Salman Rushdie: A Portrait Of An Artist/ The Artist As A Young Man Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Salman Rushdie,
His beards on the chin
And the specs on the eyes
I have not forgotten,
The man and artist,
The artist as a young man
In the violet or bluish coat
And pants
With a necktie
Just like a biz magnet,
A tycoon.

Salman Rushdie,
A portrait hanging over
The wall,
Salman as a fashion designer
Moving
Judging the beauty pageants,
Himself a super star
Chartering the course
Of the freedom
Of speech and expression.