AN INTRODUCTION Kamala Das I don’t know politics but I know the names Of those in power‚ and can repeat them life Days of week‚ or names of months‚ beginning with Nehru. I am Indian‚ very brown‚ born in Malabar‚ speak three languages‚ write in Two‚ dream in one. Don’t write in English they said‚ English is not your mother-tongue. Why not leave Me alone‚ critics‚ friends‚ visiting cousins‚ Every one of you? Why not let me speak in Any language I like? The language I speak Become mine
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“An Introduction” is perhaps the most famous of the poems written by Kamala Das in a self-reflective and confessional tone from her maiden publication Summer in Calcutta(1965). The poem is a strong remark on Patriarchal Society prevalent today and brings to light the miseries‚ bondage‚ pain suffered by the fairer sex in such times. The poet says that she is not interested in politics but claims that she can name all the people who have been in power right from the time of Nehru. By saying that she
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Series Kamala Das - poems - Publication Date: 2012 Publisher: PoemHunter.Com - The World’s Poetry Archive Kamala Das Kamala Surayya / Suraiyya formerly known as Kamala Das ‚ (also known as Kamala Madhavikutty‚ pen name was Madhavikutty) was a major Indian English poet and littérateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam author from Kerala‚ India. Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography‚ while her oeuvre in English‚ written under the name Kamala Das‚ is
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Journal)—ISSN-0974-2832 Vol. II‚ Issue-6 (Feb.09-April.09) AGONY AND FRUSTRATION IN THE POETRY OF KAMALA DAS * Dr. Bhosale B. S. The poetry of Kamala Das has the unique place in Indian poetry in English particularly written by women poets. She has developed the feminine poetic sensibility. There is an expression of her personal and public experiences in her poetry. The ideas‚ which she has expressed in her poems and in her autobiography‚ My Story‚ appear to be similar. She has written a great deal of inward
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An Essay on Kamala Das Introduction: Kamala Das born on 31st March 1934 is one of the best-known contemporary Indian women writers. She writes in two languages‚ English and Malayalam. She has also written under the pseudonyms Madhavikutty and Kamala Suraiyya.). Das was born into an aristocratic Nair Hindu family in Malabar. Her love of poetry began at an early age through the influence of her maternal great-uncle‚ Narayan Menon‚ a prominent writer‚ and her mother‚ Balamani Amma‚ a well-known
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Introduction Kamala Das (1934-2009) was one of the most distinctive and original of Indian poets writing in English .Das‘ poetry reveals her concern for woman and search for genuine love. She looks into a woman‘s consciousness and places two aspects before her readers: ―First‚ the relationship of man and woman the second‚ the woman‘s quest for true love.her poetry is rooted in her own personal experiences. When Kamala Das sets out to (consciously or unconsciously) bring out the voice of the women
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curiosity or monstrosity. 3. A sudden capricious turn of mind; a whim. Here ‚ the first stands for the sexual act in the poem that is unnatural‚ simply for the reason that it is not natural(not arising out of love). The second meaning can be attributed to the object of the act‚ the poetess herself‚ an eccentric. The third implication is responsible for the poem itself as a whole‚a sudden whim that results in the poetess’ inspiration. The man in question is described in terms of his
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CONFESSIONAL MODE IN POETRY OF KAMALA DAS Confessional mode of writing has its virtual origin in the mid50s in America. It is hybrid mode of poetry which means objective‚ analytical or even clinical observation of incidents from one’s own life. Confessional poems are intensely personal and highly subjective. There is no ‘persona’ in the poems. ‘I’ in the poems is the poet and nobody else. The themes are nakedly embarrassing and focus too exclusively upon the pain‚ anguish and ugliness of life at
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