myrI mMgxI qy myrf ivafh
- ajmyr isMG aOlK

 

mMgxI: pihlF myrI mMgxI df ibrqFq suxo. ieh gwl dsMbr 1964 dI hY. pMjfbI XUnIvristI pitaflf ivKy pMjfbI dI aYm[ey[ (Pfienl) dI pVHfeI krn vyly mYƒ ipMzoN myrI mF dI icwTI afeI. icwTI df sfr-qwq ieh sI: ‘qYƒ iewk kuVI dy bfp ny vyKx afAuxY. ies leI qUM Plfxy idn ipMz phuMc jf[[[.` EdoN (Bfv jvfnI vyly) myry `qy afdrsvfd df BUq svfr sI. ies BUq ny myry koloN hor hI kmÜ mrvf idwqf. ipMz jfx leI ‘hF` kihx dI QF mYN mF ƒ icwTI rfhINN AusdI icwTI df ieh jvfb idwqf: mfnXog by jI, qusIN kuVI dy bfp ƒ kho ik Auh mYƒ vyKx qoN pihlF sfzf kwcf Gr vyK lvy; jmIn afid dI pUrI pVqfl kr lvy. qusIN vI Aus qoN iksI prkfr df lkoh nf rwKxf. Aus ƒ dws dyxf ik ijhVI sfzy Gr dI mUhrlI kwcI kMD ipCly sfl mINh ny Zfh idwqI sI ieh asIN iksy GOl krky nhIN blik ies kr ky dubfrf nhIN KVHI kr sky ikAuNik ies ƒ KVHI krn dI sfzy ivwc phuMc hI nhIN. ËmIn bfry vI aslIaq dws dyxI ik cfr BfeIaF kol kul awT ikwly BoNieM hY. ies ivwcoN iqMn ikwly nOhrIey bfxIey koÜ gihxy itkI hoeI hY. awT hËfr ijhVf krËf afpxy isr hY, Auh vI dwsxf nf Buwlxf. nyk (myrf vwzf BfeI hrnyk) bfry vI ËrUr dws dyxf ik Auh vYlIaF-ÈYlIaF ivwc bYTdf-AuTdf aY qy isgrt, Èrfb, BMg afid sfry nÈy Ck-Ckf lYNdY. aÉIrI gwl ieh hY ik mYN irÈqf AudoN hI lvFgf jd-kd mYƒ ikqy koeI ruËgfr iml igaf. jy Auprokq sB kuJ jfnx qoN bfd vI kuVI df bfp vyKxf cfhygf qF mYN iksy imQy idn AuWqy ipMz af jvFgf[[[[[[.
hux qusIN hI dwso ik aijhf ikhVf bfp hoeygf ijhVf Auprokq sB kuJ jfxdy hoey vI afpxI DI ƒ jmF sfhmxy idsdy nrk-kuMz ivwc Dwkf dyxf cfhygf? quhfƒ qF kI, mYƒ afp ƒ vI pUrf XkIn sI ik gwl ijQoN ÈurU hoeI hY AuQy hI jfm ho jfeygI. ÉYr jI, mYN afpxy afdrÈvfdI rMg ivc rMigaf qy afpxy-afp ƒ afpxI mF df ‘Drmpuwqr` smJdf hoieaf icwTI post kr afieaf. ipMz phuMcI icwTI jd mF ny myry bcpn dy dosq suKdyv qoN pVHfeI qF mF df mUMh AuWqrnf kudrqI hI sI. buwsy ijhy mUMh nfÜ mF ny AuhI icwTI myry bx rhy ivcoly ƒ PVf idwqI. ivcolf, ijsdf nF amr isMG DflIvfl sI, ipMz ivwcoN myrf qfieaf lgdf sI. Auh bVf hI sfP-idl iensfn sI. nfÜ dI nfÜ Ausdf hfsy-TwTy dy suBfa vflf vI sI. Auh ‘mhfrfj df pfTI` sI qy pfT krn ihq dovyN vkq ipMz dy gurduafry sfihb jfieaf krdf sI. Ausdf sfzy Gr roË df afAux-jfx sI ikAuNik gurduafrf sfihb jfx vfsqy sfzy Gr rfhIN jfxf Ausƒ ‘Èftkwt` (nyVy) pYNdf sI. AuNJ vI smfijk qy pirvfrk qOr `qy asIN dovyN Gr iek dUujy dy vfhvf nyVy sF. qfieaf amr isMG DflIvfl ny icwTI pVH ky myrI mF ƒ hsidaF ikhf, ‘lY hrnfm kury, smJ lY ho igaf qyry muMzy df irÈqf pwkf! lwg-jf gIq gfAux awj qoN eI ÈgnF dy!` mF qfey dy mÉOlIey suBfa qoN jfxU sI. ies leI Ausny AusdI gwl ƒ gMBIrqf nfl nf ilaf.
pr jfpdY qfey ny nf hI myrI icwTI mÉOl vjoN leI sI qy nf hI afpxI gwl mÉOl vjoN khI sI. myry Gr dI afriQk siQwqI bfry Aus ny pihlF hI kfPI kuJ shI-shI kuVI dy bfp ƒ dws idwqf sI. Ehlf rKdf vI kfhdf? kwcf Gr qy ZhI kMD agly ƒ afp ids pYxI sI qy ËmIn dI aslIaq df ptvfrI-grdOr qoN pqf lwg jfxf sI. hF, gihxy-peI ËmIn qy krËy df Èfied Ausƒ afpƒ vI pqf nhIN sI. rhI gwl myry vwzy BfeI dy vYlpuxy dI? aijhI gwl ƒ Auh bhuqI gMBIrqf nfl lYx vflf bMdf nhIN sI. ‘jwt dy cfr puwqF ivwco iek puwq ivhlV-ÈyhlV inkl eI jFdY.` mhfrfj df pfTI hox dy bfvjUd aijhI jwtU soc df DfrnI sI qfieaf amr isMG. bfd ivwc mYƒ pqf lwigaf ik AuNJ vI Ausny Ëor isrP ieko gwl `qy idwqf hoieaf sI. ‘nMd isaF muMzf kI aY, inrf hIrf aY! bs qUM Xfd rwKyNgf beI mfmy amr isMG ny muMzf BfÜ ky idwqf sI myrI DI vfsqy!` (qfieaf amr isMG dUr-nyVy dI irÈqydfrI ivwcoN kuVI dy bfp df mfmf lgdf sI) qfieaf amr isMG ƒ mYN ‘hIrf` isrP ies kr ky lgdf sI ikAuNik mYN iek grIb iksfn df puwq ho ky vI ‘ikvyN pVHfeI dI ‘pOVI` dy iek zMzy qoN bfad dUjy zMzy Auqy pYr Drdf ‘AuqFh` cVHdf jf irhf sI.
lAu jI qfieaf amr isMG DflIvfl ny afpxI idb-idRÈtI dy ivÈvfs dy isr ‘qy myry vflI icwTI awgoN afpxy Bfxjy, jfnI kuVI dy bfp nMd isMG dy hwD ‘qy jf DrI. nMd isMG ny icwTI pVHI qy pVH ky kuJ socF ijhIaF ivwc pY igaf. kuJ icr cuwp irhf. qfieaf amr isMG Ausdy ichry dy hfv-Bfv pVHx dI koiÈÈ krdf irhf. QoVHy icr ipwCoN nMd isMG iÌlfsÌrF vflI Êihr-gMBIr afvfË ivwc boilaf, ‘mfmf jI, lgdY akfl purK ny myrI DI df sMXog iesy lVky sMg iliKaY. jd muMzf iksy ruËgfr ‘qy lwg igaf, mYƒ Ébr kr idAu.‘
jdoN mYN iewk CuwtI vfly idn pitafly qoN ipMz afieaf qy mYƒ sfrI khfxI df pqf cilaf qF mYƒ byhwd hrfnI hoeI. hrfnI nfl kuJ kuJ ÉuÈI vI. ÉuÈI ies gwl dI beI clo myry ivcfrF nfÜ imldf-juldf koeI bMdf qF hY ijsdI DI nfl myry irÈqf dI gwl cwl rhI hY. pr nfÜ dI nfl mn aMdr keI qrHF dy ÈMky vI afpxf isr cuwkx lwgy? ‘ikAuN kr irhY myry vrgy nMg-mulMg ƒ afpxI kuVI df irÈqf? ikqy kuVI ivwc koeI nuks hI nf hovy? kuVI lMgVI-lUhlI jF krYktr krUktr[[[[?[[[? jy ieh gwl aY qF Aus Bly mfxs ny ieh ikvyN smJ ilaf beI mYN ibnf dyKy, ibnf puwC-pVqfl dy AusdI DI df irÈqf kbUl kr lvFgf[[[[?` pr Pyr ieh iÉafl vI afieaf ik jy koeI aYsI-vYsI gwl huMdI qF qfieaf amr isMG ivwc ikAuN pYNdf? sfzy nfÜ AusdI aYnI nyVqf hY, aijhI GtIaf gwl qF Auh kdy soc vI nhIN skdf.` ieh soc ky mYN qfieaf amr isMG koÜ gwl krnI vI munfisb nf smJI. Pyr `clo jdoN awgy gwl cwlI, EdoN vyKI jfAU, ajy qF mYN aYm[ey[ df iemiqhfn dyxYN, nOkrI lwBxI aYN.` soc ky ÈMky-PMky idmfg ivwcoN JfV Czy.
lAu jI, mYN aYm[ey[ df iemiqhfn idwqf, nqIjf vI af igaf; cMgy BfgF ƒ cMgy nMbr vI af gey. EdoN vI cMgy BfgF ƒ nqIjf inkln qoN bfd bIh idnF dy aMdr-aMdr ibnf iksy ivÈyÈ Bwj-nwT dy myry afpxy ielfky dy mfnsf ksby ivKy nvyN KuwlHy nihrU mYmorIal kflj ivwc mYNƒ pMjfbI dy lYkcrr dI cMgI nOkrI vI iml geI.[[[[[
nOkrI ‘qy lwgy ƒ ajy pMj-CI mhIny hI hoey sI ik iek idn kflj ivwc mYƒ ‘kuVI df bfp‘ imlx leI af phuMicaf. vyKxI-prKxI qoN iek cMgf piVHaf-iliKaf sUJvfn sjn purÈ jfpdf sI. mYN Ausƒ kflj dI kMtIn vfly pfsy lY igaf qy asIN kMtIn nfl-lgvyN iek grfAuNz ivwc bYT gey. gwlbfq clI qF mYN Ausƒ afpxI icwTI ivclIaF gwlF Xfd krvfAuNidaF ikhf, ‘qusIN myrI icwTI ƒ aYvyN muMizaF-KuMizaF vflI gwl eI nf smJ lYxf. mYN jo iliKaf sI shI qy sMjIdgI nfl iliKaf sI[[[[[[.‘ myrI gwl sux ky Aus ny jvfb idwqf, ‘mYƒ sB pqf aY. asl ivwc sB kuJ df pqf mYN pihlF hI kr ilaf sI. swcI gwl qF ieh aY ik sB kuJ pqf lwgx ‘qy mYN afp hI mn ivwc ÌYslf kr ilaf sI ik mYN ies Gr afpxI DI kdficq nhIN ivafhFgf. pr qyrI icwTI ny myrf ierfdf bdl idwqf. qyrI icwTI pVH ky mYƒ ies qrHF df aihsfs hoieaf ik ieh nOjvfn jIvn ivwc koeI vwzf mfieafDfrI bxy cfhy nf bxy pr ieh BuwKf kdy nhIN mrygf. myrI DI suKI rhU ieh sMXog pf ky.[[[ kfkf, mYƒ qUM psMd aYN. myrI DI, myry Grvfr bfry qUM pqf kr ky afpxI rfie dws dyvIN.‘[[[[[[qy Auh cilaf igaf.
Aus dy cly jfx qoN bfd mYN do-iqMn mhIinaF aMdr ‘sB kuJ` dI qswlI kr leI mYN irÈqy leI ‘hF` kr idwqI. mMgxI df idn vI inÈicq kr idwqf. pr ijs idn myry kwcy qy ZhI kMD vfly Gr ivwc myrI mMgxI hoeI qF iek gVbV ho geI. mMgxI dI rsm qoN bfd jd mYN ÈgnF vflf prnf afpxI mF dy crnF ivwc Diraf qF ÈgnF vfly pYisaF ivcoN mF ƒ isAuny dI iek mohr iml geI. dyK ky mYƒ hYrfnI vI hoeI qy guwsf vI afieaf beI aYnf kihx dy bfvjUd[[[? mYN qF sfry ipMz, dosqF-imwqrF qy irÈqydfrF `c PVH mfrI hoeI sI ik mYN iek afdrÈ qy agFhvDU ivafh-mMgxI krn jf irhf hF. hux Auh sfry kI socxgy. ieho ik ‘hfQI dy dMd Kfx ƒ hor qy idKfAux ƒ hor?` ikvyN ivKfvFgf mUMh dosq-imwqrF ƒ? bVI puËIÈn afkvrz huMdI jpI. kI kIqf jfvy. aYnI myry `c ihMmq nf peI ik BrI pMcfieq ivwc jf ky mohr Aus Bly-mfxs Bfv afpxy bx cuwky shurf sfihb dy pYrF ivwc vgfh mfrF. Aus afdmI df myry AuWqy pRBfv hI aijhf pY cuwkf sI ik mYN Ausƒ ‘dyvqf purÈ` smJx lwg ipaf sF. dUjI gwl, ijhVI awj myry idmfg ivwc af rhI hY, ieh ik ho skdY mohr ƒ vyK ky myry mn aMdr hI koeI kmËorI af geI hovy! BfvyN mohr koeI vzmuwlI vsqU nhIN sI pr afriQk pwKoN tuwwty Gr dy myry vrgy nOjvfn dy pYr AuKyVn leI qF ies inwkI ijhI son-mohr df hI ilÈkfrf kfPI huMdY. mF myry Drm-sMkt ƒ smJ geI qy smJidaF Aus mYƒ ‘nsIhq` idwqI, ‘‘cl cuwp kr. hux ies smyN rOlf pfAuNdf cMgf nhIN lgdf. jo kuJ krnf hoieaf ivafh vyÜy kr-lI.`` lgdY mF df idl vI aMdrKfqy llcf igaf sI. Aus df grIb idl Èfied dunIaF ƒ ieh kihxf cfhuMdf sI, ‘‘dyKo, myry puwq ƒ mohrF pYNdIaYN! aYvy nf smJ ilAu qusIN ikqy sfƒ?``
ÉYr jI, myrI kmËorI afKo jF kuJ hor, pr iewk gwl jmF swcI hY ik mYN mohr vfips nf kr sikaf. pr nfÜ dI nfÜ ivafh qoN pihlF-pihlF sfrI smwisaf nfÜ krVfeI nfÜ nijwTx dIaF skImF vI socx lwgf. ivafh vyÜy mYN ies ƒ ikvyN nijwiTaf, jF ikvyN nf nijwiTaf, ieh gwl afpxI ivafh-kQf ibafn krn vyÜy dwsFgf pr hfl dI GVI Auh sux lvo jo mYN ivafh qoN pihlF kIqf. ijAuN-ijAuN mYN ies vrqfry bfry ivcfr krdf irhf iqAuN-iqAuN myrI ËmIr mYƒ lfhxqF pfAuNdI rhI. do ku mhIny mYN aMdry-aMdr hI kirJdf ijhf irhf. aÉIr kfPI kirJx qoN bfd iek lMbI ijhI icwTI shurf sfihb ƒ ilK mfrI ijsdf sfrMÈ kuJ ies pRkfr sI: ‘mfnXog bfpU jI, mYN bhuq hI aÌsos aqy duwKI mn nfÜ afp jI ƒ ilK irhf hF. duwK aqy aÌsos vflI gwl ieho hY ik myry vfr-vfr kihx dy bfpjUd qusIN myry nfl kIqy vfhidaF `qy pUry nhIN Auqry. Ègn ivc mohr pf ky qusIN myrf mfn nhIN, sgoN apmfn kIqf hY. jy qusIN ivafh vyÜy vI ies qrHF df hI kuJ krnf hY qF myrI vwloN ivafh leI awj qoN hI jvfb smJo.` hOslf ijhf krky mYN icwTI post kr afieaf. Gr dy iksy hor jIa kol iesdI gwl nf kIqI.
kuJ idnF bfd hI mYƒ myrI icwTI jf jvfb af igaf. icwTI pMjfbI ivwc sI pr ilKI hoeI PfrsI ilpI ivwc sI. mYN afpxy iek pRRoPYsr sfQI kolo ieh pVHfeI. icwTI ivwc shurf sfihb ny afpxI ÊlqI leI mfÌI mMgI sI qy ivafh vyÜy ies iksm dI koeI ÊlqI nf-duhrfAux df iekrfr kIqf sI.[[[[[[[[
qy ies qoN pihlF ik myrf shurf sfihb afpxf kIqf iekrfr inBfAuNdy, icwTI ilKx qoN awT-dws idnF bfd hI idl df dOrf pYx kfrn Auh ies dunIaF qoN ivdf ho gey.[[[[[[[[
myrf ivafh: huxo suxo myry ivafh dI vfrqf[[[[[[[ mMgxI dI rsm qoN bfd qy ivafh qoN pihlF myry shury dI mOq ho jfx kfrn myry shurf-Gr dy afpxy prspr qy myry Aus Gr nfl bxy irÈqy dy kuJ smIkrn ijhy ivgV gey. hux qk jo gwlbfq hoeI sI Auh muK qOr ‘qy myry shury nfÜ hI hoeI sI. pr hux Aus Gr dy hor mYNbr mUhry afAuxy ÈurU ho gey sn qy gwlbfq iek qrHF nfl iblkul nvyN isirAuN ÈurU krnI pYxI sI. myrI mMgyqr, ijs df nF mnjIq sI, dIaF do BYxF sn. iek Aus qoN vwzI sI qy iek CotI. dovyN hI ivafhIaF hoeIaF sn. BfeI koeI nhIN sI qy mF sDfrn iksm dI aOrq sI. so ivafh df jo Zm-Zmf krnf sI Auh myry sfZUaF (sFZUaF) qy mnjIq dIaF BYxF ƒ hI mUhry lg ky krnf pYxf sI. AuhnF ivwcoN vI ivÈyÈ qOr ‘qy vwzy sFZU sfihb ƒ. myry shury dI mOq qoN bfd mYN vI Aus Gr afm afAux-jfx lwg ipaf sI qy myrI sfiraF nfl cMgI jfx-pihcfx ho geI sI. ies leI mYN byiJjk ho ky kih idwqf ik ivafh AuhnF ÈrqF ‘qy hI hoeygf jo bfpU jI nfÜ qih hoeIaF sn. ies leI AuhnF ƒ mMnxf ipaf. BfvyN AunHF leI ieh Ërf muÈikl sI ikAuNik iek qF AuhnF ny afpxy ivafhF vyÜy lYx-dyx kIqf sI qy dUjy Èfied Auh ieh smJdo hox ik mqy dunIaF ieh afKy ik sFZUaF ny mohrI bx ky jfx ky kuJ nhIN krn idwqf. ÉYr, iek vfr qF Auh myrf ikhf sB kuJ mMn gey.
mYN ivafh qF kuJ icr Tihr ky krvfAuxf cfhuMdf sI, iek qF shurf sfihb dI huxy hoeI mOq kr ky, aqy dUjy afpxI iKMzrI-puMzrI afriQk hflq kr ky. pr Aus Gr afm afAux-jfx qy ivwc-ivwc mnjIq ƒ imlx-julx kfrn shurf-pirvfr aMdr koeI zr ijhf pYdf ho igaf (ijhVf ik iblkul aYn hI kudrqI sI), ies leI mYN ivafh lyt pfAux ‘qy Ëor nf pf sikaf. so ivafh dI imqI 6 PrvrI 1967 rwK leI geI.
BfvyN sB kuJ sfd-murfdf hI krnf sI pr ieh ‘sfd-murfdf` krn leI vI myry ivwc smrQf nhIN sI. ËmIn ijAuN-dI-iqAuN gihxy peI hoeI sI qy Gr isr awT hËfr df krËf vI AuvyN-df-AuvyN hI mUMh twzIN KVHf sI. qy AuhnF iudnF ivwc sfzy Gr vrgy iksfnI pirvfr leI awT hËfr df krËf lfhuxf ‘ÉfÜf jI df vfVf` nhINN sI. hux hor krËf cuwkx dI mUrKqf mYN nhIN sI kr skdf. ies leI hr pfisAuN hI mYN vwD qoN vwD muwTI Guwtx dI koiÈÈ kIqI. ivafh isafl dI ruwq df sI. jy bhuqf nhIN qF Gwto Gwt ivafh vyly iek grm kot-pYNt dI loV qF hY hI sI. ies sbMDI mYN afpxy iewk pRoPYsr-imwqr aYs[pI[ sBrvfl, ijs ny nvF-nvF grm sUt sMvfieaf sI, bynqI kIqI ik Auh myrI Éfqr myry ivafh qk afpxf nvF sUt nf pihxy aqy ivafh dy do-iqMn idnF leI ieh mYƒ dy dyvy. Blf hovy pRoPYsr sBrvfl df, Aus BMdr purÈ ny myry vfsqy ieh kurbfnI kr hI idwqI. Gry mF dbfa pfAux lgI ik Ausdy khy qoN hor kuÈ BfvyN krF jF nf krF pr ‘bhU` leI Gwto Gwt iek ÈgnF df sUt ËrUr bxf ky lY jfvF. ieQy mF dy jËbfq mUhry af KVoqy. mF hI Gr ivwc iewklf iek aijhf jIa sI jo pVHfeI leI mYƒ hwlf-ÈyrI idMdI rhI sI qy myrI pVHfeI leI Ausny ikhVIaF-ikhVIaF musIbqF df sfhmxf nhIN sI kIqf? hux ivafh dy ‘puwTy` rMgF-ZMgF ivwc vI Auh bcfrI koeI dÉl-aMdfËI nhIN sI kr rhI. hux mYN mF dy aYny ku jËbfqF df vI iÉafl nf rwKF? lfhxq aY myry aijhy puwq hox `qy. ieh iÉafl myry `qy BfrU ho igaf. qy mYN mF dy jËbfqF df ‘iÉafl` ies Èrq `qy rwiKaf ik sUt ÉrIidaf nhIN, sgoN ieDroN-AuDroN AuDfrf PV ky sfr ilaf jfvygf. sUt df koeI idKfvf nhIN hovygf aqy ieh bfd ivc kuVI vfilaF qoN vfips lY ilaf jfvygf. mF bcfrI ies `qy vI mMn geI sI hflF-ik, awj mYN socdf hF ik ieh ‘GtIaf` ijhI gwl sI (afriQk mjbUrIaF dy mfry bMidaF ƒ aijhIaF ‘GtIaf` gwlF aksr krnIaF pY jFdIaF hn). ‘ickn tYrflIn` df ieh sUt mYN irÈqydfrI ivwcoN lgdI afpxI iek Bfxj-ƒh qoN lY ky afieaf.
ipCly aTfeI-qIh sflF ivwc sfzy Gr koeI ivafh nhIN sI hoieaf. myry ivafh qoN pihlF Gr ivwc myry bfpU jI df ivafh hoieaf sI. ies leI hux qwk asIN irÈqydfrIaF aqy BfeIcfry dy ivafhF ivwc dUijaF ƒ idwqf hI idwqf sI, iksy qoN lYx df kdy mOkf nhIN sI afieaf. hux lYx dI vfrI sI. sfry pirvfr dI aMdry-aMdr iewCf sI ik sfrIaF cfVHIaF ibVHIaF Auqfr leIaF jfx. pr myry ‘kmlpuxy` mUhry bolx dI iksy dI ihMmq nhIN sI pY rhI. mYN sfry irÈqydfrF ƒ icwTIaF pf jF snyhy Byj idwqy ik ivafh aqI sfdf ho irhf hY. ikrpf kr ky ivafh ivwc afpjI dy pirvfr df ieko jIa afvy. iksy qrHF df koeI kpVf-lIVf ilafAux dI Éycl nf kIqI jfvy aqy nf hI ieQoN lY ky jfx dI iewCf qy afs nfl afvy. aMq ivwc ieh vI ilK idwqf ik jy iksy BfeI-BYx ƒ ieh gwlF psMd nf afAuNdIaF hox Auh byÈk ies ivafh ivwc ÈrIk ho ky afpxf icwq BYVf nf krn.
ivafh leI nf hI mYN imiTafeI bxvfeI. isrP iek zwbf ÈihroN muwl ilaf sI. Auh vI shury-pirvfr vwloN ‘bhU` nfl ilafAux vfly Aus dy ‘gwzI vfilaF` vfsqy. mYN ‘aYlfn` kr idwqf ik bfjry dI rotI qy sfg qoN ibnf hor kuJ nhIN clygf. sB ny myrI ies ‘mUrKqf` awgy hiQafr suwt idwqy. jMÖ leI mYN do kfrF krfey `qy kIqI (bfd ivwc mYN ieh vI socdf irhf ik iek kfr vfDU kr ky glqI kIqI sI)? jMÖ ivc asINN kul swq jxy gey-cfr myry dosq, iewk ÈrIky ivwcoN cfcf jI, iek ivcolf aqy sqvF mYN. nf bfpU nf qfieaf qy nf hI BfeI.
myry shury-pirvfr nf jwdI sMbMD qF iËlf biTMzy dy ipMz dfn isMG vflf nfl sI pr bfd ivwc nOkrI dy kfrn myry shury ny biTMzy mkfn ÉrId ky AuQy hI kfÌI icr qoN pwkI irhfieÈ kIqI hoeI sI. biTMzf myyry ipMz ikÈngVH PrvfhI qoN koeI 70 iklomItr hY. myry vwzy sFZU ny mYƒ qfVnf kIqI sI ik asIN hr hflq ivwc svyry awT vjy biTMzy phuMc jfeIey, Auh TIk 8 vjy rfijMdrf kflj koÜ sfzy svfgq leI KVHy hooxgy. asIN 8 vjx qoN koeI pMdrF-vIh imMt pihlF hI inÈicq kIqI QF ‘qy phuMc gey pr sfzy svfgq leI AuQy koeI nhIN sI. koeI pOxf GMtf asIN AuQy KVHy AuzIkdy rhy pr koeI nf phuMicaf. aÉIr ivcoly ny jf ky Ébr kIqI. Pyr ‘svfgq-krqf‘ juwqIaF GsItdy Bwjy Bwjy afey. Auh sfƒ iek inwkI ijhI QHfeI (DrmÈflf) ivwc lY gey. cfh-pfxI pIx qoN bfad asIN afnMd-kfrj leI gurU gRMQ sfihb jI dI qfibaf ivwc jf bYTy. jdoN mYN mwQf tyk ky gdYly AuQy bYiTaf qF bYTx qoN bfd mYƒ cyqf afieaf ik bYTx qoN pihlF mYƒ afpxy mMgvyN kot df lfieaf btx KolH lYxf cfhIdf sI. kot kfPI qMg hox kfrn Aus ivwc myrf iZz kisaf igaf sI. (BfvyN AuhnF idnF ivwc mYN vI kfPI pqlf sI pr pRoPYsr sBrvfl myry nfloN vI vwD ‘kfgËI pihlvfn‘ sI). hOlI-hOlI iksy bhfny ikvyN-nf-ikvyN bwtx KoilHaf qy iZz dI ks-ksfeI dI musIbq qoN KihVf Czfieaf.
anMd-kfrj AuNJ qF TIk-Tfk ho gey pr pqf nhIN ikvyN ardfs krn vyly BfeI jI qoN ‘kfkf ajmyr isMG spuwqr s[ kOr isMG dI QF ‘kfkf kOr isMG spuwqr s[ ajmyr isMG` ikhf igaf. ‘Buwl-cuwk` dI ieh ‘soD` vI iksy Bly-mfxs ny nf krvfeI. (Èukr aY mYN bfpU jI ƒ nfl nhIN sI lY ky afieaf) ipwCy bYTy. myry jfnI (jfÖIN) pRoPYsr-imwqr qF muskVIey hwsx vI lwg pey qy bfd ivwc ikMnf icr mYƒ mÉOl kr-kr suafd vI lYNdy rhy. ÉYr jI, ies ‘Buwl-cuwk` dy bfvjUd mYN qy mnjIq awj qwk smfj vwloN pqI-pqnI dy qOr `qy prvfn kIqy iekwTy rihMdy qury af rhy hF.
sB kuJ suwKIN-sFdIN nypry cVH igaf. pr sfzy ivdf hox qoN kuJ icr pihlF iek JMJt KVHf ho igaf. myrf vwzf sFZU myry kol af ky kihx lwgf, ‘iksy tYNpU-trflI` df pRbMD kr.` mYƒ gwl smJ nf afeI. hrfn ijhf huMidaF mYN puwiCaf, ‘ikAuN?` ‘ikAuN kI, smfn nI ljfxf afpxf?` sFZU ny hukmIaf lihËy ivwc jvfb idwqf. mYN sB kuJ smJ igaf qy sÉq qy gusYly lihËy ivwc ienkfr kridaF ikhf, ‘mYN koeI smfn-smUn nI lY ky jfxf! lwK vfrI kihx `qy vI Qozy idmfg ivwc nI peI!!? hwd ho-gI Qozy vflI vI!` pr sFZU qF bcfrf lY AuvyN stYNz lY irhf sI ijvyN Ausƒ aMdroN ‘smJfieaf` igaf sI. ies leI afpxy stYNz `qy aiVaf irhf qy boilaf, ‘smfn qF Qoƒ ljfxf pAU jd Qozy vfsqy eI bxfieaY. bVf rPV KVf hoieaf. ikho ijhy bMidaF nfl vfh pY igaf ajmyr isaF qyrf! ivcoly qfey amr isMG nfl gwl kIqI qF Auh kihx lwgf, ‘qYƒ qF ieh kuÈ nI dy rhy, nf sfiekl, nf GVI, aqy nf hI koeI sUt-bUt. nf Gr dy jF iksy irÈqydfr vfsqy koeI hor cIË. ieh qF kuVI leI ny pMj-CI ibsqry jy. hux DI afly afpxI DI ƒ vI nf kuÈ dyx?` pr mYN afpxI ihMz nf CwzI sgoN guwsy ivc ikhf, ‘ikAuN sfzy Gr iehnF dI kuVI ƒ ibsqry nI imlxgy?` (hflF-ik mYƒ pqf sI ieho-ijhy nvyN nkor ibsqry swc-muwc sfzy Gr nhIN sn)
vfhvf rOÜf-rwpf pYNdf irhf. QoVy icr ipwCoN mYƒ aMdroN sunyhf afieaf. ieh sunyhf myrI jIvn sfQn mnjIq df sI. Ausny mYƒ dwisaf, ‘iehnF ibsqiraF nfl myry GridaF df koeI lfgf-dygf nhIN; ieh mYN afpxI qnKfh ivwcoN afp bxfey hn. ieh mYN bVI rIJ nfl bxfey hn, plIË qusIN ienHF qoN ienkfr nf kro. ivafh qoN pihlF keI vfr imlx kr ky mnjIq vwl mYN Éfsf iKwicaf-ijhf igaf sF, ies leI mYN hiQafr suwt idwqy. ibsqiraF vflI Auh pytI mYƒ ilafAuxI peI. AuhnF idnF ivc myry ivafh Auqy kul sfZy swq sO rupey Érc afey sn. iehnF ivwc vI, myry anusfr myry kol do ÌËUl-KrcIaF ho geIaF sn: iek qF, iek kfr vwD krn dI, aqy dUjI ibsqiraF vflf sMdUk ilafAux vfsqy ikrfey ‘qy iek trwk krn dI.
myrI mMgnI qy myry ivafh nfl juVIaF myrIaF do nmoÈIaF jF kmËorIaF awj vI myrI ËmIr dy iksy kony ivwco isr cuwk ky myry sfhmxy af KVoNdIaF hn: pihlI isAuny dI mohr vfips nf krn dI, aqy dUjI ibsqiraF vflf sMdUk lY ky afAux dI. pr iPr vI jd mYN smuwcy qOr ‘qy afpxy ivafh dIaF GtnfvF afpxy mn ivwc icqvdf hF qF mYƒ iek ajIb-ijhI rUhfnIaq aihsfs huMdf hY. *****