Feb 15, 2010
An Unusually Cold winter in Paris
My body truly is made to live in the tropics! whenever I had to spend long periods of time in places where the cold weather predominated, I was not happy…
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.
Feb 15, 2010
To Learn Humility from Unselfish Malayalees …
My friends at TouristLand travel agency tucked into a building near the Ernakulam Junction Railway Station were happy to see me, they knew I was coming and had booked a…
Feb 15, 2010
Cleansing of Oneself in Malaysia..Mind Body Spirit Affections
FOOD FOR THE BODY MIND HEART AND BRAIN AND SPIRIT IN A MATTER OF FEW DAYS IN DELIGHTFUL MALAYSIA I didnt begin my life as a Foodie, but it just…
Feb 15, 2010
News about Malaysia in the French Press.. how unfortunate
Unfortunately, news that comes out of Malaysia, stress upon the unsavoury or ignorance.. the struggle of the country to remain peaceful, prosperous and progressive is never given notice.. but notice…
Feb 15, 2010
Back Home in Paris.. but with the Glow of Asia
It is nice to be able to cross Continents and World Views in a matter of Hours.. at Midnight one day, you are at the Oberoi Lounge at the Bangalore…
Feb 15, 2010
Air Asia to Cochin.. From Kuala Lumpur
arriving at the LCCT at KL International Airport with a heavy heart, always sad to leave this country which has become dearer to my heart. Sad good byes remind us…
Feb 15, 2010
Forty Eight Hours in Cochin.. Love in the time of ..?
I spent exactly forty eight hours in Cochin.. from arrival from KL on Air Asia (good flight) and then leaving by train to Bangalore ( a comfortable journey) What all…
Jan 15, 2010
The Pleasures of being snow Bound in Nebraska
It took me nearly two days, staying overnight at a CDG hotel, then another overnight at a hotel in Omaha, before i ventured out in the snow storm to the…
Jan 15, 2010
How Lucky can you get…. Yoga in Kuala Lumpur…
As if magic had descended into our lives, over a matter of few days in September of 2009, friends from Bombay currently living in KL, were able to organize a…
Jan 15, 2010
What a Friendly welcome at AF Lounge at Dubai
In the west, Dubai is not perceived as a place of friendship. I arrived here after what seemed to be a very short flight from Paris. My connecting flight was…
Jan 15, 2010
Cross Cultural Aspects of Diabetes .. in Kuala Lumpur
The School Research Committee cordially invites you to the School Seminar Series, talk by Dr. Sudha Yehuda Shaheb on the topic of Diabetes: An International cross cultural perspective. Date: 27th…
Jan 15, 2010
Another First for Cuba
CIVIL SERVICE COMMON EXAM (CSCE) RESULTS 2009- There were a total of 13 medical doctors who have appeared for the 2009 common exam, a majority of whom had graduated from…
Jan 15, 2010
Food in the time of a Snow Storm
I was snowbound at the Blue House for a full four days. couldnt leave the house and brave the mountains of snow, driving the car was out of questions, no…
Jan 15, 2010
My Wishes for my Friends in 2010 and beyond
I am in Quiberon, Bretagne today. Tomorrow I leave to be with Native American Indians of Nebraska before going to Miami to visit my sister. I have uploaded some pictures…
Dec 15, 2009
Christmas Punishment…Houston to Paris on Business First
Christmas Punishment Never before in my life have I lost my appetite completely, but on the evening of the 19th December 2009, I did. What a punishment since I was…
Dec 15, 2009
I am also a Bumiputra…
Genetic 'map' of Asia's diversity The study indicates that all of Asia was populated through one migration event. Even during a short time period such as one's life time, the…
Dec 15, 2009
Jamaican American Cuban Hospitality.. in Miami
The flight from CDG to MIA is a little tedious, 9 hours and 30 minutes.. the first few hours goes by quickly and then a couple of hours go slowly..…
Dec 15, 2009
Travel Plans for 2010
Was it March 1993, when this madness began? this continual rotation of travel..London, MIami, Havana, Baracoa, Paris as hubs of my travel? I do remember that trip: London to Bangkok,…