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Take Thainess with a grain of salt
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 19/01/2015
» The main intersections of downtown Bangkok were once again closed to traffic and packed with crowds last week, but it had nothing to do with political protests. We were just being encouraged by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to "discover" our "Thainess" with an elaborate procession of decorated floats replete with dancers and literary tableaux.
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Building a company that lasts
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/02/2018
» The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not merely a global agenda or war cry for sustainable development that is being taken up by governments around the world. To move forward towards global prosperity, there has to be a balance and interaction between economic and social health. As such, business corporations have an equal responsibility and, increasingly, a need, to incorporate sustainable practices into their operations and management systems. It is not just a public-relations exercise, but a factor that will give them an edge, and also provide for long-term growth in a world where business no longer caters simply to a small circle of "customers" or "shareholders", but the wider target of "stakeholders".
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Lessons from Doi Tung
News, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/06/2017
» Italy's Antonio Maria Costa has seen the transformative effect on local ethnic minorities of the Doi Tung project in the Thai highlands of Chiang Rai since he first visited 15 years ago.
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Doi Tung, and the lessons for Colombia
News, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/12/2016
» The haunting sound of a Colombian flute hovered in the morning mist covering the hills of Nan. Walker Emelec Hoyos Giraldo was in his element, standing among seedlings at the Mae Fah Luang Foundation's training centre for its reforestation project high in the remote mountains.
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Thumbing your nose at traffic signs
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/08/2015
» The other day a friend of mine asked a taxi driver to drop her off near an intersection. She planned to cross the road to get to the other side, but the taxi driver, being the dear sweet gentleman that he was, insisted on dropping her off on the side she wanted to go, though it meant going a long way further to make a U-turn. To her surprise, he made a quick U-turn right at the intersection.
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Silk show touches down
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/08/2015
» A fashion show dedicated to Thai silk must have provided a pleasant surprise for travellers going through Suvarnabhumi airport, particularly at a time when tourists' nerves are on edge.
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Ramayana par excellence
News, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 27/06/2015
» Thailand shimmered and sparkled in a prominent corner of London last week as a khon mask dance took centre-stage at the Royal Albert Hall.
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London gets a taste of Thailand
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/06/2015
» The Thai silks were there, the celebrities were there, but the warm wraps indicated that this was not Thailand, but London on a cool June evening. It was as much a social occasion as a cultural presentation, when artists of the Fine Arts Department performed the khon masked dance drama at the Royal Albert Hall.
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A pier into the past
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/03/2015
» Once a bustling but run-down pier on the Chao Phraya River, Tha Maharaj has recently received a face-lift and is now a trendy little community mall that boasts a Thai-modern look with colonial fusion architecture.
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Bright lights hit the beach
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 08/02/2015
» The curtain has already fallen on Klai Kangwon Musical on the Beach, but the buzz is still going strong.
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