Latest • June 11, 2026
Elsewhere in time
One quite evening a young man meets a stranger in the park. The meeting takes an unexpected turn as the man was not an ordinary individual.
Rajan Kumar • Raxaul, India
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Engineer • Storyteller • Entrepreneur
Rajan
Kumar
A seasoned software engineer with experience in architecting, designing, coding, estimating, planning and mentoring software development.
In his leisure time, he loves to read books, experiment with startup ideas, write stories and explore spiritual aspects of life.
- lines of backend and frontend code written, as of Aug 2023
- 1M+lines of backend and frontend code written, as of Aug 2023
- software applications built from scratch and shipped globally
- 40+software applications built from scratch and shipped globally
- views on his YouTube channel
- 8K+views on his YouTube channel
- Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
- MBAIndian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
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This story explores a man who couldn't bargain with his values and eventually paid the price for it. It reveals how the political landscape slowly crushes noble intentions and how choosing integrity in a corrupt system can cost everything and leave one isolated.
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Room 3327
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The road back, The road beyond
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January 14, 2024 • Gurugram,India
The nice guy dilemma
A person who can be manipulated by money, lust or fame is not respected, trusted, feared or loved. Make yourself manipulation proof from these stuffs.
By Rajan Kumar
December 26, 2023 • Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
The lonely chapter of pathfinders
The difference-makers and pathfinders take unconventional decisions and often find themselves utterly alone with those choices. Those lonely chapters of their life are where they re-invent themselves.
By Rajan Kumar • Reviewer: Prof. (Dr.) Priya Nair Rajeev [Professor- OB & HR & Head- Centre of Excellence for Social Innovation (CESI)]
December 19, 2023 • Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
The creativity crisis
With extreme virtualization, digital noises and many other factors, we are losing the space we used to have for thinking... blending... dispersing... observing and most importantly ‘creating’ in the end. This shrinking space for ‘creating’ is a creativity crisis for every individual.
By Rajan Kumar • Reviewer: Prof. (Dr.) Priya Nair Rajeev [Professor- OB & HR & Head- Centre of Excellence for Social Innovation (CESI)]
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