Amar Jaleel

Infobox Person
name = Qazi Abdul Jaleel


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birth_date = Birth date and age|1936|11|08|mf=y
birth_place = Kazi Mohala, Taluka Rohri, Sukkur Sindh, Pakistan
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Qazi Abdul Jaleel (Urdu: قاضی عبد الجلیل) (born 1936 in Rohri), also known as Amar Jaleel (Urdu: امر جلیل) is a Sindhi language writer and a columnist of the "Dawn" newspaper.

Early life

Jaleel started writing stories when he was 10 years old. He played for his NJV School and also featured briefly in first class cricket as wicketkeeper-batsman.Fact|date=January 2008

Professional life

Jaleel started his career at Radio Pakistan, Karachi before being transferred to Islamabad. where he served at different positions and radio and educational institutions. Now retired, Jaleel currently resides in Karachi, Sindh where he spends his leisure time writing articles for various Pakistan newspapers, and is known as a popular columnist for "Dawn" and "The Nation".

Thinking

As a political analyst he has harped on one theme: why partition was wrong. Amar Jaleel is the foremost polemicist against the All India Muslim League.Fact|date=January 2008 However, many of the conclusions he has reached have been questioned, as declassified documents discredit his vision of history, including H. M. Seervai's "Partition of India: Legend and Reality" which scrutinizes the Indian Nationalist mythology to which Amar Jaleel subscribes.Fact|date=January 2008

Nonetheless, his articles find publication in Pakistan's leading newspapers especially those like the "Dawn", which has historical foundations in the Pakistan Movement itself.

Books

He has written hundreds of short stories in Sindhi; he has also written one novel in Sindhi titled
* "Naith Gongey Ghalahyo" (Thus Dumb Spoke)Some of Amar Jaleel's best known books are:
* "Sindhu Muhinje Saah Mein" (Sindhu in my soul) The most dominating character in Amar Jaleel's stories is the Sindhu (his beloved, his listener).
* "Dil Jee Duniya" (The World of Heart) A TV show based on this story was broadcast on PTV.
* "Jadanh Maa'n Na Hoondus" (When I Won't be There) Banned when first published - about a man in jail and his thoughts. It was banned because it was published the same year that Shahid Zulfiqar was jailed and executed, and so the government thought it was about him.
* "Tareekh Jo Kafan" (History's Coffin)
* "Munhinjo Dus Aasman Khan Puchho" (Sky Would Give My Whereabouts)
* "Tiyoon Wujood" (Third-time Existence)
* [http://www.wichaar.com Wichaar] a web portal, has printed a book of Amar Jaleel's selected stories in Punjabi translation. The book's title is "Amar Kahanian".

ee also

*Sindhi literature

Amar Jaleel gets KPC's life membership http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/01/local6.htm

Amar Jaleel's columns in Dawn Magazine 2007

*http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070107/dmag2.htm
*http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070114/dmag2.htm
*http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070121/dmag3.htm
*http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070128/dmag2.htm
*http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070204/dmag4.htm
*http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070211/dmag2.htm
*http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070218/dmag2.htm