Mar 15, 2020
BEDLAM IN USA BUT CALM MINDFUL NIGHT IN MIAMI
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…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Mar 15, 2020
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THIS EUPHORIA?
What is the origin of this EUPHORIA? It originated somewhere else, but came seeking me .. And I was listening to Alex Fox from Argentina playing his Spanish Guitar I…
Jan 15, 2020
WHAT ALL HAS HAPPENED IN ONE WEEK . 4TH JAN IN MALA KERALA TO 11TH JANUARY IN MIAMI USA
Today is a Saturday, 11.1.2020 and the morning is lovely and tender here in Miami. I arrived here yesterday evening after a long and tedious flight on American Airlines (on…
Jan 15, 2020
MALA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:ON SAVING JEWISH MONUMENTS OF MALA KERALA UNDER PROF KARMACHANDRAN
SLIDES PRESENTED AT THE MALA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FIDEL with PM NEHRU at UN in September 1960 Fidel with Indira Gandhi in New Delhi CHE WITH PM NEHRU Contemplating at the…
Jan 15, 2020
ARE THERE ANGELS IN PARADISE? AT BRISTOW BUNGALOW LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL THERE CERTAINLY ARE
I am at the very same place , when a Tibetan Monk walked into the Breakfast room and we had a nice chat. It was October 5,2019. Things began happening…
Dec 15, 2019
IRAN IN MY HEART . AND IT FILLS IT UP OH HAFEZ..
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE October 5, 2019 is not forgotten.. Thinking of M in Qizvin and S in Teheran I have always been fascinated by IRAN…
Dec 15, 2019
THE PRESENCE OF SUPERIOR FORCES : CHANGO 4 DEC 2019 HAVANA
Some had reminded us earlier that Cuba is the only country where the Europeans voluntarily adopted the African religion, while the vice versa (often forced) conversion of African people into…
Dec 15, 2019
THIS IS NOT A BLOG . BUT A RECORD OF MY TRAVELS IN 2019
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Year 2019 has been a good year for travel, but then again which year has not been a good one ?…
Nov 15, 2019
TENDER IS MY HEART FOR IRAN THIS MORNING
Lately, since October 5, 2019, I have been having wonderful conversations with my friends in Iran, thanks to Internet. We never discuss politics, much like we don't discuss politics in…
Nov 15, 2019
A PHOTO JOURNEY OF A LONG JOURNEY FROM SIEM REAP TO MIAMI
It is close to Midnight on Saturday 9 November 2019. It would be Noon on Sunday 10 November 2019 in Siem Reap, Cambodia It was 6AM on 7th November 2019…
Nov 15, 2019
NICE TO HAVE A BROTHER WHO IS A GOOD TRAVEL PARTNER
I usually travel alone but occasionally do share it with someone. I have a brother who lives in USA and we get to travel occasionally and in fact it was…
Oct 15, 2019
LONG BEFORE OCTOBER RETURNS… A POEM BY EMILY BRONTE
I have already quoted the poem in another blog.. but today is 29 October and tomorrow 30 October.. Both pleasant days of October Especially this October which has been more…
Oct 15, 2019
THE MAGIC OCTOBER CONTINUES
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE --> THE MAGIC OCTOBER CONTINUES Today is 26 th October 2019 On 26 th September I was in Lisbon, Portugal catching a…
Oct 15, 2019
THE MYTHICAL WORLD SINCE OCTOBER 5, 2019
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Since October 5 th , 2019, I have been on a high emotional ride, things which seems unconnected are truly related to…
Oct 15, 2019
EVERYTHING IS RELATED . MITAKUYE OYASIN INDIANS SAY WE ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO DECIPHER IT
A BUDDHIST monk appears at the hotel where I was staying at Fort Cochin in Kerala, India He is a Geshe, just one year short of becoming a monk. He…
Oct 15, 2019
HOW OFTEN DO YOU MEET SOMEONE FROM . BHUTAN?
I like my stopovers in Doha on my way from Asia to either Europe or USA.. I have met people from all over the world, who are temporarily resident in…
Oct 15, 2019
LONGINGS ANORANSA SAUDADE FOR IRAN
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE SAUDADE FOR IRAN Saudade is my favourite Portuguese word, which has been translated into many forms of nostalgia, anoransa en Spanish, longings…
Oct 15, 2019
QR QATAR AIRWAYS NEVER DISAPPOINTS
Am I off key to anticipate my flights on QR Qatar Airways? I look forward to my QR flights and on this morning, Madrid to Doha and then on to…