Many years ago, the astute physician of south Dakota who was also my friend, Dr Jim K, came to visit me in MIami and he made an observation about my life
You are Upper Class but HOMELESS..
Over the years, trying to slough off the attachments that bound to you to the petite charms of the bourgeoisie, i had tried to wean myself away from
Nationality. I am an Australian
Profession. I am a Physician in Endocrinology and a Medical Anthropologist
Gender. Male and Straight but immensely grateful for the women in my life, full of respect for them
Colour of Skin. My natural parents from Asia through their genes gave me this wonderful brown skin and my growing up has been in the post-renaissance infused western thought of the European Jews, so the brown skin allows you to be a chimera .. or Zelig if you are a fan of Woody.
No Ideologies but it is only natural that one shuns ideologies and thought processes that try to maintain the status quo.
1996 French Philosophers entered my life Gilles de Leuze died that year and Michel Foucault earlier
2008 A good introduction to the Yogic Philosophy by a Chinese Malaysian accountant
Vietnam Burma Cambodia
Cochin in the State of Kerala has played an important part of my homeless life of mine
I wrote to my brother Shimon in Haifa
Upper Class but Homeless
No, brother, he wrote, you are not homeless, many a rooms are ready for you in the hearts of many people across the world .
Toda Rabah
These days, Iran is in full force in my life, lots of poems, songs and the ancient seers Rumi. Hafiz and the greatest poets of all time including Khayyam
Oh my dear sweet friends of Persia
So I played this video once again, I had mentioned it in another blog earlier ..
Family chooses you but you choose your friends
YAR FRIEND
Faramaz Aslani and Babak Amani
Yar - یار