Quotes by Kamala Das

"Why join any religion?" asked Raji with a frown. "Are dogs cats and cows Christian? Are they Hindu?" Her words made sense. The animals of this world did not go into a Christian heaven, a Moslem heaven or a Hindu paradise. They did not claim any God as their own.

"I wouldn't mind being a bird," I said, while Raji laughed raucously.

Career women most often find themselves not making the grade in their career, because a feeling of guilt intrudes upon their working hours. The knowledge that they are imperfect mothers traumatises them. The failure at the area of work makes them disgruntled at home. They make imperfect wives, imperfect lovers imperfect mothers… and life, for them, seems a dim exercise. They cease to radiate happiness. They are like lamps put out.