Sarojini Naidu Biography and latest books by Sarojini Naidu

"Rise, brothers, rise; the wakening skies pray to the morning light,
The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child that has cried all night."

- From \'Coromandel Fishers\'

Sarojini Naidu is more known as the Indian freedom fighter, with the distinction of been the second woman president of Indian National Congress.Born Sarojini Chattopadhyay to a Bengali family in Hyderabad, she was the eldest daughter to Aghornath Chattopadhyaya, a scientist father of many other talents and Barada Sundari Devi, a poetess mother.

Even as she was part of the Indian freedom struggle, Naidu (the surname came after marriage) wrote many poems, their key features were simplicity, Indian characteristics and culture. Meanwhile, she also had the privelege of interacting with Mahatma Gandhi, Jawarharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Gopla Krishna Gokhale.

Naidu was an inspiration for several Indian women to step out of their homes, having set up in 1917, the Women\'s Indian Association (WIA). She was jailed for the 1942 Quit India movement protest, along with others. Naidu passed away in Lucknow in 1949, at the age of 70. She left behind a set of beautiful poems that tell of India and its people like no other poet has done since. 

Some of Sarojini Naidu\'s noted poems are - Ecstasy, Autumn Song, Palanquin Bearers, The Snake-Charmer and Wandering Singers, among others.    
     

Indian Weavers

WEAVERS, weaving at break of day,
Why do you weave a garment so gay? . . .
Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,
We weave the robes of a new-born child.


Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
Why do you weave a garment so bright? . . .
Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.

Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
What do you weave in the moonlight chill? . . .
White as a feather and white as a cloud,
We weave a dead man\'s funeral shroud.