Let's share and care - Udaylal Pai
Three years ago, I happened to visit Gopalan Nair’s family. They were rich landlords in the past. Gopalan was an alcoholic and addict. He had ruined all his family assets. His wife complained about...
A man was standing near a beautiful beach. He wanted to take bath in the ocean – a calm ocean without waves, to be precise. So he waited for the waves to stop so...
Last week, Narayan (not real name), my school-mate, contacted me. We belong to the same village and community. He has only one daughter. He wants to get her married in a traditional Bharat (Indian)...
Recently two gentlemen with great “good news” came to my residence as part of their religious conversion drive. They have briefed me about the Semitic moral values, divine blessings for me and informed me...
Reflect on these five facts 1. The width of USB port of your computer is 12 mm (A-plug) 2. At the age of 23, a doctor checked my blood pressure and said the normal...
WE USED TO BE ‘CITIZENS’. NOW WE ARE ‘CONSUMERS’: In ancient stories (especially in myths, puranas and fairy tales) we read lot about “Asareeri” (divine or celestial voice). Its literal meaning is some sound...
CAUTION: POSITIVE THINKING MAY BE HARMFUL TO YOU : Promod is an MLM (multi-level marketing) business man. He also runs a business of personality development. He told me: “Positive thinking has miraculous powers. Positive...
My American friend, Ved Bell, who is a follower of Mata Amrutanandamayi, asked me why is it that some Hindu temples didn’t allow him to go in. He has married to a Nepali Hindu...
Few months ago, my distant relative and retired bank manager asked me: “Uday, I have a serious query – I saw your bank account of last 12 years. The only income you had is...
From Frustration To Fascination “Dear Uday, I have been reading all your articles on your website. I am living in the US for the last 40 years. I do meditation, prayers, rituals, read all...
25 years ago, my friend Subrahmanian invited me for lunch during some ongoing ‘parihara kriyas’ (remedial rituals) at his home. Somebody had predicted that his father would die at the age of 50. I...
While I was doing my final year B.Sc in 1982, I got an invitation to attend a literary camp conducted by Kerala-based Malayala Manorama Newspaper (later I was a columnist in it). As I...
