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 Sindh
have the fame of being the land of
Saints, Darveshs, fakirs, poets and
personalities larger than life. The
day of 20th November 1911 is
written with the golden ink in the
history of sindh and Sindhis as on
this day the great poet, singer,
Bhagat and educationist Prof. Ram
Panjwani was born at Larkana Sindh, in
the family of Diwan Prataprai
Panjwani, the famous zamidar family of
the area.
As
the family was closely related with
culture of the Sindh so this family
atmosphere helped the kid to develop
an attitude for the specific vision
towards literature and culture of
sindh. Being part of zamidar family
soon he learned the importance of
heritage so become more conscious for
preserving rich heritage and spiritual
ideology of Sindh and Sindhi
community.
Prof. Ram Panjwani was a great
writer and true worshiper
of Sindhi literature and culture.
Beside the mother tongue, Persian,
Hindi, English, Urdu and Punjabi were
the other languages well known to him.
He Joined D. J. Sindh college
Karachi as a teacher after completing
his B. A. from Bombay University in
the year 1934.
After the partition family shifted to
Bombay [Mumbai] and he joined Jai
Hind college as the Head of sindhi
department. soon he joined Bombay
university as the first reader and
went on become Head of sindhi
department [from 15-06-1974 to
19-11-1976].
He
was a singer of the caliber of
Bhagat Kanwar ram, His
melodious voice was have such a
mesmerizing effect that often the
audiences forget even about the self.
He will also be remembered for
providing new destinations to
Sindhi Folk and music as during
the Bhagat, he was used to use "Mataki"
earthen pot for creating music. He was
master of story telling during his
sessions of Bhagat, writer is
fortunate to witness this great artist
during his one of the most famous
Bhagat session
"Kutchh Gujari
Kutchh Baki, Baki Bhi Gujar Jai, Rang
Mein Bhang Na Pai, Dholan Rang Mein
Bhang Na Pai. [some part we
had spend, some part is remaining,
remaining will also be spent, don't
break the temo, dear don't break the
tempo].
His journey as the writer was started
in the year 1939 with the publication
of his first novel "Padma".
Some of his other writings which made
his popular includes "Qaidy,
Sharmila, Asanjo Ghar, Ahe Na ahe,
Shall Dhiaru Na Jaman". In the
year 1964 his creation "Anokha
Azmda" brought prestigious "Sahitya
Academy award" for him.
His dedication towards the sindhi
language was reflecting from his
untiring efforts for the inclusion of
Sindhi language in the eighth schedule
of the Indian constitution. For the
preservation and propagation of Sindhi
culture and folk he established "Sita
Sindhu Bhavan" and directed many
plays including Moomal Rano and Umar
Marvi written by legendry and great
writer of Sindh Shah Abdul Latif.
Prof. Ram Panjwani also acted in few
Sindhi films like "Jhulelal,
Ladlee, Hojmalo" and "Shall
Dhiaru Na Jaman" based on his own
novel with same title. His countless
services to Sindhi community and
ultimately to people of India were
recognized by Government of India and
in the year 1981 he was honored with
"Padam Shree" a national
civilian award of India. He left this
physical world in the year 1987. A few
names which might can describe this
versatile , multi field active, great
personality are:
Writer Ram Panjwani
Educationist Ram Panjwani
Bhagat [Singer] Ram
Panjwani
Kavi [Poet] Ram Panjwani
Actor Ram Panjwani
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