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Kamala Suraiyya Das

Born

in Punnayurkulam, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India, India

March 31, 1934

Died

May 31, 2009

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Surayya

Genre

Poetry, Short Story, Memoir

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See also Madhavikutty
Kamala Suraiyya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), also known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and Kamala Das, was an Indian English poet and littérateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam author from Kerala, India. Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography, while her oeuvre in English, written under the name Kamala Das, is noted for the poems and explicit autobiography.

Her open and honest treatment of female sexuality, free from any sense of guilt, infused her writing with power, but also marked her as an iconoclast in her generation. On 31 May 2009, aged 75, she died at a hospital in Pune. Das has earned considerable respect in recent years.

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Average rating: 3.83 · 19,778 ratings · 908 reviews · 97 distinct works • Similar authors

	എന്റെ കഥ \| Ente Katha by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty 3.79 avg rating — 7,352 ratings — published 1973 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	നീര്‍മാതളം പൂത്തകാലം \| Neermatalam Poothakaalam by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty 3.90 avg rating — 3,547 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട നീലാംബരി \| Nashtappetta Neelambari by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty 3.86 avg rating — 1,863 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baalyakaala Smaranakal \| ബാല്യകാലസ്മരണകൾ by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty 4.01 avg rating — 1,083 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neypayasam \| നെയ്പ്പായസം by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty 3.93 avg rating — 821 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ചന്ദന മരങ്ങൾ \| Chandana Marangal by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty 3.64 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	എന്റെ പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട കഥകൾ \| Ente Priyappetta Kathakal by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty 3.91 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	പക്ഷിയുടെ മണം \| Pakshiyude Manam by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty 3.74 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ente Lokam 3.76 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malayalathinte Suvarna Kadhakal \| മലയാളത്തിന്റെ സുവർണ്ണകഥകൾ by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty 4.01 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Kamala Suraiyya Das (?)

“It is I who drink lonely
Drinks at twelve, midnight, in hotels of strange towns,
It is I who laugh, it is I who make love
And then, feel shame, it is I who lie dying
With a rattle in my throat. I am sinner,
I am saint. I am the beloved and the
Betrayed. I have no joys that are not yours, no
Aches which are not yours. I too call myself I.”
― Kamala Das

tags: feminism, introduction

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“At sunset, on the river ban, Krishna
Loved her for the last time and left. . .

That night in her husband's arms, Radha felt
So dead that he asked, What is wrong,
Do you mind my kisses, love? And she said,
Not not at all, but thought, What is
It to the corpse if the maggots nip?”
― Kamala Das, The Descendants

tags: corpse, death, kamala-das, love, marriage, poem, the-maggots

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“If wrappings of cloth can impart respectability, the most respectable persons are the Egyptian mummies, all wrapped in layers and layers of gauze”
― Kamala Suraiyya Das, Wages of Love

tags: clothing, respect, sarcasm, shaming, society

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