Reflections
195. Democracy is in jail in Hong Kong
Two days ago, a devastating piece of news for lovers of democracy around the world came from Hong Kong.Jimmy Lai, a 78-year-old media mogul and well-known pro-democracy activist, has received a 20-yea...
194. The grizzled, straggly-haired man is no more
Philippe Gaulier, founder of France’s École Philippe Gaulier, has died at 82. Over the years, he taught clowning to students who have become internationally renowned. His cult following is the main re...
193. Anke Gowda and his collection of two million books
We hardly come across such comforting news in the Indian media. Today it came from the BBC. It is all about Anke Gowda—a man we should all take pride in having in our country, a man who has colle...
192. A sordid saga of a festering sea of death
How far can a human truly go? Is there a limit? The answer is no. Saying that humans can be worse than animals is a harsh judgment of animals. Animals lack the sense of judgment and act sol...
Poetry
195. First rob, before they stop Complaint
Benjamin Franklin’s poem “On the Freedom of the Press” came to mind while writing about Jimmy Lai
194. one man in his time plays many parts
My favourite Thomas Hardy wasn’t an actor, but he wrote powerfully about the ancient Roman theatre.
193. The books are whispering
She’s very tall, so she keeps Her head tipped as if listening.
192. To all, which makes death a hideous show!
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) is best remembered for his critical essays, but I feel he was among the poets of his era.
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.