Published Books by The Centre for Research and Literature (CRL)
1. Baluchi Misalani Darchetagen Bahre (A Collection Of Balochi Idioms)
Year of Publication: December 2021
Author: Ghulam Farooq Baloch
Language / Nature: Balochi / Research
Name of Publisher: Centre for Research and Literature (CRL)
Description: This is the first book regarding Balochi Idioms published in Balochi language. The book contains a complete description of idioms, their types, forms, history, a comparative study of idioms of Balochi and other languages etc. A collection of approximately one thousand idioms of Balochi have been given along with their usage pattern. This book is suitable for intellectuals, writers, researchers, as well as students of Balochi literature and language.
Availability: Available
2. Prushtageen Banzul (The Broken Wings)
Year of Publication: January 2023
Author's Name: Gibran Khalil Gibran
Translator's Name: Ghulam Farooq Baloch
Language / Nature: Balochi / Translation
Name of Publisher: Centre for Research and Literature (CRL)
Description: The book is the Balochi translation of the famous book titled as "The Broken Wings" by Gibran Khalil Gibran in English language during 1912. This is the first time that this book has been translated in Balochi language. This book is a novelete in which Kahlil Gibran describes his first love affair with a lady during his young age which had caused a lot of pains and sorrow to both of them. The book is written in a very emotional way and the dialogues are so touching that the reader feels all the pains and sorrows in his/her heart straight away.
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7. Cha Balochi o dege zubanan
darchetageen dihee kessah (Selected
folk tales
from Balochi and other
languages)
Year of Publication: 2023
Author's name: Ghulam Farooq Baloch
Researchers Names: Mahjan Farooq, Maheen Wahid
Language: Balochi.
Name of Publisher: Centre for Research & literature (crl)
Description: The book is a collection of folk stories of Balochi language and also contains some folk tales of other languages translated in Balochi. It also contains a historical development of bringing the Balochi folk tales in written form and also provides a description of the role these stories have played in the cultural and educational development of the Baloch Society.
Availability: Available.
Review of the book by Masood Hameed (published in daily Dawn of 11th August 2024)
8. Sarkashin Arwah (The Rebellious Soul)
Year of publication: 2024
Author’s Name: Khalil Jibran
Name of Translator: Ghulam Farooq Baloch
Language: Balochi
Name of Publisher: Center for Research and Literature, Turbat
Description: The book is the 1st Balochi translation of Khalil Jibran’s famous book ‘Rebellious Souls’, originally written in Arabic. The book consists of three stories along with a detailed life history of the author.
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9. 1809 e sal a Makran-e-Ro-eishuti handani safar e ihwal (Journal of a route through the western parts of Makran during 1809)
Year of publication: 2024
Author’s Name: Capt N.P Grant
Name of Translator: Ghulam Farooq Baloch
Language: Balochi
Name of Publisher: Center for Research and Literature, Turbat
Description: This booklet is the 1st Balochi translation of N.P Grant’s “Travelogue, written during 1809”. It contains a detailed description of the state of affairs including the position of governance and other conditions prevailing in western part of Makran (now in Iran) at that time. It also contains detailed description of the towns and villages visited by the author in the entire country of Makran at that time. At the end, the author, who was in fact a British military officer had given his suggestions about the route to be taken by the British troops, in case they wanted to invade Sindh through Makran. The author was killed one year after the completion of this visit, by an Iranian rebel and this travelogue was collected by one of his friends and got published from Royal Asiatic Society UK.