Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu , 1879-1949, Indian poet and political leader. Born Sarojini Chattopadhyay, she was educated in Madras (now Chennai) and at King's College, London, and Cambridge. In 1898 she married Dr. M. G. Naidu. Her poetry, originally published in three volumes— The Golden Threshold (1905), The Bird of Time (1912), and The Broken Wing (1915)—was written in English but deals, in a romantic vein, with Indian themes. She was active in the Indian National Congress and in 1925 became its first woman president. Participation in passive disobedience campaigns brought her several jail sentences. She was a close associate of Mohandas Gandhi and served (1947-49) as governor of the United Provinces.
Bibliography: See her verses collected in The Sceptred Flute (1928) and The Feather of the Dawn (1961); biography by P. Sengupta (1966).
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Civil crusader ; Defiant of social norms, committed to the nationalist cause, sympathetic to far-off struggles and irreverent enough to find the Mahatma amusing, Sarojini Naidu was a versatile woman with many firsts.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 4/21/2008; ; 700+ words
; SAROJINI NAIDU STATESWOMAN, POET, 1855-1920 There is an image of Sarojini Naidu that remains permanently etched in my mind...Indian woman to be elected president of the Indian National Congress. Quick take Q: She compared Gandhi...
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PARLIAMENTARIANS PAY TRIBUTES TO SAROJINI NAIDU
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 2/13/2006; 406 words
; ...tributes at the portrait of Smt. Sarojini Naidu - the Nightingale of India, the symbol...tributes at the portrait of Smt. Sarojini Naidu. A booklet containing the profile of Smt. Sarojini Naidu brought out both in Hindi and English...
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'Sarojini Naidu' squad gets into action
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/26/2006; 470 words
; NEW DELHI, India, July 26 -- 'Sarojini Naidu', the newly formed women's squad of Railway Protection...inspectors, 10 lady RPF constables and 10 lady TTEs. The 'Sarojini Naidu' squad has been made active in the Allahabad division...
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SAROJINI NAIDU PRIZE FOR TWO STATE SCRIBES
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 9/16/2006; 411 words
; ...Two journalists from the State - Hemanta Barman and Syed Zarir Hussain - have been named as the winners of the Sixth Sarojini Naidu Prize for best reporting on women in Panchayati Raj. While Barman is the editor of the Assamese daily Dainik Janambhumi...
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Sarojini Naidu prize for journalism announced.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 9/24/2004; 408 words
; ...western Indian state of Rajasthan, Hindustan Times' Sushmita Malaviya and Arun Ram of Tamil Today have been chosen for the Sarojini Naidu Prize 2004 for excellence in reportage on Women in Panchayati Raj (local level governance). While Manglani gets the award...
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Sarojini Naidu win antakshari contest
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/22/2006; 382 words
; ...the Government Benazir Science and Commerce College. In the students' category, the first spot was taken by the team of Sarojini Naidu Girls College including, Bhumika Birthare and Vishakha Deshpande. Dipti Mandloi and Riya Dutta of MLB College bagged the...
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Sarojini Naidu journalism awards presented
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/2/2006; 540 words
; New Delhi, Oct 2 -- The sixth Sarojini Naidu Prizes for best reporting on women in panchayati raj were presented here Monday to three journalists, including IANS special correspondent...
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Tributes paid to Sarojini Naidu.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 2/13/2005; 382 words
; New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) Parliamentarians Sunday paid tributes to the 'Nightingale of India', Sarjoini Naidu, on her 126th birth anniversary. Charanjit Singh Atwal, Deputy Speaker in Lok Sabha and leader of the Opposition, L K Advani were among those who paid floral tributes to Naidu, a symbol of
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The Mahatma's Bowl
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday; 3/7/2009; ; 573 words
; ...poor, but congress party members would buy scads of tickets to surround him with security. Mr. Sarojini Naidu, president of the Indian National Congress, once memorably observed, it costs a lot of money to keep this man in poverty. The...
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'The Untold Charminar' - tribute to soul of Nizam's city
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...Vision Lives On", a chapter dedicated to the "the brave daughter of Hyderabad, Sarojini Naidu", one of the presidents of the erstwhile Indian National Congress. Hyderabad, says editor Syeda, has changed drastically, barring its historical...
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Sarojini Naidu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sarojini Naidu The Indian poet and nationalist leader Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) became famous in India...society, but it was a happy marriage. Sarojini Naidu gave birth to two sons and two daughters...
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Indian literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Bhattacharya , Ahmed Ali, Khushwant Singh, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, and Mulk Raj Anand in the field of fiction; Sarojini Naidu , Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and Nazrul Islam, in the field of poetry; and Mohandas Gandhi , M. N. Roy, Jawaharlal Nehru...
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