Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review – The Ideology of India’s Modern Right

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Tarun Rattan

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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Book Review – A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Tarun Rattan

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 4 of 5 stars Khaled Hosseini has certainly made Afghanistan proud by capturing the contemporary life in his beautifully crafted second novel. I’d read Kite Runner when it came out and was spellbound … Continue reading →

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Book Review – We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Tarun Rattan

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My rating: 5 of 5 stars I went to hear Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the Convention Centre, Dublin as part of the International Literature Festival 2018 #ILFDublin2018 and bought the book … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Trinity by Leon Uris

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Tarun Rattan

  TrinityLeon Uris 5 of 5 stars Trinity has as big a canvas as Exodus, another recounted tale from the same author about the misery and glorious fightback of Jews. Arguably exodus forced on the Irish was not as brutal, … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Ministry Of Utmost Happiness

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Tarun Rattan

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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Book Review – The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Tarun Rattan

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang 5 of 5 stars This book is an eye opener and an attempt to bring to light the sordid and neglected event from WW II in which the whole city of Nanking was brutally … Continue reading →

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MIS40670 – The Soul of a New Machine – Tracy Kidder

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Tarun Rattan

The book is a journal record of a computer engineering team in their quest to design the next generation computer Eclipse MV/8000 at a Silicon Valley minicomputer vendor called Data General in 1980. The book was published in 1981 and … Continue reading →

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Glendalough: A Celtic Pilgrimage by Michael Rodgers

Posted on April 2, 2006 by Tarun Rattan

  Glendalough: A Celtic Pilgrimage by Michael Rodgers 5 of 5 stars   This is the history of St. Kevin of Ireland and the monastery he setup in Wicklow mountains which is now a famous pilgrimage in Ireland. I’ve visited … Continue reading →

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