SILVESTREM TENUI MUSAM MEDITARIS AVENA: Verqi" JOURNAL OF SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE Volume XI____________Spring, Summer 1976______________Numbers 3-4 NISSIM EZEKIEL ISSUE Guest Editor: Inder Nath Kher Contents NISSIM EZEKIEL: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .................. 1 INTRODUCTION ....................... Inder Nath Kher 3 POEMS: FROM A TIME TO CHANGE ......................... 11 FROM SIXTY POEMS ........................... 25 FROM THE THIRD ............................ 47 FROM THE UNFINISHED MAN ........................ 61 FROM THE EXACT NAME .......................... 71 WRITTEN AND/OR PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1965-1974 ............... 85 POSTER POEMS (1973) .......................... 119 POSTER PRAYERS (1973) ......................... 133 POEMS WRITTEN IN 1974 ......................... 139 PLAYS: MARRIAGE POEM: A TRAGI-COMEDY ..................... 157 THE SLEEPWALKERS: A ONE-ACT FARCE ................... 179 CRITICISM: NAIPAUL'S INDIA AND MINE ................... 193 CRITICAL ARTICLES: NISSIM EZEKIEL: PILGRIMAGE AND MYTH ........... Michael Garman 209 THE POETRY OF NISSIM EZEKIEL ............... Chetan Karnani 223 MYTH AND IMAGERY IN THE UNFINISHED MAN: A CRITICAL READING .................... K. D. Verma 229 THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUE IN THE POETRY OF NISSIM EZEKIEL ................ Christopher Wiseman 241 THE RELIGIOUS-PHILOSOPHICAL STRAIN IN NISSIM EZEKIEL'S POETRY .............. Vasant A. Shahane 253 POSTER PRAYERS OF NISSIM EZEKIEL ............. .Shiv K. Kumar 263 FOUR PLAYS OF NISSIM EZEKIEL .............. Fritz Blackwell 265 EZEKIEL AS BOOK REVIEWER ............. Shyamata A. Narayan 273