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“The Gift of India” is a tribute to the Indian soldiers who gave up their lives in several battles to honor their country’s pride. This is a poem in which Mother India speaks of the loyalty, strength, and devotion of her beloved children whom she sent to fight in foreign lands. Through this poem, the… Continue reading The Gift of India: Figures of Speech and Central Idea: 2022
The Gift of India by Sarojini Naidu: Themes 1. Patriotism- The theme of patriotism is the most evident theme in the poem. This theme of patriotism for the motherland runs in a lot of other poems by Sarojini Naidu. This poem is a tribute to the martyred Indian soldiers who gave up their lives in… Continue reading The Gift of India Theme and Tone by Sarojini Naidu: 2022
This poem, the Coromandel Fishers, was written by Sarojini Naidu; she was born in India and educated in London, Cambridge. About this poem, it’s important to note that she was a freedom fighter and followed Mahatma Gandhi. Later she went on to become the first lady president of the Indian National Congress. As a child,… Continue reading Coromandel Fishers: Summary and Analysis: 2023
The poem “the palanquin bearers,” composed by Sarojini Naidu, deals with an age-old Indian custom of carrying a newly wedded woman or any other lady of higher birth or a noble family inside a wooden chamber termed as ‘palanquin,’ to her husband’s residence or to whichever place the lady wished to be taken to. This… Continue reading The Palanquin Bearers: Summary and Analysis: 2022
The birth of the daughter of pre-independent India, Sarojini Naidu(13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949), was at a crucial time when India was laden with unfathomably tormenting issues. Sarojini Naidu suffered in making India an independent nation, happily estranged from the British empire and to become the woman that she is, she had to… Continue reading “Indian Weavers” Summary and Analysis by Sarojini Naidu: 2022
Born in pre-independent India, Sarojini Naidu(13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949), was bound to be troubled by the problems of her time. She struggled to free India from the fists of the British Raj, but before that she battled the stereotypical notions of being a woman and thus, fragile and incapable, as beheld by… Continue reading “To India” – Summary and Analysis by Sarojini Naidu: 2022
The Bangle Sellers Critical Analysis Naidu’s poetry is best known for her use of imagery and contemporary Indian themes. Among her other poems, this poem stands out as a social message that discusses the lives of Indian women and the lives of bangle sellers. Although the poem focuses extensively on the stages in the life… Continue reading The Bangle Sellers: Critical Analysis, Central Idea, and Theme: 2022
‘The Bangle Sellers’ was published in the 1912 collection of poetry called The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring. The poem depicts a group of bangle sellers who wander from town to town to sell their inventory. One of them becomes the narrator or the speaker of the poem. About the… Continue reading The Bangle Sellers: Summary: 2022
Background, Context, and History of In the Bazaars of Hyderabad: “In The Bazaars of Hyderabad” was written by Sarojini Naidu(1879-1949) during the Nineteenth Century. It was originally written in English which was a rarity during those times, considering an Indian writer. Therefore, this becomes a very important part of the initial era of Indian Writing in… Continue reading A short Introduction, Summary and Analysis of In the Bazaars of Hyderabad: 2022
In The Bazaars of Hyderabad: Analysis During the pre-Independence era, many writers concentrated on finding a space that was essentially Indian and that the colonial presence had not been able to enclose upon. This is what Naidu does in “In the Bazaars of Hyderabad.” Hyderabad is the city of her birth; she was very familiar… Continue reading In The Bazaars of Hyderabad: Analysis: 2022
