Reflections

<p>288. When will Putin finally end this bloody war?</p>
May 15, 2026

288. When will Putin finally end this bloody war?

Around midnight, I received a painful message from a friend in Kyiv who is struggling to survive day to day. I couldn’t sleep after that. Her painful voice melted my heart. A brave lady, a professor....

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<p>287. Things will never change&nbsp;</p>
May 14, 2026

287. Things will never change 

It appears that judges worldwide, like other government officials, are corrupt. We don’t require proof, and obtaining any seems impossible, as these are educated cheaters. Regarding the Indian ju...

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<p>286<em>. </em>there's a bluebird in my heart</p>
May 13, 2026

286. there's a bluebird in my heart

Based on Dannie M. Martin's novel The Dishwasher, A Bluebird in My Heart is a Belgian-French thriller-drama directed and written by Jérémie Guez. The film features performances by Roland Møller, Veerl...

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<p>285. “They didn’t want to be Jewish.”</p>
May 12, 2026

285. “They didn’t want to be Jewish.”

Antisemitism in Australia is rising rapidly, reflecting similar increases in other Western countries. Without a doubt, it is all connected to recent events in the Middle East.In Australia, the Royal C...

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Poetry

<p>288<em>. </em>I’ll be an extinguished star in your sky</p><p><br></p>
May 15, 2026

288. I’ll be an extinguished star in your sky


Last year, on June 8, 2025, Parnia Abbasi, a 23-year-old poet who was set to turn 24 next week, was killed

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<p>287<em>. </em>Life is a broken-winged bird </p>
May 14, 2026

287. Life is a broken-winged bird 

Sharing a very thought-provoking poem by Langston Hughes titled “Dreams” -

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<p>286. my lover’s eyes are blue</p>
May 13, 2026

286. my lover’s eyes are blue

Pat Parker was a Black lesbian poet known for her empowering and transformative poems.

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<p>285. and all the world drops dead</p>
May 12, 2026

285. and all the world drops dead

Sharing Sylvia Plath’s poem, “Mad Girl’s Love Song” -

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Krishna Kumar Mishra

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.