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Even as they tried to lift themselves up by their very bootstraps, many hearts failed. But before long, their will to live and make good prevailed. The challenge was great --- but their response was even greater. In Sindh we had heard of only a few companies such as Kaycee’s Blue Star, Motwaney’s Chicago Radio,and J.B. Mangharam’s Biscuits. But in Gajra Gears, Krishna Steel, Advani Oerlikon, Weston TV, Westerworks, Esquire and India Book House, the Sindhi entrepreneurs have broken new ground and attained new heights. Before Partition, we could count the number of Sindhi Crorepatis on the fingers of one hand. Today, Ulhasnagar alone has more than forty Crorepatis. Their only problem is that they cannot negotiate matrimonial alliances with Warden Road or Colaba --- or even Vile Parle! Although Bombay is the “capital” of the Sindhis in India, they have spread themselves far and wide. There is hardly a town in India that does not have a cluster of Sindhi families. Some of them have captured subzi mandis (vegetable markets) and retail cloth trade; others have gone into transport business and civil contracts; still others are working brick-kilns; some of them have even penetrated the tribal areas in Central India and taught tribal women to wear blouses. Even in an off-beat place like Fyzabad (Ayodhya) they are so numerous and prosperous that their annual Jhoolay Lal procession is an event --- like a mini- Republic Day Parade --- to which the whole city looks forward with joyous expectation. Even as the Huguenots, the French Protestant refugees in England, gave an impetus to the British economy two hundred years ago, the Sindhi entrepreneurs have been an important catalytic agent of economic development in many areas of India. Sindhi Business Houses have always been prominent abroad. Today they are more prominent than ever before. In 1947 the “Big Five” were Wassiamal Assoomull, Pohoomal Bros., Kishinchand Chellaram, J.T. Chanrai and K.A.J. Chotirmal. In the new “Big Five”, Dhalamals and Bhojsons have replaced Wassiamal and Pohoomal. However, the richest Sindhi family today is the Hinduja brothers, evaluated at more than 1,000 crore rupees. The Janata Government needed them as much as the Congress Government, in their big foreign business deals. Moorjani of Hong Kong dominates the world Jeans market with a $l billion turn-over. The biggest builders in Miami, Florida, USA’s poshest state are Melwani and Shyam Sani. And Ram Kripalani with his booming business and famous charities is the Uncrowned King of Trinidad in the West Indies. A popular Negro song, “Ram the Magician” broadcast by Trinidad radio, tells the local Prime Minister, George Chamber, among other things: Everything Mr. Ram puts his hand to Turns from a shack to a mansion. So, George Chamber, you should see Mr. Ram Kripalani. The Sindh Story; Copyright © www.panhwar.com 139
If you can’t run the country, Call in Kripalani. Today the Sindhi charities are keeping pace with the Sindhi riches. The good old Wattumull Foundation was always there. The Chanrais of Lagos have donated 30 lakh rupees to the Vivekananda Education Society of Bombay alone. The In- Laks Foundation (named after Indru and Lakshmi Shivdasani) has donated one crore of rupees for Sadhu Vaswani Hospital and Research Centre in Pune. It also gives 200 foreign scholarships every year. Kishinchand Shahani is a distinguished philanthropist who patronizes all good causes. From “Sharnarthis”, the Sindhis have grown into “Pursharthis” and “Parmarthis”. What could be the reason for the dramatic success of Sindhis --- and Punjabis --- after the shattering shock of Partition? It is the same reason that enabled Japan and Germany to revive themselves after the trauma of defeat in World War II. This is, the mind of a people. Milton described it long back as “the unconquerable will, never to submit or yield”. The Sindhi considers it his Fundamental Right to Succeed. Given this frame of mind, men can make gold even out of dust. Nor have they confined themselves to making money and instituting charities. They have established some of the finest institutions in Bombay and elsewhere. The Wattumull Institute of Computer Technology and Engineering has equipment worth two crore of rupees. Thanks to Hotchand Gopaldas and Khushi Kundnani, the Sindhis have not only set up a dozen colleges in Bombay, their Jai Hind College and K.C. College are two of the best colleges in India’s premier city. Jaslok Hospital (named after Jasoti --- Sindhization of Yashoda --- and Lokumal) is the most famous in the country. The Vivekananda Education Society of Bombay and the Mira Education Society of Pune are two of the more significant Sindhi services in the realm of education. Ownership flat system is a Sindhi innovation in Bombay. Raheja Bros. alone have put up a thousand buildings on this basis. And Jethi Sipahimalani’s Navjiwan Housing Colonies in Mahim, Chembur and Bombay Central are a marvel of cooperative en- terprise in the field of housing. Atur Sangtani of Pune is not only big in construction, he runs The Poona Herald. However, the greatest builder of them all was Bhai Partap who built the twin cities of Adipur (residential) and Gandhidham (commercial) for Kandla Port. Ram Nagrani, I.P.S., has been put in charge of the newly constituted National Security Guards --- to handle situations like the one in Punjab. The Sindh Story; Copyright © www.panhwar.com 140
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Appendix: G M Syed’s Visit .. ..
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Preface to Reprint “The Sindh Sto
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My grateful thanks are due to Prof.
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information. In this connection I m
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Mr. Malkani’s book is a book of h
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--- “Employment of appropriate ph
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effort had been made to synthesise
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Long have we suffered; see how grie
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Sindhu is Divine IN THE BEGINNING w
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Interestingly enough, the Bhagvad G
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Sindhu Mata THE VEDAS and the Puran
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to Encyclopedia Britannica, “the
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no lime in the area to use as cemen
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Alexander’s Waterloo in Sindh EVE
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The philosophers in turn posed him
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Truth about Dahir Sen THE PROPHET o
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next 80 years, led by Hakam, Abdull
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army of Islam became irresolute and
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order to meet the financial deficie
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priest would not agree to Sita beco
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“Jhoolay Lal” WHEN Mahmud Ghazn
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of the Khaljis. But more revealing
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The Umar Marui is one long paean of
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OH LORD of Sindh, Jhoolay Lal, and
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Napier had written off all the pre-
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loosely knit system that could be a
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Dayaram helped set up the Nari Shal
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when Gandhiji wrote his autobiograp
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muttered “lainat! lainat!” in r
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to convert them to Christianity. An
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anybody else. Colonel Trevor, the C
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The theosophists also joined hands
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“Sangathan”, and “Sanskriti
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Freedom Movement in Sindh “NADIR
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When Tilak visited Sindh in 1920, y
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of 40 women satyagrahis. Many young
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Ahmedabad municipality and Subhas C
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“I am a Sindh” -- Gandhi “EVE
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consider him a Mahatma. He used to
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On one occasion not only was a saty
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not anti-Muslim. I decline to think
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wrote to Sucheta in 1945 to ask Kri
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able to admit of inter-migration, s
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