एक और ग़ज़ल आप के लिए

दोस्तों,

एक बार किसी बड़े ने मुझसे एक सवाल पूछा। मैंने उसका जवाब तो दिया ही साथ ही उनकी उस बात से जुड़ी अपनी थोड़ी तकलीफ़ भी बयान कर दी। वो जानना चाह रहे थे की काम क्यों नही हुआ। और मैं उन्हें बताना चाह रहा था की मैंने तो करने की कोशिश करी थी मगर एक और बड़े ने मुझे करने नहीं दिया। बस वो बड़े मुझ पर बरस पड़े। बोले "जितना पूछा है बस उस का जवाब दो"। अब, आख़िर वो बड़े थे, तो उनसे तो कुछ कह नहीं सकता था, मगर लिख तो सकता था। उस दिन लिखी ग़ज़ल पेश-ऐ-खिदमत है:

मुझे ख़ामोश रहने की तबीयत सीखनी होगी,

सितम सह कर भी चुप रहने की आदत सीखनी होगी;

खिलाफ़त ज़ुल्म की न हो शराफ़त इसको कहते हैं,

अभी मासूम हूँ मुझको शराफ़त सीखनी होगी;

अगरचे झूठ भी बोलो तो वो सच ही नज़र आए,

बड़ों से बात करने की नफ़ासत सीखनी होगी;

ज़रा बारीकियां समझूं अदा से चोट देने की,

नफ़ासत सीख कर मुझको नज़ाकत सीखनी होगी;

नया इंसान देखो रीढ़ की हड्डी नदारद है,

तुझे गौरव लचीलेपन की फितरत सीखनी होगी...

Prostitution Of the Truth Continued

Friends,

I hate to say "I told you so", but can't escape saying it either. There was a news in the papers today about a lobourer couple. The husband had slit the throat of the wife with a razor blade. "So what's new?" you could ask. The answer is "nothing much, its just that this incident was related to a certain show being aired on the television these days. The name of the show is 'sach ka saamna'!!". In the case of this unfortunate couple, after watching this show they decided to play the game with each other. First the husband occupied the hot-seat and the wife played the host of the game show. She asked him a whole lot of questions that he answered truthfully. Then it was the turn of the wife to occupy the hot seat and the husband to turn the host. After asking a few questions, the husband shot a question to the wife. Like in the real show the question was related to infidility. To this question the wife responded that both their children were actually not the biological children of her husband-that they were fathered by someone else. This was too much for the husband and he slit her throat with a razor blade that he had in his pocket!! Even as I write this post, the wife is in the hospital battling for her life and the husband is in police custody. In my previous post on this subject, I made precisely this doomsday prediction, that, unfortunately, has come true. And this is not the first case of this type mind you. In a similar situation, a few days ago, one husband committed suicide after playing 'Sach Ka Saamna' with his wife at home. I am also told that one couple who participated in one of the episodes of this show on TV have already divorced. The time, friends, is not long before other predictions made by me regarding the impact of this show on our society will also come true. And at that moment, unwillingly, with a lot of regret, I will be forced to say,"I told you so..."