“A man Of wisdom and Action”
____Pardeep Gulab
The man who is known as an institution of knowledge, whenever one sees the history of oppressed class and nations, he will be in the head lines from Sindh. He is a voracious reader; he read the world literature, philosophy, history, science, cultures and religions. Since his infancy, he was very interested in the solution of the problems of people.
He was a keen observer of the time and the situations. The main and a rare thing that he had in his personality is that he was as much practical in his life and struggle as his great intellectuality. He saw the conditions of Sindh and Sindhi people with a scientific eye through the glasses of the Marxism, Leninism and Maoism in perspective of Sindh and added some different ways and strategies for struggle against feudalism and capitalism regarding time and socio-political scenario of Sindh and Pakistan.
Every aspect of his life and struggle is a separate chapter; beside being the legendary leader of oppressed class, he is a well-known lawyer, great writer, orator, social scientist, literary critic, political theorist, and scholar.
He focused on the class struggle. He was very practical in his essence, and an artist of portraying the minds of people with revolutionary spirit and manners of an enlightened and a scientific man of the society. He produced a great number of political cadre and a cream of intellects, that was remarkable step in the history of Sindh.
He, with his friend Fazil Rahoo, marched to the peasants. Fazil Rahoo is a great peasant’s leader and a symbol of inspiration and struggle; they both were like the supporting hands of the peasants, workers and suppressed people. When the nation is in the critical situation, everyone is in fear of its shadow; the media was high jacked, political parties and leaders are high jacked, the people are afraid of politics.
They both were the power of people, and people were the actual power of them. They stood against the antihuman, anti-people and anti-Sindh conspiracies made by the powers and state. The strategies and secrets of their struggle are interesting and motivational. They are real heroes of people and interpretation of their dreams.
Rasool Bux Palijo is not only the lawyer of courts but is an advocate of the oppressed people and nation, his assembly is Sindhi people and court was the Sindh. When Punjab snatched the water of Sindh and sold three rivers to India, he advocated the case of Sindh with strong arguments and detailed discourse in the form of book, “Sindh-Punjab water dispute”. He marched to the villages, town and cities of Sindh to make the people aware of their rights and resources. The four great long marches by Awami Tahreek left profound impacts on the society and politics. He was in the first leading row of MRD, One-unit, and against kala Bagh dam, CJLC, Thal canal…etc.
He is the man of multiple qualities and abilities; he advocated the enlightened Sindhi literature by writing two great critical works “Andha Ondha Wej” and other “Sandi Zat Hanjan” and broke the barriers of criticism in Sindhi literature. He is a man of letters. For him, literature and art were the tools of resistance. He introduced poets and singers in the programs with enlightened poetry and music.
He initiated his struggle from his family and home, particularly in Sindhi society the women are too suppressed and treated as just the house holders and has nothing to do with the social and political works. It is difficult for women to be the part of struggle and same for a man to leave his mother or sister in politics. He is a man who sacrificed his family, protested on roads and jailed many times. He thought that a woman has a profound role in the society and should have the equal representation in the politics. He made “Sindhyani Tehreek” as a sister branch of Awami Tehreek, others are Sujag Bar Tehreek, Sindhi Girls Students Tehreek, Sindhi Shagrid Tehreek, Sindhi Hari Tehreek, Sindhi Mazdoor Tehreek, Awami lawyers forum.
No one can have two thoughts regarding his intellect approach and wisdom with a remarkable work and contribution. His foresight and sublime vision predicted the things that became true by a time. He tried to remove the usual,
uncivilized, customary and conventional manners of Sindhi society and to introduce the enlightened and scientific culture. He is a professional revolutionary in his nature. He is golden chapter of the history, and his role can never be replaced. His birth was a birth of new Sindh, and Sindh feels proud on his birthday.
