Awara’s poetry is noted for its expression of social protest and human struggle.[2]The tone and diction of these poems were nationalist revolutionary and they were first published in a volume named Bijii di Tarak (The Lap of Lightning).[citation needed] It was confiscated by the British Government under the title Bhaghawat (Rebellion)[3], followed in 1941 by Main Baghi Han (I am a Rebel). The rebellion at this state has gone from mere political defiance of the British rulers to the more fundamental spiritual rebellion against the belief in an all-pervading divinity and the principles and tactics of institutional religion.[1] Awara saw the variety of religions in India as obstacles in the way not only of the National struggle for freedom but also of basic humanity. He died in 1982.[citation needed]
Further reading
Ahuja, Jagdeep Kaur (2007). Darashana Singh Awara-Kaavi Vich Vidroh [Social Protest in the Poetry of Darshan Singh Awara] (in Punjabi). Chandigarh: Lokgeet Parkashan. ISBN 978-81-7142-268-5. OCLC 166392799. LCCN 2007389319.[4]
References
1 2 Das, Sisir Kumar.A History of Indian Literature 1911-1956:
Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy. Delhi. Sawastik Offset. 2006 pg. 734.
↑ Ahuja, Jagdeep Kaur (2007). Darashana Singh Awara-Kaavi Vich Vidroh (in Punjabi). Chandigarh: Lokgeet Parkashan. ISBN 978-81-7142-268-5.
