"Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan" by Toru Dutt, is a series of poems that retell Indian myths and legends, created in the late 1800s. It mixes new poems with versions of older stories. These poems tell of famous people from Hindu stories, like Savitri, known for her loyalty and bravery. The book aims to bring back and honor India's old storytelling customs through poetry. The first part tells the story of Savitri, showing her as a kind and beautiful person. She is a king's daughter who enjoys nature, different from most women in her time. She meets and falls in love with Satyavan, but a prophecy says he will die soon. Savitri worries but promises to stay true to her love, showing her strong will and emotions. The first stories highlight love, destiny, and inner strength, drawing readers into India's classic tales.
Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
By Toru Dutt
A devoted woman faces a terrible prophecy and embraces a fateful struggle with destiny to save her beloved.
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About the AuthorTarulatta Datta, popularly known as Toru Dutt was an Indian Bengali poet and translator 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, Sita, A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1876) 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 of tuberculosis.
Tarulatta Datta, popularly known as Toru Dutt was an Indian Bengali poet and translator 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, Sita, A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1876) 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 of tuberculosis.
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