With books on criticism, compilations, translations and even stories, Taj Joyo is a cultural icon more should know about outside Sindh It is a good addition to the work that has already been done on Bhitai by writers such as Agha Saleem, Usman Ali Ansari and many others. His books on Bhitai, such as Shah Latif Ja Fikri Sarchashma published in 2013, is a work of research that must be appreciated.
Then we have Joyo’s works of criticism on Sindhi poets from Bhitai to Shaikh Ayaz. Taj Joyo has done a tremendous service to Sindhi literature by compiling these books. They range from Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, Bhagat Kanwar Ram and Hameed Sindhi to Sirajul Haq Memon, Ibrahim Joyo, Rashid Morai and Khaki Joyo. I can classify 18 of Joyo’s books that I have in various categories, such as criticism, compilations and translations.įirst, we have his compilations of articles and essays on prominent artists, intellectuals, poets and politicians of Sindh. It is a discussion of only those books that I have in my personal collection, so it does not claim to be a comprehensive overview of all his work. Many readers of English and Urdu don’t know much about Taj Joyo and his writings, hence this brief introduction to his life and work.
They released Sarang after a few days, but he faced removal from his job as a research associate at a private university in Karachi. Some armed sleuths had abducted Joyo’s son, Sarang, just three days before the Government of Pakistan announced the award. In August 2020, well-known Sindhi-language writer Taj Joyo rejected the President’s Pride of Performance award announced for him by the government, and then a few weeks later, Dr Veerta Ali Ujan refused to accept an award for her mother, the late Fahmida Riaz.īoth cited similar reasons for their refusal: violations of human rights in the country, abductions and enforced disappearances of activists and civil society workers, and curbs on freedom of expression.
It takes a lot of guts to decline a presidential award in Pakistan, and even more unwavering integrity to refuse the money associated with it, especially if you are facing financial hardships and can hardly sustain yourself.
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