Reflections

<p>198. Voices from Munich Security Conference</p>
February 14, 2026

198. Voices from Munich Security Conference

At the annual Munich Security Conference, we are getting a dose of statements every day, sometimes blunt, sometimes funny, and sometimes very childish. Let us see who said what.Friedrich Merz, th...

Read More →
<p>197. How toxic is the Gaza address&nbsp;</p>
February 13, 2026

197. How toxic is the Gaza address 

How far can the intensity of hate affect someone? The answer is that there is no limit. It happened with Hitler and is happening with Israel now.An Israeli court has denied an appeal for a five-year-o...

Read More →
<p>196. Why is exposure to intellectually stimulating environments needed?</p>
February 12, 2026

196. Why is exposure to intellectually stimulating environments needed?

Personally, I find the ideas of coma, Alzheimer's, and dementia frightening because of my close observations of these conditions. So, I try to keep track of the related news and research reports...

Read More →
<p>195. Democracy is in jail in Hong Kong</p>
February 11, 2026

195. Democracy is in jail in Hong Kong

Two days ago, a devastating piece of news for lovers of democracy around the world came from Hong Kong.Jimmy Lai, a 78-year-old media mogul and well-known pro-democracy activist, has received a 20-yea...

Read More →

Poetry

<p>198. A farmer considers the changing sky</p>
February 14, 2026

198. A farmer considers the changing sky

Today I just remembered Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration Day.

Read More →
<p>197. Housed in your body, one poet </p>
February 13, 2026

197. Housed in your body, one poet 

Known for his novels, poetry, and travel writing, Nooteboom was one of Europe’s leading contemporary writers. He has written 23 books about his travels alone.

Read More →
<p>196. A Poem About My Wife</p>
February 12, 2026

196. A Poem About My Wife

Considering my fear of dementia, a friend shared a poem titled “A Poem About My Wife,” not in a literal sense; in fact, we might call it a note written by a sad man.

Read More →
<p>195. First rob, before they stop Complaint</p>
February 11, 2026

195. First rob, before they stop Complaint

Benjamin Franklin’s poem “On the Freedom of the Press” came to mind while writing about Jimmy Lai

Read More →
Krishna Kumar Mishra

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.