The Book

Sindh, a Pakistani province today, has historically remained a sovereign country until British invaded it in 1843. Sindh and Hind have been sister countries with at least two-thousand yours old nationhood. Sindhi language, according to the linguists, is a twin sister of the Sanskrit. Sindhi Kingdom has been mentioned in Rig Veda as well as in the epic of Mahabharata. There is a popular myth in Sindh that Rig Veda was written at the banks of Indus on the Kirthar Hills, one of the oldest mountains on the globe. The exact place of the documentation of the Rig Veda is known today as Sewhan town of Sufi saint Qalandar Lal Shahbaz. Until early last century, the town was known as Sivastan, a Sindhi variant of Shiv Asthan.

The book discuss the social and political developments in Sindh besides touching the edges with culture, spirituality, and literature. It will be an analysis of Sindhi people and Sindh from 1843 to 2012 in the broader context of hitherto political developments in South Asia. The treatise will be a political analysis of Sindh through socio-political and economic history during and after British colonialism, with various aspects including historiography, political economy, ethnography as well as development and rights perspectives.   

The political history of modern Sindh can be divided into following period: phases or periods, which will be covered through various chapters:

i.         Modern Sindh (1843-1943

ii.       Contemporary Transition Period (1974-1977)

iii.     People’s Resistance and Nationalist Movement 1 (1978-1988)

iv.     Moderns Reconstruction and Reformation (2000 – 2009)

v.       Resurgence and Sovereignty (2009 – 2012)

The book consists three categories of the chapters including i) analyzing phases and periods of the history ii) thematic and iii) cross cutting chapters. The order, sequence, and connectivity of the chapters and their theme will be in logical order so that its chronological, sequential as well thematic flow may remain cohesive.  

The logical order of the analysis focuses the developments and processes in Sindh within the broader context of Pakistan, India and South Asia.