Shaikh Ayaz And His Short Stories
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 ...