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Did you know that the literal meaning of Jataka is ‘birth stories’? A fact we know well is that the Jatakas are a body of Indian literature that mainly con ...
Welcome to Bangkok Noi, home to city's latest 'it-temple', Wat Suwannaram, and its magnificent murals, as featured in The ...
Landing back into the water on “The White Lotus” can seem like the best and only escape from the tyranny of ego and desire.
Archaeologists discovered an ancient Buddha statue at a North Korean site, which is about a thousand years old. Researchers ...
There was the ubiquitous trademark plot device. “White Lotus” is not a “whodunit.” It is a “whoisit.” At the beginning of ...
Towering on top of one of the many hills that overlook Lodwar, is a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ with His hands spread apart. It is a mirror image of the iconic Christ The Redeemer sculpture that ...
Amid preparations to open a Williamsburg outpost of her cult-favorite Thai restaurant, the chef shares her Songkran ...
An excerpt from ‘The Master of Unfinished Things,’ by Geet Chaturvedi, translated from the Hindi by Anita Gopalan.
A man reacts as water is splashed on him during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year, 13 April, 2025 ...
The new season was filmed in Koh Samui, Thailand – and, according to American business news channel CNBC, social media ...
Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.
It seems like The White Lotus might always be shot near an ocean (and in a foreign country), but there could be fireworks if ...