Sindhi Sahit Mandal (S.S.M) became catalyst in spreading literary and cultural activities among the Sindhis in India. Under its aegis regular literary meetings were held to exchange views on the process of literary creation. The message of cultural survival reached far and wide giving rise to a movement of preservation, deveopment and promotion of Sindhi language, art and literature. This movement took momentum and came to be popularly known as 'Sindhiyat' meaning full fledged and allround growth and progress of Sindhi culture and language.

Even in the field of Sindhi drama and the stage it was none else, but the S.S.M which took the initiative to revive the rich Sindhi stage in India. Of course, a beginning in dramatic activity had been made by Sindhi School, more particularly, 'The Sind Model High School' (Bombay) under the enlightened guidance of its Principal Dharamdas Kshtriya ,who was a great lover of Sindhi art and culture. In the annual functions of the school Mr. Dhramdas encouraged presentation of a couple of short plays. He was assisted by Ram Raseela and Popati Hiranandani in the production of these items.

But S.S.M was the first Sindhi association to venture out to put up a short play before the public. In the year 1951 on the occasion of anniversary celebrations of the great modern Sindhi poet Kishinchand 'Bewas' a sociohumorous short play written by the poet, entitled 'Porhe-Jo-Parno (The Marriage of an old man) was staged under the banner of S.S.M in Hinduja school hall at Charni Road, Bombay. It was indeed a pleasant experience, as the tables were put together to make the stage, chaddars and dhotis were used to serve as curtains. It was an amateur attempt, but the spirit was high and triumphant. The play was directed by Das Talib.

It was really a strange coincidence that in the very same year (1951) the Delhi Writers Association also produced the same play by poet 'Bewas' in Baba Nebhraj school (Lajpatnagar) under the very same circumstances - no regular stage, no dresses, no curtains etc.

S.S.M continued producing Sindhi short plays from year to year during annual function mostly on the small stage of Sind Model High School In 1956 the Mandal took a bold step of presenting a humorous play 'Gamtoo Student' written by J.N. Nagrani and directed by Kirat Babani, in the spacious public hall of K.C. College, which turned out to be a great success. In the coming year (1957) the Mandal put out two short plays- 'Haqan-Jo-Rakhpal' adapted from Upenranath 'Ashk's play and 'Shaahidi' (Evidence) writen by Mohammed Usman Deeplai (Sindh). Both were directed by Kirat Babani and were well received by the public. Shaahidi' proved a hilarious comedy. 1958 will remain a land mark year both for S.S.M and also for the Sindhi stage. An experiment was made. Gobind Malhi adapted Munshi Premchand's well-known short-story 'Kafan' in dramatic from and produced it under the banner of S.S.M. The play achieved distinction in techique,acting and presentation. Ishwar Navani and Madan Jumani played memorable roles in the play. Another short play 'Amulh Manikan-Jo-Vyapar' written and directed by Sundari Uttamchandani was also staged on the same occasion. The play had all women characters played by the members of the Mandal.

On the other hand under the guidance and patronage of late Prof. Ram Panjwani, plays written as well as adapted by him were being performed by the students in Jai Hind College. Some of these plays were based on the Sindhi folk tales and some were of social content. Prof. Panjwani's one act 'Samaj-Shewak' has remained till today the most popular humorous hit. Prof. Arjan Shad remained co-director and co-producer with Prof. Ram Panjwani.