by Rajan Singh | May 5, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
The fish packet vanished from right in front of my eyes — how the hell did that happen, I wondered! This happened a few months ago: Sitting in my living room, as I was intently working on my blog, the fish delivery guy rang the doorbell. I absent-mindedly...
by Rajan Singh | May 4, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In week-2 of the 1st semester at IIT Kanpur, I got my first big life shock – the physics quiz. This quiz was pretty nasty: An ant was supposedly crawling on a rotating disc and we were expected to figure out its motion in polar coordinates, or something like...
by Rajan Singh | May 3, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
20 years after we first met, I ran into Mr. Michael Siromani, a retired IAS officer, under curious circumstances — he was collecting roadside weeds in a plastic pouch. After the initial greetings, seeing a quizzical look on my face, he explained, “These are...
by Rajan Singh | May 2, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
It was an unequal race — not fair. During my 6th grade, our sports teacher announced an impromptu bike race to celebrate the end of the annual sports day. The near-certain winner was the son of the Commanding Officer of the local air force station, who had an...
by Rajan Singh | May 1, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Years ago, when I was heading Trivandrum City Police, a horse in our mounted police unit got seriously ill and was in severe pain. Since it was cruel to let the horse suffer, the veterinary doctor had to sadly seek my approval to euthanize the horse. But as per rules,...