Jun 15, 2021
SAUDADE DO COCHIM. THE ARAB ORIGINS OF MANY COASTAL KERALITES
t he geography of the region, island of Hormuz, Oman and Ras-al-Khaimah in the UAE This blog was written in response to a question from Abu Dhabi in UAE regarding…
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May 15, 2021
WHAT IS THE INDIAN FOOD SERVED IN “INDIAN” RESTARAURANTS OUTSIDE INDIA
Landladies and Inn keepers may have offered "curried" dishes before then, but this was the first restaurant owned and operated by and an Indian, a Bengali Muslim Sake Dean Mohammed,…
Oct 15, 2020
OH. INDIA. WHO CAN KNOW THEE? NOT EVEN “INDIANS”. THE WONDER OF THE PAST
This is a quite an impressive book. There is a six part series of a BBC documentary that goes with it. Lots of research has gone into unearthing the history…
Sep 15, 2020
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO KNOW INDIA ?
When someone, especially a westerner who has spent some time roving around the subcontinent, says they know INDIA, I cant but smile. It is impossible to know INDIA, even for…
Jul 15, 2020
IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING HIDDEN INSIDE THEM
I have a friend in Dali City, Yunnan. The scenery is nothing like what we associate with China with its industries, crowded cities and glittering lights. Tranquil mountains, streams and…
Jul 15, 2020
JEWS OF KURDISTAN … LIFE THEN AND NOW .. IN ISRAEL
I have always been interested in isolated jewish communities or "exotic" jewish communities, the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan and Cochin Jews of Kerala are the best known among them. But…
Jun 15, 2020
WHEN THEY CANT HANDLE A SOCIAL CRISIS WELL, MALE LEADERS HAND OVER LEADERSHIP TO WOMEN
The Covid 19 pandemic has revealed many wrongful aspects of our societies. We tend to concentrate on the disparity of wealth, social order and race relations. One positive aspect that…
Jun 15, 2020
A SPECIAL SHABBAT SHALOM FROM MIAMI
The Sun has set in Miami, the three stars have appeared, bursting through the still blue skies. Today is a special welcome to the Shabbat I prepare to light the…
May 15, 2020
WHY I AM SO FOND OF COCHIN IN KERALA ..
Over the years I have become very fond of Cochin in Kerala, India. One cunning man eyed me wearily and asked: there must be more than just love for the…
May 15, 2020
OBESITY IN THE LAND OF THE YOGIS. INDIA HAS THE FATTEST AND THE LEANEST …
I have been lucky to include India in my wanderings around the world, despite the fact that my visits are always short lived, a matter of days and it is…
Apr 15, 2020
WHY ARE SO FEW IN INDIA DYING IN THIS PANDEMIC. AND SWEDEN WITHOUT LOCKDOWN. BE CAREFUL TO INTERPRET DATA
If you are used to reading scientific articles especially in Medicine, you can see the commentaries in the popular press distorting the data. At no time has it been true…
Apr 15, 2020
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STATE OF KERALA: INTELLIGENT EDUCATED POPULATION AND A GOVERNMENT THAT CARES FOR THE PEOPLE
What the world can learn from Kerala about how to fight covid-19 The inside story of how one Indian state is flattening the curve through epic levels of contact tracing…