Jun 15, 2015
A NEW ROUTE TO FREEDOM? DARIEN GAP?
A NEW ROUTE TO FREEDOM? HAVANA TO QUITO BY AIR, TO COLOMBIA BY LAND, ON TO DARIEN GAP OR SEA FROM TURBO, COLOMBIA TO PANAMA, OVERLAND TO MEXICO AND APPLY…
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Jun 15, 2015
DEPARTURE OF AFFECTIONS
DEPARTURE OF AFFECTIONS Departure of affections Does not reside in one place Returns in the face of a sweet girl Creates memories with questions And I feel sad I tell…
Jun 15, 2015
DISTANCE OF MEMORIES :
DISTANCE OF MEMORIES Who is that I long for? She has no face But a force that makes you remember. The face in the emptiness of my heart I want…
Jun 15, 2015
LOOKING FORWARD TO MIAMI: BRUSSELS TO MIAMI VIA LONDON JOHANNESBURG ABUDHABI AND SAO PAOLO
LOOKING FORWARD TO MIAMI: BRUSSELS TO MIAMI VIA LONDON JOHANNESBURG ABUDHABI AND SAO PAOLO I have had a long standing love affair with Miami and it is that city in…
Jun 15, 2015
TRANSACTIONS OF SYMBOLS: A FREQUENT FLIER STORY
TRANSACTIONS OF SYMBOLS: A FREQUENT FLIER STORY I just had a wonderful trip on Etihad Airways, very content, despite it being 15 hours in length. It was good to observe…
Jun 15, 2015
MYOPIA NEAR NEARSIGHTEDNESS IS ON THE INCREASE, why?
MYOPIA ON THE INCREASE Among 25-29 year olds, there has been a dramatic increase in Myopia all around the world. In France one in two are myopic, among those studied;…
Jun 15, 2015
BEST THING ABOUT ABU DHABI IS KERALA!
BEST THING ABOUT ABU DHABI IS KERALA! And the other foreign workers from Asia I had a 12 hour transit in AUH recently, in a strange and imaginative itinerary, coming…
Apr 15, 2015
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM FORT COCHIN IN MALABAR COAST
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM COCHIN DR.YEHUDA, La Habana, Cuba Friday, 20 th March 2015. The morning began brightly enough, Rexy the owner driver of the car arrived promptly at 7 30…
Apr 15, 2015
WHO IS THE OTHER IN JEWISH COCHIN?
Who is the OTHER in COCHIN? Anthropology is about the study of THE OTHER and until recently it has been chez l’autre (in the OTHER’s home). But in light of…
Apr 15, 2015
WARM, FRIENDLY, GENEROUS FRIENDS AND SEDER IN MIAMI
Just a few days ago I was in Fort Cochin, was wondering where I would spend the first night of Pesach! No invitation was forthcoming from Portland, Oregon so I…
Apr 15, 2015
OFFER DIGNITY TO OTHERS AND YOU WILL RECEIVE DIGNITY IN RETURN
Two incidents on my recent travels to the East stand out, emphasizing what my close friend the psychologist AA in La Habana said to me: You thrive on human relationships…
Apr 15, 2015
CHENG HO ZHENG HE AND COCHIN
I had published an artilce on Cheng Ho and Cochin, at the request of Dr Tan, the President of International Cheng Ho Society based in Singapore. On my recent visit,…