Sindhi Society and Culture:
SlNDHI SOCIETY is an integral part of the great Indian society. And Sindhi culture is an integral part of the great Indian culture. And yet, because of local factors, it has a flavour of its own. The people are eclectic: not very profound, but very practical. As a wit put it: ``The Sindhi rule of the thumb is to do whatever is convenient and profitable.'' Their varied experience over the ages has given them a certain flexibility that makes for survival, even if not for glory.
The Islamic ``la ilah ilallah'', (which literally means there is no God but Allah) was re-interpreted by poet Shah Abdul Karim thus: ``One who takes the seller, the buyer and the wares to be one and the same, will know its meaning.'' ``This world,'' said Shah Latif, ``is a mansion with a million doors and windows; whichever way you look, you will see God.''
No wonder the Hindu-Muslim relations were not half as bad in Sindh as in many other provinces. To this day, the Sindhi Hindus remember Sindh with misty eyes -and the Sindhi Muslims remember the Sindhi Hindus in lndia with fond affection. Says Pir Husamuddin of Sukkur with anguish: ``That Sukkur is gone. Those Sakhroos are gone too. Our compatriots are gone. Their place has been taken by strangers.'' Says Sheikh Ayaz of Sindh:
Poesy is a river ,On whose banks today I have seen ,Saraswati and Mahakali;The two together Were drinking moonlight;They have come togetherAfter long ages,No doubt today will be born A great Maha Kavi.
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