aaj dilli mein barish ka doosra din tha.....khubsoorat....kyunki mujhe barish pasand hai....bahut pasand hai........hmm.....raston par...sadakon par pani ikatha ho jata hai.....keechad.....traffic jams.....lekin phir bhi mujhe pasand hai barish....... Aaj bhi subah traffic jam main ruki hui car ke sheeshon par phisalta pani...car ki chat par padti boonden.....sheeshe par bahti barish ko maine hath se choone ki koshish ki.....hathon mein pakadne ki koshish ki.........mere chehre par smile thi........tabhi kisi ne yad dila diya 'KAL'.......pani ka rang achanak lal dikhne laga.....smile gayab ho gayee...mumbai......shrinagar...blasts....!!! Mumbai ki charcha hai...shrinagar..ki utni nahin......?? 100 se zayada log bemaut mare gaye...lekin.....bache hue ..aab bhi apni raftar main daud rahe hain...jaise kuch hua hi nahin...kabhi lagta hai.....ye taqat hai....log dare nahin atank se...kabhi lagta hai...ye ant hai samvedna ka.....aab in blasts ke sath hamari samvedna aur chetna...bhi cheethdon main ud gayee..hai...hum machine bun gaye hain.........apni roti...apni daud....!! Chalo mur gaye kuch log....woh to aab aam hai....ismen naya kya......dilli mein bhi to hua tha diwali par blast ..! phir banaras ke sankat mochan mandir mein ............humen office jana hai......bhagna hai....bhago...!! jab tak kisi aur blast mein.....cheethde hamare na hon..bhago.......bhago...daudo...samvedan heen machine.......jao office...dekho TV par badal do chanle......samachar kuch khas nahin...hue hain kuch blast jaise pahle hue they...phir honge....... kyun???

kai salon se uski yadon ka bojh leke jee rahi hun...........kai baar doston ko sunayi hai uski kahani..lakin bojh nahin utra....shayad use kabhi bhula nahin sakungi....sunanda...yahi tha uska naam.

pune army hospital main hui thi usse mulakat....cancer ward mein ...hum dono sabse kum umr ki ladkiyan thin ...shayad isliye dono ki dosti ho gaye.....marathi mili hindi bolti thi woh...shadi ko shayad saal hi hua tha....ya nahin..yad nahin....aur kandhe main dard ki shikayat....cancer par ja kar khatm hui...uska dahina hath kandhe ke sath alag karna pada.....lekin ye kahani us lachar aur masoom sunanda ki nahin.......isliye agar apke mun mein daya ka bhaw aa raha hai to use thoda rok ke chalen...

 

gareeb maa baap ki sunanda apni zingi mein bahut khush thi....maa bidi banane ke karkhane main kaam karti thi aur pita bailgadi chalate thye..hmm...acha army ki naukri karne wala damad pakar dono ne khud ko dhanya samjha....aur sunanda chali gayee sasural ! pati army main thyee....zada samay border par posting rahti ..lekin sunanda must thi....chote dewar ke sath milker shatarat karna .....ghar ke piche wale bagh mein ped par chadhna..aur sas ki dant khana.....sab kuch theek tha .....lekin dahine kandhe ka dard pareshan kar deta!

 

is baar pati jab chuttiyon mein ghar aye to use haspatal le gaye..aur phir pune army hospital ke lambe din....doctor ne bataya....hath ko nikalna hi hoga operation kar ke.....lekin phir ek nakli hath lagaya ja sakega aur sunanda dheere dheere seekh jayegi uska istemal karna.....hmm.....sunanda maan gayee...ek hath se apne balon ko sanwarna....apne kapde pahanna...seekhna shuroo kar diya....hans ke kahti....acha hua abhi ye sab ho gaya...warna..agar bacha hota mera to kaise sambhalti.......!!

ek din sunanda ki maa jo uski dekh rekh karne ke liye paas hi rahti thi...pareshan ...ro ro kar sabko bata rahi thi ....use khabar mili thi uske damad ki shadi ho rahi hai.......!!..hmm..doosri shadi......sunanda chup thi......

 

kai logon ne salah di....compensation.....ajeewan kharcha..talak........police case....panchayat......jhagda....lekin sunanda chup....

 

operation kamyab hua....sunanda theek thi...lekin abhi uska ilaj lamba chalega....hmm....isliye haspatal mein hi milne aya uska pati......aur usne poocha sunanda se.....kya woh dusri shadi kar sakta hai...'sunanda ke liye'......aur janti thi sunanda, ki...shadi to ho chuki....aur ab woh chahta hai uski sweekriti ki muhar !!...lekin sunanda..chup.....

sunanda...ab bhi yaad hai mujhe.....kyunki......woh tooti nahin...ya phir ekdum toot gayee....pata nahin...lekin...royee nahin..gidgidayee...nahin....badla nahin liya.....gusse se cheekhi nahin........bus ye shabd yaad hain......jo apna tha jab woh nahin raha ...to   kisi bhi shikayat se.....jhagde se kya faida!!

main aaj bhi sochti hun....kis mitti ki bani thi woh.....kahan hai...kaisi hai...hai bhi ya nahin......pata nahin....aaj kai salon baad bhi uski yaad meri sansen rok leti hai...nazar dhundhli kar deti hai......aur...shabd maun ho jate hain.....aisi thi ...........sunanda!!