Nov 15, 2021
THE MELLAH OF MARRAKECH, THE JEWISH QUARTER OF MARRAKECH MOROCCO
On my first full day in Marrakech I decided to visit and savour the Jewish Quarter or MELLAH of Marrakech. I was staying at a Riad in the Medina and…
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The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Nov 15, 2021
EATING IN MARRAKECH. I PROMISED TO EAT ONLY MOROCCAN FOOD DURING MY STAY AND IT WAS EASY
I cannot imagine eating Italian food in Kuala Lumpur or Burgers in Cochin or not to indulge in khmer cuisine in Siem Reap or not to savour the sumptuous flavours…
Nov 15, 2021
SPENDING TIME WITH GOOD FRIENDS IS A TREASURE OF LIFE
The Covid 19 isolation has affected every one and it is now slowly coming coming unbundled. Our fears are now confronted by science and we all have been vaccinated which…
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…
Nov 15, 2021
I DONT SPEAK PERSIAN BUT SOME PERSIAN SONGS DANCE AROUND MY HEART. THIS ONE BY SIAVASH GHOMAYSHI
I had driven north from Miami to be with my dear friends M & G. A very long conversation, broken only for a nouvelle americain cuisine dinner, followed, blessed by…
Nov 15, 2021
I AM A PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST. ONCE A WEEK THIS IS WHERE I GO TO WORK
In western medical practice, it is easy to be a curer, a provider of pills. I always wanted to be a healer and to do that you have to be…
Nov 15, 2021
WHEN EVERYTHING LOOKS GLOOMY SOMETHING UNEXPECTED COMES OUT OF THE HORIZON
It is incredible when things look gloomy something comes out of nowhere to offer you consolation. I rather be in Cuba but I am in Miami. fortunately I work with…
Nov 15, 2021
MR. VIJAYAN OF BALAJI CAFE IN ERNAKULUM ON HIS LAST JOURNEY
This short paper cutting was forwarded to me from Cochin by the Last Jew of Cochin. He had taken me in 2016, five years ago to meet this remarkable couple,…
Nov 15, 2021
STRANGE TO BE DREAMING OF TRAVEL AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BOOK ANYTHING HA.. 2019 WAS SUCH A GOOD YEAR FOR TRAVEL PRE COVID
I felt that the year 2019 was an extraordinarily good year for travel . COUNTRIES VISITED IN 2019 MANY TIMES USA CUBA FRANCE MEXICO COLOMBIA BRASIL ARGENTINA URUGUAY CHILE EASTER…
Nov 15, 2021
IN MYSTICISM, GENDER HAS NO ROLE . SADHGURU ON FULL MOON NIGHT 18.11.2021
SADHGURU the Indian mystic was in Dubai on the Full Moon night talking about Prana Vayu and this time about UDANA.. floating around, not allowing the composition of the body…
Nov 15, 2021
WHEN HARRY MEETS SANTA.. THIS YEARS NORWEGIAN VERSION.. HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2021 AND LETS HOPE GOOD BYE TO COVID 19
This is the official Greetings from the Norwegian Post Office celebrating the 50th anniversary of decriminalization of homosexuality in Norway. It is a nice love story. Happy Holidays
Nov 15, 2021
CHRISTINE LAGARDE OF FRANCE AND YUVAL NOAH HARARI OF ISRAEL .. TWO SUPERB MINDS THAT I ADMIRE .
There are many things that I remember about Christine Lagarde during my stay in France. She was the Minister for Economy who went on to become the Director General of…
Nov 15, 2021
ON THIS DAY OF MOURNING WHICH AMERICANS CALL THANKSGIBING, BLESSED TO HAVE A CUBANITA MAKING CORTADITO AND PABLO’S POEMS
Today is the Day of Mourning for the Native Americans. I wanted to be alone. The roads were empty. I went to Ricky's cafe and sat under a photograph of…
Nov 15, 2021
GIVE THANKS TO ALL THINGS USA HAS GIVEN TO YOU, WROTE MY FRIEND DR MARCOS MORDECHAI ON THIS DAY
Even though I have a very long association with USA and especially Miami, I have never considered living here nor was I forced to live here. That is, until Covid…
Nov 15, 2021
RUE DE RIVOLI IN PARIS TO KENDALLTOWN IN MIAMI. TEN YEARS ON THIS DAY OF MOURNING 25.11.2021
We had been invited to dinner at the home of the daughter of my Brother Youssef. It is only a short walk from where I am staying with him. The…
Nov 15, 2021
CABO VERDE. BRASIL. CUBA WORDS AND MUSIC RINGING IN MY EARS SODADE POR CESARIA EVORA AND NERUDA TO THE RESCUE
Bem conchê ess terra morena Ondê que cada criola é um serena Bem, q’ês nos céu tambê é de anil Êss nos terra piquinina É um padacinho di brasil Brasil,…
Nov 15, 2021
LA PETITE POETE DE COTE SAUVAGE AND THE BRASILIAN POET CECILIA MEIRELLES .. E MOI, AVEC SAUDADE
The Young poet of Cote Sauvage, one day said to me: The waves are coming to say Hello to the Earth .. She will grow up to be another Cecilia…
Nov 15, 2021
WHO IS JALALUDIN RUMI, MAULANA RUMI? YOU ARE RUMI, SO AM I .
Not Christian, nor Jew nor Muslim, not Hindu/ Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion/ or cultural system. I am not from the East/ or the West, not out of…