Reflections
212. Israel’s insecurity will destroy West Asia one day
Today, on February 28, the United States and Israel carried out coordinated strikes on Iran, resulting in explosions in Tehran and intensifying tensions throughout West Asia.Iran responded with missil...
211. The Prince of Bangladesh playing the same raga
After taking office, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman stated that his government aims to develop a constructive relationship with India rooted in mutual respect and national interests. But th...
210. 20 years left to save Europe from disappearing
Recently, three significant announcements were made, and I am combining them because all are related and address a serious issue. While it is central to Italy, many other European countries are also f...
209. Observe the Differences: Opposition Parties in Israel and India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts a two-day visit to Israel today, February 25, 2026. The government states that the trip aims to reinforce the longstanding strategic partnership and offers a chance...
Poetry
212. Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
Iran holds the record for the second-shortest national anthem in the world, after the Japanese national anthem, “Kimigayo,” which has 7 lines.
211. Qualified to live among your dead
Poet, essayist, and novelist Alice Walker is a renowned American writer celebrated for her feminism and human rights activism.
210. And those who died for liberty
“Bella Ciao” which translates to “Goodbye Beautiful” is an Italian folk song that was used as an anthem for the anti-fascist resistance
209. And no one was left to speak out for me
Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892 - 1984) is renowned for writing First They Came, a well-known poem about the Holocaust.
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.