Sep 15, 2020
BUDDHA SAID. WHEN I AM EATING I KNOW I AM EATING…
In memory of October 5th 2019 when a Tibetan monk walked into the area where I was having breakfast, Bristows Lighthouse Bungalow in Fort Cochin in Kerala. We talked and…
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.
Aug 15, 2020
KADDISH FOR EUSEBIO LEAL, THE ETERNAL NOVIO OF LA HABANA, A TRUE CUBAN HERO, TIRELESS WORKER AND THE BEST OF CUBA
In this photograph, taken at the Beth Shalom Synagogue in La Habana, you see Adela Zworin, the President of the Jewish Community of Cuba, along with the then President Raul…
Aug 15, 2020
The Full Moon a Lua Cheia La Luna Llena. La pleine lune
Imagine the wonder of our ancestors watching the phases of the moon.. Most ancient calendars, predating the Christian one, is Lunar in nature. The Muslims followed the Jews in setting…
Aug 15, 2020
Muito Obrigado. Cesaria Evora ..
It is 4 pm on a Friday in Miami and the sun is still strong . It was 4 pm on a week day, at Pont street in London, I…
Aug 15, 2020
THE LOVELY BOULANGERIE OF THE SKY THAT IS PARIS
Out of nowhere,a sliver of a song drifts in Where did I hear it before The streets of Paris? Where at one time, I walked along the streets with my…
Aug 15, 2020
CRY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LEBANON
whose heart is not touched by what happened at the Lebanese capital city's port? 150 has died , thousands injured and hundreds and thousands made homeless. Initially the politicians blamed…
Aug 15, 2020
EVERY LITTLE TREE GIVES ITS LITTLE BIT OF SHADE ANCIENT WISDOM OF FULAE, THIS TIME FROM SENEGAL
Al Jazeera, the news channel based in Doha is unique among the news channels in the world( with the exception of the venerable BBC, that many of us grew up…
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…
Aug 15, 2020
KADDISH FOR RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ
If you are a Jewish traveller, in the mode of Benjamin of Tudela of blessed memory, you would make note of the particularities of the observances of different jewish communities…
Aug 15, 2020
HOW PROTECTIVE ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MASKS.. NOW THEY SEEM TO HAVE BECOME PART OF OUR APPENDAGE
COVID-19: Most Efficacious Face Masks / NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH Most efficacious face masks: N95, surgical, polypropylene, and handmade…
Aug 15, 2020
Nunca vou esquecer, apesar de que nunca fui lá ..Je n’oublierai pas pourtant je n’y suis jamais allé
The Journey, I said Good Bye and You never arrived . Tenho saudade de tudo “All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For…
Aug 15, 2020
HISTORIC DAY FOR ISRAEL. THANK YOU COURAGEOUS PEOPLE OF THE EMIRATES. A NEW ERA DAWNS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Whenever I am on board Qatar Airways, I think, when will I be flying QR to TLV???? Looks like it might soon.. after the covid 19 scare is over. For…
Aug 15, 2020
AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LOOK AT THE DEATHS OF US HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS
Honoring U.S. Healthcare Workers Who Died From Coronavirus It is always sad to hear about your colleagues dying at work. But there has not been an episode such as this…
Aug 15, 2020
IN MANY WAYS CUBAN MEDICINE UNSELFISHLY REACHES OUT TO THE WORLD … IT HELPS ME HELP OTHERS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLUDING OUR ARCHENEMY
I am a Doctor without Borders, in the sense that I help with the little talent I have as a Pubic Health physician based on Endocrinology and Anthropology, in many…
Aug 15, 2020
I WILL NOT MISS YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE, SAID LA PETITE POETE DE COTE SAUVAGE
The book was given as a gift. I was about to go to Malaysia for a visit. I was a freshly minted graduate doctor in the halls of a hospital…
Aug 15, 2020
THE PERMANENT EPIDEMIC IN USA. OBESITY WELCOME FOREIGNERS, COME AND GET FAT
WHERE ARE THOU HEADED ..OBESITY AMONG AMERICANS According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 percent of people in the country were obese in 2017/2018-a rise from…
Aug 15, 2020
IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, GOOD NEWS FROM ISRAEL
In these difficult and challenging times, it is always nice to hear good news from any part of the world but lately good news especially in the field of science…
Aug 15, 2020
TO PROTECT OTHERS WEAR A MASK. TO PROTECT YOURSELF WEAR A FACE SHIELD
Research Letter August 17, 2020 SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Community Health Workers in India Before and After Use of Face Shields M. Emmanuel Bhaskar, MD 1 ; Santhanam Arun, MBBS 2…