Dainik jagaran , hindi bhasa ka sabase adhik padha jane wala akhabar hai. Ab to yah kai rajyon se chchapakar nikl raha hai, lekin main jo baat kaha raha hun , wah san 1954 ke aaspaas ki hai, jab Swargiya Poorna Chandra ji Gupta, Kanpur shahar ke ilake Birhana Road ke Nomani Bhawan se akhabar chchapkar Kanpur Nagar ke logon ko samachar pradan kiya karate the.
Meri Umra us samay yahi koi 8 ya 9 saal ki rahi hogi, jab pahali baar mujhe Shri Poorna Chandra ji ko dekhane ka mauka mila. Nomani Bhawan mein un dino, ek Tewari ji apana Vidya Vinodini ka course jo Prayag Mahila Vidyapith, Allahabad dwara sanchalit hota tha, usaki classess lagaya karate the , jisamein mahilaon ki upasthiti hoti thi. Meri badi bahan Vidya Vinodini ki chchatra thi, unaki classess sham ko 3 ya 4 baje lagati thi. Us jamane mein ghar ki ladkiyan akele kahin nahin jati thi, bhai athava bahan athava mata pita me se koi na koi saath avashya jata tha. Main chchota tha, isaliye meri bahan mujhe apane saath le jati thi.
Nomani Bhawan mein sidhiyan chadhane ke baad andar jate hi ek bada sa aangan tha, aangan ke us paar bayen haath se jakar usi taraf peechche ki or, Tewari ji ek kamare mein classess chalaya karate the. Tewari ji dubale patale se the, aur lal tilak lamba sa lagaya karate the. Isi aangan mein , type wale case upper aur lower cases, composing stick tatha press ke kaam aane wala bahut sa saman pada rahata tha. Un dino akhabar hand composing dwara , page set up karake, badi kathin mehanat se aur parishram karake nikale jaate the. Aangan mein bayin taraf do cylinder machine thi jis par chase kas kar akhabar chchapa jata tha.
Main pahali baar jab Nomani bhawan gaya to apani bahan ko class mein chchodakar, bahar sadak ki taraf ke bayen chabootare par baith gaya. Dahine chabootare par khaddar ka bushirt aur khaddar ki lambi half paint tatha khaddar ki topi lagaye, thoda sthool badan ke gehuyein rang ke sajjan ek lambi chaku lekar akhabari kagaj ke lambe panne ko chchota katne ki prakriya mein mashgool the. Ve badi tanmayata se yah karya kar rahe the. Tabhi koi andar se teleprinter ke kuch kagaj le aya. Unhone ek drasti se mujhako dekha aur teleprinter ke kagaj par kuchch sudhar karane lage, phir khud hi andar jakar ek compositor ke samane wah kaagaj rakha aaye.
Yah sab main badi utsukata se dehk raha tha, mujhe bada maja aa raha tha, kyonki aisa maine pahale kabhi dekha nahin tha. Meri back ground gramin parivesh ki thi aur apane gaon se naya naya Kanpur shahar aaya tha. Yahi sajjan phir aakar chabootare par baith gaye. Ve phir kuchch likhane lage. Main unako dekha raha tha.
“kahan rahate ho”, unhone poochcha. Kya naam hai, maine naam bataya, mera naam sunakar, ve bade anandit huye. Phir mera naam liya aur hasaney lage. Unhe mera naam bahut pasand aaya. Baad mein, Ve jab bhi mera naam lete, hansatey jaroor they.
Main Shri Poorna Chandra ji ko “Chacha” kahata tha.
[Baaki Phir]