Nissim Ezekiel (1924-2004) is among the very few Indo-Anglian poets who are Indian by both ideologically and linguistically. He tries to look at the typical Indian situation with an Indian attitude, with a novel and dynamic Indian insight. He cleverly manipulated Indian English to bring out the genuine Indian temperament that can be considered as the true Indianness. Before entering into our discussion what the term Indianness means. Prof. V.K. Gokak defines Indianness as: “A composite awareness in the matter of race, Milieu, language and religion” Considering this quote if we examine Ezekiel’s poetry he is a true Indian Poet by all means. Click Here to Download a Printable version of the full Note or Click top right corner of the preview of the document.
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