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Pinch of literary spice
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 01/06/2015
» For the first time in India, local language authors such as Chetan Bhagat and Amish Tripathi have become marquee names in terms of sales, eclipsing even mainstream Western writers on the market. Books using local, vernacular language are edgy and have a huge following among young readers.
Living by the sword
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 07/05/2015
» For Tommy Dunne, the weapons master of Game Of Thrones, fiddling around with Swarovski-encrusted swords, bronze shields, bows and spears is all in a day's work. Showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff even roped him into a season four cameo as the blacksmith who reforges Ned Starks's Ice into the iconic swords, Oathkeeper and Widow.
Tied to a Sino past
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 04/05/2015
» The unavoidable and never-failing icebreaker -- do you have any Chinese blood? -- will always have its place in Thai society. Yet it's also something of an empty question, believes Singaporean author Jeffery Sng: "By the time Phibunsongkhram changed the country's name to Thailand, the Thais were already so mixed that it was hard to find anyone 100% Thai."
Filling in the pages of history
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 30/04/2015
» I roll my eyes so hard I can practically see the back of my brain. My 16-year-old tutee, Jag, hasn't the faintest idea of the difference between World War I and World War II. I don't think I'm going to let him off the hook — by this age he should at least have some rough idea about two of the most crucial turning points in modern history.
TV Thrones tomes good company
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 09/03/2015
» With the premiere date for the fifth season of Game Of Thrones only a month away, now is a good time for fans to refresh their memories of what has happened so far.
Across the universe
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 12/01/2015
» Tunlaya Dunnvatanachit on the beautiful, but dark, bubble known as the world.
Now, really made for all
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 08/01/2015
» 'Make it a bit more feminine," LeAnn Nealz, Uniqlo's newly-appointed chief creative officer declares.
Star-spangled style
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 01/01/2015
» Ever since its launch in 2011, local fluffy fashion brand La Boutique has been making sure their dainty and plume-loving girls get their foo-foo fix.
Between the words
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 08/12/2014
» 'No one can cook prawn fried-rice as deliciously as the Glasses-Auntie in front of my soi. No matter who passes into my life, I take every single one of them here to eat at this store."
Swearing by Thailand
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 10/11/2014
» 'John, John, John, John, Jooooohn!" That's how Nelson Howe is greeted by Thai fans. They bombard him with his "father's name" in hopes that he'll joust back with a curse.