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| Apr 28, 2007 5:36 pm |
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re: The Sindhi - Italian Connection! - (apart from the fact that our surnames end in "ani" |
Pushpa Moorjani
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Interesting Nihal!
To bring home the point, 'Aileen Wortley' in his essay ‘THE SINDHI HINDU POPULATION: FOREIGN INFLUENCES ON THEIR CULTURE’ says:
that it is important to be aware of the history of Sind much of which is a story of continual invasion. It is now known that Sind boasts a civilization at least as old as that of Ancient Egypt. Sindhi culture is not merely a few hundred years old but dates back to around 8,000 BC
To be able to understand this, it is important to be aware of the history of Sind much of which is a story of continual invasion.
Inevitably each and every one of these invading peoples have had an influence upon the economic, cultural and linguistic features of the Sindhi whether Muslem or Hindu.
Somehow the Sindhi Hindus have absorbed into the melting pot of their culture many features of the diverse races and religions which penetrated Sind. Somehow they not only managed to survive attacks but to a certain extent benefited by the assimilation.
Its disadvantages, according to 'Jethmal Gulrajani', is that the Sindhi Hindus never built up an individuality in their culture which results from a concentration of forces. There is no real clear-cut individuality in matters of religion or caste. Instead they are like blotting paper who have absorbed whatever comes their way and seems to be an expedient adaptation.
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