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The trap of moral righteousness
- By Sanitsuda Ekachai
- Thursday, September 18, 2008
A mass prayer from the clergy. An appeal for non-violence from reformist monks. An army of cooks and cleaners from a fundamentalist Buddhist sect. Don't say that religion and politics should not mix. This popular misconception is just that, a misconception. The challenge now is how to make our ...
Sex in the monastery
- By Sanitsuda Ekachai
- Friday, January 30, 2009
We used to be shocked by sex scandals in the clergy. Given the endless stream of those wrongdoings, we no longer are. Heterosex has also become old news. The rage now is about gay and paedophile monks. The latest scandal involved an abbot in Nakhon Si Thammarat. His lover accused him of being ...
Thaksin goes for broke
- By Veera Preteepchaikul
- Monday, March 23, 2009
Guess what Thaksin Shinawatra had in mind when he decided to go on air Sunday night, donning a red shirt and fingerpointing two privy councilors, two senior judges and an academic for plotting the overthrow of his regime three years ago.In the video-linked address to his supporters in Chiang ...
Should we tell our daughters not to trust the world?
- By Sanitsuda Ekachai
- Tuesday, April 29, 2008
As a mother, the news that grabbed my attention over the weekend had nothing to do with the politics that are near the boiling point. It was about a boy gang rape.A nightmare for any parent, the incident involved three boys, aged 8, 11 and 12, raping a 7-year-old girl neighbour.The boys said they ...
Thaksin's old broken record
- By Veera Preteepchaikul
- Monday, January 26, 2009
BangkokPost.com Those of you who are fans or no-fans of exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra should have, by now, learned what he had said during his phone-in interview from somewhere abroad with the Dstation of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship on Sunday.As ...
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Thaksin goes for broke
- By Veera Preteepchaikul
- Monday, March 23, 2009
Guess what Thaksin Shinawatra had in mind when he decided to go on air Sunday night, donning a red shirt and fingerpointing two privy councilors, two senior judges and an academic for plotting the overthrow of his regime three years ago.In the video-linked address to his supporters in Chiang ...
Thaksin's old broken record
- By Veera Preteepchaikul
- Monday, January 26, 2009
BangkokPost.com Those of you who are fans or no-fans of exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra should have, by now, learned what he had said during his phone-in interview from somewhere abroad with the Dstation of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship on Sunday.As ...
Sex in the monastery
- By Sanitsuda Ekachai
- Friday, January 30, 2009
We used to be shocked by sex scandals in the clergy. Given the endless stream of those wrongdoings, we no longer are. Heterosex has also become old news. The rage now is about gay and paedophile monks. The latest scandal involved an abbot in Nakhon Si Thammarat. His lover accused him of being ...
The lie is out, now see truth for what it is
- By Sanitsuda Ekachai
- Friday, April 17, 2009
Nukid used to be fervent fan of Thaksin Shinawatra. Not any longer."I used to like him because his policies helped us rural folk," explained my household helper, referring to the 30-baht medical scheme and the one-million-baht village fund which are dismissed by his critics as handouts and ...
Should we tell our daughters not to trust the world?
- By Sanitsuda Ekachai
- Tuesday, April 29, 2008
As a mother, the news that grabbed my attention over the weekend had nothing to do with the politics that are near the boiling point. It was about a boy gang rape.A nightmare for any parent, the incident involved three boys, aged 8, 11 and 12, raping a 7-year-old girl neighbour.The boys said they ...
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Berlin and the Bolsheviks
- By Kong Rithdee
- Saturday, February 11, 2012
Berlin, Feb 10Overthrown kingdoms mark the first two highlights of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, commonly known as the Berlinale. On Feb 9 the festival, taking place amidst the temperature so cruel to tropical creatures that I'd venture to nickname the event the Brrrrrrlinale, opened ...
Water agencies just can't seem to communicate
- By Veera Preteepchaikul
- Friday, February 10, 2012
An old man sits on a makeshift wooden plank used as a walkway over flooded ground on Feb 8, 2011 after a flash flood in tambon Nom Kho of Sena district, Ayutthaya. (Photo by Sunthorn Pongpao) The conflicting statements from the various agencies about the current, unseasonal flooding in Sena ...
Buffet cabinet and New Thailand
- By Veera Preteepchaikul
- Wednesday, January 25, 2012
About 100 Pheu Thai MPs are lining up, waiting for their turn at a cabinet seat, redolent of a large group of diners eagerly lining up at a buffet table which can seat only 35 people at a time.Pornsak Charoenprasert who? The name may not ring a bell with most of us, not even people in the media. The ...
The unlikely tale of the two dead elephants
- By Sanitsuda Ekachai
- Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Things keep getting fishier and fishier at the Kaeng Krachan National Park, following the slaughter of two wild elephants, one burned to cinders and the other left rotting in a field, minus their tusks and sexual organs. Scandalous? Let's look at the news chronologically. Shortly after New Year, two ...
Patients ailing without justice for malpractice
- By Sanitsuda Ekachai
- Friday, December 23, 2011
The quest for justice is never easy. It is also very expensive. Bang-on Sangchote knows that painful fact first hand. But she has chosen to give up her kidney rather than her fight for justice. An ordinary housewife, Bang-on fought like a tigress when her husband Sanoh became nearly blind and ...
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Berlin and the Bolsheviks
- By Kong Rithdee
- Saturday, February 11, 2012
Berlin, Feb 10Overthrown kingdoms mark the first two highlights of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, commonly known as the Berlinale. On Feb 9 the festival, taking place amidst the temperature so cruel to tropical creatures that I'd venture to nickname the event the Brrrrrrlinale, opened ...
Water agencies just can't seem to communicate
- By Veera Preteepchaikul
- Friday, February 10, 2012
An old man sits on a makeshift wooden plank used as a walkway over flooded ground on Feb 8, 2011 after a flash flood in tambon Nom Kho of Sena district, Ayutthaya. (Photo by Sunthorn Pongpao) The conflicting statements from the various agencies about the current, unseasonal flooding in Sena ...
The unlikely tale of the two dead elephants
- By Sanitsuda Ekachai
- Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Things keep getting fishier and fishier at the Kaeng Krachan National Park, following the slaughter of two wild elephants, one burned to cinders and the other left rotting in a field, minus their tusks and sexual organs. Scandalous? Let's look at the news chronologically. Shortly after New Year, two ...
Thanks Alphabet
- By Saritdet Marukatat
- Monday, September 12, 2011
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra knew all along that which country she wanted to visit first in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It's Brunei. The problem was she got to have better reasons to break the tradition set by past prime minsiters who always went to Laos first.Alphabetical ...
Berlin and the Bolsheviks
- By Kong Rithdee
- Saturday, February 11, 2012
Berlin, Feb 10Overthrown kingdoms mark the first two highlights of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, commonly known as the Berlinale. On Feb 9 the festival, taking place amidst the temperature so cruel to tropical creatures that I'd venture to nickname the event the Brrrrrrlinale, opened ...
Politics of the First Lady's Outfits
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- Sunday, January 30, 2011
I love Michelle Obama. Actually, I mean I love her approach to First Lady's dress code. I don't even mean I love 'her style.' No, it's not her style that I keep a regular check once in a while, that's for the likes of my two Kates, and Middleton is none of them. It's apparently Kate Moss and Kate ...
Slamming Body and More
- By Onsiri Pravattiyagul
- Friday, February 12, 2010
It's been almost a week since Big Mountain Music Festival closed its first curtain successfully, but the rage is still going on strongly in the media and, especially, across social networking sites.All right, I am not gonna beat around the bush now. The "rage" is mostly stemmed from ...
Sports and politics
- By Wanchai Rujawongsanti
- Thursday, November 26, 2009
More and more politicians -- particularly those who are suspended from politics have become involved in sports. In the past, one of the most popular ways for politicians to appear on TV was sponsoring a boxing match. However, this has become less fashionable because it is costly during the economic ...
The lily pond of Map Ta Phut
- By Atiya Achakulwisut
- Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Any (good) student of environmental management would have heard of the lily pond metaphor. For those who haven't, the story goes like this. Suppose you have one pond, in which a water lily grows. The plant doubles in size each day. If nothing is done _ no water added, no expansion made to the pond's ...
My 2 Satangs: If You’re Abhi And You Know It Clap Your Hands!
- By mr.john
- Wednesday, December 01, 2010
In a small piece of news this week there was good news for anyone who likes the colour blue as the Democrat Party was let off the hook in its dissolution case thanks to a technicality. No doubt this has given prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva cause to clap his hands in glee. Or not, considering ...
A full circle after two years
- By Pichai Chuensuksawadi
- Friday, September 19, 2008
Two years ago today, I was in Australia on a semi-holiday. I had just hopped into bed in my hotel room – preparing for a relaxing evening in front of the television. I was supposed to deliver a lecture about the state of Thai journalism at the University of Queensland’s School of Journalism in ...
