Meri zindagi ke safar mein, bahut kuch badla. Shahar ki roshni, har waqt ki daud, aur career ki chhaap ne mujhe ek aise raste par daal diya, jahan shanti ka koi matlab nahi tha. Main ek successful lawyer thi, apne career ke top pe, aur har din naye challenges se ladti thi. Lekin ek din, zindagi ne mujhe ek aisa mod diya, jahan main apne bachpan ki duniya mein laut aayi thi.
Yeh baat hai ek cold winter ki subah ki. Mere office ka kaam tha, jo bohot thoda tha, isliye maine socha ki kuch din ke liye apne purane sheher, Ganga Pur, jaa kar apni thodi si chhuti le loon. Ganga Pur ek chhota sa shahar tha, jahan har gali aur mohalla mujhe apne bachpan ki yaad dilata tha. Maan liya tha ki yeh ek normal vacation hoga, bas thoda time apne aap ko dene ka.
Par jab main Ganga Pur pahunchi, sab kuch badal gaya. Purani yaadein phir se zinda ho gayi thi. Wahan ek ladka tha, jise main apne school ke dinon se jaan ti thi. Uska naam tha Ravi—mere dil ka ek khaas hissa. Waqt ne humein alag kar diya tha, par abhi bhi kuch tha jo hamesha mere dil mein tha.
Ravi ek simple insaan tha. Ek small-town ladka, jise hum sab thoda sa thoda sa modern duniya se alag samajhte the. Par uski aankhon mein ek shaanti thi jo mujhe shahar ke bhare-bharkam jeevan mein kabhi nahi mili. Jab maine use dekha, woh sab kuch waisa hi tha—jaise school ke dinon mein tha. Uske chehre par wahi muskaan thi, wahi aatma-vishwas tha, jo main bachpan mein dekh chuki thi.
Mujhe pata tha, ki jo main abhi tak jeeti aayi thi, woh zindagi uske saath nahi thi. Mera sapna tha ek professional, successful lawyer banne ka, par Ravi ka sapna tha apni khetibari ko behtar banana. Uski duniya bohot simple thi, lekin wahi simplicity thi jo mujhe shahar ki daud se kabhi na mili.
Hamari mulaqat bohot hi casual thi. Ek shaam main, main usse ek chai ki tapri pe mili, jahan hum dono ke beech kuch lamhon ka rishta phir se jud gaya. Ravi ne apni purani yaadein batayi, aur main apni new life ke bare mein. Yeh ek aisa waqt tha jab humein laga ki kuch purana phir se zinda ho gaya ho.
Dheere dheere, hum dono ek dusre ke saath waqt guzarna shuru karte hain. Main Ganga Pur mein thoda aur ruk gayi thi, aur har din ki shaam hum dono ke liye kuch khaas ban gayi thi. Chhoti chhoti baatein, gaon ki shaanti, aur Ravi ka sath mere dil ko kuch aisa sukoon de raha tha jo main kabhi nahi samajh paayi thi.
Par phir ek din sab kuch badal gaya. Ek din, mujhe apne shahar waale life mein wapas jaana tha. Mera kaam, mera career, woh sab mujhe wapis bula rahe the. Ravi aur main baat karte hue, maine apne shahar waale life ke baare mein baat ki, aur wo poochta hai, “Tumhe sach mein yeh sab chahiye?” Aur main, apne zindagi ke ek bohot bade safar par chal padti hoon. Shahar ki roshni wapis mujhe apne andar khinchti hai.
Ravi ko yeh baat samajhna mushkil ho jata hai. “Tumne yahan ka socha tha, aur phir shahar ka soch rahi ho?” woh mere chehre ko dekhte hue kehta hai. Mera dil dard se bhar jata hai. Main jaanti thi, ki jo humne banaaya tha, woh sach mein kuch waqt ke liye hi tha. Ek high-powered lawyer aur ek kisan ki duniya, ek saath nahi chal sakti thi.
Maine decide kiya ki mujhe wapis jaana hoga, apne career ke raaste par, aur Ravi ko yeh sach samjhana hoga ki yeh dono duniya meri zindagi mein ek saath nahi aa sakti. Waqt ne humein mila diya tha, par waqt ne hi humein alag bhi kar diya.
Hum dono ne apni apni zindagi ko apne raste par chalna shuru kar diya. Ravi ne apni khetibari mein aur behtar kaam kiya, aur main wapis shahar mein apne career ki duniya mein chali gayi. Lekin mere dil mein ek khaali jagah thi.
Ravi ki yaad, uski shaanti, uska pyaar—sab kuch mere saath raha, par jo humne socha tha ki hum dono ka pyaar jeet lega, woh sach nahi ho saka. Kabhi kabhi, raat ko, shahar ke kaam se thaka hua, main us tapri ki yaad karti thi, jahan humne pehli baar baatein ki thi. Aur jaise us din, meri aankhon se aansu tapak padte hain.
Zindagi ne humein ek doosre se milaya, lekin shayad yeh humara waqt nahi tha. Ek chhoti si shahar ki shaanti, jo maine apni purani duniya se kho di thi, woh Ravi ke saath thi—par uss shaanti ko apne sapno aur ambitions ke liye chhodna pad gaya.
Kabhi kabhi, apne sapno ko jeete jeete, hum apne dil ki baat bhool jaate hain. Main jo bhi karu, us din ki yaad kabhi nahi mit sakti—jahaan ek simple ladka aur ek ambitious ladki, apni alag alag duniyaon ke beech apna pyaar kho kar, apne raste par chal diye.
Do you have a story? Click here to submit it / Connect with the admin