Amar Sindhu

Sindhu's real name is Salma Laghari. She was born to Hussain Bukhsh Laghari on 28 August 1968 at village Dodo Laghari, Mirpur Khas District, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] She holds two master's degrees and an LLB degree.

Sindhu is an assistant professor of philosophy at Sindh University Jamshoro.[2] She is also a Sindhi-language poetess.[3][4][5]

As a human rights[6] and civil society activist Sindhu has been involved in a number of issues including the rights of minorities,[7][8] women, violence,[9] She has also been a part of fact finding teams.[10] As a socialist feminist and women rights activist, she is active, founding and leading member of Women's Action Forum.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] In 2012, she suffered minor injuries when she was shot while traveling to Karachi,[18] Sindhu led the "Aurat Azadi March" (Women's Freedom March) in Sukkur on March 8, 2020 held on Women's Day 2020.[19] Sindhu along with Arfana Mallah started chapter of Women's Action Forum in Hyderabad in 2008.[20][21][22] Sindhu was inspired by Sabeen Mahmud's T2F in Karachi,[23] and she along with Haseen Shah and Arfana Malah started the "Khanabadosh Writers Cafe"[24] at the Sindh Museum to offer a space where intellectuals and creative people from Hyderabad and other areas of Sindh can engage in intellectual discussions.[25] In 2015, she organised the "Ayaz Festival" to celebrate the life of the Sindhi poet Shaikh Ayaz (1923-1997).[26] Those who paid homage included veteran politician Rasool Bux Palijo and writer, Noorul Huda Shah.[27] In 2015, the Cafe also hosted a tribute to Hassan Mujtaba, a poet and journalist.[28]

Sindhu is a writer[29][30] and political analyst too. She has written as a columnist in Dawn News[31] and Humsub.[32] She has written many articles in English, Urdu and Sindhi. Her work has been translated into the German language.[33][34]

She also published a magazine named Adrish[35] on social, political and cultural issues.

Sindhu is author of a bilingual book of poetry book 'Ojagiyal Akhyun Ja Sapna',[36][37] and "Jaagti Ankho Kay Sapnay".[38] Sindhu has written many articles about the poetry of Shaikh Ayaz, a legendary poet of Sindh.[39]