MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIXKAMALA DAS

MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIXKAMALA DAS

KAMALA DAS (1934) WAS BORN IN MALABAR , KERELA. SHE IS RECOGNISED AS ONE OF INDIAS FOREMOST POETS . HER WORKS ARE KNOWN FOR ORIGINALITYVERSATILITY AND THE INDIGENOUS FLAVOUR OF THE SOIL ABOUT THE POET

ABOUT THE POEMIN THE POEMMY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX THE POETCAPTURES THECOMPLEX SUBTLETIES OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPSIN LYRICAL IDOMS

DRIVING WITH MOTHER SITTING BESIDETHE POET WAS DRIVING FROM HER PARENTS HOME TO THE COCHIN AIRPORT.HER MOTHER WHO WAS SIXTY-SIX YEARS OLD WAS SITTING BESIDE HER.THE OLD LADY WAS DOZING WITH HER MOUTH OPEN.HER FACE LOOKED PALE AND FADED LIKE ASH.SHE GIVES AN IMAGE OF PASSIVITY,DEATH AND DECAY.

NOW TELLNAME THE POET AND THE POEM .WHERE WAS THE POET DRIVING TO ?WHY DID THE POETESS REALISE PAIN? WRITE THE SIMILES USED IN THE POEM?

LOOKS AT THE WORLD OUTSIDEIT AROUSES PAIN IN THE POETS HEART.THE POET DIVERTS HER ATTENTION FROM HER MOTHER AND LOOKS OUTSIDE.THE WORLD OUTSIDE IS FULL OF LIFE AND ACTIVITY.TREES SEEM RUNNING PAST AND CHILDREN SEEM TO BE HAPPY.

LET US EXPLORE HOW DOES THE POETESS DIVERT HER ATTENTION?

WHAT DID SHE LOOK OUTSIDE? WRITE THE CONTRASTS USED IN THE POEM?

AT THE AIRPORT THEY HAVE TO UNDERGO A SECURITY CHECK UP AT THE AIRPORT.STANDING A FEW YARDS AWAY SHE LOOKS AT HER MOTHER.

.THE POETS MOTHER LOOKED WEAK AND FADED LIKE LATE WINTERS MOON.

THE OLD FAMILIAR ACHE AND FEAR OF CHILDHOOD RETURNED AGAIN.BUT SHE SCATTERS SMILES WISHING TO MEET HER OLD AMMA AGAIN.

FIND SYNONYMS FROM THE POEMSLEEP SLIGHTLYDEAD BODYMOVING OUTLIFELESSFAST RUNNINGPANGKNOWNHAPPY