Apr 15, 2026
GOOD BYE RAGHU RAI THE GREAT PHOTOJOURNALIST FROM INDIA
Today, in the brief and indifferent cadence of BBC news, I read of the death of Raghu Rai . And yet, what stirred in me was not sorrow, but a…
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Apr 15, 2026
I AM A PHYSICIAN-ANTHROPOLOGIST TO MANY INDIGENOUS TRIBES/PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
Psychosocial Stress, Inflammation, and Atherosclerosis: An Anthropological Reflection That most feared of outcomes— the heart attack , or acute myocardial infarction (AMI)—rarely occurs out of the blue. From a biomedical…
Apr 15, 2026
YAQUT AL-HAMAWI THE GREATEST ARAB TRAVELLER OF THE MIDDLE AGES WHO WAS NOT ARAB, BOUGHT AS SLAVE CHILD AT A BYZANTINE MARKET, TAKEN TO BAGHDAD
Epigraph “I am nothing. I shall always be nothing. I cannot wish to be anything. Aside from that, I carry within me all the dreams of the world.” — Fernando…
Mar 15, 2026
Pinecrest, Edgar Watson, and the moral edge of the Everglades
“To travel is to feel.” — Fernando Pessoa I went to Pinecrest today, though it no longer exists. Not in the way that towns exist—with a centre, a rhythm, a…
Mar 15, 2026
WHAT DID THE MEDICINE MAN SAY ?
What Did the Medicine Man Say? “Humility is not thinking less of oneself; it is thinking of oneself less.” — Ancient teaching often repeated among Indigenous elders It took me…
Mar 15, 2026
A NICE JOURNEY FROM PARIS TO MIAMI ON AIR FRANCE
I was in Cochin, the bombings in the middle east had begun and every single flight going west out of Cochin was cancelled. I had a flight to Doha and…
Feb 15, 2025
Quando e Como a Meditação Vipassana Entrou na Minha Visão de Mundo: Uma História Pessoal
Quando e Como a Meditação Vipassana Entrou na Minha Visão de Mundo: Uma História Pessoal Quem nunca ouviu falar da Ilha de Páscoa e dos lendários Moai? Devido ao seu…
Sep 15, 2023
I AM IN THE MOOD FOR YOM KIPPUR TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
HAPPY SPRING IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH OF MEHR IN IRAN AND ALSO The Mehregan Festival, or the Persian Festival of Autumn, is an ancient celebration…
Jul 15, 2023
1776 AND ALL THAT. ARRIVAL OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ON THE FRENCH COAST
Port San Gustain is a port in Brittany with an illustrious past. The current day village is a charming one on one of the estuaries in the Bay in Brittany…
Apr 15, 2023
WHERE IS MUZIRIS in books and at the archeological site
The only Biennale in all of India is held in Cochin and is currently on. I recently made a visit to Fort Cochin to check out certain friendships and visiting…
Nov 15, 2021
RIAD58BLU. MY GOOD LUCK WITH LODGINGS ON MY TRAVELS CONTINUE
Things happen for a reason, we are not smart enough to understand it. This was taught to me by an Indian. I am sure others have said it centuries apart.…
Jul 15, 2021
VIVE LA FRANCE: MISSIONARY APPROACH RATHER THAN THE MERCENARY APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH CARE: AN EXAMPLE
The sentence: Mission oriented rather than mercenary approach and in the end Missionary approach wins.. is from Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com I will tell you about a personal…