Adult Fiction

 Dan M. Khanna considered himself a traveler through life enjoying an adventurous journey.

Dan was born in New Delhi, India. After he completed high school at St. Columbus High School, Dan left India striking out for California via short stays in London, Montreal and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although his dream was to pursue a career in the arts, acting, music, and writing, a quirk of fate placed him in engineering college and pursuing a business management career, in which he excelled. Dan completed an undergraduate program in engineering, and a Master and Doctorate in Business Administration.

Dan worked in Silicon Valley's high technology firms and was a CEO and founder of several firms. He changed careers to be a professor and pursued his dream in creative endeavors.

Dan was the quintessential Renaissance Man, whose interests span the gamut of the arts, sciences, history, social and political studies, classics and philosophy. His search for knowledge began in his early life where his father was the Chief Education Officer of Delhi and his mother was a Sanskrit scholar. Dan spoke English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, and Gujarati.

As a child, Dan read voraciously, particularly enjoying novels, such as Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Earl Stanley Gardener, Ian Fleming's James Bond series, and classic works of Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, and other writers. He was very interested in poetry and read English poems of Browning, Keats, Milton, Tennyson, and Frost, as well as, other poets, while mastering Urdu poetry. His intellectual interests including studying Western and Eastern philosophers, especially Socrates, from whom he learned questioning methodology employed in his research, lectures and seminars.

During his parochial education, Dan was interested in various sports: cricket, soccer and field hockey. His love for the arts and music was honed to a level that he performed in plays, movies, and solo concerts.

Dan's journey was devoted to creative arts and activities, primarily writing poetry, fiction and non-fiction books and plays, while continuing to acquire knowledge of diverse subjects. He has published twelve books and wrote over twelve hundred poems comprising eighteen books.

This book, God’s Cocktail Party, is more than just a story but a final expression of a life lived with profound intellectual curiosity. My father, Dan M. Khanna, had an enthusiasm for learning so compelling, I often witnessed him reading three books at one time. He explored every subject, especially history, which he insisted was the most essential teacher of all things. He also read about all religions and was able to share insight on the complex relationships between people from different backgrounds. To speak with him was to take a master class in life, always gaining new insights or leaving with a new question to ponder. What truly defined him was the love he shared with humanity, particularly with his beloved granddaughters.

God’s Cocktail Party tackles the idiosyncrasies of life with engaging humor inviting the reader into a conversation that feels grand but also personal. I know he intended to share this unpublished story with fellow deep thinkers, and I’d like to carry out this wish. The world deserves to witness his brilliance and glimpse the wisdom I grew up with as the daughter of this exceptional man. My father poured himself into this book, and I can hear his voice through each word.  

God’s Cocktail Party is his closing gift to the world, and it is my profound honor to share his final work. By publishing this book on his behalf, I know his wisdom will live on and allow readers to experience the joy of learning from him, just as I did.