Reflections
270. A mockery of democracy
Once again, India’s false democracy is in full bloom. Facilitating it is the most ‘lucrative’ political party that has the mandate to run the country and that presents itself as the most honest, moral...
269. Choosing to end life voluntarily: My life, my decision
A grieving mother, Wendy Duffy, 56, ended her life at a clinic after struggling to cope with the death of her 23-year-old son, a pain she couldn’t bear.Duffy’s son died after choking on a sandwich tha...
268. Israel’s targeted killings changed the rules of the game
Many of us had been watching this beautiful and bold girl, the Reuters reporter Amal Khalil, on our television sets on one or other channels for the past two months since Israel attacked Lebanon. ...
267. A peek into how Assemblies function
The final election day in West Bengal is set for 29, 2026. I reviewed a PRS team report analyzing the West Bengal Assembly's performance over the last five years. I have selected a few poin...
Poetry
270. I need to feel you constantly to get me through the day
A reader who read yesterday’s post sent me this poem. It was composed by Deborah Robinson, but the reader didn’t share anything about the poet.
269. Until we found out that it was ourselves
Robert Frost says: “Poetry begins in trivial metaphors, pretty metaphors, ‘grace’ metaphors, and goes on to the profoundest thinking that we have.
268. I met a genius on the train
Charles Bukowski has written some very short, funny poems.
267. Love now is christened Sacrifice
May Wedderburn Cannan was a poet active during the First World 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.