August 2020: Rakhi ki Dooriyaan aur Wo Chhat wala Khauf
Date:-8/2020
Time:-7:30 PM
August ka mahina shuru ho gaya hai. Pregnancy ka 7th month chal raha hai aur garmi ne bura haal kar rakha hai. 3 August ko Rakshabandhan tha, par is baar na main maike ja payi na bhaiya log aa paye. Lockdown aur meri halat dono hi rukawat ban gaye the.
Mummy-papa se phone par baat hui toh dil bhar aaya. Maine mummy ko bola ki—'Mummy, aap hi bhaiya ke liye aur badi mummy ke beton ke liye Rakhi le aao aur bandh do, main paise bhej dungi.' Sunkar sukoon mila ki meri bheji hui Rakhi sabse pehle bandhi gayi. Ek behen bhale hi door ho, par uska mann hamesha bhaiyon ki kalai par hi rehta hai.
Par khushi ke do din baad hi, 5 August ko jo hua usne meri rooh kanpa di. Poore desh mein Ram Mandir ke bhoomi pujan ki khushi mein diye jalaye ja rahe the. Modi ji ki appeal par hum sab bhi evening ke bad ke baad Chhat par gaye the. Maine khushi-khushi diye jalaye aur baki sab ke saath neeche utar aayi.
Main kitchen mein gayi toh achanak sannata mehsoos hua. Maine poocha—'Babu kahan hai?' Sab kehne lage—'Wo toh tumhare saath thi.' Meri dhai saal ki beti kahin nazar nahi aa rahi thi. Poore ghar mein dhundha, chachi saas ke ghar mein dekha, wo kahin nahi thi. Mere pairon tale zameen nikal gayi. Ek pal ke liye laga jaise saansein ruk gayi hain.
Tabhi mujhe kitchen mein khade-khade upar se awaaz aayi—'Mamma... Mamma...' Main bhagi-bhagi bahar gayi aur chachi saas ko bulaya. Dekha toh beti chachi SAS ki taraf Sidhi per baithi hui thi par akeli lock ho gayi thi! Chachi saas ko laga wo neeche aa gayi hai aur unhone bahar se gate band kar diya tha. Wo nanhi si jaan akeli darr ke maare chilla rahi thi. Maine use kaleje se lagaya, use mara bhi aur bahut pyar bhi kiya.
In dino main apne pet mein pal rahe 7 mahine ke bacche se bhi baatein karti hoon. Baba Shyam se bas yahi maangti hoon ki meri jaisi kismat kisi maa ya ladki ko na mile, jahan har khushi ke peeche ek naya darr khada rehta hai."
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