Reflections
40. Books in the Boondocks...
I’ve been associated with the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, almost four decades – first as a book lover, a reader and then as a member of its Managing Committee. For more than 12 years I was a...
39. The Political Cynicism of Benjamin Netanyahu
I strongly believe that the October 7 massacre, when Hamas-led terrorists rampaged through southern part of Israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping some 240 to Gaza, was a terro...
38. most of the religions of the world have been impartial to women
Despite its strategic location and rich mineral deposits, Afghanistan is a cursed place. As it sits where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet, it is prone to powerful earthquakes. ...
37. let us make a crying child laugh
During the Covid period I made it a point to record all the useful and not very useful news in my diary – news gathered from online newspapers, TV, websites and twitter. Now I’m in the process of...
Poetry
40. Mother on the postcard
Stale bread doesn't taste so bad when you see "Mother" on the postcard
39. When a Greek poet killed the Hebrew poet Solomon Krel
A friend and poet Baldev Mirza, as usual, once sent me a poem along with his letter dated December 3, 1995.
38. how many ears needed before you can hear people cry?
I think no one has captured the spirit of our generation better than Bob Dylan.
37. Who slowed my heart stay with me now
From tomorrow Shraaddha will begin and conclude on September 21, 2025. This is considered an auspicious time when families honour their deceased ancestors,
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.