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    \Memoria\ is sensational as it’s about the senses: Tilda SwintonEntertainment
    -'Memoria-' is sensational as it’s about the senses: Tilda Swinton

    The iconoclastic actor visits Bangkok for the premiere of -'Memoria-' which is directed by Thailand’s best-known indie...

    21 Jun 2022 9:53 PM IST

    Passengers wait for taxis outside the T-3 terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Lekha Shankar | With more flights, fewer Covid rules, Thailand looks...

    The biggest boost for tourism between the two countries was, of course, the resumption of commercial flights, after two...

    27 April 2022 12:34 AM IST

    Raj Sachdev (Thai name: Sutham Sachaphimukh). (By Arrangement)Opinion
    Lekha Shankar | My memories of him will never fade: Bose’s boy scout

    Raj Sachdev, one of the last survivors of Netaji’s Balak Sena, reminisces his role in India’s Independence

    23 March 2022 1:26 AM IST

    The Test and Go system of entry had been launched in Thailand on November 1 last year vis- -vis 61 handpicked countries including India.Lifestyle
    Thailand reopens for tourism

    Indian visitors represent our hope for recovery, says official

    15 Feb 2022 11:08 PM IST

    Thai-American director Pailin Wedel. (Photo by arrangement)Entertainment
    -'Thought Hope Frozen-' had gone as far as it could: Pailin Wedel

    The Emmy-winning film, now streaming on Netflix, proves that life, death, science, religion are not antithetical

    23 Jan 2022 5:09 PM IST

    A tour of the unique Patpong Museum, said, and showed it all. (DC Image)Lifestyle
    Bangkok’s newest museum chronicles its notorious nightlife

    Michael Messner, long-time Austrian resident of the city, set up Patpong Museum after 14 years of intensive research

    31 Dec 2021 6:39 PM IST

    India is one of the 63 low risk nations whose citizens can enter Thailand without a long quarantine. (AFP)Lifestyle
    Thailand, finally, opens up to Indian tourists

    An RT-PCR test needs to be taken 72 hours before departure, and this certificate needs to be produced on arrival at...

    8 Dec 2021 10:05 AM IST

    Rasina Uberoi Bajaj, managing director, admits organising festival was challenging.Lifestyle
    Bangkok's best-known cultural festival is back

    The 23rd International Festival of Dance and Music, which was postponed several times, will now be held between November...

    10 Nov 2021 12:47 PM IST

    As with the Phuket Sandbox programme, the Samui Plus programme has targeted tourists from low and medium-risk Covid countries. - By ArrangementFeatured
    Lekha Shankar | The new ‘Samui Plus’ programme in Thailand

    The Phuket Sandbox and Samui Plus programmes are pioneering projects, being closely watched by other countries in the...

    16 Aug 2021 12:46 PM IST

    For the kind of films, I make, it is fundamental for the artists and crew to feel as one family. Thats why we were nervous about Irrfan, says Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.Featured
    I selected Irrfan Khan because of his eyes: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

    Irrfan had hundreds of questions, which made me very happy about his involvement as an actor

    30 July 2021 1:09 AM IST

    For the tourist who plans a two-week holiday in Phuket, he needs to do two more Covid tests during his stay, on Day 6 and Day 12.Lifestyle
    Thailand’s best known tourist destination opens to tourists

    The Phuket ‘Sandbox Model’ could set a precedent, after province inoculates 70 per cent of its community

    2 July 2021 5:53 PM IST

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