The Golden Threshold
Sarojini Naidu
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Sarojini Naidu was a remarkable woman. Known as the Nightingale of India, she started writing at the age of thirteen and throughout her life composed several volumes of poetry, writing many poems which are still famous to this day.
As well as being a poet, Naidu was an activist and politician, campaigning for Indian independence and became the first Indian woman to attain the post of President of the Indian National Congress.
This volume contains the beautiful 'Indian Love-Song', as well as many other moving verses. All of them give insight into the heart and mind of this hugely important and influential woman.
The poems are split into three categories: Folk Songs, Songs for Music and Poems. - Summary by Lucy Perry (1 hr 15 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 18:04 | Read by Gilles G. Le Blanc |
Palanquin Bearers | 0:57 | Read by Vann Lantz |
Wandering Singers | 1:00 | Read by Vann Lantz |
Indian Weavers | 0:55 | Read by Vann Lantz |
Coromandel Fishers | 1:19 | Read by Vann Lantz |
The Snake-Charmer | 1:02 | Read by Vann Lantz |
Corn-Grinders | 1:32 | Read by Vann Lantz |
Village-Song | 1:44 | Read by Zeeshan Reshamwala |
In Praise Of Henna | 1:23 | Read by Zeeshan Reshamwala |
Harvest Hymn | 2:46 | Read by Zeeshan Reshamwala |
Indian Love-Song | 1:32 | Read by Zeeshan Reshamwala |
Cradle-Song | 1:07 | Read by Zeeshan Reshamwala |
Suttee | 1:09 | Read by Zeeshan Reshamwala |
Song Of A Dream | 1:23 | Read by Zeeshan Reshamwala |
Humayun To Zobeida | 1:24 | Read by Zeeshan Reshamwala |
Autumn Song | 0:58 | Read by Zeeshan Reshamwala |
Alabaster | 0:58 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
Ectstasy | 0:58 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
To My Fairy Fancies | 0:57 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
Ode To H.H. The Nizam Of Hyderabad | 2:33 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
Leili | 1:08 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
In The Forest | 1:26 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
Past And Future | 1:08 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
Life | 1:14 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
The Poet's Love-Song | 1:08 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
To The God Of Pain | 1:46 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
The Song Of Princess Zeb-Un-Nissa In Praise Of Her Own Beauty | 1:09 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
Indian Dancers | 2:06 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
My Dead Dream | 1:29 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
Damayante To Nala In The Hour Of Exile | 2:18 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
The Queen's Rival | 3:05 | Read by Josh Kirsh |
The Poet To Death | 0:57 | Read by Josh Kirsh |
The Indian Gipsy | 1:03 | Read by Josh Kirsh |
To My Children | 2:05 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
The Pardah Nashin | 1:20 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
To Youth | 0:54 | Read by Josh Kirsh |
Nightfall In The City Of Hyderabad | 1:18 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
Street Cries | 1:38 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
To India | 1:13 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
The Royal Tombs Of Golconda | 1:44 | Read by Anusha Iyer |
To A Buddha Seated On A Lotus | 2:02 | Read by JemmaBlythe |