Nissim Ezekiel

English Language, Indian English and Decolonization

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  • Battula Sneha Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70042/eroth/09010002

Keywords:

Decolonizing, Language, Indianness, English, People

Abstract

India as a country has experienced multiple shifts of identity. Like all the other nations, India, too, had a change of identity every time the ruler changed. The new ruler brought a new set of ideas and implemented them upon the masses. During the time of the English rule in India, the same thing happened. Today, even after several decades of independence, we cannot free ourselves totally from the clutches of the Whites. The foreign fantasy continues to grab us. But some people have tried to decolonize. One of those people is Nissim Ezekiel. Language is one of the primary and most effective sources of dominance as pointed out by multiple postcolonial critics. Ezekiel uses the English language to decolonize. He celebrates the Indian English by embracing it and somewhere forcing the world to accept it.

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Author Biography

  • Battula Sneha

    Battula Sneha is currently pursuing her M.A. in English. She is a passionate student who believes in not only reading but living literature. She is very keen to come up with new interpretations and fresh takes on various topics and ideas that have been conventionally studied for a large period of time. She aspires to make some significant contribution in the literature so that it creates a positive impact on the lives of the people.

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Published

2025-04-01

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025): Erothanatos

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How to Cite

Nissim Ezekiel: English Language, Indian English and Decolonization. (2025). Erothanatos: A Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Journal on Literature, 9(1), 24-36. https://doi.org/10.70042/eroth/09010002

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