Chapter 1 us din Se pehle
Prayagraj ki purani galiyon ke beech ek shandaar haveli khadi thi...
"Rahman Manzil."
Log kehte the ki is haveli ki har deewar mehnat, mohabbat aur virasat ki gawah hai.
Is haveli ko Rahman khandaan ke buzurg Haji Abdul Rahman ne apni zindagi ki poori kamai se banwaya tha.
Unke inteqal ke baad haveli, kapdon ka business aur pushtaini zameen unke do beton ke naam ho gayi.
Bade bete Yusuf Rahman aur chhote bete Salim Rahman.
Dono bhaiyon ne saalon tak milkar business sambhala.
Har Eid ek saath manayi jaati.
Har khushi aur har gham isi haveli ke andar baanta jaata.
Dono bhaiyon ne saalon tak milkar business sambhala.
Har Eid ek saath manayi jaati.
Har khushi aur har gham isi haveli ke andar baanta jaata.
Lekin waqt hamesha ek jaisa nahi rehta...
Pichhle do saalon se business lagataar nuksan mein chal raha tha.
Upar se kuch zameen ke kagaz bhi kanooni prakriya mein atak gaye the.
Har roz ghar mein ek hi baat hoti...
"Kal kya hoga?"
Subah ke 9 baje
City Care Diagnostic Centre
White lab coat pehne ek ladki microscope ke saamne baithi reports check kar rahi thi.
Uska naam tha...
Nisha Rahman.
24 saal ki.
Medical Laboratory Technologist.
Mehnati.
Shaant.
Aur apne kaam se mohabbat karne wali.
"Nisha, ye CBC report ready ho gayi?" Senior ne poochha.
"Ji ma'am, bas verify kar rahi hoon."
Uske chehre par hamesha ek sukoon rehta tha.
Use nahi pata tha...
Ki aaj shaam uski poori zindagi badalne wali hai.
Doosri taraf...
Lucknow Road par bani ek corporate office ki chhathi manzil.
Conference room ka darwaza khula.
"Congratulations, Mr. Fahad. Client ne project approve kar diya."
Sab log taaliyan bajane lage.
Fahad bas halka sa muskura diya.
25 saal ka.
Fahad Ek reputed company mein Project Manager.
Kam bolne wala...
Lekin zimmedari nibhane wala.
Office mein sab uski izzat karte the.
Lekin ghar ka mahaul pichhle kuch mahino se uske liye bojh ban chuka tha.
Use andaza tha...
Ki aaj ghar mein koi bada faisla hone wala hai.
Shaam ke saat baje...
Rahman Manzil.
Aaj haveli mein ajeeb si khamoshi thi.
Na bachchon ki shararat...
Na chai ke saath hansi-mazaak.
Nisha ne apni Ammi se poochha,
"Ammi... aaj sab itne pareshan kyun lag rahe hain?"
Ammi ne bas itna kaha,
"Beta... Abbu ne sabko drawing room mein bulaya hai."
"Kis liye?"
"Pata nahi..."
Kuch hi der baad poora parivaar drawing room mein baitha tha.
Yusuf Rahman.
Salim Rahman.
Dono ki biwiyan.
Ghar ke buzurg.
Aur saamne baithe the...
Nisha aur Fahad.
Kamre mein itni khamoshi thi ki deewar par lagi ghadi ki awaaz bhi saaf sunai de rahi thi.
Yusuf Rahman ne gehri saans li.
Unhone sabki taraf dekha.
Phir dheere se kaha...
"Jo faisla aaj hum lene ja rahe hain..."
"...uske baad is ghar ki zindagi pehle jaisi nahi rahegi."
Nisha ka dil zor se dhadakne laga
Fahad ne pehli baar apni nazar utha kar bade abbu ki taraf deakha.
Aur agle Hi pal
Yusuf Rahman ne woh baat Keh di...
Jisne do zindagiyon Ho ka Rukh hamesha ke liye badal Diya...
