Main Satyam, 26 saal ka married, software engineer hu. Main aur meri biwi Ritu, jo ki meri hi age ki thi, sath mein Mumbai ke ek ilaake mein rehte the. Ritu ek fashion designer thi. Hamari shaadi ko 4 saal ho chuke the. Lekin hamara koi bachha nahi tha, kyunki Ritu ko apne career par focus karna tha.
Hamari life mein sab kuch sahi chal raha tha. Par COVID ne hamari life palat ke rakh di thi. Meri job jaa chuki thi. Ritu ka bhi business theek se nahi chal raha tha. Maine haalaki baad mein freelancing shuru kiya tha, lekin usse hamara kharcha nahi chal raha tha.
Sabse bafi dikkat ye thi ki hamne 3 saal se ghar ka rent nahi pay kiya tha. Jisko lekar hum kaafi tensed rehte the. Kyunki hamare landlord Yadav ji bahut hi powerful aadmi tha. Har koi unse darta tha, unki izzat karta tha.
Hame darr tha ki kabhi wo hamare yaha na aa jaye rent ke liye. Aisi baat nahi ke unhone humse rent nahi maanga. Lekin hum kaise na kaise karke unhe taal rahe the. Aur aise hi darr-darr ke reh rahe the 3 saal se.
Ek din subha ki baat hai. Sunday tha, isliye hum dono hi der tak so rahe the. Itne mein doorbell bajne ki awaaz aayi. Ritu uth ke gayi darwaza kholne. 1 minute baad Ritu haanfte hue aayi mere paas. Main poochne laga ki kya hua.
Ritu boli: Yadav ji aaye hai.
Ye sunke meri bhi haalat tight ho gayi. Fir bhi maine Ritu ko shant kiya aur hum dono living room mein gaye jaha pe Yadav ji, hamare landlord, baithe hue the.
Yadav ji ki age 55-60 ke beech thi. Kaafi lambe the, 6 feet se upar inki height hogi. Rang saawla, ek-dum gatheela badan. Ek time pe pehalwani karte the. Unki awaaz mein itna dum tha ki saamne waale ki pant geeli ho jaye agar wo chilla de to.
Pehalwani chhodh ke bahut saal pehle unhone housing ka business shuru kiya tha. Bahut saare apartments hai unke poore Mumbai mein. Unme se hi ek mein hum rehte the.
Khair, hum dono jab living room mein gaye to dekha ki Yadav ji sofe pe baithe hue the. Hame dekhte hi wo bolne lage-
Yarav ji: Aao-aao, baitho. Kya haal-chaal hai?
Maine kaampti hue awaaz mein bola: Arre Yadav ji, kaise hai? Itni subha-subha yaha kaise aana hua?
Yadav ji: Arre pehle aake baitho to sahi.
Main aur Ritu baith gaye unke paas waale sofe pe. Unhone mere hath calculator de diya. Mujhe kuch samajh nahi aa raha tha.
Maine bola: Yadav ji, aap mujhe ye calculator kyun de rahe ho?
Yadav ji: Ek hisaab karna hai. Main to thehra anpad-gawaar aadmi. Hisaab kamzor hai. Tum hi madad kar do.
Main (Abhi bhi kuch nahi samajh kar): Boliye kya hisaab karna hai?
Yadav ji: Zara hisaab lagao to 12 guna 15 hazaar kitne hote hai?
Main samajh gaya ki wo kya keh rahe the. Hamare flat ka rent 15 hazar maheena tha, jo hamne 3 saal se nahi diya. Jiski wajah se hum bahut dino se pareshan bhi the. Maine Ritu ki taraf dekha to uske bhi paseene choot rahe the. To maine turant Yadav ji ke saamne hath jod liye.
Main: Yadav ji, hum aapke saare paise lauta denge. Bas hame kuch din ki mauhlat aur de dijiye.
Ye bol kar main gidgidane laga. Lekin Yadav ji fir bhi bolne lage-
Yadav ji: Kya hua Bhai, hisaab karo.
Maine darte hue calculator mein hisaab kiya.
Yadav ji: Kitna hua?
Main: 1 lakh 80 hazaar.
Yadav ji: Ab iska 3 guna kitna hota hai, ye hisaab karo to zara?
Main: 5 lakh 40 hazar.
Yadav ji: Kab doge?
Main: Yadav ji, hame maaf kar do. Hum koshish kar rahe hai paise jama karne ki. Lekin hame thoda time chahiye.
Yadav ji achanak uthe, aur khidki ke paas jaake khade ho gaye. Unhone hum dono ki taraf dekh ke ek halki muskan di. Unki muskan mein shaitani jhalak rahi thi. Hum dono hi darr gaye. Ritu ne mera hath kass ke pakad liya.
Yadav ji bole: Main tumhare karze maaf kar doonga. Ek bhi paisa nahi dena padega. Lekin meri ek shart hai.
Hum dono ye sun ke thode se chaunk gaye. Kyunki wo aise insan nahi the jo apni udhari maaf kar de. Hum khud pareshan the ye soch ke ki unhone hame 3 saal tak kuch nahi kaha.
Ritu ne ye sunke turant bola: Hame aapki saari sharte manzoor hai.
Wo bole: Pehle shart to sun lo. Hamne poocha ki kya shart thi.
Wo bole: Tumhe ek saal tak meri biwi banke rehna hoga mere paas.
Ye sun ke hum dono ke pairon tale se zameen khisak gayi. Yadav ji ne ye kya bol diya. Main gusse mein chillane laga-
Main: Ye aap kya bol rahe hai? Apni biwi ko aapke paas nahi doonga main. Aap nikal jaiye abhi ke abhi. Meri baat sun ke wo gussa nahi hue. Balki unke chehre ki muskaan aur bhi chaudi ho gayi.
Wo bole: Main Ritu ki nahi, tumhari baat kar raha hu.
Ye sunke hum pehle se bhi chaunk gaye.
Ritu bol uthi: Ye aap kya keh rahe hai? Sattu kaise aapki biwi banega?
Yadav ji ne apna phone nikala aur usme se kuch hame dikhane ke liye firse hamare saamne aake baithe. Unhone Ritu ke hath mein apna phone dete hue bola-
Yadav ji: Aise.
Hamne phone pe dekha to waha ek ladki ki photo thi, jo ki ek traditional saree pehne hue thi. Wo ladki aur koi nahi main tha.
Main bachpan se hi bahut sundar tha. Gora rang tha mera, body pe baal ek-dum naa ke barabar the. Height bhi sirf sare 5 feet thi. Maa mujhe kabhi-kabhi meri behen ki frocks pehna deti thi, to logon ko lagta tha ki main ladki tha.
Maine apni padhayi boys college mein ki thi. Waha pe main drama team mein kaam karta tha. Aur hamesha mujhe waha pe ladki ka role karna hota tha. Ramleela mein Sita, Mahabharata mein Draupadi, Laila Majnu, Romeo Juliet aise jitne bhi plays hamne kiye the, sab mein maine hi heroine ka roll kiya tha.
College mein isliye mere bahut fans the. Bahut se ladkon ne hostel mein mujhe propose bhi kiya tha iske liye. Main ab bhi waisa hi dikhta tha. Kabhi-kabhi Ritu mujhe apni saree pehna deti thi timepass ke liye. Tab main usse bhi sundar dikhta tha. Wo tab mazaak mein bolti thi, “Aaj tu meri biwi aur main tera pati. Chal aake mere pair choo.”
Lekin hame ye nahi samajh aa raha tha, ki Yadav ji ke paas meri photo kaha se aayi.
To wo bole: Main tere college ke function gaya tha ek baar. Wahi ki drama company ki heroine pe mera dil aa gaya tha. Pata lagaya to pata chale ki wo tu tha. Iske baad se meri tere upar nazar thi. Main tere sath sona chaahta hu.
Mujhe unki aankhon mein hawas nazar aa rahi thi. Fir main bol utha-
Main: Kabhi nahi. Ek shaadi-shuda aadmi hu main. Main kabhi bhi ye sab nahi karunga. Aap nikal jaiye abhi ke abhi. Mujhe unse ghin aa rahi thi.
Fir Yadav ji bole: Theek hai chala jaaunga. Tum logon ko ek hafte ki mauhlat de raha hu. Itne mein mere saare paise lauta do. Warna jail mein jaake sado. Aur haa, bhaagne ki koshish mat karna. Main tumhe pataal se bhi dhoondh nikaal sakta hu.
Sahi baat hai. Yadav ji ki pahunch bahut thi. Wo hame kahi se bhi dhoondh nikaal sakte the.
Unhone firse kaha: Agar tu ek saal meri biwi banke reh lega, to ye 3 saal kya, ye 1 saal bhi tumhara kiraya maaf. Aur itna hi nahi, agle 3 saal ka bhi maaf. Iske sath teri biwi ko har maheene 20 hazar rupay bhi bhejunga. Soch le. Yadav ki biwi banke rahegi to samaaj mein kitni izzat milegi.
Ye kehke unhone mere thighs jo ki shorts pehanne ki wajah se open the, unpe apna hath rakh diya. Mujhe ghin aa rahi thi. Maine unka hath hata diya. Yadav ji uth ke chal diye.
Jaate hue firse kehne lage: Soch le, 1 saal ki izzat ki zindagi aur uske baad aish. Ya fir jail ki hawa. Choice teri hai.
Hum dono ki duniya kuch hi minute mein ulat-pulat ho gayi. Ritu ro pasi. Maine use shant kiya. Hum sochne lage ke kya kiya jaye. Kuch samajh nahi aa raha tha.
Kuch der baad Ritu boli: Sattu, mujhe lagta hai ki hame Yadav ji ki baat maan leni chahiye.
Main bola: Matlab?
Ritu: Matlab tumhe ek saal unki biwi banke raho. To hamari saari pareshani khatam ho jayegi.
Main: Tum ye sab kya bol rahi ho? Main tumhara pati hu, aur tum mujhe kisi aur ki biwi banne ke liye bol rahi ho?
Ritu: Tumhare paas koi aur raasta hai? Hai to jao, deke aao Yadav ji ko 5 lakh 40 hazaar ek hafte mein.
Main sofe pe baith gaya. Meri zindagi kaise palat gayi kuch hi minute mein ye soch raha tha. Main ro pada apni haalat ke baare mein soch ke. Ritu mere paas aayi. Wo mujhe shant kar rahi thi.
Ritu: Tum pareshan mat ho. Ek saal ki hi baat hai. Iske baad hamari saari pareshani khatam. Aur maine tumhare jism se pyar nahi kya hai. Tum jaise bhi raho, main hamesha tumhari hi rahungi.
Mujhe thodi tasalli mili uski baatein sun kar. Maine usse poocha-
Main: Kya karna hoga hame abhi?
Usne mujhe pehle Yadav ji ko hamare decision ke baare mein bolne ko kaha. Maine unhe phone kiya aur sab bata diya. Unhone hame ek maheene ka time diya poori tarah se prepare hone ke liye.
Agle din se meri training start ho gayi aurat banne ki. Ritu ne chutti leli thi office se 2 din ke liye. Subha uthte hi Ritu ne mujhe bathroom le jaake meri poori body shave kar di. Iske baad usne mujhe apni ek saree di aur boli-
Ritu: Aaj se tum sirf saree hi pehnoge.
Hum kal shopping karne jayenge tumhare liye. Mere muh se ek shabd bhi nahi nikal raha tha. Sharam se main Ritu se nazre mila nahi paa raha tha. Iske baad usne mera makeup kiya. Mere baal pehle se hi lambe the, maine kareeb ek saal se kaate nahi the.
Ritu ne mere baalon ko ache se baandh diya. Iske baad wo mujhe aayine ke saamne le gayi. Main turant apne college ke time mein pahunch gaya tha, jab main plays kiya karta tha.
Fir hamne sath mein naashta kiya. Ritu ne kaha aaj se ghar ke saare kaam main hi kiya karu, taaki Yadav ji ke ghar mein mujhe koi problem na ho.
Maine uski baat maan li. Hamne naashta khatam hi kiya tha, ki tabhi doorbell bajne ki awaaz aayi. Ritu answer karne gayi, aur main plates lekar kitchen mein chala gaya. Itne mein hi Ritu ki awaaz aayi-
Ritu: Ye sab kya hai?
Main daud ke baahar aya to dekha ki 3-4 hatte-katte aadmi gate pe khade the. Unke sath bahut sara samaan tha. Ye Yadav ji ke aadmi the. Wo andar aaye, samaan drawing room mein rakha, aur chale gaye. Hame kuch poochne ka mauka nahi mila. Tabhi Yadav ji ka call aaya.
Unhone bola: 100 saree hai, bahut saree jewelry hai.
Sab mere liye thi. Hum chaunk gaye poori tarah se. Aise karke kuch din beet gaye. Main roz saree hi pehanta tha. Yaha tak sone ke time bhi saree hi pehanta tha. Ritu ne mujhe kuch exercise karne ko bhi kaha jisse meri figure thodi ladkiyon jaisi ho jaye. Aur hua bhi. Meri gaand thodi si ubhar chuki thi.
Meri chaal bhi auraton jaisi ho chuki thi. Yaha tak ki meri awaaz bhi thodi si patli ho gayi thi. Maine ladkiyon ko jaise hi baat bhi karna shuru kar diya tha. Ritu aur main ab pati-patni kam saheli zyada ban chuke the. Aise karte-karte ek maheene ka time poora ho chuka tha, aur agle din Yadav ji mujhe lene aane waale hai.
To be continued…
Agla bhaag padhe:- Hamara Landlord-2