Rohan 16 saal ka ek simple sa ladka tha. Gaon ke chhote se ghar me maa-baap ke saath rehta tha. Roz subah school jaata, shaam ko doston ke saath cricket khelta aur raat ko mobile me reels dekh kar so jaata.
Use lagta tha zindagi bas itni hi hoti hai — padhna, khelna, enjoy karna.
Par use ye nahi pata tha ki asli zindagi tab shuru hoti hai jab insaan adult banna seekhta hai… sirf age se nahi, soch se.
Ek din subah jab Rohan school ke liye tayaar ho raha tha, usne dekha uske papa chup-chap verandah me baithe hue the. Maa kitchen me pareshaan si lag rahi thi.
Rohan ne pucha,
"Papa, sab theek hai?"
Papa ne halki si muskaan ke saath kaha,
"Haan beta… bas thoda kaam ka tension hai."
Rohan samajh nahi paya, par uska dil pehli baar mehsoos kar raha tha —
shayad ghar me kuch badal raha hai.
School jaate waqt uske dimag me wahi baat ghoom rahi thi.
Us din Rohan ne pehli baar socha:
"Kya main hamesha bachcha hi rahunga… ya kabhi zimmedar bhi banunga?"
Yahin se shuru hoti hai Rohan ki adult banne ki journey…