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1. opinion | 19 Jun 2013
Nothing new about monks living it up
COMMENTARY
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News
» Monks living in a cocoon of luxury is not news. Just drop by the dwellings of any elders in the clergy to see how they live.
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2. opinion | 12 Jun 2013
Monk Mitsuo represented the clergy at its best
COMMENTARY
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News
» As soon as the news broke that the well-known and widely respected Buddhist monk Phra Ajarn Mitsuo Gavesako had left the monkhood, my Facebook page began buzzing with comments, ranging from shock, sadness and empathy, to...
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3. opinion | 05 Jun 2013
Private health bias puts cash ahead of lives
COMMENTARY
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News
» When the 2011 Central Plains flood crisis ravaged industrial estates in Ayutthaya and destroyed the country's biggest dialysis solution production plant, more than 40,000 patients' lives were endangered.
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4. opinion | 29 May 2013
Mining threat comes back to haunt us
COMMENTARY
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News
» At first I could not believe my eyes. We were driving along a rugged dirt road in a protected forest in Kanchanaburi. Then, all of a sudden, a vast barren landscape covered with a thick white mass sprang up in the midst ...
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5. opinion | 22 May 2013
Public health pioneer ousted for big pharma
COMMENTARY
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News
» What do you do to the man who helped you win a landslide election through pioneering the 30-baht universal healthcare scheme?
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6. lifestyle | 19 May 2013
Back to buddhism's basics in sri lanka
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: Brunch
» 'Ayu Bowan! May you live a long life!" When you hear this greeting, which is often accompanied by a gesture similar to a Thai wai, you know you are in Sri Lanka, a lush green tropical island with an ancient culture.
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7. opinion | 15 May 2013
Closing small schools is a huge mistake
COMMENTARY
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News
» One of the main reasons cited by Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana to back up his policy to close small schools is because they offer poor-quality teaching.
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8. opinion | 08 May 2013
'New' top-down policies ignore plight of poor
COMMENTARY
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News
» Twenty-five years on, Sompong Wiangjand's fight to decommission the Pak Moon Dam _ destroyer of the Moon River ecosystem and the livelihoods of thousands of families _ is far from over.
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9. opinion | 01 May 2013
Labour Day offers little to millions
COMMENTARY
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News
» By law, domestic worker Banjong Wilaisri can take a break with paid leave today.
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10. opinion | 24 Apr 2013
Army must keep its pledge to end boot camp violence
COMMENTARY
By Sanitsuda Ekachai, Newspaper section: News
» How are new conscripts being taught military discipline? In not one but two YouTube videos that went viral last week, the public was outraged to see privates being repeatedly kicked and slapped in the face and trampled h...
