''KHOYA HOA SHEHAR''
"Khooya Hua Sheher
"
Ali aik jawan musafir tha jo har naye sheher mein kuch naya dhoondhne nikalta tha. Is baar usne apna rukh ek chhote se purane sheher ki taraf kiya jo naqshay par to tha, lekin logon ne uske baare mein kuch khaas nahi suna tha. Sheher ka naam tha "Mehrangarh".
Jab Ali wahan pohncha to sab kuch ajeeb tha. Ghar purane the lekin khulaasa bilkul nahi hua tha ke log rehte hain ya chhod chuke hain. Galiyaan khamosh theen, lekin zameen par naye paon ke nishan the. Wo soch mein par gaya: “Kya ye sheher zinda hai ya sirf yaadon ka ek saya?”
Usne ek chhoti chai ki dukan dekhi, jahan aik budhiya baithi thi. Usne Ali se kaha:
“Tum pehle aadmi nahi jo yahan aaye ho… magar shayad tum wo pehle ho jo kuch samajhne aaye ho.”
Ali ne poocha: “Yahan log hain bhi ya sab kuch sirf ek dikhawa hai?”
Budhiya muskaraayi: “Yahan log hain, lekin wo sirf unhein dikhai dete hain jo khud apne andar ka sheher khoj lein.”
Us raat Ali ne sheher mein ghumnay ka faisla kiya. Har mor par usey aise manzar nazar aaye jo jaise uski apni zindagi se juda tha — ek purana school jaisa imarat, aik nadi jahan wo bachpan mein nahaata tha, aik dukaan jahan usne pehli kitaab khareedi thi.
Tab usay samajh aya: Mehrangarh koi aam sheher nahi, balke har us insaan ka sheher hai jo khud ko kho chuka ho. Yahaan aakar log apni khoi hui yaadein, jazbaat, aur sachaiyaan dhoond lete hain.
Agli subah, jab Ali utha to sheher waisa hi tha — purana, khamosh… magar uske andar kuch badal chuka tha. Wo jaanta tha ke usay apni zindagi kis tarah jeeni hai.
Usne budhiya se rukhsat li aur nikal gaya — magar Mehrangarh hamesha uske saath raha, uske dil mein.

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