Thamna Haath

About the Book: ‘Thamna Haath’ is not merely a Hindi translation of Sindhi ghazals, but a complete effort to weave the loneliness, contradictions, human sensibilities, and hollowness of relationships in post-modern life into the thread of contemporaneity (contextualization). The original creator, Dr. Vinod Asudani, has imbued Sindh and the Sindhi cultural heritage with modern contexts in an intellectual hue, which Rajesh Asudani ‘Rakeeb’ has rendered accessible to Hindi readers while preserving the purity of wazn (metrical weight), bahar (meter), and radif-qafiya. This collection is a unique confluence of the loftiness of thought and the subtlety of feeling. Poet: Dr. Vinod Asudani Despite congenital visual impairment, Dr. Vinod Asudani is a multi-dimensional personality, educationist, and thinker. He has the distinction of being the first visually impaired person to figure in the merit list of the Faculty of Arts, along with earning an M.A. with thirteen gold medals, Ph.D. in two subjects, and the honor of being India’s first visually impaired psychologist. He is the creator of more than 600 ghazals and songs in Sindhi, Hindi, and English. Asudani has been honored with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his outstanding Sindhi ghazal collection, along with the Nagpur Ratna and several national and international awards. His name is recorded in the Limca Book of Records and in prestigious publications of Cambridge University. Translator: Rajesh Asudani ‘Raqeeb’ Born with congenital visual impairment in a refugee family, Shri Rajesh Asudani ‘Raqeeb’ is a sharp poet, writer, thinker, and social activist. Having secured a record 19 gold medals in Law, English Literature, and Psychology from Nagpur University, Shri Rajesh is currently Assistant General Manager at the…