Author Archives: Tarun Rattan

Secret Of Getting Ahead!

 

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Book Review – Ministry Of Utmost Happiness

I was expecting better from Suzanna Arundhati Roy but alas, this book does not come anywhere near close to the brilliance of her first novel. I’d bought this at a book promotion event at Dublin where author explained her reasons … Continue reading

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Nasdaq and Citi Announce Pioneering Blockchain and Global Banking Integration

Sharing information on the Blockchain project where I was the Technology Lead from Citi side. It was a ground breaking project and first production implementation of Blockchain technology by a major global bank and exchange. For Immediate Release Citigroup Inc. … Continue reading

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Mere Rashk-e-Qamar – Sufi Ghazal

This Urdu ghazal was penned by the Pakistani poet Fana Buland Shehri. Fana’s Real name was Muhammad Hanif, he was shagird (student) of well known Urdu Poet Qamar Jalalvi میرے رشکِ قمر تو نے پہلی نظر، جب نظر سے ملائی … Continue reading

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Airfield Reader’s Day: Mountains To Sea DLR Book Festival

Today, I attended along with my wife the Reader’s day event at Airfield estate held as part of Mountains To Sea DLR Book Festival mountainstosea.ie. It was a great event and an opportunity to meet with a number of talented … Continue reading

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Brexit Blues: Why Dublin is Turning Into a Haven for Blockchain

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How To Be A Leader In The Digital Age

The coming years will be a time of “Digital Leaders”. Around the world, leaders in different fields have already started to embrace the digital revolution and recognize the power of game-changing technology. “Every country needs a Minister of the Future,” said Saleforce’s founder and CEO Marc Benioff, at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. And he was right. Continue reading

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Introduction to Cryptography

Secure communications in presence of third parties i.e. adversaries is an old age problem and cryptography is the practice and study of techniques to solve this problem. The history of cryptography can be split into two eras: the classical era … Continue reading

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Fascinating Words

If you’re fascinated by words, then this is for you… Glabella – The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella. Petrichor – The way it smells after the rain is called petrichor. Aglet – The plastic or metallic coating … Continue reading

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