Ms. Naidu said that India’s culture has long placed women at the forefront.
The role of some of the key figures in India’s freedom struggle included equal contributions from both men and women. While the struggle began with the rebellion of 1857, Indian women made their mark a little later and strengthened their role in the movement. Sarojini Naidu, the “Nightingale of India”, was a freedom fighter and poet who worked towards reforming social norms while working to free the country from the British. As the first woman to lead the Indian National Congress and serve as the governor of a state (United Provinces), she created history. Now, a 95-year-old video of Ms. Naidu delivering a speech during her visit to the United States is going viral.
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Rare footage of India’s Sarojini Naidu speaking to Americans during her visit to the US in 1928.
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The video was shared on Twitter by Erik Solheim, Norway’s former climate minister and environment. In the 55-second clip, recorded in 1928, Ms Naidu gives an inspiring speech on how, as a woman, she represents India in the “New World” and the United States, one of the world’s oldest civilizations What lesson can it give to America? She is saying in the video, “Friends, I come to you from several thousand miles away as the ambassador of a very ancient country to the youngest nation in the world. You might be surprised that the country which considered you orthodox The Goa is taught to have chosen a woman as its representative and ambassador.” Ms. Naidu said that India’s culture has long placed women at the forefront.
“But if you read the whole history of Indian civilization, you will realize that women have been the pivot of its culture, of all its inspirations, and of all its embassies of peace, which have gone to extremes abroad for many centuries.” of the world,” she continued in the video.
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Since being shared, the video has garnered over 1.8 lakh views and over 4,000 likes.
A user said, “Women like Sarojini Naidu and her daughter Padmaja Naidu, who later became governors of UP and West Bengal, fought for India’s independence. Both highly educated and a poetess, Sarojini Naidu was known as the great poet of YBYTS was recognized by.
Another user wrote, “She is speaking in such a dignified manner. True leader and patriot.”
A third person said, “I got goosebumps listening to her English, so dignified in speaking.”
A fourth person commented, “The country which is considered as mother and always gives special place to women to live with dignity and respect.”
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