***extract From: 'Anamalai Poems' By Late Kamala Das Poem by RAJ NANDY

thank you for yur publishing extract of Anamalai poems........really you have done a good job...........

her's is a voice par excellence...beyond labels-simply a human voice cutting aross the oceans...in a world of the ordinary, she's extraordinary...may her soul rest in peace!

'….If I had not learnt to write how would I have written away my loneliness or grief? ' What a legendary job you have done that the whole world will know about the great Kamala Das! It is not only an honor to late Kamala, but also a way to link up the past with the present. As we grow old, we feel generation gap—it is on the package only. But the core is the same over years. As from the above two lines can we gone far beyond? We have our loneliness and grief that we express with the aid of words on the paper. With the change in the environment we only change the style but the core idea or message does not change. Thanks a lot Raj for this wonderful sharing.10+++

A lesson of a legend she was...courageous, bold, modern woman...may her soul rest in peace...you've done a great tribute

Raj, you have picked out very special extracts from late Kamala Das' poems. they bring out her anguish and honesty. she never hid behind some ambiguous words. She wrote with brutal frankness, unmindful of the backlash. her poems and autobiography influenced women of my generations. she wrote what we were afraid to confess, much less face, even today every woman can identify with her outpourings. She will live through her memorable works. Incidently, i met her in 1986, in Delhi, while i was working as an editor for Arnold Heinemann publishers.THe memory is forever imprinted on my mind. Thanks for inviting me to read these extracts. Mamta

rajji, thanks for the submission of her poems... i am very lucky that i read her in both languages.... our princess is gone...but her golden pen remains.............

How very eloquent. These beautiful lines take me to another world. May the words of Kamala Das be imperishable.10/10. Deeply touched, Sandra

Poems with true essence. Thanks for inviting me to read. Thank u.

Here is an extract from her work - Sharing the pf with you for a tribute. 'Each night when darkness turns Me blind, i think of death Understanding it to Be a nightfall, just a Temporary phase, which Brings no loss, for what was here before sun-down will Be here when tomorrow, when light shall reveal it.' I adore her for being so frank and open In spite of under severe criticism.