Reflections
221. Sometimes, being politically correct isn't the best choice
Yes, sometimes being politically correct isn't the best choice. That is the advice I would give to Olexander Scherba, Ukraine’s ambassador to South Africa.As is customary, Iranian embassies worldwide...
220. I would have liked to attend my own funeral
Alan Bennett’s new book, “Enough Said,” is now on the stalls, released by Faber & Faber. It comprises the diary entries of his 90th year. English playwright, author, actor, and screenwriter A...
219. Trump is determined to ‘reclaim America’s backyard’.
It was not surprising when, a few days ago, the Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth mentioned the three words, “reclaim our backyard.” He was simply expressing in words what Donald Trump was doing through his...
218. The world needs many Pedro Sanchez
Although the world is weary of US President Donald Trump's combative negotiating style—characterized by bullying and humiliation —it is Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez alone who has confronted hi...
Poetry
221. Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art
Visual media often enhance the meaning of a poem in ways we could never fully understand by reading alone.
220. Those that I fight, I do not hate
The war is ongoing – two major ones and several smaller ones.
219. The movie ended without the final kiss
It is a prayer—a prayer in which he sees a woman exploited by capitalism in this life, and liberated by God’s love in the next.
218. my love, if you die and I don’t die
Enjoy these moments and explore that fairy tale world, the final sanctuary for lovers.
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.