The collection of poems 'The Golden Threshold' (1905) was written by:

"The Golden Threshold" (1905) was the first collection of poems published by Sarojini Naidu.

About "The Golden Threshold":

• It was published in London in 1905, with an introduction by the English critic Arthur Symons.
• Edmund Gosse, another English critic, had encouraged her to write about Indian themes, scenes and people, rather than imitating English poets.
• It contains poems on Indian life, nature, festivals, love and death, written in English, with rich imagery and musical rhythm.
• Famous poems in the collection include "In the Bazaars of Hyderabad", "Palanquin Bearers", "Indian Weavers" and "Village Song".
• The title "The Golden Threshold" was also the name of her family home in Hyderabad.
• Her father's house, "The Golden Threshold", in Hyderabad, now houses the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication of the University of Hyderabad.

Her other collections:

• "The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death and the Spring" (1912).
• "The Broken Wing: Songs of Love, Death and the Spring" (1917), which includes "The Gift of India", a poem on the Indian soldiers who died in the First World War.
• "The Feather of the Dawn" (published posthumously in 1961, edited by her daughter Padmaja Naidu).

About Sarojini Naidu:

• She was born in Hyderabad in 1879, and was a poet and freedom fighter.
• She was the first Indian woman President of the Congress (Kanpur, 1925).
• After Independence, she became the first woman Governor of an Indian state (United Provinces).
• Her birthday, 13 February, is celebrated as National Women's Day.

Other Indian women poets in English:

Toru Dutt (1856-1877), who wrote "Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan" and the poem "Our Casuarina Tree".

Why not the other options?

• ✗Toru Dutt, Tagore and Aurobindo Ghosh wrote other works.