Sarojini naidu

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Is there aught you need that my hands withhold, Rich gifts of raiment or grain or gold? Lo! I have flung to the East and West Priceless treasures torn from my breast, And yielded the sons of my stricken womb To the drum-beats of duty, the sabres of doom. Gathered like pearls in their alien graves Silent they sleep by the Persian waves, Scattered like shells on Egyptian sands, They lie with pale brows and brave, broken hands, They are strewn like blossoms mown down by chance On the blood-brown meadows of Flanders and France. Can ye measure the grief of the tears I weep Or compass the woe of the watch I keep? Or the pride that thrills thro’ my heart’s despair And the hope that comforts the anguish of prayer? And the far sad glorious vision I see Of the torn red banners of Victory? When the terror and tumult of hate shall cease And life be refashioned on anvils of peace, And your love shall offer memorial thanks To the comrades who fought in your dauntless ranks, And you honour the deeds of the deathless ones Remember the blood of thy martyred sons! Sarojini Naidu was born on February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad, India. A political activist and poet, she joined the Indian National Congress in 1904 and was vocal about women's rights, including the right to vote in India. Naidu was the first Indian woman to be appointed president of the Indian National Congress and to be Governor of United Provinces in 1947 Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering o...

Hostname: page-component-594f858ff7-jtv8x Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2023-06-15T02:40:49.238Z Has data issue: false Feature Flags: hasContentIssue false Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949), the English-language Indian poetess and politician, appears before the viewer in the frontispieces to her first two collections of poetry, The Golden Threshold (1905) and The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death and the Spring (1912). She presents herself in print, as in her oratory, as both a figure of nineteenth-century verse culture and a cosmopolitan nationalist. The Golden Threshold includes a now well-known introduction by Arthur Symons and a sketch of a young Naidu by J. B. Yeats (father of W. B. Yeats). [See Figure 1.] Arrayed in a voluminous and ruffled white dress, distinctly “Western” in style, with hands clasped together, Naidu's youthful yet grave face stares directly at the viewer. She appears here as a precocious, prepubescent Victorian poetess captured within a private setting. Yet when this volume was published in 1905, the picture, drawn during Naidu's sojourn in England in the mid-1890s when much of the poetry included in the collection was composed, must have been almost a decade old. The only sign of racial difference in the sketch is her lightly shaded skin and dark hair. The blurred sketch echoes Naidu's own ambiguous position at this time: she is neither wholly Indian nor wholly English, and she navigates uneasily between the roles of naïve student of poetry and ac...

Naidu, Sarojini 1879-1949 Indian poet, lecturer, and politician. Naidu is remembered as a virtuoso of English metrical forms and romantic imagery in her poetry, which she wrote in English. Her mastery of such difficult poetic constructs as the dactylic prompted the English writers Edmund Gosse and Arthur Symons to praise her work widely and develop friendships with her. Equally concerned with India's freedom movement and women's rights as with writing poetry, Naidu became a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and lectured on behalf of Indian independence throughout India, Africa, the United States, and Canada. Her political career reached its peak when she was elected the first woman governor of the United Provinces in 1947. Biographical Information Naidu was born into a high-caste Bengali family in 1879. Her father, Aghorenath Chattopadhyaya, became, after obtaining his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, a distinguished scholar and linguist who founded two Indian colleges, one for women. Naidu's mother, Varada Sundari, was a minor poet and noted singer. Naidu began writing poetry as a child and at the age of twelve passed the matriculation examination for the University of Madras. As a teenager, Naidu fell in love with Govindarajulu Naidu, a doctor who was neither Bengali nor of the Brahmin caste. Hoping to prevent their daughter from marrying outside her social group, her parents sent her to England in 1895. There Naidu attended King's College, London,...

Sarojini Naidu Death Anniversary: She was a political activist, feminist, and poet. She was the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress. Her work as a poet earned her the sobriquet 'the Nightingale of India'. Take a look at Sarojini Naidu's early life, family, education, marriage, political and writing career, legacy, and more. Sarojini Chattopadhyay Famously called The Nightingale of India or Bharat Kokila Born 13 February 1879 Place of Birth Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India Died 2 March 1949(aged70) Place of Death Lucknow, United Provinces, Dominion of India Parents Father: Aghorenath Chattopadhyay Mother: Varada Sundari Devi Spouse(s) Govindarajulu Naidu Alma mater King's College LondonGirton College, Cambridge Political Affiliation Indian National Congress Memorial or Institutions Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Sarojini Naidu College for Women, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication Sarojini Naidu Biography: Early Life, Family, Education, Marriage She was born on 13 February 1879 in Hyderabad, India. She was the eldest daughter of Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, a Bengali Brahman who was principal of the Nizam’s College, Hyderabad.Her mother was Varada Sundari Devi. At the age of twelve, she entered the University of Madras and studied (1895–98) at King's College, London. Later, she studied at Girton College, Cambridge. In 1898, she came to Hyderabad and the same year married Govindarajulu Naidu. He was a physician. Padmaja, thei...

In Sarojini Naidu's "The Bangle Sellers," a chorus of mysterious peddlers hawk their wares: bangles (or bracelets) that are clearly more than just bangles. Through their evocative colors—the green of spring leaves, the gold of summer corn, the soft purple of autumn skies—these bangles come to The Bird of Time. • 1Bangle sellers are we who bear 2Our shining loads to the temple fair... 3Who will buy these delicate, bright 4Rainbow-tinted circles of light? 5Lustrous tokens of radiant lives, 6For happy daughters and happy wives. 7Some are meet for a maiden's wrist, 8Silver and blue as the mountain mist, 9Some are flushed like the buds that dream 10On the tranquil brow of a woodland stream, 11Some are aglow with the bloom that cleaves 12To the limpid glory of new born leaves. 13Some are like fields of sunlit corn, 14Meet for a bride on her bridal morn, 15Some, like the flame of her marriage fire, 16Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire, 17Tinkling, luminous, tender, and clear, 18Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear. 19Some are purple and gold flecked grey 20For she who has journeyed through life midway, 21Whose hands have cherished, whose love has blest, 22And cradled fair sons on her faithful breast, 23And serves her household in fruitful pride, 24And worships the gods at her husband's side. • See where this theme is active • Line-by-Line Explanation & Analysis of “The Bangle Sellers” • Lines 1-6 Bangle sellers are we who bear Our shining loads to the temple fair... ...

‘Autumn Song’ by Sarojini Naidu talks about the impermanence of autumn and broods over the impending winter. ‘Autumn Song’ by Sarojini Naidu like an Structure of Autumn Song ‘Autumn Song’ by Sarojini Naidu contains two five-line The metrical structure brings out an interesting thing about the poem. The line structure and the metrical composition reflects the flow of autumnal wind. It ceases abruptly, approaches slowly, lasts for some moment, and then again everything is paused. Like the wind, the first line reflects the coming of wind and the second line depicts it becoming milder. The following two lines refer to the wind’s steady blowing. And in the end, it ceases slowly. The second stanza also follows the same wind-like pattern. The poet uses both the iambic and the Literary Devices ‘Autumn Song’ by Sarojini Naidu begins with two figures based on similarity. The first line begins with the word “Like”. It means there is a There is a part for the whole”. The next line presents a simile and the poem ends with an interrogation. Analysis of Autumn Song Stanza One Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow, The sunset hangs on a cloud; A golden storm of glittering sheaves, Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves, The wild wind blows in a cloud. ‘Autumn Song’ by Sarojini Naidu begins with the image of the setting sun that is In the last three lines, the poet paints a picture of “glittering sheaves” that symbolically brings a sense of hope in the poem. In fact, it creates a Stanza Two...

Biography Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad, She attained national fame for entering Madras University at the age of twelve. At sixteen, she traveled to The Golden Threshold, appeared in 1905. Other volumes followed. Her poems featured everyday scenes of Indian life, often drawn from the streets and markets, thus snake charmers and beggars and bangle sellers populate her poetry. It was in 1905 that she joined the Indian National Congress in protest over the In the Freedom struggle See Also She joined the Indian independence movement, in the wake of the aftermath of partition of Bengal in 1905. During 1903-17 Sarojini came into contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale, From 1915 to 1918 she lectured all over India on welfare of youth, dignity of labour, women's emancipation and nationalism. She helped to establish the Women's Indian Association (WIA) (1917) to campaign for the female franchise. That year, on December 15, she led a delegation of women to meet the British Secretary of State for India who was visiting India, demanding women's rights and the vote. Women, the delegation told the Minister, were awakening to their civic responsibilities. She spoke on women's rights at the special session of the Indian National Congress which met in Bombay in August, 1918. In May, 1918 she accompanied After meeting Jawaharlal Nehru in 1916, she also took up the cause of the indigo workers of chappel head. In March 1919, the In July 1919, Naidu became the Home Rule League's ambassador ...

Sarojini Naidu Biography Sarojini Naidu Biography Sarojini Naidu, the Nightingale of India, was born on February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. She has many firsts to her credit, including being the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. The eldest daughter of Aghornath Chattopadhyaya and Barada Sundari Devi, she was fluent in many languages. Sarojini Naidu studied at the Madras University, before moving to England to study. She married Dr. Muthyala Govindarajulu Naidu. The couple had five children Jayasurya, Leelamani, Nilawar, Padmaja and Randheer. The partition of Bengal in 1905 drew her to join the Indian freedom struggle. She soon came into contact with the stalwarts of the Indian freedom movement. In 1916, she published a biography of Muhammad Ali Jinnah titled The Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity. In 1919, she became the Home Rule League’s ambassador to England. In 1925 she was elected as the President of the Congress and traveled to New York in October 1928. In 1942, she was arrested during the “Quit India” movement and was lodged in jail for 21 months with Mahatma Gandhi. Sarojini Naidu shared a close rapport with Mahatma Gandhi. Sarojini Naidu presided over the Steering Committee at the Asian Relations Conference in March 1947. After India became independent, she became the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, the first Indian woman to become a governor. In addition t...