The part when she describes
peacocks is the best. She
has beautifully illustrated it in
“Neelkanth”.
Although Mahadevi Verma
directly wasn’t a part of the
Allahabad campaign started
by Gandhi ji back then. She
supported his teachings
and did two things for the
Freedom Movement. She
wore Khadi and stopped
talking in English.
By profession, she was
a Vice-Chancellor and
professor at Prayag Mahila
Vidyapeeth. Although the
time then didn’t support
women’s education, her
mother encouraged her to
learn Sanskrit and Hindi.
“Bachpan ke din” was
Mahadevi Verma’s biography
in which she appreciates how
her parents supported her at
a time when a girl child was
considered a burden for the
parents. Subhadra Kumari
Chauhan was Mahadevi’s
roommate and then became
her close friend, the two of
them wrote poetry together.
When we have to look at her
personality, she was the most
modest woman. She lived a
simple life and it is seen in the
way she dressed and what she
ate.
She was always found in white
clothes, slept on a wooden
bed and the fact that she never
looked at her face in the mirror
shows the gem of a person
she was. Perhaps she believed
in inner-beauty through good
deeds.
They deserve to be known and we can
equally take inspiration from them, learn
and take steps in being better people
and contributors to the nation. Here is
a list of all the women freedom fighters
and their contribution to our nation.
Take a look!
No 1 - Mahadevi Verma
Mahadevi Verma was born on March
26, 1907, and she died on September
11, 1987. She was known for writing
good poetry, was an educationist and a
freedom fighter.
She was a major poet of “ Chhayavaad”.
She has written a lovely story about
cows and this is related to her real-life.
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