زیڈ اے بخاری کے نام سے مشہور سید ذوالفقار علی بخاری نے اپنی اس خود نوشت سوانح عمری پر 1962 میں کام شروع کیا روزنامہ 'حریت' میں قسط وار شائع ہونے کے بعد اسے 1966 میں کتابی شکل دی گئی۔ زیڈ اے بخاری کے مزاج کے عین مطابق، کتاب میں طنز و مزاح بھرپور انداز میں موجود ہے۔ خوبصورتی سے تحریر شدہ اس کتاب میں پاکستان اور ہندوستان کے اندر براڈکاسٹنگ کی تاریخ پر بھی نظر ڈالی گئی ہے۔

Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari was born in June 1904 in Peshawar. Apart from being a poet, he was also a journalist and a musician. After getting his training in journalism from Lahore and London, he worked for Bombay radio station. After the Partition of India, he migrated to Pakistan and served there as the Director General of Pakistan Radio. He learnt his art as a poet from some of the major poets like Mohammad Iqbal, Hasrat Mohani, Yagana Changezi, and Wahshat Kalkattavi.

Bukhari published his poetry in Main Ne Jo Kucch Bhi Kaha. He also wrote his memoirs entitled Sarguzasht which was read with great interest for its prose style and recounting of interesting events.

He died on 12 July, 1975, in Karachi.