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The decades of 1960 and 70 were outstanding decades as far as Sindhi short story is concerned; there were many story writers who wrote some marvelous stories that could compete short stories written worldwide.  Amar Jaleel, Ali Baba, Shoukat Hussain Shoro, Mushtaq Hussain Shoro, Manik and Naseem Kharal were the leading short story writers. In 70s Rafique Soomro also took to their line by writing short stories. From early 1970s his name started to appear in literary journals as a short story writer, while in 1977, his first collection of short stories named "Insan Ji Goolah" was published, though his book got fair reviews from the critics as well as readers, but his second book "Mitti Sandu Mamroo" was published after 17 years, but this time his writings were highly criticized. He was  accused of copying the diction of Amar Jaleel. While Rafique's three contemporary story writer's including Wajid Naz, Keehar Shoukat and Razaque Mahar accused him of  plag...

In his latest thought provoking book, Dr. Mubark Lashari has claimed that one Pakistani government opposed the project of establishing a University of Social Sciences, a project planned by Iqbal Ahmed, Prof: Edward Said and Noam Chomsky.  Dr. Mubark Lashari is a renowned scholar and Sindhi writer, he has penned down five books most of them are on literary criticism. Dr. Lashari is a Ph.D scholar and he is considered among the very first Sindhi writers who wrote about "Post-Modernism" a vital literary trend. Dr. Mubark's latest book is named "Simaj Ain Siyasat Jo Grammar" (The Grammar of Society and Politics), published by Murk Publication, Karachi in 2019. This book consists 35 important essays dealing with different aspects of social sciences, the society in which we live and the politics around us. In the introductory note of his latest book Dr. Lashari writes: "In this regards the world of scholarship has two important subjects, i.e. socia...

If we compare the pre-Islamic and post Islamic socio-cultural and political status of women, a gradual increase in their position is noticeable. Islam is the religion of peace and harmony.  Islam as a religion has provided ample status, security and opportunities not only the Muslim woman but also non-Muslim for establishing themselves as an important part of the society. Pakistan was established by Islamic ideology but after the separation, political leaders and establishment of Pakistan didn’t play an important role for the development of nation.  Nowadays, economically whole nation is an indebted of IMF. Pakistan has a strong constitution of 1973. By that law, every citizen without any type of religious discrimination has all rights of basic education, health and security but state of Pakistan failed to provide all basic rights to citizens.  Implementation of law is a major problem of this society. There is a violation of women rights in Pakistan. Woman is...

Nawazuddin Siddiqui well known for his dark characters like Fazl Khan, Raman Raghav and Ganesh Gaitonde, would now appear as a romantic hero in his upcoming movie named "Bole Chudiyan". On his official twitter handle Siddiqui shared the teaser of his upcoming movie with a caption "Ab apun ko life me koi lafda nahi chahiye basss romance aur family... here is the glimpse of". In the teaser that is 29 seconds in duration Siddiqui is seen running behind his lady of dreams.  At the end of the teaser it is hinted that the movie is based on the true events of Nawazuddin Siddiqui's life but is it a biopic would be confirmed in the trailer. The movie is directed by Shamas Nawab Siddiqui, while Tamanna Bhatia would be seen as lead actress. 

A clash erupted between two student groups over the possession of hostel room at University of Sindh, Jamshoro causing head injuries to three students here on Thursday night at the main campus. According to details two student groups came face to face and a clash erupted between them causing head injuries to three students, who were shifted to LUMHS, Hospital, Jamshoro.  The reason behind the clash was said to be over the possession of hostel room at G M Hostel at the main campus. One of the three students was in critical condition. An injured student named Ahmed of Second Year told WiseSindh that they were not given the possession of the hostel room even after they had paid for it, yet the other group was allotting rooms on favoritism by issuing fake challan forms. It was also known that the university authorities used to give challan forms for allotment of hostel rooms at the main campus to senior students , who distribute the challan forms on favoritism and now they h...

(دي ٽيلز آف بيڊل دي بارڊ: جيڪي ھرمائني گرنجر جي جادو واري اکرن مان جي ڪي رولنگ ترجمو ڪيون)                                                            The Tales of Beedle the Bard       سنڌي ترجمو: ڪليم ٻُٽ تعارف: شاعر ٻيجل جون آکاڻيون، نوجوان جادوگرن ۽ جادوگرياڻين لاءِ اھي ڪھاڻيون آھن جيڪي ڪيترين ئي صدين کان پسند ٿينديون پيون اچن. انھن ۾ ٽپا ڏيندڙ ديڳڙي ۽ خزاني وارو ڦوھارو کي عام ماڻھن جي ٻارن (مگلس) جي آکاڻين سنڊريلا ۽ سليپنگ بيوٽي جھڙي اھميت مليل آھي.  ٻيجل جي آکاڻين ۽ اسان جي آکاڻين ۾ ڪيتريون ئي ھڪجھڙيون آھن، مثال طور: چڱائي سدائين کٽيندي آھي ۽ برائي يا بڇڙائي سدائين ھارائيندي آھي. پر ھنن آکاڻين ۾ ھڪ چٽو فرق آھي، عام ماڻھن وارين (مگلس) آکاڻين ۾ جادو ھيرو يا ھيروئين جي مسئلي جي پاڙ ھوندو آھي، جيئن ڪنھن منحوس پوڙھي ڏائڻ جو زھر سان ڀريل صوف ڏيڻ يا شھزاديءَ کي منتر وسيلي سوين سالن جي ننڊ سمھار...

Their only purpose is to entertain kids and make them happy and laugh, some of them wear different costumes of cartoon characters like Eddie Teddy, Mickey Mouse, Pink Panther  and others , while some paint their faces, it is part of their job to maintain smiles on their faces no matter what happens, they have to hide their sorrows and hardships behind their painted smiling faces. But behind those smiling faces they have a life full of hardships and difficulties, they are mostly found in huge malls, birthday parties and other such functions, they only earn few hundred rupees as wage after working for at least eight hours per day. This is the story of  35 year old Shan Ali, who is a master of a circus group at Hyderabad, some twenty acrobats, performers and dancers work in his group, while he himself is a magician and a dancer.  It was a hot and humid Saturday of August in Hyderabad, when I along with Akhtar Hafeez met Shan who lives at Cloth Market of Hy...

The brother of Nimrita Chandani, Dr Vishaal, demanded justice for the alleged murder of her sister, who was a BDS final year student at Bibi Aseefa Dental College (BADC). While talking to media on Thursday, Nirmrita’s brother asserted that her sister was not a person who could commit suicide. “She was a very lively and socially active person,” Dr. Vishaal recalled. On Tuesday’s late-night, Nimrita was mysteriously found dead in his hostel room at Chandka Medical College in Larkana. The university’s vice-chancellor, Aneela Atta-ur-Rahman, claimed that the student had some marks on her neck which confirmed that Nimrita might have committed suicide. The brother of the deceased female medical student has expressed suspicion of the ‘murder’ of her sister at the Chandka Medical College, rejecting the claims of her suicide. Recollecting memories of Nimrita, her brother said she has been a position holder during her entire academic career. In addition to being a brilliant student,...

Sindh is a fortunate land that it has got many dedicated and sincere intellectuals, scholars and educationists who have served this great land of River Indus with all their passion and with only one aim to serve their motherland.  One such great educationist was Dadi Leelan, who was born on 20 December 1916 at Hyderabad, her native home was at Chotki Ghatti where her father Hoot Chand shifted in 1922, later the family shifted to Heerabad area which was known for its cold breeze.  Dadi Leelan witnessed the horrifying scenes of partition in 1947 and she was 31 years old when the partition took place. She was very hurt when her brother Sadhu Vaswani migrated to India after partition, not only him but her six brothers and a sister migrated to India, but her father refused to leave his motherland, due to which the remaining family faced many difficulties, till her father died in 1953 at Heerabad, Hyderabad. Dadi Leelan married to Dr. Tulsidas Heerchandan on 18 April 1954...

A dead body medical student of final year at Asifa Dental  College, Larkana was recovered from hostel room earlier today. The body has been identified as Namrita d/o Jai Pal, student of BDS Final year at Asifa Dental College from Room no: 47 of Hostel no: 03. The local police reached the spot and shifted the body to the local hospital for autopsy. It has been speculated that Namrita committed suicide for uncertain reasons, while the police have said further inquiry into this matter is under process. On the other hand Vice Chancellor of Chandika Medical University Prof. Anila Memon while giving her statement to some section of press has claimed that Ms. Namrita was student of BDS final year  and she was preparing for her final exams, as she stayed alone in the hostel room. She further stated that marks on her neck indicate that she committed suicide, while a proper investigation into this matter would be conducted before reaching the final conclusions.  On the ...

People of Pakistan have rejected federal government's decision to form Karachi Committee and impose Article 149 (4) and to take administrative authority from Sindh government, this was rejected in a social media poll created by country's largest newspaper "Daily Dawn".  "Daily Dawn" created a poll on social media i.e Facebook and Twitter, last day in which majority of voters rejected the idea of Karachi Committee and to impose Article 149 (4) so that Karachi, the capital of Sindh, should be handed over to federal government as a separate administrative unit. "Would it be right decision of federal government to impose Article 149 and use administrative authority. Giving two options: (a) Yes, and (b) No." On Facebook 55k users participated in that survey poll, out of which merely 34% users voted in favor, while a majority of 66% rejected it. While on Twitter 6,790 users participated in the poll, out of which 48% voted in favor, while a maj...

As a student of literature I believe that the Urdu prose fiction being produced in Pakistan is total waste of time; as it only revolves around one particular issue "a middle class girl of marriageable age finding prince of her dreams, marrying him and living happily ever after".  Whether it is short story or novel, both have serious issues with plot and flaws in technique. The best example of that is the so-called novels of Umeerah Ahmed and Nimra Ahmed teaching us so-called moral values and trying to strengthen our faith. The golden days of Udru prose fiction in which Manto, Chugtai, Chander and Pritam created master pieces have faded away and Urdu fiction has utterly lost its taste. Recently I have read some Urdu novels including "Sasa", "Char Darvesh Aur Aik Kuchwa", "Mirwah Ki Ratain" and "Jagy Hain Khuwab Main". I found "Jagy Hain Khuwab Main"  by Akhtar Raza Saleemi an interesting novel, with a new approach of ...

Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that if the tyranny upon people continues in same way, then most likely Sindhu Desh and Siraeki Desh would be created like Bangladesh was created. PPP would  strive for Pakistan till last drop of blood. He was talking to journalists at Hyderabad on Thursday, he said that PPP won't allow such conspiracy against Sindh to succeed, and it would keep on fighting for rights of Sindh. "Due to the incompetence of center, the province of Sindh is becoming bankrupt, while selected prime minister (PM) states in Sindh that it has become bankrupt due to 18th amendment. If federal government would be dissolved, if it tries to takeover Karachi through unconstitutional means, Sindh government would stand firm against puppet and non-democratic forces, how is it possible to control Karachi from Islamabad by unconstitutional means," Mr. Bilawal added. He was responding to an unconstitutional move by PM Im...

(From Article 149 (4)- 239 (4) and 18th Amendment)   By: Mohsin Joyo As partition took place in 1947, Sindh lost its right of self-rule, which was taken away during  British invasion in 1843, while it was clearly stated in the 1940 resolution that Muslim dominated areas without be given the right of sovereign states, but after partition they were declared as provinces. The Sindhi Hindus were forced to leave their motherland and migrate to India, those migrated was middle class of Sindh, including intellectuals, writers, doctors, scholars, the trading and business community and educationists. Even at the night of partition, Sindh was free from communal violence, and the then Sindh government had not asked Hindu Sindhi to migrate from their motherland, Mr. Ayub Khuro, who held the office of Chief Minister of Sindh at that time was against human displacement of Sindhis as well as any other group of people. While important political and scholarly figures like Mr. G M S...

The provincial government has announced a ban on pillion riding across Sindh, including Karachi, on the 9th and 10th Muharram. There will be a ban on pillion riding from the 9th of Muharram until Ashura in order to maintain law and order and avoid any untoward incident. The Sindh government has also requested the ministry to block the mobile phone services along the procession routes on Muharram 9 and 10. According to media reports, as many as 69,545 police personnel will perform security duties across the province including 17,558 in Karachi.  Of these, 16,816 will be in Hyderabad, 2,237 in Mirpurkhas, 9,280 in Shaheed Benazirabad, 8,258 in Sukkar and 15,404 in Larkana, reads a contingency plan prepared by AIG Operations Sindh for Muharram.                 Karachi's MA Jinnah Road sealed In Karachi, MA Jinnah Road has been sealed with containers and other barriers and would remain unavailable for routine traffic on 9th and 10t...