iewk byafrfm rUh: safdq hsn mMto

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‘mMto dy bfry hux qwk bhuq kuJ iliKaf aqy ikhf jf cuwkf hY; Aus dy hwk’c Gwt aqy ivruwD bhuqf. ieh ilKLqF jy sfhmxy rwKIaF jfx qF koeI vI aklmMd afdmI mMto bfry shI rfie kfiem nhIN kr skdf…….’ mMto ny afpxf ivakqIqv ‘mMto’ Auprokq sqrF nfl afrMB kIqf sI. ies qoN pqf lwgdf hY ik Auh ikMnf cricq lyKk sI.
safdq hsn mMto bfry hux vI gwl iCVy shI, adbI hlikaF’c Jwt BKvIN bihs aqy vfd-ivvfd KVHf ho jfeygf. AuhdI mOq hoeI nUM lgpg sfZy cfr dhfky bIq gey, pr AuhdI sLKLsIaq aqy AuhdIaF ilKLqF bfry crcf muwkx ‘c nhIN afAuNdI. ieh muwkxI vI nhIN. Auh hY eI ieho ijhf sI. anoKI pRiqBf df mflk. inafxf huMdf prly drjy df sLrfrqI, aMqF df ijLwdI, hTI aqy kwbf. afpxy AuWqy hoey hmly df qurMq mUMh qoV jvfb dyx vflf. afpxf koeI aml aqy gwl lukoxI nhIN aqy iksy dI DrI ZkI rihx nhIN dyxI. ipafr krn vfly leI jfn hfjLr hY. jy nPLrq hY qF bs nPLrq hY. gBlf koeI rfh nhIN.
Auhny afpxy bhuq hI ipafry imwqrF, jo Aus smyN dy mMny pRmMny lyKk sn: aihmd ndIm kfsmI, ikRsLn cMdr aqy keI horF nfl virHaF bwDI dosqI inBfeI. loV pYx ‘qy AuhnF dy kMm afAuNdf irhf. afpxf afriQk aqy smyN df nuksfn AuTf ky vI, pr jdoN Auhny mihsUs kIqf ik Auh dosqI dI hwd qoN bfhr jf ky afpxy afp nUM Aus nfloN vwzf lyKk sfbq krn KLfqr Auhdy ivruwD boldy aqy nukqfcInI krdy ny qF Auh AuhnF qy vrH ipaf. eyQoN qwk ik gflI gloc qy AuWqr afieaf. rfijMdr isMG bydI, sfzy bhuq vwzy kfhxIkfr bfry Auhny itwpxI kIqI: ‘srdfrf! mMinaf qUM cMgI khfxI ilK lYnYN, pr ikwlH ky ikEN ilKdYN.’
iewko sLihr lfhOr rihMidaF aihmd ndIm kfsmI, ijs nUM mMto qrwkI psMdF df gurU kihMdf sI ( hux Auh kwtV musilm lIgI hY!) ny ‘mMto dy nF KuwlHI icwTI’ iewk aKLbfr ‘c Cpvf idwqI. kihMdy ny mMto nUM jdoN pqf lwigaf qF Auh icwTI pVHy bgYr iswDf Gr igaf. guwsy ivwc afey ny ndIm sfhb dy sfry KLqF df pulMdf cuwlHy ‘c PLUk idwqf. AuhnUM TokvF jvfb vI idwqf. mMto dI mOq qoN koeI swq sfl ipwCoN aihmd ndIm kfsmI hurF ny mMto dy AuhnUM ilKy KLqF df sMgRih ‘mMto ky KLqUq, ndIm ky nfm’ dy anuvfn nfl 1962 ivwc Cfipaf. BUimkf ‘coN kfsmI sfihb dIaF do-iqMn sqrF quhfzI iKLdmq ivwc pysL hn: “prMqU PLyr mYN do-iqMn vfr mMto dI jLfq qy aflocnf kr idwqI. nfl hI Auhdy kuJ ieho ijhy dosqF nUM burf-Blf kih idwqf, jo bhuqI nyVqf jqfAuNidaF AusdI brfbrI dI rPLqfr nUM qyjLqr kihMdy sn. eysy kfrn mMto myry nfl ibgV igaf. mYnUM Auhdf ieh iPLkrf kdy nhIN Buwlxf: “mYN qYnUM afpxI jLmIr dI msijd df iemfm mukwrr (inXukq) nhIN kIqf hY, kyvl; dosq bxfieaf hY……’ nqIjf ieh ik mYN mMto qoN kqrf ky inkl jfx ivwc hI afpxI aqy jjLbfq dI BlfeI smJI.” ieh sfrf JgVf –rgVf pfiksqfn dy iewk bhuq hI msLhUr irsfly ‘nkUsL’ dy aYzItr aqy mflk imstr muhMmd quPLYl dy mjLmUn ‘mMto sfihb’ krky sLurU hoieaf, ijs ivwc mMto dy dfrU pIx aqy pYsy AuDfry lYx df ijLkr KuwlH ky kIqf igaf sI.
sfzy bjLurg lyKk sRI dyivMdr siqafrQI nUM vI mMto dy guwsy df isLkfr hoxf ipaf. Auh iehnF nUM ‘PLrfz’ kihMdf huMdf sI aqy coNdIaF coNdIaF suxfAuNdf sI. kyvl iewk imsfl dy ky lMbf ikwsf KLqm krdf hF.
mMto ny meI 1943 nUM bMbeI qoN aihmd ndIm kfsmI nUM iliKaf, “kuJ idn hoey, jd ik sPLIaf (mMto dI pqnI) ibsqry qy peI sI, dyivMdr siqafrQI df tYlIPLon afieaf, mYN AuhnUM gflHF kwZIaF. myryy idl ‘c Auhdy bfry jo vI ivcfr sn, pRgt kr idwqy aqy AuhnUM KuwlHy lPLjLF ‘c kih idwqf: mYN qYnUM imlxf nhIN cfhuMdf….”
Auhny ies dy ipwCoN kmfl dI ZITqfeI nfl do iqMn vyrF PLon kIqf, pr mYN afpxf ierfdf nf bdilaf sgoN Aus dI ies ZITqfeI ny mYnUM AuhqoN hor dUr kr idwqf. jy Auh mYnUM jvfb ivwc gflHF kwZdf aqy Aus hmly df jvfb idMdf, jo mYN Aus ‘qy kIqf sI qF bhuq sMBv hY, mYN afp Aus kol jf ky AuhnUM lY afAuNdf aqy afpxy Gr mihmfn bxf ky rwKdf.
sPLIaf ny PLon AuWqy myrIaF ieh gwlF suxIaF qF mYnUM burf-Blf ikhf. mYN AuhnUM ikhf: mYN idl ‘c nPLrq rwKidaF hoieaF jLubfn AuWqy ipafr –muhwbq dy sLbd nhIN ilaf skdf.”
bhuq ijLafdf sLrfb pIx lwg ipaf hF…….”
Auhdy ies rvweIey dy bfvjUd AuhdI mOq ipwCoN lyKkF ny AuhdI sdfkq, sfPLgoeI aqy pRiqBf nUM slfihaf. Auhdy bfry lyKk ilKy.
ikRsLn cMdr ny idl nUM bVf tuMbx vflf lyK ‘KLflI boql Biraf mn’ ilK ky sLrDFjlI pysL kIqI. mMto ny AuhnUM swdf idwqf sI, ‘Eey ikRsLn! af rl ky iewk iPLlm df sikRpt ilKIey!’ Auhny nFh-nuwkr kIqI qF mMto ny AusnUM JfiVaf, “bkvfs nf kr, afpF nvyN sUt nhIN islfAuxy.” iPLlm bxI, ijs df nF sI ‘bxjfrf’. nvyN sUt islvfey gey. AuDfr! ikRsLn cMdr ipwCoN Aus drjLI abdul gnI nUM lwBdf iPLiraf. pr Auh pfiksqfn jf cuwikaf sI.
ikRsLn cMdr tFgy ‘c bYTf iewk dosq nfl mMto bfry gwlF kr irhf sI. ‘hYNa! mMto mr igaf.’ kocvfn ny pwuiCaf. jdoN AuhnF ny ‘hF’ ivwc AuWqr idwqf qF Auhny tFgf rok ilaf aqy boilaf, ‘sfab, tFgf awgy nhIN jfeygf.’ qy afp AuWT ky iewk nyVly Tyky ivwc vV igaf. mMto Auhdy tFgy ivwc bYT ky bfjLfr jFdf sI.
bhuqf smF nhIN sI bIiqaf, iewk vyrF siqafrQI jI afpxI pqnI nfl cMzIgVH qsLrIPL ilafey. AuhnF dy svfgq ‘c gurU goibMd isMG kflj, sYktr 26 ivKy iewk smfgm hoieaf mYN styj qoN bolidaF hoieaF AuhnF dy mMto nfl sMbMDF bfry ijLkr kIqf. mMto aksr afpxy smkflIaF df iqwKy jumly kws ky , qyjLfbI ktfKL nfl mjLfk AuzfAuNdf sI. kihMdy ny AuhnF dI sLih qy siqafrQI jI ny mMto dy iKLlfPL ‘ney dyvqf’ khfxI ilKI. Aus ivwc AuhdI sLrfb pIx dI afdq aqy PLyr bihk jfx df BrpUr vrnx sI. mMto ijvyN kihMdy huMdy ny nf, awg –bbUlf ho igaf. dosqF nfl mMn=mnOqI dI dfrU dy dOr ‘qy hoeI mihiPLl ‘c mMto acfnk Bbikaf aqy siqafrQI jI nUM sMboDn hoieaf, “jI krdY qyrI dfhVI sLrfb nfl Do idaF…awgy nUM myrI sLrfb df mjLfk nf AuzfeIN!”
myrIaF gwlF qoN siqafrQI jI Auqyijq nf hoey. jdoN Auh lyKkF dI BrvIN hfjLrI ‘c boly. AuhnF bfkI sfrf kuJ Cwz idwqf. kyvl mMto dI pRiqBf aqy vizwqx bfry boldy rhy. bolidaF bolidaF AuhnF dIaF awKF syjl ho geIaF aqy bVy Bfvuk ho ky AuhnF afiKaf, “hF, mMto ny pihlI vfr mYnUM ‘PLrfz’ afiKaf sI, bVI muhwbq nfl.”
mMto ny qF afpxy afp nUM vI awvl drjy df ‘PLrfz’ ikhf. ihMdI dy pRiswD sfihqkfr EpyNdr nfQ ‘asLk’ ny ‘mMto myrf dusLmx’ ikqfb ilKI. ijs dy nF qoN hI jLfihr hY ik ieh mMto dy iKLlfPL hovygI. mYN pVHI qF mihsUs hoieaf ik mMto df kwd ‘asLk’ qoN ikqy AuWcf hY.
muhMmd asduwlf, jo mMto dy jIvn dy afKLrI sflF ‘c Aus nfl irhf, ny 160 siPLaF dI ikqfb ilKI, ‘mMto myrf dosq’ jo meI 1955 ivwc CpI. lMbf cOVf vyrvf sMBv nhIN. pfTkF dI ildcspI leI Audhy ‘coN iewk Audhfrx pysL hY:
‘mMto ny cflI idnF ‘c cflI khfxIaF ilKIaF. Auh hr rojL iewk khfxI ilKdY. tFgf lY ky ‘mkqbf-ey-kfrvF’ dy mflk cODrI hmId kol jFdy. tFgf dyKdy hI cODrI sfihb vIh rupey kwZdy aqy mMto nUM PVHf dyNdy. PLyr tFgy df ruKL ‘ieMgilsL vfeIn hfAUs’ vwl ho jFdf. sfZy sqfrF rupey dI boql, iewk rupeIaf tFgy vfly df, iewk rupeIey dIaF kYpstn dIaF isgrtF aqy awT afny dI mUlI vgYrf…ho igaf nf ihsfb brfbr. Auh qF TIk aY, pr ivcfrI pqnI kUkdI rhI ,sfihb kyvl sLrfb leI ilKdy ny.
Auprokq qoN ielfvf mMto dy bcpn dy lMgotIey Xfr abU seId kurYsLI ny AuhdI jIvnI ilKI. lYslI PLlYimMg ny ‘a lonely vocie’ rfhIN mMto dIaF khfxIaF df vyrvy sihq lyKf-joKf kIqf.
mMto bfry iewk hor ivdvfn aflock muhMmd hsn askrI dI ieh rfie bVI muwlvfn hY:
“mMto nUM (ilKx leI) ijnHF cIjLF dI loV sI, Auh AurdU glp dI prMprf ivwc nhIN sn. mMto nUM pfxI pIx leI afp KUh puwtxf ipaf. ivsLy aqy rUp donF dy pwKoN mMto dI hYsIaq sB qoN mUhry qurn vfly dI hY. mMto ny ijhVf KUh puwitaf, Auh ivMgf-tyZf shI. aqy Auhdy ivwcoN ijhVf pfxI inkilaf, Auh gMDlf jF Kfrf shI. pr do gwlF sfPL ny……iewk qF ieh ik Auhny KUh puwitaf. dUjI ieh ik Auhdy ivcoN pfxI vI inkilaf.”
ies qyjL qrfr aqy bykrfr lyKk dy bfp df nF gLulfm hsn sI, jo mMto dy ilKx anusfr sb-jwj sI. aqy AuhdI mF df nF sI srdfr bygLm ijs nUM bVy moh aqy afdr nfl Auh ‘bIbI jfn’ kih ky bulfieaf krdf sI. jnfb gLulfm hsn dIaF do pqnIaF sn. pihlI pqnI dy iqMn puwqr sn. Auh mMto qoN Aumr ‘c kfPLI vwzy aqy vlfieq ‘c bYristrI pfs krky , aPLrIkf afid dysLF ‘c AuWcIaF pdvIaF ‘qy rhy. mMto afpxy bVy BfeIaF dy ipafr nUM qrsdf irhf. Auh iqMn mqryey BfeI AuhnUM AudoN imly, jdoN Auh ihMdusqfn aqy pfiksqfn df cotI df khfxIkfr mMinaf jfx lwgf. bfp Auhdf bVf sKLq suBfa df aqy mF aMqF dI nrm idl. mMto ny afp iliKaf, “iehnF do puVF ‘c ips ky , ieh kxk df dfxf iks sLkl ‘c bfhr inkilaf hovygf, iehdf aMdfjLf qusIN afp lf skdy ho.”
safdq hsn mMto df ivafh bMbeI ‘c sPLIaf nfl hoieaf. hr iewk cIjL vsq AuDfr cuwk ky. hjLfmq qoN hmfm qwk. AuhdI skI BYx iekbfl EQy eI rihMdI sI. pr jIjy-sfly dI axbx kfrn afpxy vIry dy ivafh ‘c sLfiml hox dI iejfjLq nf imlI. Auhny Aucycf tYlIPLn krky afpxy vIr nUM qrlf kridaF ikhf ik Auh AuhnUM ishiraF-bMnHy nUM iewk njLr dyKxf cfhuMdI hY.
Auh bfrfq smyq lMbf moV kwt ky BYx dy PLlYt dy sfhmxy sVk AuWqy rqf ku ruikaf aqy PLyr kfPLlf agFh lMG igaf.
AuhnF dy iqMn DIaF aqy iewk puwqr pYdf hoieaf. puwqr bcpn ‘c hI mr igaf. mMto Edx byhosL hoieaf. jdoN sMBfilaf qF ikhf, “cMgf hoieaf, mr igaf, roNdf rihMdf sI…….” eys qsbry ‘c ikMnf drd,, ikMnf duwK hY, iesnUM koeI sMvydnsLIl bMdf hI smJ skdf hY. keIaF sflF bfad ies hfdsy bfry mMto ny ‘KLfild mIaF’ khfxI ilKI, jo AuhdIaF byhqrIn khfxIaF ‘c igxI jFdI hY.
mMto afp aiq sMvydnsLIl iensfn sI. iewk byafrfm aqy bycYn rUh. ies leI Auh ikqy vI itk ky nf rih sikaf. nf aMimRqsr, nf idwlI, nf pUny aqy nf hI bMbeI. hwsfs qbIaq df mflk hox krky Auh iksy nf iksy nfl AulJ jFdf.
bMidaF df pRysLfn kIqf aqy hflfq df mfiraf Auh swq jF awT jnvrI 1948 nuM pfiksqfn-lfhOr jf puwjf. dysL dI vMz aqy Aus smyN hoey kqlyafm, luwt-Ksuwt, kurpsLn, aPLrf-qPLrI aqy aOrqF ‘qy jLbr huMdf dyK ky Auh Dur aMdroN JMjoiVaf igaf. aMqF df qxfE. kuJ vI smJ nhIN sI af irhf aqy suwJ irhf. Auh ikwQy sI? ihMdusqfn ivwc jF pfiksqfn ivwc. PLyr kI ilKdf? mhIinaF bwDI sLrfb pINdf irhf. pYsy muwky qF surq itkfxy afeI.
pihlF dosqF- imwqrF dy kihx ‘qy hlky-PLulky lyK ilKy.
PLyr jfg AuWiTaf Auhdy aMdrlf mMto. iewk qoN bfad iewk toBf tyk isMG, TMZf gosLq, KolH do, tytvfl df kuwqf, afKLrI slUt vrgIaF sLfhkfr khfxIaF dI rcnf hoeI. ‘isafh hfsLIey’c dIaF ‘mUqrI’ vrgIaF Ausqry dI iqwKI Dfr rgIaF inwkIaF khfxIaF ilKIaF. Auhdy ‘cfcf sfm ky nfm’ koeI zyZ drjn KLqF df koeI jvfb nhIN.
‘toBf tyk isMG’ AuhdI amr khfxI mMnI jFdI ey. bfbU gopI nfQ, hwqk, bU, mMmI, kflI slvfr, aqy mMijLl nUM vI bhuq AuWcf sQfn pRfpq hY. ijhVIaF Cy khfxIaF ‘qy mukwdmy cwly, Auh ny, kflI slvfr, TMZf gosLq, DUMaF, KolH do aqy AUpr, nIcy aOr driman.
ies qoN ielfvf Auhny bhuq sfry lyK, lyKk- klfkfrF aqy iPLlmF aqy aYktr-aYktRYsF dy ivakqI icwqr, iPLlmI khfxIaF ijnHF ‘coN ‘imrjLf-gLfilb’ bVI mkbUl hoeI hY, ilKy. idwlI rihMidaF iswiDaF jo ryzIE-PLIcr tfeIp rfeItr ‘qy ilKy, AuhnF dI vwKrI aqy ivlwKx dfsqfn hY.
Auhny iksy dI aDIngI kwqeI nhIN mMnI. sdf vgdI rO qy Aultf qYrdf irhf.
sB qoN vwzI gwl hY ik Auh nf afpxy inwjI jIvn ‘c qy nf hI kdy afpxIaF rcnfvF ivwc iPLrkfpRsq bixaf. Auhny afpxy pfqr afpxy afly-duafly dI hr jLfq- vrg, mjLHb ‘coN ley aqy AuhnF nUM pUrI inrpwKqf nfl afpo-afpxI QF ‘qy rwK ky, bybfkI nfl icqiraf. Auh do vfr pfglKLfny igaf. ieQy byhosLI dI hflq ivwc srdfr dIvfn isMG (nfkfbly PLrfmosL df rcyqf), aYktr isLafm aqy asLok kumfr nUM pukfr-pukfr ky Xfd krdf irhf. pfglKLfny ‘coN bfhr inkl ky dunIaF nUM ‘vwzf pfglKLfnf’ afiKaf.
Auhny hr khfxI qoN pihlF kory sPLy qy 786 iliKaf, ijs df mqlb hY ‘ibsimwlfh’. Auhdf kQn hY ik Auh kfgLjL ‘qy momn bx jFdf hY.
afpxI kbr df KLuqbf Auhny afpxy hwQIN iliKaf. bMbeI nUM afpxf dUjf vqn mMndf irhf aqy iliKaf, “mYN cwldf iPLrdf bMbeI hF.”
ryzIE, srkfrI aqy srkfr pwKI pricaF ‘c Auhdf aqy AuhdIaF rcnfvF df dfKLlf bMd irhf.
Auhdf jIvn hMgfimaF, jwdo-jihd aqy mfXUsIaF dI mUMh boldI qsvIr hY.
AuhnUM kylv 42 sfl, awT mhIny aqy swq idn ijAUx leI imly. Auh 18-1-1955 nUM sfqoN sdf leI ivCV igaf. Auhdy iewk Bfxjy ny Auhdy mrn vyly df vyrvf ‘mfmU’ nF dy iewk idl ivMnHx vfly lyK ivwc idwqf hY: jdoN AuhdI jfn inkl rhI sI qF Auhny sLrfb dI mMg kIqI. Auhny ikhf myrI jyb ‘c eyny ku pYsy ny…Auh eyny sn ijnHF dI awjkwlH KLflI boql vI nhIN imldI. hor rjfeI idE, mYnUM TMZ lwg rhI aY; do iqMn rjfeIaF Auhdy AuWpr pfeIaF geIaF; Auh PLyr vI TMZ mMndf irhf…sLrfb ilaf ky mUMh’ c pfeI. Auh vrfCF rfhIN inkl geI. AuhdI kfn inkl rhI sI. bwcIaF aqy qImIaF rox lwgIaF. Auh mrdf mrdf pUrI jfn nfl kVikaf, “KLbrdfr! jy koeI roieaf.”
mYN pihlF vI ijLkr kIqf hY, Auhdy cricq hox df. ipCly pMjfh virHaF ivwc AuhdI sB qoN vwD crcf hoeI.
hux ‘sqfink afieqF’ dy lyKk slmfn rsLdI ny ipCly pMjfh virHaF dIaF BfrqI ilKLqF dI iewk ikqfb ‘The vintage book of Indian writing:1947-1997’ aYizt kIqI hY. khfxIkfr dy nfqy Aus ivwc sLfiml hox df mfx iekwly mMto nUM imilaf hY.
ihMdI dy rfj kml pRfksLn ny ‘dsqfvyjL’ nF df pMj vwzIaF ikqfbF df sYWt mMto dIaF coxvIaF rcnfvF df Cfipaf sI, jo DVfDV ivikaf.