Author Archives: Nagesh Alai

Quarantine thoughts from Nagesh Alai and how he hopes to achieve oneness between the body, mind and  intellect The end of 2021 was on a beautiful note as was the beginning of 2022, simply because providence ensured that I could see the last gorgeous sunset and the first warm sunrise. So, what if I came […]

An old ‘Shammi Kapoor Unplugged’ video from the turn of this millennium popped up out of the blue recently in one of my WhatsApp (WA) groups. In that one can hear the late famous actor gyrator talk about the role that internet played in his life and how it reconnected him to a long separated […]

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You have to get in your word if you have to have the last say. So, what better way to start on the subject than find the right word.  The world may be at war, NATO, WTO and UN notwithstanding, but they are very much united in getting the right word to say to each […]

Donating wealth is not an act of charity, but more a repayment of an obligation or an expression of gratitude towards the life forces, writes Nagesh Alai Most would know about the Giving Pledge, a movement initiated in 2010 by Warren Buffett, Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates, pledging to give away majority of their wealth […]

The beauty of the fundamental rationale and deeper meanings behind the various marriage ceremonies are lost on most of the people, rues Nagesh Alai Marriage is a hoary sacred institution across cultures and the practices and rituals that go with it have a deeper significance from religious, philosophical and practical perspectives. If one analyses the […]