Kalyan Advani
Introductory / TSW Citation
Famous Sindhi – Shah Jo Risalo [Evaluation] – Sindhi Sahitya Akademi Award 1968
Kalyan Advani was famous for Literary Criticism as he has written many books on Critical view of literature of great Sindhi writers like Shah Latif, Sachal Sarmast and Sami. He is more known for his Sindhi translation of Shakuntala of MahaKavi Kalidas. His Book Shah Jo Risalo (Evaluation) for which he got Sahitya Akademi Award (Sindhi Language) is considered as the legendry creation of Sindhi literature in India.
Biography / About - Kalyan Bulchand Advani
1958 a year to be remembered as the mile stone in the history of Sindhi literature as famous Sindhi author Academy Award Winner (1968) Kalyan Advani has published his work on legendary Sindhi Poet Shah Sahib with title “Shah Jo Risalo”.
Born (10 December 1911) at Hyderabad Sindh Kalyan Advani was post graduate in English Literature and was a professor by profession. He was student and Lecturer of famous D G National College. He has completed his post-graduation (M.A.) in English and Persian literature, he started teaching Sindhi as lecturer at same college. In the 1942 he got promotion and become Head of Sindhi department of college but partition of the country forced him to migrate to India.
Kalyn Advani moved to Mumbai (Bombay in that era) and on the bases of his teaching experience at reputed D G National College Hyderabad he got job of Professor at Jai Hind College in 1948 and retired in 1976 after serving for long twenty-eight years.
He dies on 27 March 1994 at Mumbai.
Literary Journey of Kalyan Advani
This appears that Sindhi Poetry based on Sufism and Shah Abudul Latif were quite close to heart of Kalyan Advani as his initial writing and even the first literary contribution during his college life was centred to these topics. Notable thing about writing of Kalyan Advani that even having dominating command over English and Persian languages Kalyan Advani preferred to write in mother tongue Sindhi.
After getting economically well settled by virtue of Job of Lecturer Kalyan Advani started contributing to Sindhi language and literature as the owner of Sindhi Magazine Latif Bari.
After contributing through his articles, published in Fuleli, own Latif Bari and other Magazine.
First major literary contribution of Kalyan Advani came by Translation. He presented historical Shakuntala of Maha kavi Kalidas in Sindhi language. This book was published in 1946 and proved award winning. In the years to come.
After migrating to India, Kalyan Advani published his critical views about the legendry trio of Sindhi literature in three different books, namely Shah Latif (1951), Sami (1953) and Sachal (1954).
This might be said a bold decision of Kalyan Advani, as evaluating work of legendry Sindhi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai is neither as task of reach of every one nor was easy but he has done it in very successful and authoritatively by publishing his book Shah Jo Risalo (Evaluation) in 1958. This book proved a mile stone as Kalyan Advani has not only provided easy word meaning for the difficult words used by the legendry poet Shah Sahib but also presented explanation and background for every verse and every Sur (chapter).
Number counters might not get satisfaction with considerably less published books of Kalyan Advani but his works of serving own Sindhi language and literature are the greatest gift to Sindhi literature. Critical work of Kalyan Advani on famous trio of Sindhi literature Shah – Sachal – Sami and Translation of Maha kavi Kalidas’s “Shakuntala” in Sindhi are not only his towering success but also going to be proved as path creating for decades & centauries to come.
Literary Contribution
Kalyan Advani has comparatively lesser published work than his contribution to Sindhi literature. Here we are giving list of some of popular and award-winning publications: –
Shah Latif [1970] and Sachal Sarmast [1971] both published by Sahitya Academy
Raz-o-Niyat [1960]
Shah Jo Risalo [1958]
Sachal [1954] (Critical View)
Sami [1953](Critical View)
Shah Latif [1951] (Critical View)
Kalyan Advani also have credit of publishing “Shakuntala” of Maha kavi Kalidas in Sindhi language.
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Awards
Sahitya Akademi Award: Year 1968
Title of Book: Shah Jo Risalo (Evolution)
Other Awards:
There are several occasions when Kalyan Advani was felicitated and his work for Sindhi literature was recognised. He was part of Indian Author delegation send to France by Government of India in 1970.
Kalyan Advani was awarded a Gold Medal by Sindhi Sahitya Mandal in 1958.
Famous and popular Sindhi folk singer Bhagwanti Navani is eventually immortal as she even after losing the physical existence still alive at hearts of thousands and thousands of Sindhi music lovers. Often called as Sindhi Koyel Bhagwanti was born on 01 Feb 1940 at Nasarpur. Undisputed queen of Singing Sindhi Lada (marriage ritual songs) Bhagwanti will always be remembered for singing Sukhamani Sahib (Guru Bani) in Sindhi. She also acted in Sindhi film Sindhua Je Kinare. On 22 Oct 1986 she left for heavenly abode.