Bangkok swings to N-E beats
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By LEKHA SHANKARThe second edition of the Northeast India Festival has been the best representation of our Look East policy The second edition of the Northeast India Festival in Bangkok rose several notches higher in terms of grandeur and scale than the previous festival held in 2019. For starters, it…
‘KASHMIR FILES’ Indian film has first International screening in Bangkok
The much- talked- about Indian film, screened recently in Bangkok, talks of the Kashmir Hindu Genocide, for the first time. “Everyone knows of the genocide inflicted on the Jews, but how many know of the genocide inflicted on the Hindus, in Kashmir? “ Lekha Shankar So, what’s the big deal…
Indian actor turns Buddhist monk in Bangkok
By Lekha Shankar Indian actor Gagan Malik, who gained international fame when he played Gautama Buddha in a 2014 film shot in Sri Lanka titled Sri Siddhartha Gautama, made waves when he donned Buddhist robes to undertake a two-week-long monkhood at the famed Wat That Thong temple in Bangkok. Gagan Malik…
The normal four-hour flight took as long as 35 plus hours
Lekha Shankar | Bangkok — so near, yet so far Covid does strange, surreal things. One of the strangest, most surreal things I did recently was take a shockingly long return-flight to Thailand from India. The normal four-hour flight took as long as 35+ hours (including two huge layovers), and…