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CUBA IN MY HEART INCREDIBLE ENCOUNTER AT TK ICP LOUNGE AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT American Indians say, Things happen for Reason. There are no coincidences, it is just we cannot understand…
Life should be without Longings and Regrets Once when I was a Junior Doctor at a hospital in Brisbane, Australia, I remember leaning on the wall to support myself, to…
CULTURAL COMPETENCY IS NOT ENOUGH THE CASE OF MONTREAL AIRPORT Each of the person I met today –in the context of the interactions of capitalist culture of travel- was culturally…
On a recent visit to South East Asia, to Malaysia and Indonesia, discussions with my friends made one realize that in a very short period of time, there has been…
INFLAMMATION AS THE COMMON PATHWAY TO CHRONIC DISEASES IN 2002, I was wandering around the streets of Johor Bahru, Malaysia when I came across books being sold at a Hindu…
WHO BROUGHT THE SCRIPT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA: HINDUS OR BUDDHISTS IN OTHER WORDS, WHO IS THE REAL BUMIPUTRA? I was merrily walking along the street in front of the…
GIFTS OF INDONESIA: THIS TIME FROM BALI I had to divert my trip to the USA from Europe, so that I could once again be with my Indonesian friends. My…
AIR ASIA, whose CEO, Tony Fernandes, a Malaysian Indian, has done more for the integration of ASEAN countries than any SINGLE politician of the region, and now connecting both India…
I read something very interesting in Simon Kuper's column in the FT a few days ago. He was describing his meeting with an old friend who stayed on in Moscow…
Walking around this latin american city, watching the empty shops, sad faces in the streets, I felt a sadness which can be due to a combination of emotions and as…
SINCE 2008, I have been very lucky to have been visiting Malaysia on a regular basis and since 2012, Indonesia was added to the regular jaunts over there. This year's…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE AGELESS MAN OF KUALA TRENGGANU For those who hide behind their identities and the exteriors of themselves and their skin as…