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I recently visited the website of Indus online Journal. It was very exciting moment for me when I saw the collection of articles and historical work on website.
I am journalist and presently working with The Nation, leading English daily of Pakistan as Staff reporter on Commerce page.
I started my journalism career with Sindhi media. I used to work with Sindhi daily Kawish and Koshish as staff reporter.
The work which you have taken in the hands is credible and I am inspired. Keep it on.
Hope we will keep in touch.
Ramzan Chandio
The Nation, Karachi
[From: Ramzan Chandio, ramzanchandio@yahoo.com, To: indus_canada@yahoo.com, Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:38:58 PM]

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Congratulations!

I have called in on this location on many an instance now but this post is the 1st one that I have ever commented on.

Congratulations on such a first-rate critique and site. I have found it to be very helpful and educational – I only wish that there were more blogs online like this one.

I never disappear from this blog without learning anything, from time to time I may feel a tiny bit saddened that I may not agree with a blog article or comeback that has been made. But hey! that is existence and if every one decided to agree on the same thing what a boring old world we would exist in.

Please maintain your admirable work.

Having said all of this, and if I’m kindly allowed to continue with my entries I will come again to post on your blog site soon

Cheers have a great day and thank you.

Suzanne Langley

March 8, 2008

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A letter from Sohail Sangi, a Senior Journalist

It’s really good job. Effort should be made to get cooperation from old and new friends and also those who are living abroad and in Sindh. There is also a need to bring these two section close to each other. Regards for your team

Sohail Sangi, Hyderabad

A letter from Dr Ali Akbar Dhakan

I am plesed to see your website of views and news it is a great service to the deprived segment of Sindhi people.

Dr Ali Akbar Dhakan, Karachi, Sindh

A LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA

By visiting Indus asia Online on the net I felt pleasure. IAO is doing a tremendous service for all of us

Dr. Nabi Bux Jumani

Deakin University, Australia

E-mail- Nabi.jumani@deakin.edu.au

Mann Mohan Giyani writes from Karachi, Sindh

First, I had sent congratulations to Indus Asia Online but I forgot to write city. Therefore, now I am sending this again to Indus Asia Online. I appreciate Indus Asia Online’s efforts to constantly work for human rights and humanity. Can visit our website by www.awamiawaz.com.

Mann Mohan Giyani,

General Manager,

Daily AwamiAwaz, Karachi

Email- mmgiyani90@yahoo.com

A letter from UAE

It gives me pleasure to see Indus Asia Online. I am thankful to Indus Asia Online. You are really doing great job. Please keep it up.

Nisar Ahmed Solangi, UAE

 

A letter from Saeed Sangri

Indus Asia Online is not only an online magazine but it is a voice of Sindh too, where Sindhis can share their views, thoughts and ideas. – Saeed Sangri

Letters from Japan and Malaysia

1- A letter from Tokyo, Japan

Few things in a hurry

1. … Indus Asia Online is very popular among Sindhis around the world. I am really grateful, although I forget to thank you every time I see it.

2. Please do keep on writing for daily Kawish. We read you with a great interest. There are so many things about Canada and stories concerning our Sindhis living there, you can write. Your articles are widely read although you may not be getting proper feed back as you know we Sindhis are lazy and bit miser to appreciate others. …

Altaf Shaikh, Tokyo, Japan

2- From Malaysia- I read your Online magzine regularly. It is very interesting and it always keeps me connect with my people when ever I am away from Sindh. I really appreciate the hard work you are putting in it.

Altaf Shaikh, Malacca (Malaysia) email: altafshaikh2005@gmail.com

 

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A LETTER FROM SARFRAZ AHMED CHANDIO

Excellent work … keep it up!!

SARFRAZ AHMED CHANDIO

A letter from Ishak Soomro

It is good effort to continue. Long live INDUS ASIA and hope will be remaining long.

Ishak Soomro

A letter from Khurshed Ali

It’s really good effort that have been carried by Fayaz .. my related field is Software Engineering.

Khurshed Ali, Hyderabad, Sindh

A letter from Jan Muhammad Mangrio

I AM GLAD TO SEE INDUS ASIA ONLINE..YOU ARE DOING FANTASTIC JOB .. PLEASE KEEP CONTINUE WRITING IN DAILY KAWISH.

Jan Muhammad Mangrio

A letter from Izhar Mithal Jiskani

Your Site is beautiful. See also my websites;

www.geocities.com/i mjiskani

www.freewebs.com/im jiskani

Izhar Mithal Jiskani

A letter from Abdul Ghafoor Soomro, Sachal Goth, Karachi, Sindh

Glad to see your site Indus Asia Online. It seems that you worked hard to develop it as a popular site. Please accept my congratulations for such a nice site by you for us.

Abdul Ghafoor Soomro, Sachal Goth, Karachi, Sindh,

Email: agsoomro@gmail.com (Note- Origninal letter was in Sindhi)

 

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A letter from Rafiq Chandio

I have gone through the recent contents of Indus Asa Online. The difference is clear. You and your team are deeply determind to get result by this first ever English Online Journal which focus on Sindh in perticular and South Asia in general.

Rafi Chandio, email: rafichandio@yahoo.com

Letter to Indus Asia Online from Singapore

It is nice to see you and Indus Asia Online on Internet. This refreshes me and will be in my heart for ever…To introduce myself, I am Ram Hotechand Khoobchandani, age 76 years, Singapore citizen. My profession was printing & Publishing; now I am retired. I have desire to write my biography in Sindhi, as I am very good in Sindhi. I have written to some people who are well known in Sindhi world, but it seems, they are just cashing their names & fame only. Hardly they have in their minds to serve the Sindhies and Sindh.
Ram Hotechand Khoobchandanih, kram29@hotmail.com

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The Ancient Songs of Sindhu
You were good enough to publish my message of appreciation of your magazine quite some time ago. Since then your magazine has gained a well deserved name and popularity all over. I know you will keep up your pursuit of excellence.
I was intrigued to read messages on EMail lists (sindhi list etc) about the Song of Sindhu of 5000 BC being launched as a recorded CD. I think it is great that the ancient and even prehistoric past is being illuminated. This is all to the good . It is wrong to forget history. The incidental purpose should also be to bring a sense of unity and understanding and belonging among Sindhis all over the world.

Mehru Dastur (With parents from Karachi Sindh)

 

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Thanks for Indus Asia
Thanks for IAO blog. It was enriching to know the insights and view points of Sindhis and Balochis viz a viz and the national position. I am basically a philosopher (the derwaish kind). Please let me know how I can contribute at Indus Asia Online forum.
Sajeda Rashid
Program Associate, Social Science, Aga Khan Schools
Aga Khan Education Services, Karachi, Pakistan

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Indus Asia Online is a best site

You are doing best at Indus Asia Online and your contribution has been marvllous in Daily Kawish while living away from homeland, and being in such a busy life of canda, you have kept the pace up. The culture of a nation is an aspect of ultimate values. These values, possessed by a particular society, are expressed in that society’s collective institutions. Culture, in a sense is an essence, within the boundaries of that individuals live by. They express cultural values in their dispositions, habits, feelings, passions, attitudes and manners. Sindhi culture belongs to that unique group of people with the sense of common history and common traditions, as well as multiplication of common interests. All these gave rise to the flowering and flourishing of that great Sindhi civilization. And the KTN, the very first Sindhi Satellite channel has really been outstanding to serve this great cause by playing a pivotal role in promoting THE SINDH and SINDHI culture, in every walk of life, and media is source of information, knowlege, and it changes the values of nation and give them a plate form to raise ther voice, and KTN did its job and doing its best for Sindh and Sindhi language, and Sindhi people as well, and its also a change to sindhi nation that they have their electroinc media, first time in history , in order to give a way to the Sindhi nation to come up, and show their talent to whole world, its an histirical achivement ..I want that their should be an introduction of KTN at Indus Asia Online.
Please keep the pace up
Best Wishes and Regards
Sikander Baloch
Journalist And News CasterKTN Bangkok Thailand

 

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Indus Asia Online is keeping us aware
It is very honour for us that IAO is keeping us aware & cconccious about Sindh’s issues either it may be in abroad. Really that is very encouraging & very good effort if all Sindhis will be like you than that day is not for away when,,,,,,,,,May God help you in your aim.
Please accept my happy new yeear .
Tameez Ahmed Junejo, Niger, Africa
tameezjunejo@hotmail.com

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Indus Asia Online is a nice piece of work
Famous Sindhi and English humor writer Haleem Brohi says Indus Asia Online is a nice piece of work.

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Indus Asia Online is entertaining & informative
I went through your blog and found it very entertaining and informative. I also liked your blog on BBC. Why your columns are not appearing in Kawish? We are missing them.
Manoj Kumar manojhalai@yahoo.com
Note: Manoj Kumar, the lecturer by profession is a Sindhi and English writer, intellectual and the columnist of the largely circulated Sindhi daily Kawish and his columns are very popular and well receiving all over the world by the readers.

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INDUS ASIA WILL SOON BE RANKED IN THE LIST OF GOOD ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
I have gone through Indus Asia Online. It is indeed good effort. Your creative abilities are really commendable. I hope many friends will get advantage of knowledge from the postings and also will increase the knowledge of others by sending the matters for posting. In this way we will get advantage of each others knowledge and study. I advise other sindhi friends to follow you and take initiatives in creative activities. I wish you success in your efforts and hope you will continue efforts for improvement. Keeping in view your abilities I am confident that Indus Asia will soon be ranked in the list of good online journals/newspapers.
K.M.KOLACHI
President, SANA, Greater Toronto Area (GTA) chapter

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A Letter from washington, DC
YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THE MAGAZINE… I SPECIALLY LIKE THE VARIETY OF STUFF IN IT… I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU START A SELECTION OF QUIPS FROM HALIM BROHEE’S BOOKS…YOU WILL FIND AN IMMENSE TREASURE OF THE SAME IN HIS LATEST BOOK ” SEEDS”…
PHI AMAAN ALLAH
Abdul Aleem Brohi
Washington, DC, USA

 

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INDUS-ASIA Online is a great and pleasing website, informative and constructive
Like many who have commented, I do think that your website is fascinating and full of information and even inspirational. Particularly Krishna Utamsinghani’s message of appreciation for your website impressed me. In regard to her reservation on the name Sindhu vs. Indus, I have to add that history has a habit of transforming names of regions, rivers and even countries. In India, they have changed the names of Bombay (to Mumbai) and Calcutta (to Kolkata). Even the name, Pakistan itself, is no more than sixty years old. In so far as the names Sindhu and Indus are concerned, they are really interchangeable though admittedly Sindhu is the name of the great river from time immemorial while Indus is comparatively its modern name. Yet we have to face the fact that in the Western world, it is the name, Indus, that is better known and I would not be surprised if many youngsters here and elsewhere, would not readily recognize the term Sindhu but would have no difficulty in connecting with Indus.So all in all, I appreciate the name of this great website as INDUS-ASIA-Online.Of course, it boggles the mind why anyone would try to change the time-honored name of River Sindhu or Indus to Singhe. I hope INDUS-ASIA would kindly give us more facts about that controversy. I believe that controversies never die totally. There is always some kind or unkind soul who sees to their revival in time to come. In any case, I am sure it would be vastly interesting to know how India’s Minister “promptly was compelled to reverse the decision to rename Sindhu River as Singhe.” I love to know more of “peoples power” which can bend the minister’s will.
I repeat – INDUS-ASIA Online is a great and pleasing website, informative and constructive.
Mehru Dastur ,with parents from Karachi, Sindh

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INDUS ASIA ONLINE IS A GOOD PLATFORM TO GET TOGETHER AND SHARE THE VIEWS
I have no words to say for launching such a good platform to get together and share our views to the rest of the world.Sindh, which is very well known with its own name and civilization, currently facing hard time.Therefore, at this point, Indus Asia Online is a good opportunity for us to speak freely,
Thanks
Soheil Jamali

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THE GET-UP AND CONTENTS OF INDUS ASIA ONLINE ARE VERY PLEASING
What a pleasure it is to be acquainted with Indus Asia Online. Its get-up and contents are pleasing. For those of us who have emotional ties with Sindh and Sindhi culture, even though we are scattered all over the world, it is so refreshing to see this website which offers so much. I do wish though that your website carried the name of Sindhu which is the time-honored name of the great River and the great culture of Sindh for thousands of years from the very dawn of civilization. Indus, is the name of comparatively modern origin having been bequeathed to us by the Greeks.
Of course, one can ask What is in the Name? But recently – about three months back – the Minister of Tourism in India decided to change the name of River Sindhu (which flows in Ladakh too) to River Singhe. There was such a commotion in the Sindhi (Indian) community in USA, UK and else where that the Minister promptly was compelled to reverse the decision to rename Sindhu River as Singhe. But my reservation on the name apart, I consider your website as fascinating.
With regards,
Miss Krishna Utamsinghani
Mountain View, CA 94040, USA

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Today, I am leaving Niger for my one month holidays and I will come in touch with you when I arrived in Karachi. And then, next month I will go back to Niger where I m working as Eye Specialist and medical director at Makkah eye hospital. I am regular reader of your columns published by daily Kawish. I really appreciate your efforts and thanks for good website.
Tameez Ahmed Junejo
FROM: NIGER
tameezjunejo@hotmail.com

 

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First of all I congratulate you on Indus Asia online website. No doubt you have already created awareness among the masses through your columns and articles. Now you have initiated Indus Asia online which can play vital role for our people. We can raise the voice and show the grieve ness of Sindh through this web magazine.Best wishes for you.
(Saeed Ahmed)
Sangrisangrisaeed@yahoo.com

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INDUS ASIA ONLINE IS INTERESTING WEB SITE
I saw your website and found it interesting, with full of love for Sindh. I am ready to put my share and contribute ideas to wide audience of Indus Asia Online. My Short Profile: I have done Masters in Forestry and Rural Development. I have worked with the Govt. and community development sector in different capacities through out Pakistan. Presently, I am running a district program of national endeavour in education reforms, managed by RTI (NC,USA) funded by USAID, in Thatta.
Allah Wahi
Agha Tahir Hussain

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Wonderful Job and Constructive Role
I am most happy to have seen ” INDUS ASIA ONLINE” and indeed ” YOU HAVE DONE WONDERFUL JOB. AND ALSO, YOU ARE PLAYING CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE. The truth is that you deserve un-bounded applause from all of us for producing Indus Asia Online web based magazine/news paper. Translating an idea into an action is most difficult manoeuvre. But through this job you have proven that you beleived in a posive and constructive work.Shah Latif Says;The waves seem to be in thousandsBut water you see is just oneDo not worry about the depth of the seaNor should that thought bother you.The interface and contents of ” INDUS ASIA ONLINE” are impressive and informative. I hope that ” INDUS ASIA ONLINE” will deliver its positive role for the community. Keep the same spirit alive.With Best wishes.
AIJAZ KOLACHI, Toronto, Canada
Note: Aijaz Kolachi is a Sindhi writer and columnist

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Serious grammar mistakes
I have gone through your web page/journal. I must appreciate your effort and spirit but dear there are some serious grammar mistakes in it. It does not sound good to have mistakes in such a useful journal.
Jami Chandio
(Note: Jami Chandio is a Sindhi writer, columnist and intellectual. And he has been an Editor of a Sindhi daily newspaper for several years)

 

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No doubt Indus Asia Online is good site
No doubt Indus Asia Online is a good breakthrough but we still need to do more practically in our rural Sindh where feudals are strong and tamed the uneducated people. We will not achieve our goal for real Sindhi society till our masses know the word Islam and democracy. The solution of our most problems is in the Mass Education of Sindh.
Aziz Ujjan
Lecturer Govt. National college Karachi, Sindh

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INDUS ASIA ONLINE REALLY DESERVE THE CONGRATULATIONS
Indus Asia Online really deserve congratulations! I visited Indus Asia Online. You are doing good job. I also circulated Indus Asia Online web page to all my friends through e-mail.
(Gulab Rai, Hyderabad, Sindh)

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You like good people and hate corruption
You are in Canada but still your linkages are with Sindh. You like good people and hate corruption. You want to do some thing. I invite you to the righteous path. If you want to see Sindh, Sindhis, poor people and humans want to get their right we must move little ahead who is creature of humans? Is there any message from him, Yes there is, the QURQN, the book not by any human being. I am not moulvi, I have reached on this conclusion after more than 20 years deep thought and getting closeness with political and religious people. If u want queries, I am ready to reply. Quran is the book to human beings, the book of human rights, and the book of the code of life.
Dr. Nawaz Ali Naji Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Child specialist: dralinaji@yahoo.com

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INDUS ASIA ONLINE IS A WORTH READING WEB MAGAZINE
Indus Asia online is really a worth reading web magazine. I Salute you for doing all this. I have been regularly reading your articles in daily Kawish too and enjoying every word of your columns. I hope to read more and more from you. Keep it up, well done.
(Mukhtiar Samo, Knowledge Centre, Larkana, Sindh)

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INDUS ASIA ONLINE IS A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE
No doubt Indus Asia Online is a wonderful initiative that would lead to the nation to collectivism and make sure that our every effort will remember in history.
(Fatah, Sindh Education Foundation, Sehwan, Sindh)

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I AM GLAD TO SEE INDUS ASIA ONLINE
I am glad to see Indus Asia Online. It is doing wonderful job. Indus Asia Online makes it possible for us and international world to know about Sindh and the problems of Sindh. It is need of today to go in front of International community and Indus Asia Online is doing that work. Saroop Chhabria (saroop80@rediffmail.com)

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Indus Asia- Excellent Work
I have visited Indus Asia Online web site magzine, I must say it is an excellent work.Content wise there are many thought provoking things and other stuff.And it will improve more with the time under your supervision.At this satage, I must say this is a right step to the right direction.Needless to say all of us(old and new freinds) join your hands in this work. cheers!

Rafiq Ahmed Chandio, London, UK
rafiq_chandio@yahoo.com

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INDUS ASIA ONLINE IS GOOD SERVICE TO SINDH AND SINDHI PEOPLE
Congratulations! It would be good service to sindh and sindhi people, if you use this forum to expose those people who are doing injustice to people of Sindh in perticular and people of Pakistan in general. Because some newspapers rather all newspaper specially sindhi newspapers are forced/intimidate not to publish some names involved in heneous crime against people. For example, while reporting the arrest of Jam Saqi, reported that he was arrested b/c he visited a village of a influential person(no name). Moreover, it will be great idea if you expose all waderas, sindhi policitans and officers who are stabbing sindhi people in the back. Encourage persons who are sitting in sindh to write about their areas and expose all wrong doers. This will be great service to the people.
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