2. Background
She was Daughter of
renowned fiction writer
Badam Natawan, wife of
Rasool Bux Palijo, sister
of renowned political
activist Mir Thebo,
mother of Tania Saleem
Palijo and Anita Aijaz,
Mother in Law of
renown columnist Aijaz
Mangi
3. Her Mother
She was a short
story writer. She
inherited the art of
writing from her
mother Badam
Natawan who is
first Sindhi
Pakistani female
Novelist
4. Background
She was born in
Shikarpur and she got
an early education
from Ghari, a village
in Dadu district and
did M.A. in
Economics from
University of Sindh
Jamshoro.
5. Early Life
Born in a landlord /farmer
family on her paternal
side she observed the
village life very closely
and all the impinging
images of village life later
on got transformed into
the short stories written
by her. Although her
father was not a typical
wadero but even then
there was enough misery
and injustice faced by the
village folks that left it’s
mark on her sensitive
mind.
6. Her Writings
She wrote her first
short story ” Ghoran
Ji Rekha” meaning
“line of teardrops”
when she was
studying in tenth
standard. The
subject of this story
was poverty. Then
she wrote many
other short stories as
well.
7. Short Stories
Titles of her other stories are
“Ghayal The Ghariyan”
meaning “living being injured”,
“Wadhay Jin Widhiyas”,
“Mon Jherenday chadia”
meaning “I left them fighting ”
this story was written on the
subject of separation of East
Pakistan from west Pakistan,
“Ubhur Chand Pas Piren”
“ O Moon rise and behold my
beloved”,
“Rasando Bharjando Ghaav”
meaning “Lacerating Healing
Wound” ,
“Ahsas Ja Chak”.
8. Her
Inspiration
She was great fan of
Sindhi Sufi Poet
Shah Abdul Latif
Bhittai. Most of the
titles of her short
stories are taken
from the verses of
great Sindhi Sufi
Poet Shah Abdul
Latif bhittai.
9. Inspiration for her Short Stories
Many of her stories are
written in the backdrop
of village life, she had
chance to witness up-
close. The misery of
women folk, plight of
Hari’s at the hands of
landlords, thanna
(Police Station) culture,
were some of the
glimpses of ugly side of
village life that found
place in her stories.
10. Other Subjects
later on she wrote
many stories on the
intricacies of
relationships
especially that of
man and woman with
each other.
11. Published
Stories
All her short stories
were published in
different popular
journals of Sindhi
literature of that time ,
such as “Sojhro”,
“Barsat”, ” Halchal” , ”
Mehran” etc.
