Had there been a book of memoirs, sketches and reflections,
Reviews and opinions,
About his rejections and acceptance of manuscripts,
Personal life, posting and placement,
Experiences drawn from and gained poetically
Or impressionistically,
It would have been good for constructive criticism sake.
Can we expect for a book of memoirs and reminiscences
As Jayanta Mahapatra’s Door of Paper is,
As was Nehru’s The Discovery of India, An Autobiography
And Letters From A Father To His Daughter,
But the context is different here,
But instead of it, we want an autobiographical work from him,
Illustrating his rise and development as a poet
To his being a member of National Commission For Minorities
And that too a representative from the Parsi community?
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem