Tee..
Rojach mi sakaLi 6:30 vaajta uthato. Eka taasat sagLa aaTpun 7:42 chi local pakdun office la jaato. Majal darmajal karat 9:15 paryant Bandra station gaathato aaNi 9:30 chya thokyala office madhe hajar asto. He majha rojacha routine, hyaat kadhi kuthe badal hoat nahi. Haan, jevha local trains late astil aaaNI bharpur paaus padla tarach kuthe usheer hoto.
Nehmi sarkhaach aajhi station var 9:15 pochlo. Local train madhe rojach bharpur gardi aste, basayala jaaga hi miLat nahi kadhikadhi. PaN tarihi 1:30 taasacha pravaas kadhich kanTalvaNa jhala nahi. Hya veLaat train madhlya group barobar ek vegLach aayushya jagto mi. Gharatlya kurburi ekmekana saangaat, office chya kaTkaTina samora jaNyasaathichi manaasik tayaari aamhi sagLech karat asto. Tasach karun, sagLyana nirop deun mi Bandra Station var utarlo aaNi mala tee disli….
Mi doan miNta tithech thabakalo. “Love at first sight”, hi kis jhaad ki patti aste te mala kaLala. Hindi Cinemaat baryaachda asa kahitari pahila hota, pustaakat vachla hota, pan anubhavayala asa pahilyandaach miLala. Kaay karava mala kahi suchechna. Tithech thijlyasarkha tila nyaahaaLat ubha rahilo, barach veL. Gorapaan rang, saDpaataL bandha, pivLi kaanti, agdi phulasarkhi TavTavit aaNi ekdam prafulllit mudra. Ticha varNan karayala shabdach suchat navte mala. Manaat nusta vicharancha gondhaL, kolahal. VeLecha bhaan aala aaNi ervi jasa office la hauShine jaaNara mi aaj kahisa aDkhaLat, nakhush houn office kade nighalo.
Diwasbhar tichach vichar,doLyasamor tichich chhabi. Tila doLebharun baghNyachi sandhi mala neeT miLalich nahi, ajun thoDa veL tithe thambalo asto tar? Chhe sandhyakaLi parat disel ka? Ek vegLich hurhur aaNi ek anaamik odh lagli hoti mala. Office madhle nau taas aaj kaahi sampat navhte. Pratyek mintaat sekand astaat, paN aaj te sekand ekhadya taasasarkhe sarat hote. Bara ghadyaLavar aaNi veLevar majha kaahi taaba astaa tar mi tya ghadalyat patkan 6:30 vajavale aste aaNi veLela taasa taasa ne na jaata paTkan 6:30 vaajvayala sangitle aste. PaN kasla kaay, sagLikade sthabdataa, shaantata. KaamakaDe laksha navta, jevNaat laksha navta, colleagues chi bolavasa vaTat navhta. Mala phakta tee aaNi teech asamantaat aaNi bhovtaali havi hoti.
ShevTi ekdache 6:30 vajle aaNi mi office madhun saTakalo. Itar veLes 6:30 nantar rengaaLat basNaara mi aaj 6:31 la kasa kaay baher padlo hyacha sagLejaN aashcharya vyakta karat hote. PaN majhya sahakaryana kaay sangNaar kaa aaNi koNasaathi mi itaka aaturtene officechya baher padtoy te. Chaalat soDach, dhaavatach station var pohachalo. AaNi punhaschya ti drusTis paDli. Tasich sundar, manmohak, aakarshak. Majha maan thodasa bhaanDyaat paDla aaNi mi kelela khaTaTop sarthaki laglyacha majha malach anand jhala.
Asa rojach ghaDu lagla. Tila pahaNa, nyahaLana, ticha vichar karNa, itpatach majhi majal.Pudhe houn kaahi sanwaad karNa kinva tichyapaashi majhya bhavana vyakta karNa mala jamlach nahi. Rojach “udya baghu”, “udya karu”, “udya bolu”, he dhoraN thevla. KaaLa, veLacha bhaan kadhich harpun gela hota majha.. Ashyaatach kadhi June mahina yeun thepla te kaLala suddha nahi. AaNi je hou naye tech jhala, je nehmich ghadat aala aahe aaj paryant hindi cinema madhe tasach ghadla..
KaDadun vija chamkat hotya, paaus dharNila nhauu ghalat hota, aakash kasa kaaLa kaaLa bhor jhala hota, susaaT vara sutla hota aaNi ashya sundar, ramya, romantic vatavaraNaat tila mi dusrya koNabarobar tari pahila…
Hooo, khup paaus paDat hota aaNi tyachasobat hoti tee..
Mala khup khup aavadleli
Chattri…
This was the time when I had been to Max Muller Bhavan, Pune some 4 yrs ago in May for a teacher’s training course. Everyday when we walked in, the trainer Mr. Rajeev Deosthali asked us to write some 10 sentences in German and speak them in the class as a practise for speaking German very fluently and with confidence. It was then when this idea struck me and I wrote a short story in German with the same subject and read it aloud in the class with confidence. Being my own composition, I could speak about it very confidently and without stopping once. Now, that I have started blogging, thought of penning it down in my mother-tongue Marathi, but sorry folks, couldn’t get marathi font to write it. So please bear with me and do leave comments if you like /dislike it.
