Reflections
283. Dr Jawahar Karnavat – a man who will live as long as the language survives
It's rare to come across such individuals nowadays. Usually, you meet them only after they've reached major life milestones and are receiving a stable government pension. Nonetheless, Dr. J...
282. Basti: The mirror in a betel nut shop at a village fair
The mirror in a paan shop at a village fairso dusty that no reflection is visible anymore. (Basti/ gaanv ke mele mein kisee/ panvaadee kee dukaan ka sheesha/ jis par itanee dhool jam gaee hai ki/...
281. Papa has made too many people suffer
Cameroon, a former German colony, was divided between Britain and France after World War I. In recent years, violence between government forces and separatists has killed thousands in the two English-...
280. Replicating anything Singaporean
Singapore is considered Asia's most modern city, populated by ultra-wealthy individuals from neighboring countries. According to the S&P Global Singapore Purchasing Manager’s Index, the...
Poetry
283. The Wind will Blow Us Away
A friend has shared a poem by an Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, translated by Sholeh Wolpé.
282. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Sharing Alexander Pope’s poem Ode on Solitude -
281. Where the mind is without fear
Why women politicians turn out to be dictators is a question I couldn’t find an answer to.
280. Good human beings save the world
Read one of my best Charles Bukowski poems -
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.