PERSPECTIVE AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN KAMALA DAS'S POETRY

Kamala Das is one of the leading Indian English woman poets who writes with strong feminist perspective. Her poetry discovers the best articulation of feminine sensibility and its suppression in a male dominated society. Kamala Das’s poems exhibits courage and a determined spirit through her inherent creative ability to fight against the illogical traditional norms that are designed to dominate women. Her bold and fearless exhibition of self is incomparable and therefore she is an inspiration for every Indian woman to fight for her own rights, empowerment, self-identity, self-dignity and equality of status. Her poems not only are read as a feminist perspective but are also considered as a source for women empowerment. This paper tries to analyse the poetic works of Kamala Das in the light of Feminist perspective. This study would also throw light on literature as an instrument for social rectification and woman empowerment.