Gender Discrimination in the poetry of kamala Das

Abstract

India, the country of ‘flora and fauna’ has visualized dazzling dawn for itself through the progress of female universe. The problem of gender discrimination still prevails in all spheres of life. Though Indian Constitution has granted equality to women in principle but in reality majority of Indian women are facing the problem of inequality and discrimination. Indo-Anglian female literary figures raised a voice against such injustice. Kamala Das is one of the modernized writers to assert feminity. She brought forth a new feminine consciousness and quackened their intellectual and creative capabilities. She has subverted patriarchal stereotypes by externalizing her inner most self.

Keywords: discrimination, feminity, patriarchal, stereotypes etc.