Jul 15, 2015
ROMANCE IN THE TIME OF THE MONSOON
Romance in the time of the Monsoon How can I not think of Gabo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, when I am wandering around this lovely small town of Fort Cochin? I…
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Jul 15, 2015
THE LAST JEW OF COCHIN
THE LAST JEW OF COCHIN Elias Josephai When and if this gentleman goes to Israel to join his children, the last of any Jewish lived in knowledge and history would…
Apr 15, 2015
WHO IS THE OTHER IN JEWISH COCHIN?
Who is the OTHER in COCHIN? Anthropology is about the study of THE OTHER and until recently it has been chez l’autre (in the OTHER’s home). But in light of…
Apr 15, 2015
OFFER DIGNITY TO OTHERS AND YOU WILL RECEIVE DIGNITY IN RETURN
Two incidents on my recent travels to the East stand out, emphasizing what my close friend the psychologist AA in La Habana said to me: You thrive on human relationships…
Apr 15, 2015
MALAYALEE MEMORY
I wrote this in 2008! On my recent visit in March 2015, it was as true as it was before: The Malayalee Memory or is it everywhere they are In…
Mar 15, 2015
AN EXTRAORDINARY WEEK IN THE USA WITH INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
ONE WEEK IN THE USA: A TRAVELOGUE This is a not an ordinary travelogue. I have just spent one week in the USA. I flew in from London on American…
Mar 15, 2015
FEW HOURS IN COCHIN.. VERY EXCITING INDEED
I returned to Cochin after an absence of five years, which is very long for me with regard to any country in my world view. I had come primarily to…
Mar 15, 2015
AMERICAN FOOD GUIDELINES, BRAZILIAN GUIDE TO BRAZILIAN EATING, MICROBIOME AND WHAT WE SHOULD EAT
AMERICAN FOOD GUIDELINES, BRAZILIAN GUIDE TO BRAZILIAN EATING, MICROBIOME AND WHAT WE SHOULD EAT United States Food and Drug Administration has issued a new set of rules to guide Americans…
Jan 15, 2015
MEDICAL CONSULTATION IN AN AMERICAN INDIAN DIABETES CLINIC
MEDICAL CONSULTATION IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY I am proud to be a Physician to some Native American Indian tribes. On this day, this 54 year old Indian came to see…
Jan 15, 2015
SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RESEARCH IN HEALTH, ILLNESS AND DISEASE
SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RESEARCH IN HEALTH, ILLNESS AND DISEASE You have to tip your hats off to molecular scientists who concentrate on a minute aspect of metabolism. But it…
Dec 15, 2014
JEWS OF ARABIA AND IRAN: PAST AND PRESENT AND A HANUKKAH THOUGHT FOR THEM
IN MEMORY OF ALL THE JEWS WHO LIVED IN ARABIC/PERSIAN SPEAKING LANDS, IN HISTORIC TIMES AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN IRAN AS MOST ARAB COUNTRIES HAVE MADE REFUGEES…
Dec 15, 2014
CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE CAN SAVE LIVES …RESPECT INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
Early on in my association with the Indigenous North Americans, they reminded me, We know the answers but no one asks them. Also the well meaning, Euro-Americans come to the…