by Rajan Singh | Oct 5, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
While I was running near the Rajbhavan in Trivandrum, the streetlights went off at 6 am. It was still dark but I kept running, daydreaming in my head. Then suddenly, I was abruptly brought to my senses. In the darkness, I tripped on the uneven roadside pavement and...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 4, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
A few years ago, I had to visit a hospital because of a persistent chest infection. It so happened that the senior doctor was unavailable and hence a relatively junior doctor had to attend to me. During the consultation, this junior doctor seemed really apologetic...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 4, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
When I was a kid, our family train travel was rarely in the AC compartment. Therefore, we kids were always sitting near the windows staring at the rivers, mountains, and everything else. India felt so amazing. But sadly, in the last few decades, even the very rare...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 3, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
In movies, you see heroes spraying light weapons in automatic mode, killing dozens of ‘bad guys.’ In real life, you never do that. Here is why. An AK-47 will finish a full magazine of 30 bullets in 3 seconds, and they will almost all miss the target. It is...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 29, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
I spent my 4 years at IIT mostly lazing around, wasting my time. But I had other classmates who slogged hard. In the final year, most hard-working guys had great career options lined up, including scholarships from some top US universities. I told myself that it...