However, when the Hindu Sindhi moved from Pakistan to India in 1947, the Sindhi culture was greatly affected. The vacuum that was created in the Sind province was soon filled with educated Muslim Sindhi and Urdu from India. These Muslims quickly acquired a place of importance in Pakistan. Today, a majority of the Sindhi are engaged in irrigation farming. Their principal crops include wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane, various fruits, and oilseed.
Some farmers also raise sheep, goats, and camels.
The Sindhi living in cities often work as merchants, physicians, lawyers, and teachers. The Sindhi live in mud or baked-brick houses built close together for security. Even very small homes are surrounded by high walls. The houses are designed so that male guests never see the women. The family is the basic unity of Sindhi society, with the male head being the authority.