SINDHI SURVIVAL

During last sixty years or so, Sindhis have been dormant politically. Few politicians produced by them were so much dependent upon and obedient to the all India leaders of their respective political parties that they could not assert and were merely meek spectators inspite of activities detrimental and fatal to Sindhis’ existence. While Sindhi congress leaders, with the exception of Dr. Choithram Gidwani always danced to the tune of all India Congress leaders at the cost of Political interests and right of Sindhis, Sindhi Nationalist leaders like G.M. Sayed surpassed even staunch Sindhi Muslim league leaders like M.A. Khuhiro & Pirzada Abdul Sattar in following blindly M.A. Jinnah.
With the result that father of Sindhi nationalism became instrumental in sealing the fate of Sindhis by moving the Pakistan resolution in Sindh Assembly. Although he later regretted his action.
So Sindhi leaders sacrificed their mother Sindh, to please their All India leaders, in their respective political parties.
Partition of India in 1947 culminated into virtual secession of a large chunk of Indian Territory both in west and east, against all cannons of International law, as wishes of the Indian People were never ascertained. There was no referendum. Vote in provincial assembly or constituent assembly is no substitute for referendum, as the members of these bodies were elected not on the sole issue of partition. Whims & ambitions of the top leaders of Muslim League and abject surrender of the top leaders of the Congress are the only reasons of the partition. Two nation theory was never accepted by the majority of the Indian people otherwise there would not have been the emergence of secular India, Bangladesh and ethnic strife torn West Pakistan. So Indian population on both sides of artificial borders drawn in 1947, especially the Sindhi people have not accepted the illegal partition and would be happy if reunification of all the three parts of India takes place.
Original Pakistan plan was to include entire Punjab, entire Bengal and entire Sindh, but the boldness of Punjabi & Bengali Hindu leaders enabled them to get 1/3rd territory of their home provinces in the ratio of Hindu population, while weakness of Sindhi Hindu leaders denied 1/4th territory of Sindh in the ratio of Hindu population, which was 25% of total population of Sindh in 1947. Otherwise, like Indian Punjab and Indian Bengal there would have existed Indian Sindh comprising the districts of Tharparkar, Kuchchh, Barmer, Jaisalmer and Nagaur, where majority of people speak either Sindhi language or some dialect of Sindhi language. The whole holocaust of partition, enabled the Indian Muslims to get their homeland in Pakistan, which ironically could rehabilitate only 40% of them, the 60% of Indian Muslims still remained in their native places in remaining Indian Territory. But almost entire population of Indian Sindhis, were doomed to exodus-to wander in vast land of partitioned-India, like vagabond & Banjaras. Speakers of all fourteen Indian languages have been given their own homes in form of linguistic provinces, but speakers of fifteenth Indian language i.e. Sindhis have been denied this fundamental right. They are asked to treat entire India as their home. “Rahne Ko Ghar Nahin Hai – Sara Hindustan Hamara – Sara Jahan Hamara”
Sindhi people like their brothers, speaking other Indian languages, would strive to achieve the goal of Sindhi linguistic province or Union Territory within the present political boundaries of India, till their original home province of Sindh is restored to them either by Indian reunification or otherwise. In compact linguistic province comprising the districts of Tharparkar, Kuchchh, Barmer, Jaisalmer and Nagaur, they will be taking all aspects of life seriously, instead of only money making. Presently, Indian Sindhis are almost nil in administration, politics, and agriculture, insignificant in art, literature and culture, while considerable in trade, commerce and fashion culture. But official patronage in their own province is bound to change this imbalance and force them to grow in all fields in a balanced way. They would regain their self respect as equal partners with other linguistic provinces of Indian Union.