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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…
SONATA WITH SOME PINE TREES BY PABLO NERUDA PABLO NERUDA: Sonata with Some Pine Trees In the half-sun of long days let us draw our tired bones together let us…
IN 2008, On an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Siem Reap, Cambodia, I met MCY who would become my closest friend in Asia. We shared/continue to share…
Limbo vs Liminality These two words have tremendous significance and relevance in the situation we are going through and the state of our societies even before the calamities stepped in…
0 0 1 386 2203 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 18 5 2584 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE What all has happened? Today is 9…
One fringe benefit of being a International Humanitarian Physician who is an Anthropologist and is Jewish, is that the Jewish aspect is stressed a lot in countries where the inhabitants…
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…
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…
Female vs Male Physicians: Better Outcomes? An early discovery as a Medical Student was that Women made excellent physicians, that I wanted to be looked after by one, when the…
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…
During the course of a calendar year, I get to celebrate many NEW YEAR celebrations, either directly or indirectly: The most important for us at a personal level is the…
Photo: Soleiman of Maulana Plaza at Seri Kembangan, Malaysia Mingalabar in Malaysia This has been a wonderful day in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur to be specific. Just another day in Paradise,…