Episode 21. 75 Legendary women of India - Kamala Das
Nobel Prize Winner Kamala Das"s poems were described as "ultimate form of ‘Indianization of English Language". Know the legend in Newsbharati"s exclusive video;
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On the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, NewsBharati has come up with an initiative to celebrate India's Independence. We have tried to attempt to introduce 75 Legendary Women of India who have made immense contributions in their respective fields.
If you are from Kerala then there are chances that you have at least heard about 'Madhavikutty's poems. Born as Kamala Surayya, the poetess won Nobel prize for her English poems that impactfully express the cultural dilemma of Indian literature that had lost its touch with Indian languages because of more than a century-long foreign rule.
Born into a family where both her parents had a literary background, she naturally inherited a disposition towards writing. Simple yet effective, the English in her poems was described as "the ultimate form of ‘Indianization of
English Language'.
Kamala Das had written in one of her poems, "I am Indian, born in Malabar, I speak three languages, write in Two, dream in one."
Newsbharati remembers Kamala Surayya for her introspective poetry about Indian society