Amar Sindhu
{{short description|Pakistani writer (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Amar Sindhu
| image = Amar Sindhu.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|08|28|df=y}}
| native_name = امر سندھو
| birth_place = Mirpur Khas District, Sindh, Pakistan
| birth_name = Salma Laghari
| occupation = Academic, poet, author
| known_for = Assistant professor of philosophy in Sindh University, Jamshoro, Leader of Women's Action Forum
}}
Salma Laghari, better known as Amar Sindhu ({{langx|ur|امر سندھو}}, {{langx|sd|امر سنڌو}}) (born 28 August 1968) is a Pakistani author, poet, activist and academic.
Early life and education
Sindhu's real name is Salma Laghari. She was born to Hussain Bukhsh Laghari on 28 August 1968 in village Dodo Laghari, Mirpur Khas District, Sindh, Pakistan. She holds two master's degrees and an LLB degree.
Career
Sindhu is an assistant professor of philosophy at Sindh University Jamshoro. She is also a Sindhi-language poet.
Activism
As a human rights and civil society activist Sindhu has been involved in a number of issues including the rights of minorities,{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Bureau|date=2011-11-14|title=‘Unholy alliance’ blamed for killing of three Hindus|url=https://www.dawn.com/2011/11/14/unholy-alliance-blamed-for-killing-of-three-hindus/|access-date=2020-12-02|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}} women, violence, She has also been a part of fact finding teams. As a socialist feminist and women rights activist, she is active, founding and leading member of Women's Action Forum. In 2012, she suffered minor injuries when she was shot while traveling to Karachi, Sindhu led the "Aurat Azadi March" (Women's Freedom March) in Sukkur on March 8, 2020 held on Women's Day 2020. Sindhu along with Arfana Mallah started chapter of Women's Action Forum in Hyderabad in 2008.{{cite news |title=Women decide to fight back |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/839589 |work=DAWN.COM |date=25 February 2009 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=‘Stoking of ethnic tensions’ by govt condemned |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/89526-%E2%80%98stoking-of-ethnic-tensions%E2%80%99-by-govt-condemned |work=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}} Sindhu was inspired by Sabeen Mahmud's T2F in Karachi,{{Cite web|last=Inam|first=Moniza|date=2017-09-24|title=SOCIETY: GATHERING THE CREATIVE NOMADS|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1359645|access-date=2020-12-02|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}} and she along with Haseen Shah and Arfana Malah started the "Khanabadosh Writers Cafe" at the Sindh Museum to offer a space where intellectuals and creative people from Hyderabad and other areas of Sindh can engage in intellectual discussions. In 2015, she organised the "Ayaz Festival" to celebrate the life of the Sindhi poet Shaikh Ayaz (1923–1997).{{Cite web|date=2015-12-26|title=Peerless Sindhi poet Shaikh Ayaz comes back to life at week-long festival|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1016734/peerless-sindhi-poet-shaikh-ayaz-comes-back-to-life-at-week-long-festival|access-date=2020-12-02|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}} Those who paid homage included veteran politician Rasool Bux Palijo and writer, Noorul Huda Shah.{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=The Newspaper's Staff|date=2017-12-21|title=‘Shaikh Ayaz laid foundation of modern Sindh’|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1377847|access-date=2020-12-02|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}} In 2015, the Cafe also hosted a tribute to Hassan Mujtaba, a poet and journalist.{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=The Newspaper's Staff|date=2015-06-18|title=Literati pay tribute to Hassan Mujtaba|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1188796|access-date=2020-12-02|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}
Articles and publications
Sindhu is a writer and political analyst. She has written as a columnist in Dawn News and Humsub. She has written many articles in English, Urdu and Sindhi. Her work has been translated into the German language.
She also published a magazine named Adrish on social, political and cultural issues.
Sindhu is the author of a bilingual book of poetry book Ojagiyal Akhyun Ja Sapna, and "Jaagti Ankho Kay Sapnay". Sindhu has written many articles about the poetry of Shaikh Ayaz, a legendary poet of Sindh.
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Category:21st-century Pakistani women writers
Category:21st-century Pakistani philosophers
Category:Sindhi-language writers