Shyam Jaisinghani

Shyam Jaisinghani was born on 12 February 1937 at Queeta Baluchistan. After migrating to India and getting settled at Mumbai Shyam completed his graduation in Arts (B.A.) he has also completed Diploma in Photography and Civil Draftsman ship. In the literary world of Sindhi language Shyam Jaisinghani, always looked and considered as the front runner of the Sindhi writers of post partition era responsible for modernization of the Sindhi literature.

As Shyam Jaisinghani was a qualified photographer also hence often fellow writer says Shyam doesn’t write theme but eventually he clicks the theme. In simple words they were intended to say that when any reader reads book of Shyam Jaisinghani, words appear to presenting image before the reader. He was very generous and cooperative as he has designed cover pages of various Sindhi publications not once or twice but more than 50 occasions, he has done that.

This might be the Sindhi Novel writing or Short Story, Sindhi Drama or Sindhi Poetry and even the Criticism, Shyam Jaisinghani contributed in every horizon of Sindhi literature and made Sindhi language more popularised. Many of his publications have been awarded by Education Ministry, HRD Ministry of Government of India, Maharashtra State Sindhi Sahitya Academy, Delhi Sahitya Academy and few other institutions.

Being the first Sindhi Drama writer who has bagged Sahitya Akademi Award (1998) for Sindhi language was not the first occasion for him to receive country’s highest literary award as in 1995 he had already felicitated with this award though it was for the translation of book “Chani” written by C.T. Khanlokar. He breathed las on 22 March 2009 at Mumbai.