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The changing eye of the beholder
Life, Published on 27/06/2014
» Beauty, as everyone agrees to disagree, is in the eye of the male beholder. When Nonthawan “Maeya” Thongleng was crowned Miss Thailand World last weekend, the social media was abuzz with obnoxious comments that attacked her for being “dark-skinned” and thus “not beautiful”. Quickly though, sensible commentators countered that skin colour has nothing to do with beauty and that some Thais’ obsession with a white, pearly complexion was unhealthy and bordering on racist.
A life in Letters
Life, Published on 24/09/2012
» The winner of Thailand's most prestigious literary award, the SEA Write, will be announced on Wednesday. The category is the novel, and to warm up for the big day we talked to seven finalists on the heavy and light aspects of their literary lives