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In post-Independence era Nissim Ezekiel stands as one of the most popular poets of India who has his own sense of belonging. It is amazing to find that his vision emerges out to be a kind of enquiry related to assertion of individuality. This is one of the reasons that a deeper religio-philosophical awareness is exhibited in his poetry. He was brought up in a way that he reflects the ideology of liberal humanism. It is also a fact that he left religion altogether after school days because he developed and customized analytical and rational beliefs based upon liberalism. His attitude towards life is secular, logical, rational and humanistic. His sense of belonging is philosophical in a way that it seems driven on the chariots of love and charity. His school of thought knows no barrier which divides mankind on the basis of caste and creed. He enlightens the insight which cries for religion of love and compassion for all. His sense of belonging is so strong that we are automatically reminded about Bombay when we hear his name. To me, it seems that like John Keats his name was also writ on water.