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  (Cover Page of Khusboo's Book) Khusboo Baloch is an aspiring Sindhi short-story writer; she hails from Johi, District Dadu of Sindh province. She completed her intermediate from Dadu and got admission in university for higher education, she happens to be the first female from her area to get higher education.   Recently collection of her short stories “Samaj Ain Sachai” has been published by Chandoki Publication, in 2022. Her stories reflect the evil norms prevailing in society, most of her stories roam around oppressed women of rural Sindh, and she has tried to portray suffering of women and girls in a male dominated society.     There are 30 short stories in her first book, written with simplicity of language, she is inspired from realist literary movement and her stories and characters are reflection of society. Since 2008, she is teaching as a lecturer in a girls’ college at Hyderabad, Sindh. In this interview with WiseSindh, she has shared her ideas re...

  Dr. Shamim Mari is known as the bold writer of Sindhi language. She depicts problems of women in Sindh in her fiction. She has become a strong voice for women’s rights in recent time. She is PhD. In 2017, she was invited as a speaker in Ted Talks, USA, while she was a fellow of Acumen Pakistan (chapter) in 2015. In 2019, she got the best fiction writer award and woman role model award. Dr. Mari was also given award for her social activities in her hometown Mirpur Khas. Her stories are self-explanatory of sexual and gender issues of girls and women which they face from cradle to grave in rigid conservative societies Pakistan. The collection of her short stories and fiction titled “Meeran Jogan” was published in 2018, by Kanwal Publication, Kamber.          Short Fiction of Dr Mari (Translated from Sindhi):                                 Tradition: Haji...

    Reviewed By: Maham Mahar                       (Cover Page of Novel) British fiction writer J.K Rowling is well-known in world for her Harry Potter series; she has introduced readers to a magical world through her writings. She wrote a novel titled “The Ickabog” for children, during Covid-19 pandemic.   I recently went J.K Rowling's fascinating novel The Ickabog. Her books are really mind blowing and amusing. In my opinion she is the best fiction writer and my favorite. I have read many books but Ickabog is the best of all. She had written the novel Ickabog with remarkable choice words, its characters, presentation, negations, chapter, title adventure, monster and each and everything is maintained and balanced nothing is more nor less.   In this marvelous novel Lord Flapoon, King Fred, Lord Spittleworth and Ickabog are the main characters of the novel. Their characters are very different and uni...

  By: Late Prof. Dr. Allah Rakhio Butt                                Extract  from the Judgment: It would be interesting to reproduce an  extract  from the judgment for the benefit of the present day historian. The verdict was published in the Daily Gazette, Karachi dated 9 July 1919 and reeds as under: The accused is the man of education; he is a writer in Sindhi of considerable fluency and skill. He occupies as editor of the Hindvasi (having circulation between 800 and 900 copies) a position from which he can exercise his powers to accomplish a considerable amount of good, or a considerable amount of harm… the Hindvasi, at the time the article “Martyrdom in Delhi” was published, was one of the most important vernacular Peppers in Sindh… The Hindvasi catered for a class of readers, the majority of whom, it is safe to say, ...

  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 ...

              (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, M...