Synopsis Coming at it does from Bhagat Singh himself, this essay will, it is hoped, help us understand India’s greatest revolutionary, his life, his thought, his world view and so forth. The essay was written a few days before the great revolutionary was hanged and was published under the title ‘Why I am an Atheist’ in 1931 in The People, an English weekly started by L.Lajpat Rai from Lahore. It is a document of great historical importance and substance.