Reflections
261. Ever heard of a death doula?
I was pleased when Nicole Kidman won the Best Actress Award for her role in Babygirl at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, because I believed she was at her best. I also felt sad that she couldn't accept...
260. The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants
I am happy that Pope Leo XIV is on my wavelength. I have never been a fan of any religious leader because I find them outwardly cunning, manipulative, dull, and boring. They represent the ul...
259. Indiana Jones of emerging markets leaves the world
Yesterday morning, a friend from Kyiv informed me that Peter Duncan passed away on Sunday. This morning, Ashok Jainani messaged me to say that Mark Mobius had died at 89. When will I hear some good ne...
258. RIP!! Peter Duncan
Peter Duncan, the British author and an expert on Russian politics and culture, passed away last Sunday. He is known for his two books – Soviet Union and India and Russian Messianism: Third Rome, Revo...
Poetry
261. No Loss is Token
Kay Ryan is an American poet with seven poetry collections
260. Grief, I should not treat you like a homeless dog
Levertov's poetry prominently features themes of politics, suffering, and war.
259. Until we see your beautiful face again
John O'Donohue (1956 – 2008) was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. He is best known for popularizing Celtic spirituality.
258. I wanna dance by water 'neath the Mexican sky
A song by American country artist Easton Corbin, "Are You with Me," caught my attention today.
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.