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Surdas (Sant Kavi Surdas) was a 15th-century blind saint, poet and musician, known for his devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna. Surdas is said to have written and composed a hundred thousand songs in his magnum opus the 'Sur Sagar' (Ocean of Melody), out of which only about 8,000 are extant. He is considered a saint and so also known as Sant Surdas, a name which literally means the "slave of melody".

Early life

Surdas was born in 1478 in village Sihi, Faridabad, Haryana. While some say it is Runkta near Agra. He started praising Lord Krishna since he was young. There is a little disagreement regarding the exact birth date of Surdas, some scholars believe it to be 1478 AD, while others believe it to be 1479 AD. Same is the case of the year of his death, it is either considered to be 1581 AD or 1584 AD. As per the limited authentic life history of Surdas, it is said that he lived in Braj(or Bhraj), near Mathura. Surdas was born blind and because of this, he was neglected by his family. As a result, he left his home at tender age of six.

Surdas's Guru - Shri Vallabharacharya

A chance meeting with the saint Vallabharacharya at Gau Ghat by the river Yamuna in his teens transformed his life. Shri Vallabhacharya taught Surdas lessons in Hindu philosophy and meditation and put him in the path of spirituality. Since Surdas could recite the entire Srimad Bhagavatam and was musically inclined, his guru advised him to sing the 'Bhagavad Lila' - devotional lyrical ballads in praise of Lord Krishna and Radha. Surdas lived in Vrindavan with his guru, who initiated him to his own religious order, and later appointed him as the resident singer at Srinath temple in Govardhan.

Surdas attains fame

Surdas' lilting music and fine poetry attracted many laurels. As his fame spread far and wide, the Mughal emperor Akbar (1542–1605) became his patron. Surdas spent the last years of his life in Braj, the place of his birth and lived on the donations, which he received in return of his bhajan singing and lecturing on religious topics, until he died in c. 1586.

Surdas also attained fame for his purity of devotion towards Lord Krishna. In one incident, Surdas falls into a well and is rescued by Lord Krishna when he calls him for help. Radha asks Krishna why he helped Surdas for which Krishna says its for his devotion. Krishna also warns Radha not to go near him. She however goes near him but Surdas, recognizing the divine sounds, pulls her anklets. Radha tells him who she is but Surdas refuses to return her anklets stating that he cannot believe her as he is blind. Krishna gives Surdas vision and allows him to ask for a boon. Surdas returns the anklets says he has already got what he wanted (the blessings of Krishna) and asks Krishna to make him blind again as he does not want to see anything else in the world after seeing Krishna. Radha is moved by his devotion and Krishna grants his wish by making him blind again thus giving him everlasting fame.

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Poetical works of Surdas

Although Surdas is known for his greatest work — the Sur Sagar, he also sung Sur-Saravali,[which is based on the theory of genesis and the festival of Holi], andSahitya-Lahiri, devotional lyrics dedicated to the Supreme Absolute. As if Surdas attained a mystical union with Lord Krishna, which enabled him to compose the verse about Krishna's romance with Radha almost as he was an eyewitness. Surdas' verse is also credited as one that lifted the literary value of the Hindi language, transforming it from a crude to a pleasing tongue.

A Lyric by Surdas: 'The Deeds Of kanha'

There is no end to the deeds of kanha: true to his promise, he tended the cows in Gokula; Lord of the gods and compassionate to his devotees, he came as Nrisingha and tore apart Hiranyakashipa. When Bali spread his dominion over the three worlds, he begged three paces of land from him to uphold the majesty of the gods, and stepped over his entire domain: here too he rescued the captive elephant. Countless such deeds figure in the Vedas and the Puranas, hearing which Suradasa humbly bows before that Lord.

Surdas was called the sun in the sky of Hindi literature. He is best known for collection of his composition 'Sursagar'. This famous collection is originally said to contain 100,000 songs, however, only 8000 remained today. These songs present vivid description of childhood Lilas of Krishna.

Influence

On Bhakti movement

The philosophy of Surdas is a reflection of the times. He was very much immersed in the Bhakti movement that was sweeping North India. This movement represented a grass roots spiritual empowerment of the masses. The corresponding spiritual movement of the masses happened in South India in the first millennium A.D. but also started in 17 years

On the status of Brij Bhasha

Surdas' poetry was a dialect of Hindi language, Brij Bhasha, until then considered to be a very plebeian language, as the prevalent literary languages were either Persian or Sanskrit. The works of Surdas immediately raised the status of Brij Bhasha from a crude language to that of a literary language of great repute.

Philosophy

Shuddhadvaita

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Due to the training he received from his guru Vallabhacharya, Surdas was a proponent of the Shuddhadvaita school of Vaishnavism (also known as Pushti Marg). This philosophy is based upon the spiritual metaphor of the Radha-Krishna Rasleela (The celestial dance between Radha and Lord Krishna). It propagates the path of Grace of God rather than of merging in Him, which seems an extension of the belief of earlier saints like Kabir Das.

Foremost amongst the Ashta-chhaap

Eight Disciples of the Master-Teacher Vallabhacharya are called the Ashta-chhaap, meaning, eight reprints (of the Master). Surdas is considered to be the foremost among them.

Compositions

Devanagari Romanized Englishप्रभू� मो�रे� अवगु�ण चि�त न धरे� ।

समोदरेस� है� न�मो तितहै�रे� �� पा�रेस गु�ण अवगु�ण नहिंहै� चि�तवत कं� �न कंरेत खरे� ॥

एकं नदिदया� एकं न�ल कंहै�वत मो�ल� है� न�रे भूरे� ।

जब द% मिमोलकंरे एकं बरेन भूई स�रेसरे� न�मो पारे� ॥

एकं ज�व एकं ब्रह्म कंहै�व� स�रे श्या�मो झगुरे� ।

अब कं, ब�रे मो-है� पा�रे उत�रे� नहिंहै� पान ज�त टरे� ॥

prabhu more avagun chit n dharo |

samadarasi hai naam tihaaro chaahe to paara karo ||

ek lohaa pujaa mem raakhat ek ghar badhik paro |

paaras gun avagun nahim chitavata kamcan karat kharo ||

ek nadiyaa ek naal kahaavat mailo hi neer bharo |

jab dou milakar ek baran bhai surasari naam paro ||

ek jiv ek brahma kahaave sur shyaam jhagaro |

ab k ber moMhe paar utaaro nahim pan jaat Taro ||

Lord, heed not my faults!

You are known as he who sees as all equal,

At will you can take me across the ocean of existence.

One iron is used in worship, another in butcher's steel;

The philosopher's stone counts not merit or fault

But turns both to purest gold.

One is called "river", another a "rivulet" filled with murky water;

When they merge they become of one colour and are known

As "Sursari"(Ganges), river of gods.

The soul and the Supreme are given different names,

But all is one in Sur's Shyam.

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This time, take me across, or give up your vow to be saviour!

Devanagari Romanized English

अखिखया�1 हैरिरे दर्श4न कं, प्या�स� ।

द�ख� ��हैत कंमोल नयान कं�, तिनस दिदन रेहैत उद�स� ॥

कं� सरे तितलकं मो�तितन कं, मो�ल�, व6�द�वन कं� व�स� ।

न�है� लगु�ए त्या�गु� गुया� त6ण समो, डा�रिरे गुया� गुल फाँ�1स� ॥

कं�हु कं� मोन कं, कं�ऊ कं� ज�न�, ल�गुन कं� मोन है�1स� ।

स�रेद�स प्रभू� त�म्हैरे� दरेस तिबन ल�है- कंरेवत कं�स� ॥

akhiyaa~M hari darshan kI pyaasI |

dekho chaahat kamala nayan ko, nis din rahat udaasI ||

kesar tilak motin kI maalaa, vrindaavan ke vaasI |

nehaa lagaae tyaagI gaye tRuN sam, Daari gaye gal phaa~MsI ||

kaahu ke man kI koU kaa jaane, logan ke man haa~MsI |

sUradaas prabhu tumhare daras bin lehoM karavat kaashI ||

Our eyes thirst for a vision of Hari;

They long to see the lotus-eyed one,

Grieving for him day and night.

Wearing a saffron tilak and pearl garland

And dwelling in Vrindavan,

He gave us his love, then cast us aside like a blade of grass,

Throwing a noose around our necks.

No one knows what is in another's mind,

There is laughter in people's hearts;

But Lord of Surdas, without a vision of you

we would give up our very lives.

Confusions

Surdàs, or Bhakat Surdas, whose verse figures in the Guru Granth Sãhib is to be differentiated from Sant Surdas, the blind poet of the same name who wrote Sür Sagar. Sürdãs, whose original name was Madan Mohan, is said to have been born in 1529, in a high-ranking Brãhman family. As he grew up, he gained proficiency in the arts of music and poetry for which lie had a natural talent. He soon became a celebrated poet, singing with deep passion lyrics of Divine love. He attracted the attention of Emperor Akbar who appointed him governor of the parganah of

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Sandilà. But Sürdãs’ heart lay elsewhere. He renounced the world and took to the company of holy men dedicating himself solely to the Lord. He died at Banãras. A shrine in the vicinity of the city honours his memory. The Guru Granth Sahib contains one hymn by Bhakta Sürdäs, in the Sãrañg measure

Jayanta Mahapatra

Jayanta Mahapatra

BornJayant1928

Occupation Indian English poets

Years active 1970−present

Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1928) is one of the best known Indian English poets.

Indian Poets Trio

Besides being one of the popular Indian poets of his generation, Mahapatra was also part of the trio of poets who laid the foundations of Indian English Poetry. He shared a special bond with A. K. Ramanujan, one the finest poets in the IEP tradition. Mahapatra is also different in not being a product of the Bombay school of poets besides R. Parthasarathy. Over time, he has managed to carve a quiet, tranquail poetic voice of his own—distinctly different from those of his contemporaries. His wordy lyricism combined with authentic Indian themes put him in a league of his own.

Career

All his working life, he taught physics at various colleges in Odisha including Gangadhar Meher College, Sambalpur, B.J.B College, Bhubaneswar, Fakir Mohan College, Balasore and Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. He retired in 1986.[1]

Mahapatra has authored 27 books of poems, of which 7 are in Oriya and the rest in English. His poetry volumes include Relationship, Bare Face and Shadow Space. Mahapatra is a Sahitya Akademi awardee, and also a recipient of the Jacob Glatstein award conferred by Poetry magazine, Chicago. He was also awarded the Allen Tate Poetry Prize for 2009 from The Sewanee Review, Sewanee, USA. He received the SAARC Literary Award, New Delhi, 2009. Besides poetry, he has experimented widely with myriad forms of prose. His published books of prose are Green Gardener, an anthology of short stories and Door Of Paper: Essay and Memoirs. Mahapatra is also a distinguished editor and has been bringing out, for many years, a literary magazine, Chandrabhaga, from Cuttack. The magazine is named after Chandrabhaga, a prominent river in Orissa.

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He began writing writing poetry when he was into his 40s. The publication of his first book of poems, Svayamvara and Other Poems, in 1971 was followed by the publication of Close The Sky Ten By Ten. One of Mahapatra's better remembered works is the long poem Relationship, for which he the first Indian English poet to win the Sahitya Akademi award in 1981.

He was conferred the Padma Shri in 2009 by the president of India and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Ravenshaw University on 2 May 2009. He was also awarded Litt. D. degree by Utkal University in 2006.

Awards

Second Prize – International Who’s Who in Poetry, London, 1970. Jacob Glatstein Memorial Award – Poetry, Chicago, 1975. Visiting Writer – International Writing Program, Iowa City 1976-77. Cultural Award Visitor, Australia, 1978. Japan Foundation – Visitor’s Award, Japan, 1980. Sahitya Academy Award – National Academy of Letters, New Delhi, 1981. Invited Poet – Asian Poets Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 1984. Indo-Soviet Cultural Exchange Writer, USSR, 1985. Resident Writer – Centro Culturale della Fondazione Rockefeller, Bellagio, Italy, 1986. Invited Poet – University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 1988. Singapore Festival of Arts, Singapore. 1988. New Literatures in English Conference, Justus-Liebig-Universitat, Giessen, West Germany, 1989 ACLALS Silver Jubilee Conference, Canterbury, England, 1989. First Prize – Scottish International Open Poetry Competition, 1990. Invited Poet – Poetry International, The South Bank Centre, London, England, 1992. Cuirt International Poetry Festival , Galway, Ireland, 1992. EI Consejo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico. 1994 Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, La Jolla, USA. 1994. Gangadhar National Award – For Poetry, Sambalpur University, 1994 Ramakrishna Jaidayal – Harmony Award, 1994, New Delhi. Vaikom Mohammad Basheer Chair – Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 1996-97. Invited Poet – ACLALS Conference, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1998. Awarded Honorary Degree – Doctor of Literature, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 2006. Invited Poet – Weltklang Poetry Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2006. Bishuva Award – Prajatantra Prachara Samiti, Cuttack, 2007. Padma Shree Award – India's Padma Shree Award, 2009. SAARC Literary Award , New Delhi, 2010

Poetry Readings

Outside India

University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1976 University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1976

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University of the South, Sewanee, 1976 East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1976 Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, 1978 P.E.N. Centre, Sydney, 1978 Australian National University, Canberra, 1978 International Poets Conference, Tokyo, 1980 Asian Poets Conference, Tokyo, 1984 Aoyama University, Tokyo, 1984 Sapporo University, Sapporo, 1984 Writers Union, Moscow, Leningrad & Lvov, USSR, 1985 Singapore Festival of Arts, Singapore, 1988 Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur, 1988 University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 1988 Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, 1988 University of the Philippines, Manila City, 1988 Museong Kalinangang Pilipino, Manila, 1988 Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, Ireland, 1992 Sligo Arts Centre, The Grammar School, Sligo, 1992 The Guild Hall, Derry, 1992 WEA, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hexham and Durham, 1992 The South Bank Centre, London, 1992 Universities of Hull and Leeds (UK), 1992 The Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, 1994 Instituto de Cultura de Campeche, Mexico, 1994 Instituto de Cultura de Puebla, Mexico,1994 Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, USA, 1995 Hunter College, New York, USA, 1995 University of the South, Sewanee, USA, 1995 Writers Forum, De Kalb College, Atlanta, USA, 1995 Writers Forum, St. Andrews College, Laurinburg, USA, 1995 British Council, Kandy, 1998 Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo, 1998

In India

Andhra University University of Jadavpur Calcutta University University of Delhi Osmania University The Poetry Centre, Hyderabad Visva-Bharati Santiniketan North East Hill University Shillong Tezpur University IIT Guwahati

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India International Centre New Delhi Bharat Bhavan , Bhopal University of Lucknow DAV College, Kanpur Arts, Science & Commerce College, Durg

Books by Jayanta Mahapatra

Poetry

1971 : Close the Sky Ten by TenCalcutta, Dialogue Publications[2]

1971 : Svayamvara and Other PoemsCalcutta, Writers Workshop[2]

1976 : A Father's Hours Delhi, United Writers[2]

1976 : A Rain of Rites Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia Press[2]

1979 : WaitingSamkaleen Prakashan[2]

1980 : The False Start, Bombay, Clearing House[2]

1980 : Relationship Greenfield, New York, Greenfield Review Press[2]

1983 : Life Signs New Delhi, Oxford University Press[2]

1986 : Dispossessed Nests Delhi/Jaipur, Nirala Publications[2]

1987 : Selected Poems New Delhi, Oxford University Press[2]

1988 : Burden of Waves & Fruit Washington DC, Three Continents Press[2]

1989 : Temple Sydney/Mundelstrup/Coventry Dangaroo Press[2]

1992 : A Whiteness of Bone Viking Penguin[2]

1995 : The Best of Jayanta Mahapatra Kozhikode, Kerala, Bodhi Publications[2]

1997 : Shadow Space Kottayam, Kerala, DC Books[2]

2000 : Bare Face Kottayam, Kerala, DC Books[2]

2006 : Random Descent Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Third Eye Communications[2]

2006 : Samparka, Natuna Dilli: Sāhitya Akādemi[3]

2009 : The Lie of Dawns: Poems 1974-2008 New Delhi, Authorspress[2]

2013: Land New Delhi, Authorspress[2]

Prose

1997: The Green Gardener, short stories, Hyderabad, Orient Longman[2]

2006: Door of Paper: Essay and Memoirs New Delhi, Authrospress[2]

2011: Bhor Moitra KanaphulaIn Oriya. Bhubaneswar,Paschima[2]

Poetry in Oriya

1993: Bali (The Victim) Cutack, Vidyapuri[2]

1995: Kahibe Gotiye Katha (I'll Tell A Story) Arya Prakashan[2]

1997: Baya Raja(The Mad Emperor) Cuttack, Vidyapuri[2]

2004: Tikie Chhayee (A Little Shadow) Cuttack, Vidyapuri[2]

2006: Chali (Walking) Cuttack, Vidyapuri[2]

2008: Jadiba Gapatie (Even If It's A Story) Cuttack, Friends Publishers[2]

2011: Smruti Pari Kichhiti ( A Small Memory) Cuttack, Bijayini[2]

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Edited

2013:Ten: The New Indian poets : Edited and Selected by Jayanta Mahapatra & Yuyutsu Sharma New Delhi/Jaipur Nirala Publications[4]

Anthologies Mahapatra's poems have been anthologized in the celebrated volumes of Indian poetry edited by R. Parthasarathy and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. Significant anthologies in which his work appears are:

The Poetry Anthology 1912 - 1977, Boston, USA (Houghton Milfin, 1978) The Vintage Book of Contemporary Poetry ( J.D McClatcky, Editor - Random House, USA, 1996) The Poetry Anthology 1912 -2002, Chicago, USA (Ivan R. Dee, 2002)

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Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu in Bombay (now Mumbai), 1946

Born

Sarojini Chattopadhyaya(সরো��জি�নী� চরো�পা�ধ্যা �য়)

13 February 1879Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, India

Died2 March 1949 (aged 70)Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Occupation Poet, writer, social activist.

Nationality Indian

Alma materKing's College LondonGirton College, Cambridge

Spouse(s) Dr. Muthyala Govindarajulu

ChildrenJayasurya, Padmaja, Randheer, Nilawar and Leelamani

Sarojini Naidu, (born as Sarojini Chattopadhyaya/ সরো��জি�নী� চরো�পা�ধ্যা �য় ) also known by the sobriquet as The Nightingale of India,[1] was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet. Naidu was one of the formers of the Indian Constitution. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress [2] and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh state. Her birthday is celebrated as women's day all over India.

Early life

Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad to a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family to Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay and Barada Sundari Debi on 13 February 1879. Her father was a carpenter of Science from Edinburgh University, settled in Hyderabad State, where he founded and administered the Hyderabad College, which later became the Nizam's College in Hyderabad. Her mother was a poetess and used to write poetry in Bengali. Sarojini Naidu was the eldest among

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the eight siblings. One of her brothers Birendranath was a revolutionary and her other brother, Harindranath was a poet, dramatist, and actor.[3]

Education

Sarojini Naidu passed her Matriculation examination from the University of Madras. She took four years' break from her studies and concentrated upon studying various subjects. In 1895, she travelled to England to study first at King's College London and later at Girton College, Cambridge.

Career

Indian Freedom Fighter

Sarojini Naidu (extreme right) with Mahatma Gandhi during Salt Satyagraha, 1930

Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She came into contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Rabindranath Tagore, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Annie Besant, C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.[4]

During 1915-1918, she travelled to different regions in India delivering lectures on social welfare, women empowerment and nationalism. She awakened the women of India and brought them out of the kitchen. She also helped to establish the Women's Indian Association (WIA) in 1917.[5] She was sent to London along with Annie Besant, President of WIA, to present the case for the women's vote to the Joint Select Committee.

President of the Congress

In 1925, Naidu presided over the annual session of Indian National Congress at Cawnpore. In 1929, she presided over East African Indian Congress in South Africa. She was awarded the hind a kesari medal by the British government for her work during the plague epidemic in India.[6] In 1931, she participated in the Round table conference with Gandhiji and Madan Mohan Malaviya.[7] She played a leading role during the Civil Disobedience Movement and was jailed along with Gandhiji and other leaders. In 1942, she was arrested during the "Quit India" movement.

Literary career

Naidu began writing at the age of 13. Her Persian play, Maher Muneer, impressed the Nawab of Hyderabad. In 1905, her collection of poems, named "The Broken Exes" was published.[8] Her poems were admired by many prominent Indian politicians like Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Golden Threshold

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Named “Golden Threshold” after Sarojini Naidu’s much celebrated collection of poems, this premise has a long and wider history. This was the residence of her father, Dr. Aghornath Chattopadhyay, the first Principal of Hyderabad College, later named Nizam College. This was the home of many reformist ideas in Hyderabad - in areas ranging from marriage, education, women’s empowerment, literature and nationalism –apart from being the home of brilliant, radical and creative members of the Chattopadhyay family, which included the anti-imperialist revolutionary Birendranath; maverick poet, actor and connoisseur of music and dance Harindranath; dancer and film actress Sunalini Devi; communist leader Suhasini Devi –and of course the poet, crusader for women’s rights, nationalist leader and ‘Nightingale of India’ Sarojini Devi. Harindranath Chattopadhyay said about this house, where anyone and any ideas were welcome for discussion, “a museum of wisdom and culture,a zoo crowded with a medley of strange types – some even verging on the mystique”. Golden Threshold now houses Theatre Outreach Unit an initiative of University of Hyderabad started in August 2012.

Marriage

During her stay in india, Sarojini met Dr. Govindarajulu Naidu, a non-Brahmin and a doctor by profession, and fell in love with him. After finishing her studies at the age of 19, she got married to him during the time when inter-caste marriages were not allowed. Her father approved of the marriage and her marriage was a very happy one.[3]

The couple had five children. Jayasurya, Padmaja, Randheer, Nilawar and Leelamani. Her daughter Padmaja followed in to her footprints and became the Governor of West Bengal. In 1961, she published a collection of poems entitled The Feather of The Dawn.[9]

Death

In 1949 she fell ill. Her physician arrived quickly and gave her a sleeping pill to reduce her pain. As he gave the pill, she smiled and said "Not eternal sleep, I hope". But that night (on March 2, 1949) she died in her sleep becoming a "Nightingale of Heaven and God"- Noble

Works

Each year links to its corresponding "year in poetry" article:

1905 : The Golden Threshold, published in the United Kingdom[10] (text available online) 1912 : The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death & the Spring, published in London[11]

1917 : The Broken Wing: Songs of Love, Death and the Spring, including "The Gift of India" (first read in public in 1915)[11][12]

1916 : Muhammad Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity[13]

1943 : The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India, Allahabad: Kitabistan, posthumously published[11]

1961 : The Feather of the Dawn, posthumously published, edited by her daughter, Padmaja Naidu [14]

1971 :The Indian Weavers[15]

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Famous Poems

Damayante to Nala in the Hour of Exile Ecstasy Indian Dancers The Indian Indian Love-Song Indian Weavers In Salutation to the Eternal Peace In the Forest In the Bazaars of Hyderabad ( refer english textbook of 8th std ssc board Leili Nightfall in the City of Hyderabad Palanquin Bearers The Pardah Nashin Past and Future The Queen's Rival The Royal Tombs of Golconda The Snake-Charmer Song of a Dream Song of Radha,the milkmaid The Soul's Prayer Suttee To a Buddha Seated on a Lotus To the God of Pain Wandering Singers Street Cries Alabaster Autumn Song Bangle Sellers The Coromandel Fishers To youth The Festival of Memory

Commemoration

She is commemorated through the naming of several institutions including the Sarojini Naidu College for Women, Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital and Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, University of Hyderabad