Reflections
273. Iran must release Narges Mohammadi
Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi remains detained in an Iranian prison. Her family and friends are alarmed for her safety due to a sudden decline in her health, a suspected heart attack, and ne...
272. The only thing you truly control is today
My wife and I had been discussing for 30 years the idea of living in a natural setting, surrounded by mountains and a river. We kept postponing, telling ourselves we’d do it once we had more time...
271. A mind quite difficult to understand
A case has attracted global attention after a grief book became involved in a murder investigation in Utah, United States. Eric Richins, 39, ran a thriving masonry business. Happily married and a...
270. A mockery of democracy
Once again, India’s false democracy is in full bloom. Facilitating it is the most ‘lucrative’ political party that has the mandate to run the country and that presents itself as the most honest, moral...
Poetry
273. The wind will one day blow us away
Forugh Farrokhzād is an Iranian poet. Sharing one of her poems sent by a friend.
272. Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Mary Jane Oliver is one of my favorite poets.
271. because the face of death is green
Pablo Neruda has always intrigued me because of his unique writing style across different subjects.
270. I need to feel you constantly to get me through the day
A reader who read yesterday’s post sent me this poem. It was composed by Deborah Robinson, but the reader didn’t share anything about the poet.
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.