Since I had a version of the script ready for two surs in Sindhi and Urdu, I printed them out at a print shop, then head to Hyderabad to meet Ustad Amb Jogi at Radio Pakistan. It is always quite a journey, taking the bus in the heat to get there, so I try to do several tasks in one go. I stopped at the Adabi Board book shop and picked up a few books I needed before heading to Radio Pakistan.This was the first time that we had something that we could even begin testing out. There were a few singers at the station, so Ustad Amb Jogi asked them to give it a go. At first they looked at the verses and were taken aback. The first response was that they could not sing it. After a bit more explaining and coaxing, they understood that these verses need not be sung as song in the traditional sense. Ustad sahib suggested we drop percussion, thus freeing the singers to express the words in the time they needed with other instruments accompanying them. This made sense to the two singers who gave it a go.While these two surs are to be sung by women, it was still helpful to get someone to give it a try. Ustad sahib had some more work to do before we could leave to meet some female singers he had in mind, so I walked around in search of some more books I needed, around Hyder Chowk, which was down the street. Of course, I also visited my friend Abdul Majeed Sumroo at his office there. He’s such a friendly and fun loving person, despite being very busy, dealing with constant challenges in the printing business.Ustad sahib picked me up after his work and we went to meet the family of Farzana Bahar, a Sindhi singer.We spoke to some family members who were musicians, regarding what we were looking for. The women were out for a bit, but returned soon enough, so we were able to present the project and talk about what we needed. One of the challenges was that a reference would be needed for the correct pronunciation of the original Sindhi verses. I thought of Mehboob Ali Shah sahib. That would be something to figure out. The women would be away performing for the next 5 nights, but we could start looking at this afterwards.In the evening, I returned to Jamshoro and met Shafqat sahib who had offered to help with the script that night. We ended up going to meet a group of friends and it was Javed Solangi sahib who did all the verse hunting that night. Every bit, is a huge help as I still need to complete the surs that will be sung by men.