Krishna Nand Rai · writing as Khalil Asgar · ख़लील अस्गर
Not this, not this — keep moving, keep moving. A life in public service, strategy and song.
Public servant and strategist with expertise in public policy and cybersecurity. Life coach, content creator and musician exploring the digital landscape — writing music and verse under the takhallus Khalil Asgar (ख़लील अस्गर).
From Village Anjorpur, District Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, Bharat — PIN 277502 — currently posted in Rourkela, Odisha. I serve in the Indian Telecommunication Service under the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India — while writing songs, building small automations, and exploring the long Indian conversation about knowing, unknowing and movement.
The name of this place — netineti charaiveti charaiveti — stitches together two ancient Sanskrit ideas: neti neti (the via negativa of the Upanishads, "not this, not this") and charaiveti from the Aitareya Brahmana ("keep moving, keep moving"). Disciplined doubt + relentless motion.
Strategy, eOffice and government administrative systems, network operations and policy analytics within the Department of Telecommunications.
Conversations on creativity, work and meaning — drawn from classical Indian thought and lived practice.
Multilingual songwriting in Hindi, Bhojpuri, Odia, Sanskrit, Pali, Urdu and Punjabi. Produced with Suno.
Python, APIs, AI-assisted workflows for data, distribution and creative practice.
Currently
Department of Telecommunications · Ministry of Communications · Government of India
Network operations and analytics, revenue and performance reporting, eOffice administration, and the everyday craft of keeping public telecom infrastructure legible to itself.
Practice
Strategy notes, frameworks, and conversations on digital governance, data protection and operational security in the Indian public sector.
Practice
One-to-one coaching grounded in classical Indian texts (Advaita, Buddhism, Bhakti) and modern psychology of work and creativity.
Project
An ongoing creative thread on living fully — essays, conversations and short videos. Follow on Facebook →
Tooling
Python pipelines that turn AI-generated tracks into upload-ready videos with metadata, thumbnails and tags.
Songs and verse signed as Khalil Asgar — in Hindi, Bhojpuri, Odia, Sanskrit, Pali, Urdu and Punjabi. Mystic music, folk fusion, and quiet experiments. Produced with Suno; released on YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud.
The main channel — videos, visualizers, lyrics in motion.
SunoWhere the songs are born. AI-assisted composition and lyric work.
SpotifyWhat I'm listening to, and the playlists I keep building.
SoundCloudRough cuts, alternate mixes, occasional spoken-word.
नेति नेति । चरैवेति चरैवेति । neti neti · charaiveti charaiveti "Not this, not this. Keep moving, keep moving."
The Upanishadic discipline of negation. Whatever you can point to and name — that is not it. A practice of release, not of accumulation.
The Aitareya verse to the wanderer: a sitting fortune sits, a standing one stands, a sleeping one sleeps, but a moving one finds honey. Charan vai madhu vindati.
Disciplined unknowing paired with relentless motion. The two together are a posture for a life of public service, creative work, and quiet inquiry.
Write, call, follow, listen — whichever channel fits. I read every message.