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Nissim Ezekiel 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 much substantial and valuable chiefly because, his poetry contains some of the aspects of Indianness. Indianness lies in Ezekiel’s commitment to this country and in his earnest and sincere desire to bring about some improvement in the conditions of life in this country through his poetry. His poetry reflects his desire to depict the depressing, degrading and disgusting conditions of life in this country. When we study W B Yeats and T.S.Eliot,we talk about the Irish sensibility in Yeats or American influence in Eliot and so on. However the momentwe speak about the reflection of Indian sensibility in Indian English poetry, the first name that comes to our mind is that of Nissim Ezekiel as his poetry reflects his Indianness. Nissim Ezekiel has beautifully used Indian experiences what we call Indianness from his poetry.Ezekiel belongs to a immigrant Jewish family although he himself was born and brought up in Mumbai, and got educated in Mumbai. Besides some trips to various foreign countries, he has lived, worked and earned his livelihood in Mumbai.
As a man and as a poet, he has observed and experienced much of Indian life very closely. Taine argued that literature was largely the product of the author's environment, and that an analysis of that environment could yield a perfect understanding of the work of literature. By following Taine’s s three-pronged approach to the contextual study of a work of art, based on the aspects of what he called "race, milieu, and moment". Nissim Ezekiel has beautifully used the long history of Indianness as the socio-cultural identity, its