Sep 15, 2015
CULTURAL IDENTITY
Pablo Neruda had written that if you do not know or have a cultural identity, you are like a boat without an anchor, moving where the wind takes you, without…
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Sep 15, 2015
VIKAS THE KABULIWALLA OF FORT COCHIN ELITE RESTAURANT
Vikas is a Nepali whose family lives in Darjeeling in Northern India at the foot of the Himalayas. He works long hours as a waiter at Elite Restaurant at Princess…
Sep 15, 2015
NINE DAYS WITH ETIHAD AIRWAYS: BRASIL, ABU DHABI, SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA, BELGIUM
I am grateful for being able to travel more often, due to my unconventional lifestyle. I had always wanted to travel, and still maintain that the desire to travel and…
Sep 15, 2015
BUENOS AIRES IN COCHIN
BUENOS AIRES IN COCHIN I used to feel so elated walking along the streets of Palermo, listening with intent, long faded footsteps of Jorge Luis Borges. BA and its culture…
Sep 15, 2015
HOMECOMING TO COCHIN
Homecoming to Cochin It is incredible how quickly everything begins to look so familiar and that which once threatened you, no well incorporated into your life There is always love…
Sep 15, 2015
PRESENTATION TO THE FINAL YEAR B.COM STUDENTS IN TOURISM AT THEVARA, COCHIN, INDIA AUGUST 2015
I was more than happy to be a guest lecturer at the invitationn of the head of the programme at the Sacred Heart College in Cochin. Meeting the Principal of…
Sep 15, 2015
MOTORCYCLE AND OBESITY: THE CHINESE CONTRIBUTION TO COLOMBIAN OBESITY
MOTORCYLES AND OBESITY Or China’s Contribution to the Obesity in Developing Countries, in this case Colombia It was in Leticia, a small delightful town along the Amazon, I first heard…
Sep 15, 2015
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO KIND TO ME? AN EREV YOM KIPPUR REFLECTION
Why are people so nice to me? I asked Alejandra, the lady in charge of the Amazonas BnB where I am staying in Leticia, in Colombian Amazon, just across from…
Sep 15, 2015
FRIENDSHIP OVER TIME AND DISTANCE
FRIENDSHIP OVER TIME AND DISTANCE While I was a post graduate student at Jackson Memorial Hospital of the University of Miami, the southern cone of the Americas was always within…
Sep 15, 2015
HOW TO GET RID OF THE FEAR AND HATRED OF THE OTHER: HERE IS A CHANCE
Refugee Situation in Europe and the chance to cleanse our minds about FEAR of the OTHER Unprecedented numbers of people seeking refuge from war torn nations such as Syria, Iraq…
Aug 15, 2015
WELCOME HOME TO NATIVE AMERICA: MY HOME IS IN THEIR HEARTS
WELCOME HOME A NATIVE AMERICAN WELCOME One of the greatest gifts in my life has been my choice to work with American Indians. The plans were to finish my post…
Aug 15, 2015
EL INDIO IN MEXICO: A CASE OF DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
EL INDIO IN MEXICO: A CASE OF DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP We hear about the importance of doctor-patient relationship but we don’t hear about the extraordinary relationships between Doctors and Patients. I…