Vikas Chandra Thorian

05 Nov 2025

🜂 Thorian, Vikas Chandra

also known as

• Veyran, Kabootar Modnar,
• Veyran, Nyxara Amgine,
• Veyran, Xander Amgine, and
• Veyran, Xandra Amgine

⚙️ The Operating System

Thought and Transformation

I run on an operating system of my own making — Thought and Transformation — where reflection is architecture and rebellion is syntax.

Every idea I touch is dissected, rebuilt, and reborn — not to fit convention, but to evolve beyond it.

I’ve never been satisfied merely existing within the system; I prefer reverse-engineering it. Whether it’s marketing, philosophy, data science, or human emotion — I study the anatomy of the idea, not its appearance.

🧭 IDENTITY AND INTENT

I am a paradox with purpose — a consultant, philosopher, technologist, and writer in equal measure.

A creature of thought, rebellion, and absurdity, walking the razor’s edge between idealism and nihilism.

Professionally, I engineer clarity out of chaos.

Personally, I live in the theatre of introspection.

My work oscillates between the scientific and the spiritual, between systems that govern societies and the shadows that dwell within the self.

My purpose? To understand, to transform, and to transmit that understanding into something tangible — ideas, frameworks, and movements that endure.

🔱 DOMAINS OF PRACTICE

Marketing & Data Science

• Specialist in behavioural narratives, psychographic targeting, and data-driven persuasion.
• Bridges numbers and narratives — designing communication systems that move both markets and minds.
• Develops strategic frameworks rooted in systems thinking, cognitive bias theory, and semiotic architecture.

Consulting & Strategy

• Operates at the intersection of vision and execution.
• Crafts narrative strategy blueprints for individuals, brands, and nations.
• Known for integrating philosophy with design thinking, mythology with modern economics, and human emotion with algorithmic logic.

Technology & Innovation

• Early adopter, conceptual technologist, and ecosystem architect.
• Builds hybrid frameworks merging AI ethics, behavioural computation, and neurosemiotics.
• Advocates for meaningful innovation — technology that uplifts, not replaces, humanity.

Writing & Philosophy

• My writing is a confrontation — not with the world, but with myself.
• Author of projects like:
  • Project Black Rose — a non-fiction exploration of the shadow, survival, and transcendence.
  • The Sacred Ground of Zero — a psychological excavation of meaning and despair.
  • Conversations in Solitude — an introspective dialogue between consciousness and its mirror.
  • The Man Who Burnt Himself, Then Watched — a confessional narrative on rebellion, guilt, and rebirth.

🪶 NOM-DE-PLUME & CODE NAMES

Each name is not an alias but a facet — a mask for a moment. Together, they form the architecture of my being — a myth in motion.

🕯️ INTELLECTUAL COMPASS

Philosophical Alignment: Gnostic Atheism Political Stance: Anarchist Libertarian — equally despised by left, right, and centre. Psychological Orientation: Jungian Shadow Integration — I believe in confronting the abyss, not avoiding it. Civilisational Vision: The Grand Indian Republic — a manifesto for the cultural and political unification of South Asia. Life Doctrine: Essentialism — what does not matter, must die.

🧠 FRAMEWORKS IN DEVELOPMENT

🖤 Project Black Rose

A philosophical and psychological framework exploring pain as pedagogy. It is not a book, but a crucible — for those who must break to understand themselves.

🕊️ Reverie

A venture dedicated to addressing loneliness, emotional intimacy, and healing in the digital age. Reverie aims to build rituals of connection, not algorithms of attention. Female-led at its core, Reverie isn’t a dating app — it’s a human renaissance.

🛣️ The Bengaluru Mobility Project

A citizen-centric, AI-augmented mobility ecosystem designed to restore dignity to commute time. Built on the Pain-Pleasure Matrix, it seeks to turn traffic chaos into intelligent civic rhythm.

🕉️ The Grand Indian Republic

A geopolitical and civilisational unification manifesto — merging India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan into one Grand Republic. A vision of post-colonial integration through culture, economics, and shared destiny.

🕒 THE PI-HOUR DISCIPLINE

I live by what I call The Pi-Hour — a temporal philosophy of awakening before dawn, where discipline becomes devotion. It is the hour when clarity reigns, and silence becomes the most articulate teacher.

I move in silence, so that the noise of the world never drowns the voice within.

⚖️ PERSONAL ETHOS

• Conviction is the currency of existence.
• Pain is the tuition fee for wisdom.
• Time and Money are the only two truly exchangeable currencies — choose wisely.
• To stand is to suffer; to surrender is to rot.
• Love, madness, and meaning are not opposites — they are coordinates of the same map.

📚 INFLUENCES AND ARCHETYPES

I am a composite of the ones who defied simplicity:

• Raymond Reddington’s eloquence
• Alan Shore’s cunning
• Jason Bourne’s resilience
• James Bond’s discipline
• Lisbeth Salander’s vengeance
• Vesper Lynd’s grace
• Joker’s chaos

They aren’t idols — they are reflections of the human paradox: the rebel, the romantic, the rational, and the ruined — all at once.

💬 PERSONAL WRITINGS AND SERIES

• The Oracle’s Dilemma — A discourse on human foresight and fatalism.
• Conversations in Solitude — A dialogue between the self and its shadow.
• Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita: Life and Corporate — A reinterpretation of dharma for modern leadership.
• The Doomed Carnival — A completed apocalyptic poem on despair and transcendence.

🩸 CORE BELIEFS

“Eventually, inevitably, invariably — it all boils down to one thing: whether you took a stand, or not.”

“I will tell my story, maybe in another time and another place — and only I know what is real and what is not. One thing I am certain about is that I have sinned, and I have fallen short.”

“In the end, all that remains is conviction — everything else burns.”

🪞 CURRENT PROJECTS

• 📘 The Sacred Ground of Zero — Essay collection and philosophical reflections.
• 💡 Reverie — Emotional intelligence venture under development.
• 🗺️ The Grand Indian Republic — Political-philosophical manifesto in progress.
• 📖 Project Black Rose — Book and framework for transformation through suffering.
• 🔥 The Pi-Hour Manifesto — Discipline framework for creators, thinkers, and the damned.

📫 CONTACT & PRESENCE

Eventually, everything in life boils down to a single reckoning: did I take a stand, or did I allow someone else to decide the course of my existence? At first glance, it seems a simple question, almost rhetorical, but the weight of it accumulates over years — decades — until it is impossible to ignore. Every deferred choice, every moment of silence, every compromise in the name of comfort or approval becomes a stone in the edifice of a life half-lived. And yet, we deceive ourselves with illusions of safety. We whisper to ourselves that letting someone else take the reins is pragmatic, even wise. But in truth, it is the beginning of surrender.

🕯️ EPILOGUE

I am not trying to change the world. I am simply trying to understand it deeply enough that it no longer deceives me.

And if, in that process, others find meaning — that is merely consequence, not intention.

“I’ve been lonely, depressed, and anxious since my early teens — but that loneliness became my forge, that anxiety my teacher, that depression my truth. From it, I learnt the art of turning pain into presence.” ~ Vikas Chandra Thorian

Vikas Chandra Thorian

Kabootar Modnar Thorian • Xander Amgine Thorian • Nyxara Amgine Thorian

I live inside a project called Thought and Transformation — a deliberate OS for a life that insists on meaning. I’m a strategist, a troublemaker for stale ideas, and a slow-moving technician of culture. I make frameworks that people can actually use to think better, act clearer, and leave something that lasts.

Quick primer (because life is short)

• What I do: I design narratives, systems and ventures that stitch psychology to product and ritual to revenue.
• How I do it: Data, philosophy, myth and stubborn conviction. Not in that order.
• Why it matters: Most modern work is spectacle. I prefer architecture — durable, honest, and a tiny bit ruthless.

If you want a nice brochure, buy a brochure. If you want something that reshapes how people behave — come sit on the edge with me.

Domains I work in

Marketing & Data Science

I fuse human stories with behavioural data. Think psychographic strategy, not hollow metrics. I build campaigns that don’t just convert — they persuade ethically and scale honestly.

Strategy & Consulting

Vision without execution is an expensive imagination. I write blueprints that are philosophical enough to matter and tactical enough to ship.

Technology & Product

I prototype hybrid systems: human-first AI, civic dashboards, and product rituals that restore dignity to mundane behaviours (yes, even commuting). I care about interoperability, not hype.

Writing & Philosophy

I write long-form work that’s meant to unsettle and instruct. Essays, manifestos, frameworks — each piece is an experiment in how ideas become culture.

Signature projects (current)

• Project Black Rose — a crucible framework: pain as pedagogy, rigor as ritual.
• Reverie — an emotionally intelligent platform tackling loneliness and intimacy with ritual, not swipe culture. Female-led at core. Not another dating app.
• The Grand Indian Republic — a civilisational manifesto imagining a cooperative future for South Asia. Radical? Yes. Necessary? Also yes.
• Bengaluru Mobility Project — citizen-first, AI-augmented mobility to make commute time tolerable and useful.

My operating principles (short, sharp, true)

• Conviction > Consensus. If everyone likes it, it’s probably a boring compromise.
• Essentialism or bust. Remove the noise — the remainder must be sacred.
• Pain pays tuition. The things that hurt teach better than the things that flatter.
• Time beats money. Time is the currency you never get more of — treat it like capital.
• Discipline is devotion. I keep the Pi-Hour — dawn is where the trophies are won in silence.

Persona & voice

I wear many names because I’m many things: a realist (Vikas), a myth-maker (Kabootar Modnar), an engineer (Xander), a contrarian mirror (Nyxara). These are not masks — they’re tools. I switch them when the work asks for it.

Influences: part Raymond Reddington’s eloquence, part Lisbeth Salander’s refusal to play nice, part Jung’s insistence on shadow work, and a dash of old-school dignity.

Writings (highlights)

• The Man Who Burnt Himself, Then Watched — confessional long form on rebellion and repair.
• The Sacred Ground of Zero — essays on coming to terms with the void.
• Conversations in Solitude — dialogues that start where small talk ends.
• The Pi-Hour Manifesto — a discipline for creators who want time, not applause.
• Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita: Life and Corporate — ancient doctrine retooled for modern leaders.

(Everything above is a living thing — some finished, some forever-in-progress. I like it that way.)

Contact & collaborations

If your brief is obvious, outsource it. If your brief scares me a little, we should talk.

• LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/vikasthorian
• Instagram — instagram.com/kabootarmodnar
• X — x.com/kabootarmodnar
• GitHub — github.com/vikasthorian

Prefer privacy? Email me: hello@vikasthorian.com (replace with your real address).

Closing note (because I actually mean this)

I’m not interested in vanity metrics or gentle applause. I build things that make thinking harder and living clearer. If you want a quick win, move along. If you want a real revision of how you work, how your people move, or how your product breathes — let’s make the future less stupid.

“I’ve been lonely, depressed and anxious since my teens — that loneliness became my forge. I learned to turn pain into presence. If that sounds extreme, good. Normal never moved anyone.”