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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.