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Sarojini naidu was born on 13 February 1879
Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Telangana, India). She was
educated in her early years under her father's own care. He wanted her to become a great mathematician
or scientist but she loved to dream and write poems. She was hardly eleven when
she wrote her first poem. At thirteen, she wrote a long poem in manner of Famous
English poets. After matriculation in
India, she went to England for higher education. She met Sir Edund who was
distinguished man of letters. He was impressed by her knowledge and
intelligence. He was surprised to see that she had written poems in flawless
English but felt disappointed to find that they had nothing of the East in
them. He advised her to write something about her own country and from then
onwards, she devoted her to writing verse about India.
Question:
a. Why did Sarojini Naidu’s father want her to
choose as a career?
b. What did Sir Edmund advise Sarojini Naidu?
c. Why was disappointed by her poems?
d. When was Sarojini Naidu born?
Answers:
(a) Sarojini Naidu's father wanted her to become a great mathematician or
scientist.
(b) Sir Edmund advised Sarojini Naidu to write
about her own country, India, because her poems, though written in flawless
English, did not reflect anything of the East.
(c) Sir Edmund was disappointed because her poems,
although well-written in English, lacked themes or content related to the East
or her own country.
(d) Sarojini Naidu was born on 13 February 1879 in
Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Telangana, India).
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