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CONTENTS

6 Festive Calendar

Where to celebrate Christmas and ring in the New Year, plus festive
promotions.
8 CALENDAR
Which events to check out in Bangkok this month.

10 Face-off: Detox and Reset: Skin fasting can bring back the natural and
6 Beauty

healthier version of your skin.
12 Munching

Heads Above the Rest: Pink Giraffe is serving up scrumptious Cali-Japanese
cuisine and stylish cocktails at TopGolf Megacity.
14 Trending Now On the cover, Sharin Chawla smiles for the

12 2023’s Biggest and Wildest Headlines: Masala’s official recap of the year so far. camera at Taboola’s Bangkok office.
16 Spill the Chai ISSUE 156 | DECEMBER 2023

My Everyday Protest: Community members reveal how they support the
causes they are passionate about, in big and small ways. CHAIRMAN
Ram Sachdev
18 Covered PUBLISHER
Raghav Sachdev

Redefining the Adscape: Sharin Chawla, the Country Manager for Taboola
Thailand, proves what it takes to be a leader in this world’s rapidly-changing ASSOCIATE EDITOR
digital landscape.
14 Aiden Jewelle Gonzales
20 what’s up, Bangkok? SENIOR WRITER

Mahmood Hossain
All the latest offerings in Bangkok you need to know about..
JUNIOR WRITER
22 In Focus Ayush Madan

A Stroll at the PARKROYAL: Arijit Ghosh, General Manager of PARKROYAL
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Suites Bangkok, brings his eclectic experience to a growing brand. MANAGERS
Raksha Sachdev
24 Masala Recommends Megha Jogani
16 That’s a Wrap!: Our list of unique gift ideas for the special people in your life.
ART DIRECTOR
Jan Lorenz
26 Nama-Slay! SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Alend Razavi
‘Twas the Night Before Indian Christmas and Sumati Huber reads us a festive
poem. GRAPHIC DESIGNER
28 Bling, Baaja, Baraat Watchara Teeracharuwan

Kripa Singh gives us five tech tools to make your wedding memorable.
PHOTOGRAPHER AND
18 VIDEOGRAPHERS
Thananat Thanaphirat
30 Cash Course With Shiva Suphasin Theppitak

Shiva Sachaphimukh from Farnam Tree gives his insight on stocks you need
to buy before the end of the year. WEBMASTER
Jinn Thapsakul
32 Sustainably Stylish SALES EXECUTIVE
Rohan Gidwani

Aparna Sharma gives us six sustainable fashion resolutions to consider.
. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
33 What to binge watch on Netflix, Prime, Disney+, and HBO GO. Gurdev Singh
22 Net-flicks and Chill EXECUTIVE

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Rupal Nahata
34 Musings of an Aunty Who’s Discovered Anger is Costly SOCIAL MEDIA EXECUTIVES

Dolly Koghar analyses the concept of retail therapy; while giving her
generation’s take on seeing off another year and welcoming another (page tk). Kritika Dusad
MASALA PRESENTER
38 HOT SHOts Geetan Kanwar

Happenings captured through the Masala lens.
24 SALES COORDINATOR
Wanlada Saelim
Wrapping up, giving back, and sending it forward
@MasalaOnline
Doesn’t it feel like it was just summer? Then Halloween happened and now suddenly they’re playing Christmas carols
everywhere. In a year that has passed us by in a flash, it’s important to remind yourself that you are enough. It doesn’t @masalamagazine
matter if you didn’t accomplish everything on your New Year’s resolution list. Embrace all of the challenges that have
tested you as this year comes to a close, because they’ve only made you stronger as a person. Many of the people +66 63 270 8009
featured in this December issue have had to overcome their own unique challenges. Our cover story features Sharin
Chawla, Country Manager of Taboola, who is revolutionising digital advertising in the face of privacy regulations and EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING OFFICE
85/3 Sukhumvit Soi 12, Klongtoey,
reduced tracking (page 18). Next, our In Focus feature takes you on a stroll with Arijit Ghosh, the GM of PARKROYAL Bangkok 10110 Thailand.
Suites Bangkok who tells us about his start as a chef, his eventual mastering of marketing and hospitality, as well as Tel: +(66) 2 253 9660 Fax: +(66) 2 653 3755
his secret salsa skills and world travels (page 22). Furthermore, our beauty column finds that less is more, and skin For editorial enquiries, contact
fasting could actually bring back your face’s natural glow and luster (page 10). We also checked out Pink Giraffe, aiden@masalathai.com
TopGolf’s brand new rooftop bar (page 12), and looked at different ways of protesting in the modern world (Page 16). For advertising enquiries, contact
Lastly, we compiled a festive calendar of the best Christmas and NYE events for you to check out (Page 6) and a final advertising@masalathai.com
roundup of the biggest and wildest headlines of 2023 (Page 14). As always, happy reading! www.masalathai.com
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