Category Archives: Literature

I Confess

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

 

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Poetry & Prose

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

 

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The Fourth Sign Of The Zodiac (Part 3)

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

I know, you never intended to be in this world.But you’re in it all the same.  So why not get started immediately. I mean, belonging to it.There is so much to admire, to weep over. And to write music or … Continue reading →

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Mystery Of Love

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

O Hafez, be content and bear this pain in silence that will have to be enough. Those who judge all by reason will never understand … the mystery of Love – Rumi

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Book Review – The Tower by W.B. Yeats

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

  The Tower by W.B. Yeats My rating: 5 of 5 stars Best of Yeats with all classics like – “Sailing to Byzantium” “The Tower” “Meditations in time of civil war”, “A man young and old” and many more View … 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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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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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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