Question

What aspects of Indian society and history get highlighted in the poem?

Answer 1

Aspects of Indian society & history highlighted in this poem are: - It shows that two women can understand each other and get attached emotionally at the personal level; maybe that's why Kamala Das could share her feelings with her grandmother much. The great-grandmother of Kamala Das had a very royal and cheerful life before the death of his better half. Still, after that, sudden loneliness took all her happiness & converted her better life into a pathetic one. This shows the situation of women in our society after losing their partners for life. People are used to sticking to their heritage. As the house of the 300-yearold Poet, he has an infinite connection to his great-grandmother.