Thailand "spopulationis dominated by ethnicThaiandLao, the latterconcentratedinthenortheastern Isanregion and making up around one thirdofthepopulation."
Now Vatsaloo, 52, is the proprietor of a small gallery outside Singapore's Little India, Isan, where he sells the shimmering silks of Baan Borang as shawls, table runners, slipcovers and purses.