Nagoman

Nagoman Baloch, (also spelled Naguman Baloch), (223) was born on 5 April 1974 in Grempoki, Ball Negwar, a village west of Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan. After getting his primary and secondary education in Ball Negwar and Turbat, he was admitted to Bolan Medical College in Quetta, where he received a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1998.

In 2001 Nagoman began working as a medical doctor in the Balochistan Provincial Health Department, a position he held until 2012, when he left Pakistan. He then spent a few years in Oman before coming to the United Kingdom in 2015, where he lives at present.

During his student years, Nagoman was a member of the Baloch Students Organization. (224) He also has been a member of the Balochi Academy in Quetta and of the Sayad Hashmi Reference Library in Karachi.

Nagoman’s interest in literature began at an early age, and he published his first story at the age of 15. In addition to stories, he has written literary criticism and worked with developing Balochi terminology in various scientific fields, including his own profession, medicine. He has also written a number of articles and reviews on Balochi politics.

Some of Nagoman’s literary works are Dáray Aps (The Wooden Horse), a collection of short stories; (225) Nagdánk (Critique), a collection of articles on literary criticism; (226) Balóch Ráji Johd: Ráh o Menzel (The National Struggle of the Baloch: the Road and the Destination) (227) and Gwáchen (Reality), (228) two collections of articles on Baloch socio-political issues; Balóchi Gálambáray Nókáz (An Update of Balochi Vocabulary), a glossary of modern Balochi terminology; (229) and Ráji Johd o Zobán (National Struggle and Language), (230) a collection of Nagoman’s Facebook posts on the role of the mother tongue in the national struggle for freedom.

Nagoman spent his childhood in the village of Ball Negwar. Many of his short stories reflect life in the village. One of these is Talk (The Bird-Trap), a masterpiece dealing with the issue of guilt. Although the story is set in Nagoman’s home village, it treats a subject that is common to all human beings and cultures.