Woman as Doubly Colonized: A View of Kamala Das's Poetry

Kamala Das is regarded as one of the most distinctive Indian poets and a staunch feminist. She is known as a spokesperson of women"s sufferings and despair. In her poetry she unveiled many issues of women which were otherwise suppressed under the societal pressure. The thematic concern of her poetry is subjugation of women, unrequited love and the disintegrating marital life. The craving of true love by woman becomes a focal point of her poetry. Post-colonial feminist theorists gave a new direction to feminism and debated about the plight of women in a male dominated society. They viewed women"s struggle as a tough battle for their existence. Kamala Das has raised her voice against the colonization of women by their male counterparts. This paper is an attempt to study the selected poems of Kamala Das from post-colonial feminist perspective.