A Study and Critique Diligent on Contribution of Kamala Das to Indian English Poetry

Abstract

I am what I am, declares Kamala Das at the outset of her essay. The poetess asserts that she is uninterested in politics yet claims to be familiar with every leader since Nehru. She seems to be saying that she cannot help but have things imprinted in her. One of the most well-known feminists of the postcolonial era was Kamala Das. She wrote in both English and Malayalam, her native language. She wrote under the pen names Madhavi Kutty and Kamala Das for her Malayalam and English readers, respectively. She was dubbed "The Mother of Modern Indian English Poetry" for her enormous contributions to poetry in our nation. Because of the confessional nature of her writing, she has also been compared to literary giants like Sylvia Plath. We examine this literary icon's amazing life on the anniversary of her birth. One of the most important voices in Indian English poetry is Kamala Das. She is regarded as one of the key inspirations on Indian English poetry, and in 2009, The Times dubbed her "the mother of modern English Indian poetry" (www.timesonline.co.uk) in honor of her efforts. She received numerous honors for her writing, including the Asian Poetry Prize in 1998, the Kent Award for English Writing from Asian Countries in 1999, the Asian World Prize in 2000, the Ezhuthachan Award in 2009, the Sahitya Academy Award in 2003, the Vayalar Award in 2001, and the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 2005. Three poems she has written are By stating that she can recite these as quickly as she can identify the days of the week or the months, she is implying that these politicians were stuck in a cycle of time that repeats itself without regard for uniqueness. Time defined them rather than the other way around. Her contribution to Indian English poetry is the main topic of the paper.