Dec 15, 2017
CHRONICLE OF A JOURNEY TO ANOTHER CONTINENT
THE Flagship Lounge at Chicago Airport at this time of the morning is full of Japanese travellers waiting for their flight Japan Airlines 9, and to day I will be…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from the archive.
Dec 15, 2017
GRATEFUL FOR 2017 WITH ITS WONDERFUL JOURNEYS
I am recuperating nicely from the last trip in the tranquility of my sisters home in Miami, while she is away with her family on Caribbean cruise. This last trip…
Aug 15, 2017
THE JEWISH GENERAL AND CREATION OF A MUSLIM COUNTRY AN ARTICLE BY BERNARD-HENRI LEVY
It’s quite a story. This story may seem unlikely in this era of generalized war between cultures, civilizations, and religions. And I am grateful to British journalist Ben Judah for…
Jul 15, 2017
THE HUMBLE PAROTTA OF COCHIN HAS A COUSIN MSEMEN IN CASABLANCA
I am at Riad Hamdani, a bed and breakfast lodging place, Moroccan style, very comfortable and inspiring near the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. In the morning, facing the…
Jul 15, 2017
FRENCH ARE LEARNING ENGLISH SO TIME TO POLISH YOUR FRENCH
Two things stood out on my recent trip to PARIS.. Unlike the disdain the locals exhibited towards English, majority of the people I encountered were speaking English! No more, pas…
Mar 15, 2017
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM A TED MED RESEARCH SCHOLAR UMONHON INDIAN COUNTRY USA
It is a slow saturday morning here in the Reservation of the UmonHon Indians. Today is the last day I have to send in evaluations of the 7 speakers assigned…
Jan 15, 2017
SUBURBAN SHAMAN WHY DOCTORS SHOULD REGAIN THE HUMAN ASPECT OF MEDICINE FROM THEIR PAPERS AND PODS
Oliver Sacks wrote in the Introduction to this book: Cecil Helman is many things: old-fashioned General (Family) Practitioner, psychiatrist, cultural anthropologist, storyteller, poet and artist-and all this comes together in…