Sarkash Sindhi ( Sindhi سرڪش سنڌي) 1 October 1940 - 5 March 2012) was a prominent poet of

Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status. It is also spoken by a further 1.7 million people in India, where it is a Scheduled languages of India ...

Early life

Sarkash Sindhi was born on 1 October 1940 at village Palipota,

Mehar Taluka Mehar Tehsil ( sd, ميهڙ , ur, میہڑ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dadu District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is famous for the production of Henna or Mehndi. The Tehsil has a population o460,000(2017 census). Major m ...

Dadu District Dadu District ( sd, ضلعو دادو), ( ur, ) is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. With headquarters the city of Dadu, the district was created in 1931 by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later Jamshoro) tehsils from Karachi District a ...

. He got his early education at his birthplace. Later his parents shifted to village Jawabpur Chandio close to Dhakhan town of

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Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

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. Afterward, he settled in

Ratodero Ratodero ( sd, رتوديرو) is the capital of Ratodero Taluka, a sub-division of Larkana District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Situated some 28 km from the district capital Larkana. Since the independence of Pakistan, the city is k ...

and then he moved to

Larkana Larkana ( ur, , translit=lāṛkāna; sd, لاڙڪاڻو, translit=lāṛkāṇo) is a city located in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the 15th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is home to the Indus Valley civilization site Moh ...

. He was primary teacher. and retired from services as high school teacher.

Works

He wrote nine books of poetry. His main books are ''Derd-e-dil'', ''Amun Aab-e-Hayat'', ''Piyar aen Azadi'', ''Sindhu Gai thi'', ''Samund Chholiyoon'', ''Tahak'' and ''Zindagi ji Goonj''.

Death

He died on 5 March 2012 due to cancer and left a widow, two daughters and a son.

References

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