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We are a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural country, which should be treated as our strength, since unity in diversity is unbreakable. In this context in particular, the initiative of the PPP to highlight Sindhi culture is commendable.ĭenying people their right to identity and culture is repression, stupidity, and a downright denial of their democratic rights. The dominant national narrative has remained the establishment of an Islamic centralised state with one national language. Those who advocated the people’s linguistic and cultural rights were dubbed traitors in the past. Since independence, our people have been suffering attempts to besmirch our rich, colourful and varied identities by forcefully making us abandon our varied heritage and languages. Those who abandon it, suffer from a gravely negative impact on their identity. Language is not only the strongest identity marker of a people, it also serves to strengthen their ethnic and cultural bonds. The Sindhi language is spoken by 41 million people in Pakistan. Almost all political parties held programmes of commemoration. Countless rallies, song and dance programmes and various cultural events were organised on the day. People wear the colourful ajrak (shawl) and topi, the two symbols of Sindhi civilisation and culture. Since then, it is a day marked to show solidarity between the Sindhi-speaking people the world over.

It had its origins in the Sindhi people’s response to criticism of former president Asif Ali Zardari for wearing a Sindhi topi (cap) even on official occasions. The Sindhi Culture Day, also called Ekta (Unity) Day, has been celebrated for the last five years on December 8.

Sindh is a land that has its roots in the Indus Valley Civilisation and its rich heritage resonates with the verses of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Lal Shahbaz Qalander and Sachal Sarmast.