There are not many in India who have written poetry in English. Among them, Sarojini Naidu stands first. Her poems are praised 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 show her a touch of suffering. English literary activity took a new aspect with the independence movement whose leaders and followers found English, the one language
(Glassman). Both authors directly or indirectly have a connection with the oppression of Indians in India. Throughout the twentieth century, European imperialists took advantage of the Indian people. The novel of Kamala Markandaya and the poetry of Sarojini Naidu depict how the Indian people accepted their lives, even though they endured many hardships.
occurred in India. The Salt March was one of many things that the people of India did in order to obtain freedom from the British. There were a lot of people involved in the Salt March. Two of the biggest contributors were Mohandas Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu. They both were key people in the civil disobedience campaign. A lot happened for the Salt March to occur. There was heavy taxation on salt and that was something that the people of India needed. There was also a lot of struggle when the Salt
It has become a commonplace today to describe an independent and self-assured woman as a ‘new woman’. The tag ‘new woman’ is essentially used for an educated-modern woman but the fact that every woman who protested against discrimination was a new woman of her time is often overlooked. The term “New Woman” was first used by Sarah Grand, an Irish feminist in her article, “The New Aspect of the Woman Question” in 1894. The ‘new woman’ phenomenon gained a considerable popularity in the nineteenth century
comes with living life. I made this poem be my too hard poem because it contains big vocabulary that made it hard for me to understand when I first read it. It was words like stalactite and amethyst that i had to stop and look up to get most of what Naidu was trying to say. Another reason why i characterizes it as it is, is because i do not really connect to what she is saying because I, personally characterize myself as a child that has endured many of these tragedies. Also I think about other children
In an effort to help free India from the British rule, Mahatma Gandhi once again contributed to a protest against salt taxes, known as the Salt March. This protest advocated Gandhi’s theory of satyagraha or nonviolent disobedience as the nation came together on March 12, 1930 to walk the 241 miles long journey to the shores of Dandi to attain salt. Although some Indians criticized Gandhi for not achieving direct independence from the Raj or British rule, Gandhi’s execution of the Salt March helped
Outlaws! The word often haunts us, as we sit and ponder over it. Usually it brings with it, a sense of insecurity and fear. Sometimes after watching a movie or after reading a crime story, we are scared about going out alone, or sometimes, even in the house we have a feeling, as if someone is watching us. Why is all this? Why are we scared in our own house? Why are we scared to go out? It is because after watching so many movies, reading the papers and being aware about the crimes happening all
2 July 1928. The Parliament of the United Kingdom passed The Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act, which finally gave women the right to vote after decades of struggle. Two weeks prior, Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the suffragette movement in the UK had died at the age of 69, without being able to see the cause to which she had devoted her entire life achieved. October 2015, the Hollywood’s upcoming movie Suffragette depicting women’s fight for suffrage in the UK, was deluged
INTRODUCTION The issue of gender inequality is one which has been publicly reverberating through society for years. Gender inequality is one of the most serious & ethical issues in India today. Gender inequality in India is described as a preferential treatment arising out of prejudice based on the gender. The aim of this research is to discuss the status of women in India in the past, present and future and discuss any political movements which took place in the society in order for Women to be
The theme of modern woman’s existential struggle to establish her own identity in order her individuality surfaces quite often in the novels of Indian women novelists of post-independence age as can be seen in the works of kamala Markandaya, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anita Desai and Nayantara Sehgal. The women writers of India have given a new dimension to the Indian literature. Indian English literature has developed over a period of time and writing in English did not start in a day. It took many years
In these communities oldest woman is the head of family. Although there are Kalpana Chawla, Kiran Bedi, Indira Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu who have already proved themselves at par with men, but major part is still struggling for equal rights. Gender equality can only be achieved when there is transformation in the basic system of patriarchy. Causes and Types of Gender Inequality
“THE CIVILIZATION IN AMITAV GHOSH’S NOVELS” INTRODUCTION English is a foreign language but since the British came to India the language has an impact on several fields in education, literary effort and as a medium of communication. Indian English Literature refers to that body of work by writers from India, who writes in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous regional and indigenous languages of India. English literature in India is also
1.Introduction In the contemporary media world, where the 'advertorials' probably bear more importance than the 'editorials', I believe it should be interesting to know how the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, contributed to the fields of journalism and mass communication. An effective communicator, Gandhi was fearless and eloquent with his words. He reached out to millions of people and convinced them of his cause. According to Chalapathi Raju, an eminent editor, Gandhi was probably the
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a lawyer, politician, social activist, writer, leader of the nationalist movement against Britain, and father of India, was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India. His father, Karamchand Gandhi, was a chief minister of Porbandar. Gandhi’s mother, Putlibai, was a woman consumed by religion. As a child, Gandhi was looked upon as mediocre. He won a few scholarships and prizes, but was not considered outstanding; contrary
British. Mahatma Gandhi was not always suc... ... middle of paper ... ...th Centuru." Bbc. Last modified February 17, 2011. Accessed March 10, 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/how-did-the-british-gain-control-of-india/13349.html. Naidu, Ch. M., Dr. "Jinnah's Opposition to Gandhi." Yabaluri. Accessed April 6, 2014. http://yabaluri.org/TRIVENI/CDWEB/jinnahsoppositiontogandhijul91.htm. North Gwinnett Middle School. "Indian Nationalism and Gandhi." Slide Share. Last modified February
The term 'feminism' has its origin from the Latin word lemina' meaning 'woman'. It refers to the advocacy of women's rights, status and power at par with men on the grounds of 'equality of sexes'. In other words, it relates to the belief that women should have the same social, economic and political rights as men. The term became popular from the early twentieth century struggles for securing women's suffrage or voting rights in the western countries, and the later well-organized socio-political
Indian women writers A world of words, lost and found: a brief overview of women's literature in India from the 6th century BC onwards The Vedas cry aloud, the Puranas shout; "No good may come to a woman." I was born with a woman's body How am I to attain truth? "They are foolish, seductive, deceptive - Any connection with a woman is disastrous." Bahina says, "If a woman's body is so harmful, How in the world will I reach truth?" Much of the world's literature has been dominated by
Mahatma Gandhi and Indian Cinema Mahatma Gandhi was a multi-faceted man, one whose writings spanned every subject under the sun, including: agriculture, education, science, sanitation, economics, literature, industry, women, children, health, family planning, religion, and, of course, politics. Many were surprised to learn of his prolific writing, and were astounded to hear that he had probably written more than anyone else in history (his collected works run to over 100 volumes, several hundred
Gauri Deshpande is a name that the critic and the reader of Indian English Poetry can not by-pass without leaving a conspicuous lacuna in his repertoire. As for her post of prestige in the tradition of the genre, she is, no doubt, with Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu and Kamala Das, comfortably bolstered up by the merit and the body of work that she has to her name. The structural manipulation of a poem is equally interesting and the canon of her English Poetry so far includes three collections, namely, Between