Fatima of Sindh

This book is written by ( Chacha- Uncle ) Mohmed Ali Laghari who hailed from a small village and had a very limited education ( Upto Primary level). He and his father with the entire family were  landless tillers. They belonged to a tribal/clannish society rooted in traditional values and loyalty to kinship. It was totally and ruthlessly a patriarchal society. In that society when even the men had no voice of their own but of their clan leader the question of voice of the woman did not arise. Even their existence was subordinate to the male will.

With this background someone about his wife, about her tribulations and her courage, dedication and her journey into a political movement speaks volumes about the enlightened spirit, his boldness and courage of conviction. Man from a lower strata of society with a very limited education but with robust commonsense could play a significant role in Sindhi Nationalist Movement is in itself quite a significant achievement. This book will provide a resource material for History of nationalist movement whenever such a book is written. Contrasted with the fact that even today the electoral politics in Sind is in the hands of a handful of Feudal lords as they have created there fiefdoms in their respective ‘territories’.  In fact by its very nature the Sindhi Nationalist Movement is rooted in the soil of the Sind and sons of the soil is the mainstay of this movement.