Sindh: Stories from a Vanished Homeland

Too often history, fate, and hatred coalesce. At such times an inescapable past creates a tragedy tinged future. Human valor, courage, and perseverance combine strangely with utter foolishness and bring about disaster for too many. And yet, over time, the human spirit rises above it all. The human spirit overcomes.This book, "Sindh: Stories from a Vanished Homeland" compellingly captures such a history. And a subsequent triumph of the human spirit.I grew up in India completely unaware of what I read in this splendid book. And yet it seems so obvious after reading this book. How could I have missed it?The author skillfully stitches and weaves a beautiful tapestry of a not so distant past. This book combines personal stories within a historical context wonderfully.Specially recommended by those who appreciate history and story.

I often wondered how the Hindu Sindhis fared after they left their Sindh homeland at Partition in 1947. This books tells me. As missionaries, my wife and I moved from America to Sindh a few years after they left. We lived in several of their homes for many years and raised our children in various cities of Sindh. I often wished that I could know some of these Sindhis who fled from their ancestral homes and what happened to them..This books tells me, story after story. My wife and I absolutely loved reading it. We came to love Sindh as they did, and being retired now and back in America, we look back upon Sindh as our vanished homeland too!

Great book. Very few people know about the hardships faced by the Hindu- Sindhis when they were forced to migrate from Pakistan. Having no state of their own they were treated as outsiders by their own countrymen and never got the respect they deserved. This book should enlighten those who would like to learn a bit more of the Sindhi heritage

Those who have limited knowledge of the impact of partition if India on some of those who had to migrate from one part of India to another ,must read this. Personally I already know enough about its impact on my and my family.

Reading this book brought alive all the stories my mother told me about her beloved Larkana (where she was born) and about Karachi and Gaibi Dera and many such places. These stories were all my parents had been left with. After half a life spent in affluence, they now were living in a shabby two room tenement in not-very-welcoming post-independence Bombay. Saaz Agarwal's stories ring true because of her meticulous research and I salute her for her effort in bringing back to life so many dormant tales of guts, perseverance and spirit that the Sindhis have demonstrated so amply in modern India.

There is a lot of misuderstang amongst the Sindhis who migrated to India. They were hurt and could not comprehend the reason for leaving their home land. But Sindhi Muslims were not responsible for thei exodus of their brethren. Now it's time to heal and build bridges. Our new generation hopefully will be instrumental in bringing the whole community together as we were in Sindh.

Recommended to Sindhis , like me , who was brought up in Mumbai , without our culture , being , highlighted , nor spoken in family. This book gave me some glimpse , of my Roots.