Home / English / How did Kamala Das’ mother look during the drive to Cochin? English How did Kamala Das’ mother look during the drive to Cochin? Posted on15/06/202115/06/2021 Kamala Das’ mother looked pale and wan like a corpse during the drive to Cochin. Related posts: What does the poet’s smile in the poem ‘My Mother at Sixty-Six’ show? How does Kamala Das try to put away the thoughts of her ageing mother? Why are the young trees described as ‘sprinting’ in the poem ‘My Mother at Sixty-Six’? What were the poetess’s feelings at the airport? How did she hide them?