Syed.’”Īpart from poetry, Shaikh Ayaz wrote operas in the Sindhi language for the first time which include Dodo Soomro ki Maut (The Death of Dodo Soomro), Ranikot ke Daku (The Dacoits of Ranikot) and Bhagat Singh. I asked ‘Then what did you do?’ They told me that they bound him and beat him up so he said, ‘I have been sent by Shaikh Ayaz to kill G. We suspected him so we caught him, a dagger was found on him. Syed and made the excuse that he has become influenced by Syed’s ideas. The boys said that a former soldier came to G. The boys said to me, ‘Have you come to sleep here?’ I responded, ‘One can sleep even on the scaffold: why have you come now?’ “The guard told me that the boys are trying to enter inside through the gate: ‘If you permit it, can we fire 2 or 3 times?’ I disallowed him and loaded my revolver, hiding it beneath the chador, and went towards the gate. House and began to shout “Jiye Sindh Jiye Sindh.” He writes that one night at 1 am, a crowd of youth gathered outside the V.C. He has also narrated an interesting incident of Sindh University. Folk singer Shammo Bai performs at the 6th Ayaz Mela
So many writers were given employment – which had never been given before during the entire period of the university. Shaikh Ayaz writes in his autobiography, “ Had the Jiye Sindh lads not bothered me and not participated in that conspiracy under their watch, they could have made the university better.” He found out about their requirements by visiting every class and fulfilled them international journals were brought at the recommendation of every Dean. Nationalist circles expressed intense dislike at this appointment and writings against him came to light. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto appointed Shaikh Ayaz as the Vice Chancellor of Sindh University during his government and he remained in this position even after the seizure of power by General Zia-ul-Haq. (Land of Sindh, upon you I bow my forehead “Sindh des ki dharti tum par apna sar main jhukaaun The political character of the poetry of Shaikh Ayaz can be gauged from the fact that from those days till now, the following poem of Shaikh Ayaz has been made the anthem of the Jiye Sindh Movement: Actually in the decade of the 1970s, the flag of nationalist and progressive politics was in the hand of writers and poets. This was the very reason that in the 7th decade of the last century, the slogan of “ Sindh ki aavaaz…Shaikh Ayaz Shaikh Ayaz” ( The Voice of Sindh…Shaikh Ayaz Shaikh Ayaz) became common.
The poetry of Shaikh Ayaz played a wholesome role in the nationalist, patriotic and progressive poetry of Sindh.
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