Reflections
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...
279. Rising hatred toward Jews is not a good sign
Jewish children in Australia are facing severe antisemitism. The Bondi massacre is a brutal example of the widespread, unchecked antisemitism across the country. In fact, antisemitic rhetor...
278. Europe coming full circle
The eighth gathering of the European Political Community is currently held in Yerevan, Armenia. The location was carefully selected to show Europe’s dedication to preventing Armenia from reverting to...
277. Failure in life is inevitable
Seneca said: “As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.” But who controls its length or the years? That’s not in our hands. Several factors influence this...
Poetry
280. Good human beings save the world
Read one of my best Charles Bukowski poems -
279. we are the tree on which fruit ripens
Today I came across a song translated from German, and the description says it was sung by German girls addressed to their Führer.
278. One lies about a beautiful dead man
The American poet Linda Gregg was a friend of William J. Dean, which is how I came to know her.
277. Won't you celebrate with me
Lucille Clifton was an American poet. Langston Hughes published Clifton's poetry in his highly influential anthology, The Poetry of the Negro, in 1970.
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.