Browsing All posts tagged under »Feminism«

Kamala Das Bid Adieu to the World

June 1, 2009

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Kamala Das, a much celebrated Indian feminist writer of the twenty first century passed away on May 31, 2009.

Questioning of Patriarchy by Five Feminist Poets of Different Eras in Different Lights

May 5, 2009

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When you talk about ‘feminism’, the concept of ‘patriarchy’ is virtually raised directly or indirectly. Both come as heavily loaded concepts and they are often juxtaposed. Many feminist poets such as Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree), Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, Anna Akhmatova, etc to name a few talked substantially about feminism in different lights [...]