Oct 15, 2013
MIND BODY SPIRIT AND HEALTH
Like most western educated Medical Doctors, I was not that interested in the Mind Body Connection in Health while I was a Medical Student, Resident in Internal Medicine and a…
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.
Jun 15, 2013
INDIA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA: THE PALLAVA ORIGINS OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN LANGUAGE SCRIPTS
WHO BROUGHT THE SCRIPT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA: HINDUS OR BUDDHISTS IN OTHER WORDS, WHO IS THE REAL BUMIPUTRA? I was merrily walking along the street in front of the…
May 15, 2013
CHENG HO/ZHENG HE TRIP TO THE FAR EAST AND PAK HENDRA
After weathering the Snow storm while visiting the Lakota Indians, I made up my mind to visit Pak Hendra in Bogor. But as is my routine, I decided to make…
Mar 15, 2013
A WANDERING JEW’S PESACH: SO HAPPY TO CELEBRATE, SO HAPPY TO REMEMBER
This evening, all over the world, Jewish People of all hues, nationalities, religious beliefs will celebrate PESACH.. Over the course of years, I have been lucky to celebrate Passover Seder…
Dec 15, 2012
WHEREVER I AM, MY HEART IS ALWAYS IN CUBA FELIZ ANO 2013
During the course of a calendar year, I get to celebrate many NEW YEAR celebrations, either directly or indirectly: The most important for us at a personal level is the…
Nov 15, 2012
MALAYSIA IN CUBA, THANK YOU AMBASSADOR JOJIE SAMUEL
MALAYSIA IN CUBA I have been very lucky to meet some excellent people in Malaysia, the best among them being MCY whom I had met serendipitously in 2008. She introduced…
Oct 15, 2012
COINCIDENCES ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM: LAWRENCE ROWE OF JAMAICA
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE COINCIDENCE DOES NOT EXIST YOU MAY MEET LAWRENCE ROWE ON THE ROAD A friend of mine was going down to Barbados…
Oct 15, 2012
2.10.12 PALINDROME MALAYALAM
If I had not any connections with Cochin in India, I might not have known early enough what a Palindrome was nor heard of the language of the region, Malayalam,…
Sep 15, 2012
COMPASSION IS SPIRITUALITY
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Compassion is a path to spirituality whereas being religious may not be, when ideologies may serve various masters, and not necessarily…
Sep 15, 2012
If you are tired of the BRITISH MUSEUM, your curiosity has fallen dormant
The rain had been falling, as forecast and when it seemed to stop, i bought an umbrella and walked towards the British Museum. Many of the streets are familiar or…
Jul 15, 2012
MIRACLE IN THE LAND OF THE KICKAPOO, TEXAS AND MEXICO
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Miracle in the land of the Kickapoo A Night visit to the Quiet Barrio of the Kickapoo Reservation The night was unusually…
Jul 15, 2012
when one door is Closed, Dont you know the other is open? Bob Marley
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED, DON’T YOU KNOW THE OTHER IS OPEN? Those lyrics from Bob Marley, Philosopher from Jamaica, always held…
Jul 15, 2012
PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY : MIKHAIL BAKHTIN ET MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PHILSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY BAKHTIN MERLEAU-PONTY Like many of us, I can clearly recall a turning point in my life. Soon after graduation…
Jul 15, 2012
SOME GOOD NEWS FROM IRAN
Some Good News about Iran These days, one hardly hears anything good from Iran. Just yesterday USA tightened the sanctions against Iran, banning certain people and companies including some tanker…
Mar 15, 2012
19 March 2012 Toulouse, France and I am suddenly so alone
During this day of immense sadness, what comes to my mind is a poem by Pablo Neruda Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE “It was half past eleven…
Mar 15, 2012
THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR Until 1956, when Morocco became independent of France, the popular seaside town of Essaouira (very popular with Americans…
Feb 15, 2012
TRAVEL IS THE SADDEST OF ALL PLEASURES
I am looking out through the large glass window/door to the last vestiges of the last snow flakes,as it very rarely snows in Paris. But the past few days have…
Jan 15, 2012
Who can you Trust for Your News? Use a Little Analaysis and Avoid Professor Peons
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Who can you trust regarding News and Information and thus Knowledge? We are overwhelmed with increased number of resources to get…