Sep 15, 2011
Once again an excellent Gastronomic Visit to Malaysia
Since I met my best friend in Asia, MC now the Life Style Coach at Meher Yoga Lifestyle Coaching, in 2008, I have been to Malaysia on the average 5…
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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.
Sep 15, 2011
From ONE home in ASIA to another in EUROPE
10 am at Heathrow terminal 4 11 am at Paris CDG 1700 in KL Singapour 5 am in La Habana, Miami The flight from Paris to London was delayed because…
Sep 15, 2011
BAD MEALS IN BANGALORE
AT LAST A GOOD MEAL IN BANGALORE The last time I visited Bangalore was in February of 2010. This time was a visit of 4 days and here are some…
Sep 15, 2011
THE TOLERANCE IN INDIA
After a morning pleasantly attending to Hearing tests and Dental cleansing, the anticipated lunch time arrived. Empire Resto is a very Kerala oriented resto with an ambience of an up…
Sep 15, 2011
Philosophy of the man in seat 4 D LH 747-400
Philosophy of the man in Seat 4 D This year, for unknown reasons, I had been assigned to seat 4 D on Lufthansa long haul flights, usually to Asia. It…
Sep 15, 2011
Maroosh Lebanese Restaurant in Coral Gables, Miami
Nutrition has entered the mainstream discourse in America. There is so much written about food, nutrition, dieting and wonderful drugs that would burn your excess weight What people do not…
Aug 15, 2011
America is Certainly the MOST friendly country for a Frequent Traveler!
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL KINDNESS OF STRANGERS I am spending a few days in Miami, enjoying the sunshine, relaxing at the beaches and eating well. The last item brought me to…
Aug 15, 2011
Gorge(ous) Oregon and its Wonderful People
GORGE(EOUS) PORTLAND AND OREGON: FRIENDLY PEOPLE IN A ENVIRONMENTALLY PLEASING REGION I have always felt that this part of the USA is the most beautiful part ..add to that lovely…
Aug 15, 2011
DETOXIFY FASHIONABLY THE NEW AGE WAY
All through our history, diseases have been attributed to a variety of External Forces: humours, poisons, witches, brews, minority people, monkeys and the newest of these trends popular among the…
Jul 15, 2011
DALAI LAMA ON COOKING AND STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF THE MIND: JUDGEMENT AND AVERSION
DALAI LAMA ON COOKING and THE KLEISHA [STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF THE MIND] OF AVERSION There are many intimidating judges that one may face on a cooking show (the fiery Gordon…
Jul 15, 2011
MALAYSIA MY SECOND HOME, FOR NOW
MALAYSIA TO MALAYSIA MY LIFE IN BETWEEN VISITS TO MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. Singapore to Tokyo. Tokyo to London. London to Paris. Paris to Miami. Miami to The Indians,…
Jul 15, 2011
FREQUENT FLIERS, OBESITY AND HEART DISEASE
Frequent Fliers, Obesity and Heart Disease Gone are the days when flying around the world was a glamorous affair, when flying to distant locale itself had an exciting connotation. Nowadays…
Jul 15, 2011
YOGA LIFESTYLE: CHOLESTEROL.WEIGHT REDUCTION.PRE-DIABETES
YOGA LIFESTYLE: CHOLESTEROL.WEIGHT REDUCTION.PRE-DIABETES Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/ultimate-web-translator-with-flags">ultimate web translator with flags</a> widget and many other <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/"&a
Jun 15, 2011
POSSIBILITY OF REVERSAL OF HEART DISEASE AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS
I have worked with Native American Indians for awhile and have been educated in their ways of thinking and their philosophy of life. So when a graduate from the oldest…
Jun 15, 2011
MINDLESS EATING EXPLAINED USING RAJA YOGA
MINDLESS EATING EXPLAINED USING RAJA YOGA PHILOSOPHY I do not claim to know a lot of the philosophy behind Raja Yoga, except to say that I am a serious student…
Jun 15, 2011
YOGA FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE
YOGA FOR PREVENTION OF CANCER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DIABETES The popularity of Yoga has skyrocketed. Th e practice of yoga has increased in many countries, such as the United States…
May 15, 2011
LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY OF AMERICA-NEW YORK
As Medical Students, we had a lunch time talk by a visitor (appropriately dark skinned), about Cross Cultural Sensitivity and we were told that we had to be sensitive about…
May 15, 2011
LIFE STYLE CHANGE FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES
What is lifestyle Change for a patient with Diabetes? A patient with Type 2 Diabetes is usually given a lot of information but rarely given tools to understand why they…