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.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Author’s note This piece is written as a reflective essay assembled from fictional composites. Names, events, and claims are not intended to describe real individuals or real historical episodes. The…
“To travel is to feel.” - Fernando Pessoa I went to Pinecrest today, though it no longer exists. Not in the way that towns exist-with a centre, a rhythm, a…
A field reflection on humility, Indigenous wisdom, and the difference between knowledge and presence.
A travel note from Cochin to Miami, moving through cancellations, airports, and the calm of a familiar route home.
A Miami evening of friendship, language, and human warmth beyond ordinary categories of nationality or identity.
A note on Iran, friendship, meditation, and the discipline of holding one’s mind steady in difficult days.
A reflection on international childhood, independence, and the early-acquired cultural capital that shapes how children move through the world.
It Is Easy to Learn to Speak English Poorly by Yehuda Kovesh MD (London), FRAI (London) A Frenchman’s Remark A French academician once observed: “English is a language that is…
A multilingual reflection on Iran, hospitality, exile, and the ache of belonging from afar.
A political and anthropological reflection shaped by Suriname, migration, medicine, and the pull of difficult places.
A reflection on Fort Cochin, interdenominational life, and the quiet coexistence of many faiths.
A historical note on the origins of the word assassin, moving through Bernard Lewis, Amin Maalouf, and medieval memory.
A coastal field note tracing mangroves, memory, Pine Island, Cuba, and the quiet routes between places.
A memory of Jamaica, saudade, and the emotional afterlife of places where one once lived.
A tribute to Pak Joe of Bogor, friendship, workplace health, and the dignity of humble leadership.
A field note on travel, music, Indigenous patients, and the unexpected ways people and places are related.
A physician-anthropologist’s definition of international medicine, beyond romance, rescue fantasy, and institutional cliché.
A bilingual reflection on travel, belonging, and the question of why one does not simply stay.
