sMsfr dy qfkqvr lokF ny kmjoLrF inmfixaF qy, sdf hI vihÈI
Ëulm, qy kqlo gfrq kIqy hn. keI vfrI qF kyvl afpxI DONs jmfAux leI hI vwzy pfp
kr idwqy jFdy hn. dUijaF ƒ luwtx jF bypwq krn dI privrqI mnuwK dy Dur aMdr qwk
DsI hoeI hY. jdoN qoN mnuwKqf sfjI geI hY, afpsI ivroD luwtf KohF jF dUijaF ƒ
nysqoN nfbUd hI kr dyxf, afpxy gulfm bxf lYxf, afm huMdf irhf hY. iskMdr ny ibnf
kfrn dunIaF ƒ ijwq ky, afpxy aDIn kr lYx dy mnsy nfl, byaMq KUn bhfieaf. cMgyËKfn
dI hkUmq df dfierf dunIaF ivwc sB qoN vwD sI. ieqnI vwzI slqnq lfÈF dy aMbfr
icx ky KUn dy diraf vgf ky hI kfiem kIqI geI sI. aMgRyËF df awDI DrqI qy kbjf,
muslmfnf dy anyk jMg qy julm ieiqhfs ivwcoN pVHy vyKy jf skdy hn. jrmnI dy
qfnfÈfh ihtlr ny jo kihr Zfihaf, Auh qF ajy kwlH dI gwl hY. iPr ihtlr dIaF
hmfieqI POjF hfr cuwkIaF sn. iewk hPqy dy aMdr, AuhnF hiQafr suwt dyxy sn. iPr
amRIkf dy aYtm bMb ikvyN prKy jFdy ? hIroÈImf vflf iewko agnI bMb jfpfn ƒ
muwDf kr igaf. dUjf nfgfsfkI qy suitaf igaf prmfxU bMb, kyvl DONs jmfAux leI sI.
ieh drsfAux leI BI ik sfzy kol kyvl iewko aYtm bMb nhIN hY, hor bQyry hYgy ny.
smF bIqx nfl jÉm Brny ÈurU ho jFdy hn, vYr ivroD qy dUrIaF
Gtx lgdIaF hn. pihlF vfly (iswDy ijMmyvfr) hfkm bdl jFdy hn. afpsI ivÈvfÈ pYdf
krn vfsqy, jjbfqI sFJ vDfAux leI, pihly jfbrF vwloN kIqy gey julmF leI, mjlUmF
koloN rsmI ijhI muafPI mMg leI jFdI hY. ivcfry kmËor lok, bybs hoey ies ‘‘sOrI``
afKx ƒ afpxI ‘‘mhfn ijwq`` smJ ky Puwly nhIN smfAuNdy. iswKF nfl afpixaF ny
hI Droh kmfieaf hY. ijhnF nfl afpxI iksmq joVI, ijhnF qy ivÈvfs kIqf, ijhnF leI
aQfh kurbfnIaf kIqIaF. vkq afAux qy AuhnF sfry Aupkfr KUh ivwc suwt idwqy.
kurbfnIaF leI snmfnq krn dI QfvyN iswKF ƒ ibnf vjfh apmfnq kIqf igaf. sihm vflI
qy dubyl iËMdgI ijAux leI mËbUr kIqf igaf. ieh BfvyN hkUmq krn vflI pfrtI
kFgrs sI, jF Bfjpf. jF iehnF vwloN sQfpq kIqy rMg brMgy kimÈn. isqm ieh peI
BfrqI adflqF ivwcoN BI iswKF ƒ iensfP nhIN imldf. ikAuNik adflqF df BI kdy df
‘‘ihMdUkrx`` ho cuwkf hY. kfƒn dI qwkVI df qrfjU hmyÈF hI iewk pfsy
Juwikaf hoieaf huMdf hY. iswKF dy srbnfs AuØWqy BI kfƒn dI mohr lgvf leI jFdI
hY. ieAuN kih leIey ik iswK kOm iewk vwzy jyhl Kfny ivwc bMd hY. afpxI iewCf
muqfbk, iehnF qoN gulfmI krvfeI jFdI hY. ijs ƒ idl cfhy pkV ky mukfblf bxfieaf
jf skdf hY, PFsI df PMDf gl ivwc pfieaf jf skdf hY. kqlgfh ivwc bwJf bybs bwkrf,
jy jfn bKÈI df qrlf kry BI, qF isrP ksfeI kol? ksfeI rihm dI apIl prvfn kridaF
kql kIqy jf rhy jIv ƒ lfeIn ivcoN bfhr kwZ ky, kuwJ idn hor ‘‘KuÈIaF mfnx
df`` vkq dy dyvy. ies dy toky dI mfr ivwc koeI aglf pRfxI af jfvy.
sMn `84 ivwc iswKF qy jo Ëulm dI hnyrI JuwlI, Ausƒ kdI BI
ibafn nhIN kIqf jf skdf. nf hI kdy Ausƒ Bulfieaf jf skygf, qy ieh julm kIqf BI
afpxI srkfr ny. rsmI qOr qy jrmn dy rfÈtrpqI, hYlmt kol ny keI sfl hoey,
ieËrfeIl aqy smuwcy XhUdIaF qoN KuwlHy afm muafPI mMgI. jfpfnIaF ny BI sMsfr
ivwc kIqI qbfhI leI muafPI mMg leI. pr amRIkf ny afpxy aYtm bMbF vwloN kIqI geI
qbfhI dI, ajy qwk muafPI nhIN mMgI. iehnF pd icMnF qy clidaF, Bfrq dy hYNkVbfj
hfkmF vwloN BI iswKF qy kIqy julmF leI muafPI nhIN mMgI geI. ijnHF kmIxy hfkmF
ny pMjfb dy byaMq hwkF dy zfkf mfiraf, sFqmeI siqafgRh ivwc lwKF iswKF ny
igRPqfrIaF dy ky jyhlF Br idwqIaF, afpxI kOm dy vzyiraF vwloN kIqIaF kurbfnIaF
dI Xfd drfnI krfeI, sMivDfn ivwc iswKF dI ‘‘vwKrI pCfx`` hI Kqm kr idwqI geI
hY, AuhnF hYNkVbfj hukmrfnf qoN inmrqf sihq muafPI mMgx dI qvwko ikvyN kIqI jf
skdI hY ? iswKF dy mwkfr iswK afgUaF ny, Bfrq dI pfrlImYNt ivwc jF pMjfb ivDfn
sBf ivwc (ivrilaF iewkV duwkVF ƒ Cwzky) iemfndfrI nfl iswKF dy drd df pwK hI pyÈ
nhIN kIqf. idwlI (hor ÈihrF df iËkr krnf iswK lIzrF ivsfr hI idwqf hY) ivwc
hoey vihÈI iswK kqlfm dI pVqfl vfsqy anyk kimÈn bx cuwky hn. ‘‘pVqfl``
kridaF ny vIh sfl guËfr idwqy hn. ajy qwk lwKF jqnf dy bfvjUd BI doÈIaF df
Kurf nhIN lwiBaf. iswK jMqf BolI hY qy lIzr loly, hn.
23 meI vfly idn iewk iswK sUrq vfly, arQ Èfsqr dy mfihr,
svwC jIvn vfly zf[ mnmohn isMG ny Bfrq dy pRDfn mMqrI dy ahudy df hlP ilaf. bhuq
hI AuqÈfh jnk Gtnf hY, ik iewk dfhVI kysF vflf, dsqfrDfrI gurU gRMQ sfihb dy
ivÈvfÈ rwKx vflf iswK, Bfrq vrgy ivÈfl pr iPrkU Ëihr nfl lbryj dyÈ df pRDfn
mMqrI bx sikaf hY. rfjsI lfhf lYx dI lflsf aDIn, afpxf nfm aKbfrF ivwc Cipaf
vyKx dI grj aDIn, bhuq ibafn Cp cuwky hn. mxf mUMhI kfgj kfly kIqy jf cuwky hn,
loVINdf sfrQk nqIjf koeI nhIN pfRpq hoieaf. smyN smyN qy ivakqIaF aqy jQybMdIaF
vwloN aKbfrI mMg kIqI geI - drbfr sfihb qy kIqy gey vihÈI nIlf qfrf sfky leI,
dyÈ dI pRDfn mMqrI ieMdrf gFDI pfrlImYNt ivwc muafPI mMgy. Auh sMsfr qoN kUc kr
geI muafPI mMgx dI QF mrky BI, bhuq sfry iswKF ƒ mrvf geI. Ausdf puwqr rfjIv mF
vflI gwdI qy bYTf. Ausny iswK kqlfm qy ‘‘aPsos`` krn dI QfvyN mIzIey rfhIN
afpxy vrkrF ƒ sMdyÈ idq - ‘‘jb bVf pyV igrqf hY qo DrqI kFpqI hI hY.``
iswKF ivruwD Ëihr Augl ky, rfjIv ƒ dyÈ ivwc hUMJf PyrU ijwq pRfpq hoeI. Auh
ikAuN muafPI mMgy ? rfjIv dy kql ho jfx qoN bfad, keI pRDfn mMqrI afey qy cly
gey. muafPI vflf mgrmwC df hMJU BI iksy dI awK ivwcoN nf izwigaf. kyNdr ivwc
kFgrs dIaF ‘‘anIqIaF`` kfrn Bfjpf dI gTjoV srkfr swqf qy kfbj ho geI. pMjfb
ivwc kFgrs srkfr vwloN KUn dy diraf vhfey gey. julm dI kflI bolI hnyrI ivwc,
pMjfb df afm krky aqy iswKF df Kfs krky, swB kuwJ AuØWz igaf. iesy lMmy sMqfp
qoN bfad bfdl akflI dl pfrtI ƒ pMjfb vfsIaF ny rfjgwdI sONp idwqI. pMjfb ivwcoN
iswKF dI numfieMdgI krn vfly, lok sBf mYNbr, vfjpfeI srkfr ƒ, ibnF Èrq hmfieq
qF idMdy rhy pr ‘‘afpxf jfxky`` vfjpfeI srkfr qoN pMjfb df iewk BI mslf hwl
nF krvf sky. drbfr sfihb dy hmly leI muafPI vflf nftk BI nf krvf sky. Kud pRkfÈ
isMG bfdl ny pMjfb dIaF ijnHF mMgF leI morcy lfey sn, iswKF ƒ bhuqvfr puls qoN
kutvfieaf sI. lMmIaF njrbMdIaF JwlIaF sn. AuhI bfdl sfihb pMj sfl qwk muwK mMqrI
dI kursI qy bYT ky, bVI bydrdI nfl sB kuwJ Buwl igaf. afpxy ipafry vfjpfeI qoN
koeI mMg mnvfAuxI qF dUr rhI, pMjfb dIaF mMgF vfsqy jubfn qwk nF ihlfeI. pMjfb
srkfr dI imafd puwg jfx dy, afKrI idnF ivwc, pMjfb ivDfn sBf aMdr rsmI ijhy ZMg
nfl ‘‘drbfr sfihb qy hoey POjI hmly dI inKyDI`` kIqI geI. keI vfr bIbI
sonIaf gFDI ƒ muafPI mMgx leI pRyrq krn vfly ibafn afAuNdy rhy. hux qfjf siQqI
ieh afx ZuwkI peI dys df ‘‘iswK`` pRDfn mMqrI zf[ mnmohn isMG drbfr sfihb qy
hoey POjI hmly leI, iswK pMQ koloN muafPI mMgy.
hux iewk vfrI surqI ibrqI iPr ipCFh ƒ
moV leIey; ijnF akflI lIzrF ny drbfr sfihb pRIisr smyq, smuwcy gurdvfiraF ƒ Drm
pRcfr dy kyNdr bxfAux dI QfvyN, mnuwKqf dI syvf ivwc qqpr hox dI QFvy, byeImfnI
dy rfjsI aKfVy bxf Diraf. iehnF pivwqr asQfnF qoN rfjsI lfhf lYx vfsqy, hr roj
kUV kuPr ÈrDflUaF aMdr Toisaf igaf. pivwqr Drm asQfnF dI durvrqoN kridaF akflI
afgUaF ny, jo apmfn Kud gurdvfiraF df kIqf hY, kdI Ausƒ Xfd krky Kflsf pMQ aqy
siqgurU jI koloN muafPI mMgx dI dlyrI kr skxgy ? ijnHf lokF ny pfvn gurDfmF ƒ
jMg dy aKfVy bxfieaf, aMdr morcy bMdIaF kIqIaF, kI Auh lok BI siqgurU jI qoN kdI
iKmf jfcnf krngy ? ijnF aKOqI KfVkUaF ny drbfr sfihb dy aMdr, mfrU hiQafr iekwTy
kIqy, tRyinMg sYNtr bxf ky Boly nOjvfnF ƒ KUn dI holI Kyzx dI isKlfeI idwqI, kI
AuhnF dy vfirs siqgurU qoN kIqy dI muafPI mMg skxgy ? ijnF akflI lIzrF ny Kud
smyN dI pRDfn mMqrI ƒ pMjfb ivwc POj Byjx dI, drbfr sfihb ivwcoN KfVkU kwZx dI
bynqI kIqI sI, kI Auh BI kdy siqgurU jI awgy sIs Jukf ky iKmf leI qrlf krngy ?
ijnF lIzrF akfl qKq qy gurU ƒ hfjr nfjr jfxky, mr imtx dIaF ksmF KfDIaF sn,
iswK srDflUaF dIaF lfÈF ƒ, pYrF hyT roldy bfhvF KVIaF krky, shI slfmq jfn
bcfky, kIqy kOl ivsfr ky, srkfrI gwzIaF ivwc bYT ky gYst hfAusF ivwc ‘‘kYdI``
bx gey. kI iehnF pfp krmF leI siqgurU jI qoN muafPI mMgx vfsqy AuhnF dI mr cuwkI
jmIr kdI aMgVfeI lvygI ? ijnF muwK gRMQIaF aqy vwzy jwQydfrF dI iËMmyvfrI
‘‘mirafdf ƒ kfiem rwKx`` dI sI. Auh afpxI ijMmyvfrI qoN mUMh moV gey, drbfr
sfihb aMdr Drm qoN Ault mMd krqUqF huMdIaF vyKky BI Ëubfn nf Kohl sky. kdI Auh
mhF pujfrI BI, siqgurU jI qoN, inmrqf sihq muafPI mMgxgy ? sRI pRkfÈ isMG bfdl
ny srkfrI mulfjmF aqy iswK POjIaF ƒ bYrkF Cwzx leI Auksfieaf. ijs kfrn byaMq
POjI vIr lyKy lwg gey. lMmIaF kYdF kwtIaF, qsIhy Jwly. Ausy sR: bfdl ny muwK
mMqrI bxky, POjIaF aqy iswK hwkF dI pYrveI nf kIqI. kI sR: bfdl kdI iehnF Gor
pMQ doKI kMmF kfrn siqgurU jI qoN rihm dI apIl krngy ? ÈRomxI kmytI mYNbr,
afpxI ËmIr ƒ iql iql kql huMdf sihMdy hoey, Drm pRcfr dI syvf inBfAux dI
QfvyN, Drm qoN Ault mMd krqUqF krdy vyKIdy hn. bVI bydrdI nfl ‘‘gurU kI
golk`` ƒ inwjI aYÈ pRsqI leI, aqy rfjsI kursIaF dI pRfpqI leI brbfd krdy aqy
krfAux dy BfgIdfr bxdy hn. kI aijhy ÈRomxI kmytI mYNbr kdI by hoÈ ho cuwkI
afqmf ƒ jgfAux dI Kycl krngy ? kdI siqgurU jI awgy hwQ joVky, inmrqf sihq
muafPI leI ardfs krngy ? inq idn vPfdfrIaF bdldy, iswK isafsI lIzr, mwkfrI Bry
ibafn dyxo bfj afAuxgy ? Pryb ƒ iqlFjlI dy ky, swc dy pihrydfr bnxgy ? iswKI
srUp ivwc axigxqvfr Cl nftk krn vfly, kdI afpxIaF ‘‘pwQr awKF`` ivwcoN
pCqfvy dy do hMJU kyr skxgy ? pwQr vrgy idl ivcoN ardfs dI qVp pYdf hovygI ?
muafPI mMgx dI ihMmq kr skxgy ieh pfp dy pUqly ?
sRI pRkfÈ isMG bfdl ny zf[ mnmohn isG ƒ iswK Brf hox dy
nfqy idwlI ivwc AuhnF dy invfs sQfn qy jfky vDfeI idwqI hY. akfl qÉq dy jwQydfr
dI ijMmyvfrI Kuwd hI sMBfldy hoey, ieh ibafn BI dfg idwqf ik drbfr sfihb afAux
qy pRDfn mMqrI sfihb ƒ isropfAu BI idwqf jfvygf. jy zf[ mnmohn isMG iswK vIr
hY, qF Gwt igxqI gTjoV vflI mnmohn isMG srkfr ƒ, bfdl dl ibnf Èrq nf shI, kuwJ
ÈrqF nfl hI shI, smrQn ikAuN nhIN idMdf ? vfjpfeI aqy azvfnI dI
