Amar Jaleel
| Qazi Abdul Jaleel | |
|---|---|
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امر جليل | |
| Born |
November 8, 1936 Kazi Mohala, Taluka Rohri, Sukkur Sindh, Pakistan |
Qazi Abdul Jaleel (Sindhi: قاضي عبدالجليل) (born 1936 in Rohri), popularly known as Amar Jaleel, is a Sindhi fiction writer and a columnist whose columns appear in various Sindhi, Urdu and English-language dailies of Pakistan. He has authored 20 books, and received awards including Pride of Performance (Pakistan), and Akhal Bharat Sindhi Sahat Sabha National Award (India).[1]
Early life
Jaleel started writing stories when he was 10 years old. He played for his NJV School and also featured briefly in first class cricket as wicketkeeper-batsman.
Professional career
Amar Jaleel started his career at Radio Pakistan, Karachi before being transferred to Islamabad, where he worked in different positions at radio and educational institutions. Now retired, Jaleel currently resides in Karachi, Sindh, where he spends his leisure time writing articles for various Pakistan newspapers, and is known as a popular columnist for Dawn and The Nationcurrently Working with a private regional Sindhi TV channel as anchor program class room
Thinking
As a political analyst he has repeatedly returned to one theme: why partition was wrong. Amar Jaleel is a prominent polemicist against the All-India Muslim League.
Books
He has written hundreds of short stories in Sindhi; he has also written one novel in Sindhi titled Naith Gongey Ghalahyo نيٺ گونگهي ڳالهايو ("Thus Dumb Spoke"). Some of Amar Jaleel's best known books are:
- Indra 'اندرا'
- Sindhu Muhinje Saah Mein''سنڌو منهنجي ساھ ۾
- Dil Jee Duniyaدل جي دنيا
- Jadanh Maa'n Na Hoondus جڏهن مان نه هوندس
- Tareekh Jo Kafan'تاريخ جو ڪفن
- Munhinjo Dus Aasman Khan Puchho'منهنجو ڏس آسمان کان پڇو
- Tiyoon Wujoodٽيون وجود
- Raani Kot jo Khazano رڻي ڪوٽ جو خزانو
- Jeejal Mohanje Mao جيجل منهنجي ماءُ'
- Chandd Wisaami Wayo. ' چنڊ وسامي ويو'
- Adab Aen Siyasatادب ۽ سياست'
- Sarad Laash Jo Safar'سرد لاش جو سفر
- Lahndar Sijj Je Laaam 'لهندڙ سج جي لام'
- Sindh Naamo'سنڌ نامو''
- Sindhu Baqa Ain Maan Fana Ahyan سندو بقا ۽ مان فنا آهيان.
- Aatam katha
- He Sindh muhnji ta naahy
- Fida Hussain Phdine, Dhani Bakhash Dhane Aen Phndan Ja Kaalum.فدا حسين ڦودني، ڌڻي بخش ڌني ۽ ڦندڻ جا ڪالم'
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- Wichaar, a web portal, has printed a book of Amar Jaleel's selected stories in Punjabi translation. The book's title is Amar Kahanian.
Articles and essays
- To Define Sufism
- A Professor with a Fake Degree
- Wither Sufism
- Enigmatic History in a Nutshell
- Betrayed
- Antithesis of Sufism
- From Nowhere to Enerywhere
- The Evil Within Uus
See also
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