Oct 15, 2013
WE DONT WANT IMMIGRANTS HERE: VOICES FROM UNEXPECTED PLACES
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE OUTCRIES ABOUT IMMIGRATION: THE FEAR OF THE OTHER What is this emotional charge that can raise the heart beat of normal law…
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Sep 15, 2013
SELF AND SOCIETY : A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST AMONG THE INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SELF AND SOCIETY There have been Prophets and False Prophets. None of our ancestors caught on to the false prophets but some…
Jun 15, 2013
PUTIN AND DEMOCRACY: IS IT REALLY THAT DIFFERENT FROM MANY OF THE ELECTED DEMOCRACIES IN THE AMERICAS?
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…
May 15, 2013
PEER TO PEER HEALTH PROMOTION AT WORK PLACE : ZHENG HE’S METHOD OF COLLABORATION
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Peer to peer health promotion at work place The humble boss of Bogor An old Indian story talks about a group of…
May 15, 2013
REMARKABLE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS UNIVERSE
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE REMARKABLE MEN and WOMEN WHO BLESS YOUR LIFE During the month of April, 2013 I was fortunate to travel to the Indian…
May 15, 2013
FRIENDS, FOOD AND…MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA
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…
May 15, 2013
THE AGELESS MAN OF KUALA TRENGGANU
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…
May 15, 2013
CHENG HO/ZHENG HE TRIP TO THE FAR EAST AND PAK HENDRA
After weathering the Snow storm while visiting the Lakota Indians, I made up my mind to visit Pak Hendra in Bogor. But as is my routine, I decided to make…
May 15, 2013
STEVE AVERY THE LITERATE MAN OF SIOUX CITY, AMIDST THE ILLITERATE DESERT WITHOUT OASES
the literate man of sioux city surviving in a non literate city the weekend was upon us, the Americans were celebrating the Mexican equivalent of the Day of the Dead,…
May 15, 2013
SHORT INTENSE EXERCISE WITH REST AND ITS HEALTH BENEFITS: LESSONS FROM THE HUMBLE MAN OF BOGOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE We look at Doctors as guardians of our health, and expect them to follow what they preach: Eat Well and Exercise. A…
May 15, 2013
LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS : HAS MUCH CHANGED SINCE 1970
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS I quote verbatim, from Notes on Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historians…
Mar 15, 2013
DR JESUS ALVAREZ THE ASTURIAN, THE GENIAL GIANT OF BARACOA, CUBA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE DR JESUS ALVAREZ OF BARACOA A PASSOVER REMEMBRANCE 15 NISSAN 5773 I knew Jesus Alvarez well. A genial giant of a man…