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Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay) (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃorod͡ʒini]; [1] 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) [2] was an Indian political activist and poet who served as the first Governor of United Provinces, after India's independence.
1917: The Song of the Palanquin Bearers, lyrics by Naidu and music by Martin Shaw, London: Curwen; 1918: The Speeches and Writings of Sarojini Naidu, Madras: G.A. Natesan and Company; 1919: Mohammed Ali Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity His Speeches and Writings 1912-1917, Madras: Ganesh and Company.
A palanquin is a covered litter, usually for one passenger. It is carried by an even number of bearers (between two and eight, but most commonly four) on their shoulders, by means of a pole projecting fore and aft. [2] [3] [4] The word is derived from the Sanskrit palyanka, meaning bed or couch.
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Royal palanquin bearers. The name is derived from the Tamil word Civikai meaning "palanquin" and the suffix -ar denoting honorific plural. [4] [5] The headmen of them were known as Kūriyan, meaning "proclaimer", in reference to his proclaiming or announcement of the titles of the person whom he carries before the palanquin.
Author, Sarojini Naidu. The Golden Threshold [1] is an anthology of poems written by Sarojini Naidu.The text was published in 1905 when Naidu was only 26 years old. The selection of poems within The Golden Threshold were inspired by her own life and are written in English diction.
The poem contains five stanzas of six lines each. Every line of the poem contains a rhythm and a beat, and the sequence of the phrases "What do you" and "O ye" marks the rhyme scheme of the poem. It follows a unique rhyme scheme in which the second, fourth, and sixth lines in each stanza rhyme. The third and fifth lines also rhyme.
They are the palanquin / pallak bearers for the ruling dynasties, at some places for the Jenmi Namboothiris [3] and Nair chieftains. [4] Today, two sub-castes among the Nairs, namely Pallichan and Maniyani, are theyyam worshippers, and they have their own shrines for their theyyams. [5] Pallichan and Vattakad were treated as an intermediate ...