Nissim As A Poet Is A Minority Mouthpiece Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Nissim Ezekiel as a poet is a minority man
And his poetry a study in minorityism
As he holds a different view
Of Indian culture and tradition
And it is not his subject to dwell upon
As he is blind to these,
He is a minority community man
So is his poetic mouthpiece.

A poet of Bombay he is a Bombay man,
I mean a Bombayan
Talking of the cinema, the theatre, the play,
The art gallery, the cabaret,
The airport, the city square,
The park, the shopping complex
And trying to speak in English,
Not an Englishman,
But an Indian in English,
Joking, caricaturing and laughing at.