Ek sunsaan gaon ke kone mein, mitti ki deewaron wale ghar ke bahar baithi yeh dadi maa... inki aankhon mein barson ki thakan aur hothon par ek gehri khamoshi hai. Suraj dhal raha hai, bilkul inki zindagi ki tarah, jahan ab sirf intezaar bacha hai. Waqt ka pahiya ghuma aur ek din inka beta, apni majbooriyaan peeche chhod kar, apna nanha sa bachcha dadi ki god mein daal gaya. Wo ek dardbhara 'alvida' tha, jahan dadi ne nam aankhon ke sath us masoom ko apne seene se laga liya. Ghar mein gareebi ka saaya tha, magar dadi ne himmat nahi haari. Wo khud bhooki so jaati, tel ke diye ki madham roshni mein bachche ko khana khilati, aur har subah use school bhejti taake uski kismat is andhere ghar se behtar ho sake. Jab padhai ka kharcha badha, toh dadi ne apni aakhri nishani—apne sone ke kangan—bhi nikaal diye. Sunar ki dukaan par wo kangan dete waqt unke haath kaanp rahe the, par potay ke mustaqbil ke liye unhone apni mamta ka har zevar qurbaan kar diya. Saal beet gaye, pota shehar chala gaya aur dadi akeli reh gayi. Ek raat, kamzor jism ne saath chhod diya. Seene mein dard liye, kaanpte haathon se unhone phone uthaya... sirf apne potay ki awaaz sunne ke liye. Magar dusri taraf se sirf khamoshi thi. Baahar baarish ho rahi thi aur dadi ki nazrein darwaze par jami thin. Wo har aahat par samajhti ke shayad unka laadla wapas aa gaya hai. Magar darwaza khaali tha, aur wo intezaar unki aakhri saans tak chala. Jab wo shehar se wapas aaya, toh ghar khali tha. Wahan sirf dhool thi aur ek purana lifafa... jis par dadi ke aansuon ke nishaan aaj bhi taza the. Us chitthi mein dadi ne likha tha: "Beta, main chali gayi, par teri kamyabi ki dua hamesha tere saath rahegi."
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