Apr 15, 2020
SAUDADE POR QATAR AIRWAYS
It was a nice day in August 2012, when I left the reservation of the UmonHon Indians in the USA and flew from Houston to Doha, connecting to Jakarta. It…
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The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Apr 15, 2020
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STATE OF KERALA: INTELLIGENT EDUCATED POPULATION AND A GOVERNMENT THAT CARES FOR THE PEOPLE
What the world can learn from Kerala about how to fight covid-19 The inside story of how one Indian state is flattening the curve through epic levels of contact tracing…
Apr 15, 2020
REDEMPTION SONG… ON THE EVE OF CELEBRATING MY FIRST ONE MAN SEDER WITHOUT A MATZO
It is a wonderfully beautiful full moon night in Miami. Why is this night different from all the other nights? I will tell you I was told to go out…
Apr 15, 2020
CUBAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO ANDORRA. IN ADDITION TO OTHER 13 INTENATIONAL MISSIONS SO FAR TO COMBAT COVID-19
CUBAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO ANDORRA This morning I woke up to read the good news that Cuban Medical Brigade is in the tiny Pyrenean country of ANDORRA helping them with…
Apr 15, 2020
A FANTASTIC DAY IN SOCIAL ISOLATION IN MIAMI …
A FANTASTIC DAY IN SOCIAL ISOLATION ? NO ANXIETY NO FEAR BUT SHEER JOY OF FRIENDS FROM NEAR AND FAR. 30 APRIL 2020 IN MIAMI WHICH IS UNDER LOCKDOWN The…
Apr 15, 2020
MALAYA MONGOLIA AND THE MASK. THE STORY OF DR WU LIEN TEH OF PENANG,
MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA AND THE MASK HISTORY OF THE FACE MASK Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are. Its title is an Armenian proverb;…
Mar 15, 2020
Le petit poète de Côte Sauvage
Many years ago, I encountered a little poet at Cote Sauvage in the Bretagne peninsula that houses the vacation spot of Quiberon. I have been lucky in that over the…
Mar 15, 2020
CUBA AND IRAN. SO FAR YET SO CLOSE TO MY HEART
We are passing through times that we had never imagined but sitting here at the sunset in Miami, I felt strangely calm. I felt connected to the entire world, as…
Mar 15, 2020
BEDLAM IN USA BUT CALM MINDFUL NIGHT IN MIAMI
People worry that they would be bored if they have to stay home for more than a few days, as most people in this world are forced to do now…
Mar 15, 2020
WHEN THE MULLAH CATS ARE OUT, THE OPPRESSED MICE WILL PLAY
The entire world is concerned and occasionally in panic about the Coronavirus that is now rapidly spreading around the world. The panic is fuelled by Media, Public and Social and…
Mar 15, 2020
TWO WOMEN FROM IRAN. WHO REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE AND THEIR ASPIRATIONS?
Iran has faced nothing but crises since November 2019, which included killing of about a thousand people, the killing of Soleimani in Bagdad, downing of the Ukrainian passenger flight with…
Feb 15, 2020
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM LA HABANA, CUBA
I enjoy this surrealistic life in Havana, Cuba . We go to a Pharmacy and the attendant is very warm and helpful, but the answer to: Do you have ...…
Feb 15, 2020
NOT DWELLING ON THE NONCONDITIONED. BUDDHA IN REAL LIFE
NOT DWELLING ON THE NONCONDITIONED I am writing this from my flat in Vedado in La Habana, Cuba. The life here seems almost ideal. I woke up from a blissful…
Feb 15, 2020
HEALTH CARE USING CERTAIN BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE HOW TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IN THE USA USING BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES. A NOTE TO THE DOCTORS The Four Noble Truths Buddha was…
Feb 15, 2020
OH MIGHTY AMERICA .. YOUR BLOCKADE DOES NOT AFFECT THE MIGHTY, BUT AFFECT THE HUMBLE POOR MARGINALIZED MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR PEOPLE
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I am writing this from my flat in Vedado, Havana, Cuba while listening to Iranian music. I have been thinking a lot…
Jan 15, 2020
GOOD BYE, SULTAN QABOOS MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
There was a time when there were multiple Sultanates in this world, most of which have disappeared or become ornamental, such as Sultan of Ternate or Sultan of Yogyakarta..Only two…
Jan 15, 2020
WHAT ALL HAS HAPPENED IN ONE WEEK . 4TH JAN IN MALA KERALA TO 11TH JANUARY IN MIAMI USA
Today is a Saturday, 11.1.2020 and the morning is lovely and tender here in Miami. I arrived here yesterday evening after a long and tedious flight on American Airlines (on…
Jan 15, 2020
MALA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:ON SAVING JEWISH MONUMENTS OF MALA KERALA UNDER PROF KARMACHANDRAN
SLIDES PRESENTED AT THE MALA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FIDEL with PM NEHRU at UN in September 1960 Fidel with Indira Gandhi in New Delhi CHE WITH PM NEHRU Contemplating at the…