ABOUT THE POET
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Kamala Das
(known as Kamala Surayya)
Kamala Das
(known as Kamala Surayya)
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Born –
March – 31, 1934 Madras, British India.
Born –
March – 31, 1934 Madras, British India.
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Died – May
31, 2009 Pune, India
Died – May
31, 2009 Pune, India
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She used
Madhabikkuty, as her pen name.
She used
Madhabikkuty, as her pen name.
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She was
known as poet and short story writer
She was
known as poet and short story writer
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Notable
works –
Notable
works –
1) My story (1976)
2) Yaa Allah (2011)
3) Alphabet of lust (1977)
4) My mother at sixty- six (1999)
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Awards _
Awards _
a) Asian poetry Prize (1998)
b) Kerala Sahitya Academy Award (1969)
c) Sahitya Academy Award (1985)
ABOUT THE POEM
“My mother at sixty-six” was published in 1999. The poem is
written in free verse. The poem is a representation of the melancholic feeling
of the poet about her mother’s superannuation and approaching end. Suddenly she
discovers the inevitable end of human in her mother.
written in free verse. The poem is a representation of the melancholic feeling
of the poet about her mother’s superannuation and approaching end. Suddenly she
discovers the inevitable end of human in her mother.
THE INEVITABLE
END
END
Every living entity in this world is subject to decay decline
and death. When the poet was on her way to the airport with her mother, she
realized this very truth. She could discover the signs of her mother
approaching end. Her ashen , pale ,wan and corpse like reflected that the
ultimate time is near.
and death. When the poet was on her way to the airport with her mother, she
realized this very truth. She could discover the signs of her mother
approaching end. Her ashen , pale ,wan and corpse like reflected that the
ultimate time is near.
ESCAPING THE
TRUTH
TRUTH
When the poet suddenly discovered her mother’s apparently corpse
like body marked with her old age, pale and ashen look, she got to realize the
unbearable truth. She did not want to lose her mother. She tried not to think
about this may more and to deviate herself looked outside to behold the
optimistic and young trees and spilling children.
like body marked with her old age, pale and ashen look, she got to realize the
unbearable truth. She did not want to lose her mother. She tried not to think
about this may more and to deviate herself looked outside to behold the
optimistic and young trees and spilling children.
FEAR OF
CHILDHOOD
CHILDHOOD
The poet has here touched us delicately when she refers to the
fear of the childhood. The fear of losing her mother was aroused again when she
glimpsed the impending disaster. She tried to hide her concern and fear at last
and tried to make her mother happy by smiling and waving her hand.
fear of the childhood. The fear of losing her mother was aroused again when she
glimpsed the impending disaster. She tried to hide her concern and fear at last
and tried to make her mother happy by smiling and waving her hand.
Some Important questions :-
1) Establish the poem “My Mother at Sixty Six” to be melancholic
one.
one.
2) ‘Every living being meets the horns of death’. How is this
depicted in the poem?
depicted in the poem?
3) How was the mother looking when the poet took her in her car?
4) What does the last line imply?
5) What do the Children and young sprinting trees signify?
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