Sindu Singh

Indian poet and humanitarian of the Indian independence movement. Because of similar political beliefs and coinciding timeframe, some suggest he was the real V. M. Straka (although he was 11 when Straka's first book was published)

Biography
He was born in 1900 in India and wrote about the independence movement with many of its leaders being his admirers. With Gandhi's explicit blessings he turned his focus to more global issues, alienating some of his admirers, before independence was achieved in 1947. As such he was made more popular outside his home country and he isn't remembered as one of the greatest poets of the movement.

In 1948, he resettled in Geneva, and over the next 15 years he enjoyed a burst of creativity. In his later years he has his base in New York serving as an unofficial pan-cultural ambassador to the United Nations, but traveled and lectured before his death in 1974.

Works
His earlier works were marked by short, jumpy sections in speech. However his later works were similar to V. M. Straka's, set in weird dreamy environments and featuring self-examination and questions of identity. They also shared similar political beliefs although Singh was committed to non-violence, and his language was more lyrical.

His early poetry collection Vilāpa (Lament) was a galvanizing text for many of the movement leaders before their enstrangement.

During his stay in Geneva he published 12 books of poetry and prose over the next 15 years insluding Purpurea (1960), a collection of verse that won dozens of international literary prizes and continues to influence poets around the world.

He probably collaborated with Straka on A Hundred Aprils in Amritsar.