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   vYnkUvr ivc 1992 dy pMjfbI sfihiqk qy siBafcfrk myly df awj pihlf idn sI. kvI drbfr qy BMgVf-kMpItIsLn huxy huxy KLqm hoey sn. ieMtrvl vyly dUsry sRoiqaF qy klfkfrF dy nfl gurmyl vI kYPLytIrIaf vwl clf igaf. iznr tRy lY ky koeI nvyklI QF lwBx leI Ausny ingfh mfrI qF iek afvfjL ny Ausdf svfgq kIqf.

   “gurmyl jI! aYDr af jfE.”

   Auh pRIqm igwl, styj sYkrytrI dI inwGI afvfjL sux ky Auhnf dy tybl vwl clf igaf. “afE quhfƒ quhfzy mulk dy sfihqkfrF nfl imlfeIey.”

   ‘siq sRI akfl’ kih ky bYTx lwgf. igwl dy lfgy koeI pMjfh ku vrHy dI iek pRBfvsLflI aOrq ƒ gUVHy hry islk dy pMjfbI sUt ivc bYiTaF vyiKaf.

   “aYh sfzy BYx jI ny, zfktr crnjIq syKoN, klIvlYNz qoN afey ny.” gwl jfrI rKidaF igwl sfihb ny jfx pCfx krfeI.

   “zfktr sfihb, quhfzy ibjLI pRoPLYsn coN vyhl kwZ ky afAuxf, jfpdY qusIN sfihq ivc Kfs rucI rKdy ho.” gurmyl ny gwl CyVI.

   “mYN mYzIkl zfktr nhIN hF, kYimstrI dI pI[aYc[zI[ kIqI hY qy kflj ivc pVHFdI hF. vYsy pMjfb qoN af ky quhfzy vrgy cMgy ‘rfeItrjL’ ƒ suxn df cFs ikwQy imldY?” crnjIq ny pRsMsf nfl ikhf.

   “mYƒ nhIN sI pqf ik mYN aYnI qfrIPL dy lfiek hF.”

   “quhfzIaF njLmF eynIaF zUMGIaF hn, myrf qF jI krdf sI ik suxdI hI rhF.”

   “kI quhfƒ swcIN [[[[?”

   “hf, hF! mYN hI nhIN, sfzI PLrMt ro ivc bYTy ikMny sfry lokF ny qF quhfƒ ‘stYNizMg-EvysLn’ vI idwqI. ikMnf ‘PLlo’ hY quhfzI ‘pRYjLYntysLn’ ivc.”

   “afeI aYprIsLIeyt dYt.‘ vYsy lgdY eyQoN dI ‘jYNtrI’ sfihq ƒ kfPLI smJdI hY. hF, zfktr sfihb, quhfzy gIq ny vI qF ‘sYnsysLn’ jhI pYdf kr idwqI sI.” hux pRsMsf krn dI gurmyl dI vfrI sI.

   “idl-rubfeI df sLukrIaf. mYN QoVHf bhuq sMgIq afpxI mMmI koloN isiKaf sI. amYirkf af ky qF ‘afAUt-aOPL-pRYkits’ ho geI hF. nfly kflj dy ‘rutIn’ ivcoN PLursq ikwQy imldI hY irafjL krn dI.”

   “vYsy quhfzy gly ivc ikMnf sojL hY. kI qusIN afpxy gIq afp ilKdy ho?”

   “hF, pihlF pihlF qF mYN hmysLf isLMgfr-rs ivc ilKdI sF, lok gIqF vFg, pr [[[[.”

   “pr kI?”

   “jdoN dy myry hsbYNz gujLry ny, EdoN qoN mYN hmysLf sIrIas ilKdI hF.”

   “bVf duK hoieaf. ikMnf icr [[[[?”

   “Auhnf ƒ gujLiraF pMj sfl ho gey.”

   dovyN kuJ icr leI gMBIr mwudRf ivc iek dUsry ƒ qwkdy rhy. eyny ƒ crnjIq dy bwcy vI af rly. qy mUz bdl ky Ausny jfx pCfx krfeI, “ieh myry do bwcy ny, ieh mONtI hY qy ieh tInf.”

   “hYlo boQ afPL XU!” gurmyl ny AuWT ky dohF dI ipwT qy hwQ rKidaF ikhf. “bVy ipafry bwcy ny.”

   “quhfzy imisjL nfl nhIN afey?” crnjIq ny BfvpUrq lihjLy nfl puwiCaf.

   “nhIN jI, mYN qF hux dunIaF ivc kwlf hI hF. myry vI quhfzy vFg do bwcy ny, jgdIsL qy pRIqI. dohF dy ivafh ho cuwky ny. rhI myrI gwl – ‘hmyN qo sLfmy gLm myN kftnI hY ijLMdgI apnI.”

   qy hwsdy hwsdy sfry iznr Kfx ivc ruwJ gey.

   “Brf hurIN dws rhy sn, qusIN inAUjrsI rihMdy ho.”

   “jI hF, mYN ‘jrsI-istI’ rihMdf hF. EQy myrf ‘rIal-aYstyt’ df kfrobfr hY.”

   “Pyr qF quhfzy koloN ‘ienvYstmYNt’ dy lYkcr lYxy pYxgy.” crnjIq ny muskrf ky ikhf.

   “hux qF eys ibjLnYs ivc Auh ’cfrm’ nhIN irhf jo pihlF sI. pRYjLIzYNt-rygn’ dI ‘pRYjLIzYNsI’ qoN bfad ieh ‘ienvYstmYNt’ sB qoN ipwCy rih geI hY. quhfzI ‘pRoPLYsnl-ieMkm’ leI qF ‘imAUcual-PLMzjL’ hI awCy rihxgy.”

   “ieh dwso ik kdI klIvlYNz vI cwkr lgdf hY?”

   “ajy qwk qF nhIN kdy jfxf hoieaf. suixaf bVf sohxf sLihr hY. pihlF qF koeI jfx pihcfx hI nhIN sI….” Ausny iek Kfs lihjy ivc ikhf.

   myly dy dUsry idn pMjfbI lyKkF dIaF pusqkF dy GuMz-cukfeI smfroh smyN gurmyl qy crnjIq koly koly bYTy idwsy, qy kvIaF dI adfiegI qy pRsMsf krdy rhy. gurmyl iek ‘snYks’ dI tRy lY ky bYTf sI, ijs ivcoN dovyN rl ky Kf rhy sn, ijvyN ikMny icr qoN iek dUsry ƒ jfxdy hox.

   myly qoN kuJ idnF ipwCoN crnjIq ƒ gurmyl df dIvflI ‘grIitMg’ kfrz imilaf. Aus AuWproN tYlIPLon nMbr pVH ky crnjIq ny ‘kfl’ kIqf.

   “aYnf sohxf kfrz Byjx leI DMnvfd. mYN qF smiJaf qusIN afpxI rIal-aYstyt dI dunIaF ivc jfky Buwl hI gey.”

   “Buwl qF qusIN gey hovogy, afpxy kflj dy jvfn mhOl ivc. myry Auqy qF quhfzy imlfp dI gihrI Cfp lwg geI sI, Ausy idn. bs Xfd Byjx df bhfnf lwBdf sF.”

   “bhfnf kfhdf lwBxf ey, qy sMg sLrm kfhdI. kdI ‘klIvlYNz’ af jfE.”

   “nykI aOr pUC pUC! vYsy kMm kr kr ky mYN vI ‘bor’ ho igaf hF. ikMny icrF qoN ‘vYkysLn’ nhIN leI.”

   “QYNks-igivMg’ vIk aYNz ‘qy kI kr rhy ho?”

   “afeIzIaf’ burf nhIN. ajy qwk qF koeI ‘plfn’ nhIN.”

   

   “koeI hor nvF klfm iliKaY?”

   “hF, kdy kdfeIN ilK lYNdf hF. prsoN quhfzy bfry kuJ ilK irhf sF. iek ‘prsnl’ jhI cIjL ilKI geI. bVI romFitk.”

   “swcIN? kI mYN sux skdI hF?”

   “AUN-hUM! suxfn vflI cIjL nhIN. ilK ky Byj idaFgf, pVH lYxf.”

   “iPr hux myl dI ieMqjLfr nhIN ho skdI. ‘PLYks-nMbr’ dy rhI hF, qy huxy hI ‘PLYks’ hoxI cfhIdI hY.” Ausny iek gUVHy imwqr vFg jLor dy ky ikhf.

qy awDy GMty ivc crnjIq, gurmyl dI ‘PLYks’ kIqI hoeI njLm pVH pVH ky KusL ho rhI sI.

‘cMnI aVIey nI, alHV jhI kuVIey nI.
qyrIaF polIaF, polIaF gwlF.
ihrdy dy sfgr ivc, pFdIaF CwlF.
qyry Aus rUp ny, sfzf idl moh ilaY.
hsdIaF awKF ny, cYn hI Koh ilaY.
Kvry ikAuN ivafkul, mYN qyry dIdfr ƒ.
imlsF kd husn dI, eys srkfr ƒ.
socdF idly ivc,
ikDry ies sohxI nfl, ipafr jy pY igaf.
Pyr gurmyl nf, ikDry df rih igaf.‘

   “so iek vfr Pyr myrf nfm ‘cMnI’ pY igaf, awj qoN.” Ausdy kflj dy idnF dIaF XfdF qfjLf hox lwgIaF. jdoN Ausdf afpxy mMgyqr, surjIq nfl romFs cwl irhf sI, qy Auh lfz nfl Ausƒ cMnI kih ky bulFdf sI.

   crnjIq df jI kIqf ik aYnI sohxI njLm ilKx leI gurmyl df DMnvfd kry. Ausny tYlIPLon kIqf. ‘ibjLI.’ awDy GMty bfad Pyr kIqf. Pyr ‘ibjLI.’ Ausdf idl kIqf ik ‘aprytr’ ƒ kih ky ‘kfl-ieMtrwpt’ krf ley. Pyr kuJ soc ky PLon rwK idwqf. do iqMn vfrI koisLs krn qoN bfad PLon imilaf qF ‘afnsirMg msLIn’ bol peI. awk ky Ausny PLon aYNj rwiKaf ijvyN qoV dyxf hovy.

   Ausdy mn dy Auqfr cVHf df pqf AusdI Auqsukqf qoN lwg irhf sI. snyh df jjLbf jdoN prbl huMdY qF acfnk hwdF bMny twp jFdY.

   rfqIN sfZy igafrF vjy gurmyl df PLon af igaf.

   “ikwQy cly gey sI qusIN?” crnjIq df pihlf svfl qIbrqf Biraf sI. ijvyN iksy nyVy dy irsLqy df hwk jqf rhI hovy.

   “kI gwl hoeI?”

   “pqf hY ikMny vjy qoN tRfeI kr rhI hF?”

   “mYsyj’ Cwz dyxf sI.” gurmyl ny hws ky ikhf.

   “myrf nhIN jI krdf msLInF nfl gwlF krn ƒ.”

   “qF ieh gwl ey?” Ausny muskrf ky ikhf.

   “bfeI df vy, quhfzI njLm bVI hI sohxI hY.” Ausny hnory df ‘mUz’ bdl ky ikhf.

   “swcIN?”

   qy Aus qoN ipwCoN Aus rfq Auhnf dI tYlIPLon lfeIn do GMty qwk ‘ibjLI’ rhI.

   “gurmyl! quhfƒ pqf hY ikMny vwj rhy ny aYs vyly?”

   “E mfeI gfz! svyr df zyZ vwj igaf.”

   “pqf hY, quhfzI awj dI ‘lONg-izstYNs’ kfl df ikMnf Krcf af jfxYN?”

   “cMnI! mihMgI cIjL qy Krcf qF afAuNdf hI hY.”

   qy cMnI afpxI eynI pRsMsf sux ky ijvyN KusLI sFB nf skI. ikMnf icr socdI rhI ik kI khF.

   “cMnI! afr XU dyar?” gurmyl ny puwiCaf. “sLfied quhfƒ nINd [[[[?”

   “nINd qF nhIN, bs svyry svKqy kflj jfxf ey.”

   “afeI aYm sOrI, crnjIq. ‘QYNks PLOr Xuar tfeIm.”

   “E ky…. so qusIN’QYNks-igivMg’ qy jLrUr af rhy E. koeI bhfnf nhIN cwlygf…. ‘bfie bfie.”

   ieh imwqrqf Biraf hukm dy ky Auh kuJ muskrfeI qy ‘irsIvr’ rwK ky Ausny iek srUr BrI aMgVfeI leI. cMnI dy ruwKy jIvn ivc ijvyN koeI KusLI dI inwGI ikrn ilsLk peI. pMj sflF ipwCoN awj msF Auh sqrMgy suPLinaF dI nINd suwqI.

   ieh PLlfeIt’ vI awj hI lyt hoxI sI.” zfktr syKoN, klIvlYNz eyarport dy ‘trmInl-sI’ dy gyt nMbr bfrF df qIsrf cwkr kwt ky vfps afpxI bytI tInf kol af ky bYT geI.

   “mfm! quhfnUM cMgf Blf pqf hY. awj ‘QYNks igivMg hflIzy’ dy rsL qoN ielfvf, mOsm vI qF ikMnF Krfb hY. nhI qF ‘zYltf’ qF bVI ‘pMkcUal eyar-lfeIn’ mMnI jFdI hY.” tInf ny apnI mF dI Auqskqf ivc DIrj bnHfAuNidaF ikhf. pr ijvyN Aus nUM gurmyl dI iek iek pl dI AuzIk vI asih lg rhI sI. do ku imMtF bfad hI hwQ GVI vwl vyKdI Auh Pyr AuWT KloqI qy iKVkI ivwcoN dI ‘rn-vy’ vwl nIJ lfky qwkx lwg peI. tInf vI mMmI kol af KloqI.

   “mfm! iewk gwl dwsF?

   “kI?”

   “gurmyl aMkl dI sLkl kuJ kuwJ ivnod KMnf aYktr nfl nhIN imldI?

   “no, hI luwks mor hYNzsm dYn ivnod KMnf.”

   “afeI iQMk XU afr rfeIt.” tInf ny hF ivc hF imlfeI.

   “zU XU lfeIk ihm?” mF ny suBfivk pwiCaf.

   “hF. pr quhfzy ijMnf nhI.” Aus ny muskrf ky mMmI dI cox dI srfhxf kridaF, Aus nUM vDyry ‘mfrks’ dyxy AuWicq smJy.

   “afeI iQMk XU lv ihm.” tInf ny gwl jfrI rwKI.

   “qYnUM ikvyN pqY?”

   “quhfzy ichry qoN sfPL Jlk irhY.” qy Ausny sLrfrq nfl mF nUM cuMm ilaf.

   vYnIkUvr ivc hoeI jfx pihcfx ipwCoN gurmyl awj pihlI vfr klIvlYNz crnjIq kol af irhf sI. iehnF kuJ hPLiqaF dy vkPLy ivc, rojL dI ‘hOt-lfeIn’ dIaF PLon mulfkfqF kfrn dohF ivckfr kuJ eynI qIbrqf AuWqpMn ho geI sI ik gurmYl dy ‘plyn’ ivwcoN inklidaF hI dovyN iek dUjy dIaF bfhvF ivc sn. ijvyN pqf nhI ikMny dIrG ivCoVy qoN bfad iml rhy hox.

   dovyN bwcy Gr ivc hI rihMdy hox krky crnjIq ny gurmyl dI rYjLrvysLn ‘mYrIaft’ hotl ivc hI krvf idwqI sI. ijvyN iksy DI df Gr vflf icrF ipwCoN CuwtI afieaf hovy, cMnI gurmyl dI afE Bgq ivc eynI Kicq ho geI ik iqMn idn qy iqMn rfqF Aus nUM Gr jfx dI ivhl hI nf imlI. Aus nUM ies pihlI pihlI imlxI df iek iek pl bVf hI kImqI lgdf sI.

   gurmyl nUM vI Auh ijvyN qrs ky imlI hovy. ho skdY dohF dI pROVH avsQf ivc, do ipafr BuwKIaF afqmfvF sMXog nfl ies anjfx DrqI qy imlIaF. ijwQy AuhnF dy imlfp ivruwD afpxy vqn vFg smfj dI koeI eIrKf BrI awK AuhnF nUM nhIN sI vyK rhI. qy Aus nyVqf ivc Auh iek vfrIN Pyr, afpxy jobn mwqy sflF vrgf anuBv kr rhy sn.

   cMnI ny afpxy sLihr dI iek iek mnorMjk QF, gurmyl nUM ivKfeI. kdy Auh iznr zFs krn cly jFdy. kdy iksy ‘afrt-imAUNjLIam.’ kdy iksy pfrk dI bYNc ‘qy bYTy iek dUjy dIaF awKF ivc qwkdy rihMdy. kdy iksy ‘sI-PLUz’ rYstorYNt ivc bYTy iek dUsry dy mUMh ivc ‘sLirMp’ dIaF burkIaF pfAuNdy. aYNj lwgdf sI ijvyN Auh jIvn dI vft ivc pCVy do XfqrI sn, jo CyqI CyqI koeI ainsicq pYNzf qih krnf cfhuMdy hox.

   srsrI qOr qy gurmyl ny cMnI qoN GroN gLYr hfjLrI leI bwicaf dy pRqIkrm bfry puwiCaf.

   “myry bwcy eyQy ply hox krky cMgI qrF jfxdy ny ik myrIaF vI koeI afqmk qy sLrIrk loVF hn.

   ” cMnI df idRVH AuWqr sI.

   “pr kI Auh ieh nF socdy hoxgy ik…?”

   “hU kyarjL?” Ausdy eys sMKyp AuWqr qoN Aus nUM aMdfjLf ho igaf ik ies pirvfr dy jIaF ivckfr jF qF kfPLI moklf irsLqf hY, jF iPr pfrsipRk by-prvfhI vflf mfhOl.

   Auh iqMn idn eynI CyqI inwkl gey ik jIa vI nf Biraf.

   “qusIN aTfrF idsMbr nUM myry brQ-zy ‘qy jLrUr afAuxf hY, nhIN qF mYN bolFgI nhIN.” cMnI ny eyar-port qoN gurmyl nUM ivdf kridaF vfhdf lYxf cfihaf.

   “mYN pUrI koisLsL krFgf…. ‘QYNks PLfr ey lvlI vIk aYNz.”

   bwcy nfl afey hox krky Ausny kyvl cMnI df hwQ afpxy hwQF ivc ploisaf, qy ‘bfie bfie’ krdf hoieaf ‘zIpfrcr-gyt’ vwl muV igaf.

   Gr vfips afAux ipwCoN dohF df pihlF vFg hI inwq nym Pyr sLurU ho igaf. hr rojL tYlIPLon ‘qy gwl huMdI. kdy gurmyl kMm ivc ibjLI huMdf qF cMnI ‘afnsirMg msLIn ‘qy do do iqMn iqMn mYsyj CwzdI rihMdI.

   dovyN jnm idn ‘qy iPr imlx leI bVy Auqsk sn. pr gurmyl dy Brf dI kfr durGtnf kfrn Auh klIvlYNz nf phuMc sikaf. Pyr vI Aus ny ‘PLYzrl-aYkspRYs’ rfhIN iek KubsUrq sony dI cyn pfrsl kr idwqI aqy ‘brQ-zy kfrz’ AuWpr iek sMKyp sunyhf vI.

   “crnjIq jI, quhfzy jnm idn ‘qy mYN cfhuMdf sF ik ieh Auphfr afpxI sjnI dy gl ivc afp pihnfAuNdf. afsLf hY, myrI mjbUrI kfrn myry nf af skx df burf nf mnfEgy. mYN qF eynf KusLiksmq hF ik koeI eyny mIl dUr bYTI myrf ieMqjLfr krdI hY. jy guwsf nf kro qF ikRsms dIaF CuwtIaF ivc quhfnUM jrsI-istI bulfxf cfhvFgf. ‘afeI rIalI imws XU.”

   gurmyl ikRsms qoN pihlI sLfm crnjIq gurmyl kol puwj geI. PLlfeIt sLfm dy sfZy nON vjy afeI, so Gr jfx qoN pihlF dovyN ‘rYz-lObstr’ rYstorYNt ivc iznr Kfx leI ruk gey. cMnI nUM ieh jfx ky bVf cMgf lwgf ik gurmyl ny Ausdf jIa rwKx leI, zirMk nf lYx dI ijvyN ksm Kf leI hovy.

   myry leI qusIN eynI kurbfnI kr skdy ho, mYN swc muwc bVI KusL iksmq hF. clo eys gwl ‘qy ‘ikRsms-eIv’ nUM asIN ‘sYNpyn’ dI afKrI izRMk nfl ‘sYlIbRyt’ krFgy.”

   vytr sLYNpyn lY afieaf. dohF ny cIarjL krdy hoey, sLYNpyn dy glfs iek dUsry dy mUMh nUM lf idwqy.Pyr kuwJ ruk ky gurmyl ny puwiCaf.

   “cMnI! eys vrHy idnF dy idn mYN qYnUM iek bhuq jLrUrI gwl puwCxI hY.”

   “puwCo!”

   “crnjIq, kI quM myry nfl ivafh krfvyNgI?”

   “socdI sF, pqf nhI qusIN mYnUM puwCogy vI ik nhIN. qusIN qF myry idl dI gwl buwJ leI. hF gurmyl, ‘afeI lv XU.”

   “afeI lv XU tU.” qy Ausny afpxy hoT Ausdy mwQy nfl joV idwqy.

   svyry ds vjy gurmyl ‘bYz-tI’ lY afieaf.

   “pRPLYsr sfihbf AuWTo cfh pI lE…. nINd pUrI hoeI ik nhIN…?” try nUM ‘nfeIt stYNz ‘qy rwKidaF Aus ny puwiCaf.

   “sfrI rfq eyny GrfVy mfrdy rhy ho, nINd ikwQy afAuxI sI?”

   “afeI aYm sOrI cMnI. pr mYnUM qF pqf hI nhI lwgdf….”

   “mYN awgy vI iek idn kihx lwgI sI, ik junfb jy ivafhuq jIvn nvyN isry sLurUH krnY, qF ‘snoirMg ’df ielfj krfAuxf pvygf.”

   “awj klH dy zfktrF df vI koeI Brosf nhI. jy afpRysLn TIk nf hoieaf qF eyny svfdoN vI jfvFgy…?” qy dovyN hsdy hsdy cfh pIx lwg pey.

   “cwlo qusIN nhf ky iqafr ho jfE. quhfnUM awj inAUXfrk df ‘pflkf-bfjLfr’ ivKf dyeIey.”

   “jy EQy iksy ny asF dohF nUM isafx ilaf qF?”

   “isafx ilaf qF eyho hI kihxgy ik dohF nUM buwZy vfry iesLk ho igaY.” dovyN Pyr hws pey.

   “hfsy dI gwl nhIN, awj mYN quhfnUM sLfipMg vI krvfxI hY.”

   “kI gwl, ipafr dI kImq cukfxI hY?”

   “ieh kI ikhf qUM cMnI? Blf ipafr df vI koeI muwl huMdY? qUM qF myrI ijLMdgI ivc bhfr bx ky afeI hYN. myrIaF vI koeI rIJF ny. mYN qYnUM CyqI hI dulhn dy rUp ivc vyKxf cfhuMdf hF.”

   “qy hux qwk iks rUp ivc dyK rhy E hjLUr?”

   “bws qYQoN koeI ijwq nhIN skdf.”

   sLfvr lYx qoN bfad crnjIq ny asmfnI rMg df kZfeI vflf sUt pfieaf, qy mfzilMg krdI hoeI gurmyl dI svIikRqI leI kol af KloqI.

   “aYh sUt quhfnUM kYsf lgdf hY?”

   “lvlI! qUM qF jyhVf sUt pf lvyN, Esy nUM rUp cVH jFdY.”

   “bws, PokI qfrIPL krnI qF koeI quhfzy koloN iswKy.”

   “swc jfxI crnjIq, qUM qF BfvyN kusL vI nf pfvyN qF vI sohxI lwgyN.” Aus ny sLrfrqI lihjy ivc ikhf.

   “qusIN bVy by-sLrm ho….” Auh awKF Jpkf ky bolI. qy hsdy hsdy gurmyl ny Aus nUM bfhF ivc Guwt ilaf.

   koeI bfrF vjy Auh ‘jYksn hfeIts’ dy ieMzIan bfjLfr phuMc gey. kfr nUM ‘sLfhIn rYstorYNt dy sfhmxy pfrk krky Auh pYdl hI bfjLfr dI rOxk vyKx inwkl pey. crnjIq nUM ‘jYksn-hfeIts’ inrf krOl bfg vFg lwgf. jFdy jFdy Auh ‘ivsLfl-ijAUlrjL’ dI dukfn ‘qy ruk gey.

   “mYN awj quhfzy leI ‘aYNgyjmYNt –irMg’ lYxI hY.”

   gurmyl dI hYrfn krn vflI gwl sux ky Auh Ausdy mUMh vwl qwkx lwgI.

   “afr XU sLoar?”

   “XYs afeI aYm.”

   “pr gurmyl jI, eynI kfhdI kfhlI hY?”

   “mYN rfqIN puwiCaf nhIN sI?”

   “Auh qF TIk hY, pr ajy nhIN plIjL!”

   “awCf aMdr qF cwlo.” qy Auh AusnUM bfhoN PV ky aMdr lY tuiraf. ‘lfbI’ ivc vVidaF hI crnjIq iJjk ky Klo geI.”

   ”hux kI hoieaf?”gurmyl ny puwiCaf.

   “EhI gwl hoeI. aOh gfhkF dI kqfr dy prly isry ‘qy Kloqf afdmI vyK rhy ho nf? ieh sfzy sLihr df zfktr CfbVf hY. qy nfl KloqI hY AusdI pqnI. pqf nhI ieh eyQy ikvyN…[.” Ausny gurmyl dy kMn ivc ikhf.

   “crnjIq! jy qUM afpxy bwicaF dI prvfh nhIN kIqI, qF zfktr CfpVf hovy BfvyN koeI hor. nfly kI qUM sfrI Aumr kwilaF hI rihxf hY? kI qUM ipafr krky koeI gunfh kIqf hY?”

   cMnI nUM gurmyl dIaF insLkfm awKf ivc qwk ky, dunIaF df sfhmxf krn dI ijvyN ihMmq bwJ geI. Ausny Auyhdf hwQ Guwt ky PV ilaf, qy dovyN kfAUNtr kol jf Kloqy. kuwJ icr jLyvr nfl sjIaF sLYlPLF df jfiejLf lYx ipwCoN gurmyl ny syljL-grl nUM iek gly df sYWt ivKfx leI ikhf. sYWt kwZ ky Aus ny cMnI dy gly ivc pihnf idwqf, aqy Jumky kMnF kol PV ky Klo igaf. dovyN kdy sLIsLy vwl vyKx, kdy iek dUsry vwl.

   “ikaf prfeIs hY?”

   “nON sO pcfs zflr.” kuVI ny ‘tYg’ qoN pVH ky dwisaf.

   “Xyh ‘sYWt’ qo ieqnf ‘ieMprYisv’ nhI hY.”

   “qo lo mYN afp ko eyk nieaf ‘pIs’ idKfqI hUM.”

   “ieh qF bVf mihMgf lgdY.” cMnI ny Ausdy kMn ivc ikhf.

   “qyry nfloN koeI cIjL mihMgI nhIN.” gurmyl df sMKyp AuWqr sI. pRsMsf sux ky, zfktr CfbVf dI hoNd nUM axizwT krdI cMnI ny lfz nfl gurmyl duafly pfeI bFh hor Guwt leI.

   dUsrf sYt vDyry hI sohxf sI. crnjIq ny pfieaf. Ausdy ichry ‘qy hor vI inKfr af igaf. sLIsLy ivc afpxf afp vyK ky AusdIaF awKF cmk AuWTIaF.

   “aYh qF swcIN, qyry ‘qy bVf hI PwbdY.”

   “ies kI pRfeIs?”

   “qyrF sO pcfs zflr.”

   “qYnUM kYsf lwgf?” pRsLn vfck njLrF nfl Ausny cMnI df idl jfnxf cfihaf.

   “hY qF KubsUrq, pr…[.”

   Ausny vyiKaf, zfktr CfbVf qy AusdI pqnI AuhnF dI nok Jok sux, vyK ky pUrn anMd lY rhy sn. cMnI vwl vyK ky Auh ibnf boilaF hI muskrfey. ijvyN Aus dI KusLI ivc Auh pUrI qrF sLfml sn. cMnI vI iek nvIN ivafhI vFg sfiraF dI idRsLtI afpxy ‘qy kyNidRq vyK ky PuwlI nhI sI smf rhI.

   “Xyh bfks eyk qrPL rwK do, aOr hmyN kuC kMgn BI idKfE.” gurmyl ny syljL-grl nUM afdysL idwqf.

   “gurmyl, no…!”

   “qusIN cuwp ho jfE, plIjL.” Ausdy buwlHF ‘qy hwQ rwK ky Auh boilaf.

   syljL-grl ny iek kMgxF df ‘bfks’ hfjLr kIqf.

   “ies sy cOVy vfly. hF, voh mIny vfly.”

   cMnI df hwQ PV ky Ausny iek kMgx pihnf idwqf. Pyr Auqfr ky, “nhIN voh ‘iPLlgrI’ zIjLfeIn vflf bfks inkflo.”

   crnjIq nUM iek sYt psMd af igaf, qy klfeI ivc pf ky Ausny afpxy afp nUM sLIsLy ivc qwikaf.

   “bws hux zolI dI ksr rih geI….” imisjL CfbVf ny ipafr BrI tok mfrI, qy sfry hws pey .ijAUlrI stor qoN bfhr inwkl ky crnjIq ny lfz nfl gurmyl df hwQ PiVaf qy Aus dIaF awKF ivc Jfk ky kihx lwgI. “iek gwl dwsF? surjIq ny mYnUM kdy vI eynf mihMgf jLyvr nhI sI lY ky idwqf.”

   “sohixE! ieh qF kuwJ vI nhIN. eys nUM gurmyl vwloN mUMh ivKfeI hI smJ. Auh idn af lYx dyh…, cUVIaF nfl qyrIaF bfhF kUhnIaF qwk Br idaFgf”.

   “buwZI rMn dIaF…?” Auh Aus nUM icVfx leI bolI.

   “buwZy nUM qF buwZI nfl hI Bfa hY.”

   “jdoN qusIN KrmsqIaF krdy ho, EdoN qF pwcI sflF dy lgdy ho….” Auhny KwbI awK mIc ky muskrFdI hoeI ny ikhf.

   ”eys leI ik EdoN ieh buwZI rMn vI solF sflF dI lgdI hY….” gurmyl ny hsidaF hsidaF vfrI df vwtf lfh idwqf.

   quridaF quridaF ‘ieMzIaf sfVHI pYils’ sfhmxy af igaf, qy Ausny crnjIq nUM aMdr cwlx leI iesLfrf kIqf.

   “hux kI lYxY?”

   “qyrI vrI dy sUt.”

   “ipMz bwJf nhI qy….”

   “ipMz vI bwJ jfAU…, ‘km ieMn….” qy Auh AusnUM Dwko jLorI iKcH ky aMdr lY igaf. AusdI jfx pihcfx dI iek bMglf-dysLI syljL-grl ny Aus nUM vyK ky svfgq kIqf.

   “ien ky sfeIjL ky bVHIaf pMjfbI sUt idKfeIey.”

   cMnI aMdr hI aMdr, gurmyl dy ipafr qy mfx nfl rwjI rwjI mihsUs kr rhI sI. ‘ijhVf bMdf ivafh qoN pihlF myrf eynf iKafl krdf hY, mYN swc muwc koeI moqI puMn kIqy hoxgy.’

   iek iek krky, awzo awz rMg dy gurmyl ny pMj sUt psMd kIqy. cMnI nUM puafey, ipwCoN awgoN iPLitMg cYk kIqI qy pMdrF sO zflr dI pymYNt dy ky pYikt PVI bfhr af gey.

   “gurmyl jI! jy iksy kfrn sfzf ivafh nf ho sikaf?”

   “qF gurmyl dI Xfd smJ ky pf ilaf krIN…. kI qYnUM eyny ‘nYgyitv’ ivcfr eys leI suwJ rhy ny ik mYN qYQoN ds sfl vwzf hF?”

   “qusIN qF jLrf ku mjLfk nUM sIrIas lY lYNdy ho. quhfnUM pqY, aYtlFitk istI dy qfj mhwl ksIno df mfilk ‘zfnlz trMp’ afpxI dUsrI pqnI ‘mfrlf’ qoN aTfrF sfl vwzf hY.

   “asLky cMnIeyN! trMp nfl mukfblf krky qF qUM ijLMdgI bxf qI jwt dI….”

   gurmyl dI vfh nhI sI jf rhI ik Aus df hor ikMnf afdr siqkfr kry. kI ieh Ausdf ipafr sI jF icrF ipwCoN imlI iek iesqrI-dosq pRqI iKcH?

   Auh hr bhfny Aus dIaF awKF ivc qwkdf. Ausdy ichry ‘qy KyVf ilaf ky KusL huMdf. Ausdy bYTx Klox bfry icMqf krdf. Aus nUM sjI DjI vyK ky vfrI vfrI jFdf, ijvyN koeI pujfrI hovy. cMnI dIaF cfr idnF dIaF CuwtIaF ivc Auh AusnUM ‘aYtlFitk istI’ lY igaf. vfisLMgtn zI[sI[ ivKf ilafieaf. sLfmF nUM nfeIt-klwb dy sLoa, qy kYNzl lfeIt iznr. cMnI vI afpxy aMdr aYsf KLumfr mihsUs kr rhI sI, ijvyN iksy ny ‘ihpnotfeIjL’ kIqf hovy.

   vfps jfky crnjIq ny bVf sohxf kfrz Byijaf. ikMnI ikMnI vfrIN ‘afeI lv XU’, ‘afeI imws XU’ duhrfieaf. Ausdy ipafr leI, sLfipMg leI, syvf leI DMnvfd kIqf.

   nvyN sfl dy cVHn ipwCoN dovyN kMmF kfrF ivc ruwJ gey. PLon afAuxy jfxy vI kuwJ Gt gey. ijvyN dohF dI iqRpqI ho geI hovy.

   Pyr iek idn gurmyl nUM cMnI dI bytI tInf dy gly dy kYNsr bfry pqf lwgf. Ausny bVf iPLkr jLfhr kIqf. AuhnUM afpxI bytI vFg idlfsf idwqf qy ‘gYWt-vYl’ kfrz Byijaf. nfl iek sO zflr df mnI afrzr vI.

   tInf ny AuWqr ivc DMnvfd kridaF iliKaf.

   “zIar aMkl, quhfzy Auphfr aqy icMqf ivakq krn leI bhuq bhuq DMnvfd. myry srjn ny myrI ishq- XfbI leI kfPLI Brosf duafieaf hY.

   mMmI ny dwisaf hY ik qusIN vYlntfeIn vfly idn af rhy ho. aYqkIN qusIN hotl dI QF Gr rihxf hY. moNtI qy AusdI pqnI doRpqI vI myry nfl sihmq hn. asIN qIbrqf nfl quhfzf ieMqjLfr krFgy.

   quhfzI bytI

   tInf

   vYlntfeIn dy iqEhfr qy gurmyl dUsrI vfr klIvlYNz afieaf. kfhlI kfhlI ivc keI jLrUrI cIjLF sUtkys ivc pYk krnIaf Buwl igaf. Kfs krky afpxIaF blwz pRYsLr dIaF golIaF. PLlfeIt lyt sI. Gr phuMcidaf hI, duwD df iglfs pI ky sON igaf. qVky AuWiTaf qF zfZf isr drd. sLfied hfeI blwz pRYsLr kfrn. bfQrUm jfky Auh iPr lyt igaf. crnjIq ny AuWT ky cfh bxfeI. iek aYspRIn dI golI idwqI. Ausdy isrhfxy bYT ky mwQy ‘qy bfm mlI. qy Auhdf isr JolI ivc rwK ky ikMnf icr GuwtdI rhI. pOxf GMtf lyty lyty Auh socdf irhf ik Auh ikMnF KusL iksmq hY, ijs nUM eynI nyk iesqrI df jIvn sfQ iml irhf hY.

   awj tInf qy dRopqI ny bRyPLfst bxfieaf, qy sfry twbr ny rl ky KfDf. Pyr gurmyl qy mONtI, mMmI leI ilaFdf ‘tRYz-imwl’ asYNbl krdy rhy. Aus nUM kuwJ aMdfjLf hoieaf ik mONtI Aus nfl bfhlf iBwj nhIN sI irhf. gurmyl ny ‘jYnrysLn-gYp’ df kfrn smJ ky gwl nf gOlI.

   dopihr qoN bfad Aus ny cMnI dy nfl sLfipMg jfx df pRogrfm bxf ilaf. dovyN jy[sI[pYnI[ dy zIpfrtmYNtl stor cly gey. awj dI KrIdfrI ivc Aus vwloN cMnIN leI vYlntfeIn dy Auphfr sLfml sn. dovyN iek nv-ivafhuq joVI vFg iek dUsry df hwQ PVI mfl df Brmx krdy rhy. sLfm dy iznr leI crnjIq ny inAUXfrk ivc KrIidaf sMdlI rMgf sqfiraF vflf sUt pfieaf qy sfrf jLyvr vI. Aus qy nvIN ivafhI vrgf rUp ciVHaf vyK ky tInF qy dRopqI gd gd ho rhIaF sn. gurmyl Ausdy sfQ ivc nsLeI hoieaf lgdf sI.

   eys Gr ivc, ibnf ivafh qoN dohF dI ieh pihlI ‘hnI-mUMn’ vrgI rfq sI. Aus ny pihlI vfrIN mihsUs kIqf ik pwCmI swiBXqf ivc jvfn bwicaF dI afpxy injI jIvn nfl koeI sFJ nhIN huMdI. AuWnI sfl dI tInf, iksy PLrYNz nUM imlx dy bhfny sLfmIN Cy vjy dI geI, rfqIN bfrF vjy qoN bfad afeI. mONtI afpxI pqnI dy nfl afpxy sOhiraF dy Gr ‘vIk-aYNz’ leI clf igaf.

   AusdI eys PyrI ‘qy crnjIq ny afpxy idl df zr dwisaf, ik Ausdy lVky df ruKL gurmyl pRqI eIrKf vflf jfpdY. jF qF Auh AusnUM sLkloN psMd nhIN, jF iPr ieh socky ik ieh afdmI myry ipE dI QF myrI mF dy jIvn ’qy ikEN Cf irhf hY.

   iek dUsry qoN kfPLI dUrI qy rihMdy hox krky dovyN aksr ivafh dI Xojnf bfry PLon qy hI ivcfrF krdy rihMdy. tInf ajy jUnIar kfilj ivc pVHdI sI, qy mONtI aqy dRopqI dIaF nvIaF nOkrIaF hox krky Auh dUr jfxf psMd nhIN sI krdy. eys leI crnjIq, ‘klIv-lYNz’ ivc rihxf hI TIk smJdI sI. nvF jIvn sfQ ikvyN inBygf, eys icMqf kfrn vI AusnUM afpxI kflj dI nOkrI Cwzx ivc sMkoc sI.

   ies df mqlb gurmyl nUM hI afpxf ibjLnYs vyc ky ‘klIv-lYNz’ jf ky rihx df PLYslf krnf sI, jo ik aiq cunOqI dfiek inrxf sI. crnjIq ny BfvyN ikhf ik Ausdf mkfn qF hY hI, so koeI nvF mkfn KrIdx dI loV nhIN pvygI. pr mONtI dy ivvhfr qoN gurmyl nUM KLqry dI GMtI KVkx df zr lwg irhf sI.

   ‘kI ieh myry leI Gfqk nf hovygf?

   'jy ieh lVkf AuhnF dy rsqy ivc afieaf qF mF iksdI qrPLdfrI krygI? afpxy iZwzoN kwZy bwcy dI jF iek prfey mrd dI? Pyr jy mYN sB kuJ vyc vwt ky afieaf qF GroN vI jfvFgf qy GftoN vI.’ Auh aksr socdf.

   meI dy afKrI hPLqy, mONtI dI aYm[ aYs[ sI[ dI gRYjUeysLn qy gurmyl Pyr ’klIv-lYNz afieaf. cMnI dy aiqQI siqkfr ivc koeI PLrk nhIN sI. romFs ivc vI EhI swjrf pn lwgdf sI. sgoN eyny icr ipwCoN afAux krky Ausny hor vI jLfhr kIqf ik Auh Aus ibnf ikMnI hI EdrI peI sI.

   “cMnI! kI gwl hY, qyry Gr dI ‘myNtynYNs’ df koeI vI iKafl nhIN krdf?” Aus ny hox vfly pqI dy njLrIey nfl sfry Gr df jfiejLf ilaf.

   “kI krF, mONtI bVf susq hY. Aus nUM Gr ivc koeI rucI nhIN. sfrf idn afpxI vhutI dI kwC ivc hI viVaf rihMdY.”

   Ausny zyZ hPLqf rih ky, iek plMbr nUM swd ky nvF ‘vftr-hItr’ lgvfieaf. grm hvf dIaF ‘zktF’ sfPL krvfeIaF. bfQrUm dIaF tfeIlF, CwqF dy prnfly qy hor Zyr sfrf kMm afp Klo ky krvfieaf. cMnI leI nvyN ‘bYzrUm-sYt’ dI ‘pymYNt’ vI kr afieaf.

   “lY qyrf dfj qF bxf cwilaf hF. hux qF bws mhUrq kZfAuxf bfkI rih igaf hY.” Aus ny turn lwigaF muskrf ky ikhf.

   Aus dy jfx mgroN gwl gwl ‘qy cMnI ny AuhdI qfrIPL kIqI. pr mONtI AusdI pRsMsf Bry sLbd sux ky eIrKf ivc sVdf, Aus pRqI koeI nf koeI awp-sLbd vrq ky inMdf krdf rihMdf. cMnI nUM hux zr Bfsx lwgf, ikDry ieh lVkf AuhnF dohF dy ipafr ivruwD dIvfr nf bx jfvy.

   acfnk gurmyl df svfsQ Krfb ho igaf. zfktr ny ‘pRfstyt’ dI KrfbI leI tYst kIqy. kYNsr df KLqrf qF tl igaf[ pr Aus ny afpRysLn dI slfh idwqI. gurmyl ny iPLkr jLfhr kridaF zfktr qoN puwC hI ilaf.

   “zfktr, kI mYN afpRysLn qoN bfad iblkul TIk ho jfvFgf?”

   “afm qOr ‘qy qF mrIjL sO PLI sdI TIk ho jFdy ny, pr keI vfrIN ivakqI, iesqRI-pursL sMbMD Xog nhI vI rihMdf…. ‘afeI aYm sLoar, XU no vt afeI mIn….”

   Ausny kuwJ icr soc ky Pyr puwCx dI ihMmq kIqI.

   “zfktr, kI mYN nvyN isry sLfdI kr skdf hF?”

   “afeI zoNt no. iet iejL awp tU XU. kI qusIN eys Aumr ivc dobfrf sLfdI leI sIrIas ho?”

   gurmyl kuwJ khy ibnf, gLmgLIn awKF nfl iKVkI ivwcoN dI Jfkdf irhf. Auhdy sfry suPLny, Aus dIaF njLrF sfhmxy Zih ZyrI huMdy sfPL idKfeI dy rhy sn.
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   pMj sflF ipwCoN awj msF Auh sqrMgy suPLinaF dI nINd suwqI.

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