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Culture through song
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/12/2016
» In recent years Chiang Mai has become more than just a destination to enjoy the cool season. It has become a hub for traditional and contemporary arts and culture. "Hmong Songs Of Memory Hmong Threads Of Life", at Tamarind Village, is a small part of the northern city's art scene.
Force of nature
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/09/2015
» When the 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Northern province of Chiang Rai on May 5 last year, artist Angkrit Ajchariyasophon stayed safe at home far away from the epicentre. A few days after the quake, the Chiang Rai native took pictures of the aftermath -- the broken statue of Lord Buddha, cracks in the walls, subsided land and buildings left in rubble.
The reading feast
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/07/2015
» Bangkok never gets enough of book-related happenings. Set aside the National Book Fair and Bangkok International Book Fair in April and Bangkok Book Expo in October, the capital is about to have another book event, the Bangkok Book Festival 2015, which claims to be not just another commercial affair.
Tha Maharaj community mall blends old and new
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 27/03/2015
» Maharaj Road, particularly the section that runs from Thammasat University to Tha Tien pier, is known as a hub of amulet trading, as well as a place to find idiosyncratic second-hand goods such as eight-track tapes, old dentures or bottled voodoo babies (real and fake). But keeping with the trend of gentrifying old neighbourhoods, there is new hype about the area in the form of Tha Maharaj, a gleaming community mall by the river that opened on March 14.
Never lost in translation
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 15/02/2013
» A Western woman recently asked me which books she should read in order to understand Thailand. The reading list is not hard to suggest. The problem is that many works on Thailand, by my definition, have not been translated.