by Rajan Singh | Feb 7, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
When I joined the Indian Police Service, I was in for a big disappointment — I was assigned to serve in the Kerala cadre for the rest of my life. Folklore says that for the Civil Services, the north Indian states are ‘good cadres’ — good facilities, nice...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 6, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Two decades ago, when I was serving as in the police, I saw the current Kerala Chief Minister, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, personally lead a protest ‘dharna’ before the Trivandrum Collectorate. At that time, his party was in the opposition. He was sitting on the road,...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 3, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Having pretty much wasted my 4 years at IIT without learning much, I was determined to not repeat that mess, ever. So when I joined my MBA, I was focused and doing well academically. But it created another problem — I became greedy for top grades and felt like...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 2, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Two decades ago, during a lunch at some government function, I first met Mr. Karunakaran, former Chief Minister of Kerala. On his plate, there was just one appam (a dosa-like item) with some vegetable stew. Seeing him eat so little, I later asked his aides, ‘He ate so...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 1, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
During our Civil Services training in Mussoorie, one day, our physical training (PT) instructor announced the upcoming 9-day trek to the Himalayas. For the hardest trek route that led to Roop Kund (>5,000 m), when he asked for volunteers, so many hands went up that...
