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Book Review – Black Wave by Kim Ghattas
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle Eastby Kim Ghattas My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a brilliant, well researched book that unravels everything which is the cause of so much turbulence in … Continue reading
Book Review – Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change by Jared Diamond
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Changeby Jared Diamond My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got this book last year at Dalkey Book Festival where Jared Diamond gave a stirring keynote address on the crisis facing world today … Continue reading
Book Review – कामायनी by जयशंकर प्रसाद
कामायनी by जयशंकर प्रसाद My rating: 5 of 5 stars Kamayani is arguably the best poem written in Hindi language in contemporary times. The vision behind the poetic plot and the flights of imagination by the author shines in brilliance … Continue reading
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Tagged Jaishankar Prasad, Kamayani, Manu, Poem, Poetry, Vedas
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रश्मिरथी – One who rides on the chariot of sun rays…
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar is the national poet of India and in this lyrical poem written in 1952, he covers the life of Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण), the tragic hero of Indian epic Mahabharata, the record of war between Kauravas & righteous … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Dinkar, Karan, Mahabharta, Rashmirathi, Sanatana Dharma
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Book Review – Brexit and Ireland: The Dangers, the Opportunities, and the Inside Story of the Irish Response by Tony Connelly
I found this book by Tony Connelly to be an excellent primer on Brexit and in it the author has covered in detail the potential impact of Brexit on Irish state. Brexit is perhaps the greatest economic and foreign policy … Continue reading
Book Review – Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker by Pavan K. Varma
Jagad Guru Adi Shankaracharya (788-820 CE) was an early 8th century philosopher and theologian who led the revival of Hinduism and is credited with unifying and establishing the Advaita Vedanta doctrine in Hinduism. He successfully trampled the onslaught of contrarian … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, People, Philosophy, Religion
Tagged Hindu, Sanatana Dharma, Sanskrit, Shankaracharya
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Book Review – Night Trilogy by Elie Wiesel
I’d read Night before when I was quite young and don’t think had then grasped the depth of depravity described in this profound memoir. Reading it again now, when I’ve accumulated perhaps a bit more wisdom made this book shine … Continue reading
Book Review – Why I’m A Hindu by Shashi Tharoor
This book is a light primer by an Indian politician covering the basic tenets and sacred texts of Hinduism. I’ve read Shashi Tharoor’s earlier works, some of which I can vouch to be pretty good, but this book has been … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, News & Politics, Religion
Tagged Hindu, Sanatana Dharma, ShashiTharoor
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V. S. Naipaul’s India Trilogy – A Tribute
I’d read Naipaul’s India Trilogy when I was in my late teens and at that young age, it did fill me up with profound hatred for the writer who in my opinion was spewing venom against my beloved country. Naipaul … Continue reading
Book Review – The Ideology of India’s Modern Right
Subramanian Swamy is like a Rasputin of Indian politics, nobody is more courageous or bolder than him in contemporary India. In this book he strives to articulate the ideology of the India’s modern right and summarises it as Virat Hindutva. … Continue reading
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