Reflections
253. Being born into the right network
The 2025 list of “self-made entrepreneurs” has been released, but it doesn't accurately reflect genuine self-made success. Examine the top 10 names— nearly all originate from just 2–3 elite castes. Th...
252. Windham-Campbell Prize announced
The eagerly awaited Windham-Campbell Prize has been announced. The eight recipients will each receive $175,000 for their lifetime achievements. The award recognizes writers in fiction, nonfiction, poe...
251. When the Congress Party talks about its Regent
I don't understand why Congress takes pride in harming India's reputation. It repeatedly signals to the world that India is subordinate to Pakistan and China, lacks the resolve to face adversaries, an...
250. Kans is always defeated
In Hindu mythology, there is a story about King Kansa of Mathura, the only Hindu ruler known to have imprisoned his own father to take the throne. When his sister Devaki married Vasudeva, a divine voi...
Poetry
253. Stop all the clocks
A 1999 BBC poll ranked the poem as the fifth most popular "modern" poem in the United Kingdom.
252. We rise above the wind park
Sharing a poem titled “Bureau of” by Joyelle McSweeney, who received the Windham-Campbell Prize today.
251. Kiss me now, my sweetheart
A friend in Venice shared a poem translated from Italian into English, but the poet remains anonymous.
250. Beauty on Grant Road
Today I saw a divine beauty sleeping on the pavement along Grant Road
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.