Question

3. Kamala Das speaks of ‘an old familiar ache…’ What do you think is the reason for this

feeling?​

Answer 1

Answer:

fear of permanent separation from her mother

Answer 2

• In the beginning, Kamala Das had a feeling of “an old familiar ache.”
• It had been a long time, but she remembered the “old familiar ache” of wanting to be a mother.
• She soon learned what this meant for her.
• For years, the feeling of wanting to be a mother had tormented Das.
• She had tried to have a baby on her own but failed.
• She had talked to doctors and experts, but no one could offer her a clear answer as to why she couldn’t have a child.
• But now, in her early 30s, the answer seemed to have come to her.
• An old-fashioned ache.
• One that told her that she had been waiting for her own mother to become pregnant for a long time, but that her body was no match for the all-consuming mother-child bond.

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