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  • Day 17: Kerala to New Delhi

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    The time had come to say goodbye to beautiful temperate Kerala. Even though this was August monsoon season in Kerala, we only experienced the rainy afternoon journey up the mountain to Periyar and the occasional nighttime cloudburst in Munnar. Otherwise we had clear to lightly cloudy days. Our last breakfast buffet with Kingston’s folks was in…

  • Day 16, Part II: our Kochi tour

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    Kochi was only an hour ride from our resort on the backwater in Alleppey and it would be the shortest ride during our tour of India. Our first stop was the Dutch Palace that I mentioned in the last post. Officially the Mattancherry Palace, it was built by the Portuguese in 1545 as a gift to…

  • Unpacking the South Africa v. Israel Case, Part II

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    Thanks to the overwhelming positive response to my original post (thank you all, I deeply appreciate it!!) and to a handful of additional questions sent by friends and blog-readers alike, here we are with a Part II: 1. One of the things I noticed was the regular use of the argument that Hamas is to…

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  • Unpacking the South Africa v. Israel Case

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    Today and yesterday, the International Court of Justice held hearings in the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel). Given the fact that I am currently in a Masters program (LL.M.) focused on international dispute settlement, my WhatsApp has been…

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  • Kochi: a history of foreign influence

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    Kochi, as spelled in the Malayalam alphabet, has been the name of this city for centuries. When Western powers came to India (the Portuguese, the Dutch and then the British), the transcription of the name in the Western alphabet was spelled Cochi. In 1996, along with many other areas of India, the Western alphabet name was…

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The Thames at sunset, London, England, 2016 . . . #thames #london #england #sunset #sunsetphotography #travelphotography Canada Place at sunset, Vancouver, Canada, 2019 . . . #sunset #vancouver #canada #canadaplace #canada🇨🇦 #travelphotography Wild Macaque monkey eating a stolen corn cob, Munnar, India, 2023 . . . #macaque #monkey #munnar #india #animalphotography #wildlifephotography #travelphotography Naturally multicolored stages of sunset, Glasshouse Mountains, Queensland, Australia, 2015 . . . #sunset #color #mountains #queensland #australia #travelphotography Frigate birds hanging on a wire, Galapagos, Ecuador, 2014 . . . #bird #galapagos #galapagosislands #ecuador #wildlife #animals #wildlifephotography #travelphotography Sunset overlooking Naples and Mt Vesuvius, Amalfi Cost, Italy, 2012 . . . #sunset #naples #vesuvius #volcano #amalficoast #italy #travelphotography Blue-footed booby, Galapagos, Ecuador, 2015 . . . #bluefootedbooby #bird #wildlife #animals #galapagos #galapagosislands #ecuador #travelphotography #wildlifephotography Sulking bird (after researching, I still have no idea what type of bird this is; if someone knows the answer, please comment with it), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, 2014 . . . #bird #wildlife #animals #galapagos #galapagosislands #ecuador #travelphotography #wildlifephotography Innsbruck, Austria, 2016 . . . #parasailing #cityview #innsbruck #austria #travelphotography

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