Latif is hailed as the Shakespeare of Sindhi literature.Ĭhristopher Shackle’s edition of Risalo – Latif’s collection of his songs the title means “the message – forms part of the respected Murty Classical Library of India published by the Harvard University Press, and is an easily accessible bilingual edition of the entirety of Latif’s works in Sindhi original and English translation. An ancestor of his, Shah Karim, is considered to be one of the earliest poets writing/composing in Sindhi. Very little is known about Latif, except that he was a pir, or a holy man, and his title Shah hints at his possible direct descent from the prophet Muhammad. The Sindhi diaspora, whether in India or around the world, has a warm spot for the name Shah Abdul Latif, an 18th-century Sufi poet from Sindh, Pakistan, and a contemporary of the better known Punjabi Sufi poet Bulle Shah. Yamuna swells to highest-ever level in Delhi.Can graves be an important key for understanding the ideology of the Indus Valley Civilisation?.Power couple: For swimming champions Virdhawal and Rujuta Khade, the journey is just starting.For young readers: When a teenager has to join the British Indian Army to fight Japanese invaders.‘India’s non-religions’: When faith meant believing in flourishing in this world, not the afterlife.Can Sharvay overcome the barriers imposed by caste and gender to study Sanskrit and philosophy?.Readers’ comments: Why the hue and cry over award to Gita Press for its services to Hindu culture?.‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ review: Artificial intelligence, meet Tom Cruise.Pakistani spies are honey trapping India's scientists and soldiers by pretending to be women online.What a tiny difference in two very similar portraits of a sultan tells us about 16th-century India.Watch: Odisha’s first AI-powered virtual news presenter ‘Lisa’ debuts on local news channel.

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