छुआ आसमान -अब्दुल कलाम

chhua asaman -abdul kalam
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lekhak	abdul kalam
mool shirshak	chhua asaman
prakashak	manjul pablishiang haus
prakashan tithi	1 janavari, 2011
ISBN	9788183221467
desh	bharat
prishth:	125
vishay	sankshipt atmakatha

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chhua asaman bharat ke gyaharavean rashtrapati aur 'misail main' ke nam se prasiddh 'e.pi.je. abdul kalam' ki charchit pustak hai. e.pi.je. abdul kalam ki atmakatha unake adbhut jivan ka varnan karati hai : tamilanadu sthit ek chhote se tirth-gaanv rameshvaramh mean nauka-malikoan ke alp-shikshit parivar mean janma ek balak, jisane bharat ke pramukh aantariksh anusandhan aur misail vikas karyakram ki nianv rakhi, aur jo hamare samay ke atyant mahatvapoorn vaijnanik-neta ke roop mean ubhara. chhua asaman sahas aur vishvas ki ek sashakt kahani hai, aur isase bhi zyada yah svatantr bharat ki vijnan aur takaniki atmanirbharata ki khoj ki gatha hai. sath hi yah abdul kalam ki jivan yatra ki kahani bhi hai. yah saral aur sankshipt sanskaran d aau. kalam ki prerak kahani ko sabhi pathakoan ke lie upalabdh karaega. sath hi anuvad mean prayukt takaniki evan aangrezi shabdoan ke shabdarth unhean vistar se samajhane mean sahayak hoange. unake ekamatr utsahit sandesh se hi unaki atmakatha saik doan mainejameant pustakoan se bhi zyada moolyavan hai. –d hindoo

majaboot nianv

mera janm ek madhyavargiy tamil parivar mean, dvip-nagar rameshvaramh mean hua. yah 1931 ka varsh tha aur rameshvaramh british bharat mean madras (chennee) rajy ka ek bhag tha. maian kee bachchoan mean se ek tha, ooanche-poore evan suandar mata-pita ka chhote qad aur apekshataya sadharan chehare-mohare vala l daka.

mere pita jainulabadin n to bahut uchch-shikshit the aur n hi dhani, lekin ye koee b di kamiyaan nahian thian, kyoanki ve buddhiman aur vastav mean ek udar man vale vyakti the. mera maan ashiyamma, ek vishisht parivar se thian–unake poorvajoan mean se ek ko aangrezoan ne ‘bahadur’ ki upadhi pradan ki thi. ve bhi pita ki hi tarah udaramana thian–mujhe yad nahian ki ve roz kitane logoan ko khana khilati thian, lekin yah maian pakke taur par kah sakata hooan ki hamare bhare-poore parivar mean kul milakar jitane sadasy the, unase kahian adhik bahari log hamare sath bhojan karate the ! mere mata-pita ko samaj mean ek adarsh danpati ke roop mean samman diya jata tha. mere bachapan bhautik aur bhavanatmak roop se bhi, atyant surakshit tha. mere pita apane sadagipoorn siddhaantoan ke anuroop, sidha-sada jivan jite the. unaka din subah ki namaz se shuroo hota tha, jo ve sooryoday se pahale hi ata karate the. ve aish-o-aram ki un chizoan se door rahate the, jo unaki nazar maian gair-zaroori thian. bhojan, davaean aur kap de jaisi jivan ki zaroori chizoan ki kami nahian thi. maian am taur par maan ke sath rasoeeghar ke farsh par baithakar khana khata tha. ve mere samane ek kele ka patta bichha deti thian, jis par chaval aur muanh mean pani la dene vala garmagarm saanbhar, ghar mean bane hue achar aur chammach-bhar taza nariyal ki chatani paros deti thian.

ham apane pushtaini ghar mean rahate the, jo unnisavian sadi ke madhy mean, choona-patthar aur eeantoan se bana tha. yah makan kafi b da tha aur rameshvaramh mean masjid vali gali mean sthit tha. prasiddh shiv mandir, jisake karan rameshvaramh ek pavitr tirth-sthal bana, hamare ghar se lagabhag das minat ki paidal-doori par tha. hamara muhalla muslim-bahul tha aur isaka masjid vali gali nam, yahaan ki ek bahut purani masjid par rakha gaya tha. muhalle mean donoan dharmoan ke pooja-sthal agal-bagal hone ki vajah se hiandoo-muslim b de pyar se, p dosiyoan ki tarah mil-julakar rahate the.

mandir ke b de pujari pakshi lakshman shastri mere pitaji ke ghanishth mitr the. apane shuruati bachapan ki sabase taza yad mujhe in donoan ki hai. donoan apane paranparik pahanave mean adhyatmik charchaean karate rahate the. donoan ki soch mean samanata unake bhajan-poojan ke riti-rivaj ki bhinnata se kahian oopar thi.

bachapan mean, mere pita mujhe apane sath sham ki namaz ke lie masjid le jate the. zara bhi bhav aur arth jane bagair maian arabi mean ata ki jane vali namaz sunata rahata tha. lekin maian itana samajhata tha ki ye namazean eeshvar tak pahuanchati haian. jab maian saval karane layaq hua, to maianne pitaji se namaz ke bare mean aur khuda se sanvad banane mean isaki prasangikata ke bare mean poochha. unhoanne mujhe samajhaya ki namaz mean rahasy aur pechidagi jaisa kuchh bhi nahian hai. ‘jab tum namaz padhate ho’, unhoanne kaha–‘tum sharir aur usake saansarik ju dav se pare pahuanch jate ho. tum us brahmand ka ek hissa ban jate ho, jahaan dhan-daulat, umr, jati aur nasl logoan mean fark karane ke paimane nahian hote.’

aksar, namaz ke bad jab mere pita masjid se nikalate, to vibhinn dharmoan ke log unake iantazar mean bahar baithe milate the. unamean se kee log pani ke katore unake age kar dete ki ve apani uangaliyaan unamean dalakar dua padh dean. isake bad yah pani ghar le jakar marizoan ko diya jata. mujhe yah bhi yad hai ki phir log mariz ke svasth hone ke bad shukriya ada karane ke lie hamare ghar ate the, lekin ve apane sahaj aandaz mean allah ka shukriya karane ko kahate, jo sabaka bhala karane vala aur dayalu hai.

ve jatil adhyatmik batoan ko bhi itani saral bhasha mean samajhate the ki mere jaisa chhota bachcha bhi unhean samajh sakata tha. ek bar unhoanne mujhe bataya ki har ek iansan apane khud ke vaqt, jagah aur halat mean–vah achchhi ho ya buri–daivi shakti ka hissa ban jata hai, jise ham khuda kahate haian. dukh-takalifean hamean sabaq dene aur ati-anand tatha ahankar ki sthiti se bahar nikalane ke lie jhataka dene ati haian.

maianne pitaji se poochha, ‘ap ye sab batean un logoan ko kyoan nahian batate, jo apake pas madad aur salah maangane ate haian ?’ kuchh kshan ve chup rahe, jaise yah jaanch rahe hoan ki maian kis had tak unaki bat samajhane mean saksham hooan. jab unhoanne uttar diya, to vah b de dhime aur shaant svar mean tha aur unake shabdoan mean maianne khud ko gazab ki shakti se bhara mahasoos kiya.

unhoanne kaha ki iansan jab kabhi bhi apane-ap ko ekadam akela ya hatash pata hai, to use kisi tarah ki madad aur dilase ke lie ek sathi ki zaroorat hoti hai. har ek duahkh ya ichchha, dard ya ummid ek khas madadagar pa hi lete haian. mere pita khud ko keval ek aisa madadagar, ek aisa madhyasth manate the, jo namaz, ibadat ya mannatoan ki taqat ka istemal shaitan, atmanashi taqatoan ko harane ke lie karata hai. lekin ve manate the ki diqqatean sulajhane ka yah tariqa galat hai, kyoanki is tarah ki prarthana dar se paida hoti hai. unaka manana tha ki vyakti ka prarabdh khud ke vastavik jnan se upaji drishti hona chahie. dar aksar vyakti ki ummidoan ko poora hone se rok deta hai. unhean sunane ke bad maianne mahasoos kiya ki vaqee maian kismat vala iansan hooan, jise unhoanne yah sab samajhaya.

maian apane pita ke darshan se behad prabhavit tha. aj maian yaqin karata hooan aur jab bachcha tha, tab bhi karata tha ki jab koee vyakti un bhavanatmak rishtoan se mukt ho jata hai, jo usaki rah rokate haian, to usaki svatantrata ki rahean sirph ek chhote se qadam ki doori par rah jati haian. dimagi shaanti aur khushi hamean khud ke bhitar hi milati hai, n ki kisi bahari tariqe se. jab ek iansan is sach ko samajh jata hai, to usake lie asaphalataean aur badhaean asthayi ban jati haian.

maian bahut chhota tha–sirf chhah sal ka–jab maianne pitaji ko apana falasafa ziandagi mean utarate dekha. unhoanne tirth-yatriyoan ko rameshvaramh se dhanushakodi le jane aur vapas lane ke lie ek nav banane ka faisala kiya. maianne lak di ki is nav ko samudr tat par akar lete dekha. lak di ko ag par tapakar nav ka peanda aur bahari divarean banane ke lie taiyar kiya gaya tha. nav ko akar lete dekhana vaqee b di sammohak tha.

jab nav banakar taiyar huee, to pitaji ne b di khushi-khushi dhandha shuroo kiya. kuchh samay bad rameshvaramh tat par ek bhayankar chakravat aya. tufani havaoan mean hamari nav toot gee. pitaji ne apana nuqasan chupachap bardasht kar liya–haqiqat mean ve toofan ke karan ghatit ek b di trasadi ko lekar zyada pareshan the. kyoanki, chakravarti toofan mean pamaban pul us vaqt dhah gaya tha, jab yatriyoan se bhari ek relaga di usake oopar se guzar rahi thi. maianne apane pitaji ke nazarie aur asali tabahi, donoan se kafi kuchh sikha. tab tak maianne samudr ki sirf suandarata hi dekhi thi. ab isaki ta़qat aur aniyantrit oorja bhi prakat ho gee.

shuruati asar

hamare ek rishtedar ahamad jalaluddin ne nav banate vaqt pitaji ki kafi madad ki thi. bad mean, unhoanne meri bahan zohara se nikah kar liya. nav banane aur usake samudr mean chalane ke dauran zyadatar samay sath-sath rahane se maian aur jalaluddin umr ke b de fasale ke bavajood achchhe dost ban ge the. ve mujhase pandrah sal b de the aur mujhe azad kahate the. har sham ham donoan sath-sath door ghoomane nikal jate the. amataur par ham adhyatmik muddoan par bat karate the. is vishay mean sanbhavatah rameshvaramh ke mahaul ne hamari ruchi badhaee thi, jahaan rozana asankhy tirth-yatri ibadat karane ate haian. hamari pahali nazar aksar vishal, bhavy shiv mandir par p dati thi. ham utani shraddha se hi mandir ki parikrama karate the, jitani ki door-daraz jagahoan se ane vale yatri karate the.

mujhe lagata tha ki jalaluddin khuda se sidhe sanvad karane mean samarth the, taqariban is tarah, jaise ve donoan sath-sath kam karane vale jo didar hoan. ve khuda se apani tamam shankaoan ke bare mean aise bat karate the, jaise ki ve thik unake bazoo mean kh de hoan aur sun rahe hoan. maianne sanvad ka yah tariqa adbhut paya. maian samudr mean dubaki lagakar apani prachin prarthanaean uchcharit karate aur paranparik sanskar poore karate tirth-yatriyoan ko bhi gaur se dekha karata tha. ek ajnat aur adrishy shakti ke prati samman ka bhav–unamean aur jalaluddin mean, saf dikhaee deta tha.

jalaluddin skooli shiksha se age nahian padh pae the, kyoanki unaka parivar shiksha ka kharch uthane mean asamarth tha. shayad yahi karan tha ki ve hamesha mujhe padhaee mean achchha pradarshan karane ke lie protsahit karate rahate the aur meri saphalataoan se behad khushi mahasoos karate the. prasangavash, us zamane mean poore tapoo mean jalaluddin akele adami the, jo aangrezi mean likh sakate the. ve har us vyakti ke lie patr likhate the, jise zaroorat hoti thi–arzi, kamakaji ya niji khat. asapas ke ilaqe mean bahut kam log hi the, jo hamare chhote se qasbe se bahar ki duniya ki janakari ya jnan mean unaki barabari par ate hoan. ziandagi ke us p dav par jalaluddin ne mujh par gahara asar dala. ve mujhase tamam vishayoan par bat karate the–vaijnanik khojean, samakalin lekhan aur sahity yahaan tak ki chikitsa vijnan aur usaki nee upalabdhiyoan ke bare mean bhi. ve hi the, jinhoanne apane simit sansar se bahar ki duniya ki or dekh pane mean meri sabase zyada madad ki.

us vaqt mere jivan ka ek doosara pahaloo tha adhyayan se badhata lagav, yani vah adat, jo taumr mere sath bani rahi hai. hamare jaisi ghareloo jivan shaili mean kitabean durlabh thian aur mushkil se hi mil pati thian–sivay es.ti.ar. manikam ke vishal niji pustakalay ke. manikam ek ugr rashtravadi the, jo ahiansa ke gaandhivadi tariqe se itar sadhanoan se azadi ki l daee l dana chahate the. maian aksar kitabean udhar lene ke lie unake ghar jaya karata tha. ve mujhe adhik padhane ke lie protsahit karate the. ek aur shakhs bhi the, jinhoanne mere bachapan ko gadhane mean sahayata ki–mere chachere bhaee, shamsuddin. us vaqt rameshvaramh mean ve akele akhabar vitarak the. pamaban se subah ane vali tren rameshvaramh ke pathakoan ke lie tamil akhabar lekar ati thi. un dinoan akhabar azadi ki l daee ke taza-tarin halat ki janakari se pate p de rahate the, jinamean zyadatar pathak gahari ruchi lete the.