They Are Thesis Examiners, I Am Not And This India, The Standard Of Education Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Instead of my researches
On D.H.Lawrence,
Jayanta Mahapatra and Keki N.Daruwalla,
Khushwant Singh,
History of Indian English poetry,
They can evaluate and adjudicate theses,
But not I,
Bijay Kant Dubey
As I am not of their coterie
Or circle.

What do they want me to do now from me,
A man with M.A. in English, History and Political Science
With specialization
In Tragedy, Modern India and International Relations
And more than fifty per cent
In each with subjective questions,
Ph.D. on Lawrence,
An M.Phil. guide for fifteen
And a paper-setter?

A teacher who worked as the head of the deptt
Of a local college,
Worked as the Co-ordinator and Counsellor
For P.G. and U.G. courses
Of Netaji Subhas Open University Study Centre
And also as the Principal-in-charge
Of the college of posting
Apart from twenty years' teaching experience.