A warm summer morning and I was sitting to do Reiki healing for a patient when my phone started ringing. My mind engrossed in healing I answered tha call unthinkingly. A gentleman spoke to me in Hindi and asked me if I could speak to him in Sindhi, my mother tongue. Without any hesitation I … Continue reading SWS welcomes Shoukat Memon
Sindh
Guru Nanak Jayanti!
Published in The Asian Weekly, Edition 690 ( 24th to 30th November 2023) Guru Nanak Jayanti By Sikiladi Guru Nanak Jayanti also popularly mentioned as GurPurab is marked on the full moon of the Kartik month of Hindu calendar each year. The word Jayanti generally refers to a birth anniversary hence most of us have … Continue reading Guru Nanak Jayanti!
Partition Tales!
It was a long struggle passing through the roughly dug, dark and dreary tunnel with hungry and fearful children being told not to cry or they might be caught. The babies and toddlers mouths were tied up by scarves so they don't cry out innocently. They weren't sure if they would finally make it to the other end and a thought even came across Ganga's mind ,"What if the news about the tunnel was false and they land up in the same country". She was worried as she had given away the only coin she was left with and had six children to feed till her husband could reach them. Read on for the complete story......
पहचान
किताबों के ढेर, ढेर सारी किताबों के ढेर। कुछ ऐसा ही दिखता था जब विमल अपनी नन्ही सी आयु में अपने पिता का किताबें जमा करने का शौक़ देखती थी। वह ढेर जिसे वह ढेर कहती थी, बहुत ही सलीक़े से बैठक की बड़ी सी कॉंच की अलमारी में सहेज कर रखीं पुस्तकें थीं । … Continue reading पहचान
Sindh Floods! (2)
Sindh Floods!
Flood victims in Tando Allahyar, Sindh, Pakistan The disaster weighs heavy! For which crime they pay levy? Their houses washed away, And fields destroyed totally! They pray for mercy, Water Gods poured heavy! Jhulelal Saeein has to come, in manifestation of you and me! Wake up O’ sleeping folks, Share a dime, to help out … Continue reading Sindh Floods!
कुदरत ने किया तबाह/ Flooded Sindh!
Flooded Sindh!
Inheritance from Mohen Jo Daro
Monica Gokaldas expresses her views about how the influence of the ancients from Mohen jo Daro emerges in the present day life. As a young child when I learnt about Mohen jo Daro in the history class it fascinated me that I got to learn something about Sindh: The land of our ancestors. My feeble … Continue reading Inheritance from Mohen Jo Daro