Mamta Kalia, born in 1940, is one of the pioneering post-Independence poets who started her influential literary writing at the tender age of nine. Having the unique distinction of writing in Hindi and English, Kalia humorously says, eliciting Rushdie, that she has “no transit problems”. She has published only two collections of poetry in English, Tribute to Papa (1970) and Poems’ 78 (1979), but she has left an indelible mark on the firmament of Indian English poetry. Her works reverberates the issues of love, marriage, social and family relationships and degeneration of human values in modern society. Mamata Kalia has been said to “capture the tragicomic nitty-gritty of routine”. As an Indian poet, she portrays the pathetic plight of a woman in relation to parents, family, society and profession. Her poems are “tightly constructed, and make their points …. economically”. ( D’Souza ,19) . She voices for the cause of a world free from discrimination, hypocrisies and prejudiced rules imposed on women.

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Keywords: Feminist Psyche, Degeneration of Human Values, Tragicomic Nitty-Gritty of Routine.