Kaal Kothari
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Kaal Kothri
कला की काल कोठरी। धू-धू कर जलती काल कोठरी। कर गया जो प्रवेश इसमें नहीं आ सकता कभी बाहर । एक लम्बा, काला कारावास । इससे बाहर निकलने का कोई रास्ता नहीं। बिल्कुल कोई रास्ता नहीं। सूर्य की किरण, मात्र एक किरण के लिए भी कोई प्रवेश-द्वार नहीं। क्यों चुनते हैं हम इस काल कोठरी को अपनी इच्छा से । मुक्ति के लिए। हमारी, आपकी मुक्ति के लिए। दुःख, सन्ताप, क्रोध, हिंसा, द्वेष और जो दोगला है, जो दिन-रात करता है हमारी आत्मा को लहूलुहान, उसे धोकर पोंछ देने के लिए। तभी तो आते हैं हम इस मायानगरी, थियेटर में। अपने आपसे मुक्त होने के लिए...। आपको भी असीम सन्ताप दिया होगा सन्तान ने। तार-तार हो गये कपड़े। कड़कती बिजली । बरसती बरसात में चीख़-चीख़ कर चुनौती देता किंगलियर । हम हैं, हम हैं किंगलियर। देह की विषैली देहरी से बाहर निकल पश्चात्ताप की अन्तिम सीमा पर खड़ा, सुलगती सलाखों से आँखें फोड़ता राजा इडिपस हम हैं। हम हैं राजा इडिपस । बन-बन भटकते राम हम हैं। लंका में दहाड़ते रावण हम हैं। अपनी बहन के एक के बाद एक पुत्र के हत्यारे कंस हम हैं। इस धू-धू कर जलती काल कोठरी में बैठे पोंछ देते हैं हम आत्मा के सारे घाव । एक लड़का था। उसकी टाँगें नहीं रहीं। और वह बनना चाहता अभिनेता । क्योंकि नहीं रहता था वह हम दो टाँगों वाले विकलांगों के इस ज़लील ज़माने में। देयर इज़ ए स्पेशल प्रॉविडेंस इन द फॉल ऑफ ए स्पैरो । -इसी पुस्तक से
Death of a Robin
Robins, in a carefully hidden nest, are not safe from the knowledge of serpents. Neither are they safe from falcons. Whatever the case, we make the choice. Either the nest is made too low for serpents to reach, or the birds are high enough to be noticed by falcons. Bonny, Yogesh, and Ray were the three robins in the City of Constantia. Bonny Deut died fourteen years later, in the back of the truck, trying to get back to the humble Province of Ignorance. His elder son, Yogesh, pined away in a mental institution in the City of Constantia. Ray got away. Were Bonny and Yogesh responsible for their fates? How did Ray escape the falcons?
My Days in Prison
A Shocking Story Of Trial, Temerity And Triumph On 9 June 2002, At 4.30 A.M., Iftikhar Gilani, A Journalist With Kashmir Times, Was Roused From Sleep By Loud Knocks At The Door. Groggily He Opened It To Find A Posse Of Policemen, Some Armed, Carrying An Authorization To Search His House. Within Minutes, They Were Turning His Small Flat Inside Out. Little Did Gilani Realize Then That By The End Of The Day He Would Be In Police Custody. His Supposed Crime: Providing Information To Pakistan S Isi (Inter Services Intelligence) On The Deployment Of Armed Forces In Jammu And Kashmir. The Punishment: Fourteen Years In Jail. My Days In Prison Is Iftikhar Gilani S Chilling Account Of The Nightmare That Followed. Overnight Gilani Was Turned From A Career Journalist To A Confirmed Spy. He Was Thrown Into Tihar Jail And Vilified In News Reports. With His Journalistic Objectivity Intact, Gilani Narrates The Horrors He Was Subjected To He Was Confined To The High-Security Ward, Beaten Till He Bled, Made To Clean Filthy Toilets With His Shirt And Then Forced To Wear The Same Shirt Again ... Eventually, In January 2003, The Government Withdrew The Case In The Wake Of Vociferous Protests By Civil Rights Activists And Media Personalities, And Gilani Was A Free Man Again. But His Story Demonstrates How Important It Is To Uphold The Rule Of Law And How Easily An Irresponsible Few Can Misuse The Draconian Laws To Their Own Ends. Most Of All, He Points Out That, While He Could Prove His Innocence, The Right To Justice And Personal Liberty Cannot Be Compromised In A Democracy. As Gilani Convincingly Shows, This Was Not His Fight Alone. Iftikhar Gilani S Harrowing Experience Reveals In A Flash The Deep-Rooted Prejudice Against Kashmir And Kashmiris Among The So-Called Elite In Delhi, Persons Running Institutions Which Are Supposed To Be Fair, And Reveals Also The Deep Commitment To Human Rights In Many Sections Of Indian Society In Academia As Well As In The Media. A.G. Noorani, Lawyer And Columnist