Socialism ki hai Author: HIRA SINGH DARD, GIANI (1889-1965) was a journalist and writer who began writing religious and patriotic poetry in Punjabi in his early teens, later writing under the pseudonym 'Dard' from which he was named , was as born in Rawalpindi district, now Pakistan. His father Hari Singh, who belonged to the Brahmin family of Panchi, settled in Rawalpindi and adopted the Sikh faith. Hira Singh attended the Christian Mission School in Rawalpindi and in 1907 was appointed Octroy Clerk to the local parish committee. While working in his school, he passed his Vidvan (Proficiency) and his Giani (Honours) exams in Punjabi at Punjab University in Lahore. During this period he wrote poems about historical Sikh figures and events, of which his two collections, Upkdrdn di Vannagi (Samples of Charity) and his Sikh BachchioJago (Awakening Sikh Youth). ) were published in his 1912 and his 1913 respectively.