The poem ‘Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.’ is a monologue. A monologue is a poem in which we find a single speaker, though we feel the presence of other listeners. At the beginning of the poem, the speaker explains that Miss Pushpa is going to a different country and states that she’s a sweet person. He explains that the woman comes from a well-to-do family.

However, he gets sidetracked with his own memories. After digressing, the speaker states that Miss Pushpa is a popular person who is kind and always willing to help others. At the end of the.poem, the speaker asks the others at the party to give their own speeches about the party’s honoree.

The main theme of ‘Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.’ isn’t the loss of a friend; instead, it is human foibles or character faults. This is a popular theme among Ezekiel’s works. The poem offers a satirical look at how some people in India speak English, a device that the poet presumably used to get an Indian reader to laugh at himself. The poem misuses the present continuous tense and uses phrases and syntax found in the Indian language.

For example, when Ezekiel writes, “Whatever I or anybody is asking/ She is always saying yes.” The poem also satirizes the Indian habit of digressing from the topic by showing that in between his speech, the speaker unnecessarily speaks about his visit to Surat.

Ezekiel wrote many of his works, including ‘Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.’ in the dialect of urban Indians, particularly those in Bombay. This dialect is called “Babu English.” Originally, the colonial British used the word “babu” as a derogatory term while referring to subordinate Indians who spoke English as a second language.

A “Babu” was a person who tried to impress a British master using stylish ornamentation, as the way that he expressed a message was more important than the information relayed.