Songkran, which falls on April 13 every year, is deeply rooted in Buddhist traditions and marks the beginning of the traditional Thai New Year. It comes from a phrase in the Sanskrit language that ...

It turns out that, thanks to the huge influence that Indian Buddhism had on Thailand, a lot of Sanskrit (the liturgical language of Buddhism) worked its way into the Thai language, and into the ...

On growing up, he got mesmerised by the rich Indian culture. "I could understand Sanskrit taught by professors at the university as it is quite similar to Avestan, the old Iranian language.

The creative spark behind Bodhi (a Sanskrit word for enlightenment) spans three generations of Thai women: Carmine, her mother, Nicky, and her grandmother, Pen Phojanasupan. The family and staff ...