tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27328221806151114682024-02-07T17:35:15.515+05:30life's a kickeither in the gut, or in the buttSonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-54587598927078441482023-05-26T17:38:00.007+05:302023-05-26T17:42:36.451+05:30The power of silence<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozq3N1aBUwcCaUSSW-SHXbNM5hsRPDlnMk-W4MnRWx-PpfME9YjHqxwJ3nTXHN5o-CwGvtp8DA2G9HpYzUsg3FzckSLT9QiX52mRTXKm3NfSx4ukOofrp6aLWCOoiVE5ZK67hHO1lJjO3MMZDWnCF142N24zQVtBtXo71UWJPgHymLuCBj7rdbA/s3720/justthislp003-silence_lp.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3720" data-original-width="3720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozq3N1aBUwcCaUSSW-SHXbNM5hsRPDlnMk-W4MnRWx-PpfME9YjHqxwJ3nTXHN5o-CwGvtp8DA2G9HpYzUsg3FzckSLT9QiX52mRTXKm3NfSx4ukOofrp6aLWCOoiVE5ZK67hHO1lJjO3MMZDWnCF142N24zQVtBtXo71UWJPgHymLuCBj7rdbA/s320/justthislp003-silence_lp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Years ago, a friend of mine committed a professional blunder. There was a printing mistake in a piece of collateral involving the corridors of power. The mistake was such that it rendered the whole project useless. Worse, some of the printed material had been distributed. Which meant that along with wasted money, we were now dealing with a reputational blemish. <div><br /></div><div>Since the stakes were high, the matter escalated in no time. The department head was summoned to task. A fearless and frank professional, this person was widely respected for her sharp acumen and transparent dealings. And as is the case with calmly confident people like her, she was a perceived threat to several insecure co-workers. The latter, therefore, jumped at this opportunity to magnify this mistake and make it bigger than it was. </div><div><br /></div><div>The news was as much a shock to her as it was to the stakeholders. She had, of course, signed the final bill and given the final go-ahead. She had assigned the work to one of her reliable colleagues and intervened only for check-ins. She never proofread documents; she maintained that it wasn't her job if a process of checks and counterchecks was already in place. Besides, if she got into execution, she wouldn't be able to handle the volume of business she did on a daily basis. Her detractors, however, used this chance to show her down for her off-handed approach. </div><div><br /></div><div>As she prepared to leave for the top office, she called a quick meeting with my friend. My friend, by then, was soaked in apology and fearful of consequences. She, however, was calm, focusing only on what had transpired. Process, timelines, and cost. With that information, she went and took the flak on behalf of the team. She returned and resumed business as usual. No shouting, no lecture, and absolutely no reference to the mistake in question. </div><div><br /></div><div>That incident made me time travel to one of those days in my early schooling years, which I will never forget. It was a spelling test, and I was so scared to fail that I hid cheating notes under my desk. I was all of 7 or so. One of my classmates reported that to my teacher, who was shocked beyond words (I used to be a most adored and sincere student). A note was sent to my father, who was equally shaken. Even after three decades of this event, I remember how dark those few days were for me. Filled with the terror of rejection, the guilt of wrongdoing, and the abject shame of community. I didn't even know if getting a second chance would be possible. I remember my father coming to school the next day. Him having a conversation with my teacher, and returning home and never raising that subject with me, or any of my family members even once. </div><div><br /></div><div>My father trusted me to be an overall good child. My boss trusted my friend to be an overall good employee. We were humans, and we both erred. And our guardians, at that point in time, chose silence over reproach. </div><div><br /></div><div>In hindsight, I'm sure that if any of these guardians had done anything differently, the event wouldn't have had the same impact on me (or my friend). If at all, it would have eroded some learning from the lesson. Their silence and self-control were gifts that are saved as one of my most precious core memories. And I hope to pass this gift on to others.</div>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-654500046666419702022-02-27T10:00:00.019+05:302022-02-27T10:00:00.200+05:30Happy 40th to my sibling teacher<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisgPiC20KswOP2gXsLvp4GL7Cc0btzgke5ez_aExIu12H3BIAnRSIOWARUz__zYrkcB2TtNaCv_ylqSqBAlaDi8v8AjIb0lwzlRyH9uAJld_SjXBvI3_BBhOeSVpUB8zYv7pK88a8q0ZRqCl0wOS4Lo6nvrY4akv2R7VwDUjCqcAiMm3Dx_DJIZA=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisgPiC20KswOP2gXsLvp4GL7Cc0btzgke5ez_aExIu12H3BIAnRSIOWARUz__zYrkcB2TtNaCv_ylqSqBAlaDi8v8AjIb0lwzlRyH9uAJld_SjXBvI3_BBhOeSVpUB8zYv7pK88a8q0ZRqCl0wOS4Lo6nvrY4akv2R7VwDUjCqcAiMm3Dx_DJIZA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>He doesn't look 40, does he?</i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A couple of years ago, I
picked up a renowned book by Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.
I realized after going through the first few pages, that the book didn’t really
offer anything new to me, courtesy my sibling teacher, my brother. What the
book tried to teach in logic and words, my brother had taught me all along
through practical demonstration. Almost all the good habits I have internalized
so far, are owed to him. On his 40<sup>th</sup>, it’s about time I pay my
gratitude in ink. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s start with my first life lesson: Abandon labels <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In the 80s, even with limited
access to TV for children of my generation, Bollywood faces were household
names. Among them was the lesser known singer and widely popular actor-comedian,
Tuntun. In those days, Tuntun was synonymous with overweight bubbly women. As
the heaviest among three siblings, never mind that I was just five, brother
chose to christen me Tuntun. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It didn’t take any ceremony
for the name to stick. Clubbed by brother’s earnest efforts and my own
chubbiness, the monicker travelled. Tuntun was everywhere. On my class books,
right next to my name. Sonal Singh ‘Tuntun’. On the walls of our home, ‘Tuntun’
appeared without a word of warning. Even the wooden dividers of our bookshelf
bore scratches made from compass needle, reading Tuntun. It was ingenuous how
Bhai found a way to write Tuntun everywhere, making it barely visible to
others, though monstrously noticeable to me. Looking back, I give him full
score on sharply targeted marketing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I went after pencil marks with
an eraser; brother turned them into pen marks. I started tearing portions from
the name labels, only to find Tuntun written on all inside pages. I attached
the scratches with a camouflage plan, but more scratches emerged. The angrier I
felt, the more snug he grew. At the mercy of terrible sweet tooth, I started
having dreams. Dreams in which I was floating in a sea of gems and eating them
endlessly, WITHOUT getting fat. Dreams in which I was swimming in a sea of
chocolate, and drinking chocolate like water, WITHOUT getting fat. The settings
changed, but two things remained constant – my eating sweets, and not getting
fat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(Never mind the fact that I
often overate all meals because brother slipped half his share into mine. Half
the time, I didn’t notice. When I did, he begged me with such a grimace, that I
caved in. He knew my weakness, I didn’t.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Today, I remember being so
agonized by that label that eventually…it stopped to matter! In hindsight, it
was he who initiated me into the four phases of coping, starting with shock and
anger, and ending with acceptance and recovery. If today, I don’t give two hoots
to any label any one would like to attach to me, it’s thanks to brother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Now let’s come to my next lesson: Relinquish desire<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In the movie Chak De India,
SRK told the rebellious Bindiya Nayak loud and clear – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Har team mein sirf ek gunda ho sakta hai, aur is team ka gunda main
hun.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Not in these many words, but
with exactly the same sentiment, bhaiya ruled the roost. If we were playing
cricket, he would take the strike. If we were competing in running, we’d do the
distance he decided. If the view was divided on which game to play, his choice
reigned. If play rules were vague, he got to conclude. His word was final,
period. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why did I have to take his
bossing around, you’d ask. The answer was simple – because I wanted to play,
and because might is right. Any disagreement inevitably led to a dogfight, and
in every physical fight, I emerged far more bruised than he. Sometimes I bit
him so hard I thought I might end up with his hand’s flesh in my mouth! He
returned the favour by clasping my neck in an elbow grip, and dragging me on
the road like they do in violent movies. All this was, of course, away from parental
glare. Helicopter parenting was not in fashion those days (thank god for that).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s only after several such
life-threatening encounters that I realized I had a power. Tentatively, but
clearly, I decided to put it to use. I simply stopped playing. And I managed to
do it with such perfect equanimity that bro had to be reduced to ridiculous
tears and abject begging to convince me to play. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Imagine learning this lesson
at that tender age. That your only weakness is your expectation from other
people. Give that up, and you can live cool as cucumber. In fact, that might
even lead to proud cats purring back to seek your attention. By handing over
that hard-earned power realization to me, Bhai made me a lady and gentleman,
rolled into one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Now let’s come to my next and probably most useful lesson: Self
contentment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As children, our biggest ask
was to watch TV. We were among the early birds in our colony to possess one.
The idiot box was a gateway to places and ideas in the world, to the detective
world of Byomkesh Bakshi, to the animated happy zone of ‘ek chidiya, anek
chidiya’, and to the roaring happiness of Jaspal Bhatti’s Flop Show. Didi,
bhaiya, and I could remain glued to TV for hours on end, like all children do.
I don’t think anything else had captivated my attention like the TV did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">With his sixth sense of
hitting where it hurts the most, brother hijacked the remote control. Again,
there was not getting around it, because might is right, and injury hurts,
remember? Little did I know that this was a blessing in disguise. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In order to give up the desire
to watch TV, I started drawing. I laid my hands on any cartoon character I
could find, and started copying them on rough pages. It’s thanks to those
times, that even today, I draw birthday cards for loved ones. The release from
TV was phenomenal. I realized I could do so much more with my time. Like read and
memorize poetry and songs I loved. Read stories, which served the same purpose
as watching TV, in a much deeper way. Weave stories in my head, and sit and
visualize for hours. With the TV robbed off its allure, I was all by myself,
and loving the peace it offered. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Years later, I would read
Kabir’s couplet – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chaah miti chinta miti,
manwa beparwaah, jisko kuchh nahin chaahiye, wohi shehenshah – </i>and thank
brother for getting me a semblance of contentment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixh55PQGYlOUA9fbRhKBKT1JopxHj_TkxLg04IeQ9mEsD0AfOc8Nm3fl72uFUKWHeNorlAdcPhmwfFUgflcnMaUiNdqaDjRbIdk4ZWalvqX2NMmgjZ6pI9tl9XfXIed2Uwq0zcvvXFpuzwAc50bK0e1a3-X3c7IFigfx7j4PEN_txatn__XpBiTg=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixh55PQGYlOUA9fbRhKBKT1JopxHj_TkxLg04IeQ9mEsD0AfOc8Nm3fl72uFUKWHeNorlAdcPhmwfFUgflcnMaUiNdqaDjRbIdk4ZWalvqX2NMmgjZ6pI9tl9XfXIed2Uwq0zcvvXFpuzwAc50bK0e1a3-X3c7IFigfx7j4PEN_txatn__XpBiTg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Don't be fooled by the cute looks of this boy on right, he's vexation incarnate</i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As the last point of this paean to my brother, I come to the most
enduring lesson: Live and Let Live</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I don’t remember any term of
endearment Bhai would have used for me, or for anyone else. His way of showing
affection, at best, was to tease the subject in harmless ways. But if there was
one thing Bhai could establish a global benchmark in – it was in upholding the
principle of live and let live. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There is an aphorism by Oscar
Wilde that reads, “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death
your right to make an ass of yourself.” Bhai swore by it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If anyone in the family tried
to impose their version of right on anyone else, it sparked a rebellion in the
heart of my brother. He protested out and aloud. He stuck to it like his life’s
calling – to overthrow dictatorship of any kind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He questioned every ritual
that came in our way. He defied traditions that didn’t make sense to him. Even
when Papa glowered at him (which was enough to crumble me to pieces), he stood
ground and took blows with the pride of a righteous soldier. Even better, he
voiced his thoughts, knowing he would get another thrashing for that. I can
never forget the figure of my brother, barely 8 or so, standing chin-up against
my imposing father, challenging his notions like it was nobody’s business. As
though fear never dwelt in his heart. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What really impressed me was
the difference between him and other mere mortals like me. The same fire would
burn our hearts, the same argument would lace our tongues, but we could never
muster the courage to speak them out. Or maybe we were too tamed with the
notion of politeness and what not. Bhai followed Einstein. Einstein had said,
‘if you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.’ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">His knack for speaking the
unalloyed truth came from his courage. And God knows, while the likes of me
have learnt it, he was born with it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If grandma dared to play by
the saas code with my mom, Bhai rose all hell in confrontation. Both through
contemptuous anger and vicious mockery, he safeguarded mom from any lousy
expectation from her in laws. His script was terse, and often generously
studded with swear words. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If mom tried to exercise
‘control’ over him or anyone else in the house, he lashed out at her with the
same tenacity with which he would protect her. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If anyone in the family ever
tried to remind him his brotherly business of safeguarding the honor of his sisters,
he gave them a piece of mind because it was stupid to breed dependence and then
expect your sisters to be truly independent at the same time. He extended the
favour and the flavor to his bride when he got her home. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As long as everybody was
minding their own business without making anyone else uncomfortable due to
personal hang-ups, Bhai was a happy man, and cracked enough jokes to keep
everyone amused. But if anyone dared to ruffle unnecessary feathers…the God of
Divine Justice would rise his bile in my brother’s body, and a bloody fight for
democracy would ensue until it was re-established. How can one ever place
enough Gratitude for having one such member in one’s home?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">…………………………………..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On his 40<sup>th</sup>
birthday today, I have to admit that if I have most missed someone after
marriage, especially in trying moments, it has been my brother. I have missed
that one person who could stand against all world and vehemently state – just
let her be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Brother, your physical presence
is enough to guarantee daily mini revolutions from inane traditions and
deep-rooted expectations. You don’t know how much this means, particularly in
its absence. The only thing that makes up for your absence is your presence,
because your annoying nature is enough to teach all the qualities I listed
above. I hope your wife and daughters find strength from you, and to survive
you, the way I did ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Happy birthday bhaiya. Live
long and strong, for we all need you. More power and love to the badass in you.
May the Gods rejoice in you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-31117416839815097092022-01-15T22:49:00.005+05:302022-01-15T22:49:38.165+05:30गोल गुम्बद और गुफ्तगू <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaWecyZ0RciCI9el8ny5PlKsvVZOigTT5GPD0oRyPDZoKed7Jt5LaFAkQoeVRM3ukDwNjpOEHJgElv-wOmhUSr9ky1tQNFIyrj39HDWOcBW1iowbuHsGru01jlYaQCuO-a11N8kXnKA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaWecyZ0RciCI9el8ny5PlKsvVZOigTT5GPD0oRyPDZoKed7Jt5LaFAkQoeVRM3ukDwNjpOEHJgElv-wOmhUSr9ky1tQNFIyrj39HDWOcBW1iowbuHsGru01jlYaQCuO-a11N8kXnKA/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कॉलेज</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दिनों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तरह</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दोनों</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गोल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गुम्बद</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सामने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बेंच</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बैठे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">थे।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जब</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मिलते</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">यहीं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मिलते।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तरफ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेथोडिस्ट</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चर्च</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दूसरी</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तरफ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मुग़लई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गुम्बद</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उन्हें</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अलग</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अलग</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">टाइम</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज़ोन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">साथ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">होने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आभास</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">देता</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दोनों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दिल्ली</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वासी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">न</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">होकर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दिल्ली</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पले</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बढ़े</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">थे।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शहर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इतिहास</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">छितराया</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हुआ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कहती।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्रम</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जानने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">देर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कहानी</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आप</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाएगी।</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बरसों</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बाद</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वापस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गुलमोहर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नीचे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बैठने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अजीब</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सुकून</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गुलमोहर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आधे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पीले</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आधे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हरे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पत्तों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ढूंढती</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हुई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बोली।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सुकून</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तुझसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">फिर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मिलने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">यू</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">फूल</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसका</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">थपथपाते</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हुए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बोला।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोई</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बच्ची</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पूरी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुनिया</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">यही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लड़की</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जिसने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मुझे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ये</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सिखाया</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कि मैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्यार</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कैसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">करता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हूँ</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मन</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सोचा।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बच्ची</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हंसी।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आँखों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्रो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लाइन्स</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उभर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आईं।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दिल्ली</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाड़ों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसका</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उज्जवल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चेहरा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ठंढ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लाल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पड़े</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गाल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बेबाक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उठे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">थे।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कुछ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बरस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बाल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">घुंघराले</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सफ़ेद</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">थे।</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तूने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उम्र</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ऐसे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सुन्दर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दिखने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चैलेंज</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लिया</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्रश्न</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उपहास</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कम</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सम्मोहन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अधिक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">था।<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तूने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज़िंदगी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेरे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चक्कर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बैचलर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रहने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्रण</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लिया</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उत्तर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सपाट</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">था।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दोनों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ठहाके</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मार</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हंस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पड़े।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">माहौल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">थोड़ा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नर्म</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हुआ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जब</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मिलने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">था</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">थोड़ी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">धूप</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ले</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भरी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुपहर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इतना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोहरा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">करा</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दिया</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है…लग</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रहा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बैठे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बैठे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सील</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जायेंगे</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मैं</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कह</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रहा</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">था</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">घर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मिलते</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तूने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वापस</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">यहां</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज़िद</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मैंने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कहा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">न</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">यहाँ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सुकून</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">निश्चितता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आभास</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अस्थायी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जीवन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कुछ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चीज़े</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बदलेंगी –</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो आश्वासन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समय</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समय</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बात</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मैं</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ऐसा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आश्वाशन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ढूंढूंगी</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मुझे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">था।</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वही उदासीन
टेढ़ी हंसी। वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अंदर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कसमसा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गया।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शायद</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">साफ़</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">देती</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सहानुभूति</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पाता।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कुछ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">खोया</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोरोना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में…नौकरी</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पति</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">किराए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">घर।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इतना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कुछ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">होने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बाद</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसके</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">स्वर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">न</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">यातना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">न</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कातरता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मूक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">स्वीकृति।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दर्द महसूस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">न</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">करके प्रकट कर देती तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शायद</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हल्की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाती।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कम</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कम</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हल्का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाता।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शायद
इसलिए शोक ‘मनाया’ जाता है।<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बाहर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोहरा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अंदर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गया।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दोनों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आंखें</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">डबडबा</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गयीं।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शब्द</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गुम्बद</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गूंजते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सन्नाटे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लुप्त</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लम्बी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चुप्पी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बाद</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हिम्मत</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> - <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">फिर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सोचा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सोच</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हूँ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ये</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्षण</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जीवन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अवसर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लेकर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपनी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">निजी</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रिश्तों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चिंताओं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ऊपर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उठने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बहाना।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कभी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इंसान</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">काम</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बंद</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">करे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">औरों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">काम</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आये।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लगता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समय</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गया</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इसमें भी तुझे
अवसर दिखता है? फिर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वही</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सोशलिस्ट</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एजेंडा</span>?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तुम्हें</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">खीज</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मचती</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">विषय</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बदल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">देते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बात</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">विषय</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बदलने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तुम्हारे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेन्टल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हेल्थ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोई</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">थेरेपी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वगैरह</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्यों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लेती</span>?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लाइन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">असर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गज़ब</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हुआ।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पहले</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बच्ची</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चेहरा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">घुमाकर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अच्छे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">देखा…</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">फिर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ऐसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हंसी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चुटकुला</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कसा</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इसमें</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हंसने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बात</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">झन्नाया।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आजकल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पूरे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संसार</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेन्टल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हेल्थ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अवेयरनेस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बातें</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इसमें</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शर्म</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कैसी</span>?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कहाँ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शर्मा</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हूँ</span>? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मज़ाक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्यों</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उड़ा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span>?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्यूंकि</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ये</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेन्टल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हेल्थ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वाली</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बीमारी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अमीरों</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अन्य</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बीमारियों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तरह</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सब</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उपज</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कारण</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> - <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्रॉब्लम</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ऑफ़</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्लेंटी।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्रश्नवाचक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मुद्रा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">देखता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रहा।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नज़र</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">घुमाकर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">देखो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समाज</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तबके</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">को</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेन्टल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हेल्थ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बात</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">करते</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उन्होंने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सड़क</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रात</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बिताई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सोचने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">को</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मजबूर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कि</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उनका</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अगला</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">निवाला</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कहाँ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आएगा</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उनके</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">खेत</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">फसल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बारिश</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">निर्भर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>?
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ऐसे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बीमारी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जूझ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रहे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जिसका</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उन्हें</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नशे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">धुत</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भीख</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मांगने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मजबूर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">किया</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रहा</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अशिक्षित</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">माता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संतान</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उनके</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बच्चे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">किसी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बूट</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पोलिश</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">करके</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपनी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आजीविका</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">निकाल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रहे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समय</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उनके</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">परिवार</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दिल्ली</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शीतलहरी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शिकार</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">होने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">को</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ना</span>?
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जब</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज़िंदगी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुःख</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वैध</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कारण</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रिरियाना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बहलाने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लिए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज़रूरी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इंसान</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुःख</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कारण</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गढ़</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लेता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">फिर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लोटता</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रहता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ढूंढ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लेता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ताकि</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सब</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">साथ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लोटें।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बस</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बहल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">किसी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बड़े</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मुद्दे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ढूंढने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संतोष</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अलग</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मिलता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ये</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्रॉब्लम</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ऑफ़</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्लेंटी।<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुःख</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">माप</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">होता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span>? <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सकता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">किसी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लिए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">छोटा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुःख</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बहुत</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बड़ा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुःख</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सही</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बात</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सबके</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुःख</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लिए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भारी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेरे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लिए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोरोना</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चलते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नौकरी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाना।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अम्बानी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जेट</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्लेन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आग</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लग</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाना।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तुझे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कायदे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बीवी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">न</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मिल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पाना।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हाँ</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हाँ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समझ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गया।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">न</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बात</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेन्टल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हेल्थ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पे</span>? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आई।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अगर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ऐसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुःख</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जिनका</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">घोर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अन्याय</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">असह्य</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पीड़ा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सम्बन्ध</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">असल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुःख</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मात्र</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संघर्ष</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संघर्ष</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जीवन</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अभिन्न</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अंग</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इन्हें दुःख</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नाम</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">देकर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सहानुभूति</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मांगना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दयनीय</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ऐसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुखों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">घिरकर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मानसिक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संतुलन</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">खो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बैठना, या डिप्रेशन में चले जाना,</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कायरता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संघर्ष</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जूझना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मानव</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जीवन</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मूल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सिद्धांत</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हमारा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कर्त्तव्य</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हमारे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समस्त</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज्ञान</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जड़</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लेकिन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आलस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बड़ी</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चीज़</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज़िम्मेदारी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">झाड़ना</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज़िम्मेदारी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">निभाने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज़्यादा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आसान</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इसलिए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हम</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पॉपुलर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कल्चर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेन्टल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हेल्थ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हऊआ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बनाकर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ज़िम्मेदारी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भागने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समर्थन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ढूंढते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तुम्हारे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भतेर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समर्थक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मिल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कटु</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सत्य</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कटाक्ष</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दोस्तों</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बीच</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हंसी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">फुहार</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बनकर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गिरा।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हँसते</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हँसते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उन्होंने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हाई</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">फाइव</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">किया।</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बात</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तेरी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भावभंगिमा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हार</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">झेंप</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भरी</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मुस्कान</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लिए</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कहा।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लेकिन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बात</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जब</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लाइफ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पार्टनर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गुज़र</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जाने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लम्बी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आह</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भरकर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लड़की</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वापस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गुलमोहर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पत्तों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">टकटकी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लगाई</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मद्धम</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">स्वर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जैसे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आप</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बोली</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">-</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जीवन</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रिश्ते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बढ़कर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मृत्यु</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जन्म</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बढ़कर।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">शादी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ब्याह</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बाल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बच्चे</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सबसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">परे।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मुझे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लक्ष्य</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ढूंढना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">उसे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">प्राप्त</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">करना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बस।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बाकी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सब</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">समय</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बर्बादी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अगर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तुम्हारे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इस</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लक्ष्य</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तुम्हारा</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">साथी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बनना</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चाहूँ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span>?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ये</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लक्ष्य</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">व्यक्तिगत</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दोस्त</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एकांत</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पनपता है।</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तुम</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संन्यास</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लेने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">की</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सोच</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">क्या</span>?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हंसी।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बिलकुल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मैं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बस</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अपनी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">आत्मा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">निकट</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पहुँचने</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इंतज़ाम</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हूँ।</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मैं</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो वही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कर</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रहा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हूँ।</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">इतने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सालों</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">से।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">बस</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हमारे</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">रास्ते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अलग</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हैं।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेरे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वाला</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तुमसे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">होकर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गुज़रता</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">फिर</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">वही</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मोड़।<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लेकिन</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ये</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मेरे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जीवन</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">का</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दुःख</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">नहीं</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संघर्ष</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">और</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">सच</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कहूं</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">तो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">मीठा</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">संघर्ष</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">है।</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">अब</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">ठंढ</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">जान</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">लेगी</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">या</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चाय</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पिलाएगी</span>? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">चुहल</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">करते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दो</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">पुराने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दोस्त</span>,
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">दिल्ली</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">के</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कोहरे</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">को</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">भेदते</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">हुए</span>, <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">एक</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कप</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">में</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">धूप</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">को</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">कैद</span>
<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">करने</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">निकल</span> <span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI",sans-serif;">गए।</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-25919773185399143002021-08-23T15:36:00.001+05:302021-08-23T18:14:49.807+05:30The Suicide Well<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HXJ1s-u6hKKowWtSps69rBky0cYl4bi0AiYSQVOLdiewoKsycL4_B0X69AHdZeDv9vqkSkrHOs9I8wh7u4QlUhRAAXQYb3wkclTDc0-XHvDrOsM3ULpXh_eAIV27L3oEB48HnlHzpcM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="390" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HXJ1s-u6hKKowWtSps69rBky0cYl4bi0AiYSQVOLdiewoKsycL4_B0X69AHdZeDv9vqkSkrHOs9I8wh7u4QlUhRAAXQYb3wkclTDc0-XHvDrOsM3ULpXh_eAIV27L3oEB48HnlHzpcM/" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The village
<i>Chaandi</i> was nowhere like its name in
appearance. The Indian village, situated in a remote corner in one of its
poorest states, translated literally to ‘silver’. Its fiscal status, however,
did not make it any lesser for siblings Rashmi, Rahul, and Rama, all of 10, 8, and
7 respectively. For them, <i>Chaandi</i> was
not just silver, it was the gold of their annual vacations.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They came
here every year with their parents, for this is where their paternal
grandparents lived. The excitement would begin much before the journey did.
They’d save money and buy their stockpile for months in advance. Jam-centred
Jim-Jam biscuits, candies which could stand the sweltering heat of Indian
topical summer, and the chief favourite of all - Cigarette shaped toffees. The
toffees were bought with equal contribution and rationed out with exact
accuracy. In their 36 hour train journey and two months of village stay, the
trio would mimic smoking adults in all ways possible. Each trying to outdo the
other in swagger. The eldest one did the best at it, a truth known by all and
acknowledged by none. The siblings were stubborn as bull in their claims of
self-supremacy, and the cigarette game was all too popular to concede a point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It was in
one of those holidays that they met Babbal, the first real tomboy of their
lives. For a girl of fifteen, she had the body of a male wrestler. Almost
double the height of Rama, she boasted of broad shoulders and a weightlifter’s
frame. The siblings learnt later that she was the daughter of a neighbor, who
too had come visiting his parents. She wasn’t a city dweller like them, though.
The siblings could lick their wounded pride for once. Besides, she went to an
ordinary school, and supported her father’s bike repair business. That
explained her physique. She strutted about in the exaggerated gait of a
teenager, and maintained a zero-fucks-given face to the world. They ran a
cigarette wager if any one of the siblings could spot her smiling. She inspired
a mix of fear, awe, and unity among the siblings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Babbal’s
raving popularity among all village children was backed by a mysterious and
fearful story. It was the Voldemort of village lore, talked about in hushed
tones. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the
deserted bylanes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chaandi</i>, there was
an infamous Suicide Well, in which hundreds of villagers over hundreds of years
had committed suicide. Legend had it, that the well could draw people into the
abyss, in an unexplained and forceful vertigo. The word spread, and tales of
horror were spun around the well. Some said it was the act of ghosts of
suiciders who were still doing their rounds on earth before Yamaraja, the Hindu
god of death and justice, could liberate their souls back in space. Some others
said it was the abode of Yama himself, who continuously watched residents of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chaandi</i>, and could send an untimely
invite to anyone who displeased him, or even thought too much about him. Since
all the stories had unspeakable terror as their very foundation, the subject
assumed a notorious silence. To even mention it, let alone challenge it, was to
invite the wrath of Yama. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And of all
people, there was only one Babbal, who openly claimed that there was nothing
ghastly about the well. Because, she said, she-had-been-there-and-done-that. In
one claim, the girl had demolished and challenged generations of belief. The
villagers were stupefied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Tale
travelled to the trio, and an immediate resolve made home in three bodies. Not
that the siblings were ever known for being daring, but they were famed for
their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">zid</i>, that is, stubbornness.
Their mother would often lament looking heavenwards, ‘Oh god, why did you have
to give the three bulls in the same house?’ They knew it was all drama. She was
the leader of the bull pack, they took after her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Plans started
getting forged. There was no way in which the siblings could reveal it to their
parents. Dad would give one hard stare, and that would be enough to diffuse the
plot. Mom would smack so hard that they could lose hearing for a while. It
couldn’t be done in the day then. And night was...well, too scary and that’s
why, delectably tempting! It was decided. They would have to sneak out in the
dead of night and be back in the dark. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">With minor
stealth here and there, they were able to manage the resources. One stick to
ward off ghosts in case they were attacked. A torch to find their way in the
dark. Some cow dung to smear on their hands and legs, a sign of Hindu purity, a
therefore a potential bribe for Yama to spare devout young children. The scene
was set. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As usual,
the children went to sleep, all by themselves, on the open terrace. Rahul was
the one who suggested they choose a night of waning moon, and he was visibly
pleased with himself for this beaming presence of mind. He was in fact so happy
with himself for this idea that he couldn’t sleep even if he wanted to. With a
keen ear, Rashmi and Rahul waited for the ground floor to fall silent. The
escape route was known to all three. They had to leave from behind the cow
shed, without disturbing the cow or the calves. Rama, blissfully asleep on the
night of action, was woken up roughly and immediately. With their slippers
silently on, one behind the other, the three slithered out of the cowshed;
silent as snakes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Even in the
peak of summer, the night air was cool. The siblings didn’t utter a word. They
walked along, without putting on the torch, lest someone notice. After fifteen
minutes of brisk walking, they came to the bend of the road near their
destination. Sticking word by word to their plan, they formed a human chain.
Though Rashmi was originally planned to lead the chain as the eldest of all,
Rahul earned his number one position after proffering the waning moon idea.
Rama, the youngest, was ever discounted from such positions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Words were
not needed. Step by step, they inched towards the well. The torch was lit.
There was nothing to be seen in that part of the village, save derelict houses
and wild weeds. The boundary of the well came in view. Their hearts were
racing. The deal was to touch the boundary, look under the well, and then return.
Grip tightened between the hands. The siblings were sweating, but dogged. They
dragged their feet until they reached the edge. The clasp between hands was
released. They touched the boundary wall with both hands, and looked inside the
darkness. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">………………<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Three
decades have elapsed since then. The siblings are telling this story to their
children on a winter night in Delhi. Six pairs of eyes are absorbing this with
incredulous eyes. They can’t believe that their parents did it. Threw the cow
dung inside the well to tease Yama. Which was actually thrown to test if there
was water inside. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Didn’t
their hands shiver? Their children ask.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
siblings look at each other, before breaking out into a guffaw. All ghosts live
in the mind, they saw in unison.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">………………<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-80589712229642909652021-06-04T19:05:00.004+05:302021-06-04T19:05:56.168+05:30 दो जोड़ी कपड़ा<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k_wWjbiKSo0/YLor2s6O33I/AAAAAAAAMJM/KiOeTJeUp0UAumPqbCtKP2b9qNOlRSMCACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/rooftop-clothesline-YJAKEJY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k_wWjbiKSo0/YLor2s6O33I/AAAAAAAAMJM/KiOeTJeUp0UAumPqbCtKP2b9qNOlRSMCACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/rooftop-clothesline-YJAKEJY.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>हमारे जीवन में एक ऐसा भी समय आया जब दुकानें बंद हुईं। एक दो दिन के लिए नहीं, बल्कि लम्बे समय के लिए। और जैसा की ऐसे समय में अक्सर होता है, लोगों को महसूस हुआ कि हमें वास्तव में दो जोड़ी कपड़े से अधिक सामान की ज़रुरत ही नहीं थी। </p><p>ये वो लोग थे जिनकी मम्मी मेरी वाली से अलग रही होंगी।</p><p>पूरा बचपन अम्मा को घर में दो चार कपड़े ही पहनते देख बीता। ये उसकी ही देन है कि अपना खुद का घरेलू जीवन दो-चार कपड़ों में ही व्यतीत हुआ, और संभवतः ऐसा ही होता रहेगा। माँ और पापा, दोनों की राय इस विषय में एक सामान रही। स्नानघर से एक जोड़ी पहन कर बाहर निकलते तो हाथ में धुली हुई दूसरी जोड़ी रहती। एक दिन में धुले हुए कपड़े सूख जाते, और cloth management का यह क्रम तब तक चलता जब तक कपड़े छीज नहीं जाते। सर्दी के दिनों में, आसानी से कपड़ों के न सूखने की वजह से, पोशाक की संख्या में 1-2 का इजाफा दर्ज़ होता। कई बार तो (ख़ास कर के पापा को) कपड़ो से ऐसा लगाव हो जाता कि हमें अपने कर कमलों से उन वस्त्रों को डस्टिंग के कपड़ों में बदलने का सुख प्राप्त होता। अपने घरवालों की पुरानी बनयान, कमीज, सूट, सलवार, मैक्सी और निक्कर के चीथड़ों से घर की सफाई करते समय एक अलग ही आत्मीयता महसूस होती। हमें तो कपड़े खरीदते समय ही ये समझ में आ जाता कि अमुक प्रकार के कपड़ों से अच्छी डस्टिंग होगी या नहीं। शायद यही कारण है कि आज तक मैं और मेरा पूरा परिवार सूती ही पसंद करते हैं! कपड़े की जीवन काल की इतनी उम्दा प्लानिंग मैंने शायद ही कहीं और देखी हो। जब तक फैब्रिक में दम होता, माँ उसके इस्तेमाल के नायाब विकल्प ढूंढ लेती। </p><p>घर के नियम सरल और सहज थे - बच्चे बूढ़ों के लिए एक सामान थे। घर पहनने के कपड़े हर कोई उतने ही रखे जितने में कट जाए। हर व्यक्ति रोज़ नहाते समय अपने कपड़ों को धो दे ताकि वाशिंग मशीन जैसे लंद फंद उपकरणों का कम से कम प्रयोग हो। अतिरिक्त सामान न लाया जाए, न रखा जाए। इन नियमों के अपवाद तभी लागू हों, जब व्यक्ति घर से बाहर पैर रख रहा है।</p><p>अब तक इस आराम-देह जीवन से परीख चुके हम बच्चों ने पूछा, 'ये अपवाद भी क्यों?'</p><p>'क्यूंकि भेखे भीख मिलेला। और क्यूंकि हर स्थान की एक गरिमा होती है, जिसे अपने आचरण से निभाना होता है, और कपड़े आचरण का हिस्सा हैं। काम के कपड़े भले ही कम लो, पर सबसे उम्दा क्वालिटी के ही लो।'</p><p>'तो क्या घर में किसी आचरण की ज़रुरत नहीं? घर भी तो एक स्थान है।'</p><p>'घर-वालों के बीच बैठ के भी ये सोचना पड़े कि कपड़े कैसे पहने हैं तो वो घर नहीं रह जाता, होटल बन जाता है । एक घर ही ऐसा स्थान है जिसमें हमें कुछ बन कर रहनी के ज़रुरत नहीं पड़ती।'</p><p>फलस्वरूप ये हुआ कि घर के लोग केवल काम पर जाने के लिए ही तैयार होते। फलस्वरुप ये भी हुआ कि घर आने के बाद भी, जब तक हम वही 2-3 पुराने और सादे कपड़ों में न आ जाते, घर जैसी बात महसूस ही नहीं होती। </p><p>घर के अंदर भी घर होता है, और वो माँ की सादगी में डूबा होता है। एक ऐसी सादगी, जिसे महामारी के समय अन्य लोग अपनाने को विवश हो जाते हैं। और मेरे जैसे सौभाग्यशाली लोग, विरासत में पाते हैं। </p><p>'जितना कम सामान रहेगा, उतना सफर आसान रहेगा।' गोपालदास नीरज की ये पंक्तियाँ शायद माँ ने पढ़ी न हों, पर साकार अवश्य कर दीं हैं. </p><div><br /></div>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-27148929465120029042021-05-26T22:15:00.005+05:302021-05-26T22:15:38.778+05:30The Super Blood Moon<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3DiIZRDIBPSmwI2j7_FZD_cswVQmpEyjkao9eWBUYxnfs3HcpLwMNiKz-_FxOutDFrkO5Gyx96G-coDzTqaZuHqDgdefRjm9istHjWbEzpGXb5rjIyapXWLF7mV6ocY9cX3b9XJcIB0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3DiIZRDIBPSmwI2j7_FZD_cswVQmpEyjkao9eWBUYxnfs3HcpLwMNiKz-_FxOutDFrkO5Gyx96G-coDzTqaZuHqDgdefRjm9istHjWbEzpGXb5rjIyapXWLF7mV6ocY9cX3b9XJcIB0/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To the
friend who missed seeing the moon of Buddha Purnima on the day of lunar
eclipse:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Dear
friend,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I begin to
write this while simultaneously gazing at the moon. Or Super Blood Moon, as it
is called today. This is a sight meant to be drunk in with the eyes. It calls
for a complete surrender. If at all I am taking my eyes off this spectacular
vision of life, it is to convey to you, the unspeakable beauty I have the
fortune of witnessing today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I was
walking down the road this evening in a nonchalance that typically accompanies
a deep meditation session. It was a normal evening, until this sight came to
vision. I went out for a walk. Soaked in the colors of twilight. Sat by at my everyday
corner to meditate. Completed the meditation and started walking down the
remainder of the road, looking out for little feathered friends and the usual
canine company. It was then that the road turned and brought me face to face
with the moon of today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It was like
being thunder struck. I was rooted to the ground. The moon shone in absolute majesty.
As a moon lover, I can tell, this moon held something special. It was as though
tons of gold dust had congealed together to compose a marvelous sphere of gold.
And that gold dust was still scattered and diffused around its shimmering,
striking orb. It was like witnessing the sun itself, wrapped in the clothing of
moon. As though after ages, this celestial body had finally decided to declare
its unquestioned supremacy, and the universe acquiesced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Even the
maria, the marks on the moon, appeared like rusty patches on gold. The moon
cast a yellow luminescence on the horizon. Everything seemed to melt into its
silent, shining command. Even the stars seemed embarrassed to be around,
unnoticed, more than ever. Only the moon of today comes closest to the face of
a lover. A sight that you could resign your fate to. That you could die for.
And be born again for. A sight so cherished and long adored that you can thank
your stars for keeping you alive through this pandemic and all past crises, so
that one day, you could stand – your soul bare and ripped – and just be grateful
that your eyes saw this. The lover’s face. The only vision that can get submission
and sublimation, together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Which
explains why this moon is called the blood moon. How can this vision not draw
its share of blood? It nearly drew the air out of my lungs. Doesn’t the duality
of life kick in for any such extraordinary glory? The majestic queen of the pitch
black sky, which today holds to ransom, every tree and building, every bird and
mountain, that comes in its path of reigning beauty, will she not shatter the
glass palaces of your heart that you erected with the shards of broken dreams?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I hear the skies
have been raining on your city. It’s May, and I would not have given the clouds
away for anything else. It’s hard to choose the bigger love among my two – the rain
or the moon. But for the moon of today, the choice would be easy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My friend,
come, see the moon through my eyes today. I invite you to bask in its ruthless splendor.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-14815628846082649772021-05-20T16:45:00.000+05:302021-05-20T16:45:19.683+05:30The Golden Silver Oak<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJYUEb38wV80_rhTEjIPlUWCh0PmF8hcVJDhV0PDQZk9vebJdygNI3p9UQ9HYtHY0dbNcJIYhRT_EL4CtRAMTdaxGZdRTj0IX1ptNNkAqF4ImT_OlV1XXR9Tw5OgBuEBu4-peBeiY6_U/s2048/oak-tree-branch-with-autumn-red-leaves-on-mountain-ABXEJSB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJYUEb38wV80_rhTEjIPlUWCh0PmF8hcVJDhV0PDQZk9vebJdygNI3p9UQ9HYtHY0dbNcJIYhRT_EL4CtRAMTdaxGZdRTj0IX1ptNNkAqF4ImT_OlV1XXR9Tw5OgBuEBu4-peBeiY6_U/s320/oak-tree-branch-with-autumn-red-leaves-on-mountain-ABXEJSB.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The silver oak tree...with its golden flowers</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Kasauli
shivered in the summer night. The COVID era wedding allowed for only 25
attendees, and all of them were unprepared for the cold. Who packs up winter
clothes in north India for the month of May? Moth, earwigs, and other insects
lay dead or dying, also unable to cope with the whistling winds.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The wedding
was arranged in a hotel that stood atop a hill with the valley on one side and
a lawn on the other, the latter being used for the functions. The white and
golden canopy of the wedding tent was complemented with the simple and
startling decoration of hundreds of tea lights. Though electronically
controlled, their flickering flames looked real in the weather. Yellow fairy
lights swirled around tree trunks and branches around the lawn. Natural mist
diffused the lighting (and the mood) in a way that most exotic places couldn’t
match. It looked like the place was ready to welcome gods of heaven. A sickle
moon rose above the imposing Deodar trees, against a purple sky, shining with
liquid blue stars. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It was
against this dream backdrop that they met. After 11 years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Sunaina…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Her feet froze.
She was walking down the exit shamiana, towards her room, when he approached
from behind. Her face turned crimson. There was a stab in her chest. A stab giving
rise to the old, familiar pain of longing and despair. She thought she was
prepared to meet him again. It turned out she wasn’t. She was as unprepared as
she was for this weather. She turned around.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Hi Yogi,”
she managed a social smile, something she learnt from her profession. This
time, his name was loaded. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Was he
following her? When did he arrive? She’d been there since morning, going
through <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mehendi</i> and all, waiting for
him. But he hadn’t turned up. Seeing her face, Deepak had relented and called
Yogi. “Only because you won’t get married doesn’t mean you won’t come to mine.
Get your royal ass here. Quick.” The amiable Deepak had mustered special anger
to deliver the message. He’d winked after that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“You
haven’t changed a bit. Maybe the kilos you lost found their way into me.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sunaina was
thinking and drifting. Clean shaven look, soft jawline, high cheekbones, the
best nose in the world, the complexion of golden and ripened grain, the end of
robe casually thrown over his broad shoulders. You make a sexy yogi, darling. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Things can’t get lost between us; they can
only shift places,” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Damn, she
chided herself. Her glace immediately followed the slip of her speech. A long
silence ensued. Stray and feathery masses of clouds rose from the valley below,
kissing tree tops and wafting in the laws. Smelling like rain, minus the rain.
Enhancing the pleasurable pain in people’s hearts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Time has only sharpened your beauty. One can
see how the impatient girl has turned into a whole woman,” Yogi said each word
with considerable forethought. Like his speeches she had heard online. She had
scoured them, to be accurate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“I’m afraid
I’m too overdressed for your taste, maybe?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Again, she
did it again. She’d known about this event for nearly two months. She’d gone
over this wardrobe in her mind a hundred times. She’d picked the most graceful
items. Simple silk sari, a gold necklace, and plain gold bangles. She was one
hundred percent sure that he’d appreciate this get up. And yet she sought his
approval. Why did she always have to buckle in first?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’m afraid you can never be anything other
than my taste,” he admitted. Unaccustomed to this way of talking, he got a tad
awkward. And added with rather haste, “It’s good to see you on TV. A sane voice
in the sea of chaos. If ever I watch TV, it’s to see you. And it’s worth it.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sunaina
blushed, and saw his eyes softening as well. Every saint has a past…the
aphorism didn’t fail to register.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He detected
the slightest tangent of thought and asked, “So which line did you just think
of?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">She laughed
openly. He joined in. Time travelled back to the age when they were 8. When
playing in their colony park, exchanging idioms, and holding breath inside the
swimming pool were their best pastimes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“I’m
guessing you’re officially qualified in the art of mind-reading now?” She asked
between her laughs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He stopped
laughing. “Did I ever need it for you?” Was there a need of acknowledgement
even in his voice?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Twin
souls?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Twin
souls, indeed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They must
have been twelve by the time Deepak started noting their commonalities. Always
well mannered. Disciplined to a fault. Creatures of good habits. Rebels in
their own ways. Favourite child of their parents. Favourite student of their
teachers. “You both are twin souls,” he’d declared one day while the three were
cycling blissfully on a rainy day. Knowing little how he sealed their fate in
these two words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They stood
there. Looking out into the valley beyond the hotel premises and gazing at each
other in turn. Silent only on speech. City lights from afar shone like floating
gold coins on a black sea. She was lost in her trains of thought. He was
motionless and comfortable; soaking her in with his eyes. Despite the distance,
with their backs resting on the opposite passage walls, he could smell her
lemony fragrance. She could sense his eyes on her face. How he could look at
her for hours. How she had never seen that love in anyone else’s eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Such a
strange tree,” she pointed out to a pine tree, whose silhouette stood against
with the venue lighting. “The trunk is branching out only on one side. It’s incomplete.
Like me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Doesn’t
stop it from becoming the tallest tree in its vicinity still, does it?” Said
he, the eternal optimist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The carpet
underneath their feet was matted with fern-like flowers of the silver oak tree;
spectacular in different shades of yellow, orange, and red. Had they met in similar
circumstances a decade ago, they’d have joked that the nature had showered
flowers on their way to their mandap. Those were the days. They had planned
their life, their children’s names, and even their retirement. Before he
changed his mind and became a saint. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“So I guess
this must be your last human avatar? Before you attain moksha from this cycle
of life and death?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Says who?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Why, I
hear all your speeches and lectures. I presume that’s the end goal for all
yogis. Unity with god, self-realization, and freedom from bodily forms.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“You’re
well read!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“I’m a
swell stalker.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The first
blush of the evening appeared on his face. He was quick to resume his
saintliness:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Well,
that’s not the goal for me. I want to be born again. My soul will be reborn
because it’s tied to you. It desires you and your companionship. Maybe, in my
next life, when you will be my Yogini, we can try for moksha together.” Those
were well thought-of words. He uttered them with such depth and frankness, that
Sunaina knew he’d be meditating for that. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Come to
think of it, it was she who nicknamed him Yogi. Most others still called him
Yogen. A short of his real name, Yogendra.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A rush of
thousand unmet desires welled up in her heart, and flowed in silent tears from
her eyes. Yogi stiffened, he had not yet trained his mind to bear her tears.
His mouth went dry. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The tears didn’t
abate. When was it that she last cried? Who else could she cry with? The bold,
independent Sunaina, source of strength for so many. Why couldn’t life accord
her this one wish? She found herself progressively swept by the force of her
grief. Unable to notice the guests who moved past. The hotel staff who turned
around to see her. Even her own image of a grown up woman weeping and crumbling
like a lost child. She let them flow…the unfulfilled dreams, the grief, and the
sadness of years…she cried to her heart’s content. Till her hair was in
disarray and pallu wet with tears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A helpless
Yogi rushed to her aid, holding her up by her shoulders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Please
Soni…remember you are my first experience of godliness.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He sounded
miserable but honest. Hadn’t he told her a thousand times that she was the
reason for him becoming a seeker? Who urged him to find his truest self? In
whose love he had had the first and most gratifying experience of losing
himself?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">She raised
her anguished face to his. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Then marry
me Yogi. You can be a saint without being a celibate.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yogi didn’t
answer. He held her face to his chest. Much like a mother holds a child who’s
just got his best toy broken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“I married
you long ago Soni. I just can’t commit to worldly attachments, but I’m married
to you.” Sunaina heard these words as much though his voice as through his vocal
chords. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The scene
of Holi. They had turned seventeen. The amorousness in their friendship had
become obvious to others before it became visible to them. They were riding on
their scooty as Deepak trailed behind. Without warning her, he accelerated the
bike and turned behind the community park. He stopped, looked over to see if Deepak
had caught up. He took the red color from his pocket and smeared the parting of
her hair. “Now we are each other’s for life,” he promised. Sunaina was dumb
with joy and shock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They’d lost
track of time. Finally, the tears receded. Pangs of grief gave way to sobs of
acceptance. That was the thing about their togetherness. Nothing could remain
wrong when they are together. In the twenty two years they were together, they
did argue, but somehow it never went into a fight. They loved each other too
much to cause hurt. They still did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“And what
of our children?” She questioned him in feigned annoyance, wiping her last
tears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Because I
am in you, they will be like me, whosoever your legal husband.” He smiled and
embraced her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">She picked
up a fern of a fresh flower lying on the carpet. After touching it to his lips,
then to her, she placed one end of the strand in her hair bun. Took his hands
in her, back in control of her emotions. The Soni he so admired. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“You know
what Yogi, you are like this silver oak flower. Contradictory, but a beautiful
contradiction. Silver in name, and golden in colour. And yet, the most gorgeous
of all trees,” she both complimented and rebuked him in the same breath. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Back in the
lawn, the priest started chanting prayers of the marriage ritual. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Holding his
hands, she looked into his eyes. “Come my Yogi, let’s get married once again.”
And the two walked on the flower strewn path arm in arm, towards the mandap,
like husband and wife.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-84394114952810313782021-04-19T15:46:00.000+05:302021-04-19T15:46:09.290+05:30With jargon, from Jargon<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc4qmCJVheGItp37MWpNBt_ho_eyAaumKC1FEkphA-0x8V3mSTUasz0KMZBkNoV6Lf8tPMOsoUJhVZIMMZcIwQ4LZUqDP4SMq7rQosP7rE5lyWNVOoVDyYgeeFabEwDXDgrfbec4chRE/s2048/black-cloud-speech-with-blah-blah-words-and-a-whit-WRHYK7X.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc4qmCJVheGItp37MWpNBt_ho_eyAaumKC1FEkphA-0x8V3mSTUasz0KMZBkNoV6Lf8tPMOsoUJhVZIMMZcIwQ4LZUqDP4SMq7rQosP7rE5lyWNVOoVDyYgeeFabEwDXDgrfbec4chRE/s320/black-cloud-speech-with-blah-blah-words-and-a-whit-WRHYK7X.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Some folks have it. The ability to talk for hours without meaning a thing.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hi, I am Jargon. I come in
handy to disguise shallow language sense. I even save the day if you lack the
courage to speak the truth. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I usually seek time to check
and get back to you, because I know how short your attention span is, and how
you’re going to forget this after six seconds. I am great at specifying the
need to peel the onion before getting into the task because I dread working.
See, I just gave the Hindi idiom of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pyaaz
chheelna</i> a new lease of life. As they say, old wine in a new bottle. Wink
wink.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I’m often banking on the
synergy of other people because I am unparalleled at social loafing. This is
why I insist on touching base, and not dissecting through. When I’m borrowing
other people’s original thoughts, you may label them as stealing, but I’m actually
curating thoughts and experiences for a bleeding edge customer experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I love the creative stuff. Or
the disruptive stuff. Take your pick. I’m the kind of bloke who’s all for blue
sky thinking, and expanding horizons of creativity. When it comes to getting on
all fours and doing the actual work, I leave it to the doers. Someone has to
get their hands dirty, after all. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I like talking about
Blockchain and AI powered stuff because it sounds so cool. I get away with it
because (a) Most others don’t know/ don’t care (b) Those who do are too busy to
go on asking questions to get to the truth (or they know me too well to waste
their time). If you do manage to catch me in the act, I can always pivot on to
something else and escape.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">FYI, Acronym is my spouse. We
often work in perfect alignment. If walking through my layers and going down
through the funnel doesn’t confuse you enough, I can always trap you in the KPI
and ROI game. Acronym is the RTB that I know more than I actually do! Together,
we slither like snakes under the veneer of intelligence. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wait, did you say you wanted
to deep dive into me? Allow me to circle back to you on that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-77601393116710039142021-04-15T11:38:00.000+05:302021-04-15T11:38:20.750+05:30The two sides of Leadership Branding<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPQTM0ezqhKJ5UHleWoeJheg3NfvdON-wNtBWa6QkhUD6iSyXNkWsb_7x5kqNCJuj4ruGJJCUa27pSUjGk_OrTz-bs7UAiYJTS3NJlzY7UpsoDUs1vgCxexZ5_IXlS-6u5oXvC-weCOE/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPQTM0ezqhKJ5UHleWoeJheg3NfvdON-wNtBWa6QkhUD6iSyXNkWsb_7x5kqNCJuj4ruGJJCUa27pSUjGk_OrTz-bs7UAiYJTS3NJlzY7UpsoDUs1vgCxexZ5_IXlS-6u5oXvC-weCOE/" width="320" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The work of leadership profiling
entails both – the portrayal of the edifice and its continuous upgrading</span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Every time I have seen
vacancies for the Communications function solely harping on ‘Branding and PR’,
I have cringed inside. The ask is so little. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One of the earliest and best examples
of Leadership Branding that we know of exists in popular folklore of Akbar and
Birbal. The former is a king and a venerated leader, and the latter his sharp
and witty counsel. As a court advisor to the king, Birbal not only adds sheen
to Akbar’s popularity, but foundational strength to his leader’s rule. The
instances are galore. He helps his leader understand the ground realities of
his <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemba">gemba</a></span>.
He comes to the rescue of those who may be suffering injustice at the hands of
the leader. He educates and sensitizes his leader on the changing spirit of
times, keeping Akbar updated with news and views. He even manages to prick the
ego bubble that the leader sometimes lapses into. He does all this with aplomb,
without giving or taking offence, and only increasing his leader’s goodwill
along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Cut to the 21<sup>st</sup>
century. Suddenly, the need to evolve is passe. Leadership profiling, we are
told, needs to ‘stick’ to the leader’s original personality in order to be
authentic. We are to see leaders as evolved individuals whose portrayal must
largely focus on their strengths, and glorify and magnify only those. The space
for individual vulnerability and open course correction no longer exists.
Naturally, companies want communicators who can simply paint the town red with
their leaders’ coverage. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Given the demands of social
media and shrinking attention spans, this need is understandable. Of course we
need to paint the town red. But with what? Of course leadership branding needs
to adhere to the leader’s personality traits, but should they be ossified? The
elements that constitute thought leadership and personality branding are more
vital than their publicity itself. The latter may sustain for a year, the
former will sustain centuries. This is where an able communicator must step in
and mould the leader in question.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What are the values the leader
espouses? What are her areas of avid interest? What are her complete no-go
areas? Who are her chief stakeholders? What is her current perception among
these people? What are her life goals? Which cause can she stand up for? Is she
putting her money where her mouth is? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is the courage to seek
these answers, and go on seeking them, which creates a personality worthy of
branding. It’s a pre-requisite of leadership branding. Without this due
diligence, a leader can still buy her share of voice. But buying is not the
same as earning. Such voices get lost in the deluge of content that surrounds
us every day, everywhere. Such voices may peak when money is pumped to boost
them, but drowns equally quickly when the support is withdrawn. Such voices fail
the litmus test of trial by public in times of crises, as they are not backed
by matching business and personal choices. Such voices, at their best potential,
can work up a tempest in a teapot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">While the onus of building up
this voice does lie on the communicator, it does not absolve the leader herself
of her share of duty. The duty to work towards being the person as she wants to
be seen. The duty to take feedback without rancor and bitterness. The duty to
persist in doing the right things, failure after failure, without losing
enthusiasm. The duty to match her action with her words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Communicators, therefore, are
advisors and shapers of business and its leaders. They are, or must be,
professionals who are keenly aware of their times. Aware of their current and
potential stakeholders; empathetic enough to understand their audience
sentiments, and prescient enough to decide a course for the future. What we need
are architects of the palace of Brand Image; and not just spray painters for
the palace façade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">(This post was also published at https://reputationtoday.in/the-two-sides-of-leadership-branding/)</p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></i><p></p>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-35295345356957898742021-01-19T18:41:00.001+05:302021-01-19T18:41:59.811+05:30We, the Entitled<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuCm2-iwdT1JTllpEVAMSNGoE5NhYsgz9ugu6S2XZGNKwBlv2ut8d5gCm0Q-Njf3royoQvRkXln9gxiyYG9Escz_e83eZObEFmzBBCpjiBQ5H8Z_vUURhQiUgXLfSEEPVERK0sRORl_A/s2048/employee-F2KQBM6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuCm2-iwdT1JTllpEVAMSNGoE5NhYsgz9ugu6S2XZGNKwBlv2ut8d5gCm0Q-Njf3royoQvRkXln9gxiyYG9Escz_e83eZObEFmzBBCpjiBQ5H8Z_vUURhQiUgXLfSEEPVERK0sRORl_A/s320/employee-F2KQBM6.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Who are we? Genuine seekers or under-cover hypocrites garbed as intellectuals?</i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is true
that there are good, average, and bad employers. It is equally true that there
are forever dissatisfied employees asking for more. That’s why there are
consultants and agencies selling us the dream of contented and happy employees.
They know it’s a matter of dreams alone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Let’s get
realistic. We are human beings. We are never satisfied with what we get. If the
salary doesn’t have a variable component, we’re like: Where the additional
‘incentive’ to perform? If the salary does have a variable amount, we hate that
uncertainty. If we get 30% of our incentive, we bemoan the remaining that
doesn’t come by. If we get the full amount, we compare it against 3x incentives
received by our friends in the banking sector (never mind the working hours).
If we don’t have a job rotation policy, we feel stagnated. If we have a job
rotation policy, we feel our competitive advantage isn’t used best. If the
office celebrates festivals, we don’t participate whole-heartedly because we
are busy with ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">better things to do’</i>.
If the office doesn’t celebrate festivals, we have a theory ready on Employee
Degeneration in Absence of Celebrations. If we don’t get facetime with the
management, we feel sidelined. If we get facetime, we feel pressured. If we
don’t get new assignments, we feel unexcited. If we get them, we feel
overloaded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The matter
is simple. The utopian world doesn’t exist. Neither in office, nor at home. And
by the way, I am reading Ramayana these days. Apparently, the state of the world
back then, was even worse. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But then –
says the employee – it’s not a question of either-or. Employers need to strike
a balance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Of course
we need to strike a balance – employers and employees. But then, what is
balance? Also, whose balance? There are 7.7 billion definitions of balance on
earth; and as many definitions of balance in the organization as its number of
employees. Balance is as vague as contentment. Even in the smallest teams,
people find it hard to come to a consensus on the constituents of ‘balance’. In
our own family, we can’t seem to find a consistent definition of balance with
our parents/ spouse/ children. But we expect the organization to find an all-inclusive,
equally-euphoric, widely-bought-in, concept of Balance. Hypocritical, isn’t it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Does this
mean that we stop asking questions and accept whatever the organization does?
No, that will sound the death knell for improvement. Solutions emerge only when
the status-quo is questioned. The consistent want to improve is the sole fuel
of invention. If employees hadn’t questioned the desk-mentality, work-from-home
wouldn’t be a reality. If people didn’t assign priority to personal goals, the
concept of Sabbatical Leave wouldn’t get ushered. Voluntary retirement, period
leave, job-sharing, flexi-timings, child/elder care leave, group insurance, social
contribution, 360 degree appraisals, scholarships etc…all such amazing ideas
owe their origin to a question.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Questioning,
therefore, is wonderful, and it brings the best out of an organization. We know
that. So we love to question and it’s perfect. So why do we start getting the
jitters when we are questioned? What’s good for company should be good for us
too, no? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Questioning
others requires awareness. Being open for questioning requires awakening. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Awareness
tells us that employers need to have a conscience to be able to sustain in the
long run. So, we expect the company to make concessions for our sick days, bad
hair days, travel days, charitable days, family care days, friends meet up days
etc. Awareness informs us what other employers are doing to help people and
planet. So, we expect the company to have negative carbon footprint, minimize
waste generation, expend on CSR projects and disburse some pandemic allowance. Awareness
tells us how stakeholders are supposed to behave with us, and how they should
be held accountable for their jobs. Awareness provides the raw material for
asking questions. Courtesy Jio, awareness comes as cheap as Rs 150 per month
these days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Awakening,
on the other hand, requires introspection. Turn the tables and put the company
in the seat of the questioner: What work did we do daily? What goals did we
achieve in one quarter? Are our goals ambitious enough? What earth-shattering work
did we do to claim an ‘Outstanding’ rating in place of a ‘Fully-met’ one? How did
we migrate our function to the next orbit to justify the ask for a
promotion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How much did our professional
goals suffer because of our unplanned personal needs? How did we compensate for
those losses? Which legacy of system did we permanently change to feel fit for
the highest salary increment? What was our role in causing that friction with our
stakeholder? What did we not do to worsen our relationship with our
stakeholders? …Squirming, are we?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To put it
plainly, we expect our employer to accommodate for our consistently improving
lifestyles. But we lament when the employer also expects us to contribute to
its consistently improving profitability. We want righteous, empathetic, and
progressive leaders like Shri Raam. But we don’t like being the forever
diligent, dedicated, and goal-oriented Hanuman. We like to be led by a
socialist king, who lets us be capitalistic individuals in return. We want
rights; duties are so old-fashioned anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This
double-standard often comes accompanied with a quip: If I were to be all that
awakened and saintly, I would go and meditate in the Himalayas. I’m here for
salary, not enlightenment. Going by the same logic, if you constantly harangue
about company, boss, and salary, you should go and become a full time activist.
The company hired you for your productivity, not speeches. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
difference between asking questions to find solutions, and asking holier than
thou questions, lies in attitude. The former is a seeker, who comes with the
commitment to work for the change. The latter is a judge, demanding that the
world works for it. And if we indeed have genuine grudges with the organization,
who stopped us from leaving? To stick around in a job half-heartedly only to be
able to draw a salary, is as unfair to the company as the company is to us,
isn’t it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As for me,
I’d like to borrow what someone once said: I don’t take the moral high ground.
I have vertigo! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Post-script and disclaimer: I am not in HR. And
I have enough grievances with them ;)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-64011327607493112392020-09-11T12:54:00.001+05:302020-09-11T12:54:12.615+05:30A tete-a-tete with my ache<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUzAw1cb31_Mp3ZAyqpndXImUjUwzr3SO7XiCWRJBchbmHuQaHJ_dGE2B8giPLuBPnyP8aN6m_u-LjygJ1OXYzen8UqNXZiBu718O4PLJvMzhwQ3B_f1sx6EZB2VGGHSSOIVCZx8RhYU/s1024/sad-P5CNW9S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUzAw1cb31_Mp3ZAyqpndXImUjUwzr3SO7XiCWRJBchbmHuQaHJ_dGE2B8giPLuBPnyP8aN6m_u-LjygJ1OXYzen8UqNXZiBu718O4PLJvMzhwQ3B_f1sx6EZB2VGGHSSOIVCZx8RhYU/s320/sad-P5CNW9S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hey
there, honey!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(I
look up glumly)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One
of those days that you're invoking my transformational powers, eh?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About
time you stopped making fun of my lows.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lows?
You call them lows? I provide free-of-cost revelations to you, and you label
them lows? I mean, people hire fancy consultants for unearthing those nuggets
of gold.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not
all your revelations are pleasant, you know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
they were, you wouldn’t have developed the ability for compassion, would you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Agree.
And I’m also human, and I also need compassion. Now do you mind leaving me
alone? (I choke)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There,
there…I would leave you forever, if that’s what makes you happy. I am not an
unsolicited guest anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Is
it? When did I invite you, I don’t remember.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Long,
long time ago my dear. You resolved to love. You resolved to learn. You
resolved to grow. You resolved to explore. You resolved to trust. I am the
price you pay for these beauties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That
one should pay so dearly for wanting to be good and do good…I can’t fathom
this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well,
well…you’re latching on to the wrong train of thought. Prices are meant to be
paid. Good or bad, no experience comes for free. How you experience the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">paying</i> process is what makes all the
difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Didn’t
get it..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let
me explain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Say,
you love someone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
they love you back, you can pay through gratitude or service. You can also
pay through dominance and envy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
they don’t love you back, you can pay through empathy for the unloved, or
self-introspection. You can also pay through bitterness of unrequited love. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There’s
payment involved in every process. The currency is your feeling. The feeling
is your choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
how about being wronged, how does one deal with that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
just learn what not to be. Which is as important, if not more, than knowing what
to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
what about loss? Loss of people and situations we hold dear?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Loss
is pretty conducive, if not essential, to growth. It conditions your mind to
take hits. It keeps your eyes and soul moist. And moisture is where new life
grows. All the art, poetry, songs, and stories – emanate from loss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then
just where do you draw the line? On this logic, you take everything away from
a woman and tell her it’s for her poetry?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of
course there’s a line. One loss is to lose what’s not under your control,
what I just said. The other loss – to lose by force or malice – is what
causes change, revolution, imbalance, and a new order. In either case, it’s a
helpful phenomenon. And in either case, you can let it change you for the
better or the worse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(I
nod, more to myself)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
know it’s hard to think straight when I am around.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t want to think, I just want to live without you – even if for a short
time. Just tell me the way to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
real ways or the fake ways?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Both
(my curiosity is piqued)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ok,
so I will start with the fake ways first. You can try deceptive sainthood. In
the name of nihilism, you can go about your life doing nothing and being
nothing. Or you can try to drown your sorrows but turning into a sadist. Or
you can choose to be tone-deaf to the wailing of your soul by crowding your
time and space with things – material or otherwise. Or turn to drug abuse. I
call these ways fake because they don’t last. All of us have got to earn our
peace, and the world typically asks a lot in return. Fake givers can’t give
much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hmm,
and the real ways?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Honestly,
there is only one sure shot way of avoiding pain. Which is to give up all
desires.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That
would make life so…insipid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maybe.
Maybe not. And given your life stage and passions, I won’t recommend that to
you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then
what would you rather recommend, maám? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Detached
attachment. Both with feelings, and with endeavours. Feel as much love your
heart can hold and beyond. Undertake as much labour your mind can assimilate
and beyond. Commit your mind, heart, and soul into these. But stay detached
with the results. Desire only what the process brings you, and treat results
with surprise. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who
do you think I am? A saint?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nah,
saints won’t bother with even the doing, let alone the achieving. Why I ask
you to do, and do with all your soul, is because that is what brings meaning
to life. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So
you are asking me to shelve happiness and chase meaning?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ache:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chase
meaning, yes. As for happiness, or sadness, that’s again your response. And
responses are ephemeral. Meaning and purpose are eternal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 478.8pt;" valign="top" width="638">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
look at Ache with a broken heart but a joined soul. She looks at me through
still, deep eyes. At last, I admit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.85pt;" valign="top" width="54">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 437.95pt;" valign="top" width="584">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes,
you’ve always been my best teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td colspan="2" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 478.8pt;" valign="top" width="638">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Without
another word, she dissolves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-26422122371978957082020-08-25T18:20:00.002+05:302020-08-25T18:22:56.742+05:30Misanthropy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpeek2791jzgqzTcRgbzWVmK1fdrVay58hFANqb5yyi9lU1aCkK81AxBHZ5KPp-RGKE1iEJ6hg_VsJ-BkCoNu8qQD5IVsWIh1H6KjhvcwZhAm7Dvw7gp-Ba0vhn0dCIchObli6s-HLQg/s1024/silhouette-young-man-walking-in-sea-during-sunset-U7QF2N4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpeek2791jzgqzTcRgbzWVmK1fdrVay58hFANqb5yyi9lU1aCkK81AxBHZ5KPp-RGKE1iEJ6hg_VsJ-BkCoNu8qQD5IVsWIh1H6KjhvcwZhAm7Dvw7gp-Ba0vhn0dCIchObli6s-HLQg/w512-h342/silhouette-young-man-walking-in-sea-during-sunset-U7QF2N4.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;"><span>I think I have begun losing sanity,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You see, I
now hate humanity!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The uncle who wears an
overcoat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In just the
same shade of fawn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He makes my
heart go racing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I wish he
never was born<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The officer who now does your role<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tries hard
to fit into your shoes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wears it
like a big bad cloak<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Misfit,
lax, and loose<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Then there’s this army officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">His hair
cut just like yours<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He makes me
fall to the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I wish he returns
to his force<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Now most of them can be borne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Except that
one special guy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tall,
broad, and strong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Turning
heads as he walks by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">His voice
is also deep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">His demeanour
known to be sweet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He even
matches your gait<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Nearly
stops my heartbeat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Every day on that street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">That you’d
walk by each day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tucked in
the corner in my car<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For just one
look at you, I pray<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There’s a crowd that walks down
that road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The officer,
the woman, the boy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Yes – I
hate everyone that’s not you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">My love, my
life, my joy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-91781368062080980672020-07-17T17:55:00.001+05:302020-07-17T17:55:59.273+05:30Moony<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Every time I have stood
there and gazed at you, I have felt there is stillness in the world. Within and
without.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You, too, have been
rather committed in communing with me. You have returned my admiration with
fondness. You have calmed my agitated heart. You have centred my mind. And as
if it was not beautiful enough to see your glowing countenance, you have run a
slideshow of people who long for - just as I long to see you in your full
glory. Telling me that we are all united...through you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Standing there on the
terrace, holding you in my unblinking eyes, I have known what it means to
breathe comfort. You are just one of those phenomena that prove perfection
exists. You stand there as a constant reminder to us lesser mortals to be more
than lesser. Way more. You tell us that the idea is to be this beautiful,
this comforting, and this graceful, no matter who we are. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How do you do it? Making
the breeze move at just the right speed? Making the birds fly in just the
correct alignment? Making the trees sway in just the right melody? The clouds
waft in just the picturesque formation? Even the earth gravity pull with just
the desired force?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enough to break my heart
with all broken dreams. And join it back again with sheer hopefulness of
life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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दिल्ली</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">दबंग</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">कामवालियों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">अलग</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">न</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">थी।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">उसने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">बहुत</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">पहले</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">जान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">लिया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">था</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">कि</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">शहर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">अमीर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">गिद्ध <span lang="HI">की</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">भांति <span lang="HI">होते</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">हैं</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> - </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">कमज़ोर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">नोंच</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">खाते</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%;">हैं।</span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वैसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">काम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; 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font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मशीन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ही</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">धोएगी।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बर्तन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गर्म</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पानी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ही</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">साफ़</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">करेगी।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सब्ज़ी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">और</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दाल</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बढ़कर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कुछ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बनाएगी।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">महीने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">छुट्टी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">करेगी।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ये</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सब</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसके</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अनुभव</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">निचोड़</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">था।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सालों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पहले</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कई</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कोशिश</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कि</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बहुत</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अच्छा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">काम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">करके</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">किसी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">और</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">परिवार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अपना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">परिवार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मैडम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लोगों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दिल</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जीत</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ले।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तब</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हाथ</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पैर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दबाये</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थे।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सराहना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दो</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">शब्द</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हाथ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">और</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दस</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बारह</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पुरानी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">साड़ियां।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; 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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तंगदिल</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लोगों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खुश</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">करने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हज़ार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कोशिशों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बाद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">समझ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गयी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मालिक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लोगों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लालच</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अंधा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कुआं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जिसमें</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कूद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जाओ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मालिक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खुश</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">न</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">होगा।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">शायद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">यह</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कह</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दे</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">धत</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लड़की</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बल</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">क्यों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कूदी</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; 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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसके</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तरस</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गए</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लेकिन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अपनी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सब्ज़ी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तारीफ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सुनी।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बर्तन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चमकते</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रहे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लेकिन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बच्चे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बीमार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">होने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जब</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तीसरी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">छुट्टी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ली</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पैसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">काट</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लिए।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कभी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सोफे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पीछे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गन्दगी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">निकली</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कामचोर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उपाधि</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">प्राप्त</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हुई।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दूध</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उफन <span lang="HI">कर</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गिर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आधे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">घंटे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लेक्चर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नसीब</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हुआ।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कभी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कुछ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> '</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ये</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लोग</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ऐसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ही</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">होते</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हैं</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">' </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">फुसफुसाहट</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सुनाई</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पड़ी।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कुछ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ज़्यादा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हुआ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कामवालियों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जात <span lang="HI">का</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हवाला</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दिया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गया।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कुछ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अच्छा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पूरा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">क्रेडिट</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लूट</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लिया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गया।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कामकाजी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जीवन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कभी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">स्नेह</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मिला</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हो</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">याद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">यों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कुछ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">घरों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बच्चे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जब </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">'</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आंटी</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">' </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कह</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पुकारते</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तब</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अच्छा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ज़रूर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगता</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">था।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">समय</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">साथ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान ने</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">विमुख</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">होकर</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">) </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ही</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लिया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कि</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसकी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जात <span lang="HI">इंसान</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पहले</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नौकर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">फिर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">क्या</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">था</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसको</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वैसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ही</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">निभाने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जैसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मैडम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लोग</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">साबित</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">करने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जुड़ी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रहतीं।</span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हाल</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ही</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मैडम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">काम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">निकाला</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">था।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बात</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थी।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सोसाइटी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गार्ड</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जब</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बताया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कि</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">205
</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">घर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाली</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसमें</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> '</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बैचलर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सर</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">' </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रहते</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हैं</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तब</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पल</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">संकोच</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हुआ।</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">फिर</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> '</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मरद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कौन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">देखने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रहा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">' </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ख्याल</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हौसला<span lang="HI"> दिया।</span></span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तकरीबन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">40-50</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">साल</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आदमी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दरवाज़ा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खोला।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">माध्यम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">डील</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">डॉल</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">काले</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सफेद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बाल</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कॉलेज</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">टीचर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जैसा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">शांत</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चश्मेवाला</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चेहरा।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"</span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आदमी</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाना</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दो</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">टाइम</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बराबर</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बनाना</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है।</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बनाओगी</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">?" <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">न</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कोई</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सवाल</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">न</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पगार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बात</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">न</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">परिचाय</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मांग</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">न</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">निजी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पूछताछ।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बस</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सीधा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सादा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सवाल।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जाने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">क्या</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">था</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कि</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">झट</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हाँ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कह</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दिया<span lang="HI">।</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">फोन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नंबर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आदान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">प्रदान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बाद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बाय <span lang="HI">कहके</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">विदा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">किया।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">प्रतिदिन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान निश्चित</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">समय</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आती।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उससे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पूछकर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सब्ज़ी <span lang="HI">लाते</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">विचित्र</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बात</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थी</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आज</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">किसी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उससे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ये</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पूछा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">था</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कि</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उससे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">क्या</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बनाना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अच्छा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगता</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जब</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पूछा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अरसों <span lang="HI">बाद</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पेशे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">प्यार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">देखा।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">निर्णय</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ले</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सकती</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">इस</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सोच</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">गर्वान्वित</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">महसूस</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कराया।</span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाते</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ही</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">प्रतिक्रिया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">देते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सब्ज़ी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अच्छी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगती</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आनंदित</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चेहरे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">प्रशंसा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">करते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अच्छी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगती</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> '</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आज</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मज़ा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थोड़ा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आया</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">', </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बस</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">इतना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कहके</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रुक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जाते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">किसी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कारणवश</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ख़त्म</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पाते</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> '</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सॉरी</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">' </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बोलते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बासी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तैयार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रहते</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">और</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दिनों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बिना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">काम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लिए</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चले</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जाने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">देते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">इतने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सीधे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ऐसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सुहूलियत</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अपनी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नैतिक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ज़िम्मेदारी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगी।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">साफ़</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सफाई</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बर्तन</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खाना</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कपड़े</span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">…</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान ने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सब</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कामों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">स्वामित्व</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बनाया।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हमेशा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मंद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मंद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कुराते</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पियानो</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">किताब</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">या</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">फ़ोन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">खोये</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हुए</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">काम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पे</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> '</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थैंक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">यू</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">' </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बोलते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नियमित</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पगार</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के <span lang="HI">साथ</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">होली</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दिवाली</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मिठाई</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">और</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बख्शीश <span lang="HI">भी</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">देते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ये</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">न</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जताते</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कि</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कितनी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सौभाग्यशाली</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कि</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जैसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मालिक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मिले।</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सानिध्य</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ऊंच </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">-</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नीच</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अहसास</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">न</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रहता।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसकी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">और</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अपने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चाय</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बर्तन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रखते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसके</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बाथरूम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">प्रयोग</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ध्यान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">देते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">साथ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">टीवी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">देखने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगती</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उनका</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चेहरा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">समान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रहता।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अन्य</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कामवालियों <span lang="HI">का</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बखान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसके</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सामने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">करते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हमेशा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसका</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">स्वागत</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हलकी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">करते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बात</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बात</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अपनी <span lang="HI">या</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अपने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">घरवालों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">की</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तारीफ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">करके</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसका</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">माथा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चाटते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उल्टा</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान
से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसके</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बच्चों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बारे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पूछते।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसके</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दोनों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बच्चों</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नाम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">याद</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उन्हें।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">घर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">काम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसका</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">काम</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसकी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जात <span lang="HI">नहीं</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ये</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अहसास</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वापस</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लगा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">था।</span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आज</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">साल</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बाद</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">205</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">घर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">छोड़कर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जा</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रहे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हैं।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बिन</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मांगे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">महीने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">का</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एडवांस</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दिया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है।</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">चुन्नी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">आंसू</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पोछती</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुस्कान बक्से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सामान</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">के</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">साथ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">इंसानियत</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अपने</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लघु</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">परिचय</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">को</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">समेट</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रही</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दहलीज़</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">से</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बाहर</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पाँव</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">रखते</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ही</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वापस</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उसी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पुरानी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दुनिया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">में</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">लुप्त</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जाती</span><span lang="HI" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> - </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जो</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वैसी</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">है</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जैसे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">भैया</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">नहीं</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थे</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Up rises
the fragrance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">of the
chandan-rose incense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">wafting
through spaces,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">flooding and intense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dissolved
in the fume<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">is a
pleasurable pang<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">the beauty
that went void<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">that never filled-up blank<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">By now the
room is full<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">with everything
that’s you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a long
breath of peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">fragrant, uplifting, true<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As the
stirring strains of sitar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">it heals me
deep and beyond<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">for you’re
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">and my world is loving and fond<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-59154192189092049652020-03-31T19:37:00.000+05:302020-03-31T19:37:20.429+05:30You will always be my Durga<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This story dates back to 1997. I had turned 13, the year my
periods began. </div>
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Flashback:</div>
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It had been four years since we had moved to Delhi. Coming
from Bokaro, we’d still not warmed up to the national capital. The summers were
too hot, the winters too cold, and no rains in between. There was no Bokaro
Steel City Club to chill at. The parents of colony children were too strict
with playing hours. Open spaces were too few and far between. English was too
common, and the city’s fashion standard too pompous for our tastes.</div>
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And then, as a 9 year old, I finally discovered something I
liked about Delhi – the <i>Kanjak Puja</i>. </div>
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Back in (the then) Bihar, there was no <i>Kanjak Puja</i>. There
was only Dushehra, but it was celebrated with inimitable fanfare. We knew of
only one Navratri that was celebrated in autumn, and all nine days were days of
Durga. Of Kali, the eternal Shakti. The all-powerful goddess with 108 names. In
my childhood memories, Dushehra, or Navratri, was a time of nine days of ceaseless
play hours. Of decked up roads and colonies. Of wearing new clothes. Of hopping
from one <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pandal</i> to another. Of eating
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">prasad</i> and visiting neighbors. Of the
community radio blaring bhajans and Bollywood music into the wee hours of
morning. Of Papa reciting the Durga Saptashati in his powerful baritone, his
face aglow with passion, and our hearts reverberating in awe of his impeccable
recitation.</div>
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Save the last, Delhi had none of that enjoyment for us. So
when neighbors came to invite my sister and me for Kanjak Puja, we had no
inkling of what it entailed. I remember how even my parents were amused when we
told them about the rituals performed on us as part of the ceremony. How our
feet were washed (which was cringe-worthy for me even back then), how we were
worshipped like goddesses, how we were sat down for yummy food, and how we
departed with unexpected bounties! The gifts would include stuff like lunch
boxes, geometry set, school bags, color pencils and even minor cash. Naturally,
I loved it. I started looking forward to it – to make things better – twice
every year! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We were told that this ritual was a part of worshipping nine
forms of Durga, which manifested in girls. Too bad, I thought for my brother,
and shared some of the gifts with him. On some of these days, my calendar would
be packed from morning till post noon, but I wasn’t complaining. Who minds
getting gifts anyway?!</div>
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Then came 1997, the year of puberty. </div>
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Unaware of the impurity that periods had supposedly brought
into my life, I continued the ritual. Even my mother didn’t find anything
unusual about it. Until one of those Kanjak Puja days, a well-meaning neighbor
asked my mom in hushed tones if I were still ‘shuddh’, that is, pure. My ears
burned in embarrassment. I remember how my mother’s face changed as she
defensively replied that ‘that’ too was a gift of god. But then, this Puja is
only for shuddh girls, the neighbor explained kindly. Mom and I walked up the
stairs silently. She, unapologetic. I, miserable.</div>
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That was my first tryst with the societal stigma of periods.
It stung me so hard that I remember the moment vividly even today. I felt
ashamed and enraged at the same time. Ashuddh? Impure? How could I be impure?
How can a human being go from pure to impure for no fault of hers? How about my
brother - was he impure or pure from the very beginning? Or worse, did his
purity/ impurity not count? And if the society knew that I would be getting my
periods one day, then why did they raise me to the skies with all the worship,
only to pull me down later? Girls from families who may have known about this
ritual – did they not feel the same hurt? Could they really accept that they
had become impure only because they had known this fate for long? Does knowing
meaning accepting? If periods were a sign of impurity, then why did these
people worship Durga, who’s a full blown woman? Why worship any other goddess
for that matter?</div>
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A thousand questions exploded my teenage heart. It was not
the loss of gifts or the food or the fun – it was the loss of status, from pure
to impure – that incensed me. It defeated everything I knew to be correct. It
defeated logic and dignity. I felt cheated. I suddenly wanted to throw every
gift I had hitherto received as a part of this trap. In those few searing
seconds, I decided to jettison these notions around periods for good, and
forever. </div>
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As I walked through the door of my home that day, my mother saw
the copious unshed tears within my eyes. With a plain resolute face, she said,
“Chhodo yeh sab. Tum hamesha meri Durga rahogi.” (Leave that aside. You will
always be my Durga). </div>
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Looking back, I realize, that my mother has always written
my destiny in her one-liners. </div>
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Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-55180304226673846552020-02-28T15:32:00.001+05:302020-02-28T15:32:26.028+05:30We, The Equalists<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Not-at-all-dear Patriarchal Society,</div>
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I know that I’m a huge disappointment to you. I couldn’t
have been happier with myself for that.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’re right when you
say that women like us have imbalanced the societal order.</b> We indeed have.
And we will continue at this noble task till the time that gender balance is
restored. Till the time that personal interest, and not gender, determines what
we do and what is expected out of us.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’re right when you
say that we have corroded your ‘value’ system</b>. According to your values,
women are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">paraaya dhan. </i>Therefore, a
lot of you nurture your daughters believing, and making your daughters in turn
believe, that marriage is their end goal. And that the daughters’ actual family
is the conjugal home, and not the natal home. Naturally, the sons grow up
believing that they are the real inheritors and only care-takers for ageing
parents.</div>
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Hence, you forever prepare your daughters to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">adapt</i> to a new home when they grow up.
You ask them to save their aspirations and dreams subject to the approval of
the husband and his family. Basically, you grow up daughters only to serve as
future wives and daughters in law.</div>
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On the other hand, you condition your sons to believe that
their only worth lies in taking care of old parents. And that their wife will,
at best, serve as another instrument to further this goal. Basically, you grow
up sons to treat you as the only priority of their lives. </div>
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Your colossal cunning at taking care of yourself, at the end
of the day, surprises me. How beautifully you’ve constructed your notions of
right and wrong to serve your own ends. So what if daughters are killed in the
womb because of the thought that they will not be of any real worth to
biological parents. So what if the sons bury away all their dreams, and treat
their wives as subordinates. As long as you have your goals well secured, your
children don’t matter!</div>
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So why should you?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’re right that
women like us have marred your traditions</b>. Your traditions…such as fasting for
the health of husband and children, carrying forward the rituals of the
conjugal home, treating the husband’s home as the primary home, and the
husband’s family as the primary family, cooking, cleaning, and doing all the
chores in the home, being the primary parent to one’s own children, putting
one’s own career and interests on the backburner in order to raise future
generation…all your traditions are designed to subjugate the interests of women
as compared to men. They take her away from an environment of love and care,
and place her under constant coaching (and criticism) of in-laws. They ensure
that the woman is constantly pressured to become and behave in a stereotype
manner. It discourages her to have her own views and opinions that may differ
from the conjugal home. It creates a hostile home environment for women who
don’t wish to propagate your traditions. </div>
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Earlier, when women didn’t have economic empowerment, they
put up with the above. It’s not that they were unintelligent; that they didn’t
see through your designs. They did. That’s why they raised and educated their
daughters to not fall prey to the same trap. </div>
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The same daughters who now give two hoots to your son-worshipping
traditions. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’re right that
women like us have inflicted misery on ageing parents.</b> You see, some people
feel insulted simply because others don’t let them do the insulting. That’s the
problem with patriarchal parents. Coming from the mindset that wives of sons
are basically born to serve as cogs in the wheels of family car, parents of
sons believe it’s their duty to school and domesticate their daughter in law.
Obviated in this belief is the second-class status of the daughter in law, the
supremacy of the in laws’ way of life, and the inherent belief that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my way is the right way</i>. Naturally, they
expect the son’s wife to please and pamper their egos, to elevate them above
her own parents, to be pliable to their training, and subservient to their
orders. The son, of course, is under no such obligation to his in laws.</div>
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Injustice at its height, isn’t it? All we are therefore
trying to do, is make the system just. We have decided to give only as much
respect to the husband and their family as we get in return. Now if that makes you
miserable, who is to blame? An equal me or your self-serving expectations? </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’re right that
women like us are snatching your sons away.</b> Actually, that was never the plan.
The idea was to live happily and peacefully with in laws. After all, whether those
of women or men, old parents need support. Did you know, that among the Nairs
of Kerala and Khasis of Meghalaya, it was men who got married to women and
moved to their houses? Those, and many others, are the matrilineal societies of
the world. All designed to keep people together. While displacement to another
home may have initial challenges, the experience can be beautiful and enriching
if s/he is assimilated, and not accommodated, inside the family. Marriages and
subsequent movements can strengthen the social and cultural roots of the
family, provided there is equal respect for all individuals.</div>
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It is the absence of latter that’s forcing women out of
their conjugal homes, sorry, houses. The men, some of them, move along to save
the marriage. You’re great at pushing them<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>away.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’re right that
women like us are causing more divorces</b>. In situations such as above, when
the son is too scared or too conditioned to give equal respect to his wife and
her parents, relationships break. Marriages end. Every such ending is adding
value to the future generation. It’s sending an important signal to growing
boys and girls. That for families to be sustainable, gender roles are, and must
remain, equal and flexible. </div>
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Every such ending is worthy of celebration.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You’re right that
women like us are raising a generation in chaos.</b> As the economic
empowerment of women is a recent phenomenon, it’s the recent generation which
is getting to witness the rise of the woman, and the power struggle inside the
house. Naturally, this generation is confused, and often disturbed. In
yesteryears, children were sure that their fathers were superior to their
mothers. They may have felt miserable about it (until it got normalized even
for them), but at least there was surety of status. Today’s children are growing
up in a state of flux. Reminds me of a quote, “Most people would rather be
certain they are miserable, than risk being happy.” It’s that stage. </div>
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In our view, that’s a very healthy stage to be in. They
won’t grow up to be like you.</div>
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So here’s my endorsement – you were right about me being
your bane. You’ll be sad to note that my kind is growing, and they are far far
more impatient than me.</div>
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In the end, to borrow somebody’s expression, here’s our
T-shirt line for you: </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No, we checked our receipt. We didn’t buy any of your tripe.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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So-not-yours,</div>
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We, The Equalists.</div>
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14 साल की शोभा एक संवेदनशील युवती है. अपने उम्र की अन्य किशोरियों की तरह वो जितना स्कूल से सीखती है, उतना ही परिस्थितियों से. उम्र की ढलान कहिये, पुरुष-स्त्री के रिश्ते में आजकल शोभा विशेष रूचि लेती है. दो दिन की छुट्टी में दिल्ली आई है - एक शादी में शामिल होने.<br />
विस्तृत परिवार के सदस्यों के भेंट के पुनः बाद शोभा का परिचय नयी भाभी से होता है. शोभा इनकी शादी में शरीक नहीं हो पाई थी, इसलिए पहली बार मिल रही है. भाभी ने शोभा को बड़ी आत्मीयता से गले लगाया और बताया कि उनकी छोटी बहन भी उसी की आयु की है.<br />
शोभा ने जाना की लड़की शादी के बाद अपना तन लेकर ससुराल तो आ जाती है, पर उसका मन निरंतर अपने स्वजनों के लिए कचोटता रहता है.<br />
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शादी से एक रात पहले की कॉकटेल पार्टी है और ड्रेस कोड वेस्टर्न वियर तय किया गया है. लम्बे काले गाउन, चमकीले स्कर्ट, टिमटिमाते स्कार्फ़ में औरतें फब रही हैं. यहाँ तक की मेरठ वाली चची ने भी कुरता-पैंट पहना है. बस एक भाभी है जो इस अवसर पर भी पीली कांजीवरम की सड़ी पहने डोल रही है. जब शोभा ने पूछा तो भाभी ने हंसकर टाल दिया. मस्ती और डांस का माहौल है. सभी ठुमक रहे हैं. अपनी सास के कुशल निर्देशन में भाभी टेबल-से-टेबल जाकर चरण स्पर्श कर रही है. परिचय पहले पैर से, फिर चेहरे से हो रहा है. कुछ पुण्यात्मा तो पैर निकालकर भाभी का काम आसान किये दे रहे हैं. भैया आस-पास नज़र नहीं आ रहे. भाभी उचट रही है. यह शोभा को दिख रहा है तो क्या भैया को नहीं? और फिर भैया हैं भी कहाँ? अरे, वो रहे...कुछ दूर नाचते!<br />
शोभा ने जाना कि शादी के बाद लड़का लड़की को अपने घरवालों के हाथ सौंप देता है. ओनरशिप ट्रांसफर हो जाता है. शोभा ने जाना कि लड़के पत्नी नहीं, बहू घर लाते हैं.<br />
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शादी के दिन की सुबह है. कॉकटेल पार्टी चर्चा का प्रमुख विषय है. जैसा कि अक्सर इन अवसरों पर होता है, परिवार जनों की भूली बिसरि कहानियां सुनाई जा रही हैं. कैसे बंटी ने कॉलोनी के सभी कुत्तों को आश्रय दिया था. पिंकी मौसी कितना अच्छा डांस किया करती थीं, उसी पर तो मर-मिटे थे पंकज मौसा! या कि बिन्नी दीदी किस तरह से स्कूल के बदमाश लड़कों को भी खदेड़ देती थीं. और भैया कैसे बचपन से ही श्रवण कुमार थे. और बाबा कैसे घर के बच्चों को अंडा खिलवाते थे. और नाना जी कैसे अपने नाती पर जान छिड़कते थे. शोभा ने देखा - सभी कहानियों में अगर एक जीवन न शामिल था, तो वो था भाभी का. न उनका बचपन पूछा गया, न उन्होंने बताया. न उनसे उनकी रूचि जानने की कोशिश की गयी, न ही ये जिज्ञासा कि उन्हें क्या खाना, क्या ओढ़ना, कैसा होना, कहाँ जाना पसंद है. जहां अन्य लोगों के जीवन की नदी अपने प्रवाह में जीवंत थी, वहीं भाभी का जीवन जैसे किसी निराकार शून्य में अटक गया था. एक ऐसा कोना जो किसी को दिखाई-सुनाई नहीं देता.<br />
शोभा ने जान कि लड़की मायके के साथ साथ और भी चीज़ें छोड़ आती है - अपना बचपन, अपना इतिहास, अपने शुभचिंतक, अपनी कहानियां, अपनी बातें, अपना इतिहास. मूलतः, अपना होना.<br />
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रात के दो बजे हैं और फेरे अभी चालू हुए हैं. शोभा उन चुनिंदा लोगों में से है जो अभी भी टिककर बैठी हुई है. परिवार की वरिष्ठ महिलायें मंडप से कुछ दूर जमघट लगाकर निंदारस में लीन हैं. ताई जी अपनी नयी बहु का रोना रो रही हैं. कह रही हैं कि लड़की अपने आप को किसी से कम नहीं समझती. लड़की का अपने आप को कम समझने की अहम् आवश्यकता पर अन्य महिलायें पूरी संजीदगी से हामी भरती हैं. उधर दूसरे कोने में भैया और भाभी गंभीर मुद्रा में किसी विवाद में लगे हुए हैं. दोनों का चेहरा लाल है, दांत भींच भींचकर बात हो रही है. स्पष्ट है कि मतभेद चल रहा है. अचानक किसी को चाय की तलाब सताती है. बिना एक शब्द बोले यह व्यक्त कर दिया जाता है की चाय परोसना भाभी की ज़िम्मेदारी है. आधे घंटे बाद भाभी एक बड़े से ट्रे में पचासों कप चाय लाती है. नींद से बोझिल आखों वाली भाभी हर किसी को चाय परोस रही है. यह नज़ारा देख भैया पुलक उठते हैं और भाभी का हाथ बंटाना शुरू कर देते हैं. भैया की आँखों में प्यार सा कुछ उतर आया है. चाय वितरण समाप्त होते ही वो भाभी को कंधे से अपने करीब सटाकर प्यार व्यक्त करते हैं. भाभी का चेहरा उतना ही बदलता है जितना टटोले जाने पर लाश का.<br />
शोभा ने जाना की शादी के बाद लड़का सखा से बदलकर शिक्षक बन जाता है. वो शिक्षक, जो अपने प्यार को इंसेंटिव की तरह व्यय करता है.<br />
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बिदाई हो चली है. आज शाम तक सब अपने अपने घर जायेंगे. अलसाई सी दुपहर है. एक बड़े कमरे में बड़े से बिस्तर पर ठेलम ठेल कर लोग लेटे पड़े हैं. एक रात पहले सूट-बूट-साड़ी-सलवार में टिच घूम रहे लोग पाजामे-नाड़े में सुस्ता रहे हैं. बिन्नी दीदी तो दो सोफे घेरकर बैठी है. एक में शरीर और दूसरे में पैर. कुछ सोते हुए लोगों को छोड़कर बाकी सारे रिश्तेदार इसी एक कमरे में भीड़ लगाए बैठे हैं. आज सुबह से भाभी नहीं दिखी, शोभा यह सोच ही रही थी की भाभी का आगमन हुआ. मामूली से पजामा-टी शर्ट में भाभी बच्ची-सी लग रही है. नईनवेली बहु को स्लीपिंग ड्रेस में देखकर कमरे में कुछ पलों का सन्नाटा छा गया. भैया ने तुरंत कोई बात शुरू की और शोभा ने आतुरता से बात को आगे बढ़ाया. कुछ चेहरों को छोड़कर हंसी-ठहाके का माहौल वापस आ गया. पोतों नातियों को लाड़ में नहाया जाने लगा. ससुराल वापस जाती बेटियों ने पिताओं के गोद पर सर जमाया. भाइयों ने जवाब में माओं को पुचकारना शुरू किया. प्रेम और अनुराग ने कक्ष को तरल कर दिया. बस एक भाभी रह गई. स्नेह की अभिव्यक्ति से प्रभावित एक हलकी मुस्कान, और इस अभिव्यक्ति से वंचित दो सूनी आँखें लिए.<br />
शोभा ने जाना की शादी के बाद लड़की धोबी का गधा बनकर रह जाती है. माता पिता का लाड़ दुलार छूट जाता है, और ससुराल में उपदेश के अलावा कुछ हाथ लगता नहीं है.<br />
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शोभा के जाने का वक़्त आ गया है. एक एक करके सारे रिश्तेदार निकल रहे हैं. रस्ते के लिए टिफिन पैक किया जा रहा है. बैरों पर आर्डर जमाये जा रहे हैं. कितना अच्छा लगा इतने दिनों बाद मिलकर जैसी बातों का आदान प्रदान हो रहा है. शोभा थोड़ा पक गई है, एक ही व्यक्ति को न जाने कितनी बार 'बाई' बोलकर. बाई बोलने का सिलसिला ख़त्म ही नहीं हो रहा. भाभी अभी तक उसके माता पिता को चार बार प्रणाम कर चुकी है. बेटियां गले लग रही हैं. भाभी पैर छू रही हैं. बेटियों को तबीयत सही रखने की तालीम दी जा रही है. स्वर में आग्रह है. भाभी को सेवा प्रदान करने की तालीम दी जा रही है. स्वर में आदेश है.<br />
शोभा ने जाना कि शादी के बाद लड़की की हैसियत बहुत कुछ घर के सेवक सी हो जाती है. वो सेवक, जो कभी भी, किसी से भी, कैसे भी, ज्ञान का पुलिंदा लेने के लिए तत्पर तैयार रहे.<br />
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“Auntie, where did you learn swimming?”</div>
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Standing at the shallow end of the swimming pool, I was
vigorously shaking my head to get rid of the water in my ears when this girl,
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“Yes auntie. Where did you learn swimming?”</div>
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“Umm…in a swimming pool in Dwarka.”</div>
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“How long did you take to learn all the strokes you do.
Especially butterfly?”</div>
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“I took long. Almost two full seasons. Breathing and
butterfly took the longest.”</div>
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“So they taught you all the strokes there?” Asked the mother
of this girl, inching closer, who was hitherto standing a few feet away. Her
curiosity was piqued by now. On her shoulder clung her younger daughter. I had
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“My girls admire you. The way you swim non-stop. And also
your butterfly and diving. So we wanted to find out about your trainer,” the
mum added. “Beta, introduce yourself,” she chided her older daughter who looked
at me with zero interest in personal introduction and complete interest in swimming
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Shelving introductions, I came to the point. “Actually I
didn’t take coaching back then. It used to be expensive. I would see the
trainer swimming, and teaching children, and I picked up cues from there. After
learning the basics, I surfed youtube for tips.” </div>
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I could sense a collective jaw-drop. Feeling self-conscious
and wanting to offer practical help, I hurried to add, “There are thousands of
videos on youtube for swimming, but the ones by Speedo are the best. They offer
very good technical advice. Little things that can improve your strokes by a
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I tried to make it normal but their pupils remained dilated.
Over the one week I had spent in that pool, I saw that trio every day. The
mother was a good freestyle swimmer. The children were averse to swimming, and
she and the trainer kept trying to discipline them into learning.</div>
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“Wow. You’re self taught? You’re an inspiration for my
girls.” The mother was effusive in her praise. The girls grinned. I felt
grateful, embarrassed, and confused. Confused because I didn’t know whether
pushing children to learn swimming was the best way to teach them. I saw the
mother genuinely trying and the children barely responding. Now I have zero
experience in parenthood. I don’t know what the best way to teach kids is. I
swear by being an example and the mother was certainly one.</div>
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“Thank you so much. With a professional trainer and a mum
like you, your children will learn way faster and better than I did,” I hoped that
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What I didn’t say to them was this: I had wanted to swim for
as long as my memory goes, for my love of water. My parents couldn’t have
spared the time and resources to facilitate that desire. So I acknowledged my
hunger and nourished it through my growing years. I took to swimming when could
afford to drive my own car to the pool and pay my own fee, at the age of 25.
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I swam when there were 100 people in that 15x25 meter pool.
I swam when I was down with fever because of excessive swimming. I swam when
the chlorine level drove others out of the pool. I swam when the pool was empty
on account of rain and lightening. I swam without water goggles for a week,
struggling with red eyes and blurred vision throughout the day, because there
was no Amazon delivery in those days. I swam the week the water was muddy
because the cleaner hadn’t come on a Monday. I swam when the water turned olive
green due to some chemical reaction. I swam through layers upon layers of sun-tan.
I swam even when my teeth got discoloured due to chlorine reacting with high TDS
in Dwarka water. I swam from 50 to 100 to even 200 laps a day. In one of those
mad endeavours, chronicled <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://sonalsingh1.blogspot.com/2014/09/endurance-testing.html">here</a></span>, I almost swam
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My mother kept my breakfast ready whenever I returned from
swimming. That was help enough. I don’t know how I would have reacted in a
different situation. But I know one thing for sure. My parents didn’t interfere
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“You can always ask me for any help you need,” I offered as
a closing remark because I had to wrap up another 300 meters to reach my self-imposed
target of 2.5 km a day. And then I swam with the new found responsibility of ‘inspiring’
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My mind has followed your words, to the last possible
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Your art, your passion, your wholeness; your mindfulness and
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you’re a treasure trove of wealth, I was born with Paradise’s
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For every good done by me, for every acknowledged deed</div>
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Everything was okay in the life of 8-year old Prerna. Until
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As an ebullient child with big eyes and continuous chatter, Prerna
was a charmer, most of all for her Papa. As the first-born of her parents, Prerna
was as much a mission as a gift. She obliged them as much as they doted on her.
She did well at studies, at sports, and at general socializing with other
children and adults. Her mom often complained about Prerna’s ‘endless’ energy
to her father and others. “<i>So what’s wrong in that? It’s lack of energy that
should be a concern, isn’t it?</i>” Papa would remark. Filling Prerna with a secret
sense of pride. “<i>Stay like this</i>,” he whispered in her ears, hugging and
cuddling her at the same time. Papa was her ‘bestest’ friend. </div>
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Prerna and Papa were the centre of each other’s universe.
When Papa was around, she cared for nothing and nobody else. Not her mom, who
was in any case always busy with cooking and housework. Not for her maid Aparna
auntie, who she teased everyday by walking over the just-swept wet floor. Not
even for Chunnu, her best friend and neighbor. For Prerna, Papa was a hero. He
did only the right things, and did everything right. He told her why she should
chew her food and explained how saliva and digestive juices take the roti to
her blood. He showed her where she stood on a world map, and how she’d not even
be a teeny tiny dot on the globe. He told her that fishermen were catching more
plastic than fish every day. His stories explained the world to her in a way
that she could sit still for hours, to her own amazement. It was because of
Papa that Prerna carried a cloth bag when she went out shopping with Mummy.
Once, she almost created a ruckus in school because another student had
littered. Back home, she narrated the entire incident to papa, including the
jealous looks of fellow onlookers. Prerna noticed how Papa had beamed.</div>
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A few days later, Chhoti was born.</div>
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Finally as the Didi that Papa-Mummy had been preparing her
for, Prerna swelled with pride. She distributed toffees in school. She touched
Chhoti only after washing her hands. She took her around on a pram, and sang
school prayers to lull her to sleep. She even let her share her exclusive time
with Papa in the evenings. All was hunky dory in the beginning. Papa even
appreciated her for the care with which she dealt with the baby. Though she did
feel a pang of jealousy whenever Papa showered his affections on Chhoti, the
feeling slowly melted away. It was hard not to love the innocent little
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Initially at peace with a rival sibling, something started gnawed
at Prerna’s heart. She found herself slowly, but surely, moving to the
periphery of Papa’s attention. At first, she brushed it away, telling herself
what her parents had told her: That she was to be an elder sister with a new
responsibility. But as months passed into years, Prerna noticed that it was no
longer about rivalry, it was plain that Papa was differentiating between Chhoti
her. She had accepted the equal importance of Chhoti long ago. What she couldn’t
and wouldn’t accept was her own devaluation in the process. That’s when she started
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<i>“Papa you always told me that you did important work on your
mobile phone at bed time. How come you never do it when Chhoti is there? How
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<i>“Papa I wore the old clothes of Sudhi didi; why do you keep
buying new clothes for Chhoti? </i><i>Why can’t she wear my old clothes? You only said
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<i>“Papa why did you do the rice eating event for Chhoti? </i><i>You
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for me. Why now?”</i></div>
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After all, it was Papa who had encouraged her to ask
questions. “<i>A question not asked creates a lot more noise,</i>” he would say. Earlier,
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questions. In fact, she felt that Papa had started disliking those very things
in Prerna that he previously loved. Like her asking questions. Like her jumping
around. Like her not leaving him alone for a moment. Prerna even noticed how he
gnashed his teeth when she raised an uncomfortable subject. Her heart sank to
her feet. Reduced to tears within seconds, she left without waiting for answers.
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The fact that Mummy behaved just the same with her and
Chhoti was a big relief. Prerna’s resentment towards her mom, for never giving
her time and always being busy with chores, no longer bothered her because Mum
was the same with both children. And that seemed fair. But Papa? With each act
of discrimination done by Papa, another layer of silence piled on between the
father and child. Prerna stopped playing with Chunnu. She stopped stomping on
the floor cleaned by Aparna auntie. She stopped enjoying school. Suddenly, she
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Then one Sunday, all the hell broke loose. Papa got a Barbie
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The same Papa who had only bad things to say about Barbie.
That Barbie didn’t study or work. That Barbie was just engrossed with useless
things like make-up. That Barbie lacked intelligence to do anything other than
cooking. Hence, she couldn’t be a toy for smart girls. The same Papa got a
Barbie doll home because his younger daughter insisted. THE SAME PAPA. Whose
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It crushed Prerna. She couldn’t bear it. She stormed into
Papa’s room in a mad rage of tears and anger. She yelled with the garbled agony
of someone who’d been discriminated against long enough to start hating
oneself, hating the world. “<i>You are a liar Papa. A liar. A big fat liar. You
got Barbie for her. You have always lied to me. A liar…a
liar…you…always…said…Barbie was…you…lied…</i>”Convulsive sobs made her speech
incoherent. The usually impassive Mummy came running out of kitchen and was
aghast to see Prerna in that state. Papa stood motionless where he was. Prerna
remained manic in her attack, tears streaming down her neck, hair in disarray,
feet stomping on floor, and a mind feverishly out of control. Aparna auntie ran
to the hysterical Prerna and pulled her to her bosom. Prerna kept crying…kept
talking…kept stomping…as Aparna finally carried her to her room. Before leaving
work that evening, Aparna auntie told Papa and Mummy with a face that begged mercy,
<i>“If that was my daughter, I would be worried.”</i></div>
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Once the storm passed, the chill crept in. Having lost the
fight, Prerna went into a flight mode. She started avoiding Papa actively. Chunnu
kept requesting Prerna to play with him, but she couldn’t. She played with
Chhoti when she felt like, which was very less. Her report cards in school indicated
deterioration. Papa sought her time and again, trying to start a conversation.
But it was not the same Papa. He appeared like a guilty person to Prerna, a
guilty person who’s looking for someone to pin the blame on. Prerna decided to
say nothing. She hoped it hurt him. She was both amazed and pained to see how
easily Papa shifted the entire blame on her. “You have become paranoid…an
attention-seeker…not loving your younger sister enough…irresponsible brat…,” he
often remarked. Right from where they went on Sunday to what they ate every
day, Prerna had receded into the background, and no one seemed to notice. Did
Papa really not see how he had changed? Did he really not feel the injustice
with which he treated Prerna each day? Day and night, in school and at home,
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One of those days, in an attempt to make up with Prerna, Papa
got a bigger and better Barbie for her. Prerna took the doll to the terrace,
and set her hair on fire. She intentionally threw the new and burnt Barbie
around the living room. Papa responded with a dismissive face; a look that Prerna
was inured to. That evening, Prerna realized that revenge tasted better than
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In March, Prerna’s 11<sup>th</sup> birthday was celebrated
with cake cutting and kheer, as usual. Papa had never liked pomp and show
around birthdays and anniversaries, so a big bang celebration was neither
expected nor desired. She was given a new dress, as usual. Papa had stopped
pampering her, and Mummy never did that anyway. Cake slices were sent over to
Chunnu’s place. Birthday over.</div>
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Then came November. Chhoti’s 3<sup>rd</sup> birthday. Prerna
had no idea of what was in store, and nobody thought it was important to update
her. Papa & Mummy had decided to throw a lunch party for friends and
family. Papa had decorated the house with buntings, festoons, and balloons. The
terrace was totally done in marigold flowers. Papa had arranged outside
catering for food. Returning from school, Prerna rubbed her eyes to ensure if
she was entering the right house. Aparna auntie saw her coming, and instructed
her to quickly go change and join the party. Seeing the decoration with
incredulous eyes, Prerna’s face started changing. Red blotches appeared on her
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<i>“Birthday party? For Chhoti?” </i>Prerna could only ask that
much. Aparna auntie stopped. Prerna almost spun on her heels in slow motion to
absorb the decoration and grandeur of the event. “<i>Who did this</i>?” Prerna asked
auntie. “<i>Your Papa..</i>” She muttered with a heavy heart. <i>“Papa decorated the
house? Papa is keeping a party?”</i> Prerna was rooted and rotating on the same
spot. There was a strange expression in her eyes. She seemed like a building
bearing the onslaught of an earthquake with apparent strength. Prerna suddenly
felt like she was swallowing stones. She felt a deep stab in her heart; a
crippling inability to breathe or even stand. Aparna auntie understood, and advanced
to console her. As though touched by lightening, Prerna ran through the crowd,
upturning trays of food and drink that came her way, her hair flying out of her
band, skirt rustling as she sped, and dashed towards her bathroom. She heard
Mummy shouting after her. She put the latch on, turned the water faucet to its
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Lying supine on the bathroom, biting the back of her hand to
muffle her screams, Prerna wailed with all her silence and strength. She cried
for all the times that she had told her school friends that she didn’t
celebrate birthdays because Papa found it better to donate money to the needy
than spend it on entertainment. She cried for all the poems she had learnt by
heart so that she could recite it to Papa, and see the look of pride on his
face. She cried for all the lies that Papa had told her…that Papa had told to
the world. She cried for the day when she came home with a bleeding nose after
winning a taekwondo game, and her Papa had rushed to get her medical care. She
cried because now, it was Papa who was bleeding her with heartless
discrimination. She felt lizards creeping up her spine. She wanted to die, and
she wanted to never ever face Papa again. She cried because she felt that only
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The water overflowed the bucket, slowly drenching her hair, face,
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on the back, and he jumped as though bitten by a snake. Smiling ear to ear, the
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Rewind 30 minutes. I was out shopping at this store in
Connaught Place with my mother. We were trying (like all good Indian buyers) to
get some discount on the stated price. That’s when we were introduced to this
woman, the Store Manager. She heard us patiently on how we’d sworn by the store
for the last 26 years. She assured us of support, went behind the glass doors,
and came out with a pittance of an offer. We took it. She offered us coffee,
and this pantry boy served us on her humble request. She maintained her
warm-yet-distant demeanour with one and all. The pantry boy continued to serve
guests like us with brisk and smiling efficiency. As always, this place was
professionally run. Efficient and helpful staff. No-nonsense speedy atmosphere.
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It was only after the billing that I went to use the
washroom and tasted a slice of the inner work culture of that store. Judging by
the strictly professional appearances of this store, one could not have guessed
the undercurrent of informal and totally non-hierarchical camaraderie of this
workplace. But it did exist. And I found another reason why I would remain
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स्टीयरिंग पर बेचैन होती मैं, इधर उधर कहीं से भी रस्ता बनाती मैं, घड़ी में सेकंड की
सुई को कोसती हुई नज़रों से धिक्कारती मैं. यूँ कहें, हर शाम ऑफिस से घर आती हुई, तुमसे
फिर मिल जाने के लिए, एक बार फिर, बेताब बेकल मैं. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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सफर तुम से, तुम तक. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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केले-अगरबत्ती-रोली-धूप से सराबोर सुगन्धित हवा. दिसंबर की ठंढ और शादी के मूड से रूमानी
होती हवा. बंद दरवाजों के पीछे बल्ब की पीली रौशनी में संवरती मैं. दरवाज़े के दूसरी
ओर माथा मलते तुम, जल्दी करने की गुहार लगाते तुम. जल्दी कहीं जाने की नहीं. जल्दी
मुझे देखने की. वो भी तुम्हारी दी हुई साड़ी में. नारंगी साड़ी, काला ब्लाउज. न के बराबर
मेकअप. खुले बाल. बड़ी बिंदी. कम से कम ज़ेवर. तुम्हारी पसंद में ढलती, खुद से और करीब
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हुए तुम. स्तब्ध सन्नाटे में रोम-रोम से झर-झर प्रेम बहाते तुम. गहरी सांस भरकर, एक
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<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ऑफिस में काम का पहाड़. काम से बढ़कर एक से एक अहम् की लड़ाई.
नितांत निर्दयी होता माहौल. बेमतलब के डिमांड. बेतुकी सी बातें. बेहाल से सब लोग. इन
सब के बीच जूझती, खिन्न होती मैं. धैर्य अधैर्य के बीच कहीं झुंझलाती मैं. "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">तुम जब भी, जहाँ भी, जितना भी अच्छा करोगी, मेरा
सीना और चौड़ा होता जाएगा</i>," अन्तःमन<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>में स्वतः गूंजते तुम्हारे शब्द. साथ याद आता तुम्हारा मुझपर अडिग विश्वास.
प्यार लुटाती सराहना भरी तुम्हारी आँखें. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">चेतना के किसी स्पष्ट छोर को पकड़कर फिर हिम्मत जुटाती मैं.
जो कुछ 'अच्छा' बन पड़ता, करती चलती मैं. मुश्किल परिस्थितयों में भी डट कर लम्बी सांस
भरती मैं. आँखों में पानी, जुबां में लहज़ा, दिल में नरमी...तुम सी बनने का प्रयास करती
रहती मैं.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">मेरा होना, मेरा चाहना, मेरा बीतना, मेरा जीतना - परिभाषित
होता - तुम से, तुम तक.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sonal Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08173830766955340948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732822180615111468.post-68588366219477202212019-03-26T10:59:00.000+05:302019-03-26T10:59:34.463+05:30The gift<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The bohemians were about to meet me. The boho girl with
twinkling eyes. With her equally zany partner with his ear to ear grin. My
favourite couple, this.</div>
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Love and excitement welled up within me. The way it always
did. At the thought of her. At the mention of them. At the mere prospect of
meeting these jovial people. Play. Mischief. Banter. All good feelings flooded
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The reunion happened on the swanky sidewalks of Gurgaon
Cyber City. Her hugs were always brief; she never seemed too comfortable with
cloying show of emotions. His were the languorous kinds. One could never have
enough of the both of them. After receiving and giving snug hugs, we settled
someplace for lunch. She next to me, he right opposite.</div>
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I don’t remember what the name of that restaurant was nor
what we ordered. But I do remember, with HD clarity, the moments that will
remain etched in my memory forever. The talk was about their Kashmir trip, from
where they had just returned. Given her classy and saucy wit, she did most of
the talking. He contributed, as usual, through brief but legendary
observations. She, the food. He, the salt. I simply relished and rejoiced in
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He asked the waiter where the washroom was, and went to the
indicated place for a loo break. I was therefore surprised when seconds later I
found him right behind me, his arms wide open, holding a beautiful Kashmiri
shawl with flowered embroidery. Before I understood what was happening, he
simply wrapped me in the shawl with a warm hug and said, “I thought you must be
cold.” She watched on with eyes pouring out love. Time stood motionless in the
immortality of that moment. That feeling. That love-soaked completeness. </div>
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To love them, and be loved in return, is grace enough. But
the gift, and more importantly, the way it was gifted, is the kind of story
that should be saved for posterity. And for everyone who loved, and was loved.</div>
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तुम्हारा चेहरा नीचे करके एकाग्र ध्यान से सामने वाले को देखना<br />
तुम्हारा बातों को वैसे सुनना जैसे छोटे बच्चे का माँ को<br />
तुम्हारा खड़े होकर अंगड़ाई लेना<br />
तुम्हारा औरों का आभास इतना बारीक होना<br />
तुम्हारा माथे पर बल न आने देना<br />
तुम्हारा आवाज़ को कर्कश न होने देना<br />
तुम्हारा हमेशा न तैयार होकर भी तैयार रहना<br />
तुम्हारा हमेशा सब कुछ जानना और कुछ न तौलना<br />
तुम्हारा चलते फिरते किसी भी शीशे में बाल सेट करना<br />
तुम्हारा गंभीर मतभेदों को भी हँसते-खेलते झेल जाना<br />
संगीत सुनते ही तुम्हारे सिर का सुर में हलके-हलके नाचना<br />
तुम्हारी बातों का कानों पर वैसे बीतना जैसे बारिश की बूंदों का होठों पर<br />
तुम्हारा अक्सर हंसना और हंसी बिखेरना<br />
तुम ही कहो, तुम्हारा ऐसा होना<br />
अगर खुदाई का गवाह नहीं,<br />
तो और क्या है?</div>
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