Apr 15, 2009
To Myanmar With Love
To Myanmar with Love: A Travel Guide for the Connoisseur from Things Asian Press in Bangkok will be published this month.. I have two stories in it The Hat Sellers…
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Tag: <span>American Indian</span>
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Apr 15, 2009
A Medical Anthropologist at large
Medical Anthropology is not about medicine, but about Society. It is a tool in which we can divert the gaze of the academics who focus on rituals and symbolism to…
Apr 15, 2009
From UmonHon Country to the Big Brown Land
what is that one is supposed to feel when your good friend, who made your life comfortable while visiting her country is leaving to that huge brown and red continent…
Mar 15, 2009
American Indian Faces
When people know that I am associated with native american indains, they usually ask me a slew of questions and i realize that the idea of an american indian is…
Mar 15, 2009
Purim Pictures from Israel
My Brother Itzhak is in Israel with his wife and son, Shmulik. He sent me these lovely photos of the Purim celebrations in Jerusalem.
Mar 15, 2009
Ice Snow in the Indian Country
The village where i am now is eerily quiet, nary a vehicle or sound ..This morning, I noticed that the steps in front of the house where I am staying…
Mar 15, 2009
Culture of Poverty
The Culture of Poverty Today is March 9 th , 2009 and I am in the richest country. (By their own reckoning and calculations.) But I am amidst a very…
Mar 15, 2009
Cultural Medical Lecture given at the Creighton University 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it3XquSg_ZI this is part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Q1jFefq08&feature=related this is part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCgp841lqeg&feature=related this is part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODcMLxapJrw&feature=related this is part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHZdfqdKb
Mar 15, 2009
Who comes to your Blog and reads them? NEOMETER
Just a few days ago I added this NEOCOUNTER to the blog. I never thought many people would have the time or inclination to read random postings, but it was…
Mar 15, 2009
Food in Malaisie, Cambodge, Inde….
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2009/03/food-in-malaisie-cambodge-inde.html
Mar 15, 2009
Jiddu in India and Rachel in Hong Kong…
A mind which is seeking permanency soon stagnates.. said JKM. But like moths to the light, we are standing in line to conform. Here he is talking about the mind,…
Mar 15, 2009
Thinking about Mamma Loshen.. Yiddisch
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20090316-0806a.mp3 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20090316-0806a.mp3 one of the few advantages of driving through large swathes of plain countryside in the USA, in a rented car, is the ability to listen to BBC