India, Feb. 13 -- A poet, feminist, and political activist, Sarojini Naidu was a woman of many talents. Born in a Bengali family in Hyderabad, she went on to become the Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress, and later the first woman governor of a state after independence.

Her poetry, which is as vivid as it is lyrical, earned her the nickname Nightingale of India from Mahatma Gandhi. One of the stalwarts of the Indian independence movement, Naidu's poems were generally on the themes of patriotism, Indian culture, natural beauty and romance.

Today's quote of the day is an extract from her poem Life, which goes: "Till ye have battled with great grief and fears, / And borne the conflict of dream-shattering years, / Wounde...