Darshan Singh Awara (1906–1982) was an Indian poet, who wrote poetry under the impulse of the Indian Freedom Struggle in the early 1920s.Das, Sisir Kumar.A History of Indian Literature 1911-1956: Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy. Delhi. Sawastik Offset. 2006 pg. 734.
Poetry Awara’s poetry is noted for its expression of social protest and human struggle.Ahuja, Jagdeep Kaur (2007). Darashana Singh Awara-Kaavi Vich Vidroh (in Punjabi). Chandigarh: Lokgeet Parkashan. ISBN 978-81-7142-268-5.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). It was confiscated by the British Government under the title Bhaghawat (Rebellion), 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. 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.
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. References