A teacher by profession and a freedom fighter by choice - Shri Jitendra Mohan Sinha, ‘Rahbar’ (1911-1993) was a man of multiple facets. He was an ardent follower of Gandhinian philosophy and decided to leave a career in Law to participate in freedom struggle. He was imprisoned in 1930 and later spent a life of a dedicated teacher of English Literature at National College, Lucknow.
In his life of 82 years, he wrote extensively on political and social issues, both in prose and verse. Well conversant in Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu and Farsi, he chose Urdu to be his medium of verse. His poems reflect his liberal convictions and profound thoughts. He was a voice of courage, of honesty and of conviction. His poems have an honest reflection of his thoughts and his time. He was also a deeply spiritual man. He often wrote very intimately about the relation of man and God and “how a good deed never goes waste”. Most of these also have a universal appeal and a childlike faith in goodness, kindness and truth.
