Jun 15, 2014
CAMBODIA: AN EYEFUL FOR AN ANTHROPOLOGIST
I was recently in Siem Reap and fondly recollected the first visits in 2002 and 2003, when it was but a village with very few amenities. there has been explosion…
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Jun 15, 2014
UPDATE FROM CAMBODIA.. DONE WITH MIXING WITH LOCALS, NEXT TIME NOVOTEL or RAFFLES
I am writing this from Joe to Go Cafe in the centre of the tourist area in Siem Reap, in the relative comfort of an early morning air conditioning, while…
Apr 15, 2014
IRAN IN MALACCA. JADE in Malaysia tinged with Nostalgia
Almost two years to this day. I had arrived at KLIA after a memorable journey, which made this arrival even more memorable. Omaha-Denver-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Guam-Hong Kong with a long layover-Kuala Lumpur,…
Mar 15, 2014
NAT IN THE SYNAGOGUE AT RANGOON, BURMA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 UNEXPECTED PLEASURES OF AN ENCOUNTER AT THE SYNGAGOUE IN RANGOON! Burma, or its modern name, Myanmar, had offered welcome to Iraqi…
Feb 15, 2014
MACHINES WITHOUT DOCTORS: USELESS MEDICAL CARE IN INDONESIA AND EMERGING ECONOMIES OF ASIA
MACHINES WITHOUT DOCTORS DON'T PROVIDE GOOD HEALTH CARE COST OF USELESS MEDICAL CARE IN THE EMERGING NATIONS: THE CASE OF INDONESIA This was the story told to me by a…
Feb 15, 2014
AROUND THE WORLD EVERY EIGHTY DAYS !
AROUND THE WORLD EVERY EIGHTY DAYS I have been lucky to have been able to combine my profession (Medicine) , my passion (Anthropology) and Travel, almost always combining the three.…
Jan 15, 2014
2013 A GOOD YEAR FOR TRAVEL
2013 has been a good year for travel..the usual culprits UK, which to me still remains London France, which this year were visits to Quiberon, Bretagne Belgium, where it was…
Dec 15, 2013
SPEND A MORNING WITH AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST AND READ WITH HIM
Eleven articles arrived on a peer reviewed Diabetes and Metabolism Journal this morning. What was very interesting to note was that the authors were not from the usual developed countries…
Nov 15, 2013
GRATITUDE: BRING HAPPINESS TO OTHERS. ELIXIR D’AMOUR ON THIS THANKSGIVING DAY 2013
Gratitude, Make someone Happy and Elixir of Love The forecast for this morning was Rain, dreary skies and the pertinent cold of oncoming northern winter. But that was not to…
Nov 15, 2013
VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN: CULTURE AND MODERN MEDICINE
CULTURE, GENETICS, MODERN MEDICINE AND NON COMPLIANT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS Why is this Social Anthropologist writing an article about the scientific aspects of recently popularized Vitamin D? Epidemiologists, those troubadours…
Nov 15, 2013
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY TRANSLATED INTO REALITY: THE TRADITIONAL KICKAPOO TRIBE IN ACTION
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY TRANSLATED INTO REALITY: THE CASE OF MEXICAN KIKAPU/KICKAPOO: KICKAPOO TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TEXAS KTTT Philosophy as a guide to living- an essence of ones contentment, the feeling of…
Nov 15, 2013
TRAVELLING IN AMERICA: ENJOY THE VAGARIES OF CAPITALISM
TRAVELLING IN AMERICA: ENJOY THE VAGARIES OF CAPITALISM Almost always, my friend the Sage of Sioux City would say, Capitalism rewards the wrong type of person. I am assuming, hopefully…