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Kamala Suraiya, better known as Kamala Das, is a well-known female Indian writer writing in English as well as Malayalam, her native language. She is considered one of the outstanding Indian poets writing in English, although her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography. Much of her writing in Malayalam came under the pen name Madhavikku
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Paperback, 107 pages
Published
March 1st 2010
(first published February 1st 1973)
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ഒരു ചടട കൂടിലും ഒതുങങി നിലകാതെ .. സവനതം ജീവിതതതെ പചചയായി അവതരിപപിചചുകൊണട നടതതിയ ഈ ജീവിത കാവയം . ഒരു സതരീയുടെ എലലാം വികാര വിചാര തലങങളെ സനനിവേസിപപിചചു കാണിചച ആ ധൈരയതതിന മുനനില വാകകുകള പോലും മതിയാകിലല ..... എലലാവരും വയിചിരികേണട ഒരു അതമകധംശം തനനെ ആണ...... ഇത പോലെ ഒരു പുസതകം ലോക ചരിതരതതില ഉണടായതുമിലല ...ഇനി ഉണടാകുമിലല .......
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It is rare that I read an Indian author in English, but Kamala Das and her book were a gambit that worked.
My story is the story of Kamala Das, a woman born in a conservative society of Kerala. In the book, she explores the desires of women of that era who were bound by tradition and had no say in any matters. It is not a continuous story but rather a collection of incidents based on the lives of various women the author came across in her life. It is difficult to say how much of it is true as s ...more
My story is the story of Kamala Das, a woman born in a conservative society of Kerala. In the book, she explores the desires of women of that era who were bound by tradition and had no say in any matters. It is not a continuous story but rather a collection of incidents based on the lives of various women the author came across in her life. It is difficult to say how much of it is true as s ...more
"സമുദായതതെ ഒരു വിരൂപിയായ മുതതശശിയായി ഞാൻ കാണുനനു. വിദവെഷം നിറഞഞ മനസസുളളവരെയും നുണപറയുനനവരെയും വഞചികകുനനവരെയും സവാർതഥികളെയും ഏററവും രഹസയമായി കൊലചെയതവരെയും ഈ വൃദധ ഒരു കരിമപടം കൊണട വാതസലയതതോടെ പുതപപികകുനനു. ഈ കരിമപടതതിനറെ രകഷയെ വെറുകകുനനവർ പുറതതുകിടനനു തണുതതുവിറയകകുനനു. "
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Disappointing and incomplete too... So many repetitions... And the spelling.!!! .. Will not buy another Malayalam ebook...
I had heard of this book for a long time. Somehow, never laid my hands on it and therefore, never read. It is courtesy Dr Nagraja, my Linguistics professor from college that I got to read it now! He was moving to Mysore from Pune, and this was among the books he donated to our library The Book Leaf. And am I glad it was!
What spontaneous writing! There is nothing stilted about the writing style of Kamala Das. I can well imagine what it must have been to chat with her face-to-face! In the time of ...more
What spontaneous writing! There is nothing stilted about the writing style of Kamala Das. I can well imagine what it must have been to chat with her face-to-face! In the time of ...more
What is most fascinating about this book is the simple honesty with which Madhavikutty dramatises her self and places her life at the vortex of the controversial maelstrom unleashed by the publication of Ente Kadha. In that sense it s a taking stock of one’s own life and its perennial poetry.
Her confessions regarding her prolonged stints with religiosity, her bouts of scepticism, the attempts to project herself as a sinner before her readers and a saint before her gods all add to the enthralling ...more
Her confessions regarding her prolonged stints with religiosity, her bouts of scepticism, the attempts to project herself as a sinner before her readers and a saint before her gods all add to the enthralling ...more
K Das has a deft and confident writing style with powerfully effective use of imagery. Clearly a highly intelligent complex person who led a restive emotionally unsatiated life.
Hardy's crushingly depressing assessment of human existence comes to mind:
"happiness is but an occasional episode in a general drama of pain"
To apply it precisely to Kamalaben - need to replace "happiness" with "near fulfilment" and "pain" with "frustration"
Hardy's crushingly depressing assessment of human existence comes to mind:
"happiness is but an occasional episode in a general drama of pain"
To apply it precisely to Kamalaben - need to replace "happiness" with "near fulfilment" and "pain" with "frustration"
Really an awesome poet, writer and lover..
Some very deep insights about adolescent age, women psychology, love and our sexually suppressed society..
Some very deep insights about adolescent age, women psychology, love and our sexually suppressed society..
Something that cannot be described in mere words. With its mesmerizing poetry, and the captivating poet who pinned them up;this is nothing short of marvelous!
It's true that when you grow old your perspective changes. It's so true while re-reading a book too. Many thoughts becomes clear and assumes different dimensions. That's a different experience. The recent in the list of those books which I read again was Kamala Das ' My Story'. I should be very specific. I am reading it for the third time. When I first read it, about 15 years ago, the only scene that I remembered from the book was when Das ( her husband ) forcibly kissing her when they meet for
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Her story.
It was not about how she rose to fame. Not about how great a life she led. Its not about all the seemingly interesting things that have occurred in her life. In brief, it isn't like any other autobiography that inspires you to live in that person's shoes.
Its an honest story that leads you through the paths she's walked, her thoughts, feelings, mistakes. It touches more than once on the dark side that inevitably exists in everyone's life but most refuse to think so deeply about and more ...more
It was not about how she rose to fame. Not about how great a life she led. Its not about all the seemingly interesting things that have occurred in her life. In brief, it isn't like any other autobiography that inspires you to live in that person's shoes.
Its an honest story that leads you through the paths she's walked, her thoughts, feelings, mistakes. It touches more than once on the dark side that inevitably exists in everyone's life but most refuse to think so deeply about and more ...more
This is one woman who never ceases to amaze me. Reading this book, I was one with the woman who wanted to love under the Gul Mohar, the one who had an abundance of love for everything and everyone around her, the one who wanted to make sure that her kids believed in magic.
To think that someone like her existed not so long ago, gives me hope.
To think that someone like her existed not so long ago, gives me hope.
I had read the English version when I was in higher secondary, I feel I like that better. The malayalam is more complicated, may because I'm not used to reading more malayalam books. There is no structure as such, she just records parts of her life, like a set of memories. I do agree that it would needed a lot of courage to put all of her thoughts on paper without filters, I'm not sure I could do it. The book talks about the orthodox society and what society expects is an ideal woman. Kamala has
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Actually, Did Not Finish.
I love Kamala Das's writing, that's why I bought this book and had great expectations. But, I feel sorry to say that this book is like a plain diary, without any twist or excitement. My opinion about the author's writing is still same, but I didn't feel like turning pages (I tried) as I didn't know what I wanted know or why should I complete the book.
Very disappointed.
I love Kamala Das's writing, that's why I bought this book and had great expectations. But, I feel sorry to say that this book is like a plain diary, without any twist or excitement. My opinion about the author's writing is still same, but I didn't feel like turning pages (I tried) as I didn't know what I wanted know or why should I complete the book.
Very disappointed.
its an awesome autobiography of a splendid writer
ലജജ എനന വാകകിനറെ മാധുരയം മനസിലാകകിതതനന കലാസൃഷടി...
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Madhavikutty is as rebellious as a rebel can get. Her concepts about sex, love and relationship may seem borderline disgusting to the uninitiated. Still, one cannot but admire her individuality and courage. The strength of her conviction is quite surprising. It is evident in her audacity to open herself in a culture that is still way too orthodox despite the high educational standards that they maintain.
Unfortunately, her disregard for rules also reflects in her writing style. This is hardly a b ...more
Unfortunately, her disregard for rules also reflects in her writing style. This is hardly a b ...more
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When you learn to swim
Do not enter a river that has no ocean
To flow into, one ignorant of destinations
and knowing only the flowing as its destiny,
Like the weary rivers of the blood
That bear the scum of ancient memories
But go, swim in the sea,
Go swim in the great blue sea,
Where the first tide you meet is your body,
That familiar pest,
But if you learn to cross it,
You are safe, yes, beyond it you are safe,
For even sinking would make no difference then....
During her era, I guess she was the only writ ...more
Do not enter a river that has no ocean
To flow into, one ignorant of destinations
and knowing only the flowing as its destiny,
Like the weary rivers of the blood
That bear the scum of ancient memories
But go, swim in the sea,
Go swim in the great blue sea,
Where the first tide you meet is your body,
That familiar pest,
But if you learn to cross it,
You are safe, yes, beyond it you are safe,
For even sinking would make no difference then....
During her era, I guess she was the only writ ...more
Undoubtedly, this is one of the hard hitting & bold autobiographies which I ever read..
Kamala Das's My story originally appeared in Malayalam in 1973 known as Ente Katha...
She spent her early childhood in Kolkata and her ancestral home in Malabar, a place concocted with numerous relatives, splendorous nature, ritual and customs of the family and describes her life amongst them.
As a teenager she married an older relative, and the emotional and sexual problems arising from that unsatisfying r ...more
Kamala Das's My story originally appeared in Malayalam in 1973 known as Ente Katha...
She spent her early childhood in Kolkata and her ancestral home in Malabar, a place concocted with numerous relatives, splendorous nature, ritual and customs of the family and describes her life amongst them.
As a teenager she married an older relative, and the emotional and sexual problems arising from that unsatisfying r ...more
Feb 22, 2017
Jaishree
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4.5*
An amazing book. I fell in love with her powerful poetry. It rates a 5* rating for the poetry alone.
"Some people told me that writing an autobiography like this, with absolute honesty, keeping nothing to oneself, is like doing a striptease. True, maybe I, will, firstly, strip myself of clothes and ornaments. Then I intend to peel off this light brown skin and shatter my bones. At last, I hope you will be able to see my homeless, orphan, intensely beautiful soul, deep within the bone, deep do ...more
An amazing book. I fell in love with her powerful poetry. It rates a 5* rating for the poetry alone.
"Some people told me that writing an autobiography like this, with absolute honesty, keeping nothing to oneself, is like doing a striptease. True, maybe I, will, firstly, strip myself of clothes and ornaments. Then I intend to peel off this light brown skin and shatter my bones. At last, I hope you will be able to see my homeless, orphan, intensely beautiful soul, deep within the bone, deep do ...more
My Story by K. Das is a tale of an unloved woman. An Indian woman writing about extramarital affairs, sexual fantasies and lesbianism in the early 70s; no wonder this book caused controversies. Brought up in rural India, married at an early age, this woman found solace in her kids and ultimately, writing.
Her poetry conveyed melancholy of a lonely woman very well. Realising her mental agony was distressing and depressing.
One characteristic that makes her stand apart is her individualistic person ...more
Her poetry conveyed melancholy of a lonely woman very well. Realising her mental agony was distressing and depressing.
One characteristic that makes her stand apart is her individualistic person ...more
This autobiographical work was considered overly explicit when it was first published (in Malayalam) in 1973. I can see why it was so considered in the then relatively conservative and tradition-bound communities in Kerala. By today's standards it would not cause an eyebrow to begin to be raised.
Many of the chapters begin with verses written by the author. These set the tone for what follows in prose. It was fsscinating to compare how she deals with the same subject matter in the two media. The ...more
Many of the chapters begin with verses written by the author. These set the tone for what follows in prose. It was fsscinating to compare how she deals with the same subject matter in the two media. The ...more
This sensational autobiography of kamala das has send waves of shock to shake the mindset of common readers .The work has won admiration from the readers side because of the fearless presentation of issues still considered to be a social taboo.The work presents the journey of the author to womanhood ,her intense personal experiences .The memoir was far ahead of its era and has been widely acknowledged as a great work from the side of the author.
Every about one's life is written without any hindrance or censor. although I have to applaud the author's way of avoiding the critical person names here and there which might just slip off from the scenario.
It was catchy and clinging to read on and on and finish the story which begun with adolescence and ends with the realisation of death and old age!
It was catchy and clinging to read on and on and finish the story which begun with adolescence and ends with the realisation of death and old age!
Though an autobiography, it reads as a fanciful story of a whimsical and vain woman. And I mean vain in the best of ways. She is wealthy, well-read, socially aware and yet life throws her curve balls of loneliness, longing and disease. The author's brilliance is her honesty, her courage to write beautifully about being a snob and her distilled awareness of her self and her needs.
Admire her for her fine and bold way of writing.
No other authors in India can do a work like this. Simply I can say this work is thr beauty of the wast freedom.
Generations call her a Genius.
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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 Da ...more
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 Da ...more
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“Today at Nariman Point the tall buildings crowd one another. But when I was young and in love with a grey-eyed man it was a marshy waste. We used to walk aimlessly along the quiet Panday Road or cross the Cuffe Parade to walk towards the sun. We did not have a place to rest. But in the glow of those evening suns, we felt that we were Gods who had lost their way and had strayed into an unkind planet..”
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