Author Archives: Tarun Rattan

Book Review – Ten Principal Upanishads by Sree Purohit Swami & W. B. Yeats

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

  Ten Principal Upanishads by W.B. Yeats5 of 5 stars W. B. Yeats found incredulous the various renditions of Upanishads from different translators, so he decided to translate one himself with help from his friend Shree Purohit Swami. The original … Continue reading →

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Be not afeard!

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

“Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises,Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices,That, if I then had waked after long sleep,Will make me … Continue reading →

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True Friend

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Tarun Rattan
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Book Review – Notes to Self by Emilie Pine

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

Notes to Self by Emilie Pine My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the best confessions that I’ve read, it needs real courage to expose yourself so honestly to the world. The writing is lucid and readers just flow in … Continue reading →

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Time to be Slow

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

 

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Book Review – Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s a masterful account of Thomas Cromwell’s rise to power. Hilary Mantel has captured the essence of the time and has presented the readers a truthful journal of Tudar period. … Continue reading →

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Sir William Jones: The Man Who “Discovered” the Indo-European Language Family

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

We are here, discussing our Indo-European ties, due at least partly to an Anglo-Welsh polymath who was born on Sept 28, about 275 years back! That man, Sir William Jones, said, at a meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal … Continue reading →

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Sanskrit, a magical language

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

1. There is no need of particular sentence structure for Sanskrit. Like, In English :- Subject +Verb + ObjectEx :- I am writing an answer. But in Sanskrit there is no need for particular structure. अहं उत्तरम् लिखामि (I am … Continue reading →

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Everything Is Going To Be All Right

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

How should I not be glad to contemplatethe clouds clearing beyond the dormer windowand a high tide reflected on the ceiling?There will be dying, there will be dying,but there is no need to go into that.The poems flow from the … Continue reading →

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Pushing Right Back!

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Tarun Rattan
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