Good Bye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S.

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Good Bye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S. Nissim Ezekiel

About the poet A Marathi speaking Jewish Indian English Poet who studied in Mumbai, retired as professor of English at University of Bombay His verse collection includes Time to Change, Sixty Poems, The Unfinished Man, Hymns and darkness etc. Winner of Sahitya Academy award in 1983.

General Themes of Ezekiel’s Poetry The theme of poems consists of love, sex, alienation, death, loneliness, Indian scenes, urban life and spiritual values. Ironic perception and the distancing of emotions have been his major focus.

About the poem ‘Good Bye Party…’ The poem is a part of his collection “Hymns and Darkness” A parody and satire on the usage of English language by some Indians e.g. the habit of using present continuous tense in place of simple present and rambling style of conversation Written in the form of dramatic monologue where the speech made by the narrator reflects more about him than about others

Development of Thought The occasion is the farewell party being hosted by a group of friends to Miss Pushpa who is going abroad Use of grammatically incorrect and inappropriate phrases and expressions mark the poem bringing out the outrageous use of English by the native speakers e.g. “departing for foreign”, “all knowing friends”, coming from very high family”

The other aberrations are incorrect use of tense such as in “I am not remembering”, “his wife was cooking nicely”, “she was saying”, “that is showing”, “is never saying no”, “am always appreciating”, “we are wishing her bon voyage” etc. Attitude of the speaker is reflected through his conscious effort at styling the language and the flattering tone of the speech suggesting a hypocritical and sham personality.

Miss Pushpa, although depicted as a pleasing personality, is not without the pretentious manners reflected through the speakers lines “Miss Pushpa is never saying no/Whatever I or anybody is asking she is always saying yes”. The party ends with the summing up and the concluding remarks made by Miss Pushpa after the speaker invites her and other members to the dais. The tone of the poem is humorous although sarcastic is devoid of stingy bitternes.