Author Archives: Tarun Rattan

My days in the Indian National Army by Lakshmi Sehgal

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Tarun Rattan

Captain Lakshmi Sehgal, who was part of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army, died  today 23/07/2012 following a brief illness. Sehgal (97), breathed her last at a private hospital at 11.20am, her daughter and noted CPM leader Subhashini Ali … Continue reading →

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One day…

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Tarun Rattan
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Gandhi’s letter to Adolf Hitler (1939)

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Tarun Rattan

Adolf Hitler was rejected as a young man on his application to art school. One thing led to another and ended with United States dropping two atomic bombs on the sovereign nation of Japan. Over a month before the outbreak … Continue reading →

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Higgs Boson – Press Release (PR17.12 04.07.2012)

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Tarun Rattan

CERN experiments observe particle consistent with long-sought Higgs boson Geneva, 4 July 2012. At a seminar held at CERN1 today as a curtain raiser to the year’s major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented … Continue reading →

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All Four Stanzas – Isaac Asimov

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Tarun Rattan

Introductory Note. Unless you’re already well acquainted with our “national anthem,” this interesting piece by the late Isaac Asimov will be an eye-opener.  It was for me.  It’s especially appropriate at a time when there is much talk of tossing … Continue reading →

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Julian Barnes: my life as a bibliophile

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Tarun Rattan

I have lived in books, for books, by and with books; in recent years, I have been fortunate enough to be able to live from books. And it was through books that I first realized there were other worlds beyond … Continue reading →

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English is a difficult language… for some!

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Tarun Rattan
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Excellent Quotes by Warren Buffet

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Tarun Rattan
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5 Great Ray Bradbury Quotes About Death

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Tarun Rattan

Ray Bradbury, known for his imaginative and evocative tales of Martian lands and sinister carnival characters, died Tuesday (June 5) at the age of 91. During his lengthy career as a sci-fi writer, Bradbury mused on death (and life) at … Continue reading →

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… when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Tarun Rattan

Linearly arranged swara’s, or sur‘s in Hindi, form a swaramalika, a chain of swara’s. Mixing yours and my swara’s, for instance, produces our sur(YT) (text). Once again,(YT) on a Continuum Fingerboard. The seven swara’s together are also called a ‘sargam‘, … Continue reading →

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