Born and raised in a city once heralded as the gang capital of Canada — Abbotsford, British Columbia — Jujhar Singh survived multiple attempts on his life (including a suicide attempt following the tragic death of his fiancé) before his eventual arrest and incarceration. Jujhar Singh is currently serving an 18-year sentence in a federal institution in Canada.
His love of writing, reading and questioning the status quo started at a young age, but came to full realization after incarceration. He quickly devoured knowledge from historians, educators and philosophers, and found himself reconnecting with a religion he had been running from for a large part of his adult life — Sikhism. Reflecting on the choices he had made from a low level of awareness, Jujhar Singh began writing Trenches to Freedom as a way to share his newly acquired awareness.
Jujhar Singh credits a higher power and energy present within Gurbani (the Sikh scriptures — literally "the speech of wisdom") as the reason he has managed to stay alive. At present, Jujhar Singh is actively engaged with like-minded beings, with the intention of being part of a creative, and inspiring collective, to bring a positive uplift to the community as a whole.