Chapter 2 - Sharafat Bar
Jab main pehli baar Sharafat Bar aaya toh naam dekh kar meri hasi chhut gayi thi.
Ye Mumbai ka ek typical bar tha jahan Auto Driver se lekar bigde raees-zaade tak sab milte the. Andar ghuste hi saamne ek hall mein tables aur chairs lagi hui thi jinpar bethe log sharab pi rahe hote the. Hall ke beech mein ek stage type gol sa platform bana hua tha jispar kuchh ladkiyan dance karti milti thi. Dance kya karti thi bas ek kamar ke kaafi neeche bandha hua lehenga aur bade gale ki tight si choli pehni hue apne jism ko aise hi hilati rehti thi. Shayad vo bhi jaanti thi ke yahan unka dance koi nahi dekh raha, bas unka jism hi dekh rahe hain.
Hall ke ek taraf Bar bana hua tha jahan se sharab serve ki jaati thi. Jo bhi order hota, ek ladki jisne ki dance karne wali ladkiyon ke jaise hi kapde pehne hote the, tray mein sharab lekar table tak pahunchati.
Pure hall mein aur khaas taur se dance floorpe paas kuchh ladke ghoomte rehte the. Kehne ko vo sab bouncers the par ek bouncer jaisi unmein koi baat nahi hoti thi. Kuchh toh itne duble patle ke hawa ke jhokeke saath ud jaane ka khatra ho jaaye. Par Hall mein maujood har insaan ko pata hota tha ke unke paas ek aisi cheez hai jo unhein sabse zyada taaqatwar bana deti hai aur vocheez thi unki kamar mein laga hua tamancha, pistol.
Ye tha saamne ka nazara. In sabke pichhe Sharafat bar ke pehle maale par jua ghar tha jahan log bethe jua khelta karte the.
Aur neeche basement mein hota tha jism-faroshi ka dhandha. Uper jo ladkiyan choli aur lehenga pehne naachti thi vo thode zyada paise lekar neeche basement mein bane chhote cabin type kamro mein poore kapde utar kar naachti thi.
Toh in short, yahan koi kaam aisa nahi hota tha jise aam bhasha mein sharafat ka kaamkaha jaaye. Par phir bhi Bar ka naam Sharafat Bar tha. Pehle mujhe laga tha ke ye naam mazak mein rakha gaya hai par phir baad mein pata chala ke Bar ke maalik ka naam Sharafat Bhai tha aur bar ka naam uske naam par rakha gaya tha.
Ab sawal ye paida hota hai ke main yahan kya kar raha tha?
Iski 2 vajah thi. Pehli toh ye ke mujhe is waqt ek drink ke bahut zaroorat mehsoos ho rahi thi aur ye Bar mere office se thodi hidoor tha.
Doosri ye ke mujhe Chipku se milna tha aur vo aksar shaam ko yahin milta tha. Bar mein bouncer bankar ghoom rahe ladkon mein ek vo bhi hota tha.
Chipku ka naam Chipku kaise pada ye khud uske siwa koi nahi janta. Har koi bas use isi naam se janta hai. Ek do baar maine puchhne ki koshish ki toh vo taal gaya aur phir maine kabhi puchha bhi nahi. Vo Mumbai ka ek un hazaron tapori ladkon mein se tha jinka agla pichhla, maan baap, kunba khandan koi nahi janta. Vo yahin Mumbai ki sadkon aur slums mein pale badhe aur inki ko apni zindagi bana liya.