The success of every poet who seeks to transcend the boundaries of time and space lies in his ability to present something personal as a work of art with universal appeal. Siddhicharan had the ability to identify with the suffering of exploited people and inspired them to struggle hard to achieve their noble and lofty goals and objectives. The poet’s personal sorrow is artistically transmuted into the anguished cry of the period in which he lived. In other words, poetry to Siddhicharan was not a means of romanticizing personal grief, agony and suffering. The suffering masses found in him a champion of justice, freedom and solidarity with mankind. The poet appealed to them as their friend, philosopher and guide since his poetry could eloquently articulate the pangs and despair of the teeming millions.

Siddhicharan is recognized and acclaimed as a representative poet, for like the English poet Lord Tennyson he was sensitive to the mood and ethos of the times. As Tennyson reminds us in one of his poems that old order changes yielding place to new, Siddhicharan could understand and express in poetic language easily understood by the common people their aspirations for change or a new order based on justice, equity and freedom from exploitation as well as peace, progress and prosperity. While he remained in jail, the poet composed a number of poems the predominant theme of which was a craving for change from the old regime to a democratic setup in which the voice of the people reigns supreme.

"Tears" composed by Siddhicharan in BS 2004 and later published in Jhilko, a literary magazine, can be cited as an instance of the poet’s understanding of human destiny and predicament and his abiding faith in the power of struggle for change. It is the poet’s conviction that popular uprising or revolt has the power to establish a new social order replacing the old order battered and weakened by exploitation, domination and oppression. "Tears" is no doubt a poem of epic dimension. Tears symbolise for the poet the misery and suffering of the people forced to live under autocratic rule for over a century. There is a message of hope in the poem as it visualises a future that brings happiness to all. This, in fact, is the meaning of democracy which does not serve only the interests of a small segment of self-centred rulers and their henchmen.

"Tears" presents Siddhicharan as a nationalist poet who loves his country and its people. The poet fervently believes that the motherland belongs to all and cannot be allowed to be exploited and tyrannized by a handful of ruling elites. Once the people realize their potential and assert themselves to regain their legitimate rights, tears can be transformed into joy or a state of bliss away from the dismal confines of ruthless exploitation and domination. The poet, too, weeps as he sees millions in tears. His desire for change is prompted by his sincere wish to see the distressed millions, that is, his fellow countrymen free, fearless, happy and prosperous.

Siddhicharan’s advocacy of rebellion in "Tears" is justified in a decaying society which has to be purged of its deformities, drawbacks and degeneration. The poet’s psyche embedded as it is in the revolutionary spirit is awakened by his deep sense of humanity and his consciousness of social unrest resulting in an impassioned plea for radical reform of the prevailing order. In other words, revolt is a logical response to the popular urge for the radical restructuring of a petrified social system. Siddhicharan does not plead for revolution as a dogma or an ideological creed.

"Tears" is an expression of outrage against negative trends and inhuman practices that have brought discredit to the ideals of human civilization. This is further exemplified in the following lines:

To exploit others is called civilization
To speak untruth is called gentleness
The society today is spoilt
The result of most callous customs and practices.

In the "spoilt society" mentioned above, the value system is distorted as ill-gotten wealth, machinations and callousness unbecoming of human dignity overshadow the long cherished values and norms of honesty, hard work and a humane outlook on life. The universal appeal of the poem lies in the fact that it portrays the excesses and atrocities of the Rana oligarchy as the woes and worries of mankind. It is true that injustice, tyranny and oppression are not unique to a particular society or a period in history. They are applicable and found elsewhere across the broad spectrum of human society.

Freedom of expression is the sine qua non of democracy, and people deprived of this freedom are hungry, naked and even condemned to live a beastly existence. The poet deplores the sad state of affairs in the following lines:

What a system now prevails
Living like a beast and dying like a
beast
What has happened to humanity
today?

Siddhicharan seeks to inspire in the masses dehumanized or brutalized by tyranny and injustice self-confidence, courage and the power latent in every individual to change an outworn system through their own efforts, dedication, struggle and sacrifice. A sense of direction is artistically communicated by the poet in most of his poems including "Tears."