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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 Sindhi personality are:
Writer Ram Panjwani - Educationist Ram Panjwani - Bhagat
[Folk Singer] Ram Panjwani - Kavi [Poet] Ram Panjwani -
Actor Ram Panjwani |