![]() He was incarcerated many times for his "seditious" writings and was also sentenced to death, but escaped the gallows due to a sudden change of government. ![]() He defiantly wrote verses on topics hated by the establishment. Shaikh Ayaz's work is spontaneous, objective and forceful. To each genre he brought his unique vision and transforming power of language. His literary career spanned almost six decades and displayed an amazing variety in poetry and prose, ranging from the traditional bait, wa'i and ghazal to plays in verse, prose poems and musings, extending to short fiction, memoirs and journals, polemical and literary essays, news articles, editorials, and a projected novel. ![]() Shaikh Ayaz is one of the major voices in twentieth century poetry. "How have the two come together?" the poem contemplates and then comes up with the answer: perhaps a great poet has been born. In one of his early poems he writes of two deities from classical India: Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and music sitting together with Kali, the wanton goddess of blood and violence, the two of them sipping nectar in a moon-lit temple. Shaikh Ayaz's work brings together different and discordant elements. His poetry brought new trends into Sindhi literature. The people of Sindh province, in Pakistan, admire his poetry greatly. By profession he was a lawyer but he also served as the vice chancellor of Sindh University. ![]() Shaikh Ayaz () was one of the major Sindhi poets of Pakistan.
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