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It was the most unusual Yom Kipur, not planned at all that way. The night before I had begun the observance in the company of a delightful Syrian Christian Orthodox…
YOM KIPUR 5777 IN COCHIN, KERALA I am impressed with the Christian Community in Cochin, their fierce devotion to their faith but done in good faith and vigour. Chicken and…
During the early part of 2014, I had stopped by the synagogue in Yangon to pay my respects to Moshe Samuels the custodian of the once magnificent synagogue of the…
Gordon and Gaye, two friends from Melbourne wanted to add La Habana to their itinerary of a tour to South America. We had been friends for a long time, having…
MIAMI THE MOST CULTURALLY DIVERSE CITY IN LATIN AMERICA When he was 16, while hitchhiking in his native Chile, he was given a lift, Donde tu vas? Muchacho? said the…
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GEORGE THE JOLLY HISTORIAN OF FORT COCHIN As he drove me towards Fort Cochin, after his busy day at work as a dentist, my friend assured me: you will enjoy…
AN UNUSUAL AND IMPRESSIVE ENCOUNTER IN COCHIN, KERALA. Mr. Ansif Ashraf and Cochin Herald. At the beginning of this visit, I had been thinking of Cuba and my new role…
DS SHE HAS JOURNALISM IN HER BLOOD The sweet part of my short visit to Cochin in August 2016 was the reunion with DS, who is in charge of Corporate…
THE PHILOSOPHER DENTIST OF FORT COCHIN or did you know that the familiar name VARGHESE in Christian Kerala is derived from the Portuguese VARGAS? Over the years I had become…
I have been traveling continuously since 1993, when I left the flat in London on a journey to Malaysia, even though I had not lived anywhere permanently since 1986. What…
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