Romanticism in Indian poetry

In Indian English poetry, 'Romanticism' has been long present in a very interesting culture-specific way. There is a fusion of the Indian or the Oriental notion of romance with the British or better put, the European concerns of Romanticism. Indian literature especially, what is called 'Padavali' literature of Chandidas and company is very rich in native Romantic insights where love is seen in spiritual terms. One of India's most significant Romantic poets would have to Rabindranath Tagore.

In Tagore's poetry, we see this curious combination of the Eastern and the Western discourses of Romanticism where there is a great influence of both 'Padavali' literature and the British Romantics, especially Wordsworth.

On the other hand, Henri Derozio and Toru Dutt would be two other important names here. Derozio's melancholy romanticism in 'The Harp of India', the nationalist emphasis in 'The Sonnet to the Pupils of Hindu College' and Toru Dutt's Our Casuarina tree' are landmark instances here.