Reflections
231. A catastrophe and a grave miscalculation
According to Oman’s foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi, Iran and the US were close to reaching a real deal in nuclear negotiations held in Geneva in February, and the talks were substantive.Badr Albusai...
230. Time to revisit Monte Casino or Moroccan Night
Now that the war is on many fronts around the world, it is worth recalling an incident.War is often viewed as a male-dominated activity, but women frequently suffer the most, both during and after con...
229. Abuse and rape are heroic acts in Israel!!
Israel’s top military lawyer has dropped all charges against five soldiers accused of violently abusing and raping a Palestinian detainee from Gaza. By dropping the charges, the Israeli military...
228. Some lives are valued more than others
When Donald Trump stated that his “own morality” was the sole constraint on his global authority, the concern went beyond his character. However, as the conflict with Iran began, Chancellor Merz quest...
Poetry
231. I always dream with open eyes
José Martí, the Cuban poet, and revolutionary philosopher, is considered a national hero of Cuba
230. my Christmas gift to you and yours to me
In some parts of Ireland, January 6 has traditionally been a day when hardworking women pause their chores to gather, chat, knit, and enjoy Christmas cake, pudding, and other holiday leftovers.
229. Jenny, I got your number
The phone number from the classic Tommy Tutone song "867-5309/Jenny” is now used to connect callers to a cancer support line, with an advertisement that says it's time for music’s most famous digits t...
228. In memory of that day
A reader shared a poem written by Charles Budd. She hasn’t mentioned anything about the poet. However, the poem is really good.
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.