Hyder Bux Jatoi

Hyder Bux Jatoi Hyder Bux Jatoi (Sindhi: حيدر بخش جتوئي; Urdu: حيدر بخش جتوئی), 7 October 1901 – 21 May 1970) was a revolutionary, leftist, peasant leader in Sindh, Pakistan. He is known as "Baba-e-Sindh" (Father of Sindh).

Quotes

 * We shall carry on our campaign against this "Zulm" (cruelty).
 * 1969, March: quoted in Restore full Provincial autonomy to Sindh, Balochistan, Pashtoonistan, Six Sindh MNA's Table Draft Bill, also quoted in Hyder Bakhsh Jatoi, 1901-1970: Introduction and excerpts from his Writing, p. 254

Baba-e-Sindh Hyder Bakhsh Jatoi, 1901-1970: Introduction and excerpts from his Writing

 * It requires worth fully to appreciate a man of worth.
 * p. 266
 * There is only one person that can be "more than a father", it is your dear mother, whose love for her offspring is unbounded by heaven and earth.
 * p. 266
 * Time never returns once lost.
 * p. 266
 * All of you please avoid smoking, drinking habits as venomous things. By keeping away from them you will be happy and healthy.
 * p. 266
 * In the Jail, there is a Government supplied radio, and I hear music and news occasionally. My time, however, passes in my pastime; I live by myself, alone.
 * p. 266
 * I hope you must be enjoying to receive a letter from me. I may tell you that I enjoy to receive your letter ten times more. In prison life, a letter from dear ones is a great luxury.
 * p. 266
 * I have done nothing but my duty, and which I shall be doing so long as there is life in me.
 * p. 267
 * Everyone has to follow the road (to death)!
 * p. 267