Feb 15, 2016
FORT COCHIN A SPIRITUAL HOME
FORT COCHIN, A SPIRITUAL HOME Even though Fort Cochin cannot give me the exhilaration of walking along the streets of my neighbourhood of Vedado, in La Habana, it has given…
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Feb 15, 2016
UBER IN FORT COCHIN; WHAT A BLESSING
This morning I had to get to the airport, from my hotel in Fort Cochin. When I checked the Uber app, no cars were available. This is yet another disadvantage…
Feb 15, 2016
HIGHLIGHT OF THE VISIT TO FORT COCHIN IN FEBRUARY 2016
The above photo says it all. The nonagenarian Jewess, Sarah Jacob Cohen, enjoying the attention she receives on a daily basis, aided and assisted by dutiful Taha on her right.…
Feb 15, 2016
EATING FOR ONE WEEK IN COCHIN IN INDIA
I am unashamedly fond of the little township of Fort Cochin but certainly not for its food. The quality of food in the tourist parts of Fort Cochin is just…
Feb 15, 2016
FORT COCHIN A SUMPTUOUS FEAST FOR THE MIND BODY AND THE SOUL
FORT COCHIN A SUMPTUOUS FEAST FOR THE MIND, BODY AND THE SOUL. ONE DAY IN FEBRUARY My choices of places to stay at Fort Cochin are the Old Lighthouse Bristow…
Feb 15, 2016
JOURNEY IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE DESTINATION
Lately, the emphasis has shifted from the journey to destination in the world of Travel. One of the frequently asked questioned in Travel Forums is: How can I get there…
Feb 15, 2016
PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND THE ARTIST: YOU MEET THOSE YOU NEED TO MEET
DOCTOR AND THE ARTIST YOU MEET THOSE YOU NEED TO MEET Stop looking for them! admonished my Meskwakia teacher, “dr” Brown. You don’t need to search, they will cross your…
Feb 15, 2016
MICROBIOME TELLS YOU WHAT YOU ARE AND EAT ACCORDINGLY
Microbiome as a word had not been coined, when I became aware of something mysterious in the workings of our food and body. Being a student at that time, my…
Feb 15, 2016
MY LIFE OF FEAST AND FAMINE.. HAVANA IS THE MOVABLE FEAST..MIAMI INDIAN COUNTRY COCHIN FOR VARIOUS REASONS
I always look forward to going back to La Havana. Unbridled affections the chance to be yourself and spontaneous. I understand fully when a friend of mine, on his visit…
Jan 15, 2016
UNEXPECTED PLEASURES OF 2016 WELCOME TO CUBA
Life is not about the regrets about the PAST nor about the anxieties of the FUTURE. As I sit here at the Admirals Club at Heathrow Airport in London, I…
Jan 15, 2016
IF YOU WISH TO BE HAPPY PRACTICE COMPASSION, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY PRACTICE COMPASSION
Yesterday I was watching a TED talk video from the director of the Harvard Project , which had followed a cohort of people in Boston, including Harvard College students 1938,…
Jan 15, 2016
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 FROM THE WILD COAST OF QUIBERON IN BRITTANY, FRANCE
Walking along the windswept coast of this village which has become a tourist destination for the French, I couldnt but think of the poems of Pablo Neruda who had described…