Jun 15, 2014
BODY AS PROTEST; THE CUBAN CONTEXT
BODY AS A PROTEST: THE CUBAN CONTEXT Two very distinct, contrary to each other, changes has been occurring to the Cuban Bodies over the course of few years. 1. Overweight…
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Jun 15, 2014
CAMBODIA: AN EYEFUL FOR AN ANTHROPOLOGIST
I was recently in Siem Reap and fondly recollected the first visits in 2002 and 2003, when it was but a village with very few amenities. there has been explosion…
Jun 15, 2014
MH MALAYSIAN AIRLINES: WHY IT MAY FOLD
MALAYSIAN AIRLINES: WHY IT MAY FOLD! Simple things about an enterprise or a government give clues to why it is bound to fail or succeed. Why has Pakistan failed so…
Apr 15, 2014
DO THEY SERVE MATZOH ON AMERICAN AIRLINES? LAMENT FOR A MISSED SEDER BY A JEW WHO WANDERED A BIT TOO MUCH
One of the earliest lines of Spanish Poetry that made me want to learn the tongue of Cervantes, was, read on my way from school in Sweden to home in…
Apr 15, 2014
OPTIMIST, PHILOSOPHER, HUMANITARIAN: THE DIABETES CRUSADER OF KUALA TRENGGANU, DR MENON
Most medical students would swear that it is the humanitarian interest that brought them to the study of Medicine. In my years of studying and teaching Medicine in Asia, Australia,…
Apr 15, 2014
IRAN IN MALACCA. JADE in Malaysia tinged with Nostalgia
Almost two years to this day. I had arrived at KLIA after a memorable journey, which made this arrival even more memorable. Omaha-Denver-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Guam-Hong Kong with a long layover-Kuala Lumpur,…
Apr 15, 2014
NATURE VS NURTURE WHEN IT COMES TO HUMANITARIAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
Nature vs Nurture Science vs Entrepreneurial While watching a short video about some of the eye boggling science that is coming out of Israel, I began thinking about Nature vs…
Apr 15, 2014
THE INCREASING INEQUALITY IN AMERICA..THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY OF DEMOCRACY
The following news item in the BBC pages were not revelatory but certainly disturbing! A superb democracy which promote democracies around the world, at times using very undemocratic methods, at…
Mar 15, 2014
NAT IN THE SYNAGOGUE AT RANGOON, BURMA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 UNEXPECTED PLEASURES OF AN ENCOUNTER AT THE SYNGAGOUE IN RANGOON! Burma, or its modern name, Myanmar, had offered welcome to Iraqi…
Mar 15, 2014
INDONESIA IN MIAMI
INDONESIA IN MIAMI if you are a resident of a vacation spot, you tend to get a lot of visitors, which was the case when I was a resident of…
Mar 15, 2014
MALAYSIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 KUL-PEK AND THE SORROW FELT AROUND THE WORLD
It is morning in Miami, Florida, USA, nearly half the world away from a tragedy unfolding over South East Asia. MH 370 has disappeared over the ocean, piloted by a…
Mar 15, 2014
EXERCISE, WEIGHT MAINTENANCE AND CALORIES
EXERCISE, WEIGHT MAINTENANCE AND CALORIES When discussing Exercise habits, many would confess that they walk for a few minutes each day or jog or go on the treadmill. Any form…