The Love Queen of Malabar : Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das

Kamala Das (1934-2009) is one of India's most beloved and controversial literary figures.

She was hailed and reviled as the first Indian woman to write an autobiographical cult classic about love and desire.

Admirers dubbed her, "The First Feminist Emotional Revolutionary of Our Time." The tabloid press called her "The Love Queen of Malabar."