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…
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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…
Dec 15, 2017
IN PRAISE OF SUGAR AND WHY NOT SALT
In Praise of SUGAR No one would be caught writing, In Praise of SALT, then why is an Endocrinologist who is socially committed to prevent Type 2 Diabetes and improve…
Dec 15, 2017
LISTS FOR 2018 TRAVEL AND MUSIC AVOID THE FIRST AND EMBRACE THE SECOND
Towards the end of the calendar year, popular travel magazines and websites begin to predict or adivine the best places to travel for the coming year, predicting that they would…
Dec 15, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR TO DOHA TO BRUSSELS A TIRING JOURNEY WITH A PLEASANT STOPOVER
I left USA on the 8th and today is 15th and I have covered nearly 2/3 or more of the circumference of the earth. One alarming fact is : in…
Dec 15, 2017
MASS CONVERSIONS OF CHRISTIANS INTO JUDAISM : THREE CASE HISTORIES
While there has been historical references of mass conversions to Judaism, they have been extremely rare. All of us are aware of the King of Khuzars/Khazars who converted and his…
Dec 15, 2017
SADHGURU AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS
It was good to get together with my KL friends, MunChingYong and her husband Fernando and Abid Hussain of Creative Stew. We ate at a Banana Leaf Restaurant called Ravi,…
Dec 15, 2017
WHY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018, WHY NOT, GRATEFUL FOR AN EVENTFUL 2017
Some one from Cuba: I am supposed to pretend to be happy at this time of the year! Advertisements from Malaysia to Qatar to Miami all inviting you to have…
Dec 15, 2017
HAPPY HANUKKAH FROM A MUSLIM COUNTRY, MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR NIGHT 1
The Muslim and Arab countries of this world turned 900 000 Jews who had lived there long before Islam became the adopted religion of those countries, into refugees. Many of…
Dec 15, 2017
ACTIONS PROVE WHO SOMEONE IS, WORDS JUST PROVE WHO THEY WANT TO BE
ONE of the more significant events of 2017 has been the official acknowledgement of Jerusalem as Israel's eternal capital. Most of the world agree, based on historical facts, that Jerusalem…
Dec 15, 2017
A JAPANESE MEAL IN THE SKY JL FLIGHT 9 FROM ORD TO NRT
EVEN before we began the 13 hour 25 minute journey to Tokyo, The Flagship Lounge at ORD had created a Japanese ambience. The Japanese as far as I know do…
Dec 15, 2017
IRAN IN MY HEART : LET US LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE OF IRAN
One of the first countries I became aware as a child for its culture and literature was IRAN/Persia. The fact that my father had spent some time in Abadan may…