Who is Toru Dutt
Toru Dutt (Bengali: তরু দত্ত; 4 March 1856 – 30 August 1877) was an Indian Bengali translator and poet from British India, who wrote in English and French. She is among the founding figures of Indo-Anglian literature, alongside Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809–1831), Manmohan Ghose (1869–1924), and Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949). She is known for her volumes of poetry in English, A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1877) and Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882), and for a novel in French, Le Journal de Mademoiselle d'Arvers (1879). Her poems explore themes of loneliness, longing, patriotism and nostalgia. Dutt died at the age of 21.BiographyEarly life and educationToru Dutt was born in Calcutta on 4 March 1856 to a Bengali family, which had converted to Christian...Read Full Biography of Toru Dutt
Toru Dutt Poems
- Near Hastings
Near Hastings, on the shingle-beach,
We loitered at the time
When ripens on the wall the peach,
The autumn's lovely prime. ... - Savitri. Part Ii
Great joy in Madra. Blow the shell
The marriage over to declare!
And now to forest-shades where dwell
The hermits, wend the wedded pair. ... - The Legend Of Dhruva
Vishnu Purana. Book I. Chapter XI.
Sprung from great Brahma, Manu had two sons, ... - Savitri. Part Iii
Death in his palace holds his court,
His messengers move to and fro,
Each of his mission makes report,
And takes the royal orders,--Lo, ... - The Tree Of Life
Broad daylight, with a sense of weariness!
Mine eyes were closed, but I was not asleep,
My hand was in my father's, and I felt
His presence near me. Thus we often past ...
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N.sujathA: Good super poem writer I Like the poem in
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