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Biography :
 Prof.
Ram Panjwani- Famous Sindhi Writer-Poet-Folk Singer-
Educationist
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 [Mumbai] 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 on the last day of economic year [31-03-1987]. |
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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 |