voice of an Indian woman in the poems of Sarojini Naidu

1. Paper Name: Indian Writing in English
Assignment Topic :voice of an Indian woman
in the poems of sarojini naidu
 Name: Solanki Pintu v
 Sem : 1
 Roll No : 35
 Enrollment No: PG15101037
 Email: solankipintu1991@gmail.com
 Submitted to :
M.K. BHAVNAGARUNIVERSITY
Department Of English

2. Sarojini Naidu was born on February 13, 1879. Her father Aghoranath Chattopad
hyaya was a scientist and philosopher. Sarojini Naidu‘s mother Barada Sundari
Devi was a poetess and used to write poetry in Bengali. Sarojini Naidu was the el
dest among her eight siblings.
Sarojini Naidu was a brilliant student. She was fluent in Urdu, Telugu, Engli
sh, Bengali, and Persian. At the age of twelve, Sarojini Naidu attained national
fame when she topped the matriculation examination at Madras University.
Sarojini Naidu was interested in poetry. She started writing poems in English.
At the age of 16, she traveled to England to study first at King's College Lond
on and later at Girton College, Cambridge.
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4.  There are greater poets than sarojini naidu but none
more original because she Shaw things with a fresh
approach.
 In her poems she reflects the whole range of mood
and emotion with superb restraint of expression.
 Her major themes were nature, love, life and death
folk life, patriotism and mysticism.

5. The bangle seller
 Naidu's poem explores the imagery associated with bangles and t
he implications for women's roles in a traditionalist Indian social s
etting.
 The bangle seller is trying to convince the purchasing public of
the spiritual and symbolic importance of these bangles.
 In this process, the speaker makes strong connections between
the bangles and their role in providing "happy daughters and hap
py wives."

6. Palanquin Bearers
 The bride in a beautifully decorated palanquin was a
common sight in rural India even in the recent past.
 The lonely lady inside the palanquin is compared to a
flower, a bird, a dream, a soft laugh and a pearl; the
appeal is swift and direct to the heart.
 The tone of the palanquin bearers is in complete
rapport with the heart-beat of the woman insidethe
palanquin. The poet captures the emotionally
charged atmosphere brilliantly.

7. The Radha
 The Radha poem of Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949),through their
depiction of Radha's love for the Divine Beloved, worshipped as
a worldly lover, Ghanashyam, forcefully delineate and critique
the traditional Indian concepts of love and woman's destiny.
 Naidu's Radha poems thus try to put forward a new concept of
Indian womanhood that values the female self, teaching in it
the principles of autonomy and self worth.

8. The purdah nashin
 she wrote this poem for the Muslim ladies who always cover
their faces with veil. she comment on their way of living. she
don not want to hurt their religion .
 she was a little upset about the fact that the Muslim women
have to cover their faces every time.
 she praised the honest thought of their religion of protecting
their women by the meant of veil cover their face which will not
allowed other men to see their faces, they might believe that
there women are secure in that way. but what is life if there is
no freedom.

9. Sarojini naidu for Indian women
She was responsible for awakening the
women of India. She brought them out of the
kitchen.
She traveled from state to state, city after city
and asked for the rights of the women. She
re-established self-esteem within the women
of India.