AS: Yeh kaisi baatein kar rahi hain aap, Priye. Kshama kijiyega parantu yeh humari woh Haseena nahi hain jisse humne prem kiya tha. Humari Haseena toh har mushkil se ladna jaanti thi, aise haar nahi maanti thi.

She said between hiccups,

HM: Anu, aa...aap nahi jaante ki... ki humare saath ky..kya kya hua hain. Hum...humare zi...zis...zism par sha...sharab daali gayi thi.

Anubhav closed his eyes tightly for a few seconds. He opened his eyes and said,

AS: Jaan, hum jaante hain ki jo aapke saath hua woh koi sadharan baat nahi hain. Parantu iske liye aap swayam ko kyun dosh de rahi hain.

HM: Anu, samajhne ki koshish kijiye.

AS: Samajh aap nahi rahi hain. Kaise samjhayen hum aapko?

He cupped her face and said in a loving tone,

AS: Jaan, kisi gande aadmi ke chhune se aap gandi nahi ho jaati. 

She was looking in his eyes deeply and he continued,

AS: Hum sabke jeevan ek baar toh aisa kshan aata hain jo bahut bura hota hain, kayi baar toh bahut ghinona hota hain. Parantu iska arth yeh toh nahi ki humara purn jeevan hi galat hain. Haseena, jeevan se woh log haarte hain jo ladna nahi jaante. Aur aap haar nahi sakti. Mausam hamesha ek jaisa nahi rehta. Shishir ritu (patjhad, attumn) ke baad bahar ko aana hi hota. Ratri chahe kitni hi gehri aur andheri kyun naa ho uska ant hokar ek komal si subah aati hi hain. 

He placed a soft kiss on her forehead and said,

AS: Priye, aapko ladna hoga. Phulan Devi toh aapko pata hi hogi. Jo hadsa aapke saath hua hain woh hadsa unke saath bhi hua tha. 22 logon ne unn par balatkaar kiya tha. Chahti toh woh bhi maut ko apne gale se laga sakti thi. Par unhone aisa nahi kiya. Woh ladi aur unn sabko maar kar jail chali gayi. Phir jab woh jail ke bahar aayi toh unhone apne jeevan ki ek nayi shuruaat ki. 

He took a breath and added,

AS: Woh toh phir bhi akeli thi, Priye. Kintu aapke saath toh itne saare log hain. Aapki Ammi, Cheetah, Santu, Karan, Pushpa kaki aur hum bhi. Phir aap kyun ladne se mana kar rahi hain. Ek baat ko kabhi mat bhuliyega. Hum aapka saath kabhi bhi nahi chhodenge. Chahe sukh ho ya dukh, aap sadaiv hume apne saath aur paas paayengi. 

HM: Yeh hi toh baat hain ki humare saath aap sab hain. Zamaane ki baatein humare saath aapko bhi chhubengi. Har koi hume toh kosega hi lekin uske saath aap sab par bhi keechad uchhalenge jo hum bardast nahi kar sakte.

AS: Kis zamane ki baat kar rahi hain aap. Hume kisi se kuch fark nahi padta. Humare liye sabse mahatvapurn hain aap. Jab aap humare saath aap hain toh bhad mein jaaye duniya. Hume kuch fark nahi padta. 

She turned and said

HM: Hum aapko kaise samajhaye?

He came in front of her and said,

AS: Hume samajhane ki koi avashyakata nahi hain. Samajna aapko hain.

HM: Aun, aap apni Bua ji ko jaante hain naa! Woh kabhi hume apni bahu ke surat mein nahi apnayengi. Waise hi woh humare mazhab ke wajah se bhi hume pasand nahi karti aur aise mein jab unko humari sachchaai ka pata chalega toh... 

She sighed. He replied,

AS: Bua ji chahe kuch bhi kahe, hum unki kisi bhi baat par dhyan nahi denge. Waise bhi hum unki koi baat nahi maante. Hum jaante hain ki woh nahi maanegi. Aur hume unhe manaana bhi nahi hain. 

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