dyÈ Bgq XfdÊfr hfl dI qfkq
- virafm isMG sMDU

ieh gwl 1997 ivc amrIkf dy sLihr ‘imlvfkI’ ivc hoeI ‘ivsLv pMjfbI kfnPLrMs’ vyly dI hY. iek idn mYnUM myrf ajLIjL bldyv DflIvfl kihMdf, “qusIN iksy nUM kuJ vI nhIN smJdy! lok quhfzy ‘qy bVy aOKy ny……….”
bldyv DflIvfl dy juafb ivwc mYN afiKaf, “beI mYN qF hryk df bxdf-qxdf mfx siqkfr krdF. jy iPLr vI myrI afKI gwl iksy nUM burI lwg jfvy qF mYN kI kr skdF.”
asl ivwc myry suBfa df nuks jF KLUbI ieh hY ik jo gwl mYnUM psMd jF nf-psMd hY, Aus bfry mYN afpxI rfie afpxy mn ivwc lukf ky nhIN rwK skdf. awj-kwlH dy bhu-igxqI lokF vFg idl ivwc jLihr Biraf hox dy bfvjUd AuWproN ‘imwTI-imwTI’ khI jfxf myry vws ivwc hI nhIN. cfhvF vI qF aijhf nhIN kr skdf. myrf aMdrlf Enf icr AuWbldf rihMdf hY, ijMnF icr mn dI gwl kih nf lvF. kih lvF qF sLFq ho jFdf hF.
bldyv dI gwl sux ky mYN soicaf ik myrI ikhVI gwl qy iksy nUM aOiKafeI ho skdI hY?
awj svyry kfnPLrMs dy svyr dy sYsLn ivc ‘iswK smfj ivwc aOrq dI siQqI’ bfry pRDfngI BfsLn ivwc kIqIaF myrIaF bybfk itwpxIaF ny ho skdf hY iksy aijhy ivakqI dy kwtV-puxy dy ‘kUly-px’ nUM cot mfr idwqI hovy, ijhVf ‘iswKI’ nUM kyvl afpxy qwk hI sIimq smJdf hovy. AuNJ myry ivcfrF dI pusLtI kridaF bhuq sfry isafxy lokF ny ipwCoN vI myrI pRsLMsf kIqI. qyjvMq igwl, hrBjn huMdl aqy amrjIq gryvfl qoN ibnF jdoN zf: jsvMq isMG nykI ny grmjosLI nfl hwQ imlf ky mYnUM afiKaf, “mYN qyry ivcfrF qoN bhuq ieMprYWs hoieaF” qF mYnUM afpxy ‘mUMh-PLWt’ hox `qy lfz vI afieaf.
hr rojL rfq df Kfxf drsLn isMG DflIvfl dy Gr huMdf sI pr kfnPLrMs dy afKLrI idn Kfxy df bMdobsq hotl ivwc kIqf igaf sI aqy drsLn isMG DflIvfl aqy AUhdy sMgI-sfQI eyQy hI phuMc gey sn. hotl dy vwzy hfl ivwc dfrU dI lMmI mihiPLl jMmI hoeI sI. kuJ lok Kfxf Kf ky kmiraF ivwc cly gey sn. kuJ aMdroN AuWT ky hotl dI lfbI ivwc afx bYTy sn aqy KLusL-gwpIaF ivwc mgn sn. hfl-kmry ivwc kuJ prvfsI kvI-gfiek kivqfvF suxf rhy sn. AuhnF dI afvfjL sux ky lfbI ivwc cwl rhI gwp-mihiPLl nUM kfiv-mihiPLl ivwc bdlx dI slfh bx geI. eyny cMgy sLfier bYTy sn qF AuhnF dI sLfierI df luqPL ikAuN nf ilaf jfvy.
“kr beI sMDU sLurU” hrBjn huMdl ny afiKaf.
mYN muskrf ky cuwp kr irhf. sfry myry mUMh vwl vyKx lwgy. TIk ho ky bYTx leI kursIaF awgy-ipwCy iKskx lwgIaF.
“ieh sLfierF dI mihiPLl hY. nrm aqy nfjLuk lokF dI…myry ijhy KLurdry bMdy df kI kMm hY ies ivwc….”
rojL dyr qwk jfgdy rihx krky aqy sfrf idn GuMmdy iPLrdy Qwk jfx krky mYN kmry ivwc jf ky sOxf cfhuMdf sF. AuNJ vI mYnUM ies kfiv-mihiPLl df sMcflk bxn qoN iJjk sI. ipCly idnIN vI iewk aijhI mihiPLl dI sMcflnf iesy lfbI ivwc kr irhf sF qF amrIkI-myjLbfnF dy shfiek aqy sLrDflU bfr-bfr dKLl-aMdfjLI kr ky myry bolx qoN pihlF hI kih idMdy sn, “hux PLlF isMG afpxI kivqf suxfeygf.”
Auh nfm AuhnF dy iksy ‘tuwty ijhy’ sQFnk kvI df huMdf sI. AuhnF AuWqy iewk qF ‘solF rqnI’ df asr sI aqy dUjf mfx ieh vI sI ik Auh drsLn isMG DflIvfl dy nON rqnF ivwcoN hn, ies leI AuhnF dI gwl hI mMnI jfxI cfhIdI hY. aijhy ajnbI aqy mihiPLl dy nymF qoN anjfx bykfbU bMidaF nUM rokdy tokdy cMgf vI nhIN sI lwgdf pr anusLfsn aqy slIkf bxfeI rwKx leI mYnUM ieh krnf ipaf aqy myry qoN bfr bfr pihlF bol pYx vfly iewk AuqsLfhI ivakqI nUM mYN sKLqI nfl tok vI idwqf. Auh Biraf-pIqf cuwp kr igaf. Aus qoN ipwCoN mYN kvIaF qoN ielfvf iksy PLutkl bMdy nUM ivwcoN bolx nf idwqf. Auh mihiPLl KLUb jMmI.
Ausy mihiPLl dy KLUbsUrq qjrby nUM muwK rwKidaF awj vI sfry sLfier aqy hor lok mYnUM jLor dy rhy sn ik mYN styj sMBfl ky sLurUafq krF.
ajy ieh gwlF ho rhIaF sn ik iewk AunfbI pwg vflf ajnbI afpy hI sMcflk bx ky iewkdm AuWcI avfjL ivwc kUikaf, “clo jI……isMG kivqf suxfeygf.”
mYN hws ky tfilaf, “bs ieMj hI jdoN sfry hukm krn lwg pYx qF styj sMBflxI aOKI ho jFdI hY.”
“qUM ijhVf dysL Bgq hfl ivwc hjLfrF dI BIV ivwc sMBfl skdF---qYnUM eyQy kI musLikl afAux lwgI af.” jgjIq isMG afnMd dIaF buwlHIaF nfl moty sLIisLaF ipwCoN awKF vI hws rhIaF sn. Aurimlf, qyjvMq igwl aqy hrBjn huMdl sB nUM myryy AuWpr mfx sI.
1991 qoN jdoN df ‘dysL Bgq XfdgLfr kmytI’ vwloN ‘mylf gLdrI bfibaF df’ mnfieaf jfxf sLurU hoieaf sI AudoN qoN hI mYN sfrf idn cwlx vfly ies myly dI styj df ieMcfrj huMdf sF. myrI Xogqf ivc Brosf rwK ky kmytI ny pRogrfm nUM ivAuNqx aqy clfAux dI mYnUM pUrI KuwlH idwqI hoeI sI. kmytI myry kMm ivc dKLl aMdfjLI nhIN sI krdI. iksy nUM kdoN bulfAuxf jF nhIN bulfAuxf iesdf PLYslf mYN hI krdf sF. kmytI myry khy df mfx rwKdI. mYN vI myly dI styj nUM eyny slIky nfl clfAuNdf ik agly sfl myry iKLmF mMgx `qy vI kmytI mYnUM hI styj df kfrj-Bfr sONp ky KusL huMdI. kmytI aqy hjLfrF dI igxqI ivc phuMcy lok myrI prsMsf krdy nf Qwkdy. mYN vI AuhnF dy idwqy mfx nfl AuWizaf iPrdf.
“quhfzf ikhf qF nhIN moV skdf”, mYN isr Jukf ky hukm mMn ilaf.
“…pr dysL Bgq hfl ivwc myry afpixaF dI sLkqI myry nfl huMdI hY.”
Auho ajnbI PLyr boilaf, “…isMG kivqf suxfeygf, kivqf.”
mYN sinmr bynqI kIqI ik jy sB dosq mYnUM ieh ijLMmyvfrI sONp hI rhy hn qF myrf sfQ idwqf jfvy aqy ikrpf krky ivwcoN tok-tukfeI nf kIqI jfvy. kivqf pVHn df smF hryk nUM imlygf…pr imlygf afpxI vfrI ‘qy.
mYN gwl df isrf PVHidaF BUimkf bwDI- “ijLMdgI nUM kivqf aqy kivqf nUM ijLMdgI bnfAux dI rIJ rwKx vfly supnsfjL imwqro! …jo supny ivwc vI nhIN sONdf…ispfhI hY jF sLfier…mYN sB qoN pihlF aijhy ‘ispfhI-sLfier’ nUM pysL krnf cfh irhf hF ijs ny kdy jfgdy aqy jgdy awKrF nfl cfnxf df Cwtf idwqf sI aqy ijsdy rOsLnI vMzdy bol iksy smyN hryk agFh-vDU ivakqI dy bwulHF `qy cfnxI muskfn bx ky iKV AuWTy sn. AUh iewQy awgV-ipwCV kursIaF dI BIV ivwc ipwCy luikaf bYTf hY, pr-guwJI rhy nf hIr hjLfr ivwcoN- afE suirMdr igwl jI awgy afvo.”
qfVIaF dI gVgVfht hoeI.
lfbI df afkfr ivakqIaF dI igxqI muqfibk Cotf hox krky pUrI qrHF gol dfierf nhIN sI bx irhf, pr jdoN suirMdr igwl ny Aus gutkdI, gfAuNdI aqy msukrfAuNdI bulbul bfry njLm CohI, ijs ny inwky inwky qIly ilaf ky kfiv-nfiek dy Gr dy ivhVy ivwc aflHxf pf ilaf sI…qF sroiqaF dy idl ies BIVI QF ivwc vI ivsLfl ho gey aqy kvI dy nfl hI KLusLI dI iewk Jrnfht AuhnF dy mn nUM nisLaf geI. pr AuhnF df AudoN kvI dy nfl hI hAukf inkl igaf jdoN Ausdy bol ilsLky:
rMg gvfcy
srpt kFgf lih geIaF ny
iewk Drvfsf
mn ivwc DIr ijhI hY
AumrF dI ieh tihxI gihr gMBIr ijhI hY
ieh bulbul vI iks ruwq afeI ……
kivqf KLqm hoeI. vfh! vfh! dy nfl qfVIaF dI afvfjL AuWcI hoeI.
kuvyly dI Aumr ivwc bulbul dy tfhxI AuWqy af bYTx dI gwl sux ky mYnUM isLar Xfd af igaf.
“KLusLk pwqf hUM mOsm hrf ab nf dy!
iek ney drd kf jLfiekf ab nf dy!”
“vfah!beI!vfh! …iewk vfr PLyr kih!”
mYnUM lwgf mihiPLl hux myrI muwT ivwc sI. sroqy kIly hoey bYTy sn. mYN afiKaf:
“KLq qy ilKy sMboDn qoN nf KLusL hovo
idl ‘qy ilKy nF vI lok muwkr jFdy ny.
iPLr vI qyrf Gr ikAuN sfnUM lwBdf nhIN
jd ik sfry rsqy qyry Gr jFdy ny.”
“agly sLfier nUM imlx leI BfvyN mYnUM sfhmxy qF koeI rsqf nhIN lwBdf ipaf, pr mYnUM afpxI ipwT ipwCoN QoVHf QoVHf inwG aqy imwTf imwTf syk mihsUs huMdf ipaY…ieh syk hY KLUbsUrq sLfierI df….”
myryy ipwCy pfiksqfnI pMjfbI sLfierf srvq muhweIAudIn bYTI sI. AuhdI sLfierI nfl Auhdy husn dy syk nUM afpxy mnoN joV ky sroiqaF ny qfVI mfr idwqI.
srvq dy mUMhoN PLuwlF vFg kfiv-bol ikrn lwgy. ‘vfh!vfh!’ dIaF afvfjLF AuWcIaF hoeIaF.
iPLr hrBjn isMG huMdl dI ‘njLm dI KLusLbU’ cuPLyry PLYl geI”
puwCdy ny Gbrfey hoey Xfr
ikwQy ny idn?
mihbUb dy mUMh vrgy
isafl dI kosI Duwp vrgy
mkweI dI rotI dy rMg qy
sugMD vrgy……
‘guafcy hoey idnF’ ivwc huMdl dI ‘lwB geI’ kivqf nUM pf ky sfry KLusL sn. smuwcI iPLjLf ivwc kivqf Gul geI sI. iewk qoN bafd iewk sLfier…cMgI qoN cMgI kivqf.
hfl ivwc bYTy drsLn isMG DflIvfl aqy Ausdy sMgI-sfQI vI af ky iesy mihiPLl ivwc sLrIk ho ky afnMd lY rhy sn. drsLn isMG DflIvfl myry Kwby hwQ kursI ‘qy bYTf kivqf mfx irhf sI.
bhuqy kvIaF nUM qF mYN jfxdf hI sF pr kuJ prvfsI kvI iesLfry nfl mYQoN smF mMg rhy sn. mihiPLl isKLr vwl jf rhI sI. hryk sroqf kfiv-Cihbr ivwc iBwj irhf sI.
kYnyzf vfsI, KLUbsUrq afvfjL dy mfilk nOjvfn sLfier surjIq mfDopurI ny qrfnf sLurU kIqf. AuhdI afvfjL gUMjI. iewk rMg bwJ igaf. Auh drsLn isMG DflIvfl bfry pRsLMsf-gIq gf irhf sI. gIq KLqm hoieaf qF mYN itwpxI kridaF afiKaf:
“BfvyN ik mYN ivakqIaF leI gfey jfx vfly isPLqI gIqF df eynf pRsLMsk nhIN hF pr sfzy ivwc bYTf drsLn isMG DflIvfl nF df ieh bMdf kyvl iewk ivakqI nhIN sgoN afpxy kMmF krky qy kfnPLrMs krvfAux rfhIN prgt hoey afpxy pMjfb ipafr kfrn Auh awj pMjfb, pMjfbI aqy pMjfbIaq df pRqIinD bx ky AuWBiraf hY. AuhdI pRsMsf iewk ivakqI dI pRsMsf nhIN, sgoN smuwcy pMjfbI BfeIcfry dI pRsMLsf hY. ies leI ieh gIq kyvl drsLn isMG DflIvfl leI nhIN sgoN sfzy quhfzy sB leI gfieaf gIq hY….
myrI gwl dI pRoVqf vjoN hulfs ivwc Br ky mihiPLl ivwc juVy lokF ny BrpUr qfVIaF mfrIaF.
mYN agly kvI nUM kivqf pVHn df swdf idwqf, “awj qoN koeI do-ZfeI dhfky pihlF aMimRqsr dy tfAUn hfl ivwc ho rhy iewk kvI drbfr smyN mYN iewk aijhI sohxI kuVI nUM qwikaf ijsny hfl ivwc pRvysL kr ky afpxI KLUbsUrqI nfl sfrf hfl jgmgf idwqf sI. iPLr virHaF qwk AusnUM dyKx-suxn dI qFG mn ivwc rwKI; pr pUrI nf ho skI. awj Auho kuVI iewk sLfierf dy rUp ivwc joq vFg jgdI sLfierI nUM lY ky sfzy snmuKL hY…ijs df nfm hY…amr ijEqI.”
sroiqaF dy ichiraF AuWpr iewk rwjI hoeI muskfn sI. kursIaF qoN vD gey sroqy aKfVy duafly juVI BIV vFg mMqr-mugD hoeyy KVoqy sn. amr ijEqI ny zfierI KolH ky gwl sLurU kIqI:
“pihlI kivqf qF mYN sMDU sfaHb dI Es itwpxI bfry suxfvFgI jo AuhnF ny ZfeI dhfky pihlF dI KLUbsUrq kuVI bfry kIqI hY….”
sroiqaF dIaF DOxF iswDIaF aqy kMn KVy ho gey.
BIV ivwcoN nIvyN lwk huMdf iewk svf-Cy PLuwtf gwBrU myry ipwCy af ky kMn ivwc hOlI ijhI kihx lwgf, “Bf jI! rqf gwl suixE….”
mYN soicaf, “aYs vyly iesnUM myry nfl kI kMm hovygf?”
sroqy amr ijEqI dy kivqf-pfT ivwc KLuBy hoey sn, ies leI mYN Aus nOjvfn nUM EQy bYTy bYTy hI kuJ puwCx dI QF hOlI ijhy AuWT ky Ausdy nfl qur ipaf. Ausny mYnUM mihiPLl qoN QoVHf ijhf pfsy kr ky hotl dy ipCvfVy lfan ivwc cwlx leI ikhf. Auhdy nfl AunHfbI pwg vflf Auh ajnbI bMdf vI sI ijsny mihiPLl sLurU hox qoN pihlF do vfr iksy nUM kviqf suxfAux df swdf idwqf sI.
mYN hYrfn sI ik iehnF ny kI gwl krnI hY?
“qusIN drsLn isMG DflIvfl nUM ‘bMdf’ ikEN afiKaf?” Aus lMmy nOjvfn ny, jo dfrU ivcw guwt sI, mYnUM afiKaf.
bVf ajIb svfl sI! mYN kI juafb idMdf! mYnUM AusdI mUrKLqf qy iKJ afeI.
“qusIN ‘bMdf’ afK ky AusdI byiewjLqI kIqI hY….” Auh bol qF DImI afvfjL ivwc hI irhf sI…msF myry kMnF qwk phuMcdI afvfjL ivwc…pr Auhdy bolF ivclf ruwKfpx bhuq ‘AuWcf’ sI.
“BfeI sfihb! ‘bMdf’ kihx dy nfl jo kuJ hor mYN Aus bfry ikhf hY…AusnUM smJx dI koisLsL kro….” mYnUM DflIvfl dy aijhy mUrKL vPLfdfr pRsLMsk bfry soc ky guwsf cVH irhf sI.
pr Aus AuWqy myry spsLtIkrn df koeI asr nhIN sI. Auh kdy myryy swjy pfsy hovy; kdy Kwby pfsy. nfl dI nfl khI jfvy, “bMdf? …Auh bMdY? quhfzf PLrjL sI AuhnUM vIr kih lYNdy, Brf kih lYNdy. pr qUM AusnUM ‘bMdf’ afiKaY?”
Auh ‘qusIN’ qoN ‘qUM’ `qy af igaf sI.
AunHfbI pwg vflf ajnbI Auhdy nfl qmfsLbIn bx ky cuwp-cfp KVoqf sI. Ausny kyvl iewk vfr mYnUM ikhf, “jo kuJ ieh kihMdY…iDafn nfl suxo….”
eyny icr nUM do-cfr hor bMdy mihiPLl ivcoN AuWT ky sfzy vwl af rhy sn. AuhnF nUM vyKidaF hI Auh nOjvfn cyqfvnI dy ky afpxy sfQI smyq aMdr nUM qur ipaf “sfzy ‘c eynI qfkq hY ik KVy KVoqy bMdy nUM DrqI ‘c gfieb kr dyeIey….”
mYN hYrfn porysLfn hoieaf KVoqf sF. ieh sfrf kuJ eyny Gwt smyN ivwc vfpiraf ik mYnUM KuwlH ky gwl krn df mOkf vI nf imilaf.
pihlI vfr mYnUM prdysI hox df anuBv bhuq isLwdq nfl hoieaf. nvyN afey bMdy mYnUM puwCx lwgy, “kI gwl hoeI aY?”
ieh sfry Auh lok sn jo drsLn isMG DflIvfl dy njLdIkI dfiery vfly sn. myjLbfnI df rol inBfAux vfly, cfh-pfxI puwCx vfly. afpxIaF kfrF ’c iewk QF qoN dUjI QF zYlIgytF nUM GumfAux vfly. suihrd aqy syvf Bfv vfly.
mYN AuhnF nUM sfrI gwl dwsI.
“jdoN Auh quhfnUM AuTf ky eyDr nUM quiraf qF sfnUM KuVk geI sI ik koeI nf koeI gwl jLrUr hY, ijhVf Auh quhfnUM lY ky iewDr af igaf. AuWDr mihiPLl vfly puwCdy iPLrdy ny quhfzy bfry ik qusIN ikwDr gvfc gey ho…asIN qdy eyDr afey hF….”
AuhnF ivwcoN iewk ny afiKaf.
iPLr Auh sfry hI vfrI vfrI afKx lwgy, “Ausny cMgf nhIN kIqf…bhuq mfVf kIqY. Aus vMzy dI asIN quhfzy qoN muafPLI mMgdy hF…Auhny bhuq mUrKLqf kIqI aY…qusIN mn ‘qy koeI gwl nf ilafvo…plIjL….”
iewk ny myry hwQ PV ky ipafr nfl Guwt ley aqy plosx lwgf.
“BfeI sfihb! ies ivwc quhfzf kI ksUr aY…qusIN ikEN muafPLI mMgdy E?” myrf mn Biraf ipaf sI aqy jLKLmI gLYrq huMgfr rhI sI. AuhnF dI muafPLI hux myrf kuJ nhIN sI svfr skdI.
iewk dm ikwDroN bldyv DflIvfl vI af inkilaf. sfzIaF gwlF sux ky AuhnF nUM kihMdf, “ieh qF BfeI sfzf stfr khfxIkfr aY….”
Auh sfry bfr bfr myry koloN muafPLI mMg rhy sn. mYnUM hmdrdI dI mlHm lf rhy sn.
pr mYN soc irhf sF ik ikqy vfikaf hI ieh bMdf dysL Bgq Xfdgfr hfl dy smfgLm ivwc huMdf qy iPLr Blf mYnUM kuJ afK ky ivKfAuNdf!