• Prof. Pratibha Saraswat

Abstract: Kamala Das is one of the most revolutionary poets in Indian English Literature. Her poems describe the plight of Indian women with utmost honesty. The aim of this study is to critically analyse the call for identity and equality of rights for women as expressed in the poems of Kamala Das. Women empowerment and sexual freedom has been an important topic of contemplation of women writers. In the context of India, this topic is even more relevant. Not much is written about gender equality, sexual freedom, and women empowerment in patriarchal India. In this scenario the works of Kamala Das on freedom of expression of women is of utmost importance. She was being labelled as a bold and controversial writer. She talked about women’s femininity and search for self-identity with great ease and conviction. The physical and mental stress on women in her poems, can be visualised as an effort to get closer to self –identity and for herself as a woman. She is a revolutionary poet in the true sense of the word. Her influence on Indian English poetry is tremendous. She was hailed as “the mother of Modern Indian English poetry” by The Times.

Women Empowermwnt, Liberty, Equal Status

"A Study of Women Empowerment and Equal Rights in the Poems of Kamala Das", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.669-673, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906873.pdf

"A Study of Women Empowerment and Equal Rights in the Poems of Kamala Das", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp669-673, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906873.pdf