The Sindh Guardian Volume 4 - Issue 3

REMEMBERING CHACHA MOHAMMAD ALI LAGHARI

As an activist Sindhi in Sindh in late sixties, I am not sure if I had met Chacha Mohammad Ali Laghari in those years. My best recollection is from January 2000 when I had the fortune of meeting him in Hyderabad. I was visiting my family, who live not far from his residence. I contacted him as Sufi Munawar had given some gifts for his family. During this short meeting, he and his family bestowed on me their legendary kindness and hospitality. During few hours of our kachahary, I learnt a great deal about the poor people of rural Sindh, their poverty, and their helplessness. I also discovered why people lovingly call him “Chacha”, which in Sindhi language means uncle. Indeed, like a real “Chacha”, he was more concerned about the welfare of poor people and Sindhi identity than the well-being of himself.

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