Kamala Das's 'An Introduction' is:
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Correct answer: C. A poem of resistance and protest
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'An Introduction' (Summer in Calcutta, 1965) is a confessional poem that defies those who tell her what language to write in and how to behave as a woman — 'I am Indian, very brown, born in Malabar…'.
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