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…
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.
Oct 15, 2019
THE YEAR 5780 BEGAN IN COCHIN
It was a good beginning.. waiting for a flight to arrive from Sharjah at 3 am.. the cool morning on the drive to Bristow's Bungalow in Fort cochin.. This New…
Oct 15, 2019
QATAR AIRWAYS FROM DOHA TO PARIS AIRBUS 380 AND ROXANA FROM ROMANIA
I look forward to my flights with Qatar Airways QR.. and this one was no exception .. I got to the airport in time to check out the Lounge which…
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
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
REMEMBERING AN OCTOBER IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA NOW TRANSPORTED TO IRAN
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Oct 15, 2019
UNFAIR BLOCKADE OF CUBA BY THE USA .. ITS ARMS EXTEND FAR TO CAUSE MISERY TO ORDINARY PEOPLE
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Oct 15, 2019
SUNRISE SUNSET IN HAVANA CUBA 21.10.2019
On the way to the Malecon to watch the sunset, i was so happy to see this 1939 Ford and the friendly owners.. I stay just a hundred metres away…
Oct 15, 2019
CUBA FOLLOWS YOU …. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE CUBA FOLLOWS YOU .. I arrived at the Miami International Airport and very quickly I was at the curbside waiting for the…
Oct 15, 2019
OH MIAMI SO CLOSE TO US IN CUBA BUT SO FAR AWAY IN YOUR UNHAPPY WORLD
Porfirio Diaz the Mexican Dictator seemed to have implied; Pobre Mexico, tan circa de Estados Unidos y tan lejos de Dios We, in Cuba, has something to offer the poor…
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
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…
Sep 15, 2019
A MAGICAL DAY AT THE SLOVENIA-ITALY-AUSTRIA BORDER OF MOUNTAINS AND LAKES
I was visiting my friends BB and D who live in a small village of Sankt Mikael near the small town of Bleiburg along the Austrian alps. Both are natives…
Sep 15, 2019
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURPRISE WAITING FOR YOU AT HEMMABERG IN AUSTRIAN ALPS
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-archaeological-surprise-waiting-for.html
Sep 15, 2019
KINDNESS IN THE TIME OF DIFFICULTIES MY LIFE IN HAVANA CUBA
KINDNESS IN THE TIME OF DIFFICULTIES I have always wondered why the Cubans who live in the island are so kind and demonstrate a sense of solidarity that one rarely…
Sep 15, 2019
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND MORTALITY IN RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES
The bigger killer of human beings all across the world is Cardiovascular Diseases and in this study it has been pointed out that the MORTALITY from Cardiovascular Diseases (DEATH) is…
Sep 15, 2019
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST
When I was finishing my post graduate studies in Medicine (Endocrinology) my contemporaries were busy scouting for future residences and private practices. I was intent on an International Career which…
Sep 15, 2019
HAVANA IS TRULY AN UNENDING FEAST: A DELIGHTFUL WEEK IN SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA HABANA
I had been looking forward to my return to the island, with a brief sojourn in Miami where I enjoyed spending a couple of days in the Everglades National Park.…