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ON SINDH (Published and Unpublished Articles & Papers) Dr. G M. Mehkri Edited & Compiled by Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo Culture Department, Government of Sindh All rights are reserved with Culture Department, Government of Sindh. Titoleft heb ook: ON SINDHI Writtbeyn: Dr.G .MM ehkri Edit&e dC ompilbeyd: MohammadI brahJiomy o Composing: HabibulJlaakhh ro Titdlees igning: Inama bbasi FirEsdti tion: Jun2e0 12 Quantity: 1000 copies Printbeyd: NaonN iapAoc ademy KarachSii,n dh CELL# 0346-2103811 Publisbhye:d CultuDreep artment GovernmeonfSt i ndh. Price: 350/- Canb eh adf rom Culture Book Shop OpposiMtPe A: Hostle SiGrh ulaHmi dayatuRlolaadh KarachSii,n dh-74400 Phone0:2 1-99206073 CONTENTS PUBLISHER NOTE 05 TO SINDH 07 INTRODUCTION 09 FOREWORD 11 Part-I Essays and Articles Published in Sindh Quarterly 1. Culture that is Sindh 15 2. Conscious Creation of Sindh Culture -A Task for Sindhi 19 Youth and warning to the Sindhi Intellectuals 3. The power of Awakened Sindh 27 4. On Sindh: Some Random Thoughts -I & II 41 5. The Roses of Sindh 61 6. Spiritual Contamination 77 7. The Pakistan Resolution ·-A Country of Sovereign and 83 Independent States 8. Linguistic and Cultural Strangulation 87 9. Sindh and Attaturk 99 10. On Reading: "How Green is My Village" 105 11. Damage Irretrievable 117 12. G. M. Syed 125 Part-II Un-Published Essays and Articles 13. Tapping Country's Resources 131 14. A Positive Role of Muhajirs in Sindh 137 15. Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai 163 16. Rays of Renaissance 167 17. Children's Education 169 18. Bhagat Singh 177 19. From the Ruins of Sindh 179 20. Quest for Renaissance in Sindh 249 21. Sanity -At Least Now 259 Part -Ill Letters and Appendixes 23. Letters published in Sindh Quarterly 265 24. Appendixes 301 i. Sindh through the ages, (A brief historical survey from Pre-historic times to 184 7, by Dr. Sahib Khan Chan no. ii. Prolegomenon by Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah. iii. (Sindh and Sindhi Nation by Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo. Publisher's Note In line with its responsibility to promote lit erature and culture of Sindh, Culture Department has been pursuing the printing of books by various Sindhi, Urdu and English scholars and authors. Ac cordingly, in last four years, the department has suc cessfully published different books on history, lan guage, prose and poetry. During this period the de partment has surpassed the milestones, it achieved in four decades. We have published 142 books (2008-12) as compared to 135 books printed since 1967 to 2007. This book, to particularly remark is "ON SINDH" is a series of previously published and still unpublished research articles by Late G. M. Mehkri. a scholar of high esteem, who had devoted his life to the research and scholarly writings about The Indus Valley. These published articles have been adopted from The Sindh Quarterly, while unpublished arti cles have been compiled by Mr. Muhammad Ibra him Joyo, a well known v\Titer and intellectual. Culture Department will continue its endeav ours to serve readers and never shy away from its responsibilities to present literary works to the pub lic. In future. the department intends to compile and proliferate the works of various distinguished au thors, such as Mr. Mchkri, so that readers and re searchers of the existing and coming generations can take advantage from them. Needless to reiterate that \Vithout full support of the present government, the preservation and pro liferation of literature, culture and heritage of Sindh, \Vould have been a dream. I ·would like to acknow l edge and appreciate the patronage and support of Ms. Sassui Palijo, Minister of Culture Sindh, m making this dream a reality. We are highly grateful to Mr. Muhammed Ibrahim Joyo for his role in the compilation of arti cles by Mr. Mehkri and to Mr. Siraj ul Haq Memon for writing the preface of the book. We are open to your constructive criticism for further correction of the format as well as the de sign of the book. Abdul Aziz Uqaili Secretary to Government of Sindh Culture Department May. 2012 Karachi, Sindh. TO SINDH 0 Our Ragmati, Our Bhagmati, Our Rasmati SINDHU Thou, Our Mother Glorious 0 Sindhu of our fathers, of our mothers of our sisters and brothers ours of our children: Salutations Our Ragmati, Our Bhagmati, Our Rasmati Sindhu, our Salutations: 0 Sindh our pride, our joy, our honour Our hearth, our home, our deepest thought Our Ragmati, our Bhagmati, our Rasmati Sindhu, our Salutations: Our bowl of milk Our morsel of rice Our sweet water Our dancing peacocks Our fish, our fowl Are from you, 0 Sindh Our Ragmati, our Bhagmati, our Rasmati Sindhu, our Salutations: We harken to thy CALL 0 mother Sindhu, Thou: our Identity Our Cow of Plenty Our Kamadhenu, our Ajrak Our Earth, our Heaven Our Every thing to us Our Ragmati, our Bhagmati, our Rasmati Sindhu, our Salutations: To thee, to thy Greatness, to thy Glory Salutations, Salutations, Salutations. Vol: XVI, 1988 - No. 2 7 INTRODUCTION "On Sindh" is a compendium of Articles and Essays of Dr. G. M. Mehkri, printed in "Sindh Quarterly" (1973-97), man aged, edited and published by Sayed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, President (1985-97) of Servants of Sindh Society. The book carries three appendixes as a Fore-ground to its Substance, being the essays on the subject: "Sindh through the Ages" by Dr. Sahib Khan Channa, and "An Introduction of Servants of Sindh Society" and "Sindh and Sindhi Nation" respectively by the Editor and the Assistant Editor of "Sindh Quarterly''. The book contains a brief but a highly thoughtful foreword by Sirajul Haque Memon, my kind and generous friend for which I am thankful to him. Dr. Mehkri paid Sindh a short visit before the Partition and returned to India and much later arrived here as a Banglore emigrant, and stayed for good. He traded no imprint of "Muhajir" or "Urduist" He, one among many, a common among common people, put forth no. claim for property left behind. He made bold to affirm that "he lived in Sindh, breathed in Sindh, Sindh was his homeland and he was a Sindhi. Pakistan had yet to establish itself and deserve to be called the homeland." When Dr. Mehkri breathed his last (September, 1995) he had no home of his own. Initially he took employment under Gov ernment but soon gave it up. He was a highly educated person with "Doctorate" in fields more than one. He was an accom plished writer and an able teacher and made his modest living at his terms. When he expired, Servants of Sindh Society paid him a glowing tribute in the following words: "Dr. G. M. Mahkri was an outstanding writer in English and contributed a great deal to the Social and Cultured uplift of society in Sindh. He was a great lover of Sindh and a sincere friend of Sindhi people. By producing an erudite sociological study of Sindh's History entitled ·sorrows of Sindh' (1987), a work of great insight and vision, he discharged what Sindh owed him as his chosen homeland, and laid the Sindhi people under his debt of gratitude. His selected essays in English ear lier translated and published in Sindhi under the title of "Mehkri 9