Obama in India today; first stop at Taj Hotel to meet 26/11 survivors
American President Barack Obama is on his way to India. In a couple of hours along with wife Michelle, Obama will land in Mumbai. The President’s plane Air Force One is expected to touchdown at 12:50 pm at the Mumbai airport. Obama will head for the Taj Hotel soon after…
Wild Mexican Sunflower Blooming Season
Date: 1 November – 5 December 2010, Venue: Doi Mae U-kor, Mae Hong Son Province The hills and valleys of Mae Hong Son, one of Thailand’s most naturally scenic areas, turn to gold when the Bua Tong Giant Wild Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia Diversifolia) comes into full bloom during this period….
Loy Krathong – The Festival of Lights
In Bangkok: 19-21 November 2010, Nationwide: 17-21 November 2010 As the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (usually in mid-November) lights up the night sky, throughout Thailand, hundreds of thousands of ornately-decorated krathong or traditional banana leaf floats are set adrift in rivers and waterways in a spell-binding ritual…
Happy Diwali!
May you be showered with happiness, peace and prosperity in the coming year.
Colorful Events in November
The most colorful event is Loy Krathong, which is held on the full moon night of the 12th lunar month and usually falls in November. This year the event takes place on November 21. People go to rivers and canals to float krathongs – small floats made of banana stalks…
Indian American wins FT/Goldman Sachs award
London: A book analysing the flaws in economy that led to the current financial crisis by an Indian-origin professor of finance at the University of Chicago has won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award for 2010. The 30,000 pounds prize was on Wednesday night…
Ash backs out of KBC
On Monday evening, Aishwarya Rai shocked the unit of Kaun Banega Crorepati, a show her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan hosts. Ash was supposed to turn up for one of the KBC shoots with Akshay Kumar and her other co-stars, to promote her next Action Replayy. She never went. Until Sunday, the…
The 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference in Bangkok
Thailand will host the 14th International Anti-Corruption Conference, or IACC 2010, at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok on 10-13 November 2010. The four-day conference focuses on the theme “Restoring Trust: Global Action for Transparency.” IACC 2010 is an interesting conference in Thailand this year. Organized jointly by…
Hobby Hut Puppet Troupe Performs in Chiang Mai
The Hobby Hut Puppet Troupe will celebrate their recent success at the 2nd International Marionette Festival in Hanoi, Vietnam with a performance of ‘Suwanna Hoi Sang’ at Ratchamankha Hotel in Chiang Mai on 6 and 13 November 2010. The award winning Hobby Hut Puppet Troupe was founded 12 years ago…
The 8th World Film Festival of Bangkok
The 8th World Film Festival of Bangkok introduces around 150 movies from around the world. French post-new-wave director Jacques Doillon and Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan will attend the festival. The Thai indie film “Eternity” (Tee Rak) will be the opener. Mr. Kriengsak Silakong, director of the World Film Festival…