This chapter presents a term in the study of postcolonialism. The term begins with the alphabet “K”. Detailed explanation is provided for the term, kala pani. The term includes the origin, a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning and examples of the term's use in literary‐cultural texts. The term kala pani is used in two significant ways. First, it refers to one of the most notorious prisons of the colonial era, constructed in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, south of the Indian subcontinent. The second meaning of the term in postcolonial studies refers to the metaphoric black waters of the Atlantic which indentured Indians crossed en route to the Caribbean. Brinda Mehta's work on Indian women who crossed the Atlantic to go to work as agricultural labour on the plantations (2004) shows how these women constructed their identity, especially in terms of their Indianness and gender.