Adultery SAMREEN: Shikast-e-Zanjeer-e-Muflisi

[Herotic]

EPISODE 22

Pandey ji ke ghar ke bade se parking mein aate hi shaam ki dhalti hui roshni aur ajeeb sa bhari-bharkam mahol mere saamne tha. Baahar ki fiza mein shor kam tha lekin ek ajeeb sa mardana raub aur kaskat ghuli hui thi. 

Mera dil seene ke andar kisi bebas parinde ki tarah phadphada raha tha. Jaise hi main bade se gate ki dehleez par aayi, meri aankhein foran wahan khadi us gadi par gayin, ek kaali Scorpio, jiske bonnet par ek badi si siyasi party ka chamchamata hua jhanda laga hua tha. Us gaadi ke aas-paas Pandey ji ke teen chaude seene aur patthardil dikhne waale bodyguards khade the, jinke chehron par na koi bhaao tha aur na hi insani narmdili. Unke kaale chashme aur haath mein pakde rifles ek ajeeb sa darr dil mein baitha rahe the.
 
Mera wajood kaanp utha ye nazara dekh kar, Ya ***... main in mustande mardon ke saath akeli kaise jaungi? Zindagi mein yeh pehla mauqa tha. Aaj tak, meri nikaah shuda zindagi, mere shauhar ke sayein aur unke ahtraam ke daayre mein guzri thi. Maine kabhi apne shauhar ke alawa kisi gair mard ke sath, aisi kisi band gaadi mein, tanhai ya majboori ke is safar ka tasawwur bhi nahi kiya tha. Aur yahan... ek nikaah shuda aurat, jise parde aur ghairat ki tarbiyat mili hai, wo in chaar mardano ke beech ek ajeeb se imtihan mein khadi thi.
 
Main sab soch hi rhi thi ki Pappu ne aage badhkar Scorpio ka darwaja khola. Uski aankhon mein abhi bhi us thappad ki surkhi aur ek chhupi hui tanzhiya chamak thi. Usne darwaza pakad kar ek laaparwah se andaz mein ishara kiya, "Are Madam Ji, aap beech waali seat mein baith jao... Wahan bilkul jagah khali hai, aaram se baith sakti hain."
 
Maine dekha, aage driver aur Pappu baithenge, aur sabse pichhe baaki bodyguards jagah lenge. Beech waali row ki poori seat mere liye khali thi, lekin wahi khalipan mere liye ek pinjre ki tarah tha. Kadam aage badhne hi wale the ki paanv zameen se chipak gaye. Agar raste mein inka mood badal gaya to? Agar Pappu ne badla liya to main kya karungi? Agar inhein lagta hai ki maine unki izzat par haath dala hai aur ye mujhe kisi sunsaan raste par...
 
Meri saansein rukne lagin aur gale mein kadvahat utar aayi. Lekin tabhi, na chahte hue bhi, meri palkein uthin aur mera rukh verandah ki taraf gaya jahan se yeh sab tamasha dekha ja raha tha. Wahan... Vivaan khada tha. Ye zaalim ladka, jiske chehre par na fikr thi na sharmindagi, balki ek ajeeb si sard aur dard-naak muskurahat uske labon par tair rahi thi. Wo is tarah hath baandh kar khada tha maano wo is poore manzar ka director ho, aur yeh dekhna chahta ho ki main kis tarah in bhediyon ke beech akeli ghut-ghut kar yeh safar tay karti hoon. Uski wo muskurahat aisi thi jo zehar se bhi tez dil mein utar rahi thi.
 

“Kutta kameena kahin ka…”

 
Mera gussa ek lamhe ke liye ubla, lekin foran uske baad ek laachari ka samandar umad pada. Maine apne saare gusse ko nigal liya, mutthiyon ko kas liya, aur apni nazron mein wo saari ummeed, wo saari fariyad bhar kar Vivaan ki taraf dekha.
 
Please, Vivaan... meri un nam aur bebas aankhon ka yeh taqaza tha, Mujhe yahan akela mat chhodo... dekh rahe ho na tum, in mardon ke beech main kaise jaungi bhala? Ek nikaah-shuda aurat ki ghairat ka sawal hai vivaan please... chalo na mere saath...
 
Lekin us zaalim ke chehre par koyi, ek bhi bhaao nahi aaya. Wo wahan patthar ki tarah khada raha. Uski wo muskurahat na badli, na aankhon mein zara si bhi shafqat ya pachtawa ubhra. Haalanki main yeh behtar taur par janti thi ki uske zehan mein ek-ek baat saaf thi, wo meri majboori, mera darr aur meri un aankhon ki zuban bilkul sahi se samajh chuka tha. Phir bhi, usne apne dil ke darwaze band rakhne ka faisla kiya tha. Uski khamoshi aur beparwahi ne mera dil andar se tod kar rakh diya.
 
Achanak Pappu ne phir se gala kharkhaya, "Madam Ji... der ho rahi hai, rubina ji ke ghar bhi pahunchna hai… Baithiye gaadi mein…" Dil par patthar rakh kar, saans ko seene mein ghont kar, maine apna pehla kadam us kaali Scorpio ke footrest par rakh diya.
 
Kaali Scorpio ka darwaza band hone ke sath hi ek alag hi duniya shuru ho gayi. Maine jhempte hue, khud ko samet kar beech wali seat par jagah li. Gaadi ne aahista se parking ki concrete waali road pe apna pahiya ghumaye, aur Pandey ji ke us purshaan lekin azeem-o-shaan bangla numaa ghar ke gate ko pichhe chhodte hue hum Rubina ke ghar ki taraf rawana ho gaye.
 
Aage ki seat par baithe Pappu ne jaise hi music system ka button dabaya, ek purane zamane ka dard-bhara gaana fiza mein tairne laga, tujhe yaad na meri aayi kisi se ab kya kehna... uski thandi, dard-bhari suron wali aawaz cabin ke andhar goonjne lagi.
 
Maine apna rukh foran window ki taraf kar liya. Baahar dhalte suraj ki laal-peeli roshni pedon ki sakhon par bikhar rahi thin. Parindon ke ghabraye hue ya apne aashiyane ki taraf laut-te hue jhund aasmaan mein ek qataar banaye udd rahe the. Wo manzar kitna masoom aur pursukoon tha, lekin mera andar ka aalam bilkul iske ultaa tha.
 
Hawa ke thande jhonke ko mehsoos karne ki khwahish mein, maine power window ka switch dabaya… Zzzzt... Sheesha aahista-aahista niche utra, aur ek taazi, shaam ki thandi hawa mere chehre, maathe aur kaano se takrayi. Lekin us hawa ki thandak mere andar ki aag ko bujha na saki.
 
Jaise hi gaadi ki raftaar thodi badhi mera dil achanak ek ajeeb aur beshumaar raftaar se dhadakne laga. Dhak... dhak... dhak... Aisa laga jaise seene ki pasliyan toot kar baahar aa jayengi. Aur phir, aankhon ke parde par ek aisi film chal padi jise dekh kar meri rooh kaanp uthi.
 
Wo ghanton pehle ke siah lamhe, jab wahi Vivaan, jisne abhi patthar ban kar mujhe akela chhod diya, uske sath kiye hue woh jismani gunaah... aur phir usi ghar ke us gareeb, majboor naukar Baban ke sath banaye gaye wo gande aur past rishtey... ek-ek kar ke screen ki tarah meri ankhon ke saamne ghoomne lage, mujhe tadpane lage.
 

Dil roya ke aankh bhar aayi… kisi se abbbb… kya kehnaaaaa

 
Ya ***... maine yeh kya kar diya? Main pagal ho chuki hun, maine gunaah pe gunaah kar dala. Ek nikaah-shuda aurat, jiske sar par parde ka saaya tha, jiske shauhar ka bharosa tha, maine apne haathon apni izzat, apne zameer aur apne *** ki dhajjiyan uda di.
 
Mere chehre par ekdam se thande paseene ki boondein phail gayin. Maatha geela ho gaya. Saansein choti aur tez ho gayin aur main haafne lagi. Aisa mehsoos hua ki kisi ne mera gala ghont diya ho aur hawa mein oxygen khatam ho gayi ho. Wo gunaah ab koi yaad nahi rahe the, balki ek nange khanjar ki tarah mere seene, dil aur zameer par baar-baar chot kar rahe the. Har yaad ek zakhm thi jo namak mein duboi gayi ho.
 
Main beqaboo hone lagi. Ghabrahat ka ek sailab tha jo mujhe andar se nigal raha tha. Maine foran kaanpte hue haathon se apne sar ka dupatta khicha aur uske kone se apne paseene se bhige chehre ko ragad-ragad kar pochhne lagi, maano is zillat aur gandagi ko us kapde se mita sakungi.
 
Tabhi meri nazar door ke bottle holder par padi jahan ek paani ki plastic bottle rakhi thi. Maine jhatke se bottle nikala, uska cap khola aur bina ek lamha zaya kiye, bottle muh se laga kar ek hi saans mein use adha khaali kar diya. Pani ka wo sard ghunt gale se utra toh zaroor, lekin andruni aag aur tez dhadkan ko na rok saka. Jaldi mein paani peete waqt kuchh boondein chalak kar meri kurti par gir gayin, jo us geeli bebasi ka gawah ban gayin.
 
Main seat par dhaste hue tez-tez saansein lene lagi. Seena upar-neeche ho raha tha. Ankhon mein bebasi ke ansoo umad pade, jo palkon ka band tod kar gaalon par beh nikle. Aur pichhe wahi purane gaane ki wo dard-bhari line phir goonji, tujhe yaad na meri aayi kisi se ab kya kehna… dil roya ke ankh bhar aayi… kisi se abbb kya kehnaaa
 
Aage aage gaadi chalti rahi, aur pichhe main apne hi gunahon ke qafas mein qaid, aisi haalat mein thi ki maut bhi kareeb lag rahi thi aur zindagi bhi saza ban chuki thi. Pappu aage baitha gaana gunguna raha tha, use kya khabar thi ki pichhe baithi is aurat ke andar kis qayamat ka maatam barpa hai.
 
Paani ke us adhe ghunt aur dupatte ki nami ne mere seene par rakhi haseen ghutan ko thoda dheela kiya. Main khamoshi se apni jagah baithi, unche sheeshe se bahar andhere mein badalti hui sadakon ke manzar ko dekh rahi thi. Dil abhi bhi apne gilafton mein darr aur gunahon ki chubhan liye tha, lekin hawa ki thandak ne hosh ka ek diya jala rakha tha.
 
Tabhi, aage ki seat se ek aawaz goonji, Pappu ki, jiske gaal par abhi bhi meri ungliyon ki surkh chhap jarur honge, lekin mardana mehfil ka josh use sab bhula chuka tha. Usne rear-view mirror mein dekha, ya shayad hawa mein hi baat chhed di. "Arey bhai... Rubina ji ke ghar chal rhe hain aur aise chupchaap baitho ho sab log? Hahaha… wo bhi kya din the… Jab pehli baar Rubina Ji ko dekha tha, kasam se batata hoon, kaleja nikal ke bahar aa gaya tha sala."
 
Pichhe baithe dono bodyguards mein se ek hansa, ek bhari, mardana khadari hansi jo gaadi ke andar ghum gayi. "Are Bhaiya ji, aapka dil toh waise bhi har dusre din nikalta hai, lekin Rubina madam ki to baat hi... uff!"
 
"Arey nahi be," Pappu ne dashboard par haath thapthapate hue kaha, lehje mein ek ajib sa guroor aur purani yaadon ka nasha tha. "Kuchh cheezein aisi hoti hain jo dil par thappa maar deti hain… Jab kuchh saal pehle Pandey bhaiya se milne wo pehli baar aayi thi... naak pe chasma, honton par wo bebaak si muskurahat, aur chalne ka andaz aisa tha maano zameen par pair padte hi nahi, seedha dil par utarti ho... Behnchod… Unki wo bedhadak ada... sammohit kar liya tha usne mujhe be… Ek pal ke liye laga ki baaki sab aurtein toh bas mitti hain, asli rang toh wahi hai… hahaha"
 
Pichhe se dusra bodyguard muskurate hue bola, "Bhaiya ji, aapka dil to aa gaya tha, par madam ne bhav diya tha kya?"
 
"Bhav?" Pappu ne ek thandi phooh nikali "Wo aurat bhav deti nahi, bhav dilwati hai be!... Par kuchh bhi bolo bhai, uski baat hi alag hai."
 
Main chupchap beech wali seat par baithi rahi. Mere parde mein lipti hui ghairat ko ye baatein ek zehar ki tarah lag rahi thi, lekin majboori ki ye diwar aisi thi ki main sar utha kar bhi kuchh keh nahi sakti thi.
 
Fir Pappu ne rukh badla aur aage batane laga "Sirf khubsurti nahi hai re... Beauty with Brain hain wo madam ji! Pandey bhaiya bhale hi vidhayak hain… lekin aaj jitne bade mukam par hain na siyasi maidaan mein, usme aadha se zyada dimaag Rubina ji ka laga hai... Ticket lene se lekar bade bade mantriyon ke sath deal fix karne tak... wo aurat jab aake table par file rakhti hai na, bade bade gyaani aur chaudhari chup ho jaate hain… sala"
 
Bodyguards ne bhi sar hilaya. Ek to bol pada "Haan ye toh hai bhaiya... Pichhli baar jab by-election tha, tab unhone hi toh media management sambhala tha." Dusre ne ek thandi hansi haste hue mazak banaya, "Aur kya! Par hum jaison ko ghanta bhav dengi wo! Humare liye toh wo kisi rani ki tarah hai jo helicopter se utarti hai aur hum bas dhool jhaadte reh jaate hain."
 
Sab log ek sath hasne lage. Fiza mein mardana josh, tharki taareef aur siyasi dabdabe ka ek ajeeb sa cocktail ghumne lag gaya. Main nazrein jhukaye, apni un ungliyon ko dekh rhi thi, aur soch rahi thi ki is duniya mein aurat ka wajood ya toh pairon ki dhool hai ya phir mard ki kahaniyon ka masala.
 
Tabhi Pappu ne gardan pichhe ghumayi, uska chehra ek ajeeb se raaz-daana aur hairani ke rang mein rang gaya. Uski aankhon mein ek aisi chamak thi maano koi aisi kahani sunane ja raha ho jis par khud use bhi pehle yaqeen na aaya ho.
 
"Suno suno... ek kissa sunata hoon," Pappu ne aawaz dheemi ki, jaise koi raaz bata raha ho. "Warna tumlog manoge nahi ki Rubina ji ka asar kaisa hota hai." Bodyguards aage ki taraf jhuke, "Bataiye, bhaiya ji! Aisa kya ho gaya tha?"
 
Pappu ne gala saaf kiya aur itminaan se seat pe khisakte hue batana shuru kiya "Kuchh saal pehle ki baat hai... Ek bade state-level chunao ki rally thi... Matlab Bade-bade neta, mantri, bade-bade party ke fund-raiser aur purane kharkhudey wahan mojud the, aur aise log jinki ek ungli par security officer aur sarkaar chalti hai… parsasan hil jaata hai be, aur main bhi pandey bhaiya ke saath hi tha… to AC VIP lounge mein meeting chal rahi thi... aur Rubina ji bhi wahi, pandey bhaiya ke saath baithi thi."
 
Pappu ne ek lamhe ke liye saans roki, jaise wo manzar dobara aankhon ke saamne la raha ho. "Shayad Rubina ji ne us din ek laal rang ki ek branded… matlab kaafi mehengi lag rhi thi wo… aisi kurti pehni thi, aur kya ki keher dha rhi thi wo… sala hahaha… lekin ab hua kya ki sar pe unke dupatta tha aur aankhon pe bada sa kaale rang ka chasma…” pappu ne fir gala saaf kiya aur turant ek vimal ka packet faad ke gutkha muh me daba liya.
 
“Haan to samjhe?... to hua kya ki rubina madam ke doodh jaise gore kandhe se unke kurti ka kapda thoda sa khisak gya… galti se slip hua tha be... ya pata nahi." Mera dil andar se ek lamhe ke liye ruk gaya. Ye aisi baatein... Ya *** in mardon ke beech aisi hi baatein hoti hongi hamesha.
 
Pappu ne gutkha chabate hue aage kaha, "Kasam se bata raha hoon bhai... wo room itna heavy-duty tha, itne khatarnak aur powerful mard baithe the jo bade-bade faisle lete hain... sala parsasan hilta hai unke ishaare par… lekin jab Rubina madam ne us andaz mein kandha ghumakar paani ka glass uthaya na table se, aur sala unke kandhe par halki si unki bra ki kaali patli strap halka sa nazar aaya na... sala room me temperature badh ke aag lag gayi behnchod."
 
Bodyguards ne ankhein phaila kar puchha, "Ka baat kar rhe hain bhaiya… sahi me?"
 
"Arre haan re bhai… wahin na the hum!" Pappu ne haath hila kar kaha. "Aur suno… Wahan baithe hue paanch bade netaon ka sala BP achanak se badh gaya… hahahaha… aur to aur ek mantri ji toh apna chhati pakad ke baith gaye behnchod… ki daura na pad jaye… hahaha behnchod sala! Aur do bade zile ke coordinators toh seedha behosh ho kar sofa par ludak gaye behnchod… ekdm aankhon dekha bata rha hun!... To turant doctor sahab log ko bhulana pada emergency mein... Aur Jab baad mein puchha gaya ki bhai achanak kya ho gaya... toh sala andar hi andar sabko pata tha ki us aurat ki ek jhalak aur us chhote se exposure ne un bade-bade topon ke hosh uda diye the… hahaha"
 
Gaadi ke andar ek pal ke liye sannata chha gaya, aur fir thahake goonj uthe. Bodyguards haste-haste bolne lage ki "Bhaiya ji, wo aurat hai ya aafat?"
 
Main wahi baithi rahi, paseene ki ek boond fir maathe se phisal kar gaal par aa aayi. Mujhe samajh nahi aa raha tha ki kya karun, in mardon ki baatein sun kar mujhe ab aur dar lagne laga tha. Us Rubina se. Wo kitni khatarnaak aur gusse waali hai ye to maine dekh liya tha, par uske par kitne lambe aur faile hue hain iska andaza mujhe thoda bhi nhi hai. Uski khubsurati to sachme itni hai ki mere jaise shayad 100 bhi lag jaayein uski barabari ke liye. Khair, gaadi andhere raste par tezi se badhti rahi, aur rubina ka ghar ab baaki reh gaya tha bas chand kilometron ka faasla.

To Be Continued...