Sarojini Naidu's Contribution to Indian English Literature

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      Sarojini Naidu :- Of all the celebrated women of modern India, Mrs Sarojini Naidu's name is at the top of English literature in India. Not only that her birth is celebrated as Women's Day she was born on February 13, 1879. In Hyderabad her father Aghornath Chattopadhyay who was the founder of Nizam college of Hyderabad and a scientist. Her mother Mrs Varasundari was a Bengali poetess. Sarojini Devi inherited qualities from both her father and mother. Sarojini was a very bright and proud girl. Her father aspired for her to become a mathematician or scientist, but she loved poetry from a very early age.

Sarojini Naidu

      Poetry is a pleasure giving medium. This medium is handled by different poets in the world. Most of the poets in India present their poetry in their mother tongue only. Those who present poetry in English languages other their own have not succeeded so well as Sarojini Naidu.

      There are no many Indian who have written poetry in English. Among them Sarojini Naidu stands first. Her poems are presented not only in India but all over the world. Though she has written poems on religion, country, women's freedom, etc. Her poems on nature occupy the first place in her poetry. Even in sorrow her nature poems glow with with a touch of her suffering. To strengthen this idea a detailed discussion is undertaken in this work.