Insaani zindagi mein kutton ka ek khaas role raha hai, isliye time-time par unka zikr hamari baaton mein aa hi jaata hai. Kabhi unki tareef mein aur kabhi apni hi tareef ke liye.
Qur'an mein bhi kutton ka zikr mukhtalif andaazon se milta hai. Balki kuch ulema ko to "kutte" ka izzati tamgha bhi diya gaya hai — woh ulema jo deen chhod kar duniya-parasti mein lag gaye. Yeh tamgha unhi ke liye hai.
In kutton ke alawa shikari kutton ka bhi zikr hai, jinhein shikaar ke liye train kiya jaata hai taaki woh apne malik ke liye shikaar laa saken.
Ek teesra kutta bhi hai jiska zikr bade ehtimaam se milta hai — jo Christian riwayaat mein bhi mashhoor hai aur Musalmanon mein bhi — aur woh hai Ashab-e-Kahf ka kutta.
Yani kutton mein agar koi waqai mashhoor hai, to woh sirf Ashab-e-Kahf ka kutta hi hai.
Kuch researchers ne yeh jaanne ki koshish ki ke kutton ki nasal kahan se shuru hui. Aakhirkaar woh is nateeje par pahunche ke research ki shuruaat Darwin ki theory se honi chahiye. Theory yeh pesh ki gayi ke shuru mein kutte the hi nahi, balki jungle ke bhediye (wolves) the.
In bhediyon mein se kuch bhatak gaye — ya shayad khana dhoondhte hue — aur insaani abaadi ke paas aa gaye. Raat ke waqt woh aate, logon ke paltoo janwar jaise billi, bakri wagairah chura kar le jaate aur paas ke jungle mein mauj-masti karte. Kabhi-kabhi murghi bhi chura lete. Subah subah hungama hota ke "yahan koi murghi-chor aaya tha."
Ab aap zabardasti ismein kisi Chief Minister ko mat jodiye — main izzat-e-nafs rakhne wale bhediyon ki baat kar raha hoon.
Yeh silsila chalta raha. Dheere-dheere bhediye insaanon ka khana bhi churaane lage, aur is tarah unmein kuch insaani sifat paida hone lagi. Hairat ki baat yeh hai ke wahi khana kha kar bhi insaan apne andar insaaniyat paida nahi kar pa raha.
Bhediyon ke jhund ne tanha aur be-hathiyaar insaan par hamla karna chhod diya, lekin insaan ne yeh kaam nahi chhoda. Ilzaam phir bhi bhediyon par daal diya — "bhookhe bhediyon ki tarah hamla kar diya."
Mob lynching khud karo aur naam bhediyon ka laga do — yeh sharafat sirf insaan hi dikha sakta hai, jab ke usne kabhi bhediyon ka khana khaya hi nahi.
Jab bhediyon ko murghi aur bakri nahi mili to woh sabzi-khori par aa gaye. Is sabzi-khori ka nateeja yeh nikla ke unka aggressive nature dheere-dheere khatam hone laga. Woh mob lynching chhod chuke the, isliye agar raaste mein koi non-wolf mil bhi jaata to tameez se pesh aate.
Insaan ne jab is sharif makhlooq ko dekha to kabhi biscuit diya, kabhi brown bread, kabhi doodh pila diya. Pyaar dekh kar kuch bhediye insaani abaadi mein hi bas gaye — bina chori ke khana mil raha tha, aur saath hi kuch animal lovers ka pyaar bhi.
Bechare bhediyon ko kya pata tha ke insaanon ke dil ka haal kya hota hai, aur baad mein unse kya-kya kaam liye jaayenge — aur aakhirkaar unhein kutta bana diya jaayega.
Yeh tha woh evolutionary process — bhediye se kutta banne ka.
Ab ek sawaal paida hota hai:
Agar is process se bhediya kutta ban sakta hai, to kya ulta process bhi possible hai? Kya kutta wapas bhediya ban sakta hai? Ghar-wapasi ho sakti hai?
Chalo bhediye ko chhodo — hum khud insaan yeh experiment karke dekh lein. Ek insaan ko jungle mein chhod do aur dekho kitne din mein woh "khi-khi-khi-khi" karna shuru karta hai.
Ho sakta hai shuru mein woh bandar ya doosre janwaron ki language na samajh paaye aur sirf gale mil kar "khi-khi-khi" karta rahe, lekin poori tarah bandar ban jaana mushkil hai.
Aisa nahi hai ke insaan ko jungle ke hawaale nahi kiya gaya — bahut logon ko kiya gaya — lekin nateeja yeh nikla ke jungle unke hawaale ho gaya. Jungle ko khadaan bana diya aur banjar kar diya.
Yahan Darwin ki theory fail hoti dikhti hai, jab ke Newton kehta hai ke har action ka equal aur opposite reaction hota hai. Agar bandar se insaan ban sakta hai, to phir reverse mein insaan bandar kyun nahi ban sakta?
Kutton se mohabbat ke maamle mein Europe aur America sabse aage hain. Wahan har ghar mein kutta milega.
Hamare yahan kutte galiyon mein mil jaate hain, isliye ghar-ghar rakhne ki zarurat nahi padti. Yahan agar koi shauk se kutta paalta hai to uska naam Moti rakhta hai. Ab yeh Moti kyun rakhta hai, pata nahi.
Agar Western countries mein bhi naam Moti rakha jaaye to kahawat inter-continental ho jaayegi:
"Dhatt-dhatt Moti (yahan)… aur ghar-ghar Moti (wahan)."
Hamare yahan kutte do tarah ki languages samajhte hain:
Ek dhattkaar ki aur doosri chamkaar ki.
Dhattkaar do — bhaag jaayenge.
Chamkaar do — daudte hue aa jaayenge, jaise aate hi talwe chaatna shuru kar den.
Talwe chaatna aam taur par chaatukaarita kehlata hai. Iska hum-wazan lafz patrakarita bhi hai — aur aajkal dono ka matlab ek hi ho gaya hai. Farq sirf itna hai ke dono roti ke tukdon ke liye hote hain.
Agar kisi ke peeche kutta lagana ho to bas keh do: "Moti chhoo!"
Phir jiske peeche pada, woh akela hi Olympic gold medal jeet kar lautega.
Yeh bhi ajeeb baat hai:
Chhodne ke liye "chhoo"
Aur bulaane ke liye "Moti yoo-yoo-yoo"
Koi "you" ko apne liye na samajh le — yeh khaalis angrezi kutton ke liye hai.
Upar jitne bhi kutton ka zikr hua, unmein se koi bhi mashhoor nahi — siwaaye ek ke.
Chahe woh Alsatian ho, German Shepherd ho, Bulldog ho, ya aajkal ke hybrid breeds — mashhoor to Ashab-e-Kahf ke kutte ke baad sirf ek hi hua:
Woh Chinese robotic dog, jo Galgotias University ne China se khareed kar apni karastaani ke taur par duniya ke saamne pesh kiya.
Itna mashhoor hua ke agar China iski promotion mein crore-crore yuan kharch kar deta, tab bhi shayad itni publicity possible nahi hoti.