Patang bazi bachpan ki yaadon, basant ke dinon aur rangon bhari asman ki pehchaan hai. Lekin jab ye khushi ka zariya maut ka sabab ban jaye, to sochne wali baat hai ke hum kis simt ja rahe hain. Aik aham sheher mein dor phirnay se aik jawan larka jaan se gaya — wo larka jo ghar se muskurata nikla tha, kabhi wapas zinda nahi aya.
Gawah keh rahe thay ke wo bike par ja raha tha jab ek tezz chemical wali dor uske gale mein lapat gayi. Aik lamha… aur sab kuch khatam. Na wo bach saka, na uske walidain ke sapne. Is hadse ne poore ilaqe ko hila kar rakh diya. Log ro rahe thay, aur har zuban par aik hi sawal tha — “Aakhir yeh khatarnak dor band kyu nahi hoti?”
Har saal Pakistan ke mukhtalif shehron mein aise waqiyat hotay hain. Chemical dor, metal wire, aur tezz katanay wali lines na sirf insano ki zindagi le leti hain balkay bijli ke taaron aur parindon ko bhi nuksaan pohchaati hain. Hukoomat kai baar ban lagati hai lekin kuch log “thrill” ke liye sab kuch daav par laga detay hain.
Sochiye, kya kuch minute ki khushi kisi maa ka lal cheen lenay ke qabil hai? Kya humari society itni be-hiss ho gayi hai ke kisi ki maut bhi sirf “news headline” ban kar reh jati hai?
Ab waqt hai ke hum apne bachon ko samjhayen, unhein yeh batayein ke asli maza zindagi jeenay mein hai, maut se khelne mein nahi. Patang bazi agar zaroori hai to suraksha ke saath, legal aur safe dor ke saath. Har walidain ko chahiye ke apne bachon par nazar rakhein, aur har shehri ko apni zimmedari ka ehsaas ho.
Zindagi bahut khoobsurat hai — isay ek dor ke hawalay na karein.