Azadi --- Do Fitoori Krantikariyon ki Kahani

I'll support you

The next morning, ...

Trilochan is sitting on the sofa in the hall room, carefully reading an article in the day's newspaper with a cup of tea in his right hand. Anirudh comes there, just to inform his Kaka that he is leaving for work. But an article printed in the newspaper makes Kaka stop him.

Kaka:- Beta Anirudh, kal hum Viceroy ka swaagat karne jis samaroh mein gaye the na, wahan se chori huyi thi! Andar ke kaksho mein rakhe huye angrezi hathiyar chori ho gaye. Aur woh bhi ek - do nahi, sab! Samaroh ke baad angrezi police walo ko saare sanduk khaali mile hai!

Anirudh:- Aapko kaise pata?

Kaka:- Areh aajke akhbaar mein chhapi hai yeh khabar, woh bhi ekdum pehle panne pe. Humein toh kya, abtak toh poore Bangal mein sabhiko pata chal gayi hogi yeh chori ki khabar.    

            He takes a pause. Then he continues

Kaka:- Lekin sochne wali baat yeh hai, ki wahan pe itni suraksha thi, itne saare pehredar the, Viceroy khud bhi the, unke saare mehman the, Rani Sahiba thi, hum sab the --- itne saare logo ki maujoodgi mein chor ne chori ki kaise hogi? Zaroor woh chor akela nahi tha, uska koi saathi bhi zaroor hoga. Isiliye toh itne saare logo ke beech itni badi chori karke bhaag gaya woh dusht chor, aur hummein se kisiko iss baat ki bhanak tak nahi lagne di! Sabke peeth-peeche saare hathiyar leke bhaag gaya, manna padega, shayad kaafi anubhavi chor raha hoga woh.

Anirudh:- Toh iska matlab woh abhitak pakda nahi gaya na? (Cause he knew that it was not a 'chor', it was a 'chorni'. But kaka, from the very beginning is calling her 'chor', which means the real culprit was not yet caught)

Kaka:- Nahi, par abhi bhi police ki khoj chal rahi hai uss aparadhi ko dhoodne ke liye. Dugga Maa ki kripa se jitni jaldi woh chor mil jaaye utna achha.

Anirudh sighs in relief.

Anirudh:- (gets angry) Kaka, aap use barbaar yun 'chor-chor' bulana band kijiye. 

Kaka:- Chor ko chor nahi bulayenge toh aur kya bulayenge? Hathiyar chudakar bhaga hai woh, na jaane kitne galat iraade ho sakte hai uske, galat kaam kar sakta hai woh unn hathiyaron ke sahare, chor nahi toh aur kya hua woh? Aur tu kyun itni tarafdari kar raha hai uski?

Anirudh:- Kaka, humesha zaroori toh nahi na, ki koi kisi galat maqsad ko poora karne ke liye hi chori kare. Koi bhi bewajah chori nahi karta, kisiko shaukh nahi hota bewajah sabke samne apne aapko bura dikhane ka. Koi kyun bewajah bura banna pasand karega? Lekin karna padta hai, kyunki woh chori hi uss samay ki maang hoti hai. Kya pata hathiyar le jaane ke peeche bhi uska koi achha iraada hi raha ho. Chori karte samay usko pata tha, ki uski chori kabhi na kabhi pakde jaane wali hi hai. Lekin phir bhi itni badi chori karne se pehle usne ekbaar bhi apni jaan ki parvaah nahi ki. Kyunki woh chori uske liye uski jaan se bhi zyada zaroori thi, aur uska maqsad usse bhi zyada keemti! Kaka, kabhi kabhi humare maqsad toh achhe hote hai, lekin halatein hi kuch aisi ho jaati hai ki humein majbooran uss achhe maqsad ko poora karne ke liye galat raah ko chunna padh jaata hai. Lekin rasta galat hai toh zaroori nahi ki manzil bhi humesha galat hi ho.

Trilochan thinks about the matter deeply for some time. But he gets nothing to say over Anirudh's words. So he tries to change the topic.

Kaka:- Kachahari jaa raha hai?

Anirudh:- Ji Kaka. (he calms himself)

Kaka:- Ja, aur kam-se-kam wahan mann lagake kaam karna. Pata nahi kya hua hai tujhe --- kal jabse woh ghusalkhane se coat saaf karke wapis aaya hai tu, tabse ajeeb harkate karne laga hai. Akele mein khoya-khoya rehta hai, mann-hi-mann mein kuch sochta rehta hai, din mein sapne dekhta hai, raat mein jagta hai --- pagal sa ho gaya hai tu.

Anirudh:-(trying to avoid) Nahi nahi Kaka, aisa kuch bhi toh nahi hai. Main thik hi hoon bilkul pehle ki tarah. Kuch... 

Kaka:- Haan thik hai, ab tu jaa kachahari. Aur achhe se kaam karna.

Anirudh nods and leaves.