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When my association with the indigenous people began, I wanted to learn why they are being marginalized, disliked and accused by people who came to their lands centuries later. Who…
The Effect of Coconut Oil Consumption on Cardiovascular Risk Factors A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials When I first saw this article title, I thought of my Polynesian…
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…
MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA AND THE MASK HISTORY OF THE FACE MASK Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are. Its title is an Armenian proverb;…
Limbo vs Liminality These two words have tremendous significance and relevance in the situation we are going through and the state of our societies even before the calamities stepped in…
Many years ago, I encountered a little poet at Cote Sauvage in the Bretagne peninsula that houses the vacation spot of Quiberon. I have been lucky in that over the…
We are living through a little difficult times that requires understanding of one another and also tolerant and compassionate behaviours to the others and be considerate of the feeble persons…
I am a traveller, so it is only natural that I hear various languages in my travels, some common, some uncommon and some rare. The most common languages for me…
I was a young boy when I across this saying in one of the journals that arrived once a month: Life is a long holiday with Intervals of work. I…
People worry that they would be bored if they have to stay home for more than a few days, as most people in this world are forced to do now…
ENTOMOLOGY would have been one of the first words in my vocabulary that I could remember as a child. But what was the path to that knowledge? What language did…
I am an Endocrinologist, a physician who studies the function and dysfunction of various hormones in our body. Most people would have heard of Oestrogen, Testosterone, Thyroid hormones at least,…