KARACHI, March 4: The ongoing process of peace and amity between India and Pakistan is irreversible, said Indian Communist leader A B Bardhan at the dinner reception held by the Anjuman Taraqqi Pasand Mosannefin in honour of visiting Indian guests on Thursday.

The process cannot be changed because it were not the leaders of the two behind it, but the people were there to carry it on, he said. Against the rising forces of globalization, WTO and the WB, Bardhan said the solution lies in the unity of the working people.

He recalled the role of writers in creating awareness among masses in India and admired the Anjuman for their commitment with the similar cause. Elderly communist leader Sabhogian Chandani, whose name, Bardhan recalled was recorded in India's communist movement, presided over the function, attended by a large number of writers and professionals. Sobho thanked the visiting leaders and their thoughtful deliberations.

Senior writer and intellectual Ibrahim Joyo discussed the role of writers in bringing a social change. Referring to the Sindhi writings, he said those were above all prejudices and religious biases. Sindhi poets had given and upheld the message of universal love and humanism, Joyo said and hoped that the same spirit will strengthen the traditional relations between Pakistan and India.

Earlier, famous literary critic and lawyer Abid Hasan Minto who had come to Karachi, accompanying the Indian leaders, reviewed the prevailing political situation in the subcontinent and the imminent danger of the rising world capital.

With that he portrayed an optimistic picture of the working class unity and their dynamic role as demonstrated in Latin America and Europe, in defeating the evil designs of the multi-national corporations.

Manto's comments got the approval of the communist leader when he came to address the waiting audience. At the outset, Muslim Shamim, secretary of the Anjuman, briefly narrated the eventful role of the organization and about its golden jubilee celebrations in 1986.

Noted critic and writer Mazher Jamil, who had authored a huge volume on the history of Sindhi literature, presented his books to Bardhan and also to Herkishan Singh Surjeet.

As the later did not arrive to attend the function, his copy as also other books donated by writers to the communist leaders were received by Shamim Faizi and other team members.

Saba Ikram, speaking for Pen for Peace, a cultural body, narrated about his recent visit to Delhi to attend the deliberations of Pak-India Peace Forum and about the air of optimism regarding success of the peace movement in the subcontinent found in the Indian capital. Poet Qasir Imratsari and Father Joseph Paul also spoke and welcomed the guests.