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11 Facts About Vasdev Mohi

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Vasdev Mohi was born on Vasdev Vensimal Sidhnani; 2 March 1944 - 27 August 2021 and is a Sindhi poet, translator, critic, short story writer and a retired lecturer.

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Vasdev Mohi served as the member of the executive board of Sahitya Akademi and member of Council for Promotion of Indian Languages, collectively from 2008 to 2013.

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Vasdev Mohi's work include twenty-five books of poetry, uncertain translation and critic works.

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Vasdev Mohi later published another poem titled Subah Kithe Ahe.

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Vasdev Mohi was born on March 2,1944, in Mirpur Khas, British India.

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Vasdev Mohi did his master's degree in English literature from the Gujarat University and joined Life Insurance Corporation in 1966.

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Vasdev Mohi later went to UAE and started teaching English at The Indian High School, Dubai in 1987 until he retired in 2004 as the lecturer.

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Vasdev Mohi started his career around 1976 when he published his first poetry Tazad.

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Vasdev Mohi has been engaged in various writing genres such as criticism, playwright, short stories and poem in particular.

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Vasdev Mohi introduced new form of poetries such as Mankoo, a type of traditional poetry usually written to express author's anguish against social discrimination which was awarded Gujarati Sahitya Akademi Award in 1995.

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Vasdev Mohi introduced another form of ghazal called Hyku Ghazal, which uses Japanese language combination alongside Sindhi language.