Comments on: Remembering Kamala Das

By: Tufayel

Tufayel — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:24:44 +0000

too good her writing style,i just like to read her writing again and again.Allah will keep her in peace.

By: Yamini

Yamini — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:22:13 +0000

The Maggots
At Sunset, on the river ban, Krishna/ Loved her for the last time and left../That night in her husband’s arms, Radha felt/ So dead that he asked, What is wrong,/ Do you mind my kisses, love? And she said,/ No, not at all, but thought, What is/ It to the corpse if the maggots nip?…
KAMALA Das

By: apu

apu — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:16:35 +0000

Actually, Kamala Das’ poetry when I first read it, was a revelation to me – until then, I had never come across the suggestion that women (esp ‘good’ Indian women) also thought of their bodies and their sexual needs; in that sense, I thought sexuality formed an important part of her writing, though I do understand what you mean – there isn’t really much coverage of her in these obits as a poet, beyond that.