KAMALA DAS'S 'COLOMBO POEMS'

Kishore profiles Kamala Das, who is one of the very few Indian poets in English, who has poetized and historicized ethnic violence in Sri Lanka, highlighting his Colombo poems. Das's "Colombo poems" are a testimony of her allegiance to Sri Lankan Tamils, with whom she believes she sha...

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Published in:Kavya Bharati 2010-01, Vol.22, p.129-214
Main Author: Kishore, Usha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil war
Culture
Ethnicity
Hair
Indian literature
Language
Militancy
Minority & ethnic violence
Poetry
Poets
Racism
Tamil language
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Summary:Kishore profiles Kamala Das, who is one of the very few Indian poets in English, who has poetized and historicized ethnic violence in Sri Lanka, highlighting his Colombo poems. Das's "Colombo poems" are a testimony of her allegiance to Sri Lankan Tamils, with whom she believes she shares a Dravidian identity. In the "Colombo poems" Das highlights certain political, cultural and linguistic aspects of the post 1983 tragedy in Sri Lanka from a Tamil point of view. The "Colombo poems" elaborate the pain ensuing from the destruction of innocent lives due to the onslaught of racial hatred. To a certain extent, Das traces the early days of the Sri Lankan civil war.
ISSN:0975-3559