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Sarojini Naidu (13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist and poet. A proponent of civil rights, women's emancipation, and anti-imperialistic ideas, she was an important figure in Indian independence movement. Naidu's work as a poet earned her the sobriquet 'the Nightingale of India' by Mahatma Gandhi because of colour ...
Samina Ali, contemporary Indian-American novelist, feminist, author of Madras on Rainy Days; Balamani Amma (1909–2004), poet, published many collections of poetry in Malayalam; K. Saraswathi Amma (1919–1975), short story writer, novelist, feminist
The Golden Threshold [1] is an anthology of poems written by Sarojini Naidu. The text was published in 1905 when Naidu was only 26 years old. The selection of poems within The Golden Threshold were inspired by her own life and are written in English diction. The poems present a variety of themes, some being romance, nature and spirituality.
She was the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress and appointed governor of a state. Born in a Bengali family in Hyderabad, Naidu was educated in Madras, London and Cambridge. Following her time in Britain, where she worked as a suffragist, she was drawn to the Congress party's struggle for India's independence.
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Naidu wrote poetry predominantly in English, which usually took the form of lyric poetry and known for her use of the depictions of India in her writings. [24] After a three-year stint in England from 1895 to 1898, Naidu became involved in the Indian Independence movement and various women’s causes tied to the nationalist movement, such as ...
Borders & Boundaries: Women in India's Partition (book) Kamla Bhasin (24 April 1946 – 25 September 2021) was an Indian developmental feminist activist, poet, author and social scientist . Bhasin's work, that began in 1970, focused on gender education , human development and the media.
My poetry speaks like my people, my poetry speaks for my people." [13] Her work has been published in anthologies and journals that include Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry, [17] The Little Magazine, Kavya Bharati, Indian Literature, Poetry International Web, Muse India, Quarterly Literary Review, Outlook, Tehelka and The New Indian ...