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 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.
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