THE SELF-ALIENATED SOUL IN KAMALA DAS’S POEMS: ITS UPANISHADIC INTERPRETATION

Kamala Das exposes her bruised soul in most of her poems. Her rebellious motif tries to get mental equanimity but social taboos of a male-made society catch her in an unforgiving complexity. The continuous psychological disturbance from her husband, other male partners, and sometimes people around her make her alienated from her Atmic existence. This paper shows that her alienation from Krishna, her estrangement from her Individual Self, and her Alienation from society are close to the Upanishadic Self-Alienation. This paper highlights that in her alienated Soul, she is at the plane of Monomoy Kosh (Mental-causal plane) in which she is in her mental riots and is unable to make up her mind properly. Thus, she finds herself in many identities. This article gives a view that her early life of sensuousness causes her dispassion and creates a world of doubt that the earthly temptation does not quench her thirst for absolute love and Krishna-Consciousness. The conflict between her consciousness and the established principles of society makes her alienated. This paper highlights the different types of Self-Alienation and the influence of The Upanishadic philosophy on her alienated Soul. Finally, her distorted Self gets a journey toward the inner world of deliverance and spirituality.

 

Keywords: Self-Alienation, Krishna-Consciousness, Mental-Casual Plane, Atmic Existence.


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