दादा जी का प्रेम पत्र — 1965
Almari saaf kar rahi thi — peechhe se ek purana tin ka dabba mila. Usme — 23 chitthiyan. Yellowed paper, faded ink, military postmarks. Dada ji ki chitthiyan — Dadi ko. 1965. Indo-Pak war ke dauraan. Pehli chitthi: "Priya Savitri, Yahan pahunchh gaya hoon. Jagah ka naam nahi bata sakta — censor sahab kaat denge. Bas itna jaano ki mitti peeli hai aur hawa garm. Tumhari yaad — usse bhi garm. Tum poochhi thi jaate waqt — 'Dar lagta hai?' Maine kaha tha — 'Nahi.' Jhooth tha. Dar lagta hai. Par tumse zyada dar lagta hai ki agar sach bola toh tum ro dogi. Aur tumhare aansu — woh kisi bhi goli se zyada takleef dete hain. Khana theek hai. Daal-chawal. Par tumhari daal ki baat alag hai — woh daal nahi, jadoo hai. Yahan ki daal mein namak kam hai. Ya shayad — tumhari daal mein pyaar zyada tha. Bachche kaise hain? Raju ko bolo homework kare. Aur Gudiya ko — uska gudda mujhe de diya karo — usne sahi kaha tha ki 'Papa ko bhi dost chahiye.' Main theek hoon. Sach mein. Is baar jhooth nahi bol raha. Tumhara, Ram Prasad" --- Satrahwi chitthi: "Savitri, Aaj bahut bura din tha. Zyada nahi likhunga — censor sahab ke alawa, mera mann bhi nahi hai. Bas itna — aaj ek saathi gaya. Naam — Baldev. Uski biwi ka naam bhi Savitri tha. Woh bhi chitthiyan likhta tha — roz. Uski aakhiri chitthi — adhuri thi. Maine poori ki. Bhej di. Kya likha usmein — woh tumhe nahi bataunga. Bas itna ki — 'Pyaar' likha. Kyunki aakhiri shabd — yehi hona chahiye. Savitri, agar kabhi meri bhi koi chitthi adhuri rahe — toh tum poora kar lena. Tumhe pata hai mera dil kya kehta hai. Hamesha se pata hai. Tumhara — hamesha, Ram Prasad" --- Teisvi — aakhiri chitthi: "Ghar aa raha hoon. 3 din mein. Station par mat aana — bheed hogi. Ghar par chai rakhna. Aur haan — Savitri — tumse ek baat kehni hai. Woh jo kabhi nahi kaha — shabd mein. Hamari generation nahi kehti. Par aaj keh raha hoon: Main tumse bahut pyaar karta hoon. Bahut. Itna ki 23 chitthiyan likh di — par yeh teen shabd pehli baar likh raha hoon. Ab jaldi aata hoon. Daal banana. Namak zyada dalna. Tumhara, Ram Prasad" --- Dadi is duniya mein nahi hain. Dada bhi nahi. Par yeh chitthiyan hain — 23. Aur har ek mein — woh pyaar hai jo aaj ke "❤️" emoji se hazaar guna gehri hai. Maine sab laminate karwa diye. Frame karwa diye. Drawing room mein lagaye. Kyunki kuch love stories — display honi chahiye.