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  By: Nusrat Chandio About Author: Nusrat Chandio is Sindhi short story writer from Larkana, Sindh, she has written several short stories on striking issues, while her art of story-telling is outstanding. She has boldly written on such topics that are considered taboos in Sindhi society. Most of her stories portray the rural life of Sindhi women. She has written on various topics including incest, honor killing, social injustice and psychological problems with women living in rural areas of Sindh. She is a teacher by profession and is serving in education department from 21 years, she lives at Larkana with her family. WiseSindh has translated this short story from Sindhi language, it was first published in Ababeel (Literary magazine). Asmat lived in a well decorated two-storey bungalow with her son Shaheryar and daughter Nousheen, though she was unable to understand the ups and downs and zigzags of life, but even if she wasn’t contend with it, she wasn’t fed-up of life. In he...

  (Photo: Karachi Arts Council webpage) According to the webpage of Arts Council, Karachi www. https://www.artscouncil.org.pk not a single book launching ceremony of Sindhi books was held at Arts Council Karachi, or the activity was not made part of the official record, on the other hand as many as 14 book launching ceremonies of Urdu and other languages were held at Arts Council, Karachi and six of those 14 book launching ceremonies were organized/hosted by the Adabi Committee, Arts Council, Karachi. Following is the list of those launching ceremonies as reported by council’s webpage: 1-       Launching ceremony of “Shoor ki Dastak” by Amna Alam was held on 19 th October 2019. 2-       Launching ceremony of “Aks-e-Awaz” by Syed Noor Zaheer Rahbar was held on 03 rd October 2019. 3-       Launching ceremony of “Adab Parey” organized by the Arts Council, Karachi’s Adabi Committee was held on 28 th ...

Sindhi Language Authority (SLA) chairman Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ali Manjhi has said that he had written a letter to Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan to recognize authority’s research journal ‘Sindhi Boli’ in its category  and soon it would be recognized. Dr. Manhji told that in a meeting with WiseSindh , here at SLA office in Hyderabad on Thursday. He said that previously the journal was recognized by HEC in its Z’ category, but due to inconsistency in publishing during previous administrations the journal was removed from HEC’s list, but as soon as he took over the charge as chairman, he wrote a letter to HEC asking them to recognize the journal once again. Mr. Manjhi said that he would carry on the aim of SLA, that promoting Sindhi language, and in that regard publishing of books, conducting seminars and workshops, up gradation of dictionary and encyclopedia were in pipeline.              ...

Throughout centuries books have shaped the thought process of human beings, famous author Mark Twain wrote: “a reader lives a thousand lives through books”. While Lloyd Alexander claimed: “reading books is the most marvelous adventure.” Books are packed with knowledge, insights into a happy life, life lessons, love, fear, prayer and helpful advice. One can read about anything under the sun. Books have been here for centuries and without them today’s knowledge of our past ancestors, cultures and civilizations would have been impossible.  Societies have developed through their reading habits and many tactics are used to increase reading habit among people, establishing libraries and reading halls is one such practice that helps create new readers. In Sindh during the Samma dynasty, Thatta, the then capital was considered as hub of schools and libraries, and even people from different parts of sub-continent used come here to enhance their knowledge. However, d...