ijgr df tukVf
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“myrI inwkI ijhI ËYnb! awj ikwzI vwzI ho geI ey. awj AuhdI ÈfdI dy hn pr Auh mYnUM ajy vI pihlF vflI ËYnb hI lwgdI ey, jo myrI god ivwc KyzdI aqy hr vyly ‘afnf-afnf’ kihMdI ivhVy ivwc BwjI iÌrdI. mYnUM afpxIaF DIaF ivwc aqy Auhdy ivwc koeI Ìrk nhIN lwgdf. mYN AuhnUM vI Enf hI moh krnI aF, ijMnF mYN afpxIaF DIaF nUM. pwlVf dohvyN pfsy hI brfbr ey. bws ieho eI ey ik mYN AuhnUM afpxy iZwzoN nhIN jfieaf. pr ipafr qF Èfied mYN AuhnUM afpxI iZwzoN jMmx vflI mF nfloN iËafdf hI idwqf ey.”
ieh kihMdI ey afpxI BxyvIN ËYnb bfry mihËbIN milk. mihËbIN milk myry nfl kMm ‘qy kMm krdI iewk bVI hI ipafrI ijhI sikEirtI afÌIsr ey. bVI eI hsmuK aqy imwT-bolVI. aqy hwd-drËy dI cMgI.
mihËbIN kihMdI ey: mYnUM Xfd ey bVf cfa sI jd myrI bfjI df ivafh hoieaf. iÌr ivafh qoN bfad Auhdy Gr iewk byty ny jnm ilaf, jo ik Auhdy leI ‘cMn vrgf puwqr’ sI, Auhdy ‘ijgr df totf’ sI. hr vyly AuhnUM lfz lzfAuNdI. Èfied lfl sI ies leI. pr lfl dy jnm qoN 11 mhIinaF dy vkÌy nfl hI Auhdy Gr iewk nMnHI ijhI prI vrgI DI ny jnm ilaf, ‘ËYnb’ ny. pr bfjI 13 idnF dI ËYnb nUM lY ky afpxy aMmI-awbU dy Gr phuMc geI. af ky kihMdI, “bwicaF df eynf QoVHf vkÌf hox kfrn myry leI bwcy sFBxy aOKy ny. mF afpxy ‘ijgr df totf ‘ËYnb’ qYnUM dy ky jf rhI aF, iehnUM sFB lYxf.”
mihËbIN nUM ieh gwl sux ky bhuq guwsf afieaf, “ijgr df totf! qUM iehnUM ‘ijgr df totf’ afKnIN eyN? nhIN, jy ieh qyry ‘ijgr df totf’ huMdI qF ies nUM qUM sfzy leI jMm ky nf suwtdIEN? dws kfs qoN jMimaf eI eysnUM, ik asIN eysnUM sFBIey? hYN? asIN nhIN sFBxI. lY jf eysnUM afpxy nfl.”
mihËbIN dI aMmI-awbU ny mihËbIN nUM msF-msF cuwp krvfieaf aqy bfjI nUM kihx lwgI, “koeI nhIN, qUM byiÌkr ho ky jfh! mYN afpy sFB lvFgI eysnUM.”
gwl ieh nhIN sI ik mihËbIN nUM ‘ËYnb’ nfl koeI ipafr nhIN sI. blik AusnUM guwsf qF AusdI mF `qy sI ik muMzy-kuVI vflf ieh ivqkrf ikEN? jy byty nUM sFB skdI hY qF bytI nUM ikEN nhIN?
ÉYr! pr ËYnb qF AuhnF koloN ÉUb sfrf ipafr lYx aqy sfiraF dy idlF dy aMdr Ds jfx leI afeI sI. hmyÈF hmyÈF leI AuhnF dy idlF ivwc QF bxfAux leI afeI sI. Auh ijwQy vI qurdI BYx-Brf Auhdy pYrF hyTF qlIaF rwKdy. AuhdI hr mMg pUrI huMdI. nfnI AuhnUM hwQIN cUrIaF kuwt-kuwt ky KvfAuNdI. hwQIN nvHfAuNdI DuvfAuNdI. mihËbIN hr vyly AuhnUM cuwkI iÌrdI.
mihËbIN Aus vyly pMjfb XUnIvristI, lfhOr ivwc pVHdI sI. jdoN vI Auh svyry pVHn geI huMdI qF sB qoN pihlf svfl ‘jYnb’ df eyhI huMdf ik ‘afnf’ iqwQy aY? Auh afpxI qoqlI Ëbfn kfrn ‘ikwQy’ nUM ‘iqwQy’ kihMdI bhuq hI ipafrI lwgdI. jd Auhny afpxI inwkI ijhI iqwKI afvfË ivwc nfnI nUM afvfË mfrnI qF guaFZIaF ny bVy ÉuÈ hoxf, “ikMnI ipafrI ey swcIN? bVI ipafrI lwgdI ey jdoN aMmI nUM AuWcI-AuWcI afvfËF mfrdI ey.”
jd ikqy kwlHy nfnUM ny Gr hoxf qF Ausny nfnUM nUM afpxI syvf ivwc mgr mgr BjfeI iÌrnf. nfnUM dI qF Auh jfn sI. nfnU nUM roË sfry Gr dy mYNbrF dy sfhmxy Auhny kMn ivwc khfxI suxfAuxI. nfnUM ny sux ky kihxf, “vfh! ikaf storI hY.” sB nUM pqf nhIN sI ik ieh kI krdy ny nfnf nfnI afps `c gwlF. pr iewk idn pqf lwgf ik Auh nfnf jI dIaF isKfeIaF gflHF hI nfnf jI dy kMn ivwc suxf rhI sI.
qy iÌr hOlI-hOlI ËYnb cfr sfl dI ho geI. pr acfnk iewk idn ËYnb dI aMmI AusnUM lYx af phuMcI.
“myrI bwcI mYnUM idE. sFB sknIN aF hux AuhnUM mYN.”
sux ky mihËbIN nUM bhuq guwsf afieaf. asF pfl-pos leI qy hux sFB skdI aF aKy mYN! pr kIqf kuwJ nhIN sI jf skdf. mF df afpxy bwcy qy hwk vfjb sI. pr nfnU-nfnI aqy mihËbIN nUM ieMJ lwigaf, ijvyN AuhnF dy ‘ijgr dy toty’ nUM AuhnF koloN Koh ky lY jfieaf jf irhf hovy. Auh sfry byvws sn.
mF lY qF geI pr Auh inwkI ijhI ËYnb afpxy nfnUM-nfnI nUM hI afpxy aslI aMmI-awbU smJdI sI. AusdI mF Aus qoN aqy Auh afpxI mF qoN hmyÈF iewk dUrI qy rhIaF ikAuNik ËYNnb dy moh dIaF qMdF qF afpxy ‘aslI aMmI-awbU’ nfl juVIaF sn. mF dy ‘ijgr df totf’ qF Auh kdy vI nf sI. mF AusnUM jd kdy vI nfnUM-nfnI dy Gr lY ky jFdI qF 20 imMtF qo vwD kdy nf TihrdI. hr vfrI ËYnb nUM Auh GVIsdI aqy roNdI hoeI EQoN lY ky jFdI. ËYnb hr vfr ÌrÈ qy lyrF mfrdI, kihMdI, “muJy neIN jfnf aY vhF pr! muJy myry aMmI-awbU ky pfs rihnf hY. CoVdo muJy.” pr mF ËbrdsqI AusnUM nfl lY jFdI. mihËbIN ËYnb dy lflc ivwc hr vfr bfjI dIaF imMnqF krdI ik Auh awj dI rfq AuhnF kol rih lvy. pr nhIN!
mF df sfrI Aumr Aus nfl ruwKypx vfly rvweIey df kfrn Èfied ËYnb df loVoN vwD nfnUM-nfnI nUM kIqf jfx vflf ipafr hI hovy, pr koeI afpxy hI bwcy aqy mF-bfp nfl eynf ruwKf ikvyN ho skdf ey?
ËYnb qF AuhnF dy ‘ijgr df tukVf’ bx geI pr mihËbIN dy kihx muqfbk bfjI nfl Auh irÈqf pihlF vFg kfiem nhIN rih sikaf. bfjI vI bhuq ruwKI ho geI sI.
bwcy qF Esy dy ho jFdy ny, jo AuhnF nUM ipafr krdf ey. eysy gwl nUM swc kr ivKfieaf ËYnb ny.
gwl ies qrHF hoeI ik iewk idn irkÈy vflf ËYnb nUM skUl qoN Gr vfps lY ky af irhf sI ik acfnk AusnUM ËYnb dy buskx dI afvfË suxI. “ary ibtIaf rfnIN ro ikAuN rhI ho qum?”
“muJy myry nfnU ky Gr ly clo. vohI myry aslI aMmI-awbU hYN. muJy nhIN jfnf hY ‘dUsrI’ aMmI ky Gr. Ausny qo muJy sMBflf BI nhIN Qf.” qy Auh Ìuwt Puwt ky roNdI rhI. irkÈy vflf ikqy pihlF hI Bfvuk hoieaf bYTf sI, ikAuN jo AusdI GrvflI dI QoVHy idn hoey mOq ho cuwkI sI aqy AusnUM ËYnb ivcoN afpxI mF nUM qlfÈdy afpxy bwicaF df ivlkdf ichrf ivKfeI dyx lwgf. Auh ËYnb dy mfipaF qy nfnikaF dy GrF nUM jfxdf sI. nyVlIaF gvFZI abfdIaF ivwc hI qF Auh rihMdy sn aqy irkÈy vflf ËYnb nUM lgfqfr skUl lY ky jfx vflf pwkf bMdf sI. Aus ny irkÈf Esy vyly ËYnb dy nfnU-nfnI dy Gr vwl moV ilaf aqy kihx lwgf, “hm qumhyN qumhfrI nfnI-nfnU ky Gr hI ly jfeyNgy. ab qum ro mwq.”
Gr phuMcy qF buwZI nfnI pihlF hI afpxI jfn nUM afpxy KMBF hyTF lukfAux nUM KloqI sI. Ausny afpxI ËYnb nUM Guwt ky ihwk nfl lfieaf. qy jdoN irkÈy vfly ny rfh ivwc vfprI sfrI Gtnf AuhnF nUM suxfeI qF ËYnb dy ipafr nfnU dIaF awKF ivwcoN prl prl hMJU vihx lwgy.
qy awj ËYnb eyzI vwzI ho geI ey ik Auh afp Esy XUnIvristI pMjfb XUnIvristI lfhOr ivwc aMgryËI dI mfstrË kr rhI ey, ijwQy kdy mihËbIN piVHaf krdI sI. pr moh dIaF qMdF AuNJ dIaF AuNJ hI brkrfr ny.