THATTA, Dec 28: Members of a delegation of Indian Sindhi writers visited their ancestral towns of Daro and Chuhar Jamali on Monday. In Daro, they attended the launching ceremony of Adab ja Sarchashma (Resources of literature) by critic Yousuf Sindhi, Aalami Ajaibat (Wonders of the world) by travel writer Abdul Hayee Palijo and a periodical Jati.

The ceremony was held to celebrate the visit of Indian writer and poet Dr Moti Parkash and his writer son Shrikant Sadaf to their ancestral town. The Indian writers, in a sentimentally charged atmosphere, visited the homes they had abandoned at the time of the partition and met their old friends.

The delegation was accorded a warm welcome by the residents of Daro and attended a reception hosted by People's Party Parliamentarians' local leader Arbab Mohammad Din.

A host of the writers led by former Lok Sabha member Suresh Keswani and comprising Lachhmandas Komal, Nand Jaweri, Krishan Rahi, Cheetu Lalwani, Dr Satesh Rohra and others drove to their ancestral town of Chuhar Jamali and visited what used to be their homes and met their old friends.

They also attended a luncheon hosted by Taluka Nazim Hafeezur Rehman Memon. Earlier in Thatta, the delegation visited the Shahjehan Masjid, Shivdhari Mandir, graves of great warrior Dulah Darya Khan and king Jam Nizamuddin Samoon and other historic sites in the Makli graveyard and Thatta town.

They praised the governments of Pakistan and India for extending opportunities to the people of both sides to come closer and build up a friendly atmosphere to help sort out disputes between the two countries.