Jun 15, 2022
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST: NOT BAD AT ALL CONSIDERING ALL THE VIOLENCE AROUND
Medical Anthropology includes the study of Food and Nutrition.
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Jun 15, 2022
AN ARCHAIC FORM OF EXCHANGE.. BUT IN THE NEW WORLD ON VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION
I have a certain fascination with the language that I call my own, even though millions of people speak it, with various adeptness around the world. Some wit had remarked…
Jun 15, 2022
OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, THREE SHIFTS OF WORKERS, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE HERE
Perhaps the function of this 24 hour cafeteria is not to serve the public but a place for mourners to sit and wait when their beloveds are bought for interment…
Jun 15, 2022
TTHE PARADOX OF THE TIMES: ESCAPING FROM THE LAND OF PLENTY TO A POOR QUIET AND TRANQUIL COUNTRY
In Miami, it is not just the cars and other vehicles that clutter the air with the noise but more odious is the noise created by the thinking of the…
Jun 15, 2022
HOMELESS BUT UPPER CLASS… AND THE SONG BY FARAMAZ ASLANI AND BABAK AMANI YAR WHEREVER I WENT I WAS HOMELESS
Many years ago, the astute physician of south D akota who was also my friend, Dr Jim K, came to visit me in MIami and he made an observation about…
Jun 15, 2022
RUMI COMES IN AGAIN, WANDERS IN AND GOES OUT AND LEAVING FEW PEBBLES OF HIS KNOWLEDGE IN MY HEART
RUMI had entered my life at various stages..the last welcome for Rumi was in Kuala Lumpur when my good friend MYC gave me a copy of the book, The Gift…
Jun 15, 2022
EUPHORIA WHAT IS THE SOURCE
A euphoric mood is characterized by feelings of strong happiness, excitement, and well-being. It is an amplified sense of pleasure that can have a number of different causes. (from American…
May 15, 2022
JIM HARRISON AN UNSUNG AMERICAN WRITER . MERCI BEAUCOUP MES AMIS YVES ET MP EN BRETAGNE
In France intellectuals have a special place in the society. In my early days living there I was amazed that talk shows featured intellectuals inviting people into their homes for…
May 15, 2022
SOUS LE CIEL DE PARIS. I WISH YOU WERE WITH ME
One of the advantages of living in more than one country, is that you feel present and congruous with the pulse of the country and in my case with the…
May 15, 2022
ECUNEMICAL TOLERANCE OF FORT COCHIN IN KERALA INDIA
A week ago I was in Fort Cochin, so full of experiences and feelings. Manolo, as I call the ex-driver who worked at my ex-hotel stays, sent a texts message…
May 15, 2022
MAQROLL EL GAVIERO JUDIO, YEHUDA K OF NO PERMANENT ADDRESS, THE LAST ONE SEAT 1 A FROM SINGAPORE TO JFK
When did Maqroll enter my life? When did Maqroll become me ? the always about to sink steamer Halcyon and the absent minded owner from the Levant Abdur Bashur and…
May 15, 2022
TRAVANCORE COURT HOTEL, A FINE BUSINESS HOTEL IN THE COMMERCIAL CITY OF ERNAKULUM IN KERALA
After saying Good bye to the pleasant manager of the Tower House Hotel in Fort Cochin, it was time to go to Ernakulum. Mr Rajesh Rajan, manager of the Travancore…