May 15, 2018
LOVE YOUR LIFE AND LET LIFE LOVE YOU
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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.
May 15, 2018
ONE FREQUENT FLIER AND HIS LOUNGES
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May 15, 2018
TRAVEL MADE EASY, BUT WHO DOES MAKE IT EASY AND ENJOYABLE FOR YOU
When you are travelling, and often, you become aware of all the people responsible for your pleasure of travel. There are people who are obvious, such as Pilots who take…
May 15, 2018
INDIA IN IRAN AT THE TIME OF THE SAFAVIDS (Safavids (1501-1722 CE)
Initially, the Safavids brought clerics from the Arab world, particularly Jabal Amil in what is now south Lebanon, but gradually a new breed of Iranian Shia faqih emerged. Of these,…
May 15, 2018
YET ANOTHER INSULT ON THE DIGNITY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WARAO OF VENEZUELA
THE WARAO OR THE PEOPLE OF THE CANOE have lived along the River Orinoco for centuries and survived with their natural skills and abilities. The outsiders came and took some…
May 15, 2018
WHY FRIENDLINESS/FRIENDS MATTER WHEN YOU ARE A FREQUENT TRAVELLER?
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May 15, 2018
Welcome To United States Most Open
WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES, THE MOST OPEN MINDED AND MOST DIVERSE COUNTRY ON EARTH Just yesterday they announced the 10 finalists for the National Geography Bee sponsored by the…
May 15, 2018
ONLY A GOOD PERSON CAN BECOME A GOOD HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
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May 15, 2018
JUNE 1 DAY TO REMEMBER THE JEWISH EXPULSION FROM ARAB LANDS . THE MIZRACHI HOLOCAUST
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May 15, 2018
SEX HORMONES AND RELIGIOSITY: IS THERE A CONNECTION?
Older men with higher levels of sex hormones could be less religious, study suggests Amount of testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in a man's body may influence how religious he is…
Apr 15, 2018
BRISTOW LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL IN FORT COCHIN GRATEFUL FOR PEOPLE FOR MAKING MY STAY VERY COMFORTABLE
Recently I had a chance to stay, for the umpteenth time at the Bristow Lighthouse Hotel facing the Arabian Sea in Fort Cochin. Rajesh Rajan the GM had organized a…
Apr 15, 2018
FORT COCHIN A PLACE TO STAY PUT WHEN YOU VISIT KERALA INDIA
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Apr 15, 2018
THE TOUCH: THE SCIENCE, THE PHILOSOPHY AND THE MYSTIC
HUMAN TOUCH as a mystic, therapeutic and culturally relevant symbol, is receiving some scientific attention as well. I have just left Cuba and one of the first things I note…
Apr 15, 2018
CUBANS WANT CAPITALISM AND THE AMERICANS WANT DEMOCRACY: NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET
The pundits on this side of the Gulf pontificate about democracy in the island of Cuba, make grandiose pronouncements (remember, The Final Hour of Castro, a book published in the…
Apr 15, 2018
MIND SPIRIT AND THE BODY SADHGURU ON THE SCIENCE OF FOOD FREQUENCY
Between UmonHon Indians and an anticipated Asian meal at the KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, I wanted to feed my Spirits and who better to listen to than SADHGURU? If you…
Apr 15, 2018
DO I TAKE VITAMIN OR NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS? NO
I am an Endocrinologist, a physician specializing in the Metabolism of the body, about the balance of various hormones is of interest to me. Very early on in my training,…
Apr 15, 2018
KRISFLYER BUSINESS CLASS LOUNGE IN SINGAPORE CHANGI WHAT A LOVELY AIRPORT
SINGAPORE CHANGI airport consistently wins all awards for being the best Airport in the world, a distinction it holds on to, even after these many years. USA is far behind…
Apr 15, 2018
58 HOURS FROM MIAMI FOR A JOURNEY TO THE EAST ENDING UP IN KUALA LUMPUR
only dedicated travel fans would understand why it took me 52 hours to go from Miami to Kuala Lumpur. There are multiple one stop journeys to KL from Miami: British…