Aug 15, 2022
FROM CARHAIX TO CUBA : CASUALIDAD NO SON TAN CASUAL
Many years ago I remember seeing an CD with a lovely name : and enjoyed the music, Cubans and African musicians singing classic Cuban songs.. Today walking along the side…
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Jun 15, 2022
EUPHORIA WHAT IS THE SOURCE
A euphoric mood is characterized by feelings of strong happiness, excitement, and well-being. It is an amplified sense of pleasure that can have a number of different causes. (from American…
May 15, 2022
ECUNEMICAL TOLERANCE OF FORT COCHIN IN KERALA INDIA
A week ago I was in Fort Cochin, so full of experiences and feelings. Manolo, as I call the ex-driver who worked at my ex-hotel stays, sent a texts message…
May 15, 2022
TRAVANCORE COURT HOTEL, A FINE BUSINESS HOTEL IN THE COMMERCIAL CITY OF ERNAKULUM IN KERALA
After saying Good bye to the pleasant manager of the Tower House Hotel in Fort Cochin, it was time to go to Ernakulum. Mr Rajesh Rajan, manager of the Travancore…
Apr 15, 2022
THE BARBER OF MIAMI
I had just arrived in Miami after a long trip from Cochin in Kerala India via Singapore and the long non stop flight from Singapore to New York and then…
Apr 15, 2022
YOUR ROOM IS UPGRADED SIR, SAID THE KIND MANAGER OF TOWER HOUSE HOTEL IN FORT COCHIN IN KERALA INDIA
Mr Ranjit the manager of the centuries old heritage hotel in the heart of Fort Cochin, TOWER HOUSE HOTEL, informed me that my room had been upgraded. I had no…
Apr 15, 2022
AWAY FROM PRESSURES OF LIVING IN THE USA .. DAY 2 OF A VISIT TO COCHIN
This visit to Cochin is turning out to be beyond expectations. Mr Ranjit and Mr Vertivar, both from Pondicherry, the administrative team at TOWER HOUSE hotel in the heart of…
Mar 15, 2022
KINGSTON, JAMAICA AND MADRAS INDIA ..WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? THE HENRIQUES FAMILY
I have visited the teeming city of Madras (now called Chennai) on many occasions and had the pleasure of living in Kingston, Jamaica for a short while. While searching for…
Jan 15, 2022
HOW TO MAKE CHAI FROM AN AMERICAN FRIEND OF MINE … DRINK OF PARADISE INDEED
I have a close friend I met through our work with Native Indians of the USA. She worked as a Director of Nursing at one of the larger reservations in…
Nov 15, 2021
MR. VIJAYAN OF BALAJI CAFE IN ERNAKULUM ON HIS LAST JOURNEY
This short paper cutting was forwarded to me from Cochin by the Last Jew of Cochin. He had taken me in 2016, five years ago to meet this remarkable couple,…
Oct 15, 2021
THINKING OF ERWIN FRENKEL , WHAT ALL WILL HAPPEN IN THE COURSE OF A DAY
While growing up, one of the more interesting person, a truly erudite person, that I met was Erwin F. I do not remember meeting him more than two or three…
Aug 15, 2021
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE IN COCHIN, KERALA, INDIA. MADE ME CELEBRATE ONAM IN PARIS
My day had begun in Paris, and I was slowly wandering around the Left Bank of Paris when I received a short video from a very devoted Catholic friend of…