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DIGITAL PROFILE • Submitted by, • Shabanamol B S • Second sem English Optional • KUCTE Nedumangadu

MADHAVIKUTTY





Short profile Kamala Das (born Kamala; 31 March 1934–31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam 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. She was also a widely read columnist and wrote on diverse topics including women's issues, child care, politics among others etc.

Works of Madhavikutty

My Story

Wages of Love

The Kept Women And Other Stories

The Sandal Trees

The Path of The Columnist

Kamala Das Selected poems

Summer in Calcutta











Quote’s of Kamala Das

















Conversion to Islam She was born in a conservative Hindu Nair (Nalapat) family having royal ancestry. She converted to Islam on December 11, 1999, at the age of 65 and assumed the name Kamala Surayya.

Politics Though never politically active before, she launched a national political party, Lok Seva Party, aiming at the promotion of secularism and providing asylum to orphaned mothers. In 1984 she unsuccessfully contested in the Indian Parliament elections.

Kamala married Madhav Das at the age of 15. The couple had three sons – M D Nalapat, Chinen Das and Jayasurya Das. Her husband predeceased her in 1992, after 43 years of marriage.



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