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Escape city life with a trip to Kashmir
Life, Published on 05/02/2024
» Siam Society is holding a study trip to Kashmir Valley in the Jammu and Kashmir region of north India, from March 15-23.
Oscar spotlight shines on India's rural women journalists
AFP, Published on 18/03/2022
» BANDA, India: An all-women team of smartphone-toting, low-caste reporters who chronicle India's hardscrabble heartland may give the cinema-mad country its first Oscar-winning film, after their own story became a critically lauded documentary.
Following his dreams
Life, Punsita Ritthikarn, Published on 23/02/2022
» American landscape architect and environmentalist Bill Bensley considers himself a complete novice in the art world since he has never trained as a painter. He picked up a paintbrush under the instruction of his dear friend and Caribbean-based painter Kate Spencer to manifest his unique perspective on life and surroundings. He also emulated other artists' styles and delved into the world of fauvism art, bursting with bold colours and a sense of humour. After several painting holidays with Spencer, Bensley eventually discovered his own path, which is full of gorgeous details and vivid colours with enchanting figures.
Lessons of history
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/10/2021
» After decades of military authoritarianism, student demonstrators in Bangkok began to call for the restoration of constitutional rule and a return to democracy. In the face of the challenge, the entrenched generals refused to negotiate and arrested the protest leaders, claiming they were influenced by communism. It paved the way for the popular uprising of Oct 14, 1973.
An ounce of prevention
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 05/04/2021
» Mahatma Gandhi once said: "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver".
Tales from the dark side
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 14/10/2020
» While the anti-government protesters are gathering at the Democracy Monument today to call for constitutional amendments and reforms of the monarchy, activist Anon Chawalawan marks the 47th anniversary of the Oct 14, 1973, uprising with an exhibition titled "Collected: Unwritten History By Museum Of The Commoners".
How real is reel?
Life, Aditya Pareek, Published on 17/07/2020
» Veteran journalist and professor of journalism Narendra Kaushik has tried to tackle a very niche subject in his book Mahatma Gandhi In Cinema. The book primarily deals with the portrayal of Gandhi in Hindi cinema and how in sync the filmmakers' version of Gandhi is to the real life all too human, flesh and blood Mahatma as he is recorded in the pages of history.
TikTok denies sharing Indian user data with Chinese govt
AFP, Published on 30/06/2020
» NEW DELHI: TikTok denied Tuesday sharing Indian users' data with the Chinese government, after New Delhi banned the wildly popular app in a sharp deterioration of relations with Beijing two weeks after a deadly border clash.
Open up to India
B Magazine, Story & photos : Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 24/11/2019
» Travelling to India often conjures up mixed emotions in tourists.
U2 announce first ever India concert
AFP, Published on 18/09/2019
» NEW DELHI - Irish rockers U2 have announced they are to play their first ever concert in India, wrapping up the band's Joshua Tree Tour 2019 in the coastal megacity of Mumbai on December 15.