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Homage paid to Gianchandani at HRCP ceremony

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HYDERABAD: Speakers paid tribute to comrade Sobho Gianchandani for his commitment, uprightness and pro-Sindh approach because he faced tremendous difficulties in his life but did not leave Sindh. They were speaking at a condolence reference on “Sobho Gianchandani — a great progressive, pro-Sindh intellectual of the subcontinent” held in Dr N.A. Baloch auditorium of the […]


Sobho Gianchandani: Death of an intellectual giant

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Karachi: It was in the early 70s that I first met eminent Marxist leader, short story writer and an intellectual of the high caliber Sobho Gianchandani who bowed out on Monday in Larkana after protracted illness leaving behind thousands mourners across the world. The meeting took place at Qasre Zainab, a beautiful apartment on Club […]


A dauntless crusader — Sobho Gianchandani (1920–2014)

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By: Shaikh Aziz and Sohail Sangi ON a humid morning in 1939, a 19-year-old boy travelled from Larkana to Shantiniketan College, Rabindranath Tagore’s school in West Bengal, desirous of learning music. He had asked the principal for admission, but without a test, and had received a positive telegram. Three years later, when he left, he […]