Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India, lived a purposeful life. A devoted freedom fighter, a principled politician, a progressive activist, a radical reformer, an inspirational poet - woman of varied talents and high caliber, Sarojini Naidu lived life to its fullest. Her sincerity and zeal in speeches, poems and conversation reflect devotion and loyalty towards her motherland. Sarojini's career exhibits an intriguing paradox. She was one of those great personalities whose greatness is difficult to identify and substantiate. Though, she made no epoch-making contribution to either the ideology or practice of the struggle against colonialism, yet she played a lieutenant-like role in Indian politics. Sarojini was not only the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress but also the first woman to become the Governor of a state in independent India.

Ahead of times, she painted a romantic, idealistic picture of Indian women in her poems, and she, in real life also led the struggle for women's emancipation in India. She came forward and roused them to a realization of their own latent powers. On the other front she demonstrated how politics could be a clean game.

Certainly, Sarojini Naidu, with her multifaceted personality, was one of the most colorful and memorable women of the 20th century.