Reflections
252. Windham-Campbell Prize announced
The eagerly awaited Windham-Campbell Prize has been announced. The eight recipients will each receive $175,000 for their lifetime achievements. The award recognizes writers in fiction, nonfiction, poe...
251. When the Congress Party talks about its Regent
I don't understand why Congress takes pride in harming India's reputation. It repeatedly signals to the world that India is subordinate to Pakistan and China, lacks the resolve to face adversaries, an...
250. Kans is always defeated
In Hindu mythology, there is a story about King Kansa of Mathura, the only Hindu ruler known to have imprisoned his own father to take the throne. When his sister Devaki married Vasudeva, a divine voi...
249. Revisiting the darker chapters of American history
“Made in America: The Dark History that Led to Donald Trump” is a recently released book by Edward Stourton.He writes in his introduction that many people feel some affection for the USA because the c...
Poetry
252. We rise above the wind park
Sharing a poem titled “Bureau of” by Joyelle McSweeney, who received the Windham-Campbell Prize today.
251. Kiss me now, my sweetheart
A friend in Venice shared a poem translated from Italian into English, but the poet remains anonymous.
250. Beauty on Grant Road
Today I saw a divine beauty sleeping on the pavement along Grant Road
249. Drink to me only with thine eyes
If you browse through any collection of love poems, you will certainly find Benjamin Jonson
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.