*) – Fight for the Right (Border par Bhoot)
(Mohit Sharma Trendster)
*Freelance Talents Championship 2013 (Round 3 Winning Entry) against Author Prashant Vasava
Yark aur Rezadh desh k beech tanaav ek baar phir jung mey tabdil ho gaya tha. Rezadh desh muqable mey hamesha se kamzor raha tha aura b tak hui kuch ladaiyon mey Yark desh ne is baat ka faayda utha kar Rezadh ki kaafi zameen hadap li thi. Yark par 40 saalo se raj tha ek tanashah Swamley ka jo apna raj badhane k liye koi bhi raasta apnane k liye taiyaar rehta tha. Sirf Rezadh hi nahi apnea as-paas k aur kuch desho se bhi Yark desh k rishte talkh hi rahe the in 4 dashako mey. Yark ne fitrat k mutabik ek baar phir hamla kar diya tha Rezadh par.
Brigadier Adam Castro k netratva mey Rezadh ki ek badi tukdi mahatvapoorna morche par dati hui thi. Apne sainiko mey ek ka ajeeb bartaav dekh Adam bifar pade.
“Aakhir tumhe ho kya gaya hai D1 (Gary), drills mey tum best perform karte the but tumhare chehre par ye chinta aur shareer mey itni harkaten kyu ho rahi hai? Kya asli dushman k saamne tumhare honsle past ho gaye hai? Lagta hai tum baton aur practice k sher ho bas!”
“Sir, meri pant kuch ghus gaya hai jo neeche se kaatna shuru karte hue dheere dheere upar ki taraf badh raha hai. Dard ki intensity se lag raha hai ki wo is Registaan ki badi makdi Grey Widow hai. Mujhe darr hai ki agar wo upar aa gayi to uska kaatna itna ghatak ho sakta hai ki meri personality amputate ho jaayegi…Sir!”
“D1…tum bunker se upar hue to tumhari khopdi ud jaayegi. Jaan pyari hai ya personality? Waise ab makdi ki location kya hai?”
“Sir, wo base k paas pahunch gayi hai. Mai aur nahi ruk sakta…”
D1 soldier uchhla aur turant dushman sniper ki goli chali.
*FLANNNNGGGGGG*
Brigadier Adam – “Ye kaisi aawaz thi. Jaise koi ghanta baja ho….D1 tumhe goli lagi hai?”
Soldier D1 – “AAAIIIII…Haan…Sir! Base ko chhu kar gayi hai….”
Brigadier Adam – “Oh No! D1 ki personality gayi.”
Soldier D1 – “Sir bas skin gayi hai thodi… par Makdi bhi goli se ud gayi hai Sir.”
Brigadier Adam – “Blessing in Disguise D1! First Aid karke waapas bunker par lago…Pant dhang se jhaad kar aana is baar.”
Rezadh ki sena kai morcho par nakaam ho rahi thi. Unki banayi gayi neetiyan koi jasoos ya sena ka adhikaari leak kar raha tha.
Kuch der mey 2 darjan sainiko aur kuch ghayalo ki mamooli tukdi ke saath, Major General Gary Castro (jo Adam ka bada bhai tha), Adam ki location par pahuncha. Gary ke kandhe par goli lagi thi. Apne Bhai aur senior officer ki ye dasha dekh Adam ka manobal toot gaya.
Dono bhai is tarah milne se bhavuk the kyoki Rezadh ki behad kamzor unhe andaza ho chuka tha ki ye shayad unki aakhri mulaqat hogi. Par unke sainiko ka manobal na toote isliye dono fauji aupcharik roop se hi baaten kar rahe the.
Gary – “Humari forces is region mey simatti jaa rahi hai. Agar aesa jaari raha to dushman Air Force ko humari army ko khatm karne ka mauka mil jaayega jo pehle se hi ginti mey dushman k muqable kaafi kum hai. Mere paas bas itne hi sainik bache the isliye mai tumhari location par aa gaya jahan humari sankhya ladne layak hai.”
Adam aur Gary apne command chamber mey gaye, aage ki ranniti banana k liye. Dono ko samajh nahi aa raha tha ki aakhir yudh se pehle aur yudh k dauraan banayi gayi mahatvapoorna yojnaye leak kaun kar raha tha?
Thodi der baad.
Gary – “Major, battalion ko Degree Epicentre par bheje. Purple Herons reinforcements (General’s Regiment) ki tributary banne ka order do….Major….Major…”
Transmission systems ko sambhal raha Major ektak system screens ko nihar raha tha aur uske muh se jhaag nikal rahe the.
Adam (Check karne k baad) – “Major to marne ki kagaar par hai! Sir! Shayad yahi saari information leak kar raha tha. Is ne cyanide liya hai.”
Gary – “Par achanak cyanide khaane ki kya naubat aa gayi isko?”
Adam – “Kyoki isne apna kaam kar diya hai, Border k paas lagi missiles isne humari sena k head quarters aur President ke gupt nivas (jo sirf humey pata hai) jaise mahatvapoorna thikano par chhodne k codes daal diye hai. Sab khatm ho gaya hai Sir…bas ye base aur kuch units bachi hai Major Regiment k alawa. Ye marte hue screen ki taraf kuch ishara kar gaya hai…”
Major General Gary ne aapa kho diya aur apni pistol se mare hue Major par goliyan chala di.
Gary – “Suwar ki paidaish…..Brigadier k alawa sab khaali kar do ye control room aur bahar position lo.”
Sabke jaane k baad.
Gary – “Bachi units aur Major Regiment ko South West mey safe points jaane k codes do. Lagta hai ye territory bhi Yark k haath aa jaayegi. Par Itni jaldi mujhe haar nahi maanni…”
Adam ne units aur Major Regiment ko bataye codes diye.
Gary – “Adam mere Bhai mai tujhe marte hue nahi dekh sakta. Tu nikal jaa yahan se, maine Bhabhi aur tere liye paiso aur padosi desh Wrazia mey rehne ka intezaam kar diya hai. Meri chinta mat kar…Bhaag jaa mere Bhai. Mere parivaar ko bhi saath le jaana, unka khayal rakhna.”
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Gary haarkar baith gaya, Adam ne apne bade bhai ki aankhon mey bachpan k us din k baad pehli baar aansu dekhe the jab unke Pita Colonel John Castro…32 saal pehle Yark se jung k liye ravana ho rahe the. 8 Saal ka Gary aur 5 Saal k Adam ne unhe rone k liye kursi, mez, takiyo, gaddo ki deewaar bana di thi taaki unke papa ruk jaaye.
Adam – “Mat jao na Papa dekho Mumma to kuch bol bhi nahi rahi hai, bas apne kamre mey ro rahi hai kal raat se. Aaj ki tarah Gary Bhaiya roz aapke liye Bread Moon ka break fast bana denge…mat jao Papa..Please…”
Gary – “Daddy aap jab kahoge mai padhunga, Mumma ki help karunga. Maa jao na Papa…”
Wo takiyo, gaddo se bani deewaar aaj John ko Dushman ki regiment se bhaari lag rahi thi. Par wo din bhi aaj ki tarah ki kroor tha. Us din bhi Rezadh ki haalat kamzor thi aur haar nischit thi. John bachcho ke gale laga raha.
Apni biwi Martha aur bachcho se John beintiha pyaar karta tha. Wo bachcho ka bachpan dekhna chahta tha, apne parivaar k saath samay bitana chahta tha, unhe duniya ki har khushi dena chahta tha…Martha se maafi maangna chahta tha aur ek baar khul kar rona chahta tha.
Martha ne raat se khud ko kamre mey band kar rakha tha aur siskiyon ki aawazen lagataar aa rahi thi. Usme John ko vida karne ki himmat nahi thi….vida usne pehle bhi kiya tha John ko par….apne pati ko aakhri baar vida karne ki himmat shayad duniya ki kisi patni mey nahi hoti. John ne master key se ab tak band darwaza khola aur bachcho ko bahar kar phir se darwaza band kar liya.
Gary aur Adam ko andar se rote apne Mata-Pita ki aawazen aa rahi thi. Unke nanhe dimaag ye kalpana nahi kar paa rahe the ki aakhir baat kya hai? Maa to kabhi kabar ro diya karti thi par apne Pita ko rote hue sunna kuch ajeeb tha bachcho k liye.
Dono k sapno mey rote apne mata-pita ki wo aawazen aksar goonjti thi.
Aakhirkar, John k saath Martha bahar aayi. Ab dono chup the par ek doosre ko ektak dekhe jaa rahe the jaise aankhon se zindagi bhar ki baaton ka hisaab kuch palo mey nipta den.
Gary aur Adam ne aakhri kosish ki….Papa ne dono ko apni god mey uthakar juttha dilasa diya taaki wo nikal sake. John dono ko dekh kar soch raha tha ki inka bhavishya kya hoga? Bade hokar ye kya banenge? Kaash in sawalo k jawab usko pata hote.
“Mai waapas aaunga mere bachcho…”
Rezadh jung haar gaya aur John us raat hi apne desh k liye shaheed ho gaye. Martha ne bachcho ki parvarish ki, unhe kaabil banaya. Par andar hi andar wo gam se khokhli hoti gayi, aksar darwaze par usko John k lautne ka intezaar rehta. Jis din usko Gary k select hone k 3 saal baad Adam k bhi army mey chunkar Lieutenant bana….Martah ko jaise license mil gaya…usne phir se wo darwaza band kar liya aur jab Gary aur Adam ne wo darwaza khola to apni maa ki lash latki paayi. Martha ne John se apne bachcho ki parvarish kar kaabil banane ka aankhon mey kiya vaayda poora kiya tha…shayad ab John se milne k liye wo aur nahi ruk sakti thi.
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Tabhi dono ko wireless sandesh mila.
“Sir, humey kaafi sankhya mey sainik reinforcement mey aate dekh rahe hai. Par kai sandesho aur warnings k baad bhi wo khule maidaan mey badhe jaa rahe hai dushman ki taraf…is se wo aasani se unke target ban jaayenge range mey aane par.”
Gary – “Ye kahan se aa gaye?”
Adam – “Ye reserve forces hongi Sir jo ab sabse badi command k suppor k liye badh rahi hongi.”
Wireless k messages se pata chala ki Rezadh army ki baaki units aur Major regiment, doosre regions mey pahunch rahi hai border k paas.
Gary – “Kaise ho gaya ye sab? Ab kaun gaddar bacha reh gaya. Hum dono ne unhe surakshit rakhne k liye alag location coordinates diye the.”
Adam (Gary par Gun taante hue)– “Coordinates maine badle the Bhaiya…taaki humari bachi units surakshit rahen aur aapke dwara dushman ko chinhit kiye safe points par jaakar mare na jaaye.”
Gary – “Tune..par…kyu…Bhai…”
Adam – “Natak mat karo Bhaiya…shaq to mujhe aapke yahan aane par hi ho gaya tha, aapki location aesi nahi thi jo Yark ka aapki itni badi unit par aesa hamla hota ki bas kuch jawan bachte. Dushman ki range border aura as-paas k elako mey hai, desh ke itne andar nahi jahan aap logo ki gupt location thi..Ek baat aur missile chalane k aur gupt locations k codes Major rank k operator k paas nahi hote…haan Major General k officer k paas hote hai. Aapne hi Major ko cyanide ki syringe lagayi codes dene k turant baad taaki wo kuch samajh na paaye…Marne se pehle uski ungli apne Cuban Cigar ki taraf thi….Fidel Castro…Castro…Gary Castro…Castro…”
Gary – “Ab tu sab samajh hi gaya hai to Bhai tu natak mat kar aur sachchai ko dekh…Yark is baar koi territory nahi balki poora Rezadh hadapne badh raha hai…aage tera parivaar hai, mera parivaar hai. Hum dono ko jeena hai. Mai apne bachcho ko waise nahi chhod sakta jaise Papa humey chhod gaye the. Ek jhooth ke sahare…maine Papa ka bahut intezaar kiya par phir dil ko manaya ki Papa ka wo jhooth mai apne parivaar se nahi dohraunga chahe desh se gaddari karni pade. Dono desho mey phir se tanaav k baad, Yark ka Tanashah Swamley Rezadh army k aese bade officers ki taak mey tha jo us se mil jaayen. Mujhe pata tha ki ab bhi haar nishchit hai isliye ye raasta chuna.”
Adam – “Bhaiya…desh k kai parivaaro aur anginat vaayde poore rahe isliye fauji aksar apne parivaar aur vaayde adhure chhod dete hai….Papa se maine ye baat seekhi hai par shayad aapne nahi. Maaf karna Bhaiya…Desh se gaddari karne k jurm mey mai aapko bandi bana raha hun….”
Gary ne asavdhaan Adam ko ek vaar mey chit kar uski gun us se door kar di aur mare hue major ki LMG Adam par taan di.
Gary – “Mujhe pata tha ki tu nahi maanega….mujhe yahan se jaldi nikalna hai nahi to Yark Air Force k hamle mey maara jaunga. Tune aur teri vatan parasti ne pehle hi mera bahut samay barbaad kar diya hai. tujhe maarne se pehle tujhe ye tassalli de dun ki tere parivaar ko mai sahara dunga. Maaf kar de Adam…Alvida!”
Gary ne trigger daba diya. Adam ne kahin padha tha ki maut se pehle har cheez dheemi gati se hoti hai aur apna jeevan ghoom jata hai aankhon k saamne.
Uski taraf badhti goliyon ki raftaar to dheemi ho gayi thi par uski aankhon k saamne uska jeevan nahi ghuma yaani abhi maut nahi aayi thi. Par kuch palo tak khade rehne k baad usko laga ki goliyan wakai ruk gayi hai hawa mey. Gary bhi awak khada Adam k peeche kuch dekh raha tha. Adam ko apne kandhe par ek haath mehsoos hua….us kamre mey dono k alawa kaun tha? Sab to Gary k orders par bahar chale gaye the? Kya Major zinda tha? Usne palat kar dekha to wo chaunk kar zameen par hi baith gaya.
“Maine kaha tha na Bachcho mai waapas aaunga…”
John Castro ki jeeti jagti lash apni fauji vardi aur bandook mey khadi thi. Adam-Gary ki dhundli yaaden jaise taza ho gayi.
“….aur Gary, maine jhooth nahi bola tha.”
Itna kehkar John ne Gary par goliyan chala di aur Gary mar gaya.
“Wo reinforcement force nahi Adam pehle ki jungo mey mare gaye sainik hai jo poore Rezadh par sankat dekh kar dobara aaye hai.”
Ab kamaan Adam ne sambhal li. Ab sainiko ki sankhya Rezadh ki zyada thi par Adam chhupkar bachaav k paksh mey tha. Lekin murde sainik kisi aadesh ka palaan nahi kar rahe the wo apni purani rifles, revolvers liye badhe jaa rahe the. Yahan tak ki uske pita John ne bhi us se vida li. Adam unhi 5 saal k bachche si nazron se John ko dekh raha tha…
John – “Beta, tu bada ho gaya hai ab god mey nahi utha sakta…galey mil kar kaam chala le….ha ha ha…”
Adam muskuraya…aur John ne us se waise hi aankhon mey sadiyon ki baaten kar di jo kabhi jaate waqt usne Martha se ki thi.
Jiska darr tha wahi hua aur Yark ki Air Force ne maidaano mey badh rahe murde sainiko par bombs barsaye…maidaan dhue se bhar gaya. Adam ko yakeen tha ki sabke chhitade ud gaye honge. Par jab dhua chhanta to nazaara behad bhayanak tha kyoki kate pair, Bina sar kay dhadd, shatigasth haath……yaha tak ki alag hui aankhien bhi Yark ki seema uar uske sainiko ki taraf badh rahi thi. Ye nazara to morche par bache Rezadh kay sainiko ki bhi saansen rook raha tha.
Jald hi Murdo nay Yark k sainiko par paar paa liya. Par phir bhi sabhi murda shareer shatigrast haalat mey badhe jaa rahe thay……pata nahi kya thi unki manzil…..wo sabhi har baadha ko par kar aur hazaro kilometeres ka safar tayy karke pahunche uss bunker tak jaha Yark ka shashak Swamley chuppa hua tha. Murde zameen mey sama gaye aur bhumigat buker kay neeche se nikle. Swamley aur uske bade officers ko bahut buri maut kay ghaat utaara gaya. Agle din seema rekha kay nishaan 32 saal pehle waale the aur Rezadh ko apni khooyi zameen aur sammaan waapas mil gaya tha. Adam ne apne bachcho se waapas lautne ka vaayda nibhaya aur Gary ka parivaar bhi apna liya.
The End!
