• Dr. Shah Sufiuz Zaman

In the contemporary Indian literary scenario, Kamala Das occupies a prominent position as a poetess of talent and artistry. She, as a major Indian poetess in English has attracted international attention by virtue of her bold, uninhibited articulation of feminine urges. The paper attempts an analytical study of the poetics of Kamala Das through the specific prism of the feminist ideology. Das, with her novel spectrum of poetry, announced the arrival of a fresh and indomitable female voice on the Indian English literary scene. Debunking the artifice of patriarchy and its oppressive function, she set out to live her life on her own terms. Her writings speak volumes about her extremely free and courageous outlook on life. We barely meet any inhibitions or ambiguities in her. Her verse verily reflects what she felt, thought and actually lived out. She is India’s answer to the American coterie of confessional poets as she limns a brutally honest portrait of her deeply felt angst, pain and bewilderment against the male-dominated superstructure in our society, in the most striking of confessional tones. A perusal of her ballistic verse opens floodgates to the understanding of the plight and predicament of the females’ section entrenched against the particular backdrop of the stereotypical Indian set up. Her anger and exasperation become her panacea. The fire that she sets on the paper through her verse becomes a torch lighting up the pathway to a more dignified, humanistic and cohesive status for the female folk.

Annihilation, sex, distress, slavery, freedom, self, emotions, feminist.

"Kamala Das and her feminist voice in English poetry.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 3, page no.835-840, August-2014, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701816.pdf

"Kamala Das and her feminist voice in English poetry.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 3, page no. pp835-840, August-2014, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701816.pdf