Reflections
258. RIP!! Peter Duncan
Peter Duncan, the British author and an expert on Russian politics and culture, passed away last Sunday. He is known for his two books – Soviet Union and India and Russian Messianism: Third Rome, Revo...
257. Donald Trump’s wild imagination
Yesterday, US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as a Jesus-like figure, appearing to “cure” a man. He deleted it after backlash from some of his religious supporters, but...
256. Hungarians defeat Trump, Putin, and Meloni in a single stroke
In a single stroke, 9.5 million Hungarians have rejected the dictatorship and right-wing ideology in Hungary, and they will now find their place in the trash at the bottom of the Danube River, which h...
255. Rising tide of antisemitism around the world
In March, there was a series of killings and arson attacks by settlers targeting Palestinian civilians. Killings continue by the sick Israelis even now.Malcolm Rifkind, the former British foreign secr...
Poetry
258. I wanna dance by water 'neath the Mexican sky
A song by American country artist Easton Corbin, "Are You with Me," caught my attention today.
257. Like thread through a needle
William J. Dean had introduced me to William Stanley Merwin (1927 – 2019), who was his friend, but only after the poet's death. He was sad and wrote about his ‘dear friend’.
256. There is a window open
Sharing a poem by Rumi titled “Window” -
255. My only regret I did not drink more Champagne
Writing a note to your loved ones, suggesting what they should do when you are no longer with them and will never come back.
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.