Reflections
242. Israel is a very sensitive topic for India
The Voice of Hind Rajab, an Oscar-nominated Tunisian film about a five-year-old girl's death during the Israel-Gaza conflict, has been banned by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). Ja...
241. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, keep in mind that wars do not have winners
As the chief executive entrusted with running the country’s affairs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces many limitations. Some may not be to his liking, but he has to do so in the country's best inter...
240. Nobody gonna slow me down
From the very beginning, I have been stating that the US and Israel are unlikely to win this war. It's not because of a lack of resources, but rather a lack of comparatively strong willpower. In...
239. Ever heard of Alpine divorce?
A strange term has been gaining popularity on social media. It originated from a TikTok video last month where a woman shared that she was left alone on a hike after a man who had invited her there ab...
Poetry
242. when they cut you, I bleed
A reader introduced me to poet Dr. Kamand Kojouri, who is an Assistant Professor of English at the American University in Dubai
241. Singing through the bloody mist
“Streets of Minneapolis” is a song released by Bruce Springsteen as a response to President Trump’s deployment of ICE
240. Iran, O my gorgeous paradise
Iranian authorities have just released a patriotic song amid the ongoing war to boost the morale of its people, but I couldn’t find the lyrics.
239. How many times I could have died
I bought 'Letters From Gaza,' edited by Mohammed Al-Zaqqzooq and Mahmoud Alshaer,
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.