Book Title: America Jata Pahela
Author(s): Priyam
Publisher: Ashapuran Parshwanath Jain Gyanbhandar
Catalog link: https://jainqq.org/explore/034123/1

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Page #1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Before you Go America amerikA jatAM pahelAM priyam preSaka zA. bAbulAla saremalajI "siddhAcala", senTa ensa skula pAse, hIrA jaina sosAyaTI, sAbaramatI, amadAvAda-380005. mo. 9426585904 E-mail : ahoshrut.bs@gmail.com Page #2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ anukramaNikA 1. Opinions ane amerikA 30. Aloneness ane amerikA 2. Medical ane amerikA 31. Weather ane amerikA 3. Mental diseases ane amerikA 32. Elegal residency 247 24HRST 4. Dangers ane amerikA 33. Green Card ane amerikA 5. Hunters ane amerikA 34. T.V. ane amerikA 6. News ane amerikA 35. Culture ane amerikA 7. Insecurity ane amerikA 36. Character ane amerikA 8. Thieves ane amerikA 37. Marriage ane amerikA 9. Car-theft ane amerikA 38. Divorse ane amerikA 10. Dust ane amerikA 39. Women ane amerikA 11. Work ane amerikA 40. Parents ane amerikA 12. Week ane amerikA 41. Children ane amerikA 13. Economy ane amerikA 42. Youngsters ane amerikA 14. Lay-off ane amerikA 43. Child abuse ane amerikA 15. Education ane amerikA 44. Relatives 16. Schools ane amerikA 45. Emotions 17. Students ane amerikA 46. Selfishness ane amerikA 18. Transportation ane amerikA 47. Family ane amerikA 19. Sub-way ane amerikA 48. Seniors ane amerikA 20. Cost ane amerikA 49. Pleasure ane amerikA 21. Corruption ane amerikA 50. Dog ane amerikA 22. Colour-gap ane amerikA 51. Fall ane amerikA 23. Honesty ane amerikA para. Dollar ane amerikA 24. Froad ane amerikA 53. Base ane amerikA 25. Credit cards ane amerikA 54. Ramayan ane amerikA ra6. Facilities ane amerikA 55. History ane amerikA ra7. Problems ane amerikA 56. Worldwar ane amerikA 28. Labour ane amerikA 40. Before... INDIA... After 29. Misunderstanding ane amerikA 58. sAvadhAna. amerikA jatAM pahelAM _ Page #3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Opinions ane amerikA amerikA ? mAya phaTa. tyAM jaIne kapaDAM dhovAnA ane vAsaNa mAMjavAnA? vIka-enDanuM ja jIvana jIvavA mATe huM sarjAI nathI. savAre sAtathI sAMje sAta sudhI doDatAM-bhAgatAM rahevAmAM koI gaurava nathI. nA bhAI nA, tyAM to lAipha bahu ja imparsanala che. bApe dIkarAnI pAInTamaeNnTa levI paDe. ApaNane to tyAMnu ghara-tyAMnuM khAvAnuM badhuM ja phikku phasa lAge che. AI Tela yu, bhAratamAM ucca madhyama varga ane paisAdArone je majA che, je nokara-cAkaro ne sukha-sAhebI che te amerikAmAM nathI. tyAM jaIne zAkabhAjInA kAunTara para UbhA rahevA karatAM huM ahIM mArI gADImAM doDha kilo zAka mukAvIne ghare pAchI pharatI gRhiNI banavAnuM vadhAre pasaMda karIza. zAkabhAjI DaoNlaramAM vecavAthI tame zAkavALA maTI zako nahIM. che amerikAmAM zAkAhArI rahI zakAya che, paNa e hAtha, e vAsaNo, e masAlA, e apavitratA eka ja che. ApaNe mAtra saMtoSa mAnavAno ke ApaNe zAkAhArI rahyA chIe. che tyAM giphTa zaoNpamAM mane eka amerikana leDI maLI. e potAnA pahelA patinI pahelI patnInA bIjA lagna pachI e pahelI patnI garbhavatI thaI, tyAre enA bebI zAvarsa(sImanta)nI pArTImAM javAnI hatI ane bebI zAvarsa mATe grITIMga kArDa pasaMda karavA AvI hatI. kadAca AvA samAjane ja pokeTa kekyuleTaranI jarUra paDe che. amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Medical ane amerikA amerikAmAM DaoNkTarI sevA atyaMta kharcALa, rapha zabdomAM kahIe to gAbhA kADhI nAMkhe tevI hoya che. tyAMnA bhAratIyonA nikaTanA sagA ke mitro jyAre amerikA Ave, tyAre pahelI ciMtA temane mulAkAtIonI tabiyata sAcavavAnI rahe che. mAMdA paDyA ane IMzyoransa na hoya, to ghara-bAra vecI nAMkhavA paDe evI sthitimAM mukAI javAya. IMzyoransa hoya toya upAdhi che. parivAramAM cAra jaNa hoya to temanA heltha vImAnuM mAsika primiyama ja ochAmAM ochuM 300-400 DaoNlara thaI jAya. tyAMnI lagabhaga 15% vasatino heltha-vImo paNa nathI. mAmUlI zaradI thaI che. DaoNkTaranI mAmulI mulAkAta lIdhI che, te eka ja mulAkAtamAM Min. sothI doDhaso DaoNlara cUkavavA paDe. DaoNkTaranA priskrIpzana vinA koI phArmasI davA na Ape. moTI bimArI hoya, to cokkasa nidAna na thAya, tyAM sudhI DaoNkTara IlAja na kare. nidAna mATe javAnuM speziyAlisTa pAse. e dasa jAtanA TesTa karAve ane tenA kharcanuM bila eTaluM moTuM Ave ke dardI bImArIthI nahIM, bila joIne vadhu dardI' thaI jAya. tyAM sijheriyanathI prasUti thAya evA samaye prasUtAne jo 4-5 divasa haoNspiTalamAM rahevuM paDe, to aMdAje 25 thI 35 hajAra DaoNlara (16 lAkha thI rara lAkha rUpiyA) no cAMllo coTe. kalpanA karo, bAyapAsa sarjarI keTalAmAM paDatI haze ? Arogya sevA pAchaLa thato abajo DaoNlarono kharca koNe ane kaI rIte bharapAI karavo e viSayamAM sarva aMgone AvarI leto koI susaMkalita kAryakrama ja nathI. A prazna rAjakAraNIothI mAMDIne sarjana DaoNkTarsa sudhInA badhAne mUMjhavI rahyo che. Arogya sevAnA dara bhayajanaka rIte vadhI rahyA che. A sthitimAM marI javuM posAya ema nathI, bImAra paDavuM nahIM. amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ ( 3 ) Mental Diseases ane amerikA amerikAnuM jIvana ghaDiyALanA kAMTe kAMTe jeTa vegathI doDI rahyuM che. mANasa ahIM mazIna banI gayo che. A ativyasta jIvana mAnasika ajaMpo ane azAMti sarjavAmAM moTo bhAga bhajave che. pariNAme mAnasika bImArIonuM pramANa ahIM bhayajanaka rIte vadhI rahyuM che. ahIM hArTa speziyAlisTo pachI sauthI vadhu mAMga mAnasa-cikitsakonI che. amerikana prajAno eka moTo varga jIvanamAM ekAda vAra to mAnasa cikitsakanI sAravAra laI cUkyo hoya che. mAnasika azAMti ane asvasthatA eka hadathI AgaLa jAya eTale pAgalakhAnAmAM vasati vadhatI jAya che. amerikAmAM pAgalonI haoNspiTalo, pAgalonI jelo ane pAgalakhAnAMo moTA pramANamAM che. amerikAnI prajAne bhAratIya adhyAtma, yoga, dhyAna ane samAdhinuM AkarSaNa jAgyuM che. tenuM mukhya kAraNa temanI mAnasika azAMti che. keliphorniyAno eka mANasa. eNe yuddhanI Tenka gADI joI. basa, e calAvavAnuM bhUta enA mana para savAra thaI gayuM. e kyAMkathI evI gADI corI lAvyo ane zaheramAM pharavA nIkaLyo. bhayaMkara jhaDapathI dhasamasatI e Tenkane joIne lokomAM nAsabhAga macI gaI. polIsanI gADIo enI AgaLa ne pAchaLa doDavA lAgI. koI kazuM paNa karavA mATe lAcAra hatA. e Tenka keTakeTalI gADIono khUDado bolAvI dIdho. eka mANasa khUba ja biyara pIne DrAIviMga karato hato. jhaDapa AuTa oNpha limiTa hatI. gADI kanTrolanI bahAra gaI. polIse eno pIcho pakaDyo. pelAe ADIavaLI game tema gADI calAvI. gADInAM badhAM ja TAyara nIkaLI gayAM. chatAMya lokhaMDanI phrema para so mAIlanI jhaDape gADI doDatI rahI. kalpanA karo, pariNAma zuM AvyuM haze ? amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Dangers ane amerikA mAnasika rogo kevA bhayajanaka mANasonuM sarjana karI zake che, te viSayamAM jephrI DAmaranuM excmple pUratuM thaI rahe tevuM che. amerikAnuM eka sTeTa che - Wisconsin. A sTeTamAMthI A mANasanI dharapakaDa karavAmAM AvI. eno guno zuM hato khabara che ? bhADAnA phalaeNTamAM e raheto hato. potAnA phleTamAM e navayuvAnone bolAvato. temane UMghanI goLI ApIne temanA zarIra sAthe e durvyavahAra karato ne chevaTe temanI hatyA karI deto. pachI temanA zarIranA avayavo kApI kApIne e phrIjhamAM rAkhato ane pachI bhojana tarIke khAto. bAkInA zarIrano nAza karavA mATe eNe gharamAM jalada esiDanuM pIpa rAkhyuM hatuM. vesTa pArTsa emAM nAkhI de eTale kAma pUruM. eka vAra eka yuvAna ardhanidrAnI sthitimAM jAgI gayo. enuM zarIra lohIluhANa hatuM. asahya vedanA thaI rahI hatI. e UThIne bhAgyo. nIce UtarIne roDa para doDI gayo. tyAM be polIsa UbhA hatA. e temanI pAse jaIne Ubho rahyo. paNa durbhAgye potAnI A sthiti zI rIte thaI e samajAvavAnI - spaSTa bolavAnI sthitimAM e na hato. tyAM to DAmara tyAM AvI gayo. eNe e polIsone zAMtithI evuM kaMIka samajAvyuM ke polIse ene e yuvAna pAcho soMpI dIdho. teno paNa e ja aMjAma Avyo, je bIjA yuvAnono Avyo hato. kA..za. Aje jephrI DAmara jelamAM che. te sTeTanA kAyadA mujaba koI gunegArane motanI sajA na thaI zake. jephrI DAmara paNa mRtyudaMDathI bacI gayo che. jo koI rIte e jelamAMthI bhAgI chUTavAmAM saphaLa thaI jAya to pachI zuM thaI zake, You can understand. By the way, Aje jephrI DAmaranA ghaNA badhA jAtabhAIo ola reDI jelanI bahAra ja che. jemane loko sadguhastha samaje che, jephrI DAmaranI jema ja. amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ (( 5 ) Hunters ane amerikA amerikAmAM vanavibhAga khUba ja sajAga che. eka khisakolIne paNa UnI AMca na Ave, enA mATe te sArI takedArI rAkhe che. A je vAta che te mAnavonA zikArIonI che. amerikAmAM aneka evA jAherasthaLo che, je jovAmAM to zAMta ane zistabaddha lAge che, paNa tyAM koNa kyAre rivolvara tAkIne nirdoSa mANasonI ADedhaDa hatyA karI nAkhaze, eno koI ja bharoso nathI. moTA bhAganA amerikano - AvI koI hiMsaka ghaTanA temanI hAjarImAM thaze to ? evI AzaMkAthI bhayabhIta che. ghara hoya ke skUla hoya, hoTala hoya ke korTa hoya, lAIbrerI hoya, supara mArkeTa hoya, thiyeTara hoya ke rasto hoya, game tyAM acAnaka goLIo chUTI zake. - nyUjarsInA agraNI sAikriyeTrisTa (mAnasa cikitsako kahe che : "amerikA have vadhu kAyadAvihoNo samAja banI gayo che." mAnasa cikitsaka DaoN. levAIna kahe che : loko temanI hatAzA - temano raghavATa game te nirdoSa nAgariko para ThAlave che." e pAgala hatyArAomAM paNa eTalI 'samaja' hoya che, ke resTorAmAM ghUsI jaI ADedhaDa goLIbAra karIne teo jeTalI vadhu lAzo DhALaze, teTalI temane vadhu prasiddhi maLaze. amerikAnA pratyeka gharamAM temanuM nAma gAjaze. bhaluM haze to temanA para philma banaze. AvuM vicArIne teo jAtajAtanA sTaMTa karavA prerAya che. bedhaDaka rIte jIvasaTosaTanA AMdhaLukiyA kare che. potAnuM ane bIjAnuM jokhama le che. cAre bAju AvuM vAtAvaraNa joI joIne lokomAM evI chApa paDe che ke "have polIsa ane nyAyataMtra asarakAraka nathI rahyA. pachI teo potAnA rakSaNanI javAbadArI potAnA para ja le che. rivaoNlvara kharIde che. temanAmAMthI jenI jenI magajanI kamAna jyAre jyAre chaTakI jAya che, tyAre tyAre jAhera - amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ sthaLo navA navA Huntersno bhoga banatA rahe che. have, jyAre koI tamArI pAse amerikAnI zistanA cAra moe vakhANa karatuM haze, tyAre tamane A Page jarUra yAda Avaze. kharuM ne ? News ane amerikA amerikAmAM TI.vI. paranA dainika samAcAromAM kevA kevA samAcAro AvatAM hoya che te jANavA jevuM che. phalANA sToramAM Aga lAgI gaI. phalANA ghara ke zaoNpiMga senTaramAM Aga lAgI gaI. amuka sTora, ghara, zerI, rastA ke skUla pAse goLIbAra thayAM ke khUna thayuM. amuka jagyAe jAtIya satAmaNI ke baLAtkAra thayo. amuka sTora, ghara ke baeNnkamAM lUMTa thaI. amuka poLa ke zerImAM ekalI chokarI ke strI jatI hatI, tene khecI jaIne baLAtkAra gujAravAmAM Avyo... vagere vagere samAcAro bharapUra pramANamAM hoya che. A sivAya ramatagamata ane havAmAnane lagatA samAcAro hoya che. A samAcAro tyAMnI paristhitinuM spaSTa citra batAve che. amerikana reDa krosa sosAyaTIno eka progrAma che - krAIma evoIDansa. tenI eka pustikA che. pArTIsIyanTsa menyuala. temAM Apela krAIma kelenDaranA anusAra amerikAmAM dara be sekanDe eka guno bane che. dara aDhAra sekanDe eka hiMsaka guno bane che. dara traNa sekanDe eka milakatane lagato guno bane che. dara covIza sekanDe eka khUna thAya che. dara pAMca miniTe eka baLAtkAra thAya che. dara coppana sekanDe eka lUMTa thAya che. dara aDhAra sekanDe eka gharamAM khAtara pADavAmAM Ave che. dara ogaNatrIsa sekanDe eka gaMbhIra humalo karavAmAM Ave che. dara cAra sekanDe ghAtakIpaNe aMgata milakato baLajabarIthI paDAvI levAnI ghaTanA bane che. dara ogaNIsa sekanDe eka moTarakAra corAI jAya che. dara traNa miniTe eka patnIne pati dvArA mAra paDavAnI ghaTanA bane che. dara cha kalAke eka patnInuM khUna tenA pati dvArA karavAmAM Ave che. amerikAmAM thatAM kula khUnomAMthI jeTalAM khUno puruSo amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ dvArA strIonA karavAmAM Ave che, temAM dara daza khUnomAMthI traNa khUna enI sagI patnInA hoya che. A AMkaDAo AjanA nathI. thoDAM varSa pahelAnA che. amerikAmAM rASTra kakSAe, rAjya kakSAe ane jillA kakSAe polIsakhAtAmAM keTakeTalA vibhAgo che. varSothI A paristhitine sudhAravA mATe teo mathAmaNa karI rahyA che. paristhiti vadhu ne vadhu bagaDatI ja jAya che. Insecurity ane amerikA amerikAmAM rahetI zyAmavarNI prajA amuka rIte bahu ja prakhyAta che. temanA vistAromAM, khAsa karIne rAte TaeNksI DrAivarone lUMTI levAya che. temanI mArapITa karavAmAM Ave che ane temanI hatyA paNa karavAmAM Ave che. temanA vistAramAM divase paNa jatAM Dara lAge tevuM bihAmaNuM vAtAvaraNa hoya che. koI paNa mANasa e vistAromAM anivArya kAma sivAya javAnuM TALe che. 7 guno thayA pachI polIsa gunegArane pakaDavA mATe AkAza-pAtALa eka karaze. vijJAnanI chellAmAM chellI zodhone kAme lagADaze. gunegArane sajA phaTakArIne ja nirAMtano dama leze. paNa gunAno je bhoga banyo, enuM zuM ? kUtarAne mArI nAMkho toya enA karaDavAno ghA rujhAI jato nathI. eka bAju amerikAmAM dArUnI choLo UchaLe che. gana-kalcara mAjhAM mUke che. jAtIya vRttine bhaDakAve tevuM vAtAvaraNa Dagale ne pagale che. A badhuM rokavAno koI ja prayAsa nathI ane jyAre A badhAMnA parimAmarUpe guno karavAmAM Ave che, tyAre sajA phaTakAravA mATe badhI ja zakti kAme lagADI devAmAM Ave che. A virodhAbhAsamAM amerikA bhIMsAI rahyuM che. jenuM sIdhuM phaLa 'asalAmatI' sivAya bIjuM kazuM ja nathI. keTalI hadanI asalAmatI, ene oLakhavA mATe eka nAnakaDI vAta amerikA jatAM pahelAM 9 Page #10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ upayogI banaze. bhAratamAMthI mahemAna AvyA hoya temane tyAMnA yajamAna salAha Ape che ahIM je gADIo hAi-spIDamAM doDatI hoya temane polIsa pakaDe che. sapojha e tamane pakaDe, tyAre lAisansa levA khissAmAM hAtha nahIM nAMkhavAno, polIsa goLI mArI deze. e samajaze ke tame koI hathiyAra levA hAtha lAMbo karyo che. eTale hAtha jyAM che tyAM ja rAkhavAno.' amerikAnI bhayAnaka asalAmatIno A sacoTa dAkhalo che. Thieves ane amerikA amerikAmAM guMDAgardInI eka khAsa paraMparA cAlI rahI che giMga, pablika TaoNileTamAM, saba-vemAM, sUnA rastA upara, TrenomAM ke bagIcAmAM game tyAM guMDAo tamane gherI le, behoza karI de ane lUMTI le. baeNnko ane sToromAM paNa teo game tyAre dhasI Ave ane lUMTaphATa kare. AnuM nAma magiMga. e rAte ya thaI zake. sAMje ya thaI zake ane dhoLe divase paNa thaI zake. - - 8 - giMgathI bacavA mATe amerikAmAM AvI AvI zikhAmaNo pracalita che - sUryAsta pachI banatAM sudhI ekalA na cAlavuM. saba-vemAM bApuzAhIthI na cAlavuM, jhapATAbaMdha cAlavuM. TrenamAM DaoNlaranI noTo kADhavI ke batADavI nahIM. gharano daravAjo joyA vinA na kholavo. jhaverAta lAdI na pharavuM. gADInA kAca satata caDAvIne rAkhavA. gADImAM besIne daravAjo aMdarathI haMmezAM loka karavo. jAhera mUtaraDI, TaoNileTa, resTa rUmamAM kadI ekalA javuM nahIM. (paNa tyAM mANasa 'ekalo' ja hoya che enuM zuM ? eno khulAso karatAM nathI.) khabhe kaeNmero laTakAvIne pharavuM nahIM. ATa-ATaluM dhyAna rAkhyA pachI paNa tamAruM ane guMDAonuM milana thaI jAya enI pUrepUrI posasiliTI che. e samaya mATe zuM takedArI rAkhavI, enuM svarNima sUcana A ApavAmAM Ave che dna khissAmAM haMmezAM thoDA amerikA jatAM pahelAM 10 Page #11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ DaoNlara rAkhavA ja, jethI maga thAo to guMDAo DaoNlara laI le ane tamane mAre nahIM. | In Short, amerikAmAM guMDAgirdI 8 guMDAonI giradI bharapUra che. amerikAmAM homaDilivarIthI chApAM nathI levAtAM, enuM eka sikreTa jANavA jevuM che. gharanI AgaLa chApAM bhegA thAya to corone khabara paDI jAya ke "A gharamAM koI nathI. ahIM bedhaDaka sAphasUpha (!) thaI zakaze." ane kharekhara, ghara sApha thaI jAya. This is U.S.A. Car-Theft ane amerikA amerikAmAM dara 19 sekanDe eka kAra corAya che e to ApaNe joyuM, paNa e normala corI che. speziyala corImAM kAramAlika pAsethI kAra jhUMTavI laIne kAra-mAlikanuM paNa apaharaNa karavAmAM Ave che. amerikAmAM rojanA AvA 70 kissA bane che. keTalAka kissAomAM kAramAlikanI hatyA paNa karavAmAM Ave che. kAra-corI eTalI badhI bindhAsta rIte karavAmAM Ave che ke na pUcho vAta. AmAM eka kAraNa e paNa che ke amerikAmAM kAracorInI sajA bahu mAmUlI che. pariNAma e AvyuM che ke tyAMnA kAra-coro polIsanI kAra coratAM paNa acakAtA nathI. kAra-corI badala je mAmUlI sajA che, te paNa temane bhogavavI paDatI nathI. kAraNa ke corI thayelI moTA bhAganI kAro copa-zaoNpamAM pahoMcI jAya che. jyAM gaNatarInI miniTomAM tenA badhAM ja sperapArTsa chUTTA pADI devAmAM Ave che ane pachI temanuM vecANa karavAmAM Ave che. A sthitimAM polIsa zuM kare che ? amerikana polIsa haMmezAM tamane kiMmatI salAha Ape che, ke ajANyA vistAromAM ekalA na javuM. 11 - amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ kAra tamArA gharaAMgaNe ja hoya, tyAre paNa tenI corI thaI zake tamArA gharamAM corI thAya tyAre gharamAMthI rokaDa rakama, dAgInA vagerenI sAthe sAthe TI.vI., vIDio, ovana, sTIrIo vagerenI paNa corI amerikana coro siphatapUrvaka kare che. gharamAMthI gADInI cAvI maLI jAya to kaI rIte gADI coravI ane cAvI na maLe to kaI rIte coravI, e baMneno temane sArI rIte khyAla che. phAyara-problemane dhyAnamAM laIne tyAM gharanI DuplikeTa cAvI eNpArTamaeNnTanA suparinTenDanTane ApI rAkhavAnI hoya che. keTalIka vAra A suparinTenDanTa ja coro sAthe bhaLelo hoya che. Dust ane amerikA amerikAmAM thoDA-ghaNA divasa rahIne tyAMnA jovAlAyaka gaNAtAM sthaLone joIne bhAratamAM AvIne je loko tyAMnA vakhANa karatAM thAkatAM nathI, bhAratane bhAMDavAnuM cUkatA nathI. temaNe hakIkatamAM amerikAnA badhAM pAsAM joyAM ja hotAM nathI. 10 amerikAmAM paNa kaluSita ane gaMduM vAtAvaraNa che. tyAM paNa gaMdA ane galIca vistAro che. jemane gheTos kahevAmAM Ave che. gaMdhAtA dArUkhAnA (mayakhAnA) ane mavAlIothI bharelA jugArakhAnA amerikAmAM paNa che. tyAM paNa anItinA aDDAo che. corI, lUMTaphATa, khUna ane baLAtkAro che. amerikAnI jelo paNa gunAkhorInI oNphiso jevI che. jelamAMthI mAphiyAgIrI karanArA geMgasTaro hoya che. jeo aMdara beThAM beThAM bahAranuM taMtra calAvatA hoya che. amerikA e kharIdadArono deza che. tyAMnA loko bacata karavAne badale jeTaluM kamAya teTaluM kharcI nAkhe che. eTaluM ja nahIM, kreDiTa kArDonA dhUma vaparAzathI devuM karIne paNa kharIdI karatAM rahe che. eka eka sToramAM vecAtI hajAro vastuo, evA lAkho sToro, kharIdI pachI pekiMgathI mAMDIne vastuo amerikA jatAM pahelAM 12 Page #13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ sudhIno gaMjAvara kacaro, yujha enDa thro sisTamanA lAkho utpAdano dra A badhAnA pariNAme gArabeja vadhato ja jAya che. je tyAMnI sarakAra mATe eka paDakArarUpa samasyA che. amerikAmAM majUrI khUba ja moMghI hovAthI koI paNa vastunI marAmata karAvavA karatAM te vastu navI kharIdavI sastI paDe che. tethI loko TI.vI. ane pharnicarathI mAMDIne kAra sudhInI jUnI vastuone rastA para mUkI jAya che. A badhAM kacarAnA to pahADa khaDakAI jAya che. dariyA, jaMgala, pahADa 8 kyAMya A kacaro seTa thAya ema nathI evA anubhavo pachI have sarakAre cokkasa jagyAomAM A kacaro dATI devAnuM zarU karyuM che. emAMthI keTalIka jagyAo para navA epArTamenTsa baMdhAyA. temAM loko rahevA AvyA. jamInamAM dATelA kacarAnA kiraNotsargathI e loko kaeNnsarano bhoga banyA. bhItaranuM citra ATaluM bihAmaNuM hoya tyAre bahAranI cokhkhAI zuM dhoI pIvAnI ? Work ane amerikA amerikAnI jiMdagI eTale ghara, kAra ane kAma. I mean, gharethI nIkaLI kAramAM besIne kAma para javAnuM ane e ja pramANe pAchA pharavAnuM eTale divasa thAya pUro. kAma zuM karavAnuM ? ema ? mane pUchyuM, e sAruM karyuM. paNa koI amerikanane pUchavAnI bhUla nahIM karatAM. Here are samples. moTelamAM kAma karanAra moTelanI rUmo, jAjarU, bAtharUma tathA pathArIo sApha kare e sAthe sAthe gharAkonI sevA kare. narsiMga homamAM kAma karanA bImAra, azakta, gAMDA ane vRddhonI sevA kare, temane snAna karAve, temanA DAyapara badale, temane khavaDAve, vagere vagere vagere. (eTenzana, A jaoNbanI vAta che, mAbApanI sevAnI nahIM.) phaeNkTarImAM kAma karanAra majUra jevuM yaMtravat bhAre kAma kare, sToramAM kAma karanAra pekiMganuM, TrolIo kheMcavAnuM, moTA dAgInA (Boxes) UMcakavAnuM ane sToranI saphAI karavAnuM kAma kare. resTorAMmAM kAma amerikA jatAM pahelAM 13 Page #14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ karanAra DIzo dhovAnuM, rasoiyAnuM ke veiTaranuM kAma kare. ahIM zrImaMta ane sukhI gaNAtI vyakti tyAM jaIne evAM evAM kAmo karatI hoya che. je kAmo karavA ahIM madhyama vargano mANasa paNa taiyAra na thAya. jaoNba to dUranI vAta che. potAnA ghare paNa evuM kAma karavA taiyAra na thAya. tame mArka karajo, N.R.I. bhAratIyo jyAre vatanamAM Avaze, tyAre potAnI jaoNba viSe harapha paNa uccAraze nahIM. saba se baDI cUpa. hA, atyaMta ucca zikSaNa lIdhuM hoya to bauddhika kAma maLI zake, paNa evuM zikSaNa letAM letAM ja mAthe TAla paDI jAya tevuM che. uparokta badhI jAtanI majUrI karavAnI taiyArI rAkhIne kAma karI karIne kamAIne TukaDe TukaDe zikSaNa letA rahevuM paDe. aDadhI jiMdagI to ema ja vahI jAya ane jyAre sArI jaoNba maLe, tyAre paNa potAnA ghare to gharaghATI ja banavuM paDe. kAraNa ke tyAM majUrI ApavI bhAre paDI jAya tema che. yAda Ave pelI kavitA hAM re sajanIjI ame Dabala jaoNbo ne ovara TAima kaMI kIdhAM jo, lIdhAM na zvAsa lagAra, jobaniyuM vahI gayuM re lola, rahyA na zvAsa lagAra, jIvana aTakI gayuM re lola. gItA bhaTTa (amerikA) Week ane amerikA amerikA javAno artha che jiMdagI vecIne DaoNlara kharIdavo. A eka jAtanI AtmavaMcanA che - potAnI ja jAta sAthe karelI chetarapiMDI che. paccIza varSathI amerikAmAM sthAyI thayelA evA paNa bhAratIyo che. jemaNe Aja sudhI nAyagarAno dhodha joyo nathI. vAta mAtra jovAlAyaka sthaLonI mulAkAtanI nathI. avakAza ane mokaLAzanI che. bhAratamAM loko bIjA mATe ya samaya phALave che. amerikA evA durbhAgI samAjano deza che, jene potAnA amerikA jatAM pahelAM Wo 12 14 Page #15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ mATe samaya nathI. gItAbahena bhaTTa eka kRtimAM A hakIkatanI nikhAlasa kabUlAta karI che - somavAranI sAMja gaI gharanI saphAImAM maMgaLavAranI sAMja mArI skUlanI miTiMgamAM budhavAra vahI gayo baeNnka ane bilamAM DaoNkTaranA bila bharo, phona-lAITa-gesa vaLI ghara ane gADIonA iMsyoransa paNa bhArI guruvAra Ave mAre grosarInI vArI zukranI sAMja ? hAza TGIF bhAI Thank Goodness It's friday FUS zani-ravi rAMdhIne phrIjha karyuM bhArI amerikAnI amArI AvI kahANI vahelI paroDha hatI, sAMja tyAM DhaLI gaI divasonA divaso ne varasonAM varaso vItI gayAM kyAM ? zaizavanAM sapanAM yauvanamAM savAratAM kyAre UDI gayAM? ghareDa zAnI A? lAkha dhamapachADA karyA pachI paNa samaya ane saMpattinI silaka ja na rahe, e amerikAnuM saravaiyuM che. zuM A jIvana AnA mATe ja ? amerikano pAse A praznano koI ja javAba nathI. kAraNa ke A savAla UThe eTalo paNa skopa teo khoI beThAM che. 15 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Economy ane amerikA amerikAnA sohAmaNA paDadA pAchaLano eno bihAmaNo cahero che enuM arthazAstra. jenI saraLa vyAkhyA eka ja vAkyamAM thaI zake Use n throw. 13 - gAya divasamAM amuka liTara dUdha ApavAnuM baMdha kare eTale ene katalakhAnAmAM dhakelI devAnI. mazIna Ayojana mujaba proDakzana karatuM baMdha thAya eTale badalI devAnuM. mANasa jaoNba upara eka miniTa moDo paDe eTale eno pagAra kapAya. mANasa ahIM bhADe levAnI vastu che. e jeTaluM kAma Ape e mujaba ene dara kalAkano pagAra apAya che. bhAratamAM mANasone chuTTA karavAnA hoya to 15 varSa jUnA mANasane kAyama rAkhIne 2 varSa jUnA mANasane chuTTo karavAmAM Ave. amerikAmAM AnAthI barAbara UMdhuM karavAmAM Ave. mANasa jeTalo buThTho, jeTalo jUno, jeTalo nakAmo eTalo e pahelo pheMkAvAno. ghara vadhu sAruM maLatuM hoya to tarata ja badalI devAnuM. nokarI vadhu sArI maLatI hoya to phaTa daIne badalI, kAra, pharnicara, TAiparAiTara, pheksa jyAM jarA aDacaNa AvI eTale Out. kaMpanI barAbara nathI cAlatI ? to vecI do. makAna jUnuM che ? toDIne navuM banAvo. gharamAM vRddho kamAtA nathI ? vRddhAzramomAM mUkI Avo. patnI have gamatI nathI ? ApI do DAyavorsa. gayA varSanI myujhika sisTama, kaoNmpyUTara ke selamAMthI lIdhelA Dresa che ? pheMkI do, mUkI Avo rastA para, nAMkhI do gArabejanA baoNksamAM. bIjo naMbara e ahIM chello naMbara che. nirjIva ke sajIva dareke darekano Use n throw karanAra tyAMno mANasa eka divasa bhAMgI paDe che. jyAre ene khyAla Ave che ke enuM koI ja nathI. eno potAno Throw thaI cUkyo che, Use thayA pachI. A AghAta ene mota sudhI pIDato rahe che. samAjane hiMsA vagerenI badabUrUpe eno pratyAghAta maLato rahe che. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 16 Page #17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Lay off ane amerikA mANasano Throw karAya ene Lay-off kahevAmAM Ave che. koDAka ane kokokolA jevI kaMpanIo potAnA cIpha ekjhIkyuTIva oNphisarone bonasamAM karoDo DaoNlaronI lhANI karatI hoya che. paNa jeo sakhata parizrama karIne kaMpanIne jaMgI napho raLI ApatA hoya che tevA hajAro karmacArIone A kaMpanIo Lay-off Ape che. cIpha oNphisaro jyAre nivRtti le, tyAre AvI kaMpanIo temane karoDo DaoNlaranI rakama Ape che. jene golDana perezyuTa kahevAmAM Ave che. e ja kaMpanIo sakhata mahenata karanArA karmacArIone temanA penzana phaMDanI cUkavaNI karavAmAM akhADA karatI jAya che. 14 AnuM pariNAma zuM AvyuM che ? trAsavAda, hiMsA, mAnasika rogo ane ApaghAta. amerikAmAM Throw karanAra ane throw thanAra baMne duHkhI ja che. bahArathI jyAM doma doma sAhebI dekhAya che. temAM jarAka ja aMdara DokiyuM karavAmAM Ave eTale emAM saDelo samAja dekhAya che. tyAM zrImaMta mANasa paNa manathI bhikhArI che. tRSNAo apAra che. vadhu ne vadhu bheguM karavAmAM ja racyopacyo raheto tyAMno mANasa jiMdagI ja jIvI zakato nathI. uparachallI dRSTie samRddha jaNAtA A dezamAM ApaghAtonuM pramANa vadhu hovAnuM kAraNa A ja che. amerikAmAM eka pustaka besTa-selara che. jenuM nAma che The final exit. ApaghAta karavAnI 18 paddhati A pustakamAM batAvI che. emAMthI koI paNa eka managamatI paddhati pasaMda karIne tame saraLatAthI rAmazaraNa thaI zako. ahIM 400 DaoNlaramAM Detha-TyUba maLe che. jemAM traNa injekzana Ave. pahelA injekzanathI AkhA zarIramAM zItaLatAno AnaMdadAyaka anubhava thAya. bIjuM injekzana peIna-kilaranuM kAma kare. ane trIjuM injekzana lo eTale tamane khabara paNa na paDe e rIte tame upara pahoMcI jAo. bIjAne to Ama paNa khabara (ke pharaka) paDavAnI nathI. Lay offnA paNa keTalAM prakAra hoya che !!! 17 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Education ane amerikA amerikAmAM prAthamika zikSaNa maphata maLe che. athavA bIjA zabdomAM kahIe, to sarakArane pa0% jeTalo bhArI TaeNksa cUkavatI tyAMnI prajA prAthamika zikSaNanI phIsa TaeNksa mAraphata cUkave che. tyAM ucca zikSaNa eTaluM badhuM moMghuM che, ke tenI phIsa cUkavavA mATe vidyArthIe pharajiyAta majUrI karavI paDe che. athavA bhAre devuM karavuM paDe che. ghaNIvAra majUrI + devuM bane karavA paDe che. mA-bApa Icche toya madada na karI zake eTaluM movuM tyAMnuM bhaNatara hoya che. eka brAITa TuDanTane paNa jo DaoNkTara thavuM hoya to lona lIdhA vinA na cAle. amerikana eNsosiyezana opha meDikala kaoNlejIsanA AMkaDA mujaba evareja prAIveTa meDikala kaoNlejamAMthI eka TuDanTa DaoNkTara bane, tyAM sudhImAM ene 79,200 DaoNlara devuM thaI gayuM hoya che. pablika meDikala kaoNlejamAMthI eka TuDanTa DaoNkTara bane tyAM sudhImAM ene 49,900 DaoNlara devuM thaI gayuM hoya che. A AMkaDA evareja TuDanTanA che. bAkI evA paNa TuDanTsa hoya che, jemanA upara 80,000 DaoNlarathI mAMDIne 1,50,000 DaoNlara jeTaluM paNa devuM thaI jAya che. amerikAmAM tabIbI zikSaNa levA mATe 1ra dhoraNa + 4 varSa becalara opha sAyansa + 4 varSa meDikala skUla + 3 varSa resiDansI progrAma = ra3 varSano abhyAsa karavo paDe. temAM paNa speziyalAijhezana karavuM hoya, to 3 ke 4 varSa vadhAre lAge. A rIte 32-33 varSanI uMmare speziyAlisTa DokaTara banI zakAya. M.B.A. varSanA abhyAsakrama mATe 30 thI 85 hajAra DaoNlarano kharca karavAnI taiyArI rAkhavI paDe. prAiveTa yunivarsiTImAM vArSika 25 thI 35 hajAra DaoNlaranI phI cUkavavI paDe, Tayuzana mATe vArSika 6 thI 15 hajAra DaoNlara ApavA paDe. sarakArI yunivarsiTImAM vArSika 8 thI 15 hajAra DaoNlaranI phI cUkavavI paDe. TyUzana mATe vArSika min. 1000 DaoNlara ApavA paDe. bhAratIya DaoNkTarone tyAM prekTisa karavI hoya to tyAMnI DigrI levI paDe. e mATe sTepa vana-Tu-zrInI parIkSAo, resIDansI progrAmano korsa, TAla paDI jAya eTalI phIsa ane arajIonI AMTIghUMTI - A badhuM cakravUhanA sAta koThAne lAkha darajja sArA kahevaDAve tevuM hoya che. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 18 Page #19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ ((16)) Schools ane amerikA amerikAmAM zaheronI hAIskUlanA 22% vidyArthIo pAse gana che ane 12% vidyArthIo avAranavAra gana laIne skUlamAM Ave che. hajAro vidyArthIo baMdUka/pistola/rivaoNlvara laIne skUlamAM AvatA hoya ane lAkho vidyArthIo cappA laIne skUlamAM AvatA hoya. e skUlsa kevI haze ? amerikAmAM lAkho vidyArthIo pAse lAyasansa vagaranI baMdUko, rivaoNlvaro ane tamaMcA che. Dragjha-geMgsathI bacavA mATe A jarUrI che - evI jAherAto tyAM jorazorathI thAya che, paNa pachI A ja zastrono upayoga skUlsamAM khUnAmarakI ane tophAno mATe thAya che. tyAMnI skUlsamAM Dragjha-geMgsa ekTiva hoya che. ghaNI skUlsamAM zikSako paNa bhayajanaka sthitimAM mukAI gayA che. tyAM skUlamAM paNa polIsa InspekTaro rAkhavAmAM Ave che. keTalIka skUlomAM cAra-cAra InspekTaro paNa rAkhavAmAM Ave che. amerikAnI je besTa skUlsa kahevAya, enA karatAM bhAratanI nabaLI skUlsa sArI hoya che. cAlu klAse paNa smokiMga karavuM, vijAtIyane kisa karavuM ke tene jAtIya lAgaNIone uzkere tevuM sAhitya batAvavuM, e tyAM sAmAnya gaNAya che. cAlu klAse paNa TuDanTsa Ava-jA kare temane Ticarsa kazuM kahI zake nahIM. tyAM rahetA bhAratIya bALako paNa bahu ja saraLatAthI kephI dravyo, dArU, dhUmrapAna ke jAtIya pajavaNImAM phasAI jAya tevuM tyAMnuM vAtAvaraNa hoya che. nirIkSako kahe che, ke tyAMnA abhyAsakramo karatAM ApaNA abhyAsakramo vadhu sArA che. tyAMnI chinnabhinna parivAra-vyavasthA ane bIjI DhagalAbaMdha badIonA sIdhA duSpariNAmo tyAMnA bALako bhogave che ane tethI ja tyAMnA vidyArthIo vijJAna ane gaNitamAM nabaLA hoya che. amerikAmAM bhaNatA vidyArthI hakIkatamAM zuM bhaNato hoya che, te ApaNe ATalI mAhitIthI sArI rIte samajI zakIe chIe. amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Students ane amerikA amerikana TuDanTsane bhaNavA karatAM moja-majA, pArTI ane mUvIjhamAM vadhAre rasa hoya che. tyAM zALA ane kaoNlejanA khullA medAnamAM pArTIonuM Ayojana thAya che. ahIM jema tahevAramAM gaNapati bApAnI mUrti rastA para paDadA nAMkhIne rAkhavAmAM Ave che, tema tyAM pArTImAM evI rIte paDado bAMdhIne projekTara para chellAmAM chellI phimsa jovAmAM Ave che. tyAMnI skUlsamAM blyu buksa ane blyu phimsa khUba ja sulabha hoya che. bAkI raheluM kAma kokena, heroina, merI juAnA, bArbIyUjha jevA kephI padArtho pUruM karI de che. A badhuM paNa tyAMnI skUlsamAM chUTathI hare phare che. philmo, ghoMghATiyuM saMgIta, lAuDa popa myujhika, DAnsiMga pArTIo vagere ahIMnA TuDanTsanA mukhya zokho che. tyAMnA TuDanTsamAM eka khAsa prakAranI pArTI pracalita che, jenuM nAma che binja DreikiMga. A pArTImAM jhaDapabhera eka zvAse TInanA TIna biyara pI javAnI spardhA thAya che. A mAholamAM koI navo TuDanTa Ave to e tenI AkharI pArTI thaI jAya. dara varSe amerikAmAM 50 TuDanTsa A rIte mithAIla AlkoholathI kare che ane seMkaDo TuDanTsa hospiTala bhegA thAya che. pArTInA aMte biyaranA kensa ane TInsano je Dhagalo thAya che, tene joIne paNa ApaNI AMkha phATI jAya tevo e khaDakalo hoya che. TuDanTsa mATe ArogyanuM jokhama lAvato ane jIvaleNa nIvaDato dra evo A krejha che, jenI amerikA pAse koI ja davA nathI. amerikAnI tamAma pratiSThita yunivarsiTIomAM paNa A dUSaNo che. Now, The picture is clear. je potAnA dIkarA ke dIkarIne A badhAM ja dUSaNothI kharaDAyelI hAlatamAM jovA taiyAra hoya teNe ja amerikA javuM joIe. jo evI taiyArI na hoya to amerikAne ahIMthI ja rAma rAma karI devuM joIe. amerikA jatAM pahelAM _ 20 Page #21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Transportation ane amerikA amerikAmAM pAkA rastAo ane hAivejhanI kula laMbAI 40 lAkha mAIla che. rastAo jeTalA sArA ane sIdhA hoya eTalI eNksIDanTsanI zakyatA vadhI jAya che. havAmAna kharAba hoya, tyAre hAivejha para slo DrAiviMga karavuM evo tyAMno kAyado che, paNa ghaNAM loko e kAyadAno bhaMga karIne phAsTa calAve che. AvI gADIno jyAre eNksIDanTa thAya, tyAre pAchaLa AvatI gADIo paNa ekanI pAchaLa eka ThokAtI jAya che ane moTo akasmAtakAMDa sarjAya che. thoDA samaya pahelA AvA eka akasmAtamAM 94 kAra athaDAI hatI. 18 amerikAnI sauthI lokapriya relve kaMpanI che emaTreka. paNa enI ya relasevA ghaNI vAra bhAratIya relvene sArI kahevaDAve eTalI reDhiyALa banI jatI hoya. koI kAraNasara vyavahAra khoravAyo, to pachI kalAkonA kalAko sudhI tame aTavAI jAo evI kaphoDI sthiti sarjAtI hoya che. lAMbAM aMtaranI TrenomAM ghaNI vAra AvuM bane che. AvA samaye rela adhikArIo Trena aTakavAnuM kAraNa, Azare keTaluM moDuM thaze vagere mAhitI ApatA hoya che. amerikAnuM havAmAna vAraMvAra bagaDatuM rahe che. tethI jyAre tyAM thanDara sTorma/harIkena/TorneDo (vAvAjhoDuM ke cakravAtI tophAna) thAya tyAre vimAnI uDDayano Thappa thaI jAya che. utAruonI hAlata kaphoDI banI jAya che. vimAna jyAMthI AvavAnuM hoya e zaheramAM bhAre varasAda ke tophAnane kAraNe vimAnIsevA aTakI paDI hoya, to tenI asara AjubAjunAM rAjyonA eNrapaoNrTsane paNa thAya che. moTI eNralAinsanI jema nAnI eNralAinso jhaDapathI vaikalpika vimAnanI vyavasthA karI zakatI nathI. eTale sastI TikiTavALA utAruo kalAko sudhI rajhaLI paDe. Aje pahoMcanAra kAle ya pahoMce. eNralAinsavALA temane hoTala-utAro ane bhojana Ape eTaluM AzvAsana kharuM, paNa moDA paDavAthI je je kAmo bagaDyAM ne nukasAna thayuM tenuM zuM ? eno javAba utAruoe jAte zodhI levAno rahe. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 21 Page #22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Subway ane amerikA nyuyaoNrkanI saba-ve sisTama e bhUgarbha relvenuM ghaNuM vyApaka ane moTuM jALuM che. jemAM alaga-alaga daza jeTalI lAIno che. A saba-vemAM rojanA lagabhaga 35 lAkha jeTalA utAruo musApharI kare che. temAM je lAIno brukalIna, bronkasa ke halma jevA vistAromAMthI pasAra thatI hoya, to tyAM magiMga (cAlu Trene lUMTaphATa) ane hiMsAno Dara vadhu hoya che. e vistAranI Treno anya vistAro karatAM vadhu gaMdI hoya che. ahIM bhikhArIo, beghara rakhaDuo tathA gunegAro jovA maLe che. zreSTha buddhijIvIo paNa A ja TrenamAM musApharI kare che. saba-venI gunAkhorIne DAmavA mATe relvavALA karoDo DaoNlara kharce che, chatAM paNa teo tene nAbUda karI zakyA nathI. roDa-TrAphikanI gIcatAthI kaMTALIne loko najIkanA sTezane kAra choDIne saba-ve pasaMda kare, ane saba-vemAM uparokta asAmAjika tattvono bhoga bane, tyAre kharekhara ulamAMthI cUlamAM paDyAnI lAgaNI thAya che. saba-vemAM musApharI karavA mATe mazInamAM DaoNlara nAMkhavAno hoya che. sikko nAkho eTale rasto kliyara thAya. jyAre dhasAro hoya ane polIsa hAjara na hoya tyAre kUdako mArIne bhADuM cUkavyA vinA pravAsa karanArAya ghaNA hoya che. (amerikana zistanA cAhatone vinaMti : Point to be noted.) amerikAnA zaheromAM rahetA loko eka bAju Dabala jaoNba ane ovaraTAIma kare che. ghaDiyALanA kAMTe kAMTe doDAdoDa kare che. rojeroja potAnI gADInI ke gharanI saphAI karavAno to temanI pAse samaya nathI ja, saMtAno sAthe vAta karavAno paNa temanI pAse samaya nathI. A sthitimAM zaherI TrAphikanI gIcatA ane TrAnsporTezananI hADamArIo jyAre temanA samayane cAu karI jAya che, tyAre kharekharI TrejeDI thaI jAya che. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 22 Page #23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 20) Cost ane amerikA amerikAmAM pIvAnuM pANI-minarala vaoNTara moMghuM che, ane koka jevA ThaMDAM pINAM sastA che, ahIM biyara kadAca sauthI vadhu sastA che. amerikAnA koI pratiSThita sToramAMthI sArI guNavattAno sUTa kharIdavA karatAM muMbaInA kacInsa ke baDAsAba jevA TocanA Telarsa pAsethI moMghAmAM moMgho sUTa sIvaDAvavo sasto paDe. amerikAmAM pratiSThita brenDanA TAijha, zUjha ane paraphyumsa khUba moMghA hoya che. ja amerikAmAM bosToniyajha ke jonsa enDa marphInA zUjha karatAM muMbaInA dAuda, meTro ke rigalanA zUjha sastA paDe. A DAunaTAunathI dUra upanagarIya vistAromAM sAro phalaeNTa 6/12 mahinAnA lIjha para levo hoya to 700-800 DaoNlara thAya. DAunaTAunamAM e ja laeNTa 1000 thI 1200 DaoNlaramAM paDe. nyujarsInA jUnA makAnamAM nAno phleTa paNa 500-550 DaoNlarathI ochAmAM na maLe. ane jo oNnarazIpamAM javuM hoya, to 1 lAkha DaoNlarathI 8 thI 10 lAkha DaoNlaranI taiyArI rAkhavI paDe. sAmAnya nAgarikanI dazA ahIM evI che, ke tenI mAsika Avakano 40 thI 45 TakA bhAga to lUMTanA bhADA athavA hAusanA morageja (hakhA) bharavAmAM jato rahe che. varSe 25,000 DaoNlaranuM vetana dharAvato nAgarika ekalA hAthe bhADuM kadAca bharI zake, paNa varSane aMte tenI pAse koI jhAjhI bacata na rahe. amerikAmAM Avaka karatAM bhADAno dara vadhu jhaDape UMco jaI rahyo che. tethI ochI AvakavALA pa3 lAkhathI vadhu bhADUAto potAnI AvakanI aDadhoaDadha rakama bhADA rUpe cUkave che. athavA to UtaratI kakSAnA sabasTAnDarDa makAnomAM vase che. 23 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ khissAne posAya evA raheThANanA abhAvanI samasyA e amerikA mATe yakSaprazna che. amerikAnuM gRhanirmANa maMtrAlaya tenA ahevAlamAM A samasyAonA koI cokkasa upAyo sUcavI zakyuM nathI. Corruption ane amerikA amerikAmAM davA utpAdakoe rAjakIya phALAmAM 186 lAkha DaoNlara ApyA ane tethI teo peTanTa hakkonI mudata laMbAvI ApavA mATenI bhAre dabANavALI laDAImAM jItI gayA. jo mudata pUrI thAya to temaNe abajo DaoNlara gumAvavA paDe, vadhArAnI mudatamAM gharAkonA khissAmAMthI UMcI kiMmatarUpe 620 karoDa DaoNlara jaze. 21 amerikAmAM oTo-sTIla udyoge rAjakIya phALAmAM 57 lAkha DaoNlara ApyA ane pariNAme vAhanone vadhu 'phyuala eNphisiyanTa banAvavAnI javAbadArIthI te chUTI gayo. tethI amerikana gharAkonA khissAmAMthI dara varSe 5900 karoDa DaoNlara jaze evuM tyAMnA 'komana kojha' maeNgejhinamAM batAvavAmAM AvyuM hatuM. senTara phora risponsiva poliTiksa(CRP)nA AMkaDA anusAra - amerikAnI kansTrakzana ane roDa bAMdhakAma kaMpanIoe kaoNMgresamenone pharI cUMTaNI laDavA mATenA phALAmAM 5 lAkha DaoNlara ApyAM. e pakSa sattA para Avyo ane hAusa TrAnsaporTezana kamiTIe 217 abaja DaoNlaranA hAive pekeja para sarvAnumatie maMjUrI ApI dIdhI. amerikAmAM vastunI paDatara kiMmata upara naphAnuM pramANa ghaNuM UMcuM che. pAMca DaoNlaranI vastu paccIza DaoNlaramAM maLatI hoya che. nApasaMda vastu riTarna karavAnI chUTa hoya eTale gharAka rAjI thAya che, kharIdI karavA lalacAya che, paNa hakIkatamAM e chetarAto hoya che. A paNa eka jAtano chaDe coka bhraSTAcAra che. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 24 Wo Page #25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ havAladArane ke sarakArI nokarane lAMca na ApavI paDe eTale amerikAmAM bhraSTAcAra nathI evuM mAnI levuM e mUrkhAI bhareluM che. miliyansa oNpha miliyansa DaoNlaranA bhayAnaka bhraSTAcAroe tyAMnI janatAne bharaDAmAM lIdhI che. amerikAno eka varga garadana sudhI AvI gayelA pANInI sapATIthI garadana upara rahe, enI bharapUra ciMtA ane majUrImAM ja jiMdagI pasAra karI rahyo che ane A varganI saMkhyA dhIre dhIre vadhI rahI che. 22) Colour-gap ane amerikA amerikAmAM kALI prajAne varSo sudhI gulAma rahevuM paDyuM ane anyAyo sahana karavA paDyA. chevaTe kAyadAe tyAMnI gorI prajA ane kALI prajAne samAna darajjo Apyo. Aje amerikana kaMpanI ke sToramAM nokarI karanAra mATe bahArathI raMgabheda nathI, paNa aMdarathI gorI cAmaDInI taraphadArI spaSTa che. lAyakAta sarakhI hoya to paNa jAbamAM pahelI pasaMdagI dhoLiyAnI thAya. samAna lAyakAta hoya dhoLiyAne pagAra vadhu maLe, e rIte nimaNUka thAya. ApaNAM mA-bApa inDiyAthI AvatAM hoya to rajA maLe nahIM. paNa eno dhoLo kUtaro Avato hoya to tarata rajA maLI jAya. Ama chatAM tyAMnI bhAratIya prajA kAyama bhAratanI TIkA kare ane dhoLiyAo temano bhAva na pUchatA hovA chatAM paNa teo potAne savAyA amerikana mAne. enuM kAraNa samajAya evuM nathI. dhoLA raMgathI ATaATalA apamAnita thayA pachI paNa enA pratyeno ja DhoLAva eya tyAMnA raMgabhedanI nItinuM ja pariNAma mAnavuM ke kema ? e eka saMzodhanano viSaya banI jAya che. samAna lokazAhI ane samAna hakkonA baNagAM phUMkanAra A dezanuM mahattama vahIvaTItaMtra dhoLiyAonA hAthamAM che. temaNe bhAratIyone alaga vargamAM mUkelA che. bAkInI prajAnA temaNe cAra varga pADelA che. (1) hispenIka (2) eziyana pesiphika AilenDarsa (3) amerikana InDiyana (reDa inDiyana - alAskana neTIva) (4) Aphrikana amerikana. 25. amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ skIna-kalara e lAyakAtanuM mApadaMDa nathI. Ama chatAM amerikAmAM ADakatarI rIte e lAyakAtanuM mApadaMDa banI gayuM che. A sthitimAM avyavasthA ane anyAya A baMne sahaja banI jAya che. A paNa eka prakArano bhraSTAcAra che. mApadaMDanI bAbatamAM joIe to amerikano karatAM bhAratIyo lAkha darajja sArAM che. amerikAnI prAmANikatA upara najara karazuM to A vAta sArI rIte samajAI jaze. 23) Honesty ane amerikA amerikano sAthenA vyavahAramAM khUba kALajI rAkhavI paDe, nahIM to tame chetarAI ja jAva. e loko tamArI nAnI sarakhI bhUla zodhIne tamane cUkavavAnI rakama ApavAnuM TALI de. amerikAmAM dUdha-zAkathI mAMDIne mAlamilakata sudhInI vastuomAM judA judA vistAromAM judo judo bhAva jovA maLe. eka ja vistAramAM paNa judA judA sTore judo judo bhAva hoya. eka ja kaMpanInI vastumAM paNa judA judA vepArIe bhAvonA moTA pheraphAro hoya. tyAM vImAnI judI judI kaMpanIo hoya che. temAM primiyamanI rakama judI judI hoya che. eka ja kaMpanInA paNa judA judA ejanTe judI judI rakama hoya che. temAMya phakta nIcA dara jaIne kaMpanI pasaMda karI hoya ne e kaMpanI phaDacAmAM jAya, to vImA paoNlisI to nakAmI thaI ja jAya, bharelI rakama paNa jAya. tyAM zerabajAramAM paNa koI niyata dhoraNa nahIM. dalAla dITha alaga alaga dalAlI hoya. dalAlI dara nIco lAge, paNa sAthe sAthe bIjA paNa AMkaDA nIkaLatA jAya jene chUpA-kharcA kahevAya. saravALe tamAre pastAvuM paDe. ahIM koI paNa DIla karatAM pahelA pUrI cokhavaTa karavI paDe, badhuM lekhita levuM paDe. ahIM tame satata satarka na raho, jAgRta ane cakora na raho to koI tamane barAbara navaDAvI jAya. ahIM polIsa-khAtAmAM paNa bhraSTAcAra che. haoNspiTalomAM davAo ane amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ anya mAla-sAmagrIono khoTI rIte vadhu upayoga karavAmAM Ave che. meDikera yojanA heThaLa je sTora davAo Ape che. teo sarakArane mokalAvAtA bilomAM goTALA kare che. bijhanesa karanArAo inkamaTeksamAM sArI evI corI kare che. vastu kharIdIne riTarna karI zakAtI hovAthI moMgho sUTa kharIdIne prasaMga patAvIne pAcho ApI devo ke kaeNmerAno upayoga karIne pAcho padharAvI devo, alabatta pUrepUrI kiMmata pAchI laIne, evI ghaNI sisTamsa (!) tyAMnAM ghaNAM lokoe apanAvI che. seneTa hAusanA tabakke jyAM miliyansa ane miliyansanA zastrAstronI vAta hoya, tyAM AMtararASTrIya kakSAnA gajaba moTA skenDalsa thatAM hoya che. Froad ane amerikA bhAratanI sarakhAmaNImAM amerikAnI dharatI vadhu lapasaNI che. ahIM jAta jAtanA chaTakAo jAta jAtanA mAdhyame tamArA mATe taiyAra che. ahIM tamArA saranAme posTamAM be ceka Ave che. enA para sAina karIne tame hajAra/3 hajAra/5 hajAra DaoNlarano vyavahAra karI zako. paNa jevo e ceka baeNnkamAM jAya eTale tamArA upara UMcA vyAja daranI lona lAgu thaI jAya. ahIM evA patro Ave che tame vijetA cho. tamane phalANI hoTala ke risorTamAM be-cAra divasa phrI rahevA maLaze. tame bhUlecUke rAjInA reDa thaIne tyAM pahoMcI gayA to tyAM tamane vividha rIte navaDAvavA mATe emaNe vividha prakAranA phuvArA taiyAra rAkhyA hoya che. vImA kaMpanInA ane phona kaMpanInA ejanTo lokone phasAvavA mATe phona dvArA saMparka karatAM hoya, khoTA inAmonA pralobhanonI katAra lAgI hoya, avanavA kreDiTa kArDonA phaoNrmsa posTa dvArA AvI AvIne tamane AkarSatA hoya... Beware of America. 24 amerikAmAM chetarapiMDInuM eka sarasa mAdhyama che vaLatara. kaoNphInA kapathI mAMDIne moDhAnA dAMta sudhInuM je kAMI paNa tUTe, tenA mATe ahIM vaLatarano dAvo karavAmAM Ave che. tamArI bekALajIthI ke sAbita karelI amerikA jatAM pahelAM 27 = Page #28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bekALajIthI jene jeTaluM nukasAna thAya tenuM vaLatara tamAre ApavuM paDe. vAhanaakasmAta jevA kissAmAM jo "vaLatara'no gALiyo tamArA gaLe Ave, to milakato vecavAno avasara AvI zake. bhAratamAM khUba ja beimAnI che. ahIMnA loko dhutArA che, amerikAnA loko khUba ja prAmANika che," AvuM badhuM te loko ja bolatAM hoya che. jemaNe amerikAne uparachaluM ja joyuM hoya che. uparachallI dRSTie tyAMnA loko ziSTa ane maLatAvaDAM lAge che, sabhya ane prAmANika lAge che, paNa temanI kapaTavRtti ane dagAbAjIno anubhava thAya tyAre bhalabhalo mANasa chakkaDa khAI jAya che. (25) Credit Cards ane amerikA amerikAmAM dara thoDA divase TapAlamAM navA kreDiTa kArDanA kAgaLo AvatAM hoya che. temAM lakhyuM hoya che : "abhinaMdana, tame amArA kreDiTa kArDa mATenA sArA kaMphyumara sAbita thayA cho, eTale prI-epruDa kreDiTa kArDanuM phaoNrma tamane mokalAvyuM che. AmAM sAIna karI pAchuM mokalAvo eTale tarata ja tamane kreDiTa kArDa mokalAvI ApazuM. tamane 3000 DaoNlara sudhInI limiTa che." zANo mANasa hoya e tarata ja AvA kAgaLonA TukaDA karIne kacarA TopalImAM nAMkhI de che. AnA kAraNo samajavA jevA che. zaoNpiMga karIne je DaoNlara cUkave che, tene barAbara khyAla Ave che ke ATalA DaoNlara vaparAyA, kreDiTa kArDa evuM zIkhavADe che ke "hamaNAM to zopiMga karo, hamaNAM kyAM DaoNlara ApavAnA che? e to pAchaLathI joyuM jaze." A rIte kreDiTa kArDsanA ravADe caDIne lAkho amerikanoe bhAre nukasAnano sodo karyo che. mANase benkamAM rakama rAkhI hoya, tenA para tene 3% thI 5% ja vyAja maLe che. jyAre kreDiTa kArDanA vaparAzathI tenA para je devuM thAya che, tenA para tene 13% amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ thI 15% vyAja cUkavavuM paDe che. Aje amerikAmAM kula Consumer credit debt seMkaDo biliyana Dolarsa che. emAM ya jo kreDiTa kArDa khovAI jAya, to koI lebhAgu tenAthI 4/5 hajAra DaoNlaranI kharIdI karI Ave. eTale tame barAbara phasAI jAo. kreDITa kArDa khovAI jAya, enI TrejeDImAM tamArA khabhe hAtha mUkavA mATe tyAMnI IMzyoransa kaMpanIo taiyAra che. tamAre pahelAthI tamArA kreDITa kArDsano vImo kaDhAvI rAkhavAno. paNa jyAre tame enA mAsika primiyamsa bharavAnA cAlu karo, tyAre tamane lAge che ke khabhA paranA e hAthe tamAruM gaLuM pakaDI lIdhuM che. amerikAmAM evA paNa sagRhastho che, jemaNe eka devuM pUruM karavA mATe bIjuM kreDITa kArDa lIdhuM hoya ane ema karatAM karatAM kreDITa kArDsanI lAMbI lacaka laMgAra thaI gaI hoya. have teo eka khUba moTuM devuM karIne nAnA-nAnA badhAM ja devA bharapAI karI devAno plAna banAvI rahyA che. kreDiTa kArDsa e viSacakra che, evuM temane samajAyuM, tyAM sudhImAM ghaNuM moDuM thaI gayuM che. elacI : amerikA gayA pachI tame kreDiTa kArDsathI bacI zakazo ? kadAca tame bacI jazo toya tamArA saMtAno bacI zakaze ? kadAca tame badhAM bacI jAo, toya tyAMnA nahIM bacelA lokothI tame bacI zakazo ? Facilities ane amerikA jANakAro amerikA javA icchuka vyaktine eka sacoTa salAha Ape 'amerikAmAM jAmavuM hoya to traNa vAto yAda rAkhavAnI che cAlaze bhAvaze ane phAvaze. badhuM ja calAvI levAnuM, badhuM ja phavaDAvI levAnuM ane 26 - Li badhuM ja priya banAvI levAnuM. tamArI icchA pramANe ja badhI vastuono Agraha karyo, to pachI amerikA tamArA mATe nathI.' 'amerikA to dharatInuM svarga che. tyAM to khUba jalasA che.' vagere amerikA jatAM pahelAM - 29 Page #30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ bhramaNAo upara A sacoTa salAha barAbaranI coTa lagADI de che. e salAha 100% sAcI che, kAraNa ke - (1) bhAratamAM madhyamavarganA loko paNa gharamAM kAmavALI dvArA jhADuM-potA, kapaDAM dhovA, vAsaNa uTakavA vagere kAryo karAvI zake che. amerikAmAM e zakya nathI. jamyA pachI patnI TI.vI. jotI hoya ane pati vAsaNa uTakato hoya, evuM dazya pazcimanA dezonA ghara-gharamAM sAmAnya che. tyAM gharanA eka paNa kAma mATe nokara rAkhavo paravaDe tema ja nathI. bhAratamAM ghera beThAM dUdha AvI jAya ane mahinA pachI teno hisAba paNa ghare AvIne dUdhavALo laI jAya che. amerikAmAM AvI sagavaDa nathI. tyAM dUdha mATe 5 thI 10 ki.mI. dUra moTA molamAM ke peTrola paMpamAM javuM paDe. A rIte dararoja dUdha levA javuM posAya nahIM, eTale aThavADiyA sudhI phrIjhamAM rAkheluM dUdha vAparavuM paDe che. dararoja gharanA AMgaNA sudhI AvatI zAkanI reMkaDI e bhAratamAM sulabha che. amerikAmAM je kathA-vyathA dUdhanI che, e ja zAkanI paNa che. dhobI ghare AvIne kapaDAM laI jAya ane IstrI karIne pAchA ApI jAya. mahine AvIne hisAba paNa laI jAya, evuM amerikAmAM vicArI paNa na zakAya. tyAM tamAre ja lonDrI sudhI lAM....bA thavuM paDe. ahIM tamArI kAra ke bAIka tamArA ghare ja dhoI ApavAnI sagavaDa che. tyAM dareka jaNe potAnI kAra jAte ja dhovI paDe. joke roja roja AvI jAta-sevA karavAno temanI pAse samaya paNa nathI. eTale... javA do e vAta. (3) (5) amerikA jatAM pahelAM 30 - Page #31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ 27) Problems ane amerikA bhAratamAM skUle jatAM nAnAM bALakone spe.rikSA/vAna ke basamAM besADIne temanI mammI nizcita thaI jAya che. A bAbatamAM U.S.nI mammIo sArI evI analakI che. tyAM 10 thI 50 ki.mI. sudhInI dUranI skUlamAM jAte ja bALakane mUkI AvavuM paDe ane skUla pUrI thaye tyAMthI laI AvavuM paDe. pablika basamAM moTA chokarAo jaI zake, paNa bhADUtI spe. kAranI sevAnA abhAve nAnAM bALakone levA-mUkavA javAnI kharekharI upAdhi che. khAsa karIne tyAM saMyukta parivArano abhAva che + mammIpappA baMnene jaoNba karavI ja paDatI hoya che, tyAre A upAdhimAM teo kaI rIte samAdhi rAkhatA haze e kalpanAno viSaya che. bhAratamAM kArakhAnAM, oNphisa ke vepAra-dhaMdhAnA mAlika tarIke tame ghaNI svataMtratA bhogavI zako cho. tamArI nIce maeNnejara vagere para vizvAsa rAkhIne kAma laI zako cho. game tyAre moDA AvI zako, vahelA jaI zako, vacce koInA besaNAmAM jaI AvI zako... vagere.. vagere. amerikAmAM A bAbatamAM pUrepUrI gulAmI che. tyAM nAnI phaeNkTarI, oNphisa ke dUkAnanA mAliko nIcenA mANasonA vizvAse kAma soMpI zakatA nathI. sope to mAla corAI jAya ke DaoNlaranI ucApata thaI jAya. eTale mAlike pUrepUro samaya hAjara rahevuM behada jarUrI bane. tyAM tamArA ghaNA mANasa hoya, to ya tame ekalA ho. sAva ekalA. bhAratamAM pADozIo sAthe mIThAM saMbaMdha hoya che. teo ApaNAM sukhaduHkhamAM bhAgIdAra bane. "pahelo sago pADozI" - A sukha amerikAmAM nathI. vAtacItamAM teo namra ane vivekI lAge, paNa nAnI vAtamAMya teo jhaghaDo karI bese. bALako ramatAM hoya ne ghoMghATa thAya ke bola enA kaMpAunDamAM jato rahe to paNa vAMdho le, evuM valaNa tyAM jovAmAM Ave che. vicitra pADozIthI tyAM sAvadhAna rahevuM paDe che. pADozInI kanaDagatathI makAna vecI devuM paDe, evuM paNa tyAM banyA kare che. - 31 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Labour ane amerikA bhAratamAM je mANasa kArakhAnAno ke dhaMdhAno mAlika che, te amerikA jAya to tyAM te majUra che. amerikAmAM 90% mANaso kharekhara majUra ja che. teo bhale sabhya poSAka paherIne kAramAM besIne majUrIe jAya che, paraMtu temanI Arthika sthiti haMmezAM dayAmaNI ja hoya che. pati-patnI baMne majUrI kare. to ja pUruM thAya, eTale patnIe majUraNa banavuM ja paDe che. nAnAM bALakone ghoDiyAgharamAM mUkIne strIe majUrIe dUra dUra javuM paDe che ane Akho divasa kAma karavuM paDe che. bhAratamAM khetaramAM ke kArakhAnAmAM kAma karatAM mANaso ghaNA svataMtra che. teo vAto karI zake, saMgIta sAMbhaLI zake, koI maLavA Ave to kAma choDIne thoDI vAra tenI sAthe vAta karI zake. acAnaka koI kAma AvyuM to cAlu pharaje bahAra jaIne kAma patAvI Ave. AvI koI paNa svataMtratA amerikana majUrane nathI. tyAM te cAlu kAmamAM be-cAra miniTa paNa besI na zake. satata UbhA UbhA ja kAma karavuM paDe. koInI sAthe vAta kare to tenuM AvI bane, tene kADhI ja mUke. amerikAmAM Arthika vyavahAronuM kendrIkaraNa thaI cUkyuM che. utpAdana paNa moTI kaMpanIo kare, vepAra paNa moTI kaMpanIo ja kare, eTale jaMgI malTInezanala kaMpanIonA hAthamAM ja AkhuM amerikA che. tyAMnI prajAmAMthI Min. 95% loko A moTI kaMpanIonA gulAma che. teo potAnI svataMtratA ane svataMtra vicArasaraNI khoI beThA che. tyAM khAvApIvAnI cIjo paNa jaMgI moTI kaMpanIo ja banAve ane vece, tethI amerikAnI strIone have dUdhamAMthI dahIM banAvatA paNa AvaDatuM nathI. e mATe dUdhane 500-700 ki.mI. dUra mokalavuM paDe che. strIone gharakAma choDIne koInI veTha karavA mATe majUraNa banavuM paDe e tyAMnA vyakti svAtaMtryano kharo cahero che. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 32 Page #33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ (29)) Misunderstanding ane amerikA amerikAthI thoDA divasa mATe vatanamAM Avelo mANasa phAMkaDuM IMglIza bolato hoya enA hAtha para golDa bresaleTa hoya, eNe jinsa ane TizarTa paheryA hoya. paraphyuma chAMTyuM hoya. potAnI tyAM kevI AlizAna kAra che ane tyAM pote kevI mojamajA kare che, enI e baDAI mArato hoya ane dhUma paisA kharcato hoya. e badhuM joIne ahIMnA lokone amerikAnuM AkarSaNa thAya che. paNa e tyAM jhADuM mAre che ke hoTalamAM thALIo dhove che, e viSe e lokone kazI ja khabara hotI nathI. bahu bahu to "jaoNba karuM chuM." eTaluM e kaheze, paNa e kaI kaMpanImAM che ? enI nokarI kevI che ? eno vArSika pagAra keTalo che ? amerikAnA dhoraNa mujaba e pagAra keTalo kahevAya? e viSe e kadI nahIM kahe. amerikA ke yuropanI mulAkAta lenArA tyAMnA moTAM zahero, vizALa rastA, hajAro kAra, moTA moTA sTorsa ane temAM maLatI lobhAmaNI vastuo vagere samRddhi jue che ane mAnI le che ke tyAMnA loko bahu sukhI che. paNa kharekhara UMDo abhyAsa karavAmAM Ave, to khyAla Ave che ke tyAMnI 90% prajA herAna-parezAna che ane atizaya TenzanamAM jIve che. ahIMnI madhyama varganI strIone paNa je sukha che, te tyAM 90% prajAne bilakula nathI. amerikAnA 80 lAkha nAgarikonI vArSika koTumbika Avaka 45 hajAra DaoNlarathI vadhAre che. Ama chatAM ghaNI vAra temane eNpArTamenTanuM bhADuM, tabIbI kharca ane anya pAyAnI jarUriyAtono kharca uThAvavAmAM muzkelI paDe che. garIbonI hAlata to kaphoDI che ja, Arthika rIte sadhdhara parivAroneya nANAkIya asthiratAno sAmano karavo paDe che. moTA morgeja, aMgata devuM, kharcALa moTA zahera, tabIbI kharca ka A badhAM sAthe sTragala karato tyAMno khAdhepIdhe sukhI gaNAto mANasa kadAca ahIMnA garIba ke bhikhArI karatAM paNa vadhu kharAba sthitimAM jIvato hoya che. 33 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Aloneness ane amerikA vatanamAM chApAMvALoya kema cho ? kahI jAya che. dUdhavALoya AtmIya banI jAya che. nokara gharanA sabhyanuM sthAna laI zake che. TapAlIya 'oLakhIto' hoya che. vinA kAraNa paNa vAtacIta karatAM premALa mAnavIo e bhAratanuM svarga che. amerikAmAM enI kalpanA paNa na thaI zake. ahIM to khapa pUratuM kAma ane badhuM sUmasAma. yAda Ave kolarija Alone Alone on a lonely sea. AkhA gharamAM ekalI strI ja rahetI hoya ke ekalo puruSa ja raheto hoya evA eka sabhyanA parivAro amerikAmAM moTI saMkhyAmAM che. emanA sukha-duHkhamAM sahabhAgI thanAra to koI nathI ja, emanI vyathA sAMbhaLanAra paNa koI nathI. amerikAnA rastAo para joIe to keTalAMya strI-puruSo kAra DrAiva karatAM ekalAM baDabaDatAM hoya che. Ane jAta sAtheno saMvAda jarUra kahI zakAya, paNa upaniSado jene 'AtmasaMvAda' kahe che e to A nathI ja. 30 potAnA prazno pote ja sUlajhAvavAnA hovAthI tyAMno mANasa ekalatA anubhave che. ekanA eka vicAro enA magajamAM satata ghumarAyA kare to e DiprezanamAM sarI paDe che. mAnasika bImArIo enA para kabajo meLavI le che. A paristhiti lAMbo samaya rahe to te mANasa sijhophrenIAno bhoga bane che. kyAreka hiMsaka bane che. hAthamAM pistola AvI jAya to ADedhaDa arthahIna hatyAo karatAM paNa te acakAto nathI. kuTuMba ane samAja vagara be ja vyakti sukhethI jIvI zake - eka yogI ane bIjo pAgala. amerikAno mANasa khUba duHkhI che, kAraNa ke e ekalo che. Mathew Arnold kabUlAta kare che We mortal millions, live alone. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 34 Wo Page #35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ (31) Weather ane amerikA amerikana ciMtaka henrI DeviDa thoroe kahyuM che : "kudaratanI vadhu mahera ApaNe nathI meLavI zakyA." barapha, agni, pavana, pANI, bhUkaMponI dhrujArIo ane jvALAmukhInI garjanAo. nisarganA A vividha rUpono sothI vadhu prabhAva amerikAmAM dekhAya che. keliphorniyAno dharatIkaMpa hoya, havAI TApuno jvALAmukhI hoya ke TeksAsathI meIna sudhI phUMkAtA harikensa ke TorneDojha hoya, kudaratanA rodra svarUpanI jhalaka ahIM avAranavAra jovA maLe che. amerikAmAM be ja Rtu che - ziyALo ane unALo. varasAda game tyAre Avato rahe. keliphorniyAbosTana, baphelono ziyALo vadhu Akaro paDe. nyu jarsI-hyusTana-TeksAsano unALo bhAre paDI jAya. ziyALAmAM bora bora jevA karA nukasAna paNa kare. kyAreka ahIM karAnA tophAno hoya, to kyAreka pANInI achata paNa hoya. varasAda kheMcAI jAya tyAre pANInI kaTokaTI jAhera karIne pANI upara kApa mukavAmAM Ave. te samaye lona para pANI chAMTavAnI baMdhI lAdavAmAM Ave. harikenanA pagale pUra paNa Ave, vadhu paDatAM varasAdathI ke barapha pIgaLavAthI paNa pUra Ave ane jAna-mAlanuM nukasAna thAya. kudarata ahIM kyAre raudra svarUpa leze ane vIjaLInI jhaDape sapATo bolAvaze, teno koI bharoso nahIM. baraphavarSA thatI hoya tyAre kAra goLa goLa cakkaramAM pharavA lAge ane eNksIDanTa thaI jAya. kyAreka kAra DhaMkAI jAya ke Akhe AkhI daTAI jAya eTalo barapha paDe. sArA havAmAnamAM ThaMDInAM kapaDAM lIdhA vinA mANasa bahAra nIkaLyo hoya ane acAnaka himavarSA thavA lAge. bicArAnI sthiti kaphoDI thaI jAya. ghaNI vAra baraphanA DhagalA nIce daTAyelI kAramAM mANasa thIjIne mRtyu pAme. himajhaMjhAvAtamAM phasAya to to bacavuM muzkela. kalAkanA 120125 ki.mI.nI jhaDape hima vAyaro phUMkAya. himavarSAthI AMdhI eTalI gherI bane ke AjubAju kazuM ja dekhAya nahIM. tApamAna zUnyathI nIce 40-50 DigrI UtarI jAya. amerikAnI kAtila ThaMDI prativarSa hajAreka mANasono bhoga le che. ghaNI vAra asahya garamIno jhapATo paNa jIvaleNa banI jAya che. 35 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ (32) Elegal Residency WG WISI anya dezomAMthI gerakAyadesara AvIne vaselA mANasone kAraNe je hakathI vaselA che, teone Arthika muzkelIo anubhavavI paDe che. teone jaoNba maLatI nathI tethI amerikAnI TaeNksanI Avaka paNa ghaTI che. pariNAme Arthika pAsuM nabaLuM thatuM jAya che. prajAne sarakAra taraphathI maLatI rAhatomAM kApa mukAto jAya che. A paristhitimAM sarakAre keTalIka khAsa ejansIone rAkhI che, jeo gerakAyadesara rahenArAone pakaDe che ane temanA dezamAM parata mokale che. temane jeo jaoNba para rAkhe, temane daMDa ane sajA karavAmAM Ave che. bIjI bAju jeo tyAM gerakAyadesara vase che, teo soziyala sikyuriTI vagere rAhata yojanAonA lAbhathI to vaMcita rahe ja che, nokarImAM paNa temanuM zoSaNa karavAmAM Ave che. grInakArDa dhArakane kalAkanA 6 DaoNlara apAtA hoya, to grIna kArDa vagaranAne kalAkanA 3 DaoNlara ja maLe. temanI majabUrI che, to e majabUrIno geralAbha uThAvavA mATe amerikano taiyAra ja che. toya amerikAne samajyA vinA gAMDI doTamAM lAkho rUpiyA kharacIne gerakAyadesara rIte amerikAmAM ThalavAtAM lokonI kamI nathI. amerikAmAM grInakArDavALA ke grInakArDa vagaranA baMne duHkhI ja che. toya A satyathI ajANa ahIMnA lokoe grInakArDane jANe svargano paravAno hoya evo darajjo ApI dIdho che. A saMdarbhamAM eka vAta jANavI bahu ja rasaprada che ke tyAMnA kAyadA mujaba grInakArDa dhAraka 18 thI ra6 varSanI vyaktine yuddhanA samaye AvazyakatA anusAra pharajiyAta yuddhamAM javuM paDe. viyetanAma yuddha vakhate ApaNA gujarAtI parivAroe A kAraNathI potAnA dIkarAone keneDA, IMglenDa ke gujarAta mokalI dIdhA hatA. I mean bhagADI dIdhA hatA. kAle kadAca bhArata-amerikAnuM yuddha thAya, to tyAM rahelA bhAratIyoe bhAratanI ja sAme baMdUka tAkavI paDe evI goThavaNa tyAMnA grInakArDamAM karelI che. aMgreja zAsana daramiyAna bhAratamAM AvI sthiti hatI ja. gulAmInuM AthI moTuM pramANapatra bIjuM zuM hoI zake ? amerikA jatAM pahelAM _ 36 Page #37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Greencard ane amerikA bhAratamAM sapheda lUMTa karavA mATenuM koI khataranAka hathiyAra hoya to e amerikAnuM grInakArDa che. grInakArDa dharAvatI vyakti sAthe bhAratanAM mA-bApo AMkha mIMcIne sArAM sArAM dIkarA-dIkarIone paraNAvI de che. amerikAmAM ghUsavAnA eka mAtra lakSya sAthe. paNa pachI AkhI jiMdagI 'kajoDAMne' kAraNe barabAda thaI jAya, ke chUTAcheDAnA prazno UbhA thAya, enI ciMtA koI karatuM nathI. gItAbahena bhaTTa kharuM ja kahe che 33 are jevI tevI kAminI, jene grInakArDa lAgyuM hAtha, raMka ho ke apaMga ho, paNa laI Ave DaoNkTara sAthe. kyAreka evuMya bane che, ke amerikAnuM grInakArDa dharAvato yuvaka tyAM paraNelo hoya. ene eka-be bALaka paNa hoya, vadhumAM tyAM bIjuM lapharuM paNa cAlatuM hoya, ene hakIkatamAM patnI nahIM paNa kAmavALI, AyA ke rasoyaNa joItAM hoya. koDabharelI paraNetarane gharamAM pUrIne loka karIne e joba para jato rahe, ene phona paNa na karavA de, to amerikA enA mATe aMdhAra-koTaDIthI vizeSa kaMI ja nathI. bhAratamAM je kanyAo cAno kapa sudhdhAM sApha na karyo hoya, nokaracAkara ne sukha-sAhebI vacce ucharelI hoya, e kanyA jyAre amerikAmAM potAnI pleTa ne vAsaNo mAMje ke koI sToramAM khaDe page savArathI sAMja UbhA rahevAnI nokarI kare, tyAre enI AMkhomAMthI TapoTapa AMsu paDatAM hoya che. kharuM 'amerikA' A che. bIjI bAju grInakArDa joIne tyAMnI chokarI sAthe ahIMno yuvaka paraNyo hoya, e yuvaka thoDo nabaLo hoya, to e chokarI ene nokaranI jema UThabesa karAve ane mAnasika trAsa Ape. e chokaro Diprezanano bhoga banI jAya. tyAMnA zANAM chokarAchokarIo tyAMnAM chokarA/chokarInI Tevo-kuTevo jANatAM hoya che. tethI teo bhAratIya pAtrane pasaMda kare te dekhItI vAta che, paNa AmAM grInakArDanuM mApadaMDa kapaTakAMDa sarjI de che. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 37 Page #38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ (38) T.V. ane amerikA amerikAmAM seMkaDo cenalo kAryarata che. Akho divasa philmo joI zakAya eTalI philma caeNnalo TI.vI. para prasArita thAya che. kebala TI.vI. para batAvAtI moTA bhAganI philmo jAtIyatA ane hiMsAnI gaMdakIthI khadabadatI hoya che. 80% amerikano mAne che ke TelivijhananuM stara khUba ja UtaratuM che. hiMsA, corI, lUMTa ane baLAtkAro temAM ThAMsI ThAMsIne bharelAM che. evareja amerikano 16 varSanI uMmara thAya, tyAM sudhImAM TI.vI. para 2 lAkha hiMsAnAM dRzyo joI cUkyAM hoya che ane 33 hajAra khUna joI cUkyA hoya che. eka kalAke tyAMnuM TI.vI. evareja 30 hiMsAnAM dazyo pIrasI rahyuM che. roja rAte be marDara joIne amerikano guDa-nAiTa kahe che. - A paristhitimAM bALakonA mana para vizeSa vikRta asara paDe che. marDaro joI joIne marDara karavAno zokha potAnI mammI upara ja pUro karanAra bALaka e amerikana TI.vI.nI pedAza che. zALAnAM bALakothI mAMDIne sagA pitAne rivaoNlvarathI zUTa karI detuM tyAMnuM bALaka hakIkatamAM TI.vI.nuM anusaraNa ja karatuM hoya che. gaMdakIne joI joIne tyAMnA bALako temanA mananI pavitratA gumAvI beThA che. kAcI uMmare galIca kaubhAMDo karatAM tyAMnA bALakoe temanuM bALapaNa to khoyuM ja che. citra-vicitra bImArIo ane kaoNplikezansanA bhoga banIne temanuM yovana paNa khoyuM che. TI.vI. sAthe cITakI rahevAnA kAraNe tyAMnA bALakonI racanAtmaka zakti ane sarjanAtmaka zakti para avaLI asara thAya che. TI.vI. mATe amerikAmAM eka zabda pracalita che, IDiyaTa boksa. Ama chatAM ya tyAM traNa jaNanA parivAramAM ATha TI.vI. hoya evA dAkhalA che. tyAMnA samajuM mAtA-pitAo bALakonA saMskArone bacAvavA mATe keneDAnA evA jaMgala-sAIDanA vistAromAM rahevA javA icche che, jyAM TI.vI. hoya ja nahIM. paNa evAM samajuM keTalA ? samajuM mATe paNa A posibala keTaluM? zuM lAge che tamane ? tamAro naMbara zemAM lAgaze ? amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ (35) Culture ane amerikA eka bAju amerikAmAM bhArata jevI suvyavasthita prAcIna saMskRtino abhAva che. bIjI bAju tyAMnuM sensarazIpa vinAnuM mIDiyA-taMtra TI.vI., thiyeTara, chApAM, maeNgejhina... badhAM ja prakAre chaDe-coka nagnatAnuM pradarzana karI rahyuM che. trIjI bAju UgatI peDhImAM satsaMskAronuM siMcana karavA mATe tyAMnAM mA-bApo pAse eka miniTa paNa nathI. dAdA-dAdI jevI vastu amerikAmAM to che ja nahIM ane yA to tyAMnI manasvI vicArasaraNI dharAvatI peDhI mATe sArthaka nathI. cothI bAju TaeNkanaoNlaoNjInA navA AyAmo - inTaraneTa, Ai-phona, Ai-poDa vageree rahyusahyuM kAma tamAma karI dIdhuM che. pAMcamI bAju tyAMnA vikRta samAjamAM rastAo, jAhera sthaLo, bIco, relve sTezano, jyAM jAo tyAM bIbhatsa deha-pradarzana ane nirlajja jAtIyaceSTAonuM dRzya sulabha hoya che. ATa-ATalI honArato ochI hoya ema.... chaThThI bAju tyAMnI skUlomAM bALakone 13-14 varSanI uMmarathI ja jAtIya zikSaNa apAya che. je hakIkatamAM 23-24 varSanA chokarAone ApavuM paNa yogya nathI hotuM. skUlanuM homavarka karato chokaro moTethI tenA phakarAo vAMcIne mA-bApane tenA viSe prazna kare, tyAre temanI sthiti kharekhara kaphoDI thaI jatI hoya che. kumaLI vayanAM bALako jAtIya zikSaNa pAmIne tarata ja eno prayoga karavA mATe talapApaDa bane che. klAsamAMthI Ticarsa vidAya le tyAre ghaNI vAra bIjA sTuDanTsanI najara sAme ja AvA prayogo thAya che, to ghaNA kissAmAM sTuDanTsa sAthe TicarsanA vyabhicAro cAlatAM hoya che. ghaNI skUlomAM aMdara ja garbhapAtanI ke ghoDiyAgharanI vyavasthA che. to ghaNI skUlomAM saMtati-niyamananAM sAdhano ApavAmAM Ave che. kuMvArI mAtAonuM pramANa bhayajanaka rIte vadhatuM jAya che. ahIMnI prajAne mana jAtIya amerikA jatAM pahelAM 39 Page #40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ vAsanA ane prema dna e baMne eka ja vastu che. jAtIya AkarSaNa UbhuM karavA mATe tyAMnI chokarIo ane strIo nirlajja paheravezathI mAMDIne zArIrika avayavonAM oNparezano sudhInA dhatiMga kare che. tyAMnAM chApAMomAM AvatI sajAtIya/vijAtIya saMbaMdho bAMdhavA mATenI aDhaLaka jAherAto tyAMnA lokonA vikRta mAnasano khyAla Ape che. What do you think ? tamAruM saMtAna bacI jaze ? zAbAza, tamane zekhacillI siniyara kahevA paDaze. 36 Character ane amerikA 16 varSanI uMmare chokarI enA baoNyaphrenDa sAthe DeTiMga para jAya, e amerikAmAM oNphisiyala vastu che. dIkarI aDhAra varSanI thAya eTale e potAnA rUmamAM game te baoNyaphrenDane rAte lAvI zake. mA-bApathI kAMI kahI zakAya nahIM. uMmaralAyaka dIkarI rojeroja navA navA chokarAne ghare lAve ane rAtre potAnA rUmamAM ja rAkhe, to paNa mA-bApathI nA na ja pADI zakAya evA amerikA ane yuropanA kAyadA che. aDhAra varSanI uMmara pachI tyAMnAM chokarA-chokarIo mA-bApa sAthe rahetAM hoya, e paNa eka Azcarya gaNAya. svataMtratAnA nAme tyAM svacchaMdatA carama sImAe pahoMcI che. tyAM rahetA bhAratIya parivAro A dUSaNothI mukta haze, evI mukta kalpanA karavAnI sthiti ja nathI rahI. DallAsa-TeksAsamAM hAIskUlamAM bhaNatI eka bhAratIya chokarI potAnI rUmamAM baoNyaphrenDsa sAthe rAte philma joI rahI hatI. sAro evo ghoMghATa thaI rahyo hato. enA pitAe savAre vahelA UThIne kAma para javAnuM hatuM. emaNe dIkarIne avAja karavA badala Thapako Apyo. baoNyaphrenDse e chokarIne caDavaNI karI. 'tAro bApa amArI hAjarImAM tAruM AvuM apamAna kare, e tuM kema sahana karI le che ? ThokI de enA para kesa.' pelIe polIsane phona karyo. dIkarIne mAnasika rIte ebyujha karavA badala pitAne 7 varSanI jela thaI. parivAramAM kamAnAra amerikA jatAM pahelAM Ji 40 Page #41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ vyakti e eka ja hatI. AkhuM ghara bhAre duHkhamAM garakAva thaI gayuM. raDI raDIne e chokarInI AMkho sUjhI gaI, paNa have koI pheraphAra thaI zake tema na hatuM. tyAMnI hAIskUlo paNa dArU, Dragsa ane jAtIya satAmaNIothI khadabade che. tyAMnA vaMThela vidyArthIonI ToLakIo pote keTalI vadhu chokarIo sAthe zarIrasaMbaMdha bAMdhyo 6 tenI spardhAmAM Utare che. ghaNI vAra AvI ghelachA baLAtkAramAM pariName che. tame kadAca tyAM tamArAM saMtAnone bacAvI levA mATe maraNiyA paNa bano, paNa cAre bAju gaTaranI bhAre badabU AvatI hoya tyAM moMghIdATa agarabattI paNa zuM kAma lAgaze ? Marriage ane amerikA koI paNa samAjanA zArIrika Arogya, bhAvanAtmaka Arogya ane Arthika ArogyanI pArAzIzI lagnasaMsthA che. hacamacI uThelI ane jAtIya svacchaMdatAthI tUTI rahelI lagnasaMsthA e amerikAnI sauthI gaMbhIra samasyA che. 37 1990nA dAyakAnA prAraMbhe amerikAnA banne mukhya rAjakIya pakSoe jAheramAM evI himAyato karI hatI ke 'pati, patnI ane bALako sAthenA parivAro ane lagnanA zaktizALI baMdhano rASTranA hitamAM che.' e samaye tyAMnI prajAne A vidhAno vivAdAspada lAgyA hatAM. paNa Aje lagnano dara taLiye jaIne beTho, tyAre e vAta sAcI lAge che. 1960mAM tyAM 1000e 73 kanyAo paraNatI hatI. 1996mAM 1000e 49 kanyAo paraNatI hatI ane atyAre A dara sauthI nIco che. mAtA-pitAnI saMyukta chatrachAyAmAM UcharatAM bALakonuM pramANa jeTaluM vadhu, eTaluM bALakone sparzatI sAmAjika samasyAonuM pramANa ochuM e hakIkata amerikana samAja samakSa spaSTa thaI che Ama chatAMya paraNanArAo amerikA jatAM pahelAM 41 Page #42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ ghaTatAM ja jAya che. kuMvArI mAtAonI saMkhyA bhayajanaka rIte vadhI rahI che. lagnajIvana paNa agAu karatAM ochuM sukhI ane ochuM TakAu nIvaDI rahyuM che. chUTAcheDAnuM pramANa UMce ne UMce jaI rahyuM che. A paristhitinuM mukhya kAraNa tyAMnI jAtIya svataMtratA che. lagna pUrve strI-puruSe jAtIya saMbaMdhothI dUra rahevuM joIe evA naitika mUlyonuM amerikana samAjamAM koI ja mahattva nathI. ahIM nagna hovuM e zaramajanaka nathI, jAhera sthaLane beDa-rUma mAnIne cAlavuM e paNa zaramajanaka nathI ane kuMvArI mAtA hovuM e paNa zaramajanaka nathI. elacI :- amerikA DaoNlaranuM Divelyuezana karI karIne bhArata pAsethI "zarama"nI lona letuM rahe, to ja enuM ThekANuM paDe evuM nathI lAgatuM? (30) Divorse ane amerikA amerikAmAM strI jaoNba para jatI hoya, tene eka sahaja prazna karavAmAM Ave che - "tuM paraNelI che ? tAre keTalAmo pati che ?" puruSane pUchavAmAM Ave che - "tuM paraNelo che ? tAre keTalAmI patnI che ?" zALAnAM bALako tyAM necaralI bolatAM hoya che "A mArI bIjI trIjI moma che. A mArA bIjA trIjA DaeNDa che. eka ja pati/patnInI vAta sAMbhaLIne tyAMnA lokone khUba ja Azcarya thAya che... ATaluM badhuM lAMbuM cAlyuM zI rIte ? amerikAmAM lagna-chUTAcheDA-lagna.. A eka sahaja vaNathaMbhI prakriyA che. tyAM chUTAcheTA paNa lagna jeTalA ja AsAna che. lagnajIvanamAM paNa lagnabAhya saMbaMdho ane jIvanasAthI sAthe bevaphAI e tyAM sAmAnya gaNAya che. chUTAcheDAnI sIdhI asara bALako para thAya che. sAvakA mA-bApanI samasyAo kumaLA bALakanuM jANe gaLuM maraDI nAkhe che. mA navA pati sAthe rahetI hoya ke bApa bIjI patnI sAthe raheto hoya, tyAre bALakanI sthiti khUba ja kaphoDI banI jAya che. bALakane svastha samAjanA javAbadAra nAgarika amerikA jatAM pahelAM 42. Page #43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ banAvavA mATe paNa sTebala lagnajIvana anivArya hoya che. sTebiliTInA abhAve amerikAmAM premavihoNAM bALakonI saMkhyA vadhatI jAya che. A eka mAMdalA samAjanI nizAnI che. amerikAnA bhaviSya mATe A eka moTo bhayasaMketa che. amerikano AtmakendrI che, temane potAnA sukha cena vadhu vahAlA che. bALako to potAnI rIte moTA thaI jaze, emAM zuM ? AvuM bhoktAvAdI mAnasa amerikAnI ghora khodI rahyuM che. tyAMnA ravADe caDIne have ApaNI chokarIo paNa traNa-traNa lagno karatI thaI gaI che. pahelAne chUTAcheDA ApIne bIjA sAthe lagna kare che. pachI teneya chUTAcheDA ApIne trIjA sAthe lagna kare che. e 'vara'ne ghare bolAvI eno upayoga kAmavALA jevo kare che ane cothA sAthe anaitika saMbaMdho cAlu rAkhe che. gujarAtI prajA amerikAnuM lebala joIne paraNavA mATe lAina lagADe che, tyAre hakIkatamAM te mUrkha banatI hoya che. Women ane amerikA amerikAmAM lagnanA baMdhanonI zithilatAnAM pariNAmonuM bihAmaNuM rUpa sauthI vadhu strIone satAve che. svataMtratAnI kiMmata te mAnasika tANanI tIvratAno bhoga banIne cUkave che. A mAnasika tANane zamAvavA mATe te dArU, sigareTa, ghenanI goLIo ane kephI dravyo sudhdhAMno Azaro letI jovA maLe che. 39 hajAro amerikana puruSoe chUTAcheDA laIne koI divasa temanI chUTAcheDA lIdhela patnI ane bALakone korTe nakkI karelI rakamanI eka pAI paNa cUkavI nathI. korTe to chUTAcheDAnA kesamAM rakama nakkI karI, ke puruSe chUTAcheDA lIdhelI patnI ane bALakone mahine ATalI rakama ApavI, paNa tenuM pAlana thAya che ke nahIM, te jovA mATe ane pAlana na thatuM hoya to karAvavA mATe amerikA jatAM pahelAM 43 Page #44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ koI ja jogavAI nathI. keTalAya puruSo to zahera choDIne guma thaI jAya che ane bIjA zaheramAM navo saMsAra vasAve che. patnI 2kama mAMgavA jAya kyAM ? pote ekalAMya jIvavuM hoya, to majUrI karI karIne jAta ghasI nAMkhavI paDe evA tyAMnA mAholamAM bALakone ucheravA zI rIte ? salAmatInuM zuM ? lAgaNIo ane aramAnonuM zuM ? eka bAju amerikAthI bhArata pAchI pharelI patnIo ane tyaktAonA paNa ghaNA dAkhalA che, to bIjI bAju hajAro strIonA khUna temanA pati dvArA ke nikaTathI teo jemanA paricita hatA, tevA mANaso dvArA thAya che. pitA rakSati kaumArye bhartA rakSati yauvane ! putro rakSati vArddhakye A bhAratIya saMskRtithI vaMcita banIne amerikana strIe ghaNuM badhuM gumAvyuM che. komAryamAM enI rakSA karanAra pitA nathI. yauvanamAM enI paDakhe UbhA rahenAra patino patto nathI. enuM ghaDapaNa Ave enI pahelA to eno dIkaro gAyaba thaI cUkyo hoya che. jIvanano A saMgharSa ekalA kApyA sivAya tenI pAse bIjo koI ja vikalpa nathI. This is the cost of American dream. 40 Parents ane amerikA amerikAmAM evAM paNa mA-bApo che, jeo rahe che to saMtAnonI sAthe ja, paNa temanI dazA gharanA nokara karatAMya badatara che. ghaDapaNamAM dareka mA-bApanI evI apekSA hoya, ke temanA saMtAna temanI sevA kare. tenA badale amerikAmAM temaNe ja saMtAnonI sevA karavI paDe che. temaNe AyA/ bebIsITara tarIke kAma karavAnuM, gharanI saphAI vagere karavAnI, rasoI karavAnI... ATaATaluM karyA pachI ya saMtAno temanI sAthe DaoNlara-senTamAM vyavahAra kare, temane maheNAM-ToNAM mAre, temane apamAnita ane haDadhUta kare ane mAnavatAne lajave eTalI hadano durvyavahAra temanI sAthe kare. na teo koIne phona karI zake ke na to phariyAda karI zake. amerikA jatAM pahelAM - 44 Page #45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ mA-bApane sarakArI penzana apAvavA mATe e loko doDadhAma kare, pachI penzananA 500-600 DaoNlara potAnA khissAmAM sarakAvI de. mAbApane senTa-senTa mATe mAMgaNa banavuM paDe. keTalAMka saMtAno koI maMdiravALAne mahine 10 DaoNlara ApIne mAbApane Akho divasa tyAM mUkI Ave. koI vagara notare AvelAM mA-bApane eNrapaoNrTa para levA ja na jAya. koI vakhata emanuM bharaNa-poSaNa na karavuM paDe, e mATe emane koI bajAramAM laI jaIne kyAMka besADIne 'hamaNAM AvyAM' ema kahIne jatAM rahe ane kadI pAchA Ave ja nahIM. videzanI dharatI para mA-bApane bhagavAna bharose rajhaLatAM mUkI de. (Avo dAkhalo tyAMnA gujarAtI parivArano paNa che.) amerikana lokone oNvaraTAima karIne paNa aThavADiyAnA 55-60 kalAkanuM kAma maLI jAya to karavuM che. A sthitimAM 6-7 varSanA bALakanA mATeno samaya khovAI jAya che. pachI ghaDapaNamAM teo saMtAno sAthe samaya gALavA icche, tyAre saMtAno pAse samaya hoto nathI. amerikAmAM TI.vI. bApa che ane phrIjha mA che. ghoDiyAgharathI gharaDAghara sudhInI A saMskRti che, jemAM phAdharsa De ane madharsa De varasamAM eka ja vAra Ave che. Childern ane amerikA amerikAmAM eka mahinAnA bALakane paNa alaga rUmamAM suvADavAmAM Ave che. ene DAyapara paherAvI dIdhI eTale kAma pUruM thaI gayuM. have e AkhI rAta raDe toya mA-bApa enA para dhyAna ApatAM nathI. 'cho raDe, e enI rIte jIvatAM ekalAM rahetA zIkhI jaze.' AvI emanI vicArasaraNI hoya che. tyAM traNa varSanA bALake paNa mA-bApanA beDarUmamAM AvavuM hoya to pahelA TakorAM mAravA jarUrI che. 41 45 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ amerikAmAM bALako skUlathI ghare pAchA phare, tyAre gharamAM temanI dekhabhALa karanAra koI hotuM nathI. bebIsITara ke De-kera seMTaramAM UcharelAM bALakone 'mA'nI mamatA ke dekharekha maLI zakatI nathI. nAnapaNamAM ja kharAba vastuo zIkhIne nAnI uMmaramAM ja teo bALasahaja nirdoSatA khoI bese che. teo vadhu paDatA Aggrasive thaI jAya che. jeksana vIle - phloriDAnA piDiyATriksa kahe che 'ApaNe bALakonI evI peDhI sarjI rahyA chIe ke je svakendrI, aparipakva ane anya mATe vicAravAnA abhAvavALI che.' jo mA-bApanI chAyAmAM paNa tyAMnAM bALakonI AvI sthiti hoya, to tyAMnI kuMvArI mAtAnA ke chUTAcheDA lenArI mAtAnAM saMtAnonI to kevI sthiti haze ! amerikAmAM paraNyA vinAnI mAtAomAM 70% vadhAro thayo che. tyAM dara traNa bALakamAMthI eka bALaka lagna vinA janme che. ane temAMthI 65% bALakonA pitA koNa ? e khabara nathI. bIjI rIte joIe to amerikAmAM dara pAMca bALakamAMthI eka bALakane khabara nathI ke enA pitA koNa che ? tyAM bALaka skUlamAM dAkhala thAya, eTale paheluM e zIkhavADavAmAM Ave che ke kaMI paNa thAya, to polIsane 911 naMbara para phona karavo. bhUlecUke bALaka mA-bApanI viruddhamAM koI phariyAda kare to mA-bApane jelamAM javuM paDe. A sthitimAM mA-bApa zuM karaze ? mAstara mAreya nahIM ne bhaNAve ya nahIM 6 e kahevatane sArthaka karaze. eTale bALakonA saMskaraNanI rahIsahI zakyatAya marI paravAraze. 6 nicoDa : hyusTana rAisa yunivarsiTInA samAjazAstrI sTIphana klinabarganA zabdomAM kahIe to 'amerikAmAM bALakonI AkhI peDhI upekSAthI pIDAya che.' amerikA jatAM pahelAM 46 Wo Page #47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Youngsters ane amerikA amerikAmAM rahelA samajuM bhAratIya mAtA-pitAo evo prayAsa kare che, ke temanAM saMtAno bhAratIya bhASA, saMskAra, rIta-rivAjo ane saMskRtine jALavI rAkhe. A vAta sArI che, paNa temanAM saMtAno amerikAnA rItarivAjo ane jIvanazailIne apanAvavA mAMge che. A kheMcatANamAM chevaTe mAtA-pitAe hAra mAnavI paDe che. DaoNlaranI mAyA choDIne teo samayasara bhAratamAM AvI gayA hota to saMtAno bacI zakata, paNa e samaya have jato rahyo hoya che. muktasamAjanA dUSaNone tyAMnAM yuvaka-yuvatIo samajyAM nathI hotAM. moTAbhAganAM mAtA-pitAo pAse to e samajAvavAno samaya paNa nathI. 42 je saMtAnonA abhyAsa mATe bhAratIya mA-bApo gaurava letAM hatAM, e ja saMtAno yA to lagna karavAnI ghasIne nA pADI de athavA to lagnanI bAbatamAM temane mAthuM na mAravA kahe, tyAre teo moTuM vakAsIne jotAM rahI jAya che. gujarAtI saMtAno paNa mA-bApane bindhAsta kahI de che, ke teo potAne phAve te dhoLiyA ke kALiyA pAtra sAthe lagna karaze ane phAve tyAre karaze. A samaye mA-bApo amerikA AvavAnI kharI kiMmata cUkavatAM hoya che. bahAra teo saMtAnono bacAva kare che 'ApaNe tyAM evA lAyaka pAtro ja kyAM rahyA che ? emaNe AkhI jiMdagI vitAvavAnI che. temano ja nirNaya sAco. ApaNe to teo sukhI thAya e ja jovAnuM. ApaNe ApaNI pharaja pUrI karI...' vagere vagere. paNa temano cahero temanA dilanA dardanI cADI khAdhA vinA raheto nathI. amerikAnA yaMgasTarsa aNasamaja ane svacchaMdatAthI tyAMnAM pAtrone paraNavA lAgyA, temAMthI kajoDAM janmI rahyAM che. AvA lagno bahu TakatAM nathI ane chUTAcheDAmAM jyAre 'vaLatara'no AMkaDo Ave, tyAre AkhuMya ghara nANAkIya kaTokaTImAM phasAI jAya che. 47 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Child abuse ane amerikA bALako sAthe thatAM durvyavahAronA ghaNA prakAro hoya che. emanI darakAra na karavI, emane pUratuM khAvA-pIvAnuM na ApavuM, emane mAnasika trAsa Apavo, emanI mArapITa karavI ke emanI jAtIya satAmaNI karavI. amerikAmAM dara varSe AvA lagabhaga 10 lAkha banAva bane che. thoDAM varSo pahelAnI vAta karIe to tyAM 1985mAM 812 bALakonAM khUna thayAM hatAM. 1990mAM 1099 bALakonA khUna thayAM hatAM. 1991mAM 1195 bALakonA khUna thayAM hatAM. 1992mAM 1149 bALakonAM khUna thayAM hatAM. 1993mAM 1299 bALakonAM khUna thayAM hatAM. A AMkaDo Aje kyAM jaIne pahoMcyo che, te eka saMzodhanano viSaya che. vadhu AghAtajanaka bAbata to e che ke AmAM 50% banAvomAM bALakanA khUna mATe javAbadAra enI mA hatI. 23% kesomAM bALakanA khUna mATe javAbadAra enA pitA hatA. 10% mAM emanI mAtAonA baoNyaphrenDsa hatA ane bAkInA kissAomAM bahAranA loko hatAM. 43 amerikAmAM eka 5 varSano bALaka dna erika. enA para 10 ane 11 varSanA be bALakoe dabANa karyuM, ke te pIparanI corI kare. erike sApha nA pADI dIdhI. te baMne bALako erikane eka makAnanA caudamA mALe laI gayA ane bArImAMthI tene nIce pheMkI dIdho. erikano 8 varSano bhAI tenI sAthe hovA chatAM te ene bacAvI na zakyo. tyAMno eka 3 varSano bALaka dna josepha. enI mA amAnDA volesa mAnasika rIte asvastha hatI. eNe anekavAra AtmahatyAno prayAsa karyo hato ane josepha para trAsa gujAryo hato. tyAMnI bALako mATenI korTa JuveniemAM 3 varSamAM 28 vAra teno kesa gayo. tyAM AvA kesonA DhagalA thayelA hoya che. tyAMnA jajo pUratuM dhyAna ApI zakatAM nathI. sagAMonI nA hovA chatAM ane josephane dattaka levA mATe eka yugala taiyAra hovA chatAM jaje enI mA svastha che 4 ema kahI ene josephano kabjo Apyo. eprila 19, 1993nA divase mAe ilekTrika vAyarathI josephane phAMsIe laTakAvI dIdho. Report - Judical system doomed Joseph. Joseph never had any chance of survival. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 48 Page #49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ ((jaja)) Relatives ane amerikA amerikA sthita bhAratIyonA svajano ke nikaTanA mitro bhAratamAM gaMbhIra mAMdagIno bhoga banyA hoya, to temane lAcAra thaIne mAtra phonanA AdhAre beThAM rahevuM paDe. dareka imarajansI vakhate to bhArata AvI zakAya tema nathI. kyAreka jaoNbamAMthI rajA na maLe, kyAreka paisAno prazna hoya. mAtA-pitA ke svajanano aMtima samaya hoya ane emanI pAse pahoMcatAM pahelAM temanuM mRtyu thaI jAya, e duHkha to je jIrave te ja jANe. manamAM thAya ke bhAratamAM hota to to sAthe ja rahetA hota ane nahIM to basa-Trena pakaDIne tarata ja bImAra mANasa pAse pahoMcI jAta. A 10,000 mAIlanA aMtare to amane sAce ja vikhUTA pADI dIdhA. thoDA divasa ahIM rahIne jyAre e vyakti amerikA pAchI jatI hoya tyAre ene asahya duHkha thatuM hoya che. e samaye AkhuM ghara dra Akho parivAra lAgaNIthI bhIno bhIno banI jato hoya che. janAra vyaktine pharI pharI e vicAra Ave che ke gharanA vRddho pharI maLaze ke nahIM ? e potAnI jAtane ja prazna pUche che ke A badhAM ApaNA para ATalo prema rAkhatA lokone choDIne pharIthI pAchA javA jevuM tyAM zuM che? moTA rastA, molsa ke gADI zuM AvA premanI khoTa pUrI pADI zakaze ? paNa have A badhA vicAro vyartha hoya che. bhArata choDIne amerikA gayA tyAre ja dAva khelAI gayo che. hajI to gharanA moragejanA hatA bharavAnA che, nokarI TakAvavAnI che, chokarAone bhaNAvavAnA che. hajI saMgharSa bAkI che ane maMjhila dUra che. (kadAca, maMjhila zuM che e ja khabara nathI.) vicAro ne vicAromAM plena amerikA AvI jAya che ane mANasa rojiMdI jiMdagImAM parovAI jAya che. 49 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ Emotions ane amerikA mAnavamAtra lAgaNIzIla hoya che. parivAra, sagAM-saMbaMdhI, mitro ke pADozI... ene koI ne koI AtmIya joIe che. jyAM enA manano Ubharo ThAlavI zakAya. jenI pAse sukha-duHkhanI vAto karI zakAya, jenI sAthe bhUtakALanAM saMbhAraNAM vAgoLI zakAya. amerikAmAM AvA 'AtmIya'no patto maLato nathI. pADozanA phlaeNTamAM koNa rahe che e ghaNI vAra khabara na hoya. amerikAmAM rahetAM bhAratIya vaDIlone ekalatA korI khAya che. teo kahe che : 'AnA karatAM mAro deza mAruM gAma dna mAruM vatana ne mArI zerI zuM khoTAM hatAM ? bhale e dhULiyuM che, pachAta che, paNa lAgaNIo ane AtmIyatAthI chalochala dhabakatuM che.' 45 amerikAmAM badhuM che paNa bhArata deza nathI. sAmAnI AMkhamAM maLyAno ullAsa hoya, premanI camaka hoya... chalakAtAM ne ubharAtAM prema sAthe jIvavuM, saMkaLAIne jIvavuM... eka-bIjA vinA rahevAya nahIM, jIvAya nahIM, jIvI zakAya nahIM. enuM nAma bhArata deza. amerikAmAM eno patto nathI, yAda Ave pelI nyuyorka kavitA : doDatAM A nagaramAM koI mATe koI rokAya nahIM, pahelA pUche ke kema cho, pachI uttara mATe koI rokAya nahIM. jayazrI marcaMTa (amerikA) eka vastu saue kabUla karavI ja paDaze ke jyAM samaya nathI, tyAM lAgaNI nathI ane tyAM mANasa paNa nathI. lAgaNI to TharavAmAM che, e doDavAmAM zI rIte hoI zake ? amerikAno mANasa e bhUlI gayo che, ke samaya e ja to mAruM astitva che. mArI pAse samaya nathI to eno artha e ja che, ke mArI pAse 'huM' ja nathI. jo maneya 'huM' na maLI zake, to koIne to kyAMthI maLI zakaze ? gItAbahena bhaTTa kharuM kahe che : doDAdoDI hAyavoyamAM samayanuM kacaDAvuM ahIMyA, aham ane ahaMkAra vacce prema-tyAga rUMdhAyA ahIMyA. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 50 Page #51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ amerikAnAM vAhanonA TAyaromAM TyUba nathI hotI. sTIlanI phrema ane TAyara vaccenA avakAzamAM ja havA pUravAmAM Ave che. jema TyUba vagaranA TAyarothI ahIM vAhana cAle che, tema lAgaNI vagaranA hRdayothI ahIM zarIro cAle che. (46), Selfishness ane amerikA amerikAmAM jANe mANasa mANasano verI che. yA e koIne Azaro ja na Ape ane kadAca Ape to enI pUrI kiMmata vasUla karIne rahe. Azritane nicove. enA para jAta-jAtanA aMkuzo mUke... rAte paMkho cAlu na karavo.. Teliphona na karavo. phrIjhamAMthI kAMI na levAya. ahIM eka eka senTanI gaNatarI che. vadhu ne vadhu DaoNlara bhegAM karavAnI ghaLI doTa che. ahIMno mANasa mANasa sAthe mANasa jevo vyavahAra karavAnuM bhUlI gayo che. ene badhuM senTa-DaoNlaranI bhASAmAM ja samajAya che. ahIM mAbApa-dIkaro-dIkarI badhAM ja potAnuM alAyaduM jIvana jIvavA icchuka che. pArivArika saMbaMdho ahIM che kharAM, paNa Arthika stare. naitika dhoraNe adhaHpatana che. nibaMdha vyakti svAtaMtrya pAmavAnI ghaNI moTI kiMmata tenI prajAe cUkavavI paDe che. e kiMmata che enuM chinnabhinna pArivArika jIvana. pArivArika mUlyono abhAva. je bhAratIyone amerikAnI havA lAgI che, teo notarelAM mahemAno sAthe paNa uSmAhIna vyavahAra kare che. parivAranA AgaMtuka sabhyo temane "mAthe paDela maphatalAla' lAge che. myujhiyama jevA jovAlAyaka sthaLe mahemAnane laI to jAya, paNa pachI temanI TikiTa kaDhAvavAnA pa-10 DaoNlara bacAvavA kahe : "A sthaLa to meM pahelA joyuM che, tame joI lo. huM tamane 3 kalAka pachI AvIne laI jaIza." ahIM bhAratamAM teo Ave, tyAre temanA mATe doDAdoDI karanAra ane badhI rItano bhoga ApanAra vyakti jyAre pote amerikA jAya tyAre tene AghAta lAge che. tyAM svArtha ane kaMjUsAI ene chellI pATalIe beThelAM dekhAya che. amerikA jatAM pahelAM |__ 51 Page #52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ amerikanonA moDhe eka vAkya sahaja rIte AvI jatuM hoya che 'If I had a million dollars.' paisAno sAva moha na jAya e samajAya, paNa sadA ne sarvatra eka mAtra paisAno ja jayajayakAra hoya e kevuM ? amerikA para cokaDI mArI devA mATe A eka ja praznArtha kAphI che. Family ane amerikA 47 candrakAntabhAI bakSI amerikA gayA, tyAre temaNe tyAM eka avismaraNIya dazya joyuM hatuM. eka amerikana 'mA'e eka bALakane teDyuM hatuM ane beaDhI varSanuM bIjuM bALaka tenI bAjumAM hatuM. baMne dIkarAo 'mA'ne ekITaze tAkI rahyA hatAM. mammI nirAMtathI eka lolIpopa cUsI rahI hatI. A dRzyane yAda karIne candrakAntabhAI umere che AvuM dRzya amerikAmAM ja zakya che. amerikAmAM vasatAM eka bhAratIya dra hemAMga paTela. emanA makAnamAlike bAyapAsa sarjarI karAvI. haoNspiTalamAM temanuM sAruM evuM rokANa thayuM. temano dIkaro 15 divase eka khAsa paddhatithI temanI khabara kADhavA Ave. A paddhatimAM e potAnI kAramAM phUlo laIne Ave. pitAnA ghara pAse potAnI kAra mukI de ane pachI pitAnI kAra laIne haoNspiTala jAya. phUlo Ape. pitAne ghera jaI temanI gADI tyAM mUkI de ane pachI potAnI gADI laIne jato rahe. pitRbhaktinI A amerikana paddhati ApaNA jevAne nahIM samajAya. jyAre ApaNane A vastu samajAze, tyAre ApaNe bhAratIya maTIne amerikana thaI gayA hoIzuM. -- eka bhAIe grInakArDanuM piTizana nAMkhIne bahenane ahIM bolAvI. bahena grInakArDa laIne pagabhara thavA AvI. phakta 3-4 mahinAmAM eNe bhAInuM ghara choDavuM paDyuM. bahene bhAI pAse 500 DaoNlara uchInA mAMgyAM. bhAIe kahI dIdhuM ke dIkarInA lagnamAM vadhu kharco thaI gayo hovAthI tane ApavA 50 DaoNlara paNa nathI. e bhAInA 3-4 gharo hatAM. 8-9 lAkha DaoNlaranI milakata hatI chatAM bahenane badhI rIte jAkAro maLyo. Aje varSo thayAM, amerikA jatAM pahelAM para Page #53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ have bahena kayAM saMyogomAM jIve che, tenA para zuM vIte che tenI darakAra bhAIe kadI karI nathI. kadAca amerikAnA parivAramAM be ja sabhyo che - (1) huM (2) DaoNlara. Seniors ane amerikA amerikAmAM vRddhone thoDI hamadardI batAvo eTale badhuM ja dhodhanI mAphaka nIkaLI paDe. 40 uparanI vaya vALAne paNa tyAM sthAyI thavuM kaThina paDe che. keTalAya pAchA AvyA che. ane grInakArDa phADIne bhAratamAM sthira thaI gayA che. keTalAkanI sthiti vicitra che have pAchA pharIne zuM karavuM ? amerikAnuM penzana maLe nahIM ane samAja kadAca vyaMga kare kema? gayA'tA ne amerikA ? pAchA AvI gayA ?' e bicArAonI dazA dhobInA kUtarA jevI thaI jAya che. tyAM teo bImAra paDe to temane davA ApanAra koI nathI. sevA karanAra saMtAna paNa nathI ane bhADUtI mANasa paNa nathI. 48 tyAMnA vRddhAzramamAM rahetAM ke ghare rahetAM mA-bApo saMtAnonA 'Taca'mAM Ave to ya keTalI karuNa rIte Ave, teya jANavA jevuM che. (hakIkatamAM na jANavA jevuM che.) eka dIkarAe pArTInuM Ayojana karyuM. temAM sAmela thavA mATe vRddhAzramamAMthI gharaDAM mA-bApane bolAvyAM hatAM. pArTI pahelA emaNe rasoI banAvavAnI hatI ane pArTI pachI vAsaNo mAMjavAnAM hatAM. ATaluM thaI jAya eTale emaNe rAte ja pAchAM vRddhAzrama bhegAM thaI javAnuM hatuM. = keTalAMka bhAratIya kapUto bhAratamAMthI mA-bApane bolAvIne temane bilakula gharaghATInI jema rAkhe che. gharanuM A to Z badhuM ja kAma karIne Akho divasa gharamAM goMdhAI rahetAM mA-bApa trAsIne bhArata na jatAM rahe, e mATe e kapUto emano pAsaporTa saMtADI de che ane temane bhAratanI TikiTa lAvI ApatAM nathI. Li mahesANAnA eka mAjI dIkarInI sUvAvaDa karAvavA amerikA gayAM. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 53 Page #54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ suvAvaDa patI eTale dIkarIe kahyuM, 'bA, ahIMyA badhAMe jaoNba karavA javuM ja paDe.' Aje e mAjI eka lakavAvALA vRddha benanI sevA kare che. emane snAna karAvavAnuM, emanAM kapaDAM-bArotiyAM dhovAnA, vagere vagere. agatyanA che DaoNlara, mAjI nahIM. Pleasure ane amerikA amerikAnI ghaNI badhI vicitratAo che. ahIM jhADo ghaNAM badhAM jovA maLe che. paNa temanAmAMthI moTAbhAganAM jhADo para koI phaLa AvatAM nathI. ahIMnAM phUlo dekhAvamAM ghaNA AkarSaka hoya che, paNa temanAmAM suvAsa hotI nathI. dUdha ane zAkabhAjIno ApaNe tyAM je svAda anubhavAya che, te amerikAmAM svapnavat che. ahIMnA dareka khorAka phikkA lAge che. moTAM bhAge badhuM eka yA bIjI rIte vAsI hovAthI be aThavADiyAM pachI temAMthI vicitra ane arucijanaka vAsa Ave che. ahIMnAM gharo moTe bhAge baMdha hoya che ane temAM jyAre pravezIe tyAre eka ja prakAranI vAsa Ave che. A badhI vastuo khUba ja sUcaka che. koI sAhityakArane tyAMnA janajIvana para koI racanA karavI hoya, to upamA alaMkAranI sAmagrI bane tevuM che. 49 bhAratamAM Akho divasa majUrI karIne rAte makAInA roTalA banAvatA, maracuM vATatA, cUlAnA ajavALe TesathI khAtA ane sAthe sAthe moja-mastI karI letAM majUronA caherA para je AnaMda ApaNe rAte paNa joI zakIe chIe, te ahIM sAruM evuM kamAtA ApaNA lokonAM moM para bhara-baporanA ajavALAmAM paNa joI zakAto nathI. bhAratamAM sArA prasaMgoe bhegA thatA lokonAM moM para je naisargika AnaMda jovA maLe che, tenuM darzana ahIM durlabha che. ahIM loko parANe hasatAM hoya evuM lAge che. jyAM 95% loko TaeNnzanamAM jIvatAM hoya tyAM bIjuM lAge paNa zuM ? ahIMthI amerikA janAra tyAMnA jIvanamAM thoDAkaM ja UMDA Utare eTale tyAMnA lokone eka prazna pUchI bese che, 'ahIM kema AvyAM ?' InDo amerikA jatAM pahelAM 54 Page #55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ paisA kamAvA amerikansa havAmAM havAtiyAM mAravA jevA javAba Ape che chokarAonuM bhaviSya sudhAravA/jIvananI majA levA... paNa tyAMnI paristhiti jonArane e eka paNa javAba gaLe Utarato nathI. jIrAgoLI : 50 Boredem jhADuM, pAra vinA bhAI, lAMbI Journey, sAra vinA bhAI. - -- Dog ane amerikA amerikAmAM sthAyI thayelA ghaNA lokoe aMtarathI kabUla karyuM che ke 'ahIM jiMdagI jIvatA hoIe evuM lAgatuM nathI. paisA maLe che ane divaso jAya che. kUtaruM jyAM roTalo maLato hoya tyAM jAya, ema amAre paNa javAnuM, kAraNa ke ahIM kazuM nakkI nahIM. ahIM AvIne phasAI gayA chIe. ahIM evo kAdava che ke eka vAra phasAyA pachI bahAra nIkaLAya ja nahIM.' gItAbahena bhaTTa A vedanAne ghATa Ape che : gItA bhaTTa haiye hamadardI ke hoTha para heta viNa, hAya-voya hAu hAu ema siyo, svane saMtoSavA svacchaMdanI samAdhi karI, svajano tajIne huM zvAna baniyo. 55 amerikAmAM 'mANasa'nI dazA kUtarA jevI che, to kUtarAnI dazA mANasa jevI che. kUtarAnI jAtane amerikAmAM kharekhara jalasA che. ahIM mA-bApa marI jAya to vAMdho nathI. pati-patnI marI jAya to bIjA zodhI kADhavAnAM. paNa jo bilADI ke kUtaro marI jAya to mANasa poka mUkIne raDavA besaze, khAze sudhdhAM nahIM ane khovAyelo khovAyelo raheze. tyAMnA zrImaMto temanA saMtAnone kadAca kazuM ja nahIM Ape, paNa kUtarAM-bilADAnA kalyANa mATe phAunDezana sthApI temane vAraso Apaze. amerikAnI prajAnA kUtarApremanuM eka adbhuta udAharaNa che. tyAMnuM eka chApuM - kUtarA samAcAra. kolaMbasa zahera-kenAIna presa, 1147, kolaMbasa amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ pAIka, oToyo - 47014 U.S.A.thI A chApuM nIkaLe che. emAM kUtarA viSayaka zabdonA krosavarDanI ramata Ave che. kUtarAne hRdayaroga na thAya e mATe zuM karavuM ? ene macchara karaDe to zuM karavuM ? e mAMdo na paDe e mATe zuM karavuM ? enA eksa re-blaDa TesTamAM mAIkrophileriyAnA jaMtu dekhAya to karyuM iMjekzana levuM ? kayAM DaoNkTaranI salAha levI ? kUtarAone tAlIma ApanArAone tAlIma ApavA zuM karavuM ? vagere bAbato e chApAmAM Ave che. emAM bALavibhAga paNa che, jene kurakuriyA vibhAga kahI zakAya. kUtarAnA khAsa phoTogrApharonI eDa Ave che. kUtarA mATenA bebIsITarsanI eDa Ave che. jeo dAvo kare che - tamArA kUtarAne ame bALakanI jema rAkhazuM. rojanA 10 DaoNlara, maLo AnTa milI. 3 divasathI vadhu rAkho to pahelA divasano cArja nahIM. kUtarAnI biheviriyala samasyAo mATe maLo (kUtarA) manovaijJAnika - ena. epha. elacI : bhAratamAM mAtRdevo bhava-pitRdevo bhava-atithidevo bhava zIkhavADavAmAM Ave che. tenI badale amerikAmAM "kUtarAdevo bhava' zIkhavADAtuM haze ? Fall ane amerikA bhAratane choDIne amerikAmAM AvavuM e moTo jugAra khelavA jevuM che. A eka evuM gAMDapaNa che, jemAM khuvArI sivAya kazuM nathI. ahIM astitva che, paNa jiMdagI nathI, je bhAratamAM sukha-cenathI jIvI zakAya che. ahIM AvIne vasanAranI pachInI peDhI tenI najara sAme ja lupta thaI jAya che. bhAratIya juvAna dIkarI tyAMnI hAIskUlamAM bahenapaNIone baoNyaphreMsanA hAthamAM hAtha milAvIne nAcatI-kUdatI jue ane temanI joDe DeITiMga para jatI nihALe, tyAre tene keTalo laghutAbhAva mUMjhavato haze tenI koNe darakAra karI che ? ahIMnA saMskArI parivArano dIkaro tyAM mitranI sAthe phiziMga amerikA jatAM pahelAM - pa6 Page #57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ para jAya ane mAchalAMone taraphaDAvIne mArI nAkhe, e dRzya jovAnI enA pitAe taiyArI rAkhI haze kharI ? DeiTiMga ke phiziMga kharAba che, e anaitika ke pApa che, e vastu ja tyAMnA vAtAvaraNamAM buddhimAM Utare tema nathI. amerikA ane bhArata vacce jeTaluM bhaugolika aMtara che, enA karatAM lAkhogaNuM sAMskRtika aMtara che. bhAratIya ane amerikana khyAlo paraspara viruddha che. bhArata kahe che 'badhuM saMyama rAkhIne karo.' amerikA kahe che 'tamane game te karo.' - A sthitimAM khUba ja jhaDapathI ApaNAM saMtAnono laghutAbhAva 'baLavA'nuM svarUpa dhAraNa kare che. pachI badhI ja lakSmaNarekhAone oLaMgavI sahaja thaI jAya che. bIjAM zabdomAM kahIe to temanA jIvanamAM 'rekhA' (maryAdA) jevI koI cIja ja bacatI nathI. - amerikAno artha che adhaHpatana. jhera khAIne kadAca koI bacI jAya, toya jhera e jhera ja che. amerikAmAM bacavuM khUba ja muzkela che, ne toya, kadAca koI bacI jAya toya patana e patana ja che. Dollar ane amerikA para amerikAnA lAkha nakArAtmaka pAsAMone avagaNIne paNa bhAratIya loko amerikA sthAyI thavA mATe talapApaDa hoya che. enuM eka mukhya kAraNa che DaoNlaranuM AkarSaNa. ApaNane gaNita karatAM bahu sarasa AvaDe che. 1 DaoNlara 65 rUpiyA. vAha re vAha... amerikA jAo eTale mAlAmAla. paNa ApaNane e vAstavikatAnI khabara nathI, ke amerikAmAM 1 DaoNlaranI kiMmata 1 rUpiyA jeTalI ja che. amerikA choDIne bhArata AvI jAya. te jarUra phAyadAmAM che, paNa bhArata choDIne amerikA javAmAM to bhayaMkara nukasAna = che. 'DaoNlara' Itself keTalo polo che e samajavuM hoya, to I suggest amerikA jatAM pahelAM 57 Page #58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ a book - vikAsano pardAphAza. amerikAnA Economic hit man jona pakinsanA pustaka - Arthika hatyArAnI kabUlAto - no A saMkSipta anuvAda che. jenA lekhaka che velajIbhAI desAI. amerikAmAM ghaNA DaoNlara sahelAIthI kamAI zakAya evI bhramaNA paNa ApaNe tyAM pravartamAna che. paNa hakIkata e che ke amerikAmAM DaoNlarano varasAda kyAMya thato nathI. moTA bhAganA loko tyAM sakhata kAma ane parizrama karIne thoDA DaoNlara kamAya che. moTA bhAganA bhAratIyo paNa je zaniravi vadhArAnuM kAma maLatuM hoya to karavA mATe tatpara hoya che. N.R.I. bhAratIyo ghaNI vAra phariyAda karatA hoya che, ke bhAratathI mahemAna Ave to amAre kharca karavAno che, emane pheravavAnA che ane ame jyAre bhArata jaIe chIe tyAre paNa amAre ja kharcavAnA che. kAraNa ke ame amerikAthI DaoNlara kamAIne AvyA chIe. vatanamAM lokone khabara nathI ke amAre che mahinA pahelAthI dareka sagA mATe ekAda bheTa-paisA bacAvI bacAvIne bhegI karavI paDe che. pharI pharIne ApaNe tyAM ja AvIne UbhA rahIe chIe... Why America ? (13) Base ane amerikA svastha samAjajIvanano pAyo svastha strI hoya che. amerikAmAM A pAyo ja hacamacI gayo che athavA to UkhaDI gayo che. tyAM strInA kudaratI guNo dharAvatI sAcI strIonuM pramANa sAva ja ghaTI gayuM che. tyAM moTA bhAganI strIo potAnA strItvane bhUlIne kRtrima puruSa banavA mAMge che. puruSonI harIphAImAM temaNe puruSa jevA Dresa apanAvyA, puruSanA jevuM ejyukezana apanAvyuM. puruSanI badhI kuTevo apanAvI. gharamAM rahevAnA badale nokarIo apanAvI. pariNAme strIo duHkhI duHkhI thaI gaI. strI saMpUrNapaNe puruSa na banI zake ane puruSanA ravADe caDatAM strItva ane mAtRtva choDavuM paDe. amerikA jatAM pahelAM 58 Page #59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ ghara, rasoI, bALakono uchera dna A badhuM choDavuM paDe. AmAM strI na rahI gharanI, na ghATanI. strInuM strItva bALaka pratye vAtsalyathI kheMcAya, tethI te mukta puruSanI jema bahAra rakhaDIne satata nokarIo na jALavI zake. strI sAthe rahe, paNa kAyadesaranI patnI nahIM, jene kampeniyana kahevAya. gharakharcamAM teNe aDadho bhAga ApavAno. puruSa kADhI mUke to tarata ja ghara choDIne nIkaLI javuM paDe. puruSa pAse ghara, paisA badhuM ja hoya toya strI binasalAmatI anubhave. A sthitimAM baeNnka baeNlensa sAcavavuM tenA mATe Avazyaka thaI jAya. e sAcavavA jatAM ghara ane bALakane pharajiyAta reDhAM mUkavA paDe. A sthitimAM te herAna-parezAna che, duHkhI ane TaeNnzanamAM DUbelI che. kamANI karavAnI tene cintA che. emanI tulanAmAM bhAratanI strIo gharamAM ja rahIne, patinI kamANI potAnI ja samajIne je AnaMdathI rahe che temAM svarganuM sukha che. amerikano ghaNI vAra kahe che, '30-40 varSa pahelAM AvuM na hatuM.' nArI gharanI rANI che. e gharanI dekharekha mATe gharamAM rahe e ja ucita che. Arthika upAyone mATe nArI ghara choDe tyAre badhuM ja UthalapAthala thaI jAya che. gAMdhIjInA zabdo che je samAjamAM strIone kamANI karavA nokarIe javuM paDe, te samAja acUkapaNe tUTI jaze.' amerikA javA mATe, dIkarIne amerikA paraNAvavA mATe ke bhAratamAM paNa amerikAnI nakala karIne jIvavA mATe ApaNe talapApaDa chIe. e kadAca ApaNuM sauthI moTuM durbhAgya che, ne ApaNe AMkha ADA kAna karIne e durbhAgyane vadhArI rahyA chIe. elacI : AyanA sAme thavAmAM paNa gajuM to joIe, biMba khudanuM mANavAmAM paNa gajuM to joIe. 59 -- sureza virANI. amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ (54) Ramayan ane amerikA rAmAyaNanI eka rasaprada ghaTanA che. zrIrAma jyAre laMkA para AkramaNa karavAnI taiyArImAM hatA, e samaye rAvaNa pUrepUro gabharAI jAya che. zrIrAmanI ane temanA eka eka yoddhAnI zakti jANIne enA hAjA gagaDI jAya che. kuMbhakarNa to bharanidrAmAM che, hajI kadAca enA uThavAne ra/3 mahinAnI vAra che, paNa have ene uThADyA vinA koI chUTako ja nathI, ema samajIne rAvaNa enA kAna pAse jora-jorathI nagArAM vagaDAve che. ene jora jorathI DhaMDhoLe che. chevaTe kuMbhakarNa eka moTuM bagAsuM khAIne beTho thAya che. thoDI nArAjagI sAthe kahe che, "mane kema uThADyo ?" rAvaNa potAnI rAmakahAnI kahe che : "huM sItAne upADI lAvyo. hanumAne AvIne azokavana khedAnamedAna karI dIdhuM. lAta mArIne mAro mugaTa pADI nAkhyo. jatAM jatAM AkhI laMkAne bhaDake bALI. bibhISaNa keTalIya akSohiNI senAone laIne duzmananA pakSamAM jato rahyo. have e badhA mArA para tUTI paDavAnI taiyArImAM che. sItA to jaze ja. kadAca rAja paNa jaze ne prANa paNa jaze." rAvaNa adhdhara zvAse bolato ja jAya che ane kuMbhakarNa ThaMDe kaleje sAMbhaLI rahe che. chevaTe rAvaNa cUpa thAya che. pratibhAvanI apekSA sAthe kuMbhakarNanI sAme jue che. tyAre kuMbhakarNa zAMtithI kahe che, "moTAbhAI, meM sUtA rahIne gumAvyuM zuM ? ane tame jAgatA rahIne meLavyuM zuM ?' amerikana rAmAyaNanI A Adhunika ghaTanA che. amerikA jaIne mANase haLavAza gumAvI, sukha ane zAMti gumAvyAM, dIkaro ane dIkarI gumAvyAM, nizcitatA ane AnaMda gumAvyAM, saMskAro ane saMskRti gumAvI, prema ane lAgaNI gumAvyAM, saMtoSa ane saMpatti gumAvyAM. varSonAM varSo sudhI tyAM mathAmaNa karyA pachIya enA mAthe "lona' (davuM) che. tyAre ApaNe emane eka ja prazna karavA jevo che - "bhAratamAM rahIne ame gumAvyuM zuM? ane amerikA jaIne tame meLavyuM zuM ?' amerikA jatAM pahelAM _ 60 Page #61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ History ane amerikA 14mI-15mI sadImAM yuropa khUba garIba hatuM. kharAba havAmAnamAM khetInA to ThekANAM ja na hatAM ane udyogo jevI to koI vastu ja na hatI, eTale khUna ane lUMTaphATa e ja tyAMno mukhya vyavasAya hato. I.sa. 1492 mAM khristI dharmanA chaThThA pope spena ane porTugalanA vivAdonuM A rIte samAdhAna karyuM hatuM, ke spena pazcimanA dezone lUMTe ane porTugala pUrvanA dezone lUMTe. A rIte eka 'parama pitA' banIne temaNe potAnA putrone aDadhI aDadhI duniyA vaheMcI dIdhI. te anusAra kolaMbasa amerikA Avyo. e koI mahAna vyakti hatI, e khoTI jANakArI che. vAstavamAM e narAdhama hato. 14-15 varSa sudhI teNe reDa InDiyanone lUMTyA. sonA-cAMdI mATe e ThaMDe kaleje hatyA karato. saMpattinA jahAjo spena pahoMcavA lAgyAM. amerikAmAM bahu saMpatti che, ema mAnI spenanuM lazkara tyAM pahoMcyuM. teNe 10 karoDa reDa-InDiyanone mArI nAMkhyA. je deza Aje duniyAbharamAM mAnavaadhikAranI vAta kare che, te deza 10 karoDa nirdoSa reDa-InDiyanonI lAza para Ubho che. amerikAnI A mULa prajAnA Aje mAtra 65,000 mANaso bacyA che. porTugalamAMthI vAsko-DI-gAmA bhArata Avyo ane ahIM khUnakharAbA mAyA-prapaMca karIne 3 vakhatamAM kula 43 jahAja bharIne sonAnA sikkA bhAratathI porTugala laI gayo. e joIne porTugIjhoe bhAratane lUMTavAnuM nakkI karyuM ane 77-80 varSa sudhI porTugIjhoe bhAratamAM ekadhArI lUMTa calAvI, pachI 50-60 varSa sudhI phrAMse ApaNane lUMTyA. pachI Daca lokoe lUMTyA. holenDavALAe lUMTyA ane pachI aMgrejo lUMTavA AvyA. temaNe khUnAmarakI, kAvAdAvA vagere karIne lUMTanI sAthe rAja paNa karyuM. 55 udgamathI mAMDIne Aja sudhIno amerikAno itihAsa lohIthI kharaDAyelo che. enI paddhatio maoNDarna banI che, bAkI eno vyavasAya to khUna ane lUMTaphATano ja rahyo che. zuM eka sajjana tarIke ApaNe 'amerikana' banavAmAM gaurava anubhavI zakIe kharAM ? 61 amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ (56) World war ane amerikA vIsamI sadImAM thayelA ane vizvayuddho pAchaLanuM kAraNa rAjakIya nahIM, paNa Arthika hatuM. 1890mAM amerikA ane yuropamAM bhayaMkara maMdI AvI hatI. te maMdIne dUra karavA mATe hAthe karIne paheluM vizvayuddha UbhuM karAyuM hatuM. 1914thI 1917 sudhI tyAMnI zastra banAvatI kaMpanIoe moTA pramANamAM zastro vecIne maMdIne dUra karI hatI. 1930mAM pharI moTI maMdI AvI. e samaye amerikAnI hathiyAro banAvatI sauthI moTI kaMpanI hatI I.T.T. (International Telephone & Telegraph) teno cIpha ejanTa-pheTareka nyulara koI rIte hiTalarano rAiTa henDa banI gayo. hiTalara yuddha karavA rAjI na hato, paNa teNe tene yuddha karavA mATe uzkeryo. hiTalare kahyuM, "mArI pAse zastro nathI.' nyUlare kahyuM, "zastro banAvatI amerikana kaMpanI pAsethI zastro lAvavAnI javAbadArI mArI. hiTalare kahyuM, "mArI pAse pemenTanI sagavaDa nathI." eNe kahyuM, "pachI cUkavajo.' A ja rIte jApAnane paNa yuddha mATe taiyAra karavAmAM AvyuM. jarmanI amerikAnA virodhamAM hatuM, toya amerikA tene zastro vecatuM hatuM. amerikA to sadhdhara thaI gayuM. paNa sAme lAkhonA lAkho mANasonI lAza DhaLI gaI. abajonA abajonuM nukasAna thayuM. 1945mAM yuddha baMdha thayuM, tenuM kAraNa eTaluM ja hatuM ke amerikana kaMpanI pAse vecavA mATenAM zastro khUTI gayAM hatAM. 1945mAM amerikAe yuropa sAthe karAra karyA, yuddhamAM khUba ja nukazAna thatuM hovAthI ApaNI bhUmimAM kadI yuddha thavA na devuM. paNa bIjAnI bhUmi para yuddha karavA. zastro banAvavA ane vecavA, bIjA dezone paraspara laDAvavA. 1960mAM pharI maMdI AvI eTale amerikAe viyetanAma yuddha karAvyuM. A yuddhamAM amerikA baMne pakSone zastro vecatuM hatuM. galpha vaoNra, sAutha koriyA vaoNra, sudAna-libiyA vaoNra, bhArata-pAkistAna vaoNra, bhArata-cAInA vaoNra vagere nAnAM-moTAM yuddho maLIne Aja sudhImAM amerikAe garIba dezomAM 325 yuddho karAvyAM che. A sivAya TreDa-vaoNra to cAlu ja che, jemAM bhraSTa amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ rAjakAraNIone karoDonI lAMca ApI ApIne potAnI kaMpanIone ghusADavAmAM Ave che ane dezane pAyamAla karavAmAM Ave che. Aje ApaNA dezamAM 2 lAkha gAmaDAMomAM pIvAnA pANInI takalIpha che. AkhA dezamAM bekArI, moMghavArI ane bhUkhamaro Thera Thera che. A sthitimAMya bajeTanA 25% thI 27% (abajo rUpiyA) zastranI kharIdI pAchaLa phALavavAmAM Ave che. e amerikAnA atyAcAra sivAya bIjuM kazuM ja nathI. Before.... INDIA .....After 57 bhArata choDyuM tyAra pahelA huM ene cAhato hato, paNa have amerikA joyA pachI to bhAratanI dhULa paNa mAre mana pavitra che. tyAMnI havA paNa mArI najare pAvanakArI che. have to e puNyabhUmi che. yAtrAnuM sthAna che. tIrtha che. pahelAM mane bhAratIyo prema karavA jevA lAgatAM hatAM. paNa have teo pUjavA jevA lAge che. -- 63 svAmI vivekAnaMda sAre jahA~ se acchA hindostA hamArA amerikA jatAM pahelAM Page #64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________ sAvadhAna 58) je dazA amerikAnI che te ja dazA yuropanI che ane te ja dazA bIjA paNa pazcimI dezonI che. eTale A badhI ja vAto temane paNa lAgu paDe che. I accept ApaNe paNa safe nathI. jo ApaNe emanA ravADe caDavAnuM baMdha nahIM karIe to. amerikA jatAM pahelAM A TAiTalano eka artha A che dra "amerikana banatAM pahelAM." bhAratamAM rahIne paNa amerikana banI zakAya che. ane jeTalA jeTalA aMze mANasa amerikana banato jAya che eTalA eTalA aMze barabAda thato jAya che. khAlI thato jAya che. I know Now you are agree with me. so please, Beware of America, wish you all the best. amerikA jatAM pahelAM | _ 64