“An Introduction” – Societal Dominance from “Her” Eye

Abstract

The article is based on the autobiographical poem of Kamal Das, and attempts to express the pain, dominance, societal pressure and dominance from the point of view of a woman. The article attempts to describe the sacrifice and questioning of ones’ identity caused by the pressure and the so-called norms and rules of the society enforced upon individual, to an extent that one forgets themselves, and dies within.