Reflections
303. Remembering Maureen Patricia Duffy, the queen of activism
Maureen Patricia Duffy, the English poet, playwright, novelist, non-fiction author, and pioneering advocate for gay writers’ rights, died two days ago, on May 27, at the age of 92.A friend gifted me h...
302. A burning Beirut asks, “Do You Love Me?”
At the 2025 Venice Film Festival, one of the most talked-about films was the Lebanese docufilm Do You Love Me. The film was released in Beirut just a week ago and isn't available on any pla...
301. Pope Leo XIV is in tune with the times
Being an agnostic, I have never been a fan of any religious leaders, if we can call them that - the one with many followers, the head of a religion, a sect, or a math.But ever since US President Donal...
300. Peace in the Middle East will only be achieved if Iran becomes a nuclear power
Today, I read a report predicting that detonating a single nuclear weapon over New York could result in approximately 583,160 deaths. Almost six lakhs of innocents will die in seconds! It's very frigh...
Poetry
303. Some dude's getting credit for what a woman has done
“For Willyce” is a well-known, concise, and provocative love poem first published in her book Movement in Black.
302. I only let him out at night sometimes
Sharing a poem, 'Bluebird,' by my favorite Charles Bukowski.
301. Be glad your nose is on your face!
Today I read a very funny poem by Jack Prelutsky, an American poet and children's author known for his humorous and whimsical poetry.
300. The sea plays a crooning tune of golden notes
Edna K. Saloomey, the Syrian American poet, essayist, and short story writer, edited the “Our Younger Generation” section of The Syrian World,
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.