28-06-2026, 09:10 PM
Mere liye yeh ek ajeeb aur asahaj pal tha. Hariya Kaka aur Gajra Kaki ko main hamesha apnepan se bhare, mehnati aur seedhe-saadhe logon ke roop mein dekhta aaya tha. Unki zindagi ka yeh niji pehlu mere saamne achanak aa gaya tha, jabki main ise sunne ke liye ruka bhi nahi tha.
Maine karwat badli aur apna dhyaan doosri taraf lagane ki koshish ki. Main unki baaton mein dakhal nahi dena chahta tha. Woh pati-patni the aur unke beech ki baat unki apni thi.
Lekin neend ab aankhon se door ja chuki thi. Ek sawaal, jisne meri neend uda di
Main charpai par leta hua Hariya Kaka ki kahi hui baat ke baare mein soch raha tha.
“Woh kisi jawan Thakur ko bulaane ki baat kyun kar rahe the? Aur unhone aisa kyun kaha ki Gajra Kaki ke liye kisi Thakur ke saath hona koi nayi baat nahi hai?”
Mere dimaag mein ek hi sawaal baar-baar ghoom raha tha—aakhir woh kaun sa Thakur tha, jiske Gajra Kaki ke saath kabhi sharirik sambandh rahe the?
Mere ghar mein kai Thakur the. Dadaji, Tau, Chacha Vikram, mere pitaji aur parivaar ke doosre purush. Lekin inmein se kisi per shak karna, bina puri baat jaane, sahi nhi thaa.
Main Gajra Kaki ko bachpan se jaanta tha. Woh Hariya Kaka ke saath kheton mein mehnat karti thi aur jab bhi main wahan jaata, dono mujhe apne bachche ki tarah pyaar dete the. Aaj raat unke baare mein suni hui baat ne mere mann mein ek aisa sandeh paida kar diya tha, jise main na aasani se nazarandaaz kar sakta tha aur na hi sach maan sakta tha.
Ho sakta hai Kaka ne gusse mein taana maara ho. Ho sakta hai unki baat ke peeche koi purani kahaani ho. Lekin bina sach jaane main kisi par sandeh nhi kar sakta..
Maine gehri saans li aur aankhein band karne ki koshish ki. Phir bhi sawaal mann mein bana raha.
“Kaun tha woh Thakur? Aur agar Kaka ki baat sach thi, toh yeh raaz mere parivaar se kitne samay se juda hua tha?”
Us raat mujhe koi jawaab nahi mila.
ab mere mann mein ek aisa sawal janm le chuka hai, jiska sach jaane bina shayad main chain se nahi reh paunga..
.....
### Aryavart Ki Kahani — Gulfam Ka Chhupa Hua Ateet
Samay: Saal 2008, aadhi raat. Sthaan: Hariya Kaka aur Gajra Kaki ki kutia.
Raat ka sannata poore gaon Aryavart mein phaila hua tha. Neem ke ped ke neeche Jay apni khatiya par leta hua tha. Aasman mein chaand ki halki roshni thi aur door kheton se kabhi-kabhi jhinguron ki awaaz sunayi de rahi thi.
Hariya Kaka aur Gajra Kaki apni kutia ke andar the. Darwaza andar se band tha. Jay ki aankh khuli toh use andar se dono ki dheemi awaazein sunayi dene lagi.
Woh khatiya se utha aur kutia ki deewar ke paas kuch door ruk gaya. Uska iraada kisi ki baat sunne ka nahi tha, lekin andar se aaye ek naam ne uske kadam rok diye.
Gajra_ Said...
"Hariya ji, aaj na jaane kyun mera mann bahut bechain hai. Kabhi-kabhi sochti hoon ki agar meri zindagi mein aapse mulaqat nahi hui hoti, toh aaj main kahan hoti."
Hariya_ Said...
"Gajra, beet chuki zindagi ko baar-baar yaad karke apne mann ko pareshaan mat kiya karo. Jo beet gaya, woh lautkar nahi aayega. Ab tum mere saath ho, aur humne apni zindagi apne tareeke se banayi hai."
Gajra_ Said...
"Main jaanti hoon, Hariya ji. Lekin ek baat hai jo aaj bhi mere dil mein dabi hui hai. Duniya mujhe Gajra ke naam se jaanti hai, lekin meri pehchaan kabhi Gulfam hua karti thi."
Bahar khade Jay ki aankhein hairani se khul gayin.
Jay_ Said... (apne mann mein)
"Gulfam? Yeh kaun hai? Gajra Kaki ka asli naam Gulfam tha?"
Hariya_ Said...
"Mujhe yaad hai, Gulfam. Tumne apna ateet mujhe pehli baar bataya tha, tab tumhari aankhon mein kitna darr tha. Tumhe lagta tha ki main tumhe apna nahi paunga."
Gajra_ Said...
"Main kaise na darti? Meri pehli shaadi Maulvi Ilyas Qadri se hui thi. Mere gharwalon ko lagta tha ki ek maulvi se shaadi hone ke baad meri zindagi izzat aur sukoon se guzregi. Lekin ghar ki chaar deewaron ke andar kya hota hai, yeh bahar walon ko kaise pata chalta?"
Hariya_ Said...
"Har shaadi mein sirf naam aur samaaj ki izzat kaafi nahi hoti. Dono logon ke beech samajh, bharosa aur apnapan bhi hona chahiye."
Gajra_ Said...
"Bilkul. Ilyas Qadri ke saath rehte hue main andar se akeli hoti gayi. Hamare beech jazbaati doori thi. Shaadi-shuda zindagi ki nazdeekiyon mein bhi mujhe woh apnapan nahi mila jiski mujhe zaroorat thi. Main chahti thi ki mera shauhar meri baat sune, meri khushi samjhe, lekin meri pareshaaniyon ko samajhne ki koshish hi nahi hoti thi."
Hariya_ Said...
"Phir tumne wahan se nikalne ka faisla kiya."
Gajra_ Said...
"Haan. Ek din maine socha ki agar main isi tarah jeeti rahi, toh apni zindagi kabhi apni nahi bana paungi. Main wahan se chali aayi. Na mere paas koi bada sahara tha, na aage ka koi pakka raasta. Bas apni zindagi ko dobara shuru karne ki himmat thi."
Hariya_ Said...
"Aur phir tumhari mulaqat mujhse hui."
Gajra_ Said...
"Haan. Aapne mujhse kabhi mere ateet ko lekar nafrat nahi ki. Aapne mujhe koi sawaal poochkar neecha nahi dikhaya. Aapne meri baat suni, mujhe sahara diya aur mujhe mehsoos karaya ki meri apni bhi koi marzi hai."
Hariya_ Said...
"Maine tumhe tab bhi apnaya tha aur aaj bhi apnata hoon. Lekin ek baat hamesha yaad rakhna—tumne mere saath zindagi majboori mein nahi, apni marzi se chuni thi."
Gajra_ Said...
"Isi liye toh main aapke saath aayi. Maine aapse shaadi ki, is ghar ko apna ghar banaya aur dheere-dheere aapke parivaar ki reeti-rivaazon ko apnaya. Aaj main Gajra hoon. Lekin Gulfam bhi kabhi isi duniya mein jeeti thi. Main apne ateet ko mita nahi sakti, Hariya ji. Main bas usse peeche chhodkar aage badhna chahti hoon."
Hariya Kaka ne uska haath thaam liya.
Hariya_ Said...
"Tumhe apni zindagi ke liye kisi se maafi maangne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Tumhara ateet tumhari kahani ka ek hissa hai, tumhari poori pehchaan nahi."
Kuch pal tak dono khamosh rahe.
Phir Gajra ki awaaz dobara sunayi di.
Gajra_ Said...
"Ek baat ka darr hai mujhe. Jay hamare itne kareeb hai. Agar use pata chala ki uski Gajra Kaki kabhi Gulfam thi aur meri pehli shaadi Maulvi Ilyas Qadri se hui thi, toh woh mere baare mein kya sochega?"
Hariya_ Said...
"Jay samajhdaar hai. Ho sakta hai pehle use hairani ho, lekin sach jaanne ke baad woh tumhari takleef ko bhi samjhe. Kisi insaan ko samajhne se pehle uski poori kahani jaan leni chahiye."
### Bahar — neem ke ped ke neeche
Jay ka mann ab sawaalon se bhar chuka tha. Usne pehli baar jaana tha ki Gajra Kaki ki zindagi mein ek aisa ateet bhi tha jiske baare mein ghar mein kabhi baat nahi hui thi.
Jay_ Said... (apne mann mein)
"Toh Gajra Kaki ka pehla naam Gulfam tha... aur unki pehli shaadi Maulvi Ilyas Qadri se hui thi. Itna sab kuch unhone apne andar chhupakar rakha."
Jay ne kutia ki taraf dekha. Andar ab phir se khamoshi thi.
Jay_ Said... (apne mann mein)
"Lekin unhone Hariya Kaka ke saath apni nayi zindagi banayi. Unka ateet unka apna hai. Mujhe unke saath pehle jaisa hi vyavhaar karna chahiye. Agar kabhi woh khud mujhe sach batayengi, tab main unki baat sununga."
Jay bina koi aahat kiye wapas apni khatiya par aa gaya. Woh chaadar odhkar let toh gaya, lekin neend abhi door thi.
Uske dimaag mein do naam baar-baar goonj rahe the—Gulfam aur Maulvi Ilyas Qadri.
Aur us raat Jay ko ehsaas hua ki jis gaon mein woh har kisi ko jaanta samajhta tha, wahin kuch kahaniyan aisi bhi thi jo saalon se khamoshi ke peeche chhupi hui thi.
..Main chupchaap aasman ki taraf dekhta raha, sochta hua ki subah Kaka aur Kaki se pehle ki tarah hi milunga—bina unhein yeh ehsaas karaye ki raat ke sannate mein unki niji baaton ka kuch hissa mere kaanon tak pahunch gaya tha.
Maine karwat badli aur apna dhyaan doosri taraf lagane ki koshish ki. Main unki baaton mein dakhal nahi dena chahta tha. Woh pati-patni the aur unke beech ki baat unki apni thi.
Lekin neend ab aankhon se door ja chuki thi. Ek sawaal, jisne meri neend uda di
Main charpai par leta hua Hariya Kaka ki kahi hui baat ke baare mein soch raha tha.
“Woh kisi jawan Thakur ko bulaane ki baat kyun kar rahe the? Aur unhone aisa kyun kaha ki Gajra Kaki ke liye kisi Thakur ke saath hona koi nayi baat nahi hai?”
Mere dimaag mein ek hi sawaal baar-baar ghoom raha tha—aakhir woh kaun sa Thakur tha, jiske Gajra Kaki ke saath kabhi sharirik sambandh rahe the?
Mere ghar mein kai Thakur the. Dadaji, Tau, Chacha Vikram, mere pitaji aur parivaar ke doosre purush. Lekin inmein se kisi per shak karna, bina puri baat jaane, sahi nhi thaa.
Main Gajra Kaki ko bachpan se jaanta tha. Woh Hariya Kaka ke saath kheton mein mehnat karti thi aur jab bhi main wahan jaata, dono mujhe apne bachche ki tarah pyaar dete the. Aaj raat unke baare mein suni hui baat ne mere mann mein ek aisa sandeh paida kar diya tha, jise main na aasani se nazarandaaz kar sakta tha aur na hi sach maan sakta tha.
Ho sakta hai Kaka ne gusse mein taana maara ho. Ho sakta hai unki baat ke peeche koi purani kahaani ho. Lekin bina sach jaane main kisi par sandeh nhi kar sakta..
Maine gehri saans li aur aankhein band karne ki koshish ki. Phir bhi sawaal mann mein bana raha.
“Kaun tha woh Thakur? Aur agar Kaka ki baat sach thi, toh yeh raaz mere parivaar se kitne samay se juda hua tha?”
Us raat mujhe koi jawaab nahi mila.
ab mere mann mein ek aisa sawal janm le chuka hai, jiska sach jaane bina shayad main chain se nahi reh paunga..
.....
### Aryavart Ki Kahani — Gulfam Ka Chhupa Hua Ateet
Samay: Saal 2008, aadhi raat. Sthaan: Hariya Kaka aur Gajra Kaki ki kutia.
Raat ka sannata poore gaon Aryavart mein phaila hua tha. Neem ke ped ke neeche Jay apni khatiya par leta hua tha. Aasman mein chaand ki halki roshni thi aur door kheton se kabhi-kabhi jhinguron ki awaaz sunayi de rahi thi.
Hariya Kaka aur Gajra Kaki apni kutia ke andar the. Darwaza andar se band tha. Jay ki aankh khuli toh use andar se dono ki dheemi awaazein sunayi dene lagi.
Woh khatiya se utha aur kutia ki deewar ke paas kuch door ruk gaya. Uska iraada kisi ki baat sunne ka nahi tha, lekin andar se aaye ek naam ne uske kadam rok diye.
Gajra_ Said...
"Hariya ji, aaj na jaane kyun mera mann bahut bechain hai. Kabhi-kabhi sochti hoon ki agar meri zindagi mein aapse mulaqat nahi hui hoti, toh aaj main kahan hoti."
Hariya_ Said...
"Gajra, beet chuki zindagi ko baar-baar yaad karke apne mann ko pareshaan mat kiya karo. Jo beet gaya, woh lautkar nahi aayega. Ab tum mere saath ho, aur humne apni zindagi apne tareeke se banayi hai."
Gajra_ Said...
"Main jaanti hoon, Hariya ji. Lekin ek baat hai jo aaj bhi mere dil mein dabi hui hai. Duniya mujhe Gajra ke naam se jaanti hai, lekin meri pehchaan kabhi Gulfam hua karti thi."
Bahar khade Jay ki aankhein hairani se khul gayin.
Jay_ Said... (apne mann mein)
"Gulfam? Yeh kaun hai? Gajra Kaki ka asli naam Gulfam tha?"
Hariya_ Said...
"Mujhe yaad hai, Gulfam. Tumne apna ateet mujhe pehli baar bataya tha, tab tumhari aankhon mein kitna darr tha. Tumhe lagta tha ki main tumhe apna nahi paunga."
Gajra_ Said...
"Main kaise na darti? Meri pehli shaadi Maulvi Ilyas Qadri se hui thi. Mere gharwalon ko lagta tha ki ek maulvi se shaadi hone ke baad meri zindagi izzat aur sukoon se guzregi. Lekin ghar ki chaar deewaron ke andar kya hota hai, yeh bahar walon ko kaise pata chalta?"
Hariya_ Said...
"Har shaadi mein sirf naam aur samaaj ki izzat kaafi nahi hoti. Dono logon ke beech samajh, bharosa aur apnapan bhi hona chahiye."
Gajra_ Said...
"Bilkul. Ilyas Qadri ke saath rehte hue main andar se akeli hoti gayi. Hamare beech jazbaati doori thi. Shaadi-shuda zindagi ki nazdeekiyon mein bhi mujhe woh apnapan nahi mila jiski mujhe zaroorat thi. Main chahti thi ki mera shauhar meri baat sune, meri khushi samjhe, lekin meri pareshaaniyon ko samajhne ki koshish hi nahi hoti thi."
Hariya_ Said...
"Phir tumne wahan se nikalne ka faisla kiya."
Gajra_ Said...
"Haan. Ek din maine socha ki agar main isi tarah jeeti rahi, toh apni zindagi kabhi apni nahi bana paungi. Main wahan se chali aayi. Na mere paas koi bada sahara tha, na aage ka koi pakka raasta. Bas apni zindagi ko dobara shuru karne ki himmat thi."
Hariya_ Said...
"Aur phir tumhari mulaqat mujhse hui."
Gajra_ Said...
"Haan. Aapne mujhse kabhi mere ateet ko lekar nafrat nahi ki. Aapne mujhe koi sawaal poochkar neecha nahi dikhaya. Aapne meri baat suni, mujhe sahara diya aur mujhe mehsoos karaya ki meri apni bhi koi marzi hai."
Hariya_ Said...
"Maine tumhe tab bhi apnaya tha aur aaj bhi apnata hoon. Lekin ek baat hamesha yaad rakhna—tumne mere saath zindagi majboori mein nahi, apni marzi se chuni thi."
Gajra_ Said...
"Isi liye toh main aapke saath aayi. Maine aapse shaadi ki, is ghar ko apna ghar banaya aur dheere-dheere aapke parivaar ki reeti-rivaazon ko apnaya. Aaj main Gajra hoon. Lekin Gulfam bhi kabhi isi duniya mein jeeti thi. Main apne ateet ko mita nahi sakti, Hariya ji. Main bas usse peeche chhodkar aage badhna chahti hoon."
Hariya Kaka ne uska haath thaam liya.
Hariya_ Said...
"Tumhe apni zindagi ke liye kisi se maafi maangne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Tumhara ateet tumhari kahani ka ek hissa hai, tumhari poori pehchaan nahi."
Kuch pal tak dono khamosh rahe.
Phir Gajra ki awaaz dobara sunayi di.
Gajra_ Said...
"Ek baat ka darr hai mujhe. Jay hamare itne kareeb hai. Agar use pata chala ki uski Gajra Kaki kabhi Gulfam thi aur meri pehli shaadi Maulvi Ilyas Qadri se hui thi, toh woh mere baare mein kya sochega?"
Hariya_ Said...
"Jay samajhdaar hai. Ho sakta hai pehle use hairani ho, lekin sach jaanne ke baad woh tumhari takleef ko bhi samjhe. Kisi insaan ko samajhne se pehle uski poori kahani jaan leni chahiye."
### Bahar — neem ke ped ke neeche
Jay ka mann ab sawaalon se bhar chuka tha. Usne pehli baar jaana tha ki Gajra Kaki ki zindagi mein ek aisa ateet bhi tha jiske baare mein ghar mein kabhi baat nahi hui thi.
Jay_ Said... (apne mann mein)
"Toh Gajra Kaki ka pehla naam Gulfam tha... aur unki pehli shaadi Maulvi Ilyas Qadri se hui thi. Itna sab kuch unhone apne andar chhupakar rakha."
Jay ne kutia ki taraf dekha. Andar ab phir se khamoshi thi.
Jay_ Said... (apne mann mein)
"Lekin unhone Hariya Kaka ke saath apni nayi zindagi banayi. Unka ateet unka apna hai. Mujhe unke saath pehle jaisa hi vyavhaar karna chahiye. Agar kabhi woh khud mujhe sach batayengi, tab main unki baat sununga."
Jay bina koi aahat kiye wapas apni khatiya par aa gaya. Woh chaadar odhkar let toh gaya, lekin neend abhi door thi.
Uske dimaag mein do naam baar-baar goonj rahe the—Gulfam aur Maulvi Ilyas Qadri.
Aur us raat Jay ko ehsaas hua ki jis gaon mein woh har kisi ko jaanta samajhta tha, wahin kuch kahaniyan aisi bhi thi jo saalon se khamoshi ke peeche chhupi hui thi.
..Main chupchaap aasman ki taraf dekhta raha, sochta hua ki subah Kaka aur Kaki se pehle ki tarah hi milunga—bina unhein yeh ehsaas karaye ki raat ke sannate mein unki niji baaton ka kuch hissa mere kaanon tak pahunch gaya tha.