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CONTENTS

8 CALENDAR

Which events to check out in Bangkok this month.

10 Fashion

Summer Style Session: Summer may be hot, but the latest desi menswear
trends can make you look hotter.
10
12 Munching

A Bao-tiful Feast: Yumcha Steam King serves Cantonese delights that have
got that yummy-yum.
14 Trending Now

Sky-High Prices to Get Sky High: Community members talk about their
opinions on travelling during inflation.
On the cover, Chef Bharath Shridhar Bhat
16 Yes, Chef!: Chef Bharath Shridhar Bhat, Executive Chef at NILA, advances Bangkok.
12 Covered smiles for the camera at NILA, at Amari

Indian cuisine by returning to his roots. ISSUE 159 | MARCH 2024
18 what’s up, Bangkok? CHAIRMAN
Ram Sachdev

All the latest offerings in Bangkok you need to know about.
PUBLISHERS
Raghav Sachdev
Raksha Sachdev
20 Spill the Chai
14 Shifting Gears: Community members reveal the social, emotional and ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Aiden Jewelle Gonzales
physical changes that happen after turning 30 and 40.
SENIOR WRITER
22 Nama-Slay! Mahmood Hossain

JUNIOR WRITERS
Sumati Huber explores what it looks like when our elders use technology.
Ayush Madan
Grace Clarke
16 24 Sustainably Stylish ART DIRECTOR
Jan Lorenz

Aparna Sharma meets the Bangkokians who are environmentally conscious
shoppers swappers.
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Alend Razavi
26 Masala Recommends GRAPHIC DESIGNER

The Scent of Home: Smells that remind us of the motherland.
Watchara Teeracharuwan

PHOTOGRAPHER AND
28 Bling, Baaja, Baraat VIDEOGRAPHERS
Thananat Thanaphirat

18 Kripa Singh gives us tips on how to design your wedding décor with no Suphasin Theppitak
flowers.
WEBMASTER
Jinn Thapsakul
30 Cash Course With Atul SALES EXECUTIVE

Atul Sethi from Farnam Tree urges us not to let the change in the tax code
deter you from investing abroad. Rohan Gidwani
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
32 Musings of an Aunty Down Under EXECUTIVE
Gurdev Singh

Dolly Koghar muses on those early days when pockets were small, but
hearts were big; while giving her generation’s perspective on venturing out SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
20 to see the world, despite the aching bones. (page 33). Rupal Nahata
34 HOT SHOts SOCIAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE
Kritika Dusad

Happenings captured through the Masala lens.
MASALA PRESENTER
Geetan Kanwar
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Nikki Kumar

24

Let them cook
@MasalaOnline
“Let him/her/them cook” is the current generation slang meaning to give individuals the room to hone their craft,
providing space for people to do their thing. And it just so happens, on this edition of Masala Lite, we have the famous @masalamagazine
Chef Bharath as our Cover Story (pg 16), finding his space in the soon-to-be-opened restaurant NILA to do what he
does best. But there is definitely room for more, as we hear from our community’s passionate travellers as they adapt +66 63 270 8009
their travel stylest so they can jet-set despite inflation (pg 14). We also visit Yumcha Steam King for some proper
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