Feminism in the Poems of Kamala Das
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\n∂v Ipsd hnSpXn t\Snb ImeØmWv \mw Pohn°p∂Xv. "2011˛se
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Imew IcpXnh® IYIƒ
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\n¿_‘ßsfbpw \Ωn¬ kr„n°phm≥ I°´n¬IYIƒ°v Ignbp
∂p≠v.
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]Xnt\gv IYIfp≠v. IYIsfms°bpw ImeØns‚ Isøm∏v ]Xn™ hbmWv. \mw Pohn°p∂ Imehpw Pohn°p∂ PohnXhn[ßfpw
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\n∂v Ipsd hnSpXn t\Snb ImeØmWv \mw Pohn°p∂Xv. "2011˛se
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