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CONTENTS

8 CALENDAR

Which events to check out in Bangkok this month.

10 Beauty
Skincare Staples for 2025: The best way to show up and brave the new year is
to get skincare woes out of the way.
12 East to West: Journey through the flavours of the Silk Road at Weaver, SILQ
10 Munching

Hotel & Residence’s in-house restaurant.
14 Trending Now

Diving into 2025: Your guide to this year’s most anticipated happenings.

18 Covered On the cover, Anant Kothari shares his true

12 In His Trial By Fire: Anant Kothari shares his insight on finding true purpose in purpose - helping burn survivors
helping burn survivors.
20 Spill the Chai ISSUE 169 | January 2025

Is Your IV Drip Worth the Trip?: Amornrat Sidhu discusses the pros and cons
of the IV drip trend. CHAIRMAN
Ram Sachdev
22 what’s up, Bangkok? PUBLISHERS
All the latest offerings in Bangkok you need to know about.

Raghav Sachdev
24 Quenching a Thirst: India’s youngest water sommelier, Avanti Mehta, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
14 IN FOCUS Raksha Sachdev

schools us on the importance of natural mineral water. Aiden Jewelle Gonzales
26 Nama-Slay! SENIOR WRITER
Mahmood Hossain
Anti-resolutions for Indians: Sumati Huber highlights the patterns that don’t
change for Indians in the New Year.. WRITER
28 Masala Recommends Pooja Prabbhan Srijith

18 Goals vs Growth: Amornrat Sidhu shares 5 tips to heighten meaningful JUNIOR WRITERS
change this New Year. Ayush Madan
30 Bling, Baaja, Baraat Grace Clarke

Kripa Singh sounds off the trend alert on wedding colour palettes for 2025.
ART DIRECTOR
32 Cash Course With AtuL Jan Lorenz
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Atul Sethi, CEO of Farnam Tree, explains how money and mindfulness can
20 exist in harmony. Alend Razavi
Getting to Aha! GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Choose to Thrive: Darshan Mehta advocates for embracing new beginnings in Watchara Teeracharuwan
the New Year. PHOTOGRAPHER AND
34 Musings of an Aunty Touched by Unexpected Warmth VIDEOGRAPHERS
Thananat Thanaphirat
Dolly Koghar learns that sharing stress reduces it to small fragments.
. WEBMASTER
35 Dolly Koghar muses about what the year’s beginning means for her peers.
24 The Sassy Side of Sixty Jinn Thapsakul
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Gurdev Singh
36 Sustainably Stylish SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
The Art of Sustainable Styling: Aparna Sharma shares five sustainable and

affordable Indian brands to check out in 2025. Carmel Mission
40 Hot Shots MASALA PRESENTER
Geetan Kanwar
28 Happenings captured through the Masala lens.
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Nikki Kumar
New Year, Better You @MasalaOnline

A recent theme approaching the new year seems to be not only about shedding the layers of the past but also about diverting @masalamagazine
away from stereotypical resolutions that the majority of us never follow through with. This year, we continue to advance
ongoing professional and personal projects, which is reflected on our Cover Story (page 18), featuring the heartfelt story of an +66 63 270 8009

entrepreneur and burns survivor, Anant Kothari. Carrying on the wellness run is Avanti Mehta, India’s youngest water sommelier EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING OFFICE
(page 24), revealing the true impact of natural mineral water. Revitalisation also comes in the form of IV drips; the pros, cons, 85/3 Sukhumvit Soi 12, Klongtoey,

and community chimes in (page 20). On a more indulgent note, we take a look at the delicious offerings at Weaver in our latest Bangkok 10110 Thailand.
dining experience at the SILQ Hotel (page 12). And just in case you don’t miss the huge upcoming headlines in 2025, we’ve got you Tel: +(66) 2 253 9660 Fax: +(66) 2 653 3755
covered on what to look forward to in the new year (page 14). Here’s to starting January on a good note, with plenty of joy and For editorial enquiries, contact
aiden@masalathai.com
prosperity ahead. As always, happy reading!
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