"A book is a good substitute for a man. Fiction, preferably."
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Kamala Suraiyya Das (Wages of Love)
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Kamala Surayya
Kamala Surayya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 β 31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and Kamala Das, was an Indian English poet as well as a leading Malayalam author from Kerala.
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