May 15, 2021
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM MIAMI … WHERE SHALL I GO ?
These are the countries which are close to my heart and in each one of them there are conflicts of one sort of another: all politicized, whether it is the…
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May 15, 2021
CAN YOU SHED TEARS FOR A BOOK SELLER? MR SHANBAG THE BOOKSELLER OF BANGALORE
A little History: I used to make a side trip to Bangalore when I visited Cochin to visit the Premier Bookstore, alas no more, the owner migrated to Australia, I…
May 15, 2021
TENHO SAUDADE DE TUDO POR QUE ?
Why do some songs hit you with such a powerful force that you have a feeling that you are in a hurricane and soon an incredible lull of silence and…
May 15, 2021
WHAT IS MORE DANGEROUS? COCA COLA OR AL QAEDA ?
Since the 1980s, in the USA, obesity and diseases related to that have been on the increase. Despite the enormous amount of money spent on TREATMENT (Americans are less interested…
May 15, 2021
WHO WAS ISAAC THE JEW OF CALICUT AND COCHIN OF LATE 18TH CENTURY ?
While looking for evidence of some jewish connection to Tipu Sultan of Mysore, I came across the name of Isaac the Jew. His name appears in multiple documents, in Dutch…
Apr 15, 2021
INDUSTRIALIZATION OF FOOD HAS BEEN THE DEATH BLOW TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
When talking to my friends at the Ticuna village along the Colombian Amazon, the fear they express, this time around from the Settlers from Europe, is the industrialization of the…
Apr 15, 2021
TO BRING DOWN BLOOD PRESSURE DO VIPASSANA OR ISHA KRIYA , TO INCREASE YOUR LUNG CAPACITY DO SIMHA KRIYA
What a lovely way to begin a morning ? In the course of the day, one pays attention to ones body, mind, spirit and in many ways they are not…
Apr 15, 2021
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ISRAEL AND BHUTAN ? AND WHY WE DO NOT WANT A GOVERNMENT LIKE BRASIL?
Bhutan is a mountainous kingdom nestling in the Himalayas, where most of the people live in remote villages, most of which are not accessible easily. In some cases, you may…
Apr 15, 2021
OVER DIAGNOSIS AMONG AMERICAN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.. WHERE DID IT ORIGINATE ?
I am familiar with the health care systems in many parts of the world. The best, in my opinion, has been the one in FRANCE and the most chaotic is…
Apr 15, 2021
CUBAN SOLIDARITY, NORTH AMERICAN FRAGILITY AND JALALUDDIN RUMI ..
While at the beginning of the Pandemic in 2020 and the various types of isolation that were to follow, many people, including me, welcomed the isolation and lack of intrusion…
Apr 15, 2021
THE EFFECT OF FULL MOON ON YOUR HEALTH, WHILE LISTENING TO A PHILOSOPHICAL/SPIRITUAL DISCOURSE
Tonight is the Full Moon of April 2021. I joined on line to a philosophical/spiritual discussion by a leading Guru from South India. Normally his talks are entertaining but this…
Apr 15, 2021
SO PROUD OF CUBA, A SMALL ISOLATED, ASPHYXIATED BY THE GIANT TO THE NORTH, HAS ITS OWN VACCINE
Cuban Revolution, considered to be a classical example of People's uprising against tyranny and Imperialism, happened in 1959. The Giant to the north so used to the kowtowing of the…