Apr 15, 2022
THE BARBER OF MIAMI
I had just arrived in Miami after a long trip from Cochin in Kerala India via Singapore and the long non stop flight from Singapore to New York and then…
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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, 2022
KINGSTON, JAMAICA AND MADRAS INDIA ..WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? THE HENRIQUES FAMILY
I have visited the teeming city of Madras (now called Chennai) on many occasions and had the pleasure of living in Kingston, Jamaica for a short while. While searching for…
Nov 15, 2021
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CUBA? HOW CAN I GO HOME?
Today is November 15, 2021 and flights to Cuba will commence after a very long shut down. But checking at the airfares to Havana from Miami, you would notice that…
Oct 15, 2021
CASUALIDAD NO ES TAN CASUAL.. AS INDIANS SAY, THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON, MAY BE YOU ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND
Things have a reason for happening. A colleague who seldom talks about travel, sent me this I am on my way to Israel. It is fully vaccinated, as close to…
Jul 15, 2021
HOW TO TRANSITION FROM ONE CULTURE TO THE NEXT: IN MY CASE AN ENJOYABLE SOLUTION OF FLYING EXPERIENCE
In today's discussion, the airline in question is SWISS airlines. I have flown them a few times before, once Montreal to Zurich to Singapore and back, eleven years ago almost…
May 15, 2021
WHAT IS THE INDIAN FOOD SERVED IN “INDIAN” RESTARAURANTS OUTSIDE INDIA
Landladies and Inn keepers may have offered "curried" dishes before then, but this was the first restaurant owned and operated by and an Indian, a Bengali Muslim Sake Dean Mohammed,…
May 15, 2021
TO STOP THIS DECLINE OF THE UNITED STATES, MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO BECOME ENLIGHTENED, COME FROM BEHIND ON SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS.: MICROCHIPS AND VACCINATIONS
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/semiconductor-chip-shortage-60-minutes-2021-05-02/ 25 companies around the world made semi conductor chips before Covid 19. USA used to make 37% of the all the world's supply but now only 12 %. Intel…
Oct 15, 2020
LIFE HAS BECOME NORMAL TO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD AND THEY CAN THINK OF THEIR SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT
We in the West, whether USA or the countries in the Americas or Europe or the Middle East tend to forget that there are countries where the life has continued…
Sep 15, 2020
DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON MEMORIES AND REMINISCENCES AND HOPES FOR A QUICK RETURN
Over the course of years, I have been a loyal visitor to Double Tree Hotel in Kuala Lumpur and had become friends with many of the workers: concierge desk, Front…
Aug 15, 2020
WILL PROTECTORATES BE BACK ?
WILL PROTECTORATES BE BACK When the Lebanese population were clamouring for the ageing political elites to step down and President Macron of France was visiting, one of the requests was…
Jun 15, 2020
MIGRATION AND LIFE NEW OUTLOOK AT THE POST CORONA TIMES
MIGRATION THROUGH LIFE A threat to the Planet as well as at an individual level is/has been present over the past three months. We have become open to the sufferings…
May 15, 2020
THE CULTURE OF FEAR DURING THE TIME OF CORONA VIRUS. USA
THE CULTURE OF FEAR DURING THE TIME OF CORONA Following the pandemic situation around the world, it Is becoming obvious that one of the more misinformed countries is the United…
May 15, 2020
DONT KNOCK THE COCCONUT OIL .. JUST FIND OUT WHETHER IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR GENES ..
The Effect of Coconut Oil Consumption on Cardiovascular Risk Factors A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials When I first saw this article title, I thought of my Polynesian…
Apr 15, 2020
IN WHICH COUNTRY WOULD YOU BE THE SAFEST DURING THIS EPIDEMIC… LIST BY THEIR EFFORT AND RESULTS
THE USA is ranked at Number 70.. I applaud ISRAEL for its efforts and early containment. Both Germany and Austria did well. so did Australia and New Zealand. Kudos to…
Apr 15, 2020
A FANTASTIC DAY IN SOCIAL ISOLATION IN MIAMI …
A FANTASTIC DAY IN SOCIAL ISOLATION ? NO ANXIETY NO FEAR BUT SHEER JOY OF FRIENDS FROM NEAR AND FAR. 30 APRIL 2020 IN MIAMI WHICH IS UNDER LOCKDOWN The…
Apr 15, 2020
MASKS: THE FEAR OF THE OTHER AND OTHER THOUGHTS OF LIMINALITY
There is no visible symbol in the west that has been associated with another entire hemisphere such as the MASK. People stared at Japanese tourists politely had their masks on…
Apr 15, 2020
SIXTY DAYS WITHOUT A FLIGHT: UNUSUAL BUT UNDERSTANDABLE
Sixty days ago, I arrived in Miami on a flight, and took Share Ride Uber to my sisters house and I have not been back to the airport since. I…
Mar 15, 2020
A HAPPY SONG FROM ISRAEL ..A COMBINATION OF MIDDLE EASTERN MELODIES. SHLOMI SHABAT. YUVAL DAYAN. IDAN AMEDI
We are living through a little difficult times that requires understanding of one another and also tolerant and compassionate behaviours to the others and be considerate of the feeble persons…