May 15, 2020
FELIZ DIA DE LAS MADRES , MI ISLA RICA, MI CUBA
Today Mother’s Day is celebrated in Cuba, along with many other countries in this hemisphere and elsewhere. If you ask a Cuba, what is the most precious thing in their…
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May 15, 2020
ORFEU NEGRO. BLACK ORPHEUS DANCING IN MY HEART
It is raining in Miami. Nothing unusual at this time of the year. Moments like this From unknown places A song would drift in I know I am in for…
May 15, 2020
THE NIGHT OF FULL MOON, TENDER AND RAW EMOTIONS AND SAUDADE
During these days of tranquility and silence, I have been able to experience solitude and emotions in their rawest form. Emotions so raw and tender that tears flow. While cities…
May 15, 2020
MELEYKH VISWANATH AN ERUDITE INDIAN JEW AND TAMOUL AND YIDDISCH CONNECTION .
For young translator of sold-out ‘Harry Potter,’ Yiddish is truly his mamaloshen How Arun Viswanath, the 29-year-old scion of a US literary dynasty, translated series opener ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’ into…
May 15, 2020
IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE, SET THEM FREE ..
MONOCLE is one of my favourite magazines and they send a daily sniff of their diverse interests around the world. It is truly international in that you get an anthropological…
May 15, 2020
WHY I AM SO FOND OF COCHIN IN KERALA ..
Over the years I have become very fond of Cochin in Kerala, India. One cunning man eyed me wearily and asked: there must be more than just love for the…
May 15, 2020
ALL BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
It was a clear morning. I was running a little late, driving from the house where I stay, while I am in the Reservation of the Indians. I was there…
May 15, 2020
THE CULTURE OF FEAR DURING THE TIME OF CORONA VIRUS. USA
THE CULTURE OF FEAR DURING THE TIME OF CORONA Following the pandemic situation around the world, it Is becoming obvious that one of the more misinformed countries is the United…
May 15, 2020
BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ..
An influential Guru in India always reminds his flock: When you wake up, be grateful that another day is waiting for you. In the Yogic teaching, along with any philosophical…
May 15, 2020
FREEDOM IS TO HAVE THE TIME TO LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE: WISDOM OF PEPE MUJICA
If you had grown up in a revolutionary household, you would have been exposed to the classical ones, such as the Bolshevik, the romantic Cuban of 1959, Mao Zedong and…
May 15, 2020
DONT KNOCK THE COCCONUT OIL .. JUST FIND OUT WHETHER IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR GENES ..
The Effect of Coconut Oil Consumption on Cardiovascular Risk Factors A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials When I first saw this article title, I thought of my Polynesian…
May 15, 2020
OVER THE RAINBOW IN HAWAII. HAPPY BIRTHDAY IZ
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole The islands of Hawaii played an important part in my life at certain stage of intellectual growth. I was torn between the native people of USA and the…