Oct 15, 2020
TOSKA IN RUSSIAN, COULD IT BE SAUDADE ?
Writing about one of the earliest short stories of Anton Chekhov, the author writes: The title of this story-the Russian word toska -has no exact English equivalent, but it is…
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Oct 15, 2020
PSYCHOLOGICAL PANDEMIC IN THE TIME OF CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC
DUNBAR NUMBER IN THE TIMES OF COVID This morning BBC Future had an article, How solitude and isolation can affect your social skills. Humans are deeply social creatures, so what…
Oct 15, 2020
OCTOBER 18. DIA DO MEDICO. BRASIL AND REMEMBERING THE GREAT CUBAN PHYSICIAN CARLOS FINLAY
Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro lit up to pay homage to Dia do Medico on October 18th, 2020. I received this message from Brasil. [08:20, 18/10/2020] :…
Oct 15, 2020
WELCOME ECO PASSENGER TUK TUK HAVANA WITH ITS ALL FEMALE CREW
Este lunes inició en La Habana la puesta en marcha del proyecto de triciclos eléctricos los cuales circularán en recorrido de dos rutas: desde la Terminal de Ómnibus hasta la…
Oct 15, 2020
LIFE HAS BECOME NORMAL TO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD AND THEY CAN THINK OF THEIR SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT
We in the West, whether USA or the countries in the Americas or Europe or the Middle East tend to forget that there are countries where the life has continued…
Oct 15, 2020
DURING THESE TIMES, WHAT WE LOSE WHEN WE KEEP OUR DISTANCE
I am curious about printed matter, but it is not often that I read ELLE or COSMOPOLITAN.. In the living room at my sisters house I saw this magazine and…
Oct 15, 2020
GO FORTH WITH THE MOUNTAINS AND THE WINDS, DEAR FRIEND AND TEACHER, MAY KNOWLEDGE COME TO YOU
I am very busy, is a refrain one often hears, then i wonder what are they busy with ? I can imagine you are running a big corporation or a…
Oct 15, 2020
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS: LESSONS FROM MALAYSIA WITH GRATITUDE TO MY FRIENDS IN KUALA LUMPUR
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS Borders is what we create so that we can cocoon inside it and then feel comfortable in them with our fellow travelers. Currently I am reading a…
Oct 15, 2020
OH. INDIA. WHO CAN KNOW THEE? NOT EVEN “INDIANS”. THE WONDER OF THE PAST
This is a quite an impressive book. There is a six part series of a BBC documentary that goes with it. Lots of research has gone into unearthing the history…
Oct 15, 2020
AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST ANTHROPOLOGIST IN THE DAYS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION 2020
Lately days are passing by as if covered in a veil of magic. I have seen so many happy people , and my own little island beckons me seductively. Reality…
Sep 15, 2020
ALBERT MEMMI AND THE MOMENT I HEARD ABOUT THIS FRENCH INTELLECTUAL
Albert Memmi, a leading mid-20th century French intellectual and writer best known for nonfiction books and novels that unraveled his anomalous identity as an ardent anti-imperialist, an unapologetic Zionist and…
Sep 15, 2020
WHO ARE THE TRUE WARRIORS IN THESE DIVIDED TIMES ? SITTING BULL HAD THE ANSWER
Who is deemed to be a WARRIOR? The best definition I have heard is from the American Indians. My UmonHon Indian teacher said to me: The duty of the Warrior…