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Nissim Ezekiel
Perpetual Quest for Identity and Commitment in Nissim Ezekiel Poetry
Dr.Ratan Bhattacharjee
About the writer:
(Dr.Ratan Bhattacharjee is at present the Chairperson of the Post Graduate Dept. of English and is also associated with teaching in the PG Dept of English of Rabindra Bharati Univesity , both in regular and distance.He is the Executive member in the International Advisory Board of International Theeodore Dreiser Society, USA. (http://uncw.edu/dreiser/) His articles and poems are published in numerous journals and magazines in India and abroad. He was associated with the Indian Association of American Studies (IAAS) as a member of the Executive Body and now he is the Founder Director of the newly inaugurated Dattani Archive and Research Association (DARA) , Kolkata. He edits the Journal VIEW ( Voice of Indian English Writers) . His papers have been accepted for the International Conference at Romania organized by the University of Craiova. His poetry is published in Poemhunter.com and Allpoetry.com.His regular write-ups are there in Merinews.com.(www.merinews.com/cj/drratanbhattacharjee) , boloji.com, (http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Members&sd=Blogger) Voice of Bengal.com and Isahitya.com and in Times of India Timeline)

The Indianness in Nissim Ezekiel’s poetry is nothing but a perpetual quest for identity and commitment .Caught in the vortex of a soulless world of eroding inviduality and purposefulness , Ezekiel gives vent to his dilemma in ever poetic terms as he writes it in his poem ‘The Room’:
“…..The door is always open but I cannot leave”
He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian writing in English . He is rightly considered to be the Father of post independence Indian verse in English. He was a prolific poet, playwright, critic, broadcaster and social commentator.But as a poet in Indian English Writing Nissim Ezekiel’s contribution is outstanding. It is very

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