HAJI NAWAB VEESAR by Haq Nawaz

A VERSATILE TEACHER: SAIN HAJI NAWAB VEESAR

HAQ NAWAZ UDHO 2K18/MMC/12 PROFILE

Speaking eloquently, teaching efficiently and dealing courteously; he is not only expert at his own subject:
English, but all the subjects with equal knowledge. He is a versatile teacher bestowed with an unequalled
and natural of not going fade-up while teaching any subject. He was born in 1962 in suburbs of Ratodero
town in Veesar clan which has a long history of refrainment from education and literacy.
He is the first one within his clan to get education. He burnt midnight oil to study throughout the nights.
He participates in the agitations with full vigour and spirit especially in those which revolve around the
demand of fundamental rights of downtrodden. Above board, he has gained high level of competence
over Islamic fiqh and Hadith and usually seems debating with orthodox religious scholars.
Orthodox scholars rarely go spare while facing up his moderate and enlightened thoughts regarding Islam.

Seeing him for the first time in 2010 while taking class of physics in second year pre-engineering,
I thought to myself that he might have been the teacher of physics but I was wrong as he was an
English teacher by profession. On the very day, I suddenly observed him while teaching chemistry to
first year students with an equal expertise and utmost conceptual clearance looking to be a teacher of
chemistry. His knowledge of English literature is matchless and unchallengeable.
His English accent is as fluent as Sindhi, Urdu and Arabic. You name any subject; he is an expert of it
not  with quick fixes and crude ingenuity but in-depth understanding, internalization and intelligibility
leaving no space for queries, doubt and passivity. His way of teaching is always replete with examples
deriving from our own society. He never depends upon westernized examples as they do not fit to our
surrounding and society so he takes the support of local perceptions with which students are normally
acquainted with.

Teaching is his natural quality and profession. He never gets bored rather enjoy his profession.
On the other hand, he gets headache and develop allergy whenever remains somewhat distant from
study and teaching. Teaching students even after the official time finishes without demanding any fees.
He is a born teacher with an optimum interest in his profession. He is not only a priceless diamond for
students but also for teachers to consult and learn from him whenever feels any complexity in any subject.
Being punctual of his set time-table; out of 24 hours, he teaches for 12 hours and does self-study for
4 hours or somewhat every day. Not habitual of partaking in time-consuming activities churning out
nothing precious but a mere dross. He gets satisfied while talking about importance of education
in an academic as well as in a general way. As for Shakespeare, beauty was a thing of joy but for him;
so for him, it is teaching.

Identifying one’s hidden talent is not an easy ride but for him, it became a cup of tea being put on
a plate to be served. He knew his hidden talent and hobby and successfully fit himself into bracket of
that hobby as a profession. Having like doctorate level of knowledge in more than ten subjects is an
uneasy gain rather it craves for hard toil sleepless nights to drive himself on an upward trajectory
in even one subject. He is so neutral that I failed to understand his sectarian and cultural leaning
within society in particular and the world, in general. His frequently uttered words reflecting his
ideological leanings are summed up under;

“Realize the importance of education and always be ready to surrender

   Before arguments if presented with intellect and rationality. Never let the

     Thirst for knowledge to fade away from your mind. (Sain Haji Nawab Veesar)

HAQ NAWAZ UDHO -    2K18/MMC/12

Practical work conducted under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi 

Department of Media &Communication Studies, University of Sindh