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                  Reviewer: Kaleem Butt In recent times Elif Shafak has become a symbol of a wonderful storyteller, whose writings have the ability to move the hearts of readers. As a reader one could easily judge Elif’s unique style by the way she narrates her story, and as a reader I could say that Shafak is one among many writers who have restored my faith in stories, we need stories to survive, it is from these wonderful stories we get hope to live in this world full of evils.    How can we ignore stories when we are made up of stories, but when I started to lose hope in them, authors like John Barth, Gunter Grass, Jose Saremago, Murakami, Orhan Pamuk, J K Rowling and Elif Shafak came in my life and I was driven back to this fantastic world of literature.    To be honest with you dear readers, I had nothing against the stories but the way they were told, it seemed that the storytellers had lost the way on this wo...

  ( Editor’s Note: Recently Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has announced to establish Pakistan Media Development Authority (PDMA) as reported by press according to which The federal cabinet is set to take up and approve on Tuesday (today) the draft bill for establishment of the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA), sources in the government told  Dawn . The controversial bill has been strongly opposed by the owners of media houses and workers, but the information ministry has repeatedly expressed its resolve to establish the new authority. The Digital Media Wing of the Ministry of Information on Monday issued a video footage of Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry with digital broadcasters, including YouTubers, where he said that declaration of around 50 percent of the newspapers in country would soon be cancelled. In this regards WiseSindh is reproducing an article of Late Prof. Dr. Allah Rakhio Butt, this article historical persp...

  The well-known publishing house of the upper Sindh, the Mehran Academy in Shikarpur has revived the old tradition of the historic town. So far that important organization has been able to boast nearly 300 books on a wide variety of subjects including Islam, history and literature. The promoters of the Sindhi language and literature have taken yet another most rewarding step. In the memoriam of Centenary celebrations of the distinguished writer, journalist and intellectual Muhammad Usman Diplai (1980-1981), the Academy with a single stroke, has issued reprints of nine earlier books of the author‟s literary career.   The reprints under reference distinctly fall into two categories: five novels and four Islamic biographies of high merit. The author Muhammad Usman Diplai hailed from a poor family of Memon community of Diplo, a small village in Thar, hence „Diplai‟ now a generic name for that community.   For Diplai, writing was a mania from his childhood. Gifted with sh...

                     (Title Cover of Ngugi's Novella translated into Sindhi by Akhtar Hafeez) ‘Ngugi’s novella “Weep Not Child” reminded me of present day Sindh, especially how our land is being snatched from us,’ renowned Sindhi novelist, journalist and translator Akhtar Hafeez expressed his views regarding his latest translated book “Weep Not Child” into Sindhi language, while talking to ‘ WiseSindh’ here on Monday. He said that he started reading renowned African novelist Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s that novella, when the indigenous Sindhis were struggling to protect their land from the land mafia of ‘Bahiria Town’, which was engaged in land grabbing in district Jamshoro so that they could complete their illegal project, they had grabbed thousands of acres of land which belonged to local Sindhis. Mr. Akhtar said that “Weep Not Child” touched his heart and he decided to translate it in Sindhi language as soon as he finished reading i...

  Scholars and writers paid glowing tributes to great Sindhi short story writer Naseem Kharal, at Arts Council, Khairpur Mirs during “Naseem Kharal Short Story Conference” on 13 th and 14 th July 2021 during 43 rd Death Anniversary of the renowned fiction writer, presided by Prof, Dr. Khalil Ahmed Ibupoto, and Mr. Naeem Ahmed Kharal, Member Provincial Assembly (Sindh) and brother of Late. Naseem Kharal was Chief Guest.   In his presidential note Prof. Dr. Khalil Ahmed Ibuputo, Vice Chancellor of Shah Abdul Latif University said that Naseem Kharal in his short life enriched Sindhi fiction with his   stories, which are now Included in the curriculum of all universities. That is an extraordinary achievement of a young writer.   He said he studied work of Naseem Kharal during his student days and was inspired by him; he was his favorite fiction writer.     He said that with the support of Khairpur Arts Council, they would play a role in promoting lit...

  It was a dark evening and the clouds covered the sky; when a black Vitz stopped before the entrance gate of Mental Hospital, the driver’s side door of car opened and a tall, dark handsome guy in black suite, eyes covered with goggles came out, he locked his vehicle with automated key lock. He started to walk towards the main gate, as he walked he found a lash green garden, full of flowers, plants and disturbing sound of a cricket.   The watchman saluted him as though he was a regular visitor or someone whom the security man knew well. The guy in reply just smiled, and climbed four steps made of marble stone to go inside the hospital, passing through the wing and general ward where patients were tied up in chains, he came to Dr. Izhar’s cabin, who was the in-charge of this hospital, he knocked the brown wooden door that had the golden name plate “Dr. Izhar”. “Come in,” a thick voice behind the door reached his ears,   he turned the silver round lock and opened it, wi...

                          (File Photo)  Renowned short story writer and novelist of sub-continent Taranum Raiz passed away at the age of 58 due to covid-19. She was author of 30 books approximately on various range of topics including research, short stories, novels and translation, she hailed from Kashmir. According to news reports Mrs. Raiz passed away at the age of 58, few days after death of her husband Prof. Raiz Ahmed, former Vice Chancellor of Kashmir University. She tested corona positive and was on ventilator from few days at Delhi hospital. Mrs. Raiz belonged to a well-learned political family of Kashmir. She was author of as many as 30 books both fiction and non-fiction. Some of her noted work includes: ‘Ajnabi Jazeeron Me (2015)’, ‘Barf Ashna Parinday (2009), ‘Mira Rakht-e-Safar (2008))’ and ‘Fareb-e-Khitta-e-Gul (2009)’. She was also a newscaster for All India Radio. While two Ph.d thesis on life...