H. L. V. Derozio was born on April 18, 1809 to a Portuguese-Indian family. He was highly influenced by the English Romantic poets; like Keats, Shelly and Wordsworth. He was also assistant head master of Hindu College, Calcutta which now is the Presidency College. He started publishing his patriotic works in papers at the age of 17. He was a "free thinker". Free thinkers are someone who cannot be easily tamed. They are the people who reject, who question everything. They...