Apr 15, 2018
DO I TAKE VITAMIN OR NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS? NO
I am an Endocrinologist, a physician specializing in the Metabolism of the body, about the balance of various hormones is of interest to me. Very early on in my training,…
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.
Apr 15, 2018
FORT COCHIN A PLACE TO STAY PUT WHEN YOU VISIT KERALA INDIA
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Apr 15, 2018
BRISTOW LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL IN FORT COCHIN GRATEFUL FOR PEOPLE FOR MAKING MY STAY VERY COMFORTABLE
Recently I had a chance to stay, for the umpteenth time at the Bristow Lighthouse Hotel facing the Arabian Sea in Fort Cochin. Rajesh Rajan the GM had organized a…
Apr 15, 2018
58 HOURS FROM MIAMI FOR A JOURNEY TO THE EAST ENDING UP IN KUALA LUMPUR
only dedicated travel fans would understand why it took me 52 hours to go from Miami to Kuala Lumpur. There are multiple one stop journeys to KL from Miami: British…
Apr 15, 2018
KRISFLYER BUSINESS CLASS LOUNGE IN SINGAPORE CHANGI WHAT A LOVELY AIRPORT
SINGAPORE CHANGI airport consistently wins all awards for being the best Airport in the world, a distinction it holds on to, even after these many years. USA is far behind…
Mar 15, 2018
MEETING A REMARKABLE INDIAN AT MY FAVOURITE HOTEL IN FORT COCHIN :BRISTOW LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL
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Mar 15, 2018
DINING IN MIAMI AND EATING IN MIAMI
DINING IN MIAMI RESTAURANT O'LIMA TIME SPENT IN THE RESTAURANT 3 HOURS Pre dinner drinks and hors d'oeuvres 2 hours after dinner drinks and coffee . total time of dining:…
Mar 15, 2018
JOAN WILLIAMS A WELL KNOWN JAMAICAN PERSONALITY REFLECTS ON RELAY FOR LIFE: A CANCER AWARENESS RAISING EVENT IN WHICH MY SISTER JACKIE AND HER HUSBAND JOSPEH ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED
Cancer is no longer a death sentence Dr. Grace Wang (L) poses with six-time survivor Jackie On Saturday 10th March, I got a great opportunity to see close up the…
Mar 15, 2018
LAMENTO SOCIALISTA OF THE CUBANS IN CUBA
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Feb 15, 2018
A SPECIAL SHABBAT IN COCHIN ERNAKULAM
It was no coincidence that I received an invitation to attend a lecture at the Kadavumbagam Synagogue of Cochin that belongs to the Malabari Jews of Cochin. The synagogue breathes…
Feb 15, 2018
WONDERFUL RELAXING DAY IN FORT COCHIN
There must be something in the air in Cochin for me, like I experienced in Suva, Fiji; Malacca, Malaysia, Zanzibar..but with more substance because Keralites especially the Syrian Christians I…
Feb 15, 2018
EATING WELL IN ISRAEL HEALTHY FOR THE BODY HEALTHY FOR THE MIND
I have not eaten this healthily in the three days in Israel as in any other country in the world! As it happens to be my Genetic Food, the pleasure…
Feb 15, 2018
LOVE IN THE TIME OF THE SNOW STORM: AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST AMONG THE OMAHA
As far as most of the Omaha Indians are concerned, I am not an Endocrinologist, but their Uncle. Few hours after I arrived at this Indian reservation from the Amazonia,…
Feb 15, 2018
THE LIFE OF AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE : ONE WEEK
One week ago today, I was sauntering along the Amazon River, getting to know the TIKUNA or Maguta people. Today I am with the Omaha people of Nebraska, USA. The…
Feb 15, 2018
HAVANA THE ETERNAL AFFECTIONATE AND CONTINUING FEAST
2017 was an excellent year for travel. My world has geographical variations: American Indians in the USA, good friends in Miami, Family in France/Belgium, Cochin in India and KL in…
Jan 15, 2018
WELCOME TO 2018 CONTINUATION OF THE HAPPINESS OF 2017
Historically speaking, the New Year's Eve has not been kind to me. I can think of only the disasters that had happened on that day in various countries: Melbourne, Guyaquil,…
Dec 15, 2017
GRATEFUL FOR 2017 WITH ITS WONDERFUL JOURNEYS
I am recuperating nicely from the last trip in the tranquility of my sisters home in Miami, while she is away with her family on Caribbean cruise. This last trip…
Dec 15, 2017
QATAR AIRWAYS DOHA TO MIAMI QT 777 ON A BOEING 777-300 ER 28.12.2017
The sun rises early in the desert and I wanted to get to the airport early enough for the long flight from Doha to Miami, a distance of nearly 10…