Sifar ka safar

kuchh anjaan chehre jane kyun apni taswer hamare ankhon me nahi balki dil me choor jate hain, aur aksar ye tasweerein dil ke kisi kone se nikal kar kuchh achche-bure, khatte-meethe palon ki yaad taaza kar jate hain.

Aise hi kuchh ajnabi chehron ko apni diary ke panne se nikal kar yahan apse milwana chahta hoon.

1. Budha chai wala

Aksar office jate hue Saket PVR ke traffic signal se jab bhi car rukti thi, 1 budha sa chai wala dikhta tha, Chai ki dukan ke naam pe footpath pe usne 1 stove rkha hua tha, 1-2 patili thi chai banane ke liye kuchh glasses aur 1 bottel me kuchh biscuits...


Aj ke time me jab har1 sakhsh pareshan hai, har-ek chehre pe koi na koi pareshani dikhti hai, aise me wo 1 aisa chehra tha jiske mathe pe kabhi pareshani nahi dikhi, hamesha muskurata hua jhurriyon se bhara chahra, dekhkar ajeeb si jalan hoti thi. Kaee baar socha car ke sheeshe niche kar ke us se poochhun fir sochta, AC on hai andar ki thandi hawa kahin bahar na chali jaye ya fir bahar ki loo andar na chali aye....

Us insaan ko hamesha maine 1 hi dress me dekha safed rang ka kurta paijama (Jo shayad kabhi safed rahi hogi), chahe sardi ho garmi ho ya barsaat hamesha wahi kurta paijama & wahi muskaan chehre pe, haan jab karake ki sardi hoti thi to kabhi kabhi 1 gandi si sawl & barsaat me 1 chhata jisse wo apne stove ko dhakta tha....


1 din sunday ko main jab movie dekh kar nikla to as usual cafe day pahuncha 1 americano order kiya aur fir baitha hua tha to pata nahi kyun dil kiya chalo aj usi footpath pe chai pi jae.. isi bahane us budhe se thori batein ho jayengi jise kaee salon se dekh raha hoon. Lekin us din wo footpath to thi, wo dukan bhi thi lekin wo budha chai wala nahi tha uski jagah 1 larka baitha hua tha, thori der wahin khara raha chupchaap us larke ko dekh raha tha, us larke ne poochha "sahab chai lenge", maine kaha "nahi". Waise bhi footpath ki chai kabhi pine ki himmat nahi thi shayad mere andar. Maine poochha, "yahan par 1 uncle baithte the", usne kaha "wo to kal hi mar gaye, mere baba the"....................

Pata nahi kyun jab mere kadam wapas ghar ke or mure to man kafi bhari sa lag raha tha, jaise koi apna chhor ke chala gaya, maine kabhi us se baat bhi nahi ki, janta bhi nahi ke kaun hai kahan rahta hai, but uski maut ka mujhe dukh ho raha tha.. aj bhi sochta hoon us chehre ko to man bhar ata hai, jab bhi us road se gujarta hoon, us chai ki dukan dekh kar ankhon me 1 talash jaag uthti hai...