Nov 15, 2009
Magic of Saudade and the Cruelty of Reality
I have always enjoyed that sweet sensation of Saudade, possibly the one of the more beloved words that i like in any language. a feeling of impending loss and the…
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.
Nov 15, 2009
Petty Principles of Frequent Flying
Confessions of a Frequent Flier One Pass Platinum Star Alliance AND Air France Flying Blue Gold Skyteam Obsession with small luxuries of International Travel Just a couple of days ago…
Nov 15, 2009
Bienvenidos a Miami y Las Playas
What all can happen in a couple of days in Miami? It had been a love at first sight when I arrived in Miami as an undergraduate student, a love…
Oct 15, 2009
Elegant irreverance of the French
Political collectedness has never bothered the French, the president marries a model who poses nude, the minister of justice has a baby out of wedlock, they refuse to speak English…
Oct 15, 2009
Orchestrated Poverty and Good Health
Whenever you come across a situation of Ill Health of a Society, such as Haiti, one can conclude Poverty as a root cause, or at least one of the major…
Oct 15, 2009
Thoughts on Cuba on hearing about a Cuban Art Exhibition in KL
Cuba, whatever its political and economic shortcoming, was at least, for Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a moral triumph. It is not Colombia, GGM's birthplace, whose own cachaco military officers plotted to…
Oct 15, 2009
Eats and Flies Part II October 10, 2009 IAH to EWR
EATS AND FLIES PART II IAH TO EWR 2 HOURS 35 MINUTES Very comfortable seats and Attentive Staff.. On Continental Airlines. The aircraft was bound for Bombay from Newark even…
Oct 15, 2009
Barack Obama and Nobel Peace Prize
It was a good news to wake up to.. Barack Obama who in his short tenure has brought so much hope to millions of people around the world and of…
Oct 15, 2009
Welcome to Tijuana.. thus sang ManuChao
WELCOME TO THE USA Global Entry Programme As I have to visit USA on a fairly regular basis,( 13 visits this year to Miami, our Other Cuba) I applied for…
Sep 15, 2009
Thinking about Mahler on a Bright Sunny Day in Paris
Sitting on the steps of Opera Garnier, this afternoon, reading the excellent Biography of Gabo, and feeling elated and hopeful, I thought of Gustav Mahler, the austro hungarian jew who…
Sep 15, 2009
Makan in Malaysia.. so Delicious..
Even as a child, I thought of Malaysia as a destination for Food! so in the 72 hours that I spent in KL on this trip to see Friends, I…
Sep 15, 2009
Journey to Friends Food and Other Loves Day 4 Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
The wait at the Amsterdam Schipol Airport seemed interminable. There were lots of japanese boarding their flights to Tokyo. The KLM club is spacious and full of amenities. I tried…
Sep 15, 2009
An Anthropologist on MH 020 from KLIA to Paris
I arrived early this morning at CDG Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris after a 12 hour 20 minute flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie. The flight was comfortable and…
Sep 15, 2009
Journey to Friends Food and Other Loves Day 1
I thought the journey had begun well, when my coworker at the Indian Clinic informed me that there is enough time for us to drive to the nearest town, 25…
Sep 15, 2009
A gift from the Heart… The Winnebago way
Winnebago is a small village of american Indians along the river in the North Eastern corner of the State of Nebraska in the middle of the USA. I have been…
Sep 15, 2009
Sad News of the Death of Sammy Hallegua in Cochin
Received an email from my good friend Rockey Neroth from Fort Cochin to say that his local guardian, whom he had known since 1986, had passed away in Cochin. It…
Sep 15, 2009
Looking for Postcards in Miami
I had promised the Indians in Nebraska that I would send them postcards from my forthcoming destinations and I had made up my mind to write to many patients of…
Sep 15, 2009
I am going to work 12 september 2009
I thought to myself, I am going to work… On this day, 12 th September 2009 As the Continental Airlines 767-400 took off from CDG, I had a curious sensation:…