Question

what familiar ache and childhood fear did kamala das feel

Answer 1

Kamla das feels that her mother has grown very pale and weak . She looks as pale as death . She realises that her mother is not going to live long. And when she is driving to the Cochin Airport her mother is sitting beside her and she realises that she will never see her mother again. The childhood is that .... she will never see her mother again and never hug her.