Category Archives: People

Book Review – Stranger to History by Aatish Taseer

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

  Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey through Islamic LandsAatish Taseer5 of 5 stars   Aatish Taseer was conceived of a whirlwind affair between a Pakistani Muslim politician and an Indian Sikh Journalist. And life can never be simple born … Continue reading →

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How Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan, father of the ‘Muslim bomb,’ escaped Mossad assassination – Israel News – Haaretz.com

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

Abdul Qadeer Khan, who died this week in Islamabad, got Pakistan the bomb, stole and sold atomic secrets, profited from a shady global proliferation network, helped Iran go nuclear, aided Qaddafi’s reactor ambitions – and still passed away from natural … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Promised Land by Barack Obama

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

  Barack Obama sees his elevation to the highest post of US president as a logical conclusion to the black minority struggle for legitimacy and equality within US. That is the reason he picked the title of his memoirs from … Continue reading →

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Serving Sanskrit, Serving Humanity: The Story of Martin Gluckman – Center for Soft Power

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

Serving Sanskrit, Serving Humanity: The Story of Martin Gluckman – Center for Soft Power— Read on http://www.softpowermag.com/serving-sanskrit-serving-humanity-the-story-of-martin-gluckman/ Martin Gluckman’s Sanskrit dictionary (www.sanskritdictionary.com) created by the Sanskrit Research Institute has had 1,564,823 visitors searching for 975,621 words from 207 countries. Some of … Continue reading →

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Book Review – How I Became a Hindu by Sita Ram Goel

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

How I Became a Hindu by Sita Ram GoelMy rating: 5 of 5 stars   Sita Ram Goel was a towering personality of India’s right-wing movement and this book is his intellectual autobiography. This covers his personal journey from being … Continue reading →

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Sir William Jones: The Man Who “Discovered” the Indo-European Language Family

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

We are here, discussing our Indo-European ties, due at least partly to an Anglo-Welsh polymath who was born on Sept 28, about 275 years back! That man, Sir William Jones, said, at a meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker by Pavan K. Varma

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Tarun Rattan

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 →

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V. S. Naipaul’s India Trilogy – A Tribute

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Tarun Rattan

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 →

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Satya Nadella’s letter to Microsoft employees

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Tarun Rattan

Following is the text of Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella’s letter to employees. Today is a very humbling day for me. It reminds me of my very first day at Microsoft, 22 years ago. Like you, I had a choice … Continue reading →

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Kurt Cobain’s Suicide Note

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Tarun Rattan

To Boddah Speaking from the tongue of an experienced simpleton who obviously would rather be an emasculated, infantile complain-ee. This note should be pretty easy to understand. All the warnings from the punk rock 101 courses over the years, since … Continue reading →

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