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.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Most westerners, americans of europeans, hardly know about the magnanimous Cuban efforts at Humanitarian Medicine. When people think of Humanitarian Medicine in the west, they think of flying out when…
There is no greater sorrow than recalling happy times when we are sad Dante Thinking about Cuba, for me is never sad, but the powerful forces that draw me to…
CUBA IN MY HEART INCREDIBLE ENCOUNTER AT TK ICP LOUNGE AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT American Indians say, Things happen for Reason. There are no coincidences, it is just we cannot understand…
The breakfast was being prepared as I came back from my brisk morning walk. Machacada, which is sliced meat; and specially prepared Refried Beans for me (without pork portion, but…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE DR JESUS ALVAREZ OF BARACOA A PASSOVER REMEMBRANCE 15 NISSAN 5773 I knew Jesus Alvarez well. A genial giant of a man…
During the course of a calendar year, I get to celebrate many NEW YEAR celebrations, either directly or indirectly: The most important for us at a personal level is the…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A CUBAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AT MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT I am catching a flight to MIA today via FRA. Arriving just one our before…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A DIPLOMAT GOES HOME TO CUBA I was the first one to board the short AA flight to Havana in Miami. As…
MALAYSIA IN CUBA I have been very lucky to meet some excellent people in Malaysia, the best among them being MCY whom I had met serendipitously in 2008. She introduced…
I have Pak Joe to thank for.. For the past three months, starting on August 3rd, I have tried to walk most of the mornings, except the days I am…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SHANA TOVA FROM MIAMI HA OLAM, LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF THE SLAVES ADON OLAM, HELP US SAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE To His Excellency Pedro Monzon, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Commonwealth of Australia Dear Pedro: It is I, Sudha,…
CUBANIDAD IN MORBIHAN, FRANCE Most foreigners especially in the West has access only to news and information about Cuba which stresses on the material and economic aspects of our beloved…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE MY LIFE IN HAVANA, CUBA The Incongruities of Living and Experiencing Havana : At terminal 2 of the Jose Marti International Airports…
THE MIRAGE OF YOUR FOOTPRINT In the course of one week I have gone through several geographical and emotional changes: my intense life in La Habana to the affections of…
I had stopped at my sister's house on my way to La Habana. Affectionate as she is, didnt want me to go without some middle eastern food, so thrusted a…
As I approached the Terminal 2 of Jose Marti International Airport in La Habana, Cuba, imagine my surprise when I saw the familiar red and white Kangaroo Tail of a…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Medical Anthropology in Paris- The Cuban Connection Soon after graduating from the Medical Anthropology programme in London, I was requested to give…
