Sindhi festivals such asCheti Chand are celebrated each year with much fanfare.[5] The American Institute of Sindhulogy (AIS) is a non-profit institute ofSindhology in the U.S., dedicated to researching the history and cultural heritage of Sindh as well as its ancientIndus Valley Civilisation.[6]
Sindhi Americans are socially and politically active, having formed numerous community and political-oriented organizations. They maintain interest in domestic American politics, as well asSindhi politics and the wider politics of Pakistan.[7] ThePakistan Peoples Party has a local chapter in the U.S., in which many Sindhis are involved.[8][9] TheWorld Sindhi Institute is a human rights organization founded in 1997 and is based in Washington, D.C.[7] TheWorld Sindhi Congress (WSC) has a U.S. chapter which participates in human rights advocacy and the promotion of Sindhi political interests among the diaspora.[10] G. M. Syed Memorial Committee is a group based inHouston, which promotes the ideology of Sindhi nationalist leaderG.M. Syed.[11][4] There are alsoCongress-focused lobbying groups such as the Sindhi American Political Action Committee (SAPAC),[12] and the Sindh Monitor.[1]
In addition, there are multiple community organizations and associations. The Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) is one of the largest societies of Sindhis residing inNorth America.[13][14] Other Sindhi associations include the American British Sindhi Medical Network (ABSMN),[15] and the Alliance of Sindhi Associations of Americas which consists of various state-based associations.[16]
Ashish Vaswani, computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher, first author of the paperAttention Is All You Need that introduced theTransformer architecture, foundational to modern large language models[18]
^abcChatterji, Joya; Washbrook, David (2014).Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora. Routledge.ISBN9781136018244.
^"US Census 2010 (see row# 69)".U.S. Census Bureau.Table 1. Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over for the United States: 2006-2008
^Alfonso, Carolin; Kokot, Waltraud; Tölölyan, Khachig (2004).Diaspora, Identity and Religion: New Directions in Theory and Research. Routledge.ISBN9781134390359.
