Ali Kausar Column Writing 2

Ali Kausar BS PART 3 ROLL NO: 19 - Sindhi to English – Column Writing 2

علي ڪوثر- بي ايس - حصو 3- رول نمبر:19- کان سنڌي انگريزي- ڪالم نويسي2

ڪالم نويسي 2

Column Writing 2

The column writing started around 1841 when an American journalist named Howes Grassley issued the New York Tribune newspaper. He started a separate page that separates the news from the opinions which further went on to be called (opposite editorial page). During that time, the American press was full of political attacks. To counter that, the opinion page was launched.

 There are many well known writers around the world such as the author of Dracula, Bram Strokes, Renowned novelist Charles Dickens, Ersenbut Hangu, Mark Twain, Bernhardshah these were journalists and columnists.

American columnist Walter Winchell was active from 1920 to 1960, his column was published in 2,000 newspapers and the total number of his readers was about 50 million a day.

In the latest past the prominent names of Urdu authors are, Chirag Hasan Hasrat, Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi, Nasrullah Khan, Majid Lahori, Ibn Inshaa, Tafeel Ahmed Jamali, Ibrahim Jalis, Inaam Durrani, Intezar Hussain, Atta ul Haq Qasimi, Muno Thai and Mushfiq Khawaja.

In the subcontinent, Sindh journalism came with the British and when the newspapers started to publish column writing also started. Shamsuddin bulbul is an important name in the early names of Sindhi columnists. He ridiculed the misconceptions, innovations and weaknesses that exist in society with humor. His material from around 1896 to 1915 was published in a booklet called “Mazahiyat”, His journalistic career is collected in a book named “Jam Jam”.

The column “Mula liter” was popularly known as the star of sindh, under the editorship of Ali Ahmed Brohi and Ali Muhammad Rashidi.

Hafiz khair Muhammad said that to be a journalist, being a writer is very important. Muhammad Hashim was a unique columnist, who carried out political attacks on Shaikh Abdul Majid Sindhi.

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi's column "Naaraiy Mastana" was published before and after independence.

Published in, daily al waheed, daily mehran, daily sindh, karwaan and ibrat. He also has a book printed on his own selection of columns. In the 60’s and 70’s, the literary version of Noor Abbasi’s “Waat Winday” became popular. Allama Mustan Sehwani’s “Mastani Jo Kalam” and Zulfiqar Sewal’s Popular “Sakheen jey Darmiyan”  appeared in Shaikh Aziz’s editorial in “Daily Sindh News”.

 When Siraj Memon became the editor of Hilal Pakistan, He had many of the renowned writers of Sindh, write a column for the newspaper. That included the names such as Amar Jaleel’s “Tuhanji, Muhanji Gaaliyu” and Qamar Shabaz’s “Ahmak nachy”. The columns of Amar Jalil and Qamar Shahbaz were later printed in book form. Hilal Pakistan’s Abdul Karim Saeedi wrote a column called "Jihatiyon" which included the opinion of the readers or their questions would be answered.

After the fall of Zia-ul-Haq's dictatorship, in the 88th elections, the birth of a new form of Sindhi journalism took place. During this period comrade Sodhu Gianchandanis “Tarikh galaiy thi”, Sultana waqsi’s “Ghalayon pait warn me”, Faqeer Muhammad Lashari’s “mataan wisaryo” are noteworthy. The first page of the “Don’t forget” news paper had a few lines on it. In which a perfect manner would be discussed, later in Anwar Pirzado’s public voice, Manzoor Solangi and Rahmat Machonri continued such columns in the daily Kawish. The columns of Sodhu Gianchandani, Sultana Waqasi, and Anwar Pirzado were published in book form. Burk lawyer Yosuf Laghari’s column "Maru Ekelra" received a presidential award, later published in his book by the same name.

Yusuf Shahin's daily "Baarish" in Sindhi has for the first time a separate page for columns and articles in which renowned author and researcher, Badar Abro “watayo sochey tho”, Shiekh Ayaz, Agha Saleem, Gulaam Nabi Mughal, Hussain Mujtaba “to raaz karay faash” Naaz Sehto, Jam Sakhi and Abdul Wahid Arisar and many other new writers had come forward. The idea was to get people to prefer views over news.

Badar Abro’s columns “Hai Seen” (Hilal Pakistan), “zindagi jadojahd anr thak safar” (hilal Pakistan), “Sindbad” (Hilal Pakistan),”watayo sochay tho” (barsaat), “aiendo”(Kawish) and (Khabrun) Badar Abro sometimes wrote columns in the names of Shahbaz Latif, Matirsh, Addisi, Tamar Lahoti in the newspapers.

Shamir al haidri introduces a new style of column writing called "mataan sochyo”. In which if one mentions any news, it was opened in four sentences. It would be like a snack. After that faqeer Muhammad lashari with the name of ………. And Anwar Pirzado with the name of “mataan wisaryo” wrote in a public voice. Writing a sarcastic or comedic phrase on an upcoming news piece, Manzoor Solangi wrote in "Kavish" and Rahmat Machori in the "amad angrez" in Koshish.

Highlights from other columnists and columns in the 90s are:

Amid Hussain’s “thoro likyo ghanro smjhnda”, yousus laghari’s “marun akelra” and “qanooni salahun”, inaam bhatti’s “moon si dna maa”, Dos (pen name) “kirdaar ghalain tha”, inayat magsi’s “jhar netyun na lahi”, aslam lgarhi’s “operation theatre”, Muneer Burghuri’s “wadi raat nando subah”, Aziz Solangi’s “kchan taan kafir”, Badar Abro’s “watayo sochay tho”, Hafiz kunbhar’s “naeen mana” are highlighted.

Professionally Badar Abro and Rahmat machori were more active in calligraphy who wrote hundreds of columns with their correctional names and pen names. Rahmat Machori’s "aoubaroon luharyun" ,”awaami awaz, "galiyun na karanr jharyoon", ”bhul namo”, "pehnja panr me ahyun", (KAWISH), "Dadhi thi", "Amon angrez" (Koshish ayeen tameer Sindh).

Ali Qazi a former editor of Kawish, helped create Haleem Brohi, a comedian and columnist for daily Kawish. Later in the period, Aslam Khawaja wrote a column in Hilal Pakistan titled 'Rolakji raah'. Hussain Shah Rashidi, Qazi Asif, Dur Muhammad Pathan, Mahmud Mughal, Hassan Mujtab and Ajaz Mangi are the prominent names in the columnists of this period.  This gave a new format for the new authors in the newspaper where articles and culumns were written. He was followed by Aftab Memon, AJ Chandio, Arbab Naik Muhammad, Zaib Sindhi, Kanhehal Nagpal, Naseer Mirza.

A similar experience in "Barish" was made by the “Sindh Express”, which originated in the institution of Farooq soomro. This resulted in a new cape of columnists in the field.

Shabnam Gul made the mindset of society as a base in her columns. She describes how today's Sindhi society as a whole thinks on various fundamental or sensitive issues. What are the causes? What are their implications for different aspects of life such as social, cultural, economic, cultural context?

Shabnam has begun her column on the "Bangladesh ja Faraz ayeen ishrat” poem from her Wall of Facebook. Ishrat was one of 28 people killed in the holly artisan bakery. This column is available on her facebook status.

In a column titled "Sindhi boli jo roshan mustaqbil" she writes at the Sana's convention on the importance of nomad language and its prevention, but surprisingly, Sindhi mothers were conversing with their children in English.

In “Sindh je marhun khey cash karanr jo hunar”, The leader is always aware to gain his profits, becoming a more admirable figure in every relationship, even if the relation is between the public or an elective political figure. Wether its following a bunch of people or a singular guide, everyone is oblivious to their whereabouts.

The “aqli bunyaad tey wajood jey baqa ji werh” states in her writing that agriculture was started by women. And that after every invention the profit went to the men. The woman adopted the art and manner of housekeeping. After this division of affairs, men became symbols of power and authority. In the “in anr barabri khey khatam kiyen kajay?” she elaborates on the role of women while contradicting men for fixing their attitudes, or thinking intensely on those attitudes, in other words it is unfair to their skills and status. The woman will have to fight for survival on a routinely basis.

"Tahfuz jo chanro" writes that agriculture, working in households, and working women in general are struggling with mental stress. The feeling of being unsafe causes them to fall into self-pity and feelings. She suggests that "the standard of good or bad for a woman sets the standard of society" - the good of a woman who is capable of oppressing, who is silent on all things and lives as a counselor. She has also provided statistics and references to reports of human rights organizations in this regard.

This society of troubled mothers:

Wehdat colony, Hussainabad and Qasimabad are behind in being a well developed area. The gardens in such areas are well dried up, instead of giving our future generations well nourished gardens; we give them glass walled internet café’s.

“preet wiraen key key” seems like a diary.

“Rorhyo ratagul” is the travel log of Nagar Parker and Karuhnjar. The tired headed people of these areas who are living a life of fear and oppression. Seem to come together and feel like sheeps.

Why does Sindh stay in decline on a daily bases? Well the answer seems to be that Sindh is full of problems. Be it political, economical or societal problems Sindh has them all. The real problem is that the local person in Sindh is behind in practical thinking, the leader that the person is waiting for will surely never come. The leader is present in his mind.

The forgotten city of Thar, New Kot

What do the people stuck between language and cultures think?

People living in the present aren’t even thinking in the present, the arguments and debates are based upon what happened yesterday or the day before yesterday, if the importance of present is ignored then how will the people living in the present bring development?

“Soofi Saaf kayo Doii wark wajood jo”: Atam katha