Dec 15, 2016
AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST TO THE INDIANS : LIVING IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
I have just spent ten days with the Omaha, the original inhabitants of the State of Nebraska in the USA. They live in an isolated part of the world, but…
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Nov 15, 2016
THE BEST PLACE TO STAY IN FORT COCHIN WITH A LOVED ONE THE OLD LIGHTHOUSE BRISTOW HOTEL
This photographic essay would convey to you the spirit of hospitality, the ambiance of the Arabian sea kissing your front porch and the great Kerala food served by efficient waiters…
Oct 15, 2016
WELCOME HOME AT THE UMONHON NATION: SHABBAT SHALOM FROM THE INDIAN COUNTRY
I am proud to be a Consultant Endocrinologist to the UmonHon Nation in the USA. Dutifully I appear at the appointed dates, as previously arranged with the Health Programme that…
Oct 15, 2016
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING QATAR AIRWAYS.. IT IS BECAUSE OF FRIENDS LIKE AKSAM ABUTAHIR
long before the new Hamad International Airport at Doha, Qatar opened, I was on my first flight aboard Qatar Airways QR. I remember it very clearly. I was flying from…
Oct 15, 2016
YOM KIPUR IN COCHIN 5777 BREAKING THE FAST IN AN UNIQUE FASHION
It was the most unusual Yom Kipur, not planned at all that way. The night before I had begun the observance in the company of a delightful Syrian Christian Orthodox…
Oct 15, 2016
FORT COCHIN 5777 EREV YOM KIPUR.. AN ENJOYABLE EVENING WITH A SYRIAN ST THOMAS CHRISTIAN FAMILY
YOM KIPUR 5777 IN COCHIN, KERALA I am impressed with the Christian Community in Cochin, their fierce devotion to their faith but done in good faith and vigour. Chicken and…
Oct 15, 2016
EAT TO MAKE YOUR DNA HAPPY: ANOTHER INNOVATION FROM DR GORDON BRUCE WALLACE OF WANTIRNA SOUTH IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA
COOK FOR YOUR DNA My good friend Gordon with his wife recently visited La Habana, my current home. We had known each other since our days as Junior Doctors at…
Oct 15, 2016
HOME TO HOME HAVANA 1230 PM 25.9.2016 TO BRUSELAS/BRUXELLES 29.9.2016 1900
The day of departure from Havana is always sad, I had the feeling that this time around I will miss my Little Island more than the usual for various reasons.…
Sep 15, 2016
A TOUR GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS TO HAVANA, CUBA
Gordon and Gaye, two friends from Melbourne wanted to add La Habana to their itinerary of a tour to South America. We had been friends for a long time, having…
Sep 15, 2016
MIAMI IS THE MOST CULTURALLY DIVERSE CITY IN LATIN AMERICA
MIAMI THE MOST CULTURALLY DIVERSE CITY IN LATIN AMERICA When he was 16, while hitchhiking in his native Chile, he was given a lift, Donde tu vas? Muchacho? said the…
Aug 15, 2016
DS AND COCHIN HERALD: SHE HAS JOURNALISM IN HER BLOOD
DS SHE HAS JOURNALISM IN HER BLOOD The sweet part of my short visit to Cochin in August 2016 was the reunion with DS, who is in charge of Corporate…
Aug 15, 2016
THE PHILOSOPHER DENTIST OF FORT COCHIN, DID THE NAME VARGHESE COME FROM THE PORTUGUESE NAME VARGAS
THE PHILOSOPHER DENTIST OF FORT COCHIN or did you know that the familiar name VARGHESE in Christian Kerala is derived from the Portuguese VARGAS? Over the years I had become…