Main content

Minds at War - The Broken Wing

Santanu Das discusses Indian poet Sarojini Naidu's 1917 collection The Broken Wing. Born in Hyderabad in 1879, Naidu became known as "the Nightingale of India" for her work as...

Santanu Das discusses Indian poet Sarojini Naidu's 1917 collection The Broken Wing. Born in Hyderabad in 1879, Naidu became known as "the Nightingale of India" for her work as a poet and also as an Indian independence activist. Das reflects on the importance of Naidu's work and on the impact of the First World War on the Indian fight for independence.

14 minutes

More episodes

See all episodes from World War One

Podcast

  • World War One

    The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.