Abstract
Prof. Mangharam Malkani was a towering and fatherly figure of Sindhi literature of the 20th Century. Socially he had a ‘landlord’ background, but the love of his language attracted him to literature. He abandon his ancestral profession and adopted noble profession of teaching. He joined as a lecturer in English at the D.J. Sindh College, Karachi. After Partition, he continued teaching at Jai Hind College Bombay, India till 1962, when he retired. He was the grand oldman of modern Sindhi One act plays. In 1923, Prof. Malkani and his friend Khanchand Daryani had established the Rabindra Literary and Dramatic Club in Sindh, inaugurated by the Great Poet Tagore himself. Prof. Malkani’s own writings included 34 one-act plays and four full-length plays, leading to the appellation “The Grand Old Man of Sindhi Plays”. He also directed them, and acted on stage. In 1933, he played the leading role in a Hindi film, “Insan Ya Shaitan” opposite Jadan Bai, mother of the well-known actress Nargis. Prof. Malkani also led a delegation of Sindhi writers to Asian Writer’s Conference in 1956, in New Delhi. On this occasion, he impressed upon Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, that Sindhi Language should be recognized in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution, to be ranked equally among the other fourteen languages of India. This pioneering effort culminated into the Sindhi language getting its due recognition in India on April 10, 1967. Prof. Malkani received the Sahitia Academy Award in 1969 for his book “Sindhi Nasar Ji Tarikh” (History of Sindhi Prose). He was also nominated ‘Fellow’ of Sahitia Academy in 1972, the only Sindhi writer thus honored so far. Services of Prof. Malakani to wards Sindhi one act play will be anylised in this paper.
Muhammad Qasim Rajpar. (2014) Professor Mangharam Malkani: The Grand Oldman Of Sindhi One Act Play , Karoonjhar Research Journal, Volume-10, Issue-1.
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