Haleem Brohi And His Novel Oraah



Haleem Brohi was well known Sindhi satire writer, who pointed out most serious issues of Sindh through satire. He was born on 05th August 1935, he was  son of Aziz Brohi, a police officer. He graduate from the University of Sindh in 1956 and completed his LLB in 1960, in his early career, he practiced law and also served at Sindh University in various capacities. He retired from Sindh University as chief accountant in 1980. 

 Haleem started writing in 1967 and  published more than ten books, including his famous novel Oraah in 1975. Haleem's this novel was also considered as the representation of mentally agitated Sindhi generation of 70s.

 Journalist Nisar Khokhar called Oraah a document of Sindh's one generations mental agitation and solitude.

 Haleem Brohi passed away on 28 July 2010, at the age of 75 in Hyderabad.

                             The Roman Script Controversy:

 Haleem Brohi proposed the Roman script of Sindhi language and claimed that if Sindhi won't adopt a Roman script it would be hard for it to survive in the future. His idea of Roman script was opposed by Sindhi linguistics and scholars, who even accused Haleem of insanity.

                                Oraah: 

 Oraah is the story of a person who has become tired of constantly forcing his mind to maintain the equilibrium in relation with this world. He sights the earliest signs of disintegration of his mind and becomes afraid of losing grip on the world around him.

 His decision to enter a mental asylum to become responsibility of others is overpowered by his urge to attempt self-analysis and with a note book for notes in the tradition of psychoanalysts, his embarks on an expedition into the depths of his mind wherein he discovers the filthy beauty and beautiful filth concealed under the layers of time. He awakens to the present with his past haunting him in the mental asylum.

 The narration is in the first person, and provides a prism to reflect every mind, the novel is spread over 140 pages approximately.

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