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    Kamala Das (1934-2009) was a renowned Indian poet born in Malabar, Kerala. She wrote extensively in both English and Malayalam under the name Madhavikutty. Her works are praised for their originality and versatility as well as capturing the nuances of human relationships through local idioms. One such work is "My Mother at Sixty-Six" where the narrator sees their mother in the car beside them with an open mouth like a corpse, realizing with pain that she has aged but tries to dismiss this thought.

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    Kamala Das (1934-2009) was a renowned Indian poet born in Malabar, Kerala. She wrote extensively in both English and Malayalam under the name Madhavikutty. Her works are praised for their originality and versatility as well as capturing the nuances of human relationships through local idioms. One such work is "My Mother at Sixty-Six" where the narrator sees their mother in the car beside them with an open mouth like a corpse, realizing with pain that she has aged but tries to dismiss this thought.

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    Kamala Das (1934-2009) was a renowned Indian poet born in Malabar, Kerala. She wrote extensively in both English and Malayalam under the name Madhavikutty. Her works are praised for their originality and versatility as well as capturing the nuances of human relationships through local idioms. One such work is "My Mother at Sixty-Six" where the narrator sees their mother in the car beside them with an open mouth like a corpse, realizing with pain that she has aged but tries to dismiss this thought.

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