GUL HABIBI PART 1

YE KAHANI HAI EK MADHYAM VARGIYA PARIVAAR SE SAMBANDH RAKHNE WALE ANIL KI… JO DELHI KA REHNE WALA HAI PAR ABHI ARBIA ME EK DRIVER KI NAUKARI KAR RAHA HAI… SANVLA RANG BADI BADI AANKHEN DIKHNE ME PURANE ZAMANE KE HERO JAISA LAGTA HAI AUR VO KHUD KO RAKHTA BHI FIT HAI… USSE DEKH KAR KOI YE NAHIN KEH SAKTA KI VO EK DRIVER HAI… ANIL KA MAALIK ARBIA KA NAAMCHEEN SHAIKH HAI JISKI TEEN TEEN BIWIYAAN HAI… ANIL USKI TEESRI BIWI LUBNA KA DRIVER HAI... SHUKRAVAAR KA DIN THA AUR ANIL CAR ME AC CHALA KAR SO RAHA THA... JOR JOR SE STEREO BAJ RAHA THA. ANIL JUMMA KI NAMAAJ KE SHOR KO CAR SE BAAHAR RAKHANE KI KOSHISH KAR RAHA THA. UMM-AL-HAB ME LOGON SE JYAADA MASJIDEN THI, ISALIE JUME KI NAMAAJ KE DAURAAN SONE KE LIYE SHAANTI POORN JAGAH MILANA MUSHKIL THA. ANIL DILWAALE DULHANIYA LE JAENGE KE GAANE SUN RAHA THA TABHI ANIL KE PHONE MEIN KAMPAN HOTI HAI.. VO JHAT SE DEKHTA HAI TO LUBNA KA MESSAGE THA… " ANIL, DARWAAJE PAR AAO." ANIL JAWAAB ME PO SIGURISHT LIKHTA HAI… JISKA MATLAB HOTA HAI JI ZAROOR… KEHTE HAI JAISA DESH VAISA BHESH… AUR JAHAAN KAAM KARNA HO VAHAAN KI BHASHA SEEKH LENI CHAHIYE ISSE INSAAN KO KAAFI MADAD MILTI HAI VAHAAN KE LOGO SE BAAT KARNE ME UNHEN SAMJHNE ME… PAR ANIL KO ARBIAN SIKHNE ME EK SAAL LAG JATA HAI PAR ABHI BHI USSE ISS BHASHA KA POORA GYAAN NAHIN HAI… ANIL SABSE PAHLE GANE BAND KARTA HAI… AUR CAR LEKAR DARAVAAJE PAR PAHUNCHTA HAI… YE EK BAHUT KHOOBSURAT IMARAT HAI… ISSKI KARIGARI KI KYA MISAAL DE… MEENE AUR SHEEHSE KA ITNA SUNDAR KAAM KIYA HAI KI DEKHTE BANTA HAI… SALIM NE ISS IMARAT KO APNI TEENO BIWIYON KE LIYE BANVAYA HAI… HAR BIWI KA APNA POORA EK FLOOR HAI… LUBNA CHHATI MANZIL PE RAHTI HAI… NEECHE KE PAHLE TEEN MAALE TEENO KI BIWIYON KI KANEEJON KE LIYE HAIN… USKE BAAD SE PAHLI DOOSRI AUR TEESRI MANZIL BIWIYON KE LIYE HAI… ANIL LUBNA KE KEHE MUTABIK IMARAT KE DARWAJE PAR PAHUNCH JATA HAI… PAR VAHAAN JAA KAR USSE BADA AASHCHARY HOTA HAI YE DEKH KAR KI AAJ LUBNA AKELE AAI THI... AAM TAUR PAR, JAB BHI VO CAR MEIN KEHIN JAATI THI USKA CHHAH SAAL KA BETA YA KOI DOOSRI MAHILA USAKE SAATH ZAROOR HOTI THI... USSE AKELA DEKH KAR ANIL NA CHAHTE HUE BHI USSE PUCHH BAITHTA HAI… SOT TI VETEM MATLAB AAJ AAP AKELE.. LUBNA BADI ADHEERATA SE KEHTI HAI PO MATLAB HAAN… ANIL NE USKI AANKHON KI TARAF DEKHA… KYONKI CHAHARE KA VAHI EK MAATR HISSA THA JISE ANIL NE AAJ TAK DEKHA THA… BAKI TO NAQAAB KE PICHHE CHHUPA RAHTA THA… PAR USKI UNN KHOOBSURAT SUNAHAREE AANKHON SE USKE CHEHRE KI KHOOBSURATI KA ANDAZA LAGYA JAA SAKTA THA… USKI AANKHEN AISI THI MANO KOI JHEEL HO… JISKI THAH PANA MUSHKIL HEE NAHIN NAMUMKIN SA LAGTA THA… ANIL NE CAR START KI AUR CHAL PADA… TABHI LUBNA NE KEHA SHAABA KE PAAS LE CHALO SHAABA EK SAARVAJANIK SAMUNDAR TAT THA. JAHAAN AAM TAUR PAR PARYATAK HEE JAYA KARTE THE… STHAANEEY LOG VAHAAN KAM AATE JAATE THE… JO JYADA DOOR NAHIN THA... ANIL NE EK KHAALI JAGAH DEKH KE CAR KHADI KAR DI... ANIL KO LAGA KI SHAYAD VO SAMUDR TAT PAR JAAYENGI… LEKIN VO CHUPCHAP VAHIN BACK SEAT PE BAITHI RAHI… AUR NEENLE SAMUNDAR KO APNI SUNHARI AANHON SE DEKHTI RAHI… SHAAM KA WAQT THA… DHALTA SURAJ BEHAD KHOOBSURAT LAG RAHA THA… DHEEMI DHEEMI HAWA CHAL RAHI THI… MAUSAM BADA KHUSHNUMA THA… ANIL KO SAMJH NAHIN AA RAHA THA KI VO KARE TO KYA KARE… EK HUMUMRA ARAB MAHILA KA APANE DRAIVAR KE SAATH AKELE BAAHAR JAANA BEHAD ASAAMAANY THA… LEKIN VO ANIL KE MALIK KI BEGAM THI AUR USKA EK BHI GALAT SHABAD ANIL KO USKI NAUKRI SE BEDAKHAL KARNE KE LIYE KAAFI THA… YAHAAN TAK KI USSE VAPAS DELHI BHEJ DIYA JAA SAKTA THA… EK BAAR AISA HO CHUKA THA… APANE MAALIK KE MAJAAK PAR HANSANE PAR EK DRAIVAR KO PEETA GAYA AUR GHAR VAAPAS BHEJ DIYA GAYA… EK AUR NAUKAR KO JAIL MEIN DAAL DIYA GAYA KYONKI USANE CIGARETTE AISH TRAY KO THEEK SE SAAF NAHIN KIYA THA… ANIL YAHI SAB SOCH RAHA THA KI TABHI ANIL AUR LUBNA KE BEECH KI CHUPPI TODTE HUE LUBNA NE ANIL SE PUCHHA AAP KAHAAN KE RAHANE WALE HAIN?" ANIL EK PAL KE LIYE SHOCKED HO JATA HAI LUBNA KE MUH SE SAWAAL SUNKE… KYONKI AAJ TAK LUBNA NE ANIL SE KABHI KOI BAAT NAHIN KI THI AUR ANIL KA TO BAAT KARNE KA SAWAAL HEE PAIDA NAHIN HOTA… PAR ANIL NE BADI HEE SARLATA SE JAWAAB DIYA DELHI… JAWAAB DETE HUE ANIL NE USSE REARVIEW MIRROR KE THROUGH DEKHA… ANIL KE MAN ME KUCCH UDHED BUN CHAL RAHI THI KI TABHI LUBNA NE KE AUR SAWAAL KAR LIYA… "TUM UMM-AL-HAB KYON AAE?" ANIL NE PHIR BADI SARALTA SE KEHA… VAISE TO KOI BHI APNA WATAN NAHIN CHHODNA CHAHTA PAR KABHI KABHI INSAAN MAJBOOR HO JATA HAI… AUR MERI MAJBOORI KA NAAM HAI PAISA… MERE PITA BEHAD BEEMAAR AUR MERA PARIVAAR KARJ MEIN DOOBA HUA HAI." LUBNA KUCHH SOCH KAR KEHTI HAI… YAHAAN AANE SE PEHALE TUMHAARA KYA KAAM THA?" JAWAAB ME ANIL KEHTA HAI… JI MAINE CALL CENTER MEIN KAAM KIYA HAI?" YE SHABD SUNKAR LUBNA PUCHHTI HAI… "VO KYA HAI?" "AMERIKEE COMPANIES KE LIYE GRAAHAK SEVA." OHH "TO AAP ANGREJEE BOLATE HAIN?" "HAAN." "MUJHE ABHYAAS KARANE KA JYAADA MAUKA NAHIN MILATA… PAR PHIR BHI THODI BOL LETA HOON... ISS PAR LUBNA NE KEHA… KYA MAIN AAPASE ANGREJEE MEIN BAAT KAR SAKATI HOON?" ANIL NE KEHA… JI ZAROOR… YAH MERE LIYE SAMMAAN KEE BAAT HOGEE," PHIR LUBNA ANGREJEE MEIN BAAT KARANE LAGTI HAI… USKI TONE ME THODA ARABI TOUCH THA LEKIN VO KAAFI ACHCHHI ANGREZI BOL RAHI THI… LUBNA NE PHIR EK PRASHAN KIYA… "KYA DRAIVAR BANANA EK BEHATAR KAAM HAI?" ANIL NE JAWAAB DIYA… JIS KAAM ME ACHCHHA KHASA PAISA MIL JAAYE VO HEE KAAM "BEHATAR HAI… PAR ANIL APNE MAN ME SOCH RAHA THA KI BAS 6 MAHINE KE ANDAR ACHCHHI KHAASI RAKAM JAMA KAR LOON TO APNE MULK VAPAS LAUT JAAUNGA… PAR YE BAAT APNE MAALIK KI BEGAM KO BATANA KISI BHI TARAH SE UCHIT NAHIN THA… ANIL KE KHYAALON KO VIRAAM DETE HUE LUBNA KEHTI HAI… "ANIL… MAIN JAANTI HOON AAP KUCHH AJEEB SOCH RAHE HONGE… PAR MAIN BAS IN SAB SE DOOR JAANA CHAAHATI HOON… MAIN HAMESHA MERE SHUHAR KI BAKI BIWIYON, PARIVAAR KE SADASY, BACHCHE AUR ADHIK BACHCHE BAS INN SABSE GHIRI RAHTI HOON… MAIN KUCHH WAQT KE LIYE INN SABSE KEHIN DUR BHAAG JANA CHAHTI HOON… PHIR EK PAL CHUP HO KAR KUCHH SOCH KAR LUBNA PHIR SE KEHTI HAI… MUJHE UMMEND HAI KI AAP MERI KEHI HUI BAATON KA ZIKRA APNE KISI SAATHI DRIVER SE NAHIN KARENGE… ANIL NE JHAT SE JAWAAB DIYA… JI BILAKUL NAHIN… AB LUBNA JAISE ANIL KE SAATH SAHAZ HOTI JAA RAHI THI… LUBNA KA AGLE SAWAL SE AISA HEE MEHSOOS HO RAHA THA… "TO ANIL YE BATAO KYA TUMHEN UMM-AL-HAB PASAND HAI?" ANIL NE KEHA JI KUCHH KHAAS NAHIN… YAHAAN BAHUT GARM HAI, DELHI SE BHI JYADA..." ANIL AB BHI USE REARVIEW MIRROR SE DEKH RAHA THA... VO APNI WINDOW SE BAHAR DEKH RAHI THI… TABHI PAAS SE HEE EK EUROPEAN PARIVAAR GUJARATA HAI… EK PITA, EK MAA AUR EK BETA… VO LOG KAAFI KHUSH LAG RAHE THE… LUBNA UNHEN BAHUT GAUR SE DEKH KAR KEHTI HAI… "MUJHE KABHI-KABHI BAHUT HAIRAT HOTI HAI KI EK ALAG DESH YA EK ALAG SANSKRTI MEIN PAIDA HONA KAISA LAGEGA... KYA AAPNE KABHI ISAKE BAARE ME SOCHA HAI?" ANIL KEHTA HAI… MAIN TO DIN ME NA JAANE KITNI BAAR YE SAB SOCHTA HOON… KI AGAR MAIN UMM-AL-HAB MEIN PAIDA HOTA, TO MUJHE PAISE KI ITNI CHINTA NAHIN HOTI." YE SUNKAR LUBNA KEHTI HAI… "LEKIN AAP AAZAAD HAIN… KUCHH BHI KARNE KE LIYE KEHIN BHI JAANE KE LIYE… KYA AAPAKO YE DIKHAI NAHIN DETA KAISI AZAADI… YAKIN MAANIYE… JAB AAP PAR PAISE KA BHUGATAAN HOTA HAI TO YE AZAADI KEHIN DIKHAI NAHIN DETI… JAB KARZDAAR AAPKE GHAR KE AAGE LINE LAGAYE KHADE RAHTE HAIN NA TAB SIRF AUR SIRF PAISA DIKHAI DETA HAI… AUR ZAHAN ME BHI SIRF PAISA HEE HOTA HAI HAR WAQT HAR GHADI… MERE MATA PITA KE SAR PAR EK TALWAAR SI HAR PAL LATAKTI RAHTI HAI KI AGAR MAINE EK MAHINE PAISA NHAIN BHEJA TO VO LOG HUMARA GHAR HADAP LENGE… ANIL KE ITNA KEHTE HEE LUBNA NE APNA NAKAAB CHEHRE SE HATA DIYA…