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Yet, with all these controversies, Kamala lies neglected on her 10th death anniversary, between two saplings planted across her grave. The plants wave when the lone visitor asks if Kamala has anything more to say to the world. Ten years ago, when her body was brought to the University Senate Hall in Thiruvananthapuram, the same visitor had followed the long queue to see her face for the first and last time.
Born on 31st March, in Kerala, Kamala Das lived a culturally enriched childhood, thanks to the influence of literary luminaries like Balamani Amma her mother and Nalapat Narayana Menon her grand uncle in her early years.
Her love for writing began at a very young age. At the age of six, Ms Das created a rudimentary magazine of poems, where she would write sad poems about dolls that had lost their heads and were doomed to remain headless for eternity. The early years of her life were spent shuttling between her native home in Kerala and Calcutta, where her father, VM Nair, was posted for work.
At the age of 15, Ms Das was married to a banker officer - Madhava Das - much older than herself. The couple moved to the erstwhile Bombay, which is where Ms Das took to writing professionally, on being encouraged by her husband, even as she struggled with juggling the duties and expectations from a housewife. Kamala Das wrote extensively and in explicit detail. Most of her writing in Malayalam was written under the pen name of Madhavikutty.
Her writing, whether in English or Malayalam, had strong feminist leanings and she didn't shy away from discussing sex and sexuality in her stories and poems. They also often borrowed words and phrases from each other. One of her earliest published works, Sthree , a story that was published in Mathrubhumi Weekly in , when Ms Das as barely 13, had lesbianism as its central theme.
Through the 50s and 60s, she continued writing in her signature confessional and graphic writing style, talking about women's issues - struggling with sexism, understanding and experimenting with their own sexuality, childbirth, love, desire, loneliness, being stifled, emotional disillusionment, etc.
Kamala Das converted to Islam towards the last part of her life. He feels the protests against creative art will grow in the coming times. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter. Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin. Sign Up. Edit Profile. Subscribe Now. Your Subscription Plan Cancel Subscription.
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