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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…
The train is called SuperFast which is a relative term here, instead of taking 12 hours to cover 560 km, today they would do it in ten hours and a…
A PLEA FOR UNIVERSALISATION RATHER THAN GLOBALIZATION OF EDUCATION AND TALENT BBC had an article about Access and Attainment of Education in Developing countries. Every one realizes that access to…
On entering the Admirals Club at gate 30 at concourse D at Miami International airport, I was greeted by a smile, which I immediately knew to be Cuban! From San…
INTERDENOMINATIONAL VENERATION IN FORT COCHIN, INDIA HARMONY AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF ALL FAITHS For curious reasons, Fort Cochin, the little peninsula jetting into the Backwaters, facing the Arabian sea in…
• The authors of this large retrospective longitudinal cohort study assessed the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) associated with intrauterine exposure to type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes mellitus.…
At a personal level; Friendships so deep that it is like a tattoo in your heart. Intellectual: discourses with a human face. society at the street level Food Burritos de…
Just a few days ago AirBnB, the USA based accommodation sharing agency and app, announced it was adding CUBA to its list of countries. Obviously things are opening up, attracting…
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…
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…
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…
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…