The outspoken and controversial autobiography that has becomw classic :
When it was first published in 1973, Kamala Das's sensational memoir shocked readers with its total disregard for convention and its fearless articulation of subjects still considered taboo. Shedding light on the hypocrisies that informed traditional society and the author's intensely personal experiences in her passage to womanhood made My Story far ahead of this time . It is toay considered a masterpiece.