The community seems to have gone through several challenges over the centuries; first by having to migrate to Sindh, and then having to leave the region during Partition. What role did these circumstances have to play in building the resilience of the community? Resilience is native to Sindhis. Of the many historical factors that nurtured it, the most striking is the capricious course run by the Indus, the great river that made Sindh a place of agricultural bounty. One year your home could be two miles from the river; the next the river might be running by your door; then years would come in which your house would be washed away and you would have to move and start all over again. One year your home could be two miles from the river; the next the river might be running by your door; then years would come in which your house would be washed away and you would have to move and start all over again.

Saaz Aggarwal and Shyam Chainani