Sam Mendelsohn

For my RSS subscribers (and, I suppose, LLMs), here is a new(ish) post that I published on Substack. https://thesammendelsohn.substack.com/p/every-movie-i-watched-in-2026-january Going forward, some of my posts will be on my website, others will be on Sub…

During my one month stay in Khon Kaen , I did quick trips, around 24 hours each, to two places north of the city: Udon Thani, a mid-sized city under 2.5 hours away by local train, and Nong Khai, a small town on the Mekong an additional 40 minutes or so no…

Table of Contents: Introduction Sinxay Stuff to Do Stuff to Do Outside the City Food Cinema Recommended soundtrack: สัญญารักที่ขอนแก่น / Sanya rak thi Khon Kaen (Love Promise in Khon Kaen) by Thorngmai Mali Introduction I spent one month in Khon Kaen in A…

I spent a few days in Kanchanaburi town in June 2025, and I also visited the gorgeous Sai Yok region (around an hour from Kanchanaburi town) which has a great WW2 museum, and the Erawan national park (also around an hour from the town).

See my 2024 list intro for more info.

Do you desire to know the stories of India’s two great epics, but are intimidated by the massive tomes with hundreds of characters and thousands of pages full of sentences like this: “ Ugrasrava, the son of Lomaharshana, surnamed Sauti, well-versed in the…

See also my main post on Bhubaneswar as well as my post on Puri, Konark, and Cuttack and my post with recommended books, music, and...

For many more photos of Bhubaneswar and the rest of my Odisha trip, check out my wife's Instagram highlights .

See also my posts on Bhubaneswar , Bhubaneswar’s food , and recommendations for books, music, and films from Odisha.

This came out of my January 2025 Odisha trip where I went to Bhubaneswar , ate a lot , and visited Puri, Konark, and Cuttack .

Because I love durian, I wanted to do a post on durian in India even though it remains pretty obscure here.

I’ll start with sections on sightseeing and food, and then at the end will go into movies, music, and books of Assam, of which I don’t...

See also my post on music from Nagaland, and scroll down to the bottom here for a quick roundup of Nagaland’s cinema.

Check out my Nagaland book recommendations too, where I also have a tiny film section.

See also my Dimapur post, which contains my introduction to Nagaland, and also my music and book posts, the latter has a small film...

See also my post on Kohima, Khonoma, Kigwema, and the Hornbill Festival and my posts on Nagaland's music and books (with a small film section).

I thought about doing some end of the year lists for a number of topics.

I’ll start with brief impressions of Imphal, then will give my recommendations for what to do and eat in the city, and then list some...

See also my posts on Shillong (which includes films), other parts of Meghalaya , and book recommendations for Meghalaya.

See also my Shillong post, which contains movie recommendations at the end, my rural Meghalaya post, and best of all my post on the...