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The Case of Sindh – G.M G M Syed The Case of Sindh – G.M. Syed's Deposition in Court A Word from Publisher This dissertation (on the Case of Sindh before the Court) by G.M. Sayed, the great leader of the people of Sindh, is the English translation of its original in Sindhi, published in 1993, entitled "Sindh Galha-ay-thee" (Sindh Speaks). The purpose of this publication Is to inform the intellectual world at large - since English today commands position of the foremost communication medium internationally - of what transpired in the politics of the Indian sub-continent, more particularly in the context of Sindh, during the split- decade of 1937-47, and with what grave consequences, immediate and distant, both historical and cultural. What happened in the sub-continent was, infect a part of the post- War 11 convulsions that overtook the human world globally. With time, this world is once again taking now a direction to a new politico-economic and ideological re-structuring affecting also its geography visibly. What socio-political map of our world in the sub- continent would emerge at the advent of the twenty first century and onwards depends on the shape of the wave of change building up before us in this crucial last decade of the 20th century. Books speak out when courts sit dumb and deaf, and hundreds and thousands of the readers sit on the seats of judgment on the right and wrong of the causes that clasp the mind and soul of societies for better or worse. Such books, symbolize the cry of the suffering people and articulate their hopes and aspirations, pose a challenge to the rulers and question the legitimacy of their mansions and systems of rule. The publication in hand could claim to be one of such books actualizing the cry of the Sindhi Nation for justice, even as G. M. Sayed, its octogenarian author, languishes In his house declared as a sub-jail by the Government of Pakistan. Ha sits there confined, charged of the sin of making a public speech on his Eighty Ninth birth day celebration on 17 January 1992 in Nishtar Park, Karachi. He is neither produced before the Court to answer the charge nor permitted to step out of the four walls of his house or to meet any friendly visitor. The 3 years of his on-going house-detention, added to twenty seven years of his political incarcerate on other counts in the public prison- houses in Pakistan, cover nearly the full two third of the life of Pakistan from 1947 to-date. For the publication of this book, we owe our gratitude a thanks primarily to our esteemed friends Sayed Afzal Hyder, Zafar lqbal Mirza and Mohammed Ibrahim Joyo, and also to our c leagues Abdul Wahid Aresar, Taj Joyo, Khadim Hussain Soomro, Sayed Zia Shah, and Muneer Shah. But for the work and guidance and their assistance and advice, this publication would not have seen the light of the day. Hameed Sabzoi Secretary Naeen Sindh Academy, Karachi November 29,1994 The Case of Sindh 2 The Case of Sindh - G.M. Syed’s deposition in court (Part 1) Your Honor! For three-quarters of a century now, I have struggled for the emancipation of my oppressed people who live in these parts of South Asia. All this while, I have earned the ire of rulers who have usurped power. On numerous occasions I have been under house arrest or in jail during the best years of my life. Whenever I have tried to raise my voice against the vandalization of Sindh, my Motherland, I have been jailed. Several attempts have been made on my life. I have never once been allowed to state my case in any court of law and to speak on the subjugation of my people. This is the first time that I have been given an opportunity to speak on my land’s laments. I wish to tell this court and through it to all humanity, especially the thinking people who are living in the closing years of the 20th century, the atrocities that have been committed against my Motherland, Sindh, by ruthless occupying nations. I want to do so also in order to tell my people, its intellectuals, how a nation which has given the lead to all peoples of the world in the fields of art and culture is now being brutalized and held captive by force and fraud. There are people in this land who are under the influence of migrant feudalistic from India, and are proudly touting subjugation as the panacea for Sindh’s problems. Among our many misfortunes is the fact that some of our compatriots hate independence and love enslavement. At this juncture, representing the spirit of Sindh, I repudiate these elements. If I don’t do so, I shall be considered to have violated the sanctity of the spirit of independence for Sindh. I wish to state here, Your Honor, that Sindh is a distinct geographic entity where there are rivers, forests, lakes, mountains, deserts and verdant valleys. Through the ages it has been expanding and contracting. It has been independent and enslaved during various stages of its history but, at the same time, it has always had a pure and proud soul that has never accepted slavery or indignity. It has never surrendered to death despite the fact that attempts have been made to bond or break it. This spirit has flitted around Sindh like monsoon clouds as the last voice of the Dravidians of Mohen-jo-Daro. It has emerged from time to time- sometimes in the shape of Raja Dahir, sometimes in the person of Dodo Soomro, sometimes in the shape of Darya Khan and Makhdoom Bilawal and Shah Hyder Sannai. It has expressed itself in the love and courage of Shah Inayat, I feel that these historic persons of Sindh have become part and parcel of my being which would like to reach a logical end now. Without doubt, it is Sindh’s geographic, national, political, economic, cultural and moral beauty, which are the ingredients of its independence. It is this throbbing spirit which has forced me since early childhood to strive for the emancipation of Sindh and its people. Whatever shape my political struggle has taken in South Asia, it has had but one focal point- "independence for Sindh". All that which I will now state about my political endeavors should be seen in the light of the submissions I have just made. Your Honor! I completed my early education in Sindhi in 191 5 when the First World War was at its peak. When I took to studying English and Persian, I began to see the world in a new light. I came to realize that the world was facing four major problems - poverty, illiteracy, lawlessness and fear Philosophers, intellectuals and men of wisdom have been trying to solve these problems down the ages. When pondered over these problems, I came to realize that they were rooted in these factors: Colonialism, feudalism and capitalism caused poverty; Nomadic life and lack of civic and educational facilities together with high cost of education caused illiteracy; And the bloody and barbaric World War on the international level and disorderly life, superstition and blind faith together with threats from wild animals, thieves and marauding raiders at the local levels produced fear and lawlessness. As I have said, this was the time when the First World War was at its height. Human life had become cheaper than animal life and thousands of innocent people were being killed. In war, the brave man is he who has killed more people than the others. We, the people of Sindh, had by that time been forcibly made part The Case of Sindh 3 of British India and had become slaves of the British. The Indians were used as gun fodder. The British had made several promises to the people of the sub-continent in return for their cooperation in the war effort. Among these, the most important pledge was that all British colonies, including India, would be freed. The Muslims were assured that despite the fact that Britain was at war with Turkey, their holy places would not be desecrated and the Muslim lands would be set free. The First World War ended in 1918. Small nations in Europe got their independence but not so in Asia and Africa. On the contrary, through new divisions and treaties, they were put under a stronger and sterner colonial rule. When the Indian Muslims who were even more specially under the influence of religion came to know that the Turkish Empire was being cut into pieces and that the countries under it would be divided among the British, the Greek and tie French and that the holy places would be placed under Allied control and that India would not be set free, they were gravely Perturbed, Generally also, a wave of protest against British imperialism swept across India. The Muslims launched the Khilafat Movement to express solidarity with Turkey. The All-India Congress, which had hitherto done little except Passing resolutions or presenting memoranda (to the British), became an active political party after Mahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa. He used the public sentiment against the Raj to telling effect by forging Hindu Muslim unity. Sensing that this unity would be dangerous for their interests, the British, instead of introducing further reforms, clamped the Rowlatt Act on India under which the emergency powers which the government had assumed during the First World War were perpetuated.
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