She was a dancer, actress, teacher and beauty queen (Ms. Dewali, 1971),[2] served as a volunteer member of the Guyana National Service around 1976 and was part of the Messenger Group promoting ‘Coolie’ art forms at a time when Indo-Guyanese culture was virtually excluded from national life.
[3] Her poetry explicitly relates to ethnic identity, something which contrasts her with other female Indo Caribbean poets.
Guyana faced big social and political problems dealing with corrupt and unfair laws and government.
Das died April 3, 2003, in Barbados, from an illness relating to cardiac arrest which was suffered 10 days before her death.
[6] There are a few reoccurring themes in many of Das's writings including the very poor and unfair working conditions that many Caribbean people sadly have to endure for their entire life.