Jan 15, 2012
Where am I ? not an existentialist question but a Geo Quiz
If it is Monday, It must be…. Where am I going, this day on a flight leaving BLR at 15.55? I will begin with a ditty Sultan of Ternate has…
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Jan 15, 2012
Shopping for Cuban Friends and Family in Bangalore
My friends in Bangalore always joke that I am buying things that is not in great demand locally. But little do they know where these gifts are destined to: The…
Jan 15, 2012
VISA ON ARRIVAL INDIA
VISA ON ARRIVAL INDIA Those of us with an urge to visit this teeming land of Real Fakirs and Fake Yogis, Excellent Food and Mediocre Wannabees imitating the West, full…
Jan 15, 2012
Ashgar Farhadi The Separation Berlin and Now Golden Globe, and Oscar?
Without creating a myth, Asghar Farhadi had an expression in his thought which was more important than the award in his hand. He said to the ones who are unaware…
Jan 15, 2012
A Day taking care of American Indians
While driving to work, just five minutes away from this Indian Village, I looked at the thermometer, -10 C, yes minus ten degrees, but wrapped up as I was I…
Jan 15, 2012
Say Thanks when You see the First Snow of the Season: Meskwakia
This was the scene that greeted me as I opened the door of the Blue house. The first snow of the season for me. always reminds me of that distant…
Jan 15, 2012
ARE WE POISONING THE NEXT GENERATION: FOOD AND ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Pediatric Study: 'Healthy' Diet Best for ADHD Kids For those of us interested in the sociocultural aspects of modern diseases, ADHD, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, along with a myriad of unexplained…
Jan 15, 2012
Concert at L’OLYMPIA in Paris Poppys
In the 1970s, a venerable gentleman, founded a choir to rescue boys from lower income neighbourhood and it had considerable success with many recordings and various tours across the country…
Jan 15, 2012
LEARN THE MEANING OF HOLLOW BONES
"When we become hollow bones there is no limit to what the Higher Powers can do in and through us in spiritual things." -- Frank Fools Crow, LAKOTA If we…
Jan 15, 2012
A Friday Dinner with friends in Paris
It was billed as an ordinary dinner, after I had lit shabbat candles and thought of the appropriate people. Just six of us.. what you can call a Dinner Party.…
Jan 15, 2012
The Drinking Disorder of the Americans of the USA
The Drinking Problems of the Americans of the USA Two normal size cans of Soft Drink, fizzy, full of chemicals, is the average intake of Yanks! Per Day! I don't…
Jan 15, 2012
Letter to Mr HO, Mr Erudite of Malaysia re Daniel Kahneman
Dear Friend, Mr Erudite of Malaysia It is not often one reads an autobiographical sketch (no more than about four pages) and gets so engrossed in it, because of the…