Dec 15, 2015
THE LUCKY ENDOCRINOLOGIST OF HAVANA..OUR ANTHROPOLOGIST IN CUBA
I am writing this in a hotel room in Westport in the State of Washington in the USA. I can hear the ocean in the distance and i can see…
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Dec 15, 2015
CUBAN DEFECTORS VERSUS CUBAN BENEFACTORS: WHY THE AMERICANS FASCINATED WITH THE DEFECTORS
The diplomatic relationship between Cuba and USA are getting better by the day and the majority of the Cubans are happy with this outcome. This thaw also has created a…
Dec 15, 2015
CUBA AND AMERICA: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY 17 DECEMBER 2015
The greatest victory of the accord of 17 dec 2014 between Obama and Castro, USA and Cuba is that Americans have flocked to the country in their thousands and seen…
Sep 15, 2015
FRIENDSHIP OVER TIME AND DISTANCE
FRIENDSHIP OVER TIME AND DISTANCE While I was a post graduate student at Jackson Memorial Hospital of the University of Miami, the southern cone of the Americas was always within…
Aug 15, 2015
THE EXHILARATION AT FERNANDO BOTERO MUSEUM IN CANDELARIA
THE EXHILARATION AT FERNANDO BOTERO MUSEUM IN CANDELARIA, BOGOTA… WHICH PART OF OUR BRAIN DOES GET STIMULATED? Bogota has that vague familiarity as one drives through, the ochre colours of…
Jul 15, 2015
ROMANCE IN THE TIME OF THE MONSOON
Romance in the time of the Monsoon How can I not think of Gabo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, when I am wandering around this lovely small town of Fort Cochin? I…
Apr 15, 2015
CUBANS IN MIAMI THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FACING THE OLDER IMMIGRANTS
On entering the Admirals Club at gate 30 at concourse D at Miami International airport, I was greeted by a smile, which I immediately knew to be Cuban! From San…
Apr 15, 2015
HAVANA: A MOVEABLE FEAST OF EMOTIONS
At a personal level; Friendships so deep that it is like a tattoo in your heart. Intellectual: discourses with a human face. society at the street level Food Burritos de…
Mar 15, 2015
BUDDHISTS AND AMERICAN INDIANS: COMMON PHILOSOPHICAL THREADS
On Reading about Buddhist Philosophy Peace in the world begins with us What works? What works to free the mind from Suffering? What works to engender the heart of compassion?…
Feb 15, 2015
WHY I LOVE CUBA SO VERY MUCH
Just twenty four hours ago, I left the crowded, unruly Terminal 2 of the Jose Marti International Airport in La Habana to arrive in the crowded, unruly but more diverse…
Dec 15, 2014
HAPPY HANUKKAH, A MIRACLE FROM CUBA, MAZELTOV TO OBAMA, CASTRO AND ALAN GROSS
Today, more than ever, I am proud to say, Soy de Cuba, I am from Vedado! in La Havana. The above collage is from my neighbourhood of Vedado in Havana.…
Nov 15, 2014
CULTURAL FRANKENSTEIN: CUBA AND THE WORLD
Australian researchers have uncovered how the massive DNA molecules that appear in some tumours are formed like Frankenstein's monster, stitched together from other parts of the genome. This solves a…