Feb 15, 2018
FROM ISRAEL TO COCHIN DAY 1
I am comfortable with taking serpentine airline connections for the fun of it, but from Israel to Cochin has to be a classic one. Royal Jordanian from Tel Aviv to…
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Feb 15, 2018
EATING WELL IN ISRAEL HEALTHY FOR THE BODY HEALTHY FOR THE MIND
I have not eaten this healthily in the three days in Israel as in any other country in the world! As it happens to be my Genetic Food, the pleasure…
Jan 15, 2018
YOU GET OLD ONLY WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A PROJECT TO DO said Sir VS NAIPAUL
YOU GET OLD ONLY WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A PROJECT TO DO As our reading abilities evolve, so does our choice of literature. After the usual classics of school years,…
Jan 15, 2018
YOU WILL COME BACK AGAIN: LES AU REVOIR new artists to discover through SPOTIFY
There is something so wonderful about being in a city that you love and feeling very peaceful in your heart, and you are surrounded by silence and solitude. You friends…
Jan 15, 2018
WELCOME TO 2018 CONTINUATION OF THE HAPPINESS OF 2017
Historically speaking, the New Year's Eve has not been kind to me. I can think of only the disasters that had happened on that day in various countries: Melbourne, Guyaquil,…
Dec 15, 2017
RAFIQ AN HONEST TUK TUK DRIVER POSSIBLY THE ONLY ONE IN FORT COCHIN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TRIPADVISOR
I forget how often I visit Fort Cochin, but I do know that I am often here, on my way to or from South East Asia or Europe. The Auto…
Dec 15, 2017
COFFEE HAS NUMEROUS BENEFITS SAYS BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, BUT WE ALREADY KNEW THAT IN CUBA
Coffee's Numerous Health Benefits Detailed in New Analysis By Amy Orciari Herman Coffee consumption - in particular, several cups daily - is associated with a wide range of health benefits,…
Dec 15, 2017
FIDEL IS WELL AND ALIVE IN FORT COCHIN
Cochin is one of the few places in Asia that i do not have to explain to people the actual location of CUBA. Not only Cuba well known here, a…
Dec 15, 2017
GRATEFUL FOR 2017 WITH ITS WONDERFUL JOURNEYS
I am recuperating nicely from the last trip in the tranquility of my sisters home in Miami, while she is away with her family on Caribbean cruise. This last trip…
Dec 15, 2017
FORT COCHIN FOODIE SCENE IS GETTING BETTER FARMERS CAFE FACING PARADE GROUND
I have a photograph of Cochin taken in 1932 when it was literally a backwater village. Backwaters here in Kerala has another connotation which commemorates the birth of Cochin in…
Dec 15, 2017
I HAVE NEVER FELT SO HAPPY ARRIVING IN COCHIN FROM BRUSSELS 22.12.2017
The Abu Dhabi airport was covered in a dense fog that delayed the flight to Cochin by 4 hours but I took advantage of this delay with a prolonged sleep…
Dec 15, 2017
YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU EAT BUT WHO IS THE PERSON EATING YOUR FOOD
My good friend Dr MW was euphemistically referring to our conversation about Microbiome and the work by Drs Elinav and Segal from Weitzmann Institute in Israel. Here is their video…