Reflections
167. U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gets unprecedented support
Politically independent central banks are essential to the global economy because they can more effectively implement measures such as rate hikes to combat inflation, even when these steps are initial...
166. China leads the way
The US president, Donald Trump, has said in a Post: “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have can...
165. Greenlanders are turning Red
No, the red here does not refer to the comrades or communists; it signifies anger.Donald Trump has frequently asserted that the US should take control of Greenland, citing national security as the pri...
164. María Corina Machado reveals her true colors
Although I am firm in my view that all awards are fixed in this world, from the best family in the colony to the Nobel Prize, I, like billions of people on this earth, bear the untruth and let it go.S...
Poetry
167. Still ringing with your recent kisses
And may the humble gift please your lovely eyes
166. I never see the Sun
Rumi, the Persian poet from the 13th century, is beloved by us
165. Come when my heart is full of grief
Come with the winter’s drifting snows, and you are welcome, welcome
164. beyond a bagful of currency notes
He has a truckload of money but he can’t hang currency notes on the wall
Krishna Kumar Mishra
A bilingual poet, author, columnist, editor, script writer and painter, an Aviation Engineer by education but a journalist by profession.
Worked with Indian Express group; edited Courage and The Voice magazines; Edited and Published The Scoria (the leading English literary magazine 1995-2002) which has the credit of introducing more than 100 new poets, including many American & British poets.
The Scoria was patronized by Khushwant Singh, former Prime Ministers VP Singh and PV Narasimha Rao, George Fernandes (who served as the Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004), Nani A Palkhivala, Russi Mody, Justice VR Krishna Iyer among others; Andrew Motion (who was later Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009), Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Mulk Raj Anand, Ruskin Bond, Jayanta Mahapatra, Niranjan Mohanty, Paul Hoover, Maxine Chernoff, Edith Konecky, Jonathan Gourlay, Patricia Prime, Arlene Zide and some other very well-known poets and authors.
Author of several books in English and Hindi. First Poetry collection, “Always in Transit” was first published in London by Dolphin.
Was editor of India’s best known investment magazine Dalal Street Investment Journal before starting own venture Indian Economy & Market.