOVy bxfAux df ‘afrzr’ kro aqy Gr nUM
cfly pfE. pr ibËI idnF ivwc keI vfr kMm ibËI vI eynf ho jFdf hY ik pMj
imMt leI ‘tfier TMzy’ krn df smF vI nhIN imldf. hr mhIny dy afKrI hPqy
ivwc vYlPyar lYx vfÜy lokF nUM srkfr vloN ‘icwk’ imldI hY, ijs krky Eh
hPqf bhuqI vfr kfÌI kMm kwZ jFdf hY. ikAuNik vYlPyar lYx vfiÜaF dy jd
qwk Eh srkfr dy idwqy hoey pYsy nhIN muwkdy AuhnF dy mn/srIr nUM rfhq
nhIN imldI.
eys vfr aYsf munfÌy vfÜf koeI vI kfrn nhIN sI jfpdf, Èfied qF hI kMm
kfÌI ‘sloa’ sI. jdoN kMm Gwt hovy qF myrf keI vfr idl hI nhIN krdf kMm
krn leI, pr Pyr socIdf ik bUMd bUMd kr ky smuMdr Brdf, hux GroN vI afey
hF, Gwto Gwt tYksI dy Krcy bxfAux qoN bfad afpxy leI pMjfh swT qF bxngy
hI! ies Èuwkrvfr dI rfq qF Pyr vI Krcy vgYrf qF bx hI cuwky sn bws Aus
qoN bfad qF ijhVy zflr bxny sI afpxI jyb `c hI afAuxy sI.
aijhIaF socF ‘c hI smF lMG irhf sI ik kMipAUtr qy ‘trUM trUM’ hoeI,
‘kfl’ ‘aiswpt’ kr ky mYN gfhk dy itkfxy vwl nUM afpxI ‘hfeIbrYz’ * tYksI
df mUMh iswDf kr idwqf. aDKV aqy isafxI Aumr dy lokF leI bxy hoey
‘brnbI’ Èihr dy ‘bfr’ /ÈrfbÉfny ‘coN ‘kfl’ afeI sI. myrI tYksI df ielfkf
‘brnbI’ Èihr hY. AuWQy phuMc ky mYN svfrI df ieMqËfr krn lwgf qF bfr dy
drvfjy vloN iewk swT pYNhT sfl df bËurg tYksI vwl nUM QoVHf ijhf lutkdf
ijhf, zulkdf ijhf afAuNdf idisaf. sohxy nYx nkÈ, gorf rMg, klIn Èyvn,
drimafnf ijhf kwd, iekihrf srIr, cMgy kwpiVaF ‘c sijaf hoieaf aqy vyKx
nUM ÈrIÌ ichrf. Aus nUM JUldf ijhf afAuNdf vyK mYN soicaf “bfr ‘coN koeI
soPI qF kdy Èfied hI afAuNdf hoAU!”
gwzI ‘c bYTx lwgy nUM mYN ‘hYlo’ bulfeI. pr Auh myrI aMgRyËI ‘c bulfeI
sfsrIkfl df jvfb idwqy bgYr hI bYTdf hoieaf kihx lwgf “zrfeIvr kI qYnUM
pqf ik mYnUM koeI juafn kuVI ikwQoN lwB skdI hY?” Aus dy ieMnf kihMdy
sfr hI Aus dy mUMh ‘coN Èrfb dI bo vI Aus dy bolF vFg myry idmfg nUM
cVHn leI BwjI afeI.
mYN gory bfby dy pfsy vwl dI bfrI df ÈIÈf Qwly nUM kridaF Ërf ku soc ik
ikhf “sOrI sr, mYnUM nhIN pqf.”
Auh ipClI sIt qy bYTf notF df KVkf krn lwgf aqy iPr mYnUM sO df ‘pwqf’
PVfAuNdf hoieaf kihx lwgf ik “sfry hI tYksIaF vfly jfxdy ny, qYnUM ikAuN
nhIN pqf? … … …[ TIk hY eydF kr gwzI nUM ‘ikMgs-vya’ qy pf aqy vYnkUvr
vfly pfsy nUM hOÜI hOÜI cwl” ieMnf kih ky Eh bfrI QfxIN bfhr vwl vyKx
lwgf.
mYN Aus dy kihx muqfbk tYksI ‘ikMgs-vya’ vwl nUM pf leI aqy gory bfby
nUM lY ky AuWQoN qur ipaf. ‘joies’ stRIt dy koÜ keI vfr mYN AunHF kuVIaF
nUM ‘kMm’ krdy vyiKaf sI. iewQy vYnkUvr ielfky ivwc ‘lfl bwqI’ vflf
eyrIaf vI hY. pr kfnUMnI ihsfb ikqfb nfl asIN iksy nUM sfP spwÈt ÈbdF
ivwc ieh nhIN dws skdy ik iewdF dy gYr-kfnUMnI kMm ikwQy huMdy hn, ikwQy
nÈy imldy hn afid. nhIN qF tYksI vfilaF qoN ikhVI gwl lukI hoeI hY? hor
hr qrHF dy kMm dI qrHF ies aswiBak kMm nUM ieh kuVIaF roËI rotI dI Kfqr
‘kMm’ hI dwsdIaF hn. keI vfr iehnF nfÜ vfh-vfsqf pYx kr ky gwlbfq vI ho
jFdI hY. ieh ijsm vycx df kMm ikAuN krdIaF hn? ies bfry iehnF dI afpxI
afpxI vwKo-vwK rfey hY. keI qF isrÌ sOKf pYsf bxfAux leI, keI nÈy ivwc
pYx kfrn, keI jbrI ies pfsy vwl Dwk idwqIaF geIaF afid dy kfrn dwsdIaF
hn. pr ËmIr nUM mfr ky ieh kMm krn vflIaF keI vfr Bfvuk ho ky sB kuwJ
afpxy afp hI dwsx lwgdIaF hn. aMdroN tuwt cuwkIaF ieh kuVIaF hlkI Aumr
qoN lY ky kfÌI vwzI Aumr qwk dIaF hn. srIrk pwKoN keI qkVIaF, keI bhuq
hI kmËor. keI kfkyÈIan, keI eyÈIan, keI aÌrIkx, kdy kdy keI ‘ieMzIan’
mUÜ dIaF vI. gwl kI hr nsl, hr rMg, ies dldl ivwc Disaf hoieaf hY.
‘bfAUNzrI roz’ lMG ky aglI stRIt afAux qoN pihlF hI ‘sfeIz vfk’ qy prHF
ilÈkdI hoeI swj sMvr ky KVHI kuVI koÜ jf ky tYksI rokx nUM bËurg ny
dUroN hI Aus nUM vyKidaF hukm dy idwqf sI. jdoN mYN Aus dy koÜ jf ky
tYksI rokI qF gory bfby ny ÈIÈf hyTF kridaF kfr `c bYiTaF hI Aus nfÜ gwl
qorI.
“kI qUM iewk rfq leI myry nfÜ jfxf cfhuMdI eyN?”
“qUM kI krnf cfhuMdf hY?” Aus ny muskrf ky afpxI syvf dI jfxkfrI idwqI.
“sfrf kuwJ hI” bfby ny vrfCF `coN Aus dy sfhmxy axidsdIaF ÜfÜF suwtIaF.
“iqMn sO zflr” Auh cMcl ijhI adf nfÜ nÉrf krdI hoeI bolI.
vyKx nUM gorI inCoh, ‘snoa’ vrgI icwtI, Aumr Èfied qIh bwqI dy krIb, pr
muwK qoN cmk gfieb. Èfied bfby nUM vI eys kr ky hI cMgI nhIN sI lwgI jF
Pyr mwc mry dfixaF df Bfa hI kuwJ iËafdf sI.
“zrfeIvr, tYksI nUM awgy lY cwl, hor kuVI vyKdy aF” ! kih ky bfbf bfhr
Jfkx lwg ipaf.
mYN idl ivwc ikhf ik ‘vyKxI qF qUM aF, mYN kfhnUM vyKxI aF?’
gory bfby df iqAUVIaF Biraf mwQf vyK ky eys qrHF lwgf ijvyN rotI KFidaF
dfÜ ‘c kokVU af igaf hovy.
Èuwkrvfr dI rfq afpxI jvfnI qy sI. cfry pfsy cfnx hI cfnx sI. pr jfpdf
sI ik ies rOÈnI dI hwd isrÌ bfhr qwk hI mihdUd sI. keI vfr rfqF nUM keI
qyË gwzIaF clfAux vfly vI puils dI nËr qoN awK bcf ky afpxf ÈOk pUrf
krnoN nhIN tÜdy. koÜoN dI pMjfh ikwlomItr vfÜy Ëon ivwc awsI nwby qy
kfrF lMG rhIaF sn. mYnUM tYksI hOÜI hOÜI clfAuxI pY rhI sI ikAuNik sVk
dy dovyN pfsy hI ingfh lgfAuxI pY rhI sI, bfby df hukm sI ik jdoN hI
koeI kuVI afÜy duafÜy idsI, bws PtfPt ‘aYmrjYNsI’ brykF lf dyeIN. so
bfby leI ‘XMg grl’ lwBx vfsqy hOÜI hOÜI gwzI clfAuxI pY rhI sI nf ik
gwzI iDafn nfÜ clfAux vfsqy. gwzI qF vYsy vI ÈurU qoN mYN sdf iDafn nfÜ
hI clfeI hY. kuqfhI krn qoN sdf afpxy afp nUM bcfAuNdf hI irhf hF. eyDr
bfby dI gwl bxdI hoeI ajy nËr nhIN sI af rhI qy EDr tYksI df ‘mItr’ vI
bfby dIaF vfÈnfvF vFg mYnUM afpy qoN bfhr hoieaf jfp irhf sI.
QoVHI ijhI hor dUr jf ky ‘nMgIaF lwqF’ koÜ bfby ny tYksI KVHfAux nUM
ikhf. mYN tYksI rokI, bfby ny afpxI ‘mMg’ rwKI. ‘Bfa’ eys vfr vI nhIN
bixaf. gwzI Pyr hOÜI hOÜI dOVn lwgI. myrI nyk kmfeI krn vflf ‘mItr’ mUMh
awzI vfho dfhI cwlI jf irhf sI. mYN soc irhf sI ik iks qrHF dy kMm krny
pYNdy hn bMdy nUM afpxI roËI rotI leI? iks qrHF mYN ies mfs dy BuwKy
ByVIey df sfQ dy irhf hF pYsy kmfAux dI Kfqr? kI mYN eys nUM afpxI tYksI
`coN lfh ky Bwj nhIN skdf? kI mYnUM ies df sfQ dyxf, ieh sB kuwJ suxnf,
ieh sB krnf myrI mjbUrI bx cuwkf hY? mYN afpxy mn nUM ikhf ik `cuwp kr
jf, nhIN qF BuwKf mrnf pAUgf’. pr myrf aMdrlf ajy vI afpxy afp nfl lV
irhf sI. kdI mYN AuhnF kuVIaF bfry socx lwgdf ijnHF nUM bfby ny nkfr
idwqf sI. AuhnF df mItr qF ajy cwilaf hI nhIN sI. Auh vI qF do burkIaF
dI loV leI hI afpxf ijsm vycdIaF hn. jy awj dI rfq AuhnF nUM koeI afpxI
hvs imtfAux leI nf lY ky igaf qF kI kwl nUM AunHF koÜ Kfx leI kuwJ vI
nhIN hovygf? jF AuhnF dy ‘dwly’ jo AuhnF nUM ies kMm leI vrqdy hn, iks
qrHF df vrqfE AuhnF nfÜ krngy?
“tYksI vfiÜaf? kI soc irhf eyN qUM? qUM AuWQy ipCFh ruikaf ikAuN nhIN?
gwzI Gumf aqy AuWQy vfps cwl.” bfbf sIt qy bYTf bYTf BwTI `c Buwjdy hoey
dfxy vFg BuVikaf.
“Eky sr, ÊlqI ho geI” mYN hOÜI dyxI kih ky gwzI dy ipwCy vyKx vfly ÈIÈy
ivwcIN vyiKaf qF bwqIaF dy dUjy pfr iewk awD nMgy srIr dI Jlk ijhI pYNdI
idsI aqy nfÜ hI nfÜ idl hI idl ivwc bfby qy gfÜF dI JVI lf idwqI ik
‘sfÜf buwZf afÈk pihlF nhIN sI bol skdf hux cursqy dIaF bwqIaF lMG ky
sMG pfVn lwg ipaf ey. pihlF qF bVf cMgf lwgdf sI suBfa qoN hux qF ieAuN
boilaf ijvyN Kf lYxf hovy!’ idl qF kIqf ik bfby nUM iewQy hI kxk dy vwZ
vrgI rVI sVk qy lfh ky iehdI rfq rMgIlI kr idaF. pr Pyr soicaf ik Èfied
dfrU df asr kuwJ Gwt hox kr ky hI bfbf aslI rMg ivwc af irhf sI. jF ho
skdf bfbf mItr vyK ky Èfied Gbrf igaf hovy ikAuNik keI gfhkF nfÜ ieMJ vI
qF ho hI jFdY. tYksI BfVy qy krnI ikhVf hr iksy dy ivwq anusfr af? pr
ieh vI ho skdf ik vfÈnfvF df pfrf bfby dIaF nfVF `c guwsf bx ky AubfÜf
mfrn lwg ipaf hovy. idl nUM idlfsf idwqf ik clo koeI nhIN ‘gfhk’ qF
‘rwb’ df rUp huMdf, vYsy vI myrI tYksI `c awj rwb afp hI bhuiVaf lwgdf
sI jdoN mYN mItr nUM Èugfty mfrdf vyKdf sF.
mYN CyqI CyqI Kwby pfsy vwl muVdI glI vwl kfr moVI aqy vfps ‘ikMgs-vya’
qy gwzI cfVH ky socx lwgf ik pqf nhIN Auh AuWQy dUjy pfsy hux KVHI vI
hovygI ik nhIN. tYksI dy mohry iewk Cotf ijhf zilvrI trwk afAux kfrn
awgy sVk qy kuwJ ids vI nhIN irhf sI. nfÜy pYr pYr qy qF eys smyN iÈkfrI
iPrdy ny. kI pqf kdoN ikhVf hUMJf Pyr jfvy? ‘PrfeIzy’ hox kfrn keI vfr
qF ieh kuVIaF bhuq hI ‘ibËI’ ho jFdIaF hn, bfrF ku vjy qoN bfad mYN sVk
qy KVHIaF Gwt hI vyKIaF sn.
pr nhIN, mYN cursqy dIaF bwqIaF lMG ky Kwby pfsy vwl vyiKaf qF Auh ajy
AuWQy hI KVHI sI. tYksI Pyr vfps Es hI trYk qy ilaf ky ‘prIaF’ vrgI
jfpdI kuVI koÜ KVHfeI qF bfbf ÈIÈf nIvF kr ky afpxf rMg Pyr ivKfAux
lwgf.
“ikMny pYsy leyNgI” bfbf dgdf hoieaf ijsm vyK ky mwicaf.
“krnf kI hY” duwD vrgI kuVI ny hwsdI hoeI ny puwiCaf.
“sfrf kuJ, ho skdf hY sfrI rfq leI” bfby ny afpxf ‘mYnIPYsto’ dwisaf.
“cfr sO zflr” kih ky gorf ijsm gory bfby dy koÜ nUM hoieaf.
“ieh qF bhuq iËafdf hn, myry koÜ qF isrÌ do sO hI hn, hor hY nIN. qUM
kuwJ Gwt nhIN kr skdI?” gorf bfbf `cFdI’ dy Bfa ‘sony’ df muwl krdf
lwgdf sI.
eynf sux ky bfby dy svfl df jvfb idwiqaF bgYr Auh ‘prI’ lwk lckfAuNdI
hoeI hor gfhk dI AuzIk krn leI kfr qoN prHF ijhy ho ky afÜf duafÜf vyKx
lwg peI.
“zrfeIvr, iewQoN clo, hux ‘myn stRIt’ qy cwldy hF” bfby df ‘mUz’ Krfb ho
igaf lwgdf sI.
“TIk hY” afK ky mYN ‘nfeIt stRIt’ qy swjf moV muV ky hfeIbrYz tYksI dI
ikwlI AuWqr vfly pfsy nUM dwb idwqI.
rfq dy iewk vjy dy krIb ieh tirwp mYnUM imilaf sI aqy hux ZfeI ku vjy dy
krIb smF ho igaf sI. mItr nUM qF koeI prvfh hI nhIN sI BfvyN sfrI Aumr
eydF hI cwldf rihMdf pr bMdf sfrI Aumr mÈInF vFg ikvyN kMm kr skdf hY?
arfm dI vI loV huMdI hI hY. sfZy ku iqMn vjy qwk mYN Èuwkrvfr dI rfq nUM
kMm krdf huMdf hF. ajy GMtf hor bfkI sI. bfbf vI ajy gwzI ivwc hI sI.
hux qwk pYNhT ku zflr mItr hUMJ cuwkf sI qy hor pqf nhIN ikMny ku hUMJxy
bfkI sn.
“sRI mfn jI quhfzI pfrtI ikho ijhI sI?” bfby nUM ieh myrf iswDf ijhf
svfl sI.
“bhuq vDIaf sI, bhuq vDIaf sI” bfbf gwl krn dy mUz `c huMdf hoieaf
boilaf.
“kfhdI pfrtI sI” mYN gwl `coN kuwJ kwZxf cfhuMdf sF.
“myry skUlI smyN dy pfiVHaF dI imlxI sI” gorf bfbf ichry qy muskfn
ilafAuNdf hoieaf boilaf.
“bhuq vDIaf, purfxy skUlI smyN dy imwqr, kI AuWQy AunHF `c quhfzI koeI
kuVI imwqr vI afeI sI?” mYN hwsdy hoey ny bfby nUM CyiVaf.
“Eh hF, jrUr, keI afeIaF sn” afK ky bfbf ‘mYgnOlIey’ * dy Puwl vFg
iKiVaf.
“Pyr qF Èfied quhfnUM AuhnF nfl purfxIaF XfdF qfËf krn leI cly jfxf
cfhIdf sI” mYN svfl kr ky soicaf ik ieh svfl nhIN sI krnf cfhIdf. pr hux
qF qIr kmfnoN inkÜ cuwkf sI.
“Eh juafnf, asIN bQyrf cMgf smF vyiKaf skUlI smyN `c, hux Auh myry leI
buwZIaF ho cuwkIaF hn” KYr, bfby ny burf nhIN sI mnfieaf myry svfl df.
“clo Pyr qF TIk hY” mYN gwl mukfeI.
‘myn stRIt’ aqy ‘hysitMgË stRIt’ qy asIN phuMc gey sI. lfl bwqI vfly
ielfky `c bfbf mYnUM lY afieaf sI. iewk stRIt qy swjy pfsy muV ky KflI
QF qy bfby ny ieÈfrf kr ky mYnUM gwzI rokx leI ikhf.
ies rsqy qy kuwJ lok af jf rhy sn. keI nÈy ‘c lwgdy sn, keIaF dy gMdy
mMdy kwpVy, keI zulkdy ijhy awD Zky ijsm, keI AuWcI AuWcI afpy qoN bfhr
hoey hoey rOÜI pfAuNdy hoey qur iPr rhy sn. mwDm ijhI rOÈnI vfÜy lfeItF
dy KMiBaF koÜ, kUVydfnF dy koÜ, grOsrI* ilafAux vflIaF bwgIaF dy ivwc
awD pfgl ijhy hoey ieh lok sfrI sfrI rfq iesy qrHF hI iewQy ibqfAux dy
afdI ho cuwky hn. gOrimMtF ienHF nUM iewQoN iljf ky ikqy hor vsfAuxf
cfhuMdIaF hn pr pqf nhIN ieh gOrimMtI ‘imÈn’ isry ikAuN nhIN cVHdy?
vYnkUvr pulIs df ies ‘eIst sfeIz’ ielfky ivwc bhuq vwzf pulIs Qfxf vI hY
pr ies dy afÜy duafÜy hI Auh DMdy ho rhy hn jo swiBak smfj dy mUMh qy
aswiBak axmnuwKI kfÜy dfÊ khy jf skdy hn. jo Èfied hux cyck dy dfÊF vFg
htfAuxy bhuq hI muÈikl hn!
tYksI dy koÜ iewk buJy hoey dIvy vrgI ËnfnI afeI, ijs nfl bfby ny afpxI
igt-imt Pyr ÈurU kr idwqI pr eys vfr bfby df ivÈf hor sI.
“kI qyry kol ‘rOk’ * hY?” bfbf not igxdf hoieaf boilaf.
“kI qUM puils vflf hY?” ËnfnI zrdI hoeI bolI.
“nhIN nhIN, mYnUM swT zflr df nÈf idE” bfby ny pYsy Aus nUM PVfAuNdy
hoey ny ikhf.
“TIk hY, myrf ieMqËfr krIN, mYN huxy vfps afeI” eynf afK Auh ipCFh CotI
gÜI ijs nUM iewQy ‘aYlI’ kihMdy hn, ivwc gfieb ho geI.
pMj imMt, ds imMt, pMdrF imMt … …[ [
gorf bfbf afsF dI suafh Poldf hoieaf boilaf, “mYN socdf hF ik Aus ny
vfps nhIN afAuxf!”
“qUM Aus nUM pYsy ikAuN idwqy? kI qUM AuhnUM jfxdf sI?” bfby dI mUrKqf
qy mYN svfl kIqf.
“nhIN, mYN nhIN Aus nUM jfxdf” bfbf mYnUM bgYr isMgF qoN sfnH vrgf
lwigaf, ijhVf iksy df kuwJ nhIN sI ivgfV skdf. awj kwlH qF cMgy Bly jfx
pCfx vfÜy bMdy qy XkIn krnf aOKf hY, iehny qF mUÜoN hI bypCfx ËnfnI qy
XkIn kr ilaf sI, Auh vI ikho ijhy ielfky ivwc jf ky!
“hux qusIN kI krnf hY? qusIN Aus dI hor ieMqËfr krnf cfhuMdy ho jF
iewQoN jfxf cfhogy? myrf iKafl hY ik Auh quhfnUM cUnf lf geI hY.” mYN
Aus nUM suJf idwqf.
eyDr vrqmfn df smF vfho-dfhI Bwjf jf irhf sI qy myrI iÈPt Kqm hox df smF
nËdIk af irhf sI. iqMn vwj cuwky sn. mYN mn hI mn soc irhf sF ik ‘buwZy
bfby’ nUM hux koeI ‘juafn bIbI’ iml hI jfvy!
“TIk hY, cwl hux mYnUM ‘ikMgs-vya’ qy ‘brnbI’ vwl nUM vfps lY cwl. jy
qUM koeI kuVI KVHI vyKI, afpxI tYksI AudoN hI rok dyeIN” bfbf ibnF mqlb
qoN jyb hlkI krf ky hux QoVHf hlkf ho igaf lwgdf sI.
“TIk hY jnfb!” mYN hws ky ikhf qy gwzI df ‘izËtl spIzomItr’ swT qy lY
aFdf.
ies smyN zfAUn-tfAUn vfly pfsy qoN kfÌI kfrF hor ÈihrF vwl nUM inkÜ
rhIaF sn. jvfnIaF klwbF ivwc ‘igwDy BMgVy’ pf ky afpxy afpxy itkfixaF
vwl vfps prq rhIaF sn. rsqy ivwc keI lokF ny tYksI nUM hwQ mfiraf. BfvyN
ik ‘tOp lfeIt’ vI bMd sI. pr bfbf qF ajy myrI tYksI ivwc hI sI. ies leI
mYN AuhnF nUM axizwT krdf hoieaf ‘myn stRIt’ qoN huMdy hoey ny
‘ikMgs-vya’ qy gwzI ilaf cfVHI. rsqy ivwc ‘kuVI icVI’ df nfmo inÈfn vI
nhIN sI. lwgdf sI ‘ptfky’ muwk cuwky sn, ‘dIvfÜI’ hnyrI ho cuwkI sI.
‘vYktorIaf stRIt’ lMG ky ‘nfnYmo stRIt’ qoN iewk blfk pihlF hI swjy pfsy
‘bYtrI’ vFg jgdI juafn kuVI KVHI sI. mYN swjf ieÈfrf jgf ky gwzI iljf ky
pfsy qy lgfeI. Auh kfr dy nyVy afeI. ajy bfby nUM afpxf ‘mYnIPYsto’ Aus
nUM ibafn krdy nUM iewk awDf imMt hI hoieaf sI ik do ‘an-mfrkz’ pulIs
dIaF kfrF tYksI dy duafÜy af ky lfeItF jgf ky Gyr ky KVH geIaF. dovF
kfrF ivwc do do pulIs vfly sn. mYnUM jfipaf ik mYN kfr KVHfAux lwgy ny
jF ipwCy afAuNidaF hoieaF koeI ÊlqI kr idwqI hY. pr kuwJ hI imMtF ivwc
kuwJ hor hI inkiÜaf.
iek pulIs vflf QoVHy imMtF bfad bfby vfly pfsy af ky bfby nUM svfl krn
lwgf.
“imhrbfnI krky tYksI `coN bfhr af jfE, sRI mfn jI.”
“mYN k[ [ k[ [ kI kIqf hY?” bfbf boldf boldf ËbfnoN AuWKiVaf.
“qusIN bhuq sMgIn jurm kIqf hY, imhrbfnI krky kfr qoN bfhr af jfE” pulIs
vflf hux ipCly vfk qy awgy nfloN QoVHf ijhf iËafdf jor pfAuNdf hoieaf
boilaf.
bfbf jI kfr ‘coN bfhr inkÜy qF pulIs vfly ny Aus nUM ikhf ik ieh ‘kuVI’
ijs nUM qUM ‘vrikMg grl’ smJdf hYN pulIs vfÜI hY aqy jo gwlF qUM ies nfÜ
kIqIaF sn sB ÊYr kfnUMnI hn. ies dy nfl hI pulIs vfÜy ny gory bËurg nUM
Aus dy aiDkfr dwsdy hoey ny ipwT ipwCy dovyN hwQ krf ky hwQ kVIaF lf
leIaF.
dUsrf pulIs vflf hux myry koÜ af ky mYnUM kihx lwgf, “kI ies ny qYnUM
tYksI df ikrfieaf dy idwqf hY?”
“hF ies ny ÈurU ivwc hI mYnUM sO zflr dy idwqf sI” mYN mItr vwl vyKdy
hoey ny ikhf.
“mItr qy hux ‘Pyar’ ikMnf hY?” pulIs vfÜf QoVHf ijhf Juk ky mItr vwl
vyKdf hoieaf kihx lwgf.
“nfeIntI PfeIv” mYN jvfb idwqf.
pulIs vfÜy ny gory bËurg nUM svfl krdy hoey ny puwiCaf ik “mItr qy
pcfnvyN zflr hn, kI qUM pMj zflr vfps lYxy cfhuMdf eyN?”
gorf bfbf nIvIN pfeI KVHf irhf aqy kuwJ vI nf boilaf. bfby dy CYxy vwj
cuwky sn, ZolkI pft geI sI, vfjf aVft pf irhf sI. mYnUM bfby df muwK vyK
ky aYdF lwigaf ijvyN Èrfb aqy Èbfb donF qoN hI mukq ho igaf hovy.
mYN Aus df jvfb hor AuzIkx qoN pihlF hI pMj zflr jyb ‘coN kwZ ky pulIs
vfÜy nUM PVf idwqy. pulIs vfÜy ny agFh bfby dI jyb ivwc pf idwqy aqy ies
qoN bfad Aus nUM pulIs kfr ivwc mgrlI sIt qy afdr sihq ibTf idwqf.
“zrfeIvr qUM hux jf skdf hY” pulIs vfÜy ny mYnUM ikhf.
mYN bfby vfÜI pulIs kfr vwl vyKdf hoieaf mItr bMd kr ky AuWQoN ‘brnbI’
Èihr vwl nUM gwzI qor leI. AuWQoN qurdy sfr hI mYN kMipAUtr, izspYc
ryzIE afid bMd kr idwqf ikAuNik iÈPt Kqm ho rhI sI. myrI Èuwkrvfr dI
idhfVI qF awD-pcwDI bx geI sI pr bfby dy puils dy aiVwky af jfx nfÜ myrf
‘mUz’ QoVf ijhf ‘aOP’ ho igaf sI. Ehdy nfÜ jo hoieaf cMgf sI jF mMdf?
iksy df duwK dyiKaF mYnUM jrUr duwK huMdf hY pr “jYsI krnI vYsI BrnI”
khfvq dy cyqy afAux nfÜ hI ‘bfby’ bfry myry ÈMky nivrq ho gey. bfby qy
pulIs ny cfrj qF Èfied lfieaf hI hovygf? pqf nhIN rwb jfxy ik kI hoieaf
hoeygf Aus nfÜ Aus qoN bfad.
Èuwkrvfr dI ieh ajIb rfq hux sUrj dy mihlF dI dihlIË qoN QoVHI hI dUr
sI. grmIaF dIaF rfqF iewQy ‘kih afeIaF qy kih geIaF’ afÜI gwl krdIaF hn.
mYN ‘kr stRIt aqy ikMgs-vya’ dy cursqy dIaF lfeItF qy KVHy ny bfrI `coN
isr bfhr kwZ ky akfÈ vwl vyiKaf qF koeI koeI qfrf, tFvIN tFvIN bwdlI dy
hyToN qrly ijhy nfÜ JfqIaF mfrdf idisaf. myrf idl kIqf ik iehnF qfiraF
qoN puwCF ik mYN ‘gory bfby’ nUM ‘iÈkfrI’ khF … ik ‘iÈkfr’ ?
*hfeIbrYz-pYtrOl aqy bYtrI qy cwlx vflI kfr
*mYgnOlIaf-iek qrHF dy Puwl df nF
*grOsrI-GrylU vrqoN vfÜf smfn
*rOk-iek qrHF df nÈf
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