Feminism and Indian response to Kamala Das' Alphabet of Lust

Humanities

Indian society has been a little biased when it comes to women. Though the situation has changed over the period of time, but this change is still very slow. Writers observe everything very closely and describe the same in their work. They are the link between the old and the new generation as people die, but their work remains. People today can understand the development of culture and mindset, changing with every generation. Kamala Das is one such writer whose work has been studied again and again from people of different generations and ages. In her novel Alphabet of Lust she has described the feelings of womanhood and expresses her physical desires which were a taboo at that time. Her writing was appreciated by one who could relate with her and was highly condemned by the ones who found it disgraceful. She never cared about the response on her writing and was candid and honest in expressing herself. As a writer she believed that, it is her responsibility to let her readers know about her observations without putting any filter. This paper would talk about the Indian readers’ response to her novel Alphabet of Lust.

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