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INDIAN WEAVERS

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                      Indian Weavers                                         - Sarojini Naidu                                         Sarojini Naidu, poet, playwright, Indian independence activist was the first woman to become the president of Indian National Congress(1925).Her first poetry collection 'The Golden Threshold' was published in 1905.This work as a poet conferred her the sobriquet ''Nightingale of India" or "Bharat Khokila" by Mahatma Gandhi. The poem 'Indian Weavers' sheds light on the craft and skill of the Indian weavers and the three phases of human life:birth, youth and death. Stanza-1 Weavers, with the arrival of dawn, start their laborious work.Newborn rays of sun bring the readers' attention to the beginning of a new life.A garment which is of bright blue colour is being woven for a child who is logged into earth recently.This blue garment is compared to the blue wing of a halcyon(Kingfisher).Colour blue is ass