Mar 15, 2018
A WALK ALONG THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BRISTOW LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL
Fort Cochin has a special attraction for me, and Bristow Bungalow Hotel facing the Arabian Sea adds to the attraction. Each morning I go for a brisk walk along the…
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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.
Mar 15, 2018
TRAVEL TO FRANCE THIS SUMMER MAY NOT BE ADVISABLE
French President Emmanuel Macron wanted to make some changes to the labour laws and his efforts are being resisted to the hilt by the labour unions and they have called…
Feb 15, 2018
HAVANA THE ETERNAL AFFECTIONATE AND CONTINUING FEAST
2017 was an excellent year for travel. My world has geographical variations: American Indians in the USA, good friends in Miami, Family in France/Belgium, Cochin in India and KL in…
Feb 15, 2018
THE LIFE OF AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE : ONE WEEK
One week ago today, I was sauntering along the Amazon River, getting to know the TIKUNA or Maguta people. Today I am with the Omaha people of Nebraska, USA. The…
Feb 15, 2018
LOVE IN THE TIME OF THE SNOW STORM: AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST AMONG THE OMAHA
As far as most of the Omaha Indians are concerned, I am not an Endocrinologist, but their Uncle. Few hours after I arrived at this Indian reservation from the Amazonia,…
Feb 15, 2018
EATING WELL IN ISRAEL HEALTHY FOR THE BODY HEALTHY FOR THE MIND
I have not eaten this healthily in the three days in Israel as in any other country in the world! As it happens to be my Genetic Food, the pleasure…
Feb 15, 2018
FROM ISRAEL TO COCHIN DAY 1
I am comfortable with taking serpentine airline connections for the fun of it, but from Israel to Cochin has to be a classic one. Royal Jordanian from Tel Aviv to…
Feb 15, 2018
WONDERFUL RELAXING DAY IN FORT COCHIN
There must be something in the air in Cochin for me, like I experienced in Suva, Fiji; Malacca, Malaysia, Zanzibar..but with more substance because Keralites especially the Syrian Christians I…
Feb 15, 2018
CUBA IS NEVER FAR AWAY IN COCHIN
When I tell people in this town that I live in Havana, Cuba, a smile of recognition cover their faces. Che Castro Cuba are in the mind sets of most…
Feb 15, 2018
A SPECIAL SHABBAT IN COCHIN ERNAKULAM
It was no coincidence that I received an invitation to attend a lecture at the Kadavumbagam Synagogue of Cochin that belongs to the Malabari Jews of Cochin. The synagogue breathes…
Feb 15, 2018
THE CUISINE OF MALABARI COCHIN JEWS
The Jewish Community of Cochin, India is dead and has been dying for many years. As it usually happens, nostalgia begins to creep in and recreation efforts are undertaken. There…
Feb 15, 2018
THE BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED KADAVUMBAGAM THE RIVESIDE SYNAGOGUE OF THE MALABARI COCHIN JEWS
SITUATED IN MARKET STREET AND JEW STREET IN ERNAKULAM, COCHIN
Feb 15, 2018
THE PASHMINA SELLER OF DOHA : THE STORY OF THE SILK SCARF STOLEN IN BOGOTA
I am sitting watching Doha fading slowly into the desert night, covered in a mist which could be only the nostalgia for the day it is leaving behind. I am…
Feb 15, 2018
THE MAN IN SEAT 1K QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM DOHA TO THE USA
I always look forward to my Qatar Airways QR flights. Today's aircraft was a 787-900. I had a wonderful day at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. At the appointed hour an…
Jan 15, 2018
WELCOME TO 2018 CONTINUATION OF THE HAPPINESS OF 2017
Historically speaking, the New Year's Eve has not been kind to me. I can think of only the disasters that had happened on that day in various countries: Melbourne, Guyaquil,…
Jan 15, 2018
YOU WILL COME BACK AGAIN: LES AU REVOIR new artists to discover through SPOTIFY
There is something so wonderful about being in a city that you love and feeling very peaceful in your heart, and you are surrounded by silence and solitude. You friends…
Jan 15, 2018
YOU GET OLD ONLY WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A PROJECT TO DO said Sir VS NAIPAUL
YOU GET OLD ONLY WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A PROJECT TO DO As our reading abilities evolve, so does our choice of literature. After the usual classics of school years,…