Tuesday, April 24, 2012

सवाल


जन्म  से  ही  कुछ  सवाल  बंध  गए  थे  मुझसे
क्यों माँ  के  सिवा  कोई  खुश  नही  हुआ 
क्यों  बापू  ने  कभी  गोद  में  नहीं  उठाया
क्यों  दादी  ने  ना  की  एक  प्यार  की  बात  मुझसे...

क्यों  मेरी  हर  ज़रूरत  पर  पैसा  कम  पड़  जाता
क्यों  मेरी  पढाई  बापू  पर  बोझा  बन  जाती 
क्यों  मेरे  सपनो  को  छीना  जाता  मुझसे....

क्यों  घर  की  इज्जत  को  मेरे  कन्धों  पर रख  के  ही  तौला  जाता 
क्यों  मुझे  दबी  आवाज़  में  ही  बोलना  सिखाया  जाता 
क्यों  शाम  में  जल्दी  घर  लौटने  की  बंदिश  थी  मुझपे....

क्यों  माँ  केवल  चोरी  छिपे  ही  लाड-प्यार  किया  करती 
क्यों  माँ  को  भी  थे  बीसियों  ताने  सुनने  पड़ते 
ऐसे  हजारों  सवाल  किया  करती  मैं  खुद  से....

कुछ  सोच  पाती, कुछ  समझ  पाती, उससे  पहले  ही  –
‘अमानत’  दूसरे  की  लौटाने  की  बातें  होने  लगी  थी
नया  घर, नए  लोग , नयी  बातें  और  नए  सपने....

अनसुलझे  सवालों  तले  दबी  - मैंने  एक  ‘सवाल’ को  जन्म  दिया
क्यों  इस  बार  भी  खुश  होने  वाली  एक  मैं  ही  थी ??
उन  सवालों  के  सिवा  कुछ  न  दे  पाई  अपनी  बेटी  को
अब  तो  सवाल  करने  की  आज़ादी  भी  छिन सी  गयी  है  मुझसे !!


( मेरे मित्रों - राहुल, प्रतीक, अनिमेश के सुझावों का  इस कविता को इस रूप में लाने में बड़ा  महत्वपूर्ण योगदान रहा है)
 

3 comments:

  1. Nicely described pareek. Undoubtedly thought provoking. I loved the way you portrayed a girl's psychology and at the same time their condition in our families. Slowly, though, the things are changing. :)

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  2. I just translated into english...it quite funny!!


    Some questions were bound from birth to me
    Why the mother was not happy little
    Why Gandhi was never raised in the lap
    Why not a grandmother's love me ...

    Why is everything I need out of the money
    Why not become a burden on my studies Bapu
    Why are my dreams taken away from me ....

    Respect of the house, put on my shoulders as to why are weighed
    Why are taught to speak by me, sotto voce
    Why was bound to return home to me early in the evening ....

    Mother only clandestine, Lad - used to love
    Why was the mother to bear the taunts scores
    Thousands of questions that I myself ....

    Some would think, would understand, before -
    'Trust' was the talk of the return
    New home, new people, new things and new dreams ....

    Weighed down unresolved questions - I 'Questions' delivered
    Why this time I was going to be happy?
    My daughter did nothing but give to those questions
    Now lose the freedom to question C is me?

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  3. well constructed, but now-a-days numbers of SAWALS by protagonist are getting reduced. By the way your effort is quite honest and I appreciate that.

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