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 Popati
Hiranandani - Sindhi Revolutionary Woman writer
Popati Hiranandani - the revolutionary woman sindhi
writer was born on 17-9-1924 at Karachi [ presently in
Pakistan], She was one among the seven children of her
parents. Though she belongs to Amil family - a family
with the tradition of education - but we should not
forget that she was born in sindhi community in which
education levels are always low.
She was only of 10 years of age at the time of death of
her father hence she has not only saw the troubles faced
by her mother in bringing up all the seven kids but also
she learned many lessons of courage and patience from
her mother for unfavorable times . After the death of
husband her mother shifted to Hyderabad. As the high
education is tradition of the Amil family so is the high
dowry demands is also a custom among Amil families.
The first revolutionary step taken by Popati was not to be
married with a person demanding dowry, even she forced the
boy family - with whom her engaged was done by mother - to
return back all the goods given at the time of engagement.
She decided to remain Single and help the mother. After the
partition the family shifted to Mumbai India.
Popati Hiranandani was busy with her teaching job and
finding time for her writings, she has a keen will of
upholding the dignity of woman in the society. All his
writings are revolutionary in the sense that she always
tried to keep her will on the top, Even in her biography
she wrote" woman is made to suffer ,not on account of
any vice in her character but because of her virtues."
She dared to write about the Ishq [Love] in the men
dominant society in which women is not even supposed to
talk about the topic.
She was felicitated with the "Sahitya Academy Award" in
1982 for her biography "Muhanji Hayati Ja Sona Roopa
Varkka"[ Golden Silver Pages Of My Life]. The citation
of the award goes like "This profound engaging
autobiography of hers gives a remarkable insight into
Sindhi society, the social and political upheaval
following partition of India, and the great tragedy
overtaking the country." She fall pray to deadly disease
cancer and suffered many pain full years of illness. She
died on 16-12-2005 in Mumbai.
Some of writings of
Popati Hiranandani
Ruha sandi runch (1975) & Man Sindhini (1988)
(both poetry)
Pukar (1953) & Zindagi-a-ji-photri (1993) (both short
stories)
Sailab zindagi-a-jo (1980) (novel)
Sindhi kalahain aju (1985) (essays)
Shah, Sindhi-tahiziba jo ruh (1983) (literary criticism)
Bhasha shastra (1962) (linguistics)
Manik-Motilala (1993) (Biography)
Muhinje hayatia ja sona ropa varqa (1980)
(autobiography)
History of Sindhi literature (in Sindhi). |