Reflections
227. Thodi Thodi Piya Karo
In Paris, they say 'boire un peu.' In India, Pankaj Udhas has long advised, 'Thodi Thodi Piya Karo.' My guru, Khushwant Singh, never poured more than a single peg of Scotch and only shared it when he...
226. The U.S. administration’s ignorant Secretaries
I strongly believe that the Trump administration is full of buffoons. They speak like dictators following their boss, Donald Trump. Watch their faces, expressions, the clenching of their teeth when em...
225. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize could go to India via Narendra Modi
After hearing a boring buffoon in the Lok Sabha yesterday, it was quite refreshing to watch Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News. His guest was a retired U.S. Army Colonel named Douglas MacGregor. ...
224. Today, Sally Bowles, aka Liza Minnelli, celebrates her 80th birthday
Back in 2003, a colleague in Delhi shared a quote: “I believe all drunks go to heaven because they've been through hell on Earth.” This saying is attributed to actress, singer, and dancer Liza Minnell...
Poetry
230. my Christmas gift to you and yours to me
In some parts of Ireland, January 6 has traditionally been a day when hardworking women pause their chores to gather, chat, knit, and enjoy Christmas cake, pudding, and other holiday leftovers.
229. Jenny, I got your number
The phone number from the classic Tommy Tutone song "867-5309/Jenny” is now used to connect callers to a cancer support line, with an advertisement that says it's time for music’s most famous digits t...
228. In memory of that day
A reader shared a poem written by Charles Budd. She hasn’t mentioned anything about the poet. However, the poem is really good.
227. The man who speaks of the enemy is the enemy himself
Bertolt Brecht, the German poet, playwright, and theater director, is famous for developing "epic theater" during the 1920s and 1930s.
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.