AllahDad Bohyo
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Dr. Allahdad Bohyo was born in the Ghoghari village of Taluka Kambar
, Larkana
, Sindh
, Pakistan
. Son of a farmer, Dr. Bohyo was a known writer, educationist, scholar
, linguist
, poet
. Bohyo's family afterward shifted to Pechuha village in Taluka Warah, where he received his Primary Education. He passed his Matriculation from Government High School Larkana, and Intermediate Arts from S.I.C. Hala. He entered government service on the 1st of October 1957 after his graduation. He has worked at various posts in the Pakistan Department of Education. He was working as Director of School Education Mirpurkhas when he died in 16 July 1994.
He was the first scholar in Pakistan who has studied Sociolinguistics
and studied Sindhi language
under this discipline. He was known as a writer, during even his school age. He contributed to the college magazine of Sarwary College hala, as a student and then to "Chandea Magazine of Government College Larkana" as a Lecturer in English. He contributed sufficient to "Naeen Zindagi" Sindhi and to "Mehran" of Sindhi Adabi Board. During the dictatorial regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
he pseudonymously contributed articles on free speech and democracy in various Sindhi magazines.
He wrote on language, criticism, art, history, and literature and he is known for his interest in socio-linguistics and criticism. His writings in sociology have also been studies of interest. During his school years he was known as good speaker and a debater.
Kambar
Kambar was a medieval Tamil poet and the author of the Tamil Ramayanam known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of Ramayana. Kambar also authored other literary works in Tamil such as Erezhupathu,Silaiezhupathu, Kangai Puranam and Sarasvati Anthati.-Life:Kambar belonged to the Ochchan or Occhan...
, Larkana
Larkana
Larkana or Larkano is the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan, and is located within Larkana District.The old name of larkano is chandka which was changed in 1901. In August 2000 Larkana celebrated its hundred years of existence...
, Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Son of a farmer, Dr. Bohyo was a known writer, educationist, scholar
Academia
Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.-Etymology:The word comes from the akademeia in ancient Greece. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning...
, linguist
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, poet
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
. Bohyo's family afterward shifted to Pechuha village in Taluka Warah, where he received his Primary Education. He passed his Matriculation from Government High School Larkana, and Intermediate Arts from S.I.C. Hala. He entered government service on the 1st of October 1957 after his graduation. He has worked at various posts in the Pakistan Department of Education. He was working as Director of School Education Mirpurkhas when he died in 16 July 1994.
He was the first scholar in Pakistan who has studied Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on society...
and studied Sindhi language
Sindhi language
Sindhi is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan that is spoken by the Sindhi people. In India, it is among 22 constitutionally recognized languages, where Sindhis are a sizeable minority. It is spoken by 53,410,910 people in Pakistan, according to the national government's Statistics Division...
under this discipline. He was known as a writer, during even his school age. He contributed to the college magazine of Sarwary College hala, as a student and then to "Chandea Magazine of Government College Larkana" as a Lecturer in English. He contributed sufficient to "Naeen Zindagi" Sindhi and to "Mehran" of Sindhi Adabi Board. During the dictatorial regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , was the 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and the sixth President of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988...
he pseudonymously contributed articles on free speech and democracy in various Sindhi magazines.
He wrote on language, criticism, art, history, and literature and he is known for his interest in socio-linguistics and criticism. His writings in sociology have also been studies of interest. During his school years he was known as good speaker and a debater.
Education
He had a degree in Agro Technical Education and a degree in Teaching from Sindh University. He had a degree in Law also. He had a Master's Degree in English and a Doctorate in Sociolinguistics —a subject of his special study.Books
Following of his books have been published:- Sindhi Boli-e-jo-Samaji Karij (SindhologySindhologySindhology is a field of study and academic research that covers the history, society, culture, and literature of Sindh, a province of Pakistan. The subject was first brought into the academic circles with the establishment of the Institute of Sindhology at Sindh University in 1964...
). (Doctoral Thesis) 2. Tanqeedoon (Sindhology) (Criticism). 3. Adab-a-jo Fiqri-Muharrik (Sindhi Adeeban Jee Co-operative Society). (Ideas and Literature) 4. The Tales Retold (English short stories) 5. Science of Research (illim-e-Tehqeeq)
Un-Published Books
- Education: Issues and Ideas (English)
- Sindh in the context of Southeast Asia (Sindhi)
- Haalaat-o-khayalaat (Sindhi, Poetry)
External links
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