Jun 15, 2023
MAVLANA AND MAYA : ILLUSION
"This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief." ~ Rumi…
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.
Jun 15, 2023
IRAN IN MY HEART .. WORDS AND THOUGHTS FROM THAT CLOSED WORLD TO ME MAKE WEEP
I had been looking for the book of poems by Ahmad Shamloo. I was the at the clinic of the indigenous people, and I had stored it there ? it…
May 15, 2023
IF YOU WISH TO DIE EARLIER, MIGRATE TO THE USA, I TOLD A GROUP OF FOREIGN ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AT A MEETING
I am fortunate to visit USA to be with the indigenous people of that country and on arrival at JFK or Miami, the first thing that hits you, is the…
May 15, 2023
MY PASSION FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND THEIR DISPASSIONATE FUTURE
A friend of mine jokingly once asked me: do you choose to fall in love with countries with peculiar problems or does it just happen? Myanmar, for instance. For a…
May 15, 2023
LAMENTO HABANERO. THE LAMENT FOR MY LITTLE ISLAND IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH
LAMENTO POR MI ISLA RICA, MI CUBA A lo largo de los años de visita a Baracoa, la primera ciudad de Cuba, fundada en 1511, tuve la fortuna de conocer…
May 15, 2023
FROM THE CHAOS OF BUENOS AIRES TO THE CALM OF MONTEVIDEO, JUST ACROSS THE RIVER, THIS IS ANOTHER WORLD
I had gone down to Buenos Aires that magical city which capture my dreams after my visit there and then the subsequent visits. The pandemic put an end to regular…
May 15, 2023
HEROES OF QUILMES, DOCTORS AND NURSES AT THE HOSPITAL AT DR OLLER FRANCISCO SOLANO IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES IN ARGENTINA
I had come to Buenos Aires to visit a good friend of mine, whom I had known in La Habana, Cuba. He works as a front line doctor in the…
Apr 15, 2023
THE CITY OF ANTHROPOLOGISTS COCHIN IN KERALA
The Anthropologists of Cochin when was the last time you visited a town and ran ino a gaggle of anthropologists?? i am talking about the educated class of Cochin in…
Apr 15, 2023
MERIDA MEXICO IS A DREAM I FELT SO ALIVE THERE .. AND THANKFUL FOR FRIENDS ON THIS JOURNEY
Many years ago, during a Psychiatry rotation (the only specialty where the Nurses Assistant knows as much as the Doctor, was my conclusion, even though I would have made a…
Apr 15, 2023
WHERE IS MUZIRIS in books and at the archeological site
The only Biennale in all of India is held in Cochin and is currently on. I recently made a visit to Fort Cochin to check out certain friendships and visiting…
Mar 15, 2023
IF YOU ARE A FRQUENT FLIER, IT IS GOOD TO HAVE STATUS WITH YOUR PREFERRED AIRLINE. IF YOU DONT TRAVEL OFTEN, DONT WORRY
Since the post-pandemic rush to travel took us to busier airports and congested aircrafts, the idea of having a preferred status has come into focus and also to learn about…
Mar 15, 2023
KUALA LUMPUR. A 15 YEAR OLD RETURNS AS AN ADULT . NO NOSTALGIA BUT WITH GOOD REMEMBERANCE
Today has been a wonderful day for me in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, as each of the past few days have been. I do not wish to think of my…
Mar 15, 2023
HAFEZ. HIS INFLUENCE ON YOUR MIND CENTURIES AND THOUSANDS OF KILOMETRES APART
Recuperating from the long trip from Kuala Lumpur to Miami, I decided to use the silence to incorporate some poems of Hafez into my life On the first night back…
Mar 15, 2023
WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED , ANOTHER IS OPEN, SAID BOB MARLEY AND THE THEFT AND LOSS OF MY BEADED NECK BAG AT JAKARTA AIRPORT
I have been associated with the Native Indians of North America throughout my stays in this land, some tribes become like family, others transfer a little bit of their knowledge…
Mar 15, 2023
THERE MUST BE A PROHIBITION AGAINST NOT BEING HAPPY, A LAW AGAINST UNHAPPINESS ?
This poem was erroneously attributed to Pablo Neruda but the author is Alfredo Cuervo Barrero, a young spanish poet. Queda prohibido ALFONSO CUERVO BARRERO ¿Qué es lo verdaderamente importante?, busco…
Mar 15, 2023
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOCTOR WITHOUT BORDERS ON ONE INTERNATIONAL MISSION
When I answer people's query about my imprecise profession, I mention International Medicine, they have visions of me, struggling through tropical rain forests or zones of conflicts in Africa! These…
Mar 15, 2023
I AM THINKING OF YOU MY DEAR FRIENDS BROTHERS SISTERS AND LOVERS IN IRAN ON THIS CHAHARSHANBEH SURI
Chaharshanbeh Suri or Charshanbeh Suri ( Persian : چهارشنبهسوری , romanized : Čahāršanbe suri ; [ lit. 'The Scarlet Wednesday'), is an Iranian festival of the fire dance celebrated on…
Mar 15, 2023
MIAMI TO HAVANA. SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR AND DIVIDED
It is one thing to be in a polemic country as USA which is divided right through the middle .. 50% fascist leaning and 50% wanting a just society and…