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SHIKARPUR, AN ERA LOST UN NOTICED

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Dr. Agha Inamullah Khan July 5, 2020 Shikarpur today is known for its Kulfi Faluda only & Mola Bux’s pickles, that too of low quality. Expelling Afghans has been anxiety for most of the nationalists of Sindh. But there were times when Afghans who migrated to Sindh, merged here in its language, culture and have served Sindhi culture to a great a deal and their ashes are buried in its soil fertilizing wild vegetation’s. The first society Dharampukars Amateurs Society to promote Drama & Theater was established by notables like Thakurdas Nagrani a session Judge, famous poet of those times & musician Durrani Ghulam Nabi Agha Sufi, Maharaj Tejbhandas and others at Shikarpur, in 1897. I feel blessed to have some of the collection of old hand written letters  to be most valuable treasure in contemporary era of information technology, quantum computing devices & artificial intelligence, where reality pretty soon might seem a myth only. Annexed here is one such let