Throughout his eventful life Ajmal Husain kept a diary of his activities, his art exhibitions in countries throughout the world, and the celebrities he met along the way.

He enjoyed showing his scrapbooks to friends and would discuss the biography he planned to write one day. Ajmal eventually fulfilled his plans by documenting his life, his times, his art and numerous exhibitions in a book titled, The Life and Art of Ajmal Husain -—The Painter of the East, and dedicated the book to the memory of his late son Adman.

Reliving his life through the biography, Ajmal was in his late eighties when he began to work on the book in earnest, yet his memory of times past included details of not only places and people, but also of his feelings and his emotional life.