“AN INTRODUCTION” AND “THE OLD PLAYHOUSE”: KAMALA DAS’ NEW TRIALS OF EMANCIPATION FOR INDIAN WOMEN
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 5
Abstract
The study focuses on Kamala Das’ uncanny honesty of exploring womanhood in a patriarchal world. It presents “An Introduction” and “The Old Playhouse” as Das’ weapons of raising her vigorous voice and fighting against the male ego as well as the orthodox, conservative society. Considering Kamala Das as an ardent spokesperson for women’s freedom this paper examines her poems “An Introduction” and “The Old Playhouse” as the echoes of the pitiable condition of women and movements of emancipating the Indian women. This paper looks at the inner-meanings of these poems in the light of Das’ personal experience in order to argue that these poems have contributions in uplifting the deplorable condition of Indian women in a society where they can enjoy freedom without any restrictions. The findings reveal kamala Das as the poet who universalizes her personal issues to stimulate Indian women to establish their own individuality going beyond the shadows of patriarchal hegemony and substantiate Das’ poems “An Introduction” and “The Old Playhouse” as new trials of emancipation for Indian women.
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TAPU RAYHAN MD, NURE JANNAT .
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