Khoon Ka Jhanda

Chaar Din!

Ye kahaani Vsevolod Garshin ke afsaane "Four Days" ka Urdu tarjuma hai, jo eik zakhmi sipaahi ki kahaani hai jo maidan-e-jang mein chaar din tak maut ke intizaar mein pada rahta hai. Apne zakhmon, pyas aur tanhaai ke dauraan wo jang, qatl aur insaniyat ke baare mein gehri sonch mein mubtila ho jata hai. Ye afsaana jang ki bahaaduri ke parde ke peeche chhupi insani aziyat aur alamiye ko be-naqaab karta hai.

Surkh Phool

Ye kahaani Rusi musannif Vsevolod Garshin ke mashhoor afsaane 'The Red Flower' (Surkh Phool) ka Urdu tarjuma hai. Ye eik aise shadeed zehni mareez ki daastaan hai jise paagal-khaane laaya jaata hai. Mareez khud ko eik azeem aalami mission par mamoor samajhta hai jahan uska maqsad duniya se tamaam buraaiyon ka khatma karna hai. Hospital ke baagh mein uge hue eik shokh surkh phool ko vo kaainaat ki tamaam-tar buraaiyon aur manfi taaqaton ka markaz samajh baithta hai. Apne junoon mein voh is phool ko tor kar apne seene se chhupa leta hai taaki uske zahar ko apne andar jazb kar ke duniya ko shar se nijaat dila sake. Ye kahaani insaani nafsiyaat, diwaangi, aur khair-o-shar ke darmiyaan jaari eik mubham magar dardnaak jang ki akkaasi karti hai.

Eik Raat!

Mashhoor Roosi afsaana-nigaar Garshin ki ye shaahkaar kahaani asl Rusi zabaan mein ”(Noch) Ночь“ aur Angrezi mein ”A Night“ ke naam se shaye hui. Ye usi ka Urdu tarjuma hai, jis ki badaulat aap kahaani ki haqeeqi roohi kaifiyaat aur asar ko behtar taur par mahsoos kar sakenge. Mukhtasar ye ki is kahaani mein eik aise insaan ki daakhli kashmakash ki tasweer hai jo apni zindagi ki naakaamiyon, pachtaawon aur tanhaai se tang aa kar khudkushi ka faisla kar leta hai. Eik taweel raat mein wo apne maazi, apni zaat aur zindagi ke maqsad par ghaur karta hai. Garshin ne is kahaani mein insan ke andar jaari umeed aur maayusi ki jang, khud-gharzi, muhabbat aur najaat ki khwaahish ko nihaayat gahraai se pesh kiya hai. Ye mahaz khudkushi ki kahaani nahi balki us lamhe ki daastaan hai jab insan apni zaat se nikal kar zindagi ka asl mafhoom talaash karne ki koshish karta hai.

Coach-vaan Ka Qadam!

Garshin ka ye afsaana Russi zabaan mein "То, чего не было (To, chego ne bylo)" naam se shaaye hua, jiska Angrezi tarjuma muta'addid unwaan ("That Which Was Not", "Make-Believe", "What Was Not") se shaaye hua. Is kahaani mein insaani zindagi ke baare mein unke mahdood aur mutazaad falsafon ka eik tanziya tajziya hai. Har kirdar apne mahdood tajrube ko hi poori sacchaai samajhta hai, jabki qudrat ka nizaam un tamam nazariyaat se be-niyaaz ho kar kisi bhi lamhe sabko rond sakta hai. Musannif is haqeeqat ko numaayaan karna chaahta hai ki insaan apni be-basi aur naakaamiyon ko bhi bade-bade jazbaati aur falsafiyaana daawon se chhipaane ka aadi hai. Zindagi ki tamaam-tar bahsein aur falsafe eik haadse (kochwaan ke qadam) ke aage dam tod dete hain, aur baaqi bach jaane wale kirdaar apni maamooli choton ko bhi "azeem qurbaani" ka rang de kar jhoot aur mubaalagha-aaraai mein panaah dhund lete hain.