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  The great Sindhi poet Shaikh Ayaz is widely known and revered mainly for his poetry; and is often mentioned as the Imam of modern Sindhi poetry, he introduced variety of latest trends through his poetry. Renowned writer and intellectual Mohd. Ibrahim Joyo, while commenting on Shaikh Ayaz’s poetry mentioned: “Shaikh Ayaz’s poetry is a miracle of Sindhi language”, It is mostly commonly narrated that it was this great man Mohd. Ibrahim Joyo, who asked Shaikh Ayaz to write poetry in Sindhi language, as Shaikh Ayaz started his writing career in Urdu language, while having dialogue with Mr. Joyo, when Ayaz was asked to write in Sindhi, he replied: “Who would read me in Sindhi?” “The people of Sindh would make you a literary icon,” replied Mr. Joyo. And truly said Ayaz became an icon of modern day poetry in Sindhi language. He became such a powerful voice of Sindh that many of his books were banned in different regimes, while he was jailed for what he wrote. This legendary poet was

              (File Photo) By: Late Prof: Dr. Allah Rakhio Butt                               Jethmal Pleads His Innocence Jethmal Parsram himself submitted a written statement before the court and empathetically rejected any kind of violence or racial hatred. He pleaded that he always tried to act as a loyal subject of the king Emperor. He had supported the war loan and other government measures of the same nature. He had also supported the British connection with India. He submitted several issues of the Hindvasi in support of his claim of loyalty and the preacher of non-violence. Several witnesses were cross-examined in the month of June. They along with three Sindhi scholars included Swami Sherdhanaand, of Dehli, Mr. Desai, manager of Hanuman Mills, Delhi, the secretary of the Delhi Satyagraha Sabha, Mr. Nizamuddin, a Shia shopkeeper of Chandni Chowk, Delhi and Mr. Jamaluddin Kamaluddin, cloth merchant of Kooch-e-Rahman, Delhi.                              Contents Of The Hin

        (Title of Dr. Butt's Latest Book)   Dr. N. A Baloch Institute of Heritage Research, Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department, Sindh has recently published research work of renowned Sindhi researcher and scholar Late Prof. Dr. Allah Rakhio Butt titled “ Sindhi Boli Mein Chapiyal Kitaban Jo Tareekhi Jaizo (1819-1930)”. The book contains 9 well researched articles of Late Dr. Butt; these articles were published in “Quarterly Mehran” from 1995 to 2004, while Mr. Nafees Ahmed Nuashad, the then editor of “Quarterly Mehran” has compiled those articles in book form.   The book is divided into 9 chapters including: 1-       Background f publishing of Sindhi books 2-       Curricular and school books 3-      Books published on Islam, Hinduism and Christianity (up to 1900) 4-       Books on popular literary genres 5-       Books on folk literature 6-       Grammar, Poetry and Drama 7-       Books about Islam and Christianity 8-    Books on Hinduism, Buddhism, Ph