Nissim Ezekiel was a prominent Indian poet who wrote in English. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for his poetry collection "Letter-Day Psalms." The poem "Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S." satirizes the way some semi-educated Indians speak English through the grammatically incorrect speech of the narrator at a farewell party for Miss Pushpa. The incorrect use of words and unnecessary phrases in the narrator's praise of Miss Pushpa highlights the humor in the faulty English spoken by some in India.