Reflections
263. Iran must be an Atomic Power to make Middle East stable
It may look like a little ambiguous statement, but that is the fact. The danger of a nuclear Iran has been grossly exaggerated, and the decades-long Middle East nuclear crisis will end only when a bal...
262. Who’s making money in the US-Iran war?
The US-Israel war in Iran has caused significant disruption around the world, but there are people who are making a huge amount of money. To say, they have been minting dollars.There are bets, and the...
261. Ever heard of a death doula?
I was pleased when Nicole Kidman won the Best Actress Award for her role in Babygirl at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, because I believed she was at her best. I also felt sad that she couldn't accept...
260. The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants
I am happy that Pope Leo XIV is on my wavelength. I have never been a fan of any religious leader because I find them outwardly cunning, manipulative, dull, and boring. They represent the ul...
Poetry
263. For all that was left unsaid
John O'Donohue was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher.
262. I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong
Without any introduction, I am sharing WH Auden’s poem, “Funeral Blues,” which has been on my mind since I woke up this morning.
261. No Loss is Token
Kay Ryan is an American poet with seven poetry collections
260. Grief, I should not treat you like a homeless dog
Levertov's poetry prominently features themes of politics, suffering, and war.
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.