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 nameHer open and honest treatment of female sexuality‚ free from any sense of guilt‚ infused her writing with power‚ but also marked her
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Feminism in the 1960’s Feminism in the 1960’s has paved the way for women of today. The National Organization of Women created laws to benefit women in 1968‚ the Women’s Bureau made the workplace a fair environment and National Association of Women Lawyers gave women the fair chance to excel in a male dominated career. Even though the feminist movement in the 1960’s had minor setbacks‚ the National Organization of Women provided the foundation for feminism‚ the Women’s Bureau extended a helping
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games are just giving into their desires and sometimes it’s what has to be done in order to gain knowledge from what is unknown to them. In the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Kamala is Siddhartha’s doorway into lust‚ sin and greed. Don’t go confusing lust for love‚ lust doesn’t last
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KAMLA BHASIN Kamla Bhasin was born in 1946 and grew up in Rajasthan‚ India. She received a BA at Maharani’s College in Jaipur and an MA in Economics at Rajasthan University. In addition‚ she studied Sociology of Development for four semesters at Muenster University in West Germany. From April 1970 to March 1971 Bhasin was a Lecturer in the Orientation Centre of the German Foundation for Developing Countries in Bad Honnef‚ West Germany. Then from 1972-1975 she was the Development Secretary of Seva
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women’s movements began to develop during the 1800’s in the United States and Europe. These women’s movements are often referred to as feminist movements or feminism. The development of feminism in the 1800’s was a very crucial part of history because women began the long road of gaining women’s rights with the Seneca Falls Convention‚ the founding of the National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ and the first National Women’s Rights Convention. Feminism is defined as the belief that women should have
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Beyoncé’s FLAWLESS feminism: A Biography Beyoncé Knowles was originally born in Houston‚ Texas in 1981. She rose to fame at only sixteen years old when her R&B group‚ more commonly known as Destinies Child‚ signed their first record deal. Since then‚ Beyoncé has embarked on numerous different experiences such as acting along side of Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson‚ and most importantly the take off of her solo career in 2004. Her first solo album sold millions of copies‚ won her five Grammy awards
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On seeing her son‚ Das recovered her faith in life. Ultimately her wish to die was replaced by the wish to live and survive for her son. But the birth of her first son left her physically weak. Anyhow‚ she continued to tolerate her husband’s disloyalty to her. After the birth of her second child Priyadarsin‚ her mental agony increased to an alarming level and she put under the observation of a skilled psychiatrist. Meanwhile due to the sad demise of her grandmother she suffered a major emotional
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1920’s Study Guide RISE OF NATIVISM 1. Red Scare ➢ Eugene Debs -Socialist leader -Imprisoned ➢ Palmer Raids -US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer -Hunted down communists‚ socialists‚ and anarchists (People who opposed any form of gov’t) -Many foreigners deported -Trampled civil rights ➢ Mail Bombings -Many bombs were mailed to gov’t and business leaders -Public became fearful of Communism taking over -Led to Palmer Raids ➢ Sacco & Vanzetti -Italian immigrants and anarchists -Arrested
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Love and Sex in the Poetry of Kamala Das : A Quest for Identity Creative writing in a language not one’s own is possible and Kamala Das remains even today after five long decades ‘ the most powerful voice of the post colonial reality”. She has acquired and nativized the English language by exploring the nuances of English and impassioned celebration of genuine emotions. Confessional poetry of Kamala Das are often “ anti-structural and
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During the 1980’s feminism fell out of favour with women. The fanaticism second wave feminists exhibited to carry out their plan to win equality and freedom for women made it infamous among its progeny. Feminist theorists like Betty Friedan‚ Kate Millet and Elaine Showalter promulgated “activism” as female ethic. Friedan in Female Mystique(1963) argued that white middle-class women suffers from ‘the problem that has no name’— which is responsible for wide spread unhappiness among women. Friedan states
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