Jamal Abro (2nd May, 1924 – 30 June, 2004)
Hundred years ago on 2 nd May, 1924/27 Ramazan, 1342, a child was born in the family of Allama Ali Khan Abro, a distinguished educationist and exegetist of Quran in the village of Sangi, Taluka Mehar, who is now renowned as Jamal Abro, an eminent Sindhi Short Story writer. He wrote only 16 short stories but became the torch bearer of Modern Sindhi Short story after partition. His story collection entitled Pishoo Pasha is always in demand, therefore, to date, its seven editions have been published. Besides, almost all of his short stories have been translated in Punjabi, Urdu, and English. Punjabi Translation was rendered by Mohsin Abbassi and was published by Pakistan Punjabi Board, Lahore in August, 1999, Urdu Translation was published in 2006 by the University of Karachi, and its English translation was entitled as Pirani and other stories was first published by Peacock Publishers, Karachi and then by Oxford University Press, Karachi in 2018. Some of his stories are also tra...